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| US12262892B2 |
Powered surgical cutting and stapling apparatus with manually retractable firing system
In one general aspect, various embodiments of the present invention can include a motorized surgical cutting and fastening instrument having a drive shaft, a motor selectively engageable with the drive shaft, and a manual return mechanism configured to operably disengage the motor from the drive shaft and retract the drive shaft. In at least one embodiment, a surgeon, or other operator of the surgical instrument, can utilize the manual return mechanism to retract the drive shaft after it has been advanced, especially when the motor, or a power source supplying the motor, has failed or is otherwise unable to provide a force sufficient to retract the drive shaft. |
| US12262891B2 |
Staple cartridge and drive member for surgical instrument
The present disclosure provides a surgical instrument, such as a tissue sealing instrument, having a staple cartridge with a staple pusher and a staple; and a drive member configured to translate distally through the instrument. The drive member includes a lateral projection configured to engage the staple pusher and drive the staple into tissue. The lateral projection of the drive member has a height substantially less than the height of the staple cartridge, thereby requiring less clearance as it translates through the staple cartridge. In addition, the lateral projection has a smaller footprint than conventional drive members resulting in a more compact distal tip on the staple cartridge, which allows for a more compact and maneuverable surgical instrument. |
| US12262885B2 |
Soft anchoring tissue repair assembly and system
A tissue repair assembly is disclosed, including a soft anchor body and at least a first suture operably coupled to the anchor body. Tensioning on first and/or second ends of first suture may deploy the anchor body to a second configuration, in which the anchor body is axially compressed and radially extended. The tissue repair assembly may also include a means to cinch around a portion of a first and/or second suture and knotlessly lock the tissue repair assembly. Some embodiments may include a pre-formed knot. In some embodiments, the preformed knot may be a nail knot, provided wrapped around an insertion instrument and configured to receive and cinch around a suture extending therethrough. |
| US12262879B2 |
Device for biological cell collection and method of use
A device for collecting a biological sample in a subject, the device including an inflatable portion attached to a tubular member, and designed to expand from within the tubular member when inflated and to retract within the tubular member, a surface on the inflatable portion provided with varied thickness to facilitate movement of the inflatable portion between an expanded state and a retracted state, and a plurality of projections on the surface to allow collection of the biological sample when the inflatable portion is in the expanded state. |
| US12262878B2 |
Vaginal speculum apparatus
A vaginal speculum apparatus includes a portable illumination assembly that is releasably attached to one of the upper blade and lower blade of a disposable vaginal speculum. The portable illumination assembly is defined by a housing that retains at least one LED and a portable power supply. The portable illumination assembly can be energized by an externally accessible member after the illuminator has been attached to the speculum. |
| US12262876B2 |
Endoscope
An endoscope having a convex observation optical system at the distal end of an insertion portion is provided with an air supply/water supply nozzle for injecting a cleaning fluid toward the observation optical system. The air supply/water supply nozzle is provided with a plurality of outlets from which the fluid is emitted in directions not intersecting with each other. |
| US12262874B2 |
Endoscope control device, method of changing wavelength characteristics of illumination light, and information storage medium
An endoscope apparatus includes comprises a processor. The processor causes the light source device to produce narrow band light as illumination light, and the narrow band light has a peak wavelength between a wavelength band including a local maximum of a hemoglobin absorption characteristic and a wavelength band including a local minimum of the hemoglobin absorption characteristic. The processor receives an image signal from the imaging device that outputs the image signal based on return light. The processor uses an image produced in response to the image signal to identify a state of the living body by identifying at least one of whether or not stomach mucosa is in a sterilized state, or whether or not the stomach mucosa is inflamed mucosa, outputs state identifying information indicating the state of the living body, and controls wavelength characteristics of the illumination light based on the state identifying information. |
| US12262868B2 |
Systems and methods for performance of depth sensor and auxiliary sensor-based operations associated with a computer-assisted surgical system
An exemplary operation management system is configured to obtain, from a depth sensor included in an imaging device, depth data representative of a depth map for an internal space of a patient, obtain auxiliary sensor data from an auxiliary sensor not included in the imaging device, and perform, based on the depth data and the auxiliary sensor data, an operation associated with a computer-assisted surgical system configured to perform a procedure within the internal space of the patient. |
| US12262867B2 |
Grips for medical devices
According to one aspect, a hand assist device may be configured for use with an endoscope. The hand assist device may comprise a body configured to removably couple to a handle of the endoscope. The body may comprise a recess configured to receive the handle of the endoscope. The recess may extend from a proximal end of the body to a distal end of the body. The body may also comprise a palm support portion and a finger support portion proximal to the palm support portion. The body may further comprise a base support portion distal to the palm support portion. |
| US12262865B2 |
Method of image enhancement for distraction deduction
Systems and methods related to combing multiple images are disclosed. An example method of combining multiple images obtained by an endoscope includes obtaining a first input image formed from a first plurality of pixels, wherein a first pixel of the plurality of pixels includes a first characteristic having a first value. The method also includes obtaining a second input image formed from a second plurality of pixels, wherein a second pixel of the second plurality of pixels includes a second characteristic having a second value. The method also includes subtracting the first value from the second value to generate a motion metric and generating a weighted metric map of the second input image using the motion metric. |
| US12262859B2 |
Dishwasher
A dishwasher includes a storage rack. The storage rack includes a frame defining a storage space of a washing target; a side rack disposed to be rotatable with respect to the frame and configured to support the washing target; and a holder coupled to the frame and configured to guide the rotation of the side rack. The side rack can maintain a posture in which the side rack supported by the holder is inclined at a preset angle with respect to the holder. |
| US12262858B2 |
Device for releasing and detaching a floor cleaning cloth from the support base retaining it
This is a device for releasing and detaching a cleaning cloth from the base that retains it; and in particular the release and detachment device of the invention allows you to release and detach from the base a cleaning cloth that has pockets within which are inserted the lateral ends of said base supporting the cloth. |
| US12262856B2 |
Manual cleaning tool
The present invention includes a roller brush provided in a frame main body. The roller brush includes a rigid shaft, a pair of guide rollers, which are arranged concentrically with a shaft center line of the rigid shaft, and are mounted to shaft ends of the rigid shaft, and a cleaning brush cloth including cut piles raised from a cloth front surface of a foundation cloth. The cleaning brush cloth is helically wound around a shaft outer-peripheral surface of the rigid shaft with a cloth back surface of the foundation cloth being in contact with the shaft outer-peripheral surface, and is fixed to the rigid shaft. |
| US12262852B2 |
Egg breaking apparatus and a method for increasing the yield of an egg breaking process
An egg breaking apparatus for breaking eggs having shell and contents including yolk and albumen, includes a plurality of egg breaking devices, each adapted for holding, breaking and opening a single egg at a time, and an albumen collection unit for collecting albumen remaining on shells and/or egg breaking devices after the contents have been discharged under the influence of gravity. The albumen collection unit has at least one collection member with at least one opening adapted for allowing the passage of a fluid and at least one cover member adapted for covering the opening(s) in the collection member(s). The collection member(s) and/or the cover member(s) are moveable between a first mutual position where the cover member(s) cover(s) the opening(s) and a second mutual position where the opening(s) is/are uncovered. |
| US12262850B2 |
Food processor having detachable spring-loaded lid
A food processor includes a base, a motor disposed within the base, an output shaft operatively connected to the motor and extending outwardly from the base, the output shaft being rotatable about a shaft axis upon actuation of the motor, a work bowl received on the base, the work bowl having a receiving channel on an upper portion thereof, and lid removably connected to the work bowl and having a coupling member received in the receiving channel. The lid is pivotable between a first position, in which the lid rests atop the work bowl and substantially encloses an interior of the work bowl, and a second position, in which the lid is pivoted out of alignment with the work bowl to provide access to the interior of the work bowl. |
| US12262849B2 |
Modular hand-held kitchen applicance
The present invention is directed to a hand-held modular kitchen multitool having a universal powerhead capable of being used with a variety of kitchen appliance attachments, such as a blender, a whisker, a wine opener, a can opener, and a spice grinder. A dual spice grinder attachment is also disclosed that can select one of two spices to grind. Also disclosed is a wine opener that automatically removes a cork from a bottle. |
| US12262837B2 |
Sous vide cooker
A sous vide cooker having a housing, a bulkhead attached to the housing to form a first cavity, a heat sink attached to the bulkhead to form a second cavity, and a skirt attached to the bulkhead to form a third cavity below the heat sink. A TRIAC is physically attached in conductive thermal communication to the heat sink in the second cavity. The cooker also has a motor, an impeller located in the third cavity, a drive shaft extending through at least the heat sink and into the third cavity and operatively connecting the motor to the impeller, and a heating element located within the third cavity. |
| US12262834B2 |
Electric weighted blanket and method for manufacturing the electric weighted blanket
An electric weighted blanket includes: a blanket body, wherein the blanket body comprises a first material layer, a first weighted bead protection layer, a first weighted bead securing layer, weighted beads, a second weighted bead securing layer, a second weighted bead protection layer, a heating wire securing layer, heating wires, and a second material layer that are sequentially disposed along a vertical direction. The first material layer, the first weighted bead protection layer, the first weighted bead securing layer, the weighted beads, the second weighted bead securing layer, and the second weighted bead protection layer are connected by quilting to obtain a first component. The heating wire securing layer where the heating wires are secured and the second material layer are sewn as a second component. The first component and the second component are sewn as the blanket body. |
| US12262833B2 |
Collapsible faceted object having a closed three-dimensional shape
In a first embodiment, a collapsible faceted object includes a number of interconnected rigid facet panels. The facet panels are arranged so that the object can be in either a flat state or an expanded state. In the flat state, the facet panels are substantially parallel to one another and the object has a first thickness in a direction perpendicular to the parallel facet panels. In the expanded state, the object has a visually continuous outer surface that forms a closed three-dimensional shape and a second thickness in the direction perpendicular. The second thickness is substantially larger than the first thickness. The object is capable of remaining in both the flat state and the expanded state without application of an external force. |
| US12262831B2 |
Smart device for retaining planar items
An apparatus comprising: a retaining device for retaining planar items including mail and/or documents, in which mail can be located and from which mail can be collected; a control means; a sensor means for indicating to the control means information indicative of mail and/or documents having been placed in the retaining device and/or removed from the retaining device, wherein the control means is arranged to cause, in response thereto, at least one action to be performed. |
| US12262830B1 |
Supporting and locking structure for cloth frame
The present utility model discloses a supporting and locking structure for a cloth frame, which pertains to the technical field of articles for daily use. It comprises a hard base, a cloth frame, a positioning frame, supporting structures, a flip cover, and lifting openings. The cloth frame is fixed on the hard base. The positioning frame is fixed at a cloth frame opening of the cloth frame. Four supporting structures are arranged between the hard base and the positioning frame. The flip cover is sewn on one side on the cloth frame. The lifting openings are arranged on left and right ends of the cloth frame. It is featured with reasonable structure design, beautiful appearance, novel and unique shape, simple operation, convenient utilization, and glue-free fixation. As clamping is adopted as the fixing manner, it is not only simple in production process, but also environmentally friendly for consumers to use. As the three-dimensional support is realized through the supporting structures, it is flatter and more stereoscopic when articles are placed therein. As the lifting openings are arranged on the left and right sides of the cloth frame, it is convenient for people to take, which meets consumers' usage needs. |
| US12262828B2 |
Shoe cover dispenser device
A shoe cover dispenser device for installing a plurality of shoe covers includes a frame, an installation assembly installed on the frame, and the locking assembly installed on the frame and is capable of locking the installation assembly, so that the installation assembly can facilitate the installation of the shoe covers on or the removal of the shoe covers from the installation assembly. |
| US12262823B1 |
Theft deterrent slide down door assembly for a merchandise display
A theft deterrent slide down door assembly for a merchandise display, includes a holder mount mounted to a front of a shelf; a door slidably mounted to the holder mount for movement between a first position in blocking relation to removal of merchandise from the shelf and a second position out of blocking relation to permit removal of an item of merchandise from the shelf upon application of a force to the door; a wound spring connected between the door mounting assembly and the door for automatically returning the door to the first position upon release of the force; and a rack having a plurality of teeth on the door and a pawl on the holder mount in engagement with the teeth for slowing down sliding return movement of the door to the first position and for producing an audible sound during sliding movement of the door. |
| US12262821B2 |
Adjustable breath guard
An adjustable breath guard includes a frame, a shield, and a hinge assembly pivotally coupling the shield to the frame. The hinge assembly is reconfigurable between (a) an engaged configuration in which the hinge assembly limits downward movement of the shield and permits upward movement of the shield and (b) a disengaged configuration in which the shield permits both downward movement of the shield and upward movement of the shield. The hinge assembly is configured to change from the engaged configuration to the disengaged configuration in response to the shield moving upward. |
| US12262819B2 |
Modular chair
A modular chair including a support portion to allow the support of a user on it and including a frame and a fabric. The fabric defines a surface suitable to support the user and a perimetral area defined by the edges of the surface. The frame defines, in use, a closed profile and is suitable to support the fabric in tension along at least part of the perimetral area, and comprises at least two parts separate and reciprocally loosely connected by two hinges arranged respectively at the ends of said parts to define a configuration of use in which the parts form the frame and a configuration of rest in which the parts are folded together. The hinges define two respective axes of rotation mutually aligned. The frame tensions the fabric only when the parts are in the configuration of use. |
| US12262817B2 |
Playground platform rocker
A playground rocker provides a rigid platform with lateral side edges suspended from side rails extending along the lateral side edges of the rigid platform. The rigid platform is suspended using broad flexible belts extending along substantially full lengths of the lateral side edges of the platform with the upper edges of the belts wrapped around the side rails and lower edges attached or wrapped along the lateral side edges of the platform. The broad flexible belts allow the rigid platform to sway side to side in a direction generally perpendicular to the side rails. |
| US12262814B2 |
Storage shelf moving device and system
A storage shelf moving device is disclosed herein and may include a plurality of moving devices. Each of the plurality of moving devices includes a main body and a wheel assembly. The main body includes an elongate portion and an end plate oriented substantially perpendicular to the elongate portion. The elongate portion may be operable to selectively couple to the storage shelf. The wheel assembly may be coupled to the main body and include an extendable support and a wheel rotatably mounted at a lower end of the extendable support. The storage shelf moving system may be operable to lift the storage shelf from the ground surface when the extendable supports of each of the plurality of moving devices are extended. |
| US12262813B2 |
Locking assembly, drawer assembly and storage cabinet
The present application relates to the field of household appliances, and in particular to a locking assembly, a drawer assembly and a storage cabinet. The locking assembly includes: a mounting member, a locking member rotatably connected to the mounting member and configured to be switched between a locked state and an unlocked state, and the locking member includes a locking portion and an unlocking portion; in the locked state, at least part of the locking portion is located at a motion path of a to-be-locked member and the unlocking portion is located at an avoidance path of the to-be-locked member; and in the unlocked state, the locking portion is located at the avoidance path and at least part of the unlocking portion is located at the motion path. |
| US12262810B2 |
Isolator system
An isolator system, having an isolator (10), which has an interior space (22) for processing a substance, the interior space being delimited by a base-side mounting surface (14) for the arrangement of a substance-processing unit (20) and by an isolator cabin (12) with at least one access opening (24), the access opening being assigned at least one closure device for optionally opening up or blocking the access opening. The isolator cabin can be placed or is placed onto the base-side mounting surface, and wherein the isolator system has at least one quick-change interface (34) for exchanging the isolator cabin (12) for an additional cabin with a different protection level and/or for exchanging the closure device for an additional closure device with a different protection level. |
| US12262809B2 |
Automatically lockable pivoting mechanism and sliding mechanism, and frame and table having same
Disclosed are pivoting mechanisms, sliding mechanisms, frames and tables. A pivoting mechanism includes a first coupling piece, a second coupling piece and a rod. The first and second coupling pieces are pivotally coupled with each other. The rod is operated by gravity to automatically lock or unlock the first and second coupling pieces. A sliding mechanism generally includes a slider and a locking member. The slider includes a sleeve to be slidably coupled with a bar. The locking member includes a restriction piece, operated by an elastic piece to be disposed inside of the bar, to automatically lock the sleeve at a certain position of the bar. |
| US12262795B2 |
Wheel housing with removable wheel cover for placement of deployable wheel member within dedicated multi-functional footwear
A device configured for use within a dedicated footwear is provided comprising a wheel housing, a removable wheel cover, and a deployable wheel member for multi-dimensional functionality of the footwear. The wheel housing may reside within the heel portion of the sole of the footwear. The removable wheel cover may cover the wheel housing within the heel portion of the dedicated footwear, so that a user may optionally cover the wheel housing when wearing the footwear without the wheel functionality. In addition, the removable wheel cover may optionally be removed from the wheel housing, so that the user may insert the deployable wheel member within the wheel housing, so that the dedicated footwear provides rolling functionality. A user may easily remove the deployable wheel member from the wheel housing to cover the wheel housing with the removable wheel cover and return the footwear to traditional use without the rolling functionality. |
| US12262785B2 |
Fluid flow control devices usable in adjustable foot support systems
Foot support systems include a fluid flow regulator and/or valve that: (a) can operate as a stop valve to stop transfer of fluid between a first fluid container and a second fluid container, (b) can open in a controlled manner to allow transfer of fluid from the second fluid container to the first fluid container, (c) can open to equalize pressure in the first and second fluid containers, and (d) can act as a check valve to enable flow of fluid from the first fluid container to the second fluid container when/if gas pressure in the first container exceeds that in the second container by a predetermined amount. Additional features relate to fluid flow control systems and methods, systems and methods for changing and controlling the crack pressure of a valve (e.g., a check valve), and/or systems and methods for matching foot support pressure features in two different sole structures. |
| US12262778B2 |
Articles and methods of making articles including a coating
The present disclosure is directed to articles that include a cured coating that includes a matrix of crosslinked polymers and optionally a colorant (e.g., pigment particles or dye or both). The cured coating can include a matrix of crosslinked polymers. The cured coating is a product of crosslinking a coating composition comprising uncrosslinked polymers (e.g., a dispersion of uncrosslinked polymers in a carrier to form the matrix of crosslinked polymers), wherein the uncrosslinked polymers are crosslinked to form the matrix of crosslinked polymers. The matrix of crosslinked polymers can be elastomeric. The present disclosure is also directed to articles including these bladders, methods of forming these bladders, and methods of making articles including these bladders, where the bladders include the cured coating. |
| US12262777B2 |
Rapid-entry footwear having an arm for expanding an opening
A shoe upper having a plurality of arms that expand the shoe opening when the topline of the upper is compressed toward the sole portion of the shoe. |
| US12262775B2 |
Pivot mechanism for a shield for a helmet
Disclosed is a pivot mechanism for a shield for a helmet, the pivot mechanism comprising a curved track having a first end and a second end; and a clamp slidingly engaged to the curved track, wherein the clamp is configured to attach to an end of the shield and slide along the track between a first position proximate to the first end of the curved track and a second position proximate to the second end of the curved track. |
| US12262774B2 |
Attachment features for batting helmets
A batting helmet system includes sockets facing the interior region of the helmet shell to receive clip elements for holding a chin strap or to receive plate elements for supporting a face protector. A clip element includes a base portion, a hook portion extending from the base portion, and a projection positioned on an end of the hook portion and extending toward the base portion. The base portion may include a strap retainer. When the clip element is installed, the clip element extends from the interior of the helmet to the exterior of the helmet through an opening in the helmet shell, so that the strap retainer is positioned outside the helmet shell. A face protector may include plate elements for positioning in one or more of the sockets. Plate elements and sockets may have corresponding geometries that limit rotation of the face protector relative to the helmet shell. |
| US12262772B2 |
Helmet
The present invention provides a helmet, comprising first and second components having a sliding interface between them, wherein the sliding interface is provided between respective sliding surfaces of the first and second components, and the first component comprises a polyketone. |
| US12262771B2 |
Fashion article or textile article with magnetically attachable patch element
The present disclosure relates to a fashion article or textile article, such as a cap 100, with a magnetically attachable and/or detachable patch element 200. Furthermore, the present disclosure relates to a patch element 200 magnetically attachable to the textile article or fashion article, such as the cap 100, and to a textile article or fashion article, such as the cap 100, configured to magnetically attach the magnetically attachable patch element 200. |
| US12262767B2 |
Laces with tying mechanisms and related methods
A tying system or mechanism with at least one lace and a fastener element can be used with a boxing glove or a shoe to allow a user to secure the at least one lace around the boxing glove or shoe without a second person and/or without tying a knot. The tying mechanism can include a back-to-back hook and loop of a fastener element and can include or more locking mechanisms to anchor free ends of the one or more laces at the eyelets of the boxing glove or shoe. The tying mechanism can generate a force that is radial or lateral to a gap defined by flaps of the boxing glove or shoes. |
| US12262765B1 |
Protective garment
A method of creating a protective garment for preventing or lessening injury from an external source to a user includes creating a laminate, wherein the laminate includes an outer non-puncture resistant layer, an inner non-puncture resistant layer, and a puncture resistant textile layer sandwiched between the outer non-puncture resistant layer and the inner non-puncture resistant layer. The method also includes cutting a pattern associated with a desired garment from the laminate, sewing a first edge of the outer non-puncture resistant layer to a second edge of the non-resistant layer and sewing a first edge of the inner non-puncture resistant layer to a second edge of the inner non-puncture resistant layer, causing the puncture resistant layer to be floating between the outer non-puncture resistant layer and the inner non-puncture resistant layer, and continuing to sew edges of the pattern until all necessary seams are sewn together to create the desired garment. |
| US12262758B2 |
Athletic sock
Aspects herein are directed to a knit sock having a leg portion and an integrally knit ankle welt extending around a circumference of the leg portion and positioned at a lower end of the leg portion. The knit sock further includes an integrally knit tab located at a back aspect of the ankle welt. |
| US12262755B1 |
Method of making circuit with bypass line that bypasses internal circuitry
The method includes operatively connecting an internal circuitry to a first battery to assist in charging the first battery, the first battery having a first terminal and a second terminal, electrically connecting a pair of connectors to the e-vaping device, electrically connecting a diode to the first terminal and a first connector, of the pair of connectors, the diode being in a bypass line that bypasses the internal circuitry, and configuring a controller to measure a first measured voltage at the pair of connectors during an application of a first current, the first current being high enough that the first current passes through the diode and being low enough that the first current does not activate the internal circuitry, and determine a voltage of the first battery based on the first measured voltage. |
| US12262752B2 |
Aerosol generation device provided with control unit for detection of abnormal state of sensor
A power supply unit of an aerosol generation device that supplies electric power to a load that generates aerosol including a sensor that is in an operating state among a normal state and a plurality of abnormal states, and detects an aerosol generation request while the power supply unit is in an active state, a control unit that detects a state of the sensor, and generates an error signal capable of distinguishing between a first and second abnormal states when the sensor is in at least one of the first and second abnormal states included in the plurality of abnormal states, and a notification unit that makes a notification in a different mode for each type of the error signal, wherein the control unit causes the power supply unit to undergo a transition from the active state to a sleep state after generating the error signal, and the plurality of abnormal states include a state in which supply of electric power to the load is unnecessary for detection by the control unit. |
| US12262750B2 |
Atomizer and aerosol generating device with same
An atomizer includes a liquid storage member, an air guiding member and a bottom seat arranged between the liquid storage member and the air guiding member, wherein an atomizing chamber is provided in the atomizer, an air guiding groove in communication with the atomizing chamber is provided on the liquid storage member, and an air inlet channel in communication with the air guiding groove is provided on the air guiding member. |
| US12262749B2 |
Aerosol provision system having a reservoir with a dividing wall element
A cartridge for an aerosol provision system comprising the cartridge and a control unit. The cartridge comprises: an air channel extending from an air inlet for the cartridge to an outlet via an aerosol generation region; a heating element for heating aerosolizable material, such as liquid, from a reservoir to generate aerosol in the aerosol generation region; and a valve located in the air channel upstream of the aerosol generating region. The cartridge is configured such that air passing through the air channel is configured to pass from the air inlet, past the air valve, into the aerosol generating region, and then out from the aerosol outlet. |
| US12262744B2 |
Atomizing assembly, atomizer and aerosol generating device
An atomizing assembly for an atomizer is provided. The atomizer includes a liquid storage member and the atomizing assembly, the liquid storage member is used to store an aerosol-forming substrate. The atomizing assembly includes a heating assembly and a sealing member. The sealing member is provided with a receiving groove, the heating assembly includes a liquid absorbing member and a heating member, the liquid absorbing member is installed in the receiving groove. The liquid absorbing member includes a liquid absorbing surface used for contacting the aerosol-forming substrate and an atomizing surface on which the heating member is arranged, a protrusion is provided on the liquid absorbing surface, a space defined by the receiving groove, the liquid absorbing surface and the protrusion constitutes a liquid inlet groove. The aerosol-forming substrate is conducted by the liquid absorbing member from the liquid absorbing surface to the atomizing surface. |
| US12262743B2 |
Aerosol generating device with modular components
An aerosol generating system includes an aerosol generating device (100), a first module (201), and a second module (202). The aerosol generating device comprises a housing (110). The first module is operably couplable to the housing of the aerosol generating device. The second module is operably couplable to the first module or to the housing of the aerosol generating device. |
| US12262739B2 |
Aerosol generating system
An aerosol-generating system includes a cigarette and an aerosol-generating apparatus. The cigarette includes a medium part including a tobacco material, a flavor unit including a flavoring material and a moisturizer, and a wrapper configured to wrap the medium part and the flavor unit. The aerosol-generating apparatus includes a first heater arranged on a portion corresponding to the medium part and configured to directly heat the medium part and indirectly heat the flavor unit by using heat transmitted through the wrapper, and a processor configured to control the first heater to make the aerosol-generating apparatus operate in a smoke-free mode in which no visible smoke is generated. |
| US12262738B2 |
Ultrasonic mist inhaler
The invention relates to an ultrasonic mist inhaler (100), comprising a liquid reservoir structure (2) comprising a liquid chamber (21) adapted to receive liquid to be atomized, a sonication chamber (22) in fluid communication with the liquid chamber (21); wherein the liquid reservoir structure (2) comprises the sonication chamber (22). |
| US12262737B2 |
Double sided ashtray
A lavatory door including an ashtray is disclosed herein. The lavatory door includes a door panel having a first side and an opposing second side and the ashtray disposed within the door panel. The ashtray includes a first outer panel disposed along the first side of the door panel and configured to move away from the door panel, a second outer panel, opposite the first outer panel, disposed along the second side of the door panel and configured to move away from the door panel, and a bottom surface extending from the first outer panel to the second outer panel. |
| US12262736B1 |
Smart phone with integrated vape pen
The smart phone with integrated vape pen comprises a smart phone and a vape pen. The vape pen may be located within a phone case of the smart phone. The vape pen may extend from the phone case for use and may retract into the phone case for storage. The phone case may protect the internal components of the smart phone and the vape pen. A vape pen cover may conceal the vape pen when the vape pen is not in use. In some embodiments, the vape pen may be detached from the phone case for use. As a non-limiting example, the vape pen may slide out of the phone case to be used and may slide into the phone case when not in use. |
| US12262733B2 |
Smoking article from which sound is generated
Provided herein is a smoking article from which sound is generated. The smoking article according to some embodiments of the present disclosure may include a filter portion and a smoking material portion, and a sound-generating material including a carbohydrate material may be added to the smoking material portion. The sound-generating material may generate sound as the material burns, and the sound may further provide an auditory effect during smoking. In this way, an improved smoking experience may be provided to the smoker. |
| US12262732B2 |
Enhanced smoking product
A smoking product using splined leaves orientated and configured to achieve a unique cylindrical/tubular structure wherein the splines (e.g., the veins of a leaf structure) are arranged to achieve a burning chamber that creates a non-laminar airflow resulting in an enhanced burning environment. |
| US12262730B2 |
Smoking article machine
A machine for making plant material smoking articles is provided having a feeding assembly that is configured to feed plant material to a combustible material rolling assembly. The combustible material rolling assembly includes a continuous stream of paper and a forming chute having a semispherical channel at a length and at least one adjustable guide. The combustible material rolling assembly is configured to roll the plant material in the continuous stream of paper at a wrapping rate within the semispherical channel to make at least one plant material smoking article. In some embodiments, the feeding assembly is either driven via gravity or a pneumatic delivery system. In one embodiment, at least one adjustable guide includes a tapered conical guide configured to additionally adjust the wrapping rate. |
| US12262727B2 |
Systems to fabricate food aggregate from food elements and related methods
Techniques described include methods, systems, products, devices, and/or apparatuses related to food processing systems related methods, and food items produced therewith. For example, the food processing system may be configured to fabricate food aggregates from multiple food elements. The food processing system includes a first press body and a second press body. The second press body is positioned and oriented opposite to the first press body and reconfigurable from a first configuration to a second, non-planar configuration. The second, non-planar configuration of the press body is different from the first configuration. At least one of the first or second press bodies is movable in a manner that decreases space between the first and second press bodies, to compress the food elements and form the food aggregate. A dispenser of the food elements is positioned and configured to dispense the food elements between the first and second press bodies. |
| US12262721B2 |
Whole fat textured protein having high storage stability
In order to provide a means for preventing a full-fat textured protein from being degraded through oxidation at the time of storage, provided are a full-fat textured protein excellent in storage stability and a method of producing the full-fat textured protein. The full-fat textured protein includes, as a raw material, a soybean having an oil content of from 15 mass % to 30 mass %, has an oil content of from 15 mass % to 30 mass %, and is in a textured form. A suitable full-fat textured protein includes, as a raw material, a soybean having a protein content of from 25 mass % to 60 mass %, has a protein content of from 25 mass % to 60 mass %, and is in a textured form. |
| US12262719B2 |
Use of lactic acid bacteria for preparing fermented food products with increased natural sweetness
The dairy industry today faces a problem of providing an alternative to adding sweeteners to fermented milk products in order to achieve the desired sweet taste without the added calories. Furthermore, it would be highly advantageous to establish a method for reducing lactose in fermented milk products to a level which is acceptable for lactose-intolerant consumers. The above problems have been solved by providing mutant Streptococcus thermophilus strains and mutant Lactobacillus delbrueckii subsp. bulgaricus strains that excrete glucose to the milk when the milk is inoculated and fermented with such Streptococcus thermophilus strains and Lactobacillus delbrueckii subsp, bulgaricus strains. Thus, the present invention relates to strains of Streptococcus thermophilus and Lactobacillus delbrueckii subsp, bulgaricus which secrete glucose to the milk substrate during fermentation, as well as to mixed cultures comprising the Streptococcus thermophilus strains and the Lactobacillus delbrueckii subsp, bulgaricus strains, starter cultures comprising the strains and dairy products manufactured with the cultures. The present method also relates to use of the strains for decreasing the lactose content of a fermented food product and for boosting growth of the probiotic BB-12®. |
| US12262714B2 |
Superabsorbent polymer and preparation method thereof
Provided are both a superabsorbent polymer capable of continuously and safely exhibiting an improved bacterial growth inhibitory property and a deodorant property without deterioration in the physical properties of the superabsorbent polymer, such as water retention capacity, absorption under pressure, etc., as well as a preparation method for the superabsorbent polymer. |
| US12262706B1 |
Device with sealed sensor module case beneath rodent runway
A base has a rodent inlet opening and interior walls which define a rodent runway which communicates with an interior compartment. A downwardly opening compartment with a cover defines a case for receiving a sensor module mounted beneath a threshold at the entry of the rodent runway to the interior compartment. Portions of the base bottom wall and the cover define a perimeter double lip on one of the base bottom wall and the cover which extends vertically beneath the compartment and is configured to extend around the sensor module and on the other of the base bottom wall and the cover there is a vertically protruding peripheral bead which extends between the perimeter double lip. The case encloses the sensor module and protects it from exposure to moisture, dirt, and rodent waste within the base interior. |
| US12262702B2 |
Fishing equipment carrier
Fishing equipment carriers include a rod housing and a support coupled to the rod housing. The support defines an aperture configured to receive a fishing rod therethrough. |
| US12262696B2 |
Gas monitoring device
An animal emission monitoring device for positioning on cattle, the animal emission monitoring device comprising a snout member comprising a sensor unit for detecting the quantity of methane emissions and a positioning means for positioning the device on the head of an animal such that the snout member locates the sensor unit over the nostril of the animal. |
| US12262695B2 |
Food supply tracking, verification, and feedback system
Food supply may be tracked, authenticated, and evaluated by a variety of systems, processes, and techniques. In certain implementations, computer systems at various animal producers in the food supply chain (e.g., ranch and feedlot) may record and generate data regarding an animal (e.g., breed, age, location, hydration regimen, health history, etc.) and report this to a server system, which may process the data in an authenticated manner. Entities further down the chain (e.g., retailers) may access the server system to retrieve information about meat products and use this in sales efforts. Consumers may also retrieve information about meat products so that they may make informed buying decisions. Additionally, feedback may be provided to animal producers regarding the meat, which may encourage them to continue producing quality animals. Data may also be monetized, and a portion reinvested back to the food producer to assist in labor costs associated with system compliance. |
| US12262685B2 |
Soybean cultivar 16201325
A soybean cultivar designated 16201325 is disclosed. The invention relates to the seeds of soybean cultivar 16201325, to the plants of soybean cultivar 16201325, to the plant parts of soybean cultivar 16201325, and to methods for producing progeny of soybean cultivar 16201325. The invention also relates to methods for producing a soybean plant containing in its genetic material one or more transgenes and to the transgenic soybean plants and plant parts produced by those methods. The invention also relates to soybean cultivars or breeding cultivars, and plant parts derived from soybean cultivar 16201325. The invention also relates to methods for producing other soybean cultivars, lines, or plant parts derived from soybean cultivar 16201325, and to the soybean plants, varieties, and their parts derived from use of those methods. The invention further relates to hybrid soybean seeds, plants, and plant parts produced by crossing cultivar 16201325 with another soybean cultivar. |
| US12262681B2 |
Soybean cultivar 13060205
A soybean cultivar designated 13060205 is disclosed. The invention relates to the seeds of soybean cultivar 13060205, to the plants of soybean cultivar 13060205, to the plant parts of soybean cultivar 13060205, and to methods for producing progeny of soybean cultivar 13060205. The invention also relates to methods for producing a soybean plant containing in its genetic material one or more transgenes and to the transgenic soybean plants and plant parts produced by those methods. The invention also relates to soybean cultivars or breeding cultivars, and plant parts derived from soybean cultivar 13060205. The invention also relates to methods for producing other soybean cultivars, lines, or plant parts derived from soybean cultivar 13060205, and to the soybean plants, varieties, and their parts derived from use of those methods. The invention further relates to hybrid soybean seeds, plants, and plant parts produced by crossing cultivar 13060205 with another soybean cultivar. |
| US12262679B2 |
Soybean cultivar 01450070
A soybean cultivar designated 01450070 is disclosed. The invention relates to the seeds of soybean cultivar 01450070, to the plants of soybean cultivar 01450070, to the plant parts of soybean cultivar 01450070, and to methods for producing progeny of soybean cultivar 01450070. The invention also relates to methods for producing a soybean plant containing in its genetic material one or more transgenes and to the transgenic soybean plants and plant parts produced by those methods. The invention also relates to soybean cultivars or breeding cultivars, and plant parts derived from soybean cultivar 01450070. The invention also relates to methods for producing other soybean cultivars, lines, or plant parts derived from soybean cultivar 01450070, and to the soybean plants, varieties, and their parts derived from use of those methods. The invention further relates to hybrid soybean seeds, plants, and plant parts produced by crossing cultivar 01450070 with another soybean cultivar. |
| US12262677B1 |
Maize hybrid X80V617
A novel maize variety designated X80V617 and seed, plants and plant parts thereof are produced by crossing inbred maize varieties. Methods for producing a maize plant by crossing hybrid maize variety X80V617 with another maize plant are disclosed. Methods for producing a maize plant containing in its genetic material one or more traits introgressed into X80V617 through backcrossing or genetic transformation, and to the maize seed, plant and plant part produced thereby are described. Maize variety X80V617, the seed, the plant produced from the seed, and variants, mutants, and minor modifications of maize variety X80V617 are provided. Methods for producing maize varieties derived from maize variety X80V617 and methods of using maize variety X80V617 are disclosed. |
| US12262675B1 |
Maize hybrid X03V406
A novel maize variety designated X03V406 and seed, plants and plant parts thereof are produced by crossing inbred maize varieties. Methods for producing a maize plant by crossing hybrid maize variety X03V406 with another maize plant are disclosed. Methods for producing a maize plant containing in its genetic material one or more traits introgressed into X03V406 through backcrossing or genetic transformation, and to the maize seed, plant and plant part produced thereby are described. Maize variety X03V406, the seed, the plant produced from the seed, and variants, mutants, and minor modifications of maize variety X03V406 are provided. Methods for producing maize varieties derived from maize variety X03V406 and methods of using maize variety X03V406 are disclosed. |
| US12262671B1 |
Maize inbred 1PYLN36
A novel maize variety designated 1PYLN36 and seed, plants and plant parts thereof are provided. Methods for producing a maize plant comprise crossing maize variety 1PYLN36 with another maize plant are provided. Methods for producing a maize plant containing in its genetic material one or more traits introgressed into 1PYLN36 through backcross conversion and/or transformation, and to the maize seed, plant and plant part produced thereby are provided. Hybrid maize seed, plants or plant parts are produced by crossing the variety 1PYLN36 or a locus conversion of 1PYLN36 with another maize variety. |
| US12262668B2 |
Fan grow light
Provided is a fan grow light. The fan grow light is configured to be mounted in a tent. The fan grow light includes a lamp board assembly and a fan assembly disposed on the lamp board assembly. The fan assembly is able to promote air circulation in the tent. The fan grow light can promote air circulation in the tent, enable plants to breathe better, inhibit molds, and promote plant growth. |
| US12262665B2 |
Apparatus, article and support for faux floral arrangements
An invention is disclosed for apparatuses, articles, structures, and supports for faux or artificial floral arrangements. Embodiments of such an apparatus, article, structure and support would provide, among other benefits and advantages, a more reliable, adaptable and extensible support for elaborate and extensive arrangements of faux floral artifacts over an extended area in a three-dimensional manner. In addition, faux floral products that incorporate or are otherwise equipped with the invention would become more environmental friendly and cost effective, and easier to manufacture and transport than the current approaches in the art aimed for the same goals or benefits. |
| US12262663B2 |
Managing stages of growth of a crop with micro-precision via an agricultural treatment delivery system
Various embodiments relate generally to computer vision and automation to autonomously identify and deliver for application a treatment to an object among other objects, data science and data analysis, including machine learning, deep learning, and other disciplines of computer-based artificial intelligence to facilitate identification and treatment of objects, and robotics and mobility technologies to navigate a delivery system, more specifically, to an agricultural delivery system configured to identify and apply, for example, an agricultural treatment to an identified agricultural object. In some examples, a method may include identifying an agricultural object being associated with a subset of agricultural objects, identifying an action corresponding to a subset of agricultural objects responsive, selecting an emitter with which to perform an action associated with the agricultural object, configuring an agricultural projectile delivery system to activate an emitter to propel an agricultural projectile to intercept an agricultural object. |
| US12262662B2 |
Twine tension control assembly
A baler twine tension control assembly including a displacement detector and elements defining a twine path. The twine path enters and exits the twine tension control assembly and within the twine tension control assembly extends across a first fixed location and a second fixed location as well as across an intermediate displaceable location located between the first fixed location and the second fixed location. The displacement detector is connected to the intermediate displaceable location and generates a signal indicative of the displacement of the displaceable location. |
| US12262660B2 |
Agricultural implement for field-collection, pulverization and field-dispersement of flax or hemp straw
An agricultural implement for collecting, pulverizing and dispersing straw that has been windrowed during a harvesting operation. A frame carries a pickup mechanism at a front end thereof, and first and second straw-processing stages therebehind, and each featuring a rotor and accompanying concave having static teeth fixed thereon. The first rotor likewise has fixed teeth, and the second rotor has flailing knives, whereby the straw is gradually broken down in the two sequential stages before discharge back into the field. |
| US12262658B2 |
Technician performance system
A system and methods for monitoring and evaluating the performance of a lawn-care technician. A Technician Performance Module (TPM) is affixed to or embedded in a device or apparatus used by the technician, such as a sprayer or a spreader. The TPM comprises a plurality of sensors (e.g., GPS, gyroscope, accelerometer, compass, pedometer) which collect, store, and/or transmit an assortment of data as described below. The data may be transmitted wirelessly to a control box, which may be located in a nearby vehicle, such as a truck used by the technician at the site of the lawn-care services being provided. The data also may be transmitted wireless to a cellular or wireless gateway for transmission to system servers for storage and analysis. |
| US12262657B2 |
Device and method for dispensing a particulate material
The invention relates to a method for dispensing a particulate material in a target area and a device suitable for use in the method. The method comprise (i) providing a reservoir comprising openings for the particulate material, (ii) providing a number of closing means suitable for at least partially closing the openings of the reservoir (iii) providing a number of screens in the void of the reservoir, said screens being movable, through the void of the reservoir between at least a first and a second position (iv) loading particulate material in the reservoir, (v) moving the reservoir loaded with particulate material over the target area and at least partially opening the number of openings while alternatingly moving the screens between a first and a second position and vice versa. |
| US12262656B2 |
System and method for detecting material accumulation relative to basket assemblies of an agricultural implement
A system for detecting material accumulation relative to basket assemblies of an agricultural implement includes a frame assembly, and a basket assembly configured to be supported by the frame assembly relative to a surface of a field. The system also includes a load sensor configured to detect a load indicative of a draft load associated with the basket assembly, and a computing system communicatively coupled to the load sensor. The computing system is configured to monitor the load based on data provided by the load sensor, compare the monitored load to a load threshold, and determine that field materials have accumulated relative to the basket assembly when the monitored load differs from the load threshold. |
| US12262655B2 |
Agricultural machine
An agricultural machine includes a vehicle body, an obstacle detector to detect obstacles, an autonomous travel controller to perform autonomous travel of the vehicle body, the autonomous travel controller being configured or programmed to, when performing the autonomous travel, stop the vehicle body based on detection information about an obstacle detected by the obstacle detector, and a mode switch to switch a mode during the autonomous travel in an agricultural field between an effective mode in which the stopping of the vehicle body based on the detection information is allowed and an ineffective mode in which the stopping of the vehicle body based on the detection information is not allowed. |
| US12268103B2 |
Phase change material switch with improved thermal confinement and methods for forming the same
Phase change material (PCM) switches and methods of fabrication thereof that provide improved thermal confinement within a phase change material layer. A PCM switch may include a dielectric capping layer between a heater pad and the phase change material layer of the PCM switch that is laterally-confined such opposing sides of the dielectric capping layer the heater pad may form continuous surfaces extending transverse to the signal transmission pathway across the PCM switch. Heat transfer from the heater pad through the dielectric capping layer to the phase change material layer may be predominantly vertical, with minimal thermal dissipation along a lateral direction. The localized heating of the phase change material may improve the efficiency of the PCM switch enabling lower bias voltages, minimize the formation of regions of intermediate resistivity in the PCM switch, and improve the parasitic capacitance characteristics of the PCM switch. |
| US12268102B2 |
Horn shaped spacer for memory devices
The present disclosure relates to a memory device that includes a bottom electrode, a data storage structure overlying the bottom electrode, a top electrode overlying the data storage structure, a mask overlying the top electrode, and a sidewall spacer extending alongside the data storage structure and alongside the mask. The sidewall spacer extends to a height above an upper surface of the mask. A top electrode via (TEVA) extends through the mask to the top electrode and extends into the sidewall spacer, where a first curved portion of the sidewall spacer extends along a top surface of the mask and is spaced apart from the TEVA. |
| US12268099B2 |
Magnetoresistive element and magnetic storage device
A magnetoresistive element that has a magnetic material made of an alloy having a stable bcc structure containing Co as a main component, has an excellent tunnel magnetoresistive ratio, and can be put into practical use by mass production, and a magnetic storage device using the magnetoresistive element are provided. The magnetoresistive element includes a first magnetic layer whose magnetization direction is substantially fixed, a second magnetic layer whose magnetization direction is changeable, and a non-magnetic layer arranged between the first magnetic layer and the second magnetic layer. The first magnetic layer and/or the second magnetic layer has an alloy having a bcc structure containing Co as a main component and Co and Mn. |
| US12268097B2 |
Top-interconnection metal lines for a memory array device and methods for forming the same
A memory array device includes an array of memory cells located over a substrate, a memory-level dielectric layer laterally surrounding the array of memory cells, and top-interconnection metal lines laterally extending along a horizontal direction and contacting a respective row of top electrodes within the memory cells. Top electrodes of the memory cells are planarized to provide top surfaces that are coplanar with the top surface of the memory-level dielectric layer. The top-interconnection metal lines do not extend below the horizontal plane including the top surface of the memory-level dielectric layer, and prevent electrical shorts between the top-interconnection metal lines and components of memory cells. |
| US12268095B2 |
Piezoelectric device
A piezoelectric device includes a base portion and an upper layer on an upper side of and supported by the base portion. The upper layer includes a membrane portion that does not overlap with the base portion in plan view. The membrane portion includes at least one piezoelectric layer sandwiched by electrode layers from a top and a bottom thereof. An intermediate layer is between a lower electrode and the base portion. The intermediate layer includes one or more individual layers, and an individual layer exposed as a lower surface of the membrane portion among the one or more individual layers includes a bent portion, which extends from the lower surface of the membrane portion to a lateral wall, on a boundary between a portion defining and functioning as the lower surface of the membrane portion and a portion overlapping with the base portion. |
| US12268092B2 |
Photoelectric conversion element, imaging element, optical sensor, material for photoelectric conversion element, and compound
The present invention is to provide a photoelectric conversion element having an excellent photoelectric conversion efficiency and responsiveness after heating over time. In addition, the present invention is to provide an imaging element, an optical sensor, a material for a photoelectric conversion element, and a compound. The photoelectric conversion element of 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) and an n-type semiconductor material. |
| US12268089B2 |
Organic light emitting device
The present disclosure relates to an organic light emitting device that includes a substrate; and an organic light emitting diode positioned on the substrate and including a first electrode; a second electrode facing the first electrode; and a first emitting material layer including a first host of an anthracene derivative and a first dopant of a boron derivative and positioned between the first and second electrodes, wherein an anthracene core of the first host is deuterated. |
| US12268088B2 |
Light emission material and organic electroluminescence device including the same
A light emission material includes a first compound satisfying Equation 1: K2≥0.1K1. Equation 1 In Equation 1, K1 is a sum of radiationless transition rate due to internal conversion from a certain specific n-th triplet excitation state to a lower order triplet excitation state including the lowest triplet excitation state, K2 is a reverse intersystem crossing transition rate from the certain specific n-th triplet excitation state to a singlet excitation state which is adjacent to the n-th triplet excitation state, and n is an integer of 2 or more. An organic electroluminescence device including the light emission material may simultaneously attain high emission efficiency and roll-off reduction. |
| US12268087B2 |
Compound for organic electronic element, organic electronic element using same and electronic device thereof
Provided is a novel mixture capable of improving luminous efficiency, stability, and lifespan of an element, an organic electric element using the same, and an electronic device therefor. |
| US12268082B2 |
Stretchable display substrate and manufacturing method thereof
The present disclosure provides a stretchable display substrate and a manufacturing method. The stretchable display substrate includes: a base substrate, a plurality of opening patterns being distributed on the base substrate, a plurality of bridges being formed between adjacent ones of at least a part of opening patterns in the plurality of opening patterns to define islands; a plurality of display units, at least one display unit being arranged on each island; a plurality of wiring units each coupled between the display units on the islands and arranged on the bridge; and a thin film encapsulation layer including a first encapsulation portion covering a side of each display unit away from the base substrate and a second encapsulation portion at least covering a side of each display unit adjacent to the opening pattern. Each of at least a part of opening patterns has different opening sizes at a side of the base substrate adjacent to the display unit and a side of the base substrate away from the display unit, and the opening pattern has at least one step-like structure at a side adjacent to the island. According to the present disclosure, it is able to improve the reliability of a display element. |
| US12268077B2 |
Display device and method for providing the same
The display device includes a substrate including a display area and a non-display area, a light-emitting element layer in the display and non-display areas, a color conversion layer including a bank in the display and non-display areas, a capping layer in the display and non-display areas and covering the bank, a plurality of color filters in the display and non-display areas and the plurality of color filters in the non-display area overlapping each other, and an overcoat layer in the display and non-display areas and covering the plurality of color filters. Each of the substrate, the capping layer, the plurality of color filters, and the overcoat layer has a lateral side which is furthest from the display area, and the lateral sides of the substrate, the capping layer, each of the plurality of color filters, and the overcoat layer are aligned with one another. |
| US12268074B2 |
Color conversion panel, method of measuring volume of ink layer thereof, and display device including the color conversion panel
A color conversion panel includes an active area corresponding to a display area and including an active pixel portion at which light is emitted, a dummy area adjacent to the active area and including a first dummy pixel portion and a second dummy pixel portion, and a color conversion layer including a bank layer in both the active area and the dummy area. The bank layer defines each of an active opening corresponding to the active pixel portion and defining an active opening planar area, a first dummy opening corresponding to the first dummy pixel portion and defining a first planar area, and a second dummy opening corresponding to the second dummy pixel portion and defining a second planar area. The first planar area of the first dummy opening is different from the second planar area of the second dummy opening. |
| US12268071B2 |
Display device having light-emitting element and light source element irradiating ultraviolet rays
The present display device includes a light-emitting element including a first electrode, a second electrode, and an active layer disposed between the first electrode and the second electrode, the active layer including quantum dot light-emitting layers, and a light source element that irradiates the quantum dot light-emitting layers with ultraviolet rays. |
| US12268066B2 |
Display panel, method of manufacturing the same and display device
The present disclosure provides a display panel, a manufacturing method thereof, and a display device. The initialization signal line layer in the display panel includes an initialization signal line pattern arranged in each sub-pixel area; the anode layer includes a plurality of anode patterns, and an anode spacing area is formed between adjacent anode patterns; the first auxiliary signal line layer is a grid structure, at least part of the first auxiliary signal line layer is located in the anode spacing area, and the initialization signal line pattern in each sub-pixel area is coupled to the first auxiliary signal line layer. |
| US12268063B2 |
Displaying substrate for preventing short circuit between auxiliary electrodes, and displaying device using the same
A displaying substrate and a displaying device. The displaying substrate comprises a flexible base plate; a first auxiliary electrode arranged on one side of the flexible base plate, the first auxiliary electrode being connected with a first power cord; a pixel unit arranged on a side of the flexible base plate away from a first metal layer, the pixel unit comprising: thin-film transistors arranged on the side of the flexible base plate away from the first metal layer, an insulation layer and a second auxiliary electrode, the second auxiliary electrode being connected with a second power cord, wherein the plurality of thin-film transistors comprise a drive transistor, the drive transistor has a source connected with the first auxiliary electrode and a drain connected with a first electrode of a light emitting device, a second electrode of the light emitting device is connected with the second auxiliary electrode. |
| US12268062B2 |
Display panel and display device with light- emitting devices overlapping winding area
Some embodiments of the disclosure provide a display panel and a display device. The display panel includes: a display area; a winding area surrounded by the display area; a notch area surrounded by the winding area; a plurality of pixel driving circuits located in the display area; a plurality of light-emitting devices located at sides, facing away from a base substrate, of the pixel driving circuits, each pixel driving circuit being electrically connected to one corresponding light-emitting device; an orthographic projection of at least one of the plurality of light-emitting devices on the base substrate overlaps with the winding area, other light-emitting devices are in the display area; each light-emitting device whose orthographic projection on the base substrate overlaps with the winding area is electrically connected to corresponding pixel driving circuit through a first conducting line, and the first conducting line extends from the display area to the winding area. |
| US12268058B2 |
Array substrate and display apparatus
An array substrate includes a base substrate; a pixel definition layer on the base substrate, the pixel definition layer defining subpixel apertures; and a spacer layer on a side of the pixel definition layer away from the base substrate, wherein the spacer layer includes first spacers arranged in a first array and second spacers arranged in a second array. Centers of subpixel apertures of two subpixels directly adjacent to an individual first spacer of the first spacers are arranged along a first spacer direction. Centers of subpixel apertures of two subpixels directly adjacent to an individual second spacer of the second spacers are arranged along a second spacer direction. The first spacer direction is different from the second spacer direction. A plurality of subpixels are arranged in an array of a plurality of rows along a first direction and a plurality of columns along a second direction. |
| US12268056B2 |
Display panel with pixel definition layer having depression structure and display device including the display panel
The present disclosure provides a display panel and a display device. The display panel includes an array substrate, a first electrode layer, a pixel definition layer, and a luminescent material layer laminated one on another. The pixel definition layer includes a first portion and a second portion, the first portion corresponds to and is arranged in an active area of the display panel, the second portion surrounds the first portion. A depression structure is arranged in the second portion, and an aperture of the depression structure is oriented to a side of the pixel definition layer away from the array substrate. |
| US12268049B2 |
Display unit with organic layer
A display unit includes a plurality of pixels, a reflector layer, and an auxiliary electrode. Each of the plurality of pixels has a first electrode, an organic layer, and a second electrode in this order. The organic layer and the second electrode are provided on the first electrode. The organic layer includes a light-emitting layer. The reflector layer has a light-reflecting surface around each of the pixels. The auxiliary electrode is provided on the reflector layer and is projected from an upper end of the light-reflecting surface. The auxiliary electrode has a portion which is exposed from the organic layer, and the exposed portion is covered with the second electrode. |
| US12268047B2 |
Display device
The display device includes a substrate, a transistor, a leveling film, a display element, a partition wall, and at least one dam. The substrate has a display region and a peripheral region surrounding the display region. The transistor is located over the display region. The leveling film is located over the display region and covers the transistor. The display element is located over the leveling film and includes a pixel electrode electrically connected to the transistor. The partition wall covers an edge portion of the pixel electrode. The at least one dam is located over the peripheral region, is spaced away from the leveling film, and surrounds the display region. The at least one dam has a base and stopper. The base includes a material included in at least one of the leveling film and the partition wall. |
| US12268038B2 |
Group III nitride semiconductor light emitting element and method of manufacturing the same
The group III nitride semiconductor light emitting element according to this disclosure has, on a substrate, an n-type semiconductor layer, a light emitting layer, a p-type AlGaN electron blocking layer, a p-type contact layer and a p-side reflection electrode, in this order, wherein, a center emission wavelength of light emitted from the light emitting layer is 250 nm or greater and 330 nm or smaller, the Al composition ratio of the p-type AlGaN electron blocking layer is 0.40 or greater and 0.80 or smaller, the film thickness of the p-type contact layer is 10 nm or greater and 50 nm or smaller, and the p-type contact layer has a p-type AlGaN contact layer having Al composition ratio of 0.03 or greater and 0.25 or smaller. |
| US12268036B2 |
Solar cell module for cultivation facilities
According to a main objective of the present invention, the three-dimensional arrangement of solar cells is adjusted so as to use sunlight directly coming from the sun mainly for solar power generation while transmitting wavelengths necessary for the growth of plants and reflecting wavelengths unnecessary for or hindering the growth of plants among wavelengths of sunlight passing through the solar cells to use the reflected wavelengths for additional solar power generation.Sunlight reflected by the dichroic optical filter may be used to additionally generate electricity using solar cells provided perpendicular to the dichroic optical filter, thereby maximizing the use efficiency of sunlight. |
| US12268033B1 |
Self-powered ultraviolet photodetection performance using Au/Ta2O5/GAN: metal-insulator-semiconductor (MIS) heterostructure
There is disclosed an ultraviolet (UV) photo sensing element comprising a GaN substrate and a Ta2O5 thin film layer, forming a GaN (gallium-nitride) and Ta2O5 (tantalum pentoxide) based heterojunction wherein the formed heterojunction receives and converts UV light into electrical signals/in the photovoltaic mode (at 0 V) or in a self-driven mode. Also disclosed is a method of fabrication of an ultraviolet (UV) photodetector (PD) device, the method comprising growing silicon-doped n-type GaN epitaxial layers on a stack of un-doped GaN/sapphire samples, cleaning the GaN samples, pelletizing and depositing tantalum pentoxide (Ta2O5) powder on the n-type GaN samples, forming Ta2O5/GaN stacks, post-annealing the formed Ta2O5/GaN stacks; and depositing high purity Au on the Ta2O5/GaN stacks. The photodetector (PD) device is a heterojunction ultraviolet (UV) photodetector (PD) device. |
| US12268032B2 |
Electrostatic protection circuit and semiconductor device
An electrostatic protection circuit and a semiconductor device include: a first diode whose anode is connected to a signal terminal; a second diode whose cathode is connected to a cathode of the first diode and whose anode is connected to a GND terminal; and a depletion type MOS transistor connected in parallel with the first diode. |
| US12268030B2 |
Self-aligned C-shaped vertical field effect transistor
A self-aligned C-shaped vertical field effect transistor includes a semiconductor substrate having an uppermost surface and a fin structure on the uppermost surface of the semiconductor substrate. The fin structure has two adjacent vertical segments with rounded ends that extend perpendicularly from the uppermost surface of the semiconductor substrate and a horizontal segment that extends between and connects the two adjacent vertical segments. An opening is located between the two adjacent vertical segments on a side of the fin structure opposite to the horizontal segment. |
| US12268029B2 |
Method for manufacturing semiconductor device
A method for manufacturing a semiconductor device is provided. The method includes forming a trench in a substrate; disposing an upper gate electrode in the trench; disposing a first dielectric layer on the upper gate electrode in the trench; and disposing a capping layer on the first dielectric layer in the trench. |
| US12268023B2 |
Devices with improved operational current and reduced leakage current
A semiconductor device includes a source/drain feature over a semiconductor substrate, channel layers connected to the source/drain feature, a gate structure between adjacent channel layers and wrapping the channel layers, and an inner spacer between the source/drain feature and the gate structure and between adjacent channel layers. The source/drain feature has a first interface with a first channel layer of the channel layer. The first interface has a convex profile protruding towards the first channel layer. |
| US12268019B2 |
Ferroelectric field-effect transistors with a hybrid well
Structures including a ferroelectric field-effect transistor and methods of forming a structure including a ferroelectric field-effect transistor. The structure comprises a semiconductor substrate, a semiconductor layer, a dielectric layer arranged between the semiconductor layer and the semiconductor substrate, and first and second wells in the semiconductor substrate. The first well has a first conductivity type, and the second well has a second conductivity type opposite to the first conductivity type. A ferroelectric field-effect transistor comprises a gate structure on the semiconductor layer over the first well and the second well. The gate structure includes a ferroelectric layer comprising a ferroelectric material. |
| US12268017B2 |
Shielded gate trench MOSFETs with improved trench terminations and shielded gate trench contacts
Shielded gate trench MOSFETs with gate trenches separated from termination trenches are disclosed, wherein at least one termination trench surrounds outer periphery of gate trenches and does not surround the gate metal pad area. The shielded gate electrode inside each of the gate trenches is connected to a source metal through at least one shielded gate trench contact which is spaced apart from at least one gate metal runner with a distance larger than 100 um. A breakdown voltage enhancement region and an avalanche capability enhancement region in the device structures are also disclosed. |
| US12268012B2 |
Multi-output look-up table (LUT) for use in coarse-grained field-programmable-gate-array (FPGA) integrated-circuit (IC) chip
A semiconductor integrated-circuit (IC) chip comprises a memory cell including: a latch circuit comprising first and second inverters coupling to each other, a first latch node coupling to an input point of the first inverter and an output point of the second inverter and a second latch node coupling to an input point of the second inverter and an output point of the first inverter; a first N-type MOS transistor having a first terminal coupling to the first latch node, a second terminal coupling to a first output point of the memory cell, and a first gate terminal for controlling coupling between the first latch node and the first output point of the memory cell; a second N-type MOS transistor having a third terminal coupling to the second latch node, a fourth terminal coupling to a second output point of the memory cell, and a second gate terminal for controlling coupling between the second latch node and the second output point of the memory cell; and a P-type MOS transistor having a fifth terminal coupling to the first latch node, a sixth terminal coupling to a third output point of the memory cell, and a third gate terminal for controlling coupling between the first latch node and the third output point of the memory cell. |
| US12268011B2 |
Pillar select transistor for 3-dimensional cross point memory
A memory device structure includes a vertical transistor having a channel between a source and a drain, a gate electrode adjacent the channel, where the gate electrode is in a first direction orthogonal to a longitudinal axis of the channel. A gate dielectric layer is between the gate electrode and the channel A first terminal of a first interconnect is coupled with the source or the drain, where the first interconnect is colinear with the longitudinal axis. The memory device structure further includes a pair of memory cells, where individual ones of the memory cells includes a selector and a memory element, where a first terminal of the individual ones of the memory cell is coupled to a respective second and a third terminal of the first interconnect. A second terminal of the individual ones of the memory cell is coupled to individual ones of the pair of second interconnects. |
| US12268010B2 |
Memory device and method for manufacturing the same
A memory device includes a substrate, a first conductive stripe disposed on the substrate and extending along a first direction, a second conductive stripe disposed on the first conductive stripe, a first pillar element and a spacer. The second conductive stripe extends along a second direction intersected with the first direction. A thickness of the second conductive stripe is greater than a thickness of the first conductive stripe, and the second conductive stripe is an integral structure. The first pillar element is disposed at an intersection between the first conductive stripe and the second conductive stripe, and extends from a top surface of the first conductive stripe to a bottom surface of the second conductive stripe along a third direction intersected with the first direction and the second direction. The first pillar element includes a switching layer and a memory layer corresponding to a first level. |
| US12268009B2 |
Memory device including vertical stack structure, method of fabricating the same, and electronic device including memory device
Disclosed are a memory device including a vertical stack structure, a method of manufacturing the same, and/or an electronic device including the memory device. The memory device including a vertical stack structure includes an oxygen scavenger layer on a base substrate, a recording material layer on the oxygen scavenger layer and in direct contact with the oxygen scavenger layer, a channel layer on the recording material layer, a gate insulating layer on the channel layer, and a gate electrode on the gate insulating layer. The oxygen scavenger layer includes an element that forms oxygen vacancies in the recording material layer and does not include oxygen. |
| US12268008B2 |
3D non-volatile memory, operating method of the same and manufacturing method of the same
Disclosed are a 3D non-volatile memory, an operating method thereof, and a manufacturing method thereof. The 3D non-volatile memory includes a bit line formed to extend in a vertical direction and horizontal structures contacting the bit line while being formed to extend in a horizontal direction and being space in the vertical direction. Each of the horizontal structures includes a ferroelectric layer contacting the bit line, a middle metal layer surrounded by the ferroelectric layer, a dielectric layer surrounded by the middle metal layer, and a word line surrounded by the dielectric layer. |
| US12268007B2 |
Memory device including etch stop pattern and method of forming the same
A memory device includes a first etch stop layer, an etch stop pattern, a second etch stop layer, a plurality of stacks and a first conductive pillar. The etch stop pattern is disposed in the first etch stop layer. The second etch stop layer is disposed on the first etch stop layer and the etch stop pattern, wherein a material of the etch stop pattern is different from a material of the first etch stop layer and a material of the second etch stop layer. The stacks are disposed on the second etch stop layer. The first conductive pillar is disposed between the stacks, wherein the first conductive pillar extends along the stacks and the second etch stop layer to be in physical contact with the etch stop pattern. |
| US12268006B2 |
Semiconductor device and data storage system including the same
A semiconductor device includes a substrate having a first region and a second region, gate electrodes spaced apart from each other in a first direction, perpendicular to an upper surface of the substrate, and extend in a second direction, and have different lengths on the second region, channel structures that penetrate the gate electrodes, extend in the first direction, and respectively include a channel layer on the first region, support structures that penetrate the gate electrodes and extend in the first direction on the second region, and a separation region that penetrates the gate electrodes and extend in the second direction. The substrate has a recess region that overlaps the separation region in the first direction and extends downward from an upper surface in the second region, adjacent to the first region. The separation region has a protrusion that protrudes downward to correspond to the recess region. |
| US12268002B2 |
Semiconductor memory device
According to an embodiment, a semiconductor memory device includes a substrate, a stacked body, a plurality of first members, and at least one first insulating member. The stacked body is provided on the substrate and includes a plurality of electrode layers. The electrode layers are stacked apart from each other in a first direction and extend in a second direction parallel to an upper surface of the substrate. The first members are provided in the stacked body and extend in the first direction and the second direction. The first insulating member is provided in the stacked body and extends in the first direction and a third direction so that the electrode layers are divided into a plurality of regions in the second direction, the third direction intersecting with the second direction and being parallel to the upper surface of the substrate. |
| US12267998B2 |
Three-dimensional memory device including discrete charge storage elements and methods of forming the same
A memory device includes an alternating stack of insulating layers and electrically conductive layers located over a substrate, a memory opening vertically extending through the alternating stack, and a memory opening fill structure located in the memory opening and comprising a vertical semiconductor channel and a memory film. The memory film includes a contoured blocking dielectric layer including sac-shaped lateral protrusions located at levels of the electrically conductive layers, a tunneling dielectric layer in contact with the vertical semiconductor channel, and a vertical stack of charge storage material portions located within volumes enclosed by the sac-shaped lateral protrusions. |
| US12267997B2 |
Microelectronic devices comprising stack structures having pillars and elliptical conductive contacts
A method of forming a microelectronic device including a first stack structure comprising alternating levels of insulative structures and other insulative structures, forming strings of memory cells through the first stack structure, forming a second stack structure over the first stack structure, based at least partially on observed amount of pillar bending within the first stack structure, forming a first tailored reticle specific to the observed amount of pillar bending, utilizing the first tailored reticle to form openings extending through the second stack structure and over some of the strings of memory cells, wherein centers of the openings over the strings of memory cells are at least substantially aligned with the centers of uppermost surfaces of the strings of memory cells in a direction of the observed pillar bending, and forming upper pillars extending through the second stack structure and over some of the strings of memory cells. |
| US12267995B2 |
Semiconductor device with vanadium-containing spacers and method for fabricating the same
The present application discloses a semiconductor device and a method for fabricating the semiconductor device. The semiconductor device includes a substrate; a bit line structure positioned on the substrate; a plurality of first bit line spacers positioned on sidewalls of the bit line structure; a plurality of second bit line spacers positioned on the plurality of first bit line spacers. The plurality of first bit line spacers include one or more species of vanadium oxide. The plurality of second bit line spacers include silicon nitride, silicon nitride oxide, or silicon oxynitride. |
| US12267994B2 |
Method for manufacturing semiconductor device having diode connectedto memory device
The present disclosure provides a method for manufacturing a semiconductor device. The method includes providing a substrate. The substrate comprises a first well region having a first conductive type. The method also includes forming a first gate structure on the substrate. The method further includes forming a first doped region in the substrate. The first doped region has a second conductive type different from the first conductive type. The first gate structure and the first doped region are included in a first transistor. In addition, the method includes forming a capacitor structure electrically coupled to the first doped region of the substrate. The method also includes forming a second doped region in the substrate. The second doped region has the second conductive type, the second doped region and the first well region collectively serve a diode, and the second doped region is electrically coupled to the first electrode of the capacitor structure and the first doped region. |
| US12267993B2 |
Semiconductor structure having buried word lines
The present disclosure provides a method of forming a semiconductor structure. The method includes providing a substrate including an isolation region, an active region adjacent to the isolation region, and a first top surface, wherein the isolation region includes an isolation trench filled with a dielectric material, and the active region includes a gate trench filled with a gate electrode material; forming a hard mask on the substrate; and performing an etching process to partially remove portions of the dielectric material and gate electrode material exposed by the hard mask to form a second top surface of the dielectric material and a third top surface of the gate electrode material, wherein the second top surface and the third top surface are substantially at the same level and are substantially lower than the first top surface. |
| US12267985B2 |
Method for controlling a venting system
A method for controlling a venting system, in particular a venting system for cooling electronic control devices. The venting system has a first ventilator and a second ventilator. The first ventilator is controlled via a first channel and the second ventilator is controlled via a second channel. The two ventilators are mechanically independent of each other and controlled separately from each other. |
| US12267982B2 |
Security panels for use in data centers
Disclosed is an integrated data center that provides for efficient cooling as well as efficient wire routing. The data center houses electronic equipment stored in clusters of cabinets. The space inside the data center is shared, such as on a leased basis, between multiple different entities who operate their own electronic equipment. To achieve privacy, security, and cooling air flow, one or more layers of a security paneling surround one or more clusters of cabinets to create a secure interior space. This allows access to only authorized personal, prevents people from viewing into the secure interior space, and allows cooling air flow to pass into the secure interior space to cool the electronic equipment. The security paneling comprises sheets of metal with small apertures. Two or more security panels may be arranged with offset apertures to further prevent viewing of the electronic equipment in the secure interior space. |
| US12267978B2 |
Electronics box for in-flight entertainment system
This patent document describes techniques are related to an apparatus for an electronics box for an in-flight entertainment system. The electronics box comprises: a first module including a first group of electronic components for the in-flight entertainment system and having a housing accommodating a first board on which the first group of electronic components are disposed; and a second module detachably placed over the first module and having a second board on which a second group of electronic components for the in-flight entertainment system are disposed, the second board covered by a frame that forms a sealed enclosure with the housing, and wherein the first group of electronic components and the second group of electronic components are configured to provide power or data to at least one of the in-flight entertainment system that is located in a commercial passenger vehicle. |
| US12267977B2 |
Spacer element for a printed circuit board assembly
A multi-functional spacer element for spacing at least one printed circuit board from an opposite spacing surface. The spacer element can not only accomplish the spacing of one or more printed circuit boards, but can also support a fastening function to a carrier element and an electrical ground connection. A passageway extends through the main body. The spacer element includes a press-in element. The spacer element 1 includes an electrically conductive material for electrically conducting from at least a first contact surface to the press-in element. |
| US12267974B2 |
Electronics unit
An electronic unit for a missile comprising a potted electronics in a housing: the unit being adapted to compensate for a difference in coefficient of thermal expansion between the potted electronics and the housing, the unit further comprising: a first ramp; and a second ramp slidably arranged against the first ramp, wherein the first and second ramps are disposed within the housing, the first or the second ramp abutting the potted electronics so as to provide an interference fit between the potted electronics and the housing; wherein the first ramp and second ramp each comprise a coefficient of thermal expansion selected to maintain the interference fit between the potted electronics and the housing throughout a temperature range. |
| US12267973B2 |
Housing cover and method for producing a housing cover
To create a housing cover for fixing to a housing, wherein the housing cover is provided with a plurality of fastening means through openings and with a sealing bead that comprises an elastomeric material, and wherein the sealing bead is arranged on a seal support face of the housing cover, in which housing cover the course of the sealing bead can be more freely designed and, in particular, laid closer to the fastening means through-openings of the housing cover and which, in particular, is producible from a sheet-shaped starting material, it is proposed that the housing cover comprises at least one deformation limiting element, which projects over the seal support face in the same direction as the sealing bead and limits a deformation of the sealing bead in the assembled state of the housing cover, wherein the deformation limiting element comprises at least one fastening means through-opening portion that extends along a circumferential direction of one of the fastening means through-openings over a circumferential angle α around the respective fastening means through-opening, and wherein the fastening means through-opening portion of the deformation limiting element comprises a plurality of partial element that are spaced at a distance from one another along the circumferential direction of the fastening means through-opening. |
| US12267971B2 |
Self-aligning and self-orientating swivel lock mechanism for desktop monitors
A monitor stand provides a self-aligning and self-orientating swivel lock mechanism for desktop monitors so the monitor stand can be easily locked at the center position to provide better user experience and easier manufacturing. A base of a monitor stand has a die cast plate and a swivel plate attached thereto to allow the monitor stand to rotate from the center position. A lock plunger of a swivel lock mechanism travels along a circular guided cam profile on the swivel plate when the swivel lock mechanism is engaged and the monitor stand is rotated. When the swivel lock mechanism rotates to the center position, a recessed portion of the circular guided cam profile receives the lock plunger of the swivel lock mechanism to thereby lock the swivel plate at the center position. The user engages/disengages the swivel lock mechanism by pushing an engagement button that extends from the base. |
| US12267967B2 |
Splicing display device
A splicing display device includes a back plate, and a plurality of splicing display units disposed on the back plate; wherein the back plate has a plurality of splicing areas arranged in one-to-one correspondence with the plurality of splicing display units; each of the splicing areas is defined with at least one limit slot opening toward the splicing display unit; each of the splicing display units includes a display panel corresponding to the splicing area and at least one connection mechanism fixed on a side of the display panel close to the back plate; the at least one limit slot is arranged in one-to-one correspondence with the at least one connection mechanism; each of the connection mechanisms is located in the corresponding limit slot, and is detachably connected to a bottom of the corresponding limit slot. |
| US12267963B2 |
Circuit board with anti-corrosion properties and electronic device having the same
A circuit board with anti-corrosion properties, a method for manufacturing the circuit board, and an electronic device are provided. The circuit board includes a circuit substrate, a first protective layer, and a second protective layer. The circuit substrate includes a base layer and an outer wiring layer formed on the base layer. The circuit substrate further defines a via hole connected to the outer wiring layer. The first protective layer is formed on the outer wiring layer and an inner sidewall of the via hole, and is made of a white oil. The second protective layer is formed on the first protective layer. |
| US12267961B2 |
Embedded component package structure and manufacturing method thereof
A manufacturing method of an embedded component package structure includes the following steps: providing a carrier and forming a semi-cured first dielectric layer on the carrier, the semi-cured first dielectric layer having a first surface; providing a component on the semi-cured first dielectric layer, and respectively providing heat energies from a top and a bottom of the component to cure the semi-cured first dielectric layer; forming a second dielectric layer on the first dielectric layer to cover the component; and forming a patterned circuit layer on the second dielectric layer, the patterned circuit layer being electrically connected to the component. |
| US12267958B2 |
Electronic component and manufacturing method thereof
An electronic component includes a glass substrate having a glass body and a protruding crystallized portion, the glass body including a top surface, a bottom surface, and a first side surface connecting the bottom surface and the top surface to each other, and the first side surface having the crystallized portion; a colored insulation layer on the first side surface; and a through-conductor within the glass body and extending through the top surface and the bottom surface. The crystallized portion extends in a first direction that is parallel to the bottom surface, as viewed from a direction orthogonal to the first side surface. As viewed from the direction orthogonal to the first side surface, at least a portion of the colored insulation layer extends in the first direction and is disposed adjacent to the crystallized portion in a second direction that is orthogonal to the first direction. |
| US12267952B2 |
Flexible printed wiring board and method of manufacturing the same
A flexible printed wiring board according to an aspect of the present disclosure is a flexible printed wiring board including a base film and a plurality of wiring lines disposed on a front surface of the base film. Each of the wiring lines has a front end surface extending in a longitudinal direction of the wiring line and two side surfaces extending in the longitudinal direction, and the side surfaces have an arithmetical mean roughness Ra of 0.05 μm to 2.0 μm. The wiring lines have an average height of 40 μm to 120 μm. The wiring lines have an average spacing of 1 μm to 30 μm. |
| US12267951B2 |
Electronic device
According to one embodiment, an electronic device includes an insulating base including a first portion which is stretchable and a second portion which is adjacent to the first portion and is stretchable, the first portion and the second portion being integrally formed, and electrical elements disposed in the first portion and the second portion, respectively. A first elongation rate of the first portion is different from a second elongation rate of the second portion. |
| US12267944B2 |
Support assembly, unit, and light module for a motor vehicle lighting device, and method for manufacturing a unit
The present invention relates to a support assembly for an electronic component, at least including a metallic heat sink, and a plastic element with a receiving section for accommodating the electronic component. The plastic element is connected to the heat sink in a form-fit manner. The receiving section of the plastic element covers a heat input side of the heat sink. The plastic element includes a thermosetting plastic with fillers for increasing the thermal conductivity. |
| US12267943B2 |
Method for generating high intensity electromagnetic fields
A method of generating electromagnetic fields comprises the step of using the interaction between a laser source and an appropriate target, as the source for generating high-intensity electromagnetic fields. A strong positive charge is generated in the target hit by the laser. The target has a structure consisting of at least two different elements. The method can be used to obtain the acceleration, deceleration, deflection, focusing or selection of moving charges. Such charges have been previously accelerated by a completely separate process, and therefore the two processes of pre-acceleration and subsequent processing of the beam of particles are completely separate and therefore separately tunable and optimizable Such electromagnetic fields can be used in other fields than those previously indicated, such as—merely by way of example—medicine, biology, studies on materials, electromagnetic compatibility, and generation of terahertz radiation. |
| US12267940B2 |
Apparatus and methods for nanoplasma switches
Apparatus and methods for nanoplasma switches are disclosed. In certain embodiments, a nanoplasma switching system includes a nanoplasma radio frequency (RF) switch that receives an RF signal, and a nanoplasma DC switch that receives a DC bias voltage. The nanoplasma DC switch is positioned adjacent to but spaced apart from the nanoplasma RF switch. The nanoplasma DC switch induces a nanoplasma through the nanoplasma RF switch when the DC bias voltage is set to a first voltage level. By implementing the nanoplasma switching system in this manner, DC bias to turn on or off the nanoplasma RF switch can be realized without needing to use passive components such as DC blocking capacitors, choke inductors, or baluns for isolation. |
| US12267933B1 |
Lamp and controller thereof, and lighting effect coordinated playback method and device
A lighting-effect coordinated playback method for an ambient lamp includes: obtaining a target lighting-effect including at least one sub-frame lighting-effect to be played by multiple light strips, and determining a lighting-effect coordination mode and a sub-frame duration of the target lighting-effect; determining a light strip group to which each light strip belongs according to the lighting-effect coordination mode, and determining a refresh time slot of each light strip relative to the sub-frame duration according to a total number of lighting units of the light strip contained in each light strip group; and according to the corresponding refresh time slot of each light strip, sending frame-slice control data of each frame slice of the light strip corresponding to the frame lighting-effect to the corresponding light strip at intervals, so as to control the light units of each corresponding light strip to coordinately complete playback of the sub-frame lighting-effect. |
| US12267932B2 |
Adjusting a routine in dependence on a difference between current and expected states
A method comprises, in a learning mode, learning (101) a state of one or more portable devices at a start time associated with a routine for a plurality of executions of the routine over a period of time based on received signals and determining (103) one or more expected states of the one or more portable devices at the start time associated with the routine based on the learned state. The method further comprises, in an adjustment mode, determining (105) a current state of the one or more portable devices at the start time of the routine for a current execution of the routine, determining (107) whether the current state differs from the expected state, and adjusting (109) the current execution of the routine in dependence on a difference between these states. The current execution of the routine comprises transmission of at least one light command. |
| US12267931B2 |
Circadian effective luminaire
A luminaire includes a frame, an ambient light source positioned within the frame adjacent a first end of the frame, a downlight light source positioned within the frame adjacent a second end of the frame, a diffuser connected to the frame and at least partially surrounding the ambient light source, and a reflector configured to direct light emitted by the downlight light source. A first driver is in electrical communication with the ambient light source and is configured to adjust the illuminance of the ambient light source. A second driver is in electrical communication with the downlight light source and is configured to adjust the illuminance of the downlight light source. A controller is in electrical communication with and send control signals to the drivers to change the light sources between a plurality of illuminance modes, which includes a circadian effective mode and a circadian ineffective mode. |
| US12267926B2 |
Vehicular lamp system and vehicular lamp
To provide a vehicular lamp system and a vehicular lamp which can reduce a replacement frequency of the vehicular lamp. The vehicular lamp system includes a vehicular lamp having a plurality of elements capable of irradiating a corresponding irradiation region with light and a detection unit that detects presence or absence of an abnormality in the plurality of elements, and a notification unit that notifies abnormality information concerning occurrence of an abnormality when the abnormality is detected in a target element capable of irradiating a predetermined irradiation region with light among the plurality of elements. |
| US12267924B2 |
Bleeder current control circuit, control method and distortion signal processing method
A bleeder current control method. The bleeder current control method includes the following steps: The rectifier bridge transmits a post-bridge input signal to the power system. The shaping circuit obtains the post-bridge input signal and shapes it into a bleeder current reference signal, the bleeder current reference signal is inversely correlated with the initial post-bridge input signal. Acquiring a current sampling signal representing the bleeder current, and comparing the error of the current sampling signal with the bleeder current reference signal to obtain an error signal. The current sampling signal is controlled according to the error signal, so that the current sampling signal is output based on the waveform of the bleeder current reference signal. Thus, a reliable and full-time sine wave envelope signal is provided to the power system, so as to reduce the loss caused by the bleeder current to the power system. |
| US12267923B2 |
Control circuit for bypassing diode current and control method
A control circuit for bypassing a diode current and a control method are provided; the control circuit includes a main module, a diode-current sensing module, a driving module; the diode-current sensing module is for sensing a current flowing through a main diode to generate a sensing current; the driving module is for generating a driving current proportional to the sensing current to drive a main switching transistor to be turned on; the main module, the diode-current sensing module, the driving module form a negative feedback loop to reduce the current flowing through the main diode to a preset value. The present disclosure solves problems in the related art, such as heat generation caused by large currents flowing through a body diode or flyback diode when the main switching transistor is in an off cycle, and the control circuit being out of control due to large currents introduced into a substrate. |
| US12267920B2 |
Heater assembly
A method of fabricating a thin film heater includes providing a heating element supported on a surface of a flexible dielectric backing film; and attaching a layer of heat shrink film onto the surface of the dielectric backing film so as to at least partially enclose the heating element between the heat shrink film and the dielectric backing film. The method provides a much more precise and consistent method of assembling the heater assembly and improves the thermal properties and heat transfer to a heating chamber. |
| US12267919B2 |
Ceramic heater and method of manufacturing the same
A ceramic heater includes: a ceramic plate which is provided with a wafer placement surface on an upper surface and in which a heating resistor is internally embedded; a ceramic tubular shaft with an upper end bonded to a lower surface of the plate; and power feeding members which penetrate a peripheral wall part of the tubular shaft in a vertical direction, and are electrically connected to the heating resistor. The power feeding members are embedded in the peripheral wall part of the tubular shaft, and are in tight contact with a ceramic material of the tubular shaft. |
| US12267915B2 |
Device address rotation method to protect against unconsented tracking
A network infrastructure component determines a risk measurement associated with a wireless client device's use of a device address, and provides an advisory with respect to an address rotation strategy of the wireless client device based on the risk measurement. In some embodiments, the risk measurement is based on one or more of an exposure, by the wireless client device, of information on the wireless network that identifies the wireless client device and/or a characterization of a security of the wireless network environment in which the wireless client device operates. |
| US12267913B2 |
Systems and methods for validating a vehicle driver based on mobile device positions within a vehicle
A system including one or more processors and one or more non-transitory computer-readable media storing computing instructions that, when executed on the one or more processors, cause the one or more processors to perform operations: analyzing telematics data and device interaction data to determine vehicle driving instances in which a user interacts with a mobile device during a vehicle trip for a vehicle; and the device interaction data is generated when the user interacts with the mobile device during the vehicle trip for the vehicle; receiving positioning data associated with one or more positions of the mobile device within the vehicle during the vehicle trip for the vehicle; and identifying whether the user interacting with the mobile device is a driver of the vehicle based at least in part upon the positioning data and the vehicle driving instances. Other embodiments are disclosed. |
| US12267911B2 |
Deterministic PLMN selection during disaster roaming
Systems and methods are provided for public land mobile network (PLMN) selection for disaster roaming. A user equipment (UE) determines a disaster condition at a first PLMN, where the UE is a subscriber of the first PLMN. The UE determines an availability of a second PLMN for disaster roaming. The UE selects the second PLMN and attempts registration on the second PLMN for disaster roaming. In response to attempting the registration on the second PLMN for disaster roaming, the UE receives a registration reject message including a cause value corresponding to a registration failure for disaster roaming on the second PLMN due to the disaster condition on the first PLMN. The UE waits for a first period of time before again attempting to register for disaster roaming on the second PLMN for the first PLMN with the disaster condition. |
| US12267909B2 |
User equipment operating as relay via a sidelink connection
A first user equipment (UE) is capable of serving as a relay for a second UE using a sidelink connection. The first UE determines that a predetermined condition is satisfied, the predetermined condition associated with the first UE operating as a relay for a second UE, transmits a discovery message and monitors for a signal from the second UE in response to the discovery message. |
| US12267907B2 |
User equipment (UE) grouping in a wireless communication network
A wireless communication network serves Fixed Wireless Access (FWA) User Equipment (UEs) and Mobile Wireless Access (MWA) UEs. Wireless access nodes receive signaling from the UEs and transfer the signaling to a network control-plane. The network control-plane determines network characteristics for the UEs responsive to the signaling. The control-plane generates MWA UE context for the UEs in a MWA UE group based on the network characteristics and generates FWA UE context for the UEs in the FWA UE group based on the network characteristics. The network control-plane transfers signaling to the wireless access nodes having the MWA UE context and the FWA UE context. The wireless access nodes serve the UEs in the MWA UE group by using Discontinuous Reception (DRX) responsive to the MWA UE context. The wireless access nodes serve the UEs in the FWA group without using the DRX responsive to the FWA UE context. |
| US12267905B2 |
Systems and methods for virtualized session management
A device may include a processor configured to maintain a plurality of session management entities (SMEs) for a core network associated with a radio access network (RAN). The processor may be further configured to establish a communication session using a first SME, of the plurality of SMEs; store session data for the communication session in a communication session database accessible by each of the plurality of SMEs; receive, using a second SME of the plurality of SMEs, a message associated with the communication session; retrieve, using the second SME, session data for the communication session from the communication session database, based on receiving the message; and process, using the second SME, the message using the retrieved session data. |
| US12267902B2 |
Resource selection in beam failure recovery transmissions
Systems, apparatuses, and methods are described for beam failure recovery in wireless communications. A plurality of candidate beams may be selected for beam failure recovery. After sending a first signal associated with a first candidate beam for beam failure recovery, the wireless device may send a second signal associated with a second candidate beam for beam failure recovery. |
| US12267897B2 |
Techniques in measurement gap configuration in new radio (NR) related communications
Embodiments include methods, apparatuses, storage media, and systems for measurement gap (MG) configuration in an E-UTRA (Evolved Universal Terrestrial Radio Access)-New radio dual connectivity (EN-DC) network, and other new radio (NR) related networks. Various embodiments describe how to configure a measurement gap (MG) based on various conditions in a network, which may include, but are not limited to, different MG types, operating frequencies and modes in the network, timing advancing, and how to determine a starting point of the configured MG to utilize the MG and perform certain measurements adequately. |
| US12267896B2 |
Wireless communication method and remote terminal
Provided are a wireless communication method and a remote terminal. The method includes that: a first remote terminal determines a first relay terminal for point-to-point communication; and the first remote terminal performs end-to-end communication with a second remote terminal through the first relay terminal. End-to-end communication is converted into point-to-point communication through the first relay terminal, so that when the distance between a sending end and a requesting end is too far, relaying may be performed on a communication link between the first remote terminal and the second remote terminal through the first relay terminal, so as to realize end-to-end communication. |
| US12267894B2 |
Sidelink-based UE relaying for efficient support of tracking applications
Systems, methods, apparatuses, and computer program products for sidelink (SL) based multi-hop UE relaying, for example, to support tracking applications are provided. One method may include determining, at a user equipment (UE), to which tier of a sidelink (SL) based multi-hop user equipment (UE) relaying the user equipment (UE) belongs. The method may also include determining at least a relaying mode and arrangement of transmit and receive occasions for sidelink (SL) transmission and reception in dependence on the determined tier that the user equipment (UE) belongs, and performing, on the determined transmit and receive occasions, transmit and receive operations for the sidelink (SL) based multi-hop user equipment (UE) relaying based on the determined relaying mode and arrangement. |
| US12267892B2 |
Data transmission for artificial intelligence (AI) technologies
Techniques are described to trigger, by a first entity, a process by which one or more interfaces are established over a user plane or a control plane between the first entity and a second entity, where the triggering is based on a first communication of a first message between the first entity and the second entity, and where the one or more interfaces are used for data communication between the first entity and the second entity; and establish, by the first entity, the one or more interfaces by performing a second communication of a second message between the first entity and the second entity in response to the first communication. |
| US12267890B2 |
Multi-operator maritime mesh network
A method is implemented by a network device to establish secure communication over a maritime mesh network. The network device is in a local network of a communication system of a vessel in the maritime mesh network. The method includes receiving a communication session request from a local user device to access a remote service, determining whether the remote service is accessible via a terrestrial network available over the maritime mesh network, and establishing a secure tunnel between the network device and the terrestrial network for the communication session, in response to determining the remote service is accessible via the terrestrial network. |
| US12267887B2 |
Method for signal transmission between vehicle, terminal, and network in wireless communication system, and vehicle, terminal, and network therefor
Disclosed is a method for receiving a signal by a network in a wireless communication system. The method may comprise: establishing a communication link to a vehicle and a terminal located in the vehicle; receiving at least one event message associated with an impact from the vehicle or the terminal; and on the basis of the at least one event message, determining whether the impact has occurred on the vehicle. |
| US12267886B2 |
Assigning authority for electric vehicle charging
A system (700) and method (720) for enabling a vehicle (710) utilizing electrical propulsion to selectively commence a re-charging session based on one or more variables determined by an assigning authority (1105 that is connected to the vehicle through a mobile network (1110) is disclosed herein. The system (1100) comprises an assigning authority engine (1105), a mobile device (110) for an electric vehicle (1000), and a charging station (715). |
| US12267878B2 |
Orthogonal frequency division multiple access (OFDMA) hybrid transmission method and apparatus
This application relates to the field of wireless communication, and in particular, to an orthogonal frequency division multiple access (OFDMA) hybrid transmission method and apparatus. The method includes: An access point may send a trigger frame, to schedule stations supporting different standards to perform OFDMA uplink transmission, where the stations supporting different standards support different bandwidth sizes. The stations receiving the trigger frame send a trigger-based physical layer protocol data unit (TB PPDU) to the access point, where the TB PPDU includes uplink data of the stations supporting different standards, and the stations of different standards may send the uplink data by using RUs located in bandwidths respectively supported by the stations. Therefore, a channel can be fully utilized to improve frequency domain resource utilization. |
| US12267872B2 |
Data transmission method and apparatus, and computer-readable storage medium
Provided are a data transmission method and apparatus, and a computer-readable storage medium. The method includes: receiving, by a first communication node, first information sent from a second communication node, where the first information includes configuration information of a transmission resource. |
| US12267871B2 |
RACH procedure coverage enhancement and recovery
Providing coverage enhancements for a user equipment (UE) includes decoding a random access channel (RACH) preamble received from a user equipment (UE) via a physical random access channel (PRACH). A number of repetitions associated with transmitting a random access response (RAR) over a physical downlink shared channel (PDSCH) may be determined in response to the RACH preamble. A transmission for the UE to be sent over a physical downlink control channel (PDCCH) may be encoded. The transmission may indicate the number of repetitions to the UE using one or more reserved bits of a downlink control information (DCI). |
| US12267869B2 |
Systems and methods for two-step random access procedure
Systems and methods for two-step random access procedure are described. According to embodiments, a user equipment (UE) transmits a random access preamble on a random access channel. The UE also transmits data on an uplink data channel using a particular uplink data channel resource. The particular uplink data channel resource is selected by the UE based on the random access preamble. |
| US12267863B2 |
Location and listen-before-schedule based resource allocation for vehicle-to-vehicle communication
Methods, apparatus, and computer-readable mediums for wireless communication are provided. One apparatus is configured to receive at least one SA from at least one UE. The apparatus is further configured to determine an energy associated with each at least one SA. The apparatus is also configured to rank data transmission time-frequency resources based on the determined energy associated with said each received at least one SA. Each at least one SA are associated with a different subset of the data transmission time-frequency resources. The apparatus is further configured to select a set of data transmission time-frequency resources based on the ranked data transmission time-frequency resources and to send a data transmission on the selected set of data transmission time-frequency resources. Another apparatus is configured to partitioning time-frequency resources into different resource groups, to divide UEs into UE groups based on location, and map the UE groups to the resource groups. |
| US12267859B2 |
Resource allocation in MU-MIMO OFDMA wireless systems
Embodiments of a method in a network node for resource allocation are disclosed. The method includes selecting a user set of wireless devices from available predefined user sets; estimating expected data rates for the wireless devices in the selected user set for a selected radio resource; computing a weighted sum of the expected rates of the wireless devices in the user set; and assigning a given the selected radio resource to the user set with the highest weighted sum. A criterion for dynamic resource allocation that can opportunistically exploit the channel variations towards achieving the optimal trade-off between the network capacity and wireless device-fairness is also disclosed. |
| US12267850B2 |
Method for multiplexing uplink control information in wireless communication system, and apparatus using same
A base station of a wireless communication is disclosed. A wireless communication base station comprises a communication module and a processor. The processor receives DCI of a physical downlink control channel (PDCCH) for scheduling a physical uplink shared channel (PUSCH) transmission over a plurality of slots and multiplexes hybrid automatic repeat request (HARQ)-ACK information to the PUSCH transmission by applying a value in a downlink assignment index (DAI) field of the DCI to each slot where the HARQ-ACK information is multiplexed to the PUSCH transmission over the plurality of slots. |
| US12267846B2 |
Communication method and apparatus for providing HARQ information via sidelink
A communication method and an apparatus, the method including determining, by a first terminal, first hybrid automatic repeat request (HARQ) information associated with a first sidelink grant, where the first sidelink grant is associated with carrying data between the first terminal and a second terminal, and where the first HARQ information comprises a first HARQ process identifier associated with the first sidelink grant, and sending, by the first terminal, the first HARQ information to the second terminal through a sidelink, where the sidelink is a direct wireless communication link between the first terminal and the second terminal. |
| US12267843B2 |
Default beam for cross-carrier scheduling with unified transmission configuration indicator
Various aspects of the present disclosure generally relate to wireless communication. In some aspects, a user equipment (UE) may receive first downlink control information (DCI) that indicates a transmission configuration indicator (TCI) state to be applied starting from a starting time associated with the first DCI. The UE may receive, in a first component carrier, second DCI that schedules a downlink communication in a second component carrier. The UE may receive the downlink communication in the second component carrier using a default beam associated with the TCI state indicated by the first DCI in connection with a default beam condition associated with the second DCI. Numerous other aspects are described. |
| US12267841B2 |
Communications devices, infrastructure equipment, and methods
A communications device configured to transmit data to or receive data from an infrastructure equipment of a wireless communications network is provided. The communications device comprises transceiver circuitry configured to transmit signals and receive signals via a wireless access interface provided by the wireless communications network, and controller circuitry configured in combination with the transceiver circuitry to receive, from the infrastructure equipment, in one of a plurality of sets of radio resources each forming a physical downlink control channel, PDDCH, in a first time divided slot of the wireless access interface, one of an uplink grant indicating an allocation of radio resources forming one of a physical uplink shared channel, PUSCH, of the wireless access interface and a downlink grant indicating an allocation of radio resources forming a physical downlink shared channel, PDSCH, of the wireless access interface, and to determine if a specified condition has been met. |
| US12267838B2 |
Determining physical channel resources in a wireless network
A method performed by a base station includes transmitting configuration information indicating a plurality of physical uplink control channel (PUCCH) resources for transmitting uplink control information (UCI) and one or more thresholds associated with a number of hybrid automatic repeat request (HARQ) bits to be included in the UCI. Each of the plurality of PUCCH resources is associated with at least one PUCCH format and a respective number of orthogonal frequency division multiplexing (OFDM) symbols. The base station transmits a physical downlink control channel (PDCCH) transmission indicating to transmit the UCI. The base station receives a PUCCH transmission that includes the UCI, using one of the PUCCH resources and an associated PUCCH format. The UCI includes a number of HARQ bits that satisfies one of the indicated thresholds, and the PUCCH transmission includes a number of OFDM symbols corresponding to the PUCCH format. |
| US12267830B2 |
User equipments, base stations and methods for transmission configuration indication for PDSCH
The UE includes higher layer circuitry configured to receive information including more than one transmission configuration indication (TCI) states. The UE also includes medium access control (MAC) circuitry configured to receive a first MAC control element (CE) and a second MAC CE. The UE further includes reception circuitry configured to receive first downlink control information (DCI) on a physical downlink control channel (PDCCH), and second DCI on a PDCCH. The first MAC CE selects one of more TCI states from the more than one TCI states and maps the selected one or more TCI states to the codepoints of a TCI field in the second DCI. The second MAC CE selects one of more TCI states from the more than one TCI states and maps the selected one or more TCI states to the codepoints of the TCI field in the second DCI. |
| US12267826B2 |
GC-DCI resource reallocation for SPS PUSCH
A configuration of providing uplink resources that supports low throughput traffic and high throughput traffic, while providing efficient utilization of downlink resources. The apparatus configures at least one UE with a set of group identifiers, the set of group identifiers including at least one group identifiers. The apparatus transmits a GC-DCI in a GC search space, the GC-DCI indicates to the at least one UE a change of uplink data resources, the GC-DCI may be encoded using a group identifier from the set of group identifiers. |
| US12267825B2 |
Uplink transmission method and communication apparatus
This application provides example uplink transmission methods and communication apparatuses. One example method includes sending first scheduling information by a network device to a first terminal and a second terminal, where the first scheduling information includes indication information of a sidelink transmission parameter and indication information of a first uplink transmission parameter, the sidelink transmission parameter is used by the first terminal to send first data to the second terminal, and the first uplink transmission parameter is used by the second terminal to send the first data to the network device. The first data is received by the network device from the second terminal. |
| US12267823B2 |
Enhanced initial access with multi-beam operations
Wireless communication systems and methods related to enhancing initial access for multi-beam operations. A user equipment (UE) selects a synchronization signal block (SSB) that corresponds to a beam and has a reference signal received power (RSRP) above a threshold. The UE receives a system information block (SIB) that includes a plurality of SSB and beam-specific system information pairs. The UE selects beam-specific system information by matching the selected SSB to one of SSBs in the multiple SSB and beam-specific system information pairs. The UE establishes a connection with a base station (BS) using the beam-specific system information. |
| US12267817B2 |
Dynamic slot and anchor allocation
Techniques for dynamic slot and anchor allocation include accessing allocation data representing at least one time slot allocated for transmission of a radio frequency signal over a wireless communication channel to a wireless device, assigning the at least one time slot to an anchor of a location system, and causing transmission of the radio frequency signal from the anchor to the wireless device in the at least one time slot. |
| US12267814B2 |
COT sharing procedure for configured grants in NR systems operating on unlicensed spectrum
Systems, apparatuses, methods, and computer-readable media are provided for a wireless communication system in an unlicensed spectrum. A user equipment (UE) device of the wireless communication system includes a processor circuitry and radio front end circuitry. The processor circuitry is configured to acquire a channel occupancy time (COT) in the unlicensed spectrum, and determine a number of remaining consecutive subframes allocated for physical uplink shared channel (PUSCH) transmission to a base station. The processor circuitry is configured to generate uplink control information (UCI) to indicate a COT sharing boundary occurring at an end of the remaining consecutive subframes. The radio front end circuitry is coupled to the processor circuitry and configured to transmit the UCI in the PUSCH) transmission during one of the remaining consecutive subframes. The processor circuitry is also configured to monitor downlink transmissions from the base station following the COT sharing boundary. |
| US12267813B2 |
Resource configuration method and communication apparatus
In one example method, an access network device sends a plurality of pieces of time division multiplexing mode information to a terminal, where each of the plurality of pieces of time division multiplexing mode information indicates one time division multiplexing mode, and in the time division multiplexing mode, time division multiplexing is performed on a first uplink time domain resource and a second uplink time domain resource, the first uplink time domain resource is an uplink time domain resource of a first carrier, and the second uplink time domain resource is an uplink time domain resource of a second carrier. The access network device sends first information to the terminal, where the first information activates one of the plurality of time division multiplexing modes indicated by the plurality of pieces of time division multiplexing mode information. |
| US12267805B2 |
Method for estimating a location of at least one mobile network node and respective network
Example embodiments relate to methods for estimating a location of at least one mobile network node and respective network. An example method for estimating a location of at least one mobile network node of a wireless communication network including the at least one mobile network node and at least two static network nodes includes performing initial range measurements between the at least two static network nodes in a pairwise manner. The method also includes determining an initial location estimate. Additionally, the method includes determining an estimate for corresponding noise samples. Further, the method includes estimating corresponding initial parameters of a Gaussian mixture noise model. In addition, the method includes determining a weighted sum of respective refined parameters of the Gaussian mixture noise model and the corresponding initial parameters of the Gaussian mixture noise model. |
| US12267803B2 |
Messages relating to location services
An example method includes a method performed by a wireless device for sending a message relating to location services. The method includes establishing a user plane connection with a location management function, and sending a message relating to location services to the location management function using the user plane connection. |
| US12267801B2 |
Method and apparatus for indicating MT-service for multi-SIM UE
A method and apparatus of an AMF controller in a wireless communication system are provided. The method and apparatus include: registering a first SIM based on a first registration request message and registering a second SIM based on a second registration request message which has a GUTI for the first SIM. Further, the method and apparatus include: receiving at least one of downlink data and signaling information for the second SIM when a N1 NAS is in CM-Connected state for the first SIM, and transmitting a NAS message indicating at least one of the downlink data and the signaling information for the second SIM over the N1 NAS connection of the first SIM. |
| US12267797B2 |
NR timing advance change detection
In some embodiments, a method performed by a wireless device comprises: obtaining a timing advance (TA) value for uplink transmissions; receiving a grant for a radio resource control (RRC) inactive mode uplink transmission; measuring a reference signal associated with each beam of a plurality of beams at a first time; selecting a first beam based on the measured reference signals; measuring a reference signal associated with each beam of a plurality of beams at a second time in preparation for the RRC inactive mode uplink transmission; selecting a second beam for which the measuring was performed at the second time; and when the first selected beam is the same as the second selected beam and the reference signal for the first selected beam is within a threshold value of the reference signal for the second selected beam, transmitting the RRC inactive mode uplink transmission using the obtained TA. |
| US12267796B2 |
Rx-tx time difference generation, measurement and reporting with neighboring base stations
A method performed by a first base station for positioning in a cellular communication system includes receiving, at the first base station, a signal transmitted by a second base station and estimating a Time of Arrival (TOA) of the received signal at the first base station according to a clock of the first base station. The method further includes determining a delta value that is a function of an amount of time between the TOA of the received signal at the first base station and a time reference at the first base station and performing either, (a) providing the delta value to a positioning estimation entity within the cellular communications system or (b) using the delta value at the first base station to reduce a time synchronization error between the first base station and the second base station, or (c) passing the delta value to a User Equipment (UE). |
| US12267795B2 |
Method and system for determination of synchronization signal (SS) block mapping pattern in a wireless network
Embodiments of the invention include methods, systems, and computer programs to determine synchronization signal (SS) block mapping pattern in a wireless network. In one embodiment, a method is implemented in a terminal device for synchronization signal block (SSB) search in a wireless network, the method includes receiving, by the terminal device from a network device, a message containing synchronization signal block (SSB) information indicating a synchronization signal (SS) block subcarrier spacing (SCS) option, where the SS block SCS option maps to a plurality of SS block pattern candidates. The method continues with obtaining SSB candidate locations, using a SS block pattern determination from the plurality of SS block pattern candidates for the terminal device determined. |
| US12267794B2 |
Obtaining a plurality of measurements associated with a plurality of symbols of a synchronization signal block
Various aspects of the present disclosure generally relate to wireless communication. In some aspects, a user equipment (UE) may receive a synchronization signal block (SSB) comprising a plurality of symbols. The UE may obtain, during a plurality of measurement windows, a plurality of measurements associated with a beam group of a plurality of reception beams corresponding to a plurality of symbols of the SSB, wherein the beam group is associated with a serving cell and comprises a first set of beams and a second set of beams, wherein each beam of the beam group corresponds to a measurement window having a window size that is less than a size of a corresponding symbol of the plurality of symbols of the SSB. The UE may perform a wireless communication task based on the plurality of measurements. Numerous other aspects are described. |
| US12267792B2 |
Interference cancellation repeater and method of operation thereof
Provided are an interference cancellation repeater capable of selecting one of a plurality of adaptive filters based on a synchronization signal and canceling interference included in a received signal using the selected adaptive filter and a method of operation thereof. |
| US12267789B2 |
PHR triggering method accommodating dormant portion of bandwidth in next-generation mobile communication system, and PHR configuration method and device
Disclosed are a communication technique which merges, with IoT technology, a 5G communication system for supporting a data transmission rate higher than that of a 4G system, and a system therefor. The present disclosure can be applied to intelligent services (for example, smart homes, smart buildings, smart cities, smart cars or connected cars, healthcare, digital education, retail businesses, security-and safety-related services, and the like) on the basis of 5G communication technology and IoT-related technology. |
| US12267788B2 |
Method and device in nodes used for wireless communication
A method and a device in nodes used for wireless communication. A first node transmits a first reference signal and a second reference signal respectively in a first time-domain resource block and a second time-domain resource block. The first node maintains power consistency and phase continuity among multiple first-type signals belonging to a reference time window in time domain; a duration of the reference time window is no larger than a first threshold; the first reference signal and the second reference signal respectively belong to different transmission occasions; whether the first node maintains power consistency and phase continuity between the first reference signal and the second reference signal is related to whether a first condition set is satisfied; the first condition set comprises a first condition; the first condition comprises: the first reference signal and the second reference signal being identified by a same index. |
| US12267780B2 |
Communication method and apparatus for monitoring a wake-up signal (WUS)
A communication method includes receiving monitoring information, where the monitoring information comprises information of a search space set corresponding to a wake-up signal (WUS); determining at least one of a monitoring periodicity of the WUS or a monitoring occasion in the monitoring periodicity based on the information of the search space set; receiving the WUS from the network device, where the WUS comprises wake-up information of at least one terminal device; and performing PDCCH monitoring based on wake-up information of the terminal device in on duration of at least one discontinuous reception DRX cycle corresponding to the WUS, where the wake-up information of at least one terminal device comprises the wake-up information of the terminal device. |
| US12267778B2 |
Performing duty cycled listening in a receiver
In one aspect, a method includes: enabling, via a controller of a network device, a receiver of the network device for a plurality of receive fragments during a receive duration; analyzing a signal fragment received during at least one of the plurality of receive fragments to identify possible presence of a wake-up frame sent by a coordinator device; and in response to the identification of the possible presence of the wake-up frame, enabling the receiver to receive and detect another wake-up frame. |
| US12267775B2 |
Wireless device loss prevention and discovery
A data storage device comprises a non-volatile storage medium configured to store user data, a data port configured to transmit data between a host computer system and the data storage device, an energy harvesting component configured to produce electrical energy from an ambient energy source, and a beacon component, configured to wirelessly transmit a signal. The beacon component is configured to consume the electrical energy to wirelessly transmit the signal. The data storage device may further comprise an energy store configured to store the electrical energy produced by the energy harvesting component as stored energy. |
| US12267771B2 |
Apparatus, method, and computer program
An apparatus comprising: at least one processor; and at least one memory including computer program code; the at least one memory and the computer program code configured to, with the at least one processor, cause the apparatus at least to: identify a plurality of allowed network slices of a terminal; and select at least one network slice among the plurality of allowed network slices of the terminal to be used for at least one signalling connection. |
| US12267770B2 |
Method and apparatus for obtaining network slice identifier
Embodiments of this application provide a method and an apparatus for obtaining a network slice identifier. In the method, a wireless access device receives a first service packet sent by a terminal; the wireless access device obtains a second service packet based on the first service packet, where the second service packet includes the first service packet and a network slice identifier; and the wireless access device sends the second service packet to a forwarding device. |
| US12267769B2 |
Isolation of electronic environment for improved channel estimation
Systems and methods for Wi-Fi sensing are provided. A method for Wi-Fi sensing carried out by a sensing decision unit in operation on at least one processor configured to execute instructions. Measured channel state information (M-CSI) representing a sensing measurement and receiver front end state information (RFE-SI) are received. According to the RFE-SI, sensing decision input information is determined. |
| US12267766B2 |
MLD privacy and operation enhancements
Methods for performing robust discovery of a new access point (AP) in AP MLD, robust link addition to an AP MLD association, AP beaconing modes when the AP is added or deleted to/from an AP MLD, and robust BSS transition management (BTM) signaling to steer a non-AP MLD to a best AP MLD and to most suitable APs, as well as privacy improvements for associated non-AP MLD. |
| US12267764B2 |
User equipment, method for controlling the same and network side device
A user equipment, a method for controlling the user equipment, and a network side device are provided in the present disclosure. The method includes transmitting broadcast-type signals and channels to the user equipment through a dedicated resource unit so that the user equipment can access a network; wherein the dedicated resource unit is only configured to transmit the broadcast-type signals and channels and is continuous in a frequency domain and a time domain. The present disclosure can control the user equipment to access the network. |
| US12267763B2 |
Relaying in a wireless communication network
The present disclosure relates to a first type node (AP1) in a wireless communication system, wherein the first type node (AP1) is adapted to: communicate with at least one neighboring first type node (APO, AP2) via a corresponding backhaul channel (H10, H21); receive communication from at least one overheard second type node (U3k) via a corresponding overheard access channel (h3k_1), the overheard second type node (U3k) being adapted to normally communicate with a serving first type node (AP3); instruct at least one overheard second type node (U3k) to pause transmission to the serving first type node (AP3) at time instants (T+2) when the first type node (AP1) is going to receive a certain signal (x3k(T)) from the neighboring first type node (AP2), where the certain signal (x3k(T)) is intended to be received by the first type node (AP1) without interference from said overheard second type node (U3k). |
| US12267760B2 |
System for geolocating at least two objects
A geolocation system includes at least two items to be geolocated, each item including a first wireless proximity communication means, able to communicate with wireless proximity communication means of another item; a long-range communication means; a geolocation device; and a processing unit. The system implements a computer platform including communication means able to communicate with the long-range communication means of the items. The processing unit of one item is configured to open a channel of communication with another item by way of wireless proximity communication means, and transmit to the computer platform the geolocation data supplied by the processing unit of the other item. |
| US12267759B2 |
Bluetooth data forwarding
A Bluetooth (BT) device includes a host processor and a BT controller coupled by a Host Controller Interface (HCI) including a Host Controller Transport Layer and a HCI Driver. The host processor implements an applications layer and includes HCI firmware for communicating via the Host Controller Transport Layer with the BT controller. The BT controller includes a processor coupled to a memory and to a transceiver, and a RF driver. The HCI firmware also includes HCI command code for a user to define a topology of the BT network including configuring the BT device in a current chain including a plurality of BT devices including configuring from which BT device it receives data from and which BT device it forwards data to. For communicating data across the BT network the BT device forwards the data without host processor involvement in at least resending the data back to its BT controller. |
| US12267758B2 |
Cross-domain orchestration through boundary conditions
Presented herein are techniques to automatically provision cross-domain end-to-end services. A method includes receiving, at a cross-domain orchestrator, a request for a service, decomposing the request for the service into a first provisioning command and into a second provisioning command, sending the first and second provisioning commands to the first and second domains, respectively, receiving, from the first domain, in response to the first provisioning command, a first constraint associated with the first resource of the first domain, receiving, from the second domain, in response to the second provisioning command, a second constraint associated with the second resource of the second domain, distributing the first constraint to the second domain, and the second constraint to the first domain; and initiating, based on the first and second constraints, the service using the first resource of the first domain and the second resource of the second domain. |
| US12267756B2 |
Method and system for integratedly managing vehicle operation state
Provided are a method and a system for integratedly managing a vehicle operation state. A vehicle integration management method performed by a server implemented by using a computer may include: receiving vehicle operation data related to an operation state of the vehicle from a vehicle terminal mounted or embedded in the vehicle; and providing a service related to the vehicle operation data through a dedicated application on a user terminal used by a user of the vehicle, wherein the providing may provide at least one of an operation report, a parking impact notification, and an accident situation notification based on the vehicle operation data in association with the application. |
| US12267754B2 |
Communications method and apparatus
A first device determines, based on a location of the first device and a quality of service parameter of first data, an identity of a first zone in which the first device is located, where the first data is data sent by the first device. The first device sends indication information, where the indication information includes first information, and the first information indicates the identity of the first zone. |
| US12267752B2 |
Sentiment capture by wireless network elements
Sentiment capture by wireless network elements is provided herein. A method can include extracting, by a system comprising a processor, features of sensor data captured by a sensor, communicatively coupled to the system via a wireless communication network and located in an area, wherein the sensor data is representative of respective persons present in the area, resulting in extracted features; determining, by the system, sentiment data, representative of an emotional condition of the respective persons present in the area, by correlating the extracted features to circumstantial properties associated with the area; and generating, by the system based on the sentiment data, a response to a query for information associated with the area. |
| US12267751B2 |
Method and apparatus for identifying objects in a spatial region
Provided in embodiments of the disclosure are methods, apparatuses, and computer-readable media for data processing. Location information and personalized information of a user are obtained in real-time; then a target spatial region corresponding to the location information is determined, the target spatial region including at least one physical object matching the personalized information; and then shopping guide data is generated for the user based on the at least one physical object matching the personalized information. By obtaining the real-time location of the user in combination with the personalized information of the user such as a purchase preference of historical purchase behavior, a shopping place and a branded shop near the user are provided to guide the user to perform in-store shopping, thereby improving purchase efficiency for the user, effectively providing personalized shopping recommended content to the user, and greatly improving purchase experience of the user. |
| US12267750B2 |
Method for terminal to transmit and receive signal in wireless communication system
One embodiment is a method for performing an operation for a terminal in a wireless communication system, the method including: a step for transmitting a first message to one or more road side units (RSUs); and a step for transmitting a second message to the one or more RSUs, wherein the first message includes location information about each of the one or more RSUs, the location information being acquired by recognizing unique information about each of the one or more RSUs, and the second message includes a location list obtained by collecting the location information about each of the one or more RSUs. |
| US12267749B2 |
Method and apparatus for mobility handling in wireless communication system
The present disclosure relates to a mobility handling in wireless communications. According to an embodiment of the present disclosure, a method performed by a wireless device in a wireless communication system comprises: receiving, from a network, a conditional mobility command for a target cell including a mobility condition, and a legacy mobility command; initiating a legacy mobility procedure upon receiving the legacy mobility command; and stopping an evaluation of the mobility condition during the legacy mobility procedure after the legacy mobility procedure is initiated. |
| US12267741B2 |
Network switching method and apparatus
The present disclosure relates to network switching methods and apparatuses. In one example method, a beam that currently provides a service for a terminal device is a first beam. The first beam is generated by a first network device. The first network device obtains user information of the terminal device, and obtains switching information based on the user information. After the first network device sends the switching information to the terminal device, the terminal device can perform beam switching based on the switching information. |
| US12267737B2 |
Report NSA/SA NR indicator
A wireless device configured to acquire network support information associated with a neighbor cell, wherein the network support information indicates that the neighbor cell supports a Stand-Alone (SA) mode of operation and/or a Non-Stand-Alone (NSA) mode of operation; and transmit to a serving network node a report comprising identification information associated with the neighbour cell and the network support information indicating that the neighbor cell supports a SA mode of operation and/or a NSA mode of operation. A serving network node configured to receive a report transmitted by a wireless device, wherein the report comprises identification information associated with the neighbor cell and network support information indicating that the neighbor cell supports a Stand-Alone (SA) mode of operation and/or a Non-Stand-Alone (NSA) mode of operation; and determine, based on the report, a type of interface to establish between the serving network node and the neighbor network node. |
| US12267736B2 |
User-equipment-based mobility optimization
The present application relates to devices and components including apparatus, systems, and methods for user equipment (UE)-based mobility optimization are described herein, including machine learning (ML)-assisted techniques. |
| US12267734B2 |
Communication method and communications apparatus
A method in which a terminal device moves from a first AN node to a second AN node, where the method includes: receiving identification information of a to-be-activated session from the terminal device via the second AN node; sending a context release command to the first AN node when a signaling connection of the terminal device exits between an AMF node and the first AN node; receiving a context release complete message carrying identification information of an active session of the terminal device from the first AN node; when the to-be-activated session and the active session have a same session, sending a first request message to request to deactivate the same session to an SMF node corresponding to the same session; and after the same session is deactivated, sending, to the SMF node, a second request message to request to activate the same session. |
| US12267731B2 |
Method and device for resource coordination
A method and device for resource coordination are provided. The method comprises an operation as follows. A terminal device sends a first request message to a network device to which a first subscriber identity card is connected. The first request message is used for requesting the network device to configure or reserve a first resource, and the terminal device having the first subscriber identity card and a second subscriber identity card. |
| US12267730B2 |
Notification control in a communication system
A method for notification control in a communication system performed by a core network is presented. The method comprising: establishing a PDU session; enabling a radio access network, RAN, to send a notification that notifying a UE, of the unfulfillment or re-fulfillment of QoS, for a QoS Flow in the PDU session using an AN-signaling based notification. The AN-signaling based notification including the unfulfillment or re-fulfillment of QoS parameters as defined in a QoS Flow description. The AN-signaling based notification further including expected QoS figures, an expected time interval and an accuracy of the notification. The UE/AF may further adapt their behavior according to the expected QoS provided by the AN. |
| US12267727B2 |
Method for managing resources of a converged fixed access and mobile radio telecommunications network, and corresponding computer program product and devices
A method for managing resources of a converged fixed access and mobile radio telecommunications network is disclosed. Each operator of a plurality of mobile operators has at least one base station connected to a mobile radio part of the network. According to such a method, a centralized resource allocation management module carries out: receiving at least one request for resources, called mobile client request, emitted either by a mobile radio resource management module of each of the mobile operators, or by a first centralized resource request management module from at least one mobile radio service request previously received from the mobile radio resource management module of each of the mobile operators; and sending at least one resource allocation offer to the mobile radio resource management modules according to the at least one mobile client request and at least one predetermined resource allocation offer rule. |
| US12267723B2 |
Load reporting in backhaul communications
Methods, systems, and devices for wireless communications are described. Aspects of the disclosure relate to enhanced load reporting between network entities (e.g., provided by a distributed unit (DU) to a centralized unit (CU) or by a CU to another CU). In some examples, the CU may provide one or more triggering events which may be used by the DU (or a second CU) to trigger the provisioning of a load report to the CU. Accordingly, the DU (or second CU) may be able to initiate a load report without relying on periodic reporting criteria. In some examples, the DU may initiate a load report to the CU without being configured with triggering events. In some examples, a DU may report measurements made associated with a communications load involving communications with both a parent network entity (e.g., a CU) and at least one child network entity (e.g., a user equipment). |
| US12267716B2 |
Inter-UE cross-link interference (CLI) mitigation for base station in full duplex mode
A victim user equipment (UE) may experience cross-link interference (CLI) from transmissions from an aggressor UE. The present disclosure provides for configuration of a CLI report that accurately characterizes the CLI experienced by the victim UE for different beams. A base station may transmit to the victim UE, a configuration for CLI reporting associated with a plurality of measurement resources, the configuration identifying a quasi-co-location (QCL) information associated with each measurement resource. The victim UE may measure interference metrics on the plurality of measurement resources based on the configuration for CLI reporting and the QCL information associated with each measurement resource. The victim UE may transmit a CLI report to the base station, the CLI report including a subset of the interference metrics associated with reported measurement resources and identifying the QCL information associated with the reported measurement resources. |
| US12267712B2 |
End-to-end (E2E) performance measurements in 5G networks
An apparatus of a management service equipment includes processing circuitry. To configure the management service equipment for E2E performance measurements in a 5G network with a plurality of network functions (NFs), the processing circuitry is to decode RAN latency received from a RAN within the 5G network. The RAN latency is associated with transmission of an Internet protocol (IP) packet between a UE and a data network (DN) via the RAN. A user plane function (UPF) latency associated with communication of the IP packet between the RAN and a UPF within the 5G network is determined. A DN latency associated with communication of the IP packet between the UPF and the DN is determined. An E2E performance measurement calculation is performed to determine an E2E latency associated with communicating the IP packet between the UE and the DN based on the RAN latency, the UPF latency, and the DN latency. |
| US12267711B2 |
Method for switching control channel monitoring of search space set group
A method, system and apparatus are disclosed for switching control channel monitoring of search space set group. According to one or more embodiments, a network node is provided. The network node includes processing circuitry configured to: configure a wireless device with at least two search space set groups, SSSGs; configure the wireless device to switch control channel monitoring between the at least two SSSGs; and optionally cause transmission of signaling on the control channel in accordance with the configured switching of the control channel monitoring. |
| US12267710B2 |
Method for configuring channel state information computation period for high mobility
A method of downlink channel state information (DL CSI) computation and reporting is proposed to support high velocity in new radio (NR) systems. In a first novel aspect, two CSI reference slots are defined. CSI reference slot for CSI measurement is defined for determining which CSI-RS/SSB occasion(s) is used for computing CSI. CSI reference slot for CSI computation is defined for determining the slot where UE assumes the CSI computation should be based upon the channel at that time onwards. In a second novel aspect, UE can be configured with a CSI computation period consisting of one or N slots and can be divided into multiple sub-periods without overlap. UE can be configured to compute and report wideband CSI and subband CSI for the whole CSI computation period and/or for each sub-period. |
| US12267706B2 |
Measurement report techniques for wireless communications systems
Methods, systems, and devices for wireless communications at a first wireless node in a wireless communications system are described. The techniques may enable a first wireless node (e.g., an integrated access and backhaul (IAB) node in an IAB system) to establish a communications link with a second wireless node. The first wireless node may receive, via a reception beam of the first wireless node, an interfering signal from an aggressor wireless node. The first wireless node may perform an interference measurement of the interfering signal at the first reception beam. The first wireless node may transmit a report indicating the interference measurement to the second wireless node. The second wireless node may schedule communications based on the interference measurement. In some examples, the report may indicate one or more parameters of the interfering signal. In some examples, the report may correspond to one or more beams. |
| US12267704B2 |
Mitigation of radio frequency (RF) outages on a wireless network
A set of AP radios in a wireless network deployment for which configurations are to be deployed is identified. Those configurations deemed to be likely to cause a coverage hole are flagged as high-risk. A candidate deployment order for deploying configurations to the set of AP radios is determined based on deployment ordering criteria. The ordered APs are grouped into candidate deployment batches and a batch refinement process is performed to ensure that no neighbor AP radio is in a same deployment batch as an AP designated to receive a high-risk configuration deployment. The configurations are then deployed to the AP radios in accordance with the refined deployment batches. For any candidate deployment batch that includes a flagged AP radio and a neighbor AP radio, one of the radios is removed from the deployment batch and placed in a re-order list, which is separately subjected to ordering and batching processes. |
| US12267702B2 |
Method for beam failure recovery based on unified TCI framework
Apparatuses, systems, and methods for beam failure recovery based on a unified TCI framework. A UE may receive, from a base station, a configuration for a BFR procedure for a CCG. The CCG may include at least two CCs and the UE may periodically receive, from the base station, at least a first BFD RS and a first CBD RS in a first CC included in the CCG. The UE may detect, based on the first BFD RS, a beam failure in at least the first CC and send, to the base station, a BFRQ. The BFRQ may include a candidate beam selected based on at least the first CBD RS and may be sent via a PRACH or MAC CE. The UE may receive, from the base station, a BFR response and apply the candidate beam to the first CC and at least one additional CC of the CCG. |
| US12267696B2 |
Supervision of data in a wireless network
Examples of methods, systems, and computer program products relating to supervising data in a wireless network are disclosed. At least part of a system may be located between a packet data network and a base station, and/or may be at least logically separate from the base station. The system may be capable of evaluating the service provided by the base station, and may be capable of determining whether or not any action should consequently be performed. Examples of an action may include an action which may not necessarily affect en-route data packets such as outputting a report, and/or an action which may affect en-route data packets such as delaying packets, not delaying packets, and/or stopping the delaying of packets. An action which affects data packets may or may not affect data packets uniformly. An action may or may not result in an improvement in quality of user experience. |
| US12267694B2 |
Terminal and radio communication method
A terminal according to one aspect of the present disclosure includes a receiving section that receives a plurality of pieces of configuration information indicating a plurality of control resource sets, and a control section that, when the plurality of pieces of configuration information do not include a control resource set pool index for one or more control resource sets of the plurality of control resource sets, determines a value of the control resource set pool index for the one or more control resource sets. According to one aspect of the present disclosure, it is possible to appropriately determine an operation for multiple panels/TRPs. |
| US12267688B2 |
System, method, and apparatus for providing dynamic, prioritized spectrum management and utilization
Systems, methods, and apparatuses for providing dynamic, prioritized spectrum utilization management. The system includes at least one monitoring sensor, at least one data analysis engine, at least one application, a semantic engine, a programmable rules and policy editor, a tip and cue server, and/or a control panel. The tip and cue server is operable to utilize the environmental awareness from the data processed by the at least one data analysis engine in combination with additional information to create actionable data. |
| US12267687B2 |
Method of optimizing the utilization of the white space based on the enhancement of the adjacent frequencies
A method of optimizing the utilization of white space based on the enhancement of the adjacent frequency, comprising: obtaining an available white space channel; and separately and correspondingly compensating an upper adjacent frequency and/or a lower adjacent frequency of the channel according to a relationship between the coverage of authorized signals of adjacent frequencies of the channel and the coverage of a white space device, the white space device obtain the maximum number of selectable channels and the maximum transmission power without affecting the authorized signals currently used in the adjacent frequencies; enhancing emission intensities of TV broadcast signals or other authorized signals of respective adjacent frequencies of a white space channel, a white space device operating over the white space channel meet the predetermined requirements of transmission power and coverage without adversely affecting the coverage and reception of authorized signals currently used in the adjacent frequencies. |
| US12267683B2 |
Non-3GPP device access to core network
A non-SI device is arranged for wireless communication and cooperates with an SI device having access to a subscriber identity. The non-SI device has a transceiver to communicate in a local network and a processor to establish an association with the SI. A non-SI public key is provided to the SI device via a first communication channel. A verification code is shared with the SI device via a second communication channel. The channels are different and include an out-of-band channel. Proof of possession of a non-SI private key is provided to the SI device via the first or the second communication channel. From the SI device, a certificate is received that is related to the SI and comprises a signature computed over at least part of the non-SI public key. The certificate reliably enables the non-SI device to access the core network via the local network and a gateway between the local network and the core network. |
| US12267682B2 |
Malicious black hole node detection and circumvention
A method includes determining a number of drops of a plurality of messages sent to a first node of a plurality of nodes within a mesh network. Based at least in part on the number of drops of the plurality of messages exceeding a threshold number of drops for a time period, decrementing a first rating assigned to the first node to a second rating assigned to the first node. Based at least in part on the second rating being below a rating threshold, determining that the first node is a potentially malicious node. Based at least in part on a first distance to the first node being larger than a distance threshold, identifying that the first node is a malicious node. The method may further include ending communications with the first node. |
| US12267677B2 |
Methods and apparatuses for facilitating connection to a WiFi network
The embodiments herein relate to a network device, an access point and methods thereof for facilitating connection to a WiFi network. The method performed by the network device includes: detecting an access point provided with a service set identifier (SSID); connecting to said access point using said SSID; performing an authentication process towards an authentication and control server for verifying a unique certificate of the network device, which is paired with a corresponding certificate in said server; and in case the authentication process is successful, generating a unique identification information for enabling a user equipment to scan said unique identification information. |
| US12267676B2 |
Methods and systems for authentication and establishment of secure connection for edge computing services
Methods and systems for authentication and establishment of secure connection for accessing edge computing services are provided. The method includes dynamically deriving a pre-shared key (PSK) and use the dynamically derived PSK for the authentication, while performing or before performing a secure connection establishment or while or before establishing a secure interface between a user equipment (UE), and a server, wherein the UE includes an Edge Enabler Client (EEC), and the server is an Edge Configuration Server (ECS). The method further includes deriving the PSK based on an Authentication and Key Management for Applications (AKMA) application key. |
| US12267672B2 |
Providing UE capability information to an authentication server
A method (300) for registering with a serving network (104). The method is performed by a UE (102). The method includes the UE transmitting (s302) to the serving network (104) a message (212) indicating a UE capability that is relevant for a home network (106), wherein the 5 serving network (104) is configured to send to the home network (106) a message (216) indicating the UE capability. |
| US12267670B2 |
Network device, method, and recording medium
A network device includes at least one memory storing instructions, and one or more processors configured to execute the instructions, which when executed by the one or more processors, cause the network device to output information indicating occurrence of a specific event in the network device to a predetermined display region, check approval or disapproval of transmission of information regarding the specific event to a management server in accordance with selection of the predetermined display region, enable mobile communication if transmission of the information regarding the specific event to the management server is approved, and transmit the information regarding the specific event to the management server through the enabled mobile communication, wherein the mobile communication enables communication between the network device and the management server via a WAN, and wherein, if the mobile communication is not enabled, the network device does not connect to the WAN. |
| US12267667B2 |
Low latency, low power multi-channel audio processing
An electronic eyewear device includes a display and a speaker system adapted to present augment reality objects and associated sounds in a scene being viewed by the user. A processor receives one or more audio tracks respectively associated with one or more augmented reality objects, encodes the audio tracks into an aggregated audio track including the audio tracks, a header for each audio track that uniquely identifies each respective audio track, and an aggregate header that identifies the number of tracks in the aggregated audio track. The processor transfers the aggregated audio track to an audio processor that uses the header for each audio track and the aggregate header to separate the audio tracks from the aggregated audio track. The audio processor processes the audio tracks independently in parallel and provides the audio tracks to the speaker system for presentation with the augmented reality objects. |
| US12267666B1 |
Audio-based presence detection
A device can receive an audio signal and determine a measure of correlation between the audio signal and a microphone signal. The audio signal can be attenuated based on the measure of correlation. The audio signal can be used to drive one or more speakers of the device. Other aspects are described and claimed. |
| US12267665B2 |
Spatial audio augmentation
An apparatus configured to: obtain at least one spatial audio signal, the at least one spatial audio signal comprising at least one audio signal and at least one spatial parameter; determine at least one first audio signal based, at least partially, on the at least one spatial audio signal and the at least one of the user position or orientation; obtain at least one augmentation audio signal, wherein the at least one augmentation audio signal has a different audio format than an audio format of the at least one spatial audio signal, wherein the at least one augmentation audio signal provides a different type of media content; determine at least one second audio signal based, at least partially, on at least a part of the at least one augmentation audio signal; and mix the at least one first audio signal and the at least one second audio signal. |
| US12267659B2 |
Waterproof microspeaker
A waterproof microspeaker includes: a frame; a magnetic circuit provided below the frame and including a yoke, inner and outer magnets, and a top plate; a voice coil located between the magnets and configured to vibrate by a magnetic field of the magnetic circuit and mutual electromagnetic force when an electric signal is applied; and a diaphragm housing provided above the frame. The diaphragm housing includes: a sidewall portion provided above the frame and having a predetermined height; an edge dome portion protruding upwardly or downwardly along an inner circumference of the sidewall portion; and a diaphragm provided inside the edge dome, allowing an upper end of the voice coil to be fixed thereto, and configured to generate sound by vibration of the voice coil. The diaphragm includes a polymeric material including metal or plastic and is inserted into an inner circumferential portion of the edge dome portion. |
| US12267651B2 |
Handling tool for hearing aid
The invention relates to a tool for inserting an ear-tip of a hearing aid into an auditory canal of an end user. The tool comprises a first part and a second part, which are movable in relation to each other around at least one pivot joint. A cavity for receiving a holding portion of the ear-tip is provided between the first and the second part, which cavity is enlarged when a second portion of the first part and a second section of the second part are pressed together. |
| US12267650B2 |
MEMS microphone
A MEMS microphone, includes a substrate with a back cavity, and a capacitive system located on the substrate, including a back plate and a diaphragm opposite to the back plate, wherein the back plate includes a body portion, a fixing portion connected with the body portion and the substrate, and a plurality of strip reinforcing ribs, the reinforcing ribs are protruded from the body portion. Compared with the related art, the MEMS microphone disclosed by the present disclosure could improve the strength of the back plate. |
| US12267649B2 |
Microphone chip
A microphone chip is provided and includes a substrate and a capacitive system. The capacitive system includes a diaphragm and a back plate. The diaphragm includes an inner membrane portion, an outer membrane portion, and at least one supporting portion. The inner membrane portion and the outer membrane portion of the microphone chip are separated by a slit, and the at least one supporting portion is connected with the fixing portion to fix the diaphragm, so that the diaphragm is in a cantilever state. By arranging the sealing element between the back plate and the diaphragm, the inner membrane portion is attracted and adsorbed on the sealing element by electrostatic force, and the sealing element is configured to support the inner membrane portion to reach an operating state, thereby reducing the low attenuation of the microphone. |
| US12267646B2 |
Acoustic transducer and method for manufacturing acoustic transducer
An acoustic transducer includes: substrate including first silicon layer, first oxide layer and second silicon layer, back chamber is formed therethrough; second oxide layer on the substrate; piezoelectric unit on the second oxide layer and including first electrode layer, piezoelectric layer and second electrode layer; slit and opening formed in the second electrode layer; metal pad stacked on the first electrode layer at the opening; and additional film layer including first, second and third parts, the first part is in the slit, side wall and bottom wall of the first part form groove, and through slot is formed in the third part to expose metal pad. |
| US12267645B1 |
Acoustic-feedback-informed far-field beamforming
An audio system controls feedback when beamforming an output for production by transducers by generating a beamforming output signal based on audio from a first set and a second set of acoustic sensors. The first set may include acoustic sensors that may experience feedback from the transducers. The second set may exclude the acoustic sensors that cause feedback. The beamforming output from each set are combined as a weighted combination based on a beamforming coefficient that may be dynamically set to increase contribution of the first set until the combined output causes feedback, enabling the total beamforming output to benefit from a larger set of acoustic sensors while avoiding detrimental feedback. The interaural characteristics of the external environment may also be analyzed and the beamforming output modified to increase a difference in the interaural characteristic and thereby increase perception of the beamforming output. |
| US12267632B2 |
Method of controlling projector, projector, and non-transitory computer-readable storage medium storing program
A method of controlling a projector includes performing tiling projection in a first area and a second area by a first projector and a first projector group projecting image light beams in the first area and the second projector group projecting image light beams in the second area, performing first adjustment processing of applying a second adjustment amount smaller than a first adjustment amount to the first projector group and projecting the image light beams when projection by the first projector stops and first processing is selected, and performing second adjustment processing of applying a third adjustment amount no larger than a difference between the first adjustment amount and the second adjustment amount to the first projector group after the first adjustment processing, and projecting the image light beams. |
| US12267630B1 |
Radar monitoring dash cam
A radar monitoring dash cam includes a shell assembly, a camera assembly, a control assembly and a radar assembly. The shell assembly includes a first outer shell with a first accommodating chamber. The camera assembly includes a first camera module. The first camera module is arranged in the first outer shell. The control assembly includes a first circuit board arranged in the first accommodating chamber. The first circuit board is electrically connected to the first camera module. The radar assembly includes a radar module. The radar module is electrically connected to the first circuit board. The camera assembly is configured to be turned on when the radar module detects that a moving object or a person approaches a preset distance. |
| US12267627B2 |
Method and system for teletransmitting to a processing site a video stream captured on a remote intervention site
A method for teletransmitting to a processing site a captured video stream of a remote intervention scene comprises modifying the captured video stream so as to erase defined zones, then transmitting this stream thus modified to the processing site. The teletransmitting method is employed to remotely assist a field operator with an intervention on a site that is sensitive in terms of confidentiality. The video stream may be captured directly by the operator or from a drone, for example. |
| US12267626B2 |
Parking support apparatus, parking support method and recording medium
A parking support apparatus includes a display control unit, a confirmation reception unit, and a parking control unit that performs a parking support control of a vehicle when a confirmation reception unit receives a parking region confirmation and a confirmation required region confirmation, and the confirmation reception unit simultaneously receives a single operation of the driver of the vehicle as the parking region confirmation and the confirmation required region confirmation. |
| US12267623B2 |
Camera-less representation of users during communication sessions
An example process includes receiving, from a user, an input corresponding to a request to render, without using a camera, and during a communication session with an external electronic device, an avatar associated with the user; and in accordance with receiving the input: in accordance with a determination that the electronic device is coupled to an external accessory device: during the communication session with the external electronic device, and while a camera corresponding to the communication session is disabled: receiving, from the external accessory device, a first data stream detected by a first type of sensor of the external accessory device; determining, based on the first data stream, a first set of data representing a first type of visual feature of the avatar; and rendering the avatar using the first set of data. |
| US12267620B2 |
Interactive and shared surfaces
The interactive and shared surface technique described herein employs hardware that can project on any surface, capture color video of that surface, and get depth information of and above the surface while preventing visual feedback (also known as video feedback, video echo, or visual echo). The technique provides N-way sharing of a surface using video compositing. It also provides for automatic calibration of hardware components, including calibration of any projector, RGB camera, depth camera and any microphones employed by the technique. The technique provides object manipulation with physical, visual, audio, and hover gestures and interaction between digital objects displayed on the surface and physical objects placed on or above the surface. It can capture and scan the surface in a manner that captures or scans exactly what the user sees, which includes both local and remote objects, drawings, annotations, hands, and so forth. |
| US12267619B2 |
Display system and display method
A display system includes a plurality of display devices configured to display a display image, a computer configured to supply, to the plurality of display devices, information indicating the display image generated based on a first video signal conforming to a first communication standard, and a communication device configured to execute transmitting, to a video supply device on an outside, image information indicating resolution of a display region where the plurality of display devices display the display image, receiving, from the video supply device, a second video signal conforming to a second communication standard different from the first communication standard, and converting the second video signal into the first video signal and transmitting the first video signal to the computer. |
| US12267616B2 |
Methods and apparatus for metadata-based processing of media content
Methods and apparatus for metadata-based cinematography, production effects, shot selection, and/or other content augmentation. Effective cinematography conveys storyline, emotion, excitement, etc. Unfortunately, most amateur filmmakers lack the knowledge and ability to create cinema quality media. Various aspects of the present disclosure are directed to, among other things, rendering media based on instantaneous metadata. Unlike traditional post-processing techniques that rely on human subjectivity, some of the various techniques described herein leverage the camera's actual experiential data to enable cinema-quality post-processing for the general consuming public. Instantaneous metadata-based cinematography and shot selection advisories and architectures are also described. |
| US12267615B2 |
System and method for establishing a dynamic privacy zone for an object
A system and method for establishing a dynamic privacy zone for an object. In operation, an electronic computing device receives a request from an electronic tag associated with an object to establish a dynamic privacy zone for the object. The request includes location data indicating a real-time location of the object. The electronic computing device identifies a camera having a field of view overlapping with the real-time location of the object. The electronic computing device converts the real-time location of the object into a corresponding pixel location on the field of view of the camera. The electronic computing device then establishes a dynamic privacy zone for the object within the field of view of the camera as a function of the corresponding pixel location. |
| US12267605B2 |
Pixel architecture with multiple pixel binning
Structures are disclosed for a binned set of two or more pixels of a pixel array that share a same readout circuit. The binned pixel design provides space-saving benefits on the chip and also improves the overall image quality. According to some embodiments, each of the binned pixels includes a photodetector and its own transfer gate. The readout circuit is coupled to the transfer gates of each of the binned pixels and includes its own second transfer gate that separates the pixels from a gain mode select block. The gain mode select block may include capacitors of different sizes and one or more switches to control which capacitors are to receive the charge from any one of the binned pixels. The readout circuit may also include a potential barrier (such as a diode), which allows for pumping charge onto the one or more capacitors of the gain mode select block. |
| US12267603B2 |
Photoelectric conversion device, imaging device, control method, and storage medium
A photoelectric conversion device including a pixel equipped with a photoelectric conversion circuit configured to output a signal in response to incidence of a photon includes a first measurement circuit, a second measurement circuit, a selection circuit, and a selection circuit. The first measurement circuit is configured to measure the signal output from the pixel. The second measurement circuit is configured to measure time from when the first measurement circuit starts measuring the signal until a measured value measured by the first measurement circuit reaches a first threshold value. The selection circuit is configured to switch a first measurement circuit to be connected to the second measurement circuit among a plurality of first measurement circuit. The control circuit is configured to control timing of switching a connection of the second measurement circuit by the selection circuit. |
| US12267600B2 |
Method for processing image data of an image sensor based on symmetric or asymmetric positioning of phase detection pixel, image processor unit and computer program
The invention discloses a method for processing image data of an image sensor, said image sensor comprises a sensor area of a pixel matrix providing image pixel data, wherein the pixel matrix comprises phase detection pixels at pre-defined locations, and wherein a set of image pixel data comprises phase detection information of said phase detection pixels, and wherein a step of calculating image pixel data for the pre-defined locations of the phase detection pixels as a function with either symmetric or asymmetric positioning of the respective phase detection in the colour channel is performed. |
| US12267594B2 |
Image compensation circuit and method
An image compensation circuit for an image sensor includes a gain amplifier, a compensation control circuit, a memory and a digital-to-analog converter (DAC). The gain amplifier is used for receiving a plurality of image signals from the image sensor and amplifying the plurality of image signals. The compensation control circuit is used for generating a plurality of compensation values for the plurality of image signals. The memory, coupled to the compensation control circuit, is used for storing the plurality of compensation values. The DAC, coupled to the memory and the gain amplifier, is used for converting the plurality of compensation values into a plurality of compensation voltages, respectively, to compensate the plurality of image signals with the plurality of compensation voltages. |
| US12267591B2 |
Video processing method and related electronic device
This application provides a video processing method and a related electronic device. The video processing method includes: When generating a video, the electronic device may perform image zooming based on a change in a zoom ratio, or may perform audio zooming on an audio based on a change in a zoom ratio. That the electronic device performs audio zooming on the audio includes: When the zoom ratio increases and an angle of view decreases, suppressing a sound of an object outside a photographing range and enhancing a sound of a photographed object within the photographing range; when the zoom ratio decreases and the angle of view increases, suppressing a sound of an object outside the photographing range and weakening a sound of a photographed object within the photographing range. |
| US12267589B1 |
Computer program product and automated method for auto-focusing a camera and/or a lighting fixture on one of a plurality of microphones in a venue that is being worn, carried, held, or spoken into by a person at the venue
One or both of a camera and a lighting fixture are auto-focused on one of a plurality of microphones in a venue. A plurality of persons in the venue are wearing, or carrying, or holding, or speaking into a respective microphone at the venue. Only one microphone of the plurality of microphones is active at a time. The venue includes a real-time location system (RTLS) having a plurality of RTLS tags and a RTLS receiver for locating a position of each of the RTLS tags in three-dimensional space. Each of the RTLS tags is fixed to a respective microphone and transmits a signal that is received by the RTLS receiver. One of the plurality of microphones is detected as being active. The position of the RTLS tag fixed to the active microphone is identified in three-dimensional space in the venue by using the signal transmitted from the RTLS tag fixed to the active microphone and received by the RTLS receiver to calculate the position of the RTLS tag fixed to the active microphone in three-dimensional space. The position of the RTLS tag fixed to the active microphone in three-dimensional space in the venue is presumed to be the same position as the active microphone that the RTLS tag is fixed to. One or both of the camera and the lighting fixture are auto-focused on the identified position of the RTLS tag fixed to the active microphone in three-dimensional space in the venue. When a different one of the microphones is detected as becoming active, the auto-focusing of one or both of the camera and the lighting fixture is switched to the identified position of the RTLS tag fixed to the newly detected active microphone in three-dimensional space in the venue. |
| US12267587B2 |
Electronic apparatus and method for controlling same to facilitate imaging mode selection
An electronic apparatus including a first lens and a second lens at a first side, the second lens having a angle of view different from that of the first lens, includes a switching unit configured to switch first imaging via the first lens and second imaging via the second lens, and a control unit configured to control display of items corresponding to a plurality of respective imaging modes, wherein the control unit is configured to, in a case where the second imaging is being performed, control display of a first item and a second item in different display modes, the first item corresponding to an imaging mode that enables the first imaging and the second imaging, the second item corresponding to an imaging mode that enables the first imaging and disables the second imaging. |
| US12267586B2 |
Interface for communicating a threshold in a camera
This document describes techniques and systems that enable an interface for communicating a threshold in a camera. An electronic device recognizes an in-camera, drag gesture that triggers a camera application to switch modes from a real-time display mode (displaying real-time preview images in a viewfinder) to a buffer-display mode, which displays frames recorded in the camera buffer. During the motion of the drag gesture, the electronic device provides dynamic visual feedback indicating a relation between a drag distance of the drag gesture and a target threshold for the drag gesture. For simplicity and conciseness, the visual feedback can be combined with the virtual shutter control. After meeting the threshold, the user releases the touch input of the drag gesture and the system triggers the camera application to switch modes. This allows capture of a “missed” moment that was recorded in the camera buffer but not stored in non-volatile memory. |
| US12267585B2 |
Ultra low power camera pipeline for CV in AR systems
An eyewear device having an image processor operable in a camera pipeline for computer vision (CV) and in augmented reality (AR) systems. The image processor is configured to selectively control a plurality of cameras to provide images having a first resolution in the high power AR mode, and to provide the images having a second resolution in the low power CV mode. The first resolution is higher than the second resolution, and the plurality of cameras consume less power in the CV mode than the AR mode. The image processor controls the camera pipeline to process the first resolution high IQ images from the plurality of cameras to operate in the AR mode, and controls the camera pipeline to process the second resolution lower IQ images from the plurality of cameras to operate in the CV mode. Substantial power is saved by reducing the resolution of the images using downscaling in the cameras themselves in the CV mode. |
| US12267582B2 |
Imaging systems and associated methods for power management
A system is disclosed that includes an image sensor, a depth sensor, and at least one processor. The image sensor acquires images within a first field-of-view. The depth sensor includes a plurality of photosensitive cells that acquires distance information within a second field-of-view. The second field-of-view at least partially overlaps the first field-of-view. The at least one processor is programmed to transition from a first mode of operation to a second mode of operation in response to satisfaction of a specified criteria based on object information associated with the distance information for an object within the second field-of-view. |
| US12267579B2 |
Method, electronic device and storage medium for capturing
Embodiments of this disclosure provided a method, electronic device and storage medium for capturing. The method includes: while displaying a capturing page, determining a current key part proportion information based on a current preview image collected by a camera, wherein the current key part proportion information is information on proportion of key parts of a subject in the current preview image collected by the camera; generating current capturing prompt information based on the current key part proportion information, and presenting the current capturing prompt information in the capturing page, the current capturing prompt information comprising at least one of capturing angle prompt information or capturing distance prompt information; and in response to a capturing instruction, controlling the camera to capture the subject. |
| US12267576B2 |
Vehicle and control method thereof
A vehicle and a control method thereof may increase a shooting angle of a camera mounted on the vehicle to photograph without limitation of the shooting angle. The method of controlling a vehicle including at least one camera, the control method including: adjusting a direction of a vehicle body to adjust a shooting direction of the at least one camera to a target direction thereof; and controlling the at least one camera to photograph in the adjusted shooting direction. |
| US12267575B2 |
Driving device, camera module, and portable terminal device
An embodiment of the present invention relates to a driving device comprising: a second guide part; a first guide part disposed in the second guide part; an optical unit disposed in the first guide part; a first driving part disposed in the optical unit; and a second driving part disposed opposite to the first driving part, wherein the first guide part comprises: a first fixing part coupled to the second guide part; a first moving part connected to the optical unit; and a first connection part for connecting the first fixing part to the first moving part, and the optical unit is tilted about the first connection part by the first moving part. |
| US12267573B2 |
Controlling integral energy of a laser pulse in a hyperspectral, fluorescence, and laser mapping imaging system
Controlling integral energy of a light pulse in a hyperspectral, fluorescence, and laser mapping imaging system is disclosed. A system includes an emitter for emitting pulses of electromagnetic radiation and an image sensor comprising a pixel array for sensing reflected electromagnetic radiation. The system includes an electromagnetic sensor for sensing energy emitted by the emitter. The system includes a controller configured to synchronize timing of the emitter and the image sensor. The system is such that at least a portion of the pulses of electromagnetic radiation emitted by the emitter comprises one or more of a hyperspectral emission, a fluorescence emission, or a laser mapping pattern. |
| US12267570B2 |
Machine learning device, image processing device, machine learning method, and machine learning program
A visible light image generation model learning unit generates a trained visible light image generation model that generates a visible light image in a second time zone from a far-infrared image in a first time zone. The visible light image generation model learning unit includes a first learning unit that machine-learns the far-infrared image in the first time zone and a far-infrared image in the second time zone as teacher data and generates a trained first generation model that generates the far-infrared image in the second time zone from the far-infrared image in the first time zone, and a second learning unit that machine-learns the far-infrared image in the second time zone and the visible light image in the second time zone as teacher data and generates a trained second generation model that generates the visible light image in the second time zone from the far-infrared image in the second time zone. |
| US12267564B2 |
Apparatus and methods for automated secondary content management in a digital network
Apparatus and methods for generating secondary content scheduling and product offerings for users of a managed content distribution network, such as a cable, satellite, of HFCu network. In one embodiment, the secondary content comprises advertising content to be distributed across a plurality of content networks carried by the managed content distribution network. A plurality of computerized models (including various simulations) are generated based on various data sources, including historical tuning event data for the managed network's subscribers), and subsequently implemented to structure advertising schedules or campaigns (“bundles”) for each customer in a substantially automated fashion, and that will achieve the desired level of performance specified by the customer, consistent with their budget. Hence, the customer is relieved of having to possess any intrinsic knowledge of advertising channels, demographics (and their correlation to certain content networks), and can merely specify a desired result in terms of e.g., reach and/or viewing frequency. |
| US12267562B2 |
Unified playlist
Techniques and mechanisms described herein relate to generating a unified playlist for media content originating from different content providers. According to various embodiments, a connection request from a media aggregation system is sent to an over-the-top (OTT) content service provider. A connection is established between the media aggregation system and the OTT content service provider. A connection is also established between the media aggregation system and a cable/satellite/terrestrial (CST) content service provider. Program information from the OTT content service provider and program information associated with the CST content service provider are combined to generate a unified playlist at the media aggregation system. |
| US12267560B2 |
Video playback method, terminal device, apparatus, system, and storage medium
A video playback method includes detecting a playback location of a first video, and prompting, when a start location of a first video clip in the first video is played, a user whether to watch a second video clip having a same plot as the first video clip at the same time; sending a same plot clip request of the first video clip to a video cloud platform in response to a confirmation operation of the user; receiving, from the video cloud platform, a video corresponding to the second video clip, a start location and an end location of the second video clip; and playing a part or all of the second video clip and the first video clip on a same interface. |
| US12267558B2 |
Method and system for personalized content recommendation
A method and system for providing, to a user device configured for providing content to a user, one or more personalized content item recommendations. The method comprising: retrieving a seed content item identifier from user data stored in a user profile; using the seed content item identifier to generate a plurality of initial content item recommendations; sorting the plurality of initial content item recommendations based on the user profile; and providing one or more of the sorted content item recommendations as personalized content item recommendations to the user device. |
| US12267556B2 |
Device for detecting music data from video contents, and method for controlling same
A data processing method according to the present invention comprises the steps of: receiving an input of video contents including a video stream and an audio stream; detecting music data from the audio stream; and filtering the audio stream so that the music data detected from the audio stream is removed. |
| US12267554B2 |
Methods, apparatus and articles of manufacture to estimate local market audiences of media content
Disclosed example audience measurement apparatus determine a first audience metric based on set-top box return path tuning data obtained from set-top boxes located in a first geographic area; determine a second audience metric from a portion of audience measurement data corresponding to a second geographic area, the portion of the audience measurement data associated with monitored sites in the second geographic area having second set-top box characteristics that correspond with first set-top box characteristics of the set-top boxes located in the first geographic area; determine ratios of (i) respective first audience metrics determined for respective demographic stratifications to (ii) corresponding second audience metrics determined for the respective demographic stratifications; and combine the ratios after multiplication with third audience metrics determined, for the respective demographic stratifications, from the audience measurement data to determine an audience exposure metric that estimates exposure to media in the first geographic area. |
| US12267549B2 |
Display device and method of controlling the same
A display device and a method of controlling the same are provided. The display device may include: a memory comprising one or more executable instructions, and a processor configured to execute the one or more instructions stored in the memory, wherein the processor may be configured to: monitor a use state of the display device, based on at least one of an individual usage indicator configured for a current viewing mode among a plurality of viewing modes of the display device, and a universal usage indicator configured to be used for the plurality of viewing modes identify a current power saving level among a plurality of power saving levels of a phased power saving mode of the display device determine a next power saving level based on the use state and the current power saving level, and apply the next power saving level to the display device. |
| US12267548B2 |
Display device configured as an illumination source
The disclosed technology relates to an electronic device including a display device and an image sensor. The device may include a processor configured to cause the display device to output an illumination image in response to a command to capture one or more digital images of a scene. The processor can also be configured to cause the image sensor to receive the one or more digital images of the scene while the illumination image is displayed. |
| US12267542B2 |
Dynamic scheduling of content
Systems and methods are provided for recommending and dynamically scheduling content. A time when a request to consume a content item is likely to be received is identified and an identifier of the content item is displayed on a device. Prior to the identified time, an option to consume, at the identified time, the content item is also displayed on the device. In response to the option being selected, the device stops displaying the identifier of the content item until the identified time. |
| US12267539B1 |
Methods and apparatus to generate reference signatures from streaming media
Example apparatus disclosed herein are to receive a log file, compare a first media monitor identification associated with an audio signature, a second media monitor identification associated with media metadata, and a third media monitor identification associated with event metadata. Disclosed example apparatus are also to determine if a first timestamp associated with the audio signature is within a time period, wherein the time period begins with a second timestamp associated with the media metadata and ends with a third timestamp associated with the event metadata. Disclosed example apparatus are also to validate that the audio signature satisfies a threshold for being stored as a reference signature based on at least one of the media metadata, the event metadata, the first timestamp, the second timestamp, or the third timestamp. Disclosed example apparatus are also to generate the reference signature including assigning the media metadata to the audio signature. |
| US12267538B2 |
Real-time video transmission system for cellular-connected UAV based on adaptive bitrate
In a real-time video transmission system for a cellular-connected unmanned aerial vehicle (UAV) based on an adaptive bitrate provided by the present disclosure, an on-board computer is loaded and configured on the UAV, such that the UAV can provide multiple video streams with different bitrates for retrieval. A client with a bitrate adaptation unit is set up, allowing the system to adjust the bitrate of the video stream according to network conditions in each time interval. Intranet penetration and port mapping are implemented on the cloud server, enabling the client to obtain, from the cloud server, the real-time video stream captured by the UAV. The present disclosure allows a remote user to watch, through a cellular network, the real-time video stream captured by the UAV. |
| US12267536B2 |
Online streamer image picture transmission in live interaction
This application provides an online streamer image picture transmission method and computing device in live interaction. The method applied to a server, the method includes: receiving an online streamer image picture sent by a first online streamer end, and obtaining a target obfuscation key; performing encryption processing on the online streamer image picture based on the target obfuscation key and picture information of the online streamer image picture, to obtain an encrypted online streamer image picture; and in response to determining that a live interaction request for the first online streamer end and a second online streamer end is received, sending the encrypted online streamer image picture and the target obfuscation key to the second online streamer end. |
| US12267535B2 |
Systems and methods for dynamic stitching of advertisements in live stream content
Receiving a first portion of a live stream of a content item being either prerecorded or being captured from a live event, the content item comprising or to comprise a set of stream-enabled video segments, the first portion of the live stream comprising a first subset of stream-enabled video segments. Identifying insertion point(s) within at least one stream-enabled video segment. Generating a first playlist based on the one or more identified insertion points, the first playlist associated with at least a first sub-subset stream-enabled video segments. Providing the first playlist to a consumer system. Receiving a second portion of the live stream comprising a second subset of stream-enabled video segments. Receiving a second playlist associated with the second portion of the live stream. Updating the first playlist based on the second playlist, and providing the updated first playlist to the consumer system. |
| US12267530B2 |
Methods for coding or decoding video parameter set or sequence parameter set
The present disclosure provides a computer-implemented method for encoding video. The method includes: determining whether a coded video sequence (CVS) contains equal number of profile, tier and level (PTL) syntax structures and output layer sets (OLSs); and in response to the CVS containing equal number of PTL syntax structures and OLSs, coding the bitstream without signaling a first PTL syntax element specifying an index, to a list of PTL syntax structures in the VPS, of a PTL syntax structure that applies to a corresponding OLS in the VPS. |
| US12267529B2 |
Transform selection for implicit multiple transform selection
A method and apparatus to improve compression efficiency in a video compression scheme enables use of new tools with multiple transform selection. In one embodiment, transform pair selection is based on a flag indicative of low-frequency non-separable transforms. In another embodiment, transform pair selection is based on a flag indicative of low-frequency non-separable transforms and on a flag indicative of matrix-based intra prediction. In another embodiment, when an implicit multiple transform selection mode is used, transform pair selection is based on a flag indicative of low-frequency non-separable transforms. Bitstream syntax is used to convey the flags. |
| US12267525B2 |
Video processing method and apparatus, device, and storage medium
A video processing method is provided. In the method, a video bit stream is obtained. Configuration information of the video bit stream is determined. The configuration information includes reference image information. The reference image information indicates (i) whether a video track corresponding to the video bit stream includes a reference image and (ii) whether the video track requires reference to the reference image. The video bit stream and the configuration information are encapsulated to obtain the video track. |
| US12267518B2 |
Generating images using neural networks
Methods, systems, and apparatus, including computer programs encoded on computer storage media, for generating images using neural networks. One of the methods includes generating the output image pixel by pixel from a sequence of pixels taken from the output image, comprising, for each pixel in the output image, generating a respective score distribution over a discrete set of possible color values for each of the plurality of color channels. |
| US12267515B2 |
Method and apparatus for temporal interpolated prediction in video bitstream
A video decoder is provided for the decoding of a video bitstream encoded in a temporal interpolated prediction (TIP) mode. First and second motion vectors pointing to respective reference frames, or reference pictures within those frames, are generated for a block of a current picture. The motion vectors are then refined by application of a decoder-side motion vector refinement (DMVR) process, based on a bilateral matching process, and the refined motion vectors are used to decode the block. The refinement may more specifically involve consideration of candidates for the refined motion vectors, selected by the bilateral matching. The refinement may be applied at both block and sub-block divisions of the current picture. |
| US12267512B2 |
MPM list construction
Neighboring blocks of a current block include first blocks adjacent to one of a top side, an above left corner, and an above right corner of the current block and second blocks adjacent to one of a left side and a below left corner of the current block. Whether one or more of the first blocks and the current block are in a same coding tree unit (CTU) is determined. Based on the one or more of the first blocks and the current block being in the same CTU, a respective intra mode associated with each of the one or more of the first blocks is added into a most probable mode (MPM) list for the current block based on a sequence of conditions. A respective intra mode associated with each of the second blocks is added into the MPM list based on the sequence of conditions. |
| US12267507B2 |
Method and apparatus for encoding/decoding an image
Disclosed are an image encoding/decoding method and apparatus. The method and apparatus select at least one reference pixel line from among multiple reference pixel lines and derive a predicted value of a pixel within a current block by using the value of at least one pixel within the selected reference pixel line(s). Alternatively, the method and apparatus derive an intra prediction mode of a reconstructed pixel region on the basis of a reference pixel region of at least one reconstructed pixel region, derive an intra prediction mode of a current block on the basis of the derived intra prediction mode of the reconstructed pixel region, obtain an intra prediction block of the current block by using the derived intra prediction mode, and reconstruct the current block by summing the obtained intra prediction block and a residual block of the current block. |
| US12267505B2 |
Apparatuses and methods for improved encoding of images for better handling by displays
To allow better quality rendering of video on any display, a method is proposed of encoding, in addition to video data (VID), additional data (DD) comprising at least one change time instant (TMA_1) indicating a change in time of a characteristic luminance (CHRLUM) of the video data, which characteristic luminance summarizes the set of luminances of pixels in an image of the video data, the method comprising: generating on the basis of the video data (VID) descriptive data (DED) regarding the characteristic luminance variation of the video, the descriptive data comprising at least one change time instant (TMA_1), and encoding and outputting the descriptive data (DED) as additional data (DD). |
| US12267504B2 |
Adaptive streaming of geometry-based point clouds
Systems, methods, and instrumentalities are disclosed for receiving content related to geometry-based point clouds. A client device may receive a media presentation description (MPD) file from a content server, A set of pre-selection elements may be identified from the MPD file. One or more adaptation sets associated with at least one pre-selection element of the set of pre-selection elements may be identified. The adaptation set(s) may be indicated by an attribute associated with one of the pre-selection elements. A geometry-based point cloud compression (GPCC) tile identifier associated with a viewport may be determined. The GPCC tile identifier may be determined based on a first descriptor received in the MPD file. One or more adaptation sets associated with the GPCC tile identifier may be selected using a second descriptor. A point cloud component associated with the selected one or more adaptation sets may be requested. Point cloud component may be received. |
| US12267503B2 |
Methods, apparatus, and non-transitory computer readable medium for cross-component sample adaptive offset
The present disclosure provides a video data processing method for cross-component sample adaptive offset (CCSAO). The method includes determining an index based on a vertical coordinate of a chroma sample within a picture; determining a luma sample based on the index; classifying the chroma sample based on a reconstructed value associated with the luma sample; determining an offset based on the classification; and adding the offset to a reconstructed value associated with the chroma sample. |
| US12267500B2 |
Storage of EVC decoder configuration information
A decoding device and an encoding device for storage of EVC decoder configuration information are disclosed. The decoding device includes a communication interface and a processor operably coupled to the communication interface. The communication interface receives a compressed bitstream. The processor identifies a frame width value and a frame height value in a video decoder configuration record in combination with an SPS_in_stream value; and decodes the compressed video bitstream based on the frame width value and frame height value. |
| US12267492B2 |
Image encoding/decoding method and device employing in-loop filtering
The present invention relates to a video encoding/decoding method and apparatus. The video decoding method according to the present invention may comprise decoding filter information on a coding unit; classifying samples in the coding unit into classes on a per block classification unit basis; and filtering the coding unit having the samples classified into the classes on a per block classification unit basis by using the filter information. |
| US12267480B2 |
Stereo imaging device with image distortion correction
A stereo imaging device is capable of detecting a target with a high precision, while photographing a wide range. The stereo imaging device has an imaging unit 5 including a lens and an imaging sensor. The lens has a low distortion region and a high distortion region, the low distortion region being a portion having a distortion smaller than a predetermined amount, the high distortion region being a portion having a distortion larger than the low distortion region. A cutout unit outputs an image from which a range including a detection target has been cut out from an area photographed through the low distortion region, such output being performed for image photographed by a pair of imaging units when a detection target is present within an area photographed through the low distortion region. A detection unit detects a detection target based on the cutout image. |
| US12267479B2 |
Stereoscopic image recording method and stereoscopic image recording apparatus
In a stereoscopic image recording method (34), it is provided to transform depth information (13) with respect to an image pair (40) of a stereoscopic image (24) based on an alignment angle (23) in order to generate an aligned stereoscopic image (29), the transformed depth information (26) being used in order to generate a complementary image (27) of the stereoscopic image (40) in a computer-aided manner. |
| US12267467B2 |
Information processing apparatus, method of controlling information processing apparatus, and storage medium
An image processing apparatus, communicable with a first server and a second server, obtains, from the first server, transmission possibility information indicating transmission possibility of operation information on the image processing apparatus, wherein the transmission possibility information of the operation information is set in the first server according to a screen category displayed on the image processing apparatus, and transmits operation information in a screen category corresponding to the allowance of the transmission to the second server on a condition that the obtained transmission possibility information indicates the transmission is allowed. |
| US12267466B2 |
Image forming apparatus
A print image generation unit is configured to perform a first rasterization process for printing and thereby generate print image data, and perform a second rasterization process for inspection and thereby generate reference image data, on the basis of a print request. A print unit is configured to perform printing based on the print image data onto a print paper sheet and thereby produce a print product. An image scanning unit is configured to perform image scanning of the print product and thereby generate scan image data. An inspection processing unit is configured to compare the scan image data and the reference image data and thereby perform inspection of the printed matter. Further, the second rasterization process is a rasterization process performed in a rendering condition different from a rendering condition of the first rasterization process. |
| US12267462B2 |
Determination and display of estimated hold durations for calls
Implementations relate to determination and display of estimated hold durations for calls. In some implementations, a computer-implemented method includes obtaining an identifier of a target entity, the identifier usable by a first call device to initiate a call between the first call device and the target entity. A hold duration is determined that is an estimated amount of time before the call is matched to a human agent when the call is initiated at a particular time that is prospective to a current time. The hold duration is determined based on previous calls between one or more call devices and the target entity. The hold duration is provided for display by the first call device prior to the initiation of the call between the first call device and the target entity. |
| US12267460B2 |
Utilizing machine learning models to generate interactive digital text threads with personalized agent escalation digital text reply options
The present disclosure relates to systems, non-transitory computer-readable media, and methods for utilizing machine learning models to determine predicted client intent classifications and/or client-agent escalation classes to generate personalized digital text reply options within an automated interactive digital text thread. For example, disclosed systems utilize the machine learning model to generate predicted client-agent escalation classes and corresponding probabilities. The disclosed systems utilize the predicted client-agent escalation classifications and the escalation class probabilities to generate personalized digital text reply options. Moreover, the disclosed systems can provide personalized digital text reply options to a client device within an automated interactive digital text thread, bypassing the inefficiency of menu options or protocols utilized to guide clients to terminal information. |
| US12267451B2 |
Flexible display device
A flexible display device is disclosed. The flexible display device comprises a first body, a second body, a flexible display, and a speaker. The first body includes a deco frame, a first sound radiation unit, and a second sound radiation unit. The first sound radiation unit and the second sound radiation unit form an outlet through which the sound (sound waves) of the speaker is transmitted to the outside of the first body. The flexible display includes a first region fixed to the first body, and is provided with the second sound radiation unit while the outer surface of the border portion of the first region is spaced apart from the deco frame. The sound (sound waves) of the speaker is transmitted to the outside of the first body through the first sound radiation unit and the second sound radiation unit, such that the sound quality of the speaker can be improved, and the second sound radiation unit can be prevented from being exposed to the outside. |
| US12267450B2 |
Display device
A display device includes: a first non-folding area; a second non-folding area; and a folding area to be folded relative to a folding axis, and between the first non-folding area and the second non-folding area; a display module; and a support module underneath the display module. The support module includes: a base layer including a base fiber, the base fiber including a glass fiber, a carbon fiber, or an aramid fiber; and a support layer including: a first sub-support portion corresponding to the first non-folding area, the first sub-support portion being located above and underneath the base layer; and a second sub-support portion corresponding to the second non-folding area, the second sub-support portion being located above and underneath the base layer. The first sub-support portion and the second sub-support portion includes a support portion resin including at least one of an acrylic resin, an epoxy resin, or a urethane resin. |
| US12267447B2 |
Mobile terminal
Disclosed in the present application is a mobile terminal having a flexible display. The present application may provide the mobile terminal comprising: a first frame; a second frame movably attached to the first frame and configured to move in a first direction or a second direction opposite to the first direction with respect to the first frame to form a predetermined stroke; a third frame movably combined with the second frame and configured to move in the first direction or the second direction with respect to the second frame; a flexible display arranged on the front surface of the mobile terminal; a driving unit configured to move the second frame in the first or second direction with respect to the first frame and move the third frame in the first or second direction with respect to the second frame; a detecting apparatus configured to detect the extent of movement of the second frame in the first direction or the second direction; and a control apparatus configured to control the operation of the mobile terminal on the basis of the extent of movement of the second frame measured by the detecting apparatus. |
| US12267446B2 |
Electronic device including torque structure
An electronic device is provided. The electronic device includes a first housing, a second housing, and a hinge structure connected to the first housing and the second housing such that the first housing rotates about a first axis of rotation parallel to a first axial direction and the second housing rotates about a second axis of rotation parallel to the first axial direction. The first housing and the second housing form an angle. The hinge structure includes a first arm shaft configured to operate based on rotation of the first housing, the first arm shaft being parallel to the first axial direction, a second arm shaft configured to operate based on rotation of the second housing, the second arm shaft being parallel to the first axial direction, and a torque structure. |
| US12267444B2 |
Blockchain system with improved throughput by splitting blocks, and its computer program
A blockchain system is capable of reducing the generation of isolated blocks and unfairness among miners resulting from block propagation delays caused by an increase in block data size. Each block is divided into part A and part B, and transaction information is stored in part B. After the miner receives Part A of a certain block and before the reception of Part B is completed, the miner determines the transaction data to be included in the next block after the received block from the information stored in Part A and starts mining the next block after the received block. In addition, the miner maintains multiple blockchains in case the reception of part B is not completed, and switches the blockchain to be mined according to the conditions. |
| US12267439B2 |
System and method of creating chain-assisted digital signature
A system and method for performing secure exchanges of data over a computer network may include: generating, by a computerized blockchain entity, data points of the blockchain entity based on a data point from a first computerized signing entity; reconstructing, by the blockchain entity, data points of a plurality of signing entities, where data points of the signing entities are generated based on one or more of the data points of the blockchain entity; and performing an exchange of data between one or more of the entities based on the reconstructed data points. In some embodiments, the blockchain entity may comprise two components: a public component (which may be accessible to signing entities) and a private component (which may not be accessible to the signing entities). Some embodiments may include implementing the blockchain entity on a blockchain network, and/or simulating computerized operations by some of the relevant entities. |
| US12267436B2 |
Data protection on distributed data storage (DDS) protection networks
Systems, methods, and computer-readable storage media of data protection on a distributed data storage (DDS) protection network using a distribution protocol. One method includes receiving a digital asset including a dataset and generating a plurality of data structures and a data object based on the dataset. The method further includes storing at least one of the plurality of data structures on a first network node of a plurality of network nodes and configuring the data object in a first block on a network ledger. The method further includes receiving a request associated with the digital asset and generating a new data object associated with the request. The method further includes updating the network ledger to include the new data object, wherein updating includes generating a second block comprising at least the new data object, creating a sub-chain within the network ledger, and updating a present state of the network ledger. |
| US12267433B2 |
Security for USB-based device configuration
A universal serial bus device, including: a main body; a connection portion attached to the main body; a processor; a storage portion storing a hash function executable by the processor, the hash function producing a hash value; a non-changing visual code on the main body, the visual code being readable by an optical scanner and corresponding to the hash function; and an electronic display configured to display the hash value. |
| US12267430B2 |
Computer-readable recording medium storing information concealing program, method of concealing information, and information management apparatus
A computer-readable medium storing a program for causing a computer to execute processing in one of stages of a supply chain, the processing including: obtaining, from an immediately upstream stage, a first cumulative value being from a most upstream stage to the immediately upstream stage and a first random number used to generate a first commitment obtained by concealing the first cumulative value; generating, based on the first random number, a link commitment obtained by concealing information indicating a relationship between the immediately upstream stage and the stage; calculating, based on the first cumulative value, a second cumulative value being from the most upstream stage to the stage; generating a proof indicating that the second cumulative value is calculated using the correct first cumulative value and that is a zero-knowledge proof based on the link commitment; and causing the link commitment and the proof to be recorded in a blockchain. |
| US12267429B2 |
Digital asset management
A method, system, and non-transitory computer-readable medium are provided for issuing a vehicle title that guards against title washing by utilizing blockchain technology. The method includes determining a Global Asset Registry Ledger (GRL) entry for the vehicle title and obtaining a Predictive Validation Index (PVI) value based on the GRL entry. The title registration process is performed using the PVI value, which involves instantiating, deploying, and executing a plurality of smart contracts on a title issuance authority blockchain network. These smart contracts are deployed by digitally signing with a cryptographic private key and are executed to commit the transaction based on proof of attestation policies, resulting in the issuance of the vehicle title. The system further facilitates verifying the authenticity of the title and determining the owner of the vehicle through blockchain queries. |
| US12267428B2 |
Blinded token device authentication
A mobile device performs authentication with blinded tokens and swaps its international mobile subscriber identity (IMSI) value. For authentication with blinded tokens, the mobile device generates a blinded token and provides it to a server to encrypt. To redeem the token, the mobile device unblinds the encrypted blinded token and provides it to the server along with a public key. To complete authentication, the mobile device receives, from the server, a nonce encrypted with the public key and decrypts the nonce with a private key. For swapping its IMSI value, the mobile device retrieves two eSIM profiles with corresponding IMSI values and configures the first of the two profiles as active. In response to a trigger, the mobile device changes the active profile from the first to the second, swaps the first IMSI value with a new IMSI value, and changes the active profile back to the first profile. |
| US12267427B2 |
Active access authentication method and device using the same
An authentication method of a terminal according to an embodiment includes: receiving a first advertising packet from a control device; requesting an encryption key of the control device from a server based on at least one of control device identification information or region identification information which is included in the first advertising packet; receiving the encryption key of the control device from the server; determining whether the terminal has an authority to access the target region, based on at least one of the control device identification information or the region identification information; encrypting authentication data to be transmitted to the control device based on the encryption key of the control device when it is determined that the terminal has the authority to access the target region; and transmitting the encrypted authentication data to the control device. |
| US12267423B2 |
Seamless access to trusted domain protected memory by virtual machine manager using transformer key identifier
In one embodiment, an apparatus includes a processor comprising at least one core to execute instructions of a plurality of virtual machines (VMs) and a virtual machine monitor (VMM), and a cryptographic engine to protect data associated with the plurality of VMs through use of a plurality of private keys and a trusted transformer key, where each of the plurality of private keys are to protect program instructions and data of a respective VM and the trusted transformer key is to protect management structure data for the plurality of VMs. The processor is further to provide, to the VMM, read and write access to the management structure data through an untrusted transformer key. |
| US12267421B2 |
Post quantum secure ingress/egress network communication
Post quantum secure network communication is provided. The process comprises sending, by a client in a first computing cluster, an outbound message to a quantum safe cryptographic (QSC) proxy server in the first computing cluster, wherein the outbound message is addressed to a target server in a second computing cluster. The QSC proxy server initiates a QSC transport layer security (TLS) connection with an ingress controller in the second computing cluster, wherein the ingress controller comprises a QSC algorithm. The QSC proxy server transfers the message to the ingress controller via the QSC TLS connection, and the ingress controller routes the message to the target server in the second computing cluster via a non-QSC connection. |
| US12267420B2 |
Systems and methods for programmable corporate policies and management intervention
Encrypted export controlled items within a corporate asset infrastructure may be searched for vendor access. Different versions of an export policy may change the ways in which the search is performed based on calculation of a numerical representation of a classification to identify the best forwarding location for a vendor access that is not subject to a Restricted Destination List. An indexing value may be determined, transparently with respect to a vendor, based on a desired plaintext item of data and a redacted technical data list. The indexing value may be used to access an entry in an indexing structure to obtain a corresponding document-oriented record which includes an encrypted ciphertext item. Positions of items of the indexing structure may be based on corresponding plaintext items. |
| US12267418B2 |
Grouping data in an organized storage system
A method including determining, by a first device for a folder associated with encrypted content, a folder access key pair including a folder access public key and a folder access private key; determining, by the first device for a group, a group access key pair including a group access public key and a group access private key; encrypting, by the first device, the folder access private key by utilizing the group access public key; and accessing, by a second device, the folder via the group based at least in part on decrypting the folder access private key, the second device being different than the first device. Various other aspects are contemplated. |
| US12267414B2 |
Method and system for permitting one or more features on a computer program
There is provided a method of permitting one or more features on a computer program. The computer program executing on a hardware with a hardware identifier. The method comprises, at the authentication server, receiving an authentication key indicating authorised features of the computer program, generating a server key based on the hardware identifier and a feature list, and comparing the authentication key with the server key. The method further comprises, at the authentication client, receiving a feature request comprising one or more features to be permitted on the computer program, generating a feature verification message based on the one or more features, and transmitting the feature verification message to the authentication server. The method further comprises, at the authentication server, receiving the feature verification message, verifying that the one or more features are within the feature list, generating a response key if the one more or more features are within the feature list and the authentication key matches the server key, and transmitting the response key to the authentication client. The method further comprises, at the authentication client, receiving the response key, and permitting the one or more features on the computer program. |
| US12267413B2 |
Integrated circuit module functioning for information security
An integrated circuit module functioning for information security includes: a secure circuit unit, which has passed a security evaluation as a cryptographic module and stores therein at least one digital key for providing a digital key service; and a controller unit set which is in communication with the secure circuit unit and includes a fast service unit and a trusted zone unit. The trusted zone unit and the secure circuit unit respectively use a first channel establishment key and a second channel establishment key dependent on each other to establish a secure signal channel. The secure circuit unit transmits a specific data to the fast service unit via the security signal channel to perform a fast service. |
| US12267410B2 |
Managing access to tape cartridges at a tape archival service provider
Provided are a computer program product, system, and method for managing access to tape cartridges at a tape archival service provider. A determination is made as to whether a non-volatile memory of the tape cartridge stores a key encryption key comprising an encrypted user encryption key associated with a user. In response to determining that the non-volatile memory of the tape cartridge stores the key encryption key, the key encryption key is decrypted to produce the user encryption key. The user encryption key, resulting from the decrypting, is provided to an encryption engine of the tape drive to encrypt plain-text data read from the tape medium in the tape cartridge with the user encryption key to return to a read request. |
| US12267409B2 |
Increased data integrity for authenticated encryption algorithms
One or more examples relate, generally, to systems, methods and devices for performing authenticated encryption that provides assurance of the authenticity of data through the encryption and decryption processes. |
| US12267408B1 |
Frequency and gain calibration for time synchronization in a network
A method includes, at a first node: transmitting a first calibration signal at a first time-of-departure measured by the first node; and transmitting a second calibration signal at a second time-of-departure measured by the first node. The method also includes, at a second node: receiving the first calibration signal at a first time-of-arrival measured by the second node; and receiving the second calibration signal at a second time-of-arrival measured by the second node. The method further includes: defining a first calibration point and a second calibration point in a set of calibration points, each calibration point comprising a time-of-departure and a time-of-arrival of each calibration signal; calculating a regression on the set of calibration points; and calculating a frequency offset between the first node and the second node based on the first regression. |
| US12267405B2 |
Communications device, infrastructure equipment and methods
A method of transmitting data by a transmitting entity in a wireless communications network to a receiving entity, the method comprising receiving, at the transmitting entity, data for transmission via a wireless access interface of the wireless communications network, dividing the data into portions for transmission, forming from each portion of data for each of one or more protocol layers one or more protocol data units, the one or more protocol data units being formed for each layer according to a protocol applied by the layer for transmitting the protocol data unit and each of the protocol data units for each layer includes a header, and transmitting the data via the wireless access interface by processing each of the one or more protocol data units via each of the one or more protocol layers. |
| US12267404B2 |
Transparent inline content inspection and modification in a TCP session
A network appliance is configured to provide inline traffic inspection for all flow through the device, to selectively intercept based on traffic content or policy, and to modify intercepted traffic content, all without connection termination and re-origination. Content modification may involve substitution of traffic content with smaller or larger content, in which case the device provides appropriate sequence number translations for acknowledgements to the endpoints. This streaming rewrite may occur on a byte-at-a-time basis, while keeping the session alive and without a need to proxy it. The appliance enables transmitted TCP data to be modified inline and then reliably delivered without the overhead of forwarding packets through a full-blown TCP stack. Rather, the approach relies upon an initiator entity's TCP stack for congestion control, as well as the receiving entity's re-transmission behavior to determine how the device manages packets internally. |
| US12267403B2 |
Method and system to implement proxying for operations through an application program for a transaction manager
Disclosed is an improved approach to implement the XA architecture, which permits a TM to call back to a RM via an AP. This approach avoids the need for the TM to maintain authentication/authorization credentials for each RM that will be contacted by the TM. This approach therefore also eliminates the need to establish a direct connection between the TM and the RM. An approach is also provided to integrate a traditional XA application with an XA transaction. |
| US12267402B1 |
Metadata compression for a SaaS system
Disclosed herein are system, method, and computer program product embodiments for compressing metadata in a Software-as-a-Service (SaaS) system. A metadata compression service operating on a computing device detects one or more global properties in entity metadata of each tenant in a plurality of tenants. The metadata compression service partitions the plurality of tenants into one or more groups and identifies common properties in each group. The metadata compression service compiles the one or more global properties in a global-level list and the one or more common properties for each group in a group-level list. The metadata compression service obtains one or more tenant-specific properties in the entity metadata of each tenant in the plurality of tenants and defines a data structure of an entity object for the tenant using the global-level list, the group-level list for the group that contains the tenant, and the one or more tenant-specific properties. |
| US12267398B2 |
Systems and methods for injecting content
Aspects of the present disclosure include systems and methods for injecting content into a webpage at or local to a network access gateway. For example, in an embodiment, a network access gateway is provided for accessing the internet. A user logs onto the internet through the network access gateway and request a webpage. The gateway requests the webpage from the webpage provider. Before the gateway delivers the webpage to the user, the gateway, or a content injection engine local to the gateway, injects content, such as, for example, advertisements or other useful information, into the webpage and then sends the altered webpage to the user. |
| US12267397B2 |
Cryptographic hash chain for vehicle configuration verification
In one aspect, a computer system for vehicle configuration verification, and/or detecting unauthorized vehicle modification may be provided. In some exemplary embodiments, the computer system may include a processor and a non-transitory, tangible, computer-readable storage medium having instructions stored thereon that, in response to execution by the processor, cause the processor to perform operations including: (1) receiving a vehicle image, including a vehicle identifier and at least one software module; (2) calculating a configuration hash value of the at least one software module; generating a first data block including the configuration hash value, a first index value, the vehicle identifier, and a digital signature; (3) storing the first data block in a memory; and/or (4) transmitting the first data block to any number of network participants using a distributed network to facilitate vehicle software configuration verification. |
| US12267393B2 |
Updating communication parameters in a mesh network
A method including receiving, by a processor during communication between a first device and a second device in a mesh network, a first request from the first device to determine a current first communication parameter associated with the first device; determining, by the processor based at least in part on receiving the first request, the current first communication parameter associated with the first device; and transmitting, by the processor to the first device utilizing the current first communication parameter, information indicating the current first communication parameter. Various other aspects are contemplated. |
| US12267392B2 |
Low-consumption hub and detector configured to communicate with this hub
The hub and this detector are configured to be able to pair and synchronize with one another. This hub and the detector each include a computer program allowing them to compute intervals during which the detector can send to the hub, by a radio communication module, collection data obtained by a sensor and representing the environment of this sensor. The hub only activates its radio communication module during these intervals. |
| US12267389B2 |
Methods and apparatus to dynamically control devices based on distributed data
Methods, apparatus, systems and articles of manufacture to dynamically control devices based on distributed data are disclosed. An example apparatus includes a comparator to compare a first measurement measured by a first peer device to a second measurement, the second measurement being measured locally by the apparatus; and an operation adjuster to, when the comparison satisfies a threshold, adjust a measurement protocol of the first peer device. |
| US12267382B2 |
Providing service support extension data with point cloud file data
A point cloud file transmission method includes obtaining a point cloud file and extension information corresponding to the point cloud file, the point cloud file comprising point cloud data, the extension information providing information for a service. The service is implemented using the point cloud data. The method further includes indicating a correspondence between an item of the extension information and an item in the point cloud file by (i) the item in the point cloud file indicating an index of the item of the extension information or (ii) a file level location of the item of the extension information. The method further includes transmitting the point cloud file and the extension information to a receiving device, so that the receiving device performs the service using the point cloud data based on the extension information. |
| US12267378B2 |
Data stream processing system and methods for use therewith
A data stream processing system is operable to generate key assignment data indicating assignment of each of a plurality of subsets of a plurality of possible keys to a plurality of feed receiver modules by assigning one owner feed receiver module of the plurality of feed receiver modules to each key of the plurality of possible keys for a plurality of incoming messages, and by further assigning a set of follower feed receiver modules of the plurality of feed receiver modules to the each key of the plurality of possible keys. The plurality of incoming messages are processed via the plurality of feed receiver modules based on the key assignment data. |
| US12267377B2 |
Electronic device and method for transmitting and receiving video thereof
An electronic device is provided. The electronic device is configured to establish a short-range connection with an external device including a second camera, establish a connection for image transmission/reception with a counterpart device, determine a format of image data to be transmitted to the counterpart device, select one of the first camera of the electronic device and the second camera of the external device to acquire an image to be transmitted to the counterpart device, when the first camera is selected, packetize first image data acquired from the first camera according to the format, so as to transmit the packetized first image data to the counterpart device through the communication module, and when the second camera is selected, receive second image data from the external device, and packetize the second image data according to the determined format, so as to transmit the packetized second image data to the counterpart device. |
| US12267376B2 |
Methods for identifier-based video streaming and sessionization
A method includes, during an initial time: receiving a manifest request, for a video, from a device associated with a first address; generating an identifier associated with the first address; generating a manifest defining a set of segments available for the video; and serving the manifest. The method further includes, during a first time: receiving a first request for a first segment, in the set of segments, the first request associated with the first address and the identifier; and based on association between the first address and the identifier, serving the first segment to the first address. The method also includes, during a second time: receiving a second request for a second segment in the set of segments, the second request associated with a second address and the identifier; and based on disassociation of the second address and the identifier, withholding delivery of the second segment to the second address. |
| US12267374B2 |
Intercommunication system
An intercommunication system includes one or more modular units utilizing a standards-based audio-over-IP configuration. The modularity of the system provides improved scalability. For instance, a number of audio channels is not limited by physical constraints (e.g. number and type of ports) of a central switch. Accordingly, the addition of audio channels may not require swapping one central switch for a larger switch. Moreover, security applications may be layered onto the standards-based audio-over-IP configuration to implement security requirements often found with intercommunications systems. |
| US12267372B2 |
Enabling permissible interactions with applications shared during audio-visual communication sessions
Methods and systems are described herein for enabling permissible interactions with applications shared during communication sessions. The system may detect, by a communication application on a first device during a communication session, activation of a sharing function on a second device. The sharing function may enable sharing of a shared application via the communication application. The system may determine one or more permissible interactions for the first device to perform with one or more portions of the shared application. Based on user input received by the first device, the system may detect an interaction with a portion of the shared application. The system may determine whether the interaction is a permissible interaction for the shared application. In response to determining that the interaction is permissible, the system may perform an action on the portion of the shared application on the first device. |
| US12267371B2 |
Session border controller for message manipulation
A session border controller has a processor operable to receive a message from a connected peer node. The processor inputs the message to a Message Manipulation Function, MMF, which identifies the message as a SIP message, and in response obtains external state data associated with the message from a source independent from the message. The external state data is provided to the MMF. The SIP message is modified using the MMF according to one or more conditions or rules associated with the received external state data; and the modified message is output. |
| US12267370B2 |
User-prompted group actions in a shared space
Methods and systems provide for user-prompted group actions in a shared space hosted by a communication platform. In one embodiment, the system detects, by a processing device within a space, a client device within the space, the client device being associated with a participant of a current communication session; receives, at the processing device, a user input corresponding to the client device, the user input indicating a change in function for the current communication session; correlates, at the processing device, the user input with one or more additional user inputs corresponding to other client devices within the space; and applies the change in function based on the correlation to modify one or more aspects of the communication session. |
| US12267369B2 |
Cybersecurity analysis and protection using distributed systems
Cybersecurity reconnaissance, analysis, and scoring uses distributed, cloud or edge-based pools of computing services to provide sufficient scalability for analysis of IT/OT networks using only publicly available characterizations. An in-memory associative array manages a queue of configuration and vulnerability search tasks through at least one public-facing proxy network which uses configurable search nodes to approach the target network with search tools in a desired manner to control certain aspects of the search in order to obtain the desired results, especially when target network behavior adjusts based on counterparty characteristics. A data packet modifier reveals IP addresses of threat actors behind port scans and subsequently block the threat actors. |
| US12267367B2 |
Intrusion detection and prevention system rule automation and optimization
A network intrusion system for a protected network includes a ruleset module configured to receive metadata for rules. The metadata describes, for each of the rules, a set of associated network vulnerabilities. The ruleset module is configured to access vulnerability information describing a set of cumulative vulnerabilities that each is present in at least one network device within the protected network. The network intrusion system includes a rule management module configured to, for each rule of the plurality of rules: identify the set of associated network vulnerabilities described by the metadata for the rule, determine whether there is a match between any of the set of associated network vulnerabilities and the set of cumulative vulnerabilities, and, in response to determining that there is no match, transmit a first command signal to a network security module. The first command signal instructs the network security module to disable the rule. |
| US12267366B2 |
System and method for scheduling virtual machines based on security policy
An illustrative embodiment disclosed herein is an apparatus including a processor and a memory. In some embodiments, the memory includes programmed instructions that, when executed by the processor, cause the apparatus to apply a category to a first virtual machine (VM) and a second VM, schedule the first VM and the second VM to be placed on a host at least based on the first VM and the second VM including the category, and apply a security policy to the first VM and the second VM at least based on the first VM and the second VM including the category. |
| US12267365B2 |
Container network interface for applying security policies to network traffic of containers
A specific container is spawned by a docker module responsive to Kebernetes control instruction. Network connectivity is provided for the specific container to a data communication network through a networking bridge and a security policy is configured. After configuration, inbound or outbound data packets concerning the specific container are received and forwarded to a security policy KVM for scanning against security policies. Those that pass security scanning are forwarded to containers and external destinations. |
| US12267362B2 |
Providing access to data in a secure communication
The present disclosure is directed to preventing computer data from being usurped and exploited by individuals or organizations with nefarious intent. Methods and systems consistent with the present disclosure may store keys and keying data for each of a plurality of connections in separate memory locations. These memory locations may store data that maps a virtual address to a physical memory address associated with storing information relating to a secure connection. These separate memory locations may have a unique instance for each individual communication connection session, for example each transport layer security (TLS) connection may be assigned memory via logical addresses that are mapped to one or more physical memory addresses on a per-core basis. Such architectures decouple actual physical addresses that are used in conventional architectures that assign a single large continuous physical memory partition that may be accessed via commands that access physical memory addresses directly. |
| US12267355B2 |
Systems and methods of detecting and responding to a ransomware attack impacting a cloud-based file storage service
The technology disclosed relates to detecting a data attack on a file system stored on an independent data store. The detecting includes scanning a list to identify files of the independent data store that have been updated within a timeframe, assembling current metadata for files identified by the scanning, obtaining historical metadata of the files, determining that a malicious activity is in process by analyzing the current metadata of the files and the historical metadata to identify a pattern of changes that exceeds a predetermined change velocity. Further, the detecting includes determining that the malicious activity is in process by analyzing the current metadata of the files and known patterns of malicious metadata to identify a match between the current metadata and the known patterns of malicious metadata, determining a machine/user that initiated the malicious activity, and implementing a response mechanism that restricts file modifications by the determined machine/user. |
| US12267353B2 |
Parallel network-based vulnerability scanning
A computing device may receive a plurality of scanning requests with at least one scanning request in the plurality identifying a target address of a target network. The computing device may for at least a subset of the plurality of scanning requests: generate a scanner instance and a virtual network interface card (VNIC) in response to the scanning request. The scanner instance and the VNIC communicating with a routing namespace that can communicate with two or more scanner instances simultaneously. Until the target address has been scanned: one or more packets can be sent from the scanner instance to the target address via the routing namespace and VNIC. The one or more packets can be wrapped in one or more packet wrappers identifying the target address and the target network. In response to the target address being scanned, the scanner instance and VNIC can be decommissioned. |
| US12267350B2 |
Systems, devices, and methods for observing and/or performing data access compliance to a computer network
Observing and/or monitoring a computer network that includes a plurality of nodes may involve detecting one or more data flows, or communications, between two or more nodes of the computer network. The data flow(s) may be associated with a user of the computer network. The user may be an individual person, an entity, and/or a software application. A characteristic of the data flow and the user may be determined and these characteristics may be used to determine a level of security risk caused by the data flow in the network. Then, when the level of security risk is above a risk threshold, an alert may be communicated to an operator of the computer network. The alert may be, for example, a message (e.g., email, SMS text message, etc.) and/or display of an icon, or an aspect (e.g., size, color, and/or location) of an icon provided on a graphical user interface (GUI). |
| US12267344B1 |
Identifying similar geographically proximate infrastructures from a known network address
Similar geographically proximate infrastructures are identified from a received compromised Internet protocol (IP) address of a compromised infrastructure. The geographic location of the compromised infrastructure is determined from the compromised IP address. The geographic locations of other infrastructures are determined from their respective exposed IP addresses. Geographically proximate infrastructures are identified from among the other infrastructures, with the geographically proximate infrastructures having geographic locations that are within a predetermined distance of the geographic location of the compromised infrastructure. Similar geographically proximate infrastructures are identified from among the geographically proximate infrastructures, with the similar geographically proximate infrastructures having a same industrial purpose as the compromised infrastructure. |
| US12267343B2 |
Risk driven planning and simulation for a computer network
Systems, methods, and related technologies for a risk driven planning and simulation tool for a computer network are described. A security risk is determined for each of a plurality of devices on a network. A network traffic map is presented to a display. The network traffic map shows network traffic between the plurality of devices and the security risk for each of the plurality of devices. Segmentation of one or more of the plurality of devices on the network is simulated and presented to the display with updates to the network traffic or updates to the security risk of some of the devices on the network. |
| US12267339B1 |
Executing modular alerts and associated security actions
Techniques and mechanisms are disclosed for configuring actions to be performed by a network security application in response to the detection of potential security incidents, and for causing a network security application to report on the performance of those actions. For example, users may use such a network security application to configure one or more “modular alerts.” As used herein, a modular alert generally represents a component of a network security application which enables users to specify security modular alert actions to be performed in response to the detection of defined triggering conditions, and which further enables tracking information related to the performance of modular alert actions and reporting on the performance of those actions. |
| US12267335B2 |
Self-training classification
Systems, methods, and related technologies for classification are described. In certain aspects, a plurality of device classification methods with associated models are accessed. Each of the classification methods have an associated reliability level. The models of classification methods with a higher reliability level than other classifications methods are used to at least one of train or tune the models associated with lower reliability level. |
| US12267333B2 |
Telemetry hub
Novel tools and techniques are provided for implementing a telemetry hub, and, more particularly, to methods, systems, and apparatuses for implementing a telemetry hub that obtains sensor data from a plurality of sources and that determines one or more first actions to take in response to receiving the first sensor data. In operation, a telemetry hub might receive first sensor data from one or more sensors. The telemetry hub may determine whether the first sensor data can be trusted and whether the first sensor data is valid. Based on a determination that the first sensor data can be trusted and is valid, the telemetry hub might analyze the first sensor data to determine one or more first actions to take. The telemetry hub might then implement the one or more first actions based at least in part on the analysis of the first sensor data. |
| US12267331B2 |
Proof of authority based access to devices on a network with local token acquisition
An access control method and system that uses a physical proximity interface on a token dispenser device to obtain tokens on a blockchain which are used for subsequent access to a local network. The tokens are authenticated on the local network using proof of authority authentication. A client device can present a token to the local network from anywhere in the world in order to access at least one device on the local network. In an example, the method includes receiving, from the physical proximity interface of the token dispenser device, a token on a blockchain layer; presenting, to a node of the local network, the token; and receiving, from the node, successful authentication of the token by way of proof of authority authentication. The method can include, after the successful authentication of the token, authorizing the client device to access a device on the local network. |
| US12267330B2 |
Credential renewal continuity for application development
Disclosed herein are methods, systems, and processes for continuously renewing credentials in application development and testing environments that include application products from third-party vendors. A notification indicating that an existing credential associated with a developer account of a third-party application will expire is received via a webhook. A credential renewal request for a new set of credentials for the developer account is sent using a request method specified for the third-party application and the new set of credentials for the developer account are received within the expiration period via the webhook. |
| US12267329B2 |
Proactive rendering of credentials according to determined location characteristics
Implementations relate to an automated assistant that can proactively detect and respond to a request for credentials. Characteristics of an entity requesting the credentials can be preemptively determined by the automated assistant using data that may be provided by the user or other previous visitors to a location. For example, the automated assistant can determine that the entity may expressly request certain information from a user when the user arrives at the location. Based on this determination, the automated assistant can operate to initialize an interface of a computing device of the user, when the user is determined to be at or near the location. For example, an audio interface of the computing device can be initialized to capture an audible request from a person who views credentials before granting access to a feature of the location. |
| US12267324B2 |
Service and security enhancement of communication services
Authorization for access to an application server and associated communication service can be desirably managed. When a device attempts to access an application server and service, an authorization server generates an encrypted token, comprising device identifier information, and communicates the token to the device. The device communicates the token to the application server. The application server communicates the token to the authorization server. The authorization server determines whether the device is validated to access the application server and service based on the encrypted token, private decryption key, and initialization vector, and based on subscriber-related information. The authorization server does not share the private decryption key or initialization vector with the application server. If validated, the authorization server communicates validation-related information, including a permitted portion of subscriber-related information, to the application server. If not validated, the authorization server communicates not-validated information to the application server. |
| US12267319B2 |
Device-independent, contextually driven application computing environment
A method of interacting within a device-independent contextually driven application computing environment utilizing computer processes. The processes receive sensor data that is detected by a given client computing device. The sensor data pertains to a physical world interaction of the given client computing device. The processes process the sensor data and a user identification of a user to derive a current computing context that is both specific to the user and specific to a given location associated with the sensor data. The processes automatically communicate a current user interface configuration to a local browser process corresponding to the current computing context, so that the local browser process executing on the given client computing device automatically implements the current user interface configuration. The processes interacting with the local browser process according to the current computing context by selecting and automatically loading a given one of a set of context modules. |
| US12267314B2 |
Service assurance via federation-based network during roaming
Aspects of the disclosure include a method and associated network device. The method includes authenticating an identity of a user of a client device after the client device is associated with an access network provider. Authenticating the identity of the user comprises receiving, from an identity provider, a credential associated with the identity, and receiving, from the identity provider, information identifying a network-based service to be applied to network traffic with the client device. The method further includes establishing, using the credential and the received information, a secure connection between the access network provider and a service provider that is capable of providing the network-based service. The method further includes receiving network traffic from the service provider. Packets of the network traffic include an assurance value that enables the client device to determine that the network-based service is being provided by the service provider. |
| US12267313B2 |
Intelligent synchronization of computing users, and associated timing data, based on parameters or data received from disparate computing systems
This disclosure is directed to synchronizing or matching users using a timing network application to modify electronic timing data in a computing network. An exemplary method comprises providing a timing network application utilizable by users registered with a computing network, wherein the timing network application is used to modify first electronic timing data. At least a first portion of the first electronic timing data comprises a first open time, wherein the first open time is presented in a first visual state. The exemplary method further comprises receiving a request to close the first open time in the first electronic timing data, and, in response to the request, closing the first open time in the first electronic timing data, wherein the first closed time is presented in a second visual state. The exemplary method further comprises transmitting a notification, associated with the first closed time, to at least one user. |
| US12267309B2 |
System and method providing secure access to internet of things devices
Aspects of the subject disclosure may include, for example, a device, including: a processing system including a processor; and a memory that stores executable instructions that, when executed by the processing system, facilitate performance of operations of allocating a port for receiving a request to access a resource of a second device, wherein the second device has a non-routable network address, wherein the device is on a first network, wherein the second device is on a third network, and wherein the first network and the third network are communicatively coupled by the second network; opening a second connection to a network element on the second network responsive to receiving a first connection; sending a first message to the network element to create a meeting with the resource; and sending a Geocast message requesting that the second device create a third connection that enables access to the resource, wherein the Geocast message identifies a geographic area in which the second device is physically located. Other embodiments are disclosed. |
| US12267308B2 |
Method and system for digital rights management of documents
A method and system for transmission of digital content via e-mail with point of use digital rights management is disclosed. The secured access rights to the digital content may be customized for individual recipients by the sender, and may evolve over time. The access rights are enforced according to a time-dependent scheme. A key server is used to arbitrate session keys for the encrypted content, eliminating the requirement to exchange public keys prior to transmission of the digital content. During the entire process of transmitting and receiving e-mail messages and documents, the exchange of cryptographic keys remains totally transparent to the users of the system. Additionally, electronic documents may be digitally signed with authentication of the signature. |
| US12267305B2 |
Privacy preserving document analysis
Systems and techniques for privacy preserving document analysis are described that derive insights pertaining to a digital document without communication of the content of the digital document. To do so, the privacy preserving document analysis techniques described herein capture visual or contextual features of the digital document and creates a stamp representation that represents these features without included the content of the digital document. The stamp representation is projected into a stamp embedding space based on a stamp encoding model generated through machine learning techniques capturing feature patterns and interaction in the stamp representations. The stamp encoding model exploits these feature interactions to define similarity of source documents based on location within the stamp embedding space. Accordingly, the techniques described herein can determine a similarity of documents without having access to the documents themselves. |
| US12267303B2 |
Input/output system applied to network security defense system
A structural encoding unit and an error correction decoding unit are divided. The structure encoding unit is divided into input branch processor and an input proxy processor; and the error correction decoding unit is divided into an output routing processor, an output proxy processor, an adjudication branch processor, an adjudication proxy processor and a voting processor. The input branch processor is used for duplicating and distributing messages, the arbitration branch processor is used for duplicating and distributing data, the voting processor is used for performing voting, and the output routing processor is used for selecting an output result from processing results of the output proxy processor according to a voting result of the voting processor. |
| US12267300B2 |
Intelligent firewall policy processor
An example network system includes processing circuitry and one or more memories coupled to the processing circuitry. The one or more memories are configured to store instructions which cause the system to obtain telemetry data, the telemetry data being associated with a plurality of applications running on a plurality of hosts. The instructions cause the system to, based on the telemetry data, determine a subset of applications of the plurality of applications that run on a first host of the plurality of hosts. The instructions cause the system to determine a subset of firewall policies of a plurality of firewall polices, each of the subset of firewall policies applying to at least one respective application of the subset of applications. The instructions cause the system to generate an indication of the subset of firewall policies and send the indication to a management plane of a distributed firewall. |
| US12267295B2 |
Methods for specifying the type of MAC address with dynamic assignment mechanisms
A method performed by a WTRU may comprise receiving context information from infrastructure equipment and selecting a SLAP quadrant for MAC address allocation. The selecting may be based on the context information received from the infrastructure equipment, which may be a bootstrapping server for the WTRU. The method may further comprise transmitting, to a DHCP server, a DHCP message indicating the selected SLAP quadrant. In response to the transmitted DHCP message, a MAC address may be received and configured to the WTRU. Context information includes, but is not limited to, a number of nodes in a network, a type of network deployment, a type of network, a mobility configuration, a type of device management, a battery lifetime, a location or privacy configuration. |
| US12267293B2 |
Network address translation for virtual machines
Methods, systems, and apparatus, including computer programs encoded on a computer storage medium, for receiving a packet from a client, the packet having header information including a destination Internet Protocol (IP) address, a destination port, a source IP address, and a source port, and wherein the source IP address and source port are associated with the client; selecting a destination virtual machine based on the destination port; modifying the packet by replacing the destination IP address in the header information with an IP address of the selected destination virtual machine; and sending the modified packet to the destination virtual machine. |
| US12267289B2 |
Final message composition for sidebar communication threads
Disclosed in some examples are methods, systems, devices, and machine-readable mediums which provide for sidebar communication threads forked from, or related to, a principal thread. Messages in the sidebar communication thread may include a history of the principal thread, including one or more messages from the principal thread, and may include a proposed principal thread message that is the subject of the sidebar thread discussion. The sidebar thread may also include sidebar thread messages that carries the conversation of the sidebar thread participants. Once a termination condition is reached for the sidebar thread, the sidebar thread terminates and either the proposed principal thread message (as potentially modified by participants of the sidebar thread) becomes an accepted principal thread message and it is posted to the principal thread as if it was sent by the sidebar initiator or no message is posted (e.g., the proposed principal thread message is rejected). The message that is posted may not include any sidebar thread content. |
| US12267288B2 |
Response endpoint selection based on audio characteristics of physical environments
A computing system may determine audio data representing a message that is to be provided to a first user, wherein the first user is associated with at least a first device and a second device. First data corresponding to an audio characteristic of a first physical environment in which the first device is located and second data corresponding to the audio characteristic of a second physical environment in which the second device is located may be determined, wherein the second physical environment is different than the first physical environment and the second data is different than the first data. The computing system may determine, based at least in part on the first data and the second data, that the second physical environment is better suited for outputting audio corresponding to the message than the first physical environment, and may send the audio data to the second device via a network to cause the second device to output the audio based at least in part on the second physical environment being better suited for outputting the audio than the first physical environment. |
| US12267279B2 |
Method, device, and system for triggering feedback acknowledgement to wireless downlink communication resource allocations
This disclosure describes implementations of a modified ARQ/HARQ procedure that deviates from normal wait-and-stop ARQ/HARQ procedure. In particular, a series of messages to be transmitted may be organized in a predetermined number of message groups. By using various control parameters, the different groups of messages may be independently transmitted without having to wait for acknowledgement of another group of messages. In addition, within each of the message groups, the receiving device is allowed to store and hold acknowledgement of messages until a later time specified through control messages. A control message may trigger transmission of stored acknowledgement for one or more message groups identified. Multiple pending acknowledgements of multiple groups of messages may be triggered and subsequently transmitted in a single acknowledgement message. The pending acknowledgements may include acknowledgements for successful receipt of both initially transmitted message and retransmitted message. |
| US12267277B2 |
Communication apparatus and communication method thereof
This invention is directed to a terminal apparatus capable of preventing the degradation of reception quality of control information even in a case of employing SU-MIMO transmission system. A terminal, which uses a plurality of different layers to transmit two code words in which control information is placed, comprises: a resource amount determining unit that determines, based on a lower one of the encoding rates of the two code words or based on the average value of the reciprocals of the encoding rates of the two code words, resource amounts of control information in the respective ones of the plurality of layers; and a transport signal forming unit that places, in the two code words, the control information modulated by use of the resource amounts, thereby forming a transport signal. |
| US12267272B2 |
Scheduling method, network device, and terminal
A scheduling method, a network device, and a terminal. The method includes: sending downlink control information DCI for scheduling N physical channels, where the DCI includes first indication information, the first indication information is used to indicate a resource allocation set, the resource allocation set is used to determine transmission parameters of the N physical channels, configuration of the resource allocation set includes a dedicated transmission parameter group corresponding to a physical channel, and N is an integer greater than or equal to 1. |
| US12267270B2 |
SRS collision handling
Apparatuses, systems, and methods for SRS collision handling. A wireless device may determine whether simultaneous transmission of at least two sounding reference signals (SRSs) is allowed; if it is determined that the simultaneous transmission of the at least two SRSs is allowed, transmit the at least two SRSs simultaneously; and if it is determined that the simultaneous transmission of the at least two SRSs is not allowed, transmit one SRS of the at least two SRSs, and drop the other SRS of the at least two SRSs. |
| US12267268B2 |
Beam selection apparatus and method in wireless communication system
The disclosure relates to a 5G or 6G communication system for supporting higher data transmission rates than 4G communication systems such as LTE systems. A method performed by a receiving apparatus in a wireless communication system is provided. The method includes receiving reference signals from a transmitting apparatus, estimating respective channel component values of the reference signals, determining whether at least one reference channel component value which is equal to or greater than a first threshold is present among the channel component values of the reference signals, selecting a candidate beam based on the at least one reference channel component value in case that the at least one reference channel component value is present, determining whether a value of signal quality of the first candidate beam is equal to or greater than a second threshold, and selecting the candidate beam as a final beam in case that the value of signal quality of the candidate beam is equal to or greater than the second threshold. |
| US12267267B2 |
Position determination method for reference signal, communication node, and storage medium
Provided are a position determination method and device for a reference signal, a communication node and a storage medium. The position determination method for a reference signal includes acquiring indication information; and determining the frequency domain position of a first PTRS and the frequency domain position of a second PTRS according to the indication information and a predefined mapping relationship. The predefined mapping relationship indicates a mapping relationship between the indication information and the frequency domain position of the first PTRS and a mapping relationship between the indication information and the frequency domain position of the second PTRS. |
| US12267264B2 |
Reference signal based information using index modulation
An apparatus, e.g., a UE, for transmission of information modulated onto RSs using index modulation is disclosed. The UE may receive, from a base station, a configuration of one or more RS resources of an RS resource set. The one or more RS resources may be associated with an index modulation technique including a plurality of UL or DL information bits. The UE may transmit, to the base station, or receive, from the base station, the plurality of UL or DL information bits. The plurality of UL or DL information bits may include at least one of one or more first bits or one or more second bits. At least one of the one or more RS resources may be selected based on at least one of the one or more first bits or the one or more second bits. |
| US12267256B1 |
Dynamic destination id in an array level network of a reconfigurable dataflow processor
A tile of an embodiment of a coarse-grain reconfigurable architecture (CGRA) is based on an array of fused compute-memory units (FCMUs), pattern memory units (PMUs), and/or pattern compute units (PCUs) arranged in two dimensions, M×N. Unless clearly noted from context, any reference to a FCMU, PCU, or PMU may refer to one or more of the other units. The communication between a set of FCMUs is performed over a (M+1)×(N+1) switch fabric called the array-level network (ALN) where each switch has connections to its neighboring FCMUs and to neighboring switches in each of the four directions. |
| US12267255B2 |
Apparatuses and methods for facilitating management and use of resources in relation to restoration paths of networks and systems
Aspects of the subject disclosure may include, for example, identifying criteria pertaining to at least one resource in a network, wherein the criteria include first criteria that specifies at least one service that is eligible to access the at least one resource as part of a restoration path, and based on the identifying, distributing the criteria to a node of the network that manages the access to the at least one resource by services provisioned by the network, the services including the at least one service. Other embodiments are disclosed. |
| US12267253B2 |
Data plane techniques for substrate managed containers
Techniques discussed herein include providing a cloud computing environment in which applications are deployed by a deployment orchestrator using virtual-machine-based virtualization with a static pool of computing nodes (e.g., substrate nodes, overlay nodes) and container-based virtualization with a dynamic pool of computing nodes (e.g., nodes managed by a container orchestration platform). Components of a data plane may be used to deploy containers to micro-virtual machines. A container runtime interface (CRI) may receive a deployment request from the deployment orchestrator. A container networking interface of the data plane may configure network connections and allocate an IP address for the container. A container runtime of the data pane may generate and configure the container with the IP address and run the container within a micro-virtual machine that is compatible with the container orchestration platform. |
| US12267252B2 |
Shared storage model for high availability within cloud environments
Techniques are provided for a high availability solution (e.g., a network attached storage (NAS) solution) with address preservation during switchover. A first virtual machine is deployed into a first domain and a second virtual machine is deployed into a second domain of a computing environment. The first and second virtual machines are configured as a node pair for providing clients with access to data stored within an aggregate comprising one or more storage structures within shared storage of the computing environment. A load balancer is utilized to manage logical interfaces used by clients to access the virtual machines. During switchover, the load balancer preserves an IP address used to mount and access a data share of the aggregate used by a client. |
| US12267249B1 |
Directional link credit-based packet transmission
A circuit and corresponding method employ directional link (DL) credit pools. The circuit comprises the DL credit pools and transmit (TX) port logic. The DL credit pools are associated with neighboring node (NBN) TX ports of a NBN on a chip. The NBN is coupled to a node on the chip via the circuit. The node includes the circuit. The TX port logic admits a received packet to the circuit based on routing information in the received packet and produces a TX packet by updating the routing information, in the received packet admitted, to indicate a NBN TX port of the NBN TX ports. The TX port logic transmits the TX packet produced to the NBN based on a DL credit pool of the DL credit pools that is associated with the NBN TX port indicated. Use of the DL credit pool mitigates head-of-line blocking under bursty traffic conditions. |
| US12267244B2 |
Next hop groups
In general, the invention relates to a method for programming a network device to perform routing of data packets between and/or within networks. More specifically, the method provides a more efficient process for updating the forwarding equivalence class (FEC) table with minimal impacting of the mappings in the forward information base (FIB) of the network device. |
| US12267242B2 |
Dynamic load balancing based on flow characteristics
Systems and methods are provided for dynamically balancing workloads among data flow processors based on flow characteristics of data flows. The system determines a flow characteristic score associated with the data flow based on results from deep packet inspection of data packets in the data flow. The system further determines load scores associated with a plurality of processors. A load balancer of the system selects a processor among the plurality of processors for processing the data flow based on the flow characteristic score associated with the data flow. The system monitors workload levels of respective processors by periodically receiving performance data associated with the respective processors. The performance data includes flow characteristic scores of data flows being processed. Based on the current status of the workload distribution among the plurality of processors, the system regenerates load scores and re-balancing the workloads by re-distributing data flows to the respective processors. |
| US12267239B2 |
System and method for automatic appliance configuration and operability
In one embodiment, a cloud connection appliance features a processor and a non-transitory storage medium. The non-transitory storage medium comprises management control logic, that when executed by the processor, controls registration with a controller adapted to control data traffic between gateway instance and to establish a communication path including a reverse tunnel with the controller. The controller and cloud connection appliance operate in a client-server relationship with the cloud connection appliance operates as a client when establishing the communication path and operates as a server when receiving control information through the reverse tunnel. The reverse tunnel enables the cloud connection appliance to directly receive the control information from the controller despite the cloud connection application lacking a publicly routable Internet Protocol (IP) address. |
| US12267236B2 |
Packet transmission method and apparatus, and device
A packet transmission method includes a first virtual extensible local area network tunnel endpoint (VTEP) receiving a first packet from a first host and sending a second packet to a third VTEP based on a first IP address corresponding to the first host, where the second packet is obtained by the first VTEP by encapsulating the first packet, where the first host is multi-homed to a second VTEP and the first VTEP, where the second VTEP is configured to send a packet from the first host to the third VTEP based on a second Internet Protocol (IP) address corresponding to the first host, and where the first IP address is the same as the second IP address. |
| US12267235B1 |
Switchover across network service providers in a last-mile network
Technologies directed to performing switchover across Internet service providers in a last-mile network are described. One method includes receiving, by a first wireless device, a destination address, a first network address of a first network addressing scheme, and a first message. The method further includes determining a first status of at least one of a first NSP or a second NSP. The first NSP uses a second network addressing scheme and the second NSP uses a third network addressing scheme. The method further includes determining a second network address of the third network addressing scheme. The method further includes sending, using the second NSP the second network address and the first message. The method further includes determining a third network address of a fourth network addressing scheme and sending to a fourth wireless device corresponding to the destination address the third network address and the first message. |
| US12267232B2 |
Connectionless segment routing for 5G or other next generation network
Unlike smart devices, Internet of things (IoTs), such as meter readers, generate very low revenue per user. Traditional tunnel/bearer based connection-oriented architectures do not scale economically for billions of IoT devices due to the amount of signaling overhead associated with GTP tunnel setup/tear down and the states related to GTP tunnels maintained at various parts of the mobile network. However, the mobility network can efficiently support massive stationary and/or mobile IoTs by reducing the amount of signaling overhead, the state of the IoTs kept in network, and simplifying the data plane when possible. |
| US12267227B2 |
Optimizing meshnet connections in a mesh network
A method including measuring, by a first device in communication with a second device in a mesh network, a communication condition associated with communicating meshnet data via a meshnet connection between the first device and the second device; determining, based at least in part on measuring the communication condition, that the first device is to serve as an initiating device for optimizing the meshnet connection; and transmitting, by the first device to the second device, coordination information indicating initiation of optimizing the meshnet connection based at least in part on determining that the first device is to serve as the initiating device. Various other aspects are contemplated. |
| US12267217B2 |
High frequency rotation of cryptographic data
A centralized manager in a network deployment is configured to perform periodic automated rotation of secrets used in the network and customer devices in the deployment. The centralized manager is further configured with intelligence to automatically install the rotated secrets onto the deployed devices. The centralized controller can provide high frequency rotations to improve network security. |
| US12267213B2 |
Predictive zero-touch network and systems reconciliation using artificial intelligence and/or machine learning
Aspects of the subject disclosure may include, for example, obtaining first information indicative of one or more historical operating characteristics of a network; obtaining second information indicative of one or more current operating characteristics of the network; comparing, via a first computer-implemented process that requires no manual intervention, the first information to the second information to make a prediction of a potential future network event, resulting in a predicted future network event; classifying, via a second computer-implemented process that requires no manual intervention, the predicted future network event into one of a plurality of classes of network events; and responsive to the classifying, facilitating, via a third computer-implemented process that requires no manual intervention, an action to at least partially avoid an occurrence of the predicted future network event. Other embodiments are disclosed. |
| US12267212B2 |
Implementing defined service policies in a third-party container cluster
Some embodiments provide a method of implementing service rules for a container cluster that is configured by a first SDN controller cluster. The method registers for event notification from an application programming interface (API) server to receive notification regarding events associated with resources deployed in the container cluster. The method forwards to a second SDN controller cluster resource identifiers collected through the registration for resources of the container cluster. The second SDN controller cluster defines service policies that are not defined by the first SDN controller cluster. The method receives, from the second SDN controller cluster, service policies defined by the second SDN controller cluster based on the resource identifiers. The method distributes service rules defined based on the service policies to network elements in the container cluster to enforce on data messages associated with machines deployed in the container cluster configured by the first SDN controller cluster. |
| US12267211B2 |
Determining metrics including resource expenditures of a digital service
In various embodiments, a process for determining metrics including resource expenditures of a digital service includes discovering a plurality of configuration items of a computing infrastructure. The process includes identifying a subset of the plurality of configuration items utilized to provide a digital service, obtaining a plurality of resource expenditures respectively associated with at least a portion of the plurality of configuration items, and associating a subset of the plurality of resource expenditures with the subset of the plurality of configuration items. The process includes aggregating the subset of the plurality of resource expenditures to generate a metric of the digital service. |
| US12267210B2 |
Adapting forward error correction (FEC) or link parameters for improved post-FEC performance
Technologies for optimizing post-FEC bit error rate performance of a Forward Error Correction (FEC) system are described. A controller is coupled to an FEC circuit and a receiver circuit. The controller receives FEC symbol error data from the FEC circuit and determines, using the FEC symbol error data, a post-FEC correlated performance metric indicative of an estimated post-FEC BER of the FEC circuit. The controller adjusts, based on the post-FEC correlated performance metric, at least one of a FEC parameter of the FEC circuit or a link parameter of the receiver circuit to decrease the estimated post-FEC BER. This improves the post-FEC BER performance of the FEC circuit. |
| US12267207B2 |
Systems and methods to dynamically reprovision network devices in a predefined area
A system and a method to dynamically reprovision network devices may include a first network device configured to reprovision a second network device in accordance with a specific location of the second network device in a predefined area. The first network device may be configured to sense the second device at the specific location in the predefined area, identify reprovisioning parameters associated with the specific location, and provide the reprovisioning parameters to the second network device. In turn, the second network device may be configured to perform one or more roles associated with the specific location in the predefined area based at least in part upon information in the reprovisioning parameters. |
| US12267202B2 |
Systems and methods for a framework for algorithmically identifying critical software systems and applications within an organization
Methods and systems generating real-time notifications of software application importance based on current processing requirements. The method includes receiving a first dataset, wherein the first dataset comprises recovery time estimates for processing requirements. The method includes receiving a second dataset, wherein the second dataset comprises second recovery time estimates for applications. The method includes receiving a third dataset, wherein the third dataset comprises dependencies between processing requirements and applications. The method determines many-to-many relationships between the processing requirements and applications based on the dependencies. The method inputs the many-to-many relationships into a machine learning model to identify importance metrics for each application. The method generates, for display on a user interface, a ranking of the applications in order of importance metric. |
| US12267201B1 |
Systems and methods for estimating symbol timing in received data frames
There is provided a method and a circuit for estimating symbol timing in one or more received data frames of a nominal constant envelope signal. The circuit may include an envelope detector and a symbol timing estimator. The envelope detector may be configured to generate an envelope detection output for the received data frames, the envelope detection output having an amplitude ripple associated with the symbol timing in the received data frames. The symbol timing estimator may be configured to receive the envelope detection output and generate a symbol timing estimation output based on the amplitude ripple. |
| US12267199B2 |
OFDM transmitter device having a symbol generator for generating non-zero control symbols, and OFDM transmission method including generating non-zero control symbols
An OFDM transmitter and an OFDM receiver respectively transmit and receive N (N≥2, N is an integer) control symbols. For each control symbol, a guard interval time-domain signal is, for example, identical to a signal obtained by frequency-shifting at least a portion of a useful symbol time-domain signal by an amount different from any other symbol, or to a signal obtained by frequency-shifting one or both of a portion and a span of a useful symbol interval time-domain signal different from any other symbol by a predetermined amount. |
| US12267197B2 |
Ambiguity/aliasing cancellation or reduction for staggered reference signals
An apparatus for a wireless communication system is to transmit a reference signal on a common set of resource elements, REs, the common set of REs used by one or more further apparatuses in the wireless communication system to transmit the reference signal so that the reference signals of the apparatus and of the one or more further apparatuses use the same REs. The reference signal is transmit using OFDM symbols and the same sequence having a zero auto correlation property is applied to each OFDM symbol. A phase correction is applied to an OFDM symbol before transmission, wherein a correction factor of the phase correction depends on a comb factor and a comb offset of the OFDM symbol and is independent of the resource element. |
| US12267193B2 |
Integrated circuit
Disclosed are a wireless communication base station device and a division number determination method that improves the frequency diversity effect while maintaining channel estimation accuracy regardless of the number of divisions in the frequency domain of a transmission signal from a wireless communication terminal device. A determination unit determines the number of divisions in the frequency domain of a transmission signal from a wireless communication terminal device. Here, the determination unit increases the number of divisions in the frequency domain of the transmission signal from the wireless communication terminal device as the number of pilot blocks included in the transmission signal increases. In addition, a scheduling unit schedules allocation to the frequency resources of the divided transmission signal according to the number of divisions determined by the determination unit. |
| US12267191B2 |
Apparatus and method for correcting communication frequency of electronic detonator
Proposed are an apparatus and a method for correcting a communication frequency of an electronic detonator, and the apparatus includes a communication packet reception part configured to receive communication packets generated at a preset frequency transmitted from a main control device, an oscillation frequency determination part configured to determine an oscillation frequency of an oscillator mounted in an MCU of an electronic detonator by referring to received communication packets, and an oscillation frequency correction part configured to analyze the communication packets by correcting a shift of a determined oscillation frequency. |
| US12267188B2 |
Magnitude equalization of audio-based data transmissions
Methods and systems are presented for correcting interference to audio transmissions containing data. In one embodiment, a method is presented that includes receiving an audio transmission that includes data modulated onto an audio carrier signal. A first portion of the audio transmission may be detected that includes predetermined frequencies that are produced at predetermined times. The method may further include determining a frequency distribution for the predetermined frequencies and identifying magnitudes of the predetermined frequencies within the frequency distribution. A second portion of the audio transmission may then be equalized according to the magnitudes of the predetermined frequencies. |
| US12267183B2 |
Slave device, bus system, and methods
A method and slave devices are disclosed in which an address assignment to slave devices takes place with the aid of a collision detection. The slave device receives an initialization signal, transmits an identifier over a bus in response to the initialization signal, checks whether a collision occurs on the bus when transmitting the identifier, and if a collision occurs, places the slave device into an inactive state, and if no collision occurs, receives an address for the slave device after the transmission of the identifier. |
| US12267179B2 |
Method of and a session management function for provisioning a user plane function, a method of and a user plane function for processing user traffic and a method of and charging function for charging user traffic
A method of and a Session Management Function, SMF, for provisioning processing rules for user traffic at a User Plane Function, UPF, in a core network of a telecommunication network are disclosed. The core network comprises an Access and Mobility Management Function, AMF and a Policy Control Function, PCF. The SMF first transmits to the PCF a request for obtaining processing rules for user traffic; the SMF then receives from the PCF processing rules enabling at least one of a Uniform Resource Identifier, URI, level processing policy and a Server Name Indication, SNI, level processing policy for the user traffic and provision the received processing rules with the UPF. The UPF can then process user traffic based on the provisioned processing rules, differentiating the user traffic at the more detailed URI and/or SNI level. |
| US12267178B2 |
Modular system (switch boards and mid-plane) for supporting 50G or 100G ethernet speeds of FPGA+SSD
A chassis front-end is disclosed. The chassis front-end may include a switchboard including an Ethernet switch, a Baseboard Management Controller, and a mid-plane connector. The chassis front-end may also include a mid-plane including at least one storage device connector and a speed logic to inform at least one storage device of an Ethernet speed of the chassis front-end. The Ethernet speeds may vary. |
| US12267177B2 |
Acknowledgment feedback techniques in wireless communications
Methods, systems, and devices for wireless communications are described that enable efficient group-based acknowledgment feedback reporting. Techniques are provided for feedback for a number of different downlink transmissions to be reported by a user equipment (UE) using transport block level feedback, code block group level feedback, or combinations thereof. Acknowledgment feedback may be provided in one or more group-based or enhanced dynamic feedback reports, a one-shot feedback report, or any combinations thereof. |
| US12267171B2 |
Method and device for solving packet loss due to misalignment of DRX on-duration in NR V2X
Proposed is an operation method of a first device (100) in a wireless communication system. The method may comprise the steps of: receiving sidelink (SL) data related to a first SL service from a second device (200) at a first time point within an active time of a second SL discontinuous reception (DRX) configuration related to a second SL service; and starting a first timer of a first SL DRX configuration related to the first SL service on the basis of reception of the SL data. |
| US12267170B2 |
Method and device for managing HARQ process in NR V2X
A method for performing wireless communication by a first device is provided. The method may include: receiving, from one or more second devices, one or more physical sidelink control channels (PSCCHs); receiving, from the one or more second devices, one or more physical sidelink shared channels (PSSCHs) related to the one or more PSCCHs; and performing one or more hybrid automatic repeat request (HARQ) process related to the one or more PSSCHs with the one or more second devices. |
| US12267168B2 |
Method, device and computer storage medium for communication
Embodiments of the present disclosure relate to methods, devices and computer storage media for communication. A method comprises transmitting, from a first device to a second device, a plurality of repetitions for a physical channel for scheduling a communication between the first device and the second device, wherein the plurality of PDCCH repetitions indicate same offset information for the communication; determining, based on the same offset information and index information about a repetition of the plurality of repetitions, a time offset between the repetition and the communication; and performing, based on the time offset, the communication with the second device. Embodiments of the present disclosure enable both the network device and the terminal device to obtain, from the physical channel repetitions, the real time offset for a corresponding communication and improve reliability and robustness for the physical channel. |
| US12267167B2 |
Method and device in nodes used for wireless communication
The present application discloses a method and a device in a node for wireless communications. A first node receives a first signaling group, the first signaling group being used to indicate a first signature sequence group and a second signature sequence group; transmits a first signature sequence in a first time interval; and transmits a second characteristic sequence in a second time interval; whether the first signature sequence belongs to the first signature sequence group or the second signature sequence group is used for selecting the second signature sequence; any signature sequence in the first signature sequence group is associated with a shared channel resource unit in a first period. The present application avoids the situation where the first node persistently selects random access preambles without being associated with a shared channel resource unit, thus ensuring that the requirement on access delay for UE is satisfied. |
| US12267166B2 |
Electronic device and method for wireless communication, and computer-readable storage medium
An electronic device includes a processing circuit configured to: perform repeated transmission of transmission blocks from among first to (repK)th transmission blocks starting from an nth time domain position when a base station that is due to provide services for an electronic device performs repeated transmission of the first to (repK)th transmission blocks and when it is detected that the nth time domain position is available when the first n−1 consecutive time domain positions from among predetermined consecutive time domain positions configured by the base station and used for repeated transmission are not available; and determine, on the basis of a first redundancy version mode received from the base station, a redundancy version number corresponding to each transmitted transmission block, wherein repK is the first number of repeated transmissions received from the base station, and n is an integer at least one and less than or equal to repK. |
| US12267160B2 |
System and method for phase tracking reference signal dynamic presence in ultra-reliable and low-latency and port indication
A user equipment wireless communication device in a wireless communication environment receives a signal from the network that includes a radio network temporary ID. From the radio network temporary ID, the user equipment is capable of determining whether a phase tracking reference signal is present based on the radio network temporary ID. If any of these are identified by the radio network temporary ID, then the user equipment determines that a phase tracking reference signal is present. After the user equipment has determined that the phase tracking reference signal is present, the user equipment can then determine which phase tracking reference signal antenna ports are to be used based on the values of the transmitted precoding matrix indicator value and the transmit rank indicator. |
| US12267155B2 |
Machine-learning based analysis and response based on electromagnetic waveforms and sensor data
A method includes determining, based at least in part on parameters of a software defined radio (SDR), waveform data descriptive of an electromagnetic waveform. The method also includes obtaining sensor data distinct from the waveform data. The method further includes generating feature data based on the sensor data and the waveform data and providing the feature data as input to a first machine learning model and initiating a response action based on an output of the first machine learning model. |
| US12267150B2 |
Broadcast positioning system supporting location services through over-the-air television (TV) signals
Broadcast positioning systems supporting location services through over-the-air broadcast television (TV) signals are disclosed. The broadcast positioning system supports a broadcast TV signal format that includes a transmission time of the broadcast TV. The transmission time of the broadcast TV signal is used by a TV signal receiver to determine the propagation delay of the broadcast TV signal between the TV signal transmitter and the TV signal receiver. The TV signal receiver is also configured to receive multiple broadcast TV signals from multiple TV broadcasters, wherein the same delay of arrival for those broadcast TV signals can be determined. In this manner, the TV signal receiver can use the determined multiple delays of arrival from the multiple received broadcast TV signals as time-of-arrival (TOA) and the known locations of the antenna radiating these multiple broadcast TV signals to perform a trilateration or multilateration calculation to determine its position. |
| US12267148B2 |
Method for transmitting data by a sensor of a wireless safety system and a wireless safety system for implementation of method
The invention refers to wireless safety systems and it relates to a method for transmitting data by a sensor of a wireless safety system that enables to transmit massive data to large distances (up to 2000 m). Also, a wireless safety system for implementation of the described method is proposed. |
| US12267146B2 |
Radio frequency data downlink for a high revisit rate, near earth orbit satellite system
A satellite system operates at altitudes between 100 and 350 km relying on vehicles including a self-sustaining ion engine to counteract atmospheric drag to maintain near-constant orbit dynamics. The system operates at altitudes that are substantially lower than traditional satellites, reducing size, weight and cost of the vehicles and their constituent subsystems such as optical imagers, radars, and radio links. The system can include a large number of lower cost, mass, and altitude vehicles, enabling revisit times substantially shorter than previous satellite systems. The vehicles spend their orbit at low altitude, high atmospheric density conditions that have heretofore been virtually impossible to consider for stable orbits. Short revisit times at low altitudes enable near-real time imaging at high resolution and low cost. At such altitudes, the system has no impact on space junk issues of traditional LEO orbits, and is self-cleaning in that space junk or disabled craft will de-orbit. |
| US12267138B2 |
First node, wireless device and methods performed thereby, for handling beamforming beams
A method performed by a node, for handling beamforming beams. The node operates in a wireless communications network. The node establishes that at least two beams in a first set of beams transmitted by one or more first radio network nodes are overlapping. The establishing is based on information comprising at least one of: i) a first indication of a first result of one or more measurements performed by one or more wireless devices on the first set of beams, and ii) a report having a second result of a determination that the at least two beams in the first set of beams are overlapping. The node also provides a second indication to at least one of: the node, the one or more second radio network nodes, and the one or more wireless devices. The second indication is based on the established overlap. |
| US12267137B2 |
Reporting channel state information (CSI) precoding matrix indicator (PMI)
Described are methods and apparatuses for providing channel state information by receiving configuration information for configuring a measurement window to form a compression matrix of a port selection codebook from a codebook set of vector components, the configuration information defining the size of the measurement window, which is common to all of at least one layer to be reported, selecting a number of indices of the measurement window based on the configuration information to form the compression matrix from the codebook set of vector components, remapping the selected indices, associated to vector components of the compression matrix, with respect to an index of a reference vector component, such that the index of the reference vector component is remapped to a first index of the measurement window, and reporting channel state information including precoding matrix indicator to a network, the precoding matrix indicator comprising information of the compression matrix after remapping. |
| US12267132B2 |
Channel state information reporting method and communications apparatus
This application provides channel state information reporting methods and communications apparatuses. One method includes: generating first indication information and a plurality of groups of second indication information, where the first indication information indicates a plurality of frequency domain component vectors, each group in the plurality of groups of second indication information corresponds to a spatial layer and a plurality of spatial domain component vectors and constructs precoding vectors of the spatial layer in a plurality of frequency bands, and each piece of second indication information in each group corresponds to a spatial domain component vector in the plurality of spatial domain component vectors and indicates at least one of the plurality of frequency domain component vectors that corresponds to the spatial domain component vector; and sending the first indication information and the second indication information. |
| US12267130B2 |
Network node and method performed in a wireless communication network for pre-coder optimization
Embodiments herein disclose a method performed by a network node for handling communication in a wireless communication network. The network node selects a precoder based on mutual information related to channel capacity of a channel, wherein the mutual information is computed in a closed-form computation within a set interval. The network node transmits data over the channel using the selected precoder. |
| US12267129B2 |
Systems and methods for a wirelessly powered interactive guest device
A wireless power system includes a control system configured to output radio waves to an environment and a wearable device having an energy harvesting device configured to receive the radio waves and to harvest energy from the received radio waves. The wearable device also includes a processor and a sensor configured to detect a state of the wearable device and output a state signal to the processor. The processor is configured to output a device control signal based on the detected state signal. The wearable device further includes a communicator configured to receive the device control signal from the processor and to provide an output to the control system based on the state of the wearable device. At least the processor, the sensor, or the communicator receive power via the energy harvested by the energy harvesting device. |
| US12267125B2 |
Near-field communication control method, near-field communication control device and display device
The embodiments of the present disclosure provide a near-field communication control method, device, and display device. The near-field communication control device is applied to a display device. The display device includes a display panel, a near-field communication coil and a display control circuit, wherein the display panel includes a plurality of display periods, and each display period includes a field blanking phase and an effective display phase, the near-field communication control device includes: a first receiving circuit configured to receive a synchronization signal output from the display control circuit, wherein the display panel displays an image during the effective display phase under the control of the synchronization signal; and a driving circuit configured to output a driving signal to the near-field communication coil during the field blanking phase, according to the synchronization signal. |
| US12267123B2 |
Systems and methods for implementing high-speed waveguide transmission over wires
Various embodiments describe communication systems for implementing high-speed transmission systems using waveguide-mode transmission over wires. In certain examples, a communication system uses wire pairs as “waveguides” that transmit data at high frequencies and speeds. The data is transmitted through wave propagation that takes various forms, such as surface waves and Total Internal Reflection (TIR) waves. |
| US12267115B2 |
Phase determination method and apparatus, phase calibration method, medium and antenna device
The present disclosure provides a method for determining a target initial phase, including: acquiring a voltage amplitude of a system direct-current offset signal of a phased array system corresponding to N target channels to be calibrated; respectively acquiring voltage amplitudes of a total direct-current offset signal under different initial phases; and calculating voltage amplitudes of a mixed direct-current offset signal of the N target channels under the different initial phases, and taking an initial phase of the N target channels, when the voltage amplitude of the mixed direct-current offset signal reaches the maximum value, as a target initial phase of the N target channels. The present disclosure further provides a phase calibration method, an apparatus for determining an initial phase, and an antenna system. |
| US12267112B2 |
Communication apparatus, communication system, communication method, and non-transitory computer readable medium
A communication apparatus, a communication system, a communication method, and a non-transitory computer readable medium capable of reducing differences among receiving characteristics of a plurality of quadrature amplitude-modulated signals and optimizing the capacity of transmission signals are provided. A communication apparatus (1) according to the present disclosure includes a transmitting unit (2) capable of transmitting a plurality of types of quadrature amplitude-modulated signals, and an addition unit (3) that adds error correction codes to the quadrature amplitude-modulated signals. Further, the communication apparatus (1) includes a control unit (4) that changes the number of bits of the error correction code according to the type of the quadrature amplitude-modulated signal. |
| US12267110B2 |
Systems and methods for performing tests and measurements using an optical transceiver
A method for providing tests and measurements using a transceiver is disclosed. In some examples, the method may involve using, at least one test instrument and at least one transceiver, to perform tests and measurements at a testing point in a network. The tests and measurements may include at least one of: (1) channel or wavelength and data measurements; (2) insertion loss and optical power measurements; or (3) bit error rate (BER) measurements. |
| US12267109B2 |
System, apparatus and method for two-way transport of data over a single fiber strand
The systems, apparatuses and methods of the present invention set forth improvements to the problems of the current pairing or duplex paradigm, resulting in a dramatic increase in fiber transmission efficiency, accomplished explicitly by restructuring presently-aligned C-Band wavelengths into innovative DWDM transmit and receive formats, and through implementing photonic-wave changes, which directs Ethernet data flow onto new path adaptations. These improvements could reduce line haul expenses significantly, believed to reach a projected 50% less requirement/deployment of fiber strands. This saving would offer owner-operators substantial fiber strand cost reductions, affecting transportation rates of high-bandwidth digital payloads traversing over DWDM networks, and lower usage rates of cross-connections amid multiple equipment inter-exchanging throughout large data centers. |
| US12267108B2 |
Virtual radio access network using software-defined network of remotes and digital multiplexing switches
A system for routing signals in a Distributed Antenna System (DAS) includes one or more Base Band Units (BBUs). Each of the one or more BB Us has one or more digital outputs. The system also includes a plurality of Digital Multiplexer Units (DMUs) coupled to each other and operable to route signals between the plurality of DMUs. Each of the plurality of DMUs is operable to receive one or more digital inputs from the one or more BBUs. The system further includes a plurality of Digital Remote Units (DRUs) coupled to the plurality of DMUs and operable to transport signals between the plurality of DRUs and one or more of the plurality of DMUs. |
| US12267106B2 |
Frequency domain method and system for measuring modal bandwidth, chromatic dispersion, and skew of optical fibers
A method including transmitting an intensity-modulated light through a mode conditioner to generate a mode-conditioned intensity-modulated light in one or a plurality of launch conditions and transmitting the mode-conditioned intensity-modulated light through a multimode optical fiber under test (FUT) to excite a plurality of modes of the FUT. The method further includes converting the mode-conditioned intensity-modulated light transmitted through the FUT into an electrical signal, measuring, based on the electrical signal, a complex transfer function CTF(f) of the FUT, and obtaining an output pulse based on the measured complex transfer function CTF(f) from one or a plurality of launch conditions and an assumed input pulse using the equation: Pout (t)=−1(CTF(f)*(Pin(t))). Wherein, Pout (t) is the output pulse, −1(CTF(f)*(Pin(t))) is the inverse Fourier transform of the function CTF(f)*(Pin (t)), and (Pin(t)) is the Fourier transform of the assumed input pulse. Additionally, the method includes calculating modal bandwidth of the FUT based on Pout(t). |
| US12267104B1 |
Method and system for directly connecting a PON device to a mobile device to provide real-time information
Techniques for repairing a network failure in a Passive Optical Network (PON) include establishing a communication session with an optical network terminal (ONT) in a PON via a short-range communication link. In response to establishing the communication session, the techniques include receiving diagnostic information related to a network failure corresponding to the ONT, and presenting the diagnostic information to a user for the user to repair the ONT based on the received diagnostic information. |
| US12267103B2 |
Electromagnetic field receiver
This invention relates to an electromagnetic field receiver controller including a first and second optical transmitter, a transmission medium and an optical receiver. The first optical transmitter is configured to transmit a probe signal to the optical receiver via the transmission medium at a probe frequency and the second transmitter is configured to transmit a coupling signal via the transmission medium at a coupling frequency, wherein the probe frequency is set to excite electrons of the transmission medium from a ground state to a first excited state and the coupling frequency is set to excite electrons of the transmission medium to a predetermined excited state so as to induce an Electromagnetic Induced Transparency (EIT) effect in the electromagnetic field receiver such that an incident electromagnetic field at the transmission medium causes a detectable change in power of the probe signal at the optical receiver. |
| US12267102B2 |
Prioritizing optical routes for restoration based on failure impact on an IP layer
Systems and methods include receiving a list of prioritized optical restoration paths for each of a plurality of failures in a multi-layer network, wherein each list of prioritized optical restoration paths for a corresponding failure of the plurality of failures is determined based on modeling impact of the given failure on a higher layer, relative to an optical layer; and, responsive to a failure of the plurality of failures, utilizing a corresponding list of prioritized optical restoration paths for the failure to restore services in the optical layer. The modeling impact can include determining new routes and link utilization in the higher layer, prioritizing links in the higher layer, and utilizing the prioritized links to determine the list of prioritized optical restoration paths, for the given failure. The higher layer can be an Internet Protocol (IP) layer. |
| US12267100B2 |
Hetero-integrated terahertz low-noise miniaturized image frequency rejection transceiver front-end
The present disclosure provides a hetero-integrated terahertz low-noise miniaturized image frequency rejection transceiver front-end, including an intermediate frequency circuit and a terahertz circuit arranged up and down, where the terahertz circuit includes a local oscillator frequency tripler, a 135° 3 dB filter coupler, a radio frequency waveguide power divider, and two quartz hetero-integrated subharmonic mixers; resonant cavities of an input unit, a first output unit, an isolation unit, and a second output unit of the 135° 3 dB filter coupler are sequentially coupled through resonant grooves to form a ring structure, a cavity length of the resonant cavity of the input unit is twice that of the resonant cavities of the other three units, and an electrical length of a waveguide of the first output unit is 45° different from that of a waveguide of the second output unit. |
| US12267099B2 |
Dynamic radio frequency loading change mitigation
In certain aspects, a system includes a first filter, a second filter, a dummy load, and a switching circuit coupled to the first filter, the second filter, and the dummy load, and coupled to a first antenna and a second antenna. In a first mode, the switching circuit couples the first filter and the second filter to the first antenna, and, in a second mode, the switching circuit couples the first filter and the third filter to the first antenna and couples the second filter to the second antenna. In certain aspects, the dummy load includes a third filter. |
| US12267093B2 |
Analog front end linearization
Methods, systems, and devices for wireless communication are described. A user equipment (UE) may transmit a first message indicating a capability to linearize a digital signal outputted by an analog front end of the UE, the digital signal being associated with a first transmission. The UE may receive the first transmission, the first transmission being associated with a gain state comprising a set of configurations associated with a plurality of amplifiers at the UE, and the UE may linearize the digital signal associated with the first transmission based at least in part on the gain state, where linearizing the digital signal comprises obtaining an output voltage value corresponding to an input voltage value associated with the analog front end. In some examples, the UE may obtain an output voltage value from a lookup table (LUT) of a set of LUTs configured to the UE or generated by the UE. |
| US12267092B2 |
Communication terminal configured to adjust for interference and methods of use
Communication terminals configured for satellite and terrestrial communications and methods of use are disclosed herein. In an embodiment, a communication terminal includes an antenna, a filter and filter control circuitry. The antenna is configured to receive a radio signal. The filter is configured to filter the radio signal to remove an interference signal. The filter control circuitry is configured to detect the interference signal present in the radio signal received by the antenna and cause an adjustment to the filter to block the interference signal. In another embodiment, the communication terminal includes an amplifier and gain control circuitry. The amplifier is configured to configured to amplify the radio signal. The gain control circuitry is configured to detect an interference signal present in the radio signal received by the antenna and cause an adjustment to the amplifier based on the detected interference signal. |
| US12267089B2 |
Systems and methods for improved machine-learned compression
A computer-implemented method for compressing computer-readable data having improved efficiency can include obtaining, by a computing system including one or more computing devices, input data associated with the computing system; and encoding, by the computing system, the input data and added noise from a noisy channel to produce encoded data based at least in part on an encoder model, wherein encoding the input data and added noise includes additively combining the added noise and the input data to obtain noisy input data and rounding the noisy input data by a soft rounding function, the soft rounding function having a sharpness, to produce the encoded data, wherein the machine-learned encoder model is trained on training data, wherein the training data is encoded with the added noise from the noisy channel. |
| US12267081B2 |
Apparatus for digital representation of angular difference
An apparatus is disclosed for provision of an indication of an angular difference between first and second input signals. The apparatus comprises a phase frequency detector (PFD) configured to receive the first and second input signals and to provide first and second outputs based on the first and second input signals. A difference in pulse length between signals provided at the first and second outputs is indicative of the phase difference between the first and second input signals. The apparatus also comprises first and second time-to-digital converters (TDCs) each configured to receive one of the signals provided by the PFD and to provide a corresponding digital pulse length representation. Each of the TDCs is a pulse length modifying TDC, wherein pulse length modification may comprise pulse length shrinking or pulse length extension. The apparatus also comprises a comparator configured to provide the indication of the phase difference based on the digital pulse length representations provided by the first and second TDCs. Corresponding digital phase-locked loop (DPLL) and communication device are also disclosed. |
| US12267080B2 |
Clock frequency limiter
A receiver circuit that limits the frequency of a clock signal used in a computer system is disclosed. An embodiment of the receiver circuit includes a front-end circuit configured to generate an equalized signal, a clock generator circuit configured to generate a clock signal using a plurality of samples of the equalized signal, and a measurement circuit. The measurement circuit is configured to monitor a frequency of the clock signal and activate an indication signal in response to determining that the frequency of the clock signal exceeds a threshold frequency. In response to activation of the indication signal, the clock generator circuit is configured to set the frequency of the clock signal to a particular frequency. |
| US12267077B2 |
DLL circuit, time difference amplifier circuit, and distance-measuring imaging device
A DLL circuit includes: a time difference amplifier circuit that includes current sources for setting a time difference amplification factor and an input time difference range, and amplifies, to a first signal and a second signal which are input, a time difference between edges which are change points of logic levels respectively included in the first and second signals, using the current sources and outputting a first amplified signal and a second amplified signal obtained; a phase comparison circuit that calculates a phase difference between the first and second amplified signals output and outputs a phase difference signal indicating the phase difference calculated; and a variable delay circuit that delays the second signal by an amount of delay depending on the phase difference indicated by the phase difference signal output from the phase comparison circuit and outputs the delayed second signal as a delayed signal. |
| US12267074B2 |
Dynamic D flip-flop with an inverted output
A dynamic D flip-flop with an inverted output involves an input end (101) used for receiving input data; an output end (102) used for providing output data to respond to the input data; a clock signal end (103) used for receiving a clock signal; a first latch (104) used for latching the input data from the input end (101) and performing inverting transmission on the input data under the control of the clock signal; a second latch (105) used for latching data from the first latch (104) and performing inverting transmission on the data latched by the first latch (104) under the control of the clock signal; and an inverter (106) used for performing inverting output on the data received from the second latch (105), the first latch (104), the second latch (105), and the inverter (106) being sequentially connected in series between the input end and the output end. |
| US12267073B2 |
Oscillation device and method for oscillation thereof
The present application discloses an oscillation device and a method for oscillation thereof, in which a control signal is generated from a control circuit to a ring oscillation circuit. The ring oscillation circuit generates an oscillation signal with a first signal frequency at start up oscillation, firstly. Further, the ring oscillation circuit modulates an oscillation frequency to drive the oscillation signal change from the first signal frequency to a higher second signal frequency. Thus, the present application provides the ring oscillation device generating the oscillation signal with a lower frequency at starting up oscillation, and then make the oscillation signal change to a higher frequency. Hereby, the present application provides the oscillation signal operated at a higher operating frequency. |
| US12267070B2 |
Superconducting field-programmable gate array
The various embodiments described herein include methods, devices, and systems for operating superconducting circuitry. In one aspect, a programmable circuit includes a configurable superconducting component and control circuitry coupled to the configurable superconducting component. The superconducting component includes an input terminal, an output terminal, and a plurality of gate terminals. The control circuitry is coupled to the superconducting component via the plurality of gate terminals. The control circuitry is adapted to selectively transition portions of the superconducting component from a superconducting state to a non-superconducting state. The control circuitry is configured to operate the superconducting component in a first configuration in which the programmable circuit is configured to perform a first function. The control circuitry is further configured to operate the superconducting component in a second configuration in which the programmable circuit is configured to perform a second function, distinct from the first function. |
| US12267067B2 |
Transceiver circuit, and chip and terminal device that use transceiver circuit
A transceiver circuit includes a first interface and a second interface that are connected to an optical transceiver device, a receiver circuit, a transmitter circuit, and a compensation circuit. The receiver circuit includes a differential amplifier, where a first phase input terminal of the differential amplifier is coupled to the first interface, and a second phase input terminal of the differential amplifier is coupled to the second interface. The transmitter circuit includes a first transistor, where a terminal of the first transistor is coupled to the second phase input terminal, and another terminal of the first transistor is coupled to a ground terminal. The compensation circuit is configured to provide a leakage path for the first phase input terminal, or provide a compensation current for the second phase input terminal. |
| US12267065B2 |
Acoustic wave filter with overtone mode resonators
Aspects of this disclosure relate to acoustic wave filters with bulk acoustic wave resonators configured to excite an overtone mode as a main mode. A bulk acoustic wave resonator of the filter can include a plurality of stacked piezoelectric layers positioned between a pair of electrodes. |
| US12267063B2 |
Harmonic reduction with filtering
An apparatus is disclosed for harmonic reduction with filtering. In example aspects, the apparatus includes a filter circuit with first and second filter ports, first and second lattice filters, and first and second signal manipulator circuits. The first signal manipulator circuit includes a first port, a second port, and a third port coupled to the first filter port. The first signal manipulator circuit splits an input signal into multiple split signals, shifts a phase thereof to produce at least one phase-shifted split signal, and provides the phase-shifted split signal to the first and second ports. The first lattice filter is coupled to the first port, and the second lattice filter is coupled to the second port. The second signal manipulator circuit includes a first port coupled to the first lattice filter, a second port coupled to the second lattice filter, and a third port coupled to the second filter port. |
| US12267062B2 |
Transversely-excited film bulk acoustic resonators with three-layer electrodes
There is disclosed acoustic resonators and filter devices. An acoustic resonator includes a substrate having a surface and a single-crystal piezoelectric plate having front and back surfaces, the back surface attached to the surface of the substrate except for a portion of the piezoelectric plate forming a diaphragm that spans a cavity in the substrate. An interdigital transducer (IDT) is formed on the front surface of the single-crystal piezoelectric plate such that interleaved fingers of the IDT are disposed on the diaphragm. The piezoelectric plate and the IDT are configured such that a radio frequency signal applied to the IDT excites a primary shear acoustic mode in the diaphragm. The interleaved fingers comprise a first layer proximate the diaphragm, a second layer over the first layer, and a third layer over the second layer, wherein adjacent layers are different materials. |
| US12267060B2 |
Resonance device
A resonance device is provided that includes a resonator having a base, a vibrating arm extending from one end of the base along a first direction, a frame disposed around at least a part of the vibrating arm and holding the vibrating arm such that the vibrating arm is configured to vibrate, and a support arm connecting the base to the frame. Moreover, a first substrate is provided that includes a first recess forming at least a part of a vibration space for the resonator and a first limiting portion provided away from the support arm by a first distance in a thickness direction, in which the first distance is smaller than a distance between a bottom surface of the first recess and the vibrating arm in the thickness direction of the first substrate. |
| US12267059B2 |
Acoustic wave device
An acoustic wave device includes a piezoelectric layer that is made of lithium niobate or lithium tantalate, and a plurality of pairs of electrodes opposed to each other in a direction intersecting with a thickness direction of the piezoelectric layer, in which a bulk wave in a thickness shear primary mode is used or d/p is about 0.5 or lower when a thickness of the piezoelectric layer is d and a distance between centers of mutually adjacent electrodes among the plurality of pairs of electrodes is p. The plurality of pairs of electrodes include at least one pair of first electrodes of a first acoustic wave resonator and at least one pair of second electrodes of a second acoustic wave resonator. A direction orthogonal to a longitudinal direction of the second electrodes in the second acoustic wave resonator is inclined at an angle that is greater than 0° and smaller than 360° with respect to a direction orthogonal to a longitudinal direction of the first electrodes in the first acoustic wave resonator. |
| US12267057B2 |
Multilayer filter
A multilayer filter includes: an element body formed by laminating a plurality of insulator layers; a first inductor and a second inductor; and a wall portion disposed between the first inductor and the second inductor and grounded, wherein at least the second inductor is a vertical winding type inductor of which a winding axis extends in a direction orthogonal to a laminating direction in which the plurality of insulator layers are laminated, a penetrating portion penetrating in a facing direction in which the first inductor and the second inductor face each other is formed in the wall portion, and a size of the penetrating portion in the laminating direction is larger than a size of one insulator layer. |
| US12267056B2 |
Communications system including selectable impedance using an alternating pulse width modulation scheme and related methods
A communications system may include radio frequency (RF) circuitry, an antenna assembly, and an RF cable coupling the RF circuitry and the antenna assembly. The antenna assembly may include an antenna and RF impedance selection circuitry coupled thereto. The RF circuitry may be configured to communicate RF signals with the antenna via the RF cable, and communicate RF impedance selection signals to the RF impedance selection circuitry via the RF cable and using an alternating pulse width modulation scheme. |
| US12267055B2 |
Isolator circuit
In some examples, an apparatus includes an isolating transformer and a grounding circuit. The isolating transformer has first and second coils separated by an isolation barrier, the first coil having first and second terminals. The grounding circuit is coupled to the first and second terminals. The grounding circuit is configured to couple the first and second terminals to a ground terminal during a first time period. The grounding circuit is also configured to decouple the first and second terminals from the ground terminal during a second time period. |
| US12267052B2 |
Power amplifying device
According to one embodiment, a power amplifying device includes a first amplifier configured to output a first output signal, a second amplifier configured to output a second output signal, a first circuit configured to output a third signal obtained by limiting a magnitude of a voltage value of the first output signal and a fourth signal obtained by limiting a magnitude of a voltage value of the second output signal, and a second circuit configured to transmit an average value of a voltage value of the third signal and a voltage value of the fourth signal, as a first feedback voltage to the first amplifier and the second amplifier. |
| US12267049B2 |
Audio amplifer with fast wake-up power supply
An improved audio amplifier system can both reduce power consumption by supporting a standby mode and shorten wake time when resuming from the standby mode. The audio amplifier system may reduce power by entering a sleep or standby state in response to a command and/or detecting that an audio input signal is not received. Further, the audio amplifier system may use a burst generator to periodically or intermittently activate the power supply during standby mode. By periodically or intermittently activating the power supply, one or more of the capacitors may be charged. By charging the capacitors during standby mode, the time to wake from standby mode may be significantly reduced. In some cases, the wake time may be reduced by several order of magnitudes (e.g., from seconds to milliseconds). |
| US12267039B2 |
Method and apparatus for melting snow
Systems, apparatuses, and methods are described for melting snow from a surface of a power source. The power source may be a photovoltaic (PV) module. |
| US12267035B2 |
Power tool including conduction angle control
Systems and methods described herein provide for controlling a conduction angle applied to a motor, such as a power tool motor. Operations for controlling the conduction angle includes receiving by a motor controller, a desired speed signal, and monitoring a speed of the power tool motor. The operation further includes a motor controller determining an error value between the desired speed signal and the monitored speed and determining a conduction angle signal based on the error value. The operation also includes the motor controller determining whether the conduction angle signal is greater than the error value and increasing a conduction angle of the power tool motor in response to the conduction angle signal being determined to be greater than the error value. |
| US12267033B2 |
Motor drive system
A motor drive system includes a battery, double-stator axial gap motors, inverter circuits configured to control power running drive and regenerative drive of the double-stator axial gap motors, step-up/step-down circuits configured to adjust at least voltage of regeneratively generated power of the double-stator axial gap motors, and one or more control devices configured to control drive of the inverter circuits and the step-up/step-down circuits. Each of the double-stator axial gap motors includes two stators. Each of the inverter circuits are connected to a respective one of the two stators. The inverter circuits are connected in series. A single step-up/step-down circuit among the step-up/step-down circuit is provided for each of the axial gap motors. The single step-up/step-down circuit provided for each of the axial gap motors is connected to one of two inverter circuits connected to the two stators among the inverter circuits. |
| US12267030B2 |
Systems and methods of distributed and dynamically configurable motor control
Techniques for managing a distributed control system for a motor control switch are described. A request to implement a first controller for a motor control switch is received. Embodiments determine a plurality of functional modules for the first controller. Each of the plurality of functional modules comprises an instance of computer logic configured to perform a respective function. A respective Motor Control Function Set (MCFS) for performing the respective function of each of the plurality of functional modules is determined. One or more of a plurality of configurable hardware blocks are allocated to each of the plurality of functional modules. Embodiments configure each of the plurality of configurable hardware blocks based on the MCFS of the functional module to which the respective configurable hardware block is allocated. The configured plurality of configurable hardware blocks is executed as a distributed system to control the motor control switch. |
| US12267026B2 |
Textile triboelectric nanogenerators with diverse 3D-spacer fabrics for improved output voltage
A triboelectric nanogenerator (TENG) using a 3D-spacer fabric and polydimethylsiloxane (PDMS) shows great application potential for biokinetic energy harvesting and a multifunctional self-power device. In the present disclosure, a TENG with a fabric-PDMS-fabric structure is fabricated using diverse three-dimensional (3D) fabrics and PDMS. Peak-to-peak output voltages of the diverse 3D-spacer fabrics are compared. The output voltages are changed due to structures and vertical fibers. In addition, a coefficient of surface friction between PDMS and fabric improves the output voltage. TENGs using different 3D-spacer polymeric fabrics show different maximum peak-to-peak output voltage performances. This is due to the stiffness, lateral elasticity, and 3D morphology of the fabrics. It is considered that those factors including the stiffness, the lateral elasticity, and the 3D morphology influence the densities in vertical and lateral fiber-to-fiber interaction. |
| US12267023B2 |
Voltage doubling active single phase to three-phase power converter
A voltage doubling phase converter that converts single phase AC electric power to balanced three phase AC power. Two input terminals are connectable to a single-phase AC power source and connect directly to two output terminals of the converter. The phase converter has a storage capacitor, three active half-bridge modules connected to the storage capacitor, and a controller. Two modules connect to the input terminals and charge the storage capacitor. The other module connects to a third output terminal. The controller switches the module connected to the third output terminal and one of the other modules to generate and shape a second and a resultant third phase. |
| US12267020B2 |
Isolated resonant DC-DC converter
An isolated DC-DC converter is provided. The isolated DC-DC converter includes a full-bridge switching stage, a resonant network, a transformer, an output stage, an isolated charge sensor and a switch controller. The full-bridge switching stage has at least four active switches. The resonant network has a plurality of inductors and plurality of capacitors. The transformer is connected to the resonant network. The output stage is connected to the transformer and is configured to generate an output voltage or current. The isolated charge sensor is connected to the resonant network to generate a resonant inductor current charge signal. The switch controller generates and provides control signals to the at least four active switches based on at least the resonant inductor current charge signal and the output voltage or current. |
| US12267019B2 |
Power supply apparatus capable of switching output resistance
A resistance switching circuit includes a resistor forming an output resistance of a first power supply. The resistance switching circuit switches between a state in which the resistor forms part of an output resistance and a state in which the resistor does not form part of the output resistance. A control circuit is configured to in a case where a DC voltage with a first polarity is applied to a load from a first power supply, control the resistance switching circuit such that the resistor does not form part of the output resistance, and in a case where a DC voltage with a second polarity is applied to the load from a second power supply, control the resistance switching circuit such that the resistor forms part of the output resistance. |
| US12267014B2 |
Non-isolated DCDC resonant conversion control circuit and control method
According to a non-isolated DCDC resonant conversion control circuit provided in embodiments of this application, an inductor and a capacitor that are resonant are connected in series, so that a current flowing through the inductor is a sine waveform. A waveform coefficient of the sine wave is small, and a conduction loss of the sine wave is low. Therefore, the circuit provided in embodiments of this application can significantly reduce a circuit loss. According to the non-isolated DCDC resonant conversion control method provided in embodiments of this application, not only a phase shift angle can be adjusted to enable a switching transistor to implement zero voltage switching (ZVS) on, but switching frequency can also be adjusted. Therefore, ranges in which a voltage and power of an output interface can be adjusted are large, so that non-isolated wide-range DCDC resonant conversion is implemented. |
| US12267012B2 |
Voltage balance systems and methods for multilevel converters
A multilevel converter system is provided. The system includes a converter and a converter controller interfaced with the converter. The converter controller includes a voltage loop, a current loop, and a voltage compensation loop. The voltage loop is configured to receive first and second voltages from the first and second segments of the converter and a reference voltage. The current loop is configured to receive a current output of the converter, a reference current, and a balancing reference current. The voltage compensation loop is configured to receive the first and second voltages and a sign signal. The converter controller is configured to generate first and second pulse-width modulation (PWM) signals using output signals from the current loop and the output compensation signals from the voltage compensation loop. The PWM signals are configured to control the switches of the converter and to balance the first voltage with the second voltage. |
| US12267011B2 |
Circuit for controlling converters, corresponding converter device and method
A half bridge converter is controlled by a circuit including a differential circuit receiving a reference signal and a feedback signal which is a function of an output signal from the converter. The half bridge includes hand and low side switches. A comparator generates a PWM signal for controlling the converter as a function of the duty cycle of the PWM signal in response to a signal at an intermediate node between the hand and low side switches and an output of the differential circuit. A gain circuit block coupled between the intermediate node and the input of the comparator applies a ramp signal to the input of the comparator which is a function of the signal at the intermediate node. A variable gain is applied by the gain circuit block in order to keep a constant value for the duty cycle of said PWM signal irrespective of converter operation. |
| US12267010B2 |
Switching power circuit
According to one embodiment, a switching power circuit compares a reference voltage with a feedback voltage of an output voltage, and controls the output voltage in accordance with the reference voltage, in which in a case where the output current is greater than a predetermined set current, the voltage of the reference voltage is decreased. |
| US12267009B2 |
Air conditioning device and corresponding power supply including a single buck converter with a SiC diode, an attenuator and a ferrite bead
An air conditioning device includes a buck converter which comprises a switching device, an inductor, a diode and at least one capacitor. The diode is a SiC diode, and the buck converter further includes an attenuator associated to the SiC diode and a ferrite bead associated to the switching device. |
| US12267008B2 |
Accelerators for factorized power systems
The system response time of a factorized power architecture may be reduced using a high bandwidth accelerator connected in parallel with a low bandwidth switching regulator to feed one or more downstream high bandwidth current multipliers, e.g. at the point of load. The accelerator may use a high speed linear amplifier to drive the factorized bus using stored energy derived from the bus or a low voltage bias supply. The accelerator may alternatively be connected in series between the switching regulator and the downstream current multipliers. |
| US12267007B1 |
Fault-tolerant control for static transfer switch system
An apparatus comprises: a first power source to generate first voltages; a power switch to supply the first voltages to a load as load voltages or not supply the first voltages to the load; first sensors to sense first sensed voltages based on the first voltages, and load sensors to sense the load voltages to produce sensed load voltages; and a controller to: upon detecting a failure of the first sensors, identify a faulty sensed voltage of the first sensed voltages caused by the failure based on at least the first sensed voltages and whether the power switch supplies or does not supply the first voltages to the load; compute a reconstructed sensed voltage to replace the faulty sensed voltage based on healthy sensed voltages of the first sensed voltages that are not faulty; and monitor the healthy sensed voltages and the reconstructed sensed voltage. |
| US12267006B2 |
Forming integrated electronic devices for converting and downscaling alternating current
Bonding a full-bridge device and an LLC device in a stack, or forming the full-bridge device and the LLC device on a same substrate, rather than connecting the devices, reduces a chip area associated with a power converter including the full-bridge device and the LLC device. Additionally, the full-bridge device and the LLC device consume less power because parasitic inductance and capacitance are reduced. Additionally, raw materials and production time are conserved that would otherwise have been used to connect the full-bridge device and the LLC device (e.g., via wires). |
| US12266993B2 |
Motor unit
A motor assembly includes a housing, a first substrate, a second substrate, and a cover. The housing includes a tubular portion that accommodates a motor whose axis of rotation extends in the vertical direction. The first substrate opposes the radial outer end surface of the tubular portion in the radial direction. The second substrate extends perpendicularly to the axial direction and is above the motor. The cover includes a first cover portion that covers the radial outer end surface of the first substrate, and a second cover portion that covers the upper surface of the second substrate. The outer edge of the first cover portion as viewed from the radial direction and the outer edge of the second cover portion as viewed from the axial direction come into contact with the housing via a seal. |
| US12266988B2 |
Electric machine with flexible electrical conductors and shaping insulations
The present invention relates to an electric machine (1) having a rotor (3) and a stator (2), wherein the stator (2) and/or the rotor (3) has an electrical plug-in winding (4), which comprises a plurality of rigid insulated electrical conductor elements (5); the conductor elements (5) are arranged in grooves of the stator or of the rotor and their conductor ends (17) project out of the grooves; the conductor ends of the conductor elements (5) are each connected to conductor ends of other conductor elements (5) in order to form the electrical plug-in winding (4); the conductor elements (5) have an electrically insulating insulation sheath (9); characterized in that each conductor element (5) has a multiplicity of flexible fibres (8), in particular of a conductor strand of flexible fibres (8), made of carbon nanotubes or graphene and in that the insulation sheath (9) surrounds the multiplicity of fibres (8) like a hose and is designed in such a way that it gives the electrical conductor element (5) a rigid form. |
| US12266987B1 |
Rotating brushes for electric motors
A rotating brush assembly for an electric motor, including a commutator and a plurality of brushes, each of the brushes rotatingly mounted on an axle disposed between arms coupled to respective first and second brush holders, wherein the brush holders are urged toward said commutator with a spring, and wherein the brushes rotate in a direction opposite the direction in which the commutator rotates. |
| US12266985B2 |
Axial flux motor with cooling jacket
A motor assembly can include a motor shaft, a stator assembly, and a rotor assembly, and can include a cooling jacket. The cooling jacket can include an inner wall facing radially inwardly towards the stator assembly and an opposite outer wall facing radially outwardly, a circumferential internal fluid passageway for allowing a cooling fluid to be pumped through an interior of the cooling jacket, the internal fluid passageway being disposed between the inner and outer walls and extending between an inlet and an outlet, a mounting pad receiving, at an opening in the outer wall, a heat generating component associated with the motor assembly, the opening being in fluid communication with the internal fluid passageway such that the cooling fluid can provide cooling to the heat generating component. |
| US12266979B2 |
Motor rotor, permanent magnet motor, and electric vehicle
The present disclosure relates to a motor rotor, a permanent magnet motor, and an electric vehicle. The motor rotor includes a rotor core (1) and permanent magnets (3). The rotor core (1) includes mounting slots (2). The permanent magnets (3) are arranged in the mounting slots (2). An included angle between two mounting slots (2) forming a V-shaped structure in the mounting slots (2) is Δ. A numerical value of a thickness of the permanent magnets (3) is L4 when a unit thereof is mm. A numerical value of a width of the permanent magnets (3) is L5 when a unit thereof is mm. 110°≤Δ≤140°. A numerical value of Δ=(18 to 20)*L4, L5≥2*L4. |
| US12266978B2 |
Flux concentrate type rotor and motor having the same
A flux concentrate type rotor may include a shaft; a rotor core; and an arc type permanent magnet having an inner diameter portion and an outer diameter portion. The rotor core includes an annular ring-shaped inner diameter portion core having a shaft through hole, a plurality of outer diameter portion cores arranged along a circumferential direction of the inner diameter portion core on an outer circumferential surface of the inner diameter portion core, and spaced apart from each other to form permanent magnet insertion portion, and a plurality of bridges arranged along the circumferential direction of the inner diameter portion core to correspond to each of the outer diameter portion cores, and connect each of the outer diameter portion cores to the inner diameter portion core. The outer diameter portion core has a first cutout portion positioned at a lower end. |
| US12266976B2 |
Consequent-pole motor with rotor having two layer permanent magnets
A consequent-pole motor comprises a rotor and a stator sleeved outside the rotor. The rotor comprises a plurality of permanent magnetic poles evenly spaced along a circumferential direction of the rotor. A plurality of stator teeth is disposed on an inner periphery of the stator along a circumferential direction of the inner periphery. A permanent magnetic pole of the rotor comprises a first permanent magnet mounting groove and a second permanent magnet mounting groove disposed sequentially from outside to inside along a radial direction of the rotor. A first layer permanent magnet is disposed in the first permanent magnet mounting groove, and a second layer permanent magnet is disposed in the second permanent magnet mounting groove. According to the motor, permanent magnets distributed in multiple layers are used, so that the magnetic resistance torque of the motor can be improved, which may increase reluctance torque, thereby increasing electromagnetic torque. |
| US12266975B2 |
Rotor and design method thereof
A motor rotor includes a rotor core and a plurality of reluctance parts. The rotor core includes a plurality of metal parts and an inner hole for the motor rotor, the inner hole of the motor rotor passes through the rotor core, and the areas of the metal parts form a rotor metal total area ΣAmetal. The plurality of reluctance parts are disposed surrounding the inner hole of the motor rotor, each of the reluctance parts comprising a plurality of flux barriers penetrating through the rotor core. The areas of the flux barriers in all the reluctance parts form a flux barrier total area ΣAair. The sum of ΣAair and ΣAmetal is a rotor effective total area, and the ratio of ΣAair to the rotor effective total area is a flux barrier ratio KA, which is expressed as K A = ∑ A air ∑ A air + ∑ A metal , and satisfies 0.25≤KA≤0.5. |
| US12266972B2 |
Laminate with varnish accumulation feature
A method for applying varnish to a stator of an electric motor includes depositing varnish onto an outer laminate of the stator, accumulating the deposited varnish with a ridge on the outer laminate, and directing the accumulated varnish into a slot of the outer laminate with the ridge. |
| US12266970B2 |
Electrical contacting of stator connections on pcb by crimp connection
A pump includes an electric motor with a rotor rotatably supported about an axis of rotation and circumferentially surrounding a stator. The stator includes a stator core and coils wound on the stator core. The windings are defined by a winding wire including winding wire end sections that are electrically contacted with a printed circuit board by a crimp connection. |
| US12266965B2 |
Power battery charging method, motor control circuit, and vehicle
A motor control circuit includes a first switch module, a three-phase inverter, and a control module. A power supply module, the first switch module, the three-phase inverter, and a three-phase alternating current motor form a current loop; midpoints of three phase legs of the three-phase inverter are respectively connected to three phase coils of the three-phase alternating current motor; the three-phase alternating current motor is configured to input or output a current by using a wire N extending from a connection point of the three phase coils; the control module is connected to the three-phase inverter, first switch module, three-phase alternating current motor, and power supply module; the control module is configured to control the three-phase inverter to enable the motor control circuit to receive a voltage of the power supply module and output a direct current, and to boost a voltage of the power supply module. |
| US12266960B2 |
Multi-bay charger with power monitoring based on available power from a power source
A battery pack charger that includes a housing and a plurality of battery receptacles supported by the housing that are configured to receive a battery pack. The charger includes a plurality of charging circuits connected to the battery receptacles and configured to transmit power to the plurality of battery receptacles. The charger includes at least one sensor to sense available power from a power source. The charger includes a controller operable to receive a signal from the at least one sensor indicative of the available power from the power source, receive signals from the plurality of charging circuits indicative of an amount of power needed by the charging circuits to charge the battery packs, and reduce a charging power to at least one of the plurality of charging circuits when the amount of power needed by the charging circuits is greater than the available power from the power source. |
| US12266959B2 |
Safe battery energy management systems, battery management system nodes, and methods
A battery stack includes a plurality of battery management system (BMS) nodes and a controller. Each BMS node includes a battery, an isolation switch configured to selectably isolate the battery of the BMS node from the batteries of the other BMS nodes, and a bypass switch configured to selectably provide a path for electrical current flowing through the battery stack to bypass the battery of the BMS node. The batteries of the BMS nodes are electrically coupled in series. The controller is configured to control the isolation switch and the bypass switch of each BMS node such that the battery of each BMS node can be individually connected to and disconnected from an electrical power source/sink. |
| US12266958B2 |
Charging device and charging system
A charging device basically includes a first power source, first and second device-side connection terminals, a first resistance, a detection unit and a device-side controller. The first resistance is connected between the first power source and the first device-side connection terminal. The detection unit detects an inter-terminal voltage between the first device-side connection terminal and the second device-side connection terminal. A vehicle-side controller is connected between a first vehicle-side connection terminal connected to the first device-side connection terminal and a second vehicle-side connection terminal connected to the second device-side connection terminal. The device-side controller determines that the charging-device-side charging connector and the vehicle-side charging connector are turned into a non-connected state from a connected state by a fact that the inter-terminal voltage detected by the detection unit becomes greater than a predetermined voltage. |
| US12266949B2 |
Base station (GNB)-assisting-energy harvesting (EH) from nearby user equipments (UES)
Systems, methods, and devices for wireless communication that support mechanisms for signaling resources available for energy harvesting (EH) to a UE in a wireless communication system. In aspects, a base station transmits an indication to an UE of resources (e.g., time and/or frequency resources) available to the UE for EH. The resources may include resources over which uplink transmissions are transmitted from one or more UEs and/or resources over which downlink transmission are transmitted from the base station to the one or more UEs. The base station may include additional information in the indication to the UE. In aspects, the indication from the base station to the UE of the resources available for EH and/or the additional information may enable the EH UE to more efficiently harvest energy from the uplink transmissions from neighboring UEs and/or downlink transmissions from the base station. |
| US12266942B1 |
Fast-response PV simulator based on improved deadbeat predictive current control
A fast-response photovoltaic (PV) simulator based on an improved deadbeat predictive current control (DPCC). Compared to actual PV modules, there is a response time at the output of the PV simulation. Currently widely used PV simulation have a long response time, which cannot meet the performance testing requirements of high-performance grid-connected PV inverters. Based on the energy balance of the inductor during the absorption and dissipation phases, the current control law of the output inductor in the PV simulation was studied in a single switching period, thereby establishing the required DPCC model. An integral compensation eliminates the steady-state error in current tracking caused by nonlinear factors such as time delay and mismatched parameters, enabling its wide application in engineering. For the proposed PV simulator, the transient response time can be reduced to 1.1 ms and significantly shorter than widely used PV simulation. |
| US12266940B2 |
Wind turbine power generation comprising an ac-dc-ac converter and a transformer with a tap changer
A method of operating a power generating system for a wind turbine connected to an electrical grid, the power generating system comprising a power generator, a converter, a transformer and a tap changer, the method comprising; monitoring a signal for detecting an over-voltage condition in the electrical grid which requires a reduction in the output voltage from the power generating system; initiating a convertor response mode configured to provide at least part of the required voltage reduction; and initiating a transformer response mode configured to provide at least part of the required voltage reduction; wherein the transformer response mode comprises operating the tap changer to adjust the output voltage from the power generating system. |
| US12266939B2 |
Smoothing-target-value calculation device, power supply system, smoothing-target-value calculation method, and program
Provided is a smoothing-target-value calculation device that is capable of calculating a smoothing target value with which it is possible to suppress battery degradation. The present invention provides a smoothing-target-value calculation device that calculates a smoothing target value, which is a target value for the sum of first power generated by a renewable-energy power generation system and second power charged into and discharged from a battery, the smoothing-target-value calculation device including: a predicted-value acquisition unit that acquires a predicted value for the first power; a predicted-value correction unit that corrects the predicted value; and a smoothing-target-value calculation unit that calculates a smoothing target value by smoothing the corrected predicted value. |
| US12266936B2 |
Subspace-based approach to synchrophasor estimation
A subspace-based approach to synchrophasor estimation is provided. Embodiments described herein provide two improvements to subspace-based phasor measurement unit (PMU) algorithms based on estimation of signal parameters via rotational invariance techniques (ESPRIT) frequency estimation. The first is a dynamic, real-time thresholding method to determine the size of the signal subspace. This allows for accurate ESPRIT-based frequency estimates of the nominal system frequency as well as the frequencies of any out-of-band interference or harmonic frequencies. Since other frequencies are included in the least squares (LS) estimate, the interference from frequencies other than nominal can be excluded. This results in a near flat estimation error over changes in a) nominal system frequency, b) harmonic distortion, and c) out-of-band interference. Second, the computational burden of ESPRIT is reduced and the proposed algorithm runs in real time on resource-constrained platforms. |
| US12266935B2 |
Power conversion device
A power conversion device includes a power converter connected to a power storage element, and a control device. The control device includes a generator simulating unit to generate a voltage command value, and a signal generating unit to generate a control signal for the power converter based on the voltage command value. The generator simulating unit includes a first characteristics simulating unit to generate a first command value by simulating characteristics of a first synchronous generator, a second characteristics simulating unit to generate a second command value by simulating characteristics of a second synchronous generator different from the characteristics of the first synchronous generator, an adder to perform addition of the first command value and the second command value, and a voltage command generating unit to generate the voltage command value, based on an addition result of the first command value and the second command value. |
| US12266934B2 |
Demand response of loads having thermal reserves
Systems and methods are described herein that improve grid performance by smoothing demand using thermal reserves. The smoothed demand can reduce peak loads as well as the ramp rate of demand that will otherwise require the use of inefficient, expensive generation sources. These improvements are tied to the selective switching on or off electrical loads that are coupled to thermal reserves, effectively using the thermal reserves as an energy storage mechanism. Historical data of past usage can be used to create load model and ensure that effects on customer comfort are minimized while still accomplishing the beneficial effects for the overall grid, which enables grid owners to both reduce their operational cost by avoiding expensive generation and improve system reliability by achieving more predictable power demand. |
| US12266933B2 |
Power trading system of virtual power plant and power trading method of virtual power plant using the same
A power trading system of virtual power plant includes a plurality of virtual power plants connected to a power system and including a distributed energy resource; a heat conversion device connected to the power system and converting the power generated from the plurality of distributed energy resources into thermal energy; and a power trading device configured to analyze an excess and insufficient power amount of the plurality of virtual power plant due to an output variation of the distributed energy resource, control power trading between the plurality of virtual power plant, the power system, or the heat conversion device by using the analysis result of the excess and insufficient power amount to stabilize the output of the power system and the virtual power plant. |
| US12266930B1 |
Multidrop 1-5 v process automation network
A process automation system includes a central controller, a four-conductor, multi-drop bus, 1 to 16 1-5 V field devices, and 1 to 16 coupler boxes, each coupler box connecting a respective field device with the bus. The central controller includes a dual-tone, multiple-frequency (DTMF) encoder and each coupler box includes a DTMF decoder. Each coupler box isolates its associated field device's 1-5 V signal from the bus unless the coupler box is addressed by the central controller via a DTMF signal. |
| US12266928B2 |
Jump starting device with a jump start current sharing system, and a jump start current sharing method
Provided is a jump starting device for charging a depleted discharge battery, the device includes a rechargeable battery having a positive terminal and negative terminal; a switch comprising a jump start current sharing circuit electrically connected to the rechargeable battery; and a battery clamp electrically connected to the jump start current sharing circuit. |
| US12266924B2 |
Protection circuit for battery management system
Systems and methods are provided for a battery management system (BMS) having a protection circuit. In one example, a vehicle battery system may include the BMS, the BMS including a cutoff circuit coupled to a short-circuit protection circuit, and a battery pack, wherein the short-circuit protection circuit may include a diode array, cathodes of the diode array being coupled to a positive terminal post of the battery pack and anodes of the diode array being coupled to a negative terminal post of the battery pack. In some examples, the cutoff circuit may further be coupled to a reverse bias protection circuit including a switchable current path arranged between a control input of the cutoff circuit and an output of the cutoff circuit. In this way, the vehicle battery system may be protected from unexpected voltage conditions via the BMS redirecting and dissipating excess current away from the cutoff circuit. |
| US12266923B2 |
Protection circuit for battery management system
Systems and methods are provided for a battery management system (BMS) having a protection circuit. In one example, a vehicle battery system may include the BMS, the BMS including a cutoff circuit coupled to a short-circuit protection circuit, and a battery pack, wherein the short-circuit protection circuit may include a diode array, cathodes of the diode array being coupled to a positive terminal post of the battery pack and anodes of the diode array being coupled to a negative terminal post of the battery pack. In some examples, the cutoff circuit may further be coupled to a reverse bias protection circuit including a switchable current path arranged between a control input of the cutoff circuit and an output of the cutoff circuit. In this way, the vehicle battery system may be protected from unexpected voltage conditions via the BMS redirecting and dissipating excess current away from the cutoff circuit. |
| US12266917B2 |
Ground fault circuit interrupter (GFCI) devices, systems, and methods
A ground fault circuit interrupter (GFCI) can include a current transformer (CT) comprising a single core, a first winding wound around the single core, and a second winding wound around the single core. The GFCI can include a ground fault (GF) detection module operatively connected to the first winding to receive signals from the first winding and configured to determine whether a line-to-ground fault exists. The GFCI can also include a GN stimulus operatively connected to the second winding to provide a GN stimulus signal to the second winding. The GFCI can also include a grounded neutral (GN) detection module operatively connected to second winding and configured to receive signals from the second winding to determine whether a neutral-to-ground fault exists. |
| US12266915B2 |
Series Z-source circuit breaker with pulse-testing capability
A series Z-source circuit breaker including a semiconductor switch that breaks source power being provided to a load in response to overcurrent. An electromechanical switch is electrically coupled in parallel with the semiconductor switch, a first capacitor is electrically coupled to an output side of the semiconductor switch, a second capacitor is electrically coupled in parallel with the semiconductor switch, and a delay circuit is electrically coupled in series with the first capacitor. The semiconductor switch is in an open position and the electromechanical switch is in a closed position when overcurrent is not present. Upon detection of overcurrent the semiconductor switch is closed, the electromechanical switch is opened and the delay circuit is controlled to delay when reverse bias current is provided from the first capacitor to the semiconductor switch to prevent source power from being provided to the load to give the electromechanical switch time to open. |
| US12266910B2 |
Wiring member
A wiring member includes: a main wire including a plurality of wire-like transmission members; a branch wire in which some of the wire-like transmission members are branched from the main wire; a fixing sheet having one main surface to which the main wire is fixed; and a cover sheet, at least a part of which is provided in a position overlapped with the branch wire in another main surface of the fixing sheet, wherein a fusion position where the fixing sheet and the cover sheet are fused is provided on at least a lateral side of the main wire in a longitudinal direction, and is provided in a position away from the branch wire. |
| US12266909B2 |
Motor control center (MCC) units with retractable power connector and interlocks including a power connector position interlock
Motor control centers have units or buckets with an extendable/retractable power connection (stab) assembly and one or more operating lever interlocks that include a unit latch to latch to a cabinet and a power connection position interlock that blocks the handle of the units or buckets based on position of the power connection assembly, optionally also including a shutter cam that slides a shutter right and left. |
| US12266906B2 |
Vertical cavity surface emitting device
A vertical cavity surface emitting device includes a substrate, a first multilayer film reflecting mirror, a light-emitting structure layer with a light-emitting layer, and a second multilayer film reflecting mirror. The second multilayer film reflecting mirror constitutes a resonator between the first and second multilayer film reflecting mirrors. The second multilayer film reflecting mirror includes a first multilayer film, an intermediate film, and a second multilayer film. The first and second multilayer films have low refractive index films and high refractive index films that are alternately stacked. The intermediate film covers an upper surface of the first multilayer film and film has a translucency to a light emitted from the light-emitting layer. The second multilayer film partially covers an upper surface of the intermediate film. The intermediate film has a film thickness based on ½ of a wavelength inside the intermediate film of light emitted from the light-emitting layer. |
| US12266905B2 |
Pulsed resonant laser diode array driver
A pulsed laser diode array driver includes an inductor having a first terminal configured to receive a source voltage, a source capacitor coupled between the first terminal of the inductor and ground, a bypass capacitor connected between a second terminal of the inductor and ground, a bypass switch connected between the second terminal of the inductor and ground, a laser diode array with one or more rows of laser diodes, and one or more laser diode switches, each being connected between a respective row node of the laser diode array and ground. The laser diode switches and the bypass switch are configured to control a current flow through the inductor to produce respective high-current pulses through each row of the laser diode array, each of the high-current pulses corresponding to a peak current of a resonant waveform developed at that row of the laser diode array. |
| US12266902B2 |
Vertical-cavity surface-emitting laser array with integrated capacitor
An optical chip may include a vertical-cavity surface-emitting laser (VCSEL) structure. The optical chip may include a capacitor over at least a portion of an active layer of the VCSEL structure that is outside of an active region of the VCSEL structure. The capacitor may include a first metal layer over the portion of the active layer, a dielectric layer on the first metal layer, and a second metal layer on the dielectric layer. The optical chip may include an isolation region between a substrate of the VCSEL and a portion of the capacitor outside of the VCSEL. |
| US12266900B2 |
Light source device for fiber optic gyroscope and fiber optic gyroscope using the same
To provide a light source device for a fiber optic gyroscope capable of broadening the bandwidth of the laser light and improving stability of a scale factor.A light source device for a fiber optic gyroscope configured to drive a fiber optic gyroscope includes: a laser light source 10, a stabilizing part 20, and a bandwidth broadening part 30. The laser light source 10 emits a laser light of a predetermined frequency. The stabilizing part 20 stabilizes the predetermined frequency of the laser light emitted from the laser light source 10. The bandwidth broadening part 30 makes the laser light stabilized by the stabilizing part 20 into a light having a continuous broadband spectrum. |
| US12266899B2 |
Fiber, optical amplifier, and optical communications system
A fiber applied to an optical amplifier, where the fiber includes a rare earth-doped core and a cladding. The core includes a gain equalization unit. The core is configured to separately amplify optical signals of all wavelengths in a received multiplexing wave. The gain equalization unit is configured to equalize gains of the optical signals of all the wavelengths, such that gains of optical signals that are of all the wavelengths and that are transmitted from an egress port of the fiber all fall within a preset range. The gain of the optical signal of each wavelength in the optical signals of all the wavelengths is determined based on a ratio of power of an amplified optical signal to power of the unamplified optical signal. |
| US12266897B2 |
Terminal and wire with terminal
A terminal to be connected to a front end part of a wire in an extending direction is provided with a terminal body for sandwiching the wire, and a slide member slidable with respect to the terminal body along the extending direction of the wire. The terminal body is formed by a worked metal plate material and includes a sandwiching portion for sandwiching the wire. The sandwiching portion includes a first holding protrusion formed by folding the metal plate material on a side edge intersecting the extending direction of the wire, projecting toward the wire and configured to contact the wire and a second holding protrusion formed to be located forward of the first holding protrusion in the extending direction of the wire by folding the metal plate material on a side edge along the extending direction of the wire, projecting toward the wire and configured to contact the wire. |
| US12266893B2 |
Connection assembly for use in an information handling system
A connection assembly including a receptacle connector having a first and a second end, including: a shell, including a first outer surface and a second outer surface; a shield surrounding the shell, the shield including: a first portion including a first cam flange, the first portion rotatable about a first spring hinge; a second portion including a second cam flange, the second portion rotatable about a second spring hinge; a mating connector removable coupleable to the receptacle connector, including: an adjustment member, wherein, when a positioning of the adjustment member is adjusted to decrease a distance between the adjustment member and the second end of the receptacle connector, the adjustment member adjusts a distance between the first cam flange and the second cam flange to rotate the first portion of the shield about the first spring hinge and rotate the second portion of the shield about the second spring hinge. |
| US12266888B2 |
Subsea connector
A wetmate connector includes a plug and receptacle. The plug includes a plug body and the receptacle includes a receptacle body. The plug includes a recess circumscribing its forward end, adjacent to a coarse alignment feature and rearward of a front surface of the plug body. The coarse alignment feature includes a series of three truncated cones, the first and third of the cones including substantially congruent faces, the first and second cones being joined at their maximum diameter and the second and third cones being joined at their minimum diameter. The receptacle body includes a fastener adapted to cooperate with the recess in the forward end of the plug, to latch the plug and receptacle together when mated. |
| US12266886B2 |
Connector assembly and waterproof cap
A connector assembly includes a connector, a housing having an insertion port, and a waterproof cap detachably attached to the housing to close the insertion port, the waterproof cap having a cap body, a first protruding portion continuously surrounding an entire periphery of an outer peripheral surface of the cap body, and a second protruding portion disposed on a front end side of the cap body in a fitting direction from a position at which the first protruding portion is disposed, when the waterproof cap is attached to the housing, the first protruding portion being press-fitted to the insertion port and contacting an entire periphery of an inner peripheral surface of the insertion port while being elastically compressed, the second protruding portion being inserted into the connector and contacting at least two inner surfaces of the connector facing each other while being elastically compressed. |
| US12266883B2 |
Modular high-current connector
A modular high-current connector (1) has a first housing part (7) and a second housing part (8) connected thereto. The high-current connector (1) has a pin contact (9), the pin contact (9) being substantially cylindrical and having a connection region (A′) and a contact region (K′) for making electrical contact with a device socket or a mating connector. The contact region (K′) of the pin contact (9) projects out of the high-current connector (1) on the plug-in side. |
| US12266882B2 |
Connector including terminal fitting embedded in housing and manufacturing method of connector including terminal fitting embedded in housing
The present disclosure relates to a connector and a manufacturing method or a connector. The connector includes: a terminal fitting; and a housing holding the terminal fitting. The housing includes a first resin molded body in which at least a part of the terminal fitting is embedded, the first resin molded body being made of a first material, and a second resin molded body in which at least a part of the first resin molded body is embedded, the second resin molded body being made of a second material. The first material has a linear thermal expansion coefficient smaller than that of the second material. |