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| US12245740B2 |
Systems and methods to repair tissue defects
Methods of bioprinting a bio-ink construct on an internal tissue defect or a chondral defect during a minimally invasive surgery on an individual in need thereof are provided, comprising: visualizing the defect; positioning a bioprinter comprising a printhead within proximity of or in contact with the defect; and ejecting a bio-ink from the printhead onto the defect to form a bio-ink layer, thereby generating a bio-ink construct. Further provided are systems for bioprinting a bio-ink construct on an internal tissue defect during a minimally invasive surgery on an individual in need thereof, comprising a control system, an endoscope, and a bioprinter comprising a printhead. |
| US12245738B2 |
Arrangement structure for biological sensors
Non-contact biological sensors 1, 2 that detect biological information of a person by electromagnetic waves are provided in a seat 10 on which the person sits. The biological sensors 1, 2 are disposed in the seat 10 at positions away from members A1, A2, A3 (22, 32) which are the members, from among the members that constitute the seat 10, that interfere with the passage of electromagnetic waves. The biological sensors each have a first sensor 100 and a second sensor 200 that emit electromagnetic waves of different frequencies towards the person, and the first sensor 100 is disposed adjacent to the second sensor 200. Due to this configuration, it becomes easier to accurately detect biological information. |
| US12245737B2 |
Cleaning device including vacuum cleaner and docking station and control method thereof
A cleaning device is provided. The cleaning device includes a vacuum cleaner which includes a dust collecting bin and a docking station to which the vacuum cleaner is coupled, wherein the docking station includes a charger configured to be electrically connected to a charging terminal of the vacuum cleaner in response to the vacuum cleaner being coupled to the docking station, a door driver configured to open or close a dust collecting bin door disposed at a lower portion of the dust collecting bin, a suction device configured to move air from the dust collecting bin into the docking station, a collector configured to collect foreign matter that moves together with the air due to driving the suction device, and a controller configured to control the door driver to open the dust collecting bin door in response to the charging terminal of the vacuum cleaner being electrically connected to the charger, configured to control the suction device to supply a suctioning air flow to the dust collecting bin and perform a discharge operation in response to the dust collecting bin door being opened, and configured to control the door driver to close the dust collecting bin door in response to an end of the discharge operation. |
| US12245732B2 |
Grip handle assembly for a mop
A grip handle assembly for a mop includes a grip handle and a lever that is pivotally connected to the grip handle. The grip handle may include a grip handle body that includes a passage the extends through the grip handle body, a lever mount, and a lever stop, where the lever stop includes a central protrusion extending from the grip handle body, a first stop surface, and a second stop surface. The lever may comprise a grip portion, a first forward stop member, a second forward stop member, and a rear stop member. The lever can move to a released position or an engaged position. When the lever is in the released position, the first forward stop member may engage the first stop surface of the lever stop, and the second forward stop member may engage the second strop surface of the lever stop. |
| US12245723B2 |
Even cooking of foodstuffs by means of a device allowing static isolation, focusing, channeling and modulation of energies
A C-shaped or U-shaped open radiant cooking appliance including a lower cooking cassette; an upper cooking cassette; and a posterior part together defining a cooking chamber; the appliance having a proximal portion including at least one proximal radiant element; and a distal portion including at least one distal radiant element, at least one isolation element separating the at least one distal radiant element from the at least one proximal radiant element; the isolation element including at least one first reflector configured to direct the radiation emitted by the at least one distal radiant element towards the cooking chamber. |
| US12245721B2 |
Method for creating a digital twin of a beverage dispenser
A method for creating a digital twin of a beverage dispenser including first and second tapping valves is based on the use of a telematic communication network with a cloud server provided with storage in which one or more geographical areas are stored and for each geographical area one or more respective sites in which at least one beverage dispenser is positioned, as well as a plurality of beverages. The digital twin is created based on data stored in the storage: a datum concerning a selected geographical area and/or a datum concerning a selected site, a datum concerning a first unique identification code associated with the first tapping valve, a datum concerning a second unique identification code associated with the second tapping valve, a datum concerning a first beverage associated with the first tapping valve, and a datum concerning a second beverage associated with the second tapping valve. |
| US12245718B2 |
Apparatuses, systems, and methods for brewing a beverage
Apparatuses, systems, and methods for brewing a desired portion of a beverage, such as a single-cup portion of coffee, are provided. The system can include one or more hopper assemblies configured to provide a controlled dose of beverage material to a brew chamber. The system can also include a water input system configured to wet the ground beverage material as the grinds enter the brew chamber and substantially prevent steam from reaching grinder components of the system. Further, the system can include an automatic cleaning mechanism such that a user does not need to manually clean components of a brewing machine between brew cycles. |
| US12245715B2 |
Beverage brewing device
The beverage brewing device, which is configured for use with a beverage brewer having an inlet probe for dispensing water and an outlet probe, includes a body defining a brew chamber configured to contain a dry beverage medium and at least one outlet probe receptacle extending upwardly from a bottom surface of the body. The outlet probe receptacle is sized and configured to receive an outlet probe of a beverage brewer. A lid is removably securable to the body and is engageable with the body to selectively enclose a top opening of the body. An inlet probe opening is defined in the lid for receiving an inlet probe of the beverage brewer. At least one filter is defined within in the body, wherein the filter is configured to retain a dry beverage medium within the brew chamber while allowing a brewed beverage to pass through the brew chamber. |
| US12245713B2 |
Body pillow
A body pillow has an elongate body formed around an axis. An outer cover of the pillow includes a stretchy circumferential band of material disposed around the axis and to be spaced from either end of the pillow. Ends of first and second inner pillows are disposed near or under the circumferential band. The user may helically twist the body of the pillow around the axis at the circumferential band. Doing so separates the inner pillows and increases their firmness. An inner side of the outer cover may be made of a stretchy fabric that conforms to the body of the user, while outer side may be composed mostly of nonstretch material to retain the pillows' shape. The twisted and nontwisted configurations of the pillow make it an effective sleeping aid for expecting mothers during different stages of their pregnancies. |
| US12245711B2 |
Bio-degradable means for use as drinking straw, stirrer and chop stick and a method thereof
Bio-degradable means (100) for use as drinking straw, stirrer and chop stick and a method (200) for making the bio-degradable means (100) is provided. The bio-degradable means (100) includes at least one dried leaf strip (100S) configured to be at least one of straight rolled and spiral rolled along an entirety of an elongated guide member R to facilitate formation of an elongated bio-degradable means (100). The dried leaf strip (100S) is at least one of a coconut tree leaf strip, palm tree leaf strip and a plantain leaf strip. A bonding agent is applied at at least one edge portion of each dried leaf strip (100S) with respect to a length wise direction of the dried leaf strip (100S) to maintain the elongated bio-degradable means (100) in rolled position. |
| US12245709B2 |
Reversible multi-configuration modular dinnerware / cookware / serveware apparatus and method
Quality modular dinnerware set that expands to multiple configurations for a variety of hosting/serving/dining needs. Basic plates can be used to bake, serve, display, and/or cook for small or large parties. Each plate/unit has a flippable or foldable design so that every piece can be used in more than one way. The plates then can be used on its own, as well as in the microwave, oven, or over a fire, and then paired with any of the wooden accessories to create a personalized tablescape. |
| US12245708B2 |
Systems for hanging articles
A system for the display and support of apparel includes a support arm which is attached to an horizontal surface such as a clothing bar or shelf. The support arm extends perpendicularly relative to the horizontal surface such that banging apparel hung from the support arm is displayed with its front showing rather than from the side. |
| US12245692B2 |
Lifting device and storage cabinet
A lifting device and a storage cabinet are provided. The lifting device comprises: a supporting member and a lifting assembly, which comprises a rotating wheel, a rotating driving member, a mounting member and a first-stage sliding rail, wherein a flexible cable is wound around the rotating wheel, is adapted to move along with rotation of the rotating wheel, and comprises flexible cable sections located on two sides of the rotating wheel; the rotating driving member is connected to the rotating wheel, and is adapted to drive the rotating wheel to rotate; the mounting member is provided with a guide rail, and a first fixed pulley is mounted on the mounting member. |
| US12245689B1 |
Organizational system
The organization system utilizes a base panel with vertical slots that engage supports to hold storage accessories. The base panel has a front, rear, and edges, and can be wall-mounted or free-standing. The slots feature alternating through-portions and blocked-portions. Spacers on the rear provide a predetermined distance from the mounting surface for wall-mounted versions. The supports have opposing sides, top and bottom ends, and front and rear terminations with upper and lower hooks. These hooks cooperate to traverse slot through-portions and hook around blocked-portions to firmly seat supports. Various loads like shelves, racks, bars, and hooks mount onto support top ends. The base panel and supports can be made from materials such as metal, plastic, or wood. A metallic strip may be added for additional support with heavy loads. The system allows easy rearrangement to suit changing storage needs. |
| US12245687B2 |
Signal driven light-emitting e-sports table
The present disclosure provides a signal driven light-emitting e-sports table, comprising a table top; a signal input device for receiving an signal input; and a controller; wherein the table top is provided with a light-emitting device; an input of the controller is connected with the signal input device; an output of the controller is in communication with the light-emitting device though signaling; and the light-emitting device is controlled to emit light based on the signal input. The signal driven light-emitting e-sports table according to the present disclosure may provide a light-emitting effect according to the signal input, and may control the change of the light-emitting mode of the table top, to provide a variable light-emitting function for the table top, and to provide a light source for the e-sports players, and can provide the function of lighting. It is especially suitable for use as a sports platform in e-sports. |
| US12245686B2 |
Paint brush handle with integrated grip pads
A paint brush having a handle that includes integrated grip pad(s). The paint brush includes a handle and bristles operatively attached to the handle. The handle includes a major portion and grip pad(s) integrated with the major portion. The major portion of the paint brush handle may be made of a first material and the grip pad(s) may be made of a second material different from the first. The first material may have a greater elastic modulus or flexural modulus than the second material. The major portion of the handle includes pockets on opposite sides of the handle, and at least one through-hole extending between the pockets. Grip pad(s) may be over-molded into the pocket(s), which includes depositing a material of the grip pads into the pocket(s), resulting in a unitary structure of grip material extending through the through-hole(s). |
| US12245679B2 |
Make-up product
A make-up product (1) comprising a transfer or writing surface (2), at least one part (3) of said transfer surface (2) having a surface finish featuring parallel grooves (S), so as to determine a plurality of relief elements (P), each with at least a first face (A) and a second face (B) facing the exposed surface of the said part (3) of the transfer surface (2), each first face (A) facing in an essentially opposite direction to each second face (B), at least some of the first faces (A) having cavities (20) or reliefs arranged so as to form a first FIG. 4), at least some of the second faces (B) having cavities (20) or reliefs so as to form a second FIG. 5) so that, when tilting the make-up product (1) so that mostly the first faces are visible (A), the first FIG. 4) is visible, while when tilting the make-up product (1) so that mostly the second faces are visible (B), the second figure is visible (5). |
| US12245677B2 |
Manufacturing apparatus, mixing machine and/or receiving device for the manufacture of a composition from a mixture of formulations
A mixing machine comprising: a support defining a receiving housing, the receiving housing comprising a first receiving location configured to receive a first deformable capsule and a second receiving location configured to receive a second deformable capsule, the first and second capsules being intended to be fluidly linked to each other and containing respectively a first formulation and a second formulation, an actuation system movable relative to the support along a nominal stroke, inside the receiving housing, wherein the actuation system comprises a spring able to be compressed when the actuation system reaches the end of the nominal stroke. |
| US12245676B2 |
Electronic device case and a make-up applicator assembly for use with an electronic device case
An electronic device case includes a housing to hold an electronic device on a first side of the case; a slidable drawer provided on an opposite side of the case, slidably retractable from the housing, the drawer containing removably selectable trays for storing make-up, and being arranged to magnetically interact with an inner surface of the drawer; and a make-up applicator arranged within the drawer, the make-up applicator being configured to magnetically interact with an inner surface of the drawer to enable the brush to be removably fixed in position within the drawer and to be released when gripped by a user. |
| US12245675B1 |
Fingernail dryer
A fingernails dryer including a housing assembly, a door assembly and an electrical assembly is disclosed herein. The housing includes a housing having vents, a first receptacle and a second receptacle. The vents include a cavity. The housing further includes a plurality of channels to receive fingers of a user. The door assembly includes a door being hingedly attached to the housing. The electrical assembly includes a plurality of lights, a fan and a dial. The dial allows to choose a dyer mode. A first dryer mode includes the plurality of lights being disposed on the door and are directed towards the fingernails of a user. A second dryer mode includes a fan mounted to the cavity to blow air to the first receptacle and the second receptacle. |
| US12245673B2 |
Insect repellent pet collar
An insect repellent collar for a pet includes an encapsulated insect repellent adjacent to an absorbent material, which is itself adjacent to a skin/fur barrier/odor impervious material, and where at least about 0.5 ml of insect repellent is encapsulated in a frangible enclosure that when fractured, releases a fresh supply of repellent onto the absorbent material for the passive evaporation of the repellent. |
| US12245670B2 |
Convenient ejection-type card box
A novel convenient ejection-type card box comprises a card box body, wherein a push component is arranged inside the card box body, and the push component comprises a pressing member, one end of which is connected with the pushing member, and one side of the pushing member is connected with a connecting post; one end of the pressing member is provided with a movable groove adapted to the connecting post, and a torsion spring is connected between the pressing member and the card box body. A pressing member with a movable groove, a pushing member with a connecting post and a torsion spring are arranged in the card box body for cooperative use, and the pressing member is pressed inward into the card box body to eject the card from the card box body, so that the ejected cards are arranged in a stepped manner. |
| US12245669B1 |
Customizable sticky transparent bracelet
A user customizable bracelet having a sticky outer surface mostly or completely about the bracelet. A protective layer protects the outer sticky surface when not in use and is removable to expose the outer sticky surface. Decorative objects can be selectively attached to the sticky outer surface such that the bracelet is customizable by a user, such as young children. The objects can include small objects like flowers, small toys, or other tiny items to enable children (and adults) to personalize the bracelet. The bracelet is inexpensive and may be packaged in a kit including the covered bracelet and an assortment of objects to choose from. The bracelet is also disposable after use or even lost and provides entertainment to kids needing to focus on a project. |
| US12245668B1 |
Reusable adhesive wearable apparatus
A reusable adhesive wearable apparatus is disclosed. In at least one embodiment, the apparatus provides a cuff portion removably engageable with a target site, and an at least one stack of adhesive strips engaged with an outer surface of the cuff portion. Each of the at least one stack of adhesive strips provides a plurality of adhesive strips arranged in a stacked, removably engageable orientation, with an adhesive surface of each adhesive strip in the at least one stack facing outward, such that the adhesive surface of an uppermost adhesive strip in the at least one stack is exposed and capable of receiving thereon an at least one collected object. During use of the apparatus, the uppermost adhesive strip in the at least one stack may be selectively peeled away from said stack as desired, thereby exposing the adhesive surface of a next adhesive strip in said stack. |
| US12245662B2 |
Regionally time-dependent midsole
A golf shoe with a sole assembly having a regionally time-dependent midsole is provided. The midsole may include a lateral region constructed of a first material and a medial region constructed of a second material, where elastic properties of the lateral region and viscoelastic properties the medial region provide a neutral support platform when a relatively brief compression load is placed on the midsole (e.g., when a wearer is taking a step while walking), and further provide an everted supported platform when the compression load is placed on the midsole for a longer period of time (e.g., when the wearer is swinging a golf club). |
| US12245658B2 |
Cushioning element for sports apparel
Improved cushioning elements for sports apparel, in particular for soles for sports shoes, are described. A cushioning element for sports apparel with a first deformation element is provided. The deformation element includes a plurality of randomly arranged particles of an expanded material, wherein there are first voids within the particles and/or between the particles. |
| US12245657B2 |
Sole comprising individually deflectable reinforcing members, shoe with such a sole, and method for the manufacture of such items
A sole for a shoe, the sole comprising reinforcing members extending in a front half of the sole, wherein at least a first one of the reinforcing members further extends rearwardly beyond a midfoot area and into a heel area of the sole and wraps up to a posterior portion of an ankle region. A shoe, in particular a running shoe, comprising such a sole. A method for the manufacture of such items. |
| US12245656B2 |
Sole structure for article of footwear
A sole structure for an article of footwear is provided. The sole structure includes a midsole, a cushion disposed in the midsole and including an inner portion, and an outsole including a first surface defining a ground-contacting surface and an upper surface disposed on an opposite side of the outsole than the ground-contacting surface and opposing the cushion, the outsole including a protrusion that extends in a direction away from the midsole to a greater extent than any other portion of the outsole and being aligned with the inner portion. |
| US12245650B2 |
Weftlock for hair styling and wig assemblies
A hairstyling weftlock is provided which consists of a narrow band having opposing ends consisting of a locking mechanism at one end and a threading portion. Upon threading the threading portion through the locking mechanism, the locking mechanism is able to secure the threading portion at a desired length along the threading portion. The weftlock of the current invention may satisfy a connective function in the fabrication of a wig assembly or may be utilized to sheave strands of hair of a hairstyle client by connecting wefts of hair to other hair, including human hair and hair styled in braids, twists or cornrows and wig assembly cornrows, as well as facilitate the installation of braid extensions. |
| US12245649B2 |
Patient gown
In one embodiment, a patient gown comprises a first portion that includes a first fastening region extending from the top to the bottom. The first fastening region includes fastening device(s) configured to connect the right side of the front with the left side of the front. The back of the first portion includes a second fastening region extending from a top to a bottom. The second fastening region includes fastening device(s) configured to connect the right side of the back with the left side of the back. The patient gown further comprises a second portion configured to engage with the first portion. The back of the second portion includes a third fastening region in alignment with the second fastening region of the back of the first portion. The third fastening region includes fastening device(s) configured to couple the right side of the back with the left side of the back. |
| US12245647B2 |
Composite devices and methods for providing protection against traumatic tissue injury
Articles including protective gear for a variety of sports and activities provide protection from one or both of linear and angular forces that either directly or indirectly impact the gear when it is donned. The articles include at least two layers of material that provide multimodal energy dissipation to minimize the extent of transmission of impact forces to tissue. |
| US12245644B2 |
Support garments
A seamless support garment. The garment has arm openings about 50 to 100 percent greater than a diameter of a user's arms; a neck opening about 2 to 4 times greater than a diameter of an average user's neck; a portion of the arm openings and neck opening opposite each other form integral shoulder straps; a band configured to fit at an under bust of the user defining a torso opening; two cup regions positioned above the band to receive the user's breasts, two cup regions positioned above the band to receive the user's breasts, the cup regions being 100-200 percent thicker at a portion of the cup configured for placement of the user's nipple and tapering to a garment body thickness as the taper extends away from the nipple portion; wherein, the support garment is configured from a material having between 50-200 percent elasticity. |
| US12245643B2 |
Lower body garment providing improved comfort
A durable lower body garment is provided that is formed of a plurality of fabric panels and has an inner surface for facing towards the wearer and an outer surface for facing away from the wearer, the plurality of fabric panels defining a waist opening and a pair of leg openings. The garment comprises a front fabric panel and at least one further fabric panel, the front fabric panel and the at least one further fabric panel being joined along their lateral edges to define the waist opening including a waist edge. Each of the front fabric panel and the at least one further fabric panel extends from the waist edge to at least a crotch region of the garment, and each of the front fabric panel and the at least one further fabric panel is formed of an elastically stretchable fabric. |
| US12245642B2 |
Apparatus, system and method for filling bat pipes
The present invention provides an apparatus and method for speed filling of a containers, such as bat pipes, that reside in a shipping container. A filling tray includes holes that align with top open ends of the bat pipes. A frame on the filling tray aligns the top open ends of the bat pipes. Smokable plant matter is spread onto the top surface of the filling tray to introduce the smokable plant matter into the holes of the filling tray and further into the top open ends of the bat pipes. A press plate, with a matrix of corresponding pegs, is urged downwardly to compress smokable plant matter into the top open ends of each of the bat pipes. After being filling with smokable plant matter, the top open ends of the bat pies are sealed with caps. |
| US12245637B2 |
Vaporization device with absorptive material arranged in mouthpiece
A nozzle cap for a vaporizing device can include at least one lip, at least one air channel, and one or more fluid-absorbing elements in fluid communication with the at least one air channel. The at least one fluid-absorbing element is disposed toward a center of the nozzle cap. The nozzle cap can also include at least one baffle. |
| US12245636B1 |
Atomizer as part of a vaporizing system with an improved airflow and heating system
A heat system for heating an oil within an atomizer includes a power source having one or more controls to activate energy transmission from the power source; a connection to electrically connect to the power source; an electrical connection to engage with the connection for receiving energy therefrom; a heat bucket to hold the oil for heating; the heat bucket is connected to the electrical connection to receive energy therefrom; and the heat bucket is to heat up such that the oil is heated. |
| US12245632B2 |
Combined cartridge for electronic vaping device
A cartridge for an e-vaping device enables simultaneous vaporization of different pre-vapor formulations to form a vapor for vaping by an adult vaper. The cartridge includes a dispensing interface coupled to a plurality of reservoirs and a heater coupled to the dispensing interface in a housing. The dispensing interface may include a trunk and separate roots extending into separate reservoirs, such that the dispensing interface draws different pre-vapor formulations from the reservoirs to the trunk via the separate roots. The heater is coupled to the trunk, such that the heater is operable to simultaneously vaporize the different pre-vapor formulations drawn into the trunk. |
| US12245630B2 |
Container for oral products
The present disclosure relates to containers and methods of making same for oral products made or derived from tobacco, incorporate tobacco, or may be tobacco-free and are intended for human consumption. The disclosed containers incorporate one or more of an alignment mechanism, a seal arrangement, a retention mechanism, or a tamper-evident feature to suit a particular application. |
| US12245626B2 |
Apparatus and method for use in a flue-cured barn
The present disclosure provides a method and apparatus for use in a flue-cured barn. The apparatus comprises a combustion chamber for burning fuel; an exhaust pipe for allowing combustion gases to leave the combustion chamber; and a fan for drawing the combustion gases along the exhaust pipe away from the combustion chamber and for generating a negative pressure within the combustion chamber and exhaust pipe compared with the pressure outside the apparatus. |
| US12245624B2 |
Pulsed electric field chamber
The present invention describes a PEF (pulsed electric field) chamber 1 intended for treating a flow with electric field pulses, said PEF chamber comprising a PEF treatment tube 2 and opposite electrode units 3, 4, wherein said opposite electrode units 3, 4 each has one flow receiving end 5a, 5b and one flow exit end 6a, 6b, wherein the PEF treatment tube 2 comprises exit flow portions 7a, 7b arranged subsequent to the flow exit ends 6a, 6b of the electrode units 3, 4 in the intended flow direction, and thus functioning as an extension of the opposite electrode units 3, 4 in the intended flow direction, wherein the exit flow portions 7a, 7b of the PEF treatment tube 2 are arranged to provide a geometrical narrowing 20 subsequent to the flow exit ends 6a, 6b. |
| US12245622B2 |
Xenon lamp power supply, purification device and refrigeration device
An xenon lamp power supply, a purification device, and a refrigeration device are provided. The xenon lamp power supply comprises: an input circuit, a coupling assembly, an output circuit, and a control circuit. The input circuit comprises an alternating-current input end and a direct-current output end, and the input circuit is used for converting alternating current input by the alternating-current input end into direct current output by the direct-current output end. A first end of the coupling assembly is connected to the direct-current output end. The output circuit comprises a xenon lamp power supply circuit, and the xenon lamp power supply circuit is connected to a second end of the coupling assembly, so as to convert electric energy from the second end into direct-current power, and then supply power to a xenon lamp. |
| US12245621B2 |
Solid functionally improved isomalt
The present invention relates to a solid isomalt composition, which comprises 6-O-alpha-D-glucopyranosyl-D-sorbitol (1,6-GPS) and 1-O-alpha-D-glucopyranosyl-D-mannitol (1,1-GPM) and the additional glycosylated isomalt components 1-O-(6′-O-alpha-D-glucopyranosyl)-alpha-D-glucopyranosyl-D-mannitol (6′-g-1,1-GPM), 6-O-(6′-O-alpha-D-glucopyranosyl)-alpha-D-glucopyranosyl-D-sorbitol (6′-g-1,6-GPS), 1,6-di-O-alpha-D-glucopyranosyl-D-sorbitol (1-g-1,6-GPS) and 1,6-di-O-alpha-D-glucopyranosyl-D-mannitol (6-g-1,1-GPM). |
| US12245614B2 |
Use of whey protein micelles for improving insulin profile in diabetic patients
The present invention relates to whey protein micelles for use in the treatment and/or prevention of a disorder linked to an increase in plasma postprandial insulin and/or plasma postprandial glucagon concentration in a subject. The invention relates also to a non-therapeutic use of whey protein micelles to decrease plasma postprandial insulin and/or glucagon concentration in healthy subjects. |
| US12245608B2 |
Composition and method for producing the same
An object of the present invention is to provide a cacao bean-derived food material showing little oil seepage and various foods using the same. A composition having a particle size distribution in the range of 10 μm to 1.5 mm and containing undisrupted cacao bean cells is provided. A composition containing undisrupted cacao bean cells, which has a free fat content ratio of 60% by weight or lower based on oil content is also provided. A composition containing 30% or more of undisrupted cells in cacao bean cells is further provided. A composition containing undisrupted cacao bean cells, which has a breaking strength of 3 kgf or lower is further provided. |
| US12245606B2 |
Fat composition
A fat composition comprises: from 48% to 58% by weight of lauric acid (C12:0); from 5% to 15% by weight palmitic acid (C16:0); from 5% to 20% by weight stearic acid (C18:0); and a weight ratio of stearic acid (C18:0) to palmitic acid (C16:0) of from 0.5:1 to 2.5:1; the percentages of acids referring to acids bound as acyl groups in glycerides in the fat composition and being based on the total weight of C8 to C24 fatty acids; and at least 40 solid fat content at 30° C.; at most 5 solid fat content at 40° C.; solid fat content measured on unstabilized fat according to ISO 8292-1. |
| US12245602B2 |
Poultry leg meat deboning device and poultry leg meat deboning method
A poultry leg meat deboning device is configured to perform a separation of a meat part from a femur with respect to a poultry leg meat to which a peeling off of the meat part has been performed until a side of a knee joint of the femur in a bone-in poultry leg meat which has been cut from a femur of a poultry carcass. The poultry leg meat deboning device includes: an ankle holding part configured to hold an ankle of the poultry leg meat. |
| US12245598B2 |
Dough dispensing and baking system
A system and method for dispensing a first and second baking material where the baking materials are simultaneously dispensed through a discharge tube. The discharge tube is moved with respect to a male mold while dispensing the baking materials. An optional pressure foot follows the discharge tube and assists with joining the dispensed layer with the previous layer by applying pressure. The baking materials are dispensed and layered to form complex shapes not possible by pouring or application of a sheet of dough. The dough and mold are baked together and the baked item is removed from the mold after baking. |
| US12245597B2 |
Compositions and methods for inhibiting plant pathogens
The present specification provides, in one aspect, a method of treating or inhibiting infection of a plant by a plant pathogen. The method includes contacting the plant with an amount of a cranberry composition effective to inhibit the plant pathogen. In another aspect, the present specification provides a composition for treatment of a plant disease. The composition includes a cranberry composition and a carrier that delivers the cranberry composition to at least a portion of a phloem of a citrus plant. |
| US12245593B2 |
Agricultural products and related methods
Plant treatment products include a plant treatment component and, preferably mixed with, a microbial fermentation product. The microbial fermentation product includes cellular material of cultured microorganisms and one or more anaerobic metabolite products of the cultured microorganisms. Preferably, the microbial fermentation product comprises a whole culture lysate of a microbial fermentation suspension culture, including liquid fermentation culture medium components and lysed microorganisms. The plant treatment component of the product includes one or more pesticides or plant growth regulators. Plant treatment products can be applied to or around plants or seeds to enhance growth, health, or productivity of the plants. |
| US12245592B2 |
Encapsulated biocides and biorepellents
The present invention relates to silica aerogels with a high to very high loading (60-90% w/w) of encapsulated biocidal and/or biorepellant compounds and to methods of making and using such aerogels in anti-fouling compositions, which are especially suitable for marine use. |
| US12245588B1 |
Insect neuropeptides 2
The present invention relates to natural or natural-like analogues of insect pyrokinin neuropeptide [Pyr]-AIMARPQVPRL-[NH2] (SEQ ID NO: 2) having activity against insects, for example hemipteran, dipteran, lepidopteran, blattodean and/or coleopteran insects, such as aphids, moths and fruit flies, and their use as insect control agents (e.g. insecticides) and plant protection agents. |
| US12245572B2 |
Automated chicken sorting conveyor belt
Technologies are described herein for an automated chicken sorting conveyor belt system. Conveyor belts that move chicks from a loading area into bins move laterally (or horizontally) as the chicks fill up the bins. This reduces various impact, acceleration, and other forces imparted on the chicks. |
| US12245561B2 |
Control system for controlling humidity in an indoor growing environment
A control system for controlling humidity in an indoor growing environment is provided, which includes software to control the removal of moisture by using current Vapor Pressure Deficit (VPD) as measured in the indoor air space of a grow room in comparison to a target Vapor Pressure Deficit. The temperature and relative humidity in various areas of the grow room are monitored and used by the software to calculate the current VPD and determine a preferred profile for the target VPD. The control system is configured to maintain consistent VPD with moisture removal by a dehumidifier in response to temperature variations throughout a night/day cycle and through successive growth stages to ensure optimal plant growth and transpiration rates. |
| US12245552B2 |
Adjustable reel arm
A reel assembly of a header for an agricultural vehicle. The reel assembly includes a pair of reel arms each comprising a first member and a second member pivotally connected to the first member, a reel movably connected to and positioned in between the second members of the reel arms, and a pair of actuators. Each actuator is operably connected in between the first member and the second member of a respective reel arm, the actuators are configured for pivoting the second members relative to the first members such that the reel is pivotable relative to the first members of the reel arms. |
| US12245550B2 |
Calibration system for an agricultural header
A calibration system for an agricultural header includes a controller having a memory and a processor. The processor is configured to receive a first position signal indicative of a first position of a reel arm of the agricultural header, receive a first distance signal indicative of a first distance between the reel arm and a terrain feature, receive a second position signal indicative of a second position of the reel arm, receive a second distance signal indicative of a second distance between the reel arm and the terrain feature, determine a calibration curve having a plurality of offset distances of the reel arm based on the first position, the first distance, the second position, and the second distance, and select an offset distance of the plurality of offset distances based on an operational position of the reel arm and the calibration curve. |
| US12245548B2 |
Agricultural work machine such as harvester
Provided is a harvester configured to effect a work-performing traveling for harvesting agricultural products in a field while traveling in the field autonomously. This harvester includes a traveling device effecting the work-performing traveling, a machine body supported to the traveling device, a harvesting section supported to a front portion of the machine body and harvesting the products in the field, an imaging device provided at a front portion of the machine body and at a position higher than the harvesting section so as to view down a product present in an un-worked area located forwardly of the harvesting section, a detecting section detecting abnormality in the field from an image imaged by the imaging device, and a controlling section executing an abnormality situation control as a control in accordance with the abnormality detected in the field. |
| US12245540B2 |
Agricultural row unit accessory
A tool assembly for a planter row unit resides at the forward end of the row unit beneath the tool bar. The assembly includes a bracket assembly connected to the row unit, with a ground engaging tool removably mounted on the bracket assembly for movement between raised and lowered positions. A linear actuator controls the position of the tool. The tool may also include a depth control mechanism. Different tools can be interchanged on the bracket assembly. |
| US12245538B2 |
Apparatus for feeding a transplanter and a method for feeding a transplanter
An apparatus having a support frame supports a tray actuation means, a pick up means and a conveyor assembly for feeding a transplanter with viable plants from a multi-celled tray. The tray actuation means is configured to move the multi-celled tray along the support frame. The pick up means is configured to pick up the viable plants by their foliage from the multi-celled tray and leaving non-viable plants therein. The conveyor assembly includes receptacles for receiving one viable plant from the pick up means, and at least one sensor for detecting empty receptacles. A controller cooperatively operates the tray actuation means, the pick up means, and the conveyor assembly in order to skip empty receptacles for ensuring continuous feeding of the transplanter with viable plants. A gripper for picking up plants by their foliage. A method for continuously feeding the transplanter with viable plants. |
| US12245534B2 |
Detecting and tracking features of plants for treatment in an agricultural environment
A method and system having instructions to perform actions include obtaining images of an agricultural environment including a first image comprising at least one background portion and one or more regions of interest, implementing a machine learning (ML) algorithm on a portion of the first image including a portion of the background portion and the one or more regions of interest, detecting a plurality of objects associated with a plurality of real-world objects in the agricultural environment in at least one region of interest in the one or more regions of interest of the first image including detecting a first object and detecting a second object, implementing a second algorithm on the portion of the first image comprising the first object to detect one or more divided features of the first object, tracking a feature of the one or more divided features across subsequent images as the moving platform traverses the agricultural environment, tracking the second object, and selecting a target action configured to target the second object and applying the target action via the target mechanism to the second object. |
| US12250892B2 |
Display material
Provided herein is a phase change material for use in a display device. Also provided is a display device comprising a phase change material; the use of a phase change material as an optical absorber in a display device; a method of fabricating a pixel; and a method of fabricating a display device. The phase change material is as described in more detail herein. |
| US12250891B2 |
Method of forming an integrated circuit structure including a resistive random access memory (RRAM) cell
Resistive random access memory (RRAM) cells, for example conductive bridging random access memory (CBRAM) cells and oxygen vacancy-based RRAM (OxRRAM) cells are provided. An RRAM cell may include a metal-insulator-metal (MIM) structure formed between adjacent metal interconnect layers or between a silicided active layer (e.g., including MOSFET devices) and a first metal interconnect layer. The MIM structure of the RRAM cell may be formed by a damascene process including forming a tub opening in a dielectric region, forming a cup-shaped bottom electrode in the tub opening, forming a cup-shaped insulator in an interior opening defined by the cup-shaped bottom electrode, and forming a top electrode in an interior opening defined by the cup-shaped insulator. The cup-shaped bottom electrode, or a component thereof (in the case of a multi-layer bottom electrode) may be formed concurrently with interconnect vias, e.g., by deposition of tungsten or other conformal metal. |
| US12250881B2 |
Photoelectric conversion element, imaging element, optical sensor, and compound
The present invention is to provide a photoelectric conversion element having excellent heat resistance. In addition, an imaging element and an optical sensor which include the photoelectric conversion element are provided. Furthermore, a compound applied to the photoelectric conversion element is provided. A photoelectric conversion element according to the present invention includes a conductive film, a photoelectric conversion film, and a transparent conductive film, in this order, in which the photoelectric conversion film contains a compound represented by Formula (1). In Formula (1), Y1 represents a group represented by Formula (1-1) or a group represented by Formula (1-2). |
| US12250880B2 |
Compounds for electronic devices
The present invention relates to compounds of formula (I), to processes for producing the compounds, and to electronic devices containing at least one compound of formula (I). |
| US12250877B2 |
Organic light-emitting device and apparatus including the same
An organic light-emitting device includes: a first electrode; a second electrode; m emission units; and m−1 charge generation layer(s), each including an n-type charge generation layer and a p-type charge generation layer and being located between two emission units. The m emission units each include a hole transport region, an electron transport region, and an emission layer between the hole transport region and the electron transport region. An mth electron region included in an mth emission layer that is closest among the m emission units to the second electrode includes an mth electron transport layer. The mth electron transport layer is a single layer consisting of a first compound, the mth emission layer included in the mth emission unit includes a second compound, and the mth electron transport layer and the mth emission layer may be different from each other. |
| US12250876B2 |
Light-emitting device and display apparatus including the same
A light-emitting device includes: a first electrode; a hole injection layer; a hole transport layer; an emission layer; an electron transport region; and a second electrode, stacked in order, wherein the hole transport layer and the hole injection layer are different from each other, the hole injection layer includes a first inorganic material, the first inorganic material is an oxide of at least one metal selected from tungsten (W), molybdenum (Mo), zinc (Zn), copper (Cu), nickel (Ni), cobalt (Co), gallium (Ga), and germanium (Ge), the first inorganic material has a work function with an absolute value of about 4.3 eV to about 5.3 eV, and the hole injection layer and the hole transport layer satisfy Equations 1 and 2: |ELUMO_HIL|>|ELUMO_HTL|+0.1 eV Equation 1 |EHOMO_HIL|>|EHOMO_HTL|+0.1 eV. Equation 2 |
| US12250875B2 |
Organic electroluminescent materials and devices
Provided are compounds comprising a ligand LA of Formula I where the ligand LA is coordinated to Ir. |
| US12250874B2 |
Organic electroluminescence device and organometallic compound for organic electroluminescence device
An organic electroluminescence device is provided and including a first electrode, a hole transport region disposed on the first electrode, an emission layer disposed on the hole transport region, an electron transport region disposed on the emission layer, and a second electrode disposed on the electron transport region, wherein the emission layer may include an organometallic compound, thereby exhibiting high luminous efficiency and long service life characteristics. |
| US12250871B2 |
Metal complexes
The present invention relates to metal complexes and electronic devices, in particular organic electroluminescent devices, containing said metal complexes. |
| US12250868B2 |
Display apparatus
A display apparatus includes a substrate including a first area, a second area, and a bending area between the first area and the second area, a plurality of pixels disposed in the first area, a protection film disposed under the substrate, a dummy film disposed under the protection film, and an opening in the protection film, wherein the opening overlaps the bending area. |
| US12250863B2 |
OLED display panel and OLED display device
Provided is an OLED display panel, the OLED display panel includes a touch layer, wherein the touch layer includes a via hole structure including: a first conductive layer, an interlayer insulating layer, and a second conductive layer that are sequentially arranged, wherein the interlayer insulating layer is provided with a via hole, the second conductive layer is overlapped with the first conductive layer by the via hole, and at least part of a surface, in contact with the second conductive layer, of the interlayer insulating layer is uneven; wherein the uneven surface has a roughness in a value range of 0.05d≤r≤0.19d, where r represents the roughness, and d represents a thickness of the interlayer insulating layer, the roughness of the uneven surface being a distance between a top of convex and a bottom of concave in the uneven surface. |
| US12250861B2 |
Quantum dot pattern, quantum dot light-emitting device, display apparatus, and manufacturing method
Embodiments of the present disclosure provide a quantum dot pattern, a quantum dot light-emitting device, a display apparatus and a manufacturing method. The method includes: forming grooves in one side of an original substrate; forming an isolation layer on the side, with the grooves, of the original substrate; forming quantum dot pattern portions in pattern pits; forming a sacrificial layer on sides, facing away from the isolation layer, of the quantum dot pattern portions; attaching an adhesive layer to a side, facing away from the quantum dot pattern portions, of the sacrificial layer; peeling off the adhesive layer to separate the quantum dot pattern portions and the sacrificial layer from the isolation layer together with the adhesive layer; and enabling a surface, exposing the quantum dot pattern portions, of the laminated structure to be in contact with a target substrate, and removing the sacrificial layer and the adhesive layer. |
| US12250860B2 |
Display substrate and display apparatus
Provided in the present disclosure are a display substrate and a display apparatus. The display substrate comprises: a driving backplane; a light-emitting structure that is located on the driving backplane and that comprises a plurality of light-emitting devices; and a light-filtering structure located on the side of the light-emitting structure facing away from the driving backplane. The light-filtering structure comprises a plurality of light-filtering layers that correspond to at least a portion of the light-emitting devices, the light-emitting layers are provided with hollow spherical structures, and the light-filtering layers are hollow fan-shaped shapes in a cross section perpendicular to the driving backplane. The thicknesses of the light-filtering layers along the sphere center divergence direction of the hollow spherical structures are uniform. The problem of color cast caused by some light-filtering layers can be solved by means of designing the light-filtering layers into hollow spherical structures. |
| US12250853B2 |
Display device with connected shielding layer and gate electrode layer and manufacturing method thereof
A display device and a manufacturing method thereof are provided. The display device includes a substrate, a shielding layer, a semiconductor layer, and a first gate electrode layer. The shielding layer is disposed on a side of the substrate. The semiconductor layer is disposed on a side of the shielding layer away from the substrate. The shielding layer is at least partially overlapped with the semiconductor layer. The first gate electrode layer is disposed on a side of the semiconductor layer away from the substrate. The first gate electrode layer is at least partially overlapped with the semiconductor layer and is electrically connected to the shielding layer. The manufacturing method of the display device is used to manufacture the display device. |
| US12250847B2 |
Display substrate, manufacturing method thereof and display device
The present disclosure provides a display substrate, a manufacturing method thereof, and a display device. The display substrate includes: a base substrate including a display region and an opening region adjacent to each other; and at least one isolation wall extending along a boundary between the display region and the opening region. Each of the at least one isolation wall includes at least one isolation structure, and each of the at least one isolation structure includes: a first layer on a side of the base substrate; and a second layer on a side of the first layer away from the base substrate; and the orthographic projection of the first layer on the base substrate is within the orthographic projection of the second layer on the base substrate. The isolation wall effectively disconnects the organic light emitting material, prevents moisture from entering the display region, and improves the display quality. |
| US12250842B2 |
Semiconductor component, device having a semiconductor component and method of producing semiconductor components
A semiconductor component includes a radiation exit surface; a semiconductor body having an active region that generates radiation; wherein a molded body molded onto the semiconductor body; contacts for external electrical contacting of the semiconductor component are accessible on an outer side of the molded body; a deflection structure arranged between the active region and the radiation exit surface; a planarization layer arranged on the deflection structure; and a polarizer arranged on a side of the planarization layer facing away from the semiconductor body; wherein the semiconductor body on a side facing away from the radiation exit surface includes a mirror structure having at least one dielectric layer and a metallic connection layer, and the dielectric layer is arranged at locations between the semiconductor body and the metallic connection layer. |
| US12250838B2 |
Optical device, photoelectric converter, and fuel generator
An optical device includes a nanostructure body which induces surface plasmon resonance when irradiated with light, an alloy layer which is in contact with the nanostructure body and which has a lower work function than the nanostructure body, and an n-type semiconductor which is in Schottky contact with the alloy layer. The nanostructure body is composed of one selected from the group consisting of elemental metals, alloys, metal nitrides, and conductive oxides. The alloy layer is composed of at least two metals. |
| US12250837B2 |
Pixel structure, array substrate and fabrication method thereof
A pixel structure includes: a gate electrode disposed on a base substrate; a gate insulation layer covering the gate electrode; a source electrode, an active region, a drain electrode, a first doped region and a secondary electrode metal layer disposed on an upper surface of the gate insulation layer sequentially; two second doped regions at two ends of an upper surface of the active region; and a passivation layer covering source electrode, a portion of the active region exposed to the second doped regions, the second doped regions, the drain electrode, the first doped region and the secondary electrode metal layer. The passivation layer is provided with a primary pixel electrode and a secondary pixel electrode disposed thereon, the primary pixel electrode is connected to the drain electrode, and the secondary pixel electrode is connected to the secondary electrode metal layer. |
| US12250830B2 |
3D semiconductor memory devices and structures
A 3D semiconductor device, the device including: a first level including a first single crystal layer and a memory control circuit, the memory control circuit including a plurality of first transistors; a first metal layer overlaying the first single crystal layer; a second metal layer overlaying the first metal layer; a plurality of second transistors disposed atop the second metal layer; a third metal layer disposed atop the plurality of second transistors; and a memory array including word-lines and memory cells, where the memory array includes at least four memory mini arrays, where at least one of the plurality of second transistors includes a metal gate, where each of the memory cells includes at least one of the plurality of second transistors, where the memory control circuit includes at least one Look Up Table circuit (“LUT”), and where the device includes a hybrid bonding layer. |
| US12250827B2 |
Magneto-resistive random access memory with substitutional bottom electrode
A magnetic tunnel junction pillar is positioned above a bottom electrode composed of a metal-oxide region in contact with a first portion of the magnetic tunnel junction pillar and a metal region surrounding the metal-oxide region. A sidewall spacer is positioned along sidewalls of the magnetic tunnel junction pillar, and the metal region is in contact with a bottom surface of the sidewall spacer and a second portion of the magnetic tunnel junction pillar. |
| US12250822B2 |
Three-dimensional memory device and manufacturing method thereof
A three-dimensional memory device and a manufacturing method thereof are provided. The three-dimensional memory device includes first and second stacking structures, isolation pillars, gate dielectric layers, channel layers and conductive pillars. The stacking structures are laterally spaced apart from each other. The stacking structures respectively comprises alternately stacked insulating layers and conductive layers. The isolation pillars laterally extend between the stacking structures. The isolation pillars further protrude into the stacking structures, and a space between the stacking structures is divided into cell regions. The gate dielectric layers are respectively formed in one of the cell regions, and cover opposing sidewalls of the stacking structures and sidewalls of the isolation pillars. The channel layers respectively cover an inner surface of one of the gate dielectric layers. The conductive pillars are separately located within the cell regions, and are laterally surrounded by the channel layers. |
| US12250817B2 |
Method of making a three-dimensional memory device using composite hard masks for formation of deep via openings
An alternating stack of first material layers and second material layers is formed over a substrate. A hard mask layer is formed over the alternating stack and cavities are formed in the hard mask layer. A cladding liner is formed on sidewalls of the cavities in the hard mask layer. Via openings are formed through each layer within the alternating stack by performing an anisotropic etch process that transfers a pattern of the cavities through the alternating stack. |
| US12250815B1 |
Methods of equalizing gate heights in embedded non-volatile memory on HKMG technology
Semiconductor devices and methods of manufacturing the same are provided. The semiconductor devices may have a memory array having two transistor (2T) memory cells, each including a non-volatile memory (NVM) transistor and a high voltage (HV) field-effect transistor (FET) as a select transistor disposed within at least one recess(es). The devices further include a logic area in which HV FETs, input/output (I/) FETs, and low voltage (LV)/core FETs are formed thereon. Other embodiments are also described. |
| US12250811B2 |
Semiconductor device and manufacturing method of semiconductor device
A semiconductor device may include: a gate structure including insulating layers and control gates, which are alternately stacked; a channel layer penetrating the gate structure; floating gates respectively located between the control gates and the channel layer; first blocking patterns respectively located between the control gates and the floating gates; and a second blocking pattern located between the first blocking patterns and the control gates and between the control gates and the insulating layers, the second blocking pattern including a material with a dielectric constant that is higher than that of the first blocking patterns. |
| US12250810B2 |
Small-area high-efficiency read-only memory (ROM) array and method for operating the same
A small-area high-efficiency read-only memory (ROM) array and a method for operating the same are provided. The small-area high-efficiency ROM array includes bit lines, word common-source lines, and sub-memory arrays. Each sub-memory array includes first, second, third, and fourth memory cells connected to a bit line and a word common-source line. All the memory cells are connected to the same word common-source line and respectively connected to different bit lines. Sharing the gate and the source can not only greatly reduce the overall layout area, but also effectively reduce the load of the memory array to achieve the high-efficiency reading and writing goal. |
| US12250805B2 |
Semiconductor device having double bit capacity and method for manufacturing the same
A semiconductor device and a method of manufacturing a semiconductor device are provided. The semiconductor device includes a semiconductor substrate, a trench, and a word line structure in the trench. The semiconductor substrate has a first active region and an isolation layer. The first active region includes a first sub-active region, a second sub-active region, and a first separation channel separating the first sub-active region from the second sub-active region. The word line structure is adjacent to the first active region and includes a word line insulating layer covering inner side surfaces of the trench, a word line electrode on the word line insulating layer, and a word line capping structure on the word line electrode. A depth of the first separation channel is substantially identical to a thickness of the isolation layer. |
| US12250804B2 |
SRAM cell layout including arrangement of multiple active regions and multiple gate regions
A memory cell including a set of active regions that overlay a set of gate regions to form a pair of cross-coupled inverters. A first active region extends along a first axis. A first gate region extends transversely to the first active region and overlays the first active region to form a first transistor of the pair of cross-coupled inverters. A second gate region extends transversely to the first active region and overlays the first active region to form a second transistor of the pair of cross-coupled inverters. A second active region extends along a second axis and overlays the first gate region to form a third transistor of the pair of cross-coupled inverters. A fourth active region extending along a third axis and overlays a gate region to form a transistor of a read port. |
| US12250800B2 |
Radiation shield with zipper
Particular embodiments described herein provide for an electronic device that can be configured to include a radiation shield that includes a zipper. The radiation shield can include a wall that extends from a support structure of the electronic device, a first portion that is coupled to a cold plate over a radiation source, a second portion that is coupled to the wall, and a zipper that can zip the first portion to the second portion together and can unzip to separate the first portion from the second portion. |
| US12250799B2 |
Imaging device
An imaging device according to the present disclosure includes a front case, a rear case, and a shield member. The front case supports an imaging optical unit. The rear case includes an electrically conductive output mechanism configured to output a signal output from the imaging optical unit. The shield member electrically connects the front case and the output mechanism. |
| US12250795B2 |
Systems for a heat exchanger
Systems are provided for a heat exchanger assembly. In one example the system may include a top plate, a fluid inlet and a fluid outlet, a bottom plate coupled to the top plate, a perforated plate positioned between the top plate and the bottom plate having an underside facing the bottom plate and including perforations shaped to generate an impingement jet onto the bottom plate, and at least one of the following: the top plate comprising a portion being inclined with respect to a longitudinal axis of the heat exchanger assembly; the perforated plate being inclined with respect to the longitudinal axis or a lateral axis of the heat exchanger assembly; and the heat exchanger assembly further comprising a flow control plate. |
| US12250793B2 |
Mobile terminal
A mobile terminal includes a main board, a heat dissipation layer, a first support, and a housing that are sequentially stacked. A heat generation element is disposed on the main board, and an orthographic projection of the heat generation element on the housing is located in an orthographic projection of the first support on the housing. The heat dissipation layer is disposed in contact with the heat generation element, and an area of an orthographic projection of the heat dissipation layer on the housing is larger than an area of the orthographic projection of the first support on the housing. |
| US12250792B2 |
Heat pipes of an electronic apparatus and method of manufacturing the same
An electronic apparatus includes: a heating element; and a plurality of heat pipes that is thermally connected to the heating element. Each of the heat pipes has a cross section having a rectangular shape, a heat receiving surface thermally connected to the heating element, and a side surface orthogonal to the heat receiving surface. The side surfaces of the heat pipes, which are adjacent to each other, are in surface contact with each other. |
| US12250791B2 |
Systems and methods for recovering fluid in immersion-cooled datacenters
An immersion cooling system includes a catch pan, a heat-generating electronic device, a housing, and a fluid pump. The housing is positioned around the heat-generating electronic device, and at least part of the housing is positioned above the catch pan. The fluid pump is configured to circulate a working fluid from the catch pan to the housing. |
| US12250784B2 |
Equipment locking device
A method and a device for locking an equipment with a rack are presented. The device may include a trigger and an equipment locking mechanism, wherein upon the trigger automatically activates the equipment locking mechanism upon contacting a portion of the rack. The automatic locking initiates when the equipment reaches a desired position within the rack. |
| US12250783B2 |
Connector module and substrate structure
A connector module that is provided with an input port and an output port that are configured to be connected to an external member, and is to be mounted on a substrate, the connector module including: a bus bar that is separated from the substrate and connects a terminal of the input port and a terminal of the output port to each other; and an insulating member that is interposed between the bus bar and the substrate. |
| US12250781B2 |
Display assembly with unobstructed zone
A display assembly includes a framework, an electronic display subassembly connected to the framework at an elevated position, and an open, unobstructed, pass-through area located below the electronic display subassembly and within the framework. The pass-through area may assist with sightlines through the display assembly, by way of example. Wiring may be routed from a base along or through upward extending members of the framework. |
| US12250780B2 |
Display module driving device, display apparatus including the same, and display apparatus driving method using the same
A display apparatus includes a display module, a rolling cylinder which the display module is wound on and unwound from, and a lifting block unit disposed on a rear surface of the display module. The lifting block unit includes a first block portion, a second block portion coupled to the first block portion and movable up and down with respect to the first block portion, and a third block portion connected to an upper portion of the display module and coupled to the second block portion and movable up and down with respect to the second block portion. The second block portion is inserted into a first accommodation space defined above the first block portion and a second accommodation space defined under the third block portion. |
| US12250777B2 |
Method for manufacturing printed circuit board with electronic component, and printed circuit board with electronic component
Provided is a method for manufacturing a printed circuit board with electronic component, including: mounting an electronic component on an insulating substrate; applying an insulating first coating resin to at least a part of the electronic component; curing the first coating resin; applying an insulating second coating resin to the cured first coating resin; and curing the second coating resin. |
| US12250776B2 |
Substrate structure and cutting method thereof
A substrate structure and a cutting method thereof are provided. The cutting method includes the following steps. A first substrate structure is provided, wherein the first substrate structure includes a glass substrate and a redistribution layer disposed on the glass substrate. A laser process is performed on the glass substrate to form a modified region on the glass substrate. A wet etching process is performed on the modified region of the glass substrate to remove the modified region and form a plurality of second substrate structures. |
| US12250772B2 |
Electronic component
An electronic component includes an electronic element and an interposer board. The electronic element includes a multilayer body and external electrodes at multilayer body end surfaces and connected to internal electrode layers. The interposer board includes board end surfaces, board side surfaces orthogonal to the board end surfaces, and board main surfaces orthogonal to the board end surfaces and the board side surfaces. One of the board main surfaces is in a vicinity of the electronic element and is joined with one of the multilayer body main surfaces in a vicinity of the interposer board. The interposer board is an alumina board. A maximum length of the interposer board is smaller than a length of the electronic element. A width of the interposer board is smaller than a width of the electronic element. |
| US12250771B2 |
Capacitor bank assembly
A capacitor bank includes a printed circuit board adapted for a first capacitor disposed on a first surface of the printed circuit board and a second capacitor disposed on a second, opposing surface of the printed circuit board. The first and second capacitor are connected to the printed circuit board at surface mounts pads on opposing sides of the printed circuit board that may be in electronic communication with each other. The capacitors may be connected in series or parallel. Multiple printed circuit boards with capacitors on opposing surfaces may include flexible printed circuit board portions to allow the capacitor bank to be folded into an available space. |
| US12250763B2 |
EUV light source device and plasma gas recycling system for high-density plasma generation
An extreme ultraviolet (EUV) light source device for generating EUV light through a plasma reaction, includes: a focusing lens for focusing a laser beam generated from a laser source; a vacuum chamber for providing a vacuum environment to generate the laser beam focused on the focusing lens as the EUV light through the plasma reaction; a gas jet nozzle for supplying a plasma reaction gas to the laser beam focused on the focusing lens to generate the EUV light; and a gas supply part for supplying the plasma reaction gas to the gas jet nozzle from the outside. |
| US12250761B2 |
Scanning x-ray system
A voltage-multiplier can be more compact by arrangement in a stack of separate voltage-multiplier-stages. Each of the voltage-multiplier-stages can include electronic-components on a planar-face of a circuit-board. The planar-face of each circuit-board can be parallel with respect to other circuit-boards in the stack. The electronic-components on each voltage-multiplier-stage can be configured to multiply an input-voltage to provide an output-voltage with a higher voltage than the input-voltage. Each voltage-multiplier-stage in the stack can be electrically coupled to two adjacent voltage-multiplier-stages, except that two outermost voltage-multiplier-stages of the stack can be electrically coupled to only one adjacent voltage-multiplier-stage of the stack. |
| US12250760B2 |
Oven including plural antennas
An oven includes a housing that defines a cooking space and that includes an upper frame defining an upper wall facing the cooking space, a heating unit disposed at the upper frame and configured to transfer heat to the cooking space, an antenna disposed at the upper frame and configured to emit, toward the cooking space, radio waves transmitted from a radio wave generator that is electrically connected to an external power source, and a forming part that protrudes upward from the upper frame and accommodates the antenna therein. The forming part covers the antenna from the cooking space. |
| US12250758B2 |
Lamp synchronization after continued excessive user interaction
A remote control device for controlling lighting devices may be configured to detect an excessive user interaction (e.g., a continued user interaction) and reduce a number of command messages that are being transmitted to prevent the lighting devices from producing undesirable visual effects. The remote control device may comprise a user interface (e.g., that may include a rotation portion, such as a rotary knob) and a processor configured to receive an indication of a user interaction via the user interface. The processor may periodically transmit command messages at a transmission frequency in response to a continued user interaction, where each of the command messages comprise a respective command for adjusting to a respective lighting level. The processor may also start a usage timer in response to receiving the indication of the user interaction, and decrease the transmission frequency in response to the usage timer exceeding a usage threshold. |
| US12250757B2 |
Networked lighting based on distance between nodes
A system of luminaires, which are connected to one another within a mesh network, and which interoperate in accordance with the disclosed method. A receiving luminaire receives a notification message from a second luminaire. The second luminaire can be the luminaire that originates a notification message as a result of sensing occupancy in its vicinity, or the luminaire can be an intermediary node that is relaying the notification message from another luminaire. The notification message comprises a first source address and a first light level. The receiving luminaire modifies a first light output of its lamp, wherein the first light output is based on: (i) the first light level, (ii) a distance between (a) the receiving luminaire and (b) a node corresponding to the first source address, and (iii) whether or not the first source address is a member of a first set of neighbor addresses. |
| US12250754B2 |
Digital to analog dimming control
Apparatus, methods and systems for dimming light. The apparatus may include a controller unit. The controller unit may include a lighting power output port. The controller unit may include a microcontroller that may receive a digital lighting control signal and may obtain a light dimming level from the digital lighting control signal. The controller unit may include analog phase cut circuitry that may receive the light dimming level from the microcontroller and may provide lighting power corresponding to the received light dimming level to the lighting power output port. The controller unit may include a digital lighting control output circuit that may transmit the digital lighting control signal to another controller unit in a first state and attenuate the digital lighting control signal in a second state. The controller unit may include a mode circuit that may transmit a stored brightness level to the analog phase cut circuitry. |
| US12250752B2 |
Heater
A heater of the disclosure includes: an insulating base including a rod-shaped portion; a heat generating resistor located inside the insulating base; a fixing member which is cylindrical, wherein the insulating base is inserted into the fixing member; and a spacer which is belt-shaped, located between the rod-shaped portion and the fixing member, and surrounds the rod-shaped portion in a circumferential direction. The spacer includes a first end and a second end which face the first end. |
| US12250750B2 |
Communication method, communications apparatus, device, and communications system
A communication method, a communications apparatus, a device, and a communications system. The method includes: a terminal device receives, by using a first beam, broadcast signals broadcast by N network devices, where each broadcast signal includes a current broadcast moment and identification information of a network device that broadcasts the broadcast signal, and N is a positive integer; the terminal device obtains a second beam corresponding to the broadcast signals, where a width of the first beam is greater than that of the second beam; the terminal device measures the broadcast signals of the N network devices by using the second beam corresponding to the broadcast signal; the terminal device obtains, based on a measurement result, a second beam corresponding to a target network device, where the target network device is one of the N network devices. |
| US12250746B1 |
Method and apparatus for handling end-to-end PC5 radio link failure in a wireless communication system
A method and device for a source remote User Equipment (UE) are disclosed. In one embodiment, the source remote UE establishes a PC5 Radio Resource Control (RRC) connection with a relay UE. The source remote UE also establishes at least one end-to-end (E2E) PC5 RRC connection with at least one target remote UE via the relay UE. The source remote UE further transmits at least one configuration of at least one PC5 Relay Radio Link Control (RLC) channel to the relay UE, wherein the at least one PC5 Relay RLC channel is used to transmit data packets for at least one target remote UE. In addition, the source remote UE detects an E2E PC5 Radio Link Failure (RLF) associated with a target remote UE among the at least one target remote UE. |
| US12250744B2 |
Method and apparatus for supporting UE-to-network relay communication in a wireless communication system
A method and device are disclosed from the perspective of a remote User Equipment (UE). In one embodiment, the method includes the remote UE establishing a layer-2 link with a relay UE. The method further includes the remote UE establishing a Radio Resource Control (RRC) connection with a network via the relay UE. The method also includes the remote UE initiating or performing a RRC connection re-establishment procedure, wherein the remote UE determines to keep the layer-2 link with the relay UE in the RRC connection re-establishment procedure. In addition, the method includes the remote UE starting a timer T301 in response to keeping the layer-2 link with the relay UE. |
| US12250738B2 |
Method for allocating bearer identifier, apparatus, and system
A session management method, an access management function device, and a session management device, where the method is carried out by an access and mobility management network element and includes: obtaining first subscription data of a terminal in a first communications network and second subscription data of the terminal in a second communications network, where the first subscription data includes a data network name (DNN), and the second subscription data includes an access point name (APN) corresponding to the DNN; allocating a bearer identifier to a bearer in a packet data network (PDN) connection corresponding to the APN; receiving a flow identifier that is of a flow in a protocol data unit (PDU) session corresponding to the DNN and that is sent by a session management network element; and sending the bearer identifier and the flow identifier to the terminal. |
| US12250736B2 |
Communication method and system, base station and terminal
The present disclosure relates to a communication method, system, base station, and terminal. The method includes: sending, by a first BS, a broadcast message, which comprises: a NID and a PLMN ID, which correspond to each of one or more SNPNs supported by the first BS; receiving, by the first BS, a connection request sent from a terminal, wherein the connection request represents that the first BS supports at least one of one or more SNPNs subscribed by the terminal; establishing, by the first BS, a RRC connection with the terminal; receiving, by the first BS, a RRC connection setup complete message sent from the terminal, wherein the RRC connection setup complete message carries a NID and a PLMN ID, which correspond to a SNPN that the terminal selects to access; and connecting, by the first BS, the terminal to the SNPN that the terminal selects to access. |
| US12250728B2 |
Method applied at node for wireless communication and apparatus
A method applied at a node for wireless communication and an apparatus are provided. One method includes: transmitting a first plurality of random access preambles by using a first spatial filter, wherein a first plurality of physical random access channel occasions are used for transmission of the first plurality of random access preambles; monitoring a first control signaling during a first time window in response to the first plurality of random access preambles; transmitting a second plurality of random access preambles by using a second spatial filter, wherein a second plurality of physical random access channel occasions are used for transmission of the second plurality of random access preambles; and monitoring a second control signaling during a second time window in response to the second plurality of random access preambles. |
| US12250726B2 |
Method, computer program and wireless communication device for communication using a pseudo-random value
Methods, systems, and devices are provided for wireless communication. A wireless communication device includes a transceiver to communicate with another wireless communication device. The wireless communication device further includes a processor to determine a pseudo-random value using a non-recursive function having at least one non-linear component. The processor further selects a wireless resource based on the pseudo-random value and uses the wireless resource for a wireless communication with the other wireless communication device. |
| US12250725B2 |
Resolving beacon transmission and receipt conflicts in mesh network nodes
One embodiment of the present disclosure sets forth a technique for resolving beaconing conflicts within a network. The technique includes detecting, by a first node in a network, a first scheduling conflict between a first time when a first beacon is to be transmitted from the first node and a first listening window when a second beacon is expected to be received from a second node in the network; determining, by the first node in response to detecting the first scheduling conflict and based on an expected transmission time for the second beacon and a position of the second node in the network, an alternate listening window during which to listen for a third beacon from the second node; and listening, by the first node, for the third beacon from the second node during the alternate listening window. |
| US12250723B2 |
Method and apparatus for channel occupancy time sharing in wireless communication
Methods and apparatuses are disclosed for signaling unused channel occupancy time (COT) to the gNB for COT sharing among other UEs. Upon determining that a portion of the maximum COT (MCOT) provided to the UE will be unused, the UE can generate COT sharing information for transmission back to the gNB. The COT sharing information identifies a starting point and a duration (e.g., a number of consecutive slots) of the unused portion of the MCOT. This information is then encoded into configured grant uplink control information (UG-UCI) and transmitted to the gNB as part of the uplink transmission. In aspects, the unused portion may begin part-way through a slot. In this instance, a starting symbol of the unused portion or an ending symbol of the used portion may also be encoded into the uplink transmission. In this manner, unused COT is not wasted, but rather repurposed by the gNB. |
| US12250721B2 |
Starting a channel occupancy time after a directional listen-before-talk
Various aspects of the present disclosure generally relate to wireless communication. In some aspects, a transmitting node may perform a directional listen-before-talk (LBT) using a sensing beam. The transmitting node may start a channel occupancy time (COT) after the directional LBT based at least in part on one of a COT claiming signal or a time stamp. The transmitting node may perform, to a receiving node, one or more transmissions during the COT using one or more transmit beams that are included in the sensing beam. Numerous other aspects are described. |
| US12250719B2 |
Method and apparatus for performing sensing in wireless LAN system
Proposed are a method and apparatus for performing sensing in a wireless LAN system. In detail, a first STA broadcasts a sensing request frame. The first STA receives a first sensing response frame form a second STA and receives a second sensing response frame from a third STA. The sensing request frame includes STA identifier information and RU allocation information. The STA identifier information includes identifiers of the second and third STAs. The RU allocation information includes information about a first RU allocated to the second STA and information about a second RU allocated to the third STA. The first sensing response frame is received through the first RU. The second sensing response frame is received through the second RU. |
| US12250716B2 |
User equipment and base station performing transmission and reception operations
The present disclosure relates to a user equipment (UE) and base station (BS) involved in an improved physical random access channel, PRACH, transmission. The UE configures, based on a received unlicensed channel access configuration, symbols of an occupancy time of the respective unlicensed channel for uplink communication; receives an indication of a timing of channel resources which are to be used for a PRACH transmission; determines whether or not the indicated timing of channel resources is included within the symbols configured for uplink communication; if successful, performs a clear channel assessment, CCA, for a gap duration before the start of the indicated timing of channel resources which are to be used for the PRACH transmission; and if successful, transmits a random access, RA, preamble within the symbols configured for uplink communication at the indicated timing of channel resources which are to be used for the PRACH transmission. |
| US12250715B2 |
Operation of wireless communication devices in unlicensed spectrum for frame-based equipment (FBE) networks
Embodiments of systems and methods for operating wireless communication devices (e.g., User Equipments (UEs)) as initiating and responding devices in a Frame-Based Equipment (FBE) New Radio (NR) Unlicensed (NR-U) network are disclosed. The proposed methods allow operating the NR-U network as an FBE system in a flexible manner that supports a wide range of deployments not limited to the UE operating as a responding device. In some embodiments, methods to operate UEs as initiating and responding devices in a FBE-based NR-U network are disclosed. |
| US12250711B2 |
High priority medium access
Various embodiments relate to an access point (AP) configured to support a high priority (HP) service, including: a transceiver configured to: announce first enhanced distributed channel access (EDCA) parameters for a first device associated with the AP, wherein the first EDCA parameters support the HP service; announce second EDCA parameters for a second device associated with the AP that does not support the HP service; receive a HP priority access request frame from the first device configured to request HP services; determine that the second device supports the HP service through negotiation; and transmit an HP priority access response frame to the first device enabling HP traffic transmission by the first device. |
| US12250709B2 |
Electronic device for determining reception dimension and operation method thereof
An electronic device and a method are provided. The electronic device includes communication circuitry configured to receive signals from at least one user equipment (UE), and a processor, wherein the processor may be configured to determine a reception quality of a signal obtained through the communication circuitry, obtain an offset corresponding to a channel characteristic of the signal, determine, based on the offset indicating a signal quality difference corresponding to a difference between a reception dimension (Rx dimension) at signal reception and a target Rx dimension and the reception quality, an expected reception quality corresponding to the target Rx dimension, pre-schedule the target Rx dimension and a frequency resource to the at least one UE, determine an expected throughput for the at least one UE based on the expected reception quality, determine the target Rx dimension, and receive or transmit data from or to the UE. |
| US12250707B2 |
Methods for simultaneous support of resource selection modes and configuration mechanisms for NR V2X sidelink
Some embodiments of this disclosure include apparatuses and methods for supporting resource selection modes and switching between a network scheduled operation mode and an autonomous resource selection mode for resource allocation for data transmission in a wireless communication system. |
| US12250705B2 |
Physical downlink control channel detection method and apparatus
A physical downlink control channel detection method and apparatus, and pertains to the field of communications technologies. The physical downlink control channel detection method, applied to a terminal, includes: obtaining at least two search space groups and a switch condition, where the at least two search space groups include a first search space group and a second search space group; and switching between the first search space group and the second search space group according to the switch condition, for PDCCH detection. In the technical solutions provided in the present invention, switching of the terminal between different search space groups can be implemented. |
| US12250702B2 |
Method and system for improved sounding reference signal (SRS) overhead and flexible reuse scheme
Methods and systems for transmitting one or more sounding reference signal (SRS) resource sets for one or more usages are disclosed herein. In one embodiment, a method performed by a user equipment includes: receiving one or more configuration parameters from a wireless network node; determining, based on the one or more configuration parameters, one or more usages for a plurality of SRS resources within the one or more SRS resource sets; and transmitting an SRS using the plurality of SRS resources configured for the one or more usages. |
| US12250699B2 |
Wireless communication with downlink control information having a semi persistent scheduling activation/deactivation field
Provided are an eNB, a UE and wireless communication methods. The eNB, in an embodiment, includes circuitry operative to fill a SPS activation/deactivation field in a DCI with a predetermined pattern of bits; and a transmitter operative to transmit the DCI to a first UE for the first UE to start periodically transmitting signals to a second UE or stop periodically transmitting signals to the second UE based on the SPS activation/deactivation field. The DCI is in a SPS format formed by adopting part or all bits of at least one field of DCI format 5 as the SPS activation/deactivation field, and information supposed to be transmitted in the at least one field is indicated with the assistance of or by RRC or MAC signaling. |
| US12250688B2 |
Resource transmission method and terminal device
The present disclosure relates to a resource transmission method and a terminal device. The resource transmission method includes: in the event of a resource conflict, a terminal device transmits an uplink resource according to a fulfilled condition. According to implementations of the present disclosure, the probability that resources configured for the same terminal device conflict in time may be reduced, and the resource conflicts of the same terminal device may be reduced by setting a transmission condition for in the event of resource conflict. |
| US12250683B2 |
Time division duplex (TDD) slot format configuration indication for sidelink communications
Wireless communications systems and methods related to sidelink communications in a TDD system are provided. A first user equipment (UE) may receive from a base station (BS), a time-division-duplexing (TDD) configuration. The first UE may select a first TDD configuration from a set of configured TDD configurations based on the TDD configuration. Additionally, the first UE may transmit to a second UE, an indication of the first TDD configuration. The first and the second UEs may communicate a sidelink communication based on the first TDD configuration. Other features are also claimed and described. |
| US12250680B2 |
Configurable repeaters
The apparatus may be configured to receive a plurality of sets of RU configuration parameters, receive an indication of a first set of RU configuration parameters in the plurality of sets of RU configuration parameters, and perform at least one repeating operation based on the first set of RU configuration parameters to facilitate a communication between a first wireless device and a second wireless device. In an aspect of the disclosure, the apparatus may be configured to transmit, to a RU, a plurality of sets of RU configuration parameters and transmit, to the RU, an indication of a first set of RU configuration parameters in the plurality of sets of RU configuration parameters for the RU to perform at least one repeating operation associated with facilitating a communication between the first UE and one of the control node or the second wireless device. |
| US12250679B2 |
Helper user equipment for retransmission of sidelink communications in a single-frequency network
Various aspects of the present disclosure generally relate to wireless communication. In some aspects, a helper user equipment (UE) may receive, from a base station, a signaling message requesting the helper UE to monitor for and transmit a sidelink communication in a manner that uses a single-frequency network, wherein the sidelink communication is to be transmitted by a source UE to a destination UE that is different from the helper UE. The helper UE may receive the sidelink communication, transmitted by the source UE to the destination UE, in a first time-frequency resource of the single-frequency network. The helper UE may transmit the sidelink communication in a second time-frequency resource of the single-frequency network, wherein the second time-frequency resource is indicated to the helper UE by the base station. Numerous other aspects are described. |
| US12250674B2 |
Multi-carrier scheduling for downlink and uplink
Various aspects of the present disclosure generally relate to wireless communication. In some aspects, a user equipment may receive a configuration for monitoring one or more physical downlink control channels (PDCCHs) for downlink control information (DCI) that schedules physical downlink shared channel (PDSCH) communications on each carrier included in a set of carriers and for DCI that schedules physical uplink shared channel (PUSCH) communications on one or more carriers. The UE may monitor the one or more PDCCHs for DCI in accordance with the configuration. The UE may receive DCI that schedules a PUSCH communication on the one or more carriers based at least in part on the monitoring. Numerous other aspects are provided. |
| US12250670B2 |
Probabilistic amplitude shaping
This disclosure provides methods, devices and systems for encoding data for wireless communication to achieve a desired amplitude distribution. Some implementations more specifically relate to performing an encoding operation to shape the amplitudes of the resultant symbols such that the amplitudes have a non-uniform distribution. In some implementations of the non-uniform distribution, the probabilities associated with the respective amplitudes generally increase with decreasing amplitude. Some implementations enable the tracking of MPDU boundaries to facilitate successful decoding by a receiving device. Additionally or alternatively, some implementations enable the determination of a packet length after performing the amplitude shaping, which enables a transmitting device to determine the number of padding bits to add to the payload and to signal the packet length to a receiving device so that the receiving device may determine the duration of the packet. |
| US12250662B2 |
Method for information transmission and related apparatuses
A method for information transmission and related apparatuses are provided. The method includes the following. A terminal device receives indication information of an acknowledge/non-acknowledge (ACK/NACK) feedback mode configured by a network, and determines a transmission mode of at least one of a first uplink signal, a first physical uplink control channel (PUCCH), and a second PUCCH when the ACK/NACK feedback mode indicated by the indication information is separate feedback and the first PUCCH and the second PUCCH both overlap with a time-domain resource of the first uplink signal, where the first PUCCH and the second PUCCH are associated with different control resource set (CORESET) pool indexes. |
| US12250655B2 |
Client initiated low-latency network edge spectrum-as-a-service controller
A client-initiated low-latency network edge spectrum-as-a-service controller is described herein. A method as described herein can include transmitting, by a system comprising a processor to a first spectrum access system, a request for first access rights to a first spectrum band, wherein the first spectrum band is wholly contained within a second spectrum band for which the first spectrum access system is granted second access rights from a second spectrum access system, distinct from the first spectrum access system; obtaining, by the system, the first access rights to the first spectrum band from the first spectrum access system in response to the request; and, in response to obtaining the first access rights, initiating, by the system via the first spectrum band, a point-to-point communication link between the system and a user equipment. |
| US12250654B2 |
Clock synchronization
Disclosed is a method comprising estimating a time synchronization accuracy associated with a plurality of base stations comprising at least a first base station and a second base station based at least partly on one or more uncertainty factors determined by the terminal device, selecting the second base station from the plurality of base stations by comparing the estimated time synchronization accuracy associated with the plurality of base stations, and synchronizing a clock based on the selected second base station. |
| US12250652B2 |
Channel raster for NR V2X
One embodiment disclosed in the present specification provides a method for a vehicle to everything (V2X) communication, comprising: determining position of at least one frequency for at least one synchronization signal block (SSB), wherein the position of the at least one frequency is determined based on a channel raster for new radio (NR) V2X, wherein the channel raster for the NR V2X is determined based on a first frequency shift of −5 kHz or 5 kHz. |
| US12250651B2 |
Communicating timing accuracy information for synchronization source of network node and related apparatuses
A method performed by a first network node in a radio access network is provided. The method includes determining to initiate a procedure with a first set of at least one neighboring network node. The method further includes, responsive to the determining, sending to the first set of at least one neighboring network node a first message including timing accuracy information for at least one synchronization source of the first network node on at least one of a per cell basis, a per network node basis, or a per neighboring network node for a cell served by the first network node. |
| US12250648B2 |
Mobile device and control method interacting with conductive element using proximity sensor
A mobile device includes a hybrid antenna, a tunable circuit element, an RF (Radio Frequency) module, and a proximity sensor. The tunable circuit element provides an impedance value. The RF module generates RF power. The hybrid antenna is coupled through the tunable circuit element to the RF module. The proximity sensor is respectively coupled to the hybrid antenna, the tunable circuit element, and the RF module, and is configured to detect a specific distance between the hybrid antenna and a conductive element. The tunable circuit element and the RF module are operated according to relative information of the specific distance. If the specific distance is shorter than or equal to a first threshold distance, the RF module will reduce the RF power. If the specific distance is shorter than or equal to a second threshold distance, the tunable circuit element will change the impedance value. |
| US12250647B2 |
Dynamic power budget allocation using individualized MTPL per radio link for uplink transmission
This application describes methods and apparatus to allocate uplink (UL) power dynamically across multiple parallel radio frequency links for wireless devices. The wireless device sets an initial maximum transmit power level (MTPL) for each UL radio link of multiple radio links used for UL traffic based on a duty cycle prediction for the respective UL radio link. The wireless device adjusts the initial MTPL for each UL radio link based on a predicted data throughput for the UL radio link relative to a total predicted data throughput for all UL radio links. The adjusted MTPL for each UL radio link can be also reduced when the UL radio link uses UL multiple input multiple output (MIMO) transmission via multiple antenna ports, e.g., by apportioning the adjusted MTPL among the multiple antenna ports of the UL radio link equally. |
| US12250646B2 |
Beam management solution for MPE
Apparatuses, systems, and methods for a user equipment device (UE) to perform methods for triggering a change in beam configuration based on UL beam conditions. The UE may detect an unsafe UL beam condition for an UL beam based, at least in part, on an MPE level being exceeded by the UL beam. In response to the detection, remedial actions that to alleviate the unsafe UL beam condition may be performed. The remedial actions may prioritize UL beam quality over DL beam quality and may include reducing a transmit power of the UL beam based on an MPR, triggering an intra-panel antenna switch to a candidate UL beam that satisfies one or more conditions for intra-panel beam switching, triggering an inter-panel antenna switch to a candidate UL beam that satisfies one or more conditions for intra-panel beam switching, and/or signaling a beam failure to a network serving the UE. |
| US12250643B2 |
Systems and methods for providing planned spectrum allocation for shared spectrum
Techniques are provided for more efficiently determining frequency spectrum to allocate to General Authorized Access (GAA) citizens broadband radio service device(s) (CBSD(s)). Efficiency is enhanced by reducing a number of protection point(s) analyzed. |
| US12250641B2 |
Dynamic switching of user equipment power class
A user equipment (UE), such as a mobile phone, may support multiple power classes. Power classes can define maximum output power levels for uplink transmissions. A base station of a radio access network (RAN) can, based on metrics reported by the UE, dynamically instruct the UE to switch to using a different power class. For example, the base station may instruct the UE to switch from using a first power class with a higher maximum output power to using a second power class with a lower maximum output power, in order to preserve battery life of the UE in situations in which the second power class provides sufficient output power for uplink transmissions to reach the base station. |
| US12250638B2 |
Method for efficient rediscovery and medium access for wake-up radios
Methods and apparatuses are described herein for rediscovery and medium access for wake-up radios. For example, a wireless transmit receive unit (WTRU) may receive, via a first transceiver, a frame that includes a wake-up radio (WUR) operation element having a first counter value. The WTRU may deactivate the first transceiver and activate a second transceiver, wherein the first transceiver enters into a doze state and the second transceiver is in an awake state. The WTRU may then receive, via the second transceiver in the awake state, a WUR frame that includes a second counter value indicating an update of a plurality of basic server set (BSS) parameters associated with the first transceiver. On a condition that the second counter value is different than the first counter value, the WTRU may activate the first transceiver to update the plurality of BSS parameters, wherein the first transceiver enters into an awake state. |
| US12250636B2 |
Power management in battery powered communication device and method
A battery-powered device includes a baseband modem, configured to receive or send data according to a first operational mode, wherein the data correspond to a software application being executed on the battery-powered device; and a processor, configured to determine a resource requirement of the software application; and send a signal representing the determined resource requirement to the baseband modem; wherein the baseband modem is further configured to change from the first operational mode to a second operational mode based on the signal. |
| US12250635B2 |
Method for power efficient data transmission
Provided is a method for data transmission from a user equipment to a remote server by means of a base station of a cellular network, wherein the user equipment is configured to carry out payload data transmission to said remote server. It comprises: carrying out a first signaling data transmission to the base station, determining a first power value representative of the power spent for said first signaling data transmission, maintaining the first power value as reference value, carrying out a second signaling data transmission to the base station, and determining a second power value representative of the power spent for said second signaling data transmission. In case said second power value exceeds said first power value by a predetermined threshold value, it delays the next payload data transmission for a predetermined time. |
| US12250633B2 |
Method for monitoring control channel, and device using method
Provided are a method by which a terminal monitors a downlink control channel in a wireless communication system, and a device. The method receives a configuration message that notifies of a monitoring occasion for detecting a wake up signal and, if first control channel monitoring for detecting the wake up signal is not required in the at least one monitoring occasion, monitors a second control channel in the next DRX-on section. |
| US12250630B2 |
Signal sending and receiving method, apparatus, and device
The present disclosure provides example signal sending and receiving methods, apparatuses, and devices. One example signal sending method includes a network device sending a first wake-up signal to indicate a terminal device to receive a first data channel, where the first data channel carries at least one of a paging message or a short message, and the short message indicates at least one of whether a system message changes or whether to receive earthquake and tsunami warning system (ETWS) information or commercial mobile alert service (CMAS) information. The first data channel is sent by the network device. |
| US12250629B2 |
Power-saving signal receiving method, power- saving signal sending method, terminal and network device
A power-saving signal receiving method, a power-saving signal sending method, a terminal and a network device are provided. The receiving method includes: receiving a power-saving signal, wherein the power-saving signal is used to indicate a terminal state for a serving cell, and the power-saving signal is further used to indicate a behavior of the terminal; the terminal state is one of dormancy and non-dormancy; the behavior of the terminal includes at least one of the following: whether to start a DRX onduration timer, and whether to monitor a PDCCH of the serving cell; and the PDCCH is a PDCCH corresponding to a DRX onduration timer associated with the power-saving signal. |
| US12250628B2 |
Uplink transmission control method and terminal
An uplink transmission control method and a terminal are provided. The method includes: monitoring uplink cancellation signaling at a first moment; determining, according to the uplink cancellation signaling, whether to cancel corresponding uplink transmission, where an interval between the first moment and a second moment of sending the uplink transmission is greater than or equal to a preset time length, and the first moment is before the second moment. |
| US12250622B2 |
Automated discovery schedules for telecommunication service networks
Methods, media, and systems are provided for automated discovery schedules for telecommunication networks associated with a particular provider. The methods, media, and systems identify telecommunication networks corresponding to the provider. Additionally, location data for each of the telecommunication networks is received. The location data may be associated with one or more IP addresses for each telecommunication network. Servers or server clusters are identified along with associated location data for the servers or server clusters. The servers or server clusters are also associated with the provider. The location data for each of the telecommunication networks and the location data for each of the servers or server clusters are mapped. A distance between at least one of the telecommunication networks and at least one of the servers or server clusters is determined. Based on the distance determined, a telecommunication network is assigned a discovery schedule. |
| US12250619B2 |
Method for managing an emergency state of a first vehicle and associated managing device
A method for managing an emergency state of a first vehicle, implemented by a remote server. The method includes: receiving an indication of the emergency state of the first vehicle; estimating a first geographical area in which the first vehicle is able to be positioned for a given time period; and sending an alert message to at least one detecting element, positioned at a traffic lane, said at least one detecting element being able to be positioned in the first geographical area for the given time period. |
| US12250617B2 |
Autonomous vehicle communication framework for multi-network scenarios
Approaches for Multi-Access Edge Computing (MEC) Vehicle-to-Everything (V2X), Vehicle-To-Vehicle (V2V), and Autonomous Vehicles Distributed Networks (AVDN) functions in a MEC infrastructure are discussed. In various examples, operations and network configurations are described that use a service in an AVDN, including: identifying a service condition (e.g., based on a state of a service and connectivity to an instance of the service); establishing a connection in the AVDN in response to the service condition (e.g., using vehicle-to-vehicle (V2V) or Vehicle-to-Everything (V2X) network communications to the AVDN); and performing a service operation with the service via the AVDN. |
| US12250616B2 |
Road side unit for V2X service
A road side unit (RSU) device for vehicle-to-everything (V2X) service can transmit, to a V2X server, a message for configuring an RSU subscription area for a V2X service; receive, from the V2X server, at least one first V2X message published by at least one first V2X device associated with the RSU subscription area; and transmit, to a second V2X device within an RSU management area managed by the RSU device, a second V2X message based on the at least one received first V2X message. |
| US12250613B2 |
Method and device for wireless communication concerning non-unicast service
The present disclosure discloses a method and device for wireless communications, comprising receiving a first signaling, the first signaling being used to indicate a first ID set of a first service, the first service being a non-unicast service, and the first ID set comprising a plurality of IDs; determining a target ID; and applying the target ID to receive the target data set; wherein the first service comprises K data sets, the target data set is one of the K data sets, K being a positive integer greater than 1; the first ID set comprises K IDs, and the target ID is one of the K IDs in the first ID set. The application receives a target data set by receiving a first signaling and determining a target ID, which helps to improve efficiency and save power. |
| US12250609B2 |
Method and apparatus for wireless communication
The present disclosure is related to methods and apparatuses. According to some embodiments of the disclosure, a method includes: receiving, at a user equipment, configuration information indicating zone area information, wherein the zone area information indicates at least one geographic zone; and determining, at the user equipment, that a Global Position System (GPS) function is denied. |
| US12250604B2 |
Uplink switching for enhanced mobility
This disclosure provides systems, methods and apparatuses, including computer programs encoded on computer storage media, for uplink switching for enhanced mobility. In some aspects, this disclosure provides techniques for potentially reducing or eliminating service interruptions experienced during a handover from a source cell to a target cell. Additionally, this disclosure provides techniques for potentially simplifying or improving uplink communications while a UE is connected to both the source cell and the target cell during the handover. This disclosure further provides techniques for potentially reducing UE power consumption or improving uplink resource utilization during a handover from a source cell to a target cell while a UE is connected to both the source cell and the target cell during the handover. |
| US12250602B2 |
Method for transmitting failure information and communications device
The present invention provides a method for transmitting failure information and a communications device. The method includes: in a case that failure has occurred on first connection(s) in a dual active protocol stack DAPS mobility procedure, transmitting failure information of at least one of the first connection(s), where the first connection(s) include at least one of the following: a source connection between a terminal and a source cell and a target connection between the terminal and a target cell. |
| US12250594B2 |
History information recording method and apparatus, and computer-readable storage medium
A history information recording method, including obtaining, by a current secondary node, information about a history cell that a terminal device visits, where the information about the history cell comprises at least one of stay time of the terminal device in the history or moving speed information of the terminal device in the history cell, and performing, by the current secondary node, handover preparation based on the information about the history cell. |
| US12250593B2 |
Method for measuring performance for QOS
A disclosure of this specification provides a method for performance measurement of SDF (service data flow), performed by SMF (Session Management Function), the device comprising: receiving a QoS (Quality of Service) rule from a SMF (Session Management Function); performing measurement of performance of a target QoS flow for the SDF, with a UPF (User Plane Function), wherein based on a reflective QoS being not used for the SDF, the QoS rule includes downlink QoS information on the target QoS flow, wherein the target QoS flow is a QoS flow used by the UE to receive a downlink packet for the SDF. |
| US12250591B2 |
Wireless communication device and wireless communication method
According to one embodiment, a wireless communication device includes a transmitter configured to transmit first information to designate a first bandwidth narrower than a maximum available bandwidth extended based on a predetermined channel, and transmit second information to designate a plurality of channels including at least one channel different from a channel used in the first bandwidth among a plurality of channels in the maximum bandwidth: and controlling circuitry configured to control the transmitter. |
| US12250588B2 |
Signaling for data duplication transmission
In a wireless local area network (WLAN) system, a transmission station (STA) may transmit a PPDU including a first data field and a second data field to a reception STA, and the second data field may be generated by duplicating the first data field. The PPDU may include information indicating that the first data and the second data are the same data. |
| US12250587B2 |
Managing hopping target wake times for wireless networks
Methods, systems, and devices for wireless communications are described. A station (STA) may receive a first signal including an indication of a set of frequency channels for a set of target wake time (TWT) sessions that recur according to a service interval. In some examples, the first signal may indicate a respective frequency channel of the set of frequency channels for each TWT session of the set of target wake time sessions. Each TWT session of the set of TWT sessions may have an associated service period that the STA may be in an awake state. The STA may switch, for the first TWT session, from the first frequency channel to the second frequency channel. In some examples, based on the switching, the STA may communicate a signal during a service period associated with the first TWT session over the second frequency channel. |
| US12250584B2 |
Multi-cell signals in OFDM wireless networks
Wireless devices may receive channel state information (CSI) measurement resources for a plurality of cells, including cells of a first transmission point and cells of a second transmission point. The wireless device may measure CSI for each cell, and may quantize the measured CSI jointly across the cells. The wireless device may send the jointly quantized CSI to a base station, and the jointly quantized CSI may be used in communications via the first transmission point and the second transmission point. |
| US12250581B2 |
Round trip time (RTT) positioning and timing advance (TA) command with user equipment Rx Tx measurement reporting
Disclosed are techniques for addressing relation round trip time (RTT) positioning and timing advance (TA) command with user equipment (UE) receive-transmit (Rx-Tx) measurement reporting in wireless network such as in new radio (NR). |
| US12250578B2 |
Physical downlink control channel (PDCCH) aggregation across monitoring occasions
Certain aspects of the present disclosure provide techniques for physical downlink control channel (PDCCH) aggregation across monitoring occasions. A method that may be performed by a user equipment (UE) includes determining a policy for monitoring one or more physical downlink control channels (PDCCHs), wherein the policy allows for mapping control channel elements (CCEs) of a single PDCCH candidate across multiple PDCCH monitoring occasions; and monitoring for signals from a network entity via the one or more PDCCHs according to the determined policy. |
| US12250576B2 |
Methods for dynamic beamforming weight construction based on directional measurements
Methods, systems, and devices for wireless communications are described. A first device may monitor for a set of reference signals from a second device using a set of directional beams. The first device may perform measurements on the received reference signals and select a subset of directional beams from the set of directional beams based on the performed measurements. Each directional beam may be associated with a set of beamforming weights. The first device may communicate with the second device using a dynamic set of beamforming weights. The first device may form the dynamic set of beamforming weights using a combination of beamforming weights from each set of beamforming weights associated with the subset of directional beams. The dynamic set of beamforming weights may be different from each set of beamforming weights associated with the subset of directional beams. |
| US12250575B2 |
Information processing apparatus, information processing method, and non-transitory computer readable medium
An information processing apparatus includes a processor configured to: receive a processing request from a mobile terminal via any of plural wireless access points; accumulate and store an actual reception speed of a processing request from a mobile terminal via a wireless access point and identification information of the wireless access point via which the mobile terminal has transmitted the processing request, associatively in an actual reception speed database; on the basis of the actual reception speed database, calculate a representative actual reception speed which is a representative value of one or more actual reception speeds for each wireless access point; and report the representative actual reception speed of each wireless access point to a user who is about to use a mobile terminal to transmit a processing request to the information processing apparatus via a wireless access point. |
| US12250573B2 |
Method and device for recovering beam failure in wireless communication system
A method and device for performing beam failure recovery in a wireless communication system. A method performed by a user equipment (UE) in a wireless communication system may include: based on a beam failure being detected for at least one of two beam failure detection (BFD)-reference signal (RS) sets configured for at least one serving cell among a plurality of serving cells, triggering at least one beam failure recovery (BFR) procedure for the at least one of the two BFD-RS sets; based on the at least one BFR being triggered and not cancelled for a first secondary cell (SCell) among the at least one serving cell, generating an enhanced BFR media access control (MAC)-control element (CE) based on at least one available uplink-shared channel (UL-SCH) resource; and transmitting, to a base station, the enhanced BFR MAC-CE. |
| US12250568B2 |
Method and apparatus for reducing interference effects in wireless communication systems
The present disclosure may provide a method for operating a UE in a wireless communication system. Herein, the method may include: transmitting, by a first UE, information necessary for beam pattern determination to a base station; receiving, from a base station, candidate beam pattern information determined based on the information necessary for beam pattern determination; receiving, from the base station, beam pattern information that the base station determined based on a measurement result for candidate beams, which are sequentially transmitted according to the candidate beam pattern information; and performing uplink transmission based on the determined beam pattern information, wherein the measurement result may include residual self-interference (SI) information measured for each of the candidate beams, which the first UE transmits, and cross link interference (CLI) information that a second UE measures for the each of the candidate beams transmitted from the first UE. |
| US12250567B2 |
Joint communication and sensing aided beam management for NR
Methods and apparatuses for receive (Rx) beam selection are described herein. A wireless transmit/receive unit (WTRU) may be configured to receive, from a base station (BS), configuration information for joint communication and sensing (JCS) reference signals. The configuration information may include resources for reference signal transmission and resources for measurement reporting. The WTRU may be further configured to receive, from the BS, an indication to activate a subset of the resources for JCS reference signal transmission. The WTRU may be further configured to transmit, a plurality of JCS reference signals using the activated subset of resources for reference signal transmission. The WTRU may be further configured to measure, via a plurality of Rx beams, a backscatter power associated with each of the transmitted plurality of JCS reference signals. The WTRU may be further configured to calculate beam blockage statistics based on the measured backscatter power. |
| US12250564B2 |
Method and apparatus for processing bandwidth intensive data streams using virtual media access control and physical layers
A wireless networking system is disclosed. The wireless networking system includes an application layer associated with one or more applications having a wireless bandwidth requirement. A first wireless transceiver resource associated with an actual MAC layer and PHY layer is employed. The first wireless transceiver resource has a first bandwidth availability up to a first actual bandwidth. A second wireless transceiver resource associated with the actual MAC layer and the PHY layer is employed. The second wireless transceiver resource has a second bandwidth availability up to a second actual bandwidth. A processing layer evaluates the wireless bandwidth requirement and the first and second bandwidth availabilities of the wireless transceiver resources. The processing layer includes a bandwidth allocator to allocate at least a portion of each of the first and second actual bandwidths to virtual MAC and virtual PHY layers, and to satisfy the application layer wireless bandwidth requirement. |
| US12250555B2 |
System and process implementing a secure network
A wireless network system configured to secure a wireless service provided to at least one wireless device from a wireless network, the wireless network system includes a secure network server implemented in at least one of a network operator cloud and a mobile network operator implementing the wireless network. The secure network server being configured to implement at least one of the following: a unique Access Point Name (APN), an International Mobile Equipment Identity (IMEI) whitelist, a virtual private network (VPN) over encrypted network, a dedicated firewall, a whitelist of IP addresses, and a unique SIM. |
| US12250547B2 |
Communication protocols in integrated systems
A system and methods comprise a touchscreen at a premises. The touchscreen includes a processor coupled to a security system at the premises. User interfaces are presented via the touchscreen. The user interfaces include a security interface that provides control of functions of the security system and access to data collected by the security system, and a network interface that provides access to network devices. A camera at the premises is coupled to the touchscreen via a plurality of interfaces. A security server at a remote location is coupled to the touchscreen via a plurality of channels and a plurality of protocols. The security server comprises a client interface through which remote client devices exchange data with the touchscreen and the security system. |
| US12250545B2 |
Systems and methods for multi-link device privacy protection
A method for communicating over a wireless network includes broadcasting, by a Multi-Link Device (MLD) device, service data indicative of one or more services for wireless communication with a client device; wherein the service data indicates that a service type is differentiated based on a type of the client device; establishing a security association with the client device; and in response to establishing a security association with the client device, granting access by the client device to a subset of the one or more services based on the type of the client device. |
| US12250538B2 |
Encrypted nonces as rotated device addresses
Rotation of a wireless client device address is based on an encryption key and a nonce value. Key information and nonce value information are shared between a wireless client device and a network infrastructure component over a secure communication channel. The wireless client device encrypts the nonce value using the key information and encodes the encrypted value as a device address. The wireless client device then identifies itself via a source address value in a message transmitted over a wireless network. Upon receiving the message, the network infrastructure component decrypts information derived from the source address value and compares the resulting data to the nonce value. If a match is identified, the network infrastructure identifies the wireless client device as a source of the message. In some embodiments, the nonce value is updated with each rotation to provide for improved entropy of generated device addresses. |
| US12250536B2 |
Information security/privacy via a decoupled security accessory to an always listening device
An always-listening-capable computing device is disclosed, comprising: a first electronic sensor configured to receive user input, a second electronic sensor configured to receive a signal indicating that a user depressed a physical button, a gate-keeping module implemented by a processor, wherein data from the first electronic sensor passes through the gate-keeping module while a gatekeeping function is disabled, no data from the first electronic sensor passes through the communications module while the gatekeeping function is enabled, all data input to the gate-keeping module is received via an exclusive input lead from the first electronic sensor, and all data output from the gate-keeping module is transmitted via an exclusive output lead to a component other than the first electronic sensor. The device receives the signal indicating that the user has depressed the physical button; and enables or disables a functionality of a second computing device. |
| US12250531B2 |
Loudspeaker
A loudspeaker including a first diaphragm, a second diaphragm spaced from the first diaphragm, a first voice coil coupled to the first diaphragm, a second voice coil coupled to the second diaphragm, and a magnet assembly. The magnet assembly includes a magnet, a magnetic piece and a spacer of non-magnetic material connecting the magnet and the magnetic piece such that a gap is provided between the magnet and the magnetic piece. The first voice coil is arranged at a first end of the gap and the second voice coil is arranged at a second end of the gap opposite the first end of the gap. |
| US12250526B2 |
Audio beamforming with nulling control system and methods
Audio beamforming systems and methods that enable more precise control of lobes and nulls of an array microphone are provided. Optimized beamformer coefficients can be generated to result in beamformed signals associated with one or more lobes steered towards one or more desired sound locations and one or more nulls steered towards one or more undesired sound location. The performance of acoustic echo cancellation can be improved and enhanced. |
| US12250525B2 |
One-touch spatial experience with filters for AR/VR applications
A method to assess user condition for wearable devices using electromagnetic sensors is provided. The method includes receiving a signal from an electromagnetic sensor, the signal being indicative of a health condition of a user of a wearable device, selecting a salient attribute from the signal, and determining, based on the salient attribute, the health condition of the user of the wearable device. A non-transitory, computer-readable medium storing instructions which, when executed by a processor, cause a system to perform the above method, and the system, are also provided. |
| US12250522B2 |
Light driven contact hearing aid
The present invention is directed to a contact hearing system utilizing an emitter adapted to emit light and a contact hearing device adapted to receive the emitted light and convert that light into sound by mechanical manipulation of a subjects ear drum. In the present invention the emitter may utilize multiple light sources and the multiple light sources may be passed through at least one diffuser in order to generate an emitted light having a broader angle of incidence with little or no loss in received power as measured by a photodetector on the contact hearing device when the contact hearing device is positioned on a subject's tympanic membrane and the emitter is positioned in the subject's ear canal. |
| US12250519B2 |
MEMS capacitance microphone and manufacturing method thereof
A MEMS capacitance microphone includes a substrate, a diaphragm, a back plate structure and a plurality of support structures. The substrate is provided with a plurality of gate structures and a cavity penetrating through the substrate, and the gate structures extend from an inner wall of the cavity to the center of the cavity. The diaphragm is vibratably arranged on one side of the substrate and includes a main deformation zone and a non-main deformation zone. The back plate structure is arranged on the diaphragm, and the diaphragm is located between the substrate and the back plate structure. The support structures are arranged on the back plate structure, penetrate the periphery of the main deformation zone, and respectively abut against the gate structures. The MEMS capacitance microphone has higher rigidity of a back plate, and is capable of greatly reducing the impedance of air to increase its signal-to-noise ratio. |
| US12250518B2 |
Vibration apparatus and apparatus including the same
A vibration apparatus may include a vibration generator including a piezoelectric material and a sensor portion configured at the vibration generator, and thus, may correct or compensate for an electrical characteristic change of the vibration generator and may correct or compensate for a vibration characteristic of the vibration generator. An apparatus including the vibration apparatus is also disclosed. |
| US12250515B2 |
In-ear audio device with resonator
Disclosed herein are examples of an in-ear audio device comprising a speaker cavity containing a speaker, a resonator comprising a resonator cavity and a resonator vent, wherein the resonator cavity is in fluid communication with the speaker cavity via the resonator vent, and a microphone comprising a microphone inlet, wherein the speaker cavity is in fluid communication with the microphone inlet via the resonator. |
| US12250512B2 |
Acoustic reflex detection
A system and method for automatically and dynamically controlling the output (e.g., volume) of an audio headphone device is disclosed, which includes detecting the invocation of the acoustic reflex with an audio headphone device. The disclosed system can measure the response of the tympanic membrane and middle ear to various SPL and frequencies. That information may be used for automated or customized warning or limiting levels either within the headphone, or at the audio playback device. |
| US12250507B2 |
Suspended microphone holder
A microphone holder supports a microphone from above by multiple cords. The support system provides good vibrational insulation in many different conditions, including for example when the user is traveling and a floor stand is inconvenient or unavailable. |
| US12250504B2 |
Multi-function acoustic sensor
A multi-function acoustic sensor may include a plate structure having a plurality of open spaces that are spaced apart from each other; a plurality of sensors provided on the plate structure, the plurality of sensors including a plurality of sensor elements respectively provided to overlap the plurality of open spaces; and a case having an inner space in which the plurality of sensors are provided, the case including: a first case surface on which the plurality of sensors are provided, the first case surface having at least one first hole, and a second case surface opposite to the first case surface, the second case surface having at least one second hole, wherein the at least one first hole and the at least one second hole form at least one path along which sound is transmitted and sensed through at least one of the plurality of open spaces of the plate structure. |
| US12250503B2 |
Prediction of electrical properties of a semiconductor specimen
There is provided a method and a system configured to obtain metrology data Dmetrology informative of a plurality of structural parameters of a semiconductor specimen, obtain a model informative of a relationship between at least some of said structural parameters and one or more electrical properties of the specimen, use the model and Dmetrology to determine, for at least one given electrical property of the specimen, one or more given structural parameters among the plurality of structural parameters, which affect the given electrical property according to an impact criterion, and generate a recipe for an examination tool, wherein the recipe enables a ratio between a first acquisition rate of data informative of the one or more given structural parameters, and a second acquisition rate of data informative of other structural parameters of the plurality of structural parameters, to meet a criterion. |
| US12250501B2 |
Network architecture with variable granularity optical routing
An optical transport network (OTN) node including a plurality of optical circuit switches (OCSs), each OCS being a respective degree of the OTN node, at least two of the OCSs including an input port configured to be connected to a respective optical transport fiber outside of the OTN node, at least one first output port connected to a first switching layer, and at least one second output port connected to a second switching layer. The first and second switching layers have different levels of granularity, such as but not limited to a wavelength switched layer, a band switched layer or a fiber switched layer. |
| US12250500B2 |
Image projection system and image projection method
Provided is an image projection system including an image projection unit that irradiates a physical object with image laser light for forming pixels of an image to be projected on the physical object, a reference light irradiation unit that irradiates the physical object with reference laser light emitted through an emission port common to the image laser light, and a shape measurement unit that detects, at a position circumscribing the emission port, the reference laser light reflected from the physical object and measures a three-dimensional shape of the physical object on the basis of a result of the detection. |
| US12250497B1 |
Inspection camera devices and methods
Camera head apparatus, systems, and methods for providing wide angle/panoramic images and/or video of the interior of pipes or other cavities using multiple imaging and illumination modules are disclosed. |
| US12250485B2 |
Low power current integration DAC ramp settling assist circuit
A ramp generator includes an operational amplifier having an output to generate a ramp signal. An integration current source is coupled to a first input and a reference voltage is coupled to a second input of the operational amplifier. A feedback capacitor and a reset switch are coupled between the first input and the output of the operational amplifier. The reset switch is turned on to reset the ramp generator. A ramp event is configured to be generated in the ramp signal at the output of the operational amplifier in response to the reset switch being turned off. An assist current source is coupled between the output of the operational amplifier and ground. The assist current source is configured to conduct an assist current from the output of the operational amplifier to ground in response to the reset switch being turned off. |
| US12250479B2 |
Unit cell selection verification systems and methods
Techniques for facilitating unit cell selection verification systems and methods are provided. In one example, a method includes detecting, by each detector of a focal plane array (FPA), electromagnetic radiation. Each detector is selectively coupled to a readout circuit of the FPA via a selection circuit of the FPA. The method further includes, during a frame period, applying a predetermined signal pattern to a portion of the selection circuit, where the portion is associated with a subset of detectors of the FPA, and performing a readout of the FPA to obtain a respective output signal associated with each respective detector of the FPA. The method further includes determining whether the portion of the selection circuit is operating properly based at least on the output signal associated with the detectors of the subset from the readout. Related systems and devices are also provided. |
| US12250478B2 |
SPAD sensor for night vision applications
Techniques to provide a low-power single-photon avalanche diode (SPAD) image. An example imaging device includes a SPAD array having a plurality of pixels configured to detect electromagnetic radiation, and a processing device configured to deactivate, based on an event count, a pixel of the SPAD array for a remaining duration of a first detection frame of the SPAD array. The pixel can remain deactivated for the remaining duration, and the remaining duration can span from a deactivation time until an end of the first SPAD frame. The processing device can be further configured to reactivate the pixel in a subsequent detection frame of the SPAD array. |
| US12250470B2 |
Method and apparatus providing pixel array having automatic light control pixels and image capture pixels
A pixel array uses two sets of pixels to provide accurate exposure control. One set of pixels provide continuous output signals for automatic light control (ALC) as the other set integrates and captures an image. ALC pixels allow monitoring of multiple pixels of an array to obtain sample data indicating the amount of light reaching the array, while allowing the other pixels to provide proper image data. A small percentage of the pixels in an array is replaced with ALC pixels and the array has two reset lines for each row; one line controls the reset for the image capture pixels while the other line controls the reset for the ALC pixels. In the columns, at least one extra control signal is used for the sampling of the reset level for the ALC pixels, which happens later than the sampling of the reset level for the image capture pixels. |
| US12250468B2 |
Microlensing for real-time sensing of stray light
Example embodiments relate to microlensing for real-time sensing of stray light. An example device includes an image sensor that includes a plurality of light-sensitive pixels. The device also includes a first lens positioned over a first subset of light-sensitive pixels selected from the plurality of light-sensitive pixels. Further, the device includes a controller. The controller is configured to determine a first angle of incidence of a first light signal detected by the first subset of light-sensitive pixels. The controller is also configured to, based on the first determined angle of incidence, determine an amount of stray light incident on the image sensor. |
| US12250464B2 |
Process for the acquisition of images of a space object in terrestrial orbit by a spacecraft in terrestrial orbit
A process for the acquisition, by a spacecraft in terrestrial orbit, of a useful image of a space object in terrestrial orbit that is gradually approaching the spacecraft from an upstream distal region towards a proximal region is disclosed including controlling the orientation of an array-type detection sensor in order to orient it towards the space object located in the upstream distal region, acquiring, via the array-type detection sensor, a so-called detection image of the space object located in the upstream distal region, determining trajectory-tracking information on the basis of the detection image, controlling the orientation of an array-type acquisition sensor on the basis of trajectory-tracking information, in order to orient it towards the space object located in the proximal region, acquiring, via the array-type acquisition sensor, a useful image of the space object located in the proximal region. |
| US12250463B2 |
Dynamic camera rotation calibration
The invention is related to a method and arrangement for calibrating the camera of an eye tracking device and compensate for a potential angular offset of the camera. The method comprises: the steps of capturing an eye image of a user, wherein the eye image contains a plurality of glints created by a plurality of illuminators in the eye tracking system; detecting glints in the eye image; projecting illuminator positions onto the eye image to determine expected glint positions; determining an angular offset between expected glint positions and detected glint positions for corresponding pairs of expected and detected glint positions; determining the angular correction for the eye tracking camera using the determined angular offset angle; and applying the angular correction for the eye tracking camera to an eye tracker camera model. |
| US12250462B2 |
Method and electronic device for switching between first lens and second lens
A method for switching between a first lens and a second lens in an electronic device includes displaying, by the electronic device, a first frame showing a field of view (FOV) of the first lens; detecting, by the electronic device, an event that causes the electronic device to transition from displaying the first frame to displaying a second frame showing a FOV of the second lens; generating, by the electronic device and based on the detecting the event, at least one intermediate frame for transitioning from the first frame to the second frame; and switching, by the electronic device and based on the detecting the event, from the first lens to the second lens and displaying the second frame, wherein the at least one intermediate frame is displayed after the displaying the first frame and before the displaying the second frame while the switching is performed. |
| US12250460B2 |
Multi-image stabilization device and camera apparatus, and multi-image stabilization method
A camera apparatus includes a camera body portion including a prism unit, a lens assembly, and an image sensor unit, a gyro sensor detecting a hand-shake with respect to the camera body portion and outputting gyro sensor information, a driver circuit generating at least one of a prism driving signal for image stabilization of the prism unit and a sensor driving signal for image stabilization of the image sensor unit based on the gyro sensor information, a prism actuator disposed in the camera body portion for driving the prism unit and performing image stabilization on the prism unit in response to the prism driving signal, and a sensor actuator disposed in the camera body portion for driving the image sensor unit and performing image stabilization on the image sensor unit in response to the sensor driving signal. |
| US12250457B2 |
Systems and methods of imaging with multi-domain image sensor
Imaging systems and techniques are described. An imaging system can receive image data from an image sensor with different sets of photodetectors sensitive to different electromagnetic (EM) frequency domains. The imaging system determines, based on image data of a scene received from the image sensor, a first focus setting for focusing on the scene using the image sensor in the first domain. The imaging system determines, based on the first focus setting and a difference between respective characteristics of the first domain and a second domain, a second focus setting for focusing on the scene using the image sensor in the second domain. The imaging system causes the image sensor to capture a first image of the scene in the first domain according to the first focus setting, and to capture a second image of the scene in the second domain according to the second focus setting. |
| US12250449B2 |
Systems and methods for rapid camera illumination tuning
A system and method for optimizing imaging system parameters includes determining, by a processor, a first set and second set of imaging parameters. An imaging device captures one or more first images according to the first set of imaging parameters while the processor is determining the second set of imaging parameters. The method further includes determining a first score from data associated with the one or more first images, capturing one or more second images according to the second set of imaging parameters, and determining a second score from data associated with the one or more second images. The processor then determines, from the first and second scores, an optimized set of imaging parameters from the first set of imaging parameters and the second set of imaging parameters. |
| US12250447B2 |
Multiple operating modes to expand dynamic range
Example embodiments relate to multiple operating modes to expand dynamic range. An example embodiment includes a camera system. The camera system may include a first image sensor having a first dynamic range corresponding to a first range of luminance levels in a scene. The system may also include a second image sensor having a second dynamic range corresponding to a second range of luminance levels in the scene. The camera system may further include a processor coupled to the first image sensor and the second image sensor. The processor may be configured to execute instructions to identify objects of a first type in a first image of the scene captured by the first image sensor and identify objects of a second object type in a second image of the scene captured by the second image sensor. |
| US12250445B2 |
Camera module
A camera module includes a lens unit including one or more lenses disposed in an optical axis direction; an image sensor on which light passing through the lens unit is incident; a first module including a first driving unit configured to move the lens unit in the optical axis direction; and a second module including a second driving unit configured to move the image sensor in a direction perpendicular to the optical axis direction, wherein the first module further includes a lens holder supporting the lens unit and at least partially overlapping the second module in a first direction perpendicular to the optical axis direction; and a housing in which the lens holder is disposed. |
| US12250444B2 |
Camera device comprising a structure for disposition of a gyro sensor
The present embodiment relates to a camera device comprising a printed circuit board, a gyro sensor, and a first lens driving device, wherein the first lens driving device includes a cover member, a bobbin, a magnet, a coil and a substrate, the gyro sensor is arranged to be closest to a first lateral plate from among first to fourth lateral plates of the cover member, the substrate includes a first terminal unit and a plurality of terminals, which are arranged at the first terminal unit and are electrically connected to the printed circuit board, and the first terminal unit of the substrate is arranged at a location corresponding to the first lateral plate of the cover member. |
| US12250441B2 |
Camera module
Disclosed in an embodiment of the present invention is a camera module including a first bracket, a lens module accommodated in the first bracket, a second bracket disposed outside the first bracket, and a shaft disposed between the first bracket and the second bracket, wherein the second bracket includes a shaft seating groove in which the shaft is seated and which is open in an optical axis direction. |
| US12250439B2 |
Multi-sensor system
In some implementations, a system may obtain image data associated with a scene. The system may obtain multispectral data associated with the scene. The system may identify one or more objects depicted by the image data. The system may determine representative optical properties of the one or more objects. The system may identify, based on at least one of the image data or the multispectral data, captured optical properties of the one or more objects. The system may generate a color corrected image. The system may provide the color corrected image to a user device for display by the user device. |
| US12250437B2 |
Color night vision system and method
A system may include a processor, a night vision sensor, and an objective lens assembly comprising four lenses. Each of a first lens, a second lens, a third lens, and a fourth lens may be configured to project a real world scene onto one of four portions of the night vision sensor. The night vision sensor may be configured to provide four images of the real world scene from the objective lens assembly to the processor. The processor may be configured to: receive a first image, a second image, a third image, and a fourth image from the night vision sensor; generate color night vision image data based at least on the first image, the second image, the third image, and the fourth image; and output the color night vision image data. |
| US12250434B2 |
Methods and apparatus to present supplemental media on a second screen
Methods and apparatus to present supplemental media on a second screen are disclosed. An example method includes establishing a connection between a digital media device and a computing device based on information identifying the computing device and, in response to establishing the connection, receiving, at the computing device, a first notification from the digital media device including a location of supplemental media; accessing the supplemental media; and in response to accessing the supplemental media, sending a second notification that the supplemental media has been accessed, the second notification to enable media skipping on the digital media device. |
| US12250433B2 |
Notification of augmented reality content on an electronic device
In some embodiments, an electronic device detects that playback of content has reached a respective playback position. In some embodiments, in response to detecting that the playback of the content has reached the respective playback position and in accordance with a determination that the respective playback position in the content is associated with respective augmented reality content corresponding to the content, an electronic device provides a notification corresponding to the respective augmented reality content wherein an input directed to the notification initiates a process for displaying of the respective augmented reality content. In some embodiments, in accordance with a determination that the respective playback position in the content is not associated with the respective augmented reality content, an electronic device forgoes providing the notification corresponding to the respective augmented reality content. |
| US12250432B2 |
Graphical user interface for insights on viewing of media content
Systems and methods relate to display of insights, including a method including: causing a user display to display a graphical user interface (GUI) that enables a user to select a time range and a single digital display as a locale; and causing, based on the user selecting the time range and the single digital display as the locale, the user display to display, on the GUI, a list of a plurality of media content that have been displayed on the single digital display, each of the plurality of media content being ordered according to analysis insight for the single digital display selected and the time range selected. The analysis insight may include at least opportunity to see (OTS) counts of the plurality of media content on one or more digital displays associated with the locale. |
| US12250426B2 |
Set-top box with enhanced behavioral controls and system and method for use of same
A set-top box with enhanced behavioral controls and system and method for use of the same are disclosed. In one embodiment of the set-top box, a wireless transceiver is located within a housing, which also interconnectedly includes a television input, a television output, a processor, and memory. The set-top box may pair with an electronic door locking apparatus coupled to a door that is room-collocated with the set-top box in a hospitality establishment. The set-top box may then receive a status signal from the electronic door locking apparatus relative to the open/closed status of the door and locked/unlocked status of the door. |
| US12250425B2 |
Methods and systems for providing relevant season series recording functionality
Systems and methods are provided herein for scheduling a season recording. A series is provided to a user device, the series having a plurality of sequential seasons, and each season having a plurality of episodes. A request for recording the series is received from the user. In response, a last episode of the series watched by the user is identified. A relevant season of the plurality of seasons is then determined, such that the relevant season precedes another season of the plurality of seasons and includes the last episode watched by the user. Then, episodes of the relevant season that follow the last episode watched by the user are scheduled for recording, such that episodes of a season that precedes the relevant season are not scheduled for recording. |
| US12250419B2 |
Live distribution system, estimation method, and information storage medium
Provided is a live distribution system including at least one processor configured to: acquire a viewer comment input by a viewer of a live distribution service; estimate whether the viewer comment is appropriate based on a first model that has learned a first training comment; determine whether a first score relating to an estimation accuracy of the first model satisfies a predetermined first criterion; avoid, when the first score is determined to satisfy the first criterion, estimation based on a second model that has learned a second training comment; and estimate, when the first score is determined not to satisfy the first criterion, whether the viewer comment is appropriate based on the second model. |
| US12250418B2 |
Systems and methods for managing recorded media assets through advertisement insertion
Systems and methods are disclosed herein for managing recorded media assets through advertisement insertion. A media guidance application may record and store media assets for later viewing by a user. To help ensure that the user views older recordings first, the media guidance application may insert advertisements into media assets which are part of a program series where there are older recorded media assets of the same program series that have not yet been watched by the user. The media guidance application may determine that multiple media assets are part of the same program series, and which of the media assets was recorded latest. The media guidance application may then select a play position within the later-recorded media asset and insert an advertisement at the selected play position. |
| US12250414B2 |
Point cloud data processing device and processing method
A point cloud data processing method according to embodiments can encode and transmit point cloud data. A point cloud data processing method according to embodiments can receive and decode point cloud data. |
| US12250412B2 |
Method and apparatus for processing high level syntax in image/video coding system
A video decoding method performed by a video decoding apparatus, according to the present document, comprises the steps of: acquiring general constraint information from a bitstream; parsing, from the bitstream, a flag indicating whether or not the general constraint information includes information about constraints to which output layer sets conform; parsing the information about the constraints in the general constraint information on the basis of the flag; and decoding a current picture on the basis of the information about the constraints, wherein the general constraint information includes number information and alignment information about the constraints, and, within the general constraint information, the alignment information may be present after the number information. |
| US12250410B2 |
Encoder, decoder and corresponding methods
A method of decoding of a video or picture bitstream implemented by a decoding device, the bitstream including a current sequence parameter set (SPS) comprising syntax elements that apply to a video sequence, the method comprising: obtaining a first syntax element used to determine a maximum number of temporal sublayers that is allowed to be present in each coded layer video sequence) referring to the current SPS, wherein a value of the first syntax element is in a range of 0 to a first value, wherein the first value is a value of a second syntax element used to determine the maximum number of temporal sublayers that is allowed to present in a layer in each coded video sequence referring to a video parameter set, when the second syntax element is referred to by the SPS; decoding the bitstream based on the value of the first syntax element. |
| US12250409B2 |
Data compression implementation
There is disclosed herein examples of systems and methods for compressing a signal. Samples of the signal can be segmented and the samples within each of the segments can be averaged to produce a value that can represent the samples within the segment. The number of samples to average in each segment may be determined based on an error threshold, such that the number of samples being averaged can be maximized to produce less data to be transmitted while maintaining the representation of the samples within the error threshold. In some embodiments, a signal can be separated into a timing reference, a representative periodic function, and a highly compressible error signal. The error signal can be utilized for reproducing a representation of the signal. |
| US12250398B2 |
Efficient rounding for deblocking
The present disclosure relates to deblocking filtering which is applicable to smoothing the block boundaries in an image or video coding and decoding. In particular, the deblocking filtering is either strong or weak, wherein the clipping is performed differently in the strong filtering and the weak filtering. |
| US12250397B2 |
Moving picture coding method, moving picture coding apparatus, moving picture decoding method, moving picture decoding apparatus, and moving picture coding and decoding apparatus
A moving picture coding method includes: coding a coding target block using a motion vector; generating motion vector predictors; and coding the motion vector using one of the motion vector predictors generated in the generating of the motion vector predictors. In the generating of the motion vector predictors, a replacement vector which replaces a temporal motion vector predictor is added to the motion vector predictors when it is impossible to obtain the temporal motion vector predictor from a block which is included in a coded picture different from the coding target picture and corresponds to the coding target block. |
| US12250391B2 |
Video coding with triangular shape prediction units
A method of constructing a uni-directional motion vector merge list for triangular shape processing units (PUs) in the triangle prediction mode of video coding standards, such as the current Versatile Video Coding (VVC), is performed at a computing device. The computing device constructs the motion vector merge list for the coding unit (CU) containing the triangular shape PUs, and then constructs the uni-directional motion vector merge list for the triangular shape PUs based on the motion vector merge list for the CU. |
| US12250389B2 |
Sub-picture position constraints in video coding
A video coding mechanism is disclosed. The mechanism includes receiving a bitstream comprising a plurality of sub-pictures partitioned from a picture such that a union of the sub-pictures covers a total area of the picture without overlap. The bitstream is parsed to obtain the one or more sub-pictures. The one or more sub-pictures are decoded to create a video sequence. The video sequence is forwarded for display. |
| US12250388B2 |
Concept for picture/video data streams allowing efficient reducibility or efficient random access
A video data stream is rendered reducible in a manner so that the reduction leads to a restriction of pictures of the reduced video data stream to merely a predetermined subarea of the pictures of the original video data stream and in a manner so that transcoding, such as re-quantization, may be avoided and a conformance of the reduced video data stream relative to the codec underlying the original video data stream be maintained. This is achieved by providing the video data stream with information including an indication of the predetermined subarea and replacement indices for redirecting the indices included by the payload portion so as to refer to, and/or replacement parameters for adjusting the first set of coding parameter settings so as to result in, a second set of coding parameter settings. |
| US12250387B2 |
Information processing apparatus and method
There is provided an information processing apparatus, an image processing apparatus, an encoding device, a decoding device, an information processing method, and a program that facilitate scalable decoding of attribute information. Regarding the attribute information about a point cloud representing a three-dimensional object, a process of classifying the respective points of the point cloud into prediction points that are the points at which difference values between the attribute information and predicted values are left, and reference points that are the points at which the attribute information is referred to during derivation of the predicted values is recursively repeated on the reference points, so that the attribute information is hierarchized. At the time of the hierarchization, the prediction points are selected so that points also exist in voxels of the hierarchical level one level higher than the hierarchical level to which the voxels containing the points of the current hierarchical level belong. |
| US12250379B2 |
Region-based image decompression
A method and an apparatus for decoding an image are disclosed. A region of the image is selected and the decoding is selected region and associated metadata is performed. Pixels for a generated for a decoded image based on the decoded selected region and metadata. |
| US12250378B2 |
High-level constraint flag for local chroma quantization parameter control
A method and apparatus to improve compression efficiency in a video compression scheme enables separate control of a local chroma quantization parameter. The control can be used to disable a local chroma quantization parameter. One embodiment uses an existing local luma quantization parameter control flag for controlling local chroma quantization parameter. Another embodiment includes a separate local chroma quantization parameter control flag. Bitstream syntax is used to convey the flags. |
| US12250373B2 |
Adaptive loop filtering (ALF) with non-linear clipping
A method of controlling an Adaptive Loop Filter for one or more image portions of an image, the method comprising controlling filtering on a first sample of an image portion based on one or more neighbouring sample value(s) of the first sample value, wherein the controlling uses a nonlinear function which has one or more variables based on one or more of the neighbouring sample value(s). |
| US12250369B2 |
Method and apparatus for encoding/decoding images
A method and apparatus for encoding/decoding images according to the present invention may configure a prediction mode candidate group on a screen of a target block, determine a reference pixel for a prediction mode on the screen of the target block, perform at least one of filtering and interpolation on the reference pixel, and perform prediction on the screen of the target block on the basis of the prediction mode candidate group on the screen and the reference pixel. |
| US12250368B2 |
Three-dimensional data encoding method, three-dimensional data decoding method, three-dimensional data encoding device, and three-dimensional data decoding device
A three-dimensional data encoding method of encoding three-dimensional points includes: calculating a new predicted value as a predicted value, using attribute information items of one or more second three-dimensional points neighboring a first three-dimensional point, and assigning the predicted value to at least one prediction mode among two or more prediction modes, the new predicted value being used for calculating an attribute information item of the first three-dimensional point; selecting one prediction mode from the two or more prediction modes; calculating a prediction residual which is a difference between the attribute information item of the first three-dimensional point and the predicted value of the one prediction mode selected; and generating a bitstream including the one prediction mode and the prediction residual. |
| US12250365B2 |
Test setup and method for testing a stereo camera
A test setup for testing a stereo camera for a vehicle includes: a computing unit; and an autostereoscopic screen. The computing unit is configured to generate synthetic image data and to output the synthetic image data on the autostereoscopic screen in such a way that the image data is detectable by the stereo camera as a stereo image. |
| US12250362B1 |
Hybrid display system for a force measurement assembly, an exercise device, or an interactive game
A hybrid display system for a force measurement assembly, an exercise device, or an interactive game is disclosed herein. The hybrid display system includes a head-mounted visual display device having an output screen; at least one camera or a substantially transparent lens for enabling a system user to see one or more images of a real-world environment outside of the head-mounted visual display device; and a data processing device configured to generate a virtual reality environment and display the virtual reality environment on the output screen of the head-mounted visual display device, and the one or more images of the real-world environment being visible through the substantially transparent lens or the data processing device further configured to project at least a portion of the one or more images of the real-world environment captured by the at least one camera into the display of the virtual reality environment. |
| US12250361B2 |
Optical assemblies for shared experience
A head-mountable device can operate in concert with one or more optical assemblies thereof to provide multiple users with shared experiences and content enjoyment. Such operations can be facilitated by a connection between the head-mountable device and one or both of its optical assemblies to allow different users to receive content. Such a connection can be made possible by a communication link that directly and/or physically connects the head-mountable device and one or both of its optical assemblies when the one or both of the optical assemblies is removed from the head-mountable device for operation by a separate user. The ability to provide multiple outputs on separate components allows separate users to participate in a shared experience. |
| US12250357B2 |
Combined HDR/LDR video streaming
The invention provides methods for broadcasting video in a dual HDR/LDR format such that the video can be displayed in real time by both LDR and HDR display devices. Methods and devices of the invention process streams of pixels from multiple sensors in a frame-independent manner to produce an HDR video signal in real time. That HDR video signal is then tone-mapped to produce an LDR video signal, the LDR signal is subtracted from the HDR signal to calculate a residual signal, and the LDR signal and the residual signal are merged into a combined signal that is broadcast via a communications network. |
| US12250356B2 |
Interactive three-dimensional (3D) color histograms
Techniques for interactively determining/visualizing the color content of a source image and how the corresponding image data is mapped to device colors are described herein. For example, the color content of a digital image can be converted between different color spaces to identify gamut limitations of an output device (e.g., a printing assembly), discover color(s) that cannot be accurately reproduced, etc. Color space conversions enable the transformation of the color content of the digital image from device-specific colorants to a device-independent representation (and vice versa). In some embodiments, these transformations are facilitated using lookup tables that are implemented in graphical processing unit-resident memory. |
| US12250353B2 |
Image processing apparatus that requests collection of consumable, controlling method and storage medium therefor
An information processing apparatus capable of requesting collection of a consumable without complicated work. The information processing apparatus determines whether or not collection of a consumable is necessary, acquires, in a case where it is determined that the collection of the consumable is necessary, user information as information necessary for a collection request of the consumable, causes a display part to display an input screen in which the acquired user information is reflected, receives edit of the information necessary for the collection request of the consumable from a user on the input screen, and generates a request image for the collection request of the consumable, from the received information necessary for the collection request of the consumable and a format image for the collection request, and transmit the generated request image to a designated destination. |
| US12250352B2 |
Printer for applying temporary tattoos
An apparatus may include a housing defining a first opening, a second opening, and a cavity connecting the first opening to the second opening, the cavity may receive a user's extremity through the first opening and to allow egress through the second opening. An apparatus may include a visualization module configured to superimpose visual media equivalent to a desired tattoo onto the user's extremity within the cavity. An apparatus may include a printer module disposed within the cavity to apply the desired tattoo, the printer module including one or more print heads for administering temporary tattoo ink to apply the temporary tattoo to the user's extremity. An apparatus may include a user interface terminal configured to allow a user to select the temporary tattoo from among a number of candidate temporary tattoos and to adjust one or more properties of the temporary tattoo prior to application of the temporary tattoo. |
| US12250350B2 |
Remotely controlling a power supply of an image forming apparatus
In an information processing apparatus, when a receiving unit receives data from an external device, a power control unit returns a power state of the apparatus from a power saving state and a transmitting unit transmits a start instruction to a connected image forming apparatus, and when a power supply switch becomes on according to a user's operation, the power control unit returns the power state of the apparatus from the power saving state but the transmitting unit does not transmit the start instruction to the image forming apparatus. Thus, it is possible to achieve both a linkage start and an individual start for an external image processing controller and the image forming apparatus, in an image processing system including the information processing apparatus, the external image processing controller and the image forming apparatus capable of performing an image process in cooperation with others. |
| US12250346B2 |
Image processing apparatus and method for controlling the same for moving a sensor and reading an image
An image processing apparatus includes a sensor unit having a length in a main scanning direction greater than a length in a sub-scanning direction in which reading is performable by movement of the sensor unit. The image processing apparatus executes, twice, processing of moving the sensor unit from a reference position to a predetermined position and reading an image of a document to generate first image data and second image data, and outputs first extraction data generated by executing first extraction processing on the first image data, as one piece of page data, and to output second extraction data generated by executing second extraction processing on the second image data, as one piece of page data. |
| US12250344B2 |
Caller verification via carrier metadata
Embodiments described herein provide for passive caller verification and/or passive fraud risk assessments for calls to customer call centers. Systems and methods may be used in real time as a call is coming into a call center. An analytics server of an analytics service looks at the purported Caller ID of the call, as well as the unaltered carrier metadata, which the analytics server then uses to generate or retrieve one or more probability scores using one or more lookup tables and/or a machine-learning model. A probability score indicates the likelihood that information derived using the Caller ID information has occurred or should occur given the carrier metadata received with the inbound call. The one or more probability scores be used to generate a risk score for the current call that indicates the probability of the call being valid (e.g., originated from a verified caller or calling device, non-fraudulent). |
| US12250343B2 |
Alternate communication options during communication delay
Systems and techniques are described herein for providing alternate options to a voice caller to record a message rather than be placed on or remain on hold. For example, a process may include: receiving a voice call; determining that no appropriate agent device of a plurality of agent devices are currently available to service the voice call; determining that a trigger condition is met, wherein the trigger condition determines whether an option to record a message is offered; providing a record message option, wherein the recorded message option is provided when the trigger condition is met; receiving a recorded message in response to providing the record message option; analyzing the recorded message to determine an intent; and providing the recorded message to an agent based on the intent, wherein the agent performs a response action after assessing the recorded message. |
| US12250336B2 |
Proactive caching of transient assistant action suggestions at a feature phone
Proactive caching, at a client device (e.g., a feature phone), of transient assistant action suggestions for selective rendering by an assistant client application of the client device. A transient assistant action suggestion, when rendered via an assistant client application and selected, causes the assistant client application to initiate performance of a corresponding assistant action. In various implementations, a prefetched transient action suggestion can be a time-constrained suggestion that includes at least associated rendering restriction metadata that defines one or more temporal windows to which rendering of the time-constrained suggestion is restricted. Proactive cache refresh rate metadata can also be associated with transient action suggestion(s) and defines a duration during which the assistant client application is to refrain from interfacing with a remote system to prefetch updated transient assistant action suggestions. |
| US12250335B2 |
Bluetooth connection method, device, and system
A BLUETOOTH connection system includes a BLUETOOTH headset, and a first electronic device and a second electronic device that have been paired with the BLUETOOTH headset. The BLUETOOTH headset is configured to establish a first connection to the first electronic device, where the first connection includes an asynchronous connection-oriented link (ACL) connection. The BLUETOOTH headset is further configured to send a BLUETOOTH Low Energy (BLE) broadcast message. The second electronic device is configured to establish a second connection to the BLUETOOTH headset after receiving the BLE broadcast message. |
| US12250334B2 |
Electronic device with waterproof structure
An electronic device according to various embodiments of the disclosure may include: a first housing, a second housing, a hinge assembly comprising a hinge disposed between the first housing and the second housing, and including a hinge plate and a hinge module disposed at both ends of the hinge plate in a longitudinal direction of the hinge plate, a first circuit board disposed in the first housing, a second circuit board disposed in the second housing, a flexible display disposed on the first housing, the second housing, and the hinge assembly, a first waterproof member comprising a waterproof material disposed between the first housing and the flexible display, a first adhesive member comprising an adhesive disposed between the hinge module and the flexible display, an electrical component disposed between the first waterproof member and the first adhesive member, an electrical component waterproof member comprising a waterproof material disposed between the electrical component and the flexible display, and a first support disposed between the electrical component waterproof member and the flexible display. An electrical component groove may be formed in the first housing, the electrical component may be disposed in an area of the first circuit board corresponding to the electrical component groove, and covered by the electrical component waterproof member, and a first electrical component hole coupled to the electrical component groove may be formed in a part of the first housing. |
| US12250321B2 |
Method for authenticating messages in resource limited systems
The present invention provides a method for message authentication, in particular in case of low of transmission or storage capacities. The present invention further provides corresponding devices for generating or sending authenticated messages and for receiving or retrieving authenticated messages as well as a system comprising such devices. In an embodiment, the method may comprise (a) preparing a data block having an uncompressed length; (b) compressing the data block so that the data block has a compressed length smaller than the uncompressed length; (c) determining an available length from at least the compressed length and a maximum length of a data frame; (d) calculating a message authentication code, MAC, from at least the data block, having a MAC length not greater than the available length; and (e) creating the data frame, comprising the data block and the MAC. |
| US12250311B2 |
Identity-based encryption method based on lattices
A calculation device is disclosed. The calculation device includes: a memory storing at least one instruction and identity information; and a processor performing the at least one instruction, wherein the processor may randomly sample small elements, generate a function-processed output value by function-processing the stored identity information, and generate an encrypted text for a message by using a master public key computed using a ring having a dimension (d) represented by a power of 2 and an integer multiplication of 3 or more, the sampled small elements and the function-processed output value. |
| US12250309B2 |
Blockchain notification board storing blockchain resources
An example operation may include one or more of receiving a uniform resource indicator (URI) of a blockchain peer node that has access to a blockchain distributed among a plurality of blockchain peer nodes, identifying blockchain channel identification information which identifies a unique channel name associated with the blockchain, generating a blockchain-based URI that includes an identification of the URI of the blockchain peer node and the channel name associated with the blockchain, and storing the generated blockchain-based URI on a distributed ledger. |
| US12250308B2 |
Method and apparatus for managing cryptographic keys
A method for managing cryptographic keys for a control device, in particular for a motor vehicle. The method includes the following steps: associating a state with at least one of the cryptographic keys; using the at least one cryptographic key based on the state. |
| US12250307B2 |
Method for securely maintaining an encryption key
A method and system are described for storing and retrieving an encrypted master encryption key at multiple distinct physical servers in such a way as to prevent discovery of the master encryption key by any single one of the multiple holders. A retrieval mechanism is provided that facilitates a simple retrieval of the multiple pieces of the master encryption key from the multiple holders. The described system utilizes a combination of encryption algorithms, data storage, and transmission methods to carry out the new way of retrieving and storing the master encryption key. |
| US12250306B2 |
Method and system for sharing sensor insights based on application requests
A method at a first domain for obtaining at least one insight from a second domain, the method including registering an application with an anchor in the first domain; providing, from the anchor to the application, a first message signed by the anchor; sending, from the first domain to a network domain, the signed message; receiving, from the network domain, at least one signed token, each of the at least one signed token being for a synthetic sensor on the second domain, where the synthetic sensor provides an insight; sending a request message to the second domain, the request message requesting the insight and including the at least one token; and receiving the insight from a synthetic sensor associated with the at least one token. |
| US12250302B2 |
Quantum cryptography in an internet key exchange procedure
In some implementations, a first network device may communicate, with a second network device, one or more internet key exchange (IKE) messages to exchange a first identifier associated with the first network device and a second identifier associated with the second network device, and to indicate that a post-quantum preshared key (PPK) is to be used as a shared key for an IKE security association (SA) between the first network device and the second network device. The first network device may obtain, from a key management entity (KME), a quantum key based on providing the second identifier to the KME, wherein the PPK is based on the quantum key. The first network device may communicate, with the second network device, one or more IKE authentication messages to exchange a third identifier associated with the quantum key and to confirm that the second network device successfully obtained the PPK. |
| US12250300B2 |
Authentication method and system, a quantum communication network, and a node for quantum communication
An authentication method for quantum communication between two nodes, the method comprising: applying a hash function to a message to obtain a hash code, wherein the hash function is a Poly1305; applying a one-time pad cipher to the hash code to obtain a message authentication code (MAC); and authenticating the message exchanged between the two nodes using the MAC. |
| US12250298B2 |
To QKD network architectures
A system of transmitting optical pulses from a transmitter to first and second receivers for the purposes of quantum key distribution is disclosed. The system can include a transmitter configured to transmit a plurality of optical pulses; first and second receivers configured to receive some or all of the plurality of optical pulses; a guide for guiding the plurality of optical pulses, the guide having first and second output ports, the first output port being in optical communication with the first receiver and the second output port being in optical communication with the second receiver, the guide being configured to output a proportion of the optical pulses at the first output port and a proportion of the optical pulses at the second output port, modification means for modifying the guide so as to change the proportion of the optical pulses output at the first output port. |
| US12250297B1 |
Apparatus and method for secure merging of lists using only local computations at each of two machines and communications solely between the two machines
Non-transitory computer readable storage mediums have instructions executed by processors to convert a first list at a first server into a first encrypted, permuted list with first dummy data elements and form a first encrypted linked list of pointers to locations in the first encrypted, permuted list. A second list at a second server is converted into a second encrypted, permuted list with second dummy data elements and a second encrypted linked list is formed of pointers to locations in the second encrypted, permuted list. Elements of the first encrypted, permuted list are combined with elements of the second encrypted, permuted list into a merged, sorted list of secret sharings, where the merged, sorted list of secret sharings is formed solely utilizing local computations at the first server, local computations at the second server and communications solely between the first server and the second server. |
| US12250291B2 |
Encrypted database systems including homomorphic encryption
A computerized method of querying a cryptographic data store includes maintaining an encryption configuration data structure. The method includes, in response to receiving a first query, identifying first data and consulting the encryption configuration data structure to identify a first encryption regime for the first data. The method includes, in response to the first encryption regime being a homomorphic encryption regime, determining an operation sequence specified by the first query and consulting the encryption configuration data structure to determine whether the operation sequence is supported by the first encryption regime. The method includes, in response to determining that the operation sequence is supported, commissioning homomorphic execution of the operation sequence on the first data to generate encrypted output data. The method includes, selectively returning the encrypted output data to the first requestor via the API in response to the first query. |
| US12250287B2 |
Link identification for frame conveyed information
Various aspects of the present disclosure generally relate to wireless communication. In some aspects, a receiver device may receive a management frame addressed to the receiver device; parse the management frame to identify a link identifier included in the management frame; associate the link identifier with link information included in the management frame; and update, based at least in part on the link information, a communication configuration for a link identified by the link identifier. Numerous other aspects are provided. |
| US12250285B2 |
Network orchestration for device management operations
A method comprises receiving data from a device over at least a first network and analyzing the data to identify one or more parameters for transmission of the data to a computing site. Based, at least in part, on the one or more parameters, at least a second network to be utilized for transmission of the data to the computing site is determined, wherein the second network is different from the first network. In the method, the data is configured for transmission over at least the second network, and is sent to at least the second network for transmission to the computing site. |
| US12250283B2 |
Inline SPF service provider designation
Sender Policy Framework (SPF) is one of the most widely used methods of distinguishing electronic mail that is authorized by the purported sending domain from unauthorized mail. SPF policies are published into a domain's DNS and then looked up and evaluated by mail receivers. Due to the complexity and limitations of the SPF specification, implementation mistakes are widespread. This problem is compounded by the common practice of nesting SPF policies which introduces hidden risks, particularly exceeding DNS lookup limits. To address these issues, inline service provider designation may be configured to capture the benefits of existing techniques without their associated costs. Additionally, the domain owner may enjoy simplified SPF service provider onboarding and policy failover redundancy to protect against SPF service provider disruptions, thus improving policy availability uptime. |
| US12250277B2 |
Method for making recommendations to a user and apparatus, computing device, and storage medium
Embodiments of this application provide a method for making recommendations to a user and an apparatus, a computing device, and a storage medium. The method includes obtaining user attribute information, reading attribute information, reading history information, and candidate items; performing intra-group information fusion on the reading attribute information according to preset groupings to obtain reading feature information; obtaining a reading history weight according to the reading history information; obtaining history feature information according to the reading history weight and the reading history information; obtaining user feature information according to the user attribute information, the reading feature information, and the history feature information; and selecting a recommendation item from the candidate items according to the user feature information. |
| US12250276B2 |
Method for routing data of a session initialized between a terminal and a server
A method for routing data of a session initialized between a terminal and a server, over a first network slice corresponding to a set of data-processing functions of a communication infrastructure, implemented by the terminal. This method includes receiving from the server at least one routing identifier determined as a function of at least one communication parameter of the session, configuring session information as a function of the at least one identifier received, and emitting to the server subsequent data routed over at least one second slice corresponding to the configured information. |
| US12250274B2 |
Vehicle signal relay service
A vehicle signal relay system enables a relay agent in a first zone of a vehicle to send sensor signals having a first link-layer communication protocol to a software application deployed on a compute unit in another zone of the vehicle that is connected using another link-layer communication protocol. The vehicle signal relay system allows the software application to identify target relay agents with access to needed sensor signals. The vehicle signal relay system may further enable one way or mutual attestation. The vehicle signal relay system may also allow filters to be applied to the subscribed vehicle sensor signals, and may allow the software application to determine a communication protocol to be used between the software application and the relay agent. |
| US12250269B2 |
Electronic device and method of forming Wi-Fi peer to peer (P2P) group
An example method of forming a Wi-Fi P2P group of an electronic device includes obtaining information for Wi-Fi P2P connection to a second external electronic device while the electronic device forms a first P2P group with a first external electronic device through a Wi-Fi P2P connection and generating a second P2P group with the second external electronic device by obtaining a group owner (GO) permission while maintaining the first P2P group based on the information and a role of the electronic device in the first P2P group. |
| US12250267B2 |
System and method for supporting partitions in a multitenant application server environment
In accordance with an embodiment, described herein is a system and method for supporting partitions in a multitenant application server environment. In accordance with an embodiment, an application server administrator (e.g., a WLS administrator) can create or delete partitions; while a partition administrator can administer various aspects of a partition, for example create resource groups, deploy applications to a specific partition, and reference specific realms for a partition. Resource groups can be globally defined at the domain, or can be specific to a partition. Applications can be deployed to a resource group template at the domain level, or to a resource group scoped to a partition or scoped to the domain. The system can optionally associate one or more partitions with a tenant, for use by the tenant. |
| US12250265B1 |
Configuring ad hoc content servers based on server load limits
A computerized method configures and uses ad hoc servers to serve content. A content server configured to serve a content dataset periodically provides a current server load notification to a domain name server (DNS). Upon detecting that a current load of the content server exceeds a server load threshold, the DNS sends a new server setup notification to the content server. The content server then identifies an ad hoc server and performs a content service handover to the identified ad hoc server. Upon completion of the content service handover, the content server provides a new server notification to the DNS indicating that the identified ad hoc server is ready to serve the content dataset. The DNS is thereby enabled to divert client requests for the content dataset to the ad hoc server during the period that the current load of the content server exceeds the server load threshold. |
| US12250263B2 |
Transparent multiple availability zones in a cloud platform
The present disclosure relates to computer-implemented methods, software, and systems for managing cloud application in a transparent multiple availability zone cloud platform. A request to access a cloud application running on the multiple availability zone cloud platform is received. The request can include an application location for accessing the cloud application. A network address corresponding to the application location is determined. In response to determining the network address, a first availability zone of the multiple availability zone cloud platform that is currently active to process the request is determined. A plurality of network locations corresponding to a host component of the application location is determined by a first load balancer. A network location of the plurality of network locations for processing the request is identified based on load balancing criteria. The received request is provided to the identified network location for processing by a first instance of the cloud application. |
| US12250260B2 |
Supporting quality of service for media communications
A client device (e.g., user equipment or “UE”) may be configured to engage in a media communication session, such as a WebRTC session, with another client device. The client devices may separate a quality of service (QoS) specification from a QoS flow definition, to allow for separate interactive connectivity establishment (ICE) negotiation. The QoS specification may cover all segments of a connection for the media communication session. For example, QoS may be requested for a case where a server (e.g., a Traversal Using Relay Network Address Translation (TURN) server) is hosted by a mobile network operator (MNO). The QoS specification and the QoS flow description may be linked. |
| US12250254B2 |
System and method of minimizing network bandwidth retrieved from an external network
A system and method are provided of minimizing network bandwidth used from an external network by client peers in a local network. The method can include the operation of organizing a plurality of clients each having media streamlets and a client parent in a structure within the local network. Mapping information propagates through the structure. The mapping information represents local streamlet locations as stored by the plurality of clients. Another operation is retrieving a local streamlet from a client identified in the mapping information as having the local streamlet for the requesting client. |
| US12250249B2 |
Events account for native app event sharing
Embodiments of the present disclosure provide a region-specific events account that is used as a central place to store the events shared by consumers of shared applications in that region. For each of a set of provider accounts in a first region, a global account object corresponding to the provider account is replicated to a second region to establish a replicated global account object in the second region. An account data persistence object (DPO) of a first provider account of the set of provider accounts is modified to designate the first provider account as an events account. The events account is a central location within the second region where execution information generated by execution of applications shared with consumer accounts in the second region is stored. The replicated global account object corresponding to the first provider account is updated to designate the first provider account as the events account. |
| US12250241B2 |
Electronic system for dynamic adapted security analysis of network resource components
Embodiments of the present invention relate to apparatuses, systems, methods and computer program products for dynamic adapted security analysis of network resource components. Specifically, the system is typically structured for providing proactive network security by dynamically analyzing entering network resource components for vulnerabilities, establishing adapted validation thresholds and mitigation actions, and preventing unsuccessfully validated network resource components in a distributed network. In some aspects, in response to determining that a file attribute data element of the first network program resource component is of a predetermined file type, the system blocks the incoming file transfer associated with the first network program resource component. The system subsequently initiates, via a network quarantine component, dynamic validation of the first network program resource component based on at least one or more categorical network program resource component records associated with the dynamic validated network resource library. |
| US12250238B2 |
Threat detection using cloud resource management logs
Generally discussed herein are devices, systems, and methods for improving cloud resource security. A method can include obtaining a cloud resource management log that details actions performed by users of cloud resources in a cloud portal, the actions including entries comprising at least two of a user identification (ID) of a user of the users, an operation of operations performed on the cloud resource, a uniform resource identifier (URI) of a cloud resource of the cloud resources that is a target of the operation, or a time the operation was performed. The method can include determining a respective score for each action in the cloud resource management log, comparing the respective score to a specified criterion, and providing an indication of anomalous action in response to determining the respective score satisfies the specified criterion. |
| US12250237B2 |
Anomaly detection device, anomaly detection method, and recording medium
An anomaly detection device includes: an obtainer that obtains vehicle information related to the status of a vehicle and including location data indicating the location of the vehicle; a model storage that stores, for each of a plurality of cells of a grid imposed on a map, an evaluation model for evaluating the vehicle information of the vehicle located at the cell; and a determiner that calculates, based on the vehicle information and evaluation models each being the evaluation model and corresponding to evaluation cells including a first cell including the location of the vehicle indicated in the location data and one or more second cells each having a predetermined positional relationship with the first cell, an anomaly level indicating a degree of anomaly of the vehicle information, determines, based on the anomaly level, whether the vehicle information is anomalous, and outputs a determination result. |
| US12250236B2 |
Collecting endpoint data and network data to detect an anomaly
The present application describes a system that uses endpoint data and network data to detect an anomaly. Once an anomaly is detected, the system may determine a severity of the anomaly by comparing the anomaly to a global database of known anomalies. The system may then initiate preventative measures to address the anomaly. |
| US12250235B2 |
Scalable automated training framework
Techniques for implementing a scalable automated training framework for anomaly and ransomware detection are disclosed. A computer system may instantiate one or more virtual machines (VMs). Each VM may be loaded with a corresponding file system. The computer system may simulate, on the one or more VMs, user actions and ransomware, which may cause changes to the corresponding file systems loaded on to the VMs. The computer system may obtain snapshots of the VMs that indicate changes to the corresponding file system of each of the VMs. The computer system may generate a metadata file for each VM based on the corresponding snapshot. The computer system may generate training data for training a ransomware detection model using a machine learning algorithm based on the metadata files for each of the VMs. |
| US12250234B2 |
Endpoint security architecture with programmable logic engine
The present invention provides an integrated, context-aware, security system that provides an adaptive endpoint security agent architecture model for a continuously monitoring and recording activity across an enterprise, specifically monitoring activity on endpoints, and subsequently detecting and blocking any malicious processes that may otherwise invade the enterprise and cause issues. The endpoint security agent architecture exposes a well-defined, public interface to the event data generated by the endpoint security agent in the form of a custom programming language by which a user can define the logic that the endpoint security agent executes in response to event data to perform detection of and response to suspicious activity. |
| US12250231B2 |
System and method for detecting lateral movement using cloud access keys
A system and method for detecting potential lateral movement using cloud keys in a cloud computing environment includes determining a first node in a security graph is a compromised node, wherein the security graph represents cloud entities of the cloud computing environment; detecting a cloud key node connected to the first node, wherein the cloud key node represents a cloud key of the cloud computing environment; and generating a potential lateral movement path, including the first node, and a second node, wherein the second node is connected to the cloud key node. |
| US12250226B2 |
Location based authentication
A method of enabling a user to access recorded data associated with an event, the method comprising determining the location of a user's device at a control unit, confirming the location is within a predetermined vicinity and that the user's device was at the location within a predetermined period and the control unit enabling access for the user to the data if the location of the user's device in the predetermined period is confirmed. |
| US12250223B2 |
Distributed ledger data verification network
A system and method for verifying users are disclosed. The method includes receiving, by a server computer, from a first authorizing entity computer, an indication of a first hash of information about the user. The first authorizing entity computer has previously verified the user and stored the first hash in a first database. The server computer stores a location of the first hash in a location database. Then the server computer receives from a second authorizing entity computer a verification request message including a second hash of information about the user and retrieves the first hash from the first database using the location. The server computer compares the first hash to the second hash to determine if the hashes match. After determining that the hashes match, the server computer sends a verification response message to the second authorizing entity computer, indicating that the user was previously verified. |
| US12250222B2 |
Managing metadata for external content within a computing environment
Technologies are described for managing metadata associated with external content. For example metadata can be obtained that describes content stored on external systems. The metadata can be obtained without locally storing the content items themselves. For example, the metadata can be retrieved from the external systems while the external content continues to be stored on the external systems. The metadata can also include indications of the actions that can be performed in relation to the external content. For example, actions can be obtained (e.g., locally determined and/or obtained from the external systems) and added to the metadata. The metadata can be stored and used locally. For example, the metadata can be used to locally perform the actions in relation to the external content. The metadata can also be used to locally initiate actions that are then carried out in the external systems. |
| US12250217B2 |
GTLD domain name registries RDAP architecture
Provided is a method for providing Registration Data Access Protocol (“RDAP”) responses. The method includes obtaining, at a RDAP client over a network, a RDAP query for RDAP data from a user; providing, by the RDAP client, the RDAP query and a cryptographic credential to a RDAP server, wherein the RDAP server communicates with one or more thick RDAP servers to provide respective thick RDAP answers to the RDAP query, wherein at least one the respective thick RDAP answers are encrypted using a symmetric or asymmetric cryptographic key associated with the cryptographic credential of the RDAP client; obtaining a consolidated thick RDAP answer to the RDAP query from the RDAP server; decrypting the consolidated thick RDAP answer using a symmetric or asymmetric cryptographic key associated with the cryptographic credential; and providing the thick RDAP answer that is decrypted to the user. |
| US12250212B2 |
Computer user credentialing and verification system
A computer system includes memory hardware configured to store computer-executable instructions and processor hardware configured to execute instructions. The instructions include receiving, from a user device, a user verification request. The user verification request includes user identity credentials, a login context describing a login event, and a request for access to a computer system object. The instructions include determining whether the user identity credentials are verified. The instructions include, in response to determining that the user identity credentials are verified, requesting a user token based on the user identity credentials and the login context. The user token specifies entitlements associated with the user identity credentials. The instructions include determining whether the user token specifies entitlements sufficient to access the computer system object. The instructions include, in response to determining that the user token specifies entitlements sufficient to access the computer system object, permitting access to the computer system object. |
| US12250211B2 |
Logging in to modern workspaces using different cloud identity providers and single sign-on
Users can be logged in to modern workspaces using different cloud identity providers and single sign-on. A login manager can be provided on a user computing device to obtain a user's login credentials via a custom login screen. The login manager can then inject the login credentials into an authentication interface of a cloud identity provider to authenticate the user for purposes of logging in to the user computing device. The login manager can leverage this authentication to perform single sign-on for all resources of a modern workspace such that the user can be logged in to the modern workspace via any cloud identity provider. |
| US12250205B2 |
Network connection establishment method and electronic device
Electronic apparatus and associated network connection establishment methods include after establishing a data channel with a second device, a first device periodically updates a session key, and sends a first session key to the second device through the data channel; the first device establishes a first network channel with the second device; and when a second session key is received within first preset duration through the first network channel, and the second session key is the same as the first session key, the first device sends response information to the second device through the first network channel. |
| US12250203B2 |
Controlling transmission of information through a zero-knowledge data management network
The techniques herein are directed generally to a “zero-knowledge” data management network. Users are able to share verifiable proof of data and/or identity information, and businesses are able to request, consume, and act on the data—all without a data storage server or those businesses ever seeing or having access to the raw sensitive information (where server-stored data is viewable only by the intended recipients, which may even be selected after storage). In one embodiment, source data is encrypted with a source encryption key (e.g., source public key), with a rekeying key being an encrypting combination of a source decryption key (e.g., source private key) and a recipient's public key. Without being able to decrypt the data, the storage server can use the rekeying key to re-encrypt the source data with the recipient's public key, to then be decrypted only by the corresponding recipient using its private key, accordingly. |
| US12250200B2 |
Management system for networked endpoints
A system and method for securely exchanging information between a server and an endpoint. A firewall and switch may administer connections between the endpoint and the server. The network interface of the server may send and receive information through the firewall and switch. A program task in the sever may set the network interface to be in an “on state” for a predetermined amount of time on a specific date thereby creating an active time transfer window that the network interface can receive communications from the endpoint. |
| US12250196B2 |
Methods and apparatus to perform network-based monitoring of media accesses
An example system includes: at least one memory; programmable circuitry; and instructions to cause the programmable circuitry to: obtain a public internet protocol (IP) address associated with a household and a timestamp in response to a census impression request indicating a media access on a first client device of the household; obtain a private IP address associated with the first client device; cause storing of the public IP address, the private IP address, and the timestamp in a panelist impression record in association with a panelist identifier, the panelist identifier corresponding to a panelist audience member, the panelist audience member enrolled in a panel of an audience measurement entity; send the census impression request to a census system; and send the panelist impression record to a meter collection system. |
| US12250191B2 |
Systems and methods for social network assistance
A computer based system for social network assistance is disclosed. Via use of the system and related methods, a high-volume social media account (for example, an airline Twitter account) may be managed to enable prompt and thorough responses to incoming social media messages. In this manner, customer issues and feedback may be more effectively addressed, resulting in improved customer satisfaction and goodwill associated with the owner of the high-volume social media account. |
| US12250190B2 |
Session message display method, electronic device and storage medium
Provided are a session message display method, an electronic device and a storage medium. The session message display method includes the following, a first session message input by a first user for at least one second user is received on a session page, and the first session message is sent to an instant messaging application client of each second user of the at least one second user; a message display content is generated in the message entry of a session list page of the first user according to at least one of a reading action or a reply action of the at least one second user on the first session message; where the message display content includes the first session message and message state information of the first session message, and the message entry is associated with the at least one second user. |
| US12250189B1 |
System, method, and computer program for an exactly once messaging protocol in a publish-subscribe messaging system
As described herein, a system, method, and computer program are provided for an exactly once messaging protocol in a publish-subscribe messaging system. A consumer (i.e. subscriber) of a publish-subscribe messaging system is identified. For each required consumer, and for each subscribed topic of the consumer, a new dedicated consumer is created for the topic in the publish-subscribe messaging system. The new dedicated consumer is used to ensure that messages published to the topic are delivered exactly once to each associated consumer. |
| US12250188B2 |
Communication of messages of an application in an unlaunched state
In some implementations, a device of a user may receive user input indicative of a selection of an application implemented by the device. The user input may be received via a graphical user interface presented by the device. The user input may be received while the application is in an unlaunched state in which the user is unauthenticated for use of the application. The device may obtain, while the application is in the unlaunched state, one or more messages of the application. The device may cause, while the application is in the unlaunched state, information indicative of at least one message, of the one or more messages, to be displayed in the graphical user interface. |
| US12250187B2 |
System and method for inmate notification and training in a controlled environment facility
A messaging system for relaying messages to groups of inmates located in one or more controlled-environment facilities. The system receives a message from a user and a recipient designation identifying those inmates designated for receiving the message. The system performs a content check of the message or requests administrator authorization of the message, and then packages the message in a format designated by the facility. The packaged message includes the message itself, and also recipient information and other delivery information. The message may be packaged uniquely according to facility specifications. At the facility, the received message is unpacked. Recipients are identified from the recipient designation in the message, and delivery methods are retrieved for each of the intended recipients. Delivery of the message is then carried out, at a time designated in the message, according to the retrieved delivery methods. |
| US12250185B2 |
Messaging system for resurfacing content items
Methods, computer-readable storage media, and apparatuses for surfacing content items in a messaging system. The methods may include storing content items generated by a client device of a user. The method may further include determining a time period and content items corresponding to the time period to resurface to the user, the time period selected based on comparing the social interaction data, the viewing data, and the modification data associated with the content items corresponding to the time period with the social interaction data, the viewing data, and the modification data associated with content items generated during other time periods. The method may further include generating a title page for the time period to resurface to the user, the title page comprising a title and an indication of a date for the time period. |
| US12250184B2 |
Cognitive determination of message suitability
Cognitive determination of whether a message is suitable for sending over a data communications network can include extracting tokens from the message prior to transmitting the message. One or more intended recipients of the message can be determined from the tokens. A machine learning classification model corresponding to the one or more recipients of the message can be selected. The machine learning classification model can be constructed based on tokens extracted from prior messages, which are combined to create a plurality of documents for training the machine learning classification model. The one or more tokens extracted from the message can be classified using the machine learning classification model. An alert message can be generated in response to determining based on the classifying that the message is unsuited for sending. |
| US12250181B2 |
Response system, response method, and storage medium
A response system includes an acquisition unit configured to acquire the question sentence of a user, a response sentence selection unit configured to select a response sentence, stored in a storage unit in advance, according to the acquired question sentence, a response sentence conversion unit configured to convert the selected response sentence according to the question sentence, and an output unit configured to output the converted response sentence. The response sentence conversion unit is configured to convert a word included in the selected response sentence to a word included in the question sentence based on the degree of similarity between the word included in the response sentence and the word included in the question sentence. |
| US12250178B2 |
Automatic gain control (AGC) symbol indication
Aspects of the present disclosure provide techniques for techniques and apparatuses for mitigating self-interference (SI) at a wireless node engaging in full duplex (FD) communication. A method that may be performed by a network entity includes determining a trigger condition is satisfied for requesting an uplink (UL) signal from a user equipment (UE) for SI measurement, transmitting, to the UE, an indication to transmit the UL signal in one or more first symbols, wherein the one or more first symbols are prior to one or more second symbols for UL transmission by the UE, and wherein the one or more first symbols are scheduled for a downlink (DL) transmission by the network entity in a full duplex (FD) mode, measuring the UL signal, adjusting an automatic gain control (AGC) level based on the measurements, and using the adjusted AGC level to receive the UL transmission from the UE. |
| US12250177B2 |
Flexible diplexer with dynamically configurable band-split in hybrid fiber coax deployments
A flexible diplexer may include a programmably reconfigurable filter pair capable of rendering a variety of band-split arrangements in a digital signal processor (DSP) backed design in hybrid fiber coaxial cable plant/system deployments. The flexible diplexers may thereby meet a larger range of band-split requirements, including the full range of band-split requirements. Configurability may be achieved by digitizing the signal at either input interface of a diplexer in a diplexer/amplifier complex after bandpass filtering, and two-to-four wire conversion at the respective forward (e.g. downstream) and reverse (e.g. upstream) input interfaces. A new band-split may be obtained by updating the digital filters using specified coefficient sets determined off-line and retrieved from memory. The flexible diplexer/amplifier complex may enable the implementation of additional functionality including equalization and tilt regeneration, self-interference cancellation, virtual segmentation, and/or creation of auxiliary service points to provide access to/from a small cell base station and/or Wi-Fi access point. |
| US12250170B2 |
SSB transmissions in unlicensed spectrum
A method is implemented in a wireless transceiver device arranged to operate in a cellular wireless communication network and capable of operating in an unlicensed spectrum where listen-before-talk is employed. The method includes determining a first parameter, for the unlicensed operation, indicative on provision of synchronisation signal blocks, and determining quasi-co-location, QCL, relationship between one or more synchronisation signal and physical broadcast channel, SS/PBCH, blocks each having a first index, by determining a second index for the one or more SS/PBCH blocks by applying a modulo operation on the first index, respectively, based on the first parameter, where the QCL relationship is determined to occur if the second indices coincide. A computer program for implementing the method in a wireless transceiver and such a transceiver are also disclosed. |
| US12250169B2 |
Radio frame estimation apparatus, system, method, program, and recording medium
In order to improve the accuracy of estimating the use rate of a radio channel, a radio frame estimation apparatus according to an example aspect of the present invention includes a radio frame combination section configured to combine a plurality of radio frame sets monitored by a plurality of radio communication units in an environment where radio communication is performed, and a radio frame estimation section configured to perform estimation about a number of radio frames in the based on the plurality of radio frame sets and a combined radio frame set obtained by combining the plurality of radio frame sets. |
| US12250166B2 |
Dynamic switch between SS-TWR and DS-TWR for sidelink positioning
Aspect 19 is the apparatus of any of aspects 14-18, further includes that the value of the response time and a value of the first time slot are based on an actual slot of the transmission of the first SL-PRS. |
| US12250148B1 |
Network device with port aggregation for forwarding network traffic
In a network device, unidirectional port aggregation can be used by aggregating corresponding ports that represent a single underlay next hop. A common layer 2 address (e.g., Media Access Control (MAC) address) can be shared across aggregated destination network devices to allow these network devices to accept traffic forwarded over the unidirectional multi-destination bond port. Port aggregations (e.g., “bonds”, “trunks”, etc.) are controlled by dynamic route updates propagating through a network of devices. Dynamic route updates can be implemented as part of routing protocols. The route updates can be interpreted by the network switches as including a port aggregation signal. Policy may be applied to these route updates to adjust the behavior of the port aggregation mechanism. The resulting port aggregation is installed in the forwarding table of network devices so that the corresponding prefixes resolve to the underlay next hop representing the aggregated port. |
| US12250146B2 |
Multi-tenant virtual private network microsegmentation
What is disclosed is tagging a first flow of a multi-tenant virtual private network (VPN) with a first tag. Continuously tracking, based on the first tag, the first flow of the multi-tenant VPN. Capturing one or more characteristics of the first flow of the multi-tenant VPN. Categorizing the first flow of the multi-tenant VPN based on the one or more characteristics of the first flow. Providing the categorization of the first flow to a first tenant of the multi-tenant VPN. Receiving, based on input from the first tenant and the categorization of the first flow, a first policy. Enforcing the first policy on the first flow based on the first tag of the first flow and the continuous tracking of the first flow. |
| US12250145B2 |
Network-on-chip topology generation
A computer-based method and system for synthesizing a Network-on-Chip (NoC) is provided. One method includes determining physical data, device data, bridge data, traffic data and domain data based on an input specification for the NoC; assigning a domain to each bridge port; partitioning each traffic flow into one of a plurality of bins based on the bridge port domain assignments and the domain crossing constraints; creating a virtual node at each bridge port endpoint; generating a candidate topology for each bin based on the physical data, the device data, the bridge data, the traffic data, the domain data and the virtual nodes, each candidate topology including bridge ports, a tree of routers, routes and connections; and generating a final topology by merging the candidate topologies. |
| US12250143B2 |
QOS flow framework
Apparatus, methods, and computer program products for processing QoS flows are provided. An example method may include establishing a PDU session with a second device, the PDU session including a set of QoS flows, the set of QoS flows being associated with a set of DRBs. The example method may further include communicating with the second device based on the set of QoS flows. |
| US12250140B2 |
Method of optimizing a usage distribution in a communications network
A computer-implemented method of optimizing a usage distribution in a communications network uses a quantum concept processor. A set of traffic demands for a transfer of determined data volumes between origin nodes and destination nodes among the plurality of communication nodes is captured. The traffic demands are split into sub-demands. A set of optional communication paths for an individual routing of each sub-demand is specified. The edges within the set of optional communication paths are assigned a respective usage capacity limit. Fractional capacity usages of the edges are calculated based on the respective usage capacity limit. The calculated fractional capacity usages are formulated as terms of a quadratic stress function. An optimized routing is determined by using a quantum concept processor, thereby selecting for each sub-demand one communication path from the set of optional communication paths such that the quadratic stress function is minimized. |
| US12250138B2 |
Compliance mechanisms in blockchain networks
A node in a blockchain network may agree, on an authority accept a compliance module from the authority, accept the compliance module. The node may also receive an operation, verify a compliance of the operation based on the compliance module, add the verified operation to a ledger on the blockchain network. |
| US12250136B2 |
Link fault isolation using latencies
Techniques are disclosed for identifying faulty links in a virtualized computing environment. Network path latency information is received for one or more network paths in the networked computing environment. Based on the network path latency information, a probable presence of a faulty component is determined. In response to the determination, physical links for a network path associated with the probable faulty component are identified. Information indicative of likely sources of the probable faulty component is received from multiple hosts of the networked computing environment. Based on the identified physical links and information, a faulty component is determined. |
| US12250129B2 |
Proportional quality of service based on client usage and system metrics
Examples described herein are generally directed to providing a fair amount of throughput to multiple clients of a storage system. According to one example, the storage system determines system metrics based upon use of the storage system by the clients. A system load value is calculated based upon the system metrics. The system load value quantifies a load on the storage system by the clients. Client loads, each representing a contribution to the use of the storage system by an individual client, are calculated and expressed as a relative degree or amount of the system load value. A target performance value for a client is calculated based on the client load for the client and a quality of service parameter value provisioned for the client to access the storage system. Based on the target performance value, latency for the client is introduced or removed. |
| US12250125B1 |
System for machine learning-based metadata collection and parameterized graph modeling from communication channels
Systems, computer program products, and methods are described herein for machine learning-based metadata collection and parameterized graph modeling from communication channels. The present disclosure comprises a communication interaction subsystem (CIS) configured to receive requests from a user input device to query network traffic data associated with a plurality of devices. The request comprises a factor set and a correlation criteria. The CIS analyzes the network traffic data based on at least the request and determines a subset of the plurality of devices based on at least the request. The system also comprises a parameterized graph modeling subsystem (PGMS) operatively coupled to the CIS, which is configured to generate a data traffic topography map associated with the subset of the plurality of devices and transmit control signals configured to cause the user input device to display the data traffic topography map. |
| US12250123B2 |
Cable network regional connectivity planning method and apparatus
The present invention provides a cable network planning method comprising: modelling the prespecified topology as a Steiner tree including a plurality of terminal nodes representing a plurality of cable landing stations (CLSs) to be installed respectively in a plurality of destination regions connected by the cable network, a plurality of Steiner nodes presenting a plurality of branching units (BUs) to be installed in the cable network, and a plurality of edges connecting the terminal nodes and Steiner nodes; constructing a directed acyclic graph (DAG); finding a Steiner minimal tree (SMT) by applying a DAG-Least-Cost-System algorithm; returning coordinates of Steiner nodes, terminal nodes of the SMT as locations of the BUs and the CLSs. The provided method enables inclusion of costs of the Steiner nodes by taking account of Steiner nodes with degree in excess of three such that more flexible BU branching structures and CLS locations alternatives can be considered. |
| US12250122B2 |
Network node apparatus and method
A network node apparatus (SMF) responsible for a Session Management Function (SMF) in a core network includes: an obtaining unit configured to obtain network function information including information elements respectively related to network slices supported by the SMF; and a first communication processing unit configured to transmit the network function information to a network node apparatus responsible for a Network Repository Function (NRF) in the core network. The information elements respectively related to the network slices supported by the SMF have been aggregated within the network function information according to a predetermined rule. |
| US12250121B2 |
Managing resource utilization by multiple network slices
Next generation network architectures enable instantiation of network slices in which traffic may be transported via one or more virtual networks overlaying the physical network infrastructure. Multiple of such network slices may share a resource of a particular network function, such as a bandwidth, switching capacity, computing capacity and/or storage capacity of the network function. It may be desirable to provide guarantees on the minimum resource availability of the shared resource per network slice. Accordingly, a slice resource distribution function (SRDF) may be provided which may be configured manage the resource utilization of the shared resource which may safeguard guarantees on the minimum resource availability per network slice. |
| US12250116B1 |
Rapid-boot instances in a cloud provider network using same-slot auxiliary domains
Techniques for implementing instance local boots in a cloud provider network via auxiliary domains are described. An auxiliary compute instance is launched and attached to a local storage device of the computing device. The auxiliary compute instance can pre-warm a boot volume by fetching its data from a remote system and storing the boot volume to the local storage device. The auxiliary compute instance is terminated, and a user compute device is launched into the same slot and connected to the local storage device. The user compute device utilizes the pre-warmed boot volume for launch. |
| US12250115B2 |
Method and apparatus for microslicing wireless enterprise communication networks using microslice profiles
A method and apparatus for defining, configuring, operating, monitoring, and modifying microslices in an enterprise network is described. Microslices provide an end-to-end logical network through multiple networks, which allows efficient arrangement of data flows in the enterprise network with a defined Quality of Service (QoS). Various embodiments of a system for creating and implementing microslice instances in a wireless communications network are disclosed. A microslice instance can connect a UE in the enterprise network with an external server. In some embodiments, the enterprise network administrator can define Service Level Objectives (SLOs), device groups, service types, and user application groups, and associate them with one or more microslices. An orchestrator can configure the microslice with an appropriate amount of network resources to be allocated to the microslice, and then set-up, operate, monitor, and modify the microslice instance to adapt to current network conditions. |
| US12250112B2 |
Reproducing a state of a system and a network upon occurrence of an error
A state of a system and a network is reproduced upon occurrence of an error. A state of the system is continuously recorded for a time window. Furthermore, a network log for the network is generated. When a network condition indicative of an error or an internal condition indicative of an error is detected, at least a part of the recorded state of the system is stored together with a fitting portion of the network log for the network. |
| US12250111B2 |
Apparatus and method for centralized fault monitoring
A method for cloud-native centralized fault monitoring in a telecommunication network, the method performed by a processor and comprising receiving one or more raw fault messages associated with one or more respective network devices, wherein the one or more raw fault messages are received using one or more network protocols associated with the one or more respective network devices; identifying fault information from the one or more raw fault messages; enriching the fault information based on continuously processing the fault information and additional contextual information; and storing the enriched fault information in a plurality of databases, wherein a first subset of the enriched fault information is stored in a first database and a second subset of the enriched fault information is stored in a second database. |
| US12250106B2 |
Phase-noise mitigation by embedded phase-tracking signals in 5G/6G
Access to FR2 (high frequency bands) is essential for anticipated high-demand networking in 5G-Advanced and 6G systems. Unfortunately, phase noise is an unavoidable barrier, greatly limiting message reliability. Therefore, a low-cost solution is provided in which the transmitter (either base station or user device) transmits a special phase-tracking reference signal consisting of zero amplitude in one branch, and a predetermined non-zero amplitude in the other branch. For example, in QAM, the I-branch may be powered according to the maximum branch amplitude of the modulation scheme, and the Q-branch may have zero amplitude as transmitted. The receiver, on the other hand, generally measures a non-zero amplitude in the received Q branch due to phase noise, which rotates the I and Q branches into each other. The receiver can then determine the phase rotation angle precisely by measuring the non-zero amplitude in the Q branch, negating phase noise at negligible cost. |
| US12250101B1 |
Coherent optical module for short reach communications
Disclosed is a coherent optical transceiver for optical communication including a transmitter, a receiver, and a PIC. The transmitter includes a DAC and a driver. A modulator in the PIC limits a signal spectrum of an output optical signal within a Nyquist frequency band. The receiver receives an input optical signal from the PIC and converts the input optical signal to an input analog electrical signal. An ADC converts the input analog electrical signal into an input digital electrical signal indicative of the input optical signal at an ADC sampling rate. The DSP includes a linear filter to equalize intersymbol interference, a post filter, and an MLSE to determine symbols corresponding the input optical signal. The driver and the post filter are first order filters with transfer function G(z)=1+az−1, where a is between 0 and 1. |
| US12250100B2 |
Selecting a modulation scheme responsive to fault types in 5G/6G
Networks operating at high frequencies in 5G and 6G may reduce the incidence of phase faulting by declaring that, above a specified frequency, messages are to be modulated according to multiplexed amplitude-phase modulation, instead of the QAM modulation generally used at lower frequencies. Multiplexed amplitude-phase modulation can provide larger phase margins than QAM of the same order, by arranging the modulation phase levels to be equally spaced-apart which they are not in QAM. For example, with 4 amplitude and 4 phase levels (16 states), the various modulation states can be separated by 90 degrees of phase, whereas in 16QAM the minimum phase separation is only 36.9 degrees, a serious problem at higher frequencies where phase noise predominates. In addition, QAM cannot accommodate non-square modulation tables, which are readily provided by amplitude-phase modulation, further enhancing fault-mitigation options. |
| US12250099B2 |
External activation of quiescent device
After installation, a device may be not yet powered. It may be awakened by receiving a flash of light of sufficient frequency and amplitude. After waking, the device decodes the message to determine its next action, and, upon request sends an authentication message. This enables a single user action to wake the device up and set it up with networking credentials. The same process may be used to wake the device outside of a normal sleep-wake cycle. |
| US12250098B2 |
Systems and methods for control channel tunneling
A method for communicating between a first network and a second network is described. The method includes receiving, by a network device via a persistent control channel established between the network device and a server device connected to a first network, a first message that includes: (1) information indicating a tunneling protocol, and (2) information associated with a first tunneling payload. The persistent control channel is for communicating: (1) messages including control information, and (2) messages including tunneling payloads. The method also includes transmitting, by the network device to an endpoint device connected to a second network, a second message including the information associated with the first tunneling payload. |
| US12250094B2 |
Method, system, and gateway for linking time-sensitive fieldbuses
A method for linking a first time-sensitive fieldbus to a second time-sensitive fieldbus, wherein the first time-sensitive fieldbus includes a first subscriber device and has its own first time domain and wherein the second time-sensitive fieldbus includes a second subscriber device and has its own second time domain. The first time domain and the second time domain are frequency-synchronized, wherein the first and the second fieldbuses are connected to one another by a gateway for data transmission, wherein the method determines a first cycle duration of the first time domain and a second cycle duration of the second time domain by the gateway at a reference time. A time offset is determined between the first time domain and the second time domain by the gateway at the reference time. |
| US12250091B2 |
Facilitating smart device control using positioning tags
Various arrangements for using a positioning tag to facilitate control of a smart home device are presented herein. A communication sessions can be established between a control device and a positioning tag via a first device-to-device communication protocol. In response to a trigger event indicative of a user desiring to control the separate smart home device being detected, a positioning enablement message can be transmitted to the positioning tag via the first device-to-device communication protocol. A signal used for positioning is transmitted by the positioning tag using a second device-to-device communication protocol. Based on the received signal via the second device-to-device communication protocol, an interface that controls the smart home device is activated. |
| US12250089B2 |
System and method for improving content fetching by selecting tunnel devices
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. |
| US12250086B2 |
Phase sector based signal charge acquisition
A method and system for extracting values representative of modulation signal components from a modulated signal, the modulated signal containing a modulation signal, including developing a local clock signal which correlates in time to the modulated signal and includes a number of phase sectors per cycle and converting the modulated signal into a current that is representative of the signal and routing the current to the inverting input of an amplifier and charging one of a plurality of capacitive devices during each phase sector and sequentially connecting the capacitive devices between the output of the amplifier and the inverting input of the amplifier in non-overlapping sequences, the total of sequences being equal to one full cycle of the clock. |
| US12250079B2 |
Method and apparatus for transmitting/receiving wireless signal in wireless communication system
Various embodiments of the present disclosure relate to a next-generation wireless communication system for supporting high data transfer rates beyond the 4th generation (4G) wireless communication system. According to the various embodiments, a method of transmitting and receiving signals in a wireless communication system and apparatus for supporting the same may be provided. |
| US12250074B2 |
Autoencoders with list decoding for reliable data transmission over noisy channels and methods thereof
A system and a method may include a receiver circuit configured to receive an encoded codeword over a channel from an encoder neural network of an encoder, and a decoder circuit, including a decoder neural network, configured to decode the encoded codeword, and generate a list of decoded message words, the list of the decoded message words including a plurality of candidate message words representing the message word. |
| US12250072B2 |
Information processing device, communication system, and information processing method to increase frequency utilization efficiency
An information processing device includes an encoding processing unit and a determination unit. The encoding processing unit performs error correction encoding processing in which a plurality of bit sequences are output from one or more bit sequences. The determination unit divides the plurality of bit sequences into a first bit sequence group (BS1) and a second bit sequence group (BS2), and determines to transmit the first bit sequence group (BS1) and the second bit sequence group (BS2) through different propagation paths, the first bit sequence group (BS1) being decodable without performing error correction decoding processing corresponding to the error correction encoding processing, and the second bit sequence group (BS2) being used for the error correction decoding processing. |
| US12250071B2 |
Link adaptation optimized with machine learning
Methods and systems for dynamically selecting a link adaptation policy, LAP. In some embodiments, the method includes generating a machine learning, ML, model, wherein generating the ML model comprises providing training data to an ML algorithm. The method further includes using channel quality information, additional information, and the ML model to select a LAP from a set of predefined LAPs. In some embodiments, the additional information comprises: neighbor cell information about a second cell served by a second TRP, distance information indicating a distance between a UE and a first TRP, and/or gain information indicating radio propagation gain between the UE and the serving node. The method further includes the first TRP transmitting second data to the UE using the selected LAP. |
| US12250067B2 |
Precision time protocol with multi-chassis link aggregation groups
The precision time protocol (PTP) runs on the peer switches in an MLAG domain. PTP messages received by one peer switch on an MLAG interface is selectively peer-forwarded to the other peer switch on the same MLAG interface in order to coordinate a synchronization session with a PTP node. The peer-forwarded messages inform one peer switch to be an active peer and the other peer switch to be an inactive peer so that timestamped messages during the synchronization session are exchanged only between the PTP node the active peer, and hence take the same data path. |
| US12250060B2 |
Coverage area adjustment to adapt satellite communications
The described features generally relate to adjusting a native antenna pattern of a satellite to adapt communications via the satellite. For example, a communications satellite may include an antenna having a feed array assembly, a reflector, and a linear actuator coupled between the feed array assembly and the reflector. The feed array assembly may have a plurality of feeds for communicating signals associated with a communications service, and the reflector may be configured to reflect the signals transmitted between the feed array assembly and one or more target devices. The linear actuator may have an adjustable length, or otherwise provide an adjustable position between the feed array assembly and the reflector. By adjusting the position of the feed array assembly relative to the reflector, the communications satellite may provide a communications service according to a plurality of native antenna patterns. |
| US12250058B2 |
Method and apparatus for UAV and UAV controller pairing and command and control (C2) quality of service provisioning
In a method of group creation for a pair of an unmanned aerial vehicle (UAV) and an unmanned aerial vehicle-controller (UAV-C) in a service enabler architecture layer (SEAL) architecture, the pair of UAV and UAV-C is determined by an unmanned aerial system application enabler (UAE) server in the SEAL architecture. A group creation request for the pair of UAV and UAV-C is transmitted by the UAE server to a SEAL group management (GM) server of the SEAL architecture. A first response message is received by the UAE server from the SEAL GM server for the group creation request. A group including the pair of the UAV and the UAV-C is created for quality-of-service (QoS) management. The group creation request includes an identity of an UAE client corresponding to the pair of UAV and UAV-C, an identity of the UAV, and an identity of the UAV-C. |
| US12250057B2 |
Wireless relay station, wireless relay system, control circuit, storage medium, and wireless relay method
A wireless relay station to be included in a ladder-type wireless relay network along a moving route of a moving object includes a relay control unit that includes station identification information in the wireless relay network assigned sequentially along the moving route to each of the wireless relay stations included in the wireless relay network and deployed along the moving route, configures and updates, using a first routing table that provides an address of a destination wireless relay station, a second routing table including the address, the station identification information, and an information update time, being associated with one another, of the destination wireless relay station, and provides control to share, among the wireless relay stations included in the wireless relay network, the second routing table configured and updated by each wireless relay station; and a relay communication unit that performs wireless relay communication with other wireless relay stations. |
| US12250051B2 |
Electronic device and method for measuring a beam quality of a currently serving beam based on a prediction window when the detected beam quality is within a particular range
An electronic device and method for wireless communication, the method including detecting a beam quality of a currently serving beam; starting a prediction window when the detected beam quality is within a particular range, and evaluating the beam quality of the currently serving beam within the prediction window. |
| US12250049B2 |
Method and apparatus for interference avoidance
Various embodiments of the present disclosure provide a method for interference avoidance. The method which may be performed by a network node comprises selecting a serving beam for a terminal device from candidate beams reported to the network node by the terminal device, based at least in part on inter-cell interference information of the candidate beams. The method may further comprise informing the terminal device of the selected serving beam. |
| US12250047B2 |
Group-based beam reporting for multi-TRP operation
The example embodiments of the invention provide at least a method and apparatus to receive, by a user equipment of a communication network, from a network node information for measurement reporting by the user equipment for beam management in the communication network, and based on the at least one beam reporting configuration, determine beam reporting at least one pair of beams of the more than one beam of the at least one transmission reception point capable for simultaneous reception by the user equipment. Further to determine, by a network node of a communication network, information for measurement reporting by user equipment for beam management in the communication network, and based on the determining, send the information towards the user equipment for use in determining beam reporting of a pair of beams of the more than one beam of the at least one transmission reception point capable for the simultaneous reception by the user equipment, wherein the information comprises an indication of at least one beam reporting configuration for more than one beam of at least one transmission reception point capable for simultaneous reception by the user equipment to be measured by the user equipment. |
| US12250037B2 |
Beamforming setting selection
A beamforming selection method of a first wireless communication node is disclosed. The method includes receiving first reference signaling, transmitted from a second wireless communication node using a first beamforming setting, generating a first channel estimate based on the first reference signaling, and transmitting, using a second beamforming setting, second reference signaling for reception by the second wireless communication node, wherein each coefficient of the second beamforming setting represents a complex conjugate of a corresponding component of the first channel estimate.In some embodiments, the method further includes iterating the receiving, generating, and transmitting steps until a stopping criterion is met.For example, the stopping criterion may include that a number of iterations performed equals a maximum number of iterations, and/or that a beamforming convergence criterion is met. Corresponding apparatus, wireless communication node and computer program product are also disclosed. |
| US12250035B2 |
Codebook for AI-assisted channel estimation
A method includes identifying ACF information by: obtaining channel information including multiple channels of expected operation scenarios; and based on the channel information for each of the channels, determining MMSE channel estimation (CE) weights expressed in a form of ACFs and an SNR, and covariance matrices. The method includes clustering the MMSE CE weights into K clusters. A center ACF weight of each of the K clusters represents a codeword. The method includes determining a distance metric based on a cluster distance after a re-clustering. The method includes, in response to a determination that cluster distances before and after the clustering differ from each other by a non-negligibly, iteratively re-clustering the ACF information thereby updating the center ACF weights and cluster distances. The method includes generating the codebook to include an index k of each of the K clusters and the center ACF weight of each of the K clusters. |
| US12250034B2 |
Distributed antenna system, wireless communication method, and centralized station
A distributed antenna system and aggregation station of the present disclosure may prevent or reduce radio wave interference when there is a positional relationship in which a plurality of base stations and a plurality of user terminals are arranged on a straight line. The distributed antenna system receives, from each of the base stations, communication path information with each of accommodated user terminals, for each user terminal; and calculates, in a case where it is determined that the plurality of the respective base stations and the plurality of user terminals are arranged on the straight line, transmission weights of respective transmission beams transmitted by the plurality of the respective base stations to the plurality of respective user terminals based on the communication path information for each user terminal received by the receiver. The base stations transmit the respective transmission beams based the respective transmission weights calculated. |
| US12250031B2 |
Communication relay apparatus and storage medium storing computer program
A communication relay apparatus and a storage medium storing a computer program that allow improvement of a quality of communication with a mobile station are provided. A communication relay apparatus includes a detector and a controller. The detector detects a mobile station located in a cover area formed by a plurality of remote units. The controller controls, for the remote units, communication resources used by the remote units for communication with the mobile station, based on a detection result of the detector. |
| US12250029B2 |
System and method for radio frequency (RF) sensing to determine device parameters
A device for RF sensing includes communication circuitry configured to communicate over an unlicensed frequency band and a licensed frequency band, the communication circuitry configured to transmit a unique signal over the unlicensed frequency band using at least one antenna of the one or more antennas and receive a corresponding return signal from at least one antenna of the one or more antennas, the at least one receiver configured to process the corresponding return signal to determine at least an amplitude and phase (td) of the corresponding return signal, and a look up table (LUT) having characterization information relating to the amplitude and phase (td) of the corresponding return signal, wherein the device is configured to use the characterization information to determine a use state or a gesture of the device and alter at least one operating parameter of the device based on the determined use state or gesture. |
| US12250028B2 |
Encoding strategy selection for data transfer using audio transmissions
Methods and systems for improved transmission and receipt of audio transmissions containing data encoded according to different protocols are presented. In one embodiment, a method is provided that includes receiving a digital data bitstream containing data for transmission using an audio transmission. The digital data bitstream may be divided into a plurality of symbols (e.g., according to a type of encoding protocol to be used). An analog audio signal may be generated that encodes the plurality of symbols according to an encoding protocol (e.g., a PSK protocol and/or a DPSK protocol). The analog audio signal may be added to the audio transmission and the audio transmission may be transmitted using an audio transmitter. |
| US12250025B2 |
Electromagnetic field receiver
This disclosure provides a method of receiving a plurality of data streams at an electromagnetic field receiver in a wireless telecommunications network, the method including obtaining data indicating detection of a first electromagnetic field incident at a transmission medium during a timeslot of a first subset of a plurality of timeslots; associating the detected first electromagnetic field with a first data stream of a plurality of data streams; obtaining data indicating detection of a second electromagnetic field incident at the transmission medium during a timeslot of a second subset of the plurality of timeslots; and associating the detected second electromagnetic field with a second data stream of the plurality of data streams. |
| US12250023B2 |
Optical space communications transmission and reception terminal and optical space communications system
An optical space communications transmission and reception terminal includes: an optical transceiver to convert transmission data into a transmission optical signal modulated at a symbol rate synchronized with a transmission clock signal and output it, and generate received data from a reception optical signal; an intensity modulation unit to generate an intensity-modulated transmission optical signal; a transmission clock source to supply a transmission clock signal; a fiber coupling unit) to output the intensity-modulated transmission optical signal as collimated light and couple the input optical signal to an optical fiber; an optical fiber amplifier to amplify the optical signal coupled to the optical fiber; a tracking mirror to output the optical signal to the fiber coupling unit and output the transmission optical signal to space; and an angle sensor to output a clock signal extracted from the optical signal divided by a beam splitter to the optical transceiver. |
| US12250020B2 |
Timing detection device and method thereof
A timing detection device includes a main reference code generation module, an auxiliary reference code generation module, a first correlation processing module, a second correlation processing module, and a subtraction module. The main reference code generation module generates a main reference code consisting of the same code for synchronization included in a received signal. Using a portion of the same code as the code for synchronization, the auxiliary reference code generation module generates an auxiliary reference code consisting of a code configuration different from the main reference code and without generating a main lobe during correlation processing. The first correlation processing module correlates the received signal with the main reference code and outputs a first correlation result. The second correlation processing module correlates the received signal with the auxiliary reference code and outputs a second correlation result. The subtraction module subtracts the first correlation result from the second correlation result. |
| US12250017B2 |
Radio frequency module and communication device
A radio frequency module includes a mounting substrate, a first electronic component, a second electronic component, a resin layer, and a shield layer. The resin layer covers outer peripheral surfaces of the first electronic component and the second electronic component. The first electronic component includes a first substrate having first and second main surfaces opposed to each other, and a first circuit section formed on the first main surface side of the first substrate. The second electronic component includes a second substrate having first and second main surfaces opposed to each other, and a second circuit section formed on the first main surface side of the second substrate. A material of the first substrate and a material of the second substrate are the same. The shield layer is in contact with the second main surface of the first substrate and the second main surface of the second substrate. |
| US12250013B2 |
System and method for digital predistortion
Systems and methods for digital predistortion (DPD) are disclosed herein. In an example embodiment, a digital front-end circuit includes a digital predistortion (DPD) block having a first input terminal and first output terminal, a PA having a second input terminal and second output terminal, and a transmitter coupling the first output terminal at least indirectly with the second input terminal. The DPD block is configured to receive a first input signal and to provide a first output signal having first and second components at the first output terminal. The DPD block includes a main distortion kernel that is configured to generate the first component, and a nonlinear memory kernel that is configured to generate the second component. The nonlinear memory kernel is configured to perform processing at least in part by a nonlinear envelope modulator including a linear finite impulse response (FIR) filter. |
| US12250010B2 |
Systems and methods for diplexer circuits with leakage cancellation
Systems and methods for diplexer circuits with leakage cancellation are provided. In one aspect, a diplexer circuit including first and second radio frequency transceiver terminals and a first antenna terminal, and first and second parallel communication paths extending between the first radio frequency transceiver terminal and the first antenna terminal, and third and fourth parallel communication paths extending between the second radio frequency transceiver terminal and the first antenna terminal. The circuit also includes a first phase shifter configured to apply a first phase shift to a first radio frequency transmit signal on the first communication path, a second phase shifter configured to apply a second phase shift to a second radio frequency on the second communication path, and a third phase shifter configured to apply a third phase shift to the first radio frequency transmit signal on the third communication path. |
| US12250009B2 |
Interface device supporting test operation
Disclosed is an interface circuit including a first parallel-to-serial conversion circuit suitable for converting inverted parallel data in a parallel-to-serial manner to generate first output data in a test mode; a second parallel-to-serial conversion circuit suitable for converting non-inverted parallel data in the parallel-to-serial manner to generate second output data in the test mode; a third parallel-to-serial conversion circuit suitable for converting the non-inverted parallel data in the parallel-to-serial manner to generate third output data in the test mode; a fourth parallel-to-serial conversion circuit suitable for converting the inverted parallel data in the parallel-to-serial manner to generate fourth output data in the test mode; a first driver circuit suitable for receiving the first and second output data in the test mode; and a second driver circuit suitable for receiving the third and fourth output data in the test mode. |
| US12250006B2 |
Decoder for decoding data in a PAM-2M format, decoder device using the decoder, and receiver using the decoder device
A decoder includes a demultiplexer and a number (P) of ADCs, where P≥2. The demultiplexer receives a to-be-decoded data signal that is in a PAM-2M format, and demultiplexes the to-be decoded data signal into a number (P) of demultiplexed data signals, where M≥2. The ADCs respectively receive the demultiplexed data signals. One of the ADCs is an (M+1)-bit ADC, and converts the corresponding demultiplexed data signal into a digital first decoded signal that contains an M-bits wide data portion and a one-bit wide error portion. Each of the other one(s) of the ADCs is an M-bit ADC, and converts the corresponding demultiplexed data signal into a digital second decoded signal that contains an M-bits wide data portion. |
| US12250004B2 |
Storage device performing error correction and operating method of storage device
Disclosed is a storage device which includes a nonvolatile memory device, and a memory controller that performs a read operation on the nonvolatile memory device and performs an error correction operation on data read in the read operation. In the error correction operation, the memory controller estimates an error rate of the read data, and determines whether to perform a read retry operation based on the estimated error rate. |
| US12249998B2 |
Real-time chirp signal frequency linearity measurement
A frequency linearity measurement circuit configured to measure a frequency linearity of a frequency signal includes: a first measurement circuit having a counter, where the counter is controlled by a gate signal having a gate signal period, where the first measurement circuit is configured to generate a first estimate of an integer number of clock cycles of the frequency signal within a respective gate signal period of the gate signal; a second measurement circuit having a time-to-digital converter (TDC), where the TDC is controlled by the gate signal, and is configured to generate a second estimate of a fractional number of clock cycle of the frequency signal within the respective gate signal period of the gate signal; and a reference measurement circuit configured to generate a third estimate of an expected number of clock cycles within the respective gate signal period of the gate signal. |
| US12249995B2 |
Differential interface circuit
The first stage of the differential interface circuit includes a first transistor, a second transistor, a third transistor, and a fourth transistor. The gates of the first transistor and the second transistor are coupled to input terminals, respectively. The third transistor and the fourth transistor are coupled in parallel with the first transistor and the second transistor, respectively. The gate of the third transistor is coupled to the drain of the second transistor, and the gate of the fourth transistor is coupled to the drain of the first transistor. |
| US12249992B2 |
D flip-flop, processor including the d flip-flop, and computing apparatus
A D flip-flop, a processor including the D flip-flop, and a computing apparatus. A D flip-flop is provided, including: an input stage configured to receive a flip-flop input; an output stage configured to output a flip-flop output; an intermediate node disposed between an output of the input stage and an input of the output stage, where the output stage is configured to receive a signal at the intermediate node as an input; an intermediate stage configured to receive the output of the input stage and provide the output to the intermediate node; and a feedback stage configured to receive the flip-flop output and provide a feedback to the intermediate node, where the feedback stage assumes a logic-high state, a logic-low state, and a high-impedance state. |
| US12249987B2 |
Programmable look-up table systems and methods
Various techniques are provided to implement look-up table (LUT) circuits. In one example, a LUT circuit includes a first LUT configured to selectively receive a first input signal and each input signal of a set of input signals and determine a first output signal based on the first input signal and/or an input signal(s) of the set. The LUT circuit also includes a second LUT configured to selectively receive a second input signal and each input signal of the set and determine a second output signal based on the second input signal and/or an input signal(s) of the set. The LUT circuit also includes a multiplexer configured to selectively receive the first and second output signals and a third input signal, and selectively provide, based on the third input signal, the first or second output signal as an output of the LUT circuit. Related systems and methods are also provided. |
| US12249985B2 |
Voltage comparator circuit for use with an energy harvester
A voltage comparator circuit for a power source having an energy harvester and an energy storage. The circuit comprises a first voltage input node and a second voltage input node arranged to respectively receive a first voltage level of a first output of the energy harvester and a voltage level of a second output of the energy storage; an output node arranged to switch in response to a comparison of the first and second first voltage levels; and a plurality of semiconductor junction devices arranged to provide a floating local ground arranged to vary in response to a change of the first and/or the second voltage level, wherein the floating local ground has a voltage level higher than an absolute ground connected to the voltage comparator circuit; wherein the floating local ground is arranged to prevent a breakdown of circuit components due to a voltage difference connected at terminals of each of the circuit component exceeding a breakdown voltage of the respective circuit component. |
| US12249979B2 |
Signal converting circuit
A signal converting circuit includes a phase interpolator circuit and a bias voltage generation circuit. The phase interpolator circuit is configured to convert a plurality of input clock signals into an output clock signal according to a digital signal. The bias voltage generation circuit is electrically coupled to the phase interpolator circuit, is configured to generate a bias voltage according to a reference information and is configured to output the bias voltage to the phase interpolator circuit, so that the output clock signal has a predetermined phase corresponding to one of a plurality of bit configurations of the digital signal, wherein the reference information is relevant to a change of the phase interpolator circuit due to a temperature variation. |
| US12249974B2 |
Crystal oscillator and method of making the same
A crystal oscillator includes a piezoelectric substrate having a thinned portion with opposite upper and lower surfaces respectively defining upper and lower surface work portions, and at least one side portion having at least one recessed portion with a bottom surface flush with the upper surface of the thinned portion. A top electrode layer has a top work portion disposed on the upper surface work portion, and a top extension extending from the top work portion onto the bottom surface of the recessed portion. A bottom electrode layer has a bottom work portion disposed on the lower surface work portion, and a bottom extension extending from the bottom work portion toward the one end of the thinned portion and then bending upward and inward onto the bottom surface of the recessed portion. A method of making the crystal oscillator is also disclosed. |
| US12249972B2 |
Acoustic wave resonator, filter, and multiplexer
An acoustic wave resonator includes two comb-shaped electrodes provided on a piezoelectric substrate, each of the comb-shaped electrodes including electrode fingers and a bus bar coupled to the electrode fingers, an acoustic velocity of an acoustic wave propagating through a gap region, which is located between tips of electrode fingers of one of the comb-shaped electrodes and a bus bar of the other of the comb-shaped electrodes, being equal to or greater than 0.98 times and equal to or less than 1.02 times an acoustic velocity of an acoustic wave propagating through an edge region located in an edge in an extension direction of the electrode fingers in an overlap region, and an additional film that is provided over the piezoelectric substrate from the edge region to the gap region and is not provided in a center region located further in than the edge region in the overlap region. |
| US12249967B2 |
Content audio adjustment
Methods, systems, and apparatuses are described for optimizing user content consuming experience by recognizing and classifying different sounds while a user views a program. The system may have or may access information related to the program audio being presented, enabling it to distinguish between conversations occurring in the program audio and conversations between users in the viewing environment. The system may turn the program volume down on one or more sound producing devices if it detects a conversation. The system may turn the program volume up if it detects an interrupting noise. The system may also adjust the program content based on locations of various objects within the listening or viewing environment, and types of users in the environment. |
| US12249962B2 |
Method for controlling a driver circuit, driver circuit, system comprising a driver circuit and method for manufacturing an integrated circuit
The invention relates to a method for controlling a driver circuit. The method comprises operating an amplifier for providing an output signal, for example an electronic signal for driving or controlling a load, for example a voltage or a current, based on a control signal. The method further comprises operating a comparator for providing the control signal by comparing an input signal, for example an electronic signal with a lower level or a lower amplitude than the output signal, to a feedback signal, wherein the feedback signal is based on the output signal. The method further comprises providing a first supply voltage to the comparator, and providing a second supply voltage to the amplifier, wherein the second supply voltage is higher than the first supply voltage. |
| US12249961B2 |
Wide bandwidth power amplifier apparatus
A wide bandwidth power amplifier apparatus is provided. The wide bandwidth power amplifier apparatus includes a power amplifier circuit, a primary switcher circuit, a voltage circuit(s), and an auxiliary switcher circuit(s). The power amplifier circuit is configured to amplify a radio frequency (RF) signal based on a modulated voltage and a modulated current. The voltage circuit is configured to generate the modulated voltage and a respective part of the modulated current. The primary switcher circuit and the auxiliary switcher circuit are each configured to also generate a respective part of the modulated current. The auxiliary switcher circuit only generates the respective part of the modulated current when a bandwidth of the modulated voltage exceeds a bandwidth threshold. As such, it is possible to prevent the voltage circuit from having to source additional current when the modulated voltage exceeds the bandwidth threshold, thus helping to improve efficiency of the voltage circuit. |
| US12249960B2 |
Active balun design
The present subject matter relates to active balun circuits. An active balun circuit includes a plurality of transistors; an output transmission line connected to output terminals of the transistors; an input transmission line; and a plurality of serial capacitors coupled to an input terminal of the transistors and the input transmission line. |
| US12249958B2 |
Integrated LC oscillator of compact layout and low phase noise and method thereof
An method of integrating an oscillator includes incorporating a main inductor and a main capacitor for establishing an oscillation; incorporating two cross-coupling NMOST and two cross-coupling PMOST for sustaining the oscillation; incorporating a first auxiliary inductor and a first auxiliary capacitor for suppressing a noise of the two cross-coupling NMOST; incorporating a second auxiliary inductor and a second auxiliary capacitor for suppressing a noise of the two cross-coupling PMOST; laying out the main inductor symmetrically with respect to a plane of symmetry; laying out the first auxiliary inductor as a parallel connection of two halves that are inside the main inductor and symmetrical with respect to the plane of symmetry; and laying out the second auxiliary inductor as a parallel connection of two halves that are inside the main inductor in a close proximity to the first auxiliary inductor and symmetrical with respect to the plane of symmetry. |
| US12249957B2 |
Self-biased, closed loop, low current free running oscillator
A self-biased, closed loop, low current free running oscillator clock generator method and apparatus are provided with a current mode comparator connected to a trimming resistor and configured to compare an internally generated voltage reference VREF signal to a voltage feedback signal VFB, where the current mode comparator comprises a common gate amplifier connected to a current mirror circuit in a negative self-biased closed loop to generate a control current signal for controlling a current controlled oscillator to produce an output clock signal having a clock frequency based on the control current signal, where a frequency-to-voltage converter is connected in a feedback path to receive the output clock signal and is configured to produce the voltage feedback signal VFB for input to the current mode comparator, wherein the clock frequency of the output clock signal is tuned to a nominal locked output frequency fOUT by the trimming resistor. |
| US12249956B2 |
Oven-controlled crystal oscillator
An OCXO according to one or more embodiments may include a core section hermetically encapsulated in a heat insulation package. The core section includes: an oscillation IC; a crystal resonator; and a heater IC. The core section is supported by the package via a core substrate. The OCXO further includes a capacitor as an electronic component for adjustment, which is attached to the package by soldering. The core section is vacuum-sealed in a sealed space of the package, while the capacitor is disposed in a space other than the sealed space. |
| US12249950B2 |
Installation structure for solar cell module, and installation method for solar cell module
An installation structure for a solar cell module comprises engagement parts attached to a wall surface; and a plurality of solar cell modules which are installed on the wall surface by engaging with the engagement parts. An upper frame part of the solar cell module has an engaging part for engaging with the engagement parts, and the upper frame part has a hole for letting out a cable from the solar cell module to outside. For vertically adjacent solar cell modules, a space for connecting and installing the cable let out to the outside is present between the upper frame part of the lower solar cell module and a lower frame part of the upper solar cell module. |
| US12249949B1 |
Railless mounting system and devices for attaching solar modules to roofs
Devices, systems, and methods for attaching solar modules to roofs. The devices may include a module hook clamp with a clamp body with clamp body arms extending upward from a clamp body base. The clamp body arms may include downward-facing hooks that engage a portion of the solar module's return flange and the outward-facing surface of the solar module. A spacer may optionally be positioned between the clamp body arms. The spacer may seat the solar module. A hook arm with a generally curve-shaped seating surface may extend below the clamp body base. The devices may further include a module attachment bracket that secures a second solar module in a similar manner as the module hook clamp. The module attachment bracket may include a platform that seats the hook arm of the module hook clamp, and a hook arm receiver that receives and secures the open end of the hook arm. |
| US12249947B2 |
Motor control device and electric pump device
One aspect of a motor control device of the present invention is a motor control device that controls a three-phase motor, the motor control device including a drive circuit that converts DC power supply voltage into three-phase AC voltage and supplies the three-phase AC voltage to the three-phase motor, a voltage detection unit that detects terminal voltage of three phases of the three-phase motor, and a control unit that detects a point at which induced voltage appearing in each terminal voltage of the three phases intersects a predetermined zero-cross determination level as a zero-cross point, and controls the drive circuit based on a detection result of the zero-cross point. The control unit changes a value of the zero-cross determination level when the induced voltage of at least one of the three phases increases and when the induced voltage of at least one of the three phases decreases. |
| US12249945B2 |
Control method, device, power system and electric vehicle
The embodiments of the present disclosure provide a control method, a device, a power system, and an electric vehicle. The method is applied to a motor controller of the power system. The power system further includes a power battery, a motor, and an inverter. The method includes: sending a first control signal to the inverter when a cell temperature of the power battery satisfies a preset heating condition for the power battery; where the first control signal is configured to control the inverter to convert an electricity provided by the power battery into an alternating current with a frequency changing randomly, and the alternating current with the frequency changing randomly is configured to supply power to the motor. |
| US12249940B2 |
Motor
A motor including a first terminal and a second terminal to which a single-phase AC is input includes a third terminal, an AC/DC converter that converts a single-phase AC into a DC, an inverter that is PWM-controlled by a PWM signal to convert the DC into a three-phase AC, a controller that outputs a PWM signal to the inverter, and a detection circuit connected to the third terminal, in which the detection circuit outputs any one of a first detection signal, a second detection signal, and a third detection signal, and the controller outputs a PWM signal to be in a first rotation state when the detection circuit outputs the first detection signal, to be in a second rotation state when the detection circuit outputs the second detection signal, and to be in a third rotation state when the detection circuit outputs the third detection signal. |
| US12249939B2 |
Open winding motor driving device
A primary-side inverter is connected to three output terminals of six output terminals included in a motor with an open winding structure including windings of three independent phases and a secondary-side inverter is connected to the remaining three output terminals. Direct current power is supplied to the inverters, and a control device performs PWM control on the inverters by using a switching pattern in which the numbers of phases where each is turned on are equal, and in the switching pattern, ON of only an upper is continued in one phase from among the three phase outputs, OFF of only a lower is continued in another phase, and the upper and lower are alternately turned on and off such that mutual phases are opposite in the remaining one phase in one cycle of an electric angle of the motor over a plural carrier cycles in PWM control. |
| US12249937B2 |
Rotating electrical machine control system
A control part determines that a contactor is in an open state, based on a voltage at both ends of a smoothing capacitor and a current flowing through a direct-current power supply. In a state in which rotational speed is greater than or equal to a speed threshold value, the control part controls both inverters by shutdown control and brings both contactors into an open state. After the rotational speed reaches less than the speed threshold value, the control part controls a failure-side inverter by active short-circuit control, and drives a normal-side inverter using discharge torque of a smoothing capacitor. After eliminating an abnormal voltage state, the control part controls a normal contactor to a closed state and drives a rotating electrical machine by one of the inverters. |
| US12249929B2 |
Method for operating an inverter assembly and inverter assembly for carrying out the method
In a method for operating an inverter assembly and inverter assembly for carrying out the method, to reduce the risk of triggering a ground fault circuit interrupter, before feeding in the alternating voltage, the leakage capacitance to ground is determined at the DC input of each inverter, and which AC output is connected to which line of the supply network is determined, and, taking into consideration the leakage capacitance and a defined maximum leakage current and the connection situation at the AC output, the power units are asymmetrically modulated so that the amplitudes of the voltages at the AC outputs of the power units differ in size. The voltage with the greater amplitude comes about at the AC output of this power unit connected to the phase connection. The voltage with the lower amplitude comes about at the AC output of the power unit connected to the neutral conductor. |
| US12249926B2 |
Power conversion circuit energization unit
A power conversion circuit energization unit includes a bus bar module and a conductive fixing bolt. The bus bar module includes conductive P and N bus bars connected to a switch element in a power conversion device and an insulative terminal block on which the bus bars are located. The fixing bolt fixes the terminal block to a housing in which the switch element is housed. A head of the fixing bolt and the P bus bar are separated from each other in an axial direction along which a shaft of the fixing bolt extends while facing each other. |
| US12249925B2 |
Power supply and method of supplying power to load
A power supply includes an inverter configured to convert direct current (DC) power into alternating current (AC) power, an impedance matching circuit configured to supply the AC power to a load, and a controller configured to detect a delay time of an output voltage and an output current output to the impedance matching circuit and the load and to adjust a frequency of the output voltage according to the detected delay time. |
| US12249923B2 |
Power supply and method of supplying power to load
A power supply includes an inverter configured to convert direct current (DC) power into alternating current (AC) power, an impedance matching circuit configured to supply the AC power to a load, and a controller configured to detect a delay time of an output voltage and an output current output to the impedance matching circuit and the load and to adjust a frequency of the output voltage according to the detected delay time. |
| US12249920B2 |
Method for controlling a DC-DC converter for a two-way electrical storage battery charger
A control method for controlling the frequency of the input voltage of a DC-DC converter of a bidirectional electrical charger, operating in discharge mode, includes: defining a set voltage value, calculating a control frequency value of the DC-DC converter, obtained by inverting the gain of the DC-DC converter, as a function of an output battery voltage, a set input power, and the set input voltage; finely adjusting the DC bus by increasing/decreasing the frequency, and applying the control frequency thus calculated to the converter. |
| US12249917B2 |
Method and apparatus for over-current protection and CrCM control in power converters
A power converter includes an input coupled to an inductor, a first switch coupled to a first comparator, and a second switch coupled to a second comparator. The power converter also includes a pulse comparison counter coupled to the first comparator and the second comparator and a synchronous rectifier (SR) calculator coupled to the pulse comparison counter. The synchronous rectifier calculator is operable to modify a conduction time of the first switch during a first AC half-cycle and modify a conduction time of the second switch during a second AC half-cycle. |
| US12249914B2 |
Quick response switching power converter and conversion control circuit thereof
A conversion control circuit controls a power stage circuit of a switching power converter according to a first feedback signal and a second feedback signal, wherein the conversion control circuit includes an error amplifier circuit, a ramp signal generation circuit, a pulse width modulation circuit, and a quick response control circuit. The quick response control circuit performs a quick response control function, wherein the quick response control function includes: comparing the second feedback signal with at least one reference threshold to generate a quick response control signal; and when the second feedback signal crosses the reference threshold, adjusting a slope of a ramp signal according to the quick response control signal to accelerate an increase or decrease of the duty of a PWM signal, thereby accelerating the transient response of the switching power converter. |
| US12249913B2 |
Open-loop inductor current emulating circuit
An open-loop inductor current emulating circuit is provided. A current sensor circuit senses a current flowing through a first terminal of a low-side switch to output a current sensed signal. An emulation controller circuit outputs a plurality of charging current signals according to currents of a plurality of rising waveforms of the current sensed signal. The emulation controller circuit outputs a plurality of discharging current signals according to currents of a plurality of falling waveforms of the current sensed signal. A charging and discharging circuit generates a plurality of charging currents according to the charging current signals, and generates a plurality of discharging currents according to the discharging current signals. The charging and discharging circuit alternatively outputs the charging currents and the discharging currents to the capacitor to charge and discharge the capacitor multiple times, thereby achieving a purpose of emulating an inductor current. |
| US12249912B2 |
Power control device and power supply system using the same
A power control device comprising: a step-down converter configured to step down DC power supplied from a DC power source; a temperature sensor configured to detect a temperature of the step-down converter or a temperature correlated therewith; and a control device configured to control an operation of the step-down converter based on a target value for an output voltage of the step-down converter. The control device is configured to change the target value between at least two values in response to the temperature detected by the temperature sensor. |
| US12249904B2 |
Semiconductor module
A semiconductor module includes a first terminal configured to be fed with a first potential, a second terminal, a third terminal configured to be fed with a second potential lower than the first potential, a first switch connected between the first and second terminals, a second switch connected between the second and third terminals, a first driver configured to turn on and off the first switch, and a second driver configured to turn on and off the second switch. The first driver is configured to set, based on a voltage fed to the second terminal, an inhibition period in which the first switch is inhibited from being turned on. |
| US12249902B2 |
Power semiconductor module, power electronic assembly including one or more power semiconductor modules, and power conversion control circuit for a power semiconductor module
A module includes: an electrically insulative housing; a driver circuit enclosed in the housing and configured to drive a control terminal of a power switch; a wireless communication circuit enclosed in the housing and configured to receive, through the housing, wireless control information transmitted to the module; and a wireless energy receiver enclosed in the housing and configured to receive, through the housing, energy wirelessly transmitted to the module, and to supply power to the driver circuit. The driver circuit is configured to drive the control terminal of the power switch based on the wireless control information received by the wireless communication circuit. A power electronic assembly that incorporates one or more of the modules and a corresponding power conversion control circuit are also described. |
| US12249901B2 |
Adaptive switch driving
An apparatus is disclosed for adaptive switch driving. In an example aspect, the apparatus includes a switching circuit configured to selectively be in a first state that provides an input voltage as an output voltage, be in a second state that provides a ground voltage as the output voltage, or be in a third state that causes the output voltage to change from the input voltage to the ground voltage according to a slew rate. The third state enables the switching circuit to transition from the first state to the second state. The switching circuit is also configured to adjust the slew rate of the output voltage for the third state responsive to at least one of the following: a change in a magnitude of a direct-current supply voltage or a change in a magnitude of an input current. |
| US12249900B2 |
Control circuit, control chip and power supply device
A control circuit, a control chip and a power supply device are disclosed by the present invention. The control circuits are used for control of a constant-voltage closed-loop which causes a voltage of a voltage feedback signal obtained from an output voltage to approach a voltage of a reference voltage signal obtained from a base voltage and thereby achieves a constant-voltage output. In addition, when a sampled current obtained from an output current is higher than a predetermined current, or when output power is higher than a predetermined power, the control circuit increases the voltage feedback signal or decreases the reference voltage signal, causing the constant-voltage closed loop to decrease the output voltage and the output current and thereby achieving a limited output current and limited output power. |
| US12249898B2 |
Coolant supply system for an electrically operated vehicle axle
A coolant supply system for a drive device of an electrically operated vehicle axle with an electric machine which has a cylindrical stator housing, in which there is a winding head space axially on both sides of a rotor/stator arrangement, at the bottom of which coolant collects. The two winding head spaces are fluidly connected to one another via a coolant sump, and the stator housing height and the coolant sump height in the electric machine vertical direction add up to a total height. In order to reduce the total height, the coolant sump is offset by a transverse offset from a rotor axis vertical plane. In this way, the stator housing height and the coolant sump height can at least partially overlap in the vertical direction of the electric machine by an overlap amount. |
| US12249896B2 |
Power generation from vehicle wheel rotation
An energy system can store and provide energy to power a vehicle. The energy system can comprise a generator configured to generate an electrical output, a capacitor configured to receive the electrical output from the generator and store the electrical output as a capacitor energy, a battery configured to receive the capacitor energy from the capacitor, a diode electrically positioned between the capacitor and the battery and configured to convey the capacitor energy from the capacitor to the battery, and a roller configured to contact a wheel of the vehicle and to rotate about an axis in response to a rotation of the wheel to cause the generator to generate the electrical output. |
| US12249893B2 |
Electric machine assembly having an internal fan
An electric machine assembly includes a housing defining an inner cavity, a rotatable shaft extending through the inner cavity, and at least one electrical component positioned within the cavity. The electric machine assembly also includes an internal fan coupled to the shaft and positioned within the inner cavity such that rotation of the fan provides a cooling airflow to the at least one electrical component. |
| US12249890B2 |
Motor dust cover design and interface with coupling
A motor vehicle electric motor assembly includes a motor housing having an annular wall extending from a housing first end to an opposite housing second end about a central axis to bound a cavity. The housing first end has a base configured to support a bearing housing. A motor shaft extends along the central axis between a shaft first end and a shaft second end. A rotor is fixed to the shaft for rotation about the central axis. A stator is supported by the annular wall in radially spaced relation from the rotor. A bearing is fixed in the bearing housing to support the shaft first end for rotation about the central axis. An end cover assembly is fixed to the housing second end. The end cover assembly has a motor shaft opening with a periphery of the motor shaft opening supporting the shaft second end for rotation about the central axis. |
| US12249886B2 |
Generator field endwinding blocking
Generator field endwinding blocking is described. The endwinding blocking has a spacer block for radial placement between rotor endwindings. The spacer block has a spacer body with a radially inboard end, a radially outboard end, a slot extending from the outboard end towards the inboard end, and at least one transverse hole formed on an outer surface of the spacer body, extending in a perpendicular direction towards the slot. A cap covers at least a portion of the outboard end. The cap has a radially inward portion received in the slot with at least one hole aligned with the at least one traverse hole, and at least one end extending beyond a periphery of the outboard end towards an adjacent endwinding. A fastener placed in the holes of the spacer block and the radially inward portion of the cap, secures the cap with the spacer block. |
| US12249883B2 |
Electric component with resin dam for conductive winding slot
An electric component for an electric machine includes a body having slots defined therein, and a conductive winding extending out of axial end(s) of the slot(s). The electric component may include any electric machine component having conductive windings, e.g., a stator for a generator. The electric component includes a resin dam around the conductive winding at axial end(s) of the slot(s). The resin dam blocks liquid communication through at least a space between the conductive winding and an inner surface of the slot(s), during manufacture. The electric component also includes a (solidified) insulating resin in the slot(s) and against the resin dam(s) at the axial end(s) of the slot(s). Any number of the conductive windings and slots may include a resin dam, e.g., one, some or all. The resin dams ensure complete filling of the slots and encapsulation of the conductive windings. |
| US12249874B2 |
Electric motors
An electric motor has a stator defining multiple stator poles with associated electrical windings, and a rotor having multiple rotor poles. The rotor has flux barriers between adjacent rotor poles, the flux barriers each having a material with an electrical conductivity higher than the rotor pole material. The flux barriers are electrically isolated from one another external to the ferromagnetic material. Eddy currents are induced in the flux barrier to cause destructive interference of an impending magnetic field, such that the flux barrier effectively acts to inhibit magnetic flux during motor operation, which in some cases will result in a repulsive force that will act to increase an induced motive force on the rotor poles. |
| US12249873B2 |
Rotary electric machine
The rotary electric machine includes: a rotor core configured having electromagnetic steel sheets; a stator core having electromagnetic steel sheets; a magnet inserted in each of a plurality of through holes; and a magnetic end plate in contact with one or each of an end surface on one side in the axial direction of the rotor core and an end surface on another side in the axial direction of the rotor core, and having a single magnetic sheet or a plurality of magnetic sheets stacked in the axial direction, wherein heat generated from the magnetic end plate owing to eddy current that is generated in the magnetic end plate by magnetic flux from the stator core is equal to or lower than heat generated from the rotor core owing to eddy current that is generated in the rotor core by magnetic flux from the stator core. |
| US12249867B2 |
Rotary electrical device
A rotary electrical device includes a rotor having a hollow cylindrical shape or a solid cylindrical; and a stator having an annular shape and surrounding a rotation axis of the rotor. The stator includes a winding and a stator core constituted by a magnetic powder core. The stator core includes multiple cores facing each other with the winding interposed therebetween in an axial direction of the stator. One core of the multiple cores includes a yoke contacting another core, and one or more claw magnetic poles that protrude radially from the yoke toward the rotor. The one or more claw magnetic poles are alternately arranged with claw magnetic poles of the one other core. The yoke has a yoke surface parallel to the axial direction, contacting the other core. |
| US12249863B2 |
System and method for charging electronic devices in a controlled environment
A system, apparatus, and method are disclosed for providing electrical charge to residents of a controlled-environment facility. In an embodiment, a charging station may be provided in an area accessible to an inmate to allow charging of in an inmate smart device, such as a phone or tablet. In an embodiment, a portable charger may be provided to an inmate for charging a smart device. |
| US12249860B2 |
Compact multifunctional battery booster
A portable power pack having a housing, a rechargeable lithium battery positioned in the housing, a liquid crystal display (LCD), a wireless charging coil, a light emitting diode (LED) flash light, a universal serial bus (USB) port, a direct current (DC) port, and a power management circuit. The LCD can be positioned on the housing and configured to display a status of the portable power pack. The wireless charging coil can be positioned in or on the housing and configured to wirelessly couple with an external wireless charging coil of an external device through electromagnetic induction in accordance with, for example, the Qi wireless power transfer standard. The USB port supplies a charging current to charge a portable electronic device, while the DC port supplies a starting current to jump start an engine of a vehicle that is electrically coupled with an external battery. The power management circuit operatively coupled to the wireless charging coil and the rechargeable lithium battery and configured to output the charging current or the starting current. |
| US12249857B2 |
Electric energy management system with thermoelectric power supply conversion function
An electric energy management system with thermoelectric power supply conversion function includes a controller, multiple first battery modules, a second battery module and a connection switching module. Each first battery module includes a first battery and a thermoelectric unit. The multiple first battery modules and the second battery module supply power to high-voltage equipment and low-voltage equipment, respectively. Connection ends of the multiple thermoelectric units are connected to the connection switching module. When the first batteries are discharging, the controller controls the connection switching module to make the thermoelectric units connected in series between the two series connection ends for supplying electric energy to the second connection end of the second battery module. The thermoelectric unit converts the thermal energy generated by the first battery and provides it to the low-voltage device, thereby reducing the electrical energy that the second battery module outputs and improving energy utilization efficiency. |
| US12249856B2 |
Module for large scale energy storage
A module (100) for use in an energy storage system is provided, including a first terminal (110) and a second terminal (112); a supercapacitor branch (120) including an arrangement (122) of one or more supercapacitors (124), and a resistive bypass branch (130) including at least a first bypass switch (132) and a resistance (134) connected in series. The supercapacitor branch and the resistive bypass branch are connected in parallel between the first terminal and the second terminal. The module may further include a direct bypass branch (140) having a second bypass switch (142), the direct bypass branch being also connected in parallel with the supercapacitor branch (120) between the first and second terminals. A control method of such a module and an energy storage system including several such modules, are also provided. |
| US12249852B2 |
Cart gate
According to an embodiment, a cart gate for storage of carts that have a power reception device includes a pair of guides spaced from each other in a cart-width direction. The guides extend along a forward cart direction. A power transmission device is mounted on a portion of one of the guides. The power transmission device is configured to provide power, in a non-contact manner, to a power reception device on a cart that is between the pair of guides and at a predetermined cart storage position along the forward cart direction. The minimum distance between the guides in the cart-width direction is greater than a width of the cart, but the difference between the minimum distance and the width of the cart is less than or equal to a power transmitting range of the power transmission device. |
| US12249849B2 |
Wireless power transfer system and method of controlling a wireless power transfer system
A method of controlling a wireless power transfer system. The wireless power transfer system comprises an electromagnetic induction charger operable to emit electromagnetic radiation into an environment of the charger, motion sensor equipment operable to generate an output indicating whether or not a moving object is present in the environment, and a controller. The controller is configured to receive the output from the motion sensor equipment, determine whether the received output indicates that a moving object is present in a predefined region of the environment, and in response to a positive determination, prevent the charger from emitting electromagnetic radiation. |
| US12249844B2 |
Wireless power transmitting apparatus and method for wirelessly transmitting power by wireless power transmitting apparatus
The disclosure provides a wireless power transmitting apparatus and a method for wirelessly transmitting power by the wireless power transmitting apparatus. The wireless power transmitting apparatus according to an example embodiment comprises: a power amplifier; a coil connected to the power amplifier and configured to generate an electromagnetic field based on power received from the power amplifier; an impedance sensing circuit connected between the power amplifier and the coil; at least one auxiliary coil electromagnetically coupled to the coil; and a controller, wherein the controller may be configured to: identify a change in impedance, from a signal sensed through the impedance sensing circuit, and adjust an operation setting of the at least one auxiliary coil based on the identified change in impedance. |
| US12249840B2 |
Electronic device including battery
An electronic device according to an embodiment includes: a front plate forming a front surface of the electronic device, a back plate forming a rear surface of the electronic device, a support located between the front plate and the back plate and including a first surface facing the front plate and a second surface facing the back plate, the support having an opening formed through the first surface and the second surface, a display at least partially disposed on the first surface of the support, a first circuit board, at least a portion of which is disposed on the second surface of the support, the first circuit board including a rigid area that at least partially covers the opening, and a battery disposed in the opening of the support and having a size smaller than or substantially the same as a size of the opening when the first surface or the second surface of the support member is viewed from above, and the battery is at least partially attached to the rigid area. |
| US12249830B2 |
Planning apparatus, controlling apparatus, method, and recording medium for a hydrogen production system
The present invention provides a planning apparatus for creating an operation plan for a hydrogen production system including a hydrogen generation apparatus, comprising: an acquisition portion for acquiring a demand response from a power operator; and an operation planning portion for creating the operation plan based on the demand response before a target period of the operation plan and at least one of a electricity price, a demand amount of hydrogen and an amount of stored hydrogen before the target period. |
| US12249827B2 |
Converter assembly and method for operating a converter assembly
The invention relates to a converter assembly comprising at least two converters (7, 7′) and a control unit (1) connected to the converters (7, 7′), wherein the control unit (1) is designed, continuously or at discrete time intervals, to transmit to the converters (7, 7′) their permissible electrical power range, in particular their minimum power value Pmin and/or their maximum power value Pmax, to determine the current power balance of the individual converters (7, 7′) or to receive it from same, and to adjust the permissible electrical power range of the converters (7, 7′) in such a way that the power balance of the entire converter assembly does not leave a predefined range. The invention also relates to a method for operating a converter assembly of this type. |
| US12249824B2 |
DC electrical network and overcurrent protection system for a DC electrical network
The DC electrical network comprises an electrical load supplied with electricity by an electrical power source to which the electrical load is linked by a first electrical line and a second electrical line. An overcurrent protection system comprising an input pole and an output pole is mounted in series on the first electrical line. The overcurrent protection system comprises an electronic switch mounted in series between the input pole and the output pole, an electrical current sensor, and a controller configured to control the electronic switch. It also comprises an electronic device linked to the input pole and to the second electrical line. The controller is configured to command a conducting state of the electronic device when a current measurement from the electrical current sensor is above a predetermined current threshold, then to command an opening of the electronic switch. |
| US12249821B2 |
Plug-on service-entrance neutral device
A service-entrance plug-on neutral (SEPON) device having a conductive neutral sled having a line sled side and a load sled side configured to electrically couple with a neutral bus of a bus assembly of a switchboard or panelboard when the SEPON device is installed on the bus assembly; a lug assembly having one or more electrically conductive terminal lugs configured to receive line neutral current from an external source and to electrically couple to the line sled side; a movable neutral disconnect link movable into a connection position to establish electrical continuity between the line sled side and the load sled side and into a disconnection position to cause a discontinuity between the line sled side and the load sled side; and a main bonding jumper having first mounted to the line sled side and a second ends configured to be moved between a non-connected position and a ground position. |
| US12249820B2 |
Electric junction box
An electric junction box include a tubular frame portion having a main accommodating portion, and a cover portion attached to the frame portion so as to close an opening portion of the frame portion and having a through hole through which an electric wire coupled to the electronic component is inserted. The cover portion includes a first cover portion having a plate-shaped portion disposed to face an opening surface of the opening portion and a first side wall portion erected from a peripheral edge of the plate-shaped portion toward an opening edge of the opening portion, and a second cover portion having a second side wall portion disposed between at least a part of a erecting end of the first side wall portion and the opening edge of the opening portion and a sub accommodating portion provided inside the second side wall portion. |
| US12249813B2 |
Shutter mechanism for an electronic device
A shutter mechanism for a camera of an electronic device can include a slider mechanism that enables the shutter mechanism to operate between an open state in which a lens of the camera is exposed and a closed state that blocks the lens of the camera. The slider mechanism comprises a one or more slider appendages that operate the shutter mechanism between the open state and the closed state. Each of the one or more slider appendages slide along a horizontal axis in relation to a horizontal axis corresponding to the lens of the camera. |
| US12249807B2 |
Laser device and method for manufacturing a laser device
A laser device comprises a carrier, an optoelectronic component provided on the carrier, said component being designed to emit laser radiation, and an optical element designed to form the laser radiation emitted by the optoelectronic component, wherein: the optical element has a first layer that is at least partially transparent to the laser radiation, with a first refractive index, and a second layer that is at least partially transparent to the laser radiation, with a second refractive index; the first layer being applied to the optoelectronic component and having a surface with an imprinted structure; and the second layer is applied to the first layer, on the surface (24) having the imprinted structure. |
| US12249805B2 |
Fixing base, laser projection module, and electronic device
A laser projection module includes a fixing base, a light-emitting chip and an optical element. The fixing base has a first surface and a second surface opposite each other, and the second surface is a light-emitting surface. The fixing base has a first accommodation cavity, a second accommodation cavity and a third accommodation cavity that are sequentially arranged in a direction from the first surface to the second surface and communicated to each other. The fixing base is provided with a conduction line. The light-emitting chip is disposed on the first fixing surface of the fixing base and electrically connected to one terminal of the conduction line. The optical element is disposed on the second fixing surface of the fixing base. |
| US12249804B2 |
Optoelectronic component
The invention relates to an optoelectronic component comprising a housing, an optoelectronic semiconductor chip and an optical element. The housing comprises a lead frame which has two external electrical contact points and two contact portions. The housing also comprises a housing body in which the lead frame is embedded, wherein each contact portion extends laterally out of one of the external electrical contact points in each case to a mounting surface of the housing, and therefore contact surfaces of the contact portions are exposed on the mounting surface. An electrical contact structure of the optical element is electrically conductively connected to the contact surfaces of the contact portions. |
| US12249796B2 |
Electrical connector
An electrical connector includes an insulating body, a plurality of conductive terminals, a plurality of grounding terminals and two shielding elements. The plurality of the conductive terminals are mounted in the insulating body. The plurality of the grounding terminals are mounted in the insulating body. The plurality of the grounding terminals are located adjacent to two outer sides of the plurality of the conductive terminals. The two shielding elements are disposed at a front end of an upper surface and a front end of a lower surface of the insulating body. Each shielding element has a base frame. Two sides of a rear edge of the base frame are connected with two contact portions. The contact portions of the two shielding elements contact with the plurality of the grounding terminals. |
| US12249794B2 |
Connector having lever for promoting connection of housing and mating housing
A cover has a back wall facing the rear surface of a housing and a pair of facing walls projecting from the back wall and to be held on the housing. A lever is arranged rotatably along the outer surface of either one of the pair of facing walls. The pair of facing walls include, on outer surface sides, movement restricting portions arcuately extending in a rotating direction of the lever and capable of abutting on a surface of a detecting member on a detection position side before the housing and a mating housing are properly connected. The respective movement restricting portions on the outer surface sides of the both facing walls are point-symmetrically shaped with respect to a center position of the cover when the cover is viewed from behind. |
| US12249790B2 |
Plug-in connector element with locking device
A plug-in connector element with a locking device (14) for releasably locking on a plug partner (12), wherein the locking device has a plurality of locking hooks (16, 18) which are distributed on the circumference of a main body (10) and which are detented at a front end in the plug-in direction and are pivotable in a radial direction between a locking position and a release position, characterized in that the locking hooks (16, 18) are designed as structural parts which are separated from each other and from the main body (10) and which are mounted on the main body such that they are each tiltable about an axis running at right angles to the insertion direction and at right angles to the radial direction, and which, at the end opposite the detent, are each supported resiliently on the main body in the axial direction. |
| US12249789B2 |
Cable strain relief structure
A cable strain relief structure includes a conducting seat, a cable, a supporting element, and an insulating sleeve. The conducting seat includes an insulating body and a conducting element disposed in the insulating body. The cable passes through the insulating body and is electrically connected to the conducting element. The supporting element includes a plurality of ridges arranged spacedly and annularly on the outer periphery of the cable. The ridges are extended in the direction along the cable and away from the insulating body. The insulating sleeve covers the supporting element and is extended in the direction along the cable. |
| US12249787B2 |
Connector capable of suppressing rattling between housings
A connector is provided with a first housing, a second housing to be stacked on and coupled to the first housing and a mating housing to be connected to the first housing and the second housing. The mating housing includes a projecting portion to be arranged between first and second facing surfaces of the first housing and the second housing and capable of contacting the respective facing surfaces of the first housing and the second housing. |
| US12249782B2 |
Bushing guard with terminal adapter
A guard assembly includes a main body that is sized to fit around insulator bushing equipment and forms an opening, and a plurality of faceplates that are interchangeable to connect to the main body and cover at least a portion of the opening. |
| US12249781B2 |
Axially resilient pressing contact pin
An axially resilient press-in contact pin includes a metal body and an electrically conductive, elastic element. The metal body includes a pin-shaped section and a press-in spring. The press-in spring is on a first end of the pin-shaped section. The elastic element surrounds at least portions of the pin-shaped section and extends beyond a second end (i.e., free end region) of the pin-shaped section. |
| US12249780B2 |
Card edge connector
A card edge connector includes a housing configured to be mounted to a host circuit board and having a card slot at the front configured to receive a card edge of a module circuit card of the pluggable module. A contact assembly is received in a cavity of the housing having cable contacts arranged in an upper contact set and lower contact set. An upper ground bus bar is electrically connected to terminating ends of the ground contacts of the upper contact set and a lower ground bus bar is electrically connected to the ground contacts of the lower contact set. A ground element is coupled to the upper ground bus bar or the lower ground bus bar and includes a board termination component configured to be terminated to the host circuit board to electrically connect the corresponding ground bus bar to the host circuit board. |
| US12249779B2 |
Circuit board connection system, apparatus, and method
System for enabling circuit board surface-slot-edge connections. A main board includes a slot through its surfaces. At least one edge of the slot includes electrical contacts to the main board. An auxiliary board includes a connector component mounted on a surface that opposes a surface of the main board. When the connector component is aligned with the slot, the connector component can protrude vertically through the slot, in addition to moving laterally towards an edge of the slot. Electrical contacts on the edge of the slot can engage with electrical contacts in the connector component. This enables two boards to be arranged closely, without extending the main surface in an orthogonal or lateral direction, using a secure connection provided by a connector attached to the auxiliary board, rather than the main board. |
| US12249777B2 |
Ultra-wideband antenna device
An ultra-wideband antenna device includes a radiation metal body, a first slotted hole, a second slotted hole, a third slotted hole, a fourth slotted hole, a ground point, and a feeding source. The radiation metal body includes a first side edge and a second side edge opposite to each other and a third side edge and a fourth side edge opposite to each other, the first slotted hole extends inward from the first side edge, the second slotted hole extends inward from the second side edge, the third slotted hole extends inward from the third side edge, and the fourth slotted hole extends inward from the fourth side edge. The ground point is located at a middle position of the radiation metal body, and the feeding source is located on the radiation metal body and away from the middle position. |
| US12249775B2 |
Ultra-wide band antenna and related system
An ultra-wide band antenna is disclosed. The antenna generally includes a substrate having a top surface and a bottom surface. A first radiator having a positive polarization is disposed at the top surface, and a second radiator and a third radiator, each having a negative polarization, are disposed at the bottom surface. The first, second, and third radiators each have a minor portion and a major portion which are parallel with respect to each other. Size of each radiator in descending order from largest to smallest radiator is the second radiator, the first radiator, and the third radiator. |
| US12249773B1 |
Interleaved phased array antennas
Technologies directed to interleaved phased array antennas are described. One apparatus includes a support structure, a first phased array antenna, and a second phased array antenna. The first array antenna includes a first set of antenna elements disposed on a surface of the support structure. The first set of antenna elements is located within a perimeter of a first circular area. The second antenna includes a second set of antenna elements. The second set of antenna elements is located within a perimeter of a second circular area. The second circular area partially overlaps the first circular area. The majority of the second set of antenna elements are located outside the perimeter of the first circular area. A majority of the second set of antenna elements are located in the second circular area in the area not overlapped by the first circular area. |
| US12249771B2 |
Beam steering and nulling for a differentially segmented aperture antenna
A beam steering system includes a differentially segmented aperture antenna comprising a plurality of pyramid structures arranged in an array, and a plurality of elements formed in an array, each element being defined between two adjacent pyramid structures; phase conversion circuitry to determine a phase conversion for each element, the phase conversion for each element being based on an angle of a target with respect to the element, and an operating frequency of the DSA antenna; transmit phase shift circuitry to apply a phase difference for each element based on the phase conversion, the phase difference steering the signal to the target so that the signal interferes constructively; and receive phase shift circuitry to apply a phase difference for each element based on the phase conversion, causing the signal to interfere constructively for a signal of interest, and suppresses an unwanted signal by steering the signal into a null. |
| US12249770B2 |
Rotatable antennas
In one example in accordance with the present disclosure, an example computing device is disclosed. The example computing device includes a housing. The example computing device also includes a rotatable antenna disposed within the housing. The rotatable antenna is to rotate such that a direction of radiation is maintained in a single direction as the housing is to rotate. |
| US12249769B2 |
MIMO antenna system
A MIMO antenna system is disclosed. The system generally includes a substrate having a first antenna radiator and a second antenna radiator disposed on a first side thereof. The first antenna radiator is disposed on a first longitudinal half of the substrate and the second antenna radiator is disposed on a second longitudinal half of the substrate. The second antenna radiator is a mirror opposite of the first antenna radiator wherein the second antenna radiator comprises a horizontal offset relative to the first antenna radiator. The substrate comprises a middle portion having a plurality of apertures configured to receive a plurality of tabs from a ground plane wherein the ground plane is configured to couple to the substrate at a second side, opposite the first side. |
| US12249766B2 |
Wide bandwidth dual polarized array antenna using orthogonal feeding technique
The invention relates to a dual polarized wideband array antenna using orthogonal feeding technique to have a low profile and a cosecant squared beam. The array antenna includes three main parts: the element antennas, the orthogonal feeding structure and the feeding network. The spatially orthogonal feeding structure is a transition between the microstrip lines on element antennas and the striplines on the feeding network. The top layer of the feeding network operates as a ground plane for the array antenna. Due to the disparities between the stripline lengths, the phase parameters of element antennas are optimized to create a cosecant squared radiation pattern. |
| US12249760B2 |
Antenna system
As a non-limiting example, various aspects of this disclosure provide embodiments of antenna apparatus using monocone antennas for wireless communication. |
| US12249756B2 |
Electronic device and method comprising antenna
Disclosed is an electronic device comprising a housing, a display, an antenna structure and at least one wireless communication circuit. The at least one wireless communication circuit is configured so as to transmit and/or receive a signal having a frequency between 3 GHz and 100 GHz, and may be configured so as to transmit and/or receive, in a first operation, a first signal having a first frequency by using not all but at least one conductive plate among a plurality of first conductive plates and a plurality of second conductive plates, and transmit and/or receive, in a second operation, a second signal having a second frequency differing from the first frequency by using not all but at least one conductive plate among the plurality of second conductive plates and the plurality of first conductive plates. In addition, various embodiments are possible as identified in the specification. |
| US12249755B2 |
Antennaless wireless device capable of operation in multiple frequency regions
A radiating system comprises a radiating structure, first and second external ports, and a radiofrequency system. The radiating structure comprises a ground plane layer including a connection point, a single radiation booster including a connection point, and a first internal port defined between the connection points of the single radiation booster and the ground plane layer. The first and second external ports each provide operation in at least one frequency band. The radiofrequency system includes a first port connected to the first internal port of the radiating structure, and second and third ports respectively connected to the first and second external ports. |
| US12249752B2 |
Collapsible dielectric standoff
A compressible dielectric standoff configured to mount at least one antenna on a ground plane of an antenna assembly includes a ground plane end configured to contact the ground plane and at least one antenna end configured to contact the at least one antenna. The compressible dielectric standoff is movable between a compressed state in which the ground plane end is spaced apart from the at least one antenna end a first distance, and an expanded state in which the ground plane end is spaced apart from the at least one antenna end a second distance. The first distance is smaller than the second distance. |
| US12249750B2 |
Communication device with heat dissipation base
A communication device is provided. The communication device includes a heat dissipation case, a heat conductive member, a heat dissipation base, and a communication module. The heat conductive member is thermally connected to the heat dissipation case, and the heat dissipation base is pivotally connected to the heat conductive member. The heat dissipation base is thermally connected to the heat conductive member and is adapted to be rotated between a first orientation and a second orientation relative to the heat conductive member. The communication module is affixed to the heat dissipation base. |
| US12249748B2 |
Edge capacitive coupling for quantum chips
A quantum computing chip device provides an edge based capacitive, intra-chip connection. A first chip includes a first signal line with a distal end positioned proximate to or on an edge of the first chip and a proximal end positioned away from the edge of the first chip. A second chip includes a second signal line with a distal end positioned proximate to or on an edge of the second chip and a proximal end positioned away from the edge of the second chip. The first signal line and the second signal line are configured to conduct a signal. The second signal line of the second chip is disposed in alignment for a capacitive bus connection to the first signal line of the first chip. |
| US12249746B2 |
Enclosed fuel cell stack row
Solid polymer electrolyte fuel cell stacks require a significant nominal compressive loading for proper operation and sealing. This loading is typically provided using relatively thick end plates and tight straps. In certain fuel cell applications, one or more solid polymer electrolyte fuel cell stacks are secured in larger enclosures (e.g. for isolation and crashworthiness in automotive applications). The enclosures however can themselves be sturdy enough to provide the necessary loading on the fuel cell stacks within. The present invention takes advantage of that to allow for use of thinner end plates and/or weaker straps which would otherwise be insufficient for use. |
| US12249743B2 |
Method for controlling humidity in a fuel cell
A method for controlling humidity in a fuel cell, wherein hydrogen is fed at a nominal pressure to the inlet of the cell, characterized in that at predetermined periodicity the following steps are repeated: instruction is given to open a hydrogen purge valve arranged on the outlet of the anode circuit; the pressure of hydrogen is measured at the inlet to the anode circuit of the cell, and the measured value is compared with a threshold pressure value; the purge valve is closed when the measured pressure is equal to or lower than the predetermined threshold pressure value; the opening time of the purge valve is measured; and the humidity level prevailing at the cathode of the cell is inferred therefrom. |
| US12249737B2 |
Lithium battery cell and manufacturing method thereof
A lithium battery cell includes an upper cover module, a first battery electrode group, a second battery electrode group, and a plurality of first electrode connection straps. The first electrode connection straps are stacked together and have the same width and length. A first end of the first electrode connection straps is welded to a first tab, a second end of the first electrode connection straps is welded to a second tab, and a middle part of the first electrode connection straps is welded to a first electrode terminal. An even number of first bending parts are formed between the middle part and the first end, and an even number of second bending parts are formed between the middle part and the second end, and the first bending parts and the second bending parts are symmetrical to each other. Furthermore, a lithium battery cell manufacturing method is also disclosed therein. |
| US12249736B2 |
Busbar module
A busbar module includes: a plurality of busbars that are fixed to a plurality of battery cells of a battery module including the plurality of battery cells; and a plate-like flexible circuit body that includes a plurality of connection conductors corresponding to the plurality of busbars, in which the circuit body includes a trunk portion extending in a first direction in which the plurality of battery cells are arranged, and a plurality of branch portions branching from the trunk portion and connected to the busbars, the circuit body includes a first circuit layer and a second circuit layer, and the branch portion has a thin portion composed of any one of the first circuit layer and the second circuit layer, and connects the trunk portion and the busbar in a state where the thin portion is flexurally deformed. |
| US12249735B2 |
Secondary battery
Provided is a secondary battery including an electrode assembly and an electrolyte enclosed in an exterior case. The electrode assembly includes a positive electrode, a negative electrode, and a separator disposed between the positive electrode and the negative electrode. The secondary battery includes a spacer positioned between the electrode assembly and the exterior case. The electrode assembly includes a positive electrode current collecting tab and a negative electrode current collecting tab protruding from the electrode assembly. The spacer includes a first recess for the positive electrode current collecting tab and a second recess for the negative electrode current collecting tab at an outer edge in plain view, and the first recess and the second recess are provided with a separation portion interposed therebetween. |
| US12249733B2 |
Battery module and battery pack including the same
The battery module includes a module frame into which a battery cell stack, in which a plurality of battery cells are stacked, is inserted, and an end plate that covers front and rear surfaces of the battery cell stack and is coupled to the module frame, wherein a terminal busbar opening and a connector opening are formed on the end plate, and a venting part is formed at a lower end of the end plate spaced apart from the terminal busbar opening and the connector opening. |
| US12249731B2 |
Battery module, battery pack, and apparatus using battery cell as power supply
The present application relates to the technical field of energy storage devices, in particular to a battery module, a battery pack, and an apparatus using a battery cell as a power supply, the battery module comprising: a plurality of battery cells, stacked along a length direction; a cover plate, located at an end portion of the battery cells along a height direction; and a wire harness isolation plate assembly, located between the cover plate and the battery cells along the height direction, where the cover plate is plug-connected to the wire harness isolation plate assembly. The solutions of the present application helps to increase energy density of the battery module through reducing the thickness of the cover plate and the wire harness isolation plate assembly while simultaneously improving the connecting reliability of the cover plate and the wire harness isolation plate assembly. |
| US12249726B2 |
Method for manufacturing a co-axial glass-to-metal seal for a case-neutral electrochemical cell
A case-neutral electrochemical cell has an electrode assembly comprising a separator positioned between an anode and a cathode housed inside a casing. The casing supports a co-axial glass-to-metal seal (GTMS) comprising an inner insulating glass hermetically sealed to a terminal pin and to the inner annular surface of an inner ferrule. An outer insulating glass is hermetically sealed to the outer annular surface of the inner ferrule and the inner annular surface of an outer ferrule. The outer ferrule is secured to an opening in the casing. Two methods are described for manufacturing a co-axial GTMS depending on the melting temperatures of the inner and outer insulating glasses. Then, one of the anode and the cathode is connected to the terminal pin and the other of the anode and the cathode is connected to the inner ferrule. An electrolyte is provided in the casing to activate the electrode assembly. |
| US12249723B2 |
Battery, electric device, and method and device for preparing battery cell
Embodiments provide a battery, an electric device, and a method and a device for preparing battery cell, featuring a higher space utilization. The battery includes: a plurality of battery cells, where the plurality of battery cells are arranged in a first direction, a first region on an edge of a first surface of each of the plurality of battery cells is recessed to form a first recess, a first electrode terminal of each of the battery cells is protrusively provided on a second surface of the battery cell, the first surface and the second surface are perpendicular to the first direction, and the plurality of battery cells include a first battery cell and a second battery cell that are adjacent; and a first busbar configured to connect first electrode terminals of the adjacent first battery cell and second battery cell. |
| US12249722B2 |
Metal-loaded catalyst, battery electrode and battery
A metal-supported catalyst, a battery electrode, and a battery, each having both excellent catalytic activity and durability. The metal-supported catalyst includes: a carbon carrier; and catalyst metal particles each containing a noble metal supported on the carbon carrier, wherein a volume of first pores each having a diameter of 0.5 nm or more and 2.0 nm or less per unit weight of the carbon carrier is 0.20 (cm3/g-carrier) or more, wherein a volume of second pores each having a diameter of more than 2.0 nm and 4.0 nm or less per unit weight of the carbon carrier is 0.20 (cm3/g-carrier) or more, and wherein a ratio of a content (wt %) of the noble metal measured by X-ray photoelectron spectroscopy, to a content (wt %) of the noble metal measured by inductively coupled plasma mass spectrometry, is 0.35 or more and 0.75 or less. |
| US12249721B2 |
Additive application of microporous layer onto gas diffusion layer
A fuel cell including a catalyst layer configured to generate liquid water in response to a reactant being in contact therewith. The fuel cell includes a microporous layer having a first region with a first pore size and a second region disposed adjacent to the first region having a second pore size. The first pore size being greater than the second pore size. The microporous layer being configured to transfer the liquid water away from the catalyst layer, such that the liquid water from the catalyst layer enters the first region in response to a capillary pressure of the liquid water being greater than a first capillary pressure. The liquid water enters the second region in response to a capillary pressure of the liquid water being greater than a second capillary pressure. The first capillary pressure being different from the second capillary pressure. |
| US12249718B2 |
Negative electrode and secondary battery including negative electrode
A negative electrode includes a negative electrode active material layer, wherein the negative electrode active material layer includes a negative electrode active material and a conductive material. The negative electrode active material includes SiOx (0≤x<2) particles and the conductive material includes secondary particles in which a portion of one graphene sheet is connected to a portion of an adjacent graphene sheet and a carbon nanotube structure in which 2 to 5,000 single-walled carbon nanotube units are coupled to each other, wherein the oxygen content of the secondary particles is 1 wt % to 10 wt % based on the total weight of the secondary particles, the specific surface area of the secondary particles measured by a nitrogen adsorption BET method is 500 m2/g to 1100 m2/g, and the carbon nanotube structure is included in the negative electrode active material layer in an amount of an 0.01 wt % to 1.0 wt %. |
| US12249711B2 |
Positive-electrode active material for lithium-ion secondary battery and lithium-ion secondary battery
A positive-electrode active material for a lithium-ion secondary battery, wherein an average pore size of the positive-electrode active material is 0.2 μm to 1.0 μm when a pore size is measured in a range of 0.0036 μm to 400 μm. |
| US12249708B2 |
Positive electrode active material for nonaqueous electrolyte secondary battery, method for producing the same, positive electrode mixture paste for nonaqueous electrolyte secondary battery, and nonaqueous electrolyte secondary battery
The positive electrode active material for a nonaqueous electrolyte secondary battery contains a lithium-nickel composite oxide represented by a general formula: LiaNi1−x−yCoxMyO2+α (where 0.01≤x≤0.35, 0≤y≤0.10, 0.95≤a≤1.10, and 0≤α≤0.2; and M is at least one element selected from Mn, V, Mg, Mo, Nb, Ti, and Al) and a boron compound. At least part of the boron compound is present on the surface of the lithium-nickel composite oxide in the form of Li3BO3 and LiBO2, and a mass ratio (Li3BO3/LiBO2) between Li3BO3 and LiBO2 is at least 0.005 and up to 10. Boron is contained in an amount of at least 0.011% by mass and up to 0.6% by mass relative to the entire amount of the positive electrode active material. |
| US12249707B2 |
Mono-grain cathode materials
Methods of making such compounds, powders, and cathode active materials are described. The powders are formed of particles with specific properties: a particle size distribution with a D50 ranging from 10 μm to 20 μm, a D10 less than 8 μm, and a D99 of the particles ranges from 25 μm to 35 μm. The final compound is represented by the Formula Liα(Co1-x-y-zMnxMezAly)Oδ, wherein 0.95<α<1.05, x≤1.00, 0 |
| US12249702B2 |
Method for manufacturing a secondary battery
An electrode assembly comprises: a first unit electrode in which a plurality of first electrodes entirely made of a first electrode mixture having a solid shape are connected to each other; a second unit electrode in which a plurality of second electrodes entirely made of a second electrode mixture having a solid shape are connected to each other; a separator interposed between the first unit electrode and the second unit electrode; and an electrode tab comprising a plurality of first electrode tab provided on the first unit electrode and a plurality of second electrode tab provided on the second unit electrode. |
| US12249696B2 |
Battery protection apparatus and battery system including the same
A battery protection apparatus including: a fuse element on a current path between a battery module and an external load to block the current path; and an ignition switch configured to receive an operating voltage from the battery module or a capacitor charged by the battery module, to ignite the fuse element. |
| US12249695B2 |
Battery control device, battery control method, operation management system, and operation management method
A battery control device includes: a charging/discharging control unit; an outside air temperature acquiring unit; and a state-of-charge upper limit setting unit setting a state-of-charge upper limit which is an upper limit of the management range of the state of charge when the acquired outside air temperature is lower than a predetermined air temperature to a low-temperature state-of-charge upper limit which is lower than the state-of-charge upper limit when the outside air temperature is higher than the predetermined air temperature. The battery control device further includes a state-of-charge lower limit setting unit setting a state-of-charge lower limit when the acquired outside air temperature is lower than the predetermined air temperature to a low-temperature state-of-charge lower limit which is lower than the state-of-charge lower limit when the outside air temperature is higher than the predetermined air temperature. |
| US12249687B2 |
All solid state battery
A main object of the present disclosure is to provide an all solid state battery capable of decreasing the heating value. The present disclosure achieves the object by providing an all solid state battery comprising a cathode layer, an anode layer, and a solid electrolyte layer formed between the cathode layer and the anode layer, and the cathode layer includes a complex cathode active material containing a spinel type active material, and a lithium oxide layer coating a surface of the spinel type active material; and a halide solid electrolyte containing an X element wherein X is a halogen, as a main component of an anion, and the anode layer includes a Si based anode active material. |
| US12249674B2 |
Display device
A display device includes a first electrode extending in a first direction; a second electrode extending in the first direction and spaced apart from, in a second direction, the first electrode; a light-emitting element having a shape extending in a direction and between the first and second electrodes such that the direction is parallel to the second direction; a first contact electrode having a shape extending in a third direction and having at least a portion on the first electrode; and a second contact electrode having a shape extending in the third direction, spaced apart from, in a fourth direction, the first contact electrode, and having at least a portion on the second electrode, the first contact electrode electrically contacts a side of the light-emitting element, and the second contact electrode electrically contacts another side of the light-emitting element. |
| US12249673B2 |
Light-emitting device and display apparatus including the same
Provided is a light-emitting device including a body including a first semiconductor layer, an active layer, and a second semiconductor layer, a first electrode and a second electrode provided on a first surface of the body, the first electrode and the second electrode being in contact with the first semiconductor layer and the second semiconductor layer, respectively, and a third electrode and a fourth electrode provided on a second surface of the body, the third electrode and the fourth electrode being in contact with the first semiconductor layer and the second semiconductor layer, respectively. |
| US12249668B2 |
Multijunction solar cells
A multijunction solar cell including an upper first solar subcell having a first band gap and positioned for receiving an incoming light beam; and a second solar subcell disposed below and adjacent to and lattice matched with said upper first solar subcell, and having a second band gap smaller than said first band gap; wherein at least one of the solar subcells has a graded band gap throughout the thickness of at least a portion of its emitter layer and base layer. |
| US12249665B2 |
Methods, systems, and apparatuses for producing, generating and utilizing power and energy
According to at least one exemplary embodiment a heliostat driven reactor may be provided. The heliostat driven reactor may include one or more photonic collectors that collect photonic energy and disperses photonic energy, one or more mirrors which concentrate the photonic energy dispersed by the one or more photonic collectors, one or more gain mediums which receive, on one or more absorption faces, the photonic energy dispersed by the photonic energy collector and the photonic energy concentrated by the one or more mirrors, and/or a photoelectric material which receives photonic energy from the one or more gain mediums and converts the photonic energy into electrical energy. |
| US12249660B2 |
Semiconductor device
A semiconductor device includes first and second insulating films and a semiconductor part. The semiconductor part is provided on the first insulating film and surrounded by the second insulating film. The semiconductor part includes first and fourth semiconductor layers of a first conductivity type, second and third semiconductor layers of a second conductivity type, and first to third contact regions provided respectively on the second to fourth semiconductor layer. The second to fourth semiconductor layers are arranged in a first direction on the first semiconductor layer. The fourth semiconductor layer is provided between the second and third semiconductor layers. The first and second contact regions being provided with first distances to the second insulating film in a second direction crossing the first direction. The first distances are less than a second distance in the second direction from the third contact region to the second insulating film. |
| US12249658B2 |
Semiconductor memory device and fabrication method thereof
A control gate is formed on the substrate. A source diffusion region is formed in the substrate and on a first side of the control gate. A select gate is formed on the source diffusion region. The select gate has a recessed top surface. A charge storage structure is formed under the control gate. A first spacer is formed between the select gate and the control gate and between the charge storage structure and the select gate. A wordline gate is formed on a second side of the control gate opposite to the select gate. A second spacer is formed between the wordline gate and the control gate. A drain diffusion region is formed in the substrate and adjacent to the wordline gate. |
| US12249655B2 |
Method for manufacturing thin film transistor, and electronic device
Disclosed are a thin film transistor (TFT) including an oxide semiconductor layer capable of being applied to high-resolution flat panel display devices requiring high-speed driving, a gate driver including the TFT, and a display device including the gate driver. The TFT includes first oxide semiconductor layer consisting of indium-gallium-zinc-tin oxide (IGZTO) and a second oxide semiconductor layer including indium-gallium-zinc oxide (IGZO). A content ratio (Ga/In) of gallium (Ga) to indium (In) of the second oxide semiconductor layer is higher than a content (Ga/In) of Ga to In of the first oxide semiconductor layer, and a content ratio (Zn/In) of zinc (Zn) to In of the second oxide semiconductor layer is higher than a content (Zn/In) of Zn to In of the first oxide semiconductor layer. |
| US12249645B2 |
Laterally diffused metal oxide semiconductor device and manufacturing method therefor
A laterally diffused metal-oxide-semiconductor (LDMOS) device and a method of manufacturing the LDMOS device are disclosed. The method includes: obtaining a substrate with a drift region formed thereon, the drift region having a first conductivity type and disposed on the substrate of a second conductivity type; etching the drift region to form therein a sinking structure, the sinking structure includes at least one of an implanting groove and an implanting hole; implanting ions of the second conductivity type at the bottom of the sinking structure; forming a buried layer of the second conductivity type by causing diffusion of the ions of the second conductivity type using a thermal treatment; and filling an electrical property modification material into the sinking structure, the electrical property modification material differs from the material of the drift region. |
| US12249641B1 |
Photon number resolving detector with thermal diode
The various embodiments described herein include methods, devices, and systems for fabricating and operating diodes. In one aspect, an electrical circuit includes: (1) a diode component having a particular energy band gap; (2) an electrical source electrically coupled to the diode component and configured to bias the diode component in a particular state; and (3) a heating component thermally coupled to a junction of the diode component and configured to selectively supply heat corresponding to the particular energy band gap. |
| US12249640B2 |
Conformal transfer doping method for Fin-like field effect transistor
Doping techniques for fin-like field effect transistors (FinFETs) are disclosed herein. An exemplary method includes forming a fin structure, forming a doped amorphous layer over a portion of the fin structure, and performing a knock-on implantation process to drive a dopant from the doped amorphous layer into the portion of the fin structure, thereby forming a doped feature. The doped amorphous layer includes a non-crystalline form of a material. In some implementations, the knock-on implantation process crystallizes at least a portion of the doped amorphous layer, such that the portion of the doped amorphous layer becomes a part of the fin structure. In some implementations, the doped amorphous layer includes amorphous silicon, and the knock-on implantation process crystallizes a portion of the doped amorphous silicon layer. |
| US12249638B2 |
Non-volatile memory systems based on single nanoparticles for compact and high data storage electronic devices
There is provided a structure of a nano memory system. The disclosed unit nano memory cell comprises a single isolated nanoparticle placed on the surface of a semiconductor substrate (301) and an adjacent nano-Schottky contact (303). The nanoparticle works as a storage site where the nano-Schottky contact (303) works as a source or a drain of electrons, in or out of the semiconductor substrate (301), at a relatively small voltage. The electric current through the nano-Schottky contact (303) can be turned on (reading 1) or off (reading 0) by charging or discharging the nanoparticle. Since the electric contact is made by a nano-Scottky contact (303) on the surface and the back contact of the substrate (301), and the charge is stored in a very small nanoparticle, this allows to attain the ultimate device down-scaling. This would also significantly increase the number of nano memory cells on a chip. Moreover, the charging and discharging (writing/erasing), as well as the reading voltages are lower than those needed for CMOS based flash memory cells, due to the small nano-Schottky contact (301) and the small size of the nanoparticle for charge storage. |
| US12249634B2 |
Vertical-conduction silicon carbide MOSFET device having improved gate biasing structure and manufacturing process thereof
A vertical-conduction MOSFET device formed in a body of silicon carbide having a first and a second face and a peripheral zone. A drain region, of a first conductivity type, extends in the body between the two faces. A body region, of a second conductivity type, extends in the body from the first face, and a source region, having the first conductivity type, extends to the inside of the body region from the first face of the body. An insulated gate region extends on the first face of the body and comprises a gate conductive region. An annular connection region, of conductive material, is formed within a surface edge structure extending on the first face of the body, in the peripheral zone. The gate conductive region and the annular connection region are formed by a silicon layer and by a metal silicide layer overlying the silicon layer. |
| US12249632B2 |
Semiconductor memory device, method of manufacturing the same, and electronic device including the same
A method of manufacturing a semiconductor memory device is provided. The method include: providing a stack of a sacrificial layer, a first source/drain layer, a channel layer, and a second source/drain layer on a substrate; defining a plurality of pillar-shaped active regions arranged in rows and columns in the first source/drain layer, the channel layer, and the second source/drain layer; removing the sacrificial layer and forming a plurality of bit lines extending below the respective columns of active regions in a space left by the removal of the sacrificial layer; forming gate stacks around peripheries of the channel layer in the respective active regions; and forming a plurality of word lines between the respective rows of active regions, wherein each of the word lines is electrically connected to the gate stacks of the respective memory cells in a corresponding one of the rows. |
| US12249630B2 |
Method for manufacturing a grid
A grid is manufactured with a combination of ion implant and epitaxy growth. The grid structure is made in a SiC semiconductor material with the steps of a) providing a substrate comprising a doped semiconductor SiC material, said substrate comprising a first layer (n1), b) by epitaxial growth adding at least one doped semiconductor SiC material to form separated second regions (p2) on the first layer (n1), if necessary with aid of removing parts of the added semiconductor material to form separated second regions (p2) on the first layer (n1), and c) by ion implantation at least once at a stage selected from the group consisting of directly after step a), and directly after step b); implanting ions in the first layer (n1) to form first regions (p1). It is possible to manufacture a grid with rounded corners as well as an upper part with a high doping level. It is possible to manufacture a component with efficient voltage blocking, high current conduction, low total resistance, high surge current capability, and fast switching. |
| US12249629B2 |
Field plate structure for high voltage device
Various embodiments of the present disclosure are directed towards an integrated chip comprising a gate electrode disposed on a substrate between a pair of source/drain regions. A dielectric layer is over the substrate. A field plate is disposed on the dielectric layer and laterally between the gate electrode and a first source/drain region in the pair of source/drain regions. The field plate comprises a first field plate layer and a second field plate layer. The second field plate layer extends along sidewalls and a bottom surface of the first field plate layer. The first and second field plate layers comprise a conductive material. |
| US12249621B2 |
Semiconductor structure with dielectric fin feature
Semiconductor structures and methods for manufacturing the same are provided. The semiconductor structure includes a substrate and first channel structures and second channel structures formed over the substrate. The semiconductor structure also includes a dielectric fin structure formed between the first channel structures and the second channel structures. In addition, the dielectric fin structure includes a core portion and first connecting portions connected to the core portion. The semiconductor structure also includes a gate structure including a first portion. In addition, the first portion of the gate structure is formed around the first channel structures and covers the first connecting portions of the dielectric fin structure. |
| US12249617B2 |
Display panel and display device
A display apparatus includes a display panel on which a plurality of pixels are displayed, a plurality of signal lines to which a signal required to drive the display panel is supplied, and an electrostatic discharge circuit connected between each of the plurality of signal lines and the electrostatic discharge line, and the electrostatic discharge circuit includes first and second current paths between the signal line and the electrostatic discharge line, a first electrostatic discharge circuit connected to the first current path, including a plurality of first thin film transistors having a first gate electrode connected to the second current path and a second gate electrode connected to the first current path, and a second electrostatic discharge circuit connected to the second current path, including at least one second thin film transistor having a first gate electrode connected to the first current path and a second gate electrode connected to the first current path. |
| US12249615B2 |
Image sensor with a device isolation structure enclosing a plurality of pixels including an opening in plan view
An image sensor includes a substrate having a plurality of unit pixels, a photoelectric device portion and a storage device portion disposed in the substrate and constituting the plurality of unit pixels, a device isolation structure disposed in the substrate and partitioning the plurality of unit pixels, and an overflow gate providing an overflow path between the photoelectric device portion and the storage device portion according to a certain voltage, wherein the device isolation structure is partially opened at a boundary between the photoelectric device portion and the storage device portion. |
| US12249612B2 |
Fingerprint recognition module and driving method thereof, and display apparatus
A fingerprint recognition module is disclosed, and including: a base substrate; a driving circuit layer disposed on a side of the base substrate, and including a plurality of driving transistors arranged in an array; a first insulating layer disposed on a side of the driving circuit layer facing away from the base substrate, and including a plurality of first via holes running through the first insulating layer in a thickness direction of the first insulating layer; a plurality of photoelectric converters disposed on a side of the first insulating layer facing away from the driving circuit layer, and in contact with first electrodes of the plurality of driving transistors through the plurality of first via holes in one-to-one correspondence; a second insulating layer disposed on a side of the first insulating layer facing away from the base substrate. |
| US12249608B2 |
Method for manufacturing semiconductor structure and semiconductor structure thereof
A semiconductor structure is provided. The semiconductor structure includes an interconnection structure, a first transistor, and a second transistor. The interconnection structure includes a first metal line layer, a second metal line layer and a third metal line layer arranged over one another. The first transistor includes a gate structure. The second transistor is disposed adjacent to the first transistor, and includes a source/drain structure. The gate structure of the first transistor is disposed over and electrically connected to the first metal line layer, and the source/drain structure of the second transistor is arranged below and electrically connected to the second metal line layer through the third metal line layer. A manufacturing method of a semiconductor structure is also provided. |
| US12249607B2 |
Semiconductor structure
Provided are a semiconductor structure and a manufacturing method thereof. The semiconductor structure includes a carrier substrate, a trap-rich layer, a dielectric layer, an interconnect structure, a device structure layer and a circuit structure. The trap-rich layer is disposed on the carrier substrate. The dielectric layer is disposed on the trap-rich layer. The interconnect structure is disposed on the dielectric layer. The device structure layer is disposed on the interconnect structure and electrically connected to the interconnect structure. The circuit structure is disposed on the device structure layer and electrically connected to the device structure layer. |
| US12249605B2 |
Ternary inverter and method of manufacturing the same
Provided are an inverter including a first source and drain, an interlayer insulating film on the first source, a second source on the interlayer insulating film, a second drain on the first drain, a first channel between the first source and drain, a second channel over the first channel between the second source and drain, a gate insulating film covering outer surfaces of the first and second channel, a part of a surface of the first source in the direction to the first drain, a part of a surface of the second source in the direction to the second drain, a part of a surface of the first drain in the direction to the first source, and a part of a surface of the second drain in the direction to the second source, and a gate electrode between the first source and drain and between the second source and drain. |
| US12249603B2 |
Resistor structures of integrated circuit devices including stacked transistors and methods of forming the same
Resistor structures of stacked devices and methods of forming the same are provided. The, resistor structures may include a substrate, an upper semiconductor layer that may be spaced apart from the substrate in a vertical direction, a lower semiconductor layer that may be between the substrate and the upper semiconductor layer, and first and second resistor contacts that may be spaced apart from each other in a horizontal direction. At least one of the upper semiconductor layer, the lower semiconductor layer, and a portion of the substrate may contact the first and second resistor contacts. |
| US12249601B2 |
Integrated circuit device, method, layout, and system
An IC device includes a transistor including a gate structure between first and second active areas, a first S/D metal portion overlying the first active area, and a second S/D metal portion overlying the second active area. A load resistor including a third S/D metal portion is positioned on a dielectric layer and in a same layer as the first and second S/D metal portions. A first via overlies the first S/D metal portion, second and third vias overlie the third S/D metal portion, and a first conductive structure is configured to electrically connect the first via to the second via. |
| US12249598B2 |
Integrated assemblies comprising vertically-stacked decks with interconnected conductive lines
Some embodiments include an integrated assembly having a base supporting first circuitry and first conductive lines. The first conductive lines extend along a first direction and are associated with the first circuitry. A deck is over the base and supports an array of memory cells and second conductive lines which are associated with the array of memory cells. The second conductive lines extend along a second direction which is substantially orthogonal to the first direction. Vertical interconnects extend from the deck to the base and couple the first conductive lines to the second conductive lines. Each of the vertical interconnects couples one of the first conductive lines to one of the second conductive lines. Each of the second conductive lines is coupled with only one of the first conductive lines. |
| US12249597B2 |
Display device and display unit
A display device with a connection carrier and a plurality of pixels, which are drivable via row lines and column lines, is specified. The row lines and the column lines are arranged on the connection carrier. At least one row line is interrupted at an imaginary crossing point with a column line on the connection carrier. A bridging component is arranged on the connection carrier, which bridges the row line at the imaginary crossing point in an electrically conductive manner. |
| US12249596B2 |
Display device and manufacturing method thereof
A display device is provided. The display device includes a substrate, a plurality of self-emissive devices provided at a front surface of the substrate, a molding layer configured to cover at least a portion of the front surface of the substrate and at least a portion of the plurality of self-emissive devices, the molding layer comprising at least one uneven portion, and a polarizing member spaced apart from a front surface of the molding layer so as to not adhere optically with the molding layer. |
| US12249595B2 |
Semiconductor light emitting device and method for manufacturing the same
The present disclosure relates to a semiconductor light emitting device and a method for manufacturing the same. The semiconductor light emitting device comprises: one or more light emitting units, each including a first semiconductor layer, an active layer and a second semiconductor layer sequentially formed on a growth substrate; an electrode unit including a first semiconductor layer having a first conductivity and a metal layer formed on the first semiconductor layer; and one or more bonding layers for electrically connecting to the light emitting units and electrode unit, respectively, wherein each bonding layer has a first region on which the light emitting units and the electrode unit are arranged, and a second region having a larger planar area than that of the first region and being electrically connected to an external substrate. |
| US12249593B2 |
Electronic device
An electronic device includes an interconnect layer, a second chip and a third chip provided on a first side of the interconnect layer, and a first chip provided on a second side of the interconnect layer. The interconnect layer includes conductive members connecting between the first chip and the second chip, and connecting between the first chip and the third chip, respectively. The interconnect layer does not include a conductive member directly connecting between the second chip and the third chip. |
| US12249592B2 |
Dynamic bonding gap control and tool for wafer bonding
A method includes placing a first wafer on a first wafer stage, placing a second wafer on a second wafer stage, and pushing a center portion of the first wafer to contact the second wafer. A bonding wave propagates from the center portion to edge portions of the first wafer and the second wafer. When the bonding wave propagates from the center portion to the edge portions of the first wafer and the second wafer, a stage gap between the top wafer stage and the bottom wafer stage is reduced. |
| US12249591B2 |
Display device and method of manufacturing the same
A display device and a manufacturing method thereof are provided. The display device includes a display panel, a circuit board, and a conductive adhesive member. The display panel includes a display area and a non-display area adjacent to the display area. The circuit board overlaps the non-display area and is connected to the display panel. The conductive adhesive member is between and electrically connects the circuit board and the display panel. The circuit board includes: a base layer including a pad area; circuit pads overlapping the pad area and on the base layer, the circuit pads being spaced apart in a plan view and arranged in a direction; and a first resin layer overlapping the pad area and on the base layer. In a plan view, the first resin layer overlaps an area between two adjacent circuit pads and covers side surfaces of the two adjacent circuit pads facing in the direction. |
| US12249590B2 |
Die-group package having a deep trench device
A method of forming a package device includes providing a carrier substrate, forming a trench in a front side of the carrier substrate, and bonding a semiconductor die in the trench. The method also includes thinning a back side of the carrier substrate based on a target thickness to obtain a thinned carrier substrate. The method further includes providing a first die group and bonding the thinned carrier substrate to the first die group to form a height-adjusted first die group. |
| US12249589B2 |
Apparatus and method for BGA coplanarity and warpage control
Apparatus for flattening a warped ball grid array (BGA) package, including a first plate having a first surface and opposite second surface and a second plate having a first surface and opposite second surface. The first surface of the first plate and the first surface of the second plate oppose each other with a gap there-between. The gap houses the warped BGA package there-in, the warped BGA package including a package substrate with solder balls attached to a device mounting surface of the package substrate to form a BGA thereon. The gap adjustable by changing the position of the first plate or of the second plate such that a pushing force is applicable to the warped BGA package. A method of manufacturing a flattened BGA package and computer having a circuit that include the flatted BGA package are also disclosed. |
| US12249588B2 |
Semiconductor device and methods of manufacture
In an embodiment, a method includes forming a conductive feature adjacent to a substrate; treating the conductive feature with a protective material, the protective material comprising an inorganic core with an organic coating around the inorganic core, the treating the conductive feature comprising forming a protective layer over the conductive feature; and forming an encapsulant around the conductive feature and the protective layer. In another embodiment, the method further includes, before forming the encapsulant, rinsing the protective layer with water. In another embodiment, the protective layer is selectively formed over the conductive feature. |
| US12249584B2 |
Microelectronic assemblies having integrated magnetic core inductors
Microelectronic assemblies, related devices and methods, are disclosed herein. In some embodiments, a microelectronic assembly may include a first die in a first dielectric layer; a magnetic core inductor, having a first surface and an opposing second surface, in the first dielectric layer, including a first conductive pillar, having a first end at the first surface of the magnetic core inductor and an opposing second end at the second surface, at least partially surrounded by a magnetic material that extends at least partially along a thickness of the first conductive pillar from the second end and tapers towards the first end; and a second conductive pillar coupled to the first conductive pillar; and a second die in a second dielectric layer on the first dielectric layer coupled to the second surface of the magnetic core inductor. |
| US12249582B2 |
SIP package structure
The present invention provides an SIP package structure. The SIP package structure comprises a first module, a second module and a shielding assembly, wherein the first module and the second module are horizontally distributed or vertically stacked; electromagnetic sensitive frequencies of the first module and the second module are different; the shielding assembly comprises a first shielding structure covering the first module and a second shielding structure covering the second module; and at least part of the first shielding structure and/or at least part of the second shielding structure are/is disposed between the first module and the second module. |
| US12249581B2 |
Method of manufacture overlay mark using laser marking process for semiconductor device
A semiconductor device has a conductive via laterally separated from the semiconductor, an encapsulant between the semiconductor device and the conductive via, and a mark. The mark is formed from characters that are either cross-free characters or else have a overlap count of less than two. In another embodiment the mark is formed using a wobble scan methodology. By forming marks as described, defects from the marking process may be reduced or eliminated. |
| US12249577B2 |
Cap structure for interconnect dielectrics and methods of fabrication
An integrated circuit structure includes a first interconnect level including a first dielectric between a pair of interconnect structures, a second interconnect level above the first interconnect level. The second interconnect level includes a cap structure including a second dielectric on the first dielectric, the cap structure includes a top surface and a sidewall surface and a liner comprising a third dielectric on the top surface and on the sidewall surface. |
| US12249576B2 |
Semiconductor device structure with stacked conductive plugs and method for preparing the same
A semiconductor device structure includes a first dielectric layer disposed over a semiconductor substrate, and a second dielectric layer disposed over the first dielectric layer. The semiconductor device structure also includes a first conductive plug disposed in the first dielectric layer. A top surface of the first conductive plug is greater than a bottom surface of the first conductive plug. The semiconductor device structure further includes a second conductive plug disposed in the second dielectric layer and directly over the first conductive plug. |
| US12249575B2 |
Integrated circuit structure with backside via
An integrated circuit (IC) structure includes a gate structure, a source epitaxial structure, a drain epitaxial structure, a front-side interconnection structure, a backside dielectric layer, an epitaxial regrowth layer, and a backside via. The source epitaxial structure and the drain epitaxial structure are respectively on opposite sides of the gate structure. The front-side interconnection structure is over a front-side of the source epitaxial structure and a front-side of the drain epitaxial structure. The backside dielectric layer is over a backside of the source epitaxial structure and a backside of the drain epitaxial structure. The epitaxial regrowth layer is on the backside of a first one of the source epitaxial structure and the drain epitaxial structure. The backside via extends through the backside dielectric layer and overlaps the epitaxial regrowth layer. |
| US12249574B2 |
Interconnect structure of semiconductor device and method of forming same
A device includes a substrate, a dielectric layer over the substrate, and a conductive interconnect in the dielectric layer. The conductive interconnect includes a barrier/adhesion layer and a conductive layer over the barrier/adhesion layer. The barrier/adhesion layer includes a material having a chemical formula MXn, with M being a transition metal element, X being a chalcogen element, and n being between 0.5 and 2. |
| US12249568B2 |
Metallization structure
A metallization structure electrically connected to a conductive bump is provided. The metallization structure includes an oblong-shaped or elliptical-shaped redistribution pad, a conductive via disposed on the oblong-shaped or elliptical-shaped redistribution pad, and an under bump metallurgy covering the conductive via, wherein the conductive bump is disposed on the UBM. Furthermore, a package structure including the above-mentioned metallization structures is provided. |
| US12249549B2 |
Package for an integrated circuit and manufacturing method
An encapsulation hood is fastened onto electrically conductive zones of a support substrate using springs. Each spring has a region in contact with an electrically conductive path contained in the encapsulation hood and another region in contact with a corresponding one of the electrically conductive zones. The fastening of the part of the encapsulation hood onto the support substrate compresses the springs and further utilizes a bead of insulating glue located between the compressed springs. |
| US12249545B2 |
Integrated circuit device
An integrated circuit device includes a substrate; an integrated circuit area disposed on the substrate and comprising a dielectric stack; a seal ring disposed in the dielectric stack and around a periphery of the integrated circuit area; a cap layer on the dielectric stack; a trench around the seal ring and exposing a sidewall of the dielectric stack; a memory storage structure disposed on the cap layer; and a moisture blocking layer continuously covering the integrated circuit area and the memory storage structure. The moisture blocking layer extends to the sidewall of the dielectric stack, thereby sealing a boundary between two adjacent dielectric films in the dielectric stack. |
| US12249542B2 |
Semiconductor device structure with an interconnect structure in a dielectric layer with multiple hydrophobic layers along sidewalls of the dielectric layer, and method for forming the same
A method for forming a semiconductor device structure is provided. The method includes forming a first metal layer over a substrate, forming a dielectric layer over the first metal layer. The method includes forming a trench in the dielectric layer, and performing a surface treatment process on a sidewall surface of the trench to form a hydrophobic layer. The hydrophobic layer is formed on a sidewall surface of the dielectric layer. The method further includes depositing a metal material in the trench and over the hydrophobic layer to form a via structure. |
| US12249539B2 |
Multigate device structure with engineered cladding and method making the same
The present disclosure provides a method of making a semiconductor device. The method includes forming a semiconductor stack on a substrate, wherein the semiconductor stack includes first semiconductor layers of a first semiconductor material and second semiconductor layers of a second semiconductor material alternatively stacked on the substrate; patterning the semiconductor stack and the substrate to form a trench and an active region being adjacent the trench; epitaxially growing a liner of the first semiconductor material on sidewalls of the trench and sidewalls of the active region; forming an isolation feature in the trench; performing a rapid thermal nitridation process, thereby converting the liner into a silicon nitride layer; and forming a cladding layer of the second semiconductor material over the silicon nitride layer. |
| US12249537B2 |
Substrate flipping in vacuum for dual sided PVD sputtering
A module of a processing system for flipping a substrate in vacuum includes a clamp assembly for securing the substrate, a first motor assembly coupled to the clamp assembly for rotating the clamp assembly, and a second motor assembly coupled to the first motor assembly for raising and lowering the first motor assembly and the clamp assembly. |
| US12249534B2 |
Detection method for seized traveling lift pins in wafer processing reactor systems
A reactor system with stuck lift pin detection. The system includes a reaction chamber, a susceptor for supporting wafers in an interior space of the reaction chamber, and an elevator for raising and lowering the susceptor in the interior space. Further, the system includes a lift pin supported by and extending vertically through the susceptor to travel between an up and a down position with movements of the susceptor by the elevator, and a landing pad is provided in the system for receiving a base of the lift pin when the lift pin is in the down position. Significantly, the system also includes a sensor assembly with a sensor positioned at least partially within the interior space of the reaction chamber. An output signal of the sensor is indicative of whether the lift pin is sticking or seizing during travel through the susceptor. |
| US12249533B2 |
Substrate processing apparatus
A substrate processing apparatus according to the present disclosure includes a gripping mechanism and a base plate. The gripping mechanism grips a peripheral edge of a substrate. The base plate is located below the substrate gripped by the gripping mechanism and supports the gripping mechanism. Furthermore, the base plate includes a liquid drain hole that discharges a processing liquid flowing from the substrate to an upper surface of the base plate through the gripping mechanism. |
| US12249532B2 |
Multi-level micro-device tethers
An exemplary wafer structure comprises a source wafer having a patterned sacrificial layer defining anchor portions separating sacrificial portions. A patterned device layer is disposed on or over the patterned sacrificial layer, forming a device anchor on each of the anchor portions. One or more devices are disposed in the patterned device layer, each device disposed entirely over a corresponding one of the one or more sacrificial portions and spatially separated from the one or more device anchors. A tether structure connects each device to a device anchor. The tether structure comprises a tether device portion disposed on or over the device, a tether anchor portion disposed on or over the device anchor, and a tether connecting the tether device portion to the tether anchor portion. The tether is disposed at least partly in the patterned device layer between the device and the device anchor. |