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| US12167366B2 |
Performing a connection setup based at least in part on a paging message
Various aspects of the present disclosure generally relate to wireless communication. In some aspects, a user equipment (UE) may establish, by a first subscription of the UE, a connection to a first network entity using two transmit (Tx) chains of the UE. The UE may receive, by a second subscription of the UE, a paging message from a second network entity. The UE may receive, by the first subscription from the second subscription, a request for the first subscription to enter a mode that supports one Tx chain. The UE, by the first subscription, may reduce the two Tx chains to the one Tx chain for the first subscription. The UE may perform, by the second subscription to the second network entity, the connection setup based at least in part on the first subscription reducing the two Tx chains to the one Tx chain. Numerous other aspects are described. |
| US12167363B2 |
Method and device for eliminating non-line of sight errors of time of arrival measurement values, and terminal
Disclosed in the embodiments of the present application are a method and a device for eliminating non-line of sight (NLOS) in time of arrival (TOA) measurement values, and a terminal. The method includes: modeling a probability density of the first TOA measurement values from each base station to a terminal into a Gaussian mixture model, and selecting the TOA measurement values modeled into the Gaussian mixture model; performing NLOS identification on the selected TOA measurement values to obtain an identification label; and the identification label is used to indicate whether the selected TOA measurement values correspond to NLOS; and correcting the selected TOA measurement values according to the identification label, to eliminate errors caused by NLOS in the selected TOA measurement values. |
| US12167362B2 |
Protocol control for sidelink-based positioning
Disclosed are techniques for wireless positioning. In an aspect, a user equipment (UE) may determine a set of one or more parameters for sidelink ranging sessions among session participants comprising a session initiator and at least one session responder, wherein the set of one or more parameters comprises: a first parameter indicating a first duration of time that a sidelink ranging session initiator allocates to receive, from a session responder, a response to a session request; and a second parameter indicating a second duration of time that a session responder allocates to receive a session confirmation from a session initiator after issuing, to the session initiator, a response to a session request. The UE may establish a sidelink ranging session according to the set of one or more parameters. |
| US12167359B2 |
Method and apparatus for connection management in wireless communication system
The present disclosure relates to a connection management in wireless communications. According to an embodiment of the present disclosure, when a multi-universal subscriber identity module (MUSIM) device switches to a second network from a first network upon receiving a paging from the second network and reverts back to the first network after a scheduling gap ends, the MUSIM device releases a connection with the first network. |
| US12167354B2 |
Device and method for minimising latency in a V2X communication network
The invention relates to a method implemented in a V2X device (2) for exchanging V2X messages comprising data packets with one or more receiving V2X devices connected via a cellular communication network (4), the method comprising the steps of (a) running one or more V2X applications, running a V2X application comprising the generation of V2X message data associated with the V2X application, (b) transmitting the V2X message data to a distribution interface (203) at an injection time, and (c) transmitting the V2X message, in a format which is encoded using the message data retrieved from the distribution interface (203), to the receiving V2X devices via a radio link, using radio access technology, at a send time. The injection time is determined on the basis of an initial injection time defined by a predefined period. The method comprises a step of calculating the injection time of a current message on the basis of the initial injection time and time information relating to at least one previous V2X message sent by the V2X device via the radio link, the time information relating to a previous message comprising the injection time of the previous message into the distribution interface and the send time of the previous V2X message by the V2X communication device via the radio link. |
| US12167350B2 |
Timing advance compensation
Devices, methods and computer programs for timing advance variation compensation in wireless communications are disclosed Timing advance variation for a client device communicating with a network node device at least partially via an air/space born vehicle communication connection is determined based on measurements on uplink signaling from the client device. A timing advance compensation function curve from a set of predetermined timing advance compensation function curves is selected, such that the selected timing advance compensation function curve corresponds with the determined timing advance variation. An indication of the selected timing advance compensation function curve is signaled to the client device. |
| US12167345B2 |
Performance and range of indoor client devices by applying regulated EIRP limits of subordinate devices
Embodiments of the present disclosure are directed to applying the higher effective isotropic radiated power (EIRP) limits that are set to subordinate devices to client devices that meet indoor constrains to form their own networks concurrently to operate as a client under the control of indoor access point (AP). Other embodiments may be described and claimed. |
| US12167343B2 |
Panel specific UL power control
Systems, methods, apparatuses, and computer program products for panel specific uplink power control. A method may include receiving, at a user equipment, an uplink grant indicating an uplink candidate beam for uplink transmission; receiving, at the user equipment, a plurality of power control configurations, wherein one of a plurality of sources of spatial relation information is associated with one of the plurality of power control configurations; determining, at the user equipment, a power control configuration of the plurality of power control configurations for the indicated uplink candidate beam based on an association between a source of spatial relation information and the power control configuration; and transmitting, from the user equipment, uplink data using the indicated uplink candidate beam and the determined power control configuration. |
| US12167341B2 |
Control signaling for robust physical uplink shared channel transmission
This disclosure relates to techniques for providing control signaling for robust uplink data transmissions in a wireless communication system. A wireless device may be configured to perform an uplink transmission, including performing multiple repetitions of the uplink transmission. The wireless may select a beam for each repetition, and it may be the case that different repetitions are transmitted using different beams. |
| US12167329B2 |
Power saving mechanisms in NR
Methods, systems, and devices may assist in power saving in new radio. For example, enable power savings during the connected mode discontinuous reception cycle of the RRC_CONNECTED state of a user equipment. |
| US12167328B2 |
Downlink event allocation in a network
Techniques for allocating event offsets within a period of transmission are described. A mains-powered device (MPD) may act as a “parent” to one or more battery-powered devices (BPDs). The MPD may assign “event offsets” to each BPD. The event offset is a time by which the BPD's timeslot is “offset” from the start of a periodic cycle of transmissions by the MPD. Thus, each event offset indicates a time that the BPD must be “awake,” i.e., operating its radio receiver and/or performing other functionality. A BPD may spend a substantial fraction of its time in a “sleep” mode, wherein less power is used and fewer functions are performed than during a period of that BPD's event offset. Another BPD may have a different event offset. Communications by the MPD with each child BPD may be substantially uniformly distributed over the period. To increase efficiency, groups of BPDs may receive multicasts. |
| US12167326B2 |
Communication device and non-transitory computer-readable medium storing computer-readable instructions for communication device
A communication device may execute an output control process for externally outputting output information obtained by using a public key, receive an authentication request in which the public key is used from a terminal device, send an authentication response to the terminal device, receive N pieces of wireless setting information from the terminal device, send, by using each of the N pieces of wireless setting information, a confirm signal to an access point corresponding to each of the N pieces of wireless setting information, receive a response signal in response to sending the confirm signal from each of M access points among N access points, select a target access point from among the M access points, and establish a wireless connection with the target access point. |
| US12167321B1 |
Cell access for hiding network presence and operation
Methods, systems, and devices for wireless communications are described. A user equipment (UE) may receive synchronization messages from a public cell that indicates synchronization information. The UE may input information received from the one or more synchronization messages into one or more functions provisioned at the UE to derive a set of control resources associated with a private cell. The UE may monitor the set of control resources to receive encrypted system information from the private cell. The UE may decrypt the system information of the private cell by deriving a cell specific broadcast key associated with the private cell. In some examples, the UE may derive the cell specific broadcast key based on the one or more functions provisioned at the UE. As such, the UE may transmit to the private cell via the set of control resources a random access message indicating successful decryption of the system information. |
| US12167315B2 |
Relay selection for cooperative relaying
Various aspects of the present disclosure generally relate to wireless communication. A source user equipment (UE) may transmit, to a relay UE, information identifying that the relay UE is one of a plurality of relay UEs selected for cooperative relaying of a communication from the source UE to a destination UE. A channel between the source UE and the relay UE may be one of a plurality of channels comprising a channel between the source UE and each relay UE of the plurality of relay UEs. The plurality of relay UEs may be selected based at least in part on a degree of correlation of the channel between the source UE and the relay UE with at least one other channel of the plurality of channels. The UE may transmit the communication to the plurality of relay UEs for cooperative relaying to the destination UE. Numerous other aspects are described. |
| US12167314B2 |
Facilitation of local disaster mobile edge computing resiliency for 5G or other next generation network
Local weather information such as a nationwide emergency network for first responders can enable first responders to communicate nationally with a single network, linking to suppliers, utilities, and weather information. The system disclosed herein can provide data to first responders and data from first responders can provide insights into local conditions that can be utilized by edge data centers. Adding first responder data can improve the processing speed of moving of edge-based applications out of threatened data centers. Because this movement can also have an impact on low latency applications, identifying the closest edge sites without an impact can keep the applications operating. |
| US12167309B2 |
Method to authenticate with a mobile communication network
Apparatuses, methods, and systems are disclosed for authenticating with a mobile communication network. One apparatus includes a memory comprising instructions executable by a processor to cause the apparatus to receive, from a remote unit, a first request to start authentication via a non-3GPP access network and to send, to the remote unit, an EAP-Start packet to initiate an EAP-5G session between the apparatus and the remote unit for exchanging NAS messages between the remote unit and an AMF via the apparatus. Here, the EAP-5G session utilizes EAP-5G packets having an expanded EAP type and a 3GPP vendor ID, the NAS messages being encapsulated within the EAP-5G packets. The apparatus further receives, from the remote unit, an EAP-5G response packet including a NAS request message and a first set of AN-Params including a PLMN ID of the mobile communication network and NSSAI. |
| US12167304B2 |
Electronic notebook system
An electronic notebook system is described comprising a housing, a computing device, wireless interfaces, antennas, sensors, a touch display configured to receive input via a stylus and/or human digit input, the stylus comprising a pressure and/or an inclination sensor, a microphone, camera, the system configured to provide a user condition interface, receive a user selection of a first user condition, provide an interface configured to receive user details, receive audible user details via the microphone, convert the audible user details received via the microphone to text, perform natural language processing to identify text keywords utilizing sentence segmentation, part-of-speech tagging, paraphrase recognition, and/or co-reference resolution, identify a condition based at least in part on the identified one or more keywords, dynamically generate an alert based at least in part on the identified condition, wirelessly transmit the alert to one or more destinations via at least a first wireless interface and antenna. |
| US12167303B2 |
Message routing system for cellular to satellite networks
A system and method for delivering and receiving Short Message Service (SMS) messages between users connected to satellite and cellular networks. The system includes a communication device capable of operating in either satellite or cellular modes, a satellite service provider, a satellite proxy network, and a cellular operator. The method involves monitoring the network mode of the user device, relaying information about the user device's connection to the satellite network via a specially formatted SMS payload and registering the user device with a cellular operator when in satellite mode. The satellite proxy network serves as an anchoring point for sending and receiving SMS messages, ensuring seamless message exchange between satellite network users and cellular network users. The user device is designed to automatically switch between satellite and cellular modes based on network availability, ensuring continuous communication. This invention enables improved messaging services and enhances communication between users on different networks. |
| US12167300B2 |
Systems and methods for providing reliable multicast transmissions to multiple stream recipients over a wireless network
A wireless network system for providing reliable transmission over a wireless network includes a multicast stream source including a modifier and a plurality of multicast stream recipients in communication with the multicast stream source with each of the plurality of multicast stream recipients including an outgoing library. |
| US12167295B2 |
Communication method, and distance determining method and apparatus
This application provides a communication method, and a distance determining method and apparatus. A first terminal device sends a first signal. A second terminal device determines whether a location of the second terminal device is a specified area. When the location of the second terminal device is the specified area, the second terminal device sends feedback information. When the location of the second terminal device is not the specified area, the second terminal device does not send feedback information or sends less feedback information. This method is applicable to communication, for example, V2X communication or D2D communication, between terminal devices on a sidelink. |
| US12167293B2 |
Systems and methods for dynamically delivering access credentials for locking systems
A lock system includes a processing circuit. The processing circuit is configured to store an access credential for a locking device. The access credential is associated with a user. The access credential has a lifespan. The processing circuit is further configured to deliver the access credential to a user device associated with the user to facilitate accessing the locking device with the user device, monitor a frequency at which the user device accesses the locking device using the access credential, and adjust the lifespan of the access credential based on the frequency. |
| US12167292B2 |
Registration request indicating failure of network
A wireless device receives from a base station of a first public land mobile network (PLMN) an indication of a failure of a second PLMN including a PLMN identifier of the second PLMN. The wireless device sends to an access and mobility management function, a registration request indicating the failure of the second PLMN. The registration request includes the PLMN identifier of the second PLMN, and one or more of a subscriber concealed identifier and a permanent equipment identifier of the wireless device. |
| US12167288B2 |
Network backhaul access
A communication system can provide an independent mobile cellular network to devices within a covered area. In addition, the system can determine whether user equipment within a covered area of the communication system are to have backhaul access to another communication system and/or whether to adjust the point of presence of the user equipment. |
| US12167287B2 |
Carrier specific search thresholds
According to a first embodiment, a method may include receiving, by a user equipment, at least one search threshold configuration. The method may further include determining, by the user equipment, at least one carrier measurement to perform according to the at least one received search threshold configuration. The method may further performing, by the user equipment, perform the at least one determined carrier measurement. |
| US12167283B2 |
Information transmission method and device, storage medium, and electronic device
Provided are an information transmission method and device, a storage medium and an electronic device, the method including receiving, by a third transmission node, context information of a first transmission node or a second transmission node transmitted by the first transmission node; and storing, by the third transmission node, the context information. |
| US12167281B2 |
Device and method of handling radio bearer configurations of radio access technologies
A first base station (BS) for handling RB configurations of radio access technologies (RATs) comprises at least one storage device; and at least one processing circuit, coupled to the at least one storage device. The at least one storage device stores, and the at least one processing circuit is configured to execute instructions of: receiving, from a second BS, a first RB configuration of a first RAT and a second RB configuration of a second RAT for a first communication device, wherein the first RB configuration and the second RB configuration are associated to a first RB; and communicating first data associated to the first RB with the first communication device according to the first RB configuration and the second RB configuration; wherein the first RB configuration comprises a first RB identity identifying the first RB, and the second RB configuration comprises the first RB identity. |
| US12167279B2 |
Terminal and communication method
A terminal includes: a reception unit configured to receive information related to MCS (Modulation and coding scheme) applied to a terminal-to-terminal direct communication; a control unit configured to determine, in a case where a plurality of MCS tables are configured by the information, which MCS table is to be used, and to determine an MCS from the determined MCS table; and a communication unit configured to perform the terminal-to-terminal direct communication using the determined MCS, wherein the control unit determines an upper limit and a lower limit of available MCSs in the determined MCS table, based on a parameter included in the information. |
| US12167273B2 |
Intelligent steering in 5G
The present disclosure relates to systems and methods for cloud-based 5G security network architectures intelligent steering, workload isolation, identity, and secure edge steering. Specifically, various approaches are described to integrate cloud-based security services into Multiaccess Edge Compute servers (MECs). That is, existing cloud-based security services are in line between a UE and the Internet. The present disclosure includes integrating the cloud-based security services and associated cloud-based system within service provider's MECs. In this manner, a cloud-based security service can be integrated with a service provider's 5G network or a 5G network privately operated by the customer. For example, nodes in a cloud-based system can be collocated within a service provider's network, to provide security functions to 5G users or connected by peering from the cloud-based security service into the 5G service provider's regional communications centers. |
| US12167269B2 |
Non-Standalone Architecture frame alignment
Techniques for measuring and reducing signal misalignment in a dual connectivity environment are discussed herein. When using Non-Standalone Architecture (NSA), a device initially communicates with a network using a Long-Term Evolution (LTE) connection. After the LTE connection is established, an LTE base station may instruct the device to measure signal strength of a neighboring New Radio (NR) cell during a specified LTE measurement gap. When the NR cell is implemented by an indoor NR base station, the NR signal may not be sufficiently synchronized with the LTE signal and the device may be unable to measure the NR signal during the measurement gap. In these cases, the device can determine the frame timing difference between the LTE and NR signals, obtain an adjusted measurement gap that reduces any measurement gap misalignment, and attempt to measure the signal strength of the NR cell using the adjusted measurement gap. |
| US12167268B2 |
Configuration of multiple measurement gaps for a UE
A user equipment (UE) is configured to perform measurements during two or more measurement gaps (MGs). The UE receives a MG configuration, wherein the MG configuration includes multiple MGs and MG conflict resolution information, determines whether a conflict exists between two or more of the MGs, selects at least one of the two or more MGs that have the conflict based on the MG conflict resolution information and performs signal measurements during the selected at least one of the two or more MGs that have the conflict. |
| US12167265B2 |
Indication of single or dual receive beams in group-based report
Aspects of the present disclosure provide techniques that may allow a UE to indicate a number of receive beams a UE used to receive and measure multiple Tx beams that are included in a group beam report. |
| US12167263B2 |
Communications method and apparatus
A communication method includes determining, by a processor, that a terminal device meets a first condition based on the signal quality of at least one reference signal of a serving cell of the terminal device. The at least one reference signal corresponds to at least one sending direction. The method also includes skipping performing an intra-frequency measurement or an inter-frequency measurement. |
| US12167261B2 |
Carrier specific scaling factor without measurement gap for measurements in dual connectivity
The present application relates to devices and components including apparatus, systems, and methods for carrier-specific scaling factor for measurements without measurement gaps in dual connectivity networks. |
| US12167259B2 |
Master node, secondary node, and methods therefor
A master node (MN) (1) controls the MN (1) to enable, for a radio terminal (3), dual connectivity using a Master Cell Group (MCG) provided by the MN (1) and a Secondary Cell Group (SCG) provided by a secondary node (SN) (2). The MN (1) sends an indication regarding an MCG failure to the SN (2). The MN (1) transmits an RRC message related to recovery of the MCG failure to the radio terminal (3), via an SCG part of a split signalling radio bearer between the MN (1) and the radio terminal (3). This, for example, allows the SN to learn of an occurrence of the MCG failure. |
| US12167258B2 |
Communication apparatus, method, program and recording medium
In an architecture in which the inside of a radio access network is split into two layers and the processes are performed in separate apparatuses, respectively, to achieve the redundancy of the processes of the higher layer. A server apparatus 100 is a communication apparatus that comprises a first layer processing unit 141 configured to perform a process of a first layer in a radio access network, an establishing unit 143 configured to perform a process for establishing connections with two or more clients performing a process of a second layer, which is higher than the first layer, an obtaining unit 145 configured to obtain information related to a connection state with a first client performing the process of the second layer, and a communication processing unit 147 configured to transmit, to a second client, the information related to the connection state with the first client. |
| US12167257B2 |
Method for adjusting antenna state of wireless AP, smart antenna scheduling method and wireless AP
The present disclosure discloses a method for adjusting antenna state of a wireless AP, an smart antenna scheduling method and a wireless AP, wherein the method includes: acquiring a performance index of an antenna of a wireless AP in a current antenna state, wherein the performance index is a weighted average of negotiated rates of a plurality of clients communicably connected with the wireless AP; and adjusting the antenna state of the antenna based on the performance index of the antenna of the wireless AP in the current antenna state. |
| US12167256B2 |
Low energy industrial wireless instruments network
An industrial wireless instruments network connects a plurality of industrial wireless instruments to a monitoring and control application. The network employs wireless relay nodes that operate as dedicated proxies for the wireless instruments to which they are connected in the network. In some embodiments, the wireless relay nodes are Bluetooth Low Energy (BLE) devices that are capable of implementing Bluetooth version 4.0 or higher. In some embodiments, the relay nodes are deployed in a multi-hop arrangement to extend the range between the wireless instruments and the monitoring and control application. In some embodiments, the relay nodes are deployed in parallel so as to provide easy scale out, redundancy, and load-balancing. Such an arrangement has several advantages over conventional solutions like mesh networks. |
| US12167255B2 |
Non-recombinant human insulin-like growth factor binding protein concentrate
A human insulin-like growth factor (IGF) binding protein stock solution and method of making the same include a non-recombinant human IGF binding protein-3 (nr-IGFBP-3) in an aqueous buffered medium. The concentration of the nr-IGFBP-3 in the stock solution ranges from about 16 micrograms per milliliter (μg/ml) to about 40 μg/ml. A kit includes a set of calibrators for nr-IGFBP-3. The set of calibrators includes the nr-IGFBP-3 in different concentrations. |
| US12167253B2 |
Inter-base station interference mitigation
Methods, systems, and devices for wireless communications are described. Aspects of the present disclosure provide techniques for restricting beams that may lead to inter-base station interference. For example, an implicit restriction of beams may be used by a first and second base station (e.g., a victim and aggressor base station, respectively). In such cases, the first base station may indicate a period, a subband, or both, associated with one or more scheduled uplink beams that the first base station may use for receiving uplink transmissions. The second base station may select beams that avoid interference with the uplink beam(s) of the first base station. Additionally or alternatively, an explicit restriction of beams may be signaled, where the first base station may explicitly indicate a set of downlink beams associated with the second base station that are allowed (e.g., beams that avoid interference with uplink transmissions at the first base station). |
| US12167240B2 |
Method for configuring a radio connection
Provided is a method for configuring a wireless connection between a mobile wireless terminal and a mobile wireless network, in which the mobile wireless network contains at least one first subnetwork, which is accessible with a credential of at least a first type, and contains at least one second subnetwork, which is accessible with a credential of at least a second type, and a first wireless connection to a first subnetwork and a second wireless connection to a second subnetwork have different wireless transmission parameters. In the event of a request for access by the mobile wireless terminal to a selected subnetwork—a predetermined credential is determined for the request for access to the selected subnetwork, the type of the predetermined credential is determined, and—at least one wireless transmission parameter is selected and activated depending on the determined type of the predetermined credential. |
| US12167235B2 |
Communication apparatus, control method of communication apparatus and non-transitory computer-readable storage medium
A communication apparatus obtains an encryption key by executing network introduction processing with another communication apparatus using a communication parameter obtained in accordance with DPP standard, executes connection processing with the other communication apparatus using the encryption key, and omits obtaining the encryption key by the network introduction processing in a re-connection with the other communication apparatus. |
| US12167233B2 |
Methods and systems for key exchange and encryption
Some aspects of the present disclosure include systems and techniques for key exchange and encryption to facilitate secure wireless communication. Certain aspects of the present disclosure are directed towards a method for wireless communication by a first device. The method generally includes determining, at a security system, a first output associated with a first expression having a first value for a variable of the first expression; determining, at the security system, a second value; evaluating, at the security system, a second expression based on the first output and the second value, the second expression being evaluated to determine a second output associated with the first expression with the variable having a third value, the third value being a product of the first value and the second value; and communicating, via a communication interface coupled to the security system, a message based on the second output. |
| US12167231B2 |
Communication apparatus, method and program for switching networks based on communication quality
The communication apparatus includes a wireless communication unit and a determination unit. The wireless communication unit selectively connects to and communicates with a plurality of wireless communication networks in which at least one of a frequency band and a wireless communication method is different from each other. The determination unit determines whether to switch to another wireless communication network among the plurality of wireless communication networks on the basis of a communication status of at least any one of communication of layer 2, layer 3, layer 4, and layer 7 performed via any one of the plurality of wireless communication networks. |
| US12167226B2 |
Audio signal processing method, electronic apparatus, and storage medium
An audio signal processing method, includes: acquiring first rotation information when a wearable device rotates and second rotation information when a mobile device connected to the wearable device rotates; determining relative position information between the wearable device and the mobile device according to the first rotation information and the second rotation information; and processing an audio signal based on the relative position information to obtain a playing audio played by the wearable device. |
| US12167218B2 |
Head-wearable apparatus to generate binaural audio
Head-wearable apparatus to generate binaural audio content includes a first stem coupled to a first microphone housing that encases first front microphone and first rear microphone that generates acoustic signals, respectively. First microphone housing includes a first front port that faces downward and a first rear port that faces backwards. Apparatus includes second stem coupled to second microphone housing that encases second front microphone and second rear microphone that generate acoustic signals, respectively. Second microphone housing includes second front port that faces downward and second rear port that faces backwards. Apparatus includes binaural audio processor that includes beamformer and storage device. Beamformer generate first beamformer signal based on acoustic signals from first front microphone and first rear microphone, and second beamformer based on acoustic signals from second front microphone and second rear microphone. Storage device stores first and second beamformer signals as a two-channel file. |
| US12167216B2 |
Playback device pairing
Technology for grouping, consolidating, and pairing individual playback devices with network capability (players) to stimulate a multi-channel listening environment is disclosed. An example method includes receiving an audio signal containing a range of audio frequencies; amplifying, according to a gain parameter, the audio signal to be reproduced by at least one speaker. The example method includes automatically increasing the gain parameter to a higher gain parameter responsive to a determination that no more than a subset of the range of audio frequencies is to be reproduced by the at least one speaker. The example method includes amplifying, according to the higher gain parameter, the audio signal containing no more than the subset of the range of audio frequencies to be reproduced by the at least one speaker. |
| US12167215B1 |
System of pairing and synchronizing loudspeaker, lighting, and other systems
A method for pairing and controlling multiple loudspeaker systems within a network. The network includes multiple control units, each having Bluetooth and RF chipsets, an MCU, and at least one transceiver. One control unit, the master unit, is operatively connected to a first loudspeaker system. A second control unit, the slave unit, is operatively connected to a second loudspeaker system. The master unit generates and records an IV key. The IV key and master unit identifying information are transmitted to, and recorded by, the slave unit. The IV key is then used to initiate communication between the master and slave units. Slave unit identifying information is transmitted to, and recorded by, the master unit. The master unit then transmits digital data to the slave unit, which relays the data to the second loudspeaker system. The first and second loudspeaker systems then simultaneously perform a task associated with the digital data. |
| US12167212B2 |
Method for tuning a noise cancellation enabled audio system and noise cancellation enabled audio system
In a method for tuning at least one parameter of a noise cancellation enabled audio system with an ear mountable playback device comprising a speaker and a feedforward microphone the playback device is placed onto a measurement fixture, the speaker facing a test microphone located within an ear canal representation. The parameter is varied between a plurality of settings while a test sound is played. A measurement signal from the test microphone is received and stored in the audio system at least while the parameter is varied. A power minimum in the stored measurement signal and a tune parameter associated with the power minimum are determined in the audio system from the plurality of settings of the varied parameter. |
| US12167211B2 |
Multi-microphone noise floor mitigation
An image capture device reduces noise floor using multiple microphones. The image capture device includes a processor that obtains a front microphone signal from a front microphone, the front microphone signal having a noisy noise floor portion, obtains a rear microphone signal from a rear microphone, sets a splice point based on mitigation of the noisy noise floor portion relative to a speech frequency range, and combines a substantially clean noise floor portion of the rear microphone signal at or below the splice point with a remaining portion of the front microphone signal above the splice point to generate a microphone signal. |
| US12167210B2 |
Enabling environmental sound recognition in intelligent vehicles
A system and method implementing an acoustic mapping suite that equips intelligent vehicles with the ability to identify and respond to primary sounds of interest in their environment. The invention performs sound separation, localization and classification techniques, while also generating a sound-based map of the vicinity as well as making inferences and qualitative assessments about sound sources with information over time. |
| US12167209B2 |
Ultrasound imaging system memory architecture
A multiple aperture ultrasound imaging system may be configured to store raw, un-beamformed echo data. Stored echo data may be retrieved and re-beamformed using modified parameters in order to enhance the image or to reveal information that was not visible or not discernible in an original image. Raw echo data may also be transmitted over a network and beamformed by a remote device that is not physically proximate to the probe performing imaging. Such systems may allow physicians or other practitioners to manipulate echo data as though they were imaging the patient directly, even without the patient being present. Many unique diagnostic opportunities are made possible by such systems and methods. |
| US12167208B2 |
Ear model, performance evaluation method, and performance evaluation system
[Problem] To evaluate, easily and at low cost, the performance of an earphone device used for ear acoustic certification.[Solution] Holes are provided in a plurality of plate-shaped members (201), an artificial eardrum member (202) corresponds to the eardrum of an individual, and the holes provided in each of the plurality of plate-shaped members (201) are connected, whereby the plurality of plate-shaped members (201) are layered over the artificial eardrum member (202) so as to simulate the external auditory canal of the individual. |
| US12167204B2 |
Methods for controlling a hearing device based on environment parameter, related accessory devices and related hearing systems
Disclosed is a method, performed in an accessory device, for controlling a hearing device, the accessory device comprising an interface, a memory, a display, and a processor. The method comprises determining an environment parameter. The method comprises determining a processing context parameter based on the environment parameter. The method may comprise displaying on the display a first user interface object representative of the processing context parameter. |
| US12167202B2 |
Ear-worn electronic device incorporating antenna with reactively loaded network circuit
Various embodiments are directed to an ear-worn electronic device configured to be worn by a wearer. The device comprises an enclosure configured to be supported by or in an ear of the wearer. Electronic circuitry is disposed in the enclosure and comprises a wireless transceiver. An antenna is situated in or on the enclosure and coupled to the wireless transceiver. The antenna comprises a first antenna element, a second antenna element, and a strap comprising a reactive component connected to the first and second antenna elements. |
| US12167201B2 |
Own voice detection on a hearing device and a binaural hearing device system and methods thereof
A hearing device includes a first input transducer configured for providing a first electric input signal, a second input transducer configured for providing a second electric input signal, a voice detector module configured to detect own voice of a user based on one or more detection criteria, the voice detector comprising a first band-pass filter configured for band-pass filtering the first electric input signal and a second band-pass filter configured for band-pass filtering the second electric input signal. The hearing device further comprises a processing unit configured to provide a first electric output signal based on the first and second electric input signals; and an output transducer configured to provide an acoustic output signal, wherein the voice detector module is further configured for notifying a detection of the own voice to the processing unit if one or more of the detection criteria are satisfied. |
| US12167200B2 |
Hearing device with shielding antenna
A hearing device is disclosed. The hearing device comprises a plurality of antennas. The hearing device comprises electronic components including a first electronic component. The plurality of antennas comprises a first antenna and a second antenna. The first antenna may comprise a coil part coiled along a first antenna axis. The first antenna may be configured for magnetic induction communication. The second antenna may be configured for communication in a frequency band in the GHz range. The second antenna may comprise a shielding part configured to shield the first antenna. |
| US12167198B2 |
Methods and systems for auditory nerve signal conversion
A processing device is interfaced with an auditory region of the brain of a subject that is responsible for auditory perception. The processing device receives signals associated with nerve impulses that are transmitted to the auditory region of the brain of the subject in response to sound collected by an ear of the subject. The processing device processes the received signals and generates at least one audio signal that is representative of the auditory perception, by the subject, of the sound collected by the ear. In certain embodiments, the processing device processes at least one audio signal that is representative of at least one sound to convert the at least one audio signal to a sequence of nerve impulses, and selectively provides the sequence of nerve impulses to the auditory region of the brain of the subject such that the subject audially perceives the at least one sound. |
| US12167197B2 |
Audio devices having multiple states
An audio device may be configured to have multiple modes of operation. The mode of the device may be associated with a particular geometric configuration of the device, such as by swiveling an arm of the device and/or changing the orientation of the device with respect to gravity and/or a surface (e.g., table) on which the device rests. The device may determine the appropriate state based on the current geometry, and based on the state may tune the device for a particular operation suited for that geometry. For example, different signal processing parameters may be applied, different microphones may be enabled and disabled, and/or different acoustic conditions may be provided (for example, different modes of a passive radiator) based on the mode. |
| US12167194B2 |
Ear pad, earmuff component, and headset
Embodiments provide an ear pad having an annular structure. The ear pad includes an inner layer and an outer layer covering the inner layer. The inner layer and the outer layer are separate of annular structures and are separated by a first medium layer. The inner layer coats a second medium layer. Acoustic impedance of the first medium layer is different from acoustic impedance of the inner layer and the outer layer. The ear pad is configured to close a front cavity space between a housing and an ear of a user, thereby preventing sound leakage and reducing external noise entering the ear of the user. Various ear pad embodiments provide a double-layer structure including the inner layer and the outer layer separated by the first medium layer. |
| US12167193B2 |
Dual band wireless communications for multiple concurrent audio streams
Various arrangements for performing wireless device-to-device communication are presented. An audio output device, such as an earbud or pair of earbuds, can establish a connection with an audio source via a first Bluetooth interface that communicates using a Bluetooth communication protocol on a 2.4 GHz Bluetooth frequency band. The audio output device can negotiate that Bluetooth frequency-shifted communication, such as on a 5 or 6 GHz frequency band, is available for use with the audio source. The audio output device may then perform Bluetooth frequency-shifted communication with the audio source such that the audio output device receives an audio stream from the audio source using Bluetooth frequency-shifted communication and the Bluetooth communication protocol. |
| US12167189B2 |
Speaker housing assembly
Disclosed are various embodiments of a method of assembling a speaker housing assembly of a speaker for a deck structure. In one non-limiting example, the method can comprise providing a base enclosure of the speaker housing assembly, attaching a mounting bracket in an interior of the base enclosure, positioning a speaker within a speaker aperture of the mounting bracket, attaching, using a fastener, a perimeter of the speaker to the mounting bracket; and attaching a speaker cover to an end of the base enclosure. |
| US12167188B2 |
Sound generating apparatus for vehicles and vehicle including the same
A sound generating apparatus for vehicles may include a sound generator including a sound generating member configured to vibrate a vehicle interior material of a vehicle. The sound generating member may include a plurality of vibration generator spaced apart from one another, a first protection member at a first surface of the plurality of vibration generators, and a second protection member at a second surface opposite to the first surface of the plurality of vibration generators. |
| US12167186B2 |
Systems and methods for improved asset monitoring via orientation measurement
Systems and methods for asset monitoring via orientation measurement, the system including a detection device, sensor, and control unit, the control unit configured with at least one operational condition and receiving information from the detection device and sensor, and the control unit determining or changing a mode of operation of the control unit based upon an evaluation of the received information in comparison to the operational condition. The system may optionally include a location sensing device. A method of monitoring an asset including: configuring a control unit with at least one operational condition; attaching a system to the asset; receiving, via the control unit, detection device information from the detection device, the detection device information including orientation information or motion information; evaluating the detection device information in comparison to the operational condition information; and determining or changing a mode of operation of the control unit based upon the evaluating. |
| US12167183B2 |
Image processing method, image processing apparatus, and photographing apparatus
In an image processing method, an image processing device obtains an input image from an image sensor. Each pixel of the input image is either a type-I pixel or a type-II pixel. Each type-I pixel carries a luminance channel value and no color data, and each type-II pixel carries a single color channel value and no luminance data, wherein the single color channel value is a cyan channel value, a magenta channel value, or a yellow channel value. The image processing device generates a target image by performing interpolation based on the luminance channel values and the single color channel values of the pixels of the input image, wherein each pixel in the target image corresponds in location to a pixel in the input image and has three color channel values generated by the interpolation. |
| US12167177B2 |
System for projecting images into a body of water
A system and method for projecting a still shot or video projection into a body of water is described herein. |
| US12167174B2 |
Methods and systems for automating hospitality workflows
A method for managing a hospitality workflow in a hotel, comprises imaging a region in front of a hotel room door on a checkout day, after the hotel room door is opened, by a camera. An image of the region is analyzed for the presence of a person and the image is analyzed for the presence of a bag, by a processing device. It is determined whether a guest checked out of the room based on the detection of the person and the detection of the bag. If it is determined that the guest checked out, the housekeeping department may be informed that the guest checked out, enabling quicker cleaning of a vacated room. A door lock system including the camera and a check-in procedure comprising reading QR code image on a guest's smart device by the camera, for example, are also disclosed. |
| US12167171B2 |
Vehicular vision system with object classification based on change in orientation of object
A vehicular vision system includes a camera disposed at a vehicle and capturing image data. The vehicular vision system, via processing at an electronic control unit of a first frame of image data captured by the camera, detects a first object exterior of the vehicle and determines an attribute of the first object. The vehicular vision system, via processing at the electronic control unit of a second frame of image data captured by the camera, detects a second object exterior of the vehicle and determines the attribute of the second object. The system determines whether the first object and the second object are the same object based on a similarity measurement. The vehicular vision system, responsive to determining that the first object and the second object are the same object, merges the attribute of the first object with the attribute of the second object. |
| US12167168B2 |
Presenting time-limited video feed within virtual working environment
Aspects of the present disclosure involve a system comprising a computer-readable storage medium storing a program and method for presenting a time-limited video feed within a virtual working environment. The program and method provide, within a virtual working environment for plural participants, display of an interface element which is user-selectable to capture video for sending to a group of participants within the virtual working environment, the group of participants having been selected from among the plural participants; receive, based on user selection of the interface element by a first participant in the group of participants, a time-limited video feed from a client device of the first participant; and provide, in response to the receiving and for each participant in the group of participants, display of the time-limited video feed. |
| US12167165B2 |
Efficient electro-optical transfer function (EOTF) curve for standard dynamic range (SDR) content
The present disclosure relates to systems and methods for transmitting Standard Dynamic Range (SDR) content. The systems and methods may use a modified Electro-Optical Transfer Function (EOTF) curve to convert nonlinear color values of SDR content into optical output values of modified SDR content. The systems and methods may encode the modified SDR content using eight bits while preventing banding. The systems and methods may transmit the encoded data to a client device for presentation on a display. |
| US12167163B1 |
Television mounting systems
A mounting system capable of mounting objects to support structures. The mounting system includes a wall mount including a display bracket configured to hold the object, a fixed support bracket coupleable to a vertical support structure, and a linkage assembly. The linkage assembly has a low-profile stowed configuration in which the object is held in a raised position close to the support structure. The linkage assembly moves to another configuration to move the object. The object can be held in a lowered position. A biasing mechanism can facilitate convenient movement of the object. |
| US12167162B2 |
Video data processing method and apparatus for blending images into video data
A video data processing apparatus provided according to one embodiment of the present invention includes a processor and a blending circuit. The processor provides a first set of parameters according to a first channel identification signal and a second set of parameters according to a second channel identification signal. The blending circuit blends a first image into first video data at a first timing according to the first set of parameters and a second image into second video data at a second timing according to the second set of parameters. A time difference between the first timing and the second timing is less than a frame period of the first video data. |
| US12167161B1 |
Systems and methods for horizon leveling videos
A constraint model that includes a representation of feasible viewing window placement within a source field of view of visual content may be generated by using a roll-pitch-yaw axes representation of viewing window placement and having a diagonal dimension of the viewing window that fit within vertical and horizonal dimensions of the source field of view. The constraint model may enable full horizon leveling of the visual content. |
| US12167155B2 |
Image sensor, camera module, and optical device comprising camera module
An image sensor according to one embodiment may comprise: an image sensing unit which receives light and generates a first Bayer pattern having a first resolution; and a processor which receives a second Bayer pattern that is at least a portion of the first Bayer pattern from the image sensing unit, and then generates a third Bayer pattern having a higher resolution than the second alignment unit on the basis of the received second Bayer pattern. |
| US12167152B2 |
Generating time-lapse videos with audio
An image capture device may capture visual content based on a time-lapse video frame rate. Audio content may be captured along with the visual content based on the time-lapse video frame rate being a target time-lapse video frame rate. Capture of the audio content may be stopped based on the time-lapse video frame rate being different from the target time-lapse video frame rate. |
| US12167151B2 |
System and method for imaging an object
A system and method for acquiring an image. The method includes dropping an object into free fall, detecting the dropping of the object, triggering a plurality cameras to simultaneously image the object in parallel, while the object drops into a bottom half of an imaging sphere at a center of a field of view of each of the plurality of cameras, upon detecting the dropping of the object, analyzing images of the imaged object in parallel, based on a trained machine learning model, and displaying a three dimensional image of a surface of the object based on the analysis of the images of the imaged object. |
| US12167148B2 |
Image processing method and apparatus
An image processing method and apparatus are provided. The image processing method includes converting an input image to a first channel separated image having a same resolution as the input image, the first channel separated image comprising a plurality of separate channels, generating a second channel separated image by performing a convolution operation on the first channel separated image, the second channel separated image comprising the plurality of separate channels and having a same resolution as the first channel separated image, and generating a restored image corresponding to the input image based on the second channel separated image. |
| US12167144B2 |
Signal processing method and imaging apparatus
Provided is an imaging apparatus that includes a plurality of pixels each including a photoelectric conversion element, and disposed in matrix on a light-receiving surface, a plurality of light-receiving lenses provided one by one for each of the plurality of pixels in the plurality of pixels, and a control section that controls exposure times of the plurality of pixels. The control section controls the exposure times of the plurality of pixels to allow exposure times of at least two of the pixels, of the plurality of pixels corresponding to each of the light-receiving lenses, to be the same, and exposure times of at least two of the pixels, of the plurality of pixels corresponding to each of the light-receiving lenses, to be different from each other. |
| US12167143B2 |
Imaging apparatus, driving method of imaging apparatus, and program
The imaging apparatus includes: a processor; and an imaging element that has column signal lines, which are for reading out signals and extend in a first direction, and that has a first pixel group and a second pixel group arranged in the first direction, the first pixel group including phase difference pixels and imaging pixels arranged in a second direction intersecting the first direction and the second pixel group including imaging pixels arranged in the second direction. The processor is configured to set one of a first exposure time, during which the first pixel group is exposed, and a second exposure time, during which the second pixel group is exposed, shorter than the other, and determine which of the first exposure time and the second exposure time is made shorter than the other on the basis of information of a subject image. |
| US12167136B2 |
Method and system for using a plurality of motion sensors to control a pan-tilt-zoom camera
A method for controlling a PTZ camera having a controllable FOV includes detecting a first detection event by a first detector located at a first location that is along a first path in a monitored region. In response to the first detection event, the PTZ camera is automatically controlled such that the FOV of the PTZ camera includes at least part of the first detection region along the first path in the monitored region. A second detection event is detected by a second detector located at a second location that is along the first path in the monitored region, wherein the second location is spaced from the first location. In response to the second detection event, the PTZ camera is automatically controlled such that the FOV of the PTZ camera includes at least part of the second detection region along the first path in the monitored region. |
| US12167133B2 |
Camera module
The present embodiment relates to a camera module comprising: a housing including a first surface; a holder including a lens, and including a second surface which faces the first surface and is formed on the outer surface of the holder; and a guide member disposed between the first surface and the second surface, wherein the first surface and the second surface have curved surfaces, the curved surface of the second surface is a curved surface of which the central portion further protrudes outward than the top and bottom thereof, and the curved surface of the first surface is a curved surface of which the central portion is more recessed than the top and bottom thereof. |
| US12167131B2 |
Image capturing apparatus capable of controlling continuous photographing according to motion of an object and shake information, method of controlling same, and storage medium
An image capturing apparatus capable of obtaining a high-quality image according to a continuous photographing mode and a shake state. In the image capturing apparatus, a plurality of types of a continuous photographing mode which are different in continuous photographing speed are set, a motion of an object is acquired from an input image, and shake information concerning a shake of the image capturing apparatus is acquired. Exposure conditions for photographing are controlled based on a type of the continuous photographing mode, the motion of the object, and the shake information, and in a case where image combination is performed, the number of images to be combined is determined. |
| US12167130B2 |
Systems and methods for obtaining a super macro image
Systems comprising a Wide/Ultra-Wide camera, a folded Tele camera comprising an optical path folding element and a Tele lens module, a lens actuator for moving the Tele lens module for focusing to object-lens distances between 3.0 cm and 35 cm with an object-to-image magnification between 1:5 and 25:1, and an application processor (AP), wherein the AP is configured to analyze image data from the UW camera to define a Tele capture strategy for a sequence of Macro images with a focus plane slightly shifted from one captured Macro image to another and to generate a new Macro image from this sequence, and wherein the focus plane and a depth of field of the new Macro image can be controlled continuously. |
| US12167127B2 |
Imaging apparatus and electronic equipment
Signal processing is performed using a built-in memory. An imaging apparatus includes: a pixel array unit that includes a plurality of pixels performing photoelectric conversion; a converter that converts an analog pixel signal output from the pixel array unit into digital image data; an image processing unit that performs image processing on the digital image data; and a storage unit that includes a plurality of regions for which a power distribution state is able to be selectively designated, and stores at least the digital image data output by the image processing unit. |
| US12167126B2 |
Integrated internal and removable battery power management for image capture device
A system with an integrated internal battery, a removable battery, and a power management integrated circuit. The power management integrated circuit is configured to provide power to the image capture device from the removable battery; provide power to the image capture device from the integrated internal battery when the removable battery is disconnected from the image capture device or the removable battery does not have a sufficient charge to drive the image capture device; and recharge the integrated internal battery before the removable battery until the integrated internal battery has a sufficient charge to power the image capture device. The power is continuously supplied to the image capture device from the integrated internal battery while the removable battery is disconnected from the image capture device or does not have sufficient power to drive the image capture device. |
| US12167121B2 |
Image capturing apparatus, control method of image capturing apparatus, and storage medium
An image capturing apparatus includes a sound collection unit configured to collect a voice, an analysis unit configured to analyze a voice collected by the sound collection unit, an automatic image capturing unit configured to automatically capture an image, and a setting unit configured to set image capturing frequency of the automatic image capturing unit, wherein, in a case where a result of analysis by the analysis unit is a specific voice instruction, the setting unit sets the image capturing frequency higher after an operation is performed according to the instruction. |
| US12167118B2 |
Imaging apparatus and control method thereof
An imaging apparatus includes: a face detection sensor configured to detect a face of a user; a control unit configured to change an operational state of the imaging apparatus to a first operational state and stop an operation of the face detection sensor; and a movement detecting unit configured to detect a movement of the imaging apparatus, wherein the control unit operates the face detection sensor in response to a detection of a movement of the imaging apparatus by the movement detecting unit in the first operational state, and in a case where the face of the user is not detected by the face detection sensor in the first operational state, the control unit changes the operational state of the imaging apparatus from the first operational state to a second operational state in which power consumption is lower than that in the first operational state. |
| US12167117B1 |
Method to detect and optimize for scan approach path
Methods and systems for detecting an object scan approach path and optimizing an imaging assembly in response to the scan path are provided. Image data captured from one or more fields of views is used to identify an object and determine, over a series of images, a scan path of that object relative to the imaging assembly. From the scan path, a lead-in side and a lead-out side of the imaging assembly are determined and used to adjust operating parameters of the imaging assembly to bias toward a right side scanning configuration, a left side scanning configuration, or a central scanning configuration. These operating parameters may include adjusting the wakeup, exposure, illumination, indicia identification, and scan avoidance configurations, for example, for optimum scan path operation. |
| US12167115B2 |
Electronic device including camera module and method for operating the electronic device
An electronic device is provided that includes a first housing, a second housing coupled to the first housing in a movable manner, a flexible display disposed on the first housing and the second housing and having a structure that is changeable with a movement of the second housing, a camera module in which an optical magnification can be set, and a processor. The camera module includes a first camera holder connected to the first housing and including a first lens module disposed along a first optical axis, and a second camera holder connected to the second housing and including at least a second lens module disposed along the first optical axis. The second camera holder is movable along the first optical axis with respect to the first camera holder with the movement of the second housing. |
| US12167114B2 |
Image pickup module, image pickup apparatus, and electronic device
An image pickup module includes a first base body, a pixel portion, a first conductive pattern, a second base body, a second conductive pattern, and a conductor portion. The pixel portion is provided in the first base body and includes a plurality of pixels arranged in a first direction and a second direction. The first conductive pattern is provided in the first base body. The first base body is provided on the second base body. The second conductive pattern is provided in the second base body and electrically connected to the first conductive pattern via a first connection conductor portion and a second connection conductor portion. A loop structure including the first conductive pattern, the second conductive pattern, the first connection conductor portion, and the second connection conductor portion is formed as viewed in the first direction. The conductor portion is connected in parallel to the first conductive pattern. |
| US12167101B2 |
Validating parameters on discrete computing applications to grant access control to content or commands
A system for validating an authorization request to facilitate controlling access to content or computer commands, in which the access is requested by multiple entities operated on discrete computing environments. The techniques make use of a system including a switchboard and a rule engine that collect parameter sets required for validation from the entities and dynamically generate a lock and key combination based on the collected parameter sets. The key of the lock and key combination allows the system to validate each entity independently regardless of the required parameters specified in the lock and key combination. |
| US12167096B2 |
Servers and methods
A server includes a means for receiving, from a terminal via a network, a start request that includes information relating to a first gift specified on the terminal and information relating to a target streamer, a means for starting a period during which a second gift that is different from the first gift can be used during a livestreaming of the target streamer upon receiving the start request, a means for storing a parameter that is updated each time the second gift is used, and a means for enabling distribution of an electronic value associated with the first gift to a viewer when distribution conditions are satisfied. The distribution conditions include a viewed time condition relating to a viewed time during which the livestreaming of the target streamer is viewed by viewers, and a parameter condition relating to the parameter. |
| US12167089B2 |
Method for pushing anchor information, computer device, and storage medium
Provided are a method for pushing anchor information, a computer device, and a storage medium. The method for pushing the anchor information includes: recalling an anchor user; determining an anchor type of the anchor user by using a live streaming history and a live streaming efficiency as classification dimensions; calculating an interaction score of the anchor user, wherein the interaction score represents a feature of a viewer user viewing a live streaming room of the anchor user; calculating a comprehensive score of the anchor user based on the interaction score and the anchor type; and pushing anchor information of the anchor user to the viewer user based on the comprehensive score. |
| US12167088B2 |
Method and apparatus for providing video stream based on machine learning
A method of providing a video stream based on machine learning in an electronic device according to various example embodiments may include receiving a source video stream which is streamed from a first device to at least one other device, confirming whether an event is detected on the source video stream using a learning model trained through machine learning on the basis of at least one frame of the source video stream, and determining whether to restrict streaming of the source video stream from the first device on the basis of the event detection. In addition to the method, other example embodiments are possible. |
| US12167084B2 |
Methods and apparatus for playback using pre-processed information and personalization
Methods, apparatus, systems and articles of manufacture are disclosed for playback using pre-processed profile information and personalization. Example apparatus disclosed herein include a synchronizer to, in response to receiving a media signal to be played on a playback device, access an equalization (EQ) profile corresponding to the media signal; an EQ personalization manager to generate a personalized EQ setting; and an EQ adjustment implementor to modify playback of the media signal on the playback device based on a blended equalization generation based on the EQ profile and the personalized EQ setting. |
| US12167083B2 |
Audience responsiveness analytics index for television advertising
A system and methods are disclosed for creating and using an audience-responsiveness analytics index for television advertising, in particular, advertising for connected television viewing. The audience-responsiveness analytics index may be configured to provide data obtained or acquired by measuring audience responsiveness to video advertising placed in streaming content viewed over connected televisions. The audience-responsiveness analytics index may be a graph used to optimize advertising with households assigned scores for multiple categories of advertising. |
| US12167076B2 |
Dynamic video overlays
A client device accesses a video input stream from an intermediate device for display. The client device analyzes the video input stream to determine that the video input stream matches a template corresponding to a screen portion. Based on the video input stream matching the template, a video output stream is generated and caused to be presented on a display. In some example embodiments, the analysis is performed while the client device is replacing video content received from a content source via the intermediate device. For example, commercials transmitted from a national content provider to a smart TV via a set-top box may be replaced with targeted commercials. During the replacement, menus generated by the set-top box may be detected and the replacement video altered by the smart TV to include the menus. |
| US12167074B2 |
System and method for effectuating fast channel change in an adaptive streaming environment
A system and method for effectuating fast channel change in an adaptive streaming environment. A plurality of adjacent channels may be predicted relative to a current streaming channel engaged by a client device. Upon prioritizing the adjacent channels, the client device may be configured to pre-fetch metadata and initialization information for a subset of the prioritized adjacent channels based on bandwidth conditions, video player buffer status, etc. When a channel is changed, the client device is operative to use the pre-fetched data to quickly obtain encoded media content at a select bitrate for rendering. |
| US12167071B2 |
Reducing digital video recorder storage through reduced encoding of certain program portions
Systems, devices and processes reduce the amount of memory or disk space needed to store encoded video content used in adaptive video streaming by eliminating certain portions of the recorded program from one or more copies of the encoded program. Content occurring before or after a scheduled start of a program, for example, can be retained in only a subset of the encoded copies so that the program content is available to be streamed, but only at certain video qualities. Commercials or other less popular portions may also be eliminated in one or more encoded copies. By eliminating the less-likely-to-be-viewed portions of the content from some (but not all) of the encoded copies, the total amount of storage space needed to store the encoded program is reduced without compromising the ability to play back all portions of the recorded program. |
| US12167067B2 |
Display device and method of operating the same
A display device includes a display, a network interface configured to wirelessly communicate with a camera device or a server, an external device interface configured to communicate with the camera device through high definition multimedia interface-consumer electronics control (HDMI-CEC), and a controller configured to display a camera service list including a plurality of camera service items respectively corresponding to a plurality of camera service apps on the display upon connection with the camera device, to transmit, to the camera device, an execution request of a camera service app corresponding to a selected camera service item in response to selection of any one of the plurality of camera service items, and to switch external input to the camera device according to the execution request. |
| US12167066B2 |
Facilitating panoramic video streaming with brain-computer interactions
Aspects of the subject disclosure may include, for example, obtaining one or more signals, the one or more signals being based upon brain activity of a viewer while the viewer is viewing media content; predicting, based upon the one or more signals, a first predicted desired viewport of the viewer; obtaining head movement data associated with the media content; predicting, based upon the head movement data, a second predicted desired viewport of the viewer; comparing the first predicted desired viewport to the second predicted desired viewport, resulting in a comparison; and determining, based upon the comparison, to use the first predicted desired viewport to facilitate obtaining a first subsequent portion of the media content or to use the second predicted desired viewport to facilitate obtaining a second subsequent portion of the media content. Other embodiments are disclosed. |
| US12167061B2 |
Dynamic production of linear media channels for mobile transport craft
Techniques are described for dynamic production of linear media channels for delivery to passenger devices disposed on mobile transport craft while the transport craft are in transit. For example, each transport craft has an on-board media system. In accordance with a linear channel schedule, the on-board media system can generate a dynamically produced linear media (DPLM) channel that can be streamed as a continuous media channel to passengers on-board the transport craft. The linear channel schedule defines a sequence of programming time slots, including multiple broadcast programming time slots and multiple pre-positioned programming time slots. Dynamically producing the DPLM channel involves, for each upcoming broadcast programming time slot, obtaining a corresponding broadcast channel for receipt as a stream via an off-board communications network; and for each upcoming pre-positioned programming time slot, obtaining a corresponding pre-positioned content segment for receipt from storage on-board the transport craft. |
| US12167060B2 |
Content identification with privacy and security
Disclosed examples can relate to obtaining identifications of content (e.g., content recommendations) while keeping at least some interaction data locally private. For a given user and device, content items for which the user may have an affinity can be predicted based on the interactions of the user with other content items. Respective interaction data for respective content items can stay local to the user device by transforming the respective content items into content codes (e.g., determined based on a codebook generated by clustering perceptual values). The affinity for content codes can be transmitted to the server for use in determining identifications of content items to provide to the device. |
| US12167059B2 |
Method and electronic device for recommending videos, and storage medium
Provided is a method for recommending videos. The method includes: acquiring an identifier of a video operated by a target account in history, and determining a tag weight of each of a plurality of video tags of the video corresponding to the identifier; determining, based on the tag weight of the each video tag, a video weight of each of a plurality of candidate videos in a predetermined candidate set; selecting, based on the video weight of the each candidate video, a target video from the candidate set for recommendation; and detecting, from video tags of a distributed video, a video tag that meets a predetermined condition, and reducing, based on the tag weight of the video tag that meets the predetermined condition, a weight of an undistributed candidate video with the video tag that meets the predetermined condition in the candidate set. |
| US12167054B2 |
Publishing a disparate live media output stream manifest that includes one or more media segments corresponding to key events
A system is provided for publishing a disparate live media output stream manifest that includes media segments corresponding to key events. A live production and playout system of disparate sub-systems is synchronized to a reference clock. A timecode from the reference clock is used as a reference time to log content related to key events that occur within the live production and playout system. A live event logging system is synchronized to the reference clock same as the live production and playout system. Based on location of the live event logging system, a time offset is introduced to compensate for a delay. When delay is variable, the reference clock is decoded from a live input stream to associate each key event with a corresponding timecode. Based on a programming schedule comprising the key events that occurred in the live input stream, the disparate live media output stream manifest is published. |
| US12167049B2 |
Delayed duplicate I-picture for video coding
A method is provided that includes receiving pictures of a video sequence in a video encoder, and encoding the pictures to generate a compressed video bit stream that is transmitted to a video decoder in real-time, wherein encoding the pictures includes selecting a picture to be encoded as a delayed duplicate intra-predicted picture (DDI), wherein the picture would otherwise be encoded as an inter-predicted picture (P-picture), encoding the picture as an intra-predicted picture (I-picture) to generate the DDI, wherein the I-picture is reconstructed and stored for use as a reference picture for a decoder refresh picture, transmitting the DDI to the video decoder in non-real time, selecting a subsequent picture to be encoded as the decoder refresh picture, and encoding the subsequent picture in the compressed bit stream as the decoder refresh picture, wherein the subsequent P-picture is encoded as a P-picture predicted using the reference picture. |
| US12167048B2 |
Signal reshaping for high dynamic range signals
In a method to improve backwards compatibility when decoding high-dynamic range images coded in a wide color gamut (WCG) space which may not be compatible with legacy color spaces, hue and/or saturation values of images in an image database are computed for both a legacy color space (say, YCbCr-gamma) and a preferred WCG color space (say, IPT-PQ). Based on a cost function, a reshaped color space is computed so that the distance between the hue values in the legacy color space and rotated hue values in the preferred color space is minimized. HDR images are coded in the reshaped color space. Legacy devices can still decode standard dynamic range images assuming they are coded in the legacy color space, while updated devices can use color reshaping information to decode HDR images in the preferred color space at full dynamic range. |
| US12167046B2 |
Alpha channel post processing in image coding
Alpha channel post processing in image coding can include decoding, from multiple color channels of a bitstream, color channel values for an encoded image, decoding, from an alpha channel of the bitstream, alpha channel values for the encoded image, determining a bilateral filter based on a level of compression for encoding the alpha channel, post processing the alpha channel values by filtering the alpha channel values using the bilateral filter to obtain filtered alpha channel values, and generating at least a portion of a reconstructed image corresponding to the encoded image using the filtered alpha channel values and the color channel values. |
| US12167035B2 |
Hybrid cubemap projection for 360-degree video coding
A system, method, and/or instrumentality may be provided for coding a 360-degree video. A picture of the 360-degree video may be received. The picture may include one or more faces associated with one or more projection formats. A first projection format indication may be received that indicates a first projection format may be associated with a first face. A second projection format indication may be received that indicates a second projection format may be associated with a second face. Based on the first projection format, a first transform function associated with the first face may be determined. Based on the second projection format, a second transform function associated with the second face may be determined. At least one decoding process may be performed on the first face using the first transform function and/or at least one decoding process may be performed on the second face using the second transform function. |
| US12167030B2 |
Encoding and decoding method and apparatus, and devices therefor
The present disclosure provides encoding and decoding methods, apparatus and devices thereof. The method includes: if the conditions are all satisfied, determining to use a bidirectional prediction compensation mode for a current block; if determining to use the bidirectional prediction compensation mode for the current block, performing motion compensation for the current block. |
| US12167027B2 |
Video encoder, video decoder, and corresponding method
A video encoder, a video decoder, and a corresponding method are provided. The method includes: parsing a bitstream to obtain an index, where the index indicates a target candidate motion vector group of a current coding block; determining the target candidate motion vector group in an affine candidate motion vector list based on the index, where the affine candidate motion vector list includes at least a first candidate motion vector group, the first candidate motion vector group is obtained based on a first group of control points of a first neighboring affine coding block, and the first group of control points is determined based on a CTU located relative to the current coding block, wherein the first neighboring affine coding block is located in the CTU; and predicting a predicted sample value of the current coding block based on the target candidate motion vector group. |
| US12167020B2 |
Method for encoding and decoding video by using motion vector differential value, and apparatus for encoding and decoding motion information
Provided is a video decoding method including: generating a merge candidate list including neighboring blocks referred to predict a motion vector of a current block in a skip mode or a merge mode; when a merge motion vector difference is used according to merge difference mode information indicating whether the merge motion vector difference and a motion vector determined from the merge candidate list are used, determining a base motion vector from a candidate determined among the merge candidate list based on merge candidate information; determining the motion vector of the current block by using the base motion vector and a merge motion vector difference of the current block, the merge motion vector difference being determined by using a distance index and direction index of the merge motion vector difference of the current block; and reconstructing the current block by using the motion vector of the current block. |
| US12167018B2 |
Interaction between LUT and AMVP
A method of video decoding is provided to include maintaining tables, wherein each table includes a set of motion candidates and each motion candidate is associated with corresponding motion information; and performing a conversion between a first video block and a bitstream representation of a video including the first video block, the performing of the conversion including using at least some of the set of motion candidates as a predictor to process motion information of the first video block. |
| US12167013B2 |
Three-dimensional data encoding and decoding methods and devices for N-ary tree structures
A three-dimensional data encoding method includes: generating first information in which an N-ary tree structure of a plurality of three-dimensional points included in three-dimensional data is expressed using a first formula, where N is an integer of 2 or higher; and generating a bitstream including the first information. The first information includes pieces of three-dimensional point information each associated with a corresponding one of the plurality of three-dimensional points. The pieces of three-dimensional point information each include indexes each associated with a corresponding one of a plurality of levels in the N-ary tree structure. The indexes each indicate a subblock, among N subblocks belonging to a corresponding one of the plurality of levels, to which a corresponding one of the plurality of three-dimensional points belongs. |
| US12167012B2 |
Systems and methods for signaling tile structures for pictures of coded video
A method of decoding video data by a device is provided. A first flag syntax in a picture parameter set is decoded. The first flag specifies whether tiles within each slice are in raster scan order or the tiles within each slice cover a rectangular region of a picture. The method determines, based on the first flag syntax, whether a slice address syntax is present in a slice header. The slice address syntax is decoded when the slice address is present in the slice header. |
| US12167008B2 |
Operation of video decoding engine for EVC
A video decoding device includes a communication interface and a processor operably coupled to the communication interface. The communication interface is configured to receive an input elementary bitstream including a plurality of essential video coding (EVC) slices. The processor is configured to modify the plurality of EVC slices in the input elementary bitstream, and rewrite parameters of the input elements stream based on the modified plurality of EVC slices. The communication interface is further configured to transmit an output elementary bitstream with the modified plurality of EVC slices and the rewritten parameters. |
| US12166998B2 |
Adjustment based local illumination compensation
A method and an apparatus for video decoding are provided. The apparatus includes processing circuitry that decodes prediction information of one or more blocks including a current block from a coded video bitstream. The prediction information indicates that local illumination compensation (LIC) is applied to the one or more blocks and includes LIC information of the one or more blocks. The processing circuitry determines a final scaling factor α_f1 and a final offset β_f1 of a first subblock in the current block based on the LIC information. The processing circuitry determines an updated first predictor subblock in a predictor corresponding to the current block based on the final scaling factor α_f1, the final offset β_f1, and the first predictor subblock. An updated value of a first sample in the first predictor subblock is equal to α_f1×p_i1+β_f1. p_i1 is a value of the first sample. |
| US12166993B2 |
Image decoding method using residual information in image coding system, and device for same
An image decoding method performed by a decoding device, according to the present document, comprises the steps of: receiving a bitstream including residual information of a current block; deriving a specific number of context-encoding bins for context syntax elements for a current sub-block of the current block; decoding the context syntax elements for the current sub-block included in the residual information on the basis of the specific number; deriving transform coefficients for the current sub-block on the basis of the decoded context syntax elements; deriving residual samples for the current block on the basis of the transform coefficients; and generating a reconstructed picture on the basis of the residual samples. |
| US12166992B2 |
Context coding for information on transform kernel set in image coding system
An image decoding method, according to the present document, comprises a step of generating residual samples for a current block on the basis of residual information, wherein the residual samples are generated on the basis of information on a transform kernel set and transform coefficients for the current block, the transform coefficients are derived on the basis of the residual information, and the information on the transform kernel set represents a transform kernel set to be applied to the current block from among transform kernel set candidates. At least one bin from among bins of a bin string of the information on the transform kernel set is derived on the basis of context coding, and the context coding is performed on the basis of at least one context model. |
| US12166989B2 |
Methods and devices for prediction dependent residual scaling for video coding
Methods are provided for reducing the computation complexity and on-chip memory requirements as well as the decoding latency introduced by LMCS. In one method, a luma prediction sample is obtained for decoding a luma residual sample, a scaling factor is derived using the luma prediction sample, the scaling factor is used to scale the luma residual sample, and the reconstructed luma sample is calculated by adding the luma prediction sample and the scaled luma residual sample. |
| US12166985B2 |
Image or video coding based on signaling of transform skip—and palette coding related information
According to the disclosure of the present document, transform skip availability information and palette availability information are signaled via a sequence parameter set (SPS), and transform skip- and/or palette coding-related information can be effectively parsed/signaled on the basis of at least one of the transform skip availability information and the palette availability information. Accordingly, bits that need to be signaled for video/image coding can be reduced, and coding efficiency can be improved. |
| US12166983B2 |
Encoder, decoder, encoding method, and decoding method
An image encoder/decoder includes circuitry and a memory coupled to the circuitry. When a geometry of a block of a picture satisfies a first condition, the circuitry splits the block of the picture into sub blocks having a first set of geometries. When the geometry of the block does not satisfy the first condition, the circuitry splits the block of the picture into sub blocks having a second set of geometries, the second set of geometries being different from the first set of geometries. The circuitry encodes/decodes the sub blocks of the block. |
| US12166982B2 |
Encoder, decoder, encoding method, and decoding method
An encoder according to one aspect of the present disclosure encodes a block of an image, and includes a processor and memory connected to the processor. Using the memory, the processor partitions a block into a plurality of sub blocks and encodes a sub block included in the plurality of sub blocks in an encoding process including at least a transform process or a prediction process. The block is partitioned using a multiple partition including at least three odd-numbered child nodes and each of a width and a height of each of the plurality of sub blocks is a power of two. |
| US12166980B2 |
Systems and methods for block division in video processing
The present disclosure relates to systems and methods for block division and encoding in video processing. A method may include obtaining a block to be predicted in an image frame. The method may also include determining, based on a plurality of division modes of the block, a target division mode of the block. The plurality of division modes may include an equal division mode that is configured to divide the block into multiple sub-blocks with a same size. The method may further include dividing, based on the target division mode, the block into a plurality of sub-blocks, and encoding the block based on the plurality of sub-blocks. |
| US12166964B2 |
Three-dimensional data encoding method, three-dimensional data decoding method, three-dimensional data encoding device, and three-dimensional data decoding device
A three-dimensional data encoding method encodes a plurality of three-dimensional points, and includes: selecting one prediction mode from two or more prediction modes for calculating a predicted value of an attribute information item of a first three-dimensional point, in accordance with attribute information items of one or more second three-dimensional points in vicinity of the first three-dimensional point; calculating the predicted value by the selected prediction mode; calculating, as a prediction residual, a difference between a value of the attribute information item of the first three-dimensional point and the calculated predicted value; and generating a first bit stream that includes the selected prediction mode, the prediction residual, and a number of the two or more prediction modes. |
| US12166963B1 |
Display device on/off detection methods and apparatus
Display device ON/OFF detection methods and apparatus are disclosed. Example display activity detectors disclosed herein are to extract regions from respective ones of captured video frames, the regions corresponding to a depiction of a display of a monitored media device Disclosed example display activity detectors are also to compute a distance metric that is to represent an amount a first one of the regions of a first one of the captured video frames differs from a corresponding second one of the regions of a second one of the captured video frames. Disclosed example display activity detectors are further to compare the distance metric to a threshold to determine whether the monitored media device is ON or OFF. |
| US12166962B2 |
Image signal processor and image sensor including the image signal processor
An image signal processor and an image sensor including the same are disclosed. An image sensor includes a pixel array configured to convert received optical signals into electrical signals, a readout circuit configured to convert the electrical signals into image data and output the image data, and an image signal processor configured to perform deep learning-based image processing on the image data based on training data selected from among first training data and second training data based on a noise level of the image data. |
| US12166960B2 |
Sensing performance evaluation and diagnosis system and sensing performance evaluation and diagnosis method for external-environment recognition sensor
An object of the present invention is to provide a sensing performance evaluation and diagnosis system capable of detecting a failure sign of an external-environment recognition sensor as a diagnosis target without relying on reference information registered in advance on a map, by comparing an output of the external-environment recognition sensor as the diagnosis target with a reference output of the external-environment recognition sensor. The sensing performance evaluation and diagnosis system includes a sensing data acquisition unit that acquires sensing data around an own vehicle from an observation value of an external-environment sensor as a diagnosis target, which is mounted on the own vehicle, a surrounding information acquisition unit that acquires surrounding information data around the own vehicle from an observation value of a reference external-environment sensor, a reference value calculation unit that generates reference value data based on a recognition history of relative information to a reference object, which is included in the surrounding information data, and an evaluation unit that evaluates whether or not performance of the external-environment sensor as the diagnosis target is deteriorated or evaluates a degree of performance deterioration, by comparing the sensing data related to the reference object to a threshold value set for the reference value data. |
| US12166959B2 |
Anomalous pixel detection systems and methods
Various techniques are disclosed to provide for detection of temporally anomalous flickering pixels. In one example, a method includes capturing, by a thermal imager of an imaging device, a plurality of thermal images in response to infrared radiation received from a uniform black body, wherein the thermal images comprise a plurality of pixels having associated pixel values. The method also includes determining, for each pixel, a standard deviation of the associated pixel values for the thermal images. The method also includes comparing the standard deviations with a threshold. The method also includes identifying a subset of the pixels as temporally anomalous pixels in response to the comparing. Additional methods, devices, and systems are also provided. |
| US12166958B2 |
Head mounted display and cross reality system
A head mounted display includes a display device having a display surface, an optical system configured to adjust a focal point of an eye of an observer to the display device, a driving mechanism configured to drive the display device, a line-of-sight detector configured to detect a line of sight of the observer, and a controller configured to control, based on an output from the line-of-sight detector, the driving mechanism so that an angle formed by the line of sight and the display surface falls within a preset allowable range with respect to 90° at an intersection point of the line of sight and the display surface. |
| US12166957B2 |
Generating and displaying content based on respective positions of individuals
In some implementations, a method is performed at an electronic device including one or more processors, a non-transitory memory, a rendering system, and a display. The method includes determining a first rendering characteristic based on a first viewing angle of a first individual with respect to the display. The method includes determining a second rendering characteristic based on a second viewing angle of a second individual with respect to the display. The first rendering characteristic is different from the second rendering characteristic. The method includes generating, via the rendering system, first display content data according to the first rendering characteristic, and generating, via the rendering system, second display content data according to the second rendering characteristic. The first display content data is associated with the first viewing angle. The second display content data is associated with the second viewing angle. |
| US12166954B2 |
Stereoscopic graphics processing
Methods and graphics processing modules for rendering a stereoscopic image including left and right images of a three-dimensional scene. Geometry is processed in the scene to generate left data for use in displaying the left image and right data for use in displaying the right image. Disparity is determined between the left and right data by comparing the generated left data and the generated right data used in displaying the stereoscopic image. In response to identifying at least a portion of the left data and the right data as non-disparate, a corresponding portion of the left image and the right image is commonly processed (e.g. commonly rendered or commonly stored). In response to identifying at least a portion of the left data and the right data as disparate, a corresponding portion of the left image and the right image is separately processed (e.g. separately rendered or separately stored). |
| US12166952B2 |
Plant feature detection using captured images
Described are methods for identifying the in-field positions of plant features on a plant by plant basis. These positions are determined based on images captured as a vehicle (e.g., tractor, sprayer, etc.) including one or more cameras travels through the field along a row of crops. The in-field positions of the plant features are useful for a variety of purposes including, for example, generating three-dimensional data models of plants growing in the field, assessing plant growth and phenotypic features, determining what kinds of treatments to apply including both where to apply the treatments and how much, determining whether to remove weeds or other undesirable plants, and so on. |
| US12166951B2 |
Apparatus and method for performing motion capture using a random pattern on capture surfaces
A method is described comprising: applying a random pattern to specified regions of an object; tracking the movement of the random pattern during a motion capture session; and generating motion data representing the movement of the object using the tracked movement of the random pattern. |
| US12166948B2 |
Methods and systems for diagnosing vision loss and providing visual compensation
Methods, systems and apparatus for compensating vision loss for a patient. In some embodiments, a computer processor receives vision loss data associated with a vision loss region of an eye of a patient from a head mounted display (HMD) device worn by the patient, generates a parameterized perceptual loss model, and then generates inverse data to correct for color loss, contrast and luminance desaturation, and visual rotational and spatial distortion suffered by the eye of the patient. The computer processor then transmits the inverse data to the HMD device being worn by the patient for use in correcting the visual rotational and spatial distortion loss of the eye of the patient. |
| US12166947B2 |
Video processing device and video generating system for virtual reality
A video processing device for virtual reality is provided. The video processing device includes a video input mechanism configured to receive a first and a second original video obtained from a first camera device; a video processing mechanism in transmission connecting to the video input mechanism, the video processing mechanism includes a first video processing unit configured to adjust the first and the second original video to a first video and a second video, the first video processing unit is configured to further combine the first video and the second video into a third video having a 16:9 aspect ratio, and dimensions of the third video being a total of those of the first and the second video; and a video output mechanism in transmission connecting to the video processing mechanism through a physical wire. A video generating system for virtual reality is also provided. |
| US12166945B1 |
Custom halftone for limited edition prints
Systems, apparatuses, and methods may provide for technology to control the printing of halftoning screen signatures for various levels of prints. For example, such prints may include regular edition prints or limited edition prints. During printing, a first halftoning screen is associated with one or more of the regular edition prints and a second halftoning screen is associated with the limited edition print, in some implementations. The second halftoning screen has a spatial frequency that is substantially the same as the first halftoning screen while having a spatial signature different from the first halftoning screen. Additionally, the second halftoning screen further may have spectral properties that are substantially the same as the first halftoning screen. During printing, two different printed copies of an image are formed using the first halftoning screen and the second halftoning screen. |
| US12166943B2 |
Image processing apparatus, image processing method, and storage medium for inserting image data in a file
An image processing apparatus includes a generation unit configured to generate image data by scanning a document, a reception unit configured to receive a selection of a file including page data, the file being stored, and an addition unit configured to perform processing for adding the image data generated by the generation unit to the page data included in the selected file. |
| US12166935B2 |
Information processing apparatus and non-transitory computer readable medium storing information processing program without displaying screen for setting step of target image separately from screen for operation step of target image
An information processing apparatus includes a processor configured to: acquire, by using setting information for extraction of texts from an image, an extraction result by extracting texts from a target image obtained by reading a document, or an output result to be output to an outside based on the extraction result; display the extraction result or the output result together with a first screen configured to receive an instruction to change the setting information; and in response to reception of the instruction, display a second screen configured to accept a change of the setting information related to the target image. |
| US12166934B2 |
Image forming system
An image forming system including: a conveyance unit configured to convey a first sheet on which an image has been formed by an image forming portion; a reading unit including a reading sensor configured to read the first sheet being conveyed by the conveyance unit through a transparent member at a reading position; a guide member configured to cover a reference member on a side opposite to the reading sensor with respect to the transparent member; and a controller configured to perform shading correction on a result of reading the first sheet based on image data obtained by the reading unit reading the reference member through the transparent member, and to control, based on an image subjected to the shading correction, a geometric characteristic of an image to be formed on a second sheet by the image forming portion. |
| US12166931B2 |
Print apparatus and control method for performing print processing using data based on a predetermined content
A print apparatus registers information of the print apparatus in a server via an external access point based on an instruction provided via an operation screen of the print apparatus, obtains print data when an audio control device receives a print instruction by audio so that the server generates the print data, and executes a print process based on the obtained print data. |
| US12166929B2 |
Image display method, image display device, and storage medium storing display control program for displaying first image and second image in display area
Disclosed is an image display method of displaying a first image and a second image in a display area, the second image being adjacent to the first image. The image display method includes: performing display with switching between a first display mode and a second display mode. The first display mode is a mode in which the first image displayed as a three-dimensional image and the second image displayed as a three-dimensional image are displayed. The second display mode is a mode in which the first image displayed as a two-dimensional image and the second image displayed as a two-dimensional image are displayed. |
| US12166924B2 |
Call processing method and electronic device
A call processing method and an electronic device are provided. The method is performed by an electronic device and includes: in a case that a call is connected successfully, obtaining the number of speakers in the current call. The method further includes: when the number of speakers is greater than a preset threshold, determining whether a user of the electronic device is a target user. The method additionally includes: if the user of the electronic device is a non-target user, disabling a speaking channel of the electronic device; and if the user of the electronic device is a target user, keeping the speaking channel of the electronic device on. |
| US12166923B2 |
Unified communications call routing and decision based on integrated analytics-driven database and aggregated data
Exemplary aspects involve a data-communications apparatus or system communicate over a broadband network with a plurality of remotely-located data-communications circuits respectively associated with a plurality of remotely-situated client entities. The system includes data-communications platform (e.g., UC-CC) that processes incoming data-communication interactions including different types of digitally-represented communications among which are incoming call, and that is integrated with a memory circuit including a database of information sets. Each of the information sets includes experience data corresponding to past incoming data-communication interactions processed by the platform, and with aggregated and organized data based on data collected in previous incoming interactions. The platform accesses the database and may: use past interactions and other data sources; and facilitate an automated self-service experience for users by resolving inquiries discerned through the incoming interactions; and/or effecting call-decision routing of incoming interactions to call-center agents or specialists. |
| US12166921B2 |
Device, system, and method to initiate electronic actions on calls and manage call-taking resources
Device, system and method to initiate electronic actions on calls and manage call-taking resources is provided. A device receives a call for a public-safety answering point (PSAP) and, based on determining human-operated communication devices of the PSAP are engaged on other calls: places the call into a queue; answers the call; and provides, on the call, an inquiry for keywords indicative of mental health of a caller on the call. The device determines, based on a keyword spoken by the caller, an electronic activity configured to maintain the caller on the call, including a prompt to cause the caller to talk. The device provides, while the call is in the queue, the electronic activity on the call, receives a response, and, based on a relative reduction of the queue, the keyword, the response, and/or a measured stress level of the caller, implements an electronic action configured to manage the queue. |
| US12166920B2 |
Communication device and methods for use by hearing impaired
A method for maintaining contact information in a hearing impaired assisted user's communication device includes the steps of (a) providing a web site for altering assisted user contact information, (b) linking a proxy device to the web site, (c) receiving an identifier associated with the assisted user's device via the proxy device, (d) identifying an assisted user's device via the received identifier, (e) enabling the proxy device to be used to modify contact information for the assisted user associated with the received identifier, (f) starting a timer to time out a sync timeout period, (g) during the sync timeout period, receiving an indication via the assisted user's device confirming a desire to update the assisted user's contact information, (h) updating the assisted user's contact information, and (i) at the end of the timeout period, ceasing an indication that updated data is ready to be used from the assisted user's device. |
| US12166918B2 |
Scam communication engagement
One embodiment provides a method, the method including: receiving, at an information handling device, an active communication; determining, using a scam detection system, the active communication is received from a scamming entity; transferring, using the scam detection system, the active communication to an automated conversation agent; and interacting, using the automated conversation agent, with the scamming entity. |
| US12166916B2 |
Privacy protection method for electronic device and electronic device
A privacy protection method for the electronic device includes: starting face change detection, where the face change detection is continuously detecting, in a current unlocking period, whether a face in front of a display of the electronic device changes; after starting the face change detection, detecting an operation of starting a first private application; and in response to the operation and determining that a result of the face change detection is that the current face does not change, displaying first private content corresponding to the first private application; or in response to the operation and determining that a result of the face change detection is that the current face changes, displaying first non-private content, where the first non-private content does not include first private content. |
| US12166910B2 |
Electronic device including flexible slide-out display
An electronic device is provided that includes a housing and a flexible display including a bendable section that may be extracted from an inner space of the housing. The electronic device also includes a support member positioned at least partially in the inner space of the housing and including a first surface facing the bendable section with a separation distance therebetween, and a dielectric disposed in the first surface while facing the bendable section and electrically connected to a ground. The electronic device also includes a sensor integrated circuit (IC) electrically connected to a touch sensing circuit included in the flexible display and configured to detect capacitance of a touch area facing the dielectric in the touch sensing circuit. |
| US12166909B2 |
Computer technology to ensure an electronic design automation (EDA) implementation for electronic circuitry is traceable, auditable, and reproducible
A computer system traces an original electronic design automation (EDA) implementation process for electronic hardware designs. The original EDA implementation process includes multiple subprocesses to convert a hardware model to a physically-realized electronic circuit. The system inputs a cryptographic key and design information that includes the hardware model, constraints, properties, implementation settings, and other directives for directing the conversion. The cryptographic key and design information are processed to generate a sequence of instructions to execute and provide traceability of each subprocess. For each subprocess, the system gathers intermediate design state and implementation settings resulting from or influencing execution of the subprocess; combines the intermediate design state and implementation settings into a data string and determines a cryptographic hash value for the data string; digitally signs the cryptographic hash value using a digital signature certificate derived from the cryptographic key to generate a signed hash; stores the signed hash and identifiers associated with data files used for determining the cryptographic hash value to an electronic ledger to generate an updated electronic ledger; authenticates the signed hash from the electronic ledger to generate an authenticated signed hash; reconstructs a hash from the data files stored in the electronic ledger to generate a reconstructed hash; compares the authenticated signed hash with the reconstructed hash, and in response to a mismatch, generates an error signal. The steps are repeated for each subsequent subprocess, and the traced EDA implementation process results are stored in memory. |
| US12166907B2 |
Dynamic certificate management in cryptographic agility frameworks
The disclosure provides an approach for certificate management for cryptographic agility. Embodiments include receiving, by a cryptographic agility system, a cryptographic request related to an application. Embodiments include selecting, by the cryptographic agility system, a cryptographic technique based on contextual information associated with the cryptographic request. Embodiments include determining, by the cryptographic agility system, based on the cryptographic request, a certificate for authenticating a key related to the cryptographic technique. Embodiments include providing, by the cryptographic agility system, the certificate to an endpoint related to the cryptographic request for use in authenticating the key. |
| US12166899B2 |
Secure device communication
The present disclosure includes secure device communication. An embodiment includes a processing resource, a memory, and a network management device communication component configured to, send public information to a network attached device communication component, and receive a network attached device public key and an encrypted random string value from the network attached device communication component. The network attached device public key and the random string value are received independent of a type of the network attached device communication component due to the public information. The network management communication component is further configured to decrypt the random string value from the network attached device communication component and send, to the network attached device communication component, a message and a signature to authenticate independent of the type of the network attached device communication component due to the public information. |
| US12166897B2 |
Authentication mechanism for 5G technologies
This disclosure provides techniques for securely communicating user equipment (UE) specific information from a UE to a network-side device. In particular, the UE may either encrypt the UE specific information using an encryption key to form an encrypted portion, where the UE specific information includes subscriber identity information and the encryption key is calculated in accordance with a public key of a home network of the UE. The UE generates a message authentication code (MAC) signature based on the encrypted portion and a first integrity key, where the first integrity key is calculated in accordance with the public key of the home network. The UE sends, to a network-side device, a request message including the encrypted portion, the MAC signature and a network identifier of the home network. |
| US12166892B2 |
Systems and methods for message presentation using contactless cards
Example embodiments of systems and methods for data transmission system between transmitting and receiving devices are provided. In an embodiment, each of the transmitting and receiving devices can contain a master key. The transmitting device can generate a diversified key using the master key, protect a counter value and encrypt data prior to transmitting to the receiving device, which can generate the diversified key based on the master key and can decrypt the data and validate the protected counter value using the diversified key. |
| US12166883B2 |
System and method for delegating authority through coupled devices
The present disclosure provides a system and method for delegating authority to cloud IoT devices, with such delegated authority enabling the cloud IoT devices to access second cloud services outside of a core network. The IoT device uses its IoT identity to obtain a token for accessing the second service within a predefined time window. The token may be used to access the second service without further authentication by the second service. Accordingly, the IoT device can take particular actions, such as downloading files, etc., during the predefined time window. After the predefined time window, the IoT device may no longer access the second service without obtaining another token. |
| US12166881B2 |
Digital notarization using a biometric identification service
A system performs digital notarization using a biometric identification service. A signature requesting service receives a request to validate a digital item with a signature for a person. The signature requesting service provides a payload that identifies the digital item and/or the person to an identity service. The identity service obtains one or more digital representations of biometrics for the person, determines an identity for the person, and returns a data structure including the payload and one or more identity attestations regarding the determined identity. The identity service encrypts at least a portion of the data structure using a private encryption key. A public encryption key for the identity service can then be used to decrypt the portion to verify that the data structure was generated by the identity service after determining the identity. In this way, validation can be verified to the full trust level of the identification service. |
| US12166880B2 |
Partitioning a blockchain network
A computer-implemented method of validating a blockchain transaction is disclosed. The method comprises requesting at least one UTXO referenced by at least one respective input of the transaction from a member node of at least one shard comprising at least one UTXO, obtaining validity data of at least one UTXO from at least one node, and performing a validation check on at least one input using the validity data. |
| US12166877B2 |
Systems and methods for utilizing hardware assisted protection for media content
This disclosure describes systems and methods related to utilizing hardware assisted protection for media content. In some embodiments, a provided method comprises: receiving, from a content server and by a computing device processor of a secure enclave of a device, first encrypted media content; decrypting, by the computing device processor, the first encrypted media content using a first decryption key; generating, by the computing device processor, a second decryption key; encrypting, by the computing device processor, the first decrypted media content using the second key, thereby resulting in second encrypted media content; and sending, by the computing device processor and to one or more graphical processing units (GPUs) comprised in a graphics component of the device, the second encrypted media content and the second decryption key. |
| US12166875B2 |
Working method for key device and key device
A working method for a key device and a key device, including: a smart key apparatus receives an authentication instruction, determines a type of the authentication instruction, parses a FIDO2 authentication instruction to obtain a credential if the instruction is the FIDO2 authentication instruction, checks whether the credential is complete by using a changing key corresponding to the FIDO2, if a check is successful, the credential is registered in a FIDO2 mode, and the authentication response is generated and returned to the client; and if the check fails, whether the credential is complete is checked by using the changing key corresponding to a U2F, and the credential is registered in a U2F mode if a check is successful, the authentication response is generated and returned to the client, and an error response is returned to the client if the check fails. |
| US12166874B2 |
Minimizing traffic drop when rekeying in a distributed security group
Exemplary methods, apparatuses, and systems include a central controller receiving a request to generate a new encryption key for a security group to replace a current encryption key for the security group. The security group includes a plurality of hosts that each encrypt and decrypt communications using the current encryption key. In response to receiving the request, the central controller determines that a threshold period following generation of the current encryption key has not expired. In response to determining that the threshold period has not expired, the central controller delays execution of the request until the expiration of the threshold period. In response to the expiration of the threshold period, the central controller executes the request by generating the new encryption key, storing a time of creation of the new encryption key, and transmitting the new encryption key to the plurality of hosts. |
| US12166871B2 |
Mitigating against spurious deliveries in device onboarding
A system can access an application programming interface of a device to set an owner authorization cryptographic key on the device. The system can receive, at a device discovery service, a first request from the device for an identifier of the device onboarding service, wherein the first request comprises an indication of possessing the owner authorization cryptographic key. The system can, in response to validating the indication of the owner authorization cryptographic key, send, by the device discovery service, the identifier of the device onboarding service to the device. The system can, in response to receiving, at the device onboarding service, a second request from the device that is based on the identifier of the device onboarding service and demonstrates possession of the owner authorization cryptographic key, provision the device by the device onboarding service. The system can, permit, via the firewall, the device to access a device management service. |
| US12166870B2 |
Physical unclonable function failure protection and prediction
In some implementations, a memory device may generate a physical unclonable function (PUF) value. The memory device may access a PUF protection key stored in a non-host-addressable memory region. The memory device may encrypt the PUF value, using the PUF protection key, to generate an encrypted PUF value. The memory device may store the encrypted PUF value in scattered memory locations in the non-host-addressable memory region. |
| US12166869B2 |
Key derivation for a module using an embedded universal integrated circuit card
A module with an embedded universal integrated circuit card (eUICC) can include a received eUICC profile and a set of cryptographic algorithms. The received eUICC profile can include an initial shared secret key for authentication with a wireless network. The module can receive a key K network token and send a key K module token to the wireless network. The module can use the key K network token, a derived module private key, and a key derivation function to derive a secret shared network key K that supports communication with the wireless network. The wireless network can use the received key K module token, a network private key, and the key derivation function in order to derive the same secret shared network key K derived by the module. The module and the wireless network can subsequently use the mutually derived key K to communicate using traditional wireless network standards. |
| US12166862B2 |
Storage system of key-value store which executes retrieval in processor and control circuit, and control method of the same
According to one embodiment, a storage system includes a processor, a storage device, and a first memory. The storage device includes a nonvolatile memory, a control circuit, and a second memory. The processor retrieves, based on a retrieval key and retrieval information stored in the first memory, location information of data including the retrieval key and a value, and transmits the location information and the retrieval key to the control circuit. The control circuit reads the data from the nonvolatile memory based on the location information and the retrieval key, stores the data in the second memory, retrieves the value corresponding to the retrieval key from the data, and transmits the value to the processor. |
| US12166861B2 |
Semiconductor package information
In examples, a non-transitory computer-readable storage medium stores executable code, which, when executed by a processor, causes the processor to receive a semiconductor package image, the image including semiconductor package surface codes, the codes including a semiconductor package identifier. The executable code causes the processor to transmit at least one of the semiconductor package identifier, the codes, or the image. The executable code causes the processor to receive information associated with the semiconductor package identifier. The executable code causes the processor to output the information via at least one of a display coupled to the processor, a speaker coupled to the processor, or the wireless transceiver. |
| US12166852B2 |
Self-calibrating device and method for in-phase and quadrature time skew and conjugation in a coherent transmitter
Methods and devices for IQ time skew and conjugation compensation and calibration of a coherent transmitter or transceiver are described. A pilot tone is combined with a digital data signal such that relative powers of the pilot tone in each of two frequency bands of the transmitted data signal may be detected by a pilot tone detector and used to calculate the time skew between I and Q modulation channels of the transmitter. A transmitter DSP applies IQ time skew bias to the data signal to compensate for any calculated IQ time skew. The pilot tone detector also provides the transmitter DSP with the information necessary to detect phase conjugation of the optical signal, which can be corrected by inverting the polarity of the data signal or changing the phase bias point of the optical modulator. |
| US12166842B2 |
Application function influence in application context relocation
Methods performed by an Edge Data Network (EDN) and a User Equipment (UE) for enabling Application Context Change (ACR) are disclosed. More specifically, methods performed by a UE and an EDN node for enabling ACR are provided. The method disclosed herein can provide solutions to many open issues in the Third-Generation Partnership Project standard with respect to applying Application Function (AF) influence during an ACR. |
| US12166835B2 |
Push notification delivery system with feedback analysis
A push notification delivery system includes a server system including a processor, a network interface, and memory storing program instructions having code segments for receiving a received push notification, code segments for determining at least one of a favorable push time and a favorable message format based upon a database of received push information developed from a plurality of prior sent push notifications, and code segments for pushing the message to the destination in accordance with the at least one of a favorable push time and a favorable message format. A method for delivering push notifications includes receiving a received push notification including a message and a destination, sending a sent push notification derived from the received push notification to the destination in accordance with at least one favorable condition, receiving received push information related to the sent push notification, and storing the received push information in a database. |
| US12166833B2 |
System and method for application traffic control
A system for managing web traffic comprising a meta control operating on a first processor having a first control interface and configured to generate a request for content and to transmit the request for content over a digital data network to a meta control server. The meta control server operating on a second processor and configured to receive the request for content and to select data for one or more second control interfaces as a function of data associated with the first control interface and to transmit the data for the one or more second control interfaces over the digital data network to the first control interface. The first control interface displays the data for the one or more second control interfaces and monitors user activity associated with the data. |
| US12166830B1 |
System for setting and controlling functionalities of mobile devices
A system for presenting a clinical process of a patient in a clinical facility having a network, a system backend communicable with the network, and at least one mobile device communicable with the system backend, the mobile device comprising a mobile processor and a display, the mobile processor configured to operate in at least one first user interface mode and at least one second user interface mode, where the mobile processor is configured to enable the operation of at least one built-in function when operating in the at least one first user interface mode and where the mobile processor is configured to disable the operation of the at least one built-in function when operating in the at least one second user interface mode. The mobile processor operating in the at least one second user interface mode is configured to present a list of one or more patients each with a corresponding clinical process, each patient listing configured to re-enable access to the at least one built-in function associated with the corresponding clinical process of the listed patient. |
| US12166829B2 |
Artificial intelligence workload migration for planet-scale artificial intelligence infrastructure service
The disclosure herein describes platform-level migration for deep learning training (DLT) jobs from a checkpointed stated between a source node and a destination node. The checkpointing is performed through capturing GPU state (e.g., device state) and CPU state (e.g., host state). The GPU state includes GPU data (e.g., model parameters, optimizer state, etc.) that is located in the GPU and GPU context (e.g., the default stream in GPU, various handles created by libraries). Restoring the DLT job on the destination node involves resumption of processing of a destination GPU at the same checkpointed state. |
| US12166828B2 |
Peer connection monitoring of network applications
Host end points of a network connection can generate unique connection identifiers that are the same for both ends of the network connection. Both end points of the connection can send the connection identifiers in association with host end point metadata about the connection to a central location, where the metadata of both end points of a connection can be identified by the unique connection identifier. |
| US12166827B1 |
Network connection activation/deactivation platform
Aspects of the subject disclosure may include, for example, connecting a plurality of subscriber networks via switched, shared, or dedicated Ethernet connections using a wired network, where the plurality of subscriber networks includes a first network and a second network, providing a provisioning and activation application that enables a user to selectively activate or deactivate a connection to one or more of the plurality of subscriber networks or a cloud service provider, as a first orderable item, and select a plurality of network configuration attributes, as a second orderable item, and based on a request for the connection to the one or more of the plurality of subscriber networks or the cloud service provider, activating the connection that follows the selected plurality of network configuration attributes. Other embodiments are disclosed. |
| US12166825B2 |
Telemetry over quic
In one embodiment, an illustrative method herein may comprise: obtaining, by a device, one or more independent telemetry streams, wherein each of the one or more independent telemetry streams is uniquely identifiable by a span identifier; translating, by the device, each of the one or more independent telemetry streams into a corresponding QUIC protocol stream; mapping, by the device, the span identifier of each of the one or more independent telemetry streams to a respective stream identifier that uniquely identifies a QUIC channel of a multiplexed QUIC protocol stream; and communicating, by the device, the multiplexed QUIC protocol stream containing each of the one or more independent telemetry streams on its corresponding QUIC channel to cause a retrieving device to determine the span identifier of each of the one or more independent telemetry streams based on their respective stream identifier. |
| US12166824B2 |
Enhanced shipping container apparatus having integrated fire suppression and systems using the same for detecting and responding to an environmental anomaly within the container
An enhanced shipping container apparatus that maintains packages is described having integrated fire suppression. The apparatus has a container base supporting the packages, multiple container walls coupled to the container base, and a container top coupled to each of the container walls. A fire suppression panel is integrated as part of one or more of the walls and top portion, and has a support sheet of fire resistant material; an interior exposed sheet of temperature sensitive material; a sealed boundary connecting the support sheet and interior exposed sheet on peripheral edges (where the sealed boundary, support sheet and interior exposed sheet define a holding cavity), and integrated fire suppression material in the holding cavity. The temperature sensitive material of the interior exposed sheet releases the integrated fire suppressant material from within the holding cavity when the temperature sensitive material of the interior exposed sheet is exposed to a threshold temperature. |
| US12166817B2 |
Method and apparatus for providing network analytics in a wireless communication system
The disclosure relates to a 5G or 6G communication system for supporting a higher data transmission rate. A method performed by a first network data analytics function (NWDAF) is provided. The method comprises: receiving, from a NWDAF service consumer, a first request for first analytics information, the first request including first time information on a first time duration when the first analytics information is needed for the NWDAF service consumer; transmitting, to a second NWDAF, a second request for second analytics information, the second request including second time information on a second time duration when the second analytics information is needed for the first NWDAF; receiving, from the second NWDAF, a second response including the second analytics information; and transmitting, to the NWDAF service consumer, a first response including the first analytics information generated based on second analytics information received from the at least one second NWDAF. |
| US12166816B2 |
Policy-based forwarding to a load balancer of a load balancing cluster
Some embodiments of the invention provide a method for forwarding data messages between a client and a server (e.g., between client and server machines and/or applications). In some embodiments, the method receives a data message that a load balancer has directed from a particular client to a particular server after selecting the particular server from a set of several candidate servers for the received data message's flow. The method stores an association between an identifier associated with the load balancer and a flow identifier associated with the message flow, and then forwards the received data message to the particular server. The method subsequently uses the load balancer identifier in the stored association to forward to the particular load balancer a data message that is sent by the particular server. The method of some embodiments is implemented by an intervening forwarding element (e.g., a router) between the load balancer set and the server set. |
| US12166811B2 |
Methods and systems for identifying and remediating poor user experiences on computing devices
This application relates to apparatus and methods for identifying and remediating poor user experiences on computing devices. In some examples, a user speed determination device is configured to receive a content delivery request for delivery of content to a user device. The computing is also configured to obtain user identification data, obtain user device data and determine a user device speed based on the user identification data and the user device data. The computing device then sends a user device speed indicator to a content delivery device to cause the content delivery device to deliver remediated content to the user device when the user device speed is determined to be less than a predetermined speed threshold. The user identification data can include an IP address and the user device data can include user agent data, user connection data and user resource timing data. |
| US12166810B2 |
System for control and orchestration of cluster resources
Clusters of resources at network edges are administered using a control plane that issues commands to those resources. A command sent to cause a resource to perform a function specifies a target state for the resource. The command may be modified, or an alternate command may be generated, based on the characteristics of the resource, which may enable a single command to be used to cause multiple types of resources to perform a function. Based on the characteristics of the resource or of the function, a different target state, and in some cases intermediate states that may occur before the target state, may be determined. As the resource performs the function, telemetry data is received. The current state of the resource determined from the telemetry data is compared to the valid intermediate and target states, and output indicating the states of the resource as valid or erroneous is generated. |
| US12166807B2 |
Server for rendering a virtual world image and control method thereof
A server is provided. The server includes a communication interface and a processor. The processor renders a virtual world image including an avatar corresponding to a user; transmits the virtual world image to a user terminal device through the communication interface; based on receiving, from the user terminal device through the communication interface, a first user command to add a virtual display device to the virtual world image, renders the virtual world image on which content displayed on a display device corresponding to the virtual display device is displayed through the virtual display device. |
| US12166806B2 |
Presenting output to indicate a communication attempt during a communication session
Methods and systems provide for dynamically presenting at least one attentional element within a communication session. The system presents, to each of a number of participants within a communication session, a user interface (“UI”) for the communication session. The system receives a signal of an event associated with a first participant intending to communicate with a second participant, with the second participant not acknowledging the intended communication. The system determines, after a predefined period of time, that the intended communication from the first user has not been acknowledged by the second user and that the event has not yet terminated. The system then initiates an attentional element within the UI of the second participant, the attentional element being more pronounced than the notification. |
| US12166805B2 |
Operating room control and communication system
An operating room control and communication system is provided. An operating room control system for a medical facility is provided. The system comprises a signal routing unit configured to route signals for devices of the operating room, the signals comprising image data. The signal routing unit comprises a first input configured to receive, from a medical facility source device, input signals comprising image data of a first image resolution. The signal routing unit further comprises a first output configured to send, to a destination device, output signals comprising image data of the first image resolution; and a second output configured to send, to a destination device, output signals comprising image data of a second image resolution lower than the first image resolution. |
| US12166803B2 |
Providing enhanced functionality in an interactive electronic technical manual
Embodiments of the present disclosure provide methods, apparatus, systems, computer program products for generating an annotation for textual information and/or media content for technical documentation for an item in an interactive electronic technical manual system (IETM) configured to provide electronic and credentialed access to the technical documentation via an IETM viewer. In one embodiment, a method is provided comprising: providing a window for display comprising the textual information and/or media content; receiving input of a selection of an annotation selection mechanism; and responsive to receiving the input: generating the annotation for the textual information and/or media content; receiving an indication of a position in the textual information and/or media content to associate with the annotation; and providing an annotation window for the annotation for display via the IETM viewer, wherein the annotation window comprises an attach file mechanism, a capture mechanism, a share mechanism, and a change form mechanism. |
| US12166799B2 |
Using zones based on entry points and exit points of a network device to apply a security policy to network traffic
A network device may be configured to receive network traffic. The network device may be configured to identify one or more entry points of the network device associated with the network traffic and to determine, based on the one or more entry points of the network device, a source zone associated with the network traffic. The network device may be configured to identify one or more exit points of the network device associated with the network traffic and to determine, based on the one or more exit points of the network device, a destination zone associated with the network traffic. The network device may be configured to identify, based on the source zone and the destination zone, a set of security policies and to apply a security policy, of the set of security policies, to the network traffic. |
| US12166796B2 |
Uniform resource locator classifier and visual comparison platform for malicious site detection
Aspects of the disclosure relate to detecting and identifying malicious sites using machine learning. A computing platform may receive image data of a graphical rendering of a resource available at a uniform resource locator (URL). The computing platform may compute a computer vision vector representation of the image data. The computing platform may compare the computer vision vector representation of the image data to stored numeric vectors representing page elements, resulting in a feature indicating whether the computer vision vector representation of the image data is visually similar to a known page element, and may input the feature to a classifier. The computing platform may receive, from the classifier, a phish classification score indicating a likelihood that the URL is malicious. In response to determining that the phish classification score exceeds a first phish classification threshold, the computing platform may cause a cybersecurity server to perform a first action. |
| US12166794B2 |
Detecting use of compromised security credentials in private enterprise networks
Provided is a process including: obtaining, with a domain controller of a private computer network, a set of user-authentication credentials comprising a first username and a first password; querying a distributed credential-monitoring application; receiving query results including one or more passwords associated with the first username; determining that at least some of the one or more passwords in the query results match the obtained first password; and in response to the determination, blocking, with the domain controller, access to a first user account on the private computer network associated with the obtained first username and first password. |
| US12166788B2 |
Automated risk assessment module with real-time compliance monitoring
Techniques are disclosed for usage-tracking of various information security (InfoSec) entities for tenants/organization onboarded on an instant multi-tenant security assurance platform. The InfoSec entities include policies, procedures, controls and evidence tasks. A policy or procedure is enforced by implementing one or more controls, and the collection of one or more evidence tasks proves/verifies the implementation of a control. The InfoSec entities are linked to each other across the platform and accrue a number of benefits for the tenants. These include generating a security questionnaire response (SQR), defining a readiness project and an audit project, sharing InfoSec entities encompassing the various products of a tenant, automating risk assessment, automatic collection of evidence tasks for verifying the implementation and/or operational state/status of various mitigating controls, etc. |
| US12166787B2 |
System configured to detect and block the distribution of malicious content that is attributable to an entity
An online portal receives digital content from a user device. The online portal is communicably coupled to a computer server hosting an online media service in the public or non-public domain. The user device is associated with an online account on the online media service. Based on the digital content, at least one requirement associated with the online account is identified. One or more respondent services are determined satisfy the requirement. By each respondent service, the digital content is processed using a respective machine learning model trained, based on user-attributable content, to generate a respondent evaluation. A quorum of respondent evaluations is generated. The quorum of respondent evaluations is determined to achieve a respondent consensus. Responsive to determining that the respondent consensus satisfies an approval condition, the digital content is sent from the online portal to the computer server for posting the digital content on the online media service. |
| US12166784B1 |
Cybersecurity system for network slices of wireless telecommunications network
A method performed by a cybersecurity system that receives a registration request of a wireless device over a 5G network and, in response, selects a network slice associated with a capability, a traffic characteristic, and includes network resources. The system dynamically provisions security resources for multiple network slices based on respective security requirements, which are determined by monitoring network traffic associated with functions or applications supported by the network slices. The system allocates the selected network slice including security resources that satisfy its security requirement to support the wireless device. |
| US12166782B2 |
Policy-based IP address allocation
An Internet Protocol (IP) address assignment method in a cloud-based multi-tenant system for assigning unique IP addresses to a plurality of client devices of a plurality of users. Network traffic including a data request from a client device to a cloud provider via an ingress tunnel is monitored by a mid-link server. A user of the client device is identified from the data request. A policy is identified based on the tenant of the user and a plurality of applications for the client device. An IP address is assigned to the client device of the user based on the policy. Each client device is assigned a unique IP address. The network traffic egresses via an egress tunnel from the mid-link server. The data request is routed from the client device to the cloud provider using the IP address of the client device. |
| US12166781B2 |
Attack analyzer for accurate estimation of attack route
An attack analyzer includes: a security log acquisition unit acquiring a security log including an abnormality detection signal generated by a security sensor mounted on an electronic control device constituting an electronic control system and indicating that the security sensor has detected an abnormality; a failure information acquisition unit acquiring failure information indicating a failure occurred in the electronic control device; a prediction table storage unit storing a prediction table showing a correspondence relationship between a predicted attack route in the electronic control system and a predicted abnormality detection signal predicted to be generated by the security sensor; an attack route estimation unit; and an attack information output unit outputting attack information indicating the attack route. |
| US12166777B2 |
Method and system for analyzing cybersecurity threats and improving defensive intelligence
Disclosed is a cyber threat intelligence platform configured to: a) designate a virtual machine as an attacker machine; b) designate a virtual machine as a victim machine; c) receive cyberattack data representative of a cyberattack executed by the attacker machine against the victim machine; e) receive defense action data representative of a defense action executed by the victim machine against the cyberattack; f) mark a first point in time when the cyberattack is executed, and mark a second point in time when the defense action is initiated; g) compare the first point in time with the second point in time to ascertain an attack-defense time lapse as a performance measure for computer system threat management of cyberattacks or defense actions, and h) view or analyze cyberattack and defense actions for effectiveness, including perspectives derived from the relative timing of the actions as indicated on the time lapse. |
| US12166775B2 |
Graphical query builder for cloud data attack detection
The technology disclosed relates to streamlined analysis of security posture of a cloud environment. In particular, the disclosed technology relates to a graphical query builder for generating a subject path signature, for example representing a vulnerability path in the cloud environment. A computer-implemented method includes generating a graphical user interface having configurable node elements and edge elements and, in response to user input on the graphical user interface, configuring the node elements to represent entities in a subject path signature in the cloud environment and the edge elements to represent relationships between the entities in the subject path signature. The method also includes generating a query representing the subject path signature, executing the query to qualify a set of network paths in the cloud environment as conforming to the subject path signature, and outputting query results identifying the qualified set of network paths. |
| US12166768B2 |
Systems and methods of entity control of collaboration rooms
Systems and methods for providing collaboration rooms with dynamic tenancy and role-based security are disclosed herein. An example method includes establishing a digital collaboration room for an entity, generating a token for a first user, receiving a request to perform an action on a portion of the data, performing a hierarchical permissions analysis to determine if the first user has permission to perform the action and access the portion of the data and determine if the user currently has permission to enter the digital collaboration room. The method includes retrieving the portion of the data from the database for the digital collaboration room and allowing the first user to perform the action when the user currently has permission to enter the digital collaboration room and the user has permission to perform the action and access the portion of the data. |
| US12166764B2 |
Method and system for creating social media content collections
Example aspects include techniques for implementing social media content collections. These techniques may include generating a social media content collection (SMCC) within a social media network, and assigning an administrator privilege for the SMCC to an account, the administrator privilege granting the account one or more access rights. In addition, the techniques may include generating a collection representation via a graphical user interface (GUI) wizard, and setting the collection representation as a collection thumbnail representation of the SMCC. Further, the techniques may include adding, based on the one or more access rights, one or more video content items to the SMCC, in response to selection of a GUI control in a presentation mode of the one or more content items, and reproducing, in response to selection of the SMCC, the one or more video content items in a continuous playback mode. |
| US12166762B2 |
Authorization management in a media playback system
Example techniques described herein involve authorization management in a media playback system. Within examples, a client, such as a control device, may authenticate with a playback device using a token. The playback device may resolve a role corresponding to the token using a token-to-role mapping hosted at an authentication service. After resolving the role, the playback device may resolve a permissions set corresponding to the role using a role-to-permissions mapping similarly hosted at the authentication service. Within examples, such mappings may be cached locally at the edge (e.g., on a playback device). |
| US12166761B1 |
Distinguishing between functional tracking domains and nonfunctional tracking domains on a host web page
Distinguishing between functional tracking domains and nonfunctional tracking domains on a host web page. In particular, a list of known tracking domains that load content into host web pages may be received. This list of tracking domains may include tracking domains that are functional and tracking domains that are nonfunctional. The tracking domains that are functional may be determined by evaluating various behaviors and characteristics of the tracking domains. Once functional tracking domains have been determined, these functional tracking domains may be allowed, and other tracking domains may be blocked from loading content onto host web pages thereby preserving the functionality of the web pages. |
| US12166759B2 |
System for remote execution code-based node control flow management, and method therefor
A method for managing a control flow by a server including: receiving a control flow generation request data packet from the terminal; transmitting a control flow communication code to the terminal; and receiving the result of executing the control flow communication code from the terminal, wherein if the result of executing the control flow communication code is normal, the server generates the control flow with the terminal, and if the execution result value is abnormal, or the execution result is not received from the terminal within a predetermined time, the server blocks the generation of the control flow with the terminal. |
| US12166758B2 |
Closed-loop network provisioning based on network access control fingerprinting
Techniques are described for providing network provisioning by a network management system (NMS) based on fingerprint information determined by a network access control (NAC) system. An example method includes receiving, by the NAC system, a network access request for a client device to access an enterprise network; obtaining, by the NAC system, fingerprint information of the client device associated with the network access request, wherein the fingerprinting information comprises information specifying one or more attributes associated with the client device; authenticating, by the NAC system, the client device to access the enterprise network; sending, by the NAC system and to the NMS, the fingerprint information of the client device; and provisioning, by the NMS, one or more network resources associated with the client device based on the fingerprint information of the client device. |
| US12166755B2 |
Identity management system
Identity management is disclosed that allows authentication of a user for a third party by way of an encrypted token. A biometric signature can be requested for a user of a user device. In response, an encrypted token can be generated based at least in part on the biometric signature. The encrypted token can then be provided back to the user device, which can save the encrypted token to a secure location on the user device accessible by biometric authentication of the user on the user device. An authentication request can be provided from a third party which includes an encrypted token. A determination can be made regarding whether user identity can be confirmed based on the encrypted token. An indication of whether the user identity was confirmed or unconfirmed can then be communicated in response to the authentication request. |
| US12166753B2 |
Connecting a software-defined data center to cloud services through an agent platform appliance
A method of connecting a software-defined data center (SDDC) to a cloud platform to enable the cloud platform to deliver cloud services to the SDDC includes the steps of: deploying an agent platform appliance that is connected to a management network of the SDDC; and deploying a plurality of agents on the agent platform appliance, wherein the agents include a first agent that is configured to issue a command to a component of the SDDC to perform an operation requested by a cloud service of the cloud platform and a second agent that is configured to acquire an authentication token for authenticating to the component of the SDDC, and wherein the second agent acquires the authentication token from the component of the SDDC, and the first agent acquires the authentication token from the second agent and transmits the command and the authentication token to the component of the SDDC. |
| US12166745B2 |
Performance improvement for encrypted traffic over IPSEC
A packet that includes a header and a payload can be acquired. A first portion of the payload can be selected such that the first portion that is smaller than the payload. The header and the first portion of the payload can be encrypted based on an encryption algorithm to generate an encrypted packet. The encrypted packet can be transmitted to a node on a network. |
| US12166743B2 |
Application discovery method, apparatus, and system, and computer storage medium
This application disclose an application discovery solutions. The application discovery method is applied to a first SMF network element, and includes: obtaining a first domain name requested by a terminal device; sending the first domain name to a second SMF network element; and receiving first information from the second SMF network element, where the first information includes information about a first application platform or an IP address of a DNS server corresponding to the first application platform, the first application platform is an application platform on which a first application corresponding to the first domain name is located, and the first information is for obtaining a target IP address corresponding to the first domain name. The terminal device may access, by using the target IP address, the first application corresponding to the first domain name. |
| US12166742B2 |
Domain name resolution method and apparatus, and computer device
This application discloses a domain name resolution method and apparatus, and a computing system. The method includes: receiving a resource address entered by a user; obtaining a target domain name corresponding to the resource address, where the target domain name is generated based on a preset domain name encryption rule, and the preset domain name encryption rule is applied to combine a domain name field and an IP address into the target domain name; and parsing the target domain name and obtaining the IP address in the target domain name based on a preset domain name decryption rule. This application further provides a computer-readable storage medium. In this application, the resource address entered by the user is directly resolved, so that the IP address can be rapidly obtained through resolution, thereby shortening domain name resolution time and improving domain name resolution efficiency. |
| US12166741B1 |
Device naming in premises control systems using automated device discovery
One or more network communications to discover one or more controllable devices on a network with which a premises automation system is associated is sent automatically. A set of one or more controllable devices on the network is determined based at least in part on a response received from said one or more network communications. An assigned name that is unique within the premises automation system is assigned automatically to each of said set of one or more controllable devices. |
| US12166737B2 |
Automatically incremented read-watermark
A system to automatically increment read-watermarks based on a set of predefined rules and criteria and configured to perform operations that include: accessing a message thread that comprises a plurality of messages; detecting a display of a message from among the plurality of messages at a client device, the message corresponding with an identification number from among a plurality of sequentially assigned identification numbers associated with the plurality of messages; applying the identification number that corresponds with the message from among the plurality of messages to a data object within a database associated with the message thread; the data object indicating a most recent message read by a user of the client device based on the identification number; detecting a trigger event; and automatically incrementing the identification number associated with the data object within the database responsive to the trigger event. |
| US12166735B2 |
Methods and systems for enabling conversational deliberation across large networked populations
The present disclosure describes systems and methods for enabling real-time conversational dialog among a large population of networked human users while facilitating convergence on groupwise decisions, insights, and solutions, and amplifying collective intelligence. A collaboration server running a collaboration application is provided, wherein the collaboration server is in communication with the plurality of the networked computing devices and each computing device is associated with one user of the population of human participants. In some cases, the collaboration server defines a plurality of sub-groups of the population of human participants. A local chat application configured for displaying a conversational prompt received from the collaboration server is provided on each networked computing device. The local chat application enables real-time chat communication with other users of a sub-group assigned by the collaboration server. According to some embodiments, the computer mediated collaboration enables through communication between the collaboration application and the local chat applications. |
| US12166732B2 |
Automated opt-in conversation systems
Disclosed embodiments provide a framework for implementing automated bots configured to automatically and in real-time process messages exchanged with a user to determine whether to present an opt-in offer for supplemental communications. An agent bot processes ongoing messages exchanged in real-time during a first communications session as these messages are exchanged to determine whether to present an opt-in authorization request for supplemental communications. If the user approves the request, contact information associated with the user is used to facilitate a second communications session through which the user is prompted to provide an opt-in confirmation. The opt-in confirmation and the approval of the opt-in authorization request is provided to allow for transmission of the supplemental communications to the user. |
| US12166728B2 |
Time-domain resource determination method and apparatus, and terminal device
Provided are a time-domain resource determination method and apparatus, and a terminal device. The method comprises: a terminal device determining a first slot set within a first period according to a first time division duplexing (TDD) configuration in radio resource control (RRC) signaling or a second TDD configuration in a physical sidelink broadcast channel (PSBCH); and the terminal device selecting some slots from the first slot set according to a first bitmap, wherein the slots constitute time-domain resources in a resource pool. |
| US12166726B2 |
Command processing method and terminal device
A command processing method is used to solve a problem that the terminal device cannot process a BWP switching command, a BWP activation command or a BWP deactivation command that is received in a case where there are a plurality of BWPs simultaneously activated for the terminal device, and there is ongoing random access on one or more BWPs in the activated plurality of BWPs. The method includes: receiving a first command in a case where there is at least one configured or activated BWP for the terminal device, and there is ongoing random access on at least one BWP in the at least one configured or activated BWP, the first command including at least one of the BWP switching command, the BWP activation command or the BWP deactivation command; and processing the first command according to a preset processing manner. |
| US12166725B2 |
Controlling UE behavior for CSI/SRS reporting during DRX
The invention relates to a method for transmitting a periodic channel quality report (CSI) and/or a sounding reference symbol (SRS) from a UE to an eNodeB. To avoid double decoding at the eNodeB in transient phases, a deterministic behavior of the UE is defined by the invention, according to which the eNodeB can unambiguously determine whether the UE will transmit the CSI/SRS or not. According to one embodiment, the UL grants and/or DL assignments received until and including subframe N−4 only are considered; UL grants and/or DL assignments received by the UE after subframe N−4 are discarded for the determination. Additionally, DRX-related timers at subframe N−4 are considered for the determination. In a second embodiment, DRX MAC control elements from the eNodeB, instructing the UE to enter DRX, i.e., become Non-Active, are only considered for the determination if they are received before subframe N−4, i.e., until and including subframe N−(4+k). |
| US12166723B2 |
Method and apparatus for reporting HARQ feedback to base station in NR V2X
Methods, and devices capable of performing such methods, involving a device that receives information related to a physical uplink control channel resource for reporting hybrid automatic repeat request (HARQ) feedback information, as well as information related to sidelink (SL) resources. Based on the device not performing a physical sidelink control channel (PSCCH) transmission, the device generates the HARQ feedback information in the form of an acknowledgement (ACK). Further, a maximum priority value is associated with the ACK, among possible priority values, related to the SL resources, such that, a PUCCH is transmitted with the ACK based on the priority value. |
| US12166721B2 |
Management of acknowledgement signalling in a multi-point communication system
A method for controlling acknowledgement signalling in a multi-point communication system comprises receiving (S10), in a wireless device, a data item over a first signalling path out of a plurality of possible signalling paths. Signalling path information associated with the received data item is obtained (S20). A transmission of an acknowledgement message for the data item is initiated (S40) to be performed over a second signalling path out of the plurality of possible signalling paths selected in dependence of the obtained signalling path information. Alternatively, or in combination, initiating of a transmission of an acknowledgement message comprising attaching of information of the identity of the second signalling path to the acknowledgement message. Methods, performed in a network node, assisting the wireless device are also disclosed. Devices for the methods are also presented. |
| US12166720B2 |
Systems and methods for extremely high throughput sounding process indication
Disclosed herein are devices, systems and methods between a between a plurality of collaborating Access Points (APs) and a receiving station (STA) operating in a wireless local area network (WLAN). The method include the steps of: transmitting, by each AP in the plurality of collaborating APs, a data frame to the receiving STA, each data frame has a preamble portion, the preamble portion including a signal (SIG) field, and the SIG field has a subfield including information representative of a total number of spatial streams transmitted by the plurality of collaborating Aps. |
| US12166718B2 |
Channel puncturing
This disclosure provides methods, devices and systems for transmitting and receiving, between an access point (AP) and one or more stations (STAs) in a basic service set (BSS), an indication of a puncturing event. In some examples, the transmitting and receiving may use non-legacy elements configured to provide information about the puncturing event. In certain aspects, the disclosure provides methods for transmitting and receiving, between the AP and one or more STAs, an indication of an operating band switch. In some examples, the transmitting and receiving may use non-legacy elements configured to provide information about the operating band switch. |
| US12166715B2 |
Systems and methods for radio operation with reduced bandwidth
A network node configured to, and/or comprising a radio interface and/or comprising processing circuitry configured to transmit a synchronization block mapped to four OFDM symbols in the time domain and 144 contiguous subcarriers in the frequency domain is provided. Optionally, a first of the four OFDM symbol is used by a primary synchronization signal, PSS. Optionally, a third of the four OFDM symbols is used by a secondary synchronization signal, SSS. Optionally, a second and a fourth of the OFDM symbols are used by a Physical Broadcast Channel, PBCH, in 12 contiguous resource blocks, RBs. Optionally, within each of the resource block RB in an OFDM symbol used by PBCH, there are 12 resource elements, and, optionally, 3 of the 12 resource elements are used for a downlink modulation reference signal, DMRS. |
| US12166712B2 |
Method and apparatus of PDCCH enhancement for higher frequency range
Methods and apparatuses for physical downlink control channel (PDCCH) enhancements in a wireless communication system. A method of operating a user equipment (UE) includes receiving a synchronization signals and physical broadcast channel (SS/PBCH) block and determining a set of configurations for a control resource set (CORESET #0) for a Type0-PDCCH. The set of configurations include a subcarrier spacing (SCS) for the CORESET #0 that is same as the SS/PBCH block; a multiplexing pattern between the CORESET #0 and the SS/PBCH block; a time domain offset (O) to determine slots including monitor occasions for the Type0-PDCCH; and an index of a starting symbol within at least one of the slots. For a first multiplexing pattern between the CORESET #0 and the SS/PBCH block, the time domain offset (O) is configurable based on the SCS of the CORSET #0. The method further includes receiving the Type0-PDCCH based on the set of configurations for CORESET #0. |
| US12166711B2 |
Systems and methods of low power indoor transmission in a wireless network
Embodiments of the present invention provide duplication schemes for control frames to extend the range of LPI in the 6 GHz wireless band for EHT WLAN. Duplicate 20 MHz legacy preambles containing L-STF, L-LTF, L-SIG and RL-SIG, U-SIG and EHT-SIG fields may be used to transmit beacon and other control frames using duplicate PPDUs to extend transmission range thereof. Non-HT duplication can be performed to maintain backwards compatibility with legacy devices. HE duplication can include duplication of a 20 MHz HE SU PPDUs over 40 MHz, 80 MHz, 160 MHz or 320 MHz portions, for example. DCM+MCS0 or duplication over DCM+MCS0 may be applied to the payload, and a duplication indication is inserted in the U-SIG field or EHT-SIG field to indicate if the duplication is applied to the payload over DCM+MCS0. |
| US12166709B2 |
Method and apparatus for timing adjustment in a wireless communication system
Methods and apparatuses for timing adjustment in a system comprising multiple transmission and reception points (TRPs). A method for operating a user equipment (UE) includes receiving first information for one or more first measurement reference signals (RSs) from a first cell to measure for determining a downlink (DL) timing difference, receiving second information for one or more second measurement RSs from a second cell to measure for determining the DL timing difference, and receiving a configuration for reporting the DL timing difference between the first and second cells. The method further includes measuring, based on the first and second information, the first and second measurement RSs, respectively; determining, based on the first and second measured measurement RSs, a timing difference report for the first and second cells; and transmitting, based on the configuration, the timing difference report to one or more of the first and second cells. |
| US12166701B2 |
Method and device in nodes used for wireless communication
The present disclosure provides a method and a device in a node used for wireless communications. A first node firstly receives a first signaling and a second signaling, the first signaling indicating a first zone size and a second zone size, while the second signaling indicating a first radio resource pool and a second radio resource pool; and then determines according to the current position whether to transmit a first signal in a first radio resource set; when the first radio resource set is associated with the first radio resource pool, the first zone size is used to determine the current position. By respectively associating the first zone size and the second zone size with the first radio resource pool and the second radio resource pool, the present disclosure manages to optimize the determination of feedback transmission in sidelink, which in turn improves the spectrum efficiency of sidelink transmission. |
| US12166699B2 |
Electronic device and method for processing radio frequency signals having different frequency bands
According to various embodiments of the present invention, disclosed is an electronic device comprising: a first antenna element configured so as to transmit and receive a signal of a first frequency band or a second frequency band; a second antenna element configured so as to transmit and receive the signal of the first frequency band or the second frequency band; a first RF block electrically connected to the first antenna element and the second antenna element and including a first transmission and reception circuit and a second transmission and reception circuit; an RF reception circuit for receiving the signal of the first frequency band or the second frequency band from the first antenna element or the second antenna element; and a transceiver, wherein the first transmission and reception circuit processes the signal of the first frequency band or the second frequency band, the second transmission and reception circuit processes the signal of the first frequency band or the second frequency band, and the transceiver performs CA on the signal of the first frequency band and/or the second frequency band and performs diversity on the signals received from the first RF block and the RF reception circuit. |
| US12166696B2 |
Quasi-output queue behavior of a packet switching device achieved using virtual output queue ordering independently determined for each output queue
In one embodiment, quasi-Output Queue behavior of a packet switching device is achieved using virtual output queue (VOQ) ordering independently determined for each particular output queue (OQ), including using maintained latency information of the VOQs of the particular OQ. In one embodiment, all packets from all VOQs with a same port-priority destination experience similar latency within specific time-window, which is similar to the packet service provided by an Output Queue switch architecture. In one embodiment, all input ports that send traffic to same output port-priority receive bandwidth which is proportional to their bandwidth demand divided by total bandwidth. Prior approaches that emulate the performance of an OQ switch architecture require complex and time-consuming scheduling determinations and do not scale. Independently determining the order for sending packets from the VOQs associated with each particular OQ provides a scalable and implementable system with quasi-Output Queue behavior. |
| US12166692B2 |
Configurable views of context-relevant content
Providing access to content is disclosed. An indication of a context is received. Access is provided to a context-relevant subset of a body of managed content. In some cases, the context-relevant subset includes a document relevant to the content. |
| US12166686B2 |
Data center monitoring and management operation including an extensible data forwarding operation
A system, method, and computer-readable medium for performing a data center management and monitoring operation. The data center management and monitoring operation includes: identifying data forwarder configuration information for a plurality of data forwarders, the forwarder configuration information including scheduling information; scheduling collection of data from a data source according to the scheduling information; collecting data from a data source based upon the scheduling, the collecting using the forwarder configuration information to identify the data to be collected; formatting the data collected from the data source according to the data forwarder configuration information to provide formatted data; and, forwarding the formatted data to a recipient. |
| US12166685B2 |
Method for implementing collective communication, computer device, and communication system
A method for implementing collective communication, a computer device, and a communication system are provided, to resolve problems of high communication latency and resource consumption in the conventional technology. The method includes: identifying a work request having no communication dependency, and when forwarding work requests, directly forwarding the work request identified as having no communication dependency, and forwarding, after queue management, a work request that is not identified as having no communication dependency. According to the application, communication latency caused when the work request having no communication dependency is managed by using a queue can be avoided, and resource consumption caused by performing related management can be reduced, to improve overall communication performance of collective communication. |
| US12166684B2 |
Tracking flows having encrypted sequence and acknowledgment numbers
A processor is configured to receive, from a first device, a plurality of first-direction packets belonging to a flow of communication, pass the first-direction packets to a second device, receive, from the second device, a plurality of second-direction packets belonging to the flow, pass the second-direction packets to the first device, calculate, after receiving each of at least some of the second-direction packets, an estimated in-flight number, by assuming that the second-direction packet acknowledges receipt of a number of the first-direction packets that is based on an estimated average number of received first-direction packets acknowledged by the second-direction packets, the estimated in-flight number being an estimated volume of payload data, contained at least partly in the first-direction packets, that has been passed by the processor to the second device but has not yet been received by the second device, and to regulate the flow, based on the estimated in-flight number. |
| US12166682B2 |
Methods and apparatus to facilitate data transmission
Methods, apparatus, systems, and articles of manufacture to facilitate data transmission are disclosed. An examples apparatus includes a schedule controller to determine a first time corresponding to an end of a window for a data exchange; a data packet controller to determine a second time corresponding to an acknowledgement send during the window; a link performance calculator to calculate link performance based on the first time and the second time; and an interface to transmit the link performance to a network configuration entity. |
| US12166678B2 |
Path traffic allocation method, network device, and network system
Embodiments of this application disclose path traffic allocation methods and network devices. One of the disclosed path traffic allocation methods includes sending, by an ingress node, a measurement packet to an egress node on each of at least two paths, where the at least two paths are paths between the ingress node and the egress node, and the measurement packet on each path indicates path information of each path. The disclosed method further includes receiving, by the ingress node, a response packet from the egress node, where the response packet indicates traffic adjustment information of each path, and determining, by the ingress node, to-be-sent traffic on each path based on the traffic adjustment information of each path. |
| US12166677B2 |
Encrypted tunnel migration
Techniques for load balancing encrypted traffic based on security parameter index (SPI) values of packet headers and sets of 5-tuple values of the packet headers are described herein. Additionally, techniques for including quality of service (QoS)-type information in SPI value fields of packet headers are also described herein. The QoS-type information may indicate a particular traffic class according to which the packet is to be handled. Further, techniques for pre-configuring a backend host such that encrypted traffic may be migrated to the backend host from another backend host without causing temporary service disruptions are also described herein. |
| US12166676B2 |
Apparatus and method of generating lookups and making decisions for packet modifying and forwarding in a software-defined network engine
Embodiments of the present invention relate to a Lookup and Decision Engine (LDE) for generating lookup keys for input tokens and modifying the input tokens based on contents of lookup results. The input tokens are parsed from network packet headers by a Parser, and the tokens are then modified by the LDE. The modified tokens guide how corresponding network packets will be modified or forwarded by other components in a software-defined networking (SDN) system. The design of the LDE is highly flexible and protocol independent. Conditions and rules for generating lookup keys and for modifying tokens are fully programmable such that the LDE can perform a wide variety of reconfigurable network features and protocols in the SDN system. |
| US12166675B2 |
Efficient handling of fragmented packets in multi-node all-active clusters
An efficient method to handle fragmented packets in multi-node all-active clusters. In one particular embodiment, a method includes receiving an initial fragment packet at a node in a cluster, creating a secondary flow table, linking the secondary flow table to a primary flow table, determining the primary flow owner of the initial fragment packet, and transmitting initial and succeeding fragment packets out of the cluster through, if possible, the primary flow owner. |
| US12166673B2 |
Media access control address rewrite using egress header editing in traffic aggregation mode
In general, embodiments relate to a method, obtaining, by a monitoring fabric network device operating in the monitoring fabric, a packet, wherein the packet is a replication of a packet sent to a second network device, applying a classification to the packet, performing, using the classification, a modification on a layer 2 (L2) address of the packet to obtain a modified packet, wherein the modified packet includes a modified L2 address, and transmitting the modified packet to a second monitoring fabric network device based on forwarding policies, wherein the forwarding policies do not utilize the modified L2 address. |
| US12166672B1 |
Apparatus, system, and method for instant routing engine switchovers
A disclosed computing device capable of instantly switching over between routing engines may include (1) a packet forwarding board configured to (A) forward control traffic via a first link to a traffic replication device and (B) forward data traffic via a second link to a first routing engine, (2) the traffic replication device configured to (A) replicate the control traffic received from the packet forwarding board and (B) select control signals received from the first routing engine, (3) the first routing engine configured to receive control traffic from the traffic replication device, and (4) a second routing engine configured to receive control traffic from the traffic replication device. Various other apparatuses, systems, and methods are also disclosed. |
| US12166669B2 |
Multi-cast redistribution and remap for multi-area networks
Provided herein are systems and methods for managing redistribution and remapping of multicast services between networks in a multi-area network. Multicast streams can be sent through networks from a source node towards a boundary node. The boundary node can receive the multicast stream, remap a source node identifier and service instance identifier, and forward the multicast stream into a second network. The boundary node can receive a route for the multicast stream. The route can be installed in a link-state database and can be used to send the multicast stream through the multi-area network from the source node to a destination node. |
| US12166664B2 |
First node, second node, fourth node and methods performed thereby in a communications network
A method performed by a first node. The first node operates in a communications network. The first node determines, based on a header of a packet, a first number of hops. The first number of hops are the hops the packet has to traverse in the communications network to reach a second node in the communications network. The header of the packet indicates a second number of hops between the second node and a third node in the communications network in a first path. The first node obtains a wired backhaul connection to a core network of the communications network from the third node. The first node then initiates routing the packet towards the second node based on the determined first number of hops. |
| US12166662B2 |
System and method for distance vector routing in partitioned networks
A system and method for disconnection tolerant network routing, termed Binary State Distance Vector Routing (BSDVR). BSDVR provides for unicast routing on partitioned networks by introducing binary state information for distance vector (DV) entries to compute unicast paths. In the presence of network partitions, BSDVR effectively avoids the count-to-infinity problem and operates with control overhead less than traditional DV routing by an order of magnitude, leading to much better convergence times for failures. |
| US12166661B2 |
DNS-based GSLB-aware SD-WAN for low latency SaaS applications
Some embodiments of the invention provide a method of sending data messages from an edge router at a first location of an enterprise network to a SaaS (software as a service) application server provided by a third-party at a second location. The method receives, from a DNS (domain name system) first server, a resolution for a particular destination network address for the SaaS application server at the second location. From a second server, the method obtains an identifier for a first cloud gateway from multiple cloud gateways at multiple locations through which the particular destination address for the SaaS application server can be reached, the first cloud gateway farther from the first location than a second cloud gateway in the multiple cloud gateways but closer to the second location than the second cloud gateway. The method uses an optimized SD-WAN connection to the first cloud gateway to forward data messages for the first cloud gateway to the SaaS application at the second location. |
| US12166646B2 |
Method and apparatus for displaying user interface used to manage storage device
A method for displaying a user interface used to manage a storage device is provided. The method is performed by a management device managing the storage device, and the method includes: obtaining, by using configuration content displayed in a first user interface, configuration data of a storage device configured for a first user; and after the first user logs in to the management device, displaying a second user interface corresponding to the first user, where the second user interface displays display content determined based on the configuration data. |
| US12166639B2 |
Network power budget optimized scheduling of applications
The present disclosure provides new and innovative systems and methods for optimizing networks for the scheduling and execution of applications. An example method includes identifying a plurality of clusters network devices associated with a network. For each cluster and for each network device, a respective set of hardware constraints are determined. Furthermore, applications associated with each cluster may be determined. For each application associated with each cluster, application interactions and a set of application constraints may be determined. The application interactions may occur between applications associated with different clusters and may include a first application interaction between a first application associated with a first cluster and a second application associated with a second cluster. The method further includes generating a modification to the first application interaction, wherein the modification optimizes the network based on an optimization criteria. |
| US12166628B2 |
Information processing apparatus, information processing method, and storage medium
An information processing apparatus includes a request unit configured to transmit a request to acquire network configuration information about a dynamic host configuration protocol (DHCP) server that assigns address information to the information processing apparatus, a storage unit configured to store as first network configuration information the network configuration information acquired based on the request, a detection unit configured to detect a change based on the first network configuration information stored in the storage unit and second network configuration information acquired newly by the request unit, and a display control unit configured to display a first display item on a screen based on the detection of the change, the first display item relating to a setting of a security-related function of the information processing apparatus. |
| US12166627B2 |
Commissioning and controlling load control devices
A load control system may be commissioned using beacons. The load control system may include control devices that each include a beacon transmitting circuit configured to transmit a beacon that comprises an identifier associated with the control device. A network device, such as a mobile device, may discover a control device based on the beacon received from the control device. In response to discovery of the control device, the control device may be added to a temporary group of control devices for being collectively configured and/or controlled. Control devices may be discovered based on the signal strength at which the beacons are received. The control devices may provide feedback to a user in response to confirmation messages to indicate to a user that the lighting control device has been added to the temporary group. The control devices may stop providing the feedback after they are removed from the temporary group. |
| US12166626B2 |
Methods, apparatus, and articles of manufacture for workload placement in an edge environment
Methods, apparatus, systems and articles of manufacture are disclosed for workload placement in an edge environment. An example apparatus for workload placement in an edge environment includes an orchestrator to receive a request to execute a workload from an edge platform within an edge environment, and a capability controller to analyze the request to determine operating parameters for the workload from the edge platform, and analyze candidate edge tier and edge platform placements based on the operating parameters, the orchestrator to determine a candidate edge tier and edge platform placement for the workload based on a candidate edge tier and edge platform placement that satisfies the operating parameters. |
| US12166622B2 |
Devices, systems, and methods employing polynomial symbol waveforms
Systems, devices, and methods of the present invention enhance data transmission through the use of polynomial symbol waveforms (PSW) and sets of PSWs corresponding to a symbol alphabet is here termed a PSW alphabet. Methods introduced here are based on modifying polynomial alphabet by changing the polynomial coefficients or roots of PSWs and/or shaping of the polynomial alphabet, such as by polynomial convolution, to produce a designed PSW alphabet including waveforms with improved characteristics for data transmission. |
| US12166617B2 |
Dynamic trigger compensation in OFDM systems
Systems and methods for enabling pre-compensation of timing offsets in OFDM receivers without invalidating channel estimates are described. Timing offset estimations may be sent along with the received OFDM symbols for FFT computation and generating a de-rotated signal output. The timing offset estimation may provide a reference point for dynamic tracking of timing for an OFDM signal and estimated based on an integral value associated with the OFDM signal. |
| US12166615B2 |
Technique for configuring preamble in wireless local area network 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 reception STA can receive a PPDU. The reception STA can perform a modulo operation with respect to whether or not an L-SIG field is repeated and a value of a length field. The reception STA can determine the received PPDU as an EHT PPDU on the basis of the modulo operation with respect to whether or not the L-SIG field is repeated and the value of the length field. |
| US12166613B2 |
1X LTF sequence for 320 MHz
In a wireless local area network (WLAN) system, an LTF sequence for 320 MHz or 160+160 MHz band transmission can be defined. |
| US12166611B2 |
Device and method of configurable synchronization signal and channel design
Devices and methods of using xSS are generally disclosed. A UE receives an xPSS with (Nrep) symbols each with a subcarrier spacing of K×a PSS subcarrier spacing and a duration of a PSS symbol/K. PSD subcarriers surround the xPSS and the ZC sequence is punctured to avoid transmission on a DC subcarrier. Guard subcarriers separate the xPSS and PSD when the ZC sequence is less than the occupied BW of the xPSS and at least one element in the ZC sequence is punctured for xPSS symbol generation otherwise. One or more xSSSs and xS-SCHs may follow the xPSS. The xSS may be omnidirectional, each having a same xPSS and different xSSS or xS-SCH or a different xPSS and same xSSS or xS-SCH or beamformed, each having different xPSSs and xSSSs or xS-SCHs or a same xPSS and different xSSS or xS-SCH. |
| US12166610B2 |
Physical uplink shared channel (PUSCH) design with power spectral density (PSD) parameters in new radio-spectrum sharing (NR-SS)
Wireless communications systems and methods related to improving multiplexing capability in a frequency spectrum are provided. A first wireless communication device obtains a configuration for communicating a communication signal in a frequency spectrum. The configuration is based on at least a number of wireless communication devices scheduled to communicate in a time period. The configuration indicates resources in the frequency spectrum over the time period and a frequency distribution mode of the resources. The first wireless communication device communicates, with a second wireless communication device, the communication signal in the frequency spectrum during the time period based on the configuration. |
| US12166608B2 |
Anti-interference method for new radio network
This disclosure provides an anti-interference method for a new radio network, to reduce intra-frequency interference caused by a long term evolution (LTE) cell to a neighboring new radio (NR) cell. In the method, a base station obtains network configuration information of at least one LTE cell neighboring to an NR cell, based thereon determines anti-interference configuration information that includes an anti-interference pattern having a plurality of strip areas, in which at least one first area and at least one second area are distributed in spacing, the first area is used to carry a service signal of the NR cell, and the second area is used to carry an interference signal of the at least one LTE cell. The base station sends the anti-interference configuration information to a target user equipment for selecting the at least one first area to carry the service signal of the NR cell. |
| US12166607B2 |
Digital isolator and digital signal transmission method
A digital isolator can include: an encoding circuit configured to receive and encode an input digital signal, in order to generate an encoded signal, wherein a rising edge of the input digital signal is encoded as a first pulse sequence, and a falling edge of the input digital signal is encoded as a second pulse sequence; an isolation element coupled to the encoding circuit, and being configured to transmit the encoded signal in an electrically isolated manner; and a decoding circuit configured to receive the encoded signal through the isolation element, and to decode the encoded signal, in order to generate an output digital signal consistent with the input digital signal. |
| US12166606B2 |
Systems and methods for optimization and estimation of nonlinear MIMO systems with deep neural networks
A method for designing a channel estimation and data detection networks is provided herein. The problem of channel estimation for linear systems has effectively been solved—not the case for non-linear systems. A deep learning framework for channel estimation, data detection, and pilot signal design is described to address the nonlinearity in such systems. |
| US12166601B2 |
Generation of tunnel endpoint identifier for packet tunneling
Embodiments of the present disclosure relate to a device, method, apparatus and computer readable storage media for generating a tunnel endpoint identifier (TEID) for packet tunneling. In example embodiments, a TEID is generated at a downstream device for a tunnel from an upstream device to the downstream device at least in part based on a target address of an information packet to be transmitted in the tunnel. The generated TEID is sent towards the upstream device for establishment of the tunnel. |
| US12166596B2 |
Device-assisted services for protecting network capacity
Device Assisted Services (DAS) for protecting network capacity is provided. In some embodiments, DAS for protecting network capacity includes monitoring a network service usage activity of the communications device in network communication; classifying the network service usage activity for differential network access control for protecting network capacity; and associating the network service usage activity with a network service usage control policy based on a classification of the network service usage activity to facilitate differential network access control for protecting network capacity. |
| US12166586B2 |
Methods, apparatuses, and media for operating point-to-multipoint radio bearer
Embodiments of the present disclosure provide a solution for operating radio bearers. According to embodiments of the present disclosure, a terminal device monitors a plurality of data packets transmitted from a network device on a radio bearer. If a reception of at least one data packet in the plurality of data packets is failed, the terminal device is able to discard the at least one data packet without requesting retransmission. The network device determines whether a retransmission condition for the at least one data packet is unfulfilled. If the retransmission condition is unfulfilled, the retransmission of the at least one data packet is skipped. |
| US12166585B2 |
Transmission power determination for uplink channel repetition
A wireless device receives downlink control information (DCI) scheduling a physical uplink shared channel (PUSCH) transmission. The wireless device transmits, based on the DCI not comprising a sounding reference signal resource indicator (SRI) field, one or more first repetitions and one or more second repetitions of the PUSCH transmission. The one or more first repetitions are transmitted with a first transmission power determined based on a first closed-loop index equal to zero. The one or more second repetitions are transmitted with a second transmission power determined based on a second closed-loop index equal to one. |
| US12166574B2 |
Method and apparatus for machine type communication of system information
A communication system is described in which system information is transmitted to communication devices, by a communication apparatus of the system, in system information blocks, in accordance with a system information block transmission scheme. The communication apparatus configures at least one system information block to include control information indicating how the system information blocks will be transmitted. |
| US12166573B2 |
Communication apparatus and control method for reducing signal collision
A communication apparatus operable in both a base station mode and a terminal mode, obtains identification information of a first wireless network to be connected in the terminal mode; and establishes, when operating in the base station mode, a second wireless network having the same identification information as the obtained identification information. |
| US12166568B2 |
Phase array routing connectivity
A communication system has a control module with a control processing device, and a plurality of common modules. Each of the common modules has a common processing device. The control module and the plurality of common modules are connected with at least one adjacent common module to form a communication array. The control module and the common modules communicate via a first routing path having a first path of common modules of the plurality of common modules, and a second routing path having a second path of common modules of the plurality of common modules different than the first path of common modules. The control module and the plurality of common modules communicate via the second routing path when one of the first set of common modules fails. |
| US12166565B2 |
Relay with a configurable mode of operation
A relay supporting multiple relay modes is provided. The relay transmits capability information to a base station, the capability information indicating support for a first relay mode and a second relay mode. The relay determines a mode of operation, either on its own or based on an indication of a mode of operation from the base station, wherein the mode of operation comprises the first relay mode or the second relay mode. The relay communicates with at least one of the base station or another wireless device based at least in part on the determined mode of operation. |
| US12166557B2 |
Deep learning aided fingerprint based beam alignment
Some embodiments of a method may include: obtaining input data comprising a user equipment location, a number of user equipments, and a desired receive signal strength; processing the input data with a neural network having weights determined from a training phase to generate a set of one or more beam-pair indices; performing a beam search over at least a subset of the set of beam-pair indices; and receiving at least one beam-pair index from a vehicle that provides a desired received signal strength. |
| US12166554B2 |
Method and device for transmitting and receiving wireless signals in wireless communication system
The present disclosure relates to a method and a device therefor, the method comprising the steps of: obtaining, on the basis of not receiving information on a channel occupancy duration from a base station, channel state information based on a plurality of CSI-reference signals (CSI-RSs) which are all overlapped with, on a time domain, at least one from among a physical downlink shared channel (PDSCH) and an aperiodic CSI-RS; and transmitting the channel state information to the base station, wherein durations corresponding to the PDSCH and the aperiodic CSI-RS are consecutive time durations on the time domain. |
| US12166552B2 |
Channel measurement method and communication apparatus
This application provides example channel measurement methods and example communication apparatuses. One example method includes determining L weighting coefficients for determining channels of K moments based on channels of M moments, where L, M, and K are all positive integers. Information about the L weighting coefficients can then be sent. |
| US12166551B2 |
Channel state information transmission method and apparatus
A network device sends K reference signal resources, where K is an integer greater than 0. The network device receives a first random access preamble in a first random access time-frequency resource unit. The network device determines indexes of S reference signal resources and first channel state information CSI of the S reference signal resources based on the first random access preamble and the first random access time-frequency resource unit the S reference signal resources are reference signal resources in the K reference signal resources, and S is an integer greater than 0 and less than or equal to K. |
| US12166550B2 |
Location sensing method and apparatus, and positioning method and apparatus
A device location sensing method obtains locations of N devices in a wireless network based on channel state information (CSI). Each device in the wireless network has M antennas arranged in a non-linear manner. To determine the device locations, CSI data mutually detected between every two devices in N devices is obtained and used to calculate an angle difference of arrival (ADoA) set which includes, for every two devices in the N devices relative to each of the other devices in the N devices, an ADoA that is a difference between angles of arrival (AoAs) of the two devices relative to the other device. Relative locations of the N devices are then calculated based on the ADoA set. |
| US12166548B2 |
Beamforming communication system with crossbar switch
Beamforming communication systems with crossbar switches are provided herein. In certain embodiments, a beamforming communication system includes an antenna array partitioned into a plurality of sub-arrays, a plurality of front-end channels each operatively associated with one of the sub-arrays, a plurality of data conversion channels, and a crossbar switch electrically connected between the data conversion channels and the front-end channels. Including the crossbar switch allows for a flexible allocation of the data conversion channels to the front-end channels and subsequently to each individual antenna element in the array. |
| US12166546B2 |
Systems and methods for radio frequency calibration exploiting channel reciprocity in distributed input distributed output wireless communications
Systems and methods are described for radio frequency (RF) calibration in a multiple antenna system (MAS) with multi-user (MU) transmissions (“MU-MAS”) exploiting uplink/downlink channel reciprocity. The RF calibration is used to compute open-loop downlink precoder based on uplink channel estimates, thereby avoiding feedback overhead for channel state information as in closed-loop schemes. For example, a MU-MAS of one embodiment comprises a wireless cellular network with one or multiple beacon stations, multiple client devices and multiple distributed antennas operating cooperatively via precoding methods to eliminate inter-client interference and increase network capacity. |
| US12166543B2 |
Apparatus, system and method of communicating a single-user (SU) multiple-input-multiple-output (MIMO) transmission
Some demonstrative embodiments include apparatuses, systems and/or methods of communicating a Single-User (SU) Multiple-Input-Multiple-Output (MIMO) transmission. For example, a first wireless communication station may be configured to transmit a Request to Send (RTS) to a second wireless communication station via a plurality of SU MIMO Transmit (Tx) sectors of the first wireless communication station, the RTS to establish a Transmit Opportunity (TXOP) to transmit an SU-MIMO transmission to the second wireless communication station, a control trailer of the RTS including an indication of an intent to transmit the SU-MIMO transmission to the second wireless communication station; and to transmit the SU-MIMO transmission to the second wireless communication station, upon receipt of a Clear to Send (CTS) from the second wireless communication station indicating that the second wireless communication station is ready to receive the SU-MIMO transmission. |
| US12166541B2 |
Multi-resource uplink sounding and antenna subset transmission
According to some aspects of the techniques disclosed herein, a UE adapted to transmit on different antenna subsets transmits an indication that the UE can transmit a number of distinct RS resources, where each of the RS resources comprises at least one RS port. The UE transmits capability information indicating that the UE is capable of transmitting simultaneously on multiple RS resources and/or receives first and second RS configurations, where the first RS configuration is a first list of SRS resources that at least correspond to RS resource indications used for PUSCH transmission, and the second RS configuration is a second list of RS resources that may be used for SRS transmission. The UE receives an indication of at least one RS resource and transmits a physical channel on antennas of the UE associated with the indicated RS resources. |
| US12166538B2 |
Edge communication system with cascaded repeater devices over wired medium
A communication system includes a plurality of repeater devices arranged at a plurality of different locations and are communicatively coupled over wired mediums. A first repeater device of the plurality of repeater devices obtains mmWave radio frequency (RF) and communicates, over a wired medium, the mmWave RF signal of the specified frequency to a second repeater device. The second repeater device extracts a plurality of different RF signals, corresponding to different communication protocols, from the mmWave RF signal and down-converts the extracted plurality of different RF signals. The second repeater device wirelessly distributes, from the mmWave RF signal, two or more different RF signals to end-user devices, packs content received from the end-user devices, and transmits upstream in the mmWave RF signal to the communication device via the first repeater device. |
| US12166537B2 |
System for satellite discovery and decommission of orbital obstructions
Aspects of the subject disclosure may include, for example, a machine-readable medium with executable instructions that facilitate performance of operations by a processor including receiving a registration for a trajectory of a satellite; estimating a zone of occupancy at a future time for the satellite; determining an interference of the satellite from the zone of occupancy at the future time; determining a deconfliction for minimizing or eliminating the interference; and sending the deconfliction to a controller of the satellite. Other embodiments are disclosed. |
| US12166536B2 |
Weather impact modeling of satellite based services
An apparatus and method for predicting the impact of various weather conditions on signal quality in a satellite communication system. A first model is generated for predicting RF signal degradation, and trained with link quality metrics from selected terminals over a first time interval. A second model is generated for predicting RF signal degradation resulting from weather conditions, and trained with both the link quality metrics from the selected terminals and weather conditions over a second predetermined time interval. Real time link quality metrics are analyzed using the trained first model and the trained second model in order to identify changes in current RF signal quality. At least one recommendation is subsequently generated to indicate a cause for changes in the current RF signal quality. |
| US12166534B2 |
Electronic apparatus for position estimation of wireless device, electronic system, and method
According to one embodiment, an electronic apparatus includes a processor configured to estimate positions of a plurality of wireless devices from a plurality of position candidates based on position candidate information indicating the plurality of position candidates of the wireless devices, first communication information related to communication using a first electromagnetic wave between the plurality of wireless devices, and second communication information related to communication using a second electromagnetic wave between the plurality of wireless devices. |
| US12166532B2 |
Optical receiver and optical receiving method
Provided is an optical receiver including: a heterodyne detection unit that converts, by heterodyne detection, a subcarrier multiplexed signal in which a plurality of optical signals transmitted from a plurality of optical transmitters are multiplexed, into an electrical signal in an intermediate frequency band; a filter unit that removes a carrier component from the electrical signal in the intermediate frequency band, generated by the conversion, to extract a subcarrier component; an analog-digital conversion unit that performs analog-digital conversion on a signal having the subcarrier component, extracted by the filter unit; and a digital signal processing unit that performs digital signal processing for each subcarrier on a digital signal generated by the analog-digital conversion performed by the analog-digital conversion unit. |
| US12166530B2 |
Frequency gradient metasurface-based fast beam steering transmission method and apparatus for OWC
The present specification provides a method and apparatus, the method being for transmitting a beam, performed by the apparatus, in an optical wireless communication system, and comprising: generating a pulse laser signal; making the pulse laser signal to be incident on a metasurface, wherein the beam is generated on the basis that the pulse laser signal is incident on the metasurface; and transmitting the beam to a reception apparatus, wherein the metasurface is determined on the basis of ω_0, d, Δω, and N, wherein ω_0 is a value of a center frequency, d is a value of a virtual antenna interval, Δω is a value of a frequency comb interval, and N is a value related to the number of frequency combs present within a gain bandwidth based on the center frequency. |
| US12166525B2 |
Fiber deployment method, storage medium, electronic device and system
The present invention provides a fiber deployment method, storage medium, electronic device and system. The fiber deployment method includes the following steps: S10, traversing all single-mode fiber links and selecting a link for ultra-low loss fiber upgrade with the objective of minimizing the maximum number of frequency slots used in the whole network; and S20, when both an ultra-low loss fiber and a single-mode fiber satisfy the service demand, using preferentially spectrum resources in the single-mode fiber. The fiber deployment method of the present invention is simple and feasible. It allows a more efficient fiber upgrade strategy and more reasonable spectrum resource allocation and can make full use of the existing single-mode fibers in the elastic optical network, thereby allowing more efficient resource utilization. |
| US12166524B2 |
Profile-based direct memory access for transceiver reconfiguration
Multiple transmit and receive channels in a communication transceiver may be dynamically configured using corresponding channel registers. The present disclosure proposes a profile-based direct memory access (PDMA) that can be used to transfer data from a memory and program specific profile registers in a randomly accessed addressing manner. PDMAs can offload the system processor from reprogramming many system registers based on external or internal events in a multi channels communication system. Furthermore, a PDMA based DMA controller is proposed to configure the frequency hopping registers of the transceiver based on PDMA. |
| US12166516B2 |
Adaptive wideband interference cancellation for MIMO networks
Certain disclosed embodiments pertain to suppressing interference in a wireless communication system. For example, a method of suppressing interference can include receiving one, two, or more first signals including components from a plurality of sub-channels. Each of the first signals can be processed by a Finite Impulse Response filter adapted using an LMS update algorithm. |
| US12166510B2 |
Mobile device front end architecture for antenna plexing for multiple frequency bands
A switching circuit comprises a first filter, a second filter and a plurality of switches. The first filter is configured to filter a first frequency band, a second frequency band that is adjacent to the first frequency band and a gap band between the first frequency band and the second frequency band. The second filter is configured to filter the second frequency band. The plurality of switches is configured to route signals from an antenna through one of the first filter and second filter. |
| US12166508B2 |
Field replaceable multi-element antenna design for software defined radio
A configurable antenna for a software defined radio including a first antenna unit having a first antenna element for receiving a first electromagnetic signal in a first frequency band wherein the first frequency band corresponds to a first mode of operation of a software defined radio, an interface unit having a first connector to couple the first electromagnetic signal from the first antenna unit and a second connector to couple the first electromagnetic signal to the software defined radio, an enclosure configured to receive the interface unit within an internal cavity, and a retention bracket configured to mechanically retain the interface unit within the enclosure, the retention bracket having at least one hole for allowing the first connector to conductively contact the antenna unit. |
| US12166502B2 |
Force sensing systems
The present disclosure relates to a compensation circuit for compensating for an offset voltage that is present in an output signal output by a force sensor. The compensation circuit comprises: voltage divider circuitry, the voltage divider circuitry configured to receive a bias voltage that is also supplied to the force sensor and to output a control voltage derived from the bias voltage, wherein a component mismatch ratio of the voltage divider circuitry is adjustable to correspond to a component mismatch ratio of the force sensor; current generator circuitry configured to receive the control voltage and to generate a compensating current based on the received control voltage; and amplifier circuitry configured to receive the differential signal output by the force sensor and the compensating current and to output a compensated differential output signal in which the offset voltage is at least partially cancelled. |
| US12166501B1 |
MUX and DEMUX circuits with improved bandwidth
A combinational circuit (e.g., multiplexer or demultiplexer) comprises a sub-circuit that comprises first and second current paths from an input of the combinational circuit to an output of the combinational circuit, such that substantially all input current at the input of the combinational circuit is conducted by the sub-circuit via the first and second current paths to the output of the combinational circuit. The first current path comprises a first inductor and a first switch; and the second current path comprises a second inductor and a second switch. The first inductor is part of an output LC transmission line of the sub-circuit; the second inductor is part of an input LC transmission line of the sub-circuit; and the first and second inductors are sized such that parasitic capacitances of the first and second switches are substantially absorbed by the input and output LC transmission lines. |
| US12166499B2 |
Analog to digital converter with inverter based amplifier
An analog-to-digital converter (“ADC”) includes an input terminal configured to receive an analog input voltage signal. A first ADC stage is coupled to the input terminal and is configured to output a first digital value corresponding to the analog input voltage signal and a first analog residue signal corresponding to a difference between the first digital value and the analog input signal. An inverter based residue amplifier is configured to receive the first analog residue signal, amplify the first analog residue signal, and output an amplified residue signal. The amplified residue signal is converted to a second digital value, and the first and second digital values are combined to create a digital output signal corresponding to the analog input voltage signal. |
| US12166498B2 |
Analog-to-digital converting circuit using output voltage clipping and operation method thereof
In some embodiments, a circuit includes a first amplifier, a second amplifier, and a counter. The first amplifier operates based on a first power supply voltage and generates a first output signal by comparing a ramp signal and a reset signal of a pixel signal output from a pixel array during a first operation period and comparing the ramp signal and an image signal of the pixel signal output from the pixel array during a second operation period. The second amplifier operates based on the first power supply voltage, generates a second output signal based on the first output signal and adjust a voltage level of the second output signal from a low level to a third level. The counter operates based on a second power supply voltage, counts pulses of the second output signal, and outputs a counting result as a digital signal. |
| US12166497B2 |
Power conversion device
N (n is a natural number) power converters operate in accordance with a drive signal to generate a power to be supplied to a load. Multi-redundant A/D converters convert an analog detection value from the power converters into digital values. First and second controllers operate in parallel and each generate a drive signal of the power converters using the digital values from the A/D converters. A system selector selects one controller in accordance with an abnormality detection result of the first and second controllers. Each of n output selectors receives the drive signals from both of the first and second controllers and outputs the drive signal from the one controller selected by the system selector to the power converters. |
| US12166495B2 |
Digital-to-analog converter with localized frequency multiplication circuits
The current disclosure is related to digital-to-analog converters (DACs) with localized frequency multiplication circuits. For example, an electronic device may include a local oscillator (LO) providing clock signals, a digital front-end providing digital signals, a DAC, (e.g., a radio frequency DAC (RFDAC)), and one or more antennas. The DAC may include a number of cells (e.g., unit power amplifiers). Moreover, each cell may provide a unit power analog signal upon activation with a higher frequency than the received digital signals and clock signals. The DAC may provide an output signal (e.g., an analog signal) based on combining (e.g., aggregating) the unit power analog signals of the activated cells for transmission by the one or more antennas. |
| US12166492B2 |
Voltage droop monitor and voltage droop monitoring method
The disclosure provides a voltage droop monitor (VDM) and a voltage droop monitoring method. The method includes: receiving a first reference clock signal and delaying the first reference clock signal as a first clock signal; delaying the first clock signal as a corresponding second clock signal; receiving the corresponding second clock signal from the corresponding first DCDL and generating a corresponding third clock signal via modifying a phase of the corresponding second clock signal; receiving the corresponding third clock signal; receiving a second reference clock signal; and collectively outputting a TDC code combination based on the second reference clock signal and the corresponding third clock signal, wherein the TDC code combination varies in response to a voltage variation of a to-be-monitored voltage. |
| US12166482B2 |
Generating physical unclonable function data from a transistor of a semiconductor device
A physical unclonable function (PUF) can be implemented on a transistor of an integrated circuit device to generate PUF data. A potential difference is supplied across a gate insulator to induce a conductive breakdown in the gate insulator material. Location of the conductive breakdown within the gate insulator and in relation to the source node and drain node can be highly unpredictable, randomly resulting in a higher gate-source current or higher gate-drain current, respectively. The gate-source or gate-drain current can be measured and digitized to generate the PUF data value from the transistor. Moreover, PUF data values generated from multiple transistors can be highly non-correlated and useful for a random data sequence for cryptographic applications and other security applications. |
| US12166479B2 |
Level shift circuitry
A level shift circuitry includes a first impedance, a second impedance, a first transistor, a second transistor, a current source, and a first capacitor. The first impedance and the second impedance have a first end connected to a positive-side power supply voltage. The first transistor has a control terminal and a first end connected to a second end of the first impedance. The second transistor has a control terminal, a first end connected to a second end of the second impedance, and a second end connected to a second end of the first transistor. The current source has a first end connected to the second end of the first transistor and a second end connected to a negative-side power supply voltage. The first capacitor has a first end connected to the second end of the second impedance and a second end. |
| US12166478B2 |
Semiconductor integrated circuit
According to one embodiment, semiconductor integrated circuit includes a first switch circuit, a second switch circuit, a correction circuit and a comparison circuit. The first switch circuit is configured to output or interrupt a first voltage in accordance with a first signal. The second switch circuit is configured to output or interrupt a second voltage in accordance with a second signal. The correction circuit is configured to correct the second signal and output a third signal. The comparison circuit is configured to compare the third signal output from the correction circuit with the first voltage and determine the first signal based on a result of comparison. |
| US12166476B2 |
High voltage device with linearizing field plate configuration
An integrated circuit (IC) having a high voltage semiconductor device with a plurality of field plates between the gate and drain. The IC further includes a biasing circuit electrically coupled to each of the plurality of field plates, the biasing circuit including a plurality of high voltage depletion mode transistors, each having a pinch off voltage. The high voltage depletion mode transistors may have different pinch off voltages, and each of the field plates are each independently biased by a different one of the high voltage depletion mode transistors. |
| US12166473B2 |
Apparatus and method for controlling a resonator
A method and apparatus for modifying or controlling a resonator connected to a signal loop having an input, an output, and a closed loop frequency response. The signal loop has a primary resonator having a primary frequency response. There is at least one adjustable resonator having an adjustable frequency and a secondary Q-factor. An adjustable scaling block applies a gain factor. A controller is connected to the at least one adjustable resonator and the adjustable scaling block. The controller has instructions to adjust the closed loop frequency response toward a desired closed loop frequency response by controlling the adjustable frequency of the at least one adjustable resonator and the gain factor of the adjustable scaling block. |
| US12166465B2 |
Bonded body and acoustic wave element
A bonded body includes a supporting substrate, piezoelectric material substrate and a multilayer film between the supporting substrate and piezoelectric material substrate. The multilayer film includes a lamination structure having a first layer, second layer, third layer and fourth layer in that order. The first layer and third layer are composed of silicon oxides, and the second layer and fourth layer are composed of metal oxides. The refractive index of the second layer is higher than the refractive index of the first layer and refractive index of the third layer. The refractive index of the second layer is different from the refractive index of the fourth layer. |
| US12166460B2 |
Volume leveler controller and controlling method
Volume leveler controller and controlling method are disclosed. In one embodiment, A volume leveler controller includes an audio content classifier for identifying the content type of an audio signal in real time; and an adjusting unit for adjusting a volume leveler in a continuous manner based on the content type as identified. The adjusting unit may configured to positively correlate the dynamic gain of the volume leveler with informative content types of the audio signal, and negatively correlate the dynamic gain of the volume leveler with interfering content types of the audio signal. |
| US12166458B2 |
Radio frequency power amplifier and method for manufacturing Doherty power amplifier
The present disclosure provides a RF power amplifier and a method for manufacturing a Doherty power amplifier. The RF power amplifier includes at least one transistor, a harmonic termination circuit, and an impedance inverter. The harmonic termination circuit has one terminal directly connected to the drain electrode of the transistor and contributes as a part of a harmonic matching network for the transistor at the second harmonic and/or the third harmonic of the fundamental frequency. The impedance inverter is configured to perform impedance inversion of a static load or a modulated load at the fundamental frequency without affected by the harmonic termination circuit. |
| US12166452B2 |
Solar array with reference solar power plant for improved management
Solar array (1) comprising solar modules (3) distributed in rows (10), each solar module comprising solar collector (5) carried by a single-axis solar tracker (4), a reference solar power plant (2) comprising a central reference solar module and at least one secondary reference solar module, and a piloting unit (7) adapted for: piloting the angular orientation of the central reference module according to a central reference orientation setpoint corresponding to an initial orientation setpoint, piloting the orientation of each secondary reference module according to a secondary reference orientation setpoint corresponding to the initial orientation setpoint shifted by a predefined offset angle; receiving an energy production value from each reference module; piloting the orientation of the modules, except for the reference modules, by applying the reference orientation setpoint associated to the reference module having the highest production value. |
| US12166449B2 |
System and methods to address drive train damper oscillations in a grid forming power generating asset
The system and method described herein provide grid-forming control of a power generating asset having a double-fed generator connected to a power grid. Accordingly, a stator-frequency error is determined for the generator. The components of the stator frequency error are identified as a torsional component corresponding to a drivetrain torsional vibration frequency and a stator component. Based on the stator component, a power output requirement for the generator is determined. This power output requirement is combined with the damping power command to develop a consolidated power requirement for the generator. Based on the consolidated power requirement, at least one control command for the generator is determined and an operating state of the generator is altered. |
| US12166447B2 |
Electronic braking in a power tool
A power tool includes a three-phase DC motor, a power switching network, a power source, and an electronic processor. A first phase of the motor is connected between a first low side electronic switch and a power source electronic switch, and connected to the power source via a first high side electronic switch in parallel with a diode. The electronic processor is configured to receive an indication to stop the motor during operation of the motor and activate the first low side electronic switch and a second low side electronic switch for a first predetermined time responsive to receiving the indication such that a back-electromagnetic force generated by the motor is stored in the first phase. The electronic processor is configured to deactivate the second low side electronic switch after the first predetermined time such that a first regenerative current is provided to the power source via the diode. |
| US12166441B2 |
Work machine
Provided is a work machine capable of improving workability. The work machine is provided with: a motor 14; a first power supply unit 180 connected to a battery pack 5 and supplying a boosted power to the motor 14; and a second power supply unit 130 connected to an external AC power supply and supplying a boosted power to the motor 14. The voltage and current of the first power supply unit 180 and the voltage and current of the second power supply unit 130 can be variably controlled by a control circuit 182 and a control circuit 136, respectively. The control circuits 136, 182 perform control so that the power output from the respective first power supply unit 180 and the second power supply unit 130 is combined and supplied to the motor 14. |
| US12166432B2 |
Method and apparatus for auto-tuning a controller for a DC-AC converter
A system including a proportional-integral-derivative (PID) controller, a modified relay feedback test (MRFT) block, a memory block, a biasing block, a dq0-to-abc transformation block, a switch configured to selectively couple output signal of the biasing block or the PID controller output signal to the input of the dq0-to-abc transformation block, a three phase digital pulse width modulator, electronic switches, a voltage sensor configured to measure the output of each voltage of the three phases on the load and produce voltage data signals (Voa, Vob, Voc), and an abc-to-dq0 transformation block having an input being a representative of the phase voltages on the load, and producing an output being a representative of these voltages in the dq0 format. |
| US12166430B2 |
Electric power conversion apparatus and electric power conversion system
An electric power conversion apparatus includes: an electric power conversion circuit that allows a DC terminal to be connected to a DC power source via a DC bus line, and performs at least one of converting DC power of the DC power source into AC power to output, or converting AC power into DC power to output; a DC switch turned on when the electric power conversion circuit performs electric power conversion; an AC switch provided on a side of the AC terminal, and turned on when the electric power conversion circuit performs the electric power conversion; a DC voltmeter that measures a potential at a predetermined portion, on a side of the DC terminal; a ground connection portion that connects the DC bus line and ground potential; and a control circuit connected to the electric power conversion circuit, the DC switch, the AC switch, and the DC voltmeter. |
| US12166426B2 |
Power converter
The power converter includes a capacitor connected to a power conversion unit, and a busbar module having a busbar covered with a molded insulating resin. The busbar module includes a fixed portion provided integrally with the busbar module and fixed to a casing by a fastener. The fixed portion has a shape protruding toward the capacitor from the busbar when the busbar module and the capacitor are viewed in a height direction. The fixed portion is located between the busbar and the capacitor unit. |
| US12166424B2 |
Power conversion device that performs synchronous control of switching elements to achieve synchronous rectification
A power converter includes a capacitor for smoothing a voltage entering therein, first and second switching units, a reactor, an isolated transformer, a second capacitor, and a controller for controlling the switching of the first and second switching units. The controller converts direct-current power to alternating-current power via the reactor and the isolated transformer and converts the alternating-current power to direct-current power via the second capacitor. The controller includes a phase-shift operation unit for taking at least any of first switching control signals as a reference signal and for calculating a phase shift that shifts the phase of the reference signal, as well as a logic operation unit for performing a logic operation that takes the signal resulting from shifting the phase of the reference signal by exactly the phase shift as input and for outputting a second switching control signal. |
| US12166423B2 |
Current clamp for parallel switches
Various embodiments are directed to a switch circuit comprising: two terminal nodes, comprising an upper node and a lower node; a plurality of switch modules, connected in series between the upper node and the lower node, wherein each of the switch modules comprises a switch, a rectifier, and a capacitor; a connecting circuit, coupled to the switch modules; and a power converter, coupled to the connecting circuit and to a power sink. The switch circuit is configured to limit a voltage or a component of a voltage in the switch circuit, and to recover power from the limiting of the voltage, wherein recovering the power comprises diverting power from the switch modules via the connecting circuit to the power converter, and the power converter outputting the power to the power sink. |
| US12166419B2 |
Control circuit of boost DC-DC converter, power supply circuit, and electronic device
Disclosed is a control circuit of a boost DC-DC converter including a high side transistor and a low side transistor, and a load switch connected between the high side transistor and an output line of the boost DC-DC converter. The control circuit includes a pulse modulator that generates a pulse signal with a pulse modulated to bring an output voltage of the output line close to a target level, a logic circuit that generates a high side control signal and a low side control signal based on the pulse signal, a load switch drive circuit that drives a first PMOS transistor provided as the load switch, and a current detection circuit that generates a current detection signal indicating a current flowing through the first PMOS transistor. The load switch drive circuit is switchable between a first mode and a second mode. |
| US12166413B2 |
Integrated circuit and power supply circuit
An integrated circuit for a power supply circuit, including: a first command value output circuit outputting a first command value to turn on a transistor of the power supply circuit for a first time period; an on signal output circuit outputting an on signal to turn on the transistor; a delay circuit delaying the on signal by a predetermined time period; a correction circuit correcting the first command value, to output a second command value to turn on the transistor for a second time period; and a driver circuit turning on and off the transistor based respectively on the delayed on-signal and the second command value. The correction circuit corrects the first command value based on the predetermined time period and a ratio between the second time period and another time period from when the transistor is turned off to when an inductor current of the power supply circuit reaches a predetermined value. |
| US12166408B2 |
Buck converters with light load function and logic
A method of DC-DC power conversion includes converting a DC link voltage to a DC output voltage for a load that is lower than the DC link voltage using a buck converter. The method includes controlling the buck converter in a normal switching mode in response to the DC link voltage, the DC output voltage, and the current of the load being within respective predetermined thresholds. The method includes controlling the buck converter in a light load switching mode in response the DC link voltage, the DC output voltage, and/or the current of the load being at or beyond the respective predetermined thresholds. |
| US12166407B2 |
Rotor with cooling end rings and electric motor including same
An electric motor includes a rotor including a rotary shaft defining a first fluid channel configured to carry a cooling fluid, a rotor core including a plurality of permanent magnets and defining a second fluid channel in communication with the first fluid channel, and end rings mounted on opposite end portions of the rotor core. Each end ring includes injection holes in fluid communication with the second fluid channel and configured to inject the cooling fluid. Each end ring includes a plurality of rotary pins that are circumferentially arranged on an outer surface of the end ring, that are spaced apart from one another, and that are configured to circulate the cooling fluid injected through the plurality of injection holes into the first fluid channel. |
| US12166405B2 |
Power generator cooling system
A cooling system of a power generation system includes a generator cooling circuit having a first cooling fluid circulating therethrough. The generator cooling circuit includes a generator heat exchanger fluidly connected to a generator of the power generation system via the generator cooling circuit to cool the generator. A power converter cooling circuit has a second cooling fluid different from the first cooling fluid circulating therethrough. The power converter cooling circuit includes a power converter heat exchanger fluidly connected to a power converter of the power generation system via the power converter cooling circuit to cool the power converter. |
| US12166402B2 |
Electric vehicle drive units
A dual drive unit may include two motors, two power transfer mechanisms, and two output shafts. The output shafts are co-linear. The dual drive unit may include two single drive units, which may be similar to each other, coupled together at a joint, which may optionally include a clutch. A drive unit may be modular, and various components may be combined to provide power to an output shaft. For example, a drive unit may include a differential at a first interface, which may be removable, and two drive units may be coupled together at the first interface. A drive unit may have a Z configuration, wherein a motor on a first side of a vehicle powers a wheel on an opposite side of the vehicle. |
| US12166397B2 |
Vibration motor with circuit board and lead wire extending in a recess and haptic device
A vibrating motor includes a stationary portion, a movable portion to vibrate with respect to the stationary portion along a center axis extending in a vertical direction, and an elastic portion. The stationary portion includes a bearing portion supporting the movable portion to enable vibration along the center axis and having a tubular shape extending along the center axis, a coil directly or indirectly opposing at least a portion of the movable portion in a radial direction, and a housing having a tubular shape extending along the center axis. The housing houses the bearing portion, the coil, and the movable portion. The elastic portion is between the movable portion and the housing. |
| US12166395B2 |
Motor
An embodiment provides a motor comprising: a stator; a rotor provided inside the stator; and a shaft coupled to the rotor, wherein the stator comprises a stator core, a coil wound around the stator coil, and an insulator provided between the stator core and the coil. The insulator comprises an upper insulator and a lower insulator, wherein an upper body of the upper insulator comprises: a first side wall portion; a second side wall portion provided spaced apart from the first side wall portion; and a first cover portion extending from an end portion of the first side wall portion and connected to an end portion of one side of the second side wall portion, wherein the number of a plurality of first grooves formed in the first side wall portion is different from the number of a plurality of second grooves formed in the second side wall portion. Accordingly, when a coil having an increased diameter is used, asymmetrical winding of the coil is realized using an insulator which guides placement of the coil, and thus performance of the motor can be improved. |
| US12166394B2 |
Interconnection assembly and stator for an electrical machine
The present disclosure relates to an interconnection assembly for a stator of an electrical machine. The interconnection assembly comprises a shaped bus bar, which has a first region, which comprises a connection point of the interconnection assembly for an external connection, a second region, in which a connecting point for forming a connection of the bus bar to a stator winding is formed, and a central region, which connects the first region and the second region. The first region and the second region are arranged in parallel planes. The central region is oriented in such a way that an angle of a transition between the first region and the central region and an angle of a transition between the second region and the central region deviate from a right angle. The disclosure also relates to a stator having an interconnection assembly. |
| US12166388B2 |
Inductively electrically excited synchronous machine
An inductively electrically excited synchronous machine is disclosed. The synchronous machine includes a rotor including at least one rotor coil for generating a magnetic rotor field, a stator, on which the rotor is rotatably mounted about an axis of rotation, and including at least one stator coil for generating a magnetic stator field, and a rotary transformer for inductively transmitting electrical energy to the at least one rotor coil. The rotary transforming includes at least one stator-fixed transformer primary coil and at least one rotor-fixed transformer secondary coil. A machine controller is coupled to the stator coil and to the at transformer primary coil for operation as a motor and/or as a generator. A demagnetizing circuit is provided that includes at least one dynamo winding arranged on the stator. The demagnetizing circuit has at least one switching device for activating and deactivating the demagnetizing circuit. |
| US12166383B2 |
Magnet fixation by transfer resin molding in a skewed rotor stack segment application
A skewed rotor core assembly having a resin mold disposed in a plurality of longitudinal channels and a resin flow path is provided. The rotor core has a first and second magnet stack each defining a plurality of longitudinal channels. The plurality of longitudinal channels for the first stack are misaligned with the plurality of longitudinal channels for the second stack. Methods of making the same are also provided. |
| US12166382B2 |
Stator for an electrical machine
A stator (2) for an electric machine (1) includes a laminated core (3) arranged axially between a first end plate (4) and a second end plate (5). A cooling line (6) for introducing a coolant into at least one distribution duct (7) at the particular end plate (4, 5) is arranged outside the end plates (4, 5) and the stator (2) and is fluidically connected to the at least one distribution duct (7) in the particular end plate (4, 5). The laminated core (3) includes multiple axial ducts (8) for guiding the coolant through the stator (2). The axial ducts (8) are fluidically connected to the at least one distribution duct (7) in the particular end plate (4, 5) for the inflow of the coolant. An outflow for the coolant is formed by at least one end-face opening (9) in the particular end plate (4, 5). The at least one opening (9) is configured for spraying the coolant out of the axial ducts (8) onto winding overhangs (10) of the stator (2). |
| US12166379B2 |
Core piece, stator core, stator, rotary electric machine, and method for producing core piece
A core piece includes a first member in a column form and a second member in a plate form, the first member and the second member being configured by a green compact in which the first member and the second member are integrally formed, the green compact includes a plurality of soft magnetic particles having a flat shape, a first average aspect ratio of the soft magnetic particles is greater than or equal to 1.2 in a first cross section of the first member, a second average aspect ratio of the soft magnetic particles is greater than or equal to 1.2 in a second cross section of the second member, each of the first average aspect ratio and the second average aspect ratio is related to an average of lengths of soft magnetic particles in a direction of the stator core. |
| US12166372B2 |
Linear charger with thermal regulation circuit
A linear charger includes a constant current charging circuit and a thermal regulation circuit. The constant current charging circuit is arranged to generate a charging current, and includes a first transconductance amplifier, wherein the first transconductance amplifier has a positive terminal, a negative terminal, and an output terminal. The thermal regulation circuit is coupled to the output terminal and the negative terminal of the first transconductance amplifier, and is arranged to generate and modulate a thermal regulation current and an amplifier reference voltage with temperature, and transmit the thermal regulation current and the amplifier reference voltage to the output terminal and the negative terminal of the first transconductance amplifier, respectively. |
| US12166368B2 |
Wireless charging device for electronic device
Systems and methods may provide for wireless charging device of an electronic device powered by a rechargeable battery. The wireless charging device may include a charging station having a charging surface with a power transmitter and a contour that concentrically interfaces with a corresponding contour of an inner surface of the electronic device in a manner that facilitates an initiation of a power charging sequence at the charging surface when the charging station detects an operational coupling between the power transmitter and a power receiver of the electronic device. |
| US12166364B2 |
Device and method for wireless power transfer
A wireless power transmitter (101) or power receiver (105) comprises a power transfer coil (103, 107) for receiving or generating a power transfer signal and a controller (201, 301) for controlling the device to perform power transfer during a power transfer phase. The power transfer phase comprises power transfer intervals where power is transferred and foreign object detection time intervals during which a power level of the power transfer signal is reduced. A magnetic shielding element (503, 505) is positioned between the power transfer coil (103, 107) and a power transfer coil of a complementary device. The magnetic shielding element (503, 505) comprises a magnetic shield material having a saturation point such that it operates in a saturated and non-saturated mode during respectively power transfer intervals and foreign object detection time intervals. The saturation point is above a magnetic field strength generated by the power transfer signal during the power transfer time intervals and below that generated during the foreign object detection time intervals. |
| US12166360B2 |
Method of operating a wireless electrical energy transmission system
A wireless electrical energy transmission system is provided. The system comprises a wireless transmission base configured to wirelessly transmit electrical energy or data via near field magnetic coupling to a receiving antenna configured within an electronic device. The wireless electrical energy transmission system is configured with at least one transmitting antenna and a transmitting electrical circuit positioned within the transmission base. The transmission base is configured so that at least one electronic device can be wirelessly electrically charged or powered by positioning the at least one device external and adjacent to the transmission base. |
| US12166359B2 |
Wireless charging system for medical devices
A wireless charging system for recharging batteries in a medical environment includes a charging station. The charging station may include an opening to receive batteries and an outlet for dispensing charged batteries, wherein the outlet comprises a slot in a front cover. The charging station also includes a wireless power transmitter having a transmitting antenna. |
| US12166358B2 |
Wireless power and data transfer system with out of band communications hand off
A method of operating a power and data transfer system includes determining, by a wireless transmission system, presence of a wireless receiver system. The method further includes starting wireless power and data transfer via the wireless transmission system, if presence of the wireless receiver system is detected. The method further includes determining if power at a load associated with the wireless receiver system exceeds a threshold for out of band communications. The method further includes, if the power at the load exceeds the threshold for out of band communications, handing over wireless data transfer to an out of band communications system that is in operative communication with the wireless transmission system. |
| US12166357B2 |
Under-cabinet wireless power system
An under-cabinet wireless power system is mountable to an underside of a wall cabinet that is positioned over a countertop and includes a wireless power transmitter capable of powering a wirelessly powered appliance positioned proximate thereto. |
| US12166353B2 |
Determination of phase connections in a power grid
The present disclosure relates to a method for determining phase connections of grid components in a power grid, the method comprising assessing a relative similarity of time series of measured voltage data of the grid components by clustering the time series of measured voltage data of the grid components; grouping the grid components into a plurality of clusters based on the assessing a relative similarity; and assessing a phase connection of the grid components in each cluster of the plurality of clusters. The present disclosure also relates to a respective device and computer program. |
| US12166349B2 |
Power supply device
A power supply device includes a power generator, a drive source, a plurality of power supply lines, a plurality of batteries, a current value calculation part 11, a demanded battery power calculation part 12, and a power summation part 13. The current value calculation part 11 calculates the C-rates CR1, CR2, CR3 and CR4 of the batteries based on the charge levels of the batteries. The demanded battery power calculation part 12 calculates a demanded power P or Q of the batteries based on the calculated C-rates CR1, CR2, CR3 and CR4 and the capacities of the batteries. The power summation part 13 sums the demanded power P or Q of the batteries and power demanded by electrical loads. The control unit 9 controls the drive source such that the power generator generates power calculated by the power summation part 13. |
| US12166345B2 |
Systems and methods for a hybrid power grid
Systems and methods for managing power on supplied to a load are provided. In some embodiments, a hybrid power system includes a generator and a power source having an inverter connected to one or more loads. The generator may have a controller that is configured to adjust a parameter (e.g., frequency) of electrical power output via the generator based on a current magnitude of electrical power output of the generator. The inverter is configured to detect the parameter of the electrical power supplied to the load and to adjust a magnitude of current electrical power output based on the detected parameter. |
| US12166340B2 |
Method and system for detecting faults in a low voltage three-phase network
A method for detecting faults in a low voltage three-phase network including: checking if any of three phases of the three-phase network satisfies first conditions for a predetermined duration of time; if at least two phases satisfy the first conditions, detecting an inter-phase fault by checking if the current level in at least two phases exceed a threshold and if the corresponding current flows are in the same direction; if only one of the three phases satisfies the first conditions, for the phase which has satisfied the first conditions, checking if a second condition is satisfied and, in a positive case, detecting a mono-phase fault. |
| US12166338B1 |
Ceiling fan brace bracket
A ceiling fan brace bracket assembly with a bracket, at least two holes, at least one first screw, and at least one second screw. The bracket has a channel that opens toward a bottom of the bracket and at least one lip that extends along the channel. The channel is sized and shaped to extend around a ceiling fan brace. The at least two holes extend through the at least one lip, and each of the at least two holes is configured to align with a corresponding screw hole in an electrical box. The at least one first screw is a press-fit screw and is configured to extend downward through a first hole of the at least two holes. The at least one second screw is configured to extend upward through a second hole of the at least two holes. |
| US12166337B2 |
Connection structure for housing member and protective tube
A connection structure for a housing member and a protective tube, the connection structure includes: a wire-shaped transmission member; a housing member for housing a first portion which is a portion of the wire-shaped transmission member; and a protective tube for covering a second portion which is another portion of the wire-shaped transmission member. The housing member includes: a housing body portion for housing the first portion, and an extended portion that protrudes toward the second portion from the housing body portion, and an end portion of the protective tube covers the extended portion. |
| US12166335B2 |
Apparatus for monitoring a switchgear
An apparatus for monitoring a switchgear includes: an input unit; a processing unit; and an output unit. The input unit provides the processing unit with a monitor infra-red image of a switchgear. The processing unit implements a machine learning classifier algorithm to analyse the monitor infra-red image and determine if there is one or more anomalous hot spots in the switchgear. The machine learning classifier algorithm has been trained based on a plurality of different training infra-red images, the plurality of training infra-red images including a plurality of synthetic infra-red images generated from a corresponding plurality of visible images. The output unit outputs information relating to the one or more anomalous hot spots. |
| US12166331B2 |
Optical device including a substrate with a conductor-filled trench on a conductive core
An optical device may include a substrate including a conductive core, a first layer stack on a first surface of the conductive core, a conductor-filled trench extending through the first layer stack to the conductive core such that the conductor-filled trench is on the first surface of the conductive core, and a second layer stack on a second surface of the conductive core. The optical device may include a vertical-cavity surface-emitting laser (VCSEL) chip above the conductor-filled trench. The VCSEL chip may include an array of VCSELs. A size of the conductor-filled trench may match a size of the VCSEL chip, match a size of an emission region of the array of VCSELs, or be greater than the size of the emission region of the array of VCSELs and less than the size of the VCSEL chip. |
| US12166330B2 |
Light-emitting device
A light-emitting device includes: a light-emitting element; a package in which the light-emitting element is arranged; an optical member fixed to the package, the optical member having a lens portion having a lens surface including a first lens, and a non-lens portion that is a portion that does not overlap the lens surface in a top view; and one or more adhesives fixing the optical member to the package. The package has an emission surface through which light from the light-emitting element exits the package. The optical member has an incidence surface on which the light exiting the package enters the optical member, and the lens surface from which the light that has entered the optical member exits the optical member. |
| US12166320B2 |
Storage system
According to one embodiment, a storage system includes a circuit board, a connector, a first memory system, and a second memory system. The connector is on the circuit board and includes first and second slots, the first slot having a first terminal group of first terminals aligned in a first direction, and the second slot being separated from the first slot in a second direction not parallel with the first direction and having a second terminal group of second terminals aligned in the first direction. The first terminal group is reverse to the second terminal group in terminal arrangement order in the first direction. The first memory system is connectable to the first terminal group, while the first memory system is inserted into the first slot. The second memory system is connectable to the second terminal group, while the second memory system is inserted into the second slot. |
| US12166319B2 |
Switched power over ethernet connector
An arc prevention system including a jack having a receptacle, with the receptacle having an upper wall, a bottom wall, two opposing side walls and a back wall between the two opposing side walls, a sensor unit positioned on the back wall of the receptacle, where the sensor unit is positioned on the back wall of the receptacle such that the sensor unit engages a plug inserted into the receptacle. |
| US12166317B2 |
Board-connecting electric connector device
Electromagnetic shielding about both of electric connectors, which are in a mutually mated state, can be sufficiently carried out by a simple configuration. Shield wall portions composed of electrically-conductive members opposed to contact connecting portions (board connecting portions) of a plurality of contact members arranged in multipolar shapes are provided; electromagnetic shielding functions with respect to the contact connecting portions in the respective electric connectors are obtained well by the respective shield wall portions; and, when both of the electric connectors are mated with each other, the shield wall portions are configured to be in an inner/outer double disposition relation in which they are opposed to each other and efficiently block the gaps between the shield wall portions and wiring boards so that sufficient EMI measures can be expected. |
| US12166312B2 |
Housing for an electrical connector
A housing for an electrical connector includes a housing body having an opening receiving a cable in an insertion direction and a pair of cable covers hinged to the housing body at a proximal end of each cable cover of the pair of cable covers. The pair of cable covers extend away from the opening. Each of the cable covers is pivoted away from the other cable cover in a cable mounting position and each cable cover is pivoted toward the other cable cover to form a cable support sleeve supporting the cable in an operating position. |
| US12166311B2 |
Auxiliary contacts for industrial connectors
Disclosed is an auxiliary contact assembly for an industrial connector, such as an electrical plug and electrical receptacle. The receptacle has a line side contact assembly formed by a cavity elongated in a proximal direction with an open distal end, and a plurality of inner side surfaces. A plurality of line side contacts are arranged on the inner side surfaces of the cavity. At least two of the line side contacts are on separate non-adjacent inner side surfaces at a first distance from the distal end of the cavity and at least one of the plurality of line side contacts is on an intervening inner side surface between the separate non-adjacent inner side surfaces and at a second distance from the distal end so that the contacts are staggered along the length of the cavity. The plug includes a load side contact assembly formed by a support body having a plurality of outer side surfaces that is elongated in the proximal direction. The support body is shaped to be inserted into the cavity with the outer side surfaces of the support body corresponding with the inner side surfaces of the cavity. The load side contact assembly has a plurality of load side contacts positioned to contact corresponding ones of the plurality of line side contacts when the support body is inserted into the cavity. |
| US12166310B2 |
Electrical connector having insulative housing with a rear platform to secure a sealing member
An electrical connector includes: an insulative housing having a base and a rear platform; an outer cover enclosing the insulative housing to define a front chamber and a rear chamber; plural contacts secured to the insulative housing, exposed to the front chamber, and extending through the rear chamber; and a sealing member formed in the rear chamber to seal an interface between the insulative housing and the outer cover, wherein the rear platform has a peripheral face spaced a gap from the outer cover and the peripheral face has a roughened surface. |
| US12166301B2 |
Connector
It is aimed to provide a connector capable of stably holding terminal fittings in a housing. A connector is provided with a housing and terminal fittings to be held in the housing. The housing includes a plurality of holes arranged in a lateral direction, the terminal fittings being arranged inside the holes, an upper wall surface and a lower wall surface constituting upper and lower regions above and below the plurality of holes arranged in the lateral direction on a rear surface of the housing, and interpolar walls partitioning between the holes adjacent in the lateral direction. Rear surfaces of the interpolar walls are located forward of the upper wall surface and the lower wall surface. The housing includes recesses, the rear surfaces of the interpolar walls serving as back surfaces of the recesses. |
| US12166300B2 |
Electrical connector having 10G or 25G terminal module with same pin arrangement pattern
An electrical connector for mounting on an external circuit board includes: an insulating body having an upper receiving space and a lower receiving space; a terminal module assembled on the insulating body and including plural pin terminals, each pin terminal having a pin for mounting on the external circuit board, wherein the terminal module is capable of being modified to support 1G or 2.5G or 5G or 10G or 25G or 40G signal transmission while keeping arrangement pattern of the pins unchanged in order to be mounted on the same external circuit board. |
| US12166299B2 |
Cable lug for a connector
A cable lug for a connector includes a first portion having a receiving end receiving a cable and a second portion extending from the first portion and having a through hole through which a stud can be passed. The through hole extends transversally through a first surface and a second surface of the second portion opposite one another. At least one of the first surface and the second surface has a protrusion projecting away from the at least one of the first surface and the second surface. The protrusion is positioned between the through hole and the first portion and is spaced apart from the first portion. |
| US12166298B2 |
Narrow bezel multiband antenna suitable for a tablet or laptop computer
There is disclosed an antenna arrangement for a portable electronic device, comprising: a ground plane having an edge; and arranged along the edge, in sequence, a feed section, a grounded coupling section, and an extended coupling section. The feed section comprises an RF feed on the ground plane and a feed line extending from the RF feed having a first portion extending substantially perpendicularly from the edge of the ground plane, and a second portion extending from an end of the first portion, substantially parallel to the edge of the ground plane, in a direction away from the grounded coupling section. The grounded coupling section comprises a first conductive element extending substantially parallel to the edge of the ground plane and arranged to overlap or run adjacent to at least a part of the second portion of the feed line of the feed section, and a conductive member to connect the first conductive element to the ground plane. The extended coupling section comprises a conductive meander line extending generally parallel to the edge of the ground plane, one end of the conductive meander line being connected to or configured to couple with a portion of the grounded coupling section, the other end of the conductive meander line being connected to a second conductive element extending substantially parallel to the edge of the ground plane. |
| US12166288B2 |
Antenna structure, array antenna and electronic device
Provided are an antenna structure, an array antenna and an electronic device. The antenna structure includes a first substrate, a second substrate and a dielectric layer with an adjustable dielectric constant. The first substrate includes a first base and a first and a second radiation phase shift unit. The second substrate includes a second base and a third and a fourth radiation phase shift unit. Orthographic projections of the first and third radiation phase shift units on the first base at least partially overlap. Orthographic projections of the second and fourth radiation phase shift units on the first base at least partially overlap. A first included angle is formed between extending directions of radiation areas of the first and second radiation phase shift units; a second included angle is formed between extending directions of radiation areas of the third and fourth radiation phase shift units. |
| US12166285B2 |
Antenna device, antenna system, and methods to create, and install or modify, an antenna profile for an antenna device so as to direct the propagation of radio frequency signals from the antenna device to targeted geographic coverage areas
Disclosed is an antenna device, antenna system, and methods to create, and install or modify, an antenna profile for an antenna device so as to direct remotely the propagation of radio frequency signal from the antenna device to targeted radio frequency geographic coverage areas. Ports may be selected to activate spatial segments created by the configuration of the reflectors, joined about a cylindrical core, which may be quadrants when the reflectors are configured into a cross-like shape. The system provides aid in orienting an antenna, upon installation, to a pre-designated geographic heading. Optionally, the tilt of each quadrant of an antenna device may be determined so as to ensure proper radio frequency coverage. |
| US12166282B2 |
Antenna modules in phased array antennas
An apparatus includes a plurality of conductive structures having first sides and second sides opposite the first sides, wherein the second sides of the plurality of conductive structures are configured to be physically coupleable with a printed circuit board (PCB) of a receiver, a transmitter, or a transceiver. The first sides of the plurality of conductive structures are configured to be spaced from the PCB by a first distance when the plurality of conductive structures is physically coupled with the PCB. The apparatus includes an antenna having a first side and a second side opposite the first side. The second side of the antenna is disposed closer to the plurality of conductive structures than the first side of the antenna when the plurality of conductive structures is physically coupled with the PCB. |
| US12166280B2 |
Systems and methods for distributing radioheads
Systems and methods are described to create radio daisy chains for convenient and aesthetically pleasing high-density radio deployments. |
| US12166279B2 |
Electronic device having antenna
An electronic device having an antenna, according to the present invention, comprises a cone antenna comprising: a cone radiator which is provided between a first substrate and a second substrate, the upper part of which is connected to the first substrate and the lower part of which is connected to the second substrate, and which has an opening at the top thereof; a metal patch which is formed on the first substrate so as to be separated from the top opening; a second metal patch which is formed so as to be separated from the metal patch; and a shorting pin which is formed so as to electrically connect the second metal patch and a ground layer of the second substrate, thereby providing a cone antenna having a plurality of metal patches that operate in a wide frequency band from a low frequency band to a 5G sub 6 band. |
| US12166278B2 |
Transparent antenna and manufacturing method thereof
A transparent antenna includes a substrate, an antenna grid layer, and a ground grid layer. The substrate has an electrically conductive hole extending from two opposite surfaced of the substrate. The antenna grid layer is formed on a surface of the substrate. The antenna grid layer includes a feeding portion and a transmission portion. The ground grid layer is formed on another surface of the substrate. The ground grid layer is coupled to the feeding portion of the antenna grid layer via the electrically conductive hole. An offset distance between a projection of a gridline of the antenna grid layer on the first surface and a projection of a gridline of the ground grid layer on the first surface is smaller than or equal to half of a difference between a line width of the antenna grid layer and a line width of the ground grid layer. |
| US12166275B2 |
Bio-matched antenna
An on-body antenna is provided that overcomes mismatch loss problems associated with current on-body antennas and is capable of operating over a wide range of frequencies with low transmission loss. At least a first antenna element of the on-body antenna is configured to receive an oscillating electric current and to radiate an oscillating electromagnetic field over a predetermined range of frequencies. The first antenna element is made of non-electrically-conductive material having a first relative permittivity. At least a second material having a second relative permittivity can be disposed on or in the first antenna element. Disposing the second material provides the first antenna element with an effective permittivity that can be closely matched to a frequency-dependent permittivity of biological tissue of a subject. The first non-electrically-conductive material and the second material can be preselected to have relative permittivities that allow anisotropy to be achieved. |
| US12166273B2 |
Detune-resilient wireless device
Systems, apparatuses, and methods are described for increasing detune-resiliency of a user device during user-interactions. An antenna bandwidth may be increased, via modification of one or more antenna characteristics and/or the addition of one or more novel antenna components, in order to increase the detune-resiliency of the antenna. Moreover, user interface elements of the user device may be located outside of a protected region of the antenna. Thus, the user device may be more resilient to detuning during user interactions. |
| US12166268B2 |
Communication device and portable terminal
A wireless communication device includes at least one antenna configured to transmit or receive a signal, and a frequency selection surface arranged adjacent to the at least one antenna and configured to diffract the signal generated from the at least one antenna, wherein the frequency selection surface includes a transparent substrate on which a plurality of unit cells are defined, and a plurality of conductive patterns arranged in the plurality of unit cells, respectively. |
| US12166265B2 |
Display device for mobile electronic device
A display device includes a display panel having a display area, in which an image is displayed, and a non-display area, in which no image is displayed. A window overlaps the display panel. An antenna sheet is disposed between the display panel and the window. The antenna sheet includes a first antenna portion having a mesh shape, and a second antenna portion integrally connected to the first antenna portion and having a frame shape. The first antenna portion corresponds to the display area and the second antenna portion corresponds to the non-display area. |
| US12166264B2 |
Adjustable downtilt antenna mounting brackets and related assemblies
The present disclosure is directed to a mounting bracket adapted for adjusting the downtilt of an antenna. The mounting bracket includes a first member and a second member. The first member is coupled to the second member at one end via a first pair of securing features and is coupled to an antenna mounting bracket at an opposing end via a second pair of securing features. The first member is configured to rotate about the first and second pairs of securing features relative to the second member and antenna mounting bracket, respectively. The second member includes two slots on opposing sides that extend longitudinally along a length of the second member in a vertical direction, each of the first pair of securing features extends through and is configured to slide within a respective slot such that, when an antenna is secured to the antenna mounting bracket, sliding the first pair of securing features in a first direction increases an angle of downtilt for the antenna and sliding the first pair of securing features in a second direction decreases the angle of downtilt for the antenna. The second member is configured to be secured to a mounting structure. Other adjustable downtilt antenna mounting brackets and related assemblies are described herein. |
| US12166263B2 |
Coaxial-to-waveguide power combiner/divider comprising two fins disposed in a plane of the waveguide and connected to plural coaxial inputs/outputs
An apparatus for and a method of a coaxial-to-waveguide power combiner/divider. The apparatus includes a single-fin coaxial-to-waveguide power combiner/divider, including a waveguide having one open end, one closed end, and two sides that are broader than two other sides; two fins in a plane within the waveguide, wherein the plane is configured to be parallel to the broader sides of the waveguide; and at least one coaxial input joined to each of the two fins. Signals may be applied to the at least one coaxial input joined to each of the two fins are in phase with each other, and a number of the at least one coaxial input joined to each of the two fins may include one of a same number and a different number. |
| US12166256B1 |
Method for servicing a duplexer having a radio frequency assembly
A method for servicing a duplexer having a cavity resonator defining an opening covered by an RF plate. The RF plate defines an opening through which a pass-band tuning pipe extends and is secured thereto. A collar is attached to one end of the pipe, and at least one steel set screw extends into the interior of the collar, the at least one end having a soft (e.g., brass) tip. A tuning plunger is slidingly positioned within the pass-band tuning pipe. A rod is attached to a first end of the tuning plunger and extends through the collar, the rod being fabricated from a material harder than the tip of the at least one set screw. The at least one set screw is configured for tightening down on the rod to secure the rod and tuning plunger in place. A trimmer capacitor is positioned in the RF plate. |
| US12166255B2 |
Phase shifter with at least one phase control element having a membrane bridge including a support portion connected to a transmission line extension portion by an insulating layer
The present disclosure provides a phase shifter, a method for fabricating the same, and an antenna. The phase shifter includes a substrate, first and second transmission lines spaced apart from each other on the substrate, and at least one phase control element on the substrate. Each phase control element includes a membrane bridge and a transmission line extension which is on the substrate, between the first and second transmission lines, and electrically coupled to the first transmission line; the membrane bridge is on a side of the transmission line extension distal to the substrate, opposite to and spaced apart from the transmission line extension, and electrically coupled to the second transmission line. The membrane bridge is configured to move a portion of the membrane bridge in response to the first and second transmission lines being applied with different voltages, to change a distance from the transmission line extension. |
| US12166253B2 |
Electrolytic reduction system and method of vanadium electrolyte
Disclosed are an electrolytic reduction system of a vanadium electrolyte and a method for producing the electrolyte. The electrolytic reduction system includes a separating device and an electrolytic tank. The separating device is configured to separate a mixture consisting of a vanadium pentoxide (V2O5) solid and a sulfate acid solution, thereby obtaining a vanadium solution from a liquid discharging port of the separating device and a vanadium solid from a solid discharging port. The vanadium solution includes pentavalent vanadium ions. The electrolytic tank connects to the liquid discharging port of the separating device to contain the vanadium solution. In the method for producing the vanadium electrolyte, other chemical reagents are unnecessarily to be added into the mixture, and the vanadium solution is subjected to an electrolytic reduction process, such that the pentavalent vanadium ions are reduced to tetravalent vanadium ions and trivalent vanadium ions in the electrolytic tank. |
| US12166252B2 |
Polymer electrolyte membrane, membrane-electrode assembly including same, and method for measuring durability thereof
Disclosed are: a polymer electrolyte membrane which can guarantee the production of a membrane-electrode assembly having excellent mechanical properties without a decrease in performance, such as in ionic conductivity, and thus having a high enough durability to achieve at least 30,000 wet/dry cycles as measured according to the NEDO protocol; a membrane-electrode assembly including the polymer electrolyte membrane; and a method for measuring the durability of the membrane-electrode assembly. The polymer electrolyte membrane according to the present invention comprises a composite layer including: a porous support having multiple pores; and ionomers filling the pores, and has an MD internal tearing strength of 150 N/mm or greater, a TD internal tearing strength of 150 N/mm or greater, a stab initial strain of 8% or less, and a stab final strain of 10% or less. |
| US12166248B2 |
Seal configuration for electrochemical cell
An electrochemical cell includes a pair of bipolar plates and a membrane electrode assembly between the bipolar plates. The membrane electrode assembly comprises an anode compartment, a cathode compartment, and a proton exchange membrane disposed therebetween. The cell further includes a sealing surface formed in one of the pair of bipolar plates and a gasket located between the sealing surface and the proton exchange membrane. The gasket is configured to plastically deform to create a seal about one of the cathode compartment or the anode compartment. The sealing surface can include one or more protrusions. |
| US12166247B1 |
Hermetic seal in anode pouch for lithium-seawater electrochemical battery
A method is provided for making a ceramic lithium ion conducting membrane and for making an anode pouch for a lithium-seawater battery. The method for making the ceramic membrane includes adding pore formers into a liquid slurry of LTAP (Li2O—Al2O3—SiO2—P2O5—TiO2) powder. The liquid slurry is converted into porous green tape and the porous green tape is laminated onto the top of nonporous green tapes to form a stack. The stack is sintered and the pore formers are decomposed to create pores in the top layer of the ceramic membrane. The porous ceramic membrane is used to create a more robust hermetic seal in an anode pouch for the battery compared to a seal made with a nonporous ceramic membrane. |
| US12166243B2 |
Secondary battery
A secondary battery comprises: an electrode assembly in which a first electrode plate having a first non-coated part protruding in a first direction, a second electrode plate having a second non-coated part protruding in a second direction opposite to the first direction, and a separator between the first electrode plate and the second electrode plate, are wound; a first current collecting plate electrically coupled to the first non-coated part; a second current collecting plate electrically coupled to the second non-coated part, and having an end part protruding beyond the first current collecting plate by penetrating the winding center of the electrode assembly; and an insulation member between the end part of the second current collecting plate and the first current collecting plate, wherein the end part of the second current collecting plate is coupled with the insulation member. |
| US12166242B2 |
Electrode plate, electrode assembly, battery cell, battery, and electric device
An electrode plate includes a current collector. The current collector includes a conductive layer and an insulating layer. The conductive layer includes a tab portion. In thickness direction of the electrode plate, the conductive layer is provided at two opposite sides of the insulating layer. The insulating layer includes a first region and a second region, and in width direction of the electrode plate, at least one end of the first region is connected to the second region. Thickness of the second region is less than thickness of the first region, and the tab portion is at least partially disposed in the second region. The electrode plate further includes an active substance layer applied on a surface of the conductive layer facing away from the insulating layer. The tab portion is not coated with the active substance layer. |
| US12166238B2 |
Rechargeable secondary battery
A secondary battery includes a Z stack electrode assembly including a separator bent in a Z shape and including a plurality of bent areas, a first electrode plate on a lower portion of each of the bent areas, and a second electrode plate on an upper portion of each of the bent areas, and an exterior portion configured to accommodate the Z stack electrode assembly, and an outermost end area of the separator is bent to be thermally fused to a bent area of the plurality of bent areas of the separator. |
| US12166237B2 |
Air electrode/separator assembly and zinc-air secondary battery
Provided is an air electrode/LDH separator assembly including: a rigid porous layer having rigidity and air permeability, wherein the rigidity is defined as a proportion of displacement in a compression direction of less than 3% when pressurized at 0.1 MPa; an air electrode layer that covers both sides of the rigid porous layer, or both sides and end faces of the rigid porous layer provided that at least one end face is excluded; and a layered double hydroxide (LDH) separator that covers an outside of the air electrode layer; wherein i) the rigid porous layer is made of a metal or an electrically conductive ceramic, whereby the rigid porous layer itself functions as a positive electrode current collector, or ii) the rigid porous layer is made of an insulating material and is covered with a porous metal layer, whereby the porous metal layer functions as a positive electrode current collector. |
| US12166236B2 |
Uniformly dispersing precipitated silica, process for preparing the same, battery separator including the same, and lead-acid battery including the same
A precipitated silica suitable for use in lead-acid battery separators having a good balance between mechanical properties and electrical resistivity. In particular, a precipitated silica characterised by a DOA oil absorption equal to or greater than 200 mL/100 g; a median aggregate size D50M equal to or lower than 8.7 μm and equal to or greater than a parameter A whose value, expressed in microns, is calculated from equation (1): A=23.3−0.076×|DOA|, wherein |DOA| represents the numerical value of the DOA oil absorption expressed in mL/100 g. |
| US12166234B2 |
Separator, lithium secondary battery including separator, and manufacturing method therefor
A separator for a lithium secondary battery, including: a porous polymer substrate; and a crosslinked porous coating layer on at least one surface of the porous polymer substrate. The crosslinked porous coating layer includes inorganic particles and a crosslinkable binder polymer crosslinked through urethane crosslinking. The separator has improved heat resistance as compared to the conventional separators and maintains adhesion to an electrode. A lithium secondary battery including the separator is also disclosed. |
| US12166231B2 |
Battery, electrical apparatus, and method and device for manufacturing battery
A battery may include: a battery cell; a housing to accommodate the battery cell, where the housing may include a pressure relief structure to release, out of the housing, emissions induced by thermal runaway of the battery cell; and a charging connector to be electrically connected to the battery cell. The charging connector may include a body portion disposed on a side that is of the housing and that is oriented back from the battery cell, and covers the pressure relief structure. The emissions induced by thermal runaway of the battery cell are able to pass through the pressure relief structure and act on the body portion so that at least a part of the body portion may be triggered to move away from the battery cell to electrically disconnect the charging connector from the battery cell. |
| US12166229B2 |
Secondary battery module
The present disclosure relates to a secondary battery module that is capable of being disposed inside a secondary battery pack in various forms and being easily set in series or parallel between cells inside the secondary battery pack, thereby improving efficiency in designing the secondary battery pack.A secondary battery module according to the present disclosure includes: a plurality of cells comprising a first cell and a second cell which are facing each other, and a rotation member disposed between a surface of the first cell and a surface of the second cell facing the surface of the first cell, wherein the first cell is rotatable with respect to the second cell. |
| US12166228B2 |
Portable electronic device with a battery switching function
A portable electronic device with a battery switching function is provided. The portable electronic device has two battery switching assemblies corresponding to each battery. Each battery switching assembly has a primary fastener and a secondary fastener corresponding to each other. When the primary fastener is engaged with the secondary fastener, the secondary fastener engages with the corresponding battery so that the battery cannot be detached from the casing of the portable electronic device. When the primary fastener and the secondary fastener are disengaged, the Hall sensor corresponding to the primary fastener sends a signal to a control unit. Then the control unit turns off the power supply of the corresponding battery and switches to another battery to supply power, or closes a specific application to reduce power consumption. |
| US12166227B1 |
Battery pack enclosure
Aspects of the disclosure relate to an enclosure for a battery pack. The enclosure may include one or more casted portions, such as a casted front member and a casted rear member. The casted portions may provide benefits including reducing a number of seal paths on the enclosure, facilitating serviceability of various electrical components from a bottom of the battery pack, reducing a number of parts of the enclosure, facilitating efficient battery pack assembly, facilitating connector placement for ergonomics and/or damage protection, facilitating placement of vents, providing casted in lid, lung, and/or skid plate attachments, and/or improving strike reinforcement features. |
| US12166226B2 |
Battery pack and vehicle
A battery pack is provided. The battery pack includes a first partition piece, a battery row, and a shielding member. The first partition piece is located between two batteries adjacent to each other in a first direction in the battery row. An upper surface of the first partition piece is lower than an upper surface of a top cover. A recess is formed between the battery row and the first partition piece. The shielding member includes a first shielding portion and a second shielding portion. The first shielding portion overlays all explosion-proof valves of the battery row. A passage is disposed between the first shielding portion and the upper surface of the battery row. The passage is configured to guide a fluid to flow along the first direction and is provided with a downward opening. The second shielding portion closes off a part of the opening facing the recess directly. |
| US12166225B2 |
Cell holder and battery pack comprising a cell holder
A cell holder for at least two battery cells includes at least two battery-cell receivers, each battery-cell receiver configured to receive a single battery cell. The battery-cell receivers each including a rigid region and a flexible region. The flexible region is arranged partially or entirely in the rigid region. |
| US12166224B2 |
Method for assembling a battery
A method for assembling a battery including: providing an end plate having at least one through cell for an accumulator and at least one adhesive injection orifice distant from the cell, the adhesive injection orifice being in fluidic communication via a supply channel with a recess of an inner wall of the cell, placing the accumulator in the cell, injecting adhesive through the injection orifice, the adhesive flowing in the channel up to the recess, the accumulator being bonded to the end plate by the adhesive contained in the recess. |
| US12166223B2 |
Vehicular battery case and method for manufacturing vehicular battery case
A vehicular battery case includes inner and outer bottom plate portions, a lower frame, and a frame body. The outer bottom plate portion is on a lower side of the inner bottom plate portion. The lower frame is between the inner and outer bottom plate portions. The frame body stands upward from outer peripheral portions of the inner and outer bottom plate portions. The frame body includes a lower portion including a first joint surface joined to the inner bottom plate portion and a second joint surface on an outer side of the first joint surface and joined to the outer bottom plate portion. The lower frame includes an upper end portion including a first flange portion including an upper surface facing a lower surface of the inner bottom plate portion. The first flange portion is joined to the lower surface of the inner bottom plate portion. |
| US12166222B2 |
Battery pack core for fire and explosion protection for battery module
A battery pack core may include a cold plate comprising a plurality of apertures defined between a first major surface and a second major surface of the cold plate; a plurality of battery cells, a single battery cell positioned in each aperture of the plurality of apertures such that a first end of the battery cell projects beyond the first major surface and a second end of the battery cell projects beyond the second major surface; and a plurality of silicone bushings, a silicone bushing surrounding each battery cell of the plurality of battery cells and contacting a wall of the aperture in which the battery cell is positioned. |
| US12166218B2 |
Flexible battery and preparation method thereof
One example of a flexible battery includes an electrochemical cell layer and a wrapping layer that wraps the electrochemical cell layer. The flexible battery further includes an energy absorbing layer. The energy absorbing layer is located between the wrapping layer and upper and lower surfaces, which are opposite to each other, of the electrochemical cell layer. The energy absorbing layer includes a plurality of supporting parts that protrude outward from the upper or lower surface of the electrochemical cell layer. The plurality of supporting parts are mainly made of a foam material or rubber. For the energy absorbing layer, a lower-modulus buffering layer or an empty part may be further disposed between the electrochemical cell layer and the wrapping layer, to complement a wavy surface of the supporting part to form a flat surface, so as to meet diversified requirements of a wearable device. |
| US12166213B2 |
Electrode sheet, battery cell and battery
The present application relates to an electrode sheet, a battery cell and a battery. The electrode sheet includes a current collector and a protective layer. The current collector includes a coated region provided with an active material layer and an uncoated region without being provided with the active material layer. The protective layer is provided on at least a part of a surface of the uncoated region, and has a porosity of 0% to 95%. For the electrode sheet according to the present application, by providing the current collector with the protective layer, the contact resistance may be increased when the electrode sheet is short-circuited, and the discharge power and the thermal runaway probability of the battery cell may be reduced when the battery cell is internally short-circuited, thereby improving the safety performance of the battery cell. |
| US12166212B2 |
Interphase between lithium metal and solid electrolyte
A lithium metal electrode having an artificial interphase layer is provided. The artificial interphase layer conducts lithium ions but is nonconductive of electrons. A method to prepare the lithium metal electrode is also provided. A solid state electrochemical cell containing the lithium metal electrode is provided. A solid state lithium-sulfur electrochemical cell is provided which has a sustained discharge capacity of about 3 mAh/cm2. |
| US12166210B2 |
Negative electrode material of lithium ion secondary battery, preparation method thereof and use thereof
Provided is a negative electrode material of a lithium ion secondary battery. The negative electrode material includes a carbon coating layer and a core layer. The core layer includes lithium polysilicate and silicon oxide, and silicon is uniformly embedded in the lithium polysilicate and/or in the silicon oxide. The negative electrode material has high first coulomb efficiency, long cycle performance, excellent rate performance and high safety. |
| US12166206B2 |
Nonaqueous electrolyte energy storage device and energy storage apparatus
An aspect of the present invention is a nonaqueous electrolyte energy storage device including: a positive electrode having a positive composite layer including a positive active material; a negative electrode having a negative composite layer including a negative active material; and a nonaqueous electrolyte including a nonaqueous solvent, in which the positive active material includes a lithium-transition metal composite oxide that contains nickel as a transition metal and has a layered α-NaFeO2-type crystal structure, a ratio (N/P) between mass (N) per unit area of the negative active material and mass (P) per unit area of the positive active material is 0.30 or more and 0.45 or less, the nonaqueous solvent contains PC, DEC, and EMC, a content of the PC in the nonaqueous solvent is 25% by volume or more and 55% by volume or less, a total content of the DEC and the EMC in the nonaqueous solvent is 45% by volume or more and 75% by volume or less, and a content of the DEC is equal to or higher than the content of the EMC. |
| US12166202B2 |
Cathode with coated disordered rocksalt material
A cathode includes a disordered rocksalt phase material and a coating layer disposed on a surface of the disordered rocksalt phase material. The coating layer may include one or more of an oxide, a phosphate, a phosphide, or a fluoride. |
| US12166200B2 |
Patterned anodes for lithium-based energy storage devices
A lithium-ion battery may include a cathode, an anode, and a polymer electrolyte. The anode may include a current collector. The current collector may include a metal oxide layer provided in a first pattern overlaying a metal layer. The anode may also include a patterned lithium storage structure. The patterned lithium storage structure may include a continuous porous lithium storage layer overlaying at least a portion of the first pattern of metal oxide. These and other lithium-ion batteries are described. |
| US12166185B2 |
Battery lockout override logic for a battery management system
Disclosed herein are battery management systems and methods for activating battery override logic for a battery management system to provide a power path to a battery pack. A method of activating battery override logic for a battery management system may comprise detecting a predetermined key toggle sequence performed in a predetermined amount of time or detecting an override message received from a CAN bus. The method may further comprise determining if the last override turn-on sequence was requested more than a predetermined amount of time ago, confirming that the override is configured for the contactor, and turning on the contactor to provide a power path to the battery pack for a limited predetermined amount of time. An exemplary predetermined toggle sequence may comprise on-off-on-off-on performed within 10 seconds. An exemplary override message from the CAN bus may be initiated by a user having a key, code, or access card. |
| US12166183B2 |
Prismatic secondary battery and assembled battery using the same
A flat-shaped winding electrode body in which a positive electrode plate and a negative electrode plate are wound with a separator interposed therebetween includes a positive electrode tab portion and a negative electrode tab portion at one end in a direction in which a winding axis of the winding electrode body extends. Two pieces of the flat-shaped winding electrode body are housed in a prismatic outer body so that the winding axis of each piece is disposed in a direction perpendicular to a sealing plate, and the positive electrode tab portion and the negative electrode tab portion are located on one end of the winding electrode body closer to the sealing plate than the other end. |
| US12166177B2 |
Stable electrolyte based on a fluorinated ionic liquid and its use in high current rate lithium-air batteries
An electrolyte composition, for use in particular in a lithium-air battery, includes (A) a fluorinated cation of structure R1R2R3N+-(linker1)-O-(linker2)-(FC), wherein R1, R2 and R3 are C1-C6 linear or branched alkyl groups, linkers linker1 and linker2 contain alkylene or oxyalkylene chains and FC is a fluorinated alkyl group; (B) an anion; (C) a solvent containing at least one —O—CH2—CH2—O— or —O—CH2—CHMe-O— group, an ϵ-caprolactone oligomer, or a dialkyl sulfoxide; and (D) a lithium salt. |
| US12166174B2 |
Non-aqueous electrolyte secondary battery
A non-aqueous electrolyte secondary battery satisfies a relationship of an expression (I) “−0.19≤x−(0.0061y+0.0212z)”. x [μmol/Ah] is a value obtained by dividing a total amount of substance of lithium fluorosulfonate included in the electrolyte solution, by the rated capacity. y [m2/Ah] is a value obtained by dividing a product of a BET specific surface area of the positive electrode active material particles and the total mass of the positive electrode active material particles included in the positive electrode plate, by the rated capacity. z [m2/Ah] is a value obtained by dividing a product of a BET specific surface area of the negative electrode active material particles and the total mass of the negative electrode active material particles included in the negative electrode plate, by the rated capacity. |
| US12166173B2 |
Solid electrolyte material and solid-state battery made therewith
A solid electrolyte material comprises Li, T, X and A wherein T is at least one of P, As, Si, Ge, Al, and B; X is one or more halogens or N; A is one or more of S and Se. The solid electrolyte material has peaks at 17.8°±0.75° and 19.2°±0.75° in X-ray diffraction measurement with Cu-Kα(1,2)=1.5418 Å and may include glass ceramic and/or mixed crystalline phases. |
| US12166171B2 |
Solid electrolyte material and battery using the same
The present disclosure provides a solid electrolyte material having a high lithium ion conductivity. The solid electrolyte material according to the present disclosure consists essentially of Li, Zr, Y, M, and X. M is at least one element selected from the group consisting of Al, Ga, In, Sc, and Bi. X is at least one element selected from the group consisting of Cl and Br. |
| US12166168B2 |
Electrolyte structure for a high-temperature, high-pressure lithium battery
A system and a method for forming a composite electrolyte structure are provided. An exemplary composite electrolyte structure includes, at least in part, polymer electrolyte preforms that are bonded into the composite electrolyte structure. |
| US12166166B2 |
Membrane made of a blend of UHMW polyolefins
A membrane is a microporous sheet made of a blend of a first ultra high molecular weight polyolefin and a second ultra high molecular weight polyolefin. Each polyolefin has a molecular weight, both of those molecular weights are greater than 1 million, and one molecular weight is greater than the other. Additionally, the intrinsic viscosity (IV) of the membrane may be greater than or equal to 6.3. |
| US12166164B2 |
Method of manufacturing a pouch-type secondary battery including irradiating an inner resin layer
A method of manufacturing a pouch-type secondary battery comprising the steps of: (a) preparing an electrode assembly having a separator interposed between a positive electrode and a negative electrode; (b) forming a receiving part for the electrode assembly in a case made of a laminate sheet; and (c) manufacturing a battery cell by receiving the electrode assembly in the receiving part and thermally fusing the case, wherein the laminate sheet comprises an outer resin layer, a metal barrier layer and an inner resin layer, the inner resin layer comprising polypropylene or polyethylene, and a crosslinking agent. |
| US12166162B2 |
Semiconductor light emitting device and method for manufacturing the same
A semiconductor light emitting device includes a semiconductor light source, a resin package surrounding the semiconductor light source, and a lead fixed to the resin package. The lead is provided with a die bonding pad for bonding the semiconductor light source, and with an exposed surface opposite to the die bonding pad The exposed surface is surrounded by the resin package in the in-plane direction of the exposed surface. |
| US12166160B2 |
Display device and method of manufacturing the same
An apparatus for manufacturing a display device includes a stage, a first electric field applying module including first probe pins and disposed on a first side of the stage, a light irradiation module including light-emitting elements and disposed on the stage, and a first voltage output module that outputs an emission driving signal that drives the light-emitting elements, outputs a first alignment signal to one of the first probe pins, and outputs a second alignment signal to another one of the first probe pins. |
| US12166159B2 |
Semiconductor nanoparticle aggregate, semiconductor nanoparticle aggregate dispersion liquid, semiconductor nanoparticle aggregate composition, and semiconductor nanoparticle aggregate cured film
A semiconductor nanoparticle aggregate that is an aggregate of core/shell type semiconductor nanoparticles including a core including In and P and a shell having one or more layers, in which a peak wavelength of an emission spectrum of the semiconductor nanoparticle aggregate is from 605 nm to 655 nm and a full width at half maximum of the emission spectrum is 43 nm or less. For each semiconductor nanoparticle, (1) an average value of a full width at half maximum of an emission spectrum is 28 nm or less, (2) a standard deviation of a peak wavelength of the emission spectrum is 10 nm or more and 30 nm or less, and (3) a standard deviation of the full width at half maximum of the emission spectrum is 12 nm or less. |
| US12166156B2 |
Semiconductor light-emitting device
A semiconductor light-emitting device includes a semiconductor stack including a first semiconductor layer and a second semiconductor layer; a first reflective layer formed on the first semiconductor layer and including a plurality of vias; a plurality of contact structures respectively filled in the vias and electrically connected to the first semiconductor layer; a second reflective layer including metal material formed on the first reflective layer and contacting the contact structures; a plurality of conductive vias surrounded by the semiconductor stack; a connecting layer formed in the conductive vias and electrically connected to the second semiconductor layer; a first pad portion electrically connected to the second semiconductor layer; and a second pad portion electrically connected to the first semiconductor layer, wherein a shortest distance between two of the conductive vias is larger than a shortest distance between the first pad portion and the second pad portion. |
| US12166155B2 |
Display substrate and preparation method thereof, and display panel and preparation method thereof
The present disclosure discloses a display substrate, including a substrate, and a driver circuit, an insulation layer and a bonding electrode sequentially superposed on the substrate. The bonding electrode is configured to be connected to an anode and a cathode of a micro inorganic light-emitting diode chip to be bonded. The display substrate further includes an elastic layer sandwiched between the bonding electrode and the insulation layer, the elastic layer having an orthographic projection on the substrate covering at least an orthographic projection of the bonding electrode on the substrate. The present disclosure provides a display panel, including the above display substrate, and further including a micro inorganic light-emitting diode chip having an anode and a cathode thereof connected to the bonding electrode on the display substrate. |
| US12166154B2 |
Display device employing semiconductor light-emitting element and manufacturing method therefor
Discussed is a display device, including a substrate, a wiring electrode disposed on the substrate, a plurality of semiconductor light-emitting elements electrically connected to the wiring electrode, an anisotropic conductive layer disposed between the plurality of semiconductor light-emitting elements and formed of a mixture of conductive particles and an insulating material; and a buffer portion disposed on a lower surface of a semiconductor light-emitting element of the plurality of semiconductor light-emitting elements so as to allow the wiring electrode and the semiconductor light-emitting element to be spaced apart by a predetermined distance, and provided with at least one hole, wherein the mixture of the conductive particles and the insulating material is disposed inside the at least one hole, and the wiring electrode is electrically connected to the semiconductor light-emitting element through conductive particles disposed inside the at least one hole. |
| US12166153B2 |
Light-emitting device with polarization modulated last quantum barrier
A light-emitting device includes doped layer arranged on a substrate. The doped layer is n-doped or p-doped. A multiple quantum well is arranged on the doped layer and includes a plurality of adjacent pairs of quantum wells and quantum barriers. An electron blocking layer is arranged on the multiple quantum well. The doped layer, the electron blocking layer, the quantum wells, and all of the quantum barriers except for the last quantum barrier include a first III-nitride alloy. The last quantum barrier includes a second III-nitride alloy that is different from the first III-nitride alloy. The second III-nitride alloy has a bandgap larger than a bandgap of the last quantum well and smaller than a bandgap of the electron blocking layer. An interface between the last quantum barrier and the electron blocking layer exhibits a polarization difference between 0 and 0.012 C/m2. |
| US12166149B2 |
Light-emitting diode with electrodes on a single face and process of producing the same
A light-emitting diode 100 includes a first region 1, for example of the P type, formed in a first layer 10 and forming, in a direction normal to a basal plane, a stack with a second region 2 having at least one quantum well formed in a second layer 20, and including a third region 3, for example of the N type, extending in the direction normal to the plane, bordering and in contact with the first and second regions 1, 2, through the first and second layers 10, 20. A process for producing a light-emitting diode 100 in which the third region 3 is formed by implantation into and through the first and second layers 10, 20. |
| US12166147B2 |
Thin-film crystalline silicon solar cell using a nanoimprinted photonic-plasmonic back-reflector structure
Disclosed are embodiments of a thin-film photovoltaic technology including a single-junction crystalline silicon solar cell with a photonic-plasmonic back-reflector structure for lightweight, flexible energy conversion applications. The back-reflector enables high absorption for long-wavelength and near-infrared photons via diffraction and light-concentration, implemented by periodic texturing of the bottom-contact layer by nanoimprint lithography. The thin-film crystalline silicon solar cell is implemented in a heterojunction design with amorphous silicon, where plasma enhanced chemical vapor deposition (PECVD) is used for all device layers, including a low-temperature crystalline silicon deposition step. Excimer laser crystallization is used to integrate crystalline and amorphous silicon within a monolithic process, where a thin layer of amorphous silicon is converted to a crystalline silicon seed layer prior to deposition of a crystalline silicon absorber layer via PECVD. The crystalline nature of the absorber layer and the back-reflector enable efficiencies higher than what is achievable in other thin-film silicon devices. |
| US12166142B1 |
Solar cell, method for preparing the same, and photovoltaic module
A solar cell is provided, including a substrate having a rear surface including P-type regions and N-type regions, first dielectric layers each formed over a N-type region, first doped polysilicon layers each formed on a first dielectric layer and doped with an N-type doping element, second dielectric layers each formed over a P-type region, second doped polysilicon layers each formed on a second dielectric layer and doped with a P-type doping element, a passivation layer formed over surfaces of the first and second doped polysilicon layers, and first and second electrodes penetrating the passivation layer. Each first electrode is electrically connected to a first doped polysilicon layer and each second electrode is electrically connected to a second doped polysilicon layer. A first roughness of a surface of a first doped polysilicon layer is greater than a second roughness of a surface of a second doped polysilicon layer. |
| US12166141B2 |
Manufacturing process for a silicon carbide ultraviolet light photodetector
The photodetector is formed in a silicon carbide body formed by a first epitaxial layer of an N type and a second epitaxial layer of a P type. The first and second epitaxial layers are arranged on each other and form a body surface including a projecting portion, a sloped lateral portion, and an edge portion. An insulating edge region extends over the sloped lateral portion and the edge portion. An anode region is formed by the second epitaxial layer and is delimited by the projecting portion and by the sloped lateral portion. The first epitaxial layer forms a cathode region underneath the anode region. A buried region of an N type, with a higher doping level than the first epitaxial layer, extends between the anode and cathode regions, underneath the projecting portion, at a distance from the sloped lateral portion as well as from the edge region. |
| US12166140B2 |
Solar cell and manufacture method thereof, and photovoltaic module
A solar cell is provided, including: a semiconductor substrate including a front surface and a rear surface arranged opposite to each other; an emitter located on the front surface of the semiconductor substrate; a front passivation layer located over the front surface of the semiconductor substrate; a tunneling layer located over the rear surface of the semiconductor substrate; a doped conductive layer located over a surface of the tunneling layer; a rear passivation layer located over a surface of the doped conductive layer; a front electrode in contact with the emitter; and a rear electrode in contact with the first doped conductive layer. The doped conductive layer includes a first doped conductive layer corresponding to a rear metallized region, and a second doped conductive layer corresponding to a rear non-metallized region. The first doped conductive layer has an oxygen content less than the second doped conductive layer. |
| US12166139B2 |
Solar cell with wraparound finger
A solar cell can include a first plurality of metal contact fingers, and a second plurality of metal contact fingers interdigitated with the first plurality of metal contact fingers, wherein at least one of the first plurality of metal contact fingers comprises a wrap-around metal finger that passes between a first edge of the solar cell and at least one contact pads. A photovoltaic (PV) string including a solar cell with a wrap-around metal contact finger. A method of coupling an electrically conductive connector to a solar cell with a wrap-around metal contact finger. |
| US12166136B2 |
Semiconductor device and method of manufacturing the same
A semiconductor device includes a first well region, a second well region, a body region, and a cathode region. The impurity concentration of the body region is higher than the impurity concentration of the first well region, and the impurity concentration of the second well region is higher than the impurity concentration of the body region. In plan view, the body region includes the cathode region, and the cathode region includes the second well region. The cathode region configures a cathode of a Zener diode, and the first well region, the second well region, and the body region configure an anode of the Zener diode. |
| US12166135B2 |
TFT circuit board and display device having the same
The invention allows stable fabrication of a TFT circuit board used in a display device and having thereon an oxide semiconductor TFT. A TFT circuit board includes a TFT that includes an oxide semiconductor. The TFT has a gate insulating film formed on part of the oxide semiconductor and a gate electrode formed on the gate insulating film. A portion of the oxide semiconductor that is covered with the gate electrode 104 and a portion of the oxide semiconductor that is not covered with the gate electrode are both covered with a first interlayer insulating film. The first interlayer insulating film is covered with a first film 106, and the first film is covered with a first AlO film. |
| US12166133B2 |
Semiconductor structure and a manufacturing method thereof
A semiconductor structure includes: a substrate; a gate structure located on the substrate, wherein the gate structure comprises a first conductive layer, a barrier layer and a second conductive layer which are stacked in sequence; wherein the first conductive layer includes a first polysilicon layer, a first metal layer and a second polysilicon layer, wherein the first polysilicon layer is adjacent to the substrate and the second polysilicon layer is contiguous to the barrier layer; and wherein the first metal layer is located between the first polysilicon layer and the second polysilicon layer. The gate structure of the embodiments of the application has a straight profile and an excellent electrical performance. |
| US12166132B2 |
Semiconductor device
A semiconductor device including a conductive line on a substrate, a first gate electrode on the conductive line, a second gate electrode separated by a gate isolation insulating layer on the first gate electrode, a first channel layer on a side surface of the first gate electrode, with a first gate insulating layer therebetween, a first source/drain region on another side surface of the first gate electrode, a second channel layer on another side surface of the second gate electrode on a side that is opposite to the first channel layer, with a second gate insulating layer therebetween, a second source/drain region on the second channel layer, and a third source/drain region on the first channel layer and on a side surface of the second gate electrode on a same side as the first channel layer may be provided. |
| US12166131B2 |
Semiconductor device
A semiconductor device includes thin film transistors each having an oxide semiconductor. The oxide semiconductor has a channel region, a drain region, a source region, and low concentration regions which are lower in impurity concentration than the drain region and the source region. The low concentration regions are located between the channel region and the drain region, and between the channel region and the source region. Each of the thin film transistors has a gate insulating film on the channel region and the low concentration regions, an aluminum oxide film on a first part of the gate insulating film, the first part being located on the channel region, and a gate electrode on the aluminum oxide film and a second part of the gate insulating film, the second part being located on the low concentration regions. |
| US12166127B1 |
Semiconductor device and method of forming same
In an embodiment, a method includes forming a plurality of semiconductor fins over a substrate, the plurality of semiconductor fins comprising a first fin, a second fin, a third fin, and a fourth fin; forming a first dielectric layer over the plurality of semiconductor fins, the first dielectric layer filling an entirety of a first trench between the first fin and the second fin; forming a second dielectric layer over the first dielectric layer, the second dielectric layer filling an entirety of a second trench between the second fin and the third fin, the forming the second dielectric layer comprising: forming an oxynitride layer; and forming an oxide layer; and forming a third dielectric layer over the second dielectric layer, the third dielectric layer filling an entirety of a third trench between the third fin and the fourth fin. |
| US12166120B2 |
Silicon carbide semiconductor device and method of manufacturing silicon carbide semiconductor device
A silicon carbide semiconductor device being capable of operating at least 100 degree C., includes a semiconductor substrate having an active region, the semiconductor substrate having first and second surfaces opposite to each other, a first semiconductor region of an n type, provided in the semiconductor substrate, a second semiconductor region of a p type, provided in the active region, between the first surface of the semiconductor substrate and the first semiconductor region, and a device element structure including a pn junction between the second and first semiconductor regions that forms a body diode through which a current flows when the semiconductor device is turned on. A stacking fault area that is a sum of areas that contain stacking faults within an entire active region of the first surface of the semiconductor substrate in the first surface is set to be greater, the higher a breakdown voltage is set. |
| US12166112B2 |
Thin film transistor including a stacked multilayer graphene active layer
A semiconductor device includes a graphene film disposed on a substrate and formed of atomic layers of graphene that are stacked, a source electrode and a drain electrode disposed on the graphene film, and a gate electrode disposed on the graphene film between the source electrode and the drain electrode with a gate insulator film interposed between the gate electrode and the graphene film, wherein a first number of the atomic layers of the graphene film in a source region where the source electrode is located and a drain region where the drain electrode is located is greater than a second number of the atomic layers of the graphene film in a channel region where the gate electrode is located. |
| US12166106B2 |
Graphene/nanostructure FET with self-aligned contact and gate
A field effect transistor (FET) includes a substrate; a channel material located on the substrate, the channel material comprising one of graphene or a nanostructure; a gate located on a first portion of the channel material; and a contact aligned to the gate, the contact comprising one of a metal silicide, a metal carbide, and a metal, the contact being located over a source region and a drain region of the FET, the source region and the drain region comprising a second portion of the channel material. |
| US12166104B2 |
Gate structure and methods thereof
A method and structure providing a high-voltage transistor (HVT) including a gate dielectric, where at least part of the gate dielectric is provided within a trench disposed within a substrate. In some aspects, a gate oxide thickness may be controlled by way of a trench depth. By providing the HVT with a gate dielectric formed within a trench, embodiments of the present disclosure provide for the top gate stack surface of the HVT and the top gate stack surface of a low-voltage transistor (LVT), formed on the same substrate, to be substantially co-planar with each other, while providing a thick gate oxide for the HVTs. Further, because the top gate stack surface of HVT and the top gate stack surface of the LVT are substantially co-planar with each other, over polishing of the HVT gate stack can be avoided. |
| US12166101B2 |
High-electron-mobility transistor device and method of manufacturing the same
A method of manufacturing a high-electron-mobility transistor device is provided. The method includes sequentially forming a transition layer and a semiconductor layer on a substrate, etching a portion of a surface of the semiconductor layer to form a barrier layer region having a certain depth and forming a barrier layer in the barrier layer region, forming a source electrode and a drain electrode on a 2-dimensional electron gas (2-DEG) layer upward exposed at a surface of the semiconductor layer, in defining the 2-DEG layer formed along an interface between the semiconductor layer and the barrier layer, forming a passivation layer on the semiconductor layer, the barrier layer, the source electrode, and the drain electrode and etching a portion of the passivation layer to upward expose the source electrode, the drain electrode, and the barrier layer, and forming a gate electrode on the upward exposed barrier layer. |
| US12166100B2 |
Nanosheet device with dipole dielectric layer and methods of forming the same
Semiconductor device and the manufacturing method thereof are disclosed. An exemplary semiconductor device comprises first semiconductor layers and second semiconductor layers over a substrate, wherein the first semiconductor layers and the second semiconductor layers are separated and stacked up, and a thickness of each second semiconductor layer is less than a thickness of each first semiconductor layer; a first interfacial layer around each first semiconductor layer; a second interfacial layer around each second semiconductor layer; a first dipole gate dielectric layer around each first semiconductor layer and over the first interfacial layer; a second dipole gate dielectric layer around each second semiconductor layer and over the second interfacial layer; a first gate electrode around each first semiconductor layer and over the first dipole gate dielectric layer; and a second gate electrode around each second semiconductor layer and over the second dipole gate dielectric layer. |
| US12166095B2 |
Semiconductor device and method
Methods for tuning effective work functions of gate electrodes in semiconductor devices and semiconductor devices formed by the same are disclosed. In an embodiment, a semiconductor device includes a channel region over a semiconductor substrate; a gate dielectric layer over the channel region; and a gate electrode over the gate dielectric layer, the gate electrode including a first work function metal layer over the gate dielectric layer, the first work function metal layer including aluminum (Al); a first work function tuning layer over the first work function metal layer, the first work function tuning layer including aluminum tungsten (AlW); and a fill material over the first work function tuning layer. |
| US12166087B2 |
SiC epitaxial wafer and method for manufacturing SIC epitaxial wafer
A SiC epitaxial wafer of the present invention includes a SiC single crystal substrate, and a high concentration layer that is provided on the SiC single crystal substrate and has an average value of an n-type doping concentration of 1×1018/cm3 or more and 1×1019/cm3 or less, and in-plane uniformity of the doping concentration of 30% or less. |
| US12166085B2 |
Ultrawide bandgap semiconductor devices including magnesium germanium oxides
Various forms of MgxGe1−xO2−x are disclosed, where an epitaxial layer comprises single crystal MgxGe1−xO2−x, with x having a value of 0≤x<1, wherein the single crystal MgxGe1−xO2−x has a crystal symmetry compatible with a substrate or with an underlying layer on which the single crystal MgxGe1−xO2−x is grown. Semiconductor structures and devices comprising the epitaxial layer of MgxGe1−xO2−x are disclosed, along with methods of making the epitaxial layers and semiconductor structures and devices. |
| US12166082B2 |
Silicon carbide semiconductor power transistor and method of manufacturing the same
A silicon carbide semiconductor power transistor and a method of manufacturing the same. The silicon carbide semiconductor power transistor of the disclosure includes a substrate made of silicon carbide (SiC), a drift layer disposed on the substrate, a gate layer formed on the drift layer, a plurality of first and second well pick-up regions disposed in the drift layer, a plurality of source electrodes, and a plurality of contacts. A plurality of V-grooves is formed in the drift layer. A first opening is formed in the gate layer at a bottom of each of the V-grooves, and a second opening is formed in the gate layer at a top of the drift layer between the V-grooves. The plurality of contacts is disposed inside the second opening to be in direct contact with the second well pick-up regions. |
| US12166081B2 |
Semiconductor device-including source and drain regions and superlattice pattern having a pillar shape
A semiconductor device includes; a substrate including a first region and a second region, a first active pattern extending upward from the first region, a first superlattice pattern on the first active pattern, a first active fin centrally disposed on the first active pattern, a first gate electrode disposed on the first active fin, and first source/drain patterns disposed on opposing sides of the first active fin and on the first active pattern. The first superlattice pattern includes at least one first semiconductor layer and at least one first blocker-containing layer, and the first blocker-containing layer includes at least one of oxygen, carbon, fluorine and nitrogen. |
| US12166075B2 |
Method and structure for gate-all-around devices
A method includes providing a substrate, an isolation structure, and a fin extending from the substrate and through the isolation structure. The fin includes a stack of layers having first and second layers that are alternately stacked and have first and second semiconductor materials respectively. A topmost layer of the stack is one of the second layers. The structure further has a sacrificial gate stack engaging a channel region of the fin. The method further includes forming gate spacers and forming sidewall spacers on sidewalls of the fin in a source/drain region of the fin, wherein the sidewall spacers extend above a bottom surface of a topmost one of the first layers. The method further includes etching the fin in the source/drain region, resulting in a source/drain trench; partially recessing the second layers exposed in the source/drain trench, resulting in gaps; and forming dielectric inner spacers inside the gaps. |
| US12166072B2 |
Channel conduction in semiconductor devices
An example apparatus includes a first source/drain region and a second source/drain region formed in a substrate to form an active area of the apparatus. The first source/drain region and the second source/drain region are separated by a channel. The apparatus includes a gate opposing the channel. A sense line is coupled to the first source/drain region and a storage node is coupled to the second source/drain region. An isolation trench is adjacent to the active area. The trench includes a dielectric material with a conductive bias opposing the conductive bias of the channel in the active area. |
| US12166071B2 |
Dielectric fins with air gap and backside self-aligned contact
A semiconductor structure includes a power rail, a dielectric layer over the power rail, a first source/drain feature over the dielectric layer, a via structure extending through the dielectric layer and electrically connecting the first source/drain feature to the power rail, and two dielectric fins disposed on both sides of the first source/drain feature. Each of the dielectric fins includes two seal spacers, a dielectric bottom cover between bottom portions of the seal spacers, a dielectric top cover between top portions of the seal spacers, and an air gap surrounded by the seal spacers, the dielectric bottom cover, and the dielectric top cover. |
| US12166069B2 |
Semiconductor device and manufacturing method thereof
A semiconductor device includes substrate, a first gate structure, a second gate structure, and an epitaxy layer. The first gate structure and the second gate structure are over the substrate, in which the first gate structure and the second gate structure each comprises a shielding electrode, a gate electrode over the shielding electrode, and a first gate dielectric layer vertically separating the shielding electrode from the gate electrode. The epitaxy layer is over the substrate and cups an underside of the first gate structure and the second gate structure, in which the epitaxy layer comprises a doped region laterally between the first gate dielectric layer of the first gate structure and the first gate dielectric layer of the second gate structure, a dopant concentration of the doped region being non-uniform along a lateral direction. |
| US12166063B2 |
Optoelectronic device having an array of germanium-based diodes with low dark current
An optoelectronic device includes an array of germanium-based photodiodes including a stack of semiconductor layers, made from germanium, trenches, and a passivation semiconductor layer, made from silicon. Each photodiode includes a silicon-germanium peripheral zone in the semiconductor portion formed through an interdiffusion of the silicon of the passivation semiconductor layer and of the germanium of the semiconductor portion. |
| US12166058B2 |
Image pickup element, method of manufacturing image pickup element, and electronic apparatus
An image pickup element includes: a semiconductor substrate including a photoelectric conversion section for each pixel; a pixel separation groove provided in the semiconductor substrate; and a fixed charge film provided on a light-receiving surface side of the semiconductor substrate, wherein the fixed charge film includes a first insulating film and a second insulating film, the first insulating film being provided contiguously from the light-receiving surface to a wall surface and a bottom surface of the pixel separation groove, and the second insulating film being provided on a part of the first insulating film, the part corresponding to at least the light-receiving surface. |
| US12166056B2 |
Photoelectric conversion element and photoelectric conversion device
Reflected light from a back-illuminated photoelectric conversion element is to be reduced. The photoelectric conversion element includes an on-chip lens, a substrate, a front-surface-side reflective film, and a back-surface-side reflective film. The on-chip lens condenses incident light. A photoelectric conversion unit that performs photoelectric conversion on the condensed incident light is disposed in the substrate, and the back surface side of the substrate is irradiated with the condensed incident light. The front-surface-side reflective film is disposed on the front surface side that is a different side from the back surface side of the substrate, and reflects transmitted light that is the incident light having passed through the photoelectric conversion unit. The back-surface-side reflective film is disposed on the back surface side of the substrate, has an opening of substantially the same size as the condensing size of the condensed incident light, and further reflects the reflected transmitted light. |
| US12166055B2 |
Image sensing device
An image sensing device for preventing a crosstalk path is disclosed. The image sensing device includes a substrate including a plurality of photoelectric conversion elements, each of which generates and accumulates photocharges corresponding to incident light and a plurality of lenses disposed over the substrate, and arranged to receive the incident light and to direct received incident light to the plurality of photoelectric conversion elements, wherein the plurality of lenses includes a first lens and a second lens that are arranged to contact each other and have different refractive indexes from each other. |
| US12166047B2 |
Display panel and display device
Provided are a display panel and a display device. The display panel includes a base substrate, a first transistor, and a planarization layer. The first transistor includes a first active layer, a first gate, a first source, and a first drain. The planarization layer is located above the first source. In the direction perpendicular to the base substrate, at least one insulating layer and a first organic area are provided between the film layer where the first active layer is located and the planarization layer. An insulating layer in the first organic area is made of organic material and the first organic area is located in a display area. |
| US12166036B2 |
Multi-gate device and related methods
A method of fabricating a semiconductor device includes providing a dummy structure having a plurality of channel layers, an inner spacer disposed between adjacent channels of the plurality of channel layers and at a lateral end of the channel layers, and a gate structure including a gate dielectric layer and a metal layer interposing the plurality of channel layers. The dummy structure is disposed at an active edge adjacent to an active region. A metal gate etching process is performed to remove the metal layer from the gate structure while the gate dielectric layer remains disposed at a channel layer-inner spacer interface. After performing the metal gate etching process, a dry etching process is performed to form a cut region along the active edge. The gate dielectric layer disposed at the channel layer-inner spacer interface prevents the dry etching process from damaging a source/drain feature within the adjacent active region. |
| US12166035B2 |
FinFET with bowl-shaped gate isolation and method
Structures and formation methods of a semiconductor device structure are provided. The semiconductor device structure includes an isolation structure formed over a semiconductor substrate. A first fin structure and a second fin structure extend from the semiconductor substrate and protrude above the isolation structure. A first gate structure is formed across the first fin structure and a second gate structure is formed across the second fin structure. A gate isolation structure is formed between the first fin structure and the second fin structure and separates the first gate structure from the second gate structure. The gate isolation structure includes a bowl-shaped insulating layer that has a first convex sidewall surface adjacent to the first gate structure and a second convex sidewall surface adjacent to the second gate structure. |
| US12166033B2 |
Electronic device
The disclosure provides an electronic device. The electronic device includes a substrate, a transistor, and a variable capacitor. The transistor is disposed on the substrate. The variable capacitor is disposed on the substrate and adjacent to the transistor. A material of the transistor and a material of the variable capacitor both a include a III-V semiconductor material. The electronic device of an embodiment of the disclosure may simplify manufacturing process, reduce costs, or reduce dimensions. |
| US12166032B2 |
Semiconductor structure and method for manufacturing semiconductor structure
A semiconductor structure includes a substrate, a gate dielectric layer and a conductive layer that are stacked, and the gate dielectric layer is located between the substrate and the conductive layer. The substrate includes a semiconductor substrate and an insulating substrate which are arranged on the same layer. The conductive layer includes: a gate conductor layer, a projection of which on the substrate covers the semiconductor substrate, and an external connecting layer, a projection of which on the substrate covers the insulating substrate. A groove is formed on a bottom surface, towards the substrate, of the external connecting layer and the groove is filled with an insulator. |
| US12166028B2 |
Semiconductor structure and method for preparing semiconductor structure
A semiconductor structure and a method for preparing the semiconductor structure are provided. The semiconductor structure includes a substrate, a storage node contact and a capacitor isolating structure. The storage node contact is located on the substrate, and the capacitor isolating structure is located on the substrate, covers a side wall of the storage node contact and includes a first air gap. |
| US12166025B2 |
Semiconductor devices and methods of manufacturing
A method includes forming a redistribution structure including metallization patterns; attaching a semiconductor device to a first side of the redistribution structure; encapsulating the semiconductor device with a first encapsulant; forming openings in the first encapsulant, the openings exposing a metallization pattern of the redistribution structure; forming a conductive material in the openings, comprising at least partially filling the openings with a conductive paste; after forming the conductive material, attaching integrated devices to a second side of the redistribution structure; encapsulating the integrated devices with a second encapsulant; and after encapsulating the integrated devices, forming a pre-solder material on the conductive material. |
| US12166022B2 |
Display device having a bank and manufacturing method thereof
A display device may include a pixel circuit layer. A first electrode and a second electrode may be on the pixel circuit layer and spaced from each other. A first insulating layer may be on the pixel circuit layer, the first electrode, and the second electrode. A conductive pattern may be on the first insulating layer and electrically insulated from the first electrode and the second electrode. The bank may be on the conductive pattern. Light emitting elements may be located on the first insulating layer between the first electrode and the second electrode, and electrically coupled to the first electrode and the second electrode. |
| US12166021B2 |
Micro light emitting device array and method of manufacturing the same preliminary class
Provided is a method of manufacturing a micro light emitting device array. The method includes forming a display transfer structure including a transfer substrate and a plurality of micro light emitting devices, where the transfer substrate includes at least two first alignment marks; preparing a driving circuit board, the driving circuit board including a plurality of driving circuits and at least two second alignment marks, arranging the display transfer structure and the driving circuit board to face each other so that the at least two first alignment marks and the at least two second alignment marks face one another and bonding the plurality of micro light emitting devices of the display transfer structure to the plurality of driving circuits. |
| US12166020B2 |
Display apparatus having display module and method of manufacturing the same
A display module includes a substrate including a mounting surface on which a plurality of inorganic LEDs are mounted and a side surface orthogonal to the mounting surface; a cover which is disposed on the mounting surface, and is configured to cover the mounting surface and extend to an area outside the mounting surface; and a side surface member provided on the side surface, and configured to be bonded to a lower surface of a region of the cover that corresponds to the area outside the mounting surface and to at least a part of the side surface. |
| US12166019B2 |
Self light emitting apparatus, liquid crystal display apparatus, and manufacturing method for self light emitting apparatus
The present disclosure has an object to hinder reduction of a yield due to a failure in an LED element or a mounting failure in a self light emitting apparatus. In a self light emitting apparatus, each pixel includes one basic cell and at least one redundant cell as a subpixel. The redundant cell includes an LED element that emits light of a color the same as at least one LED element out of LED elements included in the basic cell. A plurality of subpixels included in each pixel are configured as a subpixel group being an assembly that includes a plurality of LED elements being integrated. An array pitch of the subpixels in the subpixel group is smaller than an array pitch of the subpixels in adjacent ones of a plurality of subpixel groups. |
| US12166018B2 |
Stretchable display device
A stretchable display device includes a lower substrate; a plurality of first substrates which is disposed on the lower substrate and includes a first area in which a plurality of sub pixel including a display element and a driving element is disposed and a second area excluding the first area; a plurality of second substrates configured to couple adjacent first substrates among the plurality of first substrates; and a plurality of connection lines which are disposed on the plurality of second substrates and are configured to couple the plurality of sub pixels, and in the second area, a first contact pad and a second contact pad are disposed and the first contact pad and the second contact pad are coupled to the plurality of connection lines via a plurality of contact holes. |
| US12166014B2 |
Manufacturing method of package
A manufacturing method of a package includes at least the following steps. Contact vias are embedded in a semiconductor carrier. The contact vias are electrically grounded. A first die and a first encapsulant are provided over the semiconductor carrier. The first encapsulant encapsulates the first die. First through insulating vias (TIV) are formed aside the first die. The first TIVs are electrically grounded through the contact vias. The first die, the first encapsulant, and the first TIVs are grinded. A second die is stacked over the first die. |
| US12166010B2 |
Semiconductor package and method of manufacturing the same
A semiconductor package includes a substrate, an interposer on the substrate, a semiconductor chip stack on the interposer, a silicon capacitor layer on the interposer, a first semiconductor chip on the silicon capacitor layer, and a molding layer at least partially surrounding side surfaces of the semiconductor chip stack, the silicon capacitor layer and the first semiconductor chip. The semiconductor chip stack and the first semiconductor chip are laterally spaced apart from each other. A top surface of the first semiconductor chip is coplanar with a top surface of the molding layer and a top surface of the semiconductor chip stack. |
| US12166007B2 |
Semiconductor package
A semiconductor package includes: a base substrate; a semiconductor chip stack including a plurality of semiconductor chips stacked on the base substrate in a first direction and each having an upper surface on which a plurality of pads are disposed; and bonding wire structures electrically connecting the base substrate and the semiconductor chips. The semiconductor chip stack includes a lower semiconductor chip stack and an upper semiconductor chip stack on the lower semiconductor chip stack. The plurality of semiconductor chips include a first semiconductor chip at an uppermost portion of the lower semiconductor chip stack and second semiconductor chips. The plurality of pads include first pads, aligned in a second direction, and second pads, spaced apart from the first pads in a third direction. The first pad on the first semiconductor chip, has an area larger than an area of each of the first pads on the second semiconductor chips. |
| US12166006B2 |
Bonding wire for semiconductor devices
A bonding wire includes a core material of Cu or Cu alloy, and a coating layer containing a conductive metal other than Cu on a surface of the core material. In a concentration profile in a depth direction of the wire obtained, an average value of sum of a Pd concentration CPd (atomic %) and an Ni concentration CNi (atomic %) for measurement points in the coating layer is 50 atomic % or more, an average value of a ratio of CPd to CNi for measurement points in the coating layer is from 0.2 to 20 and a thickness of the coating layer is from 20 nm to 180 nm. An Au concentration CAu at a surface of the wire is from 10 atomic % to 85 atomic %. An average size of crystal grains in a circumferential direction of the wire is from 35 nm to 200 nm. |
| US12166004B2 |
Solder thermal interface material (STIM) with dopant
Embodiments may relate to a microelectronic package comprising that includes a solder thermal interface material (STIM). The STIM may include indium and a dopant material which may provide a number of benefits to the STIM. The STIM may physically and thermally couple a die and an integrated heat spreader (IHS). Other embodiments may be described or claimed. |
| US12165996B2 |
Bond pad with enhanced reliability
The present disclosure, in some embodiments, relates to an integrated chip. The integrated chip includes a plurality of interconnects disposed within a dielectric structure over a substrate. A conductor is disposed over at least one of the plurality of interconnects. A protective layer is disposed on the conductor and a mask layer is disposed on the protective layer. One or more passivation layers are disposed on the mask layer. The protective layer, the mask layer, and the one or more passivation layers respectively have one or more sidewalls directly over the conductor. |
| US12165993B2 |
Semiconductor device
A semiconductor device has a semiconductor substrate, a first insulating layer, a first inductor, a second insulating layer, a second inductor, a pad and an annular wiring. The first insulating layer is formed on the semiconductor substrate. The first inductor is directly formed on the first insulating layer. The second insulating layer is formed on the first insulating layer such that the second insulating layer covers the first inductor. The second inductor is directly formed on the second insulating layer such that the second inductor faces the first inductor. The pad is directly formed on the second insulating layer. The pad is electrically connected with the second inductor. The annular wiring is electrically connected with the pad. The annular wiring is spaced apart from the second inductor. The annular wiring surrounds the second inductor without forming a vertex in plan view. |
| US12165986B2 |
Semiconductor package using cavity substrate and manufacturing methods
A semiconductor package includes a cavity substrate, a semiconductor die, and an encapsulant. The cavity substrate includes a redistribution structure and a cavity layer on an upper surface of the redistribution structure. The redistribution structure includes pads on the upper surface, a lower surface, and sidewalls adjacent the upper surface and the lower surface. The cavity layer includes an upper surface, a lower surface, sidewalls adjacent the upper surface and the lower surface, and a cavity that exposes pads of the redistribution structure. The semiconductor die is positioned in the cavity. The semiconductor die includes a first surface, a second surface, sidewalls adjacent the first surface and the second surface, and attachment structures that are operatively coupled to the exposed pads. The encapsulant encapsulates the semiconductor die in the cavity and covers sidewalls of the redistribution structure. |
| US12165983B2 |
Stepped electronic substrate for integrated circuit packages
An integrated circuit assembly may be formed comprising a stepped electronic substrate having a first surface and an opposing second surface, wherein the first surface comprises a first surface portion or lower step and a second surface portion or upper step. At least one integrated circuit device may be electrically attached to the first surface portion of the first surface of the stepped electronic substrate and an anisotropic conductive layer on the second surface portion of the first surface of stepped electronic substrate. The anisotropic conductive layer may be used to electrically couple the integrated circuit assembly with an additional integrated circuit assembly. |
| US12165981B2 |
3D semiconductor package with die-mounted voltage regulator
A semiconductor package includes a package substrate having a first surface and an opposing second surface, and further includes an integrated circuit (IC) die disposed at the second surface and having a third surface facing the second surface and an opposing fourth surface. The IC die has a first region comprising one or more metal layers and circuit components for one or more functions of the IC die and a second region offset from the first region in a direction parallel with the third and fourth surfaces. The semiconductor package further includes a voltage regulator disposed at the fourth surface in the second region and having an input configured to receive a supply voltage and an output configured to provide a regulated voltage, and also includes a conductive path coupling the output of the voltage regulator to a voltage input of circuitry of the IC die. |
| US12165975B2 |
Method of forming interconnect structure having a barrier layer
A method of manufacturing an interconnect structure includes forming an opening through a dielectric layer. The opening exposes a top surface of a first conductive feature. The method further includes forming a barrier layer on sidewalls of the opening, passivating the exposed top surface of the first conductive feature with a treatment process, forming a liner layer over the barrier layer, and filling the opening with a conductive material. The liner layer may include ruthenium. |
| US12165967B2 |
Interconnection structure and manufacturing method thereof and semiconductor structure
The present disclosure provides an interconnection structure and a manufacturing method thereof and a semiconductor structure, and relates to the technical field of semiconductors. The interconnection structure includes a substrate, a dielectric layer arranged on the substrate and an insulation layer, wherein a plurality of wires are arranged in the dielectric layer at intervals; a recess is arranged in a portion, between adjacent wires, of the dielectric layer, and a bottom of the recess exposes a surface of the substrate; and the insulation layer includes an extension portion extending into the recess, and a gap is arranged between the extension portion and the substrate. |
| US12165962B2 |
Hermetic sealing structures in microelectronic assemblies having direct bonding
Disclosed herein are microelectronic assemblies including microelectronic components coupled by direct bonding, and related structures and techniques. In some embodiments, a microelectronic assembly may include a first microelectronic component including a first guard ring extending through at least a portion of a thickness of and along a perimeter; a second microelectronic component including a second guard ring extending through at least a portion of a thickness of and along a perimeter, where the first and second microelectronic components are coupled by direct bonding; and a seal ring formed by coupling the first guard ring to the second guard ring. In some embodiments, a microelectronic assembly may include a microelectronic component coupled to an interposer that includes a first liner material at a first surface; a second liner material at an opposing second surface; and a perimeter wall through the interposer and connected to the first and second liner materials. |
| US12165961B2 |
Semiconductor package structure
A semiconductor package structure having a frontside redistribution layer, a stacking structure disposed over the frontside redistribution layer and having a first semiconductor die and a second semiconductor die over the first semiconductor die. A backside redistribution layer is disposed over the stacking structure, a first intellectual property (IP) core is disposed in the stacking structure and electrically coupled to the frontside redistribution layer through a first routing channel. A second IP core is disposed in the stacking structure and is electrically coupled to the backside redistribution layer through a second routing channel, wherein the second routing channel is different from the first routing channel and electrically insulated from the frontside redistribution layer. |
| US12165960B2 |
Semiconductor device
A semiconductor device includes a semiconductor element circuit, a conductive support and a sealing resin. The conductive support includes a die pad, first terminals spaced in a first direction, second terminals spaced in the first direction and opposite to the first terminals in a second direction perpendicular to the first direction, and a support terminal connected to the die pad. The sealing resin encapsulates portions of the first and second terminals, a portion of the support terminal, the semiconductor element circuit and the die pad. The sealing resin has two first side surfaces spaced apart in the second direction and two second side surfaces spaced apart in the first direction. The first terminals and second terminals are exposed from the first side surfaces, while none of the elements of the conductive support is exposed from the second side surfaces. |
| US12165952B2 |
Interposer directly bonded to bonding pads on a plurality of dies
A semiconductor package includes a semiconductor substrate, a plurality of first dies, a plurality of thermal conductive patterns and an interposer. The first dies are bonded to the semiconductor substrate. The thermal conductive patterns are bonded to the semiconductor substrate. The interposer is bonded to the first dies, and the first dies and the thermal conductive patterns are disposed between the semiconductor substrate and the interposer. |
| US12165951B2 |
RF devices with enhanced performance and methods of forming the same
The present disclosure relates to a radio frequency device that includes a device region with a back-end-of-line (BEOL) portion and a front-end-of-line (FEOL) portion, first bump structures, a first mold compound, and a second mold compound. The FEOL portion includes an active layer, a contact layer, and isolation sections. Herein, the active layer and the isolation sections reside over the contact layer, and the active layer is surrounded by the isolation sections. The BEOL portion is formed underneath the FEOL portion, and the first bump structures and the first mold compound are formed underneath the BEOL portion. Each first bump structure is partially encapsulated by the first mold compound, and electrically coupled to the FEOL portion via connecting layers within the BEOL portion. The second mold compound resides over the active layer without a silicon material, which has a resistivity between 5 Ohm-cm and 30000 Ohm-cm, in between. |
| US12165950B2 |
Power semiconductor component and method for producing a power semiconductor component
A power semiconductor component includes at least one power semiconductor device disposed within a housing and a heat sink having an area a exposed on a first surface of the housing. A wiring substrate has a first main surface and a second main surface. A heat dissipation region with increased thermal conductivity is disposed on the second main surface. The heat dissipation region has an area A on the second main surface, and a |
| US12165946B2 |
Semiconductor package and manufacturing method thereof
A semiconductor package and a manufacturing method thereof are provided. The semiconductor package includes a first semiconductor die, a second semiconductor die, a molding compound, a heat dissipation module and an adhesive material. The first and second semiconductor dies are different types of dies and are disposed side by side. The molding compound encloses the first and second semiconductor dies. The heat dissipation module is located directly on and in contact with the back sides of the first and second semiconductor dies. The adhesive material is filled and contacted between the heat dissipation module and the molding compound. The semiconductor package has a central region and a peripheral region surrounding the central region. The first and second semiconductor dies are located within the central region. A sidewall of the heat dissipation module, a sidewall of the adhesive material and a sidewall of the molding compound are substantially coplanar. |
| US12165942B2 |
Integrated circuit packages with cavities and methods of manufacturing the same
Integrated circuit packaging with cavities and methods of manufacturing the same are disclosed. An example apparatus includes a semiconductor die and a housing enclosing portions of the semiconductor die. The housing defines an opening that extends from a surface of the semiconductor die to an external environment, the housing formed of a first material. The example apparatus includes a second material disposed within the opening to block exposure of the semiconductor die to the external environment. |
| US12165941B2 |
Semiconductor device and method of manufacture
An integrated fan out package is utilized in which the dielectric materials of different redistribution layers are utilized to integrate the integrated fan out package process flows with other package applications. In some embodiments an Ajinomoto or prepreg material is utilized as the dielectric in at least some of the overlying redistribution layers. |
| US12165939B2 |
Fluidic flow channel over active surface of a die
Provided herein include various examples of an apparatus, a sensor system and examples of a method for manufacturing aspects of an apparatus, a sensor system. The apparatus may include a die. The apparatus may also include a substrate comprising a cavity. The die may be oriented in a portion of the cavity in the substrate, where the orientation defines a first space in the cavity adjacent to a first edge of the upper surface of the die and a second space in the cavity adjacent to the second edge of the upper surface of the die. The apparatus may further include fluidics fan-out regions comprising a first cured material deposited in the first space and the second space, a surface of the fluidics fan-out regions being contiguous with the upper surface of the die. |
| US12165938B2 |
Semiconductor package, resin molded product, and method of molding resin molded product
A semiconductor package includes a flat plate-shaped terminal integrally formed with a housing portion for a semiconductor chip and a rod-shaped terminal pin that penetrates through a through-hole of the plate-shaped terminal. On a surface of the plate-shaped terminal, a resin guide portion for guiding the terminal pin to the through-hole of the plate-shaped terminal is provided. The resin guide portion is a portion of the housing portion and has a through-hole that is continuous with the through-hole of the plate-shaped terminal. During assembly of the semiconductor package, the terminal pin is inserted into the through-hole of the plate-shaped terminal, via the through-hole of the resin guide portion. A sidewall of the through-hole of the resin guide portion and a sidewall of the through-hole of the plate-shaped terminal have a same slope and form a single continuous surface; a border between the through-hole of the resin guide portion and the through-hole of the plate-shaped terminal is free of any step. |
| US12165937B2 |
Optical diagnostics of semiconductor process using hyperspectral imaging
Disclosed are embodiments of an improved apparatus and system, and associated methods for optically diagnosing a semiconductor manufacturing process. A hyperspectral imaging system is used to acquire spectrally-resolved images of emissions from the plasma, in a plasma processing system. Acquired hyperspectral images may be used to determine the chemical composition of the plasma and the plasma process endpoint. Alternatively, a hyperspectral imaging system is used to acquire spectrally-resolved images of a substrate before, during, or after processing, to determine properties of the substrate or layers and features formed on the substrate, including whether a process endpoint has been reached; or before or after processing, for inspecting the substrate condition. |
| US12165936B2 |
End point control in etching processes
A method includes determining a target etching depth for etching a plurality of dielectric regions in a wafer. The wafer includes a plurality of protruding semiconductor fins and the plurality of dielectric regions between the plurality of protruding semiconductor fins. The method further includes etching the plurality of dielectric regions, projecting a light beam on the wafer, and generating a spectrum from a reflected light reflected from the wafer, determining an end point for etching based on the spectrum. The end point is an expected time point. The plurality of dielectric regions are etched to the target etching depth. The etching of the plurality of dielectric regions is stopped at the end point. |
| US12165934B2 |
Substrate processing monitoring
A method for processing a substrate within a processing chamber comprises receiving a first radiation signal corresponding to a film on a target element disposed within the processing chamber, analyzing the first radiation signal, and controlling the processing of the substrate based on the analyzed first radiation signal. The processing chamber includes a substrate support configured to support the substrate within a processing volume and a controller coupled to a first sensing device configured to receive the first radiation signal. |
| US12165931B2 |
Method and device for measuring semiconductor multilayer structure based on second harmonic
A measuring method and device based on the second harmonic for the whole area measurement of a wafer comprises three modes: a fixed-point measurement, a scanning measurement, and a combination of the fixed-point measurement and the scanning measurement. The scanning measurement solution measures the entire wafer under the premise of ensuring high measurement efficiency, obtain the position, size and relative density distribution of electrical defects, and achieve locating and checking of abnormal points on the wafer. A new formula system is provided for describing the second harmonic signal, so that the actual measurement results and the theoretical model are unified under the three modes of the fixed-point measurement, the scanning measurement, and the combination of fixed-point measurement and scanning measurement, so that the second harmonic metrology technology is no longer only a qualitative analysis method, but also a quantitative analysis method. |
| US12165930B2 |
Adaptive modeling misregistration measurement system and method
An adaptive modeling method for generating misregistration data for a semiconductor device wafer (SDW) including calculating a fitting function for a group of SDWs (GSDW) having units, including measuring an SDW in said GSDW, thereby generating test data sets corresponding to the units, removing non-unit-specific values (NUSVs) from the test data sets, thereby generating cleaned test data sets, and analyzing the cleaned test data sets, thereby generating the fitting function, and generating misregistration data for at least one additional SDW (ASDW) in the GSDW, including measuring the ASDW, thereby generating run data sets, removing NUSVs from the run data sets, thereby generating cleaned run data sets, fitting each of the cleaned run data sets to the fitting function, thereby generating coefficient sets, and calculating misregistration data for the ASDW, at least partially based on the fitting function and the coefficient sets. |
| US12165917B2 |
Integrated circuit interconnect structures with ultra-thin metal chalcogenide barrier materials
Integrated circuit interconnect structures including an interconnect metallization feature with a barrier material comprising a metal and a chalcogen. Introduction of the chalcogen may improve diffusion barrier properties at a given barrier material layer thickness with increasing the barrier layer thickness. A barrier material, such as TaN, may be deposited at minimal thickness, and doped with a chalcogen before or after one or more fill materials are deposited over the barrier material. During thermal processing mobile chalcogen impurities may collect within regions within the barrier material to high enough concentrations for at least a portion of the barrier material to be converted into a metal chalcogenide layer. The metal chalcogenide layer may have greater crystallinity than a remainder of the barrier layer. |
| US12165911B2 |
Method for forming a semiconductor-on-insulator (SOI) substrate
Various embodiments of the present application are directed towards a method for forming a semiconductor-on-insulator (SOI) substrate with a thick device layer and a thick insulator layer. In some embodiments, the method includes forming an insulator layer covering a handle substrate, and epitaxially forming a device layer on a sacrificial substrate. The sacrificial substrate is bonded to a handle substrate, such that the device layer and the insulator layer are between the sacrificial and handle substrates, and the sacrificial substrate is removed. The removal includes performing an etch into the sacrificial substrate until the device layer is reached. Because the device layer is formed by epitaxy and transferred to the handle substrate, the device layer may be formed with a large thickness. Further, because the epitaxy is not affected by the thickness of the insulator layer, the insulator layer may be formed with a large thickness. |
| US12165910B2 |
Manufacturing method for semiconductor structure
A manufacturing method for a semiconductor structure includes: patterning and etching a semiconductor substrate to form a concave region; forming a first protective layer on a surface of the semiconductor substrate, the surface of the semiconductor substrate being a surface of a non-etched region except the concave region; forming an isolation structure in the concave region; and removing the first protective layer on the surface of the semiconductor substrate. |
| US12165904B2 |
Component manufacturing device and component manufacturing method
In order to provide a component manufacturing apparatus and a component manufacturing method that can normally chuck and fix a component holding film to a chuck table in a heated state, the present component manufacturing apparatus 1 includes a chucking and fixing means 20 that chucks and fixes a component holding film to a heated chucking surface 21a, and a preventing means 30 that prevents heat convection, occurring on the chucking surface 21a, from contacting the film. The present component manufacturing method includes a setting step of chucking and fixing the film to the heated chucking surface 21a, and the setting step includes a preventing step of preventing heat convection, occurring on the chucking surface 21a, from contacting the film. |
| US12165899B2 |
Bipolar electrostatic chuck for etch chamber
Embodiments of bipolar electrostatic chucks are provided herein. In some embodiments, a bipolar electrostatic chuck includes a ceramic plate; a plurality of electrodes disposed in the ceramic plate, wherein the plurality of electrodes include one or more positive electrodes arranged in a first pattern and one or more negative electrodes arranged in a second pattern; an aluminum base plate coupled to the ceramic plate; a positive conduit extending through the aluminum base plate and electrically coupled to the one or more positive electrodes, and a negative conduit extending through the aluminum base plate and electrically coupled to the one or more negative electrodes; and a first insulative tube disposed about each of the positive conduit and the negative conduit. |
| US12165894B2 |
Processing method, method of manufacturing semiconductor, and substrate processing apparatus
Described is a technique capable of optimizing a timing of a maintenance process. According to one aspect, there is a method of manufacturing a semiconductor device including: (a) transferring a substrate to a process chamber, and performing substrate processing; (b) receiving maintenance reservation information of the process chamber; (c) continuously performing the substrate processing related to the received maintenance reservation information, stopping a next substrate from being transferred into the process chamber after the substrate processing is completed, and thereafter setting the process chamber to the maintenance enable state; (d-1) receiving an instruction of advancing or delaying the maintenance timing within a predetermined range; and (d-2) starting the next substrate processing without setting the process chamber to the maintenance enable state when the instruction of delaying the maintenance timing is received in (d-1), and terminating the substrate processing when the instruction of advancing the maintenance timing is received in (d-1). |
| US12165893B2 |
Substrate processing system and transfer method
A substrate processing system includes a vacuum transfer module; a plasma process module; a transfer robot in the vacuum transfer module; a stage in the plasma process module; a first ring disposed on the stage and a second ring disposed on the first ring to surround a substrate that is placed on the stage, the second ring having an inner diameter smaller than an inner diameter of the first ring; actuators to move support pins vertically to raise the first and the second rings and a transfer jig; and a controller configured to selectively execute a simultaneous transfer mode in which the transfer robot is caused to simultaneously transfer the first ring and the second ring and a sole transfer mode in which the transfer robot is caused to transfer only the second ring. |
| US12165890B2 |
Dispenser for micro LED suspension and method of transferring micro LED
Provided is a dispenser for a solution including a reservoir configured to hold a suspension of micro light-emitting diodes (LEDs) suspended in a solvent; a stirrer configured to stir the suspension in the reservoir; a discharge path including a first valve configured to control outflow of the suspension from the reservoir; a filling path including a second valve configured to control inflow of the suspension into the reservoir; a hydraulic path including a third valve configured to control a pressure inside the reservoir; and a washing path connected to the first valve and configured to input a washing fluid for washing the discharge path into the discharge path, wherein the first valve includes a multi-way valve configured to selectively connect the discharge path to one of the reservoir and the washing path. |
| US12165889B2 |
Optical heating device
An optical heating device for heating a substrate includes: a chamber for accommodating the substrate; a support member for supporting the substrate in the chamber; a flash lamp disposed to face a first main surface of the substrate supported by the support member; a plurality of LED elements for emitting light from outside a flash light irradiation space that is sandwiched between the substrate supported by the support member and the flash lamp, the light traveling toward the first main surface of the substrate or a second main surface of the substrate that is the opposite side of the first main surface; and a light blocking member disposed between the flash lamp and a plurality of the LED elements in a separating direction, and outside the flash light irradiation space, for blocking the light emitted from the flash lamp and traveling toward a plurality of the LED elements. |
| US12165881B2 |
Methods and systems of forming metal interconnect layers using engineered templates
Described herein are methods and systems for forming metal interconnect layers (MILs) on engineered templates and transferring these MILs to device substrates. This “off-device” approach of forming MILs reduces the complexity and costs of the overall process, allows using semiconductor processes, and reduces the risk of damaging the device substrates. An engineered template is specially configured to release a MIL when the MIL is transferred to a device substrate. In some examples, the engineered template does not include barrier layers and/or adhesion layers. In some examples, the engineered template comprises a conductive portion to assist with selective electroplating. Furthermore, the same engineered template may be reused to form multiple MILs, having the same design. During the transfer, the engineered template and device substrate are stacked together and then separated while the MIL is transitioned from the engineered template to the device substrate. |
| US12165878B2 |
Semiconductor mask reshaping using a sacrificial layer
Provided herein are methods and related apparatus for mask reconstruction in an etch process. The methods involve depositing a sacrificial layer on the mask layer. The sacrificial layer may be used to protect portions of the mask layer during reshaping by inhibiting etching of or deposition on the mask layer position on the mask layer. Following mask reshaping, the sacrificial layer may be removed using the same etch process that is used to etch the target material. |
| US12165877B2 |
Methods for etching a material layer for semiconductor applications
An apparatus and method for etching a material layer with a cyclic etching and deposition process. The method for etching a material layer on a substrate includes: (a) etching at least a portion of a material layer (302) on a substrate (101) in an etch chamber (100) to form an open feature (360) having a bottom surface (312) and sidewalls in the material layer (302); (b) forming a protection layer (314) on the sidewalls and the bottom surface (312) of the open feature (360) from a protection layer (314) gas mixture comprising at least one carbon-fluorine containing gas; (c) selectively removing the protection layer (314) formed on the bottom surface (312) of the open feature (360) from a bottom surface (312) open gas mixture comprising the carbon-fluorine containing gas; and (d) continuingly etching the material layer (302) from the bottom surface (312) of the open feature (360) until a desired depth of the open feature (360) is reached. |
| US12165875B2 |
Semiconductor device and methods of formation
Recesses may be formed in portions of an ILD layer of a semiconductor device in a highly uniform manner. Uniformity in depths of the recesses may be increased by configuring flows of gases in an etch tool to promote uniformity of etch rates (and thus, etch depth) across the semiconductor device, from semiconductor device to semiconductor device, and/or from wafer to wafer. In particular, the flow rates of gases at various inlets of the etch tool may be optimized to provide recess depth tuning, which increases the process window for forming the recesses in the portions of the ILD layer. In this way, the increased uniformity of the recesses in the portions of the ILD layer enables highly uniform capping layers to be formed in the recesses. |
| US12165870B2 |
Chemical amplification methods and techniques for developable bottom anti-reflective coatings and dyed implant resists
The disclosure herein describes methods for Photosensitized Chemically Amplified Resist Chemicals (PS-CAR) to pattern light sensitive films (e.g., photoresist on anti-reflective coatings) on a semiconductor substrate. In one embodiment, a two-step exposure process may generate higher acid concentration regions within a photoresist layer. The PS-CAR chemicals may include photoacid generators (PAGs) and photosensitizer elements that enhance the decomposition of the PAGs into acid. The first exposure may be a patterned EUV or UV exposure that generates an initial amount of acid and photosensitizer. The second exposure may be a non-EUV flood exposure that excites the photosensitizer which increases the acid generation rate where the photosensitizer is located in the film stack. The distribution of energy during the exposures may be optimized by using certain characteristics (e.g., thickness, index of refraction, doping) of the photoresist layer, an underlying layer, and/or an overlying layer. |
| US12165864B2 |
Ultraviolet light-emitting module and disinfecting system
Modules, systems and methods that disinfect surfaces using ultraviolet (UV) light are disclosed. In one aspect, a UV light-emitting module comprises an enclosure comprising a rear wall and a face plate spaced from the rear wall and comprising a light-transmitting aperture. At least one sidewall extends between the rear wall and the face plate, and at least one UV light emitter is within the enclosure. A ventilation opening is located in one or more walls selected from (1) the rear wall and (2) the at least one sidewall. |
| US12165860B2 |
Two dimensional MS/MS acquisition modes
A method of mass spectrometry is disclosed comprising performing a plurality of experimental runs, wherein each experimental run comprises: periodically mass analysing fragment or product ions at a plurality of time intervals, wherein a delay time is provided between the start of the experimental run and the first time interval at which the fragment or product ions are mass analysed. Different delay times are provided in different ones of the experimental runs and fragment or product ions that have been analysed in the same time interval in at least one of said experimental runs and that have been analysed in different time intervals in at least one other of said experimental runs are identified as fragment or product ions of interest. These fragment or product ions are thus determined to relate to different precursor ions and are used to identify their respective precursor ions. |
| US12165856B2 |
Inductively coupled plasma light source
A plasma chamber for a UV light source includes a plasma generation region that defines a plasma confinement region. A port is positioned adjacent to a side of the plasma generation region that allows generated light to pass out of the chamber. A high voltage region is coupled to the plasma generation region. A grounded region is coupled to the high voltage region that defines an outer surface configured to be coupled to the ground and is dimensioned for receiving a surrounding inductive core. A width of the high voltage region is greater than the width of the grounded region. |
| US12165855B2 |
Ceramic heater
A ceramic heater includes an AlN ceramic substrate having a wafer placement surface in which, from a position closer to the wafer placement surface, a plasma-generation RF electrode and a heater electrode are embedded in this order so as to be separated from each other. The AlN ceramic substrate includes an AlN ceramic high-resistivity layer disposed between the RF electrode and the heater electrode, and an AlN ceramic low-resistivity layer other than the high-resistivity layer. The high-resistivity layer and the low-resistivity layer each contain Si, Mg, and Ti. The high-resistivity layer has higher Mg and Ti contents and a higher volume resistivity than the low-resistivity layer. |
| US12165853B2 |
Ceramic sintered body and member for plasma processing apparatus
The ceramic sintered body of the present disclosure has yttrium oxide as a main component and contains yttrium silicate, and a ratio (I1/I0) of a maximum peak intensity I1 of yttrium silicate having a diffraction angle 2θ of 30° to 32° with respect to a maximum intensity Io of yttrium oxide having a diffraction angle 2θ of 28° to 30°, which is obtained by an X-ray diffraction method, is 0.03 or more and 0.12 or less. The member for the plasma processing apparatus is made of the ceramic sintered body, its inside is a cylindrical body which serves as a flow path for a plasma generating gas, and an inner peripheral surface of the cylindrical body contains a larger amount of yttrium silicate than an outer peripheral surface thereof. |
| US12165852B2 |
Cover ring to mitigate carbon contamination in plasma doping chamber
A plasma doping system including a plasma doping chamber, a platen mounted in the plasma doping chamber for supporting a workpiece, a source of ionizable gas coupled to the chamber, the ionizable gas containing a desired dopant for implantation into the workpiece, a plasma source for producing a plasma having a plasma sheath in a vicinity of the workpiece, the plasma containing positive ions of the ionizable gas, and accelerating said positive ions across the plasma sheath toward the platen for implantation into the workpiece, a shield ring surrounding the platen and adapted to extend the plasma sheath beyond an edge of the workpiece, and a cover ring disposed on top of the shield ring and adapted to mitigate sputtering of the shield ring, wherein the cover ring comprises a crystalline base layer and a non-crystalline top layer. |
| US12165843B2 |
Fleetwide impedance tuning performance optimization
Embodiments disclosed herein include a method for field adjusting calibrating factors of a plurality of RF impedance matches for control of a plurality of plasma chambers. In an embodiment, the method comprises collecting and storing in a memory data from operation of the plurality of RF impedance matches, and finding a tune space for each of the plurality of RF impedance matches from the collected data. In an embodiment, the method further comprises finding adjustments to account for variability in each of the plurality of RF impedance matches, finding adjustments to variable tuning elements of the plurality of RF impedance matches to account for time varying and process related load impedances, and the method further comprises obtaining operating windows for the variable tuning elements in the plurality of RF impedance matches. |
| US12165834B2 |
Method and apparatus for Schottky TFE inspection
The present disclosure is related to a Schottky thermal field (TFE) source for emitting an electron beam. Electron optics can adjust a shape of the electron beam before the electron beam impacts a scintillator screen. Thereafter, the scintillator screen generates an emission image in the form of light. An emission image can be adjusted and captured by a camera sensor in a camera at a desired magnification to create a final image of the Schottky TFE source's tip. The final image can be displayed and analyzed to for defects. |
| US12165833B2 |
System and methods for automated processing of multiple samples in a BIB system
Systems and methods for efficiently processing multiple samples with a BIB system, are disclosed. An example method for efficiently processing multiple samples with a BIB system according to the present invention comprises removing an individual sample holder containing a sample from a storage location within the BIB system, wherein the BIB system includes multiple sample holders positioned in one or more storage locations, loading the individual sample holder onto a sample stage configured to hold the sample holder during polishing of the corresponding sample held by the individual sample holder, and causing a BIB source to emit a broad ion beam towards the sample, wherein the broad ion beam removes at least a portion of the sample upon which it is incident. Once a desired portion of the sample is removed, the sample holder is removed from the sample stage and loaded back into the storage location. |
| US12165832B2 |
Systems and methods for performing sample lift-out for highly reactive materials
Methods and systems for performing sample lift-out and protective cap placement for highly reactive materials within charged particle microscopy systems are disclosed herein. Methods include preparing a nesting void in a support structure, translating at least a portion of a sample into the nesting void, and milling material from a region of the support structure that defines the nesting void. The material from the region of the support structure is milled such that at least some of the removed material redeposits to form an attachment bond between the sample and a remaining portion of the support structure. In various embodiments, the sample can then be investigated using one or more of serial sectioning tomography on the sample, enhanced insertable backscatter detector (CBS) analysis on the sample, and electron backscatter diffraction (EBSD) analysis on the sample. |
| US12165830B2 |
Multiple charged-particle beam apparatus with low crosstalk
Systems and methods of enhancing imaging resolution by reducing crosstalk between detection elements of a secondary charged-particle detector in a multi-beam apparatus are disclosed. The multi-beam apparatus may comprise an electro-optical system comprising a beam-limit aperture plate having a surface substantially perpendicular to an optical axis, the beam-limit aperture plate comprising a first aperture at a first distance relative to the surface of the beam-limit aperture plate, and a second aperture at a second distance relative to the surface of the beam-limit aperture plate, the second distance being different from the first distance. The first aperture may be a part of a first set of apertures of the beam-limit aperture plate at the first distance, and the second aperture may be a part of a second set of apertures of the beam-limit aperture plate at the second distance. |
| US12165827B2 |
X-ray generation device
An X-ray generation device includes: an electron gun that emits an electron beam; a target portion in which a plurality of elongated targets that generate an X-ray because of incidence of the electron beam are disposed parallel to each other; a housing that accommodates the electron gun and the target portion; and an X-ray emission window provided in the housing to emit the X-ray generated in the target portion, to an outside of the housing. The targets are disposed on the target portion to face the electron gun at a predetermined inclination angle with respect to an emission axis of the electron beam. The X-ray emission window is disposed at a position where the X-ray generated in a direction perpendicular to the target portion is transmittable through the X-ray emission window, to face the target portion at a predetermined inclination angle. |
| US12165826B1 |
Hybrid Halbach permanent and electro magnet array for harmonic gyrotrons
A non-cryogenic electro-permanent magnet for use in a gyrotron comprises a plurality of toroidal-shaped sets of electromagnet coils and a plurality of toroidal-shaped permanent magnets, each permanent magnet comprising a plurality of arc segment blocks. Each set of the coils is separated from an adjacent set of the coils by one or more of the permanent magnets disposed between the adjacent sets of coils, such that the coils and the permanent magnets are arranged concentrically to form an open central bore. A combination of magnetic fields in the permanent magnets and magnetic fields in the coils generates a substantially uniform axial magnetic field in the bore. |
| US12165820B2 |
Electrical contactless switch
An electrical contactless switch that includes a housing, a moveable element and a magnetic field sensor. The moveable element is made of a ferromagnetic material and is slidably mounted in the housing. The moveable element is adapted to move relative to the housing between a resting position and an engaged position, the moveable element is elastically biased towards the resting position. The moveable element includes a plurality of magnetized legs spaced from each other and at least part of the magnetized legs is slidably guided in the housing. The magnetic field sensor is secured to the housing and positioned to face the plurality of magnetized legs. The magnetic sensor is configured to detect a magnetic field generated by the magnetized legs as the moveable element is in the engaged position. The moveable element is closer to the magnetic field sensor in the engaged position than in the resting position. |
| US12165818B1 |
Keyboard having a stabilizer mechanism, key stabilizer mechanism, and method
Presently provided is a keyboard, key stabilizer mechanism, and method. At least one of the keys on the keyboard has a stabilizer mechanism with spaced apart bases. A stem is supported on each of the bases with perpendicularly disposed hinges. A wire is disposed to cooperate with a hinge supporting each of the stems. |
| US12165816B2 |
Perovskite solar cell with silicon dioxide antireflection layer
A three-tandem (3T) perovskite/silicon (PVT)-based tandem solar cell (TSC) includes an antireflection coating (ARC), a first transparent conductive oxide layer (TCO), a hole transport layer (HTL), a perovskite (PVT) layer, a second transparent conductive oxide layer (TCO), an electron transport layer (ETL), a plurality of buried contacts, a p-type Si layer, a p-type wafer-based homo-junction silicon solar cell, a n+ silicon layer, a back contact layer. The solar cell further includes a top sub-cell, a bottom sub-cell and a middle contact-based tandem. The top sub-cell includes the PVT layer. The bottom sub-cell includes the silicon solar cell. The middle contact-based tandem includes the second TCO layer to be used as the middle contact-based tandem, as well as a recombination layer for current collection. Further, a conduction and a valence band edge are employed at a front surface of the ETL. |
| US12165814B2 |
Solid electrolytic capacitor
A solid electrolytic capacitor that includes: a capacitor element including an anode body connected to an anode lead, a dielectric layer on a surface of the anode body, and a cathode layer opposite to the anode body via the dielectric layer; an exterior resin covering the capacitor element; a first external electrode terminal on a first outer surface of the exterior resin and electrically connected to the anode body; a second external electrode terminal on a second outer surface of the exterior resin and electrically connected to the cathode layer; and a resin layer having a lower filler content than the exterior resin and covering at least a portion of an outer periphery of the anode lead between the first outer surface of the exterior resin and the anode body. |
| US12165812B2 |
Multilayer ceramic capacitor
In a multilayer ceramic capacitor, a proportion of a glass component in a first side surface-side base electrode layer is about 60% or more in a first range from a tip in a vicinity of a second end surface of the first side surface-side base electrode layer to a position of a length which is about 10% of a dimension in a length direction of the first side surface-side base electrode layer, and a proportion of a glass component in a second side surface-side base electrode layer is about 60% or more in a second range from a tip in a vicinity of a first end surface of the second side surface-side base electrode layer to a position of a length which is about 10% of a dimension in a length direction of the second side surface-side base electrode layer. |