US12052936B2
A gated Josephson junction includes a substrate and a vertical Josephson junction formed on the substrate and extending substantially normal the substrate. The vertical Josephson junction includes a first superconducting layer, a semiconducting layer, and a second superconducting layer. The first superconducting layer, the semiconducting layer, and the second superconducting layer form a stack that is substantially perpendicular to the substrate. The gated Josephson junction includes a gate dielectric layer in contact with the first superconducting layer, the semiconducting layer, and the second superconducting layer at opposing side surfaces of the vertical Josephson junction, and a gate electrically conducting layer in contact with the gate dielectric layer. The gate electrically conducting layer is separated from the vertical Josephson junction by the gate dielectric layer. In operation, a voltage applied to the gate electrically conducting layer modulates a current through the semiconducting layer of the vertical Josephson junction.
US12052928B2
A magnetoresistive stack may include: a fixed region having a fixed magnetic state, a spacer region, a first dielectric layer and a second dielectric layer, where both the first dielectric layer and the second dielectric layer are between the fixed region and the spacer region, and a free region between the first dielectric layer and the second dielectric layer. The free region may be configured to have a first magnetic state and a second magnetic state. The free region may include an interface layer, a multilayer structure, an insertion layer (e.g., a metallized insertion layer), one or more ferromagnetic layers (e.g., metallized ferromagnetic layers), and/or a transition layer (e.g., a metallized transition layer).
US12052922B2
Provided is a piezoelectric thin film containing a tetragonal crystal 1 of a perovskite type oxide and a tetragonal crystal 2 of the oxide. A (001) plane of the tetragonal crystal 1 and a (001) plane of the tetragonal crystal 2 are oriented in a normal direction of a surface of the piezoelectric thin film. An interval of the (001) plane of the crystal 1 is c1. An interval of a (100) plane of the crystal 1 is a1. An interval of the (001) plane of the crystal 2 is c2. An interval of a (100) plane of the crystal 2 is a2. c2/a2 is more than c1/a1. A peak intensity of diffracted X-rays of the (001) plane of the crystal 1 is I1. A peak intensity of diffracted X-rays of the (001) plane of the crystal 2 is I2. I2/(I1+I2) is from 0.50 to 0.90.
US12052914B2
An organic light-emitting device and an amine compound, the amine compound being represented by Formula 1:
US12052911B2
A cross-bred organic semiconductor (OSC) polymer, includes a diketopyrrolopyrrole (DPP)-fused thiophene polymeric material, such that: the DPP-fused thiophene polymeric material comprises a first linear alkyl-substituted DPP portion and a second branched alkyl-substituted DPP portion, the cross-bred OSC polymer comprises a repeat unit having both the first linear alkyl-substituted DPP portion and the second branched alkyl-substituted DPP portion, and the fused thiophene is beta-substituted.
US12052905B2
The present application provides a display panel and a mobile terminal, which can mix the same color light emitted by one of a plurality of light-emitting devices and another one of the plurality of light-emitting devices, thereby simultaneously improving light extraction efficiency and viewing angle characteristics of the display panel.
US12052901B2
The present disclosure provides a display substrate, a manufacturing method thereof, and a display device. The display substrate includes a display area and a non-display area located at a periphery of the display area, wherein the display area includes a plurality of pixel opening areas and a pixel spacing area located between the pixel opening areas; the display substrate further includes: a first electrode, wherein at least part of the first electrode is located in the pixel spacing area, an orthographic projection of the first electrode on a substrate of the display substrate does not overlap an orthographic projection of the pixel opening area on the substrate; and a second electrode electrically connected to the first electrode and located in the non-display area.
US12052900B2
A display panel and a display apparatus including the display panel are provided. A display panel includes: a substrate including a first region and a second region, the second region including a transmission portion; main pixels located in the first region, including a first main pixel, a second main pixel, and a third main pixel, and arranged in an RGBG pentile matrix structure; and auxiliary pixels located in the second region, including a first auxiliary pixel, a second auxiliary pixel, and a third auxiliary pixel, and arranged in an RBGB pentile matrix structure different from the RGBG pentile matrix structure of the main pixels.
US12052899B2
An organic light emitting diode display includes: a substrate including a display area and a non-display area adjacent to the display area; a pixel thin film transistor positioned in the display area of the substrate; a first data wire positioned on the pixel thin film transistor; a second data wire positioned on the first data wire; an organic light emitting element positioned on the second data wire and electrically connected to the pixel thin film transistor through the first data wire and the second data wire; a circuit unit positioned in the non-display area of the substrate and including a circuit thin film transistor electrically connected to the pixel thin film transistor; and a common power supply line overlapping at least part of the circuit unit, electrically connected to the organic light emitting element, and formed on a same layer as the second data wire.
US12052894B2
An array substrate structure is provided, which includes a substrate with a first surface and a second surface opposite to the first surface. A first TFT is on the first surface of the substrate, and a second TFT is on the second surface of the substrate. A through via passes through the substrate, and the first TFT is electrically connected to the second TFT through the through via.
US12052891B2
An electronic device may include a display and an optical sensor formed underneath the display. The electronic device may include a plurality of transparent windows that overlap the optical sensor. The resolution of the display panel may be reduced in some areas due to the presence of the transparent windows. To mitigate diffraction artifacts, a first sensor (13-1) may sense light through a first pixel removal region having transparent windows arranged according to a first pattern. A second sensor (13-2) may sense light through a second pixel removal region having transparent windows arranged according to a second pattern that is different than the first pattern. The first and second patterns of the transparent windows may result in the first and second sensors having different diffraction artifacts. Therefore, an image from the first sensor may be corrected for diffraction artifacts based on an image from the second sensor.
US12052890B2
Disclosed herein is an organic light emitting diode display, including a substrate, a first thin film transistor including a first active pattern on the substrate and a first gate electrode on the first active pattern, a data wire on the first gate electrode, a first interlayer insulating layer between the first gate electrode and the data wire, a second interlayer insulating layer positioned the first interlayer insulating layer and the data wire, and an organic light emitting diode positioned on the data wire and connected to the first active pattern.
US12052885B2
An display device including a substrate, an organic light-emitting diode, and a thin film encapsulation layer. The organic light-emitting diode is disposed on the substrate. The thin film encapsulation layer is disposed on the organic light-emitting diode. The thin film encapsulation layer includes at least one inorganic layer, at least one organic layer, and a first refractive-index control layer. The at least one organic layer is alternately disposed with the at least one inorganic layer. The first refractive-index layer is disposed between one of the at least one inorganic layer and one of the at least one organic layer disposed adjacent to each other. The first refractive-index control layer has a refractive-index variation ratio per unit length (Δn/nm) from about 0.001/nm to about 0.002/nm along a direction from the organic light-emitting diode toward the thin film encapsulation layer.
US12052874B2
A method of fabricating a semiconductor device includes forming a first stack of semiconductor layers on a substrate. The first stack of semiconductor layers includes alternating first and second semiconductor strips. The method also includes removing the first semiconductor strips to form voids between the second semiconductor strips in the first stack of semiconductor layers. The method further includes depositing a dielectric structure layer and a first conductive fill material in the voids to surround the second semiconductor strips. Further, the method includes removing the second semiconductor strips to form a second set of voids, and depositing a second conductive fill material in the second sets of voids. In some embodiments, the first conductive fill material and the second conductive fill material are configured to form first and second electrodes of a capacitor.
US12052865B2
Embodiments of three-dimensional (3D) memory devices and methods for forming the same are disclosed. In an example, a 3D memory device includes a substrate and a channel structure extending vertically above the substrate and having a plum blossom shape including a plurality of petals in a plan view. The channel structure includes, in each of the plurality of petals, a charge trapping layer, a tunneling layer, a semiconductor channel, and a channel plug. The channel plug is above and in contact with the charge trapping layer, the tunneling layer, and the semiconductor channel.
US12052858B2
Embodiments herein relate to vertical contacts for semiconductor devices. For instance, a memory device having vertical contacts can comprise a substrate including circuitry components, a vertical stack of layers formed from repeating iterations of a group of layers disposed on the substrate, the group of layers comprising a first dielectric material layer, a semiconductor material layer, and a second dielectric material layer including horizontal conductive lines formed along a horizontal plane in the second dielectric material layer, and vertical contacts coupled to the horizontal conductive lines, the vertical contacts extending along a vertical plane within the vertical stack of layers to directly electrically couple the horizontal conductive lines to the circuitry components.
US12052855B2
A semiconductor memory device includes a stack including a plurality of layers vertically stacked on a substrate, each of the layers including a bit line extending in a first direction and a semiconductor pattern extending from the bit line in a second direction crossing the first direction, a gate electrode along each of the semiconductor patterns stacked, a vertical insulating layer on the gate electrode, a stopper layer, and a data storing element electrically connected to each of the semiconductor patterns. The data storing element includes a first electrode electrically connected to each of the semiconductor patterns, a second electrode on the first electrode, and a dielectric layer between the first and second electrodes. The stopper layer is between the vertical insulating layer and the second electrode.
US12052842B2
In the case in which a blank panel having holes is mounted obliquely on a rack having holes, the blank panel includes an alignment mechanism for aligning the holes with the holes having a misalignment. For example, the alignment mechanism is a mechanism which causes the blank panel to have a shape in which corners of the blank panel are cut out.
US12052841B2
A server includes a first server unit, a second server unit, a hinge and a connecting element. The second server unit is disposed on the first server unit and is electrically connected to the first server unit. The second server unit is pivoted to the first server unit through the hinge. The connecting element is disposed between the first server unit and the second server unit. The connecting element has a first connection end and a second connection end, wherein the first connection end is connected to the first server unit, and the second connection end is connected to the second server unit. A server system including a rack and at least one server is also provided.
US12052837B2
An assembly includes a cover receiving frame having a first hinge portion thereon, the first hinge portion having a generally c-shape and a plurality of alternating supports positioned along a bottom portion of the first hinge portion. The assembly further includes a cover having a second hinge portion thereon for interconnection with the first hinge portion. The second hinge portion includes an elongated member for fitting generally within the c-shape and a plurality of alternating cutouts positioned along the elongated member. The assembly is assembled by positioning the cover parallel to the cover receiving frame and rotating the cover until it is captive.
US12052833B2
An electronic device includes an electronic panel configured to be folded along a folding axis extending in one direction, a flexible window member on a top surface of the electronic panel, a protective member on a bottom surface of the electronic panel, the protective member including a base layer including a material that has a glass transition temperature higher than a glass transition temperature of polyethylene terephthalate (PET), and a cushion layer contacting a bottom surface of the base layer and having a porous structure, and an adhesive member coupling the electronic panel to the protective member.
US12052831B2
A wiring board includes a conductor pattern formed on a board, and an insulating film that covers at least part of the conductor pattern. A first insulating film is provided in a first region on the board, the first region covering at least part of the conductor pattern and having a first border segment. A second insulating film is provided in a second region on the board, the second region covering at least part of the first region and having a second border segment. The second border segment is located outside the first region, and the shortest distance from any point belonging to the second border segment to the first border segment is not more than 400 μm.
US12052830B2
The present invention provides a novel method of constructing a coax spring-pin socket that furnishes better performance and is easier to manufacture in volume using common dielectrics and copper plating. This is accomplished by, in application, a lamination of PCB dielectric layers. This dielectric block is then drilled, plated, etched, and drilled in steps for the construction of a coaxial structure for the signal pins, and a ground structure for ground pins. This design process that can be quickly adjusted and customized for each design.
US12052823B2
A guiding device includes a first telescopic member, a second telescopic member, and an elastic member. The first telescopic member includes a main body with a sliding cavity. The second telescopic member includes a connecting portion and a guiding portion connected to the connecting portion. The guiding portion is slidably inserted into the sliding cavity. Opposite ends of the elastic member are respectively connected to the connecting portion and the main body. The elastic member pushes the main body in a direction away from the connecting portion. The disclosure also provides a mainboard connection structure having the above guiding device.
US12052820B2
The present disclosure provides a connection pad and a substrate, and belongs to the field of display technology. The connection pad of the present disclosure includes a plurality of sub-pads and a first connection portion, wherein the plurality of sub-pads are spaced apart from each other and electrically connected through the first connecting portion. The connection pads in the embodiment of the present disclosure are formed by connecting the sub-pads through the first connection portion, that is, a certain gap exists between the sub-pads.
US12052815B2
Provided is a manufacturing method of circuit board, including a first substrate, a second substrate, a third substrate, a fourth substrate, multiple conductive structures, and a conductive via structure. The third substrate has an opening and includes a first dielectric layer. The opening penetrates the third substrate, and the first dielectric layer fills the opening. Multiple conductive structures are formed so that the first substrate, the second substrate, the third substrate, and the fourth substrate are electrically connected through the conductive structures to define a ground path. A conductive via structure is formed to penetrate the first substrate, the second substrate, the first dielectric layer of the third substrate, and the fourth substrate. The conductive via structure is electrically connected to the first substrate and the fourth substrate to define a signal path, and the ground path surrounds the signal path.
US12052813B2
A circuit mounting assembly can include a circuit board, a chassis, a sheet of thermally conductive dielectric material, and one or more fasteners configured to compress the sheet between the circuit board and the chassis to provide vibration isolation and electrical isolation between the chassis and the circuit board, and to provide thermal conduction between the chassis and the circuit board.
US12052810B2
A multiple location load control system comprises a main device and remote devices, which do not require neutral connections, but allow for visual and audible feedback at the main device and the remote devices. The main device and the remote devices are adapted to be coupled together via an accessory wiring. The main device can be wired on the line side and the load side of the load control system. The main device is configured to enable a charging path to allow the remote devices to charge power supplies through the accessory wiring during a first time period of a half cycle of the AC power source. The main device and the remote devices are configured to communicate with each other via the accessory wiring during a second time period of the half cycle, for example, by actively pulling-up and actively pulling-down the accessory wiring to communicate using tri-state logic.
US12052807B2
An illumination device and method are provided herein for calibrating individual LEDs in the illumination device to obtain a desired luminous flux and a desired chromaticity of the device over changes in drive current, temperature, and over time as the LEDs age. The calibration method may include subjecting the illumination device to a first ambient temperature, successively applying at least three different drive currents to a first LED to produce illumination at three or more different levels of brightness, obtaining a plurality of optical measurements from the illumination produced by the first LED at each of the at least three different drive currents, obtaining a plurality of electrical measurements from the photodetector and storing results of the obtaining steps within the illumination device to calibrate the first LED at the first ambient temperature. The plurality of optical measurements may generally include luminous flux and chromaticity, the plurality of electrical measurements may generally include induced photocurrents and forward voltages, and the calibration method steps may be repeated for each LED included within the illumination device and upon subjecting the illumination device to a second ambient temperature.
US12052804B2
The invention provides a method for operating an automotive lighting device including the providing a first preliminary current profile, calculating a first preliminary derating time associated to the first preliminary current profile, providing a second preliminary current profile, calculating a second preliminary derating time associated to the second preliminary current profile, feeding the first light module with a first current profile which provides a total amount of current lower than the first preliminary amount of current, and feeding the second light module with a second current profile which provides a total amount of current higher than the second preliminary amount of current.
US12052800B2
A system with distributed proxy for reducing traffic in a wireless network satisfies data requests made by a mobile application. The system includes a mobile device having a local proxy for intercepting a data request made by the mobile application. The local proxy simulates application server responses for the mobile application on the mobile device for data requests where responses are available in the local cache. A proxy server is coupled to the mobile device and an application server to which the data request is made. The proxy server is able to communicate with the local proxy. The local proxy forwards the data request to the proxy server for transmission to the application server for a response to the data request. The proxy server queries the application server for any changes to the data request that the mobile application has previously made and notifies the local proxy of such changes.
US12052798B2
The present disclosure relates to synchronizing a temporary identity in the UE and the network when the UE is RRC Inactive state over 3GPP access and temporary identity of the UE is changed over a Non-3GPP access in a scenario when the UE is connected to the same AMF via 3GPP and non-3GPP access.
US12052795B2
A system for publishing digital content is described which, in one embodiment, includes a beacon device associated with a first user configured to transmit identification information and information indicating its current position. A browsing device includes a display configured and adapted to display to a second user a representation of a local geographical area, and to selectively display to the second user content information associated with the first user, based at least in part on whether the location of the beacon device is within the local geographical area.
US12052793B2
A method and wireless device for handling a periodic RNA update timer are disclosed. A method is implemented in a wireless device (WD) for stopping an update timer based on a condition including that the WD: receives an RRC Setup message triggering transition of the WD to an RRC_CONNECTED state in response to an RRC Resume request message; receives an RRC Suspend message indicating that the WD is to stay in an RRC_INACIVE state in response to an RRC Resume Request message; receives an RRC Release message triggering transition of the WD to an RRC_IDLE state in response to an RRC Resume Request message; fails to receive an RRC Resume message, RRC Suspend message or an RRC Release message after sending an RRC Resume Request message; or the WD enters the RRC_IDLE state from the RRC-INACTIVE state without transitioning through the RRC_CONNECTED state.
US12052792B2
User Equipment (UE), methods, and software that selectively transfer data to a mobile network. In one embodiment, the UE identifies data buffered for one or more applications miming on the UE while the UE is in non-connected mode, determines a number of other UEs receiving signaling messages on a control plane to transition from non-connected mode to connected mode, and estimates a load on the control plane based on the number of other UEs receiving signaling messages to transition from non-connected mode to connected mode. The UE defers a transition from non-connected mode to connected mode to delay a transfer of the data from the UE to the mobile network over the radio interface when the load on the control plane exceeds a threshold.
US12052790B2
Disclosed are a method for sending information, a terminal device and a network device. The method for sending information is applied to the terminal device that operates at least in a device-to-device (D2D) communication mode based on a first radio access technology (RAT). The method includes the terminal device sending Radio Resource Control (RRC) information to the network device operating in a second RAT. The RRC information includes service information of D2D communication based on the first RAT.
US12052788B2
Techniques discussed herein can facilitate reduced frequency of triggering a RLF (Radio Link Failure) timer and/or a false RLF procedure via employing one or more mechanisms for associating BFR (Beam Failure Recovery) and RLF. A first mechanism that can be employed in various embodiments can perform one or more RLF-related actions (e.g., stopping a T310 timer, resetting a N310 counter) upon BFR success. A second mechanism that can be employed in various embodiments can comprise revising one or more RLF parameters (e.g., N310, N311, T310, Out-of-sync threshold, in-sync threshold, etc.) based on the presence of a strong BFR mechanism.
US12052786B2
This disclosure provides systems, methods, and apparatus for wireless communications. In one aspect, an apparatus may obtain, for a first access point (AP), a first service set identifier (SSID) associated with single-link communications and obtain, for a second AP, a second SSID associated with multi-link communications. The apparatus may obtain, from a wireless communication device, a management frame include a multi-link operation information field that carries a first SSID and obtain a multi-link indication for the wireless communication device based, at least in part, on the first SSID, the multi-link indication indicating whether the wireless communication device includes AP capable of link aggregation, and selectively associate with the wireless communication device based on the multi-link indication.
US12052785B2
A wireless communication system includes two wireless communication devices. A first wireless communication device includes a first communicator and a second communicator. A second wireless communication device includes a third communicator and a fourth communicator. One of the two wireless communication devices includes a memory configured to store setting-related information. The second communicator or the fourth communicator is configured to transmit first setting-related information. Each time the first setting-related information is transmitted, a first processor is configured to generate the setting-related information different from the first setting-related information and the fourth communicator or the second communicator is configured to hold the setting-related information generated by the first processor as the first setting-related information.
US12052784B2
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). According to the present application, a method for transmitting control signaling in a relay network comprises: a second relay node acquires a first control signaling and a second control signaling, wherein the first control signaling contains an F1AP message; the second relay node processes the first control signaling and the second control signaling in the same manner or different manners; and the second relay node transmits the first control signaling and the second control signaling to a first relay node.
US12052783B2
The present invention provides a communication method for realizing a function for URLLC that requires high-reliability and/or low-latency communication in a 5GS. A user apparatus can provide a communications method capable of realizing a URLLC function in a 5GS by performing the communication method, which comprises: receiving, in a registration procedure, a registration accept messages including DNN and S-NSSAI for URLLC; receiving, in a first PDU session establishment procedure, a PDU session establishment accept messages including information indicating that an SSC mode for a PDU session for URLLC is SSC mode 1; and transmitting, in a second PDU session establishment procedure, a PDU session establishment request messages including information indicating that the SSC mode for the PDU session for URLLC is SSC mode 1.
US12052781B2
Wireless-conferencing radios communicate directly with each other without a base station using a multiple access protocol, such as Time Division Multiple Access (TDMA). First data and second data packets are received. The data packets include preambles and bodies. Code in the preambles of the data packets identifies portions of data in the data packets as voice data and portions of data in the data packets as non-voice data. The voice data in the data packets can be combined to create combined voice data that excludes the non-voice data.
US12052779B2
Methods, systems, and devices for wireless communication are described. A first wireless device may establish a sidelink communications link with a second wireless device. The first wireless device may transmit, to the second wireless device, an indication of a capability to support a configuration for phase continuity between multiple physical channel transmissions of the sidelink communication link. The first wireless device may transmit one or more physical channel transmissions, which each may be associated with a set of one or more demodulation reference signals (DMRSs) to the second wireless device in accordance with the indicated configuration for phase continuity between the physical channel transmissions. The second wireless device may determine channel parameters associated with the one or more physical channel transmissions based on a joint channel estimation associated with the one or more sets of DMRSs.
US12052778B2
Processes, methods, systems, and devices are disclosed for pairing a target device with a source device and pairing the target device with a partner device. A user may choose between using the target device and the partner device without actively connecting the partner device to the source device. The target device and the partner device may each be a specialized device providing certain functions. For example, the source device may be a computing device, such as a smart phone or a tablet computer. The target device may be a sound bar dedicated for playing high definition surround sound that outperforms internal speakers of the source device. And the partner device may be a noise-canceling headset. The user may want to seamlessly switch between playing sounds on the sound bar and the headset from time to time under different circumstances, without needing to manually pair the headset to the computing device.
US12052769B2
A communication apparatus in the present disclosure comprises an AID generator, a Trigger frame generator, and a wireless transmitter/receiver. When a Trigger Type in a trigger frame is an RA trigger, the AID generator generates, as information for an AID12 subfield, information that is different from an AID. The Trigger frame generator generates a RA variant Trigger frame when the Trigger Type in the trigger frame is an RA trigger, and sets, in the AID12 subfield included in the RA variant Trigger frame, the information output from the AID generator. The wireless transmitter/receiver transmits the Trigger frame, generated by the Trigger frame generator, to a terminal.
US12052762B2
A method for 2-step RA (2-step random access) performed by a terminal (UE) is provided. The method comprises receiving, from a base station, first random access channel (RACH) configuration for 4-step RA (4-step random access), second RACH configuration for the 2-step RA, and physical uplink shared channel (PUSCH) configuration, the first RACH configuration including information on RA occasions for the 4-step RA; in case that an index indicating a subset of the RA occasions is included in the second RACH configuration, identifying at least one RA occasion for the 2-step RA based on the subset; identifying at least one PUSCH resource based on the PUSCH configuration and the at least one RA occasion; and transmitting, to the base station, a random access preamble in the at least one RA occasion and a PUSCH in the at least one PUSCH resource.
US12052761B2
In some embodiments, a wireless device transmits repetitions of a random access preamble across a plurality of system frames to a base station. The wireless device receives a downlink control information (DCI) including: a system frame number field indicating a system frame number, and a radio resource assignment. The wireless device receives a random access response via the radio resource assignment. In response to the system frame number indicating a system frame of the plurality of system frames, the wireless device determines that the random access response corresponds to the random access preamble. Then, the wireless device transmits one or more transport blocks via an uplink grant indicated by the random access response.
US12052755B2
The embodiments of the present application propose a method for determining a signal transmission occasion, including: acquiring configuration information of a transmission resource of an uplink signal; determining, based on the configuration information, a resource occasion where the uplink signal is transmitted; initiating a Listen Before Talk (LBT) operation before the resource occasion; determining whether the LBT operation is successful; transmitting the uplink signal at the resource occasion if the LBT operation is successful; and determining a next resource occasion where the uplink signal can be transmitted based on the configuration information if the LBT operation fails. The embodiments of the present application further propose corresponding device and computer storage medium.
US12052752B2
Embodiments of the present application provide a load control method and apparatus, a network device and a terminal, including: sending, by a network device, a system broadcast message, where the system broadcast message includes a first configuration parameter, and the first configuration parameter is used to control whether a terminal performs a two-step random access procedure.
US12052749B2
Methods and device(s) (110; 120; 130; 140; 141; 210; 212; 220; 230; 600) for managing Round Trip Time, RTT, associated with provision of a data flow (150; 250) from a server device (130; 230), via a multi-access communication network (100; 200), to a client device (120; 220). Said device(s) (110; 120; 130; 140; 141; 210; 212; 220; 230; 600) being communicatively connected to the multi-access communication network (100; 200) that is configured to provide the data flow (150; 250) to the client device (120; 220) using a resource of the multi-access communication network (100; 200) that is shared by multiple devices (120-121; 220-221). The device(s) (110; 120; 130; 140; 141; 210; 212; 220; 230; 600) initiates, in response to identification that the data flow (150; 250) belongs to a certain type, introduction of an artificial delay in the RTT.
US12052741B2
An apparatus configured to be employed in a user equipment (UE) associated with a new radio (NR) system is disclosed. The apparatus comprises one or more processors configured to select a first resource from a candidate resource set comprising a plurality of candidate resources within a first resource selection window. In some embodiments, the first resource is to be utilized by the UE for a first transmission of a transport block (TB) over sidelink. In some embodiments, a size of the first resource selection window is derived based on a (pre)configured maximum number of retransmissions of the TB. In some embodiments, the one or more processors is further configured to generate a first transmission signal comprising the first transmission of the TB, to be transmitted over the sidelink using the selected first resource.
US12052728B2
Embodiments herein describe systems, apparatuses, and methods for adapting physical downlink control channel (PDCCH) monitoring behaviors. In some embodiments, a network node and a UE use search space set group switching to change PDCCH monitoring behavior. In some embodiments, a network node and a UE use PDCCH skipping to change PDCCH monitoring behavior. The PDCCH monitoring behavior may be indicated in a downlink control indicator (DCI).
US12052721B2
There is provided mechanisms for granting resources to a wireless device operating with a short Transmission Time Interval (sTTI). A method is performed by a network node. The method comprises transmitting, to the wireless device, a first control information message for a downlink channel. The method comprises transmitting, to the wireless device, a second control information message in a device-specific search space (USS), or in a common search space (CSS), based on a parameter of the first control information message.
US12052719B2
Various aspects of the present disclosure generally relate to wireless communication. In some aspects, a user equipment may map channel state information (CSI) to first resource elements that are distributed in frequency, wherein the first resource elements are in a set of resources allocated on an uplink shared channel; map hybrid automatic repeat request (HARQ) feedback to second resource elements that are distributed in frequency, wherein the second resource elements are in the set of resources; wherein the second resource elements are reserved for the HARQ feedback and are different from the first resource elements; and transmit the CSI and the HARQ feedback on the uplink shared channel in accordance with the mappings. Numerous other aspects are provided.
US12052716B2
A BSR triggering method and device, and a storage medium are provided. The method comprises: determining uplink data arriving at one time in an MAC entity, the uplink data corresponding to a logical channel, and the logical channel belonging to a logical channel group; determining a fixed value corresponding to an amount of data arriving at each time in the logical channel, and a transmission period and a time offset of a service carried by the logical channel; if part of the amount of the uplink data exceeding the fixed value reaches a first preset threshold, or determining period time points according the transmission period and the time offset, if a time difference between a time point when the uplink data arrives and a next period time point after the time point reaches a second preset threshold, triggering a first BSR which includes the amount of the uplink data.
US12052711B2
A base station (BS) configures a user equipment (UE) with parameters for channel access operations on a shared channel. The BS transmits to the UE a first configuration for a BS-initiated fixed frame period (FFP) (BS-FFP) and a second configuration for a UE-initiated FFP (UE-FFP), wherein the BS-FFP overlaps the UE-FFP, schedules an uplink (UL) transmission during the UE-FFP and when there is no downlink (DL) transmission in the BS-FFP, receiving the UL transmission from the UE during the BS-FFP.
US12052692B2
A method allocates radio resources for a transmitting user equipment (UE) to perform direct communication transmissions over a direct sidelink connection to one or more receiving UEs. At least two sidelink grant processes are provided in the transmitting UE for the transmitting UE to handle at least two sidelink grants within the same transmission control period. Each one of the sidelink grant processes is associated with an identification and can be associated with one sidelink grant. The transmitting UE acquires at least two sidelink grants and associates each of the acquired sidelink grants with one sidelink grant process. For each sidelink grant, the transmitting UE allocates radio resources according to the respective sidelink grant to perform a direct communication transmission of sidelink control information and of data over the direct sidelink connection. The transmitting UE performs a direct communication transmission per acquired sidelink grant within the same transmission control period.
US12052686B2
A method for operating an infrastructure equipment forming part of a radio access network part of a wireless communications network is provided. The method comprising configuring a notification area of a radio access network part by determining one or more base stations and/or one or more of non-terrestrial network parts which form part of the notification area, the base stations and/or the non-terrestrial network parts of the notification area being for use in transmitting signals to a communications device from the wireless communications network, determining, based on the notification area and on a present time, which one of the base stations and/or the non-terrestrial network parts of the notification area is presently serving the communications device, and transmitting a paging message to the serving base station or serving non terrestrial network part for subsequent transmission to the communications device.
US12052679B2
An AP 3 and STAs 5 acquire time information from an external device, and synchronize time. The AP 3 sets, in a first signal, a transmission start time of the first signal, and transmits the first signal to the STA 5. The STAs 5 transmit, to the AP 3, a second signal in which a delay time is set, the delay time being calculated from a difference between the transmission start time acquired from the first signal and a reception start time of the first signal at the own station. The AP 3 acquires delay time from the second signal of each STA 5, decides a timing for permitting transmission by each of the STAs 5 by time division, on the basis of the acquired delay time, and notifies the STAs 5 thereof. The STAs 5 each effect control to start transmission of signals to the AP 3 at the timing notified from the AP 3.
US12052677B2
An apparatus is disclosed, the apparatus comprising means for estimating a first angle (θ1) between a first path between a first base station and at least one target node and a second path between the first base station and a second base station, and estimating a second angle (θ2) between a third path between the second base station and the at least one target node and the second path. The apparatus also comprises means for determining a value (Δd) indicative of a difference between a first distance between the at least one target node and the first base station and a second distance between the at least one target node and the second base station, wherein determining the value is based on the estimated first and second angles (θ1) (θ2) and a known distance (l) between the first and second base stations.
US12052674B2
The present disclosure provides an operation method of a terminal and a base station in a wireless communication system supporting an unlicensed band, and an apparatus supporting same. As a specific example, the present disclosure comprises an operation method of a terminal and an operation method of a base station corresponding thereto, by which a terminal can obtain timing information relating to a unlicensed band on the basis of a PBCH payload in a synchronization signal/physical broadcast channel (SS/PBCH) block and a demodulation reference signal (DMRS) sequence for the PBCH.
US12052670B2
A method of transmitting data by a terminal device operating in a wireless communications system comprising a non-terrestrial network access node and the terminal device, comprises the terminal device receiving an indication of an initial value of a set of one or more communications parameters for transmitting radio signals carrying the data, and modelling a state of a communications channel from the terminal device to a non-terrestrial network access node, in which a link adaptation procedure is used to select a revised value of the set of the one or more communications parameters with respect to the initial value of the set of the one or more communications parameters for the modelled channel state, and the method includes adapting the value of the set of the one or more communications parameters according to the revised value.
US12052667B2
The present disclosure provides a method and a device in a user equipment and a base station used for power adjustment. The UE first receives K downlink signaling(s) and transmits a first radio signal. Any of the K downlink signaling(s) comprises a first field and a second field, the second field of any of the K downlink signaling(s) is used to determine a power offset. A transmitting power of the first radio signal is a first power. A value of each first field of K1 downlink signaling(s) among the K downlink signaling(s) is equal to a first index. The first power is linearly correlated with a sum of K1 power offset(s), which is(are) indicated by each second field of the K1 downlink signaling(s) respectively. The present disclosure can support multiple closed-loop power control processes for one UE so as to improve both efficiency and performance of uplink power control.
US12052663B2
Method and apparatus for downlink reception with C-WUS operation. The apparatus receives a C-WUS configuration configuring the UE to activate at least one cell of a base station from an inactive mode. The apparatus monitors for at least a WUS occasion from the at least one cell of the base station in the inactive mode. At least one downlink resource occasion is associated with the at least one cell in the inactive mode. The apparatus receives, from the base station, an active time indication indicating an active time for the at least one cell of the base station.
US12052662B2
A method and apparatus are disclosed. In an example from the perspective of a first device, the first device performs sidelink communication with a first set of destinations, wherein one or more devices, associated with a destination of the first set of destinations, discontinuously monitor one or more sidelink control channels and/or one or more sidelink control informations (SCIs). The first device receives a sidelink grant from a network, wherein the sidelink grant is for performing a sidelink transmission at a first timing. The first device selects, from among a second set of destinations, a first destination for the sidelink transmission, wherein each destination of the second set of destinations is determined to have an active time for sidelink containing the first timing.
US12052652B2
Wireless dynamic file exchange is provided by, in response to a triggering network condition occurring, initiating an exchange of a parameter file including non-layer two content via a 802.11 message, such as a Generic Advertisement Service (GAS) message between an access point (AP) and a station (STA) connected to the AP; and in response to determining that the exchange was unsuccessful, terminating a connection between the AP and the STA. The parameter file may be sent over several messages and update the parameters for a new session or an existing session. Devices that do not conform to the updated parameters may be disassociated from the AP and re-connect to receive and implement the updated parameters.
US12052651B2
This disclosure provides systems, methods and apparatuses for advertising discovery information of an AP in one or more downlink (DL) transmissions. In some implementations, the AP may allocate a dedicated resource unit (RU) for advertising discovery information of the AP to stations not associated with the AP, and may allocate one or more additional RUs for DL transmissions to one or more stations associated with the AP. The AP may transmit a multi-user (MU) packet containing discovery information intended for the unassociated stations and containing non-discovery-related information intended for the one or more associated stations. The discovery information may be transmitted on the dedicated RU, and the non-discovery-related information may be transmitted on the one or more additional RUs.
US12052648B2
In one embodiment, a device obtains location data indicative of a location of a mobile system relative to a base station of a wireless network. The device predicts, based on the location data, a drop in received signal strength indicator as the mobile system approaches the base station. The device determines, based on the drop in received signal strength indicator or throughput that will occur as the mobile system approaches the base station. The device prevents the mobile system from communicating with the base station during the ban.
US12052635B2
The disclosure relates to communication techniques for merging 5th generation (5G) communication systems with internet-of-things (IoT) technology to support a high data transmission rate in post-4th generation (4G) system and systems therefor. A method performed by a mobility management entity in a wireless communication system is provided. The method includes receiving, from a base station, a first message including first information related to a location of a user equipment (UE); in case that the mobility management entity is not possible to determine whether the location of the UE is included in an area served by the mobility management entity based on the first information, transmitting, to a location management entity, a second message including a parameter associated with the location of the UE; and receiving, from the location management entity, third message including second information indicating an area where the UE belongs, determined based on the parameter.
US12052632B2
Disclosed are techniques for wireless positioning. In an aspect, a user equipment (UE) determines a positioning measurement of a first multipath component of a radio frequency (RF) signal transmitted by a transmission-reception point (TRP), determines a first additional positioning measurement of a second multipath component of the RF signal, determines a second additional positioning measurement of a third multipath component of the RF signal, and transmits a measurement report to a location server, the measurement report including at least the positioning measurement, the first additional positioning measurement, the second additional positioning measurement, and one or more parameters associated with the first additional positioning measurement and the second additional positioning measurement.
US12052630B2
Multiple mobile cellular network (MCN) communication systems can be networked together to form a network of MCN communication systems (NOM). Each MCN communication system within the NOM can operate as an independent cellular network to provide communications between user equipment within a covered area. When a UE in one MCN of the NOM moves into a different MCN of the NOM, the corresponding MCN communication systems can handover the UE. The UE can also be handed over between MCN communication systems when the MCN communication systems move.
US12052619B2
A session management function (SMF) sends a first message for user plane activation of a wireless device to an access and mobility management function (AMF), where the first message includes an identifier of a packet data unit (PDU) session of the wireless device and a subscriber permanent identifier (SUPI). The SMF receives a second message from the AMF in response to the wireless device being unreachable and determines an extended buffering time according to the second message. The SMF also sends a third message to a user plane function (UPF), where the third message includes the extended buffering time and an indication to buffer downlink data of the wireless device.
US12052613B2
A method and apparatus for conditional handover based on the service time of candidate cells in a wireless communication system is provided. A wireless device receives, from a network, handover configuration including information related to candidate cells to be measured and service time of each of the candidate cells. A wireless device performs measurement on the candidate cells. A wireless device selects a cell among the candidate cells based on the service time of each of the candidate cells. A wireless device performs handover to the selected cell.
US12052611B2
In an aspect, the present disclosure includes a method, apparatus, and computer readable medium for wireless communications for configuring of a NAS COUNT value of a mapped EPS security context associated with an intersystem change of a UE from a 5G system to an EPS. The aspect includes generating, by a UE, a mapped EPS security context associated with an intersystem change of the UE from a 5G system to an EPS, wherein the mapped EPS security context comprises security parameters created based a 5G security context used for the 5G system, the security parameters enabling security-related communications between the UE and a network entity; determining an UL NAS COUNT value and the DL NAS COUNT value for the mapped EPS security context; and transmitting, by the UE, a NAS message to the network entity, the NAS message including the UL NAS COUNT value of the mapped EPS security context.
US12052606B2
Apparatuses, methods, and systems are disclosed for data packet steering on a multi-access data connection. One apparatus includes a processor, a first transceiver and a second transceiver that communicate with a mobile communication network via a first access network and a second access network, respectively. The processor determines to establish a multi-access data connection that includes a first user-plane connection over the first access network and a second user-plane connection over the second access network. The processor receives steering rules for the multi-access data connection and generates a first data packet to be sent over the multi-access data connection. The processor transmits the first data packet over a selected one of the first and second user-plane connections, the selection based a first steering rule that applies to the first data packet.
US12052605B2
With multiple connections (20) communicatively coupling a User Equipment (UE) (12) to a wireless communication network (10), methods and apparatuses disclosed for performing flow control at the Radio Link Control (RLC) level advantageously control the shares of overall data conveyed on the respective connections (20) in a manner that accounts for changing conditions on the involved radio links (22) while accommodating signaling delays and other complexities that arise from distributed or virtualized implementations of the underlying processing apparatuses (18). The disclosed methods and apparatuses have applicability both to uplink multi-connectivity and downlink multi-connectivity, and apply to various multi-connectivity scenarios, including scenarios involving mixed Radio Access Technologies (RATs) and Carrier Aggregation (CA) configurations that aggregate two or more Component Carriers (CCs) for carrying user traffic between a UE (12) and the network (10).
US12052598B2
The disclosure relates to a communication method and system for converging a 5th-Generation (5G) communication system for supporting higher data rates beyond a 4th-Generation (4G) system with a technology for Internet of Things (IoT). The disclosure may be applied to intelligent services based on the 5G communication technology and the IoT-related technology, such as smart home, smart building, smart city, smart car, connected car, health care, digital education, smart retail, security and safety services. The disclosure discloses a method and apparatus for performing early frequency measurement and fast reporting a result of frequency measurement.
US12052592B2
Provided are a method for managing a beam performed by a terminal in a wireless communication system and a device using the method. According to the method, the terminal performs a power saving operation on a first cell and receives a PDCCH through a second cell, wherein the PDCCH requests to measure a reference signal transmitted aperiodically in the first cell. The reference signal is received at a particular time for a DRX cycle related to the power saving operation. The terminal generates beam related information to be used in the first cell by measuring the reference signal in the first cell.
US12052584B2
Transfer learning based on prediction determines a similarity between a source base station and a target base station. Importance of parameters is determined and training is adjusted to respect the importance of parameters. A lack of historical data is compensated by selecting a base station as source base station which has a larger amount of historical data.
US12052582B2
Systems and methods for generating one or more candidate maintenance windows of at least one cell site of a telecommunications network include a user device and a cell site communicatively coupled to a service management system. The service management system is structured to receive a maintenance request to upgrade the cell site, the maintenance request including a maintenance requirement. The service management system is structured to aggregate one or more network parameters based on the cell site and generate one or more candidate maintenance windows based on the one or more network parameters aggregated and the maintenance requirement. The one or more candidate maintenance windows identify one or more downtime upgrade periods correlating to the cell site.
US12052579B2
An information transmission method, a terminal and a network device are provided. The method includes: receiving configuration information of a downlink transmission identification signal, where the configuration information includes: a detection period and/or a detection position; and a detection period and a detection period indicated by the configuration information; and detecting the downlink transmission identification signal on a first time-domain transmission unit according to the detection period and/or a detection position indicated by the configuration information.
US12052575B2
Systems, methods, and apparatuses for providing optimization of network resources. The system is operable to monitor the electromagnetic environment, analyze the electromagnetic environment, and extract environmental awareness of the electromagnetic environment. The system extracts the environmental awareness of the electromagnetic environment by including customer goals. The system is operable to use the environmental awareness with the customer goals and/or user defined policies and rules to extract actionable information to help the customer optimize the network resources.
US12052568B2
A system for provisioning a device is provided. The system includes a computer device. The computer device is programmed to receive, from a user equipment, a connection request via a layer two connection. The computer device is also programmed to accept the connection request. The computer device is further programmed to receive, from the user equipment, a certificate request via the layer two connection. Additionally, the computer device is programmed to determine a destination for the certificate request, and to route the certificate request to the destination.
US12052551B2
The present embodiments generally relate to enabling participants in an online gathering with networked audio to use a cancelling auralizer at their respective locations to create a common acoustic space or set of acoustic spaces shared among subgroups of participants. For example, there are a set of network connected nodes, and the nodes can contain speakers and microphones, as well as participants and node mixing-processing blocks. The node mixing-processing blocks generate and manipulate signals for playback over the node loudspeakers and for distribution to and from the network. This processing can include cancellation of loudspeaker signals from the microphone signals and auralization of signals according to control parameters that are developed locally and from the network. A network block can contain network routing and processing functions, including auralization, synthesis, and cancellation of audio signals, synthesis and processing of control parameters, and audio signal and control parameter routing.
US12052545B2
The present disclosure is related to an eyeglass frame system comprising at least two microphones in wireless communication with adapted air buds. The hearing aid system is configured with a video camera in communication with a face contour detection process that together with an audio processing system is performing beam forming of respective microphones thereby improving reception of audio sound from the direction of identified face contours.
US12052540B2
The present invention provides a speaker box including a housing body with a containment space and a sounding unit. The housing body includes a sound aperture. The sounding unit includes a vibration system with a vibration diaphragm and a magnetic circuit system. The vibration diaphragm divides the containment space into front cavity and rear cavity. The speaker box includes a breathable separator located in the rear cavity to form a sound absorbing cavity. The lower housing includes a bottom wall and a side wall bent and extended from the bottom wall. The breathable separator includes a fixed part fixed to the upper housing, a breathable part having several air circulation holes, and a sealed part extending from the breathable part and sealing the through hole. The speaker box of the present invention effectively reduces the height of the product and reduces the cost.
US12052533B2
Systems and methods for remote sensing are described. In an embodiment, an apparatus, includes: a radio frequency identification (RFID) tag; an electromagnetic transmitter configured to emit electromagnetic waves; an ultra-wideband (UWB) receiver; a computer system; where: the RFID tag is configured to be operated without a battery, and to be powered by the electromagnetic waves emitted by the electromagnetic transmitter; where the RFID tag is configured to send out UWB impulses based on an amount of electromagnetic power received from the electromagnetic transmitter, such that a repetition rate of the UWB impulses varies with the amount of electromagnetic power received from the electromagnetic transmitter.
US12052530B2
A camera-based monitoring system is provided that that, upon generation of an alert or notification, can provide a video clip formed from multiple frames or images to the notification system of a user-accessible monitoring device, such as a cell phone, to make it easy detect an object that is moving in the camera's field of view. Since the human eye is extremely sensitive to motion, the “triggering object” whose activities triggered image acquisition can be identified more easily, rapidly, and reliably from the video clip than from a still image. In addition to including the camera and detector(s), the system may include a base station and a controller. A method of operating such an electronic monitoring system also is disclosed.
US12052527B2
A method for dating images obtained by at least one camera equipping a vehicle includes acquiring a reference signal including time information and generating a modulated signal in response to the reference signal. The modulated signal has at least one retiming pulse with a retiming period which that is different from a base period of the modulated signal. The method further includes, for each camera, acquiring images at a frequency depending on the frequency of the modulated signal, each image being associated with a timestamp provided by the camera, and determining the time difference between the timestamps of two successive images of the camera. If the time difference determined between said timestamps is different from the base period of the modulated signal, the method assigns a reference date to said images depending on the time information of the reference signal.
US12052526B2
An imaging system includes a light source for emitting visible light and infrared light and a camera head unit configured to capture visible light image data so as to generate a visible light image frame and configured to capture infrared image data so as to generate an infrared image frame. A camera control unit is configured to extract a structural data from the visible light image frame. The camera control unit is further configured to apply the structural data to the infrared image frame so as to enhance the infrared image with structural data.
US12052518B2
A multi-modal imaging device can include a sensor array, a metamaterial filter, and a memory unit. The sensor array can be any suitable sensor which detects incoming light and is capable of recording a received image. The metamaterial filter can be oriented adjacent the sensor array and can be patterned with pixels having varied physical heights designed to diffract an incoming image to produce an engineered response which is sensitive to 2D spatial coordinates (x, y), time (t), and at least one of depth spatial coordinate (z), spectrum (λ), and degree of polarization ({right arrow over (S)}). The memory unit can include instructions that, when executed by a processor, reconstruct the engineered response to produce a reconstructed image which includes the 2D spatial coordinates and at least one of z, λ, and {right arrow over (S)}.
US12052512B2
An imaging system includes a processor, a first imaging apparatus including a first optical system, and a second imaging apparatus including a second optical system. A focal length of the first optical system is longer than a focal length of the second optical system. The processor performs registration between a first captured image obtained by imaging with the first imaging apparatus and a second captured image obtained by imaging with the second imaging apparatus, in at least two locations including an end part of an angle of view used for imaging with the imaging system, and acquires angle-of-view related information that is related to the angle of view based on a registration result.
US12052505B2
An image capturing apparatus comprises an image capture device configured to capture an object image, a rotation device capable of rotating the image capture device, a first calculation unit configured to calculate a first rotation amount of the rotation unit for correcting image blur based on shaking of the image capturing apparatus, a second calculation unit configured to calculate a second rotation amount for searching for an object from an image captured by the image capture unit, and a stopping unit configured to stop the rotation unit in a case where the first rotation amount and the second rotation amount are both less than threshold values respectively set for the first rotation amount and the second rotation amount.
US12052499B2
A coil member according to an embodiment comprises: a substrate including an upper surface and a lower surface opposite to the upper surface; a first coil electrode disposed on the upper surface of the substrate and including first pattern electrodes; a second coil electrode disposed on the lower surface of the substrate and including second pattern electrodes; and third pattern electrodes disposed on the upper surface and the lower surface of the substrate, wherein a distance between the first pattern electrodes is different from a distance between the first pattern electrodes and the third pattern electrodes, and a distance between the second pattern electrodes is different from a distance between the second pattern electrodes and the third pattern electrodes.
US12052494B2
The various embodiments described herein include methods, devices, and systems for power-management on camera devices. In one aspect, a method is performed at a camera device having memory, one or more processors, and an image sensor. The method includes: (1) while a wireless communication component of the camera device is deactivated: (a) capturing a plurality of images containing a motion event; (b) characterizing the motion event; and (c) determining, based on the characterization of the motion event, whether to send video data to a remote computing system; and (2) in accordance with a determination to send video data to the remote computing system: (i) activating the wireless communication component of the camera device; (ii) establishing a wireless connection to the remote computing system via the wireless communication component; and (iii) sending video information to the remote computing system via the established wireless connection.
US12052490B2
An image pickup apparatus which is capable of reliably detecting a subject using a wireless tag and shooting the subject with a desirable composition and facial expression. The image pickup apparatus has an image pickup unit, a changing unit that changes an orientation of an optical axis of the image pickup unit, a receiving unit that receives a radio wave transmitted from an external wireless tag to detect a position of the wireless tag, and a subject detecting unit that detects a subject from image data output from the image pickup unit. When the subject is detected, whether or not to perform shooting is determined based on the image data. When the optical axis of the image pickup unit faces toward the wireless tag, a threshold value for detecting the subject is set to a smaller value than an initial value thereof.
US12052489B2
A video processing system receives primary video capturing movement of a first object, the first object defined in the primary video by multiple contours of the first object. The video processing system receives selection information indicating a contour of interest associated with the first object; the contour of interest may be one of the multiple contours of the first object. Based on the selection information, the video processing system monitors the contour of interest. The video processing system analyzes variations in the monitored contour of interest over multiple frames of the primary video to produce magnified motion associated with the monitored contour of interest of the first object.
US12052480B2
Provided is a method for assisting video content viewing, the method being performed by processing circuitry of a user terminal, and the method including displaying a playback screen of first video content on a display of the user terminal, the first video content being played on the playback screen, generating a graphic object configured to enable playback of similar content associated with a first playback time of the first video content, and displaying the graphic object on the display together with the playback screen of the first video content.
US12052470B1
Disclosed herein are system, method, and computer program product embodiments for real-time enablement of over-the-top media service applications. An embodiment operates by receiving a device identifier from a customer device including a disabled third-party over-the-top (OTT) application, determining a verification status of the customer device based on the device identifier, determining a customer identifier associated with the customer device, and determining an entitlement status based on the customer identifier. The embodiment further operates by assigning a vendor-issued identifier to the customer identifier, generating a third-party token based on the verification status and the entitlement status, and sending the third-party token to the customer device and a third-party service associated with the disabled third-party OTT application. In some embodiments, the customer device and the third-party service may perform a handshake using the third-party token to enable the disabled OTT third-party application on the customer device.
US12052467B2
A method is provided for initiating a first shared playback session at a first device of a host user. The method includes, in response to receiving the request from the second device: in accordance with a determination that the second device is a first type of device, providing, to the second device, a first joining method for joining the first shared playback session and in accordance with a determination that the second device is a second type of device, providing, to the second device, a second joining method, distinct from the first joining method for joining the first shared playback session.
US12052463B2
There is provided a solid-state imaging device including an imaging unit (211) configured to capture a first captured image, a storage controlling unit (2332) configured to extract, on a basis of information relating to detection of a first behavior of an imaging target from the first captured image, a first feature amount of the imaging target from the first captured image to have the first feature amount stored into a storage unit, and a transmission controlling unit (2331) configured to control, when a second feature amount coincident with or similar to the first feature amount is extracted from a second captured image captured by the imaging unit, transmission of the second captured image or data based on the second captured image.
US12052458B1
Techniques for controlling an interface of a multi-input modality device are described. In an example, a device presents a menu on a display in a first input modality mode of the device. The menu includes graphical user interface (GUI) elements. The first input modality mode corresponds to a first type of input modality. The device receives first input corresponding to a second type of input modality. The device presents the menu on the display in a second input modality mode of the device that corresponds to the second type of input modality. The first input modality mode and the second input modality mode are exclusive to each other and each provide a different menu navigation control. The device changes a presentation of a visual indicator at a first location associated with a first GUI element of the GUI elements in the menu based on the second input modality mode.
US12052452B2
The embodiment of the present disclosure provides a method and an apparatus for displaying a video image, an electronic device and a storage medium. The solution is as follows: receiving, by a server, a UDP request sent by a client based on an IP address of the server, wherein the UDP request includes identification information of a video to be played; acquiring the video to be played according to the identification information of the video to be played; encapsulating the video to be played from a key frame of the video to obtain a UDP packet; and sending the UDP packet to the client at a first transmission rate, so that the client, after receiving the UDP packet, decapsulates the UDP packet to obtain the video to be played, and display a first image frame of the video to be played, wherein the first transmission rate is the maximum transmission rate determined according to a network bandwidth. According to technical solutions provided in the embodiments of the present disclosure, the time required from initiating the request to displaying the first image frame of the video is reduced, and a display speed of the first image frame of the video is improved.
US12052451B2
A re-multiplexing apparatus, a broadcasting system, a re-multiplexing method, and a program capable of, when broadcast data having a first resolution and broadcast data having a second resolution are broadcasted, synchronizing their outputs with each other are provided. A re-multiplexing apparatus includes a first re-multiplexing unit and a second re-multiplexing unit. The second re-multiplexing unit inserts a delay control packet at a timing corresponding to a timing of a first packet of an OFDM frame, the delay control packet being a packet containing control information for compensating for a difference between delay times of the first and second lines. When doing so, the second re-multiplexing unit generates, as the control information, an index value of a waiting time from a time when the delay control packet is received in a transmitting apparatus to a start of a modulation process for a packet following the delay control packet.
US12052449B2
Methods, systems, and computing devices are described herein for request and transmission, to a computing device, of media content based on the importance of a portion of the media content. Media content may comprise baseline media content and enhancement data. Based on determining that an importance of a portion of the media content meets a threshold, the computing device may receive the enhancement data. The computing device may receive the enhancement data via a separate interface than the baseline media content. Information about baseline media content, enhancement data, and the importance of a portion of the media content may be contained in a manifest. The threshold for importance may be based on the media content, the enhancement data, an interface to be used, and/or user preferences.
US12052432B2
A method for decoding a picture block is disclosed. The decoding method comprises: —decoding (10) at least one stream S_diff into decoded data and into one information for identifying a re-constructed reference picture in a decoder picture buffer; —reconstructing (12) a special reference picture from at least the identified reconstructed reference picture and from the decoded data; —reconstructing (16) the picture block from at least the special reference picture, wherein the at least the special reference picture is not displayed.
US12052427B2
A video data processing method is provided to a server. The method includes: obtaining a video sequence associated with a video source and obtaining a video quality standard parameter associated with the video sequence; determining a video feature according to video quality standard parameter; predicting an encoding bit rate according to the video quality standard parameter and the video feature; and encoding the video sequence according to the encoding bit rate to obtain an encoded video sequence associated with the video source.
US12052425B2
A prediction value determination method, an encoder and a decoder are provided. The method is applicable to an encoder or a decoder, and the method comprises: acquiring reconstructed blocks of a block to be encoded, a number of the reconstructed blocks being more than one; processing template pixel matrices of the reconstructed blocks according to preset processing parameters to obtain processed template pixel matrices; determining a matched block of the block to be encoded according to the processed template pixel matrices; and determining a pixel matrix of the matched block of the block to be encoded as a prediction of the block to be encoded.
US12052411B2
An adjustment device includes a wearable electronic device and a case in which the wearable electronic device is disposed (e.g., seated). The wearable electronic device includes displays (e.g., display apparatuses) which display virtual images for a left eye and a right eye of a user, screen display portions which transmit light sources generated by the displays to the left eye and the right eye, and eye tracking cameras for the left eye and the right eye. The case includes a stator which fixes the wearable electronic device, and a focal lens which is disposed within an eye relief of the fixed wearable electronic device and forms each of images of the virtual images output from the screen display portions of the wearable electronic device on a portion of the case.
US12052395B2
A paper type identification apparatus includes a passage configured to allow a sheet to be manually inserted thereinto, a reading sensor configured to read a surface of the sheet inserted into the passage and a controller configured to output a notification after reading a first surface of the sheet by the reading sensor. The notification is a notification to urge a user to read a second surface opposite to the first surface of the sheet by the reading sensor, and determine a type of the sheet based on a reading result of the first surface by the reading sensor and a reading result of the second surface by the reading sensor.
US12052393B2
This disclosure describes a conferencing device with beamforming and echo cancellation that includes: a microphone array that further comprises a plurality of microphones oriented to develop a corresponding plurality of microphone signals; a processor configured to execute the following steps: (1) performing a beamforming operation; (2) performing an acoustic echo cancellation operation; (3) post processing; (4) selecting one or more of the post processed signals for transmission to the far end where a signal selector uses the far end signal as information to inhibit the signal selector from changing the selection of the post processed signals while only the far end signal is active.
US12052388B2
A relay apparatus capable of reducing a load on a private branch exchange when an incoming call is made to an extension representative number is provided. A relay apparatus (1) includes a reception unit (2), a generation unit (4), and a transmission unit (6). The reception unit (2) receives, from the private branch exchange, incoming call notification information indicating an incoming call notification, which is a notification indicating that the incoming call is made to the extension representative number. The generation unit (4) generates a push notification request corresponding to the incoming call notification for each of a plurality of mobile terminals belonging to the group of the extension representative number based on the incoming call notification information. The transmission unit (6) performs processing for transmitting the push notification request to the corresponding mobile terminal.
US12052385B2
A network services provider delivers bandwidth services to users in relation to a dynamic limit based on an average user consumption, rather than a fixed amount per subscriber. An average user consumption is employed to compute a consumption limit from relative portions of a user community substantially exceed the average, typically defined as “heavy users.” Usage levels below the consumption limit have an increased availability up to the consumption limit. The consumption limit may vary from a total capacity of the service infrastructure, which changes, generally in an increasing manner, as additional resources are added to the network. The consumption limits may be defined over different service intervals, such as daily, weekly or monthly, and for different groups of users depending on network layout.
US12052379B1
The invention relates to the field of blockchain technologies, and is particularly a method, system and device for detecting an abnormal node in a blockchain and a storage medium. In the detection method, node data are extracted and analyzed in a defeatured manner through various information sources, and finally, a high-quality graph structure with high accuracy, strong applicability and small error is obtained, so that high-order neighbor features with rich feature information are obtained, thus being convenient for further classified detection, improving the accuracy of detection results, and being beneficial for maintaining the safety of blockchain.
US12052376B2
An integrated physical unclonable function device includes at least one reference capacitor and a number of comparison capacitors. A capacitance determination circuit operates to determine a capacitance of the at least one reference capacitor and a capacitance of each comparison capacitor. The determined capacitances of the comparison capacitors are then compared to the determined capacitance of the reference capacitor by a comparison circuit. A digital word is then generated with bit values indicative of a result of the comparisons made by the comparison circuit.
US12052374B2
A system and method for verifying a cryptographic access code is provided. If a set of cryptographic access components are quantum-aware, the system can obtain a post-quantum encryption and/or decryption algorithm from a context-specific non-critical extension in a private OID namespace, such as SABER, Kyber, Enhanced McEliece, or RLCE. If the set of cryptographic access components are quantum-aware, the system can obtain a post-quantum signature or verification algorithm from the private OID namespace. The system can validate a root of trust specified in a TAL record; confirm that a respective certificate, CRL, or TAL is specified in at least one Manifest record; confirm that a hash of the respective certificate, CRL, or TAL matches a recorded hash in a respective Manifest listing the respective certificate, CRL, or TAL; and confirm that a respective CRL or Manifest is fresh.
US12052369B2
A method includes: generating a hash tree representing a structured data object including a data unit, the hash tree including a root hash and a data unit hash representing the data unit; submitting a first transaction to a distributed network, the first transaction configured to generate a blockchain object including the root hash, the blockchain object configured to generate an announcement representing membership of the data unit hash in the hash tree; and submitting a second transaction to the distributed network, the second transaction configured to trigger the blockchain object to generate the announcement based on a proof of inclusion of the data unit hash within the hash tree.
US12052364B2
A system and method for using digitally signed web tokens to securely share sensitive data includes identifying an API request that includes an authorization header comprising authentication data; assessing the authentication data of the API request against a corpus of valid authentication data; identifying the authentication data as valid authentication data and a target entity that corresponds to the authentication data; obtaining a set of permissions associated with the target entity; generating a digitally signed protobuf web token that includes a representation of the target entity and a representation of the set of permissions associated with the target entity; and based on the generation of the digitally signed protobuf web token: adapting the API request to an adapted API request that includes a header component comprising the digitally signed protobuf web token; and transmitting the adapted API request to a target API-processing service.
US12052356B2
Disclosed are data storage and verification methods and a device executable in a trusted execution environment. The data storage method comprises: encrypting, using a first key, user data and version information of the user data to generate first ciphertext, and storing the first ciphertext into a general storage space (S310); generating verification information of the user data (S320); and storing the version information and the verification information into a secure storage space (S330). The present disclosure effectively prevents version rollback of user data.
US12052351B1
Information can be transmitted through classical and quantum communication channels in parallel and at rates that enhance secure communication. The quantum communication is scaled to a transmission rate of 10 GHz or more, which matches the rate of classical communication transmission. During transmission of information (e.g., a message) through a classical channel, a quantum channel can transmit quantum key information used to construct a new key (e.g., a new decryption key) from the prior key. As a result, the same key is not reused for decryption and can be discarded after use. Further, a multiplexing system can encode and transmit both classical and quantum communication at the GHz-level transmission rate as a single optical beam, while a demultiplexing can receive and decode the information from the single optical beam.
US12052350B2
A quantum resistant method is provided for supporting user equipment (UE) roaming across APs/eNBs/gNBs belonging to various Wireless LAN Controllers (WLCs) in enterprise 5G and WiFi co-located deployments. The method may include initializing a SKS server in an electrical communication with a master WLC with a random post-quantum common secret seed (PQSEED) to generate a post-quantum pre-shared key (PQPSK) and a respective PQPSK-ID. The method may also include sending an encrypted PQSEED along with a PQPSK-ID to a second WLC. The method may further include joining AP (WiFi) to the master WLC using a CAPWAP/DTLS protocol. The method may further include sending the PQPSK-ID from the master WLC to the UE in an EAP success packet when the UE is associated with the AP (WiFi).
US12052349B2
Several round-efficient solitary multi-party computation protocols with guaranteed output delivery are disclosed. A plurality of input devices and an output device can collectively perform a computation using methods such as fully homomorphic encryption. The output of the computation is only known to the output device. Some number of these devices may be corrupt. However, even in the presence of corrupt devices, the output device can still either generate a correct output or identify that the computation was compromised. These protocols operate under different assumptions regarding the communication infrastructure (e.g., broadcast vs point-to-point), the number of participating devices, and the number of corrupt devices. These protocols are round-efficient in that they require a minimal number of communication rounds to calculate the result of the multi-party computation.
US12052348B2
Some embodiments are directed to a computation device for performing a computation on at least a set of values. The values are stored in memory as a plurality of shares that define the value. An operation of the computation may be performed on a set of input values to obtain an output value. The output value may be defined by at least one shared share and at least one computed share. The at least one shared share may also define a further value, e.g., an output of a previously performed computation or an output of a further operation performed in parallel with the operation. The at least one computed share is computed from the at least one shared share and shares of the set of input values. A fault in the shared share affects the further value but a fault in the computed share, complicating share reduction attacks.
US12052346B2
A secret is sliced into a number of encrypted slices. The encrypted slices can be distributed amongst members of a group. The encrypted slices make recovery of the secret possible, but a group authority key is required for decryption. Thus, a number of slices are necessary, but still not sufficient, to recover the secret.
US12052330B2
Methods and systems directed to an autonomous bi-directional integration of telematics platforms, e.g., different APIs, through protocol transforming, standardizing, and/or integrating of machine telematics data and/or Internet-of-Things (IOT) data. The platform permits seamless merging of disparate telematics and IoT data streams and resources into a single interface, removing the need to connect to propriety systems individually, and allowing an administrator to concurrently track and manage hundreds of millions of vehicles in a centralized system. Through the process of integrating and standardizing telematics and IoT resources, a custom universal data format may be defined. Machines, vehicles, and IoT devices may establish communications and data links through the platform of the present invention, in which each machine, vehicle, and/or IoT device shares, or fuses, sensor data. To accomplish the objectives of the present invention, signal mapping from one protocol to another protocol may be employed.
US12052328B2
Disclosed are systems and methods for a software development architecture enabling users to locally test and develop software, using a multitude of remote devices of their choice. The user can choose the remote devices, including the hardware and software on the remote device. The operator of the architecture can provide error analysis, without substantively inspecting the user's software calls and sensitive data. In some embodiments, traffic routing data is used to detect the source and type of a test session error, without inspecting the payload in the traffic.
US12052321B2
Described are systems and methods for determining session intent of a user. Different users can use a network-based application in many different ways based on, for example, the user's purpose for using the application, the device on which the user is executing the application, the user themselves, date, time, location, etc. Through the collection of user activities during a user session, the intent of a user session can be determined. Once determined, content provided through the application can be further personalized to correspond to the determined session intent.
US12052315B2
Embodiments described herein provide for a non-transitory machine-readable medium storing instructions to cause one or more processors to receive, at a client device, a machine learning model from a server, detect a usage pattern for a content item, store an association between the content item and the detected usage pattern in local data, train the machine learning model using local data for the content item with the detected usage pattern to generate a trained machine learning model, generate an update for the machine learning model, privatize the update for the machine learning model, and transmit the privatized update for the machine learning model to the server.
US12052311B2
Methods, systems, and media for controlling information utilized to present content using a public display device are provided. In some implementations a method for presenting content on a public display device is provided, the method comprising: (a) initiating communication with one or more display devices; (b) selecting a display device; (c) establishing a communication channel with the selected display device; (d) receiving information related to an area of a screen allocated for use by the user device; (e) identifying content that is to be presented using the selected display device; (f) generating formatted content based on the area of the screen allocated for use by the user device; (g) transmitting the formatted content to the display device using the communication channel; and repeating at least (e) to (g) until (h) determining that presentation of content using the selected display device is to be inhibited.
US12052303B2
Apparatus and methods for managing content delivery in a packetized network. In one embodiment, the network provide content to a plurality of clients via a plurality of nodes and origin points, and resources are discreetly represented (e.g., with IP addresses, such as those afforded under the IPv6 protocol) to allows for direct advertisement of resources. Exemplary solutions described herein further advantageously leverage extant architectures and protocols (such as BGP), and make use of a common control plane, which can be utilized for example by different content delivery network (CDN) operators and different delivery components to advertise resources. Internally within a given CDN, increased granularity of resource addressing and advertisement may provide benefits including: (i) resource affinity; (ii) resource-level balancing; (iii) dynamic resource scoping; and (iv) “zero-touch” provisioning and resource relocation.
US12052301B2
Systems and methods for split rendering of Network Based Media Processing (NBMP) are provided. A method includes deriving a media processing workflow; and obtaining connectivity information of at least one media processing entity (MPE) from among a plurality of MPEs, wherein the connectivity information describes a connection characteristic between at least two MPEs from among the plurality of MPEs; and assigning a plurality of workflow tasks of the media processing workflow among the plurality of MPEs based on the connectivity information.
US12052295B2
A method performed by an Application Server (AS) node PCRM-AS for assisting a UE in restoring an association between an Internet protocol Multimedia Subsystem, IMS, node, and the UE via one or more first intermediate proxy nodes in a communications network is provided. When the AS node receives from the UE, a first registration relating to the association, monitor said association. The first registration registers the UE to an IMS network. The first registration comprises an identity identifying the UE and a Push Notification Service (PNS) node serving the UE. When any of the intermediate proxy nodes in the monitored association becomes unavailable, the AS node sends an instruction to the identified PNS node. The instruction instructs the PNS node to send a notification to the identified UE. The notification triggers the UE to restore the association between the IMS node and the UE via one or more available second intermediate proxy nodes.
US12052285B1
At a first resource to be used to perform a computing operation, a pair of execution environments is configured. I/O permissions of programs running in the different environments are based on respective sets of constraints. A program performs the operation in one of the environments, with input data being provided to the program from the second environment. A result of the operation is provided to a destination from the second environment.
US12052277B1
The innovation disclosed and claimed herein, in one aspect thereof, comprises systems and methods of autonomous asset configuration modeling and management. The innovation includes probing elements of a networked architecture to compile information about elements in the networked architecture. The innovation learns a configuration for the at least one element in the environment based on the probing and determines vulnerabilities in the learned configuration. The innovation develops a threat model based on the learned configuration. The innovation applies the threat model to the elements of the networked architecture and deploys a configuration that resolves the vulnerabilities based on the threat model to the elements in the networked architecture. The threat model can be developed over time using machine learning concepts and deep learning of data sources associated with the elements and vulnerabilities.
US12052275B2
A method for protection from cyber attacks in a communication network of a vehicle comprising: the steps of building sets of dominant voltage measurements for each message identifier associated to a message that is passing; extracting statistical features; supplying the statistical features for each message identifier that are available at each instant at input to a neural network of a pattern-recognition type; carrying out an operation of classification, or pattern recognition, supplying a prediction of a membership class corresponding to a given node on the basis of the statistical features supplied at input; evaluating whether the prediction supplied by the neural network corresponds to a given node that allows as admissible message identifier the message identifier at input and, if it does not, signalling an anomaly for the message identifier; and evaluating whether a number of anomalies signalled for said message identifier exceeds a given threshold.
US12052267B2
A system and method for digital imaging and communications in security (DICOS) standard compliance validation. The system and method may validate both communication messages and files for compliance with the DICOS standard. In some embodiments, the system includes a processor for communicating with a test subject and a memory having program instructions stored thereon for performing a compliance test of the test subject to determine if the test subject is complaint with the DICOS standard. Execution of the instructions by the processor causes the processor to carry out the steps of: confirming that a transmitted DICOS message, e.g., a response or request, from the test subject is compliant with the DICOS standard; logging any errors in the transmitted DICOS message from the test subject in a validation report; and transmitting a simulated DICOS message, e.g., a response or request, to the test subject. In some embodiments, the steps further include, in response to the transmitted DICOS message, accessing a DICOMDIR file stored in the memory. The DICOMDIR file may be configured as a directory for DICOM file sets stored the memory. Transmitting the simulated DICOS message to the test subject may be performed in response to accessing the DICOMDIR file stored in the memory. Also, a DICOM file may be stored or retrieved from memory in response to accessing the DICOMDIR file stored in the memory.
US12052257B2
A computerized method of managing a computer remote session operation, comprising providing a server for hosting application execution; configuring a number of predefined user accounts with low security permissions on said server, where said user accounts are not tied to any specific real user; Whenever a remote user requests to start a remote session, finding an available user account not currently in use on said computer, allocating it for the remote session and marking it as unavailable for subsequent session requests; Generating a one-time password for said user account; Communicating the assigned user account identifier and temporary password to client component on the user's side, either directly or through an intermediate broker; causing the client component to connect to the server using said user account identifier and temporary password; and, upon termination of the remote session, deleting the assigned user account's data and marking it as available again.
US12052250B2
Commissioning of a transportation infrastructure peripheral device in a transportation infrastructure control network is disclosed. In the arrangement a peripheral device is attached to a transportation infrastructure control network through a network element or directly to a controller. When the connection has been made, a process for identifying and granting appropriate access rights is initiated. As a result, common network technologies can be used for transmitting information that is critical for elevator operation.
US12052245B2
A system and technique for a Request Forwarder as for a computer network architecture is disclosed to provide selective access to one or more cloud services. In some implementations, a computer system may receive a request for access to a cloud service, the request including a container credential. The computer system may determine an identification of the container using the container credential. The computer system may verify that the container requesting access to the cloud service is authorized based at least in part on stored policies. Based at least in part on the determination that the container requesting access to the cloud service is authorized: receiving instance credential from a metadata service. The computer system may include the instance credential with the request. The computer system may send the request to the cloud service. In various examples, the Request Forwarder can be provided as a service.
US12052242B2
In general, the disclosure relates to a method for creating segment mapping in a network, by a network device. The method includes receiving a segment identification (ID) for a client device of the network from an authentication system. The segment ID identifies a segment of the network including the client device and the network device wherein the segment ID is associated with a media access control (MAC) address of the client device. The network device or a network management system (NMS) determines an internet protocol (IP) address of the client device and the network device creates an IP address to segment ID mapping for the client device using the IP address. The IP address to segment ID mapping is provided to the NMS for distribution to remaining network devices of the network. At least one packet of the client device is processed using the IP address to segment ID mapping.
US12052232B2
A system and method for providing secure Single-Sign-On (SSO) authentication in a zero-knowledge architecture. A first server component may operate as a first relying party in a first SSO flow. When the user of an application successfully authenticates to a first identity provider, a first part of a secret key may be provided to the application. Additionally, a second server component may operate as a second relying party in a second SSO flow. When the first part of the secret key is received by the application, authentication information may be provided to a second identity provider. Based on a successful authentication, a second part of the secret key may be provided to the application. The first and second parts of the secret key may be combined by the application to generate a final secret key that may be used to decipher encrypted user data.
US12052231B2
A logic circuit for managing reception of secure data packets in an industrial controller snoops data being transferred by a Media Access Controller (MAC) between a network port and a shared memory location within the industrial controller. The logic circuit is configured to perform authentication and/or decryption on the data packet as the data packet is being transferred between the port and the shared memory location. The logic circuit performs authentication as the data is being transferred and completes authentication shortly after the MAC has completed transferring the data to the shared memory. The logic circuit coordinates operation with the MAC and signals a Software Packet Processing (SPP) module when authentication is complete. The logic circuit is further configured to decrypt the data packet, if necessary, and to similarly coordinate operation with the MAC and delay signaling the SPP module that data is ready until decryption is complete.
US12052213B2
A server device for use with a first and second user, a first and second client device respectively, a media device, the first client device configured to communicate with the second client device, one of the first or second client devices being configured to transmit an alert based on a failed attempt to initiate communication between the first client device and the second client device, the media device being configured to provide media to the user, the server device including: a memory; and a processor which executes instructions stored on the memory to cause the server device to: create a channel for the media device; associate, with the channel, one of the first or second client device; receive the alert; identify the media device based on the alert; and transmit a notification instruction to the media device to instruct the media device to provide a notification to the second user.
US12052202B2
Various aspects of the present disclosure generally relate to wireless communication. In some aspects, a user equipment (UE) may transmit a sidelink synchronization signal block (S-SSB) with a high priority listen-before-talk (LBT) parameter. The UE may communicate with an other UE based at least in part on the S-SSB with the high priority LBT parameter. Numerous other aspects are described.
US12052198B2
The present disclosure is directed to methods and systems for wireless communication. In some embodiments, the present system includes a first user equipment having a memory and a processor configured to execute instructions stored in the memory to control the first user equipment to: (1) receive data from a second user equipment; and (2) transmit, to the second user equipment, feedback information according to a reception of the data from the second user equipment.
US12052194B2
A wireless communication terminal is disclosed. The wireless communication terminal includes a transceiver configured to transmit/receive a wireless signal; and a processor configured to control an operation of the wireless communication terminal. The transceiver transmits a training signal to a base wireless communication terminal based on a sub-frequency band allocated from the base wireless communication terminal, and transmits data to the base wireless communication terminal through the sub-frequency band allocated from the base wireless communication terminal. The training signal is used, by the base wireless communication terminal, for receiving the data from the wireless communication terminal.
US12052193B2
Proposed are a method and device for receiving an EHT PPDU on the basis of a tone plan in a wireless LAN system. Specifically, a reception STA receives the EHT PPDU from a transmission STA through a 320 MHz band. The reception STA decodes the EHT PPDU. The EHT PPDU includes a control field and a data field. The control field includes information about a pilot tone. The information about the pilot tone includes allocation information indicating that a first pilot tone for the 320 MHz band is configured by repeating a second pilot tone for an 80 MHz band defined in an 802.11ax wireless LAN system. The first pilot tone is received in a data field on the basis of the allocation information.
US12052191B2
This disclosure provides an object receiving method and a device. The method includes: determining an association relationship between a target object and a source object, where the object includes a reference signal or a channel, and the association relationship includes a quasi co-location QCL relationship or a receive beam relationship.
US12052189B2
An example method includes detecting arrival of a packet at a receiver node including detecting over the air energy using at least one of the receiver node's antenna sectors. The method includes selecting one or more RF receive parameters based on information or metrics included in or determined from a pre-payload portion of the packet, including at least one of: selecting a first subset of the antenna sectors with better metrics than a second subset of the antenna sectors to receive the payload of the packet; or selecting an antenna polarization with better metrics than another antenna polarization to receive the payload of the packet. The method includes receiving a payload of the packet at the receiver node using the selected RF receive parameters.
US12052176B2
Techniques for policy-based failure handling of data that is received for processing by failed edge services are described herein. The techniques may include receiving, at an edge node of a network, a data handling policy for a service hosted on the edge node. The service may be configured to process traffic on behalf of an application hosted by a cloud-based platform. In some examples, the data handling policy may be stored in a memory that is accessible to the edge node. The techniques may also include receiving traffic at the edge node that is to be processed at least partially by the service. At least partially responsive to detecting an error associated with the service, the edge node may cause the traffic to be handled according to the data handling policy while the service is experiencing the error.
US12052168B2
Techniques are described for using route target constraint to filter routes advertised to a node in a seamless Multiprotocol Label Switching (MPLS) network. For example, a first router of a first network may generate a first border gateway protocol (BGP) message to advertise routing information for a first node of the first network, the first BGP message indicating a transport class and specifying an address-specific route target, the transport class comprising one or more tunnels to the first node that share common characteristics. In response to receiving a second BGP message originated by second node of a second network, the second BGP message comprising the address-specific route target, the first router sends the first BGP message to a second router of the second network for sending to the second node to cause the second node to import the routing information.
US12052166B2
Systems and methods are provided for predicting an impending change to Interior Gateway Protocol (IGP) metrics associated with Network Elements (NEs) in an optical network. A method, according to one implementation, includes receiving Performance Monitoring (PM) data related to an optical network having a plurality of links. The method also includes analyzing the PM data to predict the likelihood of an impending change to an IGP metric associated with a problematic link of the plurality of links.
US12052162B2
A sending node may send a network message to a multicast IP address. The sending node and a recipient node may be in communication via a plurality of intermediary nodes. The recipient node may receive a number of copies of the network message that corresponds to a number of equal cost paths between the sending node and the recipient node. The recipient node may send a reply to each of the copies of the network message to the sending node. The sending node may provide the replies to a collector module, which may use the replies for network analytics, network monitoring, machine learning, and the like.
US12052156B2
Testing data transfer at the application layer of a wind power surveillance computer system. One technique includes preparing a test message with a message id, transferring the test message from a first computer entity to a second computer entity, stamping the test message with a time stamp, when transfer is initiated, stamping the test message with a transfer id and a corresponding transfer time stamp, when the test message is received at the second entity, transferring the test message from the second computer entity at the application layer to the first computer entity, stamping the test message with an arrival time stamp, when the test message arrives at the first entity, storing the message id and the transfer id with corresponding time stamp and corresponding transfer time stamp, and the arrival time stamp, and comparing the stored time stamp with the transfer time stamp and with the arrival time stamp.
US12052150B2
A wireless access point system includes a processor configured to tap event data and process the event data using a plurality of event filters. Each event filter of the plurality of event filters applies event criteria to detect one or more types of events. The wireless access point system includes a memory configured to store the tapped event data. The wireless access point system includes a communication interface configured to report a report of a detected event type. At least a portion of the report is correlated to analyze a performance of a wireless network.
US12052139B2
An image forming system that is convenient for a user even when an image forming apparatus is directly connected to a network in addition to an image control apparatus. The image forming system includes an image control apparatus and an image forming apparatus. The image control apparatus includes a first communication member connected to an external apparatus through a network, a second communication member connected to the image forming apparatus through a predetermined transfer path, and a port controller that controls switching of a predetermined network port of the first communication member. The image forming apparatus includes a third communication member connected to the external apparatus through the network, and a fourth communication member connected to the image control apparatus through the predetermined transfer path. The port controller closes the predetermined network port in a case where both of the third and fourth communication members are valid.
US12052136B2
A new scalable approach to conflict-free deployment of changes across networks. The conflict rules or constraints may be modeled using policies and algorithms to determine an optimized schedule for change deployment.
US12052126B2
Methods, systems, and devices for wireless communications are described. In a wireless communications system, a user equipment (UE) and a base station implement reference signal modulation for conveying feedback information. In some examples, the UE may receive, from the base station, control signaling indicating to the UE to convey feedback information by modulating an uplink reference signal. The UE may receive, from the base station, a set of downlink messages. In some cases, the UE may transmit, to the base station, a set of uplink reference signals in response to receiving the downlink messages, where the set of uplink reference signals may be modulated by the UE to convey the feedback information. In some cases, the uplink reference signal may be a sounding reference signal (SRS) with embedded feedback information.
US12052123B2
Methods and apparatus for determining and adjusting subcarrier spacing (SCS) to be used by a base station, e.g., a CBSD, for transmitting downlink data to one or more wireless devices, e.g., UEs, are described. A subcarrier spacing (SCS) level to be used by the base station is determined based on information relating to buffering of downlink data supplied to the base station via a cable, e.g., data accumulation rate (DAR) and/or average data arrival time (ADAT). Measured cable modem (CM) to base station latency is also used in the SCS determination. The amount of time for which a determined SCS level is to be used by the base station is set based on measured latency between a CMTS and the CM.
US12052116B1
A first and second host device are configured to communicate data via a data channel (e.g., a half-duplex channel). A control channel (e.g., a full-duplex channel) may be used to arbitrate the dynamic assignment of the respective roles of master and slave to the first and second host devices. The arbitration procedure may include transmitting a first message from the first host device to the second host device that specifies information for allocating one or more time slots to the first host device, and transmitting a second message from the second host device to the first host device that specifies information for allocating one or more time slots to the second host device. At each of the first and second host devices, a communication schedule for the data channel may be determined based on a rule set, the first message and the second message.
US12052112B2
In one embodiment, a method includes transmitting power in a power and data distribution system comprising at least two pairs of wires, negotiating a power level between Power Sourcing Equipment (PSE) and a Powered Device (PD) in the power and data distribution system, transmitting the power at a power level greater than 100 watts, periodically checking each of the wires for a fault, and checking for an electrical imbalance at the wires.
US12052108B2
A wireless communication system may use enhanced feedback indicating a PDSCH decoding outcome. The enhanced feedback may be in an uplink control information (UCI) and carried over PUCCH or PUSCH. The enhanced feedback may be encoded and divided up into two parts of the UCI. A first payload may be carried in a first part of the UCI and a second payload comprising additional feedback information may be carried in a second part of the UCI.
US12052104B2
Methods, systems, and devices related to related to digital wireless communication, and more specifically, to techniques related to station controlled multi-access point transmission and retransmission. In one exemplary aspect, a method for wireless communication includes receiving a multi-network node capability indication message from a first network node and a second network node indicating that each of the first network node and the second network node are capable of transmitting multi-network node transmissions. The method also includes transmitting a multi-network node association request message to the first network node and the second network node to associate the first network node and second network node into a group of network nodes.
US12052099B2
The aspects described herein may enable an apparatus to jointly encode two or more payloads using a single polar encoder device, while providing unequal error protection for the payloads. The apparatus causes a polar encoder to polar encode a first payload and a second payload to generate a polar encoded codeword. The polar encoder is configured to encode one or more bits of the first payload at a first reliability level and encode one or more bits of the second payload at a second reliability level, where the one or more bits of the first payload are associated with a first priority level and the one or more bits of the second payload are associated with a second priority level. The apparatus transmits the polar encoded codeword.
US12052089B2
A method of operating a first non-terrestrial network part supporting a plurality of spot beams providing corresponding coverage areas in a wireless telecommunications network, the method comprising: communicating with a communications device in a first coverage area associated with a first spot beam of the first non-terrestrial network part: identifying a new coverage area for the communications device, the new coverage area corresponding to a coverage area of a second spot beam different from the first spot beam, and implementing a mobility procedure for the communications device; wherein, if the second spot beam is supported by the first non-terrestrial network part, the mobility procedure is a first mobility procedure and if the second spot beam is supported by a second non-terrestrial network part different from the first non-terrestrial network part the mobility procedure is a second mobility procedure different from the first mobility procedure.
US12052087B2
The described features generally relate to adjusting a native antenna pattern of a satellite to adapt communications via the satellite. For example, a communications satellite may include an antenna having a feed array assembly, a reflector, and a linear actuator coupled between the feed array assembly and the reflector. The feed array assembly may have a plurality of feeds for communicating signals associated with a communications service, and the reflector may be configured to reflect the signals transmitted between the feed array assembly and one or more target devices. The linear actuator may have an adjustable length, or otherwise provide an adjustable position between the feed array assembly and the reflector. By adjusting the position of the feed array assembly relative to the reflector, the communications satellite may provide a communications service according to a plurality of native antenna patterns.
US12052086B2
Technology for a combined duplexer is disclosed. The combined duplexer can include a first common port and a second common port, a first first direction filter is configured to pass a first direction signal in a first frequency band and, a first second direction filter to pass a second direction signal in a second frequency band, and a second first direction filter to pass the first signal in the first frequency band. The first first direction filter and the first second direction filter share the first common port. The first second direction filter and the second first direction filter share the second common port.
US12052079B2
A reception method implemented by a reception device implementing a plurality of receive antennas. The method includes: estimating an interference covariance matrix representative of the spatial structure of the interference between the receive antennas; and transmitting at least one item of information about a quality of service associated with at least one acquisition technique for acquiring knowledge of the channel at transmission, able to be used by a transmission device implementing a plurality of transmit antennas, obtained from the interference covariance matrix.
US12052078B2
A method for operating a user equipment (UE) comprises receiving, from a base station (BS), CSI feedback configuration information including codebook parameters configured jointly via a single radio resource control (RRC) parameter, the codebook parameters comprising L, p, ν0, and β, wherein the parameter L determines a number of spatial domain (SD) basis vectors, the parameter β determines a maximum number of coefficients, and the parameters p and ν0 determine a number (Mν) of frequency domain (FD) basis vectors, wherein the parameter p is for a first rank set and the parameter ν0 is for a second rank set; generating the CSI feedback based on the CSI feedback configuration information, wherein the CSI feedback is generated for a rank value ν from one of the first and second rank sets; and transmitting, to the BS, the CSI feedback over an uplink channel.
US12052076B2
Aspects are provided which allow a transmitting device to provide reference signals to a receiving device for beam management according to an arbitrarily determined sequence of transmission beams at any time, and to implicitly convey information regarding the determined sequence of transmission beams to the receiving device. The transmitting device provides a message to the receiving device indicating a beam sequence conveyance mode. The transmitting device subsequently determines a sequence of different transmission beams, and associates a reference signal with each one of the transmission beams for transmission to the receiving device according to the sequence. The receiving device obtains the plurality of reference signals from the transmitting device, where each of the reference signals is associated with a different transmission beam. The receiving device identifies a reception beam for each of the transmission beams, and determines a sequence of the transmission beams in response to the identification.
US12052071B2
In a general aspect, various fields of a PHY frame are used for motion detection. In some aspects, a first training field and a second, different training field are identified in a PHY frame of each wireless signal transmitted between wireless communication devices in a wireless communication network. A first time-domain channel estimate and a second time-domain channel estimate are generated for each wireless signal. The first time-domain channel estimate is based on a first frequency-domain signal included in the first training field, while the second time-domain channel estimate is based on a second frequency-domain signal included in the second training field. A determination is made whether motion has occurred in a space during the time period based on the first time-domain channel estimates, and a location of the motion within the space is determined based on the second time-domain channel estimates.
US12052058B2
Embodiments of the present disclosure are directed to an optical transceiver within a single device. The optical transceiver incorporates an optical isolator, thus eliminating the need for an external isolator unit. In embodiments, transmitter channels and receiver channels share a single lens array and incorporate a compensator block to equalize the transmitter and receiver optical signals in the transceiver. Other embodiments may be described and/or claimed.
US12052056B2
An object of the present disclosure is to enable an ONU to acquire ID information of terminal devices even when a network device is connected between the ONU and the terminal devices, and to thereby enable generation of a logical path between the ONU and the OLT. The present disclosure relates to an optical communication network system configured to connect a terminal device and a passive optical network (PON) system via a network device. The PON system includes an optical line terminal and an optical network unit connected using an optical transmission line. The network device is configured to acquire ID information of the terminal device, and notify the optical network unit of the acquired ID information. The optical network unit is configured to acquire ID information of the terminal device from the network device, and generate a logical path to the optical line terminal on the optical transmission line using the acquired ID information.
US12052054B2
There is provided a security system for use at an enclosure containing one or more passive components of an optical communication link. The security system comprises a sensor configured to detect a physical breach of the enclosure, and an optical alert signal generator coupled to the optical communication link. The optical alert signal generator is self-powered, and configured to generate an optical alert signal and transmit the optical alert signal through the optical communication link when a physical breach of the enclosure is detected by the sensor. The optical alert signal is detectable at an entity external to the enclosure and connected to the optical communication link.
US12052049B2
A transmit-received (TR) switch is designed such that the receiver-side shunt PIN diode acts as a switchable shunt diode while the switch operates in transmit mode and acts as a limiter while the switch operates in receive mode. This is achieved using a DC Schottky diode between the receiver-side shunt network and the biasing network. While the switch operates in receive mode, received radio frequency (RF) signals that exceed a power threshold cause the Schottky diode to become forward biased, causing the shunt PIN diode to act as a limiter that protects the receiver from excessively high RF signal power. This approach affords a high level of protection using a small number of components and without adding insertion loss to the RF signal path.
US12052045B2
Provided are systems and methods for transmitting radio signals. A system for transmitting radio signals includes a base station and a customer premises equipment (CPE). The base station includes a first frequency converter and at least one first antenna. The first frequency converter is configured to receive a first radio signal having a predetermined frequency and convert the first radio signal into a second radio signal. The second radio signal has a frequency higher than the predetermined frequency. The at least one first antenna has a transmitter and is configured to wirelessly transmit, via the transmitter, the second radio signal to the CPE. The CPE includes at least one second antenna configured to receive the second radio signal from the at least one first antenna and a second frequency converter configured to convert the second radio signal into the first radio signal.
US12052044B2
A case for an electronic device wherein the electronic device has a receiver coil for wireless charging and the receiver coil is formed in between an inner circle and an outer circle, includes: a hard protective frame constructed to receive the electronic device therein wherein the hard protective frame faces the electronic device; and a metal plate constructed to be received in the recess. The metal plate is constructed to enable magnetic retention or attachment of the case to a support having a magnet. The metal plate has a rounded concave edge, and the metal plate does not overlap with the inner circle. Preferably, the rounded concave edge, the inner circle, and the outer circle are substantially symmetrical with respect to a same line.
US12052028B2
A SAR ADC and an electronic device are disclosed. The SAR ADC includes a read clock generation circuit, configured to connect to a first output terminal and a second output terminal of a dynamic comparator, and generate a read clock signal for reading a first or a second comparison result based on the first and the second comparison result received from the dynamic comparator. The invention reads the comparison result using the read clock signal generated by grabbing the output of the comparator, and can improve the overall analog-to-digital conversion speed of the SAR ADC. Further, the present invention can detect the occurrence of metastable state of the comparator by judging that the output of the comparator has no pulse, and read the comparison result based on the backup clock generated by the operating clock of the comparator.
US12052024B2
The current disclosure is related to a column and line digital-to-analog converter (DAC) with a hybrid coupler for generating quadrature analog signals. The DAC may include an array of unit power amplifiers (cells). A first portion of the cells of the array may be coupled to a first column decoder to receive in-phase components of digital signals and a second portion of the cells may be coupled to a second column decoder to receive quadrature components of the digital signals. The first portion of the cells of the array may generate in-phase components of analog signals and the second portion of the cells of the array may generate quadrature components of the analog signals. A hybrid coupler of the DAC may receive the in-phase and quadrature components of the analog signals with a similar phase, delay the quadrature components by a phase delay (e.g., 90 degrees), and output the resulting analog signals.
US12052020B2
This application is directed to frequency controlling in an electronic device that includes a selector, a clock generated, and a controller. The selector selects one of a first reference signal and a second reference signal as an input signal having an input phase. The clock generator receives the input signal and generates a periodic signal, and the periodic signal has an output phase that matches the input phase of the input signal. While the first reference signal is selected as the input signal, the controller identifies a temporal range including a peak instant at which the second reference signal reaches a peak frequency, select a switching instant within the temporal range based on a known temporal position of the peak instant with respect to the temporal range, and control the selector to select the second reference signal as the input signal at the switching instant.
US12052012B2
An acoustic wave device that has a better TCF and can improve a resonator Q or impedance ratio is provided. The acoustic wave device includes a substrate 11 containing 70 mass % or greater of silicon dioxide (SiO2), a piezoelectric thin film 12 including LiTaO3 crystal or LiNbO3 crystal and disposed on the substrate 11, and an interdigital transducer electrode 13 disposed in contact with the piezoelectric thin film 12.
US12052011B2
The present disclosure relates to acoustic wave devices, and particularly to high quality factor (Q) transducers for surface acoustic wave (SAW) devices. An exemplary SAW device includes an interdigital transducer (IDT) between two reflective gratings to form a resonator. The resonator operates through shear horizontal mode acoustic waves, and therefore suppression of transverse modes (parallel to electrode fingers of the IDT) is desired. A piston mode can be formed in the resonator to suppress transverse modes, which may also increase energy leakage and result in a lower Q. A higher Q is achieved by adding a fast region at an end of one or more of the electrode fingers of the IDT.
US12052004B2
The present disclosure relates to a radio frequency power amplifier system (200) comprising a first (114) and a second input port (121). The radio frequency power amplifier system (200) comprises a main amplifier (101) having an input (107) and an output (108) and a first (102) and a second auxiliary amplifier (122) having respective inputs (109, 129) and outputs (110, 128). The radio frequency power amplifier system (200) comprises an internal load (103) connected to the output (110) of the first auxiliary amplifier (102), a feedback network (104) having an input end (111) connected to the output (110) of the first auxiliary amplifier (102) and an output end (112) connected to the input (109) of the first auxiliary amplifier (102). The radio frequency power amplifier system (200) also comprises a feedforward amplifier (123) having an input (124) and an output (130). The inputs (107, 129, 109) of the main amplifier and the auxiliary amplifiers are interconnected with the first input port (114) at a common input node (113), the output (128) of the second auxiliary amplifier (122) and the second input port (121) are interconnected with the input (124) of the feedforward amplifier (123) at a common node (127) and the outputs (130,108) of the feedforward amplifier (123) and the main amplifier (101) are interconnected at a common output node (125). The main amplifier (101) is a replica of the first auxiliary amplifier (102) with an increased gain and the second auxiliary amplifier (122) is a replica of the first auxiliary amplifier (102).
US12052003B2
A receiver front end capable of receiving and processing intraband non-contiguous carrier aggregate (CA) signals using multiple low noise amplifiers (LNAs). Cascode circuits, each having a “common source” configured input FET and a “common gate” configured output FET, serve as the LNAs. An amplifier-branch control switch, configured to withstand relatively high voltage differentials by means of a relatively thick gate oxide layer and coupled between a terminal of the output FET and a power supply, controls the ON and OFF state of each LNA while enabling use of a relatively thin gate oxide layer for the output FETs, thus improving LNA performance. Some embodiments may include a split cascode amplifier and/or a power amplifier.
US12052002B2
A negative resistance amplifier including a negative resistance network where the negative resistance network may be any known circuit element characterized by a negative ratio of the voltage a between its output terminals and to the current flowing through the element: a reactance network resonant at the center frequency of the amplifier where the reactive network may contain a varactor for tuning of the resonant frequency of the reactance network: and a circulator whose port 1 is the input terminal of the amplifier, whose port 3 is the output port of the amplifier and whose port 2 is connected to the combination of the negative resistance network and the reactance network.
US12051997B2
A power management circuit operable with group delay is provided. In embodiments disclosed herein, the power management circuit includes a voltage processing circuit configured to receive a first time-variant target voltage having a first group delay relative to a time-variant target voltage and a second time-variant target voltage having a second group delay relative to the time-variant target voltage. Accordingly, the voltage processing circuit generates a windowed time-variant target voltage higher than or equal to a highest one of the first time-variant target voltage and the second time-variant target voltage in a group delay tolerance window(s) defined by the first group delay and the second group delay. As a result, the power management circuit can generate a time-variant voltage based on the windowed time-variant target voltage to help a power amplifier to avoid amplitude clipping when amplifying an analog signal.
US12051996B2
A method including: obtaining a flexible underlayment, wherein the flexible underlayment comprises: a first sensor, wherein the first sensor comprises a first flexible circuit, and wherein the first flexible circuit is configured to: measure a first value representative of a first roofing system condition measurement, wherein the first flexible circuit measures the first value at a first location, wherein a first location identifier indicative of the first location is stored in a database in communication with the first sensor; determine a first roofing system condition in the first location based at least in part on the first value and the first location identifier; and generate a first notification representative of the first roofing system condition; installing the flexible underlayment on a roof deck of a steep slope roof of a structure; installing a first roofing shingle over the flexible underlayment and above at least the first sensor.
US12051986B2
An electric working machine in one aspect of the present disclosure includes a motor, an information output circuit, a control circuit, and a drive stop circuit. The information output circuit outputs state information that indicates a state of the electric working machine. The control circuit executes a motor control process in accordance with a computer program. The drive stop circuit executes a motor stop operation. The motor stop operation includes disabling a permission to drive the motor by the control circuit to stop the motor in response to the state information indicating that the motor should be stopped. The motor stop operation is implemented by hardware.
US12051983B2
A power conversion system including a plurality of power conversion devices connected in parallel. Each of the plurality of power conversion devices includes: a power conversion circuit configured to convert DC to AC; and an AC filter circuit connected to an output side of the power conversion circuit. The AC filter circuit is an LC low-pass filter including a first filter reactor and an AC filter capacitor connected in an L shape. The AC filter circuit further includes a second filter reactor connected in series to the AC filter capacitor, and a resistance constructing a series circuit together with the AC filter capacitor and the second filter reactor.
US12051982B2
A method of clamping an output current of a three-phase power converter is provided. The three-phase power converter includes three switching bridge arms and provides a three-phase output voltage command, and each switching bridge arm has an upper switch and a lower switch connected in series. The method includes steps of: determining that the output current is greater than a first current threshold to activate a current clamping control procedure, comparing a carrier signal with the three-phase output voltage command to turn on the lower switches by a first zero vector when the carrier signal is rising and turn on the upper switches by a second zero vector when the carrier signal is falling, determining that the output current is greater than a second current threshold to activate an overcurrent protection procedure, wherein the second current threshold is greater than the first current threshold.
US12051981B2
A power conversion unit is provided with a power conversion module performing conversion between direct current power and alternating current power, a first bus bar connected to the power conversion module and inputting and outputting the power, a chassis housing the power conversion module, and a terminal connecting the first bus bar and a second bus bar connected to an external device. The terminal and at least a part of the chassis are integrally formed of a resin.
US12051978B2
A semiconductor package includes a transformer having a primary winding and a secondary winding. The primary winding has first and second terminals and a pair of taps. The secondary winding has first and second terminals and a pair of taps. The semiconductor package includes first and second data transfer circuits, a bridge, and a rectifier. The first data transfer circuit is coupled to the pair of taps of the primary winding. The second data transfer circuit is coupled to the pair of taps of the secondary winding. The bridge is coupled to the first and second terminals of the primary winding. The rectifier is coupled to the first and second terminals of the secondary winding.
US12051975B2
In accordance with at least one aspect of this disclosure, a converter system for a three level boost converter. In embodiments, the system includes a voltage input configured to connect to a voltage source, a switching module operatively connected to the voltage input to output quasi-square wave, a voltage output configured to supply voltage to a load, and a logic module. In embodiments, the logic module can be configured to control the switching module to modulate voltage from the voltage source to the voltage output to maintain a zero-voltage switching condition for at least a specified interval, using a method.
US12051974B2
A controller for a power converter includes: an estimator configured to estimate or calculate a slew rate of an output voltage of the power converter or a slew rate of an error voltage which corresponds to a difference between the output voltage and a target voltage, during a load transient; and a modulator configured to modify regulation of the output voltage based on the estimated or calculated slew rate. A corresponding voltage regulation method and an electronic system that includes the power converter are also described.
US12051971B1
Described herein are DC-DC converters with a ratio of the power output to volume of at least 2 kW per liter or even at least 4 kW per liter. Such DC-DC converters can operate at power levels of at least 150 kW or even at least 200 kW. A DC-DC converter comprises an enclosure and a front plate sealed against the enclosure using a set of fasteners. The DC-DC converter also comprises a converter unit comprising a switching sub-module, a diode sub-module, and an inductor as well as an additional converter unit comprising an additional switching sub-module, an additional diode sub-module, and an additional inductor. The switching sub-module and the additional switching sub-module or, more generally, the converter unit and the additional converter unit are configured to operate out of phase. The inductors are immersed cooled, the switching sub-modules are conductively cooled, while the diode sub-modules are convectively cooled.
US12051969B2
Example power factor correction circuits to correct the power factor of power converters are disclosed. An example power factor correction controller circuit includes a phase locked loop phase angle determiner to determine a first phase angle of an input voltage of the power converter and further includes a compensating current determiner to determine, based on the phase angle, a compensating current to compensate for a capacitive current introduced by at least one filter capacitor of the power converter. The power factor correction controller circuit further includes a switch controller to cause a controlled current drawn by a power stage of the power converter to be adjusted by the compensating current to reduce a phase offset between the first phase angle of the input voltage and a second phase angle of the input current drawn at an input of the power converter.
US12051968B2
System and method for managing a cumulative DC offset in a magnetizable material. A primary driving AC voltage and a magnetic flux sensor. The flux sensor output is continuously received into memory while the flux sensor output for each phase half-cycle is processed to continuously compute and re-compute in real time a flux-second integral for each half-cycle. The two half-cycle flux-second integrals are compared to each other for a DC offset value and the offset value drives a slow loop DC compensation circuit to steer a PWM control.
US12051966B2
A converter for avoiding a short-circuit fault of the converter while inhibiting a surge impact includes: a power factor correction (PFC) circuit, a surge protection circuit, and a switch circuit. The PFC circuit is configured to: convert a first component of a first alternating current received by an alternating current terminal of the PFC circuit into a first direct current, and output the first direct current through a direct current terminal of the PFC circuit; and convert a second direct current received by the direct current terminal of the PFC circuit into a second alternating current, and output the second alternating current through the alternating current terminal of the PFC circuit.
US12051962B2
A rotating device according to the present invention comprises a motor, a connection terminal electrically connecting the motor with an external device, and a housing accommodating the motor and the connection terminal. The connection terminal includes a bent portion bent in a direction crossing an insertion direction or a removal direction of the connection terminal. The housing includes a contact surface in contact with the bent portion.
US12051958B2
A magnetically coupled ball drive system for actuation of spherical surfaces and wheels is disclosed. An internal support structure interacts with exterior drive wheels magnetically to produce rotational motion. A related improvement involving reduction of slip due to insufficient traction is also presented to establish a design for a more robust and versatile device that can be used in robotics or for producing vehicle locomotion.
US12051952B2
A stator core is provided that can define a plurality of core slots in a surface thereof. The core slots can extend between a first and a second end portion of the stator core. A winding can be housed in the core slots. The winding can define a channel through at least a portion thereof. A cooling system can be operably coupled with the channel and can be configured to move a cooling fluid through the channel. A turbulator can be positioned within the channel. The turbulator can be within a flowpath of the cooling fluid and can be integrally formed with the winding.
US12051948B2
A circuit carrier for establishing mechanical and electrical connection for at least one (power) electronics component, having a carrier plate which has at least one passage hole, and at least one electrically and thermally conductive insert element which is arranged in the passage hole and has a first contact surface for establishing electrical and thermal connections to the component and a second contact surface, which faces away from the first contact surface, for establishing thermal connections to a cooling body. The insert element further forms a bushing and has a contact side face which is situated against the bushing and is designed for establishing an electrical and thermal connection to an electrical connecting element.
US12051946B2
In a rotor of a motor or the like, in order to suppress scattering of a part of a magnet provided around a rotating shaft, the rotor has a cylindrical magnet through which the rotating shaft passes, a first holder which covers the magnet from one side in an axial direction of the rotating shaft and a second holder which covers the magnet from the other side in the axial direction. The magnet is press-fitted into a first body portion of the first holder and a second body portion of the second holder, and a first end of the first body portion and a second end of the second body portion are joined by welding or the like. An inner diameter of the first end and the inner diameter of the second end are larger than an outer diameter of the magnet.
US12051942B2
In an improved structure of high-frequency rotary mechanism, permanent magnets with an odd number of at least five are disposed in each pole of a motor rotor, one of the permanent magnets serves as a center, the other permanent magnets are symmetrically connected in series on two sides of the center, and adjacent ends of the permanent magnets located on two sides are made as a same magnetic pole, so that the adjacent ends are separated without directly abutting against each other by a repulsion distance under a repulsive effect of the same pole, relative positions between the adjacent permanent magnets are maintained by the repulsive effect, and structures of position limiting and support in the prior art for positioning are not required, thereby avoiding centrifugal force of high-speed rotation to act on the structures of position limiting and support, and reducing negative impact on a rotor iron core.
US12051937B2
A method of controlling a wireless power transfer system comprising a primary stage and a secondary stage is provided. The primary stage comprises a DC/DC converter configured to generate a DC output, a DC/AC inverter configured to receive the DC output and to generate an AC output according to a variable switching frequency, and a primary coil configured to transfer power to the secondary stage in response to the DC/AC inverter generating the AC output. The switching frequency of the DC/AC inverter is adjusted to cause a phase angle between an input current and an input voltage of the primary coil to be less than or equal to a predetermined threshold. The DC output of the DC/DC converter is controlled to cause a desired amount of power to be transferred from the primary coil at the adjusted switching frequency.
US12051929B2
Embodiments of the present invention disclose a method and device for warning overdischarge of a battery, a battery and an aerial vehicle. The battery is configured to supply power to a moving platform. The method includes: acquiring a number of times of overdischarge damage of the battery, where the number of times of overdischarge damage is obtained based on minimum voltage values of the battery in previous discharge processes and a preset overdischarge judgment criterion, and the preset overdischarge judgment criterion is less than a voltage threshold of overdischarge of the battery; and giving a battery overdischarge warning according to the number of times of overdischarge damage of the battery.
US12051923B2
Aspects relate to a charger for an electric aircraft with failure monitoring and method for its use. An exemplary charger for an electric aircraft with failure monitoring includes a charging circuit. Included within the charging circuit is a connector configured to mate with an electric aircraft port of an electric aircraft and at least a current conductor configured to conduct a current. At least a conductor comprises a direct current conductor configured to conduct a direct current. A charger may include a control circuit configured to command the charging circuit of an electric aircraft as a function of charging datum. A charger may also include a failure monitor circuit, the failure monitor circuit configured to initiate a failure mitigation procedure as a function of a failure of the charging circuit.
US12051922B2
In a power supply circuit in which a plurality of loads are connected in parallel to a common power source and load switches are provided for the respective loads, an abnormality determination unit determines which load switch has an abnormality among the plurality of load switches, based on time change of a potential difference acquired after a switch operation unit switches each load switch from OFF to ON.
US12051904B2
The present invention provides a system and method for smoothing photovoltaic power generation. Photovoltaic power plants have the inherent problem of generation intermittency caused by the variation in weather conditions over a period of seconds, minutes, and hours. This intermittency results in a variability of active power injection into the electrical grid by the photovoltaic power plant.
US12051903B1
A system for controlling power in a facility having an electrical system including an energy storage device and a generator and an associated fuel tank. The fuel tank provides fuel to the generator and has a gauge indicating remaining fuel. Both the energy storage device and the generator operate. The generator may be used to provide power to the facility, the energy storage device, or both simultaneously. A first power consuming device imposes a first load connected to the electrical system and second power consuming device imposes a second load connected to the electrical system. The system receives information related to the loads and calculates an initial estimated run time of the energy storage device, and information related to the first load and information related to the second load. The system selectively removes the second load in a simulation and calculates a second run time of the energy storage device.
US12051902B2
Disclosed are a voltage source converter based high voltage direct current (VSC-HVDC) high-frequency resonance suppression method, system, and device. The method includes: when an effective value of an actually input alternating current (AC) voltage is reduced from a normal value to meet a preset condition, making the virtual electrical quantity completely equal to the actual electrical quantity, and performing full real-time tracking for the actual electrical quantity to improve dynamic characteristics of a power system at the moment of a fault; and after performing the full tracking for a period of time, if the effective value of the actual AC voltage is less than a preset threshold, performing adaptive tracking until the actual electrical quantity recovers to a stable value. The present disclosure can reduce a risk of high-frequency resonance of a VSC-HVDC, avoid deteriorating dynamic characteristics of the VSC-HVDC, and improve safety of fault ride-through of the VSC-HVDC.
US12051893B2
A high-voltage electronic box assembly, having a high-voltage electronic box and a multi-directional connector assembly inside the high-voltage electronic box, and a junction box housing is connected to the high-voltage electronic box differently in each of a plurality of configurations. A negative terminal is connected to the first negative bus bar in a first of the plurality of configurations and a second of the plurality of configurations, and the negative terminal is connected to the second negative bus bar in a third of the plurality of configurations and a fourth of the plurality of configurations, a positive terminal is connected to the first positive bus bar in the first of the plurality of configurations and the second of the plurality of configurations, and the positive terminal is connected to the second positive bus bar in the third of the plurality of configurations and the fourth of the plurality of configurations.
US12051891B1
A pop-up power system with a hollow tower to support an electrical receptacle. The lid includes a lid locking mechanism, and the tower being rotatable between a locked position and an unlocked position. A mounting sleeve receives the tower body through it and includes a locking mechanism alignable with the lid locking mechanism. A liner is positioned between the tower body and the mounting sleeve, the liner comprising a groove for the guide pin in an interior surface of the liner which surrounds and slideably engages the body and is rotatably connected to the mounting sleeve. A biasing element biases the lid of the tower away from the liner and is configured to slide between an extended position and a retracted position with respect to a mounting surface so that it has an extended locked position and an extended unlocked position, a retracted locked position and a retracted unlocked position.
US12051889B2
A tower for a high-voltage overhead electric transmission line has a predetermined shape defining an internal volume of the tower, and carries a first tension side of a first line section and a second tension side of a second line section. The first and second tension sides have respective pluralities of first and second tension terminals, each associated with a respective phase of the high-voltage overhead electric transmission line. The tower supports a switchgear unit connected at a first end to the first line section and at a second end to the second line section and configured to modify grid configuration, interrupting and restoring electrical continuity in pre-established points, to interrupt nominal and fault currents, and to carry out safety operations. The switchgear unit has a plurality of switchgear unit poles, each associated with a respective phase of the high-voltage overhead electric transmission line and including a line circuit breaker and at least one line disconnector.
US12051878B2
A circuit board for a high speed communication jack including a rigid circuit board in the housing having a substrate, a plurality of vias extending through the substrate with each via being configured to accommodate a pin on the housing, a plurality of traces on a middle layer in the substrate, with each trace extending from a corresponding one of the plurality of vias, a first shielding layer on a first side of the middle layer in the substrate, a second shielding layer on a second side of the middle layer in the substrate, and a third shielding layer adjacent to the second shielding layer.
US12051874B2
A magnetic latching connector for making electrical connections between cables, electrical power and signal sources, equipment and the like in a variety of medical and other applications in which it is desired to have the connection maintained with a predetermined amount of magnetic attractive force. The magnetic latching connector generally includes male and female connector components. The male and female connector components comprise male and female couplings and male and female coupling housings. The male and female coupling housings enclose electrical connections between the male and female couplings and electrical cables. Recessed within the male and female couplings are electrically conductive pins and sockets and male and female magnetic latching elements. When the male and female connector components are coupled, the pins and sockets provide electrical connections and the recessed magnetic latching elements provide a predetermined magnetic attraction force to maintain the connections.
US12051873B2
An adapter includes a housing defining an insertion port and a plugging cavity, and a shielding assembly positioned in the adapter. The shielding assembly includes a first and second shielding gates rotatably disposed in the adapter wherein the two shielding gates open and close the insertion port by the second shielding gate abutting against the first shielding gate, and the second shielding gate being inclined relative to vertical when the shielding gates are in a closed state.
US12051872B2
A shuttered keystone jack assembly is provided in the disclosure. The shutter keystone jack assembly includes a jack housing, a frame, a shutter and an elastic member. The frame is detachably disposed on the jack housing and defining a receiving opening. The shutter is pivotally connected to the frame and selectively covering the receiving opening. The elastic member includes a first end portion and a second end portion, and the first end portion and the second end portion respectively abut against the frame and the shutter.
US12051868B2
A connector with increased heat dissipation efficiency and ease of use is provided. The connector includes a mounting portion having a main body and configured to be electrically connected to a printed circuit board of a battery management unit configured to manage voltages of a plurality of battery cells; and the connection portion including two or more connection terminals configured to contact a counterpart connection terminal and the connection portion including a concave-convex structure formed on a surface of each of the two or more connection terminals.
US12051855B2
Antennas include first and second radiating elements that are configured to operate in respective operating frequency bands. The first radiating element includes a first dipole arm that has a first conductive path and a second conductive path that is positioned behind the first conductive path. The first conductive path includes a plurality of first segments and the second conductive path includes a plurality of second segments, where a subset of the first segments overlap respective ones of second segments to form a plurality of pairs of overlapping first and second segments. At least some of the pairs of overlapping segments are configured so that the instantaneous direction of a first current formed on the first segment in response to RF radiation emitted by the second radiating element will be substantially opposite the instantaneous direction of a second current formed on the second segment in response to the RF radiation.
US12051849B2
A spacer-attached antenna unit is to be attached, via the spacer, to a glass plate included in a glass window, wherein the antenna unit is configured to detachably attach to the glass window via a detachable member.
US12051833B2
A fuel cell system monitoring fuel gas detection results of a gas sensor after outputting a valve-opening command signal to a first on-off valve and outputting a valve-closing command signal to the second on-off valve when an operation of a fuel cell stack is stopped and an oxygen-containing gas stops flowing through oxygen-containing gas supply flow path.
US12051825B2
A coated separator for a secondary battery including a separator substrate including a porous polymer resin; and a coating layer present on at least one surface of the separator substrate. The coating layer includes an inorganic material and a coupling agent, the inorganic material comprises a hydroxide of a metal, or a hydroxide of a metal oxide, and the coupling agent is a titanium-based or a silane-based coupling agent.
US12051824B2
Manufacturing methods for making a substantially rectangular and flat glass preform for manufacturing a Li ion conducting glass separator can involve drawing the preform to a thin sheet and may involve one or more of slumping, rolling or casting the glass within a frame that defines a space filling region and therewith the shape and size of the preform. The thickness of the rectangular flat preform so formed may be about 2 mm or less. The frame may be slotted having a back surface and widthwise wall portion that define the height and width of the space filling region. The flat backing surface and surfaces of the widthwise wall portions are defined may be coated by a material that is inert in direct contact with the heated glass material, such as gold.
US12051814B2
Disclosed herein is a battery module comprising a plurality of battery cells encased in an outer shell. The outer shell has disposed on an inner surface a flame retardant layer that comprises expandable graphite. The expandable graphite is operative to expand during an thermal event that results in an increase in battery module temperature. Disclosed herein too is a method comprising disposing in a battery module a flame retardant layer; where the battery module comprises a plurality of battery cells encased in an outer shell. The outer shell has disposed on an inner surface a flame retardant layer that comprises expandable graphite. The expandable graphite is operative to expand during an thermal event that results in an increase in battery module temperature.
US12051811B2
This application relates to an electrode plate that includes a current collector and an electrode active material layer disposed on at least one surface of the current collector. The current collector includes a support layer and a conductive layer disposed on at least one surface of the support layer. A single-side thickness D2 of the conductive layer satisfies 30 nm≤D2≤3 μm, a conductive primer layer including a conductive material and a bonding agent is further disposed between the current collector and the electrode active material layer. The bonding agent in the conductive primer layer includes a water-based bonding agent. The electrode plate in this application has good machinability. An electrochemical apparatus including the electrode plate has high energy density, good electrical performance, and long-term reliability.
US12051807B2
Provided is an electrode material which is suitable for use as a material for forming electrodes for use in lithium ion secondary batteries, etc. and which makes it possible to heighten the rate characteristics of batteries. The electrode material is characterized by comprising a polymer having, in a side chain, a fluoflavin skeleton such as that shown by the formula and an inorganic active material, the polymer being contained in an amount of 1 mass % or less with respect to the solid components.
US12051801B1
Layers including acetate doped polyethylene oxide adhered to the face of zinc negative electrodes or lithium intercalation positive electrodes are contemplated herein. These layers may penetrate into the surface of the electrode, partially filling the void space. A secondary battery may include some of the electrodes contemplated herein along with corresponding separator systems.
US12051795B2
Various embodiments disclosed relate to novel methods of fabricating 3-D Li ion batteries using direct nanoimprint lithography. The present invention includes methods of fabricating high surface area electrodes, including imprint patterning of high aspect ratio parallel grating style electrodes. The method includes coating a substrate with an ink containing nanoparticles and subsequently annealing the ink into a desired pattern.
US12051790B2
The present disclosure relates to a battery module and a battery pack including the same, and more particularly, to a battery module and a battery pack having the same, the battery module being formed in a heat transfer structure so that the temperatures of a plurality of battery cells are efficiently adjusted, and formed such that a heat transfer member is formed to have through holes so that the stability of the battery cells increases.
US12051782B2
Provided herein is a method for producing a non-aqueous alkali metal electricity storage element, comprising a voltage application step of applying a voltage to a non-aqueous alkali metal electricity storage element precursor comprising a positive electrode precursor, a negative electrode, a separator, and a non-aqueous electrolytic solution, housed in a casing, wherein a positive electrode active material layer of the positive electrode precursor comprises a positive electrode active material and an alkali metal compound other than the positive electrode active material.
US12051774B2
Disclosed are an electrode assembly manufacturing method including sequentially stacking a first electrode, a separator, and a second electrode on a separation film having a continuous length to form mono-cells, each of the first electrode, the separator, and the second electrode being cut to a predetermined size from a winding roll so as to have a discontinuous structure, bonding the stacked mono-cells using a lamination device, locating a bi-cell at a folding start part, from which folding starts, on the separation film so as to be spaced apart from the mono-cells by a distance for folding, and performing folding in one direction with the bi-cell as a beginning, whereby it is possible to immediately perform the folding process without a separate preparation process after the lamination process in order to simplify the electrode assembly production process, and an electrode assembly manufactured by the method.
US12051769B2
Solid-state lighting devices including light-emitting diodes (LEDs), and more particularly integrated warning structures for ultraviolet LED packages are disclosed. Integrated warning structures may include passive structures, such as lumiphoric material regions, that are arranged within LED packages to receive a portion of ultraviolet light from an LED chip within the LED package and provide a small amount of wavelength-converted light. Such wavelength-converted light may serve as indication that ultraviolet light is being emitted. Exemplary lumiphoric material regions may form one or more discrete regions within LED packages and may provide such wavelength-converted light without substantial impact on color purity of the LED packages. Accordingly, LED packages may provide integrated warning emissions that may serve to indicate the presence of ultraviolet emissions and/or reduce human exposure to such ultraviolet emissions.
US12051764B2
An apparatus for separating a semiconductor cell, the apparatus includes a holding arrangement comprising a first holder section and a second holder section, the first holder section being configured to support a first section of the semiconductor cell, and the second holder section being configured to support a second section of the semiconductor cell, and a displacement arrangement configured to separate the first section of the semiconductor cell from the second section of the semiconductor cell by displacing the first section relative to the second section.
US12051753B2
A semiconductor device includes a first fin, a second fin, and a third fin protruding above a substrate, where the third fin is between the first fin and the second fin; a gate dielectric layer over the first fin, the second fin, and the third fin; a first work function layer over and contacting the gate dielectric layer, where the first work function layer extends along first sidewalls and a first upper surface of the first fin; a second work function layer over and contacting the gate dielectric layer, where the second work function layer extends along second sidewalls and a second upper surface of the second fin, where the first work function layer and the second work function layer comprise different materials; and a first gate electrode over the first fin, a second gate electrode over the second fin, and a third gate electrode over the third fin.
US12051750B2
A memory cell includes a thin film transistor over a semiconductor substrate. The thin film transistor comprising: a ferroelectric (FE) material contacting a word line, the FE material being a hafnium-comprising compound, and the hafnium-comprising compound comprising a rare earth metal; and an oxide semiconductor (OS) layer contacting a source line and a bit line, wherein the FE material is disposed between the OS layer and the word line.
US12051748B2
A semiconductor device includes a semiconductor layer, a drift region, a source area, a well region, a drain area, and a dielectric film. The drift region and the source area are formed in the semiconductor layer. The well region is formed in the semiconductor layer and between the drift region and the source area. The drain area is formed in the drift region. The dielectric film is formed in the drift region and is located between the source area and the drain area. The dielectric film includes a proximate end portion and a distal end portion which are proximate to and distal from the source area, respectively, and which are asymmetrical to each other.
US12051739B2
A semiconductor device structure includes a substrate, a channel layer, a barrier layer and a doped group III-V layer. The channel layer is disposed on the substrate. The barrier layer is disposed on the channel layer. The doped group III-V layer is disposed on the barrier layer. The doped group III-V layer includes a first portion and a second portion. The first portion has a first concentration of a first element. The second portion is adjacent to the first portion and has a second concentration of the first element. The gate structure is disposed on the first portion of the doped group III-V layer. The first concentration of the first element is different from the second concentration of the first element.
US12051732B2
A semiconductor structure is provided. The semiconductor structure includes a first nanostructure stacked over and spaced apart from a second nanostructure, a gate stack wrapping around the first nanostructure and the second nanostructure, a source/drain feature adjoining the first nanostructure and the second nanostructure, and a first inner spacer layer interposing the gate stack and the source/drain feature and interposing the first nanostructure and the second nanostructure. A dopant in the source/drain feature has a first concentration at an interface between the first inner spacer layer and the source/drain feature and a second concentration at a first distance away from the interface. The first concentration is higher than the second concentration.
US12051728B2
A method for forming a semiconductor Schottky rectifier device includes providing a semiconductor substrate, forming a hard mask for trench etch including openings for guard rings, an anode region, and a cathode region, and etching semiconductor epitaxial material layer to form a plurality of trenches. The method also includes forming a first dielectric layer and depositing a polysilicon layer, performing an anisotropic etch of the polysilicon layer to form polysilicon elements on sidewalls of the trench, and depositing and etching a second dielectric layer to expose a Schottky diode region and a bottom region of the trench in the cathode region. The method further includes depositing a first metal layer and performing a thermal treatment to form metal silicide in the Schottky diode region and the cathode region and forming a second metal layer and separating the second metal layer into an anode electrode and a cathode electrode.
US12051722B2
A semiconductor device including: an active pattern on a substrate, the active pattern including a recess, the recess having a “V” shape; a growth prevention pattern on the recess; gate structures on portions of the active pattern at opposite sides of the recess; channels spaced apart from each other in a vertical direction perpendicular to an upper surface of the substrate, each of the channels extending through one of the gate structures; and a source/drain layer on the growth prevention pattern, the source/drain layer contacting the channels.
US12051719B2
The present disclosure provides a method of manufacturing a semiconductor structure. The method includes: providing a substrate; forming a first nitride layer, a first sacrificial layer, a second nitride layer, a second sacrificial layer and a third nitride layer in sequence over the substrate; forming a first opening and a second opening, wherein the first opening exposes a first landing pad in the substrate, and the second opening exposes a second landing pad in the substrate; forming a first electrode in the first opening and a second electrode in the second opening; removing the first sacrificial layer and the second sacrificial layer concurrently; and forming a conductive layer, conformal to the first electrode, the second electrode, the first nitride layer, the second nitride layer and the third nitride layer.
US12051717B2
An anti-ferroelectric thin-film structure including a dielectric layer including an anti-ferroelectric phase of hafnium oxide; and an inserted layer in the dielectric layer, the inserted layer including an oxide. An electronic device to which the anti-ferroelectric thin-film structure has been applied may secure an operating voltage section with little hysteresis.
US12051710B2
An imaging device includes a pixel section and a peripheral circuitry section provided around the pixel section. The pixel section includes: a photoelectric conversion film; a top electrode located above the photoelectric conversion film; bottom electrodes that face the top electrode, with the photoelectric conversion film being disposed between the top electrode and the bottom electrodes; and a first light-shielding film that overlaps part of the photoelectric conversion film in a plan view and that is electrically connected to the top electrode. The first light-shielding film has electrical conductivity. The peripheral circuitry section includes peripheral circuitry and a second light-shielding film that overlaps at least part of the peripheral circuitry in the plan view. The first light-shielding film and the second light-shielding film are separated from each other.
US12051707B2
A package includes a flat portion to which an imaging element chip is fixed, a wall portion surrounding a fixed surface of the imaging element chip in the flat portion, and a plurality of first terminals electrically connected to the imaging element chip. A protective cover seals the imaging element chip in a state where the protective cover overlaps the wall portion. A conductive member is provided between the first terminal exposed from a rear surface of the package and a second terminal formed on a circuit board disposed to face the rear surface of the package to fix the package and the circuit board and electrically connect the first terminal and the second terminal to each other. The protective cover and the wall portion are fixed by an adhesive having a Young's modulus of 500 MPa or more.
US12051706B2
A sensor device, an electronic apparatus and a method for reducing signal noise are provided. The sensor device includes a first detection region and a second detection region. The first detection region includes at least one detector unit, the detector unit includes a first detection electrode and a second detection electrode opposed to each other and a first insulating layer, the first detection electrode is electrically insulated from the second detection electrode by the first insulating layer, the second detection region includes at least one detector unit, the sensor unit includes a first sensor electrode, a second sensor electrode and a first photosensitive layer, and the first photosensitive layer is electrically connected to the first sensor electrode and the second sensor electrode.
US12051702B2
A crystalline channel layer of a semiconductor material is formed in a backend process over a crystalline dielectric seed layer. A crystalline magnesium oxide MgO is formed over an amorphous inter-layer dielectric layer. The crystalline MgO provides physical link to the formation of a crystalline semiconductor layer thereover.
US12051700B2
Improved methods for forming gate isolation structures between portions of gate electrodes and semiconductor devices formed by the same are disclosed. In an embodiment, a method includes forming a channel structure over a substrate; forming a first isolation structure extending in a direction parallel to the channel structure; forming a dummy gate structure over the channel structure and the first isolation structure; depositing a hard mask layer over the dummy gate structure; etching the hard mask layer to form a first opening through the hard mask layer over the first isolation structure; conformally depositing a first dielectric layer over the hard mask layer, in the first opening, and over the dummy gate structure; etching the first dielectric layer to extend the first opening and expose the dummy gate structure; and etching the dummy gate structure to extend the first opening and expose the first isolation structure.
US12051695B2
A semiconductor device includes a substrate having a first region and a second region. Multiple nanostructures are vertically stacked above the first region of the substrate. A first gate dielectric layer wraps each of the nanostructures. A first gate electrode layer is disposed on the first gate dielectric layer. A fin protruding from the second region of the substrate. The fin includes alternating first and second semiconductor layers with different material compositions. A second gate dielectric layer is disposed on top and sidewall surfaces of the fin. A second gate electrode layer is disposed on the second gate dielectric layer. A thickness of the first gate dielectric layer is smaller than a thickness of the second gate dielectric layer.
US12051694B2
A semiconductor device may include first channels on a first region of a substrate and spaced apart from each other in a vertical direction substantially perpendicular to an upper surface of the substrate, second channels on a second region of the substrate and spaced apart from each other in the vertical direction, a first gate structure on the first region of the substrate and covering at least a portion of a surface of each of the first channels, and a second gate structure on the second region of the substrate and covering at least a portion of a surface of each of the second channels. The second channels may be disposed at heights substantially the same as those of corresponding ones of the first channels, and a height of a lowermost one of the second channels may be greater than a height of a lowermost one of the first channels.
US12051690B2
Disclosed is a semiconductor structure including a semiconductor substrate (e.g., a P-substrate) and a symmetric BDSCR. The BDSCR includes, within the substrate, a first well (e.g., a low-doped deep Nwell) and, within the first well, symmetric side sections and a middle section positioned laterally between the side sections. Each side section includes: second and third wells (e.g., Pwells), where the third well is shallower than and has a higher conductivity level than the second well. Each middle section includes multiple floating wells including: two fourth wells (e.g., Nwells), which have a higher conductivity level than the first well, and a fifth well (e.g., another Pwell), which is positioned laterally between and shallower than the fourth wells. By incorporating the floating wells into the middle section, high current tolerance is improved.
US12051686B2
Methods of manufacturing light-emitting devices are described herein. A method includes obtaining a packaging substrate. The packaging substrate includes an embedded metal inlay, vias in the packaging substrate and contacts on a bottom surface of the packaging substrate, each electrically coupled to a respective one of the vias. The method also includes forming a hybridized device, attaching a bottom surface of the hybridized device to a top surface of the metal inlay, and wirebonding a top surface of the hybridized device to a stop surface of the packaging substrate using a plurality of conductive connectors.
US12051677B2
A front-mounted high-voltage LED light source for supplementing light to plants includes a substrate, a high-voltage LED chip set, a first layer of glue powder and a second layer of glue powder. By controlling a weight ratio of the transparent adhesive medium and the red fluorescent particles in the first layer of glue powder, as well as thickness of the first layer of glue powder; and, by controlling a weight ratio of the transparent adhesive medium and the yellow fluorescent particles in the second layer of glue powder, as well as the thickness of the second layer of glue powder, a ratio range of photon number of red light, blue light to green light emitted by the front-mounted high-voltage LED light source for supplementing light to plants per a unit time is (65-95):(5-30):(5-25).
US12051676B2
The lighting assembly disclosed in the embodiment of the invention includes a substrate, light emitting devices on the substrate, a first resin layer covering the light emitting devices, and at least one second resin layer on the first resin layer, and a first cover disposed on an outer periphery of the substrate along an outer periphery of the substrate of the lighting module. The second resin layer is disposed on upper and side surfaces of the first resin layer, and the second resin layer includes at least one of phosphor and ink particles. The first cover includes an opening portion from which the second resin layer protrudes, a substrate cover portion disposed on an upper surface of the substrate around the opening portion, and a side cover portion extending lower than a side surface of the substrate from the substrate cover portion. An upper surface of the substrate cover portion may be disposed lower than the upper surface of the first resin layer.
US12051674B2
A 3D semiconductor device including: a first level with first transistors, single crystal layer overlaid by at least one first metal layer which includes interconnects between the first transistors forming first control circuits; the first metal layer(s) overlaid by a second metal layer which is overlaid by a second level which includes first memory cells which include second transistors, overlaid by a third level which includes second memory cells which include third transistors and are partially disposed over the control circuits, which control data written to second memory cells; and a fourth metal layer overlaying a third metal layer which overlays the third level; where third transistor gate locations are aligned to second transistor gate locations within less than 100 nm, and the average thickness of fourth metal layer is at least twice the average thickness of second metal layer; the fourth metal layer includes a global power distribution grid.
US12051664B2
A semiconductor device includes a first semiconductor structure including a first substrate, circuit devices on the first substrate, a lower interconnection structure on the circuit devices, and a lower bonding structure electrically connected to the lower interconnection structure, and a second semiconductor structure including a second substrate disposed on the first semiconductor structure, gate electrodes stacked and spaced apart from each other in a first direction perpendicular to a lower surface of the second substrate, channel structures that penetrate the gate electrodes and extend in the first direction, and an upper bonding structure electrically connected to the gate electrodes and the channel structures and bonded to the lower bonding structure. The second semiconductor structure further includes a first via connected to an upper portion of the second substrate, a second via spaced apart from the first via and the second substrate, and a contact plug.
US12051657B2
An electronic device includes a multilevel lamination structure having a core layer, dielectric layers and conductive features formed in metal layers on or between respective ones or pairs of the dielectric layers. The core layer and the dielectric layers extend in respective planes of orthogonal first and second directions and are stacked along an orthogonal third direction. The conductive features include a first patterned conductive feature having multiple conductive turns in each of a first pair of the metal layers to form a first winding having a first turn and a final turn adjacent to one another in the same metal layer of the first pair, and a second patterned conductive feature having multiple conductive turns in a second pair of the metal layers to form a second winding having a first turn and a final turn.
US12051654B2
A package structure includes a redistribution structure, a first semiconductor die, a first passive component, a second semiconductor die, a first insulating encapsulant, a second insulating encapsulant, a second passive component and a global shielding structure. The redistribution structure includes dielectric layers and conductive layers alternately stacked. The first semiconductor die, the first passive component and the second semiconductor die are disposed on a first surface of the redistribution structure. The first insulating encapsulant is encapsulating the first semiconductor die and the first passive component. The second insulating encapsulant is encapsulating the second semiconductor die, wherein the second insulating encapsulant is separated from the first insulating encapsulant. The second passive component is disposed on a second surface of the redistribution structure. The global shielding structure is surrounding the first insulating encapsulant, the second insulating encapsulant, and covering sidewalls of the redistribution structure.
US12051649B2
A method includes forming a reconstructed wafer, which includes forming a redistribution structure over a carrier, bonding a first plurality of memory dies over the redistribution structure, bonding a plurality of bridge dies over the redistribution structure, and bonding a plurality of logic dies over the first plurality of memory dies and the plurality of bridge dies. Each of the plurality of bridge dies interconnects, and is overlapped by corner regions of, four of the plurality of logic dies. A second plurality of memory dies are bonded over the plurality of logic dies. The plurality of logic dies form a first array, and the second plurality of memory dies form a second array.
US12051646B2
A method comprises forming a first conductive line and a second conductive line in a first dielectric layer over a substrate, each having a planar top surface, applying an etch-back process to the first dielectric layer until a dielectric portion between the first conductive line and the second conductive line has been removed, and the first conductive line and the second conductive line have respective cross sectional shapes including a rounded surface and two rounded corners and depositing a second dielectric layer over the substrate, while leaving a first air gap between the first conductive line and the second conductive line.
US12051640B2
A chip card body including a metal plate having at least one slot which defines a current flow path on the metal plate, and having a coupling region to accommodate a chip with an antenna, wherein the coupling region is configured to inductively couple the metal plate to the antenna of the chip, a dielectric layer applied to the metal plate, an electrically conductive layer applied to a side of the dielectric layer opposite the metal plate, and at least one electrically conductive coupling between the metal plate and the electrically conductive layer, wherein the metal plate, the dielectric layer and the electrically conductive layer form a capacitor.
US12051629B2
A semiconductor device manufacturing system includes a spin coater and a coating layer inspector. The spin coater includes: a chuck, a rotation driver configured to rotate the chuck; and a solution dispenser configured to spray a solution onto a portion of the coating layer formed on an edge portion of the wafer, wherein the coating layer inspector includes an edge inspection camera and an inspection controller configured to determine a radius, eccentricity, and a top-view shape of the coating layer, based on images of the edge portion of the wafer.
US12051617B2
A method includes depositing a metallic hardmask over a dielectric layer. The method further includes etching a metallic hardmask opening in the metallic hardmask to expose a top surface of the dielectric layer. Th method further includes modifying a sidewall of the metallic hardmask opening by adding non-metal atoms into the metallic hardmask. The method further includes depositing a conductive material in the metallic hardmask opening.
US12051615B2
A method for manufacturing a semiconductor structure includes: a substrate is provided, an isolation trench being formed on the substrate; a silicon-rich isolation layer is formed in the isolation trench, the silicon-rich isolation layer covering an inner surface of the isolation trench; and an isolation oxide layer is formed in the isolation trench. The isolation oxide layer fills up the isolation trench.
US12051614B2
A method includes etching a semiconductor substrate to form trenches extending into the semiconductor substrate, and depositing a first dielectric layer into the trenches. The first dielectric layer fills lower portions of the trenches. A Ultra-Violet (UV) treatment is performed on the first dielectric layer in an oxygen-containing process gas. The method further includes depositing a second dielectric layer into the trenches. The second dielectric layer fills upper portions of the trenches. A thermal treatment is performed on the second dielectric layer in an additional oxygen-containing process gas. After the thermal treatment, an anneal is performed on the first dielectric layer and the second dielectric layer.
US12051609B2
The present disclosure relates to systems and methods for reducing the humidity within a FOUP (Front Opening Unified Pod) when loaded on an EFEM (Equipment Front End Module) for transfer of a semiconductor wafer substrate during fabrication processes. A deflector of specified structure is placed inside the EFEM above the load port of the FOUP. The deflector directs airflow in the EFEM away from the load port. The deflector includes a body with a plurality of apertures in the deflector body, and with a sloped front surface. Thus, the degree of penetration of high-humidity air from the EFEM into the FOUP is reduced.
US12051601B2
A substrate bonding apparatus includes a substrate susceptor to support a first substrate, a substrate holder over the substrate susceptor to hold a second substrate, the substrate holder including a plurality of independently moveable holding fingers, and a chamber housing to accommodate the substrate susceptor and the substrate holder.
US12051599B2
A method for removing particulates from a plurality of substrates includes opening a first access port in a top of a first container holding a cleaning fluid bath, inserting a first substrate through the first access port to a first support, closing the first access port, opening a second access port in the top of the first container, inserting a second substrate through the second access port to a second support, closing the second access port, opening the first access port, removing the first substrate through the first access port and delivering the first substrate into a rinsing station, closing the first access port, opening the second access port, removing the second substrate through the second access port and delivering the second substrate into the rinsing station, and closing the second access port.
US12051577B2
A sputtering target comprising: a backing plate; and a target material bonded via a bonding material to a bonding region of the backing plate, wherein a bonding area of a bonding portion between the target material and the backing plate accounts for 97% or more of the area of the bonding region, and wherein a maximum defect area of portions without the bonding material present between the target material and the backing plate accounts for 0.6% or less of the area of the bonding region. The sputtering target enables manufacturing of the sputtering target in which the target material is hardly peeled off during sputtering.
US12051569B2
A deposition apparatus includes a shield member having a lattice shape in a plan view, the lattice shape including short side edges extending along a first direction and long side edges extending along a second direction, the short side edges including first and second short side edges, a bracket member including a first bracket member coupled to the first short side edge, and a second bracket member coupled to the second short side edge, a plurality of anode bars extending along the second direction and stably placed on each of the first bracket member and the second bracket member, and a target member covering the plurality of anode bars. An anode bar of the plurality of anode bars protrudes outward beyond at least one of the first bracket member and the second bracket member, and the anode bar is physically separated from the shield member by the bracket member.
US12051567B2
A gas supply unit is disclosed. An exemplary gas supply unit includes an upper plate provided with a plurality of injection holes; and a divider plate constructed and arranged against the upper plate to guide a flow of gas from the injection holes; wherein one of the plurality of injection holes is a center injection hole and the other than said one of the plurality of injection holes are arranged concentrically around the center injection hole as outer injection holes; and wherein the divider plate is provided with a center through hole fluidly communicating with the center injection hole and is provided with a plurality of protrusions extending towards the upper plate thereby creating a plurality of zones, each of the zones fluidly communicating with one of the outer injection holes.
US12051563B2
A charged particle beam device 100 includes an irradiation unit 110 configured to irradiate a sample S with a charged particle beam, a detection unit 130 configured to output a signal caused by irradiating the sample S with the charged particle beam, a display unit 154 configured to output a condition selection interface for selecting one condition set from a plurality of condition sets, and a control unit 151 configured to execute an evaluation on an object of interest. The condition set includes information for specifying one learned model from a plurality of learned models, information for specifying one search condition from a plurality of search conditions including at least one of an irradiation condition and a detection condition, and information for specifying one analysis condition from a plurality of analysis conditions defining an operation of at least one of the irradiation unit 110 and the detection unit 130. The charged particle beam device 100 is configured to accept a selection of the condition set via the condition selection interface, irradiate a first region of the sample S with the charged particle beam based on the specified search condition and detect a first signal caused by the irradiation, transfer information that is based on the first signal to the specified learned model, acquire information that represents a second region of the sample S including a position of a candidate of the object of interest from the specified learned model, the second region being a part of the first region and smaller than the first region, irradiate the second region with the charged particle beam based on the specified analysis condition and detect a second signal caused by the irradiation, and input information that is based on the second signal to the control unit 151.
US12051561B2
An ion implantation system, ion source, and method are provided having a gaseous aluminum-based ion source material. The gaseous aluminum-based ion source material can be, or include, dimethylaluminum chloride (DMAC), where the DMAC is a liquid that transitions into vapor phase at room temperature. An ion source receives and ionizes the gaseous aluminum-based ion source material to form an ion beam. A low-pressure gas bottle supplies the DMAC as a gas to an arc chamber of the ion source by a primary gas line. A separate, secondary gas line supplies a co-gas, such as a fluorine-containing molecule, to the ion source, where the co-gas and DMAC reduce an energetic carbon cross-contamination and/or increase doubly charged aluminum.
US12051558B2
A bearing structure for an X-ray tube is provided that includes a journal bearing shaft with a radially protruding thrust bearing encased within a sleeve. The structure of sleeve is formed with enlarged traps or voids in the sleeve that are disposed adjacent various rotating anti-wetting seals/seal surfaces formed between the sleeve and the shaft. The geometry of the traps is formed to retain liquid metal/lubricating fluid within the gap defined by the bearing assembly and to direct to liquid metal flowing outwardly from the gap defined between the sleeve and the shaft away from the rotating anti-wetting seals and back towards the gap. This geometry allows the centrifugal forces exerted on the liquid metal by the rotation of the bearing structure to move the outflowing liquid metal away from the rotating anti-wetting seals to significantly reduce contact of the liquid metal with the seals.
US12051556B2
A system including at least one sub-system that includes a first actuator configured to control a supply of a respective energy; a power lockout system including at least one switch configured to open and close an electrical connection between a power supply and the first actuator; a body configured to move between a first position and a second position to open and close the electrical connection; and at least one processor configured to control, during a power down process, the first actuator of the each of the at least one sub-system to reduce the respective energy of the sub-system.
US12051550B2
An electronic component (for example, an electrolytic capacitor) includes an internal element (for example, a capacitor element) and a packaging (for example, a case). The production lot for the internal element includes a plurality of subunits. The packaging is provided with an identifier for identifying the plurality of subunits. By this configuration, it is possible to provide an electronic component capable of specifying production information, a production method for the electronic component, a management method for the electronic component, and a program. The identifier may be provided on the packaging as a display. Further, the identifier may be a one-dimensional code or a two-dimensional code.
US12051544B2
A ceramic electronic component includes: a body including an active portion, including a first dielectric layer and an internal electrode, and a margin portion disposed a side surface of the active portion and including a second dielectric layer; and an external electrode disposed on the body and connected to the internal electrode. The first and second dielectric layers have different dielectric compositions. The first dielectric layer includes tin (Sn) and dysprosium (Dy). The second dielectric layer includes magnesium (Mg).
US12051531B2
A coil component includes spiral conductor patterns S1 and S2 and insulating resin layers that cover the spiral conductor patterns S1 and S2, respectively. An outermost turn of the spiral conductor pattern S1 has a widened part. As a result, an outer wall surface part constituting the outer wall surface of the outermost turn in the radial direction and an outer wall surface part constituting the outer wall surface of the outermost turn of the spiral conductor pattern S2 in the radial direction differ in radial position from each other. Overlap of the insulating resin layers in the lamination direction is reduced to suppress thermal expansion or contraction of the insulating resin layers in the lamination direction at the overlap. This can relieve a stress applied to the interface between the spiral conductor pattern and the insulating resin layer.
US12051530B2
A ferrite sintered body contains from 48.2% by mole to 49.7% by mole Fe in terms of Fe2O3, from 2.0% by mole to 8.0% by mole Cu in terms of CuO, from 12.0% by mole to 19.0% by mole Ni in terms of NiO, and from 28.5% by mole to 33.0% by mole Zn in terms of ZnO, in which when Fe, Cu, Ni, and Zn are converted to Fe2O3, CuO, NiO, and ZnO, respectively, and when the total amount of the Fe2O3, the CuO, the NiO, and the ZnO is 100 parts by weight, the ferrite sintered body contains from 5 ppm to 25 ppm B in terms of elemental B and 6 ppm to 25 ppm Nb in terms of elemental Nb.
US12051529B2
A manufacturing method of a grain-oriented electrical steel sheet according to an embodiment of the present invention, includes: manufacturing a cold-rolled sheet; forming a groove by irradiating a laser beam on the cold-rolled sheet; and partially removing an oxide layer formed on a surface of the cold-rolled sheet so that a thickness of the oxide layer remains at 1 to 5 nm, wherein the grain-oriented electrical steel sheet has islands of 0.25 or less having sphericity of 0.5 to 0.9 under the oxide layer under the groove.
US12051526B2
A wiring member includes: a plurality of wire-like transmission members; and a sheet to which the plurality of wire-like transmission members arranged side by side are fixed, wherein the sheet includes a first sheet covering the plurality of wire-like transmission members from one side and a second sheet covering the plurality of wire-like transmission members from another side, and a planar surface region part is provided on an outer side of the second sheet.
US12051516B1
Radiation shielding performs a range of functions determined by the type and number of layers of materials used, thickness, weight, and structural support afforded by the radiation shielding. A radiation shield laminate stack may be constructed consisting of a plurality of layers of ultra-high molecular weight (UHMW) polyethylene, polyethylene film, and carbon fiber, which is held together with an epoxy. The carbon fiber lay may be coated with nanoparticles of Boron (B) or Boron Nitride (BN), Boron Oxide (B2O3) or Boron Carbide (B4C) or a combination thereof to increase the shielding properties of the laminate stack. The radiation shield is lighter than aluminum, structurally sound, and thus may be used in the space environment to effectively block Galactic Cosmic Rays, atomic oxygen and UV radiation.
US12051509B2
Embodiments of the present invention relate generally to non-invasive methods and tests that measure biomarkers (e.g., tumor antigens) and collect clinical parameters from patients, and computer-implemented machine learning methods, apparatuses, systems, and computer-readable media for assessing a likelihood that a patient has a disease, relative to a patient population or a cohort population. In one embodiment, a classifier is generated using a machine learning system based on training data from retrospective data and subset of inputs (e.g. at least two biomarkers and at least one clinical parameter), wherein each input has an associated weight and the classifier meets a predetermined Receiver Operator Characteristic (ROC) statistic, specifying a sensitivity and a specificity, for correct classification of patients. The classifier may then be used to assesses the likelihood that a patient has cancer relative to a population by classify the patient into a category indicative of a likelihood of having cancer or into another category indicative of a likelihood of not having cancer.
US12051495B2
In general, systems and methods for patient monitoring using drug administration devices are provided.
US12051491B2
Use of an artificial intelligence engine to provide skin care treatment is disclosed.
US12051480B2
The disclosure provides a semiconductor storage device, which can shorten the processing time for error detection and correction. The flash memory of the present disclosure has a NAND chip and an ECC chip. The NAND chip has dedicated input and output terminals which can transmit data with the ECC chip, and the ECC chip has a dedicated input and output terminal which can transmit data with the NAND chip. When reading in the NAND chip, the NAND chip transmits the read data containing the parity data to the ECC chip through the dedicated input and output terminals. The ECC chip detect and correct errors in the read data based on the parity data, and the corrected data is transmitted to the controller through the input and output terminals.
US12051479B2
Methods, systems, and apparatuses include retrieving a defectivity footprint of a portion of memory, the portion of memory composed of multiple blocks. A deck programming order is determined, based on the defectivity footprint, for a current block of the multiple blocks. The current block is composed of multiple decks. The deck programming order is an order in which the multiple decks are programmed. The multiple decks programmed according to the determined deck programming order.
US12051470B2
A memory controller capable of sequentially increasing or decreasing a total current consumed by a plurality of memory devices, controls a plurality of memory devices coupled through a plurality of channels. The memory controller includes a request checker for identifying memory devices corresponding to requests received from a host among the plurality of memory devices, and generating the identified device information on memory devices to perform operations corresponding to the requests; a dummy manager for outputting a request for controlling a dummy pulse to be applied to channels of selected memory devices according to the device information among the plurality of channels; and a dummy pulse generator for sequentially applying the dummy pulse to the channels coupled to the selected memory devices, based on the request for controlling the dummy pulse.
US12051469B2
An apparatus, a method, and a system. The method includes implementing an erase operation on a deck of a superblock, block or subblock of a three-dimensional (3D) non-volatile memory device to obtain an erased deck; applying a dummy read pulse to one or more wordlines (WLs) of a to-be-read deck of the superblock, block or subblock; and implementing, after application of the dummy read pulse, a read operation on one or more memory cells corresponding to the one or more WLs to read data from the one or more memory cells.
US12051465B2
Disclosed is a sense circuit with first and second branches connected to first and second inputs of an amplifier. The first branch includes series-connected first transistors between a voltage rail and a data line and a first node between two first transistors and connected to the first input. First transistors on either side of the first node receive corresponding gate bias voltages. The second branch includes series-connected second transistors between the voltage rail and a reference device and a second node between two second transistors and connected to the second input. One first transistor and one second transistor share a common control signal. The first and second branches independently and concurrently generate data and reference voltages on the first and second nodes and the difference between them is sensed by the amplifier. Also disclosed are a non-volatile memory structure incorporating the sense circuit and a method.
US12051457B2
A device includes a write bit line and a read bit line extending in a first direction, and a write word line and a read word line extending in a second direction perpendicular to the first direction. The device further includes a memory cell including a write transistor and a read transistor. The write transistor includes a first gate connected to the write word line, a first source/drain connected to the write bit line, and a second source/drain connected to a data storage node. The read transistor includes a second gate connected to the data storage node, a third source/drain connected to the read bit line, and a fourth source/drain connected to the read word line.
US12051453B2
The present invention relates to the field of controlling tape drive magnetic head spacing and the use of hard disk drive heads in a tape drive. The present invention is related to magnetic tape data storage and tape recorders that include components designed to minimize or eliminate head-to-tape contact to reduce or eliminate wear and contamination of the tape and the magnetic heads. Methods and apparatus of the present invention may control the head-to-media spacing by moving locations of magnetic heads relative to a tape. Such apparatus may include components designed to minimize magnetic spacing. This may be accomplished using actuators that move magnetic heads, or that move both magnetic heads and the tape of a tape drive. This may include supporting a back surface of the tape. The movement of the tape past the magnetic heads may be performed using mechanisms that contact and drive the back surface of the tape.
US12051451B2
According to embodiments, a magnetic disk device includes a magnetic disk, a magnetic head, and a controller. In the magnetic disk, a plurality of servo sectors is arranged in a circumferential direction. Servo information including a post code indicating a repeatable runout (RRO) correction amount is written to each of the plurality of servo sectors. The magnetic head writes and reads data to and from the magnetic disk. In positioning control for the magnetic head, when a read error of a first post code continuously occurs, the controller uses a first RRO correction value, which is different from a second RRO correction value based on the RRO correction value indicated by the first post code. The first post code is a post code of a first servo sector, which is one of the plurality of servo sectors.
US12051449B2
A flexure of a suspension for a disk drive includes a metal base and a wiring portion provided along the metal base and including a base insulation layer, a conductor layer overlaid on the base insulation layer, and a cover insulation layer overlaid on the conductor layer. The flexure includes a first area on which an electronic component is mounted and a second area aligned alongside the first area, and the first area includes a thin-walled portion which overlaps the electronic component and having a thickness less than a thickness of the second area.
US12051446B2
A video processing method, apparatus and a terminal device are provided, which relate to the field of video processing technologies. The method includes: when detecting in a video recording process that a user enables a video editing function, presenting a recorded original video stream in a form of a video frame; determining a to-be-edited video frame based on a video frame selection operation that is performed by the user on the video frame; performing video editing on the to-be-edited video frame based on a video frame editing operation input by the user, to generate an edited video stream; and generating a target video stream based on the edited video stream and the original video stream. According to this application, live video editing flexibility can be improved.
US12051426B2
A method for facilitating transfer of data by using sound is provided. The method includes receiving, via a graphical user interface, a request, the request relating to a transfer of a file; retrieving the file from a memory; encrypting, by using a token, the retrieved file; encoding the encrypted file into sound data, the sound data relating to an audio file format; and converting, via a first electroacoustic transducer, the encoded sound data into an acoustic wave.
US12051423B2
Provided are methods, systems, and apparatuses for detecting, processing, and responding to audio signals, including speech signals, within a designated area or space. A platform for multiple media devices connected via a network is configured to process speech, such as voice commands, detected at the media devices, and respond to the detected speech by causing the media devices to simultaneously perform one or more requested actions. The platform is capable of scoring the quality of a speech request, handling speech requests from multiple end points of the platform using a centralized processing approach, a de-centralized processing approach, or a combination thereof, and also manipulating partial processing of speech requests from multiple end points into a coherent whole when necessary.
US12051422B2
A computer implemented method includes receiving audio signals representative of speech via multiple audio streams transmitted from corresponding multiple distributed devices, performing, via a neural network model, continuous speech separation for one or more of the received audio signals having overlapped speech, and providing the separated speech on a fixed number of separate output audio channels.
US12051410B2
An apparatus supports smart assistant services with a plurality of smart service providers. The apparatus includes an audio device that receives a speech signal having a user utterance, captures the user utterance when the user utterance includes a user wake word, and sends the captured utterance to a backend computing device. The backend computing device replaces the user wake word with specific wake words associated with different smart service providers. The processed utterances are then sent to selected smart service providers. The backend computing device subsequently constructs feedback to the user utterance based on voice responses from the different smart service providers. The backend computing device then passes a digital representation of the feedback to the audio device, and the audio device converts the digital representation to an audio reply to the user utterance.
US12051407B2
A method includes receiving audio data encoding an utterance and obtaining a set of bias phrases corresponding to a context of the utterance. Each bias phrase includes one or more words. The method also includes processing, using a speech recognition model, acoustic features derived from the audio to generate an output from the speech recognition model. The speech recognition model includes a first encoder configured to receive the acoustic features, a bias encoder configured to receive data indicating the obtained set of bias phrases, a bias encoder, and a decoder configured to determine likelihoods of sequences of speech elements based on output of the first attention module and output of the bias attention module. The method also includes determining a transcript for the utterance based on the likelihoods of sequences of speech elements.
US12051405B2
Methods, systems, and apparatus, including computer programs encoded on a computer storage medium, for speaker diarization are disclosed. In one aspect, a method includes the actions of receiving audio data corresponding to an utterance. The actions further include determining that the audio data includes an utterance of a predefined hotword spoken by a first speaker. The actions further include identifying a first portion of the audio data that includes speech from the first speaker. The actions further include identifying a second portion of the audio data that includes speech from a second, different speaker. The actions further include transmitting the first portion of the audio data that includes speech from the first speaker and suppressing transmission of the second portion of the audio data that includes speech from the second, different speaker.
US12051402B2
Methods, systems, and apparatus, including computer programs encoded on a computer storage medium, for speech endpointing based on word comparisons are described. In one aspect, a method includes the actions of obtaining a transcription of an utterance. The actions further include determining, as a first value, a quantity of text samples in a collection of text samples that (i) include terms that match the transcription, and (ii) do not include any additional terms. The actions further include determining, as a second value, a quantity of text samples in the collection of text samples that (i) include terms that match the transcription, and (ii) include one or more additional terms. The actions further include classifying the utterance as a likely incomplete utterance or not a likely incomplete utterance based at least on comparing the first value and the second value.
US12051400B1
This application provide a synthetic audio output method and apparatus, a storage medium, and an electronic device. The method includes: inputting input text and a specified target identity identifier into an audio output model; extracting an identity feature sequence of a target identity by an identity recognition model; extracting a phoneme feature sequence corresponding to the input text by an encoding layer of a speech synthesis model; superimposing and inputting the identity feature sequence of the target identity and the phoneme feature sequence into a variable adapter of the speech synthesis model; and after duration prediction and alignment, energy prediction, and pitch prediction are performed on the phoneme feature sequence by the variable adapter, outputting a target Mel-frequency spectrum feature corresponding to the input text through a decoding layer of the speech synthesis model; and inputting the target Mel-frequency spectrum feature into a vocoder to output synthetic audio.
US12051390B2
Methods, systems and apparatuses may provide for technology to receive a first video data stream from a first graphics display engine via a first video data channel, receive a second video data stream from a second graphics display engine via a second video data channel, and switch a video output from the first video data stream to the second video data stream based on a switch command to accompany the second video data stream.
US12051386B2
The present disclosure provides a shift register unit, a signal generation unit circuit, a driving method and a display device. The shift register unit includes a first node control circuit, a second node control circuit and an output circuit, the first node control circuit is used to control a potential of a first node; the second node control circuit controls a potential of a second node; the output circuit is used to control and maintain the potential of the first node and the potential of the second node, and control to connect the output terminal and the second clock signal terminal under the control of the potential of the first node, and control to connect the input terminal and the second voltage terminal under the control of the potential of the second node.
US12051383B2
According to an aspect, a display device includes: a display panel including a display area provided with a plurality of pixels; and a light source configured to emit light to the display panel. Writing periods and lighting periods are alternately provided in one frame period for at least one color. Each writing period is a period in which part of a pixel signal is written to a corresponding one of the pixels. Each lighting period is a period in which light is emitted to the pixel after a corresponding one of the writing periods. A light amount in at least one of the lighting periods is larger than a light amount in other lighting periods.
US12051382B2
A system for controlling backlight unit capable of reducing a time difference between an image displayed on a display panel and local dimming of the backlight unit, includes a plurality of dimming control devices configured to receive an input data packet including dimming data, and control local dimming of a light source, which is included in a region assigned in advance in a backlight unit, using the dimming data, a plurality of gate lines configured to electrically connect a predetermined number of dimming control devices and configured to be sequentially driven according to a row driving method, and a micro controller unit configured to generate a gate control signal for driving the plurality of gate lines and the input data packet.
US12051374B2
A display panel includes a first metal layer; a first insulating layer covering the first metal layer; a semiconductor layer disposed on the first insulating layer; a second insulating layer disposed on the first insulating layer to cover the semiconductor layer; and a second metal layer disposed on the second insulating layer, wherein the first metal layer comprises a bottom gate electrode of a driving element, wherein the second metal layer comprises a top gate electrode of the driving element connected to the bottom gate electrode through a first contact hole penetrating the second insulating layer and the first insulating layer, wherein the semiconductor layer comprises a semiconductor channel of the driving element overlapping with the top gate electrode and the bottom gate electrode.
US12051373B2
A scan driver includes: a plurality of stages, each stage including: a logic circuit configured to transfer an input signal to a first node in response to a first clock signal, and to bootstrap the first node in response to a second clock signal; a carry output circuit configured to output the second clock signal as a carry signal that is provided as the input signal for a next stage in response to a voltage of the bootstrapped first node; and a masking controller configured to receive a masking signal and the carry signal, and to output the masking signal as a scan signal provided to a pixel row corresponding to the each stage in response to the carry signal.
US12051370B2
Techniques to provide uniform luminance across a computing device display, such as an active matrix organic light emitting diode (AMOLED) display. In some examples, a computing device display may include a hole within the active area of the display that may be used for a camera, a button or some other function. The hole may result in a non-uniform voltage drop in a power supply mesh in regions of the active area near the hole. The power supply mesh may provide electrical energy to elements of the display. The techniques of this disclosure include portions of the power supply mesh that are not connected to the voltage supply bus to ensure a uniform voltage drop across the active area of the display.
US12051369B2
A display apparatus includes drivers included in first, second, and third driver groups in a peripheral area and disposed along a round corner of a display area. The first driver group includes a first driver electrically connected to a signal line on an i-th row, and a second driver adjacent to the first driver in a first arrangement direction and electrically connected to a signal line disposed on a (i+j)-th row (i
US12051363B2
A display that contains a sparse array of light-emitting diodes (LEDs), system, and method of fabrication are disclosed. The display includes a panel having at least one tile configured to display information. The panel is disposed within or on a transparent material. Each tile includes an array of LEDs, which have a uniform distance therebetween such that light from the array is viewable on opposing sides of the panel while providing visibility through the panel. A darkening layer on at least one side of the panel provides selectable darkening to block the light from exiting the at least one side of the panel.
US12051357B2
A power supply includes a first converter configured to convert an input voltage into a first output voltage, a first feedback circuit configured to output a first pulse width modulation (PWM) signal to the first converter to control a level of the first output voltage, and a mode controller configured to compare the input voltage and a reference voltage and determine whether the first converter operates in a first mode or a second mode based on the compared result. When the input voltage is less than or equal to the reference voltage, the first converter boosts the input voltage and outputs the boosted voltage as the first output voltage in the first mode. Further, when the input voltage is greater than the reference voltage, the first converter bypasses the input voltage and outputs the bypassed voltage as the first output voltage in the second mode.
US12051354B2
A driving method and a display device are disclosed. The driving method drives the display panel according to a common voltage look-up table, and the common voltage look-up table is generated by a method including: driving a preset area for display with a preset area gray-scale value; shooting the preset area and obtaining a brightness and a flicker value corresponding to the preset area; adjusting the common voltage value multiple times, and recording the common voltage value when the corresponding flicker value is the minimum as the optimal common voltage value; adjusting the preset area gray-scale value multiple times, and recording a plurality of optimal common voltage values corresponding to the adjusted preset area gray-scale values; and generating the common voltage look-up table according to the multiple preset area gray-scale values and the corresponding optimal common voltage values.
US12051348B2
A display device including a substrate having a display area and a non-display area outside the display area, a plurality of pixels disposed on the substrate in the display area, an external circuit bonded on the substrate in the non-display area, a first signal line disposed on the substrate in the non-display area and surrounding at least a portion of the display area, the first signal line being electrically connected to the external circuit, and a second signal line disposed in the non-display area and surrounding at least a portion of the first signal line, the second signal line being electrically connected to the external circuits.
US12051345B2
A display control device sets a display position of an image to be recognized by a driver of a vehicle as a virtual image such that the image is superimposed on a scenery in front of the vehicle. The display control device calculates a correction amount for correcting the display position at which the image is superimposed on the scenery.
US12051343B2
Described are various embodiments of a multiview system, method and display for rendering multiview content, and viewer localisation system, method and device therefor. In one embodiment, a multiview system is operable to interface with a mobile device of a given viewer, and comprises: a MultiView Display (MVD); a network-interfacing content-controller; one or more emitters disposed and operable to emit a respectively encoded time-variable emission in each of distinct viewing directions; and a mobile application operable on the mobile device of the given user to capture a given one of the encoded time-variable emissions when the mobile device is located so to intersect a corresponding one of the distinct directions so to self-identify the mobile device as being substantially in line with a corresponding one of the distinct viewing directions.
US12051342B2
The invention relates to a 3D pop-up card comprising a plush FIG. (3) reversibly convertible from a flat compressed state to a three-dimensional expanded state, and a foldable base (5) reversibly convertible from a flat compressed state to a three-dimensional expanded state, and a foldable card (2) having an inner side and an outer side, which is reversibly transferable from a folded closed state to an unfolded opened state, wherein the foldable base (5) is fixed to the inner side of the foldable card (2) and wherein the plush FIG. (3) is fixed to the foldable base (5), and wherein the card (2) comprises an additional support element (6) which is arranged inside the base (5) and supports the base (5) from the inside in the unfolded state of the card (2).
US12051340B2
The content creation system comprises: an operation measurement device 1 that acquires, as measurement information, a three-dimensional work operation of a model worker R1 that performs the work of the work procedure; an evaluation criterion creation device 2 that creates evaluation criterion information on the work of the work procedure, based on the measurement information of the three-dimensional work operation; and a content creation device 3 that creates and updates the training content, based on the measurement information of the three-dimensional work operation, the evaluation criterion information and the three-dimensional shape information of the work target device. The work management server 2 creates the evaluation criterion information, based on distance information of the three-dimensional work operation with respect to the three-dimensional shape in specific stage of the work procedure, on the condition that a predetermined body motion of the model worker R1 is detected.
US12051338B2
The disclosure provides a human laryngeal model for simulation of endoscopic guided injection laryngoplasty surgery and for an insertion of a syringe containing a fluid. The human laryngeal model includes a laryngeal body, a seat body, and a vocal cord. The seat body is mounted to the laryngeal body. The seat body has an accommodation space. The vocal cord includes a plate and at least one bag body. The plate is stacked on the seat body, the bag body is fixed to the plate and located in the accommodation space of the seat body, and the bag body has a storage space. The vocal cord is configured for the insertion of the syringe to allow the syringe to inject the fluid into the storage space of the bag body. In addition, the disclosure also provides a human head and neck model including the human laryngeal model.
US12051337B2
Methods and systems for low visibility surface movement guidance for an aircraft navigating an airport environment. The system includes an avionic display module on an aircraft, configured to receive ownship data and generate an avionic display on a display device, and to respond to display commands. The system also includes a low voltage (LV) conditions module, configured to: receive weather data and determine when low voltage LV conditions are occurring; and, responsive to determining that LV conditions are occurring, (i) generate display commands to reconfigure the avionic display to present the LVO plan, rendered in accordance with a preprogrammed visualization scheme for rendering LV features in the LVO plan, and (ii) calculate an optimized taxi route for the aircraft to a target airport point of interest, as a function of the LVO plan. The system generates display commands to render the optimized taxi route on the reconfigured avionic display.
US12051333B2
Controlling aircraft traffic in an aerial network is described. A controller system identifies a departure site, an arrival site, a departure time interval, and an arrival time interval. Based on the on the departure site, the arrival site, and the departure time interval, the controller system generates a spatiotemporal region. A spatiotemporal region defines a three-dimensional perimeter that moves in time along a flightpath from the departure site to the arrival site. An aircraft is assigned to the spatiotemporal region and instructed to remain within perimeter of the spatiotemporal region as the aircraft travels from the departure site to the arrival site. The controller system monitors locations of the aircraft over time relative to the perimeter of the spatiotemporal region. If the aircraft deviates from the spatiotemporal region, the controller may transmit control instructions to the aircraft to return to the spatiotemporal region.
US12051321B2
A control method executed by a computer to control a device that outputs a stimulus to a user includes: obtaining a stimulus start time that is a time when the device is to start outputting the stimulus; determining whether or not the stimulus start time obtained satisfies a predetermined condition; generating a pattern extended or contracted in a time direction from an initial pattern indicating a timewise change in an intensity of the stimulus when the stimulus start time obtained is determined to satisfy the predetermined condition; and controlling the device to start outputting the stimulus at the stimulus start time and output the stimulus at the intensity indicated by the pattern generated.
US12051314B2
The present disclosure relates to a gas and earthquake detector, a gas and earthquake remote monitoring system using the same and a method thereof, and more particularly, to a gas and earthquake detector, a gas and earthquake remote monitoring system using the same and a method thereof, which detect a plurality of gases and earthquakes, detect and autonomously warn gas leakage of a plurality of detection target devices sensitive to the gas and the earthquake, and the earthquake around the detection target device, and easily register the gas leakage and the earthquake in a remote management means through a user mobile terminal of a user to monitor the gas leakage of the detection target device and the earthquake at a detection target device location through the remote management means.
US12051313B2
The disclosure describes a system for monitoring and mitigating damage to electrical utility structures and the surrounding environment. In some embodiments, the system includes fire boxes, arc sensors, angle switches, and disconnect switches configured to generate alert signals when a hazard is detected. In some embodiments, the system includes cameras configured to detect a hazard such as a fire or moving object. In some embodiments, the system includes light transmitters and light receivers positioned at a predetermined location away from power lines to detect objects that interrupt a line of site. In some embodiments, the system can electrically isolate a power line before a detected hazard impacts a power line.
US12051292B2
The present invention relates to the technical field of intelligent locks, and particularly to an intelligent lock management system, comprising an intelligent lock unit, wherein the intelligent lock unit comprises an intelligent lock, a lock control module and an identification terminal, and the intelligent lock unit is used for controlling the usage states of the intelligent lock; a server unit, wherein the server unit is communicatively connected with the intelligent lock unit, and the server unit is used for processing the receiving and sending of user information and control information. The server unit comprises an information writing module, a permission management module, an information deletion module and a data recording module. The permission management module is used for classifying and managing user permission data, and the user permission levels are at least 2. In the present invention, the permission management of the lock is divided into at least two levels. After the higher level permission information is input into the intelligent lock, the lower level permission will automatically lose the permission to manage the lock. Therefore, in order to facilitate the unified management of the lock permission, the safety for a terminal customer to use locks is enhanced after the high permission is delivered to the terminal customer.
US12051273B2
A method for recognizing actions in a video is provided. The method comprises, determining, based on key points of skeleton of at least one video frame in a video to be recognized, shallow features of the at least one video frame; acquiring image features of the at least one video frame; acquiring action features of the at least one video frame based on the shallow features and the image features; acquiring an action recognition result of the at least one video frame by inputting the action features of the at least one video frame into an action recognition model, wherein the action recognition result includes states and state probabilities of actions in the at least one video frame; and determining an execution state of a target action in the at least one video frame based on the action recognition result of the at least one video frame.
US12051271B2
To provide a technology of more accurately detecting spoofing in face authentication, without increasing a scale of a device configuration and a burden on a user. A spoofing detection device includes a facial image sequence acquisition unit, a line-of-sight change detection unit, a presentation information display unit, and a spoofing determination unit. The facial image sequence acquisition unit acquires a facial image sequence indicating the face of a user. The line-of-sight change detection unit detects information about a temporal change in the line-of-sight from the facial image sequence. The presentation information display unit displays presentation information presented to the user as part of an authentication process. The spoofing determination unit determines the likelihood of the face indicated by the facial image sequence being spoofing on the basis of the information about the temporal change in the line-of-sight with respect to the presentation information.
US12051269B2
Provided is a control method for a notification system including a notification device located inside a building. The control method includes: (a) obtaining face information of a deliverer of an article from an outside server; (b) obtaining a camera image of a face of a visitor to the building, the camera image being captured by a camera disposed outside the building; (c) verifying whether the visitor is the deliverer by comparing the face information and the camera image; and (d) when the visitor is verified to be the deliverer, notifying, by the notification device, a user of delivery information indicating that the deliverer of the article has arrived at the building.
US12051263B2
Human lying posture detections are disclosed. A human lying on a bed is detected by obtaining an image through a depth camera, detecting objects in the image and marking the objects in the image using 2D bounding boxes by deep learning, determining the human being in a lying posture in response to a width and a height of the 2D bounding box of the human meeting a predetermined condition, detecting one or more skin areas in the image and generating skin area 2D bounding boxes to mark each of the one or more skin areas using a skin detection algorithm, and determining the human being in the lying posture in response to the skin area 2D bounding boxes and the 2D bounding box of the bed meeting a predetermined positional relationship.
US12051251B2
In order for a supplier of connectors to reduce personnel costs and to guarantee customers a consistently high quality standard promptly and reliably, even for global data traffic, a method for identifying connectors, comprising the following steps, is proposed: a. automatic identification of components (10, 2, 3, 3′, 3″) of an industrial connector (1), from at least one image file; b. analysis of the geometric relationships and/or functional connections between the components (10, 2, 3, 3′, 3″); c. extraction of individual characteristics of the components (10, 2, 3, 3′, 3″) from the image file using information obtained in step b.
US12051246B2
A non-transitory computer-readable recording medium has stored therein a setting program that causes a computer to execute a process, the process including acquiring a video from a camera, identifying a depth indicating a distance from the camera to each of constituent elements of the video acquired from the camera, generating a three-dimensional in-store model, generating skeleton information on a person who moves inside the store from the video acquired from the camera, setting a range and a direction of an aisle in the store in the generated three-dimensional in-store model based on a change in the generated skeleton information and setting a detection line in the storage based on the range and the direction of the aisle in the store, the detection line for detecting that the person has extended a hand to a product.
US12051243B2
A processor may receive a video including a plurality of video frames in sequence and a question regarding the video. For a video frame in the plurality of video frames, a processor may parse the video frame into objects and relationships between the objects, and create a subgraph of nodes representing objects and edges representing the relationships, where parsing and creating are performed for each video frame in the plurality of video frames, where a plurality of subgraphs can be created. A processor may create a hypergraph connecting subgraphs by learning relationships between the nodes of the subgraphs, where a hyper-edge is created to represent a relationship between at least one node of one subgraph and at least one node of another subgraph in the plurality of subgraphs. A processor may generate an answer to the question based on the hypergraph.
US12051242B2
Various embodiments described herein provide for analysis of a video using a scanning technique. According to some embodiments, a video is analyzed by scanning a region of interest in a series of frames of the video, and generating a composite image based on the pixels captured by the scanning operation.
US12051241B2
Aspects relate to systems and methods for the application of computer vision and sensor fusion to assist in the management and operation of a facility. For large facilities, many of the expenses and staffing requirements incurred such as energy, custodial duties, maintenance and security can scale with size rather than usage, and therefore be subject to gross inefficiencies. These challenges may arise from a lack of timely information available with which to make such optimizations and improvements. The approaches disclosed leverage recent advancements in computer vision technology to extract actionable information from raw sensor data collected through-out the facility. This information may be processed and applied in either an autonomous, semi-autonomous, or user driven approach to control and manage a number of processes occurring regularly within a facility, such as lighting, cleaning, and security.
US12051235B2
Synthetic training information/data of a second probe style is generated based on first probe information/data of a first probe style using a style transfer model. First probe information/data is defined. An instance of first probe information/data comprises labels and first probe style sensor information/data. A style transfer model generates training information/data based on at least a portion of the first probe information/data. An instance of training information/data corresponds to an instance of first probe information/data and comprises second probe style sensor information/data. The first and second probe styles are different. A second probe style model is trained using machine learning and the training information/data. The second probe style model is used to analyze second probe style second probe information/data to extract map information/data from the second probe information/data. Each instance of second probe data is captured by one or more second probe sensors of a second probe apparatus.
US12051229B2
This disclosure relates to a system and method for attention-based surface crack segmentation. Existing methods do not efficiently handle the sub-problem of data imbalance and inaccurate predicted pixels are ignored. The present disclosure obtains a binary edge map by passing a m-channel image through an edge detection algorithm and concatenate the obtained binary edge map with a channel dimension to obtain a (m+1)-channel image. Feature maps are extracted from an encoder and a decoder by feeding the obtained (m+1)-channel image into a network, wherein the feature maps are convolved with an attention mask and merged in a fused network. The merged feature maps are up sampled and concatenated to obtain a final fused feature map. The final fused feature map is passed through a sigmoid activation function to obtain a probability map which is iteratively thresholded to obtain a binary predicted image. The binary image is indicative of crack pixels.
US12051218B2
A remote support system includes: a terminal device; and a remote device, the terminal device including a first processor configured to: transmit, to the remote device, image information obtained by imaging a space including a target object; receive display information that is derived by the remote device in accordance with the image information and three-dimensional position information of an item included in the space, the display information indicating a display position and an orientation of a guidance image to be virtually displayed in a three-dimensional space in an imaging area for the target object; and display the guidance image by using the display information that is received, the remote device including a second processor configured to: receive the image information from the terminal device; derive the display information in accordance with the image information that is received and the three-dimensional position information; and transmit, to the terminal device, the display information that is derived.
US12051211B2
A moving target focusing method and system based on a generative adversarial network are provided. The method includes: generating, using a Range Doppler algorithm, a two-dimensional image including at least one defocused moving target, as a training sample; generating at least one ideal Gaussian point in a position of at least one center of the at least one defocused moving target in the two-dimensional image, to generate a training label; constructing the generative adversarial network, the generative adversarial network includes a generative network and a discrimination network; inputting the training sample and the training label into the generative adversarial network to perform repeated training until an output of the generative network reaches a preset condition, to thereby obtain a trained network model; and inputting a testing sample into the trained network model, to output a moving target focused image.
US12051208B2
Three-dimensional (3D) depth imaging systems and methods are disclosed for dynamic container auto-configuration. A 3D-depth camera captures 3D image data of a shipping container located in a predefined search space during a shipping container loading session. An auto-configuration application determines a representative container point cloud and (a) loads an initial pre-configuration file that defines a digital bounding box having dimensions representative of the predefined search space and an initial front board area; (b) applies the digital bounding box to the container point cloud to remove front board interference data from the container point cloud based on the initial front board area; (c) generates a refined front board area based on the shipping container type; (d) generates an adjusted digital bounding box based on the refined front board area; and (e) generates an auto-configuration result comprising the adjusted digital bounding box containing at least a portion of the container point cloud.
US12051201B2
An image processing device includes a processor, and the processor decides whether or not to perform image processing on the medical image on the basis of an imaging condition of the medical image and/or an image analysis result obtained by analyzing the medical image. The processor performs, for the medical image on which the processor has decided to perform the image processing, at least one of calculation of an index value related to a stage of ulcerative colitis, determination of the stage of the ulcerative colitis, or determination of remission or non-remission of the ulcerative colitis on the basis of denseness of superficial blood vessels, intramucosal hemorrhage, and extramucosal hemorrhage that are obtained from the medical image.
US12051195B2
A method and system for assessing medical images for suitability in clinical interpretation is described herein. The method and system involve: acquiring a medical image; inputting the medical image into a machine learning model, wherein the machine learning model is configured to determine a quality value based on the medical image; determining whether the quality value meets a quality threshold associated with a target clinical application; and when the quality value meets the quality threshold associated with the target clinical application, permitting clinical interpretation of the medical image for the target clinical application.
US12051193B2
A medical information processing apparatus according to an embodiment includes processing circuitry. The processing circuitry is configured to obtain an image capturing a space in which a manipulation is being performed on an examined subject and non-image information related to at least one of the manipulation, the examined subject, or the space. Also, the processing circuitry is configured to detect a situation having a high possibility for an occurrence of an abnormality in the space, on the basis of the obtained image, the obtained non-image information, and first correspondence information. The first correspondence information indicates a correspondence relationship between two or more images capturing the space, non-image information, and abnormalities having a high possibility of occurring in the space.
US12051189B2
A device for creating a shape characteristic value estimation model for estimating a shape characteristic value includes: a post-processing-image acquisition part for acquiring a post-processing image of a surface of a substrate subjected to film processing; a pre-processing-image acquisition part for acquiring a pre-processing image of the surface not subjected to the film processing; a color-change estimation model creation part for creating a color-change estimation model for estimating first color-related information of the surface of the substrate included in the post-processing image from second color-related information of the surface of the substrate included in the pre-processing image; and a correlation estimation model creation part for creating a correlation estimation model by obtaining a difference between the first information and a result estimated by the color-change estimation model, the correlation estimation model being used for estimating correlation between the difference and the shape characteristic value.
US12051186B2
Data is received that includes a feed of images of a plurality of objects passing in front of an inspection camera module forming part of a quality assurance inspection system. Thereafter, a machine learning model is used to generate a representation of each image. These representations are analyzed to determine a type of object captured in the corresponding image. This analysis can be provided to a consuming application or process for quality assurance analysis.
US12051169B2
Some implementations relate to methods, systems, and computer-readable media for digital advertising within a first virtual experience provided at a virtual experience platform. A virtual user engagement portal is provided within the first virtual experience that includes a portal member configured to transport an avatar to a second virtual experience. The second virtual experience may be associated with at least one media item, and may include a plurality of virtual items, activities, and other virtual content associated with the at least one media item. A return portal may be provided within the second virtual experience to return an avatar to the first virtual experience. User engagement metrics and/or advertising metrics may be aggregated and/or computed based on avatar interactions within the second virtual experience.
US12051168B2
Systems and methods are provided that include a processor executing an avatar generation program to obtain driving view(s), calculate a skeletal pose of the user, and generate a coarse human mesh based on a template mesh and the skeletal pose of the user. The program further constructs a texture map based on the driving view(s) and the coarse human mesh, extracts a plurality of image features from the texture map, the image features being aligned to a UV map, and constructs a UV positional map based on the coarse human mesh. The program further extracts a plurality of pose features from the UV positional map, the pose features being aligned to the UV map, generates a plurality of pose-image features based on the UV map-aligned image features and UV map-aligned pose features, and renders an avatar based on the plurality of pose-image features.
US12051167B2
A wearable system can comprise a display system configured to present virtual content in a three-dimensional space, a user input device configured to receive a user input, and one or more sensors configured to detect a user's pose. The wearable system can support various user interactions with objects in the user's environment based on contextual information. As an example, the wearable system can adjust the size of an aperture of a virtual cone during a cone cast (e.g., with the user's poses) based on the contextual information. As another example, the wearable system can adjust the amount of movement of virtual objects associated with an actuation of the user input device based on the contextual information.
US12051165B2
User interfaces, systems, methods, devices, media, and instructions are described for a client/contractor management and communication system with augmented reality (AR) and/or virtual reality (VR) interface elements. In one embodiment, a device receives finish and inspiration information associated with a home improvement project from a client and structures this information into finish pin data with associated project context information and 3D model data. The device uses this information to automatically generate and update a project chart for the project, along with 3D models for various subproject positions within a project chart. This information is then presented to the client and associated contractors as part of a user interface for a client/contractor system. A project chart interface enables access to 3D models in an AR or VR interface to display models of the project and various project data associated with different positions in a project chart.
US12051151B2
System and method for reconstructing a three-dimensional (3D) face model from an input 2D image of the face, including: feeding the input 2D image of the first face into a hypernetwork (H) to generate weights for an implicit representation network (IRN); generating, by the IRN with the generated weights, multi-view face images of the first face; and generating the 3D model of the first face by feeding the multi-view face images of the first face into a network trained to generate a 3D face model from the multi-view face images.
US12051147B1
Various implementations disclosed herein provide views of point clouds with individual points rendered using different visual graphics.
US12051140B2
Systems, methods, and non-transitory computer-readable media can identify a virtual character being presented to a user within a real-time immersive environment. A first animation to be applied to the virtual character is determined. A nonverbal communication animation to be applied to the virtual character simultaneously with the first animation is determined. The virtual character is animated in real-time based on the first animation and the nonverbal communication animation.
US12051136B2
An electronic sports playbook and video annotation system includes a device with a memory coupled to a processor that stores instructions that, when executed by the processor, cause the processor to generate sports playbook content based on coordinate or image data. The processor is configured to detect an object (e.g., a player, etc.) on a surface (e.g., court image, or play image such as a static play drawing or video recording frame), detect a drawing of a path relating to the object (e.g., by user input device or with image processing, machine learning, or other heuristic techniques, etc.), and determine an action (e.g., a pass, dribble, cut, screen, handoff, etc.) associated with the object based on at least an attribute of the object (e.g., does the player have possession?, etc.) and detected path relating to the object. Devices may generate memory games from sports playbook content.
US12051130B2
Embodiments are generally directed to methods and apparatuses for compression of graphics processing commands. An embodiment of a method for data processing comprising: capturing a first graphics processing command including vertex data; constructing a data array having a plurality of data vectors from the vertex data; determining whether the data array is of a specific data type; in response to the data array being of the specific data type, determining whether a semantic property of the data array is color; and in response to the semantic property being color, determining a plurality of representative data vectors that are different from each other in the plurality of data vectors; constructing a palette array having a plurality of palette vectors each containing data elements of a corresponding one of the plurality of representative data vectors and a palette vector identifier; and generating a modified first graphics processing command by replacing the data array with the palette array and a sequence of palette vector identifiers.
US12051125B2
Methods, systems, and computer-readable media for generating a virtual based on location. The method acquires a request for a service based on a type of service and is associated with a user, the user's location, and user preferences. The method then acquires a set of service providers based on the type of service and the user's location who are filtered from a larger set of service providers using user preferences. The method in the next step acquires a machine learning model that is based on stored information associated with other users travel patterns and with service providers providing the service and the geographical information associated with the user's location. The method executed the identified machine learning model to aggregate a subset of service providers based on output from the machine learning model. The machine learning model is inputted the set of service providers, the user's location, the user's preferences, and the geographical information.
US12051122B2
Provided is a method for selecting one of a plurality of convergence paths that may be drilled by a bottom hole assembly (BHA) comprising identifying, by a computer system, a plurality of geometric convergence paths, wherein each of the geometric convergence paths provides a convergence solution from a defined bottom hole assembly (BHA) location to a target drilling path of a well plan. An offset distance is calculated for drilling by the BHA each of the geometric convergence paths connecting the BHA location to the target drilling path. A drill path curvature associated with drilling each of the geometric convergence paths by the BHA is determined by the computer system. A time required for drilling each of the geometric convergence paths by the BHA is determined by the computer system. An optimal geometric convergence path of the plurality of geometric convergence paths is determined responsive to the offset distance for drilling each of the geometric convergence paths, the drill path curvature associated with each of the geometric convergence paths and the time required for drilling each of the geometric convergence paths. The determined optimal geometric convergence path is fed to a controller associated with a display of a drilling rig and used to control the display of the drilling rig to display the determined optimal geometric convergence path.
US12051112B2
An apparatus for routing trading orders comprises a memory and a processor. The memory stores first trading information associated with a first buy order placed with a first market center. The first buy order is associated with a product and the first trading information comprises a disclosed quantity of the product and a reserved quantity of the product. The memory also stores second trading information associated with a second buy order placed with a second market center. The second buy order is associated with the product and the second trading information comprises a disclosed quantity of the product and a reserved quantity of the product. The processor is coupled to the memory and receives a sell order associated with a quantity of the product. The processor further cancels at least a portion of the second buy order placed with the second market center for placement with the first market center. The canceled portion of the second buy order is determined based at least in part upon the second trading information. The processor further routes at least one additional sell order to the first market center having a quantity that is based upon at least one of the first trading information and the canceled portion of the second buy order.
US12051111B2
Certain embodiments of the present invention provide techniques for lean level support for a trading strategy. According to certain embodiments, the support for a price level under consideration as a lean level is determined based at least in part on quantity available at the price level. According to certain embodiments, the support for a price level under consideration as a lean level is determined based at least in part on quantity available at one or more other price levels. According to certain embodiments, the support for a price level under consideration as a lean level is determined based at least in part on the number of orders at one or more price levels. A lean level may then be determined based on the determined support. According to certain embodiments, a lean multiplier and/or a lean base are determined dynamically based on the determined support.
US12051102B2
An apparatus, computer program product, and method are provided for predictive recommendations of device rendered objects using one or more objective models. In the context of a method, the method generates, for each device rendered object of a plurality of device rendered objects, a multiple objective score. The method also determines a real-time adjustment factor based in part on a received objective adjustment signal and generates, for each device rendered object of the plurality of device rendered objects, an adjusted multiple objective score based on the real-time adjustment factor. The method also generate a ranked device rendered object set, selects a subset of the ranked rendered object set, and transmits the ranked device rendered object subset to a client device associated with the user object of the user object objective, the subset configured for rendering within the user interface area of the client device.
US12051091B2
A method relates to receiving, by a processing device executing a decision framework, a request comprising a plurality of attribute values associated with an opportunity to place an ad on one or more devices associated with a user, generating a state dynamic model comprising a plurality of state variables based on the plurality of attribute values associated with the opportunity, determining a plurality of utility functions, wherein each one of the plurality of utility function is determined based on at least one of the plurality of state variables, calculating a decision based on the plurality of utility functions, wherein the decision comprises finding an extreme value of the utility functions to match one or more ads to the ad opportunity, and causing to provide the ad to a selection the one or more devices.
US12051088B2
This disclosure provides methods, services, and platforms that automatically prompt mobile phone users to add contact information to their phone book after a triggering event such as calling a phone number. The methods, services, and platforms allow mobile network operators to provide a service that allows businesses to potentially have their numbers added to the phonebook of a mobile phone after a disconnected call.
US12051081B2
An online concierge system uses a model to predict a user's interaction with an item, based on a user embedding for the user and an item embedding for the item. For the model to account for more recent interactions by users with items without retraining the model, the online concierge system generates updated item embeddings and updated user embeddings that account for the recent interactions by users with items. The online concierge system compares performance of the model using the updated item embeddings and the updated user embeddings relative to performance of the model using the existing item embeddings and user embeddings. If the performance of the model decreases, the online concierge system adjusts the updated user embeddings and the updated item embeddings based on the change in performance of the model. The adjusted updated user embeddings and adjusted updated item embeddings are stored for use by the model.
US12051080B2
A method and system for virtual environment-based interfaces applied to selected objects from video directs a system's focus of attention to an image within a first video stream and identifies an object in the image by applying a trained neural network. In response to a communication from a user comprising language and/or images describing a virtual environment, a second trained neural network is applied to generate a second video stream that embodies the identified object within a virtual environment that is in accordance with the user-described virtual environment. The second video stream is then delivered to the user. The system's focus of attention and/or generation of the virtual environment may be informed by user preferences that are inferred from user behaviors.
US12051072B1
Fraud detection and response associated with various access points is disclosed. Characteristics associated with events or activity on an access point can be compared to thresholds to detect risky behavior and measures implemented in response to the risky behavior. In one instance, operations can include monitoring one or more events associated with at least one account at a financial institution, analyzing characteristics associated with a first event of the one or more events, determining whether to designate the first event or the access point as risky, and implementing one or more measures in response to a risky designation.
US12051070B2
A central computer system transforms identification information of a consumer into an identity code that hides the identification information and stores it with contact information of a consumer's computer system. When a computer system on the network of the central computer system conducts a transaction with a subject who uses the identity code of the consumer, the central computer system contacts the consumer's computer system so that the consumer can stop the transaction if it is not authorized. Because only the identity code is used to protect the consumer, the original identification information of the consumer is fully protected.
US12051066B2
The disclosed technology relates to blockchain asset transfer destination verification to reduce fraudulent activity and increase confidence in digital asset transfers. An exemplary oracle device may apply a machine learning model to transaction context data received from a source device to generate a confidence score informed based on transaction pattern data for the destination address. The transaction context data may include a destination address and may be associated with a transfer of an asset via a blockchain network. The generated confidence score may then be sent by the oracle device to the source device to facilitate an informed decision by a user of the source device as to whether to proceed with the transaction. The machine learning model may then be updated based on the transaction context data and a completion indication received from the source device and indicative of whether the asset was transferred via the destination address.
US12051061B2
Provided is a method for operating a distributed database system having distributed node devices for providing interlinked data blocks, in particular in the style of a blockchain, that document transactions between subscribers, wherein transactions between subscribers are protected by transaction data and a cryptographic signature process, involves the cryptographic signature process being defined for each transaction in order to protect the respective transaction, wherein signature information identifying the defined cryptographic signature process is part of the transaction or part of a performance request for the transaction. For each transaction, signature data are then calculated using the defined cryptographic signature process for at least some of the transaction data or the hash value thereof, and the signature data are added to the transaction data.
US12051056B2
A system and/or method may be provided to authenticate a user. An example method of authenticating a user includes receiving, by a merchant application, a user request to complete a transaction using a payment service provider. The method also includes in response to receiving the user request to complete the transaction, retrieving, by the merchant application, a browser cookie stored on a user device and associated with one or more user interactions with a browser included in the user device and the payment service provider. The method further includes in response to receiving the user request to complete the transaction, launching, by the merchant application, an instance of the browser that reads the browser cookie and authenticates the user based on the browser cookie.
US12051052B2
Disclosed herein are system, method, and computer program product embodiments for remote activation of an automated teller machine (ATM) to dispense cash to a customer. The customer may stage a transaction using a mobile application on a mobile device. Upon the staged transaction being authenticated and approved, the customer may visit the ATM. The customer may capture an image being displayed on a display of the ATM using a camera of the mobile device. The captured image may be sent to an application server from the mobile device. The application server may associate the ATM with the staged transaction that is staged using the mobile application, and send instructions to the ATM to dispense cash according to the staged transaction.
US12051051B2
The invention relates to a display device (2-19) comprising a storage stage (50) for storing a product data set (PD1-PD3) which was received in a communication with a base station (25, 26) via a first radio interface (44) of the display device (2-19), and comprising a second radio interface (45) for communication in particular for RFID or NFC communication, with a self-checkout device (57), which display device (2-19) is designed to process a self-checkout request received from a self-checkout device (57) for the purpose of transmitting the product data set (PD) via the second radio interface (45).
US12051049B2
Systems and methods for automatically modifying a user interface of a mobile computing device in a restaurant are described. In examples, the techniques include identifying selectable icons to display on the user interface, each of which represents an item offered for sale. The mobile computing device may comprise a first sensor for determining a location of the mobile computing device and a second sensor for determining environmental factors associated with the restaurant. At a first time and based on output of the first sensor, a location of the mobile computing device may be determined, and a set of selectable icons may be presented. Based at least in part on data from the second sensor, a change in environmental factor(s) may be determined. Based on the change in the second context, selectable icons may be dynamically modified and presented. The location and environmental factor(s) are determined without a user input.
US12051045B1
Systems and methods to characterize work unit records of a collaboration environment based on stages within a workflow are described herein. Exemplary implementations may: manage environment state information maintaining a collaboration environment including work unit records; manage workflow information characterizing workflows comprising stages; responsive to work unit records being at individual stages, select the rules that apply at the individual stages; and/or perform other operations.
US12051042B2
A method for tracking an item in a distributed environment is provided. At least one node in a network adds a new block to a first cryptographically verifiable ledger represented by a first sequence of blocks that is stored in one or more non-transitory computer-readable media. The new block added to the first cryptographically verifiable ledger contains a component identifier and a hash of a previous block in the first sequence of blocks. The at least one node in the network adds a new block to a second cryptographically verifiable ledger represented by a second sequence of blocks that is stored in the one or more non-transitory computer-readable media. The new block added to the second cryptographically verifiable ledger contains a destination identifier, the first sequence of blocks, and a hash of a previous block in the second sequence of blocks.
US12051041B2
A method implemented by computer servers associated with a procurement services platform includes accessing data for a set of transactions associated with a potential procurement transaction between a purchaser entity and a plurality of supplier entities. The transactions include a line-item. The method includes inputting the data for the set of transactions into a machine-learning model trained to generate a prediction of a price quotation for each of the plurality of supplier entities based on the line-item. The prediction of the price quotation includes an estimated reasonable price for a supplier entity to supply a product or service to the purchaser entity. The method includes generating, by the machine-learning model, the prediction of the price quotation for each of the plurality of supplier entities and generating a recommendation for each of the plurality of supplier entities based on the prediction of the price quotation.
US12051037B2
Disclosed herein is an apparatus for facilitating safe deliveries of packages. Accordingly, the apparatus comprises a container comprising an interior space and an opening leading into the interior space. Further, the apparatus comprises a sensor disposed on the container. Further, the sensor generates a first sensor data based on detecting a package identifier associated with a package and a second sensor data based on detecting a user identifier associated with a user. Further, the apparatus comprises a processing device communicatively coupled with the sensor. Further, the processing device analyzes the first sensor data, authenticates the package for disposing of the package in the interior space, generates a first command for allowing the disposing, analyzes the sensor data, authenticates the user, and generates a second command. Further, the apparatus comprises a locking mechanism operationally coupled with the door. Further, the locking mechanism transitions between a locked state and an unlocked state.
US12051026B2
Systems and techniques for a computational unified graph hierarchy model are disclosed herein. A set of source data may be received that may include entity data and relationship data. An entity may be identified in the entity data. A hierarchy may be determined for the entity. An entity graph network may be generated. A non-hierarchical link between the entity and a related entity may be determined. The entity graph network may be updated to include the non-hierarchical link. A set of measures may be generated for a relational link of the entity. A dependency may be configured between the set of measures for the relational link and a second set of measures of a second relational link. A change may be identified to a value of a measure and a dependent entity node measure value may be updated based on a computational effect of the change to the value.
US12051019B2
A method, a system, and a computer program product for executing catalog publishing. A request to publish an online catalog is received. An online catalog includes a plurality of catalog items. A determination of publishing priority of the online catalog is automatically triggered based on at least one first parameter associated with the received request and at least one catalog item in the online catalog. At least one second parameter associated with the received request and at least one catalog item in the one online catalog is detected, and based on the detecting, the determined publishing priority of the online catalog is updated. A queue for publishing at least one online catalog in a plurality of online catalogs is generated using the determined publishing priority of each online catalog in the plurality of online catalogs and the updated determined publishing priority of the online catalog. Publishing of the plurality of online catalogs is executed using the queue.
US12051018B2
A computing system establishes a geofence associated with a particular service area. The system monitors a location of a computing device of a driver and detects when the driver enters the geofence. The system places the driver into a queue for the particular service area. The system receives a transport request from a computing device of a requesting user, where the transport request is associated with the particular service area. The system arranges the transport service for the requesting user in accordance with the set of rules by (i) selecting a driver from the queue to service the transport request for the requesting user, and (ii) communicating a transport invitation to service the transport request to a computing device of the selected driver.
US12051015B2
In some implementations, a system may receive, from an analysis system, a data stream associated with monitoring an environment. The system may process, using a first model, the data stream to detect an object associated with a service provided by an application. The system may analyze a monitoring configuration of the analysis system. The system may determine, based on processing the data stream, service data associated with providing the service in association with the object. The system may configure, based on the monitoring configuration, an edge device to access the data stream and host a second model to process the service data according to the data stream. The system may receive, from the edge device, a service output associated with providing the service in association with the object. The system may perform an action associated with the service output and the object.
US12051004B2
Provided is a neural architecture search method based on knowledge distillation, which trains a student network using knowledge acquired from a teacher network and searches a target neural network. The neural architecture search method may include the steps of: (a) extracting an image feature map from a learning model of the student network; (b) calculating a loss function by comparing an image feature map extracted from a learning model of the teacher network to the image feature map extracted in the step (a); (c) selecting a block whose capacity is to be increased and a block whose capacity is to be decreased, for each learning model block of the student network, based on the loss function; and (d) deciding a candidate learning model of the student network according to the block architecture selected in the step (c).
US12051003B2
A non-transitory computer-readable storage medium storing a program that causes a computer to execute a process, the process includes obtaining a machine learning model having learned characteristic amounts of a plurality of training data including an objective function; calculating similarities between the characteristic amounts of the plurality of training data by inputting the plurality of training data to the obtained machine learning model; specifying a data group having a high similarity with a desired objective function from the characteristic amounts of the plurality of training data based on distances of the calculated similarities; and acquiring an optimum solution for the desired objective function by using the specified data group.
US12050993B2
Mechanisms are provided for obfuscating a trained configuration of a trained machine learning model. A trained machine learning model processes input data to generate an initial output vector having classification values for each of the plurality of predefined classes. A perturbation insertion engine determines a subset of classification values in the initial output vector into which to insert perturbations. A perturbation insertion engine modifies classification values in the subset of classification values by inserting a perturbation in a function associated with generating the output vector for the classification values in the subset of classification values, to thereby generate a modified output vector. The trained machine learning model outputs the modified output vector. The perturbation modifies the subset of classification values to obfuscate the trained configuration of the trained machine learning model while maintaining accuracy of classification of the input data.
US12050990B2
A computer-implemented method for training an augmented discriminator and a generator. The method includes: providing a training set comprising real training samples and artificial training samples for training of the augmented discriminator, wherein the artificial training samples are generated by the generator; assigning a data sequence to at least one data sample of the training set; wherein each pair of data sample and assigned data sequence is assigned to one of a plurality of classes such that, given the assigned one class and the assigned data sequence characterize whether the data sample is a real training sample or an artificial training sample; training the augmented discriminator to compute from pairs of data sample and assigned data sequence the respective class to which the corresponding pair is assigned; training the generator to generate artificial training samples such that the augmented discriminator is not able to correctly compute the aforementioned one class.
US12050989B2
A programmable impedance element consists of a plurality of nominally identical two-port elements, each two-port element having an impedance element and two switches, the two-port elements arranged in a chain fashion with a structured set of switches such that a range of impedances can be obtained from each cell by dynamically changing the connections between the impedance elements in the cell. The common cell is constructed by connecting the nominally identical two-port impedance elements in a way that the number of possible combinations of the impedance elements is reduced to the subset of all possible combinations that uses the minimum possible number of connections. This structure allows the creation of matched impedances using industry standard devices. The connections between impedance elements are switches that may be “field-programmable,” i.e., that may be set on the chip after manufacture and configured during operation of the circuit, or alternatively may be mask programmable.
US12050987B2
Embodiments relate to an electronic device that includes a neural processor having multiple neural engine circuits that operate in multiple modes of different bit width. A neural engine circuit may include a first multiply circuit and a second multiply circuit. The first and second multiply circuits may be combined to work as a part of a combined computation circuit. In a first mode, the first multiply circuit generates first output data of a first bit width by multiplying first input data with a first kernel coefficient. The second multiply circuit generates second output data of the first bit width by multiplying second input data with a second kernel coefficient. In a second mode, the combined computation circuit generates third output data of a second bit width by multiplying third input data with a third kernel coefficient.
US12050979B2
A neural network architecture search may be conducted by a controller to generate a neural network. The controller may perform the search by generating a directed acyclic graph across nodes in a search space, the nodes representing compute operations for a neural network. As the search is performed, the controller may retrieve resource availability information to modify the likelihood of a generated neural network architecture including previously unused nodes.
US12050977B2
The present disclosure relates to a method for representing an ordered group of symbols with a hypervector. The method comprises sequentially applying on at least part of the input hypervector associated with a current symbol a predefined number of circular shift operations associated with the current symbol, resulting in a shifted hypervector. A rotate operation may be applied on the shifted hypervector, resulting in an output hypervector. If the current symbol is not the last symbol of the ordered group of symbols the output hypervector may be provided as the input hypervector associated with a subsequent symbol of the current symbol; otherwise, the output hypervector of the last symbol of the ordered group of symbols may be provided as a hypervector that represents the ordered group of symbols.
US12050976B2
A method of performing, by an electronic device, a convolution operation at a certain layer in a neural network includes: obtaining N pieces of input channel data; performing a first convolution operation by applying a first input channel data group including K pieces of first input channel data from among the N pieces of input channel data to a first kernel filter group including K first kernel filters; performing a second convolution operation by applying a second input channel data group including K pieces of second input channel data from among the N pieces of input channel data to a second kernel filter group including K second kernel filters; and obtaining output channel data based on the first convolution operation and the second convolution operation, wherein K is a natural number that is less than N.
US12050974B1
A computer-implemented includes a computing system receiving one or more queries. The computing system includes one or more compute nodes that perform computations for determining a response to at least one query. The system stores, in a storage device, domain data that includes at least one of: a dataset, a metric associated with the domain data, a query time, or a usage pattern that is based, in part, on the one or more queries. The method includes the system generating a distribution model based on analysis of the domain data. The distribution model is generated using machine learning logic executed by the system. The method further includes the system using the distribution model to distribute data to the one or more compute nodes. The distributed data is used to determine, within a threshold response time, the response to the at least one query.
US12050966B2
An array of quantum dot qubits (e.g., an array of spin qubits) relies on a gradient magnetic field to ensure that the qubits are separated in frequency in order to be individually addressable. Furthermore, a strong magnetic field gradient is required to electrically drive the electric dipole spin resonance (EDSR) of the qubits. Quantum dot devices disclosed herein use microcoil arrangements for providing a gradient magnetic field, the microcoil arrangements integrated on the same chip (e.g., on the same die or wafer) as quantum dot qubits themselves. Unlike previous approaches to quantum dot formation and manipulation, various embodiments of the quantum dot devices disclosed herein may enable improved control over magnetic fields and their gradients to realize better frequency targeting of individual qubits, help minimize adverse effects of charge noise on qubit decoherence and provide good scalability in the number of quantum dots included in the device.
US12050961B2
Methods and apparatus for configuring reduced decode ranges for barcode scanners are disclosed. An example method includes determining a closest focus distance of a plurality of focus distances at which a barcode placed at a furthest limit of a reduced decode range can be successfully decoded; determining a furthest focus distance of the plurality of focus distances at which the barcode placed at a closest limit of the reduced decode range can be successfully decoded; determining a subset of the plurality of focus distances that consists of the closest focus distance, the furthest focus distance, and focus distances between the closest focus distance and the farthest focus distance; and configuring the barcode scanner to only use the subset of focus distances during subsequent attempts to decode barcodes.
US12050957B2
Various embodiments are generally directed to improving card security by providing a user a contactless card with no sensitive card information, such as card number, card verification value, and expiration date, printed thereon, and displaying the sensitive card information relative to the card in augmented reality (AR) based on successful NFC-based user authentication. According to examples, the NFC-based user authentication may be performed by one-tapping or single tapping the contactless card to user mobile device. One or more portions of the sensitive card information may be obfuscated to further enhance card security. Moreover, the user can interact with AR elements including the sensitive card information to perform various actions.
US12050956B1
A device for reading information from a smart card of the type having a contact chip and/or a magnetic stripe. An enclosure has a top surface, a bottom surface, and at least one peripheral edge, all of which together define an enclosure internal volume therewithin. A control circuit is disposed at least partially within the enclosure internal volume and includes at least a processor, a memory, a power source, a magnetic stripe reader, a contact chip reader, a fingerprint sensor, a display screen, an LED indicator, an NFC/RFID reader, a wireless module, and optionally an interface connector. As such, information from the smart card is stored by the processor into the memory when the smart card is either swiped through a first slot or inserted into a second slot and transferred to an electronic device connected with the interface connector or wirelessly.
US12050952B2
An inlay for a chip card. The inlay includes a module coupling antenna for inductively coupling to a chip module antenna of a chip module and a card reader coupling antenna for inductively coupling to a reader antenna of an external card reader. The card reader coupling antenna is electrically connected to the module coupling antenna. The inlay also includes a chip capacitor module that is electrically connected to the card reader coupling antenna for enabling the card reader coupling antenna to resonate at a predetermined frequency. The chip capacitor module includes at least one passive component for storing electrical energy. The at least one passive component has a capacitance within a range from 40 picofarads to 140 picofarads and a major area that is smaller than 2.6 square millimetres.
US12050949B2
An image forming apparatus includes: a hardware processor that quantizes each pixel with a dither pattern divided according to a resolution in a predetermined direction, and sets a recording amount of each pixel by adding up processing results of the quantization.
US12050945B2
A standalone storage product having: a first bus connector for connecting to an external processor; a second bus connector for connecting to an external network interface; a storage device accessible over the network interface; and a processing device configured to communicate, via the second bus connector, with the network interface to obtain storage access messages represented by incoming packets received at the network interface from a computer network. The processing device can: identify, from the storage access messages, first messages and second messages; provide, the first messages via the first bus connector, to the processor; and provide, the second messages, to the storage device without the second messages going through the processor. The storage device is configured to: receive, via the first bus connector, third messages from the processor; and execute commands in the second messages and the third messages to implement a network storage service.
US12050939B2
A system of monitoring and optimizing computing resources usage for computing application may include predicting a first performance metric for job load capacity of a computing application for optimal job concurrency and optimal resource utilization. The system may include generating an alerting threshold based on the first performance metric. The system may further include, in response to a difference between the alerting threshold and a job load of the computing application within an interval exceeding a threshold, predicting a second performance metric for job load capacity of the computing application for optimal job concurrency and optimal resource utilization. The system may further include, in response to a difference between the first performance metric and the second performance metric exceeding a difference threshold, updating the alerting threshold with a job load capacity with the optimal resource utilization rate corresponding to the second performance metric.
US12050935B2
Systems and methods may use models to generate predictions of specific access rights for users. Further, systems and methods may generate the predictions in an environment in which the availability of the specific access rights change frequently. The access rights, predicted using embodiments described herein, may be both available and associated with user affinities. An interface associated with the primary load management system may be configured to display the predicted access rights for a user operating a user device.
US12050934B2
A method for real-time data processing is described. The method being implemented on a computer system having one or more physical processors programmed with computer program instructions which, when executed, perform the method. The method comprising allocating a real-time dataset associated with a real-time data interaction to a node in a chain of nodes, wherein each node is representative of a user in the real-time data interaction; setting a node status of the node for the real-time dataset to pending; and independently of (i) a node status of the one or more upstream nodes and (ii) a node status of the one or more downstream nodes: periodically determining, by the computer system, an availability status of the node; and in response to the availability status satisfying the criterion, setting the node status for the real-time dataset as settled.
US12050933B2
Configuration and dynamic profiling of storage class memory (SCM) devices is provided. Information is retrieved that includes historical SCM device configurations, historical SCM device utilization, functional and non-functional properties of a plurality of SCM devices on a host node, current real time utilization of the plurality of SCM devices by an application workload of a customer running on the host node, and relationships between the plurality of SCM devices, needs of the customer, and resource capabilities and real time resource utilization on the host node. A configuration of each respective SCM device is determined based on retrieved information and an artificial intelligence-predicted SCM device future utilization trajectory of the customer. Each respective SCM device is dynamically configured with a set of SCM device partitions according to a corresponding SCM device profile based on the determined configuration of each respective SCM device of the plurality of SCM devices.
US12050928B2
It is disclosed a method and an apparatus (80) of providing a function as a service, faas, deployment of an application. A deployment unit is generated (30, 44, 508) per group of application blocks, where said deployment unit comprises said group of application blocks, and an implementation of function invocation for functions being accessed by groups of application blocks. Function invocations of the group of application blocks are constrained or bound (604, 610, 612) to libraries of supporting implementations. Deployment units are provided (32, 48, 510) together with the element invocations attached to said libraries, to a lifecycle manager of a faas platform, whereby the faas platform implements the faas deployment of said application the performance targets of which, being related to the groups of application blocks. This disclosure enables a developer to adjust the performance of an application without having to change the logic of application implementations.
US12050924B2
The present disclosure relates to computer-implemented methods, software, and systems for dynamic configuration of access restrictions on an application in relation to databases running in a cloud environment. An instruction to run an application is received by a virtual machine (VM) manager. The VM manager retrieves from a database manager information identifying databases accessible to the application. The databases are associated with at least one account of the application. The VM manager sends configuration instructions to dynamically configure a particular VM at which the application is to run. The particular VM is configured based on the configuration instructions that are generated based on the retrieved information and include rules for accessing the one or more databases identified in the retrieved information. The rules identify each database by its respective network address, and wherein the rules cause the particular VM to allow the application to access the one or more databases.
US12050917B2
Instruction information generation circuitry generates instruction information. Instruction information storage circuitry comprises a plurality of elements having physical sub-elements configured to temporarily store units of instruction information. Allocation circuitry is configured to receive, from the instruction information generation circuitry, given instruction information. It determines a mapping of a plurality of ordered virtual sub-elements, such that each virtual sub-element maps onto a respective one of said physical sub-elements. The given instruction information is stored into the virtual sub-elements of a given element, according to the mapping, such that at least one virtual sub-element lower in said order has a higher priority than at least one virtual sub-element higher in said order. Sub-element deactivation circuitry is configured to track usage of said virtual sub-elements across the plurality of elements and adaptively deactivate virtual sub-elements.
US12050911B2
The present disclosure relates to a computing device. A computing device includes an arithmetic processing circuit configured to execute a program, and a program memory for storing the program. Each instruction in the program has a length of 16 bits. The program memory has a first memory area, and a second memory area in which higher addresses than the first memory area are associated. The arithmetic processing circuit has a 16-bit program counter for specifying an address to be read, and reads and executes an instruction at an address corresponding to an upper 15-bit value of the program counter from a target memory area, wherein the target memory area is, of the first memory area and the second memory area, a memory area corresponding to a value of a least significant bit in the program counter.
US12050906B2
Method and system for identifying relevant changes for incremental verification of evolving software
Modern software verification tools are moving towards incremental verification of program properties to ensure safety of evolving software systems. However, not every change in the program impacts verification outcome of program properties. Moreover, analyzing these irrelevant changes adds to cost of incremental verification. A system and method have been provided for identifying relevant changes for incremental verification of evolving software. The disclosure provides a light-weight pre-analysis phase of identifying relevant changes that can lead to improvement in efficiency of all existing incremental verification techniques. To identify relevant changes, the system provides a relevant change identification technique (RCIT) with respect to program properties. The RCIT uses a variant of the strongly live variables (SLV) analysis to compute variables that are influencing the verification outcome of program properties. These variables are referred as value influencing variables (VIVs). The RCIT, then uses computed VIVs and changed statement information to identify relevant changes.
US12050894B2
An offload server includes: an application code analysis section configured to analyze source code of an application; a PLD processing designation section configured to identify loop statements of the application, generate a plurality of offload processing patterns designating, for each of the identified loop statements, parallel processing and/or pipeline processing on the PLD according to OpenCL, and perform compilation; an arithmetic intensity calculation section configured to calculate arithmetic intensities of the loop statements of the application; and a PLD processing pattern generation section configured to, on the basis of the arithmetic intensities calculated by the arithmetic intensity calculation section, narrow down the loop statements to, as candidates to be offloaded, those having an arithmetic intensity higher than a predetermined threshold.
US12050888B2
An in-memory computing method and apparatus, adapted for a processor to perform MAC operations on a memory, are provided. In the method, a format of binary data of weights is transformed from a floating-point format into a quantized format by truncating at least a portion of fraction bits of the binary data and calculating complements of remaining bits, and programming the transformed binary data into cells of the memory. A tuning procedure is performed by iteratively inputting binary data of input signals into the memory, integrating outputs of the memory, and adjusting the weights programmed to the cells based on the integrated outputs. The binary data of the weights is reshaped based on a probability of reducing bits with a value of one in the binary data of each weight. The tuning procedure is repeated until an end condition is met.
US12050887B2
Disclosed are an information processing method and a terminal device. The method comprises: acquiring first information, wherein the first information is information to be processed by a terminal device; calling an operation instruction in a calculation apparatus to calculate the first information so as to obtain second information; and outputting the second information. By means of the examples in the present disclosure, a calculation apparatus of a terminal device can be used to call an operation instruction to process first information, so as to output second information of a target desired by a user, thereby improving the information processing efficiency. The present technical solution has advantages of a fast computation speed and high efficiency.
US12050881B2
A text translation method includes: obtaining a to-be-translated text sequence; encoding the to-be-translated text sequence, to obtain a first hidden state sequence; obtaining a first state vector; generating a second hidden state sequence according to the first state vector and the first hidden state sequence; generating a context vector corresponding to a current word according to the second hidden state sequence and the first state vector; determining a second target word according to the context vector, the first state vector, and a first target word. The first state vector corresponds to a predecessor word of a current word, the current word is a to-be-translated word in the source language text, the predecessor word is a word that has been translated in the source language text. The first target word is a translation result of a predecessor word, and the second target word is a translation result of the current word.
US12050878B2
The present disclosure relates to a computer-implemented method for handwriting-to-text-summarization, comprising obtaining, via a user interface of a system, a handwriting input representing a handwriting of a user of the system for handwriting-to-text-summarization, recognizing a text in the handwriting input, extracting at least one dynamic feature of the handwriting from the handwriting input, generating a text summary of the text, wherein generating the text summary is based on the text and on the at least one dynamic feature of the handwriting. The present disclosure also relates to a system for handwriting-to-text-summarization, comprising a user interface comprising a capturing subsystem configured to capture a handwriting of a user of the system, and wherein the system is configured to run the method for handwriting-to-text-summarization.
US12050876B2
A computer implemented method for the automated analysis or use of data is implemented by a voice assistant. The method comprises the steps of: (a) storing in a memory a structured, machine-readable representation of data that conforms to a machine-readable language (‘machine representation’); the machine representation including representations of user speech or text input to a human/machine interface; and (b) automatically processing the machine representations to analyse the user speech or text input.
US12050868B2
A content management system obtains at least a portion of a meeting transcript based on an audio stream of a meeting attended by a plurality of users, the meeting transcript obtained in an ongoing manner as words are uttered during the meeting. The content management system detects text entered by a user of the plurality of users into a content item during the meeting. The content management system matches the detected text to at least part of the at least the portion of the meeting transcript. The content management system provides the at least part of the at least the portion of the meeting transcript to the user as a suggested subsequent text.
US12050863B1
A method includes: accessing a static visual objects, and media formats; defining a multi-dimensional feature space representing possible arrangements of combinations of the set of static visual objects within the set of media formats; generating a primary feature container distributed within the multi-dimensional feature space; generating a primary responsive media, by inserting the primary subset of static visual objects into the primary media format according to a primary arrangement of the primary subset of static visual objects represented in the feature container; presenting the primary responsive media to an operator; in response to receiving a selection of the primary responsive media generating a secondary feature container distributed within the multi-dimensional feature space proximal the primary feature container; generating a secondary responsive media, and serving the secondary responsive media to a first device for playback to a first user responsive to inputs by the first user at the first device.
US12050860B2
A system to generate a chart recommendation based on machine understanding of spreadsheet data, including a memory and a processing device coupled to the memory to identify a set of data that each include content of a cell of one or more cells in a column of a spreadsheet presented to a user of a user device; add, to metadata of the cell, an annotation associated with an entity type representing the semantic meaning of the data in the cell; determine, based on the annotation, an entity type representing a semantic meaning of the set of data in the column; identify at least one of a plurality of charts that is relevant to at least one of the entity type associated with the column, a user device characteristic associated with the user device, or a user class characteristic; and provide the identified chart for presentation to the user.
US12050858B2
Artificial-intelligence computer-implemented processes and machines predict whether personal data may be present in structured software based on metadata field(s) contained therein. Natural language processing preprocesses input strings corresponding to the metadata field(s) into normalized input sequence(s). Individual characters in the sequence(s) are embedded into fixed-dimension vectors of real numbers. Bidirectional LSTM(s) or other machine-learning algorithm(s) are utilized to generate forward and backward contextualization(s). Neural network output(s) are provided based on element-wise averaging or feed forwarding based on the contextualization(s) in order to predict whether one or more value fields corresponding to the metadata field(s) may contain personal data.
US12050854B1
A technique is described for performing audio-based patient surveys to obtain patient data for use in a health management platform. A virtual assistant is simulated to participate in a natural language conversation with a patient. As part of the conversation, the virtual assistant generates and outputs an audible natural language message that is then presented via a speaker at a user computing device. The audible natural language message includes a prompt for the user to provide a natural language reply. Reply data indicative of a reply by the user is then received and processed to generate and/or update patient data associated with the patient. The patient data is then applied by the health management platform to assist the patient in managing a chronic health condition.
US12050853B2
Systems and methods include receiving a functional integrated circuit design and generating a plurality of place and route (PnR) layouts based on the received functional integrated circuit design and one or more integrated circuit floorplans may be generated. One or more fuzzy logic rules may be applied to analyze attributes associated with each of the generated PnR layouts, and a PnR layout of the plurality of PnR layouts having an area utilization complying with the one or more fuzzy logic rules may be generated.
US12050843B2
In certain embodiments, a selection of a first point and a second point within an infrastructure may be obtained via a user interface. A plurality of pathways, including a plurality of cable trays, between the first point and the second point may be determined. A first set of cable trays, having weights that do not exceed weight thresholds, may be identified. Images of the first set of cable trays may be obtained from a plurality of image sensors within the infrastructure. Fullness levels of the first set of cable trays may be determined based on the images. A second set of cable trays, having fullness levels that do not exceed fullness thresholds, may be identified from the first set of cable trays. One or more recommended pathways between the first point and the second point may be determined based on the identified second set of cable trays.
US12050828B2
A function executing device is configured to send a wireless identifier to a communication device via a first type of wireless communication interface for setting up a wireless connection. The function executing device is configured to determine whether the function executing device is in an error state and, if not, to establish the wireless connection via a second type of wireless communication interface. The function executing device operates in a parent state in the wireless connection. Additionally, print data may be received from the communication device. However, if the function executing device is in an error state the wireless connection is not established via the second type of wireless communication interface.
US12050826B2
A non-transitory computer readable storage medium stores a set of program instructions executed by a computer included in an information processing device. The set of program instructions includes: acquiring first print data representing a first image; acquiring second print data representing a second image; outputting a first print instruction to print the first image on a first print medium; outputting a second print instruction to print the second image on a second print medium; and outputting, to a display, a display signal to display a multilayer illustrating image illustrating that the first image and the second image are arranged in layers after the outputting the first print instruction and the outputting the second print instruction are performed.
US12050820B2
An image processing apparatus comprising: a first performing unit configured to perform a first output process using read data read by a reading unit configured to optically read a document image; a display unit configured to display a selection screen on which a second output process different from the first output process is selectable when an error occurs during performing the first output process; and a second performing unit configured to perform the second output process using the read data used in the first output process when the second output process is selected.
US12050813B2
An apparatus is described. The apparatus includes an accelerator to be coupled to a memory region that the accelerator shares with a virtualization environment comprising a guest OS, a guest VM and an SSD device driver. The accelerator is to forward a submission queue doorbell setting made by the SSD device driver in the shared memory to a corresponding submission queue doorbell in an SSD controller.
US12050810B2
Systems and methods for hardware-based asynchronous logging include: initiating first and second atomic regions on first and second cores of a central processing unit (CPU); and asynchronously logging data for the first atomic region and the second atomic region using the CPU by: asynchronously performing log persist operations (LPOs) to log an old data value from each atomic region; updating the old data value to a new data value from each atomic region; tracking dependencies between the first atomic region and the second atomic region using a memory controller; asynchronously performing data persist operations (DPOs) to persist the new data value for each atomic region; and committing the first atomic region and the second atomic region based on the dependencies using the memory controller of the CPU.
US12050809B2
A memory sub-system having memory cells formed on a plurality of integrated circuit dies. After receiving a command from a host system to store data, the memory sub-system queues the command to allocate pages of memory cells in a plurality of dies in the plurality of integrated circuit dies based on a determination that each of the plurality of dies is available to perform a data programming operation for the command. Based on the page application, the memory sub-system generates a portion of a media layout to at least map logical addresses of the data identified in the command to the allocated pages and receives the data from the host system. The memory sub-system stores the data into the pages using a multi-pass programming technique, where an atomic multi-pass programming operation can be configured to use at least two pages in separate planes in one or more dies in the plurality of integrated circuit dies to program at least a portion of the data.
US12050806B2
A distributed data storage system using erasure coding (EC) provides advantages of EC data storage while retaining high resiliency for EC data storage architectures having fewer data storage nodes than the number of EC data-plus-parity fragments. An illustrative embodiment is a three-node data storage system with EC 4+2. Incoming data is temporarily replicated to ameliorate the effects of certain storage node outages or fatal disk failures, so that read and write operations can continue from/to the storage system. The system is equipped to automatically heal failed EC write attempts in a manner transparent to users and/or applications: when all storage nodes are operational, the distributed data storage system automatically converts the temporarily replicated data to EC storage and reclaims storage space previously used by the temporarily replicated data. Individual hardware failures are healed through migration techniques that reconstruct and re-fragment data blocks according to the governing EC scheme.
US12050805B2
An apparatus supports decoding and execution of a bulk memory instruction specifying a block size parameter. The apparatus comprises control circuitry to determine whether the block size corresponding to the block size parameter exceeds a predetermined threshold, and performs a micro-architectural control action to influence the handling of at least one bulk memory operation by memory operation processing circuitry. The micro-architectural control action varies depending on whether the block size exceeds the predetermined threshold, and further depending on the states of other components and operations within or coupled with the apparatus. The micro-architectural control action could include an alignment correction action, cache allocation control action, or processing circuitry selection action.
US12050804B2
Methods, systems, and devices for valid data aware media reliability scanning are described. An apparatus may include a memory array comprising a plurality of blocks and a controller coupled with the memory array. The controller may be configured to select a block of the plurality of blocks for a scan operation to determine a margin of reliability for a first set of data stored in the block. The controller may identify information associated with a status of a validity of sub-blocks of the first set of data in the block. The controller may determine a first subset of the sub-blocks storing valid data of the first set of data and a second subset of sub-blocks that are invalid based on identifying the information. The controller may perform the scan operation on the first subset of sub-blocks and not on the second subset of sub-blocks in the block.
US12050801B2
One example method includes performing replication operations and/or failure recovery operations for replication operations in a computing system using matrix clocks and replication controllers. The replication controller includes or has access to vectors of a matrix clock. The replication controller also includes a multiplexer. The multiplexer is configured as an m×n multiplexer using the matrix clock to determine m and n. The operation is performed using the configured multiplexer. This allows an imbalance of resources to be managed by the replication controller. The matrix clock can be updated, which may result in the multiplexer being reconfigured.
US12050800B2
A method for reordering data for storage includes detecting a data access pattern, associated with an application, for accessing a data, generating a remapping function based on a data access pattern information, the remapping function including operations to determine a reordering of the data based on address information for the data, receiving the data at a storage device, the data being ordered according to a first layout sequence, reordering the data, by the storage device, based on the remapping function, and storing the data, at the storage device, according to a second layout sequence corresponding to the data access pattern, the second layout sequence being different than the first layout sequence.
US12050797B2
An object of the invention is to optimize a storage cost for data. There is provided a storage system including a storage device, a memory, and a processor configured to control input and output of data to and from the storage device. The processor monitors a storage amount that is at least one of a write amount (a total amount of data received as a write target) and a physical use amount (a total amount of data physically stored in the storage device), and a read amount (a total amount of data that is read), and calculates a fee as a storage cost that is a cost related to use of the storage device in a target period, based on a storage amount and a read amount in the target period in accordance with a monitoring result.
US12050793B2
A cloud system includes: an individual peripheral device including a microcontroller and a memory electrically connected to the microcontroller, wherein the microcontroller collects input-output data of the individual peripheral device, and the memory stores product data, user data of the individual peripheral device and the input-output data; a local host device electrically connected to the individual peripheral device, configured to receive the product data, the user data and the input-output data, wherein the local host device collects environment data of the individual peripheral device; and a cloud unit communicatively connected to the local host device, configured to receive the product data, the user data, the input-output data and the environment data and status data of the local host device, and output an effective parameter according to the input-output data, the environment data and the status data, wherein the effective parameter is for correcting the input-output data.
US12050792B2
Disclosed systems and methods include a CPU coupled to one or more storage resources including a hybrid storage resource that is user-configurable during boot to allocate some, all, or none of its capacity as a conventional dual in-line memory module (DIMM) and some, all, or none of its capacity as a persistent storage resource. A utilization efficiency index (UEI) of the hybrid storage resource is assessed. The UEI may be determined based on a combination of memory resource utilization, a persistent storage resource utilization, and weighting parameters that reflect a comparative utility or value of memory vs storage resources. A target division between memory and storage resources may then be determined based on the UEI assessment. The hybrid storage resource may then be configured by dividing or allocating a first portion of its capacity to the volatile memory resource and a remaining portion of its capacity to the persistent storage resource.
US12050784B2
Methods, systems, and devices for data masking for memory are described. A memory device may set multiple data masking flags for associated memory array(s) at power-up. Each data masking flag may be associated with a respective page of memory cells and may indicate whether the data stored in the respective page is masked data, or whether the data is new, unmasked data. Data existing at a previous power-down may be masked until an initial write or activate command has been performed on the page after power-up, where the initial write or activate command may result in writing masked data, write data, or a combination thereof to the page. After previously stored data is overwritten to a page, the flag associated with the page may be reset, which may indicate that data stored at the page is available to be read.
US12050782B2
A storage device includes a non-volatile memory device including a first memory region and a second memory region, memory cells of the first memory region being at different levels from memory cells of the second memory region and a controller configured to control a base data protection operation against a rework for a reflow process by including a first operation of migrating base data stored in the first memory region to the second memory region before the rework for a first reflow process and a second operation of restoring the base data from the second memory region to the first memory region after completing the rework for the reflow process. The controller is configured to provide, to a host, management information including at least one of first information on a current state in a base data protection operation against the rework, second information on the first memory region, and third information on the second memory region.
US12050779B2
The present disclosure includes apparatuses, methods, and systems for storing non-volatile memory initialization failures. In an example, a method can include initializing a volatile memory die, initializing a first non-volatile memory die in response to initializing the volatile memory die, copying executable instructions from the first non-volatile memory die to the volatile memory die in response to initializing the first non-volatile memory die, initializing the second non-volatile memory die in response to initializing the first non-volatile memory die, and storing a failure record in the first non-volatile memory die in response to an error occurring during the initialization of the second non-volatile memory die.
US12050772B2
Methods and system for creating and using graphical user interfaces (GUIs) for eyewear devices and eyewear devices including GUIs. The eyewear devices detect finger touches on a surface of the eyewear device and present GUIs on image displays of the eyewear device that are responsive to the finger touches.
US12050769B2
Disclosed are various embodiments relating to a security framework for media playback. In one embodiment, a client device has a decryption module, a streaming module, and a playback module. The playback module may be configured to request media data from the streaming module and render the media data on an output device. The streaming module may be configured to obtain the media data from the decryption module by a request that specifies a size of the media data. The size may be dynamically determined based at least in part on an amount of available temporary data storage. The decryption module may be configured to decrypt a portion of an encrypted media file based at least in part on the specified size to produce the media data.
US12050766B2
The present disclosure relates to manipulating a user interface on a wearable electronic device using a mechanical crown. In some examples, the user interface can be scrolled or scaled in response to a rotation of the crown. The direction of the scrolling or scaling and the amount of scrolling or scaling can depend on the direction and amount of rotation of the crown, respectively. In some examples, the amount of scrolling or scaling can be proportional to the change in rotation angle of the crown. In other examples, a speed of scrolling or a speed of scaling can depend on a speed of angular rotation of the crown. In these examples, a greater speed of rotation can cause a greater speed of scrolling or scaling to be performed on the displayed view.
US12050763B1
An apparatus for model selection between a first model and a second model using projector inferencing is provided. The apparatus includes a processor and a memory connected to the processor. The memory contains instructions configuring the processor to receive an entity datum from an entity device and a second datum from a client device connected to the processor. The second datum describes matching the entity datum based on a preferred allocation with target values using the models. The processor may run two projectors capable of outputting operational values by projecting the entity datum over a defined duration. The processor may score operational values to target values using a fuzzy inferencing system. Scoring the operational values may include classifying an operational value and the second datum to categories organized sequentially in multiple discrete increments.
US12050760B2
According to an exemplary embodiment, a method, system, and device for providing cumulative reporting of medical information may be provided. The method, system, and apparatus may utilize software that provides access to any of a variety of medical records and/or medical data in real time and in a manner which allows it to be interpreted and shared. The method, system, and apparatus can also allow prompt alerts based on the interpretation of data shown.
US12050758B2
Aspects of the present disclosure involve a system comprising a computer-readable storage medium storing a program and method for presenting participant reactions within a virtual working environment. The program and method provide a configuration interface for configuring a virtual working environment for plural participants, the configuration interface for specifying groups of participants, each group comprising respective participants selected from among the plural participants; receive first user input, provided via the configuration interface, specifying a first group of participants; provide, for each participant in the first group, display of a reactions interface with user-selectable buttons to indicate respective reactions for displaying to the first group; receive second user input, provided via the reactions interface, selecting one of the user-selectable buttons to indicate a reaction for displaying to the first group; and provide, for each participant in the first group, display of a reaction icon corresponding to the reaction.
US12050751B2
A device includes an electrical circuit and a mutual-capacitance sensing circuit coupled to the electrical circuit. The mutual-capacitance sensing circuit includes mutual-capacitance sensing electrodes including a transmitter electrode and receiver electrode. The device also includes a conductive overlay over the mutual-capacitance sensing electrodes. The mutual-capacitance sensing circuit is configured to detect deflection of a portion of the conductive overlay relative to the mutual-capacitance sensing electrodes. The receiver electrode has a shape with an inner edge, and the transmitter electrode has a shape with an outer edge that is at least partially surrounded by the inner edge of the receiver electrode.
US12050750B2
A touch sensing device configured to drive a plurality of touch sensors according to one embodiment of the present disclosure includes a controller configured to calculate an area of a touch region, intensity of touch sensitivity, and uniformity of the touch sensitivity, and classify whether a touch situation is a normal touch situation or an abnormal touch situation based on the area of the touch region, and the intensity of the touch sensitivity, and the uniformity of the touch sensitivity using sensing signals input from the plurality of touch sensors.
US12050745B2
A control method, suitable for a controller in an interface device having capacitive sensors, includes following steps. The capacitive sensors are arranged on a plane. During a first period, the controller is configured to set the capacitive sensors as self-capacitance sensors individually. During a second period, the controller is configured to divide the capacitive sensors into at least a first group and a second group, set the first group of capacitive sensors as a mutual-capacitance transmitter and generate a pulse signal to the mutual-capacitance transmitter, set the second group of capacitive sensors as a mutual-capacitance receiver and collect a sensing signal from the mutual-capacitance receiver in response to the pulse signal.
US12050743B2
A display panel is provided. The display panel includes a first hole in a first window region and a second hole in a second window region. The display panel includes a touch electrode layer including a plurality of first touch electrodes and a plurality of second touch electrodes, which are mesh electrodes including a plurality of first mesh electrode lines in a first region and a plurality of second mesh electrode lines in a second region. First mesh electrode lines have a first line width. Second mesh electrode lines have a second line width. The first line width is greater than the second line width. A boundary between the first region and the second region is defined by an imaginary line through which line widths of the mesh electrode lines transition from the first line width to the second line width.
US12050737B2
An operation device includes an operation part that is provided so as to move relative to a device body in each of a first direction and a second direction from a neutral position. Touch operations on the panel surface of the operation part are detected by a sensor provided to the operation part. A touch operation on the operation part is designated as an operation for selecting an icon group on a screen. A push operation on the operation part, in the first direction or the second direction, is designated as an operation for determining a selection state on the screen. A one-finger tracing operation on the operation part is designated as an operation for changing an icon selected on the screen. A two-finger tracing operation on the operation part is designated as an operation for changing the screen.
US12050727B2
An eye tracking system can include an eye-tracking camera configured to obtain images of the eye at different exposure times or different frame rates. For example, longer exposure images of the eye taken at a longer exposure time can show iris or pupil features, and shorter exposure, glint images can show peaks of glints reflected from the cornea. The shorter exposure glint images may be taken at a higher frame rate (than the longer exposure images) for accurate gaze prediction. The shorter exposure glint images can be analyzed to provide glint locations to subpixel accuracy. The longer exposure images can be analyzed for pupil center or center of rotation. The eye tracking system can predict future gaze direction, which can be used for foveated rendering by a wearable display system. In some instances, the eye-tracking system may estimate the location of a partially or totally occluded glint.
US12050718B2
A computer-implemented method for assessing a person re-identification risk in an application domain is provided. In the application domain, for each of a plurality of persons a corresponding personal record is stored in a database. Each record comprises a set of attributes. Each attribute comprises a corresponding attribute name and a corresponding attribute value.
US12050702B2
Embodiments are directed to trusted local memory management in a virtualized GPU. An embodiment of an apparatus includes one or more processors including a trusted execution environment (TEE); a GPU including a trusted agent; and a memory, the memory including GPU local memory, the trusted agent to ensure proper allocation/deallocation of the local memory and verify translations between graphics physical addresses (PAs) and PAs for the apparatus, wherein the local memory is partitioned into protection regions including a protected region and an unprotected region, and wherein the protected region to store a memory permission table maintained by the trusted agent, the memory permission table to include any virtual function assigned to a trusted domain, a per process graphics translation table to translate between graphics virtual address (VA) to graphics guest PA (GPA), and a local memory translation table to translate between graphics GPAs and PAs for the local memory.
US12050695B2
Several data breaches are occurring in organizations due to insecure handling security-sensitive data. Conventional methods utilize static analysis tools and fail to capture all security vulnerabilities. The present disclosure identifies a security vulnerability by analyzing a source code. Initially, a System Dependence Graph (SDG) associated with the source code is received. Forward slicing is performed on the SDG and a plurality of forward function nodes are obtained. A plurality of security parameters associated with the security-sensitive variable are obtained. A backward slicing is performed based on a plurality of security parameters to obtain a plurality of backward function nodes. Further, a plurality of common function nodes is obtained from the plurality of forward and the backward function nodes and utilized to generate a plurality of enumerated paths. The enumerated paths are evaluated to obtain a plurality of feasible paths and are further analyzed to identify security vulnerability.
US12050692B2
A device can operate a processor, a primary platform, and a nonvolatile memory that includes a first boot firmware for the processor. The nonvolatile memory can comprise a (i) read-only memory for the processor and (ii) a read and write memory for the primary platform. Upon power up, the processor can load the first boot firmware with a first certificate and first set of cryptographic algorithms to verify a digital signature for a second boot firmware, where the second boot firmware is loaded by the processor after the first boot firmware. The primary platform can securely download a secondary platform bundle (SPB) with a boot update image and a second certificate and second set of cryptographic algorithms. The SPB can replace the first boot firmware with the updated first boot firmware. The processor verifies the second boot firmware with the second certificate and the second set of cryptographic algorithms.
US12050689B2
An illustrative method includes a data protection system detecting a request provided by a host to perform an operation with respect to a storage system, detecting, based on the request, an anomaly associated with the host, and directing, based on the detecting the anomaly associated with the host, the storage system to generate a recovery dataset for data maintained by the storage system.
US12050670B2
Techniques for embedding watermarks are described. In accordance with various embodiments, a server (e.g., a cloud in a core network) generates a profile for an encoded media content item and packages the profile as corresponding watermark metadata. The server then transmits the encoded media content item and the corresponding watermark metadata to at least one edge node in an edge cloud. A respective edge node in the edge cloud, upon receiving a request from a client device for the encoded media content item, where the request includes a client identifier associated with the client device, obtains a first portion of the encoded media content item and the corresponding watermark metadata. A watermark embedder of the edge node then embeds the client identifier in the embedded media content item according to the watermark metadata and transmits the watermark embedded media content item to the client device.
US12050669B2
Embodiments prevent a reverse engineering attack on a machine learning (“ML”) model. Embodiments receive a first set of requests from a plurality of users to the ML model. Based on the first set of requests, embodiments identify a first user attempting to attack the ML model and, in response to the identifying, generate a shadow model that is similar to the ML model. Embodiments receive a second set of requests from the first user to the ML model and, in response to the second set of requests, generate an ML model set of responses and a shadow model set of responses. Embodiments compare the ML model set of responses with the shadow model set of responses and, based on the comparison, determine whether the first user is attempting the reverse engineering attack on the ML model.
US12050668B1
A system and method for producing video games in order to prevent cheating in a video game environment by obfuscating game logic and variables during compilation.
US12050667B2
This disclosure describes techniques for implementing a blockchain to manage license compatibility. The techniques include parsing a code segment in a version of source code based on one or more parsing parameters, wherein the code segment is associated with a transaction and distributed under a license. Thereafter, one or more blocks are inserted onto a blockchain distributed ledger recording the transaction. Upon receiving an updated version of the source code comprising a change to at least one code segment associated with a new transaction, additional blocks are inserted onto the ledger recording the new transaction. Based at least on the transaction recorded in the blocks, the license associated with the version of the source code is identified. Additionally, a flag may indicate license incompatibility with the license if the change to at least one code segment associated with the new transaction violates a license restriction of the identified license.
US12050661B2
Systems and methods for object detection. The methods include, by a computing device: obtaining a plurality of intensity values denoting at least a difference in a first location of at least one object in a first image and a second location of the at least one object in a second image; converting the intensity values to 3D position values; inputting the 3D position values into a classifier algorithm to obtain classifications for data points of a 3D point cloud (each of the classifications comprising a foreground classification or a background classification); and using the classifications to detect at least one object which is located in a foreground or a background.
US12050659B2
Systems and methods are provided for determining contextual objects related to web content. Web content may include one or more elements, which may be extracted from the web content and analyzed to identify any contextual objects. The web content elements may be hyperlink elements, and contextual objects may be identified based on the hyperlink elements. A dominant entity may be identified for the web content, and contextual objects relating to the dominant entity may be identified. When a request for web content is received, contextual objects may be provided with the requested content. Personalized contextual objects may be selected from the identified contextual objects based on data associated with the request for web content. Selection of a contextual object may result in navigation to a browsing environment associated with the selected contextual object.
US12050653B2
Methods and systems allow organizations to discover accounts, subscriptions, properties, sites and other online portals within each distinct social network platform and across disparate social network platforms, publishing platforms and networks that represent, claim to represent or are relevant to their organization and/or brands based on search terms and facilitate the statistical reporting and analysis of activities on the discovered properties.
US12050642B2
Example techniques involve suggesting an application of a streaming audio service via an application of a media playback system. An example implementation involves a mobile device displaying, via a control application of a media playback system, a library control comprising indicators representing respective media items of a particular streaming audio service. The mobile device receives, via the library control, input data indicating a selection of an indicator representing a particular media item. The mobile device sends instructions to cause a playback device to play back the particular media item. While the playback device is playing back the particular media item, the mobile device displays, via the control application, a control representing an application of the particular streaming audio service. The mobile device receives input data indicating a selection of the control representing the application of the particular streaming audio service and causes the mobile device to download the application.
US12050625B2
A data classification system obtains a data set including first data associated with a first characteristic and second data associated with a second characteristic. In response to obtaining the data set, the system uses a classification model to generate a classification by classifying the first data into majority data and the second data into minority data. From the classification and using the classification model, the system determines a loss. The system modifies the classification model based on this loss to generate an updated classification model. The system uses the updated classification model to re-classify a subset of the first data into the minority data and a subset of the second data into the majority data.
US12050621B2
A system and method of using stateless nodes to process data of catalog objects. The method includes accessing a catalog object including metadata associated with a dataset. The method includes determining, based on the metadata, whether a stateless node is to process the dataset. The method includes detecting, by one or more processors, a failure associated with the stateless node in response to determining that the stateless node is to process the dataset. The method includes replacing the stateless node with a different node without recreating a particular state.
US12050610B2
Implementations generally relate to management of metadata groups and associated workflows. In some implementations, a method includes receiving a workflow request, wherein the workflow request includes information associated with a metadata group. The method further includes providing a workflow list of available workflows based on the metadata group. The method further includes receiving a selection of a workflow from the workflow list. The method further includes providing the workflow and a form associated with the workflow.
US12050609B1
Data dividers with partition identifiers are described for use in data analytics for streaming data. A continuous flow of data items received by a network-based data analytics service may be discretized into data buckets based on a time window associated with each of the data buckets receiving the data items from the data stream Data dividers may be generated based on a number of partitions determined to be necessary to implement parallel processing of the data items and each partition may include the data items to be processed as well as a single data divider ordered at the end of the partition such that the data divider is the last item to be processed. In this way, the network-based data analytics service may determine that all of the data items for a given data bucket have been processed once all of the data dividers have been processed.
US12050606B2
Techniques for generating a dataflow graph include generating a first dataflow graph with a plurality of first nodes representing first computer operations in processing data, with at least one of the first computer operations being a declarative operation that specifies one or more characteristics of one or more results of processing of data, and transforming the first dataflow graph into a second dataflow graph for processing data in accordance with the first computer operations, the second dataflow graph including a plurality of second nodes representing second computer operations, with at least one of the second nodes representing one or more imperative operations that implement the logic specified by the declarative operation, where the one or more imperative operations are unrepresented by the first nodes in the first dataflow graph.
US12050599B1
A question answering system is provided that can be used to supply workers at a jobsite with relevant answers or information for situations occurring at the jobsite. The question answering system can include a knowledge base with different types of content that are related to situations that may occur at the jobsite. When a user submits a query to the question answering system, the system can then determine whether an appropriate response to the query is contained in the knowledge base. If the knowledge base does not have an appropriate response, then the system submits the query to a third party information source such as a generative artificial intelligence tool for an answer. The system then analyzes the response from the third party information source and selects either the response from the third party information source or the response from the knowledge base to provide to the user.
US12050595B1
A real-time transaction location system for quickly and conveniently locating an electronic transaction within a transaction processing system in real time. The real-time transaction location system includes a transaction location tool that is communicatively coupled to the transaction processing system. The transaction location tool can assign a unique search identifier to an electronic transaction received by the transaction processing system based on a received transaction identifier and an application identifier that identifies a processing application of the transaction processing system that is selected based on the format of an electronic message conveying the electronic transaction. The transaction location tool may include a user interface that facilitates real-time location of an electronic transaction within the transaction processing system using the unique search identifier.
US12050585B1
Embodiments of the present disclosure are directed to methods and systems for the processing of database records by monitoring the records for an occurrence of one or more pre-defined codes within the records of the plurality of records and in response to detecting the occurrence of one or more of the pre-defined codes within a set of records, selecting a record of the one or more records, determining an action to be performed on the selected record based on the one or more pre-defined codes occurring in the selected record and a predefined reference module of actions based on a plurality of predefined codes and executing a workflow to perform the determined action on the selected record, wherein the determined action is directed to a condition indicated by the one or more pre-defined codes in the selected record.
US12050564B2
One example method includes receiving a first request from a first application for data corresponding to a first schema, the first request including information specifying the first schema. A first data type mapping to the first schema is determined using a schema definition from a data dictionary. Data of the first data type is obtained from first data source(s), and forwarded to the first application. A second request is received from a second application for data of a second data type, the second request including information specifying the second data type. It is determined that a schema definition for the second data type is unknown. A new schema definition for the second data type is generated to include a second schema mapping to the second data type. Data of the second data type is obtained from second data source(s), and forwarded to the second application, along with the second schema.
US12050563B2
The present disclosure provides a scalable acceleration of data processing in Machine Learning pipeline which is unavailable in conventional methods. Initially, the system receives a dataset and a data processing code. A plurality of sample datasets are obtained based on the received dataset using a sampling technique. A plurality of performance parameters corresponding to each of the plurality of sample datasets are obtained based on the data processing code using a profiling technique. A plurality of scalable performance parameters corresponding to each of a plurality of larger datasets are predicted based on the plurality of performance parameters and the data processing code using a curve fitting technique. Simultaneously, a plurality of anti-patterns are located in the data processing code using a pattern matching technique. Finally, an accelerated code is recommended based on the plurality of anti-patterns and the predicted plurality of scalable performance parameters using an accelerated code recommendation technique.
US12050557B2
A computerized system and method of compressing symbolic information organized into a plurality of documents, each document having a plurality of symbols, the system and method including: (i) automatically identifying a plurality of sequential (also referred to as adjacent) and/or non-sequential symbol (also referred to as non-adjacent) pairs in an input document; (ii) counting the number of appearances of each unique symbol pair; and (iii) producing a compressed document that includes a replacement symbol at each position associated with one of the plurality of symbol pairs, at least one of which corresponds to a non-sequential symbol pair. For each non-sequential pair the compressed document includes corresponding indicia indicating a distance between locations of the non-sequential symbols of the pair in the input document.
US12050538B2
Castout handling in a distributed cache topology, including: detecting, by a first cache of a plurality of caches, a cache miss; providing, by the first cache to each other cache of the plurality of caches, a message comprising: data indicating a cache address corresponding to the cache miss; and data indicating a cache line to be evicted.
US12050537B2
A method of streaming between a storage device and a secondary device includes receiving, by the storage device, from the secondary device, a memory read request command including a memory address of the storage device corresponding to a stream identity, the stream identity being unique between the storage device and the secondary device; streaming, by the storage device, data between the storage device and the secondary device by transferring the data corresponding to the memory address of the storage device to the secondary device; determining, by the storage device, that the data requested by the secondary device in the memory read request command is transferred to the secondary device; and ending, by the storage device, the streaming between the storage device and the secondary device.
US12050536B2
The present disclosure includes apparatuses and methods for compute enabled cache. An example apparatus comprises a compute component, a memory and a controller coupled to the memory. The controller configured to operate on a block select and a subrow select as metadata to a cache line to control placement of the cache line in the memory to allow for a compute enabled cache.
US12050531B2
In accordance with the described techniques for data compression and decompression for processing in memory, a page address is received by a processing in memory component that maps to a first location in memory where data of a page is maintained. The data of the page is compressed by the processing in memory component. Further, compressed data of the page is written by the processing in memory component to a compressed block device responsive to the compressed data satisfying one or more compressibility criteria. The compressed block device is a portion of the memory dedicated to storing data in a compressed form.
US12050525B2
Systems and methods for simulating containerized clusters. An example method may include determining a first value of an entity property that characterizes a simulated cluster entity in a containerized cluster entity, where the first value of the entity property is determined in view of an entity simulation specification associated with the simulated cluster entity, identifying one or more simulation policies that correspond to the simulated cluster entity, the simulation policies comprising a value generation policy that specifies a modification factor, the entity property, and one or more entity modification criteria. The example method may further include responsive to determining that the one or more entity modification criteria are satisfied, determining a second value of the entity property in view of the first value of the entity property and the modification factor, and generating simulation output comprising the second value of the entity property.
US12050521B2
A management method includes accessing API interfaces and collecting data related to primary volumes, remote copy volumes, and shared upload volumes, generating order topology related to the primary, remote copy, and shared upload volumes, calculating a set P of the primary volumes storing data to be deleted and specifying a set Vd of the remote copy volumes directly related to the set P in the order topology, calculating, as a set C, all of the shared upload volumes related to the set P in the order topology and specifying a set Vi of all of the remote copy volumes related to the set C in the order topology, calculating a set Vid as the complementary set of the set Vd in the set Vi, and specifying a set Pid of the primary volumes one level higher than the set Vid in the order topology.
US12050518B2
The present disclosure is directed toward systems, methods, and non-transitory computer-readable media for generating, managing, and restoring data backups for user account data at network-based third-party systems. For example, the disclosed systems generate data backups within a content management system to store user account data from third-party systems such as social media systems, photo library systems, video sharing systems, and others. In some cases, the disclosed systems detect changes to data a third-party system and further updates a stored data backup corresponding to the third-party system based on the detected changes.
US12050515B2
A computing system comprises a memory and a controller, and the controller is configured to store a first type of data and a second type of data in the memory, to divide the first type of data into a first part and a second part, to generate parity information on the first part and to store the parity information in the memory, and a refresh interval of a region of the memory where the first type of data is stored is larger than a refresh interval of a region of the memory where the second type of data is stored.
US12050514B1
Systems, methods, non-transitory computer-readable media to perform operations associated with the storage medium. One system includes a storage medium and an encoding/decoding (ED) system to perform operations associated with the storage medium, the ED system being configured to process a set of log-likelihood ratios (LLRs) and a syndrome vector to obtain a set of confidence values for each bit of a codeword, estimate an error vector based on selecting one or more bit locations with confidence values from the set of confidence values above threshold value and applying hard decision decoding to the selected one or more bit locations, calculate a sum LLR score for the estimated error vector, and output a decoded codeword based on the estimated error vector and the sum LLR score.
US12050506B2
An embodiment includes detecting a set of anomalies recorded during a first predefined window of time in log entries for a computer environment. The embodiment also includes generating cluster data representative of a cluster of anomalies from among the set of anomalies, where the cluster is formed using a lattice clustering algorithm that spatially distinguishes the cluster of anomalies from other anomalies in the set of anomalies. The embodiment also includes composing an explanation using log templates generated from log entries associated with the cluster of anomalies.
US12050505B2
A system includes a memory and a processor. The processor is configured to access one or more configuration logs generated by a computing cluster. The processor is further configured to determine, by analyzing the one or more configuration logs, a particular service running on the computing cluster that has generated a plurality of errors within the plurality of log messages. The processor is further configured to determine whether the particular error has previously occurred. The processor is further configured to, in response to determining that the particular error has previously occurred, generate and send one or more commands to the computing cluster. The one or more commands are operable to change a current configuration value for the particular service running on the computing cluster to a new configuration value. The new configuration value is based on a historical value stored in the database of historical configuration errors.
US12050503B2
A storage device can decrease a leakage current. The storage device includes: a plurality of power switch cells for controlling power supplied to a memory device and a memory controller for controlling the memory device; a power management circuit for providing the plurality of power switch cells with a power voltage corresponding to the power; and a power management circuit controller for controlling the power management circuit to determine a magnitude of the power voltage according to whether the plurality of power switch cells supply the power to the memory device and the memory controller.
US12050498B2
An electronic device is provided. The electronic device includes a processor operatively connected to a connector, a power supply circuit, a discharge circuit, a first switch, and a second switch, and configured to detect a connection of an external electronic device through the connector in a state in which the discharge circuit is activated, perform first discharge of discharging a current of the connected external electronic device using the discharge circuit for a designated time based on the connection of the external electronic device, control the first switch to cut off the electrical connection between the discharge circuit and the ground after performing the first discharge, control the second switch to electrically connect the connector and power supply circuit to supply designated power to the external electronic device through the connector, and perform communication with the external electronic device based on a communication connection with the external electronic device.
US12050497B2
A storage unit is disclosed. The storage unit may include an interface to a host and storage for a data. A receiver may receive from a host a boot power data. The boot power data may including a first power level and a duration. A circuit may boot the storage unit based at least in part on the boot power data. The storage unit may include a second power level, with the first power level greater than the second power level.
US12050494B2
An internal component and external interface arrangement for a cylindrical compact computing system is described that includes at least a structural heat sink having triangular shape disposed within a cylindrical volume defined by a cylindrical housing. A computing engine having a generally triangular shape is described having internal components that include a graphics processing unit (GPU) board, a central processing unit (CPU) board, an input/output (I/O) interface board, an interconnect board, and a power supply unit (PSU).
US12050491B2
The present disclosure relates to a supporting member for a display device, a display device including the same, and a manufacturing method of a supporting member for a display device. The supporting member for the display device according to an embodiment includes: a first region and a second region, and a third region positioned between the first region and the second region and made of a non-metal material. The supporting member includes a plurality of patterns positioned in the third region and adjacent to one another along a first direction and a second direction perpendicular to the first direction, where each of the plurality of patterns extends along the second direction.
US12050489B2
The present invention concerns virtual reality viewers for use with touchscreen enabled mobile devices. The virtual reality viewer comprises: a housing configured to receive a mobile electronic device within an interior of the housing; and an input mechanism that is accessible from an exterior of the housing and that is moveable within the interior between a first position and an extended position, wherein a surface of the input mechanism is configured to contact the touch-screen of the mobile electronic device when in the extended position. The disclosed systems and methods facilitate receiving user inputs on the exterior of the housing and providing the user inputs to the touchscreen within the housing using the electro-mechanical input mechanism. Accordingly, the viewer can be used with a variety of smartphones without requiring magnetic switches or a wireless/cable connection between the input device and the smartphone.
US12050486B1
Techniques for cooperative timing alignment using synchronization pulses are described. The techniques can include generating, at an integrated circuit device, a timing signal, controlling a local count value based on the timing signal, monitoring a synchronization signal of a system comprising the integrated circuit device, detecting a synchronization pulse in the synchronization signal, and aligning the local count value with an implied count value associated with the synchronization pulse in order to align the local count value with those of other integrated circuit devices of the system.
US12050478B2
A conveyor assembly for a medium, wherein the medium is conveyed from a source location to a destination via a conveyor line, where the conveyor line includes a conveyor section arranged between the source location and the destination and the conveyor section is equipped with two conveyor elements that are connected in parallel to each other and that are controlled by a respective flow controller, where the same flow target value and the same flow actual value are fed to both flow controllers, and the flow controllers ascertain a respective correcting variable for each conveyor element from said values, where a changeover device of the conveyor assembly prevents actuation of one conveyor element by one flow controller and releases the actuation of the other conveyor element by the other flow controller if the flow target value is above or below upper and lower changeover thresholds.
US12050477B2
A fluid pressure reducing valve apparatus includes a pressure reducing valve. The valve has: a body containing a fluid-flow chamber, a liquid supply orifice into the chamber, a liquid outlet from the chamber, a regulation plate opposed to the orifice, a spring acting to urge the plate towards the orifice, and a diaphragm between the plate and the body to close the chamber between them. A controllable motor drive acts between the body and an end of the spring remote from the plate. A flow meter is positioned downstream of the outlet. A controller is arranged to receive flow data from the flow meter and to control the motor drive for withdrawal of the remote end of the spring in accordance with flow rate measured by the flow meter. For an increase in demand flow, the plate is partially withdrawn to maintain downstream pressure on such increase and vice versa.
US12050469B2
A system for delivering an article from a first location to a second location with a robot having a closeable transport container for housing the article during transport. A closeable recipient container is provided at the second location for receiving the article. At least one computer configured to navigate the robot over an outdoor transportation network between locations is provided. The robot has a robot article transport mechanism controlled by the at least one computer for removing the article from the transport container and the recipient container has a recipient article transport mechanism for moving the article inside the recipient container.
US12050460B1
Autonomous vehicle methods and systems are described herein for communicating with an autonomous or semi-autonomous vehicle to remotely control operation of the vehicle, to detect and remove unauthorized passengers, to deliver loads, to receive registration information for the vehicle, to provide accessibility information to the vehicle, and/or to receive sensor or other environmental data to integrate with an electronic game or other extended reality experience.
US12050457B2
Provided is an automatic teaching system that is readily able to achieve automation, even when a small but varied number of processing objects are to undergo polishing or coating. The automatic teaching system includes a three-dimensional shape measurement apparatus, a reference marker, an image analysis apparatus, and a robot control device. The three-dimensional shape measurement apparatus acquires shape data of a processing target region on a processing object relative to the reference marker, and the image analysis apparatus divides the shape data of the processing target region into a plurality of continuous reference surfaces, in accordance with a predetermined algorithm, automatically generates a program of an operation path along which a polishing apparatus or coating apparatus of the robot is to be operated, for every reference surface, in accordance with a predetermined operation path generation rule, and transmits the program of the operation path to the robot control device.
US12050448B2
Process control of continuous production of biomolecules is a major challenge due to complex nature of processes and time scales of operations involved. Availability of key process variables in real-time is one of main requirements. This disclosure relates to a processor implemented method of controlling a continuous bioprocessing plant which includes at least one of: receiving, an input data associated with one or more equipments; generating, by a recipe builder, a sequence of unit operations to determine at least one job order based on the at least input data; obtaining, a control decision associated with a control parameter based on the at least one job order; communicating, via the middleware, the control decision associated with the control parameter to the PLC; and executing, by a control system of the PLC, the control decision on a unit equipment to control: (i) a continuous bioprocessing train, and (ii) an individual unit operation.
US12050447B2
A method for securing the program safety of an HVDC system according to the present invention comprises the steps of: calculating, by a controller of the HVDC system, a BIOS program eigenvalue after loading a BIOS when power is applied; receiving, by the controller, a BIOS program eigenvalue of the controller prestored in a higher system of the controller; and comparing the BIOS program eigenvalue calculated in the controller and the BIOS program eigenvalue prestored in the higher system so as to identify whether or not the eigenvalues are identical and, if the eigenvalues are not identical, stopping execution of a program and notifying the higher system that the eigenvalues are not identical.
US12050446B2
A system for the cryptographically-secure, autonomous control of devices comprising, connected to or remotely operating devices in an electrically powered network and the transaction of the benefits, costs or value created by or transacted through the devices in this electrically powered network.
US12050442B2
A system includes a plurality of vibration sensors configured to be coupled to a unit of building equipment, an edge device arranged between the plurality of vibration sensors and a communications network. The edge device is programmed to detect an abnormality in vibration data from the plurality of vibration sensors by ingesting streams of vibration data from the plurality of vibration sensors, performing signal processing on the streams of vibration data to obtain inputs for a machine learning model, determining whether the abnormality is occurring by applying the inputs to the machine learning model, determining a trend associated with the abnormality based on outputs of the machine learning model, and causing a portion of the vibration data to be communicated to a first computing system via the communications network in response to the trend satisfying a criterion.
US12050439B2
A vehicle, and a system a method of navigating a vehicle. The system includes a trajectory planning module and a trajectory tracking module. The trajectory planning module operates at a processor of the vehicle to generate a trajectory for the vehicle. The trajectory tracking module operates at the processor to track the trajectory to navigate the vehicle. The trajectory planning module and the trajectory tracking module run asynchronously from each other.
US12050437B2
The electronic watch includes a controller configured to perform switching between a time display mode which displays a time, a modification mode in which at least one of hands is moved in accordance with an operation of the operation device, and a power saving mode which consumes less power than in the time display mode by stopping at least one of the hands. The controller switches to the power saving mode when a battery voltage is detected to be less than a first voltage threshold value while the time display mode is performed, and switches to the power saving mode when the battery voltage to be less than a second voltage threshold value which is lower than the first voltage threshold value while the modification mode is performed.
