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| US12161633B2 |
Use of riluzole prodrugs to treat alzheimer's disease
Disclosed are methods of treating Alzheimer's Disease by administering to a patient in need thereof a riluzole prodrug such as troriluzole. Pharmaceutical compositions and kits including the riluzole prodrugs are also disclosed. |
| US12161631B2 |
Liquid pharmaceutical formulation
The present invention relates to a liquid pharmaceutical formulation, which is stable at room temperature, being essentially free of water, comprising a) at least one easily degradable active pharmaceutical ingredient, b) at least one pharmaceutically acceptable organic solvent and c) at least one pharmaceutically acceptable alkaline earth metal salt and its use in medicine. |
| US12161625B2 |
Substituted pyrrolizine compounds and uses thereof
This application relates generally to certain substituted pyrrolizine compounds, and pharmaceutical compositions which inhibit HBV replication, and methods of making and using them. |
| US12161623B2 |
Nonracemic mixtures and uses thereof
Provided are compositions comprising unequal mixtures of (R)-amisulpride and (S)-amisulpride, or pharmaceutically acceptable salts thereof, where the amount of (R)-amisulpride is greater than the amount of (S)-amisulpride, compositions and medicaments comprising the same used for the treatment of various diseases and disorders, and methods of using same for the treatment of various diseases and disorders, including, but not limited to, dosage regimens. In addition, provided are various formulations thereof, including, but not limited to, formulations employing polymorphs of enantiomeric amisulpride. |
| US12161622B2 |
Compositions and methods for the treatment of depression
The disclosure provides methods for treating major depressive disorder in a human patient having moderate or severe anhedonia. The methods comprise administering to the patient in need thereof an effective amount of aticaprant, or a pharmaceutically acceptable salt thereof. In some embodiments, the patient had an inadequate response to other antidepressant therapy prior to treatment with aticaprant. In other embodiments, the other antidepressant therapy comprised a selective serotonin reuptake inhibitor (SSRI), serotonin-norepinephrine reuptake inhibitor (SNRI), or a combination thereof. |
| US12161621B2 |
Methods for fructokinase mediation of alcohol craving and alcohol induced liver disease
The invention relates to the use of one or more fructokinase (ketohexokinase) (KHK) inhibitors to both prevent and treat a wide variety of diseases including, but not limited to, alcohol craving, alcohol addiction, alcohol induced liver disease including a fatty liver and cirrhosis. |
| US12161618B2 |
Methods of identifying and treating patients with HIF-2 inhibitor resistance
The present disclosure provides methods of identifying patients who have partial or total resistance to HIF-2 inhibitors or who develop partial or total resistance to HIF-2 inhibitors after treatment and providing suitable treatment to these patients. |
| US12161614B2 |
Amino acid compositions for the amelioration of symptoms of environmental enteropathy
The subject invention provides therapeutic compositions, and uses thereof for the treatment or amelioration of symptoms of a disease selected from the group consisting of: Ebola virus infection, HIV infection, ataxia, environmental enteropathy, cancer, hangover, inflammatory disease, and porcine epidemic diarrhea. In preferred embodiments, the composition includes a combination of one or more amino acids selected from the group comprising lysine, aspartic acid, glycine, isoleucine, threonine, tyrosine, valine, tryptophan, asparagine and/or serine. |
| US12161613B2 |
Topical pharmaceutical composition containing phospholipids
The present invention relates to a topical pharmaceutical composition comprising pregabalin and a reduced micellar phospholipid as an active ingredient, which results in a prolonged analgesic effect of pregabalin. The product can reduce neuropathic pain by at least 5 hours. |
| US12161612B2 |
Methods and compositions for reducing symptoms of Parkinson's disease
Disclosed is a method for the treatment of a neurological or movement disorder, e.g., Parkinson's disease, in a patient in need thereof, by parenteral administration of levodopa and a dopa decarboxylase inhibitor (DDCI), such as carbidopa, benserazide or any combination thereof. |
| US12161609B2 |
Composition and method for treating autism spectrum disorder (ASD) symptoms of paranoia with self isolation and/or aggression
Autism (ASD) symptoms of aggression-toward others or self, and paranoia with social isolation, are presently treated with antipsychotic medications such as haloperidol, Thorazine, and newer generation antipsychotics risperidone and aripiprazole (latter two are the only FDA approved drugs for treating autism irritability/aggression). But these antipsychotics including the newer generation, after a two or more years of use, often lead to irreversible tardive dyskinesia, other dystonias, loss of effectiveness, and brain volume loss. The present invention overcomes the irreversible tardive dyskinesia and dystonias and loss of effectiveness with long term-use of antipsychotics, by replacing the antipsychotic completely with a three (3) drug novel composition consisting of fluoxetine or sertraline with guanfacine and oxcarbazepine. This novel composition markedly reduces aggression and paranoia/social isolation in ASD adults and adolescents without concomitant antipsychotic use that often causes irreversible tardive dyskinesia, eventual tachyphylaxis, or brain volume loss from antipsychotic long-term use. |
| US12161608B2 |
Methods of preventing and treating health conditions using cannabinoid anions
Various aspects of this patent document relate to methods of administering cannabinoid anions to treat various health conditions. |
| US12161604B2 |
Quick release connection for patient tube assembly
An enteral feeding tubing connector comprises a body, a bore extending through the body, and a collet slidably disposed in the bore at a first end of the body. The collet is dimensioned to receive and engage a portion of tubing inserted into the collet, and is configured to resist withdrawal of the tubing from the bore and body upon application of force to the tubing that moves the collet out of the bore. A lock is provided on the first end of the body, and is configured to selectively engage the collet and prevent movement of the collet outward relative to the body. A tubing connection is provided at a second, opposite end of the body, the tubing connection providing fluid communication between another portion of tubing, the bore extending through the body, and the portion of tubing inserted into the collet. |
| US12161598B1 |
Sex toy
A sex toy includes a shell and first and second stimulation modules mounted in the shell. The shell includes at least two swinging portions. The first stimulation module includes at least two swinging bars being rotatably connected to the shell. Each of the at least two swinging bars includes a swinging end extending into one of the at least two swinging portions of the shell, and the swinging ends of the at least two swinging bars are swingable towards each other or away from each other. The second stimulation module includes a vibration member, and the vibration member is arranged in or between the at least two swinging portions. |
| US12161594B2 |
Deck extension assembly
A patient support apparatus includes a support frame that carries a patient support deck comprising a plurality of sections and a deck extension assembly including a deck extension frame that supports a deck extension section. The assembly is movable between an extended position and a retracted position. The support frame includes a deck rail defining a channel and a deck slot extending between a proximal and distal deck notch. The deck extension frame includes an extension rail that is moveably disposed in the channel and a frame slot. A latch link comprises a link slot and is moveably mounted to the deck extension frame. A latch pin is movably supported in each of the deck slot, frame slot, and link slot. The latch pin engages the distal deck notch when the assembly is in the extended position and the proximal deck notch when the assembly is in the retracted position. |
| US12161592B2 |
Articulating chair
An articulating chair and a method of using same, include at least one actuator, a programmable controller, and movable upper back, lower back and seat bottom sections. In another aspect, an articulating wheelchair and a method of using same, include a seat bottom section, a lower frame to which the seat bottom section is coupled, floor-contacting wheels rotatably coupled to the lower frame, an upper back section, a lower back section, a back frame to which the upper back section and the lower back section are movably coupled, electromagnetic actuators coupled to the back sections, a battery mounted to at least one of the frames, and a programmable controller connected to the actuators and the battery. |
| US12161591B2 |
Thermal comfort wheelchair backrest
A backrest for a wheelchair or other mobility device configured to provide user controllable cooling and heat to the wheelchair user's back. The cooling element includes a Peltier chip, heat sink and gel pad for user contact. The heating element includes heating wire interposed between the fabric cover and the compressible foam of the backrest cushioning. The cooling element and heating element both move with the movement of the fabric cover so as to provide good heat conduction contact without adversely affecting cushioning. The backrest includes a tillable mount. |
| US12161589B1 |
Method and apparatus for prediction of post-operative perceived iris color
The present invention predicts prior to a laser iris color-change procedure what a patient's iris color will be after the procedure. The present invention does so by identifying and measuring a variety of anatomical features of the patient's eye that affect or are otherwise relevant to predicting the patient's post-operative iris color, translating these measurements into a post-operative iris color prediction, and communicating this prediction to the patient in a manner sufficient to manage the patient's expectations with respect to the aesthetic outcome of the procedure. |
| US12161584B2 |
Method for monitoring the dispensing of a drop and assistance device
A method for monitoring the dispensing of a drop by a device for dispensing a liquid product in the form of drops uses a detector for detecting a liquid product arranged near an orifice for dispensing drops, and a system for processing information provided by the detector. The processing system receives information corresponding to the series of steps: detecting the presence of liquid, wherein the detector detects the presence of liquid near the dispensing orifice, the detector configured such that detection of the presence of liquid is indicative of a drop in the course of being formed, in contact with the dispensing orifice, and detecting an absence of liquid, wherein the detector detects the absence of liquid near the dispensing orifice, and the processing system processes the series of information on detection of the presence and absence of liquid in order to provide information on the dispensing of a drop. |
| US12161582B2 |
Physiotherapy instrument with intelligent heating control function based on bioelectric feedback
A physiotherapy instrument with an intelligent heating control function based on bioelectric feedback comprises an MCU, a boost control circuit, a pulse output control circuit, a bioelectric feedback circuit and a heating control circuit. The MCU is connected to the boost control circuit, the pulse output control circuit, the bioelectric feedback circuit and the heating control circuit. The pulse output control circuit inputs electric pulses within a safe range to a human body by means of an electrode. The bioelectric feedback circuit feeds one or multiple electric parameters, including a resistance, voltage, current and frequency of the human body, back to the MCU. |
| US12161580B2 |
Soft convex ostomy appliance
A convex ostomy appliance (10) may be configured to have a softness of about 32.6 N*mm to about 68.9 N*mm, wherein the softness is measured in energy expended to compress 3 mm of the convex portion, and a flexibility of about 105.2 N*mm to about 186.6 N*mm, wherein the flexibility is measured in energy expended to deform the ostomy appliance by 30%. The convex ostomy appliance may include a coupling flange (22), a floating flange film (24) having one end secured to the coupling flange, a soft convex insert (26) having a recess (46) in which another end of the floating flange film is secured, an adhesive (28) extending over the soft convex insert, and a stoma opening (18) extending through at least the coupling flange, the floating flange film and the soft convex insert. |
| US12161578B2 |
Leakage detection system for ostomy appliance
An ostomy device includes a proximal side configured for attachment to a user, a distal side opposite to the proximal side, and a leakage detection sensor having electrically conductive circuitry supported on a support layer. The leakage detection sensor is configured to detect ostomy effluent by detecting a change in resistance in the electrically conductive circuitry. The ostomy device may be an ostomy appliance or an ostomy accessory. |
| US12161576B2 |
Back support belt
The invention relates to a back support belt system, in particular a back orthosis or reclination orthosis for the treatment and prevention of back problems. The system comprises a pelvis strap and two independent left and right shoulder straps extending therefrom, those shoulder straps crossing each other in the back and ribcage region and being connected to the pelvis strap via tension straps, for simultaneously tensioning the pelvis strap and the shoulder straps. |
| US12161574B2 |
Methods and devices for gastricintestinal tract bypass
A system for bypassing a portion of a small intestine. The system includes an occlusion device and a bypass device. The occlusion device includes a tubular body, an occlusion member at a distal end portion of the tubular body, and an anchor member at a proximal end portion of the tubular body. The bypass device includes a liner, and an anchor member at a proximal end portion of the liner. |
| US12161568B2 |
Devices, systems and methods for providing instrument orientation feedback
Devices, systems, and computer-implemented and surgical methods for providing and/or using optical, visual, and/or audio feedback when using a surgical instrument, such as to position and orient an implant are disclosed. A device includes a frame and a C-ring. The frame includes a fixation component optionally located at a first end and a tracking array optionally located at an opposing second end. The fixation component can be positioned at or near a center axis of the C-ring and is configured to releasably engage a surgical instrument. The tracking array may include tracking elements, such as reflective surfaces. The C-ring may include a plurality of light sources optionally arranged in a radial pattern. The light sources may be selectively illuminated based on a determined realignment to provide optical feedback with respect to at least a direction in which the surgical instrument should be moved to achieve a planned alignment. |
| US12161566B2 |
Set of tools for installing an implant
A set of tools for installation of a stem implant into a bone comprises a stem-shaped priming tool (1) having a distal tip (32) and a plurality of cutting teeth (31) along a length thereof and a plurality of stem-shaped broaches (2, 3, 4, 5, 6) of different size. Each of the broaches have a distal tip (32) and a plurality of cutting teeth (31) along a length thereof. The priming tool (1) is shorter than, has more cutting teeth (31) per unit length, and has a sharper distal tip (32) than the smallest broach. |
| US12161563B2 |
Systems and methods for expandable corpectomy spacer implantation
An implant assembly including an expandable vertebral body replacement implant. The implant assembly includes a right hand end and a left hand end configured to attach to a threaded actuator. An outer ring is configured to surround each of the right and left hand ends and the threaded actuator. The implant assembly may include removable endplates configured to engage vertebral bodies as interbody spacer or through a corpectomy. The implant assembly includes a locking mechanism to prevent collapse or movement the implant assembly after implantation. The locking mechanism automatically engage after removal of an inserter instrument from the implant assembly. |
| US12161560B2 |
Integral graft interbody devices
An interbody spinal implant including a body portion having a superior side, an inferior side and a lateral side connecting the superior side and the inferior side, at least one of the superior side or the inferior side comprises a bone contacting surface operable to be coupled to an anatomical structure of a patient; and a plurality of uniform features formed in the bone contacting surface, wherein each uniform feature of the plurality of uniform features comprise a planar peak or a round peak and are dimensioned to increase a surface area of the bone contacting surface to promote bone growth. |
| US12161559B2 |
Expandable implant
An implant is disclosed. The implant has a base including an extension arm cavity and a ratchet block cavity that intersects the extension arm cavity, an extension arm that is movably disposed in the extension arm cavity, and a ratchet block that is movably disposed between a first position and a second position in the ratchet block cavity. The ratchet block when disposed in the first position allows movement of the extension arm in an upward direction out of the extension arm cavity and blocks movement of the extension arm in a downward direction into the extension arm cavity. The ratchet block when disposed in the second position allows movement of the extension arm both in the upward direction out of the extension arm cavity and the downward direction into the extension arm cavity. |
| US12161555B2 |
Low-profile intercranial device
Provided is a functional, low-profile intercranial device (LID). The LID includes a base portion; at least one cavity associated with the base portion and configured to accept at least one functional component; and at least one conduit having a first end in communication with the at least one cavity. The at least one functional component includes a medicinal, electronic, or optic therapeutic. The at least one conduit is configured to accept the medicinal therapeutic and a second end configured to dispense the therapeutic. |
| US12161550B2 |
Multifocal lens having reduced visual disturbances
A method and system provide an ophthalmic device. The ophthalmic device includes an ophthalmic lens having an anterior surface, a posterior surface, at least one diffractive structure and at least one base curvature. The at least one diffractive structure for provides a first spherical aberration for a first focus corresponding to at least a first focal length. The at least one base curvature provides a second spherical aberration for at least a second focus corresponding to at least a second focal length. The first spherical aberration and the second spherical aberration are provided such that the first focus has a first focus spherical aberration and the second focus has a second focus spherical aberration. The first focus spherical aberration is opposite in sign to the second focus spherical aberration. |
| US12161548B2 |
Intraocular drug delivery platform
An intraocular drug delivery platform including a ring having an anterior surface and a posterior surface opposite the anterior surface, a central aperture formed by the ring, a first haptic coupled to and extending outwards from the ring, a second haptic coupled to and extending outwards from the ring, a first drug eluting mass operably coupled to the anterior surface of the ring, and a second drug eluting mass operably coupled to the anterior surface of the ring and positioned directly opposite of the first drug eluting mass. |
| US12161543B2 |
Endovascular device with expandable filter
The invention provides a filter assembly including a string or wire such that a lasso type cincture is effected, said filter being openable and closeable while in deployed within a bodily vessel. A string lengthen or shorting adjustment mechanism, such as a ratchet or reel allows more length of string into the device or alternatively to shorten the length of available string in the system. The described invention, when used to ameliorate venous clots and most arterio-venous dialysis grafts, a filter-tipped aspirator is used downstream from the clot to capture and remove dislocated emboli. A method of using same is disclosed. |
| US12161542B2 |
Device especially useful for hernia repair surgeries and methods thereof
An elongate open-bored applicator (EOBP) adapted to deploy a mesh comprising (a) at least one inflatable contour-balloon, (b) at least one inflatable dissection balloon. The inflatable contour-balloon and the inflatable dissection balloon are adjustable and located at the distal portion; and, (c) at least one actuating means located at the proximal portion. The actuating means is in communication with the inflatable contour-balloon and the inflatable dissection balloon. The actuating means is adapted to provide the inflatable contour-balloon and the inflatable dissection balloon with independent activation and/or de-activation. |
| US12161539B2 |
Stretch laminate with beamed elastics and formed nonwoven layer
A stretch laminate is disclosed. The stretch laminate may include a layer of nonwoven material that includes an accumulation of filaments and has an inner surface and an outer surface, the outer surface having an ordered arrangement of zones, each zone having an attenuated region adjacent to a build-up region wherein the attenuated region has a first basis weight and the build-up region has a second basis weight greater than the first basis weight, the difference in basis weights corresponding to disposition of the filaments according to the ordered arrangement. The stretch laminate may include a plurality of elastic strands space apart from each other in a crotch-stretch direction. In some examples the elastic strands may have an Average Strand Spacing no greater than 3 mm and/or an Average Decitex no greater than 300, and/or an Average Pre-Strain no greater than 250 percent. |
| US12161537B2 |
Water-absorbent resin particles, water-absorbent article, and method for manufacturing same
Water-absorbing resin particles, in which a permeation and spreading index represented by Formula (1) is 10.0 or higher, and a water absorption capacity for a physiological saline solution is 50.0 g/g or more, are disclosed. Formula (1): Permeation and spreading index=value of non-pressurization DW after 1 minute (mL/g)+artificial urine permeation speed when water-absorbing resin particles are swollen 10 times (g/min) (1). |
| US12161536B2 |
Tampon with wicking member adapted for improved manufacturability and wicking performance
The disclosed tampon may include a pledget having a rearward end; a wicking member having a trailing portion trailing the rearward end and having a rearward edge; and a withdrawal cord with an attached portion attached to the pledget and a free portion trailing the rearward edge. In an opened condition the pledget has a pair of side edges and a pledget width, and includes fibrous absorbent material and an outer cover of a first section of nonwoven web at least partially covering the absorbent material, the trailing portion of the wicking member including at least four layers of nonwoven web, at least one of which is an extension of the first section of nonwoven web. The wicking member may have a width substantially equal to the pledget width; and the trailing portion may have a length of at least about 10 mm and no greater than about 60 mm. |
| US12161535B2 |
Tampon and method for making the same
An absorbent tampon is disclosed herein. The absorbent tampon has a fiber integrated primary absorbent member having an insertion end and a withdrawal end disposed opposite the insertion end, a top portion and a bottom portion as determined by the Secondary Desorption Performance method, and a secondary absorbent member attached to the primary absorbent member and extending outboard of the withdrawal end of the primary absorbent member. The tampon exhibits a wet weight percentage fluid in the bottom portion of at least about 60 percent when measured in accordance with the Secondary Desorption Performance method. |
| US12161533B2 |
Negative pressure wound therapy dressing recognition, wound status detection, and therapy adjustment
Negative pressure wound therapy systems, apparatuses, and methods for operating the systems and apparatuses are disclosed. In some cases, the system can include a dressing having electronic circuitry that wirelessly communicates a dressing identifier and/or other dressing information to a controller of a pump assembly of the system. The controller can automatically modify one or more operational parameters of the pump assembly based on the dressing identifier and/or other dressing information wirelessly communicated. Duration of time over which the dressing has been in use can be monitored and provision of therapy by the pump assembly can be disabled responsive to a determination that the duration of time has reached operational lifetime of the dressing. |
| US12161532B2 |
Barrier system to reduce the rates of infections
A barrier system is provided for use in reducing infections associated with post-operative surgical incision and/or a percutaneous medical device, such as a catheter, that is disposed within the surgical incision. Such a barrier system may include: a barrier device having a skin-contacting surface and a catheter-receiving surface; and an adhesive composition configured for adhering to skin, the barrier device, and/or the catheter so as to form a barrier at or adjacent to an incision in the skin where the catheter is percutaneously inserted through the skin. A tensioning anchor and associated system of two or more tensioning anchors is provided for post-operative wound closure. A method for applying and removing the barrier device and tensioning anchors is also provided. |
| US12161531B2 |
Medical dressing
A medical dressing is described for prevention of pressure ulcers. The dressing has a gel pad and an anisotropic layer being stiffer in one layer direction. The dressing reduces the shear and compression forces on the skin and in the underlying the soft tissue layers and prevents the onset of pressure ulcers. |
| US12161530B2 |
Wound therapy system with wound volume estimation using geometric approximation
A wound therapy system includes an instillation fluid canister configured to contain an instillation fluid, a pump fluidly coupled to the instillation fluid canister and operable to deliver the instillation fluid from the instillation fluid canister to a wound, a user interface configured to receive user input indicating one or more geometric attributes of the wound, and a controller electronically coupled to the pump and the user interface. The controller is configured to determine a volume of the wound based on the user input, determine a volume of the instillation fluid to deliver to the wound based on the volume of the wound, and operate the pump to deliver the determined volume of the instillation fluid to the wound. |
| US12161529B2 |
Implant plate device
An implant plate device comprises a plate base body, further comprises at least one fixing recess, which is introduced in the plate base body and is configured for receiving a jawbone screw that is configured, for a fixation of the plate base body, to be screwed through the fixing recess into a bone, in particular a jawbone, and comprises at least one inner thread adjoining the fixing recess, wherein the implant plate device comprises at least one functional recess, introduced in the plate base body, for a coupling with an orthodontic treatment apparatus and/or with a drilling and/or insertion templet. |
| US12161528B2 |
Attaching dental implants, dental abutments and dental superstructures to each other
An approach for attaching a superstructure, such as a crown, to an abutment by an approach that includes causing thermoplastic material to become flowable due to mechanical energy input, and to flow relative to an attachment structure to secure the superstructure and crown together. |
| US12161526B2 |
Method and apparatus for positioning a dental bracket element
Certain embodiments of the present invention relate to methods and apparatus for positioning at least one bracket element with respect to a respective tooth of a subject. Particularly, although not exclusively, certain embodiments of the present invention relate to apparatus for positioning at least one bracket element at a desired location proximate to at least one respective tooth of a subject; the apparatus comprising a support body supporting and integrally formed with at least one support arm, the support arm being arranged to locate a respective bracket element at a desired location with respect to a respective tooth; and at least one locating element for locating the support body relative to at least one tooth of a subject. |
| US12161523B2 |
Hardenable dental compositions comprising basic core material encapsulated in an inorganic shell and dispensing devices therewith
A hardenable (e.g. dental) compositions is described comprising an encapsulated material. The encapsulated material comprises a basic core material and an inorganic shell material having certain viscosity criteria. Also described are dispensing devices and kits are described comprising a hardenable (e.g. dental) composition comprising a liquid material and an encapsulated material wherein the encapsulated material comprises a basic core material and an inorganic shell material comprising a metal oxide surrounding the core. The dispensing devices and kits can facilitate the methods of applying the hardenable composition. The hardenable or hardened (e.g. cured) composition can provide various technical effects such as a delayed release of a basic core material, a delayed increase in basicity, promoting remineralization of a tooth or bone structure, and increasing the average alkaline phosphatase (ALP) activity of pulp cells. In some embodiments, the composition is a dental (e.g. sealant) composition for application to a tooth structure. |
| US12161514B2 |
Surgery-assistance device
A device for assisting surgery includes means for offsetting a rotation of a first type and a second type, a mechanism for transmitting a rotation of a third type, and a mechanism for transforming the rotation of a third type into a translation. An elastic element is connected at one end to the mechanism for transmitting the rotation of a third type. The mechanism for transmitting the rotation of a third type is connected to a rotary motor, the rotation of the motor in a first direction causing the lowering of a tool and an elongation of the elastic element, the rotation of the motor in a second direction causing the raising of the tool and a contraction of the elastic element, and, when the tool is lowered and the rotary motor is not exerting any torque, the elastic element returns to an initial shape causing the raising of the tool. |
| US12161512B2 |
Systems and methods for integrating imagery captured by different imaging modalities into composite imagery of a surgical space
An exemplary system accesses imagery of a surgical space captured by different imaging modalities and, based on the accessed imagery, generates composite imagery that includes integrated representations of the surgical space as captured by the different imaging modalities. An exemplary composite image includes a representation of the surgical space as captured by a first imaging modality augmented with an integrated representation of the surgical space as captured by a second imaging modality. The integrated representation of the surgical space as captured by the second imaging modality may be selectively movable and may be generated based on first imagery of the surgical space captured by the first imaging modality and second imagery of the surgical space captured by the second imaging modality in a manner that provides a visually realistic appearance of depth. |
| US12161506B2 |
Safety alert based on 4D intracardiac echo (ICE) catheter tracking
A medical system includes an ultrasound probe, a treatment probe, and processor. Ultrasound probe and treatment probe are configured for insertion into an organ, to, respectively, image a volume of the organ, and introduce a treatment device therein. The probes respectively include first sensor configured to output first signals indicative of first positions of an ultrasound transducer array of the probe inside the organ, and second sensor configured to output second signals indicative of second positions of the treatment device inside the organ. The processor is configured to receive tags added to ultrasound images acquired using the ultrasound probe and mark tissue regions of the organ, register first positions of ultrasound transducer array and second positions of treatment device with one another, using registration, track relative position between treatment device and tagged tissue regions, and (iv) alert user when treatment device is within predefined proximity to tagged tissue region. |
| US12161503B2 |
Method and system for monitoring heart function based on heart sound center of mass
A system and method for monitoring heart function based on heart sounds (HS) is provided. The system includes electrodes configured to sense electrical cardiac activity (CA) signals over a period of time. An HS sensor is configured to sense HS signals over the period of time. The system includes memory to store specific executable instructions and includes one or more processors that, when executing the specific executable instructions, is configured to: identify a characteristic of interest (COI) of a heartbeat from the CA signals. The processors overlay a HS search window onto an HS segment of the HS signals based on the COI from the CA signals and calculate a center of mass (COM) for at least one of S1 or S2 HS based on the HS segment of the HS signals within the search window to obtain a corresponding at least one of S1 COM or S2 COM. The processors calculate at least one of an electromechanical activation time (EMAT) or a systolic interval (SI) based on the at least one of S1 COM or S2 COM and record the at least one of the EMAT or SI. |
| US12161497B2 |
Medical image display apparatus
A medical image display apparatus according to an embodiment includes processing circuitry. The processing circuitry is configured to obtain an image data set of volume data or image data at multiple points in time. The processing circuitry is configured to specify an image of interest indicating an observation cross-sectional plane from the image data set. The processing circuitry is configured to specify a region of interest on the basis of the image data set. The processing circuitry is configured to cause the image of interest and information about the region of interest to be displayed. |
| US12161495B2 |
Estimation device, estimation method, and estimation program
An estimation device includes at least one processor, in which the processor functions as a learned neural network that derives a result of estimation relating to a bone density of a bone part from a simple radiation image acquired by simply imaging a subject including the bone part. The learned neural network is learned by using, as teacher data, (i) two radiation images acquired by imaging the subject including the bone part with radiation having different energy distributions, (ii) the radiation image of the subject and a bone part image representing the bone part of the subject, or (iii) the radiation image of the subject and a bone density image representing the bone density of the bone part of the subject, and information relating to the bone density of the bone part of the subject. |
| US12161493B2 |
Radiation imaging apparatus and radiation imaging system
A radiation imaging apparatus includes an attenuation member on the back surface side opposite the radiation incident surface of a radiation detection unit. The attenuation member is configured to reduce unexpected appearance of a part disposed on the back surface side of the radiation imaging apparatus, the unexpected appearance of which occurs due to backscattered radiation reflected by the structured part on the back surface side of the radiation imaging apparatus. The attenuation member includes a material having a radiation transmittance higher than that of the part and covers the end portion of the outline of the part that overlaps the radiation detection unit in orthogonal projection onto the surface opposite the incident surface of the radiation detection unit, and the area of the attenuation member is smaller than that of the radiation detection unit. |
| US12161489B2 |
Packaging systems and methods for mounting a tool on a surgical device
A method for mounting a tool to a surgical device using a packaging body. A proximal section of the packaging body is articulated about a second boundary relative to a first distal section of the packaging body for removing a proximal end of the tool from a proximal cavity for exposing the proximal end. The proximal end is mounted to the surgical device while a distal end of the tool remains securely retained by first and second distal sections of the packaging body within a distal cavity. After mounting, the distal end is released from the distal cavity by articulating one distal section relative to the other distal section for exposing a first portion of the distal end that was retained by the one distal section. Thereafter, the other distal section is removed for exposing a remaining portion of the distal end that was retained by the other distal section. |
| US12161487B2 |
Personalization of artificial intelligence models for analysis of cardiac rhythms
Techniques are disclosed for monitoring a patient for the occurrence of cardiac arrhythmias. A computing system obtains a cardiac electrogram (EGM) strip for a current patient. Additionally, the computing system may apply a first cardiac rhythm classifier (CRC) with a segment of the cardiac EGM strip as input. The first CRC is trained on training cardiac EGM strips from a first population. The first CRC generates first data regarding an aspect of a cardiac rhythm of the current patient. The computing system may also apply a second CRC with the segment of the cardiac EGM strip as input. The second CRC is trained on training cardiac EGM strips from a smaller, second population. The second CRC generates second data regarding the aspect of the cardiac rhythm of the current patient. The computing system may generate output data based on the first and/or second data. |
| US12161486B2 |
Imaging system for detection of intraoperative contrast agents in tissue
Systems and methods are described for using a combination of high-resolution, optical-sectioning imaging modalities to provide quantitative measures of the distribution of a contrast agent in tissue samples by identifying its cellular distribution. In some instances, the systems and methods may be used in an intraoperative setting to guide a biopsy or surgical procedure. |
| US12161485B2 |
Patient monitoring apparatus
The invention relates to a patient monitoring apparatus (6) comprising a first measuring unit (7) for performing an electrical measurement of a physiological property like an electrocardiogram measurement providing a heart rate, while an electrical treatment procedure is not performed, and a second measuring unit (8) for performing a non-electrical measurement of the physiological property like an optical photoplethysmogram measurement providing the heartrate. A data communication unit (10) is adapted to receive a treatment indication, which indicates that the electrical treatment procedure will be performed, from an electrical treatment apparatus (12), and a controller (9) is adapted to control the patient monitoring apparatus such that the measurement of the physiological property is switched from the electrical measurement to the non-electrical measurement, after the treatment indication has been received. This allows for an improved patient monitoring, because the likelihood of disturbance by, for instance, electrical noise can be significantly reduced. |
| US12161483B2 |
Reattachable SpO2 sensor with ambient light attenuation
A sensing device for acquiring data via a finger. The device includes a wrap having a central portion with a tip wing, a first side wing, and a second side wing each extending therefrom. The wrap has an exterior side and an opposite finger side that faces towards the finger. An electronics system is coupled to the wrap and has a sensor configured to acquire the data from the finger. An adhesive is configured to adhere the sensing device to the finger. First and second attachment portions are positioned on finger side of the first side wing and on the exterior side of the second side wing, respectively, where the first and second attachment portions removably attach to each other to non-adhesively secure the wrap around the finger. |
| US12161480B2 |
Method and device for correcting posture
A device for reducing the health stress on a user is disclosed. The device has the following features: a) a sensor for detecting the posture of the user; b) a neural network that is trained for the following activities: i. categorizing the posture of the user in relation to categories of posture; ii. classifying the posture in relation to a degree of stress on the body of the user due to his posture; and c) an output unit for outputting feedback to the user in order to reduce the health stress. |
| US12161478B1 |
Method and system for quantifying movement disorder symptoms
A system and method for scoring movement disorder symptoms comprises a movement measurement data acquisition system and processing comprising kinematic feature extraction and an algorithm trained using Unified Parkinson's Disease Rating Scale (UPDRS) scores from skilled clinicians. The movement data acquisition system, or “movement measuring apparatus,” may comprise sensors such as accelerometers or gyroscopes or may utilize motion capture and/or machine vision technology or various other methods to measure tremor, bradykinesia, dyskinesia, or other movement disorders in a subject afflicted with Parkinson's disease, essential tremor or the like. The method outputs, and system displays, a score that uses the same scale as the UPDRS but has greater resolution and lower variability. In some embodiments, the system is used to diagnose and/or treat the patient by providing recommendations for treatment and/or by supplying treatment in the form of pharmaceutical drugs and/or electric stimulus as part of a closed-loop system. |
| US12161473B1 |
Electrocardiography patch
An apparatus is provided. A strip has first and second end sections, and a first face and second face. Two electrocardiographic electrodes are provided on the strip with one of the electrocardiographic electrodes provided on the first face of the first end section of the strip and another of the electrocardiographic electrodes positioned on the first face on the second end section of the strip. A flexible circuit is mounted to the second face of the strip and includes a circuit trace electrically coupled to each of the electrocardiographic electrodes. The apparatus includes a wireless transceiver and a battery. |
| US12161471B2 |
Pediatric electrocardiogram electrode and cover
A pediatric electrocardiogram electrode and cover are provided. The pediatric electrocardiogram electrode and cover includes an electrode. The electrode includes an interface that is designed to connect to an electrocardiogram machine. The electrode also includes a gel surface that conducts electrical currents through the electrode. A cover is sized to cover the electrode. The electrode includes an adhesive surface to secure the cover thereon. The cover includes a pair of arms that can overlap to secure the cover to the electrode. |
| US12161470B2 |
Intraluminal microneurography denervation probe with radio frequency ablation
An intraluminal microneurography probe has a probe body configured to be introduced into an artery near an organ of a body without preventing the flow of blood through the artery. An expandable sense electrode and an expandable stimulation electrode are fixed to the probe body at one end of each electrode such that movement of the other end toward the fixed end causes the sense electrode to expand from the probe body toward a wall of the artery. A ground electrode is configured to couple to the body, and a plurality of electrical connections are operable to electrically couple the electrodes to electrical circuitry. The sense electrode is operable to measure sympathetic nerve activity in response to excitation of the stimulation electrode. A radio frequency ablation element is located between the expandable sense electrode and expandable stimulation electrode, and is operable to ablate nerves proximate to the artery. |
| US12161468B2 |
Hydrogen system
A water powered system includes a sealed and insulated chamber with an aluminum alloy source; a control unit to selectively expose a predetermined amount of an aluminum alloy to a liquid to generate hydrogen gas; a fuel cell stack to receive hydrogen gas from the hydrogen gas tank and oxygen from the atmosphere, the fuel cell stack generating electricity; and an energy storage device to receive electricity. |
| US12161467B2 |
Safety relating to a machine and to a person fitted with a medical device
The safety process covering a vehicle having driving apparatus and a station designed for a person and a person fitted with a medical device, in which: the medical device is designed to work in response to the physiological data of the person with a device and trigger an alarm signal in case of malfunctioning of the medical device per se and alarm signal for any actual or inferred problem regarding the medical condition of the person fitted with a device. A safety module is designed to be associated to the vehicle, to receive data generated by the medical device and generate information matching data received, while the person with a device is associated to the vehicle and the safety module is associated to the vehicle, encrypted communication is established between the medical device and safety module, so that the medical device triggers an alarm signal in case of malfunctioning and/or alarm signal in case of medical problem and so that the safety module generates an alarm notification in line with an alarm signal, one alarm notification at least is thereby transferred to an operator. |
| US12161464B2 |
Micro models and layered prediction models for estimating sensor glucose values and reducing sensor glucose signal blanking
Methods, systems, and devices for improving continuous glucose monitoring (“CGM”) are described herein. More particularly, the methods, systems, and devices describe applying micro machine learning models to generate predicted sensor glucose values. The system may use the predicted sensor glucose values to display a sensor glucose value to a user. The layered models may generate more reliable sensor glucose predictions across many scenarios, leading to a reduction of sensor glucose signal blanking. The methods, systems, and devices described herein further comprise applying a plurality of micro model to estimate sensor glucose values under outlier conditions. The system may prioritize the models that are trained for certain outlier conditions when the system detects those outlier condition based on the sensor data. |
| US12161462B2 |
Subcutaneous analyte sensor applicator and continuous monitoring system
A subcutaneous analyte sensor applicator includes an inserter module and a sensor module. The inserter module includes an applicator housing, a deployment button, and a pre-loaded insertion assembly completely disposed and secured within the button and partially disposed within the applicator housing when the button is in an initial, loaded position on the applicator housing. The insertion assembly includes an assembly housing, and a biasing element and a needle assembly disposed within the assembly housing chamber where the biasing element is in a compressed state. The sensor module includes a sensor lower housing releasably connected to the applicator housing, a sensor upper housing removably retained against the insertion assembly housing and spaced from the sensor lower housing, and an electro-sensor assembly disposed within the sensor upper housing where a sensor is temporarily disposed within a needle of a needle assembly when the applicator system is in the initial pre-loaded position. |
| US12161461B2 |
System, sensor and method for monitoring health related aspects of a patient
A method is provided for detecting an undesirable event or condition in a patient. The method may comprise receiving a first input signal from an UWB radar configured to monitor an environment occupied by the patient and including information representative of the patient's motion. Data derived from the first input signal is processed using a pattern recognition model to detect and classify patterns in the data derived from the first input signal as indicative or predictive of an undesirable event or condition involving the patient. When a pattern is classified as indicative or predictive of an undesirable event or condition in the patient an alarm is issued. A log of data derived from the first input signal and associated with a detection of a pattern classified as indicative or predictive of an undesirable event enables further machine learning in order to create an updated pattern recognition model based on individual patient behavior. |
| US12161460B2 |
Ear-worn devices with deep breathing assistance
A method for guiding deep breathing may include receiving a request from a user to initiate a deep breathing exercise on a user-controlled device. The method may include monitoring deep breathing using one or more sensors on an ear-worn device in response to initiating the deep breathing exercise. Examples of sensors include at least one of a motion detector, a microphone, a heart rate sensor, and an electrophysiological sensor. The method may further include initiating an end to the deep breathing exercise. The method may be used with various hearing systems including an ear-worn device and optionally a user-controllable device, such as a smartphone. |
| US12161458B2 |
Systems and methods for imaging a body region using implanted markers
Apparatus, systems, and methods are provided for localization of a region within a patient's body using markers implanted within the region. In an exemplary embodiment, a probe includes a distal end for placement against a surface of the region; one or more antennas for transmitting electromagnetic signals into and receiving reflected signals from the region; a light source for delivering light pulses into the region whereupon the markers modulate reflected signals. A processor of the probe processes the modulated reflected signals at one or more of the surface locations to determine marker locations within the region to obtain a reference frame, determine distance values corresponding to distances from the respective markers to the distal end at each of the surface locations, and determine coordinates of the surface locations relative to the reference frame to generate a three dimensional model of the body region. |
| US12161454B2 |
Signal transmission for magnetic-particle-image signal detection
The invention relates to a method for carrying out signal detection by means of magnetic particle imaging, in which method magnetic/magnetisable particles (4), arranged in the field-free region of a location-dependent magnetic field, in particular a gradient magnetic field, are magnetised by means of an excitation magnetic field that changes over time, and the harmonics (9, 15), generated by the particles (4), of the frequency of the excitation magnetic field are detected as a signal from the magnetic particles (4) by means of a receiver coil arrangement (1) which in particular surrounds the particles (4), wherein a signal-transmitting arrangement, which has an outer coil (10) and at least one inner coil (11; 16, 17) connected in series to said outer coil, is positioned within the receiver coil arrangement (1) around the particles (4), wherein the signal received from the particles (4) by the at least one inner coil (11; 16, 17) is transmitted to the outer coil (10) by current flow and is re-emitted by said outer coil, in particular as a result of which the signal (S) received directly from the particles (4) and the signal (S) received from the particles (4) indirectly by the outer coil (10) are superimposed at the receiver coil arrangement (1). The invention also relates to a signal-transmitting arrangement for a magnetic-particle-imaging scanner/spectrometer, comprising an outer coil (10) which in particular has a smaller diameter than the sample-receiving channel (2) of the scanner/spectrometer, and comprising at least one inner coil (11; 16, 17) which is arranged in the outer coil (10), preferably arranged coaxially therein, and in particular has greater diameter than a sample to be examined, wherein the outer coil (10) and the inner coil (11; 16, 17) are electrically connected in series. The invention also relates to a system comprising a magnetic-particle-imaging scanner and a signal-transmitting arrangement. |
| US12161440B2 |
Deriving connectivity data from selected brain data
Disclosed are techniques for identifying and displaying spatial relationships between a seed parcel and other parcels in a patient's brain. A method can include obtaining connectivity data characterizing, for each pair of parcels including a first parcel and a second parcel from a group of parcels, a connectivity metric measuring a relationship between the first and second parcels in the patient's brain, obtaining brain atlas data, identifying a seed parcel from the group of parcels, determining one or more other parcels in the group of parcels having a connectivity metric with the seed parcel that satisfies a threshold connectivity metric condition to provide at least one seed-connected parcel, and for the seed-connected parcel, providing the brain atlas data and an indication of a degree of the connectivity metric between the seed parcel and seed-connected parcel for display as an overlay on a visualization of the brain atlas data. |
| US12161435B2 |
Computer-assisted teleoperated surgery systems and methods
A teleoperated manipulator system includes a manipulator assembly and a tool actuation assembly coupled to the manipulator assembly. The tool actuation assembly inserts a tool, such as a surgical instrument, along an insertion axis and also rotates the tool around the insertion axis. The manipulator assembly includes an arm that rotates with reference to a mounting base to rotate the tool around a yaw axis that intersects the insertion axis. A distal portion of the arm defines an arcuate pitch arc, and a center of the pitch arc is coincident with the intersection of the insertion axis and the yaw axis. The tool actuation assembly is driven along the pitch arc to pitch the tool. The manipulator system is optionally a telesurgical system, and the tool is optionally a therapeutic, diagnostic, or imaging surgical instrument. |
| US12161434B2 |
Systems and methods for robotic medical system integration with external imaging
A medical robotic system and method of operating such comprises taking intraoperative external image data of a patient anatomy, and using that image data to generate a modeling adjustment for a control system of the medical robotic system (e.g., updating anatomic model and/or refining instrument registration), and/or adjust a procedure control aspect (e.g., regulating substance or therapy delivery, improving targeting, and/or tracking performance). |
| US12161433B2 |
System and method for ligament balancing with robotic assistance
A surgical robot system includes a surgical robot having a robot base and a robot arm connected to the robot base. The surgical robot system further includes a joint manipulation arm configured to be attached to the robot arm and to be connected to an appendage of a patient and moved to apply force and/or torque to a joint connecting the appendage through movement of the robot arm. The surgical robot system further includes force and/or torque sensor apparatus configured to output a feedback signal providing an indication of an amount of force and/or torque that is being applied to the robot arm and/or the joint manipulation arm. At least one controller is configured to determine ligaments balancing at the joint based on a plurality of measurements of the feedback signal, and to output information characterizing the ligaments balancing. |
| US12161431B2 |
Monitoring method and medical system
A method for automatically monitoring a robot-assisted movement of a medical object through a hollow organ of a medical object of a patient performed by a robotic system is provided. The method includes tracking movement of the medical object using a medical imaging device such that the medical object and/or the hollow organ is at least partially arranged in a recording region that is mappable by the imaging device. The tracking is effected by a relative movement between the recording system of the imaging device and the patient. An image of the recording region is recorded during the tracking. In each case, a further image is recorded at regular intervals. The current image in each case and/or sensor data from a sensor assigned to the robotic system or the object is evaluated to determine whether a situation relevant to decision-making and/or safety with respect to the robotic system is present. |
| US12161428B1 |
System for computation of object coordinates accounting for movement of a surgical site for spinal and other procedures including interpolation of vertebral position and orientation
Aspects of the present disclosure relate to systems, devices and methods for performing a surgical step or surgical procedure for example with visual guidance using a head mounted display or with a surgical navigation system or with a surgical robot. A computer processor can be configured to determine the pose of a first vertebra with an attached first marker and a second vertebra with an attached second marker. The computer processor can be configured to determine the pose of at least one vertebra interposed or adjacent to the first and second vertebrae with attached markers, e.g. fiducial markers. |
| US12161426B2 |
Artificial intelligence coregistration and marker detection, including machine learning and using results thereof
One or more devices, systems, methods, and storage mediums using artificial intelligence application(s) using an apparatus or system that uses and/or controls one or more imaging modalities, such as, but not limited to, angiography, Optical Coherence Tomography (OCT), Multi-modality OCT, near-infrared fluorescence (NIRAF), OCT-NIRAF, etc. are provided herein. Examples of AI applications discussed herein, include, but are not limited to, using one or more of: AI coregistration, AI marker detection, deep or machine learning, computer vision or image recognition task(s), keypoint detection, feature extraction, model training, input data preparation techniques, input mapping to the model, post-processing, and/or interpretation of output data, one or more types of machine learning models (including, but not limited to, segmentation, regression, combining or repeating regression and/or segmentation), marker detection success rates, and/or co-registration success rates to improve or optimize marker detection and/or co-registration. |
| US12161423B2 |
Systems and methods for non-rigid deformation of tissue for virtual navigation of interventional tools
A non-transitory machine-readable media stores instructions that, when run by one or more processors, cause the one or more processors to store a deformable model of a patient anatomy and deform the deformable model based on a measured deformation of a branched anatomical structure of the patient anatomy. The deformable model includes a skeleton tree of nodes and linkages representing the branched anatomical structure of the patient anatomy. Each of the nodes is located at a respective bifurcation of the branched anatomical structure, and at each respective bifurcation the corresponding linkages include an orientation. The deformable model is deformed by modifying the orientations of the linkages of the branched anatomical structure. |
| US12161420B2 |
Plate selection user interface and design tool with database
Described herein are systems and methods in which a surgeon can use computer-implemented deformity assessment and correction tools to create 3D models of a bone. To ensure adequate healing, a surgeon may choose to use a prefabricated bone plate, a semi-customized bone plate, or a fully-customized bone plate to hold first and second bone portions in a corrected position. To select the appropriate prefabricated bone plate, the surgeon may identify three landmark locations on the first and second bone portions corresponding to desired fixation hole locations on the bone plate. The surgeon can then use a software application to evaluate multiple bone plate designs in a library and compare the average proximity of the landmark locations to fixation hole locations on each of the bone plate designs. Then, the surgeon can determine which bone plate design best fits the patient anatomy based on his comparison. |
| US12161419B2 |
Robot-assisted setup for a surgical robotic system
A method performed by a surgical robotic system. The method determines a surgical procedure that is to be performed using a robotic arm. The method determines, for the robotic arm, a planned trajectory based on the surgical procedure, where the planned trajectory is from a current pose of the robotic arm to a predefined procedure pose that is within a threshold distance from a trocar that is coupled to a patient. The method drives the robotic arm along the planned trajectory from the current pose to the predefined procedure pose. |
| US12161416B2 |
Devices, systems, and methods for fundus imaging and associated image processing
Introduced here are techniques to accurately and efficiently generate an image indicative of a fundus. An imaging device engaged to an ophthalmology device, such as an indirect ophthalmoscope, may capture a series of images of a fundus. The series of images may be segmented to identify a region of interest (ROI) representing the fundus in each image. The segmented series of images may be projected onto a coordinate space to remove any distortion in each of the series of images. The projected segmented series of images may be combined into an output fundus image. As a result, the output fundus image may remove distortion and glare included in the input images. The output fundus image may be utilized in detection and diagnosis of various conditions and diseases. |
| US12161409B2 |
Apparatus and method for imaging structure in a transparent medium
A medical diagnostic apparatus includes a receiver circuit that receives three-dimensional data of an eye, and processing circuitry configured to segment the three-dimensional data into regions that include a target structural element and regions that do not include the target structural element to produce a segmented three-dimensional data set. The segmenting is performed using a plurality of segmentation algorithms. Each of the plurality of segmentation algorithms is trained separately on different two-dimensional data extracted from the three-dimensional data. The processing circuitry is further configured to generate at least one metric from the segmented three-dimensional data set, and evaluate a medical condition based on the at least one metric. |
| US12161405B2 |
Medical devices with user and patient feedback
Medical ablation devices with user and patient feedback are disclosed herein. An example system a first haptic feedback element, a handpiece that is configured to deliver therapeutic light, a foot pedal that is configured to receive user input to control the therapeutic light, and a controller including a processor and memory, the processor executing instructions stored in the memory to: determine a selection of an operating mode of a plurality of operating modes, the operating mode having a haptic feedback feature; receive the user input from a user; and cause the first haptic feedback element to generate haptic feedback based on the user input. |
| US12161404B2 |
Laser ablating device and methods for operating and manufacturing such a device
A laser ablating device for cutting human or animal natural or artificial hard tissue includes: a cutting laser source adapted to provide a pulsed cutting laser beam lasing at a wavelength suitable for ablating the hard tissue; an imaging laser source adapted to provide an imaging laser beam covering a broadband spectral region; and a beam mixing structure and a movable scanner mirror positioned after the beam mixing structure. The beam mixing structure is adapted to redirect the cutting laser beam of the cutting laser source and/or the imaging laser beam of the imaging laser source such that an optical axis of the cutting laser beam is parallel to an optical axis of the imaging laser beam. The scanner mirror is arranged to direct the imaging laser beam and the cutting laser beam when having parallel optical axes. |
| US12161400B2 |
Identifying pulmonary vein occlusion by dimension deformations of balloon catheter
A method includes receiving position signals that are indicative of positions of multiple electrodes disposed on an expandable balloon that is fitted at a distal end of a shaft for engaging a lumen of an organ to occlude the lumen. Based on the received position signals, a change is calculated in one or more dimensions of the balloon between (i) a first configuration in which the balloon is inflated but not engaged in the lumen, and (ii) a second configuration in which the balloon is inflated and engaged in the lumen. Using the calculated change, a degree is estimated to which the balloon occludes the lumen. The estimated degree of occlusion is presented to a user. |
| US12161399B2 |
Devices, systems, and methods for balancing ablation energy
Devices, systems, and methods of the present disclosure are directed to controlling distribution of electrical energy moving from an ablation electrode at a treatment site within a patient to a plurality of return electrodes on skin of the patient. Control over the distribution of electrical energy moving from the ablation electrode to the plurality of return electrodes can reduce or eliminate the need for manual intervention (e.g., repositioning the plurality of return electrodes on the skin of the patient, repositioning the patient, etc.) to achieve a suitable distribution of the electrical energy. Additionally, or alternatively, the devices, systems, and methods of the present disclosure can respond rapidly and automatically to changes in distribution of the electrical energy to reduce the likelihood and magnitude of inadvertent changes in the distribution of electrical energy over the course of a medical procedure. |
| US12161397B2 |
Method and apparatus for rapid and selective transurethral tissue ablation
Catheter systems, tools and methods are disclosed for the selective and rapid application of DC voltage pulses to drive irreversible electroporation for minimally invasive transurethral prostate ablation. In one embodiment, a switch unit is used to modulate and apply voltage pulses from a cardiac defibrillator, while in another, the system controller can be configured to apply voltages to an independently selected multiplicity or subsets of electrodes. Devices are disclosed for more effective DC voltage application including the infusion of cooled fluid to elevate the irreversible electroporation threshold of urethral wall tissue and to selectively ablate regions of prostate tissue alone. |
| US12161395B2 |
Catheter with angled irrigation holes
A medical probe for insertion has at least one distal electrode coupled to an energy source to apply energy to tissue inside the body. A plurality of apertures are formed in the electrode. A fluid-directing assembly is disposed in the distal section of the probe having an axial channel that is in fluid communication with at least one trans-axial channel disposed at right angles to the axial channel and leading to an exterior of the assembly. A blocking terminus is disposed forward of the at least one trans-axial channel that prevents irrigation fluid from flowing axially in a forward direction so that the fluid flows outwardly into the lumen of the electrode in at least one trans-axial direction. |
| US12161394B2 |
User interface and lock features for positioning multiple components within a body
Disclosed embodiments include apparatuses, systems, and methods for positioning electrodes within a body. In an illustrative embodiment, an apparatus for slidably moving multiple features relative to a sheath inserted into a body and positioned relative to a reference point includes a primary actuator configured to move a primary electrode, a secondary actuator configured to move a secondary electrode, and a control mechanism. The control mechanism is configured to selectively prevent movement of at least one of the primary actuator based on a position of the secondary actuator and of the secondary actuator based on a position of the primary actuator and lock positions of the primary actuator and the secondary actuator. |
| US12161392B2 |
System for inducing desirable temperature effects on body tissue
A catheter and catheter system may be used to treat disease tissue by gentle heating in combination with gentle or standard dilation. An elongate flexible catheter body with a radially expandable balloon having a plurality of electrodes engage tissue including diseased tissue when the structure expands. |
| US12161390B2 |
Connector system for electrosurgical device
An electrosurgical device for puncturing tissue comprises an electrically conductive elongate member which is capable of force transmission from a distal portion of the electrosurgical device to a proximal portion of the electrosurgical device to thereby provide tactile feedback to a user. The proximal portion comprises a connector system for connecting a source of energy and a source of fluid to an electrosurgical device. The connector system includes a hub which includes an electrically conductive lengthwise member having a lengthwise member distal region and a lengthwise member proximal region. The lengthwise member defines a hub lumen therebetween and is configured to be operatively coupled to an electrosurgical device. |
| US12161388B2 |
Electric pulse ablatograph for endoscope
The present application relates to the technical field of pulse ablation, in particular to an electric pulse ablatograph for an endoscope, which includes: an electrode assembly including a central electrode and a cylindrical electrode and configured to pass through a working channel of the endoscope into a body and transmit a pulse to tissues in use; a pulse waveform generator coupled to the electrode assembly and configured to transmit pulse voltage to the electrode assembly; an electrode driving device configured to drive the central electrode and the cylindrical electrode; a parameter input device configured to configure coordinate information of an ablation region; and a control device in signal connection with the parameter input device and in control connection with the electrode driving device. The control device respectively controls the displacement of the central electrode and cylindrical electrode according to preset coordinate information through the electrode driving device; when a discharging end of the electrode assembly reaches a preset position, the control device controls the pulse waveform generator to be connected with the electrode assembly. A natural channel in a human body is used to deliver the electrode to a complex area of the human body for ablation, thus decreasing the trauma to the human body. |
| US12161387B2 |
Control device, treatment system, and control method
A control device includes: a power source configured to supply a high frequency power to a treatment instrument configured to treat a living tissue; a detecting circuit configured to sequentially detect a phase difference between a voltage and a current of the high frequency power supplied to the treatment instrument; and a processor configured to control operation of the power source, the processor being configured to sequentially calculate a variation of the phase difference detected by the detecting circuit, compare the calculated variation of the phase difference with a first threshold set for a variation of a phase difference, and perform reduction processing to reduce output of the high frequency power to be supplied to the treatment instrument when it is determined that the calculated variation of the phase difference is equal to or smaller than the first threshold. |
| US12161376B1 |
Orthopedic screw
Methods, devices, and kits include configured to assist in at least partially withdrawing an orthopedic implant previously implanted in bone segment(s) include a shaft extending from a first end to a second end, where the first end includes screw threads with a first threaded alignment, a head positioned on the second end and including an enlarged terminal end segment including (1) a socket for receiving a tool adapted for rotating the implant into the bone segment(s), and (2) a threaded cannula portion centrally located at a focus point of the enlarged terminal end segment and extending along a cannula for at least a portion of a length of the head and comprising a second threaded alignment opposite the first threaded alignment and configured to receive an instrument head adapted for rotating the implant for removal. |
| US12161373B2 |
Systems and methods for bone stabilization and fixation
Systems for the minimally invasive repair, stabilization and/or fixation of a fractured bone, such as a rib, are disclosed. The systems include one or more rods/support members that are designed to extend along a dimension of a bone being repaired and secure the fractured bone. The support members can be photodynamic and are formed using an expandable member that is filled with a light-sensitive liquid that is cured to form the rigid support member. Two or more clamps are used to secure the support member(s) to the rib or other bone. Minimally invasive surgical methods for securing the systems to a fractured bone are also disclosed. |
| US12161370B2 |
Flexible connecting rod for industrial applications
A flexible connecting system consists of a flexible connecting rod manufactured from a rigid material, a leading segment and a trailing segment. The body has at least one flexible center section, each having at least one slot to provide flexibility. The slot follows a sinuous, serpentine path to form a plurality of interlocking teeth that can follow a helical or a concentric path. One or more flexible sleeves are dimensioned to fit over the connecting rod to prevent the ingress or egress of material. One or both of the ends of the flexible connecting rod and flexible sleeve can be open or sealed. |
| US12161363B2 |
Method and apparatus for coaptive ultrasound gastrostomy
Disclosed is a system and method for the placement of elongate medical members within a patients body using coaptive ultrasound. In a particularly preferred embodiment, a flexible tube includes a first balloon at a distal end of the tube, and a second balloon at the distal end of the tube and positioned within the first balloon. The first and second balloons are inflatable to form one or more echogenic windows between them, which echogenic window may be detected from within a patient's body by an ultrasound probe that is external to the patient's body. Detection of such echogenic window is used to identify an acceptable location on the patient's body at which to insert a guidewire configured to receive an elongate medical member without damage to surrounding patient tissues or organs. |
| US12161361B2 |
Surgical knife safety handle having user operable lock
A surgical knife safety device having a handle, a blade connected to the handle, and a guard carried by the handle for sliding movement between a retracted position in which the blade is exposed for use, and an extended position for covering the sharp cutting edge of the blade. In the retracted position, an enlarged guard radius is provided at the distal end of the handle to allow improved handle control and blade orientation. The enlarged guard radius is positioned to allow the user to firmly grip a large distal handle portion which is preferably molded as a single piece with the blade holder, preventing unwanted blade or handle movement due to guard mechanism tolerances. A spring, such as leaf spring or a cantilever beam, and a pair of detents or slots are provided to fix the guard in the extended or retracted position and to provide resistance during movement between the two positions. Additionally, a pushback prevention mechanism, a user operable lock and a drop-force operable lock are provided to prevent accidental retraction of the guard from the fully extended and guarded position. |
| US12161360B2 |
Atherectomy catheter with shaped distal tip
An atherectomy catheter for use in a vessel includes a catheter body, a nosecone and an annular cutter. The catheter body has a curved portion with a fixed jog section and an adjacent flexible section having a greater flexibility than a remainder of the catheter body. The fixed jog section and the flexible section include a frame having circumferential slits arranged in rows and in a circumferentially offset pattern. The circumferential slits of the flexible section are configured to allow the flexible section to passively bend in multiple directions during positioning of the catheter body within the vessel. The fixed jog section further includes a longitudinal spline having a pre-set curvature. The nosecone is attached to a distal end of the catheter body and includes a cutting window. The annular cutter configured to rotate with respect to the catheter body and positioned within the cutting window. |
| US12161343B2 |
Implant detachment
An implant detachment system is described which utilizes a catheter utilizing an LC or tank circuit with an inductor and capacitor. The catheter electrically interacts with an implant delivered through the catheter to detach the implant. |
| US12161342B2 |
Pericardial devices, systems and methods for occluding an atrial appendage
Disclosed are devices for pericardial access to the heart, including direct access to the left atrium. In certain embodiments, the device may comprise a device and/or an atrial appendage (AA) portal having a configuration such that the distal end of the device and/or the portal can access an atrial appendage while the proximal end of the device and/or portal can extend to outside of the subject. The devices and methods may also include a pericardial portal for emplacement of the device and/or the AA portal. Also, methods for using such devices and/or AA portals and pericardial portals to perform surgery on the heart, and systems (e.g., kits) comprising these devices and/or portals in combination with other therapeutic devices are disclosed. |
| US12161337B2 |
Systems and methods to effect movement of tissue structures
The present disclosure relates generally to medical devices and procedures for placement of a medical device between adjacent tissue structures. In particular, the present disclosure relates to endoscopic systems and methods for preventing or minimizing movement between tissue walls to facilitate placement of a stent therebetween. |
| US12161335B2 |
Method of applying a buttress to a surgical stapler
A method of applying a buttress to a surgical stapler end effector comprises positioning a buttress assembly between an anvil and a staple cartridge of the end effector. The buttress assembly comprises a buttress body and an adhesive material. The adhesive material faces either an underside of the anvil or a deck of the staple cartridge. The anvil is in an open position relative to the staple cartridge during the act of positioning the buttress assembly between the anvil and the staple cartridge. The method further comprises moving the anvil toward the staple cartridge then moving the anvil back to the open position. The buttress assembly is adhered to the underside of the anvil or the deck of the staple cartridge via the adhesive material with the anvil moved back to the open position. The adhesive material comprises a bioabsorbable polymer. |
| US12161332B2 |
Absorbable surgical coil fastener
A surgical fastener deployment system may include a plurality of coil fasteners having a head and coil body. In some embodiments, the head is comprised of a bioabsorbable polymer. In one embodiment, the coil body may be comprised of a shell and a core and one of the shell and the core may be comprised of one of a magnesium alloy or a bioabsorbable polymer, and the other of the shell and core is formed of the other of the magnesium alloy and the bioabsorbable polymer. The coil body may also include an internal channel which may have a support coil disposed within. |
| US12161328B2 |
Staple cartridge comprising wire staples and stamped staples
A staple cartridge assembly is disclosed comprising one or more wire staples and one or more staples formed from a sheet of material. |
| US12161326B2 |
Surgical anvil manufacturing methods
A method for manufacturing a surgical stapling anvil is disclosed. The method comprises the steps of manufacturing a first anvil member and a second anvil member. The first anvil member comprises a tissue-facing surface comprising a plurality of staple forming pockets defined therein and a longitudinal cavity comprising anvil ledges configured to be engaged by anvil-camming portions of a firing member of a surgical stapling instrument. The method further comprises the steps of polishing the ledges of the first anvil member and welding the first anvil member and the second anvil member together. |
| US12161325B2 |
Surgical forceps and stapler
A surgical forceps comprises a first jaw (101) and a second jaw (102), the first jaw (101) and the second jaw (102) being configured to be rotated relative to each other around an axis of rotation (104). A position sensor (105) is capable of sensing a first orientation with respect to a first axis (106) and a second orientation with respect to a second axis (107) different from the first axis (106), wherein the first axis (106) and the second axis (107) are orthogonal to the axis of rotation (104). The surgical forceps comprises a stapler (108) for stapling a tissue grasped by the surgical forceps (100) and a cutter (103) for cutting the tissue grasped by the surgical forceps (100) along a line. |
| US12161324B2 |
Surgical stapler with independently actuated drivers to provide varying staple heights
An apparatus includes a body assembly, a shaft assembly, and an end effector. The shaft assembly includes an outer sheath and a motorized driving mechanism. The body assembly is configured to actuate the driving mechanism. The end effector includes a staple deck, an anvil, a first staple driver, and a second staple driver. The first staple driver is configured to fire a first annular array of staples of the plurality of staples against the anvil to deform the first annular array of staples at a first compressed staple height. The second staple driver is configured to fire a second annular array of staples of the plurality of staples against the anvil to deform the second annular array of staples at a second compressed staple height independent of the first staple driver. The first compressed staple height and the second compressed staple height are different. |
| US12161322B2 |
Surgical stapling apparatus
A surgical stapling apparatus (stapler) including a housing, elongated member, and a reload is disclosed. A cartridge is configured to selectively couple to a first jaw member of the reload and includes one or more resilient members thereon. An anvil operably supported on a second jaw member of the reload is configured to compress one or more fasteners ejected from the cartridge. The anvil includes one or more locking members thereon. A knife is configured to translate through the cartridge and anvil when the first and second jaw members are in a closed configuration. Engagement between the knife and the resilient member(s) causes the resilient member(s) to move from an initial configuration that allows the knife to travel distally past the locking member(s) to a final configuration that allows the locking member(s) to engage the knife. |
| US12161317B2 |
Surgical access device comprising internal retractor
Devices, methods, and systems provide a surgical access device comprising an internal retractor device integrated with or coupled to a body wall or wound retractor. The wound retractor retracts an opening in a body wall into a body cavity, while the internal retractor permits a user to control the positions of internal structures within the body cavity, thereby permitting a user to define a surgical field. Embodiments of the internal retractor are adjustable. |
| US12161314B2 |
Orthopedic surgical instrument for knee surgery
An orthopedic surgical instrument for use in knee surgeries includes an elongated body, a pair of output shafts, and a user control. A first output shaft extends out from a first side of the body along a first output axis substantially perpendicular to a longitudinal axis of the elongated body. A second output shaft also extends out from the first side of the elongated body along a second output axis substantially perpendicular to the longitudinal axis of the elongated body. The user control is coupled to the elongated body near a first end and the first and second output shafts are situated near the second end of the elongated body. Each of the first output shaft and the second output shaft are configured to turn independent of one another in response to operation of the user control. Various joint distractors for use with the orthopaedic surgical instrument are also disclosed. |
| US12161313B2 |
Surgical shim
A retractor includes retractor blades and one or more shims coupled to one or more of the retractor blades. The shims can include features configured to fasten the shim to vertebral anatomy. Such features can facilitate the use a K-wire or barbed features. Example disclosed shim designs include those featuring a K-wire feature, a barbed feature, and a K-wire with barb design. |
| US12161312B2 |
Sheath, surgical assembly and method of using the same
A sheath includes: a ring-shaped inner layer structure, a ring-shaped outer layer structure and a frame structure, which can be radially expanded with the inflation of a balloon inside the inner layer structure. When the inner layer structure, the frame structure and the outer layer structure are not radially expanded, a radial dimension of an inner channel of the inner layer structure is at a first radial dimension, and the first radial dimension is greater than or equal to a radial dimension of the balloon that is not inflated. After the inner layer structure, the frame structure, and the outer layer structure are radially expanded, and the balloon is removed or deflated, the radial dimension of the inner channel of the inner layer structure is at a second radial dimension, and the second radial dimension is greater than the first radial dimension. |
| US12161308B2 |
Positioning devices, methods, and systems
Aspects of positioning devices, methods, and systems are disclosed. An exemplary method comprises: moving a distal end of a tube into a body, the tube including a lumen and a shaft in the lumen, the shaft having a transducer; sending a first signal to the transducer; passing, with the transducer, in response to the first signal, a wave energy into the body; receiving, with the transducer, a reflected portion of the wave energy; generating, with the transducer, a second signal in response to the reflected portion of the wave energy; determining, with a processor, an indicia of the body in response to the second signal; and identifying, with the indicia, a targeted issue in the body; positioning the distal end of the tube at the targeted tissue in response to the indicia; and removing a portion of the targeted tissue with the distal end of the tube. |
| US12161306B2 |
Systems and methods of accessing encapsulated targets
A medical system includes an outer catheter comprising one or more first lumens, a sealing device coupled to the outer catheter, an inner instrument configured to be slideably deployed through one of the one or more first lumens and comprising one or more first sensors configured to detect one or more anatomical features below a surface of the anatomic passageway, one or more second sensors, and a processor. The processor is configured to detect bleeding into the anatomic passageway from outside the anatomic passageway using the one or more second sensors and disable advancement of the inner instrument when the one or more first sensors detect the one or more anatomical features. The one or more second sensors are configured to be positioned distal to the sealing device and mounted on the inner instrument near a distal end of the inner instrument. |
| US12161304B2 |
Light cable cap and method of using the same
A medical device reduces the risk of operating room fires caused by light sources by shielding the illuminated light cable from directly interacting with surgical drapes or patient skin. The device includes a silicone housing that mates circumferentially over existing endoscopic light cables and a thermal insulator can be positioned over the light emitting tip of the cable. |
| US12161299B2 |
Cover member and treatment instrument
A cover member includes: a sheath that is formed in a cylindrical shape for receiving a shaft; and a tubular portion that is attached to a distal end of the sheath. The tubular portion being formed such that an outer dimension of a distal end portion of the tubular portion in a first direction is smaller than an outer dimension of a proximal end portion of the tubular portion in the first direction and/or an outer dimension of the distal end portion in a second direction is smaller than an outer dimension of the proximal end portion in the second direction. |
| US12161294B2 |
Laryngeal mask airway for gastroscopy
A laryngeal mask airway (LMA) for gastroscopy includes a laryngeal tube for gastroscopy. A drainage tube is fixedly installed on an outer surface of an upper end of the laryngeal tube for gastroscopy. A PC connector is fixedly installed at one end of the drainage tube. A ventilation hole is formed in an outer surface of an upper end of the drainage tube, and a suction hole is formed in an outer surface of a lower end of the laryngeal tube for gastroscopy. An inner cavity and an inflation tube hole are formed inside the laryngeal tube for gastroscopy. The inflation tube hole is disposed under the inner cavity and receives an inflation tube, and a single-cavity connector is fixedly installed at one end of the inflation tube. The LMA absorbs secretions from a patient's esophagus to minimize coughing during a gastroscopy, thereby reducing patient discomfort and pain. |
| US12161285B2 |
Robot cleaner using artificial intelligence and control method thereof
A robot cleaner of the present disclosure includes: a traveling unit configured to move a main body; a cleaning unit configured to perform a cleaning function; a sensing unit configured to detect a surrounding environment; and a controller configured to perform a previous cleaning, to map a cleaning zone based on information detected by the sensing unit, and to control to perform cleaning by matching different cleaning methods according to a shape of the mapped cleaning zone. Accordingly, it is possible to increase the efficiency by providing an accurate cleaning zone definition and the division of the cleaning zone, and by providing an optimum cleaning traveling mode according to the divided cleaning zone. |
| US12161281B2 |
Surface cleaning apparatus
An upright surface cleaning apparatus comprises rear wheels that are moveable in a longitudinal direction and/or a lateral direction, which is transverse to the longitudinal direction, upon reconfiguring the upright surface cleaning apparatus between a storage position and an floor cleaning position. |
| US12161280B2 |
Handheld surface cleaning apparatus
A hand vacuum cleaner has an information display device provided on a rear wall of the rear end of the hand vacuum cleaner. |
| US12161276B2 |
Fluid supply system of docking station for moving device and method for controlling same
A fluid supply system of a docking station for a moving apparatus includes a moving apparatus including a first storage tank configured to receive a fluid therein, a docking station into which the moving apparatus is selectively docked, the docking station including a second storage tank configured to receive the fluid therein and a pump configured to discharge a fluid received in the second storage tank, and a processor electrically connected to the pump and configured to determine, when the moving apparatus is docked to the docking station, whether the moving apparatus has been successfully docked, and to control the pump to operate with an operation load, when the processor concludes that the moving apparatus has been successfully docked into the docking station so that the fluid is supplied from the second storage tank to the first storage tank. |
| US12161269B2 |
Loading and transfer system/assembly for sheet material dispensers
A sheet material dispenser can include a dispenser housing that supports one or more supplies of sheet material, and a feed roller configured to engage and feed the sheet material from the dispenser housing. The dispenser also can include a sheet material loading assembly including a cover that is rotatably connected the dispenser housing and movable between a closed position and an open position. The sheet material loading assembly further can include a roller that is rotatably connected to the cover and configured to be coupled to a portion of sheet material from one of the supplies, with the cover in its open position, and to press the portion of sheet material into engagement with the feed roller body, with the cover in its closed position, to initiate dispensing of the at least one supply from the dispenser. |
| US12161266B2 |
Hygiene implement holder with shield
The holder rests or attaches to the ledge of a sink and stores a tool such as a toothbrush in an inverted position to drain into the sink basin. The holder includes a base cooperating with a suction cup, a post with at least one notch, and an arm with slots to hold the tool handle. In most cases, a three-walled shield protects the stored tool from splashes or debris created in the sink during regular use. The angle of the tool holder advantageously encourages any liquid debris on the tool to drain away from the tool as it dries during storage. In one example, a toothbrush handle rests in the notch and contacts the arm extending over the sink. The cleaning head, bristles, razor, or other working end of the tool will desirably hang to enhance the hygienic storage of the tool. A cover protects the tool from splashes. |
| US12161265B2 |
Kitchen appliance
A kitchen appliance has a motorized base and a food container with a rotary tool detachably mountable to the base. A safety switch is provided in the base and an actuator for actuating the safety switch is provided as part of the food container. The food container is mountable to the base with at least first and second angular orientations for setting different motor speed settings. |
| US12161264B2 |
Drip tray for a cooking device
A cooking device may include a cooking chamber and a drip tray may be disposed within the cooking chamber. The drip tray may include one or more portions such as a first portion, a second portion, a third portion, and a fourth portion. The first portion and the second portion may be disposed in an angled configuration, such as a V-shaped configuration. In addition, the third portion and the fourth portion may be disposed in an angled configuration, such as a V-shaped configuration. The second portion and the third portion may be disposed in an angled configuration, such as an inverted V-shaped configuration. The drip tray may be sized and configured to control at least a portion of a flow of thermal energy within the cooking device. |
| US12161258B2 |
Cooking vessel comprising an audible-alert bimetallic element
The invention relates to a cooking vessel (1) comprising a cap (2) equipped with an end wall (3). According to the invention, the end wall (3) comprises a housing (6) accomodating at least one bimetallic element (30a, 30b) that adopts a cold stable first position when the temperature is below a predetermined temperature and toggles into a hot stable second position when the temperature is above the predetermined temperature, and vice versa, the transition from the first stable position to the second stable position generating an audible signal designed to be perceived by a user or by an external device. |
| US12161257B2 |
Stain-resistant cooking surface and cookware item or electrical household appliance comprising such a cooking surface
Provided is a food cooking surface for a cookware item or an electrical household cooking appliance, consisting of a deposit of nitride of metal elements on a substrate, the metal elements of the deposit comprising one or more X transition metal(s) and aluminium. The production of the deposit comprises a nitridation step in arder to obtain a coating of type (X,Al)N. According to the invention, the (X,Al)N-type coating is a coating of nitride(s) of the one or more X transition metal(s), enriched with aluminium, in which niobium and/or zirconium is/are make up the most part of the X transition metal(s), the atomic ratio of aluminium in the metal elements of the deposit being at least equal to 20%. Also provided are cookware items and electrical household appliances intended for the cooking of food, comprising the above-mentioned type of cooking surface. |
| US12161256B2 |
Coffee machine with integrated steam and hot water generation
A coffee machine makes use of a valve arrangement for controlling the coupling of a water heater outlet selectively to one of two or more outlets, such as a steam delivery nozzle and a brew chamber. The valve arrangement comprises an active valve between the inlet channel and a first one of the outlets and a passive valve downstream of the active valve from the water heater outlet, coupled to a second one of the outlets. A cam surface controls the active valve, wherein the angular position of the cam surface controls the coupling of the inlet channel to the first one of the outlets. The rotation may be driven by rotational coupling to a brew chamber motor. This coffee machine design makes use of a single valve arrangement to provide the flow control from the water heater. This provides a compact arrangement with a low component count and simple control mechanism. It also enables all valve mechanisms to be outside the water or steam flow. |
| US12161251B2 |
Multi-use beverage system
Described herein is a beverage system that is configured to produce beverages having different characteristics, such as different levels of carbonation including producing substantially non-carbonated beverages and carbonated beverages with a single machine. The beverage system includes a beverage appliance and a beverage container. The beverage container includes a beverage material, which can include a flavoring ingredient for a target beverage. The beverage appliance is used to access the beverage material from the beverage container and produce the target beverage. The beverage appliance and beverage container are adaptable to produce the target beverage having any of a range of carbonation levels or other characteristics. |
| US12161250B2 |
Beverage apparatus with mixing chamber
The invention concerns a beverage preparation apparatus (100), said apparatus comprising at least one chamber (1) for receiving and mixing water and at least one soluble beverage ingredient, said chamber comprising: —a lateral side wall (11) defining an internal mixing volume, —a bottom wall (12) comprising a beverage outlet (3), —at least one water supply device (2) configured for creating a jet of water (21) and orienting said jet of water inside the chamber, —at least one rotating device (4) configured to rotate around a rotational axis inside the mixing chamber, said rotating device comprising blades (41), wherein the blades of the rotating device are freely rotatable around the rotational axis, and wherein the jet of water introduced in the chamber is oriented to hit the blades of the rotating device and actuate the rotation of the rotating device around the rotational axis. |
| US12161249B2 |
System for preparing a beverage
A beverage preparation system comprises a first exchangeable capsule with a first exit face and a second exchangeable capsule with a second exit face, the second exit face having a larger diameter than the first exit face. The system further comprises an apparatus including an extraction plate having a plurality of relief elements for selectively engaging one of the first and second exit faces, and a fluid dispensing device for supplying an amount of fluid under pressure to a selected one of the exchangeable capsules, so as to press its exit face onto the relief elements, for opening the exit face. The extraction plate and the second exit face are adapted to each other such that a flow resistance of the second exit face when opened is less than a flow resistance of the first exit face when opened. |
| US12161247B2 |
Extraction bag
A tea bag type extraction bag to obtain extraction liquid includes bag main body formed of water permeable filter sheet, pair of thin plate-like members provided on outer surfaces of two opposing faces of bag main body; and extraction material filled in bag main body. Respective outer surfaces of bag main body, thin plate-like member includes upper edge portion attached to upper part of bag main body, gripping portion continuous with upper edge portion via fold line and extends from fold line toward lower edge of bag main body, and leg portion extending from upper edge of bag main body toward lower edge of bag main body. Upper edge of upper edge portion is flush with upper edge of bag main body, and gripping portion is able to be folded upward along fold line so that leading end part thereof projects from upper edge of bag main body. |
| US12161244B2 |
Glove-dispensing means
A glove-dispensing system (120) may position glove cartridges (50) adjacent to glove portals (150) through which hands (190) can be inserted to don the gloves (20) that have been expanded. The glove-dispensing system (120) may dispense gloves (20) of different sizes in response to a size selection signal. |
| US12161241B2 |
Single-serve beverage cup
A single serve beverage cup, including for wine, is disclosed having a base, a bowl, a seal and a cover. The container may also include an outer package and an inner package. There is also disclosed a single serve beverage cup having a cavity for receiving a miniature liquor bottle for making a cocktail. |
| US12161240B2 |
Apparatus for suspending objects on a wall
An apparatus for supporting an object on a wall includes a wall member including a rear side defining a wall mount plane to be held against a wall surface and a recess defined at least in part by a front wall portion. A frame member includes a frame mount section and an arm extending downward from the frame mount section for positioning down into the recess of the wall member for support. The front wall portion and the arm are configured such that an interaction of the arm and a rear surface of the front wall portion during a downward movement of the arm into the recess, while the frame mount section is spaced away from the wall surface, will cause at least one of the front wall portion or the arm to move. |
| US12161236B2 |
Lowering assist device
A lowering assist device includes first and second track housings, first and second resistance mechanisms, and first and second platforms. Each track housing includes a front face, a rear face, and opposing side faces and further includes an internal shaft and an internal member vertically movable along the internal shaft. Each resistance mechanism is housed within the respective track housing and is configured to provide a biasing force to the respective internal member as the respective internal member moves within the respective track housing. Each platform is mounted to the respective internal members. |
| US12161235B2 |
Retrofitting apparatus for a chair that extends around sides of an upper body portion of a user seated in the chair
Some embodiments are directed to retrofitting apparatus for use with a chair, the chair including a seat portion, a back portion that extends substantially perpendicular to the seat portion, and at least one elongated connector that connects the seat portion and the back portion. The retrofitting apparatus includes a removable coupling structure connectable to the at least one elongated connector of the chair, the removable coupling structure including at least one connecting member configured to extend around a perimeter of a portion of the at least one elongated connector; and a cover connected to the coupling structure, the cover configured to project from at least a 180 degree radius around at least a portion of the back portion of the chair, thereby extending around sides of a chair occupant so as to provide a physical barrier between the chair occupant and those disposed adjacent thereto. |
| US12161233B2 |
Portable rebounding device with force adjustment assembly
A rebounding device includes a front member, a rear member, and a spring mechanism including a first biasing element and force adjustment assembly. The force adjustment assembly includes a spring element including a front planar surface and a rear planar surface connected at a rounded portion, wherein the front planar surface contacts an inner surface of the front member; a screw housing secured to an inner surface of the rear member, wherein the screw housing includes a longitudinal channel and a bore on an upper surface; a drive screw positioned through the bore and along the longitudinal channel of the screw housing; a threaded block positioned within the longitudinal channel of the screw housing, wherein the threaded block is configured to move vertically along the longitudinal channel, and wherein the rear planar surface of the spring element is secured to the threaded block. |
| US12161232B2 |
Body support assembly and methods for the use and assembly thereof
A body support assembly includes a seat assembly and backrest assembly supported by a tilt control assembly. Methods of using and assembling the body support assembly are provided. |
| US12161225B2 |
Mechanical extension apparatus for extendable seat and extendable seat
The present disclosure relates to a mechanical extension apparatus for an extendable chair unit and a chair unit including such mechanical extension apparatus. The mechanical extension apparatus includes: a reclining apparatus that include multiple links attached to the seat, the backrest and the footrest of the extendable seat, and such reclining apparatus is configured to convert the extendable seat between a sitting position and a lying position. The mechanical extension apparatus also includes an actuator that is attached to the reclining apparatus, and the actuator is configured to electronically convert the extendable seat between the sitting position and the lying position. |
| US12161224B2 |
Posture correcting apparatus
Disclosed is a posture correction device. According to the present invention, the posture correction device includes: a base part; and a recognizing part having a frame whose one side is coupled to the base part in such a manner as to allow one or more of a height and an angle to be adjusted, wherein the recognizing part is recognized visually and tactilely according to a user's posture. |
| US12161223B2 |
Wall mounting apparatus
A wall mounting apparatus and a method of manufacturing portions thereof. The wall mounting apparatus includes an article having a rear surface with at least one recess, a mounting component having a front surface with a mounting channel, a rear surface, and a peripheral surface, and a mounting bracket. The mounting component is positioned in the recess of the article with the rear surface of the mounting component facing the floor of the recess and bonded to the article with a bonding agent disposed between the peripheral surface of the mounting component and the sidewall of the recess of the article. The article is mounted to the wall via sliding engagement between the article and the mounting bracket while the mounting bracket is mounted to the wall and at least partially located within the mounting channel of the mounting component. |
| US12161220B2 |
Height adjustable platforms and associated mechanisms
A mobile workstation can include a head unit assembly. A worksurface can be coupled to the head unit assembly and configured to translate with respect to the head unit assembly between an open configuration and a closed configuration. A glide can be rotatably coupled to the head unit assembly and engaged with the worksurface. The glide can include a latch configured to translate with respect to a glide body of the glide. The mobile workstation can include a worksurface opening mechanism having a locking configuration and an unlocking configuration. The worksurface opening mechanism can include a latch release handle moveably coupled to the head unit assembly. Movement of the latch release handle can transition the worksurface opening mechanism between the locked configuration and the unlocked configuration. A release assembly can selectively engage with the first latch. A lift system can bias the worksurface away from the head unit assembly. |
| US12161212B2 |
Manufacturing apparatus, mixing machine and/or receiving device for the manufacture of a composition from a mixture of formulations
A mixing machine, configured to receive a receiving device in order to form a manufacturing apparatus, the mixing machine comprising: a support defining a receiving housing, able to receive a first capsule and a second capsule both deformable and intended to be fluidly linked to each other, the first and second capsules containing respectively a first formulation and a second formulation, an actuation system, movable in rotation back-and-forth about a pivot axis, a cam movable in rotation along a cam axis of rotation not parallel to the actuation axis of rotation, the cam comprising a drive finger, wherein the actuation system comprises a drive groove configured to receive said drive finger, so that the rotation of the cam causes a back-and-forth motion of the actuation system, wherein the link between the drive finger and the drive groove comprises a ball joint. |
| US12161210B2 |
Formula delivery appliance
Hair coloring appliances include an elongate handle and a consumable assembly removably couplable to the handle. The consumable assembly has a manifold chamber with a fluid inlet in selective fluid communication with a first formulation fluid source, a plurality of outlet nozzles configured to discharge a first formulation from the manifold chamber, and a distribution protrusion extending into the manifold chamber and configured to direct the flow of the first formulation from the fluid inlet to each of the plurality of outlet nozzles. |
| US12161202B2 |
Method for manufacturing a composite component of a timepiece or of a jewelry part, and composite component obtainable by such method
The invention relates to a method for manufacturing a composite component of a timepiece or of a jewelry part, the composite component comprising a porous ceramic part and a metallic material filling the pores of said ceramic part, said method comprising the steps of: providing a porous ceramic preform of the component, providing a metallic material, heating the metallic material to a temperature higher than the melting point of the metallic material, filling the pores of the ceramic preform with the molten metallic material, cooling the metallic material and the ceramic preform to obtain a solidified metallic material in the pores of the ceramic preform, and applying finishing treatments to obtain the composite component, wherein said porous ceramic preform consists essentially of a material selected from the group consisting of Si3N4, SiO2 and mixtures thereof, and said metallic material is selected from the group consisting of gold, platinum, palladium metals and alloys of these metals.The invention relates also to a composite component of a timepiece or of a jewelry part comprising a porous ceramic part and a metallic material filling the pores of said ceramic part, wherein said porous ceramic part consists essentially of a material selected from the group consisting of Si3N4, SO2 and mixtures thereof, and said metallic material which is selected from the group consisting of gold, platinum, palladium metals and alloys of these metals. |
| US12161196B2 |
Automatic retention apparatus
An apparatus for automatically adjusting tension on retention member to hold multiple objects together. Examples include using retention apparatus to obtain optimal fit and use of a human wearable item such as article of footwear. Sensors may be used to sense changes in movement of the article of footwear, of the person wearing it, or of a third object such as a vehicle carrying the person. A retention member may surround at least a portion of the objects, and an actuator may be included that automatically rotates a rotating member such as a gear or pulley that may be coupled to the retention member. The rotating member may be configured to automatically adjust tension on the retention member many times per second based on control signals from control logic responsive to the sensors. |
| US12161194B2 |
Textile footwear item and method of manufacture
A footwear item including a main textile element including a main textile bootie having a sole portion secured, at least partially, to at least one sole element, the main textile element also including one or more hot-melted textile portion(s). The sole portion includes a first through-opening, and the main textile element includes at least a first additional textile part of unitary textile construction with the main textile bootie and in connection with the first through-opening. The first additional textile part may project into or out of the foot-accommodating volume of the main bootie and potentially reinforce the attachment with the sole element. |
| US12161192B2 |
Systems and methods for manufacturing footwear with felting
A needle assembly for a stitching machine comprises a stitching jig comprising a needle holder, a needle clamp hoop and a fixing jig. The needle holder has needle sockets to hold a plurality of needles. The needle clamp hoop is connected to the needle holder to retain needles in the sockets. The fixing jig is connected to the needle clamp hoop to couple with a reciprocating bar of the stitching machine. A method for manufacturing an article of footwear upper comprises laying out a first sheet of material; positioning a second sheet of material to overlap with the first sheet of material at an overlap; positioning a felt material adjacent the overlap so that the second sheet of material is between the first sheet of material and the felt material; and felting the felt material to draw fibers of the felt material through the first and second sheets of material. |
| US12161189B2 |
Adaptive insole for rehabilitation of foot injuries
An insole for offloading injuries on an area of a plantar surface of a patient's foot includes a body having a shape corresponding to the plantar surface of the patient's foot including a top surface and a bottom surface; and at least one supportive, deformable, deflatable bubble chamber. The at least one bubble chamber extends from the top surface of the body. The at least one bubble chamber is configured to be deflated to relieve pressure on the plantar surface of the patient's foot. A kit including the insole and an article of footwear including a sole, an upper connected about a periphery of the sole defining an interior of the article of footwear, and the insole positioned in the interior of the article, are also provided. |
| US12161179B2 |
Hat having rear-view camera
The present invention relates to a hat having a rear-view camera that includes a hat body with an insertion body and a brim, an upward/downward extension and contraction part disposed on the peak of the insertion body and thus extending upward or contracting downward vertically to freely adjust the rear-view camera disposed on top thereof upward and downward in height, and a forward/backward extension and contraction part freely adjusted forward and backward in length from the top of the brim to freely adjust a display part forward and backward, so that the rear-view camera is freely adjusted in height on the top of the insertion body of the hat body to allow a video providing a situation behind a wearer who wears the hat body to be transmitted to the display part. |
| US12161178B2 |
Glove for leisure
The present invention relates to a leisure glove that is capable of having grip reinforcing members adapted to allow radial portions formed radially from central portions thereof and stripe-shaped wave portions surrounding the central portions to be spaced apart from one another, respectively, so that a contact force with a golf club can be strengthened to improve a grip force. According to the present invention, the leisure glove includes: a body; and grip reinforcing members formed on the outer surface of the palm portion of the body, wherein the grip reinforcing members may include: central portions; radial portions protruding from the center of each central portion in every direction; and wave portions formed to the shapes of stripes surrounding each central portion and spaced apart from one another to gradually expand outwardly. |
| US12161174B2 |
Thermally re-castable brassieres
The present invention is directed to thermally re-castable brassieres that offer the user the ability to personalize/customize the fit of the brassiere, multiple times, to account for changing body shape. In particular, the brassieres of the present invention are thermally re-castable through the inclusion of a thermally re-castable underwire positioned at the base of the cups. In addition, the thermally re-castable underwire of the present invention may be applied to existing brassieres and supportive garments by modification of these brassieres and garments. |
| US12161172B2 |
Bra with stretch support
A brassiere includes a front portion configured to be positioned along a front of a torso, a back portion coupled to the front portion, and a shoulder strap extending from the front portion to the back portion. The front portion includes a cup for supporting a wearer's breast. The cup comprises a fabric layer and a printed layer. The fabric layer includes a first side and a second side opposite the first side. The printed layer is deposited on the fabric layer and forms a discontinuous layer defining covered fabric areas and noncovered fabric areas exposing the fabric layer. An elastic modulus of the covered fabric areas is different than an elastic modulus of the noncovered fabric areas. The printed layer is deposited on the fabric layer in a pattern configured to provide the cup with an elastic modulus gradient. |
| US12161171B2 |
Digital control systems and methods for adaptive apparel
A control system for use within an adaptive support garment is discussed herein. The control system can include a lace spool, a ratchet mechanism, an actuator, and a control circuit. The lace spool can include a lace groove adapted to accumulate a portion of a lace cable coupled to a support structure within the adaptive support garment. The ratchet mechanism can be configured to control rotation of the lace spool during operation of the control system. The actuator can be adapted to control engagement of the ratchet mechanism. The control circuit electrically can be coupled to the actuator and can be configured to operate the actuator to engage or disengage the ratchet mechanism. In operation, rotation of the lace spool controls an effective length of the lace cable to provide adaptive support. |
| US12161169B2 |
Aerosol generating device, and method and device for controlling aerosol generating device
Provided is a device for generating an aerosol, the device including: a heater that generates the aerosol by heating an aerosol generating material; and a controller that variably increases an amount of power supplied to the heater to heat the aerosol generating material at a preheating temperature lower than a heating temperature for generating the aerosol. |
| US12161168B2 |
Method of controlling heating in an aerosol-generating system
A method of controlling heating in an aerosol-generating system including a heater is provided, the method including: providing a predetermined power to the heater and monitoring a resistance of the heater, the monitored resistance being indicative of a temperature of the heater; monitoring for a predetermined condition and upon detection of the predetermined condition, recording the resistance of the heater; determining a target resistance corresponding to a target temperature of the heater based on the recorded resistance; and detecting a dry puff when the recorded resistance increases above a threshold value or when a power required to maintain the heater at the target resistance decreases below a threshold value. An aerosol-generating system including a heater, a power supply, and a controller to perform the method, is also provided. |
| US12161164B2 |
Induction heater enabling lateral airflow
An aerosol-generating device is provided, including: a cavity configured to receive an aerosol-generating article including aerosol-forming substrate; and an induction heating arrangement including an induction coil and a susceptor assembly, the susceptor assembly including a central susceptor arrangement arranged centrally within the cavity and a peripheral susceptor arrangement arranged distanced from and around the central susceptor arrangement, and one or more of: the central susceptor arrangement including at least two central susceptors configured to enable lateral airflow between the at least two central susceptors, the peripheral susceptor arrangement including at least two peripheral susceptors configured to enable lateral airflow between the at least two peripheral susceptors, and one or both of the central susceptor arrangement and the peripheral susceptor arrangement including one or more porous susceptors. |
| US12161163B2 |
Heater and cigarette device having same
A heater and a cigarette device having the heater is provided. The heater includes a base having a surface, an infrared electric-heating coating layer disposed on the surface of the base, and a conductor including a first conducting part and a second conducting part disposed on the surface of the base. Both of the first conducting part and the second conducting part are at least partially electrically connected with the infrared electric-heating coating layer. The first conducting part includes a first electric conducting spiral section, and the second conducting part includes a second electric conducting spiral section. A spacing between the first electric conducting spiral section and the second electric conducting spiral section is not zero. Through the first and second electric conducting spiral sections disposed on the surface of the base, a path of electric currents flowing through the infrared electric-heating coating layer of the base is shorter. |
| US12161162B2 |
Atomization element and electronic cigarette
An atomization element (100) and an electronic cigarette. The atomization element (100) comprises a porous ceramic portion (101) and a porous metal portion (102) contacting the porous ceramic portion (101); at least some holes of the porous ceramic portion (101) is communicated with holes of the porous metal portion (102); the porous metal portion (102) has a thickness of not less than 30 μm. The atomization element (100) can sufficiently atomize an e-liquid, thereby improving the taste of aerosol. |
| US12161161B2 |
Vapor-generating systems
A vapor-generating system includes a cartridge, a vapor-generating device and a piercing element. The cartridge includes a cartridge housing configured to hold a solid vapor-forming substrate within the cartridge housing interior, a liquid storage housing configured to hold a liquid vapor-forming substrate within the liquid storage housing interior, and a frangible seal on the liquid storage housing. The vapor-generating device includes a device housing at least partially defining a cavity, an electric heater, and a power supply. The piercing element is configured to pierce the frangible seal of the cartridge to expose the liquid storage housing interior to be in fluid communication with the electric heater based on the vapor-generating device coupling with the cartridge such that the device housing at least partially receives the cartridge into the cavity. The electric heater is located externally from the piercing element. |
| US12161160B2 |
Vaporizer cartridge
A vaporizer cartridge includes: a body including a storage compartment configured to hold a vaporizable material, the body having a first end and a second end opposite the first end, the body having a mouthpiece positioned at the first end and the second end being configured for insertion into a receptacle of the vaporizer device; a heating element configured to vaporize the vaporizable material; a vapor tube extending between the heating element and the mouthpiece; a seal insertable at the second end within the storage compartment of the body, the seal configured to retain the vaporizable material within the storage compartment and having interior surfaces inclined from a distal end of the seal toward the heating element for funneling the flow of the vaporizable material within the storage compartment towards the heating element. |
| US12161159B2 |
Closed bottom vaporizer pod
A closed bottom vaporizer pod prevents vaporizable material from exiting the pod and entering into a heat source of a vaporizer. A closed bottom vaporizer pod further reduces contamination and/or fouling of a vaporizer and comprises a closed bottom capsule, at least one air inlet for drawing air into the closed bottom capsule, and at least one air outlet for drawing air out of the closed bottom capsule. An air flow path is created from the at least one air inlet, the closed bottom capsule, and the air outlet which prevents contamination of the vaporizer. |
| US12161156B2 |
Non-combustible vaping element with tobacco insert
An e-vaping device may include a pre-vapor formulation tank configured to hold a pre-vapor formulation, an adaptor that includes a vaporizer assembly configured to vaporize the pre-vapor formulation, and a flavor insert positioned to receive vapors formed by the vaporizer assembly. The flavor insert may hold at least one flavorant. The tank, adaptor, and flavor insert may be a non-combustible vaping element that includes a channel into which the flavor insert may be inserted to be positioned to receive the vapors. The flavor insert and the vaporizer assembly may be at opposing ends of the channel. The flavor insert may be a detachable insert configured to be inserted into the tank element. The flavor element may be a tobacco element. The tobacco element may be at least a portion of a cigarette. |
| US12161151B2 |
Cigar mold
The present disclosure relates to a device and method for forming a cigar shaped object. A mold is provided having at least one cigar shaped pocket, a rod aligned within the pocket and a separate tamping device. The tamping device has a stem and handle with a bore in the stem larger than the diameter of the rod. Tobacco or other smoking material is placed in the pocket and the tamping device is used to compress the material which forms a cigar-shaped tube by placing the tamping device onto the rod and repeatedly moving it up and down to tamp or compress the material. The rod, when removed, creates a bore through the smoking material to improve and control air draw. After removal from the mold, the packed smoking material may be wrapped in any appropriate wrapper material. |
| US12161147B2 |
Product portion enrobing process and apparatus, and resulting products
A method of enrobing a product portion in polymer strands includes mounting at least one product portion on a holding device and passing the at least one product portion through a polymer enrobing zone. The polymer enrobing zone can include a flow of polymeric fibers produced by a polymer spray head. The polymer fibers can wraparound the at least one product portion to produce an enrobed product portion. The holding device can hold the at least one product portion by passing at least partially through the body of the product portion. At least a portion of the holding device is removed from the enrobed product portion. In some cases, the at least one product portion includes smokeless tobacco. |
| US12161146B2 |
Synthetic fiber oral flavored product
An synthetic fiber oral flavored product includes a fibrous substrate. The fibrous substrate is made of a synthetic polyester in a typically pelletized shape imbued a carrier liquid of propylene glycol or equivalent. The carrier liquid carries a freebase synthetic nicotine, a binding agent, a textural adjustment agent and flavorants. In some examples, the fibrous substrate is heat treated and modified by heating and rapid cooling the substrate to increase the zeta potential of the fibrous substrate. |
| US12161144B2 |
Process for preparation of cereal fractions
A process for preparation of cereal fractions. The process comprises wet milling of oat grains or barley grains in the presence of an enzyme composition derived from malt; and when oat grains or barley grains are wet milled, optionally isolating, from the wet milled grains, a beta-glucan enriched fraction. Liquid and solid food products obtainable by the process. |
| US12161143B2 |
Apparatus and related industrial applications with solid-state RF energy technology
The present invention relates to a processing apparatus, in which a substance is preferably heated, cooked, dried, disinfected and/or pasteurized, sterilized. The present invention further relates to a method to treat a substance with radio-frequency waves. |
| US12161142B2 |
Methods for using high-fiber, low-sugar soluble dietary fibers
The present disclosure provides soluble dietary fibers, food and beverage products including them, and methods for using them. In one aspect, the disclosure provides a method for improving body in a fermented beverage, the method including providing a soluble dietary fiber having a fiber content of at least 97% as measured by AOAC 2001.03 and a DP1+DP2 content of no more than 3 wt % (e.g., no more than 2 wt %) on a dry solids basis in the fermented beverage. |
| US12161140B2 |
Method for preparing food fumeol, method for preparing food fumeol from Perilla frutescens as raw material and application
The present invention provides a method for preparing a food fumeol, a method for preparing a food fumeol from Perilla frutescens as a raw material and application. The method for preparing a food fumeol includes: respectively preparing a single fumeol from each of n raw materials; and then, mixing at least two kinds of single fumeols to prepare the food fumeol, wherein n is a positive integer being greater than or equal to 2. According to application of the food fumeol, food is liquid smoked by using the food fumeol of the present application. The types and flavors of the food fumeol are greatly enriched, and the development of the food fumeol of different types and flavors is facilitated. A Perilla frutescens fumeol having a natural unique flavor prepared by the method for preparing the food fumeol from Perilla frutescens as the raw material contains rich flavor substances, and achieves antibacterial and antioxidant effects. By using the Perilla frutescens fumeol for liquid smoking, the smoking speed is high, the operation is convenient, and a product has intense smoking aromas, a unique natural flavor and no or few harmful substances. |
| US12161139B2 |
Soup stock pack production method and soup stock pack production apparatus
Manufacturers produce various soup stock packs, and try to meet preferences of users who are consumers. However, there is a problem in that users have no opportunity to more voluntarily get involved in making user's preferred soup stock packs. For solving the above problem, a soup stock pack production method including: a selection accepting step of accepting a selection of a predetermined number of foodstuffs from a plurality of foodstuffs each of which is a material of a soup stock; a composition ratio acquiring step of acquiring respective composition ratios of the selected foodstuffs; a grinding step of grinding the selected foodstuffs based on the acquired composition ratios; and a packaging step of making a soup stock pack by packaging the plurality of ground foodstuffs, and the like are provided. |
| US12161138B2 |
Method for preparation of nitrite ion-containing Allium tuberosum fermentate and composition thereof
The present invention relates to a method for preparation of a fermented Allium tuberosum composition which is obtained by inoculating and fermenting Allium tuberosum with yeast to generate nitrite ions and adding an anthocyanin to stabilize the nitrite ions, and to the fermented Allium tuberosum composition, whereby when ingested into the body, the natural nitrite ions are converted into nitric oxide to induce various biological activities such as hypotension, immunopotentiation, improved blood circulation, and the like. An anthocyanin can be obtained in the form of an extract from aronia, purple corn, black rice, berries such as blueberries and so forth, black bean, and the like and can improve the thermal stability of nitrite ions. Provided are thus a method for preparing a nitrite ion-stabilized, fermented Allium tuberosum liquid by adding an anthocyanin to a fermented Allium tuberosum liquid and a composition thereof. |
| US12161136B2 |
Screening methods using GPRC6A taste receptors and pet food products and compositions prepared using the same
The presently disclosed subject matter relates to methods of screening raw materials and pet food products to manufacture a palatable pet food product. The presently disclosed subject matter also relates to methods for identifying compounds that modulate the activity and/or expression of a taste receptor. |
| US12161135B2 |
Method and apparatus for reducing required frequency for manual cleaning of at least portions of a food flow path in a food processor
A system and method for treating a portion of a food flow path in a food processor having a freezer chamber includes imparting a continuous flow of solution through a portion of the food flow path with sufficient flow rate, temperature and flow duration to impart at least one of (i) impart at least a 6 log reduction in inoculum count and (ii) extend the necessary time for manual cleaning of the portion of a food flow path exposed to the continuous flow of solution to at least 7 days. |
| US12161133B1 |
Manufacturing method of coffee bean compression block
Discussed is a method of manufacturing a coffee bean block that includes milling a green coffee bean to remove an outer surface of the green coffee bean to obtain a milled green coffee bean; roasting the milled green coffee bean to obtain a roasted milled coffee bean; placing the roasted milled coffee bean into a forming mold; compressing the roasted milled coffee bean in the forming mold using a pushing rod having a protrusion of a predetermined pattern so that the roasted milled coffee bean is crushed into fragments by the forming mold and the pushing rod; and continue compressing the fragments of the roasted milled coffee bean until the fragments are formed into a compressed coffee block. |
| US12161128B2 |
System and method for inspecting poultry slaughter products
A system for inspecting poultry slaughter products, includes a supply transport line, having successive first product carriers; a discharge transport line, including successive second product carriers; at least two inspection lines, each comprising successive inspection product carriers; each of the first, second and inspection product carriers being configured to carry and transport a respective one of the products. The system has an inspection station along each of the inspection lines, with each inspection station being arranged for inspecting products passing the inspection station while being transported by the associated inspection line during use; and, a first product transfer system for successively transferring products from first product carriers to respective inspection product carriers while distributing the products over all of the at least two inspection lines; a second product transfer system for successively transferring products from inspection product carriers to respective second product carriers of the discharge transport line. |
| US12161118B2 |
Dye-containing kaolin compositions for crop protection and improving plant physiology
The present application provides kaolin compositions that surprisingly increase the water use efficiency of plants, reduce the occurrence of insects on crop plants, and treat citrus trees infected with HLB. |
| US12161117B2 |
Agrochemical combinations
Disclosed herein is a combination comprising: at least one insecticidal diamide compound; at least one benzoylphenyl urea compound; and at least third insecticidal compound. |
| US12161116B1 |
Ethyl-2-{[(2,4-dichlorobenzoyl carbamothioyl]amino}-4,5,6,7-tetrahydro-1-benzothiophene-3-carboxylate as an eco-friendly insecticidal agent against Spodoptera littoralis (boisd.)
Synthesis of a compound Ethyl-2-{[(2,4-dichlorobenzoyl)carbamothioyl]amino}-4,5,6,7-tetrahydro-1-benzothiophene-3-carboxylate and its use as an insecticidal agent. |
| US12161115B2 |
Herbicidal compounds
The present invention relates to compounds of Formula (I), 5 wherein R1, R2, R3, R4 and G are as defined herein. The invention further relates to herbicidal compositions which comprise a compound of Formula (I), to their use for controlling weeds, in particular in crops of useful plants. |
| US12161114B2 |
Overpowered ABA receptor agonists
The present invention sets forth small novel abscisic acid (ABA) receptor agonist scaffolds and compounds with potent in vivo activity. In some aspects, the present invention provides agricultural formulations and methods comprising the ABA receptor agonists described herein, such as methods of managing crop water use and improving stress tolerance (e.g., drought tolerance). In some preferred embodiments, the inventive compounds have improved properties relative to the current “best in-class” molecules quinabactin and its derivatives. |
| US12161113B1 |
Additive ingredients of synergists and surfactants provided in a single-use transporter preferably for use with weed control, insect control and mold removal compositions
An additive transporter, housing additive ingredients of synergists and surfactants preferably for use in a natural, weed control application, insect control application, algae removal and/or mold removal end-use application. In certain non-limiting embodiments, the transporter can be fluid soluble. Where the transporter is fluid soluble it can be added to a container/bottle having a desired amount of water and organic acid or inorganic acid causing the transporter to dissolve and release the additive ingredients for mixing with the water and organic acid. Preferably, the additive or product enhancer ingredients can be organic ingredients and can comprise, without limitation, citric acid, potassium oleate, wintergreen oil and almond oil. Potassium citrate can also be included. As the transporter dissolves the released ingredients mix with organic acids and/or inorganic acids to provide an end-use composition for eco-friendly weed control, insect control, algae removal and/or mold removal. Though not considered limiting, the transporter can be in the form of a pod, packet, pouch, capsule, carton, or cardboard/plastic/metal container. |
| US12161108B2 |
Agricultural spraying device
An agricultural spraying device includes a plurality of main dispensing units arranged on a sprayer boom, each of the main dispensing units configured for dispensing liquid onto agricultural land and including a distributor housing, the distributor housing having a liquid inlet and a plurality of liquid outlets and being configured to selectively advance liquid flowing in via the liquid inlet to a liquid outlet or distribute the liquid to a plurality of liquid outlets, and a plurality of auxiliary dispensing units, each of the auxiliary dispensing units configured to dispense the liquid onto agricultural land, a respective one of the liquid outlets of the distributor housings of the plurality of main dispensing units being connected via an additional line to a respective one of the auxiliary dispensing units. |
| US12161106B2 |
System and method for controlling a shock output of an electronic animal trap
A system for controlling a shock output of an electronic animal trap includes a battery, a transformer having a primary coil connected to the battery, and a controller connected to the battery and the primary coil. The controller has a shock cycle module determining a battery capacity of the battery and determining a shock enable time based on the battery capacity. The shock cycle module controls a primary current from the battery to run through the primary coil for the shock enable time. |
| US12161105B2 |
Animal snare
An animal snare includes an elongated barrel and first and second carriages slidably supported on the barrel. The first and second carriages are interconnected by a cord. A snare extends out the first end of the barrel and has at least one end affixed to the second carriage. An elastic member is releasably connected to the first carriage and is configured to bias the first carriage toward a fired position. The elastic member is in tension when the first carriage is in a cocked position. A trigger assembly is configured to retain the first carriage in the cocked position against the tension of the elastic member. Actuation of the trigger assembly causes release of the first carriage and permits the first carriage to travel along the barrel toward the first end to the fired position as the tension in the elastic member is released to draw the snare. |
| US12161104B2 |
Mouse trap
A mouse trap including a frame, a first trapping member, a second trapping member, and actuator means for causing the first and second trapping members to move from an open position to a closed position. The first and second trapping members are pivotable such that they each pivot horizontally in an arc towards each other from the open position to the closed position. The first and second trapping members are configured to trap a mouse when the first and second trapping members are in the closed position. |
| US12161103B2 |
Systems and methods for predicting pest pressure using geospatial features and machine learning
System and methods for predicting future pest pressures are provided. A pest pressure prediction computing device includes a memory and a processor communicatively coupled to the memory. The processor is programmed to receive trap data for a plurality of pest traps in a geographic location, receive weather data for the geographic location, receive image data for the geographic location, identify at least one geospatial feature within or proximate to the geographic location, apply a machine learning algorithm to the trap data, the weather data, the image data, and the at least one identified geospatial feature to identify a correlation between pest pressure and the at least one geospatial feature, and generate predicted future pest pressures for the geographic location based at least on the identified correlation between pest pressure and the at least one geospatial feature. |
| US12161101B2 |
Lighted fishing pole tip apparatus
This invention improves the position of the Lighted tip moving it away from the pole and with testing and research improves the visibility because of its sleek ergonomic shape, it is also made of a super lightweight resin or plastic material to protect the Light itself and is easily manufactured around the last eyelet. |
| US12161098B2 |
Pet water dispenser
Disclosed is a pet water dispenser, including: a drinking tray, disposed above a water storage tank; and a water pump, configured to pump drinking water in the water storage tank to the drinking tray. |
| US12161097B2 |
Non-human animals having a humanized signal-regulatory protein gene
Genetically modified non-human animals and methods and compositions for making and using the same are provided, wherein the genetic modification comprises a humanization of an endogenous signal-regulatory protein gene, in particular a humanization of a SIRPα gene. Genetically modified mice are described, including mice that express a human or humanized SIRPα protein from an endogenous SIRPα locus. |
| US12161095B2 |
Transfer assembly and system for aquaculture
A system for transferring marine life within an aquaculture facility including a plurality of segregated storage facilities each containing water for marine life, maintained within a predetermined temperature range and supported at independent ground levels. The storage facilities are successively disposed and structured to contain marine life at different stages of growth. A transfer assembly includes a path of fluid flow interconnecting successive ones of said plurality of storage facilities in fluid communication with one another, wherein at least a majority of a length of said path of fluid flow is disposed beneath the independent ground levels at a predetermined depth, which is sufficient to facilitate maintenance of the path of fluid flow within the predetermined temperature range, via geothermal cooling. The transfer assembly may also connect a holding facility, which may be dimensioned and structured to transfer mature marine life, possibly on an on-demand basis, to the harvesting facility. |
| US12161090B2 |
Structures and methods for removal of frames from beehives and a bee-gate
A beehive for commercial or recreational beekeeping comprises: a plurality of frames and honeycomb frames in a beehive chamber; a mechanism for removing the honeycomb frames from the beehive chamber and inserting the honeycomb frames thereinto; a barrier, planar elements, fluid barrier, or any combination thereof adapted to move the honeycomb frames through while exiting the beehive chamber and to propel bees off the honeycomb frame while making sure the bees remain inside the beehive chamber. |
| US12161089B2 |
Parasiticidal collar comprising isoxazoline compounds
Provided herein are long-acting antiparasitic devices comprising parasiticidal isoxazoline active agent for external use on an animal to treat and/or prevent parasitic infestations by ectoparasites, and in some embodiments, also parasitic infections. The disclosure also describes methods and uses of the antiparasitic external devices to treat and/or prevent parasitic infestations and/or infections in an animal. |
| US12161087B2 |
Wall-mounted scratching structure assembly for cats
A wall-mounted scratching structure assembly for cats includes a mounting frame affixed to a vertical surface, the mounting frame including a wall-facing surface mounted against the vertical surface, a post-facing surface facing away from the vertical surface, and an attachment mechanism affixing the mounting frame to the vertical surface. The attachment mechanism may further allow a plurality of assemblies to be connected so as to create a stable, continuous climbing path for a cat. |
| US12161086B2 |
Portable treat dispenser with training clicker mechanism
There is provided a pet treat dispenser for dispensing pet treats. The dispenser includes a dispenser housing with a housing chamber and a treat dispenser opening. The dispenser includes a treat hopper having a treat storage cavity. The treat hopper is formed with the dispenser housing with the treat hopper body received in the housing chamber and with the treat hopper translating between closed and dispensing positions. In the closed position the treat storage cavity is not aligned with the treat dispenser opening. In the dispensing position the dispensing end is positioned adjacent to the treat dispenser opening exposing the treat storage cavity. The dispenser includes a clicking mechanism having a start position and a deflected position. The clicking mechanism deflects upon the treat hopper being translated to the dispensing position and to produce an audible sound upon the clicking mechanism being deflected. |
| US12161083B2 |
Rubber teat element with flexible head geometry
The present invention provides a rubber teat element which, on account of the radial expandability of the head part, is able to adapt to different teat geometries, in particular in the case where an animal has small, thin and short teats. A teat cup and a milking cluster with a corresponding rubber teat element are also provided. |
| US12161082B2 |
Tomato plants allowing the establishment of mites
The present invention relates to a modified Slmyc2 gene, which may comprise at least one modification as compared to the wild type sequence of SEQ ID No. 5, which modification leads to the reduction or absence of SlMYC2 protein activity, wherein the modified Slmyc2 gene is capable of conferring an aberrant glandular hair phenotype to a Solanum lycopersicum plant. The modification may be suitably selected from a modification that decreases the mRNA level of the Slmyc2 gene, a modification that decreases the level of the SlMYC2 protein and/or a modification that decreases the activity of the SlMYC2 protein, as compared to the wild type Slmyc2 gene of SEQ ID No. 5. |
| US12161080B2 |
Soybean cultivar LS1663030
The present invention is in the field of soybean variety LS1763306, LS1763244, LS1763241, LS1663505, LS1663030, ES1668064, ES1668001, ES1667964, ES1667827, ES1667778, ES1667716, ES1667642, ES1667539, ES1667513, AND/OR CL1561664 breeding and development. The present invention particularly relates to the soybean variety LS1763306, LS1763244, LS1763241, LS1663505, LS1663030, ES1668064, ES1668001, ES1667964, ES1667827, ES1667778, ES1667716, ES1667642, ES1667539, ES1667513, AND/OR CL1561664 and its seed, cells, germplasm, plant parts, and progeny, and methods of using LS1763306, LS1763244, LS1763241, LS1663505, LS1663030, ES1668064, ES1668001, ES1667964, ES1667827, ES1667778, ES1667716, ES1667642, ES1667539, ES1667513, AND/OR CL1561664 in a breeding program. |
| US12161078B2 |
Soybean variety
The present invention is directed in part to soybean variety CW1760018-1, CW1760013-1, CW1760013-2, CW1760018-2, CW1760277, CW1760842, CW1760068, CW1760276, CW1860859, and/or EW1860673 breeding and development. The present invention particularly relates to soybean variety CW1760018-1, CW1760013-1, CW1760013-2, CW1760018-2, CW1760277, CW1760842, CW1760068, CW1760276, CW1860859, and/or EW1860673 and its seed, cells, germplasm, plant parts, and progeny, and methods of using CW1760018-1, CW1760013-1, CW1760013-2, CW1760018-2, CW1760277, CW1760842, CW1760068, CW1760276, CW1860859, and/or EW1860673, e.g., in a breeding program. |
| US12161070B2 |
Synthetic soil substrate system for growing a plant
A synthetic soil substrate system has a plurality of synthetic soil substrate layers that are individually designed to promote plant growth as the roots grow into the layer and as a function of the growth stage. The synthetic soil substrate layers may be planar or may be concentrically arranged with a first synthetic soil substrate ring layer being configured inside of a second synthetic soil substrate ring layer. A synthetic soil substrate has pores that are configured for plant growth and retention and/or deliver of water and growth additives. The average pore size of a first synthetic soil substrate layer may be substantially different from the average pore size of an adjacent synthetic soil substrate layer. Also, the pore structure or shape of the pores may be different between synthetic soil substrate layers, The synthetic soil substrate may have an integral growth additive retained in the pores. |
| US12161067B2 |
Fiber mat with channels
A fiber mat includes natural wood fibers formed into an elongated strip having an upper surface and a lower surface, the upper surface having a first plurality of channels extending into the elongated strip, each of the first plurality of channels having a channel depth being different in a central portion of the mat than in an edge portion of the mat. |
| US12161066B2 |
Hillside chaffer
A cleaning mechanism of a combine harvester, for cleaning threshed and separated crop material, including a grain pan for receiving threshed and separated crop material and transporting the crop material rearwardly; a chaffer installed proximate the grain pan for receiving material from the grain pan where the chaffer includes a plurality of longitudinal channels with non-planar surfaces giving each channel a curved or trapezoidal cross section and at least two of the chaffer channels have an asymmetric non-planar surface with a greater part of the surface area facing the side portions of the chaffer; and a fan that causes an air flow through the chaffer to lift up discardable parts from the crop material and transport the discardable parts out of the combine harvester. |
| US12161062B2 |
Multiple hirth joint for lawn mower controls
A multiple Hirth joint for permitting linear and angular adjustment of an upper control arm with respect to a lower control arm. The joint includes a multiple Hirth interface having a slot through it, a confronting single Hirth interface, and an actuator. The actuator permits manual loosening and tightening of the multiple Hirth interface and single Hirth interface to permit linear and angular adjustment. Loosening of the actuator simultaneously permits linear and angular adjustment and tightening of the actuator simultaneously lock the joint into the selected linear and angular position. |
| US12161061B2 |
Electric vehicle
An electric vehicle includes a body frame, a seat disposed on the body frame, a wheel attached to the body frame to be driven by an electric motor, a battery to supply electric power to the electric motor via an inverter and an electrical component, a plate member placed inside a covered space with a top being covered and on which the inverter and the electrical component are mounted, and a guide supported by the body frame to drawably guide the plate member from a position inside the covered space to a position outside the covered space. |
| US12167702B2 |
Magnetoresistive stack/structure and methods therefor
The present disclosure is drawn to, among other things, a magnetoresistive device and a magnetoresistive memory comprising a plurality of such magnetoresistive devices. In some aspects, a magnetoresistive device may include a magnetically fixed region, a magnetically free region above or below the magnetically fixed region, and an intermediate region positioned between the magnetically fixed region and the magnetically free region, wherein the intermediate region includes a first dielectric material. The magnetoresistive device may also include encapsulation layers formed on opposing side walls of the magnetically free region, wherein the encapsulation layers include the first dielectric material. |
| US12167699B2 |
Magnetic layer for magnetic random access memory (MRAM) by moment enhancement
A perpendicularly magnetized magnetic tunnel junction (p-MTJ) is disclosed wherein a boron containing free layer (FL) is subjected to a plasma treatment with inert gas, and a natural oxidation (NOX) process to form B2O3 before overlying layers are deposited. A metal layer such as Mg is deposited on the FL as a first step in forming a Hk enhancing layer that increases FL perpendicular magnetic anisotropy, or as a first step in forming a tunnel barrier layer on the FL. One or more anneal steps are essential in assisting B2O3 segregation from the free layer and thereby increasing the FL magnetic moment. A post-oxidation plasma treatment may also be used to partially remove B2O3 proximate to the FL top surface before the metal layer is deposited. Both plasma treatments use low power (<50 Watts) to remove a maximum of 2 Angstroms FL thickness. |
| US12167698B2 |
Formulations based on electroactive fluoropolymers for actuators
The present invention relates to compositions obtained by mixing specific electroactive fluoro-terpolymers and specific electroactive fluorinated copolymers. The invention also concerns liquid formulations (inks) that can be used through conventional processing technologies for printed electronics and microelectronics in a safe environment, based on these compositions. Another aspect of this invention are the films manufactured using these formulations, and the devices comprising at least one layer of these films. |
| US12167695B2 |
Vibration apparatus and apparatus including the same
An apparatus includes a display panel displaying an image and a vibration apparatus disposed at a rear surface of the display panel to vibrate the display panel. The vibration apparatus may include a plurality of vibration generators overlapping one another. Accordingly, a sound may be generated based on a vibration of the display panel, and a sound having an enhanced sound pressure level characteristic may be output in a forward direction of the display panel. |
| US12167690B2 |
Thermoelectric module and power generator comprising same
Disclosed according to an embodiment of the present invention is a thermoelectric device comprising: a fluid flow part; a thermoelectric module disposed on the fluid flow part; a guide part disposed on the fluid flow part and spaced apart from the thermoelectric module; and a shield member disposed on the thermoelectric module, wherein a part of the guide part overlaps the shield member in the vertical direction. |
| US12167689B2 |
Heterocyclic compound and organic light emitting device comprising the same
Provided is a heterocyclic compound of Chemical Formula 1: wherein: X1 is O or S; L1 is a single bond or an unsubstituted phenylene; L2 is a single bond, or a substituted or unsubstituted: phenylene, naphthylene, or biphenylenyl; Y1 to Y3 are each independently N or CR3, where at least one is N; Ar1a and Ar1b are each independently a substituted or unsubstituted: C6-60 aryl or C1-60 heteroaryl containing 1 to 3 heteroatoms selected from N, O and S; R1 and R2 are each independently hydrogen, deuterium, cyano, or a substituted or unsubstituted C1-10 alkyl; each R3 is independently hydrogen, deuterium, halogen, cyano, nitro, amino, or a substituted or unsubstituted: C1-60 alkyl, C1-60 haloalkyl, C1-60 alkoxy, a C1-60 haloalkoxy, C3-60 cycloalkyl, C2-60 alkenyl, C6-60 aryl, C6-60 aryloxy, or a C1-60 heteroaryl containing at least one heteroatom selected from N, O and S; and an organic light emitting device comprising the same. |
| US12167687B2 |
Organic light-emitting device and method of manufacturing the same
An organic light-emitting device includes a first hole transport region including a polymer compound that includes a repeating unit derived from a compound including a moiety represented by Formula 1A and a second hole transport region including a first compound and a second compound, the first compound including a repeating unit represented by Formula 1, the second compound being a compound represented by Formula 1, and the third compound being a compound represented by Formula 3. |
| US12167685B2 |
Organic compounds and organic light emitting display device using the same
The present disclosure relates to organic compounds and an organic light emitting display device using the same and more particularly, to an organic light emitting display in which an organic compound represented by the following Chemical Formula 1 is used for a hole transport layer or an electron blocking layer of the organic light emitting element to easily transport holes injected from an anode to a light emitting layer and suppress the leakage of electrons from the light emitting layer. Therefore, it is possible to provide an organic light emitting display device with high luminous efficiency and long lifetime. |
| US12167682B2 |
Multi-component composition
A composition for manufacturing an organic electronic device includes at least three organic functional materials H1, H2, and H3, and at least one organic solvent. The organic functional materials H1 and H2 can form a type II semiconductor heterojunction structure. A LUMO value of the organic functional material H3 is greater than or equal to that of the organic functional materials H1 and H2, and a HOMO value thereof is less than or equal to that of the organic functional materials H1 and H2. |
| US12167681B2 |
Anthracene derivatives and organic electronic device using same
An object of the present invention is to provide a novel compound represented by the following Formula 1 that is useful as a material for an organic electronic device, particularly, an organic EL device, particularly as a light emitting material, and an organic electronic device using the same, particularly, an organic EL device: wherein R1 to R10 are described herein. |
| US12167678B2 |
Organic electroluminescent materials and devices
A compound of Formula I: wherein: X1-X8 are each independently C or N, wherein two adjacent X1-X8 are carbon-fused to a structure of Formula II: X9-X12 are each independently C or N; A1, A2, and A3 are each independently selected from the group consisting of O, S, Se, N, NR, CR, CRR′, SiR, SiRR′, GeR, and GeRR′, with at least one of A1 and A2 being N or NR; each occurrence of is independently a single bond or a double bond, wherein one occurrence of is a single bond and one occurrence of is a double bond; each of RA, RB, and RC independently represents zero, mono, or up to a maximum allowed substitution to its associated ring; each of occurrence R, R′, RA, RB, and RC is independently a hydrogen or a substituent selected from the group consisting of Formula III, Formula IV, Formula V, Formula VI, Formula VII, Formula VIII, Formula IX, deuterium, halogen, alkyl, cycloalkyl, heteroalkyl, heterocycloalkyl, arylalkyl, alkoxy, aryloxy, amino, silyl, boryl, alkenyl, cycloalkenyl, heteroalkenyl, alkynyl, aryl, heteroaryl, acyl, carboxylic acid, ether, ester, nitrile, isonitrile, sulfanyl, sulfinyl, sulfonyl, phosphino, and combinations thereof, with at least one of R, R′, RA, RB, and RC comprising a group of Formula III, Formula IV, Formula V, Formula VI, Formula VII, Formula VIII, or Formula IX: each occurrence of Y1, Y2, and Y3 is independently absent, O, S, Se, NR, CRR′, SiRR′, or GeRR′; each occurrence of Ar1, and Ar2 is independently an optionally substituted aryl group or an optionally substituted heteroaryl group, wherein Ar1 and Ar2 are optionally joined or fused together to form a ring; each occurrence of X13-X20 is independently C or N, with the proviso that at least one of X13-X20 is N; each occurrence of A4 is selected from the group consisting of O, S, Se, NR, CRR′, SiRR′, and GeRR′; each occurrence of RX independently represents zero, mono, or up to a maximum allowed substitution to its associated ring; each occurrence of RX is independently a hydrogen or a substituent selected from the group consisting of deuterium, halogen, alkyl, cycloalkyl, heteroalkyl, heterocycloalkyl, arylalkyl, alkoxy, aryloxy, amino, silyl, boryl, alkenyl, cycloalkenyl, heteroalkenyl, alkynyl, aryl, heteroaryl, acyl, carboxylic acid, ether, ester, nitrile, isonitrile, sulfanyl, sulfinyl, sulfonyl, phosphino, and combinations thereof; each occurrence of RY is independently a hydrogen or a substituent selected from the group consisting of Formula III, Formula IV, Formula V, Formula VI, Formula IX, deuterium, halogen, alkyl, cycloalkyl, heteroalkyl, heterocycloalkyl, arylalkyl, alkoxy, aryloxy, amino, silyl, boryl, alkenyl, cycloalkenyl, heteroalkenyl, alkynyl, aryl, heteroaryl, acyl, carboxylic acid, ether, ester, nitrile, isonitrile, sulfanyl, sulfinyl, sulfonyl, phosphino, and combinations thereof; the maximum number of N atoms that are connected to each other within a ring is two; and any two substituents are optionally joined or fused together to form a ring. |
| US12167676B2 |
Platinum complexes and devices
Platinum compounds of Formulas I and II useful in a variety of devices, such as, for example organic-light emitting diodes (OLEDs). |
| US12167674B2 |
Metal complex with fluorine substitution
A metal complex with fluorine substitution is disclosed, which employs a series of new ligands containing fluorine-substituted structure can be used as a luminescent material in an emissive layer of an electroluminescent device. By using the metal complex can provide much longer device lifetime, better thermal stability, no blue-shifted illumination, and higher luminous efficiency. An electroluminescent device and compound formulation are also disclosed. |
| US12167673B2 |
Organic electroluminescent materials and devices
An improved organic light emitting device is disclosed that includes an emissive layer between an anode and a cathode, where the emissive layer has an aggregate of one or more neutral transition metal complexes having a square planar geometry. At least one of the one or more neutral transition metal complexes has a coordination metal selected from Ni, Pd, and Au. When a voltage is applied across the anode and cathode at room temperature, the emissive layer emits a luminescent radiation that has a first luminescent radiation component produced from exciplex formation by the transition metal complexes present in the emissive layer, and the first luminescent radiation component has a peak maximum wavelength λmax that is ≤500 nm at room temperature. |
| US12167669B2 |
Display device and method of manufacturing the same
A display device may include a first electrode, a second electrode, an emission layer, an intervening layer, and a first encapsulation layer. The second electrode may overlap the first electrode. The emission layer may be disposed between the first electrode and the second electrode, may overlap the first electrode, and may include a light emitting material. The intervening layer may directly contact the second electrode, may be spaced from each of the first electrode and the emission layer, and may include a fluorine compound. A first section of the first encapsulation layer may overlap the emission layer. The intervening layer may be positioned between the second electrode and a second section of the first encapsulation layer. |
| US12167666B2 |
Display panel with lens layer and electronic device including same
A display panel and an electronic device are provided. The electronic device includes a display panel. The display panel includes a light-emitting component layer, a flat layer, and a lens layer. The lens layer has a plurality of lens units. A refractive index of the lens layer is greater than a refractive index of the flat layer, so that a refractive index difference between the lens layer and the flat layer and refractive effect of the lens units on the light are used to reduce angles of light emission, such that light at large angles converges and transmits toward a center, thereby improving efficiency of forward light emission of the display panel. |
| US12167660B2 |
Display device, display module, and electronic device including semi-transmissive layer
A display device which exhibits light with high color purity is provided. A display device with low power consumption is provided. An embodiment is a display device which includes a first pixel electrode, a second pixel electrode, a light-emitting layer, a common electrode, a first protective layer, and a semi-transmissive layer. The light-emitting layer includes a first region positioned over the first pixel electrode and a second region positioned over the second pixel electrode. The common electrode is positioned over the light-emitting layer. The first protective layer is positioned over the common electrode. The semi-transmissive layer is positioned over the first protective layer. Reflectivity with respect to visible light of the semi-transmissive layer is higher than reflectivity with respect to visible light of the common electrode. The semi-transmissive layer does not overlap with the first region and overlaps with the second region. For example, the semi-transmissive layer may include an opening in a position overlapping with the first region. |
| US12167659B2 |
Display device comprising sealing film including stacked insulating layers
A display device includes a substrate, a circuit element layer on the substrate, a display element layer on the circuit element layer, a sealing film on the display element layer, an oxide film on the sealing film, a barrier metal layer on the oxide film, and a wiring layer on the barrier metal layer, wherein a surface of the sealing film in contact with the oxide film has concave/convexities, and the barrier metal layer is formed by titanium nitride. A height of the concave/convexities of the surface of the sealing film may be less than 30 nm. A thickness of the oxide film may be 5 nm or less. |
| US12167657B2 |
Transparent display panel and transparent display device including the same for slimmed bezel
A transparent display panel and a transparent display device including the same are disclosed. The transparent display panel includes a display region and a non-display region. The display region includes a plurality of light-emitting regions, a plurality of transmissive regions, a plurality of line regions spaced from each other and arranged in one direction, and a plurality of pixel circuit regions electrically connected to the light-emitting regions respectively to drive the light-emitting regions. Alternately-arranged adjacent line regions include alternately-arranged adjacent VSS voltage connection line and VDD voltage connection line, respectively. Thus, a new pixel arrangement structure that may increase or maximize a transparent area of a bezel and reduce or minimize a haze value without reducing transmittance of the display region may be realized. |
| US12167655B2 |
Organic light-emitting display device having a symmetrical arrangement of driving, data, and contact lines overlapping a pixel electrode
An organic light-emitting display device includes a plurality of pixels, each of which includes an organic light-emitting device including a pixel electrode, an organic emission layer, and an opposing electrode; a pixel defining layer covering an edge of the pixel electrode and being configured to define a light-emission region by having an opening which exposes a portion of the pixel electrode; and a reference line overlapping the pixel electrode with an insulating layer between the reference line and the pixel electrode and extending in a first direction. The reference line overlaps with a center point of the opening, and the opening is shifted to one side of the pixel electrode in a second direction perpendicular to the first direction. |
| US12167652B2 |
Display device
A display device includes a driving transistor; a transistor connected to the driving transistor; a first insulating layer; a first data conductive layer including a first connection pattern; a second insulating layer including a lower via hole; a second data conductive layer including a second connection pattern connected to the first connection pattern and a first conductive line; a third insulating layer including an intermediate via hole; a third data conductive layer including a third connection pattern connected to the second connection pattern, a second conductive line extending in a second direction, and a first data line which extends in the second direction; a fourth insulating layer including an upper via hole; and a light emitting element disposed including a first electrode, wherein at least two of the lower via hole, the intermediate via hole, and the upper via hole overlap each other in a third direction. |
| US12167650B2 |
Flexible device and electronic device
A flexible device includes a substrate including a first region having a first elastic modulus and a second region having a second elastic modulus that is lower than the first elastic modulus, a pixel circuit on the substrate, and a unit device electrically connected to the pixel circuit, wherein the pixel circuit includes a plurality of thin film transistors, a first portion of the plurality of thin film transistors is on the first region of the substrate, and a second portion of the plurality of thin film transistors is on the second region of the substrate. |
| US12167646B2 |
Pixel and display device including the same
A pixel includes a light emitting element including an anode and a cathode, a first transistor connected between the anode and a first power line and switched by a voltage of a node, a second transistor connected between the first transistor connected to the first power line and a data line and switched by a write scan signal, a third transistor connected between the node and the anode and switched by a compensation scan signal, and an insulating layer covering the second and third transistors. A first groove is defined in a portion of the insulating layer adjacent to the third transistor. |
| US12167645B2 |
Display device
A display device according to an example of the present disclosure includes a substrate in which an emission area and a non-emission area are divided and a plurality of sub-pixels are defined, an insulating layer disposed on the substrate, a first electrode disposed in each of the plurality of sub-pixels, a bank disposed on the insulating layer and exposing the first electrode through an opening thereof, an organic layer disposed on the first electrode, and a second electrode disposed on the organic layer. The bank includes exposed side surfaces by removing one area thereof between the plurality of sub-pixels, an undercut structure inwardly from lower ends of the exposed side surfaces. The bank further includes exposed side surfaces by removing an area thereof between the plurality of sub-pixels, and a trench structure by removing a portion of a thickness of the insulating layer. |
| US12167642B2 |
Display substrate and display device
The present disclosure provides a display substrate and a display device. The display substrate includes a pixel circuit, and the pixel circuit includes a light-emitting element, a driving circuit and a capacitor circuit. The driving circuit is configured to drive the light-emitting element to emit light; a first terminal of the capacitor circuit is electrically connected to a control terminal of the driving circuit, and a second terminal of the capacitor circuit is electrically connected to a data writing-in node; the capacitor circuit includes at least two capacitors connected in parallel with each other. |
| US12167641B2 |
Display panel driven by a thin film transistor including a silicon semiconductor and a thin film transistor including an oxide semiconductor
A display panel includes a substrate, a first thin film transistor including a first semiconductor layer and a first gate electrode, a data line extending in a first direction, a scan line extending in a second direction, a second thin film transistor electrically connected to the data line and including a second semiconductor layer and a second gate electrode, a third thin film transistor including a third semiconductor layer and a first upper gate electrode arranged on the third semiconductor layer, a node connection line electrically connecting the first thin film transistor and the third thin film transistor, and a shield line located between the data line and the node connection line in a plan view and including the same material as the first upper gate electrode of the third thin film transistor. The first semiconductor layer includes a silicon semiconductor, and the third semiconductor layer includes an oxide semiconductor. |
| US12167638B2 |
Transparent display device
A transparent display device may prevent deterioration of light transmittance, which is caused by a repair line, from occurring. The transparent display device comprises a substrate provided with transmissive areas, a non-transmissive area disposed between the transmissive areas, and a plurality of subpixels disposed in the non-transmissive area, a first electrode provided in each of the plurality of subpixels, a driving transistor connected with the first electrode of each of the plurality of subpixels, including an active layer, a gate electrode, a source electrode and a drain electrode, a capacitor connected to the driving transistor of each of the plurality of subpixels, including a first capacitor electrode and a second capacitor electrode, and an anode line extended from the first electrode of each of the plurality of subpixels to at least partially overlap a driving transistor or a capacitor of an adjacent subpixel of the same color. |
| US12167634B2 |
Optoelectronic device including a light transmissive region
An electroluminescent device includes: (1) a first region, a second region, and an intermediate region arranged between the first region and the second region; (2) a conductive coating disposed in the second region; and (3) a nucleation inhibiting coating disposed in the first region, the nucleation inhibiting coating extending to cover at least a portion of the intermediate region, wherein a thickness of the nucleation inhibiting coating in the intermediate region is less than a thickness of the nucleation inhibiting coating in the first region, and wherein a surface of the nucleation inhibiting coating in the first region is substantially free of the conductive coating. |
| US12167632B2 |
Display module and display device
Disclosed are a display module and a display device capable of minimizing a pressed stain defect while reducing a bezel area. To this end, a thickness of a cushion portion of a cushion plate closer to a bent portion may be reduced, thereby reducing a bending radius of curvature such that the bezel area may be reduced. Further, placing a support layer having a strong supporting force formed of PET into the cushion plate such that the support layer is in contact with the heat-dissipation layer may allow minimizing an unevenness defect on the cushion plate even when a bent pad portion of a display panel presses the cushion portion. Thus, visibility of an internal pressed stain to a user may be minimized. |
| US12167631B2 |
Display device having light-receiving region between first-and-second-emitting regions
An object is to provide a display device having a function of emitting visible light and infrared light and an imaging function. Another object is to increase the definition without changing the density of imaging elements while the high resolution of an image displayed on a display device is kept. The display device has a layout in which a light-receiving region of an imaging element is provided between light-emitting regions of a plurality of light-emitting elements over one substrate. In the imaging function of the display device, as a means for increasing the definition of a captured image, the definition is increased without changing the density of imaging elements by capturing an image by time division. |
| US12167630B2 |
Apparatus comprising emission areas with different relative positioning of corresponding lenses
The present disclosure provides an apparatus including a substrate including a surface, first to fourth elements that emit first light or second light, and first to fourth lenses, in which the relationship between the size of the emission area and the relative position of the lenses differs between the first light and the second light so that color misregistration due to the viewing angle is reduced. |
| US12167623B2 |
Display device including two inorganic layers and an outer barrier arranged on a substrate
An organic light emitting diode device can have an enhanced thin film encapsulation layer for preventing moisture from permeating from the outside. The thin film encapsulation layer can have a multilayered structure in which one or more inorganic layers and one or more organic layers are alternately laminated. A barrier can be formed outside of a portion of the substrate on which the organic light emitting diode is formed. The organic layers of the thin film encapsulation layer can be formed inside an area defined by the barrier. |
| US12167622B2 |
Electronic device
Disclosed is an electronic device including a window, a display panel disposed under the window, a support member disposed under the display panel, a cover layer disposed under the support member, and an adhesive layer disposed between the support member and the cover layer. Each of the adhesive layer and the cover layer includes a light shielding material. |
| US12167618B2 |
Light emitting element and display panel including the same
A light emitting element includes: a first electrode, a second electrode facing the first electrode, a first light emitting layer between the first electrode and the second electrode to emit a first light, a second light emitting layer between the first light emitting layer and the second electrode to emit a second light, and an intermediate layer including a host material between the first light emitting layer and the second light emitting layer and, wherein the intermediate layer has a thickness of from about 90 nm to 170 nm. |
| US12167616B2 |
Blue electroluminescent device, display panel and display device
A blue electroluminescent device includes: an anode, a light-emitting layer and a cathode stacked in sequence; wherein the light-emitting layer comprises a first type host material, a second type host material, and a guest doped material, one of the first type host material and the second type host material is a P-type material, and the other of the first type host material and the second type host material is an N-type material. A display panel and a display device are further provided. |
| US12167614B2 |
Techniques for MRAM MTJ top electrode to via interface
Some embodiments relate to an integrated circuit including a magnetoresistive random-access memory (MRAM) cell. The integrated circuit includes a semiconductor substrate and an interconnect structure disposed over the semiconductor substrate. The interconnect structure includes metal layers that are stacked over one another with dielectric layers disposed between. The metal layers include a lower metal layer and an upper metal layer disposed over the lower metal layer. A bottom electrode is disposed over and in electrical contact with the lower metal layer. A magnetic tunneling junction (MTJ) is disposed over an upper surface of bottom electrode. A top electrode is disposed over an upper surface of the MTJ. A sidewall spacer surrounds an outer periphery of the top electrode. Less than an entirety of a top electrode surface is in direct electrical contact with a metal via connected to the upper metal layer. |
| US12167613B2 |
Circuit and method to enhance efficiency of memory
A method includes: providing a modulation circuit including a first resistive element, a second resistive element and a third resistive element; providing a memory array and a regulator connecting the modulation circuit to the memory array, wherein the regulator includes a transistor; determining an operation mode of the memory array; generating a first voltage at a drain terminal of the transistor, wherein the first voltage corresponds to a positive, negative zero temperature coefficient according to a first resistance ratio and a second resistance ratio; during a read operation, providing a first driving current to the memory array in response to the first voltage corresponding to the positive temperature coefficient; and during a write operation, providing a second driving current to the memory array in response to the first voltage corresponding to the negative temperature coefficient. |
| US12167612B2 |
Back-side memory element with local memory select transistor
A memory device includes a semiconductor device on a wafer. The semiconductor device includes a gate structure, a first source/drain region, and a second source/drain region. The gate structure is on the first side of the wafer. The first source/drain region is also on the first side of the wafer, and contacts a first end of the gate structure. The second source/drain region is on the second side of the wafer and extends into the first side to contact a second end of the gate structure. The memory device further includes a memory storage element on the second side of the wafer. The memory storage element contacts the second source/drain region. |
| US12167607B2 |
Ferroelectric memory device and method of forming the same
A device includes a multi-layer stack, a channel layer, a ferroelectric layer and buffer layers. The multi-layer stack is disposed on a substrate and includes a plurality of conductive layers and a plurality of dielectric layers stacked alternately. The channel layer penetrates through the plurality of conductive layers and the plurality of dielectric layers. The ferroelectric layer is disposed between the channel layer and each of the plurality of conductive layers and the plurality of dielectric layers. The buffer layers include a metal oxide, and one of the buffer layers is disposed between the ferroelectric layer and each of the plurality of dielectric layers. |
| US12167606B2 |
Memory device and method of forming thereof
A memory cell includes a thin film transistor over a semiconductor substrate. The thin film transistor includes a memory film contacting a word line, an oxide semiconductor (OS) layer contacting a source line and a bit line, and a conductive feature interposed between the memory film and the OS layer. The memory film is disposed between the OS layer and the word line. A dielectric material covers sidewalls of the source line, the memory film, and the OS layer. |
| US12167604B2 |
Integrated assemblies and methods of forming integrated assemblies
Some embodiments include an assembly having conductive structures distributed along a level within a memory array region and another region proximate the memory array region. The conductive structures include a first stack over a metal-containing region. A semiconductor material is within the first stack. A second stack is over the conductive structures, and includes alternating conductive tiers and insulative tiers. Cell-material-pillars are within the memory array region. The cell-material-pillars include channel material. The semiconductor material directly contacts the channel material. Conductive post structures are within the other region. Some of the conductive post structures are dummy structures and have bottom surfaces which are entirely along an insulative oxide material. Others of the conductive post structures are live posts electrically coupled with CMOS circuitry. Some embodiments include methods of forming assemblies. |
| US12167600B2 |
Integrated assemblies, and methods of forming integrated assemblies
Some embodiments include an integrated structure having a stack of memory cell levels. A pair of channel-material-pillars extend through the stack. A source structure is under the stack. The source structure includes a portion having an upper region, a lower region, and an intermediate region between the upper and lower regions. The upper and lower regions have a same composition and join to one another at edge locations. The intermediate region has a different composition than the upper and lower regions. The edge locations are directly against the channel material of the channel-material-pillars. Some embodiments include methods of forming an integrated assembly. |
| US12167599B2 |
Memory device including multiple decks of memory cells and pillars extending through the decks
Some embodiments include apparatuses and methods of forming the apparatuses. One of the apparatuses includes a first deck located over a substrate, and a second deck located over the first deck, and pillars extending through the first and second decks. The first deck includes first memory cells, first control gates associated with the first memory cells, and first conductive paths coupled to the first control gates. The second conductive paths include second conductive pads located on a first level of the apparatus over the substrate. The second deck includes second memory cells, second control gates associated with the second memory cells, and second conductive paths coupled to the second control gates. The second conductive paths include second conductive pads located on a second level of the apparatus. The first and second conductive pads having lengths in a direction perpendicular to a direction from the first deck to the second deck. |
| US12167596B2 |
Three-dimensional semiconductor devices and method of manufacturing the same
A three-dimensional semiconductor device includes a first substrate; a plurality of first transistors on the first substrate; a second substrate on the plurality of first transistors; a plurality of second transistors on the second substrate; and an interconnection portion electrically connecting the plurality of first transistors and the plurality of second transistors. Each of the plurality of first transistors includes a first gate insulating film on the first substrate and having a first hydrogen content. Each of the plurality of second transistors includes a second gate insulating film on the second substrate and having a second hydrogen content. The second hydrogen content is greater than the first hydrogen content. |
| US12167595B2 |
Semiconductor device and method of manufacturing the same
A semiconductor device includes a stacked film including a plurality of electrode layers and a plurality of insulating layers alternately stacked in a first direction and a columnar portion including a charge storage layer and a first semiconductor layer and extending in the first direction in the stacked film. The device further includes a second semiconductor layer provided on the stacked film and the columnar portion, and at least a part of regions in the second semiconductor layer contains phosphorus having an atomic concentration of 1.0×1021/cm3 or more and hydrogen having an atomic concentration of 1.0×1019/cm3 or less. |
| US12167593B2 |
Semiconductor device and method of manufacturing semiconductor device
There are provided a semiconductor memory device and a method of manufacturing a semiconductor memory device. The semiconductor memory device includes a conductive pattern, an etch stop layer on the conductive pattern, a conductive bonding pattern including a contact portion connected to the conductive pattern, and a pad portion extending from the contact portion, a first dielectric layer disposed on the etch stop layer and spaced apart from the conductive bonding pattern, and a second dielectric layer including a first portion surrounding a sidewall of the contact portion of the conductive bonding pattern between the pad portion of the conductive bonding pattern and the etch stop layer, and a second portion extending from the first portion to cover an upper surface of the first dielectric layer. |
| US12167588B2 |
Semiconductor devices and preparation methods thereof
A preparation method for a semiconductor device includes: providing a semiconductor substrate, the semiconductor substrate having shallow trenches and active regions defined by the shallow trenches, the active regions extending in a first direction; forming isolation layers in the first direction at interfaces between the shallow trenches and the active regions, the isolation layers and the active regions being inverse types to each other; forming shallow trench isolation structures in the shallow trenches; and forming word-line structures, the word-line structures extending in a second direction and sequentially passing through the shallow trench isolation structures and the active regions. |
| US12167585B2 |
Array structure of capacitors, method for manufacturing array structure of capacitors, and dynamic random access memory
An array structure of capacitors are provided. The array structure of capacitors includes a substrate and a first connection pad, a second connection pad, a first capacitive structure and a second capacitive structure that are disposed on the substrate. The first capacitive structure is disposed outside the second capacitive structure and adjacent to an edge of the substrate. The bottom surface of the first capacitive structure towards the substrate and the top surface of the first connection pad are disposed at intervals. |
| US12167581B2 |
Flexible display device and manufacturing method thereof
A flexible display device and a manufacturing method thereof are provided. The flexible display device includes a flexible display panel, a composite support assembly, and a first adhesive layer. The composite support assembly is disposed between a first plane section and a second plane section of the flexible display panel. A surface of the first adhesive layer close to the composite support assembly is connected to the composite support assembly. The first adhesive layer is provided with a protrusion extending into the composite support assembly. |
| US12167579B2 |
Device temperature adjustment
Systems associated with device temperature adjustment are described. A device temperature adjustment system can include an electronic device having a temperature sensor integrated therein to detect a temperature of the electronic device and a temperature adjust module coupled to the electronic device to adjust a temperature of the electronic device based on the detected temperature. |
| US12167576B2 |
Casing and electronic device
There is provided a casing, adapted to a board having a first air vent and a second air vent, including: a base plate; a first side plate and a second side plate provided on a first side and a second side of the base plate, respectively, with both the first side plate and the second side plate having hollowed-out patterns, and after the board being fixed in the casing, the first side plate being opposite to the first air vent, and the second side plate being opposite to the second air vent; a connection backplate on a fourth side of the base plate; and at least one insert plate on the base plate, with an extension direction in which the insert plate extends intersecting with an extension direction in which a third side of the base plate extends. An electronic device including the casing described above is further provided. |
| US12167575B1 |
Laser-welded cooling plate
The present invention relates to a cooling plate for thermal management of a system such as an electronic. A unitary, single-material cooling plate can be formed from three stacked flat aluminum sheets, including a top sheet, a bottom sheet, and a middle sheet. An open channel is formed in the middle sheet by laser cutting, and enclosed by the top and bottom sheets. The top and bottom sheets are secured to the middle sheet through continuous laser welds applied around the circumference of the open channel and laser welding applied around the outer perimeter of the cooling plate. Flow modifiers or sensor assemblies may be encapsulated within the middle sheet open channel. The open channel may, in some embodiments, constitute a single open coolant chamber, with islands of material positioned therein and welded to the top and bottom sheets. Methods for manufacture of such cooling plates are also disclosed. |
| US12167573B2 |
Method and apparatus for an uneven thickness heat spreader
An information handling system includes a hardware processor, a memory device, a video display device, and a power management unit (PMU). The information handling system further includes an uneven thickness heat spreader cooling system including an uneven thickness heat spreader having a first thickness along a first portion of the uneven thickness heat spreader and a second thickness along a second portion of the uneven thickness heat spreader wherein the second thickness along a second portion of the uneven thickness heat spreader is formed at an information handling system chassis location where a width of the uneven thickness heat spreader is narrower than at the first portion of the uneven thickness heat spreader to transfer heat from a warmer portion of the information handling system chassis to a cooling portion of the information handling system chassis. |
| US12167572B2 |
Systems and methods for electromagnetic shielding of thermal fin packs
A thermal management device includes a fin pack and a plurality of channels. The fin pack has a hot side and a cold side, and the plurality of channels in the fin pack provide fluid communication from the hot side to the cold side. The channels have a transverse dimension and a longitudinal dimension, and the longitudinal dimension is at least 2.5 times the transverse dimension. |
| US12167571B2 |
Vapor chamber, electronic device, metallic sheet for vapor chamber and manufacturing method of vapor chamber
A liquid flow path portion of a vapor chamber according to the present invention includes a plurality of main flow grooves which each extend in the first direction and through which working fluid in liquid form passes. A convex array which includes a plurality of liquid flow path convex portions arranged in the first direction via a communicating groove, is provided between a pair of the main flow grooves adjacent to each other. Each of the communicating grooves allows communication between the corresponding pair of the main flow grooves. The width of the communicating groove is larger than the width of the main flow groove. |
| US12167569B2 |
Mobile high performance computing platform for cryptocurrency mining
A self-contained mobile high performance computing platform for cryptocurrency mining is disclosed. The self-contained mobile high performance computing platform includes a mobile cabinet, which includes wheels for easy movement and placement within, for example, a warehouse facility, a garage, a basement, an office tower, or a vehicle such as a truck or van. The cabinet is configured to enclose at least one computing apparatus, which includes computing blades immersed in an oil or other dielectric fluid for immersion cooling. The computing blades are configured to be connected to respective interface boards via connectors that are located within a tank of the dielectric fluid. Each computing blade may be individually removed or replaced, thereby enabling an inoperable or low performance computing blade to be disconnected without affecting the operations of the other computing blades. |
| US12167565B2 |
Image capturing apparatus
An image capturing apparatus includes an image capturing element, a first circuit board to mount the image capturing element on the first circuit board, a second circuit board facing the first circuit board, a fan, and a first flexible board electrically connect the first circuit board and the second circuit board. The image capturing element moves within a movable range in a direction different from an optical axis direction. The first flexible board is bent in an area that overlaps with the movable range of the image capturing element in the optical axis direction. When viewed from a direction orthogonal to an optical axis, an orientation of an exhaust opening of the fan is arranged toward an inner surface of a bending portion of the first flexible board closest to the first circuit board at a center position of the movable range of the image capturing element. |
| US12167561B2 |
Toolless panel mounting system
A system and method that facilitates toolfree installation and removal of a patch panel in telecommunications cabinets. The system and method involves a simple and quick installation and removal. The system and method includes a mounting clip member that can be used on either side of the panel. |
| US12167560B1 |
Low profile mechanism enabling front service of electronic chassis components
An elevator provides for sliding and connecting or disconnecting an electronic device from a chassis circuit board and the subsequent removal of the device from a chassis slot. A sliding element between the device and the chassis includes tracks within which travel followers. Motion of the sliding element in a first direction causes the tracks to move with respect to the followers, pulling the device connector away from the mating circuit board connector. In a fully disconnected position, the device may be removed from the slot. Motion of the sliding element in the opposite direction causes the relative motion between the tracks and followers to urge the device connector toward the circuit board connector until, in a fully seated position, the device is connected to the circuit board. |
| US12167558B2 |
Cover plate for foldable display module, foldable display module and display device
A cover plate for a foldable display module, a foldable display module and a display device are provided, the cover plate is disposed at a display side of a flexible display substrate, the foldable display module includes a bending region through which the foldable display module is folded and unfolded. The cover plate includes a first region corresponding to a position of the bending region and a second region positioned at two sides of the first region, and the cover plate further includes a first surface configured to face the flexible display substrate. The cover plate includes first and second side edges parallel to a first direction, the first direction is perpendicular to a bending axis of the foldable display module, and a portion of the second region close to the first side edge or/and the second side edge has a reinforcement strip which is disposed on the first surface. |
| US12167556B2 |
Foldable display panel, manufacture method thereof and foldable display device
The present disclosure can provide a foldable display panel, a manufacture method thereof and a foldable display device. The foldable display panel includes a display module, where the display module includes a first foldable part, and first flat parts located on two sides of the first foldable part; and an ultrathin glass cover window which is located on the side of a light emitting surface of the display module, where the ultrathin glass cover window includes a second foldable part, and second flat parts located on two sides of the second foldable part; and an orthographic projection of the second foldable part on the display module covers the first foldable part, and orthographic projections of the second flat parts on the display module cover the first flat parts. |
| US12167555B2 |
Electronic device and wiring method of electronic device
An electronic device includes: a panel; and a main body to which the panel is reversibly attached, the main body includes: first and second wiring extraction portions as defined herein; wiring connection terminals that are provided as defined herein; a first wiring area as defined herein; a second wiring area as defined herein; and a wire that extends from one of the first and second wiring extraction portions to one of the wiring connection terminals so as to be electrically connected to the panel, and the wire is arranged to extend from the first wiring extraction portion to the one of the wiring connection terminals via the first wiring area, or is arranged to extend from the second wiring extraction portion to the one of the wiring connection terminals via the first and second wiring areas. |
| US12167554B2 |
Display case door with door frame electrical connection
A display case door that includes a frame around at least a portion of the display case door with an electrical connection installed within the frame. The electrical connector includes at least one opening defined within a surface of the electrical connector corresponding with at least one female electrical terminal. The electrical connector is mounted inside the door frame and the surface of the electrical connector is aligned with an opening in a sidewall of the door frame. |
| US12167553B2 |
PCI-E expansion card module
A PCI-E expansion card module is configured to insert in a slot with a rotation switch. The PCI-E expansion card module includes a PCI-E expansion card body and an unlock mechanism. The PCI-E expansion card body includes an inserting portion and a positioning hook. The unlock mechanism is disposed beside the PCI-E expansion card body, and the unlock mechanism includes a pushing member. When the PCI-E expansion card body is inserted into the slot, the rotation switch is on a moving path of the pushing member. The pushing member moves and pushes the rotation switch to release a limitation of the PCI-E expansion card body. |
| US12167550B2 |
Disconnect defeater arm mechanism
An interlock system for an enclosure can include a power switch movable between an OFF position and an ON position with a defeater arm coupled to the power switch. The defeater arm can be selectively movable between a locked position and an unlocked position and when the defeater arm is in the locked position the power switch is prevented from moving from the OFF position to the ON position. An interlock can include a pivot bracket pivotally supported by a support bracket within the interior of the enclosure and movable between a first orientation, in which the pivot bracket is out of engagement with the defeater arm, and a second orientation, in which the pivot bracket displaces the defeater arm into the unlocked position. When the door is moved into a closed position from an open position, a door bracket displaces the pivot bracket into the second orientation. |
| US12167545B2 |
Multilayer substrate
A multilayer substrate includes a resin multilayer body including, in a lamination direction, first and second laminate portions respectively including first and second thermoplastic resin layers, and a first interlayer connection conductor extending through the first thermoplastic resin layer. A storage elastic modulus of the first thermoplastic resin layer is lower than that of the second thermoplastic resin layer at a measurement temperature equal to or higher than a minimum melting point among melting points of metallic elements included in the first interlayer connection conductors and equal to or lower than melting points of the first thermoplastic resin layer and the second thermoplastic resin layer. |
| US12167544B2 |
Wiring circuit board, producing method thereof, and wiring circuit board assembly sheet
A method for producing a wiring circuit board includes a first step of preparing a wiring circuit board assembly sheet including a support sheet, a plurality of wiring circuit boards supported by the support sheet, and a joint connecting the support sheet to the plurality of wiring circuit boards, having flat-shaped one surface and the other surface facing one surface at spaced intervals thereto in a thickness direction, and having a thin portion in which the other surface is recessed toward one surface and a second step of forming a burr portion protruding toward the other side in the thickness direction and cutting the thin portion. |
| US12167540B2 |
Printed circuit board
A printed circuit board according to an embodiment includes a first insulating layer; a first circuit pattern disposed on a lower surface or inside the first insulating layer; a second circuit pattern disposed on an upper surface of the first insulating layer; a second insulating layer disposed on the upper surface of the first insulating layer and surrounding the second circuit pattern; and a protective layer disposed on an upper surface of the second insulating layer, wherein the second insulating layer has at least one recess formed on its upper surface, and wherein the protective layer is disposed in the recess formed on the upper surface of the second insulating layer. |
| US12167537B2 |
Circuit board unit, detachable unit, and image forming apparatus
A circuit board unit includes a plurality of circuit boards disposed side by side with a gap in a direction substantially perpendicular to a predetermined direction in which the circuit board unit is detachably mounted to a body of an apparatus. At least one of the plurality of circuit boards includes an end-face terminal on an end face facing an adjacent one of the plurality of circuit boards. The end-face terminal is attachable to and detachable from a terminal of the apparatus that is inserted between an adjacent pair of the plurality of circuit boards in conjunction with a mounting operation of the circuit board unit to the body of the apparatus. |
| US12167535B2 |
Wiring substrate
A wiring substrate includes a first insulating layer, a conductor layer including first and second pads, a second insulating layer having first openings exposing the first pads and a second opening exposing the second pads, metal posts formed on the first pads and filling the first openings, and a wiring structure positioned in the second opening and having first and second connection pads such that the second connection pads are connected to the second pads. The upper surfaces of the first connection pads and the upper surfaces of the metal posts form a component mounting surface having first, second and third regions, the first connection pads are formed in the first, second and third regions and include a group of first connection pads formed in the first and second regions and electrically connected and a group of first connection pads formed in the first and third regions and electrically connected. |
| US12167533B2 |
Metal foil with carrier and preparation method thereof
A metal foil that has a carrier and a preparation method thereof. The metal foil with a carrier comprises a carrier layer, a barrier layer, a striping layer, and a metal foil layer. The carrier layer, the barrier layer, the striping lay, and the metal foil layer are sequentially stacked, or the carrier layer, the striping layer, the barrier layer, and the metal foil layer are sequentially stacked. The diffusion depth of the carrier layer to the metal foil layer is less than or equal to 3 μm and the diffusion depth of the metal foil layer toward the carrier layer is less than or equal to 3 μm at a temperature of 20-400° C. By setting the barrier layer, the carrier layer and the metal foil layer are prevented from diffusing mutually to cause bonding at a high temperature, so that the carrier layer and the metal foil layer are easy to peel off. |
| US12167532B2 |
Insulation structures and printed circuit board including the same
An insulation structure includes: a first resin layer including first fillers; a second resin layer on the first resin layer and including second fillers; and a third resin layer on the second resin layer and including third fillers. A diameter of each of the first fillers may be more than about 200 nm and equal to or less than about 500 nm. A diameter of each of the second fillers may be more than about 10 nm and equal to or less than about 200 nm. A diameter of each of the third fillers may be equal to or less than about 10 nm. An arithmetic average roughness (Ra) and a ten point average roughness (Rz) of a surface of the insulation structure may be equal to or less than about 30 nm and equal to or less than about 100 nm, respectively. |
| US12167527B1 |
Continuous large area cold atmospheric pressure plasma sheet source
The present disclosure is generally directed to a plasma sheet source and methods of using same. The plasma sheet source includes a cylindrical electrode having a conductive cylindrical core surrounded by a dielectric material, a plurality of channels configured to direct gas from a gas inlet to the electrode, and a plasma outlet positioned below the electrode. Gas is introduced to the plasma sheet source and directed toward the electrode, which when powered by pulsed direct current, produces plasma as the gas ionizes. The produced plasma is then directed out of the plasma outlet to a specimen for treatment of the specimen. Notably, the plasma exiting the plasma outlet is in the form of a plasma sheet that is at approximately room temperature. |
| US12167523B2 |
Inductively heatable cartridge for an aerosol-generating system and an aerosol-generating system comprising an inductively heatable cartridge
A cartridge for an aerosol-generating system is provided, the cartridge including: a first compartment having a first air inlet and a first air outlet, and containing a nicotine source including a first carrier material impregnated with nicotine; and a second compartment having a second air inlet and a second air outlet, and containing an acid source including a second carrier material impregnated with an acid, one of the first and the second compartments including a pair of susceptor elements being arranged in contact with the first and the second carrier materials, respectively, within the first and the second compartments, respectively, and the first and the second carrier materials being respectively arranged between the pair of susceptor elements. |
| US12167519B2 |
Systems and methods for a current sharing driver for light emitting diode
Systems and methods for a current sharing driver for light emitting diodes are disclosed. One disclosed system includes: a first string of LEDs; a second string of LEDs connected in parallel with the first string; a first current control device connected in series with the first string of LEDs; a second current control device connected in series with the second string of LEDs; a first voltage measurement device coupled to the first string of LEDs and the second string of LEDs, the first voltage measurement circuit coupled to the first current control device and configured to control the first current control device; and a second voltage measurement device coupled to the first string of LEDs and the second string of LEDs, the second voltage measurement circuit coupled to the second current control device and configured to control the second current control device. |
| US12167517B2 |
Driver for a load, as well as a corresponding light emitting diode, LED, based lighting device and a method
A driver for driving a load, wherein the driver comprises a dual-boost converter comprising an output capacitance comprising a first output capacitor connected in series with a second output capacitor, a first switch connected to a power input stage via a first inductor and arranged for controlling charging of said first output capacitor via a first diode and a second switch, connected in series with said first switch, and connected to the power input stage via a second inductor and arranged for controlling charging of said second output capacitor via a second diode; wherein a centre tap of said in series connected first and second output capacitor is connected to a centre tap of said in series connected first and second switch. |
| US12167511B2 |
Aerosol-generating article having a liquid indicator
An aerosol-generating article may comprise a liquid storage portion containing a liquid aerosol-forming substrate, and a hydrochromic material provided on the liquid storage portion. The hydrochromic material has a first colour when in the presence of or when in contact with the liquid aerosol-forming substrate and a second colour when in the absence of or when not in contact with the liquid aerosol-forming substrate. An aerosol-generating system may comprise the aerosol-generating article, an aerosol-generating element, and an aerosol-generating device. An aerosol-generating device may comprise an electrical power supply, an electronic photosensor, and a controller configured to control a supply of electrical power from the electrical power supply based on a value of an optical property sensed with the electronic photosensor. |
| US12167508B2 |
Method for controlling an electric appliance and power control system for controlling the supply of an electric appliance
The invention refers to a method for controlling an electric appliance, in particular an electric household appliance (1, 11, 12). The electric appliance is coupled to an electric supply system, particularly to a line section (13) of an electric supply system. The electric supply system has a, preferably fuse-protected, limited electrical power transfer capacity. The electric appliance is operated by an operating program, which comprises at least one program segment during which relevant electrical power consumption is drawn from the electric supply system, particularly from the line section (13) of the electric supply system. The operating program is controlled based on at least one of:—the electrical power currently providable by the electric supply system;—the electrical power allocatable to the electric appliance by the electric supply system at present or on short notice;—the voltage value or amperage value currently existent in the electric supply system during the operation of the electric appliance;—a voltage drop or voltage difference or an amperage change currently occurring in the electric supply system at the moment of starting an operating program with relevant electrical power consumption;—a result of a comparison of a measured energy consumption information with a reference energy consumption information. |
| US12167504B2 |
Dynamic packet duplication convergence protocol configuration
This disclosure relates generally to wireless communications and, more particularly, to systems and methods for dynamic configuration of a packet duplication convergence protocol (PDCP) configuration. In one embodiment, a method performed by a communication device includes: receiving configuration information from a communication node; and determining, for a packet duplication protocol per data radio bearer, a number of copies or a logical path based on the configuration information. |
| US12167497B2 |
VPLMN policy control
Disclosed herein is a method performed by an AMF entity in a Visited Public Land Mobile Network, VPLMN, entity serving a roaming UE, the method comprises: obtaining, by the AMF entity, a subscribed UE-AMBR for the UE; sending, by the AMF entity, an Access Management, AM, Policy request message towards a Visited Policy Control Function, V-PCF, entity in the VPLMN to establish or update an AM Policy for the roaming UE; receiving by the AMF entity in response to sending the AM Policy request message, an AM Policy response message sent by the V-PCF entity and comprising Access and mobility related policy information that includes a serving network UE-AMBR for the UE decided by the V-PCF entity; and deploying the serving network UE-AMBR instead of the subscribed UE-AMBR by sending the policy control information including the determined UE-AMBR to a RAN node in the serving network. |
| US12167489B2 |
Data transmission method and apparatus, and communication device
Provided are data transmission methods and apparatuses and a communication device. The method may include: receiving an RRC resume request by a target base station from a terminal device, the RRC resume request message carrying packet data; and acquiring the packet data by the target base station from the RRC resume request message, and sending a retrieve terminal context request message to an anchor base station, the retrieve terminal context request message carrying first information, and the first information being used for the anchor base station to determine whether to send a context of the terminal device to the target base station. |
| US12167480B2 |
Proximity based personalization of a computing device
In some implementations, a computing device can be configured for users (e.g., user devices) that are detected nearby the computing device. For example, the computing device may be a communal device configured for a single user but generally used by multiple users. The communal device can discover when a known (e.g., authorized, trusted, etc.) user device is near the communal device and obtain personalization data from the nearby user device. The communal device can configure the communal device based on the personalization data to personalize an activity hosted by the communal device for the user of the nearby user device. To protect the user's personalization data, the communal device can delete the user's personalization data when the activity hosted by the communal device is terminated. |
| US12167479B2 |
System, apparatus and methods for CBRS CPE installation
A system, apparatus and method for installation of outdoor CPE (Customer Premise Equipment) for CBRS (Citizen Broadband Radio Service) for fixed wireless access is disclosed. The system comprises a database server which stores data comprising eNodeB locations and details, pathloss models and throughput prediction data. A position/orientation sensor and WiFi access point are attached to the CPE during installation. For a specified CPE height and a range of pointing angles, a smartphone app is used in scan mode to obtain KPI and evaluate nearby eNodeBs for performance based on stored parameters and link type, to provide estimated UL/DL throughput data for each eNodeB. After selecting an eNodeB, in network entry mode, a RF link between the CPE and eNodeB is established to request SAS grant. If successful in entering operational mode, actual throughput is measured to ensure the desired performance is attained, and data are reported back to the database. |
| US12167477B2 |
Interference management in wireless systems
Techniques for interference mitigation in a wireless communication system are disclosed. One example method includes receiving, at a first communication node, interference status information indicative of a remote interference between the first communication node and a second communication node and performing, by the first communication node, subsequent communications to the second communication node by implementing a backoff based on a granularity. |
| US12167475B2 |
Robust radio resource allocation for uplink radar
Systems, methods, apparatuses, and computer program products for robust radio resource allocation for uplink radar and other user equipment calibration are provided. For example, a method may include receiving, at a network element, measurements of a set of synchronization signal blocks or channel state information reference signals or both synchronization signal blocks and channel state information reference signals from a user equipment. The method may additionally include sending to the user equipment a direct or indirect indication of a random access opportunity corresponding to a synchronization signal block index value or channel state information reference signal index value, wherein the indication is for usage to perform user equipment calibration. |
| US12167474B2 |
User equipment for random access and method thereof, base station for random access and method thereof
A random access method for a user equipment (UE) and apparatus thereof, and a random access method for a base station and apparatus thereof. The random access method for the user equipment (UE) comprises: acquiring random access resource configuration information; determining a subcarrier spacing of a random access preamble; determining a random access occasion (RO) according to the random access resource configuration information and the subcarrier spacing of the random access preamble; and transmitting the random access preamble on the determined RO. |
| US12167472B2 |
Method and apparatus for random access resource selection in mobile wireless communication system
A wireless device may receive system information block 1 (SIB1) message of a cell. The SIB1 message may indicate a plurality of configuration parameters comprising a common uplink configuration of an uplink bandwidth part (BWP). The common uplink configuration of the uplink BWP may comprise: a common random access channel (RACH) configuration; a first threshold for determining whether to select a resource associated with a first message 1 (msg1) repetition number, wherein msg1 corresponds to physical random access channel (PRACH) preamble; a second threshold for determining whether to select a resource associated with a second msg1 repetition number; and a second RACH configuration associated with feature combination. The second RACH configuration may comprise a first feature combination preamble parameter that indicates the first msg1 repetition number. The wireless device may determine, based on the first threshold, the first msg1 repetition number, and repeatedly transmit, based on the determined first msg1 repetition number, a PRACH preamble of a random access procedure associated with the first feature combination preamble parameter. |
| US12167462B2 |
Method and device for transmitting and receiving signals in wireless communication system
A method and device for transmitting and receiving signals in a wireless communication system according to one embodiment of the present invention perform a 2-step or 4-step random access process in a shared spectrum. For the transmission of a PUSCH corresponding to an RAR in the 4-step random access process or a fallback-RAR in the 2-step random access process, the channel access type for the PUSCH is determined on the basis of a specific field of an RAR grant in the RAR. |
| US12167460B2 |
Resource indication in random access
One example method for indication of resources in a random-access procedure includes receiving, by a communication device, during a process of a two-step random access to a wireless network, a message including a temporary identifier assigned to the communication device, and transmitting, by the communication device, an acknowledgement message to a network device in the wireless network using a transmission resource that is dependent on the temporary identifier. |
| US12167456B2 |
Methods and apparatus for inter-UE coordinated resource allocation in wireless communication
A user equipment (UE) device comprising a processor configured to perform operations is described. In an exemplary embodiment, the operations include comprising establishing a sidelink session with a transmitting UE; configuring the sidelink session to support coordinated resource selection prior to performing the local sensing; performing a local sensing; receiving a PSCCH and a PSSCH from the transmitting UE. The transmitting UE reserves multiple resources. The processor is further configured to perform operations including determining whether a collision happens among the multiple reserved resources; and transmitting the coordination message to the transmitting UE. |
| US12167451B2 |
Methods for channel occupancy time sharing, user equipment, base station and computer readable medium
Methods for channel occupancy time sharing, user equipment, base station and computer readable medium are provided. The method includes: indicating Channel Occupancy Time (COT) sharing information for sharing a COT initiated by the UE in a Configured Grant Uplink Control Indicator (CG-UCI); including the CG-UCI in a Configured Grant Physical Uplink Shared CHannel (CG-PUSCH); and transmitting the CG-PUSCH to a Base Station (BS). |
| US12167448B2 |
Channel access with a new radio unlicensed serving cell
A radio device may receive network assistance information relating to uplink channel access procedures, such as channel access types and related listen-before-talk techniques, via layer one signaling or higher layer signaling. For example, information may be provided via DCI, MAC CE, or RRC messaging, e.g,, received in a CORESET preceding the configured PRACH resources. Access procedures may be random access procedures, and may include indication via R.AR messaging. Access procedures may be triggered by a radio access point message, such as a PDCCH order or a handover request. |
| US12167445B2 |
Method for indicating the allocated resources for a HARQ message in a random access procedure for a low-complexity, narrowband terminal
A method of transmitting an acknowledgment message in a random access procedure in a mobile telecommunications system, the method includes transmitting an uplink random access request; responsive to the random access request, transmitting a downlink allocation message indicating downlink resources for sending a downlink message; transmitting the downlink message using the resources indicated in the downlink allocation message; responsive to receiving the downlink message, transmitting an uplink message; and transmitting an acknowledgement message in respect of the uplink message and using one or more acknowledgment resources. The one or more acknowledgment resources are identified based on at least one of the downlink allocation message, and the downlink message and the uplink random access request. |
| US12167443B2 |
Random access resource processing method and device
The present disclosure provides a random access resource processing method and device. The method includes: receiving first indication information from a network device, where the first indication information is used to indicate whether a preset random access resource is available; and transmitting first acknowledgment information to the network device. |
| US12167440B2 |
Systems and methods for traffic priority systems
Use of a mobile user device to identify the individual operating a vehicle, which, either alone or in conjunction with a vehicle control unit (VCU), may be used to establish vehicle priority in connection with traffic control systems. This provides for a system that provides priority for the individual based on their individual and current need for priority, as opposed to providing priority generally for a vehicle. |
| US12167438B2 |
Systems and methods for radio access network-level allocation and retention priority based on network slicing
A system described herein may provide a technique for allocation and/or preemption of radio access network (“RAN”) resources in a wireless network based on Quality of Service (“QoS”)-related metrics associated with User Equipment (“UEs”) that are connected to, and/or are requesting connection to, a RAN. QoS-related metrics may include a network slice, a QoS Flow Identifier (“QFI”), other suitable metrics. A Slice-Based Priority (“SBP”) determine one or more priority (e.g., SBP) values for UEs connected to the one or more RANs, and/or for UEs requesting connection to such RANs. In addition to QoS-related metrics priority values may be determined based on RAN-related metrics, such as Allocation and Retention Priority (“ARP”) values associated with a UE. RANs may accordingly be able to allocate resources, accept or deny connection requests, and/or perform preemption based at least partly on slice-related QoS metrics, thus preserving end-to-end QoS parameters. |
| US12167437B2 |
Method and apparatus for uplink transmissions with different reliability conditions
An operation method of a terminal in a communication system may include: selecting one or more control elements among a plurality of control elements included first UCI in consideration of a size of an uplink resource; generating multiplexed UCIs by multiplexing second UCI with the one or more control elements; and transmitting the multiplexed UCIs to a base station by using the uplink resource. |
| US12167435B2 |
Control resource set selection for channel state information reference signal-based radio link monitoring
A device of a New Radio (NR) User Equipment (UE), a method and a machine readable medium to implement the method. The device includes a Radio Frequency (RF) interface, and processing circuitry coupled to the RF interface, the processing circuitry to: decode a signal from a NR evolved node B (gNodeB) including an indication of one or more control resource sets (CORESETs); select a CORESET based on the indication; and determine a downlink radio link quality based on the CORESET. |
| US12167434B2 |
Information processor, information processing method, and communication apparatus
An information processor according to one aspect of the present disclosure includes a first acquisition unit configured to acquire desire information regarding an area setting of a predetermined service, including at least desired area information, provided using a second radio system that shares all or a part of a frequency band used by a first radio system, a second acquisition unit that acquires area information regarding another service that uses or is allocated to a predetermined frequency band used by the predetermined service, a calculation unit configured to perform calculation regarding inter-area interference from an area specified by the desired area information to an area of the another service; and a generation unit configured to generate permitted area information regarding an area in which the predetermined service is permitted based on a calculation result of the inter-area interference. |
| US12167429B2 |
Bandwidth part switching delay for uplink transmission
An apparatus of a user equipment (UE) comprises one or more baseband processors to process a bandwidth part (BWP) switching request from a serving cell at slot n, and to perform an active BWP switch to a new BWP on the serving cell at a time no later than slot n+Y, wherein Y is a BWP switching delay. The one or more baseband processors are to accommodate a timing advance (TA) value to determine when to perform the active BWP switch. The apparatus can include a memory to store the BWP switching request. |
| US12167425B2 |
Method and apparatus for adding secondary node for UAV
Embodiments of the present disclosure relate to a method and apparatus for adding secondary node (SN) for an unmanned aerial vehicle (UAV). According to an embodiment of the present disclosure, a method can include: receiving location information of an UAV severed by a master node (MN); and transmitting an air beam preparation request for preparing an air beam for the UAV to a first set of candidate SNs with the location information of the UAV, wherein each of the first set of candidate SNs is connected to the MN via a network interface. Embodiments of the present disclosure can meet high QoS requirements in UAV use cases in NR. |
| US12167424B2 |
Operations for overlapping downlink communications with different resource allocations
Methods, systems, and devices for wireless communications are described. A wireless communications device, such as a user equipment (UE) may transmit a capability message indicating a capability of the UE to receive one or more downlink messages during a time slot, and may receive one or more control signalings which schedule a first and a second downlink message during the time slot, indicate a first resource allocation scheduled by a first scheduling configuration, and indicate a second resource allocation scheduled by a second scheduling configuration. The UE may monitor for one or both of the first downlink message or the second downlink message during the time slot based on the one or more control signalings and the capability message. The capability message may indicate a capability of the UE to receive a single downlink message or receive more than one downlink message during the time slot. |
| US12167420B2 |
Communication method, base station and user equipment using a set of legacy or aggressive CQI table and legacy or aggressive MCS table
The present disclosure provides a communication method, base station and user equipment for configuring a parameter table in a wireless communication system including a base station and a user equipment, the communication method comprising: defining at both the base station and the user equipment a parameter table which includes whole entries of a legacy parameter table and extended entries; and transmitting from the base station to the user equipment a bitmap indication which indicates a sub-table selected from the parameter table, wherein the number of the entries in the sub-table is the same as in the legacy parameter table. |
| US12167418B2 |
Method and apparatus for receiving system information in the wireless communication
The present invention discloses a method for a user equipment to receive system information in a wireless communication system. Particularly, the method is characterized in detecting a first synchronization signal block configured with a Primary Synchronization Signal (PSS), a Secondary Synchronization Signal (SSS) and a Physical Broadcasting Channel (PBCH) at a specific frequency position, determining a presence or non-presence of system information corresponding to the first synchronization signal block within a first synchronization raster corresponding to a specific frequency position based on a system information indicator included in the PBCH, and if the system information corresponding to the first synchronization signal block is determined as not existing, determining a second synchronization raster having system information exist therein based on the system information indicator. |
| US12167417B2 |
Using an uplink grant as trigger of first or second type of CQI report
Channel state feedback is provided from a UE to a base station as a first, detailed or a second, less detailed type of channel state feedback information. Initially it is determined whether the UE has received an uplink grant from the base station or not. If the UE has received an uplink grant, a first type of channel state feedback information is transmitted to the base station on the granted resource. If, however, the UE has not received an uplink grant, a second type of channel state feedback information is transmitted to the base station. Different types of channel state feedback information enables a UE and an associated base station to use available resources more efficiently, when requesting for and delivering channel state feedback information. |
| US12167416B2 |
Method and apparatus for semi-persistent scheduling and configured grant configurations
Methods and apparatuses are disclosed for semi-persistent scheduling and configured grant transmission configurations. An example method, which is performed by a communication device, includes the steps of: transmitting, to a user equipment (UE), a radio resource control (RRC) signal or activation downlink control information (DCI) signal for semi-persistent scheduling (SPS) or configured grant (CG) transmission configuration; and transmitting, to the UE, a physical layer control signal comprising an indication of one or more parameters for SPS or CG transmission. |
| US12167415B2 |
Wireless communication method and wireless communication terminal, which use discontinuous channel
The present invention relates to a wireless communication method and a wireless communication terminal using a non-contiguous channel. To this end, provided are a wireless communication terminal including a processor and a transceiver, wherein the processor receives a wireless packet through the communication unit, obtains total bandwidth information indicated via a bandwidth field of HE-SIG-A of the received packet, obtains information of an unassigned resource unit via at least one of the bandwidth field of the HE-SIG-A and a subfield of HE-SIG-B of the received packet, and decodes the received packet based on the total bandwidth information and the information of the unassigned resource unit and a wireless communication method using the same. |
| US12167411B2 |
Electronic apparatus for wireless communication, method and computer readable storage medium
Provided are an electronic apparatus for wireless communication, a method, and a computer readable storage medium. The electronic apparatus comprises: a processing circuit configured to acquire downlink control information from a base station, and to determine, at least on the basis of a first specific field of the downlink control information, whether a feedback mechanism of a hybrid automatic repeat request process has been deactivated, wherein if it is determined that the feedback mechanism of the hybrid automatic repeat request process has been deactivated, a result of verification performed on a data packet is not fed back to the base station. |
| US12167409B2 |
Physical downlink control channel (PDCCH) blind decoding in fifth generation (5G) new radio (NR) systems
A network device (e.g., a user equipment (UE), or a new radio NB (gNB)) can process or generate a configuration of physical downlink control channel (PDCCH) monitoring in different search spaces sets independently from one another in order to manage different services optimally. A processor of the network device can be configured to receive physical downlink control channel (PDCCH) candidates of a PDCCH in a slot for channel estimation across search spaces of the slot. Different priorities can be determined among the PDCCH candidates in the slot based on a priority rule. Then a number of PDCCH candidates can be skipped/dropped from monitoring based on the different priorities of the PDCCH candidates to ensure that a threshold level of blind decoding operations across a plurality of slots of the PDCCH is being satisfied. The UE can monitor a portion of the PDCCH candidates while concurrently skipping another. |
| US12167408B2 |
Configured grant or semi-persistent scheduling for dormant secondary cell group
Various aspects of the present disclosure generally relate to wireless communication. In some aspects, a user equipment (UE) may receive an indication that a secondary cell group (SCG) is to enter an SCG dormant state and an indication for using one or more of configured grant (CG) on an uplink or semi-persistent scheduling (SPS) on a downlink for communication with a secondary node (SN) of the SCG during the SCG dormant state. The UE may communicate with the SN of the SCG during the SCG dormant state using the one or more of CG or SPS. Numerous other aspects are provided. |
| US12167407B2 |
Base station, terminal, and communication method
At a base station, a control unit selects one combination from multiple combinations of parameters regarding uplink control channel (PUCCH) resources. A transmission unit indicates a terminal of resource settings (Semi-static resource configuration) including the multiple combinations by higher layer signaling, and indicates the terminal of the one combination that has been selected by dynamic signaling (DCI). |
| US12167404B2 |
Reliable control signaling
Systems, methods, and instrumentalities are disclosed for reliable control signaling, for example, in New Radio (NR). A receiver in a wireless transmit/receive unit (WTRU) may receive one or more physical downlink control channel (PDCCH) transmissions comprising downlink control information (DCI). The WTRU may determine a transmission profile associated with an uplink control information (UCI). Based on the transmission profile, the WTRU may determine one or more transmission characteristics associated with the transmission of the UCI. The WTRU may transmit the UCI over a physical uplink control channel (PUCCH). The UCI may be transmitted using transmission characteristics determined by the WTRU. The WTRU may transmit the UCI based on at least one of a control resource set (CORESET), a search space, or a radio network temporary identifier (RNTI). The WTRU may determine a transmission profile differently based on what the UCI may comprise. |
| US12167403B2 |
Control of uplink radio transmissions on semi-persistently allocated resources
A radio device receives control information from a node of the wireless communication network. The control information is used for controlling semi-persistent allocation of radio resources of an unlicensed frequency spectrum. Based on the control information, the radio device controls at least one UL radio transmission on the radio resources of the unlicensed frequency spectrum. |
| US12167400B2 |
Accumulation of PUCCH repetitions to increase the reliability of PUCCH reception
A base station (BS) may receive a plurality of repetitions of a Physical Uplink Control Channel (PUCCH) from a user equipment (UE), and accumulate the received repetitions to obtain a resultant signal. The ability to accumulate repetitions enables the base station to experience a higher probability of successful recovery of the PUCCH payload bits than if decoding were based on the reception of a non-repeated transmission of the PUCCH. The base station may configure the number of repetitions, the temporal gap between the repetitions, and mode of repetition of the PUCCH. In an intra-slot mode, more than one copy may be received from each configured slot, with or without frequency hopping. In an inter-slot mode, one copy is received per configured slot. Different repetitions may be transmitted by the UE in different directions, according to a spatial consistency pattern. |
| US12167399B2 |
Method and user equipment for performing uplink transmission with resource allocation, and method for performing uplink reception with resource allocation
Provided is a user equipment which: receives resource allocation; determines N number of transmission resources on the basis of the resource allocation, wherein N is an integer greater than 1; determines a transport block size (TBS) associated with the N number of transmission resources and a redundancy version (RV) value for each of the N number of transmission resources; and performs uplink transmission in at least one transmission resource among the N number of transmission resources on the basis of the TBS and an RV value for the at least one transmission resource. |
| US12167391B2 |
Method and apparatus for slot format indication
Embodiment of the present application is directed to a method and apparatus for slot format indication. According to an embodiment of the present application, the method includes receiving at least one signal indicating one of: whether at least one symbol at a beginning of a sequence of consecutive symbols transmitted or received over a communication link is reserved or is to be reserved, and whether at least one symbol at an end of the sequence of consecutive symbols transmitted or received over the communication link is reserved or is to be reserved. The at least one uplink transmission is performed based on the received signal in response to the communication link being associated with an uplink transmission. The at least one downlink reception is performed based on the received signal in response to the communication link being associated with downlink reception. |
| US12167390B2 |
Harq design for wireless communications
Disclosed are methods and apparatus for multiplexing of uplink control information on uplink data channels in wireless communication. It may be determined that transmission of a plurality of physical uplink shared channels (PUSCHs) are scheduled. The transmission of the plurality of PUSCHs may overlap with transmission of an uplink control information (UCI). At most one of the plurality of PUSCHs on to which the UCI is multiplexed may be determined based on a Downlink Assignment Index (DAI) value. The plurality of PUSCHs may be set with no more than one PUSCH having the DAI value not equal to four. Thereafter, the determined PUSCH is transmitted with the UCI multiplexed on it. |
| US12167387B2 |
Sidelink carrier grouping for wireless communication
Aspects relate to grouping sidelink carriers in a wireless communication network. A first wireless communication device, such as a user equipment (UE), may communicate with a base station on a cellular link utilizing a first set of first component carriers (CCs) in a particular frequency band. The UE may identify one or more first carrier groupings for the first set of first CCs with the base station. The UE may communicate with a second wireless communication device, such as a second UE, on a sidelink utilizing a second set of CCs within the same frequency band. The first UE may map at least one second CC to a respective corresponding first CC and apply the one more carrier groupings to the second set of CCs to generate one or more second carrier groupings based on the mapping. |
| US12167385B2 |
User pairing method and related device
Embodiments of this application disclose a user pairing method and a related device. The method includes: determining a first generation parameter of a first base sequence of a first user and a second generation parameter of a second base sequence of a second user, and the second base sequence is used to generate a second uplink reference signal of the second user; determining multiplexing evaluation information based on the first generation parameter and the second generation parameter, where the multiplexing evaluation information may include correlation strength between sequences and interference leakage width; determining, based on the multiplexing evaluation information, whether the first user and the second user are successfully paired; and determining, that the first user and the second user multiplex a same communication resource for communication based on being successfully paired. |
| US12167382B2 |
Traffic management technique for variable bandwidth networks using RSVP
An example system comprises a router configured to receive a bandwidth update associated with a change in bandwidth over a wireless channel, determine if the change in bandwidth identified in the bandwidth update results in bandwidth being over-reserved at at least one priority level, previously reserved bandwidth of the wireless channel being associated with a plurality of different priority levels, the previously reserved bandwidth being previously reserved based on a plurality of path requests from a head end router, each path request including at least one priority level and a bandwidth reservation request, if the change in bandwidth results in bandwidth being over-reserved, then preempt a lowest priority path request, based in the preemption of the lowest priority path request, update reserved bandwidth of the wireless channel of at least one priority level, and provide a message to the head end router regarding the change of bandwidth. |
| US12167380B2 |
BWP switching method and device, and storage medium
The present disclosure relates to a BWP switching method and device, and a storage medium. The BWP switching method applied to a terminal and can include that, after determining that a terminal is to perform BWP switching, keeping a first BWP currently activated on a carrier to be in an activated state. The method can further include activating a second BWP on the carrier, and controlling the first BWP to be in an inactivated state. The present disclosure enables a terminal to normally process a service of a high priority during BWP switching and after BWP switching is performed. |
| US12167379B2 |
Method and apparatus for indicating slot format information
A method and apparatus for indicating slot format information is disclosed. The method comprising: t receiving a RRC (radio resource control) signaling indicating a time domain starting position of a slot format information and determining the time domain starting position based on the RRC signaling. |
| US12167376B2 |
Flexible configurations of channel occupancy measurements
A method, network node and wireless device for flexible configuration of channel occupancy measurements in New Radio (NR) are disclosed. According to one aspect, a wireless device configured to communicate with a network node is provided. The wireless device includes processing circuitry configured to: determine a time-domain configuration for a channel occupancy measurement based on at least one configuration parameter where the time-domain configuration is independent of subcarrier spacing of at least one carrier on which the channel occupancy measurement is performed; and optionally perform the channel occupancy measurement based at least on the determined time-domain configuration. |
| US12167370B2 |
Resource selection with sidelink demodulation reference signal (DMRS) bundling
Systems, methods, and devices for wireless communication that support resource selection and indication for sidelink demodulation reference signal (DMRS) bundling. A transmitting UE determines sidelink resources for bundling a sidelink DMRS transmission to be transmitted to a receiving UE. In sidelink mode 1, the sidelink resources may be determined based on indications from a base station, which may include whether the transmitting UE is to maintain phase continuity over the sidelink resources during the bundling, or whether the transmitting UE is to include a phase jump reference signal with the bundled DMRS transmission to the receiving UE. In sidelink mode 2, the transmitting UE may select the sidelink resources based on the phase continuity capabilities of the transmitting UE and/or of the receiving UE, and/or based on a sensing of the sidelink channel. In some cases, the receiving UE may provide a resource recommendation to the transmitting UE. |
| US12167367B2 |
Resource allocation and configuration for broadcast and unicast operation over sidelink for NR V2X
An apparatus of a user equipment (UE) comprises one or more baseband processors to configure a set of resources for New Radio (NR) vehicle-to-everything (V2X) transmission over sidelink for communication with one or more other UEs, and to allocate the resources for transmitting one or more packets from an NR network to the one or more other UEs via the sidelink. The apparatus can include a memory to store the configuration of resources. |
| US12167365B1 |
Multi-modal round trip time mitigation for wireless local area network devices
A method in a first wireless device (WD) is described. The method includes determining one round trip time (RTT) of a first set of RTTs. The method also includes, at set intervals (TK), determining a set of mode peaks of the first set of RTTs, determining that the first SIFS mode has the highest mode peak of the set of mode peaks, determining that the second SIFS mode has the second highest peak of the set of mode peaks, determining a mode difference (TD), and adjusting the second subset of RTTs at least by adding or subtracting TD to each RTT of the second subset of RTTs. The method also includes determining a second set of RTTs comprising the first subset of RTTs and the adjusted second subset of RTTs, the second set of RTTs corresponding to the adjusted single SIFS mode. |
| US12167364B2 |
Intelligent reflective surface aided positioning by convex optimization
Disclosed is a method for wireless communication for determining the position of a wireless node. The method comprises receiving a set of reference signals from a set of at least four positioning devices, wherein the positioning devices are not arranged in a single plane. A signal propagation delay of each one of the set of reference signals is determined and a position of each one of the set of positioning devices is obtained. A convex localization problem is solved for the wireless node based at least in part on the determined signal propagation delay of each one of the set of reference signals and the position of each one of the set of positioning devices. The position of the wireless node is determined based at least in part on solving of the convex localization problem. |
| US12167361B2 |
Support of fixed cells for user equipment access to a non-terrestrial network
Disclosed are techniques for wireless communication using satellite access to a wireless network, where a wireless cell supported by a satellite is moving or temporarily fixed. In an aspect, a radio access network (RAN) entity or a user equipment (UE) provides, to a core network entity, an enhanced cell global identifier (CGI), where the enhanced CGI includes at least one field representing a location of the UE. Based on the enhanced CGI, the core network entity determines a location of the UE, and may provide a service to the UE based on the location. A core network may also provide an enhanced CGI to a RAN, e.g., to support wireless emergency alerting to UEs. |
| US12167355B2 |
Terminal and communication method for performing doppler estimation
A terminal includes a receiving unit configured to receive information relating to an arrangement of a tracking reference signal and a plurality of tracking reference signals based on the information relating to the arrangement of the tracking reference signal, and a controller configured to perform a Doppler estimation using two of the plurality of tracking reference signals, wherein an interval between the two of the plurality of tracking reference signals in a time domain is variable. |
| US12167351B2 |
Method for sending and receiving signal, terminal and apparatus
This disclosure provides a method for sending and receiving a signal, a terminal, an apparatus and a storage medium. The method includes: a sending side sending a synchronization signal block, wherein the synchronization signal block includes a primary synchronization signal, a secondary synchronization signal and a physical broadcast channel, the primary synchronization signal occupying two OFDM symbols, and the secondary synchronization signal occupying two OFDM symbols, wherein a synchronization signal block pattern used in a slot where the synchronization signal block is located is a first synchronization signal block pattern when a normal CP is configured, and is a second synchronization signal block pattern different from the first synchronization signal block pattern when an extended CP is configured. A receiving side demodulates the synchronization signal block. |
| US12167348B2 |
Electronic device controlling transmission power of signal and method for operating the same
An electronic device including a first communication circuit supporting a first radio access technology (RAT), a first processor operatively connected with the first communication circuit, a second communication circuit supporting a second RAT, and a second processor electrically connected with the first processor and the second communication circuit is provided. The second processor provides first data to the first processor, obtains first information indicating a first frequency band from the first processor, and transmits the first information to the second communication circuit to control an upper limit of transmission power of a second signal through a second frequency band into a magnitude associated with the first frequency band. |
| US12167346B2 |
Method and device for controlling transmission power in wireless communication system
Provided is an integrated access and backhaul (IAB) node for controlling transmit and receive power of a signal in a wireless communication system, the IAB node including: a transceiver; and at least one processor, wherein the at least one processor is configured to: determine a power value or an offset used for down adjustment of maximum transmit power for a backhaul link signal to be received by the IAB node, based on receive power of an access uplink signal from a terminal or maximum transmit power of the terminal; control the transceiver to transmit power adjustment information including the power value or the offset to a parent node of the IAB node or a child node of the IAB node; and control the transceiver to receive, from the parent node or the child node, a backhaul link signal in which the maximum transmit power is down-adjusted based on the power adjustment information. |
| US12167344B2 |
Communication apparatus and communication method
A communication apparatus includes: signal generation circuitry which, in operation, generates a control signal including a target reception power value regarding a target value of a reception power for the communication apparatus to receive an uplink (UL) response frame transmitted by each of one or more terminal stations, the control signal being a trigger frame that solicits transmission of the UL response frame from each of the one or more terminal stations; and transmission circuitry which, in operation, transmits the generated signal. |
| US12167342B2 |
Determination and use of uplink duty cycle in TDD to reduce radiation exposure from UES in UL
A UE, communicating with a network node by using TDD, determines a downlink/uplink configuration between the UE and the network node, and a maximum uplink duty cycle for candidate uplink transmit beam(s). The UE compares the maximum uplink duty cycle with an uplink duty cycle of the determined downlink/uplink configuration, and provides to the network node information associated with the comparison. The network node receives the information associated with the comparison and determines whether to modify the downlink/uplink configuration between the user equipment and the network node based on the information associated with the comparison. The network node indicates, in response to a determination the downlink/uplink configuration should be modified, a modified downlink/uplink configuration to the user equipment. |
| US12167339B2 |
Vehicle telematics system and a method of operation
A vehicle telematics system including a Wi-Fi module, the telematics system being configured, in dependence on at least one predetermined vehicle condition, to selectively activate or maintain activation of the Wi-Fi module when the vehicle is not in use. |
| US12167338B2 |
Measurement reporting method, electronic device, and storage medium
The present disclosure discloses a measurement reporting method. The method includes: transmitting, by a terminal device while the terminal device has access to both a first network and a second network, Secondary Cell Group (SCG) failure information to a network device, the SCG failure information including no measurement result for the second network; and establishing, by the terminal device, a connection with the network device via the first network, without reporting any measurement result for the second network to the network device. The present disclosure also discloses another measurement reporting method, an electronic device, and a storage medium. |
| US12167337B2 |
Information processing device, and information processing method using multiple multiplexing methods
An information processing device includes a control unit. A first device that transmits data to the information processing device has a multiplexing function for multiplexing and transmitting data from a plurality of devices including the first device to the information processing device. The control unit provided in the information processing device performs control to tell the first device having the multiplexing function a multiplexing method for notification information and presence of data addressed to the first device. The notification information indicates that the first device has shifted from a functional suspension state to a data receivable state. The information processing device can reduce power consumption. |
| US12167334B2 |
Reference signal receiving method, reference signal sending method, and apparatus
This application provides a reference signal receiving method, a reference signal sending method, and an apparatus. The reference signal receiving method includes: when a terminal device is out of a first time period, detecting, by the terminal device, a first signal, and determining, based on a detection result of the first signal, whether to use a first reference signal to perform time-frequency tracking and/or channel measurement; and receiving, by the terminal device, a second reference signal when the terminal device is in the first time period, where the first reference signal and the second reference signal are reference signals used for time-frequency tracking and/or channel measurement. |
| US12167332B2 |
Electronic device mounted on vehicle and operation method thereof
Provided are an electronic device mounted on a battery powered electric vehicle and an operation method thereof. The electronic device may calculate estimated battery consumption for the vehicle to be driven to a destination, identify a current remaining capacity of the battery, and determine, based at least in part on the identified remaining capacity of the battery and the estimated battery consumption, whether to switch from a first communication mode (e.g., a fifth generation (5G) millimeter wave (mmWave)) in current use, to a second communication mode that consumes battery power at a different rate. |
| US12167331B2 |
Wakeup radio for low power nodes in Bluetooth
A method performed by a low-power node (LPN) in a wireless mesh network, wherein the LPN comprises a main receiver and a wakeup receiver, and wherein the method comprises: performing the following first operations in response to an event trigger: activating the wakeup receiver while maintaining the main receiver in an inactive state, and sending a polling message to a second node in the wireless mesh network; for a predetermined duration, determining whether a wakeup signal has been received from the second node via the wakeup receiver; and performing a plurality of second operations based on determining that the wakeup signal has been received, the second operations including: activating the main receiver, and receiving, from the second node via the main receiver, a response to the polling message. |
| US12167325B2 |
Network slice quota management
Apparatuses, systems, and methods for performing network slice quota management. A network slice quota management function may store capacity information for one or more network slices. The network slice quota management function may receive a request for an indication of whether a network slice has additional capacity. The network slice quota management function may provide an indication of whether the network slice has additional capacity in response to the request. The capacity information may relate to the capacity of the network slice with respect to the number of wireless devices registered for the network slice, or to the capacity of the network slice with respect to the number of packet sessions established with the network slice, or both, among various possibilities. |
| US12167320B2 |
Systems and methods for prioritizing service set identifiers on a wireless access point
Systems and methods for managing a network are disclosed. One method can comprise causing transmission of a first beacon and a second beacon associated with available networks. After receiving a first request associated with the first beacon, the first request may be suppressed. Thereafter a second request may be received from the user device associated with the second beacon, and access may be provided to a network in response to the second request. |
| US12167319B2 |
Service gap control for a wireless device
Disclosed herein is a method of operation of a wireless device to provide service gap control in a wireless communication system, comprising: receiving a service gap parameter from a network entity in a mobility management sublayer non-access stratum message, the service gap parameter being indicative of a value for a service gap timer for the wireless device; and enforcing the service gap parameter at the wireless device in a non-access stratum layer. Also disclosed herein is a method of operation of a core network entity in a core network of a wireless communication system to provide service gap control, comprising: obtaining a service gap parameter for a wireless device, the service gap parameter being indicative of a value for a service gap timer for the wireless device; and sending by the core network entity the service gap parameter to the wireless device via a mobility management sublayer non-access stratum message. |
| US12167317B2 |
Method and user equipment for access control in wireless communication system
A method and a UE for access control in a wireless communication system are provided. The method performed by a UE for access control includes while attempting to initiate an UL data transmission procedure with a serving cell during an RRC Inactive state of the UE, receiving a radio resource configuration from the serving cell and transmitting one or more UL packets to the serving cell based on the radio resource configuration when a plurality of conditions is fulfilled. The plurality of conditions includes, at least: an attempt to transmit UL data is not barred by the serving cell, and an amount of pending UL data to be transmitted is less than or equal to a data volume threshold. |
| US12167312B2 |
Electronic device and operating method
An electronic device mounted in a vehicle and including; a temperature sensor configured to measure a temperature associated with a measurement target to generate a measured temperature, and a controller configured to operate in a normal operating mode if the measured temperature is less than a first reference temperature, and further configured to operate in a limited control mode if the measured temperature is greater than or equal to the first reference temperature. During the normal operating mode, the controller is enabled to perform a performance limiting function, and during the limited control mode, the controller is enabled to perform an emergency call (eCall) function and is disabled to perform a performance limiting function. |
| US12167311B2 |
Method for service optimization and communications device
Embodiments of the present disclosure provide a method for service optimization and a communications device. The method for service optimization applied to a first communications device includes: performing a waiting-related operation before performing a first operation, where the waiting-related operation is any one of the following: an operation of waiting for a first time period; an operation, before the first time period is overrun, when a first condition is satisfied, of stopping waiting for the first time period; and an operation of waiting for an incoming call, where the first time period is a time period starting from a time point at which an emergency service is ended. |
| US12167308B2 |
Apparatus, system and method of communicating audio traffic over a Bluetooth link
For example, a BT audio device may be configured to, during a passphrase-detection mode, monitor an audio input of the BT audio device to detect whether the audio input includes a voice signal, the passphrase-detection mode configured for detection of a predefined user passphrase to indicate a voice command to be provided from a user of the BT audio device; based on a determination that the audio input does not include the voice signal, transmit one or more null-data packets to a BT device over a BT wireless communication link between the BT audio device and the BT device; and, based on a determination that the audio input includes the voice signal, transmit one or more data packets to the BT device over the BT wireless communication link, wherein a payload of the one or more data packets includes audio data based on the audio input. |
| US12167307B2 |
Delivery of configuration information for cross-platform application integration
A method and a device are disclosed including one or more plug-in or Add-on Software Components (ASC) provided by a Social Business Platform (SBP) to deliver configuration information for the integration of various applications, services, and functionality from other platforms in an integrated environment. Each ASC may deliver a particular type of configuration information usable to configure and/or integrate services from various platforms, the services including data tiles and data streams, storage and document management services, single-function applications, core applications like communication and task management services, and other application-specific add-ons. In various embodiments, the configuration information may be distributed as packages of one or more files, which describe the configuration to be applied to the integrated services. In some embodiments, a global registry may be used to identify and deploy the available add-ons, while in other embodiments, the add-ons may be deployed manually or in other custom manners. |
| US12167306B2 |
Vehicular ad-hoc network manager
An ad-hoc network manager is provided. The vehicle includes a transceiver and one or more controllers of the host vehicle, in communication with the transceiver. The one or more controllers are programmed to receive connected messages from remote vehicles via the transceiver, and execute a message subservice configured to provide, to vehicle applications executed by the one or more controller, one or more events related to the received connected messages. |
| US12167302B2 |
System and method for rich short messaging service
A method and system employing a rich short message service application (RSAPP) for creating and transmitting a rich message are provided. The rich message includes a message and a brand identity. The RSAPP receives a request to send a short message service (SMS) message to a mobile number of a user (MNU). The RSAPP processes the request to send the SMS message and determines whether the MNU is enabled on one or more rich messaging channels (RMCs). Upon determining that the MNU is enabled on the RMCs, the RSAPP creates and transmits the rich message to the MNU on the enabled RMCs. Upon determining that the MNU is not enabled on the RMCs, the RSAPP confirms whether a setting specifies transmission of the received SMS message to the MNU as a SMS message if the MNU is not enabled on the RMCs. and the RSAPP transmits the received SMS message as a SMS message to the MNU. |
| US12167301B2 |
Method and terminal for implementing communication
Provided is a method performed by a terminal of performing communication, the method including generating a private call setup request message including a call identifier information element (IE), a caller IE, a callee IE, and a call type IE set to an emergency private call, based on receiving a user indication to upgrade a call to emergency call, wherein the terminal is in an in-progress private call state; setting a proximity-based services (ProSe) per-packet priority corresponding to the emergency private call; transmitting, to another terminal, the private call setup request message; starting a timer relating to private call request retransmission based on the emergency call setup request message; and entering an in-progress emergency private call state from the in-progress private call state. |
| US12167297B2 |
Location clustering and routing for 5G drive testing
A computer system obtains information describing a geographical area segmented into multiple first clusters serviced by a telecommunications network. Multiple test locations are identified within the first clusters. Each test location is located within a grid of the geographical area. Each first cluster is recursively segmented into multiple second clusters until a difference between a number of test locations within each second cluster and a target number of test locations is less than a threshold number of test locations. A route is generated connecting test locations within each second cluster, using a routing application programming interface for performing drive testing of the telecommunications network. The computer system sends the route to one or more computer devices for performing the drive testing at the test locations in a sequence corresponding to the route. |
| US12167296B2 |
Information collecting method, communication control apparatus, and information collector apparatus
A user terminal sends out an interest including text data and an image file for matching to an information centric network. When a server receives the interest from the user terminal, the server separates the image file for matching from the interest and sends out a simple interest that includes the text data and does not include the image file for matching and a complex interest that includes the image file for matching to the information centric network. A camera associates the text data included in the simple interest with the image file for matching included in the complex interest, executes a matching process for verifying whether any of the image files accumulated in the own device matches the image file for matching based on the criteria stipulated in the text data, and transmits a matching result report to the user terminal. |
| US12167294B2 |
Providing status of user devices associated with a biohazard
A method includes identifying a first user device potentially associated with a biohazard and identifying a geographic area associated with the biohazard based on previous location information of the first user device. The method further includes identifying another user device potentially associated with the biohazard based on the geographic area associated with the biohazard and previous location information of the other user device. The method further includes issuing a safety notification to the other user device, where the safety notification includes one or more of the geographic area associated with the biohazard, a safety status request, a safety status level of the first user device, a subset of the previous location information of the first user device, and a subset of the previous location information of the other user device. |
| US12167291B2 |
Method for transmitting beam failure recovery request, method for receiving beam failure recovery request, terminal and base station
The present disclosure provides a method for transmitting a beam failure recovery request, a method for transmitting receiving a beam failure recovery request, a terminal and a base station, the method for transmitting the beam failure recovery request is applied to the terminal and includes: determining at least one first target cell according to a preset priority rule when a beam failure event is detected; sending request information of beam failure recovery on the at least one first target cell. |
| US12167290B2 |
Method and apparatus for enabling offloading network traffic via a connected cellular device
A process and/or apparatus capable of providing alternative communication channels for facilitating network communication is disclosed. The process, in some embodiments, maintains a primary link which facilitates network communication between various attached devices and content providers. After identifying a cellular and wireless capable (“CWC”) device, a hybrid function of the CWC device is activated for providing one or more overlay channels between through the CWC device creating a secondary link for communications between the various attached devices and content providers. The process is then capable of offloading network traffic between the primary link and the secondary link, for example, based on the types of the network traffic. |
| US12167286B2 |
Interruption and measurement exception with SMTC2-LP in idle and inactive RRM
Systems and methods disclosed herein describe the use of synchronization signal/physical broadcast channel block measurement time configuration (SMTC) 2 low power (SMTC2-LP) configuration(s). For cell measurements, a UE may determine that an SMTC2-LP configuration for one or more carriers of one or more target cells is known, determine a periodicity of SMTC occasions of the carrier(s) based on data found in the SMTC2-LP configuration(s), and cancel a cell measurement of an inter-frequency cell based at least in part on the periodicity of the SMTC occasion(s). For cell re-selection, a UE may determine that an SMTC2-LP configuration for a carrier being used at a target cell is known and that a physical cell identity (PCI) of the target cell is found in data of the SMTC2-LP configuration, determine a maximum paging interruption time using this periodicity, and perform a cell reselection to the target cell within this time. |
| US12167285B2 |
Method and apparatus for managing SCells during a conditional PCell handover in a wireless communication system
A method and apparatus for managing SCells during a conditional PCell handover in a wireless communication system is provided. A wireless device receives, from the source PCell, a handover command including a PCell condition for a target PCell. The handover command includes at least one of Secondary Cell (SCell) conditions for target SCells. A wireless device evaluates the SCell conditions for the target SCells upon determining that the PCell condition for the target PCell is met. A wireless device transmits, to the target PCell, a handover complete message including result of the evaluation of the SCell conditions for the target SCells. |
| US12167284B2 |
Multi-operator radio access network
A processing system of a radio access network may obtain an attach request from a user equipment to the radio access network, identify a first cellular core network of a first mobile network operator associated with the user equipment from among a plurality of cellular core networks of a plurality of mobile network operators in communication with the radio access network, generate a first record that includes an identifier of the user equipment, at least one quality class indicator, and at least one radio access network resource utilization metric for a utilization of the radio access network by the user equipment associated with the at least one quality class indicator, and transmit the first record to at least one of: the first cellular core network of the first mobile network operator or a second cellular core network of a second mobile network operator of the plurality of network operators. |
| US12167280B2 |
Method and apparatus for resource allocation for EMBB/URLLC
The present application is related to a method and apparatus for resource allocation for EMBB/URLLC in 3GPP 5G technology. A method for resource allocation performed by abase station (BS) includes: transmitting, to a user equipment (UE), signaling indicating non-available resource on a carrier, wherein the non-available resource is reserved for a specific type of communication; and transmitting, to the UE, an indicator indicating allocated resource for transmitting data on the carrier, wherein the allocated resource includes at least part of the non-available resource. |
| US12167278B2 |
Puncturing information indication method and communication apparatus
This disclosure discloses puncturing information indication methods and communication apparatuses. In an implementation, a method comprises generating a physical layer protocol data unit (PPDU) comprising a preamble, wherein the preamble comprises a universal-SIG (U-SIG) field, wherein the U-SIG field comprises mode indication information and preamble puncturing status indication information, and wherein the preamble puncturing status indication information indicates a preamble puncturing status corresponding to a mode indicated by the mode indication information, and sending the PPDU. |
| US12167277B2 |
Enforcing differential policies on user traffic in a 5G/EPC environment with congestion avoidance and real time policy enforcement
A method of configuring a user plane function node in, e.g., a fifth generation mobile core architecture to process user plane traffic without reliance on control messages over the Sx/N4 or Gx/N7 interfaces. The method includes detecting a type of user traffic at a user plane function node in, e.g., a fifth generation mobile core architecture, selecting, on the user plane function node and based on the type of user traffic, a rule to be applied to the user traffic, and activating the rule to be applied to the user traffic. The approach reduces or eliminates north-south control traffic in CUPS architecture or 5G mobile core architecture. |
| US12167276B2 |
Transport protocol for latency sensitive applications
The described technology is generally directed towards a transport protocol for latency sensitive applications. The disclosed transport protocol is “semi-reliable” in that it allows for specification of an importance of data being transmitted, thereby allowing important data to be sent reliably, while other data can be dropped if necessary, e.g., under bad network conditions. A deadline can be specified for such other data, and if the other data cannot be sent prior to the deadline, it can be dropped. Furthermore, the disclosed transport protocol can allow for early discovery of network jitter. A client device can send regular acknowledgments which identify most recently received data packets as well as a number of “heartbeat transmissions” received at the client device. A server device can use the acknowledgments to discover and respond to jitter. |
| US12167275B2 |
TSN and 5GS QoS mapping—a user plane based method
Systems and methods are disclosed herein that relate to Quality of Service (QoS) mapping in a cellular communications system that operates as a Time Sensitive Networking (TSN) bridge. In one embodiment, a method of operation of a Session Management Function (SMF) in a cellular communications system that operates as a bridge for a TSN system comprises obtaining a QoS mapping table that maps TSN traffic classes to QoS flows within the cellular communications system and distributing at least a part of the QoS mapping table to a User Plane Function (UPF) or a TSN Translator (TT) at the UPF side. In this manner, QoS mapping is provided. Corresponding embodiments of an SMF and a network node that implements an SMF are also disclosed. Embodiments of method of operation of an Application Function (AF) and corresponding embodiments of an AF and a network node that implements an AF are also disclosed. |
| US12167274B2 |
Reflective QoS enhancements
Apparatuses, systems, and methods for Reflective Quality of Service (RQoS) enhancements. Methods may include enhancements for both UE behavior and network function behavior. Network function behaviors may include enhancements to UPF behavior and SPF behavior. Enhancements to RQoS may include methods for resetting an RQoS indicator (RQI) bit for downlink packets of a flow destined for a UE, methods for generating a flow ID to include in a SDAP header destined for a UE, methods for using the flow ID to limit L3 and L4 header parsing, methods for sending/receiving feedback regarding processing of the RQI bit, methods for maintaining a QFI mapping table, methods for skipping parsing of SDAP header fields, methods for specifying and signaling a QoS Flow Identifier (QFI) range to a UE, methods for limiting downlink header parsing, methods for updating a QFI, and methods for performing high efficiency RQoS processing. |
| US12167270B2 |
Method and apparatus for supporting carrier aggregation in wireless communication system
An idle mode measurement method performed by a user equipment (UE) includes receiving measurement configuration information in a radio resource control (RRC) idle mode; performing measurement in the RRC idle mode, based on the measurement configuration information; receiving a UEInformationRequest message for requesting a result of the measurement in the RRC idle mode; and transmitting a UEInformationResponse message including the result of the measurement in the RRC idle mode. |
| US12167267B2 |
Radio resource management scaling factor enhancement without measurement gaps
Some embodiments include a system, method, and computer program product for radio resource management (RRM) scaling factor enhancement without measurement gaps (MGs) in an E-UTRA-New Radio (NR) Dual Connectivity (EN-DC) network. Some embodiments include a user equipment (UE) that receives from a Primary Node (PN), a first NR measurement object (MO) without MG associated with a frequency. The UE receives from a Secondary Node (SN), a second NR MO without MG associated with the same frequency. The UE allocates resources based on a Primary Secondary Component Carrier (PSCC) and determines a scaling factor for determining a total procedure period for obtaining measurements to satisfy the first and the second NR MO without MG. Some embodiments include combining counts of NR MO without MG at a same frequency. Some embodiments include coordination between the PN and the SN so that MOs without MG at a common frequency satisfy the merging rule. |
| US12167262B2 |
Method and device for performing RLM in NR V2X
Provided are a method for a first device to perform wireless communication, and a device supporting same. The method may comprise: a step for receiving, from a second device, a plurality of reference signals or N SCIs through N channels; a step for determining, on the basis of at least one among the sequence of the plurality of reference signals and the N SCIs, the number or ratio of channels that have failed in reception; and a step for performing radio link monitoring (RLM) on the basis of the number or ratio of channels that have failed in reception. N may be a positive integer. |
| US12167260B2 |
Generating a core instance at a first access network core configurator to facilitate operation of a second access network
Generating a core instance via a first access network device of a first access network, wherein the core instance facilitates operation of a second access network via a second access network device of the second access network is disclosed. Generally, implementing a core network can be highly resource intensive, e.g., high labor, equipment, and monetary costs. The level of resources that are conventionally committed in developing a core instance can be a significant barrier for many small or medium sized entities. The disclosed subject matter discloses a configuration component that can generate a core instance that can be performed at a remotely located access network. In an embodiment, a remotely implemented core instance can be updatable. Further, in response to a remotely implemented core instance failing to perform, a monitoring component can facilitate a failover operation. |
| US12167254B2 |
Network assisted discovery for wireless communication
According to an example aspect of the present invention, there is provided a method, including receiving, from a radio access network device, a beam sweeping configuration indicative of spatial limitation in relation to a reference, and performing beam sweeping configured spatially based on the received beam sweeping configuration for extending connectivity via the network device outside coverage of the network device. |
| US12167252B2 |
Beamforming architecture capability signaling
Various aspects of the present disclosure generally relate to wireless communication. In some aspects, a network device may transmit, to a base station, an indication of a capability of a beamforming architecture of the network device. The network device may communicate with the base station based at least in part on the capability of the beamforming architecture of the network device. Numerous other aspects are described. |
| US12167251B2 |
RF certification system and method
A method and system of certifying RF coverage in a structure. A grid is superimposed on a floor plan of a structure to be certified. Each sector in the grid is given an identifier. A test unit is placed in one of the sectors. An RF test signal is transmitted from the test unit to a base unit located outside the structure. The RF test signal as received by the base unit is analyzed to determine whether it is satisfactory. An RF reply signal is transmitted from the base unit to the test unit. The reply signal as received by the test unit is analyzed to determine whether it is satisfactory. This process is repeated for each sector of the grid. |
| US12167248B2 |
Interference coordination in licensed shared radio frequency spectrum
Methods, systems, and devices for wireless communications are described in which wireless nodes may use licensed shared radio frequency spectrum band for communications and one or more neighboring networks may use a same licensed shared radio frequency spectrum band. A second network of the one or more neighboring networks may have priority of use of the licensed shared radio frequency spectrum band within a particular geographic area. Disclosed techniques provide that nodes of each network may indicate an identification of the network, a network priority, or both, in over-the-air signaling. Wireless nodes may determine if another neighboring network is present based on the over-the-air signaling, may determine whether the other network has a higher priority, and may adjust one or more transmissions in the event that a higher priority network is identified, such as through reducing transmission power. |
| US12167245B2 |
System, method, and apparatus for providing optimized network resources
Systems, methods, and apparatuses for providing optimization of network resources. The system is operable to monitor the electromagnetic environment, analyze the electromagnetic environment, and extract environmental awareness of the electromagnetic environment. The system extracts the environmental awareness of the electromagnetic environment by including customer goals. The system is operable to use the environmental awareness with the customer goals and/or user defined policies and rules to extract actionable information to help the customer optimize the network resources. |
| US12167242B2 |
Detecting malicious small cells based on a connectivity schedule
A method performed by a network node that generates a schedule of communication exchanges between the network node and a small cell of a telecommunications network. The schedule is unique for the small cell among multiple small cells and sets times for sending status signals to the small cell and receiving counterpart response signals from the small cell. When the network node detects non-compliance with the schedule, the network node can begin to monitor the small cell for anomalous activity. Upon detecting that the anomalous activity includes malicious activity, the network node can communicate with the small cell wirelessly to deauthorize the small cell. |
| US12167241B2 |
Enhanced authorization in cellular communication networks
According to an example aspect of the present invention, there is provided an apparatus comprising means for receiving from a requesting network function, by a network repository function, an access token request, wherein the access token request is related to a network function consumer requesting access to a service provided by a network function producer and comprises an identity of a vendor of the network function consumer requesting access to the service, means for verifying by the network repository function, based at least on the identity of the vendor of the network function consumer, that the network function consumer is allowed to access the service and means for transmitting to the requesting network function, by the network repository function, an access token upon successful verification, wherein the access token generated and signed by the network repository function comprises the identity of the vendor of the network function consumer and an identity of the vendor of the network function producer. |
| US12167239B2 |
Identity authentication method and apparatus
A method comprises generating, based on identity information of a user by an identity management server, a temporary privacy identity identifier of a terminal device, receiving, from the terminal device, a network access request comprising the temporary privacy identity identifier, generating an authentication key of the temporary privacy identity identifier based on the temporary privacy identity identifier and a primary identity authentication key of a domain to which the terminal device belongs, generating a first message based on the temporary privacy identity identifier and the authentication key, sending the first message to the terminal device, receiving a second message from the terminal device based on the first message, performing authentication on the second message based on the temporary privacy identity identifier and the authentication key, and allowing access to a network device by the terminal device after the authentication succeeds. |
| US12167238B2 |
Establishment of battery-free insert access to secure network
A method is provided for establishing secure network communication for a wireless network module of a battery-free insert. The method includes establishing communication with a low security module of an access point of a secure network, wherein a timestamp is not used to establish the communication with the low security module, obtaining a timestamp from the low security module, discontinuing communication with the low security module, and sending a request to a high security module to establish communication with the high security module of the access point. The request includes the timestamp. Communication is established with the high security module using the timestamp for establishing high security communication with the secure network. |
| US12167230B2 |
Data forwarding in MR-DC with 5GC operations involving SN change
Apparatuses, systems, and methods for a network node to inter-connect with a first secondary node (SN) within a core network. The network node may be a master node and may serve a UE. The first SN may be a source SN. The network node may initiate a change from the first SN to a second SN, which may be a target SN. The network mode may determine data forwarding from the first SN to the second SN and may request, from the first SN, data forwarding intentions prior to initiating the change from the first SN to a second first SN to the second SN. The network node may send, to the first SN, data forwarding instructions (e.g., based, at least in part, on the data forwarding intentions of the first SN) and the data forwarding instructions may include a requirement for the first SN to follow the data forwarding instructions. |
| US12167224B2 |
Systems and methods for dynamic spatial separation of sound objects
Sound objects are identified within a content item and location metadata is extracted from the content item for each sound object. A reference layout is generated, relative to a user position, for the sound objects based on the location metadata. If a first sound object is within a threshold angle, relative to the user position, from a second sound object, a virtual position of either the first sound object or the second sound object is adjusted by an adjustment angle. |
| US12167223B2 |
Real-time low-complexity stereo speech enhancement with spatial cue preservation
Real-time low-complexity stereo speech enhancement with spatial cue preservation may be performed. A stereo speech enhancement system receives a stereo input signal (e.g., a left and right input signal). The stereo speech enhancement system estimates spatial cues for a target speaker and downmixes the stereo input signal into a monaural signal. A low-complexity model may then process the monaural signal to generate an enhanced monaural signal. The stereo speech enhancement system upmixes the enhanced monaural signal based on the estimated spatial cues for the target speaker, to generate an enhanced stereo output signal. |
| US12167220B2 |
Audio representation and associated rendering
An apparatus for immersive audio communication including circuitry configured to: receive at least a first audio data stream and a second audio data stream, wherein at least one of the first and second audio stream includes a spatial audio stream to enable immersive audio during a communication; determine a type of each of the first and second audio streams to identify which of the received first and second audio data streams the spatial audio stream; process the second audio data stream with at least one parameter dependent on the determined type; and render the first audio data stream and the processed second audio data stream. |
| US12167213B2 |
Audio circuit, and reproduction method of DSD signal
The audio circuit has a volume circuit structured to process a DSD signal that contains DSD data and a DSD clock. The volume circuit has a first shift register and a replacement circuit. The first shift register holds N bits of the DSD data. The replacement circuit replaces (N−M) bits (0≤M≤N) corresponding to a gain set value, out of N bits stored in the first shift register, with a mute bit string having a mark rate of substantially 50%. |
| US12167207B2 |
Electronic module for a hearing device
The present disclosure relates to an electronic module for a hearing device. The electronic module comprises at least one electronic component for a hearing device and an embedding material covering the electronic component. The electronic component comprises at least one restricted area which is free from the embedding material. The restricted area is surrounded at least partially by a zone and the zone is covered by an attaching material. The attaching material covering the zone has a mold part formed by molding and freely formed edge facing the restricted area. |
| US12167205B2 |
Linear transducer in a flapping and bending apparatus
A component of a bone conduction device, such as a passive transcutaneous bone conduction device or an active transcutaneous bone conduction device, or a percutaneous bone conduction device, used to evoke a hearing percept comprising a housing and a bender apparatus located in the housing, wherein the bender apparatus is a device of a piezoelectric bender. |
| US12167203B2 |
Hearing aid device
A hearing aid device includes at least one user input unit for controlling an operation mode of the hearing aid device, at least one signal line connecting the at least one user input unit with a control unit for controlling the hearing aid device, and an antenna module comprising at least two electrically conductive and electrically connectable layers forming a layered structure. The at least one user input unit is arranged at one of the layers of the antenna module, and the at least one signal line is provided at an inner surface of one of the layers facing one other layer. |
| US12167199B2 |
Mobile phone based hearing loss correction system
A hearing loss correction system which is mobile compatible and comprises of a mechanism, wherein the mobile device module when in the OFF condition is used as a hearing assistive and amplification device. The hearing loss correction system comprises a microphone unit, a speaker unit and a mobile phone inbuilt application processor to operatively connect the microphone unit with the speaker unit for recording environmental sound signal though the microphone unit and storage free direct streaming of said recorded sound signal to the speaker unit upon real time amplification and background noise suppression. |
| US12167195B2 |
Hearing device or system comprising a noise control system
A hearing system comprises a hearing device, e.g. a hearing aid or a headset, configured to be worn by a user. The hearing device comprises at least one input transducer for providing at least one electric input signal representative of sound in the environment of the hearing device, wherein said at least one electric input signal comprises a target signal component assumed to be of current interest to the user, and a noise component. The hearing device further comprises a noise control system configured to provide an estimate of said target signal component and an estimate of said noise component and to apply a statistical structure to said noise component to thereby provide a modified noise component comprising said statistical structure; and to determine a modified estimate of said target signal component in dependence of said modified noise component. Thereby an improved segregation of sound sources may be provided. |
| US12167192B2 |
System and method for operation of a headset with an adaptive clamping force
A headset device comprising a headband and an earcup housing having a speaker and an earcup cushion operatively coupled to a cushion cradle axially movable in the earcup housing, a pressure sensor in the earcup cushion to measure clamping force of the headset device on the user's head and a microcontroller executing code instructions of a clamping force control system to determine whether the measured clamping force of the headset device is within a clamping force threshold range. The headset device includes a magnetic headset force adjustment system having a fixed magnet operatively coupled to the axially movable cushion cradle and a current-controlled magnet to adjust clamping force by providing current to the current-controlled magnet to generate a repelling or attractive magnetic force to urge the cushion cradle toward or away from the user's head and adjust the clamping force of the headset device on the user's head. |
| US12167191B2 |
Wearable electronic device and operation method thereof
A wearable electronic device including a speaker and a microphone is configured to: generate a detection signal to detect whether a sound leakage occurs, receive, through the microphone, a feedback signal in which a signal obtained by outputting the detection signal into an ear canal of a user through the speaker is collected, calculate a difference value between the feedback signal and the detection signal, and correct a playback sound output by the wearable electronic device based on the difference value. |
| US12167190B2 |
Acoustic port cover
Presented herein are acoustic port covers for attachment to electronic devices. An electronic device includes a housing having at least one acoustic port extending through the housing. An acoustic port cover in accordance with embodiments presented herein is configured to be detachably coupled to the housing so as to cover the at least one acoustic port and function as a barrier to the accumulation of foreign materials/contaminants at a protective membrane associated with the at least one acoustic port. |
| US12167187B2 |
Quick connect speaker assemblies and related systems and methods
A quick connect speaker assembly includes: a speaker; a coupler configured to be coupled to the speaker; and a stake including a body having first and second end portions and defining a channel, with the first end portion including an attachment feature. The stake is configured to slidably receive the coupler in the channel at the first end portion and the attachment feature is configured to attach the coupler and the speaker to the stake in an installed position. |
| US12167185B1 |
Ultra-wideband wireless photonic integrated antenna system
A radio frequency (RF) beam transmission component having optical inputs and electrical outputs may include a wavelength selective switch (WSS) that has a plurality of optical WSS outputs. Each optical WSS output may be configured to transmit one or more wavelengths of the incoming optical signals. The RF beam transmission component may include a plurality of photodetectors (PD), each photodetector having an optical PD input coupled to one or more of said plurality of optical WSS outputs and a corresponding electrical output of a plurality of PD electrical outputs. The RF beam transmission component may further include a lens that has a plurality of electrical inputs and each electrical input may be electrically coupled to at least one of the plurality of electrical PD outputs. The lens may further have a plurality of electrical lens output ports. |
| US12167179B2 |
Projection device and method of controlling projection device
A projection device includes a display panel including a plurality of OLEDs that emit light in a predetermined direction, and an optical path shift element that shifts an optical path of light emitted from the plurality of light emitting elements. The display panel turns on the plurality of OLEDs in a light emission sub-frame, turns off the plurality of OLEDs in a vertical scanning blanking period, and turns on the plurality of OLEDs in a light emission sub-frame, and the optical path shift element fixes the optical path in the light emission sub-frame and shifts the optical path in the vertical scanning blanking period. |
| US12167173B2 |
Video monitoring apparatus, control method thereof, and computer readable medium
A position and pose determination unit (103) is configured to determine a position and an pose of the video acquisition unit (110) in such a way that a level of hiding caused by overlapping of objects becomes low based on environmental object information indicating an environmental object including a structural object present in the monitored area and a placed object placed in the structural object, and staying characteristic information indicating a staying characteristic of the object determined depending on the environmental object. The analysis and display unit (111) is configured to perform at least one of analyzing a video captured by the video acquisition unit (103) at the position and the pose determined by the position and pose determination unit (110) and displaying the video. |
| US12167169B1 |
Systems and methods to optimize video streaming using digital avatars
A digital avatar system can process video streams and generate synthetic video with a digital avatar. The digital avatar provides the appearance of a participant from the video stream talking and one or more of performing various behaviors or actions consistent with the participant's behavior when they are live streamed. A digital avatar system can detect triggering events during a live stream and automatically switch to an avatar mode. |
| US12167167B1 |
Application-based control of devices within an environment
A mapping between environments and devices included therein may be maintained, such that a configuration of each environment is known. Upon detecting that a user is within an environment, and based on a current device state of devices within the environment, an application may be generated and presented to the user via a corresponding user device. The application may allow the user to activate and control the devices within the environment. In particular, the application may depict selectable controls that correspond to functions or operations associated with the different devices within the environment. The application may also be dynamically updated based on an updated current device state of the devices. |
| US12167166B2 |
Multi-channel image receiving device and method
A multi-channel image receiving method includes receiving, from a network camera supporting a plurality of channels, access information for registering a first channel among the plurality of channels and profile information on a second channel other than the first channel, registering the first channel as a regular channel by using the access information, registering the second channel as a virtual channel by using the profile information, requesting the network camera to transmit an image through the second channel by using the profile information, and receiving and storing the image transmitted from the network camera through the second channel. |
| US12167160B2 |
Method, apparatus and system for implementing video conference, and storage medium
Provided is a method for implementing a video conference. The method includes: acquiring layout information of a conference picture of the video conference, wherein the layout information comprises: information of at least two conferee regions in the conference picture, and information of corresponding relationships between the at least two conferee regions and at least two terminals involved in the video conference; sending the information of the corresponding conferee regions to the at least two terminals; receiving conferee multimedia data provided by the at least two terminals based on the information of the corresponding conferee regions; acquiring conference video data based on the conferee multimedia data; and sending the conference video data to the at least two terminals. |
| US12167159B2 |
Machine learning driven teleprompter
Techniques performed by a data processing system for a machine learning driven teleprompter include displaying a teleprompter transcript associated with a presentation on a display of a computing device associated with a presenter; receiving audio content of the presentation including speech of the presenter in which the presenter is reading the teleprompter transcript; analyzing the audio content of the presentation using a first machine learning model to obtain a real-time textual translation of the audio content, the first machine learning model being a natural language processing model trained to receive audio content including speech and to translate the audio content into a textual representation of the speech; analyzing the real-time textual representation and the teleprompter transcript with a second machine learning model to obtain transcript position information; and automatically scrolling the teleprompter transcript on the display of the computing device based on the transcript position information. |
| US12167158B2 |
Analog-to-digital converting circuit for decreasing decision delay and operation method thereof
An analog-to-digital converting circuit includes a first amplifier configured to output a first output signal by comparing a pixel signal output from a pixel array with a ramp signal, and a second amplifier configured to generate a second output signal based on the first output signal. The second amplifier includes a first transistor configured to provide a power supply voltage to a first output node in response to the first output signal, a second transistor connected with a capacitor through a bias node, wherein the second transistor is configured to turn on in response to an auto-zero signal, a current source connected with the first transistor through the first output node, the current source configured to generate a power current based on a voltage level of the bias node, and a third transistor connected with the current source. |
| US12167157B2 |
Image sensor and operating method thereof
Disclosed is an image sensor including a plurality of selection circuits each suitable for receiving two clock signals among an input clock signal and a plurality of delayed clock signals, and outputting, as each of a plurality of selection clock signals, one selection clock signal between the two clock signals on the basis of a control signal; and a plurality of buffer circuits suitable for generating the plurality of delayed clock signals on the basis of the plurality of selection clock signals outputted from the plurality of selection circuits. |
| US12167154B2 |
Comparator, ad converter, photoelectric conversion device, imaging system, and movable object
A disclosed comparator includes a comparison circuit including a differential unit that compares an input signal with a reference signal and changes a level of a signal output to a first node in accordance with a result of comparison and an amplifier unit that includes a load element and outputs a signal in accordance with a potential of the first node to a second node, and a positive feedback circuit that is connected to the second node and a third node and changes a level of a signal at the third node at a rate higher than a change rate of a level of a signal at the second node in accordance with a change in a level of a signal at the second node. |
| US12167153B2 |
Dynamic vision sensor color camera
A dynamic vision sensor (DVS) color camera (DVS-CCam) operable to acquire a color image of a scene, the DVS-CCam including a DVS photosensor comprising DVS pixels, an illuminator operable to transmit a light pattern characterized by temporal changes in intensity and color to illuminate a scene, an optical system configured to collect and focus on the pixels of the DVS photosensor light reflected by features in the scene from the light pattern transmitted by the illuminator, and a processor configured to process DVS signals generated by the DVS pixels responsive to temporal changes in the reflected light to provide a color image of the scene. |
| US12167150B2 |
Electronic device and method for spatial synchronization of videos
An electronic device is provided that determines initial three-dimensional (3D) coordinates of a lighting device. The electronic device controls an emission of light from the lighting device based on control signals. The emitted light includes at least one of a pattern of alternating light pulses or a continuous light pulse. The electronic device controls a plurality of imaging devices to capture a first plurality of images that include information about the emitted light. Based on the determined initial 3D coordinates and the information about the emitted light included in the first plurality of images, the electronic device estimates a plurality of rotation values and a plurality of translation values of each imaging device. Based on the plurality of rotation values and the plurality of translation values, the electronic device applies a simultaneous localization and mapping process for each imaging device, for spatial synchronization of the plurality of imaging devices. |
| US12167145B2 |
Processing circuit analyzing image data and generating final image data
A processing circuitry is configured to generate a first analysis result based on a size of a partial area of a target area when the partial area is captured by only one of a first sensor or a second sensor, based on first image data for the target area captured by the first sensor and second image data for the target area captured by the second sensor, and generate first final image data or second final image data by using the first image data and the second image data, based on the first analysis result. A difference between the first final image data and the second final image data is based on a difference between a first characteristic of the first sensor and a second characteristic of the second sensor. |
| US12167142B2 |
Apparatus including a photographic sensor
In an embodiment an apparatus includes a scanning photographic sensor configured to acquire an image, according to an integration time of the sensor, of a scene illuminated with periodically emitted light pulses by a source, so that the image has a regular succession of bands with different luminosities when the integration time of the sensor is different from a period of the light pulses, a processor configured to generate a signature vector representative of the regular succession of bands with different luminosities being present in the image acquired by the photographic sensor, wherein the signature vector is independent of a reflectance of an objects of the scene and of a level of light in the scene, determine a frequency of the bands in the image on basis of the generated signature vector and determine the period of the pulses of the source on basis of the determined frequency of the bands in the image, and a controller configured to adjust the integration time of the photographic sensor so that the integration time is a multiple of the determined period of the light pulses of the source. |
| US12167140B2 |
Hyper camera with shared mirror
This disclosure is related to positioning one or more glass plates between an image sensor and lens of a camera in a scanning camera system; determining plate rotation rates and plate rotation angles based on one of characteristics of the camera, characteristics and positioning of the one or more glass plates, and relative dynamics of the camera and the object area; and rotating the one or more glass plates about one or more predetermined axes based on corresponding plate rotation rates and plate rotation angles. |
| US12167137B2 |
Method and device for generating a panoramic image
A method for generating a panoramic image is disclosed. The method includes receiving a three-dimensional model of a target space and an initial panoramic image of the target space, the initial panoramic image having a latitude span less than a preset latitude span; determining a first set of coordinate parameters of a camera associated with the initial panoramic image and with respect to a reference frame associated with the three-dimensional model; mapping, based on the first set of coordinate parameters of the camera, data points of the three-dimensional model to a camera coordinate system associated with the camera to obtain an intermediate panoramic image; and obtaining a final panoramic image by merging the initial panoramic image and the intermediate panoramic image, the final panoramic image having a latitude span greater than or equal to the preset latitude span. |
| US12167132B2 |
Systems and methods for dynamically stabilizing videos
A video may be captured by an image capture device. A stabilized view of the video may be generated by using a punchout of the video. The shape and/or size of the punchout may be dynamically changed based on stabilization performance of the video. The shape and/or size of the punchout may be changed when the punchout is moving within the video. The shape and/or size of the punchout may not be changed when the punchout is not moving within the video. |
| US12167129B2 |
Video monitoring using a hierarchical combination of camera sensors
An apparatus includes a primary camera sensor configured to capture images having a first resolution, a primary processing circuit configured to process images captured by the primary camera sensor, a secondary camera sensor configured to capture images having a second resolution, and a secondary processing circuit configured to process images captured by the secondary camera sensor. In response to a determination that a particular object of interest is included in a particular image, the secondary processing circuit may be further configured to cause the primary processing circuit and the primary camera sensor to exit a reduced power mode. The primary camera sensor may be further configured, in response to the exiting, to capture a different image. The primary processing circuit may also be configured to process the different image to validate the particular object of interest. |
| US12167128B2 |
Image pickup apparatus, accessory, control method of image pickup apparatus, control method of accessory, and storage medium
An image pickup apparatus to which an accessory is attachable includes a control unit communicable with the accessory, and configured to store information on power suppliable to the accessory and to acquire from the accessory at least one of information on the power required by the accessory, information on a power source for the accessory, and information on charge control of a battery provided in the accessory. |
| US12167125B2 |
Active camera relocation method having robustness to illumination
The present disclosure discloses an active camera relocation method having robustness to illumination includes the following steps: extracting effective plane region image sets of scenes in a current observation image T and a reference observation image R; establishing a matching relationship in the effective plane region image sets T and R; obtaining a camera relative pose Pi guided by each group of matched planes; obtaining information for guiding the motion of a camera by fusing all camera relative poses Pi; determining whether a relocation process is completed by motion steps. |
| US12167124B2 |
Electronic device for providing camera preview and method therefor
A foldable electronic device may include: a foldable housing foldable along at least one axis; a first display disposed on a first surface of the foldable housing; a second display disposed on a second surface of the foldable housing; a first camera; a second camera; at least one sensor; a memory; and a processor. The processor may be configured to: provide a first preview to the first display by using the first camera in a folded state; receive a region configuration input for the first preview through the first display; after the reception of the region configuration input, sense unfolding of the foldable electronic device by using the at least one sensor; and provide a second preview corresponding to the region configuration input through the second display by using the second camera in an unfolded state. In addition, various other embodiments can be understood through the specification. |
| US12167122B2 |
Personal care device with camera
A personal care system having a treatment device for applying a treatment to the skin or hair of a user is provided. The treatment device has a camera for taking an image of the skin. The system may include or be in communication with an application programming interface (API) that can process the image. The system or an associated API can recommend the use of treatment regimens or topical products according to information determined from the digital image of the skin. |
| US12167113B1 |
Enclosure for a video camera and light
An enclosure for a video camera and light, the enclosure including a housing; an internal body secured within the housing; one or more connections extending from the housing; an end plate secured to the housing, a first window extending through the end plate; and a second window extending through the end plate; an end cap secured to a second end of the housing and to seal the internal body within the housing; a video recorder positioned within the internal body and positioned such that a field of view extends out of the first window; a light positioned within the internal body, the light being independent of the video recorder and positioned such that a beam of light extends out of the second window and parallel with the field of view; a magnet holder extending from the housing; and a magnet within the magnet holder and engaged magnetically with a switch associated with the light; dislodging the magnet from the magnet holder causes the switch to activate the light. |
| US12167112B2 |
Outdoor camera assembly
The various implementations described herein include a video camera assembly that includes: (1) a housing; (2) an image sensor encased in the housing and configured to capture activity of the smart home environment; (3) a wireless radio configured to transmit video frames captured by the image sensor to an electronic device via a remote server; (4) at least one infrared transmitter configured to selectively illuminate the smart home environment; (5) one or more circuit boards encased in the housing, the one or more circuit boards including at least one processor mounted thereon; and (6) a heating component coupled to the image sensor, the heating component configured to continuously maintain the image sensor at a temperature above a threshold temperature while the image sensor is capturing the activity of the smart home environment. |
| US12167111B2 |
Camera module including an optical member
A camera module according to an embodiment of the present invention comprises: a circuit board; a light source and an image sensor arranged on the circuit board; a housing arranged on the circuit board; an optical member arranged on the light source and including an electrode; and a conductive portion which is arranged in the housing and electrically connects the electrode of the optical member to the circuit board. |
| US12167106B2 |
Image capture apparatus, control method therefor, image processing apparatus, and image processing system
An image capture apparatus obtains image data captured using an image sensor and then generates, as metadata, information relating to a state of the image capture apparatus at the time of capturing the image data as well as to the image data. The image capture apparatus comprises a first output circuit for outputting the image data in a first format to an external apparatus and a second output circuit for outputting a part of the metadata in a second format to the external apparatus. The second output circuit is from the first output circuit. |
| US12167103B2 |
Delivery forecast computing apparatus for display and streaming video advertising
A forecast for compatible advertisement opportunities, compatible with a class of advertisements, that will be available over a future time period is generated. For a content item associated with one or more advertisement opportunities, one or more compatible advertisement opportunities of the one or more advertisement opportunities are determined based on characteristics of the class of advertisements. Expected output of the content item over the future time period may be determined from historical data of output of other content items similar to the content item, and may be adjusted based on additional information, such as actual output of the content item. The forecast may be generated from the compatible advertisement opportunities associated with the content item and the expected output of the content item. |
| US12167102B2 |
Multicast in the probe channel
Systems, apparatuses, and methods for processing multi-cast messages are disclosed. A system includes at least one or more processing units, one or more memory controllers, and a communication fabric coupled to the processing unit(s) and the memory controller(s). The communication fabric includes a plurality of crossbars which connect various agents within the system. When a multi-cast message is received by a crossbar, the crossbar extracts a message type indicator and a recipient type indicator from the message. The crossbar uses the message type indicator to determine which set of masks to lookup using the recipient type indicator. Then, the crossbar determines which one or more masks to extract from the selected set of masks based on values of the recipient type indicator. The crossbar combines the one or more masks with a multi-cast route to create a port vector for determining on which ports to forward the multi-cast message. |
| US12167098B2 |
Systems and methods for updating user interface element display properties based on user history
Systems and methods for generating for display an interactive interface based on user history are provided. A first media asset and second media asset share a common attribute but are displayed with different display properties because the first media asset is included in the viewing history of the user while the second media asset is not. This display property may include moving the first media asset to a different portion of the guide. |
| US12167097B2 |
Systems and methods for facilitating content discovery based on augmented context
Method, systems, and computer-readable media are provided to facilitate content discovery based on augmented context. A first set of images of a graphical display may be acquired and analyzed to identify visual characteristics of an object represented. Attributes of the object may be identified. Specifications may be transmitted to the television receiver and/or a remote data source in order to pull matching information. A user-selectable interface element may be generated for presentation as an option to take an action relating to the object represented. A visual output of the interface element may be output as an overlay on the first set and/or a second set of images displayed by the computing device. A user selection responsive to the outputting of the visual output of the at interface element may be processed. A communication may be transmitted to the television receiver to cause the action responsive to the user selection. |
| US12167094B2 |
Intelligent media content playback
The disclosed technology is directed towards creating a media content presentation for playback, based on user specified input criteria and playback instructions. A user specifies input criteria related to media source data. The media source data is accessed, and further based on the input criterion, matching segments (e.g., scenes and audio) are determined from metadata information that describes the segments; the media playback content is generated from the matching segments. A user may also specify criteria/instructions that describe how to play the matching segments, such as in linear order, or based on relative relevance such as scene impactfulness. A matching scene can be repeated, and/or augmented with annotation data. For any matching scene or transition between two matching scenes, specified playback speed and audio volume can be specified and applied. As part of generation, the media content presentation can be fit to a specified time constraint. |
| US12167093B2 |
Systems and methods for providing timeline of content items on a user interface
The methods and systems described herein provide timelines of content segments on a user interface. In one example, the methods and systems generate for display a first content item, determine a current portion of the first content item and determine a related content segment that is related to the current portion of the first content item such that the related segment is from a second content item. The methods and systems also generate for simultaneous display a first timeline of the first content item, an indicator that indicates a location of the current portion on the first timeline, a second time of the second content item and a segment indicator that indicates location of the related content segment on the second timeline. The methods and systems further receive a selection of the related content segment. |
| US12167092B2 |
Cloud-based video user interfaces
Playback devices can support playing back audio content of audio-visual content received from a media service, while corresponding video content is synchronously played back on a video display device. In some examples, the device can cause the video display device to display a graphical user interface that includes a plurality of media services associated with a user account, receive a user selection for media playback of audio-visual content from one of the media services, transmit a request for the user-selected audio-visual content to the selected media service, and receive audio and video content of the audio-visual content. |
| US12167091B2 |
Content viewing tracking
This application describes methods, systems, and apparatus for allowing a user to easily determine whether the user and/or other user(s) have viewed content. For example, a program guide may display one or more graphics associated with the content (e.g., a movie poster), and in response to determining whether the user has viewed the content, the program guide may include an indication of whether the user has viewed the content. The program guide may include indications associated with multiple users (e.g., different colors, icons, graphics, or text). The program guide may filter the content based on whether the user has viewed the content (e.g., only display content the user has not viewed). A computing device storing the content may manage recording of the content based on whether the user has viewed the content (e.g., delete the recording if the user has viewed the content). A viewing history of the user may be maintained. |
| US12167090B2 |
System, method and computer-readable medium for recommending streaming data
The present disclosure relates to a system, a method and a computer-readable tangible non-transitory medium for recommending live streaming data. The method includes identifying a set of live streaming programs according to an attribute of the user and a tag of each live streaming program in the set of live streaming programs, generating a first subset of live streaming programs from the set of live streaming programs according to a first criterion, and generating a second subset of live streaming programs from the set of live streaming programs according to a second criterion. The first criterion is different from the second criterion. The present disclosure can recommend contents in a more efficient way and increase user engagements. |
| US12167086B2 |
Automated content selection for groups
Aspects of the subject disclosure may include, for example, a system and method for selecting media content for a group of persons located at a venue. The system and method identify a plurality of viewers in a vicinity of a venue that has one or more display devices from location data and extracts a content viewing preference of each viewer from their profile data. The process includes aggregating the content viewing preference of each of the plurality of viewers to generate an aggregated content profile. Based on the aggregated content profile, a list of content is generated. Next, a first group of viewers approaching a viewing range of a display device are sensed by imaging data. Any conflicts between content viewing preferences of the first group of viewers are detected and resolved based on weighting the viewing preferences of the group. Other embodiments are disclosed. |
| US12167082B2 |
Attention tracking to augment focus transitions
Systems and methods are related to tracking an attention of a user with respect to content presented on a virtual screen, detecting a defocus event associated with a first region of the content, and determining a next focus event associated with a second region of the content. The determination can be based at least in part on the defocus event and on the tracked attention of the user. The systems and methods can include generating, based on the determined next focus event, a marker for differentiating the second region of the content from a remainder of the content, and in response to detecting a refocus event associated with the virtual screen, triggering execution of the marker associated with the second region of the content. |
| US12167080B2 |
Information processing terminal and method
An information processor includes: a user information acquiring unit acquiring user information for identifying a user; a display; a viewing time measuring unit measuring a viewing time during which a previously-registered user views contents information on the display; and a controller. The controller determines whether the user is the registered user, based on the user information and registered user information for identifying the registered user. When the user is the registered user, the controller causes the display to display the contents information, causes the viewing time measuring unit to measure the viewing time, compares a cumulative viewing time that is a total of the viewing times cumulated within a period of time with a viewing limit time that is a previously-set upper limit of the cumulative viewing time, and gives the registered user a warning when the cumulative viewing time is equal to or longer than the viewing limit time. |
| US12167078B2 |
Systems and methods for controlling access to media assets using two-factor authentication
Systems and methods for authorizing operations associated with blocked media assets using two-factor authentication. In some aspects, a media guidance application (e.g., executed by a set-top box or other user equipment used to store and display media assets) prompts a user for a password (e.g., a personal information number) in order to unlock the content for viewing. In response to receiving a second request from the user to perform an operation related to the media asset (e.g., delete), the media guidance application prompts the user for an additional factor confirming his or her identity, consistent with two-factor authentication protocol. If the user's identity is authenticated as a user that has authority to perform the operation related to the media asset (e.g., delete the stored media asset), the media guidance application performs the operation related to the media asset (e.g., deletes the media asset). |
| US12167070B2 |
Video content controller and associated method
A video content controller includes a memory and a microprocessor. The memory is configured to store non-transitory computer-readable instructions and video data representing a temporally-varying scene having a plurality of scene-regions. The microprocessor adapted to execute the instructions to (i) receive a current stream-segment of a video stream corresponding to a first scene-region of the plurality of scene-regions during a current playback-time interval, (ii) download, to a memory, a first video segment of a tagged scene-region within the first scene-region, (iii) receive a first display-region signal indicating at least one of a selection and a feature of the first scene-region, (iv) combine the current stream-segment and the first video segment as a video signal, and (vi) transmit, in response to the first display-region signal, the video signal to a display device. |
| US12167068B2 |
Karaoke content watch parties
Systems, devices and processes for facilitating a Karaoke content watch party (KWP) may include a sync server and a Karaoke presenter user device (KPUD) communicatively coupled thereto. The KPUD executes computer instructions for operations that instruct a content capture device (CCD) to capture and receive a Karaoke Reaction (KR) by a KPUD user and communicate the KR to the sync server. A Karaoke user device (KUD) may be communicatively coupled to the sync server. A content provider provides Karaoke Content (KC) to the KPUD and the KUD. The KC includes a KC segment. The sync server receives the KR from the KPUD, generates Karaoke secondary content (KSC) which includes the KR, communicates the KSC to the KUD, and may also generate Karaoke synchronization information (KSI) and communicate the KSI to the KUD. The KSI facilitates synchronized presentation, by the KUD, of the KR with the KC segment. |
| US12167062B2 |
Blockchain data based on synthetic content generation
Generative media content (e.g., generative audio) can be dynamically generated based on various inputs, which can include blockchain data. A playback device accesses blockchain data stored via a distributed ledger and generates media content based at least in part on the blockchain data. The playback device can access a library of pre-existing media segments and arrange a selection of pre-existing media segments from the library for playback according to a generative media content model and based at least in part on the blockchain data. The generated media content can then be played back via the playback device. |
| US12167058B2 |
Methods and systems for preventing a user from terminating a service based on the accessibility of a preferred media asset
Methods and systems are described herein for preventing a user from terminating a service. Specifically, the media guidance application may generate for display content aimed at preventing the user from terminating a service in response to determining that a user is likely to terminate the service. For example, in response to determining that a particular media asset preferred by a user is accessible through another service, the media guidance application generates the content associated with preventing the user from terminating his or her current service (e.g., discounts to the cost of the current service, promotion or lists of media content available through the current service, etc.). |
| US12167055B2 |
Bit stream generation method, encoding device, and decoding device
As a bit stream generation method for generating a bit stream of transmission data in which a plurality of signals including at least a tactile signal is multiplexed, a signal transmission unrequired section of the tactile signal is determined and, in a case where the signal transmission unrequired section exists, the bit stream in which additional information other than the tactile signal is inserted into the signal transmission unrequired section is generated. |
| US12167053B1 |
Dynamic clear lead injection
Techniques implementable by a computer system are provided. The techniques include receiving, by a server device, a request to stream media, the request including a media content and a streaming start point in the media content. The techniques also include determining a first time length based at least in part on time to receive permissioning. The techniques also include determining a silence point in the media content based at least in part on the streaming start point, the first time length, and identified silence points in the media content. The techniques also include determining a second time length based at least in part on the silence point and the streaming start point, the second time length defining a clear portion. The techniques also include generating a media stream comprising the clear portion and a remaining portion, the clear portion having a time length of the second time length. |
| US12167050B2 |
Proximity and context based stream playback control
A method, a system, and a computer program product for managing multimedia streams of user devices. A reproduction of one or more multimedia streams on a first computing device is determined. A location of a second computing device being positioned in an area enclosed by one or more boundaries in a plurality of boundaries is detected. Each boundary in the plurality of boundaries is associated with a predetermined type of a multimedia stream in one or more multimedia streams. At least one of a pausing and an unpausing of the reproduction of one or more multimedia streams on the first computing device based on the detected location of the second computing device is executed. |
| US12167044B2 |
Image processing device and image processing method
The present technology relates to an image processing device and an image processing method which allow a deblocking filtering process to apply filtering appropriately. A pixel (p0i) of which the value is 255 (solid line) before a deblocking process changes greatly to 159 (dot line) after a conventional deblocking process. Therefore, a clipping process having a clipping value of 10 is performed in strong filtering, whereby the pixel (p0i) of which the value is 255 (solid line) before the deblocking process becomes 245 (bold line). Thus, a change in the pixel value occurring in the conventional technique can be suppressed as much as possible. This disclosure can be applied to an image processing device, for example. |
| US12167043B2 |
Deblocking of transform sub-block boundaries
A method for deblocking at least one boundary of a coding unit. The method includes determining that the coding unit uses a sub-block transform, wherein the sub-block transform generates a transform sub-block boundary within the coding unit, thereby forming at least a transform sub-block within the coding unit; as a result of determining that the coding unit uses the sub-block transform, determining a maximum filter length based on a dimension of the transform sub-block within the coding unit, wherein the maximum filter length indicates a maximum number of samples to modify when deblocking a boundary of the coding unit; and deblocking the boundary of the coding unit based on the determined maximum filter length. |
| US12167040B2 |
Video coding and decoding
A sequence of images is encoded in a bitstream as a series of picture units PU-01˜03. Each picture unit corresponds to one encoded image and includes one or more network abstraction layer (NAL) units NAL-01˜23. The NAL units may be video coding layer (VCL) NAL units which each contain encoded image data or adaptation parameter set NAL units which each contain an adaptation parameter set (APS) having parameters for performing one or more types of processing operation on the image data contained in one or more VCL NAL units. The APS NAL units may be prefix APS NAL units P-APS or suffix APS NAL units S-APS. An additional constraint is applied to the bitstream prohibiting inclusion of a prefix APS NAL unit after the first NAL unit of the picture unit concerned. This can avoid more than one APS applying to slices belonging to the same picture unit. |
| US12167038B2 |
Deblocking filter for sub-partition boundaries caused by intra sub-partition coding tool
A deblocking method is provided for deblocking a sub-partition boundary within a coding block during image encoding and/or image decoding process. The coding block is coded in an intra prediction mode and the coding block is partitioned into sub-partitions comprising a first sub-partition and a second sub-partition that is adjacent to the first sub-partition. The method comprises: determining a maximum filter length to be 1 for a first/second sub-partition when a width of the first or second sub-partition is 4 samples, or when a height of the first or second sub-partition is 4 samples; modifying a value of up to one sample of the first or second sub-partition, wherein the value of the up to one sample is obtained from a row or a column of the first or second sub-partition that is perpendicular to and adjacent to the sub-partitions boundary between the first sub-partition and the second sub-partition. |
| US12167034B2 |
Method and apparatus for encoding and decoding volumetric video
Methods, devices and stream are disclosed to encode and decode a scene (such as a point cloud) in the context of a patch-based transmission of a volumetric video content. The present principles relate a method of dividing an atlas image in regions, a region being associated with a sector of the space of the scene and packing patches obtained by projecting points comprised in the associated sector only. The atlas and related metadata are encoded in a data stream; At the rendering, a set of sectors is selected based on the current field of the user. Only pixels of regions associated with the selected sectors are accessed to generate the viewport image representative of the scene viewed from the current point of view. |
| US12167033B2 |
Video-based point cloud streams
Systems, methods, and instrumentalities are disclosed herein that related to video-based point cloud streams in one or more ISO Base Media File Format (ISOBMFF) container files, A container format for point cloud data is provided and the container format indicates at least a relationship between a 3D region of the point cloud and one or more video-based point cloud compression (V-PCC) tracks. The V-PCC tracks may be grouped together and linked to the 3D region to allow spatial access to the 3D region. |
| US12167029B2 |
Video coding and decoding
A method of encoding a motion vector predictor index, in particular a Merge index, comprises generating a list of motion vector predictor candidates, in particular merge candidates. The list includes an ATMVP candidate. One of the motion vector predictor candidates in the list is selected. A motion vector predictor index for the selected motion vector predictor candidate is generated using CABAC coding. One or more bits of the motion vector predictor index are bypass CABAC coded. For example, only the first bit of the motion vector predictor index is CABAC coded using a single context. |
| US12167026B2 |
Method for encoding and decoding video, and apparatus using same
The present invention relates to a technique for encoding and decoding video data, and more particularly, to a method for performing inter-prediction in an effective manner. The present invention combines an inter-prediction method using an AMVP mode and an inter-prediction method using a merge mode so as to propose a method for using the same candidate. The method for encoding video data proposed by the present invention comprises the following steps: receiving mode information on an inter-prediction method of a current block; determining, on the basis of the received mode information, whether the interprediction method to be applied to the current block is an AMVP mode or a merge mode; and selecting a candidate to derive motion information of the current block, wherein the candidate is selected in a left region, top region and corner region of the current block and in the same position block as the current block, and the AMVP mode and the merge mode are applied on the basis of the selected candidate. |
| US12167025B2 |
Image decoding method and apparatus based on affine motion prediction in image coding system
According to the present disclosure, an image decoding method performed by a decoding apparatus comprises the steps of: acquiring motion prediction information on a current block from a bitstream; generating an affine MVP candidate list including affine motion vector predictor candidates for the current block; deriving CPMVPs for CPs of the current block on the basis of one affine MVP candidate among the affine MVP candidates included in the affine MVP candidate list; deriving CPMVDs for the CPs of the current block on the basis of the motion prediction information; deriving CPMVs for the CPs of the current block on the basis of the CPMVPs and the CPMVDs; and deriving prediction samples for the current block on the basis of the CPMVs. |
| US12167024B2 |
Systems and methods for performing motion vector prediction for video coding using motion vector predictor origins
Systems and methods for performing motion vector prediction for video coding are disclosed. A motion vector predictor is determined based at least in part on motion information associated with a selected motion vector predictor origin and offset values corresponding to a selected sampling point. The sampling point is specified according to a set of direction and distance on a sampling map for the motion vector predictor origin. |
| US12167023B2 |
Moving picture coding device, moving picture coding method, moving picture coding program, moving picture decoding device, moving picture decoding method, and moving picture decoding program
A prediction information deriving unit derives the inter-prediction information candidates from inter-prediction information of a prediction block neighboring to a coding target prediction block or a prediction block present at the same position as or near the coding target prediction block in a coded picture at a temporally different position from the coding target prediction block. A candidate supplementing unit supplements inter-prediction information candidates having the same prediction mode, reference index, and motion vector until the number of inter-prediction information candidates reaches the designated number of candidates when the number of inter-prediction information candidates is smaller than the designated number of candidates. |
| US12167021B2 |
Encoder, decoder, encoding method, and decoding method
An encoder is an encoder that encodes a block in a picture using a prediction image of the block, and includes circuitry and memory. Using the memory, the circuitry: calculates a first average pixel value which is an average pixel value of first reference samples out of the first reference samples and second reference samples. The first reference samples are referable and located outside the block and adjacent to a first side of the block. The second reference samples are referable and located outside the block and adjacent to a second side of the block. When generating the prediction image, the circuitry applies the same prediction pixel value to inner samples among current samples to be processed that are included in the block. The inner samples constitute a quadrilateral region including at least two current samples in each of a horizontal direction and a vertical direction. |
| US12167017B2 |
Motion information encoding apparatus and method, and motion information decoding apparatus and method for high-resolution or stereoscopic images
Methods and apparatuses for encoding and decoding motion information are provided. In an embodiment, a method of decoding motion information includes obtaining, from a bitstream, a resolution index indicating a motion vector resolution for inter-predicting a current block, a reference index of the current block, and prediction direction information of the current block. The method further includes determining a reference picture of the current block. The method further includes determining whether a prediction direction of the current block is unidirectional prediction in an L0 or L1 direction or bidirectional prediction. The method further includes determining a motion vector resolution set including one or more selectable motion vector resolutions. The method further includes determining a motion vector based on the prediction direction, according to the motion vector resolution indicated by the resolution index from among the motion vector resolution set. The method further includes reconstructing an image using the motion vector. |
| US12167016B2 |
Illumination compensation in video coding
A method for decoding a current block of a picture is disclosed. First, at least one illumination compensation parameter for the current block is decoded responsive to a comparison of a parameter of the current block with a value. Then, an accessed motion compensation reference block is compensated in illumination responsive to the at least one illumination compensation parameter. Finally, the current block is reconstructed from the illumination and motion compensated reference block. |
| US12167014B2 |
Technology to use video source context information in post-processing operations
Systems, apparatuses and methods may provide for source device technology that identifies a plurality of object regions in a video frame, automatically generates context information for the video frame on a per-object region basis and embeds the context information in a signal containing the video frame. Additionally, playback device technology may decode a signal containing a video frame and embedded context information, identifies a plurality of object regions in the video frame based on the embedded context information, and automatically selects one or more post-processing configurations for the video frame on a per-object region basis. |
| US12167003B2 |
Method and data processing system for lossy image or video encoding, transmission, and decoding
A method for lossy image or video encoding, transmission and decoding, the method comprising the steps of: receiving an input image at a first computer system; encoding the input image using a first trained neural network to produce a latent representation, wherein the latent representation has a probability distribution described by at least one probability parameter; dividing the latent representation into a plurality of sub-latent representations, wherein each sub-latent representation has a sub-probability distribution described by at least one sub-probability parameter; entropy encoding the plurality of sub-latent representations using the plurality of at least one sub-probability parameters to produce a bitstream; transmitting the bitstream to a second computer system; entropy decoding the bitstream using the plurality of at least one sub-probability parameters to retrieve the plurality of sub-latent representations and combining the plurality of sub-latent representations to retrieve the latent representation; and decoding the latent representation using a second trained neural network to produce an output image, wherein the output image is an approximation of the input image. |
| US12167000B2 |
Techniques for predicting video quality across different viewing parameters
In various embodiments, a quality inference application estimates perceived video quality for reconstructed video. The quality inference application computes a set of feature values corresponding to a set of visual quality metrics based on a reconstructed frame, a source frame, a display resolution, and a normalized viewing distance. The quality inference application executes a trained perceptual quality model on the set of feature values to generate a perceptual quality score that indicates a perceived visual quality level for the reconstructed frame. The quality inference application performs one or more operations associated with an encoding process based on the perceptual quality score. |
| US12166997B2 |
Perceptually-aware online per-title encoding for live video streaming
Techniques for implementing perceptually aware per-title encoding may include receiving an input video, a set of resolutions, a maximum target bitrate and a minimum target bitrate, extracting content aware features for each segment of the input video, predicting a perceptually aware bitrate-resolution pair for each segment using a model configured to optimize for a quality metric using constants trained for each of the set of resolutions, generating a target encoding set including a set of perceptually aware bitrate-resolution pairs, and encoding the target encoding set. The content aware features may include a spatial energy feature and an average temporal energy. According to these methods only a subset of bitrates and resolutions, less than a full set of bitrates and resolutions, are encoded to provide high quality video content for streaming. |
| US12166996B2 |
Methods and device for signaling image information
An image decoding method performed by a decoding device according to the present disclosure comprises the steps of: obtaining prediction-related information and indication information comprising a first flag which indicates whether or not a sample adaptive offset (SAO) process to be applied to a current block is applied at a picture level or a slice level; parsing information related to the SAO process from a picture header or a slice header on the basis of the first flag; generating prediction samples for the current block on the basis of the prediction-related information; generating reconstructed samples for the current block on the basis of the prediction samples; and performing the SAO process for the reconstructed samples on the basis of the information related to the SAO process. |
| US12166994B2 |
Encoding method, decoding method, and decoder
An encoding method, a decoding method, and a decoder are provided. The method includes the following. A prediction parameter of a current block is determined, where the prediction parameter includes a prediction mode parameter. Neighbouring sample values of the current block are obtained and matrix-based intra prediction (MIP) input sample values of the current block are determined according to the neighbouring sample values of the current block, when the prediction mode parameter indicates that an MIP mode is used to determine an intra prediction value of a chroma component of the current block. An MIP prediction value of the chroma component of the current block is determined according to the MIP input sample values, an MIP weighting matrix, and a shifting parameter. The intra prediction value of the chroma component of the current block is determined by filtering the MIP prediction value. |
| US12166988B2 |
Residual coefficients coding
Video processing methods, devices, and systems are provided. In one example aspect, a method of video processing includes performing a conversion between a current block of a video and a coded representation of the video. The current block has a width W and a height H and includes an allowable scanning region that includes non-zero transform coefficients that are coded in the coded representation according to a scanning order. The allowable scanning region is restricted to a portion of the current block according to a rule that specifies that a bottom-right corner position of the allowable scanning region is different than a bottom-right corner position of the current block. |
| US12166986B2 |
Adaptive quality boosting for low latency video coding
Techniques related to adaptive quality boosting for low latency video coding are discussed. Such techniques include segmenting each of a number of temporally adjacent video frames into unique high encode quality regions and encoding each of the video frames by applying a coding quality boost to the high encode quality regions relative to other regions of the video frames. |
| US12166979B2 |
Image coding apparatus and image decoding apparatus
An image decoding apparatus includes: a first filter unit configured to apply a first filter to an image (a luminance image and a chrominance image); a second filter unit configured to apply a second filter to an output image of the first filter; a filter set derivation unit configured to decode a filter coefficient from coded data; and a third filter unit configured to apply a third filter to an output image of the second filter by using the filter coefficient. In a case that the third filter unit performs filter processing for the luminance image by using a luminance output image of the second filter, the third filter unit performs processing of clipping an amount of change of a pixel value through the filter processing within a prescribed range of value. |
| US12166978B2 |
Communication control system and communication control method
A communication control system is configured to transmit image frame data from a first communication device to a second communication device. The second communication device includes a reception buffer for receiving the image frame data from the first communication device and a reply unit for transmitting, to the first communication device, an ACK frame as a reply at a timing. The first communication device includes: an estimation unit configured to receive the ACK frame from the reply unit and estimating the remaining capacity of the reception buffer based on a reception time of the received ACK frame; an area specifying unit configured to specify an area in the image frame which is necessary for performing image inspection; and a modification unit configured to perform, based on the estimated remaining capacity of the reception buffer, image compression for the areas. |
| US12166976B2 |
Method and apparatus for encoding/decoding intra prediction mode
An image decoding method, according to the present invention, includes the steps of: deriving an MPM candidate mode from neighboring blocks adjacent to a target block to be decoded; generating an MPM list using the MPM candidate mode derived from the neighboring blocks; and deriving an intra prediction mode for the target block to be decoded using the generated MPM list. According to the present invention, image compression efficiency can be improved. |
| US12166974B2 |
Method and device for signaling prediction mode-related signal in intra prediction
An image encoding/decoding method and apparatus is provided. The method of decoding an image includes decoding at least one of prediction mode information of a neighbor block of a current block and length information of the current block, deriving an intra prediction mode of the current block into a predetermined mode using the decoded information, and reconstructing the current block based on the intra prediction mode of the current block. |
| US12166973B2 |
Entropy coding for intra prediction modes
Methods, apparatus, and computer readable storage medium for entropy coding for intra prediction modes in video encoding and/or decoding. The method includes receiving, by a device, a coded video bitstream for a block; deriving, by the device, at least one context for a set index and a mode index for the block based on at least one of the following: information of the block and mode information of at least one neighboring block of the block, wherein: the set index indicates an intra mode set from a plurality of intra mode sets, and the mode index indicates an intra prediction mode from the intra mode set; extracting, by the device from the coded video bitstream, the set index and the mode index according to the at least one context; and determining, by the device, the intra prediction mode for the block based on the set index and the mode index. |
| US12166972B2 |
Intra prediction mode extension
A method and apparatus for performing intra prediction for encoding or decoding adds multiple prediction modes to those of prior intra prediction schemes. A horizontal mode, a vertical mode, and a diagonal mode are added. Reference pixels for each of the added modes can come from multiple pixel positions away from a block to be encoded or decoded. Reference pixels to the left and above a block are reconstructed from those already coded. Reference pixels from right of, and below, a block are estimated or extrapolated and can be based on other pixels around the block. An index can be sent in a bitstream indicating which prediction was used. |
| US12166971B2 |
Image decoding method and apparatus for deriving weight index information for weighted average when bi-prediction is applied
According to a disclosure of the present document, when the type of inter-prediction of a current block is indicated as biprediction, weight index information for a candidate within a merge candidate list or a sub-block merge candidate list may be derived, and coding efficiency may be increased. |
| US12166968B2 |
Matrix derivation in intra coding mode
Devices, systems and methods for digital video coding, which includes matrix-based intra prediction methods for video coding, are described. In a representative aspect, a method for video processing includes performing a conversion between a current video block of a video and a bitstream representation of the current video block according to a rule, where the rule specifies a relationship between samples of the current video block and matrices or offset values applied in a matrix weighted intra prediction (MIP) mode during the conversion, and where the MIP mode includes determining a prediction block of the current video block by performing, on previously coded samples of the video, a boundary downsampling operation, followed by a matrix vector multiplication operation, and selectively followed by an upsampling operation. |
| US12166961B2 |
Vehicular radiometric calibration systems and methods
Techniques are disclosed for providing vehicular radiometric calibration systems and methods. In one example, a method includes capturing, by an array of infrared sensors mounted on a vehicle, a thermal image of a scene during navigation of the vehicle and/or while the vehicle is stationary. The thermal image comprises a plurality of pixel values. Each infrared sensor of the array is associated with a respective one of the plurality of pixel values. The method further includes determining temperature data associated with a portion of the scene, where the portion is associated with a subset of the plurality of pixel values. The method further includes generating a correction value based on the thermal image and the temperature data. Related systems, vehicles, and devices are also provided. |
| US12166955B2 |
Reverse pass-through glasses for augmented reality and virtual reality devices
A device for providing a reverse pass-through view of a user of a headset display to an onlooker includes an eyepiece comprising an optical surface configured to provide an image to a user on a first side of the optical surface. The device also includes a first camera configured to collect an image of a portion of a face of the user reflected from the optical surface in a first field of view, a display adjacent to the optical surface and configured to project forward an image of the face of the user, and a screen configured to receive light from the display and provide the image of the face of the user to an onlooker. |
| US12166950B2 |
Stereoscopic optical system and image pickup apparatus
A stereoscopic optical system includes two optical systems disposed in parallel. Each of the two optical systems includes a plurality of lens units and two reflective surfaces disposed on an image side of the plurality of lens units. A distance between adjacent lens units in each of the two optical systems changes during zooming. A distance between optical axes of the two optical systems is narrower on the image side of the two reflective surfaces than on an object side of the two reflective surfaces. A predetermined condition is satisfied. |
| US12166944B2 |
Image recording device, method of controlling image recording device, and non-transitory computer-readable recording medium therefor
An image recording device comprises a conveyance mechanism configured to convey a recording medium in a conveyance direction, a head configured to record an image, a moving mechanism configured to move the head with respect to the conveyance mechanism in an orthogonal direction orthogonal to the conveyance direction, a sensor configured to detect a position of an orthogonal edge that is an edge of the recording medium in a direction orthogonal to the conveyance direction, and a controller. The controller is configured to perform deriving a correction amount for a recording position of the head in the orthogonal direction based on the edge position detected by the sensor, correcting the recording position of the head by driving the moving mechanism to move the head based on the correction amount, and causing the head to record an image based on image data at the corrected recording position. |
| US12166942B2 |
Information processing apparatus, method, and storage medium storing program
If an operation of canceling a predetermined state includes an operation of powering off the device, even if communication between the device and the information processing apparatus becomes inexecutable after the screen for cancelling the predetermined state is displayed, the information processing apparatus does not execute a notification corresponding to a state in which the communication is inexecutable. If the operation of canceling the predetermined state does not include the operation of powering off the device, the information processing apparatus executes, based on a fact that the communication between the device and the information processing apparatus becomes inexecutable after the screen for cancelling the predetermined state is displayed, the notification corresponding to the state in which the communication is inexecutable. |
| US12166937B2 |
Contact image sensor
A contact image sensor includes a preset scanning plane used for the surface to be scanned to map to the original copy. The contact image sensor includes: a timing circuit: for self-generating light source control signal LRDT and line scan control signal TRIG1; a lens: for collecting reflected light emitted by a light source reflected by the original copy and emitting the reflected light onto a photoelectric conversion chip for converting received optical signals into electrical signals; and a data processing unit: emitting trigger pulse TRIG according to the encoder transmitting the object to be detected, receiving and processing electrical signals output by the photoelectric conversion chip that has the same size of the photoelectric signal output, ensuring the output stability, dynamic range and sensitivity of the image sensor. |
| US12166933B2 |
Medium-discharging device and image reading apparatus
A medium-discharging device includes: a device main body including a medium-discharging section that discharges a medium; a medium-receiving tray that receives the medium discharged by the medium-discharging section; and a pressing member that is configured to be attached to and detached from to the device main body and presses the medium discharged by the medium-discharging section against the medium-receiving tray in a state in which the pressing member is attached to the device main body, in which the pressing member is configured to switch, in the state in which the pressing member is attached to the device main body, between a first state in which the pressing member comes into contact with the medium-receiving tray and a second state in which the pressing member retreats upward so as to be apart from the medium-receiving tray. |
| US12166930B2 |
Information processing apparatus, method for controlling the same, and storage medium
When a home position sensor detects that an operation unit has been moved out of a home position, a function of a human detection sensor is temporarily disabled. This makes it possible to prevent the human detection sensor from wastefully continuing the detection operation although the human detection sensor is unable to detect a person intending to use an image forming apparatus, and from erroneously detecting a person not intending to use the image forming apparatus. |
| US12166928B2 |
Image forming apparatus with hardware keys provided on a back surface of an operating portion
An image forming apparatus includes an image forming portion configured to form an image on a sheet; and an operating portion including a display screen which includes at least numeric keys, a start key configured to cause the image forming portion to start image formation, and a stop key configured to stop the image formation by the image forming portion, and including a hardware key provided on a back side of the display screen and configured to start a maintenance mode of the image forming apparatus. |
| US12166925B2 |
Call context transfer from one call center system to other call center system(s)
Methods, systems, apparatuses, and computer-readable storage mediums described herein are configured to transfer call context between different call center systems. For example, a first call center system that establishes a communication session between a user and an agent of the first system provides context determined during the session to a call context service. The service stores the context and provides it to other requesting call center systems. For instance, during a call transfer to an agent of a second system, the first system requests the service to provide a transfer number of the second system to which the user is to be transferred. The service determines the transfer number and provides it to the first system. The first system performs the call transfer using the number. After the transfer is complete, the second system provides a request for the context, and the service provides the context to the second system. |
| US12166922B1 |
Methods for linking recommendations
A computer-implemented method and system for enhancing interaction between a customer and a customer service representative of a company. D related to the customer is stored and received at a computer operated by the company, wherein the data can include a customer name, a customer address and a customer number. A telephonic interaction is preferably commenced between the customer and the customer service representative and a Web session is preferably commenced on a Web site for a client computer of the customer service representative. At least a part of the data is displayed on a workstation of the customer service representative as a first Web page, wherein the first Web page includes at least one selectable link to a second Web page. At least one selectable link is selected by the customer service representative to display the second Web page. |
| US12166917B2 |
Computer-automated system and method for obtaining assistance for telephone calls from unknown callers
A call, directed to a callee, is received from a caller. A computer system determines whether the caller is human. A computer system initiates a call to the callee only if the caller is determined to be human. If the callee initiates a request for help during the call, the system generates requests for help to a plurality of helpers associated with the callee. If any of the helpers accepts the request for help, the system connects that helper to the existing call between the caller and the callee, resulting in a conference call among the caller, callee, and helper. |
| US12166913B2 |
Display apparatus
A display apparatus includes a display module having a display panel configured to display an image, a sound generating device configured to vibrate the display panel, an adhesive member connected between a rear surface the display panel and the sound generating device, and a structure configured to support the sound generating device, wherein the structure is connected to at least a portion of the sound generating device and a portion of the rear surface the display panel. |
| US12166912B2 |
Electronic apparatus including a lower member and a sensing sensor with openings overlapping a folding area
An electronic apparatus including: a display panel, which includes first and second non-folding areas arranged in a first direction and a folding area disposed between the first and second non-folding areas, wherein the display panel is folded along a folding axis extending in a second direction crossing the first direction, the display panel further including pixels; a lower member disposed below the display panel, wherein the lower member includes a lower opening overlapping the folding area; and a sensing sensor including a first sensing adhesive layer disposed between the display panel and the lower member and adjacent to the display panel, a second sensing adhesive layer in contact with the lower member, and a digitizer disposed between the first sensing adhesive layer and the second sensing adhesive layer and including a plurality of coils, wherein the second sensing adhesive layer has a sensing opening that overlaps the folding area. |
| US12166906B2 |
Method for validating a digital certificate
Provided is a method for the validation of a digital certificate by a validation apparatus that checks the certificate of a communication partner on behalf of a first device, including the method steps of: the first device (requesting validation of the certificate of the communication partner at a first validation apparatus, the first validation apparatus querying validation information at a status collection apparatus, checking, in the first validation apparatus, whether validation information has been received from the status collection apparatus, and transmitting the validation information from the first validation apparatus to the first device, wherein, only in the event of a negative inspection result, the validation information of the certificate is determined in the first validation apparatus. |
| US12166903B2 |
Computing device in a trusted computing system and attestation method thereof
A computing device in a trusted computing (TC) system and an attestation method thereof are provided. The computing device includes at least one processor configured to operate as instructed by program code, the program code including: transmission code configured to cause the at least one processor to transmit, to a master controller, a first identification (ID) for a first device selected among a plurality of devices included in the TC system, a second ID for a second device selected among the plurality of devices, and a nonce; and attestation code configured to cause the at least one processor to perform attestation for the first device and the second device based on an aggregated signature, wherein the aggregated signature is based on generation of a first signature, by the first device, by using the nonce, and generation of a second signature, by the second device, by using the first signature. |
| US12166901B2 |
Lightweight fault countermeasure for stateful hash-based cryptography
A device includes a computer readable memory storing a plurality of one-time signature (OTS) keypairs and a processor that is configured to execute a hash function on a message using a first private key of a first OTS keypair of the plurality of OTS keypairs to determine a message signature, execute the hash function to calculate a leaf node value of a hash tree using the first OTS keypair, determine a plurality of authentication path nodes in the hash tree, retrieve, from the computer readable memory, values of a first subset of the plurality of authentication path nodes, calculate values for each node in a second subset of the plurality of authentication path nodes, and store, in the computer readable memory, the values for each node in the authentication path and the value of the leaf node. |
| US12166896B2 |
Preventing an incorrect transmission of a copy of a record of data to a distributed ledger system
An incorrect transmission, of a record of data to a distributed ledger system, can be prevented. A first signal can be received. The first signal can include a first instruction to cause the record to be transmitted to the system. One or more items of information in the record can be determined. A delay of time to be elapsed, before a transmission of the record to the system, can be set in response to a receipt of the first signal and a determination of the one or more items. The transmission of the record to the system can be caused to occur after the delay has elapsed. The transmission of the record to the system can be prevented in response to a receipt of a second signal before the delay has elapsed. The second signal can include a second instruction that supersedes the first instruction. |
| US12166895B2 |
Method, apparatus, electronic device, and medium for data transfer
Embodiments of the present disclosure relate to a method, an apparatus, an electronic device, and a medium for data transfer. The method includes generating, based on metadata of to-be-transferred data and a blockchain including a data transfer record, an ownership certificate of an initiator of a transfer for the to-be-transferred data. The method further includes generating a new transfer record for validation by a blockchain system, where the new transfer record includes the ownership certificate and validation information associated with a receiver of the transfer. The method further includes transferring the to-be-transferred data to the receiver in response to that the new transfer record passes validation of the blockchain system. In this way, the data transfer record may be reliably stored in the blockchain, thereby providing reliable integrity protection and data traceability for a storage system. |
| US12166894B2 |
Tracking data throughout an asset lifecycle
Aspects of the disclosure relate to enhanced tracking of data over an asset lifecycle. A computing platform may receive, via the communication interface, user account information as part of an onboarding process in which a first user account is created. The computing platform may then compute, using a cryptographic hash function, a first hash value associated with the first user account, wherein the first hash value provides a trackable, immutable code corresponding to the first user account. Thereafter, the computing platform may monitor one or more events in a transaction activity pool. Upon detecting a new activity associated with the first user account in the transaction activity pool, the computing platform may append the new activity to a record in a trackable log linked to the first hash value. |
| US12166893B2 |
Communication network node, methods, and a mobile terminal
The present disclosure provides a communication network node for providing data to a distributed ledger, wherein the node has circuitry configured to perform at least one of provide verification of input data which is used as input to a smart contract, provide verification whether output data, which is based on an output from a smart contract, is correctly received at a predetermined dev. |
| US12166886B2 |
Systems and methods for authenticated control of content delivery
The present disclosure provides systems and methods for authenticated control of content delivery. The method includes receiving a request for an item of content from a computing device, the request comprising a security token associated with the computing device and an identifier of a group of domains, identifying the group of domains from the identifier, and retrieving a security key associated with the group of domains. The method further includes decrypting a signature of the security token, identifying an authentication string, determining that the authentication string matches a server authentication string, and identifying characteristics of the security token. The characteristics of the security token include a confidence score. The method further includes comparing the confidence score of the security token to a threshold, determining that the confidence score does not exceed the threshold, and preventing transmission of content to the computing device. |
| US12166885B2 |
Using non-fungible tokens (NFTs) to securely store and share encrypted data
Methods and systems are described herein for enabling users to access user data of other users using cryptographic tokens. A data access system may be used to enable access. The system may receive a blockchain operation request for enabling access to first user data associated with a first user. The system may generate a cryptographic token and an access entry. When the system receives a second blockchain operation request for accessing the first user data, the system may determine one or more parameters for accessing the first user data. In response to verifying the one or more parameters, the data access system may enable access to the first user data. |
| US12166882B2 |
Confidential electronic data verification system
A computer system for verifying whether two existing sets of confidential electronic data are identical by transforming the two existing sets of confidential electronic data into two new sets of electronic data that are no longer confidential, and then comparing the two new sets of electronic data. As a result, the confidentiality of the two existing sets of electronic data is maintained. |