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US12167702B2	Magnetoresistive stack/structure and methods therefor The present disclosure is drawn to, among other things, a magnetoresistive device and a magnetoresistive memory comprising a plurality of such magnetoresistive devices. In some aspects, a magnetoresistive device may include a magnetically fixed region, a magnetically free region above or below the magnetically fixed region, and an intermediate region positioned between the magnetically fixed region and the magnetically free region, wherein the intermediate region includes a first dielectric material. The magnetoresistive device may also include encapsulation layers formed on opposing side walls of the magnetically free region, wherein the encapsulation layers include the first dielectric material.
US12167699B2	Magnetic layer for magnetic random access memory (MRAM) by moment enhancement A perpendicularly magnetized magnetic tunnel junction (p-MTJ) is disclosed wherein a boron containing free layer (FL) is subjected to a plasma treatment with inert gas, and a natural oxidation (NOX) process to form B2O3 before overlying layers are deposited. A metal layer such as Mg is deposited on the FL as a first step in forming a Hk enhancing layer that increases FL perpendicular magnetic anisotropy, or as a first step in forming a tunnel barrier layer on the FL. One or more anneal steps are essential in assisting B2O3 segregation from the free layer and thereby increasing the FL magnetic moment. A post-oxidation plasma treatment may also be used to partially remove B2O3 proximate to the FL top surface before the metal layer is deposited. Both plasma treatments use low power (<50 Watts) to remove a maximum of 2 Angstroms FL thickness.
US12167698B2	Formulations based on electroactive fluoropolymers for actuators The present invention relates to compositions obtained by mixing specific electroactive fluoro-terpolymers and specific electroactive fluorinated copolymers. The invention also concerns liquid formulations (inks) that can be used through conventional processing technologies for printed electronics and microelectronics in a safe environment, based on these compositions. Another aspect of this invention are the films manufactured using these formulations, and the devices comprising at least one layer of these films.
US12167695B2	Vibration apparatus and apparatus including the same An apparatus includes a display panel displaying an image and a vibration apparatus disposed at a rear surface of the display panel to vibrate the display panel. The vibration apparatus may include a plurality of vibration generators overlapping one another. Accordingly, a sound may be generated based on a vibration of the display panel, and a sound having an enhanced sound pressure level characteristic may be output in a forward direction of the display panel.
US12167690B2	Thermoelectric module and power generator comprising same Disclosed according to an embodiment of the present invention is a thermoelectric device comprising: a fluid flow part; a thermoelectric module disposed on the fluid flow part; a guide part disposed on the fluid flow part and spaced apart from the thermoelectric module; and a shield member disposed on the thermoelectric module, wherein a part of the guide part overlaps the shield member in the vertical direction.
US12167689B2	Heterocyclic compound and organic light emitting device comprising the same Provided is a heterocyclic compound of Chemical Formula 1: wherein: X1 is O or S; L1 is a single bond or an unsubstituted phenylene; L2 is a single bond, or a substituted or unsubstituted: phenylene, naphthylene, or biphenylenyl; Y1 to Y3 are each independently N or CR3, where at least one is N; Ar1a and Ar1b are each independently a substituted or unsubstituted: C6-60 aryl or C1-60 heteroaryl containing 1 to 3 heteroatoms selected from N, O and S; R1 and R2 are each independently hydrogen, deuterium, cyano, or a substituted or unsubstituted C1-10 alkyl; each R3 is independently hydrogen, deuterium, halogen, cyano, nitro, amino, or a substituted or unsubstituted: C1-60 alkyl, C1-60 haloalkyl, C1-60 alkoxy, a C1-60 haloalkoxy, C3-60 cycloalkyl, C2-60 alkenyl, C6-60 aryl, C6-60 aryloxy, or a C1-60 heteroaryl containing at least one heteroatom selected from N, O and S; and an organic light emitting device comprising the same.
US12167687B2	Organic light-emitting device and method of manufacturing the same An organic light-emitting device includes a first hole transport region including a polymer compound that includes a repeating unit derived from a compound including a moiety represented by Formula 1A and a second hole transport region including a first compound and a second compound, the first compound including a repeating unit represented by Formula 1, the second compound being a compound represented by Formula 1, and the third compound being a compound represented by Formula 3.
US12167685B2	Organic compounds and organic light emitting display device using the same The present disclosure relates to organic compounds and an organic light emitting display device using the same and more particularly, to an organic light emitting display in which an organic compound represented by the following Chemical Formula 1 is used for a hole transport layer or an electron blocking layer of the organic light emitting element to easily transport holes injected from an anode to a light emitting layer and suppress the leakage of electrons from the light emitting layer. Therefore, it is possible to provide an organic light emitting display device with high luminous efficiency and long lifetime.
US12167682B2	Multi-component composition A composition for manufacturing an organic electronic device includes at least three organic functional materials H1, H2, and H3, and at least one organic solvent. The organic functional materials H1 and H2 can form a type II semiconductor heterojunction structure. A LUMO value of the organic functional material H3 is greater than or equal to that of the organic functional materials H1 and H2, and a HOMO value thereof is less than or equal to that of the organic functional materials H1 and H2.
US12167681B2	Anthracene derivatives and organic electronic device using same An object of the present invention is to provide a novel compound represented by the following Formula 1 that is useful as a material for an organic electronic device, particularly, an organic EL device, particularly as a light emitting material, and an organic electronic device using the same, particularly, an organic EL device: wherein R1 to R10 are described herein.
US12167678B2	Organic electroluminescent materials and devices A compound of Formula I: wherein: X1-X8 are each independently C or N, wherein two adjacent X1-X8 are carbon-fused to a structure of Formula II: X9-X12 are each independently C or N; A1, A2, and A3 are each independently selected from the group consisting of O, S, Se, N, NR, CR, CRR′, SiR, SiRR′, GeR, and GeRR′, with at least one of A1 and A2 being N or NR; each occurrence of is independently a single bond or a double bond, wherein one occurrence of is a single bond and one occurrence of is a double bond; each of RA, RB, and RC independently represents zero, mono, or up to a maximum allowed substitution to its associated ring; each of occurrence R, R′, RA, RB, and RC is independently a hydrogen or a substituent selected from the group consisting of Formula III, Formula IV, Formula V, Formula VI, Formula VII, Formula VIII, Formula IX, deuterium, halogen, alkyl, cycloalkyl, heteroalkyl, heterocycloalkyl, arylalkyl, alkoxy, aryloxy, amino, silyl, boryl, alkenyl, cycloalkenyl, heteroalkenyl, alkynyl, aryl, heteroaryl, acyl, carboxylic acid, ether, ester, nitrile, isonitrile, sulfanyl, sulfinyl, sulfonyl, phosphino, and combinations thereof, with at least one of R, R′, RA, RB, and RC comprising a group of Formula III, Formula IV, Formula V, Formula VI, Formula VII, Formula VIII, or Formula IX: each occurrence of Y1, Y2, and Y3 is independently absent, O, S, Se, NR, CRR′, SiRR′, or GeRR′; each occurrence of Ar1, and Ar2 is independently an optionally substituted aryl group or an optionally substituted heteroaryl group, wherein Ar1 and Ar2 are optionally joined or fused together to form a ring; each occurrence of X13-X20 is independently C or N, with the proviso that at least one of X13-X20 is N; each occurrence of A4 is selected from the group consisting of O, S, Se, NR, CRR′, SiRR′, and GeRR′; each occurrence of RX independently represents zero, mono, or up to a maximum allowed substitution to its associated ring; each occurrence of RX is independently a hydrogen or a substituent selected from the group consisting of deuterium, halogen, alkyl, cycloalkyl, heteroalkyl, heterocycloalkyl, arylalkyl, alkoxy, aryloxy, amino, silyl, boryl, alkenyl, cycloalkenyl, heteroalkenyl, alkynyl, aryl, heteroaryl, acyl, carboxylic acid, ether, ester, nitrile, isonitrile, sulfanyl, sulfinyl, sulfonyl, phosphino, and combinations thereof; each occurrence of RY is independently a hydrogen or a substituent selected from the group consisting of Formula III, Formula IV, Formula V, Formula VI, Formula IX, deuterium, halogen, alkyl, cycloalkyl, heteroalkyl, heterocycloalkyl, arylalkyl, alkoxy, aryloxy, amino, silyl, boryl, alkenyl, cycloalkenyl, heteroalkenyl, alkynyl, aryl, heteroaryl, acyl, carboxylic acid, ether, ester, nitrile, isonitrile, sulfanyl, sulfinyl, sulfonyl, phosphino, and combinations thereof; the maximum number of N atoms that are connected to each other within a ring is two; and any two substituents are optionally joined or fused together to form a ring.
US12167676B2	Platinum complexes and devices Platinum compounds of Formulas I and II useful in a variety of devices, such as, for example organic-light emitting diodes (OLEDs).
US12167674B2	Metal complex with fluorine substitution A metal complex with fluorine substitution is disclosed, which employs a series of new ligands containing fluorine-substituted structure can be used as a luminescent material in an emissive layer of an electroluminescent device. By using the metal complex can provide much longer device lifetime, better thermal stability, no blue-shifted illumination, and higher luminous efficiency. An electroluminescent device and compound formulation are also disclosed.
US12167673B2	Organic electroluminescent materials and devices An improved organic light emitting device is disclosed that includes an emissive layer between an anode and a cathode, where the emissive layer has an aggregate of one or more neutral transition metal complexes having a square planar geometry. At least one of the one or more neutral transition metal complexes has a coordination metal selected from Ni, Pd, and Au. When a voltage is applied across the anode and cathode at room temperature, the emissive layer emits a luminescent radiation that has a first luminescent radiation component produced from exciplex formation by the transition metal complexes present in the emissive layer, and the first luminescent radiation component has a peak maximum wavelength λmax that is ≤500 nm at room temperature.
US12167669B2	Display device and method of manufacturing the same A display device may include a first electrode, a second electrode, an emission layer, an intervening layer, and a first encapsulation layer. The second electrode may overlap the first electrode. The emission layer may be disposed between the first electrode and the second electrode, may overlap the first electrode, and may include a light emitting material. The intervening layer may directly contact the second electrode, may be spaced from each of the first electrode and the emission layer, and may include a fluorine compound. A first section of the first encapsulation layer may overlap the emission layer. The intervening layer may be positioned between the second electrode and a second section of the first encapsulation layer.
US12167666B2	Display panel with lens layer and electronic device including same A display panel and an electronic device are provided. The electronic device includes a display panel. The display panel includes a light-emitting component layer, a flat layer, and a lens layer. The lens layer has a plurality of lens units. A refractive index of the lens layer is greater than a refractive index of the flat layer, so that a refractive index difference between the lens layer and the flat layer and refractive effect of the lens units on the light are used to reduce angles of light emission, such that light at large angles converges and transmits toward a center, thereby improving efficiency of forward light emission of the display panel.
US12167660B2	Display device, display module, and electronic device including semi-transmissive layer A display device which exhibits light with high color purity is provided. A display device with low power consumption is provided. An embodiment is a display device which includes a first pixel electrode, a second pixel electrode, a light-emitting layer, a common electrode, a first protective layer, and a semi-transmissive layer. The light-emitting layer includes a first region positioned over the first pixel electrode and a second region positioned over the second pixel electrode. The common electrode is positioned over the light-emitting layer. The first protective layer is positioned over the common electrode. The semi-transmissive layer is positioned over the first protective layer. Reflectivity with respect to visible light of the semi-transmissive layer is higher than reflectivity with respect to visible light of the common electrode. The semi-transmissive layer does not overlap with the first region and overlaps with the second region. For example, the semi-transmissive layer may include an opening in a position overlapping with the first region.
US12167659B2	Display device comprising sealing film including stacked insulating layers A display device includes a substrate, a circuit element layer on the substrate, a display element layer on the circuit element layer, a sealing film on the display element layer, an oxide film on the sealing film, a barrier metal layer on the oxide film, and a wiring layer on the barrier metal layer, wherein a surface of the sealing film in contact with the oxide film has concave/convexities, and the barrier metal layer is formed by titanium nitride. A height of the concave/convexities of the surface of the sealing film may be less than 30 nm. A thickness of the oxide film may be 5 nm or less.
US12167657B2	Transparent display panel and transparent display device including the same for slimmed bezel A transparent display panel and a transparent display device including the same are disclosed. The transparent display panel includes a display region and a non-display region. The display region includes a plurality of light-emitting regions, a plurality of transmissive regions, a plurality of line regions spaced from each other and arranged in one direction, and a plurality of pixel circuit regions electrically connected to the light-emitting regions respectively to drive the light-emitting regions. Alternately-arranged adjacent line regions include alternately-arranged adjacent VSS voltage connection line and VDD voltage connection line, respectively. Thus, a new pixel arrangement structure that may increase or maximize a transparent area of a bezel and reduce or minimize a haze value without reducing transmittance of the display region may be realized.
US12167655B2	Organic light-emitting display device having a symmetrical arrangement of driving, data, and contact lines overlapping a pixel electrode An organic light-emitting display device includes a plurality of pixels, each of which includes an organic light-emitting device including a pixel electrode, an organic emission layer, and an opposing electrode; a pixel defining layer covering an edge of the pixel electrode and being configured to define a light-emission region by having an opening which exposes a portion of the pixel electrode; and a reference line overlapping the pixel electrode with an insulating layer between the reference line and the pixel electrode and extending in a first direction. The reference line overlaps with a center point of the opening, and the opening is shifted to one side of the pixel electrode in a second direction perpendicular to the first direction.
US12167652B2	Display device A display device includes a driving transistor; a transistor connected to the driving transistor; a first insulating layer; a first data conductive layer including a first connection pattern; a second insulating layer including a lower via hole; a second data conductive layer including a second connection pattern connected to the first connection pattern and a first conductive line; a third insulating layer including an intermediate via hole; a third data conductive layer including a third connection pattern connected to the second connection pattern, a second conductive line extending in a second direction, and a first data line which extends in the second direction; a fourth insulating layer including an upper via hole; and a light emitting element disposed including a first electrode, wherein at least two of the lower via hole, the intermediate via hole, and the upper via hole overlap each other in a third direction.
US12167650B2	Flexible device and electronic device A flexible device includes a substrate including a first region having a first elastic modulus and a second region having a second elastic modulus that is lower than the first elastic modulus, a pixel circuit on the substrate, and a unit device electrically connected to the pixel circuit, wherein the pixel circuit includes a plurality of thin film transistors, a first portion of the plurality of thin film transistors is on the first region of the substrate, and a second portion of the plurality of thin film transistors is on the second region of the substrate.
US12167646B2	Pixel and display device including the same A pixel includes a light emitting element including an anode and a cathode, a first transistor connected between the anode and a first power line and switched by a voltage of a node, a second transistor connected between the first transistor connected to the first power line and a data line and switched by a write scan signal, a third transistor connected between the node and the anode and switched by a compensation scan signal, and an insulating layer covering the second and third transistors. A first groove is defined in a portion of the insulating layer adjacent to the third transistor.
US12167645B2	Display device A display device according to an example of the present disclosure includes a substrate in which an emission area and a non-emission area are divided and a plurality of sub-pixels are defined, an insulating layer disposed on the substrate, a first electrode disposed in each of the plurality of sub-pixels, a bank disposed on the insulating layer and exposing the first electrode through an opening thereof, an organic layer disposed on the first electrode, and a second electrode disposed on the organic layer. The bank includes exposed side surfaces by removing one area thereof between the plurality of sub-pixels, an undercut structure inwardly from lower ends of the exposed side surfaces. The bank further includes exposed side surfaces by removing an area thereof between the plurality of sub-pixels, and a trench structure by removing a portion of a thickness of the insulating layer.
US12167642B2	Display substrate and display device The present disclosure provides a display substrate and a display device. The display substrate includes a pixel circuit, and the pixel circuit includes a light-emitting element, a driving circuit and a capacitor circuit. The driving circuit is configured to drive the light-emitting element to emit light; a first terminal of the capacitor circuit is electrically connected to a control terminal of the driving circuit, and a second terminal of the capacitor circuit is electrically connected to a data writing-in node; the capacitor circuit includes at least two capacitors connected in parallel with each other.
US12167641B2	Display panel driven by a thin film transistor including a silicon semiconductor and a thin film transistor including an oxide semiconductor A display panel includes a substrate, a first thin film transistor including a first semiconductor layer and a first gate electrode, a data line extending in a first direction, a scan line extending in a second direction, a second thin film transistor electrically connected to the data line and including a second semiconductor layer and a second gate electrode, a third thin film transistor including a third semiconductor layer and a first upper gate electrode arranged on the third semiconductor layer, a node connection line electrically connecting the first thin film transistor and the third thin film transistor, and a shield line located between the data line and the node connection line in a plan view and including the same material as the first upper gate electrode of the third thin film transistor. The first semiconductor layer includes a silicon semiconductor, and the third semiconductor layer includes an oxide semiconductor.
US12167638B2	Transparent display device A transparent display device may prevent deterioration of light transmittance, which is caused by a repair line, from occurring. The transparent display device comprises a substrate provided with transmissive areas, a non-transmissive area disposed between the transmissive areas, and a plurality of subpixels disposed in the non-transmissive area, a first electrode provided in each of the plurality of subpixels, a driving transistor connected with the first electrode of each of the plurality of subpixels, including an active layer, a gate electrode, a source electrode and a drain electrode, a capacitor connected to the driving transistor of each of the plurality of subpixels, including a first capacitor electrode and a second capacitor electrode, and an anode line extended from the first electrode of each of the plurality of subpixels to at least partially overlap a driving transistor or a capacitor of an adjacent subpixel of the same color.
US12167634B2	Optoelectronic device including a light transmissive region An electroluminescent device includes: (1) a first region, a second region, and an intermediate region arranged between the first region and the second region; (2) a conductive coating disposed in the second region; and (3) a nucleation inhibiting coating disposed in the first region, the nucleation inhibiting coating extending to cover at least a portion of the intermediate region, wherein a thickness of the nucleation inhibiting coating in the intermediate region is less than a thickness of the nucleation inhibiting coating in the first region, and wherein a surface of the nucleation inhibiting coating in the first region is substantially free of the conductive coating.
US12167632B2	Display module and display device Disclosed are a display module and a display device capable of minimizing a pressed stain defect while reducing a bezel area. To this end, a thickness of a cushion portion of a cushion plate closer to a bent portion may be reduced, thereby reducing a bending radius of curvature such that the bezel area may be reduced. Further, placing a support layer having a strong supporting force formed of PET into the cushion plate such that the support layer is in contact with the heat-dissipation layer may allow minimizing an unevenness defect on the cushion plate even when a bent pad portion of a display panel presses the cushion portion. Thus, visibility of an internal pressed stain to a user may be minimized.
US12167631B2	Display device having light-receiving region between first-and-second-emitting regions An object is to provide a display device having a function of emitting visible light and infrared light and an imaging function. Another object is to increase the definition without changing the density of imaging elements while the high resolution of an image displayed on a display device is kept. The display device has a layout in which a light-receiving region of an imaging element is provided between light-emitting regions of a plurality of light-emitting elements over one substrate. In the imaging function of the display device, as a means for increasing the definition of a captured image, the definition is increased without changing the density of imaging elements by capturing an image by time division.
US12167630B2	Apparatus comprising emission areas with different relative positioning of corresponding lenses The present disclosure provides an apparatus including a substrate including a surface, first to fourth elements that emit first light or second light, and first to fourth lenses, in which the relationship between the size of the emission area and the relative position of the lenses differs between the first light and the second light so that color misregistration due to the viewing angle is reduced.
US12167623B2	Display device including two inorganic layers and an outer barrier arranged on a substrate An organic light emitting diode device can have an enhanced thin film encapsulation layer for preventing moisture from permeating from the outside. The thin film encapsulation layer can have a multilayered structure in which one or more inorganic layers and one or more organic layers are alternately laminated. A barrier can be formed outside of a portion of the substrate on which the organic light emitting diode is formed. The organic layers of the thin film encapsulation layer can be formed inside an area defined by the barrier.
US12167622B2	Electronic device Disclosed is an electronic device including a window, a display panel disposed under the window, a support member disposed under the display panel, a cover layer disposed under the support member, and an adhesive layer disposed between the support member and the cover layer. Each of the adhesive layer and the cover layer includes a light shielding material.
US12167618B2	Light emitting element and display panel including the same A light emitting element includes: a first electrode, a second electrode facing the first electrode, a first light emitting layer between the first electrode and the second electrode to emit a first light, a second light emitting layer between the first light emitting layer and the second electrode to emit a second light, and an intermediate layer including a host material between the first light emitting layer and the second light emitting layer and, wherein the intermediate layer has a thickness of from about 90 nm to 170 nm.
US12167616B2	Blue electroluminescent device, display panel and display device A blue electroluminescent device includes: an anode, a light-emitting layer and a cathode stacked in sequence; wherein the light-emitting layer comprises a first type host material, a second type host material, and a guest doped material, one of the first type host material and the second type host material is a P-type material, and the other of the first type host material and the second type host material is an N-type material. A display panel and a display device are further provided.
US12167614B2	Techniques for MRAM MTJ top electrode to via interface Some embodiments relate to an integrated circuit including a magnetoresistive random-access memory (MRAM) cell. The integrated circuit includes a semiconductor substrate and an interconnect structure disposed over the semiconductor substrate. The interconnect structure includes metal layers that are stacked over one another with dielectric layers disposed between. The metal layers include a lower metal layer and an upper metal layer disposed over the lower metal layer. A bottom electrode is disposed over and in electrical contact with the lower metal layer. A magnetic tunneling junction (MTJ) is disposed over an upper surface of bottom electrode. A top electrode is disposed over an upper surface of the MTJ. A sidewall spacer surrounds an outer periphery of the top electrode. Less than an entirety of a top electrode surface is in direct electrical contact with a metal via connected to the upper metal layer.
US12167613B2	Circuit and method to enhance efficiency of memory A method includes: providing a modulation circuit including a first resistive element, a second resistive element and a third resistive element; providing a memory array and a regulator connecting the modulation circuit to the memory array, wherein the regulator includes a transistor; determining an operation mode of the memory array; generating a first voltage at a drain terminal of the transistor, wherein the first voltage corresponds to a positive, negative zero temperature coefficient according to a first resistance ratio and a second resistance ratio; during a read operation, providing a first driving current to the memory array in response to the first voltage corresponding to the positive temperature coefficient; and during a write operation, providing a second driving current to the memory array in response to the first voltage corresponding to the negative temperature coefficient.
US12167612B2	Back-side memory element with local memory select transistor A memory device includes a semiconductor device on a wafer. The semiconductor device includes a gate structure, a first source/drain region, and a second source/drain region. The gate structure is on the first side of the wafer. The first source/drain region is also on the first side of the wafer, and contacts a first end of the gate structure. The second source/drain region is on the second side of the wafer and extends into the first side to contact a second end of the gate structure. The memory device further includes a memory storage element on the second side of the wafer. The memory storage element contacts the second source/drain region.
US12167607B2	Ferroelectric memory device and method of forming the same A device includes a multi-layer stack, a channel layer, a ferroelectric layer and buffer layers. The multi-layer stack is disposed on a substrate and includes a plurality of conductive layers and a plurality of dielectric layers stacked alternately. The channel layer penetrates through the plurality of conductive layers and the plurality of dielectric layers. The ferroelectric layer is disposed between the channel layer and each of the plurality of conductive layers and the plurality of dielectric layers. The buffer layers include a metal oxide, and one of the buffer layers is disposed between the ferroelectric layer and each of the plurality of dielectric layers.
US12167606B2	Memory device and method of forming thereof A memory cell includes a thin film transistor over a semiconductor substrate. The thin film transistor includes a memory film contacting a word line, an oxide semiconductor (OS) layer contacting a source line and a bit line, and a conductive feature interposed between the memory film and the OS layer. The memory film is disposed between the OS layer and the word line. A dielectric material covers sidewalls of the source line, the memory film, and the OS layer.
US12167604B2	Integrated assemblies and methods of forming integrated assemblies Some embodiments include an assembly having conductive structures distributed along a level within a memory array region and another region proximate the memory array region. The conductive structures include a first stack over a metal-containing region. A semiconductor material is within the first stack. A second stack is over the conductive structures, and includes alternating conductive tiers and insulative tiers. Cell-material-pillars are within the memory array region. The cell-material-pillars include channel material. The semiconductor material directly contacts the channel material. Conductive post structures are within the other region. Some of the conductive post structures are dummy structures and have bottom surfaces which are entirely along an insulative oxide material. Others of the conductive post structures are live posts electrically coupled with CMOS circuitry. Some embodiments include methods of forming assemblies.
US12167600B2	Integrated assemblies, and methods of forming integrated assemblies Some embodiments include an integrated structure having a stack of memory cell levels. A pair of channel-material-pillars extend through the stack. A source structure is under the stack. The source structure includes a portion having an upper region, a lower region, and an intermediate region between the upper and lower regions. The upper and lower regions have a same composition and join to one another at edge locations. The intermediate region has a different composition than the upper and lower regions. The edge locations are directly against the channel material of the channel-material-pillars. Some embodiments include methods of forming an integrated assembly.
US12167599B2	Memory device including multiple decks of memory cells and pillars extending through the decks Some embodiments include apparatuses and methods of forming the apparatuses. One of the apparatuses includes a first deck located over a substrate, and a second deck located over the first deck, and pillars extending through the first and second decks. The first deck includes first memory cells, first control gates associated with the first memory cells, and first conductive paths coupled to the first control gates. The second conductive paths include second conductive pads located on a first level of the apparatus over the substrate. The second deck includes second memory cells, second control gates associated with the second memory cells, and second conductive paths coupled to the second control gates. The second conductive paths include second conductive pads located on a second level of the apparatus. The first and second conductive pads having lengths in a direction perpendicular to a direction from the first deck to the second deck.
US12167596B2	Three-dimensional semiconductor devices and method of manufacturing the same A three-dimensional semiconductor device includes a first substrate; a plurality of first transistors on the first substrate; a second substrate on the plurality of first transistors; a plurality of second transistors on the second substrate; and an interconnection portion electrically connecting the plurality of first transistors and the plurality of second transistors. Each of the plurality of first transistors includes a first gate insulating film on the first substrate and having a first hydrogen content. Each of the plurality of second transistors includes a second gate insulating film on the second substrate and having a second hydrogen content. The second hydrogen content is greater than the first hydrogen content.
US12167595B2	Semiconductor device and method of manufacturing the same A semiconductor device includes a stacked film including a plurality of electrode layers and a plurality of insulating layers alternately stacked in a first direction and a columnar portion including a charge storage layer and a first semiconductor layer and extending in the first direction in the stacked film. The device further includes a second semiconductor layer provided on the stacked film and the columnar portion, and at least a part of regions in the second semiconductor layer contains phosphorus having an atomic concentration of 1.0×1021/cm3 or more and hydrogen having an atomic concentration of 1.0×1019/cm3 or less.
US12167593B2	Semiconductor device and method of manufacturing semiconductor device There are provided a semiconductor memory device and a method of manufacturing a semiconductor memory device. The semiconductor memory device includes a conductive pattern, an etch stop layer on the conductive pattern, a conductive bonding pattern including a contact portion connected to the conductive pattern, and a pad portion extending from the contact portion, a first dielectric layer disposed on the etch stop layer and spaced apart from the conductive bonding pattern, and a second dielectric layer including a first portion surrounding a sidewall of the contact portion of the conductive bonding pattern between the pad portion of the conductive bonding pattern and the etch stop layer, and a second portion extending from the first portion to cover an upper surface of the first dielectric layer.
US12167588B2	Semiconductor devices and preparation methods thereof A preparation method for a semiconductor device includes: providing a semiconductor substrate, the semiconductor substrate having shallow trenches and active regions defined by the shallow trenches, the active regions extending in a first direction; forming isolation layers in the first direction at interfaces between the shallow trenches and the active regions, the isolation layers and the active regions being inverse types to each other; forming shallow trench isolation structures in the shallow trenches; and forming word-line structures, the word-line structures extending in a second direction and sequentially passing through the shallow trench isolation structures and the active regions.
US12167585B2	Array structure of capacitors, method for manufacturing array structure of capacitors, and dynamic random access memory An array structure of capacitors are provided. The array structure of capacitors includes a substrate and a first connection pad, a second connection pad, a first capacitive structure and a second capacitive structure that are disposed on the substrate. The first capacitive structure is disposed outside the second capacitive structure and adjacent to an edge of the substrate. The bottom surface of the first capacitive structure towards the substrate and the top surface of the first connection pad are disposed at intervals.
US12167581B2	Flexible display device and manufacturing method thereof A flexible display device and a manufacturing method thereof are provided. The flexible display device includes a flexible display panel, a composite support assembly, and a first adhesive layer. The composite support assembly is disposed between a first plane section and a second plane section of the flexible display panel. A surface of the first adhesive layer close to the composite support assembly is connected to the composite support assembly. The first adhesive layer is provided with a protrusion extending into the composite support assembly.
US12167579B2	Device temperature adjustment Systems associated with device temperature adjustment are described. A device temperature adjustment system can include an electronic device having a temperature sensor integrated therein to detect a temperature of the electronic device and a temperature adjust module coupled to the electronic device to adjust a temperature of the electronic device based on the detected temperature.
US12167576B2	Casing and electronic device There is provided a casing, adapted to a board having a first air vent and a second air vent, including: a base plate; a first side plate and a second side plate provided on a first side and a second side of the base plate, respectively, with both the first side plate and the second side plate having hollowed-out patterns, and after the board being fixed in the casing, the first side plate being opposite to the first air vent, and the second side plate being opposite to the second air vent; a connection backplate on a fourth side of the base plate; and at least one insert plate on the base plate, with an extension direction in which the insert plate extends intersecting with an extension direction in which a third side of the base plate extends. An electronic device including the casing described above is further provided.
US12167575B1	Laser-welded cooling plate The present invention relates to a cooling plate for thermal management of a system such as an electronic. A unitary, single-material cooling plate can be formed from three stacked flat aluminum sheets, including a top sheet, a bottom sheet, and a middle sheet. An open channel is formed in the middle sheet by laser cutting, and enclosed by the top and bottom sheets. The top and bottom sheets are secured to the middle sheet through continuous laser welds applied around the circumference of the open channel and laser welding applied around the outer perimeter of the cooling plate. Flow modifiers or sensor assemblies may be encapsulated within the middle sheet open channel. The open channel may, in some embodiments, constitute a single open coolant chamber, with islands of material positioned therein and welded to the top and bottom sheets. Methods for manufacture of such cooling plates are also disclosed.
US12167573B2	Method and apparatus for an uneven thickness heat spreader An information handling system includes a hardware processor, a memory device, a video display device, and a power management unit (PMU). The information handling system further includes an uneven thickness heat spreader cooling system including an uneven thickness heat spreader having a first thickness along a first portion of the uneven thickness heat spreader and a second thickness along a second portion of the uneven thickness heat spreader wherein the second thickness along a second portion of the uneven thickness heat spreader is formed at an information handling system chassis location where a width of the uneven thickness heat spreader is narrower than at the first portion of the uneven thickness heat spreader to transfer heat from a warmer portion of the information handling system chassis to a cooling portion of the information handling system chassis.
US12167572B2	Systems and methods for electromagnetic shielding of thermal fin packs A thermal management device includes a fin pack and a plurality of channels. The fin pack has a hot side and a cold side, and the plurality of channels in the fin pack provide fluid communication from the hot side to the cold side. The channels have a transverse dimension and a longitudinal dimension, and the longitudinal dimension is at least 2.5 times the transverse dimension.
US12167571B2	Vapor chamber, electronic device, metallic sheet for vapor chamber and manufacturing method of vapor chamber A liquid flow path portion of a vapor chamber according to the present invention includes a plurality of main flow grooves which each extend in the first direction and through which working fluid in liquid form passes. A convex array which includes a plurality of liquid flow path convex portions arranged in the first direction via a communicating groove, is provided between a pair of the main flow grooves adjacent to each other. Each of the communicating grooves allows communication between the corresponding pair of the main flow grooves. The width of the communicating groove is larger than the width of the main flow groove.
US12167569B2	Mobile high performance computing platform for cryptocurrency mining A self-contained mobile high performance computing platform for cryptocurrency mining is disclosed. The self-contained mobile high performance computing platform includes a mobile cabinet, which includes wheels for easy movement and placement within, for example, a warehouse facility, a garage, a basement, an office tower, or a vehicle such as a truck or van. The cabinet is configured to enclose at least one computing apparatus, which includes computing blades immersed in an oil or other dielectric fluid for immersion cooling. The computing blades are configured to be connected to respective interface boards via connectors that are located within a tank of the dielectric fluid. Each computing blade may be individually removed or replaced, thereby enabling an inoperable or low performance computing blade to be disconnected without affecting the operations of the other computing blades.
US12167565B2	Image capturing apparatus An image capturing apparatus includes an image capturing element, a first circuit board to mount the image capturing element on the first circuit board, a second circuit board facing the first circuit board, a fan, and a first flexible board electrically connect the first circuit board and the second circuit board. The image capturing element moves within a movable range in a direction different from an optical axis direction. The first flexible board is bent in an area that overlaps with the movable range of the image capturing element in the optical axis direction. When viewed from a direction orthogonal to an optical axis, an orientation of an exhaust opening of the fan is arranged toward an inner surface of a bending portion of the first flexible board closest to the first circuit board at a center position of the movable range of the image capturing element.
US12167561B2	Toolless panel mounting system A system and method that facilitates toolfree installation and removal of a patch panel in telecommunications cabinets. The system and method involves a simple and quick installation and removal. The system and method includes a mounting clip member that can be used on either side of the panel.
US12167560B1	Low profile mechanism enabling front service of electronic chassis components An elevator provides for sliding and connecting or disconnecting an electronic device from a chassis circuit board and the subsequent removal of the device from a chassis slot. A sliding element between the device and the chassis includes tracks within which travel followers. Motion of the sliding element in a first direction causes the tracks to move with respect to the followers, pulling the device connector away from the mating circuit board connector. In a fully disconnected position, the device may be removed from the slot. Motion of the sliding element in the opposite direction causes the relative motion between the tracks and followers to urge the device connector toward the circuit board connector until, in a fully seated position, the device is connected to the circuit board.
US12167558B2	Cover plate for foldable display module, foldable display module and display device A cover plate for a foldable display module, a foldable display module and a display device are provided, the cover plate is disposed at a display side of a flexible display substrate, the foldable display module includes a bending region through which the foldable display module is folded and unfolded. The cover plate includes a first region corresponding to a position of the bending region and a second region positioned at two sides of the first region, and the cover plate further includes a first surface configured to face the flexible display substrate. The cover plate includes first and second side edges parallel to a first direction, the first direction is perpendicular to a bending axis of the foldable display module, and a portion of the second region close to the first side edge or/and the second side edge has a reinforcement strip which is disposed on the first surface.
US12167556B2	Foldable display panel, manufacture method thereof and foldable display device The present disclosure can provide a foldable display panel, a manufacture method thereof and a foldable display device. The foldable display panel includes a display module, where the display module includes a first foldable part, and first flat parts located on two sides of the first foldable part; and an ultrathin glass cover window which is located on the side of a light emitting surface of the display module, where the ultrathin glass cover window includes a second foldable part, and second flat parts located on two sides of the second foldable part; and an orthographic projection of the second foldable part on the display module covers the first foldable part, and orthographic projections of the second flat parts on the display module cover the first flat parts.
US12167555B2	Electronic device and wiring method of electronic device An electronic device includes: a panel; and a main body to which the panel is reversibly attached, the main body includes: first and second wiring extraction portions as defined herein; wiring connection terminals that are provided as defined herein; a first wiring area as defined herein; a second wiring area as defined herein; and a wire that extends from one of the first and second wiring extraction portions to one of the wiring connection terminals so as to be electrically connected to the panel, and the wire is arranged to extend from the first wiring extraction portion to the one of the wiring connection terminals via the first wiring area, or is arranged to extend from the second wiring extraction portion to the one of the wiring connection terminals via the first and second wiring areas.
US12167554B2	Display case door with door frame electrical connection A display case door that includes a frame around at least a portion of the display case door with an electrical connection installed within the frame. The electrical connector includes at least one opening defined within a surface of the electrical connector corresponding with at least one female electrical terminal. The electrical connector is mounted inside the door frame and the surface of the electrical connector is aligned with an opening in a sidewall of the door frame.
US12167553B2	PCI-E expansion card module A PCI-E expansion card module is configured to insert in a slot with a rotation switch. The PCI-E expansion card module includes a PCI-E expansion card body and an unlock mechanism. The PCI-E expansion card body includes an inserting portion and a positioning hook. The unlock mechanism is disposed beside the PCI-E expansion card body, and the unlock mechanism includes a pushing member. When the PCI-E expansion card body is inserted into the slot, the rotation switch is on a moving path of the pushing member. The pushing member moves and pushes the rotation switch to release a limitation of the PCI-E expansion card body.
US12167550B2	Disconnect defeater arm mechanism An interlock system for an enclosure can include a power switch movable between an OFF position and an ON position with a defeater arm coupled to the power switch. The defeater arm can be selectively movable between a locked position and an unlocked position and when the defeater arm is in the locked position the power switch is prevented from moving from the OFF position to the ON position. An interlock can include a pivot bracket pivotally supported by a support bracket within the interior of the enclosure and movable between a first orientation, in which the pivot bracket is out of engagement with the defeater arm, and a second orientation, in which the pivot bracket displaces the defeater arm into the unlocked position. When the door is moved into a closed position from an open position, a door bracket displaces the pivot bracket into the second orientation.
US12167545B2	Multilayer substrate A multilayer substrate includes a resin multilayer body including, in a lamination direction, first and second laminate portions respectively including first and second thermoplastic resin layers, and a first interlayer connection conductor extending through the first thermoplastic resin layer. A storage elastic modulus of the first thermoplastic resin layer is lower than that of the second thermoplastic resin layer at a measurement temperature equal to or higher than a minimum melting point among melting points of metallic elements included in the first interlayer connection conductors and equal to or lower than melting points of the first thermoplastic resin layer and the second thermoplastic resin layer.
US12167544B2	Wiring circuit board, producing method thereof, and wiring circuit board assembly sheet A method for producing a wiring circuit board includes a first step of preparing a wiring circuit board assembly sheet including a support sheet, a plurality of wiring circuit boards supported by the support sheet, and a joint connecting the support sheet to the plurality of wiring circuit boards, having flat-shaped one surface and the other surface facing one surface at spaced intervals thereto in a thickness direction, and having a thin portion in which the other surface is recessed toward one surface and a second step of forming a burr portion protruding toward the other side in the thickness direction and cutting the thin portion.
US12167540B2	Printed circuit board A printed circuit board according to an embodiment includes a first insulating layer; a first circuit pattern disposed on a lower surface or inside the first insulating layer; a second circuit pattern disposed on an upper surface of the first insulating layer; a second insulating layer disposed on the upper surface of the first insulating layer and surrounding the second circuit pattern; and a protective layer disposed on an upper surface of the second insulating layer, wherein the second insulating layer has at least one recess formed on its upper surface, and wherein the protective layer is disposed in the recess formed on the upper surface of the second insulating layer.
US12167537B2	Circuit board unit, detachable unit, and image forming apparatus A circuit board unit includes a plurality of circuit boards disposed side by side with a gap in a direction substantially perpendicular to a predetermined direction in which the circuit board unit is detachably mounted to a body of an apparatus. At least one of the plurality of circuit boards includes an end-face terminal on an end face facing an adjacent one of the plurality of circuit boards. The end-face terminal is attachable to and detachable from a terminal of the apparatus that is inserted between an adjacent pair of the plurality of circuit boards in conjunction with a mounting operation of the circuit board unit to the body of the apparatus.
US12167535B2	Wiring substrate A wiring substrate includes a first insulating layer, a conductor layer including first and second pads, a second insulating layer having first openings exposing the first pads and a second opening exposing the second pads, metal posts formed on the first pads and filling the first openings, and a wiring structure positioned in the second opening and having first and second connection pads such that the second connection pads are connected to the second pads. The upper surfaces of the first connection pads and the upper surfaces of the metal posts form a component mounting surface having first, second and third regions, the first connection pads are formed in the first, second and third regions and include a group of first connection pads formed in the first and second regions and electrically connected and a group of first connection pads formed in the first and third regions and electrically connected.
US12167533B2	Metal foil with carrier and preparation method thereof A metal foil that has a carrier and a preparation method thereof. The metal foil with a carrier comprises a carrier layer, a barrier layer, a striping layer, and a metal foil layer. The carrier layer, the barrier layer, the striping lay, and the metal foil layer are sequentially stacked, or the carrier layer, the striping layer, the barrier layer, and the metal foil layer are sequentially stacked. The diffusion depth of the carrier layer to the metal foil layer is less than or equal to 3 μm and the diffusion depth of the metal foil layer toward the carrier layer is less than or equal to 3 μm at a temperature of 20-400° C. By setting the barrier layer, the carrier layer and the metal foil layer are prevented from diffusing mutually to cause bonding at a high temperature, so that the carrier layer and the metal foil layer are easy to peel off.
US12167532B2	Insulation structures and printed circuit board including the same An insulation structure includes: a first resin layer including first fillers; a second resin layer on the first resin layer and including second fillers; and a third resin layer on the second resin layer and including third fillers. A diameter of each of the first fillers may be more than about 200 nm and equal to or less than about 500 nm. A diameter of each of the second fillers may be more than about 10 nm and equal to or less than about 200 nm. A diameter of each of the third fillers may be equal to or less than about 10 nm. An arithmetic average roughness (Ra) and a ten point average roughness (Rz) of a surface of the insulation structure may be equal to or less than about 30 nm and equal to or less than about 100 nm, respectively.
US12167527B1	Continuous large area cold atmospheric pressure plasma sheet source The present disclosure is generally directed to a plasma sheet source and methods of using same. The plasma sheet source includes a cylindrical electrode having a conductive cylindrical core surrounded by a dielectric material, a plurality of channels configured to direct gas from a gas inlet to the electrode, and a plasma outlet positioned below the electrode. Gas is introduced to the plasma sheet source and directed toward the electrode, which when powered by pulsed direct current, produces plasma as the gas ionizes. The produced plasma is then directed out of the plasma outlet to a specimen for treatment of the specimen. Notably, the plasma exiting the plasma outlet is in the form of a plasma sheet that is at approximately room temperature.
US12167523B2	Inductively heatable cartridge for an aerosol-generating system and an aerosol-generating system comprising an inductively heatable cartridge A cartridge for an aerosol-generating system is provided, the cartridge including: a first compartment having a first air inlet and a first air outlet, and containing a nicotine source including a first carrier material impregnated with nicotine; and a second compartment having a second air inlet and a second air outlet, and containing an acid source including a second carrier material impregnated with an acid, one of the first and the second compartments including a pair of susceptor elements being arranged in contact with the first and the second carrier materials, respectively, within the first and the second compartments, respectively, and the first and the second carrier materials being respectively arranged between the pair of susceptor elements.
US12167519B2	Systems and methods for a current sharing driver for light emitting diode Systems and methods for a current sharing driver for light emitting diodes are disclosed. One disclosed system includes: a first string of LEDs; a second string of LEDs connected in parallel with the first string; a first current control device connected in series with the first string of LEDs; a second current control device connected in series with the second string of LEDs; a first voltage measurement device coupled to the first string of LEDs and the second string of LEDs, the first voltage measurement circuit coupled to the first current control device and configured to control the first current control device; and a second voltage measurement device coupled to the first string of LEDs and the second string of LEDs, the second voltage measurement circuit coupled to the second current control device and configured to control the second current control device.
US12167517B2	Driver for a load, as well as a corresponding light emitting diode, LED, based lighting device and a method A driver for driving a load, wherein the driver comprises a dual-boost converter comprising an output capacitance comprising a first output capacitor connected in series with a second output capacitor, a first switch connected to a power input stage via a first inductor and arranged for controlling charging of said first output capacitor via a first diode and a second switch, connected in series with said first switch, and connected to the power input stage via a second inductor and arranged for controlling charging of said second output capacitor via a second diode; wherein a centre tap of said in series connected first and second output capacitor is connected to a centre tap of said in series connected first and second switch.
US12167511B2	Aerosol-generating article having a liquid indicator An aerosol-generating article may comprise a liquid storage portion containing a liquid aerosol-forming substrate, and a hydrochromic material provided on the liquid storage portion. The hydrochromic material has a first colour when in the presence of or when in contact with the liquid aerosol-forming substrate and a second colour when in the absence of or when not in contact with the liquid aerosol-forming substrate. An aerosol-generating system may comprise the aerosol-generating article, an aerosol-generating element, and an aerosol-generating device. An aerosol-generating device may comprise an electrical power supply, an electronic photosensor, and a controller configured to control a supply of electrical power from the electrical power supply based on a value of an optical property sensed with the electronic photosensor.
US12167508B2	Method for controlling an electric appliance and power control system for controlling the supply of an electric appliance The invention refers to a method for controlling an electric appliance, in particular an electric household appliance (1, 11, 12). The electric appliance is coupled to an electric supply system, particularly to a line section (13) of an electric supply system. The electric supply system has a, preferably fuse-protected, limited electrical power transfer capacity. The electric appliance is operated by an operating program, which comprises at least one program segment during which relevant electrical power consumption is drawn from the electric supply system, particularly from the line section (13) of the electric supply system. The operating program is controlled based on at least one of:—the electrical power currently providable by the electric supply system;—the electrical power allocatable to the electric appliance by the electric supply system at present or on short notice;—the voltage value or amperage value currently existent in the electric supply system during the operation of the electric appliance;—a voltage drop or voltage difference or an amperage change currently occurring in the electric supply system at the moment of starting an operating program with relevant electrical power consumption;—a result of a comparison of a measured energy consumption information with a reference energy consumption information.
US12167504B2	Dynamic packet duplication convergence protocol configuration This disclosure relates generally to wireless communications and, more particularly, to systems and methods for dynamic configuration of a packet duplication convergence protocol (PDCP) configuration. In one embodiment, a method performed by a communication device includes: receiving configuration information from a communication node; and determining, for a packet duplication protocol per data radio bearer, a number of copies or a logical path based on the configuration information.
US12167497B2	VPLMN policy control Disclosed herein is a method performed by an AMF entity in a Visited Public Land Mobile Network, VPLMN, entity serving a roaming UE, the method comprises: obtaining, by the AMF entity, a subscribed UE-AMBR for the UE; sending, by the AMF entity, an Access Management, AM, Policy request message towards a Visited Policy Control Function, V-PCF, entity in the VPLMN to establish or update an AM Policy for the roaming UE; receiving by the AMF entity in response to sending the AM Policy request message, an AM Policy response message sent by the V-PCF entity and comprising Access and mobility related policy information that includes a serving network UE-AMBR for the UE decided by the V-PCF entity; and deploying the serving network UE-AMBR instead of the subscribed UE-AMBR by sending the policy control information including the determined UE-AMBR to a RAN node in the serving network.
US12167489B2	Data transmission method and apparatus, and communication device Provided are data transmission methods and apparatuses and a communication device. The method may include: receiving an RRC resume request by a target base station from a terminal device, the RRC resume request message carrying packet data; and acquiring the packet data by the target base station from the RRC resume request message, and sending a retrieve terminal context request message to an anchor base station, the retrieve terminal context request message carrying first information, and the first information being used for the anchor base station to determine whether to send a context of the terminal device to the target base station.
US12167480B2	Proximity based personalization of a computing device In some implementations, a computing device can be configured for users (e.g., user devices) that are detected nearby the computing device. For example, the computing device may be a communal device configured for a single user but generally used by multiple users. The communal device can discover when a known (e.g., authorized, trusted, etc.) user device is near the communal device and obtain personalization data from the nearby user device. The communal device can configure the communal device based on the personalization data to personalize an activity hosted by the communal device for the user of the nearby user device. To protect the user's personalization data, the communal device can delete the user's personalization data when the activity hosted by the communal device is terminated.
US12167479B2	System, apparatus and methods for CBRS CPE installation A system, apparatus and method for installation of outdoor CPE (Customer Premise Equipment) for CBRS (Citizen Broadband Radio Service) for fixed wireless access is disclosed. The system comprises a database server which stores data comprising eNodeB locations and details, pathloss models and throughput prediction data. A position/orientation sensor and WiFi access point are attached to the CPE during installation. For a specified CPE height and a range of pointing angles, a smartphone app is used in scan mode to obtain KPI and evaluate nearby eNodeBs for performance based on stored parameters and link type, to provide estimated UL/DL throughput data for each eNodeB. After selecting an eNodeB, in network entry mode, a RF link between the CPE and eNodeB is established to request SAS grant. If successful in entering operational mode, actual throughput is measured to ensure the desired performance is attained, and data are reported back to the database.
US12167477B2	Interference management in wireless systems Techniques for interference mitigation in a wireless communication system are disclosed. One example method includes receiving, at a first communication node, interference status information indicative of a remote interference between the first communication node and a second communication node and performing, by the first communication node, subsequent communications to the second communication node by implementing a backoff based on a granularity.
US12167475B2	Robust radio resource allocation for uplink radar Systems, methods, apparatuses, and computer program products for robust radio resource allocation for uplink radar and other user equipment calibration are provided. For example, a method may include receiving, at a network element, measurements of a set of synchronization signal blocks or channel state information reference signals or both synchronization signal blocks and channel state information reference signals from a user equipment. The method may additionally include sending to the user equipment a direct or indirect indication of a random access opportunity corresponding to a synchronization signal block index value or channel state information reference signal index value, wherein the indication is for usage to perform user equipment calibration.
US12167474B2	User equipment for random access and method thereof, base station for random access and method thereof A random access method for a user equipment (UE) and apparatus thereof, and a random access method for a base station and apparatus thereof. The random access method for the user equipment (UE) comprises: acquiring random access resource configuration information; determining a subcarrier spacing of a random access preamble; determining a random access occasion (RO) according to the random access resource configuration information and the subcarrier spacing of the random access preamble; and transmitting the random access preamble on the determined RO.
US12167472B2	Method and apparatus for random access resource selection in mobile wireless communication system A wireless device may receive system information block 1 (SIB1) message of a cell. The SIB1 message may indicate a plurality of configuration parameters comprising a common uplink configuration of an uplink bandwidth part (BWP). The common uplink configuration of the uplink BWP may comprise: a common random access channel (RACH) configuration; a first threshold for determining whether to select a resource associated with a first message 1 (msg1) repetition number, wherein msg1 corresponds to physical random access channel (PRACH) preamble; a second threshold for determining whether to select a resource associated with a second msg1 repetition number; and a second RACH configuration associated with feature combination. The second RACH configuration may comprise a first feature combination preamble parameter that indicates the first msg1 repetition number. The wireless device may determine, based on the first threshold, the first msg1 repetition number, and repeatedly transmit, based on the determined first msg1 repetition number, a PRACH preamble of a random access procedure associated with the first feature combination preamble parameter.
US12167462B2	Method and device for transmitting and receiving signals in wireless communication system A method and device for transmitting and receiving signals in a wireless communication system according to one embodiment of the present invention perform a 2-step or 4-step random access process in a shared spectrum. For the transmission of a PUSCH corresponding to an RAR in the 4-step random access process or a fallback-RAR in the 2-step random access process, the channel access type for the PUSCH is determined on the basis of a specific field of an RAR grant in the RAR.
US12167460B2	Resource indication in random access One example method for indication of resources in a random-access procedure includes receiving, by a communication device, during a process of a two-step random access to a wireless network, a message including a temporary identifier assigned to the communication device, and transmitting, by the communication device, an acknowledgement message to a network device in the wireless network using a transmission resource that is dependent on the temporary identifier.
US12167456B2	Methods and apparatus for inter-UE coordinated resource allocation in wireless communication A user equipment (UE) device comprising a processor configured to perform operations is described. In an exemplary embodiment, the operations include comprising establishing a sidelink session with a transmitting UE; configuring the sidelink session to support coordinated resource selection prior to performing the local sensing; performing a local sensing; receiving a PSCCH and a PSSCH from the transmitting UE. The transmitting UE reserves multiple resources. The processor is further configured to perform operations including determining whether a collision happens among the multiple reserved resources; and transmitting the coordination message to the transmitting UE.
US12167451B2	Methods for channel occupancy time sharing, user equipment, base station and computer readable medium Methods for channel occupancy time sharing, user equipment, base station and computer readable medium are provided. The method includes: indicating Channel Occupancy Time (COT) sharing information for sharing a COT initiated by the UE in a Configured Grant Uplink Control Indicator (CG-UCI); including the CG-UCI in a Configured Grant Physical Uplink Shared CHannel (CG-PUSCH); and transmitting the CG-PUSCH to a Base Station (BS).
US12167448B2	Channel access with a new radio unlicensed serving cell A radio device may receive network assistance information relating to uplink channel access procedures, such as channel access types and related listen-before-talk techniques, via layer one signaling or higher layer signaling. For example, information may be provided via DCI, MAC CE, or RRC messaging, e.g,, received in a CORESET preceding the configured PRACH resources. Access procedures may be random access procedures, and may include indication via R.AR messaging. Access procedures may be triggered by a radio access point message, such as a PDCCH order or a handover request.
US12167445B2	Method for indicating the allocated resources for a HARQ message in a random access procedure for a low-complexity, narrowband terminal A method of transmitting an acknowledgment message in a random access procedure in a mobile telecommunications system, the method includes transmitting an uplink random access request; responsive to the random access request, transmitting a downlink allocation message indicating downlink resources for sending a downlink message; transmitting the downlink message using the resources indicated in the downlink allocation message; responsive to receiving the downlink message, transmitting an uplink message; and transmitting an acknowledgement message in respect of the uplink message and using one or more acknowledgment resources. The one or more acknowledgment resources are identified based on at least one of the downlink allocation message, and the downlink message and the uplink random access request.
US12167443B2	Random access resource processing method and device The present disclosure provides a random access resource processing method and device. The method includes: receiving first indication information from a network device, where the first indication information is used to indicate whether a preset random access resource is available; and transmitting first acknowledgment information to the network device.
US12167440B2	Systems and methods for traffic priority systems Use of a mobile user device to identify the individual operating a vehicle, which, either alone or in conjunction with a vehicle control unit (VCU), may be used to establish vehicle priority in connection with traffic control systems. This provides for a system that provides priority for the individual based on their individual and current need for priority, as opposed to providing priority generally for a vehicle.
US12167438B2	Systems and methods for radio access network-level allocation and retention priority based on network slicing A system described herein may provide a technique for allocation and/or preemption of radio access network (“RAN”) resources in a wireless network based on Quality of Service (“QoS”)-related metrics associated with User Equipment (“UEs”) that are connected to, and/or are requesting connection to, a RAN. QoS-related metrics may include a network slice, a QoS Flow Identifier (“QFI”), other suitable metrics. A Slice-Based Priority (“SBP”) determine one or more priority (e.g., SBP) values for UEs connected to the one or more RANs, and/or for UEs requesting connection to such RANs. In addition to QoS-related metrics priority values may be determined based on RAN-related metrics, such as Allocation and Retention Priority (“ARP”) values associated with a UE. RANs may accordingly be able to allocate resources, accept or deny connection requests, and/or perform preemption based at least partly on slice-related QoS metrics, thus preserving end-to-end QoS parameters.
US12167437B2	Method and apparatus for uplink transmissions with different reliability conditions An operation method of a terminal in a communication system may include: selecting one or more control elements among a plurality of control elements included first UCI in consideration of a size of an uplink resource; generating multiplexed UCIs by multiplexing second UCI with the one or more control elements; and transmitting the multiplexed UCIs to a base station by using the uplink resource.
US12167435B2	Control resource set selection for channel state information reference signal-based radio link monitoring A device of a New Radio (NR) User Equipment (UE), a method and a machine readable medium to implement the method. The device includes a Radio Frequency (RF) interface, and processing circuitry coupled to the RF interface, the processing circuitry to: decode a signal from a NR evolved node B (gNodeB) including an indication of one or more control resource sets (CORESETs); select a CORESET based on the indication; and determine a downlink radio link quality based on the CORESET.
US12167434B2	Information processor, information processing method, and communication apparatus An information processor according to one aspect of the present disclosure includes a first acquisition unit configured to acquire desire information regarding an area setting of a predetermined service, including at least desired area information, provided using a second radio system that shares all or a part of a frequency band used by a first radio system, a second acquisition unit that acquires area information regarding another service that uses or is allocated to a predetermined frequency band used by the predetermined service, a calculation unit configured to perform calculation regarding inter-area interference from an area specified by the desired area information to an area of the another service; and a generation unit configured to generate permitted area information regarding an area in which the predetermined service is permitted based on a calculation result of the inter-area interference.
US12167429B2	Bandwidth part switching delay for uplink transmission An apparatus of a user equipment (UE) comprises one or more baseband processors to process a bandwidth part (BWP) switching request from a serving cell at slot n, and to perform an active BWP switch to a new BWP on the serving cell at a time no later than slot n+Y, wherein Y is a BWP switching delay. The one or more baseband processors are to accommodate a timing advance (TA) value to determine when to perform the active BWP switch. The apparatus can include a memory to store the BWP switching request.
US12167425B2	Method and apparatus for adding secondary node for UAV Embodiments of the present disclosure relate to a method and apparatus for adding secondary node (SN) for an unmanned aerial vehicle (UAV). According to an embodiment of the present disclosure, a method can include: receiving location information of an UAV severed by a master node (MN); and transmitting an air beam preparation request for preparing an air beam for the UAV to a first set of candidate SNs with the location information of the UAV, wherein each of the first set of candidate SNs is connected to the MN via a network interface. Embodiments of the present disclosure can meet high QoS requirements in UAV use cases in NR.
US12167424B2	Operations for overlapping downlink communications with different resource allocations Methods, systems, and devices for wireless communications are described. A wireless communications device, such as a user equipment (UE) may transmit a capability message indicating a capability of the UE to receive one or more downlink messages during a time slot, and may receive one or more control signalings which schedule a first and a second downlink message during the time slot, indicate a first resource allocation scheduled by a first scheduling configuration, and indicate a second resource allocation scheduled by a second scheduling configuration. The UE may monitor for one or both of the first downlink message or the second downlink message during the time slot based on the one or more control signalings and the capability message. The capability message may indicate a capability of the UE to receive a single downlink message or receive more than one downlink message during the time slot.
US12167420B2	Communication method, base station and user equipment using a set of legacy or aggressive CQI table and legacy or aggressive MCS table The present disclosure provides a communication method, base station and user equipment for configuring a parameter table in a wireless communication system including a base station and a user equipment, the communication method comprising: defining at both the base station and the user equipment a parameter table which includes whole entries of a legacy parameter table and extended entries; and transmitting from the base station to the user equipment a bitmap indication which indicates a sub-table selected from the parameter table, wherein the number of the entries in the sub-table is the same as in the legacy parameter table.
US12167418B2	Method and apparatus for receiving system information in the wireless communication The present invention discloses a method for a user equipment to receive system information in a wireless communication system. Particularly, the method is characterized in detecting a first synchronization signal block configured with a Primary Synchronization Signal (PSS), a Secondary Synchronization Signal (SSS) and a Physical Broadcasting Channel (PBCH) at a specific frequency position, determining a presence or non-presence of system information corresponding to the first synchronization signal block within a first synchronization raster corresponding to a specific frequency position based on a system information indicator included in the PBCH, and if the system information corresponding to the first synchronization signal block is determined as not existing, determining a second synchronization raster having system information exist therein based on the system information indicator.
US12167417B2	Using an uplink grant as trigger of first or second type of CQI report Channel state feedback is provided from a UE to a base station as a first, detailed or a second, less detailed type of channel state feedback information. Initially it is determined whether the UE has received an uplink grant from the base station or not. If the UE has received an uplink grant, a first type of channel state feedback information is transmitted to the base station on the granted resource. If, however, the UE has not received an uplink grant, a second type of channel state feedback information is transmitted to the base station. Different types of channel state feedback information enables a UE and an associated base station to use available resources more efficiently, when requesting for and delivering channel state feedback information.
US12167416B2	Method and apparatus for semi-persistent scheduling and configured grant configurations Methods and apparatuses are disclosed for semi-persistent scheduling and configured grant transmission configurations. An example method, which is performed by a communication device, includes the steps of: transmitting, to a user equipment (UE), a radio resource control (RRC) signal or activation downlink control information (DCI) signal for semi-persistent scheduling (SPS) or configured grant (CG) transmission configuration; and transmitting, to the UE, a physical layer control signal comprising an indication of one or more parameters for SPS or CG transmission.
US12167415B2	Wireless communication method and wireless communication terminal, which use discontinuous channel The present invention relates to a wireless communication method and a wireless communication terminal using a non-contiguous channel. To this end, provided are a wireless communication terminal including a processor and a transceiver, wherein the processor receives a wireless packet through the communication unit, obtains total bandwidth information indicated via a bandwidth field of HE-SIG-A of the received packet, obtains information of an unassigned resource unit via at least one of the bandwidth field of the HE-SIG-A and a subfield of HE-SIG-B of the received packet, and decodes the received packet based on the total bandwidth information and the information of the unassigned resource unit and a wireless communication method using the same.
US12167411B2	Electronic apparatus for wireless communication, method and computer readable storage medium Provided are an electronic apparatus for wireless communication, a method, and a computer readable storage medium. The electronic apparatus comprises: a processing circuit configured to acquire downlink control information from a base station, and to determine, at least on the basis of a first specific field of the downlink control information, whether a feedback mechanism of a hybrid automatic repeat request process has been deactivated, wherein if it is determined that the feedback mechanism of the hybrid automatic repeat request process has been deactivated, a result of verification performed on a data packet is not fed back to the base station.
US12167409B2	Physical downlink control channel (PDCCH) blind decoding in fifth generation (5G) new radio (NR) systems A network device (e.g., a user equipment (UE), or a new radio NB (gNB)) can process or generate a configuration of physical downlink control channel (PDCCH) monitoring in different search spaces sets independently from one another in order to manage different services optimally. A processor of the network device can be configured to receive physical downlink control channel (PDCCH) candidates of a PDCCH in a slot for channel estimation across search spaces of the slot. Different priorities can be determined among the PDCCH candidates in the slot based on a priority rule. Then a number of PDCCH candidates can be skipped/dropped from monitoring based on the different priorities of the PDCCH candidates to ensure that a threshold level of blind decoding operations across a plurality of slots of the PDCCH is being satisfied. The UE can monitor a portion of the PDCCH candidates while concurrently skipping another.
US12167408B2	Configured grant or semi-persistent scheduling for dormant secondary cell group Various aspects of the present disclosure generally relate to wireless communication. In some aspects, a user equipment (UE) may receive an indication that a secondary cell group (SCG) is to enter an SCG dormant state and an indication for using one or more of configured grant (CG) on an uplink or semi-persistent scheduling (SPS) on a downlink for communication with a secondary node (SN) of the SCG during the SCG dormant state. The UE may communicate with the SN of the SCG during the SCG dormant state using the one or more of CG or SPS. Numerous other aspects are provided.
US12167407B2	Base station, terminal, and communication method At a base station, a control unit selects one combination from multiple combinations of parameters regarding uplink control channel (PUCCH) resources. A transmission unit indicates a terminal of resource settings (Semi-static resource configuration) including the multiple combinations by higher layer signaling, and indicates the terminal of the one combination that has been selected by dynamic signaling (DCI).
US12167404B2	Reliable control signaling Systems, methods, and instrumentalities are disclosed for reliable control signaling, for example, in New Radio (NR). A receiver in a wireless transmit/receive unit (WTRU) may receive one or more physical downlink control channel (PDCCH) transmissions comprising downlink control information (DCI). The WTRU may determine a transmission profile associated with an uplink control information (UCI). Based on the transmission profile, the WTRU may determine one or more transmission characteristics associated with the transmission of the UCI. The WTRU may transmit the UCI over a physical uplink control channel (PUCCH). The UCI may be transmitted using transmission characteristics determined by the WTRU. The WTRU may transmit the UCI based on at least one of a control resource set (CORESET), a search space, or a radio network temporary identifier (RNTI). The WTRU may determine a transmission profile differently based on what the UCI may comprise.
US12167403B2	Control of uplink radio transmissions on semi-persistently allocated resources A radio device receives control information from a node of the wireless communication network. The control information is used for controlling semi-persistent allocation of radio resources of an unlicensed frequency spectrum. Based on the control information, the radio device controls at least one UL radio transmission on the radio resources of the unlicensed frequency spectrum.
US12167400B2	Accumulation of PUCCH repetitions to increase the reliability of PUCCH reception A base station (BS) may receive a plurality of repetitions of a Physical Uplink Control Channel (PUCCH) from a user equipment (UE), and accumulate the received repetitions to obtain a resultant signal. The ability to accumulate repetitions enables the base station to experience a higher probability of successful recovery of the PUCCH payload bits than if decoding were based on the reception of a non-repeated transmission of the PUCCH. The base station may configure the number of repetitions, the temporal gap between the repetitions, and mode of repetition of the PUCCH. In an intra-slot mode, more than one copy may be received from each configured slot, with or without frequency hopping. In an inter-slot mode, one copy is received per configured slot. Different repetitions may be transmitted by the UE in different directions, according to a spatial consistency pattern.
US12167399B2	Method and user equipment for performing uplink transmission with resource allocation, and method for performing uplink reception with resource allocation Provided is a user equipment which: receives resource allocation; determines N number of transmission resources on the basis of the resource allocation, wherein N is an integer greater than 1; determines a transport block size (TBS) associated with the N number of transmission resources and a redundancy version (RV) value for each of the N number of transmission resources; and performs uplink transmission in at least one transmission resource among the N number of transmission resources on the basis of the TBS and an RV value for the at least one transmission resource.
US12167391B2	Method and apparatus for slot format indication Embodiment of the present application is directed to a method and apparatus for slot format indication. According to an embodiment of the present application, the method includes receiving at least one signal indicating one of: whether at least one symbol at a beginning of a sequence of consecutive symbols transmitted or received over a communication link is reserved or is to be reserved, and whether at least one symbol at an end of the sequence of consecutive symbols transmitted or received over the communication link is reserved or is to be reserved. The at least one uplink transmission is performed based on the received signal in response to the communication link being associated with an uplink transmission. The at least one downlink reception is performed based on the received signal in response to the communication link being associated with downlink reception.
US12167390B2	Harq design for wireless communications Disclosed are methods and apparatus for multiplexing of uplink control information on uplink data channels in wireless communication. It may be determined that transmission of a plurality of physical uplink shared channels (PUSCHs) are scheduled. The transmission of the plurality of PUSCHs may overlap with transmission of an uplink control information (UCI). At most one of the plurality of PUSCHs on to which the UCI is multiplexed may be determined based on a Downlink Assignment Index (DAI) value. The plurality of PUSCHs may be set with no more than one PUSCH having the DAI value not equal to four. Thereafter, the determined PUSCH is transmitted with the UCI multiplexed on it.
US12167387B2	Sidelink carrier grouping for wireless communication Aspects relate to grouping sidelink carriers in a wireless communication network. A first wireless communication device, such as a user equipment (UE), may communicate with a base station on a cellular link utilizing a first set of first component carriers (CCs) in a particular frequency band. The UE may identify one or more first carrier groupings for the first set of first CCs with the base station. The UE may communicate with a second wireless communication device, such as a second UE, on a sidelink utilizing a second set of CCs within the same frequency band. The first UE may map at least one second CC to a respective corresponding first CC and apply the one more carrier groupings to the second set of CCs to generate one or more second carrier groupings based on the mapping.
US12167385B2	User pairing method and related device Embodiments of this application disclose a user pairing method and a related device. The method includes: determining a first generation parameter of a first base sequence of a first user and a second generation parameter of a second base sequence of a second user, and the second base sequence is used to generate a second uplink reference signal of the second user; determining multiplexing evaluation information based on the first generation parameter and the second generation parameter, where the multiplexing evaluation information may include correlation strength between sequences and interference leakage width; determining, based on the multiplexing evaluation information, whether the first user and the second user are successfully paired; and determining, that the first user and the second user multiplex a same communication resource for communication based on being successfully paired.
US12167382B2	Traffic management technique for variable bandwidth networks using RSVP An example system comprises a router configured to receive a bandwidth update associated with a change in bandwidth over a wireless channel, determine if the change in bandwidth identified in the bandwidth update results in bandwidth being over-reserved at at least one priority level, previously reserved bandwidth of the wireless channel being associated with a plurality of different priority levels, the previously reserved bandwidth being previously reserved based on a plurality of path requests from a head end router, each path request including at least one priority level and a bandwidth reservation request, if the change in bandwidth results in bandwidth being over-reserved, then preempt a lowest priority path request, based in the preemption of the lowest priority path request, update reserved bandwidth of the wireless channel of at least one priority level, and provide a message to the head end router regarding the change of bandwidth.
US12167380B2	BWP switching method and device, and storage medium The present disclosure relates to a BWP switching method and device, and a storage medium. The BWP switching method applied to a terminal and can include that, after determining that a terminal is to perform BWP switching, keeping a first BWP currently activated on a carrier to be in an activated state. The method can further include activating a second BWP on the carrier, and controlling the first BWP to be in an inactivated state. The present disclosure enables a terminal to normally process a service of a high priority during BWP switching and after BWP switching is performed.
US12167379B2	Method and apparatus for indicating slot format information A method and apparatus for indicating slot format information is disclosed. The method comprising: t receiving a RRC (radio resource control) signaling indicating a time domain starting position of a slot format information and determining the time domain starting position based on the RRC signaling.
US12167376B2	Flexible configurations of channel occupancy measurements A method, network node and wireless device for flexible configuration of channel occupancy measurements in New Radio (NR) are disclosed. According to one aspect, a wireless device configured to communicate with a network node is provided. The wireless device includes processing circuitry configured to: determine a time-domain configuration for a channel occupancy measurement based on at least one configuration parameter where the time-domain configuration is independent of subcarrier spacing of at least one carrier on which the channel occupancy measurement is performed; and optionally perform the channel occupancy measurement based at least on the determined time-domain configuration.
US12167370B2	Resource selection with sidelink demodulation reference signal (DMRS) bundling Systems, methods, and devices for wireless communication that support resource selection and indication for sidelink demodulation reference signal (DMRS) bundling. A transmitting UE determines sidelink resources for bundling a sidelink DMRS transmission to be transmitted to a receiving UE. In sidelink mode 1, the sidelink resources may be determined based on indications from a base station, which may include whether the transmitting UE is to maintain phase continuity over the sidelink resources during the bundling, or whether the transmitting UE is to include a phase jump reference signal with the bundled DMRS transmission to the receiving UE. In sidelink mode 2, the transmitting UE may select the sidelink resources based on the phase continuity capabilities of the transmitting UE and/or of the receiving UE, and/or based on a sensing of the sidelink channel. In some cases, the receiving UE may provide a resource recommendation to the transmitting UE.
US12167367B2	Resource allocation and configuration for broadcast and unicast operation over sidelink for NR V2X An apparatus of a user equipment (UE) comprises one or more baseband processors to configure a set of resources for New Radio (NR) vehicle-to-everything (V2X) transmission over sidelink for communication with one or more other UEs, and to allocate the resources for transmitting one or more packets from an NR network to the one or more other UEs via the sidelink. The apparatus can include a memory to store the configuration of resources.
US12167365B1	Multi-modal round trip time mitigation for wireless local area network devices A method in a first wireless device (WD) is described. The method includes determining one round trip time (RTT) of a first set of RTTs. The method also includes, at set intervals (TK), determining a set of mode peaks of the first set of RTTs, determining that the first SIFS mode has the highest mode peak of the set of mode peaks, determining that the second SIFS mode has the second highest peak of the set of mode peaks, determining a mode difference (TD), and adjusting the second subset of RTTs at least by adding or subtracting TD to each RTT of the second subset of RTTs. The method also includes determining a second set of RTTs comprising the first subset of RTTs and the adjusted second subset of RTTs, the second set of RTTs corresponding to the adjusted single SIFS mode.
US12167364B2	Intelligent reflective surface aided positioning by convex optimization Disclosed is a method for wireless communication for determining the position of a wireless node. The method comprises receiving a set of reference signals from a set of at least four positioning devices, wherein the positioning devices are not arranged in a single plane. A signal propagation delay of each one of the set of reference signals is determined and a position of each one of the set of positioning devices is obtained. A convex localization problem is solved for the wireless node based at least in part on the determined signal propagation delay of each one of the set of reference signals and the position of each one of the set of positioning devices. The position of the wireless node is determined based at least in part on solving of the convex localization problem.
US12167361B2	Support of fixed cells for user equipment access to a non-terrestrial network Disclosed are techniques for wireless communication using satellite access to a wireless network, where a wireless cell supported by a satellite is moving or temporarily fixed. In an aspect, a radio access network (RAN) entity or a user equipment (UE) provides, to a core network entity, an enhanced cell global identifier (CGI), where the enhanced CGI includes at least one field representing a location of the UE. Based on the enhanced CGI, the core network entity determines a location of the UE, and may provide a service to the UE based on the location. A core network may also provide an enhanced CGI to a RAN, e.g., to support wireless emergency alerting to UEs.
US12167355B2	Terminal and communication method for performing doppler estimation A terminal includes a receiving unit configured to receive information relating to an arrangement of a tracking reference signal and a plurality of tracking reference signals based on the information relating to the arrangement of the tracking reference signal, and a controller configured to perform a Doppler estimation using two of the plurality of tracking reference signals, wherein an interval between the two of the plurality of tracking reference signals in a time domain is variable.
US12167351B2	Method for sending and receiving signal, terminal and apparatus This disclosure provides a method for sending and receiving a signal, a terminal, an apparatus and a storage medium. The method includes: a sending side sending a synchronization signal block, wherein the synchronization signal block includes a primary synchronization signal, a secondary synchronization signal and a physical broadcast channel, the primary synchronization signal occupying two OFDM symbols, and the secondary synchronization signal occupying two OFDM symbols, wherein a synchronization signal block pattern used in a slot where the synchronization signal block is located is a first synchronization signal block pattern when a normal CP is configured, and is a second synchronization signal block pattern different from the first synchronization signal block pattern when an extended CP is configured. A receiving side demodulates the synchronization signal block.
US12167348B2	Electronic device controlling transmission power of signal and method for operating the same An electronic device including a first communication circuit supporting a first radio access technology (RAT), a first processor operatively connected with the first communication circuit, a second communication circuit supporting a second RAT, and a second processor electrically connected with the first processor and the second communication circuit is provided. The second processor provides first data to the first processor, obtains first information indicating a first frequency band from the first processor, and transmits the first information to the second communication circuit to control an upper limit of transmission power of a second signal through a second frequency band into a magnitude associated with the first frequency band.
US12167346B2	Method and device for controlling transmission power in wireless communication system Provided is an integrated access and backhaul (IAB) node for controlling transmit and receive power of a signal in a wireless communication system, the IAB node including: a transceiver; and at least one processor, wherein the at least one processor is configured to: determine a power value or an offset used for down adjustment of maximum transmit power for a backhaul link signal to be received by the IAB node, based on receive power of an access uplink signal from a terminal or maximum transmit power of the terminal; control the transceiver to transmit power adjustment information including the power value or the offset to a parent node of the IAB node or a child node of the IAB node; and control the transceiver to receive, from the parent node or the child node, a backhaul link signal in which the maximum transmit power is down-adjusted based on the power adjustment information.
US12167344B2	Communication apparatus and communication method A communication apparatus includes: signal generation circuitry which, in operation, generates a control signal including a target reception power value regarding a target value of a reception power for the communication apparatus to receive an uplink (UL) response frame transmitted by each of one or more terminal stations, the control signal being a trigger frame that solicits transmission of the UL response frame from each of the one or more terminal stations; and transmission circuitry which, in operation, transmits the generated signal.
US12167342B2	Determination and use of uplink duty cycle in TDD to reduce radiation exposure from UES in UL A UE, communicating with a network node by using TDD, determines a downlink/uplink configuration between the UE and the network node, and a maximum uplink duty cycle for candidate uplink transmit beam(s). The UE compares the maximum uplink duty cycle with an uplink duty cycle of the determined downlink/uplink configuration, and provides to the network node information associated with the comparison. The network node receives the information associated with the comparison and determines whether to modify the downlink/uplink configuration between the user equipment and the network node based on the information associated with the comparison. The network node indicates, in response to a determination the downlink/uplink configuration should be modified, a modified downlink/uplink configuration to the user equipment.
US12167339B2	Vehicle telematics system and a method of operation A vehicle telematics system including a Wi-Fi module, the telematics system being configured, in dependence on at least one predetermined vehicle condition, to selectively activate or maintain activation of the Wi-Fi module when the vehicle is not in use.
US12167338B2	Measurement reporting method, electronic device, and storage medium The present disclosure discloses a measurement reporting method. The method includes: transmitting, by a terminal device while the terminal device has access to both a first network and a second network, Secondary Cell Group (SCG) failure information to a network device, the SCG failure information including no measurement result for the second network; and establishing, by the terminal device, a connection with the network device via the first network, without reporting any measurement result for the second network to the network device. The present disclosure also discloses another measurement reporting method, an electronic device, and a storage medium.
US12167337B2	Information processing device, and information processing method using multiple multiplexing methods An information processing device includes a control unit. A first device that transmits data to the information processing device has a multiplexing function for multiplexing and transmitting data from a plurality of devices including the first device to the information processing device. The control unit provided in the information processing device performs control to tell the first device having the multiplexing function a multiplexing method for notification information and presence of data addressed to the first device. The notification information indicates that the first device has shifted from a functional suspension state to a data receivable state. The information processing device can reduce power consumption.
US12167334B2	Reference signal receiving method, reference signal sending method, and apparatus This application provides a reference signal receiving method, a reference signal sending method, and an apparatus. The reference signal receiving method includes: when a terminal device is out of a first time period, detecting, by the terminal device, a first signal, and determining, based on a detection result of the first signal, whether to use a first reference signal to perform time-frequency tracking and/or channel measurement; and receiving, by the terminal device, a second reference signal when the terminal device is in the first time period, where the first reference signal and the second reference signal are reference signals used for time-frequency tracking and/or channel measurement.
US12167332B2	Electronic device mounted on vehicle and operation method thereof Provided are an electronic device mounted on a battery powered electric vehicle and an operation method thereof. The electronic device may calculate estimated battery consumption for the vehicle to be driven to a destination, identify a current remaining capacity of the battery, and determine, based at least in part on the identified remaining capacity of the battery and the estimated battery consumption, whether to switch from a first communication mode (e.g., a fifth generation (5G) millimeter wave (mmWave)) in current use, to a second communication mode that consumes battery power at a different rate.
US12167331B2	Wakeup radio for low power nodes in Bluetooth A method performed by a low-power node (LPN) in a wireless mesh network, wherein the LPN comprises a main receiver and a wakeup receiver, and wherein the method comprises: performing the following first operations in response to an event trigger: activating the wakeup receiver while maintaining the main receiver in an inactive state, and sending a polling message to a second node in the wireless mesh network; for a predetermined duration, determining whether a wakeup signal has been received from the second node via the wakeup receiver; and performing a plurality of second operations based on determining that the wakeup signal has been received, the second operations including: activating the main receiver, and receiving, from the second node via the main receiver, a response to the polling message.
US12167325B2	Network slice quota management Apparatuses, systems, and methods for performing network slice quota management. A network slice quota management function may store capacity information for one or more network slices. The network slice quota management function may receive a request for an indication of whether a network slice has additional capacity. The network slice quota management function may provide an indication of whether the network slice has additional capacity in response to the request. The capacity information may relate to the capacity of the network slice with respect to the number of wireless devices registered for the network slice, or to the capacity of the network slice with respect to the number of packet sessions established with the network slice, or both, among various possibilities.
US12167320B2	Systems and methods for prioritizing service set identifiers on a wireless access point Systems and methods for managing a network are disclosed. One method can comprise causing transmission of a first beacon and a second beacon associated with available networks. After receiving a first request associated with the first beacon, the first request may be suppressed. Thereafter a second request may be received from the user device associated with the second beacon, and access may be provided to a network in response to the second request.
US12167319B2	Service gap control for a wireless device Disclosed herein is a method of operation of a wireless device to provide service gap control in a wireless communication system, comprising: receiving a service gap parameter from a network entity in a mobility management sublayer non-access stratum message, the service gap parameter being indicative of a value for a service gap timer for the wireless device; and enforcing the service gap parameter at the wireless device in a non-access stratum layer. Also disclosed herein is a method of operation of a core network entity in a core network of a wireless communication system to provide service gap control, comprising: obtaining a service gap parameter for a wireless device, the service gap parameter being indicative of a value for a service gap timer for the wireless device; and sending by the core network entity the service gap parameter to the wireless device via a mobility management sublayer non-access stratum message.
US12167317B2	Method and user equipment for access control in wireless communication system A method and a UE for access control in a wireless communication system are provided. The method performed by a UE for access control includes while attempting to initiate an UL data transmission procedure with a serving cell during an RRC Inactive state of the UE, receiving a radio resource configuration from the serving cell and transmitting one or more UL packets to the serving cell based on the radio resource configuration when a plurality of conditions is fulfilled. The plurality of conditions includes, at least: an attempt to transmit UL data is not barred by the serving cell, and an amount of pending UL data to be transmitted is less than or equal to a data volume threshold.
US12167312B2	Electronic device and operating method An electronic device mounted in a vehicle and including; a temperature sensor configured to measure a temperature associated with a measurement target to generate a measured temperature, and a controller configured to operate in a normal operating mode if the measured temperature is less than a first reference temperature, and further configured to operate in a limited control mode if the measured temperature is greater than or equal to the first reference temperature. During the normal operating mode, the controller is enabled to perform a performance limiting function, and during the limited control mode, the controller is enabled to perform an emergency call (eCall) function and is disabled to perform a performance limiting function.
US12167311B2	Method for service optimization and communications device Embodiments of the present disclosure provide a method for service optimization and a communications device. The method for service optimization applied to a first communications device includes: performing a waiting-related operation before performing a first operation, where the waiting-related operation is any one of the following: an operation of waiting for a first time period; an operation, before the first time period is overrun, when a first condition is satisfied, of stopping waiting for the first time period; and an operation of waiting for an incoming call, where the first time period is a time period starting from a time point at which an emergency service is ended.
US12167308B2	Apparatus, system and method of communicating audio traffic over a Bluetooth link For example, a BT audio device may be configured to, during a passphrase-detection mode, monitor an audio input of the BT audio device to detect whether the audio input includes a voice signal, the passphrase-detection mode configured for detection of a predefined user passphrase to indicate a voice command to be provided from a user of the BT audio device; based on a determination that the audio input does not include the voice signal, transmit one or more null-data packets to a BT device over a BT wireless communication link between the BT audio device and the BT device; and, based on a determination that the audio input includes the voice signal, transmit one or more data packets to the BT device over the BT wireless communication link, wherein a payload of the one or more data packets includes audio data based on the audio input.
US12167307B2	Delivery of configuration information for cross-platform application integration A method and a device are disclosed including one or more plug-in or Add-on Software Components (ASC) provided by a Social Business Platform (SBP) to deliver configuration information for the integration of various applications, services, and functionality from other platforms in an integrated environment. Each ASC may deliver a particular type of configuration information usable to configure and/or integrate services from various platforms, the services including data tiles and data streams, storage and document management services, single-function applications, core applications like communication and task management services, and other application-specific add-ons. In various embodiments, the configuration information may be distributed as packages of one or more files, which describe the configuration to be applied to the integrated services. In some embodiments, a global registry may be used to identify and deploy the available add-ons, while in other embodiments, the add-ons may be deployed manually or in other custom manners.
US12167306B2	Vehicular ad-hoc network manager An ad-hoc network manager is provided. The vehicle includes a transceiver and one or more controllers of the host vehicle, in communication with the transceiver. The one or more controllers are programmed to receive connected messages from remote vehicles via the transceiver, and execute a message subservice configured to provide, to vehicle applications executed by the one or more controller, one or more events related to the received connected messages.
US12167302B2	System and method for rich short messaging service A method and system employing a rich short message service application (RSAPP) for creating and transmitting a rich message are provided. The rich message includes a message and a brand identity. The RSAPP receives a request to send a short message service (SMS) message to a mobile number of a user (MNU). The RSAPP processes the request to send the SMS message and determines whether the MNU is enabled on one or more rich messaging channels (RMCs). Upon determining that the MNU is enabled on the RMCs, the RSAPP creates and transmits the rich message to the MNU on the enabled RMCs. Upon determining that the MNU is not enabled on the RMCs, the RSAPP confirms whether a setting specifies transmission of the received SMS message to the MNU as a SMS message if the MNU is not enabled on the RMCs. and the RSAPP transmits the received SMS message as a SMS message to the MNU.
US12167301B2	Method and terminal for implementing communication Provided is a method performed by a terminal of performing communication, the method including generating a private call setup request message including a call identifier information element (IE), a caller IE, a callee IE, and a call type IE set to an emergency private call, based on receiving a user indication to upgrade a call to emergency call, wherein the terminal is in an in-progress private call state; setting a proximity-based services (ProSe) per-packet priority corresponding to the emergency private call; transmitting, to another terminal, the private call setup request message; starting a timer relating to private call request retransmission based on the emergency call setup request message; and entering an in-progress emergency private call state from the in-progress private call state.
US12167297B2	Location clustering and routing for 5G drive testing A computer system obtains information describing a geographical area segmented into multiple first clusters serviced by a telecommunications network. Multiple test locations are identified within the first clusters. Each test location is located within a grid of the geographical area. Each first cluster is recursively segmented into multiple second clusters until a difference between a number of test locations within each second cluster and a target number of test locations is less than a threshold number of test locations. A route is generated connecting test locations within each second cluster, using a routing application programming interface for performing drive testing of the telecommunications network. The computer system sends the route to one or more computer devices for performing the drive testing at the test locations in a sequence corresponding to the route.
US12167296B2	Information collecting method, communication control apparatus, and information collector apparatus A user terminal sends out an interest including text data and an image file for matching to an information centric network. When a server receives the interest from the user terminal, the server separates the image file for matching from the interest and sends out a simple interest that includes the text data and does not include the image file for matching and a complex interest that includes the image file for matching to the information centric network. A camera associates the text data included in the simple interest with the image file for matching included in the complex interest, executes a matching process for verifying whether any of the image files accumulated in the own device matches the image file for matching based on the criteria stipulated in the text data, and transmits a matching result report to the user terminal.
US12167294B2	Providing status of user devices associated with a biohazard A method includes identifying a first user device potentially associated with a biohazard and identifying a geographic area associated with the biohazard based on previous location information of the first user device. The method further includes identifying another user device potentially associated with the biohazard based on the geographic area associated with the biohazard and previous location information of the other user device. The method further includes issuing a safety notification to the other user device, where the safety notification includes one or more of the geographic area associated with the biohazard, a safety status request, a safety status level of the first user device, a subset of the previous location information of the first user device, and a subset of the previous location information of the other user device.
US12167291B2	Method for transmitting beam failure recovery request, method for receiving beam failure recovery request, terminal and base station The present disclosure provides a method for transmitting a beam failure recovery request, a method for transmitting receiving a beam failure recovery request, a terminal and a base station, the method for transmitting the beam failure recovery request is applied to the terminal and includes: determining at least one first target cell according to a preset priority rule when a beam failure event is detected; sending request information of beam failure recovery on the at least one first target cell.
US12167290B2	Method and apparatus for enabling offloading network traffic via a connected cellular device A process and/or apparatus capable of providing alternative communication channels for facilitating network communication is disclosed. The process, in some embodiments, maintains a primary link which facilitates network communication between various attached devices and content providers. After identifying a cellular and wireless capable (“CWC”) device, a hybrid function of the CWC device is activated for providing one or more overlay channels between through the CWC device creating a secondary link for communications between the various attached devices and content providers. The process is then capable of offloading network traffic between the primary link and the secondary link, for example, based on the types of the network traffic.
US12167286B2	Interruption and measurement exception with SMTC2-LP in idle and inactive RRM Systems and methods disclosed herein describe the use of synchronization signal/physical broadcast channel block measurement time configuration (SMTC) 2 low power (SMTC2-LP) configuration(s). For cell measurements, a UE may determine that an SMTC2-LP configuration for one or more carriers of one or more target cells is known, determine a periodicity of SMTC occasions of the carrier(s) based on data found in the SMTC2-LP configuration(s), and cancel a cell measurement of an inter-frequency cell based at least in part on the periodicity of the SMTC occasion(s). For cell re-selection, a UE may determine that an SMTC2-LP configuration for a carrier being used at a target cell is known and that a physical cell identity (PCI) of the target cell is found in data of the SMTC2-LP configuration, determine a maximum paging interruption time using this periodicity, and perform a cell reselection to the target cell within this time.
US12167285B2	Method and apparatus for managing SCells during a conditional PCell handover in a wireless communication system A method and apparatus for managing SCells during a conditional PCell handover in a wireless communication system is provided. A wireless device receives, from the source PCell, a handover command including a PCell condition for a target PCell. The handover command includes at least one of Secondary Cell (SCell) conditions for target SCells. A wireless device evaluates the SCell conditions for the target SCells upon determining that the PCell condition for the target PCell is met. A wireless device transmits, to the target PCell, a handover complete message including result of the evaluation of the SCell conditions for the target SCells.
US12167284B2	Multi-operator radio access network A processing system of a radio access network may obtain an attach request from a user equipment to the radio access network, identify a first cellular core network of a first mobile network operator associated with the user equipment from among a plurality of cellular core networks of a plurality of mobile network operators in communication with the radio access network, generate a first record that includes an identifier of the user equipment, at least one quality class indicator, and at least one radio access network resource utilization metric for a utilization of the radio access network by the user equipment associated with the at least one quality class indicator, and transmit the first record to at least one of: the first cellular core network of the first mobile network operator or a second cellular core network of a second mobile network operator of the plurality of network operators.
US12167280B2	Method and apparatus for resource allocation for EMBB/URLLC The present application is related to a method and apparatus for resource allocation for EMBB/URLLC in 3GPP 5G technology. A method for resource allocation performed by abase station (BS) includes: transmitting, to a user equipment (UE), signaling indicating non-available resource on a carrier, wherein the non-available resource is reserved for a specific type of communication; and transmitting, to the UE, an indicator indicating allocated resource for transmitting data on the carrier, wherein the allocated resource includes at least part of the non-available resource.
US12167278B2	Puncturing information indication method and communication apparatus This disclosure discloses puncturing information indication methods and communication apparatuses. In an implementation, a method comprises generating a physical layer protocol data unit (PPDU) comprising a preamble, wherein the preamble comprises a universal-SIG (U-SIG) field, wherein the U-SIG field comprises mode indication information and preamble puncturing status indication information, and wherein the preamble puncturing status indication information indicates a preamble puncturing status corresponding to a mode indicated by the mode indication information, and sending the PPDU.
US12167277B2	Enforcing differential policies on user traffic in a 5G/EPC environment with congestion avoidance and real time policy enforcement A method of configuring a user plane function node in, e.g., a fifth generation mobile core architecture to process user plane traffic without reliance on control messages over the Sx/N4 or Gx/N7 interfaces. The method includes detecting a type of user traffic at a user plane function node in, e.g., a fifth generation mobile core architecture, selecting, on the user plane function node and based on the type of user traffic, a rule to be applied to the user traffic, and activating the rule to be applied to the user traffic. The approach reduces or eliminates north-south control traffic in CUPS architecture or 5G mobile core architecture.
US12167276B2	Transport protocol for latency sensitive applications The described technology is generally directed towards a transport protocol for latency sensitive applications. The disclosed transport protocol is “semi-reliable” in that it allows for specification of an importance of data being transmitted, thereby allowing important data to be sent reliably, while other data can be dropped if necessary, e.g., under bad network conditions. A deadline can be specified for such other data, and if the other data cannot be sent prior to the deadline, it can be dropped. Furthermore, the disclosed transport protocol can allow for early discovery of network jitter. A client device can send regular acknowledgments which identify most recently received data packets as well as a number of “heartbeat transmissions” received at the client device. A server device can use the acknowledgments to discover and respond to jitter.
US12167275B2	TSN and 5GS QoS mapping—a user plane based method Systems and methods are disclosed herein that relate to Quality of Service (QoS) mapping in a cellular communications system that operates as a Time Sensitive Networking (TSN) bridge. In one embodiment, a method of operation of a Session Management Function (SMF) in a cellular communications system that operates as a bridge for a TSN system comprises obtaining a QoS mapping table that maps TSN traffic classes to QoS flows within the cellular communications system and distributing at least a part of the QoS mapping table to a User Plane Function (UPF) or a TSN Translator (TT) at the UPF side. In this manner, QoS mapping is provided. Corresponding embodiments of an SMF and a network node that implements an SMF are also disclosed. Embodiments of method of operation of an Application Function (AF) and corresponding embodiments of an AF and a network node that implements an AF are also disclosed.
US12167274B2	Reflective QoS enhancements Apparatuses, systems, and methods for Reflective Quality of Service (RQoS) enhancements. Methods may include enhancements for both UE behavior and network function behavior. Network function behaviors may include enhancements to UPF behavior and SPF behavior. Enhancements to RQoS may include methods for resetting an RQoS indicator (RQI) bit for downlink packets of a flow destined for a UE, methods for generating a flow ID to include in a SDAP header destined for a UE, methods for using the flow ID to limit L3 and L4 header parsing, methods for sending/receiving feedback regarding processing of the RQI bit, methods for maintaining a QFI mapping table, methods for skipping parsing of SDAP header fields, methods for specifying and signaling a QoS Flow Identifier (QFI) range to a UE, methods for limiting downlink header parsing, methods for updating a QFI, and methods for performing high efficiency RQoS processing.
US12167270B2	Method and apparatus for supporting carrier aggregation in wireless communication system An idle mode measurement method performed by a user equipment (UE) includes receiving measurement configuration information in a radio resource control (RRC) idle mode; performing measurement in the RRC idle mode, based on the measurement configuration information; receiving a UEInformationRequest message for requesting a result of the measurement in the RRC idle mode; and transmitting a UEInformationResponse message including the result of the measurement in the RRC idle mode.
US12167267B2	Radio resource management scaling factor enhancement without measurement gaps Some embodiments include a system, method, and computer program product for radio resource management (RRM) scaling factor enhancement without measurement gaps (MGs) in an E-UTRA-New Radio (NR) Dual Connectivity (EN-DC) network. Some embodiments include a user equipment (UE) that receives from a Primary Node (PN), a first NR measurement object (MO) without MG associated with a frequency. The UE receives from a Secondary Node (SN), a second NR MO without MG associated with the same frequency. The UE allocates resources based on a Primary Secondary Component Carrier (PSCC) and determines a scaling factor for determining a total procedure period for obtaining measurements to satisfy the first and the second NR MO without MG. Some embodiments include combining counts of NR MO without MG at a same frequency. Some embodiments include coordination between the PN and the SN so that MOs without MG at a common frequency satisfy the merging rule.
US12167262B2	Method and device for performing RLM in NR V2X Provided are a method for a first device to perform wireless communication, and a device supporting same. The method may comprise: a step for receiving, from a second device, a plurality of reference signals or N SCIs through N channels; a step for determining, on the basis of at least one among the sequence of the plurality of reference signals and the N SCIs, the number or ratio of channels that have failed in reception; and a step for performing radio link monitoring (RLM) on the basis of the number or ratio of channels that have failed in reception. N may be a positive integer.
US12167260B2	Generating a core instance at a first access network core configurator to facilitate operation of a second access network Generating a core instance via a first access network device of a first access network, wherein the core instance facilitates operation of a second access network via a second access network device of the second access network is disclosed. Generally, implementing a core network can be highly resource intensive, e.g., high labor, equipment, and monetary costs. The level of resources that are conventionally committed in developing a core instance can be a significant barrier for many small or medium sized entities. The disclosed subject matter discloses a configuration component that can generate a core instance that can be performed at a remotely located access network. In an embodiment, a remotely implemented core instance can be updatable. Further, in response to a remotely implemented core instance failing to perform, a monitoring component can facilitate a failover operation.
US12167254B2	Network assisted discovery for wireless communication According to an example aspect of the present invention, there is provided a method, including receiving, from a radio access network device, a beam sweeping configuration indicative of spatial limitation in relation to a reference, and performing beam sweeping configured spatially based on the received beam sweeping configuration for extending connectivity via the network device outside coverage of the network device.
US12167252B2	Beamforming architecture capability signaling Various aspects of the present disclosure generally relate to wireless communication. In some aspects, a network device may transmit, to a base station, an indication of a capability of a beamforming architecture of the network device. The network device may communicate with the base station based at least in part on the capability of the beamforming architecture of the network device. Numerous other aspects are described.
US12167251B2	RF certification system and method A method and system of certifying RF coverage in a structure. A grid is superimposed on a floor plan of a structure to be certified. Each sector in the grid is given an identifier. A test unit is placed in one of the sectors. An RF test signal is transmitted from the test unit to a base unit located outside the structure. The RF test signal as received by the base unit is analyzed to determine whether it is satisfactory. An RF reply signal is transmitted from the base unit to the test unit. The reply signal as received by the test unit is analyzed to determine whether it is satisfactory. This process is repeated for each sector of the grid.
US12167248B2	Interference coordination in licensed shared radio frequency spectrum Methods, systems, and devices for wireless communications are described in which wireless nodes may use licensed shared radio frequency spectrum band for communications and one or more neighboring networks may use a same licensed shared radio frequency spectrum band. A second network of the one or more neighboring networks may have priority of use of the licensed shared radio frequency spectrum band within a particular geographic area. Disclosed techniques provide that nodes of each network may indicate an identification of the network, a network priority, or both, in over-the-air signaling. Wireless nodes may determine if another neighboring network is present based on the over-the-air signaling, may determine whether the other network has a higher priority, and may adjust one or more transmissions in the event that a higher priority network is identified, such as through reducing transmission power.
US12167245B2	System, method, and apparatus for providing optimized network resources Systems, methods, and apparatuses for providing optimization of network resources. The system is operable to monitor the electromagnetic environment, analyze the electromagnetic environment, and extract environmental awareness of the electromagnetic environment. The system extracts the environmental awareness of the electromagnetic environment by including customer goals. The system is operable to use the environmental awareness with the customer goals and/or user defined policies and rules to extract actionable information to help the customer optimize the network resources.
US12167242B2	Detecting malicious small cells based on a connectivity schedule A method performed by a network node that generates a schedule of communication exchanges between the network node and a small cell of a telecommunications network. The schedule is unique for the small cell among multiple small cells and sets times for sending status signals to the small cell and receiving counterpart response signals from the small cell. When the network node detects non-compliance with the schedule, the network node can begin to monitor the small cell for anomalous activity. Upon detecting that the anomalous activity includes malicious activity, the network node can communicate with the small cell wirelessly to deauthorize the small cell.
US12167241B2	Enhanced authorization in cellular communication networks According to an example aspect of the present invention, there is provided an apparatus comprising means for receiving from a requesting network function, by a network repository function, an access token request, wherein the access token request is related to a network function consumer requesting access to a service provided by a network function producer and comprises an identity of a vendor of the network function consumer requesting access to the service, means for verifying by the network repository function, based at least on the identity of the vendor of the network function consumer, that the network function consumer is allowed to access the service and means for transmitting to the requesting network function, by the network repository function, an access token upon successful verification, wherein the access token generated and signed by the network repository function comprises the identity of the vendor of the network function consumer and an identity of the vendor of the network function producer.
US12167239B2	Identity authentication method and apparatus A method comprises generating, based on identity information of a user by an identity management server, a temporary privacy identity identifier of a terminal device, receiving, from the terminal device, a network access request comprising the temporary privacy identity identifier, generating an authentication key of the temporary privacy identity identifier based on the temporary privacy identity identifier and a primary identity authentication key of a domain to which the terminal device belongs, generating a first message based on the temporary privacy identity identifier and the authentication key, sending the first message to the terminal device, receiving a second message from the terminal device based on the first message, performing authentication on the second message based on the temporary privacy identity identifier and the authentication key, and allowing access to a network device by the terminal device after the authentication succeeds.
US12167238B2	Establishment of battery-free insert access to secure network A method is provided for establishing secure network communication for a wireless network module of a battery-free insert. The method includes establishing communication with a low security module of an access point of a secure network, wherein a timestamp is not used to establish the communication with the low security module, obtaining a timestamp from the low security module, discontinuing communication with the low security module, and sending a request to a high security module to establish communication with the high security module of the access point. The request includes the timestamp. Communication is established with the high security module using the timestamp for establishing high security communication with the secure network.
US12167230B2	Data forwarding in MR-DC with 5GC operations involving SN change Apparatuses, systems, and methods for a network node to inter-connect with a first secondary node (SN) within a core network. The network node may be a master node and may serve a UE. The first SN may be a source SN. The network node may initiate a change from the first SN to a second SN, which may be a target SN. The network mode may determine data forwarding from the first SN to the second SN and may request, from the first SN, data forwarding intentions prior to initiating the change from the first SN to a second first SN to the second SN. The network node may send, to the first SN, data forwarding instructions (e.g., based, at least in part, on the data forwarding intentions of the first SN) and the data forwarding instructions may include a requirement for the first SN to follow the data forwarding instructions.
US12167224B2	Systems and methods for dynamic spatial separation of sound objects Sound objects are identified within a content item and location metadata is extracted from the content item for each sound object. A reference layout is generated, relative to a user position, for the sound objects based on the location metadata. If a first sound object is within a threshold angle, relative to the user position, from a second sound object, a virtual position of either the first sound object or the second sound object is adjusted by an adjustment angle.
US12167223B2	Real-time low-complexity stereo speech enhancement with spatial cue preservation Real-time low-complexity stereo speech enhancement with spatial cue preservation may be performed. A stereo speech enhancement system receives a stereo input signal (e.g., a left and right input signal). The stereo speech enhancement system estimates spatial cues for a target speaker and downmixes the stereo input signal into a monaural signal. A low-complexity model may then process the monaural signal to generate an enhanced monaural signal. The stereo speech enhancement system upmixes the enhanced monaural signal based on the estimated spatial cues for the target speaker, to generate an enhanced stereo output signal.
US12167220B2	Audio representation and associated rendering An apparatus for immersive audio communication including circuitry configured to: receive at least a first audio data stream and a second audio data stream, wherein at least one of the first and second audio stream includes a spatial audio stream to enable immersive audio during a communication; determine a type of each of the first and second audio streams to identify which of the received first and second audio data streams the spatial audio stream; process the second audio data stream with at least one parameter dependent on the determined type; and render the first audio data stream and the processed second audio data stream.
US12167213B2	Audio circuit, and reproduction method of DSD signal The audio circuit has a volume circuit structured to process a DSD signal that contains DSD data and a DSD clock. The volume circuit has a first shift register and a replacement circuit. The first shift register holds N bits of the DSD data. The replacement circuit replaces (N−M) bits (0≤M≤N) corresponding to a gain set value, out of N bits stored in the first shift register, with a mute bit string having a mark rate of substantially 50%.
US12167207B2	Electronic module for a hearing device The present disclosure relates to an electronic module for a hearing device. The electronic module comprises at least one electronic component for a hearing device and an embedding material covering the electronic component. The electronic component comprises at least one restricted area which is free from the embedding material. The restricted area is surrounded at least partially by a zone and the zone is covered by an attaching material. The attaching material covering the zone has a mold part formed by molding and freely formed edge facing the restricted area.
US12167205B2	Linear transducer in a flapping and bending apparatus A component of a bone conduction device, such as a passive transcutaneous bone conduction device or an active transcutaneous bone conduction device, or a percutaneous bone conduction device, used to evoke a hearing percept comprising a housing and a bender apparatus located in the housing, wherein the bender apparatus is a device of a piezoelectric bender.
US12167203B2	Hearing aid device A hearing aid device includes at least one user input unit for controlling an operation mode of the hearing aid device, at least one signal line connecting the at least one user input unit with a control unit for controlling the hearing aid device, and an antenna module comprising at least two electrically conductive and electrically connectable layers forming a layered structure. The at least one user input unit is arranged at one of the layers of the antenna module, and the at least one signal line is provided at an inner surface of one of the layers facing one other layer.
US12167199B2	Mobile phone based hearing loss correction system A hearing loss correction system which is mobile compatible and comprises of a mechanism, wherein the mobile device module when in the OFF condition is used as a hearing assistive and amplification device. The hearing loss correction system comprises a microphone unit, a speaker unit and a mobile phone inbuilt application processor to operatively connect the microphone unit with the speaker unit for recording environmental sound signal though the microphone unit and storage free direct streaming of said recorded sound signal to the speaker unit upon real time amplification and background noise suppression.
US12167195B2	Hearing device or system comprising a noise control system A hearing system comprises a hearing device, e.g. a hearing aid or a headset, configured to be worn by a user. The hearing device comprises at least one input transducer for providing at least one electric input signal representative of sound in the environment of the hearing device, wherein said at least one electric input signal comprises a target signal component assumed to be of current interest to the user, and a noise component. The hearing device further comprises a noise control system configured to provide an estimate of said target signal component and an estimate of said noise component and to apply a statistical structure to said noise component to thereby provide a modified noise component comprising said statistical structure; and to determine a modified estimate of said target signal component in dependence of said modified noise component. Thereby an improved segregation of sound sources may be provided.
US12167192B2	System and method for operation of a headset with an adaptive clamping force A headset device comprising a headband and an earcup housing having a speaker and an earcup cushion operatively coupled to a cushion cradle axially movable in the earcup housing, a pressure sensor in the earcup cushion to measure clamping force of the headset device on the user's head and a microcontroller executing code instructions of a clamping force control system to determine whether the measured clamping force of the headset device is within a clamping force threshold range. The headset device includes a magnetic headset force adjustment system having a fixed magnet operatively coupled to the axially movable cushion cradle and a current-controlled magnet to adjust clamping force by providing current to the current-controlled magnet to generate a repelling or attractive magnetic force to urge the cushion cradle toward or away from the user's head and adjust the clamping force of the headset device on the user's head.
US12167191B2	Wearable electronic device and operation method thereof A wearable electronic device including a speaker and a microphone is configured to: generate a detection signal to detect whether a sound leakage occurs, receive, through the microphone, a feedback signal in which a signal obtained by outputting the detection signal into an ear canal of a user through the speaker is collected, calculate a difference value between the feedback signal and the detection signal, and correct a playback sound output by the wearable electronic device based on the difference value.
US12167190B2	Acoustic port cover Presented herein are acoustic port covers for attachment to electronic devices. An electronic device includes a housing having at least one acoustic port extending through the housing. An acoustic port cover in accordance with embodiments presented herein is configured to be detachably coupled to the housing so as to cover the at least one acoustic port and function as a barrier to the accumulation of foreign materials/contaminants at a protective membrane associated with the at least one acoustic port.
US12167187B2	Quick connect speaker assemblies and related systems and methods A quick connect speaker assembly includes: a speaker; a coupler configured to be coupled to the speaker; and a stake including a body having first and second end portions and defining a channel, with the first end portion including an attachment feature. The stake is configured to slidably receive the coupler in the channel at the first end portion and the attachment feature is configured to attach the coupler and the speaker to the stake in an installed position.
US12167185B1	Ultra-wideband wireless photonic integrated antenna system A radio frequency (RF) beam transmission component having optical inputs and electrical outputs may include a wavelength selective switch (WSS) that has a plurality of optical WSS outputs. Each optical WSS output may be configured to transmit one or more wavelengths of the incoming optical signals. The RF beam transmission component may include a plurality of photodetectors (PD), each photodetector having an optical PD input coupled to one or more of said plurality of optical WSS outputs and a corresponding electrical output of a plurality of PD electrical outputs. The RF beam transmission component may further include a lens that has a plurality of electrical inputs and each electrical input may be electrically coupled to at least one of the plurality of electrical PD outputs. The lens may further have a plurality of electrical lens output ports.
US12167179B2	Projection device and method of controlling projection device A projection device includes a display panel including a plurality of OLEDs that emit light in a predetermined direction, and an optical path shift element that shifts an optical path of light emitted from the plurality of light emitting elements. The display panel turns on the plurality of OLEDs in a light emission sub-frame, turns off the plurality of OLEDs in a vertical scanning blanking period, and turns on the plurality of OLEDs in a light emission sub-frame, and the optical path shift element fixes the optical path in the light emission sub-frame and shifts the optical path in the vertical scanning blanking period.
US12167173B2	Video monitoring apparatus, control method thereof, and computer readable medium A position and pose determination unit (103) is configured to determine a position and an pose of the video acquisition unit (110) in such a way that a level of hiding caused by overlapping of objects becomes low based on environmental object information indicating an environmental object including a structural object present in the monitored area and a placed object placed in the structural object, and staying characteristic information indicating a staying characteristic of the object determined depending on the environmental object. The analysis and display unit (111) is configured to perform at least one of analyzing a video captured by the video acquisition unit (103) at the position and the pose determined by the position and pose determination unit (110) and displaying the video.
US12167169B1	Systems and methods to optimize video streaming using digital avatars A digital avatar system can process video streams and generate synthetic video with a digital avatar. The digital avatar provides the appearance of a participant from the video stream talking and one or more of performing various behaviors or actions consistent with the participant's behavior when they are live streamed. A digital avatar system can detect triggering events during a live stream and automatically switch to an avatar mode.
US12167167B1	Application-based control of devices within an environment A mapping between environments and devices included therein may be maintained, such that a configuration of each environment is known. Upon detecting that a user is within an environment, and based on a current device state of devices within the environment, an application may be generated and presented to the user via a corresponding user device. The application may allow the user to activate and control the devices within the environment. In particular, the application may depict selectable controls that correspond to functions or operations associated with the different devices within the environment. The application may also be dynamically updated based on an updated current device state of the devices.
US12167166B2	Multi-channel image receiving device and method A multi-channel image receiving method includes receiving, from a network camera supporting a plurality of channels, access information for registering a first channel among the plurality of channels and profile information on a second channel other than the first channel, registering the first channel as a regular channel by using the access information, registering the second channel as a virtual channel by using the profile information, requesting the network camera to transmit an image through the second channel by using the profile information, and receiving and storing the image transmitted from the network camera through the second channel.
US12167160B2	Method, apparatus and system for implementing video conference, and storage medium Provided is a method for implementing a video conference. The method includes: acquiring layout information of a conference picture of the video conference, wherein the layout information comprises: information of at least two conferee regions in the conference picture, and information of corresponding relationships between the at least two conferee regions and at least two terminals involved in the video conference; sending the information of the corresponding conferee regions to the at least two terminals; receiving conferee multimedia data provided by the at least two terminals based on the information of the corresponding conferee regions; acquiring conference video data based on the conferee multimedia data; and sending the conference video data to the at least two terminals.
US12167159B2	Machine learning driven teleprompter Techniques performed by a data processing system for a machine learning driven teleprompter include displaying a teleprompter transcript associated with a presentation on a display of a computing device associated with a presenter; receiving audio content of the presentation including speech of the presenter in which the presenter is reading the teleprompter transcript; analyzing the audio content of the presentation using a first machine learning model to obtain a real-time textual translation of the audio content, the first machine learning model being a natural language processing model trained to receive audio content including speech and to translate the audio content into a textual representation of the speech; analyzing the real-time textual representation and the teleprompter transcript with a second machine learning model to obtain transcript position information; and automatically scrolling the teleprompter transcript on the display of the computing device based on the transcript position information.
US12167158B2	Analog-to-digital converting circuit for decreasing decision delay and operation method thereof An analog-to-digital converting circuit includes a first amplifier configured to output a first output signal by comparing a pixel signal output from a pixel array with a ramp signal, and a second amplifier configured to generate a second output signal based on the first output signal. The second amplifier includes a first transistor configured to provide a power supply voltage to a first output node in response to the first output signal, a second transistor connected with a capacitor through a bias node, wherein the second transistor is configured to turn on in response to an auto-zero signal, a current source connected with the first transistor through the first output node, the current source configured to generate a power current based on a voltage level of the bias node, and a third transistor connected with the current source.
US12167157B2	Image sensor and operating method thereof Disclosed is an image sensor including a plurality of selection circuits each suitable for receiving two clock signals among an input clock signal and a plurality of delayed clock signals, and outputting, as each of a plurality of selection clock signals, one selection clock signal between the two clock signals on the basis of a control signal; and a plurality of buffer circuits suitable for generating the plurality of delayed clock signals on the basis of the plurality of selection clock signals outputted from the plurality of selection circuits.
US12167154B2	Comparator, ad converter, photoelectric conversion device, imaging system, and movable object A disclosed comparator includes a comparison circuit including a differential unit that compares an input signal with a reference signal and changes a level of a signal output to a first node in accordance with a result of comparison and an amplifier unit that includes a load element and outputs a signal in accordance with a potential of the first node to a second node, and a positive feedback circuit that is connected to the second node and a third node and changes a level of a signal at the third node at a rate higher than a change rate of a level of a signal at the second node in accordance with a change in a level of a signal at the second node.
US12167153B2	Dynamic vision sensor color camera A dynamic vision sensor (DVS) color camera (DVS-CCam) operable to acquire a color image of a scene, the DVS-CCam including a DVS photosensor comprising DVS pixels, an illuminator operable to transmit a light pattern characterized by temporal changes in intensity and color to illuminate a scene, an optical system configured to collect and focus on the pixels of the DVS photosensor light reflected by features in the scene from the light pattern transmitted by the illuminator, and a processor configured to process DVS signals generated by the DVS pixels responsive to temporal changes in the reflected light to provide a color image of the scene.
US12167150B2	Electronic device and method for spatial synchronization of videos An electronic device is provided that determines initial three-dimensional (3D) coordinates of a lighting device. The electronic device controls an emission of light from the lighting device based on control signals. The emitted light includes at least one of a pattern of alternating light pulses or a continuous light pulse. The electronic device controls a plurality of imaging devices to capture a first plurality of images that include information about the emitted light. Based on the determined initial 3D coordinates and the information about the emitted light included in the first plurality of images, the electronic device estimates a plurality of rotation values and a plurality of translation values of each imaging device. Based on the plurality of rotation values and the plurality of translation values, the electronic device applies a simultaneous localization and mapping process for each imaging device, for spatial synchronization of the plurality of imaging devices.
US12167145B2	Processing circuit analyzing image data and generating final image data A processing circuitry is configured to generate a first analysis result based on a size of a partial area of a target area when the partial area is captured by only one of a first sensor or a second sensor, based on first image data for the target area captured by the first sensor and second image data for the target area captured by the second sensor, and generate first final image data or second final image data by using the first image data and the second image data, based on the first analysis result. A difference between the first final image data and the second final image data is based on a difference between a first characteristic of the first sensor and a second characteristic of the second sensor.
US12167142B2	Apparatus including a photographic sensor In an embodiment an apparatus includes a scanning photographic sensor configured to acquire an image, according to an integration time of the sensor, of a scene illuminated with periodically emitted light pulses by a source, so that the image has a regular succession of bands with different luminosities when the integration time of the sensor is different from a period of the light pulses, a processor configured to generate a signature vector representative of the regular succession of bands with different luminosities being present in the image acquired by the photographic sensor, wherein the signature vector is independent of a reflectance of an objects of the scene and of a level of light in the scene, determine a frequency of the bands in the image on basis of the generated signature vector and determine the period of the pulses of the source on basis of the determined frequency of the bands in the image, and a controller configured to adjust the integration time of the photographic sensor so that the integration time is a multiple of the determined period of the light pulses of the source.
US12167140B2	Hyper camera with shared mirror This disclosure is related to positioning one or more glass plates between an image sensor and lens of a camera in a scanning camera system; determining plate rotation rates and plate rotation angles based on one of characteristics of the camera, characteristics and positioning of the one or more glass plates, and relative dynamics of the camera and the object area; and rotating the one or more glass plates about one or more predetermined axes based on corresponding plate rotation rates and plate rotation angles.
US12167137B2	Method and device for generating a panoramic image A method for generating a panoramic image is disclosed. The method includes receiving a three-dimensional model of a target space and an initial panoramic image of the target space, the initial panoramic image having a latitude span less than a preset latitude span; determining a first set of coordinate parameters of a camera associated with the initial panoramic image and with respect to a reference frame associated with the three-dimensional model; mapping, based on the first set of coordinate parameters of the camera, data points of the three-dimensional model to a camera coordinate system associated with the camera to obtain an intermediate panoramic image; and obtaining a final panoramic image by merging the initial panoramic image and the intermediate panoramic image, the final panoramic image having a latitude span greater than or equal to the preset latitude span.
US12167132B2	Systems and methods for dynamically stabilizing videos A video may be captured by an image capture device. A stabilized view of the video may be generated by using a punchout of the video. The shape and/or size of the punchout may be dynamically changed based on stabilization performance of the video. The shape and/or size of the punchout may be changed when the punchout is moving within the video. The shape and/or size of the punchout may not be changed when the punchout is not moving within the video.
US12167129B2	Video monitoring using a hierarchical combination of camera sensors An apparatus includes a primary camera sensor configured to capture images having a first resolution, a primary processing circuit configured to process images captured by the primary camera sensor, a secondary camera sensor configured to capture images having a second resolution, and a secondary processing circuit configured to process images captured by the secondary camera sensor. In response to a determination that a particular object of interest is included in a particular image, the secondary processing circuit may be further configured to cause the primary processing circuit and the primary camera sensor to exit a reduced power mode. The primary camera sensor may be further configured, in response to the exiting, to capture a different image. The primary processing circuit may also be configured to process the different image to validate the particular object of interest.
US12167128B2	Image pickup apparatus, accessory, control method of image pickup apparatus, control method of accessory, and storage medium An image pickup apparatus to which an accessory is attachable includes a control unit communicable with the accessory, and configured to store information on power suppliable to the accessory and to acquire from the accessory at least one of information on the power required by the accessory, information on a power source for the accessory, and information on charge control of a battery provided in the accessory.
US12167125B2	Active camera relocation method having robustness to illumination The present disclosure discloses an active camera relocation method having robustness to illumination includes the following steps: extracting effective plane region image sets of scenes in a current observation image T and a reference observation image R; establishing a matching relationship in the effective plane region image sets T and R; obtaining a camera relative pose Pi guided by each group of matched planes; obtaining information for guiding the motion of a camera by fusing all camera relative poses Pi; determining whether a relocation process is completed by motion steps.
US12167124B2	Electronic device for providing camera preview and method therefor A foldable electronic device may include: a foldable housing foldable along at least one axis; a first display disposed on a first surface of the foldable housing; a second display disposed on a second surface of the foldable housing; a first camera; a second camera; at least one sensor; a memory; and a processor. The processor may be configured to: provide a first preview to the first display by using the first camera in a folded state; receive a region configuration input for the first preview through the first display; after the reception of the region configuration input, sense unfolding of the foldable electronic device by using the at least one sensor; and provide a second preview corresponding to the region configuration input through the second display by using the second camera in an unfolded state. In addition, various other embodiments can be understood through the specification.
US12167122B2	Personal care device with camera A personal care system having a treatment device for applying a treatment to the skin or hair of a user is provided. The treatment device has a camera for taking an image of the skin. The system may include or be in communication with an application programming interface (API) that can process the image. The system or an associated API can recommend the use of treatment regimens or topical products according to information determined from the digital image of the skin.
US12167113B1	Enclosure for a video camera and light An enclosure for a video camera and light, the enclosure including a housing; an internal body secured within the housing; one or more connections extending from the housing; an end plate secured to the housing, a first window extending through the end plate; and a second window extending through the end plate; an end cap secured to a second end of the housing and to seal the internal body within the housing; a video recorder positioned within the internal body and positioned such that a field of view extends out of the first window; a light positioned within the internal body, the light being independent of the video recorder and positioned such that a beam of light extends out of the second window and parallel with the field of view; a magnet holder extending from the housing; and a magnet within the magnet holder and engaged magnetically with a switch associated with the light; dislodging the magnet from the magnet holder causes the switch to activate the light.
US12167112B2	Outdoor camera assembly The various implementations described herein include a video camera assembly that includes: (1) a housing; (2) an image sensor encased in the housing and configured to capture activity of the smart home environment; (3) a wireless radio configured to transmit video frames captured by the image sensor to an electronic device via a remote server; (4) at least one infrared transmitter configured to selectively illuminate the smart home environment; (5) one or more circuit boards encased in the housing, the one or more circuit boards including at least one processor mounted thereon; and (6) a heating component coupled to the image sensor, the heating component configured to continuously maintain the image sensor at a temperature above a threshold temperature while the image sensor is capturing the activity of the smart home environment.
US12167111B2	Camera module including an optical member A camera module according to an embodiment of the present invention comprises: a circuit board; a light source and an image sensor arranged on the circuit board; a housing arranged on the circuit board; an optical member arranged on the light source and including an electrode; and a conductive portion which is arranged in the housing and electrically connects the electrode of the optical member to the circuit board.
US12167106B2	Image capture apparatus, control method therefor, image processing apparatus, and image processing system An image capture apparatus obtains image data captured using an image sensor and then generates, as metadata, information relating to a state of the image capture apparatus at the time of capturing the image data as well as to the image data. The image capture apparatus comprises a first output circuit for outputting the image data in a first format to an external apparatus and a second output circuit for outputting a part of the metadata in a second format to the external apparatus. The second output circuit is from the first output circuit.
US12167103B2	Delivery forecast computing apparatus for display and streaming video advertising A forecast for compatible advertisement opportunities, compatible with a class of advertisements, that will be available over a future time period is generated. For a content item associated with one or more advertisement opportunities, one or more compatible advertisement opportunities of the one or more advertisement opportunities are determined based on characteristics of the class of advertisements. Expected output of the content item over the future time period may be determined from historical data of output of other content items similar to the content item, and may be adjusted based on additional information, such as actual output of the content item. The forecast may be generated from the compatible advertisement opportunities associated with the content item and the expected output of the content item.
US12167102B2	Multicast in the probe channel Systems, apparatuses, and methods for processing multi-cast messages are disclosed. A system includes at least one or more processing units, one or more memory controllers, and a communication fabric coupled to the processing unit(s) and the memory controller(s). The communication fabric includes a plurality of crossbars which connect various agents within the system. When a multi-cast message is received by a crossbar, the crossbar extracts a message type indicator and a recipient type indicator from the message. The crossbar uses the message type indicator to determine which set of masks to lookup using the recipient type indicator. Then, the crossbar determines which one or more masks to extract from the selected set of masks based on values of the recipient type indicator. The crossbar combines the one or more masks with a multi-cast route to create a port vector for determining on which ports to forward the multi-cast message.
US12167098B2	Systems and methods for updating user interface element display properties based on user history Systems and methods for generating for display an interactive interface based on user history are provided. A first media asset and second media asset share a common attribute but are displayed with different display properties because the first media asset is included in the viewing history of the user while the second media asset is not. This display property may include moving the first media asset to a different portion of the guide.
US12167097B2	Systems and methods for facilitating content discovery based on augmented context Method, systems, and computer-readable media are provided to facilitate content discovery based on augmented context. A first set of images of a graphical display may be acquired and analyzed to identify visual characteristics of an object represented. Attributes of the object may be identified. Specifications may be transmitted to the television receiver and/or a remote data source in order to pull matching information. A user-selectable interface element may be generated for presentation as an option to take an action relating to the object represented. A visual output of the interface element may be output as an overlay on the first set and/or a second set of images displayed by the computing device. A user selection responsive to the outputting of the visual output of the at interface element may be processed. A communication may be transmitted to the television receiver to cause the action responsive to the user selection.
US12167094B2	Intelligent media content playback The disclosed technology is directed towards creating a media content presentation for playback, based on user specified input criteria and playback instructions. A user specifies input criteria related to media source data. The media source data is accessed, and further based on the input criterion, matching segments (e.g., scenes and audio) are determined from metadata information that describes the segments; the media playback content is generated from the matching segments. A user may also specify criteria/instructions that describe how to play the matching segments, such as in linear order, or based on relative relevance such as scene impactfulness. A matching scene can be repeated, and/or augmented with annotation data. For any matching scene or transition between two matching scenes, specified playback speed and audio volume can be specified and applied. As part of generation, the media content presentation can be fit to a specified time constraint.
US12167093B2	Systems and methods for providing timeline of content items on a user interface The methods and systems described herein provide timelines of content segments on a user interface. In one example, the methods and systems generate for display a first content item, determine a current portion of the first content item and determine a related content segment that is related to the current portion of the first content item such that the related segment is from a second content item. The methods and systems also generate for simultaneous display a first timeline of the first content item, an indicator that indicates a location of the current portion on the first timeline, a second time of the second content item and a segment indicator that indicates location of the related content segment on the second timeline. The methods and systems further receive a selection of the related content segment.
US12167092B2	Cloud-based video user interfaces Playback devices can support playing back audio content of audio-visual content received from a media service, while corresponding video content is synchronously played back on a video display device. In some examples, the device can cause the video display device to display a graphical user interface that includes a plurality of media services associated with a user account, receive a user selection for media playback of audio-visual content from one of the media services, transmit a request for the user-selected audio-visual content to the selected media service, and receive audio and video content of the audio-visual content.
US12167091B2	Content viewing tracking This application describes methods, systems, and apparatus for allowing a user to easily determine whether the user and/or other user(s) have viewed content. For example, a program guide may display one or more graphics associated with the content (e.g., a movie poster), and in response to determining whether the user has viewed the content, the program guide may include an indication of whether the user has viewed the content. The program guide may include indications associated with multiple users (e.g., different colors, icons, graphics, or text). The program guide may filter the content based on whether the user has viewed the content (e.g., only display content the user has not viewed). A computing device storing the content may manage recording of the content based on whether the user has viewed the content (e.g., delete the recording if the user has viewed the content). A viewing history of the user may be maintained.
US12167090B2	System, method and computer-readable medium for recommending streaming data The present disclosure relates to a system, a method and a computer-readable tangible non-transitory medium for recommending live streaming data. The method includes identifying a set of live streaming programs according to an attribute of the user and a tag of each live streaming program in the set of live streaming programs, generating a first subset of live streaming programs from the set of live streaming programs according to a first criterion, and generating a second subset of live streaming programs from the set of live streaming programs according to a second criterion. The first criterion is different from the second criterion. The present disclosure can recommend contents in a more efficient way and increase user engagements.
US12167086B2	Automated content selection for groups Aspects of the subject disclosure may include, for example, a system and method for selecting media content for a group of persons located at a venue. The system and method identify a plurality of viewers in a vicinity of a venue that has one or more display devices from location data and extracts a content viewing preference of each viewer from their profile data. The process includes aggregating the content viewing preference of each of the plurality of viewers to generate an aggregated content profile. Based on the aggregated content profile, a list of content is generated. Next, a first group of viewers approaching a viewing range of a display device are sensed by imaging data. Any conflicts between content viewing preferences of the first group of viewers are detected and resolved based on weighting the viewing preferences of the group. Other embodiments are disclosed.
US12167082B2	Attention tracking to augment focus transitions Systems and methods are related to tracking an attention of a user with respect to content presented on a virtual screen, detecting a defocus event associated with a first region of the content, and determining a next focus event associated with a second region of the content. The determination can be based at least in part on the defocus event and on the tracked attention of the user. The systems and methods can include generating, based on the determined next focus event, a marker for differentiating the second region of the content from a remainder of the content, and in response to detecting a refocus event associated with the virtual screen, triggering execution of the marker associated with the second region of the content.
US12167080B2	Information processing terminal and method An information processor includes: a user information acquiring unit acquiring user information for identifying a user; a display; a viewing time measuring unit measuring a viewing time during which a previously-registered user views contents information on the display; and a controller. The controller determines whether the user is the registered user, based on the user information and registered user information for identifying the registered user. When the user is the registered user, the controller causes the display to display the contents information, causes the viewing time measuring unit to measure the viewing time, compares a cumulative viewing time that is a total of the viewing times cumulated within a period of time with a viewing limit time that is a previously-set upper limit of the cumulative viewing time, and gives the registered user a warning when the cumulative viewing time is equal to or longer than the viewing limit time.
US12167078B2	Systems and methods for controlling access to media assets using two-factor authentication Systems and methods for authorizing operations associated with blocked media assets using two-factor authentication. In some aspects, a media guidance application (e.g., executed by a set-top box or other user equipment used to store and display media assets) prompts a user for a password (e.g., a personal information number) in order to unlock the content for viewing. In response to receiving a second request from the user to perform an operation related to the media asset (e.g., delete), the media guidance application prompts the user for an additional factor confirming his or her identity, consistent with two-factor authentication protocol. If the user's identity is authenticated as a user that has authority to perform the operation related to the media asset (e.g., delete the stored media asset), the media guidance application performs the operation related to the media asset (e.g., deletes the media asset).
US12167070B2	Video content controller and associated method A video content controller includes a memory and a microprocessor. The memory is configured to store non-transitory computer-readable instructions and video data representing a temporally-varying scene having a plurality of scene-regions. The microprocessor adapted to execute the instructions to (i) receive a current stream-segment of a video stream corresponding to a first scene-region of the plurality of scene-regions during a current playback-time interval, (ii) download, to a memory, a first video segment of a tagged scene-region within the first scene-region, (iii) receive a first display-region signal indicating at least one of a selection and a feature of the first scene-region, (iv) combine the current stream-segment and the first video segment as a video signal, and (vi) transmit, in response to the first display-region signal, the video signal to a display device.
US12167068B2	Karaoke content watch parties Systems, devices and processes for facilitating a Karaoke content watch party (KWP) may include a sync server and a Karaoke presenter user device (KPUD) communicatively coupled thereto. The KPUD executes computer instructions for operations that instruct a content capture device (CCD) to capture and receive a Karaoke Reaction (KR) by a KPUD user and communicate the KR to the sync server. A Karaoke user device (KUD) may be communicatively coupled to the sync server. A content provider provides Karaoke Content (KC) to the KPUD and the KUD. The KC includes a KC segment. The sync server receives the KR from the KPUD, generates Karaoke secondary content (KSC) which includes the KR, communicates the KSC to the KUD, and may also generate Karaoke synchronization information (KSI) and communicate the KSI to the KUD. The KSI facilitates synchronized presentation, by the KUD, of the KR with the KC segment.
US12167062B2	Blockchain data based on synthetic content generation Generative media content (e.g., generative audio) can be dynamically generated based on various inputs, which can include blockchain data. A playback device accesses blockchain data stored via a distributed ledger and generates media content based at least in part on the blockchain data. The playback device can access a library of pre-existing media segments and arrange a selection of pre-existing media segments from the library for playback according to a generative media content model and based at least in part on the blockchain data. The generated media content can then be played back via the playback device.
US12167058B2	Methods and systems for preventing a user from terminating a service based on the accessibility of a preferred media asset Methods and systems are described herein for preventing a user from terminating a service. Specifically, the media guidance application may generate for display content aimed at preventing the user from terminating a service in response to determining that a user is likely to terminate the service. For example, in response to determining that a particular media asset preferred by a user is accessible through another service, the media guidance application generates the content associated with preventing the user from terminating his or her current service (e.g., discounts to the cost of the current service, promotion or lists of media content available through the current service, etc.).
US12167055B2	Bit stream generation method, encoding device, and decoding device As a bit stream generation method for generating a bit stream of transmission data in which a plurality of signals including at least a tactile signal is multiplexed, a signal transmission unrequired section of the tactile signal is determined and, in a case where the signal transmission unrequired section exists, the bit stream in which additional information other than the tactile signal is inserted into the signal transmission unrequired section is generated.
US12167053B1	Dynamic clear lead injection Techniques implementable by a computer system are provided. The techniques include receiving, by a server device, a request to stream media, the request including a media content and a streaming start point in the media content. The techniques also include determining a first time length based at least in part on time to receive permissioning. The techniques also include determining a silence point in the media content based at least in part on the streaming start point, the first time length, and identified silence points in the media content. The techniques also include determining a second time length based at least in part on the silence point and the streaming start point, the second time length defining a clear portion. The techniques also include generating a media stream comprising the clear portion and a remaining portion, the clear portion having a time length of the second time length.
US12167050B2	Proximity and context based stream playback control A method, a system, and a computer program product for managing multimedia streams of user devices. A reproduction of one or more multimedia streams on a first computing device is determined. A location of a second computing device being positioned in an area enclosed by one or more boundaries in a plurality of boundaries is detected. Each boundary in the plurality of boundaries is associated with a predetermined type of a multimedia stream in one or more multimedia streams. At least one of a pausing and an unpausing of the reproduction of one or more multimedia streams on the first computing device based on the detected location of the second computing device is executed.
US12167044B2	Image processing device and image processing method The present technology relates to an image processing device and an image processing method which allow a deblocking filtering process to apply filtering appropriately. A pixel (p0i) of which the value is 255 (solid line) before a deblocking process changes greatly to 159 (dot line) after a conventional deblocking process. Therefore, a clipping process having a clipping value of 10 is performed in strong filtering, whereby the pixel (p0i) of which the value is 255 (solid line) before the deblocking process becomes 245 (bold line). Thus, a change in the pixel value occurring in the conventional technique can be suppressed as much as possible. This disclosure can be applied to an image processing device, for example.
US12167043B2	Deblocking of transform sub-block boundaries A method for deblocking at least one boundary of a coding unit. The method includes determining that the coding unit uses a sub-block transform, wherein the sub-block transform generates a transform sub-block boundary within the coding unit, thereby forming at least a transform sub-block within the coding unit; as a result of determining that the coding unit uses the sub-block transform, determining a maximum filter length based on a dimension of the transform sub-block within the coding unit, wherein the maximum filter length indicates a maximum number of samples to modify when deblocking a boundary of the coding unit; and deblocking the boundary of the coding unit based on the determined maximum filter length.
US12167040B2	Video coding and decoding A sequence of images is encoded in a bitstream as a series of picture units PU-01˜03. Each picture unit corresponds to one encoded image and includes one or more network abstraction layer (NAL) units NAL-01˜23. The NAL units may be video coding layer (VCL) NAL units which each contain encoded image data or adaptation parameter set NAL units which each contain an adaptation parameter set (APS) having parameters for performing one or more types of processing operation on the image data contained in one or more VCL NAL units. The APS NAL units may be prefix APS NAL units P-APS or suffix APS NAL units S-APS. An additional constraint is applied to the bitstream prohibiting inclusion of a prefix APS NAL unit after the first NAL unit of the picture unit concerned. This can avoid more than one APS applying to slices belonging to the same picture unit.
US12167038B2	Deblocking filter for sub-partition boundaries caused by intra sub-partition coding tool A deblocking method is provided for deblocking a sub-partition boundary within a coding block during image encoding and/or image decoding process. The coding block is coded in an intra prediction mode and the coding block is partitioned into sub-partitions comprising a first sub-partition and a second sub-partition that is adjacent to the first sub-partition. The method comprises: determining a maximum filter length to be 1 for a first/second sub-partition when a width of the first or second sub-partition is 4 samples, or when a height of the first or second sub-partition is 4 samples; modifying a value of up to one sample of the first or second sub-partition, wherein the value of the up to one sample is obtained from a row or a column of the first or second sub-partition that is perpendicular to and adjacent to the sub-partitions boundary between the first sub-partition and the second sub-partition.
US12167034B2	Method and apparatus for encoding and decoding volumetric video Methods, devices and stream are disclosed to encode and decode a scene (such as a point cloud) in the context of a patch-based transmission of a volumetric video content. The present principles relate a method of dividing an atlas image in regions, a region being associated with a sector of the space of the scene and packing patches obtained by projecting points comprised in the associated sector only. The atlas and related metadata are encoded in a data stream; At the rendering, a set of sectors is selected based on the current field of the user. Only pixels of regions associated with the selected sectors are accessed to generate the viewport image representative of the scene viewed from the current point of view.
US12167033B2	Video-based point cloud streams Systems, methods, and instrumentalities are disclosed herein that related to video-based point cloud streams in one or more ISO Base Media File Format (ISOBMFF) container files, A container format for point cloud data is provided and the container format indicates at least a relationship between a 3D region of the point cloud and one or more video-based point cloud compression (V-PCC) tracks. The V-PCC tracks may be grouped together and linked to the 3D region to allow spatial access to the 3D region.
US12167029B2	Video coding and decoding A method of encoding a motion vector predictor index, in particular a Merge index, comprises generating a list of motion vector predictor candidates, in particular merge candidates. The list includes an ATMVP candidate. One of the motion vector predictor candidates in the list is selected. A motion vector predictor index for the selected motion vector predictor candidate is generated using CABAC coding. One or more bits of the motion vector predictor index are bypass CABAC coded. For example, only the first bit of the motion vector predictor index is CABAC coded using a single context.
US12167026B2	Method for encoding and decoding video, and apparatus using same The present invention relates to a technique for encoding and decoding video data, and more particularly, to a method for performing inter-prediction in an effective manner. The present invention combines an inter-prediction method using an AMVP mode and an inter-prediction method using a merge mode so as to propose a method for using the same candidate. The method for encoding video data proposed by the present invention comprises the following steps: receiving mode information on an inter-prediction method of a current block; determining, on the basis of the received mode information, whether the interprediction method to be applied to the current block is an AMVP mode or a merge mode; and selecting a candidate to derive motion information of the current block, wherein the candidate is selected in a left region, top region and corner region of the current block and in the same position block as the current block, and the AMVP mode and the merge mode are applied on the basis of the selected candidate.
US12167025B2	Image decoding method and apparatus based on affine motion prediction in image coding system According to the present disclosure, an image decoding method performed by a decoding apparatus comprises the steps of: acquiring motion prediction information on a current block from a bitstream; generating an affine MVP candidate list including affine motion vector predictor candidates for the current block; deriving CPMVPs for CPs of the current block on the basis of one affine MVP candidate among the affine MVP candidates included in the affine MVP candidate list; deriving CPMVDs for the CPs of the current block on the basis of the motion prediction information; deriving CPMVs for the CPs of the current block on the basis of the CPMVPs and the CPMVDs; and deriving prediction samples for the current block on the basis of the CPMVs.
US12167024B2	Systems and methods for performing motion vector prediction for video coding using motion vector predictor origins Systems and methods for performing motion vector prediction for video coding are disclosed. A motion vector predictor is determined based at least in part on motion information associated with a selected motion vector predictor origin and offset values corresponding to a selected sampling point. The sampling point is specified according to a set of direction and distance on a sampling map for the motion vector predictor origin.
US12167023B2	Moving picture coding device, moving picture coding method, moving picture coding program, moving picture decoding device, moving picture decoding method, and moving picture decoding program A prediction information deriving unit derives the inter-prediction information candidates from inter-prediction information of a prediction block neighboring to a coding target prediction block or a prediction block present at the same position as or near the coding target prediction block in a coded picture at a temporally different position from the coding target prediction block. A candidate supplementing unit supplements inter-prediction information candidates having the same prediction mode, reference index, and motion vector until the number of inter-prediction information candidates reaches the designated number of candidates when the number of inter-prediction information candidates is smaller than the designated number of candidates.
US12167021B2	Encoder, decoder, encoding method, and decoding method An encoder is an encoder that encodes a block in a picture using a prediction image of the block, and includes circuitry and memory. Using the memory, the circuitry: calculates a first average pixel value which is an average pixel value of first reference samples out of the first reference samples and second reference samples. The first reference samples are referable and located outside the block and adjacent to a first side of the block. The second reference samples are referable and located outside the block and adjacent to a second side of the block. When generating the prediction image, the circuitry applies the same prediction pixel value to inner samples among current samples to be processed that are included in the block. The inner samples constitute a quadrilateral region including at least two current samples in each of a horizontal direction and a vertical direction.
US12167017B2	Motion information encoding apparatus and method, and motion information decoding apparatus and method for high-resolution or stereoscopic images Methods and apparatuses for encoding and decoding motion information are provided. In an embodiment, a method of decoding motion information includes obtaining, from a bitstream, a resolution index indicating a motion vector resolution for inter-predicting a current block, a reference index of the current block, and prediction direction information of the current block. The method further includes determining a reference picture of the current block. The method further includes determining whether a prediction direction of the current block is unidirectional prediction in an L0 or L1 direction or bidirectional prediction. The method further includes determining a motion vector resolution set including one or more selectable motion vector resolutions. The method further includes determining a motion vector based on the prediction direction, according to the motion vector resolution indicated by the resolution index from among the motion vector resolution set. The method further includes reconstructing an image using the motion vector.
US12167016B2	Illumination compensation in video coding A method for decoding a current block of a picture is disclosed. First, at least one illumination compensation parameter for the current block is decoded responsive to a comparison of a parameter of the current block with a value. Then, an accessed motion compensation reference block is compensated in illumination responsive to the at least one illumination compensation parameter. Finally, the current block is reconstructed from the illumination and motion compensated reference block.
US12167014B2	Technology to use video source context information in post-processing operations Systems, apparatuses and methods may provide for source device technology that identifies a plurality of object regions in a video frame, automatically generates context information for the video frame on a per-object region basis and embeds the context information in a signal containing the video frame. Additionally, playback device technology may decode a signal containing a video frame and embedded context information, identifies a plurality of object regions in the video frame based on the embedded context information, and automatically selects one or more post-processing configurations for the video frame on a per-object region basis.
US12167003B2	Method and data processing system for lossy image or video encoding, transmission, and decoding A method for lossy image or video encoding, transmission and decoding, the method comprising the steps of: receiving an input image at a first computer system; encoding the input image using a first trained neural network to produce a latent representation, wherein the latent representation has a probability distribution described by at least one probability parameter; dividing the latent representation into a plurality of sub-latent representations, wherein each sub-latent representation has a sub-probability distribution described by at least one sub-probability parameter; entropy encoding the plurality of sub-latent representations using the plurality of at least one sub-probability parameters to produce a bitstream; transmitting the bitstream to a second computer system; entropy decoding the bitstream using the plurality of at least one sub-probability parameters to retrieve the plurality of sub-latent representations and combining the plurality of sub-latent representations to retrieve the latent representation; and decoding the latent representation using a second trained neural network to produce an output image, wherein the output image is an approximation of the input image.
US12167000B2	Techniques for predicting video quality across different viewing parameters In various embodiments, a quality inference application estimates perceived video quality for reconstructed video. The quality inference application computes a set of feature values corresponding to a set of visual quality metrics based on a reconstructed frame, a source frame, a display resolution, and a normalized viewing distance. The quality inference application executes a trained perceptual quality model on the set of feature values to generate a perceptual quality score that indicates a perceived visual quality level for the reconstructed frame. The quality inference application performs one or more operations associated with an encoding process based on the perceptual quality score.
US12166997B2	Perceptually-aware online per-title encoding for live video streaming Techniques for implementing perceptually aware per-title encoding may include receiving an input video, a set of resolutions, a maximum target bitrate and a minimum target bitrate, extracting content aware features for each segment of the input video, predicting a perceptually aware bitrate-resolution pair for each segment using a model configured to optimize for a quality metric using constants trained for each of the set of resolutions, generating a target encoding set including a set of perceptually aware bitrate-resolution pairs, and encoding the target encoding set. The content aware features may include a spatial energy feature and an average temporal energy. According to these methods only a subset of bitrates and resolutions, less than a full set of bitrates and resolutions, are encoded to provide high quality video content for streaming.
US12166996B2	Methods and device for signaling image information An image decoding method performed by a decoding device according to the present disclosure comprises the steps of: obtaining prediction-related information and indication information comprising a first flag which indicates whether or not a sample adaptive offset (SAO) process to be applied to a current block is applied at a picture level or a slice level; parsing information related to the SAO process from a picture header or a slice header on the basis of the first flag; generating prediction samples for the current block on the basis of the prediction-related information; generating reconstructed samples for the current block on the basis of the prediction samples; and performing the SAO process for the reconstructed samples on the basis of the information related to the SAO process.
US12166994B2	Encoding method, decoding method, and decoder An encoding method, a decoding method, and a decoder are provided. The method includes the following. A prediction parameter of a current block is determined, where the prediction parameter includes a prediction mode parameter. Neighbouring sample values of the current block are obtained and matrix-based intra prediction (MIP) input sample values of the current block are determined according to the neighbouring sample values of the current block, when the prediction mode parameter indicates that an MIP mode is used to determine an intra prediction value of a chroma component of the current block. An MIP prediction value of the chroma component of the current block is determined according to the MIP input sample values, an MIP weighting matrix, and a shifting parameter. The intra prediction value of the chroma component of the current block is determined by filtering the MIP prediction value.
US12166988B2	Residual coefficients coding Video processing methods, devices, and systems are provided. In one example aspect, a method of video processing includes performing a conversion between a current block of a video and a coded representation of the video. The current block has a width W and a height H and includes an allowable scanning region that includes non-zero transform coefficients that are coded in the coded representation according to a scanning order. The allowable scanning region is restricted to a portion of the current block according to a rule that specifies that a bottom-right corner position of the allowable scanning region is different than a bottom-right corner position of the current block.
US12166986B2	Adaptive quality boosting for low latency video coding Techniques related to adaptive quality boosting for low latency video coding are discussed. Such techniques include segmenting each of a number of temporally adjacent video frames into unique high encode quality regions and encoding each of the video frames by applying a coding quality boost to the high encode quality regions relative to other regions of the video frames.
US12166979B2	Image coding apparatus and image decoding apparatus An image decoding apparatus includes: a first filter unit configured to apply a first filter to an image (a luminance image and a chrominance image); a second filter unit configured to apply a second filter to an output image of the first filter; a filter set derivation unit configured to decode a filter coefficient from coded data; and a third filter unit configured to apply a third filter to an output image of the second filter by using the filter coefficient. In a case that the third filter unit performs filter processing for the luminance image by using a luminance output image of the second filter, the third filter unit performs processing of clipping an amount of change of a pixel value through the filter processing within a prescribed range of value.
US12166978B2	Communication control system and communication control method A communication control system is configured to transmit image frame data from a first communication device to a second communication device. The second communication device includes a reception buffer for receiving the image frame data from the first communication device and a reply unit for transmitting, to the first communication device, an ACK frame as a reply at a timing. The first communication device includes: an estimation unit configured to receive the ACK frame from the reply unit and estimating the remaining capacity of the reception buffer based on a reception time of the received ACK frame; an area specifying unit configured to specify an area in the image frame which is necessary for performing image inspection; and a modification unit configured to perform, based on the estimated remaining capacity of the reception buffer, image compression for the areas.
US12166976B2	Method and apparatus for encoding/decoding intra prediction mode An image decoding method, according to the present invention, includes the steps of: deriving an MPM candidate mode from neighboring blocks adjacent to a target block to be decoded; generating an MPM list using the MPM candidate mode derived from the neighboring blocks; and deriving an intra prediction mode for the target block to be decoded using the generated MPM list. According to the present invention, image compression efficiency can be improved.
US12166974B2	Method and device for signaling prediction mode-related signal in intra prediction An image encoding/decoding method and apparatus is provided. The method of decoding an image includes decoding at least one of prediction mode information of a neighbor block of a current block and length information of the current block, deriving an intra prediction mode of the current block into a predetermined mode using the decoded information, and reconstructing the current block based on the intra prediction mode of the current block.
US12166973B2	Entropy coding for intra prediction modes Methods, apparatus, and computer readable storage medium for entropy coding for intra prediction modes in video encoding and/or decoding. The method includes receiving, by a device, a coded video bitstream for a block; deriving, by the device, at least one context for a set index and a mode index for the block based on at least one of the following: information of the block and mode information of at least one neighboring block of the block, wherein: the set index indicates an intra mode set from a plurality of intra mode sets, and the mode index indicates an intra prediction mode from the intra mode set; extracting, by the device from the coded video bitstream, the set index and the mode index according to the at least one context; and determining, by the device, the intra prediction mode for the block based on the set index and the mode index.
US12166972B2	Intra prediction mode extension A method and apparatus for performing intra prediction for encoding or decoding adds multiple prediction modes to those of prior intra prediction schemes. A horizontal mode, a vertical mode, and a diagonal mode are added. Reference pixels for each of the added modes can come from multiple pixel positions away from a block to be encoded or decoded. Reference pixels to the left and above a block are reconstructed from those already coded. Reference pixels from right of, and below, a block are estimated or extrapolated and can be based on other pixels around the block. An index can be sent in a bitstream indicating which prediction was used.
US12166971B2	Image decoding method and apparatus for deriving weight index information for weighted average when bi-prediction is applied According to a disclosure of the present document, when the type of inter-prediction of a current block is indicated as biprediction, weight index information for a candidate within a merge candidate list or a sub-block merge candidate list may be derived, and coding efficiency may be increased.
US12166968B2	Matrix derivation in intra coding mode Devices, systems and methods for digital video coding, which includes matrix-based intra prediction methods for video coding, are described. In a representative aspect, a method for video processing includes performing a conversion between a current video block of a video and a bitstream representation of the current video block according to a rule, where the rule specifies a relationship between samples of the current video block and matrices or offset values applied in a matrix weighted intra prediction (MIP) mode during the conversion, and where the MIP mode includes determining a prediction block of the current video block by performing, on previously coded samples of the video, a boundary downsampling operation, followed by a matrix vector multiplication operation, and selectively followed by an upsampling operation.
US12166961B2	Vehicular radiometric calibration systems and methods Techniques are disclosed for providing vehicular radiometric calibration systems and methods. In one example, a method includes capturing, by an array of infrared sensors mounted on a vehicle, a thermal image of a scene during navigation of the vehicle and/or while the vehicle is stationary. The thermal image comprises a plurality of pixel values. Each infrared sensor of the array is associated with a respective one of the plurality of pixel values. The method further includes determining temperature data associated with a portion of the scene, where the portion is associated with a subset of the plurality of pixel values. The method further includes generating a correction value based on the thermal image and the temperature data. Related systems, vehicles, and devices are also provided.
US12166955B2	Reverse pass-through glasses for augmented reality and virtual reality devices A device for providing a reverse pass-through view of a user of a headset display to an onlooker includes an eyepiece comprising an optical surface configured to provide an image to a user on a first side of the optical surface. The device also includes a first camera configured to collect an image of a portion of a face of the user reflected from the optical surface in a first field of view, a display adjacent to the optical surface and configured to project forward an image of the face of the user, and a screen configured to receive light from the display and provide the image of the face of the user to an onlooker.
US12166950B2	Stereoscopic optical system and image pickup apparatus A stereoscopic optical system includes two optical systems disposed in parallel. Each of the two optical systems includes a plurality of lens units and two reflective surfaces disposed on an image side of the plurality of lens units. A distance between adjacent lens units in each of the two optical systems changes during zooming. A distance between optical axes of the two optical systems is narrower on the image side of the two reflective surfaces than on an object side of the two reflective surfaces. A predetermined condition is satisfied.
US12166944B2	Image recording device, method of controlling image recording device, and non-transitory computer-readable recording medium therefor An image recording device comprises a conveyance mechanism configured to convey a recording medium in a conveyance direction, a head configured to record an image, a moving mechanism configured to move the head with respect to the conveyance mechanism in an orthogonal direction orthogonal to the conveyance direction, a sensor configured to detect a position of an orthogonal edge that is an edge of the recording medium in a direction orthogonal to the conveyance direction, and a controller. The controller is configured to perform deriving a correction amount for a recording position of the head in the orthogonal direction based on the edge position detected by the sensor, correcting the recording position of the head by driving the moving mechanism to move the head based on the correction amount, and causing the head to record an image based on image data at the corrected recording position.
US12166942B2	Information processing apparatus, method, and storage medium storing program If an operation of canceling a predetermined state includes an operation of powering off the device, even if communication between the device and the information processing apparatus becomes inexecutable after the screen for cancelling the predetermined state is displayed, the information processing apparatus does not execute a notification corresponding to a state in which the communication is inexecutable. If the operation of canceling the predetermined state does not include the operation of powering off the device, the information processing apparatus executes, based on a fact that the communication between the device and the information processing apparatus becomes inexecutable after the screen for cancelling the predetermined state is displayed, the notification corresponding to the state in which the communication is inexecutable.
US12166937B2	Contact image sensor A contact image sensor includes a preset scanning plane used for the surface to be scanned to map to the original copy. The contact image sensor includes: a timing circuit: for self-generating light source control signal LRDT and line scan control signal TRIG1; a lens: for collecting reflected light emitted by a light source reflected by the original copy and emitting the reflected light onto a photoelectric conversion chip for converting received optical signals into electrical signals; and a data processing unit: emitting trigger pulse TRIG according to the encoder transmitting the object to be detected, receiving and processing electrical signals output by the photoelectric conversion chip that has the same size of the photoelectric signal output, ensuring the output stability, dynamic range and sensitivity of the image sensor.
US12166933B2	Medium-discharging device and image reading apparatus A medium-discharging device includes: a device main body including a medium-discharging section that discharges a medium; a medium-receiving tray that receives the medium discharged by the medium-discharging section; and a pressing member that is configured to be attached to and detached from to the device main body and presses the medium discharged by the medium-discharging section against the medium-receiving tray in a state in which the pressing member is attached to the device main body, in which the pressing member is configured to switch, in the state in which the pressing member is attached to the device main body, between a first state in which the pressing member comes into contact with the medium-receiving tray and a second state in which the pressing member retreats upward so as to be apart from the medium-receiving tray.
US12166930B2	Information processing apparatus, method for controlling the same, and storage medium When a home position sensor detects that an operation unit has been moved out of a home position, a function of a human detection sensor is temporarily disabled. This makes it possible to prevent the human detection sensor from wastefully continuing the detection operation although the human detection sensor is unable to detect a person intending to use an image forming apparatus, and from erroneously detecting a person not intending to use the image forming apparatus.
US12166928B2	Image forming apparatus with hardware keys provided on a back surface of an operating portion An image forming apparatus includes an image forming portion configured to form an image on a sheet; and an operating portion including a display screen which includes at least numeric keys, a start key configured to cause the image forming portion to start image formation, and a stop key configured to stop the image formation by the image forming portion, and including a hardware key provided on a back side of the display screen and configured to start a maintenance mode of the image forming apparatus.
US12166925B2	Call context transfer from one call center system to other call center system(s) Methods, systems, apparatuses, and computer-readable storage mediums described herein are configured to transfer call context between different call center systems. For example, a first call center system that establishes a communication session between a user and an agent of the first system provides context determined during the session to a call context service. The service stores the context and provides it to other requesting call center systems. For instance, during a call transfer to an agent of a second system, the first system requests the service to provide a transfer number of the second system to which the user is to be transferred. The service determines the transfer number and provides it to the first system. The first system performs the call transfer using the number. After the transfer is complete, the second system provides a request for the context, and the service provides the context to the second system.
US12166922B1	Methods for linking recommendations A computer-implemented method and system for enhancing interaction between a customer and a customer service representative of a company. D related to the customer is stored and received at a computer operated by the company, wherein the data can include a customer name, a customer address and a customer number. A telephonic interaction is preferably commenced between the customer and the customer service representative and a Web session is preferably commenced on a Web site for a client computer of the customer service representative. At least a part of the data is displayed on a workstation of the customer service representative as a first Web page, wherein the first Web page includes at least one selectable link to a second Web page. At least one selectable link is selected by the customer service representative to display the second Web page.
US12166917B2	Computer-automated system and method for obtaining assistance for telephone calls from unknown callers A call, directed to a callee, is received from a caller. A computer system determines whether the caller is human. A computer system initiates a call to the callee only if the caller is determined to be human. If the callee initiates a request for help during the call, the system generates requests for help to a plurality of helpers associated with the callee. If any of the helpers accepts the request for help, the system connects that helper to the existing call between the caller and the callee, resulting in a conference call among the caller, callee, and helper.
US12166913B2	Display apparatus A display apparatus includes a display module having a display panel configured to display an image, a sound generating device configured to vibrate the display panel, an adhesive member connected between a rear surface the display panel and the sound generating device, and a structure configured to support the sound generating device, wherein the structure is connected to at least a portion of the sound generating device and a portion of the rear surface the display panel.
US12166912B2	Electronic apparatus including a lower member and a sensing sensor with openings overlapping a folding area An electronic apparatus including: a display panel, which includes first and second non-folding areas arranged in a first direction and a folding area disposed between the first and second non-folding areas, wherein the display panel is folded along a folding axis extending in a second direction crossing the first direction, the display panel further including pixels; a lower member disposed below the display panel, wherein the lower member includes a lower opening overlapping the folding area; and a sensing sensor including a first sensing adhesive layer disposed between the display panel and the lower member and adjacent to the display panel, a second sensing adhesive layer in contact with the lower member, and a digitizer disposed between the first sensing adhesive layer and the second sensing adhesive layer and including a plurality of coils, wherein the second sensing adhesive layer has a sensing opening that overlaps the folding area.
US12166906B2	Method for validating a digital certificate Provided is a method for the validation of a digital certificate by a validation apparatus that checks the certificate of a communication partner on behalf of a first device, including the method steps of: the first device (requesting validation of the certificate of the communication partner at a first validation apparatus, the first validation apparatus querying validation information at a status collection apparatus, checking, in the first validation apparatus, whether validation information has been received from the status collection apparatus, and transmitting the validation information from the first validation apparatus to the first device, wherein, only in the event of a negative inspection result, the validation information of the certificate is determined in the first validation apparatus.
US12166903B2	Computing device in a trusted computing system and attestation method thereof A computing device in a trusted computing (TC) system and an attestation method thereof are provided. The computing device includes at least one processor configured to operate as instructed by program code, the program code including: transmission code configured to cause the at least one processor to transmit, to a master controller, a first identification (ID) for a first device selected among a plurality of devices included in the TC system, a second ID for a second device selected among the plurality of devices, and a nonce; and attestation code configured to cause the at least one processor to perform attestation for the first device and the second device based on an aggregated signature, wherein the aggregated signature is based on generation of a first signature, by the first device, by using the nonce, and generation of a second signature, by the second device, by using the first signature.
US12166901B2	Lightweight fault countermeasure for stateful hash-based cryptography A device includes a computer readable memory storing a plurality of one-time signature (OTS) keypairs and a processor that is configured to execute a hash function on a message using a first private key of a first OTS keypair of the plurality of OTS keypairs to determine a message signature, execute the hash function to calculate a leaf node value of a hash tree using the first OTS keypair, determine a plurality of authentication path nodes in the hash tree, retrieve, from the computer readable memory, values of a first subset of the plurality of authentication path nodes, calculate values for each node in a second subset of the plurality of authentication path nodes, and store, in the computer readable memory, the values for each node in the authentication path and the value of the leaf node.
US12166896B2	Preventing an incorrect transmission of a copy of a record of data to a distributed ledger system An incorrect transmission, of a record of data to a distributed ledger system, can be prevented. A first signal can be received. The first signal can include a first instruction to cause the record to be transmitted to the system. One or more items of information in the record can be determined. A delay of time to be elapsed, before a transmission of the record to the system, can be set in response to a receipt of the first signal and a determination of the one or more items. The transmission of the record to the system can be caused to occur after the delay has elapsed. The transmission of the record to the system can be prevented in response to a receipt of a second signal before the delay has elapsed. The second signal can include a second instruction that supersedes the first instruction.
US12166895B2	Method, apparatus, electronic device, and medium for data transfer Embodiments of the present disclosure relate to a method, an apparatus, an electronic device, and a medium for data transfer. The method includes generating, based on metadata of to-be-transferred data and a blockchain including a data transfer record, an ownership certificate of an initiator of a transfer for the to-be-transferred data. The method further includes generating a new transfer record for validation by a blockchain system, where the new transfer record includes the ownership certificate and validation information associated with a receiver of the transfer. The method further includes transferring the to-be-transferred data to the receiver in response to that the new transfer record passes validation of the blockchain system. In this way, the data transfer record may be reliably stored in the blockchain, thereby providing reliable integrity protection and data traceability for a storage system.
US12166894B2	Tracking data throughout an asset lifecycle Aspects of the disclosure relate to enhanced tracking of data over an asset lifecycle. A computing platform may receive, via the communication interface, user account information as part of an onboarding process in which a first user account is created. The computing platform may then compute, using a cryptographic hash function, a first hash value associated with the first user account, wherein the first hash value provides a trackable, immutable code corresponding to the first user account. Thereafter, the computing platform may monitor one or more events in a transaction activity pool. Upon detecting a new activity associated with the first user account in the transaction activity pool, the computing platform may append the new activity to a record in a trackable log linked to the first hash value.
US12166893B2	Communication network node, methods, and a mobile terminal The present disclosure provides a communication network node for providing data to a distributed ledger, wherein the node has circuitry configured to perform at least one of provide verification of input data which is used as input to a smart contract, provide verification whether output data, which is based on an output from a smart contract, is correctly received at a predetermined dev.
US12166886B2	Systems and methods for authenticated control of content delivery The present disclosure provides systems and methods for authenticated control of content delivery. The method includes receiving a request for an item of content from a computing device, the request comprising a security token associated with the computing device and an identifier of a group of domains, identifying the group of domains from the identifier, and retrieving a security key associated with the group of domains. The method further includes decrypting a signature of the security token, identifying an authentication string, determining that the authentication string matches a server authentication string, and identifying characteristics of the security token. The characteristics of the security token include a confidence score. The method further includes comparing the confidence score of the security token to a threshold, determining that the confidence score does not exceed the threshold, and preventing transmission of content to the computing device.
US12166885B2	Using non-fungible tokens (NFTs) to securely store and share encrypted data Methods and systems are described herein for enabling users to access user data of other users using cryptographic tokens. A data access system may be used to enable access. The system may receive a blockchain operation request for enabling access to first user data associated with a first user. The system may generate a cryptographic token and an access entry. When the system receives a second blockchain operation request for accessing the first user data, the system may determine one or more parameters for accessing the first user data. In response to verifying the one or more parameters, the data access system may enable access to the first user data.
US12166882B2	Confidential electronic data verification system A computer system for verifying whether two existing sets of confidential electronic data are identical by transforming the two existing sets of confidential electronic data into two new sets of electronic data that are no longer confidential, and then comparing the two new sets of electronic data. As a result, the confidentiality of the two existing sets of electronic data is maintained.
US12166872B2	Electronic access control multi-factor authentication using centralized hardware secured credential system and methods of use thereof Aspects of the present disclosure include a tokenless, network-attached, multi-factor authentication software based electronic access control logon system and methods of use thereof, and may provide equivalent in security to a Public Key Infrastructure smart card system. The logon system may allow tokenless, but authorized, entities to access secure systems, with the secure logon system not requiring placement of individual or organization identifying information on a physical object that may be removed from a restricted location. Aspects of the present disclosure may include maintaining user credentials within individually encrypted credential bins within a Credential Hardware Security Module (HSM) that is securely accessible by authorized endpoints in a distributed network. A successful logon may occur when an authorized user accesses the user's corresponding credential bin within the Credential HSM via an additionally authorized corresponding device, such that the device and user authentication may combine to provide multi-factor authentication.
US12166868B2	Semiconductor device implementing physically unclonable function An exemplary embodiment of the present disclosure provides a physically unclonable function (PUF) cell capable of exhibiting a stable performance and showing an excellent repeatability while being less affected by environmental factors such as a noise, temperature, and bias voltage. The PUF cell generates an output value by combining a scheme of amplifying a threshold voltage difference and a scheme of amplifying an oscillation frequency difference. In an oscillator that generates oscillation signals of different frequencies, the frequency difference of the oscillation signals is amplified by alternately supplying bias voltages of different magnitudes generated by utilizing the threshold voltage difference to a plurality of stages in the oscillator.
US12166867B1	Quantum key distribution network with centralized optical pulse generation A node for a quantum key distribution (QKD) network includes an optical input that receives an optical pulse from a hub of the QKD network and an optical splitter that splits the optical pulse into an optical timing pulse and a pre-qubit pulse. The node also includes a qubit encoder controllable to encode the pre-qubit pulse into a photonic qubit; a qubit trigger circuit that controls, based on the optical timing pulse, the qubit encoder while the pre-qubit pulse propagates through the qubit encoder; and an optical output that transmits the photonic qubit to the hub.
US12166864B2	Secure computation apparatus, secure computation method, and program A public value 2σ/m is obtained, and secure computation of public value division [x]/(2σ/m) using a secret share value [x] and the obtained public value 2σ/m is performed, so that a secret share value [mx]r of a value obtained by right-shifting mx by σ bits is obtained and output. Here, x is a real number, [•] is a secret share value of •, σ is a positive integer that is the number of bits indicating a right shifting amount, and m is a real number.
US12166859B2	Method for forming virtual private network providing virtual private network through sealed key exchange based on post quantum cryptography and system for operating virtual private network performing same The technical idea of the present invention relates to a method for forming virtual private network providing virtual private network through sealed key exchange based on post quantum cryptography and a virtual private network operating system performing same. A method for forming a virtual private network performed by a server according to an embodiment of the present invention comprises the steps of: generating a public key and a private key; transmitting the public key; receiving a key capsule corresponding to the public key; generating a verification capsule from the key capsule using the private key; generating a symmetric key by verifying the verification capsule; and performing communication through the virtual private network using the symmetric key.
US12166858B2	System and method for storing contract data structures on permissioned distributed ledgers A computer implemented method for maintaining a synchronized distributed ledger data structure across a plurality of computing nodes each configured to enforce a synchronization protocol for coordinating updates of the synchronized distributed ledger data structure to establish an inter-group reconciliation mechanism across one or more trusted entities having immutable transaction records stored in the form of blockchain data structures recording approvals from one or more parties corresponding to the plurality of computing nodes. In some aspects, regulator nodes are contemplated.
US12166854B2	Precise event scheduling with high-latency signaling server Events between one or more host devices and one or more client devices that are connected to a same network (e.g., to a same Wi-Fi network) are scheduled. A fixed length first-in first-out (FIFO) buffer stores a fixed quantity of timing offsets that are calculated in real time based on determined latencies associated with event scheduling involving multiple host devices and/or client devices to provide such scheduling.
US12166853B2	Push-start crystal oscillator, associated electronic device and push-start method for performing start-up procedure of crystal oscillator A push-start crystal oscillator (XO), an associated electronic device and a push-start method for performing a start-up procedure of an XO are provided. The push-start XO includes an inverting amplifier and a push-start logic control circuit, wherein the inverting amplifier is coupled to a crystal load. The inverting amplifier generates a first XO signal and a second XO signal. The push-start logic control circuit receives a feedback clock from a phase locked loop (PLL), and generates a phase control clock according to the feedback clock, wherein a push phase and a settle phase are specified by the phase control clock. During the settle phase, the PLL calibrates a frequency of the feedback clock according to the second XO signal. During the push phase, the feedback clock is transmitted to the inverting amplifier in order to increase the amplitude of the first XO signal.
US12166846B2	Control plane network function device, user plane network function device, and packet processing method using same In accordance with an aspect of the present disclosure, there is provided a control plane network function. The control plane network function comprises, a communication unit configured to receive a user plane packet (UPP); a packet analysis unit configured to analyze the received UPP to determine whether to process the received UPP; and a user plane processor configured to process the received UPP if the received UPP is determined to be processed, and to control the received UPP to be transmitted to a user plane network function (UP NF) if the received UPP is determined not to be processed.
US12166841B2	Facilitating client decisions Facilitating a decision of a content player is disclosed. In some cases, performance information associated with a content player is received. The information is received from a client. A determination is made that an update should be sent to the client. The update is sent to the client. In other cases, information is received from an external entity. Based at least in part on the received information, an instruction is sent to a content player.
US12166840B2	Configurable access-based cache policy control Various embodiments of the present disclosure relate to a computer-implemented method of receiving a header associated with an object, where the header includes a limit value that specifies a quantity of times the object is to be served from a cache device before revalidation, and a current count value that specifies a number of times that the object has been served since a most-recent revalidation or load, receiving a request for the object from a requesting device, and upon determining that the current count value is below the limit value, serving the object to the requesting device from the cache device, or upon determining that the current count value matches the limit value, transmitting a request for revalidating the object.
US12166839B2	Accessing web-based fragments for display Methods and systems are disclosed for presenting profile pages. For example, a messaging application implemented on a client device receives a request to access a page of the messaging application and identifies a first web-based application that is linked to the page of the messaging application. The messaging application obtains a first application fragment corresponding to the first web-based application and identifies a data field of the first application fragment that corresponds to information being presented on the page of the messaging application. The messaging application populates the data field of the first application fragment by sending a message from the messaging application to the first web-based application. The messaging application adds, to the page of the messaging application, a visual representation of the first application fragment comprising the populated data field.
US12166837B1	Application programming interface proxy with behavior simulation An application programming interface (API) proxy intercepts API calls and responses for an application under test in a development environment, simulating (e.g., mocking) rate limiting and throttling behavior, which is otherwise challenging to test. The API proxy receives a API call and, based on a resource limiting parameter (e.g., rate-limiting or otherwise throttling), determines that the API call should be forwarded to the API endpoint. When the API proxy receives another API call from the application, destined for the same API endpoint, the API proxy determines to not forward the second API call, based on the resource limiting parameter (e.g., too soon after the first API call, or requests too much of a computational burden, such as exceeding a resource quota). The API proxy instead returns a throttling response, as would be expected from the API endpoint. The API proxy provides guidance messages for both outgoing calls and incoming responses.
US12166836B2	Communication system, inspection apparatus, inspection method, and program A communication system that performs communication among a plurality of nodes by a broker-less type publishing/subscribing model, includes: a computer including a memory and a processor configured to detect distribution of unauthorized data from one application that is handled with priority on a subscriber side among one or more applications that are redundant on one or more of the nodes and functioning as a publisher side; and switch an application handled with priority on the subscriber side to another application different from the one application among the one or more applications in a case where distribution of the unauthorized data is detected.
US12166832B2	Systems and methods for detecting events based on updates to node profiles from electronic activities The present disclosure relates to methods, systems, and storage media for detecting events based on updates to node profiles from electronic activities. Exemplary implementations may access an electronic activity transmitted or received via an electronic account associated with a data source provider; generate a plurality of activity field-value pairs; maintain a plurality of node profiles; identify a first state of a first node profile of the plurality of node profiles; update the first node profile using the electronic activity; identify a second state of the first node profile subsequent to updating the first node profile using the electronic activity; detect a state change of the first node profile based on the first state and the second state; determine that the state change satisfies an event condition; and store an association between the first node profile and an event type corresponding to the event condition.
US12166831B2	Method and electronic device for providing multi-access edge computing service using multi-access edge computing discovery Various embodiments of the present invention provide a method and electronic device for supporting an edge computing service (e.g., a multi-access edge computing (MEC) service). An electronic device according to various embodiments comprises a network interface, and a processor, wherein the processor is configured to: acquire, using the network interface, information relating to applications which can be provided within a base station or to at least one external server connectable through the base station by the at least one external server; select an external server including an application corresponding to a specified condition, on the basis of the information relating to the applications; and perform data transmission with the selected external server. Various embodiments are possible.
US12166826B2	User plane connection establishment method and apparatus, and system Embodiments of this application relate to the field of communications technologies, and provide example user plane connection establishment methods apparatuses, and systems to establish a user plane connection between an access network gateway and an interworking function network element-user plane. One example method includes determining, by an interworking function network element-control plane, granularity information of a user plane connection between an interworking function network element-user plane and an access network gateway. The interworking function network element-control plane can then send the granularity information of the user plane connection to the interworking function network element-user plane and the access network gateway, where the granularity information of the user plane connection is used to establish the user plane connection between the interworking function network element-user plane and the access network gateway.
US12166823B2	Bare-metal connection storage method and system, and apparatus A bare-metal connection storage method includes establishing a storage network, where the storage network includes a plurality of bare-metals, an access switch, a core switch, and a storage device. The plurality of bare-metals are coupled to the access switch, the access switch is coupled to the core switch, and the core switch is coupled to the storage device. The method configures the storage network, so that each of the plurality of bare-metals is coupled to the storage device.
US12166822B2	Performance impact information for adjusting rate of a data reconstruction operation A method for execution by one or more computing devices of a storage network includes obtaining performance impact information regarding a data reconstruction operation associated with a computing device of the one or more computing devices, where the data reconstruction operation is regarding reconstructing data at a first reconstruction rate of a plurality of reconstruction rates, and where the performance impact information includes performance metrics of the storage network affected by the data reconstruction operation. The method further includes determining a second reconstruction rate of the plurality of reconstruction rates to utilize for the data reconstruction operation based on the performance impact information to achieve a first performance metric of the performance metrics. The method further includes executing the data reconstruction operation in accordance with the second reconstruction rate.
US12166821B2	Data exchange and computer-implemented crediting protocol System and method for data exchange. A system includes a host implemented on at least one processor and configured to synchronize employee performance data obtained from multiple employers over a data network. A client device includes an application configured to communicate with the host and enable a requestor to access an employee performance report. The host is further configured to enable the requestor using the application on the client device to query or search for an employee performance report. The host may include an application programming interface (API) gateway configured to communicate with the client device and a blockchain network having multiple nodes managed by different employers. In one example, the employee performance data includes a score.
US12166818B2	Level of detail management within virtual environments A level of detail (LOD) management method comprises receiving one or more media content item publishing requests; publishing one or more media content items to at least one cell representing at least one area of interest from at least one portion of a virtual environment; measuring a distance within the virtual environment between at least one user graphical representation representing a subscribing client device and one or more published media content items; receiving at least one subscription request from the subscribing client device to subscribe to one or more published media content items; calculating priority data based on the measured distance; adjusting the level of detail of a viewing field per user graphical representation in the corresponding cell based on the level of priority; and sending the adjusted level of detail along with the subscribed media content item to the subscribing client device.
US12166814B2	Actor-and-data-grid-based distributed applications The current document is directed to improved distributed service-oriented applications developed according to a new and improved architecture for developing distributed service-oriented applications. The new and improved architecture includes a stateless-communications-protocol interface to external users and clients, services implemented by actors that communicate using message passing, and a distributed data grid for persistent storage of data. Distributed service-oriented applications developed according to the new and improved architecture are referred to as “RAD-squared applications” (“RAD{circumflex over ( )}2 applications”). The acronym “RAD{circumflex over ( )}2” stands for “Rapid Application Development with REST-actor-data-grid” and the acronym “REST” stands for the Representational State Transfer (“REST”) protocol. Alternative stateless communications protocols can be used as alternatives to REST in RAD{circumflex over ( )}2 applications. Distributed service-oriented applications developed in conformance with the new and improved RAD{circumflex over ( )}2 architecture provides more efficient scaling operations and workload-balancing operations eliminating the need for application re-architecture under changing load conditions.
US12166809B2	Artificial intelligence communication assistance A method of electronic communication assistance is provided. The method includes receiving, via an artificial intelligence assistant computing facility, an electronic communication from a first user intended to be received by a second user; and determining, via the artificial intelligence assistant computing facility, a capacity of the second user to receive the electronic communication. The method further includes determining, via the artificial intelligence assistant computing facility and based at least in part on the capacity of the second user, a time to send the electronic communication; and transmitting, via the artificial intelligence assistant computing facility, the time to the first user.
US12166802B2	Systems and methods for secure browser session transfer Systems and methods for secure browser session transfer are provided. The system may include memory and one or more processors coupled to the memory. The one or more processors may be configured to establish a connection with an active web session of a first browser. The one or more processors may be configured to transfer, based on the established connection, the active web session to a second browser so as to preserve a first set of objects of the active web session of the first browser. The one or more processors may be configured to receive one or more parameters as a first input in the active web session of the second browser. The one or more processors may be configured to execute a plurality of actions in the active web session of the second browser that are responsive to the receipt of the first input.
US12166801B2	Digital coupons for security service of communications system A method performed by a security system of a 5G network to protect against cyberattacks on a personalized basis. The security system can identify a cybersecurity threat to a wireless device based on contextual information relating to the wireless device, a user preference, or a call detail record. The security system can determine a one-time fee to charge the user in exchange for protecting the wireless device against the cybersecurity threat, generate an coupon to protect the wireless device against the cybersecurity threat, and send the coupon to the wireless device based at least in part on the contextual information relating to the wireless device and the user preference. When the security system receives an indication that the coupon was redeemed, responds by deploying a network asset to protect the wireless device against the cybersecurity threat.
US12166800B2	Method and apparatus of automatic generation of a content security policy for a network resource Methods and apparatuses for automatic determination of a content security policy for a network resource are described. A proxy server receives from a first authenticated client device a first request for a first network resource, retrieves the first network resource and transmits a first response to the first client device that includes a content tracker that causes the client device to report information on additional network resources identified when the first client device interprets the first network resource. A content security policy is determined based on the reported information. The proxy server receives, from a second client device, a second request for the first network resource. The proxy server transmits, to the second client device, a second response that includes the content security policy that is determined based on the information on the additional network resources.
US12166798B2	Systems and methods for application security utilizing centralized security management One or more computing devices, systems, and/or methods for managing security associated with applications are provided. In an example, a central security gateway may determine first security policy information associated with a first application. The central security gateway may establish a first encrypted connection with a first device of the first application. The central security gateway may manage, based upon the first security policy information and using the first encrypted connection, security associated with the first application. The central security gateway may determine second security policy information associated with a second application. The central security gateway may establish a second encrypted connection with a second device of the second application. The central security gateway may manage, based upon the second security policy information and using the second encrypted connection, security associated with the second application.
US12166797B2	System and method for classifying a user for detecting phishing attacks Disclosed herein is a method and a system for classifying a user for detecting phishing attacks. The system retrieves communication data associated with a plurality of users from a telecom server and creates a user relationship model in a database. The user relationship model comprises a plurality of nodes representing the plurality of users, each node comprises the communication data and an initial reputation score. The system determines one or more senders to the user from the user relationship model and determines a subset of senders based on the initial reputation score of each of the one or more senders. The system updates the user relationship model at least by updating the initial reputation score of the user based on the communication data of each of the subset of senders and classifies the user as one of ‘genuine’ and ‘phishing’ based on the updated user relationship model.
US12166793B2	Facilitating efficient intrusion detection via hierarhical signatures Methods and systems are provided for facilitating efficient intrusion detection via hierarchical signatures, in accordance with embodiments described herein. In particular, embodiments described herein include obtaining an intrusion signature that includes an intrusion attribute value(s) indicating a malicious attack on a computer network or system. Based on the intrusion signature, a hierarchical signature is generated by including the intrusion attribute value(s) of the intrusion signature in one of a corresponding data structure of hierarchical data structures. Thereafter, a network packet, having a data attribute(s) is obtained. The network packet is determined as suspect of being malicious based on the data attribute(s) of the network packet matching the at intrusion attribute value(s) of the hierarchical signature. The indication of the suspect network packet can be provided, for example for notification of such a suspect network packet.
US12166792B2	Inline identify and block dangling DNS records The present application discloses a method, system, and computer system for identifying dangling records. The method includes obtaining a set of domains, determining whether a record associated with a domain comprised in the set of domains is dangling, and in response to determining that the record associated with the domain is dangling, providing, to a registrant, a notification that the record is dangling.
US12166785B2	Systems and methods for predictive analysis of potential attack patterns based on contextual security information Systems and methods for predictive analysis of potential attack patterns based on contextual security information are described. In one embodiment, a method includes generating a profile for an enterprise that indicates one or more software application stacks and a network architecture for the one or more software application stacks; determining one or more vulnerabilities of the one or more software application stacks and one or more vulnerabilities of the network architecture; providing the one or more vulnerabilities of the one or more software application stacks, the one or more vulnerabilities of the network architecture, and the profile as input to a machine learning model; generating an inference by the machine learning model that indicates one or more attack paths for an attacker in the one or more software application stacks and the network architecture; and transmitting the inference to a storage location or a security software application.
US12166774B2	Network security systems for attributing network events to users Disclosed are techniques for associating users of a network infrastructure to network or endpoint events within the network infrastructure. A method can include receiving, by a network security system that monitors and protects the network infrastructure, a packet for a network event, the packet including (i) information identifying a user device from which the network event originates and (ii) a payload, determining whether the packet triggers at least one association rule in a group of association rules, determining candidate users to be associated with the network event based on the rule triggered by the packet, determining confidence values for the candidate users to be associated with the network event based on the rule triggered by the packet, and returning the candidate users to associate with the network event and the corresponding confidence values.
US12166772B2	Synergistic DNS security update Systems and methods provide for synergistic domain name system DNS security updates for an enterprise network operating under a Software Defined Wide Area Network (SD-WAN). A system may be configured to collect positive and/or negative unified threat defense (UTD) results, deploy a rules-based model that, when a threat or clearance is detected across several SD-WAN edge network devices, triggers an update to a local security blacklist/whitelist, wherein the update comprises a signature, and push the update to other devices that have not yet seen the threat or clearance.
US12166771B2	Network gateway and method for transferring data from a first network to a second network A method for transferring data from a first network to a second network using a gateway includes setting, by a security monitor, a state of the gateway to a first state indicating to a destination agent that access is granted to trusted memory and denied to the second network and untrusted memory. The destination agent is configured, while the gateway is in the first state, based on parameters stored in the trusted memory, to transfer data received from a source agent to the second network. The state of the gateway is changed to a second state indicating to the destination agent that access is denied to the trusted memory and granted to the second network and the untrusted memory. Transfer of the data from the source agent of the first network to the destination agent of the second network is controlled, while the gateway is in the second state.
US12166770B2	Relay method, relay apparatus, and relay system A connection management apparatus of a relay system specifies, when terminal identification information for identifying a target terminal is acquired from a client terminal, a first relay apparatus that relays communication, and specifies connecting information for the client terminal to connect to the first relay apparatus. The connection management apparatus stores the specified connecting information and the terminal identification information in a storage in association with each other, and notifies the client terminal of the specified connecting information. When the specified first relay apparatus receives access based on the connecting information from the client terminal, the specified first relay apparatus relays the communication between the client terminal and the target terminal on the basis of the terminal identification information associated with the connecting information.
US12166769B2	Dynamic level authentication/encryption Results of an authentication process are received. The authentication process allows for a graded level of authentication using a plurality of authentication types (e.g., a username/password and a fingerprint scan). Encrypted data is then accessed. The encrypted data has been encrypted using a plurality of encryption levels. The data is unencrypted based on the graded level of authentication.In a second embodiment, a system and method are provided that establish a communication session (e.g., a voice or email communication session). The communication session is between a plurality of users. During the communication session, an indication is received to change an encryption level for the communication session. In response to receiving the indication to change the encryption level for the communication session, an encryption level of the first communication session is dynamically changed from a first level of encryption to a second level of encryption.
US12166765B2	Managing access to resources using serialized tokens A role-based access control method and system provide for receiving a request to provide an access to a resource, identifying a plurality of permissions associated with the request, authorizing the request including determining the plurality of permissions are granted for the identity, generating a serialized token to represent the plurality of permissions, and passing the serialized token to the first service to perform the providing of the access to the resource.
US12166763B2	Using synthetic packets to validate forwarding and control implementation on network systems A method for managing a network includes obtaining network flow data corresponding to a network device in the network, determining, based on the network flow data, configuration coverage associated with forwarding control configuration of the network device, identifying, using the configuration coverage and the forwarding control configuration, non-coverage, generating a plurality of synthetic packets based on the non-coverage, transmitting the plurality of synthetic packets to the network device, obtaining a set of results associated with the plurality of synthetic packets, making a determination, based on the set of results, that the network device is not implementing at least a portion of the non-coverage correctly, and based on the determination, performing a remediation action on the network device.
US12166760B2	Systems and methods for controlling accessing and storing objects between on-prem data center and cloud In an embodiment, a secure object transfer system is described. The system features a virtual private cloud network (VPC) and a controller. The VPC includes a plurality of gateways and a network load balancer, which configured to conduct a load balancing scheme on access messages from computing devices deployed within an on-premises network to direct the access memory to one of the plurality of gateways for storage or retrieval of an object from a cloud-based storage element. Each gateway includes Fully Qualified Domain Name (FQDN) filtering logic to restrict access of the computing devices to certain cloud-based storage elements in accordance with a security policy. The controller is configured to maintain and update the security policy utilized by each gateway of the plurality of gateways.
US12166757B2	Device-independent authentication based on an authentication parameter and a policy An electronic device that selectively provides secure access of a second electronic device to a network is described. This electronic device receives an access request associated with a computer, where the access request includes one or more authentication parameters associated with a user. In response, the electronic device confirms the one or more authentication parameters to determine whether there is an authentication match. Moreover, when there is an authentication match, the electronic device accesses a policy associated with or that includes: a spatial criterion, a temporal criterion, information associated with the user, information associated with the one or more authentication parameters, and/or information associated with the network. Then, when one or more criteria associated with the policy are met, the electronic device selectively provides an access acceptance message to the computer, which includes information for establishing the secure access of the second electronic device and an attribute of the policy.
US12166756B2	Blockchain network identity management using SSI An example operation may include one or more of receiving a request for storage at a blockchain network, attaching, via a blockchain node, a verifiable credential created by a self-sovereign identity (SSI) network to a blockchain transaction associated with the request, where the verifiable credential includes a claim of the blockchain node and a proof of the SSI network that created the verifiable credential, transmitting the blockchain transaction and the attached verifiable credential to one or more other blockchain nodes, and storing the blockchain transaction and the attached verifiable credential via a data block on the blockchain.
US12166754B2	Computer-implemented method to secure interactions between at least two users in a network A computer-implemented method to secure an interaction between at least two users in a network, whereas at least two network nodes are connected via the network. The method includes: a first user connects to the network via a first of the two network nodes, the first user creates in the network a first identity corresponding to the first user via a software application running on the first network node, whereas the creation includes the first user providing first biometric information characterizing the first user, the first biometric information is stored in encrypted form by a computer-implemented identity management system, a second user accesses the network via a second network node, the second user requests via the network consent of the first user, whereas the request is sent via the identity management system, the first user denies or approves the request of the second user via the software application.
US12166749B2	Network management system for dial-out communication sessions A system determines identification information associated with an endpoint device, which is associated with a tenant of the system, and the tenant. The system generates and sends, to the endpoint device, a certificate that includes the identification information. The system receives, from the endpoint device and as part of an attempt by the endpoint device to initiate a dial-out communication session with the system, the certificate. The system causes, based on the certificate, the dial-out communication session to be established and processes the certificate to determine the identification information. The system receives, from the endpoint device and via the dial-out communication session, one or more messages; modifies the one or more messages to include the identification information; and provides the one or more modified messages to facilitate provisioning of services or resources associated with the system to the endpoint device.
US12166747B2	Management of secret information The present disclosure describes techniques for managing secret information. A material set may be created. The material set may correspond to a material set name (MSN). The material set may be configured to contain secret information and information for identifying destinations that are authorized to access the secret information. The secret information may be managed by using the MSN to identify and track the secret information and without exposing the secret information.
US12166746B2	Methods and apparatus to provide a distributed firewall in a network Distributed firewalls in a network are disclosed. Example firewall controllers disclosed herein are to instruct a first network node of a software-defined network to implement a first firewall instance of a distributed firewall, the first network node to implement the first firewall instance with a first virtual machine. Disclosed example firewall controllers are also to configure a second network node of the software-defined network to route network traffic through the first firewall instance and, after at least some of the network traffic is dropped by the first firewall instance, instruct the second network node to implement a second firewall instance of the distributed firewall, the second network node to implement the second firewall instance with a second virtual machine.
US12166740B2	Method, apparatus, and computer-readable medium for leveraging connections Embodiments of the present disclosure provide a method, apparatus, and computer-readable medium for leveraging connections. One embodiment is a method that includes determining, by a processor, a plurality of subset lists of leads from a list of leads, and creating, by the processor, a message for each one of the plurality of subset lists of leads to one of a plurality of collaborators. The method further includes transmitting, by the processor, each message with one of the plurality of subset lists of leads to each of the plurality of collaborators from a user.
US12166736B2	Media item attachment system Disclosed are media attachment systems to enable a user to embed a first media item with a link to a second media item, and distribute the first media item in a message to one or more recipient client devices. For example, the first media item may include a picture or video captured by a user at a client device. The user may generate a message that includes the first media item. In response, a media attachment system may cause display of an interface at the client device that includes an option to attach an address to a second media item to the message. For example, the second media item may include a web page, social media post, picture, or video identified by an address such as a Uniform Resource Locator (URL).
US12166734B2	Presenting reactions from friends Systems and methods are provided for performing operations including: retrieving, by one or more processors, a plurality of content items; identifying a list of friends of a user on a messaging application; obtaining reaction data for each friend in the list of friends, the reaction data identifying a set of content items to which respective ones of the friends in the list of friends reacted; selecting, based on the reaction data, a first content item in the plurality of content items that is included in the set of content items to which respective ones of the friends in the list of friends reacted; and presenting the first content item to the user in a presentation arrangement of a graphical user interface.
US12166731B2	User equipment, base stations and wireless communications system for ultra-reliable communications A user equipment is configured to operate in a wireless communications network being operated in a TDD scheme, the TDD scheme including a plurality of TDD-frames, each TDD-frame including a guard period arranged between a downlink symbol and an uplink symbol of the TDD-frame. The user equipment is configured to receive a first number of symbols during the guard period or is configured to transmit the uplink symbol and to transmit a second number of symbols previous to transmitting the uplink symbol.
US12166724B2	Method of channel state information reporting and related device A method of channel state information (CSI) reporting by a first user equipment (UE) is disclosed. The method comprises receiving, from a base station (BS), a radio resource control (RRC) message to configure a first priority level for a logical channel; performing a sidelink (SL) communication with a second UE; generating a Medium Access Control (MAC) control element (CE) for a CSI report for the SL communication with a second priority level in a fixed value; determining a prioritization between the MAC CE including the CSI report and data from the logical channel according to the fixed value of the second priority level and the first priority level; and transmitting, to the second UE or the BS, at least one of the MAC CE and the data from the logical channel based on the determined prioritization.
US12166722B2	Method and apparatus for transmitting/receiving wireless signal in wireless communication system According to an embodiment of the present invention a user equipment (UE) may receive, in a first common frequency resource (CFR) associated with a first bandwidth part (BWP) which is an active BWP of the UE, first multicast/broadcast service (MBS) data; receive, in the first BWP, a physical downlink control channel (PDCCH) carrying downlink control information (DCI) including information regarding BWP switching; activate a second BWP based on the DCI; and receive second MBS data, wherein, based on that the active BWP has been changed from the first BWP to the second BWP and a second CFR different from the first CFR is associated with the second BWP, the UE activates the second CFR and receives the second MBS data in the second CFR.
US12166719B2	User equipment, network node and methods in a wireless communications network A method performed by a User Equipment (UE) for handling a Control Resource Set (CORESET) from a network node in a wireless communications network is provided. The UE operates with a reduced bandwidth. The UE detects a CORESET from the network node, and that a bandwidth of the CORESET is larger than the bandwidth of the UE. Physical Downlink Control Channel (PDCCH) candidates are transmitted in the CORESET. The UE determines which part of the CORESET to skip, to make the bandwidth of the CORESET equal or smaller than the bandwidth of the UE, such that the UE is capable of receiving the CORESET. The part of the CORESET to be skipped is determined based on a predicted decoding performance of the PDCCH candidates in the CORESET.
US12166717B2	Method of sound reference signal time bundling Presented are systems and methods for sounding reference signal (SRS) time bundling. A wireless communication device may receive a configuration to determine a first frequency location of an aperiodic SRS from a wireless communication node. The first frequency location may be determined according to a second frequency location of at least one occasion of a non-aperiodic SRS. The wireless communication device may receive a downlink control information (DCI) transmission. The wireless communication device may transmit, responsive to the DCI transmission, the aperiodic SRS using the first frequency location.
US12166716B2	Method and apparatus for configuring PRS resources A method and apparatus for configuring PRS resources are provided. The method includes that UE receives configuration information for a PRS resource set from a network device. The configuration information includes a respective PRS muting configuration for each PRS resource in the PRS resource set, and different PRS muting configurations are configured for different PRS resources in the PRS resource set.
US12166714B2	Method and apparatus for determining position occupied by resource, user equipment, and storage medium The present disclosure provides a method and device for determining a resource occupation position, a user equipment and a storage medium, which relates to the field of communication technology. The method includes: receiving position configuration information including a configuration status of a base station regarding a candidate position for transmitting a synchronization signal block; determining valid configuration information in the position configuration information; and determining, according to the valid configuration information, the resource occupation position in all candidate positions in a transmission window of the synchronization signal block, the candidate positions being positions for transmitting the synchronization signal block.
US12166713B2	Communication device and communication method A communication device that performs processing for estimating out-of-band leakage power is provided. The communication device includes a communication unit that transmits and receives wireless signals in a first frequency band and a second frequency band, and a control unit that controls a communication operation in the communication unit, transmits a reference signal in the first frequency band and the second frequency band, and receives a communication result from a transmission destination of the reference signal. The control unit determines the transmission destination of the reference signal on the basis of results of exchange of capability information with the first terminal and the second terminal, and performs control such that a notification signal for notifying of transmission of the reference signal in advance is transmitted in the first frequency band and the second frequency band.
US12166707B2	Multiple transmission schemes in wireless communication Methods, systems, and devices for multiple transmission schemes in wireless communication are described. In one aspect, a wireless communication method is disclosed to include: transmitting, by a first communication device, at least one of i) a repetition mode of data transmissions to be sent to a second communication device, ii) a mapping between N indicated beams and all scheduled transmissions of the data, or iii) a RV (Redundant Version) relationship among the all scheduled transmissions of the data, wherein the transmitting is based on at least one of the N indicated beam(s), a DMRS (Demodulation Reference Signals) port indication, or K time domain occasions, N and K being non-negative integers.
US12166705B2	Method for transmitting and receiving uplink taking into account multiple beams and/or multiple panels in wireless communication system, and device for same The present specification relates to a method for transmitting and receiving an uplink in a wireless communication system. More specifically, the method may include: a step for transmitting, to a base station, terminal capability information related to the uplink transmission; a step for receiving, from the base station, configuration information based on the terminal capability information; a step for receiving, from the base station, downlink control information for scheduling the uplink transmission, wherein the configuration information includes information about one or more SRS resource sets and one more SRS resources related to the uplink transmission; and a step for transmitting the uplink on the basis of an SRS resource set and an SRS resource, among the one or more SRS resource sets and the one or more SRS resources, indicated by information included in the downlink control information.
US12166703B2	Activation of uplink radio resources Systems, apparatuses, and methods are described for wireless communications. A base station may send a message to a wireless device to activate uplink transmissions for a non-activated cell. The wireless device may receive the message and activate a previously non-activated cell.
US12166700B2	System and method for transmitting a signal A system and method for allocating network resources are disclosed herein. In one embodiment, the system and method are configured to perform: receiving a resource allocation message indicative of a plurality of resource groups allocated for a signal; and transmitting the signal using a portion of the plurality of resource groups, wherein, in a frequency domain, the portion of the plurality of resource groups presents a hopping pattern comprising at least a first hopping path that is associated with a first plurality of increasing frequency spacings and a second hopping path that is associated with a second plurality of decreasing frequency spacings.
US12166698B2	Enhanced bandwidth selection for wireless communication devices This disclosure describes systems, methods, and devices related to enhanced bandwidth selection for wireless devices. A device may generate a request frame with at least one of a first indication of a bandwidth for which a second device is to measure a first noise level or a second indication of a resource unit for which the second device is to measure a second noise level. The device may send the request frame to the second device. The device may identify a response frame received from the second device, the response frame having a third indication of the first noise level or the second noise level and a fourth indication of the bandwidth or the resource unit. The device may determine, based on the first noise level or the second noise level, a parameter associated with a subsequent frame to send to the second device.
US12166697B2	Transmitting method and device and receiving method and device The present disclosure relates to the field of communications technologies, and in particular, to a transmitting method, applicable to a base station. The method includes: determining a first time/frequency resource for data to be transmitted, the data to be transmitted being indicated by a first signaling to be transmitted, and a second time/frequency resource for a second signaling to be transmitted; determining an overlapping time/frequency resource between the first time/frequency resource and the second time/frequency resource; and transmitting at least one of the second signaling or transmitting the data to be transmitted to first user equipment on the overlapping time/frequency resource.
US12166695B1	Dynamic capacity resource allocation system in computer networks System and methods are provided that can address dynamically determining capacity allocations for multiple services on the same computing devices in the same point of presences (PoPs). A routing and capacity management system receives logs from the services. The routing and capacity management system processes logs from the services to generate data that reflects resource usage at respective PoPs and/or border links. The routing and capacity management system dynamically determines capacity allocation for the services based on the generated data and instructs the services with the capacity allocation changes.
US12166693B1	Online software platform (OSP) accessing digital rules updated based on client inputs An online software platform (OSP) classifies challenges to digital rules into buckets according to respective challenged digital rules that were applied to produce respective challenged resources. The OSP computes respective statistics for the buckets. Each bucket may have a corresponding statistic associated with the bucket based on a current total number of challenges that have been classified into that bucket. The OSP ranks the buckets according to the respective statistics of the buckets. The OSP may correct, based on the ranking of the buckets, the respective challenged stored digital rule of the selected bucket without yet correcting the respective challenged digital rule of at least one of the other buckets. This correction is stored and included in digital rules to be used to produce resources going forward.
US12166688B2	Methods, systems, articles of manufacture and apparatus to optimize resources in edge networks Methods, apparatus, systems, and articles of manufacture are disclosed to optimize resources in edge networks. An example apparatus includes agent managing circuitry to invoke an exploration agent to identify platform resource devices, select a first one of the identified platform resource devices, and generate first optimization metrics for the workload corresponding to the first one of the identified platform resource devices, the first optimization metrics corresponding to a first path. The example agent is to further select a second one of the identified platform resource devices, generate second optimization metrics for the workload corresponding to the second one of the identified platform resource devices, the second optimization metrics corresponding to a second path. The example apparatus also includes benchmark managing circuitry to embed second semantic information to the workload, the second semantic information including optimized graph information and platform structure information corresponding to the second one of the identified platform resource devices, and reconfiguration managing circuitry to select the first path or the second path during runtime based on (a) service level agreement (SLA) information and (b) utilization information corresponding to the first and second identified platform resource devices.
US12166687B2	Data driven automated provisioning of telecommunication applications Systems and methods for building service templates that allow for an agentless, data-driven and stateful automation of a provisioning of services to mobile network customers. Data associated with a request to create a target schema object class for a device and protocol are received. Based on the device and protocol information, a set of data fields associated with CRUD semantics is retrieved from either a database or from user provided data. A decorated target object class is created based on the requested target schema object class. A subrecipe is created including the decorated target object class, and one or more other decorated target object classes. A recipe is processed for transmission to an execution engine to form a service instance, the service instance being customizable by an operator for a specific network device such that the service instance data fields that are not pre-filled can be customized by the operator.
US12166681B2	Enhanced management of communication rules over multiple computing networks Described herein are systems, methods, and software to enhance the implementation of communication rules in a computing network. In one example, a method of operating a communication settings system maintains communication rules for a plurality of networks, wherein the communication rules define forwarding actions for ingress and egress packets to and from applications in the plurality of computing networks. The service further identifies a configuration request from a computing network with applications executing in the computing network, identifies a subset of the communication rules based on the plurality of applications, and provides the subset of the communication rules to the computing network.
US12166668B2	Path fault detection method and apparatus, related device, and storage medium Embodiments of this application disclose a path fault detection method and apparatus, a related device, and a storage medium, and belong to the field of communication technologies. In embodiments of this application, a return path is determined according to a forward path. In a path fault detection process, the return path through which a fault detection packet fed back by a tail node to a head node passes includes the forward path. In this way, if the head node receives the fault detection packet fed back by the tail node, it indicates that the forward path is not faulty.
US12166666B2	Resilient network communication using selective multipath packet flow spraying Techniques for detecting path failures and reducing packet loss as a result of such failures are described for use within a data center or other environment. For example, a source and/or destination access node may create and/or maintain information about health and/or connectivity for a plurality of ports or paths between the source and destination device and core switches. The source access node may spray packets over a number of paths between the source access node and the destination access node. The source access node may use the information about connectivity for the paths between the source or destination access nodes and the core switches to limit the paths over which packets are sprayed. The source access node may spray packets over paths between the source access node and the destination access node that are identified as healthy, while avoiding paths that have been identified as failed.
US12166665B2	Method and apparatus for performing multi-hop transmission in a shared resource pool This application discloses a multi-hop transmission method and an apparatus, which are applicable to fields such as V2X, internet of vehicles, intelligent connected vehicles, assisted driving, and intelligent driving, to resolve a problem that a multi-hop transmission latency is large in a conventional technology. In example embodiments, terminal devices participating in multi-hop transmission may share a shared resource pool. A first terminal device and a second terminal device participating in the multi-hop transmission are used as an example. The multi-hop transmission method includes: sending, by the first terminal device, data to the second terminal device on a first resource in the shared resource pool; and if the first terminal device fails to send the data on the first resource, retransmitting, by the first terminal device, the data to the second terminal device on a second resource in the shared resource pool.
US12166660B2	Detecting in-transit inband telemetry packet drops Systems, methods, and computer-readable media are disclosed for characterizing data flows within an in-band telemetry (INT) domain. First aggregated statistical data regarding a flow of INT packets is periodically received from a first aggregating network device. The flow of INT packets flows from an initiator network device via one or more transit network devices to a terminator network device. Second aggregated statistical data regarding the flow of INT packets is periodically received from a second aggregating network device. In response to comparing the first aggregated statistical data and the second aggregated statistical data, one or more dropped INT packets may be implicitly identified. Based on the one or more dropped INT packets in the flow of INT packets, a dropped INT packet notification may be provided.
US12166658B2	Binding segment identifier processing method and device A binding segment identifier processing method and a device are provided. The method includes a network device receives a message sent by a controller, where the message includes type information and a segment identifier, and the type information indicates that the segment identifier is a binding segment identifier BSID. The network device performs a processing action on the BSID based on the type information. According to embodiments of this application, the network device can identify the BSID, to resolve a technical problem that an incorrect processing result is caused when a segment identifier list of the network device includes the BSID.
US12166657B2	Forwarding path determining method and apparatus This application provides a forwarding path determining method and an apparatus. In determining a forwarding path, a second network device sends a routing update message to a first network device, where the routing update message carries a first identifier list, the first identifier list includes a binding segment identifier, and the first identifier list indicates a first forwarding path that is from the second network device to a third network device. By using the method, a second forwarding path from the first network device to the third network device is determined. According to the method provided in this application, when there is no controller or controllers cannot communicate with each other, routing advertisement of the binding end identifier is implemented, to determine a forwarding path. This helps simplify a packet forwarding control process.
US12166653B2	Method for confirming in-situ flow information telemetry capability and device A first network device sends a request packet to a second network device or a network management device, where the request packet is used to request to confirm whether the second network device has an iFIT capability; and the first network device receives a confirmation packet sent by the second network device or the network management device, where the confirmation packet includes confirmation information used to confirm whether the second network device has the iFIT capability.
US12166652B2	Method and apparatus including recursive closed loop goal translation and configuration A method and apparatus are provided, in which an execution of at least one managed entity operating within a network is con-trolled by a management entity. The management entity includes a controller adapted for establishing (1302) a control loop having a defined target performance value relative to the at least one managed entity, the control loop having one or more criteria associated with assessing the current performance of the at least one managed entity relative to the defined target performance value, where at least one of the one or more associated criteria can not be directly determined by the management entity. The controller is further adapted for identifying (1304) a translation for each of the at least one of the one or more associated criteria that can not be directly determined using one or more different criteria that can be directly determined by the management entity.
US12166650B2	Systems and methods for tracking and exporting flows in software with augmented processing in hardware Systems and methods are provided herein for using a network device's software (e.g., programs executed on a CPU) to maintain and export flow data while offloading network resource intensive tasks to the network device's hardware. This may be accomplished by a network device determining whether a new flow should be tracked using only the software table (e.g., table stored only on the CPU) of the network device or whether certain flow tracking tasks (e.g., counting/parsing) can be offloaded to a hardware table (e.g., counter table in a hardware flow cache) of the network device. The network device may use one or more conditions to determine whether the new flow should be tracked using the software table or by both the software and the hardware table. The conditions can relate to the characteristics of the new flow, resource information, prioritization of the new flow, etc.
US12166647B2	Data transmission method and electronic device A first device selects a first transmission manner to send data to a second device. If it is determined that both the second device and the first device support a second transmission manner, the first transmission manner is switched to the second transmission manner, and the data is sent to the second device in the second transmission manner.
US12166645B2	Hostname based management of features of a network device A client device uses a hostname-based feature mapping table. A randomized MAC address and a hostname of the client device is obtained from the memory of the client device. A user interface receives a selection. to indicate the hostname is to be changed to a new hostname. The client device is associated with a network access device when the new hostname is determined to be unique. A list of features and associated rules are displayed in the user interface for associating with the new hostname. Features and associated rules are selected from the list to link to the new hostname. A feature mapping table is presented in the user interface to show the features and associated rules linked to the new hostname.
US12166642B1	Cloud-based computing network structuring systems and methods Embodiments are described herein for systems and methods for continuously monitoring a network structure of one or more networks using a cloud-based network monitoring system, and rearranging, using the cloud-based network monitoring system, the network structure of the one or more networks to protect confidential and/or prioritized assets of the one or more networks based at least in part on the monitoring of the network structure of the one or more networks. In certain embodiments, the cloud-based network monitoring system is configured to continuously monitor a network structure of one or more networks, and to automatically rearrange the network structure of the one or more networks to protect confidential and/or prioritized assets of the one or more networks based at least in part on the continuous monitoring of the network structure of the one or more networks.
US12166641B2	Interfacing event detectors with a network interface Techniques and systems are provided for interfacing one or more event detectors coupled by a common interconnect with a network interface. Interconnect signals indicative of events detected by the one or more event detectors using sensor data are propagated on the common interconnect. A monitor device indirectly or directly couple to the common interconnect monitors the interconnect signals. Information about a first event detector of the one or more event detectors is inferred, in part, from the interconnect signals and transmitted via the network interface.
US12166636B1	Network protocol-based interrogation for network device characterization A method of automated network documentation includes receiving a first network address for a first device connected to a local network, sending a first simple network management protocol (SNMP) request to the first network address for the first device, receiving a first SNMP response from the first device in response to the first SNMP request, and extracting first device identity information from the first SNMP request. The first network address is received by, the first SNMP request is sent by, the first SNMP response is received by, and the device identity information is extracted by a server configured to operate a network documentation platform, the network documentation platform comprising a network documentation database. The method further includes providing the first device identity information to the network documentation platform and modifying the network documentation database to create first device documentation data based on the first device identity information.
US12166635B2	System, method, and apparatus to support mixed network communications on a vehicle An example system includes a vehicle having a first network and a second network of a different type than the first network; and a communication device interposed between the first network and the second network and structured to: generate network status data by monitoring communications of one or more devices on the first and/or the second networks; and transmit the network status data to a sensor device external to the vehicle.
US12166633B2	Method, device, apparatus, and storage medium for networking The present disclosure relates to a method, apparatus, device and storage medium for networking. A method for networking is provided, applied to the first device to be networked and including: when the first device s in a election stage, receiving a confirmation message or an election message transmitted by other device to be networked, making a decision to confirm whether the other device transmitting the election message or the first device itself serves as a master device, if the election message is received, entering a confirmation stage in response to the confirmation message or the election message transmitted by the other device; when the first device is in the confirmation stage, setting the first device as a master device or a slave device in response to receiving the confirmation message transmitted by the other device.
US12166631B2	Configuring a communication network A computer-implemented method of configuring a communication network. Devices of the network are configured to communicate according to scheduling parameters that indicate a timing of transmitting and/or receiving data over the communication network. To configure the network, the method uses a configuration procedure that is customizable by a set of customization parameters. For a current scheduling instance, representing multiple data streams to be scheduled, the configuration procedure is applied to determine current scheduling parameters, which are provided to the respective devices. Concurrently with the current customization parameters being used, the customization parameters are optimized with respect to a performance indicator of scheduling the current scheduling instance according to the customization parameters, with the updated customization being used to determine scheduling parameters for future scheduling instances with improved performance with respect to the performance indicator.
US12166630B2	Configuration change control for computing environments Solutions for balancing speed and risk by managing configuration changes include: receiving a second configuration item for displacement, in an exposure group, of a first configuration item; receiving an exposure state, wherein the exposure state indicates an exposure tree comprising a first configuration item branch and a second configuration item branch; determining, based at least on the exposure state: a first portion of the exposure group to continue with the first configuration item, and a second portion of the exposure group to receive the second configuration item; deploying the second configuration item to the second portion of the exposure group, in accordance with the exposure state; receiving, from the central orchestrator, an updated exposure state; and deploying the second configuration item in accordance with the updated exposure state. In some examples, the exposure tree is a hierarchical binary tree. An exemplary configuration item includes a software application version.
US12166629B2	Machine learning based firmware version recommender Examples of the presently disclosed technology provide automated firmware recommendation systems that inject the intelligence of machine learning into the firmware recommendation process. To accomplish this, examples train a machine learning model on troves of historical customer firmware update data on a dynamic basis (e.g., examples may train the machine learning model on weekly basis to predict accepted firmware updates made by a vendor's customers across the most recent 6 months). From this dynamic training, the machine learning model can learn to predict/recommend an optimal firmware version for a customer/network device cluster based on firmware-related features, recent customer preferences, and other customer-specific factors. Once trained, examples can deploy the machine learning model to make highly tailored firmware recommendations for individual network device clusters of individual customers taking the above described factors into account.
US12166625B2	Video transport stream stability prediction A method of measuring video stream visual stability, the method including receiving a first set of network packets carrying data of the video stream, determining network performance metrics for a session associated with the first set of network packets, retrieving priority fault errors from a packet header of at least one network packet of the first set of the network packets, adding the priority fault errors and the network performance metrics to time series data, and applying a machine learning model to the time series data to obtain a visual stability score for the first set of network packets.
US12166621B2	Dual carrier index modulation (DC-IM) Methods and techniques are described for increasing data rate at a high error performance in wireless transmission. A plurality of groups of p bits, wherein p is an integer greater than 1, is obtained. A transmission signal is generated, which includes, for a group of p bits dividing the group of p bits into a first subgroup of p1 bits and a second subgroup of p2 bits, wherein p1 and p2 are integers greater than zero. Based on the p1 bits, a sequence of modulation schemes is selected from a plurality of predetermined sequences of modulation schemes. The predetermined sequences are mutually different, and each of the predetermined sequences has length R, wherein R is an integer greater than 1. The p2 bits onto R subcarriers are mapped respectively by means of the R modulation schemes of the selected sequence. Finally, the generated transmission signal is transmitted.
US12166620B2	Efficient AI methods for localization of faulted message elements in 5G/6G In 5G-Advanced and especially 6G, a primary concern is the increase in message faulting due to higher pathloss and phase noise at FR2 frequencies. Current methods for dealing with faults include packing the message with bulky error-correction (FEC) bits which are often ineffective, or automatically requesting a costly retransmission. As a substantially better alternative, the receiver may identify the specific fault locations and attempt an immediate repair by testing the modulation quality of each message element. For example, for a QAM-modulated message, the receiver can measure the I and Q branch deviations relative to predetermined levels, and the message element(s) with largest deviations is/are likely faulted. Alternatively, if the message is advantageously modulated according to the waveform amplitude and phase, the receiver can determine the amplitude and phase deviations relative to predetermined values. An AI model can greatly assist in the fault localization and in finding the corrected values.
US12166619B2	Procedures for efficiently defaulting QAM messages in 5G and 6G Message faults are expected to be a major impediment to 5G and future 6G throughput. The disclosed procedures enable a wireless receiver to recover many types of message faults based on the demodulation quality of each message element, among other diagnostic tests, and then to recover the correct message either by calculation (based on an embedded error-detection code) or by substitution (based on a search of all other modulation states in place of the faulted message elements). The method also includes determining, according to the modulation quality, when there are too many faults to efficiently mitigate, in which case a retransmission of just the affected portion is requested. The receiver can then merge the two versions of the message, selecting the better-quality message element at each position, and thereby correct the faulted message versions.
US12166616B2	Switching waveforms for uplink transmission in NR network Methods and apparatus are provided for switching a waveform for UL transmissions in a communication network to optimize power usage of the UE. In exemplary embodiments, the UE can use either CP-OFDM waveform or DFT-S-OFDM waveform for UL transmissions. A mechanism is provided to prevent excessive switching in environments where the channel conditions are rapidly changing. Further, a signaling mechanism is provided for switching waveforms for UL transmissions using Layer 1 (L1) signaling to reduce the transmission time needed to switch between CP-OFDM and DFT-S-OFDM waveforms.
US12166614B2	Transmission apparatus and transmission method of control signaling in a wireless communications system A transmission apparatus of the present disclosure comprises a transmission signal generator which generates a transmission signal that includes a legacy preamble, a non-legacy preamble and a data field, wherein the non-legacy preamble comprises a first signal field and a second signal field, the second signal field comprising a first channel field and a second channel field, each of the first channel field and the second channel field comprising a common field that carries resource assignment information for one or more terminal stations and a user-specific field that carries per-user allocation information for the one or more terminal stations, and wherein a part of the user-specific field of one of the first channel field and the second channel field whichever is longer than the other channel field in length before appending padding bits is relocated to the other channel field; and a transmitter which transmits the generated transmission signal.
US12166612B2	Technique for configuring preamble in wireless communication system An example according to the present specification relates to a technique relating to a configuration of a preamble in a wireless LAN (WLAN) system. A transmitting STA may generate and transmit an EHT PPDU. The EHT PPDU may include an L-SIG field, an RL-SIG field, and a control field. A result of “modulo 3 operation” to a length field value of the L-SIG field may be set to “0”. The RL-SIG field may be configured the same as the L-SIG field. The control field may include 3-bit information relating to a version of a PPDU.
US12166603B2	Location-based channel estimation in wireless communication systems Systems, methods, and devices to reduce the channel estimation overhead by collecting data from many UEs and building a location-based mathematical model are disclosed. During building of the model, a reference signal is used to collect location- and signal-related data from connected UEs. Once the model is successfully built, it is then transmitted and/or downloaded to each new UE that connects to the base station. The UEs and/or the base stations then use this model to determine their own transmission parameter values. The UEs also report their location to the base stations, which use the model to estimate channel conditions and adapt transmission parameters for themselves.
US12166602B2	Methods and systems for processing network packets using a service device in a smart switch A network appliance or smart switch can include service devices as well as a switching device such as those used in high-speed switches having limited processing ability and are stateless with respect to sessions. Service devices can provide stateful and complex processing. A first exposed port of a switching device can receive network packets and can determine which network packets the service devices are to process to produce processed network packets. A network packet can be sent to a service device in a redirected packet. A processed network packet can be received from a service device in a reinjected packet that is used to recover a port identifier of the first exposed port. The port identifier can be used to determine a network destination of the processed network packet. The processed network packet can be sent from a second exposed port of the switching device toward the network destination.
US12166600B2	Digital Addressable Lighting Interface, DALI, enabled communication device for transmitting messages over a communication bus, as well as a corresponding method A Digital Addressable Lighting Interface, DALI, enabled communication device for transmitting messages over a communication bus having two communication lines, said device comprising a switch connected between said two communication lines, a controller arranged for controlling said switch for imposing logical communication levels on said communication bus, an energy storage device, connected in series with said switch, and arranged for storing electrical energy flowing from said bus through said switch, a bypass circuit arranged for bypassing said energy storage device when a voltage over said energy storage device is above a predetermined voltage threshold.
US12166599B2	Personalized navigable meeting summary generator Technology is disclosed for programmatically providing structured and personalized meeting content that both (1) summarizes aspects of a meeting recording and (2) is used to navigate to a section of the meeting recording. To do so, the disclosure provides technologies to determine sections of the meeting recording. For each section of the meeting recording, a section representation and a meeting structure for presenting the section representation are determined. The section representation includes an image and a text summary of the corresponding section of the meeting recording. Additionally, the disclosure provides technologies to automatically generate a personalized navigable meeting recording (PNMR) user interface (UI) based on the meeting structure, the PNMR UI comprising an indication of each section based on the section representation. Selection of a section representation causes playback of the meeting recording to change to the section associated with the section representation.
US12166597B2	Subframe validity and system information reception for machine type communication Aspects of the present disclosure provided techniques that for wireless communications by a user equipment (UE). An exemplary method, performed by a UE, generally includes obtaining a first system information message from a wireless network configured to utilize Multimedia Broadcast multicast service Single Frequency Network (MBSFN) subframes and non-MBSFN subframes, determining, based on the first system information message, a first set of valid subframes and a first set of non-MBSFN subframes, obtaining a second system information message from the wireless network based on the first set of valid subframes and the first set of non-MBSFN subframes, and accessing the wireless network based on the first system information message and the second system information message.
US12166593B2	Methods, apparatus and systems for transmitting a data flow with multiple automatic repeat request processes Methods, apparatus and systems for wirelessly transmitting a data flow based on a plurality of automatic repeat request (ARQ) processes are disclosed. In one embodiment, a transmitter module in a wireless communication system is configured for corresponding a data flow to a list of automatic repeat request (ARQ) processes that are associated with a same logical channel, and transmitting data of the data flow based on the list of ARQ processes.
US12166592B2	HARQ in spatial multiplexing MIMO system A method and apparatus for signaling scheduling information in a spatial multiplexing wireless communications system, as well as corresponding methods and apparatus for processing such signaling information, are disclosed. Signaling scheduling information includes scheduling first and second transport blocks for simultaneous transmission during a first transmission interval on first and second data substreams, respectively, and assigning a single re-transmission process identifier for the first transmission interval and transmitting first scheduling information for the first transmission interval. The first scheduling information includes the re-transmission process identifier and first disambiguation data. Additionally, at least one of the first and second transport blocks is scheduled for re-transmission during a second transmission interval. Second scheduling information for the second transmission interval is also transmitted; the second scheduling information including the re-transmission process identifier and second disambiguation data.
US12166590B2	HARQ codebook for radio access networks Embodiments include methods for a user equipment (UE) configured to operate in a radio access network (RAN). Such methods include receiving, from a radio node in the RAN, a new feedback indicator (NFI) that indicates whether acknowledgement signaling previously scheduled for transmission by the UE was received by the radio node. The acknowledgement signaling is associated with one or more first downlink (DL) hybrid ARQ (HARQ) processes. Such methods include, when the NFI indicates the acknowledgement signaling was not received by the RAN node, selecting a first HARQ codebook to be used for encoding the acknowledgement signaling together with further acknowledgement signaling associated with one or more second DL HARQ processes. Such methods include, using the selected first HARQ codebook, encoding the acknowledgement signaling and the further acknowledgement signaling to obtain first encoded information and transmitting the first encoded information to the radio node via an uplink (UL) channel.
US12166589B2	Inapplicable timing value for sidelink hybrid automatic repeat request feedback Various aspects of the present disclosure generally relate to wireless communication. In some aspects, a user equipment (UE) may determine that a first timing value, received in first downlink control information (DCI) that schedules a first sidelink communication, for indicating a time duration between receiving the first DCI and transmitting first sidelink hybrid automatic repeat request (HARQ) feedback for the first sidelink communication is an inapplicable value. The UE may transmit the first sidelink HARQ feedback in a sidelink HARQ acknowledgment codebook based at least in part on receiving a second DCI that includes a second timing value that is a valid numerical value. Numerous other aspects are provided.
US12166587B2	Wireless communication terminal and wireless communication method for multi-user concurrent transmission The present invention relates to a wireless communication terminal and a wireless communication method for efficiently managing simultaneous data transmissions of a plurality of terminals.To this end, provided are a base wireless communication terminal including: a transceiver configured to transmit and receive a wireless signal; and a processor configured to control an operation of the base wireless communication terminal, wherein the processor is configured to: transmit a trigger frame triggering a multi-user uplink transmission of a plurality of terminals, receive multi-user uplink data through resources allocated to the plurality of terminals, and transmit a block ACK through the resources in response to the received multi-user uplink data, wherein the transmission of the block ACK in each resource is terminated at the same time, and a wireless communication method using the same.
US12166583B2	Concealment of environmental influences on the transmitting parameters The innovation relates to technologies by which the signal characteristics and, hence, environmental conditions of a transmitter can be concealed. In one aspect, a data transmitter comprises a transmitter and a changer, wherein the transmitter is configured to transmit a signal, wherein at least one signal parameter of the signal depends on at least one environmental parameter in an environment of the data transmitter, wherein the changer is configured to change the at least one signal parameter of the signal or a parameter on which the at least one signal parameter of the signal depends, in order to conceal the at least one environmental parameter.
US12166581B2	Erasure style LDPC rate matching for TB over multiple slots Methods, apparatuses, and computer-readable storage medium for rate matching for TBoMS are provided. An example method includes calculating a slot length for each UL slot of a plurality of UL slots, the slot length for each UL slot being associated with a plurality of rate matching output bits, each UL slot including a starting point for the plurality of rate matching output bits, the slot length for each UL slot being associated with a starting boundary, the plurality of UL slots being associated with at least one of a single TB or a single rate matching. The example method may include allocating one or more bits of the plurality of rate matching output bits for a modulation process. The example method may include refraining allocating at least one bit of the plurality of rate matching output bits for the modulation process, the at least one bit corresponding to UCI multiplexing.
US12166580B2	Data transmission method and apparatus with forward error correction code type conversion In a data transmission method, a first chip receives a first data stream sent by a second chip, where the first data stream is a data stream obtained through encoding by using a first forward error correction (FEC) code type; and the first chip encodes the first data stream at least once, to obtain a second data stream, where the second data stream is a concatenated FEC code stream obtained through encoding by using at least the first FEC code type and a second FEC code type.
US12166579B2	Hybrid PHY with interleaved and non-interleaved RS-FEC and FEC mode determination during adaptive link training protocol Apparatus and methods for implementing high-speed Ethernet links using a hybrid PHY (Physical layer) selectively configurable to employ a non-interleaved RS-FEC (Reed Solomon Forward Error Correction) sublayer or an interleaved RS-FEC sublayer. An adaptive link training protocol is used during link training to determine whether to employ the non-interleaved or interleaved RS-FEC during link DATA mode. Training frames are exchanged between link partners including control and status fields used to respectfully request a non-interleaved or interleaved FEC mode and confirm the requested FEC mode is to be used during link DATA mode. The hybrid PHY includes interleaved RS-FEC and non-interleaved RS-FEC sublayers for transmitter and receiver operations. During link training, a determination is made to whether a local receiver is likely to see decision feedback equalizer (DFE) burst errors. If so, the interleaved FEC mode is selected; otherwise the non-interleaved FEC mode is selected or is the default FEC mode. The apparatus and methods may be implemented for 100 GB ASE-CR1 and 100 GB ASE-KR1 Ethernet links and interfaces.
US12166576B2	Information processing device and information processing method Provided is an information processing device which includes a processing unit that transmits information requesting retransmission in a coding unit of a first code processed in a second protocol layer higher than a first protocol layer that performs processing related to a second code, and performs decoding of the first code on a basis of an encoded symbol of the first code obtained by decoding of the second code.
US12166572B2	Radio frequency jamming or interference detection and mitigation in an electronic monitoring system An electronic monitoring system and method are provided. The electronic monitoring system monitors communication of data between a device primary radio of a monitoring device and a hub primary radio through a primary communication path. Communication of the data is transferred to a secondary communication path between a device secondary radio of the monitoring device and a hub secondary radio in response to the detection of a disruption on the primary communication path resulting from interference or jamming of communications over the primary communication path. The primary and secondary radios operate a different frequencies.
US12166570B2	High precision multi-chip clock synchronization A sensor network, which includes a sensor controller serially coupled to a plurality of sensor modules, is configured to program the sensor modules so as to transfer measurement data to the sensor controller and to synchronize the sensor modules to picosecond accuracy via on-chip or on-module custom circuits and a physical layer protocol. The sensor network has applications for use in PET, LiDAR or FLIM applications. Synchronization, within picosecond accuracy, is achieved through use of a picosecond time digitization circuit. Specifically, the picosecond time digitization circuit is used to measure on-chip delays with high accuracy and precision. The delay measurements are directly comparable between separate chips even with voltage and temperature variations between chips.
US12166566B2	Communication relay apparatus, remote control apparatus, system, area control method and program An aerial-floating type communication relay apparatus (HAPS) is provided, which can perform a dynamic area control capable of coping with a change of distribution of terminal apparatuses in a service area configured with plural cells formed toward the ground, and that can suppress an increase of time required for area optimization. The aerial-staying type communication relay apparatus (HAPS) estimates positions of plural terminal apparatuses located in a service area, divides plural (L) kinds of antenna parameters of an antenna for service link into plural parameter groups, optimizes the antenna parameters based on estimation results of positions of the plural terminal apparatuses, for each of the parameter groups, and applies, to the antenna for service link, the optimum values of the plural (L) kinds of antenna parameters after completing the optimization for each of the parameter groups.
US12166564B2	Adjusting polarization states for wireless transmission The present invention provides a mechanism for a receiver to determine a quality of orthogonality of received polarized signals by monitoring polarized reference signals RSc,j which either change polarization with time or are aligned with polarized data signals. Depending on the quality, multiplexing may change between polarization division multiplexing and spatial division multiplexing.
US12166563B2	Adaptive operation to mitigate specular reflections Methods, devices, and apparatus to adapt operating parameters for satellite signal reception and transmission by a wireless device to mitigate effects of fading due to specular reflections are described herein. The wireless device measures received signal power levels and compares characteristics of the measurements over an observation duration to at least one fading criteria to determine whether to operate in a normal or adaptive mode. While operating in the adaptive mode, the wireless device alternates between high performance mode time periods and low performance mode time periods. The wireless device indicates to a ground station associated with the satellite in which operating mode the wireless device is operating via an uplink data message transmitted during a data cycle at the start of a high or low performance mode time period. The ground station schedules data transmissions accordingly during subsequent data cycles of the high or low performance mode time periods.
US12166562B2	Group-based SCell beam failure recovery A communication apparatus includes a receiver and circuitry. The receiver receives configuration information for beam failure recovery (BFR) of a plurality of secondary cells (SCells) operating in a network. The circuitry performs beam failure detection (BFD) and reports based on the configuration information.
US12166558B2	Selective radio frequency (RF) reference beam radiation in a wireless communications system (WCS) based on user equipment (UE) locations Selective radiation of radio frequency (RF) reference beams in a wireless communications system (WCS) based on user equipment (UE) locations is disclosed. The WCS may include a radio node that communicates RF communications signals in a coverage area via RF beamforming. Thus, the radio node is required to periodically radiate a number of RF reference beams in different directions of the coverage area to help UEs to identify a best-possible RF beam(s). However, radiating the RF beams in different directions periodically can increase power consumption of the radio node, particularly when the UEs are concentrated at a handful of locations in the coverage area. In this regard, the radio node can be configured to selectively radiate a subset of the RF reference beams based on a determined location(s) of the UE(s) in the coverage area, thus making it possible to reduce computational complexity and power consumption of the radio node.
US12166556B2	Method and apparatus for uplink transmit beam selection Methods and apparatuses for uplink transmit beam selection. A method for operating a user equipment (UE) includes receiving configuration information including information on a plurality of measurement reference signal (RS) resources and information on a beam reporting, measuring the measurement RS resources, and calculating the beam reporting based on the measurement. The method further includes determining whether a maximum permissible exposure (MPE) limit is met and transmitting the beam reporting. Content of the beam reporting depends on whether the MPE limit is met or not.
US12166544B2	Modeling interference pattern in a massive multiple input, multiple output (MIMO) deployments A method and Radio Access Network (RAN) Intelligent Controller (RIC) modeling interference patterns in a Massive Multiple Input, Multiple Output (MIMO) network. Information associated with beams transmitted in an Open RAN (O-RAN) is obtained. An interference matrix identifying interference patterns is generated based on the information associated with the beams transmitted in the O-RAN. One or more optimization solutions are determined based on the interference patterns identified in the interference matrix. One or more signals are sent to one or more elements in the O-RAN to implement the one or more optimization solutions.
US12166542B2	System and method for system information transmission in stand-alone mmwave systems Described is an apparatus of a fifth generation (5G) Evolved Node-B (eNB) operable to communicate with a 5G User Equipment (UE) on a wireless network comprising one or more processors operable to generate one or more 5G Physical Downlink Shared Channel (xPDSCH) transmissions. The one or more processors may be operable to arrange the one or more xPDSCH transmissions for transmission through one or more respectively corresponding beamformed (Tx) beams. The one or more xPDSCH transmissions may carry one or more respectively corresponding 5G System Information Blocks (xSIBs).
US12166539B2	Method for transmission in a plurality of frequency bands between two neighbouring devices of a network A method for transmitting data, in the form of messages, in a power line communication network, the method being executed in a first node device of said network configured so as to communicate in a plurality of separate frequency bands with a second node device of said network, the method comprising transmitting a message in a transmission mode using at least two separate frequency bands from among said plurality of separate frequency bands in parallel. It is thus possible to have a wider bandwidth by using various separate frequency bands in parallel. The invention also relates to a communication node device configured so as to execute the abovementioned method.
US12166528B1	All optical identification and sensor system with power on discovery An apparatus and system having an optical integrated circuit (referred to herein as an OMTP) configured for power on during discovery and optically communicating with the OMTP reader for the purpose of extracting data.
US12166527B1	Optical antenna apparatus for free-space optical communication An optical antenna apparatus for free-space optical communication, includes an input end having a lens positioned to receive one or more incoming optical signals, where the one or more incoming optical signals are received from one or more optical fibers connected at the input end. The optical antenna apparatus further includes an output end having a prism positioned at a defined distance from the lens. The one or more incoming optical signals of the one or more optical fibers passes through the lens and then the prism to form one or more free-space optical beams for a bi-directional free-space optical communication with a remote optical node.
US12166526B2	Power transient event detection in optical communication systems A power transient event detection system includes a first bank of photodetectors (PDs) located within a first node of an optical communication system. Each PD within the first bank of PDs has a different response time. The system further includes an output signal monitor that monitors signal output from each of the PDs in the first bank and that logs power transient event detection information. A transient event characterizer identifies, based on the logged event detection information, a subset of the PDs in the first bank that observed a power transient event, and determines a duration of the power transient event based on an amount of time that the signal output satisfies low signal criteria for at least one PD in the subset.
US12166523B2	Method and apparatus of frequency hopping for uplink transmission and reception Provided are a method and a device for hopping a frequency to perform uplink transmission. The method may include: receiving frequency hopping configuration information for a transport block transmitted using a plurality of slots; determining a frequency resource location to be hopped in the plurality of slots based on the frequency hopping configuration information; and transmitting the transport block through the plurality of slots according to the frequency resource location.
US12166522B2	RF system and electronic device A radio frequency (RF) system is provided. The RF system includes an RF transceiver, an RF processing circuit, a transfer switch module, a first antenna, a second antenna, a third antenna, and a fourth antenna. The RF transceiver is coupled with the RF processing circuit. The RF processing circuit is coupled with the transfer switch module. The transfer switch module is coupled with the first antenna, the second antenna, the third antenna, and the fourth antenna. When the RF system operates in a non-standalone (NSA) mode, the first antenna is configured for transmission in a first low band (LB) and primary reception in the first LB, the second antenna is configured for transmission in a second LB and primary reception in the second LB, the third antenna is configured for diversity reception in the second LB, and the fourth antenna is configured for diversity reception in the first LB.
US12166520B2	Case with illusory design elements A case having the appearance of 3D design elements embedded therein. The case generally comprises a back panel which incorporates a plurality of layers with impressions or recesses formed thereon. When aligned, the impressions create an optical illusion as if actual objects are embedded in the back panel of the case where no actual object is present. And a method of producing an optical illusion of embedded design elements in a case including the steps of forming a first panel with at least one first impression formed on a first side of the first panel, applying a reflective coating to the at least one first impression, forming a second panel, and joining the second panel to the first side of the first panel.
US12166519B2	Multifunctional stand and support for mobile terminal A multifunctional mobile terminal stand and support device includes a base, a sound amplifying hole, and an atomization assembly. The base defines a first groove and a through hole, the base includes opposing first and second side surfaces, and the first groove is arranged on the first side surface. One end of the through hole is connected to the first groove, and other end of the through hole passes through the second side surface. The sound amplifying hole on one side of the base is connected to the first groove, and the second end of the sound amplifying hole passes through the base. The atomization assembly includes a mounting portion with second groove on the base and an atomizer, the atomizer is arranged in the second groove.
US12166517B2	Methods, systems and devices to improve channel utilization A method that incorporates aspects of the subject disclosure may include, for example, obtaining, by a system comprising a processor, interference information associated with one or more physical resource blocks (PRBs) from each base station of a plurality of base stations. Further, the method can include determining, by the system, from the interference information a strategy for improving a PRB utilization of a first base station of the plurality of base stations. In addition, the method can include conveying, by the system, the strategy to at least one base station of the plurality of base stations. Other embodiments are disclosed.
US12166513B1	Adaptive digital post-distortion and modulation and coding scheme index reporting Methods, systems, and devices for wireless communications are described. The described techniques may provide for an adaptive digital post-distortion (DPoD) procedure and reporting of modulation and coding scheme (MCS) indices for communications between a user equipment (UE) and a network entity. The UE may select a kernel from a set of kernels indicated by the network entity for a DPoD procedure based on a target error vector magnitude (EVM). Additionally, or alternatively, the UE may determine a limitation for an MCS index for the network entity to use in communications with the UE based on a power limitation of the UE and an EVM associated with the MCS. The network entity and the UE may accordingly communicate using the MCS limitation requested by the UE and the determined DPoD kernel.
US12166512B2	Vehicle-mounted antenna system Provided according to an embodiment is a vehicle-mounted antenna system. The antenna system may comprise: a circuit board; a heat sink configured to have an aperture region above the circuit board and be fixed to the circuit board through a fixing portion; and a coupling feed portion configured to be connected to the circuit board and radiate a signal to the aperture region.
US12166511B2	Antenna structure and wireless communication device using same An antenna structure includes a housing, a first feed source, a second feed source, and a resonance circuit. The housing includes a first and a second radiator spaced to each other and grounded. The first feed source feeds current into the first radiator to activate a first mode, a second mode, and a third mode to generate radiation signals in a first frequency band, a second frequency band, and a third frequency band. The second feed source feeds current into the second radiator to activate a fourth mode to generate radiation signals in a fourth frequency band. The resonance circuit adjusts a radiation frequency band of the second radiator according to an impedance of the resonance circuit. The first radiator adjusts the third mode according to the radiation frequency band of the second radiator. A wireless communication device employing the antenna structure is also provided.
US12166509B2	Duplexer with impedance inverters A duplexer may be used to isolate a transmitter and a receiver that share a common antenna. By using impedance gradients to provide impedances that cause balance-unbalance transformers (balun) of the duplexer to cut-off access to the common antenna rather than duplicate the antenna impedance, the duplexer is balanced. Such cut-offs may have a lower insertion loss than a duplexer that merely duplicates the antenna impedance to separate the differential signals of the receiver and transmitter from the common mode signal.
US12166504B2	Systems and methods for decoding of graph-based channel codes via reinforcement learning Embodiments of the present disclosure relate to sequential decoding of moderate length low-density parity-check (LDPC) codes via reinforcement learning (RL). The sequential decoding scheme is modeled as a Markov decision process (MDP), and an optimized cluster scheduling policy is subsequently obtained via RL. A software agent is trained to schedule all check nodes (CNs) in a cluster, and all clusters in every iteration. A new RL state space model is provided that enables the RL-based decoder to be suitable for longer LDPC codes.
US12166500B2	Auxiliary ADC-based calibration for non-linearity correction of ADC In an example, a system includes an input channel and a voltage to delay converter (V2D) coupled to the input channel. The system also includes a first multiplexer coupled to the V2D and an analog-to-digital converter (ADC) coupled to the first multiplexer. The system includes a second multiplexer coupled to the input channel and an auxiliary ADC coupled to the second multiplexer. The system includes calibration circuitry coupled to an output of the auxiliary ADC, where the calibration circuitry is configured to correct a non-linearity in a signal provided by the input channel. The calibration circuitry is also configured to determine the non-linearity of the signal provided to the ADC relative to the signal provided to the auxiliary ADC.
US12166493B2	Loop bandwidth control for fractional-n frequency synthesizer In an example, a system includes a phase-locked loop including a charge pump coupled to a phase frequency detector, a low-pass filter coupled to the charge pump, and a VCO coupled to the low-pass filter, where the charge pump is configured to provide a charge pump current to the low-pass filter. The system also includes a current source configured to provide a bias current to the charge pump. The system includes a first bias compensation circuit configured to increase the bias current responsive to a control voltage provided to the VCO being within a first range. The system also includes a second bias compensation circuit configured to decrease the bias current responsive to the control voltage provided to the VCO being within a second range.
US12166491B2	Clock and data recovery circuit from an N-pulse amplitude modulation signal An apparatus and a method for recovering clock and data from a multilevel pulse amplitude modulated signal received as input signal is suggested. The apparatus comprises a phase detector, a low-pass filter, a voltage-controlled oscillator, and a feedback loop forming a CDR loop. The voltage-controlled oscillator outputs a clock signal that is provided to the phase detector. The phase detector receives an MSB signal from a sampler. The apparatus also comprises an interleave circuit configured to receive the input signal and to generate two output signals having a smaller symbol rate than the input signal. The apparatus further comprises a logical gate configured to receive the output signals from the interleave circuit and to generate an enable signal for the phase detector indicating symmetrical transitions in the input signal. Lastly, the apparatus comprises a converter converting the output signals from the interleave circuit into an MSB and an LSB bit stream.
US12166489B2	Discrete time analog circuit Aspects of this disclosure relate to a discrete time analog multiplier and a discrete time analog divider. The multiplier and divider circuits are mainly using linear components such as capacitors, current sources, comparators and transconductance amplifiers, etc. The dynamic range is only limited by the available range of supply to the circuit rather than dependent on the transistor's linearity. Such limitation could be overcome by proper scaling or autoscaling of the signals. Hence, the limited dynamic range can be easily improved. With the help of using basic electronic components and operating in the analog domain, the conversion from analog to digital and/or digital to analog is not required.
US12166488B2	Voltage multiplier system The present invention provides a voltage multiplier system for an electrical device. The system includes a multi-vibrator adapted to generate a clock signal, and a voltage-multiplier module. Further, the multi-vibrator includes a pair of transistors, and at least one resistor-capacitor module. Further, the at least one resistor-capacitor module is connected between the emitter terminal and a base terminal of each of the pair of transistors to limit voltage between the base terminal and the emitter terminal of each of the pair of transistors. The voltage-multiplier module is adapted to boost an input voltage based on the clock signal received from the multi-vibrator.
US12166485B2	Methods and circuits for slew-rate calibration Described is an integrated circuit with a driving amplifier that transmits a signal over a link (e.g. a wire) by raising and lowering a voltage on the link. A reference oscillator provides an error measure for the rate at which the voltage transitions between voltages, the slew rate. Slew-rate calibration circuitry adjusts the driving amplifier responsive to the error measure.
US12166481B2	Method, unit and circuit for implementing Boolean logic based on computing-in-memory transistor A method, a unit and circuits for implementing Boolean logics based on computing-in-memory transistors. The method is implemented by using the characteristics and the read-write mode of the computing-in-memory transistor; the basic unit consists of a computing-in-memory transistor and a pull resistor; the pull resistor in the basic unit is connected in series with the transistor, and the gate of the transistor is independent; the basic units can implement sixteen Boolean logic operations through different circuit structures and voltage configuration schemes. Compared with the logic circuit structure of the conventional CMOS transistors, the present disclosure can implement more logic operations with fewer transistors, which greatly optimizes circuit density and computing speed caused by data transmission between storage units and process units.
US12166477B2	Tuning capacitance to enhance fet stack voltage withstand An RF switch to controllably withstand an applied RF voltage Vsw, or a method of fabricating such a switch, which includes a string of series-connected constituent FETs with a node of the string between each pair of adjacent FETs. The method includes controlling capacitances between different nodes of the string to effectively tune the string capacitively, which will reduce the variance in the RF switch voltage distributed across each constituent FET, thereby enhancing switch breakdown voltage. Capacitances are controlled, for example, by disposing capacitive features between nodes of the string, and/or by varying design parameters of different constituent FETs. For each node, a sum of products of each significant capacitor by a proportion of Vsw appearing across it may be controlled to approximately zero.
US12166472B2	Transversely-excited film bulk acoustic resonators with multiple piezoelectric membrane thicknesses on the same chip A filter device with multiple piezoelectric plate thicknesses if fabricated on a single chip by bonding a piezoelectric plate to a surface of a substrate having swimming pool shunt and series cavities. Non-selected areas of the plate have a thickness for shunt resonators and form shunt membranes of the plate that span the swimming pool shunt cavities. Selected areas of a back surface of the plate have a thickness for series resonators and form series membranes of the plate that span the swimming pool series cavities but not the swimming pool shunt cavities. The thickness for series resonators is thinner than that for shunt resonators. Shunt interdigital transducers (IDTs) are on a front surface of the plate over the swimming pool shunt cavities; and series IDTs are on a front surface of the plate over the swimming pool series cavities.
US12166466B2	Trim layers for surface acoustic wave devices Trim layers that are configured to adjust one or more operating parameters for surface acoustic wave (SAW) devices are disclosed. A SAW device may include an interdigital transducer (IDT) and a piezoelectric material that are configured to generate an acoustic wave and a trim layer that has an acoustic velocity and a density that correspond to a velocity of the acoustic wave. In this manner, the trim layer may be configured to adjust an electromechanical coupling of the SAW device without significantly impacting a resonance frequency of the SAW device. The SAW device may also include an additional trim layer that is configured to adjust a coupling percentage and the resonance frequency of the SAW device. A SAW device may include a trim layer that is configured to adjust certain operating parameters by greater amounts than other operating parameters.
US12166464B2	Piezo-actuated MEMS resonator with reduced nonlinear tcf A microelectromechanical system (MEMS) resonator includes a degenerately-doped single-crystal silicon layer and a piezoelectric material layer disposed on the degenerately-doped single-crystal silicon layer. An electrically-conductive material layer is disposed on the piezoelectric material layer opposite the degenerately-doped single-crystal silicon layer, and patterned to form first and second electrodes.
US12166461B2	Band pass filter and receiver module A band pass filter includes a resonator including a first inductor and a first capacitor coupled in series between a first port and a second port, a second inductor coupled in parallel with the resonator, a second capacitor coupled in parallel with the resonator, and a third capacitor coupled between one end of the second capacitor and the ground to perform a low pass filter function.
US12166459B2	Voltage amplifier based on cascaded charge pump boosting Disclosed herein are related to a system and a method of amplifying an input voltage based on cascaded charge pump boosting. In one aspect, first electrical charges are stored at a first capacitor according to the input voltage to obtain a second voltage. In one aspect, the second voltage is amplified according to the first electrical charges stored by the first capacitor to obtain a third voltage. In one aspect, second electrical charges are stored at the second capacitor according to the third voltage. In one aspect, the third voltage is amplified according to the second electrical charges stored by the second capacitor to obtain a fourth voltage.
US12166456B2	Loop filter stabilization for class D amplifier Amplifying a signal includes outputting an output signal from a Class D amplifier configured to operate as a current driver to a load, such as a loudspeaker, the output of the Class D amplifier controlled by a feedback loop, and, in the feedback loop: performing analog filtering using an active analog filter on an error signal that is based on the output of the Class D amplifier and a reference signal, digitizing a filtered output of the analog filter to produce a sequence of digital values, performing digital filtering on the sequence of digital values to produce a sequence of filtered digital values, and generating a pulse signal to control the output of the Class D amplifier based on the sequence of filtered digital values. The digital filter reduces a destabilizing effect of the loudspeaker's inductance. Associated circuits, systems, modules and electronic devices are disclosed.
US12166453B1	Low Allan-deviation oscillator An oscillator includes a resonator, sustaining circuit and detector circuit. The sustaining circuit receives a sense signal indicative of mechanically resonant motion of the resonator generates an amplified output signal in response. The detector circuit asserts, at a predetermined phase of the amplified output signal, one or more control signals that enable an offset-reducing operation with respect to the sustaining amplifier circuit.
US12166451B2	Mobile generator A mobile generator includes a housing having a top portion, a first side portion, and a second side portion, wherein the first side portion includes an energy-receiving component. The mobile generator also includes an arm pivotally coupled to the housing at a first pivot point and to the first side portion at a second pivot point. A first motion controller is configured to drive rotation of the arm about the first pivot point, and a second motion controller configured to drive rotation of the first side portion about the second pivot point.
US12166446B2	Motor drive device A heater-integrated fuse is provided at a neutral point of a stator coil, and when a short-circuit failure of an inverter is detected, a fuse part of the heater-integrated fuse is cut by heating.
US12166445B2	Motor drive direct current link voltage measurement resolution improvement with fault detection A motor drive system includes a MUX circuit, a DC voltage scaling circuit, a fault detection circuit, an ADC, and an FPGA. The MUX circuit selectively establishes a MUX input signal path and a MUX output signal path. The DC voltage scaling circuit measures a DC link voltage. The fault detection circuit receives the output DC link voltage and outputs one of a normal operation signal or a fault signal in response to comparing the DC link voltage to one or both of a U/V reference voltage and an O/V reference voltage. The ADC converts one or more input analog voltages into respective corresponding output digital voltages. The FPGA is in signal communication with the ADC output (ADCOUT) and the MUX circuit, and is configured to control the motor drive system based on a comparison between one or more of the output digital voltages.
US12166444B2	Multi-phase permanent magnet rotor motor with independent phase coil windings A multi-phase permanent magnet rotor motor comprises a plurality of phase coil windings with each phase coil winding having two free ends and the plurality of phase coil windings being without a common node. A controller is provided comprising a plurality of full-bridge inverters. Each full-bridge inverter has two output ends electrically connected to the two free ends of a corresponding phase coil winding. The controller is configured to operate the plurality of full-bridge inverters to output pulse modulated control signals to their respective phase coil windings. The outputted pulse modulated control signals can comprise a combination of sine wave signals and full-bridge space vector modulation signals.
US12166442B2	Electric motor system An electric motor system (100), comprising: a motor unit (110) comprising: a first part (120); a second part (130) movable relative to the first part (120); a plurality of spaced activatable motor elements (140) provided on the first part (120), each activatable motor element (140) being operative when activated by application of an electric current thereto for creating relative movement between the first and second parts (120, 130); and a plurality of power electronics drive modules (150), each power electronics drive module (150) being operatively associated with a different subset of the plurality of activatable motor elements (140) and comprising a power converter (155) operative to convert direct current into a periodic current for powering the activatable motor elements (140); and a power supply arrangement (170) comprising: at least one direct current power source (180); and a plurality of n parallel direct current power supply lines (190), each of the parallel direct current power supply lines (190) being operative to transmit direct current from the at least one direct current power sources (180) to a different subset of the plurality of power electronics drive modules (150).
US12166440B2	Current monitoring and circuit temperature measurements An apparatus includes a controller that measures a first voltage across a first circuit path including a series connection of a first switch and a shunt resistor. The first voltage generated based on first current supplied from a first winding of a motor including multiple windings. Based on the magnitude of the first voltage, the controller determines an ON-resistance of the first switch. The ON-resistance can be used final office action any suitable purpose. For example, the controller can be configured to use the determined ON-resistance of the first switch to controller operation of a motor including the first winding. For example, the determined ON-resistance can be used as a basis to determine an amount of current through first switch and corresponding first winding of the motor.
US12166437B2	Method of operating a synchronous motor in a flux weakening mode and a controller therefor Described is a method of controlling operation of a synchronous motor. The method comprises, during constant power/speed motor operation, determining a value of a stator voltage (vs2) for an orthogonal rotating reference frame of the motor. Comparing the value of the determined stator voltage (vs2) to a threshold voltage (vs_max12), said threshold voltage (vs_max12) having a value between that of a maximum stator voltage (vs_max02) for a basic speed mode of operation of the motor and that of a maximum stator voltage (vs_max22) of the motor closed loop controller. If the determined value of the stator voltage (vs2) is greater than or equal to the value of the threshold voltage (vs_max12), then controlling operation of the motor in a flux weakening mode of operation until a value of a current component (id−Δid) in a d-axis reaches a maximum negative value (−idmax), or until the value of the stator voltage (vs2) is less than the value of the threshold voltage (vs_max12).
US12166433B2	Power converter and method for operating a power converter A method for operating a power converter as an inverter between a DC voltage and an AC voltage grid is disclosed. For each AC voltage phase of the AC voltage grid, the power converter has at least one half-bridge which is connected to the AC voltage phase and has two semiconductor switches. Each semiconductor switch is reversed-connected in parallel with a diode. An activation angle range is determined for each semiconductor switch within an angle period, the lower range limit of which activation angle range is formed by subtracting a pre-firing angle from the lower range limit of a switch angle range, and the upper range limit of which activation angle range is formed by subtracting a pre-extinction angle from the upper range limit of the switch angle range.
US12166425B2	Electric device for a converter, converter and arrangement with an electric machine and a converter An electrical device for a converter has at least one capacitor having a first connection and a second connection, a first busbar and a second busbar is disclosed. A respective busbar has a greater extension along a transverse direction than along a longitudinal direction, and has a greater extension along the longitudinal direction than along a vertical direction. The respective busbar has a first surface and a second surface which are opposite one other with respect to the vertical direction. The device also has a first contact-connection device electrically conductively contact-connected to the first connection and via which the first connection is electrically conductively connected to the first busbar, and a second contact-connection device electrically conductively contact-connected to the second connection via which the second connection is electrically conductively connected to the second busbar. The busbars delimit a connection space in the vertical direction for connecting a semiconductor power unit.
US12166422B2	DC voltage converters This application relates to methods and apparatus for DC voltage conversion. A DC converter (100) is described, with a charge pump circuit comprising a plurality of charge pump stages (1401, 1402-1, 1402-2) each charge pump stage comprising connections for respective first and second capacitors for that stage (C1A, C1B; C2A, C2B; C3A, C3B). The charge pump also has a switch network, wherein the switch network comprises, between each successive stage, four switching paths (S7AA, S7AB, S7Ba, S7BB; S6AA, S6AB, S6Ba, S6BB) for separately connecting a respective first electrode of each of the first and second capacitors of one stage to a first electrode either of the first and second capacitors of the preceding stage, so that the relevant capacitor of the one stage can be charged by the relevant capacitor of the preceding stage.
US12166421B2	Systems and methods for automatic determination of state of switches in power converters Systems and methods that automatically detect state of switches in power converters are disclosed. In one aspect, a power switch includes a first switch coupled between a power input node and a first terminal of a load, a second switch coupled between the power input node and a second terminal of the load, first and second current sense devices arranged to transmit first and second signals including at least one of a magnitude and polarity of first and second currents through the first and second switches, respectively, a first driver circuit arranged to transmit first control signals to the first switch based at least in part on a voltage at the power input node and the first signal, and a second driver circuit arranged to transmit second control signals to the second switch based at least in part on the voltage at the power input node and the second signal.
US12166418B2	Power converter and control circuit thereof A control circuit for a switched-mode power converter to generate a control signal for controlling switching transistors in the power converter is disclosed. The control circuit includes: a comparator; a ramp compensation circuit for producing and applying a ramp compensation signal to a first or second input of the comparator; an on-time generation circuit to generate an on-time timer signal; and a control signal generation circuit to generate, based on the comparison signal and the on-time timer signal, the control signal for controlling the switching transistors in the power converter. The ramp compensation signal output from the ramp compensation circuit is configured with: a first slope during an inductor demagnetization interval in operation of the power converter in CCM and a second slope during an inductor demagnetization interval and a zero-current interval in operation of the power converter in DCM, the first slope is greater than the second slope.
US12166415B2	Switching system and method with down time, corresponding computer program A switching system is disclosed having a switching arm with a high-side switch and a low-side switch. A control system switches the switching arm alternately between a first configuration, in which the high-side switch is open and the low-side switch is closed, and a second configuration, in which the high-side switch is closed and the low-side switch is open. The control system commands, for each switching operation, the opening of the switch that is initially closed, and then, at the end of a dead time, commands the closure of the switch that is initially open. The system has device for measuring a switch voltage present between the terminals of one of the switches. For each switching operation, the control system, following the command to open the switch initially closed, monitors the measured switch voltage, and determine the dead time for the switching operation based on the monitored switch voltage.
US12166414B2	Device, system and method to determine an operational mode of a continuous capacitive voltage regulator Techniques and mechanisms for determining a mode of operation of a switched capacitor voltage regulator (SCVR). In an embodiment, a controller supports multiple modes of operation of the SCVR, wherein the modes each correspond to a different respective sequence of switch states of a converter core of the SCVR. One of the modes is to provide boost voltage regulation with the SCVR. The controller transitions seamlessly and autonomously between two modes based on respective reference switch states of the two modes. In another embodiment, a mode transition is performed based on a signal which a control sensor generates based on a rate of switch events of the voltage regulator, and predetermined reference information indicating current characteristics of the voltage regulator.
US12166412B2	On-board charger for a battery of an electric vehicle The invention relates to controlling an on-board charger for a battery of an electric vehicle to provide a more flexible output DC voltage range by adjusting a turn ratio of a transformer circuit to selectively integrate or exclude one of two winding portions of a primary winding of the transformer circuit.
US12166409B2	Power conversion device and control device A power conversion device is provided, and includes a major circuit part and a control device; the major circuit part includes a power conversion part converting, into AC power, power that is input, and a filter circuit causing the AC power output from the power conversion part to approach a sine wave; the control device controls power conversion by the major circuit part by controlling an operation of the power conversion part; the control device includes an overcurrent suppression controller; the overcurrent suppression controller calculates instantaneous value voltage output command values of the phases of the AC power output from the power conversion part to suppress an overcurrent at the output end of the major circuit part. Accordingly, a power conversion device and a control device of the power conversion device are provided in which the generation of an overcurrent can be suppressed even when a voltage-controlled operation is performed.
US12166406B2	Rotary electric machine A rotary electric machine includes: a rotor; a shaft that penetrates the rotor along a rotation axis and is pivotally supported by a bearing; a stator accommodating the rotor inside; a rotor cover attached to an axial end surface of the rotor; and a casing having a flow passage for supplying oil to the bearing. The rotor cover has an oil receiving portion that forms a concentric clearance with respect to the shaft and receives the oil from the bearing in the clearance, and an oil distribution passage that communicates with the axial end surface of the rotor from the oil receiving portion. The rotary electric machine supplies the oil guided to the clearance to the oil distribution passage by centrifugal force to cool the rotor.
US12166401B2	System and method for generating rotation of a body to generate energy and reduce climate change A system and method for generating rotation of a body includes a rotating body configured to rotate about a rotation axis, at least one permanent flanking magnet and a bias object (or material non-uniformity) both arranged at least partially on or within the rotating body, and a drive or ring element. An axial gap between the ring element and the rotating body exists in an axial direction parallel to the rotation axis. The ring element may be a ferrous body, permanent magnet or electromagnet, and the bias object may be made from one or more materials of magnetic states, such as magnetic, ferromagnetic, paramagnetic, and diamagnetic or be a change in material properties of the rotating body. In some embodiments, a center of the ring element is not aligned with the rotation axis. Also, in some embodiments, the speed of, or rotational forces on, the rotating body may be adjusted by adjusting the axial gap or the magnetic field strength of the drive element and/or the flanking magnet(s) or by applying radial forces on the drive element. The rotating body may be connected to a shaft and drive an alternator to generate clean energy.
US12166399B2	External rotor aircraft motor having force isolated cantilevered rotor A high-efficiency, high specific power electric motor/generator for aircraft use provides a cantilevered external rotor removed from load thrust and vibration by an isolator and hearing set between the rotor and stator reducing material demands and weight otherwise required for stiffness to preserve close rotor/stator proximity.
US12166398B2	Direct energy converter for axisymmetric mirror fusion reactor A direct converter for an axisymmetric mirror confinement system provides a set of radially symmetric vanes charged to capture ions escaping along the axis of the confinement system and to convert their energy to electrical power. An electron trap positioned before the charged vanes uses a magnetic field to divert and collect electrons, separating them from the ions, and may support a radial electric field providing plasma control. The charged vanes may be constructed of or have a coating of a getter material absorbing neutrals derived from those ions after capture.
US12166392B2	Matched contour winding of coils in slot between adjacent teeth of stator core and processing method therefor An embodiment provides a stator core including a plurality of first single teeth, a plurality of second single teeth and coils. The teeth are I-shaped and each have a long side, a short side, a connection portion and a wire-accommodating slot located on the sides of the connection portion. The coils are wound around the connection portions and accommodated in the wire-accommodating slots. The stator core is an annular element formed by splicing first single teeth and second single teeth in sequence in a staggered manner into a circle, and winding modes of the coils on the first single teeth and the second single teeth are different, so that the contour of the coils located on the outer side of the wire-accommodating slots of the first single teeth is different from the contour of the coils located on the outer side of the wire-accommodating slots of the second single teeth.
US12166389B1	Centrifugal magnetic flux adjuster electrical motor An electric motor including a stator, and a rotor supported for rotation within the stator. The rotor includes a plurality of circumferentially spaced-apart radially outer permanent magnets fixed to the rotor and a plurality of circumferentially spaced-apart radially inner permanent magnets movably supported by the rotor. The radially inner permanent magnets are movable radially with respect to the rotor between a first radially inner position and a second radially outer position to weaken the magnetic field of the radially outer permanent magnets at higher speeds.
US12166387B2	Assembly methods for armature assemblies and generators A method for assembling a generator rotor carrying permanent magnets defining a magnetic field and a generator stator defining an armature having a plurality of coils includes moving one or both of the generator rotor and the generator stator towards the other of the generator stator and the generator rotor to generate relative movement between the generator rotor and the generator stator. Simultaneously with the relative movement, the coils of the armature are electrically feed such that circulating currents along the armature create a magnetic field in an opposite direction of the magnetic field created by the permanent magnets to reduce a magnetic attraction between the generator rotor and the generator stator.
US12166385B2	Electrically excited machine and contactless arrangement for an electrically excited machine An electrically excited machine that includes a machine rotor and an exciter device for the electrical excitation of the electrically excited machine. The exciter device can include at least one energy transfer system integrated in and/or arranged inside the machine rotor. The machine rotor can include a rotor winding. The electrically excited machine can also include a machine stator. The machine stator can be arranged outside of the electrically excited machine.
US12166381B2	Stator cooling for electric machines A stator can comprise a stator body comprising an inner cooling duct, and an outer cooling duct, wherein the inner cooling duct is located closer to a center axis of the stator body than the outer cooling duct, a first endplate received at a first end of the stator body, the first endplate comprising an inlet jacket circumferentially located within the first endplate, an inlet finger fluidly connected to the inlet jacket, and a drainage jacket circumferentially located within the first endplate, a second endplate received at a second end of the stator body, the second endplate comprising an outlet jacket circumstantially located within the second endplate, and an outlet finger fluidly connected to the outlet jacket, wherein the inner cooling duct fluidly connects the inlet jacket to the outlet finger, and wherein the outer cooling duct fluidly connects to the outlet jacket to the drainage jacket.
US12166377B2	Power supply parallel control circuit, method and device Disclosed are a power supply parallel control circuit, a method and a device. The circuit includes a power switching module, a first switch module, a second switch module, a third switch module and a fourth switch module all connected to the power switching module. The power switching module outputs a first switching signal according to a received switching control signal and control the second switch module to conduct unidirectionally. The first power supply continuously supplies power to a load and the third switch module is controlled to be on. The fourth switch module maintains unidirectional conduction and the second power supply starts to supply power to the load. The power switching module further outputs a second switching signal after a preset time to turn off the first switch module, the first power supply stops powering the load, and the fourth switch module is turned on.
US12166376B2	Power supply management system and method for use with one or multiple different utility proxies The present disclosure relates to a power supply management system adapted for use with at least one utility proxy power source, to control powering first and second loads when an AC mains power source is not available to provide power to the loads. The system uses an internal DC bus of a power converter to receive power from a utility proxy, and a DC/DC converter/charger of the power converter to receive power from a short term supplemental battery subsystem. The DC/DC converter/charger is used to supply a first AC output signal to power the first load. An AC/DC rectifier of the power converter uses the DC power from the utility proxy, supplied onto the internal bus, to generate a second AC output signal which is applied independently to the second load to power the second load fully independently of the first load.
US12166375B2	Power supply with high and low power operating modes A method for controlling a battery-powered power supply. The method includes generating a first output from a first power supply within the battery-powered power supply. The first output is coupled to an output bus. The method further includes monitoring a voltage of the output bus, and determining, using a controller of the battery-powered power supply, whether the voltage of the output bus is less than a first predetermined level. The method further includes deactivating the first power supply in response to determining that the voltage of the output bus is below the first predetermined level, and generating a second output from a second power supply within the battery-powered power supply. The second output is configured to be coupled to the output bus. The second power supply has a higher output rating than the first power supply.
US12166369B2	Monitoring capacity of a power bank battery and devices charged therewith A portable power bank including a rechargeable battery may detect loss of capacity in the power bank battery. The power bank determines a nominal capacity of the power bank, and an actual capacity of the power bank, the actual capacity being less than the nominal capacity. The power bank compares the actual capacity to the nominal capacity to determine a health value of the power bank battery. When the power bank battery health value is at or below a threshold value, the power bank transmits an indication of the health value to a mobile computing device.
US12166366B2	Substrate enclosure system with assembly for charging a validation wafer A system includes an enclosure configured to couple to an equipment front end module (EFEM) of a substrate processing system, a charging assembly, and one or more support structures within the enclosure. The one or more support structures are configured to support a validation wafer in a charging position to charge the validation wafer via the charging assembly.
US12166365B2	Wireless power transmission method over a plurality of phases and wireless power reception method A method by which a wireless power transmitter transmits wireless power, according to one embodiment of the present specification, comprises: a ping step of transmitting a digital ping, and receiving a response to the digital ping from a wireless power receiver; a configuration step of receiving, from the wireless power receiver, a configuration packet including information about whether the wireless power receiver supports an authentication function; and a power transmission step of transmitting wireless power to the wireless power receiver, wherein the power transmission step includes a low-power transmission step of transmitting low wireless power, an authentication step of authenticating the wireless power transmitter on the basis the supporting of the authentication function by the wireless power receiver, and a high-power transmission step of transmitting high wireless power on the basis of the successful authentication of the wireless power transmitter in the authentication step.
US12166363B2	System and methods of using electromagnetic waves to wirelessly deliver power to security cameras and adjusting wireless delivery of power to the security cameras as they move An example system includes a wireless-power transmitter configured to emit a first set of one or more radio frequency (RB signals and a security camera coupled to a wireless-power receiver. The wireless-power receiver is configured to receive the first set of one or more RF signals. The security camera includes at least one component for converting energy from the first set of one or more RF signals into usable power to power the security camera. The usable power is a primary source of power for the security camera. The example system can also include a processor in communication with the wireless-power transmitter configured to, in accordance with a determination that the security camera has moved relative to the wireless-power transmitter, adjust the wireless-power transmitter to emit a second set of one or more RF signals from the wireless-power transmitter to continue providing usable power to the security camera.
US12166362B2	Wireless power reception device and wireless communication method A wireless power reception device and a wireless communication method thereby are provided. The wireless communication method by the wireless power reception device may comprise the steps of: receiving a wireless power signal from a wireless power transmission device; measuring the strength of the wireless power signal; modulating the amplitude of the wireless power signal according to the measured strength of the wireless power signal; and performing communication with the wireless power transmission device by using the signal having the amplitude modulated.
US12166356B2	Controlling a power plant comprising wind turbines during grid frequency deviation The invention relates to a method for controlling a power plant during an event which requires a change of the power produced by the power plant, wherein the power plant comprises a plurality of power generating units including at least one wind turbine generator, the method comprises determining the power reference dependent on an available power, changing the power reference to a modified power reference by a power variation in response to detecting a first event, memorizing a power level relating to the actual power production at a time occurrence of the first event, setting a maximum power limit to the memorized power level, limiting the modified power reference to the maximum power limit, and controlling the power produced by the wind turbines in accordance with the limited modified power reference.
US12166354B2	Photovoltaic system with energy storage and method of controlling the system The present invention relates to a system for electrical energy storage. More specifically, the system comprises an energy storage retrofitted to an existing photovoltaic system. The present invention further relates to a method for control such a system for electrical energy storage.
US12166352B2	Power management system and power management method A power management system includes a first receiver for receiving information specifying reverse power flow from a base power meter measuring at least the reverse power flow output from a facility to a power grid, a second receiver for receiving information specifying each of individual output powers of two or more adjustment power supplies provided in the facility, and a controller for specifying each of individual reverse power flows of the two or more adjustment power supplies managed as the reverse power flow. The controller specifies individual reverse power flows of the two or more adjustment power supplies, by executing a correction process of correcting a discrepancy between a sum of the individual output powers of the two or more adjustment power supplies and the reverse power flow based on the individual output powers of the two or more adjustment power supplies.
US12166350B2	Handling of lost time synchronization in a substation network There is provided mechanisms for handling time shifted data streams in a substation network. A method is performed by an IED. The method comprises receiving a respective data stream from at least two time synchronized data sources in the substation network. The method comprises blocking, upon detecting a time shift between the data streams resulting from one of the data sources losing its time synchronization and until a configured time amount has expired, a protection function in the substation network from acting based on the data streams.
US12166347B2	Capacity design method and apparatus for performing solar power generation of residential complex Provided is a capacity design method and apparatus for performing solar power generation of a residential complex that may calculate a capacity of a solar power generator and an energy storage device to achieve energy independence of a residential complex including a plurality of housings and reduce burden affecting a grid.
US12166346B1	Fully distributed island micro-grid attack elasticity control system and method A fully distributed island micro-grid attack elasticity control system and method are provided. The method includes following specific steps: collecting basic information of a local AC micro-grid bus of a distributed power generation unit and basic information of a neighbor distributed power generation unit connected through a directed communication topology; predicting, based on a dynamic equation of the distributed power generation unit, a sequence of states thereof within a set period of time, namely, the predicted sequence of states; judging whether a system is under attack according to a comparison result of the predicted sequence of states and a real-time state sampling value of a micro-grid, to obtain a sequence of optimal auxiliary control inputs ui; and calculating an optimal angular frequency reference value ωi at the next time point according to the sequence of optimal auxiliary control inputs ui*.
US12166344B1	Load reduction optimization Methods, systems, and apparatus, including computer programs encoded on a computer storage medium, for performing load reduction optimization. In one aspect, a method includes accessing load reduction parameters for a load reduction event, accessing energy consumption models for multiple systems involved in the load reduction event, and performing, based on the load reduction parameters and the energy consumption models, a plurality of simulations of load reduction events that simulate variations in control parameters used to control the multiple systems. The method also includes optimizing, against a load reduction curve, the load reduction event by iteratively modifying the control parameters used in the plurality of simulations of load reduction events, and outputting the optimal load reduction event with optimized control parameters.
US12166336B2	Wire support bracket A bracket is provided for supporting an electrical conductor extending through an aperture of an electrical box. The bracket includes a first portion configured to be coupled to an outer surface of the electrical box; and a second portion coupled to the first portion and pivotable relative to the first portion. The second portion includes a leg and a plurality of tabs, and the tabs are pivotable relative to the connecting portion.
US12166333B2	Small pitch VCSEL array Vertical-cavity surface-emitting lasers (VCSELs) and VCSEL arrays having small size and small pitch are provided. Particularly, the present disclosure relates to novel and advantageous chip layouts for ensuring low resistance devices with good yield for small pitch arrays. More particularly, the present disclosure describes approaches for reducing the area consumed by a VCSEL structure so that a higher density VCSEL device may be achieved.
US12166327B2	Series of stacked confocal pulse stretchers for speckle reduction An extended optical pulse stretcher is provided that combines confocal pulse stretchers in combination to produce, for example, 4 reflections, 4 reflections, 12 reflections, and 12 reflections per optical circuit configuration. The inclusion of the combination of different mirror separations and delay path lengths can result in very long pulse stretching, long optical delays, and minimal efficiency losses. Also, in the extended optical pulse stretcher, at least a beam splitter can be positioned relative to the center of curvature of the mirrors to “flatten” each of the circuits to enable the beam to propagate in the same plane (e.g., parallel to the floor). Also, the curvatures and sizes of the individual mirrors can be designed to position the beam splitter closer to one of the banks of mirrors to allow the optical pulse stretchers to properly fit in an allocated location in a laser system.
US12166325B2	Terminal-equipped wire A terminal-equipped wire for charging inlet is provided with a wire including a conductor and an insulation coating, and a terminal to be connected to the conductor exposed from an end part of the wire. The insulation coating has an olefin-based resin as a main component. The terminal-equipped wire is further provided with a molded resin portion for covering a region from a connection point of the conductor and the terminal to the insulation coating, and a primer layer provided between an inner peripheral surface of the molded resin portion and an outer peripheral surface of the terminal. The inner peripheral surface of the molded resin portion and an outer peripheral surface of the insulation coating are directly in contact.
US12166324B2	Connected structure of substrate and carbon nanotube wire To provide a connected structure of a substrate and an electric wire with high connection reliability even when a carbon nanotube wire with an average diameter of 0.05 mm to 3.00 mm is used as the electric wire. The connected structure of the substrate and the carbon nanotube wire includes a substrate; a carbon nanotube wire made of one or more carbon nanotube aggregates each including a plurality of carbon nanotubes, the carbon nanotube wire having an average diameter of 0.05 mm to 3.00 mm; a conductive fixing member, part of which is provided between the substrate and the carbon nanotube wire; and a conductive member that electrically connects the carbon nanotube wire and the fixing member.
US12166321B2	Patch panel assembly A patch panel assembly, bezel and modular jacks are disclosed which allow modular jacks to be positioned closer together to increase patch panel density. In particular the modular jacks are equipped with features which engage openings which are offset, allowing for the modular jacks to be positioned closer together, in particular when arranged in adjacent parallel rows.
US12166318B2	Electromagnetic shield connector An electromagnetic shield connector is provided with a terminal-equipped shielded cable formed by mounting a terminal on an end of a shielded cable, an insulating inner housing including a first terminal fitting opening and a first wire insertion opening and configured to accommodate the terminal of the terminal-equipped shielded cable, a shield sleeve to be connected to a shield member of the shielded cable on the shielded cable and to be externally mounted on the shielded cable further on the side of the shielded cable than the terminal, an outer housing made of conductive metal, including a second terminal fitting opening and a second wire insertion opening, configured to accommodate the inner housing and to be connected to the shield sleeve, and a grounding portion provided on the outer housing and connectable to an external grounding member.
US12166316B2	Low-height connector for high-speed transmission A connector includes a first connector including a first housing, a wire held by the first housing, and a first terminal held by the first housing, including the main body part connected to a conductive wire of the wire and a contact part extending in a first direction; and a second connector including a second housing and a second terminal held by the second housing, including a contact part extending in the first direction, which is mounted on the surface of the circuit board, where the first connector is moved in the first direction with respect to the second connector, and then moved in a second direction orthogonal to the first direction with respect to the second connector to be fitted to the second connector, and the contact part of the first terminal is brought into contact with the contact part of the second terminal, when the first connector is moved in the second direction with respect to the second connector.
US12166314B2	Battery connector in an information handling system A connector in an information handling system includes a battery connector, a battery receptacle, and a signal pin structure contact. The battery connector includes a first set of power pins and a first set of signal pins. The battery receptacle includes a second set of power pins and a second set of signal pins. The first and second sets of power pins are coupled together when the battery connector is inserted within the battery receptacle. The signal pin structure contact transitions between an open position and a closed position. The signal pin structure contact couples the first and second sets of signal pins when the signal pin structure contact is in the closed position. A power down signal is provided to components of the information handling system when the signal pin structure contact is in the open position.
US12166313B2	Self-aligning holster for J1772 plug used in electric vehicle supply equipment An electric vehicle charger for charging a vehicle has a housing. A holster is fixedly attached to the housing having a latch partition and a plug partition. The plug partition houses a plug latch. A plug having a male charging connector is inserted into the hosung, where a spring-loaded latch positioned on a male charging connector engages and disengages the plug latch. The plug partition has a curvature that allows the plug to be inserted into the holster at an angle for engaging the spring-loaded latch with the plug latch. The spring-loaded latch disengages from the plug latch by a radial movement along the path of the curvature.
US12166309B2	Connector capable of preventing damage to a seal member A connector includes a housing having a plurality of cavities, a seal member having a plurality of seal holes, a rear holder that holds the seal member between the housing and the rear holder, and a terminal fitting that is inserted into the cavity through the seal hole. The seal member includes a main body portion disposed on a side of the rear holder, and a plurality of protrusions protruding forward from the main body portion. Each of the seal holes has a shape penetrating in a front-rear direction from the main body portion to each of the protrusions. A space that allows displacement of the protrusions is provided between the housing and the seal member. The housing is provided with a restriction portion that is disposed between the plurality of the protrusions with a gap interposed therebetween.
US12166308B2	Mounting bracket assembly for fixing charging socket and charging socket assembly The present application provides a mounting bracket assembly for fixing a charging socket and a charging socket assembly. The mounting bracket assembly has a mounting frame and a locking member. The mounting frame defines an installation region configured for receiving the charging socket, and provided with a connection structure configured for installing the locking member. The locking member and the connection structure are movably connected between the pre-locking position and the final-locked position. When the locking member and the connection structure are connected to each other at the pre-locking position, the charging socket is receivable within the installation region of the mounting frame. After the charging socket is received in the installation region, the locking member is moved from the pre-locking position to the final-locked position, and the charging socket is detachably fixed in the installation region. The mounting bracket assembly or the charging socket assembly provided by the present application simplifies working procedures and effectively improves working efficiency.
US12166293B2	Electronic device including antenna and method of manufacturing the electronic device According to certain embodiments, an electronic device includes a display configured to output visual information to the front of the electronic device, a support structure configured to support at least one of electronic components accommodated in the electronic device, the support structure having a first surface and a second surface, and an antenna including a ground portion disposed on the first surface and a radiation portion disposed on the second surface that are disposed respectively on both surfaces of the support structure.
US12166289B2	Phase shifter system and method A phase shifter for adjusting a phase shift between an input signal and output signal of the phase shifter includes: a first signal path between the input and the output; a second signal path between the input and the output; and a phase-shifter circuit configured to shift a phase of a first signal of the first signal path and a phase of a second signal of the second signal path by a constant phase angle relative to each other. The first and second signal paths each comprise a voltage-divider circuit connected to its respective signal path and configured to adjust an amplitude of a signal of the respective signal path. The output signal is based on a combination of the first signal and the second signal.
US12166286B2	Circularly polarized antenna assembly An antenna assembly includes a ground plane having a periphery. The antenna assembly includes a plurality of antenna elements. Each antenna element is resonant at a frequency f. The antenna elements are positioned generally equidistant from each other around the periphery. The antenna elements are electrically connected to a single antenna feed port. The antenna elements provide a right-hand circularly polarized (RHCP) generally omnidirectional radiation pattern in a first operation mode. The antenna elements provide a right-hand circularly polarized (RHCP) broadside radiation pattern in a second operation mode. The antenna elements provide a left-hand circularly polarized (LHCP) broadside radiation pattern in a third operation mode. The antenna assembly includes a reflector positioned below the antenna elements. The reflector tilts a maximum radiation of the antenna elements upward by a tilt angle in the first operation mode to create a conical radiation pattern.
US12166272B2	Electronic device comprising antenna and segmentation part An electronic device comprising an antenna and a segmentation part is provided. The electronic device includes a conductive housing, a printed circuit board arranged in the internal space of the conductive housing and comprising a wireless communication module, a conductive plate on which the printed circuit board is arranged, a segmentation part for segmenting at least a portion of the conductive housing, an opening arranged between the conductive housing and the conductive plate, an antenna formed via the segmentation part and the opening, and a non-conductive member for filling at least a portion of the segmentation part and the opening. The distance between a mutually facing end surface of the antenna and end surface of the conductive plate is configured to vary.
US12166271B2	Device and method for improving performance of mmWave antenna in electronic device including ceramic housing According to various embodiments disclosed herein, an electronic device comprises: a front plate including a front surface facing a first direction and a first portion of a side surface extending from the front surface; a frame forming a second portion of the side surface and on which electronic components of the electronic device sit; a rear cover including a rear surface facing a second direction opposite the first direction and a third portion of the side surface extending from the rear surface to the second portion of the side surface; a mmWave antenna module including a mmWave antenna disposed in one region of the frame and configured to form a beam in a third direction forming an obtuse angle with the first direction and an acute angle with the second direction; and a wireless communication circuit electrically connected to the mmWave antenna module. The rear cover comprises a ceramic material. In the third portion of the rear cover, a portion included in a region forming a first angle with the third direction in which the mmWave antenna module is configured to form a beam has a thickness in a first range. A portion outside the region forming a first angle with the third direction in which the mmWave antenna module is configured to form a beam may have a thickness in a second range greater than the first range.
US12166270B2	Electronic device provided with 5G antenna Provided is an electronic device provided with an antenna for 5G communication according to the present invention. The electronic device includes an array antenna which is implemented as a multi-layer substrate inside the electronic device and includes a plurality of antenna elements. Each of the antenna elements of the array antenna comprises: a patch antenna disposed on a specific layer of the multi-layer substrate and configured to radiate a signal applied from a feeder line; a first electronic band gap (EBG) element disposed parallel to the patch antenna on the left or right side of the patch antenna; and a second electronic band gap (EBG) element disposed parallel to the patch antenna on the upper or lower side of the patch antenna.
US12166269B2	Antenna and electronic device including same Various embodiments of the disclosure relate to an electronic device including an antenna. The electronic device may include: a housing; a main board disposed in an internal space of the housing and including a first surface oriented in a first direction, a second surface facing a direction opposite the first direction, and a through hole; and an antenna module disposed on the main board. The antenna module may include: a board at least partially disposed in the through hole and including a plurality of antenna elements; and a wireless communication circuit configured to transmit and/or receive a wireless signal in a predetermined frequency band via the plurality of antenna elements, the wireless communication circuit disposed on the second surface of the main board.
US12166267B2	Electronic device An electronic device is provided. The device includes a metal frame. The metal frame includes a first side and the first side includes three metal segments separated by two first gaps. The three metal segments include a first metal segment and the first metal segment is used to realize a first antenna. An operating frequency band of the first antenna at least includes 5 GHz to enable the electronic device to support a fifth-generation mobile communication network.

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