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| US12171741B2 |
2,3-dihydrobenzo[b]thiophene derivatives as hypoxia inducible factor-2(alpha) inhibitors
The present disclosure provides certain 2,3-dihydrobenzo[b]thiophene compounds that are Hypoxia Inducible Factor 2α (HIF-2α) inhibitors and are therefore useful for the treatment of diseases treatable by inhibition of HIF-2α. Also provided are pharmaceutical compositions containing such compounds and processes for preparing such compounds. |
| US12171738B2 |
Compositions and methods for lowering triglycerides
In various embodiments, the present invention provides compositions and methods for treating and/or preventing cardiovascular-related diseases in subject in need thereof. |
| US12171737B2 |
Methods for reducing the symptoms of neurodegenerative disease in a human
A method of reducing symptoms of neurodegenerative disease in a human is provided. The method comprises applying to the human a solution or salve to at least one of the skin, the mouth, the nasal cavities, the lungs, the eyes, or the vagina of the human. The applied solution or salve comprises an effective amount of an isomerized or conjugated linoleic acid cation salt having a conjugated diene for at least a measurable improvement in the movement or mental acuity of the human and a structure of —C═C—C═C—. The measurable improvement in the movement or mental acuity of the human is within 4-6 weeks of the applying of the solution or salve. A method of making the conjugated diene and a device for measuring the reduction of systems is also provided. |
| US12171735B2 |
Administration of butyrate, beta-hydroxybutyrate, cannabidiol, and related compounds in humans
In various implementations, cannabidiol, beta-hydroxybutyrate, related compounds, and/or one or more other compounds may be administered to an individual to improve the health of the individual. The beta-hydroxybutyrate may include R-beta-hydroxybutyrate. The beta-hydroxybutyrate may include a salt and a polymer of beta-hydroxybutyrate. Other compounds may include amino acids, fatty acids or esters thereof, and/or combinations thereof. |
| US12171734B2 |
Pathogenic bacteria
The present invention relates to pathogenic bacteria, and is particularly concerned with treating, preventing or ameliorating bacterial infections using novel antibiotic compositions. The invention is especially useful for treating infections of Bacillus and Clostridia species, such as Clostridium difficile, Staphylococcus aureus and Mycobacterium spp. The invention extends to pharmaceutical compositions comprising such formulations. The invention also extends to methods for identifying aerobic Bacillus spp., which exhibit antibacterial activity against other bacteria, such as C. difficile, and to methods for isolating active antibacterial compositions from these aerobic Bacillus spp. |
| US12171729B2 |
Formulations of terameprocol and temozolomide and their use in stimulation of humoral immunity in tumors
The present invention provides novel pharmaceutical formulations comprising derivatives of NDGA, including M4N (tetra-0-methyl nordihydroguaiaretic acid) and temozolomide and their use in the inhibition and treatment of neoplastic diseases, including glioblastoma multiforme, lung and other cancers. |
| US12171727B1 |
Compositions and methods for treating endocrine diseases and disorders
Disclosed herein are compounds and ligands, and compositions formed therewith, that modulate insulin secretion and suppress appetite by activating ectopic olfactory receptors. Also disclosed herein are methods for using the compositions to treat endocrine diseases, such as type-2 diabetes, and disorders, such as abnormal insulin secretion. |
| US12171721B2 |
Connectors for infusion pump feeding sets
Improved feeding set connectors and cassettes are disclosed for use with peristaltic infusion pumps for safely delivering enteral nutritional fluids to a patient. The connectors provide an easy to use “pump-to-set” integration or “keying” system for specific reusable infusion pumps and their matching feeding sets, and can be utilized by medical professionals having various skill levels. The inventive feeding set cassettes can prevent accidental free flow of enteral fluids into a patient, even upon inadvertent release of the connector from the pumping mechanism. |
| US12171719B1 |
Fluid transfer device
A fluid transfer device includes a body having a first connecting portion for connecting with a diluent container, and a second connecting portion for connecting with a medicament container. A first fluid channel extends into the first connecting portion, and a second fluid channel extends into the second connecting portion. A discharge duct is configured to connect to a discharge device. A flow control member is selectively fluidically connectable to the first and second fluid channels, the discharge duct, and a discharge channel. The flow control member is movably disposed in or on the body and is movable relative to the body between first and second control positions. In the first control position, the first and second fluid channels are in fluid communication. In the second control position, the discharge duct is in fluid communication with the discharge channel and the first fluid channel or the second fluid channel. |
| US12171717B2 |
Neurotoxin prefilled vial
The present invention relates to a vial that is at least partially filled with an aqueous formulation of a neurotoxin, preferably botulinum toxin, to the manufacture of the vial and to the use thereof. The aqueous formulation of a neurotoxin is stable in the vial for a prolonged period of time. |
| US12171716B2 |
Vial assembly with luer fitting
The needless vial assemblies described herein allow for the access to the contents of a vial, such as a medication, using a syringe without a needle. In some designs, the vial includes a vial neck, which is itself a syringe interface. The vial assemblies also include a cap with a plug, which can be used to seal the vial assembly. The present disclosure further provides methods of filling a vial assembly and methods of filling a syringe using the vial assemblies described herein. |
| US12171711B2 |
Walking assisting systems and methods
A walking assisting system for a user. The system includes first and second sub-systems each having at least one optical sensor, for example a camera. The first sub-system is fitted to the user's abdomen region, for example waist, and the second sub-system is fitted to the user's head region, for example eyes. The system is arranged to align between data obtained from optical sensors of the first and second sub-systems in order to indicate to the user presence of obstacles detected by the first sub-system in a coordinate system of the second sub-system. |
| US12171706B2 |
Orthosis systems and rehabilitation of impaired body parts
An orthosis device for a subject includes a main housing assembly configured to be worn on an upper extremity of the subject, and a body part interface assembly configured to be secured to the portion of the upper extremity and induce, as actuated by a motor mechanism, flexion and extension motion of the secured body part. A flexible intermediate member is interposed between the main housing assembly and the body part interface assembly, and is configured to flex or extend responsive to actuation by the motor mechanism to cause the body part interface assembly to flex or extend the secured body part. |
| US12171705B2 |
Medical bed with power assistance
A medical bed includes a bed frame and a powered wheel mounted to the bed frame via a suspended wheel mechanism including an actuator for displacing the powered wheel between a deployed position and a retracted position where a clearance gap is defined between the powered wheel and the floor surface. An end board mounted to the bed frame includes a load cell integrated therein, the load cell detecting a magnitude of a force applied on the end board by a user and providing input signals to a control system. The input signals indicative of the magnitude of the force applied on the end board by the user. The control system is in communication with the powered wheel to drive the powered wheel with a level of power assistance proportional to the magnitude of the force applied on the end board when the powered wheel is in the deployed position. |
| US12171703B2 |
Bed lifting mechanism
The present invention relates to the field of lifting mechanisms for beds, and beds incorporating such lifting mechanisms. A lifting mechanism for a bed comprises a leg connecting a foot assembly to a frame for supporting a mattress, the frame defining a support plane; and a linkage mechanism connected between the frame and the leg and configured to allow the frame to move with respect to the foot assembly in a direction perpendicular to the support plane between a raised position and a lowered position. In the lowered position the leg extends parallel to the support plane, and during movement of the frame between the raised and lowered positions the foot assembly does not move in a direction parallel to the support plane. |
| US12171702B2 |
Assistance method using assistance device
The assistance method using an assistance device including a base, a support section configured to lift and lower the upper body of a care receiver with respect to the base while supporting the upper body of the care receiver from the front, and a driving section configured to drive the support section. The assistance device is configured to be waterproof. The assistance method includes a boarding step for boarding the seated care receiver onto the assistance device; and a rear side washing step for washing the body of the care receiver while the buttocks of the care receiver is lifted by lifting the support section. |
| US12171701B2 |
Wheelchair armrest with continuous passive motion mechanism
A wheelchair for supporting a user, and for providing movement of the user's arm has a wheelchair body supported by wheels for supporting the user for rolling movement, an armrest for supporting the user's arm thereupon, and a movable mounting mechanism for mounting the armrest on the wheelchair body so that the armrest can move between a first position and a second position. A movement mechanism moves the armrest between the first and second positions. |
| US12171700B2 |
Automatic seat for mobility device securement system
The embodiments described and claimed herein include an automated securement system that lock a wheeled mobility device into a designated station aboard an autonomous public transit vehicle, thus preventing unintended movement that is discomforting and potentially dangerous for both the WMD user and other passengers. The automated securement system includes features that integrate with typical autonomous public transit vehicles to minimize obstruction during stowage while maximizing effectiveness during deployment. |
| US12171697B1 |
Cremation box
A cremation box includes a base and a lid. The base has a rectangular bottom section with a pair of long base panels and a pair of short base panels formed by creases in the cardboard. Each of the long base panels has a pair of long base transverse edges cut along lines substantially in line with the creases between the base rectangular bottom section and the short base panels, creating a pair of flaps on opposite sides of the short base panels. When assembled, the flaps are secured to the long base panels to form four corners. The lid has a similar bottom section, long panels and short panels formed by creases, and flaps that form corners. The flaps are secured to the long panels by tabs and cuts in the panels. |
| US12171694B2 |
Ophthalmic knife and methods of use
The present invention relates to an ophthalmic knife and methods of its use for treatment of various conditions including eye diseases, such as glaucoma, using minimally invasive surgical techniques. The device is configured for cutting the tissues within the eye, for example, a trabecular meshwork (TM). |
| US12171690B2 |
Image guidance apparatus for glaucoma surgery
An imaging probe comprises a camera or endoscope with an external detector array, in which the probe is sized and shaped for surgical placement in an eye to image the eye from an interior of the eye during treatment. The imaging probe and a treatment probe can be coupled together with a fastener or contained within a housing. The imaging probe and the treatment probe can be sized and shaped to enter the eye through an incision in the cornea and image one or more of the ciliary body band or the scleral spur. The treatment probe may comprise a treatment optical fiber or a surgical placement device to deliver an implant. A processor coupled to the detector can be configured with instructions to identify a location of one or more of the ciliary body band, the scleral spur, Schwalbe's line, or Schlemm's canal from the image. |
| US12171688B2 |
Ocular cannula guide
An apparatus includes a body, and anchoring feature, and a guide feature. The body is sized and configured to be positioned on an eye of a patient. The anchoring feature is configured to secure the body to the eye of the patient. The guide feature is configured to guide a cannula into a scleral incision formed in the eye of the patient along a path that is substantially tangential relative to the eye of the patient. The guide feature is sized and configured to allow the cannula to pivot laterally through a range of angular motion at the scleral incision. |
| US12171684B2 |
Apparatus for reducing closed fractures of the bones of the forearm and of the wrist with a closed technique
The present invention relates to a non-automated apparatus for manipulating and reducing closed fractures of the ulna and radius at the level of the wrist in children and adults, which consists of a bar (1) designed to be able to position the fractured limb on the bar, the other nine parts of the apparatus being custom assembled according to the measurement of the forearm or writ to be manipulated, enabling a single person to reduce the fracture using three phases or movements of the device. The design and materials from which the apparatus is made allow the mentioned fractures to be reduced and safety stops are provided to prevent any harm to the patient. The manipulation or reduction of the fractures on which the present apparatus is used must preferably be handled by a doctor specialised in traumatology and orthopaedics. |
| US12171682B2 |
Thumb brace
A thumb brace comprising a glove having a thumb portion disposed between a palm side and a back side and comprising a first attachment region positioned adjacent a base of the thumb portion and a second attachment region positioned on the back side of the glove; a first elastic strap whereby the first strap extends a distal end of a thumb metacarpal bone of a user of the brace; a second elastic strap having a first end attached to the palm side of the glove and the second end releasably attached to the second attachment region, whereby the second strap reduces a proximal end of a thumb metacarpal bone of a user of the brace; and a pad attached to the glove such that the pad cushions a CMC joint of the user of the brace from impact. |
| US12171678B2 |
Skirt-reinforcement members for prosthetic valve devices
A skirt-reinforcement member for supporting or reinforcing an unsupported portion of a skirt that spans across a side opening of a stent or frame of a valve prosthesis. The skirt-reinforcement member is configured to prevent billowing of the skirt material that spans across the side opening of the inner frame of the valve prosthesis, as such billowing may undesirably result in contact between the skirt and leaflets of the valve prosthesis after the valve prosthesis is deployed in situ. |
| US12171677B2 |
Catheter with tapered compliant balloon and tapered stent
A balloon comprising: a center portion having a proximal end, a distal end opposite the proximal end, and a length between the proximal end and the distal end. The center portion comprises: a first nominal diameter and a first radial modulus at the proximal end; a second nominal diameter and a second radial modulus at the distal end; further wherein, the first nominal diameter is equal to the second nominal diameter, such that, when the balloon is inflated to a nominal pressure, the center portion has a constant diameter over the length; and further wherein, the first radial modulus is smaller than the second radial modulus, such that, when the balloon is inflated above a nominal pressure, the center portion adopts a tapered shape in which the proximal end has a first stretched diameter and the distal end has a second stretched diameter, the first stretched diameter being larger than the second stretched diameter. |
| US12171672B2 |
Bone graft material loading assembly and associated devices, systems, and methods
A bone graft loading device includes a syringe comprising a nozzle at a distal portion of the syringe and an opening at a proximal portion of the syringe, and a plunger configured to force bone graft material from the reservoir through the nozzle. The plunger comprises a plunger body positioned at least partially within the syringe and defining a lumen. A tamp is positioned within the lumen of the plunger body and is configured to protrude distally of the plunger through the nozzle. The plunger mates with an inner wall of the syringe and the tamp to block passage of the bone graft material into the lumen of the plunger body. The plunger can be rotated to guide the bone graft material into the cannula, and the tamp can be periodically actuated to clear clogs that form at or near the nozzle. |
| US12171668B2 |
Intervertebral implant
In an intervertebral implant having at least two upper and two lower contact bodies that have contact surfaces. An actuator has a threaded body which has an extension axis and is provided with opposite-handed threads arranged one behind the other. Wedges sit on the threaded body in an axially moveable manner and can be moved along the threaded body by rotating the same. Ramps of at least one ramp body of a wedge engage at least with counter-surfaces of at least some of the contact bodies and extend toward one another at a finite angle of less than 90°. The wedges are double wedges having two ramp bodies arranged one behind the other, and the ramps of one ramp body are oriented differently to the ramps of the other ramp body. The ramps of the first ramp body engage directly with the contact bodies laterally. |
| US12171665B2 |
Compression resistant implants including an oxysterol and methods of use
Provided is a compression resistant implant configured to fit at or near a bone defect to promote bone growth, the compression resistant implant comprising porous ceramic particles in a biodegradable polymer, and an oxysterol disposed in or on the compression resistant implant. Methods of making and use are further provided. |
| US12171664B2 |
Bioactive soft tissue implant and methods of manufacture and use thereof
A bioactive filamentary structure includes a sheath coated with a mixture of synthetic bone graft particles and a polymer solution forming a scaffold structure. In forming such a structure, synthetic bone graft particles and a polymer solution are applied around a filamentary structure. A polymer is precipitated from the polymer solution such that the synthetic bone graft particles and the polymer coat the filamentary structure and the polymer is adhered to the synthetic bone graft particles to retain the graft particles. |
| US12171663B2 |
Prosthetic system with motorized hydraulic pump designed to control the inflation of an inflatable element
The invention relates to a prosthetic system including; an implanted device including: at least one inflatable element (1) that can be inflated in response to a pressure of a fluid; a tank (2) for the fluid in communication with the inflatable element; a sealed case (3) in which is mounted a motor-driven pump supplied with energy by a wireless energy transfer system, part of which (30) is mounted in the case, this pump being in communication on the one hand with the inflatable element via a one-way discharge obturator and on the other hand with the tank via a one-way suction obturator; a manual command for deflating the inflatable element (1) acting simultaneously on the one-way suction and discharge obturators; the control case (B) integrating another part of the energy transfer system and ensuring the control of the operation of the energy transfer system. |
| US12171652B2 |
Corneal prosthesis and method of penetrating keratoplasty
A method of implanting the prosthesis is disclosed. The method includes forming an opening in a host tissue of an eye. The method also includes forming a perimeter of a corneal graft. The method also includes forming a first passageway through the host tissue and a second passageway through the corneal graft. The first passageway and the second passageway can have the same diameter relative to an optic axis of the eye. The method also includes aligning the first passageway and the second passageway whereby the first passageway and the second passageway are in communication with one another. The method also includes positioning a body in the first passageway and the second passageway. |
| US12171650B2 |
Device for viewing and deploying expandable implants
Aspects of the present invention relate to a delivery device for locating an expandable implant for treating BPH within the prostatic urethra of a patient. The delivery device comprises an inner tube and an outer sleeve movable relative to the inner tube between a stored position and a deployed position. The outer sleeve surrounds the inner tube to define an annulus therebetween and the expandable implant is retained within the annulus when the outer sleeve is in the stored position. |
| US12171649B2 |
Lasso filter tipped microcatheter for simultaneous rotating separator, irrigator for thrombectomy and method for use
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. |
| US12171648B2 |
Filter
A filter, including a main body part. The main body part includes a heart-proximal end, a plurality of connecting segments, and a first filter mesh connecting between the heart-proximal end and the plurality of connecting segments. An end of the connecting segments that is connected to the first filter mesh is bent towards a central longitudinal axis of the filter to form a bending part. A vertical distance between a proximal end of the bending part and the central longitudinal axis of the filter is less than a vertical distance between a distal end of the bending part and the central longitudinal axis of the filter. |
| US12171645B2 |
Auxiliary absorbent article
An auxiliary absorbent article is for attachment to a skin facing side of another absorbent article, and has a longitudinal direction and a width direction. The auxiliary absorbent article includes: (i) a main body including an absorber and a liquid-permeable cover sheet which covers an inner facing side of the absorber and an outer facing side of the absorber; (ii) an adhesive part on an outer facing side of the main body; and (iii) a release sheet on an outer facing side of the adhesive part to cover the adhesive part. The release sheet extends outward in the longitudinal direction beyond an end edge of the main body. |
| US12171642B2 |
Bandage
A bandage comprising a base substrate, a wound covering portion, a first side coupling member and a second side coupling member, and a first side and second side adhesive portion. The base substrate includes a central region, a first side region and a second side region, and comprises an elastic member. The wound covering portion is positioned over the central region. The first side coupling member extends over the first side region. The second side coupling member extending over the second region. The first side adhesive portion is positioned on the first side region. The second side adhesive portion positioned on the second side region. A method of use as well as a protective carrier are likewise disclosed. |
| US12171640B2 |
Device pairing for distributed intraoral scanning system
A first computing device receives a command to associate the first computing device with an intraoral scanner, the command comprising an identifier. The first computing device wirelessly connects with a second computing device, and sends the identifier to the second computing device. The second computing device wirelessly connects to the intraoral scanner and associates the first computing device with the intraoral scanner. Subsequently, intraoral scan data generated by the first intraoral scanner is sent to the second computing device, the intraoral scan data is processed by the second computing device to generate a three-dimensional surface of a dental site, the three-dimensional surface or a view of the three-dimensional surface of the dental site is sent to the first computing device, and the three-dimensional surface or the view of the three-dimensional surface of the dental site is displayed by the first computing device. |
| US12171638B2 |
Fabrication and installation of a dental implant
A dental implant for supporting periodontal tissue and the supporting bone is provided. The dental implant includes an implant member with inner canal for insertion into a periodontal bone socket, and an anchoring assembly. The anchoring assembly includes a first fastening element and radially equidistant cylindrical members. The first fastening element engages the implant member within the hollow axial cavity. The root section includes through-holes for radially and forcibly sliding the cylindrical members through them. When the first fastening element apically advances within the hollow axial cavity, the cylindrical members generate an anchoring force to anchor the dental implant. |
| US12171634B2 |
Methods of planning teeth movement and media
Methods for and media with instruction to cause acquiring known dimensions of a tooth, applying a multivariant regression model using the known dimensions to calculate projected dimensions of the unerupted or erupting tooth, customizing a standard virtual geometry and/or a predefined virtual geometry using the projected dimensions of the unerupted or erupting tooth, and inserting the customized virtual geometry into a virtual model of the patient's jaw, and planning the movement of the teeth of the patient and designing a series of removable orthodontic aligners using the virtual model, the series of removable orthodontic aligners configured to be worn by the patient to incrementally align the teeth according to the planned movement. |
| US12171630B2 |
Dental evacuation tip with mount for dental mouth mirror
A dental evacuation tip has a body defining an interior passageway extending along a length of the body, and proximal and distal openings to the interior passageway. The proximal and distal openings are spaced apart from one another along the length of the body. The dental evacuation tip is configured so that a mirror apparatus can be removably connected to the dental evacuation tip so that at least a portion of a rod of the mirror apparatus is positioned in the interior passageway and a mirror of the mirror apparatus is proximate the distal opening. |
| US12171629B2 |
Method of manufacturing a dental component
The present invention relates to a method of manufacturing a dental component, in particular a dental prosthesis or a partial dental prosthesis, by means of a dental furnace, comprising the following steps: (i) additively manufacturing, in particular by means of 3D printing, a model of the dental component from a model material on the basis of a virtual 3D model of the dental component; (ii) embedding the model in an investment material; (iii) removing the model from the investment material, in particular by heating or burning out, to obtain a negative mold of the model; (iv) inserting a raw material required for manufacturing the dental component into the negative mold; (v) producing the dental component in the negative mold; and (vi) removing the negative mold. |
| US12171625B2 |
Method for animating models of the mandibular and maxillary arches of a patient in a corrected intermaxillary relationship
The invention relates to a method for animating models of the mandibular and maxillary arches of a patient in a corrected intermaxillary relationship, comprising: —providing three-dimensional numerical models (MD, MX) of the mandibular and maxillary arches of the patient; —providing a recording of the mandibular motion of the patient, said recording comprising a plurality of relative positions of the mandible of the patient with respect to the maxilla; —selecting, from said positions, a reference position (X) of the mandible with respect to the maxilla of the patient; —determining a target position (Y) for the mandible with respect to the maxilla, said target position defining a corrected intermaxillary relationship for the patient; —determining a rigid transformation between the reference position (X) and the target position (Y); —applying said rigid transformation (i) to the recording of the mandibular motion of the patient in order to animate the three-dimensional numerical models of the mandibular and maxillary arches, or (ii) to the three-dimensional numerical model of the mandible, the delivered recording of the mandibular motion being applied to the three-dimensional numerical models of the mandible and of the maxilla in order to animate said models. |
| US12171624B1 |
Automatic grinding drill device for oral caries
The present invention relates to dental medical instruments, and specifically discloses an automatic grinding drill device for oral caries, including a mounting frame. Two retainers are arranged on the mounting frame, the bottom of the mounting frame is connected with a support plate through drive assemblies, a drill bit assembly is arranged at the bottom of the support plate, and a visual recognition module is also arranged on the support plate. The present invention has the advantage that the retainers keep a real-time relative static state with teeth of a patient during use, needing no frequent correction, so that operation steps are simplified. |
| US12171622B2 |
Heat exchange and temperature sensing device and method of use
A method and apparatus are disclosed for regulating a temperature of an esophagus when heat or cold is delivered to a left atrium, the method including altering a heat exchange device from an insertable configuration to a heat exchanging configuration which conforms and corresponds with a cross-section of an inside of the esophagus such that the esophagus is maintained in its natural shape and location. In some embodiments the heat exchange device has a heating/cooling balloon which is inflated to be in the heat exchanging configuration. Some alternative embodiments includes altering the configuration of the balloon to conform to or correspond with the cross section of an esophagus by means other than inflation. |
| US12171619B2 |
Variable intraluminal ultrasound transmit pulse generation and control devices, systems, and methods
Ultrasound image devices, systems, and methods are provided. In one embodiment, an intraluminal ultrasound imaging system includes a patient interface module (PIM) in communication with an intraluminal imaging device comprising an ultrasound imaging component, the PIM comprising a processing component configured to detect information associated with the intraluminal imaging device; and determine a waveform characteristic for ultrasound wave emissions at the ultrasound imaging component based on the detected information; and a trigger signal generation component in communication with the processing component and configured to generate a trigger signal based on the determined waveform characteristic to control the ultrasound wave emissions at the ultrasound imaging component. |
| US12171618B2 |
Ultrasound diagnostic apparatus and control method of ultrasound diagnostic apparatus
There are provided an ultrasound diagnostic apparatus and a control method of the ultrasound diagnostic apparatus which can accurately observe a target site regardless of a user' skill level even in a case where gas is accumulated in an intestine of a subject.An ultrasound diagnostic apparatus includes an ultrasound probe; an image acquisition unit that performs transmission and reception of ultrasound beams using the ultrasound probe, and acquires a plurality of frames of ultrasound images which are continuous in time and in which a lower abdomen of a subject is imaged; a gas specifying unit that specifies a gas region or a gas condition on the basis of the ultrasound image; a gas change measurement unit that measures a change of the gas region or the gas condition specified by the gas specifying unit in a case where the ultrasound probe is pressed against the subject; and an imaging guide unit that provides guidance on ultrasound image capturing on the basis of the change of the gas region or the gas condition measured by the gas change measurement unit. |
| US12171616B2 |
Brillouin-optical coherence-speckle based multi-mode elasticity measurement device
Disclosed is a Brillouin-optical coherence-speckle based multi-mode elasticity measurement device, including a Brillouin-optical coherence elastography common-path scanning unit, a Brillouin scattering elastography system, an optical coherence elastography system, a speckle elastography system, and a time sequence controller, where the Brillouin scattering elastography system and the optical coherence elastography system share the Brillouin-optical coherence elastography common-path scanning unit. According to the present invention, advantages that Brillouin scattering elastography can perform high-precision measurement on a bulk elasticity modulus, optical coherence elastography can rapidly obtain an elasticity distribution of an entire sample to perform three-dimensional elasticity mapping, and laser speckle elastography can perform wide-field elasticity measurement are utilized to perform in-situ synchronous imaging on elasticity distribution of lesion tissue, so that scientific basis and technical support are provided for early diagnosis of clinical diseases. |
| US12171615B2 |
Systems for multimodal real-time imaging for biopsies and related methods
A device comprises a cannula having a first end, a second end, and a channel between the first end and the second end; an imaging probe couplable to the first end of the cannula, where the imaging probe includes: a transducer, and a reflective surface; and a biopsy device coupled to the cannula, where the biopsy device is configured to collect a tissue sample from an organ of a patient. |
| US12171610B2 |
Systems and methods for lung nodule evaluation
A method for lung nodule evaluation is provided. The method may include obtaining a target image including at least a portion of a lung of a subject. The method may also include segmenting, from the target image, at least one target region each of which corresponds to a lung nodule of the subject. The method may further include generating an evaluation result with respect to the at least one lung nodule based on the at least one target region. |
| US12171608B2 |
Apparatus and methods for use with image-guided skeletal procedures
3D image data of a skeletal portion is acquired. While a portion of a tool is disposed at a first location along an insertion path, first and second x-rays are acquired from first and second image views. A processor registers the x-rays with the 3D image data, identifies a location of a tool within the x-rays, and computes an anticipated forward path of the tool within the 3D image data from the x-rays. The tool is moved to a second location along the insertion path and an additional x-ray is acquired from a single image view. The processor facilitates identifying if the tool has deviated from the anticipated forward path by registering the additional x-ray to the 3D image data and identifying a location of the portion of the tool within the additional x-ray. Other embodiments are also described. |
| US12171606B2 |
Systems, methods, and devices for medical image analysis, diagnosis, risk stratification, decision making and/or disease tracking
The disclosure herein relates to systems, methods, and devices for medical image analysis, diagnosis, risk stratification, decision making and/or disease tracking. In some embodiments, the systems, devices, and methods described herein are configured to analyze non-invasive medical images of a subject to automatically and/or dynamically identify one or more features, such as plaque and vessels, and/or derive one or more quantified plaque parameters, such as radiodensity, radiodensity composition, volume, radiodensity heterogeneity, geometry, location, and/or the like. In some embodiments, the systems, devices, and methods described herein are further configured to generate one or more assessments of plaque-based diseases from raw medical images using one or more of the identified features and/or quantified parameters. |
| US12171601B2 |
Medical imaging systems and associated devices and methods
Systems, methods, and devices for medical imaging are disclosed herein. In some embodiments, a method for imaging an anatomic region includes receiving, from a detector carried by an imaging arm of an x-ray imaging apparatus, a plurality of images of the anatomic region. The images can be obtained during manual rotation of the imaging arm. The imaging arm can be stabilized by a shim structure during the manual rotation. The method can also include receiving, from at least one sensor coupled to the imaging arm, pose data of the imaging arm during the manual rotation. The method can further include generating, based on the images and the pose data, a 3D representation of the anatomic region. |
| US12171599B2 |
Mobile x-ray imaging system
A mobile diagnostic imaging system includes a battery system and charging system. The battery system is located in the rotating portion of the imaging system, and includes one or more battery packs comprising electrochemical cells. Each battery pack includes a control circuit that controls the state of charge of each electrochemical cell, and implements a control scheme that causes the electrochemical cells to have a similar charge state. The battery system communicates with a charging system on the non-rotating portion to terminate charge when one or more of the electrochemical cells reach a full state of charge. The imaging system also includes a docking system that electrically connects the charging system to the battery system during charging and temporarily electrically disconnects the rotating and non-rotating portions during imaging, and a drive mechanism for rotating the rotating portion relative to the non-rotating portion. |
| US12171598B2 |
Temporarily attachment of medical equipment to a subject support
The present invention relates to the arrangement of medical equipment during X-ray imaging. In order to provide further holding for medical equipment, a temporarily attachment of medical equipment to a subject support (26) is provided. A panel-like structure (12) is provided to be arranged between the structure of the subject support (32) and a covering mattress (34) or the like on which the subject is then arranged. An attachment interface (14) is provided at the edge of the panel, which interface can be used for a temporarily mount of the equipment. The attachment interface can be formed as a rail-segment. The panel is X-ray transparent to allow X-ray imaging of the subject from an increased range of directions. The attachment interface can be X-ray opaque or also X-ray transparent. |
| US12171597B2 |
Device and respective method for the enhanced determination of a fine location of at least one tracer within a body part of a patient
The present invention relates to a method and a device for monitoring body parts of a patient simultaneously by means of high-resolution and high-sensitivity detection techniques which detect radiation emitted by a tracer. It is an object of the present invention a device for the enhanced determination of a fine location of at least one tracer within a body part of a patient which comprises a first pair of high-resolution detectors opposing detectors, and a second pair of high-sensitivity detectors and movable opposing detectors, and the device being configured to determine based on signals from the first pair of opposing detectors, position the second pair of opposing detectors based on the coarse location, and determining a fine location of the tracer based on signals from the second pair of opposing detectors, allowing to determine the location of a tracer with high spatial resolution and high sensitivity. |
| US12171594B2 |
Direct-conversion X-ray detector, method of detecting X-ray, and X-ray computed-tomography apparatus
A direct-conversion X-ray detector according to an embodiment includes a plurality of anode electrodes, at least one cathode electrode, and electric-field forming circuitry. The anode electrodes are aligned in a cone angle direction of an incident X-ray. The cathode electrode is positioned on an incident side of an X-ray relative to the anode electrodes, and that opposes the anode electrodes. The electric-field forming circuitry configured to form an electric field in a direction based on a cone angle of the X-ray, between the anode electrodes and the cathode electrode. |
| US12171593B2 |
Methods and systems for retrospective internal gating
The present invention, in one form, is a method for deriving respiratory gated PET image reconstruction from raw PET data. In reconstructing the respiratory gated images in accordance with the present invention, respiratory motion information derived from individual voxel signal fluctuations, is used in combination to create usable respiratory phase information. Employing this method allows the respiratory gated PET images to be reconstructed from PET data without the use of external hardware, and in a fully automated manner. |
| US12171587B2 |
Method of estimating a hearing loss, a hearing loss estimation system and a computer readable medium
A method of estimating a hearing loss based on a parameterized representation of a plurality of audiograms and a hearing estimation system adapted to carry out the method. |
| US12171583B1 |
Stream-based alarm filtering
Systems and methods are provided for evaluating an alarm condition for a monitored patient in a population of one or more patients. One or more physiological parameters pertaining to the patient, or physiological variables, are used to form a time series describing the patient status. A quantile threshold is determined for a patient. A monitor is initialized and begins generating a binary raw alarm signal. The binary signal is filtered with a low pass filter, and the filtered data is subjected to a quantile operation to determine if a particular sample exceeds the determined quantile threshold. If the quantile threshold is exceeded, then a check is performed to see if the raw binary alarm signal also indicates an alarm. If both the preliminary alarm indication and the raw binary signal indicate an alarm, then an alarm is emitted; otherwise monitoring continues. |
| US12171576B1 |
Patch for improved biometric data capture and related processes
A conformal patch device can be provided to a patient. The patch device can include sensors configured to be positioned over a chest of a patient. The sensors can include PPG sensors, ECG sensors, and SCG sensors. The conformal patch device can adhere to a single continuous area of the chest. Some sensors may attached to a viscoelastic substrate to achieve mechanical isolation from other patch components. The conformal patch device can capture measurements from the sensor doing a time window sufficient enough to detect disordered breathing. The system can determine disordered breathing and related cardiorespiratory parameters during the time window for the patient using the sensor measurements. |
| US12171570B2 |
Multi-sensor patch
A multi-sensor patch for simultaneous abdominal monitoring of maternal and fetal physiological data includes a multi-layer flexible substrate with a center region and a plurality of electrode regions. A conductive layer of the flexile substrate provides an electrical connection between each of the plurality of electrode regions and the center region. A plurality of electrodes are formed into the flexible substrate. At least one mechanical motion sensor is connected to the multi-layer flexible substrate. A module unit is connected to the conductive layer at the center region. The module unit includes a controller configured to receive biopotential physiological data from the plurality of electrodes and mechanical sensor data from the at least one auxiliary sensor. The controller calculates at least fetal heart rate, maternal heart rate, and uterine activity from the biopotential physiological data and from the mechanical sensor data. |
| US12171564B1 |
Method for detecting QRS complex of electrocardiogram signal, apparatus therefor, device and medium
A method for detecting a QRS complex of an electrocardiogram signal, an apparatus therefor, a device and a medium are provided. A QRS complex of an electrocardiogram signal is detected by a detection model including a DenseNet and a dual-channel Long Short-Term Memory (LSTM). Spatial feature information of the QRS complex in the electrocardiogram signal is learned through the DenseNet, and then the spatial feature learned by the DenseNet and the time sequence data are input into respective channels of the dual-channel LSTM, so that the dual-channel LSTM can fuse the spatial information and the time sequence information of the QRS complex in the electrocardiogram signal, thereby improving a segmentation effect of the model on features, and finally improving accuracy of detecting the QRS complex. |
| US12171563B2 |
Apparatus for estimating bio-information, and method of determining false detection of bio-signal peaks
An apparatus for estimating bio-information is provided. The apparatus for estimating bio-information by using an ultrasonic signal according to an embodiment of the present disclosure includes: an ultrasonic sensor configured to acquire an ultrasonic signal from an object; and a processor configured to detect peaks from the acquired ultrasonic signal, and to determine false detection of a peak, among the detected peaks, by using at least one of amplitudes of the detected peaks or a left waveform shape and a right waveform shape of the peak. |
| US12171561B2 |
Cuff with integrated signal recorder for long-term measurements of biosignals from a living body
A wearable cuff based on a carrier material with an integrated signal recorder for measurements of biosignals on the skin of a living body recording at an upper arm of a human body. At least one electrode is connected to the carrier material via a reversibly compressible material. The electrodes, the base of the main circuit, and the conductors of the signal recorder are based on one and the same flexible printed circuit board (FPCB). The carrier material is an elastic material. The conductors exhibit a zig-zag, U-shape, Ω-shape and/or a meandering form. The carrier material includes a woven and/or a nonwoven layer being coated with a thermoplastic polymer layer. A process to make the cuff, a process to measure biosignals on the skin of a living body, for long-term ECG recording at an upper arm of a human body, and the use of the cuff to record biosignals on the skin of a living body. |
| US12171559B2 |
Adjustment device, adjustment system, and adjustment method
An adjustment device is configured to collect estimation results of the estimated state of the occupant; determine whether or not it is necessary to check the state of the occupant on the basis of the estimation results; determine a behavior of the occupant on the basis of behavior determination information and set the state of the occupant when it is determined that it is necessary to check the state of the occupant; and output adjustment information for causing an occupant state estimating device to adjust a state estimation condition used for estimating the state of the occupant so that the estimation result of the state of the occupant becomes the set state of the occupant. |
| US12171558B2 |
System and method for screening conditions of developmental impairments
A system and a method of performing screening tests for diagnosing a developmental condition of a human subject may include: receiving one or more profile data elements pertaining to the human subject; receiving one or more first behavioral data elements that may include information that is indicative of a behavior of a human subject from one or more data sources; analyzing the one or more first behavioral data elements in view of the one or more profile data elements to obtain a suspected impediment of development of the human subject; and presenting to the human subject a personalized test, adapted to diagnose the developmental condition of the human subject in view of the suspected impediment, to perform on a UI of a computing device according to the suspected impediment. |
| US12171556B2 |
Method and devices for analyte monitoring calibration
Methods, systems and devices for providing improved calibration accuracy of continuous and/or in vivo analyte monitoring systems based at least in part on insulin delivery information are provided. Many of the embodiments disclosed herein can determine appropriate conditions for performing a calibration of the analyte sensor in view of the scheduled delivery of insulin or administered insulin amount. One or more other parameters or conditions can also be incorporated to improve calibration accuracy including, for example, the physiological model associated with a patient, meal information, exercise information, activity information, disease information, historical physiological condition information, as well as other types of information. Furthermore, according to some embodiments, calibration of the analyte sensor can be delayed or not performed at all, if appropriate conditions are not met. |
| US12171550B2 |
Body attachable unit for continuous blood glucose measurement
The present invention relates to a body attachment unit for continuous glucose monitoring. The present invention provides a body attachment unit for continuous glucose monitoring, wherein: the body attachment unit is manufactured in the state in which the body attachment unit is assembled in an applicator, and thus separate additional work is minimized and the body attachment unit can be attached to the body by simply operating the applicator; in particular, a wireless communication chip is disposed in the body attachment unit so as to communicate with an external terminal, and thus simple and convenient use can be achieved without any additional work for connection of a separate transmitter and maintenance and management can also be easily performed; and the monitoring operation is started by a user's manipulation after the body attachment unit is attached to the body, and thus the user can adjust the operation start time to an appropriate point as necessary and the operation can be started in a stabilized state so as to enable more accurate glucose monitoring. |
| US12171549B2 |
Blood glucose measuring apparatus and operating method of the same
A blood glucose measuring apparatus and a method of operating the blood glucose measuring apparatus are provided. The blood glucose measuring apparatus includes a cell capsule comprising a reservoir configured to accommodate cells in a suspension, and an electrode configured to receive electric signals from any one or both of a cell in the suspension that is not in contact with the electrode and a cell in the suspension that is in contact with the electrode, and a cell monitoring device configured to monitor the cells. |
| US12171547B2 |
System and method for providing personalized guidance to diabetes patients
Systems and methods are provided to determine a time to provide guidance to a user regarding management of a physiologic condition such as diabetes. The determination may be based upon a model or pattern. The time to deliver guidance may be calculated to be useful to a user in the management of a glucose concentration level. |
| US12171546B2 |
Ultrafast tracer imaging for positron emission tomography
The disclosed embodiments relate to a system that performs ultra-fast tracer imaging on a subject using positron emission tomography. During operation, the system performs a high-temporal-resolution, total-body dynamic PET scan on the subject as an intravenously injected radioactive tracer propagates through the vascular system of the subject to produce PET projection data. Next, the system applies an image reconstruction technique to the PET projection data to produce subsecond temporal frames, which illustrate the dynamic propagation of the radioactive tracer through the vascular system of the subject. Finally, the system outputs the temporal frames through a display device. |
| US12171540B2 |
Head-dedicated magnetic resonance imaging device
The present disclosure relates to a head-dedicated magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) device, wherein a head-dedicated image is acquired in a state in which a head of a subject is positioned in a center of a magnetic field of a main magnet installed in a housing, a local coil manufactured in in the form of being inserted into or worn in a human body of the subject is utilized to acquire an image of a selected portion to be examined (for example, an oral region, an ear region, and an eye region) of the head, or a vibration absorber installed around the housing absorbs vibrations caused by the Lorentz force generated by a magnetic field of the main magnet and a current applied to a gradient coil while the image is acquired in a state in which the housing is hung on an installation frame. |
| US12171537B2 |
Medical imaging and efficient sharing of medical imaging information
An MRI image processing and analysis system may identify instances of structure in MRI flow data, e.g., coherency, derive contours and/or clinical markers based on the identified structures. The system may be remotely located from one or more MRI acquisition systems, and perform: error detection and/or correction on MRI data sets (e.g., phase error correction, phase aliasing, signal unwrapping, and/or on other artifacts); segmentation; visualization of flow (e.g., velocity, arterial versus venous flow, shunts) superimposed on anatomical structure, quantification; verification; and/or generation of patient specific 4-D flow protocols. A protected health information (PHI) service is provided which de-identifies medical study data and allows medical providers to control PHI data, and uploads the de-identified data to an analytics service provider (ASP) system. A web application is provided which merges the PHI data with the de-identified data while keeping control of the PHI data with the medical provider. |
| US12171534B2 |
3D physiological detection system and host displaying 3D energy distribution
A physiological detection system including an image sensor, a converting unit, a retrieving unit and a processing unit is provided. The image sensor includes a plurality of pixels respectively configured to output a PPG signal. The converting unit is configured to convert a plurality of PPG signals of a plurality of pixels regions to a plurality of frequency domain signals. The retrieving unit is configured to respectively retrieve a spectral energy of the frequency domain signals corresponding to each of the pixel regions. The processing unit is configured to construct a 3D energy distribution according to the spectral energies. |
| US12171528B2 |
Blood vessel wall thickness estimation method, blood vessel wall thickness estimation device, and blood vessel wall thickness estimation system
A blood vessel wall thickness estimation method includes: obtaining behavioral information, which is numerical information about changes over time in positions of a plurality of predetermined points in a blood vessel wall, based on a video including the blood vessel wall obtained using four-dimensional angiography; generating estimation information for estimating a thickness of the blood vessel wall based on the behavioral information obtained in the obtaining; and outputting the estimation information generated in the generating. The estimation information is information in which at least one of the following is visualized: a change in displacement over time; a change in speed over time; a change in acceleration over time; a change in kinetic energy over time; a spring constant obtained from the displacement and the acceleration, and a Fourier coefficient obtained from the change in the displacement over time. |
| US12171527B2 |
Ear thermometer capable of identifying infrared transmittance of probe cover
An ear thermometer capable of identifying an infrared transmittance of a probe cover is provided and includes an ear thermometer body, a probe, and a plurality of activation elements. The probe is disposed on the ear thermometer body. A closed end of the probe cover is used for infrared transmittance, and the probe cover has different infrared transmittances according to a thickness variation thereof. The activation elements are disposed on the ear thermometer body and configured to detect the infrared transmittance of the probe cover. Each of the activation elements includes an ON state and an OFF state so that the activation elements are arranged to form different sensor combinations, which respectively correspond to different infrared transmittances, and any two of the different sensor combinations have the two corresponding infrared transmittances that are different from one another. |
| US12171523B2 |
Ear imaging system
Systems and methods are described for performing diagnostic procedures, such as vibrometric diagnostic procedures. An example system includes a handheld vibrometric device, a handheld controller, and a control and processing console. The handheld controller includes an input receiving mechanism for controlling the handheld vibrometric device and/or controlling a user interface generated by the console. The handheld controller is configured such that when the handheld vibrometric diagnostic device is supported by a first hand of an operator and the handheld controller is supported by a second hand of the operator, the input receiving mechanism is capable of being actuated by a digit of the second hand while maintaining support of the handheld controller by the second hand, in the absence of contact with the control and processing console and the handheld vibrometric diagnostic device, thereby facilitating control of the handheld vibrometric diagnostic device without mechanically perturbing the handheld vibrometric diagnostic device. |
| US12171522B2 |
Medical devices with photodetectors and related systems and methods
In one aspect, a medical device may be configured to couple to a body, the medical device comprising: a substrate configured to couple to a user's skin; a photodetector comprising an array of quantum dots, wherein the array of quantum dots includes a first quantum dot of a first size and a second quantum dot of a second size, wherein the first size is different from the second size; a first illuminator configured to emit light at a first range of wavelengths; and a second illuminator configured to emit light at a second range of wavelengths. The second range of wavelengths may be different from the first range of wavelengths. |
| US12171521B2 |
Ambulatory and centralized processing of a physiological signal
A machine-implemented method including obtaining physiological signal data for a living being and performing a first analysis of the physiological signal data at a processing device local to the living being and remote from a central processing device. The method further includes transmitting from the processing device data associated with the analysis to the central processing device and performing at the central processing device a second analysis of the data associated with the first analysis. The method further includes displaying the data associated with the second analysis. The method can also include interaction between the processing device local to the living being and the central processing device. The method can also include distributing monitoring and analysis between an ambulatory and a centralized subsystem. |
| US12171519B2 |
Laparoscopic instruments
A medical apparatus comprises an instrument channel arranged to be inserted into the body of a patient to enable a medical instrument to be inserted through the instrument channel into the body of the patient. It further comprises at least one support structure arranged to be located around the body of the patient, a plurality of guide ports each arranged to be inserted into the body of the patient, a plurality of control linkages each of which is at least partly supported on the at least one support structure, and a plurality of control actuators. Each of the control linkages may be arranged to extend through one of the guide ports, to be connected to the medical instrument, and to be moved by a respective one of the control actuators thereby to manipulate the medical instrument within the body of the patient. |
| US12171517B2 |
Inter-operative switching of tools in a robotic surgical system
A system includes first and second manipulating means, and a means for detecting mounting of an imaging means to the first manipulating means, a means for determining a first reference frame for the imaging means while the imaging means is mounted to the first manipulating means, a means for controlling a tool means relative to the first reference frame by maintaining a position and orientation of a distal portion of the tool means relative to the imaging means in the first reference frame based on a position and orientation of an input means relative to a display means, a means for detecting mounting of the imaging means to the second manipulating means, a means for determining a second reference frame for the imaging means while the imaging means is mounted to the second manipulating means, and a means for controlling the tool means relative to the second reference frame. |
| US12171515B2 |
Robotic surgical manipulation systems and methods
The present invention provides, in various embodiments, systems and methods for robotic manipulation of a patient's anatomy, such as the uterus, during minimally invasive surgical procedures. |
| US12171514B2 |
Techniques for damping vibration in a robotic surgical system
An apparatus for use during robotic surgery, where the apparatus includes a robotic arm; a tool driver connected to the robotic arm; a cannula including a proximal portion and a distal portion wherein the proximal portion is coupled to the tool driver; and a damping element connected to one of the robotic arm, the tool driver and the cannula. Also, a method including guiding a surgical tool coupled to a robotic arm into a patient, wherein the surgical tool is disposed through a cannula and coupled to a tool driver coupled to a distal portion of the robotic arm; and maneuvering the tool driver by way of the robotic arm, wherein vibrations generated by the maneuvering are inhibited by a damping element coupled to one of the robotic arm, the tool driver and the cannula. |
| US12171512B2 |
Single site robotic device and related systems and methods
Disclosed herein are various medical device components, including components that can be incorporated into robotic and/or in vivo medical devices. Also disclosed are various medical devices for in vivo medical procedures. Included herein, for example, is a surgical robotic device having an elongate device body, a right robotic arm coupled to a right shoulder assembly, and a left robotic arm coupled to a left shoulder assembly. |
| US12171505B2 |
Systems and methods for entry point localization
A teleoperative system includes a first manipulator assembly, a second manipulator assembly, a first medical instrument movable by the first manipulator assembly, a second medical instrument movable by the second manipulator assembly, a first alignment component positioned on the first manipulator assembly, a second alignment component positioned on an entry port, and a control system configured to record a position of the first manipulator assembly in response to receiving a user input indicating that the first alignment component is aligned with the second alignment component. The second medical instrument is sized and shaped to fit and move within the first medical instrument. |
| US12171504B2 |
Systems and methods for location sensor-based branch prediction
Provided are systems and methods for location sensor-based branch prediction. In one aspect, the method includes determining a first orientation of an instrument based on first location data generated by a set of one or more location sensors for the instrument and determining a second orientation of the instrument at a second time based on second location data. A distal end of the instrument is located within a first segment of a model at the first time and the second time and the first segment branches into two or more child segments. The method also includes determining data indicative of a difference between the first orientation and the second orientation and determining a prediction that the instrument will advance into a first one of the child segments based on the data indicative of the difference. |
| US12171500B2 |
Locating system for medical devices
A locating system for a surgical suite includes optical markers coupled to a medical device. A sensor is configured to obtain an initial position data of the optical markers. A laser device is configured to obtain subsequent position data of the optical markers. A controller receives the initial position data from the sensor and the subsequent position data from the laser device. The controller is configured to determine a position of the medical device within the surgical suite and recognize a type of the medical device in response to the optical markers. |
| US12171498B2 |
Presentation device for displaying a graphical presentation of an augmented reality
A presentation device for displaying a graphical presentation of an augmented reality is disclosed. The presentation device includes a recording unit, a first display unit, and a processing unit. The recording unit is configured to capture a relative positioning of the first display unit in respect of a presentation area and capture a second set of graphical information. The processing unit is configured to generate an augmented reality based on a received dataset, supply a graphical presentation of the augmented reality by virtual mapping to the presentation area, and adjust the augmented reality and/or the graphical presentation thereof as a function of the second set of graphical information. The first display unit is at least partially transparent and is configured to display the graphical presentation of the augmented reality. |
| US12171497B2 |
Apparatus for measuring intraocular pressure
A device for measuring intraocular pressure includes a functional part with a tubular probe base and a probe contactable with a surface of an eye to derive an intraocular pressure in the eye from variations in a velocity of the probe. The probe is inside the tubular probe base. The probe is partly formed of magnetic material. An induction coil gives the probe a specific velocity. The device also has means for measuring the variations in a velocity of the probe, means for processing and displaying the measurement data, and controlling operations. The device is mainly characterized by means for holding the probe inside the tubular probe base, and means for releasing the probe for the measurement. |
| US12171490B2 |
Energy delivery devices with flexible and adjustable tips
The present invention relates to comprehensive systems, devices and methods for delivering energy to tissue for a wide variety of applications, including medical procedures (e.g., tissue ablation, resection, cautery, vascular thrombosis, treatment of cardiac arrhythmias and dysrhythmias, electrosurgery, tissue harvest, etc.). In particular, systems, devices, and methods are provided for treating a tissue region (e.g., a tumor) through application of energy using energy delivery devices with flexible and adjustable tips. |
| US12171484B2 |
Safety default return path for electric field therapy
A medical device including a catheter having a proximal portion and a distal portion. A plurality of electrodes is disposed along the distal portion, the plurality of electrodes including a first electrode pair having a first fixed polarity and a second electrode pair having a second fixed polarity different than the first fixed polarity. A first lumen extends through the distal portion, the first lumen includes a first conductor configured to connect to a first electrode of the first electrode pair and a second conductor configured to connect to a second electrode of the first electrode pair. A second lumen extends through the distal portion and separated from the first lumen, the second lumen includes a third conductor configured to connect to a first electrode of the second electrode pair and a fourth conductor configured to connect to a second electrode of the second electrode pair. |
| US12171482B2 |
Bariatric surgery operating room with a laparoscopic-based visceral fat tissue aspiration system configured and operational for treating metabolic syndrome in human patients on an ambulatory basis
A bariatric surgery operating room configured and operational for treating metabolic syndrome in human patients on an ambulatory basis. The bariatric surgery operating room includes a set of trocars for creating laparoscopy portals through small incisions formed in a human patient's body while supported upon an operating table. A source of inert gas is provided for infusion into the abdominal region of the patient so as to cause tenting of the abdominal region and abdominal distension and tenting in a human patient suffering from obesity and likely to benefit from visceral fat removal within the body of the human patient. A laparoscope is inserted through a first one of said trocars and into the abdominal region of the human patient so that a surgeon can capture video images of the abdominal region of the patient, and display the captured video images within the view of the surgeon. A powered tissue aspiration instrument is inserted through a second one of the trocars and into the mesenteric region of the human patient. Gripping tools are inserted through a third and optionally fourth trocars installed in the patient's abdomen, for gripping anatomical structures in the mesenteric region during visceral fat tissue aspiration operations. The laparoscope is used to capture video images of the mesenteric region of the human patient during visceral fat tissue aspiration operations, and display video images to provide laparoscopic guidance to the surgeon while aspirating visceral fat tissue from the mesenteric region of the human patient so as to treat metabolic syndrome of the human patient in a minimally-invasive manner by reducing three or more risk factors associated with metabolic syndrome. |
| US12171468B2 |
Spinal implant system and method
A bone fastener comprises a first member defining a plurality of grooves. A coupling member is disposed with the first member. A first band and a second band are disposable within the grooves. A second member is configured to penetrate tissue and includes a head engageable with the first band to provisionally connect the first member to the second member. The coupling member is engageable with a part to move the part relative to the first member into engagement with the second band to dispose the second band adjacent the first band to connect the first member to the second member. Systems, surgical instruments, implants and methods are disclosed. |
| US12171467B2 |
Bone anchoring device
A bone anchoring device for anchoring a rod to a bone or vertebra includes a receiving part with two legs defining a channel for the rod and a variable configuration member with a first rod contact surface configured to extend axially above a bottom of the channel to contact the rod. When a rod is inserted in the channel, the variable configuration member is adjustable from a first configuration where the first rod contact surface is at a first axial position relative to the receiving part and blocks the rod from contacting a second rod contact surface below the first rod contact surface, and a second configuration where the first rod contact surface is at a second axial position below the first axial position relative to the receiving part to permit the rod to contact the second rod contact surface. |
| US12171465B2 |
Device and method for treatment of spinal deformity
The present invention generally relates to methods and device for treatment of spinal deformity, wherein at least one tether is utilized to maintain the distance between the spine and the an ilium to (1) prevent increase in abnormal spinal curvature, (2) slow progression of abnormal curvature, and/or (3) impose at least one corrective displacement and/or rotation. |
| US12171461B2 |
Method and apparatus for accessing the interior of a hip joint, including the provision and use of a novel telescoping access cannula and a novel telescoping obturator
A telescoping access cannula comprising: an outer tube; an inner tube carried by the outer tube, the inner tube being coaxial with the outer tube and longitudinally movable relative to the outer tube; and a rotatable member carried by the outer tube and connected to the inner tube, wherein rotation of the rotatable member causes longitudinal movement of the inner tube relative to the outer tube. |
| US12171459B2 |
Auxilliary device and auxilliary method for epidural anesthesia needle placement
The present disclosure relates to an auxiliary device and auxiliary method for epidural anesthesia needle placement, the auxiliary device comprising: a needle placement unit (1), a motion guide unit (2) for driving the needle placement unit into movement, and a control unit (3) for supporting and controlling the motion guide unit (2), the needle placement unit (1) being electrically connected to the control unit (3); the needle placement unit (1) comprises: a first support (11) connected to the motion guide unit (2), a second support (12) slidably connected with the first support (11), a needle placement assembly (13) slidably connected with the second support (12), and a first drive (14) arranged on the first support (11) for driving the second support (12) into motion. The scheme of the present disclosure may perform a real-time multidimensional monitoring to the puncture process, achieving autonomous, precise, safe needle placement and puncture operations. |
| US12171457B2 |
Atherectomy burrs with blood flow enhancements
An atherectomy system includes an atherectomy burr having one or more blood flow enhancement features that permit an increased level of blood flow past the burr relative to a blood flow that would result absent the one or more flow enhancement features. A drive mechanism is adapted to rotatably actuate the atherectomy burr. |
| US12171451B2 |
Articulation locking mechanisms for end effectors and methods of use
A medical device includes an end effector at a distal end of the medical device, an actuator coupled to a proximal end of the end effector, a pivot arm pivotally coupled to the end effector distal of the proximal end of the end effector, where actuation of the actuator pivots the end effector relative to the pivot arm, and a lock on the end effector and the pivot arm, where the lock has a first state permitting the end effector to pivot relative to the pivot arm and a second state restricting the end effector from pivoting relative to the pivot arm. |
| US12171446B2 |
Devices and methods for treating blocked blood vessels
The present teachings provide devices and methods of engaging, capturing, and retrieving emboli. Specifically, one aspect of the present teachings provides a device comprising a generally cylindrical body, with its proximal ends joining to a delivery system and a plurality of cells forming its luminal surface. The cylindrical body is configured to axially rotate as it radially expands. Another aspect of the present teachings provides a device comprising two elongated bodies one disposed within the other. As the device expands radially, both elongated bodies are configured to axially rotate independently. |
| US12171444B2 |
Systems and methods for removal of blood and thrombotic material
An extension conduit for use with a system for aspirating thrombus includes a passageway extending between a distal end and a proximal end of the extension conduit, and a combined hydraulic and electrical control carried on the extension conduit and configured to be activated by a user to activate an electric switch while opening a valve to allow flow through the passageway. |
| US12171441B2 |
Bone marrow harvesting and storage
Methods of extracting bone and/or cellular material from a patient for possible use in a later surgical procedure, which involves that patient or even a different patient, are provided. An embodiment of the method generally comprises extracting bone and/or cellular material from a patient undergoing a routine surgical procedure, saving the material, and then sending it to a storage, separation, and processing facility (e.g., a “biobank”) for use in a later surgical procedure involving that patient, or a different patient. The material may be cancellous bone, cortical bone chips, or bone marrow. The extracted bone and/or cellular material can be processed at the biobank and used in a multitude of different medical procedures (e.g., as an allograft infused with stem cells for use in a fusion procedure). |
| US12171440B2 |
Surgical instrument with bended shaft
A surgical bone cutting device, including a handle configured to facilitate operation and control of said device by an operator, and an elongated hollow member extending from the handle, the hollow member having a proximal end and a distal end; wherein the hollow member includes an opening at the distal end thereof and a rotatable cutting element extending through the opening, and wherein the hollow member includes a first bend at the proximal end thereof, such that the part of the hollow member distal to the proximal bend is offset a central axis of the hand. |
| US12171437B2 |
System and method for the effective, reliable and foolproof delivery of embolic agents
A delivery system for the delivery of embolic agents to a patient includes a control valve assembly interconnecting first, second, third and fourth conduits, wherein the control valve assembly selectively moves between first, second, and third states under the control of a medical professional. In the first state, the first conduit communicates with the second conduit for transmitting a solution of embolic agents between a first syringe secured to the first conduit and a second syringe secured to the second conduit. In the second state, the second conduit communicates with the third conduit for transmitting the solution of embolic agents from the second syringe to a delivery catheter secured to the third conduit. In the third state, the third conduit communicates with the fourth conduit for flushing the delivery catheter via a third syringe, which is filled with saline, connected to the fourth conduit. |
| US12171433B2 |
Laparoscopic graspers and systems therefor
Described here are systems, devices, and methods for providing remote manipulation or traction to tissue using one or more graspers, delivery devices, and magnetic control assemblies. The graspers may be configured for insertion into the patient during a minimally-invasive procedure, such as a laparoscopic operation. The graspers may be configured to releasably connect to tissue. In some embodiments, the grasper may comprise a clip, a clamp, a suction device, a coil, or the like, and may be configured to connect to any suitable tissue. Delivery devices may be configured to releasably engage a grasper to deliver the grasper, remove it from the patient, or reposition it. The delivery devices may additionally be configured to actuate the grasper to attach it to tissue and/or detach it from tissue. The magnetic control elements may be configured to be positioned externally of the body to move, reposition, and/or hold the grasper. |
| US12171431B2 |
Rotatable jaw tip for a surgical instrument
A surgical instrument comprising a first jaw and a second jaw is disclosed. At least one of the first and second jaws comprises a proximal portion and a distal tip rotatable relative to the proximal portion. |
| US12171429B2 |
Surgical stapler
Provided is a surgical stapler (100), said surgical stapler (100) comprising an end effector (1), a closure mechanism (2), a first drive mechanism (10), and a cutting apparatus. The end effector (1) comprises a staple compartment assembly (11) and a staple anvil (12); surgical staples are provided in the staple compartment assembly (11); the closure mechanism (2) is configured to drive the staple compartment assembly (11) and the staple anvil (12) into joining so as to hold a target tissue; a staple pushing assembly is configured to suture the target tissue by pushing the surgical staple from the staple compartment assembly (11) into the target tissue; the first drive mechanism (10) is configured such that: during the closure phase, the first drive mechanism (10) is removably connected to the closure mechanism (2) so as to drive the closure mechanism (2) to close the end effector (1); in the staple pushing phase after the closure phase, the first drive mechanism (10) separates from the closure mechanism (2) and drives the staple pushing assembly to push the surgical staple out of the staple compartment assembly (11); the cutting apparatus is configured to cut the target tissue during the cutting phase after the target tissue as a whole has been sutured under the drive of the first drive mechanism (10). |
| US12171427B2 |
Powered surgical instruments with smart reload with separately attachable exteriorly mounted wiring connections
A modular surgical instrument system that comprises modular components and a control circuit electrically couplable to the modular components. The modular components comprise a shaft and a handle assembly. The handle assembly comprises a disposable outer housing. The disposable outer housing is movable between an open configuration and a closed configuration. The handle assembly further comprises a control inner core receivable inside the disposable outer housing in the open configuration. The disposable outer housing is configured to isolate the control inner core in the closed configuration. The modular components further comprise a loading unit releasably couplable to the shaft and a staple cartridge releasably couplable to an end effector. The loading unit comprises the end effector. The control circuit is configured to generate an interrogation signal, detect a response signal, determine a modular configuration of the modular surgical instrument system, and assess authenticity of the modular configuration. |
| US12171417B2 |
Surgical handpiece housing a visible light emitter and elements for transmitting the visible light emitted by the visible light emitter
A surgical handpiece and an autoclavable surgical handpiece are disclosed. The surgical handpiece and the autoclavable surgical handpiece include a housing and a visible light emitter disposed within the housing. The surgical handpiece includes a cable adjacent to the housing and a strain relief member coupled to the cable, the strain relief member being disposed adjacent to the housing and configured to transmit visible light emitted by the visible light emitter therethrough. The autoclavable surgical handpiece includes a potting material disposed between the visible light emitter and the housing, the potting material having a melting point above 120 degrees Celsius and being configured to thermally insulate the visible light emitter and to transmit visible light emitted by the visible light emitter therethrough. |
| US12171413B2 |
Sperm collection device
The sperm collection device includes a core member having an insertion hole for a penis and an insertion space, and a container having an internal space in which the core member is accommodated. The container includes a cylindrical base unit having a base end open in an axial direction of the base unit and attached to an insertion-hole-side end of the core member, and a cylindrical movable unit having a base end open in an axial direction of the movable unit and a front end being closed, and attached rotatably around an axis of the movable unit with respect to the other end of the base unit. In an overlapping part in which the base end of the movable unit overlaps the other end of the base unit, an airflow path and an adjustment mechanism are provided. |
| US12171412B2 |
Dental imaging system and method
A dental imaging system for capturing images of a patient's arches and teeth includes a central processor for storing images, a camera having a camera lens and a camera housing, and a camera holder having a tray, an angled column extending from a front of the tray and an engagement mechanism positioned at a distal end of the angled column. The engagement mechanism is configured to releasably engage the camera to orient the camera lens toward the patient's arches and teeth. |
| US12171411B2 |
Method for placement of an imaging element cleaning apparatus and obturator for enabling same
Embodiments of the present invention provide a method, system and assembly each adapted for enabling an imaging element cleaning apparatus to be placed through an abdominal wall of the patient without the use of a trocar or cannula. By eliminating the need for and use of a cannular or trocar, such embodiments advantageously overcome dimensional compatibility issues exhibited between the inside diameter of the central passage of commercially-available trocars and cannulas and the outside diameter of the sheath of an imaging element cleaning apparatus comprising such a sheath. Such dimensional compatibility issues are overcome by enabling an imaging element cleaning apparatus of the present disclosures to be placed through the abdominal wall of a patient without the use of a trocar or cannula. As a result, the sheath of the aforementioned imaging element cleaning apparatus can be in direct contact with the abdominal wall tissue. |
| US12171408B2 |
Systems and methods for coronary occlusion treatment
Exemplary embodiments of the present disclosure include systems and methods for treatment of occlusions, including coronary artery chronic total occlusions. |
| US12171404B2 |
Endoscope
Pliability of a tube is ensured while preventing deformation of the tube, occurrence of air leakage, and the like. An endoscope includes an insertion portion and a tube arranged inside the insertion portion. The insertion portion includes a bending section that is bendable based on an operation, a distal tip connected to a distal tip of the bending section, and a flexible tube portion that is bendable by external force independent of the operation. The tube includes an inner layer and an outer layer formed outside the inner layer. The inner layer is formed from polytetrafluoroethylene having solid structure. The outer layer is positioned at an end portion on a side of the distal tip and includes a first portion formed from polytetrafluoroethylene having solid structure and a second portion formed from polytetrafluoroethylene having porous structure. |
| US12171403B2 |
Video endoscope
A video endoscope including an elongated shaft, wherein the shaft includes at least one shaft tube, a magnetic ring surrounding the shaft tube is freely rotatably arranged in a region of a proximal end of the shaft tube, and the magnetic ring is axially fixed between a proximal stop shoulder of the shaft tube and a distal retaining body, and wherein the retaining body having a sleeve-like configuration and is placed onto the shaft tube from the distal direction. The shaft tube has an indentation in a region of the retaining body, and the retaining body is fastened on the shaft tube by a fastener which penetrates the retaining body and extends into the indentation. |
| US12171399B2 |
Surgical devices, systems, and methods using multi-source imaging
In general, devices, systems, and methods for multi-source imaging are provided. |
| US12171396B2 |
Endoscope apparatus, operating method of endoscope apparatus, and information storage medium
An endoscope apparatus includes: an imaging device; a light source device; an illumination light control circuit; a first processing circuit; and a second processing circuit. The light source device emits first support illumination light in a first time period. The first processing circuit acquires a first support image obtained with the first support illumination light. The second processing circuit extracts first diagnosis support information on the basis of the first support image. The light source device emits second support illumination light being as a result of dimming control on the basis of the first diagnosis support information in a second time period. The first processing circuit acquires a second support image with the second support illumination light. The second processing circuit acquires support display information on the basis of the second support image. The first processing circuit executes image processing, based on the support display information, on the display image. |
| US12171395B2 |
Surface cleaning apparatus with lighting
The present disclosure provides a surface cleaning apparatus that includes an illumination system having lighting to illuminate a floor surface or other area being cleaned. The lighting for the illumination system includes a plurality of lights, light sources, and/or lighting zones disposed around a housing of the apparatus. The illumination system can output a condition, status, state, alert or error to a user by emitting visible light and varying an intensity, color, wavelength, temperature, or animation of the light. Methods for operating the illumination system are also provided. |
| US12171392B2 |
Cleaning device having vacuum cleaner and docking station and method of controlling the same
A cleaning device and a method therefor are provided. The cleaning device includes a vacuum cleaner including a dust collecting container and a docking station to which the dust collecting container is coupled. The docking station includes a suction device configured to move air from the dust collecting container to inside of the docking station, a collector configured to collect a foreign substance that is moved together with the air by driving of the suction device, a suction flow path along which air moves inside the docking station, a flow adjusting device configured to open or close the suction flow path, and at least one processor configured to control the suction device to operate based on the dust collecting container being coupled to the docking station, and control the flow adjusting device to periodically open and close the suction flow path in a state in which the suction device operates. |
| US12171388B2 |
Dish washer
A dish washer includes: a tub configured to receive an object to be washed and providing a washing space having an opening at a front side of the tub, a door configured to rotate relative to the tub between (i) a closing position that closes the opening of the washing space and (ii) a full opening position that exposes an entirety of the opening of the washing space, a door position sensor configured to sense a position of the door, a dry air supply configured to selectively generate a high-temperature dry air or a low-temperature dry air and supply the high-temperature dry air or the low-temperature dry air into the tub, and a controller configured to determine, based on the position of the door sensed by the door position sensor, whether to supply the high-temperature dry air or the low-temperature dry air. |
| US12171387B2 |
Dishwasher with object recognition
A dishwasher comprises an image sensor, first and second drawers, first and second actuators configured to respectively extend or retract the first and second drawers, and a computer system. The computer system is configured to receive images from the image sensor, determine whether an object is within a threshold distance, and in response to determining that an object is moved to within the threshold distance, use a washwear recognition system to determine whether the object comprises an washwear item. A determined washwear type and a washwear dimension are used to identify an unoccupied location in of a size and configured suitable to receive the washwear item. In response to identifying an unoccupied location of a size and configured suitable to receive the washwear item, an actuator among the first actuator and the second actuator is caused to extend a corresponding drawer to thereby receive the item of dishware. |
| US12171386B2 |
L shape half mitt
The L shape half mitt is a wiping towel formed into a mitt style shape, and providing an additional open side so the user can easily slide the hand inside the cavity of the mitt from either of two adjacent openings and accessing the one corner as a stiffened cleaning edge and having two open sides and two closed sides and allowing the user to wrap the extra amount of towel material around the hand of the user or an item placed within the pocket cavity and to wrap the opened flap of material around the item placed within. |
| US12171384B2 |
Surface cleaning apparatus with steam
A surface cleaning apparatus adapted for wet cleaning includes a heated fluid delivery system that dispenses heated liquid and steam vapor. The heated fluid delivery system can include a heated liquid outlet and a steam vapor outlet. The apparatus can further include a liquid delivery system, and/or a recovery system. |
| US12171377B2 |
Insulated bag with vents
An insulated bag has at least a sidewall and a bottom that include a layer of insulating material and may also have a lid with a layer of insulating material. The lid may be hingedly attached to an upper rear portion of the sidewall. If a lid is included, it may have depending flaps that are sized and positioned to cover the joint or union between the upper sidewall and the lid. The insulated bag has features that allow for the escape of steam and water vapor, including openings positioned across the sidewall. If the sidewall has distinct faces, the openings may be arrayed, e.g., in patterns, across all faces of the sidewall. The insulating material may, e.g., be neoprene foam. The overall construction of the insulated bag may keep food warm while allowing steam and water vapor to escape. |
| US12171373B1 |
Blending system and blending method with safely and fast stir
A blending system with safely and fast stirring a sauce is disclosed. The blending system monitors a temperature of the sauce to start heating the sauce if the sauce is at a frozen state. Then after the sauce quits from the frozen state, the blending system stirs the sauce with a relatively low speed at first, and then stirs the sauce with a relatively high speed. |
| US12171367B2 |
Artificial gravity heating device
An artificial gravity heating system includes a cylindrical compartment formed of a hollow cylinder having a bottom base and an open top end. An electric motor rotates the cylindrical compartment to provide centripetal motion of materials inside the cylindrical compartment. While rotating, the materials move towards an inner wall of the cylindrical compartment. A heating element is conductively coupled along an outer wall of the cylindrical compartment for heating the materials against the inner wall via conduction. A temperature sensor is operatively coupled to the cylindrical compartment for monitoring a temperature of the cylindrical compartment. A controller is configured to control operation of the heating element based on the temperature monitored via the temperature sensor. An artificial gravity heating method is used to process materials including heating ingredients to cook food. The artificial gravity heating system may also be configured as a vapor generator dehydrator or a thermal gas generator. |
| US12171365B2 |
Cooking robot, cooking robot control device, and control method
There is provided a cooking robot, a cooking robot control device, and a control method that enable a cooking robot to customize a dish prepared according to a preference of an eater. The cooking robot (1) according to one aspect of the present technology controls a cooking operation performed by a cooking arm (321), using recipe data including a data set in which cooking operation data and cook biological data are linked, the cooking operation data describing information regarding an ingredient of a dish and information regarding an operation of a cook in a cooking process using the ingredient, and the cook biological data indicating a biological reaction of the cook measured in conjunction with a progress of the cooking process. The present technology can be applied to a cooking robot that operates an arm to cook. |
| US12171360B2 |
Electric kettle
An electric kettle having a handle coupled to one end of a body is proposed. The electric kettle includes: a body receiving water or food therein; a lid configured to shield an open upper side of the body; a base provided at a lower side of the body and configured to support the body; a spout provided on an upper end of the body and guiding a discharge of the water or food contained inside the body; and a handle fastened to the upper end of the body and configured to be held by hand. According to the configuration of the electric kettle, there are advantages of providing a compact and aesthetic appearance and improving assemblability. |
| US12171358B2 |
Adjustable rod features
There is provided a lock mechanism for an adjustable rod. The lock mechanism provides a manually locking state and an automatic locking state. The automatic locking state provides a more secure locking engagement than the manual locking state. There is also provided improved end cap systems that minimize the number of components. |
| US12171355B2 |
Multi-piece rug and mat arrangement and assembly for forming a floor covering
A multi-piece floor arrangement and assembly forms a floor covering that includes a top, or upper, rug portion and bottom, or lower, mat portion, and pocketed corner areas in each corner of an underside surface of the rug portion into which corresponding corners of the mat portion are insertable. The pocketed corner areas secure the rug portion with the mat portion when both are placed on an underlying surface while enabling a flow of air between the rug portion and the mat portion. The mat portion includes multiple interlocking sections that help to maintain the floor covering in a uniform planar shape and provide an aesthetically-pleasing appearance when placed on an underlying surface. The multi-piece arrangement and assembly does not move relative to that surface, yet does not require either a cumbersome installation or removal process. |
| US12171353B2 |
Method for producing hangers and similar devices for clothing support, comprising at least one concave area, starting from a flat layer of paper material
Method and apparatus for producing hangers and similar devices. In some examples, a method includes wetting a flat layer of paper material to increase humidity percentage at room temperature; leaving said layer of paper material to rest for a predetermined period of time; cutting said flat layer of paper material to define an appropriate shape for the hanger; carrying out a knurling operation on at least one portion of the flat layer of paper material so that at least one concave area is realized; forming the flat layer of paper material by introducing the flat layer of paper material between a mould and a counter-mould and subsequently through pressing; and carrying out a stabilisation operation of the hanger to reduce the humidity percentage. |
| US12171352B1 |
Placemat and tether system
A placemat and tether system may include a mat body, a plurality of anchors and an elongated tether. The mat body may be characterized by a front side and a back side. Each anchor in the plurality of anchors may include an anchor block on the front side and a suction cup that extends from the back side, opposite the anchor block. The elongated tether may have an anchor end and a retention end, where the anchor end is removably coupleable to one of the plurality of anchors via a compression fit. The elongated tether may have three distinct segments—a first segment with a circular cross section; a second segment that is removably coupleable, via a compression fit, to the retention end to thereby form a loop; and a third segment with an elastic winding section configured to facilitate stretching along a length of the elongated tether. |
| US12171349B2 |
Container closure, lid element for use in the container closure, and container arrangement
A ring chamber (11) is formed between the ring element (2) and the lid element (1). Through the channels (6) the ring chamber (11) is in fluid communication with the inside of the container (3). The upper circumferential rim (12) forms a sealing surface matching a corresponding surface of the sealing lip (5) and cooperates therewith to form a sealing contact between the ring element (2) and the lid element (1). The ring element (2) is essentially rigid whereas the lid element (1) including the sealing lip (5) is substantially flexible. Accordingly, in a sealing configuration, the ring chamber (11) is sealed towards the outside. By deforming the sealing lip (5) the sealing contact is interrupted and liquid can be drunk. The deformation is reversible re-establishing the sealing configuration by the restoring force of the deformed lid element (1)/sealing lip (5), when deforming forces are sufficiently reduced. |
| US12171346B2 |
Container with textured surface
Provided are systems, methods, and apparatuses directed to a container for storing a liquid, the container including a textured surface configured to increase the liquid's dissolved oxygen content, the textured surface having fluid-obstructions configured to disrupt a flow of the liquid in at least one direction, said disruptions being effective to decrease a surface tension associated with the liquid and increasing a surface area associated with the liquid. |
| US12171345B2 |
Product pusher with manual actuator
A merchandising system includes a track extending from a first end to a second end. The merchandising system further includes a primary pusher slidably attached to the track between the first end and the second end. The merchandising system further includes a secondary pusher slidably attached to the track and operable to bias the primary pusher towards the first end. The merchandising system includes an actuator operable to bias the secondary pusher along the track. The actuator is connected to the secondary pusher and includes a grip disposed at the first end of the track for selectively biasing the secondary pusher along the track. |
| US12171342B2 |
Chair and joint system for a chair or a seating apparatus
Joint arrangement (10) has a hollow cylindrical receiving cylinder (20) that extends in a cylinder axis direction (Z) and receives one end of a chair column (30) of an active-dynamic wobble chair, the latter movably mounted in a substantially hollow cylindrical outer joint shell (40) composed of joint shell segments (45). Movable mounting of receiving cylinder (20) is achieved by deformable elastic elements (50) arranged to be variable in shape and position in a bearing gap (60) between an outer wall portion (21, 22) of the receiving cylinder (20) and an inner wall portion (41, 42) of the joint shell (40). Receiving cylinder (20) is actuated in a force-dependent manner, whereby shape and/or position of the elastic elements (50) change as viewed in a radial direction (Rs) from changing, preferably reducing, clearance of the bearing gap (60) when the receiving cylinder (20) is actuated in a cylinder axis direction (Z). |
| US12171341B2 |
Stackable furniture set
A stackable furniture set. The stackable furniture set includes a first seat. The first seat includes four legs, a first armrest and a second armrest. The first seat also includes a seat area support. The first armrest is attached to a first end of the seat area support the second armrest is attached to the second end of the seat area support, where the second end of the seat area support is opposite the first end. The first seat further includes a first gap between the first armrest and the seat area support and a second gap between the second armrest and the seat area support. The first seat additionally includes one or more apertures in the seat area support. The stackable furniture set also includes a second seat. The second seat includes four legs and a seat area support where one leg passes through the first gap and one leg passes through one aperture. |
| US12171334B2 |
Refrigerator
Technology capable of replacing an external panel of a refrigerator is disclosed. A refrigerator door comprises a frame assembly disposed side by side on both sides to form an edge of the refrigerator door and having a hollow portion formed in a longitudinal direction, a front panel coupled to one side of the frame assembly to form a front surface of the refrigerator door, a rear panel coupled to the other side of the frame assembly to form a rear surface of the refrigerator door, and a reinforcing panel disposed between the front panel and the rear panel. The frame assembly or the reinforcing panel has coupling grooves formed to be concave rearward on one side facing the front panel, and the coupling grooves are formed on both sides and spaced apart in a vertical direction, and coupling protrusions, at least a portion of which is accommodated in and fixed to the coupling grooves, are formed on a rear surface of the front panel. |
| US12171333B2 |
Telescopic extension
A telescopic extension with a stationary inner rail and an outer rail mounted so as to be movable relative to the stationary inner rail between an insertion end position and an extension end position in an insertion direction and an extension direction opposite thereto. The telescopic rail is provided and designed for detachable mounting on a side rack which includes a front vertical grid bar and a rear vertical grid bar spaced apart therefrom and substantially parallel thereto, and at least one support bracket which has a horizontal section and, at opposite ends of the horizontal section, front and rear end sections which are each angled substantially perpendicularly with respect to the horizontal section, the front end section being connected to the front vertical grid bar and the rear end section being connected to the rear vertical grid bar. |
| US12171331B2 |
Shelf assembly and storage cabinet
Provided are a shelf assembly and a storage cabinet, which relate to the technical field of storage apparatuses. The shelf assembly includes: a plurality of shelves, mounting rods, the outer peripheral walls of which are provided with external threads in the axial direction, moving members corresponding to the shelves, and driving members corresponding to the moving members. The moving members are connected to the corresponding shelves; internal thread holes in threaded fit with the mounting rods are formed on the moving members; and the driving members are connected to the corresponding moving members and are used for driving the moving members to rotate. The storage cabinet includes a cabinet body and the shelf assembly arranged in the cabinet body. |
| US12171326B2 |
Clothes dryer
The present disclosure relates to a clothes dryer having a structure capable of cleaning a heat exchanger. The clothes dryer includes a main body, a drum rotatably provided in the main body, a heat exchanger provided to supply hot and dry air to an inside of the drum, and a cleaning device detachably installed in the main body to clean the heat exchanger, wherein the cleaning device includes a brush provided to come into contact with at least one surface of the heat exchanger, and a brush handle provided to move the brush. |
| US12171324B2 |
Electronic device supporting belt attachment and system
The present invention is directed to a device, system and method of attaching an electronic device to a belt, and to a belt having an attached electronic device, that will sit away from the user's body when in use and will be held close to the user's body when not in use. The various embodiments of the present invention also enable the easy transition of the electronic device from the in-use position to the stored position and vice versa. One embodiment of the present invention utilizes two belt clips and a gooseneck electronic device holder to achieve these goals. |
| US12171321B2 |
Cosmetic-product applicator
A cosmetic-product applicator including a gripping element adapted to be gripped by a user, an application tip having a shape the external envelope of which is of revolution, a cylindrical rigid core extending in a longitudinal direction, said core being rigidly secured to the gripping element or formed in a single piece with the gripping element, and a hollow stick mounted so as to be able to rotate freely but translationally fixed on the core, the hollow stick extending longitudinally from the gripping element to the application tip. The application tip is rigidly connected to the hollow stick or formed in a single piece with the hollow stick, and the core extends in the hollow stick over the whole length of the hollow stick measured in the longitudinal direction, with the optional exception of a connection zone between the hollow stick and the application tip. |
| US12171320B2 |
Two-part wiping device
A wiping device, for a device for packaging and applying a fluid or pasty product, which includes first and second independent parts, the first part having a hardness greater than or equal to a hardness of the second part, the first part having a male portion formed by a first skirt, the second part having a deformable wiping lip and a female portion formed by a second skirt and arranged so as to receive, by snap-fitting, the first skirt of the first part. The wiping device has locking means for locking the snap-fitting of the first skirt in the second skirt. |
| US12171319B2 |
Applicator system for applying a cosmetic product
An applicator system for containing and dispensing a cosmetic product may include a body including a first end, a second end, and defining an interior cavity, a container at least partially disposed within the cavity of the body and defining a cavity containing a cosmetic substance, a sifter positioned adjacent to the container to retain the cosmetic substance within the cavity, a handle having first and second ends and defining an interior cavity, an inner handle positioned at the first end of the handle, and an applicator. The first end of the handle operably couples with the first end of the body. The inner handle includes an applicator coupling mechanism to which the applicator operably couples. Upon operably coupling the first ends of the body and the handle, the applicator is positioned adjacent to the sifter, thereby collecting a quantity of cosmetic substance. |
| US12171307B2 |
Lacing system
A lace-receiving assembly includes a substrate, a first sheet, and a lace guide. The substrate includes a first surface and a second surface opposite the first surface. The first sheet includes a third surface and a fourth surface opposite the third surface. The third surface is bonded to the first surface to define a channel extending between the substrate and the first sheet. The lace guide is disposed within the channel. |
| US12171302B2 |
Wireless charging assemblies for sensorized insoles, methods for charging sensorized insoles, and footwear systems including sensorized insoles
A footwear system includes a sensorized insole and a charger. The sensorized insole has an insole bulk having a foot-facing upper surface. A sensor is embedded in the insole bulk for measuring a parameter of a user's foot, a battery is embedded in the insole bulk for providing energy to the sensor, and a receiver pod is embedded in the insole bulk and is spaced from the foot-facing upper surface for wirelessly receiving energy and providing energy to the battery. The charger provides energy to the receiver pod, and includes a cable for connecting to an energy source, and a transmitter pod electrically connected to the cable for receiving energy from the cable and wirelessly transmitting energy to the receiver pod. The transmitter pod is positionable against the foot-facing upper surface to wirelessly provide energy to the receiver pod through the insole bulk. |
| US12171301B2 |
Articles of footwear with adaptive-height bladder elements
Articles of footwear can include an adaptive-height sole structure that includes a variable height bladder system. The sole structure can include one or more bladder systems positioned between a midsole and a banking plate. The banking plate can change its relative orientation to the midsole based on an inflation level of the bladder systems. |
| US12171298B2 |
Shoe with sole providing a dynamic foot arch support
The invention provides a shoe (1) with a sole providing a dynamic foot arch support, the shoe comprising a rubber outsole (9) and an upper (10), the shoe further comprises a midsole (2), the midsole comprising a harder elastic material (4), a softer elastic material (5), wherein the harder elastic material has elastic hardness in a range 1.3 to 3 times higher than the softer elastic material. The shoe is distinguished in that the harder elastic material is arranged in a band (3) inside the periphery of the midsole, wherein the softer elastic material (5) is arranged in the midsole inside the band of the harder elastic material, and the shoe further comprises: a support structure (8) arranged below the softer elastic material in direction medial to lateral and positioned from vertically below to 4 cm in front of the naviculare bone center of a typical user with feet fitting the shoe size, wherein the support structure has higher elastic hardness than the harder elastic material, with a larger vertical dimension medial compared to lateral as seen with the shoe standing on a horizontal surface, providing increased support under the medial side of the foot arch compared to the lateral side of the foot arch. |
| US12171292B2 |
Supporting glove
A method for producing a supporting glove includes the steps of applying a specific amount of a first polymer mixed liquid to a knitted glove; drying the first polymer mixed liquid applied to the knitted glove; applying a coagulant solution to the knitted glove after drying; applying a specific amount of a second polymer mixed liquid to the knitted glove after applying the coagulant solution; and drying the second polymer mixed liquid applied to the knitted glove. A first polymer film is formed to cover a yarn knitted into the knitted glove over the entire thickness direction of at least the part of the knitted glove. A second polymer film is formed to continuously cover the first polymer film to form at least a part of an outer surface and not reaching an inner surface of the knitted glove. |
| US12171291B1 |
Ready-to-use eyelash extensions
Provided are an artificial eyelash extension system and its manufacturing method. The artificial eyelash extension system includes a plurality of eyelash extensions, each of which includes a plurality of eyelash filaments and a support surface. Each eyelash filaments has a base and a tip. The support surface is configured to receive adhesive for applying the eyelash extension to a user's natural eyelashes or eyelid. The support surface extends in a first direction across the bases of the plurality of eyelash filaments and includes a plurality of protrusions that extend in a second direction that is substantially perpendicular to the first direction. |
| US12171289B2 |
Cases for storing lash extensions and methods for use and manufacture thereof
A case for storing artificial lash extensions includes a body having a first outer sidewall having first curved surface, and first storage slots extending inward from the first curved surface of the first outer sidewall. Each of the first storage slots includes a first floor that extends inward from the first curved surface. The case includes a gasket configured to releasably hold the artificial lash extensions in the first plurality of storage slots. |
| US12171287B2 |
Sleeveless travel hoodie with built in travel pillows
A sleeveless hoodie is described that is characterized by a sleeveless tubular body with an opposing pair of internal elbow pockets, an oversized hood made of a partially-see through mesh fabric that is configured to cover the eyes and at least part of the face, and a pair of separate and distinct neck pillow members located on the top of the tubular body along the left and right sides of a neck opening. |
| US12171284B2 |
Aerodynamic clothing and accessory for bicycle rider
The present invention discloses an aerodynamic clothing for a bicycle includes a body portion. The aerodynamic clothing also includes a tail portion outwardly extending towards the back of the bicycle. The tail portion is coupled to a bottom end of the body portion using a plurality of securing means. The tail portion being hooked onto an adjustable subframe having an adjustment means configured to secure the extension of the adjustable subframe. The aerodynamic clothing comprises a hook portion attached to a rear side of the subframe for holding the body portion, the hook portion being aligned at the predefined position. The aerodynamic clothing includes a hoodie member attached to a top end of the body portion using the plurality of securing means. The aerodynamic clothing also includes a shield portion present on each side of the shoulder being held by fingers aerodynamically for guiding air flow. |
| US12171279B2 |
Push-up underwear
The present disclosure provides a kind of push-up underwear convenient for regulating cup spacing. The cup is symmetrically and movably set on a underwear, a regulating knob is below the center front of underwear, a regulating rope is in the regulating knob, a regulating rope is in a closed loop state, a rope fixing piece is at a bottom side cup, a cup rim is sewn onto the underwear, elastic fixing edge with narrow side is set at the cup rim, regulating rope is connected with the cup bottom, turning the regulating knob drive the regulating rope to pull the cup for convergence, under the acting force of elastic fixing edge, the cup can reset quickly by turning the regulating knob in the reverse direction, so as to realize the effect of quick regulation, and better wearing experience can be brought about to user. |
| US12171274B2 |
Aerosol-generating system with charging device
An electrically operable aerosol-generating system is provided, including: a charging device including a primary power source; and an elongated aerosol-generating device including a secondary power source, the charging device having a docking arrangement configured to engage with the aerosol-generating device, the docking arrangement including a docking space defined between a first end, and an opposing second end spaced from and fixed relative to the first end, the docking space accommodating a longitudinal dimension of the aerosol-generating device, and a latching projection is configured to extend from the first end or the second end to engage with a distal end or a proximal end of the aerosol-generating device. |
| US12171269B2 |
Atomizer, atomization system and operation method of atomization system
Disclosed are an atomizer, an atomization system and an operation method of the atomization system. The atomizer includes an atomization pipe, a reservoir and a flexible block piece. The atomization pipe includes an opening. The opening penetrates through an outer surface of the atomization pipe. The reservoir is disposed in the atomization pipe. The opening is communicated with the reservoir. The flexible block piece is disposed in the opening. The flexible block piece allows an injection needle to pass through the flexible block piece and enter the reservoir. The atomization system includes a base and the atomizer, and the atomizer is detachably connected to the base. The flexible block piece is filled in the opening to play a sealing role, and when specific liquid is consumed, the specific liquid can be injected into the reservoir by penetrating the injector into the flexible block piece, thus achieving reuse of the atomizer. |
| US12171267B2 |
Heater for cigarette-type electronic cigarette device, and cigarette-type electronic cigarette device including the same
Provided is a heater for a cigarette-type electronic cigarette device. A heater for a cigarette-type electronic cigarette device according to an exemplary embodiment of the present invention is configured to a circumference of a cigarette inserted thereinto by a predetermined length and includes a heating member that is disposed to surround a circumference of the cigarette when the cigarette is inserted and is heated through an eddy current induced by electromagnetic induction to heat the cigarette, a heat insulation member that is disposed to surround a circumference of the heating member and blocks the heat generated by the heating member from moving to the outside, and a coil member that is wound multiple times around a circumference of the heat insulation member and that generates a magnetic field that causes electromagnetic induction to the heating member when power is applied. |
| US12171266B2 |
Aerosol-generating device with easy clean heating chamber
An aerosol-generating device is provided for heating an aerosol-forming substrate to form an inhalable aerosol, the aerosol-generating device including: a heating chamber configured to heat an aerosol-forming substrate, the heating chamber comprising a first end having an opening, a second end having a base, and a side wall extending between the opening and the base, in which a cavity is defined by inner surfaces of the base and side wall; a heating assembly; and a power supply, the heating assembly including a heater extending into the heating chamber through an inner portion of the base, and the inner portion of the base being contoured to provide a chamfered or filleted intersection between the base and the heater. |
| US12171260B2 |
Aerosol generation
An aerosol-generating article comprising an aerosolizable material comprising nicotine; a solid basic material; and a wetting agent; wherein in use, the wetting agent is combined with the solid basic material and the aerosolizable material on actuation of a combining mechanism by a user. |
| US12171258B2 |
Aerosol generation article
An aerosol-generating article according to one embodiment includes a medium portion; a first hollow tube disposed to face a downstream end of the medium portion and including a first hollow; a cooling portion disposed next to a downstream side of the first hollow tube, including a second hollow tube including a second hollow having a diameter equal to or greater than a diameter of the first hollow and a cooling element; a filter portion disposed to face the downstream end of the cooling portion; and a wrapper wrapping at least a portion of the medium portion, the first hollow tube, the cooling portion, and the filter portion. |
| US12171252B2 |
Freeze-dried probiotic foodstuffs
Compositions wherein foodstuffs act as carriers of freeze-dried probiotics provide new means for administration of probiotics. The products that are easily shipped may be eaten as purchased or mixed with other ingredients to provide variety in the diet while administering beneficial probiotic organisms to the gastrointestinal tract. |
| US12171249B2 |
Sweet protein from truffle
Newly identified fungal sweet-taste modifying proteins, and the cDNA encoding said proteins are described. Specifically, Myd proteins active in sweet taste activation, and the cDNA encoding the same, are described, along with methods for isolating such cDNA and for isolating and expressing such proteins. Also disclosed is use of a sweetening composition which includes the proteins of the invention, and methods to provide improved flavor to a product for oral administration. |
| US12171246B2 |
Interchangeable piping multi-decorating tip
The present invention relates to a multiple decorating tip intended for culinary preparations. More particularly, it is a modular device adaptable to a piping bag, a siphon, a pressure plunger or a pastry syringe allowing simultaneous, homogeneous, regular and rapid exit of a culinary preparation through different orifices including the shape can be chosen by the user. The device being made up of the association of at least three elements: a connection tip to the container; a reversible support with two parts, one lower and one upper, the latter attaching to the connection tip; a decorating tip plate with at least two decorating tip, the decorating tip plate being clamped between the upper part support and the lower part support. |
| US12171244B2 |
Consumable emulsion
Suggested is a consumable emulsion, comprising: (i) 3 wt. % to 12 wt. % long chain triglycerides, (ii) 97 wt. % to 70 wt. % water, (iii) 0.013 wt. % to 20 wt. % additives, wherein the weight percent of the components i) to iii) are based on the total amount of the emulsion, and wherein the emulsion is free from weighting agents. |
| US12171241B2 |
Clipping machine with energy recovering
The present invention relates to a clipping machine for producing sausage-shaped products, like sausages, by filling a flowable filling material into a tubular or bag-shaped packaging casing and closing said tubular or bag-shaped packaging casing by a closure device, like a closure clip, and a method for controlling the clipping machine. The clipping machine comprises a filling tube for feeding the filling material into the tubular or bag-shaped packaging casing stored on the filling tube and being closed at its first end, a casing brake assembly for applying a braking force to the tubular or bag-shaped packaging casing while being pulled-off from the filling tube, gathering means for gathering the filled tubular or bag-shaped packaging casing and for forming a plait-like portion thereto, the gathering device including a first displacer unit and a second displacer unit, a clipping device having a first and a second closing tool being reversibly movable between an opened position and a closed position, for applying at least one closure device to the plait-like portion and closing said closure device when the closing tools are in their closed position, and at least one drive device for driving at least one component of the clipping machine, including at least one electric motor. The clipping machine further comprises a motor driver unit adapted to operate the electric motor in an accelerating mode for increasing the speed of the electric motor, in a driving mode for maintaining the speed of the electric motor, and in an electric braking mode for decreasing the speed of the electric motor, and a control unit adapted to control the at least one motor driver unit such that during the braking mode electric braking energy is recovered. |
| US12171238B2 |
Method for controlling cooking appliance
A cooking appliance may control operations of a steam supply device configured to supply steam into a cooking space and a heating unit configured to heat an inside of the cooking space, thereby maintaining a temperature in the cooking space at a boiling point of water or less during cooking. |
| US12171236B2 |
Light stable silver containing near neutral pH disinfectant and method of preparation
A light stable, environmentally friendly, broad spectrum antimicrobial disinfectants comprising of active metal ions and method of preparing the same are provided. The compositions are non-toxic, cost-effective formulations, comprising of metal ions, biopolymer, and complexing agent. The compositions are very effective with the dosing and treatment regime designed to give a 6-log reduction in bacteria and virus count and also expected to yield 30 days or more of residual efficacy. |
| US12171235B2 |
Antimicrobial composition and system for delivering an antimicrobial composition
An antimicrobial solution for a medical device having a chamber defined by a wall, the chamber being configured to be includes water, and an amount of iodine in the water sufficient to generate free elemental iodine when introduced into the chamber of the medical device. The free elemental iodine is configured to diffuse through the wall of the chamber and/or be embedded in the wall of the chamber of the medical device to form an antimicrobial polymer on the wall of the chamber. |
| US12171232B1 |
N-[(4,6-dimethylpyrimidin-2-yl)carbamothioyl] pyridine-3-carboxamide as an eco-friendly insecticidal agent against Spodoptera littoralis (boisd.)
Synthesis of a compound N-[(4,6-dimethylpyrimidin-2-yl)carbamothioyl]pyridine-3-carboxamide and its use as an insecticidal agent. |
| US12171227B2 |
Engineered pesticidal proteins and methods of controlling plant pests
The invention provides nucleic acids, polypeptides, transgenic plants, compositions and methods for conferring pesticidal activity (e.g., insecticidal activity) to bacteria, plants, plant cells, tissues and seeds. Nucleic acids encoding the insecticidal proteins can be used to transform prokaryotic and eukaryotic organisms, including plants, to express the insecticidal proteins. The recombinant organisms and compositions containing the recombinant organisms or insecticidal proteins can be used to control a pest (e.g., an insect). |
| US12171220B2 |
High osmolarity antimicrobial composition containing one or more organic solvents
A composition that can solvate biofilms and disrupt bacterial cell walls acts to both kill the bacteria by cell lysis and remove the biofilm. This solvent-containing composition is effective against a broad spectrum of microbes and can be used on a variety of surfaces, both living and inanimate. The polarity of the solvent component of the composition is lower than that of pure water so that the composition exhibits increased efficacy in solvating the macromolecular matrix of a biofilm and in penetrating bacterial cell walls. |
| US12171219B2 |
Bag for easy drainage and manipulation
A storage bag (100) includes a main tube (102) extending from a first end to a second end and defining a first inner surface and outer surface. The main tube includes a first angled edge (128) and a second angled edge (132) extending from the first end of the main tube and forming a first angled interface. The storage bag also includes a port tube (104) extending from a first end to a second end and defining a second inner surface and outer surface. The second end of the port tube includes a third angled edge and a fourth angled edge extending from the second end of the port tube, forming a second angled interface. The second angled interface of the port tube is positioned over the first angled interface of the main tube. A portion of the port tube not overlapping the main tube is sealed to itself to form an angled drainage area (182). |
| US12171213B2 |
Rodent trap, system for refilling a rodent trap and method of refilling a rodent trap
A rodent trap (1) for catching and killing rodents, in particular mice and/or rats comprises clamp means (2) at least having an upper jaw part (3) and a lower jaw part (4). The upper jaw part (3) is able to swing relative to the lower jaw part (4) from an open position to a closed position in which it hits and kills a rodent. The upper jaw part is at least partially rotatable around a jaw rotational axis (Ajaw). A lifting lever (5) for releasing the clamp means (2) from the opened position is comprised. The lifting lever (5) is activatable by a rodent on the first side (f) of the jaw rotational axis (Ajaw). A force means enables the clamp means (2) to change from the open position into the closed position when released. The force means in particular is at least one spring. The lifting lever (5) comprises a latch means (7) on a latch side (LS) of the lifting lever (5) which is arranged on a second side (s) of the jaw rotational axis (Ajaw), opposite of the first side (f) of the jaw rotational axis (Ajaw). |
| US12171212B2 |
Monitoring camera with repellent sheet adhered to tip end flange
A monitoring camera includes a housing having a tip end cylindrical portion in which a lens is disposed, the tip end cylindrical portion being covered with a front glass, an eave member that is provided on an upper surface of the housing and that has a tip end flange portion protruding forward from the front glass, and a repellent member that is provided at the tip end flange portion and contains a drug for repelling a pest such as a spider. |
| US12171211B2 |
Adaptive active infrared sensor hardware and software in the detection of pests with pest detection station
A device, system, and method of controlling pests are disclosed. The system includes an active infrared sensor including infrared emitters and photodetectors. The active infrared sensor is configured to determine an active infrared signature for a monitored space, determine whether the active infrared signature is outside a predetermined window in relation to a baseline signature, and activate a controller in response to determining that the active infrared signature is outside the window. The controller is configured to perform a pest control action in response to activation. The pest control action may include notifying a remote system. The active infrared sensor may be included in a housing having a first opening, a second opening, and a passage sized to receive an insect. The active infrared sensor may be coupled to the housing such that the active infrared sensor is positioned to illuminate part of the passage. |
| US12171210B2 |
Fishing line braided knotting device
A fishing line braided knotting device for attaching one fishing line to another includes a base to which a pair of posts is attached, with each post extending perpendicularly from the base proximate to one of its opposed ends. The post comprises lower and upper portions, with the latter being circumferentially smaller than the former. A pair of fasteners is attached singly to the posts. A first fishing line can be looped around the upper portions so that two loop sections of the first fishing line extend substantially in parallel between the posts. One of the fasteners attaches to the first fishing line and a first line tag to secure them in position. A second one of the fasteners selectively attaches to a second fishing line leaving a second line tag available to be positioned around the two loop sections to knot the fishing lines together. |
| US12171209B1 |
Knot tying apparatuses and fishing related structures
An apparatus for tying knots can include a body defined by a length along a longitudinal axis of the body and by an outer surface that extends around the longitudinal axis of the body from a first end of the body to a second end of the body. A trench in the body can extend from the outer surface of the body toward the longitudinal axis for the length of the body. A channel can extend for the length of the body and is exposed at the first and second ends of the body. A neck can be between the trench and the channel, the neck can be configured to contain first and second flexible lines extending in the channel extending from the first end of the body to the second end of the body and a line guide can be on the outer surface of the body configured to hold the first or second line at an oblique angle relative to a direction of the longitudinal axis. |
| US12171207B2 |
Trolling head for a fishing lure
A trolling head includes first and second body portions. Each body portion includes a first end and a second end with a body portion thru-hole therebetween. Each body portion includes a mating surface extending from the first end to the second end. Each body portion includes a groove disposed within the mating surface, which extends from the first end to the second end. The mating surfaces of the first and second body portions are configured to attach together such that the grooves of the first and second body portions align to form a tunnel. The tunnel extends from the first ends to the second ends of the first and second body portions and is sized to receive a fishing line therethrough. The body portion thru-holes of the first and second body portions also align to form a trolling head thru-hole sized to receive a fish eye mimic therein. |
| US12171204B2 |
Light generating system for arthropod keeping
The invention provides a light generating system for arthropod keeping, configured to generate system light, wherein in a first operational mode the light generating system is configured to provide the system light having a spectral power distribution, wherein the spectral power distribution comprises: a first spectral power E1 in a first wavelength range of 360-780 nm; a second spectral power E2 in a second wavelength range of 360-400 nm; a third spectral power ES in a third wavelength range of 400-480 nm; a fourth spectral power EM in a fourth wavelength range of 480-580 nm; a fifth spectral power EL in a fifth wavelength range of 580-700 nm; a sixth spectral power E6 in a sixth wavelength range of 620-700 nm; a seventh spectral power E7 in a seventh wavelength range of 700-780 nm; and wherein: 1.75≤EM/ES≤20; E2/E1≤0.005; E7/E1≤0.022; and EL/E1≤0.3; or 0.3 |
| US12171199B2 |
Animal feed/water container mounting system
An animal feed/water container mounting system is described that can be cost effective, safe for the animals, resistant to spillage, durable, and easy to manufacture/install. The container mounting system may be used to mount an animal feed/water container to a vertical member. The container subject to mounting may include a bail and a container lip. The vertical member may have a front surface. The mounting system may include a bail hanging unit for hanging the bail and may include a container mounting bracket. The container mounting bracket may include multiple mounting bracket retaining tabs interspersed along the length of the container mounting bracket. The tabs may be designed to support a container lip of the container at a plurality of locations along the length of the container mounting bracket. |
| US12171192B1 |
Graphical shepherding
An assisted guidance region has a plurality of zones, each with an associated set of behavioral guidance characteristics. Behavioral guidance is extended to a wayward dog who has moved outside of an alert zone by providing stimuli to shepherd the dog back in. Calculation of relative movement direction outside of and relative to the alert zone is preferably based upon reading a future position guidance zone value located in a path of sequential future position guidance zone values stored in said data table that are defined in direction by a displacement from said second represented current position relative to said first represented current position and defined in location sequentially extending away from both of said second represented position and said first represented current position. In some embodiments, two or more calculation techniques are selected from or used in combination to determine relative movement direction. |
| US12171191B2 |
Communication systems and methods for animals
Systems and methods for facilitating communication with animals. Interacting with a display that presents touchable buttons in manners that are suitable for animals, animals can be trained to use touch gestures to produce speech. Various embodiments add to convenience and ease for designated animal users, offer guidance and flexibility for human users who train or communicate with the animal users, and provide a rich potential for customization and improvements. |
| US12171187B2 |
Drive system for a poultry and/or swine enclosure
A drive system configured to move an elongated mobile poultry and/or swine enclosure. The drive system may comprise an axle at least 20 feet in length. The drive system may include multiple wheels coupled to the axle. The multiple wheels may have diameters between 6 and 36 inches. The drive system may include a motor coupled to the axle that causes the axle and/or the multiple wheels to rotate and move the elongated mobile poultry enclosure across a field. The elongated mobile poultry enclosure may be at least 40 feet in length and the drive system is coupled to the elongated mobile poultry enclosure. |
| US12171185B2 |
Hybrid tomato plant named HM 7103
A hybrid tomato plant, designated HM 7103 is disclosed. The disclosure relates to the seeds of hybrid tomato designated HM 7103, to the plants and plant parts of hybrid tomato designated HM 7103, and to methods for producing a tomato plant by crossing the hybrid tomato HM 7103 with itself or another tomato plant. |
| US12171181B1 |
Maize hybrid X90V902
A novel maize variety designated X90V902 and seed, plants and plant parts thereof are produced by crossing inbred maize varieties. Methods for producing a maize plant by crossing hybrid maize variety X90V902 with another maize plant are disclosed. Methods for producing a maize plant containing in its genetic material one or more traits introgressed into X90V902 through backcrossing or genetic transformation, and to the maize seed, plant and plant part produced thereby are described. Maize variety X90V902, the seed, the plant produced from the seed, and variants, mutants, and minor modifications of maize variety X90V902 are provided. Methods for producing maize varieties derived from maize variety X90V902 and methods of using maize variety X90V902 are disclosed. |
| US12171178B2 |
Mustard green plants named ‘PWRG-1’, ‘PWRG-2,’ and ‘PWSGC’
The present invention relates to a novel Brassica juncea varieties designated PWRG-1, PWRG-2, and PWSGC, which have a reduced pungent flavor and/or odor traits. The invention provides seeds of the varieties PWRG-1, PWRG-2, and PWSGC, plants and parts thereof of the varieties, a tissue culture derived from the varieties, hybrids produced from varieties, and lines derived from varieties, as well as genetically modified forms of the foregoing plants and tissue culture. Also provided are methods of producing PWRG-1, PWRG-2, and PWSGC plants, hybrid plants, and lines derived from varieties PWRG-1, PWRG-2, and PWSGC. In addition, products produced from the plants of the present invention are provided. |
| US12171176B2 |
Fertilizer desiccant system and method
A fertilizer desiccant system including a container for holding a fertilizer-based liquid desiccant, a pump or other supply providing means, a fluid conduit, and air mover. In embodiments, the fertilizer-based liquid desiccant comprises a concentrated fertilizer solution and/or a vapor pressure gradient between the liquid and indoor ambient air drives vapor transport towards the liquid desiccant. |
| US12171173B2 |
Flower stem insertion device for forming flower bouquets
A flower stem insertion device for forming flower bouquets includes an outer portion fabricated from a relatively flexible polymer material and having a plurality of apertures disposed to ultimately configure a preselected flower bouquet when stem portions of preselected flowers are inserted through the apertures. The flower stem insertion device further includes a deformable inner portion fabricated from Floral foam configured to cooperate with the outer portion such that when the stem portions of the preselected flowers are ultimately inserted through the apertures, the stem portions penetrate the deformable inner portion a predetermined distance sufficient to maintain the position of each preselected flower relative to the outer portion. |
| US12171169B2 |
Pest repelling drip irrigation pipe
A drip irrigation lateral comprising a water conduit manufactured of a polymeric composition comprising pyrethroid. |
| US12171166B1 |
Hay bale handling apparatus
A hay bale handling apparatus for handling multiple hay bales at once includes a frame which is configured to mount to a vehicle. A pair of bale holder assemblies is coupled to the frame. Each bale holder assembly is configured for holding a hay bale. The bale holder assemblies are laterally spaced from each other with respect to the frame and are movable between a retracted condition and an expanded condition wherein the pair of bale holder assemblies move away from each other from the retracted condition to the expanded condition. At least one actuator is coupled to at least one of the pair of bale holder assemblies. The at least one actuator is operable to move the pair of bale holder assemblies between the retracted condition and the expanded condition. |
| US12171164B2 |
System for setting parameters for a multi-segment agricultural header
A work vehicle system includes a work vehicle controller configured to output a control signal indicative of instructions to move a feeder house based at least in part on at least one header parameter. The work vehicle controller is configured to output the control signal to a network. The work vehicle also includes an agricultural header controller configured to receive the control signal and control movement of the feeder house based at least in part on the control signal. Further, the work vehicle includes a wing controller configured to receive the at least one header parameter from the network and output a wing control signal indicative of instructions to move a wing based at least in part on the at least one header parameter. The wing is coupled to a center section. |
| US12171157B2 |
Working machine and control device
A working machine includes: a working drive source that generates a drive force; a working device that performs a predetermined work using the drive force of the working drive source; a sensor that acquires environmental information that is information on a surrounding environment of the working machine; and a control part that determines whether or not to perform an influence reduction control on the basis of the environmental information acquired by the sensor, and in a case where it is determined that the influence reduction control is to be performed, performs the influence reduction control which is a predetermined control that reduces an influence on the surrounding environment of a sound generated when the working device performs the predetermined work. |
| US12171156B2 |
System for providing prescriptive application of multiple products
A system for dispensing crop input products from multiple meters per crop row, including: a) a georeferencing module configured to receive and process georeferenced location information; b) a prescriptive control module configured to receive the processed georeferenced location information from the georeferencing module and utilize the georeferenced location information to generate specific prescriptive rate information for individual meters in the field; and, c) a meter controller module operatively connected to the prescriptive control module. The meter controller module is configured to utilize the specific prescriptive rate information to individually control multiple meters per crop row, to simultaneously dispense crop input products at specific prescriptive rates at georeferenced locations throughout the field. |
| US12178148B2 |
Storage device
A storage device includes a memory cell including a variable resistance element and a switching element having snapback current-voltage characteristics. The switching element includes a first conductive layer in contact with the variable resistance element, a second conductive layer, and a switching layer provided between the first conductive layer and the second conductive layer. The switching layer includes at least one switching member and a first insulating layer having a thermal conductivity higher than 1.4 W/m/K. A cross-sectional area of the switching member at a connection surface between the switching layer and the first conductive layer and a cross-sectional area of the switching member at a connection surface between the switching layer and the second conductive layer are each smaller than a cross-sectional area at a connection surface between the first conductive layer and the variable resistance element. |
| US12178147B2 |
Semiconductor device and method for manufacturing the same
A semiconductor device includes a diffusion barrier structure, a bottom electrode, a top electrode, a switching layer and a capping layer. The bottom electrode is over the diffusion barrier structure. The top electrode is over the bottom electrode. The switching layer is between the bottom electrode and the top electrode, and configured to store data. The capping layer is between the switching layer and the top electrode. The diffusion barrier structure includes a multiple-layer structure. A thermal conductivity of the diffusion barrier structure is greater than approximately 20 W/mK. |
| US12178145B2 |
Semiconductor device including heat insulating layer and method of manufacturing the same
Disclosed semiconductor devices include a substrate, a device pattern structure disposed over the substrate, and a heat insulating layer disposed on the device pattern structure. The device pattern structure includes metal-organic frameworks. |
| US12178141B2 |
Fabrication methods
There is provided a method of selectively patterning a device structure. A hollow shadow wall is formed on a substrate. The hollow shadow wall is formed of a base lying on a surface of the substrate, and one or more side walls connected to the base. The one or more side walls extend away from the surface of the substrate and around the base to define an internal cavity of the hollow shadow wall. A device structure supported by the substrate adjacent to the shadow wall is selectively patterned by using a deposition beam to selectively deposit a layer of deposition material on the device structure. The deposition beam has a non-zero angle of incidence relative to a normal to the surface of the substrate and an orientation in the plane of the substrate's surface, such that the shadow wall prevents deposition on a surface portion of the device structure within a shadow region defined by the shadow wall. The one or more side walls of the hollow shadow wall are removed once the device structure has been selectively patterned, and thereby selectively patterning the device component. |
| US12178138B2 |
Magnetic memory
A magnetic memory includes: a first and second wirings; an insulator portion; a magnetic member including: a first portion electrically connected to the first wiring; a second portion electrically connected to the second wiring; and a third portion disposed between the first and second portions, the magnetic member extending in a first direction from the first portion toward the second portion and surrounding the insulator portion, and in a cross-section parallel to the first direction and including part of the magnetic member and part of the insulator portion, a curvature of the first portion being smaller than a curvature of the third portion, a length of the first portion in the first direction being greater than half a length of the third portion in the first direction; and a control circuit electrically connected to the first and second wirings. |
| US12178136B2 |
Semiconductor device and method for fabricating the same
A method for fabricating semiconductor device includes the steps of forming a magnetic tunneling junction (MTJ) stack on a substrate, performing an etching process to remove the MTJ stack for forming a MTJ, performing a deposition process to form a polymer on a sidewall of the MTJ, and removing the polymer to form a rough surface on the sidewall of the MTJ. Preferably, the MTJ could include a pinned layer on the substrate, a barrier layer on the pinned layer, and a free layer on the barrier layer, in which the rough surface could appear on sidewall of the pinned layer, sidewall of the barrier layer, and/or sidewall of the free layer. |
| US12178135B2 |
Semiconductor device with depression in package and method for manufacturing same
A semiconductor device includes a base, a detector on the base and including a first surface on which a detection portion is provided, and a resin package on the base and including an exposure hole to externally expose the detection portion of the detector. At least a portion of an outer peripheral edge of the first surface of the detector is exposed in the exposure hole. The resin package includes a depressed portion along the portion of the outer peripheral edge that is exposed in the exposure hole. |
| US12178130B2 |
Flexible thermoelectric devices
Thermoelectric devices (TE) devices may be used to power wearable electronics, such as watches and sensors by harvesting heat from the body. These TE devices may fully power or partially power the wearable devices to extend a usage time, or to recharge a battery. In other example embodiments, TE devices can be used to provide heating and/or cooling. The TE devices can be integrated into garments such as clothes, vests, and armbands for outdoor and indoor environments. For outdoor environments, applications include, but are not limited to, sports such as golfing, bicycling, running, walking, training, soccer, hiking, and other outdoor activities related to occupations, such as construction, fire-fighting, military operations, law enforcement, farming, underground mining, and so on. In other example embodiments, TE devices can be used to provide thermal camouflaging for people and objects so as to not be seen by thermal imaging devices. |
| US12178122B2 |
Compound, composition including the same, liquid composition, and organic electroluminescent device
Provided is a compound that has a long pot life of a solution and is able to achieve low driving voltage, high efficiency, and long lifespan of an organic electroluminescent device. The present disclosure relates to a compound having a triphenyl triazine structural moiety and including a group that has a structure in which a substituted or unsubstituted carbazole group and a predetermined number of carbazole rings are directly bonded via a single bond, as described in the specification. |
| US12178121B2 |
Luminescence device and amine compound for organic electroluminescence device
An organic electroluminescence device includes a first electrode, a hole transport region on the first electrode, an emission layer on the hole transport region, an electron transport region on the emission layer, and a second electrode on the electron transport region. The hole transport region may include an amine compound represented by Formula 1, thereby exhibiting high luminous efficiency: |
| US12178120B2 |
Amine compound and organic light-emitting device including the same
Provided are an amine compound represented by Formula 1 and an organic light-emitting device including the same. The description of the substituents in Formula 1 is the same as provided in the detailed description. |
| US12178118B2 |
Compound for organic electric element, organic electric element using the same, and electronic device thereof
Provided is a compound capable of improving luminous efficiency, stability and lifetime of an organic electronic device, an organic electric element using the same, and an electronic device comprising the element. |
| US12178108B2 |
Display device and electronic device including the same
A display device including: a window; a polarizer disposed on the window and including an opening; a display panel disposed below the polarizer and including a first display area and a second display area that has a pixel density lower than that of the first display area, wherein the second display area overlaps the opening of the polarizer; and an optical controller overlapping the second display area and is disposed on the display panel, wherein the optical controller reduces a transmittance of an optical signal. |
| US12178106B2 |
Electronic device
An electronic device includes a substrate, at least one first mesh unit, at least one second mesh unit, and a plurality of diodes. The substrate has a first region and a second region, in which the first region includes a transparent area. The first mesh unit is disposed in the first region, in which the first mesh unit includes a plurality of first mesh openings. The second mesh unit is disposed in the second region, in which the second mesh unit includes a plurality of second mesh openings. The diodes are disposed in the second region. One of the second mesh openings overlaps at least one of the diodes in a top view direction of the electronic device, and the first mesh unit and the second mesh unit are different in mesh pattern. |
| US12178100B2 |
Display apparatus
A display apparatus includes a substrate, a wire having an inner edge including first and second portions, a first insulating layer covering a portion of the substrate, and a second insulating layer. The portion of the substrate covered by the first insulating layer is closer to a center of the substrate than the wire, the first insulating layer covers a part of the first portion of the wire and a part of the second portion of the wire, and a first end of the first insulating layer is disposed on the wire. The second insulating layer covers the first insulating layer and has a second end disposed on the wire. A distance between the first end and the second end covering the first portion of the wire is different from a distance between the first end and the second end covering the second portion of the wire. |
| US12178095B2 |
Flexible display
A flexible display is disclosed. In one aspect, the display includes at least one first pattern including a plurality of display elements configured to display an image and extending in a first direction. The display device also includes at least one second pattern extending in a second direction and overlapping at least a portion of the first pattern. The second pattern has a curved shape in the first direction and the second direction crosses the first direction. The first and second patterns form at least one cavity region defining a space therebetween and the first and second patterns form a mesh structure. |
| US12178081B2 |
Display device
A display device is disclosed that may include a first active layer disposed on a substrate, a scan line disposed on the first active layer, extending in a first direction and including a first protruding portion protruding in a second direction crossing the first direction, a first compensation control line disposed on the first active layer, extending in the first direction and spaced apart from the scan line in the second direction, and a second active layer disposed on the scan line and the first compensation control line, overlapping the scan line and the first compensation control line and including a second protruding portion protruding in the first direction. The first protruding portion may be positioned outside the second active layer in the first direction in a plan view. |
| US12178078B2 |
Pixel and electronic device
A pixel includes a first capacitor connected between first and second nodes, a second capacitor connected between a first voltage line and the first node, a light emitting diode including a first electrode and a second electrode connected with a second voltage line, a first transistor including a first electrode, a second electrode, and a gate electrode connected with the second node, a second transistor including a first electrode, a second electrode, and a gate electrode which receives a scan signal, a third transistor including a first electrode, a second electrode, and a gate electrode which receives a first compensation scan signal, a fourth transistor including a first electrode, a second electrode, and a gate electrode which receives a second compensation scan signal, and a fifth transistor including a first electrode, a second electrode, and a gate electrode which receives a first light emitting signal. |
| US12178077B2 |
Display device having driving initialization transistors and diode initialization transistor
A display device may include a plurality of pixel circuits disposed adjacent to each other, the plurality of pixel circuits including a plurality of active patterns disposed to correspond to the pixel circuits, respectively. Each of the active patterns includes a first initialization channel region to which an initialization voltage is applied, a second initialization channel region to which the initialization voltage is applied, and a third initialization channel region to which the initialization voltage is applied, the second initialization channel region of each of the active patterns is connected to the first initialization channel region of the adjacent active patterns, and a first end region of the third initialization channel region is connected between the first initialization channel region and the second initialization channel region. |
| US12178070B2 |
Fabricating method of displaying base plate, displaying base plate and displaying device
The present application provides a fabricating method of a displaying base plate, a displaying base plate and a displaying device, wherein the displaying base plate includes a tapping region, an edge region surrounding the tapping region and a displaying region surrounding the edge region, and the displaying base plate within the edge region includes: a substrate base plate, and a planarization layer provided on one side of the substrate base plate; and a spacer wall and an organic functional layer that are provided on one side of the planarization layer that is further away from the substrate base plate, wherein the organic functional layer is partitioned on sides of the spacer wall; wherein a material of the spacer wall includes a photoinduced deformed material that has had an expansive deformation and a cross-linking reaction. |
| US12178068B2 |
Method of fabricating display device capable of facilitating substrate bonding with alignment key
A display device is provided. An embodiment of a display device includes a first substrate, a second substrate disposed on the first substrate, first and second partition walls disposed on the second substrate, the second partition wall being disposed outside the first partition wall, a first trench disposed inside the first partition wall and having a first width, a second trench disposed between the first and second partition walls and having a second width greater than the first width; an alignment key disposed to overlap the second trench; a first spacer disposed on the alignment key, and a sealing member disposed along an edge between the first substrate and the second substrate without overlapping the alignment key, wherein the first spacer partially overlaps the first partition wall, the second partition wall, and the sealing member. |
| US12178067B2 |
Display device
A display device includes a substrate, a plurality of pixels above the substrate, each of the pixels including a light emitting element, a display region including the plurality of pixels, a thin film transistor which each of the plurality of pixels includes, a protective film including a first inorganic insulating material and located between the thin film transistor and the light emitting element, a sealing film including a second inorganic insulating material and covering the light emitting element, and at least one through hole located in the display region and passing through the substrate, the protective film, and the sealing film, wherein the second inorganic insulating material is in direct contact with the protective film in a first region located between the through hole and the pixels. |
| US12178065B2 |
Organic light emitting display device
Disclosed is an organic light emitting display device which may improve reliability. The organic light emitting display device includes light emitting elements arranged in an active area, crack prevention layers arranged in a non-active area along the perimeter of the active area, and at least one crack detection line arranged between the active area and the crack prevention layers, and judges whether or not a crack is generated through an output resistance value from the at least one crack detection line and may thus raise yield. |
| US12178063B2 |
Organic light emitting device and display apparatus
Provided are an organic light emitting device and a display apparatus. The organic light emitting device includes an anode, a cathode, and an emitting layer disposed between the anode and the cathode, wherein the emitting layer includes a host material and a dopant material doped in the host material; the host material and the dopant material satisfy: |HOMODopant|<|HOMOHost|,|LUMODopant|<|LUMOHost|; wherein, HOMODopant is a highest occupied molecular orbit (HOMO) energy level of the dopant material, HOMOHost is a HOMO energy level of the host material, LUMODopant is a lowest unoccupied molecular orbital (LUMO) energy level of the dopant material, and LUMOHost is a LUMO energy level of the host material. |
| US12178062B2 |
OLED display substrate and display apparatus
An OLED display substrate includes a base substrate with a display region arranged thereon. First, second and third sub-pixels are arranged in the display region. A first electrode layer, a pixel defining layer, a second electrode layer, and organic functional layers are arranged in the display region. The organic functional layers include first, second and third light-emitting layers. The first light-emitting layer covers the display region and is an integral structure. The second and third light-emitting layers are arranged on a side of the first light-emitting layer towards the second electrode layer. An orthographic projection of each sub light-emitting layer of the second and third light-emitting layers on the base substrate completely covers an orthographic projection of an opening of the pixel defining layer on the base substrate, and does not overlap with orthographic projections of other openings of the pixel defining layer on the base substrate. |
| US12178061B2 |
Organic light emitting diode, manufacturing method thereof and display panel
The disclosure relates to an organic light emitting diode, a method for manufacturing the same, and a display panel. The organic light emitting diode includes: a first electrode; a second electrode disposed opposite to the first electrode; a light-emitting layer between the first electrode and the second electrode; the light-emitting layer includes a first light-emitting sub-layer and a second light-emitting sub-layer; the first light-emitting sub-layer includes a host material, a TADF sensitizer and a fluorescent guest material; the second light-emitting sub-layer includes the host material or includes the host material and the TADF sensitizer. The light-emitting layer of the organic light emitting diode of the present disclosure includes the first light-emitting sub-laver and the second light-emitting sub-layer, and thus the luminous efficiency of the red light-emitting device, the green light-emitting device, and the blue light-emitting device can be harmonized by effectively adjusting a thickness of the second light-emitting sub-layer. |
| US12178056B2 |
Sensor and electronic device
A sensor includes first and second electrodes, and an infrared photoelectric conversion layer between the first and second electrodes, the infrared photoelectric conversion layer being configured to absorb light in at least a portion of an infrared wavelength spectrum and convert the absorbed light to an electrical signal. The infrared photoelectric conversion layer includes a first material having a maximum absorption wavelength in an infrared wavelength spectrum, a second material forming a pn junction with the first material, and a third material having an energy band gap greater than the energy band gap of the first material by greater than or equal to about 1.0 eV. The first material, the second material, and the third material are different from each other, and each of the first material, the second material, and the third material is a non-polymeric material. |
| US12178053B2 |
Memory device and method of forming the same
A memory device and method of forming the same are provided. The memory device includes a first memory cell disposed over a substrate. The first memory cell includes a transistor and a data storage structure coupled to the transistor. The transistor includes a gate pillar structure, a channel layer laterally wrapping around the gate pillar structure, a source electrode surrounding the channel layer, and a drain electrode surrounding the channel layer. The drain electrode is separated from the source electrode a dielectric layer therebetween. The data storage structure includes a data storage layer surrounding the channel layer and sandwiched between a first electrode and a second electrode. The drain electrode of the transistor and the first electrode of the data storage structure share a common conductive layer. |
| US12178049B2 |
Semiconductor storage device
A semiconductor storage device includes a semiconductor substrate including a first region, a second region, and a third region, located apart from each other in such an order in a first direction in an element region. Each of the first to third regions including a source and/or drain region. The semiconductor storage device further includes a first conductor layer provided above the element region and having a first opening; a second conductor layer provided above the element region, having a second opening, and located apart from the first conductor layer in the first direction; a first contact, in the first opening, that is connected to the first region; a second contact, in the second opening, that is connected to the third region; a first memory cell connected to the first contact; and a second memory cell connected to the second contact. |
| US12178047B2 |
Semiconductor storage device and method of manufacturing semiconductor storage device
A semiconductor storage includes a stack, columns, and first, second, third, fourth, and fifth insulators. The stack includes first conductive layers, and second and third conductive layers below and above the first conductive layers, respectively. The columns penetrate the stack in a first direction. The first and second insulators penetrate the stack and are separated from each other in a second direction. The third insulator is between the first and second insulators in a third direction. The third insulator includes first and second portions apart from each other in the second direction. The fourth insulator is between the first and second portions. The fifth insulator is between the first and second portions above the fourth insulator. The second conductive layer includes two electrically-separated regions, between which the third and fourth insulators are provided. The third conductive layer includes two electrically-separated regions between which the third and fifth insulators are provided. |
| US12178042B2 |
Semiconductor device and a method of manufacturing a semiconductor device
A method of manufacturing a semiconductor device according to an embodiment of the present disclosure may include forming a first sacrificial layer including a first portion and a second portion having a thickness thicker than a thickness of the first portion, forming a stack including first material layers and second material layers alternating with each other on the first sacrificial layer, forming a channel structure passing through the stack and extending to the first portion, forming a slit passing through the stack and extending to the second portion, removing the first sacrificial layer through the slit to form a first opening, and forming a second source layer connected to the channel structure in the first opening. |
| US12178038B2 |
Integrated assemblies having wordline-driver-circuitry directly under vertically-extending wordlines
Some embodiments include an integrated assembly having a CMOS-containing base containing wordline-driver-circuitry. The wordline-driver-circuitry is subdivided amongst horizontally-extending sub-wordline-driver (SWD) units. Memory cells are over the base, and are arranged in vertically-extending rows. Each of the memory cells includes an access device and a storage element coupled with the access device. Wordlines extend vertically along the rows. Each of the SWD units is associated with at least two of the wordlines and is configured to simultaneously activate the associated wordlines. |
| US12178035B2 |
Semiconductor device having protrusion of word line
The present disclosure provides a semiconductor device. The semiconductor device includes a substrate, a dielectric layer, a first metallization layer, a first channel layer, a second metallization layer, and a second channel layer. The dielectric layer is disposed on the substrate. The first metallization layer is disposed within the dielectric layer and extends along a first direction. The first channel layer is surrounded by the first metallization layer. The second metallization layer is disposed within the dielectric layer and extends along the first direction. The second channel layer is surrounded by the second metallization layer. The first metallization layer includes a first protruding portion protruding toward the second metallization layer. |
| US12178034B2 |
Semiconductor device including buried contact and method for manufacturing the same
A semiconductor device including an active pattern; a gate structure connected to the active pattern; a bit line structure connected to the active pattern; a buried contact connected to the active pattern; a contact pattern covering the buried contact; a landing pad connected to the contact pattern; and a capacitor structure connected to the landing pad, wherein the buried contact includes a first growth portion and a second growth portion spaced apart from each other, and the landing pad includes an interposition portion between the first growth portion and the second growth portion. |
| US12178030B2 |
Display device and display apparatus
A display device has an anti-static layer extending from a cover member along a side surface of a display panel to an inner surface of a hole of a cushion plate. Thus, a contact area between the anti-static layer and the display panel may be increased, thereby reducing a brighter phenomenon and a greenish phenomenon at a distal end of the display panel. |
| US12178026B2 |
Display device
A display device includes a display panel; a chassis disposed at a rear side of the display panel; a control circuit board disposed on the chassis; a shield case disposed on the control circuit board; and a fan disposed on the chassis and adjacent to the shield case. The shield case includes a main portion spaced apart from the control circuit board in a third direction, and side portions extending toward the chassis from opposite sides of the main portion. Dimples are formed in an inner surface of the main portion facing toward the control circuit board. |
| US12178022B2 |
Manifold microchannel heat sink based on directional optimization of hotspot area
The present disclosure relates to the technical field of heat dissipation for electronic devices, and discloses a manifold microchannel heat sink based on directional optimization of hotspot areas, including a power module, a heat dissipation substrate, a cold source device, and a diverter manifold; the heat dissipation substrate is arranged on the power module, a microchannel is provided on a side of the heat dissipation substrate away from the power module and on a back of a heat generating area of the power module for carrying the power module and dissipating heat from the power module. According to the manifold microchannel heat sink based on the directional optimization of hotspot areas, the local heat dissipation performance of the power module may be preliminarily changed by optimizing the microchannel on the heat dissipation substrate, which avoids poor heat dissipation temperature uniformity in a multi-heat source system. |
| US12178017B2 |
Electronic device
An electronic device including a first shell, a second shell, a circuit board, a heat conductive member and a heat source. The first shell is made of a metal material. The second shell is disposed on a side of the first shell. The circuit board is disposed between the first shell and the second shell, and includes a through hole that passes through both sides. The heat conductive member includes a first contact portion, an extending section and a second contact portion connected in a sequential manner. The first contact portion is located on one side of the circuit board, the second contact portion is located on the other side of the circuit board, the extending section extends through the through hole, and the first contact portion abuts against the first shell. The heat source is connected to the second contact portion. |
| US12178014B2 |
Cooling device and cooling method
A cooling device according to an embodiment includes a first heat exchanger, a first pipe, a second pipe, a bypass pipe, a flow changing mechanism, and a controller. The controller is configured to monitor a detection value related to at least one of a power loss of an electric device and the temperature of a first cooling water, configured to control the flow changing mechanism so that the quantity of a second cooling water flowing from the second pipe into the bypass pipe increases in a case where the detection value is smaller than a first threshold, and configured to control the flow changing mechanism so that the quantity of the second cooling water flowing from the second pipe into the bypass pipe decreases in a case where the detection value is equal to or larger than a second threshold. |
| US12178013B2 |
Retainer for a manifold
A retainer for securing a manifold can include an aperture that can be positioned adjacent to a retention portion of a keyhole slot in a mounting structure. The retainer can be flexed away from the mounting structure when a mounting protrusion on the manifold extends through a receiving portion of the keyhole slot. The retainer can resiliently move toward the mounting structure when the mounting protrusion is moved into the retention portion of the keyhole slot to capture the mounting protrusion within the retention portion of the keyhole slot. |
| US12178010B2 |
Additive manufacturing compatible liquid-cooled PCB chassis
A liquid-cooled printed circuit board chassis, such as a Eurocard chassis, is manufactured without brazing by 3D printing a plurality of components, smoothing and completing the components by subtractive manufacture, and then aligning and assembling the final chassis, all without application of heat. Horizontal cooling channels 3D printed within the chassis components are in thermal contact with board slots, and are divided into subchannels by closely spaced internal walls that function as thermal baffles. The baffles are tilted at oblique angles to increase their cooling efficiency, and to enable AM manufacture without temporary support structures. Elastomer seals between components can connect the cooling channels to vertical connecting channels. EMI seals can be formed between the components by EMI gaskets. The components can be aligned by alignment pins, and joined together by bolts, screws, and/or adhesives. An intermediate horizontal extension can be included to accommodate shorter printed circuit boards. |
| US12178006B2 |
Microchannel heat sink device
A device including a microchannel heat sink having a first layer circle A and circle B fins and a second layer circle A and circle B fins, wherein circle A fins includes a plurality of outer ring fins and circle B fins includes a plurality of inner ring fins; a cover assembly, in which the cover assembly includes adaptors, a liquid channel, a vapor channel, and a TRV chamber; a thermal regulation valve (TRV), wherein the thermal regulation valve (TRV) is configured to enable dynamic responses for temperature control in the microchannel heat sink; and a temperature sensing mechanism, in which the temperature sensing mechanism is configured to be operable for detecting temperature variations and converting the temperature variations to pressure variations. |
| US12178004B2 |
Enhanced thermal management in electrical boxes
An apparatus cools electronic circuitry. A housing has surfaces configured to enclose the electronic circuitry and are mountable inside a cavity in a back box. At least one of the surfaces has a vent holes therein facing an exhaust opening in the back box when the housing is mounted inside the cavity. Another surface has a fan hole that faces an intake opening in the back box when the housing is mounted inside the cavity. A cooling fan is mounted onto the another surface and disposed over the fan hole. The cooling fan is configured to draw cooling air through the intake opening in the back box and the fan hole into the housing and over the electronic circuitry. The cooling air then exits the housing through the vent holes and thereafter exits the back box through the exhaust opening. |
| US12178003B2 |
Fan module with handle
A fan module and computing device with the fan module are disclosed. The fan module includes a handle configured to actuate between an operation state and a release state. The handle in the release state allows a user to vertically remove the fan module from its respective fan module slot and away from the bottom panel. |
| US12177994B2 |
Electronic device
An electronic device according to various embodiments includes a display, a first housing including an upper cover, a lower cover, a first side cover configured to connect the upper cover and the lower cover, and a pair of second side covers configured to connect the upper cover, the lower cover, and the first side cover, a first roller disposed adjacent to the first side cover and configured to wind the display, a second housing connected to the display, and a moving structure disposed opposite to the first side cover and configured to move the second housing from the first housing. |
| US12177985B2 |
Method and apparatus for manufacturing display device
An apparatus for manufacturing a display device including: a photographing member configured to photograph a first alignment mark, a second alignment mark, a third alignment mark, and a fourth alignment mark, which are provided in a display panel; and a control member configured to set an imaginary reference point, taking into account the first alignment mark, the second alignment mark, the third alignment mark, and the fourth alignment mark, which are photographed by the photographing member. The control member sets a first position which is included in the imaginary reference point and at which a first imaginary straight line connecting the first alignment mark to the third alignment mark and a second imaginary straight line connecting the second alignment mark to the fourth alignment mark cross each other. |
| US12177984B2 |
Electronic component package, electronic component series, and electronic component series forming apparatus
An electronic component package includes a base tape having an elongated shape and including housing portions, each of which houses an electronic component, and a cover tape covering the base tape. The electronic component package includes first and second seal portions welded to sandwich the housing portions between the first and second seal portions and be parallel or substantially parallel to a longitudinal direction x of the electronic component package. A peeling strength of the first seal portion between the base tape and the cover tape is higher than a peeling strength of the second seal portion between the base tape and the cover tape. |
| US12177982B2 |
Module
A module includes: a substrate having a first surface; a first component mounted on the first surface; a first protruding electrode disposed on the first surface; a first resin film covering the first component along a shape of the first component, covering at least a part of the first surface, and partially covering the first protruding electrode; and a first shield film formed to overlap with the first resin film. The first protruding electrode includes a first sharpened portion, the first protruding electrode is exposed from the first resin film in at least a part of the first sharpened portion, and the first shield film is electrically connected to the first protruding electrode by covering a portion where the first protruding electrode is exposed from the first resin film. |
| US12177980B2 |
Chip resistor, method of producing chip resisitor and chip resistor packaging structure
[Object]A method for efficiently manufacturing chip resistors is provided.[Means]The method includes the steps of preparing at least three conductive elongated boards 711 made of an electrically conductive material and a resistive member 702 made of a resistive material, arranging the at least three conductive elongated boards 711 apart from each other along a width direction crossing a longitudinal direction in which one of the at least three conductive elongated boards 711 is elongated, forming a resistor aggregate 703 by bonding the resistive member 702 to the at least three conductive elongated boards 711, and collectively dividing the resistor aggregate 703 into a plurality of chip resistors by punching so that each of the chip resistors includes two electrodes and a resistor portion bonded to the two electrodes. |
| US12177978B2 |
Circuit board
A circuit board includes a glass substrate having a first surface and a second surface facing away from the first surface; a first coil wiring pattern formed on the first surface and a second coil wiring pattern formed on the second surface, the first and second coil wiring patterns constituting part of a coil; a through hole extending through a predetermined portion of the glass substrate from an end of the first coil wiring pattern to an end of the second coil wiring pattern; a through hole inner conductive surface formed on the inner side of the through hole, the first and second coil wiring patterns and the through hole inner conductive surface constituting the coil wound around a direction perpendicular to an axis of the through hole and to a direction in which the first and second coil wiring patterns extend. |
| US12177977B2 |
Flexible printed circuit board and method of manufacturing flexible printed circuit board
A flexible printed circuit board includes a base film having an insulating property and a plurality of interconnects laminated to at least one surface side of the base film. The plurality of interconnects includes a first interconnect and a second interconnect in a same plane. An average thickness of the second interconnect being greater than an average thickness of the first interconnect. A ratio of the average thickness of the second interconnect to the average thickness of the first interconnect is greater than or equal to 1.5 and less than or equal to 50. The first interconnect includes a first conductive underlayer and a first plating layer, and the second interconnect includes a second conductive underlayer, a second plating layer, and a third plating layer. |
| US12177970B2 |
Support substrate and method for producing a support substrate
A support substrate (1), in particular a metal-ceramic substrate, as a support for electric components, comprising: —at least one metal layer (10) and—an insulating element (30), in particular a ceramic element, a glass element, a glass ceramic element, and/or a high temperature-resistant plastic element. The at least one metal layer (10) and the insulating element (30) extend along a main extension plane (HSE) and are arranged one over the other in a stacking direction (S) running perpendicularly to the main extension plane (HSE), wherein in a completed support substrate (1), a binding layer (12) is formed between the at least one metal layer (10) and the insulating element (30), and an adhesive layer (13) of the binding layer (12) has a surface resistance which is greater than 5 Ohm/sq. |
| US12177969B2 |
Modular electronic prototyping platforms
The description relates to electronic prototyping platforms. One example can include an electrically insulative substrate having generally opposing first and second major surfaces and that includes an orientation feature that is visible on both of the first and second major surfaces. The example can include a first mounting hole through the substrate that is bordered by a first electrical conductor associated with data transmission. The example can also include a second mounting hole through the substrate that is bordered by a second electrical conductor associated with electrical ground, and a third mounting hole through the substrate that is bordered by a third electrical conductor associated with electrical power. The example can also include an edge connector tab defined by the substrate and having three exposed electrically conductive contacts that are coupled to the data electrical conductor, the ground electrical conductor, and the power electrical conductor and insulated from one another. |
| US12177967B2 |
Electrically conductive film
The invention relates to an electrically conductive film (10) having an electrically nonconductive substrate layer (12), and an electrically conductive metal layer (14) that has a structure produced by material removal and that on a first side is joined, at least in sections, to the substrate layer (12). |
| US12177964B2 |
Circuit board and manufacturing method thereof and electronic device
A circuit board includes a first substrate, a second substrate, a third substrate, a plurality of conductive structures and a conductive via structure. The second substrate is disposed between the first substrate and the third substrate. The third substrate has an opening and includes a first dielectric layer, a second dielectric layer, and a third dielectric layer. The opening penetrates the first dielectric layer and the second dielectric layer, and the third dielectric layer fully fills the opening. The conductive via structure penetrates the first substrate, the second substrate, the third dielectric layer of the third substrate, and is electrically connected to the first substrate and the third substrate to define a signal path. The first substrate, the second substrate, and the third substrate are electrically connected through the conductive structures to define a ground path, and the ground path surrounds the signal path. |
| US12177963B2 |
Minimizing impedance tolerances due to misregistration
A printed circuit board of an information handling system includes a pair of signal vias including a pair of keepout objects. Each one of the keepout objects surrounds one of the signal vias. The printed circuit board includes a pair of signal traces that includes a positive signal trace and a negative signal trace, wherein the pair of signal traces are between the keepout objects, and wherein a width of each of the signal traces is increased. |
| US12177960B2 |
High frequency and high power thin film component
A surface mount component can include a first substrate and a second substrate arranged adjacent the first substrate to form a monolithic body. At least one of the first substrate or the second substrate can include a thermally conductive material that is electrically insulating. A thin film component can be arranged between the first substrate and the second substrate. A first terminal can be formed over a first end of the monolithic body. A second terminal can be formed over a second end of the monolithic body that is opposite the first end. A heat sink terminal can contact the thermally conductive material of the at least one of the first substrate or the second substrate. |
| US12177959B2 |
Ion beam target assemblies for neutron generation
Provided herein are systems, devices, articles of manufacture, and methods for generating neutrons employing a high energy ion beam target (HEIB target) and a target backing configured to be in contact with the bottom surface of the HEIR target (e.g., to generate an ion beam target assembly). In certain embodiments, the HEIB target has a thickness that is less than the penetration depth of protons or deuterons in the high energy ion beam that strikes the target. In certain embodiments, the target backing comprises a high hydrogen diffusion metal (e.g., palladium), has open spaces dispersed throughout for reduced proton diffusion distances, and has a shape and thickness such that all, or virtually all, of the protons or deuterons that pass through the HEIR target are stopped. Also provided herein are systems, devices, and methods for changing targets in an ion beam accelerator system. |
| US12177958B2 |
X-ray generating apparatus, X-ray imaging apparatus, and mold transformer
An X-ray generating apparatus comprises a storage housing, an insulating housing arranged in the storage housing, an X-ray generating tube arranged at least partly in the insulating housing, and a plurality of electrical components arranged in the insulating housing. In the X-ray generating apparatus, the plurality of electrical components include a mold transformer, the mold transformer includes a core, an insulator covering the core, and a heat-dissipating path configured to move heat from the core to an external space of the insulator, and the heat-dissipating path includes a hole provided in the insulator to extend from the external space toward the core. |
| US12177957B1 |
Method for making static-dissipative composite structure with exposed conductive fiber
Provided is a method for making a composite structure with exposed conductive fibers. The exposed conductive fibers can be used for static dissipation. In the present method, a liquid, gum, gel, or impermeable film mask is applied to the conductive fiber material. The mask functions to prevent infiltration of curable liquid resin into the conductive fiber material. The masked conductive fiber material is incorporated into the composite structure, along with structural fiber material. The liquid resin is cured. The mask material and cured resin are removed from the masked areas, thereby exposing the conductive fiber material. The exposed conductive fiber material can collect and drain electrostatic charges. The present method can be used to make storage tanks and other objects that require electrostatic charge dissipation. |
| US12177952B2 |
Apparatus and method for selectively coupling a DALI-compatible controller and/or a DALI-compatible power supply to a DALI network bus through a powerline interface of a smart control device
A smart control device includes a processor, a memory, a powerline interface, a power supply compatible with a Digital Addressable Lighting Interface (DALI) protocol, a first controller, a second controller, and configuration circuitry. The powerline interface has a set of primary contacts (Line, Load, and Neutral) and a set of secondary contacts. The set of secondary contacts includes a first pair of secondary contacts and a second pair of secondary contacts. The configuration circuitry is arranged to selectively couple (a) an output of the first controller to the first pair of secondary contacts (e.g., when there is no output from the second controller) or (b) an output of the second controller to the first pair of secondary contacts and an output (or outputs) of one or more of the first controller and the power supply to the second pair of secondary contacts. |
| US12177949B2 |
Digital jukebox device with improved user interfaces, and associated methods
Certain exemplary embodiments relate to entertainment systems that interact with users to provide access to media appropriate to and/or customized for a particular user using the entertainment system, the location at which the entertainment system is being accessed, and/or a predefined event. For example, in certain exemplary embodiments, an entertainment system in a location is configured to provide jukebox-related and entertainment system mediated services that are accessible from within and from the outside of the location, and provide (1) attract or flight media operations, (2) browsing services, and/or (3) search screens appropriate to and/or customized for a particular user using the entertainment system, the location at which the entertainment system is being accessed, and/or a predefined event. Such screens may be provided with a three-dimensional look-and-feel in certain exemplary embodiments. |
| US12177947B2 |
Magnetic induction circuit, magnetic-controlled switch circuit, circuit board, magnetic-controlled device, and magnetic-controlled lamp
A magnetic induction circuit, a magnetic-controlled switch circuit, a magnetic-controlled device and a magnetic-controlled lamp. The magnetic induction circuit includes a magnetic induction module, a voltage comparison module and a voltage output module. The magnetic induction module is configured to sense an external magnetic field to generate a first voltage signal. The voltage comparison module is configured to receive the first voltage signal, and output a second voltage signal. The voltage output module is configured to process the second voltage signal and output a third voltage signal. |
| US12177946B2 |
Two-wire dimmer with improved zero-cross detention
A two-wire lighting control device, may include a controllably conductive device, a signal generation circuit, and a filter circuit. The controllably conductive device may apply an AC line voltage to a load, being conductive for a first duration of time and non-conductive for a second duration of time within a half-cycle of the AC line voltage. The signal generation circuit may generate a non-zero-magnitude signal. And, the filter circuit may receive a signal from the controllably conductive device during the first duration of time and the non-zero-magnitude signal from the signal generation circuit during the second duration of time. The non-zero-magnitude signal may, in effect, fill-in or complement the signal from the controllably conductive device, and any delay variation as a function of the firing angle of the controllably conductive device through the filter circuit may be mitigated by the presence of the non-zero-magnitude signal. |
| US12177945B2 |
Temperature control element and sensor arrangement
Disclosed herein is a temperature control element for heating a sensor for detecting surroundings, having a three-dimensional plastic component, characterized in that at least one metallized structure is integrated into the plastic component or respectively provided therein, wherein the metallized structure is configured in such a manner that it assumes a heating function. A sensor arrangement for detecting surroundings is also disclosed, having a sensor for detecting surroundings as well as a temperature control element. |
| US12177944B2 |
Flatbed trailer de-icing systems
A system for preventing the formation of ice or removing ice from an undercarriage or roof of an automotive vehicle such as a truck or a trailer. The system comprises a combination of a network of a plurality of conductive heating elements. The system can be implemented on the undercarriage or roof without altering the configuration of the undercarriage or roof by attaching the system to a deck and cross beams of the undercarriage or roof. The system is powered by an auxiliary power unit and controlled by a thermostatic controller. |
| US12177943B2 |
Wireless backhauling system using a mono-tunnel for fast-moving mobile domains
In one embodiment, a gateway to a Layer-3 network forms a first Layer-2 tunnel between the gateway and a first wireless access point (AP) that communicates wirelessly with a first mobile node of a mobile system (MS) via a first wireless connection. The gateway generates a mapping that associates an onboard device of the MS with the first AP and an identifier for the MS, based on traffic conveyed via the first Layer-2 tunnel and associated with the onboard device, the traffic comprising a header that indicates the identifier for the MS. The gateway receives, from a second AP, an indication that the MS is roaming from the first wireless connection to a second wireless connection, the indication including the identifier for the MS. The gateway updates the mapping to associate the onboard device of the MS with a second AP, based on the indication that the MS is roaming. |
| US12177942B2 |
Dynamic use of remote units in a wireless communications system (WCS)
Systems and methods for dynamic use of remote units in a wireless communications system (WCS) include a digital routing unit (DRU) that sums incoming (uplink) signals from the remote units that have active user equipment, while suppressing signals from the remote units that do not have active user equipment. Similarly, the DRU only sends outgoing (downlink) signals to the remote units that have active user equipment. The selective summing of uplink signals improves the gain at the DRU, which allows optimization of the dynamic range of the DRU. Likewise, by selectively sending streams to the remote units, power consumption at the remote units may be reduced, which may allow for smaller, less expensive remote units to be deployed. |
| US12177939B2 |
Group communication session inactivity notification
A session management function (SMF) sends, to a user plane function (UPF), a session configuration message comprising a packet detection rule (PDR) for a group communication session, wherein the PDR comprises a multicast address mapped to a plurality of wireless devices associated with the group communication session, and a forwarding rule associated with the multicast address. The SMF receives, from the UPF, a notification of inactivity for the group communication session associated with the multicast address. The SMF sends, to the UPF and after receiving the notification of inactivity, a session modification request comprising a downlink tunnel configuration for the multicast data. |
| US12177936B2 |
Techniques for reporting uplink transmission continuity capability
Methods, systems, and devices for wireless communications are described. A user equipment (UE) may transmit, to a base station, capability signaling indicating one or more phase coherency capabilities of the UE for maintaining phase coherence across multiple uplink messages within a time interval, wherein each phase coherency capability is based on one or more channel usage characteristics associated with the time interval. The UE may receive, from the base station, a downlink message scheduling a set of uplink messages from the UE to the base station within the time interval. The UE may transmit the set of uplink messages within the time interval based on the downlink message and in accordance with at least one of the one or more phase coherency capabilities. |
| US12177935B2 |
Control apparatus, control system, vehicle, and control method
A control apparatus includes a controller configured to: determine whether a terminal apparatus is present in a vehicle with reference to first positional data that indicates a position of the vehicle and second positional data that indicates a position of the terminal apparatus; and in a case in which the terminal apparatus is determined as being present in the vehicle, determine, according to a driving state of the vehicle, whether to prohibit a first operation to be performed on the terminal apparatus. |
| US12177934B2 |
User association for integrated access and backhaul for 5G or other next generation network
In a 5G network, control unit (CU) can be connected to a radio access network controller (RC). In response to receiving measurement data from the CU, the RC can process the measurement data to determine polices and procedures related to radio resource management, and/or radio resource control, which can then be utilized to manage mobility, dual-connectivity, carrier aggregation, and/or integrated access and backhaul topology formation and routing. The measurement data provided by the CU can be provided directly to the RC without processing of the measurement data by the CU. |
| US12177933B2 |
Methods and nodes for UE-to-UE event monitoring
A network exposure node receives a reference identity for the network exposure node in a first monitoring message from a first network node. The network exposure node further retrieves, based on the reference identity for the network exposure node, an identity list of one or more subscriber UEs, which subscribed to monitoring of an event, and configuration information for the one or more subscriber UEs, which are stored in the network exposure node. The network exposure node then determines, based on the identity list and the configuration information, a second network node associated with a subscriber UE in the identity list. Next, the network exposure node transmits a report for the monitoring of the event in a second monitoring message to the determined second network node. |
| US12177926B2 |
Managing service function chains
A method (700) in a policy control function, PCF, of moving a session from a service function chain, SFC, to a new SFC, wherein the SFC comprises a first SF that modifies packets in the session. The method comprises determining (702) to update a second SF in the SFC for the session, determining (704) a new SFC for the session comprising new SFs, wherein the new SFs are selected based on the determined update to the second SF and information related to the packet modification performed by the first SF and (706) sending a first message to a session management function, SMF, comprising updated policy control rules for the session, wherein the updated policy control rules comprise an indication of the new SFC for the session. |
| US12177919B2 |
Method and device in communication nodes for wireless communication
Present disclosure provides method and device in communication nodes for wireless communication. The communication node determines that a radio connection failure occurs in a first cell, generates a first failure message; when the first condition set is satisfied, transmits a first signaling; when the first condition set is not satisfied, transmits a second signaling; and receives a third signaling; the first signaling is used for initiating a radio connection recovery performed on the first cell, the first signaling comprises a first failure sub-message; the first failure message comprises the first failure sub-message; the second signaling is used for requesting a radio resource control reestablishment; the first condition set comprises a phrase for determining that the radio connection failure occurs in the first cell; the third signaling is used for updating a radio connection; when the first condition set is satisfied, the first signaling is used for triggering the third signaling. |
| US12177917B2 |
Multi-access data connection in a mobile network
Apparatuses, methods, and systems are disclosed for establishing data paths over multiple access network for a multi-access data connection. One apparatus includes a processor and a transceiver that communicates with a mobile communication network via a first access network and/or a second access network. Via the transceiver, the processor transmits a request, over the second access network, to establish a data connection and receives a first request to set up a first data bearer for the data connection over the first access network in response to the request. Via the transceiver, the processor receives a second request to set up a second data bearer for the data connection over the second access network in response to the request, where both the first data bearer and the second data bearer are used to carry traffic of the data connection. |
| US12177915B2 |
Method and device for performing ul transmission through multi-link in wireless lan system
Proposed are a method and device for performing UL transmission through a multi-link in a wireless LAN system. In detail, a transmission STA generates a first frame including BQR information regarding the multi-link. The transmission STA transmits the first frame to a reception STA. The multi-link is a link in which first and second links are combined with each other. The BQR information regarding the multi-link includes channel state information regarding at least one of the first and second links. The first frame is transmitted through the second link. |
| US12177914B2 |
Mapping of TID and link in multi-link
In a wireless local area network (LAN) system, a station (STA) may transmit a first physical protocol data unit (PPDU) including information indicating that a first traffic identifier (TID) is mapped to a first link and a second TID is mapped to a second link. The STA may transmit traffic pertaining to the first TID through only the first link, and traffic pertaining to the second TID through only the second link. |
| US12177910B2 |
Random access message repetition techniques in beamformed communications
Methods, systems, and devices are described for transmitting multiple repetitions of a random access shared channel message in multiple slots using beamformed wireless communications. A UE may determine transmission slots for one or more of the multiple repetitions of a random access shared channel message based on slots associated with random access occasions (ROs) that are mapped to an identified synchronization signal block (SSB), such as a SSB associated with a beam that is selected for communications by the UE. In cases where slots with ROs mapped to the identified SSB are not consecutively located, one or more slot offsets may be provided for transmitting the multiple repetitions of the random access shared channel message. Slot offsets may be explicitly indicated by a base station in a random access response message, or may be determined by the UE based on a mapping of SSBs to ROs. |
| US12177908B2 |
Random access for short feedback procedures in wireless networks
The invention provides a random access mechanism for short feedback procedure. An AP provides a random-access NFRP trigger frame defining a random access for the stations to a plurality of RU tone sets. A non-AP station randomly selects a responding RU tone set from the plurality of RU tone sets and send a NDP feedback report response on the selected responding RU tone set. A dedicated backoff counter may be used for the purposes of contention to the random RU tone sets. A subsequent UL MU transmission can then be scheduled by the AP for the NDP responding stations. No unused RU is expected, improving the random-access network efficiency. Also, the number of non-AP stations that can be targeted by the random-access NFRP trigger frame can be easily increased. |
| US12177907B2 |
Wireless communication terminal for multi-user uplink transmission, and wireless communication method
The present invention relates to a wireless communication terminal and a wireless communication method for efficiently scheduling simultaneous uplink transmissions of a plurality of terminals.To this end, provided are a wireless communication terminal, the terminal including: a transceiver; and a processor, wherein the processor receives, through the transceiver, a trigger frame transmitted by a base wireless communication terminal, and performs a multi-user uplink transmission based on the received trigger frame, wherein the trigger frame includes a predetermined field indicating whether an additional trigger frame is present or not, and a wireless communication method using the same. |
| US12177905B2 |
Uplink carrier determination for random access procedure
A wireless device receives configuration parameters of a physical random access channel (PRACH) occasion, for a random access procedure, corresponding to a reference signal (RS). The wireless device determines an uplink carrier from, a normal uplink (NUL) carrier and a supplemental uplink (SUL) carrier, based on a transmission power reduction value associated with the RS. The wireless device transmits, via the PRACH occasion on the determined uplink carrier, a preamble for the random access procedure. |
| US12177904B2 |
Random access method and device
A random access method and device are provided, which can reduce the bit used to indicate the TA. The method includes: a terminal device determines a first TA; the terminal device sends a first message in a random access process based on the first TA. |
| US12177902B2 |
Wireless communication terminal and wireless communication method for clear channel allocation
The present invention relates to a wireless communication terminal and wireless communication method for clear channel assessment, and more particularly, to a wireless communication terminal and a wireless communication method for performing an efficient clear channel assessment for spatial reuse of a communication system.For this, provided are a wireless communication terminal comprising: a transceiver configured to transmit and receive a wireless signal; and a processor configured to control an operation of the terminal, wherein the processor is configured to: perform a backoff procedure of a channel for data transmission, suspend the backoff procedure when a wireless signal having a signal strength higher than a predetermined first clear channel assessment (CCA) threshold is received through the channel, identify whether the received wireless signal is a wireless signal of the same basic service set (BSS) as the terminal, and determine whether to resume the backoff procedure based on a CCA threshold determined according to the identification result and a wireless communication method using the same. |
| US12177899B2 |
Method and device for use in wireless communication nodes
A method and a device for use in wireless communication nodes are disclosed in the present disclosure. A first node firstly performs channel listening to determine that K1 sub-bands out of K sub-bands are idle; and then transmits a first control information block and a second control information block on a first channel; the first channel occupies the K1 sub-bands of the K sub-bands; K1 repetitions of the first control information block are respectively transmitted by the K1 sub-bands, while the second control information block is transmitted only once on the first channel; the first control information block is used to indicate a sub-band occupied by the second control information block. The present disclosure categorizes UCI and transmits in different ways, so that different groups of UCI can be mutually indicated, thus enhancing the uplink transmission efficiency and performance on Unlicensed Spectrum. |
| US12177898B2 |
Communication method, device and system, and storage medium
A communication method is provided. The communication method includes: determining an idle channel by a communication device; executing a first step on the idle channel, wherein the first step includes sequentially transmitting a first channel occupancy signal and monitoring a signal monitoring on the idle channel; repeating the first step for a preset number of times; and communicating on the idle channel in response to no signal being monitored during repetition of the first step. |
| US12177890B2 |
Random access method, first communication node and storage medium
Provided are a random access method and device, and a first communication node and a second communication node. The random access method is applied to a first communication node and includes the following. First timing advance information and first preamble information corresponding to the first timing advance information are sent to a second communication node. |
| US12177887B2 |
Handling missed hybrid automatic repeat request (HARQ) opportunities, multiple HARQ opportunities, or both for discontinuous reception (DRX)
This disclosure provides systems, methods, and apparatus, including computer programs encoded on computer storage media, for handling hybrid automatic repeat request (HARQ) processes with discontinuous reception (DRX) operations. A user equipment (UE) may use timers to maintain an ON duration in DRX. The UE may receive, via downlink control information (DCI), an indication of a feedback transmission opportunity (TxOP) for a HARQ process. The UE may activate a timer at the end of the TxOP regardless of whether the UE transmits feedback in the TxOP to ensure that the UE remains active. In some implementations, a base station may provide the UE with multiple opportunities to transmit a feedback message. The UE may reactivate a timer after each feedback TxOP for the same HARQ process or may activate the timer after the first feedback TxOP and may refrain from activating the timer after subsequent feedback TxOPs for the HARQ process. |
| US12177885B2 |
Methods and apparatus for uplink (UL) multiplexing and prioritization in new radio (NR) communication
A wireless transmit/receive unit (WTRU) may receive a first higher layer configuration for a cancellation indication (CI). Further, the first higher layer configuration may include a set of reference frequency resources. Also, the WTRU may receive a grant indicating a frequency allocation and a time allocation for a scheduled transmission. Further, on a condition that the CI is received, the WTRU may interrupt the scheduled transmission. Additionally, the CI may indicate a subset of frequency resources of the set of reference frequency resources for each of a set of time symbols. Also, the WTRU may cancel the scheduled transmission on a condition that the subset of frequency resources of a set of time symbols overlaps with the frequency allocation and the time allocation for the scheduled transmission. In a further example, the first higher layer configuration may include an applicable maximum priority and the grant may include a priority index. |
| US12177883B2 |
Signal transmission method and apparatus, mobile terminal, and storage medium
Disclosed in embodiments of the present application are signal transmission method and apparatus, mobile terminal, and storage medium. The method includes: acquiring transmission configuration information of a first service signal, where the transmission configuration information includes a first time-frequency resource allocated to the first service signal; receiving resource indication information, where the resource indication information is used to indicate a second time-frequency resource in which transmission of a second service signal exists; and if it is determined, according to the transmission configuration information and the resource indication information, to interrupt transmission of the first service signal in the first time-frequency resource, determining a starting position and/or an ending position at which the transmission of the first service signal is interrupted. With the aforementioned manner, it is achieved that usage efficiency of signal transmission resources is improved as much as possible on the premise that signal transmission can be stably performed. |
| US12177880B2 |
Method and access network node for scheduling transmission for terminal device
A method and an access network node are disclosed for scheduling transmission for terminal device. According to an embodiment, the access network node determines, for a transmission to be scheduled for a terminal device, whether one or more control channels required by the transmission have no collision with measurement gap and a traffic channel required by the transmission has collision with a measurement gap, based on current repetition number of the traffic channel. When determining that the one or more control channels have no collision with measurement gap and the traffic channel has collision with a measurement gap, the access network node determines a second repetition number of the traffic channel that is larger than the current repetition number of the traffic channel. The access network node schedules the transmission for the terminal device based on the second repetition number. |
| US12177877B2 |
Sending method, interference handling method, terminal, and network-side device
This disclosure provides a sending method, an interference handling method, a terminal, and a network-side device. The sending method includes: sending first information to a network-side device in a case of interference, where the first information includes at least one of the following: first indication information, where the first indication information is used to indicate first expectation information autonomously determined by the terminal, and the first expectation information includes a type of each transmission time position in a transmission period; and carrier type information, where the carrier type information corresponds to the first expectation information, or the carrier type information corresponds to second expectation information selected and determined by the terminal. |
| US12177873B2 |
Determining method, terminal, and network device
Provided by the embodiments of the present invention are a determination method, a terminal, and a network device, relating to the technical field of communications, and intended to solve the problem of uplink transmission delay in the related art when a UE uses semi-static scheduling for uplink transmission on an unlicensed band. The method include: receiving first information from a network device; the first information is used to indicate M candidate transmission opportunities for an uplink data channel in a first period, the first period is a period of semi-static scheduling resources on an unlicensed band, and M is a positive integer greater than or equal to 2; and determining M candidate transmission opportunities for the uplink data channel in the first period according to the first information. |
| US12177869B2 |
Scrambling and descrambling methods and apparatuses
A scrambling method includes: determining a first scrambling sequence and a second scrambling sequence respectively; scrambling control information included in a control channel by using the first scrambling sequence, and scrambling, by using the second scrambling sequence, service data to be transmitted by a service channel; and sending the scrambled control information and the scrambled service data to a receiver through the sidelink respectively. |
| US12177867B2 |
Dynamic TDD uplink/downlink configuration using DCI
The invention relates to a method for dynamically indicating a TDD reconfiguration to the mobile station by encoding the dynamic TDD re-configuration indication into the DCI or CRC calculated for the DCI. In one embodiment, the TDD configuration indication is implicitly encoded as an RNTI into the CRC, when scrambling the CRC for the DCI with a TDD-RNTI. In another embodiment, the TDD configuration indication is part of the DCI payload, while the CRC for the DCI is scrambled with a cell identifier, identifying the target cell for which the dynamic TDD re-configuration is to be applied. In still another embodiment, the TDD configuration indication is part of the DCI payload, where the DCI payload further includes an invalid parameter indicating to the mobile station that the DCI carries the TDD configuration indication. |
| US12177862B2 |
Wireless communication method, terminal device and network device
A wireless communication method, a terminal device and a network device are disclosed, the method includes: receiving, by a terminal device, first Downlink Control Information (DCI); and determining, by the terminal device, a priority and/or a processing time of first information scheduled by the first DCI according to at least one of an indication field in the first DCI, a searchspace for receiving the first DCI, a resource set for receiving the first DCI, a Radio Network Temporary Identifier (RNTI) for scrambling a Cyclic Redundancy Check (CRC) of the first DCI, or a format of the first DCI. |
| US12177856B2 |
Differentiation of full duplex (FD) traffic scheduling combinations in a wireless wide area network (WWAN)
This disclosure provides systems, methods, and apparatus, including computer programs encoded on computer-readable media, for implementing signaling for indicating a scheduled full duplex (FD) uplink (UL) and downlink (DL) traffic scheduling combination for differentiation of FD traffic. In some aspects, a BS may transmit a downlink control information (DCI) message that includes an indication of the scheduled FD UL and DL traffic scheduling combination. The FD UL and DL traffic scheduling combination may identify scheduled UL and DL transmissions for FD mode operation. The UE may receive the DCI message and identify the scheduled FD UL and DL traffic scheduling combination. In some aspects, the BS may provide a DCI message to the UE that indicates whether a DL transmission is being scheduled that at least partially overlaps with a scheduled UL transmission. The UE may initiate a power save mode based on the received DCI message. |
| US12177853B2 |
Communication device and SRS transmission control method
Provided are a communication device and an SRS transmission method capable of reducing the possibility of a difference in recognition between the presence or absence of an SRS transmission between a base station and a terminal or of an SRS resource so as to prevent degradation of system throughput. At a terminal (200), a reception processing unit (203) detects control information indicating whether or not to request transmission of a sounding reference signal (SRS), whereupon a transmission signal forming unit (207) transmits an A-SRS by way of control by a transmission control unit (206) on the basis of control information. The transmission control unit (206) determines whether or not to execute SRS transmission on the basis of an “SRS Transmission Execution Rule” and the reception status of trigger information. |
| US12177851B2 |
Method and device related to multiplexing of control information bits in nodes used for wireless communication
Present disclosure provides a method and a device in nodes for wireless communication. A first receiver receives a first information block, the first information block being used to determine a first radio resource pool and a first code rate, where the first code rate is a non-negative number; and a first transmitter transmits a first signal, the first signal being used to carry a first bit block and a second bit block, the first bit block including at least one control information bit, the second bit block including at least one control information bit; herein, a radio resource occupied by the first signal belongs to the first radio resource pool, a number of PRBs occupied by the first signal in frequency domain is equal to a first number, the first number being no greater than a number of PRBs included by the first radio resource pool in frequency domain. |
| US12177846B2 |
Indication of sidelink process for sidelink feedback
This disclosure provides systems, methods and apparatuses for indicating sidelink processes for sidelink feedback. A second user equipment (UE) may request hybrid automatic repeat request (HARQ) responses from a first UE for a particular set of sidelink processes over a physical sidelink feedback channel. To indicate multiple sidelink processes, the second UE may indicate, in sidelink control information, a window of sidelink processes. The window may be a sliding window that starts with a starting sidelink process and extends through other sidelink processes. The second UE may transmit data for the sidelink processes in the sliding window and receive feedback for the indicated sidelink processes. In some aspects, the first UE may select, in coordination with the second UE, the sidelink processes for which feedback is to be provided. |
| US12177843B2 |
Resource block grid alignment at sidelink nodes
Methods, systems, and devices for wireless communications are described to support resource block (RB) grid alignment at user equipments (UE) in sidelink communications. In a first example, communicating UEs may support different RB grids and a receiving UE may attempt multiple decoding hypotheses for receiving a sidelink control channel from a transmitting UE, where each hypothesis may correspond to a different RB grid. In a second example, an RB grid for a sidelink control channel may be common, or aligned, for a transmitting UE and a receiving UE, such that the receiving UE may receive the sidelink control channel using the common RB grid. In a third example, demodulation reference signals (DMRSs) and resource element (RE) rate matching for a sidelink control channel may be common, or aligned, for a transmitting UE and a receiving UE, such that the receiving UE may receive the control channel using the aligned DMRSs. |
| US12177842B2 |
Orthogonal time frequency space precoding of control channel and shared channel communications
Various aspects of the present disclosure generally relate to wireless communication. In some aspects, a user equipment (UE) may precode a physical sidelink control channel (PSCCH) communication using a first delay-Doppler precoder. The UE may precode a physical sidelink shared channel (PSSCH) communication using one or more second delay-Doppler precoders. The UE may transmit the PSCCH communication and the PSSCH communication in a slot after precoding the PSCCH communication and the PSSCH communication. Numerous other aspects are described. |
| US12177839B2 |
User equipment and method for system information modification and acquisition procedure
A base station (BS) and a method for system information (SI) modification procedure are provided. The method includes transmitting, to a user equipment (UE), downlink control information (DCI) with a cyclic redundancy check (CRC) scrambled by a paging radio network temporary identifier (P-RNTI), the DCI including an SI modification bit and a public warning system (PWS) notification bit. The DCI enables the UE to perform an SI acquisition procedure in a case that the SI modification bit is set. The DCI enables the UE to acquire at least one of an earthquake and tsunami warning system (ETWS) notification and a commercial mobile alert system (CMAS) notification immediately after the UE determines that the PWS notification bit is set. |
| US12177838B2 |
Parameter determination method and device for coordinated multi-point transmission
Provided are a parameter determination method and device for coordinated multi-point transmission. The parameter determination method includes steps described below. A first parameter is determined, and a second parameter is determined according to the first parameter. The uncertainty problem of some parameter values in the coordinated multi-point transmission in the related art is solved. |
| US12177835B2 |
Terminal apparatus to transmit hybrid automatic repeat request information and related communication method
A terminal apparatus includes a receiver and a transmitter. The receiver receives, from a base station, a downlink assignment index (DAI) that is transmitted by means of a downlink control information (DCI) format. The DAI indicates an accumulative number of a transmitted physical downlink shared channel (PDSCH) included in a group of PDSCHs. A range of the accumulative number of which the DAI is indicative is variably configured. The transmitter, in operation, transmits, to the base station, hybrid automatic repeat request acknowledgement (HARQ-ACK) information based on the DAI. |
| US12177834B2 |
Methods and apparatuses for signaling framework for flexible beam management
The methods and apparatuses for signaling framework for flexible beam management in a wireless communications network. A method performed by a UE comprises: receiving, from a network node, via a higher layer, a configuration of at least one information element (IE), said configuration comprising at least: an identifier (ID) unique to each IE and ID(s) of one or more uplink (UL) resource(s) and/or downlink (DL) resource(s) that is/are used to indicate at least a spatial filter or beam direction for transmission of at least a Physical Uplink Shared Channel (PUSCH) resource and/or a Physical Uplink Control Channel (PUCCH) resource, and/or a Sounding reference Signal (SRS) resource; and applying the configuration provided in the at least one IE for the transmission of the PUSCH resource, and/or the PUCCH resource and/or the SRS resource. There is also provided a method performed by a network node, a UE and a network node. |
| US12177833B2 |
Method for optimization of dedicated uplink resource transmission
Provided is a method for a method to operate a base station being part of a cellular network, the base station being configured for conducting a preconfigured periodical uplink communication schedule with at least one user equipment. The base station negotiates with the user equipment for setting up the preconfigured periodical uplink communication schedule. A downlink data flag indicating if the user equipment is prepared to receive downlink data in conjunction with at least one preconfigured periodical uplink communication occasion is received. Network resources are allocated at a time synchronized with the preconfigured periodical uplink communication schedule of a data transmission as part of a preconfigured periodical uplink communication occasion. Other embodiments are disclosed. |
| US12177830B2 |
Resource configuration for non-connected state
Data may be communicated during a connected state of the wireless device using configured resources. The wireless device may transition to a non-connected state (e.g., an inactive state, an idle state, a radio resource control (RRC)_INACTIVE state, and/or an RRC_IDLE state). A release message, for transitioning the wireless device from the connected state, may indicate at least one resource for the wireless device to use to be able to send and/or receive data in the non-connected state. The at least one resource may be different from resources used in the connected state. |
| US12177827B2 |
Transmitting group scheduling control information over a physical downlink shared channel
Methods, systems, and devices for wireless communication are described. A wireless device may obtain group control information in a group common physical downlink shared channel (PDSCH), determine resources for communicating on a shared channel based on the group control information, and communicate on the resources of the shared channel. A base station may configure a user equipment (UE) group comprising at least one UE, transmit, in a group common physical downlink shared channel (PDSCH), group control information for scheduling the at least one UE for communicating on a shared channel, and communicate on the shared channel with the at least one UE. |
| US12177823B2 |
Method for indicating buffered downlink data, downlink data acquisition method and access point
A method for indicating buffered downlink data, a method for obtaining downlink data and an access point are provided. The method for indicating buffered downlink data includes: generating a beacon frame, where the beacon frame includes an information bit for indicating buffered downlink data, and the information bit for indicating buffered downlink data is configured to indicate whether downlink data is buffered in the beacon frame; and transmitting, in a listening frequency band of each station, the beacon frame to the corresponding station, where the listening frequency band is a frequency band at which the corresponding station listens to obtain the downlink data. |
| US12177820B2 |
Method and apparatus for slot structure indication
A method and apparatus for slot structure indication is disclosed. In one embodiment, a method performed by a wireless communication node includes: transmitting a physical channel to a wireless communication device, wherein the physical channel comprises a slot format related information (SFI) field for SFI indication; configuring a period of the physical channel monitoring occasion for a wireless communication device to receive the SFI field; and transmitting the period to the wireless communication device via a higher layer signaling. |
| US12177813B2 |
Techniques for resource allocation for avoiding beam conflict in sidelink communications
Various aspects of the present disclosure generally relate to wireless communication. In some aspects, a user equipment (UE) may receive a sidelink configuration that indicates a set of sidelink slots comprising a first subset of sidelink slots to be used for first transmissions of sidelink communications and a second subset of sidelink slots to be used for second transmissions of the sidelink communications. The UE may communicate based at least in part on the sidelink configuration. Numerous other aspects are described. |
| US12177810B2 |
Reducing unsuccessful paging
Methods, systems, and devices related to digital wireless communication, and more specifically, to techniques related to reducing unsuccessful paging. In one exemplary aspect, a method for wireless communication may include receiving a paging reception configuration from a communication node. The method may also include determining a first paging occasion and a second paging occasion associated with the terminal located along a time domain based on receiving the paging reception configuration. The method may also include receiving a paging message from the communication node during a second paging occasion. |
| US12177809B2 |
Communication of paging notifications associated with multiple wireless networks
According to one configuration, a wireless network environment includes a first wireless network and a second wireless network. A mobile communication device in the wireless network environment receives first paging notifications directed to the mobile communication device from a first wireless base station such as operated by a first wireless network service provider. The mobile communication device receives second paging notifications directed to the mobile communication device from a second wireless base station such as operated by a second wireless network service provider. The wireless network environment provides improved paging over conventional techniques. |
| US12177807B2 |
Interface conversion device, control circuit, storage medium, and anomaly detection method
An interface conversion device of a mobile communication system includes: a delay amount measurement unit that measures a delay amount from a difference between an input time at which the mobile communication system has acquired a periodically transmitted time-synchronization signal and an output time at which the mobile communication system outputs the time-synchronization signal; a memory that stores delay amount history information including the measured delay amount; a variation evaluation unit that measures a variation amount indicating an instantaneous variation of the delay amount, using the delay amount history information and evaluates whether the variation amount is within an allowable range; and an anomaly detection unit that detects a communication anomaly in the mobile communication system on the basis of a result of the evaluation. |
| US12177805B2 |
Integrated access backhaul node downlink timing adjustment in presence of frequency offset
A method for adjusting transmit timing is disclosed. The method includes determining a reference timing advance value TAref, receiving a time offset parameter; and adjusting downlink transmit timing based on i) detected downlink receive timing of radio node and ii) the reference timing advance value TAref and the time offset parameter. |
| US12177800B2 |
Signaling for enabling full-duplex communications in the presence of a timing advance
Methods, systems, and devices for wireless communication are described. In some wireless communications systems, a user equipment (UE) may receive a control signal allocating downlink resources and uplink resources, where the uplink resources puncture the downlink resources and are allocated for transmitting feedback control information. The UE may generate an uplink signal containing the feedback control information and one or more cancelation tones for canceling interference between a downlink signal and the uplink signal in accordance with a timing advance value. Additionally, or alternatively, the UE may generate an uplink signal including the feedback control information, where the uplink signal contains uplink symbols and cyclic extensions appended to the uplink symbols, and the cyclic extensions may be based on the timing advance value. The UE may transmit, while receiving downlink data on the downlink resources, the uplink signal including the feedback control information using the set of uplink resources. |
| US12177797B2 |
Time-averaged radio frequency (RF) exposure per antenna group
Certain aspects of the present disclosure provide techniques for operating a wireless communication device pursuant to radio frequency (RF) exposure with antenna grouping. An example method of wireless communication by a user equipment generally includes accessing a stored backoff factor associated with an antenna group among a plurality of antenna groups. The method also includes transmitting, from at least one transmit antenna in the antenna group, a signal at a transmission power level based on the backoff factor in compliance with an RF exposure requirement. |
| US12177794B2 |
Modifying transmit powers of uplink signals associated with different radio access technologies (RATs)
This disclosure provides systems, methods, and apparatuses for sharing a maximum transmit power limit between a first radio access technology (RAT) and a second RAT. In one aspect, a wireless communication apparatus may reduce the maximum transmit power limit of a first uplink signal associated with the first RAT to obtain a first transmit power. The wireless communication apparatus may allocate a second transmit power remaining from the maximum transmit power limit to a second uplink signal associated with the second RAT. The wireless communication apparatus may reduce the maximum transmit power limit when the wireless communication apparatus is located at a cell edge, and a higher priority of the first RAT in relation to the second RAT may otherwise result in the second transmit power of the second uplink signal not satisfying a threshold. |
| US12177792B2 |
Method and apparatus for reporting uplink power headroom in wireless communication system
The disclosure relates to a 5G or 6G communication system for supporting a higher data transmission rate. According to an embodiment of the disclosure, a method performed by a terminal in a communication system includes determining whether a power headroom reporting (PHR) is triggered; identifying at least one of a first power headroom (PH) value for a first physical uplink shared channel (PUSCH) corresponding to a first resource index or a second PH value for a second PUSCH corresponding to a second resource index based on a determination that the PHR is triggered; identifying a PHR medium access control control element (MAC CE) related to at least one of the first PH value or the second PH value; and transmitting the PHR MAC CE via at least one of the first PUSCH or the second PUSCH. |
| US12177791B2 |
Fixed wireless access for multi-unit structures
Embodiments of the present disclosure are directed to systems and methods for providing fixed wireless access to user devices located within structures. A structure, such as a multi-unit structure, may comprise one or more consolidated access points configured to wirelessly communicate with both a radio access network and one or more fixed wireless access devices that are coupled to an exterior window or wall of the structure. Fixed wireless access devices may have a portion mounted on the exterior of an exterior window or wall and comprise components to wirelessly communicate with the consolidated access point or radio access network. The fixed wireless access device may also have an interior portion mounted on the interior that routes signals to user devices within the structure and wirelessly powers the exterior portion. |
| US12177789B2 |
Method and apparatus for allocating path loss for power control
A path loss calculation method and apparatus for power control. The method includes determining a target transmit power value according to at least one transmit power value used during direct unicast communication with a receiver device; receiving a current target reference signal received power (RSRP) value returned by the receiver device, wherein the target RSRP value is an RSRP value obtained by the receiver device by means of high layer filtering; and determining a target path loss value according to the target transmit power value and the current target RSRP value. |
| US12177783B2 |
Discontinuous reception (DRX) with sidelink (SL)
Systems and method for configuring and providing discontinuous reception (DRX) operations in sidelink (SL) mode 1 and mode 2 are disclosed. A first user equipment (UE) may operate in DRX communications with a second UE over a SL while concurrently maintaining DRX communications with a base station. In some embodiments, DRX operations may include the first UE monitoring for either one or both of transmissions in a downlink from a base station and in the SL from the second UE during an active period of a DRX cycle of the DRX configuration. In embodiments, the UE may extend the active period associated with the DRX cycle when control information from either the base station or the second UE is received. Other aspects and features are also claimed and described. |
| US12177778B2 |
Secure energy constrained mesh network
An energy-constrained wireless mesh network is disclosed suitable for unattended sensor devices in rural or off-grid areas. The mesh network can be used in both a secure and insecure mode as desired. A series of rounds is used to communicate synchronously between a base station and wireless devices that are multiple hops away from the base station. Adaptive data rate techniques may be used to optimize data exchanges between networked devices. |
| US12177774B2 |
Provision of data analytics in a telecommunication network
A communication method and a system for converging a 5th-Generation (5G) communication system for supporting higher data rates beyond a 4th-Generation (4G) system with a technology for Internet of Things (IoT) is provided. The disclosure is applied to intelligent services based on the 5G communication technology and the IoT-related technology, such as a smart home, a smart building, a smart city, a smart car, a connected car, health care, digital education, a smart retail, security and safety services. A method performed by a first entity performing a network data analytics function (NWDAF) is provided. The method includes receiving, from a second entity performing network function (NF), a first message for requesting observed service experience analytics, the first message including single-network slice selection assistance information (S-NSSAI) indicating a network slice, transmitting, to a third entity performing application function (AF) associated with the S-NSSAI, a second message for requesting service data associated with the observed service experience analytics, the second message including information on at least one application, receiving, from the third entity, the service data including at least one service experience for the at least one application, identifying the observed service experience analytics based on the service data, and transmitting, to the second entity, the observed service experience analytics. |
| US12177770B2 |
Systems and methods for maintaining seamless mobile data communication using intelligent WAN interface switching
This disclosure is directed to providing a seamless and secure connection between an electronic device (e.g., a mobile device such as a cellular phone) and a network during network switching. A device (e.g., a network interface card) may be used to hold SIM card stacks or embedded SIM (eSIM) stacks and intelligently and automatically configure network interfaces to maintain seamless and secure data link connection during network switching, thus providing the electronic device connection to networks with enhanced or optimized quality of service (QoS). |
| US12177769B2 |
Systems/methods of 5G agility
Systems/methods are disclosed wherein, responsive to instructions received from a destination device, wireless transmissions to the destination device are enabled comprising first, second, third and/or fourth non-overlapping intervals of time; respective first, second, third and/or fourth pluralities of subcarriers; respective first, second, third and/or fourth sets of frequencies; and respective first, second, third and/or fourth air interfaces that differ from one another in a physical layer aspect thereof. Analogous systems/methods of wirelessly receiving from the destination device are also disclosed. |
| US12177768B2 |
Maintaining access to services via SIM card
Implementations of the subject technology provide for storing a temporary certificate on a mobile device for accessing services in association with a primary number. A device determines that a first subscriber identity module (SIM) card, previously used by the device, is not available for use by the device. The device determines that a second SIM card is available for use by the first device within a predetermined time period after the first SIM card is determined to be not available for use by the device. The device confirms that a communication identifier of the first SIM card is strongly tied to a user account associated with the device. The device stores a temporary certificate that attests to continued ownership of the communication identifier by the device and allows the device to access at least one service in association with the communication identifier. |
| US12177763B2 |
Radio access control method, apparatus, and system
A radio access control method is provided. The method includes a terminal device receiving access control information sent by an access network device, the access control information indicating a barred service type and a barred data transmission attribute to the terminal device. The terminal device determines whether to send a radio resource control connection request to the access network device based on the barred service type and the barred data transmission attribute. The data transmission attribute comprises a transmission scheme type, and the transmission scheme type is used to indicate a transmission scheme used by the terminal device for transmitting service data used by the terminal device, thereby improving network resource utilization. |
| US12177754B2 |
LTE gateways for home and commercial sensor data
Aspects of the subject disclosure may include, for example, a device that receives data from a machine-type communication (MTC) device located at a premises, determines an identifier for the MTC device; compares the identifier with a list of identifiers; and, responsive to determining that the MTC device is a listed device, transmits the data to a first network element remote from the premises. The device and the first network element do not receive data from devices at the premises generating human traffic communications (HTC). The first network element transmits the data to a second network element for aggregation and subsequent transmission to a cloud data facility comprising cloud storage. A data path from the device to the first network element, from the first network element to the second network element, and from the second network element to the cloud data facility forms a secure data path. Other embodiments are disclosed. |
| US12177752B2 |
Optimization of services applied to data packet sessions
A method for operating a session control entity configured to control a data packet session for a mobile subscriber in a network, wherein at least one service is applied to the data packet session by a service application entity, the method includes at the session control entity receiving a first request from a requestor requesting application of the at least one service, in which it is requested that the requestor be informed of a current status of at least one session related parameter of the data packet session, and transmitting a notification to the requestor, the notification having the current status of the at least one session related parameter. |
| US12177751B1 |
System, method, and computer program for transferring subscriber identity module (SIM) information for SIM card or eSIM activation
A system, method, and computer program are provided for activating an eSIM from a SIM card or another eSIM. In one implementation, a request to activate an eSIM from a SIM card or another eSIM is received. Additionally, responsive to the request, first information associated with the SIM card or the other eSIM and second information associated with the eSIM is accessed. Further, at least one action to activate the eSIM from the SIM card or the other eSIM is caused to be performed, where the at least one action is based on the first information and the second information. |
| US12177748B2 |
System information design for new radio (NR) vehicle-to-everything (V2X) sidelink operation
This disclosure relates to embodiments New Radio (NR) vehicle-to-everything (V2X) communication. Some of embodiments generate system information block (SIB) messages having configurations for V2X communication modes, and transmit the SIB messages to a user equipment (UE). V2X communication modes include unicast, groupcast and broadcast modes. An example configuration includes a sidelink communication using a V2X communication mode. |
| US12177744B2 |
Uplink control channel resource allocation for acknowledgement of downlink multicast/broadcast
Support for multicast and broadcast data transmissions and acknowledgement feedback for the transmissions are being considered in 5G new radio (NR). Resource allocation techniques are provided to allocate uplink control channel resources for acknowledgement of downlink multicast/broadcast (MC/BC) data transmissions. An apparatus, such as a user equipment, receives a multicast/broadcast (MC/BC) configuration indicating a first physical uplink control channel (PUCCH) resource set for transmitting MC/BC acknowledgment (ACK)/negative acknowledgment (NACK), and a unicast configuration indicating a second PUCCH resource set for transmitting unicast ACK/NACK feedback. The apparatus also receives MC/BC data from a base station. The apparatus determines a first PUCCH resource from the first PUCCH resource set for transmitting MC/BC ACK/NACK feedback in response to the received MC/BC data and based on the received MC/BC configuration. The apparatus transmits the MC/BC ACK/NACK feedback to the base station in the determined first PUCCH resource. |
| US12177739B2 |
Location services (LCS) client in a next generation (NG) radio access network (RAN)
An approach is described for a method for a radio access node (RAN) node in a fifth generation (5G) wireless communication or a new radio (NR) system that includes the following steps. The method includes generating a request for location information of a user equipment (UE). The method further includes transmitting the request to an access and mobility function (AMF). The method further includes receiving a response from the AMF, wherein the response comprises the location information of the UE. |
| US12177730B2 |
Adaptation of measurement configuration for non-terrestrial networks
According to an example embodiment, a client device comprises at least one processor and at least one memory including computer program code. The at least one memory and the computer program code may be configured to, with the at least one processor, cause the client device to: receive a measurement configuration from a first network node device, receive a preconfigured condition for the measurement configuration from the first network node device, and in response to the preconfigured condition for the measurement configuration being fulfilled, use the measurement configuration. A client device, a network node device, methods, and computer programs are disclosed. |
| US12177728B2 |
Method and apparatus for handoff of multiple bearers with differing quality of service levels in a wireless communication system
A terminal device and a method of operating a terminal device in a wireless communication network. The method comprises establishing, by the terminal device, a first radio connection with a first network access node for transmission of data via a first bearer and a second radio connection with the first network access node for transmission of data via a second bearer. Based on a difference between quality of service for the data transmission via the first bearer and the second bearer, a third radio connection is established between the terminal device and a second network access node for transmission of the data via the first bearer; and the third radio connection is established between the terminal device and the second network access node, a fourth radio connection is established between the terminal device and the second network access node for transmission of the data via the second bearer. |
| US12177724B2 |
Method for guaranteeing data transmission and communications device
A method for guaranteeing data transmission and a communications device are provided. A method for guaranteeing data transmission applied to a first communications device includes: obtaining first information; and determining, based on the first information, a differentiated services code point DSCP corresponding to an Internet protocol security tunnel IPsec tunnel; where the first information includes at least one of the following: quality of service QoS information of a second network tunnel, data type information, a mapping relationship between differentiated service code points DSCPs and QoS information, a first QoS information requirement, and a first DSCP. |
| US12177722B2 |
Systems, apparatuses, and methods for reducing network bandwidth usage by robots
Systems, apparatuses, and methods for reducing network bandwidth usage by a fleet of robots. According to at least one non-limiting exemplary embodiment, robots coupled to a server collect and produce a substantial amount of data, only a portion of that data being useful for operators to monitor behavior of the robot. The present disclosure provides for, inter alia, optimized systems, apparatuses, and methods for operators to extract the useful data using only reduced bandwidth of cellular LTE networks or Wi-Fi networks. |
| US12177720B2 |
Methods, systems, and computer readable media for notification delivery
Methods, systems, and computer readable media for notification delivery are disclosed. One example method for notification delivery comprises: at a network function including at least one processor: receiving a first message indicating that first notification data is available for a first notification receiver; determining, during an overload or congestion condition, that a computed priority value for a first notification message associated with the first message indicates an acceptable priority value for delivery during the overload or congestion condition, wherein the computed priority value is computed using a first priority value associated with the first notification message and a minimum priority value and a maximum priority value associated with the first notification receiver and/or a first service type; and sending the first notification message to the first notification receiver. |
| US12177719B2 |
Buffer status report transmission method, terminal and scheduling device
The present disclosure provides a buffer status report transmission method, a terminal and a scheduling device. The method includes: transmitting a buffer status report to a scheduling device, where the buffer status report is used to indicate at least one piece of target information as follows: a data size of and a corresponding channel for sidelink data to be transmitted; a transmission type of sidelink data to be transmitted; a transmission object of sidelink data to be transmitted; beam information of sidelink data to be transmitted; and a buffer type of sidelink data to be transmitted. |
| US12177716B2 |
Method and system for improving responsiveness in exchanging frames in a wireless local area network
A method and system for improving responsiveness in exchanging management and control frames in a wireless local area network are disclosed. An initiator sends a frame (action frame, management frame, CSI frame, control frame, or data frame) to a responder. Upon correctly receiving the frame, the responder sends a response frame to the initiator instead of directly sending an acknowledgement (ACK) packet. The responder preferably accesses the wireless medium to send the response frame in a short inter-frame spacing (SIFS). With this scheme, a long delay associated with having to contend for the wireless medium to send the response frame is avoided and therefore, the responsiveness and timeliness of the feedback mechanism is significantly enhanced. The response frame may be piggybacked on or aggregated with another packet. |
| US12177704B2 |
Carrier specific scaling factor in cellular networks
The present application relates to devices and components including apparatus, systems, and methods for carrier-specific scaling factor for measurements with or without measurement gaps. |
| US12177703B2 |
Dynamic measurement period for wireless communications in a high-speed mode
The present application relates to devices and components including apparatus, systems, and methods to perform measurements on reference signals or synchronization signal. In an example, timing requirements for performing such measurements can be dynamically changed depending on, at least, a measurement on one of the reference signal or the synchronization signal. |
| US12177700B2 |
Transmission speed testing of a wireless local network
A wireless testing system is provided that testing transmission speeds associated with a WLAN or other wireless network. In one instance, a network transmission between a device in a telecommunications network and a modem be measured and initiated via an application executed on a mobile device. One or more Wi-Fi speed tests may also be performed to determine a transmission speed between a wireless device associated with the premises and the modem of the WLAN. To conduct the Wi-Fi speed test, a mobile device (such as the mobile device executing the application) may transmit, in some instances in response to an input to the mobile device, an instruction to the test controller to conduct the Wi-Fi speed test. The measured transmission speeds may be controlled by a controller that may store the speed test results in a network repository available to the mobile device. |
| US12177699B2 |
Terminal and communication node
A terminal that communicates simultaneously with a first communication node and a second communication node includes a detection unit that detects a failure in communication with the second communication node; and a transmitting unit that transmits notification including failure information and positional information to the first communication node, the failure information concerning a failure in communication with the second communication node and the positional information being obtained at the time when the failure was detected. In another aspect a communication node is also disclosed. |
| US12177697B2 |
Method and apparatus for evaluating a radio frequency for use in a cell-area of a wireless network
Evaluating a radio frequency for user in a selected cell-area in a wireless network that is or will be served by a base-station operating at the radio frequency involves identifying user equipment within the selected cell-area that are or can be served by the base-station, identifying potentially interfering devices operating at the same radio frequency as the base-station, and estimating an interference impact from the identified potentially interfering devices to communication between the base-station and the identified user equipment. |
| US12177694B2 |
QoS monitoring for unicast/ groupcast over sidelink communication
There are provided measures for enabling/realizing flexible and adaptive QoS monitoring for unicast/groupcast over sidelink communication, which may preferably be capable of enhancing support of unicast/groupcast services over sidelink communication. Such measures exemplarily comprise obtaining a request for QoS monitoring for unicast/groupcast over sidelink communication with a specified quality-of-service profile, which indicates at least one target QoS metric to be monitored, determining a QoS monitoring procedure, wherein a scheme for enforcing QoS monitoring over sidelink communication in collaboration with at least one unicast/groupcast receiving-side device is decided, and performing the QoS monitoring procedure, wherein QoS monitoring messages are exchanged with the at least one unicast/groupcast receiving-side device over the sidelink communication with the specified QoS profile in accordance with the decided scheme and the at least one target quality-of-service metric is derived based thereon. |
| US12177690B2 |
Dynamic antenna beam management
Systems and methods are provided for dynamically modifying an antenna profile to increase network performance. Initially, it is determined that one or more user devices communicating using at least a first wireless communication protocol and operating using uplink split mode are connected to a sector. Performance of a plurality of other user devices communicating using a second wireless communication protocol and connected to the sector are monitored. Upon determining that the performance of at least one user device of the plurality of other user devices is below a threshold, the antenna profile is dynamically adjusted to narrow a beam associated with the first wireless communication protocol such that at least one or more user devices capable of communicating using at least the first wireless communication protocol is unable to communicate using the first wireless communication protocol. |
| US12177685B2 |
Radio frequency design sheet change listener for wireless network documents
Embodiments are directed towards providing document change alerts in a cloud-based wireless network system. A list of a plurality of target radio frequency design sheets is obtained. One or more cloud-based folders is then search for the plurality of target radio frequency design sheets. One or more corresponding target radio frequency design sheets are identified during the search. A last-modified date of the corresponding target radio frequency design sheet is compared to a target date. In response to the last-modified date of the corresponding target radio frequency design sheet being more recent than the target date: a most recent version of the corresponding target radio frequency design sheet is maintained and an older version of the corresponding target radio frequency design sheet is archived. A modification notification is then sent to at least one user associated with the corresponding target radio frequency design sheet that changed. |
| US12177680B2 |
System, method, and apparatus for providing dynamic, prioritized spectrum management and utilization
Systems, methods, and apparatuses for providing dynamic, prioritized spectrum utilization management. The system includes at least one monitoring sensor, at least one data analysis engine, at least one application, a semantic engine, a programmable rules and policy editor, a tip and cue server, and/or a control panel. The tip and cue server is operable utilize the environmental awareness from the data processed by the at least one data analysis engine in combination with additional information to create actionable data. |
| US12177678B2 |
System, method, and apparatus for providing dynamic, prioritized spectrum management and utilization
Systems, methods, and apparatuses for providing dynamic, prioritized spectrum utilization management. The system includes at least one monitoring sensor, at least one data analysis engine, at least one application, a semantic engine, a programmable rules and policy editor, a tip and cue server, and/or a control panel. The tip and cue server is operable utilize the environmental awareness from the data processed by the at least one data analysis engine in combination with additional information to create actionable data. |
| US12177670B2 |
Man in the middle attack detection in BLE high accuracy distance measurement
A system that is capable of detecting a Man in the Middle attack is disclosed. The system includes a receive circuit for receiving incoming packets. The system also includes a digitized model of at least part of the receive circuit and optionally part of the transmit circuit. The system compares the output from the digitized model with the output from the read circuit to determine the likelihood of a Man in the Middle Attack. In certain embodiments, the digitized model is a finite impulse response filter with multiple taps. The system correctly identifies Man in the Middle attacks more than 90% of the time when the signal to noise ratio is greater than 20 dB. |
| US12177666B2 |
Enhancement of authentication
Methods and apparatus for enhancement of authentication. A method performed by a communication device may comprise sending a first request to a communication equipment, wherein the request comprises a communication device identifier of the communication device. The method may further comprise receiving a first response from the communication equipment, the first response comprising one or more parameters. The method may further comprise generating a first key and a second key based on the received response; The method may further comprise sending a second request to the communication equipment, the second request comprising the first key and a message based on the second key. |
| US12177665B2 |
System for processing mobile resource transfers using secure tokens on a distributed register
A system is provided for processing mobile resource transfers using secure tokens on a distributed register. In particular, each mobile device may be associated with a unique, immutable data identifier that may be stored within the distributed register. Resource transfers initiated by the mobile device may be authenticated by the resource transfer servers using the secure token associated with the mobile device along with the resource transfer data or metadata transmitted by the mobile device. Based on the historical data associated with the mobile device in conjunction with the secure token and resource transfer data and metadata, the resource transfer server may initiate an authorization process on the resource transfer requested by the mobile device. In this way, the system provides a secure way to process mobile resource transfers. |
| US12177658B2 |
Methods and apparatus for secure voice communications
A first dual SIM user equipment (UE) has a first wireless connection to first Citizens Broadband radio Services Devices (CBSD) of a first network and a second wireless connection to a second CBSD of a second network. Different encryption and different frequency hopping patterns are used with regard to communicating the same voice packet information over the first and second wireless connections. The same voice information is attempted to be redundantly communicated over the two connections, e.g. concurrently or with a slight delay with regard to the two connections. The CBRS communications are typically less reliable than cellular licensed spectrum communications, and a particular encrypted voice packet may, and sometimes is lost; however, the redundancy is used to compensate for expected losses. Successfully recovered encrypted voice packets are sent from the CBSDs to a packet synchronizer which performs decryption and combines the recovered packets into a single packet stream. |
| US12177651B2 |
Traffic steering in a heterogeneous network
Techniques for traffic steering are disclosed. A first signal characteristic of a first connection between an electronic device and a first wireless communications network is determined. A second signal characteristic of a second connection between the electronic device and a second wireless communications network is also determined. Based on the first signal characteristic and the second signal characteristic, the electronic device is prevented from attempting to establish the second connection until one or more establishment criteria are met. |
| US12177650B2 |
Audio signal output method, audio signal output device, and audio system
An audio signal output method is provided. The audio signal output method includes acquiring audio data including an audio signal and sound source location information indicating a location of a sound source, acquiring the audio data and the sound source location information from the acquired audio data, performing sound image localization processing of a head-related transfer function on the acquired audio signal based on the acquired sound source location information, outputting the processed audio signal to an earphone, and outputting the acquired audio signal that has not been performed with sound image localization processing to a speaker, in a state where the location of the sound source indicated by the sound source location information is in a predetermined location. |
| US12177642B2 |
Speaker-element and speaker comprising such a speaker-element
A speaker-element for a speaker includes two substantially mutually opposing spaced apart membrane planes, where each membrane plane comprises at least one electromagnetic wire arranged for creating a magnetic field upon an electric current passing through the electromagnetic wire. A permanent magnet is arranged between the two membrane planes, the electromagnet wires of the two membrane planes are connectable to an electric power source so that the electric current passes therethrough in substantially mutually opposing directions to create substantially mutually opposing magnetic fields, such that upon passing an electric current through the electromagnetic wire of each membrane plane said membrane planes are both either attracted towards or repulsed from the permanent magnet and thereby moved towards or away from each other, respectively, thereby producing a sound wave. |
| US12177640B2 |
Amplifier-speaker selector for musical instruments
An audio signal switching device is configured to route a source signal to one of multiple connected amplifiers and or more connected speakers in accordance with user-selected parameters. Unselected amplifiers may be muted at their inputs and have outputs switched to a protective load. The device may include connections to route an amplified signal through external effects loops and/or bypass such loops. The device may include a bypassable signal attenuator between the selected amplifier's output and a selected speaker. Systems and methods of using such devices and processing signals in accordance with the disclosure are also disclosed. |
| US12177639B2 |
Wearable electronic device
A wearable electronic device may be formed from a layer of fabric having opposing first and second ends. The ends may have first and second respective ear openings that receive a user's ears and may have speakers for playing audio. A soft central portion of the fabric between the ends may overlap the user's eyes. The wearable electronic device may have control circuitry that receives power from a power source. Sensors may be used to gather sensor information such as biometric sensor information. The sensors, control circuitry, and power source may be mounted in a stiff edge portion of the fabric. The stiff edge portion of the fabric may have an elongated strip shape and may extend along an upper edge of the central and the electronic device. Stiffener structures sandwiched between inner and outer layers of the fabric may be used to support speakers. |
| US12177636B2 |
Controlling multi-site media playback systems
Systems and methods for controlling multi-site media playback systems include, among other features, a computing system (i) receiving, from a first media playback device connected to a first network, a first registration message, (ii) in response to receiving the first registration message, assigning a system identifier and a first subsystem identifier to the first media playback device, (iii) receiving, from a second media playback device connected to the first network, a second registration message, (iv) in response to receiving the second registration message, assigning the system identifier and the first subsystem identifier to the second media playback device, (v) determining that the second media playback device is disconnected from the first network and connected to a second network, and (vi) in response to determining that the second media playback device is connected to the second network, assigning a second subsystem identifier to the second media playback device. |
| US12177634B2 |
Antenna for a bone-anchored hearing aid
A bone-anchored hearing aid is disclosed. A bone-anchored hearing aid for a recipient may comprise an antenna configured to transmit and/or receive a wireless signal, an electronic circuit configured to receive the wireless signal, one or more vibrator leads, a vibrator configured for receiving an electrical signal from the electronic circuit via the one or more vibrator leads, and the vibrator may be configured to provide a vibrational stimulation to the recipient patient based on the electrical signal. Furthermore, the hearing aid includes a vibrator housing configured to accommodate at least the vibrator, and wherein each of the one or more vibrator leads may be connected to the vibrator and to the vibrator housing via a capacitance, and where the capacitance is configured to eliminate at least a parasitic coupling between the vibrator and the vibrator housing for improving the performance of the antenna. |
| US12177628B2 |
Speaker arrangement structure
A speaker arrangement structure includes: a speaker device provided in an A-pillar (front pillar) of a vehicle and configured to turn and transmit sound, produced upward, toward a vehicle compartment; a curtain airbag extending in an up-down direction along an extending direction of the A-pillar and attached to the front pillar; and a bracket configured to attach a lower end of the curtain airbag to the front pillar. The speaker device is arranged below the bracket. |
| US12177621B2 |
Headset communication system
Disclosed in the embodiments of the present application is a headset communication system. The headset communication system comprises: a bone conduction headset, comprising a first Bluetooth module; an intercom device, comprising a first external interface; an external communication module, comprising a second external interface and a second Bluetooth module. The external communication module is detachably provided in the intercom device and being coupled to the intercom device by means of the first external interface and the second external interface, and the bone conduction headset and the intercom device perform Bluetooth pairing by means of the first Bluetooth module and the second Bluetooth module so as to establish a Bluetooth connection. |
| US12177620B2 |
Voice controlled venting for insert headphones
An insert headset apparatus utilizes a user generated sound signal such as the user's own voice to control de-occlusion and make the user's own voice sound normal. A voice accelerometer or microphone is used to detect when the user or a nearby person is speaking. When the voice of the user or a nearby person is detected a valve is opened. The valve enables venting of the ear canal, resulting in de-occlusion. |
| US12177619B2 |
Wearable waterproof audio device and SmartWatch necklace headphones
A waterproof audio earphone device with at least one brace with a curved shape, is configured in a necklace-like manner, with an adjustable securing mechanism coupled to a portion of the brace, to tighten the brace about the prospective user's neck. A smartwatch or music device holder (optionally removable) is disposed in the brace near chest level and a waterproof wireless communication module is coupled to the brace and configured to communicate to a prospective smartwatch/music device disposed in the holder. Audio volume control buttons are disposed on the wireless communication module or the brace or along the earphone wire(s). A pair of earphones are coupled via wires to at least one of the wireless communication module(s) and the brace. And water sealing tips disposed interior of the earphones, the tips preserving the audio quality of the earphones when worn in an aquatic or semi-aquatic setting by a prospective user. |
| US12177618B2 |
Adjustable headphone
The present disclosure provides an adjustable headphone including a head band assembly and two earpieces attached to two ends of the head band assembly, respectively. The head band assembly includes first and second elongate pieces each extending over a portion of the length of the head band assembly. At least one of the first and second elongate pieces is movable along the length of the head band assembly and including a first length portion and a second length portion having a larger bending strength than the first length portion. |
| US12177616B2 |
Marine speaker box assembly
A speaker box assembly for mounting on a watercraft with a housing having a length and comprising a top, bottom, and front wall, wherein the front wall of the housing has a plurality of openings spaced apart along the length thereof. Each opening is configured for mounting a speaker therein. An interior cavity is configured to support a speaker body therein. The speaker box assembly is configured with at least one mounting surface which may be on a top or bottom wall and the mounting surface has at least one aperture therein for installing the speaker box in connection with an external surface of the watercraft using a fastener inserted through the aperture and connecting with the watercraft. |
| US12177612B2 |
Projection display system
A projection display system includes a light source assembly, a wavelength adjusting assembly, and a modulation assembly. The light source assembly is configured to emit projected light. The wavelength adjusting assembly is disposed on an optical path of the projected light for adjusting spectrum of the projected light, and a ratio of luminous efficacy of adjusted projected light to luminous efficacy of monochromatic light corresponding to a dominant wavelength of the projected light is greater than a preset ratio, and color gamut of the adjusted projected light satisfies a preset color gamut coverage. The modulation assembly is disposed on a light exiting path of the wavelength adjusting assembly and configured to modulate light emitted by the wavelength adjusting assembly and output corresponding image light to form projection image. |
| US12177606B2 |
Method of allowing user to participate in video conference using QR code and method of participating, by user, in video conference using QR code
Provided is a method of allowing a user to participate in a video conference using a quick response (QR) code, which is a method performed by a server connected to a plurality of participant terminals and a user terminal via a wired/wireless network, the method including: generating a conference session with the plurality of participant terminals to initiate the video conference; generating identification information for identifying the video conference so that the user terminal is allowed to access the video conference; transmitting the identification information to a participant intermediary terminal that is one of the plurality of participant terminals; and upon recognizing, by the user terminal, a QR code output on the participant intermediary terminal, allowing the user terminal to participate in the video conference. |
| US12177605B2 |
Remote conference system, output image control method, and output image control program
There is provided a remote conference system that remotely implements a conference using a plurality of operating devices respectively operated by a plurality of participants, and the remote conference system includes a hardware processor that: outputs a first image shared by the plurality of participants to cause the first image to be displayed on each of the plurality of operating devices; determines an output destination on a basis of a state of a requesting device operated by a requester among the plurality of operating devices; and outputs a second image different from the first image to cause the second image to be output from the output destination determined by the hardware processor in a state in which the first image is displayed on the requesting device. |
| US12177597B2 |
Eye contact optimization
Systems and methods for conducting a videoconference including receiving multimedia streams of a plurality of participants in a multimedia conference, the multimedia streams including audio components and video components and displaying video tiles of the participants on a display screen. The audio components and/or the video components of the multimedia streams are analyzed to detect characteristics indicative of a first participant and a second participant having a first conversation with each other. Camera positions on the computing devices of the participants are identified. In response to identifying that the first participant and the second participant are having the first conversation with each other, a video tile for the first participant and a video tile for the second participant are moved to edges of the respective display screens toward the camera positions. |
| US12177596B2 |
System and method for creating background blur in camera panning or motion
Systems, imaging devices and methods for creating background blur in camera panning or motion. Using an imaging device with an image sensor, a method may comprise selecting an object to be tracked in a scene, recording an image or an image stream, and aligning the selected object optically and/or digitally to a same position on the image sensor while the selected object moves relative to the imaging device or relative to the scene, thereby creating a blurred image background and/or foreground relative to the selected object and a sense of panning or motion. |
| US12177594B2 |
Photoelectric conversion device
A photoelectric conversion device includes a plurality of pixels, a plurality of output lines, to which signals from corresponding pixels are output, respectively, an amplification unit arranged corresponding to each of the plurality of output lines and configured to amplify a signal output to a corresponding output line, a comparison unit arranged corresponding to each of the plurality of output lines and having a first input terminal and a second input terminal, a signal corresponding to an output of the amplification unit being input to the first input terminal, a reference signal being input to the second input terminal, and a switch connecting nodes of the plurality of output lines. During a period before an offset clamping operation is completed, the switch is turned on. |
| US12177589B2 |
High K metal-insulator-metal (MIM) capacitor network for lag mitigation
A pixel circuit includes a photodiode configured to photogenerate image charge in response to incident light. A floating diffusion is coupled to receive the image charge from the photodiode. A transfer transistor is coupled between the photodiode and the floating diffusion. The transfer transistor is configured to transfer the image charge from the photodiode to the floating diffusion. A reset transistor is coupled between a reset voltage and the floating diffusion. A plurality of capacitor-switch pairs is coupled between the reset transistor and a bias voltage source. Each of the plurality of capacitor-switch pairs includes a lateral overflow integration capacitor (LOFIC) and a switch transistor coupled to the LOFIC. |
| US12177587B2 |
Photoelectric conversion apparatus, photoelectric conversion system, moving body, semiconductor substrate, and method for driving photoelectric conversion apparatus
An apparatus includes a plurality of pixels arranged in an array, a first group of pixels that are arranged in a first direction among the plurality of pixels, a first line to which the first group is connected, a second group of pixels that are arranged in the first direction among the plurality of pixels, and a second line to which the second group is connected. The first line is connected to a first source. The second line is connected to a second source. The apparatus further includes a control unit configured to: (1) perform control to increase a current flowing through the second source while performing control to decrease a current flowing through the first source, or (2) suppress a variation of total amount of flowing current by changing the current flowing through the second source in response to a change in the current flowing through the first source. |
| US12177584B2 |
Solid-state imaging device, method of driving the same, and electronic apparatus
The present technology relates to a solid-state imaging device that can improve imaging quality by reducing variation in the voltage of a charge retention unit, a method of driving the solid-state imaging device, and an electronic apparatus. A first photoelectric conversion unit generates and accumulates signal charge by receiving light that has entered a pixel, and photoelectrically converting the light. A first charge retention unit retains the generated signal charge. A first output transistor outputs the signal charge in the first charge retention unit as a pixel signal, when the pixel is selected by the first select transistor. A first voltage control transistor controls the voltage of the output end of the first output transistor. The present technology can be applied to pixels in solid-state imaging devices, for example. |
| US12177582B2 |
Detector and detection system
A detector includes a unit cell array in which a plurality of unit cells are arranged. The plurality of unit cells include a first unit cell including a first conversion element and a first amplification transistor including a control electrode connected to the first conversion element, the first unit cell being configured to output a signal obtained by amplifying the signal charge by the first amplification transistor, and a second unit cell including a second amplification transistor including a control electrode connected to a constant voltage source, the second amplification transistor being configured to output a signal corresponding to a voltage of the constant voltage source by the second amplification transistor. The first unit cell and the second unit cell are disposed in an irradiated region in the unit cell array, the irradiated region being configured to be irradiated with the energy beam. |
| US12177581B2 |
Image processing device, image processing method, image processing program, and imaging device
Provided are an image processing device, an image processing method, an image processing program, and an imaging device capable of generating two pieces of moving image data subjected to different pieces of image processing. A processor is configured to perform processing of calculating a first image processing parameter from first moving image data obtained by imaging, processing of generating second moving image data from the first moving image data based on the first image processing parameter, processing of storing the first moving image data in the memory, and processing of generating third moving image data from the first moving image data stored in the memory based on a second image processing parameter calculated from the first moving image data with a lapse of a time (T) after the first moving image data starts to be stored in the memory. |
| US12177580B2 |
Image processing method, camera assembly and mobile terminal
An image processing method, a camera assembly and a mobile terminal. The image processing method includes: obtaining a Bayer image and a panchromatic image, obtaining an RGB image after processing the Bayer image with a first processing algorithm and a demosaicing algorithm, obtaining a luminance image after processing the panchromatic image with the first processing algorithm, obtaining a fused RGB image by fusing the RGB image and the luminance image, and obtaining a YUV image after processing the fused RGB image with a second processing algorithm. |
| US12177579B2 |
Image sensor mechanism for pre-processing analog pixel data of pixel array to reduce design complexity and save power consumption for digital processing circuit
A method of an image sensor device includes: providing a pixel array having a plurality of pixel units; using a pixel pre-processing circuit for receiving a plurality of analog pixel signals respectively from the plurality of pixel units to perform a low-pass filter operation upon the plurality of analog pixel signals in analog domain to generate a plurality of analog processed signals, a number of the plurality of analog processed signals being smaller than a number of the plurality of analog pixel signals; using an analog-to-digital converter for converting the plurality of analog processed signals in the analog domain into a plurality of digital processed signals in digital domain; and, transmitting the plurality of digital processed signals in digital domain into a digital processing circuit coupled to the analog-to-digital converter. |
| US12177573B2 |
Information processing apparatus, information processing method, and storage medium
An information processing apparatus receives a user operation for issuing an instruction for reproducing a trace recording including information about (a) at least one of a pan value, a tilt value, a zoom value, and a value related to image quality conditions in a predetermined period for a first image capturing unit and (b) tally information indicating a state of video delivery in the predetermined period of the first image capturing unit, controls at least one of the pan value, the tilt value, the zoom value, and the value related to image quality conditions for the first image capturing unit according to the trace recording during a period in a case where the trace recording is being reproduced according to the received user operation, and displays information indicating the state of video delivery of the first image capturing unit according to the tally information recorded in the trace recording. |
| US12177572B2 |
Object tracking by event camera
A tracking system is disclosed utilizing one or more dynamic vision sensors (e.g., an event camera) configured to generate luminance-transition events associated with a target object, a depth estimation unit configured to generate based on the luminance-transition events depth data/signals indicative of a distance of the target object from the event camera, a spatial tracking unit configured to generate based on the luminance-transition events spatial tracking signals/data indicative of transitions of the target object in a scene of the target object, and an error correction unit configured to process the depth and spatial tracking data/signals and generate error correcting data/signals for the tracking of the target object by the one or more dynamic vision sensors. |
| US12177571B2 |
Image capturing device and auto-framing method applied therefor
An image capturing device includes an optical zoom lens module, a processing module, and a motion sensing module. The optical zoom lens module captures an image corresponding to a first field of view according to a preset parameter. An auto-framing unit of the processing module defines a second field of view according to the position of a main object in the image corresponding to the first field of view, and the second field of view is smaller than the first field of view. The processing module controls the optical zoom lens module to capture images corresponding to the second field of view. When the motion sensing module detects that a suspected object enters the first field of view, it transmits a switching signal to the processing module, which controls the optical zoom lens module to capture the image corresponding to the first field of view. |
| US12177570B2 |
Driving means for camera
A camera assembly comprising a casing, a carrying component, a magnetic component, a light sensing component, and a carrying board. The casing comprises a lens accommodating groove, a housing, and a base on which the housing is disposed. The lens accommodating groove is disposed between the housing and the base. An opening of the lens accommodating groove is disposed at the housing. The carrying component comprises a carrying body and a first coil disposed on a periphery of the carrying body. The carrying component is assembled in the lens accommodating groove. The magnetic component is disposed on a periphery of the first coil and on an inner wall of the lens accommodating groove. The light sensing component comprises a light sensing member, a baseplate, and a second coil. |
| US12177568B2 |
Signal processing device, signal processing method, signal processing program, imaging apparatus and lens apparatus
Provided are a signal processing device, a signal processing method, a signal processing program, an imaging apparatus, and a lens apparatus capable of accurately removing an offset from an output signal of a blurring detection sensor. The signal processing device comprises the blurring detection sensor and a processor. The processor is configured to execute processing of extracting a first feature amount relating to the offset from the output signal of the blurring detection sensor, processing of integrating the output signal, processing of extracting a second feature amount relating to the offset from a value obtained by integrating the output signal, processing of calculating the offset on the basis of the first feature amount and the second feature amount, and processing of subtracting the calculated offset from the output signal. |
| US12177564B2 |
Imaging apparatus, control method for imaging apparatus, and storage medium for determining an in-focus position of a focus lens
An apparatus includes a control unit configured to control a position of a focus lens of the apparatus, an acquisition unit configured to acquire an event signal indicating a position of a pixel in which a luminance change has occurred and a time when the luminance change has occurred, and a determination unit configured to determine an in-focus position of the focus lens by acquiring, for each position of the focus lens, an evaluation value based on the event signal. |
| US12177563B2 |
Image capture device having an event mode and method thereof
An image capture device configured to record a digital image. The capture device includes a body having an imaging component and an orientation sensor, wherein the body is orientable by a user between at least a horizontal orientation and a vertical orientation. The device further includes a processor coupled to the orientation sensor to determine the orientation of the body, and activating the imaging component to record the digital image (a) in a landscape aspect ratio when the body is determined to be in the horizontal orientation and (b) in a portrait aspect ratio when the body is determined to be in the vertical orientation. A user interface includes an event mode that, when selected by the user, instructs the processor to activate the imaging component to record the digital image in a landscape aspect ratio when the body is determined to be in the vertical orientation. |
| US12177562B2 |
Image-capturing apparatus, control method, and storage medium
An image-capturing apparatus is provided. The image-capturing apparatus has an imaging sensor, a controller, and a communication interface. The controller controls operation timings of the image-capturing apparatus. The communication interface outputs an image captured by the imaging sensor and control information of the imaging sensor to the outside at timings controlled by the controller. The controller can control the operation timings of the image-capturing apparatus in accordance with a synchronization signal input to the image-capturing apparatus. The controller synchronizes the synchronization signal and the operation timings of the image-capturing apparatus before the control information is output to the outside, when an instruction to output the control information to the outside is input while the synchronization signal and the operation timings are not synchronized. |
| US12177559B2 |
Personalized videos
Systems and methods for providing personalized videos are provided. An example method includes receiving preprocessed videos including a target face and facial expression parameters of the target face, modifying the preprocessed videos to generate one or more personalized videos by replacing the target face with a source face, where the source face is modified to adopt the facial expression parameters of the target face, providing a user interface enabling a user to share at least one personalized video of the one or more personalized videos with a further user of a further computing device, determining that an application to be used to share the personalized video does not allow auto-play of the personalized video in a video format, in response the determination, exporting the personalized video of the one or more personalized videos into an image file, and sharing the image file via the application. |
| US12177556B2 |
Photographing control method, mobile platform, control device, and storage medium
A photographing control method includes receiving a photographing parameter for a trajectory point from a control terminal, obtaining mobile-platform attitude data for the trajectory point, establishing a correspondence relationship between the photographing parameter for the trajectory point and the mobile-platform attitude data for the trajectory point, and, in response to detecting that a current operation attitude of a mobile platform matches the mobile-platform attitude data for the trajectory point, controlling a photographing device of the mobile platform to perform photographing according to the photographing parameter. |
| US12177553B2 |
Display device
The present disclosure provides a display device, including a display panel and a camera, the camera is attached to a side of the display panel by an optical glue, wherein the camera includes a housing, a lens, and a spacer. The spacer is fixed on a side of the housing facing the display panel and completely covers a light incident surface of the lens, wherein a first surface of the spacer is attached to the side of the display panel by the optical glue, and the first surface of the spacer is a flat surface, which prevents a problem of reduced optical effect of the camera. |
| US12177551B2 |
Systems and methods for high quality imaging using a color-splitting meta-optical computation camera
In an embodiment, a system comprises a first camera including a first filter having a spectral response, a first meta-optic lens, and a first sensor. The system comprises a second camera including a second filter having a spectral response different than the spectral response of the first filter, a second meta-optic lens, and a second sensor. The system also comprises a processor configured to receive a representation of a first image of a scene captured by the first camera, receive a representation of a second image of the scene captured by the second camera, and generate a representation of a superposed image of the scene based on the representation of the first image and the representation of the second image, the representation of the superposed image having an aberration lesser than an aberration of the representation of the first image and an aberration of the representation of the second image. |
| US12177550B2 |
Lens device for forming image, and imaging apparatus and imaging method with lens device
There are provided a lens device, an imaging apparatus, and an imaging method that suppress the occurrence of overexposure by dimming or blocking totally reflected light. The lens device (100) includes: an optical system (100A); a wavelength polarizing filter unit (130) that is disposed at a pupil position of the optical system (100A) or near the pupil position and includes a plurality of aperture regions, a plurality of optical filters that are disposed in the plurality of aperture regions and include two or more optical filters transmitting lights having a part of wavelength ranges different from each other, and a plurality of first polarizing filters that are disposed in the plurality of aperture regions and are at least two first polarizing filters having polarization directions different from each other; and a first circularly polarizing optical element (101) that is provided between a subject and the wavelength polarizing filter unit. |
| US12177545B2 |
Electronic device and functional module thereof
An electronic device and a functional module are provided. The electronic device includes a body and a functional module. The body has a first installation space, and a second limiting portion is disposed in the first installation space. The functional module includes a functional component and a drive apparatus. The drive apparatus is connected to the functional component. The drive apparatus includes an output shaft. The output shaft is connected to a first limiting portion, and the output shaft drives the first limiting portion to rotate between a first position and a second position. In a case that the first limiting portion is in the first position, the first limiting portion is fitted with the second limiting portion to restrict detachment of the functional module from the first installation space. |
| US12177537B2 |
Program production apparatus, program production method, and recording medium
A program production apparatus or the like that is suitable for reflecting information with respect to persons who distribute or broadcast programs as well as viewers. A program production apparatus 1 generates program data using a character. A performance determination unit 5 determines a performance using the character. A program production unit 7 generates the program data using the performance determined by the performance determination unit 5. The performance determination unit 5 adjusts movement of the character and/or adjusts at least one from among lines spoken by the character, BGM, and sound effects, according to the file format of the program data generated by the program production unit 7, so as to determine the performance. |
| US12177535B2 |
Methods and apparatus to generate a signature based on signature candidates
Methods, apparatus, systems and articles of manufacture are disclosed to generate a signature based on signature candidates. An example apparatus disclosed herein includes first means for determining an alignment point of a first candidate signature segment and a second candidate signature segment, the first candidate signature segment and the second candidate signature segment include time data and signature data, the alignment point based on the time data of the first candidate signature segment and the time data of the second candidate signature segment, means for comparing a first signature to a second signature at the alignment point, the first signature representative of media included in the first candidate signature segment, the second signature included in the second candidate signature segment, and means for stitching the second signature to the first signature based on the comparison to generate a stitched signature, the stitched signature to be used for media crediting. |
| US12177534B2 |
Method, system and device for playing effect in live room
Embodiments of the present disclosure relate to the technical field of computer processing, and provide an effect playback method and system for a live room, and a device. The method comprises: recognizing an article in a live room; determining a corresponding effect according to a target attribute of the article and the live room, wherein the correspondence among the article, the target attribute, and the effect is preset; and playing back the effect in the live room. |
| US12177532B2 |
Yield optimization of cross-screen advertising placement
The current invention relates to a computer-generated method for optimizing placement of advertising content across multiple different devices. The system permits targeting of advertising content to consumers on TV and mobile devices that can be operated from within a multi-channel video programming distributor's environment. The system is able to use hard and soft constraints to come up with a number of possible targets for an advertising campaign and can then provide tools for optimizing those targets. The system can allocate advertising campaigns and plans to various inventory types based on the probability of accurate consumer matching. Consumer matching can be achieved by generation of look-alike models in a consumer's device graph to predict future consumption behavior. The system includes an interface through which a user can adjust various constraints and optimize a distributor's revenue yield from advertising. |
| US12177531B2 |
Method, an apparatus and a computer program product for video encoding and video decoding
The embodiments relate to a method including generating a bitstream defining a presentation including an omnidirectional visual media content; encoding into the bitstream a parameter to indicate viewport-control options for viewing the presentation, wherein the viewport-control options includes options controllable by a receiving device and options not-controllable by the receiving device and sending the bitstream to the receiver device; receiving one of the indicated viewport-control options from the receiver device as a response; streaming the presentation to the receiver device; when the response has included an indication on a viewport-control controllable by the receiving device, the method also includes receiving information on viewport definitions from the receiver device during streaming of the presentation and adapting the presentation accordingly; when the response has included an indication on a viewport-control not-controllable by the receiving device, the presentation is streamed to the receiver device according to the viewport-control specified in the response. |
| US12177529B2 |
Virtual set top
Techniques for providing multimedia content in a virtual set top system are described. In some embodiments, a stream switchover method for UI rendering is performed at a device (e.g., a server) with one or more processors and a non-transitory memory. The server distributes a first stream that includes a plurality of frames. The server receives a request for a user interface (UI) from a client. In response to receiving the request, the server generates a second stream by locating an encoder to encode the plurality of frames into the second stream based on the first stream, instructing the encoder to accelerate encoding of the plurality of frames and facilitating blending of the UI into the second stream with the plurality of frames. The server then switches the client from the first stream to the second stream. |
| US12177528B2 |
Systems and methods for generating a media-based result to an ambiguous query
Systems and methods are described herein for providing a search result based on an ambiguous voice query. The system comprises receiving an ambiguous voice query relating to an object from a user, retrieving a viewing history of the user for about a list of media assets viewed by the user, determining, from the list of media asset, a media asset that is likely to contain the object based at least in part on metadata of the media asset and the ambiguous voice query, searching content of the determined media asset to identify a segment within the media asset that contains the object, and generating a display of information about the object identified from the segment. |
| US12177527B2 |
TV side bar user interface
Systems and methods for a media content user interface. A media content provider includes storage for storing and serving video content to subscribers. The media content provider records and or otherwise stores video content from around the world. Subscribers are provided a user interface to the system that includes a side bar. The side bar includes multiple elements representing different categories of video content. By selecting a given category, available content is filtered according to the selected category and presented. Content which is presented may include live broadcast video for multiple channels on multiple television networks or other content providers. The side bar may further include a collection category specific to a given viewer. Selection of such a category may display video content within the collection. Subcategories in the side bar may be selected for further filtering of available content. |
| US12177524B2 |
Television receiver wager staging
A television receiver may present live television programming along with a sports gaming interface that indicates various betting options that are selectable by a television viewer via a remote control. The television receiver may receive a selection of a betting option presented in the sports gaming interface. A request may then be sent to a mobile device of the television viewer. The television receiver may in response to the selection, transmit a bet identifier of the selected betting option and an account identifier to the television service provider system. After a user has funded the bet and completed the transaction via a mobile device, the sports gaming interface may indicate the active bet. |
| US12177520B2 |
HDMI customized ad insertion
Disclosed herein are system, apparatus, article of manufacture, method and/or computer program product embodiments, and/or combinations and sub-combinations thereof, for ad insertion by a display device coupled to a media device via a high-definition media interface (HDMI) connection, where the media device provides media content and/or a control signal. When the media device pauses the media content, the display device can determine that a pause event has occurred and insert an ad shown on the display device. Further, some embodiments include determining the context and/or content of the media content that is paused, and determining an ad that is customized to the determined context and/or content to be displayed on the display device. In some embodiments, the display device can determine additional information from the control signal that may also be used to determine the ad to be displayed on the display device. |
| US12177517B2 |
Methods and apparatus to measure exposure to streaming media
Methods and apparatus to measure exposure to streaming media are disclosed. An example apparatus includes communication interface circuitry to obtain metering data, the metering data including a first metadata tag extracted from media at a time corresponding to a media event associated with the media, the metering data omitting second metadata tags extracted from the media by a media monitor, the second metadata tags identified for omission based on a temporal proximity of the second metadata tags to the media event, the first and second metadata tags extracted from the media when the media is presented; memory; instructions included in the apparatus; and processor circuitry to execute the instructions to determine a first exposure of an audience to the media based on the metering data, the first exposure being the same as a second exposure determined based on an analysis of the first metadata tags. |
| US12177515B2 |
Method and apparatus for transmitting/receiving digital broadcast
According to an embodiment of the present disclosure, there is provided a method and apparatus for transmitting/receiving a digital broadcast. The method for transmitting a digital broadcast, the method comprising: configuring AV data; configuring broadcast data; configuring application signaling information (ASI) by considering at least one of the AV data and the broadcast data or combination thereof; configuring an MPEG-based transport stream by multiplexing the AV data, the broadcast data and the ASI; and transmitting the MPEG-based transport stream, wherein the ASI includes data for driving an application executed by a broadcast receiver. |
| US12177512B2 |
Video processing method and apparatus, electronic device, and storage medium
A video processing method and apparatus, an electronic device, and a storage medium are provided. The method comprises: in response to a triggering operation acting on a first control in a video editing interface, displaying a first operation region for a first object; in response to an operation acting on the first operation region, displaying a first feature of the first object in the first operation region; and adding a second object with a second feature to a target video, to present the second object according to the second feature during a process of playing the target video, wherein the second feature corresponds to the first feature. |
| US12177509B2 |
System and method for labeling and presenting content
In an example, a first content item is provided for display on a first client device. A first feedback signal is received. The first feedback signal is indicative of one or more first user reactions to display of the first content item on the first client device. The first content item is provided for display on a second client device. A second feedback signal is received. A first popularity score associated with the first content item is determined based upon the first feedback signal and the second feedback signal. A first popularity label is assigned to the first content item based upon the first popularity score. An enhanced content presentation interface including the first content item is generated based upon the first popularity label assigned to the first content item. The enhanced content presentation interface including the first content item is presented on a third client device. |
| US12177508B2 |
Media playback synchronization of multiple playback systems
A system includes a primary playback system and a secondary playback system. The primary playback system plays back selected content. The secondary playback system plays back supplemental media associated with the content played back on the primary playback system. A media playback function (such as associated with the secondary playback system) monitors playback of the content on the primary playback system. For example, a first processing thread of the media playback function initially synchronizes playback of supplemental media on the secondary playback system with respect to playback of the content on the primary playback system. Based on further monitoring of playing back the content on the secondary playback system, a second processing thread of the media playback function verifies synchronization (and, when needed, initiates re-synchronization) of playback of the supplemental media on the secondary playback system with respect to playback of the content on the primary playback system. |
| US12177505B2 |
Video streaming system preloading of video content
Systems, devices and processes are provided to facilitate the delivery of video content in a video streaming system. Specifically, the various embodiments can provide improved responsiveness by reducing the delay that occurs between when a user acts to initiate video streaming and when the video content is transmitted, received and displayed on a display screen. In general, these embodiments reduce delay by preloading video streaming content in response to detecting particular patterns of movement of a remote control. Specifically, these embodiments monitor for movement of the remote control and determining if a detected movement corresponds to a likely initiation of video streaming. When such movements are detected, the embodiments begin preloading the video streaming content at the video player device. |
| US12177501B2 |
Systems and methods for edge server content delivery
Content providers may wish to display different versions of content to different users, which may require different versions of the content to be deliverable. The assignment of a particular version of the content to a particular user may also need to persist over time for that particular user. It may be desirable that this functionality occurs at an edge server of a content delivery network, rather than at an origin server. In some embodiments, the edge server may receive a user request including a user identifier for content from a user device; identify an experiment key for the user request based at least in part on the user identifier, the experiment key associated with an experimental version of the content; and transmit an experiment fetch request including the experiment key to an edge cache to retrieve the experimental version of the content. |
| US12177498B2 |
Systems and methods for facilitating seamless flow content splicing
Systems, methods, machine-readable media, and media device are provided to facilitate seamless flow content splicing to dynamically insert particularized content items in television programming content. A plurality of particularized content items may be received and stored in a content store. First content that corresponds to television programming may be received and processed to detect a first set of color characteristics of video content. A subset of the particularized content items may be selected based on matching a second set of color characteristics of the subset of the particularized content items to the first set of color characteristics of the video content corresponding to the television programming. The first content may be output for display. Then, the subset of the particularized content items may be output for display in succession so that display of the subset of the particularized content items directly follows display of the first content. |
| US12177491B2 |
Loop filter implementation method and apparatus, and computer storage medium
Provided are a method and apparatus for in-loop filtering and a computer storage medium. The method includes that: a picture to be filtered is acquired, the picture to be filtered being generated in a video coding process of an original picture in a video to be coded, the video to be coded including at least one original picture and the at least one original picture including the original picture; fused information of the picture to be filtered is determined, the fused information being obtained by fusing at least two colour components of the picture to be filtered and corresponding auxiliary information; and in-loop filtering is performed on the picture to be filtered based on the fused information to obtain at least one colour component of the picture subjected to the in-loop filtering. |
| US12177487B2 |
Image decoding method and device
An image decoding method performed by a decoding device according to the present document comprises the steps of: obtaining image information; and updating a decoded picture buffer (DPB) on the basis of the image information, wherein the step of obtaining the image information comprises the steps of: obtaining an output layer set (OLS) DPB parameter index for a target OLS; and obtaining DPB parameter information relating to the target OLS on the basis of the OLS DPB parameter index. |
| US12177482B2 |
Method and apparatus of encoding/decoding image data based on tree structure-based block division
Disclosed are methods and apparatuses for image data encoding/decoding. A method of decoding an image includes receiving a bitstream in which the image is encoded; obtaining index information for specifying a block division type of a current block in the image; and determining the block division type of the current block from a candidate group pre-defined in the decoding apparatus. The candidate group includes a plurality of candidate division types, including at least one of a non-division, a first quad-division, a second quad-division, a binary-division or a triple-division. The method also includes dividing the current block into a plurality of sub-blocks; and decoding each of the sub-blocks with reference to syntax information obtained from the bitstream. |
| US12177480B2 |
Image processing apparatus and method
The present disclosure relates to an image processing apparatus and method that enable linking between a 3D spatial region and an atlas tile group. Link information is generated and signaled, in which the link information is stored in a file together with a bitstream of a point cloud expressing an object having a three-dimensional shape as a set of points, and the link information links a 3D spatial region of the point cloud with an atlas tile group. On the basis of the link information, the 3D spatial region and the atlas tile group that correspond to a desired three-dimensional space are selected. The present disclosure can be applied to, for example, an image processing apparatus, an information processing apparatus, an image processing method, an information processing method, or the like. |
| US12177476B2 |
Video coding with motion model constrained inter prediction
A decoder includes circuitry configured to receive a bitstream, extract a header associated with a current frame and including a signal characterizing that global motion is enabled and further characterizing parameters of a global motion model, and decoding the current frame, the decoding including using a motion model for each current block having a complexity that is less than or equal to a complexity of the global motion model. Related apparatus, systems, techniques, and articles are also described. |
| US12177475B2 |
Model-based motion vector difference derivation and template matching prediction for video coding
An example device for decoding video data includes a memory configured to store video data; and one or more processors configured to: decode data representing an initial motion vector for a current block of the video data, the initial motion vector having integer-motion vector difference (MVD) precision; determine a search range around a reference area identified by the initial motion vector in a reference picture; perform a template matching search process in the search range to identify a best matching region; determine error values for neighboring pixels to the best matching region; use the error values for the neighboring pixels to perform a model-based fractional-pixel motion vector refinement to derive motion vector difference values; apply at least one of the motion vector difference values to the initial motion vector to determine a refined motion vector for the current block; and decode the current block using the refined motion vector. |
| US12177472B2 |
Image encoding method and apparatus, and image decoding method and apparatus
Image encoding and decoding methods, apparatuses and computer-readable media are described. An example image encoding method includes: determining N encoded units from adjacent encoded units of a to-be-encoded unit according to a first preset rule, where a motion prediction mode of the N encoded units is the same as that of the to-be-encoded unit; generating an nth motion vector group by using a first preset algorithm and based on a motion vector of an nth encoded unit; determining, from obtained N motion vector groups according to a second preset rule, one motion vector group as an optimal motion vector group; determining a prediction sample value of each sample unit in the to-be-encoded unit by using a second preset algorithm and based on the optimal motion vector group; and encoding a prediction residual of each sample unit and an index identifier of the optimal motion vector group, to obtain a bitstream corresponding to the to-be-encoded unit. |
| US12177470B2 |
Interpolation filter training method and apparatus, video picture encoding and decoding method, and encoder and decoder
Embodiments of this application disclose an interpolation filter training method and apparatus, a video picture encoding and decoding method, an encoder, and a decoder. According to the training method, a first sub-pixel picture obtained through interpolation by using a conventional interpolation filter is used as label data, to train a second interpolation filter, so that the second interpolation filter obtained through training can be directly used for a pixel value, obtained through interpolation, of a first fractional pixel position. Therefore, the label data is more accurate, and coding performance of a video picture is improved. According to the encoding method, during inter prediction, a target interpolation filter used for a current encoding picture block is determined from a set of candidate interpolation filters, and the encoder selects, according to content of the current encoding picture block, an appropriate interpolation filter to perform an interpolation operation. |
| US12177468B2 |
Modified upsampling for video coding technology
A first level encoded stream is received and decoded to derive a first set of residuals. A first output video comprising an output of a base decoder applied to a base level encoded stream is received. The first set of residuals is combined with the first output video to generate a second output video. The second output video is up-sampled to generate an up-sampled second output video. The up-sampling comprises adding a value derived from an element in the first set of residuals from which a block in the up-sampled second output video was derived to the block in the up-sampled second output video. A second level encoded stream is received and decoded to derive a second set of residuals. The second set of residuals is combined with the up-sampled second output video to generate a reconstructed output video. |
| US12177467B2 |
Constrained and adjusted applications of combined inter- and intra-prediction mode
Methods of constraining and adjusting the applications of Combined Inter- and Intra-Prediction (CIIP) mode employed in video coding standards, such as the now-current Versatile Video Coding (VVC), are performed at a computing device. In one method, the computing device determines whether to apply decoder-side motion vector refinement (DMVR) and bidirectional optical flow (BDOF) on a bi-prediction block. In another method, the computing device determines whether each CU among the neighboring CUs of the current CU is respectively CIIP-coded, and employing a unified criterion that does not depend upon a determination whether the current CU is intra- or CIIP-coded in the course of using the intra-mode of the neighboring CIIP-coded CU in the formation of the Most Probable Mode (MPM) candidate list for the current CU. |
| US12177463B2 |
Wireless display sharing with dynamic resolution switching
A video source device for wireless display sharing, including: an encoder operable to dynamically switch between encoding a video full-frame into a first bitstream at a first resolution, and a video sub-frame into a second bitstream at a second resolution, wherein the second resolution is higher than the first resolution; processing circuitry operable to decide between encoding the video full-frame and encoding the video sub-frame based on an amount of available wireless transmission bandwidth, a number of pixels in a changed region of the video full-frame, spatial complexity of a changed region of the video full-frame, temporal complexity of a changed region of the video full-frame, or a category of region change of the video full-frame; and a transmitter operable to wirelessly transmit the first bitstream and the second bitstream to a video sink device. |
| US12177462B2 |
Video compression using deep generative models
Certain aspects of the present disclosure are directed to methods and apparatus for compressing video content using deep generative models. One example method generally includes receiving video content for compression. The received video content is generally encoded into a latent code space through an encoder, which may be implemented by a first artificial neural network. A compressed version of the encoded video content is generally generated through a trained probabilistic model, which may be implemented by a second artificial neural network, and output for transmission. |
| US12177460B2 |
Adaptive colour transform related signalling for both of CU level and TU level
There is included a method and apparatus comprising computer code configured to cause a processor or processors to perform obtaining video data, obtaining a coding unit (CU) block, determining whether a flag of the CU block is set to a predetermined flag condition, determining whether a tree type of the CU block is set to a predetermined tree type, determining whether to signal an adaptive color transform (ACT) flag based on any of whether the flag of the CU block is set to the predetermined flag condition and whether the tree type of the CU block is set to the predetermined tree type, and coding the video data based on a whether the ACT flag is signaled. |
| US12177457B2 |
Method for alignment across layers
A method, computer program, and computer system is provided for aligning across layers in a coded video stream. A video bitstream having multiple layers is decoded. One or more subpicture regions are identified from among the multiple layers of the decoded video bitstream, the subpicture regions including a background region and one or more foreground subpicture regions. An enhanced subpicture is decoded and displayed based on a determination that a foreground subpicture region is selected. The background region is decoded and displayed based on a determination that a foreground subpicture region was not selected. |
| US12177455B2 |
Face-based frame packing for video calls
Implementations described herein relate to methods, systems, and computer-readable media to encode a video. A method includes capturing a video frame that includes a face of a person. The method further includes detecting a face in the video frame. The method further includes segmenting the video frame into a plurality of rectangles, the plurality of rectangles including a face rectangle with pixels corresponding to the face in the video frame. The method further includes packing the video frame based on the plurality of rectangles, wherein a greater number of pixels are allocated to the face rectangle as compared to other rectangles in the plurality of rectangles. The method further includes encoding the video frame with metadata describing the packing. |
| US12177454B2 |
Battery efficient wireless network connection and registration for a low-power device
A client device is configured to communicate with an access point over a wireless network, exchanging data with the access point over a selected communication channel. After the wireless connection to the access point has ended, the client device receives a probe from the access point over a low-level layer, such as a data link layer. In response to receiving the probe, the client device reconnects to the access point. |
| US12177451B2 |
Modified transform-based image coding method and device for same
An image decoding method according to the present document is characterized by including: a step for receiving a bitstream including residual information; a step for deriving transform coefficients for a target block on the basis of the residual information; a step for deriving corrected transform coefficients on the basis of an inverse non-separable transform of the transform coefficients; and a step for deriving residual samples for the target block on the basis of an inverse primary transform of the corrected transform coefficients, wherein the inverse non-separable transform is performed when the size of the target block is equal to or smaller than the size of a prescribed maximum transform application block. |
| US12177444B2 |
Video decoding implementations for a graphics processing unit
Video decoding innovations for multithreading implementations and graphics processor unit (“GPU”) implementations are described. For example, for multithreaded decoding, a decoder uses innovations in the areas of layered data structures, picture extent discovery, a picture command queue, and/or task scheduling for multithreading. Or, for a GPU implementation, a decoder uses innovations in the areas of inverse transforms, inverse quantization, fractional interpolation, intra prediction using waves, loop filtering using waves, memory usage and/or performance-adaptive loop filtering. Innovations are also described in the areas of error handling and recovery, determination of neighbor availability for operations such as context modeling and intra prediction, CABAC decoding, computation of collocated information for direct mode macroblocks in B slices, reduction of memory consumption, implementation of trick play modes, and picture dropping for quality adjustment. |
| US12177439B2 |
Image processing device and image processing method for efficiently generating or signaling quantizing matrices
An image processing device is provided. The image processing device includes a decoding unit that decodes scaling list data to generate a first quantizing matrix of a first size, a generating unit that generates a second quantizing matrix for a transform block of a second size to which zeroing of a high-frequency component is applied, by referring to only a partial matrix of the first quantizing matrix generated by the decoding unit, and an inverse quantizing unit that inversely quantizes a quantized transform coefficient of the transform block of the second size, using the second quantizing matrix generated by the generating unit. |
| US12177433B2 |
Video encoder, a video decoder and corresponding methods
The present disclosure relates to methods and devices to be employed for encoding and decoding of image or video signal. They include determination of whether or not the size of a current block is larger than a minimum allowed quadtree leaf node size. If the size of the current block is not larger than the minimum allowed quadtree leaf node size, multi-type tree splitting is applied to the current block. The minimum allowed quadtree leaf node size is not larger than a maximum allowed binary tree root node size or the minimum allowed quadtree leaf node size is not larger than a maximum allowed ternary tree root node size. |
| US12177426B2 |
Cross-component adaptive loop filter for chroma
A method of filtering an image is disclosed, the method comprising: receiving filter coefficients and first component sample values corresponding to samples surrounding a reference sample, and inputting said filter coefficients and first component sample values into a cross component filter to produce a cross component filter output; wherein said cross-component filter uses a restricted number of bits to represent said filter coefficients and/or first component sample values to produce said filter output. |
| US12177425B2 |
Method for processing images, method for processing videos, computer device and medium
A method for processing images includes: determining an image attribute of each image block of a plurality of image blocks in a to-be-processed image, determining a filter model corresponding to each of the image blocks based on the image attribute of each of the image blocks, and acquiring a filtered image of the to-be-processed image by filtering each of the image blocks by the filter model corresponding to each of the image blocks. |
| US12177421B2 |
Intra prediction-based image coding method and apparatus using MPM list
A video decoding method according to this document includes deriving a first candidate intra prediction mode based on a first neighboring block located on a left side of a current block, deriving a second candidate intra prediction mode based on a second neighboring block located on an upper side of the current block, constructing a most probable mode (MPM) list for the current block based on the first candidate intra prediction mode and the second candidate intra prediction mode, deriving an intra prediction mode for the current block based on the MPM list, generating predicted samples by performing prediction for the current block based on the intra prediction mode, and generating a reconstructed picture for the current block based on the predicted samples. |
| US12177418B2 |
Method for coding image on basis of TMVP and apparatus therefor
According to the disclosure of the present document, by signaling NAL unit-related information for a first picture and a collocated reference picture-related information for a second picture following the first picture in a decoding order, a collocated reference picture with respect to the second picture can be limited, and thus the image coding efficiency can be enhanced. |
| US12177413B2 |
Multi-player audio-video integrated with interactive game board
System and methods for providing simultaneous public and private audio-video integrated with an interactive board game, where a private viewer looking through an eye filter perceives the private video while a public viewer not looking through an eye filter perceives the public video all responsive to playing the interactive board game. Means for providing private audio simultaneous with the private video are also shown. The audio-video is selectively provided during game play based at least upon the tracked game state of the interactive board game. The video output component of the system can be implemented as either a display or a projector. |
| US12177412B2 |
Tiled display device including display panels and method of operating the same
A tiled display device includes tiled display panels arranged in a first direction and a second direction crossing the first direction. Each of the tiled display panels include a display unit outputting a portion of a divided image and a lens array disposed on the display unit to refract the divided image. The tiled display device further includes movement members, or adjusters, connected to respective ones of the tiled display panels, and a processor configured to control the movement members. The movement members independently move the tiled display panels in a third direction crossing the first and second directions, respectively. |
| US12177411B2 |
Systems and methods implementing distance-based image sensor windowing
An illustrative system may include a stereoscopic imaging device comprising: a first image sensor having a first pixel array and configured to provide a first windowed output comprising first image information associated with pixels included within a first window of the first pixel array, the first window having a first position; and a second image sensor having a second pixel array and configured to provide a second windowed output comprising second image information associated with pixels included within a second window of the second pixel array, the second window having a second position; and an imaging control system that may be configured to: determine a working distance between a target surface within a scene and the stereoscopic imaging device; and adjust one or more of the first position of the first window within the first pixel array or the second position of the second window within the second pixel array. |
| US12177410B2 |
Method for transmitting 360 video, method for receiving 360 video, 360 video transmitting device, and 360 video receiving device
A method for transmitting video, according to embodiments, comprises: a pre-processing step of processing video data; a step of encoding the video data; and/or a step of transmitting a bitstream including the video data. A method for receiving video, according to embodiments, comprises the steps of: receiving video data; decoding the video data; and/or rendering the video data. |
| US12177409B2 |
Printing device performing calibration process to calibrate measuring member and thereafter color measurement process of user specified color patches
A printing device prints a patch chart including a plurality of first patches having a predetermined color and one or more second patches having a user specified color. A measuring member measures a color of a patch. The patch chart includes a plurality of patch columns having two or more patches among the plurality of patches arranged linearly. In a case that a patch column of the plurality of patch columns includes a second patch of the plurality of second patches, a controller performs a calibration process to calibrate the measuring member by controlling the measuring member to measure a color of a reference; and after the calibration process is completed, a color measurement process for a patch included in the patch column including the second patch, the color measurement process for the patch being to control the measuring member to measure a color of the patch. |
| US12177407B2 |
Image processing apparatus displays user authentication screen requiring authentication, user operation on image processing functions screen is not selected, and screen display method
An image processing apparatus providing a plurality of functions includes a display control unit that, upon receiving an instruction for displaying a screen of a function where use of the function requires authentication, displays the screen of the function requiring authentication in a state where a user operation on the screen of the function is not received, wherein the display control unit enables receipt of a user operation on the screen of the function in a case where a user is successfully authenticated and authorized to use the function. |
| US12177404B2 |
Image display system, image display method, and image display program
Moving images are switched naturally when development of a story is switched according to a situation. An image display system includes a display unit that displays a moving image, an acquisition unit that acquires a motion of a user viewing the moving image displayed by the display unit, a determination unit that determines whether or not the motion of the user acquired by the acquisition unit satisfies a predetermined switching condition in which the user does not recognize switching between images even when the moving image displayed by the display unit is switched from first moving image data to second moving image data different from the first moving image, and a switching unit that switches the moving image displayed by the display unit from the first moving image data to the second moving image data when the determination unit determines that the switching condition is satisfied. |
| US12177402B2 |
Image reading apparatus and image forming apparatus
An image reading apparatus includes a circuit board on which a plurality of light sources are disposed in a longitudinal direction, a light guide portion including a first holding portion configured to hold the circuit board, and a second holding portion configured to hold the circuit board, a support member configured to support the light guide portion, and an image reading unit configured to read image information by performing photoelectric conversion on reflected light reflected by a sheet which has received light emitted from the light guide portion. The support member includes a projecting portion disposed between the first holding portion and the second holding portion in the longitudinal direction, the projecting portion facing and projecting toward the circuit board held by the first holding portion and the second holding portion. |
| US12177397B2 |
Image forming apparatus to perform reading operation in image size of image greater than size of sheet on which predetermined pattern is formed, control method thereof, and non-transitory computer-readable storage medium
An image forming apparatus that reads a print position adjustment chart using an auto document feeder (ADF) and specifies an appropriate image reading size to include paper edges of the chart is provided. |
| US12177392B2 |
Information processing system, image processing apparatus, information processing apparatus, server apparatus, information processing method, and storage medium
A camera generates a random number, displays a Quick Response (QR) code representing the generated random number, and transmits the generated random number to a web server. A smart phone captures an image of the QR code displayed on the camera, acquires the random number based on the captured QR code, and transmits the acquired random number to the web server. The web server registers the camera based on a match between the random number transmitted from the camera and the random number transmitted from the smart phone. |
| US12177391B2 |
Server system, method for controlling server system, and storage medium
A server system connected to a plurality of information processing apparatuses communicates with a system that provides a function of distributing an image and sound based on an uploaded file to the plurality of information processing apparatuses. The server system includes a receiving unit that receives a notification indicating that an object related to printing is selected, where the object is displayed in a function selection area displayed in response to selection of a predetermined object displayed together with an image based on the file, an acquisition unit that acquires information about the shared file, a second receiving unit configured to receive print settings for the file, and a transmitting unit that transmits, to a different server system, a file based on the acquired information and a print instruction based on the received print settings. |
| US12177386B2 |
Voice enabled IoT using second line service
Enablement of a voice channel being established between an IoT device and a controller through the use of a voice-line service system. |
| US12177385B2 |
Communication forwarding based on content analysis
A communication directed to a recipient is stored in a message box of the recipient. A forwardee is identified based on an analysis of the communication. A request is received to transmit the communication to the forwardee. The communication is forwarded to a message box of the forwardee. |
| US12177380B2 |
Systems and methods for indicating and managing a validation of a caller identification to prevent identity spoofing
In some implementations, a device may receive a SIP invite associated with a call to a first user device from a second user device. The first user device may be associated with a first network and the second user device may be associated with a second network that is separate from the first network. The SIP invite may include an identity header that indicates a carrier identifier associated with the second network. The device may authenticate the call based on a caller identification associated with the second user device and the carrier identifier. The device may send, based on authenticating the call, the SIP invite to the first user device to indicate, in association with receiving the call and via a user interface, an authorized entity associated with the carrier identifier according to the SIP update. |
| US12177377B2 |
Control information management device and remote control system
An environment is provided that allows a user deemed likely to control an electronic device to preferentially control the electronic device without requiring a cumbersome preliminary operation such as assignment of a priority to each user when multiple users remotely control the electronic device, using respective control terminals. When additional control information is issued from one of the control terminals to the electronic device, whether content of the additional control information should be notified to each of the other control terminals is determined on the basis of previous control information, and the content of the additional control information is notified to each of the control terminals for which notification has been determined to be necessary. |
| US12177373B2 |
Electronic device including under display camera
An electronic device includes a display; a camera module disposed to overlap at least a portion of the display and comprising at least one first image sensor module to generate a first Bayer image processed by a first color filter array and at least one second image sensor module to generate a second Bayer image processed by a second color filter array; and a processor. The first color filter array includes at least one first red pixel, at least one first green pixel, and at least one first blue pixel. The second color filter array includes at least one second red pixel, at least one second green pixel, and at least one second blue pixel. A proportion of the least one second blue pixel in the second color filter array is greater than a proportion of the least one first blue pixel in the first color filter array. |
| US12177372B2 |
Mobile terminal, power supply device, and control method
A mobile terminal that operates on a secondary battery, the mobile terminal including: a power receiver that wirelessly receives electric power, and supplies the secondary battery with the electric power received; a display unit that provides a display indicating that the power receiver is receiving the electric power; and a display controller that causes the display unit to provide the display differently in accordance with magnitude of the electric power received by the power receiver. |
| US12177365B2 |
System and method for secure distribution of resource transfer request data
A computer-implemented method is disclosed. The method includes: receiving, via a client device, a resource transfer request for resources to be transferred to a transferee account; generating a secure data object based on request data of the resource transfer request, the secure data object including a first hash computed based on an input string comprising a transferee account identifier; signing the secure data object using a private key of a transferee resource account management system; and sending the signed secure data object to a messaging address associated with a transferor account. |
| US12177364B2 |
Securing blockchain transaction based on undetermined data
A technique for locking a blockchain transaction based on undetermined data, using a blockchain network. A locking node may include a locking script in a blockchain transaction to lock a digital asset. The locking script includes a public key for a determined data source and instructions to cause a validating node executing the locking script to verify the source of data provided in an unlocking script by: a) generating a modified public key based on the public key for the determined data source and based on data defined in the unlocking script; and b) evaluating a cryptographic signature in the unlocking script based on the modified public key. The blockchain transaction containing the locking script is sent by the locking node to the blockchain network. The lock may be removed using a cryptographic signature generated from a private key modified based on the data. |
| US12177363B2 |
Fault countermeasures for digital signatures with aborts
Various embodiments relate to a fault detection system and method for a digital signature algorithm, including: producing a digital signature of a message using a digital signature algorithm; storing parameters from a last round of the digital signature algorithm; executing the last round of the digital signature algorithm using the stored parameters to produce a check signature; comparing the digital signature to the check signature; and outputting the digital signature when the digital signature is the same as the check signature. |
| US12177356B2 |
Methods and systems for a consistent distributed memory pool in a blockchain network
Techniques and computer-implemented methods are presented to be implemented on a distributed mempool network (DMP) implementing a distributed hash table (DHT). The method includes: receiving, at a mempool node of a DMP, a request to update routing information of the mempool node; initializing a set of random walks within a key space of the DHT, the set of random walks used for generating a set of key-value records; selecting a particular iteration of a long-distance table of a set of long-distance tables; selecting, from the particular iteration of the long-distance table, a pointer within a range between identification information and a key; and transmitting a query to another mempool node associated with the pointer, wherein the other mempool node maintains a set of weight associated connections to a set of mempool nodes, wherein the weight is proportional to the level of trust in the connection. |
| US12177352B2 |
Systems and methods for stateless authentication and authorization using JWT access tokens
Systems and methods for secure stateless client-server communication. User credentials in a client authorization request are authenticated and used to generate a JSON web token (JWT). The JWT header and signature are encrypted and included in an HTTP-only cookie. The JWT payload is encrypted and sent to the client in a response body along with the HTTP-only cookie. Each subsequent client request includes the cookie and has the encrypted JWT payload in the request header. Upon receiving the request, the server decrypts the encrypted JWT payload from the header and decrypts the encrypted JWT header and signature from the cookie, then reconstructs the JWT from the JWT header, payload and signature. The server validates the JWT and, if valid, processes the request according to authorizations in the JWT payload. |
| US12177350B2 |
Extension cryptographic operation processing system and method
Disclosed are an extension cryptographic operation processing system and method. An extension cryptographic operation processing method of a processing device including a trusted execution environment can be performed by at least one processor constituting the trusted execution environment of the processing device. |
| US12177349B1 |
Machine learning for automatic identification of points of interest for side channel leakage
Methods, machine readable media and systems for evaluating, through one or more simulations, the leakage of sensitive data in an integrated circuit, such as cryptographic data or keys, are described. The embodiments can use machine learning models, such as one or more neural networks to generate one or more leakage related scores for each portion in a set of portions of the cryptographic data. In one embodiment, leakage data associated the first set of POIs with one or more neural networks is processed by the one or more neural networks to identify the POIs that leak the most and determine one or more scores for each portion in the set of portions of the cryptographic data. |
| US12177348B2 |
Misbehaviour warnings in intelligent transportation systems
A method for misbehaviour warnings in an intelligent transportation system (ITS) including determining at a network server that an ITS station is misbehaving. In response to determining that the ITS station is misbehaving, the network server transmits a misbehaviour warning message to the ITS station indicating that the ITS station is misbehaving. In response to transmitting the misbehaviour warning message and determining that the ITS station is continuing to misbehave, the network server includes information of the ITS station in a certificate revocation list (CRL) and transmits the CRL. |
| US12177345B2 |
Data delivery apparatus and method, data requesting apparatus and method, data delivery system, and computer readable medium
The invention relates to an information processing apparatus that generates a pair of a first signature key and a first verification key, publishes the first verification key outside the information processing apparatus, acquires a second verification key that is generated and published by an own apparatus, generates a secret value table including a plurality of secret values and indices, transmits signed transmission data obtained by signing transmission data with the first signature key, the transmission data including processing target data comprising at least a part of delivery target data and an index corresponding to a secret value that has been associated with the processing target data based on the secret value table, receives certification data from the own apparatus, verifies a signature of the certification data using the second verification key, and transmits the certification data to a data providing apparatus, when the signature of the certification data is successfully verified using the second verification key. |
| US12177344B2 |
Encryption method and system for xenomorphic cryptography
The present invention relates to a method and system of cybersecurity; and particularly relates to an encryption method and system on the basis of cognitive computing for xenomorphic cryptography or unusual form of cryptography; said method comprises generating a Functional Neural Network or KeyNode (KN) of the system by programming a chain of multiple nodes also called Artificial Mirror Neurons (AMN) based on captured information of reaction time and emotional response to a simple task; racing the nodes in the Functional Neural Network or KeyNode (KN) as an encryption device or cipher for the time of use; generating a password at the time of use based on the sum of intrinsic values of the nodes in the racing network at this time and adopting the generated password for authentication. The present invention can be applied to secure online and mobile communication especially at the dawn of 5G with generalization of open API lifestyle platforms so as to allow real-time identification for digital cryptocurrency payments and other public distributed ledger technology (DLT) mechanisms. |
| US12177343B2 |
Methods and apparatuses to provide chiplet binding to a system on a chip platform having a disaggregated architecture
Systems, methods, and apparatuses for providing chiplet binding to a disaggregated architecture for a system on a chip are described. In one embodiment, system includes a plurality of physically separate dies, an interconnect to electrically couple the plurality of physically separate dies together, a first die-to-die communication circuit, of a first die of the plurality of physically separate dies, comprising a transmitter circuit and an encryption circuit having a link key to encrypt data to be sent from the transmitter circuit into encrypted data, and a second die-to-die communication circuit, of a second die of the plurality of physically separate dies, comprising a receiver circuit and a decryption circuit having the link key to decrypt the encrypted data sent from the transmitter circuit to the receiver circuit. |
| US12177341B2 |
Radio transmitter apparatus with cryptographic engine
An integrated-circuit radio transmitter chip comprises a transmitter, a cryptographic engine and control circuitry for the cryptographic engine. The cryptographic engine performs a cryptographic operation by receiving input data, performing a first process to generate first result data and a second process to generate second result data. The first and second result data are used to generate output data. In response to determining that the transmitter is active, the control circuity controls the cryptographic engine to perform the first process and prevents the cryptographic engine from performing the second process while the transmitter is active. The control circuitry controls the cryptographic engine to perform the second process in response to determining that the transmitter is not active. |
| US12177337B2 |
Method for cogenerating a shared cryptographic material, devices, system and corresponding computer program
In a method for cogenerating a shared cryptographic material implemented within a first electronic device, which is connected to a second electronic cogeneration device and to a third electronic cogeneration device, a shared encryption material (pkx) is determined, as a function of a set of cogeneration parameters ECG. The shared encryption material (pkx) is transmitted, and corresponding shared encryption materials (pky, pkz) are received from the other devices. A shared seed (mx) is computed as a function of the shared encryption materials (pkx, pky, pkz) and the set of cogeneration parameters ECG. A masked form (Ox) of said shared seed (mx) is transmitted, and masked forms (Oy, Oz) of corresponding shared seeds (my, mz) are received. A final seed (ad) is computed as a function of the masked forms (Ox, Oy, Oz) of the shared seeds (mx, my, mz) and the set of cogeneration parameters ECG. |
| US12177335B2 |
Power line communication channel impulse response multilevel quantization for physical layer security
A multilevel power line communication quantization method for physical layer security is provided. The multilevel quantization method includes generating an estimated channel impulse response of at least one link between a first node and a second node; performing a quantization of the estimated channel impulse response; generating a virtual channel impulse response; performing a quantization of the virtual channel impulse response for generating a first key and a second key, wherein the first key has a corresponding first position vector and the second key has a corresponding second position vector; and confirming that the first key and the second key are equal. |
| US12177332B2 |
Data block modification
A method of modifying a data block of a data structure comprising a plurality of linked data blocks comprising: receiving a selection of said a data block comprising block data; creating modified block data; transmitting a request to a plurality of validator devices over a network, the request comprising a modification record and requesting permission to modify the data block in accordance with the modified block data; determining that consensus is reached by the plurality of validator devices that the data block can be modified in accordance with the modified block data; in response to the determining: modifying the data block in accordance with the modified block data; and adding a modification data block to the data structure, the modification data block comprising: the modification record and a cryptographic hash of a data block that precedes the modification data block after addition of the modification data block to the data structure. |
| US12177329B2 |
Validating confidential data using homomorphic computations
The disclosed exemplary embodiments include computer-implemented apparatuses and methods that validate confidential data based privacy-preserving homomorphic computations involving encrypted data. For example, an apparatus may receive, from a first computing system, encrypted data that includes a first encrypted value representative of at least one of first account data or an element of cryptographic data. Based on the first encrypted value and on second encrypted values, the apparatus may generate encrypted residual values representative of second account data associated with one or more reference accounts, and the apparatus may request and receive a decrypted residual value associated with each of the encrypted residual values from a second computing system. The apparatus may transmit the decrypted residual values to the first computing system, which may validate the first account data based on at least the decrypted residual values and perform operations associated with the validated first account data. |
| US12177328B2 |
Methods and systems for protecting against memory-based side-channel attacks
Embodiments protect against memory-based side-channel attacks by efficiently shuffling data. In an example implementation, in response to a data access request by an encryption methodology regarding a first data element from amongst a plurality of data elements stored in memory, a storage address of a second data element of the plurality is determined. This storage address is determined using (i) an address of the first data element in the memory, (ii) a permutation function, and (iii) a random number. In turn, the first data element is stored at the determined storage address of the second data element and the second data element is stored at the address of the first data element. In this way, embodiments protect encryption methodologies from memory-based side-channel attacks. |
| US12177324B2 |
Electronic device and operating method of a decoder
Disclosed is an operating method of an encoder, which includes receiving a first bit stream including first to N-th bits, determining at least one symbol in the first bit stream, wherein the at least one symbol includes “M” consecutive bits each having the first bit value or the second bit value, and generating a first data packet including a first header and at least one packet symbol. The first header includes a least symbol address of a first symbol of the at least one symbol and an inverted value of a bit value of the first bit, a first packet symbol of the at least one packet symbol includes a bit value of the first symbol, a least symbol address of a second symbol of the at least one symbol, and an inverted value of a bit value of a next bit of the first symbol. |
| US12177323B2 |
Building, transmitting, and receiving frame structures in power line communications
Methods for building, transmitting, and receiving frame structures in power line communications (PLC) are described. Various techniques described herein provide a preamble design using one or more symbols. One or more preamble symbols may be interspersed within a header portion of a PLC frame to facilitate estimation of a frame boundary and/or sampling frequency offset, for example, in the presence of impulsive noise. |
| US12177319B1 |
Selective messaging for reducing server load
Implementations selectively message member account data to client applications to reduce server load. When a monitored load on cloud servers meets a criteria, a hold status may be triggered. During the hold status, member accounts may be monitored and client applications may be transmitted push messages, for example when a change is detected in a member's monitored account. The push messages can contain the detected changes, such as a posted transaction that triggered the message. Implementations of the client application can be configured to display local data (stored from the push messages) during the hold status in response to a member's request to access/view their account. Because server to client communication is limited to messages that contain member account changes, an overall server load can be reduced. |
| US12177312B2 |
Pushing content in time windows based on different positions
In some embodiments, a method receives a first request for a first time window and a first viewport position for a client that is viewing a 360 degree video. A first message is sent to indicate a computing device will push content in a stream for a first one or more time windows other than the first time window. The method pushes content based on the first viewport position for the first time window to the client. A second request is received to change from the first viewport position to a second viewport position. The method sends a second message to indicate the computing device will push content in the stream for a second one or more time windows without canceling the stream. The method pushes content based on the second viewport position in the 360 degree video for the second one or more time windows to the client. |
| US12177309B2 |
Image processing method, apparatus, device, and computer-readable storage medium
An image processing method includes displaying an object following page in a first session page in response to an object following operation performed on a first image, the object following page including a setting control corresponding to at least one display object in the first image. The first session page is a page corresponding to a local user account. The method also includes creating an object following relationship between a selected display object and the local user account in response to a trigger operation performed on the setting control in the object following page. The object following relationship provides an image update prompt to the local user account, the image update prompt prompting to view an image associated with the selected display object. Apparatus and non-transitory computer-readable storage medium counterpart embodiments are also contemplated. |
| US12177308B2 |
Systems, methods and apparatus for restricting network access
Various embodiments of systems, apparatus, and/or methods are described for restricting user devices from accessing a communication network. In one implementation, multiple user devices are assigned to a user profile. At least one access parameter is designated for the user profile. An access device monitors data usage, time usage, and content usage of each of the devices associated with the user profile. In some examples, the access device may consolidate the data usage and time usage of all of the devices. If one or more of the consolidated data usage, consolidated time usage, or content usage violates the access parameter of the user profile, the access device restricts at least one of the multiple user devices from accessing the communication network. |
| US12177302B2 |
Internet of things configurable event and action sequencing framework
Internet of Things (IoT) configurable event and action sequencing mechanisms for interconnecting various IoT events together to achieve an event and action sequencing process that may efficiently enable complex uses of the data available in IoT systems. |
| US12177300B2 |
Methods and computing systems for vehicle connection visibility
A control circuit may obtain, over a network, a first communication from a first vehicle by a first channel, the first channel associated with a first communication protocol; generate ongoing session data associated with the first communication, the ongoing session data defining a first online session between the computing system and the first vehicle over the first channel; determine, by the control circuit, a network event associated with the first vehicle from the first online session associated with the first communication protocol, wherein the network event is associated with an event timestamp; in response to determining the network event, generate first session record data associated with the first online session, the first session record data comprising the event timestamp and identifying the first channel; and output, for storage in a memory, the first session record data in a session history dataset associated with the first vehicle. |
| US12177296B2 |
Lightweight node synchronization protocol for ad-hoc peer-to-peer networking of on-body combat systems
Embodiments may relate to synchronizing nodes in a peer-to-peer network. A method comprises listening for a first multicast beacon during a duration of a discovery interval. The discovery interval comprises time intervals configured for a plurality of nodes in a squad. The method further comprises, in response to receiving the first multicast beacon during the duration of the discovery interval, transmitting a unicast synchronization request to a transmitter of the first multicast beacon. The unicast synchronization request comprises a node list. The method further comprises comparing the node list in the unicast synchronization request to a stored node list comprising node information for the squad, determining node information differences based on the comparison, and in response to determining the one or more node information differences, requesting node information from nodes associated with the node information differences and transmitting a second multicast beacon comprising the one or more node information differences. |
| US12177295B1 |
Techniques for providing network applications
Techniques for providing network applications are described. For instance, system(s) may install a network application onto a virtual server. While installing the network application, the system(s) may monitor the installation in order to identify events. The system(s) may then generate a first file that includes file events, a second file that includes registry events, and a third file that includes service events. Additionally, the system may copy the software files installed on the virtual server. The system(s) may then generate a software package that includes the files and store the software package on a virtual storage device. After storing the software package, the system(s) may make copies of the software package and store the copies on multiple virtual storage devices. The system(s) may then use the virtual storage devices to install and launch the network application on virtual servers. |
| US12177287B2 |
Method and system for providing watermark to subscribers
A method for providing watermark to subscribers is provided. The method comprises observing a request for a first content from a subscriber, determining if the subscriber can receive a watermark, generating a second content comprising the watermark if the subscriber can receive a watermark, causing the subscriber to fetch the first content, and causing the subscriber to fetch the second content comprising the watermark overlaying the first content. |
| US12177282B2 |
System and method for ultra low latency live streaming based on user datagram protocol
An example method includes for enhancing video streaming includes inputting a client-side environment parameter to a client-side neural network (NN) implemented in a client device and then training the client-side NN based on the inputted client-side environment parameter. Thereafter, a client-side encoding bit rate is determined based on a result of the training of the client-side NN and then transmitting the determined client-side encoding bit rate as an input to a server-side neural network (NN) implemented in a server device. The method further includes training the server-side NN based on the inputted client-side encoding bit rate and a server-side environment parameter. Then, a server-side encoding bit rate is determined based on a result of the training of the server-side NN and thereafter, an encoding bit rate of an encoder for the video stream is adjusted based on the determination of the server-side encoding bit rate, and the server-side environment parameter. |
| US12177281B2 |
Systems, methods, and media for controlling delivery of content
Methods, systems, and computer readable media for controlling delivery of content are provided. In some embodiments, a system for controlling delivery of content is provided. The system includes processing circuitry configured to: transmit, to a server, a plurality of requests for blocks of the content; while at least some of the plurality of requests are still outstanding: detect a change of a service characteristic of a connection between the system and the server; determine a preferred number of outstanding requests; and cancel at least some of the requests from the plurality that are still outstanding based on the preferred number and a count of the requests from the plurality that are still outstanding. |
| US12177280B2 |
Ultra-low latency remote application access
An ultra-low latency remote access system may stream video images from a remote application server to a client device, but may render a cursor separately on the client device. The remote application may send cursor bitmaps and other cursor information to the client device, which may be rendered by the client device to give a near-native response time and feel to the user experience. The remote access system may operate in a browser environment, with executable code in the browser to capture user input, including pointer and keyboard inputs.Executable code on the application server may encode screen images into video, which may be transmitted and rendered on the client device. In some cases, the rendered video may be larger than the displayable area of the client device, allowing for panning and zooming to be performed on the client device. |
| US12177279B2 |
Systems and methods for content transmission
Aspects of the disclosure relate to transmitting content throughout a distribution network. For example, a computing device may generate data packets and attribute packets, and transmit the data packets and attribute packets to one or more user devices. The attribute packets may comprise information that enables validation and storage after the data packet is reassembled by the receiving device. |
| US12177278B2 |
Audio playback network joining
An example playback device includes programming for executing functions including, while connected to both (i) a local area network and (ii) an audio playback network configured separately from the local area network and arranged for playback of media content via at least the playback device, receiving from a network device via the local area network, a request for the network device to connect to the audio playback network. The functions also include, in response to the request, transmitting to the network device via the local area network, a message indicating an identifier of the audio playback network and a password for accessing the audio playback network. The functions also include exchanging one or more messages with the network device via the audio playback network to authenticate the network device for the audio playback network and receiving an audio playback command from the network device via the audio playback network. |
| US12177275B2 |
Systems and methods for video conferencing and collaboration
A conference and collaboration system including local computing devices and a receiver are provided. The receiver and/or local devices may run collaboration applications and/or virtual conferencing applications. The receiver and/or at least one local device may be in communication with a remote server running a conference platform and hosting a virtual conference. The receiver may join the conference as a participant and share audio/visual data with the conference platform. The local device may also join and may share audio/visual data with the conference platform and receive conference audio/visual data from the conference platform. The local device may share the conference audio/visual data with the receiver. The receiver may further receive audio/visual data from a non-participant local device and send such data to the conference platform. Alternatively, only a conference device may join the conference as a participant and share audio/visual data from the conference with the local devices. |
| US12177273B2 |
Software application manager for messaging applications
Among other things, embodiments of the present disclosure improve the functionality of electronic messaging systems by enabling users in an electronic chat conversation to run applications together. In some embodiments, when one user in a chat launches an application, an icon or other visual representation of the application appears in a portion of the chat window (e.g., in a “chat dock”) for other users in the chat to access. |
| US12177267B2 |
Methods and devices for establishing a streaming session in a framework for live uplink streaming
A Framework for Live Uplink Streaming (PLUS) session between a PLUS source (100) and a PLUS sink (200) is initiated and controlled by the PLUS sink. The PLUS source registers with the PLUS sink and indicates its capabilities. The PLUS sink requests establishment of the session and further controls the session once established. The PLUS sink sends control requests that include control information to the PLUS source, thereby controlling media streaming at the PLUS source remotely. |
| US12177259B1 |
Modeling a network data center architecture, and applications thereof
In an embodiment, a method automatically determines a networked data center architecture. In the method, a database describing capabilities of a data center provider is assembled. The database describes capabilities of a plurality of data centers of the data center provider. A specification of requirements for the networked data center architecture is received. The specification describes data processing and connectivity requirements of a customer of a data center provider. The database is searched to determine a solution including a plurality of connections and data center that satisfy the specification. Based on the searching, the solution is output as a recommendation to provide the networked data center architecture. In another embodiment, options for a networked data center architecture are visualized. In yet another embodiment, API calls are made to provision the networked data center architecture. |
| US12177255B2 |
Extension framework for data analytics
Extending access to a data model includes loading into a programmatically isolated process address space of a computer, an instance of an extension framework computer program and executing in the framework, computer program logic configured to establish a communicative channel between the isolated process address space and a data analytics computer data processing system executing in a separate process address space. Thereafter, within the framework a directive may be received to access a data model managed in the data analytics computer data processing system. In response, a function may be selected in respect to an API to the data analytics computer data processing system corresponding to the received directive. Finally, the selected API function may be invoked over the communicative channel and a result derived from the data model may be received in the framework from over the communicative channel in response to the selected API function. |
| US12177254B2 |
Identity management recommendations for use of existing policies
Identity management recommendations for use of existing policies are described herein. An available policy set of existing policies that are available to an identity may be determined. Selected permissions associated with permission-usage by the identity may be determined. It may be determined whether the available policy set includes one or more matching policy subsets that cover all the selected permissions without allowing any additional permissions. When the available policy set includes the one or more matching policy subsets, a first recommendation may be provided to attach, to the identity, at least one matching policy subset of the one or more matching policy subsets. When the available policy set does not include the one or more matching policy subsets, a second recommendation may be provided to attach, to the identity, one or more alternative policies. |
| US12177248B2 |
Methods and systems for detecting and preventing compromised network connections
The security of network connections on a computing device is protected by detecting and preventing compromise of the network connections, including man-in-the-middle (MITM) attacks. Communications are intercepted by a client-side proxy before being sent to a recipient designated by an application. The intercepted communication is inspected, and a first connection is determined to be used to send the communication based on the inspection. Finally, before the communication is sent via the first connection, an action is performed by the client-side proxy resulting in an indication that the first connection is compromised. The action may include comparing data associated with the first connection to data associated with known compromised connections. In various embodiments, additional security responses may subsequently be performed by the client-side proxy based on the indication that the first connection is compromised. |
| US12177246B2 |
Detecting malicious email campaigns with unique but similarly-spelled attachments
Processes and machines are disclosed for detecting malicious email campaigns based on unique but similarly spelled attachments. Email log(s) from network appliances are retrieved, filtered, normalized, and converted into field-based organized data for comprehensive analysis. Cluster analysis is performed. Filenames of email attachments are transformed into numerical vectors and a cosine similarity termset analysis is performed on the numerical vectors. Data is organized into time bins for burst detection. Statistical analysis is performed on the time bins. Pattern recognition is performed to identify alphanumeric similarities in the filenames of the attached files in order to detect malicious email campaigns. Machine learning may be used to optimize the cosine similarity threshold and other query variables, and to update existing cybersecurity filters and firewalls. Mitigation can be performed to remove malicious emails that were delivered to recipient mailboxes. |
| US12177240B2 |
Machine learning based intrusion detection system for mission critical systems
The present invention is generally directed to the detection of an intrusion event in a computer network and a control network. More particularly, the present invention provides a system, framework, architecture, etc. for intrusion detection functions for network elements and control elements used in high demand and/or mission critical environments, including, but not limited to, power stations, sub-stations, intelligent transportation systems (ITS), rail, traffic control systems, chemical, oil & gas, critical manufacturing, and industrial applications. |
| US12177239B2 |
Attack analyzer, attack analysis method and attack analysis program
An attack analyzer includes: a security log acquisition unit acquiring a security log including an abnormality detection signal generated by a security sensor mounted on an electronic control device constituting part of an electronic control system and indicating that the security sensor has detected an abnormality; an alive signal acquisition unit acquiring an alive signal; a prediction table storage unit storing a prediction table showing a correspondence relationship between a predicted attack route in the electronic control system and a predicted abnormality detection signal predicted to be generated by the security sensor; an attack route estimation unit estimating, using the prediction table, the attack route of an attack received by the electronic control system from the abnormality detection signal and the alive signal included in the security log; and an attack information output unit outputting attack information indicating the attack route. |
| US12177236B2 |
Methods and systems for analyzing cybersecurity threats
To analyze cybersecurity threats, an analysis module of a processor may receive log data from at least one network node. The analysis module may identify at least one statistical outlier within the log data. The analysis module may determine that the at least one statistical outlier represents a cybersecurity threat by applying at least one machine learning algorithm to the at least one statistical outlier. |
| US12177235B2 |
Process for identifying a compromised device
Methods and systems are described whereby a server can forward a request from a device behind a NAT router to a system to determine if the request is suspicious. A server can receive a message via a network device, such as a NAT router, disposed at a location. The message can originate from one of a plurality of computing devices located downstream of the network device. The server can determine that the message originated from a compromised device and transmit a signal to facilitate execution of a first process on the computing devices located downstream from the compromised device, wherein, upon execution, the first process is configured to compare information located in a local storage of the computing device with a predetermined list of domains. |
| US12177233B2 |
Information security incident diagnosis system for assisting in intrusion detection and related computer program
The present invention provides an information security incident diagnosis system for assisting in detecting whether a target network system has been hacked. First, a plurality of activities records of one or more computing devices in a target network system are collected. Then, a discrete space metric tree is generated according to the plurality of activities records, and a clustering operation is performed on the discrete space metric tree to generate one or more event clusters associated with one or more suspicious event categories. Each event cluster may form a guide tree corresponding to the event cluster through single linkage clustering analysis to indicate a merging order from high to low similarity. The merging order is used for recursively performing a graph generating operation to convert a plurality of activities records corresponding to the one or more event clusters into a hierarchical directed acyclic graph (HDAG). |
| US12177229B2 |
Detecting and preventing botnet attacks using client-specific event payloads
Aspects of the disclosure relate to detecting and preventing botnet attacks using client-specific event payloads. A computing platform may receive a request to access data within an enterprise organization. The computing platform may monitor the movement of peripheral devices that are used to populate the data access request and may detect an event associated with each movement. The computing platform may generate an alpha-numeric event code and an alpha-numeric user interface code for each event, determine the location of each event, and categorize each event. The computing platform may generate a client-specific event payload using the unique alpha-numeric codes and the location and categorization of the event. The computing platform may generate a simulated client event payload using the unique alpha-numeric codes. The computing platform may determine whether to approve or deny the data access request based on whether the client-specific event payload matches the simulated client event payload. |
| US12177228B2 |
Authorization server, system, and method for system
After receiving an authorization result from a user, an authorization server sets a deadline for re-authorization, performs wait processing until the deadline, and thereafter issues an access token. |
| US12177227B2 |
Methods and apparatus to expose cloud infrastructure resources to tenants in a multi-tenant software system
Methods, apparatus, systems, and articles of manufacture are disclosed for provisioning cloud infrastructure resources, the apparatus comprising: resource bundling circuitry to select cloud infrastructure resources to bundle as a virtual private zone; provisioning circuitry to provision the cloud infrastructure resources; and allocation circuitry to allocate the virtual private zone to a first tenant, the first tenant authorized to access the cloud infrastructure resources bundled in the virtual private zone. |
| US12177222B2 |
Communication portal in a client application
The present disclosure provides a publication portal within an application. The systems and methods include receiving a request to create a communication portal, receiving a request to create a new information space associated with the communication portal, receiving an identification of one or more users and associated user access permissions, at least one user of the one or more users having a user access permission to access the communication portal, and providing access to the communication portal and the information space to the at least one user having the user access permission to access the communication portal, receiving information to be posted as an information card within the information space and layout information associated with the information card, receiving a request from a first user of the at least one user to access the information space, and providing the information card and the layout information to the first user. |