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| US12231510B2 |
Systems and methods for updating email addresses based on email generation patterns
The present disclosure relates to systems and methods for updating email addresses based on email generation patterns. The method includes accessing a plurality of electronic activities used to update a plurality of member node profiles. The method includes determining that the plurality of member node profiles is linked to a group node profile of a group entity. The methods includes identifying, for each of the plurality of member node profiles, a first field-value pair of the member node profile corresponding to an email address. The method includes determining, for each member node profile, a correlation between the email address, a second field-value pair corresponding to a first name and a third field-value pair corresponding to a last name. The method includes determining, based on the determined correlation, an electronic account identifier pattern. The method includes storing an association between the group node and the electronic account identifier pattern. |
| US12231507B2 |
Method and apparatus for flow control
Embodiments of the present disclosure provide methods and apparatuses for flow control. A method at a service communication proxy (SCP) comprises creating a flow table entry including a match field and an instruction field. The method further comprises applying the flow table entry to match and process a service request from a network function (NF) consumer, wherein the service request may be to be served by a NF producer. |
| US12231506B2 |
Method for diagnosing the operation of an edge device
A method for diagnosing the operation of an edge device that is in communication with a plurality of network subscribers via one or more communication networks is provided. The edge device is in communication with a database via a further communication network. A first application is running on the edge device, and the edge device queries data of network subscribers defined by a first filter accessible to the first application, the method comprising: determining a first cycle time of the first application, wherein the first cycle time denotes the time required to query the data of all network subscribers defined in the first application; comparing the determined cycle time with at least one first request time pertaining to one or more of the network subscribers defined in the first application; and outputting information as to whether the determined first cycle time exceeds or does not exceed the first request time. |
| US12231502B2 |
Method and system for remote collaboration
A method for a remote collaboration, as a method for providing an augmented reality (AR)-based remote collaboration between a robot located in a worksite, a field worker terminal, and a remote administrator terminal located outside the worksite, includes acquiring a captured image including a field image captured by a robot located at the worksite or a captured image including a user image captured by the field worker terminal, displaying the captured image of the worksite, generating virtual content based on an input of a remote administrator and a field worker with respect to the displayed captured image, and displaying an AR image in which the virtual content is augmented on the displayed captured image. |
| US12231501B2 |
Method and system for providing time-critical services via a flow control environment
A method for providing time-critical services via a flow control environment, wherein each service is assigned a server component that includes at least one application instance and that is formed by a flow control component that is loadable into the flow control environment and executed there, where an individual virtual communication network is made available for each server component via the flow control environment, a reverse proxy of a subnetwork, comprising the flow control environment, forwards service access requests, for use of the services outside of the subnetwork in accordance with predefined forwarding rules, to the respective server component via its virtual communication network, and the where the virtual communication networks are used for all application instances of the respective server component for forwarding the service access requests. |
| US12231500B1 |
Exploiting structure in environment sensor dynamics for real-time maximization of information gain
One example method includes performing, in a global environment that includes a central node and edge nodes that are able to communicate with each other, by the central node, operations including: sampling optimal information from the edge nodes concerning a state of the global environment, the edge nodes being grouped into a plurality of cluster structures based on the optimal information, updating a global map of the global environment, based on the optimal information, updating an information retrieval cost, using the state of the global environment to orchestrate placement and execution of one or more tasks and actions in the global environment, using the updated global map, information retrieval cost, tasks and actions to update an attention mechanism operable to control retrieval of next optimal information, and selecting next optimal information for retrieval. |
| US12231498B2 |
Systems and methods for adaptively collapsible data transmissions
Systems and methods are described for electronically transmitting adaptively collapsible data across a network, whereby a baseline hierarchy of relationships based on precedence is generated for a set of data fields for data generated at an electrical system, and selecting one or more data fields for inclusion in a transmission package based on the hierarchy of relationships and a configurable condition, the configurable condition serving to potentially collapse (or deprecate) a data field, setting a status subfield to indicate inclusion or exclusion of the data field in a payload region of the transmission package and, when a particular data field is to be omitted, including only the status subfield for that data field and omitting the data corresponding to the data field. |
| US12231497B2 |
Controlled AC power plug with a sensor
A system and method in a building or vehicle for an actuator operation in response to a sensor according to a control logic, the system comprising a router or a gateway communicating with a device associated with the sensor and a device associated with the actuator over in-building or in-vehicle networks, and an external Internet-connected control server associated with the control logic implementing a PID closed linear control loop and communicating with the router over external network for controlling the in-building or in-vehicle phenomenon. The sensor may be a microphone or a camera, and the system may include voice or image processing as part of the control logic. A redundancy is used by using multiple sensors or actuators, or by using multiple data paths over the building or vehicle internal or external communication. The networks may be wired or wireless, and may be BAN, PAN, LAN, WAN, or home networks. |
| US12231496B2 |
Building management system with dynamic building model enhanced by digital twins
A method for visualizing a building model comprises retrieving an identifier associated with a digital representation of a building asset from a digital representation representing at least a portion of a building, retrieving, using the identifier, a graphical representation of the asset from a building model having a different format than the digital representation, and rendering the graphical representation on a display device. |
| US12231494B2 |
Task allocation among devices in a distributed data storage system
In one example, a processor may receive a first request to process a first task, the first request including a first estimated central processing unit utilization for the first task and a first estimated memory utilization for the first task and receive central processing unit capacities and memory capacities of a plurality of sub-data routers including at least a first sub-data router. The processor may further determine that the first sub-data router has a lowest central processing unit capacity from among the plurality of sub-data routers that is sufficient to accommodate the first estimated central processing unit utilization for the first task and determine that the first sub-data router has a memory capacity that is sufficient to accommodate the first estimated memory utilization for the first task. The processor may then assign the first task to the first sub-data router. |
| US12231492B2 |
Peer selection for data distribution in a mesh network
Various embodiments disclose a method performed by a first node device in a mesh network that includes receiving respective messages from respective neighbor node devices that have one or more blocks of a dataset, determining a quality score for a second node device of the respective neighbor node devices, and based on the quality score, sending a request to receive the one or more blocks from the second node device. |
| US12231491B1 |
Efficient serverless method and system of serving artificial intelligence models
A method for forecasting server demand includes collecting a historical number of scoring requests from a network using a serverless architecture. A scoring request capacity per server is determined using the historical number of scoring requests. A prediction model predicts a first future value of scoring requests for a first future time span. A current number of servers in a pool of servers handling the scoring requests. Using the prediction model, a determination of whether the current number of servers is capable of handling the first future value of scoring requests for the first future time span is made. Upon determining that the current number of servers is incapable of handling the first future value of scoring requests, one or more additional servers are warmed up. The warmed-up additional servers are added to the pool of servers prior to an arrival of the first future time span. |
| US12231487B2 |
Hardware-assisted tracing schemes for distributed and scale-out applications
Methods and apparatus for scale out hardware-assisted tracing schemes for distributed and scale-out applications. In connection with execution of one or more applications using a distributed processing environment including multiple compute nodes, telemetry and tracing data are obtained using hardware-based logic on the compute nodes. Processes associated with applications are identified, as well as the compute nodes on which instances of the processes are executed. Process instances are associated with process application space identifiers (PASIDs), while processes used for an application are associating with a global group identifier (GGID) that serves as an application ID. The PASIDs and GGIDs are used to store telemetry and/or tracing data on the compute nodes and/or forward such data to a tracing server in a manner that enables telemetry and/or tracing data to be aggregated on an application basis. Telemetry and/or tracing data may be obtained from processors on the compute nodes, and (optionally) additional elements such as network interface controllers (NICs). Tracing data may also be obtained from switches used for forwarding data between processes. |
| US12231484B2 |
Communication system and gripping system
The disclosure provides a communication system and a gripping system. When two or more nodes transmit the frames at the same time, a communication system performs, among the nodes starting transmission at the same time, communication arbitration by stopping transmission except for the node transmitting the frame having a highest priority. The frame ID includes a type ID indicating a type of the node that is a transmission source, a change ID changeable by the node that is the transmission source, and a fixed ID specific to the node that is the transmission source. The type includes a master and slaves. When the type ID is the master, a priority of the frame is set higher than when the type ID is the slave. The master node is capable of transmitting to the bus an instruction signal instructing the slave node to change the change ID. |
| US12231483B1 |
Extended and mixed reality experience adaptation, processing, and handover from one edge node to another
Methods and systems are described for extended and mixed reality experience adaptation, processing, and handover from one computing or processing entity to another. In response to a change in a condition impacting resource usage, delivery of content is transferred from one edge node to another. One or more changes in a viewing client, a first edge node, a second edge node, a communication network, and content signal a handover. Artificial intelligence systems, including neural networks, and models are trained and developed for improving the adaptation, processing, and handover. Related apparatuses, devices, techniques, and articles are also described. |
| US12231478B2 |
Systems and methods for enabling a virtual assistant in different environments
Systems and methods are provided for managing related conferences. A first conference is initiated between a first computing device and a first group of one or more computing devices. Input to join a second conference is received at the first computing device and the second conference is initiated between the first computing device and a second group of computing devices. The first conference is associated with the second conference and the second group of one or more computing devices comprises the first group of one or more computing devices and at least one additional computing device. |
| US12231474B2 |
Communication apparatus, base station, and codec mode switching method
A UE includes an EUTRA-CMR reception unit that receives a codec mode request (EUTRA-CMR) including a codec mode that is determined by an eNB in accordance with a radio condition of the UE, a mode switching notification unit that notifies an encoder of switching to the codec mode included in the received codec mode request; and a mode switching acknowledgement unit that transmits a response message to the eNB when confirming that the encoder switches the codec mode. |
| US12231467B1 |
System and method for deputizing satellite endpoints
A server system in communication with a plurality of machines that form a linear communication orbit establishes a direct duplex connection between the server system and a first endpoint machine. The server system enrolls the first endpoint machine as a satellite endpoint machine, which enables the satellite endpoint machine to execute one or more function modules. Typically, the server system authenticates, via the direct duplex connection, the first endpoint machine, and, after authenticating the first endpoint machine, sends, to the first endpoint machine, an instruction for executing a function module. The server system receives a report including information obtained by the first endpoint machine executing the function module. At least one of the establishing a direct duplex connection, sending the instruction, and receiving the report includes sending or receiving a communication between the first endpoint machine and the server system via the linear communication orbit. |
| US12231465B2 |
Web site compromise detection
A Web site comprise detection method and system are disclosed. The method includes obtaining a resource identifier associated with a remote computer, and then receiving source code associated with the resource identifier. The method also includes parsing the source code, analyzing the source code to determine an indicator of compromise is present in the source code, determining that the indicator of compromise is associated with malware meta-data, and storing the resource identifier associated with the source code associated with the malware meta-data in a database. |
| US12231464B2 |
Detecting phishing websites via a machine learning-based system using URL feature hashes, HTML encodings and embedded images of content pages
Disclosed is phishing classifier that classifies a URL and content page accessed via the URL as phishing or not is disclosed, with URL feature hasher that parses and hashes the URL to produce feature hashes, and headless browser to access and internally render a content page at the URL, extract HTML tokens, and capture an image of the rendering. Also disclosed are an HTML encoder, trained on HTML tokens extracted from pages at URLs, encoded, then decoded to reproduce images captured from rendering, that produces an HTML encoding of the tokens extracted, and an image embedder, pretrained on images, that produces an image embedding of the image captured. Further, phishing classifier layers, trained on the feature hashes, the HTML encoding, and the image embedding, process the URL feature hashes, HTML encoding and image embeddings to produce a likelihood score that the URL and the page accessed presents a phishing risk. |
| US12231460B2 |
Systems and methods for intelligence verification
Systems, methods, and computer-readable storage media for improving cybersecurity protections across entities. One system includes a response system including one or more processing circuits including memory and at least one processor configured to generate a decentralized identity passport for each of a plurality of entities. The at least one processor further configured to attach or embed a plurality of proof of controls to the decentralized identify passport of an entity of the plurality of entities, the plurality of proof of controls corresponding to one or more cybersecurity protection actions implemented by the entity. The at least one processor further configured to record the plurality of proof of controls on a distributed ledger or data source as one or more exchanges linked to the decentralized identity passport. |
| US12231458B2 |
Cybersecurity risk assessment on an industry basis
Determining an entity's cybersecurity risk and benchmarking that risk includes non-intrusively collecting one or more types of data associated with an entity. Embodiments further include calculating a security score for at least one of the one or more types of data based, at least in part, on processing of security information extracted from the at least one type of data, wherein the security information is indicative of a level of cybersecurity. Some embodiments also comprise assigning a weight to the calculated security score based on a correlation between the extracted security information and an overall security risk determined from analysis of one or more previously-breached entities in the same industry as the entity. Additional embodiments include calculating an overall cybersecurity risk score for the entity based, at least in part, on the calculated security score and the weight assigned to the calculated security score. |
| US12231457B1 |
Risk scoring based on compliance verification test results in a local network
A server system sends, via a linearly ordered communication orbit, to computational machines at a first subset of nodes in a computer network, a set of local environment verification tests and a set of mappings that map results of the local environment verification tests into a set of risk scores. Requests sent by the server system cause the computational machines at the plurality of nodes to: locally evaluate the set of local environment verification tests to produce test results, and locally map the test results using the set of mappings into a set of risk scores. Queries sent by the server cause the computational machines at the plurality of nodes to return to the server system at least a portion of the test results and risk scores. The server, identifies, based on the received test results and risk scores, computational machines and/or control categories having risk scores satisfying predefined criteria. |
| US12231449B2 |
Proactively taking action responsive to events within a cluster based on a range of normal behavior learned for various user roles
Systems and methods are provided for learning normal behavior for user roles of an application running within a cluster of container orchestration platform and based thereon proactively taking action responsive to suspicious events. According to one embodiment, an event data stream is created by an API server of the cluster. The data for each event includes information regarding a request made to an API exposed by the API server with which the event is associated and a user of the application by which the event was initiated. The data is augmented with a role associated with the user and an anomaly threshold for the role. Normal behavior is learned by an ML algorithm of respective user roles by processing the augmented data. When an anomaly score associated with a particular event is output by the ML algorithm that exceeds the anomaly threshold, a predefined or configurable action is triggered. |
| US12231446B2 |
Command and control steganographic communications detection engine
A network security computing system includes a steganographic communications analysis engine monitoring incoming and outgoing messages on a secure computing network. The steganographic communications analysis engine identifies a pattern of file transfers between a first computing device on the secure computing network and an internal or external message recipient. When a pattern is identified, the steganographic communications analysis engine quarantines an associated computing device from the secure network. The steganographic communications analysis engine analyzes files transferred between the computing device and the recipient for indications of steganographic information and causes display, based on an identified indication of steganography, an indication that the computing device had been compromised by command and control malware. |
| US12231444B2 |
Intelligent quarantine on switch fabric for physical and virtualized infrastructure
Systems, methods, and computer-readable media for performing threat remediation through a switch fabric of a virtualized network environment. Data traffic passing into a virtualized network environment including a plurality of virtual machines running on a switch fabric is monitored. A network threat introduced through at a least a portion of the data traffic is identified at the switch fabric. One or more remedial measures are performed in the network environment based on the identification of the network threat in the virtualized network environment. |
| US12231443B2 |
Analysis of endpoint detect and response data
There is disclosed a system and method of detecting security threats for an enterprise, including: filtering a first set of endpoint metadata records to identify a subset of metadata records, wherein filtering includes identifying endpoint security metadata records that are uncommon in context of the enterprise; and designating the subset of metadata records as indicating a potential security threat including designating the subset of metadata records for human analysis. |
| US12231437B2 |
Geo-fence authorization provisioning
A system includes a communication module that receives a request to post content to an event gallery associated with an event. The request in turn includes geo-location data for a device sending the content, and identification data identifying the device or a user of the device. The system further has an event gallery module to perform a first authorization operation that includes determining that the geo-location data corresponds to a geo-location fence associated with an event. The event gallery module also performs a second authorization operation that includes using the identification data to verify an attribute of the user. Finally, based on the first and second authorization operations, the event gallery module may selectively authorize the device to post the content to the event gallery. |
| US12231433B2 |
Policy-based secure communication session using direct link and digitally segregated secure tunnels
A policy-based security system for establishing a secure session from client devices to a web server includes a policy component with policies, a client device with a local application to select a cloud service, and a mid-link server. A set of policies is determined based on parameters and a tag of a shared content between the client device and the web server for the cloud service. The set of policies selectively direct traffic to the mid-link server based on the tag, and the set of policies specify a direct link between the client device and the web server if the client device satisfies security standards or a secure tunnel between the client device and the mid-link server for the secure session based on the client device does not satisfy the security standards. The secure session establishes the secure session for the cloud service and for providing the shared content. |
| US12231431B2 |
Internet protocol (IP) whitelisting for signed uniform resource locators (URLS)
Systems as described herein may implement IP address whitelisting for signed Uniform Resource Locators (URLs). A computing device may receive, from a first user device, a first request to access a resource. The computing device may determine a first identifier of the first user device. After an authentication of the first user device, the computing device may generate a pre-signed URL indicating a location of the resource. The computing device may generate a signed URL by prefixing the pre-signed URL with the first identifier of the first user device. The computing device may receive a second request to access the resource. Based on comparing a second identifier corresponding to the second request with the first identifier in the signed URL, the computing device may grant or deny the second request access to the resource. |
| US12231427B2 |
Mutual authentication system
A wireless communication system enables one-sided authentication of a responder device (120) by an initiator device (110) and mutual authentication of both devices. Embodiments of the initiator may have a message unit (116) and a state machine (117). The initiator starts by acquiring a responder public key via an out-of-band action and sends an authentication request. The responder sends an authentication response comprising responder authentication data based on a responder private key and a mutual progress status indicative of the mutual authentication being in progress for enabling the responder device to acquire an initiator public key via a responder out-of-band action. The initiator state machine is arranged to provide a mutual authenticating state, engaged upon receiving the mutual progress status, for awaiting mutual authentication. Thereby long time-out periods during wireless communication are avoided, while also enabling the initiator to report communication errors to the user within a short time. |
| US12231426B2 |
Contextual and risk-based multi-factor authentication
A system for contextual and risk-based multi-factor authentication having a multi-dimensional time series data server configured to monitor and record a network's traffic data and to serve the traffic data to other modules and a directed computation graph module configured to receive network traffic data from the multi-dimensional time series data server, determine a network traffic baseline from the network traffic data, and determine a verification score needed before granting access based at least in part by the network traffic baseline. A plurality of verification methods build up a user's verification score to required level to gain access. |
| US12231424B2 |
Method, electronic identity object, and terminal for recognizing and/or identifying a user
A method for recognizing and/or identifying a user (9) with a chip (C) in an electronic identity object storing a digital identity (24), the method comprising steps of: —establishing a wireless or electrical connection between the electronic identity object (C) and a verification terminal (T); —verifying, in the electronic identity object, if the verification terminal is authorized to communicate with the electronic identity object (C), and in response of a positive verification sharing a secret (K): using the shared secret (K) for establishing an encrypted symmetric data link (5) between the electronic identity object and the verification terminal (T); transmitting, through the encrypted data link (5), said digital identity (24) stored in the electronic identity object to the verification terminal (T); and verifying in the verification terminal (T) the authenticity of said digital identity (24). |
| US12231420B2 |
Single sign-on (SSO) identification across networks
The DHCP requests can be sent by endpoints to get first IP addresses. SSO data concerning the endpoints is collected using an identity service. A DHCP fingerprint is generated for of the each endpoints, including the first IP addresses. DHCP fingerprints are stored to an SSO unification database along with corresponding SSO data for the endpoints at the first IP addresses, including a specific endpoint at a first IP address on the wired network. While tracking, the specific endpoint is subsequently detected at a second IP address on the wireless network. The new IP address can be responsive to a transition by the specific endpoint from the wired network to the wireless network, or visa versa. The detection is based on matching a DHCP fingerprint of the specific endpoint to a record of the SSO unification database, and checked to see if the IP addresses are consistent. An SSO authentication transaction is performed to reauthenticate the specific endpoint. |
| US12231417B2 |
Determining session duration for device authentication
Techniques for adjusting a duration of an authenticated user device session. A baseline session duration is determined for a session for which a user account is authorized in response to a request for authentication. A first session is established on behalf of a user device associated with the user account based at least in part on the user account performing a first authentication. A posture associated with the user device is determined. The baseline duration is then adjusted to a dynamic duration based at least in part upon the posture associated with the user device. Based at least in part on the dynamic duration the user can be required to re-authenticate. |
| US12231410B2 |
Methods, systems, and computer readable media for processing QUIC communications in a network
Methods, systems, and computer readable media for processing QUIC communications in a network. An example system includes a first network interface for receiving a QUIC connection request from a first node in the network and, in response, establishing a first QUIC connection between the first node and the system. The system includes a QUIC processing module configured for receiving, via the first QUIC connection, encrypted QUIC data including a number of streams and decrypting the encrypted QUIC data, resulting in decrypted QUIC data. The QUIC processing module is configured for extracting each of the streams from the decrypted QUIC data, resulting in a plurality of extracted streams, and packaging at least one of the extracted streams into a non-QUIC protocol format, resulting in at least one packaged stream. The system includes a second network interface for transmitting the packaged stream to a second node in the network. |
| US12231408B2 |
Secure data transfer request routing for peer-to-peer services
A device configured to receive a data transfer initiation request from a first user and to identify a user profile that is associated with a first user identifier for the first user. The device is further configured to obtain an account number and a routing number for the first user from the user profile. The device is further configured to obtain routing instructions for a service provider based on a service provider identifier. The device is further configured to generate a data transfer request that includes the account number for the first user, the routing number for the first user, a second user identifier for a second user, a data type identifier, and a data transfer type identifier. The device is further configured to send the data transfer request to the service provider in accordance with the routing instructions for the service provider. |
| US12231403B2 |
Cloud-based intrusion prevention system, multi-tenant firewall, and stream scanner
A method implemented by a cloud-based system includes steps of, responsive to connecting to a user device with a user associated with a first tenant of a plurality of tenants, obtaining security policies for the user that are configured for the tenant, wherein the security policies for the user are the same regardless of connection type, location of the user, and device type and operating system of the user device; stream scanning traffic between the user device and the Internet based on the security policies, wherein the security policies are for firewall and intrusion prevention functions; and one of allowing and blocking the traffic based on the stream scanning. |
| US12231402B2 |
Method, system, and computer program product for preventing transmission of malicious data
A method for preventing transmission of malicious data may include receiving transaction data including at least one packet associated with a payment transaction; extracting at least one of network layer data or transport layer data from a header of the at least one packet; determining a first probability indicating that the at least one packet is in a first class based on the at least one of the network layer data or the transport layer data using a classifier. The method may also include determining a second probability indicating that the at least one packet is in a second class based on the at least one of the network layer data or the transport layer data using the classifier; and blocking the at least one packet. A system and a computer program product are also disclosed. |
| US12231401B2 |
Efficient and flexible flow inspector
In one embodiment, a data communication device includes a network interface controller to process packets received from at least one of a host device for sending over a network, and at least one remote device over the network, at least one processor to execute computer instructions to receive a configuration, and extract filtering rules from the configuration, and at least one hardware accelerator to receive the filtering rules from the at least one processor, and filter the packets based on the rules so that some of the packets are dropped and some of the packets are forwarded to the at least one processor to send data based on the forwarded packets to another device. |
| US12231399B2 |
Distributed traffic steering and enforcement for security solutions
Techniques for distributed traffic steering and enforcement for security solutions are disclosed. In some embodiments, a system, process, and/or computer program product for distributed traffic steering and enforcement for security solutions includes encapsulating an original traffic header for a monitored flow from/to a host or a container; rerouting the flow from the host or the container to a security platform of a security service; performing security analysis at the security platform using the original traffic header; and rerouting the flow back to the host or the container for routing to an original destination based on the original traffic header. |
| US12231398B2 |
Per-namespace IP address management method for container networks
Some embodiments of the invention provide a method of sending data in a network that includes multiple worker nodes, each worker node executing at least one set of containers, a gateway interface, and a virtual local area network (VLAN) tunnel interface. The method configures the gateway interface of each worker node to associate the gateway interface with multiple subnets. Each subnet is associated with a namespace, a first worker node executes a first set of containers of a first namespace, and a second worker node executes a second set of containers of the first namespace and a third set of containers of a second namespace. The method sends data between the first set of containers and the second set of containers through a VLAN tunnel between the first and second worker nodes. |
| US12231394B2 |
Device identification systems
Methods and systems for a device identification system may be provided. The device identification system may determine an identity of a user device associated with a transaction. The identity may be determined by network address information, hard link information, soft link information, and/or other such information. The network address information may include IPv4 information, IPv6 information, a device ID, and/or other such information. The identity of the user device may be determined and a transaction conducted from the user device may be assigned a fraudulent transaction risk score according to the information. Transactions that are determined to be at a high risk of fraud may be reviewed or otherwise flagged and/or canceled. |
| US12231393B2 |
IP address allocation in a wireless communication network
There is provided a method performed by a user plane core network function for a wireless communication network. The user plane core network function is configured with a range of Internet Protocol addresses for allocation to user equipments. The method comprises: transmitting a message to a control plane core network function, the message comprising an indication of a usage level of the range of IP addresses. |
| US12231391B1 |
Method for constructing geospatial grid region name interoperability protocol system
The provided is a method for constructing a geospatial grid region name interoperability protocol system. The method constructs the geospatial grid region name interoperability protocol system from four layers: a subdivision layer, a management layer, an association layer, and an application layer, specifically including a grid subdivision sub-protocol, a grid coding sub-protocol, a geospatial grid region name organization sub-protocol, a geospatial grid region name mapping sub-protocol, a geospatial grid region naming authorization sub-protocol, a geospatial grid region name-based code conversion sub-protocol, a geospatial grid region name interoperability sub-protocol, a geospatial grid region name registration sub-protocol, a geospatial grid region name resolution sub-protocol, etc., thereby achieving registration and resolution of a geospatial grid region name and mutual association and spatial interoperability of ubiquitous location information based on the geospatial grid region name. |
| US12231389B2 |
Communication method, gateway, and management method and apparatus in hybrid cloud environment
This application provides a communication method, a gateway, and a management method and apparatus. A first data center is configured to provide non-public cloud services, and a second data center is configured to provide public cloud services. A gateway configured in the second data center is connected to a first subnet of the first data center, and is connected to a second subnet of the second data center. The first subnet and the second subnet have a same private network segment. The method includes: a layer 2 gateway receives a first address resolution protocol (ARP) request packet, which is used to request a MAC address of a second device in the second subnet, sent by a first device in the first subnet, and the gateway sends the first ARP reply packet, which carries a first MAC address of the gateway, to the first device. |
| US12231388B2 |
Information sharing chain generation method and apparatus, electronic device, and storage medium
The present disclosure relates to the technical field of computers, and disclosed therein are an information sharing chain generation method, an information sharing chain generation apparatus, an electronic device, and a computer readable storage medium. The method comprises: in response to shared information being shared among a plurality of nodes, acquiring information of a parent node of a target node, wherein the parent node of the target node is a node that shares the shared information to the target node; according to the information of the parent node of the target node, searching for the parent node of the target node in a pre-established information sharing data table, and sequentially searching for information of a previous parent node by taking the searched parent node as a child node; and generating a sharing chain of the shared information based on search results. |
| US12231386B2 |
Storage space optimization for emails
In some implementations, a storage optimization system may receive a plurality of emails. Accordingly, the system may identify at least one email associated with a limited capacity in the plurality of emails. The system may further scan, from the at least one email, one or more hyperlinks to determine a website associated with the at least one email and an identifier associated with an event. The system may determine, using a database, a traversal path and at least one application programming interface (API) call associated with the website. Accordingly, the system may traverse the website using the traversal path and the at least one API using the identifier to determine that the limited capacity is filled. The system may delete the at least one email associated with the limited capacity based on determining that the limited capacity is filled. |
| US12231380B1 |
Trigger-based transfer of conversations from a chatbot to a human agent
Techniques for triggering a transfer of a chat conversation with a user from a chatbot to a human agent based on detection of transfer criteria are disclosed. The chatbot uses natural language processing and a generative model to collect and organize information from the chat conversation to present to the human agent in a report when the chat conversation is transferred to the human agent. The chat conversation is transferred to the human agent by presenting the report and a graphical chat interface to the human agent. The graphical chat interface displays messages from chat conversation between the human agent and the user and displays messages from chat conversations between the human agent and multiple other users. Transferring the chat conversation from the chatbot to the human agent includes presenting interface elements to the human agent for receiving user input from the human agent for transmission to the user. |
| US12231377B1 |
Chatbot conversation flow designer
Techniques for updating a chatbot definition are described. In some examples, this updating includes receiving an edit to intent characteristics for a stage of a plurality of stages in a chatbot flow, identifying a stage to modify based on at least the received edit, identifying, for the stage, a default update rule based on the chatbot definition, and updating the stage in the chatbot definition by inferring a next step according to one or more rules for the stage including the identified default update rule. |
| US12231374B2 |
Methods for dynamic uplink/downlink configuration
A wireless transmit/receive unit (WTRU) may monitor a common physical downlink control channel (PDCCH) search space for a downlink control information (DCI) signal and a first radio network terminal identifier (RNTI). In an example, the DCI signal may include an uplink (UL)/downlink (DL) configuration indication. In a further example, the first RNTI may be associated with UL/DL configuration information. The WTRU may transmit UL data or receive DL data based on the received UL/DL configuration indication. In another example, the DCI may include a plurality of UL/DL configuration indications. In an additional example, a plurality of WTRUs may monitor the common PDCCH search space for the first RNTI. Also, the UL/DL configuration indication may indicate UL/DL configuration information on a symbol basis. Further, the WTRU may receive a second RNTI which is associated with the UL/DL configuration indication. |
| US12231369B2 |
Method for processing data and wireless access point
A method and apparatus for processing data are disclosed in the present disclosure. The method includes: transmitting an identification frame to a target station, wherein the identification frame at least comprises station identification information, and the station identification information is configured to indicate the target station; receiving a predetermined acknowledgement frame returned by the target station; and transmitting a target frame to the target station according to the predetermined acknowledgement frame, wherein the target frame comprises a downlink transmission time and an uplink transmission time allocated to the target station. |
| US12231365B2 |
Method and apparatus for transmitting uplink channel in wireless communication system
The disclosure relates to a communication scheme and system for combining an Internet of things (IoT) technology with a fifth generation (5G) communication system for supporting a higher data transfer rate than a fourth generation (4G) system. The disclosure may be applied to intelligent services (e.g., smart homes, smart buildings, smart cities, smart cars or connected cars, health care, digital education, retail business, and security- and safety-related services), based on a 5G communication technology and an IoT-related technology. A method by which the performance of joint channel estimation for multi-uplink repetitive transmission can be enhanced, and the coverage of an uplink channel can be improved is provided. |
| US12231364B2 |
Method and device used in communication node for wireless communication
The present disclosure provides a method and device used in communication node for wireless communication. The communication node first receives first information on a first carrier, the first information being used for determining a first time interval; then receives a first reference signal in a first time window on a second carrier; the first time window is one of X time windows; each of the X time windows belongs to the first time interval, X being a positive integer greater than 1; at least one of a physical-cell identifier to which a transmitter of the first reference signal belongs, a position of frequency-domain resources occupied by the first reference signal in frequency domain or a position of the first time interval in time domain is used for determining the first time window out of the X time windows. The present disclosure reduces interference and overhead. |
| US12231363B2 |
Method and apparatus for transmitting physical layer protocol data unit
This application relates to the field of wireless communication technologies, and in particular, to a method and an apparatus for transmitting a physical layer protocol data unit, and for example, is applied to a wireless local area network. The method includes: A first communications device generates a PPDU and may send the PPDU, where the PPDU includes an LTF sequence; and correspondingly, a second communications device receives the PPDU, and parses the PPDU to obtain the LTF sequence included in the PPDU. Embodiments of this application can be used to design an LTF sequence that has a relatively low PAPR on entire bandwidth, on a single resource unit, on a combined resource unit, and in a considered multi-stream scenario. |
| US12231360B2 |
Signal communication method and device
Disclosed are a signal transmission method and a device, the signal transmission method on a terminal side includes: sending, via a sidelink between a first terminal and a second terminal, a first sidelink positioning reference signal (SPRS) to the second terminal, and receiving a second SPRS sent by the second terminal; performing, on the basis of the second SPRS, a positioning measurement so as to obtain a first positioning measurement value; reporting the first positioning measurement value to a network side; and receiving a second positioning measurement value forwarded by the network side, wherein the second positioning measurement value is obtained by the second terminal performing a positioning measurement on the basis of the first SPRS. |
| US12231359B2 |
Method and device in nodes used for wireless communication
The present disclosure provides a method and a device in a communication node for wireless communications. A communication node receives first information, and the first information is used to determine a first payload size; monitors a first signaling in a target search space, a payload size of a payload of the first signaling is equal to a target payload size; the target search space is used to determine X payload size(s), the target payload size is equal to one of X payload size(s); when there exists one of the X payload size(s) being not less than the first payload size, the target payload size is equal to a payload size among the X payload size(s) which is closest to and not less than the first payload size. The application improves the performance of control signalings. |
| US12231353B2 |
Fabric control protocol for data center networks with packet spraying over multiple alternate data paths
A fabric control protocol is described for use within a data center in which a switch fabric provides full mesh interconnectivity such that any of the servers may communicate packet data for a given packet flow to any other of the servers using any of a number of parallel data paths within the data center switch fabric. The fabric control protocol enables spraying of individual packets for a given packet flow across some or all of the multiple parallel data paths in the data center switch fabric and, optionally, reordering of the packets for delivery to the destination. The fabric control protocol may provide end-to-end bandwidth scaling and flow fairness within a single tunnel based on endpoint-controlled requests and grants for flows. In some examples, the fabric control protocol packet structure is carried over an underlying protocol, such as the User Datagram Protocol (UDP). |
| US12231351B2 |
Determining resource usage metrics for cloud computing systems
Methods and systems are described herein for determining resource usage metrics of cloud computing systems. The system may generate access tokens for an account associated with a certain resource class of resources. The system may receive requests comprising a corresponding access token request and a corresponding resource class identifier. The system may determine the corresponding resource class for each request. The system may generate aggregated resource data based on a corresponding quantity of each resource within the resource class and may determine, based on the aggregated resource data, a resource usage metric indicating a total amount of resources used by the cloud computing system. |
| US12231342B1 |
Queue pacing in a network device
A network device includes ingress queues for storing data units while the data units are being processed by ingress packet processors, and a plurality of egress buffer memories for storing data units received from the ingress queues while the data units are being processed by the egress packet processors. First circuitry controls respective rates at which data units are transferred from ingress queues to egress buffer memories. Second circuitry monitors the egress buffer memories for congestion and sends, to the first circuitry, flow control messages related to congestion resulting of egress buffer memories. The first circuitry progressively increases over time a rate at which data from each ingress queue are transferred to an egress buffer memory in response to receiving a flow control message that indicates that congestion corresponding to the egress buffer memory has ended. |
| US12231340B2 |
Edge device for telemetry flow data collection
A device comprises processing circuitry configured to configure an edge device to collect telemetry flow data output by a plurality of network devices and to generate processed telemetry flow data based on the collected telemetry flow data. The processing circuitry is further configured to receive the processed telemetry flow data from the edge device and store an indication of the processed telemetry flow data. |
| US12231339B2 |
Extension of openvswitch megaflow offloads to hardware to address hardware pipeline limitations
Methods and apparatus for extending OpenvSwitch (OVS) megaflow offloads to hardware to address hardware pipeline limitations. Under a method implemented on a compute platform including a Network Interface Controller (NIC) having one or more ports and running software including OVS software and a Linux operating system having a kernel including a TC-flower module and a NIC driver a new megaflow is created with a mask in the OVS software employing a subset of microflow fields for a packet. The microflow fields and the megaflow mask is sent to the NIC driver. A new megaflow is implemented in the NIC driver employing a subset of the microflow fields and the NIC driver creates a new hardware flow on the NIC employing a packet match scheme using all the microflow fields. The NIC also programs a NIC hardware pipeline with the new hardware flow using a match scheme that may depend on the available hardware resources, such as the size of a TCAM. |
| US12231338B2 |
Distributed software-defined network
This application relates to a distributed software-defined network (“DSDN”) for dynamically configuring and managing a wireless communication network. A plurality of DSDN nodes are connected to each other via a plurality of communication paths. Each communication path directly connects two DSDN nodes. Each DSDN node can provide DSDN configurations across diverse and disparate networks by normalizing its data plane network traffic through translation and packet encapsulation. Furthermore, the DSDN node can provide an architecture tolerant of network interruptions and network system fluctuations. For example, in the case of any one of the DSDN node's network interruptions from other DSDN nodes, the DSDN can provide network reconfiguration using network configuration rules stored in a control plane of each DSDN node. Therefore, various embodiments can increase network reliability by the multiple nodes within a software-defined network independently managing its control plane in response to changed network conditions. |
| US12231336B2 |
Time-series data monitoring with sharded server
Described are aspects of a sharded monitoring system that collects metrics data from a plurality of targets within a monitored system. The monitoring system includes multiple monitoring-server instances each collecting metrics data from a respective subset of the targets, as well as a federation server that collects aggregated metrics data from the other monitoring-server instances. Mappings between monitoring targets and monitoring-server instances collecting their metrics data may be stored in a temporal routing map, e.g., on the federation server, which may build the map based on time-series routing metrics received from the other monitoring-server instances. The routing map may be used to direct queries for metrics data from a client to the appropriate monitoring-server instance. |
| US12231334B2 |
Ultra reliable segment routing
SR-enabled network nodes capable of replicating and recombining data packets in a manner that enables reliable, low-latency communications. In an example embodiment, a replicator node transmits to a combinator node multiple copies of a payload over different respective network paths, with the SR headers of the corresponding packets each having a replication segment identifier or a respective SID stack that includes the replication segment identifier. The combinator node delivers/forwards to the corresponding application/destination only the first-to-arrive payload copy and discards any subsequent payload copies based on the replication segment identifier. Some embodiments may beneficially reduce latency and packet loss concurrently and consistently. For example, packet loss may be reduced due to the transmission of multiple copies of the same payload over multiple network paths. Effective latency may be reduced due to the selection of the first-to-arrive payload copy for delivery/forwarding. |
| US12231332B2 |
Network protocol for battery powered devices within a wireless network
A network system includes a main network implementing a conventional network protocol and a subtree of battery-powered nodes implementing a custom network protocol. The main network and the subtree are managed according to different subtree parameters. When a root node receives a request by a battery-powered node to join the subtree, the root node determines whether to allow the battery-powered node to join based on the subtree parameters for the subtree before sending a response to the battery-powered node. |
| US12231327B2 |
Reverse forwarding information base enforcement
In exemplary embodiments of the present invention, a router determines whether or not to establish a stateful routing session based on the suitability of one or more candidate return path interfaces. This determination is typically made at the time a first packet for a new session arrives at the router on a given ingress interface. In some cases, the router may be configured to require that the ingress interface be used for the return path of the session, in which case the router may evaluate whether the ingress interface is suitable for the return path and may drop the session if the ingress interface is deemed by the router to be unsuitable for the return path. In other cases, the router may be configured to not require that the ingress interface be used for the return path, in which case the router may evaluate whether at least one interface is suitable for the return path and drop the session if no interface is deemed by the router to be suitable for the return path. |
| US12231324B2 |
Optimized programming of forwarding data in network device hardware
Some embodiments provide techniques for optimized programming of forwarding data in network device hardware. An operating system executing on the network device receives information associated with a network topology of a network(s) to which the network device belongs. Based on this information, the operating system can generate various data structures that facilitate the routing and forwarding of data through the network device. Based on the generated data structures, the operating system may then program hardware resources in the network device in order to implement routing and forwarding operations stored in the data structures. During generation of the data structures, the operating system may perform some operations to optimize the programing of the hardware resources in a manner that reduces the amount of hardware resources that would otherwise be used without such optimizations. |
| US12231319B2 |
Fusing online media monitoring data with secondary online data feeds to generate ratings data for online media exposure
Example apparatus disclosed herein are to access first data entries from a first data source based on a first media identifier, the first data entries associated with first streaming media, respective ones of the first data entries including the first media identifier and corresponding timestamps that indicate when the first streaming media was presented or accessed via a group of media devices. Disclosed example apparatus are also to access second data entries from a second data source based on a keyword or phrase, the second data entries associated with news information or weather information. Disclosed example apparatus are further to align, based on the timestamps, the second data entries with values of a time varying audience of the first streaming media determined based on the first data entries to determine ratings data that correlates changes in the time varying audience with the news information or the weather information. |
| US12231317B2 |
In-band telemetry rate limiting in cloud environments
A method for in-band telemetry rate limiting is disclosed. An apparatus and computer program product also perform the functions of the method. Embodiments of the method include receiving a telemetry packet at an egress node of a data pathway in a data network. The data pathway includes an ingress node, transit nodes and the egress node and the telemetry packet includes a telemetry parameter where the telemetry parameter is for a node in the data pathway. The method includes comparing the telemetry parameter with a previous telemetry parameter from a previous telemetry packet received at the egress node prior to receiving the telemetry packet, and transmitting telemetry data from the telemetry packet to a network controller in response to a telemetry difference exceeding a telemetry parameter threshold. The telemetry difference includes a difference between the telemetry parameter and the previous telemetry parameter. |
| US12231314B2 |
Wireless communication method, terminal device, and server
The embodiments of the present disclosure provide a wireless communication method, a terminal device, and a server. The method includes: obtaining, by a terminal device, at least one application data and/or wireless protocol layer data in the terminal device; and transmitting, by the terminal device, the at least one application data and/or wireless protocol layer data of the terminal device to a data collection server. Therefore, the accuracy of data analysis can be improved. |
| US12231313B2 |
Systems and methods for improving quality of service while streaming code-agnostic content
Systems and methods are described for a media guidance application (e.g., implemented on a user device) that improves quality of service while streaming code-agnostic content by optimizing buffering based on bit rate. |
| US12231303B1 |
Network slice multi-service manager
This invention is a system and method for allocating and monetizing resources on a 5G infrastructure. A service manager module receiving a slice request from a client. A real-time analytics engine gauges the optimum resource path which then then requested from a resource manager. A slice offer for the resource is made to the client which is accepted. The service manager module sends a post to a distributed ledger, the post comprising a client identification, a slice identification, a provider identification, a service request, a QOS parameter, a transaction identification, a cost of service and a timestamp. Scripting software running on top of the ledger platform automatically transacts payment for the resource from the client to the provider. |
| US12231299B2 |
Network optimization methods and apparatus, electronic device and storage medium
Disclosed are a network optimization method and apparatus, an electronic device, and a storage medium. The network optimization method may include: sending data analytics request information to a core network; receiving data analytics response information fed back by the core network and determining a model processing result according to an artificial intelligence learning model; and performing a network optimization operation according to the model processing result. |
| US12231286B2 |
System and method for two-stage event notification
A data payload is generated to describe an event, and includes a priority value indicating a level of urgency for response. Text-based notifications are generated to have text content based on the payload contents and formatted according to a format standard for one or more text transmission services, and then transmitted to user devices. Additionally, audio-based notifications, having audio content based on the payload contents, are selectively generated and transmitted based on the priority value of the data payload, on an elapsing of a time duration associated with the priority value of the data payload, and on acknowledgment states of the user devices. In this manner, a two-stage event notification providing both text-based notifications and escalated audio-based notifications is achieved. |
| US12231285B2 |
Telecommunication network alarm management
A system for managing network alarms generated by element manager modules responsive to corresponding faults/malfunctioning affecting network nodes or links of a telecommunication network is provided. The system may include an alarm management platform for gathering network alarms and generating a first set of network alarms comprising at least a subset of the gathered network alarms; a network operator unit arranging the network alarms into a network alarm table, and managing the faults/malfunctioning affecting the network nodes or links corresponding to the network alarms; an alarm prediction module receiving from the alarm management platform an alarm duration prediction request about a predicted duration of a selected network alarm and alarm data regarding the selected network alarm and generating an alarm duration prediction about the predicted duration by processing alarm data regarding the selected network alarm through a first machine learning algorithm trained with alarm data regarding past network alarms. |
| US12231274B2 |
Method for configuring guard subcarriers
This disclosure relates to methods and devices for configuring guard subcarriers in transmission subbands to reduce interband interference in a wireless communication network. In one implementation, the method may include determining that a first subcarrier spacing for a first radio frequency transmission band is less than a second subcarrier spacing for a second radio frequency transmission band, and the first radio frequency transmission band is close to the second radio frequency transmission band in frequency spectrum. The method may further include configuring a subcarrier of the first radio frequency transmission band as a guard subcarrier carrying dummy data when the first radio frequency transmission band and the second radio frequency transmission band are simultaneously used to transmit data loads. |
| US12231273B2 |
Mobile communication base station system and method
A mobile communication base station for joint communication and sensing and method of operation of a mobile communication base station is described. The mobile communication base station includes a baseband processor configurable to transmit and receive sensing and communication signals via one or channels. Each channel is configurable in one or more of a communications-transmit mode, a communications-receive mode, a sense-transmit mode and a sense-receive mode. For each channel, the baseband processor includes a carrier mapping-demapping module and a sense module. The baseband processor includes a controller coupled to the carrier mapping-demapping module and configured to control the carrier mapping-demapping module of the one or more channels to map the plurality of transmit-OFDM-symbols to a bandwidth part of an available OFDM bandwidth in the sense-transmit mode and the communications-transmit mode. |
| US12231271B2 |
Electronic device and operation method therefor
An electronic device includes: An electronic device includes a first communication module and a second communication module configured to perform wireless communication, a spread spectrum clock generator (SSCG), a memory, and a processor. The processor is configured to execute instructions to set a spread spectrum method and a spread ratio of the SSCG, determine whether the electronic device is communicatively coupled to at least one of a first and a second wireless communication, identify a frequency band of a channel of the at least one of the first and the second wireless communication, determine whether at least one of a frequency and multiplication frequencies of the frequency is included by the frequency band of the channel, and maintain the spread spectrum method and the spread ratio causing the SSCG to generate a spread spectrum clock signal based on first spread spectrum method and the spread ratio. |
| US12231269B2 |
Active user detection and channel estimation method and device, using deep neural network
Provided is an active user detection and channel estimation method of a base station in a wireless communication system based on grant-free uplink transmission. The method, according to one embodiment, comprises the steps of: receiving superimposed signals () from k active terminals; by using a first artificial neural network and using the received signals () as input, calculating, for all terminals in a cell of a base station, an estimated probability ({circumflex over (Ω)}) of each of the terminals being an active terminal; and estimating channels of the active terminals by using a second artificial neural network and using the received signals () and an active user detection result value as input. |
| US12231266B2 |
Reciprocal calibration for channel estimation based on second-order statistics
A wireless communication method includes receiving, by a first wireless device during a training phase, reference tones using a first number of resource elements from a transmitter of a second wireless device, wherein the first wireless device comprises multiple receiving antennas, estimating, by the first wireless device, from the receiving the reference tones, a second order statistics of wireless channels between the multiple receiving antennas and the transmitter of the second wireless device, and performing channel estimation, during an operational phase subsequent to the training phase, using the second order statistics and reference tones received on a second number of resource elements, wherein the second number is less than the first number. |
| US12231264B2 |
Automated cloud on-ramp in a data center
Systems, methods and computer-readable storage media are provided for provisioning network inter-connections and extensions to computing infrastructure. In one embodiment, a system can receive a request from a client to establish a network connection between a private network and a remote network, the request including a selection of a virtual network residing at the private network; establish a transit connection between the virtual network and an exchange port established in association with the private network; establish a first network connection between the exchange port and an intermediary cross connect network; establish a second network connection between the intermediary cross connect network and the remote network; and extend a virtual local area network (VLAN) connected to the virtual network of the client at the private network to the remote network via the network connection, the network connection comprising the first network connection and the second network connection. |
| US12231261B2 |
EMI reduction in PLCA-based networks through beacon temporal spreading
An apparatus may be communicatively coupled to other nodes in a network. The apparatus may include a control circuit configured to repeatedly issue transmission cycles to the other nodes. A given transmission cycle may include a least one send slot for each of the other nodes to send data. The control circuit may be configured to initiate transmission cycles by issuing beacon signals to the other nodes. The control circuit may be configured to determine when to issue a beacon signal in a given transmission cycle by determining that all of the other nodes have completed all associated send slots in an immediately previous transmission cycle and based upon a determination of the completion of the other nodes' transmission, delaying transmission of the beacon signal for the given transmission cycle. |
| US12231253B2 |
Software development kit (SDK) for selecting and implementing client devices as proxies
A method for fetching a content from a web server to a client device is disclosed, using tunnel devices serving as intermediate devices. The tunnel device is selected based on an attribute, such as IP Geolocation. A tunnel bank server stores a list of available tunnels that may be used, associated with values of various attribute types. The tunnel devices initiate communication with the tunnel bank server, and stays connected to it, for allowing a communication session initiated by the tunnel bank server. Upon receiving a request from a client to a content and for specific attribute types and values, a tunnel is selected by the tunnel bank server, and is used as a tunnel for retrieving the required content from the web server, using standard protocol such as SOCKS, WebSocket or HTTP Proxy. The client only communicates with a super proxy server that manages the content fetching scheme. |
| US12231249B2 |
Power negotiation method for power over ethernet, power sourcing equipment, system, and storage medium
A power negotiation method for power over Ethernet, power sourcing equipment, a system, and a storage medium are provided, and belong to the field of power over Ethernet technologies. The power sourcing equipment includes a plurality of power supply ports and a plurality of data ports. The power sourcing equipment supplies power to a connected powered device through the power supply port, and transmits data to the connected powered device through the data port. In this way, the power supply port can meet a data transmission requirement when a data transmission rate increases. According to the application, when a first power supply port and a first data port are connected to a first powered device, the power sourcing equipment can perform power negotiation with first power sourcing equipment through the first data port based on port feature information of the first power supply port. |
| US12231247B2 |
Persistent indication of acknowledgement resources
A user equipment is configured with at least two collections of uplink resources to be used for transmitting control information to a communication network. The UE receives an assignment of radio resources to be used for receiving a downlink transmission from a base station of the communication network. The UE receives an acknowledgement resource indication, ARI, indicating one of the configured collections of uplink resources to be used for transmitting control information associated with the DL transmission. Further, the UE transmits the control information to the base station on at least a subset of the indicated collection of UL resources. In example embodiments, the indicated collection of uplink resources comprises a plurality of selectable uplink resource sets. The control information is transmitted on one of the uplink resource sets which corresponds to an operational state of the communication network. |
| US12231245B2 |
Ordering of feedback information bits in feedback codebook based on resource block indexes
A wireless device may receive configuration parameters of a bandwidth part (BWP) of a cell. The BWP may comprise resource block (RB) sets having respective RB indexes. The wireless device may receive, during a downlink control channel occasion, downlink control information (DCI) via a RB set of the RB sets of the BWP of the cell. The wireless device may transmit a hybrid automatic repeat request acknowledgement (HARQ-ACK) codebook comprising HARQ-ACK information bits corresponding to a plurality of DCIs, comprising the DCI. Each HARQ-ACK information bit, of the HARQ-ACK information bits, may correspond to a respective DCI of the plurality of DCIs, and the HARQ-ACK information bits may be in order of the RB indexes of the RB sets via which the plurality of DCIs are received. |
| US12231244B2 |
Techniques for constructing a hybrid automatic repeat request acknowledgement codebook
Techniques are described to construct a semi-static hybrid automatic repeat request acknowledgement (HARQ-ACK) codebook. An example wireless communication method includes determining, by a communication device that is configured to communicate with a first cell and a second cell, a position of a first time slot associated with the first cell that overlaps with a second time slot associated with the second cell, where the second time slot is configured for a transmission of a hybrid automatic repeat request (HARQ) acknowledgement (ACK) information; determining, for the HARQ-ACK information, a plurality of time slots associated with the first cell and the second cell based on the position of the first time slot and a set of values associated with the first cell; and transmitting, by the communication device, the HARQ-ACK information for the plurality of time slots in the second time slot to the second cell. |
| US12231243B2 |
Feedback mode indication for coordinated transmission
Certain aspects of the present disclosure provide techniques for wireless communication. The techniques include a method wireless communication by a user equipment including receiving a first physical downlink control channel (PDCCH) from a first transmission reception point (TRP) and a second PDCCH from a second TRP, wherein the first PDCCH and the second PDCCH include the same downlink control information (DCI), selecting a physical uplink control channel (PUCCH) resource for transmitting hybrid automatic repeated request acknowledgment (HARQ-ACK) feedback based on one of the first PDCCH or the second PDCCH, and transmitting a PUCCH that includes the HARQ-ACK feedback using the selected PUCCH resource. |
| US12231242B2 |
Dynamic retransmission configuration
Example embodiments of the present disclosure relate to a solution for configuring a retransmission in communications. In an aspect, a first device transmits, to a second device, a first indication of a plurality of candidate retransmission configurations. Each of the plurality of candidate retransmission configurations includes a transmission feedback configuration and/or a data retransmission configuration. The first device selects a target retransmission configuration from the plurality of candidate retransmission configurations. The first device transmits, to the second device, a second indication of the target retransmission configuration. The first device communicates with the second device using the target retransmission configuration. The example embodiments of the present disclosure provide a dynamical multi-level indication for a retransmission scheme. |
| US12231238B2 |
HARQ feedback for grant-free transmission
Systems, apparatuses, and methods are described for wireless communications. A base station may transmit wireless device-specific downlink control information comprising HARQ feedback to a wireless device. Coordinating a plurality of HARQ feedbacks may result in complicated processing at the base station and/or a delay to schedule a HARQ feedback for the wireless device. The transmission of the downlink control information may not require HARQ feedback from a wireless device. By reducing the transmission of HARQ feedback, the channel capacity utilized for error correction transmissions can be reduced, thereby enhancing resource utilization. |
| US12231237B2 |
Transmission device, reception device, transmission method, and reception method
According to the present invention, a base station can dynamically change a repetition transmission method as appropriate. In a base station (100), a repetition control unit (103) determines a data repetition pattern for a terminal (200). A transmission unit (109) repeatedly transmits data (repetition transmission) on the basis of the repetition pattern. The data repetition pattern corresponds to control information to be reported to the terminal (200) by dynamic signaling. |
| US12231235B2 |
Communication device, communication method, and program
The present disclosure relates to a communication device, a communication method, and a program that make it possible to provide higher communication quality.A retransmission detection unit acquires a message count included in a header of a packet transmitted from a communication device on a transmission side via a data channel, and detects the message count of the packet that is a candidate for which retransmission is requested as a retransmission candidate message count, and a retransmission request unit generates retransmission request data for requesting retransmission of the packet held to be enabled to be transmitted by the communication device on the transmission side among a plurality of the packets with the retransmission candidate message count. The present technology can be applied to, for example, a communication system mounted on a vehicle. |
| US12231233B2 |
Forward error correction bypass for reduced power
Techniques for forward error correction are disclosed. These techniques include receiving a forward error correction codeword transmitted over a communication network, the codeword including a parity portion and a payload portion. The techniques further include determining, based on the parity portion, to disable forward error correction for the codeword. The techniques further include disabling forward error correction for the codeword. |
| US12231232B2 |
Physical coding sublayer with modified bit ordering to improve error burst resiliency
Techniques are provided to provide modified bit sequences generated by the Physical Coding Sublayer (PCS) functional block in a way that considers the subsequent bit-mux operation of the Physical Media Attachment (PMA) sublayer functional block, in order to create symbol sequences for transmission over the physical channels with properties that optimize the performance of the Forward Error Correction (FEC) decoder with error bursts. |
| US12231231B2 |
Method for transmitting or receiving signal in wireless communication system and apparatus therefor
According to one embodiment of the present invention, a method of receiving DCI by a UE includes receiving bundling information regarding REGs via higher layer signaling, performing blind detection for a PDCCH in a CORESET configured on a plurality of OFDM symbols, and acquiring DCI from the PDCCH. When the bundling information indicates a first value, the UE may perform bundling such that only REGs locating on a same RB and corresponding to different OFDM symbols in the CORESET, are bundled as 1 REG bundle, and when the bundling information indicates a second value, the UE may perform bundling such that the REGs locating on the same RB and corresponding to the different OFDM symbols are bundled as 1 REG bundle along with REGs locating on different RBs in the CORESET, and the UE may perform the blind detection of the PDCCH by assuming same precoding for REGs belonging to a same REG bundle as a result of REG bundling. |
| US12231230B2 |
Distributed unit-based custom traffic insertion for live-air and non-live-air signals
The described technology is generally directed towards scheduling, by a distributed unit, the injection of custom traffic (signals/data) into a radio unit communications path. The distributed unit coordinates with the radio unit to schedule and synchronize such custom traffic in unscheduled (physical resource block), such as interleaved with to live-air and non-live-air traffic. The radio unit can request the unscheduled physical resource blocks for custom traffic to be inserted by the radio unit. Alternatively, the distributed unit can inject the custom traffic in otherwise unscheduled physical resource blocks for sending to the radio unit. The custom traffic is configured to perform some action by the radio unit, such as to perform antenna calibration, to perform test and measurement operations to obtain performance data, and the like. Performance data can be used, for example, to modify operating parameters of the radio unit to improve performance of the radio unit. |
| US12231229B1 |
Systems and methods for real-time transmission of digital data using a plurality of channels
Disclosed embodiments include systems, methods, and media for receiving and transmitting digital data over a plurality of channels. Disclosed embodiments may include receiving data from a plurality of sources through one or more networks. Disclosed embodiments may also include assigning a geographic area to the data from the plurality of sources, the geographic area corresponding to one or more locations associated with the data. Additionally, disclosed embodiments may include determining health effects for a predetermined location based on the data and its associated geographic locations. Further, disclosed embodiments may include generating, by querying a predetermined response database, instructions that address the determined health affects for the predetermined location, the instructions including an action and an associated device. And, disclosed embodiments may include transmitting, to the associated device, the action associated with the instructions. |
| US12231228B2 |
Techniques for enabling and disabling of a serializer/deserializer
Methods, systems, and devices for techniques for enabling and disabling of a serializer/deserializer are described. In some examples, a system may be configured to identify information to be transmitted by a serializer/deserializer over a communication channel and activate, based on identifying the information to be transmitted, both a transmission component and a reception component of the serializer/deserializer that are coupled with the communication channel. Additionally or alternatively, in some examples, a system may be configured to identify information to be received by a serializer/deserializer over a communication channel and activate, based on identifying the information to be received, both a transmission component and a reception component of the serializer/deserializer that are coupled with the communication channel. |
| US12231227B2 |
Transmission apparatus and transmission system
A transmission apparatus includes a signal power detector configured to detect signal power of a wavelength-multiplexed optical signal to be transmitted to a transmission line, a variable optical attenuator configured to attenuate the wavelength-multiplexed optical signal, and a processor configured to control an attenuation amount of the variable optical attenuator according to the signal power and whether a Raman amplifier in which pumping light is inputted to the transmission line exists. |
| US12231225B2 |
Remote control system and remote control method for magnetic capsule endoscope
A remote control system and a remote control method for a magnetic capsule endoscope are provided. The remote control system includes a console and a computing terminal device. The console includes a base and one or more joysticks installed on the base, where the joysticks generate a first electrical signal according to a shaking operation. The computing terminal device converts the first electrical signal to a first control instruction and sends the first control instruction to an industrial personal computer of a controlled device through a telecommunication connection. The first control instruction instructs a drive mechanism of the controlled device to drive a magnetic moving component of the controlled device to perform a first motion. The magnetic moving component controls the movement of the magnetic capsule endoscope through a magnetic field of the controlled device when the first motion is performed. |
| US12231223B2 |
Satellite cell reselection control method and related device
Satellite cell reselection control methods and related devices are provided. One satellite cell reselection control method includes: determining a current location status of the user equipment; determining a satellite cell reselection control parameter set corresponding to the current location status; and the performing satellite cell reselection control of the user equipment based on the obtained satellite cell reselection control parameter set. |
| US12231220B1 |
Multiple user access channel
A communications system may include a satellite and user equipment (UE) devices. When the UE devices have uplink (UL) packets to transmit, each UE device may randomly select a time slot within a finite time window associated with a time reference of the satellite. The UE device may identify a path length between itself and the satellite and may generate a timing advance based on the path length, the time reference, and the time slot. The satellite may begin to receive the UL packets within the time window and may search received signals over the time window to identify the UL packets. The satellite may recover data payloads from the identified UL packets and may pass the recovered data payloads up a protocol stack. By limiting the search to the time window, the satellite may correctly distinguish the UL packets while using a minimal amount of processing resources. |
| US12231209B2 |
Methods and systems for secondary cell beam recovery
Some embodiments of this disclosure include systems, apparatuses, methods, and computer-readable media for use in a wireless network for configuring and implementing secondary cell beam failure recovery procedures. For example, some embodiments are directed to a user equipment (UE) that includes radio front end circuitry and processor circuitry coupled to the radio front end circuitry. The processor circuitry can be configured to detect that a first beam associated with a secondary cell (SCell) is misaligned. The first beam is associated with a first reference signal (RS). The processor circuitry can further be configured to configure a beam failure recovery (BFR) procedure for the SCell and perform the BFR procedure to replace the first beam with a second beam, wherein the second beam is associated with the SCell. |
| US12231203B2 |
Terminal, radio communication method, and base station
A terminal according to an aspect of the present disclosure includes a control section that determines activation or deactivation for a panel, and a transmitting section that transmits a report related to determined activation or deactivation for the panel by including the report in at least one of channel state information and MAC control information (MAC CE). |
| US12231200B2 |
Techniques for hybrid beamforming codebook expansion beyond radio frequency integrated circuit memory
Various aspects of the present disclosure generally relate to wireless communication. In some aspects, a user equipment (UE) may identify a channel matrix of the UE. The UE may identify a set of beam weights according to the channel matrix. The UE may identify a set of beam properties based at least in part on an index, wherein the index is based at least in part on the set of beam weights, and wherein the index is identified without storing the set of beam weights in a long-term memory of the UE. The UE may generate a beam using the set of beam properties. Numerous other aspects are described. |
| US12231195B2 |
Integrated circuit
A precoding process is performed on a first baseband signal and a second baseband signal to generate a first precoding signal and a second precoding signal. A pilot signal is inserted into the first precoding signal and phase change is performed on the second precoding signal. A pilot signal is inserted into the phase changed second precoding signal, and phase change is further performed on the phase-changed second precoding signal with the pilot signal inserted. |
| US12231188B2 |
Scalable multiuser audio system and method
Described are systems, methods, apparatuses, and computer program products for wireless in-ear-monitoring (IEM) of audio. A system includes transmitter(s) configured to map orthogonal sub-carriers of a digital signal to narrowband receivers to form receiver-allocated audio channels, modulate the digital signal, and transmit the signal as an ultra-high frequency (UHF) analog carrier wave comprising the orthogonal sub-carriers to the nearby receiver. A narrowband receiver is configured to demodulate and sample the sub-carriers allocated to the receiver. Sub-carriers can be positioned orthogonal to one another in adjacent sub-bands of the frequency domain and beacon symbols and pilot signals can be iteratively provided in the same portion of the frequency domain for each channel. The receiver can use non-data-aided and data-aided approaches for synchronization of the time domain and frequency domain waveforms of the received signal to the transmitted signal prior to sampling the allocated sub-carriers. |
| US12231187B2 |
High speed data communications system for industrial use in packaged goods with out of band communications hand off
A method for providing an electronic device includes manufacturing the electronic device at a manufacturing location, wherein manufacturing the electronic device includes connecting a wireless receiver system to the electronic device. The method further includes packaging the electronic device at a packaging location. The method further includes wirelessly transmitting data to the electronic device at a data transmission site, wherein wirelessly transmitting the data to the electronic device is performed by transferring data via near field magnetic induction utilizing a wireless transmission system and transmitting data via an out of band communications system, the wireless transmission system configured to magnetically connect with the wireless receiver system associated with the electronic device. |
| US12231185B2 |
Crosstalk reduction in multi-channel acousto-optic modulators
Aspects of the present disclosure describe controlling coherent crosstalk errors in multi-channel acousto-optic modulators (AOMs). A method, an AOM system, and a quantum information processing (QIP) system are described in which a separate radio-frequency (RF) signal is generated and applied to each of multiple channels of a multi-channel AOM using an arbitrary waveform generator (AWG) to turn on each of those channels, where each channel that is turned on interacts with one or more of the remaining channels that are not turned on to cause a combined crosstalk effect on those remaining channels. Each channel has a single respective AWG. Moreover, a correcting RF signal is generated and applied to the one or more of the remaining channels using a respective AWG to produce an acoustic wave that corrects for the combined crosstalk effect such that the one or more of the remaining channels are not unintentionally turned on. |
| US12231181B2 |
Idle mode throughput projection using physical layer measurements
Disclosed are systems and techniques for wireless communications. For instance, a wireless device may receive a signal from a first wireless network while the wireless device is in an idle mode; determine, from the received signal, a signal to noise ratio (SNR) and a doppler shift; retrieve stored network capability information; and estimate, based on the SNR, the doppler shift, and the stored network capability information, a throughput of the first wireless network. |
| US12231171B2 |
Electronic devices with high frequency symbol generation
An electronic device may include an optical demultiplexer, optical combiners, optical paths between the demultiplexer and the combiners, modulators on the optical paths, and a symbol generator that generates a set of electrical OFDM symbols. The modulators may generate a set of optical OFDM symbols by mixing optical carriers with the electrical OFDM symbols. The combiners may generate an aggregate optical OFDM symbol from the optical OFDM symbols and may combine the aggregate optical OFDM symbol with an optical local oscillator signal. The aggregate optical OFDM symbol may exhibit a large bandwidth. The combiners may illuminate a photodiode, which produces current on an antenna resonating element that radiates a radio-frequency signal at frequencies greater than 100 GHz. |
| US12231168B2 |
Bit-wise inverse multiplexing for optical channels utilizing microLEDs
An optical communication system may include microLEDs for use in communicating data between chips or multi-chip modules. The number of microLEDs may be greater than a number of electrical data lines for carrying data to be communicated. Signals on the electrical data lines may be inverse multiplexed, for example to allow for operation of the microLEDs at a rate slower than operation of electrical circuitry generating signals on the electrical data lines. |
| US12231167B1 |
Display glasses in wireless Terahertz communication
Techniques for applying one or more terahertz transceivers in wearable display glasses are described. The one or more terahertz transceivers operate signals in Terahertz. When used on a pair of display glasses, these transceivers allow the display glasses to communicate with other devices wirelessly, including receiving/transmitting image date. |
| US12231165B2 |
Transmission device, reception device, communication system, transmission method, reception method, and communication method
Provided is a device, which is a transmission device that can improve performance, that includes: a light source; and a transmitter that generates a modulated signal based on an input signal and transmits the modulated signal from the light source as visible light by changing a luminance of the light source in accordance with the modulated signal. The transmitter includes, in the modulated signal, a plurality of items of information related to service set identifiers (SSIDs) of a plurality of mutually different access points in a wireless local area network (LAN), and transmits the modulated signal from the light source. |
| US12231162B2 |
Fault locating method, apparatus, and system
This application relates to the field of fiber-optic communication technologies, and provides a fault locating method, apparatus, and system. The method includes: obtaining a first correspondence between a receive time and receive power during reverse backhaul that occurs when a test optical signal that can be reflected by a reflection component disposed at each port of at least one stage of optical splitter is in downlink transmission in an ODN, where reverse backhaul includes backscatter and reflection or includes backscatter; determining, based on the first correspondence, a second correspondence between a transmission distance and receive power during reverse backhaul that occurs when a test optical signal is in downlink transmission in an optical fiber between each port of the at least one stage of optical splitter and a component connected to the port; and locating a fault in the ODN based on the second correspondence. |
| US12231156B2 |
Techniques for controlling specific absorption rate of radio energy transmission
The disclosure relates to techniques for controlling Specific Absorption Rate (SAR) of radio energy transmission. In particular, the disclosure relates to a radio device and a method for controlling radio energy transmission of a plurality of radio entities to comply with a predefined SAR requirement. Such a radio device includes: a plurality of radio entities configured to transmit radio energy; and a controller configured to control the radio energy transmission of the plurality of radio entities to comply with a predefined Specific Absorption Rate, SAR, requirement, wherein the controller is configured to enable at least two radio entities of the plurality of radio entities operating concurrently based on a shared SAR transmission power restriction which allows the at least two radio entities transmitting concurrently at a predefined duty cycle, in particular at 100% duty cycle, without violating the SAR requirement. The disclosure further relates to a method for dynamic management of a SAR budget across multiple radio entities. |
| US12231155B2 |
Peak and gain calibration of a receiver in an isolation product
A method includes adjusting a peaking frequency of a receiver signal path of a first integrated circuit die of the isolator product and a gain of the receiver signal path based on a predetermined peaking frequency, a predetermined gain, a first level of a diagnostic signal during a first interval, and a second level of the diagnostic signal during a second interval. The first interval and the second interval can be non-overlapping intervals. |
| US12231154B2 |
Integrated high speed wireless transceiver
A direct digital radio having a high-speed RF front end in communication with an antenna, and a radio subsystem that can be configured to form a programmable multi-standard transceiver system. The high-speed RF front including RF inputs configured to receive a plurality of radio frequencies (e.g., frequencies between 400 MHz to 7.2 GHz, millimeter wave frequency signals, etc.) and wideband low noise amplifiers provides amplified signals to RF data converters, analog interfaces, digital interfaces, component interfaces, etc. The programmable multi-standard transceiver is operable in frequencies compatible with multiple networks such as private LTE and 5G networks as well as other wireless IoT standards and WiFi in multi-standard network access equipment. The programmable multi-standard transceiver can greatly reduce complexity for the baseband processing, lower the cost of the overall transceiver system, reduce power consumption, and at the same time, benefit from improvements on the digital functions through integration. |
| US12231153B2 |
Practical design techniques for cellular and WiFi co-enabled systems
A system for distributed phased array multiple input multiple output (DPA-MIMO) communications is disclosed. The system includes beamforming (BF) modules. Each BF module comprises a beamforming antenna, a downconverter that downconverts a beamformed antenna radio frequency signal to an intermediate frequency signal, and an upconverter that upconverts an intermediate frequency signal to a radio frequency signal and sends said radio frequency signal to said beamforming antenna for transmission. The system further includes intermediate frequency (IF) radios. Each IF radio comprises a downconverter that downconverts an intermediate frequency signal sent from a BF module to a baseband signal, and an upconverter that upconverts said baseband signal to an intermediate frequency signal that is transmitted to a beamforming module. The system can be designed for a wearable virtual reality (VR) device, a VR base station, an automotive vehicle, an aerial vehicle, a high altitude platform (HAP) system, and a foldable handheld device. |
| US12231149B2 |
Method, apparatus, and device for decoding error correction code, and storage medium
A method for decoding an error correction code is provided. The method includes: acquiring a Galois field equation corresponding to the error correction code; determining a target relational expression corresponding to error locations after decoding the error correction code; determining multiple conjugate location pairs based on the target relational expression; determining a first polynomial corresponding to an exponential coefficient of a first location in a conjugate location pair and a second polynomial corresponding to an exponential coefficient of a second location in the conjugate location pair based on a correspondence table between exponents and polynomials; performing an exclusive OR operation on coefficients of the first polynomial and the second polynomial to obtain an exclusive OR result; and determining the first location and the second location as error locations, in a case that the exclusive OR result matches a target coefficient of the Galois field equation. |
| US12231147B2 |
Data structure reconfiguration for low density parity checks (LDPCs) in memory systems
This application is directed to compressing check node data for an electronic device. The electronic device identifies a check node corresponding to a subset of codeword symbols in a block of data and determines check node data that indicates a likelihood of the subset of codeword symbols being erroneous. A set of data bits are determined based on a value combination of data items of the check node data to uniquely identify the value combination among a set of selected value combinations according to a predefined relationship. The electronic device stores, in a memory block, the set of data bits representing the data items of the check node data of the check node. Each data item requires more data bits to represent all possible values of the respective data item than data bits of the set of data bits. |
| US12231145B1 |
Systems and methods for digital signal synthesis with variable sample rate DAC
Systems and methods for digital signal synthesis with variable sample rate digital-to-analog converters (DACs) in accordance with various embodiments of the invention are described. One embodiment includes a digital frequency generator that includes a direct digital frequency synthesizer (DDFS); a digital-to-analog converter (DAC); a frequency/phase estimation circuit; a stable reference clock (REF CLK); a variable frequency sample clock; a frequency control word (FCW); where the DAC is sampled by the variable frequency sample clock; where the DDFS is clocked by the variable frequency sample clock; where the frequency/phase estimation circuit receives as inputs the stable REF CLK and the variable frequency sample clock and estimates a FCW frequency error and adjusts the FCW to the DDFS; where the DDFS receives the FCW and outputs a digital sine codeword at the variable frequency sample clock to the DAC, where the FCW to the DDFS is continuously adjusted to track the variable frequency sample clock. |
| US12231144B2 |
Analog-to-digital converter and operation method thereof
An analog-to-digital converter (ADC) and an operation method thereof are provided. The ADC includes: a comparator which compares a signal input through a first input terminal and a signal input through a second input terminal, and outputs an output value according to the comparison result. A successive approximation register receives the output value of the comparator, sets digital signal values from a most significant bit to a least significant bit, and outputs the digital signal values. A digital-to-analog converter receives the digital signal values, and converts it into an analog signal based on a reference voltage Vref, and outputs it to the second input terminal. A noise component is added to the input signal and to the analog signal Vdac′. |
| US12231141B2 |
Analog-to-digital converter, signal conversion device, and signal conversion method
Disclosure regards a signal conversion device and method and an analog-to-digital converter, including a channel module including a plurality of sampling channels, wherein each of the plurality of sampling channels is configured to receive an analog signal; a timing-control module configured to provide a plurality of candidate sequences including a first sequence and a second sequence for the same sampling channel, wherein the timing-control module sets a first sampling time corresponding to the first sequence and a second sampling time corresponding to the second sequence; a conversion module electrically coupled to the timing-control module and the channel module, wherein the conversion module is configured to convert the analog signal from the same sampling channel into a digital signal in response to an order and sampling times defined by the candidate sequences. Therefore, problems of poor sampling accuracy and flexibility in the current sampling technologies are effectively solved. |
| US12231138B2 |
Analog-to-digital converter (ADC) with reference ADC path receiving attenuated input to generate error codes for second and third harmonics by counting negative and positive codes
An interleaved Analog-to-Digital Converter (ADC) has a reference channel receiving an attenuated analog input. The reference channel is also calibrated to remove capacitor-ratio mismatch, static, and dynamic mismatches and produces a linear replica of the data channels with negligible nonlinear errors due to attenuation. Nonlinear errors on the data channels are corrected by Harmonic Distortion HD2 and HD3 coefficients. A counter increments when the sign bit of a nonlinear-corrected channel code is negative. The count is doubled and reduced by a number of samples to generate a HD2 cost function that adjusts the HD2 coefficient in a LMS loop. A HD3 correlation is generated by multiplying the reference channel output by its difference with the nonlinear-corrected channel code. The sign of the correlation code increments a second counter which generates a HD3 cost function whose sign bit adjusts the HD3 coefficient. These 2 counters generate cost functions, eliminating sample storage. |
| US12231137B2 |
Hybrid analog-to-digital converter with inverter-based residue amplifier
An apparatus and method for analog to digital conversion of analog input signals are disclosed herein. In some embodiments, an analog-to-digital (ADC) may comprise: a first successive approximation register (SAR) circuit comprising a fast SAR (FSAR) circuit and a residue digital-to-analog converter (RDAC) circuit and a residue amplifier circuit, coupled to the RDAC circuit, comprising an amplifier circuit that is configured to amplify a residual signal generated by the RDAC circuit, wherein the amplifier circuit comprises a deadzone control circuit and a first, second and third inverter stages, wherein the third stage is biased to operate in a sub-threshold region. |
| US12231136B2 |
Type-I PLLs for phase-controlled applications
A type I phase locked loop (PLL) includes an oscillator and a feedback path to a phase detector. A first frequency and first relative phase of a first output signal are locked to a frequency and a phase of a first input signal. A second frequency and second relative phase of a second output signal are locked to a frequency and a phase of a second input signal. A correction to the PLL is applied to perform one of: adjusting the second relative phase to equal the first relative phase and adjusting the oscillator frequency. |
| US12231135B1 |
Method and apparatus for tuning a synthesizer
A method and/or apparatus for tuning a frequency synthesizer device toward a prescribed frequency may input a signal into the input of the frequency synthesizer to produce an output signal having an output frequency, select a first one of a set of the above noted prescribed coarse curves, and compare the magnitude of the difference between the prescribed frequency and the output frequency. Next, the method selects a second of the set of coarse curves as a function of the magnitude of the difference between the prescribed frequency and the output frequency. Preferably, the method selects the second of the set of coarse curves by selecting one or more of the coarse curves out of the sequential frequency order as a function of the magnitude of the difference between the prescribed frequency and the output frequency. |
| US12231128B2 |
Frequency selective limiter having reduced spike leakage
Described is a frequency selective limiter (FSL) module comprising a cascade of an FSL and a functional limiter (e.g. a conventional semiconductor limiter comprising a PIN diode) with steady state limiting and power threshold values selected such the FSL module provides suppression of a spike leakage power and while still enabling frequency selective limiting. |
| US12231121B2 |
Multi-bit level shifter with shared enable signals
A circuit includes a control inverter, a first latch circuit, and a second latch circuit. The control inverter receives a control signal to generate a reverse control signal. The first latch circuit is activated by the reverse control signal to convert a first input signal ranging from the first supply voltage to the ground into a first output signal ranging from the second supply voltage to the ground. The second latch circuit is activated by the reverse control signal to convert a second input signal ranging from a first supply voltage to the ground into a second output signal ranging from the second supply voltage to the ground. The first supply voltage and the second supply voltage are different. |
| US12231113B2 |
Rotation in XY plane to suppress spurious modes in XBAR devices
Acoustic resonator devices, filter devices, and methods of fabrication are disclosed. An acoustic resonator includes a substrate having a surface and a single-crystal piezoelectric plate having front and back surfaces. The back surface is attached to the surface of the substrate except for a portion of the piezoelectric plate forming a diaphragm that spans a cavity in the substrate. An interdigital transducer (IDT) is formed on the front surface of the single-crystal piezoelectric plate such that interleaved fingers of the IDT are disposed on the diaphragm. The IDT is configured to excite a primary acoustic mode in the diaphragm in response to a radio frequency signal applied to the IDT. The interleaved fingers extend at an oblique angle to an Z crystalline axis of the piezoelectric plate. |
| US12231108B2 |
Acoustic wave resonator, RF filter circuit and system
An RF filter system includes a plurality of bulk acoustic wave resonators arranged in a circuit having serial and parallel shunt configurations of resonators. Each resonator having a reflector, a support member including a surface, a first electrode including tungsten, overlying the reflector, a piezoelectric film including crystalline aluminum scandium nitride overlapping the first electrode, a second electrode including tungsten overlapping the piezoelectric film and the first electrode, and a passivation layer including silicon nitride overlying the second electrode. Portions of the support member surface of at least one resonator define a cavity region having a portion of the first electrode of the at least one resonator is located within the cavity region. The pass band circuit response has a bandwidth corresponding to a thickness of at least one of the first electrode, piezoelectric film, second electrode, and passivation layer. The system can include single crystal or polycrystalline BAW resonators. |
| US12231107B2 |
Matching circuits for phase change material switches
Circuits and methods that provide wider bandwidth and smaller IM inductances for phase change material (PCM) based RF switch networks. The present invention recognizes that it is beneficial to consider the total high parasitic capacitance to ground of the various PCM switches in an RF switch network as constituting two or more separate capacitive contributions. This leads to several “split capacitance” concepts, including signal-path splitting, switch-block splitting, stacked-switch splitting, and splitting parasitic capacitances due to layout discontinuities, in which compensating impedance matching inductances are inserted between additive capacitances. |
| US12231106B2 |
Apparatuses and methods for calibrating adjustable impedances of a semiconductor device
Apparatuses and methods for calibrating adjustable impedances of a semiconductor device are disclosed in the present application. An example apparatus includes a register configured to store impedance calibration information and further includes programmable termination resistances having a programmable impedance. The example apparatus further includes an impedance calibration circuit configured to perform a calibration operation to determine calibration parameters for setting the programmable impedance of the programmable termination resistances. The impedance calibration circuit is further configured to program the impedance calibration information in the register related to the calibration operation. |
| US12231105B2 |
Switchable termination resistance circuit
A switchable termination resistance circuit for a transceiver physical layer interface. Example embodiments include a switchable termination resistance circuit for a transmission line transceiver, the switchable termination resistance circuit comprising: first and second terminals for connection to a transmission line; first and second NMOS termination resistance switches having source connections connected together at a midpoint node and gate connections connected to an input node; a first resistor connected between the first terminal and a drain connection of the first NMOS termination resistance switch; a second resistor connected between the second terminal and a drain connection of the second NMOS termination resistance switch; a Zener diode having a cathode side connected to the input node and an anode side connected to the midpoint node; and a branch comprising a second Zener diode, a branch diode, a branch NMOS switch and a branch PMOS switch in a series connected arrangement between the midpoint node and a ground line. |
| US12231104B2 |
Variable attenuation circuit utilizing varactor diodes
A variable attenuator circuit is disclosed. The variable attenuator circuit comprises a plurality of varactor diodes configured to attenuate an RF signal between an RF input and an RF output; a reference voltage input, and a control voltage input configured to vary the attenuation of the variable attenuator circuit based upon a control voltage. A radio frequency module and wireless device comprising said variable attenuator are also provided. |
| US12231102B2 |
Audio amplifier with embedded buck controller for class-G application
An audio amplifier includes: a buck controller configured to control an output voltage at a first supply terminal, the output voltage selected from a set including a plurality of output voltages, where the output voltage takes a settling time to settle; a first audio bridge including: a class-AB driver stage coupled to the first supply terminal, and a delay insertion circuit configured to receive a processed digital stream and provide the processed digital stream to the class-AB driver stage a delay time after receiving the processed digital stream, where the delay time is based on the settling time; and an audio amplitude detector configured to detect a first peak amplitude in the first digital audio stream, where the buck controller is configured to select a lowest output voltage from the set that is higher than the first peak amplitude plus a headroom voltage. |
| US12231101B2 |
Harmonic control-based class-J distributed power amplifier and optimization method thereof
Provided are a harmonic control-based class-J distributed power amplifier and an optimization method thereof. The object of the present disclosure aims to solve the problems of low output power, low efficiency and low gain of distributed amplifiers resulting from non-uniform drive states of transistors at different positions and the like in the distributed amplifiers. The harmonic control-based distributed power amplifier includes an input artificial uniform transmission line, an output artificial non-uniform transmission line, and plural gain units. Two ports of the output artificial non-uniform transmission line are respectively connected with reactive terminals, and in each gain unit, a gate electrode of a transistor is connected with an RC parallel resonant circuit. In the present disclosure, based on load pull method and harmonic control technology, a purely reactive terminal network is added in the NDA terminal open-circuit structure. |
| US12231099B2 |
Composite cascode power amplifiers for envelope tracking applications
Composite cascode power amplifiers for envelope tracking applications are provided herein. In certain embodiments, an envelope tracking system includes a composite cascode power amplifier that amplifies a radio frequency (RF) signal and that receives power from a power amplifier supply voltage, and an envelope tracker that generates the power amplifier supply voltage based on an envelope of the RF signal. The composite cascode power amplifier includes an enhancement mode (E-MODE) field-effect transistor (FET) for amplifying the RF signal and a depletion mode (D-MODE) FET in cascode with the E-MODE FET. |
| US12231090B2 |
Reconfigurable asymmetrical load-modulated balanced amplifiers
Described herein is a reconfigurable asymmetrical load-modulated balanced amplifier. The reconfigurable asymmetrical load-modulated balanced amplifier can include a radio frequency (RF) input port, an RF output port, a peaking amplifier circuit operably coupled between the RF input and RF output ports, where the peaking amplifier circuit is a balanced amplifier that comprises a pair of asymmetrical power amplifiers, and a carrier amplifier circuit operably coupled to the RF input port. |
| US12231086B2 |
Switch circuit and programmable connection chip
A switching circuit includes a transmission gate, two base control sub-circuits each including a first transistor and a second transistor, a third transistor, and a fourth transistor. The transmission gate includes two I/O terminals, two gate control terminals, and two base control terminals, and is configured to conduct or not conduct the two I/O terminals according to the voltage of the two gate control terminals. The two base voltage control sub-circuits, the third transistor and the fourth transistor forms a double balance circuit structure and is electrically connected to the transmission gate. The double balance circuit changes the voltage of the base control terminals according to the voltage of the I/O terminals of the transmission gate. |
| US12231083B2 |
Low-cost, solar-powered nanogrid
An electrical supply system has a carport appliance with a framework supporting a plurality of PV panels and a system controller having a PV inverter coupled to the PV panels of the carport appliance. The PV inverter is adapted to provide current to charge electrically powered vehicles, and has a regulated bus coupled to electrical apparatus providing surge capacity for the supply system. In one instance the system controller has an AC output to input of a distribution apparatus for a residence or a business. |
| US12231082B2 |
Support frames for solar trackers
A pier for a solar tracking system includes a bearing housing assembly, a frame, the frame defining an A-profile having a pair of legs and a crown at a center portion thereof, and a mounting bracket, the mounting bracket coupled to a portion of the crown of the frame at a first portion thereof and coupled to a portion of the bearing housing assembly at a second portion thereof. |
| US12231081B2 |
PV module mounting assembly with clamp/standoff arrangement
A mounting assembly for use in mid-grab and/or edge-grab applications may include a clamp secured to a stanchion by a clamping fastener. The mounting assembly may also include a mounting plate which may be secured to a mounting device by the stanchion. The mounting assembly may be used, for example, to secure photovoltaic modules (or other devices or structures) of varying heights to a roof or other building surface. |
| US12231078B1 |
Solar module mounting assemblies
A mounting assembly, for fixing a solar module to a torque tube, includes a rail and a saddle. The rail includes first and second sides, first and second solar module mounting apertures at the first side, and first and second saddle mounting apertures at the second side. The saddle includes a saddle body and first and second saddle arms each extending from the saddle body. The first saddle arm includes a first mounting aperture and the second saddle arm includes a second mounting aperture. The first saddle mounting aperture and the first mounting aperture are configured to receive a first fastening member to form a first connection between the rail and the saddle. And the second saddle mounting aperture and the second mounting aperture are configured to receive a second fastening member to form a second connection between the rail and the saddle. |
| US12231077B2 |
Rotation apparatus of pole system for photovoltaic power generation
Disclosed is a rotation apparatus of a pole system for photovoltaic power generation, the rotation apparatus comprising: a first tubular body connected to a solar panel array; a second tubular body coupled to a lower portion of the first tubular body and fixed on the upper end of a pole; a gear unit for transferring rotating force to the first tubular body; a driving motor for providing the gear unit with the rotating force; and a contact part of at least 3-points of contact, which is installed on coupling portions of the first tubular body and the second tubular body and maintains a contact state during the relative rotation of the first and second tubular bodies to transfer the power or a signal. |
| US12231076B1 |
Rail-less mounting system and devices for attaching solar modules to roofs
This disclosure discusses devices, systems, and methods for attaching solar modules to roofs. The devices allow for pre-assembly of clamping devices to the solar modules on the ground and subsequent installation on the roof. End clamps may be preinstalled on the trailing-edge of modules. Module hook brackets may be preinstalled to the leading edge of non-first row modules. The system uses edge splices and loop splices to secure modules together within a row. Subsequent rows are installed by rotationally engaging the loop splices with module hook brackets. The system may use separate devices for roof attachment and inter-module attachment. This separation between roof-securing devices and inter-module securing devices allow the present system to assemble quickly and allows for greater flexibility in design, span, and module placement. |
| US12231074B2 |
Control method and control apparatus for voltage source-type wind turbine
The present disclosure provides a control method and control apparatus for a voltage source-type wind turbine. The control method comprises: performing a proportional-integral-derivative operation on a deviation between a DC bus voltage measurement value and DC bus voltage reference value of a wind turbine to obtain an active power deviation; determining a virtual angular frequency deviation on the basis of the active power deviation; determining a virtual internal potential phase on the basis of the virtual angular frequency deviation; obtaining a d-axis virtual impedance output and an q-axis virtual impedance output by means of inputting a grid-connected current in a dq coordinate system to a virtual impedance module; on the basis of the virtual angular frequency deviation, a reactive power setting value and reactive power measurement value of the wind turbine, a rated voltage amplitude of a grid, the d-axis virtual impedance output and the q-axis virtual impedance output, determining a d-axis component and q-axis component of a modulation voltage; and controlling an injection voltage of a grid-connected point of the wind turbine according to the virtual internal potential phase and the d-axis component and q-axis component of the modulation voltage. |
| US12231073B2 |
Propulsion channel for aircraft
A propulsion channel for aircraft at least one first dual-fed polyphase asynchronous rotating electric machine configured to be mechanically coupled to a turbine engine. The propulsion channel further includes at least one second polyphase rotating electric machine electrically coupled to the first asynchronous rotating electric machine, and a control and storage module configured to control the first polyphase asynchronous rotating electric machine. The module is connected to the first dual-feed polyphase asynchronous rotating electric machine as well as to the at least second polyphase rotating electric machine. The at least second polyphase rotating electric machine includes a polyphase synchronous rotating electric machine with permanent magnet. |
| US12231072B2 |
Encoderless motor with improved granularity and methods of use
A DC electric motor having a stator mounted to a substrate, the stator having a coil assembly having a magnetic core, a rotor mounted to the stator with permanent magnets distributed radially about the rotor, the permanent magnets extending beyond the magnetic core, and sensors mounted to the substrate adjacent the permanent magnets. During operation of the motor passage of the permanent magnets over the sensors produces a substantially sinusoidal signal of varying voltage substantially without noise and/or saturation, allowing an angular position of the rotor relative the substrate to be determined from linear portions of the sinusoidal signal without requiring use of an encoder or position sensors and without requiring noise-reduction or filtering of the signal. |
| US12231071B2 |
Method of controlling a brushless permanent magnet motor
A method of controlling a brushless permanent magnet motor includes determining a motor operating target. The method includes comparing the motor operating target to a set of pre-determined excitation timing parameter relationships. The method includes operating the motor in accordance with an excitation timing parameter relationship determined from the set of pre-determined excitation timing parameter relationships to provide a motor operating response close to the motor operating target. The method includes measuring a measured motor operating response, comparing the measured motor operating response to the motor operating target, and applying a correction factor to an excitation timing parameter of the motor when the measured motor operating response does not match the motor operating target, such that the measured motor operating response moves toward the motor operating target. |
| US12231070B2 |
Minimizing dc-link current ripple and acoustic noise, and reducing DC-link capacitor requirement, for electric motors
A method performed by a controller of an electric motor, including generating control parameters, the step of generating control parameters selected from: inputting a given reference torque (Tref) and a speed command to a torque generation lookup table (LUT) such that the step of generating the control parameters includes the torque generation lookup table at the given reference torque and the speed command; or utilizing an analytical model that includes one or more analytical equations or one or more functions; inputting the control parameters to a DC-link current ripple, torque ripple, and radial force ripple minimization lookup table; inputting position to the DC-link current ripple, torque ripple, and radial force ripple minimization lookup table; generating a reference current profile from the DC-link current ripple, torque ripple, and radial force ripple minimization lookup table; and inputting the reference current profile to the electric motor. Additional methods are disclosed. |
| US12231069B2 |
Controller and drive circuit for electric motors
An electric motor system is described. The electric motor system includes a drive circuit including an inverter configured to supply variable frequency current and a contactor configured to supply line frequency current. The electric motor system also includes an electric motor coupled to the drive circuit wherein the electric motor is communicatively coupled to a controller. The controller is configured to control the inverter to supply variable frequency current to the electric motor, thereby operating the electric motor at a motor speed, and determine, based upon at least one input parameter, a maximum potential motor speed the inverter can achieve. The controller is also configured to receive a command to operate the electric motor at line frequency current and control the drive circuit to transition from supplying variable frequency current to supplying line frequency current before the maximum potential motor speed the inverter can achieve is reached. |
| US12231064B2 |
Method for estimating the electromagnetic torque of a synchronous electric machine
A device estimates the electromagnetic torque of a three-phase synchronous electric machine including permanent magnets. The device includes: a first flux estimator including two integrators of electromotive force for estimating the respective components of the flux in a fixed two-phase coordinate system tied to the stator, an estimator for estimating the torque from the respective estimated-flux components, a second flux estimator that uses currents expressed in a rotating two-phase coordinate system tied to the rotor, with an observer for determining variables that characterize magnetic uncertainties of the machine with a view to correcting the flux estimation of the second estimator, and a detector for generating a signal for resetting initial flux conditions of the two integrators based on the flux estimation delivered by the second estimator, when the discrepancy between the estimated torque and a setpoint torque is higher than a predefined threshold. |
| US12231062B1 |
High-voltage three-phase four-bridge-arm topology structure and inverter
Disclosed are a high-voltage three-phase four-bridge-arm topology structure and an inverter. The topology structure includes four bridge-arm circuits and a converter; one end of first bridge-arm circuit is connected to an A-phase high voltage line and the other end is connected to a first conversion module, one end of second bridge-arm circuit to a B-phase high voltage line and the other end to a second conversion module; one end of third bridge-arm circuit to a C-phase high voltage line and the other end to a third conversion module; one end of fourth bridge arm circuit to a ground line and the other end to a fourth conversion module, and the fourth bridge arm circuit is used to perform voltage compensation on the output voltages of the first bridge arm circuit, second bridge arm circuit, and third bridge arm circuit when the three phase high voltage lines are unbalanced. |
| US12231059B2 |
Method for controlling a multilevel inverter with a split DC link
To improve voltage balancing at the DC link capacitor voltages of a multi-level inverter with a split DC link a modulation signal with a modulation signal amplitude as even harmonic signal of the output voltage or output current of the inverter is calculated from an actual electric power difference of the actual electric powers at the DC link capacitors and is superimposed onto the setpoint value for setting an output voltage or output current of the inverter. |
| US12231056B2 |
Integrated energy supply system and methods to provide regulated AC and low voltage DC
Both AC and DC Power supply systems that may be connected directly to. AC mains and are integrated on silicon are described. The AC systems include both simple on/off capabilities as well as phase control capabilities. The DC power supply may be fixed, adjustable as through a potentiometer and programmable. The power supply systems use newly invented components of AC/DC converters and bidirectional MOSFET switches. |
| US12231054B2 |
Motor integrated inverter apparatus
A motor integrated inverter apparatus includes a drive motor on which a decelerator is installed, and an inverter installed to be directly connected to the drive motor. The inverter includes an inverter cover installed on a side of the drive motor and having an installation space defined therein, a capacitor having the installation space defined in the inverter cover so that an end of the drive shaft is inserted into the installation space, a control board installed on a side of the capacitor, and a cooling part installed between the control board and the capacitor. |
| US12231049B2 |
DC-DC converter and method of controlling the same
A DC-DC converter is disclosed having an electronic switch network having a supply node, a ground node, an output node, a first inductor node, a second inductor node, and switch control inputs. An inductor is coupled between the first inductor node and the second inductor node. Control logic circuitry has switch control outputs coupled to the switch control inputs, wherein the control logic circuitry is configured to cause the electronic switch network to couple the inductor between the supply node and the output node to provide current flow through the inductor for a fixed time period, and at the end of the fixed time period to measure a check time period until the current flow through the inductor is equal to predetermined current value, and based upon the measured check time period to determine to switch between buck operation and boost operation or boost operation and buck operation. |
| US12231046B2 |
Radio frequency switch generator applicable to 1.8 V and 1.2 V power supplies
A radio frequency switch generator applicable to 1.8 V and 1.2 V power supplies, which relates to the technical field of radio frequency switches. The present invention comprises a bandgap reference circuit, a linear voltage regulator circuit, a boost circuit, a ring oscillator circuit and a negative voltage circuit; wherein both the boost circuit and the ring oscillator circuit adopt an independent linear voltage stabilizing circuit as a power supply voltage source; square signals generated by the ring oscillator circuit are regarded as input signals of the boost circuit and the negative voltage circuit; and positive voltage is finally obtained after the boost circuit is subjected to double boosting twice, and negative voltage is finally obtained after the negative voltage circuit is subjected to three-level cascading. |
| US12231037B2 |
Switching power supply device
In a switching power supply device, a control circuit controls a first thyristor, a second thyristor, and a switching element according to an input voltage. The control circuit maintains the first thyristor in an on state while maintaining the second thyristor and the switching element in an off state in a first period in which the absolute amplitude value is equal to or less than a first threshold value within the latter half of a first half-cycle of the input voltage at startup, and maintains the second thyristor in an on state while maintaining the first thyristor and the switching element in an off state in a second period in which the absolute amplitude value is equal to or less than a second threshold value within the latter half of a second half-cycle of the input voltage at startup. The second half-cycle is the half-cycle following the first half-cycle. |
| US12231031B2 |
Cascaded power electronic transformer and control method therefor
A cascaded power electronic transformer and a method for controlling the same are provided. The method includes: calculating electrical angles θi1 and θkps of an sth transformer and a compensation electrical angle θj of a jth transformer; adding the compensation electrical angle θj to the electrical angle θkps of the jth transformer, to obtain a compensated electrical angle θkps of the jth transformer; and calculating a square wave of a bridge arm voltage of each of the m primary converters and the r secondary converters of the sth transformer based on the electrical angle θi1 and the electrical angle θkps of the sth transformer after compensation. |
| US12231027B2 |
Chain-link converters
A chain-link converter includes a number of series-connected chain-link modules. Each chain-link module has a module controller that is programmed to control operation of the corresponding chain-link module to selectively provide a voltage source, whereby the chain-link converter is able to provide a stepped variable voltage source. The chain-link converter also includes a chain-link converter controller that is arranged in communication with each module controller, and which is programmed to, in-use, communicate to a number of the module controllers a measured converter current (IDC) that is flowing through the chain-link converter. The module controllers that receive the measured converter current (IDC) is each further programmed, in-use, to combine the measured converter current (IDC) with a measured rate of change of current (IAC) flowing through the corresponding chain-link module, to establish an instantaneous module current (Ii) that is flowing through the corresponding chain-link module. |
| US12231026B2 |
Stator for a rotating electrical machine
A stator for a rotating electrical machine is disclosed, the stator comprising a stack of stator laminations (20) forming a stator core (48; 60; 74; 80; 82). A lamination (20) comprises a plurality of cooling fins (28) arranged in at least one group of at least two fins. The cooling fins in a group are connected by a peripheral connecting member (30). The laminations are arranged in packs of at least one lamination. A group of fins (28) in one pack of laminations lies circumferentially between two adjacent groups of fins in an adjacent pack of laminations. A cooling fin (28) in one pack of laminations is interposed between two cooling fins in a group of cooling fins in another non-adjacent pack of laminations. This can allow a good thermal performance to be achieved while at the same time providing good mechanical strength and being cost effective to manufacture. |
| US12231023B2 |
Enhanced convective rotor cooling
According to various aspects, exemplary embodiments of an electric motor are provided herein. In one embodiment of this disclosure, an electric motor includes a rotor, at least one end of the rotor includes at least one blade and at least one array of micro-features, wherein heat generated by the rotor is dissipated by the at least one blade and the at least one array of micro-features.In another embodiment, a method of manufacturing an electric motor having a rotor, the method comprising machining a piece of conductive material to create micro-features on at least one end of the conductive material; and inserting the conductive material into the rotor. |
| US12231019B2 |
Rotary electrical machine
A rotary electrical machine includes a rotor, a stator, and a housing having a flow passage section. The flow passage section has an inner circumferential wall that makes contact with an outer circumferential surface of the stator, an outer circumferential wall arranged on the outside of the inner circumferential wall in the radial direction, and a partition wall section, which is provided in a portion in the circumferential direction, and connects the inner circumferential wall and the outer circumferential wall in the radial direction. The stator has a yoke section extending in the circumferential direction, and a plurality of teeth extending radially inward from the yoke section. The yoke section has a first portion connected to each of the teeth, and a second portion arranged between two first portions adjacent to each other in the circumferential direction. The partition wall section faces the second portion in the radial direction. |
| US12231015B2 |
Rotating electrical machine
The rotating electrical machine disclosed in the present application provides a rotor shafts supported by bearings, a rotor attached to the rotor shaft and rotates with the rotor shaft, a stator that surrounds the rotor through a gap so that the rotor can rotate, a frame that surrounds the rotor and the stator, an outer circumference of the stator is attached to an inner circumference of the frame, and an annular member provided along the inner circumference of the frame to prevent foreign matter existing at the boundary part between the frame and the stator from moving to a region different from the boundary part, it prevents foreign matter generated in the manufacturing process of the rotating electrical machine, such as shavings of a frame, from being scattered inside the rotating electrical machine. |
| US12231014B1 |
Modular axial field rotary energy device with PCB stator and enhanced variable frequency drive system
A system has an axial field rotary energy device with a housing, an axis and a rotor with a shaft, bearings, rotor disks and permanent magnets. A printed circuit board (PCB) stator is between the rotor disks to define an air gap on each side thereof. A variable frequency drive (VFD) assembly has a VFD housing and first pads coupled to inductors to facilitate heat removal from the inductors. A concave cradle is coupled to a ferromagnetic core and has a same contour as an outer surface of the ferromagnetic core. A second pad is coupled to a rectifier module. A third pad is coupled to switching devices and has pins to align the switching devices with the third pad. Standoffs are coupled to the VFD housing to support a first printed circuit board assembly (PCBA). A second PCBA is mounted to a shield plate above the first PCBA. |
| US12231013B2 |
Electrical winding for a rotating electrical machine
A winding for an active portion of a rotary electric machine has at least one phase system including a plurality of phases each including a first energizing pin and a second energizing pin each forming a phase input or output. Each energizing pin includes an energizing end that extends out of the slot and each energizing end that forms a phase output being electrically connected to an energizing end that forms a phase input of a different phase, in order to achieve a delta configuration. The winding includes a first set including at least one energizing end forming a phase input and at least one other energizing end forming a phase output, and a second set including at least one energizing end forming a phase input and at least one other energizing end forming a phase output. |
| US12231011B2 |
Rotary electric machine stator with simplified winding
Stator (2) for a rotary electric machine (1), comprising a stator mass (25) comprising slots (21), electrical conductors (22) accommodated in the slots (21) forming a multiphase winding having at least a first phase (a) and a second phase (b), an input electrical conductor (A) of the first phase (a) being located in a first slot (slot number 1), one or more electrical conductors of the second phase (b) being located in a second slot (slot number 2), the second slot immediately following the first slot when going circumferentially around the axis of rotation of the machine, in the direction of flow of the electric current around the axis of rotation of the machine. |
| US12231007B2 |
Systems and methods to mitigate electrical voltage on a rotating shaft immersed in oil
Systems and methods to mitigate electrical voltage on a rotating shaft in an oil rich environment exposed to a viscous fluid or immersed in oil are disclosed. An example grounding brush assembly includes a plurality of conductive filaments configured to extend through the viscous medium surrounding the rotating shaft to be in electrical contact with the rotating shaft when the brush assembly is disposed proximate the shaft. |
| US12231006B2 |
Drive control device for electric vehicle
A drive control device for electric vehicle includes a motor part, and a converter part that controls driving of the motor part. The motor part includes a motor frame made of metal and accommodating a stator and a rotor. The motor part has an outer circumferential face. The converter part is disposed around the motor frame. The converter part includes a semiconductor module including a semiconductor element. The semiconductor module is directly or thermally in contact with the outer circumferential face of the motor frame. |
| US12231004B2 |
Rotor for an electric motor and electric motor
A rotor of an electric motor, in particular for a power steering system, including a rotor shaft, which is directed in an axial direction, and a number of rotor cores, which are arranged coaxial to each other along the rotor shaft, and an intermediate ring arranged between two rotor cores arranged adjacent to each other in the axial direction, which intermediate ring holds the adjacent rotor cores interlockingly in a crossed orientation relative to each other. |
| US12231001B2 |
Stator and manufacturing method thereof
First-fourth slots may be provided in an inner circumferential surface of a stator core. A coil may include first-third segments conductor. Each of the conductors may include a U-shape. The first segment conductor may be inserted in the first slot and the second slot in a state where a coupling portion of the first segment conductor is located at a position facing a first end surface. The second segment conductor may be inserted in the second slot and the third slot in a state where a coupling portion of the second segment conductor may be located at a position facing a second end surface. The third segment conductor may be inserted in the third slot and the fourth slot in a state where a coupling portion of the third segment conductor may be located at a position facing the first end surface. |
| US12230999B2 |
Auxiliary arrangement for a LED tube lamp
An approach for providing an auxiliary arrangement for a LED tube lamp that adapts a DC voltage for a monitoring circuit of the LED tube lamp. In particular, a modulation circuit of the auxiliary arrangement modulates a DC supply voltage, for the LED tube lamp, to simulate one or more characteristics of an alternating mains supply voltage for which the LED tube lamp is adapted. Preferably the at least one electrical characteristic comprises one or more electrical characteristics configured to designed to be detected by a monitoring circuit of the LED tube lamp operating in a safety detection mode, to allow the monitoring circuit to start a safety detection using the DC supply voltage. |
| US12230998B2 |
Multiple output energy storage
The application relates to a high power uninterruptible power supply connected to a stationary electric system. The high power uninterruptible power supply includes an electric cabinet includes a battery string with a controllable current path therethrough including at least one battery module. A first output electrically connected to a first end of the battery string and which is connectable to a first load of the stationary electric system. A second output electrically connected to the battery string so as to facilitate supplying a load with the voltage of at least one battery module. A string controller configured for controlling the current path through the battery string and thereby the voltage level of at least one of the first and second uninterruptible power supply output. |
| US12230996B2 |
Load control device having a reduced leakage through ground
A load control device for controlling power delivered from an AC power source to an electrical device may be configured to conduct current through earth ground and may disconnect a switching circuit to reduce an amount of current conducted through the earth ground. The load control device may comprise a controllably conductive device configured to control the power delivered from the AC power source to the electrical device so as to generate a switched-hot voltage, a switching circuit electrically coupled with a detect circuit, and a control circuit configured to render the switching circuit conductive and nonconductive. The detect circuit may generate a detect signal indicating a magnitude of the switched-hot voltage. The control circuit may be configured to monitor the detect signal and to render the switching circuit non-conductive after detecting an edge on the detect signal to reduce the total current through the earth ground. |
| US12230992B2 |
On-board charger (OBC) method and system for detecting phase configuration of mains supply and for diagnosing status of OBC phase configuration relays
An on-board battery charger (OBC) includes first and second rails which generate first and second detection signals based on voltage events, such as zero-crossing or peak voltage events, of input voltages supplied to the rail circuits. The OBC includes a relay switchable between (i) an opened state in which the relay disconnects the rails whereby the rails can respectively receive first and second phase input voltages from a multi-phase mains supply and (ii) a closed state in which the relay connects the rails whereby the rails can both receive a same input voltage from a single-phase mains supply. A controller determines from a comparison of the detection signals at the same time whether input voltages received by the rails from a mains supply are out-of-phase or in-phase to determine therefrom whether the mains supply is multi-phase or single-phase and/or whether the relay is properly or improperly opened or closed. |
| US12230987B2 |
Power conversion device
Embodiments of the present application provides a method for pre-charging a power conversion device and a power conversion device. The power conversion device is configured to perform power conversion between a charging pile and a traction battery, and the method includes: receiving, by the power conversion device, a first message sent by a battery management system of the traction battery, and the first message is configured to indicate that the battery management system is ready for charging; performing, by the power conversion device, a pre-charging, and the pre-charging includes: charging a capacitor in the power conversion device; and forwarding, by the power conversion device, the first message to the charging pile after the pre-charging is completed. The technical solution of the embodiments of the present application can ensure a normal charging process. |
| US12230986B2 |
Foldable electronic device
An electronic device includes a charging circuit, a control circuit, a first battery branch circuit, a second battery branch circuit, a first accommodation space, and a second accommodation space. The first battery branch circuit and the second battery branch circuit are connected in parallel. The first battery branch circuit includes a first battery and a first switch that are connected to each other in series. The second battery branch circuit includes a second battery. The first battery is disposed in the first accommodation space, and the second battery is disposed in the second accommodation space. The first accommodation space and the second accommodation space are connected through a bendable member. |
| US12230984B2 |
Battery abnormality detection device, battery abnormality detection method, and recording medium recorded with battery abnormality detection program
A battery abnormality detection device that: for an equalization circuit including a discharge circuit provided with a switch that, in a case of being switched ON, causes a battery cell to discharge, and including a detector connected to the battery cell in parallel to the discharge circuit so as to detect a voltage of the battery cell, acquires a first voltage in a case in which the switch has been switched OFF and a second voltage in a case in which the switch has been switched ON, as detected by the detector, and estimates, from a detected value of one of the acquired first voltage or second voltage, an estimated value of another of the acquired first voltage or second voltage, and determines whether or not an abnormality has occurred in the equalization circuit based on the detected value and the estimated value. |
| US12230979B2 |
Method and apparatus for controlling wireless power transmission
A method of controlling a power transmitter, the method including entering a negation phase with a power receiver including receiving a foreign object detection status packet from the power receiver, detecting whether a foreign object is present based on the foreign object detection status packet, and transmitting a NACK response to the power receiver indicating the power transmitter has detected the foreign object is present or transmitting an ACK response to the power receiver indicating the power transmitter has detected the foreign object is not present; and entering a power transfer phase including transmitting a first power to the power receiver in response to the transmitted NACK response and again detecting whether the foreign object is present while transmitting the first power, and transmitting a second power greater than the first power in response to the transmitted ACK response. |
| US12230978B2 |
Power transmitting apparatus, power receiving apparatus, control methods thereof, and storage medium
A power transmitting apparatus measures a Q factor of a power transmitting unit that performs wireless power transfer to a power receiving apparatus, and determines presence/absence of an object different from the power receiving apparatus based on the Q factor. The power transmitting apparatus obtains a first index value regarding a predetermined physical amount different from the Q factor after measurement of the Q factor, obtains a second index value regarding the predetermined physical amount before wireless power transfer to the power receiving apparatus starts after the it is determined in the above determination that an object different from the power receiving apparatus does not exist; and determines presence/absence of an object different from the power receiving apparatus based on the first index value and the second index value. |
| US12230977B2 |
Contactless power feed apparatus and power transmission method
A power reception device 3 includes: an estimation circuit 28 estimating a load resistance of an entire contactless power feed apparatus 1; and a reception-side communicator 27 transmitting an estimated value of the load resistance of the entire contactless power feed apparatus 1 to a power transmission device 2. The power transmission device 2 has a power supply circuit 11 supplying AC power to a transmission coil 12 supplying power to the power reception device 3. The power transmission device 2 further includes a control circuit 18 decreasing an input/output gain of a transmission-side DC-DC converter 31 included in the power supply circuit 11 by a predetermined amount when the estimated value of the load resistance is less than a predetermined allowed lower limit, and maintaining or increasing the input/output gain when the estimated value of the load resistance is equal to or greater than the predetermined allowed lower limit. |
| US12230975B2 |
Assembly for contactless transfer of electrical energy to a rotor
An assembly for transferring electrical energy comprises a stator. A rotor is separated from the stator for relative rotation with respect to the stator. An axial gap is defined between the rotor and the stator. A transmitter is associated with or on the stator, where the transmitter is configured to transmit an alternating current (AC) wireless signal. An annular clamp comprises a first semi-elliptical portion and a second semi-elliptical portion that define an opening for receipt of the rotor. The annular clamp has fasteners to secure the first semi-elliptical portion to the second semi-elliptical portion about the rotor. A receiver is associated with of the annular clamp. |
| US12230970B2 |
Diesel-storage independent microgrid and virtual dynamic synchronous control method and system therefor
A diesel-storage independent microgrid and a virtual dynamic synchronous control method and system are described. An adaptive dynamic synchronous torque and pre-synchronous compensation phase angles are introduced into a energy storage converter control system to realize output voltage and power synchronization before and after parallel connection of the system. By compensating the pre-synchronous phase angles, the phase angles of a diesel generator and an energy storage converter are kept consistent before parallel connection, which reduces current impact during the parallel process. By introducing the adaptive dynamic synchronous torque, after the parallel connection of the system, the virtual torque of the energy storage converter can be adaptively and dynamically adjusted according to the current accelerations of the diesel generator and the energy storage converter under the condition that the inertial parameter of a diesel engine is black-boxed. |
| US12230969B2 |
Offline synchronization of generators
A system and method for paralleling generators is described. A timing signal indicative of a waveform reference point of at least a first generator of the generators is received at a second generator. The receiving generator determines a closing time for a second generator breaker associated with the second generator in response the timing signal from the first generator. The first generator breaker and the second generator breaker, or an aggregated generator breaker is closed to a bus at the closing time. |
| US12230963B2 |
Switch device for a distribution network fed by more than one independent power source
A switch device includes: a resettable switching apparatus, the resettable switching apparatus is configured control an electrical connection between a first electrical feeder of an electrical distribution network and a load; and a controller configured to: cause a test signal to be provided to the first electrical feeder; determine, after a test signal is provided to the first electrical feeder, whether the electrical distribution network has a radial structure; and if the electrical distribution network has a radial structure, open the resettable switching apparatus to disconnect the load from the first electrical feeder of the electrical distribution network. The electrical distribution network receives alternating current (AC) electrical power from at least two independent AC power sources. |
| US12230961B2 |
Power control device
A power control device for controlling an electrical load. The system includes decision logic to implement a local response responsive to events currently occurring in a power grid. The power control device includes a user interface allowing programming the response to the grid imbalance to adapt that response to the particular application in which the load operates. |
| US12230953B2 |
Arc fault detection using machine learning
In aspects of the present disclosure, a circuit interrupter includes a housing, a conductive path, a switch which selectively interrupts the conductive path, sensor(s), memory, and a controller within the housing. The sensor(s) measure electrical characteristic(s) of the conductive path. The memory stores an arc detection program that implements a machine learning model and includes a field-updatable program portion and a non-field-updatable program portion, where the field-updatable program portion includes program parameters used by the non-field-updatable program portion to decide between presence or absence of an arc fault. The controller executes the arc detection program to compute input data for the machine learning model based on the sensor measurements, decide between presence of an arc event or absence of an arc event based on the input data, and cause the switch to interrupt the conductive path when the decision indicates presence of an arc event. |
| US12230952B2 |
Electrical cable fixing jig and vehicle
A protector includes an electrical cable fixing portion, in which an electrical cable insertion hole is provided, and a pair of plate portions that is provided on each of one side and another side of the electrical cable fixing portion in an X direction. Each of the plate portions is provided with a through hole into which a bolt for fastening the protector to a predetermined member is inserted along a Z direction. A greatest value of a width of the through hole provided in each of the plate portions in a Y direction is larger than a greatest value of a width in the X direction. |
| US12230949B2 |
Wiring member
A wiring member includes: a main wire including a plurality of wire-like transmission members; a branch wire in which some of the wire-like transmission members are branched from the main wire; a fixing sheet having one main surface to which the main wire is fixed; and a cover sheet, at least a part of which is provided in a position overlapped with the branch wire in another main surface of the fixing sheet, wherein a fusion position where the fixing sheet and the cover sheet are fused is provided on at least a lateral side of the main wire in a longitudinal direction, and is provided in a position away from the branch wire. |
| US12230947B2 |
Cable fastening system for electrical connector assembly
An electrical connector assembly includes an electrical conductor, a cable support, a housing, and a cap. The electrical connector assembly relates to a system for fastening or otherwise supporting an electrical conductor on a housing of an electrical connector assembly that reduces the amount of mechanical vibrations transmitted from the electrical conductor to other components of the electrical system. The electrical connector assembly also minimizes the likelihood that the watertightness of a seal extending between the electrical conductor and the electrical connector assembly may be compromised as a result of such mechanical vibrations. |
| US12230945B2 |
Energy chain and storage unit for an energy chain
The invention relates to an energy chain for receiving and guiding cables, having pivotal chain links which adjoin one another in the longitudinal direction and each of which has cross members and comprises two side pieces lying opposite each other in a direction (q) transverse to the longitudinal direction (I), wherein the energy chain (5) includes a plurality of sections, each of which is designed in the form of two strand (7, 8) that are connected together by a deflecting region (6) extending about a deflecting arc. The energy chain can be moved about the deflecting arc, and each deflecting region (6) of the plurality of sections is guided on the inner face and the outer face thereof through guide elements (10) extending in an arc-shaped manner about the respective axis of the deflecting arc. |
| US12230943B2 |
Stripping device
A stripping device for rapid midpoint stripping of an outer cladding layer of a cable includes a handle, a cutter disposed on the handle, a pressing assembly, and a scraper assembly. The pressing assembly includes a first bracket and a pressing part. The first bracket is disposed on the handle. The pressing part is slidably arranged on the first bracket and opposite to the cutter. The scraper assembly includes a second bracket disposed on the handle and a scraper disposed on the second bracket. The stripping device has advantages of simple operation, high stripping efficiency, and good safety. |
| US12230942B2 |
Device for lifting power equipment of switchboard
The present invention relates to a device for lifting a circuit breaker of a switchgear, the device comprising: a rail part that is located above the switchgear and has a plurality of vertically arranged compartments; an elevating part that can be guided and move above the rail part, and lifts the circuit breaker; and a lifting bracket that is fixed to two facing side surfaces of the circuit breaker, is coupled to a hook block of the elevating part, and moves up and down according to the actions of the elevating part. |
| US12230940B2 |
Mechanically free LIDAR system
A laser module comprises a plurality of laser submodules with a respective plurality of lasers. Each laser submodule has a driver IC. Each driver IC controls several lasers. The driver ICs of the laser module can use the received signals of photodetectors to homogenize and readjust the real emission amplitude of the laser pulses for all lasers of the laser module and regulate the emission point in time of the respective real laser pulses to a synchronization signal. The driver IC can detect a failure of a laser by the photodetector belonging to it and output an error signal. The lasers directly coupled with the photodetectors in a compact design. |
| US12230934B2 |
Laser oscillator
A macroscopic entanglement state in which a polarization state has a strong quantum correlation is realized by use of a macroscopic laser light. A laser oscillator includes a ring resonator having an optical fiber ring, an optical amplifier for maintaining an amplitude of a laser pulsed light propagating on the optical fiber ring, and three optical fibers that are connected with respective polarization controllers, and, after changing a polarization state of the laser pulsed light being a qubit extracted at a predetermined branch ratio from the optical fiber ring by the polarization controllers, couples the changed laser pulsed light whose polarization state has been changed with the laser pulsed light propagating on the optical fiber ring, and each polarization controller rotates the polarization state of the laser pulsed light with an S1 axis, an S2 axis, and an S3 axis, which are orthogonal to each other, as a rotation axis. |
| US12230933B2 |
Terminal and wire with terminal
A terminal to be connected to a front end part of a wire includes a terminal body and a slide portion. The terminal body includes a sandwiching portion for sandwiching the wire. The slide portion has a tubular shape to be externally fit to the terminal body and includes a pressurizing portion projecting inward from an inner surface of the slide portion. The slide portion is slidable with respect to the terminal body between a non-contact position where the pressurizing portion is not in contact with the sandwiching portion and a contact position forward of the non-contact position, the pressurizing portion being in contact with the sandwiching portion at the contact position. The slide portion has a lower wall, a first side wall extending upward from one side edge of the lower wall and a second sandwiching portion extending upward from the other side edge of the lower wall. |
| US12230932B2 |
Wire harness
A wire harness including: an electric wire including a core wire and an insulating cover that covers the core wire; and a tube that surrounds the electric wire, wherein: the electric wire further includes a covered portion in which the core wire is covered by the insulating cover, and an exposed portion in which the core wire is exposed from the insulating cover, the exposed portion includes a bend that is bent so as to protrude in a direction orthogonal to a length direction of the core wire, and the bend is provided outside of the tube. |
| US12230931B2 |
Systems and methods for a cable connector
A connector for receiving a ribbon cable, to be assembled via a clamping tool, is provided. The connector includes a housing, a cover, and a protection cap. The housing includes an open top and a bottom. The cover is configured to selectively cover the open top of the housing to enclose the ribbon cable within an interior of the housing. The protection cap is configured to cover the bottom of the housing. The protection cap includes a nonplanar surface with a bump, where the clamping tool contacts the cover and the bump to force the cover toward the housing when the connector is assembled. |
| US12230929B2 |
Electric connecting part and data cable
The present disclosure provides a electric connecting part and a Data cable. The electric connecting part comprising an adapter plate and a terminal head, conducting sheets are arranged on the adapter plate, the conducting sheets are electrically connected to the terminal head, each conduction sheet includes an arc-shaped structure, the adapter plate includes two main surfaces arranged opposite to each other, the conducting sheets are arranged on one or on two main surfaces of the adapter plate, the arc-shaped structure of the conduction sheets is used to enable rotation of the second connecting part relative to the adapter plate equal to or less than 180 degrees. The Data cable comprising a second connecting part and the electric connecting part, the second connecting part is configured to be connected to a line body. Therefore, the electric connecting part and the Data cable are convenient to use and unlikely to damage. |
| US12230925B2 |
High-speed connector
A high-speed connector includes an insulating housing, and at least one terminal assembly disposed in the insulating housing. The at least one terminal assembly includes a base body, a plurality of terminals fastened to the base body, and a metal block. A surface of the base body is recessed inward to form a fastening groove. The plurality of the terminals include a plurality of grounding terminals and differential signal terminals. Each of the plurality of the grounding terminals and the differential signal terminals has a fastening portion. The fastening portions of at least several of the plurality of the grounding terminals and the differential signal terminals are exposed to the fastening groove. The metal block is fastened in the fastening groove. The fastening portions of the grounding terminals which are exposed to the fastening groove are electrically connected with the metal block to form a grounding structure. |
| US12230924B2 |
Connector structure for antenna, antenna package and image display device
A connector structure according to an embodiment of the present disclosure includes a second connector and a first connector coupled to the second connector. The first connector includes a first insulator, a first conductive connection terminal disposed on the first insulator, a second conductive connection terminal spaced apart from the first conductive connection terminal to form a single row structure on the first insulator together with the first conductive connection terminal, and a first barrier structure disposed between the first conductive connection terminal and the second conductive connection terminal on the first insulator. |
| US12230921B2 |
Coaxial cable connector interface for preventing mating with incorrect connector
A 4.3/10 coaxial connector configured to receive a mating 4.3/10 connector includes: an inner contact; a dielectric spacer; and an outer contact, the dielectric spacer separating the inner contact and the outer contact. The outer contact includes an outer wall and a plurality of spring fingers, the spring fingers configured to deflect radially inwardly when the mating 4.3/10 connector is mated. The connector further comprises blocking structure that prevents mating of a Mini-Din connector. |
| US12230919B2 |
Plug connection for transmitting electrical energy
The invention relates to a plug connection for transmitting electrical energy by releasable contact, said plug connection comprising at least one plug contact pin and at least one contact socket, the at least one contact socket being received in a plug connector housing and the plug connector housing interacting with a slider which is movable relative thereto, so that the plug connection partners are housed in an inserted and secondarily locked contacting position. At least one detent and support geometry is integrated into the plug contact pin and interacts with the plug connector housing, so that the contacting partners are disconnected from one another when the positions thereof relative to one another are outside the secondary locking position. |
| US12230915B2 |
Connector unit, image forming apparatus, and sheet processing apparatus
A connector unit includes a connector mounting member having a mounting hole, and a connector passed through the mounting hole and attached to the connector mounting member. The connector includes a terminal portion to which another connector is configured to be connected, and a hook portion engaged with an edge portion of the mounting hole. The connector mounting member includes a panel portion on which the mounting hole is formed, an extending portion extending from the panel portion along an inserting direction of the another connector with respect to the connector, and a regulating portion projected from the extending portion at a position abutting against or close to an end portion opposite to the terminal portion of the connector in the inserting direction. A distance between the regulating portion and the panel portion is shorter than a distance between the terminal portion of the connector and the end portion. |
| US12230910B2 |
Single phase coupler
A subsea single phase coupler for a subsea connector includes a housing having an inboard end and an outboard end. The inboard end of the housing includes a rigid mount to receive a first wet mate connector part. The outboard end of the housing includes a cradle to receive a second wet mate connector part. The housing further includes a first locating element in the cradle to receive a second locating element on the second wet mate connector part to locate the second connector part in the housing after connection of the first and second wet mate connector parts. The coupler housing includes a section of standard profile beam. |
| US12230909B1 |
Powered wall plate with keyed interface
A powered wall plate may include a face plate comprising an opening extending through the face plate from the first surface to the rear surface. A first keyed interface may be formed at the rear surface of the face plate. An electrical receptacle may comprise a second keyed interface configured to be coupled with the first keyed interface, the electrical receptacle further comprising terminals disposed on sides of the electrical receptacle. Spring-biased terminals may be coupled to the face plate and coupled with the terminals. A powered feature may be coupled to the face plate and configured to be electrically coupled to the electrical receptacle through the spring-biased terminals when the first keyed interface and the second keyed interface are mateably coupled. Power may not be supplied from the electrical receptacle to the powered feature when the first keyed interface is not mateably coupled with the second keyed interface. |
| US12230903B2 |
Connecting element for mounting an electrical circuit board to a flat electrical conductor
A connecting element for mounting an electrical circuit board to an electrical flat conductor, in particular a busbar, has a flat or substantially flat mounting surface for applying and mounting the connecting element to the circuit board, and a tulip contact for receiving the flat conductor in an electrically contacting manner. The tulip contact includes at least one clamping element and a support element, between which a receptacle for the flat conductor is provided, and wherein the tulip contact preferably extends at a mounting angle greater than 45° and less than 135° with respect to the mounting surface. An electrical circuit board having such a contact element, a terminal block having such an electrical circuit board, and a method for automated mounting of such a terminal block are also provided. |
| US12230902B2 |
Data communication system
A data communication system can include a low-profile electrical connector that is sized to be mounted onto a PCB in a gap between the PCB and a heat sink that overhangs from an IC that is mounted to the PCB. The data communication system further includes an electrical cable that extends from the electrical connector to an optical transceiver. A cable management laminate can route the electrical cables along a predetermined path. The data communication system can be disposed in a system tray that is configured to force air over the heat sink. The airflow over the heat sink can be adjustable. |
| US12230901B2 |
Antenna device for near-field illumination of the skin by millimetre waves
The invention relates to an antenna device configured to superimpose a plurality of electromagnetic modes in the near field, with a multilayer structure comprising, in a vertical stacking direction: a first power supply layer comprising a first dielectric on an application-specific integrated circuit and on a lower part of a DC power supply circuit, a second power supply layer comprising an upper part of a DC power supply circuit, a third layer comprising a second dielectric on a metal plane, a fourth layer comprising at least one planar radiating element, the metal plane acting as a grounding plane, a fifth layer comprising a radome, the antenna device comprising at least one feed line extending from the first to the fourth layer. |
| US12230894B2 |
Integrated sheet-metal antenna with carrier screw which operates as a ground feed and provides mechanical support in an electronic device
An antenna for an electronic device comprising of a metal-sheet antenna and an antenna feed connecting the metal-sheet antenna to a radio frequency (RF) printed circuit board (PCB). A screw configured to operate as a ground feed for the metal-sheet antenna and to provide mechanical support in the electronic device wherein the screw is further configured to provide radiation for additional bands for the antenna. The metal-sheet antenna supports a first band, and the screw supports a second band, based on dimensions of a screw boss, and a third band, based on a gap between the screw boss and the metal-sheet antenna. |
| US12230892B2 |
Electronic device
An electronic device includes a substrate, plural varactors, a memory element, a driving unit and plural antenna elements. Each varactor is defined with a capacitor-voltage characteristic curve. The memory element is defined with one or more lookup tables for recording the capacitance values and varactor voltage values of the capacitor-voltage characteristic curve. The driving unit outputs plural voltage signals respectively to the varactors, and each voltage signal respectively provided with one varactor voltage value. Each antenna element is provided with various phase values in response to the capacitance values of the corresponding varactor. A selective one of the varactor voltage values in response to the required capacitance value of the corresponding varactor is found out from the lookup table(s) and delivered by the driving unit. The antenna elements are together enabled to form a wave beam with a characteristic wavefront in accordance with the capacitance values. |
| US12230891B2 |
Phase shifter assembly for polymer-based dipole radiating elements
An antenna assembly includes a backplane and a polymer substrate mounted over the backplane to define an air gap there-between. The polymer substrate supports radiating elements comprising a polymer-based waveguide feed stalk and a polymer-based pair of radiating arms supported by and electrically coupled to the waveguide feed stalk. A conductive layer is formed on the polymer substrate such that the conductive layer faces the backplane. A phase shifter including a movable element such as a dielectric member or trombone member may be positioned in the air gap for adjusting the phase of a radiating element or a phase shifter assembly may be positioned to the back side of the back plane. |
| US12230889B2 |
Use of back lobe antenna gain to determine antenna elements in MIMO sectors
Systems, methods, and computer-readable media herein dynamically adjust the number of elements active within a neighboring base station in order to reduce the back lobe overlap and thus reduce the interference caused by such an overlap. User devices assigned to communicate with an antenna array are monitored to determine if they are experiencing a decreased level of performance which may be caused by an overlapping back lobe from a neighboring cell site. If the user device's performance falls below a threshold value, the gain associated with the neighboring cell site is dynamically reduced in order to reduce the back lobe overlap. |
| US12230887B2 |
Dielectric antenna array and system
An example antenna system includes a plurality of dielectric rod stacks and a control circuit. The control circuit includes a plurality of independently controlled output circuit boards. Each independently controlled output circuit board includes a respective dielectric rod stack. The respective dielectric rod stack includes a plurality of respective dielectric rods. The control circuit selects: (i) the dielectric rod stacks, and (ii) the respective dielectric rods of the respective dielectric rod stack to adjust a beam of emitted or received radio frequency (RF) waves. |
| US12230886B2 |
Low band antenna device
The disclosure provides a low band antenna device, arranged on a folding screen electronic device, and the folding screen electronic device includes a first casing and a second casing that are foldable. A first antenna and a second antenna are located on the first casing and separated, and a third antenna and a fourth antenna are located on the second casing and separated. The first antenna corresponds to the fourth antenna, and the second antenna corresponds to the third antenna. When the folding screen electronic device is in an open mode, the first through forth antennas all maintain a normal working state. When the folding screen electronic device is in a close mode, one of the first antenna and the fourth antenna and one of the second antenna and the third antenna maintain the normal working state, and the remaining antennas are in a detuned and disabled state. |
| US12230881B2 |
Antenna system
An antenna system includes a first antenna element, a second antenna element, a dielectric substrate, a first reflective plate, and a second reflective plate. The first antenna element and the second antenna element are disposed on the dielectric substrate. The first reflective plate is adjacent to the dielectric substrate. The second reflective plate is coupled to the first reflective plate. A first angle is formed between the first reflective plate and the second reflective plate. The antenna system provides a relative large HPBW (Half-Power Beamwidth). |
| US12230879B2 |
System and method for ground fencing
Techniques to reduce signal interference between wired signals communicated within an electronic device and wireless signals transmitted to or received from antennas of the electronic device are disclosed. The electronic device includes an interposer with an inner fence and an outer fence having offset gaps to prevent a pathway otherwise formed by overlapping tabs, where the pathway allows noise leakage from the wired signals. In some embodiments, the electronic device (e.g., in a main logic board package) includes a ground fencing of ground vias to prevent the noise leakage from harmonics associated with signal vias communicating the wired signals. The spacing between the ground vias is based on frequencies of signals that the ground vias are intended to block. |
| US12230878B2 |
Highly isolated and barely separated antennas integrated with noise free RF-transparent printed circuit board (PCB) for enhanced radiated sensitivity
Two antennas based on quarter wave elements angled relative to each other and connected to two ground planes that are also angled relative to one another, having a shorting connection to cancel the extra capacitance and the antennas form a structure similar to IFA or PIFA. The two antennas fed from alternate ends and spaced closely together in which the connection of each antenna to ground causes the ground plane connections to be electrically far apart. A method of manufacturing an antenna system comprising antenna feeds which are connected via a spring pin and a ground pin that is formed partially by a screw connection, spring clip, or spring pin. The antenna elements are stamped and printed on a single non-conducting surface and the antenna carrier is connected to a circuit board that contains the active electronics. |
| US12230877B2 |
Antenna structure and electronic device with same
Disclosed is an electronic device may include a housing including a plate including a first surface, and a support bracket including a (1-1)th side wall extending from an edge of the first surface and a (1-2)th side wall separated from the (1-1)th side wall by a first segmented portion, a camera bracket electrically connected to the (1-2)th side wall of the housing, and a printed circuit board disposed within the housing. An antenna pattern provided on the support bracket may include a conductive portion forming at least a portion of the (1-1)th side wall, and a ground portion connected to the conductive portion may be located between the camera bracket and the first segmented portion. |
| US12230870B2 |
Annular ring antenna with contiguous radiating elements for enhancing vehicular communications at multiple frequency bands
A contiguous radiating ring antenna structure suitable for a vehicle is disclosed. The antenna structure comprises a curved shape structure having a plurality of radiating rings, a plurality of sectors, a connecting unit, and a plurality of frequency barriers. The antenna structure has a phase variation of less than 2° degrees over 360° of azimuth coverage and about +/−85° of elevation coverage. The antenna structure has a thickness of less than 0.5 inches. The contiguous radiating ring antenna structure is design for demanding vehicular applications, including missiles, rockets, and aircraft. The contiguous radiating annular ring antenna comprises a beam forming network, which is configured to be incorporated into a printed antenna board for enhancing the vehicular communications. |
| US12230862B2 |
Antenna
Provided is an antenna where low transmission loss and visibility are simultaneously achieved. The antenna includes: a transparent film substrate; an antenna element that is provided on one surface among two surfaces of the transparent film substrate; and a ground part that is provided on the other surface among the two surfaces of the transparent film substrate. The antenna element and the ground part are formed of a mesh pattern formed of a fine silver wire, and a line width of the fine wire is 1.0 μm or more and less than 5.0 μm. A thickness of the transparent film substrate is 30 μm or more and 300 μm or less. |
| US12230857B2 |
Radar waveguide and choke assembly
A radar device for limiting radio-frequency power leakage is provided. The radar device includes a first component, and a second component. The first component has a first surface and a first waveguide that defines a first cavity. The second component has a second surface and a second waveguide that defines a second cavity. A first groove is provided that acts as a choke, and the first groove is defined in the first surface. The first component and the second component are assembled so that an air gap is maintained between the first waveguide and the second waveguide. The first waveguide and the second waveguide are configured to facilitate transmission of radio-frequency power. The first groove is configured to reduce leakage of radio-frequency power through the air gap. Additional chokes may also be included. |
| US12230855B2 |
Waveguide structure and method for manufacturing waveguide structure
A waveguide structure includes at least one transmission line and at least one conductive pattern layer. At least a portion of the transmission line and at least a portion of the conductive pattern layer overlap each other as observed from a surface side of the conductive pattern layer. A surface electrical resistance value of the conductive pattern layer is in a range of 0.005Ω/□ to 30Ω/□. |
| US12230854B2 |
System with magnetic film for reducing passive intermodulation
A wireless communication system includes a transmitter configured to transmit at least first and second radio waves having respective different frequencies F1 and F2, an electrically conductive first passive substantially linear medium, an electrically conductive first passive substantially nonlinear medium disposed proximate the first passive substantially linear medium, and a first magnetic film covering at least a portion of the first passive substantially linear medium. When the transmitter transmits the first and second radio waves, the first passive substantially linear and nonlinear media receive the first and second radio waves and generate first and second signals propagating therein at the respective frequencies F1 and F2. At least one intermodulation signal having a frequency F3 equal to nF1+mF2, where m and n positive or negative integers, is generated in the first passive substantially nonlinear medium. The first magnetic film reduces the at least one intermodulation signal by at least 2 dB. |
| US12230851B2 |
Method of manufacturing of a membrane with surface fibre structure, membrane manufactured by this method and use of such membrane
Method of manufacturing of a membrane with surface fiber structure, in particular for use in an electrolyzer or fuel cell, by inserting the polymer membrane into the vacuum chamber equipped with a magnetron sputtering system with a cerium oxide target in which an atmosphere of O2 and inert gas is formed and igniting the plasma which leads to simultaneous plasma etching of the membrane surface and deposition of cerium oxide onto the surface of etched membrane resulting in formation of fibers. The membrane is made of polymer and on at least one of its sides features porous surface made of fibers, the cross-sectional dimensions of which are lower than their length and which are integral and inseparable part of membrane body. |
| US12230848B2 |
Air control valve for fuel cell
An air control valve apparatus for a fuel cell, which controls air that flows into or out of a fuel cell stack, includes a valve housing having an air flow path fluidically-communicating with the fuel cell stack; a valve member configured to selectively open or close the air flow path; a trapping portion provided in the valve housing, disposed adjacent to an internal surface of the valve member, and configured to trap foreign substances discharged from the fuel cell stack; and a siphon guide tube connected between the trapping portion and the outside of the valve member and configured to selectively discharge the foreign substances trapped by the trapping portion to the outside of the valve member, improving stability and reliability. |
| US12230847B2 |
Electrochemical element, electrochemical module, electrochemical device, and energy system
In the electrochemical element, a plate-like support includes an internal passage through which a first gas flows, a gas-permeable portion, and an electrochemical reaction portion in which a film-like electrode layer, a film-like electrolyte layer, and a film-like counter electrode layer are stacked so as to entirely or partially cover the gas-permeable portion. The internal passage includes a plurality of auxiliary passages through which the first gas flows in a predetermined flowing direction, and a distribution portion provided on the upstream side of the plurality of auxiliary passages in the flowing direction of the first gas. The plate-like support includes a supply structure that is located between the distribution portion and the auxiliary passages in the flowing direction. The first gas is temporarily stored in the distribution portion and supply of the first gas from the distribution portion to the plurality of auxiliary passages is limited. |
| US12230844B2 |
Safety layer for battery cells
A battery may include a first electrode and a second electrode having an opposite polarity as the first electrode. The battery may further include a first current collector electrically coupled with the first electrode and a second current collector electrically coupled with the second electrode. A safe layer may be interposed between the first electrode and first current collector. The safe layer may be configured to respond to being exposed to a first temperature by interrupting a current flow in the battery cell. The safe layer may interrupt the current flow in the battery cell by forming a non-conductive gap between the first electrode and the first current collector. The safe layer may include a first polymer instead of a second polymer such that the safe layer interrupts the current flow in response to the first temperature and not a second temperature. |
| US12230841B2 |
Battery
According to an embodiment, a battery includes an exterior container, a lid member, a plurality of electrode groups, a first lead, a second lead, and an electrode terminal. The lid member closes an opening of an inner cavity of the exterior container, and the plurality of electrode groups are stored in the inner cavity. A first current collecting tab protruding toward the lid member in a first electrode is joined with the first lead, and a second current collecting tab protruding toward the lid member in the second electrode different from the first electrode is joined with the second lead separate from the first lead. The first and second leads are together connected to the electrode terminal exposed on an outer surface of the lid member. |
| US12230838B2 |
Battery module using non-welding type structure as connection structure of bus bar and voltage sensing member
A battery module including battery cells connected in series or connected in series and in parallel, a plurality of bus bars connected to corresponding electrode leads of the battery cells and respectively having a keyway recessed from a surface thereof, and a voltage sensing member having sensing parts respectively connected to the bus bars. The sensing part includes a terminal portion provided in a shape corresponding to the keyway, and a bonding portion interposed in the keyway to connect the terminal portion to the keyway. |
| US12230837B2 |
Separator having coating layer with ternary acrylic copolymer and inorganic particles with different particle diameters, and lithium secondary battery comprising same
The present invention relates to a separator for a lithium secondary battery, and a lithium secondary battery including the same. The separator includes a porous substrate, and a coating layer on at least one surface of the porous substrate, wherein the coating layer includes a binder including a (meth)acrylic copolymer including a first structural unit derived from (meth)acrylamide, and a second structural unit including at least one of a structural unit derived from (meth)acrylic acid or (meth)acrylate, and a structural unit derived from (meth)acrylamidosulfonic acid or a salt thereof; first inorganic particles; and second inorganic particles, wherein the first inorganic particles have an average particle diameter of 400 to 600 nm, the average particle diameter of the second inorganic particles is smaller than the average particle diameter of the first inorganic particles. |
| US12230834B2 |
Separator including porous substrate and coating layer of acrylic copolymer, organic filler, and inorganic particles, and lithium secondary battery including the same
The present invention relates to a separator for a lithium secondary battery, and a lithium secondary battery including the same. The separator includes a porous substrate, and a coating layer on at least one surface of the porous substrate, wherein the coating layer includes an acrylic copolymer including a first structural unit derived from (meth)acrylamide, and a second structural unit including at least one of a structural unit derived from (meth)acrylic acid or (meth)acrylate, and a structural unit derived from (meth)acrylamidosulfonic acid or a salt thereof; an organic filler; and inorganic particles, wherein the organic filler is included in an amount of 0.1 to 50 wt % based on a total amount of the organic filler and the inorganic particles. |
| US12230830B2 |
Aerosol generation device with battery venting system
An aerosol generating device including: a housing having a mouth end and an opposing end, the opposing end having a vent hole; a battery within the housing, the battery having a vent point in an outer surface of the battery, the vent point arranged such that fluid is released preferentially from the vent point during degassing of the battery; and a fluid directing arrangement within the housing. The fluid directing arrangement is configured to define a fluid flow path from the vent point of the battery to the vent hole of the housing. |
| US12230819B2 |
Battery module and battery pack including the same
A battery module according to an embodiment of the present disclosure includes a battery cell stack, in which a plurality of battery cells are stacked, and a wrap film. The wrap film extends continuously around the battery cell stack so as to surround a top surface, a lower surface, and both side surfaces of the battery cell stack. |
| US12230815B2 |
Electrochemical cell and exterior material provided therein
An electrochemical cell includes an electrode assembly including a plurality of electrodes; an exterior material including an accommodating part that accommodates the electrode assembly and a ealing part that seals the electrode assembly by bonding sealing surfaces along edges of the accommodating part; and an electrode lead connected to the electrode assembly and extended to be exposed to an outside, wherein the accommodating part includes a concavo-convex pattern extended in on one direction and disposed in a direction intersecting with the one direction, and at least a part of the concavo-convex pattern includes an adjacent portion that forms a boundary line in contact with the sealing part at an end portion in the one direction. |
| US12230814B2 |
Rectangular secondary battery and assembled battery including the same
A rectangular secondary battery including a sealing plate. The scaling plate has a first fitting recess that is nearer than a positive electrode terminal attachment hole to a center of the sealing plate and a second fitting recess that is nearer than the positive electrode terminal attachment hole to an end portion of the sealing plate. The first fitting recess and the second fitting recess are disposed at positions that are displaced from the center of the sealing plate in a transversal direction of the sealing plate. A first fitting protrusion and a second fitting protrusion of a second outer insulator are respectively disposed in the first fitting recess and the second fitting recess. |
| US12230813B2 |
Top cap assembly, battery, and electrical device
A top cap assembly includes a top cap plate, a mounting piece, and a protection film. The top cap plate includes an inner side and an outer side disposed opposite to each other along a thickness direction of the top cap plate, the inner side and the outer side are spaced apart from each other to form a receptacle in between, and the receptacle communicates with an outside space. The mounting piece is disposed protrusively in the receptacle and comprising a fixed end and a free end disposed opposite to each other. The fixed end is disposed on a wall of the receptacle, and the free end extends along the thickness direction of the top cap plate and is spaced apart from the wall of the receptacle to form a threading clearance. One end of the protection film is attached to the mounting piece through the threading clearance. |
| US12230805B2 |
All solid state battery
A main object of the present disclosure is to provide an all solid state battery wherein the confining pressure variation is suppressed. The present disclosure achieves the object by providing an all solid state battery comprising a cathode current collector, a cathode active material layer, a solid electrolyte layer, an anode active material layer, and an anode current collector stacked in this order, and the anode active material layer includes a Si based active material, and a graphite, when a graphite wherein an angle formed by a plane direction of (002) plane of the graphite, and a stacking direction surface of the anode current collector is 45° or more and 90° or less, is regarded as a crossing graphite, a proportion of the crossing graphite among the graphite is more than 20 mass %. |
| US12230803B2 |
Secondary battery, method for preparing the same, copolymer and apparatus
The present application discloses a secondary battery, a method for preparing the same, a copolymer and an apparatus. The secondary battery includes a binder for binding a first substance and a second substance, the binder including a copolymer, wherein the copolymer comprises at least a first monomer unit represented by formula (I), a second monomer unit represented by formula (II), and a third monomer unit represented by formula (III): The secondary battery provided by the present application can effectively increase the boding force between the first substance and the second substance by including a specific binder, thereby improving the electrochemical performance of the secondary battery. |
| US12230802B2 |
Anodes for lithium-based energy storage devices, and methods for making same
An anode for an energy storage device includes a current collector having a metal oxide layer. A continuous porous lithium storage layer overlays the metal oxide layer, and a first supplemental layer overlays the continuous porous lithium storage layer. The continuous porous lithium storage layer may be substantially free of nanostructures. The continuous lithium storage layer may include amorphous silicon deposited by a PECVD process. The first supplemental layer includes silicon nitride, silicon dioxide, or silicon oxynitride. The anode may further include a second supplemental layer overlaying the first supplemental layer. |
| US12230800B2 |
Secondary battery and apparatus containing the secondary battery
This application discloses a secondary battery including a positive electrode plate and a negative electrode plate, wherein the positive electrode plate comprises a positive electrode current collector and a positive electrode film disposed on a surface of the positive electrode current collector and comprising a positive active material, the negative electrode plate comprises a negative electrode current collector and a negative electrode film disposed on a surface of the negative electrode current collector and comprising a negative active material. The positive active material comprises one or more of layered lithium transition metal oxides and modified compounds thereof, and a resistance R of the negative electrode plate satisfies: 6.0 mΩ≤R≤12.0 mΩ; or the positive active material comprises one or more of lithium-containing phosphates with olivine structure and modified compounds thereof, and a resistance R of the negative electrode plate satisfies: 3.0 mΩ≤R≤7.0 mΩ. |
| US12230794B2 |
Secondary battery positive electrode active material, and secondary battery
This lithium transition metal composite oxide, which configures a secondary battery positive electrode active material, is a composite oxide represented by general formula Liα[LixMnyCozMe(1-x-y-z)]O2 (in the formula, Me is at least one species selected from Ni, Fe, Ti, Bi and Nb, and 0.5<α<1, 0.05 |
| US12230792B2 |
Supporter of lithium metal and methods thereof
A supporter of lithium metal, a material of the supporter of lithium metal is at least one of copper, an alloy of the copper, nickel, or an alloy of the nickel, and a surface of the supporter of lithium metal comprises a lithiophilic surface. |
| US12230786B2 |
Anode active material for lithium secondary battery and lithium secondary battery comprising anode including the anode active material
Anode active materials for lithium secondary batteries are provided. According to embodiments of the present disclosure, an anode active material includes: i) a first composite including at least two active silicon materials having different crystal sizes and a silicon oxide (SiOx) material (wherein 0 |
| US12230785B2 |
Magnesium-containing electrode, method for fabricating the same, and electrochemical device
Provided is a method for fabricating a magnesium-containing electrode by a plating method. In the fabrication process disclosure, a plating solution used in the plating method includes a solvent containing an ether. The solvent includes a first magnesium salt having a disilazide structure represented by a formula (R3Si)2N and a second magnesium salt that does not have a disilazide structure. In the formula, R represents a hydrocarbon group having 1 or more and 10 or less carbon atoms. |
| US12230780B2 |
Electrode for secondary battery and method of manufacturing the same
The present disclosure relates to an electrode for a secondary battery, including: an electrode current collector including a coated portion and a non-coated portion, and an active material layer located on the coated portion of the electrode current collector, wherein at least perforated portion is formed on the boundary surface between the coated portion and the non-coated portion. |
| US12230773B2 |
Battery pack
A battery pack including a frame including a thermistor seat and a thermistor accommodated in the thermistor seat; at least one battery cell on the frame and connected to the thermistor; and a protective circuit module, the protection circuit module including a projection between a portion of the thermistor and the at least one battery cell. |
| US12230772B2 |
Shareable battery pack, trolley, power supply system, and portable ultrasonic system
A shareable battery pack for a portable ultrasonic apparatus, a trolley, a power supply system, and a portable ultrasonic system. The trolley can be connected to the portable ultrasonic apparatus and/or the shareable battery pack to supply power so as to extend operation time. Alternatively, the trolley is used to support the portable ultrasonic apparatus and/or the shareable battery pack without supplying power to extend operation time. In an embodiment, the shareable battery pack can be removed from the trolley, and then be fixedly connected to the portable ultrasonic apparatus to form an integral unit and serve as an external battery for the portable ultrasonic apparatus. Such design enables the portable ultrasonic apparatus to have extended operation time without relying on the trolley and requires only one shareable battery pack in special situations, thereby enhancing convenience of use. |
| US12230769B2 |
Functionalized lead acid battery separators, improved lead acid batteries, and related methods
In accordance with at least selected embodiments, the present application or invention is directed to novel or improved porous membranes or substrates, separator membranes, separators, composites, electrochemical devices, batteries, methods of making such membranes or substrates, separators, and/or batteries, and/or methods of using such membranes or substrates, separators and/or batteries. In accordance with at least certain embodiments, the present application is directed to novel or improved porous membranes having a coating layer, battery separator membranes having a coating layer, separators, energy storage devices, batteries, including lead acid batteries including such separators, methods of making such membranes, separators, and/or batteries, and/or methods of using such membranes, separators and/or batteries. The disclosed separators and/or batteries have improved charge acceptance, improved surface conductivity, improved oxidation resistance, reduced acid stratification, improved resistance to metal contamination induced oxidation, reduced black residue, improved wettability, and/or improved stiffness. |
| US12230762B2 |
Electrochemical apparatus and electronic apparatus containing same
An electrochemical apparatus includes an electrolyte, a positive electrode and a negative electrode, the negative electrode includes a negative active material layer, the negative active material layer includes a negative active material, the electrolyte includes fluoroethylene carbonate, and the electrochemical apparatus satisfies the following relational expressions: 0.5 |
| US12230759B2 |
Electrolyte for lithium secondary battery and lithium secondary battery including the same
An electrolyte for a lithium secondary battery according to exemplary embodiments of the present inventing includes an organic solvent, a lithium salt, a first additive represented by a predetermined chemical formula, and a second additive represented by a predetermined chemical formula. A protective film is formed by the additives to suppress an expansion of a lithium secondary battery and improve storage property at high temperature. |
| US12230752B2 |
Solid state battery, ceramic electrolyte structure and methods of making
A porous electrolyte structure for a solid state battery is provided. The porous electrolyte structure has an interconnected ceramic matrix with a network of open pores disposed throughout a thickness of the porous electrolyte structure. The porous electrolyte structure includes a porosity of about 20% by volume to about 80% by volume. A solid state battery cell including the porous electrolyte structure and a method of making the solid state battery cell are also provided. |
| US12230750B2 |
Button-type secondary battery
A button-type secondary battery according to the present disclosure includes: an electrode assembly; a lower can configured to accommodate the electrode assembly; an upper can coupled to an opening of the lower can; a gasket configured to insulate a coupling portion between the lower can and the upper can; and a center part provided at a core portion of the electrode assembly, wherein the center part includes: a center pin inserted into the core portion of the electrode assembly; and an upper plate provided with an upper cover surface provided on an upper end of the center pin to protect an upper portion of the electrode assembly, wherein an edge of the upper cover surface is provided to be supported on an inner wall of the lower can. |
| US12230748B2 |
Method of manufacturing adhered components
A method of manufacturing adhered components includes a process of applying adhesive to application areas on a surface of a first component, a process of placing a second component above the first component, and a process of pressurizing the second component toward the first component. In the pressurization process, the load applied to a pressurizer changes while sequentially undergoing a curvilinear increase period in which the load increases in a curved line as the compression amount of the adhesive increases, and a rapid increase period in which the load increases in a polygonal line with respect to the trajectory of the load in the curvilinear increase period as the compression amount increases. During pressurization by the pressurizer, the load is detected by a load sensor, the rapid increase period is detected based on the detection value of the load sensor, and the pressurization is stopped during the rapid increase period. |
| US12230738B2 |
Flip-chip light-emitting diode and high-voltage flip-chip light-emitting device
A flip-chip light-emitting diode (LED) includes: a substrate having a patterned surface formed with a protrusion unit including first and second protrusions; a light-emitting epitaxial layer that is disposed on the second protrusions and that includes first and second semiconductor layers and an active layer interposed therebetween; first and second electrodes connected to the first and second semiconductor layers, respectively; and a passivation layer having an epitaxial-covering portion and a substrate-covering portion. The substrate-covering portion of the passivation layer has a top surface with hillocks having a height lower than that of the second protrusions. A high-voltage light-emitting device is also disclosed. |
| US12230737B2 |
Display device and method of repairing the same
A display device includes a first pixel disposed in a display area, wherein the first pixel includes first and second electrodes disposed in the display area and spaced apart from each other; a first light emitting element group including light emitting elements disposed between the first electrode and the second electrode; a first contact electrode disposed on the first electrode and connected to the light emitting elements; a second contact electrode disposed on the second electrode and connected to the light emitting elements; a first electrode contact portion disposed on the first electrode and connected to the first electrode; a second electrode contact portion disposed on the second electrode and connected to the second electrode; a first repair pattern connecting the second contact electrode and the first electrode contact portion; and a second repair pattern connecting the first contact electrode and the second electrode contact portion. |
| US12230735B2 |
Display device including Ga doped indium tin oxide (ITO) based emission layer and manufacturing method thereof
Provided is a display device comprising a substrate; a plurality of transistors disposed on the substrate; a first pixel electrode, a second pixel electrode, and a third pixel electrode respectively connected to the transistors; a first emission layer disposed to overlap the first pixel electrode, a second emission layer disposed to overlap the second pixel electrode, and a third emission layer disposed to overlap the third pixel electrode; and a common electrode disposed on the first emission layer, the second emission layer, and the third emission layer, wherein the first pixel electrode includes a first layer, and a second layer disposed on the first layer and including a Ga-doped ITO. |
| US12230733B2 |
Micro-led structure and micro-led chip including same
A micro-LED chip includes multiple micro-LEDs. At least one micro-LED of the multiple micro-LEDs includes: a first type conductive layer; a second type conductive layer stacked on the first type conductive layer; and a light emitting layer formed between the first type conductive layer and the second type conductive layer. The light emitting layer is continuously formed on the whole micro-LED chip, and the multiple micro-LEDs sharing the light emitting layer. An isolation structure is formed between adjacent micro-LEDs, at least a portion of the isolation structure being formed in the light emitting layer. A bottom surface of the isolation structure is aligned with a bottom of the light emitting layer, and a top surface of the isolation structure is aligned with a top surface of the light emitting layer. |
| US12230732B2 |
Light emitting device solvent, light emitting device ink comprising same, and method for manufacturing display device
A light device solvent, a light emitting device ink comprising same, and a method for manufacturing a display device are provided. A method for manufacturing a display device comprises the acts of: spraying a device ink, which comprises a first element solvent and a light emitting element dispersed in the first element solvent, onto a target substrate having a first electrode and a second electrode thereon; forming a second element solvent, which has an isomeric structure of the molecular structure of the first element solvent, and loading the light emitting element on the first electrode and the second electrode; and removing the second element solvent. |
| US12230729B2 |
Photo-detection apparatus and photo-detection system
An apparatus wherein, in plane view, a first semiconductor region of a first conductivity type overlaps at least a portion of a third semiconductor region, a second semiconductor region overlaps at least a portion of a fourth semiconductor region of a second conductivity type, a height of a potential of the third semiconductor region with respect to an electric charge of the first conductivity type is lower than that of the fourth semiconductor region, and a difference between a height of a potential of the first semiconductor region and that of the third semiconductor region is larger than a difference between a height of a potential of the second semiconductor region and that of the fourth semiconductor region. |
| US12230728B2 |
Coating apparatus, method and system, solar cell, module, and power generation system
Provided are a heterojunction solar cell film deposition apparatus, method and system, a solar cell, a module, and a power generation system. The heterojunction solar cell film deposition apparatus is configured for amorphous silicon-based film deposition, and comprises a loading cavity, a preheating cavity, intrinsic process cavities, doping process cavities and an unloading cavity that are linearly arranged in sequence, the cavities being isolated from each other by means of an isolating valve. At least two intrinsic process cavities are provided and are configured for deposition by means of an intrinsic layer silicon film process; and at least one doping process cavity is provided and is configured for deposition by means of an N-type silicon film or P-type silicon film process. The preheating cavity comprises a heating preheating chamber and a preheating buffer chamber that is configured for adjusting the gas and pressure atmosphere. |
| US12230727B2 |
Contacts for solar cells
A method of fabricating a solar cell is disclosed. The method can include forming a dielectric region on a surface of a solar cell structure and forming a metal layer on the dielectric layer. The method can also include configuring a laser beam with a particular shape and directing the laser beam with the particular shape on the metal layer, where the particular shape allows a contact to be formed between the metal layer and the solar cell structure. |
| US12230723B2 |
Back-side metal electrode of N-type TOPCon solar cell, and method for preparing back-side metal electrode of N-type TOPCon solar cell, and N-type TOPCon solar cell
Some embodiments of the present invention relate to a technical field of N-type TOPCon solar cells, and disclose a back-side metal electrode of an N-type TOPCon solar cell. The back-side metal electrode includes a substrate, a plurality of first silver fine grids disposed on a passivation film which is on a back side of the substrate, a plurality of second aluminum fine grids overlaid on the plurality of first silver fine grids, and a plurality of first silver main grids disposed perpendicular to the plurality of first silver fine grids. Each of the plurality of first silver main grids is a segmented structure. The back-side metal electrode further includes a plurality of second aluminum main grids, which are formed, in a printing manner, between any two adjacent grid segments of a plurality of grid segments and around each of the plurality of grid segments. |
| US12230721B2 |
Gate-all-around integrated circuit structures having asymmetric source and drain contact structures
Gate-all-around integrated circuit structures having asymmetric source and drain contact structures, and methods of fabricating gate-all-around integrated circuit structures having asymmetric source and drain contact structures, are described. For example, an integrated circuit structure includes a vertical arrangement of nanowires above a fin. A gate stack is over the vertical arrangement of nanowires. A first epitaxial source or drain structure is at a first end of the vertical arrangement of nanowires. A second epitaxial source or drain structure is at a second end of the vertical arrangement of nanowires. A first conductive contact structure is coupled to the first epitaxial source or drain structure. A second conductive contact structure is coupled to the second epitaxial source or drain structure. The second conductive contact structure is deeper along the fin than the first conductive contact structure. |
| US12230720B2 |
Semiconductor structure with recessed top semiconductor layer in substrate and method of fabricating the same
A method includes providing a substrate including a first semiconductor layer over a dielectric layer, thinning the first semiconductor layer, forming a stack of alternating second semiconductor layers and third semiconductor layers over the thinned first semiconductor layer, forming a fin active region protruding from the substrate including a portion of the thinned first semiconductor layer and the stack of alternating second semiconductor layers and third semiconductor layers, forming isolation features over an exposed portion of the dielectric layer, forming a dummy gate stack over the fin active region, forming a source/drain (S/D) recess in the fin active region adjacent to the dummy gate stack, forming an epitaxial S/D feature in the S/D recess, removing the second semiconductor layers to form openings between the third semiconductor layers, and forming a metal gate stack in the openings and in place of the dummy gate stack. |
| US12230719B2 |
Semiconductor device and display device including the semiconductor device
To improve field-effect mobility and reliability of a transistor including an oxide semiconductor film. A semiconductor device includes an oxide semiconductor film, a gate electrode, an insulating film over the gate electrode, the oxide semiconductor film over the insulating film, and a pair of electrodes over the oxide semiconductor film. The oxide semiconductor film includes a first oxide semiconductor film and a second oxide semiconductor film over the first oxide semiconductor film. The first oxide semiconductor film and the second oxide semiconductor film, include the same element. The first oxide semiconductor film includes a region having lower crystallinity than the second oxide semiconductor film. |
| US12230714B2 |
Self-aligned gate endcap (SAGE) architectures with vertical sidewalls
Self-aligned gate endcap (SAGE) architectures with vertical sidewalls, and methods of fabricating self-aligned gate endcap (SAGE) architectures with vertical sidewalls, are described. In an example, an integrated circuit structure includes a semiconductor fin having sidewalls along a length of the semiconductor fin, each sidewall tapering outwardly from a top of the semiconductor fin toward a bottom of the semiconductor fin. A gate endcap isolation structure is spaced apart from the semiconductor fin and has a length parallel with the length of the semiconductor fin. The gate endcap isolation structure has a substantially vertical sidewall laterally facing one of the outwardly tapering sidewalls of the semiconductor fin. |
| US12230710B2 |
LDMOS with field plates
There is provided a high withstand voltage LDMOS field-effect transistor that enables the compatibility of an increase of its withstand voltage and a decrease of its ON resistance. The high withstand voltage LDMOS is characterizing in including: a first electroconductive type body region formed on a main surface of a semiconductor substrate; a second electroconductive type source region formed on a surface of the body region; a second electroconductive type drift region formed so as to have contact with the body region; a second electroconductive type drain region formed on the drift region; a first electroconductive type buried region having contact with the body region and formed below the drift region; a gate electrode formed above the body region between the source region and the drift region and above the drift region nearer to the source region via a gate insulating film; a first field plate that extends from the gate electrode toward the drain region and that is formed above the drift region via a first insulating film; and a second field plate that has contact with the source region or the gate electrode and that is formed above the first field plate via a second insulating film, in which a distance between the buried region and the drain region is smaller than a distance between the first field plate and the drain region and larger than a distance between the second field plate and the drain region. |
| US12230703B2 |
Semiconductor power device
Provided is a semiconductor power device. The device includes: at least one p-type body region located on the top of an n-type drift region, a first n-type source region and a second n-type source region located within the p-type body region, a first gate structure configured to control a first current channel between the first n-type source region and the n-type drift region to be turned on or off; and a second gate structure configured to control a second current channel between the second n-type source region and the n-type drift region to be turned on or off. The second gate structure is recessed in the n-type drift region. |
| US12230701B2 |
Bypassed gate transistors having improved stability
A transistor includes a plurality of gate fingers that extend in a first direction and are spaced apart from each other in a second direction, each of the gate fingers comprising at least spaced-apart and generally collinear first and second gate finger segments that are electrically connected to each other. The first gate finger segments are separated from the second gate finger segments in the first direction by a gap region that extends in the second direction. A resistor is disposed in the gap region. |
| US12230696B2 |
Semiconductor device and method for fabricating the same
The on-state characteristics of a transistor are improved and thus, a semiconductor device capable of high-speed response and high-speed operation is provided. A highly reliable semiconductor device showing stable electric characteristics is made. The semiconductor device includes a transistor including a first oxide layer; an oxide semiconductor layer over the first oxide layer; a source electrode layer and a drain electrode layer in contact with the oxide semiconductor layer; a second oxide layer over the oxide semiconductor layer; a gate insulating layer over the second oxide layer; and a gate electrode layer over the gate insulating layer. An end portion of the second oxide layer and an end portion of the gate insulating layer overlap with the source electrode layer and the drain electrode layer. |
| US12230694B2 |
Method for making nanostructure transistors with source/drain trench contact liners
A method for making a semiconductor device may include forming spaced apart gate stacks on a substrate with adjacent gate stacks defining a respective trench therebetween. Each gate stack may include alternating layers of first and second semiconductor materials, with the layers of the second semiconductor material defining nanostructures. The method may further include forming respective source/drain regions within the trenches, respective insulating regions adjacent lateral ends of the layers of the first semiconductor material, and respective conductive contact liners in the trenches. |
| US12230690B2 |
Method of forming a high electron mobility transistor
The transistor includes a first III-V compound layer. A second III-V compound layer is disposed on the first III-V compound layer and is different from the first III-V compound layer in composition. A carrier channel is located between the first III-V compound layer and the second III-V compound layer. A source feature and a drain feature are disposed on the second III-V compound layer. |
| US12230686B2 |
Device having increased forward biased safe operating area using source segments with different threshold voltages and method of operating thereof
A power device includes a gate, and a segmented source adjacent to the gate, wherein the segmented source includes segments having a first threshold voltage and includes segments having a second threshold voltage different from the first threshold voltage. |
| US12230685B2 |
Multi-bridge channel field effect transistor with multiple inner spacers
A semiconductor device includes active fins extending in a first direction on a substrate; an isolation insulating layer covering a portion of side surfaces of the active fins; channel layers stacked vertically and spaced apart on the active fins; a gate pattern in a second direction across the active fins and the channel layers; and spacer layers across the active fins in the second direction on both sides of the gate pattern. At least one spacer layer extends downwardly along a side surface of the gate pattern such that a lower surface thereof contacts the isolation insulating layer. The lower surface of the spacer layer is higher than a level of upper surfaces of the active fins. The gate pattern has a lower surface contacting the isolation insulating layer. The lower surface of the gate pattern is lower than a level of the upper surfaces of the active fins. |
| US12230682B2 |
Integrated circuit device
An integrated circuit (IC) device includes a conductive region including a first metal on a substrate. An insulating film is on the conductive region. A conductive plug including a second metal passes through the insulating film and extends in a vertical direction. A conductive barrier pattern is between the conductive region and the conductive plug. The conductive barrier pattern has a first surface in contact with the conductive region and a second surface in contact with the conductive plug. A bottom surface and a lower sidewall of the conductive plug are in contact with the conductive barrier pattern, and an upper sidewall of the conductive plug is in contact with the insulating film. The conductive barrier pattern includes a vertical barrier portion between the insulating film and the conductive plug, and the vertical barrier portion has a width tapering along a first direction away from the conductive region. |
| US12230679B2 |
Compound semiconductor substrate including nitride semiconductor layer having varying threading dislocation densities
A compound semiconductor substrate has a Si (silicon) substrate, a first Al nitride semiconductor layer which is a graded layer formed on the Si substrate and whose Al concentration decreases as the distance from the Si substrate increases along the thickness direction, a GaN (gallium nitride) layer formed on the first Al nitride semiconductor layer and having a lower average Al concentration than the average Al concentration of the first Al nitride semiconductor layer, and a second Al nitride semiconductor layer formed on the GaN layer and having a higher average Al concentration than the average Al concentration of the GaN layer. The threading dislocation density at any position in the thickness direction within the second Al nitride semiconductor layer is lower than the threading dislocation density at any position in the thickness direction within the first Al nitride semiconductor layer. |
| US12230678B2 |
III-N based material structures, methods, devices and circuit modules based on strain management
The disclosure describes the use of strain to enhance the properties of p- and n-materials so as to improve the performance of III-N electronic and optoelectronic devices. In one example, transistor devices include a channel aligned along uniaxially strained or relaxed directions of the III-nitride material in the channel. Strain is introduced using buffer layers or source and drain regions of different composition |
| US12230676B2 |
Nanosheet device with tri-layer bottom dielectric isolation
A nanosheet device includes a bottom dielectric isolation formed by a first portion of a high-k dielectric layer above a semiconductor substrate, a spacer material above the first portion of the high-k dielectric layer and a second portion of the high-k dielectric layer above the spacer material. A sequence of semiconductor channel layers are stacked perpendicularly to the semiconductor substrate above the bottom dielectric isolation and are separated by and vertically aligned with a metal gate stack. Source/drain regions extend laterally from opposite ends of the semiconductor channel layers with a bottom surface of the source/drain regions being in direct contact with the bottom dielectric isolation for electrically isolating the source/drain regions from the semiconductor substrate. |
| US12230669B2 |
Standalone high voltage galvanic isolation capacitors
A galvanic isolation capacitor device includes a semiconductor substrate and a PMD layer over the semiconductor substrate. The PMD layer has a first thickness. A lower metal plate is over the PMD layer and an ILD layer is on the lower metal plate; the ILD layer has a second thickness. A ratio of the first thickness to the second thickness is between about 1 and 1.55 inclusive. A first upper metal plate over the ILD layer has a first area and a second upper metal plate over the ILD layer has a second area; a ratio of the first area to the second area is greater than about 5. The galvanic isolation capacitor device can be part of a multi-chip module. |
| US12230665B2 |
Array substrate and preparation method therefor, and display panel and display device
An array substrate and a manufacturing method thereof, a display panel, and a display device are provided. The array substrate includes a bonding region and a non-bonding region, and further includes: a rigid substrate, in the non-bonding region; a driving circuit layer, in the non-bonding region; a light-emitting diode layer, on a side of the driving circuit layer away from the rigid substrate; a flexible base layer, in the bonding region and on the same side of the rigid substrate as the driving circuit layer; and a bonding wire layer, on a side of the flexible base layer away from the rigid substrate. The bonding wire layer and the flexible base layer is capable of being bent along an edge of the rigid substrate to a side of the rigid substrate away from the driving circuit layer. |
| US12230664B2 |
Carbon nitride nanosensor for effective and ultrasensitive X-ray detection
Presented herein are X-ray sensors comprising graphitic carbon nitride materials (gCNs) and a processes for the manufacture of the gCNs and X-ray sensors. |
| US12230663B2 |
Electronic device comprising image sensor for identifying an operation setting and an external environmental condition and method of operation thereof
An electronic device is provided and includes an image sensor including a plurality of unit pixels including a first unit pixel and a second unit pixel, the first unit pixel including a first micro-lens, a first color filter disposed under the first micro-lens, and a first photodiode-array disposed under the first color filter and including a plurality of photodiodes arranged in a same number of columns and rows as each other, and the second unit pixel including a second micro-lens, a second color filter disposed under the second micro-lens and having a different color from that of the first color filter, and a second photodiode-array disposed under the second color filter and including a plurality of photodiodes arranged in a same number of columns and rows as each other; and a processor operatively coupled with the image sensor, wherein the processor is configured to identify a mode corresponding to an auto-focus function; if the mode is identified as a first mode, perform the auto-focus function based at least in part on comparing a first combined signal generated by combining signals obtained from a first column of the first photodiode-array with a second combined signal generated by combining signals obtained from a second column of the first photodiode-array; if the mode is identified as a second mode different from the first mode, perform the auto-focus function based at least in part on comparing the first combined signal with the second combined signal and comparing a third combined signal generated by combining signals obtained from a first row of the first photodiode-array with a fourth combined signal generated by combining signals obtained from a second row of the first photodiode-array; and generate an image signal based at least in part on signals obtained from the first unit pixel and the second unit pixel while the auto-focus function is performed according to a one of the first mode and the second mode. |
| US12230661B2 |
Electronic device package and fabricating method thereof
Various aspects of the present disclosure provide a semiconductor device, for example comprising a finger print sensor, and a method for manufacturing thereof. Various aspects of the present disclosure may, for example, provide an ultra-slim finger print sensor having a thickness of 500 μm or less that does not include a separate printed circuit board (PCB), and a method for manufacturing thereof. |
| US12230659B1 |
Interposer for curved detector
An interposer for a curved detector. In some embodiments a system includes a curved array photodetector; a first readout integrated circuit, the first readout integrated circuit being substantially flat; and an interposer, between the photodetector and the first readout integrated circuit. The photodetector and the first readout integrated circuit may each have a plurality of electrical contacts. The interposer may include a first conductor connecting a first contact, of the plurality of electrical contacts of the photodetector, and a second contact, of the plurality of electrical contacts of the first readout integrated circuit. |
| US12230651B2 |
Photodetector and image sensor including the same
A photodetector includes a gate electrode extending in a first direction, a ferroelectric layer on the gate electrode and maintaining a state of polarization formed by a gate voltage applied to the gate electrode, a light absorbing layer on the ferroelectric layer and extending in a second direction intersecting the gate electrode, the light absorbing layer including a two-dimensional (2D) material of a layered structure, a source electrode on the ferroelectric layer and connected to a first end of the light absorbing layer, and a drain electrode on the ferroelectric layer and connected to the a second end of the light absorbing layer. |
| US12230648B2 |
Display substrate, manufacturing method thereof and display apparatus
The present disclosure provides a display substrate, a manufacturing method thereof and a display apparatus, and relates to the field of display technology. The manufacturing method of a display substrate includes providing a base substrate, and forming pixels on the base substrate, wherein the forming pixels includes: forming a first auxiliary electrode on the base substrate; forming a first interlayer insulating layer on a side of the first auxiliary electrode away from the base substrate; sequentially forming a second conductive film and a first photoresist layer, exposing the first photoresist layer with a mask plate having regions of different light transmittances by controlling exposure time based on requirements on an operating frequency band of the pixels, to form a source electrode and a drain electrode of the thin film transistor and a second auxiliary electrode, forming a second interlayer insulating layer; and forming a pixel electrode. |
| US12230644B2 |
Thin film transistor array panel and manufacturing method thereof
A thin film transistor array panel according to an exemplary embodiment of the invention includes: an insulating substrate; a gate line disposed on the insulating substrate and including a gate pad portion; a data line insulated from and crossing the gate line, and including a source electrode and a data pad portion; a drain electrode facing the source electrode; an organic insulating layer disposed on the data line and the drain electrode, and including a first contact hole; a common electrode disposed on the organic insulating layer, and including a second contact hole; a passivation layer disposed on the common electrode, and including a third contact hole; and a pixel electrode disposed on the passivation layer, and being in contact with the drain electrode, in which the third contact hole is disposed to be adjacent to one surface of the first contact hole for improvement of an aperture ratio and a stable electrode connection. |
| US12230642B2 |
Display panel and display device
A display panel and a display device are provided. The display panel includes a substrate, a first metal layer disposed on a side of the substrate, a second metal layer disposed on a side of the first metal layer away from the substrate and including a plurality of gate electrodes and a plurality of sets of source and drain electrodes arranged in the same layer as the gate electrodes, and a plurality of data lines. Each of the data lines is disposed in the same layer as the first metal layer and is electrically connected to the source and drain electrodes. |
| US12230641B2 |
Display panel, manufacturing method thereof, and display device
A display panel, a manufacturing method thereof and a display device. The display panel includes a first region and a second region. The second region includes a driving circuitry layer and a first light-emitting unit located on a base substrate, the first region includes a plurality of second light-emitting units located on the base substrate, the second light-emitting unit is electrically coupled to the driving circuitry layer through a transparent conductive layer, the transparent conductive layer includes at least two conductive sub-layers laminated one on another and insulated from each other, each conductive sub-layer includes at least one transparent conductive line, and each transparent conductive line is coupled to a corresponding second light-emitting unit. |
| US12230640B2 |
Display device and electronic device
The present disclosure provides a display device and an electronic device. The display device includes a display panel and a source driving chip. The display panel includes a plurality of traces in a fan-shaped distribution. A plurality of signal output terminals and a plurality of compensation traces are disposed in the source driving chip. The compensation traces are configured to reduce a resistance difference among the plurality of traces in a fan-shaped distribution, and each signal output terminal is electrically connected to a corresponding one of the traces in a fan-shaped distribution using one corresponding compensation trace. |
| US12230639B2 |
Array substrate and preparation method thereof and display device
The present application relates to an array substrate and a preparation method thereof, and a display device; wherein the array substrate comprises a substrate and a plurality of sub-pixels distributed in an array on the substrate, the sub-pixels comprising M oxide thin film transistors, each oxide thin film transistor comprising a modulation electrode, a gate electrode, a source electrode and a drain electrode arranged in a stack, wherein the modulation electrodes of the M oxide thin film transistors are electrically connected to each other as a modulation layer, and the modulation layer is electrically connected to the gate electrode through N first vias, wherein M and N are both integers, and N |
| US12230635B2 |
Gate-all-around integrated circuit structures having depopulated channel structures using selective bottom-up approach
Gate-all-around integrated circuit structures having depopulated channel structures, and methods of fabricating gate-all-around integrated circuit structures having depopulated channel structures using a selective bottom-up approach, are described. For example, an integrated circuit structure includes a vertical arrangement of nanowires above a substrate. The vertical arrangement of nanowires has one or more active nanowires above one or more oxide nanowires. A first gate stack is over and around the one or more active nanowires. A second gate stack is over and around the one or more oxide nanowires. |
| US12230634B2 |
Semiconductor devices and methods of fabricating the same
A semiconductor structure and a method of forming the same are provided. In an embodiment, an exemplary semiconductor structure includes a number of channel members over a substrate, a gate structure wrapping around each of the number of channel members, a dielectric fin structure disposed adjacent to the gate structure, the dielectric fin structure includes a first dielectric layer disposed over the substrate and in direct contact with the first gate structure, a second dielectric layer disposed over the first dielectric layer, and a third dielectric layer. The third dielectric is disposed over the second dielectric layer and spaced apart from the first dielectric layer and the gate structure by the second dielectric layer. The dielectric fin structure also includes an isolation feature disposed directly over the third dielectric layer. |
| US12230632B2 |
Integrated circuit layout and method thereof
An integrated circuit (IC) structure includes a first transistor and a second transistor. The first transistor includes a first active region and a first gate disposed on the first active region, in which the first gate has a first effective gate length along a first direction parallel to a lengthwise direction of the first active region. The second transistor includes a second active region and a second gate disposed on the second active region, and includes a plurality of gate structures arranged along the first direction and separated from each other, in which the second gate has a second effective gate length along the first direction, the second effective gate length is n times the first effective gate length, and n is a positive integer greater than 1. |
| US12230631B2 |
Devices and methods for layout-dependent voltage handling improvement in switch stacks
Devices and methods for layout-dependent voltage handling improvement in switch stacks. In some embodiments, a switching device can include a first terminal and a second terminal, a radio-frequency signal path implemented between the first terminal and the second terminal, and a plurality of switching elements connected in series to form a stack between the second terminal and ground. The stack can have an orientation relative to the radio-frequency signal path, and the switching elements can have a non-uniform distribution of a first parameter based in part on the orientation of the stack. |
| US12230630B2 |
Semiconductor devices having highly integrated sheet and wire patterns therein
A semiconductor device includes a semiconductor substrate having first and second regions therein, a first lower semiconductor pattern, which protrudes from the semiconductor substrate in the first region and extends in a first direction across the semiconductor substrate, and a first gate electrode, which extends across the first lower semiconductor pattern and the semiconductor substrate in a second direction. A plurality of semiconductor sheet patterns are provided, which are spaced apart from each other in a third direction to thereby define a vertical stack of semiconductor sheet patterns, on the first lower semiconductor pattern. A first gate insulating film is provided, which separates the plurality of semiconductor sheet patterns from the first gate electrode. A second lower semiconductor pattern is provided, which protrudes from the semiconductor substrate in the second region. A plurality of wire patterns are provided, which are spaced apart from each other on the second lower semiconductor pattern. A second gate insulating film is wrapped around each of the plurality of wire patterns. |
| US12230627B2 |
Semiconductor device
A semiconductor device including a first line configured to receive a power supply voltage, a second line configured to be coupled to a load of the semiconductor device, first and second metal-oxide-semiconductor (MOS) transistors coupled in series between the first line and the second line, each of the first and second MOS transistors having a drain electrode and a gate electrode, the drain electrode of the first MOS transistor being coupled to the drain electrode of the second MOS transistor, a third line coupled to the gate electrode of the first MOS transistor, and a fourth line coupled to the gate electrode of the second MOS transistor, the third and fourth lines being electrically separated from each other. |
| US12230625B2 |
Integrated circuit including standard cell and filler cell
An integrated circuit includes a standard cell including a first active region extending in a first direction and having a first width, and a filler cell including a second active region of a same type as that of the first active region and being adjacent to the standard cell in the first direction, the second active region extending in the first direction and having a second width which is greater than the first width, wherein the standard cell further includes a first tapering portion of the same type as that of the first active region, the first tapering portion being arranged between the first active region and the second active region. |
| US12230623B2 |
Method for manufacturing semiconductor device and semiconductor device
According to one embodiment, a method for manufacturing a semiconductor device includes forming a plurality of recess portions on a first surface of a support. Each recess portion is between protrusion portions on the first surface. A stacked body is then placed into each of the recess portions. The stacked body is a plurality of semiconductor chips stacked on each other or the like. The recess portions are filled with a resin layer. The resin layer covers the stacked bodies inside the recess portions. A protrusion portion of the support is irradiated with a laser beam to form a modified portion in the protrusion portion. The support is divided along the protrusion portions into separate pieces. |
| US12230618B2 |
Optical sensor, and method for manufacturing optical sensor
An optical sensor includes a substrate including a substrate main surface intersecting a thickness-wise direction, a light emitting element disposed on the substrate main surface, a light receiving element disposed on the substrate main surface, a transparent first cover disposed on the substrate main surface to cover the light emitting element, and a transparent second cover disposed on the substrate main surface to cover the light receiving element. The first cover and the second cover are spaced apart by a gap. |
| US12230612B2 |
Light-emitting diode packaging module having encapsulated array of LED chips
A light-emitting diode (LED) packaging module includes light-emitting units arranged in an array having m row(s) and n column(s), an encapsulating layer, and a wiring assembly, where m and n each independently represents a positive integer. Each of the light-emitting units includes LED chips each including a chip first surface, a chip second surface, a chip side surface, and an electrode assembly disposed on the chip second surface. The encapsulating layer covers the chip side surface and fills a space among the LED chips. The wiring assembly is disposed on the chip second surface and is electrically connected to the electrode assembly. |
| US12230609B2 |
Semiconductor packages
A semiconductor package includes a first semiconductor die, an adhesive layer, a second semiconductor die, a plurality of conductive pillars and an encapsulant. The adhesive layer is adhered to the first semiconductor die. The second semiconductor die is stacked over the first semiconductor die. The conductive pillars surround the first semiconductor die. The encapsulant encapsulates the first semiconductor die and the conductive pillars, wherein a top surface of the encapsulant is higher than top surfaces of the conductive pillars. |
| US12230600B2 |
Semiconductor device having through parts of different shapes
A semiconductor device including: a semiconductor chip; a plurality of insulating substrates mounted with the semiconductor chip; a printed circuit board facing the plurality of insulating substrates; and a conductive member for electrically connecting the plurality of insulating substrates and the printed circuit board is provided. The printed circuit board has a first through part arranged between the plurality of insulating substrates being adjacent to each other in a top view, and a second through part different from the first through part in shape in the top view. |
| US12230596B2 |
Electronics assemblies employing copper in multiple locations
Electronic assemblies may be fabricated with interconnects of different types present in multiple locations and comprising fused copper nanoparticles. Each interconnect or a portion thereof comprises a bulk copper matrix formed from fusion of copper nanoparticles or a reaction product formed from copper nanoparticles. The interconnects may comprise a copper-based wire bonding assembly, a copper-based flip chip connection, a copper-based hermetic seal assembly, a copper-based connector between an IC substrate and a package substrate, a copper-based component interconnect, a copper-based interconnect comprising via copper for establishing electrical communication between opposite faces of a package substrate, a copper-based interconnect defining a heat channel formed from via copper, and any combination thereof. |
| US12230592B2 |
Integrated tunable filter architecture
An apparatus and method for a frequency based integrated circuit that selectively filters out unwanted bands or regions of interfering frequencies utilizing one or more tunable notch or bandpass filters or tunable low or high pass filters capable of operating across multiple frequencies and multiple bands in noisy RF environments. The tunable filters are fabricated within the same integrated circuit package as the associated frequency based circuitry, thus minimizing R, L, and C parasitic values, and also allowing residual and other parasitic impedance in the associated circuitry and IC package to be absorbed and compensated. |
| US12230591B2 |
Integrated circuit, front-end module, and communication apparatus
An integrated circuit (IC) includes a first switch, a second switch, and an amplifier electrically connected between the first switch and the second switch. An RF signal path passes through first switch, the amplifier, and the second switch in this order. The IC includes an input terminal and an output terminal that are to be connected to each other between the first switch and the amplifier or between the amplifier and the second switch outside of the IC with a component connected therebetween. In a top view of the IC, a first region of the first switch, a second region of the amplifier, and a third region of the second switch are disposed on a straight line such that a virtual straight line connects any point of the first region, any point of the second region, and any point of the second region in this order. |
| US12230590B2 |
Electronic package and manufacturing method thereof
An electronic package in which at least one magnetically permeable member is disposed between a carrier and an electronic component, where the electronic component has a first conductive layer, and the carrier has a second conductive layer, such that the magnetically permeable element is located between the first conductive layer and the second conductive layer. Moreover, a plurality of conductive bumps that electrically connect the first conductive layer and the second conductive layer are arranged between the electronic component and the carrier to surround the magnetically permeable member for generating magnetic flux. |
| US12230589B2 |
Semiconductor package
A semiconductor package includes a substrate, a semiconductor device, and a ring structure. The semiconductor device disposed on the substrate. The ring structure disposed on the substrate and surrounds the semiconductor device. The ring structure includes a first portion and a second portion. The first portion bonded to the substrate. The second portion connects to the first portion. A cavity is between the second portion and the substrate. |
| US12230583B2 |
Interposers for microelectronic devices
Described are semiconductor interposer, and microelectronic device assemblies incorporating such semiconductor interposers. The described interposers include multiple redistribution structures on each side of the core; each of which may include multiple individual redistribution layers. The interposers may optionally include circuit elements, such as passive and/or active circuit. The circuit elements may be formed at least partially within the semiconductor core. |
| US12230581B2 |
Multi-device graded embedding package substrate and manufacturing method thereof
A multi-device graded embedding package substrate includes a first dielectric layer, a second dielectric layer, and a third dielectric layer. The first dielectric layer includes a first conductive copper pillar layer and a first device cavity. The second dielectric layer includes a first wiring layer located in a lower surface of the second dielectric layer, a second conductive copper pillar layer and a heat dissipation copper block layer provided on the first wiring layer. The third dielectric layer includes a second wiring layer, a third conductive copper pillar layer provided on the second wiring layer. A first device is attached to the bottom of the first device cavity, and a terminal of the first device is in conductive connection with the second wiring layer. A second device is attached to the bottom of a second device cavity penetrating through the first, second and third dielectric layers. |
| US12230580B2 |
Method of manufacturing semiconductor package, and semiconductor package
A method includes attaching a first anisotropic conductive film including first conductive particles to a front surface of a substrate structure; compressing a first redistribution structure on the front surface of the substrate structure such that a first redistribution conductor of the first redistribution structure that is exposed is electrically connected by the first conductive particles to a connection terminal or a vertical connection conductor that is exposed from the substrate structure, attaching a second anisotropic conductive film including second conductive particles to a rear surface of the substrate structure; and compressing a second redistribution structure on the rear surface of the substrate structure such that a second redistribution conductor of the second redistribution structure that is exposed is electrically connected by the second conductive particles to the vertical connection conductor. |
| US12230576B2 |
Chip-on-film package and display apparatus including the same
A chip on film (COF) package includes a base film having an upper surface and a lower surface opposite to each other, a bridge film having an edge that overlaps the base film, and an upper surface and a lower surface opposite to each other, a display driver integrated circuit (IC) mounted on the upper surface of the base film, and a heat dissipation member arranged in correspondence with the display driver IC on the lower surface of the base film. The upper surface of the base film and the lower surface of the bridge film adhere to each other in their respective long axis directions, and a long axis length of the bridge film is greater than a long axis length of the base film. |
| US12230575B2 |
Carrier structure including pockets for accommodating semiconductor chip stack structure
A carrier structure including semiconductor chip stack structures; and a carrier tape including a plurality of pockets respectively accommodating the semiconductor chip stack structures, wherein each of the plurality of pockets includes a bottom surface, first sidewalls in four corner regions of each of the plurality of pockets, and second sidewalls between adjacent first sidewalls, each of the first sidewalls has a first portion having a first inclination angle and a second portion on the first portion and having a second inclination angle, the second inclination angle being greater than the first inclination angle, and vertices of lower surfaces of the semiconductor chip stack structures are in contact with the first sidewalls. |
| US12230571B2 |
Integrated circuit devices including a power rail and methods of forming the same
Methods of forming an integrated circuit devices may include forming a transistor on a first surface of a substrate. The transistor may include an active region, a source/drain region contacting the active region and a gate electrode on the active region. The methods may also include forming a conductive wire that is electrically connected to the source/drain region, forming a trench extending through the substrate by etching a second surface of the substrate, which is opposite the first surface of the substrate, and forming a power rail in the trench. The power rail is electrically connected to conductive wire. |
| US12230569B2 |
Apparatus and method to increase effective capacitance with layout staples
A scheme intelligently balances existing TM0 resources to simultaneously boost both AC and DC power delivery topologies without incurring a penalty on either area or IR drop. TM0 tracks are either regular or staples. Regular tracks are continuous across the width of an active silicon. Staples are located right under the respective TM1 (Top Metal 1) tracks. TM1 is above TM0 in the hierarchy of metal layers. The staples aid in increasing the total TV0 (Top Via 0 that connects TM0 to TM1) density for all supplies simultaneously as they are consecutively track-shared between the TM1 tracks. This boost in via density helps reduce the net series resistance of the MIM capacitor as the Manhattan (displacement) distance between the supply and ground vias is now reduced. The outcome is a high-density high-bandwidth MIM capacitor, located between the main power distribution layers in the die metal stack—TM0 and TM1. |
| US12230568B2 |
Interconnection structure of integrated circuit semiconductor device
An interconnection structure of an integrated circuit semiconductor device includes: a first conductive layer on a semiconductor substrate; an interlayer insulating layer on the first conductive layer and including a trench and a via hole; a via layer in the via hole, the via layer penetrating the interlayer insulating layer through a bottom of the trench to contact the first conductive layer, the via layer including a protrusion protruding to a height greater than a height of the trench; a barrier layer selectively on the bottom and sidewalls of the trench and on sidewalls of the via layer in the trench; a cap layer on a surface of the via layer; and a second conductive layer in the trench on the barrier layer. The cap layer is electrically connected to the first conductive layer through the via layer. |
| US12230566B2 |
Metal-insulator-metal structure
Semiconductor devices, integrated circuits and methods of forming the same are provided. In one embodiment, a semiconductor device includes a metal-insulator-metal structure which includes a bottom conductor plate layer including a first opening and a second opening, a first dielectric layer over the bottom conductor plate layer, a middle conductor plate layer over the first dielectric layer and including a third opening, a first dummy plate disposed within the third opening, and a fourth opening, a second dielectric layer over the middle conductor plate layer, and a top conductor plate layer over the second dielectric layer and including a fifth opening, a second dummy plate disposed within the fifth opening, a sixth opening, and a third dummy plate disposed within the sixth opening. The first opening, the first dummy plate, and the second dummy plate are vertically aligned. |
| US12230564B2 |
Package substrate z-disaggregation with liquid metal interconnects
A z-disaggregated integrated circuit package substrate assembly comprises a first substrate component (a coreless patch), a second substrate component (a core patch), and a third substrate component (an interposer). The coreless patch comprises thinner dielectric layers and higher density routing and can comprise an embedded bridge to allow for communication between integrated circuit dies attached to the coreless patch. The core layer acts as a middle layer interconnect between the coreless patch and the interposer and comprises liquid metal interconnects to connect the core patch physically and electrically to the coreless patch and the interposer. Core patch through holes comprise liquid metal plugs. Some through holes can be surrounded by and coaxially aligned with magnetic plugs to provide improved power signal delivery. The interposer comprises thicker dielectric layers and lower density routing. The substrate assembly can reduce cost and provide improved overall yield and electrical performance relative to monolithic substrates. |
| US12230553B2 |
Semiconductor structure, manufacturing method of semiconductor structure and stacked structure
Disclosed are a semiconductor structure and a manufacturing method thereof. The semiconductor structure includes: a base, including a substrate and a dielectric layer, where the substrate includes a front surface and a back surface that are opposite to each other; the dielectric layer is formed on the front surface; the base is provided with a via hole; the via hole penetrates the substrate from the back surface of the substrate and extends to the dielectric layer; an insulating layer, located on an inner wall surface of the via hole; and a conductive structure, where the conductive structure includes a first conductive layer and a second conductive layer connected to each other; the first conductive layer is close to a bottom of the via hole, and the second conductive layer is close to a top of the via hole. |
| US12230551B2 |
Immersion direct cooling modules
Implementations of a semiconductor package may include one or more semiconductor die directly coupled to only a direct leadframe attach (DLA) leadframe including two or more leads; and a coating covering the one or more semiconductor die and the DLA leadframe where when the semiconductor package is coupled into an immersion cooling enclosure, the coating may be in contact with a dielectric coolant while the two or more leads extend out of the immersion cooling enclosure. |
| US12230549B2 |
Three-dimensional integrated circuit structures and methods of forming the same
Three-dimensional integrated circuit (3DIC) structures and methods of forming the same are provided. A 3DIC structure includes a semiconductor package, a first package substrate, a molded underfill layer and a thermal interface material. The semiconductor package is disposed over and electrically connected to the first package substrate through a plurality of first bumps. The semiconductor package includes at least one semiconductor die and an encapsulation layer aside the semiconductor die. The molded underfill layer surrounds the plurality of first bumps and a sidewall of the semiconductor package, and has a substantially planar top surface. The CTE of the molded underfill layer is different from the CTE of the encapsulation layer of the semiconductor package. The thermal interface material is disposed over the semiconductor package. |
| US12230546B2 |
Wafer registration and overlay measurement systems and related methods
A method for measuring overlay between an interest level and a reference level of a wafer includes applying a magnetic field to a wafer, detecting at least one residual magnetic field emitted from at least one registration marker of a first set of registration markers within the wafer, responsive to the detected one or more residual magnetic fields, determining a location of the at least one registration marker of the first set registration markers, determining a location of at least one registration marker of a second set of registration markers, and responsive to the respective determined locations of the at least one registration marker of the first set of registration markers and the at least one registration marker of the second set of registration markers, calculating a positional offset between an interest level of the wafer and a reference level of the wafer. Related methods and systems are also disclosed. |
| US12230545B2 |
Semiconductor devices including dummy gate dielectric layer and methods of manufacturing thereof
A semiconductor device includes a plurality of channel layers vertically separated from one another. The semiconductor device also includes an active gate structure comprising a lower portion and an upper portion. The lower portion wraps around each of the plurality of channel layers. The semiconductor device further includes a gate spacer extending along a sidewall of the upper portion of the active gate structure. The gate spacer has a bottom surface. Moreover, a dummy gate dielectric layer is disposed between the gate spacer and a topmost channel layer of plurality of channel layers. The dummy gate dielectric layer is in contact with a top surface of the topmost channel layer, the bottom surface of the gate spacer, and the sidewall of the gate structure. |
| US12230544B2 |
Stacked transistors with different channel widths
A semiconductor device includes a first stack of nanowires above a substrate with a first gate structure over, around, and between the first stack of nanowires and a second stack of nanowires above the substrate with a second gate structure over, around, and between the second stack of nanowires. The device also includes a first source/drain region contacting a first number of nanowires of the first nanowire stack and a second source/drain region contacting a second number of nanowires of the second nanowire stack such that the first number and second number of contacted nanowires are different. |
| US12230541B2 |
Element chip manufacturing method
The element chip manufacturing method includes: a preparing process of preparing a substrate 1 including a plurality of element regions EA and a dividing region DA, the substrate 1 having a first principal surface 1X and a second principal surface 1Y; a groove forming process of forming a groove 13 in the dividing region DA from the first principal surface 1X side; and a grinding process of grinding the substrate 1 from the second principal surface 1Y side, to divide the substrate 1 into a plurality of element chips 20. The groove 13 includes a first region 13a constituted by a side surface having a first surface roughness, and a second region 13b constituted by a side surface having a second surface roughness larger than the first surface roughness. In the grinding process, grinding of the substrate 1 is performed until reaching the first region 13a of the groove 13. |
| US12230535B2 |
Method for fabricating semiconductor device with damascene structure
The present application discloses a method for fabricating a semiconductor device including: providing a photomask including an opaque layer on a mask substrate and surrounding a translucent layer on the mask substrate; forming a pre-process mask layer on a device stack; patterning the pre-process mask layer using the photomask to form a patterned mask layer including a mask region corresponding to the opaque layer, a trench region corresponding to the translucent layer, and a via hole corresponding to the mask opening of via feature; performing a damascene etching process to form a via opening and a trench opening in the device stack; and forming a via in the via opening and a trench in the trench opening. The translucent layer includes a mask opening of via feature which exposes a portion of the mask substrate. A thickness of the trench region is less than a thickness of the mask region. |
| US12230531B2 |
Substrate supporting apparatus, substrate processing apparatus including the same, and substrate processing method
A substrate processing method capable of stably loading a substrate regardless of a variation in pressure of a reaction space includes supplying an inert gas; and forming a thin film by sequentially and repeatedly supplying a source gas, supplying a reaction gas, and activating the reaction gas, wherein a center portion of a substrate and a center portion of a susceptor are spaced apart from each other to form a separate space, the reaction space above the substrate and the separate space communicate with each other via one or more channels, an inert gas is introduced to the separate space through the one or more channels during the supplying of the inert gas, and the inert gas prevents pressure imbalance between the separate space and the reaction space during a thin film deposition process. |
| US12230527B2 |
Electrostatic chuck and substrate fixing device
An electrostatic chuck includes: a base body having: a mounting face on which an object to be adsorbed is to be mounted; and a back face that is opposite to the mounting face; an insulating layer that is formed on the back face; a heating element that is built in the insulating layer and configured to generate heat; and at least one thermal diffusion layer that is built in the base body and configured to diffuse the heat generated by the heating element. The at least one thermal diffusion layer is formed of a material higher in thermal conductivity than the base body. |
| US12230526B2 |
Electrostatic chuck heater
An electrostatic chuck heater includes an electrostatic chuck including an electrostatic electrode embedded in a ceramic sintered body, a cooling member cooling the electrostatic chuck, and a heater layer disposed between the electrostatic chuck and the cooling member and including a plurality of metal layers embedded therein in multiple stages, the metal layers including resistance heating element layers. The heater layer includes a ceramic insulating layer with a thickness of 2 μm or more and 50 μm or less between the metal layers. |
| US12230522B2 |
Inline wafer defect detection system and method
A wafer defect detection apparatus and a method of fabricating an IC using the same. Images of a plurality of semiconductor wafers forming a wafer lot are captured at a targeted process step of a fabrication flow and preprocessed, wherein a medoid image is identified as a reference wafer image. In one arrangement, preprocessed wafer images of a semiconductor wafer lot may be analyzed for defects based on an ensemble of image analysis techniques using at least one of the reference wafer image from the wafer lot and a template patch to enhance the predictive power of defect detection. |
| US12230520B2 |
Protective component forming apparatus
A protective component forming apparatus includes a chuck table, a resin supply unit having a pump and a pipe that supply a liquid resin from a tank to a resin sheet held by the chuck table, a pressing unit that presses a workpiece against the liquid resin supplied to the resin sheet held by the chuck table, a curing unit that irradiates the liquid resin pressed by the pressing unit with ultraviolet and cures the liquid resin, a resin inspecting part that senses the viscosity of the liquid resin, and an informing unit. |
| US12230518B2 |
Light irradiation type heat treatment apparatus
A light diffusion plate made of quartz and provided with a plurality of recessed spherical surfaces is placed on an upper chamber window so as to be in opposed relation to a central portion of a semiconductor wafer. Flashes of light emitted from flash lamps and passing by the side of the light diffusion plate impinge upon a peripheral portion of the semiconductor wafer. On the other hand, flashes of light emitted from the flash lamps and entering the light diffusion plate are diverged by the recessed spherical surfaces. Part of the light entering the light diffusion plate is diffused toward the peripheral portion of the semiconductor wafer. As a result, this increases the amount of light impinging upon the peripheral portion of the semiconductor wafer, and decreases the amount of light impinging upon the central portion of the semiconductor wafer. |
| US12230516B2 |
Substrate treating apparatus and substrate treating method
The inventive concept relates to a substrate treating apparatus including a process chamber having a first and a second body, a support unit supporting a substrate, a heating unit heats the substrate, a driver moves any one of the first body and the second body, an interval state detection unit that detects an interval state between a side wall of the first body and a side wall of the second body when the first and the second body are placed in a process location, and a controller that controls the driver and the interval state detection unit, wherein the interval state detection unit includes a pressure provision line that provides a positive pressure or a negative pressure between the side wall of the first body and the side wall of the second body, and a pressure measurement member that measures a change in a pressure of the pressure provision line. |
| US12230514B2 |
Substrate processing apparatus including filling gas supply line and substrate processing method using the same
A substrate processing method includes: disposing a wafer in a wafer region of a tube; injecting an inert gas into a gap region, of the tube, between an inner side wall of the tube and the wafer disposed in the wafer region; and injecting a process gas into the wafer region of the tube, wherein a pressure of the gap region of the tube is higher than a pressure at an edge of the wafer region of the tube during the injection of the inert gas and the process gas. |
| US12230510B2 |
Substrate treating apparatus and method for the same
A substrate treating apparatus is disclosed. The substrate treating apparatus includes a treating container having a treatment space to treat a substrate, a standby port positioned at one side of the treating container to allow a nozzle, which discharges a treatment liquid, to stand by, and a liquid supplying unit moving between the treating container and the standby port and having the nozzle. The standby port includes a nozzle receiving member including a nozzle receiving unit having a receiving space formed inside the nozzle receiving unit to receive the nozzle and a cleaning liquid and a discharge part having a discharge port provided at one side of the nozzle cleaning unit to discharge the cleaning liquid to the nozzle. The discharge port is provided to overlap at least a portion of the nozzle when viewed from above. |
| US12230504B2 |
Plasma etching method and plasma etching apparatus
A plasma etching method in an embodiment includes etching a silicon-containing film by using plasma of a hydrofluorocarbon gas. The hydrofluorocarbon gas contains, as a conjugated cyclic compound, hydrofluorocarbon having a composition represented by CxHyFz, where x, y, and z are positive integers satisfying x≥6 and (z−y)/x≤1). |
| US12230501B2 |
Semiconductor device and method of manufacturing semiconductor device
A method of manufacturing a semiconductor device, including preparing a semiconductor substrate having a main surface, forming a device element structure on the main surface, forming a protective film on the main surface of the semiconductor substrate to protect the device element structure, the protective film having an opening therein, forming at least one material film in a predetermined pattern on the main surface of the semiconductor substrate and in the opening of the protective film, the at least one material film being separate from the protective film by a distance of less than 1 mm, forming a resist film on the main surface of the semiconductor substrate, covering the protective film and the at least one material film, the resist film having an opening therein corresponding to an inducing region for impurity defects, and inducing the impurity defects in the semiconductor substrate, using the resist film as a mask. |
| US12230500B2 |
Method of manufacturing a beta-Ga2O3-based single crystal film by flowing a Ga chloride gas, an oxygen gas, and a dopant gas
A method for manufacturing a semiconductor film includes placing a semiconductor substrate including a β-Ga2O3-based single crystal in a reaction chamber of an HVPE apparatus. When the semiconductor substrate is placed so that the growth base surface faces upward, an inlet for a dopant-including gas into the space is positioned higher than an inlet for an oxygen-including gas into the space and an inlet for a Ga chloride gas into the space is positioned higher than the inlet for the dopant-including gas into the space. When the semiconductor substrate is placed so that the growth base surface faces downward, the inlet for the dopant-including gas into the space is positioned higher than the inlet for the Ga chloride gas into the space and the inlet for the oxygen-including gas into the space is positioned higher than the inlet for the dopant-including gas into the space. |
| US12230497B2 |
Methods for forming a topographically selective silicon oxide film by a cyclical plasma-enhanced deposition process
Methods for forming a topographically selective silicon oxide film by a cyclical plasma-enhanced deposition process are provided. The methods may include: forming a topographically selective silicon oxide film by a plasma enhanced atomic layer deposition (PEALD) process or a cyclical plasma-enhanced chemical vapor deposition (cyclical PECVD) process. The methods may also include: forming a silicon oxide film either selectivity over the horizontal surfaces of a non-planar substrate or selectively over the vertical surfaces of a non-planar substrate. |
| US12230495B2 |
Method of depositing silicon nitride films
A method for depositing a silicon nitride layer on a stack is provided. The method comprises providing an atomic layer deposition, comprising a plurality of cycles, wherein each cycle comprises dosing the stack with a silicon containing precursor by providing a silicon containing precursor gas, providing an N2 plasma conversion, and providing an H2 plasma conversion. |
| US12230489B2 |
High pressure mass analyzer
In one aspect, a mass spectrometer is disclosed, which comprises a Fourier Transform (FT) mass analyzer having an input port for receiving ions and an exit port through which the ions exit the FT mass analyzer, a detector disposed downstream of said FT analyzer for detecting ions exiting the FT analyzer, and a multi-segment ion guide having a plurality of segments, said multi-segment ion guide being disposed upstream of said FT mass analyzer and having an input port for receiving ions and an output port through which ions exit the FT mass analyzer. The segments of the ion guide are configured to be independently activated via application of a DC offset voltage thereto so as to adjust a length through which ions passing through the ion guide experience collisional cooling. |
| US12230485B2 |
Sputtering target for magnetic recording medium
A sputtering target for a magnetic recording medium, comprises: a metal phase containing Pt and at least one or more selected from Mn and V, with the balance being Co and incidental impurities; and an oxide phase containing at least B and O. |
| US12230473B2 |
Temperature-controlled surface with a cryo-nanomanipulator for improved deposition rate
A method of depositing material over a sample in a deposition region of the sample with a charged particle beam column, the method comprising: positioning a sample within a vacuum chamber such that the deposition region is under a field of view of the charged particle beam column; cooling the deposition region by contacting the sample with a cyro-nanomanipulator tool in an area adjacent to the deposition region; injecting a deposition precursor gas into the vacuum chamber at a location adjacent to the deposition region; generating a charged particle beam with a charged particle beam column and focusing the charged particle beam on the sample; and scanning the focused electron beam across the localized region of the sample to activate molecules of the deposition gas that have adhered to the sample surface in the deposition region and deposit material on the sample within the deposition region. |
| US12230471B2 |
Ion milling device
There is provided an ion milling apparatus that can enhance reproducibility of ion distribution.The ion milling apparatus includes an ion source 101, a sample stage 102 on which a sample processed by radiating a non-convergent ion beam from the ion source 101 is placed, a drive unit 107 that moves a measurement member holding section 106 holding an ion beam current measurement member 105 along a track located between the ion source and the sample stage, and an electrode 112 that is disposed near the track, in which a predetermined positive voltage is applied to the electrode 112, the ion beam current measurement member 105 is moved within a radiation range of the ion beam by the drive unit 107, in a state in which the ion beam is output from the ion source 101 under a first radiation condition, and an ion beam current that flows when the ion beam is radiated to the ion beam current measurement member 105 is measured. |
| US12230468B2 |
X-ray system with field emitters and arc protection
An x-ray tube, comprising: a field emitter including an emission surface; an anode; and a focus electrode disposed between the field emitter and the anode; wherein: the focus electrode includes: a first surface that is substantially perpendicular to the field emitter emission surface and nearest to the field emitter; a second surface that is axially nearest to the anode, wherein the field emitter and the anode form an axis; and a third surface that extends between the first surface and the second surface; and a first location on the focus electrode between the first surface and the third surface is further from the anode than a second location on the focus electrode between the third surface and the second surface. |
| US12230463B2 |
Electromagnetic relay with short circuit preventing features
An electromagnetic relay includes a support member, a first fixed terminal, a second fixed terminal, a movable contact piece, a movable member. The support member is made of an insulating material. The first fixed terminal includes a first fixed contact and is supported by the support member. The second fixed terminal includes the second fixed contact and is supported by the support member. The movable contact piece includes a first movable contact and a second movable contact. The movable member is connected to the movable contact piece and includes a first overlapping portion made of an insulating material. The first overlapping portion is disposed between the first fixed terminal and the second fixed terminal. The first overlapping portion overlaps with the support member when viewed from a longitudinal direction of the movable contact piece in an open state where the first movable contact is separated from the first fixed contact. |
| US12230462B2 |
Pulse control device
A pulse control device 10 comprises: a switch output unit 100 which generates a pulse output voltage Vo from a direct-current input voltage Vi and supplies the pulse output voltage Vo to a load (such as a relay coil 21 of a mechanical relay 20); a low-pass filter unit 300 which receives a feedback input of the pulse output voltage Vo and generates a feedback voltage Vfb; and an output feedback control unit 200 which receives an input of the feedback voltage Vfb and controls the switch output unit 100 so that an average value of the pulse output voltage Vo becomes constant. The low-pass filter unit 300 may be configured without a coil. |
| US12230459B2 |
Illuminated keyswitch structure
An illuminated keyswitch structure includes a base plate, a keycap, and a light-emitting die package. The keycap is movably disposed above the base plate in a vertical direction. The light-emitting die package is disposed under the keycap and includes a plurality of light-emitting dies. The plurality of light-emitting dies are monochromatic light-emitting dies. Therein, among the plurality of light-emitting dies, three light-emitting dies that are adjacently arranged in an arrangement direction perpendicular to the vertical direction emit light of three different colors. The arrangement direction is respectively parallel to along side of each of the three adjacent light-emitting dies. |
| US12230455B2 |
Method of depositing a perovskite material
There is provided a method of producing a photovoltaic device comprising a photoactive region comprising a layer of perovskite material, wherein the layer of perovskite material is disposed on a surface that has a roughness average (Ra) or root mean square roughness (Rrms) of greater than or equal to 50 nm. The method comprises using vapour deposition to deposit a substantially continuous and conformal solid layer comprising one or more initial precursor compounds of the perovskite material, and subsequently treating the solid layer with one or more further precursor compounds to form a substantially continuous and conformal solid layer of the perovskite material on the rough surface. There is also provided a photovoltaic device comprising a photoactive region comprising a layer of perovskite material disposed using the method. |
| US12230454B2 |
Method of forming a polymer dispersion
The present invention is related to a polymer dispersion comprising first conductive polymer particles having a positive Z-potential and second conductive polymer particles having a negative Z-potential, a method of forming the polymer dispersion, a method of making a capacitor comprising the polymer dispersion and a capacitor comprising the polymer dispersion. |
| US12230453B2 |
Replaceable and serviceable module for X-ray generating devices
A device includes a first capacitive energy module and a second capacitive energy module. The first capacitive energy module comprises a first tray that is configured to house a first plurality of capacitive energy components, a first electrode, and a second electrode. The second capacitive energy module comprises a second tray that is configured to house a second plurality of capacitive energy components, a third electrode, and a fourth electrode. The first capacitive energy module is connected to the second capacitive energy module via a plug connector that makes a solid connection. |
| US12230451B2 |
Power factor correction capacitors
An apparatus includes a case capable of receiving a plurality of capacitive elements, each capacitor element having at least two capacitors, and each capacitor having a capacitive value. The apparatus also includes a cover assembly with a peripheral edge secured to the case. The cover assembly includes, for each of the plurality of capacitive elements, a cover terminal that extends upwardly from the cover assembly generally at a central region of the cover assembly. Each cover terminal is connected to one of the at least two capacitors of the respective one of the plurality of capacitive elements. The cover assembly also includes, for each of the plurality of capacitive elements, a cover terminal that extends upwardly from the cover assembly at a position spaced apart from the cover terminal generally at the central region of the cover assembly. |
| US12230449B2 |
Multilayer electronic component
A multilayer electronic component includes a body including a dielectric layer and a first internal electrode and a second internal electrode having first to sixth surfaces, a first external electrode including a first connection portion on the third surface, a first band portion on a portion of the first surface, and a third band portion on a portion of the second surface, a second external electrode including a second connection portion on the fourth surface, a second band portion on a portion of the first surface, and a fourth band portion on a portion of the second surface, an insulating layer disposed on the first and second connection portions and covering the second surface and the third and fourth band portions, a first plating layer disposed on the first band portion, and a second plating layer disposed on the second band portion. The insulating layer includes an oxide containing Ba. |
| US12230448B2 |
Electronic component with metal terminal, connection structure, and method for manufacturing connection structure
An electronic component with a metal terminal includes an electronic component having an element body, and external electrodes respectively provided on end surfaces facing each other in an X direction in the element body; and plate-shaped metal terminals having joint portions joined to the external electrodes, and leg portions provided to protrude beyond the electronic component in a Z direction. The leg portion of the metal terminal has an extending part continuously extending in the Z direction from the joint portion, a first bent part bent from a tip of the extending part to the electronic component side at a first angle formed to be an acute angle with respect to the extending part, and a second bent part bent from a tip of the first bent part at a second angle larger than the first angle with respect to the extending part. |
| US12230446B2 |
Dielectric material, multilayer ceramic electronic device, and manufacturing method of multilayer ceramic electronic device
A dielectric material includes a base material containing barium zirconate titanate as a main component, containing zirconium in an amount of 4 at % or more and 30 at % or less with respect to titanium and zirconium, and having an atomic concentration ratio of barium to titanium and zirconium of 1 or more and 1.1 or less, and a subcomponent containing 2 at % or more and 4 at % or less of europium with respect to titanium of the barium zirconate titanate. |
| US12230444B2 |
Dielectric material, device including the same, and method of preparing the dielectric material
Provided are a dielectric, a device including the same, and a method of preparing the dielectric. The dielectric material includes a NaNbO3 ternary material including a perovskite phase with a Sm element substituted into a Na site such that the NaNbO3 ternary material has a permittivity of 600 or more at 1 kHz, and a temperature coefficient of capacitance (TCC) of about −15% to about 15% in a range of about −55° C. to about +200° C. |
| US12230443B2 |
Multilayer electronic component
A multilayer electronic component includes a body including dielectric layers and internal electrodes alternately disposed with the dielectric layers and external electrodes disposed on the body and connected to the internal electrodes. The one of the internal electrodes includes Ni, Ba, Ti, O, and Tb, and a content of Tb relative to a sum of contents of Ni, Ba, Ti, O, and Tb is 0.45 to 3.0 wt %. |
| US12230441B2 |
Transport device and transport method
A transport device and a transport method efficiently increase a thrust to suppress power consumption. The transport device has a first magnetic body on a side of a to-be-transported object, a magnetic circuit with a core consisting of a second magnetic body, and a winding wound around an outside of the core, and a drive circuit supplying a current to the winding of the magnetic circuit. The magnetic circuit has first and second magnetic circuits, and in a case where the first magnetic body is located on a side of the second magnetic circuit relative to a first predetermined position between the first magnetic circuit and the second magnetic circuit, the drive circuit supplies a current to a winding of the first magnetic circuit in such a manner to cause an electromagnetic repulsive force to be generated between the first magnetic body and the first magnetic circuit. |
| US12230439B2 |
Inductor tuning in superconducting circuits
Embodiments of the present disclosure provide systems and methods to determine an inductance for each of a plurality of inductors of a superconducting circuit. The plurality of inductors are routed between a plurality of superconducting devices. An amount of coupled flux between inductors of the plurality of inductors is determined. Inductor widths along portions of the plurality of inductors are adjusted based on the inductance, the amount of coupled flux, and inductance requirements of the superconducting devices. |
| US12230436B2 |
Spacer to reduce magnetic coupling
An approach for reducing unwanted magnetic coupling with conductive elements by keeping the localized magnetic field in a transformer's or inductors magnetic gap far away from any conductive elements is provided. The approach includes the use of spacers to keep the localized magnetic field in a transformer's or inductor's magnetic gap far away from any conductive elements to reduce unwanted magnetic coupling with those conductive elements. The spacers can be made from materials including ferrite, conductors and non-conducting elements. |
| US12230435B2 |
Coil component
A coil component includes a core body, a coil, and a metal terminal. The core body has a mounting surface, an upper surface having a recess, and a side surface. The coil has an embedded part embedded in the core body, and a protruding part protruding from the core body. The metal terminal is electrically connected to the first protruding part of the coil. The first metal terminal has a first plate arranged along the side surface, a second plate connected to an upper end of the first plate and arranged along the upper surface, and a third plate connected to a lower end of the first plate and arranged along the mounting surface. The second plate in the recess has a first arc-shaped part. The recess has a second arc-shaped part. The second arc-shaped part extends along a contour of the first arc-shaped part. |
| US12230432B2 |
Circuit carrier for an electronic circuit, and method for producing the circuit carrier
A circuit carrier, in particular a circuit board, for an electronic circuit. The circuit carrier includes an electric coil and a core, which is designed to form a magnetic field of the coil, and the coil has windings situated in layers on top of one another, the coil being integrated into the circuit carrier, and the core being situated outside a winding window of the coil. |
| US12230429B2 |
Transportable power transformer unit
A power transformer unit includes at least one single-phase transformer for connection to a high-voltage network. Each single-phase transformer includes a tank filled with insulating fluid receiving a core having high and low-voltage windings, at least one bushing socket connected to the high or low-voltage winding by a winding connection cable inside the tank, at least one high-voltage bushing to be inserted into the bushing socket, cooling equipment for the fluid and an expansion vessel compensating for temperature-induced volume fluctuations of the fluid. To transport the power transformer unit as quickly as possible and to put the power transformer unit into operation in situ, the expansion vessel and the cooling equipment are mechanically firmly connected to the tank and together with the tank and each bushing socket form a transport unit having an external contour lying inside a predetermined transport profile. |
| US12230425B2 |
Solid composite material comprising nanoparticles and an alloy based on manganese, aluminum and optionally carbon, and method for producing the same
There is provided solid composite material comprising an alloy based on manganese, aluminum and optionally carbon, and dispersed nanoparticles made from a material X, as well as a method of manufacturing the same. The material X is different from manganese, aluminum, carbon or a mixture thereof and satisfying the following requirements the melting temperature of the material X is 1400° C. or higher, preferably 1500° C. or higher; and the material X comprises a metal. The composite material is suitable as a magnetic material or as a precursor of a magnetic material, and allows obtaining improved magnetic properties as compared to existing alloys based on manganese, aluminum and optionally carbon due the presence of the nanoparticles. A magnetic material in shaped form comprising the composite material and an electric or electronic device comprising the magnetic material are also part of the invention. |
| US12230423B2 |
Transmission line and electronic device
In a transmission line, a signal conductor layer extends in a front-back direction orthogonal to an up-down direction. A ground conductor layer is above the signal conductor layer. When viewed in a first orthogonal direction, first hollow portions are arranged in the front-back direction in a first direction of the signal conductor layer, and second hollow portions are arranged in the front-back direction in a second direction of the signal conductor layer. Each of regions between adjacent first hollow portions in the front-back direction is a first region. Each of regions between adjacent second hollow portions in the front-back direction is a second region. Each of the first hollow portions overlaps with a corresponding one of the second regions when viewed in a second orthogonal direction. Each of the second hollow portions overlaps with a corresponding one of the first regions when viewed in the second orthogonal direction. |
| US12230417B2 |
Solid ion conductor, solid electrolyte including the same, electrochemical device including the same, and preparation method thereof
A solid ion conductor including a garnet-type oxide represented by LiAM1BLaCM2DZrEM3FM4GOHXI (Formula 1), a solid electrolyte including the solid ion conductor, an electrochemical device including the ion conductor, and a method of preparing the ion conductor are disclosed. In Formula 1, M1 is a monovalent cation, a divalent cation, a trivalent cation, or a combination thereof, M2 is a monovalent cation, a divalent cation, a trivalent cation, or a combination thereof, M3 is a divalent cation, a trivalent cation, a tetravalent cation, a pentavalent cation, a hexavalent cation, or a combination thereof, M4 is Ir, Ru, Mn, Sn, or a combination thereof, X is a monovalent anion, a divalent anion, a trivalent anion, or a combination thereof, and 6≤A≤8, 0≤B<2, 2.8≤C≤3, 0≤D≤0.2, 0 |
| US12230415B2 |
Electrode structure
The electrode structure for electronic devices according to the present invention comprises a powdered electrode material, and carbon nanotubes having a volume resistivity of not more than 2×10−2 Ω·cm. |
| US12230414B2 |
Vehicle cable
A vehicle cable capable of transmitting a signal of 4 GHz or higher includes a two-core cable, a general shield layer that has a braided structure and is disposed on an outer periphery of the two-core cable, and an outer sheath disposed on an outer periphery of the general shield layer. The two-core cable includes two conductors that are a pair of stranded wires arranged in parallel to each other, an insulation layer configured to bundle and cover the two conductors, and a first shield layer including a first metal foil that is disposed on an outer periphery of the insulation layer. |
| US12230413B2 |
Electron beam generator, electron beam emission device and X-ray emission device
Disclosed is an electron beam generation source including: an electron discharge part extending on a desired axis and configured to discharge electrons; a support part electrically connected to a power supply device that supplies electric power to the electron discharge part; a tension holding part connected between one end of the electron discharge part and the support part and configured to hold tension of the electron discharge part with a pressing force or a tensile force; and a power supply path part having one end electrically connected to the support part and the other end electrically connected to the one end of the electron discharge part. An electric resistance value of the tension holding part is larger than an electric resistance value of the power supply path part. |
| US12230411B2 |
Method for pre-separation of nuclides in spent fuel
Nuclear reactors produce large amounts of spent fuel during operation. In addition to recyclable materials such as uranium and plutonium, spent fuel also contains significant amounts of fission products and highly radioactive transuranic (TRU) elements. Homogenization of nuclides in traditional post-processing technology hinders efficient fuel recycling. In order to improve the efficiency of spent fuel recycling, and to reduce the inevitable “highly radioactive waste” produced in existing spent fuel recycling processes, a novel method for pre-separating nuclides in spent fuel is disclosed. Specifically, we have developed a physical method, wherein an artificially created large temperature gradient drives the migration of fission gas bubbles in spent metallic nuclear reactor fuel. The fission gas bubbles preferentially carry fission products and transuranic elements to achieve effective pre-separation of these elements from spent fuel, lowering cost and improving efficiency of spent fuel recycling. |
| US12230410B2 |
Energy storage system for nuclear reactor remote installation
Disclosed is a nuclear reactor system for use with a power grid. The nuclear reactor system comprising a nuclear reactor, an energy storage system coupled to the nuclear reactor, and a control circuit coupled to the nuclear reactor and the energy storage system. The control circuit is configured to monitor a power demand of the power grid, monitor a power output generated from the nuclear reactor, detect a change in the power demand, cause the energy storage system to temporarily compensate for the change in the power demand, and adjust the power output based on the change in the power demand. |
| US12230409B2 |
Pool type liquid metal fast spectrum reactor using a printed circuit heat exchanger connection to the power conversion system
A nuclear reactor comprising a vessel and a micro-channel heat exchanger is disclosed. The vessel houses coolant defining a maximum level within the vessel, and the micro-channel heat exchanger is partially submerged below the maximum level. The micro-channel heat exchanger comprises a core, a plurality of primary channels, and a plurality of secondary channels. The core comprises a top face, a bottom face disposed opposite the top face, a first side face extending between the top face and the bottom face, and a second side face disposed opposite the first side face. The plurality of primary channels extends through the core from a primary inlet of the first side face to a primary outlet of the second side face. The plurality of secondary channels extends through the core among the plurality of primary channels from a secondary inlet of the top face to a secondary outlet of the top face. |
| US12230408B1 |
Generating a medical knowledge packet in an active conversation session
A system and a method for generating a medical knowledge packet in an active conversation session. The system receives a message associated with a conversation thread. The system determines a context of the message using a machine learning model. Further, one or more medical knowledge packets from one or more sources may be generated based on the message and the context. A confidence score to the medical knowledge packet is assigned based on one or more factors comprising relevance, accuracy, the one or more sources, and recency of the medical knowledge packet. The medical knowledge packet with a highest confidence score is modified by formatting, summarizing, highlighting, cross-referencing, and simplifying by using one or more text analysis algorithms. |
| US12230406B2 |
Increasing diversity and engagement in clinical trails through digital tools for health data collection
Methods, systems, and apparatus, including computer programs encoded on computer-storage media, for automated contact tracing using multiple data sources. In some implementations, a system uses location data generated based on one or more types of signals, such as GPS signals, WI-FI signals, signals from cellular base stations, signals from short-range wireless technology, and so on. The system also prompts users for information regarding their locations and the conditions present at the locations, either at the time a user is present or later. With this information, the system compares the tracked locations for different individuals to identify instances of contacts in which criteria for disease transmission potential are met, e.g., when two individuals have certain levels of proximity and timing. Detected instances of contacts can be used to inform individuals. |
| US12230404B2 |
Methods for indirect determination of reference intervals
The invention relates to methods for indirectly determining clinical laboratory reference intervals. In one aspect, a reference interval is determined using all measurements for a given analyte stored in a large existing database. In other aspects, a characteristic of a subject is used to select a reference population for inclusion in reference interval calculations. In other aspects, the invention provides methods for changing treatment plan, diagnosis, or prognosis for an individual subject based on differences between the new reference interval and a previously utilized reference interval. In other aspects, the invention provides systems and computer readable media for indirectly determining reference intervals. |
| US12230400B2 |
Determining a cardiovascular ischemic event and decision support tool
Decision support technology is provided for use with patients who may be prone to a cardiovascular condition such as acute coronary syndromes. A mechanism is provided to determine a patient's risk for experiencing a cardiovascular ischemic event at a future time interval based on temporal patterns determined using physiological parameters of the patient such as serum or blood uric acid and/or C-reactive protein (CRP). A forecast or score may be determined indicating whether or not temporal patterns merit intervention to prevent occurrence or reoccurrence of ischemic events, or for determining adherence to or efficacy of treatment or preventive interventions. Based on the forecast or score, appropriate response action such as automatically issuing an alert or notification to a caregiver associated with the patient, may be determined, recommended, or implemented. |
| US12230397B2 |
Assessment of endothelial cells and corneas at risk from ophthalmological images
Embodiments discussed herein facilitate determining a prognosis for keratoplasty based on segmented endothelial cells. One example embodiment comprises a computer-readable medium storing computer-executable instructions that, when executed, cause a processor to perform operations, comprising: accessing an optical microscopy image comprising a set of corneal endothelial cells of a patient of a keratoplasty; segmenting, based at least in part on a first model, a plurality of corneal endothelial cells of the set of corneal endothelial cells; calculating one or more features based on the segmented plurality of corneal endothelial cells; and generating, via a second model trained based at least on the one or more features, a prognosis associated with the keratoplasty. |
| US12230395B2 |
Sensor-equipped smartphone configured for connection to its user's footwear soles with sensors and structures configurable by the smartphone and for connection to a big data artificial intelligence computer system connected to millions of other smartphones controlling users' configurable footwear soles
A sensor-equipped smartphone configured for connection to its user's footwear soles with sensors and structures configurable by the smartphone and for connection to a big data artificial intelligence computer system connected to other smartphones controlling their users' configurable footwear soles. The smartphone is connected to sensors located on the smartphone users' body, including proximate to its center of gravity and/or on the head. The computer system is configured to use the big data techniques of machine learning in a database compiled from thousands or millions of other smartphones connected to one or more sensors associated with footwear users to perform operations on billions of data sets from these other smartphones. The correlations found from the big data operations provide solutions to medical problems of the footwear users involving their body structure and/or function. The solutions are implemented by the smartphone configuring the users' footwear soles, including active configuration during locomotion. |
| US12230394B2 |
Barcode generation and implementation method and system for processing information
A system and method for generating and implementing a barcode is provided, wherein the system includes a data generation device configured to receive data and generate barcode data response to the received data, a barcode generation device, configured to receive the barcode data and generate a barcode responsive to the received barcode data, a display device, configured to display the barcode and a barcode receiving device, configured to receive the barcode and operate in response to the barcode. |
| US12230392B2 |
Systems and methods for providing virtual health services
A virtual health system is provided that creates a digital platform to connect patients to healthcare providers. Healthcare providers create profiles that describe their healthcare specialty and provide scheduling information that indicates their availability along with preferences such as appointment or meeting length, minimum break between appointment, and price. Patients create profiles that includes demographic information as well as medical records. The patients may use the system to search for available healthcare providers using a variety of criteria, and to schedule virtual health services such as video chats. The system facilitates payment for the healthcare services, and records any notes, assignments, or prescriptions generated by the healthcare provider during the services. In the event that a patient would like to engage a different healthcare provider associated with the system, the system only allows access to the patient records after receiving permission from the patient. |
| US12230391B2 |
Physiological test credit method
A physiological test credit method determines if test credits are available to the monitor and checks if a Wi-Fi connection is available. If test credits are less than a test credit threshold, the monitor connects to a test credit server, processes server commands so as to download test credits and disconnects from the server. In various embodiments, the monitor is challenged to break a server code, the server is challenged to break a monitor code. The server validates monitor serial codes, and saves monitor configuration parameters. |
| US12230390B2 |
Augmented reality-based training and troubleshooting for medical devices
Augmented reality-based training and troubleshooting is described for medical devices. An electronic mobile device can be equipped with an AR application that, when executed, causes the electronic mobile device to provide augmented reality-based training on how to set up, or perform maintenance on, one or more components of a medical device. The AR application, when executed, can also cause the electronic mobile device to provide augmented reality-based troubleshooting for one or more components of a medical device. |
| US12230386B2 |
Health managing method and storage medium
A health managing method, a computing device and a storage medium are disclosed. The health managing method includes: connecting to an object information database, and acquiring at least one piece of physical sign data of an object from the object information database, wherein the at least one piece of physical sign data includes an examination result of at least one physical sign examination item in which the object participates; automatically determining at least a health management influencing factor at least based on the at least one piece of physical sign data; and automatically generating a coping approach recommendation form at least based on the health management influencing factor, wherein the coping approach recommendation form is used to generate a coping approach suggestion form. |
| US12230385B2 |
Systems, methods, and devices for enhanced DICOM de-identification
Techniques, described herein, enable enhanced de-identification solutions for digital imaging and communications in medicine (DICOM) systems and records. DICOM header tags may be de-identified (e.g., anonymized) using one or more hashing algorithms and salt values. Solutions for evaluating and resolving collisions between de-identified. DICOM records may be de-identified in large batches or in smaller batches on a per-request basis. Additional features of the techniques are described herein. |
| US12230383B2 |
United states systems and methods for using elliptical machine to perform cardiovascular rehabilitation
Systems including an elliptical machine and a processing device. The processing device may be configured to receive, before or while a user operates the elliptical machine, one or more messages pertaining to the user or a use of the elliptical machine by the user. The processing device may be also configured to determine whether the one or more messages were received by the processing device. In response to determining that the one or more messages were not received by the processing device, the processing device may be configured to determine, via one or more machine learning models, one or more actions to perform. The one or more actions may include at least one of initiating a telecommunications transmission, stopping operation of the elliptical machine, and modifying one or more parameters associated with the operation of the elliptical machine. |
| US12230382B2 |
Systems and methods for using artificial intelligence and machine learning to predict a probability of an undesired medical event occurring during a treatment plan
A computer-implemented system includes a treatment apparatus configured to implement a treatment plan while the treatment apparatus is being manipulated by a user and a processing device configured to receive a plurality of risk factors, each of the plurality of risk factors being associated with one or more medical events or outcomes for a user; generate a set of the risk factors; determine, based on the set of the risk factors and measurement information associated with the user, one or more individual probabilities that the one or more medical events or outcomes will occur while the treatment apparatus is being manipulated by the user; and perform, based on the one or more individual probabilities, one or more corrective actions associated with the one or more medical events or outcomes. |
| US12230379B2 |
Systems and methods for coordinating manufacturing of cells for patient-specific immunotherapy
A method for coordinating the manufacturing of an expanded cell therapy product for a patient may include receiving a cell order request to expand the cell therapy product for the patient; generating a patient-specific identifier or cell order identifier associated with the cell order request; and initiating a process to expand the cell therapy product from at least some of a solid tumor obtained from the patient. If acceptance parameters for the expansion cell therapy product do not meet certain acceptance criteria at a second time point subsequent to a first time point in the expansion process, it is determined whether re-performing the expansion of the cell therapy product using the cell expansion technique is possible from the first time point based on the acceptance parameters at the second time point. If such re-performing the expansion is possible, patient treatment events that use the expanded cell therapy product are rescheduled. |
| US12230378B2 |
Systems and methods for coordinating manufacturing of cells for patient-specific immunotherapy
A method for coordinating the manufacturing of an expanded cell therapy product for a patient may include receiving a cell order request to expand the cell therapy product for the patient; generating a patient-specific identifier or cell order identifier associated with the cell order request; and initiating a process to expand the cell therapy product from at least some of a solid tumor obtained from the patient. If acceptance parameters for the expansion cell therapy product do not meet certain acceptance criteria at a second time point subsequent to a first time point in the expansion process, it is determined whether re-performing the expansion of the cell therapy product using the cell expansion technique is possible from the first time point based on the acceptance parameters at the second time point. If such re-performing the expansion is possible, patient treatment events that use the expanded cell therapy product are rescheduled. |
| US12230376B2 |
Medical data management system
Data related to the adherence of a patient to a therapy regime can be collected from multiple medical devices, each of which may have an incomplete data set with data entries associated with times. Each incomplete data set represents a portion of a complete data set. The data sets can be integrated to create a complete data set with data entries from each incomplete data set being arranged in a temporal sequence with respect to one another. A report may be generated, the report having the data entries of the complete data set or a function of the data entries of the complete data set. |
| US12230375B2 |
Methods and systems for analyzing accessing of medical data
Various aspects described herein relate to presenting electronic patient data accessing information. Data related to a plurality of access events, by one or more employees, of electronic patient data can be received. A set of access events of the plurality of access events can be determined as constituting, by the one or more employees, possible breach of the electronic patient data. An alert related to the set of access events can be provided based on determining that the set of access events constitute possible breach of the electronic patient data. |
| US12230371B2 |
Method and system for generating an input for a search engine
An input mechanism for generating an input for a search engine, which is of particular use in searching medical databases comprising electrocardiogram (ECG) results. The input for the search engine is constructed in iterative stages, by initializing the input with a placeholder symbol, and iteratively replacing (responsive to a user input) placeholder symbols with input sections. An input section may comprise a variable to be searched, one or more additional placeholder symbols or a function. |
| US12230369B2 |
Systems and methods for mental health assessment
The present disclosure provides systems and methods for assessing a mental state of a subject in a single session or over multiple different sessions, using for example an automated module to present and/or formulate at least one query based in part on one or more target mental states to be assessed. The query may be configured to elicit at least one response from the subject. The query may be transmitted in an audio, visual, and/or textual format to the subject to elicit the response. Data comprising the response from the subject can be received. The data can be processed using one or more individual, joint, or fused models. One or more assessments of the mental state associated with the subject can be generated for the single session, for each of the multiple different sessions, or upon completion of one or more sessions of the multiple different sessions. |
| US12230351B2 |
On-chip power regulation circuitry and regulation method thereof
A circuitry (30) for on-chip power regulation is provided. The circuitry (30) comprises a memory array (31) comprising a plurality of memory cell blocks (32) arranged in rows and columns, where the memory cell blocks are clustered into a defined number of memory cell blocks (33) along the row, each cluster (33) is connected to a respective local reference line (34). In addition, the circuitry (30) comprises a plurality of sense amplifiers (40) connected to the respective memory cell blocks (32). The circuitry (30) further comprises at least one dummy memory cell block (35) additionally arranged to each cluster of memory cell blocks (33), where the dummy memory cell block (35) is connected to a main reference line (36). Moreover, the circuitry (30) comprises at least one transistor (37) arranged in between the local reference line (34) of each cluster of memory cell blocks (33) and the main reference line (36). |
| US12230350B2 |
Controller to detect malfunctioning address of memory device
A dynamic random access memory (DRAM) comprises a plurality of primary data storage elements, a plurality of redundant data storage elements, and circuitry to receive a first register setting command and initiate a repair mode in the DRAM in response to the first register setting command. The circuitry is further to receive an activation command, repair a malfunctioning row address in the DRAM, receive a precharge command, receive a second register setting command, terminate the repair mode in the DRAM in response to the second register setting command, receive a memory access request for data stored at the malfunctioning row address, and redirect the memory access request to a corresponding row address in the plurality of redundant data storage elements. |
| US12230349B2 |
Imprint management for memory
Methods, systems, and devices for imprint recovery management for memory systems are described. In some cases, memory cells may become imprinted, which may refer to conditions where a cell becomes predisposed toward storing one logic state over another, resistant to being written to a different logic state, or both. Imprinted memory cells may be recovered using a recovery or repair process that may be initiated according to various conditions, detections, or inferences. In some examples, a system may be configured to perform imprint recovery operations that are scaled or selected according to a characterized severity of imprint, an operational mode, environmental conditions, and other factors. Imprint management techniques may increase the robustness, accuracy, or efficiency with which a memory system, or components thereof, can operate in the presence of conditions associated with memory cell imprinting. |
| US12230348B2 |
Control method, semiconductor memory, and electronic device
Embodiments of the present disclosure provide a control method, a semiconductor memory, and an electronic device. When the semiconductor memory is in a preset test mode, a first Model Register (MR) and a second MR related to a Data Pin (DQ) are allowed to directly define the impedance of a Data Mask Pin (DM). The DM does not need to add definition of an output driver state and a related control circuit for the preset test mode to ensure that the preset test mode is adapted to the DM. The impedance of the DM may be tested in the preset test mode to avoid circuit processing errors. |
| US12230346B2 |
Cross-point memory read technique to mitigate drift errors
A read technique for both SLC (single level cell) and MLC (multi-level cell) cross-point memory can mitigate drift-related errors with minimal or no drift tracking. In one example, a read at a higher magnitude voltage is applied first, which causes the drift for cells in a lower threshold voltage state to be reset. In one example, the read at the first voltage can be a full float read to minimize disturb. A second read can then be performed at a lower voltage without the need to adjust the read voltage due to drift. |
| US12230342B2 |
Memory device, memory system, and read operation method thereof
Upon determining that a first read operation on one memory cell of a plurality of memory cells has failed, a second read operation on the memory cell is started. In the second read operation, a second pass voltage is applied to first unselected word lines, and a first pass voltage is applied to second unselected word lines. The first unselected word lines include one or more word lines adjacent to a selected word line, and the second unselected word lines include remaining unselected word lines. The selected word line corresponds to the memory cell to be read. The first pass voltage includes a voltage applied to the first unselected word lines in the first read operation. The second pass voltage is higher than the first pass voltage. |
| US12230339B2 |
Electronic device and driving method thereof
The present disclosure provides an electronic device and a driving method. The electronic device comprises: a sensitivity amplifier and a voltage adjustment circuit. The sensitivity amplifier includes: a first P-type transistor, a second P-type transistor, a first N-type transistor, a second N-type transistor, and a control circuit. The control circuit is connected to the third node, the fourth node, and a preset voltage terminal. A first control signal terminal responds to the signal of the first control signal terminal to connect the preset voltage terminal and the third node and the fourth node. The preset voltage terminal inputs a preset voltage signal. The electronic device write a preset voltage signal of a suitable size to the sensitivity amplifier through the voltage adjustment circuit, so that the sensitivity amplifier has an appropriate voltage difference between the bit line and the complementary bit line during offset elimination. |
| US12230337B2 |
Non-volatile memory device having a fuse type memory cell array
A memory device includes an eFuse cell array in which unit cells of different types are alternately disposed, and each of the unit cells of different types includes a PN diode, a first NMOS transistor, and a fuse, wherein a first type unit cell and a second type unit cell are connected to each other through a common node, and the first type unit cell and the second type unit cell are disposed in a bilaterally symmetrical structure with respect to the common node. |
| US12230333B2 |
Bit line modulation to compensate for cell source variation
Systems and methods for bit line modulation to compensate for cell source variation are disclosed. For example, a method for reading data from non-volatile storage comprising determining a first bit line level based on a first programmed data state that is being sensed and determining a second bit line level based on a second programmed data state that is being sensed. As another example, a storage device comprising a first bit line driver configured to generate a first bit line level for a first set of bit lines corresponding to a first set of memory strings based on a first cell source level associated with the first set of memory strings a second bit line driver configured to generate a second bit line level for a second set of bit lines corresponding to a second set of memory strings based on a second cell source level associated with the second set of memory strings. |
| US12230319B2 |
Determination of a bias voltage to apply to one or more memory cells in a neural network
Numerous embodiments for improving an analog neural memory in a deep learning artificial neural network as to accuracy or power consumption as temperature changes are disclosed. In some embodiments, a method is performed to determine in real-time a bias value to apply to one or more memory cells in a neural network. In other embodiments, a bias voltage is determined from a lookup table and is applied to a terminal of a memory cell during a read operation. |
| US12230317B2 |
Column multiplexer circuitry
Various implementations described herein are related to a device having memory architecture having multiple bitcell arrays. The device may include column multiplexer circuitry coupled to the memory architecture via multiple bitlines for read access operations. The column multiplexer circuitry may perform read access operations in the multiple bitcell arrays via the bitlines based on a sense amplifier enable signal and a read multiplexer signal. The device may include control circuitry that provides the read multiplexer signal to the column multiplexer circuitry based on a clock signal and the sense amplifier enable signal so that the column multiplexer circuitry is able to perform the read access operations. |
| US12230316B2 |
Memory device including memory cells and edge cells
A memory device including memory cells and edge cells is described. In one example, the memory device includes: an array of memory cells used for data storage; a plurality of first edge cells not used for data storage; and a plurality of second edge cells not used for data storage. The plurality of first edge cells and the plurality of second edge cells are arranged respectively at two opposite sides of the array of memory cells. At least one edge cell, among the plurality of first edge cells and the plurality of second edge cells, comprises a circuit configured for controlling the array of memory cells to enter or exit a power down mode. |
| US12230307B2 |
Performance of magnetic channel junctions
A semiconductor device includes a magnetic tunnel junction (MTJ) and first and second electrodes. The MTJ includes: (a) a first ferromagnetic (FM) layer, configured to have a magnetic spin in a first spin direction, and retain the first spin direction while MTJ subjected to electrical current in first and second directions, (b) a second FM layer, configured to have the magnetic spin selectively altered between the first and second spin direction, in response to altering the electrical current between the first and second directions, respectively, and (c) a stack of tunnel barrier (TB) layers, having: a first TB layer disposed over the first FM layer and having a first morphological structure, and a second TB layer, disposed between the first TB layer and the second FM layer and having a second, different, morphological structure. The first and second electrodes are electrically connected to the first and second FM layers, respectively. |
| US12230303B2 |
Center structure having attachment support for an actuator in a multi-actuator hard disk drive
A multi-actuator hard disk drive includes a lower actuator with a corresponding voice coil motor assembly (VCMA), a coaxial upper actuator with a corresponding VCMA, and a central support plate positioned between the upper and lower VCMAs and to which the upper VCMA is fastened. Use of a central support plate enables some control over the direct and coupled plant transfer functions, while effectively providing a base support structure for the upper VCMA and enabling use of conventionally-sized fasteners. |
| US12230294B2 |
Dynamically generated content stickers for use in video creation
The present disclosure relates to methods and devices for dynamically generating stickers for use with a video. The methods and devices may dynamically generate a plurality of stickers in response to receiving a query with search terms for a sticker to add to a video being created. The plurality of stickers may include interactive content related to the search terms. The methods and devices may receive a selection of one or more of the stickers to include in the video. Upon an indication that a video is to be played, the methods and device may regenerate the selected stickers for the video with the content and provide video output with the video and one or more overlays with the selected stickers for presentation on a display. |
| US12230293B2 |
Information processing device, control method, and recording medium
An information processing device 1X mainly includes a slow motion video generation means 16X and a digest candidate generation means 18X. The slow motion video generation means 16X generates a slow motion video SL being video data in which a playback speed of the first candidate video data Cd1 is slower than a normal speed, with respect to first candidate video data Cd1 being video data corresponding to a segment of a portion selected from video material data Dm. Here, the digest candidate generation means 18X generates digest candidate Cd being a candidate of a digest of the video material data Dm based on the video material data Dm and the slow motion video SL. |
| US12230289B2 |
Device and method for machine-learning based noise suppression
A device, system, and method for machine-learning based noise suppression is provided. The device (and/or system) comprises a microphone, an output device, a noise suppression engine and a machine-learning noise suppression engine. The machine-learning noise suppression engine receives audio data from the noise suppression engine or the microphone, applies machine learning algorithms to the audio data to generate machine-learning based noise suppression parameters, and provides the parameters to the noise suppression engine. The noise suppression engine receives the audio data from the microphone and, prior to receiving the parameters, applies non-machine-learning based noise suppression to the audio data to generate noise-suppressed audio data, and provides the noise-suppressed audio data to the output device. However, after receiving the parameters, the noise suppression engine applies the parameters to the noise-suppressed audio data to generate updated noise-suppressed audio data, and provides the updated noise-suppressed audio data to the output device. |
| US12230288B2 |
Systems and methods for automated customized voice filtering
Systems and methods for audio processing are described. An audio processing system receives audio content that includes a voice sample. The audio processing system analyzes the voice sample to identify a sound type in the voice sample. The sound type corresponds to pronunciation of at least one specified character in the voice sample. The audio processing system generates a filtered voice sample at least in part by filtering the voice sample to modify the sound type. The audio processing system outputs the filtered voice sample. |
| US12230285B2 |
Audio entropy encoder/decoder with different spectral resolutions and transform lengths and upsampling and/or downsampling
An audio encoder for encoding segments of coefficients, the segments of coefficients representing different time or frequency resolutions of a sampled audio signal, the audio encoder including a processor for deriving a coding context for a currently encoded coefficient of a current segment based on a previously encoded coefficient of a previous segment, the previously encoded coefficient representing a different time or frequency resolution than the currently encoded coefficient. The audio encoder further includes an entropy encoder for encoding entropy the current coefficient based on the coding context to obtain an encoded audio stream. |
| US12230282B2 |
Methods, apparatus and articles of manufacture to identify sources of network streaming services
Methods, apparatus and articles of manufacture to identify sources of network streaming services are disclosed. An example apparatus includes a coding format identifier to identify, from a received first audio signal representing a decompressed second audio signal, an audio compression configuration used to compress a third audio signal to form the second audio signal, and a source identifier to identify a source of the second audio signal based on the identified audio compression configuration. |
| US12230281B2 |
Downmixer and method of downmixing
A downmixer for downmixing a multi-channel signal having at least two channels, includes: a weighting value estimator for estimating band-wise weighting values for the at least two channels; a spectral weighter for weighting spectral domain representations of the at least two channels using the band-wise weighting values; a converter for converting weighted spectral domain representations of the at least two channels into time representations of the at least two channels; and a mixer for mixing the time representations of the at least two channels to obtain a downmix signal. |
| US12230278B1 |
Output of visual supplemental content
Techniques for outputting supplemental content are described. A system may receive input data corresponding to a user input, and determine and present output data responsive to the user input. After causing the output data to be presented, the system may determine supplemental content is to be presented. Based on this, the system may determine first presentation data representing first supplemental content is to be visually presented, and second presentation data representing second supplemental content is to be audibly presented. The system may use a machine learning model to determine the first supplemental content is to be presented instead of the second supplemental content. The system may thereafter cause a device to use the first presentation data to visually present the first supplemental content. |
| US12230277B2 |
Method of generating summary based on main speaker
Disclosed are a method, a device, and a program for selecting a main speaker among speakers included in a sound source or a conversation record based on the sound source or the conversation record including conversation contents of at least one speaker and generating a summary based on the main speaker. A method of generating a summary for a sound source, the method being performed by at least one computing device, includes: generating a speak score for at least one speaker based on the sound source; determining a main speaker of the sound source based on a speak score for said at least one speaker; and generating a summary for the sound source in consideration of the determined main speaker. |
| US12230274B2 |
Speech recognition with brain-computer interfaces
In an embodiment, a system includes a first sensor sensing brain signal data from a user, the brain signal data including nerve signals transmitted via a brain of the user and corresponding to a first set of words spoken by the user. The system also includes a second sensor sensing audio data from the user corresponding to the first set of words and one or more processors communicatively coupled to the first sensor and the second sensor. In the embodiment, the one or more processors generate text data based on the audio data using a machine learning algorithm and re-train the machine learning algorithm based on the brain signal data and the text data to generate a re-trained machine learning algorithm, wherein the re-trained machine learning algorithm generates second text data associated with a second set of words based on second brain signal data. |
| US12230272B2 |
Proactive incorporation of unsolicited content into human-to-computer dialogs
Methods, apparatus, and computer readable media are described related to automated assistants that proactively incorporate, into human-to-computer dialog sessions, unsolicited content of potential interest to a user. In various implementations, in an existing human-to-computer dialog session between a user and an automated assistant, it may be determined that the automated assistant has responded to all natural language input received from the user. Based on characteristic(s) of the user, information of potential interest to the user or action(s) of potential interest to the user may be identified. Unsolicited content indicative of the information of potential interest to the user or the action(s) may be generated and incorporated by the automated assistant into the existing human-to-computer dialog session. In various implementations, the incorporating may be performed in response to the determining that the automated assistant has responded to all natural language input received from the user during the human-to-computer dialog session. |
| US12230267B1 |
System and method for enabling voice recognition for operating system
A system and method is provided that enables voice recognition for legacy operating systems of a computing device. An exemplary method includes receiving speech-based instructions from a user of mobile device that indicate a request for executing a task. The speech-based instructions are then analyzed by an intelligent personal assistant running on the mobile device to determine an intent of the user. If the intent of the user identifies a specialized client software module installed on the mobile, the software module will generate a command object that includes parameters relating to the execution of the task. The command object is then transmitted by the first computing device to a personal computer with a legacy operating system where the command object causes a software agent installed on the personal computer to execute the task based on the parameters included in the command object. |
| US12230265B2 |
Information processor, information processing method, and program
An information processor including: an operation control unit that controls a motion of an autonomous mobile body acting on the basis of recognition processing, in a case where a target sound that is a target voice for voice recognition processing is detected, the operation control unit moving the autonomous mobile body to a position, around an approach target, where an input level of a non-target sound that is not the target voice becomes lower, the approach target being determined on the basis of the target sound. |
| US12230261B2 |
Electronic apparatus and method for controlling user interface elements by voice
A method for controlling an electronic device is provided. The method includes identifying one or more user interface (UI) elements displayed on a screen of an electronic device, determining a characteristic(s) of one or more identified UI elements, generating a data base based on the characteristic of one or more identified UI elements, where the database comprises to predict NL utterances of one or more identified UI elements, where the NL utterances are predicted based on the at least one characteristic of one or more identified UI elements, receiving a voice input of a user of the electronic device, where the voice input comprises an utterance indicative of the at least one characteristic of one or more identified UI elements presented in the database, and automatically accessing UI element(s) of one or more UI elements in response to determining that the utterances of the received voice input from the user matches with the predicted NL utterances of one or more identified UI elements. |
| US12230256B2 |
Input-aware and input-unaware iterative speech recognition
An interactive voice response (IVR) system including iterative speech recognition with semantic interpretation is deployed to process an audio input in a manner that optimizes and conserves computing resources and facilitates low-latency discovery of start-of-speech events that can be used to support external processes such as barge-in operations. The IVR system can repeatedly receive an audio input at a speech processing component and apply an input-aware recognition process to the audio input. In response to generating a start-of-speech event, the IVR system can apply an input-unaware recognition process to the remaining audio input and determine a semantic meaning in relation to the relevant portion of the audio input. |
| US12230255B2 |
Intelligent display of auditory world experiences
The techniques disclosed herein provide intelligent display of auditory world experiences. Specialized AI models are configured to display integrated visualizations for different aspects of the auditory signals that may be communicated during an event, such as a meeting, chat session, etc. For instance, a system can use a sentiment recognition model to identify specific characteristics of a speech input, such as volume or tone, provided by a participant. The system can also use a speech recognition model to identify keywords that can be used to distinguish portions of a transcript that are displayed. The system can also utilize an audio recognition model that is configured to analyze non-speech audio sounds for the purposes of identifying non-speech events. The system can then integrate the user interface attributes, distinguished portions of the transcript, and visual indicators describing the non-speech events. |
| US12230253B2 |
Automatic classification of phone calls using representation learning based on the hierarchical pitman-yor process
Embodiments of the disclosed technology include a representation learning model for classification of natural language text. In embodiments, a classification model comprises a feature model and a classifier. The feature model may be hierarchical in nature: data may pass through a series of representations, decreasing in specificity and increasing in generality. Intermediate levels of representation may then be used as automatically learned features to train a statistical classifier. Specifically, the feature model may be based on a hierarchical Pitman-Yor process. In embodiments, once the feature model has been expressed as a Bayesian Belief Network and some aspect of the feature model has been selected for prediction, the feature model may be attached to the classifier. In embodiments, after training, potentially using a mix of labeled and unlabeled data, the classification model can be used to classify documents such as call transcripts based on topics of conversation represented in the transcripts. |
| US12230249B2 |
Supervised and unsupervised training with contrastive loss over sequences
A method includes receiving audio data corresponding to an utterance and generating a pair of positive audio data examples. Here, each positive audio data example includes a respective augmented copy of the received audio data. For each respective positive audio data example, the method includes generating a respective sequence of encoder outputs and projecting the respective sequence of encoder outputs for the positive data example into a contrastive loss space. The method also includes determining a L2 distance between each corresponding encoder output in the projected sequences of encoder outputs for the positive audio data examples and determining a per-utterance consistency loss by averaging the L2 distances. The method also includes generating corresponding speech recognition results for each respective positive audio data example. The method also includes updating parameters of the speech recognition model based on a respective supervised loss term and the per-utterance consistency loss. |
| US12230246B2 |
Speech recognition method, speech recognition device, and electronic equipment
Disclosed are a speech recognition method and device, and an electronic equipment. In the speech recognition method, when a user performs speech input, the lip of the user may be shot while audio is collected, then a second lip region of the user in a current frame image is obtained based on the current frame image and at least one first lip region in a historical frame image; concurrently, a second speech feature of current frame audio may be obtained based on current frame audio and at least one first speech feature of historical frame audio. Then, the phoneme probability distribution of the current frame audio may be obtained according to the speech features and the lip regions, and then the speech recognition result of the current frame audio may be obtained according to the phoneme probability distribution. |
| US12230245B2 |
Text normalization and inverse text normalization using weighted finite-state transducers and neural language models
Systems and methods provide for text normalization or inverse text normalization using a hybrid language system that combines rule-based processing with neural or learned processing. For example, a hybrid rule-based and neural approach identifies semiotic tokens within a textual input and generates a set of potential plain-text conversions of the semiotic tokens. The plain-text conversions are weighted and evaluated by a trained language model that rescores the plain-text conversion based on context to identify a highest scoring plain-text conversion for further processing within a language system pipeline. |
| US12230240B2 |
Method and device for controlling the propagation of acoustic waves on a wall
A method and a device for controlling the propagation of acoustic waves in the vicinity of a wall, the method and device implementing a master device for controlling a set Nc of cells primarily made up of a speaker, a set of Nm microphones connected to the speaker, and a control unit, by means of control laws that determine the intensity of the electrical signal that must be sent to each speaker so as to obtain a target determined generalized acoustic impedance for each speaker, such that a fraction of the acoustic waves is absorbed by the membrane of each speaker. |
| US12230239B2 |
Mapping characteristics of music into a visual display
A method and system for visualizing music using a perceptually conformal mapping system are provided. A music source file is input into a processor configured to carry out a series of steps on audio cues identified within the music and ultimately generate a simultaneous visual representation on a display device. The series of steps include application of one or more perceptually conformal mapping systems that essentially induce a synesthetic experience in which a person can experience music both acoustically and visually at the same time. The device extracts cues from the music that are designed to specifically capture fundamentals of human appreciation, maps them into visual cues, then presents those visual cues synchronized with the source music. |
| US12230238B2 |
Keyboard instrument
A keyboard instrument includes a key base member, a first member which is disposed on either of a left and a right of the key base member, and a second member which is disposed on the other side of disposing the first member, and a length hb in an up-down direction of a portion of the first member which corresponds to a nearer side of a key differs from a length ha in the up-down direction of a portion of the second member which corresponds to the nearer side of the key. |
| US12230236B2 |
Adaptive music playback system
An adaptive music playback system is disclosed. The system includes a composition system that receives information corresponding to user activity levels. The composition system determines target musical criteria corresponding to the user activity levels and modifies the composition of a song in response to changes in user activity. |
| US12230230B2 |
Systems and methods of fault detection for input/output modules of industrial systems
Systems and methods for providing fault detection for input/output modules of industrial systems. One system includes a plurality of channel circuits for interfacing with industrial control equipment of an industrial system. The system also includes an electronic processor communicatively coupled to each channel circuit via a dedicated hardware communication channel. The electronic processor is configured to control a current load supply for at least one channel circuit included in the plurality of channel circuits. |
| US12230226B2 |
Power dissipation for full area local dimming (FALD) display
A controller configured for minimizing power dissipation of a full area local dimming (FALD) display. The controller configured for determining an input grayscale value for each of a plurality of pixels comprising the image, remapping the input grayscale values to output grayscale values, displaying the image according to the output grayscale values, and controlling a normalized backlight luminance for each zone according to a maximum grayscale value determined therefor. |
| US12230222B2 |
Electronic device
An electronic device including a display device is provided. The display device includes a sharing area, a junction area, and a privacy area. The junction area is positioned between the sharing area and the privacy area. The display device includes a privacy panel. A transmittance of the privacy panel corresponding to the sharing area is greater than a transmittance of the privacy panel corresponding to the junction area, and the transmittance of the privacy panel corresponding to the junction area is greater than a transmittance of the privacy panel corresponding to the privacy area. |
| US12230219B2 |
Mode switching in display device for driving a display panel
A display driver includes a memory, a data driver, and a control circuit. The data driver is configured to: in a first mode, update a display panel based at least in part on a command provided to the display driver asynchronously with a display vertical sync signal; and in a second mode, update the display panel based at least in part on first image data stored in the memory in synchronization with the display vertical sync signal. The control circuit configured to: switch from the first mode to the second mode in response to a first command; and, in the second mode, adjust the display vertical sync signal based at least in part on an external vertical sync signal. |
| US12230211B2 |
Pixel circuitry and operation for memory-containing electronic display
A pixel circuit for an electronic display may include a memory to store a digital data signal indicative of a value within a data range. The pixel circuit may also include a light-emitting diode to emit light based at least in part on the digital data signal. The pixel circuit may also include an initialization transistor to initialize the pixel circuit before the light-emitting diode emits light and a driving transistor to activate based at least in part on the digital data signal. |
| US12230210B2 |
Display substrate and method of driving the same, display panel and display device
A display substrate, including: a plurality of partition control signal lines disposed on a base substrate; and a plurality of sub-pixels disposed on the base substrate, at least one of the sub-pixels includes a pixel circuit and a light emitting device. The pixel circuit includes a switch transistor, a first partition control transistor, a drive transistor and a first initialization transistor. The first partition control transistor is electrically connected to the switch transistor, the first initialization transistor, the drive transistor and at least one partition control signal line. The first partition control transistor is configured to: in response to a partition control signal on the partition control signal line, selectively transmit a received first initialization signal to a gate electrode of the drive transistor in an initialization phase, and selectively transmit a received data signal to the gate electrode of the drive transistor in a data writing phase. |
| US12230208B2 |
Display substrate and preparation method therefor, and display apparatus
A display substrate, includes: a display region. The display region includes a plurality of sub-pixels disposed on a substrate, a plurality of first signal lines extending in a first direction, and a plurality of data lines extending in a second direction. At least one sub-pixel includes a driving circuit, and the driving circuit includes a plurality of transistors and at least one storage capacitor. The transistor at least includes a first conductive layer and a second conductive layer. The plurality of first signal lines is located in a third conductive layer. The third conductive layer is located on a side of a control electrode of a transistor of the driving circuit away from the substrate. |
| US12230206B2 |
Pixel circuit and display device including the same
A pixel circuit according to an embodiment and a display device including the same are disclosed. The pixel circuit includes a driving element including a driving element including a first electrode connected to a pixel driving voltage line, a gate electrode connected to a first node, and a second electrode connected to a second node, a first switch element configured to supply a data voltage to the first node in response to a first gate signal, a second switch element configured to supply an initialization voltage to the first node in response to a second gate signal, a third switch element configured to supply a reference voltage to a third node in response to a third gate signal, a fourth switch element configured to connect the second node and the third node in response to a fourth gate signal, a first capacitor connected between the first node and the second node, a second capacitor connected between the pixel driving voltage line and the second node, a third capacitor connected between a gate electrode of the second switch element and the second node and a light-emitting element connected between the third node and a low-potential power voltage line. |
| US12230205B2 |
Pixel drive circuit, method for timing control, and display panel
A pixel drive circuit, which includes a data input circuit, a reset compensation circuit, a first switch circuit, a second switch circuit, a third switch circuit, an energy storage circuit and a light-emitting control circuit. The data input circuit is in electrical connection with a control end of the light-emitting control circuit via the energy storage circuit. The reset compensation circuit is in electrical connection with an output of the light-emitting control circuit. The first switch circuit is connected between an output of the data input circuit and an output of the reset compensation circuit. The second switch circuit is connected between an input of the light-emitting control circuit and a first power supply. The third switching circuit is connected between the control end and the input of the light-emitting control circuit. The output of the light-emitting control circuit is in electrical connection with a second power supply. |
| US12230204B2 |
Pixel circuit, driving method, and display device
Provided are a pixel circuit, a driving method, and a display device. The pixel circuit includes a light-emitting element, drive circuit, control circuit, first initialization circuit, first light-emitting control circuit and second light-emitting control circuit, wherein the control circuit causes a control terminal of the drive circuit to be electrically connected to a connection node under the control of a first scanning signal; the first initialization circuit writes a first initial voltage to the connection node under the control of a reset control signal; the first light-emitting control circuit causes a first voltage terminal to be conductively connected to a first terminal of the drive circuit under the control of a first light-emitting control signal; the second light-emitting control circuit causes a second terminal of the drive circuit to be conductively connected to a first electrode of the light-emitting element under control of a second light-emitting control signal. |
| US12230202B2 |
Display driving circuit and display device
The present disclosure provides a display driving circuit and a display device. The display driving circuit includes multiple pixel circuits. A data end of each pixel circuit is connected to a data line, configured to provide a data signal; a gate end of each pixel circuit is connected to a gate line, configured to provide a gate signal; and a power supply end of each pixel circuit is connected to a same power supply common line. The multiple pixel circuits are divided into at least one first pixel circuit and at least one second pixel circuit, and a luminous efficiency of the first pixel circuit is less than that of the second pixel circuit; a width-to-length ratio of a channel of a thin-film field-effect transistor in a driving module of the first pixel circuit is greater than that of the second pixel circuit. |
| US12230200B2 |
Apparatus, display apparatus, conversion apparatus, device, illumination apparatus, and moving body
An apparatus includes a plurality of pixels arranged in an array on a substrate, the plurality of pixels each including a light emitting element, a first transistor, and a second transistor, a drain region of the first transistor being connected to an anode of the light emitting element, a drain region or a source region of the second transistor being connected to a gate electrode of the first transistor. In a plan view perpendicular to the substrate, a length of a current path from the first region to a gate electrode of the second transistor is greater than a length of a current path from a third region to the gate electrode of the second transistor. |
| US12230199B2 |
Maintaining luminance when refresh rate changes
A non-transitory computer-readable storage medium can include instructions stored thereon that, when executed by at least one processor, are configured to cause a computing device to determine, in response to a change in a refresh rate of a display, an encoded intensity of at least a portion of an image presented by the display, determine that the encoded intensity is within a predetermined range, and based on determining that the encoded intensity is within the predetermined range, adjust an intensity of a signal for the portion of the image. |
| US12230198B2 |
Organic light emitting display device and driving method thereof
An organic light emitting display device and a driving method thereof are disclosed. The display device has sub-pixels of multiple colors. In one aspect, the organic light emitting display device detects sub-pixels which are positioned at the edges of the panel. Data for the sub-pixels on the edges are reduced so that colors on the edges are less observable. |
| US12230192B2 |
Display apparatus and method of manufacturing the same
A display apparatus includes a first sub-pixel electrode, a metal bank layer in which a first opening overlapping the first sub-pixel electrode is defined, the metal bank layer including a first metal layer and a second metal layer on the first metal layer, an insulating layer between an outer portion of the first sub-pixel electrode and the metal bank layer, a first intermediate layer overlapping the first sub-pixel electrode through the first opening of the metal bank layer, a first opposite electrode disposed on the first intermediate layer through the first opening of the metal bank layer, and a low-reflective layer disposed on the second metal layer of the metal bank layer and having a reflectivity less than a reflectivity of the second metal layer. |
| US12230189B2 |
Electronic device and display driving method
Embodiments of the present disclosure provide an electronic device and a display driving method. The electronic device includes a plurality of device groups and a plurality of driving elements; a first terminal of at least one device group among the plurality of device groups is coupled with a positive signal line, a second terminal of at least one device group among the plurality of device groups is coupled with an output terminal of any one of the plurality of driving elements, and a reference voltage terminal of any one of the plurality of driving elements is configured to be coupled with a reference signal line. |
| US12230188B2 |
Shift register, scan driving circuit and display apparatus
A shift resister includes a first scan unit and a black insertion circuit. The first scan unit includes a first input circuit and a first output circuit. The first input circuit is configured to transmit a display input signal to a first pull-up node. The first output circuit is configured to, in a case where the first input circuit transmits the display input signal to the first pull-up node, transmit a first clock signal to a first scan signal terminal. The black insertion circuit is configured to transmit a black insertion input signal to the first pull-up node. The first output circuit is further configured to, in a case where the black insertion circuit transmits the black insertion input signal to the first pull-up node, transmit the first clock signal to the first scan signal terminal. |
| US12230187B2 |
Display panel and display apparatus including the same
A display panel includes a plurality of pixels. Each of the pixels includes a first transistor having a gate electrode connected to a first node and a first electrode to which a high level driving voltage is applied, a light emitting device having an anode electrode connected to a second electrode of the first transistor and a cathode electrode to which a low level driving voltage is applied, a second transistor applying a fixing voltage to the first node based on a first gate signal, a third transistor applying a data voltage to a second node based on the first gate signal, a fourth transistor connecting the second node to an input terminal for the low level driving voltage based on a second gate signal having a phase opposite to a phase of the first gate signal, and a capacitor between the first node and the second node. |
| US12230184B2 |
Display module having low difference in pixel luminance and display apparatus
At least one chip group and a group of first PLG wirings corresponding to each of the chip groups are disposed in a first bonding area, each of the chip groups includes at least two groups of chip units, each group of the chip units includes at least one gate drive chip, each group of the first PLG wirings includes a first wiring and at least one second wiring; power pins of any two adjacent gate drive chips are connected by the first wiring, each of the second wirings surrounds and passes through each of the gate drive chips, the first wirings connected with the power pin of the last gate drive chip in the previous group of the chip units and any of the second wirings, are parallelly connected with the power pin of the first gate drive chip in the next group of the chip units. |
| US12230183B2 |
Display device
A display device includes a display panel including pixels arranged along a plurality of pixel lines, each pixel line extending in a first direction, a data driver which applies data voltages to the pixels, and a timing controller which controls the data driver. The data driver includes first channels which applies the data voltages to the pixels of first pixel lines and is adjacent to the display panel in the first direction, and second channels which applies the data voltages to the pixels of second pixel lines and is adjacent to the display panel in a direction opposite to the first direction. |
| US12230182B2 |
Pixel circuit and driving method therefor, display substrate, and display apparatus
A pixel circuit and a driving method therefor, a display substrate, and a display apparatus. The pixel circuit includes a driving sub circuit, a data writing sub circuit, a first light-emitting control sub circuit, a first reset sub circuit, and a bias sub circuit; the first reset sub circuit is connected to a first node and configured to write a first reset voltage to the first node in response to a first reset control signal; and the bias sub circuit is connected to a second node and configured to write a reference voltage to the second node in response to a bias control signal, thereby turning on the driving sub circuit. |
| US12230175B2 |
Circuit device and head-up display apparatus
A circuit device is used for a head-up display apparatus. The circuit device includes a distortion correction circuit and an error detection circuit. The distortion correction circuit performs a distortion correction on input image data as image data of an input image and outputs output image data as image data of an output image after the distortion correction. Respective first divisional areas of a first divisional area group formed by division of the input image correspond to respective second divisional areas of a second divisional area group in the output image in the distortion correction. Here, the error detection circuit detects an occlusion error in a display image of the head-up display apparatus based on the output image data of the respective second divisional areas. |
| US12230173B2 |
Image enhancement devices with gaze tracking
An electronic device may have a display and a camera. Control circuitry in the device can gather information on a user's point of gaze using a gaze tracking system and other sensors, can gather information on the real-world image such as information on content, motion, and other image attributes by analyzing the real-world image, can gather user vision information such as user acuity, contrast sensitivity, field of view, and geometrical distortions, can gather user input such as user preferences and user mode selection commands, and can gather other input. Based on the point-of-gaze information and/or other gathered information, the control circuitry can display the real-world image and supplemental information on the display. The supplemental information can include augmentations such as icons, text labels, and other computer-generated text and graphics overlaid on the real world image and can include enhanced image content such as magnified portions of the real-world image. |
| US12230171B2 |
Imaging system and control method therefor, and control apparatus and non-transitory computer-readable storage medium
A control method for an imaging system is provided. The imaging system includes a display device and a dimming lens disposed on a display side of the display device. The dimming lens is capable of moving toward or away from the display apparatus to adjust an object distance from the display device to the dimming lens. The control method includes: determining the object distance when the dimming lens moves to a set position; according to the object distance, determining an image distance from a virtual image, generated by a display image of the display device through the dimming lens, to the dimming lens; and according to the determined image distance and a correlation between the image distance and a resolution of the display image, determining a resolution corresponding to the determined image distance, and controlling the display device to display the display image at the determined resolution. |
| US12230170B2 |
Display panel applied to large size or high pixel density tiling display
A display panel including a bottom plate, a plurality of display modules, and a plurality of connection pixel packages is provided. The display modules are tiled in an array arrangement on the bottom plate. Each of the display modules includes a circuit substrate and a plurality of display pixels. The circuit substrate includes a plurality of connection electrodes. The display pixels are disposed on the circuit substrate and at least one of the display pixels has at least one second pixel unit. Each of the connection pixel packages includes at least one first pixel unit. The connection pixel packages are disposed on the connection electrodes of the adjacent circuit substrates to connect the display modules. A light emitting surface of the at least one first pixel unit and a light emitting surface of the at least one second pixel unit are coplanar. |
| US12230169B2 |
Flexible device
A flexible device includes a first layer, a second layer, and a dielectric layer disposed between the first layer and the second layer. The first layer includes a plurality of first patterns. Two adjacent ones of the first patterns have a first pitch from two edges of the two adjacent ones of the first patterns. The second layer overlaps with the first layer and includes a plurality of second patterns. Two adjacent ones of the second patterns have a second pitch from two edges of the two adjacent ones of the second patterns. The first patterns include first conductive lines, and the second patterns include second conductive lines. One of the first patterns has a first width, one of the second patterns has a second width, and a ratio of the first width to the first pitch is less than a ratio of the second width to the second pitch. |
| US12230168B2 |
Flexible display device
A flexible display device includes a display panel that includes at least one bending area bending about a bending axis, a frame supports a rear surface of the display panel, a plurality of guide parts fixed to a rear surface of the frame, a plurality of fixing parts are movably provided on the rear surface of the frame and selectively coupled to the plurality of guide parts, the length of a controller is variable depending on the state of bending of the display panel, and the controller is connected to the fixing parts to control movements of the fixing parts, when the fixing parts are coupled to the guide parts, the bent display panel is prevented from being unbent, and the bent state of the flexible display device is maintained without a separate mount for fixing the bent state. |
| US12230166B2 |
Systems and methods of positioning a flag on a flagpole
Systems and methods of positioning a flag on a flagpole, including a movement mechanism attached to the flagpole, a power source configured to provide power to the movement mechanism, a halyard mechanism coupled to the flag and the movement mechanism to move the flag along the flagpole, and a control unit configured to selectively actuate the movement mechanism to position the flag at a predetermined location of the flagpole according to instructions communicated to the control unit from a centralized controller. |
| US12230161B2 |
Modified animal organs for use in surgical simulators
Modified animal tissues, organs, and organ systems for use in simulated surgical procedures are disclosed. The tissues, organs, and/or organ systems can be modified by enhancing their electrical conductivity, by including simulated contents mimicking what would normally be present in live animals, and by having fake blood perfusing through them. Portions of different tissues, organs, or organ systems, which can be from the same or different animals, can be adhered to provide hybrid/chimeric tissues, organs, or organ systems, and also used for simulated surgical procedures. These modifications can provide surgeons with a more realistic experience during a simulated surgical procedure. |
| US12230158B2 |
Taking corrective action based upon telematics data broadcast from another vehicle
A computer-implemented method of using telematics data associated with an originating vehicle at a destination vehicle is provided. The method may include receiving telematics data associated with the originating vehicle by (1) a mobile device or (2) a smart vehicle controller associated with a driver or vehicle. The mobile device or smart vehicle controller may analyze the telematics data received to determine that (i) a travel event exists, or (ii) that a travel event message or warning is embedded within the telematics broadcast received. If the travel event exits, the method may include automatically taking a preventive or corrective action, at or via the mobile device or smart vehicle controller, which alleviates a negative impact of the travel event on the driver or vehicle to facilitate safer or more efficient vehicle travel. Insurance discounts may be provided to insureds based upon their usage of the risk mitigation or prevention functionality. |
| US12230157B2 |
Informed de-icing procedures for aircraft flight preparations
The present disclosure provides for informed de-icing by identifying a travel time range for an aircraft from a de-icing station to a runway; identifying a holdover window based on predicted weather conditions during the travel time range; estimating a takeoff time for the aircraft based on a takeoff queue for the runway and the travel time range; and in response to the holdover window expiring before the estimated takeoff time, delaying the aircraft from de-icing. In some aspects, informed de-icing includes, in response to identifying an aircraft scheduled for de-icing within a caution threshold of a scheduled takeoff time and to determining that a push time cannot be delayed: evaluating an effect of repeating a de-icing operation for the aircraft on flight operations; and in response to the effect exceeding an impact threshold: rescheduling the de-icing operation for the aircraft based on a new takeoff time. |
| US12230155B2 |
Method and device for determining abnormally mounted propeller in unmanned aerial vehicle (UAV)
A method for an aerial vehicle includes generating a control signal that controls multiple actuators of the aerial vehicle each including a corresponding one of multiple propellers. The multiple propellers are configured to be mounted in multiple actuators, respectively. The method also includes controlling the multiple actuators to operate based on the control signal; obtaining status information of the aerial vehicle when the multiple actuators are operating in response to the control signal; and determining whether at least one of the multiple propellers is abnormally mounted according to the status information. |
| US12230152B2 |
Aircraft control system with residual error containment
The aircraft control systems and methods disclosed herein are configured to detect a residual error associated with a flight control computer of an aircraft and mitigate the effect(s) of such residual error in order to maintain safe operation of the aircraft. In some embodiments, the systems and methods are configured to detect an out-of-flight-envelope situation of the aircraft and determine whether or not the flight control computer is attempting to recover the aircraft from the out-of-flight-envelope situation. If the flight control computer is perceived as attempting to recover the aircraft from the out-of-flight-envelope situation, the flight control computer is permitted to continue controlling the aircraft. Otherwise, the excursion outside of the normal flight envelope is perceives as potentially having been caused by a residual error and the flight control computer is prevented from continuing to control the aircraft. |
| US12230150B2 |
Software defined drone network control system
Methods and systems are provided for controlling an unmanned aerial vehicle (UAV) swarm network including receiving, at a control terminal, an operator input defining a plurality of network performance directives, constructing a network control model representing the plurality of network performance directives, decomposing the network control model into a plurality of sub-models, generating, via the control terminal, a distributed UAV control model corresponding to each of the distributed sub-models, transmitting the generated distributed UAV control models to each of a plurality of UAVs of the UAV swarm network, executing, at each of the plurality of UAVs, at least one of the distributed UAV control models, and changing, responsive to the execution of the distributed UAV control models, an operating condition of at least one of the plurality of UAVs to satisfy the network performance directives. |
| US12230145B2 |
Methods and apparatuses for transmitting information
The present disclosure relates methods and apparatuses for transmitting information. The method is applicable to an unmanned aerial vehicle (UAV). The method includes: generating designated event information when the UAV has flight path information, where the designated event information indicates that the UAV has the flight path information; adding the designated event information to a first message; and sending the first message to a base station, such that the base station determines that the UAV has the flight path information according to the designated event information included in the first message. |
| US12230144B2 |
Flight route guidance system, flight route guidance device and flight route guidance method
A flight route information acquisition module acquires flight route information indicating a flight route of an unmanned aerial vehicle in a real space. A real space position/direction identifier identifies a visually recognized position and a visually recognized direction in the real space. A flight route image generator generates a flight route image representing the flight route viewed from the visually recognized position in the visually recognized direction based on the flight route information. A display controller displays the flight route image under a state in which a position of the flight route image is matched with a situation viewed from the visually recognized position in the visually recognized direction in the real space on a display. |
| US12230143B1 |
Continuous remote maintenance and monitoring of radio equipment in an air traffic management environment
A system for remotely monitoring communications equipment is provided that includes at least one communications remote monitoring panel (CRMP) operatively coupled to a plurality of radios. The CRMP is configured for communicating messages that includes queries for information relating to radio functionality to and information responsive to the queries for information from the plurality of radios using one of a plurality of communication specifications. A first of the plurality of radios is configured to communicate using a first communication specification and a second of the plurality of radios is configured to communicate using a second communication specification, and the CRMP is further configured to determine, for each of at least the first radio and the second radio, an applicable communication specification and communicate with the first radio and second radio using the applicable communication specification. |
| US12230142B2 |
Status reporting system for aircraft
An aircraft analysis application retrieves transponder data that is output by a transponder mounted on an aircraft. The transponder data is indicative of locations of the aircraft over a period of time. The aircraft analysis application maps the locations of the aircraft indicated by the transponder to a jurisdictional map identifying boundaries of a plurality of jurisdictions. The aircraft analysis application computes a fractional portion of time spent by the aircraft in a first jurisdiction in the plurality of jurisdictions based upon the locations of the aircraft indicated by the transponder and the jurisdictional map. The aircraft analysis application generates a jurisdictional status report that comprises a graphical indication of the fractional portion of time spent by the aircraft in the first jurisdiction. |
| US12230132B2 |
Information processing device, driving diagnosis method, and storage medium
An information processing device includes: an acquisition unit that acquires travel information related to travel of a vehicle and information of regulation display that has been converted into information from a captured image of the regulation display, the image being an image captured by a camera mounted on the vehicle; a preprocessing unit that sets, when a reliability of the information of the regulation display that has been converted into information is equal to or higher than a threshold value, the information to a regulation value, and updates the regulation value at a certain time with any one of the regulation values in a certain section including the time; and a diagnosis unit that diagnoses a violation when the travel of the vehicle based on the travel information satisfies a violation condition based on the updated regulation value. |
| US12230131B2 |
Method and system for navigating a vehicle at intersections
Various embodiments of the invention provide a method, and a system for providing a seamless traffic control to users for navigating intersections, when traffic signals are malfunctioning. The method includes monitoring conditions, such as weather conditions, or power outages of an area. The monitored conditions are used to determine malfunctioning traffic signals of the area. The method further includes defining a geo-fence for each malfunctioning traffic signal intersection. An entrance of a vehicle or a commuter is identified, when the vehicle enters the geo-fence. When the vehicle is identified, traffic signals are projected corresponding to lane structure of the intersection. The traffic signals may be projected along with a textual indication on a display device of the vehicle to provide safe navigation assistance to the vehicle across the malfunctioning intersection. |
| US12230129B2 |
Monitoring a traffic condition of stopped or slow moving vehicles
A system for monitoring a traffic condition can include a processor and a memory. The memory can store a preliminary operations module, a calculations module, and a communications module. The preliminary operations module can include instructions that cause the processor to obtain information about the traffic condition of stopped or slow moving vehicles. The calculations module can include instructions that cause the processor to: (1) define a monitoring zone that encloses the traffic condition and (2) determine, based on data about velocities of vehicles in the monitoring zone, that an error of a prediction of a position of a vehicle, associated with the traffic condition, is less than a threshold. The communications module can include instructions that cause the processor to: (1) receive the data and (2) cause, in response to a determination that the error is less than the threshold, the information to be communicated to vehicles. |
| US12230124B2 |
Encoding apparatus, encoding method, decoding apparatus, decoding method, transmission system, receiving apparatus, and program
A system related to tactile reproduction is made more efficient by achieving a data amount reduction of a tactile signal while ensuring reproducibility of a tactile sense.An encoding apparatus according to the present technology includes an encoding unit configured to encode tactile signals using different data formats between different regions of a human body. Therefore, for example, a data amount reduction of a tactile signal can be performed considering difficulty in perceiving tactile stimulation of a region, by reducing a data distribution of a tactile signal for a region with low tactile sensitivity using a difference in tactile sensitivity between regions of a human body, and the like. |
| US12230120B2 |
Smart environmental probe for defensible space monitoring
Aspects of the present disclosure provide an environmental probe configured to be at least partially inserted into the ground at a location and to provide defensible space monitoring and maintenance for a home or other structure. The environmental probe may include one or more environmental sensors configured to perform various environmental measurements to generate environmental measurement data. The environmental probe (e.g., a processor of the environmental probe) may compare the environmental measurement data to one or more thresholds to determine an alert state associated with the location. The environmental probe may include one or more wireless interfaces configured to enable communication with a remote device, such as a smart hub device or other environmental probes. The environmental probe may transmit an indicator of the alert state to the remote device to enable performance of one or more operations based on the alert state. |
| US12230118B2 |
Systems and methods for keybox status determination
Systems and methods for keybox status determination are disclosed. In some embodiments, a system for determining a status of a keycontainer of a lockbox comprises one or more sensors configured to generate output signals related to the keycontainer. The system further comprises at least one processor operatively connected with the one or more sensors, and memory storing instructions executable by the at least one processor. The instructions when executed cause the system to: determine, using the output signals from the one or more sensors, a status of the keycontainer, the status indicating whether the keycontainer is released from the keybox; and send a status notification based on the determined status of the keycontainer. |
| US12230114B1 |
Contextual response to motion-based event
Systems and methods for configuration for contextual response to motion-based events are disclosed. For example, a predefined event may be detected. The system may determine that a subject associated with the event is of a given type of subjects and may determine whether another person is present in the environment associated with the event to assist in providing aid. The presence of the other person may be detected, a type of the other person may be performed, and a notification may be output on a second device associated with the other person based on the type. The system may track when the other person reach an area associated with the event and may cause the first device to perform an action to assist the other person in providing aid. |
| US12230109B2 |
Media sanitizing cassette and method of operation
A valuable media sanitizing/cleansing cassette is provided for sanitizing/cleansing surfaces of valuable media dispensed to a consumer during a dispense transaction at a transaction terminal. Dispensed media is urged from one or more media cassettes within the terminal along a transport path. The transport path is altered to pass the media through the sanitizing/cleansing cassette where the top and bottom surfaces of the media are illuminated with Ultraviolet (UV) radiation to eradicate any bacteria or virus that may be adhered to the top or the bottom surfaces of the media. Once the media passes through the sanitizing/cleansing cassette, the now sanitized/cleansed media is urged along a remainder of the transport path and dispensed from a media interface of the terminal to the consumer. In an embodiment, media deposited at the terminal is also sanitized/cleansed by passing through the sanitizing/cleansing cassette before being stored in the appropriate media cassettes. |
| US12230105B2 |
Gaming system and method for skipping bonus events in exchange for sporting event wagers
Gaming systems and methods which enable a player to skip a bonus event, such as a play of a triggered bonus game, in exchange for a placement of a sporting event wager. |
| US12230104B2 |
System and method for post-play reproduction of game outcomes
A system which makes available game outcome data to a player to enable the player to access a post-play reproduction of a game outcome previously determined utilizing the game outcome data. |
| US12230101B2 |
Virtual ticket-in and ticket-out on a gaming machine
An electronic gaming machine includes a cabinet, a display mounted to the cabinet, a wireless interface for communicating with a portable electronic device, a network interface for communicating with a validation server, a bill validator coupled to a game controller configured to accept bills and printed ticket vouchers, and a removable cash box. The game controller includes a processor and a memory configured to control a wager-based game played on the EGM, redeem virtual ticket vouchers and printed ticket vouchers, receive an indication to transfer value to the EGM via a virtual ticket voucher, receive the virtual ticket voucher including a virtual ticket voucher validation number from the portable electronic device via the wireless interface, validate the virtual ticket voucher with the validation server via the network interface, deposit a credit amount associated with the virtual ticket voucher, and notify the validation server that the virtual ticket voucher is redeemed. |
| US12230099B2 |
Information processing system and game management program
The present invention provides an information processing system and a game management program that can improve a game continuation rate in a game in which any one of a plurality of game contents is executable by satisfying a predetermined condition. The information processing system includes: an information processing device in which any one of a plurality of game contents is executable by satisfying a predetermined condition; and a server communicably connected to the information processing device and configured to manage the game content executed in the information processing device, in which the server includes a control unit configured to perform control, based on information transmitted from the information processing device, such that any one of the plurality of game contents is executable in the information processing device that is a transmission source of the information. |
| US12230098B2 |
System and method for centralizing funds to a primary gaming establishment account
The present disclosure relates generally to a system that utilizes a primary or central gaming establishment account to accumulate funds from one or more secondary or peripheral gaming establishment accounts and escrow such funds prior to use. |
| US12230095B2 |
Chip recognition system
According to one embodiment, provided is a chip recognition system that recognizes a chip on a gaming table in an amusement place having the gaming table, the chip recognition system including: a game recording apparatus that records, as an image, a state of chips stacked on the gaming table, using a camera; an image analysis apparatus that performs an image analysis on the recorded image of the state of chips; a plurality of chip determination apparatuses including at least a first artificial intelligence apparatus that determines a number of the chips stacked, using an image analysis result obtained by the image analysis apparatus; and a second artificial intelligence apparatus that decides a correct number of the chips stacked, when the plurality of chip determination apparatuses obtain different determination results for the number of the chips stacked. |
| US12230094B2 |
Sporting event overlays with accumulating symbols
A system which accumulates symbols and determines an award based on an event occurring (or not occurring) on a displayed game field associated with a sporting event interacting with a plurality of symbols overlaid on that displayed game field. |
| US12230088B2 |
Access control method, device and system
A method for controlling access within a secure control area using an access control device communicatively connected to one or more barrier(s) arranged within the secure control area, the method comprising: executing ultra-wideband transmissions with authentication device(s) using one or more ultra-wideband transceiver(s) of the access control device; detecting, by a processing unit of the access control device, entry and/or exit of the authentication device(s) (100) through the barrier(s) by processing signal properties of the one or more ultra-wideband transmissions and operating the barrier(s)—by the access control device—in a first mode of operation; switching operation of the barrier(s) by the access control device—from the first mode of operation into a second mode of operation upon determining a last exit of any authentication device from the secure control area. |
| US12230087B2 |
Allowing access through a controlled-access point
An access-control mechanism, wireless device, and method for controlling the access-control mechanism and wireless device is provided herein. During operation the wireless device will create a “group” of devices that will be allowed to enter through a passage barrier without authentication. When authenticating with the access-control mechanism, the wireless device will prove the access-control mechanism with a list of credentials (e.g., identification information) for each device within the group. The access-control mechanism will then determine if every device on the list is allowed entry. If so, non-authenticated entry for a number of devices/people through the passage barrier will be allowed. The number of non-authenticated devices/people allowed to enter will be equal to a number of devices that are in the group. |
| US12230085B2 |
Detecting intent of a user requesting access to a secured asset
An intention detection mechanism detects a target user accessing an operational context and accesses sensor data collected by a plurality of sensors encoding signals describing one or more characteristics of the target user and surroundings of the target user. The intention detection mechanism converts the accessed sensor data into a multi-channel sensor data time series, where each channel represents a characteristic of the target user. The intention detection mechanism compares the sensor data time series to a multi-channel intentionality template to determine whether the sensor data time series contains the multi-channel intentionality template. The multi-channel intentionality template describes characteristics indicative of an intent of a target user accessing the operational context. If the sensor data time series contains the multi-channel intentionality template, the intention detection mechanism communicates a signal confirming that the target user intended to access to the operational context. |
| US12230083B2 |
Mobile digital locking technology
A mobile phone can be used to open doors of buildings and vehicles, instead of a dedicated physical key. For example, the mobile phone can provide the operating power to the lock without a power cord. A mobile station app can communicate with the lock via a short-range wireless communication connection, and open and close the lock. |
| US12230082B2 |
Mobile device for safe, secure, and accurate delivery of items
Embodiments of a system and method for using a mobile device to assist with the efficient and secure delivery of item. The mobile device can assist an item deliver to lock or unlock secure item delivery receptacles. The mobile device can also notify an item deliverer about particular delivery conditions associated with particular delivery endpoints. The mobile device can further help the item deliverer to determine whether or not he or she is delivering the item to the correct location. |
| US12230078B2 |
Sound-source search system and sound-source search method
A sound-source search system for searching a sound source that causes a noise propagated inside or outside a cabin of a vehicle. The system includes: a sound-source search device for acquiring sound data by collecting and measuring a sound; an informing device for informing a sound measuring position in which the sound-source search device should be installed for collecting and measuring the sound; and a control device for acquiring a driving information related to a driving state of the vehicle upon generation of the noise. The control device extracts a sound-source candidate that is a candidate of the sound source causing the noise, based on the acquired driving information, and to cause the informing device to inform the sound measuring position that is set based on a predetermined relationship between the sound-source candidate and the sound measuring position. Also disclosed is a sound-source search method using the sound-source search device. |
| US12230077B2 |
Method for generating an operating time key performance indicator, and a management system
An operating time key performance indicator is generated so as to display an operating time of a motor vehicle for a user of a management system by the management system. At least one operating parameter of the motor vehicle is transmitted to an electronic computing device of the management system. The electronic computing device id remote from the motor vehicle. The operating time key performance indicator is determined by the electronic computing device in accordance with the at least one transmitted operating parameter. Additionally, at least one load parameter of the motor vehicle is recorded and transmitted to the electronic computing device and the operating time key performance indicator is additionally generated by the electronic computing device in accordance with the at least one load parameter. |
| US12230070B2 |
Information processing apparatus, vehicle system, information processing method and storage medium
An information processing apparatus comprises a controller configured to: detect that shutdown operation that is operation of stopping a traveling system is performed for a predetermined vehicle; and determine an operation mode after the shutdown operation for at least one of a plurality of electronic control units provided at the vehicle based on a first location that is a location at which the shutdown operation is performed. |
| US12230068B2 |
Airport security screening assistant using flight manifest
Provided is a system and method of operating an airport security screening assistant using a flight manifest, the method including: obtaining, by at least one of at least one processor, a baggage source message (BSM) associated with an arrival of a luggage item of a passenger, the BSM including travel data of a first mode of travel of the luggage item on an air carrier; matching, by at least one of the at least one processor, a passenger name of the passenger in the received BSM with a passenger name in a flight manifest; extracting, by at least one of the at least one processor, an International Air Transport Association (IATA) license plate number from the BSM; based on matching the passenger name in the BSM with the passenger name in the flight manifest, triggering, within at least one of the at least one processor, a security screening integration assistant (SSIA) process including accessing and assembling security screening image and related data captured during a first mode of travel security screen using the IATA license plate number and communicating the assembled security screening image and related data to an integrated security screening station; receiving, by at least one of the at least one processor, a response of a security analysis from the integrated security screening station; and causing, by at least one of the at least one processor, a printer device to print a marker configured to bypass security screening, wherein the marker includes the results of the security analysis. |
| US12230065B2 |
Gate apparatus, gate system, and gate control method
A gate apparatus includes a gate unit which is disposed on a second plane crossing a first plane in which an authentication object moves in one direction and which partitions a moving space of the authentication object from another space, an inclined face which is formed on the gate unit to cross the first plane and the second plane and which is inclined upwardly from the first plane, a display configured to display an image on the inclined face, and an image acquisition unit configured to capture an image of the authentication object in proximity to the display. |
| US12230062B2 |
Digital imaging systems and methods of analyzing pixel data of an image of a skin area of a user for determining dark eye circles
Digital imaging systems and methods are described for analyzing pixel data of an image of a skin area of a user for determining dark eye circles. A plurality of training images of a plurality of individuals are aggregated, each of the training images comprising pixel data of a respective skin area of an individual. A dark eye circles model, trained with the pixel data, is operable to output, across a range of a dark eye circles scale, dark eye circles values associated with a degree of dark eye circles. An image of a user comprising pixel data of at least a portion of a user skin area is received and analyzed, by the dark eye circles model, to determine a user-specific dark eye circles value of the user skin area. A user-specific electronic recommendation addressing at least one feature identifiable within the pixel data is generated and rendered, on a display screen of a user computing device. |
| US12230056B2 |
Systems and methods for analyzing computational architectures
Systems and methods for estimating a random distribution for an overall metric for a composite node, the composite node comprising a plurality of nodes. For each data atom of a plurality of data atoms being input to the composite node, and for each node of the plurality of nodes, at least one value may be generated for a per-node metric with respect to the data atom. A value for the overall metric with respect to the data atom may be generated based on the per-node metric values of the plurality of nodes. At least one parameter of the random distribution for the overall metric for the composite node may be estimated based on the overall metric values with respect to the plurality of data atoms. |