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| US12213391B2 |
Resistive random access memory and method of forming the same
A resistive random access memory includes a first dielectric layer, a bottom electrode on the first dielectric layer, a variable-resistance layer on the bottom electrode and having a U-shaped cross-sectional profile, a top electrode on the variable-resistance layer and filling a recess in the variable-resistance layer, a second dielectric layer on the first dielectric layer and around the variable-resistance layer and the bottom electrode, and a spacer on the bottom electrode and inserting between the variable-resistance layer and the second dielectric layer. |
| US12213390B2 |
Resistive random-access memory devices with multi-component electrodes
The present disclosure relates to resistive random-access memory (RRAM) devices. In some embodiments, a RRAM device may include a first electrode, a second electrode, and a switching oxide layer positioned between the first electrode and the second electrode, wherein the switching oxide layer comprises at least one transition metal oxide. The second electrode may include a first layer comprising a first metallic material and a second layer comprising a second metallic material. In some embodiments, the first metallic material and the second metallic material may include titanium and tantalum, respectively. In some embodiments, the second electrode may include an alloy of tantalum. The alloy of tantalum may contain one or more of hafnium, molybdenum, niobium, tungsten, and/or zirconium. In some embodiments, the alloy of tantalum contains a plurality of alloys of tantalum. |
| US12213387B2 |
Spin-orbit torque structure including topological materials and magnetic memory device including the spin-orbit torque structure
The present disclosure provides a spin-orbit torque structure having a high spin Hall angle and low resistance by including a topological material. In addition, the present disclosure provides a spin-orbit torque structure having a low power consumption density by including a topological material. Also, a magnetic memory device including the spin-orbit torque structure is provided. |
| US12213386B2 |
Magnetoresistance memory device and manufacturing method of magnetoresistance memory device
A magnetoresistance memory device includes a first conductor, a first insulator covering a side surface of the first conductor, a second conductor on the first conductor that are substantially made of a non-magnetic non-nitrogen material. The device includes a variable resistance material, a third conductor, a first ferromagnetic layer, an insulating layer, and a second ferromagnetic layer. The third conductor, a fourth conductor on the second ferromagnetic layer, and a second insulator covering side surfaces of the first and second ferromagnetic layers and insulating layer are substantially made of a non-nitrogen material. A third insulator is on the second insulator. |
| US12213384B2 |
Oscillator
An oscillator includes: an outer package having an accommodation space; an inner package accommodated in the accommodation space and fixed to the outer package via a heat insulating member; a vibration element accommodated in the inner package; a heat generation element accommodated in the accommodation space and fixed to the inner package; an oscillation circuit configured to oscillate the vibration element; a control circuit disposed outside the accommodation space and configured to control the heat generation element; and a conductive wire electrically coupling the outer package and the inner package. |
| US12213380B2 |
Thermoelectric power generation system and control method therefor
A thermoelectric power generation system includes a first flow path for a first fluid, a second flow path for a second fluid, a temperature of the second fluid being lower than a temperature of the first fluid, a thermoelectric module between the first flow path and the second flow path, and a controller configured to switch between a power generation mode and a heating mode. In the power generation mode, the thermoelectric module is caused to generate electric power, based on a difference between the temperature of the first fluid and the temperature of the second fluid. In the heating mode, a first surface of the thermoelectric module is heated using a Peltier effect caused by supplying electric power to the thermoelectric module. A distance between the first surface and the first flow path is shorter than a distance between the first surface and the second flow path. |
| US12213376B2 |
Organic photoelectric conversion material
The present invention provides an organic photoelectric conversion material such that an increase in the solution viscosity can be suppressed even after long-term storage. This organic photoelectric conversion material comprises Pd, wherein the average number of Pd clusters in a scanning transmission electron microscopic image of a thin film made of the organic photoelectric conversion material is 1500 counts/μm3 or less. It is preferable that the Pd clusters each have a particle diameter of from 1 nm to 20 nm. It is preferable that the organic photoelectric conversion material is a polymer for organic photoelectric conversion material; and it is more preferable that the polymer for organic photoelectric conversion material is a D-A type π-conjugated polymer. It is preferable that the polymer for organic photoelectric conversion material has a thiophene ring. |
| US12213375B2 |
Photoelectric conversion film, photoelectric conversion element and electronic device
There is provided a photoelectric conversion film including a quinacridone derivative represented by the following General formula and a subphthalocyanine derivative represented by the following General formula. |
| US12213369B2 |
Display panel and display devices with light detection circuits
A display panel including light-sensing devices and light-detection circuits. The light-detection circuit includes a sensing module, a reading module, and a resetting module. The sensing module includes a control terminal electrically connected to the light-sensing device and the resetting module, an input terminal electrically connected to a first signal line, and an output terminal electrically connected to the reading module. Further, a first light-sensing device is electrically connected to the control terminal of the sensing module in a first light-detection circuit, and a second light-sensing device is electrically connected to the control terminal of the sensing module in a second light-detection circuit. The second light-detection circuit further includes a first capacitor, and the first capacitor is electrically connected to the control terminal of the sensing module in the second light-detection circuit. |
| US12213368B2 |
Touch sensing unit integrated display device including outgassing holes
A display device including a base layer, a circuit layer, a light emitting device layer, an organic layer, and a touch sensing unit. The base layer includes a display area and a non-display area. A plurality of insulation patterns overlaps the non-display area. The organic layer is disposed on the light emitting device and overlaps the plurality of insulation patterns and the organic light emitting diode. At least a portion of the plurality of touch signal lines overlaps the plurality of insulation patterns. |
| US12213367B2 |
Display device
A display device includes: a display panel including a pixel having an emissive area, and a sensor having a sensing area; and an anti-reflection layer on the display panel, the anti-reflection layer including: a light blocking layer having a first opening overlapping with the emissive area, a second opening overlapping with the sensing area, and an intermediate opening between the first opening and the second opening; a color filter covering the first opening; an over-coating layer on the light blocking layer, and covering the color filter; and a light blocking pattern on the over-coating layer, and overlapping with an area between the intermediate opening and the first opening. |
| US12213365B2 |
Display device and photomask for defining opening in the display device
A display device includes a substrate, a pixel electrode disposed on the substrate, a bank layer which is disposed on the pixel electrode and in which a pixel opening overlapping the pixel electrode is defined, an encapsulation layer disposed on the pixel electrode and the bank layer, a sensing electrode disposed on the encapsulation layer, a first insulating layer which is disposed on the sensing electrode and in which an opening overlapping the pixel opening is defined, and a second insulating layer which is disposed on the first insulating layer and has a higher refractive index than a refractive index of the first insulating layer, where a side inclination angle of the first insulating layer in the opening of the first insulating layer is different depending on a position of the opening of the first insulating layer. |
| US12213364B2 |
Triad sub-pixel arrangements for under display sensors
In general, the subject matter described in this disclosure can be embodied in a display panel. The display panel includes a first area of multiple pixels that has a first density of light emitting diodes (LEDs), and that has an equal representation of LEDs of a first color, a second color, and a third color. Each pixel in the first area has: (i) a first sub-pixel comprising an LED of the first color, (ii) a second sub-pixel comprising an LED of the second color, and (iii) a third sub-pixel comprising an LED of the third color. The display panel includes a second area of multiple pixels that borders the first area, that has a second density of LEDs that is lower than the first density, and that has an unequal representation of LEDS of the first color, the second color, and the third color. |
| US12213363B2 |
Display panel and display apparatus
A display panel includes pixel-driving circuits distributed in an array along a first direction and a second direction and including a driving transistor and a capacitor with a first electrode connected to a gate of the driving transistor and a second electrode connected to a power line; a substrate base; a second conductive layer and a fifth conductive layer which is located on a side of the second conductive layer away from the substrate base and includes the power lines connected to at least one conductive wire. The second conductive layer, located on a side of the substrate base, includes second conductive portions corresponding to the pixel-driving circuits and forming the second electrode of a corresponding capacitor, and at least two adjacent second conductive portions form the conductive wire; orthographic projections of the power lines are spaced along the first direction and extend along the second direction. |
| US12213362B2 |
Display substrate, manufacturing method thereof, and display device
A display substrate. In a plane parallel to the display substrate, the display substrate includes a plurality of sub-pixels, at least one sub-pixel includes a pixel driving circuit and a light emitting device connected to the pixel driving circuit, the pixel driving circuit at least includes a storage capacitor and a plurality of transistors, the plurality of transistors at least includes a driving transistor and at least one switching transistor of a dual-gate structure. In a plane perpendicular to the display substrate, the display substrate includes a plurality of conductive layers, the first polar plate and the gate electrode of the drive transistor are arranged in the same layer, the second polar plate and the first power line are arranged in the same layer. |
| US12213356B2 |
Display substrates and display devices
A display substrate (1) and a display device, which can reduce the number of power lines (22), and improve the light transmittance of a first display sub-region (111). The display substrate (1) includes a first display sub-region (111) and a second display sub-region (112), where a light transmittance of the first display sub-region (111) is higher than that of the second display sub-region (112); the display substrate (1) includes: a plurality of first-type sub-pixels (21) and a plurality of power lines (22), where the first-type sub-pixels (21) and the power lines (22) are located in the first display sub-region (111); the first-type sub-pixels (21) are arranged in an array along a row direction (X) and a column direction (Y); each first-type sub-pixel (21) comprises a light emitting element and a pixel circuit for driving the light emitting element to emit light; the plurality of power lines (22) are connected to one another; the plurality of power lines (22) comprise at least one of first-type power lines (221) or second-type power lines (222), the first-type power lines (221) are configured to be connected to pixel circuits of the first-type sub-pixels (21) arranged along the row direction (X), and the second-type power lines (222) are configured to be connected to pixel circuits of the first-type sub-pixels (21) arranged in the column direction (Y); a sum of a number of the first-type power lines (221) and a number of the second-type power lines (222) is smaller than a sum of a number of rows and a number of columns of the array. |
| US12213355B2 |
Display panel and display device
A display panel is described that includes a light-transmitting area, a main display area, a first transition display area, and a first wiring area. The display panel further includes: a plurality of first light-emitting units, a plurality of first pixel driving circuits, a plurality of first signal lines, a plurality of second signal lines, and a plurality of third signal lines. The plurality of first light-emitting units are located in the light-transmitting area; the plurality of first pixel driving circuits are located in the first transition display area; the plurality of first signal lines extend in the second direction and are located in the first transition display area for providing a potential signal to the first pixel driving circuit. |
| US12213340B2 |
Display panel, display apparatus and method for manufacturing display panel
A display panel, a display apparatus and a method for manufacturing the display panel are provided. The display panel has a first display region and an optical component region. The first display region surrounds at least a part of the optical component region. The optical component region includes a pixel region and a non-pixel region. The display panel includes a first electrode and a first light-emitting module that are located in the pixel region, and at least one second electrode and a first support member that are located in the non-pixel region. One first electrode covers the first light-emitting module along a thickness direction of the display panel. One second electrode is bridged between two adjacent first electrodes. The first support member overlaps with one of the at least one second electrode along the thickness direction of the display panel. |
| US12213338B2 |
Display device
A display device includes a substrate, a circuit layer on the substrate, a display layer on the circuit layer, at least one hole in a display area of the substrate that penetrates the substrate, the circuit layer, and the display layer, and at least two grooves that surround the at least one hole, where each of the at least two grooves has an undercut structure. The substrate includes a first substrate, a first inorganic layer, a second substrate, and a second inorganic layer, which are sequentially stacked, and each of the at least two grooves extends down from the display layer into the second substrate. |
| US12213335B2 |
Display device with improved encapsulation efficiency of pad portion
A display device includes a first substrate having a thin-film transistor; a second substrate spaced apart from the first substrate; a dam disposed between the first substrate and the second substrate and disposed on an edge area of the first substrate; and a gap-maintaining film disposed between the first substrate and the second substrate and disposed on a central area of the first substrate surrounded with the edge area, wherein the dam contains an UV curable resin and a curing retarder. Thus, a sufficient time duration required for a bonding process after UV irradiation for curing the dam is secured. |
| US12213333B2 |
Light emitting device with electron auxiliary layer including metal oxide nanoparticles, and method of manufacturing the light emitting device, and display device
Light emitting device, method of manufacturing the light emitting device, and display device including the light emitting device are disclosed. The light emitting device includes a first electrode and a second electrode each having a surface opposite the other, a light emitting layer including quantum dots that is disposed between the first electrode and the second electrode, and an electron auxiliary layer disposed between the light emitting layer and the second electrode, wherein the electron auxiliary layer includes metal oxide nanoparticles including an anion of an organic acid bound to a surface of the metal oxide nanoparticle. |
| US12213328B2 |
Silicon/perovskite tandem solar cell and preparation method thereof
The present disclosure relates to a silicon/perovskite tandem solar cell and a preparation method thereof and belongs to the technical field of perovskite tandem cells. The silicon/perovskite tandem solar cell includes a silicon bottom cell and a perovskite top cell, in which a seed crystal silicon layer and a tunneling layer are sequentially arranged between a surface of the silicon bottom cell and a bottom surface of the perovskite top cell, the seed crystal silicon layer being adjacent to the silicon bottom cell, and the tunneling layer being adjacent to the perovskite top cell. Here, the seed crystal silicon layer is an amorphous silicon layer, and the tunneling layer is a doped microcrystalline silicon oxide layer. The cell facilitates the tunneling between the silicon bottom cell and the perovskite top cell, thereby improving the open circuit voltage and the conversion efficiency of the cell. |
| US12213318B2 |
Semiconductor memory device and method of manufacturing the same
A semiconductor memory device, and a method of manufacturing the same, includes a lower stack in which a plurality of first interlayer insulating layers and first conductive layers are alternately stacked, a plurality of cell plugs passing through the lower stack in a vertical direction, an upper stack in which a plurality of second interlayer insulating layers and at least one second conductive layer are alternately stacked on the lower stack, a plurality of drain select plugs passing through the upper stack and being in contact with an upper portion of the plurality of cell plugs, and a separation pattern separating adjacent drain select plugs among the plurality of drain select plugs, wherein the separation pattern is in contact with a sidewall of each of the adjacent drain select plugs. |
| US12213316B2 |
Semiconductor devices and data storage systems including the same
A semiconductor device includes a lower structure including a semiconductor substrate and circuit devices on the semiconductor substrate; a stack structure including interlayer insulating layers and gate electrodes alternating in a vertical direction; and a channel structure penetrating the stack structure. The channel structure includes a core insulating layer, a channel layer, a gate dielectric layer, and a channel pad. A portion of the channel pad overlaps an uppermost gate electrode among the gate electrodes in a horizontal direction. The channel pad includes a first pad layer and a second pad layer on the first pad layer. The second pad layer includes doped polysilicon that is doped with impurities and having N-type conductivity. The first pad layer includes at least one of an undoped polysilicon region and a doped polysilicon region having N-type conductivity and having an impurity concentration lower than an impurity concentration of the second pad layer. |
| US12213314B2 |
Semiconductor device with improved aspect ratio
A semiconductor device includes a first stacked body and a second stacked body stacked on each other. A columnar semiconductor film penetrates the first stacked body and the second stacked body, and a charge storage film is between the first semiconductor film and the stacked bodies. A first dummy memory cell is at a position where a first conductive layer in the first stacked body that is closest to the second stacked body intersects the columnar semiconductor film and the charge storage film. A memory cell is at a position where another conductive layer of the first stacked body intersects the columnar semiconductor film. The distance between an upper corner of the first conductive layer and the charge storage film is greater than the distance between an upper corner of the second conductive layer and the charge storage film. |
| US12213313B2 |
Semiconductor device and electronic system including the same
A semiconductor device including a peripheral circuit structure on a substrate, a horizontal layer on the peripheral circuit structure, an electrode structure including electrodes on the horizontal layer, the electrodes including pads arranged in a stepwise shape, a planarization insulating layer covering the pads, a contact plug penetrating the planarization insulating layer and coupled to one of the pads, a penetration via penetrating the planarization insulating layer and coupled to the peripheral circuit structure, and a vertical conductive structure between the electrode structure and the penetration via may be provided. The vertical conductive structure may have a bottom surface located at a level that is higher than a top surface of the horizontal layer and is lower than a bottom end of the contact plug. |
| US12213311B2 |
Methods used in forming a memory array comprising strings of memory cells
A method used in forming a memory array comprising strings of memory cells comprises forming a lower portion of a stack that will comprise vertically-alternating first tiers and second tiers on a substrate. The stack comprises laterally-spaced memory-block regions, Material of the first tiers is of different composition from material of the second tiers. Horizontally-elongated lines are formed in the lower portion that are individually between immediately-laterally-adjacent of the memory-block regions. The lines comprise sacrificial material. The lines individually comprise laterally-opposing projections longitudinally therealong in a lowest of the first tiers. The vertically-alternating first tiers and second tiers of an upper portion of the stack are formed above the lower portion and the lines, and channel-material strings are formed that extend through the first tiers and the second tiers in the upper portion to the lower portion. Horizontally-elongated trenches are formed into the stack that are individually between the immediately-laterally-adjacent memory-block regions and extend to the line there-between. The sacrificial material of the lines and projections is removed through the trenches. Intervening material is formed in the trenches and void-spaces left as a result of the removing of the sacrificial material of the lines. Other embodiments are disclosed. |
| US12213303B2 |
Semiconductor device and method of fabricating the same
The present disclosure provides a semiconductor device and a fabricating method thereof, and which includes a substrate, bit lines, bit line contacts, a gate structure, a first oxidized interface layer, and a second oxidized interface layer. The bit lines are disposed on the substrate, and the bit line contacts are disposed below the bit lines. The gate structure is disposed on the substrate, wherein each bit line and the gate structure respectively include a semiconductor layer, a conductive layer, and a covering layer stacked from bottom to top. The first oxidized interface layer is disposed between each bit line contact and the semiconductor layer of each bit line. The second oxidized interface layer is disposed within the semiconductor layer of the gate structure, wherein a topmost surface of the first oxidized interface layer is higher than a topmost surface of the second oxidized interface layer. |
| US12213295B2 |
Diamond-based electromagnetic interference shield
Disclosed herein are apparatuses and methods for providing a shield tile. In some embodiments, the shield tile includes a diamond in a shape of a prism. The diamond includes a first region converted to graphite. The first region is parallel to a base of the prism, and the first region extends to at least one face of the prism. |
| US12213293B2 |
Shielding cover, shielding can, printed circuit board assembly, and electronic device
A shielding cover shields and protects a component in an electronic device. The shielding cover includes a cover body and a flexible printed circuit board disposed on the cover body. A first opening is disposed on an end face of the cover body, and the flexible printed circuit board may be affixed to an outer side of the end face of the cover body through soldering, bonding, or the like, blocking the first opening. |
| US12213291B2 |
Enhanced integration of power inverters using polymer composite encapsulation
A power control system for an electric vehicle includes a power inverter comprising a switch module including a plurality of power switches, a controller board, and a gate driver board in communication with the controller board and configured to drive gates of the plurality of switches. A first housing is made of polymer composite, encloses the power inverter, defines a first cooling cavity in thermal communication with a first surface of the switch module, and encapsulates a portion of at least one of the switch module, the controller board and the gate driver board. |
| US12213290B2 |
Electrical device and method for producing a first and second electrical device from a kit
In an electrical device and method for producing a first and second electrical device from a construction kit, the electrical device includes a heat sink having a contact surface, on which a power module is arranged. A frame part of the electrical device is arranged on the contact surface, the power module is accommodated in the frame part, and the frame part is delimited by a bulge of the heat sink protruding at the edge of the contact surface. |
| US12213289B2 |
Modular heat-transfer systems
Some modular heat-transfer systems can have an array of at least one heat-transfer element being configured to transfer heat to a working fluid from an operable element. A manifold module can have a distribution manifold and a collection manifold. A decoupleable inlet coupler can be configured to fluidicly couple the distribution manifold to a respective heat-transfer element. A decoupleable outlet coupler can be configured to fluidicly couple the respective heat-transfer element to the collection manifold. An environmental coupler can be configured to receive the working fluid from the collection manifold, to transfer heat to an environmental fluid from the working fluid or to transfer heat from an environmental fluid to the working fluid, and to discharge the working fluid to the distribution manifold. |
| US12213283B2 |
Electronic device and control method of electronic device
An electronic device and a control method for controlling the electronic device is disclosed. The electronic device includes: a middle frame; a heat source mounted on the middle frame; a housing having a heat dissipation area and a non-heat-dissipation area, the heat source being located between the heat dissipation area and the middle frame, and a heat dissipation coefficient of the heat dissipation area being higher than that of the non-heat-dissipation area; and a processing module, configured to adjust heat dissipation power of the heat dissipation area according to a temperature of a non-contact position of the housing and a measured temperature of a contact position of the housing. |
| US12213274B1 |
Lie-flat cable clip
A lie-flat cable clip is disclosed that has a base and first and second hooks. The first hook and second hooks are coupled to the base and are rotatable between open and closed clip positions. The first hook has a first arm and a first extension. The first arm is connected to the base at a proximal end and is connected to the first extension at a distal end. The first extension has an aperture. The second hook has a second arm and a second extension. The second arm is connected to the base at a proximal end and is connected to the second extension at a distal end, the second extension having a projection. The first hook and the second hook are configured to couple together in the closed clip position and to lie flat to be co-planar with the base in the open clip position. |
| US12213269B2 |
Display panel and sound box
Disclosed are a display panel and a sound box. The display panel includes a screen body, a cover plate, a protrusion portion, a first adhesive portion and a second adhesive portion. The first adhesive portion is filled between a region of the cover plate exposed from the protrusion portion and the screen body, and the second adhesive portion is filled between the protrusion portion and the screen body, such that no gap is generated between the cover plate and the screen body and between the protrusion portion and the screen body, so as to eliminate bubbles visible to human eyes after a defoaming treatment of the screen body and the cover plate, thereby improving a display effect of the display panel. |
| US12213266B2 |
Electronic device
An electronic device has a middle frame with a middle frame hole. A screen chip and a screen outlet line are located on a first side of the middle frame, a battery is located on a second side of the middle frame, and the screen chip is laminated to a large surface of the screen outlet line. To avoid contact between the middle frame and the screen chip, the middle frame hole accommodates the screen chip, a protruding height of the screen chip relative to the large surface of the screen outlet line is less than a thickness of the middle frame hole, and a distance between the screen chip and the battery is greater than an avoidance distance of the screen chip. The screen chip is prevented from moving downward to be in contact with the middle frame when a user presses the display, thereby avoiding damage. |
| US12213265B2 |
Managing network installation
A mounting bracket may reserve an installation site for a network component at a specific geographic location. The mounting bracket may bear indicia by which the mounting bracket can be associated (e.g., electronically) with the geographic location for tracking and/or reporting purposes. The indicia may be removable from the mounting bracket. The indicia may block the network component from being installed at the mounting bracket prior to removal of the indicia. |
| US12213262B2 |
Flexible support, method for manufacturing same, and display device
Provided is a flexible support. The flexible support includes two first flexible support plates and one second flexible support plate. The second flexible support plate includes a first foldable region extending along a first direction, wherein the first foldable region includes a first side edge and a second side edge extending along the first direction; one of the two first flexible support plates is disposed on a side, distal from the second side edge, of the first side edge, the other of the two first flexible support plates is disposed on a side, distal from the first side edge of the second side edge, and the two first flexible support plates are respectively connected to two opposite side edges of the second flexible support plate. A material density of the first flexible support plate is less than a material density of the second flexible support plate. |
| US12213260B2 |
Electronic device
A portable or wearable electronic device can include a device housing defining an internal volume, and an electronic component disposed in the internal volume. The electronic component can be an input component and can have a component housing. The electronic device can also include an antenna feed assembly disposed in the internal volume. The antenna feed assembly can include a conductive grounding component electrically connected to the component housing and the device housing, and an antenna feed component electrically connected to the grounding component and disposed adjacent to the component housing. The conductive grounding component can surround a first major surface and a second major surface of the component housing. |
| US12213259B2 |
Display device
A display device includes a display module including a first non-folding area, a folding area, and a second non-folding area, a support plate disposed below the display module, a foam coating layer including a base portion and a foaming agent included in the base portion, the foam coating layer being disposed directly on the support plate; and a barrier layer disposed between the display module and the foam coating layer and including an elastic material. |
| US12213257B2 |
Suction position adjustment device
A suction position adjustment device of a component mounter which includes a head having multiple pickup members and that executes simultaneous suction control for substantially simultaneously picking up multiple components with the multiple pickup members by moving the head to a target position that is determined to locate the multiple pickup members on the multiple components supplied from multiple feeders to a supply position. The suction position adjustment device includes an imaging device configured to image the supply position of the feeder from above, a display device, and a control device. The control device configured to control the imaging device so that an upper surface, at the supply position, in the multiple feeders of adjustment targets is captured and display, on the display device, captured multiple upper surface images and multiple pointers superimposed on the multiple upper surface images, when the target position is adjusted. |
| US12213256B2 |
Semiconductor package for improving power integrity characteristics
A semiconductor package including a circuit board including a first wiring region, a die mounting region surrounding the first wiring region, and a second wiring region surrounding the die mounting region; a plurality of wiring balls on the first wiring region and the second wiring region and spaced apart from one another, the plurality of wiring balls including a plurality of first wiring balls on the first wiring region and a plurality of second wiring balls on the second wiring region; a die on the die mounting region, the die including a plurality of unit chips spaced apart from one another, and a die-through region corresponding to the first wiring region and exposing the first wiring balls; and a plurality of die balls on the die and the die mounting region, the plurality of die balls being spaced apart from one another and electrically coupled to the circuit board. |
| US12213251B2 |
Printed circuit board
A printed circuit board includes: an insulating layer; a plurality of pads disposed on the insulating layer; and a plurality of insulating walls disposed on the insulating layer, and at least partially covering side surfaces of the plurality of pads, respectively, while being free from surfaces of the plurality of pads, respectively. The plurality of insulating walls are disposed to be spaced apart from each other on the insulating layer. |
| US12213248B2 |
Printed wiring board
A printed wiring board includes resin insulating layers, and conductor layers laminated on the resin insulating layers, respectively. The conductor layers includes a conductor layer including a conductor circuit formed such that the conductor circuit has recesses each having a depth of 2.0 μm or more and a bottom whose diameter is larger than a diameter of an opening part of a respective one of the recesses. |
| US12213247B2 |
Electronic device
An electronic device is disclosed. The electronic device includes a carrier, a computing element disposed over the carrier, and a first data storage element disposed over the carrier and electrically connected with the computing element through the carrier. The computing element is configured to receive a first power provided from the first data storage element. |
| US12213246B2 |
Electronic device including flexible printed circuit board
An electronic device is provided. The electronic device includes a flexible printed circuit board comprising a housing, a first printed circuit board disposed in an inner space of the housing, a second printed circuit board disposed so as to be spaced apart from the first printed circuit board, a connection part electrically connecting the first printed circuit board and the second printed circuit board and connected to the second printed circuit board, and a coupling part including a bent part extending from the connection part and capable of being at least partially bent. |
| US12213244B2 |
Transmission module, electronic unit, and electronic device
A transmission module includes a flexible printed wiring board including a signal line, a connector mounted on the flexible printed wiring board, and a reinforcing member disposed at a position opposing the connector with the flexible printed wiring board therebetween. The signal line includes a pad connected to a terminal of the connector. The reinforcing member includes a first portion disposed in a region including at least part of the pad as viewed in a direction perpendicular to a main surface of the flexible printed wiring board, and a second portion disposed around the first portion as viewed in the direction perpendicular to the main surface. A member constituting the first portion is a member having a nature that reduces a characteristic impedance of the pad more than a member constituting the second portion does. |
| US12213227B2 |
Control device having buttons with multiple-level backlighting
A control device may have a plurality of buttons that may be backlit to multiple levels, such as first, second, and third adjacent buttons positioned in order, and first, second, and third LEDs positioned to illuminate a respective button. The control device may be configured to illuminate the first LED to a first LED illumination intensity to illuminate the respective button to a first surface illumination intensity; illuminate the third LED to a second LED illumination intensity to illuminate the respective button to a second surface illumination intensity; and illuminate the second LED to a third LED illumination intensity to illuminate the respective button to the second surface illumination intensity. The third LED illumination intensity may be less than the second LED illumination intensity, which may be less than the first LED illumination intensity, and the second surface illumination intensity may be less than the first surface illumination intensity. |
| US12213226B2 |
Controlling lighting loads to achieve a desired lighting pattern
A visible light sensor may be configured to sense environmental characteristics of a space using an image of the space. The visible light sensor may be controlled in one or more modes, including a daylight glare sensor mode, a daylighting sensor mode, a color sensor mode, and/or an occupancy/vacancy sensor mode. In the daylight glare sensor mode, the visible light sensor may be configured to decrease or eliminate glare within a space. In the daylighting sensor mode and the color sensor mode, the visible light sensor may be configured to provide a preferred amount of light and color temperature, respectively, within the space. In the occupancy/vacancy sensor mode, the visible light sensor may be configured to detect an occupancy/vacancy condition within the space and adjust one or more control devices according to the occupation or vacancy of the space. The visible light sensor may be configured to protect the privacy of users within the space via software, a removable module, and/or a special sensor. |
| US12213218B2 |
Auto adjusted light source
A light-emitting diode (LED) array illuminates different objects in, for example, a commercial environment. A camera captures an image of each object under different lighting conditions. Feedback is used by processing circuitry for each image to determine the lighting parameters of the LED array to obtain optimum lighting conditions and the lighting parameters stored. When a new object is illuminated, the lighting parameters for the object are retrieved and used. The lighting parameters may change dependent on ambient conditions, including lighting and time of day. |
| US12213217B2 |
System for preventing overheating arcing in heated laminated glass
A system includes a laminated glass comprising a protective layer disposed between two sheets of glass. The system includes a resistive conductive coating made of a first electrically conducting material disposed on a surface of one of the two sheets of glass facing the protective layer. The system includes a first set of electrodes made of a second electrically conducting material disposed on the resistive conductive coating. The system includes a second set of electrodes made of a third electrically conducting material disposed on the first set of electrodes. The second set of electrodes is electrically connected to the first set of electrodes, respectively. The third electrically conducting material of the second set of electrodes is more ductile than the second electrically conducting material of the first set of electrodes. |
| US12213216B2 |
Small cell radio and antenna module
An antenna module includes: an antenna-radio unit comprising an antenna and a radio transceiver in an integrated unit; a foundation plate configured for mounting to a monopole; a bottom plate mounted above the foundation plate to form a first air gap; a support member that extends upwardly from the bottom plate, the antenna-radio unit mounted to the support member; an upper plate mounted to an upper end of the support member; a fan unit mounted to the upper plate; a lower cap mounted above the upper plate; an upper cap mounted above the lower cap to form a second air gap; and a shroud that surrounds and conceals the antenna-radio unit and the support member. |
| US12213215B2 |
User equipment overheating handling during LTE-new radio simultaneous UL transmission
The present disclosure pertains to a user equipment for a mobile telecommunications system, which has a circuitry configured to communicate with a new radio base station and a LTE base station. The circuitry is further configured to: perform simultaneous uplink communication with the LTE base station and the new radio base station; detect an overheating situation; and transmit capability information in response to detecting the overheating situation. |
| US12213211B2 |
Split input and output (IO) for subscriber identity module (SIM) swaps
Aspects of the subject disclosure may include, for example, receiving, from a computing device, a user request to perform a subscriber identity module (SIM) swap for a subscriber, wherein the computing device and a user device are accessible to a user, based on the receiving the user request, generating a code for the SIM swap, resulting in a generated code, providing the generated code to the computing device for presentation, obtaining, from the user device, data associated with the user, the user device, or a combination thereof, facilitating user authentication responsive to the obtaining the data, detecting a transmission of a particular code from the user device, resulting in a detected code, and, based on the detecting the transmission and based on the facilitating the user authentication, performing an action relating to the SIM swap. Other embodiments are disclosed. |
| US12213208B2 |
Small data transmissions in an inactive state to disaggregated base stations
Methods, systems, and devices for wireless communications are described. Generally, a user equipment (UE) may directly send small data to a disaggregated base station without performing a random access procedure. The CU-CP may provide a list of routing identifiers and corresponding data resource bearers (DRBs) to a distributed unit (DU) and the DU may transmit a connection release message to the UE. The connection release message may include the list of routing identifiers and the list of DRB identifiers. The connection release message may also include a downlink monitoring timer. The UE may identify data for an uplink transmission and a DRB associated with that data. The UE may transmit a packet with the data and the routing identifiers to a DU, which may derive downlink address information from the routing identifiers and forward the data to a CU-UP of the aggregated base station. |
| US12213202B2 |
Systems and methods for detecting and attacking a VPN
A system may be configured to identify VPN traffic. Some embodiments may: obtain a plurality of default port numbers and/or protocol types; obtain information continually updated to indicate at least one of a predetermined host or DNS; and detect VPN traffic based on a used port number and/or used protocol type, the VPN traffic being generated based on user-interaction at a client device. The detection may be performed by comparing the port number or protocol type against the obtained port numbers or protocol types, the VPN traffic being detected from among a larger set of network traffic. Some embodiments may further: determine that the detected port number or protocol type indicates a higher level of security; filter the larger set of traffic by identifying the detected VPN traffic routed to the predetermined host or DNS; and block or otherwise disrupt the VPN traffic. |
| US12213195B2 |
Bluetooth communication system and related computer program product capable of reducing complexity of pairing bluetooth host device with bluetooth device set for user
A Bluetooth communication system includes: a Bluetooth host device; and a Bluetooth device set which including a first member device and a second member device. The first member device is arranged to operably transmit an auto-pair request, a first device information corresponding to the first member device, and a second device information corresponding to the second member device to the Bluetooth host device. The Bluetooth host device is arranged to operably receive the auto-pair request, the first device information, and the second device information transmitted from the first member device. The Bluetooth host device is further arranged to operably establish a Bluetooth connection with the first member device and conduct pairing procedure with the first member device according to the auto-pair request. |
| US12213193B2 |
Split bearer control method and related device
A split bearer control method and a related device are provided. The split bearer control method applied to a terminal includes: a target split bearer is configured for the terminal, a data duplication function is configured for the target split bearer, the target split bearer includes N transmission paths, and N is a positive integer greater than 2; the terminal receives split bearer indication signaling sent by a network-side device; and the terminal activates or deactivates the data duplication function in response to the split bearer indication signaling. |
| US12213191B1 |
Smart workstation method and system
A system and method establishing control of affordances at a workstation. The method includes the steps of storing affordance preferences in a database for a plurality of portable affordance settings that may be present at a workstation, detecting a subset of affordances present within a first zone associated with the workstation, for each detected affordance in the subset, identifying an affordance setting in the database indicating a user preference, and automatically controlling settings of at least each of the detected affordances in the subset to match the user preferences for the detected affordances. |
| US12213190B2 |
QoS-related operation method in wireless communication system and apparatus therefor
An embodiment provides a method comprising the steps of: receiving, by an NG-RAN, a PDU session-related message including a Qos profile and two or more alternative QoS profiles, which relate to a QoS flow; determining whether the QoS profile can satisfy the QoS flow; transmitting, to an SMF, a first notification indicating that the QoS profile does not satisfy the QoS flow; determining whether the two or more alternative QoS profiles can satisfy the QoS flow; and transmitting, to the SMF, a second notification indicating that the alternative QoS profiles satisfy the QoS flow, wherein the second notification includes information about an alternative Qos profile capable of satisfying the QoS flow, among the two or more alternative QoS profiles. |
| US12213188B2 |
Wireless communication method using TXOP and wireless communication terminal using same
Provided is a wireless communication terminal that wirelessly communicates. the wireless communication terminal includes: a transceiver for transmitting and receiving a wireless signal; and a processor for processing the wireless signal. The processor is configured to perform a transmission based on a transmission opportunity (TXOP) limit which is a maximum value of a TXOP, which is a time interval in which a wireless communication terminal has a right to initiate a frame exchange sequence in a wireless medium. |
| US12213186B2 |
On collision handling of MsgA PUSCH in 2-step RACH and other uplink channels
A method and device are disclosed for performing collision resolution in a two-step random access channel (RACH) process. In such a process, an MsgA PUSCH signal and a grant based PUSCH signal may collide. When such a collision is detected, either the MsgA PUSCH signal or the grant based PUSCh signal are dropped. The other of the two signals is then transmitted. The determination regarding which signal to drop can be based on a set of rules stored in memory. |
| US12213185B2 |
Methods and apparatus for transmitting and receiving uplink control information and for requesting random access in wireless communication system
The present disclosure relates to a pre-5th-Generation (5G) or 5G communication system to be provided for supporting higher data rates Beyond 4th-Generation (4G) communication system such as Long Term Evolution (LTE). A method performed by a user equipment (UE) is provided that includes receiving, via a RRC signaling, SIB for two uplink carriers in one cell, the two uplink carriers including a first uplink carrier corresponding to a downlink carrier in which a downlink synchronization signal is received and a second uplink carrier, transmitting an uplink signal on one of the two uplink carriers configured to the UE. |
| US12213180B2 |
Random access channel configuration in time domain for NR in unlicensed spectrum
Systems, methods, and circuitries are provided for adjusting random access channel occasions support operation in unlicensed spectrum. In one example, a method includes determining a set of preconfigured random access channel (RACH) occasions (ROs) that includes a plurality of successive ROs; deriving an set of adjusted ROs by inserting a time gap between ROs in the set of preconfigured ROs; and transmitting a physical random access channel (PRACH) preamble in at least one RO in the set of adjusted ROs. |
| US12213178B2 |
Random access channel procedures with multiple carriers
Methods, systems, and devices for wireless communication are described. Wireless communications systems may support uplink random access channel (RACH) transmissions on multiple beams and over multiple component carriers (CCs). A wireless device may transmit a random access preamble to a base station in a first RACH transmission, which may indicate a set of CCs over which the base station may respond with a random access response (RAR) in a second RACH transmission. The second RACH transmission may then include an indication for which CCs the wireless device may use for a subsequent RACH transmission (e.g., a RACH message 3). The wireless device may also indicate a beam index and/or time-frequency resources associated with beams and/or CCs used for such cell acquisition transmissions. In other examples, the base station may indicate resources (e.g., via a handover command or RACH command) for wireless device scheduling request and/or beam-failure recovery request transmission. |
| US12213177B2 |
Suspendable CSMA/CA for IEEE 802.15.4 system to reduce packet discard caused by backoff failure
A computer-executed method is provided for IEEE 802.15.4 devices based on a suspendable carrier-sense multiple access with collision avoidance (CSMA/CA) control program and standard CSMA/CA control program for an IEEE 802.15.4 network composing of IEEE 802.15.4 devices. The computer-executed method is provided on an IEEE 802.15.4 device, and causes a processor of the IEEE 802.15.4 device to perform steps that include determining the permission of backoff suspension and the intention of IEEE 802.15.4 device to perform backoff suspension, selecting the suspendable CSMA/CA control program if the backoff suspension is permitted and IEEE 802.15.4 device intends to perform backoff suspension. The suspendable CSMA/CA control program is configured to perform active CCA within each unit backoff period and suspend backoff if channel is detected to be busy, performing a CCA when backoff completes, transmitting frame when the detected channel status is an idle state or incrementing a number of backoff (NB) when the detected channel status is an busy state, determining if a NB exceeds the macMaxCSMABackoffs, incrementing a number of retransmissions (NR) when a NB exceeds the macMaxCSMABackoffs, and discarding frame when a NR exceeds macMaxFrameRetries. |
| US12213175B2 |
Inter-user-equipment scheduling for sidelink communications
Methods, systems, and devices for wireless communication are described. A first user equipment (UE) may communicate one or more messages associated with establishing a sidelink communication connection with a set of UEs, including a second UE. The first UE may transmit a message indicating that the first UE has a data transmission to send. The second UE may receive the message and transmit an indication that a first set of resources is allocated to the first UE for the data transmission. In some examples, the second UE may broadcast the indication that the first set of resources is allocated to the first UE. The first UE may transmit the data transmission over the resources based on receiving the indication that the first set of resources is allocated to the first UE. In some examples, the first UE may perform a listen before talk procedure prior to transmitting the data transmission. |
| US12213173B2 |
Wireless communication method using multi-link, and wireless communication terminal using same
The present invention provides a channel switching method and device, the method performed by a multi-link device (MLD) comprising a plurality of stations, which respectively operate in a plurality of links, in a wireless communication system. Particularly, the MLD of the present invention may: receive a frame comprising channel switching information for channel switching from a first AP of a primary link from among the plurality of links; and determine whether or not channel switching is to be performed for a station connected to a second AP by means of a subsidiary link, on the basis of the channel switching information. |
| US12213168B2 |
Information recording and reporting method and apparatus
The present invention provides an information record reporting method and apparatus. The information record reporting method is applied to a network side device, and comprises: sending a random access related information record instruction to a terminal, the random access related information record instruction instructing the terminal to record random access related information. |
| US12213162B2 |
Management of communication channels in wireless networks
Implementations disclosed describe techniques and systems to facilitate efficient operations of wireless networks organized in a topology of communicating nodes. Techniques include cascade synchronization of various nodes of the network by generating and maintaining a common time using times associated with ordered communications between nodes. The common time maintained by the network allows performance of synchronous action for precise industrial, medical, and testing applications. The described techniques and systems further include management of communication windows between different nodes in a way that facilitates fast and efficient propagation of data collected by the network from multiple source nodes to one or more destination nodes. The techniques further include efficient assignment and flexible management of communication frequencies (channels) to various nodes of the network to reduce interference and noise by assigning different communication frequencies to the nodes that utilize concurrent communications windows. |
| US12213161B2 |
Device to device communication method and apparatus
A device to device (D2D) communication apparatus and method are provided. The D2D communication apparatus includes a transceiver configured to receive resource configuration information indicating D2D resources configured in a serving cell from a base station (BS) of the serving cell, and a controller configured to determine locations of resources for transmission or reception of signals for D2D communication based on the resource configuration information. The resource configuration information includes information about length of common D2D resources configured in a plurality of cells and additional D2D resources configured in the serving cell and information about length of common and additional D2D resources of a cell that configures maximum-sized additional D2D resources among the serving cell and neighboring cells. |
| US12213158B2 |
Systems and methods for multiple redundant transmissions for user equipment cooperation
Aspects of the present application provide methods and device for use in User Equipment (UE) cooperation. UE cooperation may include the cooperating UEs (CUEs) forwarding traffic to or from one or more target UEs (TUEs) with redundant signal transmissions or receptions. Methods involve a base station transmitting configuration information to at least one cooperative user equipment (CUE) and to a target user equipment (TUE). The configuration information includes an indication of resources for a sidelink (SL) transmission and a redundancy parameter for the SL transmission. The SL transmission is a transmission for the at least one CUE to forward a packet intended for the TUE. The base station also transmits the packet intended for the TUE, to a plurality of UEs comprising the at least one CUE and the TUE. |
| US12213157B2 |
Wireless communication method and device
A wireless communications method and device are provided. The method and device lower bit overheads and reduce the complexity of terminal processing in the sending of a synchronization signal (SS) block. The method includes determining that a first indication field in a physical broadcasting channel (PBCH) included in a first SS block is used to indicate a physical resource block (PRB) grid offset between channels or signals of an SS block and a non-SS block or indicate resource information of a second SS block. The method further includes sending the first SS block, wherein when it is determined that the first indication field is used to indicate the resource information of the second SS block, the first indication field in the first SS block indicates the resource information of the second SS block. |
| US12213155B2 |
Integrated access and backhaul node resource timing
Methods and apparatus are provided for determining timing of resources in an integrated access and backhaul, IAB, node (200). In one example, a method (1300), is performed by an integrated access and backhaul, IAB, node (200), the method comprising: determining (s1302) one or more timing offset for a time resource, the offset being in relation to a mobile termination, MT, and a distributed unit, DU, resource of the IAB node, and providing (s1304) to a parent IAB node (300), information related to the one or more timing offset of the IAB node. |
| US12213151B2 |
Resolving colliding signals
Systems and methods are disclosed herein that relate to transmitting and receiving a transmission when there is a collision between the transmission and reserved resource elements. In some embodiments, a radio access node for a cellular communications network is disclosed, wherein the radio access node comprises a transceiver, a processor, and memory storing instructions executable by the processor whereby the radio access node is operable to transmit, via the transceiver, a downlink transmission to a wireless device using one or more Physical Resource Blocks (PRBs) that comprise reserved Resource Elements (REs) by puncturing the downlink transmission at positions of the reserved REs. In some embodiments, the downlink transmission is an Enhanced Physical Downlink Control Channel (EPDCCH) transmission or a Physical Downlink Shared Channel (PDSCH) transmission. Further, in some embodiments, the reserved REs are REs utilized for one or more CSI-RSs. |
| US12213148B2 |
Grant-based feedback bit determination for feedback occasions
Methods, systems, and devices for wireless communications are described. A base station may transmit a feedback configuration to a user equipment (UE) in control signaling, such as radio resource control (RRC) signaling, a medium access control (MAC) control element (MAC-CE), or a downlink control information (DCI) message. The feedback configuration may indicate a number of feedback bits to provide for each grant within a feedback occasion. The UE may receive scheduling information indicating one or more grants for the UE within the feedback occasion. The UE may transmit a feedback message based on receiving the grants, where the feedback message includes a set of bits for each grant within the feedback occasion. The number of bits in the set may be based on the feedback configuration. |
| US12213147B2 |
Methods for DFI transmission in NR-U
A method for downlink feedback information transmission in a shared spectrum is described, the method comprising: transmitting by a network node to a user equipment at least one downlink control information, said downlink control information carrying a downlink feedback information, wherein the downlink feedback information comprises a Hybrid Automatic Repeat Request Acknowledgement, HARQ-ACK, feedback information for a transmission from the user equipment to the network node. |
| US12213144B2 |
Uplink control information transmission in wireless communication
Techniques discussed herein facilitate generation of uplink control information for Enhanced Physical Uplink Control Channel (PUCCH) Format(s) (EPF(s)). One example embodiment employable in a User Equipment (UE) is configured to: determine Hybrid Automatic Repeat reQuest-Acknowledgment (HARQ-ACK) information; generate a PUCCH for a BandWidth Part (BWP) based at least in part on the HARQ-ACK information, wherein the PUCCH has an EPF; determine a PUCCH resource for the PUCCH and a first PRB index for the PUCCH, wherein the PUCCH resource is determined based at least in part on an index of a first Control Channel Element (CCE) of an associated Physical Downlink Control Channel (PDCCH) and a number of CCEs in a Control Resource Set (CORESET) of the associated PDCCH; and map the PUCCH to at least one PUCCH interlace based on the PUCCH resource and the first PRB index for the PUCCH. |
| US12213138B2 |
Physical sidelink channel-based transmission configuration information transmitting method and receiving method and device
The present disclosure provides an information transmitting method, an information receiving method, and a device. The information transmitting method is applied to user equipment, and includes: transmitting transmission configuration information through a physical sidelink channel; wherein the transmission configuration information includes first indication information, the first indication information is used for indicating that at least one slot is a downlink slot, a flexible slot or an uplink slot, and/or indicating that at least one symbol is a downlink symbol, a flexible symbol or an uplink symbol; the physical sidelink channel includes at least one of a physical sidelink broadcast channel, a physical sidelink shared channel or a physical sidelink control channel. |
| US12213137B2 |
Slot structure for automatic gain control for high subcarrier spacing
Methods, systems, and devices for wireless communications are described. In some examples, when a high subcarrier spacing (SCS) is used for sidelink communications, the user equipments (UEs) may use a modified sidelink slot structure for the sidelink communications. In one example, the slot structure may include at least two automatic gain control (AGC) symbols with at least one sidelink control channel symbol between the two AGC symbols. The UE may perform an AGC procedure during the two AGC symbols and the sidelink control channel symbol. In some examples, the slot structure may include bundled slots to minimize per slot overhead associated with AGC symbols and sidelink control channel symbols. For example, at a high SCS, the slot structure may include a first slot including multiple AGC symbols, Subsequent bundled slots may not include AGC symbols and/or sidelink control channel symbols. |
| US12213133B2 |
Selective restriction in beamformed transmission scheduling
A radio base station, RBS (10) of a wireless communication network indicates to a wireless device (14, 18, 20) where in the time and/or frequency domain to perform radio quality measurements. If the RBS (10) determines that one or more wireless devices (14, 18, 20) (including those that are idle) are in risk of performing deteriorated quality measurements, it refrains from scheduling beamformed downlink data in the time/frequency region where the wireless devices (14, 18, 20) perform quality measurements when the reference signals (e.g., Cell Specific Reference Signals, or CRS) are broadcast. This avoids deterioration of the RSRQ due to beamforming gain, and allows existing legacy features that rely on RSRQ to continue to function as originally intended. The restriction is only on beamformed data—the transmission of non-beamformed data in the relevant bandwidth is already accounted for in the use of RSRQ measurements. |
| US12213132B2 |
Transmission configuration indicator (TCI) state- based control channel element (CCE)-to-resource element group (REG) bundle mapping
Methods, systems, and devices for wireless communications are described. A user equipment (UE) may perform a blind decoding process on a downlink control channel (e.g., a physical downlink control channel (PDCCH)) in a control resource set (CORESET). The UE may receive a configuration indicating that the CORESET is configured with multiple sets of resource element group (REG) bundles, and each set of REG bundles may be associated with a transmission configuration indicator (TCI) state. The UE may map control channel elements (CCEs) of the CORESET to one or more REG bundles of the sets of REG bundles. A PDCCH candidate may be associated with the CORESET, and the UE may determine CCEs for the PDCCH candidate based on the mapping such that the PDCCH candidate includes at least one REG bundle associated with each TCI state. The UE may monitor the PDCCH candidate for downlink control information (DCI). |
| US12213129B2 |
Physical uplink shared channel transmissions
A WTRU may receive a slot format configuration (SFC) that indicates flexible symbols, uplink symbols, and downlink symbols. The WTRU may receive an uplink grant that is associated with the PUSCH transmission with repetitions. The received uplink grant may comprise a dedicated slot format indicator (SFI) and a resource map that indicates available resource block groups associated with the uplink symbols. The WTRU may identify an available uplink symbol based on the SFC, the SFI, and the resource map. The WTRU may identify, for the available uplink symbol, unavailable resource block groups based on the resource map. The WTRU may perform a PUSCH transmission repetition using the available uplink symbol, wherein the PUSCH transmission avoids the unavailable resource block groups. |
| US12213125B2 |
Wireless device and wireless communication method for scheduling assignment message transmission
Provided are a wireless device and a wireless communication method in a wireless communication network comprising multiple wireless devices capable of communicating with each other directly, the wireless device comprising: a processing circuitry operative to multiplex data with a scheduling assignment message, into transmission information; and a transmitter operative to transmit the transmission information in a scheduling assignment period, to another wireless device in the wireless communication network, wherein the scheduling assignment message is used for indicating data transmission resource in the scheduling assignment period or in a previous scheduling assignment period. |
| US12213124B2 |
Tiered SSB based radio resource management for radar coexistence
A method, system and apparatus are described for implementing a tiered SSB framework for radar coexistence. A tiered-SSB based radio resource management may be implemented. Tiered-SSB based radio resource management are implemented in downlink and/or uplink. |
| US12213120B2 |
Communication device and communication method
In a wireless communication base station device, a modulation unit carries out modulation processing for Dch data after coding to generate a Dch data symbol. A modulation unit carries out modulation processing for Lch data after coding to generate an Lch data symbol. An allocation unit allocates the Dch data symbol and Lch data symbol to each sub-carrier composing an OFDM symbol and outputs the allocated sub-carrier to a multiplex unit. In this case, the allocation unit allocates the Dch data symbol to a plurality of resource blocks where one Dch is arranged at an interval equal to integral multiples of the number of resource blocks composing a resource block group. |
| US12213119B2 |
Method and apparatus for configuring or activating various types of gaps in wireless communication system
The method includes receiving, by the terminal from a base station the RRCReconfiguration includes a one or more gap configuration and a MAC-CellGroupConfig and a one or more uplink bandwidth part configuration, each of the one or more gap configuration includes an identifier of the gap, triggering a Scheduling Request for a first MAC CE if the first MAC CE has been triggered and not cancelled and if uplink shared channel resources are not available for a new transmission, performing, by the terminal, Scheduling Request transmission based on a specific first configuration and a specific second configuration and transmitting, by the terminal to the base station to request activation of a first gap, the first MAC CE, wherein the specific first configuration is the first configuration corresponding to the first identifier1 and the specific second configuration is the second configuration associated with the specific first configuration. |
| US12213117B2 |
Location-matrix based user equipment band scanning
An electronic device configured to operate in two frequency bands having significantly different coverage areas receives coordinates associated with a smaller coverage area over a frequency band having a larger coverage area. The coordinates allow the electronic device to only power up the associated radio and search for a base station of the smaller coverage area when the electronic device is in the area described by the coordinates. This allows the electronic device to achieve significant power savings compared to even infrequent random polling to determine when a base station of the smaller coverage area radio system is available. |
| US12213116B2 |
Special cell dormant bandwidth part switching
A user equipment (UE) may operate on a dormant bandwidth part (BWP) and a non-dormant BWP of a carrier. The UE identifies a dormant bandwidth part (BWP) and a non-dormant BWP of a carrier corresponding to a primary secondary cell (PSCell) of a secondary cell group (SCG) for dual connectivity (DC), receives an indication that an active BWP is to be switched from the non-dormant BWP to the dormant BWP and performs an action corresponding to the dormant BWP. |
| US12213114B2 |
Resource indication method and apparatus
A resource indication method includes generating, by an access point, resource mapping information, where the resource mapping information includes a plurality of mapping segments, each mapping segment is associated with a frame type, each mapping segment includes a plurality of resource indicators, and each resource indicator indicates a resource allocated to a station in a frame corresponding to a frame type associated with a mapping segment to which the resource indicator belongs, and sending, by the access point, the resource mapping information. |
| US12213112B2 |
Method, device and system for uplink transmission and downlink reception in wireless communication system
A transmission and reception method of a radio signal by a terminal in a wireless communication system is disclosed. The method may comprise the steps of: determining whether or not transmission of an uplink radio signal or reception of a downlink radio signal allocated to a terminal is possible on a slot configured to comprise at least one of one or more downlink symbols for downlink transmission, one or more flexible symbols and one or more uplink symbols for uplink transmission; and controlling the transmission of the uplink radio signal or the reception of the downlink radio signal on the basis of the determination. |
| US12213108B2 |
Method and apparatus for determining resource position, base station and storage medium
A method and apparatus for determining a resource position, a base station, and a storage medium are provided. The method includes: acquiring a specified transmission time difference representing a transmission time difference between a second band and a first band; determining a first resource position, which is a first-type resource position configured for a first device to transmit communication data in the first band; and determining a second resource position based on the first resource position, the specified transmission time difference, and at least one of following parameters: at least one second-type resource position of the first band or at least one second-type resource position of the second band. The second resource position is a second-type resource position configured for a second device to transmit feedback data of the communication data. |
| US12213106B2 |
Radio (NR) vehicle to everything (V2X) methods for sensing and resource allocation
A wireless transmit receive unit (WTRU) may receive first data on a first physical sidelink shared channel (PSSCH) transmission. Further, the WTRU may transmit second data on a second PSSCH transmission. The WTRU may then determine, based on a first priority associated with the first data and a second priority associated with the second data, prioritization between a transmission of a first physical sidelink feedback channel (PSFCH) transmission associated with the first data and a reception of a second PSFCH transmission associated with the second data. Moreover, the WTRU may either, based on the prioritization determination, transmit, on the first PSFCH transmission, first hybrid automatic repeat request (HARQ) acknowledgement (ACK)/negative ACK (NACK) feedback associated with the first data, or receive, on the second PSFCH transmission, second HARQ ACK/NACK feedback associated with the second data. |
| US12213105B2 |
Sidelink transmission method and sidelink transmission apparatus
Disclosed is a method for transmitting sidelink data. The method comprises: a terminal device determining a target resource and target data from among at least one sidelink transmission resource and at least one piece of data, wherein an HARQ feedback mode of the target data matches the target resource; and the terminal device sending, on the target resource, the target data. By means of the method, a terminal device can determine the reception of sidelink data on the basis of different HARQ feedback modes, thereby improving the flexibility of sidelink feedback. |
| US12213099B2 |
Dynamic power sharing and tracking in a communications network
Extension of power efficient paging in a wireless network. In some examples, information is buffered for a time period corresponding to a paging slot, or both the paging slot and at least one adjacent slot. The buffered control information is processed to detect paging downlink control information (DCI) and a tracking reference signal (TRS). Based on the processing, the paging message is scheduled in a physical downlink shared channel (PDSCH) in the paging slot. In some examples, quasi-co-located (QCL) processing may be performed on the TRS and the paging DCI paging message, and a paging message is scheduled, based on the QCL processing, in a physical downlink shared channel (PDSCH) in a same or offset paging slot. |
| US12213096B2 |
Tracking area update for moving cell and timing advance broadcast for non-terrestrial networks
Various embodiments herein provide techniques for indication of a tracking area and/or timing advance for a cell of a wireless cellular network. In embodiments, the techniques may be used for a moving cell and/or a non-terrestrial network (NTN). Other embodiments may be described and claimed. |
| US12213095B2 |
Slice resource management for reducing the negative impacts of slice quotas
A mobile network is operative to perform a quota validation procedure in relation to a maximum number of user equipments (UEs) permitted in a network slice. In one illustrative example, a control plane (CP) function of the mobile network may receive, from the UE, a message which indicates a registration request for registration and includes a slice ID of the network slice. The CP function may manage a registration procedure for assigning resources of the network slice to the UE. The CP function may alternatively manage the registration procedure to refrain from assigning the resources of the network slice to the UE, at least for a delay time period, based on identifying that an indication of the UE indicates an expected delay in use of service in the network slice. The indication may be included in the message and indicate the delay time period of the expected delay. |
| US12213094B2 |
Method for processing timing advance TA of terminal, and apparatus
This application provides a method for processing timing advance (TA) of a terminal, and an apparatus. A terminal obtains a correspondence between first TA and a beam, determines, based on the correspondence, the beam corresponding to the first TA, and further determines, based on the beam corresponding to the first TA, whether the first TA is invalid. According to this application, the terminal may determine, by using a finer granularity, whether the first TA is invalid, and this helps trigger selection of more appropriate TA, thereby further reducing interference between uplink transmission. |
| US12213093B2 |
System and method for using a time gap
A method for enhanced uplink compensation gap are disclosed herein. In one embodiment, the method is configured to insert, by a wireless communication device, a time gap between a first transmission and a second transmission according to a configuration from a wireless communication node, wherein the first transmission includes the wireless communication device transmitting a plurality of first uplink messages to the wireless communication node and the second transmission includes the wireless communication device transmitting a plurality of second uplink messages to the wireless communication node. |
| US12213089B2 |
Method, apparatus, and system for signal synchronization
A method and an apparatus for signal synchronization are disclosed. The method for signal synchronization includes: A self-synchronizing first terminal device broadcasts first synchronization information, determines whether the first terminal device and a second terminal device have implemented signal synchronization when receiving second synchronization information sent by the second terminal device, and determines, based on a determining result, whether to synchronize with the second terminal device. This reduces a probability of communication interruption caused by synchronization source switching by the first terminal device after the second terminal device performs synchronization by using the first terminal device as a synchronization source. The method for signal synchronization may be applied to scenarios such as the intelligent driving, intelligent connected vehicles, and internet of vehicles. |
| US12213087B2 |
IAB downlink timing
There is disclosed a method of operating an Integrated Access and Backhaul (IAB) node (200, C, N3) in a radio access network, the IAB node (200, C, N3) being connected to a first parent IAB node (200, N1, P) via a first backhaul link having a first timing, and being connected to a second parent IAB node (200, N2, P) via a second backhaul link having a second timing, the IAB node (200, C, N3) providing a communication link for access or backhaul, the communication link having a communication timing based on the first timing and the second timing. The disclosure also pertains to related methods and devices. |
| US12213083B2 |
Method and apparatus for optimizing RAN power consumption
Systems and methods may optimize power consumption for RAN devices. A device obtains field data of user equipment (UE) devices for a group of cells during a time interval. The device computes cell boundaries for each cell and computes a cumulative overlap feature within the geographic area of interest for each cell of the group of cells during a future time period. The device determines updated cell boundaries that correspond to a reduced energy consumption needed to meet service requirements during the future time period. |
| US12213082B2 |
Transmission power control method, terminal, and wireless communication system
There is provided a transmission power control method for a terminal. In this method, when reception power is divided into at least two ranks at equal intervals, each of the at least two ranks has an allowable range having an identical size, a margin is set between a lower limit of the allowable range in an upper rank and an upper limit of the allowable range in a lower rank in the at least two ranks, and the allowable range is equal to or larger than the margin, the terminal adjusts transmission power of the first signal and the second signal by using a transmission power adjustment amount calculated by using reception power of the first signal and the second signal, a reception power difference between these signals, the at least two ranks, the allowable range, and the margin. |
| US12213076B2 |
Device, system, and method for transmissions during a restricted target wake time (rTWT) service period (SP)
A device, a system, and a method for transmissions during a restricted Target Wake Time (rTWT) Service Period (SP) are disclosed. In an embodiment, the device includes a wireless network interface device implemented on one or more integrated circuits (ICs), where the wireless network interface device is configured to transmit a beacon on a first link that indicates an rTWT SP for the first link, transmit a frame prior to a wake period of the rTWT SP, where the frame is transmitted during a first Transmission Opportunity (TXOP) that overlaps with the wake period, and transmit low latency traffic on the first link during the wake period, where the first TXOP that overlaps with the wake period is at least one of ended and continued. |
| US12213075B2 |
Measurement relaxation change based on total received power
There are provided measures for measurement relaxation change based on the total received power, in particular on an indicator of the total received power. Such measures exemplarily include, at a terminal in a radio resource management measurements relaxation mode having a reduced radio resource management measurements activity within a first relaxation mode scope as a relaxation mode scope of said radio resource management measurements relaxation mode, the terminal being served by a radio cell in a frequency band, achieving information on a parameter indicative of a total power received by said terminal at said frequency band, and deciding on a change of said relaxation mode scope of said radio resource management measurements relaxation mode based on said information on said parameter indicative of said total power received by said terminal at said frequency band. |
| US12213073B2 |
User equipment assistance information and buffer status report extension for green networks
Methods, systems, and devices for wireless communications are described. A user equipment (UE) may transmit one or more messages indicating a first time period having a duration prior to expected traffic being available for transmission at the UE, and indicating a size associated with the expected traffic (e.g., a quantity of bits). In some examples, the one or more messages may include a UE assistance information (UAI) message or a buffer status report (BSR) message. The UE may receive a response message based on the one or more messages indicating that a network entity is to enter a sleep mode during a second time period based on the first time period and the size associated with the expected traffic. In some examples, the network entity may enter the sleep mode based on the first time period and the size associated with the expected traffic. |
| US12213071B2 |
Mesh routing of sleepy sensor data
HVAC components having improved efficiency are described. In one embodiment, excessive sleep current draw in a battery-powered device having a microcontroller is detected by measuring a voltage drop across a MOSFET device coupled in a forward-conducting orientation in series between the battery and the microcontroller, causing a transistor to conduct when the voltage drop exceeds a predetermined threshold to generate a first trigger signal, integrating the first trigger signal to generate a second trigger signal, and generating an interrupt to the microcontroller. In another embodiment, a battery-saving method of operating an HVAC component includes maintaining the HVAC device in the sleep mode, receiving a user input to wake the device, transmitting a data request and returning the HVAC component to the sleep mode, waking up the HVAC device to poll an adjacent network node storing a cached response, displaying the response, and returning the HVAC device to sleep. |
| US12213070B2 |
Method for controlling connection time of terminal, and AMF node for performing method
In accordance with an aspect of the present disclosure, there is provided a method for controlling connection time of a terminal by an Access and Mobility Management Function (AMF) node. The method comprises receiving information on first connection time from the terminal; and transmitting or receiving data to or from the terminal during the first connection time, wherein the information on the first connection time indicates time to activate a PDU session between the terminal and the AMF node. |
| US12213069B2 |
Methods and systems relating to ultra wideband broadcasting
Within many applications impulse radio based ultra-wideband (IR-UWB) transmission offers significant benefits for very short range high data rate communications when compared with existing standards and protocols. In many of these applications the main design goals are very low power consumption and very low complexity design for easy integration and cost reduction. Digitally programmable IR-UWB transmitters using an on-off keying modulation scheme on a 0.13 microns CMOS process operating on 1.2 V supply and yielding power consumption as low as 0.9 mW at a 10 Mbps data rate with dynamic power control are enabled. The IR-UWB transmitters support new frequency hopping techniques providing more efficient spectrum usage and dynamic allocation of the spectrum when transmitting in highly congested frequency bands. Biphasic scrambling is also introduced for spectral line reduction. Additionally, an energy detection receiver for IR-UWB is presented to similarly meet these design goals whilst being adaptable to address IR-UWB transmitter specificity. |
| US12213066B2 |
Methods and apparatuses for network selection
Embodiments of the present disclosure provide methods, apparatus and computer program products for network selection. A method implemented at a terminal device comprises obtaining an indication of a first carrier that provides cross-carrier configuration of a second carrier for device to device, D2D, communication; and selecting, from a list of authorized networks, a serving network based on the second carrier and the obtained indication. With embodiments of the disclosure, support for device to device communication can be improved. |
| US12213064B2 |
Method for wireless communication and device
Methods for wireless communication and devices are provided. The method is applied to a terminal device not supporting network slice-specific authentication and authorization (NSSAA). The method includes receiving, by the terminal device, a first message sent by an access and mobility management function (AMF), and receiving a second message sent by the terminal device, where the first message contains no first single-network slice selection assistance information (S-NSSAI) of visited public land mobile network (VPLMN), a second S-NSSAI is subject to the NSSAA, the second S-NSSAI is an S-NSSAI of home public land mobile network (HPLMN) corresponding to the first S-NSSAI, and the second message is used for requesting for registering with a network slice. |
| US12213060B2 |
Techniques for identifying synchronization signals from repeaters in wireless communications
Aspects described herein relate to processing synchronization signal block (SSB) signals and/or corresponding system information block (SIB) based on whether the SSB is received directly from a network node or from a router in a path from the network node. For example, a signal originated from a network node can be received. It can be determined whether the SSB is received from the network node or from a router in a path from the network node, and the SSB or a corresponding system information block (SIB) of the network node can be processed based on whether the SSB is received from the network node or the router. Other aspects relate to indicating whether a SSB is from a network node or a router in the path. |
| US12213059B2 |
Communication apparatus, method for controlling the same, and storage medium
A communication apparatus configured to communicate with an information processing apparatus, the communication apparatus includes a first control unit configured to perform, in a case where a predetermined operation is performed on the communication apparatus, first control to start both a first state to communicate with the information processing apparatus using a first protocol and a second state to communicate with the information processing apparatus using a second protocol different from the first protocol, and a second control unit configured to perform, in a case where connection information for use by the communication apparatus to connect to an access point is obtained from the information processing apparatus via communication with the information processing apparatus using the second protocol based on predetermined information transmitted using the first protocol, second control to establish a connection between the communication apparatus and the access point by using the connection information. |
| US12213058B2 |
Method and apparatus for probing access points
A system, method, and apparatus for improving communication between mobile or wearable devices and access points of the wireless land area network. The method includes sensing at a client station a service set identifier for a wireless access network. The method also includes determining a subset of channels within the wireless access network by accessing information stored in a database, and determining a scan time interval associated with the service set identifier by accessing the information stored in the database. In addition, the method includes transmitting a probe request through the subset of channels to an access point located within the wireless access network and receiving a probe response at the client station from the access point during the scan time interval. Further, the method includes identifying location of the client station based on the probe response. |
| US12213049B2 |
State pooling for stateful re-homing in a disaggregated radio access network
Techniques described herein provide pooling of radio access network (RAN) resources in a disaggregated RAN in a manner that enables dynamic re-homing of RAN functions with minimal disruption to stateful communications. The RAN is a hierarchical arrangement of RAN units, each having an associated state at any given time. A RAN state pooling system (RSPS) is in communication with a pool of the RAN units via a high-speed communication channel. The RSPS is configured to maintain an updated repository of the state information for the RAN units in its serviced pool. In the event of re-homing from a first RAN unit to a second RAN unit in the pool (e.g., due to the first RAN unit failing, becoming overloaded, etc.), the RSPS provides the second RAN unit with the updated state information for the first RAN unit to facilitate a stateful re-homing. |
| US12213048B2 |
System and method for enabling multi-modal communication
Systems and methods for a multi-tenant communication platform. A method includes receiving, through an application programming interface (API), an inbound communication request identifying a communication endpoint, analyzing the inbound communication request to identify a transport protocol, selecting a routing option of the transport protocol, transforming the communication content to a format that is compatible with the selected routing option of the transport protocol and a mode of communication associated with the selected routing option, and transmitting the transformed communication content to the destination endpoint on the selected routing option. |
| US12213038B2 |
Multi-static sensing coordination
Methods, systems, and devices for wireless communications are described. A roadside unit (RSU) may transmit, to a first communication node, a request for multi-static sensing capability information associated with the first communication node. The RSU may receive a report indicating the multi-static sensing capability information for the first communication node. The RSU may transmit, in response to receiving the multi-static sensing capability information, a control message indicating one or more multi-static sensing parameters for the first communication node. The RSU may receive one or more multi-static sensing measurements obtained based at least in part on the one or more multi-static sensing parameters. The RSU may transmit, to the first communication node, a second communication node, or both, one or more channel estimates determined based at least in part on the one or more multi-static sensing measurements. |
| US12213035B1 |
User equipment barometer calibration over time
Techniques for calibrating a barometer sensor of a user equipment over time are discussed herein. In some cases, the accuracy of the barometer sensor may degrade over time. Techniques can include determining that the UE is at a consistent location over time. When the UE is at the location, the sensor data can be captured over time and stored. Data can be grouped by time periods (e.g., weekly, monthly, etc.) and a metric, such as an average value, can be determined. Over time, metrics can be compared to determine a drift in sensor accuracy. Differences in metrics can be used to determine calibration data, such as an offset, to calibrate subsequent sensor data. The offset can be applied to later-captured sensor data to provide more accurate data, which can ultimately result in more a more accurate determination of an elevation of the UE. |
| US12213034B2 |
Intelligent security via accurate mobile device location sensing
Described is intelligent security based on the detection of the presence of mobile devices within a defined region, determined via accurate mobile device location sensing, e.g., within on the order of one meter. Upon detection of the presence of a mobile device within a defined region via mobile device millimeter wave-based position sensing, an identity associated with the mobile device is obtained. If the identity associated with the mobile device is not a trusted identity, action can be taken based on the presence of the identity within the defined region. The intelligent security can be implemented within an application program of a registered user's mobile device and/or a security system, such as a commercially available security system with alarm monitoring services. Various criteria can determine the action(s) to take, including by which region (if more than one), time of day, identity trust level, duration of presence, and the like. |
| US12213033B2 |
Updating a background data transfer policy negotiated between an application function and a core network
Embodiments include methods of updating a background data transfer (BDT) policy negotiated between an application function (AF) and a core network (CN) of a telecommunication network. Such methods can be performed by a Policy Control Function (PCF) of the CN and can include, in response to receiving a notification of degraded network performance of a network area, determining that the negotiated BDT policy is affected by the degraded network performance and an Application Service Provider (ASP) associated with the negotiated BDT policy requested a warning notification. Such methods can include determining, at least based on operator policies, updated BDT policy information for the negotiated BDT policy, wherein the updated BDT policy information comprises at least one of the following: at least one candidate BDT policy, and updated conditions for the negotiated BDT policy. Such methods can include sending the updated BDT policy information to the AF. |
| US12213032B2 |
Messaging-based logging and alerting system
A single- or multiple-user messaging-based logging system automatically incorporates external data and ensures that every communication has complete metadata of relevant metrics, enables easy real-time visualization and reflection on those metrics, and ensures that the structured log entry is recorded by understanding the natural communication (text, voice, images, etc.) among participants without requiring a separate step of logging the action. In embodiments, one or more devices are alerted immediately based on which caregivers are predicted via sensors and automatic and manual configurations are most likely to be able to meaningfully and quickly correct the alertable condition. Embodiments also leverage feedback about the correction of the alertable condition to terminate alerts on other devices or feedback about the non-correction of the alertable condition to re-assign and escalate an alert to other devices and caregivers for them to have a follow-up chance to correct the alertable condition. |
| US12213027B2 |
Systems and methods for providing error correction and management in a mobile-based crowdsourcing platform
The present invention provides systems and methods for providing error correction and management in a mobile-based crowdsourcing platform, specifically a platform providing geolocation services. More specifically, the system of the present invention includes a plurality of remote mobile devices configured to communicate and exchange data with a cloud-based service, such as a crowdsourcing platform. The crowdsourcing platform generally provides a geolocation service based on the crowdsourcing, or polling, of users of the mobile devices so as to determine location and movement of the users within a specific environment. The system is further configured to automatically render a floor plan or layout of a location based on the user data. The system is further configured to recognize and recalibrate data errors during the collection and aggregation of the crowd-sourced data. |
| US12213022B2 |
Systems and methods for device localization
Systems and methods for localizing portable devices are illustrated. One embodiment includes a method for locating a portable device in a network that includes several reference devices. The method measures characteristics of signals transmitted via signal paths between reference devices and a portable device, normalizes the measurements to estimate characteristics of the signal paths, and estimates the likelihood that the portable device is in a particular location. Systems and methods for training prediction models include a method that includes steps for receiving context data for a portable device in a system, wherein the context data includes localization data that describes a location of the portable device, identifying a predicted stationary device based on the context data using a prediction model, identifying a target stationary device from the several stationary devices, training the prediction model based on based on the predicted stationary device and the received input. |
| US12213019B2 |
Locating content in an environment
A method includes obtaining an image of a machine-readable data representation that is located on a physical object using a camera of an electronic device. The machine-readable data representation includes an encoded form of a data value. The method further includes decoding the machine-readable data representation to determine the data value, whereby the data value includes a content identifier and a content source identifier. The method also includes selecting a content source based on the content source identifier, obtaining a content item and content location information based on the content identifier from the content source, determining a content position and a content orientation for the content item relative to the physical object based on the content location information, and displaying a representation of the content item using the electronic device according to the content position and the content orientation. |
| US12213016B2 |
Terminal
A terminal includes a receiving unit that receives configuration information of a transition destination cell from a gNB by a conditional cell transition in the gNB in which the terminal resides, and a control unit that performs a transition to the transition destination cell based on the configuration information of the transition destination cell, without receiving a transition command. In a case where the receiving unit receives the configuration information of the transition destination cell, the control unit starts a CHO timer and can perform the conditional cell transition before the CHO timer expires. |
| US12213015B2 |
System and method for tuning antennas using quality of service management and received access point telemetry
An information handling system and method is disclosed comprising a processor, a memory, a power management unit (PMU), at least one tunable antenna, and an antenna controller executing code instructions configured to receive access point (AP) telemetry information from one or more wireless APs, wherein the AP telemetry information is received within a fast initial link setup (FILS) discovery beacon frame including the AP telemetry information, determine a band/channel score for a plurality of radiofrequency bands and channels available for the wireless adapter to access the one or more wireless APs, receive local telemetry at the information handling system, and determine a recommendation for a band/channel change for the wireless adapter and trigger a band or antenna switching in accordance with the recommendation. |
| US12213014B1 |
Enabling direct connectivity between distributed units of radio-based applications to improve post-handover retransmission performance
A first distributed unit (DU) of a radio-based application determines that traffic associated with a particular user equipment device (UED) is to be handed over to a second DU. The first DU transmits contents of a buffer, including a data block transmitted from the UED, to the second DU using a direct network channel established between the DUs. The second DU stores the contents in a second buffer, and uses the contents to perform a retransmission operation associated with the traffic of the UED. |
| US12213012B2 |
Cell handover measurement indication method, network device, and terminal
Embodiments of this application disclose cell handover measurement indication methods, a network device, and a terminal, to improve reliability and real-time performance of cell handover. A cell handover measurement indication method includes: A network device calculates a measurement moment of cell handover based on a measurement event and sends a measurement indication. The measurement event is a location relationship between a terminal and the network device, and the measurement indication is used to indicate the terminal to perform cell handover measurement. The measurement indication sent by the network device may be used to notify the measurement moment of cell handover to the terminal. |
| US12213010B2 |
Method and device in communication node used for wireless communication
A method and a device in a communication node for wireless communications are disclosed in the present disclosure. A communication node receives a first signal and a second signal; and transmits a third signal; the first signal and the second signal respectively comprise a first identity and a second identity, and the first signal and the second signal are both associated with a third identity; the third signal carries the second identity; the first identity is different from the second identity; the third identity is associated with a first cell group, the first cell group comprising K1 cells; a transmitter of the first signal is a first cell, and a transmitter of the second signal is a second cell. The present disclosure herein proposes a scheme for cell handover, which allows partial system information to be updated as the UE moves in a cell group, thereby reducing signaling overhead. |
| US12213006B2 |
Synchronous communication apparatus, method of controlling the same, and storage medium
A synchronous communication apparatus includes an output unit configured to output a reception packet and a reception time stamp indicating a time when the reception packet is received, a first storage unit configured to store the reception packet, a second storage unit configured to store the reception time stamp, a determination unit configured to determine propriety of storage of the reception packet in the first storage unit, based on a free capacity of the first storage unit, and a processing unit configured to perform time synchronous processing using the reception packet stored in the first storage unit and the reception time stamp stored in the second storage unit, the processing unit being configured not to use the reception time stamp corresponding to the reception packet in a case where the determination unit determines that the reception packet is not storable. |
| US12212996B2 |
Mobility measurement method in RRC idle or inactive state and device
Embodiments of the present disclosure disclose a mobility measurement method in a radio resource control (RRC) idle or inactive state and a device. The method includes: adjusting measurement attribute information of inter-frequency frequencies, according to an inter-frequency measurement result and/or a serving cell measurement result of a terminal device and configuration information from a network device, where the measurement attribute information of the inter-frequency frequencies includes at least one of: a frequency type, a quantity of frequencies of different frequency types, or a measurement requirement of frequencies of different frequency types, the frequency type includes a first performance frequency or a second performance frequency, and a measurement requirement of the second performance frequency is lower than a measurement requirement of the first performance frequency. |
| US12212991B2 |
Channel monitoring indication method, terminal, and network device
A channel monitoring indication method, a terminal, and a network device are provided. The method includes: monitoring a first physical downlink control channel PDCCH; and if downlink control information (DCI) not used for scheduling is received on the first PDCCH, determining, based on the DCI not used for scheduling, whether to monitor a second PDCCH. |
| US12212989B2 |
Method for evaluating a wireless link, respective device, computer program and storage medium
The present disclosure is directed towards a device and a method for evaluating a wireless link (3) of a wireless node of a customer premises equipment (CPE) device (1, 2) during operation of the CPE device. The device and method includes determining an actual data-rate (33) of the wireless link, determining an available data rate (31) of the wireless link, and calculating a head-room (34) based on a required data rate (30) and the available data rate (31). |
| US12212988B2 |
Identifying a performance issue associated with a 5G wireless telecommunication network
The system obtains KPIs of a cell of a telecommunication network. The system preprocesses the multiple KPIs by reducing noise of the multiple KPIs and normalizing an amplitude of a KPI among the multiple KPIs. The system identifies a performance issue of the network by executing multiple ML models based on the KPIs, where a first ML model is configured to identify a sudden performance degradation, where a second ML model is configured to identify an event leading to a change in a performance trend, where a third ML model is configured to identify a gradual change in the performance trend, and where a fourth ML model is configured to identify whether the cell of the network is nearing a capacity limitation of the cell. The system provides a report based on the identified performance issue. |
| US12212987B2 |
Switching a configuration of a search space set used for control channel monitoring
According to certain embodiments, a method performed by a wireless device comprises monitoring a first search space set for a control channel candidate, receiving an indication to switch the search space set from a network node, and switching the search space set based on receiving the indication to switch the search space set. Switching the search space set comprises stopping the monitoring of the first search space set and starting monitoring a second search space set for the control channel candidate. |
| US12212985B2 |
Signal processing method, device and communication device
A signal processing method, a device and a communication device are provided. A signal processing method, applied to a first communication device and including: a first communication device sending a first reference signal to a second communication device; where the first reference signal is used for an automatic gain control measurement of at least two ports of the first reference signal and at least one of: a frequency offset estimation; a channel state information measurement; or a channel estimation. |
| US12212982B2 |
Method for sidelink radio link monitoring and radio link failure
Methods and apparatuses are described herein for monitoring radio links between wireless transmit/receive units (WTRUs) and determining of radio link failure, and may be used, among others, for New Radio (NR) vehicular communication (V2X); a mode whereby WTRUs can communicate with each other directly. A radio link between a WTRU and another WTRU may be monitored independently per ongoing unicast and/or multicast link, and radio link failure (RLF) may be determined as a function of the monitoring. |
| US12212980B2 |
System and method for creating and managing private subnetworks of LTE base stations
Disclosed is a system and methods for creating and maintaining a virtual subnetwork of telecommunication base stations within a wider telecommunication network. In an LTE-based example, the subnetwork includes a connection aggregator that is coupled between the plurality of eNodeBs internal to the subnetwork and one or more MMEs in the outer network. The connection aggregator intercepts all control plane messages between the MMEs and the internal eNodeBs, remaps eNodeB identifiers, and transmits repackaged messages so that the outer network sees the entire subnetwork as a single “giant” eNodeB. The disclosed system and methods enables the operator of the virtual subnetwork to add and shut down eNodeBs as demand for connectivity fluctuates, and to do so such that all changes are unseen by the outer network. |
| US12212977B2 |
System and method for limiting the number of synchronization signal blocks (SSBs) in ultra-wide bandwidth beamforming systems
Methods and systems for operating a base station to reduce beam squinting include determining a lower bound on the number of directional beams used by the base station for millimeter wave wideband communications (e.g., based on operating conditions of the base station or wireless devices within the coverage area of the base station) and transmitting synchronization signal block (SSB) messages in an SSB Burst Set consistent with the determined lower bound on the number of directional beams used by the base station for millimeter wave wideband communications. |
| US12212971B2 |
Conveyance of stir/shaken attestation levels using carrier code
The present disclosure describes providing an attestation level to a received communication. The attestation level may be used to communicate a level of security to a network or a called party that receives the communication. The attestation level associated with the communication may indicate to a destination network and/or recipient that the phone number associated with the communication is secure and/or the telephone number has not been spoofed. Determining the attestation level comprises comparing information associated with the communication with stored information and assigning a code based on the comparison. The code may be translated to a tag value that is used to direct the communication to a signing server for attesting the communication at the determined attestation level. |
| US12212967B2 |
Conditional device access for one or more additional authorized users
This disclosure provides systems, methods and apparatus, including computer programs encoded on computer storage media, for determining whether either a first authorized user has accessed an apparatus within a time interval or whether a condition is met. In some examples, responsive to determining that the first authorized user has not accessed the apparatus within a time interval or that the condition is met, a second authorized user may be allowed at least partial access to the apparatus. |
| US12212964B2 |
Reader coordination for access control
Systems and methods for access control systems includes first and second access facilities, and first and second readers. The first reader is configured to control access through the first access facility, receive a credential using a first communication protocol from a device that stores the credential, and establish a secret with the device using the credential. The second reader is configured to control access through the second access facility. The first reader is configured to provide the secret to the second reader, and the second device is further configured to perform ranging using the secret and a second communication protocol different than the first communication protocol to identify intent information. Access through one of the first facility or the second facility is coordinated using the intent information. |
| US12212960B1 |
Dynamic establishment of trust between locally connected devices
A method and system for establishing two-way trust between a short-range communication device and a hub device. The method includes: obtaining, from a hub device, a digitally signed request for determining whether the hub device is a trusted communication device for a short-range communication device and a cryptographic key generated by the short-range communication device; generating a response to the request; encrypting the response to the request by using the cryptographic key provided by the short-range communication device, so that the encrypted response can be decrypted only by the short-range communication device; and providing the encrypted response to the hub device. The short-range communication device may decrypt the response and determine whether the hub device is the trusted communication device based on information indicated in the response. |
| US12212958B2 |
Securing polar codes
Aspects are provided which allow a first device to secure transmission of polar encoded control information by encoding at least a portion of frozen bits and/or information bits with a shared key with a second device before these bits are encoded by a polar encoder. The first device determines whether to encode at least one of a plurality of frozen bits or a plurality of information bits using the shared key. Based on the determination, the first device encodes the frozen bits and/or the information bits, and sends the encoded frozen bits and/or the encoded information bits to the second device. Since the receiving device has the shared key, the receiving device may successfully decode the control information, while an eavesdropper who receives the encoded bits may fail to decode the control information due to lack of knowledge of the shared key. |
| US12212957B2 |
Methods and apparatus for WTRU-to-WTRU relay discovery security and privacy
A method for UE-to-UE (U2U) relay discovery security is disclosed. The method may comprise provisioning an end-UE with security material for a direct discovery set and a U2U discovery message and provisioning a U2U relay with security material for the U2U discovery message. The security material for the direct discovery set may comprise at least one of: A ProSe restricted code, associated key material, or an indicator associated with a relay service code (RSC) that indicates whether the RSC supports per ProSe direct discovery set protection. The method may comprise sending, by the end-UE to the U2U relay, a direct connection request (DCR) message. The DCR message may comprise at least one of: an RSC, and end-UE User info identification (ID), or a ProSe restricted code. The method may comprise sending, by the end-UE, an indication for direct discovery set protection. |
| US12212956B2 |
Inter-band handover of the same physical frequency
A method of an access network node of a carrier aggregation enabled cellular wireless communication system, and a method of a wireless terminal device of a carrier aggregation enabled cellular wireless communication system are disclosed. The method for the network node comprises identifying a need for an inter-band handover where a same physical frequency on which the access network node interacts with a wireless terminal device has more than one logical reference, wherein the wireless terminal device currently operates using a first logical reference, assigning a target frequency for the inter-band handover as a second logical reference for the physical frequency, and performing handover signalling with the wireless terminal device including the assigned target frequency. The method of the wireless terminal device comprises performing operation where a need for an inter-band handover occurs where a same physical frequency on which the wireless terminal device interacts with an access network node of the cellular wireless communication system has more than one logical reference, wherein the wireless terminal device currently operates using a first logical reference, and performing handover signalling with the access network node including receiving an assigned target frequency which is a second logical reference for the physical frequency. A network node, a wireless terminal device and computer programs for these for implementing the methods are also disclosed. |
| US12212955B2 |
Method and apparatus for handover
The embodiments of present application provide a method and device for handover, wherein, the method includes: receiving a configuration message transmitted by a second node to support the first node for handover, wherein, the first node includes any one of a relay node, a mobile terminal part of the relay node, and a distributed unit of the relay node, and the second node includes any one of an anchor node, and a central unit of the anchor node; and configuring the first node according to the configuration message transmitted by the second node. The method provided in the present application achieves the effect of updating the configuration of the first node during the handover of the first node when moving, so that the relay node may continuously provide service for a user equipment accessing the first node. |
| US12212953B2 |
Method, apparatus or systems for processing audio objects
Diffuse or spatially large audio objects may be identified for special processing. A decorrelation process may be performed on audio signals corresponding to the large audio objects to produce decorrelated large audio object audio signals. These decorrelated large audio object audio signals may be associated with object locations, which may be stationary or time-varying locations. For example, the decorrelated large audio object audio signals may be rendered to virtual or actual speaker locations. The output of such a rendering process may be input to a scene simplification process. The decorrelation, associating and/or scene simplification processes may be performed prior to a process of encoding the audio data. |
| US12212951B2 |
Audio system with dynamic target listening spot and ambient object interference cancelation
An audio system is proposed, dynamically playing optimized audio signals based on user position. A sensor circuits dynamically senses a target space to generate field context information. First speaker and second speaker are arranged for audio playback. A host device recognizes a user from the field context information, determines the user position corresponding to the target space, and adaptively assigns the user position as a target listening spot. A sensor circuit contains a camera capturing an ambient image out of the target space. A control circuit utilizes a user interface circuit to perform a configuration procedure which determines location, size and acoustic attribute information of an ambient object, and the control circuit accordingly performs a channel-based compensation operation on the target listening spot to generate optimized first channel audio signal and second channel audio signal. |
| US12212949B2 |
Method and apparatus for ambisonic signal reproduction in virtual reality space
Provided is a method of reproducing an ambisonic signal in a virtual reality (VR) space. The ambisonic signal reproduction method may include receiving an ambisonic signal, mapping the ambisonic signal to channels localized on a sphere according to an equivalent spatial domain (ESD) standard corresponding to an order of the ambisonic signal, and performing a sound field reproduction in the VR space based on the channels localized on the sphere. |
| US12212939B2 |
Target sound signal generation apparatus, target sound signal generation method, and program
Provided is a target sound extraction technique based on a steering vector generation method enabling instability in a calculation to be prevented when a neural network is trained by using an error back propagation method to reduce an estimation error of a beamformer. A target sound signal generation apparatus generates a target sound signal yt,f corresponding to a target sound included in an observed sound from an observed signal vector xt,f corresponding to the observed sound collected by using a plurality of microphones. The target sound signal generation apparatus includes a mask generation unit, a steering vector generation unit, a beamformer vector generation unit, and a target sound signal generation unit. The mask generation unit is configured as a neural network trained by using an error back propagation method. The steering vector generation unit generates a steering vector hf by determining an eigenvector corresponding to a maximum eigenvalue of a predetermined matrix generated from the observed signal vector xt,f and a mask γt,f by using a power method. |
| US12212932B2 |
Hearing assistive device having a rechargeable battery
A hearing assistive device having an antenna component with a common antenna feed with a switching component. The antenna component has a first branch with a first resonance frequency and a second branch with a second resonance frequency. The hearing assistive device switches between a communication state and a wireless charging state. In the communication state a transceiver is connected to the antenna component, and in the wireless charging state a wireless charging unit is connected to the antenna component. |
| US12212929B2 |
Closed-loop method to individualize neural-network-based audio signal processing
The present invention is in the field of auditory devices. In particular, the present invention provides a method for converting an auditory stimulus to a processed auditory output. The present invention also relates to uses of the method, auditory devices configured to perform the method, and computer programs configured to perform the method for converting an auditory stimulus to a processed auditory output. |
| US12212928B2 |
Method for eliminating acoustic reverberation in an audio signal, and hearing instrument
A method for eliminating acoustic reverberation in an audio signal. First and second level measurements are performed on the audio signal. The first level measurement uses a first attack parameter and a first decay parameter to measure a first attack time and a first decay time. The second level measurement uses a second attack parameter and a second decay parameter to form a second attack time that is identical to the first attack time and a second decay time that is longer than the first decay time. A difference between the first and second level measurements is calculated. The difference and the second level measurement are used to estimate a reverberation interference level, and the first level measurement and the reverberation interference level are used to ascertain a gain parameter for the audio signal. |
| US12212926B2 |
MEMS structure
A MEMS structure is provided. The MEMS structure includes a substrate and a backplate, the substrate has an opening portion, and the backplate is disposed on one side of the substrate and has acoustic holes. The MEMS structure also includes a diaphragm disposed between the substrate and the backplate, and the diaphragm extends across the opening portion of the substrate and includes outer ventilation holes and inner ventilation holes arranged in a concentric manner. The outer ventilation holes and the inner ventilation holes are relatively arranged in a ring shape and surround the center of the diaphragm. The MEMS structure further includes a pillar disposed between the backplate and the diaphragm. The pillar prevents the diaphragm from being electrically connected to the backplate. |
| US12212925B2 |
Piezoelectric microelectromechanical system corrugated microphone
A piezoelectric microelectromechanical system microphone comprises a support substrate, a piezoelectric element configured to deform and generate an electrical potential responsive to impingement of sound waves on the piezoelectric element, the piezoelectric element attached to the support substrate about a perimeter of the piezoelectric element, a sensing electrode disposed on the piezoelectric element and configured to sense the electrical potential, and corrugations defined in the piezoelectric element about the perimeter of the piezoelectric element to release residual stress and improve sensitivity of the piezoelectric microelectromechanical system microphone. |
| US12212919B2 |
Ear-worn hearing device with multiple transducers
An ear-worn hearing device and acoustic transducer subassemblies therefor are disclosed. The hearing device includes a hearing device housing with a sound passage terminating at a sound port on a portion of the hearing device housing configured to protrude toward or into a user's ear canal. Multiple transducers are arranged end-to-end along a lengthwise dimension, wherein a first transducer is located between the other transducers and the sound port of the hearing device housing. The transducers each include a sound outlet acoustically coupled to the sound port via the sound passage. |
| US12212914B2 |
Information handling system headset with adjustable earcup position for stereo and mono audio presentation
A headset presents audio sounds with first and second speakers disposed in first and second earcups that fit over first and second of an end user's ears. One ear cup adjusts with a greater travel distance relative to the other earcup so that the headset rests on the end user head with the one earcup raised above an ear and the other on an ear. A position sensor disposed in the headset detects the headset configuration to turn off audio at the speaker of the earcup that is displaced from the ear while increasing volume at the speaker of the earcup that remains over an ear. In addition, when only one ear is covered by an earcup, the audio presentation converts from stereo to monoaural. |
| US12212908B2 |
Acoustic output devices
The present disclosure discloses an acoustic output device. The acoustic output device may include a speaker assembly, configured to convert audio signals into vibration signals; a functional assembly electrically connected to the speaker assembly; and a supporting structure, configured to be connected to the speaker assembly and the functional assembly, wherein the supporting structure includes a metal body therein, and the metal body may be electrically connected to the functional assembly. |
| US12212907B2 |
Speaker applicable to be fixed on arched surface
The disclosure provides a speaker applicable to be fixed on an arched surface. It comprises a sound making member and a fixing frame connected therewith. The sound making member comprises a connecting frame, a magnetic element arranged at the front portion of the connecting frame, and a damper arranged at the rear portion of the connecting frame. The fixing frame is arched-shaped and fixedly connected with the back side of the connecting frame. It is arranged with a plurality of mounting holes, through each of which a fastening component can pass. It is designed to achieve an optimized box volume of the speaker box, and effectively simplifies the development of the moulds for the main body of the speaker box. It has merits such as reliable and convenient fixation, stable structure, convenient attachment and detachment, improved sound quality and sound effect. |
| US12212906B2 |
Internal venting mechanisms for audio system with non-porous membrane
An electronic device can include a housing, an audio component, and a gasket. The housing can define a first internal volume and the audio component can define a second internal volume. The audio component can include membrane and a venting element having a fluid impermeable layer. The venting element can define a fluid path placing the first internal volume and the second internal volume in fluid communication. At least a portion of the fluid path can extend parallel to the fluid impermeable layer. The gasket can define a seal between the first internal volume and an ambient environment adjacent the housing. |
| US12212895B1 |
Using motion sensors for direction detection
The application is directed to an electronic that includes multiple motion sensors, such as passive infrared sensors, that the electronic device uses to detect characteristics of objects. For instance, the motion sensors may be substantially vertically aligned and/or substantially horizontally aligned with one another, where each motion sensor is positioned at a respective angle with respect to a ground plane. When the motion sensors detect an object, the electronic device can then determine a direction at which the object is moving and/or a speed at which the object is moving. In some instances, the direction may include towards the electronic device or away from the electronic device. Additionally, based on the characteristics of the object, the electronic device may perform an action, such as generating image data using a camera and/or sending a user alert. |
| US12212891B2 |
Wireless camera network
A wireless camera network is disclosed. The wireless camera network includes a first camera and one or more other cameras. After an input is received by the first camera, the first camera records images or video, and the first camera wirelessly transmits a start signal to one or more other cameras to also start recording images or video and to also wirelessly transmit the start signal. |
| US12212890B2 |
Methods and systems for pre-recorded participation in a conference
The present disclosure provides methods and systems for creating recordings for virtual conferences. According to one of the embodiments a computer-implemented method is provided. The method comprises: requesting that an invitee of a virtual conference, through a conferencing platform, create a pre-recording to be played during the virtual conference; receiving the pre-recording, through the conferencing platform, from the invitee prior to the conference; storing the pre-recording in a database associated with the conferencing platform; identifying, through the conferencing platform, a first request from a first participant to perform an action on the pre-recording during the conference; and in response to identifying the request from the participant, performing the action, through the conferencing platform, on the pre-recording during the conference. |
| US12212883B2 |
Information processing devices, methods, and computer-readable medium for performing information processing to output video content using video from mutiple video sources
The present invention is an information processing device that performs information processing to output (produce and distribute) video content using video from multiple video sources including network cameras, the information processing device comprising: a switching means for performing switching based on video signals transferred by the transfer method used to transfer data without confirming reception by the receiving node with the transmitting node at the video source; and an information processing means that outputs (produces and distributes) video content based on information indicating which video source was switched at what time by the switching means and based on video data outputted from the video sources. |
| US12212877B2 |
Camera settings and effects shortcuts
Disclosed is a method for providing custom visual settings on a device including a display and at least one camera. The method comprises displaying a video on the display of the device, the video including data specifying the camera settings and visual effects that were applied during capture of the video, displaying a camera effects shortcut, receiving user selection of the camera effects shortcut, and, based on receipt of user selection of the camera effects shortcut, displaying, on the display, a video feed from the at least one camera on the with the visual effects and camera settings specified by the data. |
| US12212876B2 |
Distributed command execution in multi-location studio environments
A distributed studio management system includes a computing system having a computer readable memory and a processor. The computing system is associated with a first production facility that is remote to a second production facility. The processor is configured to perform the operations of receiving a set of device commands having commands targeting first and second devices in the first production facility and where the set of device commands are related to the second production facility, enqueuing a first command from the device commands into a first command queue assigned to the first device and a second command from the device commands into a second command queue assigned to the second device according to each device command's synchronized execution times, and causing the first and second devices to execute commands from their respective command queues relative to each other according to the commands' respective synchronized execution times. |
| US12212873B2 |
Imaging device and electronic device
The present invention relates to a highly functional imaging device that can be manufactured through a small number of steps. The imaging device is formed in such a manner that a first stacked body in which a plurality of devices are stacked and a second stacked body in which a plurality of devices are stacked are bonded to each other. For example, a pixel circuit, a driver circuit of a pixel, and the like can be provided in the first stacked body, and a reading circuit of the pixel circuit, a memory circuit, a driver circuit of the memory circuit, and the like can be provided in the second stacked body. With these structures, the imaging device which is small can be formed. Furthermore, wiring delay or the like can be prevented by stacking circuits, so that high-speed operation can be performed. |
| US12212872B2 |
Solid-state imaging element and imaging device
To improve an image quality in a solid-state imaging element that performs differential amplification. A reference-side amplification transistor supplies a reference current corresponding to a predetermined reference potential. A read-side amplification transistor supplies a signal current corresponding to a difference between a potential of a gate and the reference potential from a drain to a source. A pair of reset transistors initializes the potential of the gate and the reference potential. A potential control circuit controls a potential difference between the gate and the drain to a predetermined value when the potential of the gate and the reference potential are initialized. |
| US12212870B2 |
Monolithic, multi-mode, CMOS-compatible imager with active, per-pixel drive and sense circuitry for transducers
A single-chip solution for multi-modal imaging with every pixel capable of electrostatic, ultrasonic and optical imaging. The device can be configured in as much modality configurations as possible based on the types of the transducers included in the system. |
| US12212869B1 |
High-speed CMOS pixel detector
A high-speed CMOS pixel detector is provided, which includes a plurality of super pixel modules, where each super pixel module includes an array of N×M super pixel cells and a digital readout logic circuit connected to the N×M super pixel cells, and data is output between the super pixel modules via asynchronous control logic; and peripheral modules, including at least an EoC module, a peripheral readout module, and a peripheral data transmission module connected in sequence, where the EoC module is connected to the super pixel modules. This application adopts a structure in which a plurality of super pixel cells are integrated, allowing for upgrading of a serial sparse readout mode to a parallel sparse readout mode, thereby greatly improving a readout rate, enabling a plurality of pixels to share resources, and reducing pixel dimensions. |
| US12212866B2 |
Power supply circuit
In accordance with an embodiment, a power supply circuit includes: a first transistor device comprising a first gate associated with a first transconductance and a second gate associated with a transconductance greater than the first transconductance; and a second transistor device including a third gate associated with a second transconductance and a fourth gate associated with a transconductance greater than the second transconductance. The second transistor device is configured to supply power to at least one load, the first and the third gates are controlled by a closed regulation loop, and the second and the fourth gates are controlled by a sampled reference voltage. |
| US12212865B2 |
Systems and methods for obtaining color imagery using single photon avalanche diodes
A system for obtaining color imagery using SPADs includes a SPAD array that has a plurality of SPAD pixels. Each of the plurality of SPAD pixels includes a respective color filter positioned thereover. The system is configurable to capture an image frame using the SPAD array and generate a filtered image by performing a temporal filtering operation using the image frame and at least one preceding image frame. The at least one preceding image frame is captured by the SPAD array at a timepoint that temporally precedes a timepoint associated with the image frame. The system is also configurable to, after performing the temporal filtering operation, generate a color image by demosaicing the filtered image. |
| US12212863B2 |
Method for recording ultra-short-exposure, high dynamic range images and related imaging device
In global shutter image sensors, the light shields are often not completely lightproof and incoming light causes continued exposure even after the global shutter is shut. This ‘parasitic light’ degrades the recorded image. Disclosed is a method, performed by an imaging device with a global shutter image sensor, for recording an image with reduced degrading effects from parasitic light in the image sensor. The disclosed device and related method combine the global shutter functionality of the global shutter image sensor with a shutter such as a mechanical shutter. A precise synchronization of the closing of the shutter means that the shutter can block all incoming light—and thus stop parasitic light in the image sensor—shortly after the exposure is stopped by the global shutter image sensor. This allows the imaging device to record very short exposure images without the detrimental effects of parasitic light. |
| US12212859B2 |
Low-power fusion for negative shutter lag capture
Systems and techniques are provided for processing one or more frames. For example, a process can include obtaining a first plurality of frames associated with a first settings domain from an image capture system, wherein the first plurality of frames is captured prior to obtaining a capture input. The process can include obtaining a reference frame associated with a second settings domain from the image capture system, wherein the reference frame is captured proximate to obtaining the capture input. The process can include obtaining a second plurality of frames associated with the second settings domain from the image capture system, wherein the second plurality of frames is captured after the reference frame. The process can include, based on the reference frame, transforming at least a portion of the first plurality of frames to generate a transformed plurality of frames associated with the second settings domain. |
| US12212855B2 |
Control method, control device, and imaging device including interrupted detection light in exposure period
A control method for controlling a light control module including a light emitter that radiates detection light according to the present disclosure, includes interrupting radiation of the detection light by the light emitter in at least part of an exposure period in which exposure is being performed in still image shooting or moving image shooting. |
| US12212853B2 |
Ultra-wide field-of-view flat optics
Wide-angle optical functionality is beneficial for imaging and image projection devices. Conventionally, wide-angle operation is attained by a complicated assembly of optical elements. Recent advances have led to meta-surface lenses or meta-lenses, which are ultra-thin planar lenses with nanoantennas that control the phase, amplitude, and/or polarization of light. Here, we present a meta-lens capable of diffraction-limited focusing and imaging over an unprecedented >170° angular field of view (FOV). The lens is integrated on a one-piece flat substrate and includes an aperture on one side and a single meta-surface on the other side. The meta-surface corrects third-order Seidel aberrations, including coma, astigmatism, and field curvature. The meta-lens has a planar focal plane, which enables considerably simplified system architectures for imaging and projection. The meta-lens design is generic and can be readily adapted to different meta-atom geometries and wavelength ranges to meet diverse application demands. |
| US12212852B2 |
Focusing apparatus and method
A focusing method of a camera for obtaining an image of a surveillance area by performing a pan-tilt-zoom (PTZ) operation is included. The focusing method includes: determining whether a region of interest set in the surveillance area is included in a first image obtained by the camera; converting a mode according to a result of the determination by selecting a first mode in which focusing is performed using a first focusing algorithm or a second mode in which focusing is performed using a second focusing algorithm that is different from the first focusing algorithm; and focusing the camera with respect to the first image according to the first mode or the second mode. |
| US12212851B2 |
Method, computer program, and apparatus for controlling image acquisition device
A method of controlling an image acquisition device for tracking a target object includes: detecting an event in which tracking of a first object, which is a tracking target object, fails in a first image acquired by the image acquisition device; determining, in the first image, a reference object which is used as a reference for controlling the image acquisition device; controlling the image acquisition device such that at least one of an image capturing range and an image capturing direction of the image acquisition device is adjusted based on at least one of a size and a location of the reference object in the first image; and recognizing the first object in a second image acquired by the image acquisition device in a state in which at least one of the image capturing range and the image capturing direction is adjusted. |
| US12212847B2 |
Combined mechanical and electronic image stabilization
A device includes a mechanical stabilization system is used in image signal processing. The mechanical image stabilization system has an operating bandwidth and includes a motor to control an orientation of an image sensor. A processing apparatus of the device determines a temperature of the motor and adjusts a cutoff frequency of the operating bandwidth based on the temperature of the motor. |
| US12212846B2 |
Image processing apparatus, measurement method, and storage medium for measuring distance from image
An apparatus includes one or more processors, and a memory storing instructions which, when executed by the one or more processors, cause the apparatus to function as an image acquisition unit configured to acquire a captured image, a parameter acquisition unit configured to acquire a parameter recorded when the image is captured, a determination unit configured to determine a target area in the image using the parameter corresponding to the image, an evaluation value calculation unit configured to calculate one or more evaluation values from the target area based on a number of the target areas and a size of the target area, a representative evaluation value calculation unit configured to calculate a representative evaluation value from the evaluation value, and a distance information calculation unit configured to calculate distance information about a distance to a subject in the image based on the representative evaluation value. |
| US12212840B2 |
Preview-image display method and terminal device
The present disclosure discloses a preview-image display while a terminal device photographs a picture. The method comprises: obtaining, by a terminal device, a first preview image and a second preview image, wherein the first preview image is based on a current picture in a first mode and the second preview image is based on the current picture in a second mode; and displaying, by the terminal device, a first part of the first preview image and a second part of the second preview image in a preview area, wherein the first part of the first preview image and the second part of the second preview image constitute a third preview image based on the current picture. |
| US12212839B2 |
Imaging apparatus and imaging method
The present disclosure relates to an imaging apparatus, an imaging method, and a program that enable operation in which a display unit is brought into a turn-off state when a predetermined time elapses after start of capturing a moving image, a command from a remote commander is accepted and executed, and the captured moving image is output to an external apparatus. In a case where a manipulation unit that outputs a command depending on content of a user manipulation is manipulated and a command causing a moving image to be recorded on a recording medium is output, recording of the moving image is started and the display unit is controlled to a turn-off state in which an image is not displayed. The present disclosure can be applied to an imaging apparatus. |
| US12212837B2 |
Imaging apparatus, imaging method and imaging program
An imaging method is provided that includes: taking an image of an object to generate an image signal of the object; generating a taken image of the object on a basis of the image signal; detecting motion information of the object on the basis of the image signal; taking an image of the object on a basis of the motion information multiple times so as to differentiate an exposure amount thereof; and generating an HDR synthetic image of the object on the basis of a plurality of image signals whose exposure amounts are different from each other. |
| US12212836B2 |
Camera device with 5-axis hand-shake correction of yawing, pitching, rolling, x-axis shift, and y-axis-shift
The present embodiment relates to a camera device comprising: a camera module including a first substrate, an image sensor arranged on the first substrate, and a lens arranged at a position corresponding to that of the image sensor, a first driving unit for rotating the camera module around a first axis that is vertical with respect to the optical axis of the image sensor; a second driving unit for rotating the camera module around a second axis that is vertical with respect to the optical axis and the first axis; and a third driving unit for rotating the camera module around the optical axis, wherein, when the camera module moves by means of at least any one from among the first driving unit, the second driving unit, and the third driving unit, the lens moves together with the image sensor while aligned with the optical axis. |
| US12212829B2 |
Camera module and optical instrument comprising same
An embodiment comprises: a display panel including an active area; and a camera module for receiving light passing through the active area, wherein the camera module includes: a lens fixed to be spaced apart from the display panel; an image sensor spaced apart from the lens; and a driving unit for moving the image sensor in an optical axis direction. |
| US12212826B2 |
Camera device
The present disclosure provides a camera device including a first frame, a second frame, a camera component, and a driving component. The first frame includes a first arc surface on an inner surface of the first frame and recessing inward to form a circular arc shape. The second frame is movably disposed in the first frame and includes a second arc surface on an outer surface of the second frame and protruding outward to form a circular arc shape. The camera component is fixedly disposed in the second frame. The driving component is disposed on the first frame and the second frame, and the driving component is configured to drive the second frame to rotate with the first direction, the second direction, and the third direction as the axes. |
| US12212825B2 |
Sensor module
A sensor module according to an embodiment of the present technology includes a housing, a sensor board, an external connector, a flexible printed circuit, and a metallic shield case. The flexible printed circuit electrically connects the sensor board and the external connector, the flexible printed circuit including a signal line and a ground line. The shield case includes a bottom portion that is arranged between the flexible printed circuit and the external connector. The external connector includes a first connection pin that is connected to the signal line, a second connection pin that is connected to the ground line, and a third connection pin that is connected to the bottom portion of the shield case. The bottom portion includes a first hole, a second hole, a third hole, and a thermal storage, the first hole being a hole through which the first connection pin passes, the second hole being a hole through which the second connection pin passes, the third hole being a hole through which the third connection pin passes, the thermal storage being provided around the third hole and covered with a solder material used to join the third connection pin to the bottom portion. |
| US12212824B2 |
Heat transfer between integrated sensor-lens assemblies in an image capture device
An image capture device is disclosed that includes: a body; first and second image capture devices supported within the body so as to define respective, overlapping first and second fields-of-view; and a thermal spreader. The first image capture device includes a first integrated sensor-lens assembly (ISLA) with a first image sensor and a first lens, and the second image capture device includes a second ISLA with a second image sensor and a second lens. The first lens faces in a first direction, and is positioned to receive and direct light onto the first image sensor, and the second lens faces in a second direction, and is positioned to receive and direct light onto the second image sensor, wherein the second direction is generally opposite to the first direction. The thermal spreader extends between, and is connected to, the first and second ISLAs, and is configured to transfer heat therebetween. |
| US12212822B2 |
Imager optical systems and methods
Techniques are disclosed for optical imager devices, systems, and methods. In one example, an imaging system includes a focal plane array (FPA) and a light shield. The FPA includes a detector array configured to detect a first portion of electromagnetic radiation and generate a detector signal based on the first portion. The FPA further includes a readout circuit coupled to the detector array and configured to receive the detector signal. The light shield is coupled to the FPA and configured to block a second portion of the electromagnetic radiation. Related devices and methods are also provided. |
| US12212819B2 |
In-band metadata for authenticity and role-based access in enterprise video streaming services
A device receives a video stream, where one or more frames of the video stream include embedded metadata that is embedded directly into the one or more frames. The device extracts the embedded metadata from the one or more frames. The device makes an authentication determination regarding the video stream, based on whether the embedded metadata includes a digital signature associated with a sender of the video stream. The device controls, based on the authentication determination, presentation of the video stream to a recipient user. |
| US12212818B1 |
Causing cross-device action using profile information from internet-accessing devices associated by common IP addresses
In a method for delivering targeted television advertisements based on online behavior, IP addresses indicating online access devices and IP addresses indicating television set-top boxes are electronically associated for a multitude of users. Using user profile information derived from online activity from one of the online access IP addresses, a television advertisement is selected, such as by using behavioral targeting or demographic information, and automatically directed to the set-top box indicated by the set-top IP address associated with that online access IP address. Preferably neither the user profile information nor the electronic association of online access and set-top box IP addresses includes personally identifiable information. |
| US12212817B2 |
Methods and systems for content output adjustment
Telemetry data gathered based on content item output/playback may be used to determine/generate adjustment data that may improve the output/playback experience for future content item output/playback. The adjustment data may cause output/playback adjustments at/by an output device (e.g., a content output device, a content/media player, a client device, a mobile device, a smart device, etc.) to mitigate and/or resolve any output/playback issues caused by one or more errors associated with the content item. |
| US12212815B2 |
Systems and methods for providing a storyline selection interface
Systems and methods are provided herein for providing a storyline based media content. At least two storylines may be identified, each storyline specifying an order of providing a plurality of episodes from a plurality of interrelated series. Identifiers of the plurality of episodes are displayed. Then identifiers of a first set of the plurality of episodes that are relevant to the first storyline are graphically modified to indicate relevance to the first storyline. Identifiers of a second set of the plurality of episodes that are relevant to the second storyline are also graphically modified to indicate relevance to the second storyline. A first and second storyline identifier are generating for display to enable storyline selection. The interrelated series are then provided to a user device in the order specified by the selected storyline. |
| US12212806B1 |
Interface for indicating video editing decisions
A video edit may include one or more segment of a video. A graphical user interface may convey information that indicates video editing decisions made to generate the video edit. The graphical user interface may include a timeline element to represent the length of the video and one or more inclusion elements to visually indicate the segment(s) of the video included in the video edit. The graphical user interface may convey information on the segment(s) of the video that have been automatically included in the video edit and the segment(s) of the video that have been manually included in the video edit. |
| US12212803B2 |
System and method for acquiring interactivity for objects appearing in media content captured through an image capture device of a user device
A system and method for enabling interactive content for objects appearing in media content captured through an image capture device of a user device is disclosed. A portable package associated with the media content is provided to receive interactive elements corresponding to the objects and object metadata. The media content is associated with an identifiable feature that is present and identified from within a field of view of the image capture device. A request is received for the portable package associated with the media content and the portable package is delivered to the user device based on the request. Next, a selection event is received and the portable package is parsed to determine whether the selection event corresponds to any interactive element. Object metadata is retrieved if the selection event corresponds to the interactive element so that the additional information is displayable to the user on the user device. |
| US12212802B2 |
System and method for configuring input elements of a controlling device
A configurable input element of a controlling device is configured by using a data representative of an over-the-top (OTT) media app determined to be installed on an OTT device and a data representative of the OTT device to identify at least one command that is required to be transmitted to cause the OTT device to launch the OTT media app. The at least one command is provisioned to the controlling device and assigned to the configurable input element. When the input element is subsequently activated, the controlling device will transmit the at least one command to cause the OTT device to launch the OTT media app. |
| US12212800B2 |
Device and method for providing relevant video content to members of a communication group
A process for providing relevant video content to members of a communication group. When a triggering event to provide video content to a plurality of members of a communication group is detected, an electronic computing device assigns a reviewer rank to each one of the plurality of members of the communication group based on a user context associated with the respective members. The device then selects a member with the assigned reviewer rank higher than the respectively assigned reviewer ranks of other members and further transmits a notification to the member requesting permission to provide the video content to the members of the communication group. When a response indicating permission is received from the communication device associated with the selected member, the device provides the video content to the members associated with the communication group. |
| US12212797B2 |
Method, system, and apparatus for programmatically generating a channel incrementality ratio
Embodiments of the present disclosure provide methods, systems, and apparatuses for computing a channel incrementality ratio using a machine learning model. |
| US12212796B2 |
Systems and methods for client-based addressable advertising
In accordance with the present invention, systems and methods that allow a television broadcast facility or a headend to insert in-band messages, where the inserted message allow receivers to switch to, insert, or otherwise show addressable advertisements to its viewers. |
| US12212790B2 |
Methods and systems for efficient streaming of audio from contact center cloud platform to third-party servers
A method for providing streaming audio over a network from a client to a server associated with a third-party service. The method includes receiving configuration data from a tenant regarding the server. The method may further include establishing a connection with the server via a connection process. The connection process includes sending a connection request that includes: a bidirectional communication protocol configured to transmit data from the client to the server and from the server to the client by reusing an established connection channel; a tenant-Id parameter; and a session-Id parameter. The method may further include implementing an open transaction for initiating the streaming of the audio of the ongoing conversation to the server. The open transaction includes transmitting participant parameters identifying the customer and at least one choice regarding an audio format for the audio streaming. |
| US12212784B2 |
Different atlas packings for volumetric video
Methods, devices and stream are disclosed to encode and decode a scene (such as a point cloud) in the context of a patch-based transmission of a volumetric video content. Attributes of points of the scene are projected onto patches. Every point has a geometry attribute. For other attributes, like transparency of displacement attribute, some points may have no value. According to the present principles, each attribute is encoded in a different atlas with its own layout. This allow to save pixel rate in memory of the renderer. |
| US12212780B2 |
Reducing context models for entropy coding of transform coefficients
In a method of processing visual media data, a conversion is performed between a visual media file and a bitstream of visual media data according to a format rule. The bitstream includes at least one syntax element that corresponds to transform coefficients of a transform block in a current picture. The format rule specifies that a context model index is based on a sum of an offset value and a base value. The offset value is based on an output of a monotonically non-decreasing function performed on a sum of a group of partially reconstructed transform coefficients. A context model, for the at least one syntax of a current transform coefficient, from a plurality of context models is indicated by the context model index. |
| US12212767B2 |
Video decoding method and apparatus, video encoding method and apparatus, and device and storage medium
A video decoding method and apparatus, a video encoding method and apparatus, a computer device, and a storage medium, which belong to the field of video processing. The video decoding method includes: performing classification on a displacement vector of a decoded block in a historical motion information list according to a following classification method, the classification method comprising: in a case that the decoded block satisfies a classification condition of any class of a plurality of classes, adding the displacement vector of the decoded block to the class, and stopping performing classification on the displacement vector of the decoded block. |
| US12212764B2 |
Image compression method and apparatus
An image compression method includes obtaining a hidden variable of an input image using a coding network of a deep learning neural network comprising at least one downsampling back projection module including performing downsampling transformation on a first feature map of the input image input to the downsampling back projection module to obtain a second feature map, obtaining a third feature map having a same resolution as a resolution of the first feature map by reconstructing the second feature map, and obtaining a fourth feature map as an optimization result of the second feature map, based on a difference value between the first feature map and the third feature map; and obtaining a bitstream file of a compressed image by performing entropy coding based on the hidden variable obtained based on the fourth feature map of a last downsampling back projection module. |
| US12212763B2 |
Coding apparatus, coding method, transmission apparatus, and reception apparatus
To perform favorable decoding processing on the receiver side. By an image coding unit, image data of each picture constituting moving image data is classified into a plurality of hierarchies, the image data of the picture in each of the classified hierarchies is coded, the plurality of hierarchies is divided into a predetermined number of hierarchy sets, and a predetermined number of video streams having the coded image data of the picture in each of the divided hierarchy sets is generated. In this case, coding is performed so that a decoding interval of at least the coded image data of the picture in the lowest hierarchy set is a regural interval. By a transmission unit, a container including the generated predetermined number of video streams in a predetermined format is transmitted. |
| US12212759B2 |
Point cloud encoding and decoding method and apparatus, computer-readable medium, and electronic device
A point cloud decoding method includes: receiving a point cloud file transmitted by a data source, the point cloud file including at least one point cloud media track; parsing file encapsulation information of the at least one point cloud media track, to obtain quality indication information carried in the file encapsulation information, the quality indication information being used for representing point cloud quality of the at least one point cloud media track; and selecting and decoding a point cloud media track with designated point cloud quality from the point cloud file according to the quality indication information carried in the file encapsulation information. |
| US12212756B2 |
Method for transform-based image coding and apparatus therefor
A method for image decoding, according to the present document, may comprise the steps of: deriving an intra prediction mode of a chroma block as a cross-component linear model (CCLM) mode; updating the intra prediction mode of the chroma block on the basis of an intra prediction mode of a luma block corresponding to the chroma block; and determining an LFNST set including LFNST matrices on the basis of the updated intra prediction mode, wherein the updated intra prediction mode is derived as an intra prediction mode corresponding to a specific position in the luma block, and the specific position is set on the basis of a color format of the chroma block. |
| US12212750B2 |
Systems and methods for coding transform data
A video coding device may be configured to perform transform data coding according to one or more of the techniques described herein. |
| US12212747B2 |
Boundary block partitioning in video coding
A partitioning method comprises determining whether a current block of a picture is a boundary block and whether the size of the current block is larger than a minimum allowed quadtree leaf node size; and if the current block is the boundary block and the size of the current block is not larger than the minimum allowed quadtree leaf node size (MinQTSize), applying forced binary tree (BT) partitioning to the current block. A method comprises making a determination that a current block of a picture is a boundary block and that a size of the current block is less than or equal to a minimum allowed quadtree (QT) leaf node size (MinQTSize); and applying, in response to the determination, forced binary tree (BT) partitioning to the current block. |
| US12212741B2 |
Method and apparatus for setting reference picture index of temporal merging candidate
The present invention relates to a method and apparatus for setting a reference picture index of a temporal merging candidate. An inter-picture prediction method using a temporal merging candidate can include the steps of: determining a reference picture index for a current block; and inducing a temporal merging candidate block of the current block and calculating a temporal merging candidate from the temporal merging candidate block, wherein the reference picture index of the temporal merging candidate can be calculated regardless of whether a block other than the current block is decoded. Accordingly, a video processing speed can be increased and video processing complexity can be reduced. |
| US12212739B2 |
Adaptive video encoding device and method, and appartus using same
Provided are an image encoding method and device. When carrying out image encoding for a block within a slice, at least one block in a restored block of the slice is set as a reference block. When this is done, the encoding parameters of the reference block are distinguished, and the block to be encoded is encoded adaptively based on the encoding parameters. |
| US12212736B2 |
Using unrefined motion vectors for performing decoder-side motion vector derivation
A device for decoding video data includes a memory configured to store video data; and one or more processors implemented in circuitry and configured to: determine a deterministic bounding box from which to retrieve reference samples of reference pictures of video data for performing decoder-side motion vector derivation (DMVD) for a current block of the video data; derive a motion vector for the current block according to DMVD using the reference samples within the deterministic bounding box; form a prediction block using the motion vector; and decode the current block using the prediction block. |
| US12212734B2 |
Methods and apparatus to render 3D content within a moveable region of display screen
Methods and apparatus to render 3D content within a moveable region of a display screen. An example apparatus includes a projection system controller adapted to be coupled to a light source and to be optically coupled to a screen panel, the projection system controller configured to determine a location of a region within a viewing area of the screen panel to display content. The region is to be smaller than the viewing area. The location of the region is to move within the viewing area to track a motion path, the content including different stereoscopic views. The projection system controller configured to activate the light source to project light corresponding to the content toward the region. The screen panel includes a light redirecting surface to produce a 3D light field associated with the different stereoscopic views. |
| US12212726B2 |
Image forming apparatus and verification method for comparison of data from wireless tag
An image forming apparatus includes a conveyor configured to convey a sheet along a conveyance path, a communication interface, and a controller. The wireless tag communication device is configured to wirelessly communicate with a wireless tag of the sheet. The controller is configured to read, by the communication interface, first data from the wireless tag of the sheet on the conveyance path. The controller is configured to compare the first data with second data. |
| US12212723B2 |
Image forming apparatus and control method using image forming data file
An image forming apparatus includes a forming device, a wireless tag communication device, an external communication interface, and a processor. The forming device forms an image on a sheet including a wireless tag. The wireless tag communication device performs wireless communication with the wireless tag included in the sheet. The external communication interface acquires an image forming data file from another device through communication. The processor forms the image on the sheet by controlling the forming device based on information included in the image forming data file if the image forming data file includes an instruction for image formation, and sets parameters of the wireless tag communication device based on information included in the image forming data file if the image forming data file includes an instruction for wireless tag communication setting. |
| US12212721B2 |
Post-processing device and printing device
A post-processing unit includes a punch unit that punches a paper on which recording is performed by a recording unit that discharges ink, and a controller that controls a punching operation of the punch unit. The controller sets at least one of the number of punching and a punching speed per paper in the punch unit based on setting information of at least one of recording information and environmental information in the recording unit. |
| US12212718B2 |
TDD time slot splitting
The invention discloses a method for a cellular communications system, in which traffic is sent in frames, each frame comprising a first number of subframes, with a second number of said subframes being available for at least either uplink or downlink traffic. At least one of said second number of subframes is made to comprise at least three parts, as follows: One part which is utilized for uplink traffic, One part which is utilized for downlink traffic, One part which is utilized as a guard period, with said guard period part being scheduled between the uplink and the downlink parts. The duration of at least two of said three parts may be varied to fit the current system need. |
| US12212715B2 |
Methods for auditing communication sessions
A method comprises establishing a communication session between an agent and at least one of a caller and a called party. The method comprises establishing a communication session between an agent and at least one of a caller and a called party and monitoring the communication session for one or more audit triggers. The method comprises detecting the one or more audit triggers. The method comprises, in response to detecting the one or more audit triggers, sending a notification to a client, the notification identifying one or more communication session auditing procedures available for the communication session. The method comprises receiving, from the client in response to the notification, a request to audit the communication session using at least one of the available one or more communication session auditing procedures. The method comprises performing the requested at least one communication session auditing procedure. |
| US12212714B2 |
Technologies for automated process discovery in contact center systems
A method for leveraging automated process discovery in a contact center system according to an embodiment includes determining, by a computing system and for each of a plurality of agent-client interactions, an context of an interaction between a corresponding contact center agent and a corresponding contact center client, capturing, by the computing system and for each of the plurality of agent-client interactions, actions taken by the corresponding contact center agent during the corresponding interaction, determining, by the computing system and for each of the plurality of agent-client interactions, a corresponding sequence of actions taken by the corresponding contact center agent based on the captured actions, and applying, by the computing system, sequence matching to generate a common sequence of actions based on the determined corresponding sequence of actions taken for the plurality of agent-client interactions. |
| US12212706B2 |
Systems and methods for determining a height of a mobile device above a surface
Determining one or more heights of one or more mobile devices above surfaces. Particular embodiments described herein include machines that retrieve first data (e.g., measurement value(s) determined by sensor(s) of a mobile device or estimated position(s) of the mobile device), determine a location context based on the first data, identify second data (e.g., measurement value(s) determined by sensor(s) of the mobile device or status indicator value(s) of feature(s) of the mobile device) to retrieve for use in determining an estimated height above a surface at which the mobile device is located based on the determined location context, retrieve the second data, and determine an estimated height above a surface at which the mobile device is located based on the retrieved second data. |
| US12212705B2 |
Controlling an augmented call based on user gaze
Aspects of the present disclosure are directed to controlling a sending side of an augmented call based on a receiving user's gaze. Some implementations provide a hologram moderation system in which a receiving user's gaze can control how the system generates a representation of a sending user on a sending side. For example, some implementations can moderate the capture or generation of hologram data representing the sending user when the receiving user isn't focused on the hologram that results from the data. Such moderations can reduce power consumption, bandwidth, heat production, and/or processing power needed by the artificial reality system when the receiving user is not looking at the hologram of the sending user, such as when the sending user is in the receiving user's periphery or outside the receiving user's field-of-view. |
| US12212704B2 |
Customizing modifiable videos of multimedia messaging application
Provided are systems and methods for customizing modifiable videos. An example method includes analyzing recent messages associated with a user in a multimedia messaging application to determine a context of the recent messages, determining, based on the context, a property of a modifiable feature, selecting, based on the context, a list of relevant modifiable videos from a database configured to store modifiable videos associated with a preset modifiable feature, replacing a property of the preset modifiable feature in relevant modifiable videos of the list of relevant modifiable videos with the property of the modifiable feature, and rendering the list of relevant modifiable videos for viewing by the user, where the rendering includes displaying the modifiable feature in the relevant modifiable videos. |
| US12212703B2 |
Determining a status of a mobile electronic device
A method for use in determining a status of a mobile electronic device, comprises repeatedly reading information from a debug log stored in a ringbuffer of the mobile electronic device, repeatedly using the information read from the debug log to construct and maintain an event history for the mobile electronic device, and repeatedly determining the status of the mobile electronic device based on the event history. The method may be used for determining a status of a mobile electronic device and, in particular though not exclusively, for use in determining a status of one or more hardware elements of a mobile phone, a smartphone, a tablet and/or a laptop. A system and a computer program for use in determining a status of a mobile electronic device are also disclosed. |
| US12212702B2 |
Rolling display handset architecture with torsion spring
A rolling display mechanism, including a frame supporting a display screen having a retractable portion, a first rack along the upper edge of the frame and mechanically connected to the retractable portion, a second rack along the lower edge of the frame and mechanically connected to the retractable portion, at least one torsion spring extending between the upper and lower edge of the frame, where each torsion spring of the at least one torsion spring is a helical torsion spring, a first pinion mechanically connected to the at least one torsion spring and configured to drive the first rack linearly, and a second pinion mechanically connected to the at least one torsion spring and configured to drive the second rack linearly, where rotation of the first and second pinions is transferred to in-plane movement of the retractable portion. |
| US12212701B2 |
Window and electronic device including the same
An electronic device and a window include a folding part, and a first non-folding part and a second non-folding part spaced apart from each other with the folding part disposed between the first non-folding part and the second non-folding part, wherein the folding part includes a base portion, main protruding portions disposed on the base portion, each of the main protruding portions having a first thickness, and spaced apart from each other, and at least one sub-protruding portion having a second thickness less than the first thickness of each of the main protruding portions and disposed between the main protruding portions on the base portion. |
| US12212698B2 |
Method for integrating blockchain node compliance data within blockchain transaction data
Implementations provide a computer-implemented method that includes: accessing, by a node of a blockchain network, a first set of data encoding a set of transaction records, wherein the blockchain network comprises a plurality of consensus nodes; at least based on the first set of data, generating, by the node, a transaction hash for the set of transaction; accessing a second set of data encoding a compliance status of the node of the blockchain network; at least based on the second set of data; generating, by the node, a compliance hash for the node of blockchain network; generating, by the node, a root hash that combines the transaction hash and the compliance hash; and submitting, by the node and to the plurality of consensus nodes of the blockchain network, a block that includes the root hash for entry into the blockchain. |
| US12212697B2 |
Device and method for securing and verifying business data via a blockchain system
In a blockchain system, a user device obtains an address of a smart contract according to a transaction hash, and generates a private data hash according to business data. The user device then generates a transaction based on the private data hash and the address of the smart contract, and submits the transaction to the blockchain system to store the private data hash into the smart contract, such that confidential information of a business deal in the real world is secured. An authentication device generates a private data hash according to business data, obtains an address of a smart contract in the blockchain system according to a transaction hash, and accesses the smart contract via the address to determine whether the private data hash is stored in the smart contract. The authentication device approves the business data when the smart contract includes the private data hash. |
| US12212694B2 |
Systems and methods for centrally managing and routing multiple credentials
Systems, methods, and computer-readable media for managing digital certificates and other security credentials. A routing and management server is communicatively connected to a certificate user device and to a plurality of certificate generators. The server performs operations that may include: optionally registering the certificate user device; receiving a request for one or more digital certificates from the certificate user device; analyzing the request to determine an appropriate certificate generator, from among the plurality of certificate generators, for producing the one or more digital certificates; optionally translating the request into a format required by the appropriate certificate generator; transmitting the request to the appropriate certificate generator; receiving the one or more digital certificates from the appropriate certificate generator; and providing the one or more digital certificates to the certificate user device. |
| US12212693B2 |
Method, computer program product and apparatus for creating, registering, and verifying digitally sealed assets
A method, apparatus and computer program product are provided for generating a registered certified seal, sealing an asset, and verifying a sealed asset. In an example embodiment, a method is provided for receiving a request to generate a registered certified seal from an entity, accessing certifier entity data via a uniform resource locator of a certification authority identified by a certifying certificate, and verifying a digitally signed entity certifying certificate. The method further comprises upon verifying the digitally signed entity certifying certificate, receiving seal data comprising a seal data key for a certified seal, and saving the seal data for the entity within a digital seal registry, wherein the digital seal registry is searchable based at least in part on at least a portion of the seal data key. |
| US12212691B2 |
Method of operating a computer-controlled device for establishing a secure data communication in a distributed control system of a passenger transportation arrangement
A method of operating a computer-controlled first device for establishing a secure data communication with a computer-controlled second device in a passenger transportation arrangement distributed control system includes: generating an encryption key including a public and private key pair; creating credentials (e.g. X.509 certificate) based on the generated encryption key; preparing a certificate signing request CSR and dispatching the CSR via a secured data communication path to a certificate authority CA that is based on a public key infrastructure PKI operated by the passenger transportation arrangement operator; receiving the certificate from the CA with a signature using a private key held secret by the operator; establishing the secure data communication with the second device by transmitting the credentials to the second device, wherein the second device accepts establishing the secure data communication upon verification of the signature of the credentials executed using a public key of the operator. |
| US12212687B2 |
Methods and system for issuing an electronic signature
A method and a system for issuing an electronic signature. The method involves sending, by a first server, information including a plain text, a hash code an identification number and a phone number of the signer of an electronic document to a second server and to a plurality of autonomous computing nodes; generating, by each node, an asymmetric key using its private key; selecting one of the nodes as a main node; creating, by each node different to the main node, a file by extracting the information; creating a code sequence having a series of characters by digitally signing the plain text with the private key; and extracting at least one character of the created code sequence, providing a modified code sequence; generating, by the main node, a signature code by combining the modified code sequences provided by the other nodes; and transmitting the signature code to the second server. |
| US12212686B2 |
Data security management method, system and storage medium for smart contract based on block chain network
The present invention relates to the technical field of block chains, and discloses a data security management method, system and storage medium for smart contract based on block chain network, comprising storing information of at least one public key in asymmetric public and private keys synchronously when generating the smart contract; triggering a data management request, establishing block chain network communication, calling the smart contract to generate validation data, rendering timeliness management to the validation data, sending the same to a data management request end and calling at least one private key, signing the validation data, reorganizing the same with data to be managed and making corresponding management operations; data modifications caused by malicious attacks to data in the contract due to disclosure of the contract or other security defects are addressed, safety of data in the chains is efficiently promised and the present invention is of realistic utility value. |
| US12212680B2 |
Verifying integrity and secure operations of cloud-based software services
A method for creating a build product including receiving from an application build request from a user, the build request including an application source code and a list of third-party packages, defining a plurality of third-party packages. The method further includes sending a build request to a build server, receiving a first acknowledgment from the build server, receiving the plurality of third-party packages, defining received third-party packages, building an application image from the application source code and the received third-party packages, defining a container image, and sending the container image to a verification server. |
| US12212675B2 |
Cross certification method and certifying device for providing the method
Discussed are a cross certification method and a certifying device to perform the method. The certifying device can include a certification communication unit; a certification storage unit; and a certification control unit, wherein when a first certification is approved, the certification control unit encrypts a second identification information with a unidirectional encryption algorithm to generate a certification cryptogram, and transmits the certification cryptogram to an electronic device to request a second certification, when receiving a first random number in response to the request for the second certification, the certification control unit inputs the second identification information and an initial vector to a random number generating algorithm to generate a second random number, and the certification control unit compares the first random number and the second random number to verify the first random number, and determines whether to approve the second certification according to a result of the verification. |
| US12212674B2 |
Method for exchanging data and non-transitory computer-readable medium and system thereof
A method for performing a data exchanging process to exchange data includes the following steps: establishing a data operating unit, transferring an encryption key to a first terminal, receiving first data encrypted according to the encryption key from the first terminal, combining first subset data of the first data and second subset data of second data encrypted according to the encryption key in the data operating unit to form result data wherein the first subset data and the second subset data respectively have a common identifier, delivering the result data to the first terminal and terminating the data operating unit. Besides, a non-transitory computer-readable medium and a system to perform the method are disclosed. |
| US12212664B2 |
Cloud platform resource cross-project transfer method and system, and computer storage medium
The present disclosure discloses a cloud platform resource cross-project transfer method and system, and a computer storage medium. The method includes: generating a slot position and an authentication key for a resource to be transferred based on a transfer request; generating a transfer Identity (ID) of the resource to be transferred, acquiring a project ID where the resource to be transferred is located based on a resource ID, constructing a transfer structure body, and writing the transfer structure body into a database; generating a transfer record of the transfer structure body in the database, and setting a resource status of the resource to be transferred as waiting for transfer in the transfer record; and returning the transfer ID, the authentication key, a transfer description, and the resource ID to a transfer user based on the transfer request. |
| US12212662B2 |
Method for internet key exchange protocol authentication using certificate and communication device
This application discloses a method for Internet key exchange protocol (IKE) authentication using a certificate. The method includes: A first device parses a certificate to obtain signature information in the certificate. The first device fills an AUTH payload field in an IKE identity authentication (AUTH) message based on the signature information in the certificate, where signature information indicated by the AUTH payload field matches the signature information in the certificate. The first device sends the IKE AUTH message to a second device. In the method for Internet key exchange protocol IKE authentication using a certificate provided in this application, the first device may automatically parse the signature information in the certificate, and fill the related field of the IKE AUTH message based on the signature information. Therefore, user configuration is simplified and product usability is improved. |
| US12212661B2 |
Selective data disclosure via a block chain
The present invention relates to a method for selective disclosure of confidential data of a first user to a second user of a blockchain (450). The first user is equipped with a deterministic hierarchical key portfolio (410) and selects a leaf of the tree of the portfolio as an emitter account. A secret key is derived from the chain code of this emitter account and the data to be disclosed are encrypted using this secret key. The first user transmits, by means of a first transaction, the data encrypted in this manner to a smart contract (430) which stores them in the blockchain. It transmits by means of a second transaction an access credit to the smart contract which stores it in connection with the pair formed by the emitter account of the first user and the receiver account of the second user. The second user transmits a third transaction to the smart contract from its receiver account (420). If the credit is not zero, the smart contract makes available to the receiver account the encrypted data stored in the blockchain in connection with the emitter account of the first user. |
| US12212653B2 |
Systems and methods for data encryption, decryption, and authentication
A computer-implemented method for generating a proof of identify may include (1) generating a unique single user profile (USUP) based on data derived from the computing device; (2) encrypting the USUP, which may include retrieving at least one encryption value set, generating at least one character matrix based on the USUP, and executing at least one transformation operation on the at least one character matrix; (3) storing the encrypted USUP as a binary fingerprint; and (4) transmitting the binary fingerprint to a computing device. A computer-implemented method for self-authenticating may include (1) generating a first USUP based on data derived from the computing device; (2) obtaining a first binary fingerprint; (3) deriving a second USUP from the first binary fingerprint; (4) obtaining a second binary fingerprint; (5) deriving a third USUP from the second binary fingerprint; and (6) stopping decryption when the three USUPs do not match. |
| US12212648B2 |
Sensor device and related method and system
A sensor includes detection circuitry and control circuitry coupled to the detection circuitry. The detection circuitry generates a detection signal indicative of a detected physical quantity. The control circuitry, in operation receives the detection signal and a frequency-indication signal, and generates a trigger signal based on the frequency-indication signal and a set of local reference signals. The sensor generates a digital output signal and a locking signal based on the trigger signal and the detection signal. The generating the digital output signal includes outputting a sample of the digital output signal based on the trigger signal. The locking signal is temporally aligned with the digital output signal. |
| US12212647B2 |
Communication apparatus
A communication apparatus is one of a plurality of communication apparatuses included in a communication system where a first communication apparatus transmits data via a transmission path in synchronization with communication by a second communication apparatus. The communication apparatus includes a switching element setting a signal level on the transmission path to a dominant level by being turned on; a driving circuit driving the switching element. and a control circuit giving an on command that instructs the driving circuit to turn the switching element on in response to an edge at which a signal level on the transmission path changes from a recessive level to a dominant level being detected. The driving circuit or the control circuit is further configured to shorten a delay time from when the edge is detected to when the switching element is turned on. |
| US12212642B2 |
Broadcasting signal frame generation apparatus and method using layered divisional multiplexing
An apparatus and method for broadcast signal frame using layered division multiplexing are disclosed. An apparatus for generating broadcast signal frame according to an embodiment of the present invention includes a combiner configured to generate a multiplexed signal by combining a core layer signal and an enhanced layer signal at different power levels; a power normalizer configured to reduce the power of the multiplexed signal to a power level corresponding to the core layer signal; a time interleaver configured to generate a time-interleaved signal by performing interleaving that is applied to both the core layer signal and the enhanced layer signal; and a frame builder configured to generate a broadcast signal frame including a preamble for signaling time interleaver information shared by the core layer signal and the enhanced layer signal, using the time-interleaved signal. |
| US12212641B2 |
Software upgrade in a home network using lower layer messaging
Principles, apparatuses, systems, circuits, methods, and computer program products for performing a software upgrade in a MoCA network includes receiving an image of a software upgrade at a server and sending the image in the MoCA network using an L2ME message channel to a client that is enabled to receive the image and store the image in a client memory. The image may be broken up into packets, and a sequence number may be assigned to each packet to assist the client in assembling them. CRC information may also be appended to the packets to enable the client to verify their contents. |
| US12212639B2 |
Message handler
A message handler is described. The message handler is configured, in response to receiving a data package which is formatted according to a given communications protocol, such as CAN or Ethernet, and which comprises package-directing data and payload data, to generate package having a predetermined data format, for example a layer-2 or layer-3 package, which comprises a header and payload data. The header comprises an address generated in dependence upon the package-directing data and wherein the payload comprises the data package. The package having a predetermined data format may be an IEEE 1722 frame. |
| US12212638B2 |
Method and apparatus for real-time personalization
A computer-implemented method for generating content recommendations for content items, each content item associated with one of a plurality of customers, the method comprising: receiving, by a network-connected server, a content request from a requesting user, the content request comprising a user identifier and a customer identifier; retrieving request parameters from a computer-implemented parameter service, the request parameters comprising indicia of a plurality of models and parameters for the models; retrieving user data comprising a set of indicia of recommendable resources associated with the customer identifier; routing the content request, request parameters and user data to a plurality of ranking and optimization component, each component generating a recommendation score for each recommendable resource; generating content recommendations based on the recommendation score which content recommendations are returned to the requesting user and stored by the server as a recommendation event within a repository of recommendation events; evaluating the relative efficacy of the one or more components, which models are returned to the requesting user and stored by the server as a recommendation event within a repository of recommendation events; evaluating the relative efficacy of the one or more components through continued usage; optimizing model efficacy by updating parameters within the parameter service based on the relative efficacy. |
| US12212636B2 |
System and method of dynamic and scalable IoT framework
A method and a system for providing one or more services to one or more user devices [202] in an IoT network in a scalable M2M (Machine to Machine) framework. The method comprises receiving a connection request from the one or more user devices [202] at a load balance of the IoT network, the connection request comprises at least a username comprising a cluster identifier. The load balancer [204] determines a cluster identifier based on the connection request and identifies at least one target cluster from the one or more clusters [206], said target cluster being associated with the identifier cluster identifier. The load balancer [204] routes the connection request to the at least one target cluster to provide the one or more services to the one or more user devices [202]. |
| US12212635B2 |
Traffic forwarding and disambiguation by using local proxies and addresses
A method of traffic forwarding and disambiguation through the use of local proxies and addresses. The technique leverages DNS to on-ramp traffic to a local proxy. The local proxy runs on the end user's device. According to a first embodiment, DNS is used to remap what would normally be a wide range of IP addresses to localhost based on 127.0.0.0/8 listening sockets, where the system can then listen for connections and data. In a second embodiment, a localhost proxy based on a TUN/TAP interface (or other packet interception method) with a user-defined CIDR range to which the local DNS server drives traffic is used. Requests on that local proxy are annotated (by adding data to the upstream connection). |
| US12212634B2 |
Centralized rate limiter
There is provided method of centralized control of events corresponding with event messages, comprising: monitoring event messages from an event broker server of a distributed event streaming technology service monitoring a central event dataset storing event messages streamed over a network from processes implementing events for accessing the services, counting a number of event messages for combination(s) of event attribute(s) according to set(s)-of-rules, dynamically generating a lock that includes instructions for blocking event(s) that correspond with the event messages having the certain combination of event attributes(s) in response to the number reaching a threshold for a certain combination of event attribute(s), and dynamically providing the lock to each process that implements event(s) that correspond with event messages having the combination of event attribute(s), wherein each process is configured for implementing the lock for locally blocking the event(s) corresponding with the event messages having the certain combination of event attribute(s). |
| US12212630B2 |
Edge intelligence-based resource modification for transmitting data streams to a provider network
A trained model and/or an edge client running on an edge device may obtain data from a data source (e.g., a security video camera) and determine, based on a result of processing the data using the model, whether to send an indication of an upcoming data/video stream to the provider network (e.g., indicating a bearer modification). The received indication may be used by the provider network to send a request to a serving wireless infrastructure (e.g., telco operator/wireless mobile core) for configuration of one or more resources on behalf of the edge device to process the upcoming data stream. The received indication may be used by the provider network in order to configure one or more resources at the provider network to process the upcoming data stream. The edge device initiates transmission of the data stream from the data source to the provider network via the serving wireless infrastructure. |
| US12212628B2 |
Domain communication system
Systems and methods for conducting direct peer-to-peer real time communications are disclosed. The system comprises a domain communication server. The system includes logic to receive a request on behalf of a first user, to initiate a direct peer-to-peer communication session specifying a domain name of a second user. The second user is a registered and authorized user having the domain name registered with a domain name server and authorized by the domain communication server to participate in the direct peer-to-peer real time communication with other users using the domain name. The system includes logic to offer to the second user based upon the domain name specified in the request, to initiate direct peer-to-peer communications with the first user. The system includes logic to, upon acceptance from the second user, initiate the direct peer-to-peer communication session between the first user and the second user. |
| US12212627B1 |
Measurement of user activities on communication platforms
A method for determining a profile of an entity of interest, comprising interrogating a social media platform to determine a social media account corresponding to the entity of interest and generating a linked social network data structure linking the social media account corresponding to the entity of interest to one or more other social media accounts on the social media platform corresponding to other entities. The method further involves assigning an individual link measure to one or more of the individual links of the linked network data structure, the individual link measure based on an assessment of the one or more social media interactions upon which the individual link is based on and a profile of the entity of interest based on an aggregated measure based on the linked social network data structure comprising the individual link measures. |
| US12212625B2 |
System, server and data capture device for roadside asset tracking and maintenance monitoring
There is provided herein an apparatus and method for roadside asset tracking and maintenance monitoring having a mobile unit with data capture devices for capturing roadside asset imagery, global positioning system (GPS) receivers and data interfaces for communicating with an asset management server. As such, the apparatus may take roadside imagery for automated asset identification which may include utilising an asset type image recognition technique for automating the identification of the roadside assets. |
| US12212622B2 |
Data auditing for object storage public clouds
An example method for data auditing for object storage public clouds includes a service broker receiving a request to store data in public object storage, where the request includes user information or a container image. The service broker, based on either the user information or the container image, determines that data auditing is necessary. The service broker creates a storage unit, in public object storage, and a storage proxy. The method further includes the storage proxy storing data, and a data auditor retrieving data from the storage proxy. The data auditor determines a data qualification for the data, and notifies the storage proxy of the data qualification. |
| US12212615B2 |
Reducing setup time for online meetings
An online meeting system begins the process of connecting a user to an online meeting when a request is received from a user to start or join the online meeting. In response to the request, a pre-meeting user interface (UI) is displayed having a user interface control which, when activated, enables transmission of audio and/or video data for the online meeting, and prior to activation of the control, connection parameters are shared with an online meeting service to preheat the meeting. In response to activation of the control, transmission of audio and/or video data for the online meeting is enabled. |
| US12212613B2 |
Method and system for adjusting shared content
A computer-implemented method for adjusting content shared during communication sessions, comprising: obtaining, through a first device, a content to share, determining a primary portion of the content to share, adjusting the content to share based on the primary portion to generate a first adjusted content to share and causing the first adjusted content to share to be displayed on a second device. |
| US12212607B1 |
Internet protocol multimedia subsystem (IMS) slicing
An Internet Protocol Multimedia Subsystem (IMS) uses IMS slices in association with wireless network slices. The IMS receives an IMS registration from an IMS user device. In response, a wireless communication network identifies the wireless network slice that currently serves the IMS user device. The wireless communication network and/or the IMS selects an IMS slice for the IMS user device based on the wireless network slice that currently serves the IMS user device. The IMS serves an IMS service to the IMS user device from the selected IMS slice over the identified wireless network slice. |
| US12212603B2 |
Adjusting behavior of an endpoint security agent based on network location
Systems and methods for adjusting the behavior of an endpoint security agent based on a network location are provided. According to an embodiment, an agent of an endpoint device detects whether the endpoint has moved to a new network by monitoring for changes to an IP address associated with the endpoint. When the detecting is affirmative, the agent further determines whether a trusted network determination service associated with a cloud-based security service is reachable. When the determining is affirmative, the agent further identifies whether the new network is among a set of trusted networks that have been previously registered with the cloud-based security service by querying the trusted network determination service. When the identifying is affirmative, a particular security feature on the endpoint is configured for operation within a trusted network and when the identifying is negative, the particular security feature is configured for operation outside of a trusted networks. |
| US12212598B2 |
Javascript engine fingerprinting using landmark features and API selection and evaluation
A method and apparatus for data collection to facilitate bot detection. According to this approach, and in lieu of conventional user agent-based fingerprinting, a client script is executed to attempt to identify one or more Javascript “landmark” features. In one embodiment, a landmark Javascript feature is a Javascript implementation that exists in a first browser type but not a second browser type distinct from the first browser type, and that also exists in one or more releases of the first browser type, but not in one or more other releases of the first browser type. By testing against landmark Javascript features as opposed to an unconstrained set of API calls and the like, the technique herein provides for much more computationally-efficient client-side operation. |
| US12212597B2 |
Rule-based assignment of criticality scores to assets and generation of a criticality rules table
In an embodiment, a management system obtains a criticality rules table that includes a plurality of rules mapped to corresponding criticality scores indicative of a level of risk in the event that an associated asset of a managed network is compromised by a third party. The one embodiment, the criticality rules table is updated based upon machine learning and/or feedback from an operator of the managed network. In another embodiment, the criticality rules table is used to assign one or more criticality scores to one or more assets based on one or more attributes of one or more assets, and the criticality rules table. |
| US12212596B2 |
Systems and methods for an artificial intelligence driven smart template
The present disclosure describes systems and methods for determining a subsequent action of a simulated phishing campaign. A campaign controller identifies a starting action for a simulated phishing campaign directed to a user of a plurality of users. The simulated phishing campaign includes a plurality of actions, one or more of the plurality of actions to be determined during execution of the simulated phishing campaign The campaign controller responsive to the starting action, communicates a simulated phishing communication to one or more devices of a user. The campaign controller determines a subsequent action of the plurality of actions of the simulated phishing campaign based at least on one of a response to the simulated phishing communication received by the campaign controller or a lack of response within a predetermined time period and initiating, responsive to the determination, the subsequent action of the simulated phishing campaign. |
| US12212593B2 |
Acquiring electronic-based signatures
Securely acquiring and managing electronic-based signatures by a content management system. A content management system exposes content objects to a plurality of collaborators. Executable modules of the content management system implement an Internet-based interface that is configured to acquire electronic-based signatures from a user device. A particular user device is configured to access particular content objects over the Internet-based interface and to acquire an electronic-based signature corresponding to one or more of the particular content objects. When one or more conditions are detected that would at least potentially influence how the acquisition of the electronic-based signature is carried out, then one or more remediation actions are invoked. Various security-specific remediation actions address corresponding security vulnerabilities. Various document-specific remediation actions are determined based on the document conditions that had been detected. In some cases, a plurality of remediation actions are carried out to securely acquire electronic-based signatures from a user device. |
| US12212591B2 |
Intrusion protection system (IPS) for hash-based string detection without memory lookup table
A CRC rule is generated for each CRC parity check circuit from a bank of CRC parity check circuits for mapping a fixed-length CRC output to a signature, each of the CRC parity check circuits servicing a specific string length. The selected CRC parity circuit outputs a fixed-length parity-check data for the specific data packet, and the string mapper maps the fixed-length parity-check data for the specific data packet to one of the string identifiers associated with the group of signatures. If a fixed-length parity-check match is found, outputting a string identifier of the match for a security action. |
| US12212586B2 |
Techniques for cybersecurity inspection based on runtime data and static analysis from cloned resources
A system and method for detecting cybersecurity risk on a resource in a computing environment utilizes static analysis of a cloned resource and runtime data from the live resource. The method includes: configuring a resource deployed in a computing environment to deploy thereon a sensor, the sensor configured to detect runtime data; detecting runtime data from the sensor of the resource; generating an inspectable disk based on an original disk of the resource; initiating inspection based on the detected runtime data for a cybersecurity object on the inspectable disk; detecting the cybersecurity object on an inspectable disk; and initiating a mitigation action on the resource. |
| US12212585B2 |
Method, product, and system for analyzing a computer network to identify attack paths using a software representation that embodies network configuration and policy data for security management
Disclosed is an approach for analyzing a computer network to identify attack paths using a software representation that embodies network configuration and policy data for security management. The software representation comprises a state machine where different states can be reached using respective transitions or properties which are possible as determined based on the network configuration and network policy data. The states correspond to respective entities on the network which may comprise resources that are identifiable for protection in the software representation using crash statements. The software representation can then be stimulated using software analysis tools such as fuzzers to identify sequences of state-to-state transitions that could be used to compromise a protected resource on the computer network. |
| US12212584B2 |
Systems and methods identifying malicious communications in multiple message stores
Systems and methods are described for identifying other instances of messages corresponding to a reported malicious message. A report of a malicious message from a user of a plurality users using a messaging system is received. Responsive to the report of the malicious message, plain text of content selected from the malicious message is provided. Thereafter, one or more segments of the plain text are selected as key content for construction of a search. A search is then executed in the messaging system for one or more other malicious messages corresponding to the reported malicious message using the selected one or more segments of the plain text with one or more match criteria or no criteria. The one or more other malicious messages corresponding to the reported malicious message are identified in the messaging system. |
| US12212582B2 |
Cyber defense system
In one aspect, a computer-implemented method of detecting network security threats comprises the following steps: receiving at an analysis engine events relating to a monitored network; analysing the received events to identify at least one event that meets a case creation condition and, in response, creating a case in an experience database, the case being populated with data of the identified at least one event; assigning a threat score to the created case based on the event data; matching at least one further event to the created case and populating the case with data of the at least one further event, the threat score assigned to that case being updated in response; and in response to the threat score for one of the cases meeting a significance condition, rendering that case accessible via a case interface. |
| US12212576B2 |
Managing application constraints across platforms
A computer-implemented technique is described herein for defining and applying constraints that regulate a supervisee's interaction with applications. In one implementation, the technique provides a user interface presentation to a supervisor that lists a set of applications that run on plural application execution platforms. The user interface presentation also allows the supervisor to set platform-agnostic constraint information for any identified application. The platform-agnostic constraint information, once set for an application, constrains interaction by a supervisee with all versions of that same application. That is, the constraint information is said to be agnostic with respect to platform in the sense that it applies to a variety of application execution platforms that run the application. In one example, the platform-agnostic constraint information specifies a permitted amount of an activity that the supervisee is permitted to perform across all versions of an application. |
| US12212572B2 |
Differentiated authorization for domains of a multi-domain application
Disclosed herein are system, method, and computer program product embodiments for differentiated authorization for domains of a multi-domain application. A computing device may identify a familiarity indicator based on identity information received with a request for access to a multi-domain application. Based on a risk assessment of the familiarity indicator, an access level for the access to the multi-domain application may be identified. A request for an access token that enables access to a first domain of the multi-domain application may be authorized based on the access level. A request for an access token that enables access to a second domain, such as a domain associated with a higher access level than the first domain of the multi-domain application, may be denied based on the access level. |
| US12212563B2 |
Authentication system, terminal, control method for terminal, and storage medium
An authentication system includes an authentication server, a management server, and a terminal that the user possesses. The authentication server stores first biometric information of the user and performs biometric authentication of the user using the first biometric information. The management server stores the personal information of the user. When the biometric authentication of the user is successful, the authentication server transmits, to the terminal, a notification of authentication that indicates the biometric authentication of the user was successful. In response to the notification of authentication received, the terminal acquires the intent of the user regarding whether or not to accept the provision of stored personal information to a third person. When the user accepts the provision of stored personal information to the third person, the terminal transmits a notification of acceptance to the management server. |
| US12212561B2 |
Systems, methods, and computing platforms for executing credential-less network-based communication exchanges
Various embodiments of the present disclosure provide techniques for facilitating a credential-less exchange over a network using a plurality of identifier mapping and member interfaces. The techniques may include initiating the presentation of an enrollment user interface via a client device of a user and receiving selection data indicative of a selection of a service provider instrument from the enrollment user interface. The techniques include generating a matching code for authenticating the user, providing the matching code to a service provider platform, and receiving the matching code from a partner platform. In response to an authentication of the user based on the matching code, the techniques may include generating an UUEK for the user that may be used to replace persistent credentials. |
| US12212557B2 |
Networking device credential information reset system
A networking device credential information reset system includes credential information reset authorization devices coupled to a networking device. At least one of the credential information reset authorization devices receives a networking device credential information reset request from the networking device and, in response, generates a networking device credential information reset alert and provides it for display on an administrator device. Following the networking device credential information reset alert being provided for display on the administrator device, a first credential information reset authorization device receives first credential information for the first credential information reset authorization device from the administrator device, validates the first credential information and, in response, provides a credential information reset authorization to the networking device that is configured to cause the networking device to reset second credential information for the networking device. |
| US12212543B2 |
Browser-level runtime supply chain security and attack detection
Methods, systems, apparatuses, and computer-readable storage mediums are described for enabling runtime supply chain security of web applications and the discovery of active malware attacks. For example, a server is configured to receive CSP-based data from browsers executing on various clients. Such data may be received via a browser extension or via a proxy between the web applications and the browsers. Using the CSP-based data, the server generates a database of supply chain inventory. The database specifies resources that are loaded for a particular web application, along with a location from where such resources are loaded. The database further specifies a chain of dependencies between such resources. The database is analyzed to determine whether any such resources have been compromised with malware or whether clients on which such resource have been loaded have been compromised with malware. Responsive to determining such cases, actions(s) may be performed to mitigate the malware. |
| US12212542B2 |
Device address rotation management protocol for a wireless local area network
Techniques herein facilitate a device address rotation management protocol that may be implemented for a wireless local area network (WLAN), which can be used to influence when wireless client devices or stations may rotate their Media Access Control (MAC) addresses, how to perform such rotations, and/or the like. In one example, a method may include providing, by an access point (AP), a first communication indicating that the AP supports a MAC address rotation management protocol; obtaining, by the AP, a second communication from a wireless station (STA) indicating that the STA intends to perform a MAC address rotation; and transmitting, by the AP, a third communication to influence the MAC address rotation of the STA, the third communication comprising a rotation status indicator and timing information. |
| US12212540B2 |
Hierarchical provisioning of network devices
Automated techniques for converting network devices from a Layer 2 (L2) network into a Layer 3 (L3) network in a hierarchical manner are described herein. The network devices may be configured to boot such that their ports are in an initialization mode in which the ports are unable to transmit locally generated DHCP packets. When a network device detects that a neighbor (or “peer”) device has acquired an IP address or has been configured by a network controller, then the port on which the neighbor device is detected can then be transitioned from the initialization mode into a forwarding mode. In the forwarding mode, the port can be used to transmit packets to obtain an IP address. Thus, the network devices are converted from an L2 device to an L3 device in a hierarchical order such that upstream devices are discovered and converted into L3 devices before downstream devices. |
| US12212539B1 |
Externally applying internal network domain name system (DNS) policies
In one embodiment, a global domain name system (DNS) server processes a DNS query based on an internal network policy. Upon receiving a DNS query that is associated with a source IP address, the global DNS server identifies a client subnet based on the DNS query. The client subnet is associated with an internal device on an internal network. The global DNS server selects an internal network policy from multiple predetermined policies based on the source IP address and the client subnet. The global DNS server then tailors one or more DNS resolution operations that generate a response to the DNS query based on the selected internal network policy. Advantageously, the client subnet provides the global DNS server with visibility into the internal network. Such visibility enables the global DNS server to apply policies selectively at the granularity of individual devices on the internal network. |
| US12212538B2 |
Communication between a controller and a controlled device over a wireless network
A method of communication between a controlled device and a controller over a 3GPP wireless network performed at a source interface device. The method comprises: splitting (102) an incoming traffic into a first path carrying a native ethernet traffic and a second path carrying an IP, internet protocol, traffic; remapping (106) IP addresses of packets of the IP traffic with an IP address of a destination interface device at a remote end of the 3GPP wireless network; encapsulating (104) the native ethernet traffic into IP traffic with the IP address of the destination interface device at a remote end of the 3GPP wireless network and scheduling (108) IP traffic from said first path and said second path for transmission (110) to the destination interface device via the 3GPP wireless network. |
| US12212535B2 |
System of advanced features for email
An email system incorporating a disable “reply to all” functionality; said system presenting an email preparation screen including options to “send” the contents of an email template and “reply to all” to an email previously received and displayed; the system permitting a user to invoke an email preparation template which includes at least a Sender field, a Cc field, and a Subject field; said email preparation screen further including a “disable reply to all” option which, if invoked by a user, disables the “reply to all” option on that screen for so long as that option remains invoked. |
| US12212533B2 |
Understanding social media user behavior
Aspects of the present invention relate to computer processes adapted to identify influencers and other users interested in certain topics and uses thereof. |
| US12212530B2 |
Method and apparatus for managing dormant bandwidth part in next-generation mobile communication system
Disclosed are a communication scheme and a system thereof for converging IoT technology and a 5G communication system for supporting a high data transmission rate beyond that of a 4G system. The disclosure can be applied to intelligent services (for example, services related to a smart home, smart building, smart city, smart car, connected car, health care, digital education, retail business, security, and safety) based on the 5G communication technology and the IoT-related technology. The disclosure discloses a method and an apparatus for efficiently operating a dormant BWP. |
| US12212527B2 |
Transmission and reception of physical downlink control channels
A wireless transmit/receive unit (WTRU) may receive a PDCCH transmission comprising a CCE that is mapped to one or more REGs based on a CCE-to-REG mapping. The WTRU may receive the CCE-to-REG mapping that indicates a REG bundle corresponding to the CCE and use the CCE-to-REG mapping to identify the REGs for the WTRU. Depending on whether the CCE-to-REG mapping is interleaving or noninterleaving, the CCE-to-REG mapping may be based on different parameters. If the CCE-to-REG mapping is interleaving, the CCE-to-REG mapping may be based on an index associated with the CCE and a number of REGs in the REG bundle. If the CCE-to-REG mapping is noninterleaving, the CCE-to-REG mapping may be based on the index of the CCE. |
| US12212523B2 |
Systems and methods of CSI reference resource determination
Systems and methods of reference resource determination are provided. A method performed by a wireless device for determining a reference resource includes: receiving an indication of at least one configurable offset value; receiving one or more configurations of resources for channel measurement and one or more configurations of measurement reporting; and determining a reference resource for a measurement report to be reported in slot n′ using the at least one configurable offset received from the network node. In some embodiments, this includes configurations of Channel State Information Reference Signals (CSI-RS) resources for channel measurement and/or CSI reporting. In this way, CSI reporting with proper CSI reference resource determination is enabled. In some embodiments, this is suitable for Non-Terrestrial Network (NTN) scenarios where the RTT can be in the order of 10s to 100s of milliseconds. |
| US12212521B2 |
Interaction of positioning and media access control procedures
Methods, systems, and devices for wireless communications are described. A user equipment (UE) may determine its position based on one or more position reference signals (PRSs), which the UE receives via different component carriers (CCs). The UE may maintain an active state with a first CC transmitting a PRS, while activating and deactivating a secondary CC that may transmit PRSs based on a periodic interval. Additionally, the UE may apply similar techniques for inactive BWPs where a PRS spans multiple BWPs. In some implementations, the position of the UE may enhance a UE mobility procedure based on determining a resource to use for the UE mobility procedure that is dependent upon the position of the UE. For example, the UE mobility procedure may include a random access procedure or a handover procedure. Additionally, the resources used for the mobility procedures may be quasi co-located with PRSs. |
| US12212518B2 |
Beam measurement method, network-side device, terminal device, and storage medium
A beam measurement method, a network-side device, a terminal device, and a storage medium are provided. The method includes: sending configuration information to a terminal device, where the configuration information includes information related to channel state information reference signal CSI-RS resources that are used for beam measurement on an unlicensed frequency band UFB; and sending the CSI-RS resource to the terminal device based on the configuration information, so that the terminal device performs beam measurement on the UFB based on the configuration information and the CSI-RS resource. |
| US12212515B2 |
Demodulation reference signal bundling for physical uplink control channel repetitions
Various aspects of the present disclosure generally relate to wireless communication. In some aspects, a user equipment (UE) may receive, from a base station, an indication that demodulation reference signal (DMRS) bundling is to be used for channel estimation by the base station for one or more physical uplink control channel (PUCCH) repetitions, where the indication is a semi-static configuration or a dynamic indication. The UE may transmit, to the base station, the one or more PUCCH repetitions by maintaining a phase continuity among DMRSs of the one or more PUCCH repetitions based at least in part on receiving the indication that DMRS bundling is to be used. Numerous other aspects are described. |
| US12212513B2 |
Multiplexing sidelink synchronization signal blocks and channel state information reference signals
Wireless communications systems and methods related to communicating control information are provided. A method of wireless communication performed by a first sidelink user equipment (UE) may include transmitting, to a second sidelink UE, at least one channel state information reference signal (CSI-RS) in a slot and transmitting, to the second sidelink UE, at least one sidelink synchronization signal block (S-SSB) in the slot, wherein an occupied channel bandwidth (OCB) associated with the slot satisfies a threshold based at least on the transmitting the at least one CSI-RS and the transmitting the at least one S-SSB. |
| US12212510B2 |
Closed-loop baud rate carrier and carrier frequency tuning for wireless chip-to-chip interface
Various aspects of this disclosure provide a receiver. The receiver may include a down-converter configured to down-convert a received communication signal at a predefined carrier frequency, with a reference signal received from a reference signal generator, and a processor configured to perform a signal quality detection to identify a signal quality metric of the received communication signal at the predefined carrier frequency, and to provide a frequency adjusting signal to the reference signal generator to change the frequency of the reference signal based on the performed signal quality detection to identify the signal quality metric of the received communication signal at the predefined carrier frequency. |
| US12212509B2 |
Transmitting device, receiving device, transmitting method and receiving method
Provided is a terminal which appropriately transmits and receives signals when operating in an unlicensed band. A terminal (200) is provided with: a mapping unit (207) for allocating a signal to a resource on the basis of control information indicating allocation of groups among a plurality of groups obtained by grouping a plurality of blocks into which a frequency band has been divided, and allocation of resources in the blocks; and a transmitting unit (209) for transmitting the signal. |
| US12212508B1 |
Media access control for frequency division full duplex in WLAN
A first communication device in a wireless local area network (WLAN) receives a communication frame from a second communication device. The communication frame includes one or more indications of one or more FDFD parameters for an FDFD operation that includes FDFD communications via a first frequency segment and a second frequency segment. The one or more indications includes an indication of a physical layer (PHY) transmission mode that the first communication device is to use for communication in the second frequency segment during the FDFD operation. The first communication device uses the indication of the PHY transmission mode to determine a PHY transmission mode that the first communication device is to use for communication in the second frequency segment during the FDFD operation, and transmits in the second frequency segment according to the PHY transmission mode. |
| US12212507B2 |
Method for transmitting uplink channel in wireless communication system, and device therefor
A method by which a terminal transmits an uplink channel in a wireless communication system comprises steps of: receiving, from a base station, first information, which is information related to a time division duplex (TDD) configuration; and repeatedly transmitting, to the base station, an uplink channel on a resource determined on the basis of the first information. |
| US12212506B2 |
PDCCH with preemption indication
In an aspect, a BS is configured as a serving cell of a UE. The BS transmits data to the UE in accordance with a frequency hopping scheme over a first set of T-F resources of a first BWP and a second set of T-F resources of a second BWP. The BS (or another BS) further transmits, to the UE over a third BWP that is different than the second BWP, a PDCCH including a PI field with a PI associated with the transmitted data over the second set of T-F resources of the second BWP. The UE receives the data and the PDCCH. The UE processes the received data over (at least) the second set of T-F resources based on the PI. |
| US12212500B2 |
Packet flow description (PFD) management method and apparatus
Techniques for packet flow description (PDF) management are disclosed. In one embodiment, a method is disclosed comprising receiving, by a network exposure function (NEF), a packet flow description (PFD) management request via an application function (AF), the PFD management request, the PFD management request comprising application identification information identifying an application, using, by the NEF, the application identification information to identify a set of unified data repositories (UDRs) affected by the PFD management request, and instructing, by the NEF, at least one UDR of the set of UDRs to make a PFD change to the identified application's application data in accordance with the PFD management request. |
| US12212495B2 |
Reliable fabric control protocol extensions for data center networks with unsolicited packet spraying over multiple alternate data paths
A fabric control protocol (FCP) is a data transmission protocol that enables spraying of individual packets for a given packet flow across a data center from an ingress interface of the source data processing unit (DPU) across a plurality of parallel data paths of a logical tunnel in the network fabric to the egress interface of the destination DPU. The FCP has congestion control mechanisms used to determine a degree of congestion at the egress interface of the destination DPU and to modify a send window size at the source DPU based on the degree of congestion. Reliable FCP (rFCP) extensions provide reliability enhancements and improved failure resilience within the data center. The rFCP extensions provide an unsolicited mode for low latency operation with enhanced reliability mechanisms. The rFCP extensions provide failure resilience mechanisms to identify and avoid failed paths among multiple parallel data paths within the logical tunnel. |
| US12212494B2 |
Dynamic grouping of network segments for forwarding data message flows from machines of network segment groups to an external network through different edge forwarding elements
Some embodiments provide a novel method for dynamically deploying gateways for a first network connecting machines. The first network includes segments, routers, and a first gateway that connects to an external network. The method identifies a set of two or more segments that consumes more than a threshold amount of bandwidth of the first gateway. The identified set includes at least first and second segments. The method identifies one or more segment groups by aggregating two or more segments in the identified set. A first segment group includes the first and second segments and a third segment that is not in the identified set of two or more segments. The method configures a second gateway to process flows associated with each identified group including the first group. The method configures a set of routers to forward flows from machines of each segment of each identified group to the second gateway. |
| US12212490B2 |
Resource reservation protocol with traffic engineering path computation across intermediate system—intermediate system flood reflector clusters
In some implementations, a head Level 2 (L2) node of an intermediate system-intermediate system (IS-IS) flood reflection (FR) network may determine an end-to-end path from the head L2 node to a tail L2 node of the IS-IS FR network. The IS-IS FR network includes a plurality of L2 nodes and a plurality of FR clusters that each comprise a plurality of Level 1 (L1) nodes and a plurality of L1 and L2 (L1/L2) nodes connected by a plurality of L1 links. The head L2 node may send information associated with the end-to-end path to another node identified in the end-to-end path to cause a label switched path (LSP) to be established from the head L2 node to the tail L2 node, wherein the LSP traverses one or more L1 links within an FR cluster of the IS-IS FR network. |
| US12212486B2 |
Multi-host link aggregation for active-active cluster
Embodiments of multi-host link aggregation are described for active-active cluster implementations. In one or more embodiments, a multi-host LAG bond in the cluster is created with a bond MAC address designated for the bond. Afterwards, a virtual IP address may be created for all hosts within the multi-host LAG bond. Compared with existing active-active cluster implementation, the presented multi-host link aggregation embodiments do not require extra entities, e.g., load balancer or DNS, which could be a failure point or performance bottleneck, thus makes the active-active cluster implementations more efficient and robust. With the Multi-Host LACP bond and virtual IP on all hosts, the cluster may have increased bandwidth to the cluster service and utilize computing capacity in a network switch for improved workload distribution. |
| US12212485B2 |
Multicasting within a mutual subnetwork
A method may include bridging in, via a fabric, a multicast data packet from a source device to a first edge device of a plurality of edge devices and flooding the multicast data packet to the plurality of edge devices within a mutual subnetwork of the fabric. The method further includes bridging out the multicast data packet from a second edge device of the plurality of edge devices to a receiving device. The source device and the receiving device are located within the mutual subnetwork. |
| US12212481B2 |
Multi-hop reflector sessions
A method for measuring and reporting performance parameters in a network having at least one originator for generating test protocol data units, and multiple reflectors for relaying the test protocol data units along successive segments of a test path in the network. The method generates the test protocol data units at the originator and transmits the test protocol data unit along a test path that includes multiple reflectors. Each reflector relays the test protocol data unit to the next reflector along the test path. Measurements of performance parameters are collected from the multiple reflectors in the test protocol data unit by inserting timestamps into the test protocol data unit at the originator and each of the reflectors to identify the departure and arrival times for each test protocol data unit at the originator and each of the reflectors in both the downstream and upstream directions along the test path. |
| US12212480B2 |
Latency determinations for human interface devices
In various examples, latency of human interface devices (HIDs) may be accounted for in determining an end-to-end latency of a system. For example, when an input is received at an HID, an amount of time for the input to reach a connected device may be computed by the HID and included in a data packet transmitted by the HID device to the connected device. The addition of the peripheral latency to the end-to-end latency determination may provide a more comprehensive latency result for the system and, where the peripheral latency of an HID is determined to have a non-negligible contribution to the end-to-end latency, a new HID component may be implemented, a configuration setting associated with the HID component may be updated, and/or other actions may be taken to reduce the contribution of the peripheral latency to the overall latency of the system. |
| US12212474B2 |
Bootstrapping an encrypted single node VSAN cluster
The present disclosure relates to bootstrapping an encrypted single node VSAN cluster. One method includes receiving a request to create an encrypted VSAN cluster from a single host in a software-defined datacenter, deploying a virtual server on a VSAN datastore of the software-defined datacenter, registering a native key provider (NKP) in the virtual server, creating an empty VSAN cluster encrypted by the NKP, adding the single host to the encrypted empty cluster to create a one-host encrypted cluster, registering a KMIP KMS in the virtual server, switching encryption of the one-host encrypted cluster from the NKP to the KMIP KMS, and adding another host to the one-host encrypted cluster to create the encrypted cluster. |
| US12212471B2 |
Systems and methods for behavioural and contextual data analytics
System and method for behavioral and contextual data analytics are disclosed. An example computer system to process observational data received from a wireless device includes a memory including machine readable instructions and a processor to execute the instructions to: process the observational data to identify temporally adjacent applications to generate usage metric data, the observational data including application usage data; build a behavior model based on the identified temporally adjacent applications, the behavior model to describe user behavior associated with the wireless device; and apply the behavior model to predict a usage duration of a second application in response to usage of a first application. |
| US12212464B2 |
Generating user interface elements based on data schema files
Methods and systems for improved generation of user interfaces based on data schemas are provided. In one embodiment, a method is provided that includes receiving a data schema file and identifying a data schema within the data schema file. The data schema file may identify valid data for a computing service, such as an API. The data schema may be provided to a validation service, which may test whether a plurality of sentinel values comply with the data schema. An error message may be received from the validation service and a user interface element may be selected based on the error message. The user interface element may be added to the user interface. |
| US12212462B2 |
Method of operating a telecommunications network
A computer-implemented method (200) of managing a telecommunications network (110), the telecommunication network comprising a network orchestrator (120), a plurality of network nodes (150) and a network ledger (140) for electronically storing data, the method comprising the steps of: the network orchestrator generating an instruction for reconfiguring at least one of the plurality of nodes (210); in response to generating said instruction, requesting and retrieving first status information from the at least one of the plurality of nodes (240); recording the instruction and the first status information to the network ledger (240)); communicating the instruction to the at least one of the plurality of nodes thereby to effect the instructed reconfiguration (230); in response to effecting the instructed reconfiguration, requesting and retrieving second status information from the at least one of the plurality of nodes; and recording said second status information in the network ledger (280). |
| US12212460B2 |
Variable configuration method and variable configuration device thereof
A variable configuration method and a variable configuration device thereof are disclosed. The variable configuration method for the variable configuration device includes receiving an incident prediction notification from a network at a first time instant, determining at least one variable at a second time instant in response to the incident prediction notification, and outputting the at least one variable at a third time instant. The incident prediction notification is used to instruct the variable configuration device to determine the at least one variable to respond to a quality of service (QoS) violation prediction at a fourth time instant later than the third time instant. |
| US12212459B2 |
Method to recommend failover and reliable connection for remote management of devices
Embodiments described herein relate to a method for recommending changes to a system that includes a remote access controller (RAC) which has at least two network interfaces (NI). An orchestrator reconfigures the remote access controller and/or it network interfaces when telemetry is retrieved from the system and the telemetry indicates that the remote access controller loses its connections with a connected network at a greater frequency than a threshold. The orchestrator determines recommend changes, notifies a user, and when able reconfigures the remote access controller to at least use the at least two network interfaces in a failover configuration. |
| US12212457B2 |
Methods, function manager and orchestration node of managing a port type
Embodiments relate to e.g. a method performed by an orchestration node for managing network interfaces. The orchestration node sends to a function manager, trunk-port specific information of a trunk port to enable the function manager to unambiguously orchestrate trunk ports. |
| US12212452B2 |
System and method for providing fault tolerant streaming of segmented content and cache coherency on multi-hosted origin systems
Multiple segmentation servers are synchronized to provide failover capacity in such a way that should a failover occur, the segment numbers/playlists/encryption keys/decryption keys are identical on each of the segmentation servers. Synchronizing the contents of a segmentation server on one or more backup segmentation servers ensures that the delivery of a content stream is immune to the failure of segmentation servers, provided at least one segmentation server remains fault-free. A caching server may further facilitate the fault tolerance by checking the availability of the individual segmentation servers, collect content segments from one of the segmentation servers, and serve the content segment to clients. The caching server automatically checks a primary segmentation server to ensure it is available (e.g., online), and provides automatic failover to a backup segmentation server should the primary server experience a fault (e.g., go offline). |
| US12212448B2 |
Multi-user duplicate transmission
This disclosure provides methods, devices and systems for increasing the transmit power of wireless communication devices operating on power spectral density (PSD)-limited wireless channels. Some implementations more specifically relate to tone mapping techniques and packet designs that support duplicate (or “DUP mode”) transmissions to multiple users. In some implementations, an access point (AP) may transmit a PPDU that includes first user data and second user data, where at least the first user data is transmitted in a DUP mode. As such, the first user data may be mapped to a number (N) of tones spanning a first RU in accordance with a dual carrier modulation (DCM) scheme, and a duplicate copy of the first user data may be mapped to N tones spanning a second RU in accordance with the DCM scheme. In some implementations, the second user data also may be transmitted in a DUP mode. |
| US12212444B2 |
Method for transmitting/receiving A-PPDU in wireless LAN system and device therefor
A method and a device for transmitting an A-PPDU in a wireless LAN system are proposed. Specifically, a transmission STA generates an A-PPDU and transmits the A-PPDU to a reception STA. A first PPDU and a second PPDU are aggregated into the A-PPDU. The first PPDU includes an L-Header field, a first EDMG-Header field, and a first data field. The second PPDU includes a second EDMG-Header field and a second data field. Zero padding is inserted in the first data field on the basis of the minimum number of symbol blocks of the first PPDU. |
| US12212441B2 |
Spectrum management for crest factor reduction distortion
Various aspects of the present disclosure generally relate to wireless communication. In some aspects, a network node may apply a crest factor reduction (CFR) to an input signal to generate an output signal, the applying the CFR to the input signal including applying a shaping filter that distributes a first portion of CFR noise within a transmission frequency band of the output signal and a second portion of the CFR noise in at least one air interface resource that is outside of the transmission frequency band of the output signal. The network node may transmit the output signal. Numerous other aspects are described. |
| US12212437B2 |
Method and apparatus for reference symbol pattern adaptation
Capability of a user equipment to support machine learning adaptation by a base station of a reference signal pattern is signaled between the base station and the user equipment. Configuration information from the base station indicates one or more of enabling or disabling of machine learning adaptation of the reference signal pattern, a machine learning model used for machine learning adaptation of the reference signal pattern, updated model parameters for the machine learning model, or whether model parameters received from the user equipment will be used for machine learning adaptation of the reference signal pattern. Model training may be performed or model parameters received, and reference signals are received from the base station. Information on a reference signal pattern may be transmitted by the user equipment to the serving base station. Assistance information may be transmitted by the user equipment to the base station, which configures a reference signal pattern. |
| US12212436B2 |
Dynamic network adaptor selection in computing devices
A computing device includes a plurality of baseband processing circuitries. Each baseband processing circuitry of the plurality of baseband processing circuitries is configured to process signals for reception or transmission using a communication standard of a corresponding plurality of communication standards. The computing device further includes an application processor coupled to the plurality of baseband processing circuitries. The application processor is configured to determine a bandwidth of an application executing on the application processor of the computing device, determine a plurality of latencies associated with each baseband processing circuitry of the plurality of baseband processing circuitries, and select a baseband processing circuitry of the plurality of baseband processing circuitries to process transmit or receive data of the application based on the bandwidth and the plurality of latencies. |
| US12212429B2 |
System and method for determining one or more codes of Can bus messages based partly on camera captured images
A method for determining codes of vehicle's Can-bus messages. The method can include sequentially generating, by a message generator, on the Can-bus different message codes selected from a reduced space defined from within a Message-ID and a plurality of data fields of the Can-bus messages as defined by the Can-bus protocol; storing, by a message storage, each generated message code together with a respective timestamp; storing, by an images storage, images that are captured by a camera in synchronization with each said generated message code, each image together with a respective timestamp; comparing, by a processor, each captured image with a latest previously captured image within the images storage; and upon finding, by the processor, a difference between any captured image and a latest captured image and based on the respective timestamp, associating the captured image having a later timestamp with the generated message code of the respective message. |
| US12212426B1 |
Systems and methods for supporting mixed IGMP querier versions
According to some embodiments, an Ethernet Virtual Private Network (EVPN) includes a first router configured as an Internet Group Management Protocol (IGMP) version 3 querier and a second router configured as an IGMP version 2 querier. The second router is configured to receive a Selective Multicast Ethernet (SMET) route message generated by the first router. The SMET route message includes an IGMP version 3 join request from a receiver, and the IGMP version 3 join request includes an address of a multicast source device. The second router is further configured to convert the IGMP version 3 join request of the SMET route message to an IGMP version 2 join request. The second router is further configured to send multicast traffic from the multicast source device to the receiver via the first router. |
| US12212424B2 |
Method for instant messaging service providing schedule service and apparatus thereof
Disclosed are a method and an apparatus for an instant messaging service to provide a schedule service. A schedule management server according to an example embodiment includes receiving a schedule creating request, selecting any one of a first type of calendar belonging to a chatroom in which the schedule creating request is created and a second type of calendar belonging to a user account which creates the schedule creating request, according to a schedule type included in the schedule creating request; and creating a schedule corresponding to the selected type of calendar. |
| US12212422B2 |
Method and apparatus for transmitting feedback by terminal receiving signal from another terminal in wireless communication system
One embodiment of the present invention relates to a method for transmitting, by a terminal, feedback on a signal from another terminal in a wireless communication system. The method for transmitting feedback information comprises the steps of: receiving signals transmitted by a plurality of terminals; and transmitting feedback information on each of at least parts of the received signals, wherein the feedback information is transmitted together with data of the terminal transmitting the feedback information, and the feedback information includes time information that allows the terminals that transmitted each of the parts of signals that are subject to the feedback to recognize that the feedback information is feedback on the signals transmitted by the same terminals. The UE is capable of communicating with at least one of another UE, a UE related to an autonomous driving vehicle, the BS or a network. |
| US12212419B2 |
Switching between HARQ feedback granularities
Aspects relate to a base station configuring a user equipment (UE) with multiple (e.g., at least two) hybrid automatic repeat request (HARQ) feedback granularities. In some examples, a first HARQ feedback granularity may be for transmitting HARQ feedback in a first quantity of symbols and a second HARQ feedback granularity may be for transmitting HARQ feedback in a second quantity of symbols. The base station may send an indication to the UE that specifies which HARQ feedback granularity the UE is to use for sending HARQ feedback. |
| US12212415B2 |
Method and apparatus of scheduling for device to device (D2D) communication
Exemplary embodiments provide a method and apparatus for supporting a device-to-device (D2D) communication between user equipments (UEs), the method including: generating, at an evolved NodeB (eNB), D2D scheduling assignment (D2D SA) grant; transmitting the generated D2D SA grant to a transmission (Tx) UTE, the D2D SA grant enabling the Tx UE to transmit an SA to a reception (Rx) UE through a D2D communication; generating, at the eNB, a D2D data grant; transmitting the generated D2D data grant to the Tx UE, the D2D data grant enabling the Tx UE to transmit a Transport Block (TB) to the Rx UTE; generating a separate grant for indicating data overriding; and transmitting the generated separate grant to the Tx UE, the separate grant enabling the Tx UTE to transmit an overriding data to the Rx UE. |
| US12212411B2 |
System and method for dynamically switching frame configuration format
Systems, methods, and processing nodes for managing a wireless communication session perform and/or comprise: setting a signal loss threshold; comparing a signal characteristic with the signal loss threshold, wherein the signal characteristic corresponds to a duplex communication between a wireless communication device and an access node in a first frame configuration format; and in response to a determination that the signal characteristic exceeds the signal loss threshold, causing the wireless communication device and the access node to switch from the first frame configuration format to a second frame configuration format. |
| US12212410B2 |
Modulation and coding scheme configuration determination
Various aspects of the present disclosure generally relate to wireless communication. In some aspects, a user equipment (UE) may determine, for a device-to-device communication with another UE, a modulation and coding scheme (MCS) configuration, of a set of MCS configurations, based at least in part on at least one of a transmission mode, a packet characteristic, a mobility state of the UE, a capability of the UE, a transmission mode of the device-to-device communication, a received indication from the other UE, or a combination thereof. The UE may transmit, to the other UE, data using an MCS selected based at least in part on the MCS configuration. Numerous other aspects are provided. |
| US12212403B2 |
Switching radiofrequency chains
In some implementations, methods, systems, and apparatus, including machine-readable media storing executable instructions, are provided for switching radio frequency chains. For example, a gateway for a satellite communication system can include a first radiofrequency chain, a second radiofrequency chain, and a third radiofrequency chain configured to operate in a standby mode. The gateway includes radiofrequency switches configured to (i) switch between coupling the first radiofrequency chain and the third radiofrequency chain to a first antenna feed for the first channel, and (ii) switch between coupling the second radiofrequency chain and the third radiofrequency chain to a second antenna feed for the second channel. The gateway also includes a controller configured to monitor the status of the radiofrequency chains and, based on the monitored status, instruct the radiofrequency switches to switch between different connections of the radiofrequency chains with the antenna feeds. |
| US12212402B2 |
Coverage area adjustment to adapt satellite communications
The described features generally relate to adjusting a native antenna pattern of a satellite to adapt communications via the satellite. For example, a communications satellite may include an antenna having a feed array assembly, a reflector, and a linear actuator coupled between the feed array assembly and the reflector. The feed array assembly may have a plurality of feeds for communicating signals associated with a communications service, and the reflector may be configured to reflect the signals transmitted between the feed array assembly and one or more target devices. The linear actuator may have an adjustable length, or otherwise provide an adjustable position between the feed array assembly and the reflector. By adjusting the position of the feed array assembly relative to the reflector, the communications satellite may provide a communications service according to a plurality of native antenna patterns. |
| US12212401B2 |
Satellite for end to end beamforming
Methods and systems are described for providing end-to-end beamforming. For example, end-to-end beamforming systems include end-to-end relays and ground networks to provide communications to user terminals located in user beam coverage areas. The ground segment can include geographically distributed access nodes and a central processing system. Return uplink signals, transmitted from the user terminals, have multipath induced by a plurality of receive/transmit signal paths in the end to end relay and are relayed to the ground network. The ground network, using beamformers, recovers user data streams transmitted by the user terminals from return downlink signals. The ground network, using beamformers generates forward uplink signals from appropriately weighted combinations of user data streams that, after relay by the end-end-end relay, produce forward downlink signals that combine to form user beams. |
| US12212385B2 |
Dynamic electromagnetic field coordination of multiple carriers
According to one or more embodiments, a network node is provided. The network node includes processing circuitry configured to: feedback a total momentary carrier power associated with a plurality of co-sited carriers for controlling a respective power of each of the plurality of co-sited carriers. Further, according to one or more embodiments, a method performed by a network node is provided. The method includes feeding back a total momentary carrier power associated with a plurality of co-sited carriers for controlling a respective power of each of the plurality of co-sited carriers. |
| US12212382B2 |
Initiator device, responder device, and system
An initiator device is provided with a generation circuit for supporting Single User (SU)-Multiple Input Multiple Output (MIMO) operation and generating a first signal including a value that indicates which of a reciprocal MIMO phase and a non-reciprocal MIMO phase is to be applied to SU-MIMO BF training, and a transmission circuit for transmitting the first signal to a responder device. The responder device is provided with a reception circuit for receiving the first signal from the initiator device, and a processing circuit for determining on the basis of the value which of the reciprocal MIMO phase and the non-reciprocal MIMO phase is to be applied to SU-MIMO BF training. |
| US12212381B2 |
Wireless wide area network radio for a next generation mobile telecommunication cellular network
Aspects of the present disclosure generally pertains a system and method for wireless inter-networking between a wireless wide area network (WWAN) and a local area network (WLAN) employing one or more extended range wireless inter-networking devices. Aspects of the present disclosure more specifically are directed toward a high powered wireless interconnect device that includes high efficiency circuitry to make it possible to implement in a portable or in-vehicle form factor, which may provide reasonable battery life, size, weight, and thermal dissipation. an extended range wireless inter-networking device, according to another embodiment of the disclosure. Aspects of the present disclosure further include a portable wireless access point configured for extended range communications, which may include a high power user equipment (“HPUE”) as disclosed herein. Aspects of the present disclosure further include a WWAN radio for a mobile telecommunication cellular network, which may include a user equipment and/or the network. |
| US12212377B2 |
Identifying signal interference sources
Devices, systems and processes for identifying and detecting an interfering signal are described. A process may include conducting a scan of one or more frequency bands to obtain at least one scan result and determining therefrom if a response condition has been detected. If so detected, a first frequency band corresponding to the detected response condition may be identified and a response condition action to be performed determined. If no response condition action is to be performed, scanning continues. If a response condition is to be performed two or more available sensors are identified and a first sensor is selected. A scan plan is developed and then initiated by the first sensor. Data from the first sensor is received and analyzed to identify a second frequency band indicative of an interfering signal. Based on at least the scan data, a location for a signal interference source (SIS) may be estimated. |
| US12212375B2 |
Processing apparatus, computer-readable recording medium, and operation method
A processing apparatus includes a processor configured to: compare a first index with a first reference value that has been determined for the first index, the first index indicating a receiving performance of a wireless signal that has been received by a receiving antenna from a medical device; perform switching to a first mode or a second mode based on a result of the comparing; and when the switching has been performed to the second mode, set a radiation direction of the receiving antenna toward a section in which a second index satisfies a condition relative to a second reference value that has been determined for the second index, from among a plurality of sections from which the receiving antenna receives the wireless signal, the second index indicating the receiving performance of the wireless signal that has been received. |
| US12212372B2 |
Ultrasound imaging system with transmit apodization
A digital transmit beamformer for an ultrasound system has a waveform sample memory which stores sequences of samples of different pulse transmit waveforms of differing pulse widths. The memory is shared by a plurality of transmit channels, each of which can access its own selected sample sequence, independent of the selections by other channels. Waveform sample readout by the channels occurs substantially simultaneously during a transmit event, producing a transmit beam from a transmit aperture with different pulse waveforms applied to different elements of the transmit aperture. Higher energy waveforms with wider pulse widths are applied to central elements of the aperture and lower energy waveforms with narrower pulse widths are applied to lateral elements of the aperture to produce an apodized transmit beam. |
| US12212368B2 |
Optical wireless apparatus and method for creating information memories
An optical wireless apparatus that is implemented for transmitting an optical wireless signal via an optical wireless channel includes: an electronic signal source that is configured to provide a data signal and an optical signal source that is configured to convert the data signal into the optical wireless and to emit the same. The optical wireless apparatus is configured to obtain channel information including information associated with a non-linear channel distortion of the optical wireless signal and to perform adaptation of a modulation of the optical signal source by changing an operating state of the electronic signal source for adapting the non-linear channel distortion and/or to perform adaptation of an operating point of the optical signal source for adapting the non-linear channel distortion. |
| US12212366B2 |
Optical communication transmitter and receiver with misalignment measurement and correction
FSO systems rely on line-of-sight, and thus can be easily impaired due to disruptions such as atmospheric turbulence. There is a need for a more robust communication system allowing longer distances to be bridged and/or downtime to be reduced.An optical transmitter is provided generating at least one optical alignment beam. The transmitter comprises at least one alignment modulator, to modulate the alignment beam with transmitter directional data. A suitable receiver may demodulate this information and use the directional data from the transmitter to simplify the attainment and/or maintenance of a sufficient degree of alignment.Additionally or alternatively, the at least one alignment beam may be used to detect, characterize and/or monitor one or more environmental parameters. |
| US12212362B2 |
Apparatus and methods for monitoring optical networks
An apparatus having input and output ports using a plurality of optical connector adapters, wherein the fiber connections can follow a specific mesh pattern has a plurality of fibers inside the apparatus. The fibers pass through at least one mandrel and are designed to produce a leakage in the transmitted light from each fiber of least −30 dBm, wherein the fiber buffer of fibers around the mandrel are partially stripped in at least one section. The apparatus also has an imaging system consisting of at least a lens, camera sensor and an optical filter are placed in proximity to the fiber striped section wherein the optical filter has spectral properties tuned or partially tuned to the operational wavelength of the network and the optical filter is placed in the light path before the camera sensor. |
| US12212360B2 |
Spatially resolved monitoring of cable perturbations using multichannel information
A monitoring system. The monitoring system may include an optical receiver configured to receive an optical signal, the receiver comprising a plurality of equalizers to partition the optical signal over a plurality of optical channels corresponding to a plurality of optical wavelengths. The monitoring system may also include an analysis component, coupled to the receiver, comprising logic, where the logic is configured to construct a plurality of sensor matrices, corresponding to the plurality of optical channels, based upon the optical signal, after reception at the receiver; determine, using the plurality of sensor matrices, a correlation between at least one pair of sensor matrices corresponding to at least one pair of optical channels of the plurality of optical channels; and determine a location of a perturbation, external to the transmission system, based upon the correlation. |
| US12212359B2 |
Focused digital pre-distortion with component carrier variations
Certain aspects of the present disclosure provide techniques for applying digital pre-distortion with frequency selectivity to a transmission signal. An example technique includes determining one or more target parameters of an input signal, the one or more target parameters being based on frequency of the input signal. The technique also includes applying digital pre-distortion with frequency selectivity to the input signal according to the one or more target parameters of the input signal to generate a resulting signal. The technique further includes processing the resulting signal to generate an analog signal for transmission and transmitting the analog signal. |
| US12212358B2 |
In-device coexistence for new radio
A network control device, e.g., a gNB, receives a message from a communications device, e.g. a UE, indicating that the communications device is experiencing an in-device coexistence (IDC) problem, e.g. in the 52.6 GHz-71 GHz frequency range with respect to NR-U and WiGig. The message is one of: i) an IDC assistance message indicating that the victim system is Wi-Gig or ii) an antenna panel switch message requesting that the network control device instruct the communications device to change the antenna panel that it uses for uplink NR signaling. The network control device generates and sends a response message to the communications device including: a selected new frequency to be used by the communications device for uplink NR signaling or a selected different antenna panel to be used by the communications device for uplink NR signaling. The communications device implements the change reducing or avoiding the IDC problem. |
| US12212357B2 |
GaAs monolithic integrated terahertz low-noise communication system transceiver front-end
The present disclosure provides a GaAs monolithic integrated terahertz low-noise communication system transceiver front-end, including an intermediate frequency circuit and a terahertz circuit. The terahertz circuit includes a local oscillator frequency tripler, a local oscillator unidirectional 3 dB filter coupler, a radio frequency 180° filter coupler, and two terahertz GaAs monolithic integrated subharmonic mixers. The local oscillator unidirectional 3 dB filter coupler and the radio frequency 180° filter coupler each include one ring-cylindrical resonant cavity and four rectangular waveguides. The ring-cylindrical resonant cavity is divided into four rectangular waveguides which are correspondingly connected to the four sector-annular resonant cavities, respectively. The present disclosure suppresses the local oscillator noise by adopting a local oscillator unidirectional 3 dB filter coupler and a radio frequency 180° filter coupler with both coupling and filtering functions, thereby achieving a low local oscillator noise transceiver front-end. |
| US12212355B2 |
Biodegradable cover for a portable electronic device
The present invention envisages a biodegradable cover for a portable device. The cover comprising a top portion including a plurality of adjustable puzzle pieces, wherein said top portion is attached at back wall of said portable device. Each puzzle piece further comprises a square piece and at least one magnetic side piece attached to said square piece, wherein each of said magnetic side piece of first puzzle piece is connected to center of square piece to define length and width of different sizes of portable devices and an expandable portion comprising a right section and a left section, for extending said biodegradable cover along the portable device. The biodegradable cover further includes at least one corner portion to attach said top portion with corners of said portable device. |
| US12212340B2 |
Concatenated polar code with adaptive error detection
According to certain embodiments, a method by a transmitter is provided for adaptively generating precoder bits for a Polar code. The method includes acquiring at least one configuration parameter upon which a total number of precoder bits depends. The at least one configuration parameter comprising at least one of an information block length K, a code block length N, and/or a code rate R=K/N. The total number of precoder bits is determined, and the precoder bits for a code block are generated according to the determined total number of precoder bits. The precoder bits are placed within the code block. |
| US12212338B1 |
Syndrome decoder circuit
The disclosure describes a syndrome decoder circuit including: a syndrome computation circuit configured to receive K bits of message bits and P bits of parity bits to calculate S bits of syndrome bits; a X bits weight correction circuit configured to receive multiple sets of first number of bits of the syndrome bits and a first digits of the K bits of message bits to generate a first set of correction masks for the first digits of K bits of message bits; and a X−1 bits weight correction circuit configured to receive multiple sets of second number of bits of the syndrome bits and a second digits of the K bits of message bits to generate a second set of correction masks for the second digits of K bits of message bits. The first number is not equal to the second number. |
| US12212336B2 |
Method and system for fast column processing for highly irregular LDPC codes
Decoding method and memory system which group bits in irregular LDPC codes having similar degrees of convergence into respective degree groups, classify the degree groups according to a metric indicative of a number of decoding iterations for convergence, divide a time period for convergence of the decoding iterations into different zones for the processing of selected degree groups within each zone, and skip decoding of the bits in a non-converging zone where the bits are not converging. |
| US12212334B2 |
Successive approximation register analog to digital converter having adaptive current or voltage parameter adjustments
Systems and methods are related to a successive approximation analog to digital converter (SAR ADC). In one aspect, a method includes sampling, by a sample and digital to analog conversion (DAC) circuit, an input voltage to obtain a sampled voltage. The method also includes determining, by a comparator coupled to a set of storage circuits, a state of a plurality of bits corresponding to the sampled voltage. The comparator has a current parameter or voltage parameter adjusted based upon a conversion margin. Adjustment of the current parameter or the voltage parameter affects speed of determining the state of the bits. The method also includes storing the bits in the set of storage circuits. In some aspects, an SAR ADC is configured to perform the method. |
| US12212333B2 |
Circuit for SAR ADC
The application discloses a circuit, including: a positive-terminal p-type transistor; a negative-terminal p-type transistor; a positive-terminal n-type transistor, wherein the positive-terminal p-type transistor and the positive-terminal n-type transistor are cascoded between a first reference voltage and a second reference voltage; a negative-terminal n-type transistor, wherein the negative-terminal p-type transistor and the negative-terminal n-type transistor are cascoded between the first reference voltage and the second reference voltage; a first positive-terminal capacitor, a top plate of the first positive-terminal capacitor is coupled to a gate of the positive-terminal n-type transistor; a first negative-terminal capacitor, a top plate of the first negative-terminal capacitor is coupled to a gate of the negative-terminal n-type transistor; a first control circuit, arranged to generate a first control signal to bottom plates of the first positive-terminal capacitor and the first negative-terminal capacitor according to the positive-terminal output signal, the negative-terminal output signal and the target common mode voltage. |
| US12212326B2 |
Wireless transmitter with improved data rate
This disclosure is directed to a transmitter including a phase locked loop (PLL), a modulator, and a power amplifier (PA). A controller including programmable and/or hardened logic circuitry may be coupled to the PLL and the modulator. The controller may provide encoded signals based on quadrature phase shift keying (QPSK) scheme for transmission by the transmitter. In particular, the controller may provide multiple bursts of pulses indicative of data packets to the modulator. Moreover, the controller may provide instructions indicative of generating clock signals with in-phase and quadrature phases to the PLL. The PLL may generate clock signals corresponding to the in-phase and quadrature phases. As such, the transmitter may generate in-phase and quadrature output signals based on receiving each burst of pulses with either in-phase or quadrature phases. |
| US12212325B2 |
Low power quadrature phase detector
The present invention provides a quadrature phase detector including a detection circuit. The detection circuit includes a first switch, a second switch and a first filter, wherein the first switch is controlled by a second clock signal to selectively couple a first clock signal to a first node, the second switch is controlled by the second clock signal to selectively coupled the first node to a reference voltage, and the first filter is configured to filter voltages at the first node to generate a first detection result. |
| US12212321B1 |
Non-linear polar material based flip-flop
A low power sequential circuit (e.g., latch) uses a non-linear polar capacitor to retain charge with fewer transistors than traditional CMOS sequential circuits. In one example, a sequential circuit includes pass-gates and inverters, but without a feedback mechanism or memory element. In another example, a sequential uses load capacitors (e.g., capacitors coupled to a storage node and a reference supply). The load capacitors are implemented using ferroelectric material, paraelectric material, or linear dielectric. In one example, a sequential uses minority, majority, or threshold gates with ferroelectric or paraelectric capacitors. In one example, a sequential circuit uses minority, majority, or threshold gates configured as NAND gates. |
| US12212320B2 |
Level shifter circuit, corresponding device and method
A level-shifter circuit receives one or more input signals in an input level domain and includes provides at an output node an output signal in an output level domain shifted with respect to the input level domain. The circuit includes output circuitry including a first drive node and a second drive node that receive first and second logical signals so that the output signal has a first output level or a second output level in the output level domain as a function of at least one of the first and second logical signals. The circuit includes first and second shift capacitors coupled to the first and second drive nodes as well as capacitor refresh circuitry. |
| US12212315B1 |
Interface device
Methods and systems are provided for transmitting data using thin-oxide devices. The methods and system generate a first bias voltage and a second bias voltage based on a power supply voltage of the second voltage domain, the first bias voltage value representing a high-level voltage signal of the first voltage domain, and the second bias voltage representing a low-level voltage signal of the second voltage domain and its value corresponds to a difference between the second voltage domain and the first voltage domain. The methods and systems generate an output of the thin-oxide device interface using first and second thin-oxide devices, the output of the thin-oxide device interface having a range corresponding to the second voltage domain. |
| US12212314B2 |
Common mode evaluation
A system including circuitry to communicate data across an isolation barrier of a switch driver circuit. For switch driver circuits with galvanic isolation, the circuitry of this disclosure uses the unavoidable common mode voltages caused by the coupling capacitances of the data transfer circuit to evaluate the common mode voltage characteristics, such as the slew rate of a switching event. The switch driver circuit of this disclosure may include a common mode voltage detector to detect and measure features of the unavoidable common mode voltage during a switching event, such as voltage amplitude and slew rate. The common mode voltage detector may couple to a communication interface that provides the common mode voltage information to a controller for the switch driver circuit. In some examples, based on the received information, the controller may adjust the operation of the switching circuit. |
| US12212313B2 |
Phase change switch device having a set of heaters arranged to heat a phase change material and method of operating the phase change switch device
In an embodiment, a phase change switch device is provided. The phase change switch includes a phase change material, a set of heaters arranged to heat the phase change material, and a switch arrangement. The switch arrangement includes a plurality of switches, and is configured to selectively provide electrical power to the set of the heaters. |
| US12212309B2 |
Switch module, driver circuit and related methods
Switch modules, driver circuits for switch modules and corresponding methods are provided. In an implementation, a switch module includes a transistor switch including a control terminal, a first load terminal and a second load terminal, and a short circuit detection circuit configured to detect a short circuit state between the first load terminal and the second load terminal and to electrically couple the control terminal and the first load terminal in response to detecting the short circuit state. The short circuit detection circuit is supplied by a voltage between the control terminal and the first load terminal. |
| US12212300B2 |
MEMS resonator with high quality factor and its use
A MEMS (microelectromechanical system) resonator with a material layer of single-crystalline silicon, at least one layer made of material with low thermal diffusivity to reduce thermoelastic dissipations in the MEMS resonator, a layer of piezoelectric material, and a layer made of electrically conducting material. The layer with low thermal diffusivity is between the single-crystalline silicon layer and the piezoelectric layer, or between the piezoelectric layer and the electrically conducting layer. The use of a material layer of low thermal diffusivity. |
| US12212299B2 |
Electronic device and formation method therefor
An electronic device and a method of forming the same are disclosed. An emitter resonator and a reception cap cavity are formed on and in a first wafer, and an emitter cap cavity and a reception resonator are formed in and on a second wafer. After bonding together the first and second wafers, an emitter filter is formed in an emission region, and a reception filter is formed in a receiving region. The method provided in the present invention not only can simplify the fabrication process of the device and improve its accuracy and stability, but also facilitates integration of the emitter and receives filters in a same chip, which results in a higher degree of integration of the device and a more compact package size thereof. |
| US12212290B2 |
Dynamic power amplifier with external forcing signal
A device includes an amplifier having an input terminal and an output terminal. The input terminal is configured to receive a radio frequency (RF) input signal. The device includes an output network coupled to the output terminal of the power amplifier and a first passively tunable integrated circuit (PTIC) coupled to the output network. The first PTIC includes a direct-current (DC) bias voltage input terminal configured to receive a fixed bias voltage, a control signal input terminal configured to receive a time-varying control signal, wherein the fixed bias voltage in combination with the time-varying control signal sets an operating reference point of the first PTIC, and an input terminal electrically connected to the output terminal of the amplifier, wherein a change in an output voltage signal generated by the power amplifier causes the first PTIC to modify a first effective impedance of a load presented to the power amplifier via the output network. |
| US12212287B1 |
Low noise amplifiers/front-ends optimized for use in 5G networks
The present disclosure is directed to apparatus and method that extends a useful operation range of an amplifier circuit to accelerate the deployment and functionality of fifth generation (5G) cellular networks and subsequent generations of cellular technology. Amplifiers and packaging of the present disclosure will help improve cellular companies' ability to deploy amplifiers needed to transmit and receive signals of frequencies above twenty gigahertz while reducing noise/noise factor and return loss commonly associated with amplifiers that amplify such high frequency signals. By combining new amplifier designs and fabrication techniques with advanced packaging technology, the performance of amplifiers deployed in cellular networks will meet operational specifications that are required to provide functionality currently being promoted by the major cellular providers. Amplifiers of the present disclosure may be incorporated into coolers that cool amplifier components to temperatures less than minus one hundred degrees Celsius. |
| US12212285B2 |
Power management apparatus operable with multiple configurations
A power management apparatus operable with multiple configurations is disclosed. In embodiments disclosed herein, the power management apparatus can be configured to concurrently generate multiple modulated voltages based on a configuration including a single power management integrated circuit (PMIC) or a configuration including a PMIC and a distributed PMIC. Regardless of the configuration, the power management apparatus employs a single switcher circuit, wherein multiple reference voltage circuits are configured to share a multi-level charge pump (MCP). As a result, it is possible to reduce footprint of the power management apparatus while improving isolation between the multiple modulated voltages. |
| US12212277B2 |
Universal joint between sections of a structure
A universal joint to join inclined sections (2) of a rotating shaft of a solar tracker. The universal joint consists of a crosshead (1) with parts (1.1) perpendicular to each other, two clamps (3) able to be fixed to each inclined section (2) at the ends thereof to be joined, such that each part (1.1) of the crosshead (1) is arranged inside a clamp with freedom of rotation on the plane thereof and at least one side cover (3.2) for each clamp (2) that retains the corresponding part (1.1) of the crosshead (1) perpendicular to the plane. |
| US12212275B2 |
Pump actuating device, and associated pumping system, aircraft and fuel supply method
An actuating device of a pump of a fuel pumping system of an engine, including a motor, a generator, an inverter, a switching member and a control member, the motor including a first rotor coupled to the pump and a first stator including at least one input stator winding, the generator including a second rotor coupled to a drive shaft of the engine, and a second stator including at least one output stator winding, the control member being configured to control the switching member in order to selectively connect each input stator winding: to a corresponding output stator winding if a speed of the engine is higher than or equal to a predetermined speed; to a corresponding output of the inverter, otherwise. |
| US12212270B2 |
Motor controller and a method for controlling a motor
A motor controller that is operable to control a motor includes drive current generation circuitry having an output coupled to the motor. The motor controller further includes a velocity control path. The velocity control path includes angular velocity estimation circuitry having an input adapted to be coupled to the motor, a velocity comparator having first input coupled to a target velocity input and a second input coupled to an output of the angular velocity estimation circuitry, and an adaptive velocity controller having a first input coupled to an output of the velocity comparator and having an output coupled to a first input of the drive current generation circuitry. The motor controller further includes controller parameter determination circuitry having a first input coupled to the output of the angular velocity estimation circuitry and having an output coupled to a second input of the adaptive velocity controller. |
| US12212265B2 |
Control device and pump apparatus
This invention relates to programmable electronic device that prevents wastewater submersible and non-submersible pumps as well as viscous pumps from ragging therefore avoiding pump blockage. In one aspect the invention provides a pump apparatus comprising a pump and a control device for a pump, the pump being a mechanically switched pump such as a direct online/ star delta pump and capable of being operated in a forward and a reverse direction, the control device comprising: a monitoring mechanism to monitor the torque of the pump, a control mechanism to control the direction of the pump and being capable of selectively directing the pump to (i) stop, (ii) operate in a reverse and (iii) operate in a forward direction; wherein the control mechanism is adapted to control the pump to do at least one of (a) stop and (b) operate in a reverse direction when the monitoring mechanism detects a pre-determined value in the torque of the pump. The device is programmed to provide anti-ragging functionality whilst providing traditional electrical pump protections. The physical size of the device has been minimised which enables great use and, significantly, retro-fitting of the product. |
| US12212264B2 |
Impact tools and control modes
An impact power tool includes a housing, a motor, a controller, an impact mechanism configured to be driven by the motor, and an output spindle configured to receive rotational impacts from the impact mechanism to rotate the output spindle. The controller is configured to detect a first impact of the rotational impacts or to detect when the motor speed drops below a speed threshold value. The controller is configured to control the motor to have a first non-zero target rotational speed using closed loop control for a predetermined time period after the first impact is detected or when the motor speed dropping below the speed threshold value is detected. The controller is configured to control the motor to have a second non-zero target rotational speed using the closed loop control after the predetermined time period. The first non-zero target rotational speed is less than the second non-zero target rotational speed. |
| US12212262B2 |
Power converting apparatus, motor driving apparatus, blower, compressor, and air conditioner
A power converting apparatus includes a converter circuit converting an alternating-current voltage output from an alternating-current power supply into a direct-current voltage. The converter circuit includes unit converters. The power converting apparatus generates a reference duty on the basis of detection values of a current detector and a voltage detector and generates, on the basis of a result of comparison between the reference duty and a carrier signal, a pulse-width modulation signal for controlling the switching element. In each of the unit converters, the pulse-width modulation signal has one pulse within a carrier period and has pulses for the number of phases within a leveling period, the leveling period being obtained by multiplying the carrier period by the number of phases. The pulses for the number of phases within the leveling period have phases all different from each other in the respective carrier periods. |
| US12212261B1 |
Variable pole system for electric motors
Electric motors having variable poles are disclosed herein. In one aspect, an electric motor includes a stator including a plurality of magnetic conductive wires. The magnetic conductive wires are configured to form a plurality of poles. The electric motor further includes a rotor configured to rotate in response to a magnetic field generated by the poles of the stator and an electronic control module electrically coupled to the magnetic conductive wires. The electronic control module is configured to adjust a configuration of the poles of the stator. |
| US12212256B2 |
Parameter identification for induction machines
A method and a control apparatus for determining parameters for controlling an electric drive having an electric machine improve the start-up of the electric drive by applying a current indicator as a signal at three-phase winding connections of the electric machine, and measuring a d-component and a q-component of the stator voltage and of the stator current at the winding connections. In a first measurement step, a rotating current indicator is applied to the three-phase winding connections and the electric machine is oriented such that an exciter current in the q-axis assumes a minimum. In a second measurement step, when the rotor of the electric machine is stationary, a field winding of the electrical machine is short-circuited and a current indicator in form of a binary noise signal is applied to the winding connections. A stator impedance is then determined as a first control parameter. |
| US12212254B1 |
Flux-weakening control method and system for salient pole offset permanent magnet synchronous motor
The provided is flux-weakening control method and system for the salient pole offset permanent magnet synchronous motor. The method includes determining the given value of electromagnetic torque according to the actual speed and the given target speed; calculating the current trajectories of MTPA and MTPV in dq coordinate system; obtaining the d′q′ coordinate system by rotating the coordinate system, and calculating the current trajectory of MTPA and MTPV in the d′q′ coordinate system to obtain the characteristic current; judging whether it is necessary to turn on the flux-weakening control, and outputting the direct axis current compensation when it turns on; judging the flux-weakening area of the motor; and generating the space vector pulse width modulation signal to drive the motor to realize the full speed range flux-weakening speed regulation of the salient pole offset permanent magnet synchronous motor. |
| US12212253B2 |
Controller and drive circuits for electric motors
An electric motor system is provided. The electric motor system includes a drive circuit including an inverter configured to supply variable frequency current over a first duration and a switch configured to supply line frequency current over a second duration. The electric motor system further includes an electric motor coupled to the drive circuit and a controller communicatively coupled to the drive circuit. The controller is configured to control the inverter to supply variable frequency current to the electric motor over the first duration, determine to control the drive circuit to transition from supplying variable frequency current to supplying line frequency current, measure at least one parameter of the inverter, compute, based on the at least one measured parameter, an adjustment to a default parameter to enable the inverter to reach a threshold output frequency, and operate the inverter based on the computed adjustment to the default parameter. |
| US12212246B2 |
Energy dissipation for an electrical power supply for a transport climate-control system
Technologies for safely lowering a DC link voltage potential include detecting shut down of a system that is powered by the DC link energy storage system and initiating an operating mode to dissipate energy as a form of loss without utilizing an additional resistor, that is, dissipating the DC link internally to the enclosed power module. |
| US12212242B2 |
DC-to-DC converter and integrated circuit including the same
A direct-current (DC)-DC converter includes a converting circuit including an inductor element. The converting circuit is configured to generate an output voltage from an input voltage based on a switching operation. An inductor current emulator is configured to adjust at least one parameter for changing a current peak value of the inductor element in response to a change in a level of the input voltage and is configured to generate an internal voltage based on the at least one parameter, which is adjusted. The inductor current emulator is configured to generate a control signal for controlling the switching operation such that current of the inductor element has a pattern corresponding to a pattern of the internal voltage. |
| US12212241B2 |
Phase interleaving in a multiphase power converter
A system for generating a plurality of switch control signals of a multiphase power converter may include a plurality of inputs, each input of the plurality of inputs configured to receive a respective control signal for controlling a respective phase of the multiphase power converter, and a plurality of control paths comprising a control path for each respective control signal, each control path configured to, for its respective control signal, control a switching period of the respective control signal for such control path based on a measure of alignment among the respective control signal for such control path and the other respective control signals of the other control paths. |
| US12212239B2 |
Methods and apparatus to reduce reverse recovery during the operation of an inverting buck boost converter
An example apparatus includes: a first and second capacitor; a first and second inductor; a first switch having a first and second terminal, the first terminal coupled to the first capacitor, and the second terminal coupled to the first and second inductor; a second switch having a third and fourth terminal, the third terminal coupled to the second terminal, the fourth terminal coupled to the second capacitor; a third switch having a fifth and sixth terminal, the fifth terminal coupled to the first terminal, the sixth terminal coupled to the second inductor; and a diode having a seventh and eighth terminal, the seventh terminal coupled to the sixth terminal, the eighth terminal coupled to the fourth terminal. |
| US12212229B2 |
Static transfer switch with controlled phase angle transfer
A static transfer switch is provided for supplying power to a load alternately from two different power sources. Preferably, switching between the two power sources occurs within one electrical cycle. In order to control inrush currents and reduce disruption during power transfers between the two power sources, switches are provided to configure which input phases are connected to the output phases. |
| US12212228B2 |
LED control and driving circuit capable of both analog and digital dimming
A method includes receiving a plurality of digital feedback signals from a voltage converter, controlling the voltage converter based upon a user desired brightness level and the plurality of digital feedback signals, the voltage converter receiving input from a DC voltage bus and providing output to drive a lighting load, and receiving a plurality of feedback signals from a power factor correction circuit that receives a rectified mains voltage and provides output to the DC voltage bus, and based thereupon operating the power factor correction circuit in transition mode or discontinuous mode based upon the user desired brightness level and a threshold brightness. The plurality of feedback signals include an input sense signal that is a function of the rectified mains voltage as drawn by the power factor correction circuit and an output sense signal that is a function of the output provided to the DC voltage bus. |
| US12212223B2 |
Charging circuit
A charging circuit can include: a first module having a plurality of power transistors, and being coupled between a first port and a reference ground; a second module having a plurality of power transistors, and being coupled between a second port and the reference ground; at least one inductor coupled between the first module and the second module; and where at least one of the first module and the second module forms a multi-level converter with the at least one inductor. |
| US12212221B2 |
Power electronic transformer and power supply system
This application discloses a power electronic transformer wherein each phase includes a plurality of power conversion modules. Each power conversion module includes a rectifier AC/DC circuit, a direct current bus capacitor, and a direct current-direct current DC/DC circuit. In each power conversion module, an output end of the AC/DC circuit is connected to an input end of the DC/DC circuit; the direct current bus capacitor is connected in parallel to the output end of the AC/DC circuit; and input ends of all the AC/DC circuits are connected in series, and output ends of all the DC/DC circuits are connected in parallel. The power electronic transformer includes a relatively small quantity of power conversion modules, thereby reducing occupied space and costs. |
| US12212220B2 |
Programmable switching converter controller
A programmable switch converter controller for a power stage with a switch, an inductor, and a diode, includes a pulse-width modulator. The pulse-width modulator is configured to: generate an on-time interval (Ton) that is fixed or proportional to a demand signal proportional to a load adapted to be coupled to an output of the power stage; generate an off-time interval (Toff) that is inversely proportional to the product of a voltage across the inductor while the switch is off and a demand signal proportional to the load; initiate Ton when Toff elapses; and initiate Ton responsive to an external trigger signal. |
| US12212219B2 |
Electric machine cooling
A rotary mechanical system includes an electric machine, such as an electric motor, and a housing at least partially housing one or more components of the electric machine. The housing defines an electrical cavity and a coolant cavity. The electrical cavity houses one or more electrical components, such as a stator, of the electric machine. The coolant cavity is configured to receive a liquid coolant, such as ethylene glycol and water, from a liquid coolant system. The housing is configured to seal a two-phase refrigerant within the electrical cavity to transfer heat from the one or more electrical components to a wall of the electrical cavity and from the wall of the electrical cavity to the liquid coolant. |
| US12212215B2 |
Power systems having axially clamped fans
Disclosed power systems include an engine configured to output mechanical power via an engine shaft, a generator, and a fan. The generator includes a rotor shaft coupled to a rotor assembly and is configured to be coupled to the engine shaft via a threaded connection. One of the engine shaft or the rotor shaft includes an outer diameter thread and the other of the engine shaft or the rotor shaft comprises an inner diameter thread to form the threaded connection. The fan includes a first aperture configured to receive one of the engine shaft or the rotor shaft. The threaded connection is configured to axially compress the fan between the one of the engine shaft and the rotor shaft having the inner diameter threads of the threaded connection and an abutting surface on the one of the engine shaft or the rotor shaft having the outer diameter threads of the threaded connection, such that the fan rotates to generate an airflow through the generator when the engine shaft turns the rotor shaft. |
| US12212213B2 |
Electric actuator for a heating, ventilation and/or air conditioning system
The present invention relates to an electric actuator (50) suitable for driving a movable element for a heating, ventilation and/or air conditioning system for a motor vehicle, including an electric motor (2) comprising a stator (3), a rotor (4) extending along an axis (X), a pinion (5) rigidly connected to the rotor (4), a drive mechanism (6) comprising: a planet carrier (7), at least one planet gear (8) held by the planet carrier (7), the planet gear (8) being suitable for being rotated by the pinion (5), an output ring gear (11) suitable for being rotated by the at least one planet gear (8), a drive socket (12) rigidly connected to the output ring gear (11) and suitable for driving the movable element, the drive socket (12) being at a distance from the electric motor (2) along the direction of the axis (X) of the rotor (4). |
| US12212212B2 |
Superconducting generator including vacuum vessel made of magnetic material
A superconducting generator including an armature configured to be rotated via a shaft and a stationary field disposed concentric to and radially outward from the armature. The stationary field including a superconducting field winding and a vacuum vessel having an inner wall of one of a non-magnetic material or a paramagnetic material facing the armature, an opposed outer wall of a ferromagnetic material and a plurality of sidewalls coupling the inner wall and the opposed outer wall. The superconducting field winding is disposed in the vacuum vessel. A wind turbine and method are additionally disclosed. The wind turbine includes a rotor having a plurality of blades. The wind turbine further includes a shaft coupled to the rotor. Moreover, the wind turbine includes the superconducting generator coupled to the rotor via the shaft. |
| US12212211B2 |
Centrifugal compressor
A centrifugal compressor includes a compressor impeller, a motor, an inverter, a housing including a motor chamber and an inverter chamber, a conductive member, an insertion hole, and a resin member sealing the insertion hole. A pressure in the motor chamber is higher than that in the inverter chamber. The resin member includes a first resin portion fixed to the housing and a second resin portion which is covered with the first resin portion and which covers the conductive member, the second resin portion having a Young's modulus smaller than that of the first resin portion. The first resin portion and the second resin portion, and the second resin portion and the conductive member are coupled by insert-molding. |
| US12212209B2 |
Motor unit
A motor unit includes: a motor provided with a first chamber and including a shaft; a rotary member coupled to the shaft outside the first chamber; a housing provided with a second chamber accommodating the rotary member; and a guide member including a peripheral wall between the first chamber and the second chamber, the guide member being provided with a third chamber inside the peripheral wall, wherein the motor unit is provided with a fourth chamber which is outside the first chamber and is open to an inner surface of the second chamber and/or the third chamber, the inner surface of the third chamber includes a guide, and the guide extends farther away from a rotation axis as is closer to the fourth chamber. |
| US12212207B2 |
Split-core assembly and stator including same
A stator includes a split-core assembly that includes a split core, a bobbin, a coil, and a terminal holder. The terminal holder has an insulating protrusion, and when two split-core assemblies are coupled to each other, the insulating protrusion of any one terminal holder overlaps the other terminal holder. |
| US12212204B2 |
Wiring configuration for a stator, temperature sensor device, and system for detecting a temperature
The disclosure relates to a wiring configuration for a stator of an electric machine. The wiring configuration comprises a busbar which forms a segment of a switching ring with an outer connection and a winding connection. Outer connection elements and winding connection elements are arranged in a wiring region. The wiring configuration additionally comprises a receiving element which is at least thermally coupled to the busbar. The receiving element is arranged outside of the wiring region. The disclosure additionally relates to a temperature sensor device for plugging onto the receiving element of the wiring configuration and to a system for detecting the temperature of a stator. |
| US12212201B2 |
Cooling system, stator for rotating electric machine, and segment coil
A cooling system is provided. Coil ends protrude outward from a first end of a stator core in a direction along a central axis. An imaginary straight line is orthogonal to both of a central axis of a core body and an axis extending in an up-down direction. Half the coil ends above the imaginary straight line are in a first portion. Each of the segment coils in the first portion includes an outer peripheral surface that faces in a direction opposite from the central axis. The outer peripheral surface of each of the segment coils includes a twisted surface. The direction in which the twisted surface faces becomes closer to the direction facing the stator core as the twisted surface extends toward the first end of the stator core. |
| US12212192B2 |
Drive unit and electric vehicle
A drive unit includes an electric motor, an MCU to supply a driving current to the electric motor, and a bracket fixing the MCU to the electric motor with a gap between the MCU and the electric motor. The electric motor includes a stator case accommodating a stator, a first housing including a bearing that supports one side of an output shaft of a rotor, and a second housing including a bearing that supports another side of the output shaft of the rotor. The bracket supporting the MCU is attached to the first housing and the second housing and not to the stator case. |
| US12212186B2 |
Cooling arrangement for cooling a stator for an electric motor
A cooling arrangement for cooling a stator for an electric machine. The cooling arrangement comprising a stator fixedly mounted relative to a rotational axis. The stator comprises a stator yoke and stator grooves. Windings are provided in the stator grooves, which form first and second winding heads. First and second fluid rings are provided at opposite ends on the stator yoke. The first fluid ring has a fluid inflow opening from a stator housing. The stator yoke has a plurality of axial stator ducts extending in the axial direction, which enable the inflowing fluid to flow through from the first fluid ring to the second fluid ring, and the second fluid ring redirects some of the fluid. |
| US12212185B2 |
Method of electric machine gap adjustment, work vehicle, and energy storage device
An energy storage device for storing energy generated from operation of a work vehicle includes a ballast providing ballast weight to the work vehicle, a stator of an electric machine mounted on the work vehicle, a rotor of the electric machine fixed for rotation with the ballast, spaced from the stator by a gap, and configured for rotation relative to the stator such that the electric machine is configured to generate electrical current from rotation of the rotor and the ballast relative to the stator and to rotate the rotor and the ballast from electrical current received by the electric machine, and a gap modulator coupled to at least one of the stator and the rotor and configured to selectively adjust the gap between the rotor and the stator based on an operation of the electric machine. |
| US12212184B2 |
Generator for driving a predefined load
Embodiments of the present invention are directed to a generator for connecting to a predefined load, where the generator is designed and constructed to meet one or more requirements of the predefined load. In specific embodiments the one or more requirements include providing a minimum output voltage while starting the predefined load at or above ambient temperature and providing an output voltage that does not exceed an upper voltage limit while being driven at full speed without any load current at or below ambient temperatures, while maintaining high efficiency under a specified full load running condition and keeping the overall cost and size of the generator low. |
| US12212181B2 |
Microgrid power system
Embodiments are directed to a microgrid power system, and applications thereof. In an embodiment, the microgrid power system comprises a power station including an AC power source and a stabilizing battery system. The power station may be configured to generate an AC power and to provide the first AC power to a power distribution network. A plurality of load centers may be connected to the power distribution system. Each load center may include a local battery and a switch connecting the power station to a local load. A system controller may open the switch to provide power from the local battery to the local load, and close the switch to provide power from the power station to the local load. In an embodiment, a microgrid controller may determine an amount of AC power generated by the power station that may be consumed by each load center. |
| US12212179B2 |
Drop protection for a battery
A method for controlling a system including at least one battery having at least one energy storage cell and a power-tool, wherein the system includes at least one acceleration sensor for detecting at least one acceleration value in an X, Y or Z direction, a device for measuring a voltage and a device for discharging the at least one energy storage cell. A system including at least one battery having at least one energy storage cell and a power-tool. |
| US12212176B2 |
Battery management system, battery pack, electric vehicle and battery management method
A battery management system according to the present disclosure is for a battery connected in parallel to a smoothing capacitor through a high side power line and a low side power line. The battery management system includes a discharge control switch connected between a first node and a second node of the low side power line, a temperature sensing circuit including a thermistor, wherein a first terminal of the thermistor is connected to the first node, a precharge switch connected to a precharge power line between a second terminal of the thermistor to the second node, and a control unit. The control unit is configured to turn off the discharge control switch and turn on the precharge switch, for precharging of the smoothing capacitor, when the control unit receives a key-on signal. |
| US12212172B2 |
System and a method for indicating information representing battery status of an electronic device
The invention relates to a system for indicating information representing battery status of an electronic device. The system comprises a charging unit and an electronic device. The charging unit comprises charging means, wireless communication means, and indication means. The electronic device comprises a rechargeable battery, charging means, and wireless communication means. During the wireless charging of the electronic device, the electronic device is configured to detect information representing the battery status of said electronic device and to communicate the detected information representing the battery status to the charging unit, and the charging unit is configured to receive the information from the electronic device and to indicate at least part of the received information representing the battery status of the electronic device. The invention relates also to a method for indicating information representing battery status of an electronic device. |
| US12212169B2 |
Battery charger including an isolating member
A battery charger may include a printed circuit board (PCB) having a first portion supporting alternating current (AC) electrical components and a second portion supporting direct current (DC) electrical components; an indicator including a light-emitting diode (LED) supported on the first portion of the PCB and operable to emit light; and an isolating member positioned on the first portion between the AC electrical components and the LED. A trace on the PCB may be electrically connected to the second portion of the PCB, the trace extending from the second portion and along the first portion, and the LED may be electrically connected to and receiving DC power through the trace, the LED being selectively positioned along a length of the trace. The LED may be positioned more than about 8 mm from the AC electrical components. |
| US12212168B2 |
Circuits and methods for wearable device charging and wired control
Methods and devices for wired charging and communication with a wearable device are described. In one embodiment, a symmetrical contact interface comprises a first contact pad and a second contact pad, and particular wired circuitry is coupled to the first and second contact pads to enable charging as well as receive and transmit communications via the contact pads as part of various device states. |
| US12212167B2 |
Blood pump controllers having daisy-chained batteries
Systems and related methods for supplying power to an implantable blood pump are provided. A system includes a base module and a plurality of energy storage devices. A first energy storage device is operatively coupled to the base module. A second energy storage device is operatively coupled to the first modular energy storage device. The energy storage devices are mechanically coupled in series, electrically coupled in parallel, and configured to provide redundant sources of power to drive an implantable blood pump. |
| US12212162B2 |
Charging cable-based data transmission method and electronic device
This application discloses a charging cable-based data transmission method and an electronic device. A first electronic device is connected to a second electronic device through a third electronic device, and the third electronic device includes a first data signal line and a second data signal line. When the method is applied to the first electronic device, the first electronic device may detect a connection to the second electronic device; send a first message through a first pin, where the first pin is connected to the first data signal line; and receive a second message through a second pin, where the second pin is connected to the second data signal line, and the first message and the second message are used for charging setting of the first electronic device. |
| US12212159B1 |
Loss-split modeling for wireless power transfer
A method of modeling a wireless power transfer system can include constructing a loss-split circuit model of the wireless power transfer system. The loss-split circuit model can include a plurality of resistance values corresponding to power losses in selected components of the power system. The method can further include performing a plurality of finite element analyses to determine the plurality of resistor values. The one or more resistance values can correspond to power losses associated with one or more of: a transmitter coil, a receiver coil, friendly metal associated with a transmitter, friendly metal associated with a receiver, and a foreign object. |
| US12212157B2 |
Wireless power transfer
A power transmitter (101) comprises a transmitter coil (103) for generating the power transfer signal during a power transfer phase. A driver (201) generates a drive signal for the transmitter coil (103) to generate the power transfer signal during the power transfer phase. A communicator (205) receives messages from the power receiver (105) and a controller (203) is arranged to, during the power transfer phase, generate a reduced power time interval during which a power level of the power transfer signal is reduced where the reduced power time interval is generated in response to the communicator (205) receiving a reduced power time interval request message from the power receiver (105). The power receiver (105) may generate a request message when e.g. a change in operating mode occurs. The power receiver (105) may ensure that a request message, and thus a reduced power time interval, is only generated when the power receiver can handle a power interruption for the power transfer signal. |
| US12212152B2 |
Wireless power feeding system, and power receiver having circular, spherical, or polyhedral shape
A wireless power feeding system comprising a power feeder and a power receiver including a power reception coil, a power reception circuit unit for recovering energy generated in the power reception coil, and an internal secondary battery for storing energy. Electric energy is supplied from the power feeder to the power receiver by means of electromagnetic induction using a resonance phenomenon. The power receiver has an outer shape identical to that of a conventional battery, and has a power receiver housing accommodating the power reception coil, the power reception circuit unit, and the internal secondary battery. Further, the power receiver has two electrodes disposed in positions identical to those of the conventional battery. Further, the power feeder includes a power feeding base on which the power receiver can be mounted. |
| US12212151B2 |
Contactless power transfer system and method for controlling the same
A contactless power transfer system is provided. The contactless power transfer system includes a first power exchanger coil configured to exchange power. The contactless power transfer system also includes a first power converter operatively coupled to the first power exchanger coil and configured to convert a direct current power to an alternating current power at a system frequency. The contactless power transfer system further includes a controller configured to control an operating state of the first power converter to vary an alternating current power provided to the first power exchanger coil at the system frequency. |
| US12212147B2 |
Harvest transducer
A harvest transducer includes a moving cylinder; a coil system having a first coil and a second coil, the first coil and the second coil being surrounding the moving cylinder, the coil system further having magnetic means for generating a magnetic field and arranged on the moving cylinder; a rechargeable battery electrically connected with the second coil to store energy generated from the coil system; wherein the first coil and the second coil are connected in series. |
| US12212146B2 |
Solar cell assembly
A solar cell assembly is presented. The solar cell assembly includes one or more solar cell units coupled in series. The solar cell unit includes a first solar cell series and a second solar cell series connected in parallel. The first and second solar cell series include a plurality of solar cells connecting in series respectively. The solar cell assembly also includes a bypass diode coupled to each solar cell unit and shared between the first and second solar cell series in each solar cell unit. |
| US12212145B2 |
Systems and methods for paralleling multiple power sources
Systems and methods for managing loads on a power grid are provided. In some embodiments, the load control system includes one or more power sources connected to a power grid. A method includes determining, by a first genset connected to a power grid, a power average at a first rate, and generating, by the first genset, a filtered power average. The filtered average includes the power average at a second rate. The filtered power average is used in a second algorithm to balance the load share of power sources on the power grid. |
| US12212143B2 |
Communication terminal device
A communication terminal device 100 comprises a first power generator 101, a second power generator 102 whose power generation principle is different from the first power generator, a sensor 103 for sensing information, a first communication unit 104 for sending the information using electric power supplied from the first power generator, a second communication unit 105 for sending the information using electric power supplied from the second power generator, the second communication unit uses a communication scheme different from the first communication unit. |
| US12212142B2 |
Electrical energy storage system and energy storage system
An electrical energy storage system is provided in this disclosure, which includes: M battery packs; M first DC/DC converters, where first terminals of the M first DC/DC converters are respectively connected to the M battery packs, the M first DC/DC converters are classified into N first DC/DC converter sets; and N second DC/DC converters, where the N second DC/DC converters one-to-one correspond to the N first DC/DC converter sets, a first terminal of each second DC/DC converter is connected to second terminals of all first DC/DC converters in a first DC/DC converter set corresponding to the second DC/DC converter, a second terminal of each second DC/DC converter is connected to a first interface of the electrical energy storage system, the first interface is to receive a direct current from a power generation system or output a direct current to the power generation system. |
| US12212141B2 |
Grid system and control device of grid system
A power conversion device inputs or outputs a power for changing a state quantity of a distribution grid to which a voltage source device is connected, to or from the distribution grid. A grid control unit calculates a power command value of the power conversion device such that a drooping characteristic is provided for compensating for a deviation from a control target of the state quantity obtained from an output of a detector. A frequency characteristic of control computation for calculating a power command value from the deviation in the system control unit is defined such that a first control gain value in a first frequency range including direct current is set corresponding to a slope of the drooping characteristic, and a second control gain value in a second frequency range including higher frequencies than the first frequency range is set to be lower than the first control gain value. |
| US12212139B2 |
Power management apparatus and power management method
In a server, an acquisition unit obtains, from a vehicle through a communication apparatus, history information indicating that demand and supply of electric power has been performed for a power grid PG, and information on the state of charge of a battery. A control unit determines priorities of a plurality of DERs for a DR request. The control unit determines a priority of the vehicle so that the vehicle is less likely to be selected for the DR request, when the SOC obtained by the acquisition unit has changed although the acquisition unit has not received the history information. |
| US12212137B2 |
System and methods for regulating connections of loads to a network
A system includes a central controller for determining at least one parameter for a load connector of a load. The system also includes a central transceiver for transmitting a signal relating to the least one parameter of the load connector. The load connector comprises input terminals for connecting to power lines of a power distribution network, output terminals for connecting to the load, a switch for connecting/disconnecting the input terminals to/from the output terminals, a connector transceiver for receiving the signal, a voltage sensor for measuring a voltage across the input terminals, and a connector controller. The connector controller may determine a voltage disconnect threshold for the load connector based on the at least one parameter. The connector controller may control the switch to connect the output terminals to the input terminals based on a voltage measurement and the voltage disconnect threshold. |
| US12212133B2 |
Medium-voltage photovoltaic grid-connected inverter system and photovoltaic power generation system
A medium-voltage grid-connected photovoltaic inverter system includes: a photovoltaic inverter, a medium-voltage transformer, a medium-voltage switch, and an inverter grid-connected controller. A direct current input terminal of the photovoltaic inverter is connected to a direct current bus. A low-voltage side of the medium-voltage transformer is connected to an alternating current output terminal of the photovoltaic inverter. An input terminal of the medium-voltage switch is connected to a high-voltage side of the medium-voltage transformer, and an output terminal of the medium-voltage switch is configured to be connected to a medium-voltage grid. A current sensor is integrated in the medium-voltage switch to detect a grid-connected current of the photovoltaic inverter system and output a current detection signal. |
| US12212132B2 |
Overcurrent protection circuit for protecting overcurrent flowing through switching element and switching circuit with the overcurent protection circuit
An overcurrent protection circuit is provided for protecting an overcurrent flowing through a switching element that is controlled to be turned on and off based on a drive signal. The overcurrent protection circuit includes: a first transistor that is an N-channel field effect transistor (FET) having a drain connected to a control terminal of the switching element and a grounded source; a second transistor that is a PNP bipolar transistor having an emitter connected to the control terminal of the switching element, a collector connected to a gate of the first transistor and grounded via a first capacitor, and a base pulled up to a predetermined pull-up voltage; and a ground circuit connected in parallel with the first capacitor. |
| US12212128B2 |
Box and conduit hanger
A support for electrical boxes can include a body plate, first and second mounting arms, and first and second side flanges. The body plate can include mounting features configured to secure an electrical box to the body plate. The first and second mounting arms can extend from the body plate and receive a threaded rod to support the body plate in a horizontal orientation. The first and second side flange extend from opposing sides of the body and include an aperture to receive a threaded rod that can support the body plate in a vertical orientation. |
| US12212123B2 |
Ion generator including holder kit
An ion generator includes a circuit board through which a high voltage flows; a high-voltage electrode to which a high voltage is applied through contact with the circuit; a ground electrode grounded through contact with the circuit and spaced apart from the high-voltage electrode; and a holder kit in which a first insertion groove, into which the high-voltage electrode is inserted, and a second insertion groove, which is spaced apart from the first insertion groove and into which the ground electrode is inserted, are formed in the vertical direction, and thus a stable uniform electric field can be continuously formed through the integration of the high-voltage electrode and the ground electrode by using the holder kit, so that the lifespan of an electrode can be improved and the occurrence of discharge noise can be suppressed. |
| US12212122B2 |
Vertical-cavity surface-emitting laser
A vertical-cavity surface-emitting laser includes a substrate having a main surface, a first lower distributed Bragg reflector that extends to an edge of the main surface, a III-V compound semiconductor layer disposed on the first lower distributed Bragg reflector, a second lower distributed Bragg reflector disposed on the III-V compound semiconductor layer, an active layer disposed above the second lower distributed Bragg reflector and an upper distributed Bragg reflector disposed on the active layer. The first lower distributed Bragg reflector includes a first layer and a second layer that are alternately arranged. The upper distributed Bragg reflector includes a third layer and a fourth layer that are alternately arranged. The III-V compound semiconductor layer is free of aluminum or has an aluminum composition less than an aluminum composition of the third layer. The first layer has an aluminum composition greater than the aluminum composition of the third layer. |
| US12212119B2 |
Laser system
The present disclosure relates to a laser system/package that is configured to enable the detection of a change in an optical device that is intended to alter light emitted from the laser. The system is designed to measure an electric or magnetic field that is affected by the optical device. As a result, changes in the optical device, for example because the optical device has been damaged or dislodged or removed, should be detected by a corresponding change in the electric or magnetic field. |
| US12212116B2 |
Integrated circuit for a highly flexible low noise laser current source
Embodiments herein describe an ASIC design where certain portions of the laser driver are controllable by the user. In one embodiment, the ASIC may include one or more pins which provide a connection interface where the user can electrically connect a sense resistor that corresponds to the particular laser being used. The remaining portions of the laser driver are implemented in the ASIC, thereby giving the user the flexibility to adapt the laser driver to her selected laser while having the advantages that come from using an ASIC. |
| US12212113B2 |
Gaseous laser systems with edge-defining element and related techniques
Gaseous laser systems and related techniques are disclosed. Techniques disclosed herein may be utilized, in accordance with some embodiments, in providing a gaseous laser system with a configuration that provides (A) pump illumination with distinct edge surfaces for an extended depth and (B) an output beam illumination from a resonator cavity with distinct edges in its reflectivity profile, thereby providing (C) pump beam and resonator beam illumination on a volume so that the distinct edge surfaces of its pump and resonator beam illumination are shared-edge surfaces with (D) further edge surfaces of the amplifier volume at the surfaces illuminated directly by the pump or resonator beams, as defined by optical windows and (optionally) by one or more flowing gas curtains depleted of the alkali vapor flowing along those optical windows. Techniques disclosed herein may be implemented, for example, in a diode-pumped alkali laser (DPAL) system, in accordance with some embodiments. |
| US12212111B2 |
Modular fixing system and method thereof
A fixing system includes a rail fixture having a plurality of first interlocking devices arranged along the rail fixture and a plurality of interlocking modules each having a second interlocking device. The interlocking modules are affixed to the rail fixture by inserting the second interlocking devices through a plurality of gaps between the first interlocking devices and sliding the interlocking modules along the rail fixture into a positive lock. |
| US12212110B2 |
Method and cable fabrication device for assembling a cable connector
A method for assembling a cable connector which has an outer conductor part, and insulating part and an electrical cable that is prefabricated with an inner conductor part. In a first method step, the insulating part is introduced into the outer conductor part by relative movement between the insulating part and the outer conductor part. In a second method step, before or at least partially during the first method step, the electrical cable is prefabricated to have an inner conductor part secured on an inner conductor of the cable. In a third method step, during or after the first method step, the prefabricated cable is introduced into the insulating part up to a defined axial terminal position. The positions of the inner conductor part, the outer conductor part and/or the insulating part are fixed relative to each other by compressing the outer conductor part at least partly. |
| US12212106B1 |
Connector and data cable
A connector and a data cable are provided, the connector includes a first and second electrical connection structure that can be relatively rotated and electrically connected. The first electrical connection structure includes an electrical connection body and a fixing portion, and the electrical connection body includes a plug and a first conductive board. The fixing portion includes a connecting member and a sleeve member, and the sleeve member is sleeved to the first and second electrical connection structure. At least the second electrical connection structure is rotatably connected to the sleeve member. The connecting member is at least partially accommodated in the sleeve member, which increases the stability and safety thereof, prevent the loosening of components due to frequent rotation or bending of the connector, reduces the likelihood of accidental disconnection, minimizes the risk of connector damage, and facilitates the installation and assembly process of the connector. |
| US12212105B2 |
Systems and methods for sensory platform interconnection
A textile interconnection system for a textile substrate. The textile substrate may include at least one conductive fibre configured to transmit at least one of a power or data signal. The textile interconnection system includes a textile receptacle projecting from the textile substrate to define a cavity for receiving a controller device. The textile interconnection system includes a textile docking device received within the textile receptacle and coupled to the at least one conductive fibre of the textile substrate to electrically interconnect the received controller device and the textile substrate. The textile interconnection system includes a housing coupled to the textile docking device and received within the textile receptacle to mechanically interconnect the received controller device and the textile substrate. |
| US12212099B2 |
Cable detection using light sensor
A connector detection system includes a connector interface including a connector port having an interior volume configured receive a connector of a cable; and an optical sensor. The optical sensor includes a transmitter configured to transmit a light beam across the interior volume; a receiver configured to monitor for a reflected light beam corresponding to the transmitted light beam; and processing circuitry configured to determine whether the connector is inserted into the interior volume based on a monitoring for the reflected light beam. |
| US12212097B2 |
Torsion latch
A cable connector is equipped with a torsion latching mechanism that offers a more positive retention within a jack and is less susceptible to accidental disengagement relative to cantilevered latches. The latching mechanism requires less displacement force to facilitate disengagement of the connector from the jack while maintaining a disengagement action that is familiar to users. The latching mechanism translates a downward pressure applied by the user to a torsion or twisting action that displaces the connector's latch and disengages the connector from the jack. |
| US12212092B2 |
Power cable connectors and assemblies
The present disclosure describes a power cable connector. The connector includes a main body having a bore therethrough, a first threaded section, and a second threaded section; a back cover having a third threaded section configured engage the first threaded section of the main body; a pair of female conductor pins configured to be coupled to inner conductors of a power cable; an insulator having one or more recesses extending along an outer surface and a fourth threaded section configured to engage with the second threaded section of the main body, the insulator having a pair of inner channels extending therethrough sized to receive the pair of female conductor pins; an end cap including one or more recesses; and a locking nut including one or more protrusions extending radially inward. When the locking nut is inserted onto the insulator and end cap, the one or more recesses of the insulator and one or more recesses of the end cap are configured to receive and guide the one or more protrusions of the locking nut to secure the end cap to the insulator. Connector assemblies are also described herein. |
| US12212091B2 |
Electrical connector apparatus with improved waterproofing and compact size and method of manufacturing thereof
Provided is a connector apparatus including: a circuit board; a connector; and a mold resin portion, wherein the circuit board includes a conductor path, the connector includes a housing with a cylindrical shape and made of a resin, and a terminal projecting outward in an axial direction of the housing from inside the housing, the terminal being configured to connect to the conductor path, the mold resin portion collectively covers the circuit board, the terminal located outside the housing, and a portion of the housing; the housing and the mold resin portion include a welded portion formed by welding together constituent materials of the housing and the mold resin portion, and the welded portion is provided around an entire periphery of the housing and has a difference between a maximum width and a minimum width along a circumferential direction of the housing of 30% or less of the maximum width. |
| US12212090B2 |
Electrical connector
An electrical connector includes a first terminal set including first terminals and first material bridges forming electrical connections between the first terminals, a second terminal set including second terminals and second material bridges forming electrical connections between the second terminals, and an insulating body formed on the first and second terminal sets by insert molding. The insulating body has a top surface thereof provided with first and second punching holes that expose the first and second material bridges for allowing a preset cutting tool to be used to cut the first and second material bridges and carry out waste removal, so that the first terminals and the second terminals are independent without producing electrical connections. |
| US12212089B2 |
First and second connectors attachable to and detachable from each other, and connector assembly including the same
A first connector 20 attachable to and detachable from a second connector 70 includes a plurality of first terminal members 21 having tip parts extending in a first direction X1, and a first connector housing 30 for holding the plurality of first terminal members 21. The first connector housing 30 includes side walls 43 having tip parts extending in the first direction X1. The side wall 43 includes a first fitting portion 50 to be convex-concavely fit to a second fitting portion 100 provided in the second connector 70. The first fitting portion 50 is engaged with the second fitting portion 100 in a second direction Y1 intersecting an assembling direction D1 of the first and second connectors 20, 70. |
| US12212084B2 |
Board-to-board connector
A high voltage side hold-down includes a flat-plate shaped reinforcing plate part, a solder leg projecting downward from the reinforcing plate part, and a hold-down elastic piece supported like a cantilever beam by the reinforcing plate part. The hold-down elastic piece includes an elastic piece body, a contact part projecting upward beyond a CPU board opposed surface, and a displacement restriction part for restricting upward displacement of the contact part, sequentially from the base to the end of the hold-down elastic piece. A housing is formed in such a way that the contact part does not come into contact with the housing when the contact part is displaced downward and no longer projects upward beyond the CPU board opposed surface. |
| US12212080B2 |
Wire identification sensor
Various embodiments that pertain to a loop antenna are described. The loop antenna can be a single loop antenna that switches between a first phase and a second phase. While operating at different phases, the loop antenna can function at the same frequency. The loop antenna can observe a response to the frequency at the first phase and the frequency at the second phase. This can provide a wider range of information over operation in a single phase. |
| US12212073B2 |
UWB antenna module
Disclosed is a UWB antenna module arranged in the lateral direction of a portable terminal so as to prevent deterioration of communication performance while minimizing a mounting space. The disclosed UWB antenna module comprises: a planar base substrate; a plurality of radiation patterns arranged on the upper surface of the base substrate, and arranged so as to be spaced from each other; a switching element arranged on the lower surface of the base substrate and connected to the plurality of radiation patterns; and a communication chipset arranged to be spaced from the switching element on the lower surface of the base substrate, and connected to one of the plurality of radiation patterns through a switching operation of the switching element. |
| US12212072B2 |
Antenna system
The present disclosure provides an antenna system, which includes a defected ground structure board and an antenna structure board. The defected ground structure board includes a first insulating plate and a defected ground structure layer, and the defected ground structure layer is disposed on the first insulating plate. The antenna structure board is disposed on the defected ground structure board. The antenna structure board includes at least one antenna body and a second insulating plate, the at least one antenna body is disposed on the second insulating plate, and the second insulating plate is disposed on the defected ground structure layer. |
| US12212068B2 |
Electronic device including antenna module
Disclosed is an electronic device including an antenna module comprising a first array antenna disposed on a first surface, a radio frequency integrated circuit (RFIC) disposed on a second surface which is parallel to the first surface, and a connector, a wireless communication circuit electrically connected with the antenna module through the connector, and a flexible printed circuit board (FPCB) electrically connected with the antenna module through the connector, the FPCB comprising a second array antenna, wherein the wireless communication circuit is configured to transmit and receive a first signal via the first array antenna, and to transmit and receive a second signal which is distinct from the first signal via the second array antenna. |
| US12212063B2 |
Dual band antenna and electronic device including the same
An electronic device is provided. The electronic devices includes a housing at least partially including a conductive portion, an antenna structure including a printed circuit board including a plurality of insulating layers, at least one first conductive patch including a first feeding point, and a second feeding point, and at least one second conductive patch including a third feeding point, and a fourth feeding point, and an antenna module including a wireless communication circuit configured to transmit or receive a first signal through the at least one first conductive patch and to transmit or receive a second signal of a second frequency band through the at least one second conductive patch. |
| US12212062B2 |
Low profile antenna system for internet of space things CubeSat applications
A three element slot-based antenna which includes a dielectric circuit board, a metallic layer, a sensing antenna, a first narrow band antenna, a second narrow band antenna, a first tapered transmission line, a second tapered transmission line, a first microstrip transmission line and a second microstrip transmission line. The sensing antenna is a semi-hexagonal slot-line loop whereas each of the first narrow band antenna and the second narrow band antenna are formed as a semi-elliptical slot-line loop having an E-shaped base in the metallic layer. The first tapered transmission line and the second tapered transmission line is connected to first feed port and second feed port, respectively. The first microstrip transmission line and the second microstrip transmission line are connected to third feed port and fourth feed port, respectively. The antenna resonates with circular polarization in an ultra-high frequency sub-GHz responsive to input signal at each feed port. |
| US12212061B2 |
Antenna apparatus
An antenna apparatus including an antenna capable of having both a wide-band characteristic and an omni-directional characteristic is provided. An antenna apparatus according to the present disclosure includes a feeding antenna, and a passive element part disposed in a Z-direction of the feeding antenna, in which the passive element part is disposed in parallel to an XY-plane orthogonal to the Z-direction, is made of a conductor, and includes a passive element with a plurality of slots formed therein. |
| US12212052B2 |
Antenna and electronic device
This application provides an antenna having an L-shaped antenna body. The antenna body comprises a first end, a second end, and a feed point, a physical length between the feed point and the first end is greater than a physical length between the feed point and the second end, the antenna body generates resonance of a first wavelength between the feed point and the first end, and the antenna body generates resonance of a second wavelength between the first end and the second end, wherein the first wavelength is greater than the second wavelength. The antenna can have relatively good radiation performance regardless of whether the electronic device is in free space (FS) or in a handheld state. |
| US12212051B2 |
Electrically adjustable stencil for controlling antenna pattern for beamforming
Apparatus and methods for electrically adjustable antenna stencils for controlling antenna pattern for beamforming are provided. In certain embodiments, a mobile device includes a front-end system including a plurality of radio frequency signal conditioning circuits, an antenna array including a plurality of electrically-adjustable stencils each connected to a corresponding one of the plurality of radio frequency signal conditioning circuits, and a control circuit configured to control the plurality of electrically-adjustable stencils to control an antenna pattern of the antenna array. |
| US12212048B2 |
Microwave-doppler detecting module and device thereof
A microwave-doppler detecting module and device thereof are provided, wherein the microwave-doppler detecting module includes an electromagnetic reflecting surface and at least a pair of antithetical dipoles spacingly disposed to the electromagnetic reflecting surface. When the first and second radiating source poles respectively extended from a first and second feed ends of the pair of antithetical dipoles are respectively fed by the same excitation signal feed source at the first feed end and the second feed end, the current and the potential distribution of the first radiating source pole and the second radiating source pole can present an antithetical distribution state and antithetically coupled to the midpoint of the connection of the first feed end and the second feed end, so as to reduce the size requirement of the microwave-doppler detecting module and to avoid detection dead zone from occurring. |
| US12212047B2 |
Automatically reconfigurable antenna circuit for enabling operation within multiple frequency bands
A wearable ring includes an inner surface and an outer surface; a first antenna component and a second antenna component, each disposed between the inner surface and the outer surface; a first electrical circuit connecting a first end portion of the first antenna component with a first end portion of the second antenna component; and a second electrical circuit connecting a second end portion of the first antenna component with a second end portion of the second antenna component, and wherein, based on configuration of the first electrical circuit and the second electrical circuit, the first antenna component and second antenna component are configured to operate in a given frequency band. |
| US12212045B2 |
Antenna and electronic device comprising same
An electronic device comprises: a housing including a front plate, a rear plate, and side portions surrounding a space formed by the front plate and the rear plate; a display visible through the front plate; and an antenna module disposed in the space, wherein the antenna module comprises: a printed circuit board (PCB) including a first surface facing a first direction and a second surface facing a second direction opposite to the first direction; at least one first antenna disposed on the first surface of the PCB; an IC chip disposed on the second surface of the PCB; an insulation member comprising an insulating material covering at least a portion of the IC chip; and a second antenna disposed on a surface of the insulation member facing the second direction, wherein the IC chip may be configured to feed the first antenna, the first antenna may be configured to radiate a first signal of a first frequency band, and the second antenna may be configured to radiate a second signal. |
| US12212041B2 |
Electronic extension module for electric pump
A plug-in electronic expansion module for pump electronics of a centrifugal pump for expanding the pump electronics with at least one additional function has a housing having a lower face and connecting formations thereon for attachment to a pump housing of the pump electronics. Electronics in the module housing provide the additional function. A base is provided on the lower face, and an electrical interface connected to the pump electronics includes a flat support projecting tongue-like from the base on the lower face of the module housing through an opening in the pump housing and carrying contact-forming electrical traces. |
| US12212037B2 |
Adjustable antenna mounting system
An antenna mounting system includes clamps, transition pieces, X-Frames, corner braces, providing for rotation of the X-Frames. |
| US12212035B2 |
Antenna system
Embodiments of the present invention provides an antenna and an antenna system. The antenna includes a body member, a head member integrally connected to a first edge of the body member, wherein the head member forms a fold having a first angle towards the front face of the body member, and a first arm member and a second arm member, wherein the first arm member and the second arm member are integrally connected to the body member corresponding to the second edge and the third edge of the body member, and wherein the set of arm members each form a fold having a second angle towards the front face of the body member. |
| US12212033B2 |
Low-loss transmission line structure comprising a dielectric layer stacked with conductive layers having signal strips and ground strips and including air grooves close to the signal strips
The disclosure discloses a low-loss transmission line structure, which belongs to the field of radio frequency transmission lines and includes at least two metal layers stacked in a vertical manner. A dielectric layer is filled between the metal layers. The metal layers include a signal transmission strip in a middle portion. Ground strips are provided on both sides of the signal transmission strip. Through holes are evenly distributed on the dielectric layer, and the signal transmission strips on each of the metal layers are connected through the through holes to form a signal transmission line. The ground strips on each metal layer are connected through the through holes. |
| US12212029B2 |
Digital phase shifter
A digital phase shifter of the present invention is a digital phase shifter in which digital phase shift circuits are cascade-connected, each of the digital phase shift circuits including a signal line, a pair of inner lines provided on both sides of the signal line, a pair of outer lines provided on outer sides of the inner lines, a first ground conductor connected to one ends of the inner lines and one ends of the outer lines, a second ground conductor connected to the other ends of the outer lines, and a pair of electronic switches provided between the other ends of the inner lines and the second ground conductors. The digital phase shift circuits include a multi-row structure constituted by a front row and a rear row, and an inter-row connection structure in which the outer line in the front row and the outer line in the rear row are connected, and the number of the digital phase shift circuits from an input end of an uppermost side digital phase shift circuit in the front row to an input end of an uppermost side digital phase shift circuit in the rear row is set such that a phase of a signal input to the front row uppermost side digital phase shift circuit and a phase of a signal input to the rear row uppermost side digital phase shift circuit are anti-phase with each other. |
| US12212027B2 |
Hydrogen powered auxiliary power unit
A system includes a reversible proton exchange membrane (PEM) fuel cell stack configured to receive oxygen and to controllably receive water and hydrogen, an electrical bus for coupling to a vehicle engine to receive electricity, the electrical bus coupled to the reversible fuel cell stack to controllably receive electricity from the fuel cell stack and provide electricity to the reversible fuel cell stack, and a hydrogen storage unit coupled to controllably receive hydrogen from the fuel cell stack, provide hydrogen to the fuel cell stack, and to provide hydrogen to a hydrogen gas powered electricity generator unit to couple to the electrical bus. |
| US12212026B2 |
Fuel cell single unit, fuel cell module, and fuel cell device
A highly efficient fuel cell capable of reasonably and effectively utilizing an internal reforming reaction is obtained even when an anode layer provided in a fuel cell element has a thickness of several tens of micron order. A fuel cell single unit is configured to include a reducing gas supply path for supplying a gas containing hydrogen to an anode layer, a steam supply path for supplying steam generated in a fuel cell element to the reducing gas supply path, and an internal reforming catalyst layer for producing hydrogen from a raw fuel gas by a steam reforming reaction are provided in the fuel cell single unit, and at least one steam supply path is provided on an upstream side of the internal reforming catalyst layer in a flow direction of the reducing gas supplied to the anode layer. |
| US12212021B2 |
Battery connection module
A battery connection module is provided. The battery connection module is adapted to connect a plurality of batteries, the battery connection module includes a plurality of busbars and a single layer wiring flexible circuit board. The plurality of busbars are used to connect a plurality of batteries in series. The single layer wiring flexible circuit board has multiple connector connecting points positioned to a front end portion thereof and a multiple traces, front ends of the multiple traces are respectively connected to the multiple connector connecting points, and rear end connecting points of some of the multiple traces are electrically and mechanically connected to the plurality of busbars, the multiple traces includes at least one rounding trace and at least one rounded trace, the rounding trace rounds the rear end connecting point of the rounded trace so as to round from one side of the at least one rounded trace to the other side of the at least one rounded trace. |
| US12212015B2 |
Battery, and related device, preparation method and preparation apparatus thereof
The present application discloses a battery and a related device, preparation method, and preparation apparatus thereof. The battery includes: a plurality of battery cells, at least one battery cell of the plurality of battery cells including a pressure relief mechanism, and the pressure relief mechanism being configured, when an internal pressure of the at least one battery cell reaches a threshold, to be actuated to release the internal pressure; and a bus component configured to electrically connect the plurality of battery cells, wherein the pressure relief mechanism and the bus component are respectively arranged on different sides of the at least one battery cell, such that emissions from the at least one battery cell are discharged in a direction away from the bus component when the pressure relief mechanism is actuated. |
| US12212012B2 |
Battery cell macromodule housing, contacting device for a battery cell macromodule housing, housing cover for a contacting device for a battery cell macromodule housing and a battery cell macromodule
A battery cell macromodule housing having a housing shell comprising two longitudinal walls and two end walls, the longitudinal walls being arranged perpendicular to the end walls, and the longitudinal walls and the end walls each being parallel to and spaced apart from each other so that the walls annularly enclose the interior space. The housing shell further has a plurality of positioning indentations formed on the inner sides of the walls, respectively, for positioning a battery cell perpendicular to the passage plane enclosed by the walls. The positioning indentations in the end walls are spaced further apart than the positioning indentations in the longitudinal walls. |
| US12212011B2 |
Retrofit battery module
Disclosed here in is a retrofit device compatible with existing electronic locks, the device including a housing, one or more rechargeable batteries capable of providing power to the device, the existing electronic lock, and one or more accessories, and a module enabling wireless communication with one or more external electronic devices. The device is configured such that power can be delivered even when one or more of the batteries is removed, dead, or otherwise incapable of providing power. The module is configured to interface with the existing electronic lock such that commands can be delivered and executed wirelessly. |
| US12212010B2 |
Fastener-free casing and battery module
A battery module includes a battery module, which includes a battery unit and a casing for receiving the battery unit. The casing includes a first casing body, a second casing body assembled to the first casing body, and a first sealing ring disposed between the first casing body and the second casing body. The first casing body includes a first cover plate and first sidewalls connected to edges of the first cover plate. A slot is defined on outer surface of the first sidewalls. The second casing body includes a second cover plate and second sidewalls connected to edges of the second cover plate. A latch is disposed at inner surface of the second sidewalls, corresponding to the slot. The latch is configured to be received in the slot, locating and sealing the second cover plate on the first cover plate by compressing the first sealing ring. |
| US12212004B2 |
Binder, slurry for solid-state battery, electrode for solid-state battery, and secondary solid-state battery
A binder and a slurry suitable for use in the production of an electrode in a sulfide-based solid-state battery. The binder contains sulfide-based solid electrolyte particles, and is a fluorine-containing elastomer in which resin end functional groups satisfy: 0.01≤([—CH2OH]+[—COOH])/([—CH3]+[—CF2H]+[—CH2OH]+[—CH2I]+[—OC(O)RH]+[—COOH]≤0.25 where R represents an alkyl group with 1 to 20 carbon atoms. Also disclosed is an electrode including an electrode active material layer formed using the slurry and a lithium-ion secondary solid state battery including the electrode. |
| US12212003B2 |
Negative electrode slurry, negative electrode, and rechargeable battery
A negative electrode slurry includes a negative active material including a first active material in an amount of greater than or equal to about 5 wt % and less than or equal to about 100 wt %, a binder for binding the negative active material, and a solvent for dispersing the negative active material and the binder in the negative electrode slurry, wherein the first active material contains silicon atoms in an amount of greater than or equal to about 20 wt % and less than or equal to about 100 wt %, the binder includes a particulate dispersed body and a water-soluble polymer containing an acrylic acid-acrylonitrile-based copolymer, and when a sum of an amount of the negative active material and an amount of the binder is 100 wt %, an amount of the water-soluble polymer is greater than or equal to about 0.5 wt % and less than or equal to about 2 wt %. |
| US12212001B2 |
Negative active material for rechargeable lithium battery and rechargeable lithium battery including same
A negative active material for a rechargeable lithium battery and a rechargeable lithium battery including the same, the negative active material including a rod-shaped crystalline carbon; and a silicon-carbon composite. |
| US12212000B2 |
Positive electrode for lithium-sulfur battery and method for manufacturing same
Disclosed is a positive electrode for a lithium-sulfur battery, including a current collector; and a positive electrode active material layer on the current collector, wherein the positive electrode active material layer includes a positive electrode active material and a binder, and the positive electrode active material layer has surface properties defined by the following Sa (arithmetic mean surface roughness of the positive electrode) and Sz (maximum height roughness of the positive electrode) ((i) 1 μm≤Sa≤5 μm, (ii) 10 μm≤Sz≤60 μm (wherein Sa is the average value of the distance from the middle surface of the surface irregularity structure of the positive electrode to the highest point and the lowest point of each irregularity part, and Sz means the distance from the lowest point to the highest point of the positive electrode)) and a method for manufacturing the same. |
| US12211997B2 |
Positive electrode active material for lithium secondary battery and lithium secondary battery
Provided is a lithium secondary battery which includes a positive electrode, a negative electrode, a separator interposed between the positive electrode and the negative electrode, and an electrolyte, wherein the positive electrode includes a lithium composite transition metal oxide powder having a layered structure and a nickel content accounting for 85 atm % or more of total transition metals, and wherein the lithium composite transition metal oxide powder undergoes a 3% or less change in lithium-oxygen (Li—O) interlayer spacing in a state-of-charge (SOC) range of 58% to 72%. |
| US12211996B2 |
Battery and method of manufacturing the same
A battery includes a cathode layer, a cathode current collector on the cathode layer, an anode layer on the cathode layer, an anode current collector on the anode layer, a separator between the cathode layer and the anode layer, and an electrolyte, wherein the cathode layer includes a plurality of crystal grains of a cathode active material and aligned in a first direction, and at least one groove formed in a direction perpendicular to an upper surface of the cathode layer that is in contact with the separator, and wherein a side surface of the cathode layer exposed by the at least one groove is aligned with a <101> crystal direction, a |
| US12211989B2 |
Battery and battery pack
According to one embodiment, a battery is provided. The battery includes a positive electrode, and a negative electrode including a negative electrode active material-containing layer including a niobium-titanium composite oxide and a conductive agent that includes a carbon material. The negative electrode active material-containing layer includes a principal surface facing the positive electrode. Assuming that the thickness of the negative electrode active material-containing layer is A, a ratio (C2/C1) of carbon content ratio C2 at a depth of 0.5 A from the principal surface to carbon content ratio C1 at a depth of 1 μm from the principal surface satisfies 2≤C2/C1≤30. |
| US12211986B2 |
Method and control arrangement for monitoring coating quality of secondary cells
A method and control arrangement for monitoring coating quality during production of electrodes of secondary cells. The production of electrodes comprises a coating process including coating slurry onto a conductive substrate and drying the coated conductive substrate, and a calendering process. The method comprises measuring (S1), during the coating process and/or calendering process, power consumption of one or more electrical components used for performing the coating process and/or calendering process and evaluating (S3) the coating quality by analyzing the measured power consumption using coating quality criteria, wherein the coating quality criteria defines coating quality of the secondary cells based on measured power consumption of the one or more electrical components. |
| US12211983B2 |
Battery module having structure capable of rapid cooling, and ESS comprising same
A battery module includes a sub module including a cell stack having a plurality of battery cells and a pair of bus bar frames respectively coupled to one side and the other side of the cell stack; a module housing configured to accommodate the sub module and configured to have an air inlet and an air outlet formed to circulate air; a sprinkler provided through the module housing at one side of the cell stack in a stacking direction; and an outlet closing device configured to move by a buoyancy generated by a cooling water introduced into the module housing through the sprinkler so that the air outlet is closed. |
| US12211982B2 |
Electrical energy store for a motor vehicle
An electrical energy store for the storage of electrical energy for a motor vehicle, includes a housing which delimits a receptacle space, storage cells which are arranged in the receptacle space for the storage of the electrical energy, and a line element, which accommodates a through-flow of a coolant fluid for cooling the energy store. The line element has at least one longitudinal region which is routed in the receptacle space and is constituted of a first material having a first melting temperature, and at least one outflow opening that terminates in the receptacle space. A closure element closes the outflow opening and is constituted of a second material, which differs from the first material and has a second melting temperature which is lower than the first melting temperature. The closure element is to be melted for the release of the outflow opening. The storage cells are constituted as solid-body accumulators. |
| US12211979B2 |
Method for recovering active metal of lithium secondary battery
In a method for recovering active metals of a lithium secondary battery according to an embodiment, a cathode active material mixture is collected from the cathode of the lithium secondary battery, the cathode active material mixture is reduced by a reducing reaction to prepare a preliminary precursor mixture, an aqueous lithium precursor solution is formed from the preliminary precursor mixture, and an aluminum-containing material is removed from the aqueous lithium precursor solution with an aluminum removing resin. |
| US12211978B2 |
Method and system for detecting connection fault of parallel connection cells
Disclosed is a method and system for detecting connection failure of a parallel connection cell, and for a battery that is being discharged by the operation of an external device, by detecting whether there is a section matching the amount of change in the discharge voltage value when a cell connection failure condition occurs due to a pre-prepared current interruption device (CID) operation or an open parallel connection line from the change in the discharge voltage value of the battery being discharged. |
| US12211972B2 |
Polymer electrolyte and method of preparing same
A polymer electrolyte includes an ionic liquid and a polymer matrix including a copolymer having a first repeating unit represented by Chemical Formula 1 and a second repeating unit represented by Chemical Formula 2 below: |
| US12211966B2 |
Light-emitting component comprising fluorine-containing region with improved current spread and light dispersion
A light-emitting component includes a light-emitting unit and an electrically insulating layer. The light-emitting unit includes a first semiconductor layer, an active layer, and a second semiconductor layer, which are stacked on one another along a stacking direction in such order. The second semiconductor has a lower surface distal from the active layer. The electrically insulating layer is disposed to cover a first portion and to expose a second portion of the lower surface of the second semiconductor layer. A fluorine-containing region is formed in the second semiconductor layer. Methods for making the light-emitting component are also disclosed. |
| US12211961B2 |
White light emitting device with diffusing layer
An exemplary white light emitting device includes a plurality of LEDs disposed on a substrate, where the LEDs emit blue light at substantially the same correlated color temperature; a first photoluminescence material layer disposed over a first subset of the LEDs; a second photoluminescence material layer disposed over a second subset of the LEDs different from the first subset of the plurality of LEDs, the second photoluminescence material layer separate from the first photoluminescence material layer; and a diffusing layer separate from and disposed over the first and second photoluminescence layers, where the diffusing layer is associated with a plurality of light scattering particles. |
| US12211960B2 |
Micro light-emitting diode display device and manufacturing method thereof
A micro LED display device includes an epitaxial structure layer, a connection layer, a light conversion layer and a transparent layer. The epitaxial structure layer includes a plurality of micro LEDs disposed apart from each other. The connection layer is disposed at one side of the epitaxial structure layer away from the micro LEDs. The light conversion layer is fixed on the epitaxial structure layer through the connection layer and includes a plurality of light conversion portions. Each of the light conversion portions corresponds to one of the micro LEDs. The transparent layer is disposed at one side of the light conversion layer away from the epitaxial structure layer. The ratio of the thickness of the transparent layer to the width of each light conversion portion is between 0.1 and 40. A manufacturing method of the micro LED display device is also provided. |
| US12211959B2 |
Light emitting device, resin package, resin-molded body, and methods for manufacturing light emitting device, resin package and resin-molded body
A light emitting device includes: a resin package including: a resin part, and a plurality of leads including a first lead and a second lead, wherein the resin package has a concave portion having a bottom face at which a part of an upper surface of the first lead and a part of an upper surface of the second lead are exposed from the resin part; a light emitting element mounted on the bottom face of the concave portion; and a sealing member covering the light emitting element in the concave portion. The plurality of leads comprise a plurality of notch parts including a first notch part on a first side corresponding to a first outer side surface of the resin package and a second notch part on a second side corresponding to a second outer side surface of the resin package. |
| US12211957B2 |
Flip-chip light-emitting diode comprising multiple transparent dielectric layers and distributed Bragg reflector (DBR) structure
A flip-chip light-emitting diode includes a first conductivity type semiconductor layer, a light-emitting layer, a second conductivity type semiconductor layer, a first transparent dielectric layer, a second transparent dielectric layer, and a distributed Bragg reflector (DBR) structure which are sequentially stacked. The first transparent dielectric layer has a thickness greater than λ/2n1, and the second transparent dielectric layer has a thickness of mλ/4n2, wherein m is an odd number, λ is an emission wavelength of the light-emitting layer, n1 is a refractive index of the first transparent dielectric layer, and n2 is a refractive index of the second transparent dielectric layer and is greater than n1. |
| US12211956B2 |
Radiation-emitting component and method for producing a radiation-emitting component
A radiation-emitting component is specified with—a carrier which has a top surface a radiation-emitting semiconductor chip arranged on the top surface of the carrier and configured to generate primary electromagnetic radiation, a first reflector layer arranged above a top surface of the semiconductor chip, and a cover body arranged between the first reflector layer and the radiation-emitting semiconductor chip, wherein a side surface of the cover body is inclined to the top surface of the carrier. Furthermore, a method for producing such a radiation-emitting component is specified. |
| US12211954B2 |
Light emitting apparatus and projector
A light emitting apparatus includes a laminated structure including a plurality of columnar portions. The plurality of columnar portions each includes a first semiconductor layer, a second semiconductor layer different from the first semiconductor layer in terms of conductivity type, and a light emitting layer provided between the first semiconductor layer and the second semiconductor layer. The second semiconductor layer has a first section, and a second section that surrounds the first section in a plan view along a lamination direction in which the first semiconductor layer and the light emitting layer are laminated structured on each other and has a bandgap wider than a bandgap of the first section. The second section forms a side surface of each of the columnar portions. |
| US12211950B2 |
Passivated contact structure and solar cell comprising the same, cell assembly, and photovoltaic system
The disclosure provides a solar cell and a back contact structure thereof, a photovoltaic module, and a photovoltaic system. The back contact structure includes a first doped region having an opposite polarity to a silicon substrate and a second doped region having a same polarity as the silicon substrate. An isolation region is arranged between the first doped region and the second doped region. The protective region arranged on the first doped region includes an insulation layer and a third doped layer having a same polarity as the second doped region. An opening is provided in the protective region to connect the first conductive layer to the first doped region. In the present invention, scratches caused by belt transmission in an existing cell fabrication process is resolved. |
| US12211949B2 |
Semiconductor detector
A device includes an active region, an isolation structure, a gate structure, an interlayer dielectric (ILD) layer, a reading contact, and a sensing contact. The isolation structure laterally surrounds the active region. The gate structure is across the active region. The ILD layer laterally surrounds the gate structure. The reading contact is in contact with the isolation structure and is separated from the gate structure by a first portion of the ILD layer. The sensing contact is in contact with the isolation structure and is separated from the gate structure by a second portion of the ILD layer. |
| US12211943B2 |
Display device and method of manufacturing the same
A display device includes a substrate, a semiconductor layer, an insulating layer, and a conductive layer. The semiconductor layer is disposed on the substrate, includes a channel of a first transistor, and includes a channel of a second transistor. The insulating layer is disposed on the semiconductor layer. The conductive layer is disposed on the insulating layer, includes a gate electrode of the first transistor, and includes a gate electrode of the second transistor. The channel of the first transistor includes a first first-element impurity ion and a second-element impurity ion different from the first first-element impurity ion. The channel of the second transistor includes a second first-element impurity ion identical to the first first-element impurity ion. |
| US12211939B2 |
Vertical field-effect transistor and method for forming same
A vertical field-effect transistor. The transistor includes: a drift region having a first conductivity type; a semiconductor fin on or over the drift region; and a source/drain electrode on or over the semiconductor fin, the semiconductor fin having an electrically conductive region that connects the source/drain electrode to the drift region in electrically conductive fashion, and having a limiting structure that is formed laterally next to the electrically conductive region and that extends from the source/drain electrode to the drift region, the limiting structure being set up to limit a conductive channel of the vertical field-effect transistor in the semiconductor fin to the area of the electrically conductive region. |
| US12211935B2 |
Semiconductor structure and associated fabricating method
A semiconductor structure is disclosed. The semiconductor structure includes: a substrate of a first conductivity; a first region of the first conductivity formed in the substrate; a second region of the first conductivity formed in the first region, wherein the second region has a higher doping density than the first region; a source region of a second conductivity formed in the second region; a drain region of the second conductivity formed in the substrate; a pickup region of the first conductivity formed in the second region and adjacent to the source region; and a resist protective oxide (RPO) layer formed on a top surface of the second region. An associated fabricating method is also disclosed. |
| US12211929B1 |
Heterojunction bipolar transistors with terminals having a non-planar arrangement
Structures for a heterojunction bipolar transistor and methods of forming a structure for a heterojunction bipolar transistor. The structure comprises an intrinsic base including a first semiconductor layer, a collector including a second semiconductor layer, and an emitter including a third semiconductor layer. The first semiconductor layer, which comprises silicon-germanium, includes a first portion and a second portion adjacent to the first portion. The second semiconductor layer includes a portion on the first portion of the first semiconductor layer, and the third semiconductor layer includes a portion on the second portion of the first semiconductor layer. The structure further comprises a dielectric spacer laterally between the portion of the second semiconductor layer and the portion of the third semiconductor layer. |
| US12211927B2 |
Etch selectivity control for epitaxy process window enlargement in semiconductor devices
A semiconductor device and method for fabricating a semiconductor device includes etch selectivity tuning to enlarge epitaxy process windows. Through modification of etching processes and careful selection of materials, improvements in semiconductor device yield and performance can be delivered. Etch selectivity is controlled by using dilute gas, using assistive etch chemicals, controlling a magnitude of bias power used in the etching process, and controlling an amount of passivation gas used in the etching process, among other approaches. A recess is formed in a dummy fin in a region of the semiconductor where epitaxial growth occurs to further enlarge the epitaxy process window. |
| US12211925B2 |
Gate-all-around integrated circuit structures having oxide sub-fins
Gate-all-around integrated circuit structures having oxide sub-fins, and methods of fabricating gate-all-around integrated circuit structures having oxide sub-fins, are described. For example, an integrated circuit structure includes an oxide sub-fin structure having a top and sidewalls. An oxidation catalyst layer is on the top and sidewalls of the oxide sub-fin structure. A vertical arrangement of nanowires is above the oxide sub-fin structure. A gate stack is surrounding the vertical arrangement of nanowires and on at least the portion of the oxidation catalyst layer on the top of the oxide sub-fin structure. |
| US12211919B2 |
Semiconductor devices and methods of manufacturing thereof
A semiconductor device includes a plurality of semiconductor layers vertically separated from one another. Each of the plurality of semiconductor layers extends along a first lateral direction. The semiconductor device includes a gate structure that extends along a second lateral direction and comprises at least a lower portion that wraps around each of the plurality of semiconductor layers. The lower portion of the gate structure comprises a plurality of first gate sections that are laterally aligned with the plurality of semiconductor layers, respectively, and wherein each of the plurality of first gate sections has ends that each extend along the second lateral direction and present a first curvature-based profile. |
| US12211916B2 |
Field-effect transistor having improved layout
Example embodiments relate to a field-effect transistors having improved layouts. One example field-effect transistor includes a semiconductor substrate on which at least one transistor cell array is arranged. Each transistor cell includes a first transistor cell unit. Each first transistor cell unit includes a plurality of gate fingers, a main gate finger segment, a plurality of drain fingers, and a main drain finger segment. Each first transistor cell unit also includes a main gate finger base connected to the main gate finger segment of the first transistor cell unit and extending from that main gate finger segment towards the main drain finger segment of that first transistor cell unit. Further, each first transistor cell unit includes a main drain finger base connected to the main drain finger segment of that first transistor cell and extending from that main drain finger segment towards that main gate finger segment. |
| US12211914B2 |
Buried gate and manufacturing method thereof
A method for manufacturing a buried gate includes: providing a substrate; forming a word line trench in the substrate; treating a surface of the word line trench to form concave structures on the surface of the word line trench; and, forming a conductive layer in the word line trench, convex structures matched with the concave structures being provided on a surface of the conductive layer. |
| US12211908B2 |
Profile shaping for control gate recesses
Exemplary semiconductor structures and processing methods may include forming a first portion of a first semiconductor layer characterized by a first etch rate for an etch treatment, forming a second portion of the first semiconductor layer characterized by a second etch rate that is less than the first etch rate for the etch treatment, and forming a third portion of the first semiconductor layer characterized by a third etch rate that is greater than the second etch rate. The processing methods may further include etching an opening through the first semiconductor layer, where the opening has a height and a width, and where the opening is characterized by a variation in the width between a midpoint of the height of the opening and an endpoint of the opening that is less than or about 5 Å. |
| US12211904B2 |
Black phosphorus-two dimensional material complex and method of manufacturing the same
Provided are a black phosphorus-two dimensional material complex and a method of manufacturing the black phosphorus-two dimensional material complex. The black phosphorus-two dimensional material complex includes: first and second two-dimensional material layers, which each have a two-dimensional crystal structure and are coupled to each other by van der Waals force; and a black phosphorus sheet which between the first and second two-dimensional material layers and having a two-dimensional crystal structure in which a plurality of phosphorus atoms are covalently bonded. |
| US12211901B2 |
Semiconductor device having a doped fin well
A semiconductor device may include a semiconductor fin, a source/drain region extending from the semiconductor fin, and a gate electrode over the semiconductor fin. The semiconductor fin may include a first well and a channel region over the first well. The first well may have a first dopant at a first dopant concentration and the channel region may have the first dopant at a second dopant concentration smaller than the first dopant concentration. The first dopant concentration may be in range from 1017 atoms/cm3 to 1019 atoms/cm3. |
| US12211899B2 |
Semiconductor device having trench structure in which propagation of threading dislocations to upper layer of three-dimensional stacked structure is suppressed
Embodiments relate to a semiconductor device, which includes: a substrate made of a first material; an insulating layer formed on an upper surface of the substrate; a trench formed at the insulating layer to penetrate the insulating layer toward the substrate; and a seed layer disposed in the trench. The seed layer is made of a second material, the second material lattice-mismatches with respect to the first material, the seed layer includes a threading dislocation extending at least partially in a first direction non-parallel to the upper surface of the substrate and parallel to a <110> direction of a (111) plane and a threading dislocation extending at least partially in a second direction, and the extension of the threading dislocation is terminated at a sidewall of the trench. |
| US12211893B2 |
Semiconductor structure and manufacturing method thereof
The present disclosure relates to the technical field of semiconductors, and provides a semiconductor structure and a manufacturing method thereof. The semiconductor structure includes: a substrate, including a plurality of lower electrode pillars that are arranged at intervals; a dielectric layer, at least partially covering a sidewall of each of the lower electrode pillars; a first upper electrode, covering a surface of the dielectric layer; a first support layer, located above the plurality of lower electrode pillars, the dielectric layer, and the first upper electrode, wherein the first support layer at least exposes a peripheral region of a part of the first upper electrode. |
| US12211891B2 |
Semiconductor devices
There is provided a semiconductor device capable of improving performance and reliability of a device, by adjusting the arrangement of penetration patterns included in an electrode support for supporting the lower electrode. The semiconductor device includes a plurality of lower electrodes that are aligned with each other on a substrate along a first direction and a second direction different from the first direction, and a first electrode support that supports the lower electrodes, and includes a plurality of first penetration patterns, wherein the first electrode support includes a center region, and an edge region defined along a periphery of the center region, wherein the first penetration patterns include center penetration patterns that are spaced apart by a first interval in the center region, and wherein the first penetration patterns include edge penetration patterns that are spaced apart by a second interval different from the first interval in the edge region. |
| US12211889B2 |
Electrode layer, capacitor and methods for electrode layer and capacitor manufacture
The application relates to an electrode layer, a capacitor and methods for electrode layer and capacitor manufacture. The method for electrode layer manufacture comprises the following steps: forming a first electrode layer, the first electrode layer comprising a doped Titanium Nitride (TiN) layer; and forming a second electrode layer on the surface of the first electrode layer, the second electrode layer comprising a TiN layer or a work function layer. |
| US12211886B1 |
Inductors with airgap electrical isolation
Structures including an inductor and methods of forming such structures. The structure comprises a semiconductor substrate including a first plurality of sealed cavities and a back-end-of-line stack on the semiconductor substrate. Each sealed cavity includes an air gap, and the back-end-of-line stack includes an inductor having a winding that overlaps with the scaled cavities. |
| US12211884B2 |
Micro-LED display device
A micro-LED display device mainly has a plurality of pixel areas arranged in matrix and a driving circuit. Each pixel area has a plurality of sub-pixel areas arranged adjacent to each other. In a first driving mode, the driving circuit enables the rows of pixel areas in sequence. When one of rows of pixel areas is enabled, the driving circuit controls one sub-pixel area of each pixel area on the enabled row of pixel areas to display an image color. In a second driving mode, the rows of pixel areas are also enabled in sequence. When one of rows of pixel area is enabled, the driving circuit drives all sub-pixel areas of each pixel area on the enabled row of pixel area to synchronously display the same image color. Therefore, a high-brightness requirement is met, and the overall power consumption is not increased. |
| US12211883B2 |
Method for manufacturing image display device and image display device
A method for manufacturing an image display device includes: providing a second substrate that includes a first substrate, and a semiconductor layer grown on the first substrate, the semiconductor layer including a light-emitting layer; providing a third substrate including: a circuit including a circuit element formed on a light-transmitting substrate, a first insulating film covering the circuit, and a conductive layer including a light-reflective part formed on the first insulating film; bonding the semiconductor layer to the third substrate; forming a light-emitting element from the semiconductor layer; forming a second insulating film covering the conductive layer, the light-emitting element, and the first insulating film; forming a via extending through the first and second insulating films; and electrically connecting the light-emitting element and the circuit element by the via. |
| US12211880B2 |
Image sensor
An image sensor including a substrate having first and second surfaces that are opposite to each other. The substrate includes unit pixel regions having photoelectric conversion regions. A semiconductor pattern is disposed in a first trench defined in the substrate and defines the unit pixel regions. The semiconductor pattern includes a first semiconductor pattern and a second semiconductor pattern disposed on the first semiconductor pattern. A back-side insulating layer covers the second surface of the substrate. The first semiconductor pattern includes a side portion extended along an inner side surface of the first trench and a bottom portion connected to the side portion and disposed closer to the second surface of the substrate than the side portion. The second semiconductor pattern extends toward the second surface of the substrate and is spaced apart from the back-side insulating layer with the bottom portion of the first semiconductor pattern interposed therebetween. |
| US12211879B2 |
Intermediate connection member, method for manufacturing intermediate connection member, electronic module, method for manufacturing electronic module, and electronic equipment
An intermediate connection member includes a first insulating substrate portion, a second insulating substrate portion, an insulating layer portion provided between the first insulating substrate portion and the second insulating substrate portion and formed from a different material from the first insulating substrate portion and the second insulating substrate portion, a plurality of first wiring portions provided between the first insulating substrate portion and the insulating layer portion so as to extend in a first direction such that both end portions of the plurality of first wiring portions in the first direction are exposed to an outside, and a plurality of second wiring portions provided between the second insulating substrate portion and the insulating layer portion so as to extend in the first direction such that both end portions of the plurality of second wiring portions in the first direction are exposed to the outside. |
| US12211878B2 |
Image sensor and electronic camera
An image sensor includes a first semiconductor substrate provided with a pixel, including a photoelectric conversion unit that photoelectrically converts incident light to generate an electric charge, an accumulation unit that accumulates the electric charge generated by the photoelectric conversion unit, and a transfer unit that transfers the electric charge generated by the photoelectric conversion unit to the accumulation unit, and a second semiconductor substrate provided with a supply unit for the pixel, the supply unit supplying the transfer unit with a transfer signal to transfer the electric charge from the photoelectric conversion unit to the accumulation unit. |
| US12211876B2 |
Extra doped region for back-side deep trench isolation
The present disclosure, in some embodiments, relates to an image sensor integrated chip. The image sensor integrated chip includes a semiconductor substrate having sidewalls that form one or more trenches. The one or more trenches are disposed along opposing sides of a photodiode and vertically extend from an upper surface of the semiconductor substrate to within the semiconductor substrate. A doped region is arranged along the upper surface of the semiconductor substrate and along opposing sides of the photodiode. A first dielectric lines the sidewalls of the semiconductor substrate and the upper surface of the semiconductor substrate. A second dielectric lines sidewalls and an upper surface of the first dielectric. The doped region has a width laterally between a side of the photodiode and a side of the first dielectric. The width of the doped region varies at different heights along the side of the photodiode. |
| US12211872B2 |
Image capturing element and image capturing apparatus having spectroscopic element array
An image capturing element according to the present disclosure includes a pixel array formed by a plurality of pixels arranged in an array on a substrate, each of the plurality of pixels including a photoelectric conversion element, a transparent layer formed on the pixel array, and a spectroscopic element array formed by a plurality of spectroscopic elements arranged in an array, and each of the plurality of spectroscopic elements is at a position corresponding to one of the plurality of spectroscopic elements inside or on the transparent layer. Each of the plurality of spectroscopic elements includes a plurality of microstructures formed from a material having a refractive index higher than a refractive index of the transparent layer. The plurality of microstructures have a microstructure pattern. Each of the plurality of spectroscopic elements separates incident light into deflected light beams having different propagation directions according to the wavelength. |
| US12211871B2 |
Image sensor with scattering structure
The present disclosure relates to an integrated chip including a substrate and a pixel. The pixel includes a photodetector. The photodetector is in the substrate. The integrated chip further includes a first inner trench isolation structure and an outer trench isolation structure that extend into the substrate. The first inner trench isolation structure laterally surrounds the photodetector in a first closed loop. The outer trench isolation structure laterally surrounds the first inner trench isolation structure along a boundary of the pixel in a second closed loop and is laterally separated from the first inner trench isolation structure. Further, the integrated chip includes a scattering structure that is defined, at least in part, by the first inner trench isolation structure and that is configured to increase an angle at which radiation impinges on the outer trench isolation structure. |
| US12211868B2 |
Optical crosstalk mitigation for a detector array in an optical receiver
A photodetector device includes a photodetector array comprising an array of photodetectors and a plurality of metal structures arranged between photodetectors of the array of photodetectors, wherein the plurality of metal structures are arranged in a first pattern; and a transparent substrate comprising a plurality of diffusion structures being patterned according to a second pattern that matches the first pattern. Each diffusion structure of the plurality of diffusion structures is configured to redirect light that is incident thereon. Additionally, the transparent substrate and the photodetector array are coupled together such that the first pattern is aligned with the second pattern and the plurality of diffusion structures covers the plurality of metal structures. |
| US12211862B2 |
Multi-protrusion transfer gate manufacturing method
A method of manufacturing a transistor structure includes forming a plurality of trenches in a substrate, lining the plurality of trenches with a dielectric material, forming first and second substrate regions at opposite sides of the plurality of trenches, and filling the plurality of trenches with a conductive material. The plurality of trenches includes first and second trenches aligned between the first and second substrate regions, and filling the plurality of trenches with the conductive material includes the conductive material extending continuously between the first and second trenches. |