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| US12102020B2 |
Semiconductor memory devices having an electrode with an extension
A semiconductor memory device is provided. The memory device includes a first electrode, a resistive layer, and a second electrode. The resistive layer is arranged over the first electrode. The second electrode is arranged over the resistive layer. The second electrode includes a lower surface and an extension extending from under the lower surface. The extension is at least partially arranged within the resistive layer. |
| US12102015B2 |
Precursor for use in manufacturing superconducting wire, production method of precursor, and superconducting wire
A precursor, which is a drawn wire product of a composite pipe, the composite pipe having: a composite wire group; a barrier layer; and a protective layer, wherein the composite wire group has: a plurality of tin wires each having at least one tin core being made of tin or a tin alloy, and a copper matrix which surrounds the at least one tin core; and a plurality of niobium wires each having a plurality of niobium cores being made of niobium or a niobium alloy, and a copper matrix which surrounds the plurality of niobium cores, the plurality of niobium wires being disposed such that each of the tin wires is surrounded by the niobium wires, the composite wire group contains titanium in an amount of from 0.38% by mass to 0.55% by mass. |
| US12102009B2 |
Device having an electro-ceramic component
A device (1) comprising an electro-ceramic component (2) which has a first electrical contact (3A), provided on a first side face (2A) of the electro-ceramic component (2) in the excitation zone (11), and a second electrical contact (3B) provided on a second side face (2B) of the electro-ceramic component (2). A sealing compound (20) is placed around the electro-ceramic component (2) so that the first electrical contact (3A) and the second electrical contact (3B) are covered by the sealing compound (20) and a free end (26) of a section (24) of the high-voltage zone (12) of the electro-ceramic component (2) projects beyond a free end (22) of the sealing compound (20). |
| US12102004B2 |
Compound for organic electronic element, organic electronic element using the same, and an electronic device thereof
Provided are a compound of Formula (1) that improves the luminous efficiency, stability, and lifespan of an organic electronic element using the same, the element, and an electronic device thereof, |
| US12102002B2 |
Compound having benzazole ring structure, and organic electroluminescent device
An object of the present invention is to provide, as a material for a highly efficient and highly durable organic EL element, an organic compound that has excellent properties, including excellent electron-injecting/transporting capability, hole-blocking capability, and high stability in the form of a thin film. Another object of the present invention is to provide a highly efficient and highly durable organic EL element by using this compound. The present invention focuses on the properties of the benzazole ring, which has affinity for electrons, and specifically focuses on the capability of its nitrogen atom to coordinate to a metal and also on excellent heat resistance. The inventors have thus designed and chemically synthesized various compounds having a benzazole ring structure, and then experimentally produced organic EL elements including the compounds, followed by thoroughly evaluating the characteristics thereof. As a result, it has been found that it is possible to obtain an organic EL element having excellent properties by using a specific compound having a benzazole ring structure. |
| US12102001B2 |
Organic electroluminescent compound, organic electroluminescent material comprising the same, and organic electroluminescent device
The present disclosure relates to an organic electroluminescent compound, an organic electroluminescent material comprising the same, and an organic electroluminescent device. By comprising the organic electroluminescent compound according to the present disclosure, an organic electroluminescent device having low driving voltage and/or high luminous efficiency and/or long lifespan can be provided. |
| US12101999B2 |
Organic electroluminescent materials and devices
A compound comprising a ligand LA, having a structure of Formula I, is provided. In Formula I, A1 to A8 are each independently CR or N; at least two adjacent ones of A1 to A8 are CR and the Rs are joined together to form a six-membered ring fused to ring A or ring C; X is O, S, or Se; each R and RB is independently hydrogen or a substituent; any adjacent substituents are optionally joined or fused into a ring; the ligand LA is coordinated to a metal M; the metal M is bonded to ring A through a M-C bond; the metal M can be coordinated to other ligands; and the ligand LA is optionally linked with other ligands. Formulations, OLEDs, and consumer products containing such compounds are also disclosed. |
| US12101993B2 |
Organometallic halide compound, and optical member, light-emitting device, and apparatus, each including the same
Provided are an organometallic halide compound represented by Formula 1 and having a zero-dimensional non-perovskite structure, and a light-emitting device, an optical member, and an apparatus, each including the organometallic halide compound. The light-emitting device may include a first electrode, a second electrode facing the first electrode, and an emission layer between the first electrode and the second electrode, where the emission layer includes the organometallic halide compound. |
| US12101992B2 |
Organic semiconducting compounds
The invention relates to novel organic semiconducting compounds containing an asymmetrically dihalogenated electron-deficient unit, to methods for their preparation and educts or intermediates used therein, to compositions, polymer blends and formulations containing them, to the use of the compounds, compositions and polymer blends as organic semiconductors in, or for the preparation of, organic electronic (OE) devices, especially organic photovoltaic (OPV) devices, perovskite-based solar cell (PSC) devices, organic photodetectors (OPD), organic field effect transistors (OFET) and organic light emitting diodes (OLED), and to OE, OPV, PSC, OPD, OFET and OLED devices comprising these compounds, compositions or polymer blends. |
| US12101991B2 |
Composition containing organic semiconductor, solution for forming organic semiconductor layer, organic semiconductor layer, and organic thin film transistor
Provided are (i) a solution for forming an organic semiconductor layer which solution has excellent coating property, (ii) an organic semiconductor which is produced with use of the solution and which has high heat resistance, (iii) a layer which contains the organic semiconductor, and (iv) an organic thin film transistor which exhibits high electrical properties. A composition containing: an organic semiconductor; and a polymer (1) having at least one unit selected from the group consisting of units represented by formulae (1-a), (1-b) and (1-c) given below. A composition containing the organic semiconductor, the polymer (1) and an organic solvent can be suitably used as a solution for forming an organic semiconductor layer. |
| US12101987B2 |
Materials for forming a nucleation-inhibiting coating and devices incorporating same
An opto-electronic device includes a nucleation-inhibiting coating (NIC) disposed on a surface of the device in a first portion of a lateral aspect thereof; and a conductive coating disposed on a surface of the device in a second portion of the lateral aspect thereof; wherein an initial sticking probability of the conductive coating is substantially less for the NIC than for the surface in the first portion, such that the first portion is substantially devoid of the conductive coating. |
| US12101985B2 |
Arrangement of anodes in display module, display panel and electronic device
A display module includes: an image capturing area, and a plurality of pixel units disposed in the image capturing area, wherein each of the pixel units comprises one anode unit which includes at least three anodes; wherein anode units of the pixel units are periodically arranged with one anode group as a basic unit to form a plurality of anode groups, each of the anode groups comprises at least two of the anode units, and arrangements of anodes of at least two of the anode units in each of the anode groups are different. |
| US12101975B2 |
Display panel and display device
Provided are a display panel and a display device, comprising a substrate. A driving array on the substrate comprises a first active layer, a second active layer and a first metal layer stacked on the first active layer. An active pattern and a gate of the first transistor are respectively included in the first active layer and the first metal layer. An active pattern of the second transistor is included in the second active layer. A first shielding portion with a predetermined stable voltage is provided between the active pattern of the first transistor and the substrate. |
| US12101973B2 |
Display substrate and display device
A display substrate and a display device are provided. The display substrate includes a first power signal line and a pixel defining layer. The first power signal line includes first power signal sub-lines extending along a first direction and second power signal sub-lines extending along a second direction. The pixel defining layer includes a plurality of openings to define effective light-emitting regions of a plurality of sub-pixels, the plurality of sub-pixels include a sub-pixel pair including two sub-pixels arranged along the second direction, and the sub-pixel pair includes two effective light-emitting sub-regions with an interval therebetween. In a plan view, the first power signal sub-line passes through the interval between the two effective light-emitting sub-regions, at least one second power signal sub-line includes a fracture, and the two effective light-emitting sub-regions are located at the fracture. |
| US12101968B2 |
Display device
A display device includes a light-emitting element layer including a plurality of light-emitting elements including light-emitting elements configured to emit lights of luminescent colors different from each other, each light-emitting element being provided with a first electrode, a function layer including a light-emitting layer, and a second electrode in this order, the second electrode includes metal nanowires, and the light-emitting element layer is provided with a pixel bank segmenting the metal nanowires at least for each luminescent color. |
| US12101966B2 |
Display device and electronic device
An inexpensive display device with a narrow bezel is provided. The display device includes a first pixel including a light-emitting device, a second pixel including a light-receiving device, and a reading circuit for reading data obtained by the second pixel. The reading circuit includes a first circuit included in a mounted IC chip and a second circuit monolithically formed over a substrate over which a pixel circuit is formed. With this structure, a circuit corresponding to the second circuit can be omitted from the IC chip, so that the IC chip can be downsized. |
| US12101959B2 |
Display panel, method for manufacturing the same, and display apparatus
A display panel has an active area and a peripheral area. The display panel includes a base, at least one barrier, and a filling pattern. The at least one barrier is disposed on the base and located in the peripheral area. The at least one barrier has a first top face, a first bottom face, and first side faces connected to the first top face and the first bottom face. The first top face and the first bottom face of the at least one barrier are disposed opposite to each other in a direction perpendicular to the base, and the first bottom face is closer to the base than the first top face. The filling pattern is disposed outside a barrier and located a connecting position between a first side face and the first bottom face. A slope of a side face of an outer contour formed by the barrier and at least one filling pattern as a whole is smaller than a slope of the first side face. |
| US12101947B2 |
OLED anode structures including amorphous transparent conducting oxides and OLED processing method comprising the same
Exemplary methods of OLED device processing are described. The methods may include forming an anode on a substrate. Forming the anode may include forming a first metal oxide material on the substrate, forming a metal layer over the first metal oxide material, forming a protective barrier over the metal layer, and forming a second metal oxide material over the amorphous protection material. The protective barrier may be an amorphous protection material overlying the metal layer. |
| US12101941B2 |
Ferroelectric memory structure
A ferroelectric memory structure including a substrate, a ferroelectric capacitor structure, and a switch device is provided. The ferroelectric capacitor structure is disposed on the substrate. The ferroelectric capacitor structure includes at least one first electrode, first dielectric layers, a second electrode, and a ferroelectric material layer. The at least one first electrode and the first dielectric layers are alternately stacked. The second electrode penetrates through the first electrode. The ferroelectric material layer is disposed between the first electrode and the second electrode. The switch device is electrically connected to the ferroelectric capacitor structure. |
| US12101940B2 |
Semiconductor device
A semiconductor device includes a substrate including a first region and a second region, a first gate stack on the first region and including a first gate stacked insulating film and a first gate electrode on the first gate stacked insulating film, and a second gate stack on the second region and including a second gate stacked insulating film and a second gate electrode on the second gate stacked insulating film, wherein a width of the first gate stack is greater than a width of the second gate stack and the second gate stacked insulating film includes a plurality of ferroelectric material films. |
| US12101937B2 |
3D semiconductor memory device
A semiconductor device includes a substrate having a first region and a second region, gate electrodes stacked and spaced apart from each other in a first direction, perpendicular to an upper surface of the substrate in the first region and extending in different lengths along a second direction, perpendicular to the first direction in the second region, first separation regions penetrating the gate electrodes in the first and second regions, extending in the second direction, and spaced apart from each other in a third direction, perpendicular to the first and second directions, second separation regions penetrating the gate electrodes in the second region and spaced apart from each other in the second direction between the separation regions, and a first vertical structure penetrating the gate electrodes in the second region and closest to the first region, wherein a width of the second separation regions in the third direction is greater than a width of the first vertical structure, a first end point of the second separation regions adjacent to the first region is spaced apart from a central axis of the first dummy structure in the second direction, away from the first region. |
| US12101936B2 |
Three dimensional memory device and method of making thereof by forming channel and memory film after word line replacement
A method of forming a three-dimensional memory device includes forming an alternating stack of insulating layers and sacrificial material layers over a substrate, forming a memory opening extending through the alternating stack, forming a sacrificial memory opening fill structure in the memory opening, replacing the sacrificial material layers with electrically conductive layers, removing the sacrificial memory opening fill structure selective to the electrically conductive layers, and forming a memory opening fill structure the memory opening after replacing the sacrificial material layers with electrically conductive layers and after removing the sacrificial memory opening fill structure. The memory opening fill structure includes a memory film and a vertical semiconductor channel. |
| US12101934B2 |
Semiconductor device and method for fabricating the same
A semiconductor device includes: a stacked structure comprising a plurality of dielectric layers and a plurality of conductive layers, wherein the dielectric layers are alternately stacked with the conductive layers; a groove formed for each conductive layer by recessing the conductive layer to the inside of the stacked structure; and an isolation structure formed through the stacked structure so as to isolate the stacked structure into a first block and a second block. The isolation structure comprises a first isolation structure and a second isolation structure adjacent to the first isolation structure with a gap provided between the first and second isolation structures, and one end of the first isolation structure and the other end of the second isolation structure, which face each other, have a vortex shape when viewed from above. |
| US12101933B2 |
Semiconductor device and method of manufacturing the same
A semiconductor device that can be downsized more than ever before is provided. A semiconductor device 10 includes: an insulating layer 21 provided on an upper side of a substrate 20; a conductor 110 provided within the insulating layer 21; a conductor 120 provided within the insulating layer 21 and facing the conductor 110 in a first direction parallel with a surface of the substrate 20; and an insulating film 130 provided between the conductor 110 and the conductor 120. A thickness of the insulating film 130 in the first direction is smaller than both of a thickness of the conductor 110 in the first direction and a thickness of the conductor 120 in the first direction. A relative permittivity of the insulating film 130 is higher than a relative permittivity of the insulating layer 21. The conductor 110 and the conductor 120 extend in a second direction intersecting the first direction and parallel with the substrate 20. |
| US12101929B2 |
Staircase patterning for 3D NAND devices
Semiconductor devices and methods of forming the same include forming an etch mask on a stack of alternating dielectric layers and conductor layers. An exposed portion of a dielectric layer and a conductor layer is etched away to form a wordline. The forming and etching steps are repeated, adding additional etch mask material at each iteration, to form respective wordlines at each iteration. |
| US12101928B2 |
Semiconductor storage device
A semiconductor storage device includes a first conductive layer that extends in a first direction; a second conductive layer that extends in the first direction and is arranged with the first conductive layer in a second direction; a first insulating layer that is provided between the first conductive layer and the second conductive layer; a semiconductor layer that extends in the second direction and faces the first conductive layer, the second conductive layer, and the first insulating layer in a third direction; a first charge storage layer that is provided between the first conductive layer and the semiconductor layer; a second charge storage layer that is provided between the second conductive layer and the semiconductor layer; a first high dielectric constant layer that is provided between the first conductive layer and the first charge storage layer; and a second high dielectric constant layer provided between the second conductive layer and the second charge storage layer. At least a portion of the first charge storage layer faces the second charge storage layer without the second high dielectric constant layer being interposed between the portion of the first charge storage layer and the second charge storage layer in the second direction. |
| US12101924B2 |
Semiconductor structure and method for manufacturing same
A semiconductor structure and a method for manufacturing same. The semiconductor structure includes: a semiconductor base, including a logical device region and a memory region; a bit line located in the memory region and an electrical contact layer located in the logical device region, which are disposed in a same layer; a first semiconductor channel located on the bit line and a second semiconductor channel located on the electrical contact layer, which are disposed in a same layer; a word line and a gate disposed in a same layer; a capacitor structure, in contact with a second doped region of the first semiconductor channel; an electrical connection structure, in contact with the fourth doped region of the second semiconductor channel; and a dielectric layer, located between the bit line and the word line, and on a side of the word line away from the semiconductor base. |
| US12101922B2 |
Memory device and layout, manufacturing method of the same
A memory device is provided. The memory device includes first and second pull-up transistors. The first pull-up transistor is disposed over a semiconductor substrate, and including a first gate structure and two first source/drain structures at opposite sides of the first gate structure. The second pull-up transistor is laterally spaced apart from the first pull-up transistor, and including a second gate structure and two second source/drain structures at opposite sides of the second gate structure. The first and second gate structures extend along a first direction and laterally spaced apart from each other along a second direction intersected with the first direction. The first gate structure further extends along a sidewall of one of the second source/drain structures, and the second gate structure further extends along a sidewall of one of the first source/drain structures. |
| US12101918B2 |
Noise mitigation for head-mounted device
A head-mounted device can effectively manage heat while also managing noise output in a manner that reduces the user's perception thereof. For example, a support member extending across a flow channel can provide multiple sections with different profiles and/or cross-sectional dimensions within the flow channel. Each of the profiles and/or cross-sectional dimensions can generate tonal noises at different frequencies, so that the tonal noises generated are distributed across multiple frequencies to mask such tonal noises among broadband noises that are generated by the head-mounted device. Such a support member can be moveably positioned within the flow channel and rigidly coupled to other components of the head-mounted device. Such a support member can also be used to draw heat away from other components of the head-mounted device to be dissipated by the flow of air within the flow channel. |
| US12101911B2 |
Heat exchange system used for heat dissipation of electronic control assembly and computer host
A heat exchange system for heat dissipation of an electronic control assembly includes: a first heat exchange portion including a first end having a first communication port and a second end having a second communication port; a second heat exchange portion including a first end having a third communication port and a second end having a fourth communication port, and at least a part of the second heat exchange portion being configured to be in contact with the electronic control assembly; a first connection tube communicating the first communication port with the third communication port; and a second connection tube communicating the second communication port with the fourth communication port. The first and second heat exchange portions and the first and second connection tubes constitute a loop, the loop has an opening, and the opening is closed when the heat exchange system is in an operative state. |
| US12101905B2 |
Electronic device and quick release mechanism
A quick release mechanism includes a fixed component, a first assembly, and a second assembly. The fixed component has a guiding portion and a first positioner. The first assembly includes an engagement component and a return component. The engagement component is pivotably disposed on the fixed component and includes a first protrusion part, a first press part, and a second positioner. The return component keeps the engagement component in an engaged position. The second assembly is removably inserted into the guiding portion. The second assembly includes a second protrusion part and a contact part. The engagement component is movable away from the engaged position by abutting of the second protrusion part on the first protrusion part or by abutting of the contact part on the first press part during insertion of the second assembly into the guiding portion. |
| US12101904B2 |
Communication systems having pluggable optical modules
An apparatus includes a housing capable of being mounted in a rack, and a vertically oriented switch card. The vertically oriented switch card includes one or more vertically oriented application-specific integrated circuits (ASIC) mounted on the vertically oriented switch card. The switch card includes a two-dimensional arrangement of plug ports; each plug port is configured to receive a pluggable optical module. The switch card also includes a two-dimensional arrangement of channel intakes, each channel intake is positioned adjacent to at least one of the plug ports of the two dimensional arrangements of plug ports, each channel intake receives air and directs the received air towards an interior of the housing capable of being mounted in a rack. |
| US12101900B2 |
Folding devices
Folding devices are disclosed. An example folding device includes a first frame; a second frame; an actuator including a first end coupled to the first frame and a second end hingably coupled to the second frame; and a display coupled to the first and second frames, when the folding device is in a folded position, the display wraps around ends of the first and second frames to cover a joint between the first and second frames, when the folding device rotates from the folded position toward an unfolded position, the actuator urges the ends of the first and second frames away from one another to encourage the display to unwrap from around the ends. |
| US12101892B2 |
Semi-automatic corrosion box of copper clad laminate
A semi-automatic corrosion box of a copper clad laminate is disclosed. The corrosion device comprises a box body which has no cover; a baffle plate which divides the corrosion box into an upper part and a lower part, wherein a copper clad laminate circuit board is placed on the baffle plate, and a temperature detection module, water pumps and a heating rod are placed on a lower part; and a thermal imaging camera which is placed on a pressing plate through a bracket. Modules in corrosive liquid are connected with an external single chip microcomputer control module through corrosion-resistant wires. The working mode of the present invention is that time and temperature are set with a key matrix at first, and the control module can automatically stop working and enter a low power consumption mode. |
| US12101891B2 |
Circuit board and manufacturing method therefor
A manufacturing method of a circuit board includes: providing a first double-sided copper laminate including a dielectric layer, a first copper foil layer and a copper plating layer, wherein the dielectric layer, wherein the dielectric layer defines a groove, the copper plating layer includes a first copper plating portion in the groove and a second copper plating portion beside the first copper plating portion. A double-sided circuit substrate including base layer and two first wiring layers is provided, wherein each first wiring layer includes a signal line. Conductive paste blocks are disposed in the base layer and on both sides of the signal line; and a first double-sided copper laminate is stacked on each side of the double-sided circuit substrate, disposing the signal line in the groove. The conductive paste blocks are pressed electrically connect same to the second copper plating portions. The present disclosure further provides a circuit board. |
| US12101887B2 |
Preventing liquid ingress in a device
In an embodiment, a method of manufacturing (100) is described. The method comprises providing (102) a first layer defining a first inner surface (203a) and a first outer surface (203b), a second layer defining a second inner surface (205a) and a second outer surface (205b), and an electrical component (206) positioned on the first inner surface or the second inner surface. The method further comprises attaching (104) the first and second layers together to create a device (200) comprising the first and second layers, wherein the first outer surface and the second outer surface define an external surface of the device. The device further comprises a sealed portion (208) defined by liquid-tight attachment between the first and second inner surfaces. In use of the device, the sealed portion prevents liquid ingress into the device between the first and second layers towards the electrical component. |
| US12101885B2 |
Server motherboard, server, and power supply control method
A server motherboard includes a protective film, a substrate, and a power supply circuit. An equivalent electrical parameter of the protective film changes as a shape of the protective film changes. The shape changes when a temperature of the server mother board is greater than a predetermined temperature. A portion of at least one side surface of the substrate is covered by the protective film. The power supply circuit is electrically connected to the protective film and configured to detect the equivalent electrical parameter of the protective film. The power supply circuit stops outputting a power supply voltage to the substrate when a change of the equivalent electrical parameter is detected. |
| US12101883B2 |
Electronic device including printed circuit board
Disclosed is an electronic device. The electronic device includes: a housing including a side wall at least partially configured as an antenna, a first printed circuit board disposed in the housing and including at least one ground part, a second printed circuit board, wherein the second printed circuit board includes an extension part extending along the side wall of the housing, a first part extending from one end of the extension part and connected to the first printed circuit board, and a second part extending from an opposite end of the extension part and electrically connected to the at least one ground part, at least one component disposed on the extension part, and a processor disposed on the first printed circuit board, and operatively connected to the at least one component through the first part of the second printed circuit board. |
| US12101879B2 |
Flexible circuit board
A flexible printed circuit board (FPCB), which is applied to various electronic display devices, may include a base, a first metal layer and a second metal layer on both surfaces of the base, a first plating layer on the first metal layer, a second plating layer on the second metal layer, and a first insulating pattern and a second insulating pattern respectively disposed on some region of the first plating layer and the second plating layer, wherein the first plating layer and the second plating layer may have different thicknesses. |
| US12101878B2 |
Circuit board
A circuit board according to an embodiments includes an insulating portion comprising a plurality of insulating layers, wherein the insulating portion includes: a first insulating portion; a second insulating portion disposed on the first insulating portion and having a coefficient of thermal expansion corresponding to the first insulating portion; and a third insulating portion disposed under the first insulating portion and having a coefficient of thermal expansion corresponding to the first insulating portion; wherein the first insulating portion includes a prepreg including glass fibers, and wherein the second and third insulating portions include a resin coated copper (RCC) with a coefficient of thermal expansion in the range of 10 to 65 (10−6 m/m·k). |
| US12101875B2 |
Double stub transmission line for suppression of harmonics
One aspect provides a printed circuit board (PCB). The PCB includes a transmission line to transmit signals of a desired frequency, a first stub coupled to the transmission line at a first location, and a second stub coupled to the transmission line at a second location. The first stub is to filter out signals of a first frequency, the second stub is to filter out signals of a second frequency, and the first and second stubs are positioned such that an insertion loss of the transmitted signals of the desired frequency is substantially minimized. |
| US12101861B2 |
Lamp and operating method of the lamp
According to an embodiment disclosed herein, a lamp includes a plurality of light sources connected in series to one another, a light source controller that controls an operation of each of the plurality of light sources based on a control signal, and a signal controller that generates the control signal containing a duty cycle set such that an operating voltage of the plurality of light sources does not exceed a preset value and controls an operation of the light source controller in a time division manner. |
| US12101856B2 |
Systems and methods for color targeting for accurate white colors and saturated colors
A method of driving a plurality of LED-based light sources to provide accurate white points and saturated color points. The method includes receiving or setting a selectable target chromaticity; determining that the selectable target chromaticity is between two vertices of the global common gamut; defining an inner region within the global common gamut; calculating a first directed distance between the selectable target chromaticity and the transition boundary of the inner region and a second directed distance between the selectable target chromaticity and a straight side of the global common gamut; and modifying the selectable target chromaticity to a modified target chromaticity within a light fixture gamut based at least in part on the calculated first and second directed distances; or generating an activation signal for driving the plurality of light sources based on the selectable target chromaticity based at least in part on the calculated first and second directed distances. |
| US12101855B2 |
Power supply
Apparatus, methods and systems for providing power to light-emitting diode (“LED”) light sources are provided. The apparatus may include a plurality of power output channels. Each of the power output channels may provide a current to a plurality of LED modules. Each of the LED modules may correspond to one of the power output channels. The apparatus may include a protection circuit. The protection circuit may receive a conditioned voltage. The protection circuit may use the conditioned voltage to feed to the power output channels an output current that, in total, has a power no greater than a predetermined power limit. The apparatus may include a voltage conditioning circuit. The voltage condition circuit may receive line voltage. the voltage condition circuit may condition the line voltage. The voltage conditioning circuit may provide the conditioned voltage to the protection circuit. |
| US12101854B2 |
Control a dimming level of an illumination load by a dimmer device
Disclosed herein are system, apparatus, article of manufacture, method and/or computer program product embodiments, and/or combinations and sub-combinations thereof, for a dimmer device including a driver, and a controller communicatively coupled to the driver and to a monitor device. The monitor device can include a camera and is configured to take a plurality of images of the illumination load. The controller provides a control signal that indicates to the driver to adjust power supplied to an illumination load. The control signal is provided in response to a determination that a performance of the illumination load fails to satisfy a predetermined performance indicator. The performance of the illumination load is determined based on information related to the plurality of images of the illumination load taken by the camera of the monitor device. The controller can adjust a dimming level of the illumination load by providing the control signal to the driver. |
| US12101852B2 |
Methods and apparatuses for sending and receiving physical layer protocol data unit
The technology of this application relates to methods and apparatuses for sending and receiving a physical layer protocol data unit. The method includes generating a physical layer protocol data unit (PPDU), where the PPDU includes a short training field, a length of a frequency domain sequence of the short training field is greater than a first length, and the first length is a length, for example, 2048, of a frequency domain sequence of a short training field that is transmitted over a 160 MHz-bandwidth channel. The method further includes sending the PPDU over a target channel, where a bandwidth of the target channel is greater than 160 MHz. According to embodiments of this application, a larger actual channel bandwidth can be achieved, and backward compatibility is implemented. |
| US12101844B2 |
Wireless communication system, method, base station, user equipment and device
A wireless communication system, a method, a base station, user equipment and a device. An electronic device for a user equipment in a wireless communication system, wherein the user equipment simultaneously performs wireless data connections with a first base station and a second base station over different carriers, the electronic device including: circuitry configured to, acquire a notification to release the wireless data connection between the user equipment and the first base station from the second base station, if a release triggering node judges that a release condition is satisfied; and release the wireless data connection with the first base station based on the notification, wherein the release triggering node is either the first base station or the second base station. |
| US12101843B2 |
Triggering user equipment (UE) assistance information based on mobility and wake up signal (WUS) configuration
Methods, systems, and devices for wireless communications are described. A system may support techniques for triggering user equipment (UE) assistance information (UAI) based on mobility, wake up signal (WUS) configuration, or both. In some cases, a UE may communicate with a network node (e.g., a base station) on a first channel according to a discontinuous reception (DRX) configuration. The UE may determine that a speed of the UE satisfies a mobility threshold and may transmit UAI requesting one or more updated DRX configuration parameters based on the speed of the UE satisfying the mobility threshold. Additionally or alternatively, the UE may receive signaling configuring the UE to monitor for WUSs and may transmit UAI requesting one or more updated DRX configuration parameters based on the WUS configuration. The UE may receive control signaling configuring the DRX configuration with the one or more requested parameters in response to the UAI. |
| US12101839B2 |
Information processing method and related network device
Disclosed are an information processing method and a related network device. The method comprises: a session management function (SMF) obtaining first address information of a local domain name system (DNS) server; sending the first address information to an uplink classifier; and sending, by means of an access and mobility management function (AMF), the first address information to a user equipment (UE), wherein the first address information is used for the UE to update the IP address of local DNS server. |
| US12101835B2 |
Adjustment of advertising interval in communications between an implantable medical device and an external device
An advertising algorithm is disclosed which operates in an Implantable Medical Device (IMD) to adjust an interval at which the IMD will transmit advertising data packets to an external device able to connect with the IMD. When a communication session between the IMD and an external device is terminated, the advertising algorithm will issue advertising data packets at a higher rate for a set duration. This will allow the external device to connect more quickly with the IMD in a next communication session. After the set duration, when it may be assumed that the external device is less likely to connect with the IMD, the algorithm reduces that rate at which advertising data packets are issued, which saves power in the IMD. |
| US12101832B2 |
Connectivity session between devices based on a connectivity trigger
Techniques for connectivity session between devices based on a connectivity trigger are described and may be implemented to enable a first device (e.g., a mobile device) to provide network connectivity for a second device. Generally, the described implementations enable multiple different connectivity triggers to be utilized to trigger a connectivity session between devices, such as for enabling network connectivity of a first device to be provided to a second device. |
| US12101830B2 |
Battery pack and electric device system
A battery pack is provided with: a battery cell; a control part connected to the battery cell; and a wireless communication part connected to the control part and configured to communicate wirelessly with an external device by means of the control part. The wireless communication part wirelessly connects to an electric device having a motor or to an information terminal as the external device for connection. During the wireless connection, priority connection control is performed to connect to the electric device in a wirelessly connectable state. |
| US12101829B2 |
Symmetric transmit opportunity (TXOP) truncation
A wireless local area network (WLAN) access point (AP) transmits a ready-to-send (RTS) frame. In response to the transmitted RTS frame and during a transmission opportunity (TXOP), a clear-to-send (CTS) frame from a first station is received. The WLAN AP further transmits at least one data frame in response to the received CTS frame and in response to the transmitted at least one data frame, an acknowledgement from the first station. The WLAN AP further transmits, in response to the received acknowledgement signal, a first medium access control (MAC) frame which is received by a second station, and the WLAN AP receives, in response to the transmitted first MAC frame and during the TXOP, a second MAC frame from the second station. |
| US12101827B1 |
Backoff counting method in a non-simultaneous transmit and receive (NSTR) operation mode
This disclosure provides a backoff counting method in a non-simultaneous transmit and receive (NSTR) operation mode and the communication device for the method. The method includes: configuring a plurality of backoff counters for counting backoff slots with no medium activity of channels of the plurality of links; synchronizing a count value of a first backoff counter of the plurality of backoff counters with a count value of a second backoff counter of the plurality of backoff counters, if the first backoff counter starts counting later than the second backoff counter or resumes counting after a pause, wherein the count value of the second backoff counter is smaller than that of the first backoff counter; and transmitting or receiving a signal on a channel of at least one of the plurality of links after all the backoff counters reach a predefined value. |
| US12101825B2 |
User equipment involved in performing a random access procedure
The present disclosure relates to a user equipment (UE) that comprises a receiver, which receives a plurality of random access type threshold values. A processing circuitry of the UE determines a random value and then selects a type of a random access procedure to be performed by the UE. The selecting comprises at least selecting one out of the plurality of random access type threshold values, comparing the determined random value against the selected random access type threshold value, and selecting a type of the random access procedure based on the result of the comparison. The UE then performs the random access procedure of the selected type. |
| US12101823B2 |
Method and apparatus for performing multiple RACH procedures
A method and apparatus for performing a random access (RACH) procedure is disclosed. In one embodiment, a method performed by a wireless communication node, includes: performing a plurality of random access (RACH) procedures with a wireless communication device on a first frequency resource set and a second frequency resource set, wherein the plurality of RACH procedures each comprises: receiving a first message on a first frequency resource from the wireless communication device, wherein the first frequency resource is selected from the first frequency resource set; transmitting a second message on a second frequency resource to the wireless communication device within a pre-determined time window, wherein the second frequency resource is selected from the second frequency resource set; receiving a third message on the first frequency resource from the wireless communication device; and transmitting a fourth message on the second frequency resource to the wireless communication device. |
| US12101820B2 |
Communications device, infrastructure equipment and methods
A communications device for transmitting data to a wireless communications network is configured to transmit a random access preamble, and to transmit uplink data in an uplink shared physical channel associated with the preamble according to a 2-step random access procedure, the association between the preamble and the uplink shared channel being known to the wireless communications network. The communications device is configured to detect, in response to transmitting the preamble and the uplink data, a random access response message providing timing advance information and uplink grant of resources of the uplink shared channel according to a 4-step random access procedure. In response to detecting the random access response message, the communications device is configured to transmit uplink data in the uplink resources granted in the random access response message according to a 4-step random access procedure, as if the communications device was continuing with a 4-step RACH procedure having started with a 2-step RACH procedure. As such there is no requirement to fall-back to a full 4-step random access procedure, if a 2-step random access procedure has failed, thereby saving time and communications resources. |
| US12101817B2 |
PRACH detection in a radio access network
There is disclosed a method of operating a network node (100) in a radio access network, the method comprising detecting Physical Random Access CHannel, PRACH, transmission from a user equipment (10), wherein the PRACH transmission covers a plurality of time intervals, wherein detecting comprises associating different weights to different time intervals. The disclosure also pertains to related devices and methods. |
| US12101814B2 |
Wireless communication method using shared TXOP, and wireless communication terminal using same
A station in a wireless communication system is disclosed. The station includes: a transceiver; and a processor for controlling the transceiver. The processor receives a trigger frame for triggering uplink transmission from an access point (AP), and the trigger frame allocates, to the station, a part of a transmission opportunity (TXOP) acquired by the AP, as a shared TXOP, transmits a CTS frame as a response to the trigger frame, and switches a first enhanced distributed channel access (EDCA) parameter set used for channel access to a second EDCA parameter set based on transmission for the AP within the shared TXOP. |
| US12101813B2 |
Channel occupancy time duration for cell starting from downlink control information slot
A base station transmits configuration parameters indicating a plurality of slot format combinations of a cell and a slot format indicator (SFI)—radio network temporary identifier (RNTI). The base station transmits, during a slot and based on the SFI-RNTI, downlink control information (DCI) indicating a slot format combination of the plurality of slot format combinations. The slot format combination indicates a channel occupancy time (COT) duration for the cell. The base station receives, from a wireless device and via the cell, a transport block during the COT duration, wherein the COT duration starts from the slot. |
| US12101812B2 |
Communication apparatus and communication method
The communication apparatus comprises a receiver which, in operation, receives a PHY layer Data Unit that includes a duration field; Physical (PHY) layer circuitry which, in operation, issues a PHY-CCA (clear channel assessment) primitive parameter indicating bandwidth information on a busy or idle state for each subchannel within an operating bandwidth; and Media Access Control (MAC) circuitry which, in operation, updates a Network Allocation Vector (NAV) value based on the duration information and, in operation, determines busy/idle state of at least one subchannel, wherein the MAC circuitry, in operation, controls transmission of the HE TB PHY layer Data Unit based on the updated NAV value and the busy/idle state of the at least one subchannel, and controls the PHY circuitry to have the HE TB PHY layer Data Unit transmitted when the at least one subchannel is considered idle, regardless of whether the primary subchannel is busy or not. |
| US12101811B2 |
Channel access for wireless communications
According to an example aspect of the present invention, there is provided a method, comprising: receiving, by a first device from a second device, a message on a wireless medium indicating that the wireless medium has been reserved for at least one transmission from the first device to the second device by the second device detecting that the wireless medium is not occupied, based on a first beamwidth. The method further comprises determining, by the first device, a second beamwidth for performing the at least one transmission, selecting, by the first device on the basis of the received message, a method for the first device, from a set of at least two methods, to determine whether the wireless medium is occupied, determining, by the first device, based on the selected method for the first device whether the wireless medium is occupied, and in response to detecting that the wireless medium is not occupied, performing the at least one transmission by the first device. |
| US12101810B2 |
Method and device in a node used for wireless communication
A first node receives a first signaling; performs a first channel sensing operation over a first subband; and transmits a first signal. The first signaling comprises first indication information, used for indicating an Rx parameter of the first channel sensing operation; the first channel sensing operation is used for determining channel occupancy information, the channel occupancy information used for determining whether the first subband can be used by a transmitter of the first signaling for signal transmission; the first signal is used for indicating the channel occupancy information. The receiver in communications is enabled to perform channel sensing and feedback results, hence a reduction in interferences incurred from hidden node issues. |
| US12101805B2 |
Channel occupancy rate determination in unlicensed spectrum
Some aspects of this disclosure relate to apparatuses and methods for implementing techniques for channel occupancy rate determination of a channel between a user equipment (UE) and a base station in an unlicensed spectrum. A UE can perform measurements based on a measurement configuration from the base station, and further determine a channel occupancy rate of the channel based on the performed measurements. The measurement configuration indicates to the UE to perform an omni measurement or a directional measurement by using an antenna element of the UE. The UE can further transmit a report to the base station to indicate the channel occupancy rate. |
| US12101804B2 |
Method and apparatus for data transmission and computer readable medium
The present disclosure provides a UE and a method at a UE. The method includes: mapping an uplink grant with a logical channel, according to an LBT parameters associated with the uplink grant, the LBT parameters being related to at least one of a CAPC value, an LBT type, an LBT category, a channel sensing duration, a transmission time of an uplink data channel corresponding to the uplink grant and a random back-off time length; and performing the data transmission of the logical channel using the uplink grant. The present disclosure further provides a network node and a method at a network node, and corresponding computer readable storage media. |
| US12101802B2 |
BWP switching method and terminal device
A BWP switching method and a terminal device are provided. The method includes: measuring, by a terminal device, a plurality of downlink reference signals corresponding to a plurality of downlink BWPs; and determining, by the terminal device, whether to switch from a first downlink BWP to a second downlink BWP according to measurement results of the plurality of downlink reference signals corresponding to the plurality of downlink BWPs. The first downlink BWP is an active BWP, and the first downlink BWP and the second downlink BWP belong to the plurality of downlink BWPs. |
| US12101798B2 |
Sidelink logical channel and resource configurations
Method, apparatus and systems are described to allow a base station to configure a logical channel or resources for sidelink communications. In one example aspect, a method for wireless communication includes receiving, by a user equipment, a message from a communication node. The message includes information for configuring a logical channel for a sidelink transmission. The method also includes configuring, a Medium Access Control (MAC) entity with the logical channel according to the information. |
| US12101795B2 |
Multi-TRP communication
Embodiments of the present disclosure provide methods, devices and computer readable media for multi-TRP transmission. According to a method for communication, a terminal device receives downlink control information (DCI) from at least one of a plurality of network devices in communication with the terminal device, each of the plurality of network devices having a different demodulation reference signal (DMRS) group comprising a plurality of DMRS ports for transmitting DMRSs. The terminal device determines, from the DCI, respective transmission configuration indication (TCI) states for DMRS groups of the plurality of network devices and DMRS ports for receiving DMRSs transmitted by the plurality of network devices. The terminal device receives the DMRSs from the plurality of network devices on the DMRS ports based on the TCI states. The embodiments of the present disclosure provide solution of multi-TRP communication with reduced overhead. |
| US12101787B2 |
Multiple PDSCH scheduling
There is disclosed a method of operating a receiving radio node in a wireless communication network. The method includes communicating utilising data signaling based on a received control information message, the control information message scheduling multiple occurrences of data signaling, wherein communicating is based on extracting a code block group (CBG) setup for communicating based on the received control information message and/or a CBG configuration. The disclosure also pertains to related devices and methods. |
| US12101781B2 |
HARQ handling for single-DCI multi-slot scheduling
A network node causes transmission of DCI that includes information for scheduling two or more TBs over two or more communication slots. The two or more TBs are associated with two or more HARQ process IDs. The information includes one or more of: a PUCCH resource indicator configured to indicate at least one resource for use for transmitting HARQ feedback related to the two or more TBs; a DAI configured to indicate a position of HARQ feedback related to the two or more TBs, in a HARQ codebook; a HARQ process ID indicator indicating two or more HARQ process IDs; and one or more NDIs configured to indicate whether at least one of the two or more TBs is a retransmission. |
| US12101778B2 |
Downlink control information in USS
According to an aspect, a wireless device receives a DCI configuration for a first set of DCI formats, each DCI of the first set of DCI formats having a same size measured as a number of bits. The wireless device receives a DCI configuration for a second set of DCI formats wherein the second set is different from the first set. The wireless device detects a first DCI from the first set of DCI formats and a second DCI from the second set of DCI formats based on the first DCI having a different size to the second DCI and the second DCI comprising at least one padding bit. According to another aspect a base station configures a wireless device with at least one DCI format from a first set of DCI formats wherein each DCI of the first set of DCI formats having a same size measured as a number of bits, and at least one DCI format from a second set of DCI formats wherein the second set is different from the first set and wherein the first DCI having a different size to the second DCI and the second DCI comprising at least one padding bit. |
| US12101775B2 |
Optimizing resource of a terminal allocation by computer vision
It is provided a method, including providing location information indicating a location of a terminal to a radio-independent localization and tracking system; evaluating at least one of environmental information and tracking information received from the radio-independent localization and tracking system with respect to the terminal in response to providing the location information; managing a resource for serving the terminal based on the at least one of the environmental information and the tracking information, wherein the environmental information includes information about an environment of the terminal, and the tracking information includes information about a track of the terminal. |
| US12101774B2 |
Method and apparatus for transmitting and receiving signals in wireless communication system
A method and an apparatus for transmitting and receiving signals in a wireless communication system, according to an embodiment of the present disclosure, receive downlink control information (DCI) for uplink data transmission, perform Listen-Before-Talk (LBT) on a sub-band where a physical uplink shared channel (PUSCH) resource is located, and transmit the uplink data on the PUSCH resource on the basis of the LBT. Further, Uplink control information (UCI) for candidate physical uplink control channel (PUCCH) resources may be piggybacked on the PUSCH resource on the basis of the PUSCH resource overlapping with one or more candidate PUCCH resources from among the candidate PUCCH resources, and on the basis of a processing time, for a first candidate PUCCH resource that is the most preceding in a time domain among the candidate PUCCH resources, being equal to or greater than the minimum processing time of the terminal. |
| US12101770B2 |
Wireless communication method, terminal device and network device
A wireless communication method, a terminal device and a network device. The method comprises: a terminal device receiving first indication information, wherein the first indication information is used for indicating whether system information of a first cell is updated; and the terminal device determining, according to the first indication information and a first duration, whether the system information of the first cell is updated. |
| US12101769B2 |
Communication apparatus, wireless communication system, and method for controlling access point
A communication apparatus, which operates as a master access point in a wireless network including one or more other access points operating as slaves and one or more stations, generates a trigger frame that includes a Trigger type subfield value indicating an instruction to perform cooperative transmission with the other access points, transmits the generated trigger frame to the other access points, and executes the cooperative transmission with the other access points to which the trigger frame has been transmitted. |
| US12101764B2 |
Uplink scheduling method and apparatus, network device, and readable storage medium
Embodiments of this application disclose an uplink scheduling method and apparatus, a network device, and a readable storage medium. In the method provided in this application includes: The network device receives and demodulates a first signal in a first uplink resource allocated to a terminal device, if an obtained first demodulation result indicates a demodulation failure, determines, based on the first demodulation result, whether the first uplink resource carries uplink data. If it is determined that the first uplink resource carries uplink data, sends first retransmission control information to the terminal device at a first coverage level, otherwise, sends first retransmission control information to the terminal device at a second coverage level. |
| US12101762B2 |
Information transmission method, apparatus and device
An information transmission method, apparatus and device are provided. The method includes receiving downlink transmission; identifying a transmission reception point TRP or a TRP group corresponding to the downlink transmission; transmitting a Hybrid Automatic Repeat request Acknowledge HARQ-ACK of the downlink transmission to the TRP or the TRP group corresponding to the downlink transmission through a Physical Uplink Control Channel PUCCH, wherein, HARQ-ACKs of downlink transmissions corresponding to different TRPs or TRP groups are transmitted on different PUCCHs, and the different PUCCHs are PUCCHs using different PUCCH resources or are PUCCHs transmitted on non-overlapping symbols on a same carrier, or are PUCCHs transmitted on different carriers. |
| US12101757B2 |
Method for obtaining transmission reception point information, user terminal, and readable storage medium
A method for obtaining transmission reception point (TRP) information, a user terminal, and a readable storage medium. The method comprises: receiving control information, the control information being suitable for triggering a signal or a channel; obtaining TCI comprised in the control information; and obtaining, according to the TCI, a TRP that participates in transmitting a signal or a channel triggered by the control information. The solution above can implement dynamic switching between a single TRP transmission scheme and a multi-TRP transmission scheme. |
| US12101756B2 |
Adaptive parameter configuration in wireless communication
Methods, systems, and devices for an adaptive parameter configuration in wireless communication are described. A wireless communication method is provided to comprise updating configuration parameters of a user device based on one or more messages including at least one of a parameter update indication, a parameter update inquiry, a parameter set, or a parameter index set. |
| US12101754B2 |
Interference processing method, terminal, and network-side device
An interference processing method, a terminal, and a network-side device are provided. The interference processing method applied to a terminal includes: in a case that inter-modulation interference occurs between frequencies corresponding to different radio access technologies RATs, sending auxiliary information of the inter-modulation interference to a network-side device, where the auxiliary information includes identification information of a first frequency associated with the inter-modulation interference and interference information of the first frequency. |
| US12101751B2 |
Communication apparatus, control method, and computer-readable storage medium
A communication apparatus sets, in a case where an operation state of the communication apparatus is a first operation state in which data of a predetermined type is not transmitted and received, a ratio of a first period assigned for a first communication mode to a second period assigned for a second communication mode to a first ratio. In a second operation state in which data of the predetermined type is transmitted and/or received, a ratio of the first period to the second period is set to a second ratio. In a case where, in the second operation state, a channel used in one communication mode of the first communication mode and the second communication mode is a Dynamic Frequency Selection (DFS) channel, a period assigned for the one communication mode to satisfy a DFS operation regardless of the second ratio is set. |
| US12101750B2 |
Multi-band indication method
A multi-band indication method includes generating, by a first communications device, a first frame, and sending, by the first communications device, the first frame. The first frame includes a first operating class field, and in response to a basic service set (BSS) configured to be established by the first communications device configured to simultaneously operate in a first band and a second band, the first operating class field indicates a starting frequency of the second band. The first band is a band that includes a primary channel and the second band is a band that fails to include the primary channel. |
| US12101745B2 |
Exploiting a non-transmission-designated interval in a cycle of a protocol
A system for exploiting a non-transmission-designated interval in a cycle of a protocol can include a processor and a memory. The memory can store a retrieval module, an alternative transmission determination module, and a schedule module. The retrieval module can cause the processor to retrieve, by a specific node associated with a set of nodes in a network, information about the set. The information can include, for a node in the set, identifications of a frequency and a time slot of a transmission-designated interval in a cycle of the protocol. The alternative transmission determination module can cause the processor to determine, based on the information, an existence, in the set, of a non-transmission-designated interval that has a duration greater than a threshold duration. The schedule module can cause the processor to schedule, in response to the existence, the specific node to produce a transmission during the non-transmission-designated interval. |
| US12101741B2 |
Sidelink reference signal configuration
Various aspects of the present disclosure generally relate to wireless communication. In some aspects, a first user equipment (UE) may receive an indication of a configuration for transmitting a sidelink reference signal (SL-RS) that is to be transmitted independently of data transmission and that has a frequency bandwidth that is independent of a frequency bandwidth configured for transmission on a physical sidelink shared channel. The UE may transmit the SL-RS to a second UE according to the configuration. Numerous other aspects are described. |
| US12101740B2 |
Signaling delivery in a wireless network
A base station receives, from a core network node, a message. The message comprising: a non-access stratum (NAS) packet for a wireless device; and a parameter for delaying transmission of the NAS packet. The NAS packet is sent to the wireless device after a delay based on the parameter. |
| US12101738B2 |
Paging response method and device, paging method and device
A paging response method, a paging method, an electronic device and a storage medium. The response method, for terminal configured to couple at least two operator networks, includes: determining information on a first priority for communicating with a first operator network in the at least two operator networks in response to a coupling state with the first operator network; acquiring information on a second priority for communication between a second operator network in the at least two operator networks and the terminal from a paging message in response to receiving the paging message from the second operator network; and determining to maintain the coupling state with the first operator network, or to decouple from the first operator network and to respond to the paging message of the second operator network, based on the information on the first priority and the information on the second priority. |
| US12101736B2 |
Position estimation system and position estimation method
A position estimation system includes: a processor; and a storage device. The storage device stores data associating measurement data obtained by a terminal device with a position identifier. The measurement data includes on a measured radio wave data, and data a measured acceleration. The processor specifies a period from when the terminal device acquires the position identifier until the processor determines that a user of the terminal device has moved; uses training data including the measurement data obtained by the terminal device during the specified period and the position identifier corresponding to the measurement data obtained by the terminal device to create a position estimation model that outputs the position identifier as a position estimation result when the position estimation model receives the measurement data; and when the processor receives the measurement data, estimates a position of the terminal device by using the measurement data and the position estimation model. |
| US12101734B2 |
Antenna sharing for multiple wireless communication technologies
Differing operations of a wireless communication device benefit from different antenna configurations, such as for positioning, where closely spaced antennas are desirable, and data communication, where antenna diversity is desirable. A device is configured to receive a request for receive a request for determining a position of a user equipment (UE), select one of a first plurality of antennas or a second plurality of antennas for determining the position of the UE, receive wireless signals using the selected first plurality of antennas or the second plurality of antennas, and determine the position of the UE based at least in part on the received wireless signals. |
| US12101733B2 |
User equipment, a radio network node, a location server, and methods therein for obtaining and providing positioning assistance data
A method performed by a UE for obtaining positioning assistance data from a location server, wherein the UE and the location server are operating in a wireless communications network. The UE receives a system information broadcast from a radio network node. The UE further transmits a request for positioning assistance data to the location server in case the UE does not obtain the needed positioning assistance data via the radio network node broadcast system information. The UE further obtains carrier and/or RAT information used for the positioning assistance data broadcast. The UE further reselects or is redirected to the carrier and/or RAT used for the positioning assistance data broadcast. |
| US12101724B2 |
Methods and apparatuses of power control for additional SRS
Methods and apparatuses of power control for additional SRS are disclosed. A method at abase unit comprises transmitting power control parameters for transmitting additional SRS by higher layers; and transmitting TPC command by DCI format 3B for additional SRS. |
| US12101723B2 |
Apparatus and method for transmission power control of same
An apparatus and a method for transmission power control of the same capable of providing a good communication performance and high reliability are provided. A method for transmission power control of a first user equipment (UE) includes sending a trigger signaling to a second UE to request the second UE to report a sidelink—reference signal received power (SL-RSRP) measurement result, receiving, from the second UE, the SL-RSRP measurement report, and estimating a pathloss between the first UE and the second UE according to the reported SL-RSRP measurement result. |
| US12101713B2 |
Systems/methods of bandwidth variability and/or air interface variability responsive to a size of data to be transmitted
Embodiments of systems/methods are disclosed wherein a transmitter is configured to wirelessly communicate with a destination device by transmitting a first plurality of subcarriers using a first set of frequencies and a first air interface; and responsive to a size of data that is to be transmitted, transmitting a second plurality of subcarriers using a second set of frequencies and a second air interface that comprises a variant of the first air interface. According to some embodiments, the first set of frequencies and/or the second set frequencies comprise frequencies that are used for cellular communications and at least some frequencies of the second set of frequencies are mutually exclusive with the first set of frequencies. |
| US12101710B2 |
Data processing method and apparatus, network element device, storage medium, and program product
This application discloses a data processing method performed by a computer device acting as a session management network element. The method includes: generating a node-level message processing rule set, where the message processing rule set includes one or more message processing rules; and distributing, when the session management network element establishes a connection with an edge application server discovery network element, the message processing rule set to the edge application server discovery network element, so that the edge application server discovery network element processes a received domain name system message according to the message processing rule set in a subsequent protocol data unit session process. According to this application, the processing efficiency of the domain name system message may be improved. |
| US12101709B2 |
Wireless communication system and communication method
A wireless communication system includes relay communication devices including a target device; and a communication device. Each relay communication device includes: a first control unit acquiring, based on a wireless signal including origination information received from each of the target device and another relay communication device, signal intensity information relating to a signal intensity of the wireless signal; and a data adding unit adding the signal intensity information, time information, and its own identification information to the origination information, to update the origination information; and a communication unit broadcasting the updated origination information. The communication device includes: a second control unit acquiring the updated origination information; and an identifying unit identifying, based on the updated origination information received from each relay communication device, at least two routes having different oldest route information among routes from the target device to the communication device through at least one relay communication device. |
| US12101708B2 |
Mobility multi-transport software defined wide area network
A system and method for increasing bandwidth utilization of an aggregated path by a mobile terminal, the method including: establishing the aggregated path of communication with the mobile terminal, where the aggregated path includes a first path including a High Throughput Satellite (HTS) path having a first available capacity and a second path including a wireless path having a second available capacity; tracking the first and second available capacities; and updating, upon a movement of the mobile terminal, the first available capacity based on a distance of the mobile terminal from a satellite beam center of a current satellite beam; and selecting, to communicate a packet, one of the first and seconds path based on the first and the second available capacities. |
| US12101707B2 |
Optimal network function data path discovery for 5G core
In a method and an apparatus for optimizing network function (NF) data path discovery for 5G Core network operation, each NF registers itself with the NRF and periodically updates the NRF about the NF's present load, thereby giving the NRF complete information regarding the network topology, the NFs' present load, and the relative capacities of the NFs, which information items can be used in determining the complete optimal path from the RAN to the PSA. When an SMF wants to insert an Intermediate UPF (I-UPF) into a data path, instead of querying the NRF for a UPF serving the present geographical area (e.g., of the User Equipment (UE)) and deciding on the UPF insertion locally based on the present geographical area, the SMF queries the NRF for the complete optimal path. The I-UPF load can be taken into consideration in calculating the optimal path between the RAN and the PSA. |
| US12101698B2 |
Specially programmed computing devices being continuously configured to allow unfamiliar individuals to have an instantaneous meeting
In some embodiments, the present invention provides for a computer system which includes at least the following components: a plurality of computing devices associated with a plurality of users associated with a plurality of users; where each computing device of the plurality of computing devices is configured to: electronically receive software which, when being executed, cause such computing device to display a plurality of instances of a specifically programmed graphical user interface (GUI); where each instance of the GUI is configured to display a real-time updatable meeting information representative of a direct electronic proximity-based communication between at least two computing devices associated with at least two users who desire to meet at a particular location to engage in a transaction of at least one good, at least one service, or both, whose marketable value lasts for a period of 30 seconds to 60 minutes. |
| US12101697B2 |
Service processing method and apparatus, and internet of vehicles device
Disclosed by the present application are— a service processing method and apparatus, and an Internet of Vehicles device. The service processing method including: carrying, by a first device, indication information in a signaling part of a data packet, the indication information indicating that a first service is borne in a data part of the data packet; and transmitting the data packet through the first device. |
| US12101696B2 |
Method, non-transitory computer readable storage medium, device and system that categorizes map information as static map information and dynamic map information and updates static map information differently from dynamic map information
Techniques for controlling updating of information stored on a device, the information including information of a first type and information of a second type. The techniques include determining, using at least one processor, when a first item of information of the first type and a second item of information of the second type are to be updated, wherein the second item of information is to be updated more frequently than the first item of information; and causing the device to update the first and second items of information in accordance with the determination at least in part by wirelessly communicating with at least one other device. |
| US12101695B2 |
Location-based social software for mobile devices
A method for communicating location information to a device includes receiving, at a computer system that implements a social networking service, location information that represents a geographic location of a device associated with a first user; associating, by the computer system, the received location information with a profile associated with the first user; and sending, from the computer system to a device associated with a second user, a message that is generated based at least in part on the location information. |
| US12101694B2 |
Information providing method and information providing apparatus
A visiting duration corresponding to a first current location is determined, on the basis of the first current location and a destination, a first traveling duration that is necessary for a user to travel from the first current location to the destination is calculated, on the basis of a first time, the visiting duration corresponding to the first current location, and the first traveling duration, a first expected arrival time is calculated, on the basis of a first scheduled delivery time and the first expected arrival time, a first difference is calculated, a first message in accordance with the first difference is transmitted to a first information terminal of the user, and the first information terminal displays the first message. |
| US12101689B2 |
Characterizing height above terrain confidence
A method involves determining, at a mobile device or a service, an uncertainty in height above a reference altitude, an estimated 2D position of the mobile device, and an uncertainty in terrain height above the reference altitude using the estimated 2D position. An uncertainty in height above terrain, of the mobile device, is determined at the mobile device or a server using the uncertainty in height above the reference altitude and the uncertainty in terrain height above the reference altitude. |
| US12101688B2 |
System and methods for passive contact tracing
A method, apparatus, and computer program product for passive contact tracing is provided. An example method includes detecting a wireless signal from a mobile device at a sniffer device, generating a unique mobile device ID for said mobile device, recording the mobile device ID, identification data of the sniffer device, and a detection time, receiving a query for a target mobile device ID, proximate distance, and time period, and generating a list comprising a mobile device ID of every mobile device that came within the proximate distance of the target mobile device within the time period. The method further includes associating a mobile device with an employee by detecting an indication of employee identity within the range of a sniffer device and storing one or more mobile device IDs detected by said sniffer device as an employee parameter in an employee database. |
| US12101686B2 |
Position information determination method and device, and first terminal and second terminal
Provided are a location information determination method and device, a first terminal, and a second terminal. The location information determination method includes transmitting positioning request information; receiving positioning assistance data transmitted by a second terminal; calculating a positioning assistance parameter according to the positioning assistance data; and transmitting the positioning assistance parameter or calculating location information of a first terminal according to the positioning assistance parameter. |
| US12101684B2 |
Positioning in wireless communication networks
A method for assisting in position determination in a wireless communication system comprises obtaining (S1) of pairs of radio frequency environment data sets for each of a plurality of common positions. A pair of radio frequency environment data sets comprises radio frequency environment data of devices of a first access technology and a second access technology at a common position. A transformation operator is created (S2) based on the pairs. The transformation operator represents a relation between radio frequency environment data sets of the first and second access technology. A method for position determination in a wireless communication system based on transformation operator and network nodes therefore is also disclosed, as well as network nodes for performing the methods. |
| US12101683B2 |
Proximity detection using wi-fi channel state information
Among other things, embodiments of the present disclosure help to overcome environment-specific dependency issues of conventional Wi-Fi-based sensing systems, thus allowing a neural network to make better proximity predictions in an unseen environment. Other embodiments may be described and claimed. |
| US12101681B2 |
Registration mapping toolkit for geofences
Systems and methods for creating a database of geofences and registering geofences, with each geofence in the database being associated with an IP address, preferably an IPV6 address. Each geofence is defined using at least one geographic designator, preferably real property boundaries. Entitlements can be associated with geofences relating to permissive and prohibitive activities within the geofences. |
| US12101680B2 |
Constrained user device location using building topology
Techniques are described for locating user devices in an indoor environment based at least on a building topology model. The techniques include detecting a presence of a user device in a building. The building may include ingress and egress points connecting defined spaces within the building. The locations of the individual ingress and egress points are identified based at least on the movement data of the user device. A building topology model may be generated using the locations of the individual ingress and egress points. To locate the user device at a given timestamp, one or more of the ingress and egress points passed through by the user device may be identified. The location of the user device may be determined based at least on the locations of the one or more ingress and egress points passed through by the user device mapped to the building topology model. |
| US12101676B2 |
Communication apparatus, base station apparatus, communication method, and communication system
A communication apparatus includes an acquisition unit to acquire, from a base station apparatus being connected, switching information including information used for wireless communication with a movably configured base station apparatus to be a switching destination candidate, a determination unit configured to determine whether or not to switch a base station apparatus to be a connection destination, and a connection unit configured to, upon determining by the determination unit to switch the base station apparatus to be the connection destination, execute connection to the base station apparatus to be the switching destination candidate on a basis of the switching information. |
| US12101675B2 |
Cell selection method, cell reselection method, and chip
This application provides a cell selection method, a cell reselection method, and a chip, to improve user experience. The cell selection method includes: A terminal device searches for a first candidate cell, and receives a system message of the first candidate cell, where the system message includes parameter information of the first candidate cell and bandwidth information of the first candidate cell, and the bandwidth information is used to indicate a bandwidth of the first candidate cell. The terminal device determines a cell selection reception level value Srxlev and a cell selection quality value Squal of the first candidate cell based on cell measurement values and the parameter information of the first candidate cell, and determines that Srxlev>0 and Squal>0. When the bandwidth of the first candidate cell is greater than a preset threshold, the terminal device camps on the first candidate cell. |
| US12101674B2 |
Switching method based on conditional handover
The present disclosure provides a switching method, an indication method, a terminal, and a network side device. The switching method applied to the terminal comprises: executing a switching command sent by the network side device; and in the case that switching fails and the terminal is configured with conditional switching, executing a conditional switching process. |
| US12101670B2 |
Method and apparatus for reselecting cell in wireless communication system
A method, performed by a terminal in a wireless communication system, includes: transmitting, to a first cell, capability information of the terminal including information on whether the terminal supports plurality of cell reselection priorities (CRPs); receiving, from the first EUTRAN cell, a radio resource control (RRC) Connection Release message including an alternativeCRPindication parameter indicating to apply CRP broadcast in system information, based on the capability information of the terminal; transitioning to an RRC idle mode or an RRC inactive mode based on the RRC Connection Release message, and camping on a second cell; receiving, from the second cell, system information; and determining, based on the system information, whether to apply a first CRP for an inter-RAT frequency or a second CRP for at least one EUTRAN frequency. |
| US12101668B2 |
Method and device for performing low latency communication in wireless LAN system
An example according to the present specification relates to a method for performing low latency communication. A transmission STA and a reception STA may exchange a low latency communication request frame and a low latency communication response frame. The low latency communication request frame may include first information for performing the low latency communication. The first information may include at least one among information for requesting parameters for the low latency communication and information about traffic. In addition, the low latency communication response frame may include second information for performing the low latency communication. The second information may include information about the parameters for the low latency communication. The reception STA and the transmission STA may perform the low latency communication with the transmission STA on the basis of the first information and the second information. |
| US12101664B2 |
Device for transmitting data in wireless AV system and device for receiving data in wireless AV system
A device for transmitting data in a wireless AV system, and a device for receiving data in a wireless AV system. The device includes: a transceiver configured to receive, from an initiator, a forward direction data frame and reverse direction grant information, instructing that reverse direction transmission be allowed, within a transmission opportunity acquired by the initiator, generate and transmit to the initiator, a block ACK frame pertaining to the forward direction data frame, and buffer a reverse direction data frame to be transmitted to the initiator; and a processor connected to the transceiver and configured to acquire AV data from the forward direction data frame. |
| US12101663B2 |
Technique for controlling and performing data traffic handling in a core network domain
A technique for handling data traffic in a core network domain of a communication network is described. An apparatus comprised by the technique is configured to be located in the core network domain and to receive data traffic sent under control of a transport layer protocol that is configured to apply a congestion control algorithm, CCA. The apparatus is further configured to analyze the data traffic to obtain a data traffic analyzation result, to obtain, based on the analyzation result, CCA information about the CCA that can be or is applied by the transport layer protocol, and to perform a traffic handling action for the data traffic taking into account the obtained CCA information. |
| US12101662B2 |
Method of managing traffic by a user plane function, UPF, corresponding UPF, session management function and network data analytics function
A method of managing traffic associated with a User Equipment, UE, by a User Plane Function, UPF, in a telecommunication network, said UPF being associated with a Session Management Function, SMF, and a Network Data Analytics Function, NWDAF, wherein said UPF has access to an observation space comprising a list of possible states said network may take and wherein said UPF has access to an action space comprising a list of possible actions that said UPF is allowed to perform, said method comprising the steps of receiving a state of said network, wherein said state is comprised by said list of possible states, receiving a reward, wherein said reward indicates a degree of satisfaction of said network to be in said state, receiving network traffic from said UE and performing, triggered by said received traffic, an action comprised by said list of possible actions based on said received state of said network and based on said received reward. |
| US12101661B2 |
Method and apparatus for relay operation in wireless communication system
A method for supporting end-to-end (e2e) Quality of Service (QoS) for uplink (UL) communication between a User Equipment (UE) and a network via a relay node, the method performed by the relay node, are provided. The method includes receiving, from the network, a downlink (DL) packet for the UE, wherein the DL packet includes a value of a first indicator of a QoS flow on a first link between the relay node and the network, and creating or updating a QoS rule, wherein the QoS rule is derived based on the value of the first indicator, and optionally wherein the created or updated QoS rule corresponds to the UE or to a QoS flow on a second link with the UE. |
| US12101659B2 |
Radio bearer switching in radio access
A method includes transmitting packets of first and second traffic subflows via a first radio bearer to a second device; detecting that further packets of the second traffic subflow are to be transmitted via a second radio bearer to the second device; and transmitting a packet data unit via the first radio bearer to the second device, wherein the packet data unit includes an indication of a switch of the second traffic flow. Another method includes receiving from a first device packets of first and second traffic subflows via a first radio bearer; receiving from the first device a packet data unit including an indication that further packets of the second traffic subflow are to be received via a second radio bearer; establishing the second radio bearer between a second device and the first device; and receiving the further packets of the second traffic flow via the second radio bearer. |
| US12101656B2 |
Radio (NR) channel state information (CSI) capability related signaling enhancement
An approach is described for a user equipment (UE) to receive a channel state information (CSI) reporting configuration message from a source device of a first cell and receive a channel state information reference signal (CSI-RS) from a second cell via the source device. The UE determines a first number of CSI-RS resources of a first time slot duration corresponding to the first cell, a second number of CSI-RS resources of a second time slot duration corresponding to the second cell, an overall time slot duration based on the first and the second time slot duration, an overall number of CSI-RS resources of the overall time slot duration based at least on the first and the second number of CSI-RS resource, generates a capability report at least based on the overall number of CSI-RS resource, and transmits the capability report to the source device. |
| US12101654B2 |
Measurement method, user equipment, and network side device
A measurement method, a user equipment and a network side device are provided. The measurement method performed by the user equipment includes: determining a first measurement parameter; determining whether a measurement triggering condition is met; and performing measurement on at least one of a neighboring cell of the UE or a serving cell of the UE based on the first measurement parameter, in a case that the measurement triggering condition is met. |
| US12101652B2 |
Ad-hoc wireless mesh network system and methodology for failure reporting and emergency communications
An ad-hoc wireless network is implemented by a plurality of wireless access points to detect and report failure of a concurrently implemented conventional network. The wireless access points collect and store network status information of the conventional network and send the network status information to a centralized emergency manager when failure of the conventional network is detected. The ad-hoc wireless network may also provide backhaul connectivity to a wireless access point of the failed conventional network for emergency communication. |
| US12101651B2 |
Dynamic signal quality criteria for satellite terminal installations
The described features generally relate to determining dynamic signal quality criteria for an installation of satellite terminals for communications in a satellite communications system. In particular, the signal quality criteria for an installation may be based on an identified position of the satellite terminal to be installed, and in some examples based on the positions and signal characteristics of neighboring satellite terminals that have already been installed. In some examples, a signal quality map may be generated for a service beam coverage area, based on predetermined transmission characteristics and/or measured transmissions from a number of satellite terminals served by a communications satellite. The generated signal quality map may then be used to determine a signal quality threshold for the installation of a satellite terminal being installed for communications in a satellite communications system. |
| US12101648B2 |
Wireless communication system and method for performing communication and computing
A wireless communication system for performing communication and computing includes a plurality of cells configured to perform the communication between at least one user equipment and at least one network; and an Artificial Intelligence (AI) computing platform comprising a plurality of AI slices to perform the computing, wherein the plurality of cells are located in air, space, sea, or land. |
| US12101646B2 |
Reference signal transmission method and device
A signal transmission method includes receiving a first positioning reference signal (PRS) resource set, receiving a second PRS resource set, and determining that N first PRS resources in the first PRS resource set and N second PRS resources in the second PRS resource set satisfy a quasi-colocation (QCL) relationship, where N is an integer greater than or equal to 1. |
| US12101644B1 |
Multiple access point backhaul
Facilitating backhaul between multiples access points (APs) using ducts or other bounded passageways within a building, dwelling, etc. is contemplated. The backhaul may be utilized to facilitate exchange of data obtained by the APs through fronthaul with one or more clients. The data exchanged between the APs through backhaul may be referred to as ducthauling. |
| US12101640B2 |
System, method, and apparatus for providing dynamic, prioritized spectrum management and utilization
Systems, methods, and apparatuses for providing dynamic, prioritized spectrum utilization management. The system includes at least one monitoring sensor, at least one data analysis engine, at least one application, a semantic engine, a programmable rules and policy editor, a tip and cue server, and/or a control panel. The tip and cue server is operable utilize the environmental awareness from the data processed by the at least one data analysis engine in combination with additional information to create actionable data. |
| US12101638B2 |
Channel assignments for ranging between access points during beacon intervals
Examples described herein provide channel assignments for ranging between network devices in a network during beacon intervals. Examples described herein may assign a plurality of channels to a plurality of network devices based on a plurality of channel assignment permutations, and initiate, during beacon intervals, ranging measurements between the plurality of network devices on the plurality of channels based on each of the channel assignment permutations to generate ranging results. Examples described herein may determine whether total ranging measurements are performed for a threshold percentage of available links between the plurality of network devices on the plurality of channels, wherein the total ranging measurements include the ranging measurements based on each of the channel assignment permutations. Examples described herein may, based on a determination that the total ranging measurements are performed for the threshold percentage of available links, resolve locations of the plurality of APs based on the ranging results. |
| US12101637B2 |
Systems and methods for application-aware dynamic slicing in radio access network (RAN)
Fifth generation and beyond (5G+) systems are expected to adopt new network architectures, services, and deployment schemes for compatibility with the latest technologies and end user's needs. With increase in user equipment (UE), also come variety of advanced applications and use-cases, wherein each application type has its own KPI requirements. Existing resource allocation schemes in cellular networks are not able to handle such dynamic requirements due to which network slice can lead to unwanted mismanagement of resources. Present application provides systems and methods for application-aware dynamic slicing in radio access network (RAN), wherein RAN slicing is proactively managed by learning historical slice demands and consumptions. Once slices are created, the system allocates resources to user equipment by following optimal inter-slice and intra-slice mechanisms based on application type(s), traffic demand(s) and wireless characteristics of UE. Upon resource allocation the UE are further monitored to avoid resource misutilization and resource wastage. |
| US12101635B2 |
Access point capable of mirroring wired and wireless data traffic
Examples described herein relate to an access point (AP) capable of simultaneously capturing both wireless data traffic and wired data traffic and mirroring the captured data traffic to a communication port on the AP. The AP includes a data mirroring circuit to capture the wireless data traffic and/or wired data traffic and mirror the captured data traffic to the communication port so that the captured data is transferred to an external device (e.g., a USB flash drive) connected to the communication port. In some examples, to enable the capturing and mirroring of the data traffic, the AP includes a receiver and a transmitter. The receiver captures the wireless data traffic and the wired data traffic transmitted and received by a data processing circuit of the AP, and the transmitter transmits the captured data traffic to the communication port to store the captured data traffic in the external device. |
| US12101629B2 |
Technique for certificate handling in a core network domain
A network repository function, NRF, in a core network domain of a mobile communication network is provided, wherein the NRF is configured to register network function, NF, profiles for NF discovery, and wherein NF certificates have been issued to the NFs, each NF certificate including a public key of the respective NF and at least one signature of at least one certification authority, CA. The NRF is configured to receive, from a registering NF having an NF certificate, profile information comprising an NF identity of the registering NF, an NF type of the registering NF, and at least one CA certificate of at least one CA that signed the NF certificate issued to the registering NF. The NRF is further configured to store the received profile information in a repository. |
| US12101626B2 |
Control information reception device and method, signal measurement devices, and location measurement server and method
The present embodiments relate to a method and a device for obtaining location information of a terminal by using a mobile communication system and provide a method and a device capable of securing location and movement information of a terminal even when the terminal changes call settings or carries out a handover. In particular, a control information reception device according to the present disclosure comprises: one or more downlink signal reception units for receiving downlink signals from a base station; a control unit for obtaining control information about a terminal from the downlink signals; and a communication unit for transmitting the control information about the terminal to a location measurement server. |
| US12101623B2 |
Synthesizing audio of a venue
Disclosed herein are system, method, and computer program product embodiments for replicating a remote venue in a local venue. An embodiment operates by receiving original audio. Thereafter, the original stream of audio is modified to produce modified audio based on an audio profile unique to a remote venue smaller than the local venue. The audio profile comprises a virtual representation of the remote venue including (i) a virtual audio source corresponding to the local venue's audio source and configured to produce the original audio and (ii) a virtual reverberation point corresponding to a real-world location in the remote venue and the portion of the local venue. As such, the modified audio is determined based on receipt of the original audio from the reverberation point. Thus, after correlating the modified audio to the local venue's audio source, the modified audio is provided by the audio source to the portion of the local venue. |
| US12101622B2 |
Sound reproduction method, non-transitory medium, and sound reproduction device
A sound reproduction method includes: obtaining a first audio signal indicating a first sound which arrives at a listener from a first range and a second audio signal indicating a second sound which arrives at the listener from a predetermined direction; when the first range and the predetermined direction are determined to be included in a second range which is a back range relative to a front range in the direction that the head part of the listener faces, performing a correction process on at least one of the first audio signal or the second audio signal so that intensity of the second audio signal becomes higher than intensity of the first audio signal; and performing mixing of the at least one of the first audio signal or the second audio signal, and outputting, to an output channel, the first and second audio signals. |
| US12101617B2 |
Loudspeaker with a fin-reinforced voice coil structure
The invention provides a loudspeaker with a fin-reinforced voice coil structure, comprising a voice coil, fins, an upper magnetic conductor, and a magnetic conduction column, wherein a magnetic gap is formed between the upper magnetic conductor and the magnetic conduction column located in the center thereof; the voice coil works in the magnetic gap; wherein the inner wall of the voice coil is connected to the fins; wherein one end of each fin is connected and fixed to the inner wall of the voice coil; wherein the magnetic conduction column is provided with fin grooves for accommodating the other ends of the fins; wherein the width of the fin grooves is at least 0.2 mm greater than the thickness of the fins, so that the balance performance and the stability of the voice coil are greatly improved. The distortion is greatly reduced compared, by measurement, with the traditional voice coil. |
| US12101613B2 |
Bass enhancement for loudspeakers
A method of audio processing includes generating harmonics in a hybrid complex quadrature mirror filter domain. Generating the harmonics may include multiplication, using a feedback delay loop, and dynamic compression. The harmonics may be generated based on one or more hybrid sub-bands of the complex transform domain signal. |
| US12101610B2 |
High acoustic overload point recovery apparatus and method
Illustrative embodiments enable a MEMS transducer to quickly recover from, acoustic overload events by quickly resetting signal processing circuitry downstream from a MEMS transducer. An acoustic overload sensor detects occurrence of an acoustic overload event, and triggers a reset circuit to operate a set of switches to rapidly drain charge from a corresponding set of capacitances within the transducer, or within the signal processing circuitry, thereby resetting the signal processing circuitry more rapidly than would occur if said transducer or circuitry were allowed to recover on its own. |
| US12101605B2 |
Adaptive hearing normalization and correction system with automatic tuning
A hearing normalization and correction system and process provides accurate correction for users with mild to moderate hearing loss by using actual measured hearing response at multiple sound pressure levels. User measured hearing data is collected at considerably higher resolution and accuracy at multiple sound pressure levels and is automatically converted to multiple accurate correction responses. Dynamic adaptive cross-fade response correction is used to deliver hearing normalization at varying sound pressure levels. Adaptive release response allows the hearing normalization system to accurately track the envelope of the incoming audio signal providing greatly enhanced accuracy and transparency. Adaptive headroom control is also applied to increase both input and output headroom providing professional dynamic range performance. The hearing normalization and correction system delivers audio fidelity and performance transcending that of normal hearing aid technology. |
| US12101604B2 |
Systems, devices and methods for fitting hearing assistance devices
Embodiments herein relate to systems, devices and methods for fitting hearing assistance devices. In a first aspect, a method of fitting a hearing assistance device is included, the method including providing an audio sample to a hearing assistance device wearer, receiving input from the hearing assistance device wearer regarding a preferred sound volume or perceived loudness, receiving input from the hearing assistance device wearer with the external device regarding a bass/treble balance, and determining a maximum power output of the hearing assistance device that does not exceed a loudness discomfort level (LDL). Other embodiments are also included herein. |
| US12101603B2 |
Electronic device including integrated inertia sensor and operating method thereof
According to various embodiments, an electronic device may include: a housing configured to be mounted on or detached from an ear of a user, at least one processor disposed within the housing, an audio module including audio circuitry, and a sensor device including at least one sensor operatively coupled to the at least one processor and the audio module. The sensor device may be configured to: output acceleration-related data to the at least one processor through a first path of the sensor device, identify whether an utterance has been made during the output of the acceleration-related data; obtain bone conduction-related data based on the identification of the utterance; and output the obtained bone conduction-related data to the audio module through a second path of the sensor device. |
| US12101590B2 |
Force-activated earphone
An earphone includes a speaker housing; a speaker positioned in the speaker housing; a stem extending from the speaker housing, the stem defining an input surface; a conductive object disposed within the stem; a flexible circuit positioned between the stem and the conductive object; a member positioned between the flexible circuit and the conductive object operable to allow the flexible circuit to move with respect to the stem; a force sensor electrode disposed within the flexible circuit; and a controller operable to determine an input to the earphone using a change in capacitance detected using the force sensor electrode, the change in capacitance corresponding to a non-binary amount of a force applied to the input surface. In some examples, the earphone further includes a touch sensor electrode disposed within the flexible circuit. |
| US12101588B2 |
System for charging an ear-worn electronic device
A system includes a hearing device comprising a rechargeable power source, power management circuitry, and a first charging interface comprising a first cathode contact and a first anode contact spaced apart from the first cathode contact. A charging module comprises a second charging interface configured to detachably couple with the first charging interface of the hearing device. The second charging interface comprises a second anode contact having a contact surface and a displaceable second cathode contact. An arrangement is configured to displace at least a portion of the second cathode contact above the contact surface to facilitate electrical contact between the first and second cathode contacts prior to electrical contact between the first and second anode contacts. Charging circuitry of the charging module is coupled to the second charging interface and configured to charge the rechargeable power source of the hearing device. |
| US12101587B2 |
Acoustic output apparatus
The present disclosure provides an acoustic output apparatus including one or more status sensors, at least one low-frequency acoustic driver, at least one high-frequency acoustic driver, at least two first sound guiding holes, and at least two second sound guiding holes. The status sensors may detect status information of a user. The low-frequency acoustic driver may generate at least one first sound, a frequency of which is within a first frequency range. The high-frequency acoustic driver may generate at least one second sound, a frequency of which is within a second frequency range including at least one frequency exceeding the first frequency range. The first and second sound guiding holes may output the first and second spatial sound, respectively. The first and second sound may be generated based on the status information, and may simulate a target sound coming from at least one virtual direction with respect to the user. |
| US12101580B2 |
Display control apparatus, display control method, and program
A display control apparatus includes a captured data acquisition unit, a motion state detection unit, an extracted image data generation unit, a display image data generation unit, and an output unit. The captured data acquisition unit is configured to acquire captured data generated as a result of a camera capturing scenery outside a vehicle. The motion state detection unit is configured to detect a motion state of the vehicle. The extracted image data generation unit is configured to generate an extracted image from the captured data by using an angle of view set in accordance with the motion state. The display image data generation unit is configured to generate display image data related to a display image having a preset image size, from extracted image data. The output unit is configured to output the display image to a display unit having the image size. |
| US12101576B2 |
Information processing apparatus, information processing method, and program
There is provided an information processing apparatus, an information processing method, and a program that make it possible to assist deaf and hard-of-hearing people in viewing a video when the video is being played back. The information processing apparatus includes a controller. The controller generates at least one of an oscillation signal corresponding to sound-effect caption data or an oscillation signal corresponding to vocalization caption data on the basis of a waveform of sound data using a result of analyzing caption information and sound information that are included in a video file, the sound-effect caption data being used to represent a sound effect in the form of text information, the vocalization caption data being used to represent a vocalization of a person in the form of text information, the sound-effect caption data and the vocalization caption data being included in caption data that is included in the caption information, the sound data being included in the sound information. |
| US12101573B2 |
System for capturing and projecting images, use of the system and method for capturing, projecting and inserting images
The invention relates to a system and a method for capturing and projecting images for use in an integrated studio including a real location and panels which render these premises partially virtual, using images generated from outside to create an image that is part real and part virtual by showing the images. |
| US12101570B2 |
Unit pixel including one or more capacitors and an image sensor including the same
A unit pixel includes first and second photoelectric conversion units, a first transfer transistor disposed between the first photoelectric conversion unit and a first node, a first capacitor connected to the first node through a first switch transistor, and a second transfer transistor disposed between the second photoelectric conversion unit and the first node. A signal including a first voltage level is applied to the first transfer transistor and the second transfer transistor during a first time interval, a signal including a second voltage level is applied to the first transfer transistor, the second transfer transistor, and the first switch transistor during a second time interval, a signal including a third voltage level is applied to the first transfer transistor during a third time interval, and the signal including the first voltage level is applied to the second transfer transistor and the first switch transistor during a fourth time interval. |
| US12101569B2 |
Techniques for correcting oversaturated pixels in shutterless FIR cameras
A system and method for correcting oversaturated pixels in far-infrared (FIR) images captured by a shutterless FIR camera, the method comprising: capturing thermal images by a FIR sensor in the shutterless FIR camera; processing the thermal images, by the shutterless FIR camera to determine pixel value and at least a shutterless sunburn correction, wherein the shutterless sunburn correction removes oversaturated pixels based on pixel-by-pixel analysis of the thermal image; and sending the processed thermal images to an output device. |
| US12101568B2 |
Solid-state imaging apparatus and imaging apparatus including a plurality of overflow elements and storage capacitive elements
A solid-state imaging apparatus includes: an overflow element group that accumulates a signal charge that overflows from a photodiode; and a floating diffusion layer that selectively holds a signal charge transferred from the photodiode and a signal charge transferred from the overflow element group. The overflow element group includes m groups (m≥2) connected in series in stages, each group including an overflow element and a storage capacitive element. An overflow element among the groups transfers, to the storage capacitive element included in the same group as the overflow element, a signal charge that overflows from the photodiode or a signal charge from an upstream storage capacitive element among the groups. |
| US12101567B2 |
User interfaces for altering visual media
The present disclosure generally relates to user interfaces for altering visual media. In some embodiments, user interfaces capturing visual media (e.g., via a synthetic depth-of-field effect), playing back visual media (e.g., via a synthetic depth-of-field effect), editing visual media (e.g., that has a synthetic depth-of-field effect applied), and/or managing media capture. |
| US12101561B2 |
Image display system, image processing device, and image display method
A server transfers a wide field-of-view image having a field of view wider than the display field of view of a client by multicast streaming or the like. Image processing devices of clients crop regions corresponding to the display fields of view of head-mounted displays and flat panel displays connected to the respective image processing devices to form images compatible with the respective formats and then output the images. |
| US12101558B2 |
Pan-tilt-zoom camera control method and device, pan-tilt-zoom camera, and storage medium
Provided are a pan-tilt-zoom camera control method and apparatus, a pan-tilt-zoom camera and a storage medium. The method includes following steps. A clockwise path and a counterclockwise path for a pan-tilt-zoom camera to rotate from a current preset position to a target preset position are determined; a current rotation path is selected from the clockwise path and the counterclockwise path according to life load values of at least two first position points that the clockwise path needs to pass and life load values of at least two second position points that the counterclockwise path needs to pass, where a life load value is used for characterizing the total number of times that the pan-tilt-zoom camera passes a preset position point in a pan and tilt; and the pan-tilt-zoom camera is controlled to rotate from the current preset position to the target preset position according to the current rotation path. |
| US12101554B2 |
Method and apparatus for performing autofocusing using summed signals
An image sensor, including a pixel array including a first unit pixel including first a plurality of photodiodes and a second unit pixel including a second plurality of diodes; a readout circuit configured to: obtain a reset signal from the first unit pixel and the second unit pixel, obtain a first single pixel signal from a first photodiode of the first unit pixel, and a second single pixel signal from a second photodiode of the second unit pixel, and obtain a first summed pixel signal from the first unit pixel, and a second summed pixel signal from the second unit pixel, wherein the first photodiode is disposed in position with respect to the first unit pixel which is different from a position of the second photodiode with respect to the second unit pixel. |
| US12101550B2 |
Electronic device and method for controlling screen thereof
An electronic device and a method for controlling a screen thereof is provided. The electronic device includes a flexible display, an image sensor, at least one processor, and a memory, wherein the memory may store instructions that, when executed, cause the at least one processor to display a first preview image on the flexible display in response to activation of the image sensor, divide the flexible display into at least two regions in response to detecting a designated first event, display a second preview image in a first region among the divided regions, and display at least one captured image in a second region among the divided regions, wherein the second region may include at least one first control menu varying based on a property of the at least one captured image. |
| US12101549B2 |
Camera control using system sensor data
A method for using cameras in an augmented reality headset is provided. The method includes receiving a signal from a sensor mounted on a headset worn by a user, the signal being indicative of a user intention for capturing an image. The method also includes identifying the user intention for capturing the image, based on a model to classify the signal from the sensor according to the user intention, selecting a first image capturing device in the headset based on a specification of the first image capturing device and the user intention for capturing the image, and capturing the image with the first image capturing device. An augmented reality headset, a memory storing instructions, and a processor to execute the instructions to cause the augmented reality headset as above are also provided. |
| US12101547B2 |
Method and terminal device for matching photographed objects and preset text information
A photographing method and a terminal device are disclosed. The method includes: receiving, by a terminal device, a first operation; starting, by the terminal device, a camera in response to the first operation; displaying, by the terminal device, a first preview screen including a first preview image, where the first preview image includes at least one photographed object, and the at least one photographed object in the first preview image matches preset first text information; and outputting, by the terminal device, first prompt information based on the first preview image and the first text information, where the first prompt information is used to indicate a missing or redundant photographed object in the first preview image. Indicated by the prompt information, a user can move a position or an angle of the terminal device. |
| US12101544B2 |
Digital image sensing device with light intensifier
The present disclosure provides a digital image sensing device with a light intensifier, its structure includes a locating handle, a button, a host, a light intensifier, a regulating mechanism and a sensor, wherein the locating handle is connected to the host, the host fits with the light intensifier through the button in a form of electric connection, and the regulating mechanism is arranged between the light intensifier and the sensor; a stopping device and an interweaving device are arranged on a force-assisted body, and mutual fit is performed on a fillet cylinder through the stopping device and the interweaving device; when a guide rail has a closing tendency, a drum bulge inside the guide rail will firstly push the fillet cylinder to roll upwards, the interweaving device is guided to be located on a stabilizer through a pulling sheet. |
| US12101542B2 |
Camera device
The present embodiment relates to a camera device comprising: a bracket comprising a first hole and a second hole; a first camera module disposed in the first hole of the bracket; a second camera module disposed in the second hole of the bracket; a first magnet disposed on the outer surface of the first camera module; and a second magnet disposed at a position corresponding to the first magnet on the outer surface of the bracket, wherein the first magnet is fixed to the outer surface of the first camera module and the second magnet is movably disposed on the bracket. |
| US12101540B2 |
Deep water enclosures for lighting and imaging
Enclosures for deep ocean or other high exterior pressure environment including a dome window with an angular measurement of between 164 and 178 degrees, a structure housing, a dome support ring, and a compliance material positioned between the dome support ring and housing are disclosed. |
| US12101532B2 |
Low-latency content delivery over a public network
A transcoding engine communicatively coupled to a broadcast source receiver for receiving the broadcast stream, decoding the broadcast stream, extracting and storing the PSIP tables from the broadcast stream and inserting metadata into the decoded broadcast stream, encoding the broadcast stream and the metadata, and attaching the PSIP tables to the encoded broadcast stream. A listener server device is communicatively coupled to the transcoding engine for receiving the encoded broadcast stream and establishing a low-latency tunnel with a caller client over a public internet and providing the encoded broadcast stream to the caller client through the low-latency tunnel. |
| US12101529B1 |
Client side augmented reality overlay
Techniques are described for facilitating client-side augmented reality overlay of secondary content during live events. Regions for overlaying secondary content are identified along with attributes for each region. A client device may then used the attributes to overlay secondary content in each region prior to playback. |
| US12101515B2 |
Live stream screen display method and apparatus, storage medium, and electronic device
The present invention discloses a live stream screen display method performed by an electronic device. The method includes: obtaining a running screen of a target application displayed in a display screen of a target mobile terminal used by a live streamer account, and pushing the running screen to a user device corresponding to a user account watching the live streamer account as a live stream screen; and when the running screen of the target application in the display screen is affected by a running screen of a first application that does not belong to at least one preset target application, stopping pushing the running screen of the target application to the user device and pushing a live stream prompt screen to the user device, the live stream prompt screen indicating that the live streamer account has currently paused the live stream. |
| US12101513B2 |
Electronic device and method for operating same
Provided are an electronic device and a method of operating the electronic device. The electronic device includes a memory storing one or more instructions, and a processor configured to execute the one or more instructions stored in the memory to analyze content displayed on a display to recognize a channel providing the content, execute a multi-streaming service application corresponding to the recognized channel as a background, request multi-streaming service information regarding the content from a server through the multi-streaming service application, receive the multi-streaming service information in response to the request, based on the received multi-streaming service information, display a user interface notifying that a multi-streaming service regarding the content is available, and, according to a user input received in response to the user interface, activate and execute the multi-streaming service application. |
| US12101509B2 |
Transform-based image coding method and device therefor
An image decoding method according to the present document comprises the steps of: updating an intra-prediction mode of a chroma block on the basis of an intra-prediction mode of a luma block corresponding to the chroma block on the basis of the intra-prediction mode of the chroma block being a cross-component linear model (CCLM) mode; and determining a LFNST set including LFNST matrixes on the basis of the updated intra-prediction mode, wherein the updated intra-prediction mode is derived as an intra-prediction mode corresponding to a specific position in the luma block, and the updated intra-prediction mode is updated as an intra-DC mode on the basis of the intra-prediction mode, that corresponds to the specific position, being an intra-block copy (IBC) mode. |
| US12101506B2 |
Processing volumetric data
At least one embodiment relates to a method and apparatus for encoding a volumetric video representing a scene, said encoding being based on patches representing the color and depth of a 2D projection of subparts of the scene, wherein a first patch is packed in a second patch for a given time interval lower than or equal to a time period along which the second patch is defined when said first patch can be packed in said second patch over said time interval. Decoding method and apparatus are also provided. |
| US12101503B2 |
Encoding strategies for adaptive switching of color spaces, color sampling rates and/or bit depths
Innovations in adaptive encoding for units of a video sequence can improve coding efficiency. For example, some of the innovations relate to encoding that includes adaptive switching of color spaces between units within a video sequence. Other innovations relate encoding that includes adaptive switching of color sampling rates between units within a video sequence. Still other innovations relate encoding that includes adaptive switching of bit depths between units within a video sequence. |
| US12101502B2 |
Methods and devices for refining motion vector candidates
This disclosure relates generally to video coding/decoding and particularly to methods and systems for refining motion vector candidates. An example decoding method includes receiving a coded video bitstream; extracting, from the coded video bitstream, a first syntax element indicating whether a compound reference mode is applied for a current video block; extracting, from the coded video bitstream, a second syntax element indicating whether a motion vector difference (MVD) is joined signaled for the current video block; in response to the first syntax element indicating that the compound reference mode is applied for the current video block and the second syntax element indicating that the MVD is joined signaled for the current video block, refining, by the device, at least one MV predictor (MVP) in a MV candidate list based on whether the at least one MVP is symmetric; and decoding, by the device based on the MV candidate list, the current video block. |
| US12101500B2 |
Unequal weight planar prediction
A method of decoding JVET video includes receiving a bitstream and calculating a final planar prediction in planar mode to predict pixel values for a current coding block. The final planar prediction may rely on using unequal weights applied to each of a horizontal and vertical predictor, where such predictors may be generated by interpolating neighboring pixels for each predicted pixel within a coding block. The computation may be made more accurate by deriving a value for a bottom right neighboring pixel. |
| US12101499B2 |
Method and apparatus for palette based coding mode under local dual tree structure
Aspects of the disclosure provide methods and apparatuses for video encoding/decoding. In some examples, an apparatus for video encoding includes receiving circuitry and processing circuitry. The processing circuitry determines whether a block is under a local dual tree structure, and disallows a palette based coding mode for encoding the block in response to the block being under the local dual tree structure. |
| US12101496B2 |
Decoder that decodes an image according to a coding structure including an intra random accept point picture
Circuitry of a decoder is configured to decode an image according to a coding structure including an intra random access point (IRAP) picture, leading pictures to be output before the IRAP picture in output order, and trailing pictures to be output after the IRAP picture in the output order. When the image is decoded, the circuitry decodes, according to a flag in a bitstream, at most one trailing picture among the trailing pictures before decoding the leading pictures in decoding order, and decodes the trailing pictures other than the at most one trailing picture after decoding the leading pictures in the decoding order. The flag indicates whether a picture of each of access units in the bitstream is a field picture. The circuitry decodes the at most one trailing picture before decoding the leading pictures in the decoding order when the flag indicates that the picture is a field picture. |
| US12101495B2 |
Colour component prediction method, encoder, decoder, and computer storage medium
An image component prediction method, an encoder, and a computer storage medium are provided. The method includes: encoding chroma components in a colour component encoding process; and acquiring a prediction value of a luma component according to the encoded chroma components. |
| US12101494B2 |
Prediction using intra-buffer samples for intra block copy in video coding
A method of visual media processing includes determining a size of a buffer to store reference samples for prediction in an intra block copy mode; and performing a conversion between a current video block of visual media data and a bitstream of the current video block, using the reference samples stored in the buffer, wherein the conversion is performed in the intra block copy mode which is based on motion information related to a reconstructed block located in same video region with the current video block without referring to a reference picture. |
| US12101493B2 |
Act residual-based image or video coding
According to the disclosure of the present document, a residual sample can be derived by applying adaptive color transform (ACT) with respect to a current block on the basis of ACT-associated information, wherein the residual sample is derived by being clipped on the basis of a clipping boundary, wherein the clipping boundary is determined on the basis of a bit depth. |
| US12101490B2 |
Method, electronic device, and computer program product for processing data
Embodiments of the present disclosure relate to a method, an electronic device, and a computer program product for processing data. The method includes determining encoded data for a target object by performing hybrid encoding on multiple types of data for the target object, the multiple types of data including image data of the target object. The method further includes determining, by transforming the encoded data, an invariant portion for a shape of the target object and a variable portion for an expression of the target object. The method improves data processing efficiency, saves time and computing resources, and reduces the amount of data transmission. |
| US12101489B2 |
Supporting view direction based random access of bitstream
A non-random-access video stream is received. A first image block is encoded after second image blocks according to a non-random-access processing order. View direction data is received to indicate a viewer's view direction coinciding with a location covered by the first image block. The first image block is encoded into the random-access video stream before the second image blocks in a random-access processing order. The random-access video stream is delivered to a recipient decoding device operated by the viewer to cause the first image block to be processed and rendered before the second image blocks according to the random-access processing order. |
| US12101481B2 |
Image encoding/decoding method and device, and method for transmitting bitstream
An image encoding/decoding method and apparatus are provided. An image decoding method according to the present disclosure may include determining whether a prediction mode of a current block is an intra prediction mode based on information on the prediction mode of the current block, determining whether intra sub-partitions (ISP) is available for the current block, when the prediction mode of the current block is an intra prediction mode, decoding an ISP application indicator indicating whether to apply ISP to the current block, when ISP is available for the current block, and generating a prediction block for the current block by applying ISP to the current block, upon determining that ISP applies to the current block based on the ISP application indicator. |
| US12101479B2 |
Content and quality adaptive wavefront split for parallel video coding
Techniques related to parallel block video coding using an adaptive wavefront split are discussed. Such techniques include adaptively applying a wavefront split in a video frame based on a frame level quantization parameter of the video frame, an encode duration of a previous frame, and/or image content of the video frame. |
| US12101476B2 |
Adaptive in-loop filtering method and device
The present invention relates to a video decoding method, according to embodiment of the invention, image decoding method comprises, acquiring a reconstructed luma block of a current block, determining whether a cross-component adaptive loop filter is applied to the current block, acquiring a reconstructed chroma block of the current block, to which an adaptive loop filter is applied, when the cross-component adaptive loop filter is applied to the current block and acquiring a final reconstructed chroma block of the current block, to which the cross-component loop filter is applied, using the reconstructed luma block and the reconstructed chroma block, to which the adaptive loop filter is applied. |
| US12101475B2 |
Offloading video coding processes to hardware for better density-quality tradeoffs
Techniques related to distributing the video encoding processing of an input video across hardware and software systems. Such techniques include evaluating the content of the video and determine whether or the encoding operation is best to be done on the hardware system only, software system only or a hybrid hardware and software system. |
| US12101474B2 |
Method of decoding intra prediction data
A video coding device may be configured to perform intra prediction coding according to one or more of the techniques described herein. |
| US12101468B2 |
Coding of motion information
Implementations of the present disclosure provide a solution for reordering merge candidates. In this solution, during a conversion between a current video block of a video and a bitstream of the video, a template matching cost associated with each of a plurality of candidates of motion information for the current video block is determined. The template matching cost is determined based on a first difference between a set of neighboring samples of the current video block and a set of reference samples corresponding to the set of neighboring samples, and a second difference between a set of reconstructed samples neighboring to the set of neighboring samples and the set of reference samples. The set of reference samples is determined based on motion information indicated by a respective candidate. Then, the plurality of candidates of motion information is reordered based on the template matching cost. |
| US12101461B2 |
Motorized mounting device for positioning an optical element within a field-of-view of an optical sensor and method of use
A mounting device for selectively positioning an optical element within a field-of-view of an optical sensor of a vehicle includes: a housing defining an opening sized to fit over an aperture of the optical sensor; a holder for the optical element connected to the housing and positioned such that, when the holder is in a first position, the optical element is at least partially within the field-of-view of the optical sensor; and a motorized actuator. The motorized actuator can be configured to move the holder to adjust the position of the optical element relative to the field-of-view of the optical sensor. |
| US12101457B2 |
Apparatus, a method and a computer program for volumetric video
A method comprising: providing a 3D representation of at least one object as an input for an encoder (500); projecting the 3D representation onto at least one 2D patch (502); generating at least a geometry image and a texture image from the 2D patch (504); generating, based on the geometry image, a mesh comprising a number of vertices (506); mapping the number of vertices to two-dimensional (2D) coordinates of the texture image (508), and signalling said 2D coordinates of the texture image to be applied to the number of vertices of the mesh in or along a bitstream (510). |
| US12101455B2 |
Multi-aperture zoom digital cameras and methods of using same
Multi-aperture zoom digital cameras comprising first and second scanning cameras having respective first and second native fields of view (FOV) and operative to scan a scene in respective substantially parallel first and second planes over solid angles larger than the respective native FOV, wherein the first and second cameras have respective centers that lie on an axis that is perpendicular to the first and second planes and are separated by a distance B from each other, and a camera controller operatively coupled to the first and second scanning cameras and configured to control the scanning of each camera. |
| US12101454B2 |
System and method for social immersive content rendering
Aspects of the subject disclosure may include, for example, a processing system including a processor and a memory that stores executable instructions that, when executed by the processing system, facilitate performance of operations including receiving immersive media content; creating foreground information for rendering foreground video content of the immersive media content; receiving a first point-of-view (PoV) of a first viewer operating a first display device; generating a background video content from the immersive media content; sending the foreground information to the first display device; and sending a first portion of the background video content to the first display device, wherein the first portion is based on the first PoV. Other embodiments are disclosed. |
| US12101452B2 |
Color enhancement method, image-forming apparatus, and storage medium
The present disclosure provides a color enhancement method, an image-forming apparatus and a storage medium. The method includes dividing color band data to-be-processed into a plurality of color blocks; counting a quantity of exposure points of each color channel of each color block in an apparatus color space, and generating an exposure point distribution image corresponding to each color block; converting the exposure point distribution image into a color image in a preset color space; calculating a color feature value corresponding to each color block according to the color image in the preset color space; and determining whether the color block needs image enhancement; and if the color block needs the image enhancement, modifying a weight of each color channel in the apparatus color space according to the color feature value, and outputting modified data of each color channel according to the modified weight of each color channel. |
| US12101451B2 |
Facsimile transmission system, facsimile transmission method, and non-transitory recording medium for determining which facsimile transmission is performed based on attribute
A facsimile transmission system includes circuitry to receive, from a user, a request for facsimile transmission of a document, and determine which one of first facsimile transmission and second facsimile transmission is to be performed, based on one of an attribute of the user, an attribute of a destination of the facsimile transmission, and an attribute of the document. The first facsimile transmission is transmitting the document by an image forming apparatus, and the second facsimile transmission is transmitting the document by a facsimile server. The circuitry further instructs to perform the one of the first facsimile transmission and the second facsimile transmission. |
| US12101449B2 |
Image forming apparatus, image forming system, and image forming method for determining a file name for scanned image data
An image forming apparatus includes: a reader that reads a document and generates first document data; a first extractor that extracts first character information included in the first document data; a second extractor that searches a storage device storing a plurality of pieces of document data and extracts one or more pieces of second document data including second character information related to the first character information; and an estimator that estimates a file name to be set for the first document data from the first character information, on basis of a naming rule for a file name of the second document data based on a relation between the second character information and the file name of the second document data. |
| US12101445B2 |
Image forming apparatus and method of controlling image forming apparatus which adapt to various OSes/IPP print functions
An image forming apparatus according to an embodiment includes: a communicator; an image former; a storage; a packet data analyzer; and a controller which controls the communicator, the image former, the storage, and the packet data analyzer. When the communicator receives packet data of a print protocol from a user terminal, the controller causes the packet data analyzer to analyze the packet data and specify the type of operating system of the user terminal, decides on a print operation based on the print protocol associated with the operating system, and then causes the image former to form an image that the communicator has received from the user terminal. |
| US12101444B2 |
Liquid discharge apparatus, liquid discharge method, and storage medium
A liquid discharge apparatus includes a first detection unit to detect a first movement amount of a recording medium. The apparatus includes a first liquid discharge unit, a first image capturing unit to capture a first image of the medium in a capturing range between the first detection unit and the first liquid discharge unit, a second image capturing unit to capture a second image of the medium in the capturing range between the first discharge unit and the first capturing unit, a second detection unit to detect a second movement amount of the medium based on the first and second images, a first determining unit to determine a discharge timing of the first discharge unit based on the first and second movement amounts, and a second determining unit to determine a capturing timing of the second capturing unit based on the first and second movement amounts. |
| US12101443B2 |
Method and system for managing routing across multiple networks with separate routing masters
Novel tools and techniques are provided for implementing management of routing across multiple voice or data networks with separate routing masters. In various embodiments, in response to receiving a request to establish a call between a calling party in a first network and a called party in a second network, a computing system might receive a first set of network information from a first routing database(s) that is operated by a first service provider and a second set of network information from a second routing database(s) that is operated by a second service provider separate from the first service provider; might analyze the received first and second sets of network information to generate a unified routing model for optimizing routing of the call through the first and second networks; and might establish the call through a selected optimized route based on the generated unified routing model. |
| US12101442B2 |
Real-time audio and video feedback during conference calls
Techniques are described for providing real-time audio and/or video feedback during a conference call. Audio feedback can be provided during a conference call in response to a participant unmuting the participant's microphone. For example, a feedback period can be initiated upon receiving an unmute indication. During the feedback period, the participant's microphone audio can be sent, in real-time, back to the participant for playback in addition to sending to the other participants. After the feedback period is over, the participant can be removed from receiving their microphone audio. Video feedback can be provided during a conference call in response to screen sharing. For example, during a feedback period, the participant can receive, in real-time, a screen content thumbnail of their shared screen content. After the feedback period is over, the screen content thumbnail can stop being sent. |
| US12101441B1 |
Systems and methods for providing caller identification over a public switched telephone network
A first voice communication device for forwarding calls to a second voice communication device. The first device comprises a memory and a processor. The memory is configured to store a first device ID associated with the first device and a second device ID associated with the second device. The processor is configured to transmit, to the second device, a message configured to (1) associate the first device ID with the first device, and (2) associate an audio prompt with the first device; detect an incoming call to the first device; determine whether the memory comprises the second device ID; if and when the second device ID is present, then: automatically forward the incoming call to the second device; and automatically cause the audio prompt to be played on the second device; and automatically cause the first device ID to be displayed on second device. |
| US12101438B2 |
Computer-based systems configured for automated extraction of data from inputs and methods of use thereof
In some embodiments, the present disclosure provides an exemplary method that may include steps of receiving an input text data retrieved from a transcription associated with a previously recorded audio data file between a user of a plurality of users and an agent associated with a call center; identifying personal information associated with the user of the plurality of users from the input text data by inputting the input text data into a trained machine learning model; determining at least one key term within the personal information associated with the user of the plurality of users; automatically determining a confidence positivity score associated with the at least one key term; automatically extracting a plurality of tuples from the input text data; storing the plurality of tuples in an external database; and automatically generating a call script for conducting a subsequent call with the user. |
| US12101436B1 |
Customization of alerts using telecommunications services
Certain exemplary aspects of the disclosure are directed to customization of alerts using telecommunications services. In one such example, a data-communications server is configured to a set of virtual office features including client-specific call routing functions available to remotely-situated client entities. The server provides a set of instructions to the client entities, with the instructions documented in a first programming language, and receives from each such client entity, client-specific sets of control data written in a second programming language. The client-specific sets of control data may specify, as examples, particular alerts, informational data and/or reminders to be provided to end-users of the respective client entity. |
| US12101434B2 |
Device assisted CDR creation, aggregation, mediation and billing
Device assisted CDR creation, aggregation, mediation and billing is provided. In some embodiments, device assisted CDR creation, aggregation, mediation and billing for a wireless network includes collecting device generated service usage information for one or more devices in wireless communication on the wireless network; and providing the device generated service usage information in a syntax (e.g., a device assisted charging data record (CDR)) and a communication protocol (e.g., 3GPP, 3GPP2, or other communication protocols) that can be used by other network devices to augment or replace network generated service usage information for the one or more devices in wireless communication on the wireless network. |
| US12101432B2 |
Media control devices, systems and methods
Media control devices, methods and systems for communicating with mobile devices and headsets are disclosed. At least one control device may include a top surface, a bottom surface, circuitry for communicating with mobile devices and headsets, at least one button designed to be manipulated by users wearing gloves, a microphone for receiving audio input from the users, and a securement mechanism for securing the control device to the users' person, clothing and/or equipment. |
| US12101425B2 |
Expandable display mobile device with a timing belt drive
An expandable touch screen display device made up of a flexible display that can be reconfigured from a compact state to a plurality of expanded states. The form factor of the compact state is roughly the size of a typical handheld phone or smaller. The form factor of each of the expanded states is roughly the size of a tablet computer. An internal mechanism is provided for synching the motion of the device's expansion with the motion of the flexible display's end plate which provides a force to guide the display around the roller located at the edge of the device. The device may further include an integrated speaker and microphone, and sensors to indicate the expanded position of the display. In one embodiment, a module attached to, situated within, or otherwise associated with the device may contain all or substantially all processing and memory, along with a communications system. |
| US12101419B2 |
Blockchain network-based virtual common ID service method and service provision server using same
The present invention relates to a blockchain network-based virtual common ID service method, the method comprising: registering a user ID and ID data in each of service provision servers; registering the ID data as a user data set associated with common ID data in a blockchain network; when a particular ID requesting transaction including another ID data, another user data set, and proof information relating to another ID data is acquired from another service provision server among the service provision servers in a state where an ID commitment of each of the service provision servers is registered in the blockchain network, acquiring another ID commitment by a particular service provision server among the service provision servers; verifying another ID data with reference to the proof information and another ID commitment; identifying a particular user ID corresponding to particular ID data; and transmitting the identified particular user ID to another service provision server. |
| US12101415B2 |
Method of RSA signature or decryption protected using a homomorphic encryption
Decryption of an RSA encrypted message encrypted with a public RSA key by receiving encrypted key share components computed by generating a private RSA key d and a RSA modulus integer N, where N and d are integers; splitting the private key into key shares, encrypting with a fully homomorphic encryption (FHE) algorithm each key share component by using a Fully Homomorphic Encryption secret key ps associated with a set Ss to generate the encrypted key share components of said secure RSA key, computing an intermediate value YS for each set SS from said encrypted key share components, such that said computed intermediate value is a part of the RSA decrypted message, under FHE-encrypted form, and decrypting the encrypted message by combining said computed intermediate values for all sets. |
| US12101411B2 |
System and method for decentralized digital structured data storage, management, and authentication using blockchain
There is disclosed a novel system and method for decentralized digital structured data storage, management, and authentication. In an embodiment, the present system comprises pieces of digital structured data (including but not limited to, digital images, digital videos, digital audio, digital text, and digital computational graph representations), computer nodes for storing pieces of digital structured data and for creating references to portions of stored pieces of digital structured data, a network connecting the computer nodes, and a blockchain. In an embodiment, a piece of digital structured data is stored on a computer node, and the computer node creates a reference to a portion of the stored piece of digital structured data. The computer node then broadcasts a request for the reference to be added to the blockchain to all computer nodes through a network connecting all computer nodes. Upon receiving the request, the computer nodes in the network validate the request as well as the status of the computer node. Upon a successful validation of the request, a block is created using the reference along with a timestamp and a digitally signed hash of a previous block, and the block is added to the blockchain. In an illustrative embodiment, a user can validate the authenticity of content within a piece of digital structured data on a computer node by selecting portions of the piece of digital structured data to trace. Each of the selected portions of the piece of digital structured data is then traced on the computer node through the blockchain to trace the original source of the portion of the piece of digital structured data, and identify if the content has been previously modified and by whom. |
| US12101403B2 |
Interleaved scalar multiplication for elliptic curve cryptography
Methods, apparatus, and computer readable storage medium for performing interleaved scalar multiplication are described. The method includes obtaining a bit-number of a scalar; factorizing the bit-number of the scalar into a product of a plurality of factors, the plurality of factors comprising s, d, and w; generating d tables based on a parameter, each table comprising N entries; for each iteration of s iterations: multiplying a result by two, constructing an index for each table from w bits in the scalar in the binary format, selecting a value from each table based on the constructed index for each table, and adding the value selected from each table to the result and starting next iteration; and in response to completing the s iterations, determining the result for a scalar multiplication between the scalar and the parameter. |
| US12101401B2 |
Digital forge systems and methods
A system has a server and a processor electrically coupled to the server that receives an input binary string as an input and uses a decision matrix to determine via a plurality of cycles what a next state of a plurality of target cells being transformed will become to produce an output binary string that will be a cryptographic key. |
| US12101399B2 |
Secure storage techniques utilizing consortium distributed ledgers
Techniques are disclosed for securely managing data. In one example, a service provider receives user image data and user biometric data associated with a user. The service provider generates a user profile cryptographic key based on hashing this data, which may be associated with a user identifier. The service provider may further generate a public/private key pair associated with the user identifier. The public key and the user profile cryptographic key are stored, in association with the user identifier, to a consortium blockchain network. The service provider then receives a request, signed with the private key, to store a document in association with the user identifier. The service provider generates a document cryptographic key of the document, and executes a request to store the document cryptographic key to the blockchain in association with the user profile cryptographic key, the request verified using the public key. |
| US12101396B2 |
Device sharing method and electronic device
A first device obtains a public key of a first home device and a first message leaving key that is used to encrypt an offline message between the first device and the first home device; obtains a public key of a second device and a second message leaving key that is used to encrypt an offline message between the first device and the second device; obtains a third message leaving key used to encrypt an offline message between the second device and the first home device; encrypts the public key of the second device and the third message leaving key by using the first message leaving key, to obtain first encrypted information, and requests a server to push the first encrypted information to the first home device; and encrypts the public key of the first home device and the third message leaving key by using the second message leaving key. |
| US12101395B2 |
Cryptographic lock-and-key generation, distribution, and validation
Cryptographic techniques are provided for generating, distributing, validation, and processing secure commands on different devices and/or peripherals. A control device generates and encrypts a key corresponding to a secure command using a private key of control device to produce a key envelope. Control device further encrypts the key envelope with a recipient's public key producing a recipient envelope. The recipient envelope is delivered to a recipient's device. The recipient's device decrypts the recipient envelope with a private key of the recipient's device producing the key envelope. The key envelope is delivered back to the control device. The control device decrypts the key envelope producing the key, validates the key, and processes a secure command on behalf of a secure resource or delivers the secure command to the secure resource for processing. In an embodiment, control device maintains audit records/audit trail, which is maintained on the control device. |
| US12101394B2 |
Third party biometric homomorphic encryption matching for privacy protection
Systems and methods for secure distribution of biometric matching processing are provided. Certain configurations include homomorphic encrypting of captured biometric information. In some configurations, the biometric information is classified without decryption between a first identity class and a second identity class. The biometric information may be formed as a feature vector. A homomorphic encrypted feature vector may be formed by homomorphic encrypting of the biometric information. |
| US12101393B2 |
Providing access to a hardware resource based on a canary value
A container corresponding to executable code may be received. In response receiving the container, an assertion value may be stored in an assertion register. A final canary value may be generated based on a cycles combining a prior canary value and a mix value. A determination may be made as to whether the final canary value matches with the assertion value stored in the assertion register. In response to determining that the final canary value matches with the assertion value, one or more privilege registers may be programmed to provide access to hardware resources for the container corresponding to the executable user code. |
| US12101390B2 |
Signal communication apparatus and method having re-sampling mechanism
The present invention discloses a signal communication method having re-sampling mechanism that includes steps outlined below. Sampled data of a data signal is obtained. A time difference between an actual sampling time point and an ideal sampling time point is calculated. A closet time point closest to the ideal sampling time point within a sampling time interval is selected. Operation sampled data within a predetermined range around the target sampled data is selected from the sampled data. A group of response terms are retrieved from a pre-stored lookup table according to the closest time point to substitute the response terms and the time difference into a parameter calculation equation to generate a group of re-sampling response parameters. A calculation is performed based on the operation sampled data and the re-sampling response parameters to generate a re-sampled value of the target sampled data. |
| US12101386B2 |
Automatic correspondence of encoders and decoders to video ports
Methods and systems for automatically determining correspondences between communication ports of a networked device and encoders and decoders connected to those communication ports. In some embodiments, the networked device and the encoders and decoders are connected to a video communications network provided by a switch. The networked device can query the video communications network for information related to the encoders and decoders to determine and save the port-to-device correspondences. In some embodiments, the networked device can extract device information from video signals received at its input ports to map the input ports to respectively connected decoders. In similar fashion, the networked device may transmit or embed port-specific information from its output ports to respectively connected encoders. Then, the networked device can query the video communications network for the port-specific information received at the encoders to map the output ports to respectively connected encoders. |
| US12101384B2 |
Terminal device and control method thereof and system
In a push notification service, information desired to be surely delivered to a user is displayed on a terminal device. A control method of a terminal device includes: a reception step for receiving notification information; and an execution step for executing a first notification process being executed for providing a notification of a first content based on notification information received by the terminal device in a case where the notification information includes first information for the notification of the first content and second information for a notification of a second content, and executing a second notification process being executed for providing the notification of the second content based on the notification information after the first content is displayed by executing the first notification process. |
| US12101380B2 |
Cups BNG based packet forwarding systems, methods and non-transitory computer-readable storage mediums
A network element includes at least one processor and at least one memory including computer program code. The at least one memory and the computer program code are configured to, with the at least one processor, cause the network element to: designate a first user plane function, from among the plurality of user plane functions, as a designated broadcast forwarder from which to receive broadcast control traffic, and receive the broadcast control traffic forwarded from the first user plane function, from among the plurality of user plane functions. |
| US12101377B2 |
Domain replication across regions
The present embodiments relate to a CI replication service that can replicate domain data from IDCS control plane to data plane and to all subscribed regions of a domain. For instance, the CI replication service can provide replication of required resources of a domain for AuthN and AuthZ from an IDCS local region to other regions for high availability (e.g., to improve latency). The CI replication service can replicate the resources from a domain's home region to all subscribed regions for local availability of data for workloads running in those regions. Further, when a new region is subscribed for a domain, then the service can bootstrap that domain's data from home region before enabling that region for the domain. |
| US12101374B2 |
5G-enabled massively distributed on-demand personal cloud system and method
The technology described herein allocates resources in a cloud computing environment using a 5G network. The system can connect a device to the 5G network and collect data related to the device such as a location of the device and characteristics of use of the device with the 5G network. The system can create a device service profile of the device based at least in part on the data related to the device. The system can then dynamically partition computing resources within the cloud computing environment for the device based on the device service profile and a time-of-day in the location of the device to thereby provide on-demand access to content or services in the cloud computing environment to the device over the 5G network. |
| US12101372B2 |
System providing faster and more efficient data communication
A system designed for increasing network communication speed for users, while lowering network congestion for content owners and ISPs. The system employs network elements including an acceleration server, clients, agents, and peers, where communication requests generated by applications are intercepted by the client on the same machine. The IP address of the server in the communication request is transmitted to the acceleration server, which provides a list of agents to use for this IP address. The communication request is sent to the agents. One or more of the agents respond with a list of peers that have previously seen some or all of the content which is the response to this request (after checking whether this data is still valid). The client then downloads the data from these peers in parts and in parallel, thereby speeding up the Web transfer, releasing congestion from the Web by fetching the information from multiple sources, and relieving traffic from Web servers by offloading the data transfers from them to nearby peers. |
| US12101371B2 |
Platform for constructing and consuming realm and object feature clouds
A non-volatile digital storage medium storing instructions that, when executed by a server system, establish on the server system computer processes for implementing a method of providing a server-based feature cloud model of a realm, the method comprising: receiving by a server a series of digital contributions that collectively originate from a plurality of remote computing devices, each digital contribution characterizing a defined and distinct three-dimensional volume of the realm, wherein each distinct three-dimensional volume includes a portion that does not overlap any other three-dimensional volume; processing by the server of each one of the received digital contributions to associate such contribution with a global coordinate system; and storing and integrating each of the processed contributions in a realm model database so as to provide the feature cloud model of the realm stored on the server. |
| US12101368B2 |
Capture, recording, and streaming of media content
A method includes receiving user input indicating a selection of a subset of two or more of a plurality of audio layers for media content to be provided to a user, each of the subset of audio layers corresponding to one or more audio sources, receiving second user input indicating volume levels for the two or more audio layers of the plurality of audio layers, capturing, based on the first user input, the two or more audio layers of the plurality of audio layers for a media content item to be provided to the user, and enabling audio playback based on the two or more audio layers of the plurality of audio layers and without including other audio layers of the plurality of audio layers, the audio playback reflecting the volume levels indicated by the second user input. The method further includes causing the media content item to be provided to the user using the audio playback reflecting the indicated volume levels. |
| US12101359B1 |
Devices with calling apps for inmate calls, information sharing, monitoring, and other functions
Systems and techniques for permitting, establishing, monitoring and controlling calls based on messages from outside parties, outside party availability information, institution's call restriction information, and/or account holder preferences. In one example, a message from an outside party app on an outside party computing device is receive by an inmate app on an inmate device. The inmate device displays the message at the inmate calling app including a request for the inmate to call the outside party device during a time period. When the inmate initiates a call to the outside party the call is permitted or not permitted based on determining whether the call is within the specified time period. |
| US12101356B2 |
High performance architecture for converged security systems and appliances
In some aspects, the disclosure is directed to methods and systems for providing an architecture for building high performance silicon components that support a rich set of networking and security features. In many implementations, the architecture splits network and security functions into two functional and logical blocks (which may physically be on the same die or integrated circuit in some implementations, or may be split on separate integrated circuits). The network functions may be executed via an integrated network interface card and accelerator subsystem with a high throughput execution pipeline. Security functions may be executed asynchronously from the network processing functions, in many implementations. |
| US12101354B2 |
Device, system, and method of detecting vishing attacks
Devices, systems, and methods of detecting a vishing attack, in which an attacker provides to a victim step-by-step over-the-phone instructions that command the victim to log-in to his bank account and to perform a dictated banking transaction. The system monitors transactions, online operations, user interactions, gestures performed via input units, speed and timing of data entry, and user engagement with User Interface elements. The system detects that the operations performed by the victim, follow a pre-defined playbook of a vishing attack. The system detects that the victim operates under duress or under dictated instructions, as exhibited in irregular doodling activity, data entry rhythm, typographical error introduction rhythm, unique posture of the user, alternating pattern of listening to phone instructions and performing online operations via a computer, and device orientation changes or spatial changes that characterize a device being used to perform an online transaction while also talking on the phone. |
| US12101353B2 |
Detecting suspicious entities
Techniques are disclosed relating to automatically determining whether an entity is malicious. In some embodiments, a server computer system generates a feature vector for an unknown website, where generating the feature vector includes preprocessing a plurality of structural features of the unknown website. In some embodiments, the system inputs the feature vector for the unknown website into a trained neural network. In some embodiments, the system applies a clustering algorithm to a signature vector for the unknown website and signature vectors for respective ones of a plurality of known websites output by the trained neural network. In some embodiments, the system determines, based on results of the clustering algorithm indicating similarities between signature vectors for the unknown website and one or more of the signature vectors for the plurality of known websites, whether the unknown website is suspicious. Determining whether the entity is suspicious may advantageously prevent malicious (fraudulent) activity. |
| US12101352B1 |
Identifying and protecting against malicious electronic messages that deceptively appear to originate from a trusted source
Identifying and protecting against malicious electronic messages that deceptively appear to originate from a trusted source. An authentic writing style contained within a legitimate electronic message that originates from a vender may be identified. The authentic writing style may be stored in a database. A new electronic message may be received that appears to originate from the vendor. The new electronic message may contain a new writing style. The new writing style may be compared with the authentic writing style stored in the database to identify any differences between the new writing style and the authentic writing style. A determination may be made that the new electronic message does not originate from the vender based, at least on part, on one or more differences identified between the writing styles. A security action may then be performed to protect against the new electronic message. |
| US12101350B2 |
Low touch integration of a bot detection service in association with a content delivery network
A server interacts with a bot detection service to provide bot detection as a requesting client interacts with the server. In an asynchronous mode, the server injects into a page a data collection script configured to record interactions at the requesting client, to collect sensor data about the interactions, and to send the collected sensor data to the server. After the client receives the page, the sensor data is collected and forwarded to the server through a series of posts. The server forwards the posts to the detection service. During this data collection, the server also may receive a request from the client for a protected endpoint. When this occurs, and in a synchronous mode, the server issues a query to the detection service to obtain a threat score based in part on the collected sensor data that has been received and forwarded by the server. Based on the threat score returned, the server then determines whether the request for the endpoint should be forwarded onward for handling. |
| US12101348B2 |
Systems and methods for intelligent cyber security threat detection and mitigation through an extensible automated investigations and threat mitigation platform
A cybersecurity system and method for handling a cybersecurity event includes identifying a cybersecurity alert; selectively initializing automated threat intelligence workflows based on computing a cybersecurity alert type, wherein the automated threat intelligence workflows include a plurality of automated investigative tasks that, when executed by one or more computers, derive cybersecurity alert intelligence data; and executing the plurality of automated investigative tasks includes automatically sourcing a corpus of investigative data; deriving the cybersecurity alert intelligence data based on extracting selective pieces of data from the corpus of investigative data, wherein the cybersecurity alert intelligence data informs an inference of a cybersecurity alert severity of the cybersecurity alert; and automatically routing the cybersecurity alert to one of a plurality of distinct threat mitigation or threat disposal routes based on the cybersecurity alert severity of the cybersecurity alert. |
| US12101347B2 |
Systems and methods for attack simulation on a production network
The disclosure is directed towards systems and methods for improving security in a computer network. The system can include a planner and a plurality of controllers. The controllers can be deployed within each zone of the production network. Each controller can be configured to assume the role of an attacker or a target for malicious network traffic. Simulations of malicious behavior can be performed by the controllers within the production network, and can therefore account for the complexities of the production network, such as stateful connections through switches, routers, and other intermediary devices. In some implementations, the planner can analyze data received from the controllers to provide a holistic analysis of the overall security posture of the production network. |
| US12101343B2 |
Event-based machine learning for a time-series metric
A method for generating samples for an anomaly detection system includes receiving events that occurred during a time series of a target metric. Each respective event includes an event attribute characterizing the respective event. The method includes generating a set of event groups for the events. Each event shares a respective attribute with one or more other events of the respective event group. For each respective event group of the set of event groups, the method includes determining an influence pattern that identifies an influence of the respective event group on the target metric. The method includes clustering the set of event groups into event clusters based on a respective influence pattern of each respective event group. Each event cluster includes one or more event groups that share a similar influence pattern. The method includes generating training samples for an anomaly detection system based on a respective event cluster. |
| US12101342B2 |
System and method for monitoring network activity for detecting data exfiltration events
Disclosed herein are methods, systems, and processes for detecting data exfiltration. A data exfiltration event in a network is detected. Traffic data regarding outgoing traffic of a source in the network associated with the data exfiltration event is received. A logarithmic transformation is applied to the traffic data to generate transformed data. An outlier identification technique is selected based on the transformed data and is executed on the transformed data to determine that the outgoing traffic is indicative of the data exfiltration event. An alert is generated in response to the determination that the outgoing traffic is indicative of the data exfiltration event. |
| US12101331B1 |
Method and a system for a secure hierarchical communication
A method and system for facilitating communication in an organization. The method comprises creating a hierarchical messaging structure including one or more hierarchy levels of the organization. The hierarchical messaging structure incudes a plurality of circles structured in a genesis circle and one or more sub-circles, such that each circle includes one or more members. A message is published by a member from at least one of the one or more members of the genesis circle and the sub-circles, wherein the message is dynamically routed according to privilege rights defined in at least one of the genesis circle and the one or more sub-circles. Finally, the message is displayed selectively, at least in one of the genesis circles and one or more sub-circles of the organization. |
| US12101330B2 |
System and method for role-based collaborative design of custom products based on manufacturing constraints
In some embodiments, a system and a computer-implemented method for role-based collaborative design based on manufacturing constraints are disclosed. A method comprises: receiving, at a computer collaboration system, an electronic digital editing invitation from a first user interface that executes on a first user device associated with a first user, the editing invitation comprising inviting a second user to collaborate on a digital electronic interactive design as an editor, the interactive design comprising a graphical visual representation of a physical product that is capable of custom manufacture with a plurality of variable product attributes; transmitting to a second user device of the second user, the product description data for rendering the interactive design in a second user interface executing on the second user device; receiving a first modification to the interactive design from the second user interface; automatically generating a first updated product description data based on the first modification. |
| US12101329B2 |
Network architecture providing device identification and redirection using whitelisting traffic classification
Systems and methods include monitoring packets, by a network edge device, from one or more endpoint devices where the packets are destined for corresponding application services in a network; classifying the one or more endpoint devices based on the monitoring into a corresponding trust level of a plurality of trust levels; and, responsive to a first endpoint device of the one or more endpoint devices being untrusted, steering the packets from the first endpoint device into a restricted zone. |
| US12101327B2 |
Global approach for multifactor authentication incorporating user and enterprise preferences
A system and method for a global approach for multifactor authentication incorporating user and enterprise preferences. An example method includes receiving a request from an enterprise computer for authentication of a user to access a resource of the enterprise. The example method also includes requesting available authentication methods and/or credentials at a point of authentication for the user. The example method also includes determining a set of authentication credentials to apply. The example method also includes receiving a requested set of authentication credentials from the point of authentication. The example method also includes authenticating the user based on the received set of authentication credentials from the point of authentication, and providing the user authenticated identity to the enterprise for access to the resource of the enterprise after authenticating the user. |
| US12101326B2 |
User apparatus and external apparatus
A user apparatus has a determiner configured to determine whether a relationship degree indicative of a degree of depth of relationship between a first user who manages the user apparatus and a second user who manages an external apparatus that is located within a predetermined range from the user apparatus is at or above a threshold; an acceptor configured to, when a determination result by the determiner is affirmative, accept an input of an instruction that permits lending to the second user a usage authorization to use a service that is available to the first user on the user apparatus; and a lender configured to, when the acceptor accepts the input of the instruction, provide the external apparatus with authorization information to enable the service to be used on the external apparatus. |
| US12101325B2 |
Method and system for implementing customer resource use as a service
Novel tools and techniques are provided for implementing customer resource telemetry and use as a service. In various embodiments, a computing system might receive, from a user, a request to access at least one network-accessible resource associated with a customer of a service provider, the user being unassociated and unrelated with the customer; might identify at least one of a user identification, a company, or a class of user associated with the user; might determine whether at least one resource record associated with the customer indicates that the user has permission to access the at least one network-accessible resource, based on the identification. If so, the computing system might provide the user with access to the at least one network-accessible resource associated with the customer. If not, the computing system might deny, to the user, access to the at least one network-accessible resource associated with the customer. |
| US12101319B2 |
Computing session multi-factor authentication
A computing device includes a memory and a processor configured to cooperate with the memory to receive a connection lease and a token from a client device, with the token being generated responsive to the client device completing multi-factor authentication (MFA) with a provider of MFA. The processor further verifies, responsive to unavailability of the provider of MFA, that the client device has previously performed MFA based upon the token, and connect the client device to a computing session with use of the connection lease and responsive to the verification that the client device has performed MFA. |
| US12101318B2 |
Adaptive multipath tunneling in cloud-based systems
Systems and methods implemented by a mobile device include establishing a plurality of tunnels to a gateway, wherein each of the plurality of tunnels is on one of a plurality of link layer channels at the mobile device; intercepting network traffic on the mobile device; forwarding the network traffic to one of the plurality of tunnels based on a set of traffic forwarding rules; and responsive to a network change for the mobile device, managing the plurality of tunnels and continuing the forwarding based on the managing. The systems and methods can further include determining characteristics including bandwidth of each of the plurality of link layer channels; and utilizing the characteristics with the set of traffic forwarding rules for the forwarding. |
| US12101314B1 |
Low latency and redundant proof of possession for content subscription
Methods, systems, and apparatus, including computer programs encoded on computer storage media, for mitigating computing latency associated with proving of possession of network endpoints. One system includes (i) a user device, e.g., a smartphone or a personal computer, (ii) a proof of possession service running on one or more computers, and (iii) an authorization service running on one or more computers. |
| US12101298B2 |
Electronic device, method, and computer readable storage medium for communicating through virtual private network
An electronic device according to an embodiment includes a memory storing instructions, a global positioning system (GPS) receiver, a communication circuit, and a processor. The processor, when executing the instructions, is configured to establish a connection with a public access point (AP) to communicate with an external electronic device, obtain location information of the electronic device, maintain a state of mode for a VPN in an inactive state, based on transmitting information distinct from the location information, on a condition that the number of a plurality of electronic devices located within a reference distance from the public AP is less than a reference value, and switch the state of mode for VPN mode from the inactive state to an active state, based on transmitting the information on a condition that the number of the plurality of electronic devices is equal to or greater than the reference value. |
| US12101297B2 |
Network configuration for routing of data, and related systems and methods
A computer system and method designed to support and enable a dual obfuscated virtual private network (VPN) for routing data. A plurality of servers is configured with hardware elements in a hardware layer, and an operatively coupled operating system layer with a first virtual private server (VPS) operatively coupled to a second VPS. The first VPS is configured to generate an OpenVPN certificate and the second VPS is configured to generate a WireGuard certificate. Communication tunnels encrypted with a combination of OpenVPN and WireGuard are created to establish the dual obfuscated VPN to support data encryption. |
| US12101295B2 |
Internet protocol security (IPSec) tunnel using anycast at a distributed cloud computing network
An IPSec tunnel request for establishing an IPSec tunnel from a customer router to an anycast IP address of a distributed cloud computing network is received. The same anycast IP address is shared among compute servers of the distributed cloud computing network. A handshake is performed with the customer router from a first compute server including generating security associations for encrypting and decrypting IPSec traffic. The security associations are propagated to each compute server and are used for encrypting and decrypting traffic. |
| US12101292B2 |
Dynamic network address management
A method for network address management is provided. Embodiments include determining a creation of a namespace associated with a cluster of computing devices, wherein a subset of computing resources of the cluster of computing devices is allocated to the namespace. Embodiments include assigning, to the namespace, a network address pool comprising a plurality of network addresses in a subnet, wherein the assigning causes the plurality of network addresses to be reserved exclusively for the namespace. Embodiments include receiving an indication that a pod is added to the namespace. Embodiments include, in response to the receiving of the indication, assigning a network address from the network address pool to the pod. |
| US12101291B2 |
Programmable switch-based method for providing domain name system service
A method in an illustrative embodiment includes storing one or more mapping entries of domain names to Internet protocol (IP) addresses in a cache of a programmable switch, wherein the mapping entries are obtained according to historical DNS responses from a DNS server; acquiring, by the programmable switch, a domain name in a DNS request received from a client; searching the cache of the programmable switch for an IP address corresponding to the domain name; generating, by the programmable switch according to the DNS request and the IP address corresponding to the domain name if the IP address is found, a DNS response that is to be sent to the client, wherein the DNS response comprises the IP address corresponding to the domain name that is found in the cache; and sending, by the programmable switch, the DNS response comprising the IP address to the client. |
| US12101288B2 |
Method and apparatus for providing email service
A method and apparatus for providing an email service is provided. The method includes sorting received emails into preset categories, providing an interface for reading an email for each category, and determining whether to delete an email based on an automatic deletion option set for each category. |
| US12101287B2 |
System and method for automated message delivery prioritization
Systems and methods for message delivery prioritization that can include receiving, via an application programming interface, a messaging request of an entity to transmit one or more messages to a plurality of users, selecting one or more message transmission options based on message-associated delivery attributes, and causing the one or more messages to be transmitted to the plurality of users using the selected one or more message transmission options. |
| US12101282B1 |
Digital financial management having chat support platform to facilitate chat window customization by user command
A computing device, a computer program product, and a computer-implemented method for delivering enhanced financial services and, more particularly, for facilitating enhanced network communication between a user and a financial institution via a client device. A digital financial management platform for the client device includes a chat support platform that facilitates an enhanced user chat experience by enabling the dynamic modification of the general aesthetic appearance or configuration of the chat window by user command or request contemporaneously with a virtual chat communication session between a virtual support agent of a financial institution and a user on a client device. |
| US12101281B2 |
Technologies for asynchronously restoring an incomplete co-browse session
A method of asynchronously restoring an incomplete co-browse session according to an embodiment includes initiating an interaction between a user and a chat bot, determining whether data indicative of an incomplete co-browse session is stored in association with a user in response to initiating the interaction between the user and the chat bot, retrieving an intent configuration file associated with the incomplete co-browse session, wherein the intent configuration file defines a plurality of actions to be executed by the chat bot to resolve a user intent of the interaction between the user and the chat bot, and performing, via the chat bot and during a resumed co-browse session with the user, one or more actions of the plurality of actions defined by the intent configuration file that were not previously performed during the incomplete co-browse session. |
| US12101280B2 |
Providing responses in an event-related session
The present disclosure provides a method and an apparatus for providing responses in an event-related session. The event is associated with a predefined domain, and the session comprises an electronic conversational agent and at least one participant. At least one message from the at least one participant may be detected. A set of candidate responses may be retrieved, from an index set being based on the domain, according to the at least one message. The set of candidate responses may be optimized through filtering the set of candidate responses according to predetermined criteria. A response to the at least one message may be selected from the filtered set of candidate responses. The selected response may be provided in the session. |
| US12101274B2 |
Method for transmitting and receiving sounding reference signal in wireless communication system and device therefor
A method for transmitting a sounding reference signal (SRS) by a terminal in a wireless communication system according to an embodiment of the present specification, comprises the steps of: transmitting UE capability information associated with transmission of a sounding reference signal (SRS) based on a specific usage; receiving configuration information associated with the transmission of the SRS; and transmitting the SRS. |
| US12101271B2 |
Method and device for transmitting PSFCH and PRS in NR V2X
According to one embodiment of the present disclosure, provided is a method in which a first device performs sidelink communication. The method may comprise: a step for determining at least one PRS resource for transmitting at least one PRS for sidelink positioning; a step for transmitting, to a second device, the at least one PRS on the basis of the at least one PRS resource; a step for receiving, from the second device, a PSCCH and a PSSCH associated with the PSCCH; a step for determining at least one PSFCH resource for transmitting the PSCCH or at least one PSFCH related to the PSSCH to the second device; and a step for transmitting, to the second device, the at least one PSFCH on the basis of the at least one PSFCH resource. |
| US12101269B2 |
Remote interference management method and apparatus
A remote interference management method and an apparatus are provided. The method includes: A first network device receives a reference signal (RS) sent by a second network device, where the RS is used to indicate that the second network device is subject to remote interference. The first network device determines first auxiliary information, and sends the first auxiliary information to the second network device. The first auxiliary information includes at least one of the following information: frequency domain information of a downlink transmission resource of the first network device, time domain information of the downlink transmission resource of the first network device, or beam information of downlink transmission of the first network device. |
| US12101267B2 |
User terminal and radio communication method
A user terminal according to one aspect of the present disclosure includes a control section that assumes that a first reference signal of spatial relation of specific uplink transmission is a second reference signal of QCL type D in a transmission control indication (TCI) state of a specific downlink channel or quasi-co-location (QCL) assumption, and a transmitting section that performs the specific uplink transmission by using the spatial relation. According to one aspect of the present disclosure, control of a UL beam can be appropriately performed. |
| US12101264B2 |
Method, apparatus, and system for channel access in unlicensed band
Disclosed are a method, an apparatus, and a system for performing channel access. In detail, provided are a method including: receiving uplink scheduling information; and when the user equipment has stopped an uplink transmission during the uplink transmission being performed according to the uplink scheduling information, to resume the uplink transmission, performing a second type channel access when a channel sensed by the user equipment is continuously idle after the uplink transmission has been stopped, and performing a first type channel access when the channel sensed by the user equipment is not continuously idle after the uplink transmission has been stopped, wherein the first type channel access comprises performing a random backoff after a channel sensing, and the second type channel access only comprises performing a channel sensing and an apparatus and a system therefor. |
| US12101262B2 |
Computer-readable recording medium storing data processing program, data processing method, and data processing system
A data processing program causes a processing device, among a plurality of processing devices each executes predetermined processing on received data and outputs a result, to execute a process. The process includes, calculating, in a case where a notification that a resource is increased is received from a first processing device in a group of processing devices at a previous stage of the processing device among the plurality of processing devices, a ratio of an amount of data received from the first processing device to a total amount of data received from each of the group of processing devices, based on an amount of data received from each of the group of processing devices within a predetermined period, and determining whether or not to increase a resource of the processing device based on the calculated ratio and resource usage of the processing device. |
| US12101259B2 |
Data transmission control method and device, and non-transitory computer-readable medium
Provided are a data transmission control method and device and a non-transitory computer-readable medium. The data transmission control method includes: determining a multiple and a remainder according to a total data size of to-be-transmitted data and a set byte size, where the multiple is equal to a quotient obtained by dividing the total data size by the set byte size, and the remainder is equal to a remainder obtained by dividing the total data size by the set byte size; sequentially transmitting data whose size is the set byte size multiplied by the multiple in the to-be-transmitted data by transmitting data of the set byte size each time; and in response to the remainder being not zero, transmitting remaining data whose size is the remainder in the to-be-transmitted data. |
| US12101257B2 |
Demand-based scaling of enterprise workloads into cloud networks
Techniques for scaling additional capacity for secure access solutions and other workloads of enterprise edge networks in and out of a cloud-computing network based on demand. The techniques may include determining that a capacity associated with a secure access node of an enterprise edge network meets or exceeds a threshold capacity. Based at least in part on the capacity meeting or exceeding the threshold capacity, the techniques may include causing a facsimile of the secure access node to be spun up on a cloud-computing network that is remote from the enterprise edge network. In this way, new connection requests received from client devices can be redirected to the facsimile of the secure access node. Additionally, or alternatively, one or more existing connections between client devices and the secure access node may be migrated to the facsimile of the secure access node in the cloud. |
| US12101256B1 |
Managing connections in a multi-tenancy computing environment
A method of managing connections to one or more servers in a multi-tenancy computing environment is provided. At a multi-tenancy connection manager responsible for managing connections for multiple tenants of the multi-tenancy computing environment, a plurality of connection pools is configured, each for use by a respective one of the multiple tenants. A connection request is received from a tenant of the multiple tenants. The tenant is identified based on the connection request. Management rules for managing a connection pool that is associated with the identified tenant are obtained. It is determined whether the management rules permit execution of the connection request. In response to a positive determination, the connection request is executed. In response to a negative determination, the connection request is throttled, to preserve and maintain a quality of service provided. |
| US12101254B2 |
Packet processing method and network device
Embodiments of the present disclosure provide a packet processing method and a network device, so as to effectively resolve a problem that a quantity of concurrent packet processing policies is limited in a network device due to scarce hardware resources of a packet forwarding chip. A method part in the embodiments of the present disclosure includes: obtaining, by a first network device, identification information; processing, by the first network device, a packet when receiving the packet, where a processed packet includes the identification information, and packets corresponding to different preset policy information include different identification information; and sending, by the first network device, the processed packet to a second network device, so that the second network device matches a corresponding policy for the processed packet based on the identification information. |
| US12101253B2 |
Container networking interface for multiple types of interfaces
In general, techniques are described for a computing device including a virtual router, a pod comprising a container, and a network plugin. The virtual router includes a virtual router agent. The network plugin includes processing circuitry configured to receive, from the virtual router agent, an indication of an interface type for a virtual network for the pod and to configure, for the pod, a virtual network interface having the interface type, the virtual network interface for communicating on the virtual network. |
| US12101250B2 |
Methods and apparatus for routing control in a cloud network
A routing control method is performed by a computer device acting as an intelligent routing server in an accelerated cloud network, the method including: receiving a routing query request sent by one forwarding node in the accelerated cloud network, the routing query request being generated by the forwarding node according to an access request for a target node by a terminal device; obtaining path information of a forwarding path according to state information of forwarding nodes in the accelerated cloud network, the forwarding path being used to forward the access request in the accelerated cloud network; and transmitting the path information to the forwarding node, wherein the forwarding node is configured to forward the access request to the target node according to the path information. |
| US12101243B2 |
Link path calculation method, apparatus, terminal and computer-readable storage medium
A link path calculation method, device, terminal device and non-transitory computer-readable storage medium are disclosed. The method may include: acquiring a topology containing a TSN bridge, the TSN bridge comprising a 5GS TSN virtual bridge and a common TSN bridge; acquiring a latency parameter of a link of the TSN bridge; acquiring a minimum latency Tmin achievable by the 5GS-TSN-VB and a maximum latency MaxLatency in service requirements; calculating an optimal path and determining a sum Tc of all link latencies on the optimal path; determining a maximum latency Tmax tolerated by the 5GS-TSN-VB; determining an optimal value Tmax−O of the Tmax; and sending service flow information and the Tmax−O as latency requirements to a 5GS system corresponding to the 5GS-TSN-VB, and sending the service flow information to a corresponding TSN bridge in response to path calculation being successful. |
| US12101242B2 |
Workload identification for network flows over stretched layer 2 networks
Embodiments described herein generally involve identifying workloads in a multi-site networking environment. Embodiments include determining that a given network is stretched across a first network segment at a first site and a second network segment at a second site. Embodiments include creating a stretched administrative domain for the given network and mapping an address of the given network to the stretched administrative domain in a lookup table for an administrative domain associated with the first network segment. Embodiments include receiving a flow record from an observation point in the first network segment, the flow record having a source IP address associated with the second network segment and a destination IP address associated with the first network segment. Embodiments include identifying a source workload and destination workload of the flow record using the lookup table and a workload identification table that maps combinations of IP addresses and administrative domains to workloads. |
| US12101240B2 |
Dynamic one-step/two-step timestamping per packet in network devices
A network device determines whether a one-step timestamping method or a two-step timestamping method is to be used for transmission of a first packet. A first processor of the network device transfers to a second processor of the network device, i) a timing message to be included in the first packet, and ii) information that indicates the determined timestamping method. In response to the information from the first processor indicating that the one-step timestamping method is to be used, the second processor transmits the first packet with timing information embedded in the first packet. In response to the information from the first processor indicating that the two-step timestamping method is to be used, the second processor stores the timing information in a memory of the network device for subsequent inclusion in a second packet that is to be transmitted after transmitting the first packet, and transmits the first packet. |
| US12101239B2 |
Execution offset rate limiter
A system includes a device coupled to a processing device. The processing device is to receive a request to execute a plurality of workloads, the request comprising a rate to execute each workload of the plurality of workloads and a parameter value indicating an execution offset. The processing device is further to determine a sequence for executing the plurality of workloads based on receiving the rate and the parameter value, where the sequence is to execute each workload at the respective rate and each workload of the plurality of workloads is executed at a different time based on the parameter value. The processing device is to execute the plurality of workloads in accordance with the sequence upon determining the sequence to execute the plurality of workloads. |
| US12101238B2 |
Data transmission performance detection
A method for implementing transmission performance detection includes: after successively receiving data packets whose sequence numbers are N1 and N2, determining, by a detection apparatus, that N2 is greater than N1 and that N1 and N2 are inconsecutive; after receiving the data packet whose sequence number is N2, receiving a data packet whose sequence number is M1; and when determining N1 |
| US12101237B2 |
Methods and nodes for matching parameters with corresponding key performance indicators in a communications network
A computer implemented method performed by a node in a communications network for matching parameters in a target network configuration with corresponding key performance indicators, KPIs, in the communications network. The method comprises obtaining (202) a first set of connections between a first subset of the parameters and a first subset of the KPIs. The method further comprises representing (204) the parameters as a first knowledge graph, representing (206) the KPIs as a second knowledge graph, and using (208) a graph-based machine learning process on the first knowledge graph and the second knowledge graph to match a second parameter to a second KPI. |
| US12101235B2 |
Service level objective platform
Techniques for generating and monitoring service level objectives (SLOs) are disclosed. The techniques include an SLO platform performing: storing a first SLO definition of a first SLO including a first error budget for a first metric associated with a first service; storing a second SLO definition of a second SLO including a second error budget for a second metric associated with a second service; obtaining first telemetry data from a first data source associated with the first service; obtaining second telemetry data from a second data source associated with the second service; monitoring the first SLO at least by computing the first metric based on the first telemetry data and evaluating the first metric against the first error budget; and monitoring the second SLO at least by computing the second metric based on the second telemetry data and evaluating the second metric against the second error budget. |
| US12101233B2 |
Electronic tool and methods for meetings
An electronic meeting tool and method for communicating arbitrary media content from users at a meeting includes a node configuration adapted to operate a display node of a communications network, the display node being coupled to a first display. The node configuration is adapted to receive user selected arbitrary media content and to control display of the user selected arbitrary media content on the first display. A peripheral device adapted to communicate the user selected arbitrary media content via the communications network is a connection unit including a connector adapted to couple to a port of a processing device having a second display, a memory and an operating system, and a transmitter. A program is adapted to obtain user selected arbitrary media content, the program leaving a zero footprint on termination. The user may trigger a transfer of the user selected arbitrary media content to the transmitter. |
| US12101231B1 |
Systems and methods for automated incident management
Systems, devices, and methods are discussed for automating incident management. |
| US12101221B2 |
Policy-based auto-enrollment of devices in ota campaigns
Disclosed are various embodiments for automatic enrollment of Internet of Things (IoT) endpoints. An identity of an IoT endpoint is verified by an IoT gateway. The IoT gateway is configured to transmit, over a network, an enrollment request to an IoT management service. The enrollment of the IoT endpoint with the IoT management service is confirmed. A compliance policy for the IoT endpoint is retrieved from a command queue. The compliance policy is stored in the command queue until retrieved by the IoT gateway. The IoT gateway enforces the compliance policy on the IoT endpoint. |
| US12101214B2 |
Compressed channel aware tone reservation signaling for peak-to-average power ratio reduction
Aspects presented herein may enable a transmitting device, such as a base station, to compress tone reservation signaling for PAPR reduction, such that the transmitting device may indicate to a receiving device the location of reserved tones and data tones of a transmission with a small payload. In one aspect, a base station estimates an UL channel based on one or more SRSs from a UE, the estimated UL channel corresponding to a DL channel. The base station selects a plurality of TR locations associated with at least one of the DL channel or the UL channel. The base station transmits, to the UE, an indication of the plurality of TR locations associated with at least one of the DL channel or the UL channel. |
| US12101207B2 |
Communication apparatus and associated method
A communication apparatus and an associated method are disclosed. The communication apparatus includes differential input ports; a signal pairing circuit, arranged for coupling the differential input ports to a receiving circuit, wherein when the signal pairing circuit operates in a first mode, a positive input port and a negative input port of the differential input ports correspondingly electrically couple to a positive input terminal and a negative input terminal of the receiving circuit, when the signal pairing circuit operates in a second mode, the positive input port and the negative input port of the differential input ports correspondingly electrically couple to the negative input terminal and the positive input terminal of the receiving circuit; a processor circuit, arranged for determining whether the decoded signal includes a specific code before the timer is time out and generating a determination result; and control the signal pairing circuit according to the determination result. |
| US12101205B2 |
Method and apparatus for improving multi-user multiplexing performance, device, and storage medium
The present disclosure discloses example method, apparatus, and storage medium for improving multi-user multiplexing performance. One example method includes configuring base sequence identifiers by a network device for a plurality of terminals by using radio resource control (RRC) signaling, where there is no orthogonality between base sequences indicated by the base sequence identifiers of the plurality of terminals. Sounding reference signal (SRS) detection is performed on the plurality of terminals based on a quasi-orthogonal sequence, to obtain channel information for sending an SRS by each terminal. Channel prediction is performed based on the channel information of each terminal, to obtain a channel prediction result of each terminal. |
| US12101203B2 |
Relay device, communication network system, and communication control method
A CGW (7) connected to a first communication network (1) and a fifth communication network (5). The second communication network uses a communication protocol different from a communication protocol of the first communication network (1). The CGW (7) receives, from the first communication network (1), CAN frames each including a data field storing control information (CD) to be transmitted from the first communication network (1) to a second communication network (5), a CAN ID for identifying the control information (CD), and an error detection code (EC) stored in the data field and calculated on the basis of the control information (CD) and the CAN ID. The CGW (7) generates an FD frame including a data field storing the CAN frames and a CAN FD ID indicating that the CAN frames are stored in the data field, and transmits the generated FD frame to the fifth communication network (5). |
| US12101202B2 |
Onboard device and sleep control method
An onboard device includes: a communication unit configured to communicate with an onboard device included in an onboard network; a detection unit configured to detect a new onboard device that is an onboard device newly added to the onboard network; and a sleep processing unit configured to, in a detected state where the new onboard device has been detected by the detection unit, transmit a sleep request for transitioning to a sleep state in synchronization with an onboard device included in the onboard network, to the new onboard device via the communication unit. |
| US12101200B2 |
Building data platform with graph based permissions
A building system of a building including one or more memory devices having instructions thereon, that, when executed by one or more processors, cause the one or more processors to receive a request to access a portion of a building graph of the building from a system, the building graph including a plurality of nodes and a plurality of edges, the plurality of nodes representing entities of the building and the plurality of edges representing relationships between the entities of the building. The instructions cause one or more processors to determine whether the system has access to the portion of the building graph based on a policy indicated by the plurality of nodes and edges of the building graph and provide the portion of the building graph to the system in response to a determination that the system has access to the portion of the building graph. |
| US12101198B1 |
Meeting participant display configuration
Methods, systems, and apparatus, including computer programs encoded on computer storage media related to display configuration for a communications session. The system assigns a display location for each of multiple meeting participants. A meeting participant is associated with an unique identifier of the meeting participant. A user interface configured to display meeting participants at display locations is displayed. After a particular meeting participant has joined a first video conferencing session, the user interface display the particular meeting participant at their assigned display location. |
| US12101194B2 |
HARQ codebook construction with feedback enabling/disabling per HARQ process
Systems and methods are disclosed for dynamic Hybrid Automatic Repeat Request (HARQ) codebook construction with enabling or disabling of HARQ Acknowledgment (HARQ-ACK) feedback per HARQ process. In one embodiment, a method performed by a wireless communication device comprises receiving, from a network node, information that configures the wireless communication device with a first set of HARQ processes for which HARQ-ACK feedback is disabled and a second set of HARQ processes for which HARQ-ACK feedback is enabled. The method further comprises receiving first downlink control information that schedules a first downlink shared channel transmission and determining that the transmission corresponds to one of the first set of HARQ processes for which HARQ-ACK feedback is disabled. The method further comprises, upon making this determination, performing a first set of actions for HARQ-ACK feedback generation for HARQ processes with HARQ-ACK feedback disabled. |
| US12101192B2 |
Information transmission method and communications device
Example transmission methods and apparatus are described. One example method includes receiving control information by a first communications device, where the control information schedules a plurality of transport blocks (TBs), and the control information includes redundancy version (RV) indication information. The first communications device determines a first parameter through pre-specifying, determines the first parameter by receiving physical layer signaling sent by the second communications device, or determines the first parameter by receiving higher layer signaling sent by the second communications device, where the first parameter is a parameter related to a first RV corresponding to a first TB. The first communications device determines the first RV based on the first parameter, and determines, for the first TB based on the first RV and a predetermined RV updating sequence, an RV used in a time unit other than the k time units in the time resource used for transmission of the first TB. |
| US12101191B2 |
Information transmission method and device for transmitting hybrid automatic repeat request acknowledge (HARQ-ACK) codebook
Disclosed are information transmission methods and devices. In an embodiment, an information transmission method includes: determining second information including a frequency domain bandwidth set; determining a hybrid automatic repeat request acknowledge (HARQ-ACK) codebook to be transmitted according to the determined second information; and transmitting the HARQ-ACK codebook. |
| US12101188B2 |
Multicarrier transceiver that includes a retransmission function and an interleaving function
Through the identification of different packet-types, packets can be handled based on an assigned packet handling identifier. This identifier can, for example, enable forwarding of latency-sensitive packets without delay and allow error-sensitive packets to be stored for possible retransmission. In another embodiment, and optionally in conjunction with retransmission protocols including a packet handling identifier, a memory used for retransmission of packets can be shared with other transceiver functionality such as, coding, decoding, interleaving, deinterleaving, error correction, and the like. |
| US12101186B2 |
Soft FEC with parity check
A data transmission device includes a de-interleaver configured to receive, from a host device at a first data rate, a data stream including encoded data, de-interleave the data stream into a plurality of forward error correction (FEC) data streams, and output the plurality of FEC data streams at a second data rate less than the first data rate. Each of a plurality of interleavers is configured to interleave a respective one of the plurality of FEC data streams into an intermediate data stream including first data blocks and second data blocks. An encoder module configured to generate, for each of the intermediate data streams, FEC blocks including a first parity section and a first data section, the first parity section including a first parity bit corresponding to the first data blocks and a second parity bit corresponding to the second data blocks, and the first data section including the first data blocks and the second data blocks, and output the FEC blocks at the second data rate. |
| US12101182B2 |
Receiving method with error correction coding with generated dummy data
A loss correction encoding device having an improved capability of loss correction using LDPC-CC includes a rearranging unit that rearranges information data contained in n information packets according to the constraint length Kmax and the encoding rate (q−1)/q of a check polynomial of the loss correction code used in a loss correction encoding unit. Specifically, the rearranging unit rearranges the information data in such a way that continuous Kmax×(q−1) pieces of information data after rearrangement are contained in different information packets. The rearranging unit distributes the information data to information blocks from n information packets, where n satisfies the formula Kmax×(q−1)≤n. |
| US12101181B2 |
Autonomous feedback for efficient allocation of wireless subcarriers
Implementations disclosed describe systems and methods to optimize allocation of wireless subcarriers to station devices in wireless networks. In an example implementation, the disclosed techniques may include determining, by a station device in a wireless network, that a current set of wireless subcarriers, allocated by an access point device of the wireless network for the station device, is to be changed, generating, by the station device, a feedback information characterizing a current state of one or more of the wireless subcarriers, and sending, by the station device, the feedback information to the access point device. |
| US12101180B2 |
Systems and methods for high power operation in user equipment
This disclosure is generally directed to systems and methods for high power operation in user equipment. The user equipment may indicate to a network high power capability of the user equipment. Based on an uplink signal strength of the user equipment, the network may send a command to the user equipment to transmit using the high power user equipment (HPUE) operation in half-duplex frequency division duplex (HD-FDD) mode. The network may also send a signal for the user equipment to return to a default power mode based on the uplink signal strength. The user equipment may then reconfigure to the default power in full-duplex frequency division duplex (FD-FDD) mode. The user equipment may also send an indication of an uplink duty cycle which indicates the ratio of uplink allocations corresponding to uplink transmissions relative to total uplink and downlink allocations. |
| US12101174B2 |
Enabling single radio voice call continuity (SRVCC) in a second access when a user equipment (UE) is using a first access
A server-implemented method is disclosed. The method includes: receiving a request from an IP Multimedia Subsystem (IMS) network node of an IMS network; and in response to receiving the request, providing NAS registration state information associated with a user equipment (UE) to the IMS network node, the NAS registration state information indicating at least one of fourth-generation (4G) single radio voice call continuity (SRVCC) capability of the UE or fifth-generation (5G) SRVCC capability of the UE that is applicable when using an access network supported by a core network, wherein the server is configured to store separate instances of UE SRVCC capabilities, the separate instances including indications of at least one of 4G UE SRVCC capability or 5G UE SRVCC capability that is applicable when using the access network supported by the core network, and wherein the UE is registered with the IMS network using a session initiation protocol (SIP) via the access network. |
| US12101173B2 |
Minimum communication range for MAC TB
Apparatuses, methods, and systems are disclosed for MAC TB formation and MCR selection. One apparatus includes a processor that identifies sidelink (“SL”) logical channel (“LCH”) data having different minimum communication range (“MCR”) and multiplexes the SL LCH data having different MCR into a same medium access control (“MAC”) transmission block (“TB”). The apparatus includes a transceiver that transmits the MAC TB according to a longest MCR among the SL LCHs included in the MAC TB. |
| US12101169B2 |
Carrier acquisition in satellite communications
A computer comprises a processor and a memory. The memory stores instructions executable by the processor to input a frequency spectrum distribution to a machine learning program to obtain carrier data as output from the machine learning program satellite communication. The machine learning program is trained with a plurality of frequency spectrum distributions of a wireless satellite communication signal and metadata specifying one or more satellite communication carriers for respective ones of the frequency spectrum distributions, wherein the metadata for each satellite communication carrier includes a respective center frequency and a respective symbol rate. |
| US12101166B2 |
Predictive measurement for non-terrestrial communication
The present invention provides a method of operating a user equipment, UE device in communication with a non-terrestrial communication system comprising a plurality of transmission points, the method comprising in the UE device triggering a transmission of a measurement report dependent on a measurement by the UE device of a received signal parameter of a signal received from a transmission point of the system and a comparison of the measured parameter with a threshold, the threshold varying according to a predetermined function dependent on an expected position of the UE device with respect to the transmission point. |
| US12101165B2 |
Access procedure of smart directional repeaters
Aspects of the present disclosure provide apparatus, methods, processing systems, and computer readable mediums to enhance the functionality of directional repeaters (wireless devices that relay directional wireless signals). For example, aspects of the present disclosure may help enable repeaters to provide greater assistance in an access procedure, for example, by generating and sending SSBs without (or with limited) gNB involvement and monitoring for RACH-related transmissions. |
| US12101161B2 |
Method of high energy efficiency unmanned aerial vehicle (UAV) communication system assisted by intelligent reflecting surface
The present invention provides a design method of a high energy efficiency Unmanned Aerial Vehicle (UAV) communication system assisted by an intelligent reflecting surface, and belongs to the technical field of UAV communication network energy efficiency optimization. A communication process comprises two transmission links, one link is directly sent from an information source to an information sink, and the other link is reflected and transmitted by an intelligent reflecting surface attached to a UAV. The two links exist simultaneously. Based on an idea of block iteration, an original problem is decomposed into three sub-problems, and a non-convex optimization problem is transformed into solvable concave-convex fractional program problems by a continuous convex approximation technique. The present invention provides a design method for joint optimization of a passive beamforming of the intelligent reflecting surface, an active beamforming of a base station and a flight trajectory of the UAV. |
| US12101158B2 |
Beam failure recovery method, terminal and base station
A beam failure recovery method, a terminal, and a base station are provided. The method includes monitoring a beam failure event according to a reference signal for monitoring a beam failure of a secondary serving cell; reporting the beam failure event to a base station and/or sending a beam failure recovery message to a base station when the beam failure event is detected. |
| US12101156B2 |
Method and apparatus for multiple antenna systems
Embodiments of the present disclosure provide methods and apparatuses for multiple antenna systems. A method implemented at a network device may include: transmitting at least one reference signal to at least one user equipment by using at least one muting sequence of an antenna array; receiving measurement results of the at least one reference signal corresponding to the at least one muting sequence from the at least one user equipment; selecting one muting sequence from the at least one muting sequence based on the measurement results; and applying the selected muting sequence of the antenna array. |
| US12101153B2 |
Group based beam reporting and channel state information reference signal configuration in new radio systems
Embodiments of the present disclosure describe methods and apparatuses for group based beam reporting and channel state information reference signal configuration in new radio systems. |
| US12101150B2 |
Hybrid digital-analog mmWave repeater/relay with full duplex
A system for transmitting millimeter wave signals comprising at least one repeater for communicating with a plurality of remote locations over millimeter wave communications links. The at least one repeater further comprises orbital angular momentum (OAM) processing circuitry for applying a selected orbital angular momentum to transmitted signals. The selected orbital angular momentum limits interference between the transmitted signals and the received signals at the at least one repeater. Full-duplex transmission circuitry processes the transmitted signals and the received signals received over the millimeter wave communications links using full-duplex communications with the plurality of remote locations. The at least one repeater relays the millimeter wave signals between at least a first millimeter wave transceiver at a first one of the plurality of remote locations and a second millimeter wave transceiver at a second one of the plurality of remote locations. |
| US12101148B2 |
60 GHz operating mode for wireless local area networks (WLANs)
This disclosure provides methods, devices and systems for increasing carrier frequencies for wireless communications in wireless local area networks (WLANs). Some implementations more specifically relate to BSS discovery and association techniques that support wireless communications on carrier frequencies above 7 GHz. In some aspects, an access point (AP) may communicate using beamforming on a wireless communication link operating at a carrier frequency above 7 GHz (the “directional link”) while offloading the BSS discovery and association procedures needed to support such communications onto a wireless communication link operating at a carrier frequency below 7 GHz (the “anchor link”). In some implementations, the AP may perform a beamforming training operation with a STA over the directional link upon associating with the STA over the anchor link. In such implementations, the AP may communicate with the STA over the directional link using a beam derived from the beamforming training operation. |
| US12101138B2 |
Self-detaching anti-theft device using direct and harvested resonant energy
Systems and methods for operating a security tag. The methods comprise: receiving a first wireless signal transmitted from a transmit circuit using a receive circuit of the security tag; inducing a voltage in the receive circuit of the security tag while the first wireless signal is being received; performing operations by the controller to selectively close a switch when the voltage is being induced in the receive circuit; and causing a release of a mechanical component of the security tag by allowing energy to flow from the receive circuit to the mechanical component when the switch is closed. |
| US12101137B2 |
Magnetic coupling device and communication system
According to one embodiment, there is provided a magnetic coupling device including a first coil, a second coil, a third coil, a fourth coil, a first constant-potential node and a second constant-potential node. The second coil is electrically connected with one end of the first coil and wound in a direction opposite to a direction in which the first coil is wound. The third coil faces the first coil. The fourth coil faces the second coil. The first constant-potential node is electrically connected with one end of the third coil. The second constant-potential node is electrically connected with one end of the fourth coil. |
| US12101136B2 |
Methods and apparatus to monitor a media presentation
Methods and apparatus for gathering research data indicating exposure to media are disclosed. An example apparatus includes a first wireless receiver to access a first modulated audio signal via a wireless data connection from a media device using a wireless communication protocol, the first modulated audio signal associated with the media, the first wireless receiver to output a baseband audio signal corresponding to the first modulated audio signal. The example apparatus includes a first wireless transmitter to modulate the baseband audio signal to form a second modulated audio signal, the first wireless transmitter to transmit the second modulated audio signal to wireless headphones using the wireless communication protocol. The example apparatus includes a monitoring device to receive the baseband audio signal, and to generate research data identifying the media, the media device including a second wireless transmitter to transmit the first modulated audio signal to the first wireless receiver, and the wireless headphones including a second wireless receiver to receive the second modulated audio signal from the first wireless transmitter. |
| US12101134B2 |
Method for enhancing uplink and downlink coverage between a base station and a user terminal, and electronic device
A method for enhancing uplink and downlink coverage is applied in a base station for the benefit of a terminal user. The base station receives from the user terminal an uplink scheduling request and GPS location. In response, the base station determines a penetration loss level of the GPS location, the penetration loss level being attenuation of signals when signals penetrate an outer structure of a building. The base station further determines a transmission frequency of an uplink according to the penetration loss level which is set by reference to base station tables of penetration loss for buildings and areas within its coverage area, generates a scheduling strategy comprising the transmission frequency of the uplink, and sends the scheduling strategy including the transmission frequency of the uplink to the user terminal for use in intercommunication. |
| US12101133B2 |
Method and apparatus for monitoring, detecting, testing, diagnosing and/or mitigating interference in a communication system
A system that incorporates aspects of the subject disclosure may perform operations including, for example, receiving, via an antenna, a signal generated by a communication device, detecting passive intermodulation interference in the signal, the interference generated by one or more transmitters unassociated with the communication device, and the interference determined from signal characteristics associated with a signaling protocol used by the one or more transmitters. Other embodiments are disclosed. |
| US12101128B2 |
LED chip-to-chip vertically launched optical communications with optical fiber
Multi-chip modules in different semiconductor packages may be optically data coupled by way of LEDs and photodetectors linked by a multicore fiber. The multicore fiber may pass through apertures in the semiconductor packages, with an array of LEDs and photodetectors in the semiconductor package providing and receiving, respectively, optical signals comprised of data passed between the multi-chip modules. |
| US12101126B1 |
Optical coherent receiver having an optical hybrid configuration with reduced phase error
An optical coherent receiver includes a 90-degree optical hybrid configured to receive an input signal and a reference signal, and mix the input signal with four quadrature states associated with the reference signal to generate four output signals. The 90-degree optical hybrid includes a plurality of 3-dB couplers; and a plurality of optical waveguides, wherein each optical waveguide of the plurality of optical waveguides couples two respective 3-dB couplers of the plurality of 3-dB couplers, and wherein each optical waveguide of the plurality of optical waveguides has a same optical path length. Each optical waveguide of the plurality of optical waveguides is dimensioned according to a figure of merit (FoM) to reduce a phase error. |
| US12101125B2 |
Method of operating a bidirectional optical transmission link and corresponding optical transmission link
The invention relates to a method and apparatus of operating a bidirectional optical transmission link. The optical transmission link includes a first and a second optical transceiver at a dedicated end of the optical transmission link and an optical path connecting the first and second optical transceiver. The optical transceivers apply the methods of converting an electrical digital transmit signal into an electrical PAM-n transmit signal, pre-emphasizing the electrical PAM-n transmit signal) by digital filtering and using the pre-emphasized electrical PAM-n signal2) as modulating signal for optically modulating an optical carrier signal. The optical modulation method deployed is configured to create an optical PAM-n transmit signal with a positive or negative chirp. For initializing the optical transmission link (100), an initialization process is performed in which at least one loop including the following steps is run through creating, in the first optical transceiver, an optical PAM-n training transmit signal and transmitting it to the second optical transceiver, the optical PAM-n training transmit signal being created using an electrical PAM-n training transmit signal including a binary training sequence. Initial values for filter parameters are used for pre-emphasizing the electrical PAM-n training transmit signal and an initial value is used for a chirp parameter that defines the positive or negative chirp of the optical PAM-n training transmit signal receiving, in the second optical transceiver, the optical PAM-n training transmit signal as an optical PAM-n training receive signal using direct detection. The optical PAM-n training receive signal is converted into an electrical PAM-n training receive signal. The method includes obtaining sampled values of the electrical PAM-n training receive signal (RPel,1) by sampling this signal at predetermined points in time; and using the sampled values obtained and corresponding sampled values of an ideal electrical PAM-n transmit signal to determine operating values for the filter parameters and an operating value for the chirp parameter. |
| US12101124B2 |
Transmission system, transmission method, and communication system
An aspect of the present disclosure is a transmission system including a modulated wave generation unit that generates an intermediate wave, which is a coherent wave in which a frequency component of either of two signals overlays a frequency spectrum, the two signals being a main signal indicating transmitted information to be transmitted and a control signal indicating management information, which is information on communication between a transmission source of the transmitted information and a communication destination of the transmission source, and a modulation unit that modulates the intermediate wave with a signal in which a frequency component does not overlay the frequency spectrum of the coherent wave generated by the modulated wave generation unit out of the two signals that are the main signal and the control signal. In the transmission system, a frequency band of the main signal and a frequency band of the control signal do not overlap each other. |
| US12101123B2 |
Distributed optical millimeter wave terahertz transfer system and transfer method
An optical millimeter wave terahertz transfer system and transfer method are disclosed. The device comprises a local terminal, a transfer link, an access terminal, and a user terminal. By using the device in the transfer link, optical signals transferred forward and backward are extracted through optical couplers, and millimeter wave terahertz signals with a stable phase are obtained at any position in the transfer link through optical signal filtering, photovoltaic conversion, microwave filtering, frequency division and optical frequency shift processing. The device and method have the characteristics of high reliability, simple structure, and low implementation cost. |
| US12101118B2 |
Light communication system and method
An optical wireless communication (OWC) system comprises: an access point (AP) comprising a plurality of OWC transmitters and a plurality of OWC receivers; a station (STA) comprising at least one retroreflector; and a controller configured to control the OWC AP transmitters and/or OWC AP receivers; wherein the controller is configured to process data representative of at least one OWC signal that is received by at least one of the OWC AP receivers after having been transmitted by at least one of the OWC AP transmitters and reflected by the at least one retroreflector; and the controller is configured to activate and/or deactivate at least one of the OWC AP transmitters and/or OWC AP receivers based on the processing of the data that is representative of the received at least one OWC signal. |
| US12101115B2 |
Optical fiber connection measurement system and method
An optical fiber connection measurement system configured to test distal connection quality of individual outgoing optical fibers at a hub includes a test module to test a distal connection quality of one of the individual optical fibers at a time. The optical fiber connection measurement system includes a controller connected to the test module, and a switch arranged between the test module connected to an input of the switch and proximal ends of the outgoing optical fibers in the hub connected to outputs of the switch. The switch is connected to the controller and a communication module connected to the controller. The controller is configured to receive a test request via the communication module, to set the switch to optically connect the test module, a proximal end of one of the optical fibers associated with the distal end, and to activate the test module to test the connection quality. |
| US12101111B2 |
Small cell access node with water intrusion mitigation
A small cell access node includes a housing, a radio module, a power supply module, and one or more antennas coupled to the radio module. The housing includes a floor and at least one sidewall extending around a perimeter of the floor. An air intake section of the sidewall is located at a first lengthwise end of the floor and defines an air intake port. An air exhaust section of the sidewall is located at a second lengthwise end of the floor and defines an air exhaust port. The floor includes a two floor portions residing primarily in different planes and an angled transition portion interconnecting the two floor portions. The transition portion defines an air and water exhaust port to allow water that enters the housing through the air intake and air exhaust ports, such as from wind-driven rain, to drain out of the housing. |
| US12101110B2 |
Radio frequency module and communication device
A radio frequency module includes a module substrate; a power amplifier disposed on or over the module substrate, amplifies a radio frequency signal, and outputs the amplified radio frequency signal as the first transmission signal; a power amplifier disposed on or over the module substrate, amplifies a radio frequency signal, and outputs the amplified radio frequency signal as the second transmission signal; a temperature sensor disposed on or over the module substrate; and a PA control circuit disposed on or over the module substrate and controls amplification operations of the power amplifiers according to a measurement value of the temperature sensor. The maximum output power of the power amplifier is greater than the maximum output power of the power amplifier, and the distance between the temperature sensor and the power amplifier is less than or equal to the distance between the temperature sensor and the power amplifier. |
| US12101105B2 |
Delta-sigma modulation type A/D converter
A delta-sigma modulation type A/D converter includes: a capacitively coupled amplifier having a sampling capacitor, a feedback capacitor, and an amplifier; a correlated double sampling type first integrator as a first-stage integrator, which is connected to the capacitively coupled amplifier without a switch; a second integrator arranged after the first integrator; a quantizer arranged after the second integrator and quantizing an output of the second integrator; and an D/A converter that D/A-converts an output of the quantizer and feeds back to any one of the capacitively coupled amplifier, the first integrator, and the second integrator. |
| US12101102B2 |
Decoding method and apparatus
A decoding method includes: decoding first to-be-decoded information based on a first decoder to obtain a first decoding result that includes first soft information or a first hard output; and correcting the first decoding result based on a first correction model to obtain a corrected first decoding result of the first to-be-decoded information. The first correction model is obtained through training based on training data that includes a training decoding result and a corrected training decoding result. The training decoding result is a decoding result obtained after the first decoder decodes training to-be-decoded information, and the corrected training decoding result is a corrected decoding result corresponding to the training decoding result. In this way, after a decoder performs decoding, a decoding result can be corrected based on a correction model. |
| US12101101B2 |
Zipper code framework-based communication systems and methods
Disclosed are systems and methods for transmission and reception of data bits. A plurality of data bits are received. FEC-based encoded data bits are generated in accordance with a zipper code framework incorporating component non-binary codes. The zipper code framework includes a buffer having a virtual buffer and a real buffer. Codewords associated with the FEC-based encoded data bits are stored in rows of the real buffer. A given codeword in a given row of the real buffer is mapped to different rows of the virtual buffer in a quasi-diagonal interleaving manner. |
| US12101097B2 |
Coulomb counter circuitry
Coulomb counter circuitry operable in a first mode of operation and a second mode of operation, the coulomb counter circuitry comprising: first analog to digital converter (ADC) circuitry configured to generate a first ADC output signal indicative of a current through a load coupled to the coulomb counter circuitry; second analog to digital converter (ADC) circuitry; offset correction circuitry; and accumulator circuitry configured to generate a signal indicative of a cumulative amount of charge transferred to the load, wherein in the second mode of operation, the coulomb counter circuitry is operable to enable the second ADC circuitry and to generate an offset correction factor based at least in part on a second ADC output signal output by the second ADC circuitry, and wherein in subsequent operation of the coulomb counter circuitry in the first mode of operation, the offset correction circuitry applies the offset correction factor to the first ADC output signal. |
| US12101092B2 |
Chained programmable delay elements
Delay elements and multiplexers are in programmable delay elements. Each programmable delay element has a chain of delay elements to produce successive delays of a clock of the programmable delay element. Each programmable delay element has a first multiplexer to select among an input clock and delay element outputs in the chain of delay elements to produce a skewed clock output of the programmable delay element. In at least a subset of the programmable delay elements, each programmable delay element has a second multiplexer to select among clocks that include a first clock, and a second clock that is from one of the delay elements of another programmable delay element to produce the clock of the programmable delay element. |
| US12101091B2 |
Decoupling capacitor circuits
A method includes fabricating a first transistor and a second transistor on a substrate and fabricating a first conducting line and a second conducting line in a first metal layer. The method also includes connecting a gate of the first transistor to the first conducting line and connecting a gate of the second transistor to the second conducting line. The first conducting line and the second conducting line are parallel and adjacent to each other in the first metal layer above the first transistor and the second transistor. The method still includes connecting a source and a drain of the first transistor to a third conducting line. |
| US12101086B2 |
Negative voltage level conversion control circuit and method
A negative voltage level conversion control circuit comprises a negative voltage generation circuit, a bias circuit, and a level shift unit circuit, wherein an output end of the bias circuit is connected to the level shift unit circuit, and the other end of the bias circuit is connected to the negative voltage generation circuit; an output end of the negative voltage generation circuit is connected to the level shift unit circuit; the bias circuit is configured to receive an enable signal and output a bias voltage; the bias voltage is used for controlling a switching process of the level shift unit circuit; the enable signal is used for enabling the bias circuit and the negative voltage generation circuit. |
| US12101084B2 |
Driver circuit
A driver circuit includes a differential pair of transistors that amplify differential input signals and output the amplified differential input signals from signal output terminals, a current source that supplies a constant current to the differential pair of transistors, a switch that stops the current supply from the current source to the differential pair of transistors during a shutdown mode period, capacitors each having one end connected to the ground, a switch that connects the capacitor to the signal output terminal during the shutdown mode period and disconnects the capacitor from the signal output terminal during an amplification mode period, and a switch that connects the capacitor to the signal output terminal during the shutdown mode period and disconnects the capacitor from the signal output terminal during the amplification mode period. |
| US12101083B2 |
High speed driver for high frequency DCDC converter
A gate driver circuit includes a pulse generator that receives an input signal and generates a pulse signal in response to a switch-on command included in the input signal. The pulse signal has a pulse with a pulse length that is dependent on a level of a pulse control signal. The circuit further includes a sampling circuit that samples an output voltage subsequent to the pulse and stores a respective sampled value, and a controller that receives the sampled value of the output voltage and a reference voltage and updates the level of the pulse control signal based on the sampled value and the reference voltage. A driver circuit generates the output voltage based on the pulse signal. |
| US12101074B2 |
Multilayer circuit board with LC resonant circuit and electronic component package including multilayer circuit board with LC resonant circuit
A multilayer circuit board with an LC resonant circuit that has an electronic component package including the multilayer circuit board with the LC resonant circuit are provided. The multilayer circuit board with the LC resonant circuit configured by alternately laminating conductive layers and insulating resin layers on both sides of a core substrate includes a first set of wiring lines, a set of vias, and a second set of wiring lines. The first set of wiring lines configures both ends of the LC resonant circuit and is formed in a first one of the conductive layers. The set of vias extends through the insulating resin layers. The second set of wiring lines is connected to an input/output terminal of the LC resonant circuit and is formed in a second one of the conductive layers. The first set of wiring lines is connected to the second set of wiring lines. |
| US12101071B2 |
Audio processing device, system, use and method in which one of a plurality of coding schemes for distributing pulses to an electrode array is selected based on characteristics of incoming sound
The invention relates to a hearing aid a cochlear implant comprising a) at least one input transducer for capturing incoming sound and for generating electric audio signals which represent frequency bands of the incoming sound, b) a sound processor which is configured to analyze and to process the electric audio signals, c) a transmitter that sends the processed electric audio signals, d) a receiver/stimulator, which receives the processed electric audio signals from the transmitter and converts the processed electric audio signals into electric pulses, e) an electrode array embedded in the cochlear comprising a number of electrodes for stimulating the cochlear nerve with said electric pulses, and f) a control unit configured to control the distribution of said electric pulses to the number of said electrodes. The control unit is configured to distribute said electric pulses to the number of said electrodes by applying one out of a plurality of different coding schemes, and wherein the applied coding scheme is selected according to characteristics of the incoming sound. |
| US12101059B2 |
Smart sensor devices for measuring and verifying solar array performance and operational methods for use therewith
A device comprises a platform constructed and arranged to be mounted to one or more solar array modules and one or more solar irradiance sensors on the platform configured to receive incident solar energy, the one or more solar irradiance sensors oriented on the platform so that the received incident solar energy is comparable to that received by the solar array modules, the one or more solar irradiance sensors providing solar irradiance signals in response to the incident solar energy. A processor is on the platform, the processor configured to receive the solar irradiance signals and, in response, generating a performance reference metric based on the solar irradiance signals, the performance reference metric related to the expected performance of the one or more solar array modules to which the platform is mounted. A transmitter is on the platform, the transmitter configured to periodically transmit the performance reference metric to a receiver. |
| US12101055B2 |
Foldable solar panel assembly
A foldable solar panel assembly is configured to support solar panels in a compact and folded, undeployed position, and in an unfolded, deployed position, and to fold and unfold between its deployed and undeployed position. |
| US12101054B2 |
Support base for photovoltaic panels
A ground-mounted system for supporting photovoltaic panels singularly or in an array of interconnected panels includes a support base, a plurality of legs connected to the support base on one side and to clips on an opposed side, where the clips connect to a photovoltaic panel. |
| US12101049B2 |
Electric motorization system with a preheating function for protecting the motor thereof against the condensation
An electric motorization system includes a motorized unit equipped with a motor provided with a rotor and stator assembly including several coils, and a frequency converter which is electrically powered by a power supply. The frequency converter is controlled by a monitoring/control unit for turning on the motor in a variable speed operating mode, or for turning off the motor. The electric motorization also includes a measurement system suitable for measuring at least one condensation parameter which is representative of a condensation of the water contained in an ambient air, and the monitoring/control unit is configured to, depending on said condensation parameter, control the frequency converter during the turning off of the motor so that a preheating electric current flows through the coils to activate a preheating of the motor when it is turned off. |
| US12101047B2 |
Systems and methods for inverter with hybrid power device switching
A system for a power switch module for an inverter includes a Silicon (Si) power switch configured to pass current in an on state based on an Si gate driving signal, a Silicon Carbide (SiC) power switch configured to pass current in an on state based on an SiC gate driving signal, an Si gate driver configured to provide the Si gate driving signal to operate the Si power switch when a current requirement of the inverter is at or above a threshold, and an SiC gate driver configured to provide the SiC gate driving signal to operate the SiC power switch when the current requirement of the inverter is below the threshold. |
| US12101046B2 |
Motor driving apparatus
A motor driving apparatus which drives a motor including a plurality of winding portions corresponding to a plurality of phases, respectively, includes a motor including a plurality of winding portions corresponding to a plurality of phases, respectively, a first inverter including a plurality of first switching elements and electrically connected to a first end of each of the winding portions, a second inverter including a plurality of second switching elements and electrically connected to a second end of each of the winding portions, a plurality of third switching elements including first ends electrically connected to the second ends of the plurality of winding portions, respectively, and second ends electrically connected to each other, and a controller. |
| US12101040B2 |
Self-sustainable triboelectric energy case for powering devices
A power and/or electricity generating source and/or component that is TENG-based, and that may be configured as an assembly and/or component for powering one or more electronic devices, is disclosed, A case, carrier or other carrying container, for example a case for a cell phone, ipad, electronic tablet, personal computer, or any similar device, that provides an electricity source to power the cell phone, ipad, electronic tablet, is disclosed. The energy generating carriers and/or containers and configurations thereof, also provide an electricity energy storage source. This electronic energy storage source may be incorporated within an electronic device itself, or may be incorporated within the case and/or covering. Upon walking or touching a surface of an electronic device, the power generating source will harness mechanical energy, and provide for the generation of electricity with the one or more TENG components (TESTEC) that comprise the energy generating unit. Metal particles (silver, copper, etc. nanoparticles) incorporated within and/or on polymeric layers and/or a film of the carrier and/or container assembly, are also provided, and provide for enhanced energy generating capacity of the energy generating and storage components described. |
| US12101037B2 |
Rectifier system with energy harvesting antenna
A circuit and methods describing a complementary metal-oxide semiconductor (CMOS) rectifier for use in radio frequency (RF) energy harvesting with body biasing by the RF input to control the threshold voltage of each transistor. The CMOS rectifier includes an energy harvesting antenna, and multiple rectifier stages. The antenna receives electromagnetic radiation from the environment and generates a DC current. The oscillating input current is an RF+ positive current during a first half cycle and is an RF− negative current during a second half cycle. A first rectifier stage includes a first capacitor connected to the RF+ positive current, a second capacitor connected to the RF− negative current and a cross coupled CMOS circuit connected to the antenna. |
| US12101031B2 |
Apparatus and method for controlling LLC resonance converter
The present disclosure relates to an apparatus and a method for controlling an LLC resonance converter. The apparatus includes a converter connected to an input terminal, including a plurality of switching elements constituting a bridge circuit, and enabling a topology change in the form of a full bridge and a half bridge; and a controller detecting a charge measurement value of a battery being charged with a power transferred by the converter, and changing a topology of the converter based on the charge measurement value. Since battery charging is performed by changing the topology of the converter in accordance with the charge measurement value of the battery, the LLC resonance converter can be controlled at an optimized frequency, the efficiency is increased, and cost savings can be achieved. |
| US12101030B2 |
Multi-level inverting buck-boost converter architecture
A multi-level converter comprises one or more flying capacitors configured to operate at balanced voltages. The multi-level converter comprises a plurality of switching groups comprising pairs of switches operable to transfer energy to and from an inductor and the one or more flying capacitors for inverting an input voltage to an inverted output voltage. The multi-level converter comprises the inductor configured to operate according to an inductor frequency greater than a switching frequency used to control the plurality of switching groups. |
| US12101028B2 |
DC-DC converter circuit for mitigating instability of an output voltage
A direct-current to direct-current (DC-DC) converter circuit is provided. The DC-DC converter circuit is capable of generating a DC output voltage in a defined voltage range based on an input voltage. The DC-DC converter circuit can include a modulator circuit, an output filter circuit, and a compensator circuit. In a non-limiting example, the output filter circuit includes an inductor-capacitor (LC) circuit formed by an inductor and a multi-layer ceramic capacitor (MLCC). Notably, the MLCC can produce a variable capacitance in the defined voltage range due to inherent DC bias instability, thus risking stability of the DC-DC converter circuit. As such, a control circuit is configured to determine a configurable transconductance based on feedback of the output voltage and control the compensator circuit to operate accordingly. As such, it may be possible to mitigate the effect of MLCC capacitance variation, thus helping to maintain stability of the DC-DC converter circuit. |
| US12101027B2 |
Bulk switching circuitry
According to an aspect, there is provided an apparatus comprising: a bulk-controlled switch circuit comprising a first transistor coupled to a load and having a source coupled to a source voltage and a drain coupled to a drain voltage, a second transistor and a third transistor coupled, in parallel with the first transistor, to one another in series between the source voltage and the drain voltage, wherein a bulk of the first transistor is coupled with bulks of the second transistor and the third transistor, wherein a gate of the second transistor is coupled to the source voltage via a first impedance circuit and a gate of the third transistor is coupled to the drain voltage via a second impedance circuit to form a comparator switch controlled by the source voltage and the drain voltage and to dynamically switch a greater one of the source voltage and the drain voltage to the load; a first current generator circuit and a second current generator circuit; a first current mirror circuit biased by the first current generator circuit, responsive to the source voltage, and configured to trigger the second transistor to couple the source voltage to the load when the source voltage is above the drain voltage; a second current mirror circuit biased by the second current generator circuit, responsive to the drain voltage, and configured to trigger the third transistor to couple the drain voltage to the load when the drain voltage is above the source voltage. |
| US12101026B2 |
Metal-oxide semiconductor field-effect transistor with asymmetric parallel dies and method of using the same
A metal-oxide semiconductor field-effect transistor with asymmetric parallel dies and a method of using the same, including an inductor, a load recognition control unit and a metal-oxide semiconductor field-effect transistor having a first die, a second die, and a switch. The first die is larger in size than the second die. The inductor produces a voltage signal when the load changes. The switch is controlled by the load recognition control unit such that different dies are switched on under different load conditions, thereby improving efficiency under light load condition in addition to reducing volume and cost. |
| US12101024B2 |
Switching control method for three-level flying-capacitor converter
Various embodiments include a switching control method for a three-level flying-capacitor converter. An example method includes sending constant HIGH drive signals to two middle power switches when an input voltage of the converter is lower than a predetermined proportion of a maximum input voltage value. The three-level flying-capacitor converter comprises an input capacitor, a first discharge resistor, a flying capacitor, four power switches, four diodes, an output inductor, and an output capacitor. The two middle power switches consist of the second power switch and the third power switch. The flying capacitor is connected in parallel with the two middle power switches. The HIGH drive signals cause the two middle power switches to be continuously switched on and thereby cause the flying capacitor to be short-circuited. |
| US12101022B2 |
Voltage converter
A voltage converter includes a circuit formed by a parallel association, connected between first and second nodes, of a first branch and a second branch. The first branch includes a first controlled rectifying element having a first impedance. The second branch includes a resistor associated in series with a second rectifying element having a second impedance substantially equal to the first impedance. The second rectifying element may, for example, be a triac having its gate coupled to receive a signal from an intermediate node in the series association of the second branch. Alternatively, the second rectifying element may be a thyristor having its gate coupled to receive a signal at the anode of the thyristor. |
| US12101018B2 |
Driving circuit for switching element and switching circuit
A driving circuit for a switching element that drives a switching element of a current-driven type. The driving circuit includes a controller including a first terminal and a second terminal and that outputs a control signal to a gate terminal of the switching element. A first resistor, which regulates a current serving as the control signal, is connected to the first terminal, and a first capacitor is connected in parallel to the first resistor. A second resistor and a second capacitor are connected in parallel, and a current path extends from the first resistor and the first capacitor to the gate terminal and from a source terminal of the switching element to the second terminal of the controller. The second resistor and the second capacitor are in the current path. |
| US12101014B2 |
Rotary electric motor
A stator sub-assembly with a connector includes a stator sub-assembly including a stator core and a rigid wiring board, and a connector fixed to a connector mounting part of the rigid wiring board in such a way that it is opposed to the stator core in the radial direction of the frame. A groove part that extends in the axial direction from an opening in the axial direction and accommodates the connector and the connector mounting part is formed in an inner peripheral surface of the frame. A window part for an opponent connector to mate with the connector accommodated in the groove part is formed in the frame. The window part opens in an outer surface of the frame and an inner surface of the groove part, and has an unbroken inner peripheral surface. |
| US12101013B2 |
Motor, motor state detection device, and motor state determination device
A motor includes a rotor having a rotation shaft, a stator arranged oppositely in a circumferential direction of the rotor, and a pair of bearing portions rotatably supporting the rotation shaft, the pair of bearing portions each include a first bearing being rotatable together with the rotation shaft and a second bearing being rotatable together with the first bearing, the first bearing rotates together with the rotation shaft when the first bearing is normal, and the second bearing as well as the first bearing rotates together with the rotation shaft when the first bearing is abnormal. |
| US12101012B2 |
Actuator with pot shaped housing parts connected with holding bracket having round nut and tensioning screw
An actuator (1) is provided in which the actuator housing (2) has at least one actuator housing part (3) or (4). At least one component support (5) or (6) which serves as a support structure for at least one functional element of the actuator is disposed within the actuator housing (2). Furthermore, the at least one actuator housing part (3) or (4) is fastened to the component support (5) or (6). |
| US12101010B2 |
Vibration motor with bearing portion and air passage and air hole
A vibration motor and a tactile device are provided. The vibration motor has: a stationary portion; a movable portion having a magnet and capable of vibrating with respect to the stationary portion along a central axis extending in an up-down direction; and an elastic member. The stationary portion has: a housing, disposed radially outside from the movable portion and having a cylindrical shape extending along the central axis; a top surface portion, disposed above the movable portion, fixed to the housing, and extended in a direction intersecting with the central axis; and a coil, capable of applying a driving force to the movable portion. The elastic member is disposed below the top surface portion and above the movable portion. The elastic member is fixed to the top surface portion and the movable portion and supports the movable portion so that the movable portion can vibrate along the central axis. |
| US12101008B2 |
Stator with different conductor twists to create phase shifting
A winding for a stator comprises (i) a plurality of first end turns provided on a first end of the stator core, (ii) straight portions extending through the slots, and (iii) a plurality of second turns provided on a second end of the stator core. The straight portions are arranged in layers in the slots in a number of layers. Each of the second end turns connects straight portions in two consecutive layers of two slots and is defined by a first common twist associated with one of the two consecutive layers and a second common twist associated with another of the two consecutive layers. The first common twist and the second common twist are identical for the second end turns in a first half of consecutive layers, and the first common twist and the second common twist are different for the second end turns in a second half of consecutive layers. |
| US12101003B2 |
Motor with inverter and bus bar arrangement
A motor assembly includes a motor with a rotor rotatable about a motor shaft and a stator located radially outside the rotor, an inverter to supply power to the motor, a housing provided with a motor housing space that houses the motor and an inverter housing space that houses the inverter, and a first bus bar that electrically connects the motor and the inverter. The housing includes a partition wall portion that partitions the motor housing space and the inverter housing space and is provided with a through hole penetrating in the axial direction. The first bus bar is connected to a coil wire extending from the stator at an end on one side in the axial direction of the stator in the motor housing space, and extends to the inverter housing space through the through hole. |
| US12101000B2 |
Rotor carrier for a rotor of an electric motor
Disclosed is a rotor carrier for a rotor of an electric machine. The rotor carrier includes a hollow outer shell that includes a bearing area for a rotor lamination stack, the bearing area extending axially along the rotor carrier. The outer shell extends radially outward in a radial dimension that varies along the bearing area in the axial direction of the rotor carrier (101) in such manner that at the axial end sections of the bearing area exhibits no peak contact pressures between the rotor carrier and the rotor lamination stack when the rotor lamination stack is pressed against the bearing area of the rotor carrier. A rotor including the rotor carrier and the rotor lamination stack is also disclosed. |
| US12100991B2 |
Dual-input power switching system and method of operating the same
A dual-input power switching system includes a first DC power source, a second DC power source, a DC conversion circuit, and a boost-up circuit. The first DC power source provides a first DC voltage, and the second DC power source provides a second DC voltage. The DC conversion circuit receives the first DC voltage or the second DC voltage being an input voltage, and converts the input voltage to supply power to a load. The boost-up circuit provides a hold-up voltage to boost up the input voltage when the first DC power source stops supplying power to lead to power drop of the input voltage, such that the input voltage reaches to a specific voltage that is greater than the second DC voltage and afterward naturally decreases to be less than or equal to the second DC voltage. |
| US12100988B1 |
Portable human powered electric power generating device
A manual power generating device for generating electricity to charge accessories is disclosed and includes a plurality of springs connected to a gear set and generator that, as they retract to a home position, will drive the gear set which is connected to a generator to create a current. |
| US12100985B2 |
Battery management system and cell supervising circuit
A BMS includes cell supervising circuits connected to an alternating current power line via a transformer, and a BMU connected to the alternating current power line via a transformer. The BMU includes a control microcomputer which instructs at least one of the cell supervising circuits to control the state of charge of a secondary battery cell monitored by the at least one of the cell supervising circuits, based on pieces of information in the cell supervising circuits, the pieces of information indicating states of charge of secondary battery cells monitored by the cell supervising circuits. |
| US12100983B2 |
Wireless power transfer system for listening devices with expandable case
A wireless power transfer system is provided for mobile charging of one or more listening devices. A case configured for attachment to a mobile electronic device having a wireless power transfer antenna includes a first plate and a second plate expandably connected to the first plate, such that when expanded, the first plate and a second plate define a hollow for each of the listening devices. Each hollow is shaped and located to hold a listening device in a coupling position with the wireless power transfer antenna of the mobile electronic device when the case is mounted to the mobile electronic device. An attachment may be used to mount the case to the mobile electronic device. |
| US12100976B2 |
Premises security system with wireless energy harvesting
A method, system and device(s) are disclosed. According to some embodiments, a premises security system is provided. The premises security system includes a premises device including a sensor for detecting a premises security event, an energy storage element in electrical communication with the sensor, a radio frequency (RF) antenna configured to receive RF energy from an RF source, and energy harvesting circuitry in electrical communication with the RF antenna and the energy storage element, and processing circuitry configured to cause transmission of sensor data indicating the premises security event to a security control device, and where the security control device is configured to receive the sensor data, and perform an action based at least on the sensor data. |
| US12100972B2 |
Foreign object detection based on transmitter input parameter
Systems, apparatuses, and methods for detecting a foreign object on a wireless power charging region are described. A circuit can detect an object inductively coupled to a wireless power transmitter. The circuit can further measure an input parameter prior to a power transfer stage, the input parameter can be one of an input current and an input power. The circuit can further compare the measured input parameter with a predetermined value. The circuit can further determine whether the object is a foreign object or the wireless power receiver based on a result of the comparison between the measured input parameter with the predetermined value. |
| US12100970B2 |
Wireless power reception device
A magnetic coupling coefficient between a power reception coil and a communication antenna is 0.3 or less. A power management circuit suppresses electromagnetic interference between the power reception coil and the communication antenna in a predetermined time period by causing a rectification stopping circuit to operate to keep the rectification stopping circuit in an operation state in the predetermined time period with a received power voltage exceeding a first threshold value and by changing a resonant frequency of a power reception resonant circuit to a frequency different from a frequency being used in a wireless communication circuit to keep the resonant frequency in a changed state. |
| US12100968B2 |
Wireless power mode switching
An electronic device (that is capable of both transmitting and receiving wireless power) may be physically and inductively coupled to a removable accessory (that only receives wireless power). The electronic device and removable accessory may optionally be placed on a power transmitting device. In response to the electronic device and removable accessory being placed on a wireless power transmitting device, the electronic device may switch from a power transmitting mode (in which the electronic device transmits wireless power to the removable accessory) to a power receiving mode (in which the electronic device receives wireless power from the wireless power transmitting device). To ensure the electronic device detects the wireless power transmitting device and switches to the power receiving mode in this scenario, the electronic device may transmit wireless power in bursts separated by sleep periods while in the power transmitting mode. |
| US12100960B2 |
Electrical assembly for power transmission and compensation
An electrical assembly comprises a plurality of modules (36), each module (36) including at least one switching element (38) and at least one energy storage device (40), the or each switching element (38) and the or each energy storage device (40) in each module (36) arranged to be combinable to selectively provide a voltage source, wherein each module (36) includes a respective sensor (46) that is configured to monitor at least one other of the plurality of modules (36), each sensor (46) configured to selectively detect an occurrence of an operational hazard in the or each corresponding monitored module (36). |
| US12100955B2 |
Wind farm, high voltage ride through control method therefor, system, MMC and machine-side inverter
A wind farm, and a method for controlling high voltage ride through, a system, a MMC and a machine-side converter therefor are provided. The method for controlling high voltage ride through control method for the wind farm includes: determining an amplitude of a voltage of a power grid; determining that a high voltage ride through event is occurred under a condition that the amplitude of the voltage of the power grid exceeds a first threshold; acquiring a fundamental frequency modulation wave of the MMC; superimposing a triple harmonic on the fundamental frequency modulation wave to obtain a superimposed modulation wave; and controlling the MMC to operate basing on the superimposed modulation wave. |
| US12100950B2 |
Net load forecasting method and apparatus for new energy electric power market
Disclosed are a net load forecasting method and apparatus for a new energy electric power market. The method includes: obtaining and performing data preprocessing on new energy output data and external environmental data, and extracting strongly correlated features from the new energy output data and the external environmental data after the data preprocessing; performing feature expansion on the strongly correlated features, and inputting the strongly correlated features after the feature expansion into a preconstructed regression forecasting model, to obtain a first forecast value; obtaining and performing data preprocessing on user load data and load influencing factor data, and inputting the user load data and the load influencing factor data after the data preprocessing into a FNN-LSTM hybrid model, to obtain a second forecast value; and calculating a difference between the second forecast value and the first forecast value, to obtain a net load forecasting result. |
| US12100949B2 |
Controlling operation of a secondary power supply of an electricity meter during AC power loss
An AC line voltage detection circuit includes an AC sense circuit, a power supply control circuit, and a power supply hold-up circuit. The AC sense circuit is configured to generate a signal to a processor and to the power supply control circuit in response to sensing an absence of AC line voltage. The power supply control circuit is configured to generate a control signal to a power supply that provides power to the processor to shut down the power supply. The processor is configured generate a signal to the power supply hold-up circuit configured to generate a signal to the power supply control circuit to prevent shut down of the power supply. The power supply hold-up circuit signal overrides the AC sense circuit signal. The processor is further configured to generate a subsequent signal to the power supply hold-up circuit to permit shut down of the power supply. |
| US12100947B2 |
Electrostatic discharge protection
Disclosed herein are related to a device for electrostatic discharge (ESD) protection. In one aspect, a device includes an ESD detector to detect an ESD at a pad. In one aspect, the device includes P-type transistors and N-type transistors connected in series with each other. In one aspect, the drive circuit is configured to provide an output signal to the pad. In one aspect, the device includes a first protection circuit operating in a power domain. In one aspect, in response to the ESD detected by the ESD detector, the first protection circuit is configured to disable the P-type transistors. In one aspect, the device includes a second protection circuit operating in another power domain. In one aspect, in response to the ESD detected by the ESD detector, the second protection circuit is configured to disable the N-type transistors. |
| US12100942B1 |
Battery module and energy storage device
A battery module and an energy storage device are provided. The battery module includes at least two battery cells, each of the at least two battery cells having a respective top cover; at least one bus-bar, each of the at least one bus-bar being arranged above two respective adjacent top covers, and electrically connected to poles provided on the two adjacent top covers; and a liquid cooling tube provided on all the top covers and cooperates with the at least one bus-bar for heat transfer. |
| US12100941B2 |
Electrical wire processing device
An electrical wire processing device (1) includes a pair of cutting blades (40A, 40B) capable of cutting an electrical wire (5) and circumferentially notching a covering (5b), a slit blade (43A, 43B) disposed farther in one side in a longitudinal direction (CL) of the electrical wire (5) than the cutting blades (40A, 40B) and capable of slitting the covering (5b) in the longitudinal direction (CL) of the electrical wire (5), and a slit blade actuator (35A, 35B) that moves the slit blade (43A, 43B) between a slit position in which the slit blade (43A, 43B) comes closer to the electrical wire (5) than the cutting blades (40A, 40B) and a retraction position in which the slit blade (43A, 43B) goes farther from the electrical wire (5) than the cutting blades (40A, 40B). |
| US12100937B2 |
Method of manufacturing spark plug electrode with electrode tip directly thermally coupled to heat dissipating core
A spark plug electrode includes an electrode tip that is attached to or formed on an electrode base so that the electrode tip is directly thermally coupled to a heat dissipating core through an opening in the electrode base. This direct thermal coupling may take place on a side surface of a ground electrode or a center electrode and removes thermal energy away from the electrode tip in order to reduce thermal and/or other stresses. The heat dissipating core may have one or more core extensions that diverge or branch off of a core main body and extend into the opening in the electrode base for better thermal coupling to the electrode tip. The electrode tip can be attached to the electrode base via welding or it can be formed on the electrode base using a suitable additive manufacturing process, such as a powder bed fusion technique. |
| US12100936B2 |
Nitride semiconductor structure, nitride semiconductor device, and method for fabricating the device
A nitride semiconductor structure includes a Group III nitride semiconductor portion and a Group II-IV nitride semiconductor portion. The Group III nitride semiconductor portion is single crystalline. The Group III nitride semiconductor portion has a predetermined crystallographic plane. The Group II-IV nitride semiconductor portion is provided on the predetermined crystallographic plane of the Group III nitride semiconductor portion. The Group II-IV nitride semiconductor portion is single crystalline. The Group II-IV nitride semiconductor portion contains a Group II element and a Group IV element. The Group II-IV nitride semiconductor portion forms a heterojunction with the Group III nitride semiconductor portion. The predetermined crystallographic plane is a crystallographic plane other than a (0001) plane. |
| US12100933B2 |
Tunable laser assembly including tunable semiconductor laser apparatus and photodetector outside of laser housing
A tunable laser includes a housing having a sealable accommodating cavity, an optical interface and an electrical interface disposed on the housing, a tunable semiconductor laser apparatus, a splitter component, and a photodetector. The tunable semiconductor laser apparatus is disposed in the accommodating cavity for emitting an optical signal whose wavelength is tunable. An electrical signal inputted through the electrical interface controls the tunable semiconductor laser apparatus to emit the optical signal. The optical signal is outputted through the optical interface. The splitter component and the photodetector are disposed outside the housing. The optical signal is split into at least two beams of light by the splitter component after the optical signal is outputted through the optical interface. The photodetector is configured to receive one of the beams of light to monitor the optical signal emitted by the tunable semiconductor laser apparatus. |
| US12100929B2 |
Semiconductor optical device and method for manufacturing the same
A semiconductor optical device may include a semiconductor substrate; a compound semiconductor layer on the semiconductor substrate; an additional insulating film on the pedestal portion of the compound semiconductor layer, the additional insulating film having an upper surface and a side surface at an inner obtuse angle between them; a passivation film covering the compound semiconductor layer and the additional insulating film except at least part of the mesa portion, the passivation film having a protrusion raised by overlapping with the additional insulating film; a mesa electrode on the at least part of the mesa portion; a pad electrode on the passivation film within the protrusion; and an extraction electrode on the passivation film, the extraction electrode being continuous within and outside the protrusion, the extraction electrode connecting the pad electrode and the mesa electrode, the extraction electrode being narrower in width than the pad electrode. |
| US12100926B2 |
Photodetector chip, optical receiving and transceiver components, optical module, and communications device
An embodiment of the present invention provides a photodetector chip, including a substrate, a semiconductor optical amplification section, and a photodetection section. The substrate includes a surface, the photodetection section and the semiconductor optical amplification section are arranged on the substrate, and the photodetection section is located in an optical signal output direction of the semiconductor optical amplification section. The semiconductor optical amplification section amplifies and filters an input optical signal to output an amplified and filtered optical signal to the photodetection section. The photodetection section is configured to convert the amplified and filtered optical signal into an electrical signal. The semiconductor optical amplification section includes a grating, the grating includes a first grating and a second grating that are cascaded, and the first grating is a slanted grating. The first grating and the second grating are configured to filter an optical signal entering the semiconductor optical amplification section. |
| US12100917B2 |
Electrical connection device and method for mounting an electrical connection device
An electrical connection device includes at least one contact and a carrier. The carrier includes at least one receptacle and the at least one contact inserted into the at least one receptacle. The carrier includes a printed circuit board and at least one temperature sensor arranged on the printed circuit board in a vicinity of the at least one contact. The printed circuit board includes an electrically insulating layer and an electrically conductive top layer separated from a support plate by the electrically insulating layer. The electrically conductive top layer is arranged in a region of a recess of the electrically insulated layer and includes an outer connection region and an inner contact region. The inner contact region is formed by the at least one contact through a recess of the support plate. The electrically conductive top layer rests against a lateral surface of the at least one contact. |
| US12100916B2 |
Temperature measuring device for measuring the temperature of a terminal of an electrical connector
A temperature measuring device for measuring a temperature of a terminal of an electrical connector includes a printed circuit board, a temperature sensor mounted on the printed circuit board, and a thermally conductive sleeve having a first thermally conductive portion and a second thermally conductive portion. The first thermally conductive portion has a recess receiving a part of the printed circuit board. The first thermally conductive portion is in thermal contact with the temperature sensor. The second thermally conductive portion forms a flexible tab extending from the first thermally conductive portion and contacting the terminal. |
| US12100914B2 |
Shielding member with a protruding portion preventing erroneous assembly to shielding shell
A shielding member attached to a shielding shell. The shielding member includes a first and a second plate portion. The second plate portion includes a first and second ends, a fastening hole at both ends and a protruding portion on the first end. The protruding portion is longer than a length of the second plate portion. When a plurality of shielding members are attached to the shielding shell, the first end with the protruding portion is overlapped with the other first end of the adjacent shielding member so that it is located on the outside. When the first end is overlapped with the other end of the adjacent shielding member so that it is located on the inside, the protruding portion interferes with the first plate portion of the adjacent shielding member. In this way, the shielding member having the configuration can prevent erroneous assembly to the shielding shell. |
| US12100913B2 |
Adapter connector with improved shielding effect
An adapter connector includes a terminal assembly, a first adapter housing and a second adapter housing. The terminal assembly includes a first terminal clamping portion at a first end and a second terminal clamping portion at a second end. The terminal assembly includes a first terminal module including a first insulating block, a number of first adapter terminals, a first metal shield provided on a first side of the first insulating block, a second metal shield provided on a second side of the first insulating block, and a first conductive plate. The first adapter terminals include a number of first ground terminals. The first metal shield is in contact with one side of the first grounding terminals, and the first conductive plate is in contact with another side of the first ground terminal. |
| US12100910B2 |
Shape-memory alloy lock for connectors
A first apparatus includes an electrical connector with an outer shell and an inner wafer, where the inner wafer is configured to slide into a cavity of the outer shell. The first apparatus further includes a shape-memory alloy coupled to a void in the outer shell and configured to interfere with an area on the inner wafer. A second apparatus includes an OTS connector with an outer shell and an inner wafer, where the inner wafer is configured to slide into a cavity of the outer shell. The second apparatus further includes a plurality of SMT leads of the inner wafer configured to mount onto a plurality of landing pads on a PCBA. The second apparatus includes a shape-memory alloy coupled to a void in the outer shell and configured to interfere with the inner wafer preventing movement of the inner wafer within the outer shell of OTS connector. |
| US12100909B2 |
Connector
A connector includes a plurality of terminal receiving chambers arranged in parallel, a plurality of first tool insertion holes, and a plurality of second tool insertion holes. Each terminal receiving chamber is separated from an adjacent terminal receiving chamber by each of side walls disposed on both sides thereof. Each second tool insertion hole is formed to a side wall located at each of ends in a parallel direction of the terminal receiving chambers. In each second tool insertion hole, a lance unlock rib and a tool pressing rib are placed. The lance unlock rib is one of a pair of lance unlock ribs provided to a lance located at each of the ends in the parallel direction of the terminal receiving chambers. The tool pressing rib is provided to a side surface of the each second tool insertion hole, and protrudes in the each second tool insertion hole. |
| US12100907B2 |
Board mount connector and connector-mounted board
A board mount connector includes: a housing having a press-fitting hole; and a terminal press-fitted into the press-fitting hole. The terminal includes: a first terminal portion including a first contact portion contacting and conductively connected to the counterpart terminal when the first contact portion is connected to the counterpart terminal, and a press-fitting portion that is press-fitted into the press-fitting hole; and a second terminal portion including a bent portion extending from the first terminal portion and bent around a bending axis along an axis line of the first terminal portion, and a second contact portion located at a position offset from the first contact portion in an intersecting direction intersecting the axis line of the first terminal portion and conductively connected to the conductor pattern when the boar mount connector is mounted on the circuit board. |
| US12100904B2 |
Glass antenna structure
The present disclosure provides a glass antenna structure including: a glass sheet provided in a vehicle; a monopole antenna unit located on one surface of the glass sheet; a plurality of rectangular patch planes located on another surface of the glass sheet at a position corresponding to the monopole antenna unit; and a co-planar waveguide (CPW) feeding line in contact with one end of the monopole antenna unit. |
| US12100903B2 |
Antenna structure, antenna array and display device including the same
An antenna structure according to an embodiment of the present invention includes a dielectric layer, a radiator disposed on the dielectric layer, a first signal pad for supplying a first input signal to the radiator, a second signal pad for selectively supplying a second input signal to the radiator, a first transmission line connecting the first signal pad to the radiator, and a second transmission line connecting the second signal pad to the radiator. Thereby, it is possible to provide an antenna structure having improved signal efficiency and space efficiency by implementing multiple polarization characteristics with one radiator. |
| US12100893B2 |
Antenna apparatus and electronic device
An antenna apparatus is provided. The antenna apparatus includes an antenna module and the antenna radome. The antenna module is configured to receive/emit a first radio frequency (RF) signal in a first preset frequency band in a first preset direction range and receive/emit a second RF signal in a second preset frequency band in a second preset direction range, where the first preset frequency band is lower than the second preset frequency band, and the first preset direction range and the second preset direction range have an overlapped region. An antenna radome is spaced apart from the antenna module and includes a substrate and a resonant structure carried on the substrate, where the resonant structure is at least partially located in the overlapped region. The resonant structure at least has in-phase reflection characteristics to the first RF signal and in-phase reflection characteristics to the second RF signal. |
| US12100888B2 |
Phase shifter assembly and base station antenna
The present disclosure relates to a phase shifter assembly and a base station antenna, wherein the phase shifter assembly includes: a first printed circuit board; a first wiper arm, which is rotatably coupled to the first printed circuit board; a second printed circuit board; and a second wiper arm, which is rotatably coupled to the second printed circuit board; wherein the first printed circuit board and the second printed circuit board are arranged at a non-zero angle. |
| US12100887B2 |
Image display device integrated with antenna and antenna for image display device
An image display device according to an embodiment of the present invention includes a printed circuit board, an antenna mounted on the printed circuit board, a display panel disposed on the printed circuit board, and a transmission line disposed on the display panel and electrically connected to the antenna. The transmission line is disposed on the display panel to shorten a signal path and reduce noises. |
| US12100886B2 |
Conductive pattern, antenna device including the same, and image display device including the same
A conductive pattern according to an embodiment includes a metal pattern and a blackened pattern which covers the metal pattern, wherein at least one of the metal pattern and the blackened pattern has a reverse taper shape. Thereby, it is possible to prevent the conductive pattern from being viewed by a user and improve image quality. |
| US12100885B2 |
Millimeter wave module
A millimeter wave module includes an insulating substrate, signal conductor patterns, ground conductor patterns, and a connection member. The connection member is disposed between the signal conductor patterns in the thickness direction and electrically connects the signal conductor patterns. The connection member includes a first conductive member, a second conductive member, and a dielectric block. The connection member has a structure in which the first conductive member and the second conductive member sandwich a dielectric block therebetween. The first conductive member is connected to the signal conductor patterns. The second conductive member is connected to the ground conductor pattern. |
| US12100884B2 |
Antenna having single non-conductive portion and electronic device including the same
An electronic device is provided. The electronic device includes a foldable housing including, a hinge structure, a first housing structure including a first surface, a second surface, and a first side member, wherein the first side member encloses at least a portion of a space between the first surface and the second surface and includes a first conductive portion, a first non-conductive portion, and a second conductive portion, and a second housing structure including a third surface, a fourth surface, and a second side member, a printed circuit board, at least one wireless communication circuit including a first electrical path and a second electrical path, a first variable element including a first terminal, a second terminal, and a third terminal, and a second variable element including a fourth terminal, a fifth terminal, and a sixth terminal. |
| US12100883B2 |
Ultrawide bandwidth, low-cost, roof-top mountable, low-profile, monocone antenna for vehicle-to-everything (V2X) communication
A monocone antenna is described for V2X wireless communications. To achieve ultrawide bandwidth, low-profile, omnidirectional radiation, an implementation comprises various components including a circular monocone, a capacitive feed, a ring with grounding vias, capacitive bars, and conductive cylinders. Another implementation comprises a monocone, a capacitive feed, a ground ring with grounding vias, a plurality of first meander lines, each having a first size, and a plurality of second meander lines each having a second size, wherein the second size is larger than the first size. |
| US12100882B2 |
Cavity filters and filter modules therefor
The disclosure provides a filtering module for a cavity filter having a housing defining an enclosed cavity, wherein a surface of the cavity is electromagnetically conductive; and a plurality of planar resonators arranged within the cavity, one or more of the resonators being rotatable about an axis of rotation so as to vary an electric-field coupling between the resonator and other resonators of the plurality of resonators. The disclosure also provides a cavity filter having an input for receiving a signal to be filtered; a plurality of filtering modules, each filtering module comprising: a cavity, wherein a surface of the cavity is electromagnetically conductive; and a plurality of resonators arranged within the cavity, at least one of the resonators being movable so as to vary an electromagnetic coupling between the resonator and other resonators of the plurality of resonators; and an output for outputting a filtered signal. |
| US12100881B2 |
Directional coupler
A directional coupler includes: a main line (11) through which a main signal (31) flows; a sub-line (12) through which a sub-signal (32) corresponding to the main signal (31) flows by electromagnetic coupling with the main line (11); and an inductor (13) that is connected in series with one line among the main line (11) and the sub-line (12) and through which one signal among the main signal (31) and the sub-signal (32) flows. A first portion (41) of a first wiring line (21) forming the inductor (13) and a second portion (42) of a second wiring line (22) forming the other line among the main line (11) and the sub-line (12) are electromagnetically coupled with each other. |
| US12100874B2 |
Compression apparatus
The compression apparatus includes an electrolyte membrane, an anode on a principal surface of the electrolyte membrane, a cathode on another principal surface of the electrolyte membrane, an anode separator on the anode, a cathode separator on the cathode, and a voltage applicator. Upon the voltage applicator applying the voltage between the anode and the cathode, protons are extracted from an anode fluid fed onto the anode to migrate onto the cathode through the electrolyte membrane and compressed hydrogen is produced. The cathode separator has a first manifold hole and a first O-ring groove surrounding the first manifold hole. The compression apparatus includes a first O-ring held by the first O-ring groove and a face seal disposed on an outer periphery of a region of an anode-side principal surface of the anode separator which faces the anode. The first O-ring is arranged to abut against the anode-side principal surface. |
| US12100871B2 |
Fuel cell system
An FC system disclosed herein comprise FC units, a cooler and a controller. Each of the FC units comprises a FC stack, a supply/a return/a circulating passages through which refrigerant flows and first to third temperature sensors. The first to third temperature sensors measure temperatures of the refrigerant in the passages at different positions. The controller is configured to stop a specific FC unit, compare measured values of the first to third temperature sensors of the stopped specific FC unit and, when one of the measured values differs from the other two of the measured values, provide notification about malfunction of the temperature sensor with the different measured value. |
| US12100870B2 |
Fuel cell bipolar plate flow field having regular representative elementary volumes
A bipolar plate for a fuel cell, a fuel cell, and a method of designing a bipolar plate for a fuel cell having a flow field structure that includes a plurality of Representative Elementary Volumes (REVs) generated based on flow patterns generated by homogenized anisotropic porous media optimization. The flow field structure enhances fuel cell performance by facilitating lower pressure drop via minimized fluid flow resistance, and removal of accumulated water in the oxygen channel and the gas diffusion layer (GDL) under the ribs of the bipolar plate. |
| US12100868B1 |
Systems and methods for machine learning enabled fault detection in rechargeable batteries
In one aspect, computer-implemented method may include receiving, from one or more sensors associated with a battery pack, one or more measurements pertaining to voltage, temperature, or both. The method may include transforming the one or more measurements into a time-series sequential window format, determining, based on the time-series sequential window format of the one or more measurements, a voltage score and a temperature score, and predicting, based on the voltage score and the temperature score, whether the battery pack is experiencing a fault condition. The prediction is performed by one or more trained machine learning models. Responsive to predicting the battery pack is experiencing the fault condition, the method may include performing one or more preventative actions. |
| US12100864B2 |
Continuous wire bonds for battery module
A battery module comprises: electrochemical cells arranged in rows with terminals in a coplanar arrangement, wherein the electrochemical cells include a first cell and a second cell; a busbar including coplanar interleaved fingers, wherein the first and second cells are positioned on opposite sides of a first coplanar interleaved finger of the coplanar interleaved fingers; and a first bond wire having: (i) a first wire bond at a first terminal of the first cell, (ii) a second wire bond at a first terminal of the second cell, and (iii) a first intermediate wire bond at the first coplanar interleaved finger between the first and second wire bonds. |
| US12100861B2 |
Functional layer for electrochemical device, functional layer-equipped separator for electrochemical device, and electrochemical device
Provided is a technique relating to a functional layer for an electrochemical device that has excellent process adhesiveness and heat resistance and enables good electrolyte solution injectability. The functional layer contains inorganic particles and a particulate polymer. In this functional layer, a proportion of area occupied by the inorganic particles per unit area of a surface of the functional layer in plan view of the surface of the functional layer is more than 90%, the particulate polymer has a volume-average particle diameter of not less than 1.0 μm and not more than 10.0 μm, and the volume-average particle diameter of the particulate polymer is larger than the thickness of an inorganic particle layer. |
| US12100860B2 |
Separator for electrochemical device and an electrochemical device comprising the same
A separator for an electrochemical device and an electrochemical device comprising the same. The separator comprises a porous polymer substrate and a heat resistant coating layer on at least one surface of the porous polymer substrate. The heat resistant coating layer is a porous polymer layer having pores, and comprises a polyvinyl pyrrolidone-based polymer and a polyvinylidene fluoride (PVDF)-based polymer. |
| US12100858B2 |
Method for producing a solid electrolyte membrane or an anode, and solid electrolyte membrane or anode
A method for producing a solid electrolyte membrane (3) or an anode unit for a solid-state battery, in which method a powder mixture consisting of a solid electrolyte material and polytetrafluoroethylene is produced for the solid electrolyte membrane (3) and a powder mixture consisting of an electrode material, a solid electrolyte material, an electrically conductive conduction additive and polytetrafluoroethylene is produced for the anode unit, at least partially fibrillated polytetrafluoroethylene is formed by applying shear forces to the powder mixture, and the powder mixture is shaped into a flexible composite layer. The powder mixture has at most 1 wt. % polytetrafluoroethylene. |
| US12100852B2 |
Battery with a handle
A battery capable of leading a user to grip a grip part such that the posture of the battery becomes a prescribed posture when the user lifts up the battery. The battery has an approximately rectangular parallelepiped outer shape, and is provided with a third surface, a fourth surface, a fifth surface, and a sixth surface that are approximately orthogonal to a first surface and a second surface respectively at both ends in a longitudinal direction. A handle has a first portion provided near the third surface side to extend from the fifth surface side to the sixth surface side, and a second portion provided to extend from the third surface side toe the fourth surface side. |
| US12100851B2 |
Battery box
A battery box for containing a battery. The battery box, including a lower battery container configured to define a lower receiver for accommodating a lower portion of the battery therein, an upper lid releasably connected to the container for covering the lower receiver of the lower battery container, the upper lid configured to define an upper receiver for accommodating an upper portion of the battery, and one or more snap fit connections for releasably connecting the upper lid to the lower battery container. |
| US12100849B2 |
Battery module including secondary battery and bus bar
A battery module includes a plurality of secondary batteries, each including an electrode assembly and an electrolyte accommodated in an inner space of an exterior case. The battery module also includes an electrode lead having a body and a plate-shaped head portion. A first end of the body is electrically connected to a positive electrode plate or a negative electrode plate of the electrode assembly, and a second end of the body protrudes outward from the exterior case. The plate-shaped head extends in both directions perpendicular to the protruding direction of the body from the second end. The battery module also includes a bus bar having a plate shape with a slit extending inwardly from one end thereof so as to receive a portion of the body. The electrode lead and the bus bar may be at least partially made of an electrically conductive material. |
| US12100848B2 |
Thin aerogel materials
The present invention provides a fiber-reinforced aerogel material which can be used as insulation. The fiber-reinforced aerogel material is highly durable, flexible, and has a thermal performance that exceeds the insulation materials currently used. The fiber-reinforced aerogel insulation material can be as thin as 1 mm or less, and can have a thickness variation as low as 2% or less. Also provided is a method for improving the performance of a battery by incorporating a reinforced aerogel material into the battery. Further provided is a casting method for producing thin fiber-reinforced aerogel materials. |
| US12100846B2 |
Tube-shaped catalyst complex and catalyst slurry including same for fuel cell
The present disclosure relates to a tube-shaped catalyst complex and a catalyst slurry including the same for a fuel cell. The catalyst complex for a fuel cell comprises a tubular inner layer including an ionomer and an outer layer provided on an outer surface of the inner layer and including a catalyst. |
| US12100844B2 |
Stainless foil current collector for secondary battery positive electrodes
The present invention has as its technical issue to secure not only mechanical strength but also conductivity by increasing the contact area with the positive electrode active substance or positive electrode mixture while also securing corrosion resistance to alkali or an electrolytic solution when applying stainless steel foil to a current collector for a positive electrode of a secondary battery so as to deal with the increasingly higher capacities and smaller sizes and lighter weights of lithium ion secondary batteries and has as its object the provision of a current collector for a positive electrode of a secondary battery using such stainless steel foil. The invention is a current collector comprised of stainless steel foil made to decrease in surface hardness while obtaining corrosion resistance by giving it a chemical composition decreased in Cr and containing a trace amount of Sn or a chemical composition containing Ti, a thickness of 1 μm or more and 20 μm or less, and a surface hardness of a Vickers hardness of Hv300 or less applied to a secondary battery positive electrode. When measuring an electrical contact resistance between the positive electrode active substance and the current collector after pressing, when the filling ratio of the positive electrode mixture is 74%, the electrical contact resistance is 100Ω or less. In particular, that effect is exhibited when the density of the positive electrode mixture is 3.0 g/cm3 or more (filling ratio: 50% or more). |
| US12100843B2 |
Positive electrode current collector and positive electrode plate, battery, battery module, battery pack, and apparatus containing such positive electrode current collector
A positive electrode current collector and a positive electrode plate, a battery, a battery module, a battery pack, and an apparatus including the positive electrode current collector are provided. In some embodiments, a positive electrode current collector is provided, including an organic support layer and an aluminum-based conductive layer disposed on at least one surface of the organic support layer, where the aluminum-based conductive layer contains Al and at least one modifying element selected from O, N, F, B, S, and P, an XPS spectrogram of the aluminum-based conductive layer with a surface passivation layer removed through etching has at least a first peak falling in a range of 70 eV to 73.5 eV and a second peak falling in a range of 73.5 eV to 78 eV, and a ratio x of peak intensity of the second peak to that of the first peak satisfies 0 |
| US12100836B2 |
Method of producing positive electrode active material for nonaqueous electrolyte secondary battery
A method of producing a positive electrode active material for a nonaqueous electrolyte secondary battery, the method includes preparing nickel-containing composite oxide particles having a ratio 1D90/1D10 of a 90% particle size 1D90 to a 10% particle size 1D10 in volume-based cumulative particle size distribution is 3 or less; mixing the composite oxide particles and a lithium compound to obtain a first mixture; subjecting the first mixture to a first heat treatment at a first temperature and a second heat treatment at a second temperature higher than the first temperature to obtain a first heat-treated product; and subjecting the first heat-treated material to a dispersion treatment. |
| US12100829B2 |
Positive electrode active material for secondary battery, method of preparing the same, and lithium secondary battery including the positive electrode active material
A method of preparing a positive electrode active material for a secondary battery includes preparing a precursor of a composite transition metal oxide compound represented by Formula 1, and mixing the precursor, a lithium source, and a doping element source and sintering the mixture to form a doped lithium composite transition metal oxide, wherein the doping element source is a hydroxide-based compound. Ni1−(x1+y1)Cox1May1(OH)2 [Formula 1] wherein, Ma is at least one element selected from the group consisting of manganese (Mn) and aluminum (Al), and 0 |
| US12100828B2 |
Microscopically smooth substrates for lithium metal deposition
Methods are proposed for manufacturing dendrite-resistant lithium metal electrodes suitable for incorporation into lithium metal batteries. In an embodiment, the method involves first electroplating a copper sheet onto a surface of a single crystal of silicon, the silicon being doped to form a p-type or an n-type semiconductor, and then further electroplating the copper sheet with lithium metal. The lithium-electroplated copper sheet thus manufactured provides a lithium electrode that is resistant to dendrite formation during cycling of lithium metal batteries when compared to conventionally manufactured lithium electrodes. Methods are further provided of manufacturing lithium sheets by directly electroplating lithium metal onto single crystals of doped silicon, the lithium sheets configured for incorporation into lithium metal electrodes that are resistant to dendrite formation during cycling of lithium metal batteries. |
| US12100820B2 |
Integrated battery using airflow sensor for control
An integrated battery using an airflow sensor for control comprises an outer casing, a cell and a PCBA. The cell and the PCBA are both arranged in the outer casing, and the PCBA is electrically connected with the cell. The PCBA is provided with a positive plate, a negative plate and an airflow sensor. The outer casing is provided with an air inlet. The airflow sensor is arranged on the battery to control discharge of the cell, such that the battery can be used together with some atomizers to realize instant atomization when users inhale, and the waste of atomizing liquid is avoided. |
| US12100818B2 |
Integrated switching device, and battery monitoring and protecting system including integrated switching device
An integrated switching device in which a contactor unit which is capable of controlling a continuity state of an electric circuit, a blocking unit which is capable of cutting a contactor and blocking a current when abnormality is generated in the contactor or a current having a size exceeding a permitted current range of the contactor is generated, and a current measuring unit which is capable of measuring a current by using shunt resistor are integrated into one device, thereby performing various functions only with one device. |
| US12100812B2 |
Battery systems based on two-additive electrolyte system
Improved battery systems have been developed for lithium-ion based batteries. The improved battery systems consist of two-additive mixtures in an electrolyte solvent that is a carbonate solvent, an organic solvent, a non-aqueous solvent, and/or methyl acetate. The positive electrode of the improved battery systems may be formed from lithium nickel manganese cobalt compounds, and the negative electrode of the improved battery system may be formed from natural or artificial graphite. |
| US12100811B2 |
Electrolyte, and electrochemical device and electronic device comprising the same
An electrolyte including at least a compound of formula I: A1, A2, and A3 are each independently selected from the following formulas I-A, I-B, I-C, or I-D, and the A1, A2, and A3 are not all I-A: m and k are 0 or 1, and n is integer from 1 to 6. R11, R13, R14, R15, R16, R17, R18, R19, R1a, R1b, R1c, and R1d are selected from hydrogen; substituted or unsubstituted C1-C10 alkylidene groups, C2-C10 alkenylene groups, C2-C10 alkynylidene groups, C3-C10 cumulative dienyl groups, C6-C10 aryl groups, or C3-C10 alicyclic hydrocarbon groups. R12 is selected from substituted or unsubstituted C1-C10 alkyl groups, C2-C10 alkenyl groups, C2-C10 alkynyl groups, C3-C10 cumulative dienyl groups, C6-C10 aryl groups, C3-C10 alicyclic hydrocarbon groups, or heteroatom-containing functional groups. |
| US12100809B2 |
Non-aqueous liquid electrolyte and non-aqueous liquid electrolyte secondary battery
A non-aqueous liquid electrolyte secondary battery using negative-electrode active material having Si, Sn and/or Pb, with high charge-capacity, superior characteristics including discharge-capacity retention rate over long is provided. Its non-aqueous liquid electrolyte contains carbonate having unsaturated bond and/or halogen and compounds like LiPF6 and/or LiBF4 (first lithium salt) and lithium salt different from said first one, represented by formula below (second lithium salt). Lil(αmXan) (In the formula, l, m and n represent integers of 1 to 10, 1 to 100 and 1 to 200, respectively. α represents boron, carbon, nitrogen, oxygen or phosphorus. Xa represents functional group having atom selected from 14th to 17th groups of periodic table at its binding-position to α. Two or more of Xa may be connected to each other to form a ring structure. However, such a case where α is boron and Xa is compound represented by (CiH2(i-2)O4)(CjH2(j-2)O4) is omitted (i and j represent integers of 2 or larger). |
| US12100806B2 |
Non-aqueous electrolyte solution for lithium secondary battery and lithium secondary battery including the same
A non-aqueous electrolyte solution for a lithium secondary battery and a lithium secondary battery including the same are disclosed herein. In some embodiments, a non-aqueous electrolyte solution for a lithium secondary battery, includes a lithium salt, an organic solvent, and an additive, wherein the additive includes a compound represented by Formula 1. |
| US12100805B2 |
Polymer electrolyte for lithium ion battery and polymer battery
Provided is a polymer electrolyte for lithium ion battery and a polymer battery, comprising polyether polymer and lithium salt, wherein the molar ratio of lithium ions in the lithium salt to oxygen atoms in ether bonds of the polyether polymer is more than 1/4; the polyether polymer comprises polymer of Formula 1: A-Rn; A is a hydrocarbyl group or an oxygen-containing hydrocarbyl group, n is an integer, and n≥1; R is Ra and Rb are selected from alkylene, and Rx is selected from organic functional groups and halogen; m1 is a natural number greater than 0, n1 is a natural number, and when n1 is 0, n≥3. Preferably, the ratio of the total number of carbon atoms in all repeating units of the polyether polymer to the total number of repeating units is over 4; More preferably, the polyether polymer has a branched structure. |
| US12100803B2 |
Aqueous zinc-metal batteries comprising “water-in-salt” electrolyte
Water-in-salt electrolytes for zinc metal batteries are disclosed. The electrolyte includes a zinc halide. The electrolyte may be a hybrid water-in-salt electrolyte further including an additional metal halide or nonmetal halide. Batteries including the electrolytes are disclosed, as well as devices including the batteries and methods of making the batteries. |
| US12100802B2 |
All solid state battery and method of manufacturing the same
An all solid state battery includes: a battery body including an electrode assembly having first and second surfaces in a first direction, third and fourth surfaces in a second direction, and fifth and sixth surfaces in a third direction, and including a solid electrolyte layer and a cathode and an anode; a first connection portion; and a second connection portion disposed on the electrode assembly. The first connection portion includes a first current collecting electrode and a first protection portion, the second connection portion includes a second current collecting electrode and a second protection portion, and the first current collecting electrode is drawn out to one surface of the first connection portion in the third direction and the second current collecting electrode is drawn out to one surface of the second connection portion in the third direction. |
| US12100801B2 |
Battery and method for manufacturing the same
A battery according to the present disclosure includes: a collector; an electrode layer in contact with the collector; a solid electrolyte layer containing a solid electrolyte; and a sealing layer containing a sealing material, and the collector has an annealing softening temperature lower than a glass transition temperature of the sealing material. |
| US12100799B2 |
Solid electrolyte, electrode mixture, solid electrolyte layer, and all-solid-state battery
A solid electrolyte contains aluminum in an amount of 100 to 1000 ppm, inclusive, on a mass basis, and has lithium ion conductivity. It is preferable that aluminum is derived from an oxide of aluminum. It is also preferable that the solid electrolyte is a sulfide solid electrolyte containing a lithium element, a phosphorus element, and a sulfur element. It is also preferable that the solid electrolyte has an argyrodite-type crystal structure. It is also preferable that the solid electrolyte has a lithium ion conductivity of 4.0 mS/cm or greater. |
| US12100798B2 |
Constraint jig and manufacturing method of battery
According to one embodiment, a constraint jig, used in manufacturing of a battery in which an electrode group is stored in an exterior container having a square shape, is provided. The constraint jig includes a plurality of metal constraint plates. The plurality of constraint plates are arrayed, and form a space in which the battery is arranged between constraint plates adjacent to each other. The plurality of constraint plates constrain the battery arranged in the space, and thus prevent an expansion of the exterior container beyond a predetermined range. Each of the constraint plates has an inner hollow, and includes an inflow port allowing a cooling fluid to flow into the inner hollow and an outflow port allowing the cooling fluid to flow out of the inner hollow. |
| US12100796B2 |
Apparatus and method for manufacturing electrode assembly
A method for manufacturing an electrode assembly includes a first combination step of combining a first electrode with an upper portion of a first separator to form a first combination, and a second combination step of combining the first combination so that a second electrode faces the first electrode with the first separator therebetween after the second electrode is stacked on a second separator, wherein the first combination step comprises a first electrode cutting process of moving the first electrode in an X-axis direction that is a progress direction to cut the first electrode to a predetermined size, a first electrode transfer process of transferring the cut first electrode, a first first-electrode position detection process of measuring a Y-axis position of the first electrode, a first separator meandering correction process of moving the first separator, a first stacking process of stacking the first electrode on the first separator. |
| US12100792B2 |
White-light-emitting LED structures
A white-light-emitting inorganic light-emitting-diode (iLED) structure comprises first iLEDs electrically connected in series, each first iLED emitting a different color of light from any other first iLED when electrical power is provided to the first iLEDs, and a second iLED electrically connected to one of the first iLEDs, the second iLED emitting the same color of light as the one of the first iLEDs when electrical power is provided to the first iLEDs. The second iLED can be electrically connected in series or in parallel with the one of the first iLEDs. Such iLED structures can be used at least in displays, lamps, and indicators. |
| US12100785B2 |
Method of manufacturing a light emitting device
A light emitting device includes a light emitting element having an upper emission face, a lower face and a lateral face(s); a reflecting member having an upper face, a lower face and inner and outer lateral faces, wherein the inner lateral face(s) is disposed on the lateral face side of the light emitting element; a wavelength conversion member having an upper emission face, a lower face and a lateral face(s), wherein the lower face is disposed on the upper emission face of the light emitting element and on the upper face of reflecting member; and a cover member having inner and outer lateral faces, wherein the inner lateral face(s) completely covers the lateral face(s) of the wavelength conversion member. The cover member contains a reflecting substance and a coloring substance, and the body color of the wavelength conversion member and body color of the cover member are the same or similar in color. |
| US12100780B2 |
Highly efficient micro LED in low current range, method of fabricating the same, and display including the same
Various embodiments may provide a highly efficient micro light-emitting diode (LED) in a low current range, a method of fabricating the same, and a display including the same. The micro LED includes a first conductive type semiconductor layer and a second conductive type semiconductor layer and an active layer disposed between the first conductive type semiconductor layer and the second conductive type semiconductor layer and having a single quantum well structure. The single quantum well structure may be formed so that a ratio of a conduction band offset of any one of the first conductive type semiconductor layer or the second conductive type semiconductor layer and a valence band offset of the other of the first conductive type semiconductor layer or the second conductive type semiconductor layer becomes greater than 0 and less than 1. |
| US12100767B2 |
Strained gate semiconductor device having an interlayer dielectric doped with large species material
A semiconductor includes a gate stack over a substrate. The semiconductor device further includes an interlayer dielectric (ILD) at least partially enclosing the gate stack. The ILD includes a portion doped with a large species material, wherein the portion includes a first sidewall substantially perpendicular to a top-most surface of the ILD, and the portion includes a second sidewall having a positive angle with respect to the first sidewall. |
| US12100765B2 |
Semiconductor device structure and method for forming the same
A method for forming a semiconductor device structure is provided. The method includes forming a dielectric layer over a substrate. The dielectric layer has a trench passing through the dielectric layer. The method includes forming a gate stack in the trench. The method includes performing a hydrogen-containing plasma process over the gate stack. The method includes removing a top portion of the gate stack to form a first recess surrounded by the gate stack and the dielectric layer. The method includes forming a cap layer in the first recess to fill the first recess. |
| US12100757B2 |
Cap structure coupled to source to reduce saturation current in HEMT device
In some embodiments, the present disclosure relates to a method of forming a high electron mobility transistor (HEMT) device. The method includes forming a passivation layer over a substrate. A source contact and a drain contact are formed within the passivation layer. A part of the passivation layer is removed to form a cavity. The cavity has a lower portion formed by a first sidewall and a second sidewall of the passivation layer and an upper portion formed by the first sidewall of the passivation layer and a sidewall of the source contact. A gate structure is formed within the passivation layer between the drain contact and the cavity. A cap structure is formed within the cavity. |
| US12100754B2 |
Semiconductor arrangement and method of making
A semiconductor arrangement includes a first well formed to a first depth and a first width in a substrate and a second well formed to a second depth and a second width in the substrate. The first well is formed in the second well, the first depth is greater than the second depth, and the second width is greater than the first width. A source region is formed in the second well and a drain region is formed in the substrate. |
| US12100752B2 |
Memory cell
A cell includes a Z2-FET-type structure that is formed with two front gates extending over an intermediate region between an anode region and a cathode region. The individual front gates of the two front gates are spaced apart by a distance that is shorter than 40% of a width of each individual front gate. |
| US12100751B2 |
Void elimination for gap-filling in high-aspect ratio trenches
A method of forming a semiconductor device includes: forming a dummy gate over a fin, where the fin protrudes above a substrate; surrounding the dummy gate with a dielectric material; and replacing the dummy gate with a replacement gate structure, where replacing the dummy gate includes: forming a gate trench in the dielectric material, where forming the gate trench includes removing the dummy gate; forming a metal-gate stack in the gate trench, where forming the metal-gate stack includes forming a gate dielectric layer, a first work function layer, and a gap-filling material sequentially in the gate trench; and enlarging a volume of the gap-filling material in the gate trench. |
| US12100750B2 |
Semiconductor device and method for fabricating the same
A semiconductor device includes a gate isolation structure on a shallow trench isolation (STI), a first epitaxial layer on one side of the gate isolation structure, a second epitaxial layer on another side of the gate isolation structure, first fin-shaped structures directly under the first epitaxial layer, and second fin-shaped structures directly under the second epitaxial layer, in which the STI surrounds the first fin-shaped structures and the second fin-shaped structures. |
| US12100749B2 |
Ferroelectric thin-film structures, methods of manufacturing the same, and electronic devices including the ferroelectric thin-film structures
A ferroelectric thin-film structure includes at least one first atomic layer and at least one second atomic layer. The first atomic layer includes a first dielectric material that is based on an oxide, and the second atomic layer includes both the first dielectric material and a dopant that has a bandgap greater than a bandgap of the dielectric material. |
| US12100748B2 |
Gate structure and method
A device includes a substrate, a semiconductor channel over the substrate, and a gate structure over and laterally surrounding the semiconductor channel. The gate structure includes a first dielectric layer over the semiconductor channel, a first work function metal layer over the first dielectric layer, a first protection layer over the first work function metal layer, a second protection layer over the first protection layer, and a metal fill layer over the second protection layer. |
| US12100746B2 |
Gate-all-around field effect transistor with bottom dielectric isolation
A semiconductor device includes a semiconductor substrate, a first pair of FET (field effect transistor) gate structures separated by a first gate canyon having a first gate canyon spacing, disposed upon the semiconductor substrate, a second pair of FET gate structures separated by a second gate canyon having a second gate canyon spacing, disposed upon the substrate, a first S/D (source/drain region disposed in the first gate canyon, a second S/D region disposed in the second gate canyon, a first BDI (bottom dielectric isolation) element disposed below the first S/D region and having a first BDI thickness, and a second BDI element disposed below the second S/D region and having a second BDI thickness. The first BDI thickness exceeds the second BDI thickness. |
| US12100744B2 |
Wrap around contact process margin improvement with early contact cut
A method is presented for forming a wrap around contact. The method includes forming a p-type epitaxial region and an n-type epitaxial region over a substrate, forming a dielectric pillar between the p-type epitaxial region and the n-type epitaxial region, depositing sacrificial liners around both the p-type epitaxial region and the n-type epitaxial region, and depositing an inter-layer dielectric (ILD). The method further includes forming trenches in the ILD extending into the sacrificial liners, wherein the trenches are vertically aligned with the p-type epitaxial region and the n-type epitaxial region, removing the sacrificial liners to define irregular-shaped openings exposing the p-type epitaxial region and the n-type epitaxial region, and filling the irregular-shaped openings with a conductive material defining the wrap around contact. |
| US12100743B2 |
Semiconductor device and method for forming the same
A semiconductor device and a method for forming the same are provided. The semiconductor device includes a substrate and a gate structure. The gate structure is disposed in the substrate and includes a shielded gate, a control gate, and a plurality of insulating layers. The shielded gate includes a bottom gate and a top gate. The bottom gate includes a step structure consisting of a plurality of electrodes. A width of the electrode is smaller as the electrode is farther away from the top gate, and a width of the top gate is smaller than a width of the electrode closest to the top gate. The control gate is disposed on the shielded gate. A first insulating layer is disposed between the shielded gate and the substrate. A second insulating layer is disposed on the shielded gate. A third insulating layer is disposed between the control gate and the substrate. |
| US12100740B2 |
Threshold voltage adjustment using adaptively biased shield plate
An apparatus includes a first lateral diffusion field effect transistor (LDFET) having a first threshold voltage and that includes a first gate electrode, a first drain contact, a first source contact, and a first electrically conductive shield plate separated from the first gate electrode and the first source contact by a first interlayer dielectric. A second LDFET of the apparatus has a second threshold voltage and includes a second gate electrode, a second drain contact, and a second source contact. The second source contact is electrically connected to the first source contact of the first LDFET. A control circuit of the apparatus is electrically coupled to the first electrically conductive shield plate and is configured to apply to the first electrically conductive shield plate a first gate bias voltage of a first level to set the first threshold voltage of the first LDFET to a first desired threshold voltage. |
| US12100728B2 |
Display device
A display device comprises a substrate including a display area and a non-display area, and pixels disposed in the display area, each of the pixels including sub-pixels. Each of sub-pixels includes a pixel circuit layer, and a display element layer including at least one light emitting element. The display element layer includes first and second electrodes spaced apart from each other, the light emitting element disposed between the first electrode and second electrode, a first contact electrode that electrically connects an end of the light emitting element to the first electrode, and a second contact electrode that electrically connects another end of the light emitting element to the second electrode. Each of sub-pixels includes a first area in which the pixel circuit layer is disposed, and a second area adjacent to the first area. The second area includes a transmission area through which the light passes. |
| US12100714B2 |
Semiconductor device and semiconductor device identification method
A semiconductor device 1a includes: a first external terminal 31 to which a first voltage is to be applied; a second external terminal 32 to which a second voltage is to be applied; a third external terminal 33; first wiring 17 connected to the first external terminal 31; second wiring 18 connected to the second external terminal 32; an internal block circuit 11 connected to the first wiring 17; a first resistor 12 and a transistor 14 serially connected between the first wiring 17 and the second wiring 18; and a second resistor 13 connected between the first wiring 17 and the second wiring 18. The transistor 14 turns on or off based on a test signal fed from the third external terminal 33. This configuration enables product identification using a resistance value, even if a predetermined resistance value cannot be changed. |
| US12100712B2 |
Display with TFT
A substrate assembly includes: a substrate; a gate structure disposed on the substrate; a conductive line disposed on the substrate, wherein from a top view, the conductive line extends along a first direction; and a conductive structure disposed on the substrate, wherein from the top view, the conductive structure is adjacent to the conductive line and separated from the conductive line, and the conductive structure has an overlapping region overlapping the gate structure, wherein from the top view, the overlapping region extends along a second direction, the first direction and the second direction are different, the overlapping region comprises a first end portion, and the first end portion has a curved shape. |
| US12100711B2 |
Active matrix substrate and method for manufacturing same
An active matrix substrate includes a plurality of oxide semiconductor TFTs, and a plurality of wiring line connection sections, each of the plurality of wiring line connection sections includes a first connection electrode, an interlayer insulating layer extending over the first connection electrode, a wiring line contact hole formed in an insulating layer including the interlayer insulating layer, the wiring line contact hole exposing a part of a metal oxide layer of a first connection electrode, and a second connection electrode, and the second connection electrode is connected to a part of the metal oxide layer of the first connection electrode in the wiring line contact hole. |
| US12100710B2 |
Pixel in a display area having a plurality of repair patterns/circuit overlapping between a pair of plurality of electrodes including a first electrode and a second electrode that are spaced apart from each other and an intermediate electrode arranged between the first electrode and the second electrode, and display device comprising the pixel
A display device includes a pixel disposed in a display area. The pixel includes a first electrode and a second electrode spaced apart from each other; at least one intermediate electrode disposed between the first electrode and the second electrode; a plurality of light emitting elements electrically connected between a pair of adjacent electrodes of a plurality of electrodes including the first electrode, the second electrode, and the at least one intermediate electrode; and a plurality of repair patterns overlapping and disposed between a pair of adjacent electrodes of the plurality of electrodes. |
| US12100709B2 |
Display device
The object of the present invention is to make it possible to form an LTPS TFT and an oxide semiconductor TFT on the same substrate. A display device includes a substrate having a display region in which pixels are formed. The pixel includes a first TFT using an oxide semiconductor 109. An oxide film 110 as an insulating material is formed on the oxide semiconductor 109. A gate electrode 111 is formed on the oxide film 110. A first electrode 115 is connected to a drain of the first TFT via a first through hole formed in the oxide film 110. A second electrode 116 is connected to a source of the first TFT via a second through hole formed in the oxide film 110. |
| US12100708B2 |
Display device
To provide a display device including a flexible panel that can be handled without seriously damaging a driver circuit or a connecting portion between circuits. The display device includes a bent portion obtained by bending an element substrate. A circuit for driving the display device is provided in the bent portion and a wiring extends from the circuit, whereby the strength of a portion including the circuit for driving the display device is increased and failure of the circuit is reduced. Furthermore, the element substrate is bent in a connecting portion between an external terminal electrode and an external connecting wiring (FPC) so that the element substrate provided with the external terminal electrode fits the external connecting wiring, whereby the strength of the connecting portion is increased. |
| US12100704B2 |
Display substrate, crack detection method thereof and display device
The disclosure relates to a display substrate, including: a base substrate including a display area and a peripheral area surrounding the display area; a first crack detection line located in the peripheral area and surrounding the display area; a second crack detection line located in the peripheral area and surrounding the display area; at least one first electrostatic discharge circuit located in the peripheral area, each including at least one first thin film transistor, the at least one first thin film transistor including a first gate; and at least one second electrostatic discharge circuit located in the peripheral area and electrically connected to the second crack detection line, each including at least one second thin film transistor, the at least one second thin film transistor including a second gate, wherein the second gate is electrically connected to the first gate. |
| US12100702B2 |
Method of making semiconductor device electrostatic discharge diode
A method of making a semiconductor device includes manufacturing doped zones in a first semiconductor material over a substrate. The method further includes forming an isolation structure between adjacent doped zones of the first semiconductor material. The method further includes manufacturing lines extending in a first direction over the doped zones of the first semiconductor material, wherein each of the lines has a line width measured along a second direction perpendicular to the first direction. The method further includes trimming the lines into line segments having ends over the isolation structure. The method further includes etching a transistor gate electrode over the substrate, wherein transistor gate electrode has a gate electrode width measured along the second direction, and wherein the line width is substantially similar to the gate electrode width. |
| US12100701B1 |
Hybrid system including photonic and electronic integrated circuits and cooling plate
Techniques disclosed herein relate generally to integrating photonic integrated circuits and electronic integrated circuits in a same package. A device includes a semiconductor substrate and a die stack on the semiconductor substrate. The die stack includes a photonic integrated circuit (PIC) die and an electronic integrated circuit (EIC) die. The PIC die includes a PIC substrate and a photonic integrated circuit formed on the PIC substrate. The EIC die includes an EIC substrate and an electronic integrated circuit formed on the EIC substrate. The EIC die and the PIC die are bonded such that the PIC substrate and the EIC substrate are disposed on opposing sides of the die stack. The PIC substrate is bonded to the semiconductor substrate. The device also includes a cooling plate bonded to the EIC substrate. |
| US12100700B2 |
Light-emitting diode panel and spliced panel
A light-emitting diode panel and a spliced panel are disclosed. In the light-emitting diode panel, a substrate includes a first area and a second area, and the substrate is provided with a plurality of through-holes defined in the first area or the second area; conductors are disposed in the through-holes; light-emitting units correspond to the first area, and one of the light-emitting units includes at least one light-emitting diode; first wirings connect the at least one light-emitting diode to the conductors; a flexible circuit board is disposed on a back side of the substrate; and second wirings connect the conductors to the flexible circuit board. |
| US12100699B2 |
Display device
A display device includes a first electrode extended in a first direction, a second electrode spaced apart from the first electrode in a second direction and extended in the first direction, a first insulating layer on the first and second electrodes, light-emitting elements on the first insulating layer, each having at least an end disposed on the first electrode or the second electrode, a second insulating layer disposed on the light-emitting elements and extended in the first direction, and a first connection electrode disposed on the first electrode and electrically contacting the light-emitting elements, a second connection electrode disposed on the second electrode and electrically contacting the light-emitting elements. Each of the first and second connection electrodes includes a main portion electrically contacting the light-emitting elements, and a subsidiary portion having a width smaller than a width of the main portion and electrically connected to the main portion. |
| US12100698B2 |
Semiconductor device and manufacturing method thereof
Semiconductor device includes light-emitting die and semiconductor package. Light emitting die includes substrate and first conductive pad. Substrate has emission region located at side surface. First conductive pad is located at bottom surface of substrate. Semiconductor package includes semiconductor-on-insulator substrate, interconnection structure, second conductive pad, and through semiconductor via. Semiconductor-on-insulator substrate has linear waveguide formed therein. Interconnection structure is disposed on semiconductor-on-insulator substrate. Edge coupler is embedded within interconnection structure and is connected to linear waveguide. Semiconductor-on-insulator substrate and interconnection structure include recess in which light-emitting die is disposed. Edge coupler is located close to sidewall of recess. Second conductive pad is located at bottom of recess. Through semiconductor via extends across semiconductor-on-insulator substrate to contact second conductive pad. First conductive pad is connected to through semiconductor via. Emission region directly faces sidewall of recess where edge coupler is located. |
| US12100697B2 |
Semiconductor package structure
A semiconductor package structure and a method of manufacturing a semiconductor package structure are provided. The semiconductor package structure includes a first electronic device and a second electronic device. The first electronic device has an active surface and a lateral surface angled with the active surface, and the lateral surface includes a first portion and a second portion that is non-coplanar with the first portion. The second electronic device is disposed on the active surface of the first electronic device. |
| US12100689B2 |
Apparatus and method for manufacturing light-emitting display device
An apparatus for manufacturing a light emitting display device includes a substrate transfer stage including a plurality of support plates arranged at an interval in a first direction, each of the plurality of support plates extending in a second direction; and at least one electric-field application module disposed on at least one side of the substrate transfer stage. The at least one electric-field application module includes a probe head including at least one probe pin; and a driver connected to the probe head to move the probe head at least up and down. |
| US12100688B2 |
Semiconductor device
The semiconductor device A1 includes a support member 2, a metal part 30 having obverse and reverse surfaces 301-302 spaced in z direction, with the reverse surface 302 bonded to the support member 2, a second bonding layer 42 boding the support member 2 and the metal part 30, a semiconductor element 10 facing the obverse surface 301 and bonded to the metal part 30, and a sealing member 7 covering the support member 2, metal part 30, second bonding layer 42 and semiconductor element 10. The metal part 30 includes a first body 31 of a first material and a second body 32 of a second material, with a boundary between the bodies 31-32. The second material has a linear thermal expansion coefficient smaller than that of the first material. The semiconductor device is improved in reliability by reducing thermal stress from heat generation of the semiconductor element. |
| US12100682B2 |
Package structure with conductive patterns in a redistribution layer
A package structure includes an insulating encapsulation, a semiconductor die, and a redistribution circuit structure. The semiconductor die is encapsulated in the insulating encapsulation. The redistribution circuit structure includes conductive patterns, wherein the conductive patterns each comprise a first portion, at least one second portion, and at least one connecting portion. A first edge of the at least one connecting portion is connected to the first portion, and a second edge of the at least one connecting portion is connected to the at least one second portion, wherein the first edge is opposite to the second edge, and a length of the first edge is greater than a length of the second edge. |
| US12100679B2 |
Multi-pin-wafer-level-chip-scale-packaging solution for high power semiconductor devices
A multi-pin wafer level chip scale package is achieved. One or more solder pillars and one or more solder blocks are formed on a silicon wafer wherein the one or more solder pillars and the one or more solder blocks all have a top surface in a same horizontal plane. A pillar metal layer underlies the one or more solder pillars and electrically contacts the one or more solder pillars with the silicon wafer through an opening in a polymer layer over a passivation layer. A block metal layer underlies the one or more solder blocks and electrically contacts the one or more solder pillars with the silicon wafer through a plurality of via openings through the polymer layer over the passivation layer wherein the block metal layer is thicker than the pillar metal layer. |
| US12100678B2 |
Conductive members for die attach in flip chip packages
In examples, a semiconductor package comprises a semiconductor die having an active surface; a conductive layer coupled to the active surface; and a polyimide layer coupled to the conductive layer. The package also comprises a conductive pillar coupled to the conductive layer and to the polyimide layer; a flux adhesive material coupled to the conductive pillar; and a solder layer coupled to the flux adhesive material. The package further includes a conductive terminal coupled to the solder layer and exposed to a surface of the package, the active surface of the semiconductor die facing the conductive terminal. |
| US12100676B2 |
Low temperature bonded structures
Devices and techniques including process steps make use of recesses in conductive interconnect structures to form reliable low temperature metallic bonds. A fill layer is deposited into the recesses prior to bonding. First conductive interconnect structures are bonded at ambient temperatures to second metallic interconnect structures using direct bonding techniques, with the fill layers in the recesses in one or both of the first and second interconnect structures. |
| US12100673B2 |
Chemical mechanical polishing dishing resistant structure
A semiconductor device includes a first circuit element over a substrate; a fill material over the substrate and in contact with sides of the first circuit element; and a dishing resistant (DR) structure in the fill material and outside a perimeter of the first circuit element. Some DR structures are dummy structures manufactured in the fill material over the substrate. |
| US12100671B2 |
Semiconductor device
A semiconductor device that includes a semiconductor substrate having a first main face and a second main face opposite each other; a dielectric film on a part of the first main face, the dielectric film having an electrode layer disposing portion and a protective layer covering portion, and a thickness of the protective layer covering portion in an outer peripheral end of the dielectric film is smaller than a thickness of the electrode layer disposing portion of the dielectric film; a first electrode layer on the electrode layer disposing portion of the dielectric film; and a protective layer continuously covering a range from an end portion of the first electrode layer to the outer peripheral end of the dielectric film. |
| US12100670B2 |
Method for manufacturing semiconductor structure and semiconductor structure
The disclosure provides a method for manufacturing a semiconductor structure and the semiconductor structure. The method for manufacturing the semiconductor structure comprises: a substrate, in which a first protective structure is formed, is provided; a first dielectric layer is formed on the substrate; and a second protective structure is formed in the first dielectric layer and the substrate. A projection of the second protective structure and a projection of the first protective structure in a direction perpendicular to a surface of the substrate are at least partially overlapped, and there is a spacing between a projection of the second protective structure and a projection of the first protective structure in a direction along the surface of the substrate. |
| US12100669B2 |
Multi-component modules (MCMs) including configurable electromagnetic isolation (EMI) shield structures and related methods
Multi-component modules (MCMs), including configurable electromagnetic interference (EMI) shield structures and related methods, are disclosed. An EMI shield enclosing an IC or another electrical component in an MCM can protect other components within the MCM from EMI generated by the enclosed component. The EMI shield also protects the enclosed component from the EMI generated by other electrical components. An EMI shield with sidewall structures, in which vertical conductors supported by a wall medium electrically couple a lid of the EMI shield to a ground layer in a substrate, provides configurable EMI protection in an MCM. The EMI shield may also be employed to increase heat dissipation. The sidewall structures of the EMI shield are disposed on one or more sides of an electrical component and are configurable to provide a desired level of EMI isolation. |
| US12100663B2 |
Semiconductor device and method of integrating RF antenna interposer with semiconductor package
A semiconductor device has a substrate and a first electrical component disposed over a first surface of the substrate. An RF antenna interposer is disposed over the substrate with the first electrical component connected to a first antenna disposed on a surface of the antenna interposer. An area of the antenna interposer is substantially the same as an area of the substrate. The first antenna disposed on the surface of the antenna interposer has a plurality of islands of conductive material. Alternatively, the first antenna disposed on the surface of the antenna interposer has a spiral shape of conductive material. A second antenna can be disposed on the surface of the antenna interposer connected to a second electrical component disposed over the substrate. A second electrical component can be disposed over a second surface of the substrate opposite the first surface of the substrate. |
| US12100662B2 |
Power-forwarding bridge for inter-chip data signal transfer
An integrated circuit (IC) package, comprising a substrate that comprises a bridge die embedded within a dielectric. A first die comprising a first input/output (I/O) transmitter and a second die comprising a second I/O receiver and electrically coupled to the bridge die. A first signal trace and a first power conductor are within the bridge die. The first signal trace and the first power conductor are electrically coupled to the first I/O transmitter and the second I/O receiver. The first signal trace is to carry a digital signal and the first power conductor to provide a voltage for the second I/O receiver to read the digital signal. |
| US12100661B2 |
Semiconductor die edge protection for semiconductor device assemblies and associated systems and methods
Semiconductor dies with edges protected and methods for generating the semiconductor dies are disclosed. Further, the disclosed methods provide for separating the semiconductor dies without using a dicing technique. In one embodiment, trenches are formed on a front side of a substrate including semiconductor dies. Individual trenches correspond to scribe lines of the substrate where each trench has a depth greater than a final thickness of the semiconductor dies. A composite layer may be formed on sidewalls of the trenches to protect the edges of the semiconductor dies. The composite layer includes a metallic layer that shields the semiconductor dies from electromagnetic interference. Subsequently, the substrate may be thinned from a back side to singulate individual semiconductor dies from the substrate. |
| US12100660B2 |
Low congestion standard cells
A system and method for creating layout for standard cells are described. In various implementations, a semiconductor fabrication process (or process) forms a power signal route in a same metal zero track reserved for power rails. The process forms a contact layer with inserted spacing underneath the power signal route. Along the track, this contact layer has physical contact with the power signal route with a first distance greater than a width of any signal route in any metal layer orthogonal to the power signal route, and has no physical contact with the power signal route with a second distance greater than the width. One or more signal routes in the local interconnect layer are routed through this spacing. Without this spacing, signals would be routed through this area using the metal one layer, which increases signal congestion. |
| US12100656B2 |
Backside connection structures for nanostructures and methods of forming the same
A semiconductor nanostructure and an epitaxial semiconductor material portion are formed on a front surface of a substrate, and a planarization dielectric layer is formed thereabove. A first recess cavity is formed over a gate electrode, and a second recess cavity is formed over the epitaxial semiconductor material portion. The second recess cavity is vertically recessed to form a connector via cavity. A metallic cap structure is formed on the gate electrode in the first recess cavity, and a connector via structure is formed in the connector via cavity. Front-side metal interconnect structures are formed on the connector via structure and the metallic cap structure, and a backside via structure is formed through the substrate on the connector via structure. |
| US12100648B2 |
Electronic module, manufacturing method thereof and electronic package having the same
An electronic module is provided, in which a first metal layer, an insulating layer and a second metal layer are sequentially formed on side faces and a non-active face of an electronic component to serve as a capacitor structure, where the capacitor structure is exposed from an active face of the electronic component so that by directly forming the capacitor structure on the electronic component, a distance between the capacitor structure and the electronic component is minimized, such that the effect of suppressing impedance can be optimized. |
| US12100647B2 |
Electrically conductive vias and methods for producing same
An electrical component is provided by metallizing holes that extend through a glass substrate. The electrical component can be fabricated by forcing a suspension of electrically conductive particles suspended in a liquid medium through the holes. The suspension can be forced into the holes under an air pressure differential such as a pressure differential force, a centrifugal force, or an electrostatic force. The liquid medium in the holes can be dried, and the particles can be sintered. The particles can further be packed in the hole. Alternatively or additionally, the particles can be pressed against the outer surfaces of the substrate to produce buttons. |
| US12100645B2 |
Integrated circuit (IC) package employing added metal for embedded metal traces in ETS-based substrate for reduced signal path impedance, and related fabrication methods
Integrated circuit (IC) packages employing added metal for embedded metal traces in an ETS-based substrate for reduced signal path impedance. An IC package includes a package substrate and an ETS metallization layer disposed on the package substrate. To mitigate or offset an increase in impedance in longer signal paths between die circuitry and the package substrate that can result in decreased signaling speed and/or increased signal loss, added metal interconnects are coupled to embedded metal traces in the ETS metallization layer. Thus, embedded metal traces of the ETS metallization layer coupled to signal/ground signal paths of the die are increased in metal surface area. Increasing metal surface area of embedded metal traces coupled to the signal/ground signal paths of a die increases capacitance of such signal/ground signal paths. Increasing capacitance of signal/ground signal paths decreases impedance of the signal/ground signal paths to mitigate or reduce signaling delay and/or loss. |
| US12100644B2 |
Semiconductor device with through-substrate via and method of manufacturing a semiconductor device with through-substrate via
An intermetal dielectric and metal layers embedded in the intermetal dielectric are arranged on a substrate of semiconductor material. A via hole is formed in the substrate, and a metallization contacting a contact area of one of the metal layers is applied in the via hole. The metallization, the metal layer comprising the contact area and the intermetal dielectric are partially removed at the bottom of the via hole in order to form a hole penetrating the intermetal dielectric and extending the via hole. A continuous passivation is arranged on sidewalls within the via hole and the hole, and the metallization contacts the contact area around the hole. Thus the presence of a thin membrane of layers, which is usually formed at the bottom of a hollow through-substrate via, is avoided. |
| US12100643B2 |
Thermal management of electronics using co-located microjet nozzles and electronic elements
An electronics assembly in which microjet nozzles are co-located with electronic elements on the same substrate or layer. This technique may be used to integrate lower power-density electronics onto an existing microjet nozzle plate to perform microjet nozzle cooling, which removes the need for separate thermal management solutions for systems that contain both high and lower power-density elements in proximity. This technique may also be used in multilayered 3D integrated electronic substrates, allowing for thin, high performing thermal management solutions in 3D integrated stackups using microjets. |
| US12100642B2 |
Electronic package and fabrication method thereof
An electronic package is provided and includes an electronic element, an intermediary structure disposed on the electronic element, and a heat dissipation element bonded to the electronic element through the intermediary structure. The intermediary structure has a flow guide portion and a permanent fluid combined with the flow guide portion so as to be in contact with the electronic element, thereby achieving a preferred heat dissipation effect and preventing excessive warping of the electronic element or the heat dissipation element due to stress concentration. |
| US12100639B2 |
Chip heat dissipation structure, chip structure, circuit board and supercomputing device
Embodiments of the present application relates to a chip heat dissipation structure, a chip structure, a circuit board, and a supercomputing device, and the chip heat dissipation structure includes: a plating layer covering a wafer of the chip; where the plating layer includes a first metal layer, a second metal layer, and a third metal layer sequentially arranged. Three metal layers are added on a top of the chip by physical sputtering, so that a heat sink can be welded on the metal layers by a solder layer, and then the heat sink is fixed on the top of the chip; a main component of the solder layer is metal tin, and the metal layer have a higher thermal conductivity than an epoxy adhesive material mounted on a conventional heat sink. |
| US12100637B2 |
Electronic device including cooling structure
An example electronic device according to various embodiments of the present disclosure includes a housing, a printed circuit board located inside the housing, an electrical element mounted on the printed circuit board, and a shield can that covers the electrical element. A recess area is formed on at least a portion of the shield can, and a metal structure is mounted in the recess area to cool heat generated by the electrical element. |
| US12100636B2 |
Chip heat dissipating structure, chip structure, circuit board and supercomputing device
The present application relates to a chip heat dissipating structure, a chip structure, a circuit board and a supercomputing device, and the chip heat dissipating structure includes a metal layer, where the metal layer is covered on the chip. By adding a metal layer on the top of the chip, the heat sink may be soldered onto the metal layer through a solder layer, so that the heat sink is fixed to the top of the chip; the main component of the solder layer is metal tin, and the metal layer has a higher thermal conductivity than an epoxy resin material mounted on a traditional heat sink, thereby solving a problem of the heat dissipation bottleneck of a resin material in the chip, thus improving a heat dissipation effect of the chip and preventing a large amount of heat from damaging the chip. |
| US12100634B2 |
Semiconductor device with re-fill layer
The present application discloses a semiconductor device with a re-fill layer. The semiconductor device includes a chip stack including a first base die; a first stacked die positioned on a front surface of the first base die; and a re-fill layer positioned on a sidewall of the stacked die. The re-fill layer includes silicon oxide, silicon nitride, silicon oxynitride, silicon nitride oxide, titanium oxide, aluminum oxide, or hafnium oxide. |
| US12100630B2 |
Packaged RF power device with PCB routing outside protective member
A radio frequency (RF) transistor amplifier includes a package submount. a package frame comprising an electrically insulating member and one or more conductive layers on the package submount and exposing a surface thereof, a transistor die on the surface of the package submount and comprising respective terminals that are electrically connected to the package frame, a protective member covering the transistor die, and one or more electrical components that are attached to the package frame outside the protective member. Related RF power device packages and fabrication methods are also discussed. |
| US12100625B2 |
Semiconductor device with air gaps between metal gates and method of forming the same
Semiconductor device and the manufacturing method thereof are disclosed herein. An exemplary semiconductor device comprises a first semiconductor fin and a second semiconductor fin formed over a substrate, wherein lower portions of the first semiconductor fin and the second semiconductor fin are separated by an isolation structure; a first gate stack formed over the first semiconductor fin and a second gate stack formed over the second semiconductor fin; and a separation feature separating the first gate stack and the second gate stack, wherein the separation feature includes a first dielectric layer and a second dielectric layer with an air gap defined therebetween, and a bottom portion of the separation feature being inserted into the isolation structure. |
| US12100624B2 |
Semiconductor device and method of fabricating the same
Semiconductor device and method of fabricating the same, the semiconductor device includes a substrate, a first transistor, a second transistor, a third transistor, and a plurality of shallow trench isolations. The first transistor is disposed in a medium-voltage region and includes a first plane, a first gate dielectric layer, and a first gate electrode. The second transistor is disposed in a boundary region and includes a second plane, a second gate dielectric layer, and a second gate electrode. The third transistor is disposed in a lower-voltage region and includes a third plane, a third gate dielectric layer, and a third gate electrode. The shallow trench isolations are disposed in the substrate, wherein top surfaces of the shallow trench isolations in the medium-voltage region, the boundary region and the low-voltage region are coplanar with top surfaces of the first gate dielectric layer and the second gate dielectric layer. |
| US12100622B2 |
Method of reducing residual contamination in singulated semiconductor die
A method for processing electronic die includes providing a substrate having a plurality of electronic die formed as part of the substrate and separated from each other by spaces. The method includes placing the substrate onto a first carrier substrate. The method includes plasma etching the substrate through the spaces to form singulation lines adjacent the plurality of electronic die. The method includes exposing the plurality of electronic die to solvent vapors, such as heated solvent vapors, under reduced pressure to reduce the presence of residual contaminants resulting from the plasma etching step. |
| US12100621B2 |
Method of processing wafer
A method of processing a wafer having a plurality of intersecting streets on a face side thereof with protrusions on the streets includes a holding step of holding a protective sheet of a wafer unit on a holding table, an upper surface heightwise position detecting step of detecting a heightwise position of an upper surface of a reverse side of the wafer along the streets, and a laser beam applying step of applying a laser beam having a wavelength transmittable through the wafer to the wafer from the reverse side thereof along the streets while positioning a focused point of the laser beam within the wafer on the basis of the heightwise position, to thereby form modified layers in the wafer along the streets. |
| US12100615B2 |
Method of manufacturing semiconductor device
The present disclosure provides a method of manufacturing a semiconductor device. The method includes: filling a trench of a stacking structure with a bottom anti-reflection coated material to form a dummy via in the trench, in which the stacking structure includes a low-k material layer and a cap layer, and the trench runs through the low-k material layer and the cap layer; and etching the dummy via by performing a first etching process and a second etching process. |
| US12100612B2 |
Plate-shaped workpiece holding tool
A plate-shaped workpiece holding tool includes a holding base having a joint port coupled to a suction source and a holding surface for holding the plate-shaped workpiece thereon, a first O-ring disposed on the holding surface, a second O-ring disposed on the holding surface radially inwardly of the first O-ring, a suction port that is open in the holding surface between the first O-ring and the second O-ring and held in fluid communication with the joint port, and a liquid supply mechanism for forming a liquid seal between the holding surface and the plate-shaped workpiece radially outwardly of the first O-ring. |
| US12100606B2 |
Wafer transfer device and wafer transfer method
The wafer transfer device includes a first supporting mechanism, a second supporting mechanism, a first picking-conveying mechanism and a second picking-conveying mechanism, wherein the first picking-conveying mechanism and the second picking-conveying mechanism include tail end execution parts facing opposite directions. The wafer transfer device further includes a rotating mechanism and a rotating driving part, wherein the first supporting mechanism and the second supporting mechanism are fixedly arranged at the rotating mechanism, and the rotating driving part drives the rotating mechanism to rotate and then drives the first supporting mechanism and the second supporting mechanism to rotate synchronously. The wafer transfer device can extend the picking and conveying range of a wafer, thus facilitating the improvement of the productivity. |
| US12100604B2 |
Method and system for recognizing and addressing plasma discharge during semiconductor processes
A plasma discharge detection system detects undesirable plasma discharge events within a semiconductor process chamber. The plasma discharge detection system includes one or more cameras positioned around the semiconductor process chamber. The cameras capture images from within the semiconductor process chamber. The plasma discharge detection system includes a control system that receives the images from the cameras. The control system analyzes the images and detects plasma discharge within the semiconductor process chamber based on the images. The control system can adjust a semiconductor process in real time responsive to detecting the plasma discharge. |
| US12100602B2 |
Wet etching apparatus
A wet etching apparatus includes a process bath having an internal space configured to receive an etchant and having a support unit, on which a wafer is disposed to be in contact with the etchant. A laser unit is disposed above the process bath and is configured to direct a laser beam to the wafer and to heat the wafer thereby. An etchant supply unit is configured to supply the etchant to the internal space of the process bath. |
| US12100601B2 |
Etching method with metal hard mask
Embodiments of the present disclosure provide an etching method with a metal hard mask. The method is performed on a wafer surface and includes sequentially forming a metal hard mask layer and at least one functional film layer on a wafer surface in a direction away from the wafer surface. The method includes performing a plurality of etching processes on the at least one functional layer and the metal hard mask layer sequentially in a direction close to the wafer surface. An etching gas adopted by at least one etching process includes a hydrogen element and a fluorine element. A ratio of a content of the hydrogen element in the etching gas to a content of the fluorine element in the etching gas is smaller than a predetermined threshold to reduce generation of a byproduct of hydrogen fluorine. |
| US12100599B2 |
Wet etch process and method to provide uniform etching of material formed within features having different critical dimension (CD)
Embodiments of a wet etch process and method are disclosed to provide uniform etching of material formed within features (such as, e.g., trenches, holes, slits, etc.) having different critical dimension (CD). By combining a non-aqueous organic-based etch solution and an aqueous-based etch solution (either in series or in parallel) within a wet etch process, the disclosed embodiments utilize the opposing effects of CD-dependent etching to provide uniform etching of the material, regardless of CD. |
| US12100596B2 |
Methods of manufacturing semiconductor devices
A method of manufacturing a semiconductor device includes forming an interlayer insulating layer on a substrate, forming a first mask layer on the interlayer insulating layer, forming a second mask layer and a first spacer on the first mask layer, forming a photoresist pattern on the second mask layer, forming a second mask pattern by patterning the second mask layer through a first etching process, forming a first mask pattern by patterning the first mask layer through a second etching process, forming a trench by etching a portion of the interlayer insulating layer through a third etching process, and forming an interconnection pattern within the trench. A width of the first mask pattern after the second etching process is less than a width of the photoresist pattern. |
| US12100595B2 |
Amorphous silicon-based scavenging and sealing EOT
A sacrificial sealing layer is formed on a high-κ metal gate (HKMG) stack to suppress oxidants, e.g., oxygen and water, from impacting the metal gate stack, thus preserving the device EOT. The method integrated processes that include forming an interfacial layer on the substrate; forming a high-κ metal oxide layer on the interfacial layer, the high-κ metal oxide layer comprising a dipole region adjacent to the interfacial layer, the dipole region; depositing a capping layer on the high-κ metal oxide layer; and forming a sacrificial sealing layer on the capping layer. The dipole region is formed by driving a dopant species, e.g., zinc (Zn), vanadium (V), tungsten (W), molybdenum (Mo), ruthenium (Ru), titanium (Ti), tantalum (Ta), zirconium (Zr), aluminum (Al), niobium (Nb), or mixtures thereof, of a dipole film into the high-κ metal oxide layer to form a dipole region. |
| US12100594B2 |
Active region array formation method
An active region array formation method is provided, including: providing a substrate, and forming a first hard mask layer on a surface of the substrate; patterning the first hard mask layer by using a composite etching process to form an active region shielding layer in the first hard mask layer, a pattern of the active region shielding layer being matched with a pattern of a to-be-formed active region array, wherein the composite etching process includes at least two patterning processes and at least one pattern transfer process; removing the remaining first hard mask layer; and forming the active region array in the substrate through the active region shielding layer. |
| US12100588B2 |
Method of post-deposition treatment for silicon oxide film
A method of post-deposition treatment for silicon oxide film includes: providing in a reaction space a substrate having a recess pattern on which a silicon oxide film is deposited; supplying a reforming gas for reforming the silicon oxide film to the reaction space in the absence of a film-forming precursor, said reforming gas being composed primarily of He and/or H2; and irradiating the reforming gas with microwaves in the reaction space having a pressure of 200 Pa or less to generate a direct microwave plasma to which the substrate is exposed, thereby reforming the silicon oxide film. |
| US12100585B2 |
Energy spectrometer with dynamic focus
An energy spectrometer with dynamic focus for a transmission electron microscope (TEM) is disclosed herein. An example energy spectrometer and TEM at least includes a charged particle column including a projection system arranged after a sample plane, the projection system is operated in a first configuration; an energy spectrometer coupled to the charged particle column to acquire one or more energy loss spectra. The energy spectrometer including a dispersive element, a bias tube, optics for magnifying the energy loss spectrum and for correcting aberrations, and a detector arranged conjugate to a spectrum plane of the energy spectrometer, wherein the energy spectrometer further includes an optical element electrically biased to refocus at least a portion of a spectrum onto the detector, and wherein the value of the electrical bias is at least partially based on the first configuration of the charged particle column. |
| US12100582B2 |
Ion analyzer
An ion analyzer includes an ion optical element having four rod electrodes around an optical axis, for transferring ions from their surrounding space to the subsequent stage while converging the ions. To create an RF electric field within this space, a voltage supplier applies RF voltages of opposite polarities to two pairs of electrodes facing each other across the axis. The cross-sectional shape of each electrode in a plane orthogonal to the axis has a first side having width w facing the axis and is tangent to a circle of radius r0 around the axis, and two adjacent sides connected to the ends of the first side at an angle determined so that an RF field created by the adjacent sides exerts no influence within the space. The ratio w/r0 is determined so that the amount of dodecapole field component becomes a predetermined value or does not exceed it. |
| US12100581B2 |
Automated inline preparation and degassing of volatile samples for inline analysis
An analysis system includes a degassing cell, at least one first valve, and at least one second valve. The at least one first valve is fluidly coupled with a top of the degassing cell, the at least one first valve configured selectably connect the degassing cell to a displacement gas flow and to a vacuum source. The at least one second valve is fluidly connected with a lateral side of the degassing cell and separately fluidly connected with a bottom of the degassing cell. The at least one second valve is selectably coupled with any of a source of a sample-carrying fluid, a transfer line configured to deliver a sample to an analysis device, or a waste output. |
| US12100580B1 |
Locating mining sites using an open mass spectrometer
Disclosed is a He-3 detector arrangement that generally comprises a mass spectrometer that has an intake funnel configured to receive (sniff out) He-3 through an intake port directly from an open environment. The intake funnel is configured to direct the He-3 into the mass spectrometer. The arrangement further comprises a heating element configured to liberate the He-3 from regolith via heat. A mobile carrier is configured to position the intake port the regolith to obtain samples of the He-3. |
| US12100578B2 |
Substrate processing method
A substrate processing method includes forming a pre-coat film on an in-chamber part disposed in a chamber, and subsequently processing one or more substrates. The forming a pre-coat film includes forming a first film on the in-chamber part without using plasma or by using a first plasma generated under a condition that sputtering is suppressed on the in-chamber part, and forming a second film on a surface of the first film by using a second plasma. |
| US12100577B2 |
High conductance inner shield for process chamber
Embodiments of process kits for use in a process chamber are provided herein. In some embodiments, a process kit for use in a process chamber includes a tubular body having a central opening configured to surround a substrate support, wherein sidewalls of the tubular body do not include any through holes; and a top plate coupled to an upper end of the tubular body and substantially covering the central opening, wherein the top plate has a gas inlet and has a diameter that is greater than an outer diameter of the tubular body, and wherein the tubular body extends straight down from the top plate. |
| US12100576B2 |
Metal oxide preclean chamber with improved selectivity and flow conductance
Embodiments of process kits for use in a process chamber are provided herein. In some embodiments, a process kit for use in a process chamber includes: a chamber liner having a tubular body with an upper portion and a lower portion; a confinement plate coupled to the lower portion of the chamber liner and extending radially inward from the chamber liner, wherein the confinement plate includes a plurality of slots; a shield ring disposed within the chamber liner and movable between the upper portion of the chamber liner and the lower portion of the chamber liner; and a plurality of ground straps coupled to the shield ring at a first end of each ground strap of the plurality of ground straps and to the confinement plate at a second end of each ground strap to maintain electrical connection between the shield ring and the chamber liner when the shield ring moves. |
| US12100574B2 |
Target and algorithm to measure overlay by modeling back scattering electrons on overlapping structures
An overlay target includes a grating-over-grating structure with a bottom grating structure disposed on a specimen and a top grating structure disposed on the bottom grating structure. The overlay target further includes a calibration scan location including the bottom grating structure but not the top grating structure and an overlay scan location including the top grating structure and the bottom grating structure. |
| US12100570B2 |
Power supply device, microwave tube device, power supply method, and recording medium
In order to suppress the amount of time needed for the start-up of a microwave tube carried out when voltage fed from a power source has decreased, while avoiding increase in scale of a power storage unit, this power supply device includes: a power supply unit that supplies power fed from the power source to the microwave tube that is provided with a cathode, a heater for heating the cathode, an anode, and a collector; a power storage unit that stores the fed power and, if the voltage of the fed power decreases, supplies stored power that is power obtained by the power storing, to the microwave tube; and a power supply switching unit that, if the voltage of the fed power decreases, stops supplying the stored power to the anode and does not stop supplying the stored power to the heater. |
| US12100569B2 |
Push-in fuse holder
A fuse holder is disclosed. The fuse holder includes a housing having a fuse compartment and termination compartments, each termination compartment having a cable termination aperture for receiving a cable and a lock pin slot; a bus assembly disposed including current bars having a first end and a second end extending from the termination compartment to the termination compartment, the first end having fuse contacts extending from the first end, the second end including a barb extending from the second end; and, push-in clamps disposed within the termination compartment, the push-in clamps normally biased against the barbs; wherein insertion of an electrical cable into the cable termination aperture depresses and elastically deforms the push-in clamp such that a gap is formed between the barb and the push-in clamp, wherein the push-in clamp continuously applies a biasing force against the electrical cable non-removably clamping the cable into the termination aperture. |
| US12100567B2 |
Drive unit for driving switching contacts of a high-voltage circuit breaker
A drive unit for driving switching contacts of a high-voltage circuit breaker includes an operating element, and a plurality of actuating elements for actuating the switching contacts, at least two of which are disposed at a distance from one another relative to an axis or shaft. A mechanism or lever mechanism transfers a movement of the operating element into corresponding movements of the actuating elements. The mechanism includes at least one shaft, rotatably mounted on the axis, for transferring the movement of the operating element into the corresponding movement of at least one actuating element which is disposed at a distance from the operating element along the axis. The drive unit has a compensation coupling device for compensating for a delay in the transfer of movement between at least two of the actuating elements disposed at a distance from one another relative to the axis. |
| US12100566B2 |
Intelligent switch panel and intelligent remote control switch system
The invention discloses a smart switch panel and a smart remote control switch system. The smart switch panel includes a housing, an actuating device arranged in the housing and a microprocessor arranged in the housing to control the actuating device, and the actuating device includes a rotating rod and a driving member, the rotating rod cooperates with the driving member and pushes the driving member to move in a direction parallel to the rotating rod when the rotating rod rotates, so as to drive the switch to switch when the smart switch panel is mounted on the switch. |
| US12100565B2 |
Foot switch for medical devices
The present application provides a foot actuation system for controlling one or more medical devices using a foot. The foot actuation system includes a communications unit and a number of actuation units. Each actuation unit includes a user interface for receiving an actuation information item generated by means of a foot, a mechanical connection apparatus for releasable mechanical connection to the communications unit, and a signal transmitter for transmitting a signal representing the actuation information item. The communications unit includes a mechanical connection apparatus for releasable mechanical connection to the actuation units, a signal receiver for receiving the signals representing the actuation information items, and a control signal transmitter for transmitting a control signal to a medical device. |
| US12100563B2 |
Arc detection system, arc detection method, and recording medium
An arc detection system includes an obtainer and a determiner. The obtainer obtains a measurement result for current flowing in a power supply line to which power is supplied from a DC power source. The determiner determines, based on a component of a specific frequency band in the measurement result for the current obtained by the obtainer, whether an arc fault has occurred. The determiner determines that the arc fault has occurred when a specific time for which the component of the specific frequency band is at least a threshold is longer than an occurrence time in which an arc can occur when a device is attached to or detached from the power supply line. |
| US12100562B2 |
Solar cell with alumina coated porous silicon layer
A three-tandem (3T) perovskite/silicon (PVT)-based tandem solar cell (TSC) includes an antireflection coating (ARC), a first transparent conductive oxide layer (TCO), a hole transport layer (HTL), a perovskite (PVT) layer, a second transparent conductive oxide layer (TCO), an electron transport layer (ETL), a plurality of buried contacts, a p-type Si layer, a p-type wafer-based homo-junction silicon solar cell, a n+ silicon layer, a back contact layer. The solar cell further includes a top sub-cell, a bottom sub-cell and a middle contact-based tandem. The top sub-cell includes the PVT layer. The bottom sub-cell includes the silicon solar cell. The middle contact-based tandem includes the second TCO layer to be used as the middle contact-based tandem, as well as a recombination layer for current collection. Further, a conduction and a valence band edge are employed at a front surface of the ETL. |
| US12100561B2 |
Solid electrolytic capacitor containing a deoxidized anode
A capacitor that comprises a capacitor element is provided. The capacitor element comprises a deoxidized and sintered anode body that is formed from a powder having a specific charge of about 35,000 μF*V/g or more. Further, a dielectric overlies the anode body and a solid electrolyte overlies the dielectric. The capacitor also exhibits a normalized aged leakage current of about 0.1% or less. |
| US12100560B2 |
High-performance capacitor packaging for next generation power electronics
A capacitor packaging having a central termination and three or more capacitors (or groups of capacitors) arranged about the central termination. The electrical flow paths between the termination and the capacitors or groups of capacitors are of substantially the same length. The capacitors or groups of capacitors may be arranged in a generally circular pattern with the termination centered on the center. The termination may include first and second terminals. The capacitors may be mounted to a printed circuit board (“PCB”) with traces on opposite surfaces of the PCB providing electrical flow paths from the terminals to opposite legs of the capacitors. The capacitor packaging may include a primary PCB with a first circular arrangement of capacitors and a secondary PCB with a second circular arrangement of capacitors. The capacitors may be sandwiched between the PCBs with the second arrangement of capacitors disposed concentrically inwardly of the first arrangement. |
| US12100559B2 |
Multilayer electronic component
A multilayer electronic component that includes a stacked body having therein a plurality of dielectric layers including a CZ-based perovskite phase and an element M2, a plurality of internal electrode layers including Ni, and an interface layer including the element M2 in at least a portion of an interface with the plurality of internal electrode layers. Element M2 is an element that has a binding energy between the CZ-based perovskite phase and Ni via the element M2 of less than or equal to −12.3 eV by first-principles calculation using a pseudopotential method. When amounts of elements included in the dielectric layers are expressed as parts by mol, a ratio m2 of an amount of the element M2 to an amount of the Zr in the interface layer is 0.03≤m2≤0.25. |
| US12100557B2 |
Electronic component
An electronic component includes an element body, a plurality of external electrodes on the element body, and an electrical insulator on the element body. Each of the plurality of external electrodes includes a conductive resin layer. The electrical insulator includes an electrical insulating portion located at least on a region between the plurality of external electrodes on a surface of the element body. |