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| US12107997B1 |
Machine learning preflight printing system and methods
A printing system includes a printing device. The printing system also includes a preflight system that checks incoming print jobs for possible errors or issues before commencing printing operations. The preflight system implements a generative adversarial network to facilitate the identification of possible problems with printing. The generative adversarial network includes a generative neural network and a discriminatory neural network. The generative neural network introduces errors into input data to train the discriminatory neural network in identifying problems with print jobs. The discriminatory neural network backpropagates its output to train the generative neural network. |
| US12107994B2 |
Method and device for prompting a user to report a public-safety incident
A process for prompting a user to report a public-safety incident. In operation, an electronic computing device captures sensor data via one or more sensor devices communicatively coupled to the electronic computing device. The device uses the captured sensor data to detect an occurrence of a potential public-safety incident and further monitors whether a user operating the device has not reported the safety incident to an identified public-safety agency. If the user does not report the incident, then the device identifies a time window as a function of as a function of one or more of user availability, user health and/or mental status, user convenience, user privacy, user safety or severity of the potential public-safety incident, or predefined user input. The device then provides a visual and/or audio prompt for prompting the user to report the incident to the public-safety agency during the identified time window. |
| US12107991B1 |
User-configurable recording of VoIP calls
Various example implementations are directed to circuits, apparatuses, and methods for providing data communications services such as voice-over-IP (VOIP). According to an example embodiment, an apparatus includes one or more VOIP servers configured and arranged to route VoIP calls to and from users of a plurality of customer accounts. Each customer account has a respective plurality of users and a respective settings file. For each of the customer accounts, a processing circuit communicatively coupled to the VOIP servers, records an audio portion of a VoIP call to or from a user of the customer account in response to the VOIP call satisfying a set of recording criteria specified in the settings file for the customer account. The recording criteria for at least one of the customer accounts includes account-level settings for selecting VoIP calls to be recorded and sets of user-level settings indicating criteria for preventing recording of VOIP calls of the individual users. |
| US12107989B2 |
System and method for running a multi-module telephony application
A system and method of a telephony application platform can include receiving a communication session request specifying a destination endpoint, connecting the communication session through a first application module according to the destination endpoint, receiving an instruction to transition communication control to a second application module, transitioning communication control of the communication session to the second application module, independently metering resource usage of the communication session of each application module, and accounting the metered usage of the communication session. |
| US12107985B2 |
Methods and interfaces for home media control
The present disclosure generally relates to interfaces and techniques for media playback on one or more devices. In accordance with some embodiments, an electronic device includes a display, one or more processors, and memory. The electronic device receives user input and, in response to receiving the user input, displays, on the display, a multi-device interface that includes: one or more indicators associated with a plurality of available playback devices that are connected to the device and available to initiate playback of media from the device, and a media playback status of the plurality of available playback devices. |
| US12107983B2 |
Wireless device with an aggregate user interface for controlling other devices
A computing device determines that the computing device is within wireless proximity to a secondary wireless device. Based on the computing device being within wireless proximity to the secondary wireless device, the computing device determines at least one function of the secondary wireless device, and generates an aggregate user interface for display on a display screen of the computing device. The aggregate user interface identifies the secondary wireless device and indicates the at least one function of the secondary wireless device. The computing device receives, via the aggregate user interface, a user input selecting the secondary wireless device. Responsive to the user input, the computing device presents a second user interface including one or more selectable features for operating the secondary wireless device. |
| US12107981B2 |
Bracket and electronic device
A bracket and an electronic device including the same. The bracket includes a supporting structure and a rotation structure. The supporting structure includes a fixed plate and a support seat for supporting the fixed plate, wherein the fixed plate is provided with a fixed surface and a mounting surface; the fixed surface and the mounting surface are respectively located on two side plate surfaces of the fixed plate which are opposite each other. The electronic device is detachably arranged on the fixed surface. The rotation structure includes a first rotating part connected to the mounting surface and a second rotating part connected to the support seat. The mechanical support and the electrical connection of the tablet can be realized by installing the tablet at one time though the bracket, thereby simplifying the operation process. |
| US12107979B2 |
Electronic device capable of folding motion and sliding motion
An electronic device includes: a base housing, a sliding housing at least partially overlapping the base housing and slidably coupled to the base housing, a folding housing least partially overlapping the base housing and connected to the sliding housing, a display disposed on the folding housing and the sliding housing, at least part of the display being located inside the base housing, a rolling module comprising a rollable support coupled to a rear surface of the display and having one side connected to the sliding housing and an opposite side extending into an inner space of the base housing, and a hinge module comprising a hinge connected to the folding housing and the sliding housing wherein the sliding housing is configured to rotate about a first axis of rotation and the folding housing is configured to rotate about a second axis of rotation. The electronic device is configured to be capable of performing a sliding motion in which the folding housing and the sliding housing move in a sliding direction to extend or retract a display area of the electronic device and a folding motion in which the folding housing is folded or unfolded relative to the sliding housing to fold or unfold part of the display area. |
| US12107976B2 |
Document integrity protection
Computer-implemented methods, devices and computer programs are provided for integrity-preserving document processing. At a first layer, a first hash is generated over at least one first data object of a document and associated given random data. The first hash value is set as a leaf to an existing sparse hash tree (SHT). An updated root of the updated SHT is calculated. At a second layer, a current block is generated including a second hash value over at least the existing root of the existing SHT and at least one digital signature of the existing root of the existing SHT, at least one digital signature of at least the updated root of the updated SHT and the updated root of the updated SHT. A third hash value over current block is generated and, at a third layer, registered with a timestamp service or a blockchain. |
| US12107973B1 |
PUF based key generation for lattice and code cryptography
Systems and methods of improving public key infrastructure using PUF arrays are disclosed. The systems and methods are usable to improve PKI based on Lattice and Code cryptography. In the disclosed system, a client device includes an enrolled PUF array, and a server device acting as a Certification Authority includes an image of the PUF array including previously measured responses data for the devices in the PUF array. The CA sends a set of addresses to the client device, which generates a public key from measuring the response of PUF devices with the addresses. The CA receives the generated public key, and determines that the enrolled PUF was used to generate the key. |
| US12107971B2 |
Scheduled synchronization of a data store with certificate revocation lists independent of connection requests
A certificate revocation manager performs scheduled synchronization of a certificate revocation table with certificate revocation lists (CRLs) independent of connection requests from clients. The certificate revocation table includes entries that each indicate a client certificate that has been revoked by a certificate authority (CA). On a scheduled basis, the certificate revocation manager synchronizes the entries of the certificate revocation table with current CRLs obtained from different CAs. When a service at receives a request from a client to establish a connection, the service generates a composite key based on a CA identifier and a certificate identifier of a client certificate provided by the client. The service performs a lookup on the certificate revocation table based on the composite key. Based on a result of the lookup, the certificate revocation manager determines whether the client certificate is revoked. |
| US12107970B2 |
Method of establishing a future 2-way authentication between a client application and an application server
A process for establishing a future 2-way authentication between a client application and an application server. In operation, an OIDC server receives a request from the client application to establish a secure connection from the client application. The request includes a certificate generated using a public-private key pair associated with the client application or a user, and authentication credentials associated with the client application or the user. The OIDC server establishes that the authentication credentials are valid, and provisions a cryptographic identifier of the certificate associated with the request to a list of trusted certificates. The OIDC server then provides one or more application servers with access to the list of trusted certificates to enable the application servers to authenticate the client application based on verifying that cryptographic identifier of the certificate presented by the client application is provisioned into the list of trusted certificates. |
| US12107963B1 |
Method and apparatus for reversible tokenization with support for embeddable role-based access control
Participants as requestors using a requesting network element request one or more tokenization processors to generate tokens that represent a sanitized version of data such that the resultant tokens are amenable to comparison across participants. As circumstances warrant, one or more such tokens can be submitted to the tokenization processor(s) to privately retrieve the original data. Role-based access control scope parameters and tokenization processor-specific tokenization processor secrets can be embedded into reversible tokens that remain invariant under updating of the tokenization processor secrets across tokenization processors. By another approach, role-based access control scope parameters and tokenization processor-specific tokenization processor secrets are embedded into tokens and corresponding key tokens such that upon authorized presentation of a token by a requestor, the corresponding key token is recovered so that the keying material that was used to generate ciphertext is retrievable in order to recover the corresponding plaintext. |
| US12107960B2 |
Secure and zero knowledge data sharing for cloud applications
Disclosed is a zero-knowledge distributed application configured to securely share information among groups of users having various roles, such as doctors and patients. Confidential information may be encrypted client-side, with private keys that reside solely client side. Encrypted collections of data may be uploaded to, and hosted by, a server that does not have access to keys suitable to decrypt the data. Other users may retrieve encrypted data from the server and decrypt some or all of the data with keys suitable to gain access to at least part of the encrypted data. The system includes a key hierarchy with multiple entry points to a top layer by which access is selectively granted to various users and keys may be recovered. |
| US12107957B2 |
Point-of-service digital identity verification device
An identity verification device for verification of a digital credential includes a user device communication interface for operative communication with a user device associated with a human user. The user device communication interface is operative to receive from the user device the digital credential of the human user stored locally on the user device. The device also includes a relying party communication interface operative to send a request to an intermediary credential service platform for verification of the digital credential presented by the user device, and to receive verification of the digital credential from the platform after application of an issuing authority credentialing standard to the digital credential. The device further includes a verification indicator operative to provide an indication of verification status of the digital credential to the relying party associated with the identity verification device. |
| US12107956B2 |
Information processing device, information processing method, and non-transitory computer readable storage medium
An information processing device according to the present application includes a control unit. The control unit acquires, from an authentication server in a state in which a first authenticator used for FIDO authentication and a second authenticator used for recovery for the FIDO authentication cooperate with each other, a recovery execution request that is transmitted from a user terminal including the second authenticator to the authentication server, and if the recovery execution request meets a predetermined authentication condition that is set in advance, notifies the user terminal including the second authenticator of a recovery execution permission. |
| US12107952B2 |
Methods and systems for efficient transfer of entities on a peer-to-peer distributed ledger using the blockchain
The invention provides a secure method for exchanging entities via a blockchain. The invention incorporates tokenisation techniques, and also techniques for embedding metadata in a redeem script of a blockchain transaction. Embodiment(s) provide a computer implemented method of performing a transfer, the method comprising: generating a first exchange transaction, and broadcasting, over a first network, the first exchange transaction for inclusion on a P2P distributed ledger, wherein the first exchange transaction comprises: an indication of a first quantity of a cryptocurrency to be transferred; a first input provided from an output of a first invitation transaction from a first user, the first invitation transaction previously included on the P2P distributed ledger, a first script, a first user private key associated with the first user, a first third-party private key associated with a first third-party, and a first output indicating a transfer of a first entity from the first user to a second user; and wherein the first script comprises: a first set of metadata providing an indication of the first entity to be transferred and a first set of conditions for the transfer, a first user public key associated with the first user, the first user public key being a cryptographic pair with the first user private key, and a first third-party public key associated with the first third-party, the first third-party public key being a cryptographic pair with the first third-party private key. |
| US12107950B2 |
Method and a device for enabling key re-usage in a communication network
The present disclosure relates to method of enabling key re-usage for an electronic device. The method comprising: receiving a request message from the electronic device, wherein the request message comprises a first information being indicative of a preference for one of a first key associated with a first network node in a first network or a second key associated with a second network node in a second network; processing the request message to determine the preference indicated in the first information; and transmitting a response message to the electronic device for reusing the first key or second key, the electronic device is configured to derive a third key based on the first key or the second key as indicated in the determined preference, and the second network is able to access to the first key and the second key whereas the first network cannot access the second key. |
| US12107942B2 |
Communication device for continuous communication with another communication device during switch of communication protocol
A communication device includes: a first communication unit, a second communication unit, a scheduled position acquisition unit, a specifying unit, and a switching unit that is configured to switch, at a switchable position, a communication protocol of the second communication unit from the second communication protocol, which is currently being used, to the third communication protocol. The first communication unit is further configured to perform communication using the first communication protocol while the switching unit is switching the communication protocol of the second communication unit. |
| US12107937B2 |
Dynamic proxy placement for policy-based routing
Techniques for operationalizing workloads at edge network nodes, while maintaining centralized intent and policy controls. The techniques may include storing, in a cloud-computing network, a workload image that includes a function capability. The techniques may also include receiving, at the cloud-computing network, a networking policy associated with an enterprise network. Based at least in part on the networking policy, a determination may be made at the cloud-computing network that the function capability is to be operationalized on an edge device of the enterprise network. The techniques may also include sending the workload image to the edge device to be installed on the edge device to operationalize the function capability. In some examples, the function capability may be a security function capability (e.g., proxy, firewall, etc.), a routing function capability (e.g., network address translation, load balancing, etc.), or any other function capability. |
| US12107936B2 |
Centralized subscription-based enterprise notification system
A method, an apparatus, and a computer program product for subscription-based notifications of events in enterprise systems. A plurality of notification message delivery channels for delivery of one or more notification messages to one or more user devices is identified. The notification messages are received from one or more software applications and correspond to one or more events associated with the software applications. A first notification message delivery channel is selected from the plurality of notification message delivery channels for delivery of the received notification messages based on one or more subscriptions associated with the user devices to the events. The subscriptions are configured using one or more subscription preferences received from the user devices. The received notification messages are transmitted to the user devices using the selected first notification message delivery channel. |
| US12107935B2 |
System, method and computer-readable medium for notification
The present disclosure relates to a system, a method and a computer-readable medium for notification of a live streaming program. The method includes obtaining a list of users related to the live streaming program, obtaining a first contribution score of a first user in the list of users, and transmitting a first notification request for notifying the first user about the live streaming program according to the first contribution score. The first contribution score is determined according to a behavior of the first user. The present disclosure can result in a more reliable notification, which may further improve the operation of a live streaming platform. |
| US12107934B1 |
Delivery guarantee compliance for an application synchronization service
Techniques for delivery guarantee compliance for an application synchronization service are described. In certain embodiments, a publishing service utilizes its memory queue to receive a request to publish a notification of a modification of a monitored data source from an application synchronization service, and then sends a success code to the application synchronization service based at least in part on the storing of the request to publish the notification in the memory queue. Embodiments herein are directed to a publishing service that delivers messages with a level one Quality of Service (QOS) that indicates that a message will be delivered one time at least. |
| US12107910B2 |
Low-latency parameter updates for extended personal area networks
This disclosure provides methods, components, devices and systems for low-latency parameter updates. In some aspects, a wireless communication device, such as a handset or an access point (AP), may transmit, to one or more wireless audio devices, an indication of a set of updated parameters associated with an extended personal area network (XPAN) of the wireless communication device. The wireless communication device may embed the indication of the set of updated parameters via a real-time protocol (RTP) header or in a padding section of a payload data of an audio data packet. A wireless audio device may extract the set of updated parameters from the audio data packet and may transmit an acknowledgement (ACK) to the wireless communication device. As a result of receiving an ACK from the wireless audio device(s), the wireless communication device may communicate with the wireless audio device(s) in accordance with the updated parameters. |
| US12107906B2 |
Eye contact prompting electronic device in a video communication session
An electronic device, computer program product, and method are provided that prompt a person who is participating in a video communication session with at least one second electronic device to gaze toward a local image capturing device. A controller of the electronic devices receives an image stream from an image capturing device having a field of view that incorporates a person that is proximate to the display device. The controller communicates the image stream to a video communication session. In response to a trigger that indicates that the first image stream is being presented as a primary image stream by the at least one second electronic device, the controller presents a prompt indicating that the participant should gaze toward the image capturing device. |
| US12107904B2 |
Information processing apparatus, information processing system, communication support system, information processing method, and non-transitory recording medium
An information processing apparatus, an information processing system, a communication support system, an information processing method, and a non-transitory recording medium. The information processing apparatus acquires participant information related to a particular participant of a plurality of participants in communication, acquired from the particular participant of the plurality of participants participating, acquires attention amount information related to an attention amount of the particular participant of the plurality of participants with respect to information used in the communication, determines presentation information to be presented to the plurality of participants based on the attention amount information of the particular participant, adjusts timing for transmitting the presentation information to one or more other participants of the plurality of participants, and transmits the presentation information to an output device provided for each of the plurality of participants. |
| US12107900B2 |
Revision of access control system triggered by policies based on risks and/or countermeasures thereof
A solution is proposed for facilitating a maintenance of an access control system. A corresponding method comprises evaluating one or more trigger policies according to one or more policy parameters; the policy parameters of the trigger policies in part relate to risks of the access control system and/or to countermeasures for mitigating the risks. A revision of the access control system, comprising a corresponding mining activity, is triggered according to a result of the evaluation of the trigger policies. A computer program and a computer program product for performing the method are also proposed. Moreover, a system for implementing the method is proposed. |
| US12107897B1 |
Data loss prevention techniques
A system comprises a data storage service includes a web service interface operating as a proxy to the data storage service. Data obtained at the data storage service is analyzed by one or more criteria of a data loss prevention policy, the data is encrypted by a key that is inaccessible to a remote service, and then the encrypted data is transmitted to the remote service. |
| US12107895B2 |
Privilege assurance of enterprise computer network environments using attack path detection and prediction
A system and method for the privilege assurance of enterprise computer network environments using attack path detection and prediction. The system uses local session monitors to monitor logon sessions within a network, track session details, and log session and network host details. Cyber-physical graphs are produced and used to identify paths within the network based on the logged information, and to apply risk weighting to the identified paths and determine likely attack paths an attacker may use. |
| US12107893B2 |
Methods and systems for protecting a secured network
Methods and systems for protecting a secured network are presented. For example, one or more packet security gateways may be associated with a security policy management server. At each packet security gateway, a dynamic security policy may be received from the security policy management server, packets associated with a network protected by the packet security gateway may be received, and at least one of multiple packet transformation functions specified by the dynamic security policy may be performed on the packets. |
| US12107892B1 |
Data-based generation of managed policies
An identity set may be selected from an identity pool of an identity management service. The identity set may be selected based on a threshold quantity of unnecessary permissions relative to one or more existing managed policies provided by the identity management service. The identity set may be grouped into a plurality of identity subsets. The grouping may be performed based at least in part on services accessed by the identity set. A plurality of candidate policies may be generated, such as by generating, for each identity subset of the plurality of identity subsets, based at least in part on a plurality of policy generation rules, a respective candidate policy. At least one candidate policy of the plurality of candidate policies may be selected as a new managed policy that is provided by the identity management service to users. |
| US12107890B2 |
Network security with server name indication
A computing device receives an IP address and a port number related to a transport protocol and an application protocol version and other attributes related to an application protocol extracted from an encrypted client hello (ECH) enabled transport layer security (TLS) connection request from a client computing device and extracts, from the database, a set of all known hostnames matching the IP address. The device generates a reduced list of the set of all hostnames matching the IP address, and assigns a confidence score to each hostname of the reduced list based on an alias count and/or a popularity ranking of the hostname. Finally, a prioritized list of one or more hostnames is generated based on the confidence score, the prioritized list indicating the one or more hostnames in the order of descending probability of being requested in the ECH enabled TLS connection request. |
| US12107889B2 |
Cloud-based deception technology utilizing zero trust to identify threat intelligence, telemetry, and emerging adversary tactics and techniques
Cloud-based deception systems and methods with zero trust include hosting a decoy cloud environment for a customer that contains a plurality of decoys and that is hosted and separated from a real environment of the customer; receiving traffic from a user associated with the customer; detecting the traffic is related to accessing a fake asset on a user device associated with the user; rerouting the traffic to the decoy cloud environment; and monitoring activity associated with the fake asset in the decoy cloud environment. |
| US12107888B2 |
Automated preemptive polymorphic deception
Embodiments are directed to monitoring network traffic using network monitoring computers (NMCs). Anomalous events may be classified based on the monitored network traffic and attack models such that the classification determines that targets of the anomalous events may be currently subject to attacks by entities communicating on the networks. A honeypot trap may be provided in the networks based on the classified events such that the honeypot trap mimics characteristics of the targets. The portions of the network traffic associated with the honeypot trap may be monitored. Characteristics of the attacks may be determined based on the monitored portions of network traffic. Reports that include information based on the characteristics of the attacks may be generated. |
| US12107878B1 |
Identifying cryptography usage risks
In a general aspect, risks associated with cryptography usage in network communication between computing nodes are identified. In some aspects, a network packet capture agent obtains cryptography usage data by examining network traffic communicated by computing nodes in the computing environment. A cryptography usage analysis agent identifies cryptography usage risks based on the cryptography usage data. A cryptographic risk identification agent identifies one or more applications associated with the cryptography usage risks. |
| US12107877B2 |
Real-time detection of anomalous content in transmission of textual data
Aspects of the disclosure relate to real-time detection of anomalous content in a transmission of textual data. A computing platform may monitor, in real-time and via a computing device, a transmission of textual data from a user device. Then, the computing platform may scan, via the computing device, a content of the textual data. The computing platform may then perform, via the computing device and based on the scanning, textual analysis of the scanned content. Subsequently, the computing platform may detect, in real-time and based on the textual analysis, an anomalous pattern indicative of secure enterprise information. Then, the computing platform may trigger, via the computing device, one or more security actions to prevent the transmission of the secure enterprise information. |
| US12107876B2 |
Intrusion path analysis device and intrusion path analysis method
The control network system is connected to electronic control unit(s) and a communication device, and includes security sensor(s) that transmits a security alert indicating that an indication of a security breach is detected to the network, if the indication is detected in at least one of the network, the electronic control unit(s), or the communication device. The intrusion path analysis device includes: an alert obtainer that obtains the security alert from the security sensor(s); an event obtainer that obtains an event history of an event that occurs in the control network system; and an intrusion path analyzer that performs an analysis on an intrusion path of an attack on the basis of the security alert, the event history, and an intrusion depth indicating an intrusion level to be assumed in a case the security alert occurs, and that outputs a result of the analysis. |
| US12107872B2 |
Deep learning pipeline to detect malicious command and control traffic
Detection of command and control malware is disclosed. A network traffic session is monitored. Automatic feature identification for real-time malicious command and control traffic detection based on a request header of the monitored network traffic session using a deep learning model is performed. |
| US12107870B2 |
Protecting accelerators from malicious network functions
A method, system, and computer program product to protect accelerators from malicious network functions. One embodiment of the method may comprise categorizing an application runtime into a plurality of operational phases, and enforcing one of a plurality of phase-specific security restrictions at each of the plurality of operational phases. The method may further comprise analyzing the application runtime to automatically generate the plurality of phase-specific security restrictions. |
| US12107869B1 |
Automated quantified assessment, recommendations and mitigation actions for enterprise level security operations
A dynamic threat landscape to which computer resources of a specific enterprise are subject is tracked. Data feeds maintained by a security system of the enterprise are assessed. The effectiveness of data feed utilization by the security system is quantified, relative to the threat landscape. Threat detection rules deployed by the security system are assessed, and the effectiveness thereof by the security system is quantified. Processing capability of alerts generated by threat detection rules and threat response capability may also be assessed and quantified. The effectiveness of the security system as a whole is automatically quantified, based on the tracked threat landscape, the quantifications of the effectiveness of data feed utilization, threat detection rule utilization, processing capability of alerts generated by threat detection rules and/or threat response capability. Recommendations concerning more effectively protecting the enterprise against specific threats are output. Actions are automatically taken to mitigate specific threats. |
| US12107868B1 |
Ledger-based protocol to verify sources and transmit communications
Methods and systems are provided for identifying the true identity of senders of messages, for example based on hardware identifiers and other information, such as timestamps and/or register-transfer level licenses. In some cases, a hyper ledger provides a protocol for combining information such as hardware identifiers (for example silicon identification information) with other information and logic instructions to generate ledger identifications. Embodiments can be used to authorize transmission of messages, such as SMS or RCS messages, and to provide an archive or message information. In some cases, messages from certain domains can be aggregated for routing. |
| US12107867B1 |
Speculative rendering
Predictive rendering (also referred to herein as speculative rendering) is disclosed. The predictive rendering is performed by an endpoint browser in response to a user input made by a user. The predictive rendering is verified using a surrogate browser that is executed on a remote server. The verification can be performed asynchronously. |
| US12107866B2 |
Method and apparatus to reduce the window for policy violations with minimal consistency assumptions
Some embodiments provide a method for authorizing application programming interface (API) calls on a host computer in a local cluster of computers. The method is performed in some embodiments by an API-authorizing agent executing on the host computer in the local computer cluster. From a remote cluster of computers, the method receives (1) a set of API-authorizing policies to evaluate in order to determine whether API calls to an application executing on the host computer are authorized, and (2) a set of parameters needed for evaluating the policies. With the remote cluster of computers, the method registers for notifications regarding updates to the set of parameters. The method then receives notifications, from the remote cluster, regarding an update to the set of parameters, and modifies the set of parameters based on the update. In some embodiments, the notification includes the update, while in other embodiments the method directs the remote cluster to provide the update after receiving the notification regarding the update. In addition to the notifications, the method periodically polls the remote cluster to retrieve the set of parameters needed for the received set of policies, in order to supplement data received through the notifications. |
| US12107862B2 |
Device, method, and medium for using registered a surveillance camera at a work target having access permission to permit access
A device including a registration unit, access permission unit, and an access prohibition unit. The registration unit registers a surveillance camera that is a work target. The access permission unit permits access from a worker terminal to an image captured by the registered surveillance camera via a surveillance network to which the surveillance camera is connected. The access prohibition unit configured to prohibits the access in response to work on the surveillance camera being completed. Security of the image captured by the surveillance camera is thereby enhanced. |
| US12107860B2 |
Authorization management method and system for a unified governance platform with a plurality of intensive computing solutions
The invention relates to a computer system and a method (100) for managing authorizations granted to a user client (2) from an aggregated interface (10) within the framework of unified governance of intensive computing solutions (70); the unified governance being ensured at least partly by an authorization management computer system (1) including: a proxy microservice (20), a token security microservice (30), at least one security repository (35, 36, 37), at least one authorization repository (40) and a computing microservice for each of the intensive computing solutions; said method including the steps of: Receiving (110) access information of a user client (2), Authenticating (120) the user client (2) and determining (130) at least one role attribute for the user client (2), Generating (140) an authentication token and determining (150) authorizations granted to the user client (2), by the at least one computing microservice. |
| US12107856B2 |
Secure management and provisioning of interaction data using permissioned distributed ledgers
The disclosed exemplary embodiments include computer-implemented systems, apparatuses, and processes that securely track, manage, and provision elements of interaction data within a computing environment in accordance with encrypted permissioning data recorded onto a permissioned distributed ledger. For example, an apparatus may obtain query data that includes an identifier of a computing system and a query term, and access one or more ledger blocks of a permissioned distributed ledger that include encrypted permissioning data and interaction data. The apparatus may decrypt the encrypted permissioning data using a master cryptographic key of a centralized authority. Based on a portion of the decrypted permissioning data associated with the identifier, the apparatus may determine that a portion of the interaction data is associated with the query term and consistent with an access permission of the computing system, and transmit response data to the computing system that includes the portion of the interaction data. |
| US12107851B1 |
Detecting fake user recognition authentication requests
An authentication system for granting access to an account associated with a user. An authenticator of the authentication system including a processor and a memory, the authenticator configured to: receive a request for authentication that identifies the user; access an authentication account associated with the user, wherein the authentication account indicates a smart device associated with the user; activate a control parameter of the smart device, wherein the control parameter may cause an effect in a media sample from the smart device; receive the media sample from the smart device and determine if the effect corresponding to the control parameter is observed in the media sample; and in response to a determination that the effect is not observed in the media sample, indicate that the request for authentication is a fraudulent request. |
| US12107846B2 |
Sign-up and login interface using a messaging system
A system and method for improving login processes with a unique login-interface system is disclosed. The unique login-interface system allows users to subscribe, join, or sign-up for an automatic login interface that does not require explicit registration other than inclusion in a messaging system. The messaging system may be any number of systems such as email, text messaging, phone calls, or any other messaging system in which there is a user identification or alias associated with a user. The user identification may be of any type that is presented or recognized in a computing world. The unique login-interface system includes an identity-provider application with a collision-resolution engine to ensure unique user identity credentials and an inference engine to identity multiple participant entries for a single user. |
| US12107845B2 |
Remote access computer security
A computer implemented method of remote access computer security, the method comprising steps a computer processor is programmed to perform, the steps comprising: by a computer, receiving and combing data on a client device, data on a user of the client device, data on a network, and data on an information technology service, determining a policy for controlling remote access to the information technology service based on the combined data, and controlling remote access of the user to the information technology service using the remote client device over the network, based on the determined policy. |
| US12107842B2 |
Contactless authentication and event processing
Systems for contactless authentication and event processing are provided. In some examples, a user may request processing of an event. The user may provide user identifying or event identifying information that may be transmitted to contactless processing computing platform. Based on the user identifying information, additional user data may be retrieved. An interactive authentication request may be generated and transmitted to the user computing device. The interactive authentication request may include a request for one or more types of authentication data. The user may input authentication response data into the user computing device, which may then be transmitted to the contactless processing computing platform for evaluation. The authentication response data may be evaluated to determine whether it includes a trigger, whether it matches pre-stored authentication data, and the like. In response, one or more authentication outputs may be generated and/or the requested event may be processed or denied. |
| US12107837B2 |
Cloud based machine learning notebook data loss prevention
Embodiments secure data on a cloud based network that comprises one or more machine learning (“ML”) notebooks. Embodiments monitor activity on each of the ML notebooks, the activity including one or more commands. Embodiments classify each of the commands, the classifying including generating input parameters. Based on the input parameters, embodiments determine a risk score for each of the ML notebooks. When the risk score exceeds a predetermined threshold, embodiments generate an alert. |
| US12107835B2 |
Secure remote access to historical data
Methods, systems, and computer products facilitate access to historical data via a real-time tunnel within an architectural framework that encompasses an operational technology (OT) network, a de-militarized zone (DMZ), and an information technology (IT) network. Real-time data is retrieved from a data source using a first connector, which comprises a first tunneller, a first history-writer, and a first history-tunneller. The mechanisms involve interleaving real-time data and historical data over a first tunnel connection, a first firewall, and a second firewall by (a) executing pull replication of the historical data, (b) daisy-chaining the historical data, or (c) a combination of both (a) and (b). Subsequently, the real-time data is written to a first historian. |
| US12107834B2 |
Multi-uplink path quality aware IPsec
Some embodiments provide a method that collects metrics for one or more paths of a first tunnel implementing a first security association (SA) and for one or more paths of a second tunnel implementing a second SA. The method selects a path based on the collected metrics of the paths of the first and second tunnels. When the selected path belongs to the first tunnel, the method encrypts data transmitted as encrypted payload of the first SA and transmits the encrypted payload in the first tunnel. When the selected path belongs to the second tunnel, the method encrypts data to be transmitted as encrypted payload of the second SA and transmits the encrypted payload in the second tunnel. |
| US12107829B2 |
Localization at scale for a cloud-based security service
Techniques for providing localization at scale for a cloud-based security service are disclosed. In some embodiments, a system/method/computer program product for providing localization at scale for a cloud-based security service includes receiving a connection request at a network gateway of a cloud-based security service; performing a source Network Address Translation (NAT) from a registered set of public IP addresses associated with a tenant; and providing secure access to a Software as a Service (SaaS) using the cloud-based security service. |
| US12107826B2 |
Cobalt Strike Beacon HTTP C2 heuristic detection
Techniques for Cobalt Strike Beacon HTTP C2 heuristic detection are disclosed. In some embodiments, a system/process/computer program product for Cobalt Strike Beacon HTTP C2 heuristic detection includes monitoring HyperText Transfer Protocol (HTTP) network traffic at a firewall; prefiltering the monitored HTTP network traffic at the firewall to select a subset of the HTTP network traffic to forward to a cloud security service; determining whether the subset of the HTTP network traffic is associated with Cobalt Strike Beacon HTTP C2 traffic activity based on a plurality of heuristics; and performing an action in response to detecting the Cobalt Strike Beacon HTTP C2 traffic activity. |
| US12107821B2 |
Two tier DNS
Some embodiments provide a two-tier DNS (Domain Name System) service for processing DNS requests. In some embodiments, the two-tier DNS service deploys first and second tiers of service machines, with the second-tier having several groups of service machines each of which is configured to resolve DNS requests for a different set of domain names than the other second-tier group(s). Each service machine in the first-tier is configured to identify the second-tier group responsible for each particular DNS request that the service machine receives for each particular domain name, and to forward the particular DNS request to the second-tier group that it identifies for the particular DNS request. The first-tier DNS service in some embodiments has only one group of service machines. Each first or second service machine group in some embodiments can have one or more service machines, and can be scaled up or down to add or remove service machines to the group (e.g., through an active/active layer 3 scaleout with BGP). In some embodiments, two different second-tier service groups can process DNS requests for two or more different FQDNs (fully qualified domain names) that are part of the same domain, and/or for two or more different FQDNs that are part of different domains. |
| US12107820B2 |
Host virtual machine domain name system (DNS) cache enabling DNS resolution during network connectivity issues
Examples of the present disclosure describe systems and methods for using a host DNS local cache to enable DNS resolution during network connectivity issues. In examples, a DNS request from a virtual environment executing on a host device is received by a DNS forwarder implemented within the host device. The DNS forwarder determines that a DNS resolver external to the host device is unreachable to provide a DNS response for a domain name in the DNS request. In response to determining the DNS resolver is unreachable, the DNS forwarder identifies a DNS response corresponding to the domain name within a DNS local cache implemented within the host device. The DNS forwarder provides the DNS response to the virtual environment to satisfy the DNS request. |
| US12107816B2 |
Interactive components for user collaboration
System and methods are directed to displaying interactive content with static content in a user interface of an application. More specifically, it may be determined that an interactive component is to be rendered in a user interface of a first application, where the user interface includes static content. In response to determining that the interactive component is it be rendered, at least one linking parameter may be determined for linking the interactive component with interactive content stored in a shared storage. Based on the at least one linking parameter, the interactive component may be rendered in the user interface of the first application in-line with the static content of the user interface of the first application. Changes to the interactive content made by a second user of a second application may then be updated within the interactive component rendered in the user interface of the first application. |
| US12107814B2 |
Selective multi-modal and channel alerting of missed communications
A communications monitoring software identifies first communications between a user and other users. The communications monitoring software associates respective communication scores with the first communications based on respective communication feature scores of identified communications features of the first communications. Second communications associated with the user are identified. The communications monitoring software identifies a subset of the second communications based on respective communication scores of the first communications. The subset of the second communications is presented in a user interface. |
| US12107813B2 |
Systems and methods for updating and presenting subject-specific compliance standard information
Systems and methods for updating and presenting subject-specific compliance standard information are provided. Each workforce status tool implements a conditional logic for a corresponding workforce status category. A request to configure a first workforce status tool is received that includes a change of an output or an input dependency of a corresponding conditional logic associated with the first workforce status tool. Responsive to the request, a determination is made to update a node graph including a plurality of interconnected nodes when the change of the corresponding conditional logic satisfies one or more compliance requirements associated with a corresponding benefit. At least one node in the plurality of interconnected nodes is associated with the conditional logic for the corresponding workforce status. Updated compliance information is presented to a user responsive to the change of the corresponding conditional logic and in accordance with a corresponding progression through the plurality of interconnected nodes. |
| US12107791B2 |
Method for receiving reference signal for positioning by configuring zero power in wireless communication system and apparatus for supporting same
Various embodiments of the present disclosure relate to a next-generation wireless communication system for supporting a higher data transfer rate and the like beyond the 4th generation (4G) wireless communication system. According to various embodiments of the present disclosure, a method for transmitting/receiving a signal in a wireless communication system and an apparatus for supporting same can be provided. |
| US12107790B2 |
Dynamic beam sweeping based on content usage
Systems and methods are provided for dynamic beam sweeping a synchronization signal based on user device activity. An average synchronization signal transmission periodicity may be modified in response to determinations about the mobility of user devices, in response to determinations about the synchronization sensitivity of content being transmitted to user devices, or both. The modified beam sweeping protocol may responsively increase or decrease the average periodicity of a series of synchronization signals that are transmitted to a distinct portion of a sector using one or more distinct beamforms, increasing the synchronization efficiency of limited synchronization signals being transmitted to the cell. |
| US12107784B2 |
Communication apparatus and communication method for initial access
A terminal includes a receiver, which in operation, receives one or more discovery reference signal (DRS) transmitted by a base station within a channel occupancy time (COT) starting at a possible starting position that is not aligned with half a slot boundary. The terminal includes circuitry, which in operation, determines frame timing in response to receiving the one or more DRS. |
| US12107782B2 |
Method and device for determining reference signal, method and device for determining control channel unit, and storage medium
Provided are a method and device for determining a reference signal, a method and device for determining a control channel element, and a storage medium. The method for determining a reference signal includes: indicating, in a preset manner, that the reference signal exists in at least one of N scheduled transmission time intervals, where N is a positive integer. |
| US12107779B2 |
Sidelink multi-antenna transmission and reception
A wireless device transmits, during a slot, sidelink data over multiple antenna ports, wherein the sidelink data is scheduled by sidelink control information transmitted during the slot, and the sidelink control information. A rank number used for the sidelink data is a same rank number used for transmission of the sidelink control information. |
| US12107776B2 |
Adjustable bit mask for high-speed native load balancing on a switch
In an example, a network switch is configured to natively act as a high-speed load balancer. Numerous load-balancing techniques may be used, including one that bases the traffic “bucket” on a source IP address of an incoming packet. This particular technique provides a network administrator a powerful tool for shaping network traffic. For example, by assigning certain classes of computers on the network particular IP addresses, the network administrator can ensure that the traffic is load balanced in a desirable fashion. To further increase flexibility, the network administrator may apply a bit mask to the IP address, and expose only a portion, selected from a desired octet of the address. |
| US12107771B2 |
Efficient reporting of system resource health status
Techniques for efficient reporting of a health status of a system resource are disclosed. In some embodiments, a computer system performs a method comprising: computing a connection failure rate value of a resource based on connection failure rate data indicating a rate at which requests to connect to the resource failed; computing an operation failure rate value of the resource based on operation failure rate data indicating a rate at which requests for the resource to execute a resource operation failed; determining that the connection failure rate value satisfies a connection failure condition or the operation failure rate value satisfies an operation failure condition; based on the determining that the connection failure rate value or the operation failure rate value satisfies its respective failure condition, attempting to establish a connection to the resource; and determining a status of the resource based on the attempting to establish the connection. |
| US12107770B2 |
Compute express link over ethernet in composable data centers
Techniques for sending Compute Express Link (CXL) packets over Ethernet (CXL-E) in a composable data center that may include disaggregated, composable servers. The techniques may include receiving, from a first server device, a request to bind the first server device with a multiple logical device (MLD) appliance. Based at least in part on the request, a first CXL-E connection may be established for the first server device to export a computing resource to the MLD appliance. The techniques may also include receiving, from the MLD appliance, an indication that the computing resource is available, and receiving, from a second server device, a second request for the computing resource. Based at least in part on the second request, a second CXL-E connection may be established for the second server device to consume or otherwise utilize the computing resource of the first server device via the MLD appliance. |
| US12107768B2 |
Method and system for determining a path maximum transmission unit (MTU) between endpoints of a generic routing encapsulation (GRE) tunnel
A method of path MTU determination in Generic Routing Encapsulation (GRE) tunnel is presented. A source network device (ND) transmits, to a destination ND that is a second endpoint of the GRE tunnel, a first outer packet including a first inner packet, where the first inner packet includes a first inner header that is used to deliver the first inner packet to the source network device, a first inner GRE header, and a first payload. The source ND receives the first inner packet. The source ND transmits a second outer packet including a second inner packet that includes a second payload that has a size greater than a size of the first payload. The source ND determines that the second inner packet is not received and determines a path MTU between the source ND and the destination ND based on a size of the first and the second outer packets. |
| US12107765B2 |
Managing prefix lists at edge devices
Managing prefix lists at edge devices can include detecting, at an edge device, a traffic flow that can include a packet that specifies a destination address. The edge device can measure a bandwidth associated with the traffic flow, identify a flow bandwidth threshold defined for the edge device, and determine if the bandwidth associated with the traffic flow satisfies the flow bandwidth threshold. If a determination is made that the bandwidth associated with the traffic flow satisfies the flow bandwidth threshold, the edge device can include the destination address in a prefix list stored at the edge device. If a determination is made that the bandwidth associated with the traffic flow does not satisfy the flow bandwidth threshold, the edge device can omit the destination address from the prefix list stored at the edge device. |
| US12107763B2 |
Virtual network interfaces for managed layer-2 connectivity at computing service extension locations
A networking manager of an extension server of a virtualized computing service detects that a data link layer frame has been obtained at the extension server. The networking manager delivers at least a portion of contents of the frame to a compute instance running at the extension server in response to determining that a destination media access control (MAC) address of the frame matches a MAC address of a local-premise-access virtual network interface attached to the compute instance. The local-premise-access virtual network interface is not assigned an Internet Protocol (IP) address from a range of IP addresses managed by the virtualized computing service. |
| US12107762B2 |
Optical and electronic integrated switch
A high-performance optical and electronic integrated switch capable of effectively extending the transmission distance includes a network processor that controls the functions of the packet switch, a plurality of optical transceivers provided near the processor and having a photoelectric conversion function, and an optical relay switch. A plurality of optical waveguides are connected to the input and output sides of the optical relay switch. Each optical transceiver has a regeneration function that performs optical-electrical conversion on inputted optical signals, then turns back the converted signals, and performs signal conversion on them, and its input side is connected with a routing optical waveguide included in the optical waveguides on the output side of the switch and its output side is connected with a routing optical waveguide included in the optical waveguides on the input side of the switch. The optical waveguides include ones for connecting to an external communication counterpart. |
| US12107759B2 |
Packet processing method and apparatus, and computer storage medium
This application discloses a packet processing method and apparatus, and a computer storage medium, and belongs to the field of segment routing technologies. In the method, the network node receives a packet carrying an SRH, where the SRH includes one or more TLV fields and a TLV processing attribute, the TLV processing attribute indicates whether the network node needs to process the TLV fields included in the SRH, and the network node determines, based on the TLV processing attribute, processing of the TLV fields included in the SRH. In this way, any segment endpoint node on a segment routing network may determine the TLV processing attribute by using the SRH, so as to determine whether the TLV fields included in the SRH need to be processed. |
| US12107758B2 |
Limiting layer-2 mesh flooding
According to one or more embodiments of the disclosure, an edge node of a virtual overlay for a Layer-2 mesh receives a new flow notification that indicates a destination address for a new flow in the Layer-2 mesh. The virtual overlay is configured to flood replicated frames of the new flow throughout the virtual overlay. The edge node makes a local match between the destination address indicated by the new flow notification and a local address table of the edge node. The edge node sends, based on the local match, a match notification that causes other nodes in the virtual overlay to stop flooding replicated frames of the new flow. |
| US12107752B2 |
Path determining method and related device
This application provides a path determining method and a related device. The method includes: determining N1 first-type nodes from N nodes included in a first network topology, where the N nodes include the N1 first-type nodes and N2 second-type nodes, and the first-type node supports SRv6; determining a second network topology corresponding to the first network topology, where the second network topology includes the N1 first-type nodes but does not include the N2 second-type nodes, and the target topology structure includes M first-type target paths; determining transmission overheads of the M first-type target paths, where a transmission overhead of an ith first-type target path is a smallest value of transmission overheads of a Ki paths; and performing path computation based on the transmission overheads of the M first-type target paths and the second network topology. |
| US12107751B2 |
Apparatus and method for testing network cabling in a communication network
Apparatus and methods for testing network cabling includes processing circuitry that receives an indication of a user-selected network test of a plurality of network tests. The respective network tests have respective sets of test requirements with different levels of rigor. The test circuitry conducts a wire map test to identify which network tests can be conducted. Thereafter, a common set of test results is produced based on measurement of a common set of parameters pertinent to the network tests that can be conducted. The processing circuitry evaluates the common set of test results with respect to the respective sets of test requirements to determine one or more passing network tests. A plurality of test reports corresponding to the plurality of network tests is graphically displayed along a curve having a common center, wherein each test report indicates whether the corresponding network test is a passing network test. |
| US12107747B1 |
Chargeable button latency check
Aspects of the disclosed technology provide solutions for displaying chargeable buttons on a RA system user interface and performing a latency check. A process of the disclosed technology can include steps for displaying a user interface (UI) on a remote assistance system, wherein the UI comprises at least one chargeable button, detecting a user engagement with the at least one chargeable button, wherein the user engagement is configured to communicate one or more commands to an autonomous vehicle (AV) that is communicatively coupled to the RA system, performing a latency check to determine a latency between the AV and the RA system, and aborting the one or more actions on the AV, if a determination is made that the latency exceeds a predetermined threshold. Systems and machine-readable media are also provided. |
| US12107746B2 |
Enhancing software application hosting in a cloud environment
In an approach to optimize server connection timeout errors in a cloud environment, embodiments create a knowledge corpus associated with connection timeout patterns based on historical learning of transaction parameters and predicts a criticality of a transaction based on one or more identified contextual situations. Further, embodiments dynamically adjust a connection timeout range of the transaction based on the predicted criticality and one or more identified contextual situations of the transaction, and selectively identify a connection timeout range for the transaction based on an evaluation of the one or more contextual situations. Additionally, embodiments analyze generated timeout errors on a remote server from within a service mesh, and adjust timeout values of the transaction based on the analyzed generated timeouts errors. Responsive to the transaction receiving a timeout error, embodiments output a recommended timeline detailing when the transaction can be reinitiated. |
| US12107744B2 |
Cycle-based per-flow packet drop counting
A system for cycle-based per-flow packet drop counting. The system comprises a communication network which interconnects nodes including receiver/s, supervisor/s, and sender/s. The sender sends flow/s of packets, via link/s, to the receiver/s. Flow/s are divided into cycles whose lengths are known to sender, receiver and supervisor. The sender adds to each packet indications of: a cycle during which the packet was sent, and whether the packet belongs to a given flow for which packet drops are being counted. The sender reports to the supervisor a number of packets sent during the individual cycle. The receiver reports to the supervisor, by counting indications, for the individual flow, how many packets, sent during the individual cycle, were received. The supervisor computes a difference between the number of packets sent and received, and, for certain difference value/s, implements further action/s. |
| US12107739B2 |
Facilitating notification and corrective actions related to endpoint quality of service losses in fifth generation (5G) or other advanced networks
Facilitating notification and corrective actions related to endpoint quality of service losses in advanced networks (e.g., 5G, 6G, and beyond) is provided herein. Operations of a method can comprise determining, by a system comprising a processor, that a quality of service level for a mobile device within a communications network has degraded below a threshold quality of service level. The method also can comprise in response to the determining, selecting, by the system, an action to be performed at a mobile device. The action can increase the quality of service level for the mobile device above the threshold quality of service level. Further, the method can comprise providing, by the system and to the mobile device, information indicative of the action. |
| US12107737B2 |
Method and system to optimize performance and determine end of life of edge devices of an internet of things network
Described herein are methods and a system for that monitors the performance, and provides reporting including replacement of IoT edge devices in an edge computing network. Data is received by an AI/ML model from multiple IoT edge devices which is process in time series. Analysis services and engines determine the performance of the multiple IoT edge devices. Severity and weightage are applied to the data, and algorithms determine performance and replacement recommendations. |
| US12107736B1 |
Systems and methods for visualization based on historical network traffic and future projection of infrastructure assets
Disclosed herein are systems, methods, and storage media for network traffic projection and visualization. A computing system includes at least one circuit structured to receive network traffic data. A neural network is generated based on the network traffic data and includes a network traffic projection. The network traffic projection is displayed, via a graphical user interface, to a system administrator. In some embodiments, the computing system includes at least one circuit structured to receive change management data, such as application- and outage-related information. The change management data is combined with the network traffic projection data in a change window simulator, which recommends one or more change windows. |
| US12107732B2 |
Computing interface network configuration graphs and techniques for securing computing environments therewith
A system and method for securing a computing environment using graphing of computing interfaces. A method includes traversing a network configuration graph with respect to a first component deployed in a computing environment. Traversing the network configuration graph results in a connections between components in the computing environment represented by nodes including at least one connection to a first node representing the first component. The nodes include at least one computing interface node and at least one other node. Each computing interface node represents a computing interface of computing interfaces deployed in the computing environment. The method also includes determining, based on the connections, a configuration of the first component with respect to service or consumption of at least one of the computing interfaces. The method also includes detecting a misconfiguration of the first component based on the determined configuration of the first component. |
| US12107731B2 |
Information processing system, information processing apparatus, server apparatus, control method, and storage medium
An information processing system comprising a first apparatus and a second apparatus, wherein the first apparatus includes: a collection unit that collects information on a surrounding environment of the first apparatus; a determination unit that determines an installation environment of the first apparatus based on the information; a detection unit that detects the second apparatus present under an installation environment identical to the installation environment; a generation unit that generates a setting template for setting the second apparatus based on the installation environment; and a transmission unit that transmits the setting template to the second apparatus, and the second information processing apparatus includes: a reception unit that receives the setting template; and an application unit that applies the received setting template to the second apparatus. |
| US12107729B1 |
Primary entity requesting from online service provider (OSP) to produce a resource and to prepare a digital exhibit that reports the resource, receiving from the OSP an access indicator that leads to the digital exhibit, and sending the access indicator to secondary entity
In embodiments, a computer system of a primary entity receives from a secondary entity a first communication about a relationship instance between the primary entity and the secondary entity, and transmits to an Online Service Provider (OSP) a second communication with a dataset. The dataset has dataset parameters about the relationship instance. The second communication causes the OSP to select a file template per the dataset, to produce a resource for the dataset, and to prepare a digital exhibit that is arranged to report the resource as answering the identified requirement. The OSP then transmits to the computer system a third communication that includes an access indicator adapted to facilitate viewing the digital exhibit. Upon receiving the third communication, the computer system transmits a fourth communication to the device of the secondary entity, the fourth communication including the access indicator. |
| US12107723B2 |
Systems and methods of deploying a program to a distributed network
Systems and methods of deploying a program to a distributed network are provided. In one exemplary embodiment, a method is performed by a node (101, 200, 300) that is associated with a set of distributed nodes (113-115, 500, 600) in a distributed system (111). Further, functions (133-135) of a program (131) are distributable among the set for execution of the program. The method includes obtaining (401a) an execution pattern (117) of the program and a sleep requirement (119-121) of at least one distributed node. The method also includes dynamically deploying (403a) the functions of the program to all or a portion of the set for execution of the program by the set based on the execution pattern of the program and the sleep requirement of the at least one distributed node. |
| US12107717B2 |
Beam failure recovery method and device and communication system
A beam failure recovery method and device and a communication system. The device includes: a receiver configured to, after a period of time upon the terminal equipment receive a beam failure recovery (BFR) response and before activation or reconfiguration signaling, monitor and/or receive a downlink signal in a first cell of the terminal equipment according to an antenna quasi-co-located (QCL) parameter identical to a selected reference signal (q_new) or a reference signal (q_new) indicated by a higher layer. |
| US12107715B2 |
Data transmission method and apparatus, device, and storage medium
A data transmission method includes: performing M-point discrete Fourier transform (DFT) on first time domain data to obtain frequency domain data; performing a filtering operation on the frequency domain data to obtain filtered frequency domain data; performing N-point inverse discrete Fourier transform (IDFT) on the filtered frequency domain data to obtain second time domain data; and transmitting the second time domain data on a physical resource. |
| US12107711B2 |
Method and apparatus for adaptive indirect carrier modulation
A wireless transmit/receive unit, WTRU, can select a constellation from a set of constellations corresponding to a symbol configuration for indirect carrier modulation, ICM, based on at least one constellation performance efficacy indicator, each constellation performance efficacy indicator respectively corresponding to a constellation of the set of constellations, and use the selected constellation and symbol configuration to simultaneously harvest energy and transmit data. |
| US12107709B1 |
Timing synchronization in pulse position modulation (PPM) modems
A PPM-modulated signal is based on a format comprising (i) N data slots per symbol period, (ii) guard slots separating the data slots, and (iii) the symbols are encoded by the position of pulses within the data slots. Timing synchronization of the receiver to an incoming PPM-modulated signal is achieved as follows. The incoming PPM-modulated signal is processed to generate slot detection signals, which are indicative of a presence of a pulse in a corresponding one of the N data slots. A timing correction signal is generated based on a difference between (a) accumulated slot detection signals for receiver data slot 1, and (b) accumulated slot detection signals for receiver data slot N. Timing of the receiver is adjusted based on the timing correction signal. |
| US12107705B2 |
LTF sequences for 320 MHz WiFi channels
A wireless communication device includes a communication interface and processing circuitry coupled to the communication interface. At least one of the communication interface or the processing circuitry can generate an orthogonal frequency-division multiple access (OFDMA) frame that includes a preamble that specifies allocation of at least one resource unit (RU) for a communication channel or nonallocation of the at least one RU for the communication channel. The preamble includes at least one long training field (LTF) to be used by a receiver for channel estimation. The LTF includes an extremely high-throughput (EHT)-LTF sequence. |
| US12107704B2 |
Method for network slices to share uplink port, apparatus, and storage medium
A method for sharing an uplink port among network slices, an apparatus, and a non-transitory computer-readable storage medium are disclosed. The method may include: creating logical uplink ports of network slices (S201); establishing a one-to-one logical mapping between the logical uplink ports and access AC interfaces of a VXLAN in a shared slice (S202); and enabling the VXLAN in the shared slice, and transmitting, by means of a physical uplink port of the shared slice, service messages for the network slices (S203). |
| US12107703B2 |
Determination device, determination program, and determination method
A control unit of a determination device obtains a plurality of pieces of first data and second data, derives determination data based on the first data, specifies, from among a plurality of combinations of identifiers for respectively identifying the pieces of first data and an identifier for identifying the second data, based on the second data and the determination data, a valid combination including the identifiers of valid first data and second data, and an invalid combination including the identifiers of invalid first data or second data, and determines, based on a plurality of identifiers included in the specified invalid combination and a plurality of identifiers included in the valid combination, whether the first data or the second data is invalid. |
| US12107702B2 |
Electrical load validation for a smart space in a building
A method/system monitors and controls operational aspects of devices in a space, for example a living, office or other human-occupied space or storage space, in a building, such as turning lights on/off, raising/lowering blinds, maintaining or changing temperature, and other operational aspects. Sensors monitor energy usage of the devices in the space, and a controller/engine compares the monitored energy usage with reference energy usage to validate whether the devices are performing as expected. A temperate set-versus-anomaly detection technique may use temperature set point adjustments by a user (during a timeframe) to determine whether an anomaly exists that requires changes in the central plant of the building. |
| US12107699B2 |
Systems and methods for creation and application of interaction analytics
A method comprises receiving at least one of a transcript, a video recording, an audio recording, or an audiovisual recording of at least a portion of an interaction, and receiving an audiovisual score for a relevant portion of the interaction, the received audiovisual score being based on data received from at least a subset of participants in the interaction. A reaction metric is calculated based on the received audiovisual score. The at least one transcript, video recording, audio recording, or audiovisual recording is then displayed proximate to the reaction metric. |
| US12107695B2 |
Multicast routing
In accordance with one example embodiment, a system configured for programming a network layer multicast address entry in a routing table of an ingress line card module is disclosed. The network layer multicast address entry includes a network layer address associated with at least one egress line card. The system is further configured for programming a data link layer multicast routing address entry in a routing table of a fabric card module in which the data link layer multicast routing address entry corresponds to the network layer multicast address entry. |
| US12107693B2 |
Method of controlling display device, and display device using the method
Provided is a display device including a display, a speaker, a communicator comprising communication circuitry configured to perform wireless communication, a memory configured to store one or more instructions, and a controller including at least one processor configured to execute at least one of the one or more instructions. Based on a wireless connection request for audio transmission being received from an external device while the display device is in a power-off state, the communicator is further configured to transmit, to the external device, a response indicating acceptance of the wireless connection request, and to operate to wake up the controller to a state requiring wireless connection. |
| US12107684B2 |
Method and device for performing HARQ feedback in wireless communication system
Proposed is a method for a first device to perform wireless communication. The method may include a step for: determining whether location information about the first device is valid; and transmitting information, pertaining to whether a hybrid automatic repeat request (HARQ) feedback based on the distance between terminals is disabled, to a second device through sidelink control information (SCI) on the basis of whether the location information about the first device is valid. |
| US12107680B2 |
Monitoring burst errors in forward error correction frames
In an example of the disclosed techniques, a method comprising computing, by a computing system, a distribution of symbol errors in a forward error correction (FEC) frame transmitted in an optical signal. The method further includes, in response to determining that the distribution of symbol errors indicates a burst error that satisfies a threshold, adjusting, in an optical transceiver module, one or more of a pre-cursor setting, a post-cursor setting, or a signal amplitude for the optical signal. |
| US12107678B2 |
Method for signal processing of cooperating microphone receivers
Methods for the distributed reception of receivers without significantly increasing the performance requirements of the system. In particular, this object is achieved by a method which is able to strongly improve the quality of the individual samples and thus of the signal emitted by the network in a receiver network with low complexity, without requiring a central coordinator, by means of a continuous, receiver-internal, independent combination of the received data through separate antennas, or which is able to increase the spatial coverage per receiver while maintaining the same quality of wireless transmission rates per microphone, as well as realize every scenario lying in between these extremes. |
| US12107675B2 |
Method and apparatus for improving a throughput for a user equipment in a wireless network system
The present disclosure relates to a communication method and system for converging a 5th-Generation (5G) communication system for supporting higher data rates beyond a 4th-Generation (4G) system with a technology for Internet of Things (IoT). The present disclosure may be applied to intelligent services based on the 5G communication technology and the IoT-related technology, such as smart home, smart building, smart city, smart car, connected car, health care, digital education, smart retail, security and safety services. The disclosure provides a method and a system for 5G New Radio (NR) based gNodeBs (gNBs) under multiple Connected User Equipment (UE) scenarios in a fast-fading environment in order to get better channel estimates at the UE side for throughput improvement by reducing packet decoding failure. |
| US12107673B2 |
Jammer detection system
Certain aspects of the present disclosure generally relate to jamming detection for radio frequency (RF) front-end circuitry. For example, certain aspects provide an apparatus having a first counter configured to count a number of times that a power of a reception signal exceeds a first threshold. The apparatus also includes a second counter configured to count a number of measurements of the power of the reception signal. The apparatus further includes control logic having a first input coupled to an output of the first counter and having a second input coupled to an output of the second counter. The control logic is configured to determine an amount of jamming over a measurement window based on the number of times that the power of the reception signal exceeds the first threshold and on the number of measurements. |
| US12107669B2 |
Systems and methods for synchronizing transmission of wireless data
An audio system, method, and computer program product for synchronizing device clocks. The systems, methods and computer program product can establish a first isochronous data stream between a peripheral device and a first device and establish a second isochronous data stream between the first device and a second device to send data between the first and second device. As the two data streams may rely on two different device clocks, e.g., one clock which defines the timing for the first isochronous data stream and a second clock which defines the timing for the second isochronous data stream, the systems, methods, and computer program disclosed herein are configured to maintain synchronization and/or synchronize the first clock with the second clock to prevent data loss due to clock drift. |
| US12107665B2 |
Generating model update data at satellite
A satellite is provided, including an onboard computing device. The onboard computing device may include a processor configured to receive training data while the satellite is in orbit. The processor may be further configured to perform training at a machine learning model based at least in part on the training data. The processor may be further configured to generate model update data that specifies a modification made to the machine learning model during the training. The processor may be further configured to transmit the model update data from the satellite to an additional computing device. |
| US12107662B2 |
Massive MIMO communication technique
Methods and apparatus for using a first number of antennas at one base station, e.g., at a first CBSD, in combination with a second, e.g., lesser number of antennas at another base station to provide different wireless terminals communications channels with different channel conditions are described. A ‘relay mode’ of operation at the second base station facilitates communication of data from the first base station. In this way the second base station is used to relay data sent from the first base station while the UE perceives the data as having been sent over the air by the first base station. The channels from the first and second base stations operate together providing a composite channel that will have different channel conditions than would be possible using simply the antennas of the first base station. Differences in channels to different UEs facilitates transmission scheduling at the first base station. |
| US12107660B1 |
Repeater system and method for indoor distribution of cellular mmWave signals
A repeater system includes a first repeater device having a donor radio antenna to capture publicly broadcast synchronization signals from an outdoor 5G RAN node. A controller of the first repeater device decodes the publicly broadcast synchronization signals from the outdoor 5G RAN node and synchronizes with the decoded publicly broadcast synchronization signals to align a frame structure of donor radio antenna to the frame structure of the outdoor 5G RAN node. A relay radio antenna of the first repeater device is configured to communicate synchronized 5G signals from the donor radio antenna to one or more indoor relay devices for indoor distribution of synchronized 5G signals to serve one or more indoor UEs. The capture, decoding, synchronization, and communication of the synchronized 5G signals for indoor distribution of synchronized 5G signals are independent of any additional signaling and explicit coordination from the outdoor 5G RAN node. |
| US12107650B2 |
Channel state information reference signal configurations for dynamic antenna port adaptation
Methods, systems, and devices for wireless communications are described. A network entity may output a channel state information (CSI) report message that indicates multiple codebook configurations. A UE may receive the CSI report message indicating a set of codebook configurations associated with a set of antenna port configurations. The UE may transmit a CSI report indicating one or more codebook configurations of the set of codebook configurations, where CSI included in the CSI report is based on the one or more codebook configurations. The UE may then communicate with a network entity based on the channel state information report indicating the one or more codebook configurations. |
| US12107649B2 |
Noise filtering of channel-state information in wireless communication
A device is provided, which includes one or more antennas and a circuit. The circuit is configured to receive a packet from a transmitter device through the antennas, and obtain channel-state information from the received packet. The circuit includes one or more filters to filter out or recognize the received packet that complies with one or more preset conditions. The circuit uses the channel-state information of the received packet, which complies with the one or more preset conditions, to estimate a status of a channel between the transmitter device and the device. |
| US12107647B2 |
Signaling design for non-PMI based CSI feedback
Certain aspects of the present disclosure provide techniques and apparatus for signaling precoder(s) for non-PMI based CSI feedback. |
| US12107644B1 |
Interface for power and data exchange with sensors system
An interface for power and data exchange with sensors system used in a locale, with the system comprising at least one active external adapter and at least one passive stationary beacon, with the beacon being affixed to or within bulk material. The system utilizes an innovative transmitted power system that allows the adapter to provide power to the beacon whenever the adapter passes within proximity of the beacon. Each beacon communicates in real time with the adapter to detect, collect, transmit, and receive environmental information and metadata. |
| US12107643B2 |
Reporting device for multimodal article interface
A reporting device for association with an article having power requirements is provided, where the reporting device is capable of performing communications operations, for example to specify the article's power requirements, and power supply using a single pair of conductors. Communications are performed at a lower voltage than the voltage intended for power supply operations. Optionally the communications interface of the reporting device may be disconnected at higher voltages, and the operational circuits of the reporting device may be disconnected at lower voltages, and circuits preventing inversion of voltages across the conductors, or reverse currents when the operational circuits are connected to the conductors may be provided. The reporting device may be used in connection with charging surfaces providing a matrix of conductive surfaces, and supports operation with a corresponding coupling manager. |
| US12107642B2 |
System and method for demodulation and decoding of power line communications
A system for demodulating and decoding received messages transmitted along a vehicle power line includes a reference signal generator, a timer, and a demodulation and decoding circuit. The circuit determines whether a message is present on the power line by identifying a symbol indicative of a message preamble, subsequently setting the timer to a time corresponding to a predetermined length of the message preamble, detecting, during the time, a plurality of symbols and determining whether the symbols indicate the presence of a message preamble. The circuit then extracts data from the message by activating the reference signal generator, adding the reference signal to the message to produce an equivalent signal, detecting a symbol in the equivalent signal indicative of the message data body, subsequently setting the timer to a time corresponding to a predetermined length of the message data body and detecting, during the time, a second plurality of symbols. |
| US12107640B2 |
Controller network with break warning features
A system includes a plurality of controllers associated with the plurality of units of building equipment, each controller comprising a plurality of communication ports, a plurality of cables connected to the plurality of communication ports and linking together the plurality of controllers, wherein the plurality of controllers are configured to self-identify a break in a connection between two the plurality of controllers by monitoring statuses of the plurality of communication ports. The system also includes circuitry configured to receive a signal indicative of the order of the connections between the plurality of controllers from the plurality of controllers, generate a graphical map of the order of the connections between the plurality of controllers based on the signal, receive, from the plurality of controllers, an indication of a break in a connection between two of the plurality of controllers, and update the graphical map to indicate the connection as broken. |
| US12107639B2 |
System of morphology recognition for optimizing RF propagation model
A method and network node for determining a Radio Frequency (RF) propagation model for a coverage area from an image view of the coverage area. The method selects a coverage area for a transmission point of a transmitter and obtains an image view of the selected coverage area. The method further recognizes, from a plurality of morphology types, a morphology type for the selected coverage area from the obtained image view using a machine learning model; and determines a RF propagation model for the selected coverage area based on the recognized morphology type. |
| US12107638B2 |
Parameter setting
Apparatuses and methods are disclosed for parameter setting. In one embodiment, a method includes receiving a first signaling from the management node at the second hierarchical level, the first signaling corresponding to a first predetermined model; obtaining at least one local measurement value, the at least one local measurement value indicative of a local state of the wireless communication network; processing the at least one local measurement value based on the received first predetermined model to identify at least one parameter value independent of the management node; and managing local state of the wireless communication network by performing at least one predetermined action associated with the identified at least one parameter value. |
| US12107637B2 |
Terminal line interface module for undersea open cable system access
An apparatus for managing optical subsea communications system may include a plurality of fiber interface modules (FIM), wherein a given FIM comprises a receive part, and a transmit part. The transmit part may include two normally closed switches, wherein a first switch of the two normally closed switches is coupled to a line monitoring equipment (LME) TX port, and wherein a second switch of the two normally closed switches is coupled to a line terminating equipment (LTE) TX port. |
| US12107628B2 |
Systems and methods for full duplex coherent optics
A full duplex communication network includes an optical transmitter end having a first coherent optics transceiver, an optical receiver end having a second coherent optics transceiver, and an optical transport medium operably coupling the first coherent optics transceiver to the second coherent optics transceiver. The first coherent optics transceiver is configured to (i) transmit a downstream optical signal at a first wavelength, and (ii) simultaneously receive an upstream optical signal at a second wavelength. The second coherent optics transceiver is configured to (i) receive the downstream optical signal, and (ii) simultaneously transmit the upstream optical signal. The first wavelength has a first center frequency separated from a second center frequency of the second wavelength. |
| US12107625B2 |
Failure detection device, failure detection method, and failure-detection-program recording medium
In order to detect a terminal station in which a failure has occurred in a WDM optical transmission system that transmits optical signals transmitted thereto from a plurality of terminal stations after performing wavelength multiplexing of said optical signals, this failure detection device includes: an input unit that receives first optical signals from the plurality of terminal stations, the first optical signals having wavelengths respectively allocated to the plurality of terminal stations on the basis of allocation information, and that joins the received first optical signals; a monitoring unit that outputs monitoring signals, which are signals that are in accordance with the intensities corresponding to the respective wavelengths of the joined first optical signals; and an identifying unit that identifies a first terminal station from the plurality of terminal stations on the basis of the allocation information and the monitoring signals. |
| US12107621B2 |
Coordinated roaming for low energy peripheral devices
A BLE system includes a network controller, peripherals, and central. As one of the peripherals begins to roam, the current central device in a connection with the peripheral detects when the peripheral device is moving away from the current central. Other centrals receive requests to perform coordinated sensing of transmissions from the peripheral device to the current central device. The coordinated sensing includes the other central devices monitoring transmissions from the peripheral device to determine respective received signal strength indicators (RSSIs) on at least one frequency corresponding to a frequency hopping pattern of the connection. The other centrals report the coordinated sensing results to the network controller which determines a next central based, at least in part, on the sensed RSSIs. The network controller sends blacklists to centrals that are not the next central and the peripheral disconnects from the current central, advertises, and reconnects with the next central. |
| US12107617B2 |
RF filter for use at 5G frequencies
An RF filter comprising a resonator element and a polymer composition is provided. The polymer composition contains an aromatic polymer and has a melting temperature of about 240° C. or more. The polymer composition exhibits a dielectric constant of about 5 or less and dissipation factor of about 0.05 or less at a frequency of 10 GHz. |
| US12107615B2 |
Compact transceiver
A transceiver unit includes an enclosure, a first input port, a second input port, a first output port, and a second output port. A radio frequency (RF) pass-through path is within the enclosure between the first input port and the first output port and includes a gain module. The RF pass-through path is configured to receive a first RF signal at the first input port and to transmit a second RF signal at the first output port. The gain module is configured to amplify the first RF signal to produce the second RF signal. The transceiver unit further includes a transceiver path within the enclosure between the second input port and the second output port, the transceiver path including a signal processor. |
| US12107611B2 |
Receiver with reduced noise figure using split LNA and digital combining
Systems and methods of reducing SNR and increasing bandwidth of received signals are disclosed. LNAs receive signals from an antenna via a common input matching network. The amplified signals are downconverted, filtered and digitized before being coherently combined at a DSP. Depending on the LO frequencies used by mixers in the different receiver paths, the combined signals reduce the SNR when the LO frequencies are the same by reducing the non-correlated noise introduced by the LNAs or increase the bandwidth processed when the LO frequencies are different. The bandwidths are contiguous or non-contiguous. |
| US12107610B2 |
Measurement and calibration of mismatch in an isolation channel
A method for calibrating an isolator product includes receiving a calibration signal on a differential pair of nodes of a receiver signal path of a first integrated circuit die of the isolator product. The method includes generating a diagnostic signal having a level corresponding to an average amplitude of the calibration signal on the differential pair of nodes. The method includes configuring a programmable receiver signal path based on the diagnostic signal. Generating the diagnostic signal may include providing an analog signal based on a full-wave rectified version of the calibration signal on the differential pair of nodes. Generating the diagnostic signal may include converting the analog signal to a digital signal. |
| US12107608B2 |
Signal distortion pre-correction method, device and non-volatile storage medium
The embodiments of the present application relate to the field of communications, and provide a signal distortion pre-correction method, a signal distortion pre-correction device, and a non-volatile storage medium. In the present application, the mutual coupling filtering parameters and the predistortion coefficient candidate set are obtained by training the feedback signal collected by the multi-channel coupling element, so that the mutual coupling filtering processing can be performed on the forward signal of the digital channel according to the obtained mutual coupling filtering parameter, to make the target predistortion coefficient selected in the predistortion coefficient candidate set according to the forward signal after mutual coupling filtering and the forward signal of the digital channel to be processed to be the predistortion coefficient considering the mutual coupling factor of the digital channel. |
| US12107606B1 |
Polar subcodes encoder without the demand for domination for scalable high throughput encoding
Systems, devices, and methods for encoding information bits for storage, including obtaining an information vector comprising a plurality of information bits, a static frozen vector comprising a plurality of static frozen bits, and a constraints vector which indicates at least one constraint; partitioning the information vector into a first information vector and a second information vector; partitioning the static frozen vector into a first static frozen vector and a second static frozen vector; determining an input vector by applying a plurality of matrix operations to the first information vector, the second information vector, the first static frozen vector, the second static frozen vector, and the constraints vector; computing an output codeword of a polar subcode based on the input vector; and transmitting the output codeword to the storage device. |
| US12107601B2 |
Data error correction method, apparatus, device, and readable storage medium
A data error correction method, apparatus, device, and readable storage medium are disclosed. The method includes: acquiring target data to be error-corrected; performing error correction on the target data using an error-correcting code to obtain first data; judging whether the performing of the error correction on the target data is successful; responsive to the performing of the error correction on the target data being not successful, correcting the target data using a target neural network to obtain second data, determining the second data as the target data, and continuing to perform the error correction on the target data again; and responsive to the performing of the error correction on the target data being successful, determining the first data as the error-corrected target data. |
| US12107599B2 |
Digital-analog converter and digital-analog converter circuit
A digital-analog converter includes a digital-analog converter circuit connected to a first mirror current circuit that receives an additional current obtained by adding a current from a voltage-current converter circuit for generating a current according to a received voltage signal to a shift current from a shift current source and a second mirror current circuit that receives the shift current. The digital-analog converter circuit includes current switching circuits. Each current switching circuit includes a first mirror current source that provides a mirror current from one of the first and the second mirror current circuit, a second mirror current source that provides a mirror current from the other, and a switch circuit that determines whether the first and the second mirror current source of each current switching circuit contribute to a value of an analog signal at an D/A output in response to a decoded signal value. |
| US12107598B2 |
Data acquisition device
The disclosure provides a data acquisition device. The data acquisition device includes a sensor that detects a physical quantity as analog data; a digital storage circuit that stores the physical quantity as digital data; a difference circuit that calculates a difference between a previous value of the physical quantity stored in the digital storage circuit and a current value of the physical quantity detected as analog data; and a comparison circuit that compares the difference with a predetermined threshold value; and a control unit. The control unit stores a value calculated by adding or subtracting a predetermined change amount to a previous value of the physical quantity stored in the digital storage circuit as the current value, when the difference exceeds or falls below the threshold value. Since the physical quantity is updated without executing A/D conversion, a decrease in the sampling frequency is suppressed. |
| US12107591B2 |
Digital-to-analog converter circuit
In accordance with an embodiment, a digital-to-analog converter (DAC) includes: a W-2W current mirror that includes a first plurality of MOS transistors having a first width, and second plurality of MOS transistors having a second width that is twice the first width, where ones of the second plurality of MOS transistors are coupled between drains of adjacent ones of the first plurality of MOS transistors; and a bulk bias generator having a plurality of output nodes coupled to corresponding bulk nodes of the first plurality of MOS transistors, wherein the plurality of output nodes are configured to provide voltages that are inversely proportional to temperature. |
| US12107587B1 |
Field programmable gate array with internal phase-locked loop
The present invention relates to a field programmable gate array system that provides phase control with minimal latency. |
| US12107583B1 |
Total ionizing dose shutdown system and method
Systems and methods for shutting down a functional circuit in response to a predetermined total ionizing dose of radiation employ at least two redundant sensing circuits operated in integrate and measure phases by one or more sequencer-type hardware or software controllers. NMOS TID sensors having leakage currents increasing monotonically with dose may be biased during integrate phases, with bias voltages or duty cycles adjusted to achieve a calibrated responsivity. TID measurements are compared to a corresponding reference, latched to generate overexpose signals, and tested for agreement. Disagreement triggers remeasurement to prevent erroneous shutdown until a minimum number of overexpose signals agree that TID exceeds the predetermined threshold. A disable circuit accepts the redundant overexpose signals and generates a signal to disable a functional circuit. Redundancy and remeasurement protect against unwarranted shutdowns due to radiation-induced single-event effects or other circuit transients or failures. |
| US12107581B2 |
Clock gating circuit and method of operating the same
A clock gating circuit includes an input circuit, a cross-coupled pair of transistors, a first transistor of a first type and a first pull-up transistor of the first type. The input circuit is configured to set a first control signal of a first node in response to a first or second enable signal. The cross-coupled pair of transistors is coupled between the first node and an output node. The first transistor is coupled between the first and a second node. The first pull-up transistor includes a first gate terminal, a first drain terminal and a first source terminal. The first gate terminal is configured to receive an inverted clock input signal. The first drain terminal is coupled to the second node and the first transistor. The first pull-up transistor is configured to adjust a clock output signal responsive to the inverted clock input signal. |
| US12107578B1 |
Thin-oxide voltage level shifter
Methods and systems are provided for performing voltage level shifting using thin-oxide devices. The methods and systems convert an input signal associated with a first voltage domain to output signals associated with the first and second voltage domains. A first set of thin-oxide devices generate a first output signal at the high-level voltage signal when the input signal comprises a high logic level and generate the first output signal at a ground level voltage signal when the input signal comprises a low logic level. A second set of thin-oxide devices generate a second output signal at a power supply voltage level of the second voltage domain when the input signal comprises the high logic level and generate the second output signal at the second bias voltage when the input signal comprises the low logic level. |
| US12107576B2 |
Electromechanical logic-in-memory device
An electromechanical logic-in-memory device includes a switching unit including a first electrode having a conductive beam and second and third electrodes disposed on both sides of the conductive beam and attracting the conductive beam by electrostatic force, based on an operating voltage applied between the second and third electrodes and the conductive beam, the conductive beam, after being attracted by and adhered to the second or third electrode, maintained to be adhered even when the electrostatic force is removed and a controller determining an operation mode according to types of logic operations included in input data, setting an initial position of the conductive beam by applying the operating voltage to any one of the second and third electrodes, selecting at least one of the first to third electrodes, and applying a predetermined voltage as a true value of a logic value included in the input data. |
| US12107573B2 |
Super source follower with feedback resistor and inductive peaking
A system including a source follower circuit is disclosed. The source follower circuit configured as a voltage buffer that includes a first common-drain transistor that passes an input signal at the gate to an output loading capacitor at the source, and a second common-drain transistor that is used as a bias current source. The source follower circuit includes a first resistor at the drain of the first transistor generating a first voltage that is fed back through a first path through the gate of the second transistor so as to produce additional current to help the output signal catch up with the input voltage. The source follower circuit further includes an inductive element and bias circuit, which along with the first resistor, increases bandwidth and reduced settling time. |
| US12107569B2 |
Semiconductor device
A semiconductor device including: an output element connected to a load and configured to perform switching to operate the load; a drive circuit configured to output a drive signal to thereby cause the output element to perform the switching; an external terminal configured to be connected to a constant current source that is external to the semiconductor device, and to receive a constant current from the constant current source; a temperature sensor connected to the external terminal, and configured to operate with the constant current, detect a temperature of the output element, and output a temperature detection value; a temperature state detection circuit configured to output a temperature state of the output element, based on a result of comparing the temperature detection value with a reference threshold; and an abnormal level notification circuit configured to send out a notification upon determining that the temperature state is at an abnormal level. |
| US12107560B2 |
Valve amplifiers
Multiple example valve amplifiers are provided. A first example valve amplifier is provided which comprises (i) a valve power amplifier switchable between a high-power mode and a low-power mode and (ii) a loudspeaker simulator circuit, the valve amplifier being configured such that the valve power amplifier drives the loudspeaker simulator circuit in the low-power mode. A second example valve amplifier is provided which comprises a switched-mode power supply, SMPS, system), the SMPS system comprising (i) an SMPS and (ii) circuitry configured to enable an output impedance of the SMPS to be switched between first and second output impedances, the first output impedance being lower than the second output impedance. |
| US12107554B2 |
Digital controlled multi stage smart combiner
Circuits and methods for use in amplifying amplitude and phase modulated signals. A circuit uses a digital controlled multi stage combiner, a signal phase discrete mapper and a combiner digital control circuit with N parallel signal feeding it. The signals resulting from N power amplifiers have phases with belonging to an alphabet with M discrete phases prior to being fed to the multi stage combiner. The phases of the N input signals are converted in an control signal generator into Ns sets of digital control signals to control N·M sets of switches where the signals are selected according the phase and sent to the corresponding combiner in the M possible combiners. Each one combiner from the set of M combiner then combines these signals. A second stage with digital controlled combiner, combines into two sub-sets of signals the signals resulting from first stage and the resulting outputs of the combiner are then combined by a third combining digital controlled stage into the output signal. The signal amplifiers employed before the combining stage may be Class D or Class F amplifiers to provide high efficiency amplification of the signals. |
| US12107553B2 |
Amplifier and image sensor device including the same
An amplifier includes a first capacitor connected between an input node and a floating node, a second capacitor connected between the floating node and an output node, an amplifying element connected between a power supply voltage and the output node and operating in response to a voltage level of the floating node, a current bias source connected between the output node and a ground voltage, a first reset switch connected between the floating node and an intermediate node and operating in response to a reset bias, a second reset switch connected between the intermediate node and the output node and operating in response to the reset bias, and a reset bias generator circuit that outputs the reset bias in response to a reset signal. The reset bias is one of a reset voltage of the intermediate node, the power supply voltage, and the ground voltage. |
| US12107550B2 |
Linearization of differential RF power amplifier by bias control using cross-coupling components
An amplifier may include first and second terminals to receive first and second input signals and a differential amplifier providing differential amplification of the first and second input signals. The differential amplifier may include a first differential amplifier stage to receive the first input signal and a second differential amplifier stage to receive the second input signal. The amplifier may further include a first bias circuit to bias the first differential amplifier stage, where the first bias circuit is connected to the second input terminal to provide anti-phase bias control of the first differential amplifier stage. The amplifier may further include a second bias circuit to bias the second differential amplifier stage, where the second bias circuit is connected to the first input terminal to provide anti-phase bias control of the second differential amplifier stage. |
| US12107546B1 |
Driving circuit producing DSB-SC modulation signal
A driving circuit comprises a first capacitor. During a sampling operation, the first capacitor is coupled between a first and a second input terminals. During a transferring operation, an end of the first capacitor receives a voltage and another end of the first capacitor is coupled to a load. The driving circuit produces a first driving signal to drive the load, the first driving signal comprises a plurality of first portions with a first polarity and a plurality of second portions with a second polarity opposite to the first polarity. The plurality of first portions and the plurality of second portions form a generalized DSB-SC modulated component of the first driving signal, which is modulated according to an input signal between the first input terminal and the second input terminal. |
| US12107543B2 |
Oven-controlled crystal oscillator
An oven-controlled crystal oscillator according to one or more embodiments may include a core section hermetically encapsulated in a package for thermal insulation, wherein the core section is supported by the package via a core substrate, and the core section has a layered structure in which at least an oscillation IC, a crystal resonator and a heater IC are laminated in sequence. |
| US12107541B2 |
Optimizer, photovoltaic power generation system, and IV curve scanning method for photovoltaic module
A photovoltaic power generation system includes a plurality of photovoltaic modules, a plurality of optimizers, and an inverter. Each optimizer is connected to at least one photovoltaic module, and output ends of the plurality of optimizers are connected in series to form a string and then connected to the inverter. The optimizer includes a conversion unit, and a control unit configured to control the conversion unit. The optimizer further includes an auxiliary power source, an energy storage unit, and a first unidirectional conduction unit that are connected between the conversion unit and the control unit. The control unit is configured to perform IV curve scanning for each voltage segment, where the voltage segments are obtained by segmenting a range of an output voltage of a photovoltaic module corresponding to the optimizer from an open-circuit voltage to a preset minimum voltage, and at least two voltage segments are obtained through division. |
| US12107538B2 |
Photovoltaic system and power supply system
The photovoltaic system includes a first inverter circuit, a second inverter circuit, and a switch circuit. When the switch circuit is in the first state, a first photovoltaic array is connected to the direct current positive bus and the neutral bus through the switch circuit, and a second photovoltaic array is connected to the neutral bus and the direct current negative bus through the switch circuit. When the switch circuit is in the second state, the first photovoltaic array is connected to the neutral bus and the direct current negative bus through the switch circuit, and the second photovoltaic array is connected to the direct current positive bus and the neutral bus through the switch circuit. A potential of the photovoltaic array is changed to prevent a PID effect from occurring when the photovoltaic array is at a negative potential for a long time. |
| US12107537B2 |
Solar power generation system
A solar power generation system includes a string, an inverter, and a plurality of shut-off devices. The string includes a plurality of solar cell module groups. The plurality of shut-off devices is configured to cut off a connection between the plurality of solar cell module groups in response to a control signal from the inverter. The plurality of solar cell module groups includes a first group, a second group connected to the first group, and a third group connected to the second group. The plurality of shut-off devices includes a first shut-off device. The first shut-off device includes a first switching unit connected to an anode-side terminal of the second group. The first switching unit includes a first open-close unit and a first semiconductor switching device connected in parallel with the first open-close unit. The first semiconductor switching device is turned ON before the first open-close unit is operated. |
| US12107534B2 |
Photovoltaic system, inverter, and bus voltage control method for inverter
A photovoltaic system includes at least one DC/DC converter and the inverter. An input terminal of the at least one DC/DC converter is configured to connect to a photovoltaic module, an output terminal is configured to connect to an input terminal of the inverter by using a direct current bus, and an output terminal of the inverter is connected to an alternating current grid. When the inverter is switched from a non-power-limited working state to a power-limited working state, the inverter adjusts a bus voltage of the inverter to rise from a first voltage to a second voltage. After running in the power-limited working state for a time interval, the inverter adjusts the bus voltage to drop from the second voltage to a third voltage, where the third voltage is less than or equal to the first voltage. |
| US12107532B2 |
Pedestal for solar power generation devices integrated with solar power generation panels
[Problem]To propose a simplified configuration with which a solar power generation device can be easily and quickly assembled and installed and to propose a solar power generation device configuration with which the wind resistance is preferably more reduced.[Solution] The solar power generation device supporting frame integrated with a solar power generation panel is fixed to at least one of a plurality of supporting poles projected upward from an installation base surface, has a rod-like body appearance, and has a solar power generation panel integrally provided at least along the upper side curved surface thereof without being separated from the upper side curved surface. Preferably, the solar power generation device supporting frame integrated with the solar power generation panel is fixed to the supporting poles horizontally. |
| US12107528B2 |
Motor controller having low noise high frequency signal injection
Methods and apparatus for motor control having low noise variable-high frequency signal injection for an electric motor. Different injection signals have different signal characteristics. One of the first and second injection signals is selected on a cycle-by-cycle basis as part of a direct voltage signal input to control an electric motor. The first and second signal characteristics are configured to reduce acoustic noise generated by an electric motor. |
| US12107527B2 |
Method and system for active detection of rotor magnet temperature
A controller detects a rotor magnet temperature based on an actively detected back electromotive force (BEMF) voltage of the motor. The controller detects the BEMF voltage by commanding the injection of a direct-axis (d-axis) current into the motor while the motor is spinning but otherwise commanding no torque. The controller actively detects the BEMF voltage in that the controller purposely injects a known quantity of d-axis current at a chosen time during which the controller detects or is aware that the motor is commanding no torque. Using a quadrature-axis (q-axis) voltage equation, which describes the relationship between a voltage command, the current, the BEMF voltage, and reactance in the q-axis, the controller solves for the BEMF voltage with the voltage command, the current, and the q-axis reactance being known to the controller. The controller detects the rotor magnet temperature based on the BEMF voltage. |
| US12107515B2 |
Single-phase seven-level inverter
An exemplary system includes an inverter coupled to a DC source, eight power switches and three DC-link capacitors that synthesize seven output voltage levels. In one example the inverter includes a four-level active neutral pointed clamped inverter (4L-ANCP) that includes six power switches of the eight power switches is operated at a switching frequency with a first voltage stress level, and a half-bridge that includes the other two of the eight power switches is coupled to the 4L-ANCP and operated at a fundamental frequency with a second voltage stress, the second voltage stress being higher than the first voltage stress level. |
| US12107514B2 |
Power conversion device with control signal gate selection circuit
A power conversion device includes: a first control unit and a second control unit that output a first control signal and a second control signal, respectively; a gate circuit that causes a control signal selected from the first control signal and the second control signal to pass through the gate circuit; and a drive circuit that drives a main circuit based on the control signal that passes through the gate circuit. When the second control signal is selected in the state where the first control signal passes through the gate circuit, the gate circuit interrupts the first control signal and causes the second control signal to pass through the gate circuit as an absolute value of an instantaneous value of an AC current decreases below a threshold current. |
| US12107508B2 |
Synchronous rectification sampling control circuit, method and chip
The present application relates to a synchronous rectification sampling control circuit, method and chip. The control circuit includes a withstand voltage switch tube Q2, a power supply switch tube Q3, a positive phase power supply driving module, a detection control module, and a negative phase power supply module. The withstand voltage switch tube Q2 includes a withstand voltage source, a withstand voltage grid and a withstand voltage drain, in which the withstand voltage drain is configured to connect a secondary winding power supply circuit in a synchronous rectification circuit of a transformer to obtain a supply voltage and output a positive or negative sampling voltage at the withstand voltage source. |
| US12107507B2 |
Dual active bridge converter control with switching loss distribution
Systems and methods for controlling a dual active bridge converter are disclosed herein. Switch control signals are provided to respective switches of at least one bridge of a dual active bridge converter. Control circuitry causes the switch control signals to switch according to a first switching sequence. After causing the switch control signals to switch according to the first switching sequence, the control circuitry causes the switch control signals to switch according to a second switching sequence, distinct from the first switching sequence, to distribute switching losses among the switches. |
| US12107496B2 |
Converter circuit and related electronic device
A converter circuit includes a capacitor module and a balance module. The capacitor module includes at least a first capacitor and a second capacitor. The balance module includes at least a first resonant circuit. The first resonant circuit includes at least two switch groups connected in parallel and a first resonant cavity bridged between the two switch groups. The first capacitor and the second capacitor are connected in series. The first resonant circuit is separately bridged between two ends of the first capacitor and between two ends of the second capacitor. The balance module controls each switch in the first resonant circuit, so that each switch works with the first resonant cavity to affect a current, to balance a voltage between the two ends of the first capacitor and a voltage between the two ends of the second capacitor. |
| US12107492B2 |
Power factor correction converter, controller and zero current prediction circuit thereof
A power factor correction converter includes a power stage circuit, a current sensing circuit and a zero current prediction circuit. The power stage circuit converts a rectified power to an output power. The power stage circuit operates in a boundary conduction mode to correct a power factor of the rectified power. The current sensing circuit senses an inductor current to generate a sensing signal. The zero current prediction circuit controls at least one switch by: generating a second period according to a first period, wherein the first period is between when the sensing signal passes a first threshold and when the sensing signal passes a second threshold; and switching a state of the at least one switch at an end time point of the second period, wherein the end time point corresponds to a zero current time point at which the inductor current reaches zero. |
| US12107491B2 |
Efficient DC link processing within a PFC circuit arrangement
A circuit arrangement configured to execute DC link processing with simultaneous reduction of the harmonic components in the input current, i.e., for usability or applicability in different power supply networks, particularly both in single-phase and three-phase networks with the same circuit topology or in the event of the failure of a phase. |
| US12107490B1 |
Voltage regulator having programmable adaptive dead time
An electronic circuit is disclosed. The electronic circuit includes a switching circuit that includes a high side switch connected to a low side switch at a switch node, a controller arranged to generate a high side control signal and a low side control signal, a variable delay circuit arranged to receive the high side control signal and in response transmit a corresponding delayed high side control signal, and to receive the low side control signal and in response transmit a corresponding delayed low side control signal, a high side driver circuit arranged to transmit a high side drive signal to the high side switch in response to receiving the delayed high side control signal, and a low side driver circuit arranged to transmit a low side drive signal to the low side switch in response to receiving the delayed low side control signal. |
| US12107483B2 |
Brushless motor for a power tool
A Brushless Direct-Current (BLDC) motor is provided for a power tool, including a stator comprising a set of coils, a rotor configured to rotate with respect to the stator, power supply lines, terminals secured to the stator outer surface of the stator, and a Hall circuit board. The terminals extend axially on the outer surface of the stator and are radially aligned with one of the stator coils. The terminal block is axially aligned with the same stator coil. |
| US12107480B2 |
Motor
The present invention provides a motor comprising: a shaft; a rotor coupled to the shaft; a stator disposed outside the rotor; a housing disposed outside the stator; a circuit board disposed on the stator; and a coupling member for coupling the circuit board to the housing. The circuit board includes a first region where a ground pattern is formed, and a second region which is the remainder excluding the first region, wherein the first region has a first hole, and the second region has at least one second hole. The coupling member includes a first screw which is coupled to the housing through one selected from among the first hole and the second hole. |
| US12107477B2 |
Electric machine and manufacturing method
Electric machine, in particular an electric motor for driving at least one compressor or circulator, comprising a stator and a rotor that are disposed in a casing, the machine comprising a cooling device disposed around the stator and comprising a circulation circuit for a cooling fluid, characterized in that the cooling device comprises a circulation pipe for the cooling fluid, comprising a portion embedded in a mass of material with high thermal conductivity such as metal or a metal alloy. |
| US12107476B2 |
Electric drive system with an inverter and two cooling circuits
An electric drive system comprising an electric machine, a transmission connected to the electric machine, and an inverter. The electric drive system further comprising an at least two-part housing. The electric drive system having two mutually separate cooling circuits for the inverter and the electric machine, wherein the two cooling circuits are thermally connected via a heat exchanger that is installed, between the inverter and the electric machine, in the housing. |
| US12107474B2 |
End-face rotating joint for transmitting torques
The invention relates to a magnetic end-face rotating joint (100) for transmitting torques, containing a first joint half (102) which can be connected to a first shaft, and comprising a second joint half (104) which can be connected to a second shaft. The first joint half (102) comprises a first permanent magnet (106) which has the magnet configuration of a Halbach array. |
| US12107465B2 |
Motor using permanent magnets and induction windings for use with an electrical submersible pump
An ESP including a motor section for driving the ESP. The motor section includes a stator with winding channels disposed axially therein and windings disposed in the winding channels to generate a stator electromagnetic field. The motor section also includes a rotor rotatably disposed in the stator. The rotor having a body with multiple permanent magnets to generate a constant magnetic field and rotor bars disposed axially in the rotor that cause an induced electromagnetic field when subjected to the stator electromagnetic field. Alternatively, the rotor includes multiple permanent magnets to generate a constant magnetic field wherein the stator electromagnetic field and the constant magnetic field create a two pole magnetic field for the motor section. A method of determining a layout of multiple permanent magnets disposed axially in a rotor to generate a desired constant magnetic field and produce a two pole magnetic field for the ESP and constructing the ESP. |
| US12107456B2 |
Backup power supply system and control method thereof
A backup power supply system and a control method thereof are provided. The backup power supply system includes a power supply circuit and an uninterruptible power supply. The power supply circuit is configured to receive utility power, and the uninterruptible power supply is connected to the power supply circuit and stores backup power. When the utility power is normal, the power supply circuit supplies power to the uninterruptible power supply, and the uninterruptible power supply outputs a first alternating current voltage that meets a utility power specification to the alternating current load. When the utility power is abnormal, the uninterruptible power supply outputs a second alternating current voltage that meets the utility power specification to the alternating current load. |
| US12107455B2 |
Matable energy storage devices
The disclosure relates to an energy storage assembly comprising energy storage components coupled to each other. The energy storage assembly may comprise one or more terminals and may mechanically and/or electrically coupled with an energy system, such as to a load. The energy storage assembly may be portable and may comprise a handle. The energy storage components may comprise capacitors and/or batteries. The energy storage assembly may comprise one or more diodes. |
| US12107454B1 |
Efficient charging of an external energy storage system from a vehicle battery system
A charging system of a vehicle includes a charging device configured to transfer an electric charge between a battery system of the vehicle and a recipient energy storage system, the charging device including a plurality of conversion stages. The charging system also includes a switching system configured to selectively bypass one or more conversion stages during a charging process, the charging process including transferring electric charge from the battery system to the recipient energy storage system, and a first controller configured to operate the switching system based on a voltage range of a recipient charge port of the recipient energy storage system. |
| US12107451B2 |
Charge control system, charge control device, and recording medium based on brightness of an area
A charge control system includes: a charging device having a first processor configured to store electric power to be supplied to a preset area; and a charge control device having a second processor configured to acquire brightness information in the area, calculate a charge amount of the charging device on a basis of the acquired brightness information, and perform charge control of the charging device on a basis of the calculated charge amount. Further, when calculating the charge amount, the second processor calculates the charge amount in such a manner that the charge amount decreases as brightness in the area increases. |
| US12107450B2 |
Power supply unit and vehicle
A power supply unit includes a current path, and is capable of receiving external power from an external power supply and supplying the received external power to a power storage device, and receiving power from the power storage device and supplying the received power to a device mounted in a vehicle. The power supply unit comprises one or more power converters, a relay that switches the current path, and a housing that accommodates the one or more power converters and the relay therein. The one or more power converters are heavier in weight than the relay and disposed in the housing below the relay. |
| US12107449B2 |
Electrical-device system and detachable DC power source
A detachable DC power source includes: a reference surface extending in front-rear and left-right directions; support walls protruding upward from opposite ends of the reference surface and extending in the front-rear direction; battery-side rails protruding outward in the left-right direction from the upper ends of the pair of support walls and extending in the front-rear direction; and a first battery-side distinguishing region disposed between the support walls in the left-right direction and at a connection location between the reference surface and one of the support walls. A first battery-side distinguishing member is provided in the first battery-side distinguishing region and is directly connected to the one the support walls and to the reference surface. The detachable DC power source may be used to power an electrical device having a first device distinguishing part capable of receiving the first battery distinguishing member. |
| US12107448B1 |
Outdoor lighting and power charging station
A charging station for providing power connections, charging and/or data connections includes one or more wiring devices mounted to a power module that slides in the housing of the main assembly of the charging station such that each wiring device is recessed from the outer surface of the charging station. A back wall of the power module serves as a barrier between different branch circuits for code compliance. The charging station includes a cover assembly with a sloped upper surface and is constructed so that most of the required electrical connections are made on the power module prior to the assembly of the charging station. |
| US12107440B2 |
Monitor system and power supply control method
Embodiments of the invention provide a power supply control method and a monitor system capable of executing the power supply control method. The monitor system includes a base station, an image capture apparatus, and a processor. The base station includes a charging apparatus including a power supply connector and a power source coupled to the power supply connector and outputting power through the power supply connector. The image capture apparatus shoots the power supply connector to obtain a shot image. The processor determines a foreign object distribution on the power supply connector according to the shot image and sends a warning message according to the foreign object distribution. The foreign object distribution relates to foreign objects formed on the power supply connector. Accordingly, whether a charging mechanism fails can be automatically determined and notification and/or compensation may be performed when the charging mechanism fails. |
| US12107438B2 |
Power receiving device
A power receiving device includes a power receiving antenna, a rectifier circuit, and a bias circuit. The power receiving antenna is configured to receive radio waves for supplying power. The rectifier circuit includes a rectifier diode and is configured to convert radio waves received by the power receiving antenna into a DC power. The bias circuit is configured to apply a DC bias to the rectifier diode. |
| US12107435B2 |
PWM method for wireless charging system
An electronic device utilizing a wireless charging system is provided. The electronic device includes a power source, a transmission coil, a full-bridge inverter electrically connected to the power source and the transmission coil, and a control circuit which communicates with an external device through the transmission coil, and controls the full-bridge inverter to transmit a power signal through the transmission coil. The control circuit may: receive, from the external device, a first control signal requesting that the power of the power signal be reduced to less than a specified power, in response to the first control signal, adjust the duty cycle of each of first to fourth gate signals for controlling the full-bridge inverter, and switch to a pulse width modulation (PWM) drive state in which an operation according to a first period and an operation according to a second period are alternately repeated. |
| US12107432B2 |
Electronic device and method for controlling operation of electronic device
Disclosed is a method for controlling an electronic device electrically couplable to an external electronic device through a connector and capable of transmitting/receiving wireless power, the method including: an operation of identifying electrical connection to the external electronic device; an operation of receiving power from the external electronic device through a short-range communication module; an operation of controlling a mode switch module based on the received power and transmitting a signal regarding a power transmission mode to the external electronic device through the connector; an operation of receiving direct-current power from the external electronic device through the connector after transmitting the signal regarding the power transmission mode; and an operation of generating an electromagnetic field for wireless power transmission through the wireless power transmission/reception module, based on the received direct-current power. |
| US12107430B2 |
AC and DC electrical outlet
An electrical outlet for a recreational vehicle includes a high voltage AC electrical power receptacle and a low voltage DC electrical power receptacle that is powered independently of the high voltage AC receptacle so that the DC receptacle can remain energized when the AC receptacle is disconnected from an AC power supply. The DC and AC receptacles, located at the same electrical outlet, are wired separately to different power sources. This allows the recreational vehicle's electrical storage batteries to continue energizing the DC receptacle, at the same outlet as the AC receptacle, even when it is not possible or desirable to energize the AC receptacle. Therefore, limited functionality can be maintained at the outlet even when no AC mains, onboard generator, or AC-to-DC inverter is connected or in operation. |
| US12107428B2 |
Method for seamless switching between off-grid and grid-connected and household energy storage system
The present application relates to a method for seamless switching between off-grid and grid-connected including: in a grid-connected state, when a host determines that utility power is abnormal, a grid-connected working mode is closed, a phase-locked source of the host is switched from the utility power to a self-oscillation state, the phase-locked source of the slave is switched to the self-oscillation state of the host, and phase-locking is performed, and an off-grid working mode is started after an input switch is turned off; in an off-grid state, when the host determines that the utility power is normal, the phase-locked source of the host is switched from the self-oscillation state to the utility power, and, the phase-locked source of the slave is switched to the utility power, and phase-locking is performed, and the grid-connected working mode is started after the input switch is turned on. |
| US12107426B2 |
Power conversion device
A control circuit includes a virtual synchronous generator control circuit to impart a transient characteristic of a synchronous generator to the inverter, a control parameter generating circuit to generate a control parameter for controlling the virtual synchronous generator control circuit, an inverter voltage control circuit to control the inverter as a voltage source, based on AC system voltage information input from the virtual synchronous generator control circuit, and a communication circuit to receive, from a management device that manages the distributed power source, a power target value of the distributed power source and information necessary for generating the control parameter. The control parameter generating circuit generates at least one of a speed adjustment rate and a damping coefficient to be used in the virtual synchronous generator control circuit, based on the power target value and the information necessary for generating the control parameter received by the communication circuit. |
| US12107425B2 |
Photovoltaic power generation system and method
This application discloses a photovoltaic power generation system and method, and the system includes an inverter and at least one shutdown apparatus. A type of the shutdown apparatus includes at least one of a shutdown device and an optimizer; and an input end of each shutdown apparatus is connected to a corresponding PV module, and power of the corresponding PV module is output. In the system, when a parameter of the inverter meets a preset condition, some shutdown apparatuses are turned off to lower an input voltage of the inverter, and ensure that an input end of the inverter has a direct current source, and the system can operate as usual; and the preset condition is that the input voltage of the inverter is greater than a first preset voltage, or an input current of the inverter is less than a first preset current. |
| US12107422B2 |
Systems and methods for volt-ampere reactive control and optimization
A method, apparatus, system and computer program is provided for optimizing and controlling volt-amperes reactive on an electrical control system. System-level and local-level measurements are determined and analyzed to prioritize and optimize which VAR adjusters are adjusted. |
| US12107420B2 |
Systems and methods for phase identification using relative phase angle measurements
Systems for determining a phase of a device coupled to an electrical distribution system. The system includes a number of gateway devices configured to transmit a synchronization signal. The gateway device receives a node response message from a first node device that includes a duration value indicating a time between a receipt of the transmitted synchronization signal and a detected zero crossing. The gateway device compares the duration value against duration values received from node devices with a known phase connection and determines a phase of the first node device based on the comparison. |
| US12107419B2 |
Switching valve
There is provided a switching valve for a voltage source converter, the switching valve including a number of modules, each module including at least one switching element and at least one energy storage device, the or each switching element and the or each energy storage device in each module arranged to be combinable to selectively provide a voltage source, the switching valve including a controller programmed to selectively control the switching of the switching elements to select one or more of the modules to contribute a or a respective voltage to a switching valve voltage. |
| US12107418B2 |
System for the electric power supply of a vehicle
A system for the electric power supply of a vehicle, wherein the vehicle comprises multiple electricity users, comprises an energy accumulator and a DC/DC converter, wherein the energy accumulator comprises n strands each having at least one energy accumulator cell and the DC/DC converter comprises n input modules, wherein each time one strand of the energy accumulator and one input module of the DC/DC converter form a closed circuit, wherein n circuits are interconnected, and wherein each circuit is connected to the users. |
| US12107416B2 |
Integrated bidirectional ESD protection circuit for power semiconductor switching devices
A GaN semiconductor power switching device (Qmain) comprising an integrated ESD 1protection circuit is disclosed, which is compatible with driving Qmain with a positive gate-to-source voltage Vgs for turn-on and a negative Vgs for turn-off, during normal operation. The ESD protection circuit is connected between a gate input of Qmain and a source of Qmain, and comprises a clamp transistor Q1, a positive trigger circuit and a negative trigger circuit, for turning on the gate of the clamp transistor Q1 responsive to an ESD event at the gate input of Qmain. The positive and negative trigger circuits each comprise a plurality of diode elements in series, having threshold voltages which are configured so that each of the positive trigger voltage and the negative trigger voltage can be adjusted. The ESD circuit topology requires smaller integrated resistors and can be implemented with reduced layout area compared to conventional integrated ESD circuits. |
| US12107414B2 |
Systems and methods for operating an islanded distribution substation using inverter power generation
Systems and methods are described herein to accommodate different settings associated with an inverter-based electric power generator for electric power generation within an electric power delivery system. The electric power delivery system may provide electric power generated by a bulk electric system to the loads via distributed substations using a first operating frequency. Moreover, the distributed substations may include inverter-based electric power generators to supply the electric power demand of downstream loads in an islanded configuration. That said, the inverter-based electric power generators may supply the electric power using a second frequency that is higher than the first frequency. Protective systems, positioned downstream from the distributed substations, may use different settings associated with the bulk electric system or the inverter-based electric power generators based on detecting the frequency of the supplied electric power. |
| US12107411B2 |
Motor control system and vehicle
A motor control system includes a main control unit, a power supply unit, and a driving unit. The main control unit obtains sampling data of a motor and a power supply signal from the driving unit, generates a motor control signal according to the sampling data, and outputs a safety enable signal when determining that motor drive is abnormal according to the sampling data or when determining that power supply to the driving unit is abnormal according to the power supply signal. The power supply unit supplies power to the main control unit, monitors a state of the main control unit, and outputs a safety cut-off signal when the power supply unit or the main control unit is abnormal. The driving unit drives the motor according to the motor control signal, and switches to a safe path when receiving any one of the safety enable or safety cut-off signal. |
| US12107409B2 |
Direct current bus control scheme
Examples described herein provide an electric power distribution system (EPDS) that includes a transformer rectifier unit (TRU) that receives alternating current (AC) electric power from an AC electric power source during a first state of operation. The EPDS further includes a direct current (DC) electric power source that receives the DC electric power from the TRU during the first state of operation. The EPDS further includes a DC essential bus that receives the DC electric power from the DC electric power source during the first state of operation and that receives the DC electric power from another source during a second state of operation. The EPDS further includes a controller to selectively engage a diode bypass contactor to enable a diode during the second state of operation, and selectively engage the diode bypass contactor to enable a diode bypass during the first state of operation. |
| US12107405B2 |
Outlet box
An outlet box comprises a box body and a lid. The box body defines an internal space and has a lid opening permitting access to the internal space. The lid is releasably attachable to the lid opening of the body in a closed configuration, which prevents access to the internal space, and releasably attachable to an external retaining tab of the body in an open configuration, which permits access to the internal space through the lid opening. An attaching mechanism may optionally be used to releasable attach the lid to the external retaining tab, in the open configuration, and to prevent manual relative rotation of the lid with respect to the lid opening in the closed configuration. A gasket may be co-molded with the lid. The external retaining tab may extend from the base wall and has elongated mounting slots for receiving a mounting mechanism. The elongated mounting slots permit relative movement of the box body with respect to the mounting mechanism when in a semi-tightened position. |
| US12107404B2 |
Junction box assembly having an ancillary box
An ancillary box is configured to be mounted to a junction box assembly. The ancillary box is configured to provide housing for an electrical component (e.g., switch assembly). The ancillary box includes a first housing having a first top wall, a first back wall, a pair of first side walls, and a first bottom wall. The first top wall, the first back wall, the pair of first side walls, and the first bottom wall are connected to each other to define an open front. The ancillary box further includes an engagement feature that is disposed on a top surface of the first top wall and centered between the pair of first side walls. |
| US12107400B1 |
Adjustable organizer
The present invention provides an adjustable organizer for cords or electrical leads. Advantageously, the position of the organizer can be adjusted without having to disassemble the organizer from the cords or electrical leads and with only one hand. The organizer can remain attached to the cords or electrical leads for the lifetime of the cords or electrical leads. The organizer can be cleaned or sterilized using the techniques that are suitable for cleaning or sterilizing the attached cords or electrical leads. |
| US12107399B2 |
Cable puller adapter for use with a cable puller and its method of use
A cable puller adapter includes a rotatable gripping member which receives and guides a tailing portion of a pulling line coupled between a capstan of a cable puller and the gripping member, an adapter motor which applies torque to the gripping member, and a controller operatively coupled to the gripping member and configured to measure an amount of current drawn by or provided to the adapter motor, and configured to determine a rotational speed of the adapter motor or the gripping member. The controller adjusts a tailing force on a tailing portion of the pulling line by modulating an amount of current provided to the adapter motor, so as to maximize a velocity of the tailing portion of the pulling line as the gripping member rotates. A method of use is also provided. |
| US12107398B2 |
Structural profile for electrical cabinet
The “STRUCTURAL PROFILE FOR ELECTRICAL CABINET” comprises a profile that presents a front sealing area and is positioned in relation thereto at 90°, a side sealing area, an inner fixing wall, an inner fixing side, an inner fixing tab, an outer fixing wall, an outer fixing side and a central barrier. |
| US12107391B2 |
Semiconductor optical element
A semiconductor optical element has a mesa structure in which an active layer is embedded, and comprises a straight propagating section and a spot size converter section being such that a light confinement in the active layer is weaker than that of the straight propagating section, wherein in a same plane parallel to a layer surface of the active layer, an average value of a width of the mesa structure of the straight propagating section is smaller than a value of the width of the mesa structure at the emission facet of the spot size converter section, and at a top part of the mesa structure, an electrode is formed so that an electric current is injected in the active layer across the entire length of the straight propagating section and the spot size converter section. |
| US12107387B2 |
Vertical cavity surface emitting laser (VCSEL) array package and manufacturing method
A Vertical Cavity Surface Emitting Laser (VCSEL) array package includes a VCSEL array chip bonded on a substrate, a support structure surrounding the VCSEL array chip, and an optical component mounted on the support structure. The support structure is molded directly on the substrate using a high thermal conductivity molding material. The support structure covers all side surfaces of the VCSEL array chip to facilitate heat transfer through the chip's sides. A transparent layer is deposited on the output surface of the VCSEL array chip, which prevents the support structure from blocking an output beam during molding. |
| US12107386B2 |
Assembly techniques and cooling manifold configuration for high-power laser systems
In various embodiments, laser resonators include enclosed cooling manifolds defining protrusions each configured to conduct heat-exchange fluid to a beam emitter in the resonator. Installation of such cooling manifolds may be facilitated via use of a rigid installation tool functioning as a mechanical reference, prior to installation of the beam emitters and sealing of the beam emitters to the cooling manifold. |
| US12107384B2 |
Light emitting device
A light emitting device includes: a base having a bottom face and a lateral part surrounding the bottom face and extending upwards from the bottom face, wherein the lateral part has an uppermost face and includes a first stepped portion including a first upper face and a second stepped portion including a second upper face, wherein the first upper face and the second upper face are disposed below the uppermost face, wherein the first upper face and the second upper face are disposed inward of the uppermost face in a top view, and wherein a height of the first stepped portion from the bottom face is lower than a height of the second stepped portion from the bottom face; a semiconductor laser element disposed on the bottom face; and a light reflective member and/or an optical member disposed on the bottom face. |
| US12107382B2 |
Array device manufacturing method, manufacturing apparatus, and storage medium
An array device manufacturing method includes the steps of forming a plurality of optical elements on a wafer; inspecting the plurality of optical elements; defining dicing lines on the basis of a result of the inspection such that an array device composed entirely of one or more non-defective ones of the plurality of optical elements is obtained, the one or more non-defective ones being determined to be non-defective in the inspection; and forming the array device by dicing the wafer along the dicing lines. |
| US12107380B1 |
Controlling soliton self-frequency shift
Embodiments herein describe using a birefringent element (e.g., a half-wave plate, full-wave plate, birefringent crystal, or metasurface) or a band-pass filter to reduce the laser line broadening induced by the soliton self-frequency shift. The birefringent element may a free space element that is part of the laser cavity. Due to dispersion, different frequencies (or colors) of light in the laser travel through the birefringent element at different speeds. This dispersion results in the birefringent element introducing slightly different polarization shifts for the different frequencies of light in the laser. When this light passes through a polarizer (which is set to filter out polarizations different from a desired polarization), the polarizer attenuates or extinguishes the frequencies that do not have the polarization of the design frequency of the birefringent element. |
| US12107375B2 |
Methods and devices for impedance multiplication
An electric circuit includes a first superconducting component, a second superconducting component, a first electrically-insulating component that thermally couples the first superconducting component and the second superconducting component such that heat produced in response to the first superconducting component transitioning to a non-superconducting state is transferred through the first electrically-insulating component to the second superconducting component, and a photon detector coupled to the first superconducting component. The photon detector is configured to output a first current to the first superconducting component upon detection of a threshold number of photons. The electric circuit further includes an output component coupled to the second superconducting component. The output component is configured to be responsive to a voltage drop across the second superconducting component. |
| US12107368B2 |
Connector
There is a connector including: a first connector; and a second connector that has a cover configured to cover a front surface opening of a housing and a biasing member that biases the cover to a position where a cover portion covers the front surface opening. An opening edge of the front surface opening includes an inclined plane that intersects with a connector fitting direction and that is parallel to a rotation axis of the cover, the inclined plane intersecting at an obtuse angle with a straight line that extends from an opening edge end portion of the front surface opening and that orthogonal to the rotation axis. The connector is designed to rotate the cover to a position where the cover portion does not cover the front surface opening in response to a protruding portion of the first connector pressing a pressed portion of the cover. |
| US12107363B2 |
Seal for an electrical plug connector as well as electrical plug connector and electrical plug connection assembly with such a seal
A seal for an electrical plug connector includes a passage opening receiving a contact element, a contact sealing section extending along the passage opening in a sleeve-shaped manner, and a creepage distance increase section disposed opposite the contact sealing section. The creepage distance increase section continues the passage opening in a tubular manner and/or extends away from the passage opening in a plate-shaped manner. |
| US12107360B2 |
Terminal connection structure
It is aimed to provide a terminal connection structure of a novel structure capable of advantageously preventing rotational displacements between two terminals without being accompanied by an increased spring force of a spring member. A terminal connection structure is provided with a first terminal 10 including a first connecting portion 32, a second terminal 12 including a second connecting portion 24, and a spring member 14 for sandwiching the first and second connecting portions 32, 24 in an overlapped state. At least one 44 of contact surfaces of the first and second connecting portions 32, 24 has a contact point portion 42 in the form of a curved surface bulging toward the other contact surface 30. The spring member 14 includes a pressing point 50 for pressing the first and second connecting portions 32, 24 in an overlapping direction at a position separated from the contact point portion 42. |
| US12107359B2 |
Terminal body, connection terminal and sheet material for manufacturing terminal body
The present application provides a terminal body, a connection terminal and a sheet material for manufacturing a terminal body. The terminal body has an insertion portion including a first insertion plate and a second insertion plate. A gap is formed between the first insertion plate and the second insertion plate, which are commonly enclosed to form an insertion slot configured for a mating terminal to be inserted therein. The terminal body has a mounting structure, respectively arranged at the first insertion plate and the second insertion plate, and configured for fixing a limiting member; and a wiring portion, configured for connecting a core of a wire, and comprising a first wiring plate and a second wiring plate. At least a part of the first wiring plate and at least a part of the second wiring plate are stacked and in contact with each other. The core of the wire can be electrically connected to both the first wiring plate and the second wiring plate, which improves the conductivity and current-carrying performance of the wiring portion. The stacking arrangement of the first wiring plate and the second wiring plate not only reduces the space occupied by the wiring portion, and also improves the structural stability of the wiring portion. |
| US12107357B2 |
Edge connector
An edge connector for connecting to a mating connector includes an outer conductor having a main body and plug-in portion, and first and second inner-conductor contacts arranged at least partly inside the outer conductor. The inner-conductor contacts each comprise a coupling end and a contact end. A shortest spacing between the coupling end and the contact end of the first inner-conductor contact is different from a shortest spacing between the coupling end and the second contact of the second inner-conductor contact. The overall electrical lengths of the inner-conductor contacts are the same. The contact ends are arranged in parallel on a main plane and in the plug-in portion. The inner-conductor contacts are arranged at least partly inside a receiving chamber of the main body. The main plane divides the receiving chamber into first and second asymmetric chamber portions. An insulator galvanically isolates the inner-conductor contacts from the outer conductor. |
| US12107356B2 |
Electrical connector assembly
An electrical connector assembly includes a contact module having an upper part and a lower part stacked with each other in the vertical direction. The upper part includes a front/outer upper unit and a rear/inner upper unit. The lower part includes a front/outer lower unit and a rear/inner lower unit. Each unit includes an insulative body and a plurality of contacts integrally formed with the insulative body. The insulative body includes a middle sector and a pair of side sectors. The contacts include the side-band contacts retained in the middle sector, and the differential-pair contacts retained in the side sectors. The tail sections of the side-band contacts are mounted to the printed circuit board. The tail sections of the differential-pair contacts are connected to the wires. Each of the unit further includes a metallic grounding bracket provides spaced two positions mechanically and electrically connected to each corresponding grounding contact. |
| US12107354B2 |
Coaxial flat cable
To provide a coaxial flat cable that can achieve stable high-frequency transmission characteristics as a structure by which stress is not applied to a specific coaxial cable, even due to handling of the coaxial flat cable or the like. The above-described problem is solved by a coaxial flat cable (20) comprising a plurality of coaxial cables (10) disposed side by side in a width direction (X), and a resin tape (11) integrating at least terminal parts (21) of these coaxial cables (10) from one surface or both surfaces, each of the plurality of coaxial cables (10) being connected by soldering to a substrate (30) or a connector. The resin tape (11) positioned at the terminal parts (21) is configured to be provided with a fixed part (21a), to be fixed to the substrate or the connector, at both end portions in the width direction (X). |
| US12107350B2 |
Electronic device having 5G antenna
An electronic device having a 5G antenna, according to the present invention, is provided. The electronic device comprises an antenna, which includes: a first metal pattern formed so that metal having a predetermined length and width is printed and arranged on the top of a substrate; a second metal pattern formed so that metal, which is spaced a predetermined distance from the first metal pattern and has a predetermined length and width, is printed and arranged; and a power feeding pattern formed so that a signal is coupling-fed to the first metal pattern and the second metal pattern. |
| US12107347B2 |
Antenna module for wireless power transmission and reception
Presented is an antenna module for wireless power transmission and reception in which an inner loop pattern is disposed in the inner peripheral area of an outer loop coil so as to provide a constant charging recognition rate regardless of location. The presented antenna module for wireless power transmission and reception comprises: a base substrate; a first antenna which is disposed on the upper surface of the base substrate and includes a first radiation pattern forming a first loop; and a second antenna which is stacked on the upper surface of the base substrate and includes a coil wound along the outer periphery of the first loop to form a second loop. |
| US12107346B2 |
Antenna module and electronic device
An antenna module and an electronic device are provided in the present disclosure. The antenna module includes a first antenna radiator and a first parasitic radiator. The first antenna radiator is configured to radiate a first radio frequency (RF) signal and resonate at a first frequency point. The first parasitic radiator and the first antenna radiator are located on a same plane and are spaced apart from each other, or the first parasitic radiator and the first antenna radiator are located on different planes. The first parasitic radiator is coupled with the first antenna radiator to radiate the first RF signal, and the first parasitic radiator is configured to resonate at a second frequency point, where the second frequency point is different from the first frequency point. |
| US12107345B2 |
Antenna device
An antenna device includes a ground electrode, a feed element, and a parasitic element. The ground electrode has a substantially non-square rectangular plane shape that includes a first side extending in a first direction and a second side extending in a second direction orthogonal to the first direction. The feed element has a substantially rectangular plane shape and is formed in such a way that each side of the feed element becomes parallel to the first direction or the second direction. The parasitic element is formed in such a manner as to face a side of the feed element parallel to the first side. The feed element is configured to radiate a first polarized wave that excites in the first direction and a second polarized wave that excites in the second direction. The length of the first side is longer than the length of the second side. |
| US12107342B2 |
Multiband antenna
A multiband antenna includes a first radiator, a feed element, a first ground element, a second radiator, a connecting element, and a second ground element, wherein the first radiator is made of a metal plate. The feed element is electrically connected to the first radiator and is adapted to feed a signal. The first ground element is electrically connected to the first radiator. The second radiator is made of a metal plate and surrounds an outer side of the first radiator, wherein the first radiator and the second radiator are spaced by an interval. The connecting element is electrically connected to the first radiator and the second radiator. The second ground element is electrically connected to the second radiator. In this way, the multiband antenna is suitable for transmitting signals in multiple frequency bands. |
| US12107341B2 |
Segmented ultra-wideband antenna system and method of operating the same
A segmented ultra-wideband antenna system that facilitates communication with aircraft, satellites, ships, and other ground terminals over the frequency range varies between 1 GHz and 50 GHz while maintaining a bandwidth ratio of 50:1. The segmented ultra-wideband antenna system comprises a platform having a circular shape structure configured to affix plurality of antennas using one or more fasteners. The platform has a diameter of 24 inches for affixing the first antenna, the second antenna and the third antenna using fasteners. The plurality of antennas comprises a first antenna, a second antenna and a third antenna. The segmented ultra-wideband antenna system having a bandwidth ratio of 50:1. The segmented ultra-wideband antenna system achieves gain values from 6 dBi to 41 dBi. The segmented ultra-wideband antenna system is portable on ground and weighs less than 50 lbs. |
| US12107340B2 |
Wireless communication device
A wireless communication device includes a base material; a directivity control array and a wiring disposed on the base material, the directivity control array having a plurality of unit elements disposed in a certain two-dimensional pattern, and the wiring connected to a DC power supply to apply a DC voltage to desired unit elements; the wireless communication device further comprising a controller to control the DC voltage to be applied to the desired unit elements. |
| US12107336B2 |
Broadband linear polarization antenna structure
A broadband linear polarization antenna structure, including a reference conductive layer, a first patch antenna, a second patch antenna, and a feeding portion, is provided. The reference conductive layer includes through holes. A first short pin is connected between the reference conductive layer and the first patch antenna, and a second short pin is connected between the first patch antenna and the second patch antenna. Each feeding portion penetrates the reference conductive layer through the through hole and is coupled to the first patch antenna. |
| US12107334B2 |
Antenna structure and electronic device including the same
The disclosure relates to a fifth generation (5G) or pre-5G communication system supporting higher data rates after a fourth generation (4G) communication system such as Long Term Evolution (LTE). A module in a wireless communication system is provided. The module includes a plurality of antenna elements, an antenna substrate coupled to the plurality of antenna elements, a metal plate coupled to the antenna substrate, a calibration substrate coupled to a Radio Frequency (RF) component on a first face, and a conductive adhesive material for electrical coupling between the metal plate and the calibration substrate. The conductive adhesive material may be coupled to the calibration substrate on a second face different from the first face of the calibration substrate. The conductive adhesive material may include an air gap formed along a signal line included in the calibration substrate. |
| US12107332B2 |
Electromagnetic wave reflectarray
Provided is an electromagnetic wave reflectarray, including a first substrate, a second substrate, first wires and second wires respectively arranged on the first substrate and the second substrate along a first direction and a second direction, antenna electrodes and tuning electrodes respectively arranged into first electrode strings and second electrode strings electrically connected to the first wires and the second wires on the first substrate and the second substrate along the first direction, and a liquid crystal layer disposed between the first substrate and the second substrate. The tuning electrodes completely cover the orthographic projections of the antenna electrodes on the second substrate. |
| US12107323B2 |
Antenna device
An antenna device according to an embodiment of the present invention includes a dielectric layer, an antenna unit disposed on a top surface of the dielectric layer, and a ground layer disposed on a bottom surface of the dielectric layer. The ground layer has a first mesh structure that includes first cut portions therein. A radiation coverage is expanded by the ground layer. |
| US12107322B2 |
Antenna system and terminal device
An antenna system and a terminal device are disclosed. The antenna system may include a dielectric slab (8); a clearance zone (6) on the dielectric slab (8); a low-frequency antenna (1) with a working frequency band of less than 6 GHz arranged in the clearance zone (6); a millimeter-wave array antenna (2) arranged in the clearance zone (6); and a passive grid structure (7) arranged between the low-frequency antenna (1) and the millimeter-wave array antenna (2). |
| US12107321B2 |
Antenna and electronic device including same
According to an embodiment of this disclosure, an electronic device comprises: a housing including a non-conductive portion; an antenna structure arranged in the housing, wherein the antenna structure includes: a substrate including a first substrate surface facing a first direction and a second substrate surface facing opposite the first substrate surface; and at least one antenna element arranged on the substrate to form a beam pattern in the first direction; a conductive member including a plurality of first slits arranged in an inner space of the housing to at least partially face the second substrate surface and formed at a position where the plurality of first slits at least partially overlap the at least one antenna element when the first substrate surface is viewed from above; and a wireless communication circuit configured to transmit or receive a wireless signal in a predetermined frequency band through the at least one antenna element. |
| US12107318B2 |
Device and method for reducing interference with adjacent satellites using a mechanically gimbaled asymmetrical-aperture antenna
Methods, apparatuses, and systems for two-way satellite communication and an asymmetric-aperture antenna for two-way satellite communication are disclosed. In one embodiment, a beam pattern for an asymmetric-aperture antenna is offset in a narrow beamwidth direction, and the offset beam pattern is directed by a mechanical gimbal, with the beam pattern offset made to reduce interference with an adjacent satellite. In additional embodiments, operational areas near the equator are identified for a given offset beam pattern, or a beam pattern offset may be adjusted over time to compensate for movement of the asymmetric-aperture antenna when attached to an airplane, boat, or other mobile vehicle. |
| US12107317B2 |
Universal small cell antenna mounts and antenna mount assemblies
The present disclosure describes an antenna mount. The antenna mount includes a base plate having a plurality of mounting apertures and includes a plurality of arm sections extending radially outwardly therefrom, each arm section having an elongated slot, a plurality of fasteners, each fastener configured to slide within a respective slot, a pole top mount secured to the base plate via the plurality of mounting apertures, and a plurality of brackets, each bracket secured to the base plate by a respective fastener extending through each slot. The position of the brackets is adjustable relative to the base plate by sliding the fasteners within each slot, thereby allowing the antenna mount to be secured to different diameter mounting structures. Antenna mount assemblies are also described herein. |
| US12107316B2 |
Satellite antenna anti-icing system and method
An antenna may have features to ameliorate ice accumulation thereon. For instance, the antenna may include a feed structure between a reflector and a radome. The radome may cover at least a portion of the antenna and/or components of the antenna. A heating element may be located at various locations on the feed structure of the antenna. The heating element may heat the radome or other aspects of the antenna. The heating element may heat the radome or other aspects by infrared radiation, and/or via circulating warmed air. A fan may be provided to promote circulation of warmed air. The heat ameliorates ice accumulation the antenna so that ice accumulation does not diminish the electromagnetic performance of the antenna. |
| US12107314B2 |
Microelectronic support for millimeter-wave communication including a transmission line trace and via pad spaced apart from a respective anti-trace and anti-pad
Disclosed herein are components for millimeter-wave communication, as well as related methods and systems. |
| US12107307B2 |
Membrane electrode electrical generation method
A method for making an improved fuel cell using a porosity gradient design for gas diffusion layers in a hydrogen fuel cell, a gas diffusion layer made by the method and a fuel cell containing the gas diffusion layer. |
| US12107302B2 |
Overcharge protection device with uneven terminal pads
An overcharge protection device cover assembly for use with a battery cell housing. The battery cell housing has a first terminal and a second terminal, the overcharge protection device cover assembly including a first terminal pad having a first length. The first terminal pad is contactable with the first terminal of the battery cell housing. The assembly also includes a second terminal pad having a second length that is greater than the first length. The second terminal pad is contactable with the second terminal of the battery cell housing. A reversal device of the assembly is deflectable toward the first and second terminal pads. A conductive element of the assembly is positioned between the reversal device and the first and second terminal pads. |
| US12107299B2 |
Battery apparatus
A battery apparatus may include: a plurality of battery cells, each of the battery cells having a positive electrode and a negative electrode; and a plurality of battery tabs. Each of the battery tabs has at least one cell-connection part, which is electrically connected to the positive electrode or the negative electrode of a respective one of the plurality of battery cells, and a sheet part, which is integrally formed with the at least one cell-connection part. Each of the battery tabs may be either a first-type battery tab or a second-type battery tab. The sheet thickness of at least one portion of the first-type battery tab may be larger than the sheet thickness of at least one portion of the second-type battery tab. |
| US12107295B2 |
Firefighting method and system for energy storage, and storage medium
A firefighting method and system for energy storage, and a storage medium are provided in implementations of the present disclosure. The method includes the following. The BMS turns on a first exhaust fan corresponding to a first battery cluster where a first battery module is disposed to exhaust a preset gas from the energy-storage container, when a first gas detector disposed in the first battery module detects the preset gas. The BMS determines whether to turn on a first firefighting apparatus corresponding to the first battery cluster based on a concentration of the preset gas at each moment in a preset period and a temperature of the first battery module at each moment in the preset period, to extinguish a fire at a battery module in the energy-storage container. |
| US12107293B2 |
Chassis assembly for energy storage equipment
Assemblies for supporting energy storage equipment, and more particularly, pre-fabricated, above-ground, affixed, ventilated or non-ventilated, power feeder chassis assemblies for large-scale electrical energy storage equipment, comprising a frame unit with certain features that make it capable of supporting energy storage equipment and a cable feeder with certain features that connect destination equipment to the electrical energy storage equipment. Various features of the assembly are described. Also described are methods of manufacturing the same, some of which are directed to methods of pre-fabrication, mass manufacture and transportability. Also described are methods of installing the same, some of which are directed to methods of laying out in grid patterns for large-scale projects. |
| US12107289B2 |
Battery module and battery pack including the same
A battery module includes a battery cell stack, in which a plurality of battery cells are stacked, a module frame configured to accommodate the battery cell stack, and of which a front surface and a rear surface facing each other are opened, and an end plate configured to cover each of the front surface and the rear surface of the module frame, wherein the module frame includes a first bonding surface formed at edges constituting each of the front surface and the rear surface, and wherein the end plate include a second bonding surface bonded to the first bonding surface, and a rib located toward the center of the end plate than the second bonding surface and protruding toward the module frame. |
| US12107285B2 |
Systems and methods for responding to thermal excursions in a battery
Systems and methods for responding to in a battery. A battery cell for a battery system includes a core of a known battery type, and a cell film having an initial thickness, the cell film configured as a pouch enclosing the core. The battery cell has at least one engraved groove in the cell film, the at least one engraved groove characterized by a groove thickness that is less than the initial thickness. The groove thickness configured to break open responsive to a predetermined gas pressure or target temperature in the pouch. |
| US12107280B2 |
Zinc-air electrochemical cells with carbon dioxide scavengers
A zinc-air battery includes an air cathode, a zinc anode, an electrolyte, and a housing, wherein the zinc-air battery includes a carbon dioxide scrubbing agent. A packaging for a zinc-air battery, wherein the packing includes a chamber having a carbon dioxide scrubbing agent, and the chamber is configured to contain the zinc-air battery during storage. |
| US12107276B2 |
Positive electrode for lithium-sulfur secondary battery having pattern, manufacturing method therefor, and lithium-sulfur secondary battery including same
A positive electrode for a lithium-sulfur secondary battery includes a positive electrode active material layer having an intaglio pattern formed therein. A method for manufacturing the same, and a lithium-sulfur secondary battery including the same are also provided. The positive electrode active material layer has a porosity of 50 to 65%. The intaglio pattern has a width of 1 to 100 μm and a depth of 30 to 99% based on the thickness of the positive electrode active material layer. The volumetric ratio of the positive electrode active material layer and the intaglio pattern is 4:1 to 40:1. When the positive electrode is applied to a lithium-sulfur secondary battery, the energy density per unit volume can be remarkably improved. |
| US12107275B2 |
Lead acid battery separators, separator and electrode assemblies, batteries, systems, and related methods
The present disclosure or invention is directed to novel or improved separators for a variety of lead acid batteries and/or systems. In addition, exemplary embodiments disclosed herein are directed to novel or improved battery separators, separator profiles, separator and electrode assemblies incorporating the same, battery cells incorporating the same, batteries incorporating the same, systems incorporating the same, and/or methods of manufacturing and/or of using the same, and/or the like, and/or combinations thereof. For example, disclosed herein are exemplary embodiments of improved electrode plate and separator assemblies (400) for lead acid batteries, improved lead acid cells or batteries incorporating the improved assemblies, systems or vehicles incorporating the improved assemblies (400) and/or batteries (100), and methods related thereto. The electrode plate (200, 201) may have a grid (202) of a stamped, cast, or expanded metal manufacturing process. The grid (202) may have a non-uniform application of active material (203). The separators (300) provide a support structure for resisting or mitigating any plate warping or plate deflection. |
| US12107273B2 |
Nonaqueous electrolyte secondary battery
Provided is a nonaqueous electrolyte secondary battery including a positive electrode, a negative electrode, and an electrolyte. The positive electrode includes positive active material particles having a layered rock salt type crystal structure. A filling ratio of the positive active material particles in the positive electrode is 85% or more. The positive active material particles include broken particles in which a longest diameter is within a range from 15 μm to 30 μm. A crack with a length ⅕ times or more and ⅓ times or less the longest diameter of the broken particles is present. The crack has an intersection, and an abundance ratio x of broken particle is 20% or less. |
| US12107268B2 |
Composite positive electrode active material for lithium secondary battery, preparation method thereof, and lithium secondary battery including positive electrode including the same
This application relates to a composite positive electrode active material for a lithium secondary battery. The composite positive electrode active material includes a nickel-based active material and a cobalt-boron compound-containing coating layer formed on a surface of the nickel-based active material. The application also relates to a method of preparation of the composite positive electrode active material. The application further relates to a lithium secondary battery including a positive electrode containing the composite positive electrode active material. |
| US12107264B2 |
Anode active material comprising metal phosphide coating on surface of carbon material, preparation method therefor, nonaqueous lithium secondary battery comprising anode active material, and manufacturing method therefor
The present invention provides a method for preparing an anode active material for a nonaqueous lithium secondary battery, comprising the steps of: preparing a carbon-based material; forming a precursor coating layer comprising Me and A (wherein A is O or S) on the surface of the carbon-based material; supplying a P precursor to the precursor coating layer of the carbon-based material; and converting at least a part of the precursor coating layer into a compound represented by Mex1Py1 (wherein x1>0 and y1>0) by the reaction of the precursor coating layer and the P precursor, thereby forming a phosphide coating layer, wherein Me is at least one type of the same metal element selected from among Mo, Ni, Fe, Co, Ti, V, Cr, Nb and Mn. |
| US12107261B2 |
Negative electrode active material for lithium secondary battery and method for preparing the same
A negative electrode active material for a lithium secondary battery including complex particles including silicon oxide particles doped with a metal of lithium, magnesium, calcium or aluminum, a linear conductive material disposed between the doped silicon oxide particles, and a carbon-based binder that hinds the doped silicon oxide particles and the conductive material together. The carbon-based binder is a result of sintering a carbon-based precursor. A method of preparing the negative electrode active material, a negative electrode and a lithium secondary battery are also provided. The negative electrode active material according to the present disclosure is superior at least in initial efficiency and life characteristics. |
| US12107259B2 |
Negative electrode comprising a protective layer for a lithium secondary battery, method for manufacturing same, and lithium secondary battery including same
A negative electrode for a lithium secondary battery including a lithium metal layer and a protective layer including a three-dimensional structural body made of metal and lithium nitride on the lithium metal layer. The protective layer induces uniform ionic conductivity and electrical conductivity on the surface of the negative electrode. A method for manufacturing method a negative electrode for a lithium secondary battery including the steps of forming a metal hydroxide having a three-dimensional structure, forming a metal nitride having a three-dimensional structure by a nitridation reaction of the metal hydroxide of the three-dimensional structure; and transferring the metal nitride having the three-dimensional structure onto a lithium metal layer to form a protective layer. A lithium secondary battery including the negative electrode for a lithium secondary battery. |
| US12107256B2 |
Cathode active material for lithium secondary battery and lithium secondary battery including the same
The cathode active material for a lithium secondary battery according to embodiments of the present invention includes lithium-transition metal composite oxide particles including a plurality of primary particles, and the lithium-transition metal composite oxide particles have a lithium-potassium-containing portion formed between the primary particles. Thereby, it is possible to improve life-span properties and capacity properties by preventing the layer structure deformation of the primary particles and removing residual lithium. |
| US12107255B2 |
Positive electrode, method for preparing the same and electrochemical device
The present disclosure relates to the technical field of energy storage, and in particular, relates to a positive electrode, a method for preparing the positive electrode and an electrochemical device. The positive electrode includes a current collector and a positive electrode active material layer that contains positive electrode active material and is arranged on at least one surface of the current collector. An inorganic layer having a thickness of 20 nm to 2000 nm is arranged on the surface of the at least one positive electrode active material layer away from the current collector. The inorganic layer is a porous dielectric layer containing no binder, and the inorganic layer has a porosity of 10%˜60%. The positive electrode active material layer according to the present disclosure significantly improves the cycle performance, high-temperature storage performance and safety of the electrochemical device. |
| US12107253B2 |
Active materials useful in balancing power and energy density of a battery assembly
The present disclosure relates to battery plates which are useful in optimizing the power and energy density of a batter assembly by having discrete active materials. The present disclosure relates to a battery plate having: a) a substrate having a first surface opposing a second surface; b) one or more active materials disposed on the first surface, second surface, or both the first surface and the second surface of the substrate; and wherein the one or more active materials include two or more discrete active material regions. |
| US12107252B2 |
Apparatuses and processes for forming a semi-solid electrode having high active solids loading and electrochemical cells including the same
Embodiments described herein relate generally to apparatuses and processes for forming semi-solid electrodes having high active solids loading by removing excess electrolyte. In some embodiments, the semi-solid electrode material can be formed by mixing an active material and, optionally, a conductive material in a liquid electrolyte to form a suspension. In some embodiments, the semi-solid electrode material can be disposed onto a current collector to form an intermediate electrode. In some embodiments, the semi-solid electrode material can have a first composition in which the ratio of electrolyte to active material is between about 10:1 and about 1:1. In some embodiments, a method for converting the semi-solid electrode material from the first composition into the second composition includes removing a portion of the electrolyte from the semi-solid electrode material. In some embodiments, the method includes mechanically compressing the intermediate electrode to remove the portion of electrolyte from the semi-solid electrode material. |
| US12107250B2 |
Method for producing electrode active material for non-aqueous secondary battery
Provided is a method for producing an electrode active material capable of forming a non-aqueous secondary battery with superior durability and output characteristics. The method for producing an electrode active material for a non-aqueous secondary battery includes contacting a dispersion containing graphene and a dispersion medium with alkali-metal-transition-metal composite oxide particles, and the dispersion has a dispersibility index of 0.25 or more. |
| US12107248B2 |
Robust interface for cooler to housing
An interface system for mechanically decoupling a cooling system includes: a housing having an opening; an inset having opposite first and second sides; an interface body having first and second ends and a bore-hole open to the first and second ends thereof. The inset has a recess in the second side to accommodate the interface body. The interface body is at least partially inserted into the inset, and the inset is at least partially inserted into the opening in the housing such that the first side of the inset is inside the housing. The first side of the inset has an opening open to the bore-hole of the interface body. One end of the bore-hole is configured to slidably receive an inlet of a cooling pipe, and the other end of the bore-hole is configured to be connected, in a fluid-tight manner, with an external coolant supply or coolant discharge. |
| US12107243B2 |
Battery pack
A battery pack includes a battery, a sensor configured to detect a state of the battery. The sensor includes an insulating layer, and a resistor on one side of the insulating layer, the resistor being formed of a Cr composite film. The sensor detects the state of the battery as a change in a resistance value of the resistor. |
| US12107242B2 |
Battery cell apparatus and system and method of use
A battery cell, driven by heat, having a reservoir containing a redox couple electrolyte comprised of paramagnetic and diamagnetic ions. A magnet with a pole, projecting a non-uniform magnetic field unto the electrolyte, the magnetic field having a strong magnetic field area proximal to the magnetic pole and a weak magnetic field area distal to the magnetic pole. A positive electrode is placed in the strong magnetic field area and a negative electrode is placed in the weak magnetic field areas of the electrolyte. Ionic separation occurs as the paramagnetic ions drift to the strong magnetic field area, and the diamagnetic ions are repulsed from the magnetic pole and drift to the weak magnetic field area, causing voltage potential across the positive and negative electrodes. A circuit placed across the positive and negative electrodes of the battery draws electrons from the diamagnetic ions through the negative electrode and the electrical circuit to the positive electrode and into the paramagnetic ions. Paramagnetic ions in the strong field area reduce into converted diamagnetic ions as the paramagnetic ions receive electrons through the positive electrode, the converted diamagnetic ions repelled by the magnetic pole drift to the weak magnetic field area. Additionally, diamagnetic ions proximal to the weak magnetic field area oxidize into converted paramagnetic ions as the diamagnetic ions lose electrons through the negative electrode, the converted paramagnetic ions attracted to the magnetic pole drift to the strong magnetic field area. |
| US12107239B2 |
Method for matching data of a first control unit with a second control unit for determining precise predictive values
A method for matching data of a first control unit for controlling an electrical energy storage unit, which includes a plurality of electrochemical energy stores, with a second control unit for determining precise predictive values. |
| US12107237B2 |
Battery passivation management system
Described is a battery de-passivation circuit that generally comprises a battery having a de-passivation circuit attached across its positive and negative terminals. The de-passivation circuit includes a switch that can open or close the de-passivation circuit, a resistor that can regulate the amount of current drawn from the battery and a clock and timer controller system that controls the switch. The controller system controls closing the circuit long enough to bring the passivation level build-up within the battery to an acceptable lower level and controls opening the circuit long enough to allow passivation levels to build-up to an acceptable upper level. |
| US12107236B2 |
Secondary battery
A secondary battery includes a battery case, an electrode body, and a collector member connecting the battery case and the electrode body. A positive electrode includes an insulation layer provided so as to be adjacent to a positive electrode active material layer. The collector members include first portions, and second portions continuous to the first portions and bent relative to the first portions. The first portions are fixed to the battery case. The second portions are connected, at ends thereof opposite to the bent portions, to collector regions, respectively. The collector members further include ribs connected, at the bent portions, to the first portions and the second portions, respectively. |
| US12107232B2 |
Electrode assembly, battery cell, battery, and manufacturing device and method for electrode assembly
An embodiment of the present application provide an electrode assembly, a battery cell, a battery, and an electrode assembly manufacturing equipment and method. Among that, the electrode assembly includes a negative electrode plate and a positive electrode plate which form a bending region. The positive electrode plate includes bending portions located in the bending region, the bending portion includes a positive electrode current collecting layer and a positive active substance layer, and at least one side surface of the positive electrode current collecting layer is provided with the positive active substance layer in a thickness direction of the positive electrode plate. At least one positive active substance layer is provided with the barrier layer, at least a part of the barrier layer is intercalated in the positive active substance layer provided with the barrier layer, and coats at least a part of particles in the positive active substance layer. |
| US12107230B2 |
Bipolar lithium secondary battery
A bipolar lithium secondary battery having a bipolar unit that includes a current collector with positive and negative electrodes formed on opposite sides thereof. The bipolar lithium secondary battery may prevent self-discharging and the generation of bypass currents by separating the electrolyte solutions adjacent to the electrodes having different polarities by a polymer film attached to the edge of the current collector, and by preventing the movement of the separated electrolyte solutions. |
| US12107229B2 |
Manufacturing method of lithium secondary battery comprising additional heat-treatment process and lithium secondary battery manufactured by the same
The present disclosure relates to a method for manufacturing a lithium secondary battery comprising the steps of: a) preparing an electrode assembly including a positive electrode, a negative electrode, and a separator interposed therebetween; b) housing the electrode assembly in a battery case, injecting a non-aqueous electrolyte thereto and sealing the battery case to produce a preliminary battery; c) activating the preliminary battery; d) charging the activated preliminary battery to a SOC in a range of 25 to 35 to produce a secondary battery; and e) subjecting the secondary battery to a high-temperature aging for 1 hour to 6 hours at a temperature range of 60° C. to 100° C., and a lithium secondary battery manufactured by the above manufacturing method. |
| US12107228B2 |
Non-aqueous electrolyte for a lithium ion battery and lithium ion battery
To solve the problem that the existing non-aqueous electrolyte for a lithium ion battery cannot ensure the high-temperature storage performance and cycle performance at the same time, the invention provides a non-aqueous electrolyte for a lithium ion battery, comprising a solvent, a lithium salt and a compound represented by structural formula 1 and/or structural formula 2: Meanwhile, the invention also discloses a lithium ion battery comprising the non-aqueous electrolyte for a lithium ion battery. The non-aqueous electrolyte provided by the invention can effectively improve the cycle performance and high-temperature storage performance of lithium ion batteries. |
| US12107227B2 |
Nonaqueous electrolyte, lithium-ion battery, battery module, battery pack, and apparatus
This application provides a nonaqueous electrolyte, a lithium-ion battery, a battery module, a battery pack, and an apparatus. The nonaqueous electrolyte includes a nonaqueous solvent, a lithium salt, and an additive. The nonaqueous solvent includes a carbonate solvent and a high oxidation potential solvent, and the additive is a fluorinated cyclic carbonate. The carbonate solvent is a linear carbonate, or a mixture of linear carbonate and cyclic carbonate, the high oxidation potential solvent is selected from one or more of compounds represented by formula I and formula II, and the fluorinated cyclic carbonate is selected from compounds represented by formula III. This application can not only improve electrochemical performance of the lithium-ion battery under high temperature and high voltage and improve safety performance such as overcharge safety and hot box safety of the lithium-ion battery, but also ensure that the lithium-ion battery has some kinetic performance. |
| US12107226B2 |
Electrolyte for power storage devices and nonaqueous electrolyte solution
To provide an electrolyte for a storage device capable of lowering the electric resistance and maintaining a high capacity even after charging and discharging are repeatedly carried out, and a storage device.An electrolyte for a storage device, which comprises a lithium-containing complex compound represented by the following formula (1), (2), (3), (4) or (5): (Li)m(A)n(UFx)y (1) (Li)m(Si)n(O)q(UFx)y (2) wherein A is O, S, P or N; U is a boron atom or a phosphorus atom; m and n are each independently from 1 to 6; q is from 1 to 12; x is 3 or 5; and y is from 1 to 6; (Li)m(O)n(B)p(OWFq)x (3) wherein W is a boron atom or a phosphorus atom; m, p and x are each independently from 1 to 15; n is from 0 to 15; and q is 3 or 5; (Li)m(B)p(O)n(OR)y(OWFq)x (4) wherein W is a boron atom or a phosphorus atom; n is from 0 to 15; p, m, x and y are each independently from 1 to 12; q is 3 or 5; and R is hydrogen, an alkyl group, an alkenyl group, an aryl group, a carbonyl group, a sulfonyl group or a silyl group, and such a group may have a fluorine atom, an oxygen atom or other substituent; (Li)m(O)n(B)p(OOC-(A)z-COO)y(OWFq)x (5) wherein W is a boron atom or a phosphorus atom, A is a C1-6 allylene group, alkenylene group or alkynylene group, a phenylene group, or an alkylene group having an oxygen atom or a sulfur atom in its main chain; m, p, x and y are each independently from 1 to 20; n is from 0 to 15; z is 0 or 1; and q is 3 or 5. |
| US12107220B2 |
Electrolyte and electrochemical device
An electrolyte including a dinitrile compound, a trinitrile compound, and propyl propionate. Based on the total weight of the electrolyte, the weight percentage of the dinitrile compound is X, the weight percentage of the trinitrile compound is Y, and the weight percentage of the propyl propionate is Z, wherein, about 2 wt %≤(X+Y)≤about 8 wt %, about 0.1≤(X/Y)≤about 6, about 30 wt %≤Z≤about 50 wt %, and about 0.01≤(Y/Z)≤about 0.3; wherein the dinitrile compound is one or more compounds selected from adiponitrile, 1,4-dicyano-2-butene, and ethylene glycol bis(2-cyanoethyl) ether; and the trinitrile compound is one or more compounds selected from 1,3,5-pentanetricarbonitrile; 1,2,3-propanetrinitrile; 1,3,6-hexanetricarbonitrile; 1,2,6-hexanetricarbonitrile; 1,2,3-tris(2-cyanoethoxy)propane; 1,2,4-tris(2-cyanoethoxy)butane; 1,1,1-tris(cyanoethoxymethylene)ethane; 1,1,1-tris(cyanoethoxymethylene)propane; 3-methyl-1,3,5-tris(cyanoethoxy)pentane; 1,2,7-tris(cyanoethoxy)heptane; 1,2,6-tris(cyanoethoxy)hexane; 1,2,5-tris(cyanoethoxy)pentane; and any combination thereof. |
| US12107215B2 |
Solid-state battery
A solid state battery that includes at least one battery constituent unit including a positive electrode layer, a negative electrode layer, and a solid electrolyte layer interposed therebetween; a positive electrode external terminal on a first side surface of the solid state battery laminate; and a negative electrode external terminal on a second side surface of the solid state battery laminate. The positive electrode layer and the negative electrode layer each include a terminal contact portion in direct contact with the positive electrode external terminal and the negative electrode external terminal, respectively, and a non-terminal contact portion that is not in direct contact with the positive electrode external terminal and the negative electrode external terminal, respectively, and in at least one of the positive electrode layer and the negative electrode layer, a sectional area of the terminal contact portion is smaller than a sectional area of the non-terminal contact portion. |
| US12107212B2 |
Negative electrode composition, negative electrode sheet for all-solid state secondary battery, all-solid state secondary battery, method for manufacturing negative electrode sheet for all-solid state secondary battery, and method for manufacturing all-solid state secondary battery
Provided are a negative electrode composition including a sulfide-based inorganic solid electrolyte, a negative electrode active material containing a silicon atom or a tin atom, and a polymer, in which the polymer has substantially no adsorption capacity to the negative electrode active material and the sulfide-based inorganic solid electrolyte, a modulus of elasticity of the polymer measured in accordance with JIS K 7161 (2014) is 100 MPa or higher and 1000 MPa or lower, and in a case where a negative electrode active material layer is formed of the negative electrode composition, the polymer is contained in the negative electrode active material layer in a particle form, a negative electrode sheet for an all-solid state secondary battery, an all-solid state secondary battery, a method for manufacturing a negative electrode sheet for an all-solid state secondary battery, and a method for manufacturing an all-solid state secondary battery. |
| US12107211B2 |
Electrochemical cells including selectively permeable membrane and semi-solid electrodes, and method of manufacturing the same
Embodiments described herein relate generally to electrochemical cells including a selectively permeable membrane and systems and methods for manufacturing the same. In some embodiments, the selectively permeable membrane can include a solid-state electrolyte material. In some embodiments, electrochemical cells can include a cathode disposed on a cathode current collector, an anode disposed on an anode current collector, and the selectively permeable membrane disposed therebetween. In some embodiments, the cathode and/or anode can include a slurry of an active material and a conductive material in a liquid electrolyte. In some embodiments, a catholyte can be different from an anolyte. In some embodiments, the catholyte can be optimized to improve the redox electrochemistry of the cathode and the anolyte can be optimized to improve the redox electrochemistry of the anode. In some embodiments, the selectively permeable membrane can be configured to isolate the catholyte from the anolyte. |
| US12107209B2 |
Electrode group, secondary battery, battery pack, and vehicle
According to an embodiment, an electrode group is provided. The electrode group includes a positive electrode, and a negative electrode. The negative electrode active material-containing layer includes a facing section which faces the positive electrode active material-containing layer and a non-facing section which does not. A first fluorine-containing coating is formed on a main surface of the negative electrode active material-containing layer in at least a part of the non-facing section. The abundance ratio of fluorine atoms included in the first fluorine-containing coating is in the range of 2.5 atom % to 10 atom %. |
| US12107208B2 |
Nonaqueous electrolyte secondary battery
A nonaqueous electrolyte secondary battery includes a sulfur-containing positive electrode, a negative electrode, a nonaqueous electrolyte, and a cation exchange resin layer which is disposed between the positive electrode and the negative electrode and has a first surface having a roughness factor of 3 or more.A method for producing a nonaqueous electrolyte secondary battery includes a sulfur-containing positive electrode, a negative electrode, and a cation exchange resin layer which is interposed between the positive electrode and the negative electrode and has a first surface having a roughness factor of 3 or more.The method includes injecting a lithium polysulfide-containing positive electrode electrolyte between the positive electrode and the cation exchange resin layer, and injecting a negative electrode electrolyte between the negative electrode and the cation exchange resin layer, the negative electrode electrolyte having a lithium polysulfide concentration lower than that of the positive electrode electrolyte. |
| US12107207B2 |
Flexible battery
A flexible battery is disclosed in the present invention. One of a first active material layer, an intermediate layer, a second active material layer, a first interface located between the first active material layer and the intermediate layer, and a second interface located between the second active material layer and the intermediate layer includes a first adhesive. The first adhesive includes at least one first linear polymer and at least one first crystallization inhibitor. Therefore, the active material layers, the intermediate layer or the interfaces have sufficient adhesion and flexibility. The electrochemical reaction element would not easy to be cracked or separated after bending, and the ionic and electrical conductivities of the battery is greatly improved. |
| US12107201B2 |
Semiconductor light emitting device and method of manufacturing the same
The present disclosure relate to a semiconductor light emitting device and a method for manufacturing the same. The semiconductor light emitting device comprises a semiconductor light emitting chip, and first electrodes electrically connected to the semiconductor light emitting chip, with the first electrodes each having a planar area larger than that of the semiconductor light emitting chip, wherein lower surfaces of the first electrodes are exposed externally, and an insulating material is filled in-between inner lateral surfaces of the first electrodes. |
| US12107200B2 |
Backplane and light emitting diode panel
A backplane includes a drive substrate, a buffer layer, and a reflective layer. The buffer layer is disposed on the drive substrate. The reflective layer is disposed on the buffer layer. In the present disclosure, the buffer layer is provided on the drive substrate to protect the drive substrate during a screen printing process of the reflective layer. An light emitting diode panel is also provided. |
| US12107199B2 |
Light-emitting element lamp and method for manufacturing the same
Provided is a light-emitting element lamp capable of increasing a light extraction efficiency and its manufacturing method. The light-emitting element lamp according to the present invention includes: a light-emitting element having a semiconductor layer provided on a substrate; a first lens of spherical segment shape provided by protruding from a surface on the opposite side of the semiconductor layer of the substrate and having a spherical cap that includes a bottom surface consisting of an attaching surface to the surface and a protruding surface from the surface and a radius of curvature R1; and a second lens attached to the side of the light-emitting element and the protruding surface of the first lens, in which the second lens has a concave curve from a peripheral side of the bottom surface of the first lens to the semiconductor layer side on the side of the light-emitting element. |
| US12107198B2 |
Barrier film and method for manufacturing the same, wavelength conversion sheet and method for manufacturing the same, and optical laminate and method for manufacturing the same
A barrier film comprising a gas barrier film, and a primer layer disposed on one of outermost surfaces thereof and made of a cured product of a primer composition comprising at least one organometallic compound selected from the group consisting of a metal chelating compound, a metal alkoxide compound and a metal acylate compound. |
| US12107195B2 |
Light emitting diode package and method of manufacturing the same
A light emitting diode, including a first type semiconductor layer, an active layer, and a second type semiconductor layer; an ohmic contact layer disposed on the second type semiconductor layer; a first insulating layer disposed on the semiconductor structure and including a first opening overlapping the first type semiconductor layer and a second opening overlapping the ohmic contact layer; a first connection wiring disposed on the first insulating layer, the first connection wiring having a first portion and a second portion; and a second connection wiring disposed on the first insulating layer and spaced apart from the first connection wiring, the second connection wiring electrically connected to the second type semiconductor layer through the second opening. The second connection wiring surrounds at least a portion of the first portion of the first connection wiring in a plan view. |
| US12107194B2 |
Semiconductor light-emitting device
Disclosed is a semiconductor light emitting device comprising a semiconductor light emitting chip having electrodes; a mold, which has a first surface roughness and includes a bottom portion where the semiconductor light emitting chip is arranged and through holes formed in the bottom portion, with the through holes being comprised of a surface having a second surface roughness different from the first surface roughness, wherein at least one side of the mold facing the semiconductor light emitting chip is made of a material capable of reflecting at least 95% of light emitted by the semiconductor light emitting chip; and conductive parts provided in the through holes for electrical communication with the electrodes. |
| US12107188B2 |
Semiconductor device
An embodiment provides a semiconductor device comprising: a substrate; a bonding layer disposed on the substrate; an electrode layer disposed on the bonding layer; a semiconductor structure disposed on the electrode layer and including a first conductive semiconductor layer, a second conductive semiconductor layer, and an active layer disposed between the first conductive semiconductor layer and the second conductive semiconductor layer; a first electrode electrically connected to the first conductive semiconductor layer; and a second electrode electrically connected to the second conductive semiconductor layer, wherein the second conductive semiconductor layer includes a through-hole, and the second electrode is disposed in the through-hole so as to be electrically connected to the electrode layer. |
| US12107184B2 |
Patterned substrate, epitaxial wafer, manufacturing method, storage medium and LED chip
The present disclosure relates to a patterned substrate, an epitaxial wafer, a manufacturing method, a storage medium and an LED chip. The patterned substrate is applied to a Micro LED, a substrate body of the patterned substrate is provided with at least one receiving groove capable of receiving at least part epitaxial material dropped during an epitaxial process. At least part excess epitaxial material produced during a high-speed rotational molding process of an epitaxial layer in an MOCVD furnace may drop into the receiving groove and not remain on the epitaxial layer. |
| US12107183B2 |
Short-wave infra-red radiation detection device
A short-wave infra-red, SWIR, radiation detection device comprises: a first metallic layer providing a first set of connections from a readout circuit to respective cells of a matrix, the metallic layer reflecting SWIR wavelength radiation. Each matrix cell comprises at least one stack of layers including: a first layer of doped semiconductor material formed on the first metallic layer; an at least partially microcrystalline semiconductor layer formed over the first doped layer; a second layer of semiconductor material formed on the microcrystalline semiconductor layer; at least one microcrystalline semiconductor layer; and in some embodiments a second metallic layer interfacing the microcrystalline semiconductor layer(s), the interface being responsive to incident SWIR radiation to generate carriers within the stack. The stack has a thickness T=λ/2N between reflective surfaces of the first and second metallic layers. |
| US12107182B2 |
Group-IV solar cell structure using group-IV heterostructures
Device structures, apparatuses, and methods are disclosed for photovoltaic cells that may be a single-junction or multijunction solar cells, with at least a first layer comprising a group-IV semiconductor in which part of the cell comprises a second layer comprising a III-V semiconductor or group-IV semiconductor having a different composition than the group-IV semiconductor of the first layer, such that a heterostructure is formed between the first and second layers. |
| US12107174B2 |
Light detecting device and system
A light detecting device includes first pixel circuitry including a first avalanche photodiode, and second pixel circuitry including a second avalanche photodiode, a first delay circuit including an input coupled to a cathode of the second avalanche photodiode, a first circuit including a first input coupled to the cathode of the second avalanche photodiode, and a second input coupled to an output of the first delay circuit. The light detecting device includes a control circuit coupled to an output of the first circuit and configured to control a potential of an anode of the first avalanche photodiode based on the output of the first circuit. The control circuit is configured to control a potential of an anode of the second avalanche photodiode based on the output of the first circuit. |
| US12107170B2 |
Transistor channel passivation with 2D crystalline material
Transistor structures with a channel semiconductor material that is passivated with two-dimensional (2D) crystalline material. The 2D material may comprise a semiconductor having a bandgap offset from a band of the channel semiconductor. The 2D material may be a thin as a few monolayers and have good temperature stability. The 2D material may be a conversion product of a sacrificial precursor material, or of a portion of the channel semiconductor material. The 2D material may comprise one or more metal and a chalcogen. The channel material may be a metal oxide semiconductor suitable for low temperature processing (e.g., IGZO), and the 2D material may also be compatible with low temperature processing (e.g., <450° C.). The 2D material may be a chalcogenide of a metal present in the channel material (e.g., ZnSx or ZnSex) or of a metal absent from the channel material when formed from a sacrificial precursor. |
| US12107169B2 |
Contact structure for stacked multi-gate device
A semiconductor device according to the present disclosure includes a stack of first channel members, a stack of second channel members disposed directly over the stack of first channel members, a bottom source/drain feature in contact with the stack of the first channel members, a separation layer disposed over the bottom source/drain feature, a top source/drain feature in contact with the stack of second channel members and disposed over the separation layer, and a frontside contact that extends through the top source/drain feature and the separation layer to be electrically coupled to the bottom source/drain feature. |
| US12107168B2 |
Independent gate length tunability for stacked transistors
A stacked FET structure having independently tuned gate lengths is provided to maximize the benefit of each FET within the stacked FET structure. Notably, a vertically stacked FET structure is provided in which a bottom FET has a different gate length than a top FET. In some embodiments, a dielectric spacer can be present laterally adjacent to the bottom FET and the top FET. In such an embodiment, the dielectric spacer can have a first portion that is located laterally adjacent to the bottom FET that has a different thickness than a second portion of the dielectric spacer that is located laterally adjacent the top FET. |
| US12107164B2 |
Semiconductor device
A semiconductor device includes a gate structure on a substrate and an epitaxial layer adjacent to the gate structure, in which the epitaxial layer includes a first buffer layer, a second buffer layer on the first buffer layer, a bulk layer on the second buffer layer, a first cap layer on the bulk layer, and a second cap layer on the first cap layer. Preferably, the bottom surface of the first buffer layer includes a linear surface, a bottom surface of the second buffer layer includes a curve, and the second buffer layer includes a linear sidewall. |
| US12107162B2 |
Multi-gate semiconductor structure and method of manufacturing the same
A multi-gate semiconductor structure and its manufacturing method are provided. The semiconductor structure includes a substrate having an active area and an isolation structure adjacent to the active area. The semiconductor structure includes a gate structure formed on the substrate and a gate dielectric layer between the gate structure and the substrate. The gate structure includes a first part above the top surface of the substrate and a second part connected to the first part. The second part of the gate structure is formed in the isolation structure, wherein the isolation structure is in direct contact with the bottom surface and sidewalls of the second part of the gate structure. A method of manufacturing the semiconductor structure includes partially etching the isolation structure to form a trench exposing the top portion of sidewalls of the substrate. The gate dielectric layer and the gate structure extend into the trench. |
| US12107161B2 |
Semiconductor device
A semiconductor device includes: a chip having a first main surface on one side and a second main surface on the other side; a first region of a first conduction type which is formed on the second main surface side in the chip; a second region of a second conduction type which is formed on the first main surface side of the chip and forms a pn-junction portion with the first region; a device region which is provided on the first main surface; a first groove structure including a first groove, a first insulating film, and a first polysilicon, and partitioning the device region; and a second groove structure including a second groove, a second insulating film, and a second polysilicon, and partitioning the device region on a device region side of the first groove structure. |
| US12107160B2 |
Power device and manufacturing method thereof
A power device includes: a semiconductor layer, a well region, a body region, a gate, a sub-gate, a source, a drain, and an electric field adjustment region. The sub-gate is formed above a top surface of the semiconductor layer, wherein a portion of the well region is located vertically beneath the sub-gate. The sub-gate is not directly connected to the gate. The electric field adjustment region has a conductivity type which is opposite to that of the well region. The electric field adjustment region is formed beneath and not in contact with the top surface of the semiconductor layer. The electric field adjustment region is located in the well region of the semiconductor layer, and at least a portion of the electric field adjustment region is located vertically beneath the sub-gate. |
| US12107159B2 |
Semiconductor device
According to one embodiment, a semiconductor device includes first to third electrodes, a conductive member, a semiconductor member, and an insulating member. The conductive member includes a conductive member end portion and a conductive member other-end portion. The conductive member end portion is between the first electrode and the conductive member other-end portion. The conductive member is electrically connected with one of the second electrode or the third electrode. The semiconductor member includes first to third semiconductor regions. The first semiconductor region includes first and second partial regions. The first partial region is between the first and second electrodes. The second semiconductor region is between the first partial region and the third semiconductor region. The third semiconductor region is electrically connected with the second electrode. A portion of the insulating member is between the semiconductor member and the third electrode and between the semiconductor member and the conductive member. |
| US12107158B2 |
SiC-mosfet
An object of the present disclosure is to suppress decrease in withstand voltage and increase in ON voltage and to increase body diode current. An SiC-MOSFET includes: a source region formed on a surface layer of a base region; a gate electrode facing a channel region which is a region of the base region sandwiched between a drift layer and the source region via a gate insulating film; a source electrode having electrically contact with the source region; and a plurality of first embedded regions of a second conductivity type formed adjacent to a lower surface of the base region. The plurality of first embedded regions are formed immediately below at least both end portions of the base region, and three or more first embedded regions are formed to be separated from each other. |
| US12107157B2 |
High electron mobility transistor and method for fabricating the same
A method for fabricating high electron mobility transistor (HEMT) includes the steps of: forming a buffer layer on a substrate; forming a barrier layer on the buffer layer; forming a hard mask on the barrier layer; removing the hard mask to form a first recess for exposing the barrier layer; removing the hard mask adjacent to the first recess to form a second recess; and forming a p-type semiconductor layer in the first recess and the second recess. |
| US12107154B2 |
Single fin structures
The present disclosure generally relates to semiconductor structures and, more particularly, to single fin structures and methods of manufacture. The structure includes: an active single fin structure; a plurality of dummy fin structures on opposing sides of the active single fin structure; source and drain regions formed on the active single fin structure and the dummy fin structures; recessed shallow trench isolation (STI) regions between the dummy fin structures and the active single fin structure and below a surface of the dummy fin structures; and contacts formed on the source and drain regions of the active single fin structure with a spacing of at least two dummy fin structures on opposing sides of the contacts. |
| US12107150B2 |
Electroless plating method for metal gate fill
Embodiments utilize an electro-chemical process to deposit a metal gate electrode in a gate opening in a gate replacement process for a nanosheet FinFET device. Accelerators and suppressors may be used to achieve a bottom-up deposition for a fill material of the metal gate electrode. |
| US12107149B2 |
Air spacer and method of forming same
In an embodiment, a method of forming a semiconductor device includes forming a dummy gate stack over a substrate; forming a first spacer layer over the dummy gate stack; oxidizing a surface of the first spacer layer to form a sacrificial liner; forming one or more second spacer layers over the sacrificial liner; forming a third spacer layer over the one or more second spacer layers; forming an inter-layer dielectric (ILD) layer over the third spacer layer; etching at least a portion of the one or more second spacer layers to form an air gap, the air gap being interposed between the third spacer layer and the first spacer layer; and forming a refill layer to fill an upper portion of the air gap. |
| US12107146B2 |
Self-aligned air spacers and methods for forming
A method of manufacturing an integrated circuit device including a self-aligned air spacer including the operations of forming a dummy gate, forming a sidewall on the dummy gate, forming a dummy layer on the sidewall, constructing a gate structure within an opening defined by the sidewall, removing at least a portion of the first dummy layer to form a first recess between the sidewall layer and the dummy gate, and capping the first recess to form a first air spacer. |
| US12107140B2 |
Thin film structure and semiconductor device including the same
A thin film structure including ferroelectrics and anti-ferroelectrics and a semiconductor device including the same are provided. The thin film structure includes a first anti-ferroelectric layer comprising anti-ferroelectrics, a second anti-ferroelectric layer disposed apart from the first anti-ferroelectric layer and including anti-ferroelectrics, and a ferroelectric layer between the first anti-ferroelectric layer and the second anti-ferroelectric layer and including ferroelectrics. |
| US12107137B2 |
Semiconductor device
Provided is a semiconductor device in which a leakage current is reduced, the semiconductor device which is particularly useful for power devices. A semiconductor device including at least: an n+-type semiconductor layer, which contains a crystalline oxide semiconductor as a major component; an n−-type semiconductor layer that is placed on the n+-type semiconductor layer, the n−-type semiconductor layer containing a crystalline oxide semiconductor as a major component; a high-resistance layer with at least a part thereof being embedded in the n−-type semiconductor layer, the high-resistance layer having a bottom surface located at a distance of less than 1.5 μm from an upper surface of the n+-type semiconductor layer; and a Schottky electrode that forms a Schottky junction with the n−-type semiconductor layer, the Schottky electrode having an edge located on the high-resistance layer. |
| US12107132B2 |
Source/drain contact positioning under power rail
Embodiments disclosed herein include a semiconductor structure for reducing contact to contact shorting. The semiconductor structure may include a gate cut region with a liner and a dielectric core confined within a first lateral side of the liner and a second lateral side of the liner. The semiconductor structure may also include a first source/drain (S/D) contact overlapping the first lateral side and the dielectric core. The first S/D may include a line-end that contacts the second lateral side of the liner. |
| US12107128B2 |
Method of producing a semiconductor device having a ferroelectric gate stack
A method of producing a semiconductor device includes forming a plurality of transistor cells in a SiC substrate and electrically connected in parallel to form a transistor having a specified operating temperature range. Forming each transistor cell includes forming a gate structure having a gate electrode, and a gate dielectric stack separating the gate electrode from the SiC substrate and including a ferroelectric insulator. The method further includes doping the ferroelectric insulator with a doping material such that the Curie temperature of the ferroelectric insulator is in a range above the specified operating temperature range of the transistor. |
| US12107126B2 |
Steep sloped vertical tunnel field-effect transistor
The current disclosure describes a vertical tunnel FET device including a vertical P-I-N heterojunction structure of a P-doped nanowire gallium nitride source/drain, an intrinsic InN layer, and an N-doped nanowire gallium nitride source/drain. A high-K dielectric layer and a metal gate wrap around the intrinsic InN layer. |
| US12107125B2 |
Oxide semiconductor film and semiconductor device
A first raw material solution containing at least aluminum is atomized to generate first atomized droplets and a second raw material solution containing at least gallium and a dopant is atomized to generate second atomized droplets, and subsequently, the first atomized droplets are carried into a film forming chamber using a first carrier gas and the second atomized droplets are carried into the film forming chamber using a second carrier gas, and then the first atomized droplets and the second atomized droplets are mixed in the film forming chamber, and the mixed atomized droplets are thermally reacted in the vicinity of a surface of the base to form an oxide semiconductor film on the base, the oxide semiconductor film including, as a major component, a metal oxide containing at least aluminum and gallium, wherein the oxide semiconductor film has a mobility of no less than 5 cm2/Vs. |
| US12107123B2 |
Silicon carbide semiconductor device
A silicon carbide semiconductor device includes a semiconductor substrate, a first semiconductor layer, a second semiconductor layer, a first semiconductor region, and a gate electrode. Protons are implanted in a first region spanning a predetermined distance from a surface of the semiconductor substrate facing toward the first semiconductor layer, in a second region spanning a predetermined distance from a surface of the first semiconductor layer on the second side of the first semiconductor layer facing toward the semiconductor substrate, in a third region spanning a predetermined distance from a surface of the first semiconductor layer on the first side of the first semiconductor layer facing toward the second semiconductor layer, and in a fourth region spanning a predetermined distance from a surface of the second semiconductor layer on the second side of the second semiconductor layer facing toward the first semiconductor layer. |
| US12107122B2 |
Integrated circuit devices
An integrated circuit device includes: a fin-type active region on a substrate and including a fin top surface at a first level; a gate line on the fin-type active region; and an insulating structure on a sidewall of the fin-type active region. The insulating structure includes: a first insulating liner in contact with a sidewall of the fin-type active region; a second insulating liner on the first insulating liner and including an uppermost portion at a second level c than the first level; a lower buried insulating layer facing the sidewall of the fin-type active region and including a first top surface facing the gate line at a third level lower than the second level; and an upper buried insulating layer between the lower buried insulating layer and the gate line and including a second top surface at a fourth level equal to or higher than the second level. |
| US12107120B2 |
Power semiconductor device
A power semiconductor device includes a substrate, including an active region and edge regions, including a semiconductor layer of a first conductive type including silicon carbide (SiC); an insulating film disposed on the edge regions; a field plate pattern disposed on the insulating film; a first doped region of a second conductive type disposed inside the substrate to extend downward from a top surface of the edge regions; a second doped region of the second conductive type, buried in the edge regions, extends in a direction having a vector component parallel to the top surface of the substrate; and a third doped region of the first conductive type is disposed on the second doped region and at a side portion of the first doped region. |
| US12107118B2 |
Method for forming an electronic product comprising two capacitors having different dielectric thicknesses, and corresponding electronic product
An electronic product having a first capacitor and a second capacitor, where the electronic product includes a semi-conductor substrate having a bottom electrode region of the first capacitor and a bottom electrode region of the second capacitor; a first dielectric layer having a first thickness arranged above the bottom electrode region of the first capacitor; a second dielectric layer having a second thickness arranged above the bottom electrode region of the second capacitor, the first thickness and the second thickness being different; a top electrode region of the first capacitor arranged above the bottom electrode of the first capacitor and above the first dielectric layer; and a top electrode region of the second capacitor arranged above the bottom electrode of the second capacitor and above the second dielectric layer. |
| US12107114B2 |
Display device
A display device includes first banks on a substrate and spaced apart from each other, a first electrode and a second electrode on the first banks and spaced apart from each other, a first insulating layer on the first electrode and the second electrode, and light emitting elements on the first insulating layer and each having ends on the first electrode and the second electrode. Each of the first banks includes a first pattern portion including concave portions and convex portions. The first pattern portions of the first banks are disposed on side surfaces of the first banks. The side surfaces are spaced apart and face each other. Each of the first electrode and the second electrode includes a second pattern portion on the first pattern portion and having a pattern shape corresponding to the first pattern portion on a surface thereof. |
| US12107107B2 |
Dark-current inhibiting image sensor and method
A dark-current-inhibiting image sensor includes a semiconductor substrate, a thin and a thin junction. The semiconductor substrate includes a front surface, a back surface opposite the front surface, a photodiode, and a concave surface between the front surface and the back surface. The concave surface extends from the back surface toward the front surface, and defines a trench that surrounds the photodiode in a cross-sectional plane parallel to the back surface. The thin junction extends from the concave surface into the semiconductor substrate, and is a region of the semiconductor substrate. The semiconductor substrate includes a first substrate region, located between the thin junction and the photodiode, that has a first conductive type. The photodiode and the thin junction have a second conductive type opposite the first conductive type. |
| US12107101B2 |
Package structure, packaging method, camera module, and electronic equipment
The present disclosure provides chip package structure, packaging method, camera module and electronic equipment. The package structure includes chip package module, which includes light-transmitting substrate, wiring layer located on side of light-transmitting substrate and including first metal wire, conductor located on side of wiring layer facing away from light-transmitting substrate, photosensitive chip located on side of wiring layer facing away from the light-transmitting substrate, active chip located on side of wiring layer facing away from light-transmitting substrate, and plastic encapsulation layer encapsulating photosensitive chip and active chip. The conductor includes first end electrically connected to first metal wire, and second end. The photosensitive chip includes pin electrically connected to first metal wire and has photosensitive surface facing towards light-transmitting substrate. The photosensitive surface includes photosensitive region that is not overlapping first metal wire. The active chip includes pin electrically connected to first metal wire. |
| US12107099B2 |
Comparator of a voltage of a sense node of a pixel to a comparison voltage
A light sensor (4) in which each of its pixels comprises: first and second MOS transistors (T1, T2) series-connected through their sources (S), a gate of the second transistor (T2) receiving a comparative voltage (Vcmp); a first current source (104) series-connected with said transistors (T1, T2) between a first supply voltage (GND) and a second supply voltage (VDD2); a third MOS transistor (T3) and a second current source (108) series-connected between a third supply voltage (GND) and a fourth supply voltage (VDD1), wherein the third transistor (T3) has a gate connected to a connection node (106) of the first current source (104) to the first and second transistors (T1, T2); a photodiode (PD) coupled to a gate of the first transistor (T1); and a switch (RST) connected to the gate of the first transistor (T1). |
| US12107096B2 |
Imaging device
An imaging device includes a photoelectric conversion layer, a counter electrode provided above the photoelectric conversion layer, a pixel electrode that faces the counter electrode with the photoelectric conversion layer disposed between the counter electrode and the pixel electrode, and a contact plug covered with the pixel electrode and connected to the pixel electrode. The pixel electrode includes a first layer and a second layer provided on the first layer in contact with the first layer. A surface of the first layer that is in contact with the second layer has a protrusion that protrudes upward. |
| US12107089B2 |
Oxide thin film transistor and method for driving the same, display device
An oxide thin film transistor includes a gate electrode, and a first active layer structure and a second active layer structure arranged subsequently, the first active layer structure includes a first conductive connection portion and a second conductive connection portion arranged oppositely, the second active layer structure includes a third conductive connection portion and a fourth conductive connection portion arranged oppositely, and the second oxide semiconductor pattern respectively coupled to the third conductive connection portion and the fourth conductive connection portion, and an orthographic projection of the first oxide semiconductor pattern on the substrate and an orthographic projection of the second oxide semiconductor pattern on the substrate are both located within an orthographic projection of the gate electrode on the substrate, the second conductive connection portion is coupled to the third conductive connection portion. |
| US12107086B2 |
Field effect transistor contact with reduced contact resistance
The present disclosure provides a method that includes providing a semiconductor substrate having a first region and a second region; forming a first gate within the first region and a second gate within the second region on the semiconductor substrate; forming first source/drain features of a first semiconductor material with an n-type dopant in the semiconductor substrate within the first region; forming second source/drain features of a second semiconductor material with a p-type dopant in the semiconductor substrate within the second region. The second semiconductor material is different from the first semiconductor material in composition. The method further includes forming first silicide features to the first source/drain features and second silicide features to the second source/drain features; and performing an ion implantation process of a species to both the first and second regions, thereby introducing the species to first silicide features and the second source/drain features. |
| US12107077B2 |
Stack packages including supporter
A stack package is disclosed. A first semiconductor die and a supporter are disposed on a package substrate. The supporter may include a second side facing a first side of the first semiconductor die having a substantially inclined surface. A second semiconductor die is stacked on the first semiconductor die and on the supporter. An encapsulant layer is formed to fill a portion between the supporter and the first semiconductor die. |
| US12107072B2 |
Display backplane including an array of tiles
A backplane for controlling a display is disclosed. The backplane includes a plurality of tiles formed into an array. Each of the plurality of tiles includes a plurality of complementary metal-oxide-semiconductor backplane dies. Edges of the backplane dies that form a perimeter of the array include electrical connections that direct electrical signals to at least one of the CMOS backplane dies. A display assembly is also disclosed wherein the display assembly includes a backplane having an array of tiles. Each tile includes a plurality of electrically coupled CMOS backplane dies, where edges of the tiles that form an outer perimeter of the array include electrical connections directing electrical signals to one or more of the plurality of CMOS backplane dies. The display assembly further includes at least one light emitting diode array electrically coupled with at least one tile. |
| US12107069B2 |
Method for manufacturing a structure
A method for manufacturing a structure includes: supplying an active element provided with a front and rear face connected by a contour; assembling the front face and a main face of a support; filling a space of interconnections between the front face and the main face with glue. The method also includes, before the assembling, forming, by a method other than a plasma method, a first passivation layer covering the contour, and made from a first compound that makes it possible to limit the wetting of said contour by the glue regarding the front face and the main face. |
| US12107068B2 |
Method and device for manufacturing stacked substrate
A manufacturing method is provided, which includes processing at least one of a plurality of substrates; stacking the plurality of substrates to manufacture a stacked substrate; and correcting, in the processing, a part of an amount of positional misalignment that is generated among a plurality of substrates in the stacking and correcting, in the stacking, at least a part of the remainder of the amount of positional misalignment. |
| US12107067B2 |
Wire bonding device, wire cutting method and non-transitory computer-readable recording medium recording program
A wire bonding device for performing a wire bonding process includes: a bonding tool for inserting a wire; an ultrasonic vibrator; a drive mechanism for moving the bonding tool; and a control part. The control part performs: a bonding step of bonding the wire to a bonding point; a tail feeding out step of feeding out a wire tail from the wire bonded to the bonding point; a tension applying step of raising the bonding tool to apply tension to the wire while the wire is clamped; a tension release step of lowering the bonding tool to release the tension applied to the wire; and after performing a series of steps including the tension applying step and the tension release step at least once, a tail cutting step of raising the bonding tool to cut the wire tail from the wire. |
| US12107066B2 |
Electronic device
An electronic device is provided. The electronic device includes a substrate and another substrate disposed opposite to the substrate. The electronic device includes a first light-emitting element disposed on the substrate and configured to emit blue light under a first current density when the substrate provides a first current to the first light-emitting element. The electronic device includes a second light-emitting element disposed on the substrate and configured to emit green light or red light under a second current density when the substrate provides a second current to the second light-emitting element. The electronic device includes a protective layer disposed between the substrate and the another substrate and covering the first light-emitting element and the second light-emitting element. The electronic device includes an adhesive layer disposed between the protective layer and the another substrate. |
| US12107065B2 |
Uniform chip gaps via injection-molded solder pillars
Systems and techniques that facilitate uniform qubit chip gaps via injection-molded solder pillars are provided. In various embodiments, a device can comprise one or more injection-molded solder interconnects. In various aspects, the one or more injection-molded solder interconnects can couple at least one qubit chip to an interposer chip. In various embodiments, the device can further comprise one or more injection-molded solder pillars. In various instances, the one or more injection-molded solder pillars can be between the at least one quit chip and the interposer chip. In various cases, the one or more injection-molded solder pillars can be in parallel with the one or more injection-molded solder interconnects. In various embodiments, the one or more injection-molded solder pillars can facilitate and/or maintain a uniform gap between the at least one qubit chip and the interposer chip. In various embodiments, a melting point of the one or more injection-molded solder pillars can be higher than a melting point of the one or more injection-molded solder interconnects. In various embodiments, the one or more injection-molded solder pillars can be superconductors. In various embodiments, a yield strength of the one or more injection-molded solder pillars can be between 3,000 pounds per square inch and 15,000 pounds per square inch, which can be higher than a yield strength of the one or more injection-molded solder interconnects. In various embodiments, the one or more injection-molded solder pillars can be binary tin alloys, tertiary tin alloys, and/or quaternary tin alloys. |
| US12107063B2 |
Semiconductor package device
A semiconductor package device may include a redistribution substrate and a semiconductor chip on a top surface of the redistribution substrate. The redistribution substrate may include an under-bump pattern, which includes including a body portion and a protruding portion extended from the body portion to form a single object, an insulating layer covering a side surface of the body portion, and an outer coupling terminal on the protruding portion. The body portion may have a first diameter in a first direction parallel to the top surface of the redistribution substrate, and the protruding portion may have a second diameter in the first direction, which is smaller than the first diameter. A top surface of the protruding portion may be parallel to the first direction, and a side surface of the protruding portion may be inclined at an angle to a top surface of the body portion. |
| US12107062B2 |
Semiconductor device with solder on pillar
A semiconductor die includes a substrate including a semiconductor surface including circuitry electrically connected to die bond pads that include a first die bond pad exposed by a passivation layer, a top dielectric layer over the passivation layer, and a metal layer electrically connected to the first die bond pad. A pillar is on the metal layer over the first die bond pad, and a solder cap is on a top side of the pillar. The solder cap includes an essentially vertical sidewall portion generally beginning at a top corner edge of the pillar. |
| US12107056B2 |
Semiconductor device package and the method of manufacturing the same
The present disclosure provides a semiconductor device package. The semiconductor device package includes a dielectric layer. The semiconductor device package further includes an antenna structure disposed in the dielectric layer. The semiconductor device package further includes a semiconductor device disposed on the dielectric layer. The semiconductor device package further includes an encapsulant covering the semiconductor device. The semiconductor device package further includes a conductive pillar having a first portion and a second portion. The first portion surrounded by the encapsulant and the second portion embedded in the dielectric layer. |
| US12107055B2 |
Electronic package and fabrication method thereof
An electronic package is provided and includes at least one protective structure positioned between a first electronic element and a second electronic element on a carrier for reducing stresses generated inside the first electronic element and the second electronic element when a filling material is formed on the carrier, encapsulates the protective structure and comes into contact with the first electronic element and the second electronic element, thereby preventing cracking of the first electronic element and the second electronic element and improving the reliability of the electronic package. |
| US12107054B2 |
Semiconductor package, semiconductor device and shielding housing of semiconductor package
A semiconductor package, a semiconductor device and a shielding housing for a semiconductor package are provided. The semiconductor package includes a semiconductor chip having a first region and a second region beside the first region; and a shielding housing encasing the semiconductor chip, made of a magnetic permeable material, and including a first shielding plate, a second shielding plate opposite to the first shielding plate and a shielding wall extending between the first shielding plate and the second shielding plate. The first shielding plate has an opening exposing the first region and includes a raised portion surrounding the opening and a flat portion beside the raised portion and shielding the second region. A first distance from a level of the semiconductor chip to an outer surface of the raised portion is greater than a second distance from the level to an outer surface of the flat portion. |
| US12107053B2 |
Shielding process for SIP packaging
Disclosed is a shielding process for SIP packaging, including: providing a circuit board; cutting the covering layer to form half-cut trenches separating different SIP packaging modules from each other, and to form grooves in each single SIP packaging module; forming a metal overlay, the metal overlay on an outer surface of the SIP packaging module and at positions where the half-cut trenches are located constituting a conformal shielding, the metal overlay at positions where the grooves are located constituting a compartment shielding; and cutting the half-cut trenches to obtain a plurality of SIP packaging modules that are separate from each other. |
| US12107047B2 |
Apparatus and method for direct power delivery to integrated circuit package
In one embodiment, an apparatus includes a connecting member configured for positioning on an upper surface of an integrated circuit package and a cable comprising a first end attached to the connecting member and a second end configured for electrically coupling with a power supply component. The connecting member is operable to position the cable for connection to the upper surface of the integrated circuit package to deliver power from the power supply component to the integrated circuit package with the power supply component and the integrated circuit package mounted on an upper surface of a printed circuit board. A method is also disclosed herein. |
| US12107036B2 |
Redistribution layer structure and manufacturing method thereof
A redistribution layer structure and the manufacturing method thereof are provided. The redistribution layer structure includes a first metal layer, a first dielectric layer, a second metal layer, and a second dielectric layer. The first dielectric layer is disposed on the first metal layer. The second metal layer is disposed on the first dielectric layer. The second dielectric layer is disposed on the second metal layer. A chemical resistance of the first dielectric layer is greater than a chemical resistance of the second dielectric layer. |
| US12107035B2 |
Semiconductor device with a semiconductor die embedded between an extended substrate and a bottom substrate
A method of manufacturing a semiconductor device having a semiconductor die within an extended substrate and a bottom substrate may include bonding a bottom surface of a semiconductor die to a top surface of a bottom substrate, forming an adhering member to a top surface of the semiconductor die, bonding an extended substrate to the semiconductor die and to the top surface of the bottom substrate utilizing the adhering member and a conductive bump on a bottom surface of the extended substrate and a conductive bump on the bottom substrate. The semiconductor die and the conductive bumps may be encapsulated utilizing a mold member. The conductive bump on the bottom surface of the extended substrate may be electrically connected to a terminal on the top surface of the extended substrate. The adhering member may include a laminate film, a non-conductive film adhesive, or a thermal hardening liquid adhesive. |
| US12107033B2 |
Cooling structure and electrical apparatus
A cooling structure includes: a main body receiving heat from a heat source and releasing the heat through a heat dissipation surface and a plurality of heat dissipation fins; a lid member having an air inlet and a fastened portion fastened to the main body; and a fan mechanism. The lid member is disposed to cover a plurality of heat dissipation fins from a side of respective top ends and thereby form a flow path. The fan mechanism has a fan main body that generates airflow, and a seating that holds the fan main body and attaches the fan main body to the lid member. The seating is subjected to an urging force applied from the main body to the seating, or fastened to the main body by a fastener. The cooling structure has a configuration that can suppress generation of vibration of the lid member forming the flow path. |
| US12107029B2 |
Power module with graphite plate
A power module includes a substrate that is electrically insulative and includes a substrate main surface and a substrate back surface at opposite sides in a thickness direction. The power module also includes a mounting layer that is conductive and arranged on the substrate main surface. The power module further includes a graphite plate having anisotropic thermal conductivity and including a plate main surface and a plate back surface at opposite sides in the thickness direction. The plate back surface is connected to the mounting layer. The power module further includes a power semiconductor element arranged on the plate main surface. |
| US12107027B2 |
Power module for operating an electric vehicle drive with improved temperature determination of the power semiconductors
A power module for operating an electric vehicle drive, comprising: numerous semiconductor components; a heatsink for discharging heat generated by the semiconductor components; a DC link capacitor connected in parallel to the semiconductor components; a DC link line electrically connecting the DC link capacitor to the semiconductor components; wherein the DC link line is at least partially located in a hole formed in the heatsink. |
| US12107020B2 |
Method and device for testing array substrate, and computer readable storage medium
Disclosed is a method for testing an array substrate, including: sequentially applying a curing drive signal to curing pad circuits according to an arrangement order of the curing pad circuits in a testing circuit board, the curing pad circuit is connected with at least two array substrates; and performing an array test on the array substrates in the curing pad circuit by the curing drive signal. The present application also discloses a device for testing an array substrate, and a computer readable storage medium. |
| US12107019B2 |
Random characteristic evaluation of subject maps
According to an embodiment, an information processing apparatus includes one or more processors. The processors are configured to: generate a plurality of shuffle maps obtained by randomly shuffling, from positions to others, at least some of subject values contained in a subject map having the subject values arrayed in N dimensions (N is an integer of 1 or more); generate a subject vector expressing features of a frequency domain of the subject map and random vectors expressing features of respective frequency domains of the shuffle maps; and derive, as an evaluation value for whether the subject map has a random characteristic, a testing result of statistical hypothesis testing on feature differences between the subject vector and the respective random vectors. |
| US12107017B2 |
Method and apparatus for producing at least one modification in a solid body
A method and apparatus are provided. In an example, a volume portion of the solid body is exposed to light waves of different wavelengths, wherein the light waves are partly reflected at surfaces of the solid body. Light parameters of the reflected light waves are at least partly acquired using a sensor device. Distance information and/or intensity information are/is ascertained from at least a portion of the acquired light parameters. A thickness and/or a transmittance of the solid body in the volume portion are/is determined based upon the distance information and/or the intensity information. Laser radiation is introduced into the volume portion to produce a modification in the interior of the solid body, wherein at least one laser parameter of the laser radiation is set at least depending on the thickness and/or the transmittance such that the modification is at a predefined distance from a surface of the solid body. |
| US12107013B2 |
Semiconductor devices and methods of manufacturing thereof
A semiconductor device includes a first semiconductor fin extending along a first direction. The semiconductor device includes a second semiconductor fin also extending along the first direction. The semiconductor device includes a dielectric structure disposed between the first and second semiconductor fins. The semiconductor device includes a gate isolation structure vertically disposed above the dielectric structure. The semiconductor device includes a metal gate layer extending along a second direction perpendicular to the first direction, wherein the metal gate layer includes a first portion straddling the first semiconductor fin and a second portion straddling the second semiconductor fin. The gate isolation structure separates the first and second portions of the metal gate layer from each other and includes a bottom portion extending into the dielectric structure. |
| US12107009B2 |
Method of dicing wafer forming modified layer in chucked wafer
A method of dicing a wafer includes fixing a second portion of a wafer to a wafer chuck without fixing a first portion of the wafer to the wafer chuck and forming first modified portions in first scribe lane regions of the first portion of the wafer by sequentially laser irradiating the first scribe lane regions without the first portion of the wafer being fixed to the wafer chuck. The method also includes fixing a first portion of the wafer to the wafer chuck and unfixing the second portion of the wafer from the wafer chuck and forming second modified portions in second scribe lane regions of the second portion of the wafer by sequentially laser irradiating the second scribe lane regions without the second portion of the wafer being fixed to the wafer chuck. |
| US12107002B2 |
Manufacturing method of semiconductor structure
A manufacturing method of a semiconductor structure includes: etching a substrate such that the substrate has a first top surface and a second top surface higher than the first top surface; implanting the first top surface of the substrate by boron to increase a p-type concentration of the first top surface of the substrate; forming a first dielectric layer on the substrate; and forming a second dielectric layer on the first dielectric layer. |
| US12106999B2 |
Decoupled XY parallel micro-positioning stage
A decoupled XY parallel micro-positioning stage, including a central moving platform, fixed mechanisms, bridge-type micro-displacement amplification mechanisms, a four-bar symmetrical flexible guide mechanism and a piezoelectric ceramic. Each fixed mechanism is arranged between adjacent amplification mechanisms and is symmetrical about X and Y axes centered on the moving platform. The amplification mechanism is symmetrically arranged with respect to the X and Y axes, and includes two first and second longitudinal beams and multiple crossbeams. The two first longitudinal beams are provided in parallel and spaced apart. The two second longitudinal beams are arranged spaced apart between the two first longitudinal beams, and are connected to the two first longitudinal beams via the crossbeams. The crossbeams are connected to the longitudinal beams via a flexible hinge. The piezoelectric ceramic is arranged between the two first longitudinal beams. |
| US12106998B2 |
Substrate processing apparatus, substrate processing method, non-transitory computer-readable recording medium and method of manufacturing semiconductor device
There is provided a technique capable of preventing a diffusion of a film-forming gas through a through-hole. According to one aspect thereof, there is provided a substrate processing apparatus including: a substrate mounting table; through-holes at the substrate mounting table; lift pins; an elevator capable of elevating or lowering the substrate mounting table or the lift pins or both; and a controller capable of controlling the elevator so as to perform: (a) placing a substrate on the lift pins protruding from a surface of the substrate mounting table through the through-holes; (b) placing the substrate on the surface of the substrate mounting table by moving the substrate mounting table or the lift pins or both; (c) stopping the substrate mounting table at a substrate processing position; and (d) moving the lift pins to positions in the through-holes at which the lift pins are out of contact with the substrate. |
| US12106994B2 |
Electrostatic chuck
An electrostatic chuck includes: a disk-shaped ceramic plate having a wafer placement surface on a surface thereof; an electrostatic electrode embedded in the ceramic plate; and gas grooves that are divided in a plurality of zones when the ceramic plate is seen from above and each of which is independently provided in the wafer placement surface so as to extend from one to the other of a pair of gas supply/discharge openings for a corresponding one of the zones. A pattern in which a gas is supplied to each of the gas grooves provided for a corresponding one of the zones is selectable between a first pattern in which the gas flows from one to the other of the pair of gas supply/discharge openings and a second pattern in which the gas flows from the other to the one of the pair of gas supply/discharge openings. |
| US12106993B2 |
Method and device for aligning substrates
A device and a method for aligning substrates. The method includes the steps of detecting alignment marks and aligning substrates with respect to one another in dependence on the detection of the alignment marks. At least two alignment marks are arranged parallel to a direction of a linear movement of the substrates, wherein the alignment of the substrates takes place along a single alignment axis, the alignment axis running parallel to the loading and unloading direction of the substrates. |
| US12106987B2 |
Safeguarding device, wafer transport container with at least one safeguarding device, safeguarding system and method with the safeguarding device
A safeguarding device includes one or more positive-fit units that safeguard a wafer-transport-container opening element of a wafer transport container, which is held in its closure position by a closing mechanism. The closing mechanism includes one or more chambers, which includes a pressure connection channel that allows a variation of an inner pressure in the chamber relative to a reference pressure. A differential pressure is calculated from the inner pressure of the chamber and the reference pressure and influences a safeguarding status of the positive-fit unit. |
| US12106986B2 |
Semiconductor inspection device and method of inspecting a semiconductor wafer
A semiconductor inspection device, including a stage having first and second surfaces opposite to each other, a first holding part for holding the semiconductor wafer apart from the first surface and protruding from the first surface of the stage, a plurality of air suction holes and air supply holes, through which a gas is suctioned from or supplied to a space between the semiconductor wafer and the stage, and an imaging unit configured to capture an image of a second main surface of the semiconductor wafer, after the gas is concurrently suctioned from, and supplied to, the space between the semiconductor wafer and the stage, to thereby correct a warpage of the semiconductor wafer. Each of the air suction holes and the air supply holes has a first opening provided at a predetermined position in the first surface of the stage, and a second opening for connecting to a suction unit or an air supply unit. |
| US12106983B2 |
Annealing device and annealing method
There is provided an annealing device including a heating unit that heats a surface of an annealing object to temporarily melt an outer layer portion, a sensor that detects thermal radiation light from the annealing object heated by the heating unit, and a processing unit that estimates an annealing result of the annealing object on the basis of a waveform showing a temporal change in an intensity of the thermal radiation light detected by the sensor. |
| US12106981B2 |
Method of chip transferring and device/module having gas guiding structures with suction openings and intake opening to apply predetermined pressure uniformly on back side of transferring substrate
A chip-transferring module, and a device and a method for transferring and bonding chips are provided. The chip-transferring module includes a mounting main body, a light-transmitting member, a first gas guiding structure and a second gas guiding structure. The mounting main body has a first accommodating space and a second accommodating space. The light-transmitting member is disposed in the first accommodating space. The first gas guiding structure is disposed in the mounting main body and has a plurality of suction openings exposed out of the mounting main body. The second gas guiding structure is disposed in the mounting main body and has at least one intake opening communicating with the second accommodating space. |
| US12106979B2 |
Apparatus and method for controlling temperature uniformity of substrate
An apparatus for controlling temperature uniformity of the disclosure includes a heater to supply a heat source to a substrate, a temperature sensor to generate temperature data of the substrate, a heating controller to present a distribution of a heat source based on the temperature data, and a heat source-electricity converter to calculate an amount of electricity to generate a heat source based on the distribution of a heat source and to supply the calculated amount of electricity to the heater. Since a method and an apparatus of the disclosure for controlling temperature uniformity uses a heat source and electricity having a linear relationship, problems of high costs and deterioration of an apparatus may be overcome that a typical method has to control an amount of electricity in a heater by temperature information. |
| US12106973B2 |
Two-step decapsulation technique for semiconductor package having silver bond wires
In one embodiment, a method includes: laser ablating an encapsulant of a semiconductor package, until a threshold amount of the encapsulant remains above one or more die of the semiconductor package; and providing at least one drop of acid onto a surface of the ablated semiconductor package to acid etch for a first time duration, to remove a remaining portion of the encapsulant above the one or more die, where after the acid etch, a die of interest is exposed and the silver bond wires of the semiconductor package are preserved. |
| US12106970B2 |
Pattern sheet, semiconductor intermediate product, and hole etching method
The present disclosure discloses a pattern sheet, a semiconductor intermediate product, and a hole etching method. The pattern sheet includes a substrate, a dielectric layer, and a mask structure. The mask structure includes a multi-layer mask layer. An uppermost mask layer is a photoresist layer. A thickness of each layer of the mask layer and etching selectivity ratios between the layers below the mask layer satisfy that in each two neighboring layers of the mask layer, a lower layer of the mask layer is etched to form a through-hole penetrating a thickness of the lower layer of the mask layer, a remaining thickness of the upper layer of the mask layer is greater than or equal to zero. |
| US12106967B2 |
Wafer producing method
A peeling layer is formed by applying a laser beam only to a central region of a workpiece other than a peripheral region extending inward from the peripheral edge of the workpiece by a predetermined distance. In this case, the application of the laser beam does not form the peeling layer in the peripheral region of the workpiece, and the formation of an ablation trace on the outer peripheral surface of the workpiece is prevented. As a result, it is possible to reduce a probability of occurrence of chipping in the peripheral region of a wafer peeled off from the workpiece when the wafer is subjected to a post-process. |
| US12106966B2 |
Processing method of wafer
A processing method of a wafer includes trimming the wafer along its outer peripheral edge while causing a cutting blade to cut from a front surface into a chamfered portion to a depth greater than a finish thickness, so that an annular stepped portion is formed in an outer peripheral surplus region. A protective member is bonded to a side of the front surface of the wafer, and the wafer is ground from its back surface to thin the wafer to a finish thickness. Between trimming and grinding, a laser beam is applied to the stepped portion, so that annular modified layers which are to be fractured under a pressing force to be applied by the grinding are formed in the stepped portion, whereby the fractured fragments of the stepped portion are subdivided. |
| US12106963B2 |
Self aligned pattern formation post spacer etchback in tight pitch configurations
A method of forming a structure for etch masking that includes forming first dielectric spacers on sidewalls of a plurality of mandrel structures and forming non-mandrel structures in space between adjacent first dielectric spacers. Second dielectric spacers are formed on sidewalls of an etch mask having a window that exposes a connecting portion of a centralized first dielectric spacer. The connecting portion of the centralized first dielectric spacer is removed. The mandrel structures and non-mandrel structures are removed selectively to the first dielectric spacers to provide an etch mask. The connecting portion removed from the centralized first dielectric spacer provides an opening connecting a first trench corresponding to the mandrel structures and a second trench corresponding to the non-mandrel structures. |
| US12106961B2 |
Humidity control or aqueous treatment for EUV metallic resist
A method for forming a semiconductor device is provided. The method includes applying a photoresist composition over a substrate, thereby forming a photoresist layer over the substrate; performing a first baking process to the photoresist layer; exposing the photoresist layer to an extreme ultraviolet (EUV) radiation, thereby forming a pattern therein; performing a second baking process to the photoresist layer; and developing the photoresist layer having the pattern therein using a developer, thereby forming a patterned photoresist layer. The first baking process and the second baking process are conducted under an ambient atmosphere having a humidity level ranging from 55% to 100%. |
| US12106959B2 |
Nonpolar or semipolar group III-nitride substrates
Aspects of the disclosure provide for mechanisms for producing group III-nitride substrates. In accordance with some embodiments, a method for producing a group III-nitride substrate is provided. The method may include: providing a growth template comprising a semiconductor layer of a group III-nitride material with a nonpolar orientation or a semipolar orientation; fabricating a mask on the semiconductor layer for preventing defects in the growth template from propagating into group III-nitride materials grown on the growth template; and forming, on the mask, an epitaxial layer of the group III-nitride with the nonpolar orientation or semipolar orientation. The mask may include a stripe pattern comprising SiO2 and/or SiN. Forming the epitaxial layer of the group III-nitride material may include growing the group III-nitride material in the semipolar orientation or the nonpolar orientation in nitrogen carrier gas. |
| US12106957B2 |
Narrow band infrared emitter through thermal manner
In some examples, an infrared emitter is provided with a heating layer sandwiched by top and bottom optical layers that allow only narrow-band infrared light to pass through. A reflective layer may be further provided below the bottom optical layers. This configuration greatly reduces the energy loss and can be manufactured with simple method and low cost. |
| US12106954B2 |
Dielectric barrier discharge ionization, analytical instrument and ionization method
The present invention provides dielectric barrier discharge ionization, including a dielectric barrier discharge tube and an electrode pair consisting of a first electrode and a second electrode. At least a portion of the dielectric barrier discharge tube is provided between the first electrode and the second electrode. The electrode pair can ionize the sample after the power is turned on. The dielectric barrier discharge tube is in communication with a vacuum portion. The pressure range in the dielectric barrier discharge tube is 0.01 to 100 Pa. The dielectric barrier discharge ionization provided by the invention remedies the defects of existing low-pressure ion sources in the pressure range, and provides the low-pressure ion source with high ionization ability, high versatility and simple devices. |
| US12106953B2 |
Wide range electron impact ion source for a mass spectrometer
A wide-range ion source for a mass spectrometer comprises a first portion and a second portion that is positioned downstream of the first portion. The first portion includes an anode and a first filament that is positioned proximate the anode and secured in place relative to the anode. The first filament is exposed to a pressure of a process chamber. A first electron repeller has at least a partially circular shape. The second portion includes a tubular anode, a second filament surrounding the tubular anode, an extraction lens defining an opening and a focus lens to conduct ions into a volume. |
| US12106952B2 |
Outer source assembly and associated components
A lens assembly for an outer source of a mass spectrometer, the assembly comprising: a housing; a plurality of lens elements, each lens element comprising a radially extending electrically conductive protrusion, the lens elements being linearly arranged in the housing such that the protrusions are aligned with one another; and an interface connector having a plurality of sockets to receive the protrusions therein and create an electrical connection between the protrusions and sockets. A housing for a resistance temperature detector is also disclosed. |
| US12106951B2 |
Mass analysis system, and method for determining performance of mass analysis device
Provided is a technique for accurately determining a performance of a single detector that detects ions having passed through a mass analysis unit. A mass analysis system according to the present disclosure includes, in a mass analysis device, a first converter configured to calculate a first measured value based on an intensity and an area of a pulse in an electric signal output from the detector configured to detect the ions having passed through the mass analysis unit, a second converter configured to obtain a second measured value by counting the number of pulses of the electric signal, a calculation unit configured to calculate an A/P ratio indicating a ratio of the first measured value to the second measured value, a determination unit configured to determine a performance of the detector based on a value of the A/P ratio, and a control unit configured to control at least an output of a determination result obtained by the determination unit. |
| US12106942B2 |
Plasma processing apparatus and method for dechucking wafer in the plasma processing apparatus
A plasma process apparatus includes a chamber in which a plasma process is performed, an electrostatic chuck which supports a wafer inside the chamber and comprises a first portion and a second portion disposed on the first portion, a first electrode disposed inside the electrostatic chuck, a second electrode which is spaced apart from the first electrode inside the electrostatic chuck, surrounds the first electrode in a plane defined by the first direction and a second direction perpendicular to the first direction, and is disposed on the same plane as the first electrode, a power supply configured to apply a voltage to each of the first electrode and the second electrode, a plurality of cooling gas supply lines which penetrates the electrostatic chuck in a third direction perpendicular to the first and second directions and is configured to provide a cooling gas to the wafer. |
| US12106940B2 |
Systems and methods for storage and supply of F3NO-free FNO gases and F3NO-free FNO gas mixtures for semiconductor processes
A method for storage and supply of a F3NO-free FNO-containing gas comprises the steps of storing the F3NO-free FNO-containing gas in a NiP coated steel cylinder with a polished inner surface, releasing the F3NO-free FNO-containing gas from the cylinder to a manifold assembly by activating a cylinder valve in fluid communication with the cylinder and the manifold assembly, de-pressurizing the F3NO-free FNO-containing gas by activating a pressure regulator in the manifold assembly so as to divide the manifold assembly into a first pressure zone upstream of the pressure regulator and a second pressure zone downstream of the pressure regulator, and feeding the de-pressurized F3NO-free FNO-containing gas to a target reactor downstream of the second pressure zone. |
| US12106938B2 |
Distortion current mitigation in a radio frequency plasma processing chamber
Embodiments provided herein generally include apparatus, plasma processing systems and methods for distortion current mitigation. An example plasma processing system includes a voltage source coupled to an input node, which is coupled to an electrode disposed within a processing chamber, wherein the voltage source is configured to generate a pulsed voltage signal at the input node; a signal generator having an output, wherein the RF signal generator is configured to deliver a first RF signal at a first RF frequency to the input node; a bandpass filter coupled between the output of the signal generator and the input node, wherein the bandpass filter is configured to attenuate second RF signals that are outside a range of frequencies including the first RF frequency of the first RF signal; and an impedance matching circuit coupled between the bandpass filter and the input node. |
| US12106937B2 |
Power delivery to a plasma via inductive coupling
Inductively coupled plasma (ICP) RF power delivery systems are disclosed that include at least two ICP coils. At least one of the ICP coils is directly driven by an RF resonant power amplifier that includes a resonant tank comprising the ICP coil. A controller is configured to control the power into the direct driven ICP coil by varying a corresponding DC voltage source and simultaneously varying operating frequency into the ICP coil by allowing a resonant voltage waveform across a corresponding open switch network to rise and then fall to substantially zero volts before closing the corresponding switch network for a remainder of an RF cycle. Some variations comprise at least one passive ICP coil that is arranged and configured to be inductively coupled to the first ICP coil, and the passive ICP coil is terminated by an independently adjustable impedance. |
| US12106936B2 |
Scanned angled etching apparatus and techniques providing separate co-linear radicals and ions
A system may include a substrate stage, configured to support a substrate, where a main surface of the substrate defines a substrate plane. The system may include an ion source, including an extraction assembly that is oriented to direct an ion beam to the substrate along a trajectory defining a non-zero angle of incidence with respect to a perpendicular to the substrate plane. The system may include a radical source oriented to direct a radical beam to the substrate along a trajectory defining the non-zero angle of incidence with respect to a perpendicular to the substrate plane. The substrate stage may be further configured to scan the substrate along a first direction, lying with the substrate plane, while the main surface of the substrate is oriented within the substrate plane. |
| US12106935B2 |
Modulation of rolling k vectors of angled gratings
Embodiments described herein relate to methods and apparatus for forming gratings having a plurality of fins with different slant angles on a substrate and forming fins with different slant angles on successive substrates using angled etch systems and/or an optical device. The methods include positioning portions of substrates retained on a platen in a path of an ion beam. The substrates have a grating material disposed thereon. The ion beam is configured to contact the grating material at an ion beam angle ϑ relative to a surface normal of the substrates and form gratings in the grating material. |
| US12106929B2 |
Refillable ion chamber with automated purging system
An apparatus includes an ion chamber and a valve assembly. The ion chamber may include a housing enclosing a gas and one or more electrodes. The valve assembly is coupled to the ion chamber allowing control of replacement of the gas within the housing. |
| US12106927B2 |
X-ray generation apparatus, x-ray imaging apparatus, and adjustment method of x-ray generation apparatus
An X-ray imaging apparatus includes an X-ray generation apparatus including an X-ray generation tube having an electron gun and a target configured to receive an electron beam from the electron gun to generate X-rays, a support structure supporting the tube, and a deflector configured to deflect the electron beam, an X-ray detector configured to detect the X-rays from the X-ray generation apparatus, and a control apparatus configured to control the X-ray generation apparatus. The support structure supports the tube to permit at least the target to be pivoted in a state in which the deflector is fixed, and the control apparatus determines, based on use amount of the X-ray generation apparatus and/or change of the X-rays generated by the X-ray generation apparatus, whether it is necessary to pivot the target. |
| US12106925B2 |
Cyclotron having continuously variable energy output
An apparatus may include a cyclotron to receive an ion beam as an incident ion beam at an initial energy, and output the ion beam as an accelerated ion beam at an accelerated ion energy. The apparatus may further include an RF source to output an RF power signal to the cyclotron chamber, the RF power source comprising a variable power amplifier, and a movable stripper, translatable to intercept the ion beam within the cyclotron at a continuum of different positions. |
| US12106924B2 |
Inverted cylindrical magnetron (ICM) system and methods of use
An Inverted Cylindrical Magnetron (ICM) System and Methods of Use is disclosed herein generally comprising a co-axial central anode concentrically located within a first annular end anode and a second annular end anode; a process chamber including a top end and a bottom end in which the first annular end anode and the second annular end anode are coaxially disposed, whereby the first annular end anode, the second annular end anode, and the central anode form a 3-anode configuration to provide electric field uniformity, and the process chamber including a central annular space coupled to a tube insulator disposed about the central annular space wall; a cathode concentrically coupled to the tube insulator and a target; and a plurality of multi-zone electromagnets or hybrid electro-permanent magnets surrounding the exterior of the process chamber providing a tunable magnetic field. |
| US12106921B2 |
Aluminum alloy miniature cartridge fuses
A high-capacity miniature cartridge fuse is provided. The fuse includes a housing, a fusible element, and first and second ferrules fabricated from aluminum alloy. The aluminum alloy ferrules is fabricated to withstand high pressure generated inside the housing as a result of arcing and to stay in place after repeated temperature and pressure changes caused by at least one of i) current or ii) arcing during short circuit events. The aluminum alloy plated with a first metal plating fabricated from a first metal different from the aluminum alloy and a second metal plating fabricated from a second metal different from the first metal, the second metal plating overlaying the first metal plating. Each of the first and second ferrules includes a side wall and an end wall, wherein the end wall includes a boss extending toward an interior of the housing. |
| US12106919B2 |
Circuit breaker identification method and apparatus, and device
A power distribution system includes a backplane communication busbar and a circuit breaker. The backplane communication busbar includes at least one slot, and a first interface is configured in each slot. Each first interface is connected to a first resistor R1 having a different resistance value. A second interface of each circuit breaker is connected to a second resistor R2, and when the second interface of the circuit breaker is plugged in any first interface, a preset voltage interval corresponding to a resistance value of the first resistor R1 is uniquely determined by using a series circuit including the first resistor R1 and the second resistor R2. |
| US12106918B2 |
Electromagnetic relay
An electromagnetic relay includes a housing, a movable contact piece, a first fixed terminal, and a drive device. The movable contact piece is disposed in the housing. The first fixed terminal includes a first contact portion and a first terminal portion. The first contact portion faces the movable contact piece in the housing. The first terminal portion protrudes out of the housing. The first terminal portion has a bent shape. The drive device moves the movable contact piece in a contact direction and an opening direction. |
| US12106917B2 |
Socket
A socket includes a housing including a connection surface to which an electronic device is connected, and a lever attached to the housing to be rotatable. The lever includes an operation portion that is rotatable between a first position and a second position and a contact portion that extends from the operation portion in a direction approaching the connection surface and rotates about the rotation axis together with the operation portion. The housing includes a restriction protrusion that comes into contact with a protruding portion protruding from the side portion of the electronic device toward the operation portion at the second position to restrict a movement of the electronic device in the first direction and in a direction away from the connection surface when the operation portion is rotated from the first position to the second position in a state where the electronic device is connected to the connection surface. |
| US12106914B2 |
Induction-controlled switch having a vacuum bulb for reducing vibrations
An induction-controlled switch having a vacuum bulb comprising a vacuum chamber and a switch comprising first and second electrodes. The first switch comprising first and second electrodes and further having a first actuator slidably mounted in a first direction and rigidly attached to the first electrode. The first actuator comprising a first armature. A second actuator comprising a second armature. A first control member comprising a first coil configured to simultaneously generate a switching current in the first armature and a current in the second armature via the first coil, so as to separate or bring into contact the first and second electrodes and so as to move the first and second actuators in opposite ways along the first direction. |
| US12106912B2 |
Button composite structure
Provided is a button complex structure including: a display panel including a first substrate, a second substrate on the first substrate, and a liquid crystal layer between the first substrate and the second substrate; a member on the second substrate; a first coupling member coupling the display panel and one surface of the member; a button structure disposed on the other surface that is opposite to the one surface of the member; and a second coupling member coupling the other surface of the member and the button structure, wherein the member includes a third substrate and a touch layer on the third substrate, the touch layer includes the one surface of the member, the touch layer is coupled to the display panel by the first coupling member, the button structure is directly coupled to the third substrate by the second coupling member, and the button structure includes a transparent conductive material. |
| US12106910B2 |
Switchgear system that determines contact erosion in circuit breaker
A switchgear system includes a switchgear frame and a truck carrying a circuit breaker, which includes a breaker housing, a fixed electrical contact and a movable electrical contact mounted within the breaker housing, an actuator piston connected to the movable electrical contact, and a drive assembly coupled to the actuator piston. A sensor circuit is mounted on the switchgear frame under the truck and aligned with the circuit breaker and configured to acquire displacement data of the actuator piston when in a contact testing position. A controller is coupled to the sensor circuit and configured to receive the displacement data and determine electrical contact erosion within the circuit breaker. |
| US12106902B2 |
Vanadium doped nanocomposite electrode and method of making
A nanocomposite electrode and supercapacitor thereof are disclosed. The nanocomposite electrode includes a substrate, at least one binding compound, at least one carbonaceous compound, and vanadium doped spinel ferrite nanoparticles (V-SFNPs). The V-SFNPs have a formula of CoxNi1-xVyFe2-yOz, wherein x=0.1-0.9, y=0.01-0.10, and z=3-5. The substrate is at least partially coated on a first side with a mixture comprising the V-SFNPs, the at least one binding compound, and the at least one carbonaceous compound. Two of the nanocomposite electrodes are combined to form the supercapacitor. |
| US12106901B2 |
Electrode
The invention performs a new electrode structure that increases the surface area of the electrode. An electrode structure comprises a conductive part, a grass-like dielectric material on the conductive part, and a conductive layer on the grass-like dielectric material. The conductive part and the conductive layer is electrically connected to each other. |
| US12106900B2 |
Solenoid, solenoid valve, and shock absorber
A solenoid includes a first fixed iron core and a second fixed iron core located on one axial end side and the other axial end side of a coil, a first movable member and a second movable member located between those fixed iron cores and configured to be attracted to the first fixed iron core and the second fixed iron core, respectively, by energization of the coil, a spring configured to bias the first movable member toward the second fixed iron core, and a first regulating portion made from a non-magnetic material, provided integrally with the first movable member or the second movable member, and configured to regulate movement of the first movable member toward the second fixed iron core with respect to the second movable member. |
| US12106896B2 |
Vehicle and method of controlling seat for vehicle
Embodiments disclose a vehicle including: a magnet unit disposed under a seat and on which a plurality of magnets are disposed; an electromagnetic unit disposed on a floor of a vehicle compartment and including a plurality of electromagnets; and a control unit configured to control the electromagnetic unit, wherein the control unit moves the seat to a preset position on the electromagnetic unit by controlling current applied to each of the electromagnets. Accordingly, the vehicle can improve the degree of freedom in design in a vehicle compartment while providing a passenger's convenience by implementing a seat movement mechanism suitable for the era of autonomous traveling. |
| US12106894B2 |
Winding die
A winding die is disclosed, including: a gear baffle, where a middle portion of the gear baffle is provided with a first opening for placing an iron core post, and the gear baffle is provided with a first surface; and a cylinder, where the cylinder is arranged on the first surface of the gear baffle and connected with the gear baffle. The middle portion of the gear baffle is provided with the first opening for placing the iron core post, the gear baffle is fixedly connected with the cylinder, an external device is connected with a gear, and the cylinder on the gear baffle is driven to rotate around the iron core post by pulling the gear, so that a foil or an insulating material on the cylinder can be wound on the iron core post, finally realizing a foil winding. |
| US12106891B2 |
Display apparatus
A display apparatus includes a body; a display provided in the body; a processor provided in the body and configured to control the display to display an image; and a power supply including an adapter configured to be detachable from the body, and a power assembly configured to receive power from the adapter in a non-contact manner and supply the power to at least one of the display and the processor. |
| US12106888B2 |
Coil device
A coil device including a magnetic core having a winding core around which a wire is wound to form a coil, and four terminal electrodes attached to an outer end surface of a flange formed at an end of the winding core along a winding axis. A recess is formed on the outer end surface of the flange, and each of the terminal electrodes includes a first rising piece loosely entering the recess, and a mounting piece integrally formed with the first rising piece and adhered to the outer end surface of the flange. |
| US12106887B2 |
Method of manufacturing coil component having terminal electrodes with high mounting strength
A method of manufacturing a coil component having terminal electrodes with high mounting strength, includes: embedding an air-core coil in complex magnetic material being a mixture of resin and metal magnetic grains, molding the magnetic material so that both ends of the coil are exposed on its surface, curing the resin in the molding, thereby obtaining a magnetic body in which the coil is embedded, polishing and etching a surface where the ends of the coil are exposed, sputtering metal material onto an etched surface of the magnetic body, thereby forming an underlying layer across a surface of the magnetic body and ends of the coil, and then forming a cover layer that covers an outer side of the underlying layer, thereby forming terminal electrodes constituted by the underlying layer and cover layer. |
| US12106886B2 |
Reactor structure
An object is to increase an inductance value without blocking a leakage magnetic flux and improve cooling performance by directly cooling a coil and a core by a cooler via cooling members. Winding cooling portions for cooling the coil are in contact with a cooler via coil cooling members formed by non-fluid material, core cooling portions for cooling the core are in contact with the cooler via core cooling members formed by non-fluid material, and a resin mold member covering the coil and the core retains the coil and the core and fixes the coil and the core to the cooler. |
| US12106881B2 |
Noise filter
A noise filter includes a capacitor and a common mode choke coil. The noise filter is connected between a first power conversion device configured to perform a switching operation at a first frequency and a second power conversion device configured to perform a switching operation at a second frequency higher than the first frequency. The common mode choke coil includes a core, and a first winding wire and a second winding wire wound around the core. The common mode choke coil has an inductance which is set such that a resonant frequency of the noise filter when the core is magnetically saturated is higher than the first frequency and lower than the second frequency. |
| US12106878B2 |
Magnetocaloric regenerators comprising materials containing cobalt, manganese, boron and carbon
Described is a magnetocaloric regenerator comprising one or more materials containing cobalt, manganese and boron and optionally carbon. |
| US12106874B2 |
Wiring member
A wiring member includes: a wire-like transmission member; a first sheet to which the wire-like transmission member is fixed; and a second sheet, at least a part of which is overlapped with the first sheet, wherein a first through hole is formed in one of the first sheet and the second sheet, a second through hole formed to be continuous with the first through hole and smaller than the first through hole is formed in another one of the first sheet and the second sheet. |
| US12106873B2 |
Two core flat cable
A two-core flat cable includes a pair of metal wires, an insulating covering that bundles and covers the pair of metal wires along a longitudinal direction thereof, an electrically conductive shield that covers an entire perimeter surface of the covering, and an insulating sheath that covers the shield, wherein the shield is comprised of a metal coating laver, and the sheath is comprised of a lamination sheet of an insulating resin. |
| US12106869B2 |
Busbar assembly and method for manufacturing the same
A busbar assembly of the present invention includes first and second busbars disposed in parallel in a common plane with a gap therebetween, and an insulating resin layer including a gap filling part and an upper surface laminated part, the upper surface laminated part having a first busbar-side upper surface opening that exposes a predetermined area of the upper surfaces of the first busbar and the gap filling part that straddles a boundary therebetween, and a second busbar-side upper surface opening that exposes a predetermined area of the upper surfaces of the second busbar and the gap filling part that straddles a boundary therebetween, a part of the upper surface laminated part between the first and second busbar-side upper surface openings forming a partitioning wall. |
| US12106865B2 |
Method and apparatus for real-time learning-based augmented irradiation control and optimization
A machine-learning tool learns from sensors' data of a nuclear reactor at steady state and maps them to controls of the nuclear reactor. The tool learns all given ranges of normal operation and responses for corrective measures. The tool may train another learning tool (or the same tool) that forecasts the behavior of the reactor based on real-time changes (e.g., every 10 seconds). The tool implements an optimization technique for differing half-life materials to be placed in the reactor. The tool maximizes isotope production based on optimal controls of the reactor. |
| US12106861B2 |
Diagnostic, prescriptive, and data-gathering system and method for macular pigment deficits and other eye disorders
A macular health measurement and storage system comprises a plurality of macular-pigment measurement machine for measuring macular pigment density in humans, a plurality of computers each of which is associated with a corresponding one the macular-pigment measuring machines, and a central host. The plurality of macular-pigment measurement machines include a device for receiving macular pigment data from a patient, at least one data transfer port, and at least one processor that enables the transfer of the macular pigment data from the transfer port. The plurality of computers include a first port coupled to the data transfer port of the corresponding macular-pigment measurement machine for receiving the macular pigment data. Each of the computers includes a second port for transferring patient data. The central host is coupled to the second ports on each of the plurality of computers. The central host includes a storage device for storing the patient data. |
| US12106860B1 |
Systems and methods for regulating provision of messages with content from disparate sources based on risk and feedback data
Aspects of the present disclosure are directed to systems, methods, and computer readable media for configuring generation of digital therapeutic content for provision. The system can receive a text input including one or more parameters identifying an audience and at least one domain. The system can identify content items generated by corresponding generative transformer models each using a prompt created based on the text input. The system can select, from a set of risk models for the domains, at least one risk model corresponding to the at least one domain. The system can apply the at least one risk model to each content item of the set of content items to determine a risk score. The system can select a content item based on the risk score of the content item. The system can present the content item including the respective digital therapeutic content. |
| US12106856B2 |
Image processing apparatus, image processing method, and program for segmentation correction of medical image
Provided are an image processing apparatus, an image processing method, and a program that can reduce the time and effort required to correct the segmentation of a medical image. An image processing apparatus includes: an image acquisition unit (40) that acquires a medical image (200); a segmentation unit (42) that performs segmentation on the medical image acquired by the image acquisition unit and classifies the medical image into prescribed classes for each local region; a global feature acquisition unit (46) that acquires a global feature indicating an overall feature of the medical image; and a correction unit (44) that corrects a class of a correction target region that is a local region whose class is to be corrected in the medical image according to the global feature with reference to a relationship between the global feature and the class. |
| US12106853B2 |
Systems and methods for providing virtual health services
A virtual health system is provided that creates a digital platform to connect patients to healthcare providers. Healthcare providers create profiles that describe their healthcare specialty and provide scheduling information that indicates their availability along with preferences such as appointment or meeting length, minimum break between appointment, and price. Patients create profiles that includes demographic information as well as medical records. The patients may use the system to search for available healthcare providers using a variety of criteria, and to schedule virtual health services such as video chats. The system facilitates payment for the healthcare services, and records any notes, assignments, or prescriptions generated by the healthcare provider during the services. In the event that a patient would like to engage a different healthcare provider associated with the system, the system only allows access to the patient records after receiving permission from the patient. |
| US12106843B1 |
Digital platform, system, and method for providing third-parties/users meal plans provided by professional dieticians via a digital health and fitness platform
The invention relates to a system, method and a digital platform revolutionizing health and wellness management through personalized meal planning and fitness tracking. This user-centric system collects vital personal data, encompassing body metrics, fitness goals, dietary preferences, and allergies, through an intuitive interface. Utilizing sophisticated algorithms, including Basal Metabolic Rate (BMR), Resting Metabolic Rate (RMR), and Total Daily Energy Expenditure (TDEE), the platform precisely calculates tailored dietary requirements for each user. A robust data repository empowers registered dietitians, nutritionists, and professionals to upload meal offerings, categorized by specific dietary goals and preferences, such as weight loss, muscle gain, or dietary restrictions. Users effortlessly explore and subscribe to meal plans, accompanied by detailed recipes and grocery lists. The platform seamlessly integrates a supplier marketplace within its digital health and fitness module, facilitating automatic meal logging and progress tracking. |
| US12106841B2 |
System and methods for calculating, displaying, modifying, and using single dietary intake score reflective of optimal quantity and quality of consumables
Embodiments of the disclosed system calculate a single score (“SDIS”) for dietary intake over a period of time. In one embodiment, the single score is an indication of whether a subset of measurable nutrients (determined to be indicative of nutritional health) and energy consumed are within a healthy range that is specific to a user. Embodiments of the disclosed system determine whether each nutrient consumed falls within a healthy range. This range may be calculated by, for example, using a plurality of possible minimum intake values and an upper limit (if one exists) for each nutrient. Similarly, the system determines whether the energy consumed falls within a healthy range. The averaged nutrient score is then multiplied by an energy score to arrive at the final score. In an embodiment, the system particularly emphasizes the impact of the energy score treated as a multiplier rather than as a nutrient. |
| US12106836B1 |
Biometrcially controlled handheld oral medication dispensing device
The present disclosure provides a biometrically controlled handheld medication dispensing device. The device includes a housing containing a cartridge carrier, designed with a specific connector to align with a medication cartridge. Notably, the device also includes a biometric authentication component that works in conjunction with an activator mechanism. When operated and upon user authentication, the activator mechanism causes the cartridge carrier to move the medication cartridge between a stored position and a dispensing position, where it can be compressed to safely and efficiently dispense medication to a user. |
| US12106830B2 |
Skin care product formulation development method and system
Disclosed is a skin care product formulation development method and system. The method comprises: acquiring names and weights of new ingredients, searching formulations containing at least one of the new ingredients in a skin care product formulation database, and obtaining a plurality of candidate formulations; deleting the new ingredients contained in each of the candidate formulations to obtain a plurality of supplement formulations; clustering the plurality of supplement formulations based on ingredient correlations to obtain a plurality of cluster groups; calculating a correlation score of each cluster group to the deleted new ingredients respectively; and determining the cluster group with the highest correlation score, and generating a new skin care product formulation based on the cluster group with the highest correlation score. |
| US12106828B2 |
Systems and devices for signal corrections in pixel-based sequencing
The technology disclosed relates to determining tag signals from measured intensities for purposes of base calling in next-generation sequencing. In particular, the measured intensities are collected by light sensors in a sensor array directed to a sample surface including pixel areas and holding a plurality of clusters during a sequence of sampling events. Each light sensor is directed to and measuring intensity from one of the pixel areas during each sampling event. The method includes adjusting the measured intensities from a pixel in the pixel areas for background intensity based on variations in background levels of the light sensors in the sensor array and determining an intensity of a tag signal originating from the pixel based on the adjusted measured intensities of the pixel. |
| US12106823B2 |
Semiconductor device using transistors having low off-state current
A semiconductor device capable of holding analog data is provided. Two holding circuits, two bootstrap circuits, and one source follower circuit are formed with use of four transistors and two capacitors. A memory node is provided in each of the two holding circuits; a data potential is written to one of the memory nodes and a reference potential is written to the other of the memory nodes. At the time of data reading, the potential of the one memory node is increased in one of the bootstrap circuits, and the potential of the other memory node is increased in the other of the bootstrap circuits. A potential difference between the two memory nodes is output by the source follower circuit. With use of the source follower circuit, the output impedance can be reduced. |
| US12106822B2 |
Memory array with programmable number of filters
Aspects of the present disclosure are directed to devices and methods for performing MAC operations using a memory array as a compute-in-memory (CIM) device that can enable higher computational throughput, higher performance and lower energy consumption compared to computation using a processor outside of a memory array. In some embodiments, an activation architecture is provided using a bit cell array arranged in rows and columns to store charges that represent a weight value in a weight matrix. A read word line (RWL) may be repurposed to provide the input activation value to bit cells within a row of bit cells, while a read-bit line (RBL) is configured to receive multiplication products from bit cells arranged in a column. Some embodiments provide multiple sub-arrays or tiles of bit cell arrays. |
| US12106819B2 |
Processing-in-memory (PIM) device
A processing-in-memory (PIM) device including a data storage region, a global buffer and an arithmetic circuit. The data storage region configured to store vector data and weight data. The global buffer configured to store vector data read from the data storage region. The arithmetic circuit configured to generate a calculation result by performing a calculation on vector data read from the global buffer and weight data read from the data storage region. |
| US12106818B2 |
Power control of a memory device in connected standby state
Examples described herein relate to a device that includes: a first power rail to provide a signal from a power source to a reference supply voltage pin of a memory controller; a second power rail to provide a signal from the power source to an output buffer pin of the memory controller and to an output buffer pin of a central processing unit (CPU). In some examples, the second power rail is separate from the first power rail, during a high power state, the power source is to supply a same voltage to each of the reference supply voltage pin, the output buffer pin of the memory controller, and the output buffer pin of the CPU, and during a connected standby state, the power source is to reduce voltage provided to the output buffer pin of the memory controller and the output buffer pin of the CPU using the second power rail and maintain a voltage provided to the reference supply voltage pin. |
| US12106814B2 |
Method of testing a memory circuit and memory circuit
A method of testing a three dimensional (3D) memory cell array includes writing data to each layer of memory cells in the 3D memory cell array, simultaneously performing a read operation of each memory cell in at least a first pillar of the 3D memory cell array, determining whether a memory cell in the 3D memory cell array has failed in response to the read operation, and replacing at least one failed memory cell in the 3D memory cell array with a spare memory cell in response to determining that the memory cell in the 3D memory cell array has failed. The first pillar includes memory cells on each corresponding layer of the 3D memory cell array. |
| US12106807B2 |
Memory device and operation based on threshold voltage distribution of memory cells of adjacent states
In certain aspects, a memory device includes memory cells coupled to a same word line and bit lines, respectively, and a peripheral circuit coupled to the memory cells through the word line and the bit lines. Each of the memory cells is in one of states. The peripheral circuit is configured to determine a first number of a first set of the memory cells and a second number of a second set of the memory cells. Threshold voltages of the first set of the memory cells are between a first voltage and a second voltage larger than the first voltage. Threshold voltages of the second set of the memory cells are between the second voltage and a third voltage larger than the second voltage. The peripheral circuit is also configured to estimate a valley voltage corresponding to a first state of the states based, at least in part, on a comparison between the first number and the second number. |
| US12106800B2 |
Adaptive word line control circuit
Disclosed herein are related to memory device including an adaptive word line control circuit. In one aspect, the memory device includes a memory cell and a word line driver coupled to the memory cell through a word line. In one aspect, the memory device includes an adaptive word line control circuit including two or more diodes connected in series, where one of the two or more diodes is coupled to the word line. |
| US12106799B2 |
Forming method of sense amplifier and layout structure of sense amplifier
The present disclosure relates to a method of forming a sense amplifier and a layout structure of a sense amplifier. The method includes: providing a first active region pattern layer, the first active region pattern layer includes a bridge pattern, and a first active region pattern region and a second active region pattern region; the first active region pattern region includes a first active region pattern for defining a first pull-down transistor of a first memory cell structure; the second active region pattern region includes a first symmetrical active region pattern for defining a second pull-down transistor of a second memory cell structure; and the first active region pattern and the first symmetrical active region pattern are adjacent to each other and connected through the bridge pattern, a source of the first pull-down transistor and a source of the second pull-down transistor are electrically connected through the bridge pattern. |
| US12106797B2 |
Bit line sense amplifier and semiconductor memory apparatus using the same
A bit line sense amplifier includes: a first inverter having an input terminal connected to a first sensing node and an output terminal connected to a second inner bit line; a second inverter having an input terminal connected to a second sensing node and an output terminal connected to a first inner bit line; a first capacitor connected between the first sensing node and the first inner bit line; a second capacitor connected between the second sensing node and the second inner bit line; an isolation unit configured to cut off a connection between the first inner bit line and a second bit line; and an offset cancellation unit configured to connect the first sensing node to the second inner bit line, the first inner bit line to the first bit line, the second sensing node to the first inner bit line, and the second inner bit line to the second bit line. |
| US12106796B2 |
Method for manufacturing semiconductor element-including memory device
An N+ layer 11a and N+ layers 13a to 13d that are disposed on both ends of Si pillars 12a to 12d standing on a substrate 10 in a vertical direction, a TiN layer 18a that surrounds a gate HfO2 layer 17a surrounding the Si pillars 12a to 12d and that extends between the Si pillars 12a and 12b, a TiN layer 18b that surrounds the gate HfO2 layer 17a and that extends between the Si pillars 12c and 12d, a TiN layer 26a that surrounds a gate HfO2 layer 17b surrounding the Si pillars 12a to 12d and that extends between the Si pillars 12a and 12b, and a TiN layer 26b that surrounds the gate HfO2 layer 17b and that extends between the Si pillars 12c and 12d are formed. Voltages applied to the N+ layers 11a and 13a to 13d and the TiN layers 18a, 18b, 26a, and 26b are controlled to perform a data write operation of retaining, inside the Si pillars 12a to 12d, a group of positive holes generated by an impact ionization phenomenon and a data erase operation of discharging the group of positive holes from the inside of the Si pillars 12a to 12d. |
| US12106793B2 |
Batching aware techniques for refreshing memory devices
Aspects of the present disclosure are directed to techniques and procedures for reducing memory (e.g., DRAM) access latency (e.g., read latency, write latency) due to memory refreshes. In some aspects, a memory refresh scheduling algorithm can take into account of memory access batching (e.g., read batch, write batch). In some aspects, a refresh scheduling algorithm can schedule more or prioritize refreshes to occur during a write batch to reduce memory read access latency because fewer refreshes are scheduled during memory read access. The techniques can be adapted to reduce write latency. |
| US12106786B2 |
Magnetic head, head gimbal assembly, hard disk drive, and method for processing magnetic head
The present disclosure discloses a magnetic head, a head gimbal assembly, a hard disk drive, and a method for processing a magnetic head. The method comprises irradiating at a fixed point proximal to the read/write part with a laser irradiation device until the read head and the write head are thermally expanded; orientating air bearing surfaces of a plurality of magnetic heads forming a magnetic strip toward a lapping surface of a lapping device after laser irradiation, holding the air bearing surfaces in place, lapping with the lapping device until the air bearing surfaces are coplanar; and disassembling the magnetic strip to obtain a lapped magnetic head. Through laser heating induced compensation, the heights of lapped read head and write head of the magnetic head meet their respective target values, ensuring the normal reading and writing of the storage medium of the magnetic disk. |
| US12106784B2 |
Read sensor with ordered heusler alloy free layer and semiconductor barrier layer
Embodiments of the present disclosure generally relate to a read sensor utilized in a read head. The read sensor comprises an amorphous break layer disposed on a shield, a seed layer disposed on the amorphous break layer, a first ferromagnetic layer disposed on the seed layer, a barrier layer disposed on the first ferromagnetic layer, and a second ferromagnetic layer disposed on the barrier layer. The amorphous break layer comprises CoFeBTa, the seed layer comprises RuAl, and the barrier layer comprises a semiconductor material, such as ZnSe, ZnTe, ZnO, CuSe, or CuInGaSe. The semiconductor barrier layer reduces the resistance-area product of the read sensor. The amorphous break layer breaks the texture between the shield, which has a FCC texture, and the seed layer, which has a BCC texture. The BCC texture of the seed layer is then inherited by the remaining layers disposed over the seed layer. |
| US12106783B2 |
Microwave-assisted magnetic recording (MAMR) head slider with diamoind-like carbon layer and a silicon nitride layer, and related head gimbal assembly and disk drive unit
The present disclosure discloses a device with a protective layer, including a substrate, a seed layer formed on the substrate, and a diamond-like carbon layer formed on the seed layer, where the seed layer is a silicon nitride layer, and a content of nitrogen in the silicon nitride layer is 9%-17%. The present disclosure further discloses a microwave-assisted magnetic recording (MAMR) head slider, a head gimbal assembly, and a disk drive unit. The device has good thermal stability, oxidation resistance and corrosion resistance, thereby improving reliability and prolonging service life of an MAMR head. |
| US12106778B2 |
Multimedia resource clipping method and apparatus, device and storage medium
A method for editing a multimedia resource includes: playing a first video bound with an initial editing draft, wherein the first video shows a process of producing the initial editing draft, and the initial editing draft indicates an initial editing operation for an original multimedia material; and displaying a multimedia-resource-editing operation page according to a target editing draft, in response to an editing triggering operation for the first video, where the target editing draft is obtained based on the initial editing draft, the target editing draft indicates a target editing operation for a target material, the target material corresponds to all or a part of the original multimedia material, and the target editing operation comprises all or a part of the initial editing operation. |
| US12106777B2 |
Audio processing method and electronic device
Embodiments of the present disclosure provide an audio processing method and an electronic device. The method includes: first obtaining text information corresponding to a to-be-processed audio, where the text information includes a to-be-processed text and a playback period corresponding to each field in the to-be-processed text; then receiving a first input on the to-be-processed text; in response to the first input, determining, as a to-be-processed field, a field indicated by the first input in the to-be-processed text; then receiving a second input on the to-be-processed field; obtaining a target audio segment in response to the second input; and finally modifying an audio segment at a playback period corresponding to the to-be-processed field according to the target audio segment, to obtain a target audio. |
| US12106770B2 |
Sound model generation device, sound model generation method, and recording medium
Provided are a sound model generation device and the like that make it possible to more easily generate a sound model capable of distinguishing sound events using a plurality of features. A concatenating unit concatenates a plurality of features of sound signals that are learning data and generates a concatenated feature. A learning unit learns the generated concatenated feature for generating a sound model for distinguishing a sound event from a sound signal. |
| US12106764B2 |
Processing method of sound watermark and sound watermark processing apparatus
A processing method of a sound watermark and a sound watermark processing apparatus are provided. In the method, an inserted position of a reference code in an initial watermark sequence is determined according to signal power of a main sound signal to generate an extended watermark sequence. The main sound signal and the extended watermark sequence are synthesized to generate a watermark-embedded sound signal. In this way, noise interference may be overcome. |
| US12106760B2 |
Systems and methods using natural language processing to identify irregularities in a user utterance
Systems and methods for identifying irregularities during an automated user interaction are disclosed. The system may receive a communication and extract a perceived irregularity from the communication. The system may generate a first explanatory hypothesis associated with the perceived irregularity having an associated confidence measurement. The system may selectively retrieve user information based on the generated hypothesis and generate an investigational strategy associated with the hypothesis. In response to the investigational strategy, the system may receive a user communication, and the system may update the confidence measurement based on the user communication. When the confidence measurement exceeds the predetermined confidence threshold the system may validate the perceived irregularity as a true irregularity and provide a computer-generated dialogue response indicative of a proposed resolution of the irregularity. When no existing hypothesis has a confidence measurement exceeding the threshold, the system may generate a novel hypothesis to be validated. |
| US12106759B2 |
Initializing non-assistant background actions, via an automated assistant, while accessing a non-assistant application
Implementations set forth herein relate to a system that employs an automated assistant to further interactions between a user and another application, which can provide the automated assistant with permission to initialize relevant application actions simultaneous to the user interacting with the other application. Furthermore, the system can allow the automated assistant to initialize actions of different applications, despite being actively operating a particular application. Available actions can be gleaned by the automated assistant using various application-specific schemas, which can be compared with incoming requests from a user to the automated assistant. Additional data, such as context and historical interactions, can also be used to rank and identify a suitable application action to be initialized via the automated assistant. |
| US12106758B2 |
Voice commands for an automated assistant utilized in smart dictation
Systems and methods described herein relate to determining whether to incorporate recognized text, that corresponds to a spoken utterance of a user of a client device, into a transcription displayed at the client device, or to cause an assistant command, that is associated with the transcription and that is based on the recognized text, to be performed by an automated assistant implemented by the client device. The spoken utterance is received during a dictation session between the user and the automated assistant. Implementations can process, using automatic speech recognition model(s), audio data that captures the spoken utterance to generate the recognized text. Further, implementations can determine whether to incorporate the recognized text into the transcription or cause the assistant command to be performed based on touch input being directed to the transcription, a state of the transcription, and/or audio-based characteristic(s) of the spoken utterance. |
| US12106756B2 |
Interaction device
An interaction apparatus 10 includes an acquiring unit 13 for acquiring a system message, a setting unit 14 for setting a wait time for receiving an answer from a user based on the system message, a measuring unit 16 for measuring an elapsed time after the system message is output to the user, a user utterance acquiring unit 15 for acquiring a user utterance, and a controller 17 for controlling an interaction with the user so that an additional action corresponding to the system message is output to the user. The measuring unit 16 determines whether or not to subtract the elapsed time, based on the system message and the user utterance, when the user utterance not corresponding to the answer to the system message is acquired by the user utterance acquiring unit 15 after the system message is output. |
| US12106755B2 |
Warm word arbitration between automated assistant devices
Techniques are described herein for warm word arbitration between automated assistant devices. A method includes: determining that warm word arbitration is to be initiated between a first assistant device and one or more additional assistant devices, including a second assistant device; broadcasting, by the first assistant device, to the one or more additional assistant devices, an active set of warm words for the first assistant device; for each of the one or more additional assistant devices, receiving, from the additional assistant device, an active set of warm words for the additional assistant device; identifying a matching warm word included in the active set of warm words for the first assistant device and included in the active set of warm words for the second assistant device; and enabling or disabling detection of the matching warm word by the first assistant device, in response to identifying the matching warm word. |
| US12106754B2 |
Systems and operation methods for device selection using ambient noise
Providing a response to a user's speech or utterance by obtaining context information of the electronic device or a user of the electronic device, determine whether the electronic device or an external device is to perform automated speech recognition (ASR) of the user's speech or utterance, based on the context information, and provide a response to the user's speech or utterance based on a result of the electronic device or the external device performing the ASR. |
| US12106749B2 |
Speech recognition with sequence-to-sequence models
A method for performing speech recognition using sequence-to-sequence models includes receiving audio data for an utterance and providing features indicative of acoustic characteristics of the utterance as input to an encoder. The method also includes processing an output of the encoder using an attender to generate a context vector, generating speech recognition scores using the context vector and a decoder trained using a training process, and generating a transcription for the utterance using word elements selected based on the speech recognition scores. The transcription is provided as an output of the ASR system. |
| US12106742B2 |
Electronic musical instrument, sound production method for electronic musical instrument, and storage medium
An electronic musical instrument includes a plurality of performance elements that specify pitch data; a sound source that produces musical sounds; and a processor configured to perform the following: when a user performance of the plurality of performance elements satisfies a prescribed condition, instructing the sound source to produce automatic arpeggio playing sounds corresponding to pitch data specified by the user performance; and when the user performance of the plurality of performance elements does not satisfy the prescribed condition, instructing the sound source to produce a sound of a pitch data specified by the user performance without producing the automatic arpeggio playing sound. |
| US12106738B2 |
Nose flute capable of improving brain sensation and cognition
The present invention relates to a nose flute capable of improving brain sensation and cognition and, more specifically, to a nose flute having a novel structure, which is a musical instrument that can be played using nasal air, so that brain sensation and cognition can be improved while sound width, sound and sound tone can be accurately implemented with accurate notes. To this end, the present invention comprises: a front body part in close contact with the body of a user; a sound generation part for generating sound of a preset height while the nasal air generated by the user flows therein through one end thereof and is discharged through the other end thereof; and a rear body part for fixing positions of the front body part and the sound generation part, and sealing the sound generation part so that same is not exposed to the outside. |
| US12106737B2 |
Modular neck and headstock for stringed instruments
Modular stringed instruments are discussed herein. The modular stringed instruments allow users to more efficiently transport the stringed instrument, replace broken parts, or personalize or customize the stringed instrument. They include a bracket, a neck, and a headstock. The neck and the headstock are separate pieces which are adjoined together, such as by the bracket and a connector bolt, and can be separated from each other when it is desirous or necessary to do so. The bracket opposes or resists forces caused by the strings of the stringed instrument when the strings are placed under tension and extend from a body, such as from a bridge of the body, to the headstock. |
| US12106734B1 |
Hiding lens distortions using black pixels
Disclosed is a display apparatus with gaze-tracking means, light source(s), eyepiece lens, and processor(s) configured to: process gaze-tracking data to determine a gaze direction; determine relative position of a pupil with respect to eyepiece lens and relative orientation (A) of the pupil with respect to optical axis (OO′) of eyepiece lens; estimate distortions per pixel(s) in image, based on the relative position, the relative orientation and distortion information; identify an image segment whose pixels' estimated distortions are higher than predefined threshold distortion; modify image by replacing pixels of identified image segment with black pixels or near-black pixels; and utilise modified image for display to given eye via light source(s). |
| US12106728B2 |
Display substrate and display panel
A display substrate and a display panel are provided, the display substrate includes a first gate driver circuit and a second gate driver circuit that are respectively arranged on a first side and a second side of a display region; the first gate driver circuit includes a plurality of first shift register units arranged in a first direction, each first shift register unit includes a first thin film transistor; the second gate driver circuit includes a plurality of second shift register units arranged in the first direction, each second shift register unit includes a second thin film transistor having the same function as the first thin film transistor; an average turn-on current of at least one first thin film transistor is Ion1, and an average turn-on current of at least one second thin film transistor is Ion2, Ion1>Ion2. |
| US12106724B2 |
System and method for measuring ambient light
An electronic system includes a control circuit to provide a binary control signal alternating between a first binary state during first phases and a second binary state during second phases; a screen controlled by the control signal, the screen emitting light during each first phase, and to not emit any light during each second phase; a light sensor under the screen or along the edge of the screen, and providing a measurement signal representative of a quantity of light received by the sensor during a measurement phase or a plurality of consecutive measurement phases; and a synchronization device to synchronize each measurement phase with a second phase. |
| US12106723B2 |
Method of generating compensation data, test device, and display device
A method of generating compensation data for a display device is disclosed that includes acquiring a first captured image by capturing an image displayed on the display device based on reference data having a reference grayscale, acquiring a second captured image by capturing an image displayed on the display device based on evaluation data having a compensation target grayscale, calculating a similarity index based on a difference between the first captured image and the second captured image at a plurality of positions of a display panel of the display device, calculating a quality index based on an actual measured grayscale of the second captured image after compensation of the second captured image, generating a compensation prediction model based on the similarity index and the quality index, and generating the compensation data based on the first captured image, the second captured image, the similarity index, and the compensation prediction model. |
| US12106720B2 |
Display device and method of operating the display device
A display device includes a display panel including a plurality of pixel rows, and a panel driver which drives the display panel. The panel driver determines whether input image data represents a still image. When the input image data represents the still image, the panel driver determines a flicker value of the still image, applies a compensation value corresponding to a carry shift interval to the flicker value, determines a driving frequency for the display panel based on the flicker value to which the compensation value is applied, and performs an alternate driving operation for the display panel at the driving frequency. |
| US12106718B2 |
Driving method and driving device for a display panel, and display device
A driving method and driving device for a display panel, and a display device. The driving method includes: in a first driving stage, controlling a data voltage signal input terminal to transmit a voltage corresponding to a data voltage to a gate of a drive transistor; and in a second driving stage, controlling the data voltage signal input terminal to transmit a hold voltage to a source of the drive transistor to couple the voltage of the gate of the drive transistor through the hold voltage of the source of the drive transistor. |
| US12106709B2 |
Image display device
An image display device includes a plurality of driving circuits disposed on a substrate, and a plurality of light emitting elements corresponding to a plurality of pixels respectively. Each of the plurality of driving circuits being configured to provide a driving current to each of the plurality of light emitting elements and to control the driving current by a pulse amplitude modulation and a pulse width modulation. The driving circuit being configured using TFTs. |
| US12106707B2 |
Inverter circuit, scan driving circuit and display device
An inverter circuit in a scan driving circuit of a display device that includes an output transistor connected between a first voltage line and an output terminal outputting a second start signal and including a gate electrode connected to an input terminal receiving a first start signal, a first switching transistor connected between the first voltage line and the output terminal and including a gate electrode connected to a first switching line receiving a first switching signal, a second switching transistor connected between the output terminal and a first node and including a gate electrode connected to a second switching line receiving a second switching signal, and a discharge circuit that discharges the first node to a first bias clock signal in response to the first start signal, the first bias clock signal, and a second bias clock signal. |
| US12106706B2 |
Pixel of a display device, and display device
A pixel of a display device includes a first transistor including a top gate coupled to a first node, a first terminal, a second terminal coupled to a second node, and a bottom gate, a second transistor including a gate coupled to a writing signal line, a first terminal coupled to a data line, and a second terminal coupled to the first node, a storage capacitor coupled between the first node and the second node, a light emitting element coupled between the second node and a second power supply voltage line, and a seventh transistor including a gate coupled to an initialization signal line, a first terminal coupled to a bias voltage line, and a second terminal coupled to the bottom gate. |
| US12106704B2 |
Electronic device
An electronic device is provided. The electronic device includes an integrated driver board and at least one semiconductor unit substrate. The integrated driver board includes a circuit board, a data drive circuit, and a scanning drive circuit. The data drive circuit and the scanning drive circuit are disposed on the circuit board. The at least one semiconductor unit substrate is coupled to the data drive circuit and the scanning drive circuit. |
| US12106701B2 |
Pixel circuit and display panel
A pixel circuit and a display panel are provided. The pixel circuit is electrically connected to a gate electrode of the driving transistor through one of a source electrode and a drain electrode of the first transistor, and a transmission terminal of the anti-leakage unit is electrically connected to another one of the source electrode and the drain electrode of the first transistor. Therefore, an electrical potential difference between the one of the source electrode and the drain electrode of the first transistor and the gate electrode of the driving transistor can be reduced, and an occurrence of flicker can be improved or eliminated. |
| US12106698B2 |
Display panel and terminal device having drive chip for which sequence of input display data is changed
Embodiments of this application provide a display panel and a terminal device, and are applied to the field of terminal technologies. The display panel is provided with a connection line, a signal line in an edge display area is extended to a center display area through the connection line and connected to a fan-out lead, and a sequence of input first display data is changed by using a drive chip, so that when an arrangement number of each fan-out lead is different from an arrangement number of a signal line connected to the fan-out lead, second display data output by the drive chip can be transmitted to a correct signal line. In addition, a same drive chip can be applied to different terminal devices, to improve utilization of the drive chip and reduce design costs of the drive chip. |
| US12106695B2 |
Display device and driving method thereof
A display device of the present disclosure includes a pixel unit having a plurality of pixel rows; a color controller configured to convert input grayscales for each of the pixel rows into output grayscales based on user setting parameters; and a data driver configured to supply data voltages corresponding to the output grayscales to each of the pixel rows, and the color controller includes a plurality of grayscale converters configured to convert the input grayscales for a plurality of target pixels corresponding to a part of a pixel row into the output grayscales in parallel, wherein the plurality of target pixels are most adjacent to each other; and a path determiner configured to match the output grayscales with the plurality of target pixels. |
| US12106685B2 |
Anti-tamper device, enclosure for a utility meter and same
An anti-tamper device for a utility meter, in particular for an enclosure thereof, providing a guideway for a sealing element, wherein in a sealed state of the utility meter, at least a section of the sealing element extends along the guideway. Furthermore, an enclosure for a utility meter comprising a socket configured for receiving an anti-tamper device, as well as a utility meter comprising an anti-tamper device, and/or an enclosure. The guideway is provided with a predetermined breaking zone configured to break when the sealing element exerts a predefined breaking force onto the anti-tamper device. |
| US12106684B2 |
Film composite with protection against tampering
A film composite with protection against tampering includes a base film, which is arranged as the lowermost layer in the film composite, and a cover layer, which is arranged as the uppermost layer in the film composite. The film composite further includes an intermediate film, which is arranged between the base film and the cover layer, and a laser-inscribable layer, which is arranged in the film composite between the base film and the intermediate film. Lines of weakening are provided in the film composite, which run within the base film and within the intermediate film. |
| US12106680B2 |
Heart model
A heart model includes a deformable body forming a simulated ventricle therein that expand and contract, and a restraint body outside of the simulated ventricle and having a spiral outer shape, the restraint body regulating deformation of the deformable to generate a twist in the deformable body when the simulated ventricle expands. |
| US12106677B1 |
Interactive play arch and learning system
An activity arch (1) and system for promoting cognitive development in infants and toddlers wherein a child is prompted to make selections based on a system of audio and/or visual ques that improve the child's knowledge and cognitive skills. |
| US12106670B2 |
Accident reporter
Methods, systems, and apparatus, including computer programs encoded on a computer storage medium, for implementing an accident reporter are disclosed. In one aspect, a method includes the actions of receiving data that reflects characteristics of a vehicle. The actions further include, based on the data, determining that the vehicle has been in an accident. The actions further include, based on determining that the vehicle has been in an accident and based on the data that reflects the characteristics of the vehicle, determining a classification of the accident. The actions further include determining additional data to collect and a recipient of a description of the accident. The actions further include receiving the additional data. The actions further include generating the description of the accident based on the data that reflects the characteristics of a vehicle and the additional data. The actions further include providing, for output, the description of the accident. |
| US12106667B2 |
Method by which terminal receives signal in wireless communication system, and terminal therefor
A method by which a terminal receives a signal in a wireless communication system is disclosed. The method can comprise: receiving first information about a parking space from the infrastructure of a parking lot; generating second information for parking in the parking lot, on the basis of the first information; and transmitting the second information to a vehicle having established a communication link with the terminal. In addition, the first information can include spatial coordinates and a virtual parking line of the parking space. The UE is capable of communicating with at least one of another UE, a UE related to an autonomous driving vehicle, a base station or a network. |
| US12106666B2 |
Communicating information about parking space availability
A system for communicating information about parking space availability can include a processor and a memory. The memory can store a calculations module and a communications module. The calculations module can include instructions that cause the processor to: (1) obtain a current count of spaces available for parking in an area designated for parking and (2) calculate, based on the current count and information, a revised count of the spaces. The information can indicate that a second vehicle has moved into or out of the area. The communications module can include instructions that cause the processor to: (1) receive, from a first vehicle, the information and (2) cause the revised count to be communicated to a component of a vehicle, in a vicinity of the area, for an action to be performed. The first vehicle can be parked. The information can be received via a sensor of the first vehicle. |
| US12106662B1 |
Machine learning traffic determination
Apparatuses, systems, methods, and computer program products for machine learning traffic determination. A method includes receiving an image of vehicular traffic taken by an image sensor. A method includes receiving environmental data from a plurality of environmental sensors. A method includes determining a history of vehicular traffic in a geographic area associated with an image sensor. A method includes processing an image of vehicular traffic, environmental data, and a history of vehicular traffic using one or more machine learning models to predict a traffic level and a pollution level for a geographic area. A method includes communicating one or more of a predicted traffic level and a predicted pollution level to a user on an electronic display screen of a hardware computing device. |
| US12106659B2 |
Haptics signal generation
A haptics signal generator configured to generate a haptics signal for driving a haptics transducer by amplitude modulating and frequency modulating a carrier signal based on an input audio signal. |
| US12106653B2 |
Modular tracking device
Techniques and examples pertaining to a tracking method using a two-component tracking device are described. The tracking device includes two components paired with one another: a first component that is specific to a subject the tracking device is intended to track, and a second component that is generic. The second component is capable of establishing a wireless connection with a cellular network, as well as collecting location information of the second component itself. The tracking method involves receiving from the cellular network a set of requirements associated with the subject, and triggering an action based on the set of requirements and the location information collected. The tracking method enables tracking of multiple subjects without a pairing mistake. Namely, a mismatch between multiple subjects to be tracked and multiple tracking devices intended to track the subjects can be avoided. |
| US12106650B2 |
PSAP/public responder network integrations
A variety of dispatcher user interfaces, communications architectures, methods, apparatus, APIs and protocols are described that can help facilitate the integration of volunteer responder networks into the workflows of PSAP dispatchers. In one aspect, a dispatcher user interface facilitates activation of the volunteer responder network, as well as tracking and/or communicating notes to medical devices such as AEDs in the responder network that have accepted an incident. |
| US12106645B2 |
Batch size adjustment using latency-critical event recognition
This document describes techniques, apparatuses, and systems for batch size adjustment using latency-critical event recognition. The techniques described herein enable an electronic device (e.g., security camera) to determine the likelihood of an event of interest (e.g., latency-critical event) occurring in data (e.g., audio and/or video) captured by the electronic device. To make such a determination, the electronic device may switch upload modes to upload the data, using a different batch size to reduce latency, to another device for user access, based on the likelihood of an event of interest occurring in the data. In this way, the techniques, apparatuses, and systems for batch size adjustment using latency-critical event recognition provide an efficient way to provide all-day security monitoring. |
| US12106642B2 |
Methods and systems for monitoring and reporting security breach of a property
Present disclosure describes techniques for monitoring and reporting a security breach of a property. The techniques according to the present disclosure comprise detecting at least one activity by at least one motion sensor of a plurality of motion sensors, monitoring a time period of the at least one activity and determining whether the time period of the at least one activity surpasses a predetermined time period, and if the time period of the at least one activity surpasses the predetermined time period, activating a plurality of laser curtains placed on the property, and transmitting an alert to an owner of the property. The techniques further disclose determining whether at least one laser curtain of the plurality of laser curtains is disrupted, and if the at least one laser curtain of the plurality of laser curtains is disrupted, generating an audio-visual alert to notify about the security breach to one or more people present inside and outside of the property. Accordingly, the techniques of the present disclosure facilitate minimization of false alarms and unwanted alerts. |
| US12106641B2 |
Devices and methods for locating accessories of an electronic device
Devices and methods for locating accessories of an electronic device are provided. In one example, a method may include detecting parameters associated with disconnecting an accessory from the electronic device. The electronic device, or an associated device, may store the detected parameters so that the detected parameters are accessible if the accessory becomes lost. The electronic device may receive a request from a user of the electronic device for assistance in locating the accessory. In response to the request for assistance in locating the accessory, the electronic device may provide the stored parameters to the user of the electronic device to aid them in searching for their lost accessory. |
| US12106638B1 |
Digital data object system for online gaming
A computing system receives a request to create a digital data object from a user device of a user for use in a game. The computing system generates the digital data object based on the request. The computing system causes a physical data object corresponding to the digital data object to be activated. The computing system receives a plurality of scanned images of the physical data object. The computing system receives an indication of an outcome of the game based on the physical data object. Based on the indication and the plurality of scanned images, the computing system generates a set of graphical objects to be displayed to the user via the user device of the user. The computing system causes the user to participate in the game using the set of graphical objects. |
| US12106636B2 |
System and method for enabling wagering event between sports activity players with stored event metrics
Individual sports event activities are recorded along with metric results of individual or collective results of the activities. The data from these recordings and metrics are provided to a central gaming server. Individual players offer wagers of value to be used in competition against other individual or groups of players. The central gaming server compares the metrics of at least two individual players that have offered wagers of values and determines a winning individual player based on the comparison of metrics. |
| US12106634B2 |
Gaming system and method for skipping bonus events in exchange for sporting event wagers
Gaming systems and methods which enable a player to skip a bonus event, such as a play of a triggered bonus game, in exchange for a placement of a sporting event wager. |
| US12106619B2 |
Server device, entry/exit management method and program recording medium
The server device includes an acquisition unit, a user database, an attendee management database, and a processing unit. The acquisition unit acquires biological information for each of a plurality of users using an entry/exit management system. The user database associates the biological information with user IDs respectively identifying the users and stores the same. The attendee management database associates the user ID corresponding to an attendee in a restricted area, into which entry and exit is restricted, with position information for the attendee, and stores the same. The processing unit transmits the position information of a meeting candidate, who a visitor wants to meet, to an authentication terminal. The authentication terminal is a terminal which, if an authentication using the biological information recorded in the user database is successful, permits a successfully authenticated user to enter the restricted area. |
| US12106613B2 |
Dynamic delivery of vehicle event data
An improved system and method of selectively transmitting asset data from one or more sensors associated with the vehicle to a backend server, which is configured to analyze the asset data and, if necessary for further analysis of the asset data (e.g., to determine whether a safety event has occurred) and/or to provide actionable data for review by a safety analyst, requests further asset data from a vehicle device. |
| US12106612B2 |
Investigation assistance system and investigation assistance method
A user terminal displays an analysis server selection screen showing a list of a plurality of analysis servers provided to respectively correspond to a plurality of different object feature elements relating to an incident or the like, and, on the basis of input of a retrieval condition including the object feature element of an object to be retrieved by a first analysis server selected from the analysis server selection screen, transmits, to an integrated server, a request to retrieve a corresponding object satisfying the retrieval condition. The integrated server transmits an instruction to retrieve the corresponding object to the first analysis server on the basis of the request to retrieve, receives a retrieval result from the first analysis server, and transmits the retrieval result to the user terminal. |
| US12106603B2 |
Dynamic non-linear interpolation of latent vectors for semantic face editing
Systems and methods for image processing are described. One or more embodiments of the method, apparatus, non-transitory computer readable medium, and system include identifying an encoding of an image, an attribute to be modified in the image, and a plurality of attributes to be preserved in the image; generating a non-linear interpolation for the encoding by iteratively identifying a sequence of boundary vectors, wherein each boundary vector of the sequence of boundary vectors is based on selecting a plurality of conditional boundary vectors representing a subset of the plurality of attributes to be preserved at each corresponding iteration; and generating a modified image based on the image encoding and the non-linear interpolation, wherein the modified image corresponds to the image with the attribute to be modified. |
| US12106602B2 |
Fake-finger determination device, fake-finger determination method and fake-finger determination program
A fake finger in which a transparent thin film is attached to a finger surface is discriminated. A fake-finger determination device includes: an imaging unit 10 that captures an authentication object as a fingerprint authentication object; a classifying unit 31 that classifies an image captured by the imaging unit 10 into a plurality of regions including at least a skin region and a background region using colors of pixels included in the image; and a determining unit 32 that determines whether or not a foreign substance is present in the periphery of a finger based on a feature of a region classified as neither the skin region nor the background region out of the regions classified by the classifying unit 31. |
| US12106592B2 |
Interactive kiosk having document reader
An interactive kiosk for reading a document, the kiosk comprising: a transparent platform for supporting a document; a first camera disposed below the transparent platform; a mirror assembly comprising at least one mirror disposed below the transparent platform, the mirror assembly being arranged to reflect light from the underside of the transparent platform to the lens of the first camera; and a control unit connected to the first camera, the control unit being configured to receive content from the first camera and extract data from a document disposed on the transparent platform. |
| US12106589B2 |
Cross-media knowledge semantic representation method and apparatus
A cross-media knowledge semantic representation method and apparatus. The method comprises: performing data acquisition according to a preset semantic description; inputting data information of a topological structure acquired by the data acquisition into a preset stack of an automat corresponding to the semantic description, the finite state set is used for indicating states included in the automat, and the input vocabulary list is used for indicating vocabularies included in the automat; mapping the data information by the automat to obtain key frames corresponding respectively to substructures and/or branches of a target object acquired by the data acquisition; and generating a visual semantic representation of the topological structure according to the key frames corresponding respectively to the substructures and/or branches of the target object acquired by the data acquisition, such that cross-media knowledge alignment is realized. |
| US12106588B2 |
Substance preparation evaluation system
Automatic substance preparation and evaluation systems and methods are provided for preparing and evaluating a fluidic substance, such as e.g. a sample with bodily fluid, in a container and/or in a dispense tip. The systems and methods can detect volumes, evaluate integrities, and check particle concentrations in the container and/or the dispense tip. |
| US12106587B2 |
Using Fi-RT to generate wine shopping and dining recommendations
Some embodiments of the present disclosure relate to systems and methods including acquiring an image including an indication of at least one wine; identifying, by optical character recognition, the at least one wine in the acquired image; correlating each of the identified at least one wines to a visual image representation of each wine; and executing a trained computer vision classification system using the visual image representation of each of the identified wines and labeled visual image representations of at least one wine associated with a user flavor profile including at least one classification as inputs to generate an output including, for each of the identified wines, an indication of whether the identified wine corresponds to the at least one classification associated with the user flavor profile. |
| US12106582B2 |
Vehicle travel control apparatus
A vehicle travel control apparatus configured to control a traveling operation of a vehicle including an actuator for traveling, the vehicle travel control apparatus including a sensor mounted on the vehicle to capture an image of a division line in a traveling direction of the vehicle or measure the division line and an electronic control unit including a microprocessor. The microprocessor is configured to perform controlling the actuator based on a position information of the division line obtained by the sensor and a reliability with respect to the position information of the division line obtained by the sensor, and setting the reliability based on a shape of a road surface or a road structure in the traveling direction of the vehicle. |
| US12106581B2 |
Systems and methods for locating a retroreflective object in a digital image
Systems and methods are disclosed for locating a retroreflective object in a digital image and/or identifying a feature of the retroreflective object in the digital image. In certain environmental conditions, e.g. on a sunny day, or when the retroreflective material is damaged or soiled, it may be more challenging to locate the retroreflective object in the digital image and/or to identify a feature of the object in the digital image. The systems and methods disclosed herein may be particularly suited for object location and/or feature identification in situations in which there is a strong source of ambient light (e.g. on a sunny day) and/or when the retroreflective material on the object is damaged or soiled. |
| US12106575B2 |
Method for operating a driver assistance system of a vehicle and driver assistance system for a vehicle
A method for operating a driver assistance system of a vehicle is disclosed, wherein sensor data are recorded from the surroundings of the vehicle, the recorded sensor data are verified, the verified sensor data are analyzed by a neural network and analyzed sensor data are generated. Based on the analyzed sensor data, control data are generated for controlling the vehicle. During verification of the sensor data, at least first sensor data, which were recorded at a first, earlier point in time, are compared with second sensor data, which were recorded at a second, later point in time, the result of the comparison is cross-checked with a database in which data on perturbations to input data of a neural network are stored, wherein it is checked whether the second sensor data were generated at least in part by a perturbation to the first sensor data that is stored in the database. |
| US12106574B2 |
Image segmentation
Systems and methods for navigating a host vehicle are disclosed. In one implementation at least one processor is programmed to receive two or more images captured by a camera of the host vehicle from an environment of the host vehicle; analyze the two or more images to identify a representation of at least a portion of a first object and a representation of at least a portion of a second object; determine a first region of the two or more images associated with the first object and a type of the first object; and determine a second region of the two or more images associated with the second object and type of the second object, wherein the type of the first object is different from the type of the second object. |
| US12106568B2 |
Method and system for crowd counting
A method for counting number of people in an image includes feeding an image into an object counting model to generate a first result for the image that is indicative of a number of human heads detected in one or more regions of the image. The image is fed into a regression model to generate a second result for the image that is indicative of a regression count of people detected in the one or more regions of the image. An estimate of people detected in the image is obtained based on the first result and the second result using one or more rules. |
| US12106565B2 |
Video highlights with user trimming
A server configured to receive video clips from a mobile device, such as eyewear. The server has an electronic processor enabled to execute computer instructions to process the video clips to identify one or more characteristics in the frames of the video clips. The processor selects the video clips having the identified characteristics in the frames and creates a set of the selected video clips having the identified characteristics in the frames. The processor allows a user of the mobile device to edit and trim the video clips having the identified characteristics to create trimmed video clip segments. |
| US12106564B2 |
System and method for detecting and correcting cycle time
A method for detecting and correcting cycle time includes multiple steps performed by a computing device, and these steps include: obtaining a video from a camera, obtaining a bounding box from an input device, inputting the bounding box and the video to a cycle time detection model to generate a preliminary report, wherein the bounding box is used to set a region of interest in the video, the preliminary report includes a plurality of candidate events, and each candidate event includes a start time and a candidate cycle time, receiving a revision label associated with at least one candidate event from the input device, and tuning a hyper-parameter of the cycle time detection model according to the revision label. |
| US12106560B2 |
Pest infestation detection for horticultural grow operations
Disclosed are techniques for detecting and mitigating pest infestations within a grow operation. In some embodiments, such techniques comprise receiving, from a visual observer device, image data associated with a location within a grow operation. The image data is then used to determine at least one pest classification and a count associated with the pest classification. Distribution data is generated based on the at least one pest classification, count, and location. A level of risk can then be determined based on the distribution data. In some embodiments, if the level of risk is greater than a threshold level of risk, a recommendation may be generated based at least in part on the distribution data. |
| US12106559B2 |
Hybrid drone enabled communications system for underwater platforms
A method, apparatus, and method for facilitating communications with an underwater platform. A communications system comprises an unmanned aerial vehicle, a radio frequency communications system, a laser communications system, and a controller. The unmanned aerial vehicle comprises a first section and a second section. The first section is moveably connected to the second section. The radio frequency communications system is connected to the first section of the unmanned aerial vehicle. The radio frequency communications system comprises a first parabolic antenna. The laser communications system is connected to the second section of the unmanned aerial vehicle. The laser communications system comprises a second parabolic antenna. The controller is configured to control the laser communications system to transmit incoming information in a transmit laser beam to the underwater platform submerged in a body of water. The incoming information is from a receive radio frequency signal received by the radio frequency communications system. |
| US12106549B2 |
Self-supervised learning for artificial intelligence-based systems for medical imaging analysis
Systems and methods for training an artificial intelligence-based system using self-supervised learning are provided. For each respective training medical image of a set of unannotated training medical images, the following steps are performed. A first augmented image is generated by applying a first augmentation operation to the respective training medical image. A second augmented image is generated by applying a second augmentation operation to the respective training medical image. A first representation vector is created from the first augmented image using an encoder network. A second representation vector is created from the second augmented image using the encoder network. The first representation vector is mapped to first cluster codes. The second representation vector is mapped to second cluster codes. The encoder network is optimized using the first and second representation vectors and the first and second cluster codes. |
| US12106548B1 |
Balanced generative image model training
A method for training a generative image model, including defining multiple sensitive categories and protected attributes associated with multiple training images, determining for a particular sensitive category a distribution of a protected attribute within the training images, and based on the distribution, calculating for each training image a corresponding image debiasing weight value associated with the protected attribute. The method further includes generating annotated training data including the training images, and for each training image, (1) the corresponding image debiasing weight value associated with the protected attribute and (2) a corresponding descriptive text caption. The method further includes performing a training process using the annotated training data to train a generative image model resulting in a trained model. A contribution of each image in the training images to an optimization loss of the training process is weighted during the training process using the corresponding image debiasing weight value. |
| US12106543B2 |
Method for extracting spectral information of a substance under test
A method for extracting spectral information of a substance under test includes: identifying a pixel region A(x, y) occupied by an object under test from a hyperspectral image acquired; extracting a specular reflection region Aq and a diffuse reflection region Ar from the pixel region A(x, y), and calculating a representative spectrum Iq(ω) of the specular reflection region Aq and a representative spectrum Ir(ω) of the diffuse reflection region Ar, respectively; by comparing each element in the representative spectrum Iq(ω) of the specular reflection region Aq with each element in the representative spectrum Ir(ω) of the diffuse reflection region Ar, separating information of a light source from spectral information of the object to obtain a first spectral invariant C(ω). This method does not require additional spectral information of the light source, which improves the analysis efficiency. |
| US12106542B2 |
Targets for tracking, and systems and methods for tracking the targets
Described are targets for use in optical tracking, as well as related methods. In some implementations, a target comprises a planar surface with an optically detectable pattern thereon, and at least one protrusion extending from the planar surface. In other implementations, a target comprises a planar surface with an optically detectable pattern thereon, with a specular reflective region. The optically detectable pattern provides accurate position information of the target, and provides accurate orientation information of the target about a first axis, but may not provide accurate orientation information of the target about other axes. The at least one protrusion or the specular reflective region provide accurate information of orientation of the target, particularly orientations about axes other than the first axis. |
| US12106537B1 |
System and method for bounding box merging for more efficient secondary analysis in video frame processing
A device may receive and store video frames in the memory. The device may define, in a video frame among the video frames, a plurality of bounding boxes to visually bound one or more subjects, each bounding box of the plurality of bounding boxes may be defined in accordance with a pre-defined aspect ratio, and each bounding box may comprise padding above and laterally with respect to the one or more subjects in the video frame. The device may reduce the plurality of bounding boxes by merging two bounding boxes among the plurality of bounding boxes to create a merged bounding box, wherein the merged bounding box may maintain the pre-defined aspect ratio and visually bounds the two bounding boxes being merged, and wherein the reduced plurality of bounding boxes is provided to an object detector. |
| US12106536B2 |
Dynamically configured extraction, preprocessing, and publishing of a region of interest that is a subset of streaming video data
A method of preprocessing incoming video data of at least one region of interest from a camera collecting video data having a first field of view is disclosed herein that includes receiving the incoming video data from the camera; preprocessing the incoming video data, by a computer processor, according to preprocessing parameters defined within a runtime configuration file, with the preprocessing including formatting the incoming video data to create first video data of a first region of interest with a second field of view that is less than the first field of view; and publishing the first video data of the first region of interest to an endpoint to allow access by a first subscriber. |
| US12106535B2 |
Dynamically configured extraction, preprocessing, and publishing of a region of interest that is a subset of streaming video data
A method of preprocessing incoming video data of at least one region of interest from a camera collecting video data having a first field of view is disclosed herein that includes receiving the incoming video data from the camera; preprocessing the incoming video data, by a computer processor, according to preprocessing parameters defined within a runtime configuration file, with the preprocessing including formatting the incoming video data to create first video data of a first region of interest with a second field of view that is less than the first field of view; and publishing the first video data of the first region of interest to an endpoint to allow access by a first subscriber. |
| US12106534B2 |
Cinematic image framing for wide field of view (FOV) cameras
Devices, methods, and non-transitory program storage devices are disclosed herein to provide improved region of interest (ROI) tracking, image framing, and distortion correction for wide field of view (FOV) video image streams. The techniques disclosed may be configured, such that the image framing decisions made over the course of a captured wide FOV video image stream are able to be panned smoothly and seamlessly transition between framing a narrower portion of a wide angle camera's FOV to framing a wider portion of the wide angle camera's FOV (or vice versa), e.g., depending on the composition and movement of relevant subjects in the captured scene. The techniques disclosed herein may also be used to perform any distortion correction desired on the framed image portions in the output video image stream, e.g., based on the image portions' FOVs and/or the locations of the portions within the original wide FOV video image stream. |
| US12106533B2 |
Method and system for segmenting interventional device in image
A method is provided for segmenting an image of a region of interest of a subject. The method includes receiving training images, at least some of which include a training interventional device; constructing ground truth data, including at least a ground truth image, for each training image; training a segmentation model using the training images based on intensity and vesselness features in the training images and the associated ground truth images; acquiring a new test image showing the region of interest; extracting vesselness values of pixels or voxels from the new test image; dividing the new test image into multiple patches; and performing segmentation of the new test image using the trained segmentation model to generate a segmentation image, corresponding to the new test image, with values indicating for each pixel or voxel in the segmentation image a presence or an absence of an interventional device. |
| US12106521B2 |
Method of calibrating cameras
A method for calibrating at least one of the six-degrees-of-freedom of all or part of cameras in a formation positioned for scene capturing, the method comprising a step of initial calibration before the scene capturing. The step comprises creating a reference video frame which comprises a reference image of a stationary reference object. During scene capturing the method further comprises a step of further calibration wherein the position of the reference image of the stationary reference object within a captured scene video frame is compared to the position of the reference image of the stationary reference object within the reference video frame, and a step adapting the at least one of the six-degrees-of-freedom of a multiple cameras of the formation if needed in order to get an improved scene capturing after the further calibration. |
| US12106520B1 |
Method to perform intrinsic hyper-spectral imaging
A method to obtain and process data to generate intrinsic hyper-spectral data cubes is provided, where a data acquisition procedure involves scanning the field of view under focused and diffused conditions and an intrinsic calibration procedure requires focused and diffused scans of the field of view of a white reference surface. The spectra of the diffuse scan of the white reference surface is subtracted from the spectra of the focused scan of the white reference surface resulting in a residual data cube of a scan of the white surface. To obtain an intrinsic data cube of a field of view of interest, the residual data cube is added to the diffused data cube of the field of view of interest generating a resulting data cube that is subtracted from the focused data cube field of view of interest. |
| US12106519B2 |
Astronomical telescope stand, auxiliary calibration method for astronomical telescope and astronomical telescope system
Disclosed are an astronomical telescope stand, an auxiliary calibration method for the astronomical telescope and an astronomical telescope system. The astronomical telescope includes at least two rotating shafts perpendicular to each other, each rotating shaft is provided with an encoder; an electronic camera shooting in the same direction as the telescope to be mounted; a display screen; a processor that connects with the encoder, the electronic camera and the display screen; the processor includes an image information parsing module, an electronic image generation module and a coordinate correction module. The telescope is mounted on the stand, and the electronic camera shoots the same image as the image observed by the telescope. The image information parsing module solves the image to obtain the center coordinate and the field size of the image. The electronic image generation module generates the simulated image according to the center coordinate and the field size. |
| US12106517B2 |
Method and apparatus for modeling dynamic intrinsic parameters of a camera
Apparatuses, systems, and methods dynamically model intrinsic parameters of a camera. Methods include: collecting, using a camera having a focus motor, calibration data at a series of discrete focus motor positions; generating, from the calibration data, a set of constant point intrinsic parameters; determining, from the set of constant point intrinsic parameters, a subset of intrinsic parameters to model dynamically; performing, for each intrinsic parameter of the subset of intrinsic parameters, a fit of the point intrinsic parameter values against focus motor positions; generating a model of the intrinsic parameters for the camera based, at least in part, on the fit of the point intrinsic parameter values against the focus motor positions; and determining a position of a fiducial marker within a field of view of the camera based, at least in part, on the model of the intrinsic parameters for the camera. |
| US12106514B2 |
Efficient localization based on multiple feature types
A method of efficiently and accurately computing a pose of an image with respect to other image information. The image may be acquired with a camera on a portable device and the other information may be a map, such that the computation of pose localizes the device relative to the map. Such a technique may be applied in a cross reality system to enable devices to efficiently and accurately access previously persisted maps. Localizing with respect to a map may enable multiple cross reality devices to render virtual content at locations specified in relation to those maps, providing an enhanced experience for uses of the system. The method may be used in other devices and for other purposes, such as for navigation of autonomous vehicles. |
| US12106513B2 |
Method and flat bed machine tool for detecting a fitting position of a supporting bar
A method detects a suspension position of a supporting bar in a pallet, having supporting bars along a longitudinal direction, each with multiple supporting bar tips along a main direction of extent. The supporting bar tips define a supporting plane. A two-dimensional contrast-image dataset of the pallet is created, its pixels being assigned a pixel value and a pixel-area unit of the supporting plane. The contrast-image dataset has regions that are assigned to the supporting bar tips as local pixel-value extremes in a uniform pixel-value background. A longitudinal position is determined in the contrast-image dataset of the regions that are assigned to the supporting bar tips a supporting bar using the local pixel-value extremes. The suspension position of the supporting bar in the pallet is deduced based on the longitudinal position in the contrast-image dataset and an extent of the pixel-area unit in the longitudinal direction. |
| US12106511B2 |
Learnable localization using images
An apparatus for generating a model for pose estimation of a system obtains training data for a multiple locations. The training data includes one or more images captured by an image capturing device and the respective poses of the captured images. At least one data sample is generated from the training data for each of the captured images, where a data sample for an image is an assignment of the image and at least one other image selected from the training data to respective poses. A neural network is trained with a data set made up of the data samples to estimate a respective pose of a localization image from: the localization image; at least one additional image from the training data; and a respective pose of each of additional image. |
| US12106504B2 |
Generation of three-dimensional scans for intraoperative imaging
A system for executing a three-dimensional (3D) intraoperative scan of a patient is disclosed. A 3D scanner control computing device projects the object points included onto a first image plane and the object points onto a second image plane. The 3D scanner control computing device determines first epipolar lines associated with the first image plane and second epipolar lines associated with the second image plane based on an epipolar plane that triangulates the object points included in the first 2D intraoperative image to the object points included in the second 2D intraoperative image. Each epipolar lines provides a depth of each object as projected onto the first image plane and the second image plane. The 3D scanner control computing device converts the first 2D intraoperative image and the second 2D intraoperative image to the 3D intraoperative scan of the patient based on the depth of each object point provided by each corresponding epipolar line. |
| US12106503B2 |
System and method for mobile 3D scanning and measurement
Systems and methods are provided for three-dimensional scanning and measurement by a device having a processor. The processor is configured to receive images of an object from at least two angles; preprocess the images using morphological refinement; create a source point cloud based on the images; remove outliers from the source point cloud; globally register the source point cloud to generate a transformed source point cloud; compare the transformed source point cloud with a target point cloud to generate a stitched point cloud that thereby creates a stitched 3D model; measure the resulting stitched 3D model; and provide the resulting stitched 3D model for comparison to a digitized item to assess sizing of the 3D model to the item. |
| US12106502B2 |
System and method for determining depth perception in vivo in a surgical robotic system
A system and method for generating a depth map from image data in a surgical robotic system that employs a robotic subsystem having a camera assembly with first and second cameras for generating image data. The system and method generates based on the image data a plurality of depth maps, and then converts the plurality of depth maps into a single combined depth map having distance data associated therewith. The system and method can then control the camera assembly based on the distance data in the single combined depth map. |
| US12106500B2 |
Multi-channel imaging device and device having a multi-aperture imaging device
A multi-aperture imaging device includes image sensor means with a plurality of image sensor areas and a plurality of optical channels, wherein each optical channel includes an optic for imaging a partial field of view of a total field of view onto an image sensor area of the image sensor means associated with the optical channel. The plurality of optical channels is configured to image the total field of view completely. A first partial field of view of the total field of view and a second partial field of view of the total field of view are captured by a different number of optical channels. |
| US12106498B2 |
Apparatus, method, and storage medium
An apparatus includes an acquisition unit configured to acquire a plurality of captured images of a target object imaged under a plurality of different conditions, a first calculation unit configured to calculate a first reflection characteristic of the target object for each pixel position of the captured images using a first spatial resolution based on the captured images, a determination unit configured to determine whether an angular resolution of the calculated first reflection characteristic is lower than a first threshold value, and a second calculation unit configured to calculate a second reflection characteristic of the target object using a second spatial resolution lower than the first spatial resolution based on the calculated first reflection characteristic in a case where the angular resolution is lower than the first threshold value. |
| US12106495B2 |
Three-dimensional stabilized 360-degree composite image capture
Many embodiments can comprise a system. The system can comprise a processor and a memory coupled to the processor. The memory can include instructions that, when executed by the processor, cause the processor to: determine a direction of gravity in each image of a sequence of images around an object; estimate a center of mass of the object in each image of the sequence of images using the direction of gravity and dimensions of the object; stabilize each image in the sequence of images using the center of mass; and generate a 360 degree display of the object using each image in the stabilized sequence of images. Other embodiments are disclosed herein. |
| US12106494B2 |
Method and device for registering two medical image data sets taking into account scene changes
A method of registering two sets of medical image data taking into account scene changes can include providing a first and a second medical image data set by means of a medical device, subdividing the first and second medical image data sets into an equal number of sub-images, performing a number of individual registrations between the first and second medical image data sets with respective optimization of a similarity measure, identifying the sub-images that have a scene change, and performing a final registration between the first and the second medical image data set by masking out the identified sub-images or a masked out sub-image combination. For each individual registration, at least one sub-image of the first and/or second medical image data set can be masked out by means of a random process when determining the respective measure of similarity. |
| US12106492B2 |
Computer vision system for object tracking and time-to-collision
Technologies and techniques for vehicle perception. A contour extractor apparatus extracts contours from image data. Mapping offsets are determined between at least some of the grid points of a current image map and respective grid points of a next image map, and image velocity vectors are determined for at least some of mapping offsets. At least some of the grid points of the next image are warped to the respective grid points of the current image map. A determination is made if a contour of the warped grid points of the next image matches a contour of the respective grid points of the current map within a configured parameter. Object movement movement may then be determined from the image data, if the contour of the warped grid points of the next image matches the contour of the respective grid points of the current map within the configured parameter. |
| US12106490B2 |
Apparatus for detecting moving object, method for detecting moving object, and non-transitory computer-readable storage medium
An apparatus includes at least one memory configured to store instructions, and at least one processor in communication with the at least one memory and configured to execute the instructions to acquire a first evaluation value related to a change in color or luminance from a plurality of images different in focus position, acquire a second evaluation value related to a change in contrast from the plurality of images, and detect a moving object from the plurality of images based on the first evaluation value and the second evaluation value. |
| US12106489B2 |
Systems and methods for determining hemodynamic parameters
A method for determining hemodynamic parameters may be provided. The method may include obtaining image data of a subject. The method may include generating a first vascular model and a second vascular model based on the image data and coupling the first vascular model with the second vascular model using an intermediate model to form a coupled vascular model. The method may also include setting at least one of a first boundary condition of the first vascular model or a second boundary condition of the second vascular model and determining a flow field distribution of the coupled vascular model based on the at least one of the first boundary condition or the second boundary condition. The method may further include determining hemodynamic parameters based on the flow field distribution. |
| US12106487B2 |
Feature prediction for efficient video processing
A technique is described herein that interprets some frames in a stream of video content as key frames and other frames as predicted frames. The technique uses an image analysis system to produce feature information for each key frame. The technique uses a prediction model to produce feature information for each predicted frame. The prediction model operates on two inputs: (1) feature information that has been computed for an immediately-preceding frame; and (2) frame-change information. A motion-determining model produces the frame-change information by computing the change in video content between the current frame being predicted and the immediately-preceding frame. The technique reduces the amount of image-processing operations that are used to process the stream of video content compared to a base case of processing all of the frames using the image analysis system. As such, the technique uses less computing resources compared to the base case. |
| US12106485B2 |
Edge-guided human eye image analyzing method
The embodiments of the present disclosure disclose an edge-guided human eye image analyzing method. A specific implementation of this method comprises: collect a human eye image as an image to be detected; obtain a human eye detection contour map; obtain a semantic segmentation detection map and an initial human eye image detection fitting parameter; performing an iterative search on the initial human eye image detection fitting parameter to determine a target human eye image detection fitting parameter; sending the semantic segmentation detection map and the target human eye image detection fitting parameter as image analyzing results to a display terminal for display. This implementation improves the accuracy at the boundary dividing the pupil-iris area, and increases the structural integrity of the ellipse resulted from dividing the pupil-iris area. In addition, the iterative search can achieve a more accurate ellipse parameter fitting result. |
| US12106484B2 |
Three-dimensional medical image segmentation method and system based on short-term and long-term memory self-attention model
The disclosure belongs to the field of image segmentation in medical image processing and discloses a three-dimensional medical image segmentation method and system based on short-term and long-term memory self-attention models, in which the method can segment a target area image in the medical image, which includes the following. (1) A training set sample is established. (2) Processing is performed on the original three-dimensional medical image to be segmented to obtain a sample to be segmented. (3) A three-dimensional medical image segmentation network based on short-term and long-term memory self-attention is established and trained. (4) The sample to be segmented is input to the network, and then a segmentation result of the target area in the sample to be segmented is output. By combining CNN and Transformer, a new model for accurate real-time segmentation of the target area (such as a tumor) in the three-dimensional medical image is obtained. |
| US12106483B2 |
Gaze-based control of device operations
Systems, devices, media, and methods are presented for gaze-based control of device operations. One method includes receiving a video stream from an imaging device, the video stream depicting one or more eyes, determining a gaze direction for the one or more eyes depicted in the video stream, detecting a change in the gaze direction of the one or more eyes, and triggering an operation in a client device based on the change in the gaze direction. |
| US12106481B2 |
Computer vision systems and methods for end-to-end training of convolutional neural networks using differentiable dual-decomposition techniques
Computer vision systems and methods for end-to end training of neural networks are provided. The system generates a fixed point algorithm for dual-decomposition of a maximum-a-posteriori inference problem and trains the convolutional neural network and a conditional random field with the fixed point algorithm and a plurality of images of a dataset to learn to perform semantic image segmentation. The system can segment an attribute of an image of the dataset by the trained neural network and the conditional random field. |
| US12106480B2 |
Systems and methods for processing electronic medical images to determine enhanced electronic medical images
Systems and methods for processing electronic images from a medical device comprise receiving a first image frame and a second image frame from a medical device, and determining a region of interest by subtracting the first image frame from the second image frame, the region of interest corresponding to a visual obstruction in the first image frame and/or second image frame. Image processing may be applied to the first image frame and/or second image frame based on a comparison between a first area of the first image frame corresponding to the region of interest and a second area of the second image frame corresponding to the region of interest, and the first image frame and/or second image frame may be provided for display to a user. |
| US12106479B2 |
Ultrasound image recognition system and data output module
An ultrasound image recognition system and a data output module are provided. The ultrasound image recognition system includes an image analyzing device, a data processing device, and a data output module. The image analyzing device is configured to receive an image having a predetermined format. The image analyzing device generates a plurality of physiological image parameters. The data processing device is connected to the data processing device. The image analyzing device provides the plurality of physiological image parameters and the image having a predetermined format to the data processing device. The data processing device provides a comparison result of physiological parameter based on the plurality of physiological image parameters and a plurality of predetermined physiological image parameters. The data processing device converts the image having a predetermined format into an image having a first format. |
| US12106476B2 |
Technique for assigning a perfusion metric to DCE MR images
DCE MR images are obtained from a MR scanner and under a free-breathing protocol is provided. A neural network assigns a perfusion metric to DCE MR images. The neural network includes an input layer configured to receive at least one DCE MR image representative of a first contrast enhancement state and of a first respiratory motion state and at least one further DCE MR image representative of a second contrast enhancement state and of a second respiratory motion state. The neural network further includes an output layer configured to output at least one perfusion metric based on the at least one DCE MR image and the at least one further DCE MR image. The neural network with interconnections between the input layer and the output layer is trained by a plurality of datasets, each of the datasets having an instance of the at least one DCE MR image and of the at least one further DCE MR image for the input layer and the at least one perfusion metric for the output layer. |