US11718156B2
A refrigeration cycle device includes a compressor, a radiator, an air-conditioning heat exchanger, a cooling heat exchanger, an air-conditioning decompression unit, a cooler-unit decompression unit, a refrigerant flow rate detector, and a controller. The radiator is configured to radiate heat of refrigerant discharged from the compressor. The air-conditioning heat exchanger absorbs heat from air to evaporate the refrigerant. The cooling heat exchanger is arranged in parallel with the air-conditioning heat exchanger in the flow of refrigerant. The air-conditioning decompression unit adjusts a decompression amount of the refrigerant flowing into the air-conditioning heat exchanger. The cooler-unit decompression unit adjusts a decompression amount of the refrigerant flowing into the cooling heat exchanger. The controller controls the operation of the cooler-unit decompression unit so that the flow rate of the refrigerant detected by the refrigerant flow rate detector exceeds a predetermined reference flow rate.
US11718152B2
Provided are a seat temperature control system and a control method thereof comprising a sensor unit collecting integrated information including vehicle information on vehicle environment, seat information on a state of a seat, and occupant information on a state of an occupant; an air conditioning device regulating airflow volume and temperature of an indoor space or a seat of the vehicle; and a control unit having a prioritizing criterion on the priority among a plurality of pieces of integrated information, prioritizing the plurality of pieces of integrated information according to the prioritizing criterion, setting target temperature of the output from the seat or the air conditioning device according to the plurality of prioritized pieces of integrated information, and controlling the air conditioning device in order for the temperature of the output from the seat or the air conditioning device to reach the target temperature.
US11718151B2
A determination device according to an embodiment of the disclosure includes a vehicle extraction unit that determines whether a predetermined attached matter is on a transparent member of a vehicle, based on first image information that is about a periphery of the vehicle and that is picked up through the transparent member by a camera mounted on the vehicle and second image information that is about a periphery of another vehicle surrounding the vehicle and that is picked up by a camera mounted on the other vehicle.
US11718143B2
Systems and methods for heating and cooling a vehicle using a heat pump are disclosed herein. In one embodiment, a system for heating and cooling the vehicle includes a heat pump having: a compressor located in an engine compartment of the vehicle, and an evaporator located in a sleeper or a cab of the vehicle. The system also includes a controller for selecting a cooling mode or a heating mode for the heat pump.
US11718139B2
A system and method for controlling a vehicle, where the system includes independent driving modules each including a connection device having a rotation center spaced apart from a driving shaft in a forward/rearward direction and configured to connect the wheel and a vehicle body to move the wheel in the forward/rearward or an upward/downward direction, a shock absorber extending in a longitudinal direction and configured to contract or stretch, to connect the vehicle body and the connection device, and to restrict an upward/downward movement of the connection device, and a driving device configured to rotate the wheel, a road surface detector configured to detect a height displacement or a state of a road, and a controller configured to control velocities of the front and rear wheels of the independent driving modules, and to change a height of the vehicle based on the height displacement or the state of the road.
US11718133B2
A chassis control arm for a wheel suspension has a control arm body, a spring abutment and an actuator which is arranged between the control arm body and the spring abutment and with which the position of the spring abutment relative to the control arm body can be adjusted. The actuator comprises a lifting gear which is configured as a movement thread and which includes a lifting spindle on which the spring abutment is arranged or on which the spring abutment is axially movably mounted.
US11718132B1
A retractable tow reel assembly for an off-road vehicle, the assembly comprising: a) a bracket having a pair of opposing uprights and mountable to an off-road vehicle; b) a reel adapted to be held by the bracket when mounted to the vehicle and effective for holding a tow rope, the reel including a shaft and a pair of opposing drum ends having a diameter greater than the diameter of the connecting shaft, and c) a tow rope having an eye end and a free end, wherein the eye end is threaded around the shaft; wherein the shaft has a first end and a second end, and wherein the first end of the shaft may be released from the first drum end and exposed to facilitate threading of the rope eye over the shaft without releasing the second end of the shaft from the second drum end.
US11718131B2
Tread (1) for a heavy-duty vehicle tire having a total thickness corresponding to the thickness of material to be worn away during running, this tread having, in the new state, a tread surface (10) intended to come into contact with a roadway when running. The tread comprises at least one hidden cavity (2) forming a new groove opening onto the tread surface after a predetermined amount of partial wear. Cavity (2) comprises two opposite lateral walls (21, 22) connected together by bottom (23) radially towards the inside and by crown part (24) radially towards the outside. Crown part (24) is provided with a plurality of fine grooves (25) extending radially towards the outside from crown part (24) delimiting the cavity and extending in a direction that makes an angle at least equal to 40 degrees with the main direction of cavity (2).
US11718126B2
A non-pneumatic tire includes a wheel portion, a tread ring portion, a plurality of flexible spokes extending between and attached to the wheel portion and the tread ring portion, and plurality of bump stops positioned between the wheel portion and the tread ring portion. The bumps stops are configured to limit deformation and/or compressive strain of the plurality of flexible spokes. The plurality of bump stops includes a plurality of tower bump stops, a plurality of triangular-shaped bump stops, and/or a plurality of roof-top shaped bump stops.
US11718123B2
Security features used on identification documents such as plastic cards and passport pages are described. The security features include a textured portion that is formed on a portion of the surface of the identification document using a laser. The security features can also include a printed portion and/or a laser marked portion. The printed portion (if present) can be formed above or beneath the textured portion. The laser marked portion (if present) is formed within the thickness of the identification document below the textured portion. The textured portion and the printed portion and/or the laser marked portion can be in congruence with one another to form the security feature.
US11718121B2
A notepad includes multiple sheets that are arranged into a stack. Each sheet has a first major face, a second major face, and a perimeter edge at which each of the first and second major faces terminate. The notepad also includes an adhesive disposed on a portion of the second major face of each sheet such that the portion of the second major face of each sheet releasably adheres to a corresponding portion of the first major face of an underlying sheet. The portion being disposed with the adhesive lies adjacent to a portion of the perimeter edge of a corresponding sheet for forming a releasably bonded side of the stack. Also, the stack is twisted about a common central axis of the sheets present therein such that the notepad has a spiral shape.
US11718115B2
The present invention relates to architected stamps having beneficial printing properties. In particular, negative Poisson ratio structures and/or porous reservoirs can be employed to control fluid dynamics and to provide metered ink transfer.
US11718110B2
A roll sheet, in which a continuous sheet is wound in a roll form, is caused to rotate in a forward direction to supply the sheet to a printing unit. First and second sensors are arranged at positions facing an outer circumferential surface of the roll sheet and deviated in an axis line direction of the roll sheet. Outputs of the first and second sensors are changed in accordance with a distance to a sheet of the roll sheet. A rotation direction of the roll sheet is switched from a forward direction to a reverse direction on the basis of the outputs of the first and second sensors while the roll sheet is being rotated in the reverse direction.
US11718098B2
A device to supply printing material to a printing material container of a printing apparatus includes a container including a plunger and to contain the printing material, a portal couplable to a refill port to the printing material container. The portal includes a discharge port through which the printing material is transferrable from the container, and a connector to receive power to move the plunger, to cause a transfer of the printing material contained in the container to the printing material container through the discharge port.
US11718097B2
An ink refill container includes a bottle and a cap. The bottle includes: an ink outlet forming portion having an ink outlet and an outer peripheral portion with a first screw thread; and a valve with a valve member in the ink outlet. The cap includes: a trunk having a second screw thread engageable with the first screw thread; a top portion; and a projection. The projection is configured to move and push the valve member to open the valve member when the cap is rotated in a first direction in which engagement between the first screw thread and second screw thread is cancelled. The projection is configured to relatively rotate in the first direction and move away from the valve member to close the valve member when the cap is rotated in a second direction in which the first screw thread engages with the second screw thread.
US11718094B2
A wafer structure is disclosed and includes a chip substrate and at least one inkjet chip. The chip substrate is a silicon substrate which is fabricated by a semiconductor process on a wafer of at least 12 inches. The at least one inkjet chip is directly formed on the chip substrate by the semiconductor process, and the wafer is diced into the at least one inkjet chip, to be implemented for inkjet printing.
US11718088B2
A doctor blade (5, 7) for contact with an anilox roller (15) comprises a flat, elongate base element having a thickness of less than about 0.3 mm, which, along a longitudinal region of the doctor blade adapted for contact with said anilox roller, is provided with a coating (43). The coating comprises a metal matrix and at least about 65% by weight of one or more ceramic(s). The coating comprises 0 to 65% by weight of chromium carbide. An inking arrangement comprises an anilox roller and a doctor blade. A doctor blade is used in flexographic printing.
US11718082B2
A method of manufacturing a fine pattern using the following steps of: (1) coating a resist composition containing a novolak resin having an alkali dissolution rate of 100 to 3,000 Å on a substrate to form a resist composition layer; (2) subjecting said resist composition layer to exposure; (3) developing said resist composition layer to form a resist pattern; (4) subjecting said resist pattern to flood exposure; (5) coating a fine pattern forming composition on the surface of said resist pattern to form a fine pattern forming composition layer; (6) heating said resist pattern and said fine pattern forming composition layer to cure the regions of said fine pattern forming composition layer in the vicinity of said resist pattern and to form an insolubilized layer; and (7) removing uncured regions of said fine pattern forming composition layer.
US11718079B2
Disclosed are compositions and methods for multilayer films, which, in one embodiment may comprise a core layer comprising at least 50 wt. % of high-density polyethylene. Further, the multilayer film may include a first skin layer comprising, consisting essentially of, or consisting of low-density polyethylene, optionally linear, and at least about 80 wt. % of high-density polyethylene, as well as a second skin layer comprising either: (i) one or more low-density polyethylenes, any or all of them optionally being linear; or (ii) one or more polypropylene-based copolymers. The multilayer film may be oriented in at least one direction.
US11718077B2
A multilayer film for use in adhesive tape or adhesive label applications comprising a core layer and skin layers on each side of the core layer. The core layer comprises a polypropylene mini-random homopolymer, wherein the mini-random homopolymer comprises polypropylene, up to 2 wt % ethylene components, and a acid neutralizer in a concentration up to 5000 ppm calcium. The skin layers each comprise a) at least about 95 wt % of a polypropylene mini-random homopolymer comprising polypropylene, up to 2 wt % ethylene components, and an acid neutralizer in a concentration up to about 5000 ppm, and b) an anti-block agent in a concentration up to about 1 wt %, wherein the anti-block agent comprises at least 95 wt % homopolymer of polypropylene and 1 to 5 wt % of silica having a particle size between about 1 to 3 μm.
US11718073B2
The present application relates to an asymmetry composite material and a method for preparing the same, which provides a composite material comprising a metal porous body (metal foam or the like) and a polymer component, and provides a method for preparing a composite material, wherein the polymer component is formed in an asymmetrical structure on both sides of the metal porous body (metal foam or the like), and a composite material prepared in such a manner.
US11718069B2
Proposed is a composite film including a first film layer attached to an upper surface of a steel member, a second film layer positioned on the first film layer, and a mesh film layer positioned on the second film layer and having a mesh structure. A portion of the mesh film layer is embedded into the second film layer during a heat compression process when the composite film is manufactured. The composite film improves the water resistance, chemical resistance, abrasion resistance, and durability of a steel member when the steel member is coated with the composite film.
US11718060B2
A dunnage conversion machine that converts a stock material into a less dense dunnage product includes an outlet chute having a housing with a passage therethrough from an inlet at an inlet end downstream to an outlet at an outlet end spaced from the inlet end. The output chute includes a lower guide surface that defines a bottom side of the passage. The lower guide surface has an upstream end toward the inlet and a downstream end toward the outlet. The upstream end of the lower guide surface is spaced from a centerline of the passage a distance that is greater than a distance that the downstream end is spaced from the centerline of the passage to provide an inclined surface, such that a cross-section of the passage decreases from the inlet to the outlet.
US11718056B2
A method of forming a cut in a polymeric component includes providing a blade assembly including at least one blade, and a mandrel. The mandrel includes a rigid portion and a conformal support ring. The conformal support ring includes a material softer than the material forming the blade. A polymeric component is located between the mandrel and the at least one blade. The polymeric component is cut via the at least one blade. The at least one blade extends into the conformal support ring after the at least one blade has penetrated through the polymeric component.
US11718054B2
An apparatus for building tyres for vehicle wheels are described. A substantially cylindrical carcass sleeve, having at least one carcass ply, includes consecutively adjacent strip-like elements laid one after the other around the circumferential extension of a substantially cylindrical deposition surface. Circumferentially consecutive strip-like elements laid one after the other form overlap zones along respective longitudinal edges superimposed on each other. Each overlap zone has, along a longitudinal extension thereof, terminal sections that are laterally opposite with respect to an intermediate section. The intermediate section of each overlap zone has greater width than the width of the terminal sections.
US11718050B2
In an example, a method is described. The method comprises placing a repair patch over a repair area of a structure, the repair patch comprising a repair-patch hole. The method also comprises sealing the repair patch and repair area with a vacuum bag having a seal ring around a periphery of the vacuum bag. The method also comprises evacuating, via an adhesive injection apparatus attached to the repair-patch hole and the seal ring of the vacuum bag, the repair area and an injection channel of the adhesive injection apparatus. The method also comprises forcing adhesive through the evacuated injection channel and into the evacuated repair area.
US11718043B2
A method and a device with which a bulky decorative piece made of a thermoplastic synthetic resin can be produced. A method for producing a three-dimensional decorative piece made of a thermoplastic synthetic resin includes a step of preparing a decorative piece material including an upper layer that has a thermoplastic synthetic resin film and a lower layer that has a thermoplastic synthetic resin sheet, a step of disposing the decorative piece material on a flat-plate die serving as an electrode, and a softening step of softening and welding the decorative piece material by bringing a flat-plate die serving as another electrode closer to the flat-plate die serving as the electrode, and performing high-frequency dielectric heating while pressing the decorative piece material.
US11718034B2
A three dimensional (3D) printing apparatus to print an implantable bone scaffold (IBS) in an aseptic environment is described. The 3D printing apparatus includes a sterile cartridge. The sterile cartridge contains a sterile printing material, a print nozzle, and a plunger. The 3D printing apparatus also includes a heater configured to indirectly heat the printing material. In addition, the 3D printing apparatus includes a cartridge receiver configured to retain the sterile cartridge. A sterile receiving plate is positioned below the print nozzle. A cover encompasses and maintains the sterile cartridge and the sterile receiving plate in an aseptic environment. A filter fan unit (FFU) overlays a section of the cover. Positive laminar filtered air flow created by the FFU maintains the aseptic environment inside a printing chamber. An ultraviolet light source irradiates the receiving plate. A movable diaphragm separates a printer mechanism, below the receiving plate, from the printing chamber.
US11718017B2
The invention provides method for producing a 3D item (1) by means of fused deposition modelling, the method comprising: —a 3D printing stage comprising layer-wise depositing an extrudate (321) comprising 3D printable material (201), wherein during at least part of the 3D printing stage the extrudate (321) comprises a core-shell extrudate (1321) comprising a core (2321) comprising a core material (2011), and a shell (2322) comprising a shell material (2012), to provide the 3D item (1) comprising 3D printed material (202), wherein the 3D item (1) comprises a plurality of layers (322) of 3D printed material (202), wherein one or more of layers (322) comprises one or more core-shell layer parts (3322), wherein each of the core-shell layer parts (3322) comprises a layer core (3321) comprising the core material (2011), and a layer shell (3322) comprising the shell material (2012), wherein the 3D item (1) has an item surface (252) defined by at least part of the 3D printed material (202); —an exposure stage comprising exposing at least part of the item surface (252) to a liquid (402), wherein the core material (2011) has core material solubility SC1 for the liquid (402) and wherein the shell material (2012) has a shell material solubility SS1 for the liquid (402), wherein SC1
US11718013B2
A container production method by liquid blow molding has a liquid blow molding step of supplying a pressurized liquid into a preform disposed in a metal mold to mold the preform into a container having a trunk that has a flat shape in a plan view and holds the liquid; and a transferring step of taking the container out from the mold and transferring the container in an approximate short axis direction of the trunk.
US11718009B2
A method and device for adjusting the concentricity of a die component of an extrusion assembly relative to a tip component in a manner that minimizes time and effort. The concentricity adjusting extrusion device includes an extrusion die body assembly including a die subassembly and a body, a die tip module and an adjustment sleeve subassembly; wherein said adjustment sleeve subassembly adjusts the concentricity of the die subassembly relative to the die tip module.
US11718003B2
A controller for an injection molding system is in communication with a melt flow control unit, a gas assist control unit, and a gas counter pressure control unit. The controller can effect real-time adjustments to gas assist pressure and/or gas counter pressure as a function of melt pressure or flow front position.
US11718002B2
The invention relates to a technical field of car roller shutter door production, in particular to a method for manufacturing a car roller shutter door. A single film piece is firstly vacuum formed into a desired shape, and then rubber is injected into the film piece after vacuum forming, so that the rubber and the film piece are integrally formed to form a single roller shutter strip, and then a required number of single roller shutter strips are placed and laminated on a flexible substrate in an integrated and orderly manner to form a car roller shutter door. Each of roller shutter strips is independent of each other and does not interfere or affect each other, which improves flexibility of the car roller shutter door. Compared with long strips of whole film sheet on the car roller shutter door in the prior art, each of film pieces of the present invention is independent of each other and does not have defect of easy fracture of the whole film sheet, which makes service life long. In addition, production of the single film piece is less expensive and more efficient, and pattern design is flexible. When one of the roller shutter strips is damaged, only the damaged roller shutter strip needs to be replaced in a targeted manner, avoiding the waste of resources and reducing maintenance costs.
US11718001B2
A method of over-molding a thermoplastic material over fabric includes: precision forming a mold cavity to match the final dimensions of a finished product; cutting a piece of fabric to a correct size; fixedly securing the fabric piece in the mold cavity; and injecting a thermoplastic material into the mold cavity at an appropriate temperature and pressure, on top of the fabric piece. The method may further include heating the thermoplastic material to a temperature for melting a surface layer of the fabric when injected thereon, and cooling of the thermoplastic material and fabric for bonding of the thermoplastic material to the surface of the fabric. The method may further include adding one or more additives from the group of additives consisting of: a UV stabilizer, an anti-blocking agent, a slip agents, a plasticizer, and a flame retardant; and securing a cord member onto an exposed portion of the fabric.
US11717998B2
A device is for producing a component from a plastics material by injection moulding. The device includes two mould halves that can be pressed together releasably and, in the pressed-together state, form at least one gate region and at least one common cavity for moulding the plastics material. The gate region is fluidically connected to the cavity for the purpose of introducing the plastics material into the cavity. At least one insert part is provided which is arranged at least partially in a partial region of the gate region and is formed to prevent or at least to impede flowing of the plastics material through this partial region.
US11717992B2
Disclosed herein is a cure tool for managing a thermal cycle of a composite component. The cure tool, in certain examples, includes a base plate comprising a work surface, for supporting the composite component, and a back surface opposite the work surface. The cure tool also includes one or more fins protruding from the back surface of the base plate and in thermal communication with the base plate. The cure tool additionally includes one or more heating elements coupled to each of the one or more fins and configured to selectively provide heat to the base plate.
US11717989B2
Preparing hybrid-treated plastic particles from waste plastic includes combining waste plastic particles with bio-oil to yield a mixture, irradiating the mixture with microwave radiation to yield oil-treated plastic particles, and contacting the oil-treated plastic particles with carbon-containing nanoparticles to yield hybrid-treated plastic particles. The hybrid-treated plastic particles have a bio-oil modified surface and a coating comprising carbon-containing nanoparticles on the bio-oil modified surface of the plastic particle. In some examples, a diameter of the plastic particle is in a range between 250 m and 750 m, and a thickness of the coating is in a range of 1 nm to 20 nm. A modified binder includes an asphalt binder or a concrete binder and a multiplicity of the treated plastic particles. The modified binder typically includes 5 wt % to 25 wt % of the hybrid-treated plastic particles.
US11717988B2
There are provided a resin pellet having high transportability in a solid state in a feeder and a method of producing the same. A resin pellet has a recess, and when a height of the resin pellet in a case in which the resin pellet is disposed on a horizontal plane in such a manner that the recess faces the horizontal plane is defined as T1, and a maximum diameter of the resin pellet as viewed from a direction perpendicular to the horizontal plane is defined as L, an aspect ratio defined by L/T1 is 1.2 to 1.8.
US11717984B2
A manufacturing method for three-dimensional structure has a layer forming step of supplying a flowable composition containing a powder and an organic material to form a unit layer, an organic material removing step of performing a treatment of removing the organic material on the unit layer, and an energy applying step of applying energy to the unit layer after the organic material removing step to form a molten layer or sintered layer, wherein the layer forming step, the organic material removing step, and the energy applying step are repeated with respect to the molten layer or sintered layer in a stacking direction as appropriate.
US11717978B2
A cemented carbide includes a first hard phase and a binder phase. The first hard phase is composed of tungsten carbide grains. The binder phase includes cobalt and nickel as constituent elements. An arbitrary surface or arbitrary cross section of the cemented carbide has: a region R1 interposed between an interface between the tungsten carbide grains and the binder phase and an imaginary line A; a region R2 interposed between the imaginary line A and an imaginary line B; and a region R3 other than the region R1 and R2. When a line analysis is performed in a range including the region R1 and the region R3 adjacent to the region R1 with the region R2, a ratio C5/C20 of a maximum atomic concentration C5 at % of cobalt in the region R1 and a maximum atomic concentration C20 at % of cobalt in the region R3 is more than 1.
US11717976B2
A box top opener employs a trapezoidal ceramic blade having a cutting edge which is positionable at multiple positions. A knob is rotatable to extend and retract the blade. A guide projects from a front of the cutter body to provide a guide surface engageable against the top of a box. In one embodiment, a blade carrier has a follower which traverses a spiral track for displacing the blade.
US11717972B2
A workbench system comprising: a workbench; a multi-axis robot; a visible light projector; and a controller; wherein the workbench and the robot are located in a common workspace; the controller is configured to: determine a movement operation for the robot; and, using the determined movement operation, control the visible light projector to project a visible light indication onto at least one of a surface of the workbench and a surface of the workspace; the visible light indication indicates a limited area of the workbench and/or workspace, the limited area corresponding to a limited volume of space; and the movement operation is such that, if the robot performs the movement operation, the robot moves entirely within only the limited volume of space.
US11717968B2
A robot control device, which causes a robot mounted on a transport vehicle to be stopped on the basis of an external force applied to the robot, is equipped with a determination unit configured to determine whether or not the transport vehicle is currently traveling, and a control unit configured to cause the robot to be stopped in the case that the transport vehicle is currently traveling, and to enable the robot to be operated in the case that the transport vehicle is not currently traveling.
US11717967B2
A plan for scanning an object using an array of ultrasonic transducers is prepared by identifying one or more enabled transducers for each of a plurality of selected grid positions defined on a surface of the object. The identification is made considering a direction of incidence of a planned ultrasonic signal emitted by each transducer, considering the array being positioned at each of the selected positions, and considering a surface normal vector at a grid position that would be impinged by the planned ultrasonic signal. The scan plan is complete when all grid positions defined on the surface of the array are covered by moving the array to all of the selected grid positions. The scan plan is executed by moving the array according to the scan plan while collecting, by the transducers enabled at each selected grid position, eventual responses to the ultrasonic signals from their respective grid positions.
US11717966B2
A computing system and method are presented. The computing system may store sensor data which includes: (i) a set of movement data, and (ii) a set of actuation data. The computing system may divide the sensor data into training data and test data by: (i) selecting, as the training data, movement training data and corresponding actuation training data, and (ii) selecting, as the test data, movement test data and corresponding actuation test data. The computing system may determine, based on the movement training data and the actuation training data, at least one of: (i) a friction parameter estimate or (ii) a center of mass (CoM) estimate, and may determine actuation prediction data based on the movement test data and based on the at least one of the friction parameter estimate or the CoM estimate. The computing system may further determine residual data, and determine a value for an error parameter.
US11717965B2
A program generation system according to an example includes circuitry configured to: set multiple kinds of candidate postures of a robot in a connection area between a work path that is a trajectory of the robot in a task and an air-cut path that is a trajectory of the robot connecting tasks; evaluate an operation program including the work path and the air-cut path while changing a posture of the robot in the connection area among the multiple kinds of candidate postures; determine one of the multiple kinds of candidate postures as the posture of the robot in the connection area based on an evaluation result in the evaluating; and generate the operation program.
US11717964B2
A control device for a robot is configured to control operation of a robotic arm having a plurality of links coupled to each other through a rotation axis, and a motor for drive provided to the rotation axis. The control device includes an angle calculating module configured to calculate an angle formed by the two links adjacent to each other through the rotation axis, and an angle monitoring module configured to monitor whether the angle calculated by the angle calculating module is a given angle or below.
US11717954B2
A container includes a base, first recesses, a lid, and an insert. The base includes a lower surface. Base walls extend from the lower surface. The lower surface and the base walls define a cavity. The first recesses are positioned adjacent to the lower surface. The lid is movably coupled to the base to selectively enclose the cavity. The lid includes an upper surface and lid walls extend from the upper surface. The insert is positioned within the cavity and removably coupled to the lower surface of the base. The insert includes a projection received within one of the first recesses. The insert is engaged by the lid when the lid is closed.
US11717949B2
A staple removing device includes an aligning part with which a fold of a booklet stitched by a staple having a crown portion and leg portions and folded along an extension direction of the crown portion is brought into contact, a guide part that guides the fold of the booklet to the aligning part; and a removing part having an operating part that moves in a direction intersecting with the fold of the booklet, to engage with the crown portion of the staple that stitches the booklet.
US11717943B1
An adjustable support device can include a main body; a pin housed within the main body that is vertically adjustable and has external threading; and a wheel cap attached to the top of the main body and having internal threading, wherein the wheel cap and the pin are threadedly engaged. The adjustable support device can include a plug positioned below the main body; and a shoulder screw configured to removably connect the plug to the main body. The plug can be comprised of a compressible material and can be tapered from its top to its bottom. The shoulder screw can be insertable through the center of the plug, and the shoulder screw can be configured to threadedly connect to an interior of the main body. The adjustable support device can include a cap grip interconnected with external surfaces of the wheel cap; and a lower grip connected to a bottom of the main body.
US11717938B2
An electric power tool disclosed herein may include a motor; a power transmission mechanism connected to the motor; a housing that houses the motor and the power transmission mechanism; a tool holder projecting from the housing; a cover covering at least a part of a tool attached to the tool holder; and a mask member. The cover may include an engaging portion that engages with the housing. The mask member may have a shape that blocks visibility of at least a part of the engaging portion.
US11717937B2
A three-dimensional shape measuring instrument is provided for measuring a three-dimensional shape of the polishing subject face. A polishing controller is provided for controlling a polishing robot alone or with a polishing tool, based on three-dimensional shape data of the polishing subject face obtained by the shape measurement by the three-dimensional shape measuring instrument. The polishing tool provides a polishing action on the respective part of the polishing subject face through controlling of the polishing robot alone or with the polishing tool by the polishing controller. By controlling a measuring robot and the three-dimensional shape measuring instrument by the polishing controller, the three-dimensional shape measuring instrument moves to a predetermined measuring position relative to the polishing subject face to measure the three-dimensional shape of the polishing subject face.
US11717933B2
The present disclosure provides a retaining ring for polishing a wafer by a slurry. The retaining ring includes a ring-shaped main body and a plurality of guiding elements. The main body has an outer surface, an inner surface, and an inner space for accommodating the wafer. The main body includes a plurality of channels configured to allow the slurry to flow into the inner space from the outer surface. The plurality of guiding elements is disposed at the outer surface of the main body with respect to the plurality of channels. Each of the guiding elements forms a slurry capture area with the main body to guide the slurry towards each of the respective channels.
US11717924B2
Systems and methods for treating an aneurysm in accordance with embodiments of the present technology include intravascularly delivering an occlusive member to an aneurysm cavity and deforming a shape of the occlusive member via introduction of an embolic element to a space between the occlusive member and an inner surface of the aneurysm wall.
US11717920B2
A first resin member including a first contact surface and formed of laser beam-transmissive resin and a second resin member including a second contact surface, which contacts the first contact surface, and formed of laser beam-absorbing resin are arranged one upon the other. A laser welding apparatus includes a clamping unit abutting the second resin member and applying clamping force to the second resin member, a laser emitter emitting laser beam, a laser controller controlling output of the laser beam, a displacement sensor measuring displacement of the second contact surface in stacking direction of the resin members, and a control unit controlling the clamping unit to adjust the clamping force corresponding to displacement amount of the second contact surface continuously or intermittently obtained from the displacement sensor.
US11717916B2
A cylindrical battery includes a bottom-closed cylindrical exterior package can which receives an electrode body. A lead connected to one of a positive electrode and a negative electrode of the electrode body is extended from the electrode body and is welded to a bottom portion of the exterior package can. When the bottom portion is viewed from the outside of the exterior package can, at least a part of the welding portion between the lead and the bottom portion formed by a molten mark is formed outside of a concentric circle of the bottom portion which has a diameter equivalent to the width of the lead.
US11717912B2
A capillary guide device (40) includes: a guide body portion (41) capable of being in contact with a capillary (8) held in a hole (7h); and a drive portion (42) which arranges the guide body portion (41) at a position capable of being in contact with the capillary (8) by moving the guide body portion (41) along an X-axis direction. The drive portion (42) includes: a table (46) connected to the guide body portion (41); a drive shaft (47b) extending in the X-axis direction and exhibiting a frictional resistance force with the table (46); and an ultrasonic element (47a) fixed to an end of the drive shaft (47b) and supplying an ultrasonic wave to the drive shaft (47b).
US11717909B2
A powder feeding device includes: a hopper including a discharge port for discharging powder; and a conveyance device configured to move a conveyance surface disposed below the discharge port in a first direction and invert the conveyance surface in a front end portion. The hopper includes a front wall portion positioned on a downstream side of the discharge port in the first direction. A predetermined gap is formed between a lower end of the front wall portion and the conveyance surface. In the powder feeding device, powder deposited on the conveyance surface is conveyed in the first direction by the conveyance device with a thickness corresponding to the gap and dropped from the front end portion.
US11717904B2
The durability and detection accuracy of a sensor unit may possibly decrease due to radiation heat generated from work pieces while they are welded together. A sensor device 1 includes a sensor unit 2, a housing case 3, and a shielding member 5. The sensor unit 2 is a device for measuring the shapes of the work pieces W or the distance to the work pieces W. The housing case 3 houses the sensor unit 2 and has formed therein a pass-through portion 36a for laser beam projection and a pass-through portion 36b for detection that pass a laser beam L1 from a laser beam projection unit 21 and a laser beam L2 directed to a detection unit 22, respectively. The shielding member 5 is attached to the housing case 3, and shields radiation heat directed toward the lower surface of the housing case 3 among radiation heat generated while the work pieces W are welded together. The shielding member 5 is made of a material with lower thermal conductivity than that of the housing case 3.
US11717902B2
An exemplary embodiment of the present invention provides an apparatus for dismantling for heavy water reactor facilities, including: a cutting device configured to divide a calandria of the heavy water reactor facilities into a main shell and a sub-shell; and a transfer device configured to draw the main shell cut by the cutting device to the outside, wherein the transfer device includes a fixing unit configured to fix the calandria; and a transfer unit configured to transfer the fixing unit.
US11717901B2
A tool configuration 91 for producing an improved locking system of a floor panel 1′ and a method incorporating such tool configuration. The tool configuration 91x, 91y, is a non-rotating tool configuration profiling certain surfaces of the joint edge of the floor panel, resulting in that the tolerances can be kept on a low level.
US11717899B2
A blade assembly for cutting a member which surrounds a bolt member includes a first blade comprising a first cutting edge aligned with a first cutting plane which extends in a first direction from the first cutting edge; a second blade comprising a second cutting edge aligned with a second cutting plane which extends in a second direction from the second cutting edge; and a third blade comprising a third cutting edge aligned with a third cutting plane which extends in the second direction from the third cutting edge, wherein the first, second and third blades are associated with one another. The first cutting edge is spaced apart from the second and third cutting edges and the first cutting plane extends between the second and third cutting planes.
US11717892B1
Hybrid additive featured plates used to form an overall microchannel heat exchanger and corresponding method of manufacture are disclosed. Various additive manufacturing (AM) techniques may be used to form walls defining microchannel features on a plate substrate. The manufacturing method is a hybrid process in that leverages both additive and conventional manufacturing techniques to minimize both cost and fabrication time.
US11717884B2
In a molten metal pump, which includes a pump chamber portion and a drive unit and drives molten metal in a pump chamber of the pump chamber portion by the drive unit for discharging and sucking, the pump chamber portion has an outer cylinder and an inner cylinder detachably housed in the outer cylinder, the outer cylinder is configured as a bottomed cylindrical body having an outer cylinder bottom wall and an outer cylinder side wall, the inner cylinder is configured as a bottomed cylindrical body having an inner cylinder bottom wall and an inner cylinder side wall, a ring-shaped spacer, which is interposed between an inner surface of the outer cylinder bottom wall and an outer surface of the inner cylinder bottom wall in a sealed state and in a detachable manner, is further provided.
US11717882B1
The present invention relates to a method, system, and apparatus for improving the efficiency of a continuous casting operation. A continuous casting mold component described herein includes: a mold wall substrate defining a groove proximate a bottom of the mold wall substrate; a graphite liner having a bottom edge defining a first angled surface and a top edge defining a second angled surface, where the bottom edge is received into the groove of the mold wall substrate; and a clamping element defining an angled clamping surface attached to the mold wall substrate with at least one fastener, where the bottom angled surface of the graphite liner is driven into the groove defined in the substrate in response to the angled clamping surface of the clamping element engaging the second angled surface of the graphite liner and the fastener pressing the clamping element toward the mold wall substrate.
US11717877B2
A method for fabricating electrodes sized and dimensioned to record, measure, and/or stimulate very fine nerve structures (e.g., microscale or less) is described herein. The method can include securing a tip of an electrode, comprising a conductor substantially encased by an insulator, to a proximal portion of an inserter. The electrode can be wound around a proximal portion of the inserter and a portion of the electrode can be secured to a distal portion of the inserter. A tension in the electrode can be maintained during the winding to keep the electrode in place during the winding.
US11717871B2
The invention relates to a bending tool storage device (1) for storing bending tools (2), comprising: a preferably shelf-type rack (3) on which a plurality of storage locations (4) for bending tools (2) are arranged, at least one supply path (10), preferably in the form of a tool guide (11), for issuing and/or retrieving bending tools (2), and at least one first transfer device (5) for transferring bending tools (2) between the storage locations (4) and a transfer point (6), characterized in that the bending tool storage device (1) comprises, between the transfer point (6) and the supply path (10), a rotating installation (7) for rotating the bending tools (2).
US11717870B2
A method for producing capillaries from nonferrous alloys, in particular of Al, which includes the continuous cold rotary extrusion of a blank having a solid cross-section, obtained by casting, in order to produce a tube having a hollow cross-section. The deformation of the blank to be extruded is achieved only by using friction force. The method further includes at least one step of cold drawing of the extruded tube in order to reduce its diameter to the diameters corresponding to a capillary.
US11717868B1
Disclosed are a repair adjusting system for thermal-assisted in-situ chemical oxidation and an adjusting method. The repair adjusting system for thermal-assisted in-situ chemical oxidation comprises a chemical oxidation adjusting system and a controller, the chemical oxidation adjusting system is provided with a temperature monitor, a magnetic oxidant concentration monitor, a pollutant concentration monitor and a reaction control device, the controller is respectively connected with the temperature monitor, the magnetic oxidant concentration monitor, the pollutant concentration monitor and the reaction control device, and the controller controls an oxidation process of the chemical oxidation adjusting system through the reaction control device according to output data of the temperature monitor, the magnetic oxidant concentration monitor and the pollutant concentration monitor.
US11717860B2
A system for categorizing seeds of plants into hybrid and non-hybrid categories. Seeds sorted according to the disclosed system are also disclosed.
US11717851B2
The inventions relates to a method for producing a decorative workpiece with a structured surface comprising the following steps: (B) applying a first liquid lacquer having a coarse structuring over the entire surface, wherein a difference in thickness between thicker regions and thinner regions is at least 50 μm, in particular at least 100 μm; (E) applying a second liquid, at least partially transparent lacquer for producing a fine structuring in some regions. Furthermore, an apparatus for performing the method and a workpiece produced by the method are claimed.
US11717850B2
The inventions relates to a method for producing a decorative workpiece with a structured surface comprising the following steps: (B) applying a first liquid lacquer having a coarse structuring over the entire surface, wherein a difference in thickness between thicker regions and thinner regions is at least 50 μm, in particular at least 100 μm; (E) applying a second liquid, at least partially transparent lacquer for producing a fine structuring in some regions. Furthermore, an apparatus for performing the method and a workpiece produced by the method are claimed.
US11717843B2
The present invention provides an automated system for spraying a wall of a building. The automated system comprises a boom lift having a linear track disposed thereon, wherein the linear track is disposed horizontally with respect to the height of the building; a robotic mechanism slidably mounted on the linear track of the boom lift, the robotic mechanism further having an end effector adapted for supporting a spray nozzle thereon; a visual monitoring system configured to scan structural characteristics and profiles of the wall; a computing device disposed in communication with the visual monitoring system and the robotic mechanism, wherein the computing device is configured to receive the scanned structural characteristics and profile of the wall from the visual monitoring system; and controller communicably coupled to the computing device, the controller configured to independently control operation of respective ones of the robotic mechanism, and the spray nozzle according to the scanned structural characteristics and profiles of the wall.
US11717839B2
A fire suppression system in an aircraft includes a first nozzle within a region to perform discharge of a fire suppression agent in a first direction within a region. The systems also includes a second nozzle within the region to perform discharge of the fire suppression agent in a second direction within the region. The discharge in the first direction by the first nozzle and the discharge in the second direction by the second nozzle generate and maintain a vortex of the fire suppression agent that occupies the region with rotational flow.
US11717835B2
A control unit for a food waste disposer has a controller that determines operational status of the food waste disposer based on motor loading of an induction motor of the food waste disposer.
US11717809B2
Aspects of the present disclosure generally relate to semiconductor nanoparticles, metal-semiconductor hybrid structures, processes for producing semiconductor nanoparticles, processes for producing metal-semiconductor hybrid structures, and processes for producing conversion products. In an aspect is provided a process for producing a metal-semiconductor hybrid structure that includes introducing a first precursor comprising a metal from Group 11-Group 14 to an amine and an anion precursor to form a semiconductor nanoparticle comprising the Group 11-Group 14 metal; introducing a second precursor comprising a metal from Group 7-Group 11 to the semiconductor nanoparticle to form a metal-semiconductor mixture; and introducing the metal-semiconductor mixture to separation conditions to produce the metal-semiconductor hybrid structure. In another aspect is provided a metal-semiconductor hybrid structure that includes a first component comprising a metal from Group 11-Group 14 and an element from Group 15-Group 16; and a second component comprising a metal from Group 7-Group 11.
US11717808B2
The invention relates to a photocatalytic carbon dioxide reduction method carried out in liquid and/or gas phase under irradiation, using a photocatalyst containing a first semiconductor, particles comprising one or more metallic-state elements M, and a second semiconductor SC, wherein the method is carried out by contacting a feedstock containing the CO2 and at least one sacrificial compound with the photocatalyst, then irradiating the photocatalyst such that the CO2 is reduced, and oxidising the sacrificial compound in order to produce an effluent containing at least in part C1 or above carbon molecules other than CO2.
US11717807B2
Provided is a technique of producing isoprene from 3-methyl-1,3-butanediol or 1,3-butadiene from 1,3-butanediol by using a single catalyst. A catalyst produces a conjugated diene containing zirconium oxide and calcium oxide in order to produce isoprene by removing two water molecules from one 3-methyl-1,3-butanediol molecule or produce 1,3-butadiene by removing two water molecules from one 1,3-butanediol molecule. Furthermore, a method for producing a conjugated diene includes a step of obtaining a fluid containing a conjugated diene that is isoprene or 1,3-butadiene by bringing a fluid containing 3-methyl-1,3-butanediol or a fluid containing 1,3-butanediol into contact with the catalyst for producing a conjugated diene as a single catalyst so as to cause a dehydration reaction to proceed.
US11717806B2
An adsorbent bed, including at least one elementary composite structure that includes adsorbent particles in a polymer matrix, wherein the adsorbent bed has a bed packing, ρbed, defined as a volume occupied by the at least one elementary composite structure Vecs divided by a volume of the adsorbent bed Vbed where ρbed is greater than 0.60.
US11717801B2
Disclosed herein is a micro-reactor for synthesizing a molecule, for example, compound, a nanoparticle, or a quantum dot. According to embodiments of the present disclosure, the apparatus comprises a processor, a storage unit, a reaction unit, a detector, and a collector, in which the storage unit and the reaction unit are independently controlled by the process. Optionally, the present micro-reactor further comprises a diagnostic device for performing a diagnostic test on a biological sample by use of the molecule. Also disclosed wherein are methods of diagnosing and treating a disease in a subject with the aid of the present micro-reactor.
US11717791B2
Two-dimensional material based filters, their method of manufacture, and their use are disclosed. In one embodiment, a membrane may include an active layer including a plurality of defects and a deposited material associated with the plurality of defects may reduce flow therethrough. Additionally, a majority of the active layer may be free from the material. In another embodiment, a membrane may include a porous substrate and an atomic layer deposited material disposed on a surface of the porous substrate. The atomic layer deposited material may be less hydrophilic than the porous substrate and an atomically thin active layer may be disposed on the atomic layer deposited material.
US11717787B2
A gas separation membrane, methods of forming the membrane, and methods of using the membrane for gas separation are provided. An exemplary gas separation membrane includes a cellulosic matrix and a polymer of intrinsic microporosity (PIM). The PIM includes chains coupled by a heat-treating under vacuum.
US11717783B2
An air filtration device including a housing that includes an air intake and a blower motor mounted within the housing, wherein when the blower motor is in operation, the blower motor generates an air flow from the air intake through an air duct extending vertically from the housing. The air filtration device also includes an air outlet at a distal end of the air duct, wherein the air outlet comprises at least one aperture, wherein when the blower motor is in operation, the air outlet discharges the air flow in a horizontal plane over an occupied zone from a region of the air duct having a vertical height that is less than or equal to twelve inches, wherein the region of the air duct for the air outlet is disposed at least thirty-six inches above the air intake. The air filtration device also includes an air filter.
US11717776B2
A fuel filter includes a manifold, a connector element, a filter bowl, a filter element, an inlet shutoff valve, an outlet shutoff valve, an inlet port, an inlet passage, an outlet port, an outlet passage and a relief valve in which the connector element is fixed to the manifold, and the filter bowl is reversibly fixed to the connector element, the connector element and the manifold define a chamber and the chamber is split into a second inlet chamber and a second outlet chamber by the relief valve. The filter bowl is adapted to reversibly receive the filter element and is so configured that when the filter element is located within the filter bowl and the filter bowl attached to the connection element, the filter element divides the space defined by the connector element and filter bowl into an inlet filter chamber and an outlet filter chamber.
US11717770B2
A variable fluidic restrictor of a liquid chromatography system including a stator body, the stator body include a plurality of fluidic channels located within the stator body, wherein each fluidic channel of the plurality of fluidic channels includes a restrictor element, wherein a flow of a fluid through the variable fluidic restrictor is selectively restricted based on a position of an external element coupled to the stator body is provided. Furthermore, an associated method is also provided.
US11717766B2
A system for generating potable water from source water contains an enclosed vessel, a heating unit, an air distributor, a condenser, and a collection vessel. A method for generating potable water from source water includes heating ambient air, bubbling heated air through source water producing saturated air, cooling the saturated air producing potable water, and collecting the potable water. A method of removing contaminants from ambient air includes heating ambient air, bubbling the heated air through source water to produce treated air and contaminant rich water, discharging the treated air, and discharging the contaminant rich water.
US11717760B2
A system and method includes providing, by a first instance of a messaging application hosted by a game engine executing on a first client device, a user interface for messaging with a second client device; receiving first instructions to render a first three-dimensional (3D) object in the user interface of the first client device, wherein the first 3D object is initiated by a second instance of the messaging application of the second client device; rendering, by the game engine, one or more first frames to generate the first 3D object for the presentation in the user interface of the first client device based on the first instructions; and causing the presentation of the one or more first rendered frames of the first 3D object in the user interface of the first instance of the messaging application of the first client device.
US11717759B2
Methods and systems for enhancing viewing experience of a spectator includes receiving a request for viewing game play of a video game executing at a game cloud server. Responsive to the request, the spectator is initially provided with one of a player camera view or an active spectator camera view generated for the game play. The system dynamically switches between the player camera view and the active spectator camera view based on context of action occurring in the player camera view and the active spectator camera view. The dynamic switching correlates with time of action occurring in the game scene of the video game.
US11717758B2
The present disclosure relates to systems and methods providing tiered access to video game rentals or video game teasers as interactive gaming applications to users in order to entice a purchase of a full-version of the game. In various aspects, the interactive gaming application may be configured to allow varied access to portions of the video game or rental of the video game for a finite period of time. Additionally, the systems and methods may prompt the user to purchase the full game at the height or apex of their engagement with the interactive application.
US11717751B2
An in-game display control method and apparatus, a storage medium, a processor, and a terminal are provided. The method includes that: a touch area is configured on a graphical user interface; in response to a first touch operation acting on the touch area, a movement of a preset virtual character in a game scene is controlled according to the first touch operation; a scene display area is updated according to a first position of the preset virtual character in the game scene; whether a preset specific event exists in a preset area of the first position is detected; when the specific event is detected to exist in the preset area of the first position, event attribute information of the specific event is acquired; and the scene display area in the game scene is updated according to the event attribute information.
US11717748B2
A trained machine learning model(s) is used to determine scores indicative of probabilities that certain types of user input will be provided to a player's game controller while playing a video game in order to compensate for latency between player action and player perception of video game content relating to the player action. In an example process, sensor data received from a client machine and/or game state data received from a video game is provided as input to a trained machine learning model(s), and a score as output therefrom, the score relating to a probability that a type of user input will be provided to a player's game controller. In this manner, game control data corresponding to the type of user input can be generated based on the score and provided to the video game as input before actual game control data is even received, thereby compensating for latency.
US11717745B2
A tier-on-tier multiple level jigsaw puzzle comprised of varying thickness and irregular interlocking pieces which, when assembled, form an image with visible surfaces in relief relative to the tabular surface. The puzzle is formed of a lower, base puzzle and an upper puzzle, which when combined have variable distinct surfaces and variable thickness with planar and/or textured surfaces to result in a raised relief 3D effect. The specific mix of individual pieces exhibiting variable thicknesses & distinct surfaces enhances enjoyment by adding strategic elements to puzzle assembly and optimizes the quality of the image.
US11717744B2
A computer device has a user interface which presents a gameboard to a user and detects user input when a user engages with a user selectable game element of the game board. A processor receives a detected user input and detects a qualifying match game condition. The matched elements are removed and new user selectable game elements are provided to replenish the gameboard. The present disclosure provides an activation mode to selectively activate a segment of the gameboard, the segment comprising a subset of gameboard tiles. On detection of a qualifying match game condition, if any of the tiles supporting the user selectable game elements of the match belong to the activated segment, a booster game element is generated.
US11717743B2
A method of playing a game includes commencing a building phase, which includes placing a plurality of first player barrier pieces and first player battle pieces, and at least one first player king piece in a first player fortress arrangement, and placing a plurality of second player barrier pieces and second player battle pieces, and at least one second player king piece in a second player fortress arrangement. The method further includes subsequently commencing a battle phase including propelling a first player battle piece toward the second player fortress arrangement, contacting the at least one second player king piece by the first player battle piece, and eliminating the second player king piece in response to being contacted.
US11717737B2
An athletic training system (200) has a data recording system (202) and a data engine (204). The data recording system (202) is configured to record an athletic competition event. The event may have a first team of players competing against a second team of players. The data engine (204) is configured to receive data associated with the recorded athletic competition event. The data engine (204) processes the data and displays the data as a replay of the event in animated form.
US11717732B2
The present invention pertains to a golf tee comprising a stem portion and a top portion connected to the stem portion, the top portion includes an upper surface that opposes the stem and having a convex shape, free of an adhesive layer or material that anchors the ball on the upper surface against uneven ground. The golf tee minimizes friction and other impeding forces between the tee and the ball by reducing an area of contact between the tee and the ball, while preventing the player from installing the golf tee other than vertically into the ground, or horizontal to the Earth's surface, thereby preventing the golf player from having to alter his or her posture and stroke according to the mounting of the ball.
US11717729B2
The present invention relates to a golf ball stamp, and more particularly to, a stamp, which can reduce manufacturing costs due to its simple structure and store ink inside, is easy and convenient to replace the rubber plate that prints a mark on a golf ball, and can print a mark clearly on the rough golf ball surface.
US11717716B2
A medicine ball has a gyroscope housed inside a rotatable capsule, a user interface configured to receive a user input, a programmable controller, and a power source each communicatively coupled with the user interface. In operation, the power source supplies power to the gyroscope, the rotatable capsule, and the programmable controller in response to receiving the user input at the user interface. The programmable controller controls the movement of the gyroscope and the rotatable capsule in response to receiving the user input at the user interface.
US11717708B2
The invention relates to an abseiling device comprising a bidirectionally rotatable guiding arrangement (25) for guiding a pulling means (26); further comprising a braking mechanism (30) that is coupled to the guiding arrangement (25); a driving means (34; 35) can be connected to the guiding arrangement (25) so as to actuate the guiding arrangement (25). In order to create an abseiling device that prevents an individual from being injured or parts of the abseiling device from being damaged during rescue operations in particular of people, a mechanical torque limiter (33) decouples the driving means (34; 35) and the guiding arrangement (25) or the pulling means (26) when the torque exceeds a certain threshold value.
US11717702B2
Systems and methods for three-dimensional dose prediction and treatment planning using a deep learning fully convolutional neural network are disclosed.
US11717700B2
An example particle therapy system includes: a particle accelerator to output a beam of charged particles; and a scanning system to scan the beam across at least part of an irradiation target. An example scanning system includes: a scanning magnet to move the beam during scanning; and a control system (i) to control the scanning magnet to produce uninterrupted movement of the beam over at least part of a depth-wise layer of the irradiation target so as to deliver doses of charged particles to the irradiation target; and (ii) to determine, in synchronism with delivery of a dose, information identifying the dose actually delivered at different positions along the depth-wise layer.
US11717679B2
The present invention relates to an apparatus for fractional treatment of skin tissue of a patient comprising a handpiece, at least one first electrode and at least one second electrode, arranged on a base plate for applying radio frequency energy, to at least one layer of the skin, wherein the apparatus is adapted to apply electrical energy to the skin tissue with a first pulse and a second pulse following the first pulse, with the first pulse being a low energy level pulse and the second pulse being a high energy level pulse having a higher energy level than the low energy level pulse.
US11717668B2
An exemplary compounding system and device for mixing materials can include a housing, a first material source and a second material source. A first fluid line can be operationally connected to the housing and configured to transport a first volume of fluid per unit time from the first material source to a final container. A second fluid line can be operationally connected to the housing and configured to transport a second volume of fluid per unit time from the second material source to the final container. The device can also include a pump system including, a first pump having a first rotor and a first platen which secures the first fluid line between the first rotor and the first platen, the first pump being configured to move the first volume of fluid through the first fluid line, and a second pump having a second rotor and a second platen which secures the second fluid line between the second rotor and the second platen, the second pump being configured to move the second volume of fluid through the second fluid line. A first platen lock can be provided and can be rotated in a first direction to lock the first platen in a closed position relative to the first rotor, and wherein rotation of the first rotor draws the first material source through the first fluid line. The pump system can also be configured such that the volume of fluid per unit time delivered by the first and second pumps is different, and/or where the first and second pumps have different head characteristics.
US11717663B2
Apparatus for delivering therapeutic agents to the central nervous system of a subject is described. The apparatus includes at least one intracranial catheter and a percutaneous access device. The percutaneous access device includes a body having at least one extracorporeal surface and at least one subcutaneous surface, the body defining at least one port for connection to an implanted intracranial catheter. The port is accessible from the extracorporeal surface of the device, but is provided with a seal such as a rubber bung between the lumen of the port and the extracorporeal surface. The percutaneous access device may have more than two ports and/or a flange. A method of implanting the percutaneous access device is also described.
US11717655B2
Apparatus and a method for the provision of TNP therapy to a wound are described, the apparatus comprising: a sealing membrane (504) for covering a wound to form a wound cavity (500); one end of an aspirant conduit (522) operably associated with the wound cavity, vacuum means (524) provided at a distal end of the aspirant conduit for applying a vacuum to the wound cavity; and, air bleed means (510) in fluid communication with the wound cavity. Various embodiments of air bleed port members are also described.
US11717647B2
A medical probe, including a flexible insertion tube having a proximal segment and a deflectable distal segment, and containing first and second lumens running longitudinally through the insertion tube, wherein the first and second lumens are twisted around each other in the proximal segment, and run parallel to each other in the deflectable distal segment. The medical probe also includes first and second wires running respectively through the first and second lumens and having respective first and second distal ends, which are anchored within the deflectable distal segment of the insertion tube.
US11717639B2
Combinatorial therapeutic systems can include an artificial sensory experience and a therapeutically effective amount of an analgesic selected from tapentadol or difelikefalin (CR845). Methods for treating and/or mitigating pain can include at least (i) receiving a therapeutic dose of an analgesic selected from tapentadol or difelikefalin (CR845) and (ii) receiving an artificial sensory experience. The artificial sensory experience can include one or more of 2D/3D/4D artificial sensory experiences, holography, augmented reality, virtual reality, and/or mixed reality. In some instances, the artificial sensory experience is virtual reality neuropsychological therapy or virtual reality distraction therapy.
US11717632B2
An airway adaptor includes: a nasal expiration collecting portion which is to be connected to a nostril of a living body, and which collects an expiration of the nasal cavity; a gas passage portion that forms a gas passage through which the expiration collected by the nasal expiration collecting portion passes; and a gas sensor attaching portion to which a gas sensor that is disposed in the gas passage portion, and that measures the concentration of a predetermined gas component contained in the expiration is attachable. The nasal expiration collecting portion shows a flowing state where a flow of the expiration is allowed, and an obstruction state where the flow of the expiration is blocked.
US11717629B2
This invention relates to a headgear comprising a semi-rigid frame engageable with the head of a user and a releasable connection system for releasable connection with a user interface, wherein the frame extends generally about a rear region of a user's head, generally about an upper region of a user's head, and generally about an ear or both ears of a user.
US11717624B2
The present invention relates to a modularized vaporizer, which enables a fuel module, a heating module, or a vaporizing module to be coupled and separated, in a drawer manner, to and from a body portion housing since a fuel module chamber, a heating module chamber, or a vaporizing module chamber is provided in the body portion housing. The modularized vaporizer reduces the carbonization of fuel or an absorbent member since the fuel or a surface of the absorbent member is uniformly heated (irradiation) by heating energy (light, beam, or heat) emitted (irradiation) from a heating member of the heating module.
US11717619B2
The present invention is directed to a device for expression of a hemostatic powder having an elongated reservoir with a manual air pump, such as a bellows, at a proximal end and an expression port at a distal end. A porous filter is slidably disposed within the elongated reservoir between the bellows, a plunger, and the expression port, and a spring is disposed within the elongated reservoir between the manual air pump and the plunger. The hemostatic powder is disposed within the elongated reservoir between the porous filter and the expression port, and the manual air pump is in a fluid communication with the expression port through the porous filter and through the hemostatic powder.
US11717615B2
A medicament delivery assembly comprises a delivery device configured to deliver medicament to a user, a communication accessory releasably coupled to the delivery device, and one or more sensors configured to sense a condition of the delivery device. The communication accessory may be configured to receive a first signal from the one or more sensors assembly and to send a second signal to an external device.
US11717610B2
An injection device for injecting medicament in a patient comprises a housing configured to house a fluid reservoir that has one of a plurality of volumes of medicament. An injection conduit fluidly coupled to the fluid reservoir defines a fluid pathway from the fluid reservoir to the patient. A firing mechanism is coupled to the fluid reservoir and is configured to expel the medicament from the fluid reservoir through the injection conduit. A volume setting mechanism is coupled to the firing mechanism and is configured to select the one of the plurality of volumes of medicament for the firing mechanism to expel. A dose setting mechanism is configured to select all or a fraction of the one of the plurality of volumes of medicament that is injected from the injection conduit when the firing mechanism is actuated.
US11717597B2
A medical implant is disclosed. The medical implant includes: a first biocompatible metal forming a substrate (210, 310, 410), a second biocompatible metal diffused into the first biocompatible metal to form an biocompatible alloy surface (220, 314, 414), the alloy surface further including a diffusion hardening species, wherein the diffusion hardening species may be carbon, nitrogen, oxygen, boron, or any combination thereof. A method of forming a medical implant is also disclosed. The method includes the steps of: providing a first biocompatible metal or alloy that forms a substrate (210, 310, 410), providing a second biocompatible metal or alloy, diffusing the second biocompatible metal into the first biocompatible metal to form an alloy layer (220, 314, 414), removing excess second metal material from the substrate to expose the alloy layer, and diffusion hardening the alloy layer.
US11717593B2
Various adhesive compositions are described which may optionally comprise one or more active agents such as pharmaceutical agents. The incorporation of one or more absorbents in combination with one or more crystallization inhibitors improves adhesive characteristics of the compositions. Also described are related methods of improving adhesive characteristics of adhesive compositions with the use of a combination of absorbent and inhibitor. Also described are related methods of using the compositions and articles incorporating such compositions.
US11717587B2
A model of a physical environment may be determined based at least in part on sensor data collected by one or more sensors at a robot. The model may include a plurality of constraints and a plurality of data values. A trajectory through the physical environment may be determined for an ultraviolet end effector coupled with the robot to clean one or more surfaces in the physical environment. The ultraviolet end effector may include one or more ultraviolet light sources. The ultraviolet end effector may be moved along the trajectory.
US11717582B2
A dispenser of liquid products for sanitization, such as bactericides, germicides, disinfectants, alcohol gel, moisturizers, among others, featuring innovative construction characteristics which distribute the product onto the user's hands or onto surfaces of various objects, via spraying in micro droplets, enabling a uniform distribution, suitable to be installed in public environments such as restrooms, restaurants, malls, offices and commercial facilities.
US11717575B2
The present invention relates to a “one-pot process” for preparing intermediate of antibody-drug conjugate. The preparation process provided by the present invention is simple in operation, and needs no such steps like concentration, washing and filtration of the intermediate reaction liquid, disposal of the organic waste liquid, and packaging and storage of the intermediate. The entire reaction system comprises only one separation and purification treatment, saving costs for labor, equipment, venues, raw materials, etc., and greatly reducing the pollution to the environment. In addition, the “one-pot process” for preparing intermediate of antibody-drug conjugate of the present invention produces the intermediate of antibody-drug conjugate with higher yield. The “one-pot process” for preparing intermediate of antibody-drug conjugate provided by the present invention is more suitable for scale-up production.
US11717568B2
In one embodiment, an expression system for expressing a UL128 complex is provided herein. The expression system may include a bacterial artificial chromosome (BAC) construct, wherein the BAC construct comprises a viral vector inserted with a set of DNA sequences that encode a UL128 complex. In another embodiment, a vaccine composition for preventing HCMV infection is provided. The vaccine composition may include a viral or bacterial vector capable of expressing a UL128 complex and a pharmaceutically acceptable carrier, adjuvant, additive or combination thereof or additional vector expressing a protein adjuvant. The viral vector may be an MVA and the UL128 complex includes five HCMV proteins or antigenic fragments thereof: UL128, UL130, UL131A, gL, and gH. In some embodiments, the viral vector is further inserted with one or more additional DNA sequences that encode one or more additional HCMVHCMV proteins or antigenic fragments thereof such as pp65, gB or both, or such as gM/gN or gO.
US11717565B2
Provided are a live recombinant Mycobacterium bovis-BCG strain and a tuberculosis (TB) vaccine or immunogenic composition comprising a nucleic acid capable of overexpression, the nucleic acid encoding PhoP and PhoR proteins. A method for treatment or prophylaxis of a mammal against challenge by Mycobacterium tuberculosis or Mycobacterium bovis using the strain is also provided.
US11717557B2
Disclosed herein are methods of using PRG4 glycoprotein, also known as lubricin, to reduce, inhibit, or down-regulate pro-inflammatory pathways in patients at risk of or suffering from an inflammatory response or allergy symptom through CD44 antagonization, regulating pro-inflammatory cytokine production, inhibiting NF-κB translocation and/or facilitating removal of inflammation-inducing cellular or matrix debris or allergens.
US11717556B2
The present invention relates to a stemness-suppressing composition comprising an OCT4 function-inhibiting peptide and, more particularly, to a composition comprising a peptide as an effective ingredient for suppressing the stemness of various stem cells such as general stem cells, cancer stem cells, and the like, wherein the peptide inhibits the function of OCT4 by inducing the phosphorylation of OCT4. OCT4 function-inhibiting peptides of the present invention are expected to find applications in various fields through the suppressive activity thereof against stemness of stem cells.
US11717555B2
The present invention provides for a stabilized biodegradable polymeric composition useful as a controlled release delivery system for peptide agents. The compositions of the present invention comprise a) a strong acid salt of a LHRH agonist or antagonist; b) a biodegradable polymer of poly(lactide-co-glycolide), wherein the ratio of lactide:glycolide of the copolymer is from 50:50 to about 100:0; and c) N-methyl-2-pyrrolidone (NMP), wherein the composition does not contain excess strong acid in addition to the strong acid used to form the salt of the LHRH agonist or antagonist. The composition, when injected, can provide a controlled release of leuprolide for a period of up to 6 months.
US11717541B2
The invention provides compositions comprising chitosan, manuka honey and one or more additional components that promotes digestive health (e.g., inulin, probiotics) for the treatment and prevention of gastric ulcers (esophageal, stomach, or duodenum) in a mammal (e.g., equine).
US11717538B2
The present invention concerns compositions and methods related to approaches to render ineffective Th1 T cells resistant to the inhibitory cytokine milieu present in a cancer microenvironment. In particular embodiments, tumor-specific T cells are modified to employ a chimeric receptor that binds inhibitory/suppressive cytokines and converts their intracellular consequences to a Th1 immunostimulaotyr/activating signal. In specific embodiments, the T cells employ a chimeric antigen receptor having exodomains for IL10, IL13 and/or IL4 fused with the signal transducing endodomains for IL2 and/or IL7.
US11717537B2
The present invention relates to compositions for mineralizing a dental surface, in particular tooth enamel. Methods of mineralizing hypomineralized lesions (including subsurface lesions) in the tooth enamel caused by dental caries, dental corrosion and fluorosis are also provided. In particular, the invention relates to a method of mineralizing a dental surface or subsurface comprising contacting the dental surface or subsurface with a compound that is capable of increasing or maintaining the pH of a solution and a mineralizing agent.
US11717536B2
The present invention relates to compositions and their use for oral care. In particular, the compositions and methods are for maintaining oral health and/or treating various oral conditions such as gingivitis. The present invention relates to methods and uses of stabilized amorphous calcium phosphate (ACP) and/or stabilized amorphous calcium fluoride phosphate (ACFP) in the preparation of a medicament for reducing pathogenic oral bacteria at an oral site in an individual; increasing commensal oral bacteria at an oral site in an individual; decreasing the proportion of pathogenic oral bacteria at an oral site in an individual; inhibiting oral dysbiosis; reducing gingival inflammation in an individual in need thereof; treating gingivitis in an individual in need thereof; and treating chronic gingivitis in an individual in need thereof.
US11717533B2
The invention relates generally to antimicrobial compositions that are non-toxic to mammals and plants, and are highly effective against a broad spectrum of detrimental pathogenic microorganisms. The antimicrobial compositions contain at least one zinc compound that is microbicidal to at least one microorganism. The antimicrobial compositions of the invention can be diluted in suitable proportions into suitable solvents to produce the desired dosages for each individual application. The antimicrobial compositions can be applied by conventional methods, e.g., spraying, soaking, fogging, impregnation, and the like. The compositions can also be used as preservatives. The antimicrobial compositions can also be made as gels or solids in different forms by using techniques available to those skilled in the art.
US11717529B2
RNA encoding an immunogen is co-delivered to non-immune cells as the site of delivery and also to immune cells which infiltrate the site of delivery. The responses of these two cell types to the same delivered RNA lead to two different effects, which interact to produce a strong immune response against the immunogen. The non-immune cells translate the RNA and express the immunogen. Infiltrating immune cells respond to the RNA by expressing type I interferons and pro-inflammatory cytokines which produce a local adjuvant effect which acts on the immunogen-expressing non-immune cells to upregulate major histocompatibility complex expression, thereby increasing presentation of the translated protein to T cells. The effects on the immune and non-immune cells can be achieved by a single delivery of a single RNA e.g., by a single injection.
US11717527B2
A method for contraception includes administering to a female daily, in a triphasic dosing regimen during a time period of 21 successive days, an oral combination drug formulation of levonorgestrel (LNG) and ethinyl estradiol (EE), wherein doses in the second, third and fourth phases of the regimen increase by a predefined dose increment as compared to the corresponding doses administered during the previous phase, wherein the LNG dose in the first phase is 100 mcg, in the second phase is 125 mcg, and in the third phase is 150 mcg, wherein the EE dose in the first phase is 20 mcg, in the second phase is 25 mcg, and in the third phase is 30 mcg, and wherein the triphasic dosing regimen is followed by 7 days without LNG and EE administration.
US11717526B2
The present disclosure provides a modified-release pharmaceutical composition comprising 4-[(7-methoxy-2,3-dihydro-1,4-benzothiazepin-4(5H)yl)methyl]benzoic acid hemifumarate, and a pharmaceutically-acceptable excipient. The present disclosure methods of treating conditions associated with RyRs, including, for example, cardiac disorder or disease, a musculoskeletal disorder or disease, cancer associated muscle weakness, malignant hyperthermia, and diabetes.
US11717523B2
This invention is in the area of improved compounds, compositions and methods of transiently protecting healthy cells, and in particular hematopoietic stem and progenitor cells (HSPC) as well as renal cells, from damage associated with DNA damaging chemotherapeutic agents. In one aspect, improved protection of healthy cells is disclosed using disclosed compounds that act as highly selective and short, transiently-acting cyclin-dependent kinase 4/6 (CDK 4/6) inhibitors when administered to subjects undergoing DNA damaging chemotherapeutic regimens for the treatment of proliferative disorders.
US11717518B1
This disclosure relates to dosage forms comprising bupropion hydrochloride, another salt form of bupropion, or the free base form of bupropion; dextromethorphan hydrobromide, another salt form of dextromethorphan, or the free base form of dextromethorphan, and a polymer. In some embodiments, the dosage form has no significant dose dumping of bupropion in the presence of ethanol in vitro. In some embodiments, the dosage form does not have a food effect for bupropion or dextromethorphan when taken with a high-fat meal in human subjects. Some embodiments include a method of treating a nervous system condition (such as depression, e.g., major depressive disorder, including treatment-resistant depression, agitation associated with Alzheimer's disease (or agitation associated with dementia of the Alzheimer's type), agitation associated with dementia, anxiety (or generalized anxiety disorder), neuropathic pain, or peripheral diabetic neuropathic pain) comprising, administering a dosage form described herein to a human being in need thereof.
US11717512B2
The present invention provides methods for treating cancer in a subject with a trisubstituted benzotriazole derivative with the formula (I) or a pharmaceutically acceptable salt thereof, wherein the variables R1, R2 and R3 are as defined herein.
US11717508B2
The present disclosure provides, among other things, compounds, compositions, and methods useful in inhibiting bacteria, such as Mycobacterium tuberculosis. These compositions and methods find many uses in medicine and research, e.g., treating subjects afflicted with active or latent bacterial infections.
US11717505B2
Methods for treating diffuse intrinsic pontine glioma (DIPG) comprising administration of a therapeutically effective amount of an alkylating hexitol (such as dianhydrogalacitol, diacetyldianhydrogalacitol, and dibromodulcitol) are disclosed. Such methods may further comprise administration of other anti-cancer agents. In preferred embodiments, the secondary anti-cancer agent is an inhibitor of Wee1 tyrosine kinase (such as adavosertib). Methods of treating malignancies in general comprising administration of a combination of an alkylating hexitol and an inhibitor of Wee1 tyrosine kinase are also disclosed.
US11717498B2
Methods of treatment using amphetamine controlled release, prodrug, and abuse deterrent dosage forms
The invention also relates to pharmaceutical compositions comprising highly pure amphetamine and amphetamine-class compounds resulting from the synthesis of chiral and racemic amphetamine derivatives by stereospecific, regioselective cuprate addition reaction with aziridine phosphoramidate compounds, and to methods of manufacturing, delivering, and using the amphetamine compounds resulting from the synthesis of chiral and racemic amphetamine derivatives by stereospecific, regioselective cuprate addition reaction with aziridine phosphoramidate compounds.
US11717488B2
The present disclosure relates to compositions and methods that enable the formation of pharmaceutically relevant particles that can be used for therapy. In particular, the methods disclosed herein allow the controlled formation of circular particles having low internal void spaces comprising bioactive therapeutic agents.
US11717480B2
Extracellular vesicles, their manufacture, and methods of treatment are described. Generally, extracellular vesicles can be generated by applying sulfhydryl blocking reagents on animal cells. Extracellular vesicles can be loaded with compounds for an intended use, such as, for example, loading an extracellular vesicle with a medicament to treat an animal. As described here, extracellular vesicles can be generated in a large scale and used for personalized treatments.
US11717468B2
This is to improve performance of selected internal organs by stimulating the organs through vibration and vibrating action to restore their normal useful functions by vibrating action. The system includes a probe which is introduced through the rectum and has a vibrating element at the end of a flexible shaft having a length sufficient to reach the ileosecal valve in the intestinal tract.
US11717466B2
A sexual toy is provided that is made from a composite material formed from joining, at least, two components, where a first component is an elastomer, and a second component is a granulated element. The sexual toy can include a sheath of silicone and a rigid core.
US11717462B2
An electric walking assisting vehicle configured such that in accordance with operating amounts acting on an operation part, driving of driving motors is controlled and includes an inclination detector which detects inclination of a vehicle body in a forward-backward direction, and on flat land where inclination is less than a threshold, with an operation origin of the operation part as a center, the driving motors are controlled to generate torque in a forward direction by operation of pushing the operation part forward and to generate torque in a backward direction by operation of pulling the operation part backward, on an uphill road on which the inclination is the threshold value or more, the operation origin is shifted to an pulling operation side, and on a downhill road on which the inclination is the threshold value or more, the operation origin is shifted to a pushing operation side.
US11717461B2
A palm-supported finger rehabilitation training device comprises a mounting base, a finger rehabilitation training mechanism mounted on the mounting base, and a driving mechanism for driving the finger rehabilitation training mechanism; wherein the finger rehabilitation training mechanism comprises four independent and structurally identical combined transmission devices for finger training corresponding to a forefinger, a middle finger, a ring finger and a little finger of a human hand, respectively, and the mounting base is provided with a supporting surface capable of supporting a human palm; wherein each combined transmission device for finger training comprises an MP movable chute, a PIP fingerstall, a DIP fingerstall and a connecting rod transmission mechanism; a force sensor is provided to acquire force feedback information to determine and control force stability, and a space sensor is provided to acquire space angle information to control space positions of fingers in real time.
US11717455B2
A hospital bed may include a support structure, a controller, a pressure source coupled to the controller, and a hospital bed mattress carried by the support structure and having first and second ends, and first and second sides extending between the first and second ends. The hospital bed mattress may include bladders coupled to the pressure source. The bladders extend between the first and second ends and between the first and second sides and configured to provide pressure differential. The controller may be configured to pseudo-randomly adjust an internal pressure of each of the bladders.
US11717452B2
An incontinence detection system monitors an area for moisture events and wirelessly transmits moisture-related information to one or more notification devices. The system has a pad that includes a substrate and one or more sensors supported by the substrate. The sensor(s) emit wireless signals indicative of the moisture-related information. A sensor event communication system forwards the sensor signals to another device, such as a notification device. Portions of the system are included in a patient support apparatus, such as a bed.
US11717450B2
The invention relates to an incontinence monitoring system including a plurality of electrodes on an absorbent article including an absorbent core and a device for electrical connection with the electrodes and monitoring one or more electrical properties of the electrodes. A first set of the electrodes are adapted for detection of wetness associated with urinary incontinence events, and a second set of the electrodes are adapted for detection of faecal incontinence events. The invention also relates to an absorbent article, sensor and device as well as methods for monitoring incontinence.
US11717448B2
Carefully coordinated patches having camouflaging and/or benefit properties can be formed for application to a desired region of human skin. The patches include a flexible film having a first, adhesive, outwardly facing major surface and a second outwardly facing surface which is textured to correspond to skin covered by the patch during use; wherein the flexible film further comprises at least one pigmented region and at least one region adapted to modify one or more optical properties selected from the group consisting of light transmission, light reflection, and light absorption. Methods of custom use of such patches may include 3D printing processes.
US11717443B2
Embodiments of this invention generally relate to ophthalmic laser procedures and, more particularly, to systems and methods for photorefractive keratectomy. In an embodiment, an ophthalmic surgical laser system comprises a laser source generating a pulsed laser beam and a laser delivery system delivering the pulsed laser beam to a cornea of an eye. A patient interface couples to and constrains the eye relative to the laser delivery system. A controller controls the laser delivery system to perform an anterior surface volume dissection on the cornea.
US11717442B2
An ophthalmological device for surgical treatment of a cornea comprises a laser source, a focusing optical module, a scanner system, and an electronic circuit configured to control the scanner system to move the focus of the pulsed laser beam generated by the laser source to cut inside the cornea a lenticule and a venting channel which comprises an opening incision in a peripheral area of an exterior surface of the cornea, outside a perimeter of the lenticule from a top view perspective onto the cornea, and the venting channel connecting fluidically the posterior lenticule surface and/or the anterior lenticule surface to the opening incision, to enable venting of gas, produced by cutting the lenticule inside the cornea, through the opening incision to the exterior of the cornea.
US11717429B2
Devices and methods of treating conditions cause or exacerbated by excessive fluid pressures or retentions, such as pulmonary hypertension, that involves shunting excessive fluid pressure from one bodily chamber or vessel to another bodily chamber or vessel.
US11717422B2
A spinal implant system includes at least one interbody implant having a first member including a tissue engaging surface and at least one mating element. A second member includes a tissue engaging surface and at least one mating element. An intermediate member includes at least one mating element. An intra-operative surgical tool is connectable with at least one of the members to engage adjacent mating elements and fix the intermediate member with at least one of the first member and the second member. Implants, surgical instruments and methods are disclosed.
US11717421B2
The present disclosure relates to a spinal implant. The spinal implant may be used for lateral insertion into an intervertebral disc space. For example, the spinal implant may include a spacer body to which a plate is fixed. The intervertebral spacer body may include a pair of opposite sides having a pyramid-shaped teeth to fuse to bone. The plate defines at least one upper and lower borehole that each receives a screw. Each screw attaches the plate to a vertebral body between which the intervertebral spacer body is inserted. The boreholes may include locking threads that are adapted to lock the screws into place by engaging complementary locking threads of head of the screw.
US11717418B2
Novel articles of manufacture based comprising lattices based on trabecular bone, having a plurality of plates and interconnecting rods. The trabecular bone-inspired lattice may be designed based on the general alignment of plates and rods found in trabecular bone, including anisotropic lattices having one or more predominant axes of mechanical strength. Lumbar fusion implants and other implants are provided having a trabecular bone inspired lattice in which bone graft material may be packed and providing a scaffold for bone fusion and growth. The implants may be based on bone structures having a predominant axis of mechanical strength and may be deployed in sites with the predominant axis of mechanical strength aligned with the primary axis of mechanical stress, such as in the the spine.
US11717415B2
An intervertebral scaffolding system is provided having a laterovertically-expanding frame operable for a reversible collapse from an expanded state into a collapsed state, the laterovertically-expanding frame having a stabilizer, one or more tensioners, or a combination of the stabilizer with one or more tensioners. The stabilizer slidably engages with the distal region of the laterovertically-expanding frame and both the stabilizer and the one or more tensioners are configured for retaining the laterovertically-expanding frame from a lateral movement that exceeds the expanded state, and the stabilizer can include a locking element that engages with the expansion member to lock the expansion member to the stabilizer when the expansion member is fully inserted into the frame. The expanded state, for example, can be configured to have an open graft distribution window that at least substantially closes upon the reversible collapse.
US11717411B2
An implant system includes a first portion, a second portion, and a third portion. The first portion includes a hydrogel; the second portion includes a porous material and the hydrogel in pores of the porous material; and the third portion includes the porous material. The first portion is free of the porous material and the third portion is free of the hydrogel. The third portion has non-uniform lateral cross-section.
US11717407B2
A transcatheter valve prosthesis including a tubular stent includes an interior skirt or skirt portion is coupled to and covers an inner circumferential surface of the stent, and an exterior skirt or skirt portion is coupled to and covers an outer circumferential surface of the stent. A prosthetic valve component is disposed within and secured to the interior skirt or skirt portion. The interior and exterior skirts or skirt portions may overlap to form a double layer of skirt material on the stent, or may be portions of a skirt that do not overlap such that only a single layer of skirt material covers the stent. When the stent is in at least the compressed configuration, at least one endmost crown may be positioned radially inwards with respect to the remaining endmost crowns formed at the inflow end of the stent in order to accommodate the exterior skirt.
US11717406B2
Devices for assisting with the functioning of a tricuspid valve of a heart include a shaft, a flow optimizer, and an anchoring mechanism. A tilting mechanism can be configured to tilt the shaft relative to a central axis of the anchoring mechanism. Leaflets (e.g., multi-layer leaflets) of the flow optimizer can include a membrane and a rim, and the rim can have a higher stiffness than the membrane.
US11717400B2
In one embodiment, a method of assembling a prosthetic valve can comprise forming a radially expandable and compressible frame by pivotally joining together a plurality of struts without requiring individual rivets. In some embodiments, the frame is formed by interweaving the struts, which can be joined using integral hinges formed in the struts, such as by performing alternate cuts on the struts, bending the struts to form stopper tabs adjacent to joints and/or drilling holes in the struts to facilitate interconnecting struts at joints, or otherwise forming integral hinges and corresponding holes at junction points between the struts. In other embodiments, separate hinges are provided to interconnect the struts. In still other embodiments, separate flanged rivets are provided to connect the struts.
US11717392B2
A method of treating an aortic aneurysm of a patient with an endovascular graft system and mitigating post implant syndrome associated therewith comprises placing at least one prosthesis across an aneurysmal space. The prosthesis comprises a double-walled filling structure and a stent-graft. The stent graft is radially expanded at a first pressure and the filing structure is filled with a first filing agent to contact a thrombus in the aortic aneurysmal space. After the first filling agent is removed, the filling structure is filled with a second filling agent to contact the thrombus. Next the stent-graft is expanded at a second pressure causing the filing structure to place an effective amount of pressure on the thrombus and substantially mitigating the effects of post implant syndrome associated with the prosthesis.
US11717391B2
Systems and methods for treating diseased bodily lumens involving branched lumen deployment sites include a main graft or stent-graft deployable in a main artery and a vent device or stent-graft deployable in a branch artery to maintain blood flow through the main artery and from the main artery to the branch artery. Systems and methods for treating diseased bodily lumens involving branched lumen deployment sites may also include a main graft or stent-graft deployable in the main artery, a chimney graft or stent-graft deployable in both branch artery and the main artery to the branch artery and a gutter-sealing device associated with the chimney graft to prevent flow of blood among the chimney graft, the main graft and a wall of the main artery.
US11717387B2
An interdental cleaner has a gripping portion (3) and a cleaning portion (4) formed by an elongate body made from a thermoplastic material. The cleaning portion (4) has a coating made of a self-adhesive, heat-vulcanized rubber material forming peripheral, flexible brush members (6).
US11717385B2
Orthodontic apparatus for placing elastic band over dental brace comprising a monolithic/unibody tool and a housing. The tool comprises an upper guide defining upper guide groove, a lower guide defining lower guide groove, a band interfacing surface, a hook portion defined below the band interfacing surface, a trunk portion and band storage post. The elastic band is operable to be received around the band interfacing surface and the hook portion. The lower guide groove allows for the elastic band to be operably released onto any one among multiple dental brace hooks. The upper guide allows for the elastic band to be operably received in the upper guide groove to enable the elastic band to be manoeuvred and released onto another of the dental brace hooks.
US11717383B2
A retainer for stabilizing a position of teeth of a human dentition, the retainer comprising: an arc that has a parabolic curvature overall so that the retainer is applicable to teeth of an upper jaw or lower jaw of a patient to be treated, wherein the retainer includes a plurality of local shapes that are arranged along a center line of the retainer and that are oriented perpendicular to the center line, wherein the local shapes are respectively adapted to cooperate with interdental spaces between adjacent teeth, wherein the retainer is integrally provided in one piece from a thermoplastic synthetic material which is configured to be processed by a SD pressure method.
US11717380B2
A method may include: receiving an image of a mouth region of a patient's face; extracting teeth contours within the image of the mouth region of the patient's face; locating a mouth opening within the image of the mouth region of the patient's face; extracting the tooth contours from a 3D model of the patient's teeth; and aligning the tooth contours from the 3D model with the tooth contours of the teeth within the image of the mouth region of the patient's face.
US11717373B2
Embodiments relate to illuminated electrosurgical devices and related systems and methods. An electrosurgical device can include an electrosurgical blade having a proximal end and a distal end and comprising a plurality of light elements. A plurality of separation walls and a plurality of apertures can be arranged relative to the plurality of light elements to guide light from the plurality of light elements to illuminate an area around the distal end of the electrosurgical blade.
US11717370B2
A surgical instrument includes a proximal control mechanism. The proximal control mechanism has an opening through which a resilient latch arm can be inserted to engage a locking surface of a fixed latch structure contained within the proximal control mechanism. The resilient latch arm is contained entirely within the proximal control mechanism when engaged. A release channel extends from an outer periphery of the proximal control mechanism to the resilient latch arm entrance opening. The release channel provides a passage through which a release tool can be inserted to engage the resilient latch arm and provides a fulcrum for the release tool where the release channel is joined to the outer periphery of the proximal control mechanism. The surgical instrument can be released by prying the resilient latch arm away from the locking surface of the fixed latch structure with the release tool used as a lever on the fulcrum.
US11717366B2
A medical manipulator according to an embodiment may include an arm base including a first engagement portion and a manipulator arm including a distal end portion to support a surgical tool and a proximal end portion including a second engagement portion. One of the first and second engagement portions includes a shaft member and the other includes an engagement member engageable with the shaft member such that the engagement member engaged with the shaft member is rotatable with respect to the shaft member. The arm base includes a restriction portion to restrict rotation of the manipulator arm about the shaft member to which the engagement member is engaged. The proximal end portion of the manipulator arm is fixed to the restriction portion of the arm base with a fixing member in a state where restriction portion stops the rotation of the manipulator arm.
US11717365B2
A LUS robotic surgical system is trainable by a surgeon to automatically move a LUS probe in a desired fashion upon command so that the surgeon does not have to do so manually during a minimally invasive surgical procedure. A sequence of 2D ultrasound image slices captured by the LUS probe according to stored instructions are processable into a 3D ultrasound computer model of an anatomic structure, which may be displayed as a 3D or 2D overlay to a camera view or in a PIP as selected by the surgeon or programmed to assist the surgeon in inspecting an anatomic structure for abnormalities. Virtual fixtures are definable so as to assist the surgeon in accurately guiding a tool to a target on the displayed ultrasound image.
US11717360B2
A method for debriding an infected implant area using a robotic-assisted surgery system. The method includes determining, by a processing circuit associated with a computer, an area to be debrided, the debridement area including at least a surface of an implant or patient tissue, and generating, by the processing circuit, a plan for debriding the debridement area. The method further includes controlling a debridement tool, by the robotic-assisted surgery system, while the debridement tool is used to carry out the debridement plan, and monitoring the debridement by the processing circuit.
US11717356B2
An obstruction detection system for a robotic catheter system including a robotic catheter manipulator assembly including one or more catheter manipulation bases and one or more sheath manipulation bases. Each manipulation base may be generally linearly movable on one or more tracks relative to the robotic catheter manipulator assembly. The obstruction detection system may include one or more obstruction detection sensors disposed on the track or on the manipulation bases to detect an obstruction along a path of motion of one or more manipulation bases. A software system may be provided for monitoring movement of the catheter and sheath manipulation bases, and/or a status of the obstruction detection sensors.
US11717355B2
A gearbox assembly and surgical instrument including the same. The gearbox assembly includes a drive gear including a round gear and a lead screw such that a rotational input to the round gear rotates the lead screw. A first hub is threadingly engaged about the lead screw such that rotation of the lead screw translates the first hub. A second hub is spaced-apart from the first hub and engaged with a drive rod. A compression spring is disposed between the hubs. When a force acting against the drive rod is below a threshold, the rotational input translates the first hub, compression spring, second hub, and drive rod. When the force is equal to or above the threshold, the rotational input translates the first hub and compresses the compression spring against the second hub to maintain the second hub and drive rod in position.
US11717335B2
Apparatus and methods for delivering electromagnetic energy to a patient's tissue and reducing pain experienced by the patient during treatment of the patient's tissue with the delivered electromagnetic energy. The tissue treatment apparatus includes a delivery device configured to transfer the electromagnetic energy through the skin surface to a region of tissue, and also includes a vibration device that is mechanically coupled with the delivery device. The vibration device is configured to transfer mechanical vibrations along an axis substantially normal to the skin surface to the region of tissue being treated.
US11717330B2
A spinal fixation device is provided having first and second elongate members that are angularly adjustable relative to one another. Each elongate member can include a connecting feature formed on a terminal end thereof, and each connecting feature can be coupled to one another to allow angular movement of the first and second elongate members. The device can also include a locking mechanism that is adapted to couple to the connecting feature on each of the first and second elongate members to lock the elongate members in a fixed position relative to one another.
US11717328B2
A pivotal bone anchor assembly includes a receiver having a central bore with an integral downward facing surface below a helically wound guide and advancement structure and a first interference surface, and a compression insert configured for top-loading into the central bore into a first position and then being rotatable about the receiver longitudinal axis into a second position defined by an engagement between a second protuberant interference surface of the compression insert and a first interference surface of the central bore. The compression insert further includes radially offset upwardly facing surfaces configured for biased engagement with a downward facing surface of the central bore upon completion of rotation to the second position, and the receiver further includes one or more inwardly extending integral non-resilient structure positionable into one or more outer alignment grooves of the compression insert, also upon the completion of rotation to the second position.
US11717327B2
Bone anchor assemblies are disclosed herein that can provide for improved fixation as compared with traditional bone anchor assemblies. An exemplary assembly can include a bracket or wing that extends down from the receiver member. The distal portion of the wing can define a bone anchor opening through which one or more auxiliary bone anchors can be disposed to augment the fixation of the assembly's primary bone anchor. A distal surface of the distal portion of the wing can be obliquely angled relative to a proximal-distal axis of the spanning portion to face one of a caudal direction or a cephalad direction. A distal surface of the distal portion of the wing can be obliquely angled relative to the proximal-distal axis of the spanning portion to face one of a medial direction or a lateral direction. Surgical methods using the bone anchor assemblies described herein are also disclosed.
US11717325B2
A device for managing postpartum hemorrhage is described. The device comprises an intrauterine balloon that may be deflated when inserted into a uterine cavity. The intrauterine balloon may be inflated inside the uterine cavity. The device also comprises a drug delivery vehicle that may be deposited on an outer surface of the intrauterine balloon by a coating technique or an eluting technique. The drug delivery vehicle may release a hemostatic drug into the uterine cavity. The device additionally comprises a cervical barricade that may retain the released hemostatic drug in the uterine cavity. The cervical barricade may be a cone-shaped plug that tapers proximally to conform to a contour of a vagina. The device further comprises a catheter that may be used to inflate the intrauterine balloon, deflate the intrauterine balloon, and support the cervical barricade.
US11717322B2
A surgical access device includes a housing having a tubular member extending therefrom. The tubular member has inner and outer walls defining an annular lumen therebetween. A passageway extends between proximal and distal openings of the tubular member. The passageway is configured to receive a surgical instrument therethrough. A conduit is disposed in the annular lumen and includes spiral segments where each spiral segment is engaged with an adjacent spiral segment. The conduit is flexible in a first state and is fixed in a second state. A valve assembly is coupled to the housing and includes a port that is in fluid communication with the annular lumen. The port is attachable to a source of fluid.
US11717316B2
A surgical cutting instrument including a first tubular member, a second tubular member, a sleeve member, a third tubular member, and an orientation member. The first tubular member includes a cutting tip. The second tubular member has a distal region forming a cutting window. The first tubular member is co-axially disposed within the second tubular member such that the cutting tip is selectively exposed at the cutting window. The first and second tubular members are co-axially disposed within the sleeve member. The third tubular member is co-axially disposed around an intermediate section of the first tubular member, an intermediate region of the second tubular member and the sleeve member. The orientation member is rotatable to transmit a rotational force applied to the orientation member to selectively rotate the second and third tubular members relative to the sleeve member to effectuate spatial rotation of the cutting window.
US11717313B2
A medical device for cutting an object S in a body lumen is disclosed, which includes: a rotatable drive shaft; a tubular outer sheath configured to accommodate the drive shaft in a rotatable manner; a rotation structure, the rotation structure comprising an accommodation portion configured to be disposed inside the outer sheath; an exposed portion, the exposed portion being located at a distal side of the accommodation portion and is provided with a cutting portion, in which the accommodation portion is provided to be rotatable by the drive shaft, and a side surface of the accommodation portion and a side surface of the exposed portion have a groove portion, the groove portion extending from the accommodation portion to the exposed portion.
US11717304B2
Methods and apparatus for increasing cerebral blood flow for improving the flow of blood to the brain during and/or following an ischaemic stroke. The apparatus includes a plurality of inflatable cuffs to be positioned, in use, around a respective limb of a patient. Once inflated, the cuffs exert a pressure upon the limb to reduce blood flow to the limb below the point at which the cuff is positioned. Reducing blood flow to the limbs causes an increase in blood flow to the brain, and will therefore improve stroke outcomes. The apparatus includes a control module for controlling inflation and deflation of each cuff. The control module detects, measures and monitors cerebral blood flow and uses these measurements to control inflation and deflation of each cuff such that cerebral blood flow is maintained above a baseline level during treatment of the patient.
US11717293B2
Surgical stapler systems can include a jaw assembly with one jaw defining a reload support capable of receiving and firing multiple disposable reload cartridges in a single surgical procedure. The reload cartridge can be protected by a reload cover engageable therewith. The reload cover can include snap features configured to prevent manual removal of the reload cover from the reload cartridge before proper positioning and installation in the reload support. The reload cover can desirably maintain a plurality of staples within staple pockets in the reload cartridge and can maintain a staple deployment mechanism in an unfired position.
US11717292B2
According to one aspect, a tissue fastening device may include a handle assembly including at least two actuators. The tissue fastening device may also include a first body extending distally from the handle assembly and defining a longitudinal axis. The tissue fastening device may also include a fastening device coupled to a distal end of the first body. The fastening device may include a longitudinal body including a channel, a cartridge configured to include a plurality of fasteners, a longitudinal channel configured to receive a device for cutting tissue, an anvil rotatable relative to the cartridge, and a fastener actuator. The fastener actuator may be coupled to one actuator of the at least two actuators and configured to move proximally relative to the cartridge to deploy the plurality of fasteners from the cartridge.
US11717291B2
A stapling assembly configured to produce staples having different formed configurations is disclosed.
US11717289B2
Surgical instrument comprising an indicator which indicates that an articulation drive is actuatable
A surgical instrument comprising an end effector and an articulation drive system operable to articulate the end effector about an articulation joint is disclosed. The articulation drive system comprises an actuator which indicates whether the articulation drive system is in an operable state.
US11717287B2
A surgical stapling apparatus (stapler) is provided. The stapler includes a housing, elongated member, and a reload. A cartridge is configured to selectively couple to a first jaw member of the reload and includes one or more resilient members thereon. An anvil operably supported on a second jaw member of the reload is configured to compress one or more fasteners ejected from the cartridge. The anvil includes one or more locking members thereon. A knife is configured to translate through the cartridge and anvil when the first and second jaw members are in a closed configuration. Engagement between the knife and the resilient member(s) causes the resilient member(s) to move from an initial configuration that allows the knife to travel distally past the locking member(s) to a final configuration that allows the locking member(s) to engage the knife.
US11717280B2
The present disclosure provides an apparatus, system, and method for positioning, holding, and/or distracting the bones and associated ligaments and tissue of the knee during surgery. In one aspect of the present disclosure, a modular distractor system may provide enhanced structurally stability and support of a patient's limb, which may provide stability, resulting in a better outcome for the patient. In another aspect of the present disclosure, modular distractor components are described, which provide for interchangeability and a tailored approach that accommodates variable patient limb size and specific surgical application.
US11717276B2
An adapter assembly, for connecting a surgical device to an electromechanical handle assembly, includes a cavity and a seal. The cavity is configured to receive a pin connector assembly of an electrical assembly of the electromechanical handle assembly. The seal is disposed at least partially within the cavity and is configured to reduce an amount of fluid able to contact the electrical assembly of the electromechanical handle assembly.
US11717275B2
Apparatus, comprising: a sheath (22), advanceable through an endoscope (10), and having distal openings comprising a first opening (30a) and a plurality of second openings (30b) surrounding the first opening; a housing (24), coupled to a proximal portion of the sheath; a first needle (28a), extending through the housing and sheath toward the first opening; a plurality of second needles (28b), extending through the housing and sheath toward a respective second opening; a first handle (26a), slidably coupled to the housing along an axis such that the first needle slides through the sheath and a distal tip of the first needle moves with respect to the first opening; and a second handle (26b), slidably coupled to the housing along a different axis such that the second needles slide through the sheath and a distal tip of each second needle moves with respect to its respective second opening.
US11717272B2
The present embodiments relate generally to methods for providing viewing access to an ultrasound image feed generated at an ultrasound imaging machine. A multi-use display device may form a first link-layer connection with the ultrasound image machine for transmitting commands that control imaging parameters of the ultrasound image feed. The multi-use display device may then: determine link-layer connection parameters that allow the ultrasound imaging machine to form a second link-layer connection with a receiving device (the receiving device having no link-layer connection with the ultrasound imaging machine), and provide the connection parameters to the receiving device. The ultrasound imaging machine forms a second link-layer connection with the receiving device, based the connection parameters. The second link-layer connection is then used for receiving, at the receiving device, the ultrasound image feed controlled by the multi-use display device.
US11717263B2
An all-in-one mammography and breast ultrasonography apparatus is provided. The apparatus includes: a scanning table on which breasts are placed, the scanning table having a first axis aligned with a scanning direction of breasts and a second axis orthogonal to the first axis; an X-ray imaging device including an X-ray source arranged above the scanning table to generate X-rays for mammography and an X-ray flat panel detector arranged on the scanning table to detect the X-rays generated from the X-ray source; first and second ultrasound probes arranged on the scanning table so as to be adjacent to both ends of the X-ray flat panel detector to perform breast ultrasonography, the first and second ultrasound probes elongated along the second axis; and an orbital motion device installed on the scanning table to reciprocate the X-ray flat panel detector and the first and second ultrasound probes together along the first axis.
US11717262B2
An imaging apparatus is disclosed for diagnosis including a plurality of transmitting and receiving units, an error of a scale of a tomographic image to be generated is reduced. The imaging apparatus includes a transmitting and receiving unit comprising a first transmitting and receiving unit configured to perform transmission and reception of an ultrasound signal and a second transmitting and receiving unit configured to perform transmission and reception of an optical signal when rotating in the lumen of the measurement subject body; and a processor configured to: convert positional information of each position outside the range in which the flushing liquid flows regarding the ultrasound line data generated by the processor based on a ratio between the ultrasound propagation velocity in the flushing liquid and the ultrasound propagation velocity in the blood vessel; and construct the first tomographic image using the ultrasound line data which is converted by the processor.
US11717259B2
A diagnostic imaging catheter includes a drive shaft provided with a signal transmitting and receiving unit at a distal portion thereof and which is rotatable and movable forward and backward, a sheath into which the drive shaft is inserted, a relay connector coupled to a proximal end of the sheath, a support tube provided at an outer circumference of the drive shaft along an axial direction and which moves forward and backward in conjunction with the drive shaft, a seal member provided inside the relay connector and which seals a space between the relay connector and the support tube, and an injection opening located in a region closer to a distal side than the seal member and closer to a proximal side than a distal end of the support tube in a backward movement limit position thereof and via which a liquid is able to be injected into the sheath.
US11717250B2
An X-ray CT device includes: an X-ray source that irradiates an object to be imaged with an X-ray; an X-ray detector that is disposed on one side opposite to the X-ray source with a position, at which the object to be imaged is to be disposed, interposed therebetween and detects the X-ray having passed through the object to be imaged; and a rotary unit that supports the X-ray source and the X-ray detector and rotates the X-ray source and the X-ray detector together around the object to be imaged. A distance between the X-ray source and a predetermined reference position positioned in the object to be imaged is variable, and a distance between the reference position and the X-ray detector is variable.
US11717238B2
A couch top extension includes a first section and a second section extending from the first section. The first section has a varying shape profile and the second section has a substantially uniform shape profile. A couch top extension includes an extension board comprising one or more identifiers capable of providing a detectable signal indicative of an identification of the extension board.
US11717228B2
There is provided a heart rate detection device including a sensing unit for sensing emergent light from subcutaneous tissues illuminated by a single light source of multiple light colors to output multiple light detection signals associated with multiple wavelengths. The heart rate detection device further includes a processor uses the multiple light detection signals associated with the multiple wavelengths to cancel motion artifact to obtain a clean heart rate signal.
US11717227B2
A signal processing device and a signal processing method. The signal processing device includes a receiver, a memristor array and a classifier. The receiver is configured to receive a first signal. The memristor array includes a plurality of memristor units, each of the plurality of memristor units includes a memristor, and the memristor array is configured to apply the first signal that has been received to at least one memristor unit of the plurality of memristor units and output a second signal based on a memristor resistance value distribution of the memristor array. The classifier is configured to classify the second signal outputted from the memristor array to obtain a type of the first signal.
US11717206B2
An object of the present invention is to provide a bioelectrode, which can stably measure biological information and is suitable for repeated use, and a method of manufacturing the bioelectrode. This object is solved by a bioelectrode comprising a silver coating layer provided on a conductive silicone rubber electrode, wherein the conductive silicone rubber electrode is composed of a silicone rubber containing conductive carbon particles, the silver coating layer is composed of silicone rubber and at least one of agglomerated silver powder and flake-like silver powder, and the silver coating layer has a thickness of 18 μm to 80 μm, and, preferably, in which the silver powder contains both the agglomerated silver powder and the flake-like silver powder.
US11717202B2
A testing system for conducting electrochemistry analysis of a specimen sample is provided. The testing system includes a testing receptacle device and a diagnostic device. The testing receptacle device includes a receptacle having an interior space defined therein and a lid configured to be secured on an upper end of the receptacle. The lid includes an opening extending into the receptacle and a cartridge slot for receiving a test sensor cartridge having a functionalized electrode strip with an electrode well contact point provided thereon. The diagnostic device is configured as a potentiostat or similar device and includes a docking port for receiving a lower end of the testing receptacle device. The testing system is configured for receiving a specimen sample through the opening in the receptacle lid and placing the specimen sample in contact with the electrode well contact point of the functionalized electrode strip.
US11717197B2
A wearable device is described. The wearable device includes a housing having a back cover, and an optical mask on first portions of the back cover. The back cover includes a set of windows, with a first subset of windows in the set of windows being defined by an absence of the optical mask on second portions of the back cover, and a second subset of windows in the set of windows being inset in a set of openings in the back cover. An optical barrier surrounds each window in the second subset of windows. A set of light emitters is configured to emit light through at least some of the windows in the set of windows. A set of light detectors is configured to receive light through at least some of the windows in the set of windows.
US11717194B2
A regional oximetry pod drives optical emitters on regional oximetry sensors and receives the corresponding detector signals in response. The sensor pod has a dual sensor connector configured to physically attach and electrically connect one or two regional oximetry sensors. The pod housing has a first housing end and a second housing end. The dual sensor connector is disposed proximate the first housing end. The housing at least partially encloses the dual sensor connector. A monitor connector is disposed proximate a second housing end. An analog board is disposed within the pod housing and is in communications with the dual sensor connector. A digital board is disposed within the pod housing in communications with the monitor connector.
US11717193B2
Examples of invasive biosensor alignment and retention features and methods are described. One example biosensor includes a housing comprising: a first surface defining a first opening, and a second surface opposite the first surface, the second surface defining a second opening, the first and second openings defining a substantially unobstructed pathway through the housing; a biosensor wire partially disposed within the housing and having an exterior portion extending through the first opening; a hollow insertion needle positioned within the pathway and extending through the first opening, the hollow insertion needle at least partially encircling the biosensor wire; and a biosensor retention feature collapsible against the first surface of the housing, the biosensor retention feature encircling and contacting the hollow insertion needle.
US11717190B2
The present disclosure is directed towards computer-based systems and methods for evaluating a user's body motion based on motion data obtained via a series of wireless sensors attached to a user's body. In one embodiment, a computer-implemented method is disclosed herein. A server system receives motion data from one or more input devices. The motion data corresponds to movement of a user. The server system generates a motion profile based on at least the motion data received from the one or more input devices. The server system retrieves a pre-defined target motion profile from a database structure. The server system objectively evaluating the extracted motion profile by comparing one or more parameters of the generated motion profile with one or more parameters of the retrieved pre-defined target motion profile.
US11717186B2
A medical device system and method that includes accelerometer circuitry configured to generate at least one signal, a memory, and processing circuitry coupled to the accelerometer circuitry and the memory. The processing circuitry is configured to monitor a patient for a Sit-To-Stand transition based upon the at least one signal, detect the Sit-to-Stand transition, determine if the patient has been inactive for a predetermined period of time prior to the Sit-to-Stand transition, and if the patient has been inactive for at least the predetermined period of time prior to the Sit-to-Stand transition, determine a body stability score of the patient.
US11717185B2
Apparatus, systems, and methods are provided for measuring and analyzing movements of a body and for communicating information related to such body movements over a network. In certain embodiments, a system gathers biometric and biomechanical data relating to positions, orientations, and movements of various body parts of a user performed during sports activities, physical rehabilitation, or military or law enforcement activities. The biometric and biomechanical data can be communicated to a local and/or remote interface, which uses digital performance assessment tools to provide a performance evaluation to the user. The performance evaluation may include a graphical representation (e.g., a video), statistical information, and/or a comparison to another user and/or instructor. In some embodiments, the biometric and biomechanical data is communicated wirelessly to one or more devices including a processor, display, and/or data storage medium for further analysis, archiving, and data mining. In some embodiments, the device includes a cellular telephone.
US11717181B2
Adaptive respiratory condition assessment can include capturing signals generated by sensors of a portable device positioned to sense a user's body. The sensors can generate the signals in response to sensor-detected movements of the user's body measured along multiple axes and corresponding to lung activity in the user's body during respiratory cycles. A preferred axis of measurement can be selected using signal processing performed by a signal processor embedded in the portable device. Waveforms generated from signals corresponding to signals generated in response to movements of the user's body measured along the preferred axis can be filtered for extracting biomarkers from the waveforms using the signal processor. The one or more biomarkers extracted correspond to the lung activity. Based on the biomarkers, a respiratory condition of the user can be determined. A notification based on the respiratory condition as determined can be generated and conveyed with the portable device.
US11717177B2
A method includes obtaining a baseline blood pressure at an initial time window; estimating a plurality of intermediate blood pressure change estimates, the intermediate blood pressure change estimates correspond to respective time windows that are subsequent to the initial time window; estimating a final blood pressure change estimate between the initial and final time windows; and obtaining the blood pressure by adding the baseline blood pressure to the final blood pressure change estimate. Estimating the final blood pressure includes estimating a first blood pressure change between the initial time window and the final time window; estimating a plurality of second blood pressure changes, each second blood pressure change is between a respective time window of the respective time windows and the final time window; and estimating the final blood pressure change estimate as a combination of the first blood pressure change and the plurality of second blood pressure changes.
US11717174B2
A gas delivery conduit adapted for fluidly connecting to a respiratory gases delivery system in a high flow therapy system, the gas delivery conduit includes a first connector adapted for connecting to the respiratory gases delivery system, a second connector adapted for connecting to a fitting of a patient interface, tubing fluidly connecting the first connector to the second connector where the first connector has a gas inlet adapted to receive the supplied respiratory gas, one of electrical contacts and temperature contacts integrated into the first connector. The gas delivery conduit further can include a sensing conduit integrated into the gas delivery conduit, where the first connector of the gas delivery conduit is adapted to allow the user to couple the first connector with the respiratory gases delivery system in a single motion.
US11717171B2
An apparatus for estimating body temperature of an object is provided. The apparatus for estimating body temperature includes: a sensor configured to obtain spectra through a plurality of light paths of an object; and a processor configured to obtain a temperature slope between temperatures corresponding to the plurality of light paths based on the spectra of the plurality of light paths and a reference spectrum measured at a reference temperature, and estimate the body temperature of the object based on the temperature slope.
US11717168B2
A bio imaging system includes a plurality of light emitters configured to irradiate light, and a plurality of sensors configured to detect light reflected by an internal tissue of a living body. Each sensor includes a plurality of photo-detecting elements having different absorption peak wavelengths in relation to each other.
US11717167B2
The inventors have developed tools for quantifying the mitochondrial redox state of in vivo, in situ tissue using resonance Raman spectroscopy. The tissue is illuminated with an excitation beam that causes the tissue to scatter Raman-shifted light, which is collected and analyzed to produce coefficients representing the relative concentrations of different chromophores in the tissue. These relative concentrations indicate the redox state of whole mitochondria, hemoglobin oxygen saturation, myoglobin oxygen saturation, and/or redox state of individual cytochrome complexes in mitochondria of the in vivo, in situ tissue. Quantifiable information about these states and/or saturations can be used to assess tissue health, including organ (dys)function before, during, and after surgery. For example, this information can be used to predict impending cardiac failure, to guide surgical interventions, to monitor organ health after transplantation, or to guide post-operative care.
US11717163B2
A wearable device, a signal processing method and a signal processing device are disclosed. The wearable device includes a processor and a signal collector electrically connected to the processor. The signal collector includes at least one electroencephalogram sensor configured to collect an electroencephalogram signal and at least one electrooculogram sensor configured to collect an electrooculogram signal. The processor is configured to generate a control signal based on the electroencephalogram signal and the electrooculogram signal, and the electroencephalogram sensor and the electrooculogram sensor are different sensors.
US11717151B2
A method for early diagnosis of keratoconus based on multi-modal data considers a mutual relationship between both eyes using four refractive maps for corneas of the both eyes and absolute corneal elevation data, and combines the deep convolutional network method, the traditional support vector machine (SVM) method in machine learning, and the elevation map enhancement method with adjustable best-fit-sphere (BFS) to identify sensitivity and specificity of a focus and balance the sensitivity and specificity. With multi-dimensional comprehensive judgment of a keratoconus morbidity with a patient as a unit, combined with binocular data including both manual selection features and deep network learning from big data, the diagnosis method has higher robustness and accuracy.
US11717140B2
A system having a scope with a longitudinal length extending between a proximal end and a distal end includes a plurality of markers spaced along the longitudinal length. The system also includes a disassociation and positioning device that is configured to enhance unsedated transnasal endoscopic procedures by at least partially occluding the vision of a patient while enabling body cavity access, and optionally record and sense body functions such as temperature, heart rate and oxygenation of the blood stream. The system further includes a sensor integrated into the distraction device, wherein the sensor is configured to detect the markers on the longitudinal length of the scope.
US11717133B2
A dishwasher with a rotary multiple use detergent dispenser is disclosed. The rotary multiple use detergent dispenser may include a blister pack having a plurality of detergents. One or more components of the detergent dispenser may be used to dispense/expel the plurality of detergents from the blister pack into a wash tub of the dishwasher.
US11717129B2
A floor cleaning system may include a docking station to which an autonomous floor cleaning machine can dock between cleaning operations. The docking station can provide power to the autonomous floor cleaning machine to recharge the batteries of the machine when not in use. The docking station may also supply fresh cleaning fluid to the floor cleaning machine and remove collected waste from the machine. In practice, the floor cleaning machine may itself become dirty over repeated use, such as when cleaning greasy floor surfaces. Accordingly, the docking station may include flushing orifices to clean the floor cleaning machine itself, such as with a degreasing composition.
US11717126B2
A motor assembly comprises a stator, a rotor configured to be rotated about a shaft by electromagnetically interacting with the stator, an impeller configured to be rotated with the rotor about the shaft by being coupled to the rotor and configured to suction air in response to a rotation, a housing configured to cover between the impeller and the stator by being coupled to the stator, a cover comprising an inlet through which air sucked by the impeller is introduced, and configured to cover the impeller, a guide member configured to guide the air discharged from the impeller and configured to be coupled to the housing, and a plurality of first vanes protruding from one of the cover and the guide member to an axial direction and coupled to the other of the cover and the guide member. The cover and the guide member are configured to be movable in the axial direction in response to not being coupled to the housing, and the cover comprises a contact portion in contact with the impeller according to a position of the cover. The contact portion is spaced apart from the impeller in response to coupling between the guide member and the housing.
US11717125B2
A partition skirt device for a cleaning apparatus includes an inner ring and a skirt body. The skirt body includes: a root connected to the inner ring; an edge part arranged at an end of the skirt body away from the inner ring; and a plurality of collapsing parts arranged at intervals between the root and the edge part along a circumferential direction of the skirt body, and each extending along a radial direction of the skirt body. Along a thickness direction of the skirt body, the collapsing part protrudes relative to the skirt body on a first side surface of the skirt body and is recessed relative to the skirt body on a second side surface of the skirt body. On the first side surface of the skirt body, a size of a portion of the collapsing part protruding from the skirt body gradually decreases from the root to the edge part.
US11717124B2
An evacuation station for a mobile floor cleaning robot comprises a housing and an air treatment assembly removably mountable to the housing. The air treatment assembly is provided on a first lateral housing end. The first lateral housing end is provided with a housing air inlet that is downstream of the air treatment assembly air outlet whereby the air treatment assembly air outlet faces the housing air inlet.
US11717118B2
A dispenser for dispensing materials is disclosed. The dispenser includes a backplate, a cover, and a circular mounting bracket. The backplate includes a second side having a bracket engagement area thereon. The cover encloses at least portion of the backplate when in a closed condition forming a housing having an interior volume so as to retain at least one dispensable product. The circular mounting bracket includes a faceplate containing one or more holes configured to receive a fastener for securing the mounting bracket to a wall. The faceplate includes at least one flange raised from a first surface of the faceplate. The bracket engagement area includes at least one latching means configured to engage the flange to secure the backplate to the mounting bracket.
US11717110B1
A roasting assembly is presented herein, configured to accept a removable food support. The assembly includes an elongated shaft, a handle, and a socket. The elongated shaft includes a first end and a second end. The handle is coupled the first end of the elongated shaft. The socket is coupled to the second end of the elongated shaft and comprises a hollow portion axially opposite the elongated shaft. The hollow portion of the socket accepts a removable food support.
US11717101B1
The present invention details a double-drinking-mouth portable cup, comprising a cup body. A cup cover is in threaded connection to the top of the cup body; a groove is formed in the top of the cup cover; and a cup mouth drinking structure is disposed in the groove. For the present invention, by disposing the cup mouth drinking structure and a sucking drinking structure on the top of the cup cover, the cup cover can have double drinking modes, so that the application range of the cup body may be enlarged, the use convenience of the cup body is greatly improved, and the problem that an existing water cup cannot meet the drinking demands in different environments due to relatively single structure and function and only one drinking mouth, so that the application range of the water cup is severely affected is solved.
US11717098B2
A head shaping pillow is provided. The head shaping pillow includes an elongated flexible core disposed within a fabric casing. The elongated flexible core is coiled to define an upper ring and a lower ring, wherein the upper ring includes a diameter greater than a diameter of the lower ring. In some embodiments, the fabric casing includes a first panel affixed to a second panel along an upper edge and a lower edge of each, defining at least an open first end.
US11717094B2
A child tray assembly adapted for a child seat is provided. The child tray assembly includes a first tray slidably disposed on the child seat. The first tray is slidably disposed on the child seat, and the first tray includes a first tray body and at least one sliding track installed on the first tray body. The child tray assembly is versatile and convenient. Furthermore, a multi-function high chair including the aforementioned child tray assembly is provided.
US11717092B2
The present invention concerns a spring core (1, 1a, 12, 13, 17, 18) that may be used in e.g. bed mattresses, chairs or sofas. The spring core (1, 1a, 12, 13, 17, 18) comprises springs placed inside pocket (3). The pockets (3) are placed in a number of rows, which rows of pockets (3) are placed side by side. The spring core (1, 1a, 12, 13, 17, 18) is held in a compressed state by means of at least one cord (5). The at least one cord (5) is formed into braids (6) at opposite outer ends (7) of each row of pockets (3). Further, the at least one cord (4) forms a number of loops (8) on at least one side of each row of pockets (3). By pulling at one free end (10) of the at least one cord (5) the braids (6) and loops (8) are dissolved, allowing the spring core (1) to return to the non-compressed state.
US11717089B2
A reconfigurable chair includes features that open up new sitting and resting positions for the user. The chair includes rotatable lateral side rests and a tilt adjustable back rest which when reconfigured, provide auxiliary resting platforms to support the body in different sitting and resting positions. The backrest may include a rotatable feature so that the backrest may be moved from an upright position to a flat position adding another level of support. A height adjustment mechanism may adjust the height of the backrest to add to the reconfigurability of the chair.
US11717088B2
A rocking chair includes a foldable main body frame and a leg rest frame, where the leg rest frame includes two side support rods, two bottom rods and two slanting rods; first end portions of the two side support rods are pivotally connected to the main body frame, when the rocking chair is unfolded, second end portions of the side support rods are located forward and below the first end portions thereof; first end portions of the two bottom rods are pivotally connected to the main body frame, and second end portions of the two bottom rods are respectively pivotally connected to the two side support rods; when the rocking chair is unfolded, the first end portions of the side support rods are located above the first end portions of the bottom rods; the two slanting rods intersect and are pivotally connected at an intersection.
US11717075B2
An apparatus for secured ground anchoring, including a stake that has a locking section at one end of the stake, an intermediate elongated portion and an anchoring section, a locking mechanism attached to the locking section, and a handle insertable into avoid within the stake, the handle is topped by a locking head connectable on top of the locking mechanism when the handle is inserted into the void.
US11717072B2
A lipstick arrangement including a casing and a protective covering. The casing includes a first part including a carrier at a bottom region, a second part and a protruding element attached to the second part. Lipstick bullet is mounted on the carrier and has an elongate shape including a sloping top portion. The carrier is operatively coupled to the first part and the second part and the carrier is arranged to move in an axial direction relative to the second part in response to the first part being rotated relative to the second part. The protective covering covers the first part of the casing when applied to the casing. The sloping top portion of the lipstick bullet is configured to face away from the protruding element when the lipstick bullet is unscrewed to a fully deployed position.
US11717070B2
Systems and methods of adaptive nail printing and collaborative beauty platform hosting are disclosed. In one aspect, embodiments of the present disclosure include a method, which may be implemented on a system, to decorate a physical target. The method can further include determining a size of the physical target and adapting dimensions of the design to the size of the physical target. In a further embodiment, the design having the dimensions that have been adapted on to the physical target is printed. Moreover, content can be depicted while printing the design onto the physical target to decorate the physical target.
US11717058B2
A traction cleat assembly for a golf shoe includes a hub and removable cover affixed to the hub body in a fixed position with mated sealing engagement between the hub and removable cover defining a, the hub body including a minor driven fitting comprising one of a female fitting and male fitting defined in the hub bottom surface, and the cover top surface including a minor driving fitting for mating engagement with the minor driven fitting to define mated engagement therebetween.
US11717034B2
A Sock Having Continuous Storage Chamber includes a sock body and a chamber material that together form a circumferential storage chamber. The circumferential chamber is formed with an aperture sized to receive a zipper base with a zipper having a zipper pull to open and close the zipper to provide access to the chamber. The chamber material may include a mesh allowing air to pass through the mesh to ventilate the chamber and allow, depending on use, the scent of a dog treat to pass therethrough.
US11717009B2
Process and an apparatus adapted to carry out the process steps for producing sausage products, which includes the following steps: Comminuting raw meat with fat, adding seasoning, salt and further additives, mixing in order to produce a raw sausage mass, filling the raw sausage mass into sausage casings or boxes to form encased sausage, first warming and fermenting the formed encased sausage, second warming the encased sausage mass to a temperature of approximately 42° C., immediately subsequently cooling the cooked fermented sausage mass to −1° C. or below with vacuum being applied, and cutting of the dried and cooled encased sausage to obtain a cut and cooled sausage product.
US11717008B2
The present invention belongs to the technical field of beverages, and relates to a probiotic fermented fruit and vegetable puree composition containing active bacteria and its preparation method. The composition containing active bacteria is obtained by fermenting fruit and vegetable puree with Lactobacillus casei NCU215. The probiotic fermented fruit and vegetable puree has the following characteristics: the probiotic fermented fruit and vegetable puree may generate a natural mellow sour, effectively remove an astringency in fruit and a wild Artemisia flavor in vegetable, and neutralize an unpleasant sour in the fruit; with probiotic fermentation, the present invention may improve a content of amino acid in the fruit and vegetable by 20% or more, generate multiple aromatic substances, improve a flavor substance by 30% or more, and effectively improve a taste and a mouthfeel of the product; the present invention prolongs a shelf life of the product and prevents rot.
US11717002B2
An apparatus to separate a tendon connecting a breast fillet of a gutted poultry body, from which wings have been removed, to a carcass of the poultry body, has a transport apparatus having a transport unit which is driven in a revolving manner, and a holding apparatus fastened thereto to hold the poultry body or part thereof during processing, and a means for separating the tendon. The means for separating is movable from a standby position into a separating position and back. The transport unit, with the holding apparatus, with the formation of a transport path, transports the poultry body or the part thereof in a direction of transport, with the anus side leading, in the direction towards the means for separating. The means for separating the tendon includes at least one combination tool which has a portion that displaces the breast fillet and a portion that separates the tendon.
US11717000B2
An apparatus for tearing meat is disclosed. The apparatus includes a gravity-fed hopper including at least one sidewall that forms a first opening configured to receive meat articles and a second opening configured to discharge torn meat articles. The apparatus includes a rotatable spindle element positioned at least partially within the hopper and downstream of the first opening. The rotatable spindle element includes a shaft having a longitudinal axis and a plurality of teeth coupled to the shaft, the teeth being spaced apart from one another. The apparatus includes a plurality of rods, which extend from the sidewall spaced apart from one another and which are interlaced with the plurality of teeth, and a motor coupled to the rotatable spindle element configured to rotate the rotatable spindle element to cause at least some of the plurality of teeth to rotate and pass between two different rods.
US11716997B2
The present invention relates to a system for providing a dough sheet, comprising a mixer for mixing ingredients to a dough, a portioning device for portioning the dough in batches into carriers, a first fermenting stage, formed by a cabinet, the cabinet comprising a conveyor, configured for conveying the carriers along a trajectory through the cabinet, a first handler for placing the carriers in a fermenting cabinet, a second fermenting stage, formed by a conveyor, a second handler, for picking the carriers from the cabinet and placing the dough batches from the carriers onto the fermenting conveyor, wherein the second handler is configured for placing the dough batches in a touching or overlapping manner and a dough sheeting stage, for receiving the dough from the second fermenting stage and forming a sheet from the dough.
US11716994B2
Disclosed herein are combinations of Yersinia entomophaga and/or Yersinia nurmii and/or toxins therefrom, with one or more of a variety of substances, including animal repellents, acaracides, antimicrobials, avicides, bactericides, biostimulants, disinfectants and/or sanitizers, fungicides, gastropodicides, herbicides, insecticides, insect growth regulators, insect repellents, miticides, molluscicides, nematicides, plant signal molecules, plant nutrients, plant fertilizers, predacides, piscicides, rodenticides, termiticides, viricides, and the like. The combinations may have additive effects or unexpected effects on pests, insects being one example, and/or on plant growth and/or plant yield. Also disclosed are methods for using the disclosed combinations.
US11716990B2
Systems and methods related to the formation of a reaction product on a surface are generally provided. The systems and methods described herein may allow for collection of the retention of a fluid by a surface in a relatively high amount. Such systems and methods may be useful in various applications including, for example, agriculture. In some embodiments, the systems and methods enhance water retention on hydrophobic surfaces of plants. Advantageously, the methods described herein may, in some cases, result in the formation of reaction products on a surface that serve to prevent fluids from being removed from the surface. Advantageously, the systems and methods described herein may suppress the adverse effects of natural conditions such as high surface energies and wind.
US11716988B2
Disclosed herein is a decoy apparatus comprising: a body (or structure) shaped to resemble at least a portion of an animal resting on water and a weighted member operationally attached to a motor such that the weight can be redistributed so cause the decoy apparatus to move to a feeding position in which a portion of the decoy body, preferable the head portion, is tipped under the waterline and the opposing portion is raised in the air.
US11716987B1
The deer stand camouflage holder comprises a tree stand, a camouflage structure, and a tree. The tree stand is a blind used by one or more hunters. The tree stand is an elevated structure. The tree stand attaches to the trunk of a tree. The tree stand is an elevated structure relative to the ground and the targeted game animal. The camouflage structure attaches to the tree stand. The camouflage structure displays tree foliage such that the one or more hunters are camouflaged from the targeted game animal.
US11716984B2
Disclosed herein is an insect trapping device comprising an inner passageway structure defining an inner passageway which, when in an upright orientation, extends from an insect entry zone to an insect delivery zone, the inner passageway structure bordered by at least a pair of opposed insect-facing traction-reducing boundary surface regions to cause an insect to progress toward the insect delivery zone under gravity, with each boundary surface region including at least one of at least a pair of electrode surface regions, wherein each electrode surface region is configured for operative coupling with an electrode power supply to deliver electrical power thereto, the electrode surface regions configured to form an electrocution zone therebetween, with a designated spacing which is configured to initiate electrocution of an instance of the insect descending through the electrocution zone.
US11716979B2
A fishing lure includes a main body portion with a cavity provided inside of the main body portion; a plurality of elastic members with end portions attached to the main body portion; a swing member that swings and is attached to the elastic members and swings, wherein the swing member is visible from the outside of the main body portion and at least two points of the swing members are supported by the elastic members.
US11716974B2
The present disclosure provides a chimeric non-human animal comprising human hepatocytes, methods for preparing the chimeric non-human animal comprising human hepatocytes and methods of utilizing the chimeric non-human animal comprising human hepatocytes to screening and identifying metabolites for any type of drugs, typically small molecule drugs, which might affect human liver functions and any other bodily function.
US11716972B2
Aquarium feeding systems are disclosed. In one embodiment, a system (10) includes a flotation base (20) adapted to float on water and a clip (130) adapted to be removably inserted into and removed from the flotation base (20). The clip may hold food materials (e.g., seaweed) for feeding aquatic life of the aquarium.
US11716971B2
The disclosed technology includes a pet collar that can be configured to determine its geolocational position and evaluate that position with respect to the geo-fence of a predetermined, geo-fenced “safe” zone. If the collar determines that its position is inside a safe zone but is near the geo-fence, the collar may be configured to provide a warning correction. If the collar determines that it is outside a predetermined safe zone, the collar can also be configured to provide a stronger correction to discourage the pet from continuing away from the safe zone. The collar may also be configured to guide the pet back to the safe zone such as by varying the strength and/or type of correction provided based at least in part on the distance of the collar from the geo-fence.
US11716962B2
The invention provides seeds and plants of tomato line FDR-A815-3562V. The invention thus relates to the plants, seeds, plant parts, and tissue cultures of tomato line FDR-A815-3562V and to methods for producing a tomato plant produced by crossing such plants with themselves or with another plant, such as a tomato plant of another genotype. The invention further relates to seeds and plants produced by such crossing. The invention further relates to plants, seeds, plant parts, and tissue cultures of tomato line FDR-A815-3562V comprising introduced beneficial or desirable traits.
US11716960B2
The invention provides seeds and plants of pepper line SBR-E718-0951. The invention thus relates to the plants, seeds, plant parts, and tissue cultures of pepper line SBR-E718-0951 and to methods for producing a pepper plant produced by crossing such plants with themselves or with another plant, such as a pepper plant of another genotype. The invention further relates to seeds and plants produced by such crossing. The invention further relates to plants, seeds, plant parts, and tissue cultures of pepper line SBR-E718-0951 comprising introduced beneficial or desirable traits.
US11716954B2
A soybean cultivar designated 04110156 is disclosed. The invention relates to the seeds of soybean cultivar 04110156, to the plants of soybean cultivar 04110156, to the plant parts of soybean cultivar 04110156, and to methods for producing progeny of soybean cultivar 04110156. 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 04110156. The invention also relates to methods for producing other soybean cultivars, lines, or plant parts derived from soybean cultivar 04110156, 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 04110156 with another soybean cultivar.
US11716952B2
A soybean cultivar designated 04233715 is disclosed. The invention relates to the seeds of soybean cultivar 04233715, to the plants of soybean cultivar 04233715, to the plant parts of soybean cultivar 04233715, and to methods for producing progeny of soybean cultivar 04233715. 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 04233715. The invention also relates to methods for producing other soybean cultivars, lines, or plant parts derived from soybean cultivar 04233715, 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 04233715 with another soybean cultivar.
US11716949B2
A soybean cultivar designated 04130507 is disclosed. The invention relates to the seeds of soybean cultivar 04130507, to the plants of soybean cultivar 04130507, to the plant parts of soybean cultivar 04130507, and to methods for producing progeny of soybean cultivar 04130507. 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 04130507. The invention also relates to methods for producing other soybean cultivars, lines, or plant parts derived from soybean cultivar 04130507, 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 04130507 with another soybean cultivar.
US11716942B2
The present invention discloses an “inferior-eliminating and superior-selecting” breeding method for synergistically improving wheat yield and quality. A method for breeding target wheat varieties with improved yield and quality is provided herein, which combines the advantages of pedigree method and hybrid method, and provides a method for selection of all generations using molecular marker in combination with phenotype identification, and for selection of each generation according to different standards. Different from the derivative system method, the method reserves the traceability of line history and genetic relationship and the characteristics of simple operation and abundant genetic diversity of the hybrid method. The parents have clear backgrounds before combination and the selection process is simple and easy to operate, with clear goal, especially for those with no breeding experiences, it is easy to master and provides technical support for the rapid breeding of new varieties of high-quality and high-yield wheat.
US11716935B2
The automatic, rotating agricultural system rotates around a central pivot point in either a full rotation or a partial arc to irrigate, plant and/or harvest a field. The agricultural system includes a center pivot frame, a plurality of frame segments connected to each other, and a feed storage bin connected to the center pivot frame and the frame segments. The frame segment includes a section frame including wheels to enable movements, a cutter trolley beam extends in a radial direction of the section frame, a cutterhead coupled to the cutter trolley beam to cut forage or crop, a radial conveyor that moves the cut forage or crop in the radial direction of the section frame, and a cutter conveyor that moves the cut forage or crop from the cutterhead to the radial conveyor.
US11716929B2
A working part (13) of a lawnmower (10) includes a disk (20) rotatably supported by a main body of the lawnmower and configured to be rotated by a power source (15), a blade (36) having a base end portion (46) rotatably attached to an outer peripheral part of the disk via a pivot shaft (32) and a free end portion (47) configured to protrude radially outward from an outer peripheral edge of the disk, and a blade guard (37) having a base end portion (51) rotatably supported by the pivot shaft and a free end portion (52) overlying the free end portion of the blade.
US11716928B2
A lawn mower comprises a driving assembly, an impact protection assembly, a transmission assembly and a cutting assembly. The impact protection assembly comprises a first bearing seat and a second bearing seat which are mated with each other, and an elastic member and a ball which are positioned between the first bearing seat and the second bearing seat. The first bearing seat is provided with a protrusion. When the driving assembly performs driving, the ball is pushed by the elastic member to be in contact with the protrusion of the first bearing seat, so that the transmission assembly and the cutting assembly are driven to rotate synchronously. When the resistance received by the cutting assembly is greater than a preset value, the elastic member is continuously compressed and the ball passes over the protrusion, and a relative rotation between the transmission assembly and the driving assembly occurs.
US11716925B2
A seed metering system, for use on a row crop planter, selects individual seeds from a seed reservoir and dispenses the seeds singularly at a controlled rate. A direct drive seed metering system includes a seed disc having a plurality of suction apertures with a recessed pocket adjacent to an aperture. The recessed pockets act to agitate seeds in the seed reservoir and to direct seed flow towards the apertures. A seed path relief system aids in the placement of the seeds such that they are released from an outer edge of the seed disc. An adjustable seed singulator is mounted adjacent to the face of the seed disc where inner and outer blades are adjusted radially to compensate for the singulation of various seed sizes and shapes. The seed disc is driven via engagement of an internal gear with the external gear of an independent drive motor.
US11716920B2
An agricultural tillage system including a carriage frame assembly, a plurality of tillage elements coupled to the carriage frame assembly, an actuator and a residue reactive system. The actuator is moveably coupled to the tillage elements, and is directly in control of a soil contact depth of the tillage elements. The residue reactive system is in controlling communication with the at least one actuator. The residue reactive system reduces the soil contact depth of the tillage elements when the residue mass on the soil is reduced and/or the slope of the soil is above a predetermined value.
US11716919B2
A method for adjusting an orientation angle of an agricultural implement includes arranging a hitch such that an upper link and at least one lower link is articulated to a support structure of the utility vehicle, and adjusting the orientation angle based on a target length of the upper link. The target length of the upper link is determined as a function of the orientation angle and as a function of a lower link angle.
US11723288B2
A quantum bit array is disclosed. In an embodiment, the quantum bit array includes a control gate coupled to a qubit and at least one pass gate coupled between the qubit and an adjacent qubit to control operation of the qubit of the quantum bit array, a bit line, and a first transistor channel that connects the bit line to the control gate. The array further comprises at least one word line coupled to the first transistor channel. The at least one word line selectively controls charge flow through the first transistor channel. The array further comprises a capacitor coupled to selectively store charge in the first transistor channel.
US11723278B2
A tunable metamaterial structure can have a flexible substrate that is elastically deformable. The tunable metamaterial structure can have a photo-responsive stiffness-modulating patch. The photo-responsive stiffness-modulating patch can be fixed to a surface of the flexible substrate. The photo-responsive stiffness-modulating patch can include a piezoelectric element and a photo-responsive element. The piezoelectric element and the photo-responsive element are electrically connected to one another.
US11723273B2
Provided is a method of preparing an SnSe thermoelectric material including (a) heating a mixture including Sn2+ and Se2−, (b) cooling the mixture at a cooling rate greater than 0 and equal to or less than 3 K/h, and forming single crystal Sn1-xSe (where 0
US11723270B2
Disclosed are an organic optoelectronic device includes an anode and a cathode facing each other and an organic layer disposed between the anode and the cathode, wherein the organic layer includes at least one of a hole injection layer, a hole transport layer, a light emitting layer, and an electron transport layer, and the light emitting layer includes a first host, a second host, and a phosphorescent dopant represented by Chemical Formula 4, and a display device including the same.
US11723260B2
A deposition mask for making a display device, the deposition mask includes: a frame including a first opening; a first member disposed above the first opening of the frame and including a first portion surrounding at least one second opening and a second portion disposed in the second opening and physically separated from the first portion; and a second member disposed on the first member and including a first connecting portion connected to the frame and a second mesh portion overlapping the second portion.
US11723259B2
A method of processing a substrate includes loading the substrate to which a processing liquid is adhered, inside a processing container, removing the processing liquid adhering to the substrate by supplying a first organic solvent to the loaded substrate, causing the substrate to be water-repellent by supplying a water repellent to the substrate from which the processing liquid has been removed, supplying a second organic solvent to the water-repellent substrate, and drying the substrate by volatilizing the second organic solvent adhering to the substrate.
US11723257B2
A manufacturing method for a display substrate, a display substrate and a display device are provided. The display substrate includes a display area and a bonding area at one side of the display area. The bonding area includes an isolation area disposed close to the display area and a bonding pad area disposed at one side of the isolation area far away from the display area. The manufacturing method of the display substrate includes forming a driving structure layer in the display area of a substrate and a bonding structure layer in the bonding area of the substrate, forming a light emitting structure layer on the driving structure layer of the display area, forming an isolation dam on the bonding structure layer of the isolation area, forming an encapsulation structure layer in the display area.
US11723250B2
An electroluminescent display device includes a substrate having an emission region and a bezel region, a bank layer that extends from the emission region to the bezel region, a plurality of signal lines which are disposed on different layers on the substrate, a first metal layer that overlaps the plurality of signal lines and has a step, a second metal layer that is disposed on the first metal layer, and an intermediate layer between the first and second metal layer. A step or curvature above the first electrode may be offset by the first intermediate layer so that incident from the outside is inwardly reflected. Therefore, a failure that a user at the outside recognizes the reflected light may be solved.
US11723229B2
A display device includes a display panel including a display area and a non-display area surrounding the display area, an encapsulation substrate disposed on the display panel, a sealing member disposed between the display panel and the encapsulation substrate to bond the display panel and the encapsulation substrate together and a first fusion pattern disposed inside the display panel, the sealing member and the encapsulation substrate, where the display panel comprises a trench formed in the non-display area and recessed into a portion of an upper surface of the display panel, the sealing member is inserted into the trench, and the first fusion pattern is disposed to overlap the trench.
US11723216B2
According to one embodiment, a magnetic memory device includes: a plurality of first films and a plurality of second films stacked alternately; a first insulating layer passing through the plurality of first and second films; a second insulating layer passing through the plurality of first and second films and in contact with a surface of the first insulating layer; a first magnet including a first pillar portion provided between the second insulating layer and the plurality of first and second films, and a first terrace portion coupled to one end of the first pillar portion; a first interconnect layer coupled to the other end of the first pillar portion of the first magnet; and a first magnetoresistance effect element coupled to the first terrace portion of the first magnet.
US11723199B2
A memory device includes a stack of gate electrode layers and interconnect layers arranged over a substrate. A first memory cell that is arranged over the substrate includes a first source/drain conductive lines and a second source/drain conductive line extending vertically through the stack of gate electrode layers. A channel layer and a memory layer are arranged on outer sidewalls of the first and second source/drain conductive lines. A first barrier structure is arranged between the first and second source/drain conductive lines. A first protective liner layer separates the first barrier structure from each of the first and second source/drain conductive lines. A second barrier structure is arranged on an opposite side of the first source/drain conductive line and is spaced apart from the first source/drain conductive line by a second protective liner layer.
US11723190B2
The present disclosure provides a capacitor structure and a method for manufacturing same. The capacitor structure includes: a substrate, a first capacitor contact layer, a bottom electrode layer, a capacitor dielectric layer, and a top electrode layer, where the first capacitor contact layer is arranged on the substrate in an array manner, the bottom electrode layer surrounds a side wall of the first capacitor contact layer and extends in a direction of the first capacitor contact layer away from the substrate, the capacitor dielectric layer covers an upper surface of the substrate, a surface of the bottom electrode layer and an upper surface of the first capacitor contact layer, and the top electrode layer covers a surface of the capacitor dielectric layer.
US11723188B2
Embodiments include an embedded dynamic random access memory (DRAM) device, a method of forming an embedded DRAM device, and a memory device. An embedded DRAM device includes a dielectric having a logic area and a memory area, and a trace and a via disposed in the logic area of dielectric. The embedded DRAM device further includes ferroelectric capacitors disposed in the memory area of dielectric, where each ferroelectric capacitor includes a first electrode, a ferroelectric layer, and a second electrode, and where the ferroelectric layer surrounds the first electrode of each ferroelectric capacitor and extends along a top surface of the dielectric in the memory area. The embedded DRAM device includes an etch stop layer above the dielectric. The second etch stop in the logic area may have a z-height that is approximately equal to a z-height of a top surface of the second etch stop in the memory area.
US11723186B2
A memory device including a substrate; a bit line laterally oriented to be parallel to the substrate; a transistor including two channels that are laterally oriented from the bit line and a word line that is vertically oriented and surrounds the two channels; and a capacitor laterally oriented from the transistor.
US11723179B2
The present disclosure provides an electrical device using a cooling device, which includes a first box, a second box arranged on one side of the first box, and a power device arranged inside the first box. The cooling device is arranged inside the second box, and the cooling device includes a substrate evaporator, a first condenser and a pipe. The cooling device is configured to collect the heat inside the first box to the second box, that is, the substrate evaporator directly absorbs the heat generated by the high-power devices inside the first box. Moreover, the spoiler fan arranged inside the first box can disturb the air inside the first box, so that the spoiler fan and the first box evaporator cooperate to exchange heat in the air inside the first box.
US11723175B2
The present application discloses a rotary liquid distributor for a liquid-cooled tank, and a liquid-cooled tank. The rotary liquid distributor includes a liquid distribution cavity and a liquid distribution arm provided in the liquid distribution cavity. The liquid distribution cavity rotates around a central shaft thereof. A plurality of the liquid distribution arms are uniformly distributed in a circumferential direction of the liquid distribution cavity. That is, the liquid distribution arm rotates with the liquid distribution cavity. Then, a liquid distribution outlet is provided between a first end and a second end of the liquid distribution arm. The liquid distribution outlet is located on a side of the liquid distribution arm facing away from a rotating direction.
US11723162B2
A display device includes a display module, a roller connected to a first end of the display module, a flexible circuit board connected to a second end of the display module, a printed circuit board facing a back surface of the display module and connected to the flexible circuit board, a first holder disposed between the printed circuit board and the display module, a second holder configured to accommodate the printed circuit board and the flexible circuit board, and a connection part protruding from the first holder toward the printed circuit board and connected to the printed circuit board.
US11723161B2
A frame for installing an arc-shaped LED display screen composed of a plurality of LED display modules. The top partition panel and the bottom partition panel have arc edges with the same arc, and are parallel to and spaced apart from each other and both fixed to the primary support, the secondary support, the plurality of module supports, the left support, and the right support. The left support, the right support, and the plurality of module supports are equally spaced apart and fixed along the arc edge of each of the top partition panel and the bottom partition panel, and are configured to connect the plurality of LED display modules, to achieve a seamless assemblage of the arc-shaped LED display screen.
US11723156B2
A foldable display device includes a first support member and a second support member separated from each other and each including a short side and long side, a display module disposed on the first support member and the second support member, a hinge which couples a side of the first support member and a side of the second support member, a first rail disposed between the first support member and the display module and disposed along the long side of the first support member, and a second rail disposed between the second support member and the display module and disposed along the long side of the second support member, where the first rail and the second rail are slidable in a first moving direction and a second moving direction opposite to the first moving direction.
US11723151B2
Methods include receiving at least one electronic device including a sensor or an emitter, placing a cover over the sensor or emitter, placing the electronic device, including the cover, into a transfer mold system, encapsulating the electronic device with charge material, and removing a portion of the encapsulating charge material and the cover to expose the sensor or emitter to the environment.
US11723149B2
A method of running a printed circuit board (PCB) trace on a PCB. The PCB comprising a plurality of PCB layers. The method comprising forming a conductive trace on at least one of the plurality of PCB layers; coupling a first portion of the conductive trace to a capacitor formed on at least one of the plurality of PCB layers; coupling a second portion, different from the first portion, of the conductive trace to a conductive material formed within a first via extending through two or more of the plurality of PCB layers; and configurably setting a length of a conductive path of the conductive trace according to a predetermined impedance. The capacitor is separated laterally in a plan view at a first distance from the first via. The length of the conductive trace in the plan view is greater than the first distance. The conductive path of the conductive trace of the length has the predetermined impedance.
US11723144B2
An electronic device is provided, in which an antenna module for receiving and transmitting radiation signals is disposed on a mounting surface of a circuit board, and an inner layer of the circuit board is formed with a ground surface to arrange a strip-shaped ground circuit along the edges of the ground surface so that the ground circuit occupies at most 50% of the area of the ground surface to improve antenna radiation efficiency.
US11723136B2
Examples are disclosed for systems and methods for providing an automated light show synchronized to one or more music files. In one embodiment, a method comprises generating a music feature file based on selected audio, the music feature file comprising metadata for the selected audio including a plurality of time markers indicating audio events in the selected audio, and automatically controlling one or more lights according to the music feature file. In another embodiment, other approaches and systems are provided to improve a light show or to provide structures and processed files which can be used to improve a light show or provide other features.
US11723135B1
An intelligent lighting device controller includes a detecting module, a main power source module and an intelligent control module. The detecting module has a detecting circuit. The main power source module has a plurality of first electrode connectors and a common second electrode connector. The first electrode connectors are connected to the detecting circuit and connected to the first electrodes of a plurality of lighting devices respectively via the detecting circuit. The common second electrode connector outputs an electricity signal to drive the lighting devices. The intelligent control module is connected to the detecting module and the main power source module. The detecting circuit generates a plurality of detecting signals corresponding to the lighting devices respectively. The intelligent control module generates a feedback signal and transmits the feedback signal to the main power source module. The main power source module adjusts the electricity signal according to the feedback signal.
US11723130B2
A lighting apparatus includes a first light source, a second light source, a current controller, a current source and a signal converter. The light source set has a first light source and a second light source. The current source is controlled by the current controller for generating a first driving current to the first light source and for generating a second driving current to the second light source. The signal converter for converting a first type control signal to a second type control signal. The first type control signal indicates a light parameter to be produced by the light source set and the second light source. The second type control signal includes a clock signal and a data signal supplied to the current controller to determine the first driving current and the second driving current.
US11723128B2
System and method for controlling one or more light emitting diodes. For example, the system includes: a phase detector configured to process information associated with a rectified voltage generated by a rectifier and related to a TRIAC dimmer, the rectified voltage corresponding to a first waveform during a first half cycle of an AC voltage and corresponding to a second waveform during a second half cycle of the AC voltage, the phase detector being further configured to generate a phase detection signal representing a first time duration during which the first waveform indicates that the rectified voltage is larger than a predetermined threshold and representing a second time duration during which the second waveform indicates that the rectified voltage is larger than the predetermined threshold; and a mode detector configured to process information associated with the rectified voltage.
US11723127B2
A lighting system includes a solid state lighting device capable of generating mixed light and a controller. The solid state lighting device includes light sources for producing mixed light and a sensor configured to detect light from one of the light sources. The controller controls two or more of the light sources based on output from the sensor. The controller can communicate with the sensor to provide closed-loop control.
US11723121B2
A system includes a radio frequency (RF) signal source configured to supply an RF signal. An electrode is coupled to the RF signal source and a transmission path is between the RF signal source and the electrode. The transmission path is configured to convey the RF signal from the RF signal source to the electrode to cause the electrode to radiate RF electromagnetic energy into a cavity. Power detection circuitry is coupled to the transmission path and configured to repeatedly measure RF power values including at least one of forward RF power values and reflected RF power values along the transmission path. A controller is configured to determine that a load in the cavity is a low-loss load based on a rate of change of the RF power values, and cause the RF signal source to supply the RF signal with the one or more desired signal parameters.
US11723119B2
An electric heating device includes a housing having a partition wall which separates a connection chamber from a heating chamber for dissipating heat and from which at least one receiving pocket, protruding into the heating chamber as a heating rib tapering towards its lower, closed end protrudes. A PTC heating element includes at least one PTC element and conductor tracks for energizing the PTC element with different polarities. The conductor tracks are electrically conductively connected to the PTC element and are electrically connected in the connection chamber. A pressure element is received which holds heat extraction surfaces of the PTC element abutted against oppositely disposed inner surfaces of the receiving pocket. The pressure element includes a sheet metal strip which, by punching and bending, forms spring segments protruding from the plane of the sheet metal strip. The spring elements are provided in a planar manner distributed over a heat extraction surface of the PTC element provided adjoining the respective pressure element.
US11723116B2
An electronic device is provided. The electronic device includes a RFIC to convert data transmitted from the a communication processor into a RF signal and output the RF signal, and an antenna configured to receive the RF signal and radiate an electromagnetic field, the communication processor is configured to receive, from a BS, a reference signal for identifying a state of a downlink channel between the electronic device and the BS through the antenna and the RFIC, based on the reference signal and association information between the downlink channel and an uplink channel and between the electronic device and the BS, identify the uplink channel, based on the identified uplink channel, identify a precoder for the uplink channel, based on the identified precoder, precode uplink data and a DMRS, and transmit a signal based on the precoded data to the BS using at least some of the RFIC and the antenna.
US11723109B2
A second base station sends, to a wireless device, an indication of a data radio bearer (DRB) configured for a small data transmission (SDT) procedure of the wireless device. The second base station receives, from a first base station, a request for a context of the wireless device. The second base station sends, to the first base station, in response to the request, a response message indicating not to relocate the context of the wireless device, and the DRB configured for the SDT procedure. The second base station receives, from the first base station, downlink data forwarding information associated with the DRB configured for the SDT procedure. Based on the downlink data forwarding information, the second base station sends, to the first base station, downlink data of the SDT procedure received from a core network node.
US11723107B2
Embodiments include methods in a wireless device. Such methods include, while the wireless device is in a Radio Resource Control (RRC) inactive state with respect to a wireless communication network, determining that a Radio Access Network Notification Area Update (RNAU) is needed. Such methods include evaluating whether there is any cause, other than the determined need for the RNAU, for resuming an RRC connected state with the wireless communication network and transmitting, to the wireless communication network, an RRC Resume Request message comprising a cause indicator indicating a cause for resuming the RRC connected state. The cause indicator indicates an RNAU when there is no cause for resuming the RRC connected state other than the determined need for the RNAU and otherwise indicates a cause other than an RNAU. Other embodiments include wireless devices configured to perform such methods and computer-readable media that store instructions embodying such methods.
US11723102B2
A radio terminal (3) can perform carrier aggregation using a first cell (10) of a first radio station (1) and a second cell (20) of a second radio station (2). The first radio station (1) performs, with the radio terminal (3), radio resource control for the first cell (10) and the second cell (20) in order to perform the carrier aggregation. At least one of the second radio station (2) and the radio terminal (3) is configured to transmit, to the first radio station (10), information about a problem occurring in a radio link in the second cell (20) between the second radio station (20) and the radio terminal (30) while the carrier aggregation of the first cell (10) and the second cell (20) is being performed.
US11723099B1
When a first access node is considering setup of dual-connectivity service for a UE, the first access node could determine that the UE supports dual-band dual-connectivity service in which the UE would be served concurrently by a first access node, under a first radio access technology (RAT) over a first connection on a first frequency band and by a second access node, under a second RAT over a second connection on a second frequency band. To help optimize service when faced with the ability to set up either single-band dual-connectivity for the UE or dual-band dual-connectivity for the UE, the first access node will set up single-band dual connectivity for the UE.
US11723087B2
Exemplary embodiments include a system having a first device and a second device that are configured to establish a connection via a short-range protocol. The first and second devices perform an advertisement process to automatically identify that the first and second devices are capable of establishing the connection, the advertisement process comprising one of the first device or second device broadcasting an advertisement and the other one of the first device or the second device scanning for the advertisement, wherein, upon the first and second devices identifying that they are capable of establishing the connection, the first and second devices perform a paging mechanism to establish the connection, the paging mechanism comprising one of the first device or the second device transmitting a page and the other one of the first device or the second device scanning for the page, wherein the page triggers an operation to establish the connection.
US11723071B2
A wireless device receives configuration parameters indicating: a plurality of slot format combinations of a cell; and a slot format indicator (SFI) radio network temporary identifier (RNTI). During a slot and based on the SFI-RNTI, a downlink control information (DCI) indicating a slot format combination of the plurality of slot format combinations is received. The slot format combination indicates a channel occupancy time (COT) duration for the cell. A determination is made, based on the receiving the DCI, that the COT duration starts from the slot. A transport block based on the COT duration is transmitted via the cell.
US11723063B2
Methods, systems, and devices for wireless communication are described. In some wireless systems, a base station may configure a user equipment (UE) for random access (RACH) message transmission in dedicated RACH resources during, for example, a handover process. The contention-free random access (CFRA) resources may allow the UE to transmit RACH messages at a higher transmission power than contention-based random access (CBRA) resources. The base station may indicate, to the UE, RACH transmission parameters for CFRA that are different than parameters for CBRA. These parameters may include configuration information, frequency division multiplexing information, RACH retransmission parameters, target received power, response window length, etc. The UE may use the indicated RACH transmission parameters to transmit a RACH message to the base station. The base station may respond with a RACH response message, and the base station and UE may synchronize upon completion of the RACH procedure.
US11723055B2
Methods for resource pre-scheduling are provided. Radio resources scheduled for user equipment are obtained. Scheduling information including the scheduled radio resources is transmitted to the user equipment. The scheduling information is configured to instruct the user equipment to use the scheduled radio resources to transmit or receive data after a predetermined time or after a time indicated by the scheduling information.
US11723046B2
A method and apparatus are disclosed from the perspective of a first device. In one embodiment, the method includes the first device performs sensing on a data resource pool, and the first device selects/derives at least a first data resource from the data resource pool based on the sensing result of the data resource pool. The method further includes the first device transmits a first control information on a first control resource, wherein the first control information allocates or indicates the first data resource. The method also includes the first device performs a first data transmission on the first data resource to at least one second device. Furthermore, the method includes the first device determines or derives a first set of feedback resource(s) based on the first control resource and/or the first data resource; and the first device receives a first set of feedback transmission(s) on the first set of feedback resource(s) from at least the one second device, wherein the first set of feedback transmissions are associated with the first data transmission.
US11723043B2
Certain aspects of the subject matter described in this disclosure can be implemented in a method for wireless communication by a user equipment (UE). The method generally includes transmitting a scheduling request (SR) to a base station (BS) to request resource allocation for data transmission, wherein the SR is selected between at least one coverage-enhancement SR configuration and another SR configuration at the UE for requesting the resource allocation for the data transmission and receiving an indication indicating the resource allocation for the data transmission.
US11723038B2
A wireless device receives a sidelink (SL) downlink control information (DCI). The SL DCI indicates: one or more first frequency domain resources; one or more first time domain resources; and a periodicity. One or more SL control information (SCI) indicating the periodicity and one or more first SL transmissions is transmitted via a first set of SL resources. The first set of SL resources are determined based on the one or more first frequency domain resources and the one or more first time domain resources. One or more second SL transmissions are transmitted via a second set of SL resources determined based on: the one or more first frequency domain resources; the one or more first time domain resources; and the periodicity.
US11723025B2
Aspects presented herein may enable a base station to map one or more DMRSs to one or more REs of a slot based on the locations of one or more CRSs in the slot and/or based on whether at least one DMRS overlaps with at least one CRS. In one aspect, the base station maps PDCCH DMRS of a first RAT to a CORESET based on whether CRS of a second RAT overlaps at least partially with the CORESET. The base station transmits the PDCCH DMRS mapped to the CORESET.
US11723023B2
A method of managing multiple transmission and reception point (M-TRP) communications includes receiving, by a user equipment (UE), a plurality of PDSCH communications, wherein: a first subset of the plurality of PDSCH communications is associated with a first TRP, and a second subset of the plurality of PDSCH communications is associated with a second TRP different from the first TRP. The method further includes selecting a first set of one or more PDSCH communications to decode by applying a first management process for the first subset of PDSCH communications; selecting a second set of one or more PDSCH communications to decode by applying a second management process for the second subset of PDSCH communications; and decoding the first set of one or more PDSCH communications to decode and the second set of one or more PDSCH communications to decode.
US11723007B2
Systems, methods, apparatuses, and computer program products for differentiating between user equipment, having different capabilities are provided. One method may include transmitting, by a user equipment, a first transmission to a network node. The method may include indicating at least one type of the user equipment. For example, the indicating may include at least one of transmitting the first transmission on a frequency resource that has been modified in frequency domain from an allocated frequency resource by a shifting factor, and/or transmitting the first transmission on the allocated frequency resource and power scaling at least one resource element of the allocated resource.
US11723005B2
There is disclosed a method of operating a receiving radio node in a wireless communication network, the method comprising receiving signaling on an initial bandwidth part (IBWP) utilising a subcarrier spacing, the subcarrier spacing being based on at least one of a signaling characteristic of received synchronisation signaling and/or information carried in received synchronisation signaling. The disclosure also pertains to related devices and methods.
US11723003B2
Disclosed herein are related to a system and a method of remotely rendering artificial reality. In one approach, a console determines an expected transmission end time of a first session for wireless transmission of image data indicating an image of artificial reality to a head wearable display. In one approach, the console determines an expected process end time of generating additional data associated with the image of the artificial reality. In one approach, the console compares the expected transmission end time and the expected process end time. The console may transmit, to the head wearable display in the first session, the additional data together with the image data, in response to the expected process end time being less than the expected transmission end time.
US11722995B2
The present disclosure relates to methods and devices for wireless communication including an apparatus, e.g., a user equipment (UE) and/or base station. In one aspect, the apparatus may determine a selection procedure for uplink transmissions, the selection procedure including information for uplink data retransmissions. The apparatus may also transmit, to a UE, the selection procedure for uplink transmissions. The apparatus may also monitor for at least one uplink transmission from the UE based on the selection procedure for uplink transmissions. In another aspect, the apparatus may receive, from a base station, a selection procedure for uplink transmissions, the selection procedure including information for uplink data retransmissions. The apparatus may also implement the selection procedure for uplink transmissions. The apparatus may also transmit, to the base station, at least one uplink transmission based on the selection procedure for uplink transmissions.
US11722992B2
Certain aspects of the present disclosure provide a user equipment (UE) that may receive an indication of a proximity discovery resource in a physical sidelink feedback channel (PSFCH) symbol from a network entity. The UE may transmit a proximity discovery request including the indication of the proximity discovery resource. The UE may receive a PSFCH sequence associated with the proximity discovery resource from other UEs that may respond to the proximity discovery request. The UE may transmit a bit map sequence indicative of the other UEs to the network entity. The network entity may determine a proximity between the UE and the other UEs based on the bit map sequence. The network entity may schedule the UE and the other UEs based on the proximity.
US11722990B2
According to one embodiment, a wireless communication device includes a transmitter configured to transmit first information specifying at least one communication resource requested to be allocated; and a receiver configured to receive second information specifying at least one communication resource allocated depending on the first information. The transmitter is configured to transmit a signal via the allocated communication resource and the receiver is configured to receive a signal via the allocated communication resource.
US11722983B2
An electronic device includes a plurality of first antennas, a second antenna, and at least one processor. The at least one processor transmits a first positioning signal using one of the plurality of first antennas or the second antenna, receives a first reception signal for the first positioning signal using at least one of the plurality of first antennas, transmits a second positioning signal using one of the plurality of first antennas or the second antenna, when an intensity of the first reception signal is less than a threshold, receives a second reception signal for the second positioning signal using at least one of the plurality of first antennas and identifies an arrival time point based on the second reception signal, receives the second reception signal for the second positioning signal using the second antenna and corrects the identified arrival time point based on the second reception signal received using the second antenna, and determines the corrected arrival time point as an arrival time point of the second reception signal.
US11722974B2
In an embodiment, a method for optimum Receiver (Rx) beam selection in NR is disclosed. The method includes, performing a Reference Signal Received Power (RSRP) measurement for one or more Rx beams during an idle period as a part of an initial synchronization procedure. The method includes determining an optimum Rx beam amongst the one or more Rx beams with a RSRP peak greater than RSRP peak associated with other Rx beams amongst the one or more Rx beams by a pre-defined offset as a part of a beam-sweep operation. The method further includes pairing the optimum Rx beam with a Transmitter (Tx) beam for a Synchronization Signal Block (SSB) detection in a first half-frame of the SSB Burst upon elapse of the idle period.
US11722966B2
Methods and apparatuses for power control are disclosed. A method comprises: receiving a first signaling indicating one or multiple power values for a downlink reception from a node, each power value being associated with a spatial domain filter, and determining a power value for the downlink reception from the node.
US11722963B2
A method of and system for conserving power of a battery in a battery-powered electronic device are disclosed. The electronic device, which can be a digital camera, is wirelessly communicable with one or more access points over a wireless local area network. The electronic device is also wirelessly communicable over a plurality of frequency channels in one or more frequency bands. The method of conserving power relates to an improved roaming process. Also disclosed are an electronic device and a system for performing the method.
US11722962B2
A method of receiving a wake-up signal from a network node is performed by a wireless device. The method includes determining provided coverage enhancement level with respect to the network node, determining an activity level of the wireless device, determining a required wake-up signal reception effort, wherein the wake-up signal reception effort includes an amount of the redundancy of the wake-up signal being exploited at reception, based at least the coverage enhancement level and the activity level, and receiving a wake-up signal based on the determined reception effort. A wireless device having a wake-up receiver capable of receiving a wake-up signal from a network node and a computer program for implementing the method in the wireless device are also disclosed.
US11722960B2
Methods and apparatus for power saving in a wireless network are disclosed. A Wireless Transmit/Receive Unit (WTRU) may comprise a transmitter, a receiver, and a processor. The processor may determine a processing state pertaining to behavior of the WTRU and determine a minimum amount of resources to be processed for one or more sets of physical resources based on the determined processing state. Each respective set of physical resources may comprise resources in time, and any of frequency or space. For each respective set of physical resources, the time may comprise a frame structure associated with a numerology applicable to the respective set of physical resources, the frequency may comprise any of a frequency location, a bandwidth, or the numerology, and the space may comprise one or more beams. The processor may process the determined minimum amount of resources of the one of more sets of physical resources.
US11722959B2
The present invention relates to a wireless communication system and, particularly, to a method and a device therefor, the method comprising the steps of: receiving a WUS sequence in a WUS resource on a carrier, wherein the WUS resource is defined as a plurality of consecutive OFDM symbols and a plurality of consecutive subcarriers; and attempting to detect a physical channel corresponding to the WUS, wherein the WUS sequence exists in the same pattern regardless of the position of a frequency band of the carrier, in the Nth (N>1) to last OFDM symbols of the WUS resource, and the WUS sequence exists selectively on the basis of the position of the frequency band of the carrier, in the first to (N−1)th OFDM symbols of the WUS resource.
US11722957B2
A signal processing device, which processes a baseband signal for wireless communication, includes a plurality of temperature sensors arranged to sense internal temperatures of the signal processing device, respectively, a threshold storage storing a plurality of thresholds, and a controller that estimates a surface temperature based on the sensed internal temperatures and performs a thermal mitigation operation based on the surface temperature and a plurality of temperature ranges defined by the plurality of thresholds.
US11722953B2
Methods, systems, and computer program products for communicating with a device on nearby wireless network are provided. Aspects include receiving, by a user device, a beacon frame from an access point of a wireless network. Aspects also include obtaining, by the user device from the beacon frame, direct link information for the wireless network, wherein the direct link information includes connection information for a guest network associated with the wireless network. Aspects further include receiving, by the user device from a user, a message intended for the device on the wireless network and connecting, by the user device, to a guest network. Aspects also include transmitting, by the user device, the message to the device.
US11722934B2
A device (110) arranged for wireless communication (130) has a processor (112) to execute a handover sequence to establish a new connection with a further device (120). A handover request message has a protocol indication indicating one or more alternative communication protocols that are supported by the requester and a channel indication indicating at least one channel to be used for a new connection. Upon receiving a first handover request message including an initial protocol indication and an initial channel indication, it is determined whether the new connection is to be established based on the initial protocol indication and via a selected channel based on the initial channel indication. If not so, the processor determines a second protocol indication and a second channel indication indicating at least one further channel to be used for the new connection and sends a second handover request message. Effectively the role of handover requester and handover selector are switched.
US11722933B2
The present disclosure relates to a pre-5th-Generation (5G) or 5G communication system to be provided for supporting higher data rates Beyond 4th-Generation (4G) communication system such as Long Term Evolution (LTE). The present invention provides a method for supporting handover, comprising the steps of: informing, by a source base station, a core network whether a direct data forwarding path is available; deciding, by the core network, whether to use direct data forwarding or indirect data forwarding; informing, by the core network, a target base station of information about the direct data forwarding or indirect data forwarding; allocating, by the target base station, data forwarding tunnel information, the target base station allocating the data forwarding tunnel information according to the received information about the direct data forwarding or indirect data forwarding; transmitting, by the target base station, the allocated data forwarding tunnel information to the core network; and informing, by the core network, the source base station of the data forwarding tunnel information. With the present invention, different data forwarding methods are supported to prevent data loss and ensure service continuity.
US11722930B2
A system described herein may identify traffic to be processed by a gateway device. The system may evaluate one or more parameters of the traffic based on a first set of conditions, and identify a first condition that is applicable to the traffic. The system may evaluate, based on identifying the first condition, the one or more parameters based on a second set of conditions and identify a second condition, of the second set of conditions, that is applicable to the traffic. The system may further identify one or more actions to perform with respect to the traffic based on the identified first and second conditions, and instruct the gateway device to perform the one or more actions on the traffic prior to outputting the traffic from the gateway device.
US11722928B1
A wireless communication network serves a wireless User Equipment (UE) over a working network slice and a protect network slice. In the wireless communication network, the UE transfers UE capability data to a network control-plane that indicates the working network slice and the protect network slice. The network control-plane generates UE context for the working network slice and the protect network slice. The network control-plane signals the UE context to the UE and to a network user-plane. The UE and network user plane exchange user data over the working network slice based on the UE context. The UE determines when the performance of the working network slice triggers a slice switch based on the UE context. In response to the slice switch, the UE stops using the working network slice. The UE and network user-plane exchange user data over the protect network slice based on the UE context.
US11722927B2
Wireless communication systems and methods related to Radio Link Control (RLC) status reporting are provided. A wireless communication device receives one or more radio link control (RLC) packet data units (PDUs) of a sequence of RLC PDUs. The wireless communication device determines missing RLC data PDUs in the sequence of RLC PDUs based on the received one or more RLC PDUs. The wireless communication device receives a first uplink (UL) grant. The wireless communication device transmits a first RLC status report including an indication of a first subset of the missing RLC PDUs less than all the missing RLC PDUs, the indication of the first subset of missing PDUs being based on a size of the first UL grant. The wireless communication device modifies a RLC status prohibit timer based on the transmitted first RLC status report indicating less than all the missing RLC PDUs.
US11722921B2
A method of wireless communication by a user equipment (UE) may include receiving a message requesting estimated channel characteristics of a secondary band based on measuring characteristics of a channel in the primary band. The method also includes measuring characteristics of the channel in the primary band. The method estimates channel characteristics of the secondary band based on the primary band characteristics measurements. The estimating may occur without measuring signals in the secondary band. Further, the method may report the estimated channel characteristics of the secondary band and receive an indication of a secondary cell group, based on the estimated channel characteristics of the secondary band.
US11722919B2
A method for minimization of drive tests (MDT) measurement includes: determining an identifier of a target network environment to be measured corresponding to a target terminal device; sending MDT configuration information to the target terminal device, the MDT configuration information including the identifier of the target network environment; and receiving measurement information of the target network environment from the target terminal device, the measurement information of the target network environment being associated with mobile network signal information of the target terminal device.
US11722918B2
Systems and methods are disclosed for determining a first downlink control indicator (DCI) and a second DCI, determining a set of active aperiodic channel state information reference signals (A-CSI-RSs) based on the first DCI, and determining a subset of the set of active A-CSI-RSs based on the second DCI. A WTRU may perform resource element (RE) muting based on a set of active A-CSI-RSs. A WTRU may perform channel state information (CSI) measurement based on a subset of a set of active A-CSI-RSs.
US11722909B2
A plurality of directional antennas are arranged between an inner barrier (e.g., ring, wall, fence, glass, etc encircling a field, court, rink, stage, etc) and an outer barrier (e.g., guardrail, wall, etc encircling a seating region, etc) of the venue. Each directional antenna produces a beam pattern that is oriented such that the beam pattern is directed at an angle off-normal from the inner or outer barrier. Further, at least some of the directional antennas are placed at the openings of pedestrian tunnels leading into the seating region of the venue, near the inner barrier of the venue seating region, or placed near a midpoint between the inner and outer barriers so as to provide wireless communication services to users in the seating region of the venue.
US11722904B2
In general, apparatuses, methods and computer program products for construction and detection of spatial movements in a virtual reality (VR) space for performance of electronic activities are disclosed. A VR composite credential authentication device is provided that is configured is structured for capturing, customizing and transforming one or more VR composite credentials of a user and authenticating electronic activities based on at least the VR composite credentials. The VR composite credentials of the user are captured using one or more VR spatial sensor devices which are configured for capture and imaging of VR spatial movement and position credentials. The captured credentials are analyzed to determine an associated electronic activity. The electronic activity is initiated, automatically, in response to the successful validation of the captured credentials. Moreover, the invention allows for setting-up an infinitely customizable library of registered VR composite credentials.
US11722902B2
In some aspects, a method of managing communication between a first electronic device and a second electronic device. The method includes facilitating, by a first electronic device, motion of a second electronic device in a motion sequence; detecting, by the second electronic device, motion of the second electronic device in the motion sequence; determining, by the second electronic device, a key from the motion sequence from the detecting, the key being usable to communicate with the first electronic device; and wirelessly communicating, by a communication interface of the second electronic device, with the first electronic device using the key.
US11722901B2
Various systems and methods for securely sharing private in formation are described herein. A mobile device comprises instruction to configured the mobile device to identify a verifier device having an available wireless connection, the wireless connection having a wireless connection strength; determine that a triggering event occurs, the triggering event based on the wireless connection strength; when the triggering event occurs: connect to the verifier device; transmit a digital credential to the verifier device, each of a plurality of data elements of the digital credential separately encrypted using distinct encryption keys; receive a request to access a requested data element of the digital credential; prompt a user of the mobile device for consent to share the requested data element; and transmit information to the verifier device when the user consents sharing the requested data element, the information used to decrypt only the requested data element.
US11722898B2
Systems and methods are provided for a detection and defense system relating to a network connection sharing application. For example, the system can simulate a request for a network password using a conventional application that shares this information. The application may be implemented on, for example, a mobile device or a virtual machine (VM). In some embodiments, the mobile device/VM attempts to establish a network connection to an access point (AP) using the shared password over a tunnel established between the AP and mobile device/VM. If the mobile device/VM can connect to the AP, an assumption may be made that the user credentials have been leaked and a potential security risk exists. An alert can be sent to a network administrator of the communication network (e.g., to perform an action, etc.). The action may include, for example, changing the password, removing access from one or more users, and the like.
US11722897B2
A method for integrity protection scheme by a mobile communication device or a core network entity according to a first exemplary aspect of the present disclosure includes configuring settings and parameters for integrity protection for user data with another party; receiving user plane data from the other party, calculating Message Authentication Code for Integrity (MAC-I) for a part of the data and checking integrity of the part of the data.
US11722895B2
A radio frequency (RF) communication that is transmitted by a subscriber device to a base station of a wireless carrier network on a corresponding allocated communication frequency of the wireless carrier network is monitored. A device identifier of the subscriber device is extracted from the RF communication and sent to a core network of the wireless carrier network for an indication of whether a subscriber associated with the subscriber device is eligible to access a resource. In response to receiving a notification from the core network that the subscriber is eligible to access the resource, whether the subscriber device with the device identifier is permitted to access the resource is determined based at least on device access information stored in an access control database of the device. The subscriber device is granted access when the device access information indicates that the subscriber device is permitted to access the resource.
US11722892B2
A visual light communication emitter for a vehicle, arranged to communicate a status of the vehicle, includes a first light emitter arranged to emit flash light which is modulated at a first target frequency in a dedicated non-visible spectrum, and a second light emitter arranged to emit flash light which is modulated at a second target frequency in the dedicated non-visible spectrum. A difference between the first target frequency and the second target frequency is predetermined, so as to authenticate the status of the vehicle.
US11722889B2
A method comprising transmitting, by a first communication node (101), a first communication; receiving, by a relay node (103; 503), the first communication and estimating a first communication channel (Hk; Hk(1)). Transmitting, by a second communication node (102), a second communication; receiving, by the relay node (103; 503), the second communication; and estimating a second communication channel (Gk, Gk(1)); generating a first transmission signal (xk; x1); transmitting, by the relay node (103; 503), the first transmission signal (xk; x1); generating, by the first communication node (101), a first instance of the encryption key (κA) based on a first received signal (rA); generating, by the second communication node (102), a second instance of the encryption key (κB) based on a second received signal (rB), wherein: the transmission signal (xk) is generated such that the first received signal (rA) is equal to the second received signal (rB).
US11722887B2
A privacy protection authentication method based on a wireless body area network may be applied to a smart home care system. The method provides an authentication method for two-way authentication and key verification between a device and a cloud server, can ensure identities of the device and the cloud server to be valid and prevent network information security from being affected by external invasion attacks. A physical unclonable function and an elliptic curve cryptography algorithm are introduced to encrypt key data in the authentication process, so that the whole authentication process is in a safe environment, and the security of the authentication process is further improved through adding and removing functions of a third-party identity. The privacy protection authentication protocol method can resist replay attacks and smart card impersonation attacks, the whole authentication process is safe and efficient, and has a high application value in smart home care scenes.
US11722886B2
A cellular communication system uses a policy control rule function (PCRF) to allow or deny a particular user or user group access to a given access point name (APN). An allowed APN may support static IP address assignment for that user/user group. By restricting requested APNs via a test in the PCRF, frequent changes to the user's home service server (HSS)/home location registry (HLR) supporting static IP address can be avoided while ensuring that designated users will have access to an APN that supports the needed IP address pool.
US11722884B2
In certain embodiments, a (e.g., 5G) wireless network has a (e.g., CBSD) base station and any suitable number of instances of user equipment (UE). For each group of one or more UEs, one of the UEs is designated as a primary UE that stores UE context information for the other (secondary) UEs in the UE group. To connect to a secondary UE, the base station can retrieve the UE context information from the secondary UE's associated primary UE without having to retrieve the secondary UE's context information from the core network, thereby reducing backbone bandwidth usage and delays in connecting the secondary UE, especially when many secondary UE request connections within a short time interval.
US11722881B2
Certain embodiments provide a method including obtaining data at a first time using at least one sensor associated with a mobile computing device, the at least one sensor arranged to gather data regarding at least one operating factor for the mobile computing device, the mobile computing device configured to receive market data and execute a trading application. The example method includes analyzing the data obtained from the at least one sensor to determine the at least one operating factor. The example method includes determining a first operating state of the mobile computing device based on the at least one operating factor. The example method includes altering a function of the mobile computing device with respect to the trading application based on the first operating state.
US11722880B2
An electronic subscriber identity module (eSIM) profile delivery and activation system is disclosed comprising a user equipment that includes an eSIM, a WIFI transceiver, a radio modem, and an application. The application is configured to detect that the eSIM is not initially provisioned with an eSIM profile, and in response to the detection, request, receive, and store via the WIFI transceiver a branding information handle from an over-the-air (OTA) platform in the eSIM, and reboot the eSIM and/or the radio modem. The radio modem is configured to receive the branding information handle stored in the eSIM after reboot, determine which subscription manager data preparation (SMDP+) server to access based on the handle, and obtain and configure the eSIM profile from the SMDP+ server into the eSIM. The radio modem is subsequently rebooted and configured to communicate with a carrier specific OTA platform to finalize activation of the eSIM profile.
US11722879B2
A Radio Access Network (RAN) element provides an internet indication to a User Equipment (UE) to enable the UE to quickly obtain internet access. The RAN element determines that the RAN element is connected to at least one gateway that provides public internet access, and broadcasts an internet indication. The RAN element determines that the UE has requested public internet access via the RAN element and provides the UE with public internet access.
US11722877B2
The present invention provides a method for discovering a Bluetooth device. The method includes: receiving, by a second Bluetooth device, a first broadcast frame of a first Bluetooth device; determining, by the second Bluetooth device, whether the first broadcast frame includes first indication information; and if the first broadcast frame includes the first indication information, sending, by the second Bluetooth device, at least one second broadcast frame within a preset time period after receiving the first broadcast frame, where the second broadcast frame includes second indication information, and the second indication information is used to instruct a Bluetooth device receiving the second broadcast frame to exchange information with the second Bluetooth device.
US11722873B2
The present invention discloses a Bluetooth mesh network system having a communication range extending mechanism that includes a plurality of nodes and a provisional node. The provisional node is configured to transmit a connection setting packet to the nodes to control the nodes to establish a coded PHY connection between each two of the nodes such that a packet error rate is smaller than a threshold value when the nodes perform communication when a physical distance between each two of the nodes is larger than a maximum non-coded-PHY communication distance, in which when the nodes establish a non-coded-PHY connection and the physical distance is larger than the maximum non-coded-PHY communication distance, the packet error rate is larger than the threshold value.
US11722868B2
Systems and methods described herein provide deployment optimization service. A network device in a network receives an order for virtual network function (VNF) deployments at network edge locations. The network device maps a radio access network (RAN) topology for the network edge locations. The network device identifies time windows to perform the VNF deployments, based on the order, historical transport and RAN utilization data, and the RAN topology. The network device selects an optimal time window to perform the VNF deployments based on stored policy rules and pushes software images for the VNF deployments to an image repository in a geographical region near the network edge locations. The network device analyzes, for the optimal time window, real-time network data for a pre-emptive condition. The network device pre-empts the VNF deployments when a pre-emptive condition is identified and initiates the VNF deployments when no pre-emptive condition is identified.
US11722866B2
An apparatus for controlling a vehicle and a method thereof are provided. The apparatus includes a connectivity control unit (CCU) to internetwork with a server through a wireless network to provide a connected car service and an integrated body unit (IBU) to perform low power communication with another vehicle to control the CCU.
US11722857B2
Embodiments are directed to an interactive text message based coaching program. A computer system generates customized messages for a first user containing information related to a health-related campaign program. The computer system generates the messages via a user interface in response to user-input provided by a second user. Messages are included in interaction components that include a user-specified link that logically connects the interaction component to another interaction component in a decision tree. The decision tree defines a sequence of messages to be sent to the first user. For example, a next message of the sequence can be based on a response from the first user to a previous message of the sequence.
US11722852B1
A device, method, and non-transitory computer readable medium for using a smartphone clustering application. The method includes identifying, by each smartphone equipped with the smartphone clustering application, a cluster of neighboring smartphones equipped with the smartphone clustering application; determining a cluster head by each smartphone in the cluster; determining position by the cluster head; transmitting personal information by each smartphone to the cluster head; receiving the personal information from each of the neighboring smartphones by the cluster head; aggregating personal information with the personal information from each of the neighboring smartphones by the cluster head and generating aggregated personal information; combining, by the cluster head, its position with the aggregated personal information into a communication stream; identifying an access point by the cluster head; transmitting the communication stream to the access point; and transmitting the communication stream by the access point to a server side smartphone clustering application.
US11722849B2
A device and method for the unambiguous identification of Wi-Fi devices is disclosed, by receiving probe request frames sent by Wi-Fi devices, extracting a set of features from a plurality of fields of each probe request frame, assigning a footprint to each probe request frame based on the extracted set of features, for each footprint, performing a cluster analysis on a time series of the sequence numbers included in the header of the probe request frames associated with the corresponding footprint, obtaining at least one cluster per footprint, identifying a Wi-Fi device for each different cluster, which identifies Wi-Fi devices that are not connected to a Wi-Fi network and employ MAC address randomization.
US11722848B2
A location of a computing device may be determined by determining the range of a communication. Several different wireless communication protocols and/or wireless networks (e.g., Bluetooth, Wi-Fi, Cellular, and/or GPS) may be used to determine the user's location. When the user's location is determined, one or more actions (e.g., granting access to content) may be performed based on the user's location.
US11722841B2
Disclosed is a vehicle-mounted ranging system having a communication transceiver configured to wirelessly communicate with at least one external communication transceiver and a plurality of ultra-wideband (UWB) transceivers configured to transmit and receive ranging pulses to and from at least one external UWB transceiver associated with the at least one external communication transceiver. A controller is interfaced between the communication transceiver and the plurality of UWB transceivers. The controller is configured to communicate with the associated at least one external communication transceiver to schedule transmission of ranging pulses between the plurality of UWB transceivers and the at least one external UWB transceiver and to calculate ranges between each of the plurality of UWB transceivers and the at least one external UWB transceiver based upon time-of-arrival of ranging pulses transmitted between the plurality of UWB ranging transceivers and the at least one external UWB transceiver.
US11722824B2
Disclosed is a sound production device including a housing and a vibration assembly, the vibration assembly comprising a vibration diaphragm and a voice coil combined to one side of the vibration diaphragm; wherein the sound production device further comprises a system stabilization component connected with the voice coil; the system stabilization component is of a line-like structure formed by winding a metal wire, and comprises a first connection part connected to the voice coil, a deformation part, and a second connection part connected to the housing. By adopting the sound production device of this structure, the voice coil will not be polarized under the condition of large displacement, and the system stabilization component having a novel structure does not hinder the free vibration of the voice coil either.
US11722819B2
An audio system for artificial reality systems is configured to reduce feedback and mitigate entrainment in audio content presented to the user. The audio system utilizes adaptive feedback cancellation processes to reduce feedback. The audio system processes reference signals in a hybrid of the time domain and the frequency domain to achieve rapid convergence with decreased entrainment. The audio system may pre-whiten reference signals and speaker signals and separate the pre-whitened signals into frequency bands using a filter bank. The audio system uses a state space algorithm to generate adaptive filters in each frequency band. The adaptive filters may be applied to the speaker signal to generate a feedback cancelation signal which may be subtracted from the reference signal to decrease feedback.
US11722812B2
A head-worn sound reproduction device is provided in the form of left and right earphones, which can either be clipped to each ear or mounted on other headgear. The earphones deliver high fidelity audio to a user's eardrums from near-ear range, in a lightweight form factor that is fully “non-blocking” (allows coupling in and natural hearing of ambient sound). Each earphone has a woofer component that produces bass frequencies, and a tweeter component that produces treble frequencies. The woofer outputs the bass frequencies from a position close to the ear canal, while the tweeter outputs treble frequencies from a position that is either close to the ear canal or further away. In certain embodiments, the tweeter is significantly further from the ear canal than the woofer, leading to a more expansive perceived “sound stage”, but still with a “pure” listening experience.
US11722811B2
One or more earbuds comprise one or more external connectors for removably coupling the earbuds with an additional article. The one or more earbuds are additionally able to comprise magnets for removably coupling with each other. In some embodiment, the one or more earbuds are configured to removably couple with a base unit. Based on a coupling and decoupling of the one or more earbuds with the base unit, a signal is sent to control a remotely located electronic device.
US11722800B2
A CMOS type semiconductor image sensor module wherein a pixel aperture ratio is improved, chip use efficiency is improved and furthermore, simultaneous shutter operation by all the pixels is made possible, and a method for manufacturing such semiconductor image sensor module are provided. The semiconductor image sensor module is provided by stacking a first semiconductor chip, which has an image sensor wherein a plurality of pixels composed of a photoelectric conversion element and a transistor are arranged, and a second semiconductor chip, which has an A/D converter array. Preferably, the semiconductor image sensor module is provided by stacking a third semiconductor chip having a memory element array. Furthermore, the semiconductor image sensor module is provided by stacking the first semiconductor chip having the image sensor and a fourth semiconductor chip having an analog nonvolatile memory array.
US11722798B2
An imaging device including: a photoelectric converter that generates signal charge; a charge storage region that stores the signal charge; a first transistor that has a gate coupled to the charge storage region and reads out the signal charge; a second transistor that, has a source and a drain, an output of the first transistor being fed back to one of the source and the drain and being supplied to the charge storage region from the other of the source and the drain; and voltage supply circuitry that supplies voltages varying with time. In a reset operation for discharging the signal charge stored in the charge storage region, the voltage supply circuitry supplies the voltages to a gate of the second transistor so that the second transistor gradually changes from an OFF state to an ON state.
US11722797B2
Provided are a leakage light detection device, an imaging device, a leakage light detection method, and a non-transitory computer readable recording medium storing a leakage light detection program capable of improving quality of a captured image. A determination unit (11A) compares a pixel value (Gu3) of a pixel (G12) with a pixel value (Gb1) of a pixel (G14) and determines that the pixel (G12) has leakage light from a pixel (G11) in a case where the pixel value (Gu3) is larger than the pixel value (Gb1) by a threshold (TH) or more, and compares a pixel value (Gd3) of a pixel (G13) with the pixel value (Gb1) of the pixel (G14) and determines that the pixel (G13) has the leakage light from the pixel (G11) in a case where the pixel value (Gd3) is larger than the pixel value (Gb1) by the threshold (TH) or more.
US11722796B2
A method includes capturing, by a camera disposed behind a display panel of an electronic device, an original image through a semi-transparent pixel region of the display panel. The original image is associated with one or more predetermined point spread functions (PSFs) and includes one or more blurring artifacts. The method further includes estimating an optimal regularization parameter for the original image based on the one or more predetermined PSFs and the one or more blurring artifacts, applying a self-regularizing inverse filter, such as a fast self-regularizing inverse filter, to the original image based on the estimated regularization parameter, and generating a deblurred image based on the self-regularizing inverse filter. Generating the deblurred image includes reconstructing the original image utilizing the self-regularizing inverse filter to remove the one or more blurring artifacts.
US11722795B2
Disclosed is a device for noise reduction using dual conversion gain, which includes an image sensor including a pixel array, the pixel array configured to generate a first pixel signal corresponding to a first conversion gain and a second pixel signal corresponding to a second conversion gain from pixels sharing a floating diffusion region and the image sensor configured to generate first image data and second image data based on the first pixel signal and the second pixel signal, and an image signal processor that generates an output image based on the first image data and the second image data. The image signal processor includes a normalization circuit that normalizes the first image data based on a dynamic range of the second image data to generate third image data, and a blending circuit that generates the output image based on the second image data and the third image data.
US11722786B2
A filter insertion/removal unit that is capable of removing and inserting a variable neutral density filter having a variable transmittance from and into the incident light path of object light to an imaging device unit is instructed to insert the variable neutral density filter, and a variable transmittance drive unit is instructed to lower the transmittance of the variable neutral density filter, both on the basis of detection of a transmittance lowering operation of an operating unit. Also, the variable transmittance drive unit is instructed to raise the transmittance of the variable neutral density filter, and the filter insertion/removal unit is instructed to remove the variable neutral density filter from the incident light path, both on the basis of detection of a transmittance raising operation of the operating unit.
US11722780B2
With the assistance of a cloud server, a user device is operative to adjust and optimize lighting of a video of a participant in a virtual meeting with use of a selected display configuration. The selected display configuration may be a selected from one of a plurality of display configurations (e.g. a user display, a plurality of displays connected at the user device, the user display and an alternate display of a laptop or a tablet, etc.). The user device may receive, from the cloud server, baseline lighting setting parameters associated with the selected display configuration. The user device may apply the baseline lighting setting parameters to one or more displays of the selected display configuration. Using the baseline lighting setting parameters as a baseline, the user device may automatically adjust a brightness and/or color pixels of the one or more displays of the selected display configuration.
US11722776B2
An imaging system can include a first and second camera configured to capture first and second sets of oblique images along first and second scan paths, respectively, on an object area. A drive is coupled to a scanning mirror structure, having at least one mirror surface, and configured to rotate the structure about a scan axis based on a scan angle. The first and second cameras each have an optical axis set at an oblique angle to the scan axis and include a respective lens to focus first and second imaging beams reflected from the mirror surface to an image sensor located in each of the cameras. The first and second imaging beams captured by their respective cameras can vary according to the scan angle. Each of the image sensors captures respective sets of oblique images by sampling the imaging beams at first and second values of the scan angle.
US11722751B2
The embodiments relate to a method, including writing a first and a second media entity in a container file; creating a media presentation description (MPD) with a first and a second Representation; the Representations belonging to Adaptation Sets; the Representations being associated with the media entities of the container file; when one of the Representations belongs to a media entity which is a thumbnail to a viewpoint or a thumbnail to an overlay, the method includes writing in the MPD file an association/correspondence/grouping information of the said one Representation with another Representation belonging to a media entity which is a viewpoint or an overlay, correspondingly. The embodiments also relate to a method for parsing, and technical equipment for implementing the methods.
US11722749B2
Methods and systems are described for providing content, such as a movie, with dialogue including a quotation that was input. For example, using a voice search a viewer may input a quotation famous from a movie to find the original fil and related content. The methods and systems use a quotation engine in a digital device to receive an input including the quotation and access a plurality of content items that include dialogue. The quotation engine identifies a subset of content items that include dialogue similar to the input quotation. The quotation engine accesses metadata of each of the subset of content, ranks the subset based on predetermined criteria and the metadata, and provides the ranked subset of the plurality of content items for consumption. The quotation engine may use a graphical user interface to identify the earliest release, trending content, or the program best known for the quote.
US11722737B1
The present disclosure relates to a computer-implemented process for evaluating user activity, user preference, and/or user habit via one or more personal devices and providing precisely timed and situationally targeted content recommendations. It is an object of the present disclosure to provide a technological solution to the long felt need in small scale content recommendation systems caused by the technical problem of generating situationally targeted and user preference targeted content recommendations for users of an interactive electronic system.
US11722732B2
A system that handles delivery of a service through a client device or a secondary device paired with the client device, includes an interactive service provider and the client device. The interactive service provider inserts at least one of digital watermarks, fingerprints, and trigger identifiers at event opportunities in media content. The client device detects at least one of the inserted digital watermarks, the digital fingerprints, and the inserted trigger identifiers in the media content. The client device further renders overlay graphics on the media content and activates at least one of input devices in vicinity of the client device or the rendered overlay graphics. The client device receives trigger responses over an activated overlay graphic, via the activated input devices. The client device further displays an interactive view on the client device, to enable delivery of services in response to the received trigger responses.
US11722731B2
While an assistant-enabled device is playing back media content, a method includes receiving a contextual signal from an environment of the assistant-enabled device and executing an event recognition routine to determine whether the received contextual signal is indicative of an event that conflicts with the playback of the media content from the assistant-enabled device. When the event recognition routine determines that the received contextual signal is indicative of the event that conflicts with the playback of the media content, the method also includes adjusting content playback settings of the assistant-enabled device.
US11722729B2
A computing system detects a channel multi-match with non-matching programs, based on fingerprint-based ACR analysis of digital fingerprint data representing a channel rendered by a content presentation device. The system then responsively performs disambiguation based at least in part on detecting an earlier single-channel match and/or a later single-channel match, the disambiguation establishing that the channel rendered by the content presentation device is the single known channel. And based on the disambiguation, the system then uses the single known channel as a basis for carrying out of at least one channel-specific operation, such as recording audience-measurement data and/or invoking dynamic content modification.
US11722726B2
Disclosed are a television apparatus and a display method. The television apparatus includes a display configured to display an image, a communication interface configured to communicate with a mobile device and one or more servers, and a controller in connection with the display and the communication interface. The controller is configured to receive authentication information from a second server of the one or more servers, display the authentication information on the display of the display apparatus, receive a display request for displaying an item in actual physical size from the second server, and display the item in actual physical size on the display of the television apparatus.
US11722722B2
Disclosed is a display apparatus including: a display; a communicator; a storage; and a processor configured to obtain state information about one or more electronic apparatuses, select a first electronic apparatus, among the one or more electronic apparatuses, based on the obtained state information of the first electronic apparatus satisfying a predetermined criteria, transmit a connection request signal to the first electronic apparatus through the communicator along with information about a function to be performed by the display apparatus based on a user input, connect with the first electronic apparatus and receive a user input from the first electronic apparatus through the communicator, and execute the function based on the received user input.
US11722721B2
Disclosed is a method that includes a media presentation device (i) generating query fingerprint data representing video frames of a channel being rendered by the media presentation device, and transmitting the generated query fingerprint data from the device over a network to a server, (ii) responsive to transmitting the query fingerprint data to the server, receiving, from the server, channel-icon fingerprint data representing channel icons of multiple channels selected based at least on the server having detected that the query fingerprint data representing the video frames of the channel being rendered by the media presentation device matches the reference fingerprint data representing the frames of the multiple channels of video content, and (iii) responsive to receiving the channel-icon fingerprint data from the server, performing channel-icon fingerprint matching to determine which channel in the multiple channels is the channel being rendered by the media presentation device.
US11722710B1
The transcoding of a contribution feed into a plurality of output feeds in various formats can be monitored to ensure that unnecessary data is not transmitted in the contribution feed. Each output feed can be transcoded using respective values for a set of video format parameters. These values can be aggregated and analyzed to determine the lowest values for individual parameters that are being used for the various output feeds. A video encoder for the contribution feed can then dynamically modify the video format parameters used to encode the contribution feed in order to avoid encoding and transmitting data that is not actually used for these output streams, which can conserve resources such as network bandwidth, or enable those resources to be used more advantageously to send data that will actually result in higher quality video presentation in the output formats for current limitations or conditions.
US11722707B2
The disclosed computer-implemented method includes determining that incoming media item requests are to be skewed from a random distribution among server nodes, using a random distribution algorithm, to a directed distribution among the server nodes. The method then includes identifying, in a loading assignment, which media items are to be loaded onto specific server nodes to produce the directed distribution of media item requests. The method next includes preloading the identified media items onto the server nodes according to the loading assignment and receiving media item requests for the preloaded media items. The method then includes routing the received media item requests to the server nodes using the random distribution algorithm, where the random distribution algorithm is skewed to the directed distribution based on the preloading of the media items according to the identified loading assignment. Various other methods, systems, and computer-readable media are also disclosed.
US11722703B2
In a representative aspect, a method for processing pictures includes segmenting a picture into one or multiple picture segments, determining that a first block of a picture segment covers at least one region that is outside a border of the picture segment, wherein a size of the first block is M×N pixels, selecting a second block of size K×L pixels and where (K≤M and L
US11722700B2
In a method of video decoding in a decoder, a merge candidate list of a current coding block is constructed for processing the current coding block with a triangular prediction mode (TPM). The merge candidate list can include merge candidates each having one or two motion vectors. Each motion vector can be associated with a first reference picture list or a second reference picture list. A first motion vector and a second motion vector are determined from the motion vectors of the merge candidates on the merge candidate list. The current block is processed with the TPM with the first and second motion vectors as two motion vector predictors (MVPs) of two triangular partitions of the current coding block.
US11722699B2
An encoder determines, based on a width and a height of a block, whether or not to disable a prediction mode in which the block is split along a partitioning line defined by a distance and an angle and then prediction is performed; and encodes the block with the prediction mode disabled or not disabled according to a result of the determination on whether or not to disable the prediction mode. Here, the distance is the shortest distance between the center of the block and the partitioning line, and the angle is an angle representing a direction from the center of the block toward the partitioning line in the shortest distance. The encoder determines to disable the prediction mode when (i) a width-to-height ratio is at least 8 or (ii) a height-to-width ratio is at least 8.
US11722698B2
In image encoding, to raise the degree of concentration of coefficient energy (concentrate the transform coefficients at low frequencies), there is disclosed the application of a secondary transform different from a primary transform to the transform coefficients after the primary transform. Since the transform coefficients after multiple transforms are applied may be transformed to a different domain than the frequency domain with respect to the original image characteristics, bandwidth control using a scaling list for the frequency domain (quantization matrix) is affected. It is an object to provide a mechanism enabling bandwidth control using a scaling list. The present invention provides an image processing apparatus including a process control section that controls a scaling list process based on transform information related to a transform applied to a processing target block (information indicating whether or not a predetermined transform has been applied, information indicating the number of transforms, etc.).
US11722697B2
A method for forming a combined image frame of a combined video stream comprises: capturing image frames of first and second video streams; encoding image data of the image frames of the first and second video streams, wherein each image frame of the first and second video streams are respectively encoded into first and second encoded data comprising a plurality of rows wherein each row has a height of a single coding unit and a width equal to a width of the image frame and is encoded as one or more slices; and combining the first and second encoded data into combined encoded data by interleaving rows of the first and second encoded data. The combined encoded data representing the combined image frame of the combined video stream.
US11722695B2
A method of video encoding includes determining a predetermined condition associated with signaling data for a current block included in a current picture, the predetermined condition specifying whether a maximum number of merge mode candidates is different from a maximum number of IBC candidates. The method includes setting, based on the predetermined condition, a size of an index included in the signaling data for a candidate list of vector predictors to one of (i) the maximum number of merge mode candidates and (ii) the maximum number of IBC candidates. The method includes constructing the candidate list of vector predictors and retrieving a vector predictor from the candidate list of vector predictors in accordance with the index. The method includes encoding the current block in accordance with the retrieved vector predictor, and generating a coded video bitstream including the current picture and the signaling data.
US11722693B2
Coding efficiency is improved. A motion compensation filter unit acts on a motion vector applied image obtained by acting a motion vector on a reference image. The motion compensation filter unit causes filter coefficients mcFilter[i][k] designated by a phase i and a filter coefficient position k to act on the motion vector applied image. The filter coefficients mcFilter[i][k] includes filter coefficients calculated by using filter coefficients mcFilter[p][k] (p≠i) and filter coefficients mcFilter[q][k] (q≠i).
US11722689B2
An encoder includes circuitry and memory connected to the circuitry. In operation, the circuitry: stores MV information and correction processing information into a FIFO buffer for an HMVP mode in association, the MV information being derived for a processed block and correction processing information being related to correction processing of a prediction image of the processed block; registers, in a prediction candidate list for a merge mode, one or more prediction candidates each being a combination of MV information and correction processing information, the prediction candidates including a prediction candidate which is a combination of the motion vector information and the correction processing information stored in the FIFO buffer; and selects a prediction candidate from the prediction candidate list when a current block is to be processed in the merge mode, and performs correction processing of a prediction image of the current block, based on the correction processing information.
US11722682B2
A method of entropy coding in a video encoder is provided that includes assigning a first bin to a first single-probability bin encoder based on a probability state of the first bin, wherein the first single-probability bin encoder performs binary arithmetic coding based on a first fixed probability state, assigning a second bin to a second single-probability bin encoder based on a probability state of the second bin, wherein the second single-probability bin encoder performs binary arithmetic coding based on a second fixed probability state different from the first fixed probability state, and coding the first bin in the first single-probability bin encoder and the second bin in the second single-probability bin encoder in parallel, wherein the first single-probability bin encoder uses a first rLPS table for the first fixed probability state and the second single-probability bin encoder uses a second rLPS table for the second fixed probability state.
US11722681B2
According to the disclosure of the present document, the resources necessary for an LMCS process may be reduced by limiting the range that an LMCS APS occupies in all APSs. Thus, the degree of complexity in LMCS may be reduced, and video/image coding efficiency may be increased.
US11722665B2
An image signal decoding method according to an embodiment of the present disclosure comprises the steps of: splitting a current picture into a plurality of tiles; decoding split information indicating a slice type, wherein the split information indicates whether a rectangular slice is to be applied; and when the split information indicates that the rectangular slice is to be applied, determining a slice on the basis of information indicating the size of a slice.
US11722654B1
The techniques disclosed herein may be utilized to detect, measure, and/or compensate for misalignments of a display that may occur after manufacturing. A Talbot sensor is described that includes a diffraction device and an image sensor. Captured images from the image sensor include pixel data values that include bright and dark spots that represent a diffraction pattern associated with the Talbot sensor. A demodulator multiplies the pixel data values with sine and cosine reference images to generate averaged in-phase and quadrature values, which can be used to determine a phase angle for incident light on the Talbot sensor. Phase angle changes over time indicate changes in the alignment of the display, which may be corrected by display parameter manipulation. The resulting devices, systems and methods provide for portable solutions, with reduced cost of manufacturing, reduced part costs, and reduced complexity.
US11722651B2
An augmented reality glasses device including a pair of transmissive display sections and capable of displaying a path of a tool in a machine tool on the display sections includes a block acquisition section that acquires a program block causing the tool to move and operate, a path determination section that determines a path and a movement direction of the tool in a workpiece coordinate system in accordance with a plurality of the acquired successive time-series program blocks, and a display control section that causes the display sections to stereographically display the determined path and movement direction of the tool.
US11722640B2
An application processing method for providing a group video call and a terminal for performing a group video call are disclosed. The application processing method of providing a group video call may include executing a group video call comprising a plurality of participants, based on a number of the participants, displaying views corresponding to the participants by pagination, based on a predetermined action of a first participant whose view is not displayed on a predetermined page of a plurality of pages generated by the pagination, selecting one of participants whose view is displayed on the predetermined page as a second participant, and displaying the views by swapping a position of the view corresponding to the selected second participant and a position of the view corresponding to the first participant.
US11722637B2
A computer-implemented method for a timed one-on-one video conference call between a host and a guest, the video conference call presenting a shared conference call interface including a status bar defining a question portion and an answer portion, the computer-implemented method initiating a timer that defined a preset total time for the conference call and updating the status bar to progress through the question portion and the answer portion according to the timer, and a digital curtain that transitions across the shared conference call interface signaling the end of the video conference call when the timer reaches the preset total time.
US11722619B2
An image forming apparatus includes a controller configured to, in response to a target portable memory being attached to a port, determine whether the target portable memory is set as a dedicated memory for a storage printing process, based on whether identification information is stored in the target portable memory, when determining that the target portable memory is set as the dedicated memory, cause a user interface to display a first screen configured to receive an instruction to specify a storage destination to store print data in the storage printing process, and when determining that the target portable memory is not set as the dedicated memory, cause the user interface to display a second screen differing depending on whether the port to which the target portable memory has been attached is set as a dedicated port for the storage printing process.
US11722618B2
An image forming apparatus includes a controller configured to provide a mobile terminal with download information, the download information being necessary information for causing the mobile terminal to download a first application into the mobile terminal and start up the first application in the mobile terminal, the first application being executed by the mobile terminal to send an instruction to the image forming apparatus, the first application being a part of a second application, the second application being operable as an independent application in the mobile terminal by being installed into the mobile terminal, and the first application being operable in the mobile terminal without being installed in the mobile terminal.
US11722616B2
A control device includes a processor and a first storage portion. The processor executes a control process based on data stored in a main memory. The first storage portion stores a first memory image related to the main memory after a process of starting-up an operating system by the processor is completed. The control device loads the first memory image into the main memory if the operating system is started up.
US11722609B2
An apparatus includes: a display; and a controller that: causes the display to display a plurality of operation items that can be instructed by a user, receives an instruction by a voice operation with respect to at least one of the operation items, and receives an instruction by a manual operation with respect to at least one of the operation items. The display displays a first operation item identifiable from the remaining operation items, and the first operation item can be instructed by a user voice.
US11722608B2
A maintenance support device includes a memory that stores data of a maintenance manual that describes a first maintenance work to be performed to resolve a failure of an image processing apparatus, and a processor configured to acquire, and store in the memory, work result information corresponding to a second maintenance work that has been performed to resolve the failure of the image processing apparatus, and generate additional information based on the acquired work result information and store in the memory the additional information in association with the data of the maintenance manual.
US11722600B1
A call processing system and method for processing calls from high volume callers. A frequency of call activity is monitored for callers to determine reception of a call from a high frequency caller. When a call is received from such a caller, provided is information predicted to be requested from the caller prior to the caller being voice connected to a company representative. The retrieved information is then provided to a company representative prior to the caller being voice connected with a company representative as to expedite the call. Additionally, a customized message for the high frequency caller may be generated prior to the caller being voice connected with a company representative whereby the customized message contains information predicted to be responsive to a predicted inquiry from the determined high frequency caller to mitigate the need to connect the caller to a company representative.
US11722597B2
A system and method for dynamically providing safe call back numbers to use to respond to an inbound communication, the method comprising parsing message records from a message server, analyzing the message records for untrustworthy phone numbers by comparing content of the message records to a reference data set that is retrieved from a database, the reference data set including genuine and fraud data wherein the genuine and fraud data includes entities and contact information corresponding to the entities, determining untrustworthy phone numbers in the message records from the analysis, and generating remedy actions based on the determination of the untrustworthy phone numbers.
US11722596B2
Method and system for group communication across electronic mail users and feature phone users. A method for receiving electronic mails on a feature phone includes receiving a text message on the feature phone in response to a first electronic mail. The method also includes calling a telephonic number embedded in the text message to listen to an audio clip of the first electronic mail and providing a voice input as a response to the first electronic mail. The system includes a feature phone that receives a plurality of electronic mails. The system also includes one or more electronic devices, and a communication interface in electronic communication with the feature phone and the one or more electronic devices. The system further includes a memory that stores instructions, and a processor responsive to the instructions to receive a text message in response to an electronic mail transmitted by an electronic mail user.
US11722593B2
Determining one or more heights of one or more mobile devices above surfaces. Particular embodiments described herein include machines that retrieve first data (e.g., measurement value(s) determined by sensor(s) of a mobile device or estimated position(s) of the mobile device), determine a location context based on the first data, identify second data (e.g., measurement value(s) determined by sensor(s) of the mobile device or status indicator value(s) of feature(s) of the mobile device) to retrieve for use in determining an estimated height above a surface at which the mobile device is located based on the determined location context, retrieve the second data, and determine an estimated height above a surface at which the mobile device is located based on the retrieved second data.
US11722586B2
This application relates to an assembly type edge system. In one aspect, the edge system includes M protocol modules connected to and interworked with the at least one interworking target device according to a specified interworking protocol, and a collection module configured to collect a collection data set of a specified collection data structure through at least one protocol module. The system may also include P processing modules configured to generate n (1≤n≤N) pieces of data to be transmitted to a specified higher-level system, and S structuring modules configured to generate a transmission data set by structuring a data group including the n pieces of data. The system may also include T communication modules configured to apply a specified communication protocol to the transmission data set, and transmit the transmission data set to a specified higher-level system, and a control module configured to control one or more of the modules.
US11722580B2
When a cloud services provider infrastructure (CSPI) receives a request from an administrator to perform an operation on an appliance, a load balancer may select a first server within the CSPI to process the request. If the first server does not have a connection with the appliance, the first server may generate a redirect response that includes server identification information identifying a particular server having a pre-established connection with the appliance. The first server may send the redirect response to the application that the administrator used to send the request. The application may then generate a second request that includes the server identification information, and send the second request to the CSPI. A load balancer in the CSPI may then forward the second request to the particular server, and the particular server may use the pre-established connection to send a request to the appliance requesting performance of the operation.
US11722555B2
This application relates to an application control method performed by an electronic device. The method includes: running a native application and a sub-application nested in the native application in the electronic device; transmitting an object creation instruction to the native application when the sub-application detects an operation request for a target multimedia content, the object creation instruction including parameter information corresponding to a native object to be created, and the native object being used for performing operation on the target multimedia content in the sub-application; transmitting the object calling instruction to the native application in response to determining the native object created by the native application to enable the native application to call the native object and execute a function code of the native object; and receiving an execution result returned by the native application, and performing corresponding operation on the target multimedia content according to the execution result.
US11722549B2
Aspects of the disclosure provide methods and apparatus for accessing a Constrained Application Protocol (CoAP) server in a media scene description system. A CoAP request can be sent, by a media access function (MAF) of processing circuitry implementing the media scene description system using an application programming interface (API), to the CoAP server to request a media resource. The MAF can be configured as a CoAP client or a Hypertext Transfer Protocol (HTTP)-CoAP proxy. A CoAP response can be received, by the MAF using the API, from the CoAP server. In an example, the CoAP response includes the requested media resource. In an embodiment, the MAF is compatible with both the CoAP request according to a CoAP communication protocol and a proxy request according to an HTTP communication protocol.
US11722544B2
An electronic device, computer program product, and method are provided that autonomously mitigates degraded transmissions from a second electronic device to a video communication session. The electronic device receives at least one of an audio stream and an image stream provided by transmitting device(s) of second electronic devices(s) during a video communication session. The electronic device communicates the at least one of the audio stream and the image stream to other second electronic device(s). A controller of the electronic device determines whether the at least one of the audio stream and the image stream from a particular second electronic device is in a degraded state. In response to determining that at least one of the audio stream and the image stream received from the particular second electronic device is in a degraded state, the controller alerts the particular second electronic device of the degraded state of the transmission.
US11722543B2
A method for delivering multimedia content during a communal session at a media system commutatively coupled with a streaming application. The method includes receiving a request to initiate the communal session; retrieving contact information for user devices selected to participate in the communal session; retrieving an address for each of the user devices; receiving a source location for multimedia content selected in the streaming application; and sharing the source location with a player that is configured to transmit the multimedia content to each of the user devices. The method also includes, at an appointed time, initiating video playback for each of the user devices, synchronizing delivery of the multimedia content and social media content generated on each of the user devices, and exchanging playback control messages with the streaming application to direct the synchronized transmissions of the multimedia content and social media content to each of the user devices.
US11722542B2
Various embodiments of the invention disclosed herein provide techniques for frame-accurate navigation of a media file. A multi-pass encoding application executing on a media content server encodes a set of file-based images associated with a media file using a first set of encoding parameters to generate a first encoded media file. The multi-pass encoding application encodes the first encoded media file using a second set of encoding parameters to generate a second encoded media file. The first encoded media file and second encoded media file are stored on the media content server and/or or other media content servers. Content delivery applications executing on these media content servers receive a request associated with the media file from a web browsing application, determine a type of the web browsing application, and transmit either the first encoded media file or the second encoded media file based on the type of web browsing application.
US11722533B2
A server computing device configured to receive, via an anonymization network and from a first mobile computing device that determines a location from a set of locations of the first mobile computing device is within a threshold distance of an event, a proximity indication that a first user associated with the first mobile computing device is proximate to the event; in response to receiving an indication of a remittance for the event from a second user, generate an association between the remittance and the event; in response to receiving descriptive data that is descriptive of the event, send the descriptive data to a second mobile computing device of the second user; and in response to receiving an indication to release the remittance, send a message that executes a transaction that transfers at least a portion of the amount of the remittance to an account associated with the first user.
US11722524B2
Aspects of the disclosure relate to a dynamic event securitization and neural network analysis system. A dynamic event inspection and securitization computing platform comprising at least one processor, a communication interface, and memory storing computer-readable instructions may securitize event data prior to authorizing execution of the event. A neural network event analysis computing platform comprising at least one processor, a communication interface, and memory storing computer-readable instructions may utilize a plurality of event analysis modules, a neural network, and a decision engine to analyze the risk level values of data sharing events. The dynamic event inspection and securitization computing platform may interface with the neural network event analysis computing platform by generating data securitization flags that may be utilized by the neural network event analysis computing platform to modify event analysis results generated by the event analysis modules.
US11722517B1
Provided is predictive modeling for anti-malware solutions. A profile for a device is determined based on at least one characteristic identified from a successful attempt by the device to access a network. An expected characteristic for a next access attempt by the device to access the network is determined based on the profile. The characteristic of the next access attempt is matched to the expected characteristic. In response to determining that at least one characteristic of the next access attempt matches the expected characteristic, the next access attempt by the device to the network is automatically granted.
US11722511B2
According to one embodiment, an information processing device ranks one or more security measures technologies to be ranked. The information processing device includes processing circuitry configured to operate as an influence information obtaining unit, a requirements information obtaining unit and a ranking unit. The influence information obtaining unit obtains influence information indicating correspondence between the one or more security measures technologies and an influence on a system when each of the one or more security measures technologies is introduced into the system. The requirements information obtaining unit obtains requirements information indicating system requirements of the system. The ranking unit ranks the one or more security measures technologies based on a degree of satisfaction of the system requirements indicated in the requirements information, using the requirements information and the influence information.
US11722510B2
Aspects of the disclosure relate to monitoring virtual desktops accessed by devices at remote locations using machine-learning models to mitigate potential cyber-attacks. In some embodiments, a computing platform may monitor data associated with a series of activities from a virtual desktop accessed by a remote computing device. Subsequently, the computing platform may detect new activity data on the virtual desktop accessed by the remote computing device, and evaluate the new activity data relative to the data associated with the series of activities, wherein evaluating includes applying a machine learning model to the new activity data. Based on evaluating the new activity data, the computing platform may determine if the new activity data is indicative of a potential cyber-attack. In response to determining that the new activity data is indicative of a potential cyber-attack, the computing platform may initiate one or more security response actions.
US11722509B2
This specification generally relates to methods and systems for applying network policies to devices based on their current access network. One example method includes identifying a proxy connection request sent from a particular client device to a proxy server over a network, the proxy connection request including a hostname and configured to direct the proxy server to establish communication with the computer identified by the hostname on behalf of the client device; determining an identity of the client device based on the proxy connection request; identifying a domain name system (DNS) response to a DNS request including the hostname from the proxy connection request; and updating DNS usage information for the particular client based on the identified DNS response including the hostname from the proxy connection request.
US11722507B1
The disclosed embodiments relate to a system that generates an alert based on information extracted from search results generated by a query. During operation, the system executes the query to generate the search results. The system also obtains configuration information for the alert, wherein the configuration information identifies information associated with the search results, and also specifies a trigger condition for the alert. Next, when the trigger condition for the alert is met, the system uses the configuration information to generate a payload containing the identified information associated with the search results. The system then invokes alert-generating functionality and provides the payload as input to the alert-generating functionality. This enables the alert-generating functionality to use the information from the search results while performing one or more alert actions association with the alert.
US11722505B2
Systems for and methods of detecting cyber-attacks by selecting a group of users and monitoring those user's computer systems for behavior that indicates a series of actions reflecting behavior indicative of a cyber-attack.
US11722503B2
Embodiments of the present disclosure provide centralized and coordinate learning techniques for identifying malicious e-mails while maintaining privacy of the analyzed e-mails of different organizations. One or more models may be generated and configured to construct feature sets that may be used to characterize e-mails as malicious or safe. Feedback associated with one or more models trained by a first organization (and other organizations) may be shared with a modelling device to modify parameters of the one or more models, where the modified parameters are configured to improve identification of malicious e-mail threats. The feedback provided by the first organization may not include e-mails received by the first organization, thereby enabling the privacy of the e-mails received by the first organization to be maintained in an confidential manner even though the updated parameters may be shared with a second organization.
US11722498B1
In an example of this disclosure, a method may include receiving, by a database server, a data write request. The data write request may include authentication information corresponding to a first call session and first additional information. The method may include generating, by the database server, a first unique identifier based on the first additional information. The authentication information may correspond to the first unique identifier. The method may include storing the first unique identifier and the authentication information in a data structure in a memory of the database server.
US11722491B1
Cumulative risk-based scoring may be implemented for quorum controls. Requests for authorization of a proposed action may be received. Approvals from members of a quorum set authorized to approve the action may be received. Risk assessments of the members may be used to generate authorization scores. The combined authorization scores may be compared with a quorum authorization threshold to determine whether the proposed action is authorized or denied.
US11722484B2
A system comprising a secure computer system, a network-enabled secure end-user device, and a coercion security system. The secure computer system can host secure services and/or sensitive data. The secure end-user device can utilize a secure device architecture that requires biometric authentication of an authorized user for access. The coercion security system can have an application running on the secure end-user device. The coercion security system can be configured to capture and analyze verbal communication proximate to the secure end-user device to address coercion of the authorized user by a nefarious actor to access the secure computer system and/or the secure end-user device. Without coercion of the authorized user, the nefarious actor can be unable to access the secure end-user device and/or the secure computer system. The coercion security system can executes one or more security commands upon the secure end-user device in response to detected coercion.
US11722483B2
The present disclosure provides systems and methods that perform structure-based access control. In particular, rather than relying upon a user-specific credential scheme, which can require manual sharing of user-specific credentials and/or switching between the multiple accounts to access the particular devices, applications, or services associated with such accounts, the systems and methods of the present disclosure facilitate user credentials to be inherited by or otherwise assigned to a structure identifier associated with a structure (e.g., a home in which the user resides), thereby generating a set of structure credentials. This enables other users in the structure, who may be part of a collaborative user group, to access devices, applications, and/or services using the structure credentials.
US11722476B2
Disclosed are various approaches for workflow service back end integration. In some examples, a hosting location is identified for a connector that handles communications with a network service. Authentication information that is selected based on the hosting location of the connector is appended to a service request. The authentication information includes a service credential that the connector uses to authenticate with the network service, if the connector is hosted locally to the workflow service. The authentication information includes instructions for the connector to retrieve the service credential from an enterprise-hosted data store, if the connector is hosted external to the workflow service. The service request is then transmitted with the selected authentication information.
US11722473B2
A communication device of a communication network receives, via a network, a challenge, generates a first Diffie Hellman, DH, parameter, a first verification code for the first DH parameter, forwards the challenge or a derivative thereof to an identity module, receives at least one result parameter as response from the identity module, determines, based on the result parameter, whether the first DH parameter is authentic, and if the first DH parameter is authentic, generates and sends a second DH parameter to the network device for session key generation based on the first DH parameter and the second DH parameter.
US11722467B2
An apparatus includes a non-volatile memory (NVM) device coupled to a host, the NVM device including a processing device to: receive a communication packet from a server via the host computing system that is coupled to the NVM device and communicatively coupled to the server, the communication packet comprising clear text data that requests to initiate secure communications; perform a secure handshake with the server, via communication through the host computing system, using a secure protocol that generates a session key; receive data, via the host computing system, from the server within a secure protocol packet, wherein the data is inaccessible to the host computing system; authenticate the data using secure protocol metadata of the secure protocol packet; optionally decrypt, using the session key, the data to generate plaintext data; and store the plaintext data in NVM storage elements of the NVM device.
US11722448B1
Systems and computer-implement methods of displaying archived data are provided for determining that it is an anniversary of the archived data, the archived data including a message transmitted from a first client device to a second client device; causing display, on the first client device, of a graphical indicium and an avatar of a user associated with the first client device, the graphical indicium indicating an anniversary associated with the message transmitted from the first client device to the second client device; causing, display on the first client device of a notification of the anniversary; and causing the display of the graphical indicium and notification of the anniversary to be removed after a predefined time.
US11722444B2
Systems and methods are provided for retrieving assets associated with branding for an entity, generating an interactive message comprising at least a first mechanical object, updating the first mechanical object with one or more of the assets associated with branding for the entity, and sending the generated interactive message to a plurality of computing devices. The systems and methods further provided for receiving from at least a subset of the plurality of computing devices, usage data associated with interaction by each computing device of the subset of computing devices with the interactive message, generating metrics for the interactive message from the usage data for the interactive message, and generating at least one report based on the metrics for the interactive message.
US11722441B2
A method for managing a messaging system for receiving at a messaging server a message addressed, storing the message, transmitting a notification of the presence of the message at the messaging server, receiving a request to retrieve the message, validating the first mobile messaging client device, transmitting the message and a message attribute from the messaging server to the first mobile messaging client device, and receiving at the messaging server from the first mobile messaging client device a message management notification generated by the first mobile messaging client device in connection with managing the message in accordance with the message attribute at the first mobile messaging client device.
US11722434B2
A broadband network gateway (BNG) in a wireline network. The BNG includes an interworking function in a control plane (IF-CP), the IF-CP configured to use a control plane interface (N1′/N2′) between the BNG in the wireline network and a fifth generation (5G) core in a 5G network to couple a control plane of the BNG to a control plane of the 5G core; an interworking function in a user plane (IF-UP), the IF-UP configured to use a user plane interface (N3′) between the BNG in the wireline network and the 5G core in the 5G network to couple a user plane of the BNG to a user plane of the 5G core; and a transmitter configured to transmit data packets toward the 5G core after the user plane of the BNG and the user plane of the 5G core have been coupled.
US11722414B2
Embodiments provide techniques for device-level traffic shaping in a communications network. Embodiments operate in communication networks providing connectivity to large numbers of user-side network nodes via shared communications links. For example, customer premises equipment (CPE) devices behind one of the user-side network nodes are classified into device types according to a predetermined rate-relevant characteristic of the CPE device. Upon receiving a forward-link (FL) traffic flow destined for one of the CPE devices, the device type of the CPE device is identified, and the FL traffic flow is shaped in accordance with a traffic shaping policy that corresponds to CPE device type. Various embodiments are tailored to support architectures having device-level shapers and/or network address translators (NAT) in user-side network nodes and/or in a provider-side network node.
US11722411B2
System and method for isolating network traffic of multiple users across a network of a computing platform. For example, a method includes receiving data at a networking device of a computing platform. The networking device includes a plurality of routing tables. Each routing table of the plurality of routing tables is associated with a different user of multiple users of the computing platform. A user of the multiple users is identified based at least in part on the received data. In response to identifying the user of the multiple users based at least in part on the received data, a routing table of the plurality of routing tables is identified based at least in part on the identified user. A route from the identified routing table is determined based at least in part on the received data. The received data is sent across a network of the computing platform according to the determined route. The method is performed using one or more processors.
US11722406B2
A switch includes a plurality of ingress ports, a plurality of egress ports, and a plurality of buffers comprising a buffer coupled to each ingress port, egress port pair. An ingress port is to determine a plurality of potential egress ports for a packet. The ingress port is to select an egress port of the plurality of potential egress ports based on congestion of the corresponding buffers coupled to the ingress port and to each of the plurality of potential egress ports. The ingress port is to place the packet into the corresponding buffer coupled to the ingress port and the selected egress port.
US11722405B2
In exemplary embodiments of the present invention, a router determines whether or not to establish a stateful routing session based on the suitability of one or more candidate return path interfaces. This determination is typically made at the time a first packet for a new session arrives at the router on a given ingress interface. In some cases, the router may be configured to require that the ingress interface be used for the return path of the session, in which case the router may evaluate whether the ingress interface is suitable for the return path and may drop the session if the ingress interface is deemed by the router to be unsuitable for the return path. In other cases, the router may be configured to not require that the ingress interface be used for the return path, in which case the router may evaluate whether at least one interface is suitable for the return path and drop the session if no interface is deemed by the router to be suitable for the return path.
US11722394B2
Novel tools and techniques are provided for implementing firewall functionalities, and, more particularly, to methods, systems, and apparatuses for implementing high availability (“HA”) web application firewall (“WAF”) functionalities. In various embodiments, a first computing system might monitor network communications between a client and a server providing access to software applications, and might determine whether latency has been introduced as a result of at least one first WAF container having been launched and whether any introduced latency exceeds a predetermined threshold, each first WAF container being tuned to a corresponding software application and protecting the software application from network attacks. Based on a determination that latency has been introduced and based on a determination that the introduced latency exceeds the predetermined threshold, one or more second WAF containers may be launched, each being tuned to the corresponding software application. Subsequently, any unused or underutilized WAF containers may be decommissioned or deleted.
US11722391B2
In general, the disclosure describes techniques for adaptively determining one or more parameters of a service level agreement of an application. For instance, a network device may monitor round-trip times of a plurality of packets of a data flow of an application being transmitted over a link between an application server and a client device. The network device may determine an amount of retransmission of packets occurring during transmission of the plurality of packets of the data flow. The network device may predict, based at least in part on the round-trip times of the plurality of packets of the data flow and the amount of retransmission of packets occurring during transmission of the plurality of packets of the data flow, a round-trip time parameter for a service level agreement associated with the application.
US11722388B2
The disclosed system remotely tests performance of a wireless telecommunication network. The system sends an instruction to a device to interact with the wireless telecommunication network. The system can obtain a log generated by a wireless communication chip of the mobile device, where the log indicates attributes of the communication using the wireless telecommunication network, such as a frequency and a signal strength associated with the frequency. Based on the log generated by the wireless communication chip of the mobile device, the system can determine the performance of the wireless telecommunication network without obtaining a second log generated by a second device, such as an eNodeB, involved in enabling the communication through the wireless telecommunication network. Upon determining that the performance of the wireless telecommunication network is below a predetermined threshold, the system can send a notification indicating the problematic performance.
US11722386B2
The present application describes a network interface device that acts as an interface between a network service provided by a network service provider and one or more network access devices associated with a particular location and/or entity.
US11722385B2
The present disclosure provides a scalable, standardized IT deployment environment that allows for deployment to any public or private cloud automatically, and without human interaction, that is resizable such that the individual resources can be released (“turned off”) when not needed and powered on when use is expected. Additionally, the present disclosure provides a cost calculation system for better understanding the costs of the IT environment as early as the pre-provisioning stage. The present disclosure also provides a system for proactively testing productivity and efficiency within the IT environment, the results of which can be fed back into the autoscaling mechanism.
US11722383B2
A method in a network node is provided for mitigating disruption during maintenance of an edge gateway node of a communication network. The edge gateway node connects devices to services(s) of the communication network. First device(s) are capable of connecting to a cloud environment in the absence of the edge gateway node, and second device(s) are incapable of connecting to the cloud environment in the absence of the edge gateway node. The method comprises: establishing respective virtual devices for the second device(s), the virtual devices comprising predictive models trained to replicate data output by the respective second device(s); and, during a time interval in which the maintenance of the edge gateway node is performed: configuring the virtual device(s) to connect to a virtual edge gateway node established in the cloud environment; and configuring at least one of the first device(s) to connect to the virtual edge gateway node.
US11722379B2
Various embodiments of an infrastructure modeling system that simulates vulnerability of critical interdependent infrastructures are disclosed herein.
US11722378B2
The management of internet of things (IoT) objects through a self-describing interoperability framework is described. In one example, a method for self-described object management includes communicating, by an internet of things (IoT) object, a request to register the IoT object, receiving, by the IoT object, an inquiry from an IoT management system, and communicating, by the IoT object, a self-describing declaration to the IoT management system. The self-describing declaration can include an interface parameter schema for the IoT object and an operating parameter schema for the IoT object, among other data structures. The method can also include establishing an interoperability framework between the IoT object and the IoT management system based on the interface parameter schema and the operating parameter schema. Based on self-describing declarations from various IoT objects, a number of different IoT objects can be easily recognized, integrated with, and managed by the IoT device management system.
US11722369B2
Aspects relate to mechanisms for wireless communication devices to signal for dynamically updating the configuration of a sound reference signal (SRS) resource set. A user equipment (UE) receives from a base station, via at least one of a downlink control information (DCI) or a medium access control (MAC) control element (MAC-CE), a configuration of one or more sounding reference signal (SRS) resource sets for SRS transmission. The UE also receives an indication of an update of one or more parameters, via at least one of the DCI or the MAC-CE, for at least one SRS resource set of the one or more SRS resource sets. The UE further applies the update to at least one SRS transmission.
US11722367B2
Some embodiments provide an elastic architecture for providing a service in a computing system. To perform a service on the data messages, the service architecture uses a service node (SN) group that includes one primary service node (PSN) and zero or more secondary service nodes (SSNs). The service can be performed on a data message by either the PSN or one of the SSN. However, in addition to performing the service, the PSN also performs a load balancing operation that assesses the load on each service node (i.e., on the PSN or each SSN), and based on this assessment, has the data messages distributed to the service node(s) in its SN group. Based on the assessed load, the PSN in some embodiments also has one or more SSNs added to or removed from its SN group. To add or remove an SSN to or from the service node group, the PSN in some embodiments directs a set of controllers to add (e.g., instantiate or allocate) or remove the SSN to or from the SN group. Also, to assess the load on the service nodes, the PSN in some embodiments receives message load data from the controller set, which collects such data from each service node. In other embodiments, the PSN receives such load data directly from the SSNs.
US11722366B2
A load control system may be commissioned using beacons. The load control system may include control devices that each include a beacon transmitting circuit configured to transmit a beacon that comprises an identifier associated with the control device. A network device, such as a mobile device, may discover a control device based on the beacon received from the control device. In response to discovery of the control device, the control device may be added to a temporary group of control devices for being collectively configured and/or controlled. Control devices may be discovered based on the signal strength at which the beacons are received. The control devices may provide feedback to a user in response to confirmation messages to indicate to a user that the lighting control device has been added to the temporary group. The control devices may stop providing the feedback after they are removed from the temporary group.
US11722363B2
A replacement management apparatus includes a detection unit configured to detect, for both a communication apparatus to be replaced and a communication apparatus for replacement, communication speeds of physical ports used for connection, in units of communication apparatuses that are connection destinations, and a replacement determination unit configured to derive, for both the communication apparatus to be replaced and the communication apparatus for replacement, a communication capacity that is a sum of the communication speeds for each of the communication apparatuses that are connection destinations, and determine, for all of the communication apparatuses that are connection destinations, in a case in which the communication capacity of the communication apparatus for replacement is equal to or greater than the communication capacity of the communication apparatus to be replaced, that the communication apparatus to be replaced is replaceable with the communication apparatus for replacement.
US11722362B2
A communication system (50) according to the present invention includes a first communication device (10) that functions as a main device, and a second communication device (20) that functions as a backup device for the first communication device (10). A second functional unit of the second communication device (20) transmits a response request to a first functional unit of the first communication device (10), and transmits a transfer-destination switching request to the first communication device (10) if a response to the response request has not been received from the first functional unit. If a first transfer unit receives the transfer-destination switching request from the second functional unit, the first transfer unit switches a transfer destination of packets that should be processed by the second functional unit from the first functional unit to the second functional unit.
US11722350B2
Systems and methods for synchronize word correlation. The methods comprise: obtaining first values that each indicate a likelihood or probability that a respective timeslot in a symbol timing window of a carrier wave is meant or expected to include energy; multiplying, by the correlator, the first values respectively by correlation coefficients to produce a plurality of products (wherein at least one of the correlation coefficients comprises a negative coefficient value); generating a correlation value by combining the products together; determining whether a synchronization word has been detected with a given amount of likelihood based on the correlation value; and causing symbol timing synchronization at a receiver when a determination is made that the synchronization word has been detected with the given amount of likelihood based on the correlation value.
US11722346B2
Disclosed herein is a method for transmitting a demodulation reference signal for an uplink control signal in a wireless communication system. Specifically, the method performed by a terminal includes: generating a low peak to average power ratio (PAPR) sequence based on a length-6 sequence; generating a sequence used for the demodulation reference signal based on the low PAPR sequence; and transmitting, to a base station, the demodulation reference signal based on the sequence used for the demodulation reference signal, in which the length-6 sequence has an 8-phase shift keying (PSK) symbol as each element of a sequence.
US11722344B2
An OFDM modulation device includes a communication use specifying unit to specify a communication use of a communication frame, a header generating unit to generate a header of the communication frame in which communication use specifying information indicating the communication use specified by the communication use specifying unit is stored, a payload generating unit to generate a payload of the communication frame, and an inverse fast Fourier transform unit to generate a communication frame of time domain by executing an inverse fast Fourier transform of a size corresponding to the communication use specified by the communication use specifying unit on data of frequency domain including the header generated by the header generating unit and the payload generated by the payload generating unit.
US11722338B2
A terminal apparatus includes by way of a gateway apparatus that performs communication with an in-vehicle apparatus capable of playing back a content through a CAN bus, a first communication section that transmits command information for changing a mode of the in-vehicle apparatus to the in-vehicle apparatus, and a second communication section that transmits content data to the in-vehicle apparatus.
US11722330B2
A method for data communication with a domestic appliance by a mobile computer device. The domestic appliance and the mobile computer device are interconnected or interconnectable via a wireless data connection. The wireless data connection is adapted for transferring signals between the domestic appliance and the mobile computer device. Further, the present invention relates to application software for the mobile computer device. Moreover, the present invention relates to a domestic appliance. Additionally, the present invention relates to a mobile computer device including a display or touch screen.
US11722325B2
A power supply system that includes a pluggable and replaceable modular power interface card and a separate main chassis component that can include AC to DC power conversion and regulation circuitry, a digital voltage display, and one or more card slots for receiving the power supply card. The modular power interface card can provide power to a network device that is connected thereto. The modular power interface card can include an isolation and protection unit that includes a voltage suppression subunit and a high voltage protection subunit, fusing, and a path to earth ground. The modular power interface card plugs into the main chassis and can be quickly replaced in the event of damage or failure, and can include light emitting diodes (LEDs) to indicate whether the remote device being powered is consuming current, which is useful during troubleshooting.
US11722321B2
A method at a computing device within an Intelligent Transportation System, the method comprising: determining, at the computing device, whether a short-term certificate is available to sign a message; if the short-term certificate is available, signing the message with a private key associated with the short-term certificate; if the short-term certificate is not available, signing the message with a private key associated with a long-term certificate; and sending the message to a recipient.
US11722314B2
Methods, systems, and apparatus, including computer programs encoded on computer storage media, for digital transaction signing for multiple client devices using secured encrypted private keys. The system generates, by a device, a private key and public key pair. The key pair is associated with an electronic account. The device also has an associated private key and public key pair. The device generates multiple key shares of the generated private key associated with the electronic account. The device encrypts each of the multiple key shares with the public key of the device thereby creating multiple first or inner layer of encrypted key shares. The device then encrypts each of the multiple first encrypted key shares each with a separate user public key associated with a user thereby creating multiple second or outer layer of encrypted key shares. The double encrypted key shares are then distributed to the respective users having the user public key.
US11722311B2
Methods and systems are disclosed for merchant system identity validation. One method comprises generating, by an access management system, a primary key associated with an integrator system and transmitting the primary key to the integrator system. The access management system may also generate a hash value associated with a merchant system, and may transmit the hash value to the merchant system. When a payment transaction is initiated at the merchant system, the access management system may receive an authorization request comprising a key-hash pair. The key-hash pair may be validated against a validation database. Upon successful validation, the access management system may transmit the authorization request to an acquirer processor.
US11722304B2
An authentication and encryption computer system is disclosed including processing devices, a network interface, and a data store. The authentication and encryption system is configured to maintain in the data store content common to a plurality of entities and content independently specified by each of the plurality of entities. The system is configured to receive a content request from an application executing on a mobile device, the content request comprising a secure access code corresponding to an entity, and the content request encrypted by the mobile device. An interface, comprising the content common to the plurality of entities, is customized to include content independently specified by the entity, wherein the content independently specified by the entity comprises a token value. A user request for an item presented via the interface is received and the token value is transferred to the entity.
US11722301B2
A method for login, including making a login request to an entity through a federation server that generates a session identifier. A QR code is sent to the federation server to receive the session identifier. A secure envelope including user personal information is sent to the federation server to verify user registration with the federation server. A login token generated by the federation server is received and is associated with a smart contract generated by the federation server and stored on a blockchain. The login token is signed using user private key and sent to the blockchain for inclusion in the smart contract. A transaction identifier is received from the blockchain, and is sent to the federation server that generates a session record based on the login token. The federation server sends user verification to the entity to authorize a communication session between the user device and the entity.
US11722293B2
A sender device includes: a first sequence generator configured to generate a first sequence of bits having a bit pattern that incudes first bit values and second bit values; a first parsing processor configured to receive a first plurality of data blocks and the first sequence of bits, and select a first subset of data blocks and a second subset of data blocks from the first plurality of data blocks based on the bit pattern; an encryption processor configured to encrypt the selected first subset of data blocks received from the first parsing processor to generate encrypted data blocks and output the encrypted data blocks to an output terminal that is configured to output the encrypted data blocks and the selected second subset of data blocks as unencrypted data blocks from the sender device.
US11722290B2
Disclosed is a method and apparatus for modulus refresh, where the method for modulus refresh of a ciphertext in homomorphic encryption includes receiving a first ciphertext corresponding to a first modulus, generating a second ciphertext by performing a blind rotation on the first ciphertext, and generating a target ciphertext corresponding to a second modulus greater than the first modulus based on the first ciphertext and the second ciphertext.
US11722279B2
A method and system for minimizing the control overhead in a multi-carrier wireless communication network that utilizes a time-frequency resource is disclosed. In some embodiments, one or more zones in the time-frequency resource are designated for particular applications, such as a zone dedicated for voice-over-IP (VoIP) applications. By grouping applications of a similar type together within a zone, a reduction in the number of bits necessary for mapping a packet stream to a portion of the time-frequency resource can be achieved. In some embodiments, modular coding schemes associated with the packet streams may be selected that further reduce the amount of necessary control information. In some embodiments, packets may be classified for transmission in accordance with application type, QoS parameters, and other properties. In some embodiments, improved control messages may be constructed to facilitate the control process and minimize associated overhead.
US11722272B2
Present disclosure discloses method and device in a node used for wireless communication. A first node receives a first information block and a first signaling; and operates a first signal. The first information block is used for determining M first-type indexes out of N first-type indexes; the M first-type indexes are used for determining M1 information elements out of N1 information elements, and for determining M2 information elements out of N2 information elements; the first signaling comprises scheduling information of the first signal, and a first information element is used for determining Rx/Tx parameters of the first signal; when the operating is receiving, the first signaling indicates the first information element out of the M1 information elements; when the operating is transmitting, the first signaling indicates the first information element out of the M2 information elements. The above method streamlines beam management and improves the performance of uplink data transmission.
US11722266B2
A wireless communication device includes a receiver configured to receive first information to designate a first bandwidth narrower than a maximum available bandwidth extended based on a predetermined channel, and to receive second information to designate a plurality of channels including at least one channel different from a channel in the first bandwidth among a plurality of channels in the maximum bandwidth; and controlling circuitry configured to specify a plurality of channels for use in communication based on at least the second information.
US11722265B2
Methods, systems, and devices for wireless communications are described. A network node may identify a set of packets for broadcasting to a set of user equipment (UEs) and may transmit a set of encoded packets based on the set of packets. The network node may receive feedback from one or more of the UEs, and the feedback may indicate a number of successfully received packets of the set of encoded packets at each of the one or more UEs. Based on the feedback, the network node may transmit a second set of encoded packets to the set of UEs if the number of successfully received packets for at least one UE fails to satisfy a decodability threshold. The transmitter may continue to transmit sets of encoded packets until the feedback indicates that each UE has received a number of packets that satisfies the decodability threshold.
US11722262B2
One embodiment of the present invention relates to a method for transmitting, by a terminal, feedback on a signal from another terminal in a wireless communication system. The method for transmitting feedback information comprises the steps of: receiving signals transmitted by a plurality of terminals; and transmitting feedback information on each of at least parts of the received signals, wherein the feedback information is transmitted together with data of the terminal transmitting the feedback information, and the feedback information includes time information that allows the terminals that transmitted each of the parts of signals that are subject to the feedback to recognize that the feedback information is feedback on the signals transmitted by the same terminals. The UE is capable of communicating with at least one of another UE, a UE related to an autonomous driving vehicle, the BS or a network.
US11722256B2
Embodiments herein provide a method for managing HARQ procedure for multiple numerologies multiplexing in a wireless communication network. The method includes transmitting, by a User Equipment (UE), capability parameters of the UE to a Base Station (BS). Further, the method includes receiving, by the UE, a plurality of HARQ configuration parameters corresponding to the capability parameters of the UE from the BS, and perfuming, by the UE, one of an individual HARQ process and a shared HARQ process based on the plurality of HARQ configuration parameters received from the BS.
US11722252B2
A data transmission method includes: starting transferring chunks in a first data block of an image file to a device via a Bluetooth network; when a number of at least one first trunk in the chunks that has been transferred to the device equals to a transfer window, determining whether the device receives all of the at least one first trunk to update the chunk missing data; if the device receives all of the at least one first trunk, dynamically adjusting the transfer window according to the chunk missing data to continue transferring remaining chunks in the chunks or a second data block of the image file to the device; and if the device fails to receive all of the at least one first trunk, retransferring at least one chunk that is not previously received by the first device to the device.
US11722244B2
An apparatus and method for generating a broadcast signal frame corresponding to a time interleaver supporting a plurality of operation modes are disclosed. An apparatus for generating broadcast signal frame according to an embodiment of the present invention includes a combiner configured to generate a multiplexed signal by combining a core layer signal and an enhanced layer signal; a power normalizer configured to reduce the power of the multiplexed signal to a power level corresponding to the core layer signal; a time interleaver configured to generate a time-interleaved signal by performing interleaving that is applied to both the core layer signal and the enhanced layer signal; and a frame builder configured to generate a broadcast signal frame including a preamble for signaling time interleaver information corresponding to the time interleaver, the preamble includes a field indicating a start position of a first complete FEC block corresponding to each of physical layer pipes.
US11722235B2
The present invention is to provide an optical add/drop multiplexing device capable of realizing a configuration in which many transponders can be connected at low cost. An optical add/drop multiplexing device 30A includes branch function units 34a to 34d connected to each of WSSs 22a to 22d connected to respective routes 1 to D having a plurality of optical fibers and dropping optical signals having a plurality of wavelengths among the optical signals having the respective wavelengths transmitted by wavelength division multiplexing. The optical add/drop multiplexing device includes C-function units 35a to 35d configured to transmit the optical signals branched by the branch function units 34a to 34d to a plurality of transponders. The optical add/drop multiplexing device includes optical couplers 36a to 36d each connected between a set of K WSSs 22c and 22d each having 1 input and M outputs and one of the branch function units 34a, K being a number of 2 or more, the number of optical couplers being equal to or greater than a positive integer obtained by dividing a numerical value D(M−D) by K, the numerical value being obtained by multiplying the number (M−D) of optical signals dropped by each of the WSSs 22c and 22d by the number D of all of the WSSs 22a to 22d. The optical coupler 36a couples optical signals of different wavelengths dropped by a set of WSSs into one optical signal and outputs the coupled optical signal to the branch function unit 34a.
US11722212B2
A system includes a satellite communications terminal including a computer programmed to provide communications for user devices with a destination network. The computer detects a physical state or change in a physical state specified as a trigger to transfer the communications for the user devices with the destination network from a satellite communications channel to a cellular communications channel. Upon detecting the trigger event, the computer establishes a communications link with a cellular device and provides communications for the user devices with the destination network via the cellular device and the cellular communications channel.
US11722211B1
A closed-loop motion monitoring and control system for structural mode control in a large, flexible space structure. The system uses combined sensor data to detect low-magnitude, low-frequency motion, estimate structure deformation constants, and damp structural vibrations with electromagnetic torque application.
US11722208B1
Systems, methods, and processing nodes for scheduling resources for relay nodes in a wireless network include identifying a relay node attached to an access node in the wireless network, determining a transmit power associated with the relay node, and prioritizing resources allocated towards the relay node based on the transmit power. The transmit power includes a transmit power of a radio air interface deployed by the relay node.
US11722207B2
A service-area repeater for deployment in a service area to provide capacity supplied by a base station located remotely from the service-area repeater includes downlink circuitry to receive, via a donor antenna coupled to the service-area repeater, transformed RF downlink signals transmitted from the base station or a base-station repeater, the base station transforming original RF downlink signals or the base-station repeater transforming original RF downlink signals received from the base station to produce the transformed RF downlink signals. The downlink circuitry includes a signal transformation circuit to de-transform the received transformed RF downlink signals to generate non-transformed downlink signals and a frequency correction circuit to apply a frequency correction to the downlink signals to produce corrected downlink signals. The downlink circuitry wirelessly transmits the corrected downlink signals via a coverage antenna to user equipment in the service area.
US11722206B2
A wireless communication method collects data generated from a plurality of moving entities. The wireless communication method includes performing first communication in which a control device controls a condition of data forwarding in the plurality of moving entities, via long-distance wireless communication; performing second communication that includes carrying out communication between one of the moving entities and a relay, or communication among the plurality of moving entities, via short-distance wireless communication, by using a DTN (Delay Tolerant Network), which employs a store-carry-and-forward process; and performing third communication that includes carrying out communication between the control device and the relay, or communication between the control device and one of the moving entities, via wired communication or the long-distance wireless communication.
US11722200B2
When a TRP performs a TRP beam sweep for a WD with multiple antenna arrangements and the WD is expected to perform an UL transmission (e.g., the WD has at least a threshold amount of data in its transmit buffer) and UL beam selection is based on DL beam selection, in one embodiment the WD takes the available output power of the different antenna arrangements in to account during RSRP calculations for the different candidate TRP TX beams such that the RSRP from an antenna arrangement that has lower available output power is weighted less compared to the RSRP measured from an antenna arrangement that has higher available output power.
US11722199B2
There is provided for supporting beam correspondence. The method may be performed by a user equipment (UE) and comprise: transmitting UE capability information to a base station. The UE capability information may include first information related a capability of supporting beam correspondence. The beam correspondence may be determined based on at least a beam correspondence tolerance requirement. The beam correspondence tolerance requirement may include a delta effective isotropic radiated power (EIRP) of 3 dB.
US11722195B2
A base station transmits, to a wireless device, a configuration of a physical uplink control channel (PUCCH) group including a first secondary cell with a secondary PUCCH, and a second secondary cell. The base station transmits, in a first subframe, a media access control command including a bitmap indicating deactivation of the first secondary cell. In response to the deactivation of the first secondary cell, reception of channel state information for the second secondary cell is stopped in a second subframe that is eight subframes after the first subframe and stopping the reception does not occur before the second subframe.
US11722180B2
A second transmission path coupler has such a size that a signal width of a first signal that is generated by the second transmission path coupler at timings corresponding to a rising edge and a falling edge of an input signal to be input to a first transmission path coupler in a case where the input signal is transmitted to a position at which the first transmission path coupler and the second transmission path coupler perform an electric field and/or magnetic field coupling is substantially equal to or greater than a difference in a transmission delay amount corresponding to a gap of the first transmission path coupler.
US11722176B2
A wireless communication apparatus may include: an oscillator including a coil assembly exposed to an outside of the wireless communication apparatus, a variable capacitor, and a negative resistor; and a phase locking circuit connected to the coil assembly and the negative resistor. The phase locking circuit may be configured to generate a control signal to lock an oscillation frequency of the oscillator based on an oscillation signal generated by the oscillator, and provide the generated control signal to the variable capacitor.
US11722174B2
Long preamble and duty cycle based coexistence mechanism for power line communication (PLC) networks
Embodiments of methods and systems for supporting coexistence of multiple technologies in a Power Line Communication (PLC) network are disclosed. A long coexistence preamble sequence may be transmitted by a device that has been forced to back off the PLC channel multiple times. The long coexistence sequence provides a way for the device to request channel access from devices on the channel using other technology. The device may transmit a data packet after transmitting the long coexistence preamble sequence. A network duty cycle time may also be defined as a maximum allowed duration for nodes of the same network to access the channel. When the network duty cycle time occurs, all nodes will back off the channel for a duty cycle extended inter frame space before transmitting again. The long coexistence preamble sequence and the network duty cycle time may be used together.
US11722148B2
There is provided a computer implemented method of compressing a baseline dataset comprising a sequence of a plurality of instances of a plurality of unique data elements, the method comprising: providing a weight function that calculates an increasing value for a weight for each one of the plurality of instances of each one of the plurality of unique data elements in the baseline dataset, as a function of increasing number of previously processed sequential locations of each of the plurality of instances of each respective unique data element within the baseline dataset relative to a current sequential location of the baseline dataset, computing an encoding for the baseline dataset according to a distribution of the weight function computed for the plurality of unique data elements in the baseline dataset, and creating a compressed dataset according to the encoding.
US11722139B2
A frequency-locked loop (FLL) and a method for correcting an oscillation frequency of an output signal of the FLL are provided. The FLL includes a switched capacitor circuit, a first resistor set, a second resistor set, a determination circuit and a control circuit. The switched capacitor circuit includes a capacitor, and connection of the capacitor is switched according to the oscillation frequency. The first resistor set is configured to provide a first resistance, and the second resistor set is configured to provide a second resistance. The determination circuit is configured to generate a determination result according to the first resistance and the second resistance. The control circuit is configured to generate a control signal for correcting the first resistance and the second resistance according to the determination result, where the oscillation frequency is determined based on the capacitor and at least one of the first resistance and the second resistance.
US11722137B1
The disclosed apparatus may include a capacitive proximity sensor that increases capacitance in response to proximity of an object; a reference capacitor in parallel with the capacitive proximity sensor; a switch that connects and disconnects the capacitive proximity sensor and the reference capacitor; and a capacitance sensing block that generates a capacitance signal based on a capacitance of the reference capacitor when the switch is in a disconnecting state and based on the capacitance of the reference capacitor and a capacitance of the capacitive proximity sensor when the switch is in a connecting state. Various other methods and systems are also disclosed.
US11722134B2
Disclosed is a radio frequency switch and its radio frequency communication system. The RF switch comprises: N switch transistors Q1˜QN connected in series, wherein a first conducting terminal of Q1 serves as an output end, a second conducting terminal of QN serves as an input end a switch transistor located closer to the output end has a higher or equal withstand voltage than that of a switch transistor located closer to the input end, or a switch transistor located closer to the output end has a lower or equal withstand voltage than that of a switch transistor located closer to the input end, and Q1 and QN has different withstand voltages. The withstand voltages of the switch transistors match the voltage division situation of the switch transistors affected by parasitic effect in the RF switch, thus the voltage withstand capability is basically not affected by parasitic effect.
US11722132B2
A semiconductor apparatus includes a data input and output (input/output) circuit configured to operate by receiving a first voltage, a core circuit configured operate by receiving a second voltage, and a control circuit configured to output a power control signal for activating the data input/output circuit when the first voltage is higher than a first set voltage and the second voltage is higher a second set voltage.
US11722125B2
A bidirectional RF circuit, preferably including a plurality of terminals, a switch, a transistor, a coupler, and a feedback network. The circuit can optionally include a drain matching network, an input matching network, and/or one or more tuning inputs. In some variations, the circuit can optionally include one or more impedance networks, such as an impedance network used in place of the feedback network; in some such variations, the circuit may not include a coupler, switch, and/or input matching network. A method for circuit operation, preferably including operating in an amplifier mode, operating in a rectifier mode, and/or transitioning between operation modes.
US11722112B2
A manufacturing method for an electronic component that includes a providing a base member on a first main surface of a first board, sandwiching the base member and a joining member paste between the first main surface of the first board and a transfer main surface of a transfer board, forming a joining member joined with the base member while the joining member paste is sandwiched by the first board and the transfer board, and peeling off the transfer board from the joining member joined with the base member.
US11722110B2
A signal processing device includes a first panel displacement control unit to which a first audio signal is input, a second panel displacement control unit to which a second audio signal is input, and a control unit configured to control the first panel displacement control unit and the second panel displacement control unit. The first panel displacement control unit includes a first gain adjustment unit configured to adjust a level of the first audio signal, the second panel displacement control unit includes a second gain adjustment unit configured to adjust a level of the second audio signal, and the control unit includes a correlation determination unit configured to determine presence or absence of a correlation between the first audio signal and the second audio signal, and a gain control unit configured to control a level adjustment amount in each of the first gain adjustment unit and the second gain adjustment unit on the basis of a determination result of the correlation determination unit.
US11722097B2
An integrated circuit device includes a heat generating circuit controlled based on a temperature control signal. The heat generating circuit includes a heat generating transistor including a plurality of transistors that have a gate voltage controlled based on the temperature control signal and are coupled in parallel. A resistance value of a source resistance of the heat generating transistor is smaller than a resistance value of a drain resistance of the heat generating transistor.
US11722089B2
A controller includes a first processor for a first power inverter. Computer-readable media is configured to store computer-executable instructions configured to cause the first processor to: generate a first clock signal and a second clock signal; identify a pulse width modulation method of the first power inverter and a pulse width modulation method of a second power inverter; identify and compare a switching frequency of the first power inverter and a switching frequency of the second power inverter; determine an optimized phase shift between the first power inverter and the second power inverter responsive to the pulse width modulation method of the first power inverter and the pulse width modulation method of the second power inverter and the switching frequency of the first power inverter and the switching frequency of the second power inverter; and synchronize the optimized phase shift between the first power inverter and the second power inverter. A second processor for the second power inverter is configured to receive the second clock signal.
US11722084B2
Examples include a method of control implemented in a variable speed drive for controlling an electric motor during backspin, wherein the method includes: determining, by the variable speed drive, a mechanical power value occurring at a backspin speed and an estimated load torque; determining, by the variable speed drive, a specific electrical losses profile occurring at a motor flux level, wherein the specific electrical losses profile coincides with the mechanical power value; determining, by the variable speed drive, a flux reference and a speed reference to be applied to the motor to coincide with the specific electrical losses profile; and controlling, by the variable speed drive, the backspin speed of the motor to maintain the coincidence with the specific electrical losses profile.
US11722068B2
A controller of an isolated switching converter having a primary and secondary switch, the controller includes a valley detection circuit for providing a valley pulse signal in response to valleys of a resonant voltage, a pulse frequency modulation circuit for providing a pulse frequency modulation signal based on a feedback signal indicative of an output voltage, a primary on enable circuit for providing a primary on enable signal based on the pulse frequency modulation signal and valley pulse signal, a secondary logic circuit for generating a secondary control signal to control the secondary switch based on a primary off detection signal, a zero cross detection signal and the primary on enable signal, and a primary logic circuit for generating a primary control signal to control the primary switch based on a synchronous signal electrically isolated from the primary on enable signal.
US11722067B2
Disclosed examples include flyback converters, control circuits and methods to facilitate secondary side regulation of the output voltage. A primary side control circuit operates a primary side switch to independently initiate power transfer cycles to deliver power to a transformer secondary winding in a first mode. A secondary side control circuit operates a synchronous rectifier or secondary side switch to generate a predetermined cycle start request signal via a transformer auxiliary winding to assume secondary side regulation and to cause the primary side controller to initiate new power transfer cycles.
US11722065B2
A power converter includes a transformer including first and second windings, a switching circuit switching voltages applied to the first winding, a power supply circuit rectifying and smoothing a current in the second winding and generating a DC voltage, an adjustment circuit adjusting the DC voltage according to an operation mode including first and second modes in which the DC voltage is adjusted to first and second voltages, the second voltage less than the first voltage, and a protection circuit including first and second Zener diodes and a switch and stopping output of the adjusted voltage. A cathode of the first diode is connected to the supply circuit, and an anode of the first diode is connected to a cathode of the second diode and the switch, and the switch is connected in parallel to the second diode and is turned on in the second mode.
US11722060B2
A converter circuit, included in a power converter circuit, may generate a given voltage level on a regulated power supply node of a computer system. A control circuit may monitor a voltage level and assert a control signal in response to a determination that a regulation event has occurred. A boost converter circuit, included in the power converter circuit, may inject charge into to the regulated power supply node via a capacitor, in response to an assertion of the control signal.
US11722052B2
A control method, a controller, and a control system including a converter and the controller are provided to improve load responsiveness of control by the converter. The converter has a primary circuit that includes a voltage generation circuit for generating a square wave and a resonant circuit for converting a waveform of the generated square wave, and a secondary circuit that is electromagnetically coupled to the primary circuit and that generates an induced electromotive force. The controller controls the voltage generation circuit by a control target power factor. To implement power factor-based control, the controller controls the voltage generation circuit, based on a derived power factor derived from an active power and an apparent power relevant to the resonant circuit in the primary circuit or a derived power factor derived from a phase of the primary circuit.
US11722049B2
In the parallel operation of power supply units, a high line ripple current may be observed in output when the power supply units (PSUs) are supplied with different inputs. For example, a high line ripple current may be observed when PSUs were supplied with different line frequency inputs and/or when PSUs were supplied with different phase angle input lines. A low pass filter is in a control loop which is capable of filtering the line frequency to get an average current reference signal. The average current reference signal is compared with the real time output current to generate an error signal. This error signal is fed back to a voltage control loop to adjust the output in order to compensate the line ripple.
US11722040B2
A manufacturing method of a rotor may be provided with: arranging a magnet and a thermoplastic in a magnet fixing portion of a rotor core including a laminate in which a plurality of metal plates is laminated, the magnet fixing portion including a hole and/or a trench provided in the rotor core and extending along a lamination direction of the laminate; heating the rotor core while rotating the rotor core around a center axis of the rotor core, with the center axis intersecting a vertical direction; and cooling the rotor core to fix the magnet to the rotor core via the thermoplastic while rotating the rotor core around the center axis, with the center axis intersecting the vertical direction.
US11722035B2
The electric motor with a reverse input cutoff clutch has an output shaft. The output shaft is configured by connecting a first shaft and a second shaft that are coaxially arranged with each other via the reverse input cutoff clutch. The second shaft is rotatably supported to a housing by one radial bearing. The reverse input cutoff clutch has a function that, when rotational torque is inputted to the first shaft, transmits the rotational torque inputted to the first shaft to the second shaft, and when rotational torque is reversely inputted to the second shaft, completely cuts off the rotational torque reversely inputted to the second shaft, and does not transmit the rotational torque to the first shaft, or transmits a part of the rotational torque to the first shaft, and cuts off the remaining part.
US11722034B2
A linear generator for generating electrical power from momentum of a vehicle, comprises a moving part and a stator. The moving part is a powered vehicle moving along a defined path and the stator is built along the defined path. Examples are trains and elevators, and the linear generator may be used to help with braking and at the same time prevent waste of the energy from the vehicle momentum.
US11722017B2
An adaptive system for efficient and long-range wireless power delivery using magnetically coupled resonators responds to changes in a dynamic environment, and maintains high efficiency over a narrow or fixed frequency range. The system uses adaptive impedance matching to maintain high efficiency. The wireless power transfer system includes a drive inductor coupled to a high-Q transmitter coil, and a load inductor coupled to a high-Q receiver coil. The transmitter coil and receiver coil for a magnetically coupled resonator. A first matching network is (i) operably coupled to the drive inductor and configured to selectively adjust the impedance between the drive inductor and the transmitter coil, or (ii) is operably coupled to the load inductor and configured to selectively adjust the impedance between the load inductor and the receiver coil.
US11722003B2
A power converter with an inverter that is configured to transform electrical power between a DC-side of the power converter and an AC-side of the power converter, includes a first port operatively connected to an AC-grid, a second port operatively connected to an AC-load, a third port connected to an external power source, and a fourth port operatively connected to a rechargeable DC-power storage. The power converter includes a DC/DC-converter between the third port and the inverter, to transfer electrical power provided by the external power source from the third port to the inverter. The inverter is configured to be grid forming and provide electrical power to the second port upon a power supply outage at the first port, the power converter includes a control unit to monitor the third port and detect parameters of the electrical power provided via the third port.
US11721988B2
Methods and system are provided for a discharge system. In one example, an emergency response vehicle, comprising a battery discharge system having a charging connector configured to electrically couple a capacitor of the emergency response vehicle to a battery of an electric vehicle.
US11721983B2
Power management techniques are disclosed. For instance, an apparatus may include a bidirectional voltage converter circuit, and a control module that selectively operates the bidirectional voltage converter circuit in a charging mode and a delivery mode. The charging mode converts a voltage provided by an interface (e.g., a USB interface) into a charging voltage employed by an energy storage module (e.g., a rechargeable battery). Conversely, the delivery mode converts a voltage provided by the energy storage module into a voltage employed by the interface. Other embodiments are described and claimed.
US11721978B2
There is provided a switching valve for a voltage source converter. The switching valve comprises a plurality of modules, each module including at least one switching element and at least one energy storage device, the or each switching element and the or each energy storage device in each module arranged to be combinable to selectively provide a voltage source, the switching valve including a controller configured to selectively control the switching of the switching elements to select one or more of the modules to contribute a or a respective voltage to a switching valve voltage, wherein the controller is configured to selectively carry out a module selection by: assigning each module with a respective address in an address queue; in a respective one of a plurality of sampling events, selecting one or more voltage contributing modules in order of its assigned address in the address queue; and between different sampling events, changing the order of selecting the or each voltage contributing module based on its assigned address in the address queue.
US11721974B2
Embodiments relate to an electrostatic discharge (ESD) protection circuit and a chip. The ESD protection circuit includes: an ESD protection module, arranged inside a protected chip and connected to a protected circuit; and a control module, connected to the ESD protection module and configured to output a low-level signal to the ESD protection module to trigger the ESD protection module to discharge an electrostatic current when an ESD event occurs in the protected chip, and output a high-level signal to the ESD protection module to reduce a static leakage current of the ESD protection module when the ESD event does not occur in the protected chip.
US11721972B2
An electric system is disclosed. The electric system comprises first and second battery subassemblies, an interrupter, and a system controller. The interrupter connects the first battery subassembly in series to the second battery subassembly via a switched current-limiting path in parallel with a switched non-current-limiting path. The first battery subassembly causes closing of the switched current-limiting path when an energizing trigger is applied to the electric system. The system controller causes closing of the switched non-current-limiting path when energized by the first and second battery subassemblies. The electric system may be integrated in an electric vehicle. A method for energizing an electric system is also disclosed.
US11721968B2
The conduit cap includes a cap, an outer clamp member, and a bolt. The cap defines a central first threaded axial blind opening and has a top and an interior cylindrical rim coaxial with the central threaded opening and has an outer clamp defining a transverse second threaded opening and has two outwardly projecting angularly spaced shoulders. The outer clamp member defines a third opening alignable with the transverse second opening and a pair of parallel recesses. The outer clamp member has two pairs of opposed wings. Each pair of wings at least defining a recess dimensioned to receive a shoulder. The bolt is insertable though the third opening and threadably engageable in the transverse opening to clamp the outer clamp member to the first clamp.
US11721962B2
System for providing a conduit sealingly to a through-opening in a plate-shaped construction element so that at least one pipe and/or cable can extend through the conduit and so that after sealing remaining space in the conduit a completely sealed-off pipe and/or cable penetration through the plate-shaped construction element is obtained, wherein the system is such that it is mechanically mountable, wherein the system is further such that it is mountable from only one side of the plate-shaped construction element, by only one worker.
