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US11013751B2	Compositions and methods for treating multiple sclerosis Provided are compositions and methods for treating multiple sclerosis (MS). One embodiment of the disclosed method entails orally administering to a MS patient a first amount of aspirin and a second amount of fumaric acid or an ester or a salt thereof. In some embodiments, the aspirin is administered at from about 80 mg to about 500 mg per day and the fumaric acid or ester or salt thereof is administered at about 360 mg per day.
US11013748B2	Budesonide prodrug Phase-inverted capsules of a prodrug of budesonide are provided for treatment of bowel diseases.
US11013745B2	Triazolopyrimidine, triazolopyridine compounds, and the composition thereof for treating PRC2-mediated diseases The present invention provides a compound represented by formula I, pharmaceutically acceptable salts, enantiomers, diastereomers or racemates thereof, the preparation method thereof, the pharmaceutical composition comprising the same, and the use thereof in the preparation of a medicament for treating a disease or condition mediated by EED and/or PRC2. The compound of the present invention can be used treating PRC2-mediated diseases or conditions.
US11013743B2	Cancer treatments using combinations of CDK and ERK inhibitors The present invention provides, inter alia, methods, kits, and pharmaceutical compositions for treating or ameliorating the effects of a cancer in a subject in need thereof. The method comprises administering to the subject an effective amount of (i) a first anti-cancer agent, which is BVD-523 or a pharmaceutically acceptable salt thereof and (ii) a second anti-cancer agent, which is a CDK inhibitor or a pharmaceutically acceptable salt thereof, to treat or ameliorate the effects of the cancer. Additional methods for effecting cancer cell death are also provided.
US11013742B2	Cholesteryl ester transfer protein (CETP) inhibitor and pharmaceutical compositions comprising said inhibitor for use in the treatment or prevention of cardiovascular diseases The present invention relates to a cholesteryl ester transfer protein (CETP) inhibitor: (hereinafter referred to as Compound A) for use in the treatment of subjects suffering from or having an increased risk for cardiovascular diseases, in particular hyperlipidemia or mixed dyslipidemia. A further aspect of the present invention relates to a pharmaceutical composition for use in the treatment of subjects suffering from or having an increased risk for cardiovascular diseases, wherein the composition comprises a therapeutically effective amount of said Compound A CETP inhibitor.
US11013741B1	AXL kinase inhibitors and use of the same Tartrate salts of the compound of structure (I), crystalline forms thereof, and therapeutic applications thereof for treating solid tumors (e.g., advanced solid tumor) or hematopoietic cancers. Also provided herein are methods for synthesizing the tartrate salts and the crystalline forms thereof.
US11013734B2	Treating patients harboring an isocitrate dehydrogenase-1 (IDH-1) mutation Methods of treating patients diagnosed with AML or MDS harboring mutant IDH-1 include detecting an IDH1 mutation and the therapeutic administration of an inhibitor of a mutant IDH-1 as a single agent, or in combination with azacitidine (AZA) or cytarabine.
US11013732B2	Use of macroazapyridinophanes metal complexes in the treatment of diseases Metal complexes comprising a compound of general formula (I) and at least one metal ion, for use in the treatment of diseases related to the accumulation of intracellular deposits and/or diseases related to defective autophagy and/or defective proteasome activity is disclosed. Compositions comprising said metal complexes comprising a compound of general formula (I) and at least one metal ion, for use in the treatment of diseases related to the accumulation of intracellular deposits and/or diseases related to defective autophagy and/or defective proteasome activity are also disclosed.
US11013705B2	Methods and compositions for supporting renal health Compositions and methods for supporting health, especially renal health, comprising ketonic agents that recapitulate beneficial effects of ketosis by exogenously administered agents. The agents include BHB, analogs thereof, and GPR109A agonists. The agents may further include crystal precipitation inhibitors which synergistically improve treatment of certain renal conditions. The agents may be used in dietary supplements and therapeutic compositions for the treatment of cystic kidney diseases such as polycystic kidney disease, ciliopathies, and other conditions.
US11013690B2	Esterification/saponification-based method for liposomal encapsulation of hydrophilic glucuronides Described herein is a method for loading a hydrophilic compound into liposomes after addition of an alkylester group to form an esterified compound. After loading, the alkylester is hydrolyzed to reform the hydrophilic compound inside the liposomes. Also described is a method for loading drugs under a glucuronide methylester form into liposomes. The glucuronide methylester form of the drug is saponified to a glucuronide form of the drug inside the liposomes for better drug retention. The glucuronide residue conjugated to drugs can be removed inside cells to regenerate the parental drug upon cell uptake, liposomal degradation and enzyme hydrolysis. In case of cancer, this method can be used to safely deliver drugs to tumors.
US11013687B1	Preventive and therapeutic treatment for COVID 19 and any other disease caused by SARS CoV 2 Novel preventive treatment for COVID 19 and therapeutic treatment for early stages of COVID 19 or any other disease caused by SARS CoV 2. Pharmaceutical formulations and devices are disclosed to be able to implement these treatments. These treatments to prevent and alleviate the symptoms at early stages of COVID 19, the pandemic disease caused by SARS CoV 2. These treatments are based on the administration the nasal cavity and/or the lungs of solutions containing iota Carrageenan with or without the addition of xylitol as antiviral drug substances.
US11013675B2	Dye composition comprising a para-phenylenediamine oxidation base and a particular coupler The present invention relates to a composition for dyeing keratin fibres, in particular keratin fibres such as the hair, comprising: at least one oxidation base 3-(2,5-diaminophenyl)-1-propanol and/or acid salts thereof and/or solvates thereof such as hydrates; at least one particular coupler; optionally at least one fatty substance; optionally at least one basifying agent; and optionally at least one chemical oxidizing agent. The invention also relates to a process for dyeing keratin fibres such as the hair using the composition of the invention, and to a multi-compartment device for using the composition of the invention.
US11013668B2	Two-package dental adhesive composition A two-package dental adhesive composition is provided that has an excellent adhesive property for each of various dental materials and also has excellent storage stability. The two-package dental adhesive composition includes a first agent and a second agent which are divided from each other. The two-package dental adhesive composition includes at least five components including: (A) an acidic group-containing polymerizable monomer; (B) a sulfur atom-containing polymerizable monomer; (C) a silane coupling agent; (D) a borate compound; and (E) water. The first agent contains only (A) the acidic group-containing polymerizable monomer and (B) the sulfur atom-containing polymerizable monomer out of the five components. The second agent contains only (C) the silane coupling agent, (D) the borate compound, and (E) the water out of the five components.
US11013659B2	Self-contained portable positionable oscillating motor array including disposable and/or recyclable portions In some embodiments, a system and/or method may include an inner wearable harness worn, during use, on a torso of a subject which includes a flexible vest. The system may include a plurality of engines, each of which are contained in a flexible container, which when activated apply an oscillation force. The system may include a positioning system which allows positioning the flexible container such that the oscillation force is applied to at least one treatment area of the subject. The oscillation force may mobilize, during use, at least some secretions in an airway within the subject substantially adjacent the treatment area. The system may include an outer harness worn, during use, on a torso of a subject. The outer wearable harness, when activated, adjusts the oscillation force applied by at least some of the activated plurality of engines to the treatment area by providing a compressive force.
US11013654B2	Overhead lift systems for mounting and dismounting lift units on an overhead rail An overhead lift system for supporting a person with a lift unit includes an overhead rail and an elevator track. The overhead rail includes a subject support portion and a docking portion. An end of the docking portion is removably coupled to an end of the subject support portion. The elevator track is coupled to the docking portion of the overhead rail. The elevator track is configured to convey the docking portion of the overhead rail from a height of the subject support portion of the overhead rail toward a position below the height of the subject support portion of the overhead rail.
US11013653B1	Caregiver lifting harness and use thereof A lifting harness for assisting a worker to transfer a load is provided, the lifting harness comprising: a belt; a pair of lifting pads slidably mounted on the belt; a back including a pair of arms attached to the belt, the pair of arms converging towards a distal end; a loop proximate to the distal end; and a mobile lifting strap, the mobile lifting strap including a strap first distal end, a strap second distal end and a length therebetween, the length slidably extending through the loop; a first lifting loop proximate to the strap first distal end; and a second lifting loop proximate to the strap second distal end.
US11013644B2	Protective underwear including disposal assembly A disposable absorbent article includes a pouch integral to or affixed to an outer layer of the absorbent article. Once soiled with exudates, the pouch is inverted over the absorbent article to conceal and contain the article. The pouch and waist band include integral handles for transporting the exudate soiled article for disposal. The absorbent article may be part of a disposable absorbent article assembly including an individually packaged disposable absorbent article and packaging system, wherein prior to use the absorbent article is sealed within the packaging. The packaging seal is broken to remove the absorbent article and the packaging may be stored for later use or discarded.
US11013643B2	Disposable diaper [Technical problem] A disposable diaper having excellent performances in both the absorbable capacity and the absorption rate, is provided. [Solution to problem] The above problem is solved by a pad type disposable diaper 200, in which a top sheet 22 is formed of a thermoplastic nonwoven fabric, and absorbent bodies 23A and 23B are formed of a lower layer absorbent body 23B and an upper layer absorbent body 23A provided on a front surface of the lower layer absorbent body 23B, wherein a slit 40 having a predetermined width is provided in the upper layer absorbent body 23A at least at a crotch portion C2 so as to extend in a front-back direction, and the slit 40 having the predetermined width is not provided in the lower layer absorbent body 23B, the top sheet 22 includes a depressed portion 30 that is depressed into the slit 40, and multiple low permeation portions 80 are provided with intervals at least in the depressed portion 30, the low permeation portions 80 being portions in which fibers are welded to each other in a state of being compressed in a thickness direction.
US11013639B1	Apparatus for processing healthcare data and storing and transmitting large amounts of data via a bandage or sticker A smart bandage that serves as a functional bandage includes electronic components that allow the bandage to store large amounts of data. The components can include a processor, battery, data storage media, NFC components, Bluetooth components, Wi-Fi components, and wired communications components. The bandage can remain powered down until receiving a signal (e.g., NFC, power, Bluetooth, etc.), which then causes the bandage to power up its components and communicate using other wireless communications means. Healthcare data compression methods may be used to improve the information storage capabilities of the smart bandage.
US11013634B2	Cryogenic composition The present invention relates to a novel cryogenic composition intended to be used in thermal treatment devices, and also to its process of preparation. The invention also relates to a thermal treatment device and more particularly to a medical device used to cool a part of the human or animal body, in particular after trauma, inflammation or a surgical act. The invention has application in the therapeutic and/or medical field but also in other fields, such as, for example, for the cooling or the maintenance at low temperature of foodstuffs.
US11013623B2	Method for manufacturing stent The present invention relates to a stent and a method for manufacturing the same. The stent includes: a first hollow cylindrical body portion formed by weaving a metal wire; a second hollow cylindrical body portion formed by weaving a metal wire, and configured to surround the first body portion; an expanded portion configured to form two adjacent ends of the first body portion and the second body portion integrally; and a membrane inserted between the first body portion and the second body portion, and configured to surround the outside of the first body portion. According to the present invention, there is no risk of the film being torn when the stent is bent, an additional connection wire is not required, the process of manufacturing the stent is simple, and the costs required for the manufacture of the stent are not high.
US11013617B2	Expandable intervertebral fusion devices and methods of installation thereof Embodiments herein are generally directed to spinal implants, systems, apparatuses, and components thereof that can be used in spinal fusion and/or stabilization procedures, as well as methods of installation. The spinal implants may be expandable. In some embodiments, the spinal implants may be configured to be backfilled with bone graft material after insertion.
US11013615B2	Assembly for implanting an acetabular cup in a cotyloid cavity The present invention relates to an assembly having a acetabular cup has at least two snapping rims; the gripper is a subassembly separated from the handle, including a snapping teeth suitable for engaging with the snapping rims included by the acetabular cup. The gripper includes a movable pusher, capable, during its movement, of exerting thrust on the acetabular cup along the axis of revolution of said acetabular cup, so as to disengage the snapping rims comprised by the acetabular cup from their engagement with the snapping teeth included by the gripper; and the assembly includes an actuating device for actuating the movable pusher.
US11013609B2	Device for maintaining an intervertebral space The device for maintaining an intervertebral space is capable of being accommodated inside the disc, in place of the core. Natural anchoring is ensured by promoting the regrowth of fibre around at least part of the device. The possibility of ejection of the residual core is limited in order to avoid a renewed hernia, and mobility of the vertebral column is ensured. To this end, a subject of the invention is a device having at least two non-expansible concentric rings which between them form a free space and which are connected to each other via two junction summits.
US11013608B2	Talar bone plate A talar bone plate for use with a multi-component ankle prosthesis is disclosed that has a body having a medial side, a lateral side, an upper surface, a lower surface, a medial-anterior end, a lateral-anterior end, a medial-anterior portion that extends out in anterior direction beyond the lateral-anterior side, and a posterior side, where a length between the medial-anterior end and the posterior side is greater than the length between the lateral-anterior end and the posterior side near the lateral side of the body, where the body having at least one elongated screw hole provided in the medial-anterior portion and a plurality of screw holes provided in the area between the at least one elongated screw hole and the posterior side.
US11013607B2	Talar ankle implant The present disclosure includes, in one embodiment, a talar component of an ankle joint prosthesis for engagement with a talus bone having a medial side wall and a lateral side wall, opposite the medial side wall, each side wall terminating at a distal edge, and the distal edges adapted to drive into the talus bone. When implanted, the side walls may form a seal between the talus bone and the component to prevent fluid from flowing under the component.
US11013588B2	Tissue heart valve (THV) humidor packaging system A prosthetic valve packaging system includes a jar, a lid, a lid liner, and a humectant. The jar has a closed end, an open end, a side wall and an interior sized to receive the prosthetic heart valve. The lid is connected to the open end of the jar. The lid liner includes a rim sandwiched between the lid and the side wall of the jar to provide a fluid-tight seal. The humectant is supported within the interior of the jar. The humectant may be supported by the lid liner. The lid liner may include one or more windows so that the humectant may provide a desired humidity to the inside of jar to maintain a desired water content in the tissue of the valve. The system may obviate the need to store the valve in a dry state, or to otherwise store the valve submerged in an aldehyde solution.
US11013586B2	Dental testing device for heat sensitivity A device for testing a heat sensitivity in teeth, a heated cushion for a dental device for testing a heat sensitivity, and a method for testing a tooth for a heat sensitivity.
US11013583B2	Three dimensional fabricating material systems and methods for producing layered dental products A three-dimensional printed dental device formed from rapid prototyping with printable polymerizable materials, the dental device comprising a polymeric composition, wherein the polymeric composition, after curing, has at least one property of flexural strength, flexural modulus, fracture toughness, and work of fracture that is at least 20% greater in measured value at 37° C. in comparison to measured value at 23° C.
US11013578B2	Method to correct a dental digital model A method of correction of a three-dimensional digital model of an arch of a patient or “reference model.” The method includes the following steps: acquisition of at least one two-dimensional image of the arch, called updated image (Ia1;Ia2), in actual acquisition conditions; search, for each updated image, of virtual acquisition conditions providing a two-dimensional image of the reference model, which maximizes the fit with the updated image, or “reference image” (Ir1;Ir2); comparison of the reference image with the updated image to detect differences; and correction of the reference model to reduce said differences to get a corrected reference model.
US11013564B2	Single-arm robotic device with compact joint design and related systems and methods Disclosed herein are various robotic surgical devices and systems that include first and second elongate bodies, first and second driveshafts disposed through the second elongate body, and an in-line shoulder joint with a robotic arm coupled thereto. In certain implementations, the in-line shoulder joint has a differential yoke and a dual shaft disposed within the yoke lumen.
US11013557B2	Energy delivery systems and uses thereof The present invention relates to comprehensive systems, devices and methods for delivering energy to tissue for a wide variety of applications, including medical procedures (e.g., tissue ablation, resection, cautery, vascular thrombosis, treatment of cardiac arrhythmias and dysrhythmias, electrosurgery, tissue harvest, etc.). In certain embodiments, systems, devices, and methods are provided for treating a tissue region (e.g., a tumor) through application of energy.
US11013551B2	Method for ablating tissue with multiple ablation probes A tissue ablation system comprises an ablation source, such as an RF ablation source, configured for generating a common power signal, and a power multiplexor configured for splitting the power signal into first and second power signals, substantially attenuating the second power signal relative to the first power signal to create nominal and attenuated power signals, and sequentially delivering the nominal power signal to each tissue ablation probe, while delivering the attenuated power signal to the remaining ablation probes to which the nominal power signal is currently not delivered.
US11013548B2	Method and system for compensating for external impedance of energy carrying component when controlling electrosurgical generator A control system for use with an electrosurgical generator which delivers electrosurgical energy to tissue has a control module. The module includes a processor executing an algorithm. The algorithm has the steps of determining a sensed voltage value corresponding to a sensed voltage signal output by the electrosurgical generator and determining a sensed current value corresponding to a sensed current signal output by the electrosurgical generator. The algorithm has the steps of determining phase information corresponding to a phase shift between the voltage signal and the current signal and determining a characteristic related to the electrosurgical energy delivered to the tissue using the phase information, the sensed voltage value and the sensed current value.
US11013547B2	Dermatological cryospray devices having linear array of nozzles and methods of use The present invention is directed to improved systems, devices, and methods for delivery of a cryogen to the skin of a patient for skin treatment. A cryospray device configured to deliver a cryogen to a patient's skin can include an applicator, a supply channel, and a nozzle assembly. The applicator can include a head portion, and the supply channel can extend through at least a portion of the head portion. The nozzle assembly can be coupled to the head portion and can be fluidly coupled to the supply channel. The nozzle assembly can include a linear array of orifices that are configured to direct a planar spray of the cryogen to cool an area of a skin tissue of the patient in a linear cooling treatment.
US11013539B2	Methods for treating a patient's spine A plurality of individual tools is provided where each tool is uniquely configured to perform a step or a portion of a step in a novel procedure associated with the implantation of a stabilizing device (e.g., an interspinous spacer) for stabilizing at least one spinal motion segment. The tools are usable individually, or more preferably as a tooling system in which the tools are collectively employed to implant an interspinous spacer, generally in a minimally invasive manner. For example, each of the tools is arranged with coordinated markings and/or other features to ensure consistent depths of insertion, proper orientation of the tools with respect to each other or an anatomical feature of the patient, and precise delivery of the spacer to maintain safe positioning throughout the implantation procedure.
US11013531B2	Anchoring system and method for cranial access An anchoring system for cannulas or tools to be inserted into a surgical workspace in the body, particularly the brain, of a patient. The system comprises a grommet which may be fixed to the skull to both secure the system to the skull and protect the skull opening from passage of cannulas and tools, a resilient clip with grasping jaws adapted to firmly grasp a cannula or tool, and a flexible membrane secured to the outer rim of the grommet and the clip.
US11013527B1	Cellulite treatment system and methods Systems and methods for treating cellulite including an apparatus that applies or a method involving separating septa to eliminate or reduce the appearance of cellulite. In one approach, an interventional tool is placed between tissue layers to engage and treat septa connecting tissue layers between which fat deposits are contained.
US11013523B2	Thrombectomy device, system and method for extraction of vascular thrombi from a blood vessel A thrombectomy device including a delivery catheter; a tapered dilator catheter configured to be movably disposed within the delivery catheter; and an expandable aspiration funnel configured to be movably disposed within the delivery catheter in a retracted position and at least partially outside the delivery catheter in an extended position, the funnel comprising a non-permeable covering, a diameter of a distal end of the funnel being greater in the extended position than in the retracted position, the funnel being configured to adapt its shape and length to a surrounding blood vessel such that the funnel lengthens as it narrows to retain a thrombus within the funnel. The invention also includes methods of using the device.
US11013515B2	Occluding catheter with an optional common inflation and guideware channel and method of use An occluding catheter for preventing stroke by occluding blood flow to right and left carotid arteries is provided. The occluding catheter includes a shaft that has a proximal end and a distal end, and a proximal occluding balloon carried by the shaft. The proximal occluding balloon is inflated to occlude blood flow through one of the right carotid artery and the left carotid artery. A distal occluding balloon is carried by the shaft and is inflated to occlude blood flow through one of the right carotid artery and the left carotid artery that is not occluded by the proximal occluding balloon. The shaft has a segment that is located between the proximal occluding balloon and the distal occluding balloon. Also provided are alternative arrangements with a single or dual inflation and/or guidewire channel, single occluding balloon, and an associated method of diverting emboli from cerebral circulation.
US11013511B2	Surgical stapling instrument with an articulatable end effector A surgical system comprising a housing assembly, a shaft extending from the housing assembly, a closure system, an end effector extending from the shaft, and a rotation system is disclosed. The housing assembly comprises a motor. The end effector is configurable in an unclamped configuration and a clamped configuration. The end effector is moved into the clamped configuration by the closure system. The end effector comprises a staple cartridge and a firing member. The staple cartridge comprises a plurality staples. The firing member is configured to move through the staple cartridge and deploy the plurality of staples. The rotation system is configured to rotate the end effector about a rotation axis when the end effector is in the unclamped configuration and prevent the end effector from rotating about the rotation axis when the end effector is in the clamped configuration.
US11013500B2	Endocavitary ultrasound probe with biopsy system having two needle guides A biopsy assembly for collecting tissue samples by means of a biopsy needle when introduced in a body cavity. The biopsy assembly comprises an elongated member (101), with a longitudinal axis (102), configured with: a first needle guide (203), arranged to guide a needle in a direction transverse to the longitudinal axis (102), and a second needle guide (204, 303) arranged to guide a needle in a direction along the elongated member (101).
US11013498B2	Microorganism sampling method, microorganism sampling device and sampling kit comprising such a sampling device A sampling method using a sampling device (2) comprising a container (5) comprising a body (6) consisting of a soft pouch, and a lid (30), in which at least one among the container (5) and the lid (30) is provided with a discharging member (40) suitable for, in an open state, discharging at least one part of the gases contained in the internal space (7) of the body (6) of the container (5), wherein the sampling method comprises the steps consisting in: —collecting a biological material in the body (6) of the container (5), and assembling the lid (30) on the neck (10) of the container (5), —and placing an internal space (7) of the body (6) of the container (5) under anaerobic conditions by placing the discharging member (40) in the open state, by compressing the body (6) of the container (5) and by placing the discharging member (40) in a closed state.
US11013483B2	Imaging capsule location detection An imaging capsule configured to be swallowed to scan the gastrointestinal tract of a person from the inside, including a radiation source providing X-Ray and gamma radiation for scanning the gastrointestinal tract, a pressure sensor for measuring the internal pressure in the imaging capsule; and wherein the imaging capsule is configured to control the emission of radiation from within the imaging capsule responsive to the measurements of the pressure sensor.
US11013481B2	Method for acquiring and processing image data of an examination object A method for acquiring and processing image data of an examination object is provided. A three-dimensional bone model and a three-dimensional blood vessel model are provided. A two-dimensional, first X-ray image and a two-dimensional, second X-ray image of the examination region are acquired having a same image geometry. The first X-ray image is subtracted from the second X-ray image to provide a subtraction image. A first intermediate registration of the first X-ray image is determined in relation to the bone model, and a second intermediate registration of the subtraction image is determined in relation to the blood vessel model. A transformation function that images the first intermediate registration onto the second intermediate registration is determined. A third X-ray image of the examination region is acquired. A bone registration of the third X-ray image in relation to the bone model is determined.
US11013472B1	Method and apparatus for epidemic and pandemic risk assessment A method, system, and/or apparatus for automatically monitoring for possible infection or other physical health concerns, such as from Covid-19. The method or implementing software application uses or relies upon location information available on the mobile device from any source, such as cell phone usage and/or other device applications. The method and system automatically uses and/or learns user location and activity patterns and determines and infection risk that can be communicated as a warning to community members.
US11013470B2	Detecting abnormalities in ECG signals A method of detecting abnormalities in an ECG signals, comprising receiving an ECG signal, extracting at least one ECG beat the ECG signal; providing the at least one ECG beat to a neural network. Within the neural network, performing at least two layers of convolution operations, and for a beat of the ECG signal, determining a confidence map for the location of each of the P, Q, R, S and T points, determining, from the respective confidence maps the position or absence of points, the points comprising each of the P, Q, R, S and T points; and reporting the positions and/or absence of the points.
US11013465B2	Biological feature detection apparatus and electronic terminal A biological feature detection apparatus and an electronic device are provided. The apparatus includes a light emitting unit and a light receiving unit. The light emitting unit is configured to emit light to a detection surface of a biological tissue, the light emitted by the light emitting unit is processed by the biological tissue and then transmitted to the light receiving unit, and the light receiving unit is configured to receive the light and perform a photoelectric conversion to generate an original electrical signal for biological feature detection; the light emitting unit and the light receiving unit are attached to the detection surface of the biological tissue. As such, the signal-to-noise ratio of the original electrical signal is improved and accuracy of biological feature detection is enhanced.
US11013462B2	Electrocardiogram sensor ring An electrocardiogram (ECG) sensor has a flexible thin ring-shaped substrate configured to be worn about a patient's finger. The substrate has an inner surface and an outer surface opposite the inner surface. A first ECG electrode is positioned at the outer surface of said substrate and a second ECG electrode is positioned at the inner (or outer) surface of the said substrate in contact with the finger (or the adjacent finger if the electrode is on the outer surface), whereby the two ECG electrodes receives a single-lead ECG signal when the first electrode is touched to the patient's body. Touching different locations on the body or wearing multiple rings can provide multi-lead ECG measurements. The ring shape can be converted to a wearable patch for continuous ECG measurements.
US11013458B2	Breath analysis system using gas image detection method Provided is a respiration analysis system using a gas image detection method, the respiration analysis system including: an exhalation capturing unit provided adjacent to a subject and capturing an image of exhalation exhaled from the mouth and nose of the subject; and a control unit electrically connected to the exhalation capturing unit, and calculating and storing, as data, a respiration cycle and respiration volume from the image captured through the exhalation capturing unit. Accordingly, provided is the respiration analysis system using the gas image detection method, in which not only respiration of the subject is measured in a non-contact manner, but also hypopnea is determined by quantifying volume of the exhalation exhaled by the subject, thereby inferring a disease caused by the hypopnea.
US11013452B1	Artificial intelligence (AI) based parkinson's disease diagnosing apparatus and method The present invention relates to an artificial intelligence-based Parkinson's disease diagnosing apparatus and method. An artificial intelligence-based Parkinson's disease diagnosing apparatus which is an aspect of the present disclosure includes an image acquiring unit which acquires a first image related to a multi-echo magnitude and phase from an MRI obtained by capturing a brain of a patient; an image processing unit which post-processes the acquired first image so as to observe a substantia nigra and a nigrosome-1 region used as imaging biomarkers of the Parkinson's disease; an image analyzing unit which analyzes the post-processed first image to classify a second image including the nigrosome-1 region and detects the nigrosome-1 region from the classified second image; and a diagnosing unit which diagnoses whether the patient has the Parkinson's disease by analyzing whether the detected nigrosome-1 region is normal, in which the image processing unit generates a susceptibility map weighted imaging image by applying a quantitative susceptibility map mask to the first image based on a quantitative susceptibility mapping algorithm to perform the post-processing and the image processing unit further performs at least one operation of angle adjustment, image enlargement, and reslice, on the generated susceptibility map weighted imaging image.
US11013438B2	Enhanced enzyme membrane for a working electrode of a continuous biological sensor Briefly, a sensor for a continuous biological monitor is provided that has a working electrode with an enhanced enzyme layer that in one embodiment is made by mixing an aqueous polyurethane emulsion with an acrylic polyol emulsion to make a base emulsion. An enzyme is added to the base emulsion, which is applied to the working electrode and cured. Optionally, other additives can be added to the base emulsion prior to application, such as hydrophiles, cross linkers, adding imodeoesters, hydroxysuccimide, carboldilite, melamines, epoxies, benzoyl peroxide or dicumyl peroxide.
US11013437B2	Nanopatterned biosensor electrode for enhanced sensor signal and sensitivity An electrode structure, which can be used as a biosensor, is provided that has non-random topography located on one surface of an electrode base substrate. The non-random topography of the electrode structure and the electrode base substrate of the electrode structure are of unitary construction and unitary composition and thus there is no interface is located between these elements of the electrode structure.
US11013435B2	Electronic device and method for measuring biometric information An electronic device and method for measuring biometric information are provided. The electronic device includes at least one light emitter; light receiver; and a processor. The processor is configured to emit light outside of the electronic device through the at least one light emitter, obtain, through the light receiver, light reflected by an external object among the emitted light, obtain a signal generated based on at least a portion of the reflected light and corresponding to the external object, output guide information related to a location of the external object when the signal satisfies a first designated condition, and obtain biometric information about the external object when the signal satisfies a second designated condition. When a finger of a user finger of the electronic device is not accurately located at a bio sensor, by guiding an accurate grip location, biometric information about the user can be accurately measured.
US11013433B1	Glucose monitoring system Disclosed herein are systems and methods for non-invasively monitoring blood glucose levels with a level of accuracy that is high enough to replace invasive methods such as finger prick devices and others. In some examples, glucose values are determined using a patient's electrocardiogram (ECG) signals. Additionally, glucose values may additionally be determined using an impedance spectroscopy based method and then combined with glucose values determined using an ECG waveform to output a blood glucose value.
US11013430B2	Methods and apparatus for identifying food chewed and/or beverage drank Methods and apparatuses for identifying food chewed or beverage drank are disclosed herein. In embodiments, a device may comprise one or more sensors to provide vibration signal data representative of vibrations sensed from a nasal bridge of a user wearing the device, a chewing analyzer to extract from the vibration signal data a first plurality of features associated with chewing activities, and/or a drinking analyzer is to extract from the vibration signal data a second plurality of features associated with drinking activities. The extracted first and/or second plurality of features, in turn, may be used to determine a category of food the user was chewing, or a category of beverage the user was drinking. In embodiments, the methods and apparatuses may use personalized models.
US11013428B2	Systems and methods for determining location of access needle in a subject Systems and methods for epicardial electrophysiology and other procedures are provided in which the location of an access needle may be inferred according to the detection of different pressure frequencies in separate organs, or different locations, in the body of a subject. Methods may include inserting a needle including a first sensor into a body of a subject, and receiving pressure frequency information from the first sensor. A second sensor may be used to provide cardiac waveform information of the subject. A current location of the needle may be distinguished from another location based on an algorithm including the pressure frequency information and the cardiac waveform information.
US11013426B2	System and method of functional MRI of the neural system in conscious unrestrained dogs Many factors contribute to dogs' superior olfactory capabilities as compared to humans. Studies explored this aspect at the cellular and behavior levels; however, the cognitive-level neural substrates linking them have never been explored. Since sedated dogs cannot sniff, the present application illustrates the cognitive-level linking neural substrate using fMRI of conscious dogs. The head motion of the canine is accounted for by behavioral training and optical motion tracking. The olfactory bulb is commonly activated in both awake and anesthetized dogs, while parietal and frontal structures are activated only in the former and subcortical structures only in the latter. Comparison of low and high odor intensity shows differences in both the strength and spatial extent of activation in higher cognitive structures. Unlike humans, neural structures even at the top of the cognitive hierarchy are modulated by odor concentration in dogs. This represents one possible mechanism for their superior sense of olfaction as compared to humans.
US11013421B2	Blood pressure estimation using finger-wearable sensor array A finger-wearable blood pressure monitor device includes a cuff, a tactile sensor array, and control circuitry. The tactile sensor array is disposed on or adjacent to an inward facing surface of the cuff. The tactile sensor array includes a plurality of sensors. The control circuitry is coupled to the tactile sensor array and includes logic that when executed by the control circuitry causes the finger-wearable blood pressure monitoring device to perform operations. The operations include monitoring, over a first time period, a pressure applied to each of the plurality of sensors by a digital artery of a finger. The operations also include generating a plurality of tactile waveforms in response to monitoring the pressure. Each of the plurality of tactile waveforms corresponds to the pressure applied to a respective one of the plurality of sensors over the first time period. The operations further include estimating blood pressure based, at least in part, on the plurality of tactile waveforms.
US11013415B2	Hydraulic bed sensor and system for non-invasive monitoring of physiological data Disclosed herein is a new and improved non-invasive bed sensing system for detecting and monitoring physiological movements such as heartbeat and respiration. The system may employ a hydraulic fluid to transduce the physiological pressures to an integrated pressure sensor and a new and improved signal processing method to identify individual cardiac pulses from the electronic signals generated by the hydraulic transducer. The system provides increased sensitivity capable of capturing quantitative pulse and respiration rates with subtle changes, ability to distinguish between instances of low pulse rate and shallow breathing, and improved comfort over existing systems.
US11013414B2	Multispectral synchronized imaging A multispectral synchronized imaging system is provided. A multispectral light source of the system includes: blue, green and red LEDs, and one or more non-visible light sources, each being independently addressable and configured to emit, in a sequence: at least visible white light, and non-visible light in one or more given non-visible frequency ranges. The system further includes a camera and an optical filter arranged to filter light received at the camera, by: transmitting visible light from the LEDs; filter out non-visible light from the non-visible light sources; and otherwise transmit excited light emitted by a tissue sample excited by non-visible light. Images acquired by the camera are output to a display device. A control unit synchronizes acquisition of respective images at the camera for each of blue light, green light, visible white light, and excited light received at the camera, as reflected by the tissue sample.
US11013407B2	Intraocular pressure measurement for an eye docked to a laser system A method for measuring the intraocular pressure (IOP) of an eye docked to an ophthalmic surgical laser system via a patient interface assembly. While the eye is docked to the laser system, and as the vertical force exerted on the eye by the patient interface fluctuates as the patient breaths and moves, the amount of corneal deformation is continuously measured by an optical coherence tomography device of the laser system and the force exerted on the eye is continuously measured by force sensors integrated in the patient interface assembly. Based on the real-time force signal and real-time corneal deformation signal, a controller calculates a linear relationship between force and corneal deformation, and determines the IOP of the docked eye by comparing a slope of the linear relationship against a pre-established slope vs. IOP calibration curve. The IOP of the docked eye can be used when setting laser treatment parameters.
US11013403B2	Methods of diagnosing diseases of mucosal surfaces Provided are methods for assessment of surface rugosity of a layer of live cells using tools that determine contact angle and contact angle hysteresis.
US11013390B2	Autonomous traveler Provided herein a vacuum cleaner capable of effectively escaping from a situation where driving wheels are in an idling state. The vacuum cleaner includes a main casing, driving wheels, a control unit and an idling detection part. The driving wheels enable the main casing to travel. The control unit controls the driving of the driving wheels to make the main casing autonomously travel. The idling detection part detects that the driving wheels are in an idling state. In the case where the idling detection part detects that the driving wheels are in an idling state, the control unit controls the operation of the driving wheels so as to, after the operation to make the main casing retreat by a certain distance, repeat consecutively for a plurality of times the operation to make the main casing turn in a specified one direction and advance by a specified distance.
US11013382B2	Cleaner A cleaner which has a main body that forms an external shape, a dust container that is separably combined with the main body and stores dust separated from air, a dust container cover that is configured to open and close the dust container, a handle unit that is disposed behind the dust container, and an operating member that is configured to provide operation force to the dust container cover by moving in a first direction and to release a holding mechanism for preventing separation of the dust container from the main body by moving in a second direction opposite to the first direction.
US11013374B2	Bathtub insert and methods of making and using same A bathtub insert is described herein that includes a bathtub shell that with a back support, and opposite first and second walls connected to the back support. A front support is connected to the bathtub shell. The front support includes a belt portion that has first and second ends mounted to the shell, and a downwardly extending support portion that includes a comfort opening and a cover configured to cover at least a part of the comfort opening. A strap for a bathtub insert is also disclosed, along with methods for using the bathtub insert and strap to support a baby for a bath.
US11013364B2	Brewing cartridge adapter A brewing cartridge adapter includes a base, a passage wall, and an entry port. The base includes a floor. and a base wall extending from the floor and having an outer edge opposite the floor, defining an enclosed interior. The passage wall is arranged outside the wall and defines an enclosed extraction passage. The passage wall is closed at a bottom and extends to an outlet port proximal to the outer edge. The entry port is arranged between the extraction passage and the interior. The extraction passage is arranged in fluid communication with the interior through the entry port, and in fluid communication with an exterior of the base through the outlet port. At least a portion of the extraction passage is separated from the interior by the wall at the outer edge of the wall. The outlet port is arranged in a plane defined by the outer edge.
US11013357B2	Modified S-parameter measurement and usage in solid state RF oven electronics An oven includes a cooking chamber configured to receive a load and an RF heating system configured to provide RF energy into the cooking chamber using solid state electronic components. The solid state electronic components include power amplifier electronics configured to provide a signal into the cooking chamber via an antenna assembly. The power amplifier electronics include at least a first power amplifier and a second power amplifier operably coupled to the cooking chamber by respective ones of a first antenna and second antenna of the antenna assembly. The first and second antennas are operably coupled to respective ones of the first and second power amplifiers via a first coupling structure and a second coupling structure, respectively. A directional coupler provided at a port section defined for at least one of the first and second coupling structures. The directional coupler is configured to provide a forward wave parameter and a reflected wave parameter to a measurement assembly configured to calculate modified S parameters at the port section.
US11013355B2	Modular tree with electrical connector A lighted artificial tree, including a first tree portion having a first electrical connector having a first electrical terminal positioned in line with a central vertical axis, and a second electrical terminal. The tree also includes a second tree portion that includes a second electrical connector having a first electrical terminal and a second electrical terminal, the second electrical terminal defining a ring shape that encircles the first electrical terminal. When the first tree portion is coupled to the second tree portion, the first electrical connector is coupled to the second electrical connector, such that the first electrical terminal of the first electrical connector is electrically connected to the first electrical terminal of the second electrical connector, and the second electrical terminal of the first electrical connector is electrically connected to the second electrical terminal of the second electrical connector.
US11013352B2	Adjustable height bed skirt An adjustable height bed skirt is provided for covering a gap defined between a mattress of a bed and a floor surface upon which the bed sits. The bed skirt includes a decking panel with a plurality of fastening strips spaced-apart from one another and extending along the bottom edge and side edges of the decking panel. A skirt panel includes a fastening strip that can be removably coupled to one of the plurality of fastening strips on the decking panel to adjust a vertical drop height that the skirt panel covers as it extends along three sides of the bed. The skirt panel includes corner pleats and the decking panel includes bottom corner portions, each of which do not include the fastening strips. Additionally, color-coded indicia elements are applied to the fastening strips on the decking panel to assist with connecting the skirt panel in the desired position.
US11013345B2	Child containment system with multiple infant support modes A child containment system has a child containment structure with a bottom and a perimeter wall surrounding the bottom. A bassinet has an infant support surface and a surrounding wall around the infant support surface. The bassinet can be mounted to the child containment structure with the infant support surface elevated above the bottom of the child containment structure. An infant support unit can have a frame, a bed supported by the frame, and legs that extend from one end of the infant support unit to the distal second end. The infant support unit is configured for use in a first operational mode in which the infant support unit at least partially positioned within the child containment structure with the bed overlying the bassinet's infant support surface, and with a portion of the legs contacting the bassinet's infant support surface.
US11013332B2	Storage device The present disclosure discloses a storage device connected to a support portion. The storage device comprises a storage portion configured for movement relative to the support portion. The storage device further comprises a driving mechanism and a sensor unit configured to determine whether an object is present on the storage portion. The driving mechanism is configured to drive the storage portion so as to control the storage portion to move between at least an in-use state and a non-use state. The sensor unit is communicatively connected to the driving mechanism and is configured to control the driving mechanism to keep the storage portion in the in-use state when the sensor unit determines that there is an object on the storage portion.
US11013329B2	Integrated blind seat system A seating system for blind use that is quiet and allows movement and turning with little effort. The blind seating system comprises a seat assembly, support frame, and adjustable tether arm. The seat height may be adjustable to accommodate persons of different sizes. It also accommodates multiple persons and allows each to adjust their position relative to the blind floor plan and each other, which is particularly useful when helping others to hunt, observe, photograph, or film.
US11013325B2	Overhead door storage system A storage apparatus uses the tube of an overhead door hinge to releasably attach a rack to hang storage items. The storage apparatus has a mounting hook affixed to a rigid rail and may also includes a support bracket for retaining space between the overhead door and the storage apparatus such that it remains parallel to the door when closed. An alternative embodiment includes a mounting bracket which can be attached to an overhead door and used in lieu of the hinges. Another embodiment includes a single hook which swings freely from the overhead door when mounted.
US11013319B2	Wardrobe with storage unit A wardrobe that has a frame assembly with at least one storage unit attached thereto; with the frame assembly including a base with a U-shaped front base and a U-shaped rear base; at least one base support member joining the front base and the rear base; a left upper frame that is inverted U-shaped and receives the front and rear bases; a right upper frame that is inverted U-shaped and receives the front and rear bases; a left cross support member; a right cross support member; a top support member that joins the left upper frame and the right upper frame; and a storage unit removably attached to a cross support member and a base support member.
US11013308B2	Apparatus for carrying electronic device Provided herein is a carrier system for securely holding an electronic device while enabling easy access to the electronic device when the electronic device is held by the system. In some embodiments, the carrier system includes a harness having at least two shoulder straps and one belt. In some embodiments, the length of the shoulder straps and belt is adjustable. Each of the shoulder straps is configured to be worn over a respective shoulder of a user, and each of which are coupled to the belt. In some embodiment, a carrier system having a backplate, coupled to the shoulder straps, and a front plate is connected to the harness to provide handsfree access to the electronic device. In some embodiments an adjustor is placed within the device carrier to allow the device carrier to securely hold a device smaller than the device carrier's holding compartment.
US11013306B2	Method for straightening keratinous fibers using heating means and malic acid The invention concerns a method for straightening keratinous fibers including: (i) a step of applying on the keratinous fibers a hair straightening composition containing at least one alpha-hydroxy and/or keto acid derivative, the pH of said composition being not more than 9 (ii) a step of increasing the temperature of the keratinous fibers, using heating means, to a temperature ranging between 110 and 250° C.
US11013305B2	Luggage compression panel, suitcase and carrying system comprising a luggage compression panel A luggage compression panel for compressing items accommodated in an interior space of luggage. The luggage compression panel includes, but is not limited to, a supporting structure defining a supporting area, and at least one locking mechanism for releasably fixing an engaging member of the luggage on the supporting structure.
US11013290B2	Manufacturing process and design for a waterproof boot A waterproof boot comprises a bootie, such as a hiking boot, and a boot upper comprising a varying diameter tube of waterproof material. The boot upper may have a bottom opening that is sealed between an outer gasket and an inner gasket affixed to the bottom of the bootie. The boot upper may also have a top opening that allows a wearer to insert a leg through the top opening of the boot upper and into the bootie. The boot upper may extend more than three inches over the top of the bootie to provide an extended waterproof shield that prevents water from entering into the top of the bootie. The boot upper may include a gusset and a zipper and/or a horizontal Velcro strip and Velcro receiving area to enlarge (or contract) the top opening of the boot upper to allow the wearer to pull the boot upper over a calf of the wearer and improve the fit and comfort of the boot upper.
US11013286B2	Impact-absorbing helmet An impact-absorbing helmet for reducing brain trauma includes an inner shell and an outer shell. The inner shell has a bottom and a front that are open. The bottom is configured to insert a head of a user, positioning the front proximate to a face of the user. The outer shell is complementary to and positioned around the inner shell. The outer shell has an edge that is coupled to a rim of the inner shell so that the inner shell and the outer shell define an interior space. A plurality of first springs is positioned in the interior space. Each first spring is coupled to and extends between the inner shell and the outer shell. The first springs are configured to reduce transfer to the inner shell of a force applied to the outer shell.
US11013285B1	Head and neck restraining system with an adjustable tether A head and neck restraining system includes a helmet, a neck brace structure, and a tether system. The neck brace structure includes a neck extension that is attached to shoulder extensions. The tether system includes a single tether with double thickness terminal ends. The double thickness terminal ends have a plurality of pass-through openings that are adapted to receive a removable securing pin that threadably secures the tether to the neck brace. The tether also secures the helmet to the neck brace and limits its range of motion during an accident. The tether is removable secured to the neck brace on one side then extends from the neck brace to the helmet, then continues from the helmet to the back of the neck brace, then continues further from the back of the neck brace to the opposite side of the helmet, and then is removable secured to the other side of the neck brace. The tether may be slidably or fixedly attached to the helmet and neck brace.
US11013284B2	Adjustable strap for hat An adjustable connector strap may include two interlocking bodies, wherein one body includes a plurality of teeth located along opposing edges, and the other body includes a plurality of notches located along opposing edges. The user may select the number of teeth that are mated with the notches to adjust the size of the strap. The use of interlocking teeth and notches along the opposed edges of the strap bodies may enhances the ability of the strap to maintain its interlocking strength during tension loads. The teeth and notch engagement may also allow a user to quickly engage or disengage the strap bodies, thereby enhancing the ease-of-use of the strap.
US11013281B2	Method for manufacturing glove A method for producing a glove, including a step of forming a dip-molded layer by dip-molding a latex composition containing a latex of a carboxyl group-containing conjugated diene rubber (A) and a metal compound (B) including a divalent or higher metal, and is substantially free from sulfur and/or a sulfur-containing compound as a cross-linking agent, and a step of irradiating the dip-molded layer with radiation.
US11013278B2	Adhesive sport tissue An adhesive sport tissue having an elongated absorbent body including a first end and a second end of predetermined length, and a pair of opposing side edges of predetermined width extending between the first end and the second end. The adhesive sport tissue further comprising a front side and a rear side, wherein the rear side is securable to a user's skin or an article of clothing such that the front side faces away from the user. At least one sheet is disposed on the front side that is selectively removable by the user. The adhesive sport tissue further includes an upper layer that is permeable to moisture and a moisture-absorbent inner core layer that tapers inwardly from the pair of opposing side edges, and a plurality of adhesive strips disposed on the rear side. In one embodiment, a scented layer is also included.
US11013277B1	Mask with filter port A mask with filter port is configured to cover a wearer's nose and mouth to protect the wearer from airborne microbes in the environment and/or minimize a risk of spreading airborne microbes from the user. The mask with filter port includes a substantially arcuate body wall, a slanted base at a lower end of the wall, an elastomeric seal extending from a face edge of the wall, a filter holder secured to the slanted base, and a pair of securing straps connected to the body wall. The elastomeric seal provides an interface between the body wall and the user's face. The securing straps secure the mask against the user's face, with the elastomeric seal pressing against the user's face.
US11013272B2	Electronic cigarette An electronic cigarette, including an atomizing assembly, a battery assembly, and a box assembly. The atomizing assembly is disposed on the battery assembly. The atomizing assembly includes an e-liquid storage unit and an atomization unit. The atomizing assembly and the battery assembly are disposed in the box assembly. The e-liquid storage unit includes a mouthpiece, a seal ring adapted to seal the mouthpiece, a thread ring, a seal plug, an e-liquid tank, and a tank cover. The atomization unit includes an O-ring, a limit cover, an e-liquid conductive cotton, a heating wire, an insulation ring, and a joint. The battery assembly includes a seal, a support, a first battery cell, a base plate, a first magnet, a cartridge, and a battery cover. The box assembly includes an outer sliding cover, a first screw, an inner sliding cover, a second magnet, a fixed part, a flexible circuit board.
US11013271B2	Multiple-tar-cabin electronic cigarette The invention relates to a multiple-tar-cabin electronic cigarette, comprising an atomizer and a battery assembly. The battery assembly supplies electricity to the atomizer. The atomizer comprises tar cabins and heaters that are arranged in a housing. The tar cabins supply tobacco tar to the heaters. After the heaters atomize the tobacco tar, the atomized tobacco tar is brought away by air that enters via an air inlet of the housing, and is smoked via a cigarette holder. The tar cabins include a first tar cabin and a second tar cabin that are mutually isolated. The heaters include a first heater that receives the tobacco tar from the first tar cabin and a second heater that receives the tobacco tar from the second tar cabin. The two tar cabins in the invention can be injected with tobacco tar of different tastes. In this way, users can enjoy cigarettes of different tastes.
US11013268B2	Aerosol-generating system with electrodes and sensors An aerosol-generating system includes a liquid storage portion for holding a liquid aerosol-forming substrate; a pair of electrodes arranged adjacent to or in the liquid storage portion; a sensor configured to sense an orientation of the liquid storage portion; and a control system configured to, measure an electrical quantity between the pair of electrodes, receive orientation information from the sensor, and determine an amount of liquid aerosol-forming substrate held in the liquid storage portion based on electrical quantity information measured between the pair of electrodes and the orientation information received from the sensor, wherein the liquid storage portion has a length and the pair of electrodes extend substantially the length of the liquid storage portion.
US11013265B2	Smoking system having a liquid storage portion A smoking system includes a capillary wick for holding liquid, at least one air inlet, at least one air outlet and a chamber between the air inlet and air outlet. The air inlet, the air outlet and the chamber are arranged so as to define an air flow route from the air inlet to the air outlet via the capillary wick so as to convey aerosol formed from the liquid to the air outlet. The smoking system further includes at least one guide for channeling the air flow in the air flow route, so as to control particle size in the aerosol. The smoking system optionally includes at least one heater for heating the liquid in at least a portion of the capillary wick to form the aerosol.
US11013262B2	Aerosol generating system with self-activated electric heater An electronic vaping device includes a liquid storage portion, an electric heater and electronic circuitry. The liquid storage portion is configured to store liquid vapor-forming substrate. The electric heater includes at least one heating element, the at least one heating element configured to heat the liquid vapor-forming substrate. The electronic circuitry is configured to self-activate the electric heater for a first time interval during a period of inactivity of the electric heater to determine depletion of the liquid vapor-forming substrate based on a relationship between a power applied to the at least one heating element and a resulting temperature change of the at least one heating element.
US11013261B1	Vaporization device In one example, a vaporization device includes a housing, a heating component disposed in the housing, and a first sleeving. The heating component includes an absorbent core element and a heating coil at least partially wound around the core element. The first sleeving includes an outer wall defining a notch leading to a through hole configured to receive and fixedly secure the core element. In another example, a vaporization device includes a bottom cap including an airflow sensor, a light source, and a light guide element. The light guide element is configured to operatively secure the bottom cap to a housing and to permit illuminated light from the light source to pass therethrough. In another example, a vaporization device includes a nozzle cap defining an air inlet, an air outlet, and an air channel and including a baffle and an oil-absorbing element.
US11013258B2	Tube-shaped power supply device for supplying power to atomizer A tube-shaped power supply device for an atomizer includes a hollow main housing with two open portions engaging with a main connecting member and a base, an electrical core received in the main housing, a PCB integral with a circuit for charging the electrical core and adjusting its output power, a frame received in the main housing and supporting the electrical core and the PCB. A receiving room is formed between the frame and an inner wall of the main housing for receiving the electrical core therein. The PCB is arranged on a side of the frame back to the electrical core. First positive and negative electrodes of the PCB are electrically connected to second positive and negative electrodes of the electrical core, respectively. A power output in the main connecting member is electrically connected to a main output of an adjustment output power of the PCB.
US11013251B2	Embedded liquid lubricants for tableting The invention provides a nutritional supplement and/or pharmaceutical composition for tableting comprising an embedded lubrication matrix. The embedded lubrication matrix comprises an oily liquid finely dispersed in an oil insoluble material. A method of lubricating a nutritional supplement or pharmaceutical composition for tableting using a matrix with embedded lubrication is also provided.
US11013250B2	Methods and compositions for consumables Methods and compositions for the production of non-meat consumable products are described herein. A meat substitute is described which is constructed from a muscle analog, a fat analog, and a connective tissue analog.
US11013246B2	Liquid animal feed for domestic cats or dogs and methods for producing same The disclosure relates to a liquid, milk-based animal feed for domestic cats or dogs, containing at least 70 vol % water, 2-13 vol % milk protein, 2-13 vol % milk fat, 1-5 vol % starch as an essential thickener, at least 0.01 vol % amino acid additive, and at least 0.01 vol % plant-based sugar. The disclosure also relates to a method for producing such an animal feed.
US11013235B2	Method for treating diseases in plants The following invention discloses a method for the control of plant diseases wherein a composition comprising a compound having the structure represented by one of the formulas from I to V, is applied to the plants. It also discloses the use of said compounds, or their salts for the stimulation of the natural defense and the induction of resistance against plant diseases. Moreover, it comprises the use of said compounds of structure represented by one of the formulas from I to V for the preventive or curative treatment of said diseases. A composition for agriculture, comprising a compound having the structure represented by one of the formulas from I to V, is also part of the invention.
US11013231B2	Cyclopropene compositions Stabilized liquid cyclopropane compositions are provided which compromise flowable, non-aqueous dispersion concentrates comprising a) a continuous substantially water-immiscible liquid phase and b) a dispersed solid phase comprising cured polymer particles prepared from a polymerizable thermoset resin which particles contain at least one cylcopropene complex, optionally a non-porous particulate mineral, and optionally a non-cross-linkable mobile chemical distributed therein, and wherein the outside surfaces of the particles comprise a colloidal solid material. The compositions of the invention can be used directly or with dilution to combat pests or as plant growth regulators.
US11013228B2	Method of processing allograft skin for transplantation, and cryopreserved allograft skin produced thereby The present invention relates to a method of processing allograft skin for transplantation and a cryopreserved allograft skin produced thereby. More specifically, the present invention relates to a method in which a cryoprotectant is prepared by adding sucrose to basic constituents comprising dimethyl sulfoxide, an animal cell culture medium and fetal bovine serum, and then the resulting solution is used to subject skin tissue for transplantation to a freezing process.
US11013225B2	Crawling arthropod intercepting device and method An intercepting device (e.g. a furniture coaster device) is placed under furniture (bed, sofa, chair. etc.), other climbable object, or the floor adjacent an object to intercept crawling arthropods and other crawling pests. The intercepting device can be used to monitor the presence of crawling arthropods and other crawling pests (such as bed bugs, ants, cockroaches, beetles, spiders, etc.), reduce pest numbers, and monitor efficacy of pest control procedures. The intercepting device includes pitfall trap surfaces that form multiple pitfall traps.
US11013221B2	Anti-aging transgenic Caenorhabditis elegans The present invention relates to: a transgenic Caenorhabditis elegans in which a glutamine tRNA 5′ terminus-derived fragment (Gln 5′-tsRNA) is overexpressed; a preparation method therefor; and a method for screening for aging-associated factors by using the transgenic Caenorhabditis elegans. A transgenic Caenorhabditis elegans model provided in the present invention is an animal model in which Gln 5′-tsRNA is overexpressed such that aging is inhibited. When the model of the present invention is used, anti-aging mechanisms can be easily investigated, thereby significantly contributing to various research fields such as that of developing new anti-aging drugs and screening for age-inducing materials.
US11013211B2	Method for making extruded granular absorbent and clumping granular absorbent product A method of making an extruded granular absorbent is provided where the method includes providing an extruder and a starch-containing admixture, and pressurizing the starch containing admixture in the extruder under relatively high extrusion pressures to extrude the pressurized starch-containing admixture from the extruder, and producing a water absorbent and oil absorbent extrudate. The present invention further provides that the extruded granular absorbent may be combined with a non-extruded granular material with relatively high inert or cellulose content where there may be a greater proportion of extruded granular absorbent, and the extruded granular absorbent and non-extruded granular material agglutinate into a clump when wetted with water or urine.
US11013210B1	System and method for a pet cabinet A system and method for an improved pet cabinet that provides an upper play area for a pet, a door panel opening leading to a litter box in a removable drawer, a sensor system to detect the presence of a cat, and a deodorizing system with deodorizing device, a filter, and a fan in communication with the sensor system.
US11013206B2	Cotton variety PX2A23W3FE The disclosure relates to a cotton variety, designated PX2A23W3FE, the plants and seeds of the cotton variety PX2A23W3FE, methods for producing a cotton plant, either varietal or hybrid, produced by crossing the cotton variety PX2A23W3FE with itself or with another cotton plant, hybrid cotton seeds and plants produced by crossing the variety PX2A23W3FE with another cotton variety or plan, methods for producing a cotton plant containing in its genetic material one or more transgenes, and the transgenic cotton plants produced by that method. This disclosure also relates to cotton varieties derived from cotton variety PX2A23W3FE, to methods for producing other cotton varieties derived from cotton variety PX2A23W3FE, and to the varieties derived by the use of those methods.
US11013204B2	Cotton variety PX3A82W3FE The disclosure relates to a cotton variety, designated PX3A82W3FE, the plants and seeds of the cotton variety PX3A82W3FE, methods for producing a cotton plant, either varietal or hybrid, produced by crossing the cotton variety PX3A82W3FE with itself or with another cotton plant, hybrid cotton seeds and plants produced by crossing the variety PX3A82W3FE with another cotton variety or plan, methods for producing a cotton plant containing in its genetic material one or more transgenes, and the transgenic cotton plants produced by that method. This disclosure also relates to cotton varieties derived from cotton variety PX3A82W3FE, to methods for producing other cotton varieties derived from cotton variety PX3A82W3FE, and to the varieties derived by the use of those methods.
US11013203B2	Cotton variety PX3A99W3FE The disclosure relates to a cotton variety, designated PX3A99W3FE, the plants and seeds of the cotton variety PX3A99W3FE, methods for producing a cotton plant, either varietal or hybrid, produced by crossing the cotton variety PX3A99W3FE with itself or with another cotton plant, hybrid cotton seeds and plants produced by crossing the variety PX3A99W3FE with another cotton variety or plan, methods for producing a cotton plant containing in its genetic material one or more transgenes, and the transgenic cotton plants produced by that method. This disclosure also relates to cotton varieties derived from cotton variety PX3A99W3FE, to methods for producing other cotton varieties derived from cotton variety PX3A99W3FE, and to the varieties derived by the use of those methods.
US11013198B2	Soybean cultivar 84042612 A soybean cultivar designated 84042612 is disclosed. The invention relates to the seeds of soybean cultivar 84042612, to the plants of soybean cultivar 84042612, to the plant parts of soybean cultivar 84042612, and to methods for producing progeny of soybean cultivar 84042612. The invention also relates to methods for producing a soybean plant containing in its genetic material one or more transgenes and to the transgenic soybean plants and plant parts produced by those methods. The invention also relates to soybean cultivars or breeding cultivars, and plant parts derived from soybean cultivar 84042612. The invention also relates to methods for producing other soybean cultivars, lines, or plant parts derived from soybean cultivar 84042612, and to the soybean plants, varieties, and their parts derived from use of those methods. The invention further relates to hybrid soybean seeds, plants, and plant parts produced by crossing cultivar 84042612 with another soybean cultivar.
US11013196B2	Soybean variety 01073094 The invention relates to the soybean variety designated 01073094. Provided by the invention are the seeds, plants and derivatives of the soybean variety 01073094. Also provided by the invention are tissue cultures of the soybean variety 01073094 and the plants regenerated therefrom. Still further provided by the invention are methods for producing soybean plants by crossing the soybean variety 01073094 with itself or another soybean variety and plants produced by such methods.
US11013192B2	Rice cultivar M-211 A rice cultivar designated M-211 is disclosed. The invention relates to the seeds of rice cultivar M-211, to the plants of rice M-211 and to methods for producing a rice plant produced by crossing the cultivar M-211 with itself or another rice variety. The invention further relates to methods for producing a rice plant containing in its genetic material one or more transgenes and to the transgenic rice plants and plant parts produced by those methods. This invention also relates to rice cultivars or breeding cultivars and plant parts derived from rice cultivar M-211, to methods for producing other rice cultivars, lines or plant parts derived from rice cultivar M-211 and to the rice plants, varieties, and their parts derived from the use of those methods. The invention further relates to hybrid rice seeds and plants produced by crossing the cultivar M-211 with another rice cultivar.
US11013181B2	Adjustable infeed vanes A threshing system of an agricultural harvester. The threshing system including a rotor cage surrounding a rotor defining a threshing space there between. The rotor cage has a cut crop entrance, a transition cone defining an infeed to the rotor cage, where the transition cone is positioned to direct crop flow toward the cut crop entrance of the rotor cage. The threshing system also includes an infeed ramp positioned between the rotor cage and the transition cone, where the infeed ramp includes guide vanes for guiding the crop flow from the transition cone into the cut crop entrance of the rotor cage.
US11019759B2	Electromagnetic wave shielding material Provided is an electromagnetic shielding material that has good magnetic field shielding properties against a low-frequency electromagnetic field of 1 MHz or less, lightweight and also excellent formability. The electromagnetic shielding material has a structure in which at least two metal foils are closely laminated via at least one resin layer, wherein at least one resin forming the at least one resin layer has no yield point at 150° C.; wherein all of combinations of the at least two metal foils and the at least one resin layer forming the electromagnetic shielding material satisfy the following equation (A): σM×dM×dR≥3×10−3, Equation (A): wherein the electromagnetic shielding material satisfies the following equation (B): ∑ i a = 1 ⁢ ( d Ra + f Ra ) ∑ j b = 1 ⁢ ( d Mb + f Mb ) ≥ 0.8 Equation ⁢ ⁢ ( B ) and wherein all the metal foils from the first foil to the jth foil satisfy the following equation (C): {(dRb1×fRb1) (dRb2×fRb2)}/(dMb×fMb)≥0.8. Equation (C):
US11019758B2	Electromagnetic shielding film and preparation method therefor Disclosed is an electromagnetic shielding film, comprising a release film layer, an insulation layer, a black insulation shielding layer, a metal layer, a conductive paste layer and a protective film layer which are sequentially connected. The conductive paste layer further comprises an electromagnetic wave absorbent. The electromagnetic wave absorbent is a mixture of one or more of carbon nanotubes, graphene and ferrite.
US11019750B2	Water-cooling head A water-cooling head includes a casing, a base, a thermal conduction structure and a pump. An active space is defined by the base and the casing collaboratively. A working medium is filled in the active space. The pump includes a fixing element, a shaft and an impeller. After the fixing element is fixed, the fixing element is contacted with the base or contacted with the thermal conduction structure, and the shaft is fixed on the fixing element. Consequently, the impeller is stably rotated about the shaft, and the performance and the reliability of the water-cooling head are enhanced.
US11019748B2	Suspended fan modules A system includes a drawer and a fan assembly. The drawer includes a mounting structure with a support surface and an aperture. The fan assembly extends through the aperture and includes a fan module and a top cover. The top cover is coupled to the support surface.
US11019745B2	Sealing members In an example, a sealing member includes a solid body portion and a peripheral beading hinged to the solid body portion. The peripheral beading has an inner perimeter corresponding to an outer perimeter of the solid body portion. Further, in a protracted position, the peripheral beading is to fit around an edge of the solid body portion bearing an interference fit with the solid body portion.
US11019744B2	Insert molding around glass members for portable electronic devices An electronic device having an enclosure formed from at least one glass cover and a peripheral structure formed adjacent the periphery of the glass cover is disclosed. The peripheral structure can be secured adjacent to the glass cover with an adhesive. The peripheral structure can be molded adjacent the glass cover so that a gapless interface is formed between the peripheral structure and the periphery of the glass cover. In one embodiment, the peripheral structure includes at least an inner peripheral structure and an outer peripheral structure.
US11019741B2	Apparatus for protecting telecommunication radios and methods of using the same The present application describes an apparatus for protecting telecommunications radios. Methods of using the same are also provided.
US11019725B2	Wiring substrate A wiring substrate includes a first insulation layer, a second insulation layer formed on an upper surface of the first insulation layer, an opening extending through the second insulation layer, an adhesive layer formed on a bottom surface in the opening, an electronic component fixed in the opening by the adhesive layer, a filling insulation layer covering an upper surface of the second insulation layer and filling the opening to cover the electronic component, and a wiring layer formed on an upper surface of the filling insulation layer. The adhesive layer includes a base portion covering a lower surface of the electronic component in tight contact and a cover portion covering a side surface of the electronic component in tight contact. The cover portion has a lower filler content ratio than the base portion. The filling insulation layer covers a side surface of the cover portion in tight contact.
US11019721B2	Manufacturing method of flexible electronic device A flexible electronic device is disclosed and includes a first flexible substrate, a stress compensation adhesive layer, a second flexible substrate, and an element layer. The stress compensation adhesive layer is disposed on the first flexible substrate. The second flexible substrate is disposed on the stress compensation adhesive layer, in which the second flexible substrate is adhered to the first flexible substrate through stress compensation adhesive layer. The element layer is disposed on the second flexible substrate.
US11019720B2	Method for transforming the impedance of a radio-frequency transmission line of a printed circuit and printed circuit thereof A method for transforming the impedance of a radio-frequency transmission line of a printed circuit from a first impedance value to a second impedance value, the radio-frequency transmission line being adapted to transport a radio-frequency signal at a frequency value comprised in a frequency range defined between a minimum frequency value and a maximum frequency value, wherein the following steps are envisaged:—dividing the radio-frequency transmission line into a plurality of circuit sections each one of the circuit sections including a first and a second impedance connected in parallel with each other by two circuit branches placed at a maximum distance (dmax) from each other, wherein the circuit sections have respective third impedance values that gradually increase, respectively decrease, from the first impedance value to the second impedance value;—determining the maximum distance between the circuit branches in such a way as to avoid any undesired frequency values within the frequency range;—setting a fourth impedance value of one of the two impedances;—calculating a fifth impedance value of the other one of the two impedances, such that the impedance value of the circuit section is the third respective impedance value.
US11019716B2	Harmonic cold plasma device and associated methods A method for generating atmospheric pressure cold plasma inside a hand-held unit discharges cold plasma with simultaneously different rf wavelengths and their harmonics. The unit includes an rf tuning network that is powered by a low-voltage power supply connected to a series of high-voltage coils and capacitors. The rf energy signal is transferred to a primary containment chamber and dispersed through an electrode plate network of various sizes and thicknesses to create multiple frequencies. Helium gas is introduced into the first primary containment chamber, where electron separation is initiated. The energized gas flows into a secondary magnetic compression chamber, where a balanced frequency network grid with capacitance creates the final electron separation, which is inverted magnetically and exits through an orifice with a nozzle. The cold plasma thus generated has been shown to be capable of accelerating a healing process in flesh wounds on animal laboratory specimens.
US11019713B2	Asymmetrical ballast transformer A ballast transformer and system using the ballast transformer to couple power to a plasma load. The ballast transformer has a magnetic core, a first primary winding on a primary side of the magnetic core, a secondary winding on a secondary side of the magnetic core, and a second primary winding connected in series with the first primary winding and wound in proximity to the secondary winding on the secondary side of the magnetic core. The first primary winding is connectable to the AC power source, and the secondary winding is connectable to the plasma load via a coaxial cable.
US11019711B2	Static-neutralization system and high-voltage power supply for use in conjunction therewith A static-neutralization system includes a plurality of alternating current (AC) static bars that is coupled to a common, high-voltage power supply. The power supply includes a transformer that steps up AC mains electricity to deliver high-voltage, AC power to the static bars. A monitoring circuit is provided in the power supply that determines the ionization current of the static bars through isolation of the second harmonic of the total load current. By monitoring the ionization current, the power supply can identify when the ion generation efficiency of the static bars falls beneath a user-defined threshold. The monitoring circuit additionally determines the discharge voltage of the static bars through isolation of the fourth harmonic of the total output voltage. By monitoring the discharge voltage, a voltage-suppression circuit can suspend delivery of power to the static bars upon detecting a full-discharge event, which often results from dielectric breakdown.
US11019708B1	High-power DALI A digital addressable lighting interface (DALI) controlled device is arranged to communicate information according to a DALI protocol and powered by electrically coupling the controlled device to a DALI bus. The DALI bus is monitored for initiation of a DALI communication sequence. During a period of non-communication on the DALI bus, a high-current power supply is electrically coupled to the controlled device via the DALI bus. The high-current power supply provides a first high-current power signal to the controlled device. Upon detection of any DALI communication sequence on the DALI bus, the high-current power supply is electrically de-coupled from the controlled device for a determined time period. During the determined time period, a storage element is electrically coupled to the controlled device. The storage element provides a second high-current power signal to the controlled device.
US11019697B2	AC light emitting diode and AC led drive methods and apparatus An LED device for use with an AC voltage power source configured such that at least one LED emits light during a positive phase of power provided from an AC power supply and at least one LED emits light during the negative phase of power provided from an AC power supply. The LED device includes a first power connection lead and a second power connection lead, both leads capable of being connected to and receiving power from an AC power supply.
US11019695B1	Method of sequencing LED light string, self-sequencing LED light string system, and LED light A method of sequencing an LED light string includes steps of: (a) using a control module to provide a pulse signal to an LED light string having a plurality of LED lights, (b) obtaining an LED light with a current sequence characteristic of the LED light string at a first rising edge or a first falling edge of the pulse signal, (c) self memorizing, by the LED light, as a current sequence, and changing a self state of the LED light so that the current sequence characteristic is no longer generated, and (d) repeating to perform step (b) and (c) at next rising edge or next falling edge of the pulse signal so as to obtain the sequence of the LED lights.
US11019694B2	Apparatus and method for simultaneously adjusting brightness and color temperature, and LED lamp An apparatus and method for simultaneously adjusting brightness and color temperature, and an LED lamp. The apparatus includes a phase control dimmer, a rectification module, a phase detection module, a current control module and an LED module. Cutting the phase of an input alternating current by the phase control dimmer changes the effective voltage of the alternating current, then the cut alternating current is rectified by the rectification module and output to the LED module, thus adjusting the brightness of the LED module; information about the cut phase is detected by the phase detection module and a current control signal is output to a current control module according to the cut phase information, and the current control module controls change in the brightness ratio of mixed colors of the LED module according to the current control signal and adjusts the color temperature of the LED module.
US11019688B2	Device with atomization function with leakage prevention from air inlet holes, and electronic cigarette A device with atomization function with leakage prevention from air inlet holes includes a storage tank assembly, a base assembly and an atomization core assembly. The base assembly includes a base body defining an inner hole and a base bracket defining a first vents and a first central hole which are both connected with the inlet holes. The atomization core assembly includes an atomizing portion and a separable portion. The separating portion is mounted on the atomizing portion and defines a second vent and a second central hole which are both connected with the inner hole. Wherein, the first central hole and the second central hole form a first air passage, and the first vent and the second vent form a second air passage. Therefore, the liquid at the bottom of the accommodating room can be atomized to keep the bottom of the accommodating room dry.
US11019686B2	Flexible heating device A flexible heating device includes a pouch defined in-part by a flexible heating textile that defines a cavity. The size of the cavity defined by the pouch is adjustable to snugly receive objects, e.g., sex toys, of different sizes. In embodiments, the pouch supports closing structure to facilitate adjustment of the size of the cavity to accommodate different size objects. In embodiments, the flexible heating textile includes an adapter that receives power from a power source such as a battery or wall plug to heat the flexible heating textile.
US11019685B2	Vaporization device systems and methods Provided herein are systems and methods to generate an inhalable vapor in an electronic vaporization device. The vaporization device may generate a vapor with one or more defined characteristics. In some cases, the vapor may have a predetermined aerosol number density and/or a predetermined average aerosol diameter. The vaporization device may generate a vapor from a vaporizable material. In some cases, the vaporizable material may be a liquid material housed in a cartridge. The vaporization device may comprise a rechargeable power storage device.
US11019674B2	Method and apparatus for controlling SCell state Provided is a method and an apparatus for changing or controlling a state of a secondary cell in carrier aggregation. The method includes receiving secondary cell (SCell) state indication information indicating a state for a SCell from a base station through an RRC message or an MAC control element, causing a state of the SCell to transition into a dormant state when the SCell state indication information indicates the dormant state, and transmitting channel state information reporting for the SCell in the dormant state according to an dormant state CQI report period parameter set separately from an activation state CQI report period parameter.
US11019673B2	Backhaul fabric for wireless network A distributed network comprises a network fabric of networking nodes interconnected with each other through at least one of a physical link and a wireless link. The networking nodes include a plurality of access points, each access point configured to allow a first device to exchange data with a second device through the network fabric. A network fabric manager is configured to establish a network topology among the networking nodes, maintain a communication channel over the network topology between the first device and the second device, and transfer manager responsibilities from a first networking node to a different networking node while retaining connectivity.
US11019672B2	Method, chip and system for detecting a failure in a PDP context or an EPS PDN connection The invention relates to a method for detecting a failure in a PDP context or an EPS PDN connection. A chip incorporated within or coupled to a device receives from the device a call control PDP context activation type event or a call control EPS PDN connection activation type event. The chip receives from the device an updated value relating to an HFN start PS. The chip compares the last updated value relating to the HFN start PS to a predetermined value relating to the HFN start PS. If the last updated value relating to the HFN start PS is greater than or is less than/equal to the predetermined value relating to the HFN start PS, then the chip detects that the PDP context or the EPS PDN connection has been successfully or unsuccessfully activated respectively.
US11019668B2	PDU session establishment for cellular IoT An SMF receives from an AMF, a first message requesting establishment of a PDU session for transmission of IoT data from a wireless device. The SMF determines that the PDU session for transmission of the IoT data requires a network exposure function that supports IoT data transmission. A second message requesting discovery of the network exposure function is sent to a network repository function. The second message comprises a parameter indicating the IoT data transmission. A network repository function receives based on the parameter, a third message comprising an identifier of the network exposure function that supports the IoT data transmission. A fourth message is sent to a user plane function requesting to establish a connection for the PDU session with the network exposure function for transmission of the IoT data from the wireless device. The fourth message comprises the identifier of the network exposure function.
US11019662B2	Multiple network allocation vector operation A wireless device determines a Basic Service Set (BSS) associated with a wireless transmitter by receiving a first frame, determining an address of the first frame, receiving a second frame, and determining, using the address of the first frame, a property of the second frame. Determining the property of the second frame may include determining whether the second frame is intra-BSS frame or an inter-BSS frame. Determining the property of the second frame may be performed by comparing an address of the second frame with the address of the first frame, and the second frame determined to be an intra-BSS frame when the address of the first frame matches the address of the second frame, and determined to be an inter-BSS frame otherwise. The address of the first frame may be a transmitter address (TA).
US11019658B2	Wireless communication device and wireless communication method A wireless communication device performs first carrier sensing, regarding part of multiple channels that are candidates for receiving a first signal before reception of the first signal. After having received the first signal, the wireless communication device performs second carrier sensing regarding one or more channels, out of the plurality of channels, that are one or more channels corresponding to the channel information included in the first signal, and where at least the first carrier sensing has not been executed, before reception of data signals by transmission of a second signal.
US11019656B2	Random access procedures under coverage limitations Methods, systems, and devices for wireless communication are described. A user equipment (UE) may select a coverage enhancement (CE) level based on a coverage limitation. The UE may then receive system information from a base station indicating an index of CE levels and corresponding physical random access channel (PRACH) configurations, and the UE may transmit a random access preamble using the PRACH configuration for the selected CE level. For example, the UE may transmit the preamble based on a frequency offset that corresponds to the selected CE level. In some cases, the UE and base station may also associate groups of preambles with downlink (DL) CE levels. The UE may select a preamble from a group corresponding to a desired DL CE level for a random access response message. The base station may determine the DL CE level based on the group the preamble was selected from and respond accordingly.
US11019655B2	Advertisement of NR capability to user equipment Fifth generation (5G) or New Radio (NR) networks may support multiple numerologies, different waveforms, and as well as transmission bandwidths and durations for that are specific for a particular user equipment (UE) to use for uplink transmissions to a next generation evolved Node B (gNB). Described herein are mechanisms by which a gNB may indicate the availability of an NR or 5G network to the UE and mechanisms by which a UE may indicate NR capability to the gNB.
US11019645B2	System and method for uplink grant-free transmission scheme A method embodiment includes implementing, by a base station (BS), a grant-free uplink transmission scheme. The grant-free uplink transmission scheme defines a first contention transmission unit (CTU) access region in a time-frequency domain, defines a plurality of CTUs, defines a default CTU mapping scheme by mapping at least some of the plurality of CTUs to the first CTU access region, and defines a default user equipment (UE) mapping scheme by defining rules for mapping a plurality of UEs to the plurality of CTUs.
US11019638B2	Method and arrangement in a telecommunication system The present invention relates to a method in a cellular communication system, for avoiding errors in a HARQ process, wherein an NDI flag is used both for indicating either semi-persistent scheduling, SPS activation or SPS retransmissions, and also for indicating, by toggling of the flag, a new transmission in dynamic scheduling mode. The method comprises the steps of receiving, in a scheduling message, an indication that dynamically scheduled transmission will take place; if a semi persistent resource has occurred for the same HARQ process since a previously received indication for dynamically scheduled transmission, then considering the NDI flag to be toggled regardless of the value of the NDI flag. Thus, if the condition is fulfilled, a UE will always regard the NDI flag as indicating or requesting a new data transmission.
US11019636B2	Methods of wireless device and network node, such wireless device and network node, and computer programs thereof A method of a wireless device comprises determining a bandwidth for monitoring a downlink control signal, determining a set of possible downlink control indicator, DCI, formats, wherein possible DCI formats are DCI formats compatible with the determined bandwidth, receiving a transmission from a network node, searching for control information in the transmission by decoding using at least one of the DCI formats of the set, and when successful decoding of the control information, performing at least one task associated with the control information. A method of a network node, comprises configuring a downlink bandwidth to be used at downlink transmissions, determining a DCI format based on the downlink bandwidth, and transmitting control information using a DCI with the determined DCI format. A wireless device and a network node which are arranged to perform the methods, respectively, and computer programs for implementing the methods are disclosed.
US11019632B2	Beam update techniques in beamformed wireless communications Methods, systems, and devices for wireless communications are described in which a UE may transmit an indication to a base station that the UE supports a beam update procedure that updates one or more beamforming parameters of one or more transmission beams. The UE may establish a connection with the base station via the one or more transmission beams. The UE may receive a medium access control (MAC) control element (CE) communication to initiate the beam update procedure, the received MAC-CE communication indicating one or more aperiodic sounding reference signal (SRS) resources to be used in the beam update procedure. The UE may perform the beam update procedure, based on the MAC-CE communication, to update one or more beamforming parameters of the one or more transmission beams.
US11019625B2	Enhancement of MAC signaling for network-assisted V2X resource scheduling in PC5 multi-carrier operation Aspects of the disclosure relate to a method of operating a scheduled entity for wireless communication with a network. In some aspects, the scheduled entity obtains data that is to be transmitted, wherein one or more frequencies are available for transmission of the data. The scheduled entity transmits, to a scheduling entity, a message that includes an amount of the data to be transmitted and a frequency parameter indicating at least one of the one or more frequencies to be used for the transmission of the data. The scheduled entity obtains, from the scheduling entity, a resource grant based on the message and transmits the data based on the resource grant. Other aspects, embodiments, and features are also claimed and described.
US11019623B2	Method of access and link adaptation for coverage enhanced wireless transmissions Coverage enhancement of channels in a wireless communication system such as Long Term Evolution (LTE) and LTE-Advanced (LTE-A). One example method performed at a wireless transmit and receive unit (WTRU) includes determining a repetition number for an uplink signal and deriving an uplink transmission power for the uplink signal, where the uplink transmission power is based on the repetition number. The method further includes transmitting the uplink signal with repetitions, using the determined repetition number and the derived uplink transmission power.
US11019621B2	Spectrum efficiency for uplink wireless communications A wireless network having one or more access points and one or more stations may improve spectrum efficiency for uplink transmissions by assigning a plurality of stations to a channel (or subchannel), each with a different priority. A channel may be assigned to a first station with the first priority, a second station with a second priority, and so on (e.g., instead of assigning the channel to just one station). An access point may transmit information indicative of the channel assignments, priorities, and other information used by stations to perform uplink transmissions. If a station with the highest priority receives the data from the access point, it may start transmission. A station with a lower priority may listen, during a listening period, to the same channel and determine whether the higher priority station started transmission during the listening period. If the higher priority station did not start transmission during the listening period, the lower priority station may transmit uplink data to the access point.
US11019616B2	Method and device in UE and network equipment for wireless communication The present disclosure provides a method and a device in a User Equipment (UE) and a network equipment for wireless communication. The UE first determines a first time-frequency resource subset from a first time-frequency resource set, and then monitors a first radio signal in the first time-frequency resource subset; wherein location relevant information of the UE is used for determining the first time-frequency resource subset from the first time-frequency resource set, and the first radio signal includes paging relevant information. According to the present disclosure, a relationship is established between the time-frequency resources transmitting the paging relevant information of the UE and the location relevant information of the UE, thus, when a Non-Terrestrial Network (NTN) base station covers an enormous number of UEs, collision problems of paging information caused by the UEs all sharing one paging scheme are avoided and waste of receiving power of the UE is avoided.
US11019613B2	Methods and systems for managing network resources of a vehicle The present disclosure is directed to managing network resources of a vehicle. In particular, for each application of a plurality of different and distinct applications executed by a computing system comprising one or more computing devices physically located onboard a vehicle, the computing system can: determine, from amongst a plurality of different and distinct interface identifiers, an interface identifier associated with the application; communicate, based at least in part on the interface identifier associated with the application, data associated with the application and destined for a remotely located computing system; and manage, based at least in part on the interface identifier associated with the application, utilization by the application of network resources interfacing the computing system and the remotely located computing system to communicate the data associated with the application and destined for the remotely located computing system.
US11019607B2	Multiplexing control information in a physical uplink data channel For multiplexing control information in a physical uplink data channel, a user equipment (UE) includes receiving a configuration for a first set of values and receiving a downlink control information (DCI) format scheduling a transmission of a physical uplink shared data channel (PUSCH) over a set of resource elements (REs) and including a field providing an index. The method further includes determining a first value from the first set of values based on the index, determining a first subset of REs from the set of REs, for multiplexing first uplink control information (UCI), based on the first value, and transmitting the first UCI in the PUSCH.
US11019603B2	Channel selection constraints in a network having multiple access points This disclosure provides systems, methods, and apparatus, including computer programs encoded on computer-readable media, for communicating channel selection constraints in a network having multiple access points (APs). In one aspect, a root AP may assist with channel selection (assignment) for the multiple APs. A first AP can provide channel operating constraints to the root AP to indicate one or more operating constraints for a particular channel that may be used by the first AP. The operating constraints may be based, at least in part, on a hardware characteristic of the first AP. For example, an operating constraint may indicate a minimum channel separation or a maximum transmit power to consider when the particular channel is used concurrently with another channel. In another aspect, the first AP can communicate a channel selection error and error code when a particular channel cannot be used due to an operating constraint.
US11019594B2	Wireless communication device, wireless communication terminal, wireless communication system, wireless communication method, and storage medium Provided are a wireless communication device, a wireless communication terminal, a wireless communication system, a wireless communication method, and a storage medium that can realize reliable and stable wireless communication even in an unstable radio environment. The wireless communication device includes: a wireless communication unit capable of wirelessly communicating with a wireless communication terminal; and a communication control unit that controls at least one of switching of a frequency band of the wireless communication and switching of the wireless communication terminal based on at least one of time information and peripheral information indicating a status of a peripheral object.
US11019589B2	Low power intermittent messaging for hearing assistance devices The present subject matter includes a system for communications between a transmitter and a receiver. In various embodiments, the system uses a sleep interval to allow the receiver to go to sleep between wake up times to “sniff” for transmissions from the transmitter. The system adjusts the length of the preamble of the transmitted signal or a repetition of packets to allow the receiver to detect a transmitted signal based on drift in the clocks of the system. In various embodiments, a receive channel is changed if a signal is not received at a prior channel selection. In various embodiments, the transmission is determined by detection of an event. In various embodiments, the event is an ear-to-ear event. In various embodiments, the receiver and transmitter are in opposite hearing aids adapted to be worn by one wearer.
US11019586B2	Access point (AP), station (STA) and method of multi-user (MU) location measurment Embodiments of an access point (AP), station (STA) and method for multi-user (MU) location measurement are generally described herein. The AP may contend for a transmission opportunity (TXOP) to obtain access to a channel. The AP may transmit a trigger frame (TF) to initiate a multi-user (MU) location measurement during the TXOP. The AP may receive service requests for the MU location measurement from a plurality of STAs. The AP may transmit an MU acknowledgement (ACK) frame that indicates reception of the service requests. The AP may receive, from the STAs, uplink sounding frames that include per-STA timing information for the service requests and the MU ACK frame. The STA may determine location measurements for the STAs based on the per-STA timing information included in the uplink sounding frames.
US11019585B1	Network generated precision time Precision digital chronography based on detected changes in state of a processor is described. The changes in state may be detected by another processor and an averaged time interval generated. A signal corresponding to the averaged time interval may be communicated to a distributed database and propagated to remote systems. Devices associated with the remote systems may adjust or set a device clock in accordance with the averaged time interval.
US11019582B2	Method for transmitting/receiving reference signal in wireless communication system, and device therefor Disclosed are a method and a device for transmitting/receiving a reference signal by a terminal in a wireless communication system. According to the present disclosure, the terminal receives control information from a base station and receives the reference signal based on the control information. The reference signal is transmitted on a specific antenna port and is positioned in the same symbol, on a time axis, and in the same subcarrier, on a frequency axis, as a different reference signal transmitted on at least one other antenna port. A method and a device may be provided, in which an Orthogonal Cover Code (OCC) is applied to the specific antenna port and at least one other antenna port and multiplexed through a Code Division Multiplexing (CDM) scheme and the OCC or a value acquired by shifting the OCC is applied to the subcarrier according to the index of the subcarrier.
US11019566B2	Service capability server / EPC coordination for power savings mode and paging The present application is directed to computer-implemented apparatus for controlling a power savings mode characteristic of a device on a network. The apparatus includes a non-transitory memory with instructions for controlling power saving mode characteristic of the device and a processor operably coupled thereto. The processor performs the step of receiving a request to update the characteristics of the device. The processor also performs the step of updating the characteristics of the device based upon the request. The processor further performs the step of sending an acknowledgment that the characteristic has been updated. The application is also directed to a computer-implemented apparatus on a network for supporting buffering and data handling for a power savings mode of a device on the network.
US11019561B2	Communication control device, communication control method, wireless communication apparatus and communication control system A communication control device comprises a receiving means which receives mode information about a restriction mode which is a setting of the first base station device; and a policy generation means which generates the access policy on the basis of the mode information. When a second base station device, which is within a radio wave range in which communication is enabled with the first base station device, communicates with another wireless communication apparatus, the restriction mode is the setting in which the wireless communication apparatus performs an operation for lowering the priority of accessing the first base station device.
US11019551B2	Interference management in a multi-hop wireless network In one embodiment, an interference-management system of a multi-hop wireless network may access an interference map indicating interference among a plurality of network nodes of the multi-hop wireless network. The interference-management system may determine, for a first pair of network nodes of the multi-hop wireless network, a plurality of adjustments to one or more beamforming weights associated with beamforming antennae of the first pair of network nodes to reduce interference among the network nodes of the multi-hop wireless network, wherein the plurality of adjustments correspond to a respective plurality of communication paths connecting the first pair of network nodes on the multi-hop wireless network. The interference-management system may exclude one or more adjustments from the plurality of adjustments based on a determination that the one or more adjustments correspond to one or more unsuitable communication paths, respectively.
US11019549B2	Cell handover method and apparatus Disclosed in the present disclosure are a cell handover method and apparatus. The method comprises: sending measurement configuration information to a terminal to be handed over, wherein the measurement configuration information comprises beam configuration information; after the terminal measures neighboring cells according to the measurement configuration information, receiving beam measurement results sent by the terminal according to the beam configuration information; and determining, according to the beam measurement results, a target cell to which the terminal is to be handed over, and handing over the terminal to the target cell by means of a target network device.
US11019545B2	Handover methods and apparatus A connection between two UEs is identified by a single connection identifier. Different streams are transmitted over different wireless links with potential redundancy between streams. Initially a first WiFi link is used to communicate with the second UE. After the first UE decides it will handoff to a second WiFi AP it establishes a connection with a cellular AP and then communicates a second stream corresponding to the same connection. The first and second streams initially communicate the same content. The first WiFi link is terminated, but the second stream continues to communicate content. The first UE then establishes a second WiFi connection with a second WiFi AP and communicates a third content stream of the first connection to second UE via second WiFi link. The third stream initially communicates information also communicated over second stream. The cellular link is terminated. The second WiFi link is used to communicate content.
US11019536B2	Communication method and apparatus This application discloses a communication method and an apparatus. When a terminal device switches to a target cell or is connected to a new primary cell, by requesting a network device to release a session corresponding to a network slice that is not supported by the target cell or the new primary cell and to keep a session corresponding to a network slice that is supported by the target cell or the new primary cell, the session corresponding to the network slice that is not supported by the target cell or the new primary cell can be quickly released, and a network resource is saved while a session corresponding to a network slice supported by the target cell or the new primary cell is enabled to be continued.
US11019528B2	Method and system for admission control with network slice capability Systems and methods enable a wireless station in a radio access network to apply slice-based admission control. A wireless station receives, from a core network, network slice data for each network slice available via the wireless station, wherein the network slice data includes a slice identifier and corresponding slice status for each network slice; and receives, from a user equipment (UE) device, a service request that indicates a network slice identifier previously assigned to the UE device. The wireless station applies, based on the network slice data from the core network and the network slice identifier from the UE device, admission controls to forward the service request to the core network when the one of the network slices, corresponding to the network slice identifier, is not congested, and delay or redirect the service request when the one of the network slices, corresponding to the network slice identifier, is congested.
US11019525B2	Multiple-input, multiple-output (MIMO) multihop mobile ad-hoc network (MANET) routing A cross-layer security scheme can be used for a Multi-Input Multi-Output (MIMO) antenna-based large-scale multihop mobile ad hoc network (MANET) with a set of frequency-nonselective, slow/Rayleigh fading, and uncoded channels along with interference combining both physical, link, and higher layer encryption techniques for the payload in addition to signaling. Furthermore, MIMO-aware cross-layer secure MANET physical and key-based logical hierarchical routing proving scalability can be used. Security can be provided in Multi-Hop MIMO MANETs in Physical, medium access control (MAC), and internet protocol (IP) Routing layer. The MIMO-aware MANET IP Routing can include two kinds of routing: Physical Routing such as secure ad-hoc on-demand distance vector (SAODV) in the access MANET and Secure Key-based distributed hash table (DHT) “logical” routing in the backbone MANET. Both security and performance metrics can be employed to improve (e.g., optimize) both network secrecy and throughput/bandwidth capacity.
US11019515B1	Method and apparatus for performing client steering control in multi-access point network A method for performing client steering control in a multi-AP network and associated apparatus are provided. The method includes: utilizing a controller of a controller-agent-client architecture of the multi-AP network to obtain multiple metrics from interactions between logical entities of the controller-agent-client architecture; calculating Basic Service Set (BSS) scores of a set of BSSs according to the multiple metrics, respectively, for selecting a best BSS from the set of BSSs according to the BSS scores; and in response to a time measurement count reaching a predetermined threshold, utilizing the controller to trigger at least one operation related to at least the agents, to allow the best BSS to be selected as a target BSS for roaming, thereby enhancing overall performance of the multi-AP network, wherein the time measurement count corresponds to length of time that the best BSS keeps having highest score of the BSS scores.
US11019512B2	Providing easy access to radio networks An improved connectivity to radio access point is enabled by a server that includes a database storing data about various radio access points, and an evaluation module evaluating the quality of connection to each of the access points. Clients receive updates about relevant access points from the server and use the information to connect to the preferred access point. The clients also check connectivity to other access points in the vicinity, and report the findings to the server. The server uses the reports to update its database, and send corresponding updates to the clients.
US11019511B2	Method for evaluating a wireless link, respective device, computer program and storage medium The present disclosure is directed towards a device and a method for evaluating a wireless link (3) of a wireless node of a customer premises equipment (CPE) device (1, 2) during operation of the CPE device. The device and method includes determining an actual data rate (33) of the wireless link, determining an available data rate (31) of the wireless link, and calculating a head room (34) based on a required data rate (30) and the available data rate (31).
US11019503B2	Multi-hop wireless network plannning In one embodiment, a method includes accessing a point cloud comprising a plurality of point-cloud points, each point-cloud point corresponding to a location on a surface of an object located in a region in a three-dimensional space, identifying, from the point cloud, a plurality of point clusters, each point cluster comprising a plurality of point-cloud points located within a grid segment on a two-dimensional grid derived from the three-dimensional space, selecting, for each point cluster, a set of point-cloud points from the plurality of point-cloud points in the point cluster, the set of point-cloud points being selected based on a predetermined threshold number of point-cloud points associated with an acceptable reduction in an error detection rate, and determining, for each point cluster, a structure classification based on the selected set of point-cloud points from the point cluster.
US11019499B2	Signal transmission apparatus and method, and wireless access node Embodiments of the present disclosure disclose a signal transmission apparatus and non-transitory computer-readable storage medium, and relate to the field of communications technologies. The apparatus comprises a memory storing program instructions and a processor coupled to the memory, wherein the program instructions, when executed by the processor, cause the apparatus to obtain configuration information for use to transmit a signal of a second carrier in coverage space of a first carrier, a spectrum occupied by the first carrier and a spectrum occupied by the second carrier overlap, and a subcarrier of the first carrier and a subcarrier of the second carrier are orthogonal; and transmit the signal of the second carrier according to the configuration information.
US11019493B2	System and method for user authorization A computer system for authorizing a user to process data received from one or more devices includes: an interface component for receiving the data; an application component for receiving requests from the user, the requests including one or more requests to perform data processing operations on at least a subset of the data; a data storage and data access component for storing and access the data; one or more evaluation components for processing the data; and an authorization component for granting or denying to the user access to process at least a subset of the data, a grant or denial being based on user specific data stored in a user directory for a registered user. The user specific data includes data on a geographical location associated with the user and data on a type of a device to which type the user is authorized to get access.
US11019490B2	Group management in reconfigurable machine-to-machine systems A registrar device is delegated enrollment authority for a group by a group authority. The registrar device identifies a particular asset device in association with a reconfiguration of a machine-to-machine (M2M) system that includes the group. The registrar device identifies an enrollment request for enrollment of the particular asset device within the group of devices in association with the reconfiguration of the M2M system and communicates with the particular device to initiate enrollment of the particular device within the group of devices, where enrollment of the particular device includes provisioning the particular device with a group access credential.
US11019482B2	Method, system, and terminal device for realizing local profile assistant based on remote subscriber identification module provisioning Disclosed is a RSP-based LPA application implementation method, comprising: pre-setting an LPA of a terminal side, wherein the LPA is a local configuration proxy; when information about a subscription protocol between the terminal side and an operator is detected, an operator server creating, according to proxy information about the LPA, a corresponding operator data packet; the terminal side accessing the operator server, and downloading, according to the proxy information, the corresponding operator data packet; and an EUICC receiving the operator data packet forwarded by the LPA, decrypting same, and then installing the operator data packet, wherein the EUICC is an embedded universal integrated circuit card.
US11019471B1	Interactive asset location and management system and method of use A car location identifier system includes a parking lot having a plurality of parking spaces; a plurality of cars parked in the parking spaces; a transmitter tag carried within each car of the plurality of car; a computer database configured to store the position of each transmitter tag; and a portable computer in data communication with the computer database, the portable having a visual display for identifying the location of the transmitter tag.
US11019462B2	User equipment, base station, and related methods The present disclosure provides user equipment, a base station, and related methods. A method used in user equipment comprising: receiving a media access control (MAC) control element on a transport layer channel carrying a single cell multicast traffic channel (SC-MTCH), the MAC control element indicating a state of a multicast service on the SC-MTCH; and stopping a MAC layer timer according to the MAC control element.
US11019460B2	Smart multimedia transmission system and method A smart multimedia transmission system includes a plurality of beacon signal transmitting apparatuses and a server. The smart multimedia transmission system enables a mobile data processing apparatus to quickly determine a selected beacon signal transmitting apparatus from the plurality of beacon signal transmitting apparatuses. The server transmits the multimedia data corresponding to the selected beacon signal transmitting apparatus to the mobile data processing apparatus.
US11019454B2	Apparatus and methods for device location determination Apparatus and methods for provision of location-based services to wireless device users. In one embodiment, the apparatus and methods support location-based services requiring indoors or underground positioning (or other applications which cannot be served by GPS/A-GPS or GLONASS), such as via Wi-Fi Location devices with fine timing measurement (FTM) capability. A cable, terrestrial or satellite network operator can obtain location data on e.g., an LTE-enabled UE with SIM capability located within a served premises or venue, via an HTTP/S GET protocol, and forward the location data. In one variant, a managed 3GPP IP Multimedia System (IMS) infrastructure is used in conjunction with UE-specific identifiers under control of a controller entity (e.g., ePDG) in communication with the IMS infrastructure and one or more FTM-enabled Wi-Fi APs within the premises or venue for supporting VoWi-Fi 911 or 411 packet calls made via the IMS.
US11019452B2	Method and apparatus for identifying location of terminal in vehicle An apparatus for identifying a location of a terminal includes a communication unit comprising communication circuitry configured to receive, from the terminal, information corresponding to a signal transmitted from a signal generation module that is activated based on a door opening/closing of a vehicle; and a processor configured to identify the location of the terminal in the vehicle using the received information.
US11019439B2	Adjusting system and adjusting method for equalization processing An adjusting system and an adjusting method for equalization processing are provided. Frequency band energies of sound receiving signals are obtained. The frequency band energies correspond to different frequency bands, respectively. Target gains corresponding to frequency bands are determined according to the frequency band energies. Frequency responses of filtering processing with respect to a plurality of center frequencies are obtained. Equalization gains corresponding to the frequency bands and having the least gain error are determined. The gain error is related to a difference between the amplitude obtained after the equalization gains are reflected on the frequency responses corresponding to the filtering processing and the target gains. The equalization gains are inputted into the filtering processing according to the corresponding frequency bands. Accordingly, the impact of the filtering processing can be reduced.
US11019437B2	Ear dome for a receiver of a hearing device, method of manufacturing an ear dome, and hearing device A dome for retaining a hearing device or hearing device part in the ear of a user wearing the hearing device. The dome includes, or is composed of, an indicator material that changes perceptibly as a function of a duration of use of the dome. Based on the change in the indicator material, it is possible to ascertain that a recommended maximum duration of use of the dome has been exceeded.
US11019436B2	Earpiece for a hearing device and a hearing device An earpiece for a hearing device, includes: an earpiece housing comprising an ear canal part and an intermediate part, wherein the ear canal part extends along an ear canal axis of the earpiece, with an ear canal plane of the earpiece being perpendicular to the ear canal axis, the ear canal part having a first end, the intermediate part having a first end and a second end and extending along an intermediate axis; and a cable with a first end connected to the intermediate part, the cable exiting the intermediate part along a cable exit axis, the cable exit axis forming a first exit angle with respect to the ear canal plane, wherein the first exit angle is in a range from 5 to 45 degrees.
US11019434B2	Hearing protection device with reliability and related methods A hearing protection device comprises a first earpiece comprising a first transducer for provision of a first ear canal input signal and a first receiver for provision of a first audio output signal based on a first ear canal output signal. The hearing protection device comprises a second earpiece comprising a second transducer for provision of a second ear canal input signal and a second receiver for provision of a second audio output signal based on a second ear canal output signal. The hearing protection device comprises a first mixer module, connected to the first earpiece and a controller module, for provision of a first output signal based on one or more first input signals. The hearing protection device comprises a second mixer module, connected to the second earpiece and the controller module, for provision of a second output signal based on one or more second input signals.
US11019429B1	Wearable stereophonic device The present application relates to the field of stereophonic devices and discloses a wearable stereophonic device comprising a right shell, a center shell and a left shell, wherein two sides of the center shell are connected to the right shell and the left shell via adjustment slide strips (3), respectively. In the present invention, 5.0 surround sound is supported; a massage function can be provided while enjoying music; the interferences from external noise is reduced by open-ear active noise cancelling control; and, the wearable stereophonic device can be cooperatively connected and used with other advanced application technologies such as Virtual Reality (VR), Augmented Reality (AR) and Mixed Reality (MR), and compatible to other applications and devices such as electronic sports, smart motorbikes or smart bikes.
US11019419B2	Headphone operation during headphone insertion detection A method of operating a headphone configured to be removed from and placed in close proximity to a user's ear can include generating an input signal by an input signal generating device. The method can also include determining whether an insertion event has occurred based on the generated input signal and causing the headphone to operate in a low power mode responsive to an absence of an insertion event determination after a first period of time. The method can also include causing the headphone to operate in an ultra-low power mode responsive to the absence of an insertion event determination after a second period of time that occurs after the first period of time, the ultra-low power mode having a lower power consumption than the low power mode.
US11019410B2	Method and apparatus for providing contents controlled or synthesized based on interaction of user Disclosed is a method and apparatus that may provide predetermined partial content of content provided from a content providing server to a user terminal by controlling the partial content based on an interaction of a user or synthesizing new content with the partial content, and by displaying the controlled content or the synthesized content.
US11019409B2	Low latency media ingestion system, devices and methods A media distribution system and method wherein a media streaming network includes a media ingest network portion configured to provide low latency uploading of media fragments of a segmented live media stream using HTTP chunked transfer encoding. In one embodiment, one or more fragments of a segment are uploaded or otherwise ingested on a chunk-by-chunk basis before entire media data of the segment becomes available. An IP multicast distribution network portion coupled to the media ingest network portion is operative for distributing chunked media data to one or more IP multicast recipients using an IP multicast protocol. A client application is operative to download the media data in an HTTP CTE delivery session with a serving IP multicast recipient.
US11019405B2	Networks, systems and methods for enhanced auto racing Networks, systems and displays for providing derived data and predictive information for use in multivariable component systems and activities; and in particular for use in motor racing such as in NASCAR®, Indy Car, Grand-Am (sports car racing), and/or Formula 1® racing. More particularly, there are systems equipment and networks for the monitoring and collecting of raw data regarding races, both real time and historic. This raw data is then analyzed to provide derived data, predictive data, virtual data, and combinations and variations of this data, which depending upon the nature of this data may be packaged, distributed, displayed and used in various setting and applications.
US11019403B2	Transcoder enabled cloud of remotely controlled devices Various embodiments are directed to one or more transcoder devices in communication with an input device such as a remote control device and multiple destination devices in which the transcoder device(s) facilitate communication between the remote control and the various destination devices in the vicinity. The transcoder device(s) can also provide the user with an environmental awareness of conditions and events surrounding the user. Other embodiments are described and claimed.
US11019401B2	Satellite signal switching system A content signal switching controller receives first signal information about a first content signal provided by a first satellite antenna and received by a trunk distribution system. The first signal information indicates the quality of a satellite signal that is received by the first satellite antenna and that is converted to the first content signal. The content signal switching controller receives second signal information about a second content signal provided by a second satellite antenna. The second signal information indicates the quality of the satellite signal that is received by the second satellite antenna. In response to the content signal switching controller determining that the first signal information and the second signal information satisfy a first signal switching condition, a content signal switch instruction is provided to a switch device to switch the trunk distribution system from being provided the first content signal to being provided the second content signal.
US11019400B2	Broadcast receiving apparatus In a broadcast receiving apparatus including: a broadcast receiving unit configured to receive control information regarding contents of digital broadcasting and content protection for the contents; an accumulation unit configured to accumulate the contents received by the broadcast receiving unit; a video output unit configured to output video of the contents received by the broadcast receiving unit or video of the contents accumulated by the accumulation unit to external equipment; an interface; and a control unit, switching of content protecting processes are executed in accordance with the number of pixels of video of contents in a first video outputting process state to output contents to external equipment without accumulation, a second video outputting process state to output contents to external equipment after an accumulating process, a copying process state, and a moving process state, and control is executed.
US11019398B2	Publishing disparate live media output streams using live input streams A live media content switching system receives a plurality of live input streams associated with a plurality of live input stream manifests. One or more events in a first live input stream manifest of the plurality of live input stream manifests are identified. The first live input stream manifest is associated with a first live input stream of the plurality of live input streams being viewed at a consumer device. Based on the identification, information related to a plurality of first media segments and the one or more events from the first live input stream indicated in the first live input stream manifest is inserted into a first disparate live media output stream manifest based on a programming schedule. The first disparate live media output stream of a plurality of disparate live media output streams is published for the consumer device based on the first live input stream manifest.
US11019397B2	Client-side overlay of graphic items on media content A media presentation and distribution system communicatively coupled to a client device, which handles presentation of overlay-graphic items at the client device. The client device receives a media stream from the media presentation and distribution system via a network. The received media stream includes media content and one or more tags. The client device further identifies in the received media content, the one or more tags, which corresponds to the overlay-graphic items. The client device further identifies candidate time-periods in the media content based on the identified one or more tags in the media content. At least one presentation attribute for the overlay-graphic items is identified based on the identified one or more tags in the media content. The client device further presents the overlay-graphic items at the candidate time-periods on the media content based on the identified at least presentation attribute.
US11019393B2	Video motion augmentation A system for providing video motion augmentation is disclosed. In particular, the system provides mechanisms for analyzing video content, metadata, or a combination thereof, to dynamically enhance and adapt regions of small movements or micro-movements in the video content based on a variety of inputs. The regions of small movements or micro-movements may be enhanced based on device characteristics associated with a device consuming the video content, based on a theme associated with the content, based on sensor data, based on user feedback, and based on a variety of other inputs. For example, motion content in the video content may be enhanced and emphasized based on the display resolution or other device characteristics of a device requesting the video content. Once the enhanced video content is generated based on the inputs, the enhanced content may be provided to the device requesting the content.
US11019392B2	Methods and apparatus for an output buffer Various embodiments of the present technology may provide methods and apparatus for an output buffer. The output buffer is configured to perform in both a DP mode and an HDMI mode, as well as meet certain compliance conditions in an HDMI compliance testing mode. The output buffer includes a plurality of transistors and resistors arranged to operate in DP mode and HDMI mode. The plurality of transistors and resistors are arranged to reduce leakage current during the HDMI compliance testing mode.
US11019390B2	Recovery data with content identifiers A method and a receiver to receive “recovery data table” (See FIGS. 36A and 38F.) which is used for retrieving “supplementary content” are disclosed. Said “recovery data table” (See FIGS. 36A and 38F.) has “contentID. type” field describing “type of content identifier” and defining “uniform resource name”.
US11019385B2	Content selection for networked media devices A server for providing selected content to networked display devices is presented. The server includes a memory configured to store instructions. At least one processor is configured to execute the instructions to: receive television programming data and automatic content recognition data from a networked display device, and selectively link the networked display device to a viewing group based on the television programming data and automatic content recognition data. An advertisement engine is configured to provide an advertisement to the networked display device. The advertisement is selected based on the viewing group linked to the networked display device.
US11019381B2	Systems, methods and computer-readable media for configuring receiver latency The present disclosure is related to transmitting and receiving media channels, such as audio and video channels. These channels may be transmitted as packets from one or more transmitting devices to one or more receiving devices for playout. Certain embodiments of the present disclosure include systems, methods, and computer-readable media for determining latency of a data network for synchronised playout of received signals. Additionally, certain embodiments of the present disclosure include systems, methods, and computer-readable media for synchronising playout among devices connected to a data network.
US11019373B2	Multimedia device and control method therefor A multimedia device and a control method therefor are disclosed. The multimedia device according to one embodiment of the present invention comprises: a reception unit for receiving a stream segment, of a first bitrate, among stream segments, which constitute first content, of several bitrates; a display unit for displaying video data corresponding to the received stream segment of the first bitrate; and a control unit, wherein the control unit detects a size change of a screen on which the video data is displayed, requests a stream segment of a second bitrate, which is different from the first bitrate, on the basis of the detected size change of the screen, controls the reception unit such that the reception unit receives the requested stream segment of the second bitrate, and controls the display unit such that the display unit displays video data corresponding to the received stream segment of the second bitrate.
US11019363B2	Method and device for encoding a point cloud Method and device for encoding a point cloud that represents a three-dimensional (3D) object. One or more groups of temporally successive pictures are obtained. Each picture of the one or more groups comprises a first set of images, the images being spatially arranged in a same manner in each picture of the one or more groups. A second set of projections is associated with the one or more groups, a unique projection being associated with each image in such a way that a same projection is associated with only one single image and all projections are associated with the images. A first information representative of the projections is encoded. The point cloud may then be encoded according to the obtained pictures. A corresponding method and device for decoding a bitstream that comprises data representative of the encoded picture(s) are also described.
US11019358B2	Image decoding method and apparatus based on affine motion prediction in image coding system An image decoding method performed by a decoding apparatus includes the steps of: acquiring motion prediction information on a current block from a bitstream; generating an affine MVP candidate list including affine motion vector predictor candidates for the current block; deriving CPMVPs for CPs of the current block on the basis of one affine MVP candidate among the affine MVP candidates included in the affine MVP candidate list; deriving CPMVDs for the CPs of the current block on the basis of the motion prediction information; deriving CPMVs for the CPs of the current block on the basis of the CPMVPs and the CPMVDs; and deriving prediction samples for the current block on the basis of the CPMVs.
US11019337B2	Video encoding apparatus A video encoding apparatus may include a partitioning unit which divides a frame included in input video into a plurality of blocks and a rate control module which adjusts a first quantization parameter value of a block corresponding to a region of interest among the plurality of blocks based on a first CBF (current buffer fullness) value of the region of interest, and adjusts a second quantization parameter value of a block corresponding to a non-region of interest among the plurality of blocks based on a second CBF value of the non-region of interest.
US11019334B2	Multiple adaptive loop filter sets for video coding Techniques for signaling and decoding adaptive loop filter information is described. A video decoder may be configured to decode a block of the video data, and receive an adaptation parameter sets (APS) in an encoded video bitstream for the block of the video data, wherein the APS includes a plurality of adaptive loop filter sets for luma components of the block of the video data. The video coder may determine an adaptive loop filter from the plurality of adaptive loop filter sets in the APS to apply to the decoded block of the video data, and apply the determined adaptive loop filter to the decoded block of the video data to create a filtered block of the video data.
US11019331B2	Method and apparatus for video coding with prediction information Aspects of the disclosure provide methods and apparatuses for video encoding/decoding. In some examples, an apparatus for video decoding includes receiving circuitry and processing circuitry. According to an aspect of the disclosure, the processing circuitry decodes prediction information of a current block in a first coding tree unit (CTU) in a picture from a coded video bitstream. The prediction information is indicative of an intra block copy mode. The processing circuitry excludes reconstructed samples of a second CTU that is adjacent to a left side of the first CTU in the picture from being reference samples for a reconstruction of the current block. Then, the processing circuitry reconstructs samples of the current block based on reference samples that are in the picture and constrained with the exclusion of the reconstructed samples of the second CTU.
US11019329B2	Automated panning and zooming in teleoperated surgical systems with stereo displays In one embodiment, a digital zoom and panning system for digital video is disclosed including an image acquisition device to capture digital video images; an image buffer to store one or more frames of digital video images as source pixels; a display device having first pixels to display images; a user interface to accept user input including a source rectangle to select source pixels within frames of the digital video images, a destination rectangle to select target pixels within the display device to display images, and a region of interest within the digital video images to display in the destination rectangle; and a digital mapping and filtering device to selectively map and filter source pixels in the region of interest from the image buffer into target pixels of the display device in response to the user input.
US11019328B2	Nanostructured optical element, depth sensor, and electronic device Provided are a nanostructured optical element, a depth sensor, and an electronic device. The nanostructured optical element includes: an array of a plurality of laser sources; a meta-pattern layer including a two-dimensional array of plurality of first nano-posts; and a deflecting layer between the light source and the meta-pattern layer. Each of the first nano-posts has a dimension smaller than a wavelength of light output from the plurality of laser sources. The deflecting layer is configured to direct light from the light source onto the meta-pattern layer.
US11019326B2	Light-source characterizer and associated methods A method characterizes a scanning light source configured to emit illumination propagating in any one of a plurality of directions spanning an angular range. The method includes (i) detecting, with a camera, illumination propagating at each of the plurality of directions; (ii) storing image data corresponding to a response of the camera to the detected illumination. The method also includes (iii) processing the image data to characterize at least one of the angular range, pointing accuracy, pointing jitter, a divergence of the illumination, a uniformity of the illumination, and a fidelity of a scanning pattern, formed by the scanning light source, to a predetermined pattern.
US11019323B2	Apparatus and method for 3D like camera system in a handheld mobile wireless device A camera system for use in a mobile handheld computing and communication device with a front side with a display screen and a back side has two separate and independent cameras positioned on the back side of the device, wherein the cameras have a physical separation between them of substantially the same separation as between the eyes on a human face and, wherein the camera system creates a 3D-Like image of an object for storage and for viewing on a display screen.
US11019306B2	Combining installed audio-visual sensors with ad-hoc mobile audio-visual sensors for smart meeting rooms A method of combining data streams from fixed audio-visual sensors with data streams from personal mobile devices including, forming a communication link with at least one of one or more personal mobile devices; receiving at least one of an audio data stream and/or a video data stream from the at least one of the one or more personal mobile devices; determining the quality of the at least one of the audio data stream and/or the video data stream, wherein the audio data stream and/or the video data stream having a quality above a threshold quality is retained; and combining the retained audio data stream and/or the video data stream with the data streams from the fixed audio-visual sensors.
US11019304B2	Reflection-less in-home network adapter A system includes a cable television (CATV) device that is configured to transmit and receive signals in a first bandwidth and signals in a second bandwidth. The first bandwidth is higher than the second bandwidth. The system also includes an in-home network splitter that includes an input, a common node, and a plurality of outputs. The input is configured to be connected to the CATV device. The system also includes a reflection-less in-home network adapter (RNA) configured to be connected to and positioned between the input and the common node. The RNA allows the signals in the first bandwidth to pass from the input to the plurality of outputs and from the plurality of outputs to the input. The RNA prevents the signals in the second bandwidth from passing from the input to the plurality of outputs, from the plurality of outputs to the input, or both.
US11019294B2	Seamless readout mode transitions in image sensors An image sensor for an electronic device can adjust a scan rate of a reset pointer of a frame relative to a scan rate of a readout pointer of a previous frame. As a result, the image sensor can transition between various readout modes without interrupting image output from the image sensor.
US11019282B2	Shooting system and shooting method This shooting system includes a plurality of cameras capable of capturing a subject that moves on a course from different directions, and a controller that receives a setting made by the user regarding a switch order of the plurality of cameras that temporally share continuous shooting of the subject that moves on the course, and switches output videos of the plurality of cameras in accordance with the set switch order.
US11019281B2	Augmented reality telescope An augmented reality telescope comprises an optical image acquisition module, an electronic image acquisition module, an imaging module communicating optically to the optical image acquisition module and the electronic image acquisition module, and an image observation module open optically to the imaging module. The optical image acquisition module is arranged for the acquisition of object images by means of optical acquisition, and the electronic image acquisition module is arranged for the acquisition of object images in the form of electronic imaging. Since the imaging module is simultaneously open optically to the optical image acquisition module and the electronic image acquisition module, a mixed display of the optical image and the electronic image is realized.
US11019271B2	Image sensor, camera module and electronic device An image sensor for an electronic device is provided. The image sensor includes a pixel array and a control circuit. The pixel array includes a light sensing area and an imaging area. The control circuit is coupled to the light sensing area and configured to receive a first instruction to control the light sensing area to detect an illumination intensity, and to receive a second instruction to control the light sensing area and the imaging area to sense light together, so as to acquire an image. A camera module and an electronic device are also provided.
US11019269B2	Image capturing apparatus, method of controlling the same, and storage medium An image capturing apparatus comprises: a reception unit configured to receive information of a zoom position of the lens unit; a setting unit configured to set a predetermined range on the basis of information of a first zoom position; a control unit configured to, when the control unit detects that the zoom position of the lens unit has been changed from the first zoom position to a second zoom position, cause driving of the focus lens to stop, and, when the control unit detects that the zoom position of the lens unit has changed from the second zoom position to within the predetermined range on a telephoto side, resuming driving of the focus lens, wherein the predetermined range is set to include the first zoom position on the telephoto side from the second zoom position.
US11019266B1	Blunting optical suspension springs for particle reduction A suspension spring may suspend an optical component for a camera or other device that implements the optical component to focus light being captured by an image sensor. The suspension spring may move along with the optical component that it suspends as a result of manual or automated focus changes that change the position of the optical component along an optical axis. The suspension spring may make contact with surfaces of other components or materials in the cameras or other systems. Those surfaces of the suspension spring that can make contact may be blunted to prevent the generation of loose particles that can interfere with the image sensor.
US11019265B1	Optimized motion compensation via fast steering mirror and roll axis gimbal A system and method for motion compensation in translational and rotational image smear using a two-axis fast steering mirror and a single-axis gimbal which are controlled simultaneously. A pointing and control module calculates an objective function which can be optimized to find an optimized de-roll rate to compensate for camera boresight rotation in real-time.
US11019259B2	Real-time generation method for 360-degree VR panoramic graphic image and video A real-time generation method for a 360-degree VR panoramic graphic image is provided. The method includes: determining a current camera location and scenario information; rendering a three-dimensional graphic image in a scene photographed by the camera onto a space projection object in real time, and performing combined rendering and capturing and combination to form a fully surrounding panoramic CUBE texture map; in a viewing angle range of 360 degrees, performing spherical projection and second rendering on the texture of the panoramic CUBE texture map, and converting same into a rendered object to generate a panoramic scenario map; and outputting the generated panoramic scenario map via a video IO card to obtain a 360-degree VR panoramic graphic image with a key signal. In addition, also provided is a real-time generation method for a 360-degree VR panoramic graphic image video.
US11019255B2	Depth imaging system and method of rendering a processed image to include in-focus and out-of-focus regions of one or more objects based on user selection of an object A method of image processing includes obtaining depth information respectively corresponding to one or more objects in an image frame captured by an imaging system based on spatial configuration of the imaging system, calculating one or more rendering parameters associated with one of the one or more objects in the image frame based on at least the depth information of the one or more objects, and rendering the image frame using the one or more rendering parameters to obtain a processed image frame. The processed image frame includes an in-focus region and an out-of-focus region relative to the one of the one or more objects.
US11019253B1	Image capture device with an automatic image capture capability An image capture device may automatically capture images. An image sensor may generate visual content based on light that becomes incident thereon. A motion of interest within the visual content may be identified, and multiple images may be generated to include portions of the visual content that span a time duration of interest.
US11019250B2	Method for implementing animal nose pattern biometric identification system on mobile devices A method for implementing animal nose pattern biometric identification system on a mobile device using visual guides displayed on a screen to position a camera in relation to a nose. Suitable types and sizes of visual guides are selected for each animal nose and are superimposed on the perimeter of the nose or features of the nose that are displayed on the screen through the camera. The visual guides help define areas for autofocusing and real-time or post-acquisition image quality assessment, as well as the region of interest used for biometric matching.
US11019245B2	Bundle adjustment system Bundle adjustment systems and methods are disclosed for determining a solution for orientation information associated with a plurality of image frames captured by at least one rolling shutter camera in a rotating camera lens type imaging system having a camera lens that moves across track in an oscillating manner and captures image frames as the camera lens moves. The system may define a plurality of pose time domain polynomials for the rolling shutter camera, the pose time domain polynomials together defining pose information for the rolling shutter camera for scanlines of an image frame captured by the rolling shutter camera, and each pose time domain polynomial including a plurality of parameters to be adjusted in a bundle adjustment process and carry out a bundle adjustment process using the pose time domain polynomials to produce a bundle adjustment solution wherein the pose time domain polynomial parameters are adjusted to reduce error.
US11019242B2	Camera assembly and electronic device using the same, both having a decorative member mounted on a shell and comprising a decorative ring and a flange The disclosure discloses a camera assembly. The camera assembly includes a shell, a light incident opening defined in the shell, a first imaging module accommodated in the shell, a light-redirecting element, a receiving recess defined in the shell and adjacent to the light incident opening; and a decorative member. The light-redirecting element is accommodated in the shell and configured to redirect an incident light from the light incident opening to the first imaging module. The decorative member is mounted on the shell in such a manner that the light entrance incident opening is exposed from the decorative member and the decorative member is arranged around the light incident opening and partially received in the receiving recess. The disclosure also provides an electronic device.
US11019239B2	Electronic device having a vision system assembly held by a self-aligning bracket assembly An electronic device that includes a vision system carried by a bracket assembly is disclosed. The vision system may include a first camera module that captures an image of an object, a light emitting element that emits light rays toward the object, and a second camera module that receives light rays reflected from the object. The light rays may include infrared light rays. The bracket assembly is designed not only carry the aforementioned modules, but to also maintain a predetermined and fixed separation between the modules. The bracket assembly may form a rigid, multi-piece bracket assembly to prevent bending, thereby maintaining the predetermined separation. The electronic device may include a transparent cover designed to couple with a housing. The transparent cover includes an alignment module designed to engage a module and provide a moving force that aligns the bracket assembly and the modules to a desired location in the housing.
US11019235B2	Image processing control and color adjustment for reproducing originals with spot colors or decorative attributes using a color sample An image processing control apparatus includes a hardware processor. The hardware processor obtains: read image data obtained through reading a color sample and shown in a first color system; original image data corresponding to the color sample and shown in a second color system; and region-by-attribute information indicating a first region corresponding to spot-color printing and a second region corresponding to decoration printing, the first and second regions being in the original image data. The hardware processor determines a color conversion parameter for color conversion of the first region and a color conversion parameter for color conversion of a third region different from the first and second regions in the original image data by using the read image data. The hardware processor determines a color conversion parameter for color conversion of the second region according to predetermined values shown in the second color system.
US11019220B2	Metering and metering display on computer for wireless access point A process of operating a wireless device and a wireless device operative for obtaining at least one of data usage or an amount of data usage available by a wireless access point with a processor. The process and device further connecting to the wireless access point and transferring data to and from the wireless access point with a transceiver and displaying on a display the at least one of data usage or an amount of data usage available by the wireless access point.
US11019215B2	Method and apparatus for managing conference calls A system that incorporates teachings of the present disclosure may include, for example, a communication device having a controller to retrieve from an address book a communication identifier for each of a plurality of participants, determine from the address book a conferencing type for each of the plurality of participants, and initiate according to the conference type and the communication identifier of each participant a Voice over Internet Protocol conference call directed to communication devices of the plurality of participants. Other embodiments are disclosed.
US11019214B2	Techniques for pairing contacts and agents in a contact center system Techniques for pairing contacts and agents in a contact center system are disclosed. In one particular embodiment, the techniques may be realized as a method for pairing contacts and agents in a contact center system comprising: assigning, by at least one computer processor communicatively coupled to and configured to operate in the contact center system, a contact to an agent based on information associated with a prior interaction of the contact with the contact center system. The assigning of the contact to the agent may result in a less favorable outcome for the contact assigned to the agent and an increase in an overall performance of the contact center system.
US11019208B2	Detecting user hesistancy from text input Agents of a contact center may utilize a text channel (e.g., text chat, email, etc.) to communicate with a customer. A processor monitors the keystrokes entered by the agent. If the agent is found to have entered keystrokes beyond a previously determined threshold, and subsequently deleted the resulting test and replaced it with another test, a deficiency may be determined to be present. When a deficiency is present, the processor may initiate a remediation action.
US11019207B1	Systems and methods for smart dialogue communication Systems and methods for smart dialogue communication are provided. A method may include receiving, from a responder terminal device, a dialogue request configured to request a smart dialogue communication, wherein the dialogue request is associated with an incoming call request that is initiated by a requester via a requester terminal device and satisfies a smart dialogue condition determined by the responder terminal device; performing the smart dialogue communication with the requester terminal device associated with the requester; recording voice information associated with the smart dialogue communication; converting the voice information into the text information; and transmitting the text information to the responder terminal device.
US11019203B2	Silent caller ID verification using callback request Disclosed herein are embodiments of systems, methods, and products comprises an authentication server for caller ID verification. When a caller makes a phone call, the server receives the phone call and verifies whether the phone call is from a registered device associated with the phone number. The server queries the registered device to retrieve one or more current call states via an authentication function on the registered device. The server compares the states and/or state transitions to the observed states and/or state transitions of the phone call. If the registered device states and/or state transitions match the observed phone call states and/or state transitions, the server verifies that the phone call is from the registered device and not some imposter's device. If there is no such match, the server rejects the phone call before the call phone is connected or terminates the phone call after the phone call is connected.
US11019202B2	Method, device, system and network for routing communications The present invention relates to a method for routing communications in a telecommunications network comprising a first telephony user device and a server system. The method includes at the first telephony user device: receiving instructions to initiate communications with a contact associated with an address; initiating communications via a channel within the telecommunications network to a local address for the server system; and transmitting information associated with the contact address to the server system via the telecommunications network. A communications action is performed in relation to the contact at the server system. Other methods, devices, systems and networks for routing communications are disclosed.
US11019193B2	Device, method, and graphical user interface for establishing a relationship and connection between two devices A device receives an instruction to authorize a relationship corresponding to communication over a first data connection with a peripheral display unit, and receives authentication data from the peripheral display unit over another data connection. The device then establishes a connection with the peripheral display unit over the first data connection, including providing the authentication information to the peripheral display unit. The device monitors a battery charge level and battery-usage patterns and provides alerts in accordance therewith. The device displays a reconfiguration interface for configuring the user interfaces of one or more peripheral display units, and detects a request to configure an interface of a peripheral. In response to detecting the request, the device displays an updated representation of the peripheral interface, and afterwards transmits instructions to the peripheral to display the user interface in accordance with the request.
US11019187B2	Mobile terminal A mobile terminal including a window disposed on a front side of the mobile terminal; a display module disposed on a rear side of the window; a cover disposed on a rear side of the mobile terminal; a metallic frame disposed between the window and the cover, the metallic frame including a base portion and an edge portion connected with the base portion; a circuit board disposed in the mobile terminal and including one or more components corresponding to a wireless communication system; a plurality of antennas configured to receive radio signals and including a first radiator and a second radiator separated by a slit in a bottom edge portion of the metallic frame; and a thermal conductive member disposed between the circuit board and the base portion of the metallic frame, the thermal conductive member being configured to transmit heat from the one or more components to the metallic frame. Further, the thermal conductive member contacts a portion of the base portion of the metallic frame to transmit heat from the one or more components, and the circuit board is electrically connected to at least one of the first radiator or the second radiator.
US11019186B2	Apparatus for transmitting broadcast signal, apparatus for receiving broadcast signal, method for transmitting broadcast signal and method for receiving broadcast signal A method according to an embodiment includes encapsulating input packets into link layer packets, a link layer packet including a header and a payload, wherein the header includes first information and second information, the first information represents a packet type of data in the payload before encapsulation, the second information represents configuration of the payload, and either the second information, which represents the link layer packet carrying a single input packet, is followed by third information or the second information, which represents the link layer packet carrying more than one input packet or a segment of an input packet, is followed by fourth information; and transmitting the generated link layer packets through physical layer pipes (PLPs).
US11019177B2	Selecting assets In one embodiments, one or more computer systems receive, from a client device of a user, a request to access content. The computer systems access a plurality of assets representing the content. The computer devices calculate, for each asset, using a deep-learning model, a probability of an interaction by the user upon providing the asset to the user, wherein the deep-learning model is based at least in part on one or more features associated with the user, the asset, or the content. The computer devices selects one of the assets based on the probability. The computer devices send, to the client device, the selected asset.
US11019176B2	Information processing apparatus, information processing system, information processing method and recording medium An information processing apparatus communicably connected with an intermediary device capable of communicating with at least one device, the information processing apparatus including: circuitry configured to receive, from a terminal operated by a user, identification information that the terminal has acquired from the extraneous source; and transmit a request for execution of a process associated with the acquired identification information to the intermediary device, the request for execution causing the intermediary device to execute the process according to the request for execution to control the device.
US11019174B2	Adding conversation context from detected audio to contact records Provided are a computer program product, system, and method for adding conversation context from detected audio to contact records. An audio stream is received through a microphone of a personal computing device. Context analysis is performed of the audio stream to detect conversation context in the audio stream. A request is received to associate the conversation context with a selected contact person. A determination is made of conversation context detected from a segment of the audio stream received during a period of time from when the request was received. The conversation context determined for the period of time is included in a contact record for the selected contact person. The contact record is stored in a contact database including a plurality of contact records for a plurality of contact persons, wherein the contact records include conversation context and location information associated with the contact persons.
US11019172B2	Storing packet data in mirror buffer Some embodiments provide a method for a hardware forwarding element. Based on a set of characteristics of a packet, the method determines to copy a packet to a particular temporary storage of a set of temporary storages of the hardware forwarding element. Based on a property of the particular temporary storage, the method stores only a particular portion of the packet in the particular temporary storage. A same size portion of each packet copied to the particular temporary storage is stored in the particular temporary storage.
US11019153B2	Dynamically managing data sharing A computer-implemented method according to one embodiment includes receiving, at a server device, characteristics of a plurality of historical events from a plurality of client devices, receiving, at the server device, historical data sharing behavior associated with the plurality of historical events from the plurality of client devices, saving, by the server device, the characteristics of the plurality of historical events in association with the historical data sharing behavior, and automatically implementing, by the server device, one or more data sharing actions in response to an initialization of an event, utilizing the characteristics of the plurality of historical events and the historical data sharing behavior.
US11019145B2	Data synchronization method and synchronization service device Provided herein is a data synchronization method, to increase, without increasing cost of a data synchronization service, an amount of synchronization data stored on a server. The method includes: determining that there is target data that meets a specified condition in a first data set on a first server, where the first data set includes synchronization data of a terminal device; storing the target data into a second data set on a second server, and deleting the target data from the first data set. When a downlink data synchronization request sent by the terminal device is received, data in the first data set is used to synchronously update corresponding synchronization data on the terminal device, and data in the second data set is used to not synchronously update corresponding synchronization data on the terminal device.
US11019140B1	Systems and methods for peer-to-peer data exchange via multi-access edge computing A multi-access edge computing (MEC) node of a MEC network may receive, from a user device a first request to communicate via a peer-to-peer connection routed through a MEC network. The MEC node may identify one or more candidate devices that are available to communicate with the user device via the peer-to-peer connection. The MEC node may provide, to a particular candidate device of the one or more candidate devices, a second request to communicate via the peer-to-peer connection. The MEC node may receive, from the particular candidate device, an acceptance to communicate via the peer-to-peer connection. The MEC node may route data between the user device and the particular candidate device via the peer-to-peer connection.
US11019139B2	Ranked session affinity to improve load balancing efficiency for stateful requests Ranked session affinity to improve load balancing efficiency for stateful services is disclosed. A first application server node receives, from a load balancer node, an initial request for a stateful service originating from a client node. The first application server node establishes a session based on the initial request, the session including a session identifier that uniquely identifies the session. The first application server node determines a prioritization list that identifies a set of application server nodes selected from a plurality of application server nodes, the prioritization list identifying the first application server node as a primary application server node and one or more backup application server nodes. The first application server node generates a first response to the initial request, the first response including the prioritization list. The first application server node sends the first response to the load balancer node.
US11019138B2	Systems, apparatus and methods for cost and performance-based management of resources in a cloud environment Systems, methods and apparatus, including computer program products, are disclosed for regulating access of consumers (e.g., applications, containers, or VMs) to resources and services (e.g., storage). In one embodiment, this regulation occurs through the movement of consumers between different providers of a resource or service, such as a cloud service provider. Moving consumers includes, for example, determining the cost of moving the consumer from a first provider to a second provider. According to various embodiments, the cost of moving the consumer is compared to cost and performance criteria associated with moving the consumer from the first provider to the second provider. Cloud-based services may be priced as templates, reserved instances, or a combination.
US11019128B2	Identity service management in limited connectivity environments A technique for identity service management in a computing environment having a plurality of managed endpoints includes a mediator located within the computing environment and remote from an identity management service provider located external to the computing environment to enable management of the plurality of managed endpoints by the identity management service provider. The mediator includes a service manager configured to authenticate the mediator to the managed endpoints and configure the managed endpoints for pulling data from the managed endpoints. The mediator also includes a data exporter configured to export the data by the mediator to the identity management service provider in response to detecting a direct connection between the mediator and the identity management service provider.
US11019121B2	Contemporaneous media sharing and distribution Aspects include systems and methods to contemporaneously share and distribute media or content. Media sharing may have a plurality of configurations, comprising a plurality of computing devices, a media-sharing server, and a media server connected over a network. In an embodiment, a DJ may broadcast media or content received from a media server over a media-sharing server for a Listener to listen contemporaneously. A DJ may be made available to a Listener in a variety of ways, including permissions to connect to a specific user, proximity, or popularity. In an additional embodiment, contemporaneous may not necessarily mean simultaneous, but may instead be defined by listening to media or content in the same order and within a certain time period of the DJ. In a further example, the media-sharing server may act as a broker for a Listener to purchase or replay media or content from a third-party media seller.
US11019116B2	Conference system, conference server, and program based on voice data or illumination light A conference system includes: a computer processing unit (CPU) that: acquires, for each of information processing devices used by participants of a conference, information specific to a first area in which the conference is held; extracts features from the information specific to the first area; compares the features of each of the information processing devices with one another; groups the information processing devices with similar features together; assigns, for each group of the information processing devices, a work space that can be accessed by the information processing devices of each group; and notifies the information processing devices of each group of information related to the work space that allows the information processing devices of each group to access the work space assigned to each group. The information processing devices access the work space using the information related to the work space.
US11019114B2	Method and system for application security evaluation Systems and methods are provided for application security evaluation. Applications may be managed in a server, the managing may include obtaining one or more security parameters associated with an application executable on a mobile communication device; evaluating the one or more security parameters; and generating or updating, based on evaluating the one or more security parameters, a security profile for the application. The application may be selected based on application related data, which may include feedback data provided by mobile communication devices. The application may be operated within the server, to obtain at least one of the one or more security parameters. The application may be operated using a script. Identification information for the application may be generating based on the security profile, with the identification information including information relating to or enabling assessing security of the application.
US11019103B2	Managing security agents in a distributed environment The present disclosure relates generally to techniques for controlling access to resources accessible in a distributed environment. One of the techniques includes connecting a security agent to a policy server through a default port using a default protocol. The security agent is configured to intercept requests for access to a resource in a distributed environment, and work with the policy server to control access to the resource based on policies stored on the policy server. The technique further includes obtaining a configuration file from the policy server such that the security agent can initialize and determine the distributed environment in which the security agent resides, analyzing ports of communication within the distributed environment to identify a preferred port that is available for connection to the policy server, and connecting to the policy server through the preferred port to access the policies for controlling the access to the resource.
US11019099B2	Method of application malware detection based on dynamic API extraction, and readable medium and apparatus for performing the method Provided is a method of application malware detection based on dynamic Application Programming Interface (API) extraction, and a readable medium and an apparatus for performing the same. The method of application malware detection based on dynamic API extraction includes generating an API classifier which classifies an input API as malicious or benign using API used in a sample application classified as malicious application apps or benign application apps, and inputting a pre-stored target API into the API classifier to classify the target API as malicious or benign.
US11019081B1	System and method of detecting delivery of malware using cross-customer data According to one embodiment, an electronic device features processing circuitry and memory that includes a first logic and a second logic. When executed by the processing circuitry, the first logic organizes (i) a first plurality of indicators of compromise (IOCs) received from a first source, where the first plurality of IOCs being caused by a known origin of a malicious attack, and (ii) one or more IOCs received from a second source that is different from the first source and an origin of the one or more IOCs is unknown. The second logic conducts a predictive analysis that evaluates whether the one or more IOCs have at least a degree of correlation with the first plurality of IOCs, and determines a threat level. The threat level signifies a degree of confidence that IOCs received from the second source are caused by the known origin of the first plurality of IOCs.
US11019080B2	Digital safety and account discovery Methods, computer-readable media, software, and apparatuses may assist a consumer in keeping track of a consumer's accounts in order to prevent unauthorized access or use of the consumer's identified accounts. To discover the various accounts, the methods, computer-readable media, software, and apparatuses can monitor at least a consumer's email accounts, web browser history, and web cache. The discovered accounts may be displayed to the consumer along with recommendations and assistance for closing unused or unwanted accounts to prevent unauthorized access or use.
US11019078B2	Enhanced network throughput using network intrusion detection and prevention service (NIDPS) detection Aspects of the present invention provide an approach for performing network intrusion detection and prevention service (NIDPS) detection on a proxy server in a networked computing environment. In an embodiment, the proxy server has a front end proxy, a NIDPS component, and a back end proxy installed on it. The front end proxy decodes communications sent by external users to content servers over a network that are intercepted by the proxy server and forwards the communications to the NIDPS component. The NIDPS component performs NIDPS detection to detect whether communications comprise a network threat. Communications that have been verified as not comprising a network threat are forwarded to the back end proxy for routing to their destinations. Communications that have been verified as threats are forwarded to a cognitive engine, which initiates an automatic scaling of the NIDPS component in response to indications of network threats from the NIDPS component.
US11019063B2	System and method for aggregating client data and cyber data for authentication determinations The invention relates to a method and system that aggregates client data and cyber indicators to authenticate a client. The system comprises: a computer server comprising at least one computer processor and coupled to the memory, programmed to: receive, via an electronic input, an authorization request from a requester for access to an account; identify a client identifier associated with the authorization request; using the client identifier, retrieve, from the memory, a client profile, wherein the client profile is based on an aggregation of client data, client device data, claims data and cyber data; generate a risk score based on the aggregated combination of the client data, client device data, claims data and cyber data to determine whether the requester is authenticated to access the account; and automatically apply an authentication determination to the authorization request.
US11019061B2	Protecting supervisor mode information Embodiments of an invention for protecting supervisor mode information are disclosed. In one embodiment, an apparatus includes a storage location, instruction hardware, execution hardware, and control logic. The storage location is to store an indicator to enable supervisor mode information protection. The instruction hardware is to receive an instruction to access supervisor mode information. The execution hardware is to execute the instruction. The control logic is to prevent execution of the instruction if supervisor mode information protection is enabled and a current privilege level is less privileged than a supervisor mode.
US11019060B2	Methods and systems for providing a customized network In some embodiments, a system is a reverse-proxying HTTP cache server that handles user session management and dynamically forwards requests to origin/backend servers based on the content being requested. It caches data from origin servers in order to reduce the stress placed on each origin server. It uses encrypted authorization tokens to handle session management and is able to modify origin data on-the-fly in order to inject per-client authorization information into the data stream. It can enforce maximum concurrent session limits, user bans, limit exemptions and time-limited live content previews.
US11019057B2	Systems and methods for endpoint management A system and method for mitigating security vulnerabilities of a computer network by detecting a management status of an endpoint computing device attempting to authenticate to one or more computing resources accessible via the computer network includes: detecting an authentication attempt by the endpoint computing device to the computer network; during the authentication attempt, collecting management status indicia from the endpoint computing device, wherein the management status indicia comprise data used to determine a management status of the endpoint computing device; using the management status indicia to identify the management status of the endpoint computing device and identifying the management status of the endpoint computing device; and controlling access to the computer network based on (a) whether the authentication attempt by the endpoint computing device is successful and (b) the identified management status of the endpoint computing device.
US11019054B2	Method, first device, second device and server for proving user information with authentication data issued by the server and verified on-line A method and system for providing proof of personal information includes a first device sending a request to a server for proving user information and data identifying a requester. The server generates (i) requester authentication data and associated data identifying a transaction, and (ii) a proof of user information using the user information and the requester authentication data. The server then sends the proof of user information and the associated data identifying the transaction to the first device. A second device sends to the server a request for getting authentication data associated with data identifying a transaction and the associated data identifying the transaction. In response to the request, the server sends authentication data associated with the data identifying the transaction to the second device. The second device or a verifier may then authenticate the user information only if the received authentication data matches the requester authentication data.
US11019052B2	Vehicle integration platform (VIP) security integration Systems and methods are directed to improvements for secure communications between client systems and a vehicle integration platform associated with a service provider entity. In one example, a communication infrastructure is provided which includes a vehicle integration platform that includes a plurality of application programming interfaces configured to facilitate communication among clients. The communication infrastructure includes a security integration system which is configured to receive and validate a client certificate forwarded to the vehicle integration platform from a client and determine an identity of the client and an origin of a request associated with the client certificate. The security integration system is configured to generate a certificate signing request associated with the client certificate based in part on the identity of the client and obtain an operational certificate for the client based in part on the certificate signing request to establish ability for client authentication within the vehicle integration platform.
US11019050B2	Authentication method and device, and blockchain-based authentication data processing method and device An authentication method, includes: receiving an authentication request from a user, the authentication request including an identity identifier of the user; acquiring authentication data associated with the identity identifier from a blockchain network, a blockchain node of the blockchain network storing a mapping relationship between identity identifiers and authentication data; and performing identity authentication for the user according to the authentication data.
US11019047B2	Credential loss prevention Disclosed are methods and systems for credential protection. In one aspect, a method includes receiving an authentication credential and an authentication domain. A determination is made as to whether the authentication domain is permitted or unpermitted for authentication by the credential. If the domain is unpermitted, a data store is searched to identify a permitted domain for the credential. The credential is compared against credentials information associated with the domain to determine if it matches any of the associated credentials. If a match is found, an event is instantiated for the account.
US11019041B2	Network monitoring apparatus, and remote encryption and remote activation method, device and system thereof A network monitoring apparatus, and a remote encryption and remote activation method, device and system thereof are provided. The method includes the following steps: receiving an encrypted activation password sent by a client terminal; decrypting the encrypted activation password to obtain an original activation password; determining whether the original activation password meets a predetermined password strength requirement; when the original activation password meets the predetermined password strength requirement, activating the network monitoring apparatus and setting the original activation password as an administrator password; and returning information indicating that the network monitoring apparatus is successfully activated to the client terminal. A network monitoring apparatus, an encryption method of a network monitoring apparatus based on a client terminal, a client terminal, and a remote activation system based on a network monitoring apparatus are also provided.
US11019028B2	Use of DHCP to automatically assign nicknames in a SPBM network Systems, methods, and apparatuses are disclosed herein for automatically assigning nicknames in a SPBM network. In some aspects, a first switch of a plurality of switches in the SPBM network is detected as being designated as responsible for assigning nicknames to the plurality of switches. Control circuitry responsively instantiates, at the nick name server, a DHCP service. The control circuitry detects, at the nickname server, a respective other switch of the plurality of switches in the SPBM network, and responsively assigns, using the DHCP service, a respective IP address for the respective other switch. A host portion of the respective IP address is assigned as the nickname for the respective other switch.
US11019018B2	Artificial intelligent systems and methods for presenting a prompting message on a mobile device Systems and methods for presenting a prompting message on a user interface of an online to offline service application in a user terminal are provided. A method includes: obtaining, from a user terminal, a service request for a first service type, wherein the service request includes a location of the user terminal; determining a first supply-demand ratio of the first service type based on the location of the user terminal; determining whether the first supply-demand ratio is greater than a first ratio threshold; and in response to determining that the first supply-demand ratio is not greater than the first ratio threshold, sending, to the user terminal, a first bubble prompting message presented on a user interface of the user terminal, wherein the first bubble prompting message includes a second service type and a response time of the second service type.
US11019002B2	Secure electronic messaging with dynamic content A computing device is described that receives an electronic message encoded with first rendering instructions and second rendering instructions. The first rendering instructions are accelerated mobile pages instructions and the second rendering instructions are at least one of plain text or hypertext markup language instructions. The computing device generates a rendering of the electronic message by at least: rendering the second rendering instructions, while refraining from rendering the first rendering instructions, in response to determining that the first rendering instructions are not valid accelerated mobile pages instructions. The computing device outputs, using a display, the rendering of the electronic message.
US11019001B1	Selective presentation of group messages Systems and methods for soft deletion of a group chat conversation are provided. In example embodiments, a listing of suggested chat conversations are displayed in response to receiving a chat message initiation input. The listing of suggested chat conversations includes a first group chat conversation in which the user is a participant. Subsequently, it is determined that the first group chat has remained inactive for a threshold period of time, and in response a soft deletion of the first group chat is executed. The soft deletion comprises removing the first group chat from the listing of suggested chat conversations, however the first group chat remains accessible to the user in a chat feed of the user.
US11018998B1	Systems and methods for chat sessions involving multiple chatbots Generally, this disclosure enables a chatbot to host a chat session with a user. In some implementations, when the chatbot is not able to or does not know an answer to a query from the user, then the chatbot can import another chatbot into the chat session such that the user is aware of such importation and such that the other chatbot can output the answer to the query into the chat session. In other implementations, when the chatbot is not able to or does not know the answer to the query from the user, then the chatbot can query another chatbot, in background, without notifying the user, and when the response is received from the other chatbot, the chatbot can output that response to the user seamlessly such that the user is not aware of such querying.
US11018988B2	Translating high level requirements policies to distributed configurations Embodiments of the disclosure provide techniques for partitioning a resource object into multiple resource components of a cluster of host computer nodes in a distributed resources system. The distributed resources system translates high-level policy requirements into a resource configuration that the system accommodates. The system determines an allocation based on the policy requirements and identifies resource configurations that are available. Upon selecting a resource configuration, the distributed resources system assigns the allocation and associated values to the selected configuration and publishes the new configuration to other host computer nodes in the cluster.
US11018978B1	Configurable hash-based lookup in network devices In a network device, a hash-based lookup system includes a hash generator configured to apply respective hash functions to a lookup key to generate respective hash values. Each hash function corresponds to a respective logical hash bank in a hash table. A number of hash values generated by the hash generator corresponds to the number of logical hash banks in the hash table, and the number of hash values generated by the hash generator is configurable. The hash-based lookup system also includes an address generator that is configured to generate respective addresses to a memory that stores the hash table, the respective addresses within respective address spaces of respective logical hash banks of the hash table. The address generator uses i) a parameter N that specifies the number of logical hash banks in the hash table, and ii) N hash values generated by the hash generator, to generate the respective addresses.
US11018973B2	Distributed sonic fabric chassis SONiC (Software for Open Networking in the Cloud) is instantiated in a chassis-based networking switch device to enable control plane functionality for the line cards and backplane. The SONiC platform may be configured with a routing table and BGP (border gateway protocol) to provide routing capabilities for the application-specific integrated circuits (ASICs) operating on each respective line card. Ethernet ports are utilized within the chassis to enable the utilization of standardized networking protocols, such as protocols on the data link layer (layer 2) within the OSI (Open Systems Interconnection) model. The implementation of SONiC and standardized networking techniques creates a simplified and more proficient routing system in the chassis framework.
US11018954B1	Queue prioritization system for managing language interpretation services A process generates, at a language interpretation platform, a graphical user interface that manages a connection time between a user-operated device and a language interpreter-operated device. Further, the process receives, from the graphical user interface of the user-operated device, a request for a live language interpretation session. The process determines, from the graphical user interface of the user-operated device, an activation of a queue prioritization status. The activation is selected from the group consisting of: an automatic account activation, a user-inputted activation via a virtual indicium in the graphical user interface, and an environmental activation. Finally, the process assigns, to the graphical user interface of the user-operated device, the prioritization status to the user-operated device to prioritize the connection time in a queue of waiting devices.
US11018951B2	Method and system for implementing intelligent network services automation Novel tools and techniques are provided for provisioning network services, and, more particularly, to methods, systems, and apparatuses for implementing intelligent network services automation. In various embodiments, a computing system might receive one or more network performance metrics of one or more networks, might receive network usage data associated with the one or more networks, and might analyze, using one or more machine learning techniques, the received one or more network performance metrics and the received network usage data to determine whether the one or more networks can be improved in terms of network efficiency or network operations. Based on a determination that the one or more networks can be improved, the computing system might dynamically reconfigure at least one of one or more network connections within the one or more networks or one or more network resources within the one or more networks.
US11018950B2	Dynamic optimization of simulation resources The present invention dynamically optimizes computing resources allocated to a simulation task while it is running. It satisfies application-imposed constraints and enables the simulation application performing the simulation task to resolve inter-instance (including inter-server) dependencies inherent in executing the simulation task in a parallel processing or other HPC environment. An intermediary server platform, between the user of the simulation task and the hardware providers on which the simulation task is executed, includes a cluster service that provisions computing resources on hardware provider platforms, an application service that configures the simulation application in accordance with application-imposed constraints, an application monitoring service that monitors execution of the simulation task for computing resource change indicators (including computing resource utilization and application-specific information extracted from output files generated by the simulation application) as well as restart files, and a computing resource evaluation engine that determines when a change in computing resources is warranted.
US11018936B2	Methods and systems for configuring system The present invention discloses methods and systems for configuring a second system. The system of the present invention determines at least one configuration and the identity information of the second system. The at least one configuration is then sent to the second system. The second system is configured with the at least one configuration. The at least one configuration can be sent through an SMS message, a USB modem plugged in the second system, or NFC. Additionally, the at least one configuration may comprise an APN. The at least one configuration may also be used to configure the second system to establish one or more VPN connections.
US11018935B1	Network traffic quality-based dynamic path change Network apparatus includes a plurality of ports for connection to respective links in a packet communication network, the ports having respective port costs assigned thereto. One or more packet processors are configured to transfer data packets between the ports. A controller is configured to select, using a spanning tree protocol responsively to the port costs, one of the ports as a root port, thereby defining a forwarding topology, to receive data with respect to a quality of packet transmission through the ports over the respective links according to the defined topology, and responsively to a change in the packet transmission quality indicated by the received data, to modify a cost of at least one of the ports so as to cause a modification of the forwarding topology by the spanning tree protocol.
US11018932B2	Mixed mode management The present disclosure is related to mixed mode management. A machine-readable medium may store instructions executable by a processing resource to determine that a first management node is operating according to a different configuration profile than a second management node and, responsive to the determination, transfer a mixed mode management plug-in from the first management node. The machine-readable medium may further store instructions executable by the processing resource to execute the mixed mode management plug-in on the second management node.
US11018925B1	Method and apparatus for use in polar transmitter to perform nonlinear distortion estimation and compensation An apparatus for use in a polar transmitter to perform distortion estimation and compensation is provided. The apparatus includes a mixing unit, a signal processing unit, an estimation unit and a compensation unit. The mixing unit is configured to mix a test output signal and a frequency down-converting signal to generate a mixed signal. The processing unit is configured to perform signal processing on the mixed signal to generate a processed signal. The estimation unit is configured to perform distortion estimation on the processed signal to generate a distortion estimation result. The compensation unit is configured to perform pre-distortion compensation on input signals of the polar transmitter according to the distortion estimation result.
US11018919B2	Synchronization signal transmission method and apparatus for device-to-device terminal in wireless communication system A terminal apparatus for a device-to-device (D2D) terminal in a wireless communication system, according to an embodiment of the present invention, comprises a transmission device and a reception device; and a processor, wherein the processor generates and transmits a primary sidelink synchronization signal (PSSS) and a secondary sidelink synchronization signal (SSSS), wherein, if a PSBCH is transmitted in a subframe in which the PSSS and the SSSS are being transmitted and is normal CP, the PSSS and a PSBCH on power is the average power of a period, in the subframe in which the PSSS and the SSSS are being transmitted, not including a transient period, wherein the transient period of a starting part of the period for the PSSS and PSBCH ON power is not overlapped with an OFDM symbol on which the PSSS is transmitted.
US11018918B1	Peak-to-average-power reduction for OFDM multiple access An Orthogonal Frequency Division Multiplexing (OFDM) transmitter generates OFDM multiple-access signals with low Peak-to-Average-Power Ratio (PAPR). A code-division multiplexer arranges original data symbols from different data streams inside each length-N symbol block, which is spread by a Discrete Fourier Transform (DFT) spreader. The arrangement of the original data symbols configures the DFT spreader to spread each original data symbol into a predetermined spread-DFT code division multiple access channel. The resulting DFT-spread data symbols are mapped to OFDM subcarriers, and an inverse discrete Fourier transform (IDFT) operates on the DFT-spread data symbols to generate an OFDM transmission signal having low PAPR.
US11018914B2	Transmitter, method, device, receiver and computer product for the wireless transmission of additional information signals Provided is a transmitter for the wireless transmission of an additional information signal, which is configured to transmit the additional information signal in response to a control signal that corresponds to a transmission time within a guard interval of a wirelessly transmitted primary information signal originating from another transmitter, the transmitter being adapted to wirelessly transmit the additional information signal at the transmission time within the guard interval of the primary information signal. Furthermore, methods for transmitting and receiving and a corresponding receiver and computer program product are the subject of the present disclosure.
US11018913B2	Multichannel-based signal transmission method and apparatus This application provides a multichannel-based signal transmission method and apparatus. The method includes: combining N groups of lower-order modulation symbols into N groups of higher-order modulation symbols, where an ith higher-order modulation symbol in each group of higher-order modulation symbols is obtained by combining ith lower-order modulation symbols in all the N groups of lower-order modulation symbols, each group of lower-order modulation symbols includes M lower-order modulation symbols, i=1, 2, . . . , M, N is a positive integer greater than 1, and M is a positive integer greater than 1; determining N to-be-sent signals based on the N groups of higher-order modulation symbols; and sending a kth to-be-sent signal in the N to-be-sent signals by using a kth channel in N channels, where k=1, 2, . . . , N.
US11018911B2	Apparatus for measuring a physical parameter and method of operating such apparatus An apparatus includes a series connection of at least a first impedance and a second impedance, the first impedance having a first terminal and a second terminal and the second impedance having a first terminal and a second terminal. The second terminal of the first impedance is connected to the first terminal of the second impedance forming a first node. The apparatus further includes a signal generator to apply a first amplitude modulated signal to the first terminal of the first impedance and a second amplitude modulated signal to the second terminal of the second impedance; and further includes an evaluation device configured to receive a first measurement signal from the first node and to determine information on the at least one physical parameter depending on the first measurement signal.
US11018905B2	Channel estimation for wireless communication Signal cancellation is implemented by way of a non-linear filter model feeding to an FIR channel. Parameters defining each element are iteratively established, first by initially estimating the FIR channel then jointly estimating the two elements.
US11018903B2	Channel estimation using a plurality of beamformed reference signals Systems and methods are provided for a network to indicate beamforming information to user equipment (UE) for identification and measurement of reference signals. For example, a network may indicate whether all the reference signals are beamformed or not, or which reference signals are using the same transmission beamforming on the time domain, the frequency domain, or both time and frequency domains. In other embodiments, a network may indicate combining or averaging information to a UE.
US11018894B2	Apparatuses and methods for transmitting a communication signal and electric power between two user stations of a bus system A method of transmitting a communication signal and electric power between two user stations of a bus system includes coupling the communication signal into a bus line via a low-pass filter that filters the communication signal, such that signal frequencies below a cut-off frequency of the low-pass filter are coupled into the bus line of the bus system. The method also includes coupling, using a power coupling device, electric power in the form of a high-frequency signal into the bus line, transmitting the communication signal and the electric power as a bus signal to an electrical load using the bus line, and decoupling the communication signal from the bus line via a low-pass filter that filters the bus signal, such that signal frequencies below the cut-off frequency of the low-pass filter are decoupled from the bus line of the bus system.
US11018892B2	Broadband remote access server (BRAS) system-based packet encapsulation A BRAS system-based packet encapsulation method includes: obtaining user access information when receiving a user access protocol packet, performing VXLAN GPE encapsulation on the user access protocol packet based on the user access information, the encapsulation structure includes a user information header that is used to store the user access information, a quantity of bytes occupied by the user information header is less than or equal to 12. In this application, the foregoing encapsulation structure is used to encapsulate a packet.
US11018887B2	Adjusting ambience of a room An ambience adjustment method, system, and non-transitory computer readable medium, includes identifying an ambient condition in a user profile for a most similar first device to a second device and setting the ambient condition of the most similar first device as the ambient condition in the user profile of the second device.
US11018884B2	Interactive timeline that displays representations of notable events based on a filter or a search Described herein is a system that enables a user to filter notable events, representations for which are presented on an interactive timeline associated with a teleconference session or a collaboration environment. The filtering can be implemented based on a type of a notable event and/or based on a specific notable event. The system is also configured to enable a user to search for instances of a type of event and instances of a specific notable event. The system is configured to provide results to the search request that list the teleconference sessions that include the located instances. The user can then select a teleconference session from the results to view an interactive timeline that includes representations of the located instances. Consequently, the system provides a tool that enables a user to efficiently and effectively locate events on an interactive timeline that are desirable (e.g., activity the user wants to view).
US11018883B2	Communication system with communication mechanism and method of operation thereof A communication system includes: a control unit configured to: connect a system user with channel participant in an anonymous voice chat session; determine a participant distance for the channel participant relative to the system user; adjust a volume level for a verbal communication of the channel participant based on the participant distance; and a communication unit, coupled to the control unit, to transmit the verbal communication.
US11018881B2	Device security with physically unclonable functions A device may include one or more sources such as circuit elements and electrical components that function as sources for physically unclonable function (PUF) data. PUF data may be acquired from the PUF sources and one or more error correction codes may be applied to the PUF data. The resulting PUF values may be used to generate information that may be used for device security operations such as encryption and tamper detection.
US11018879B2	Method and system for authentication with side-channel attack protection using pre-calculated ciphers Embodiments of an authentication system and a method for authentication using ciphers are described. In the system and method, cryptographic calculations of an encryption algorithm are executed at a base station, in a determined secure environment, to produce a pre-calculated cipher for a subsequent authentication process. The pre-calculated cipher is then used to transmit an authentication request message from the base station and validation of an authentication response message for the subsequent authentication.
US11018877B2	Cryptographic methods and systems for managing digital certificates Pseudonym digital certificates (160p) are generated for devices (110/150) by a Pseudonym Certificate Authority (PCA), which communicates with devices via another entity—registration authority (RA)—so that the PCA and RA cannot associate certificates with devices. Each certificate is associated with a public signature key, and with a public encryption key used by PCA to encrypt the certificate to hide it from the RA. Both keys are derived by PCA from a single key. For example, the signature key can be derived from the public encryption key rather than generated independently. However, high security is obtained even when the PCA does not sign the encrypted certificate. Reduced bandwidth and computational costs are obtained as a result. Other embodiments are also provided.
US11018873B1	Collision resistant digital signatures The present specification discloses a computer tangible medium storing instructions for a collision resistant process for signing a digital message with a digital signature using different hash digests derived from the same message data with the same hashing algorithm by hashing the message data in different ways. The collision resistant process protects networks from hacking attacks based different files having the same hash digest, commonly referred to as birthday attacks.
US11018872B2	Validating and securing caller identification to prevent identity spoofing A device receives call information associated with a call from a first user device to a second user device, where the first user device is associated with a first network, and the second user device is associated with a second network separate from the first network. The call information includes a caller identification and is received via an originating network device of the first network. The device determines whether the caller identification is verified, and adds authentication information to the call information when the caller identification is verified. The device receives the call information and the authentication information from a terminating network device of the first network, and removes the authentication information from the call information. The device adds a cryptographic signature to the call information, and causes the call information and the cryptographic signature to be provided to the second network for routing to the second user device.
US11018871B2	Key protection for computing platform A security accelerator device stores a first credential that is uniquely associated with the individual security accelerator device and represents a root of trust to a trusted entity. The device establishes a cryptographic trust relationship with a client entity that is based on the root of trust, the cryptographic trust relationship being represented by a second credential. The device receives and store a secret credential of the client entity, which is received via communication secured by the second credential. Further, the device executes a cryptographic computation using the secret client credential on behalf of the client entity to produce a computation result.
US11018834B2	Opportunistic retransmission scheme based on dynamic reassignment of downlink resources In an embodiment, a BS transmits, on a set of resources, a first communication to each of a plurality of UEs. The BS receives ACKs to the transmitted first communications from a first subset of UEs, and determines that a second subset of UEs fails to ACK the transmitted first communication (e.g., via implicit or explicit NACKs). The BS configures a group scheduling message that indicates an allocation of the set of resources to the second subset of UEs (e.g., a different subset of the set of resources being allocated to each UE in the second subset of UEs) based on a predetermined resource reallocation scheme. The BS transmits the group scheduling message to the second subset of UEs, and transmits, on the set of resources, a second communication to each UE in the second subset of UEs in accordance with the indicated allocation from the group scheduling message.
US11018830B2	Reference signal transmission method and apparatus This application proposes a reference signal transmission method and a device. The method includes: converting, by a sending device, a frequency domain reference signal from frequency domain to time domain, to generate a time domain reference signal, where the frequency domain reference signal includes a reference signal sequence mapped to a frequency domain resource group, the reference signal sequence is related to a Zadoff-Chu sequence and a length of the reference signal sequence, and a length value of the Zadoff-Chu sequence is greater than a quantity of minimum time-frequency resource units included in a maximum frequency domain resource that can be allocated; and sending, by the sending device, the time domain reference signal. According to the reference signal transmission method in this application, a performance requirement on a PAPR/RCM of a reference signal can be met, a quantity of blind reference signal detection times can be reduced, and system performance can be improved.
US11018829B2	System and method for determining a pilot signal A method of configuring a pilot signal includes defining a first pilot signal arrangement and defining a second pilot signal arrangement. Also, the method includes determining, by a communications controller, a first determined pilot signal arrangement in accordance with the first defined pilot signal arrangement, the second defined pilot signal arrangement, and a set of characteristics and transmitting, by the communications controller, the pilot signal having the first determined pilot signal arrangement.
US11018817B2	Bearer control A method of conducting bearer reconfiguration in a cellular communications network, the method comprising the steps of at a network component, initiating reconfiguration of a bearer between a base station and a mobile device; transmitting a signal from the network component to the mobile device; wherein the signal includes information defining the reconfiguration and also defining additional instructions in conjunction with that reconfiguration.
US11018814B2	Inserting virtual carrier in conventional OFDM host carrier in communications system A mobile telecommunications system including mobile terminals of first type and second type configured to transmit uplink data to a network over a radio interface using plural sub-carriers. The mobile terminals of first type configured to transmit uplink data on a first group of the sub-carriers over a first bandwidth and the mobile terminals of second type configured to transmit uplink data on a second group of the sub-carriers within the first group of sub-carrier over a second bandwidth smaller than the first bandwidth. The mobile terminals of first type transmit random access request messages to a base station of the network requesting uplink radio resources on a first random access channel. The mobile terminals of second type transmit random access request messages to the base station of the network requesting uplink radio resources on a second random access channel on sub-carriers within the second sub-carrier group.
US11018811B2	Method and user equipment (UE) for managing HARQ procedure for multiple numerologies Embodiments herein provide a method for managing HARQ procedure for multiple numerologies multiplexing in a wireless communication network. The method includes transmitting, by a User Equipment (UE), capability parameters of the UE to a Base Station (BS). Further, the method includes receiving, by the UE, a plurality of HARQ configuration parameters corresponding to the capability parameters of the UE from the BS, and perfuming, by the UE, one of an individual HARQ process and a shared HARQ process based on the plurality of HARQ configuration parameters received from the BS.
US11018806B2	Data mapping method and apparatus in wireless communication system A method, performed by a base station, of transmitting and receiving data in a wireless communication system, and an apparatus therefor are provided. The method includes determining whether a code block (CB), one of a plurality of CBs included in a transport block (TB), is scheduled for a transmission based on code block group transmission information (CBGTI), in response to the CB being scheduled for the transmission, determining a length of a sequence for the CB based on a number of CBs of the TB or a number of scheduled CBs of the TB, generating the sequence for the CB according to the determined length of the sequence, and transmitting a signal including the generated sequence.
US11018804B2	Bit allocations for encoding and decoding Methods, systems, and devices for encoding and decoding are described. To encode a vector, an encoder allocates information bits of the vector to channel instances of a channel that are separated into groups. The groups may vary in size and allocation of the information bits is based on a base sequence of a given length. During decoding, a decoder assigns different bit types to channels instances by dividing a codeword into a plurality of groups and assigning bit types to channel instances of the plurality of groups using the base sequence.
US11018801B2	Method for performing bit level management in a wireless local area network system, and associated transmitter and receiver A method for performing bit level management in a wireless local area network (WLAN) system, transmitter and receiver are provided. The method includes: calculating respective bit counts of one or more padding fields located in one or more locations within a packet in a transmitter within the WLAN system, respectively; and according to the respective bit counts of the one or more padding field, filling one or more sets of valid data corresponding to at least one predetermined bit count into the one or more padding fields, to replace one or more sets of redundant data. In addition, when a receiver within the WLAN system receives the packet that has the one or more sets of valid data, the WLAN system utilizes the one or more sets of valid data to enhance overall performance of the WLAN system.
US11018799B1	Adapting the performance of the decision feedback demodulator based on quantified impairments Disclosed are techniques for wireless communication. In an aspect, a receiver wireless device receives, from a transmitter wireless device, a wireless signal comprising a plurality of modulated symbols forming at least one packet, determines a quantification of impairments associated with the plurality of modulated symbols of the wireless signal, the impairments caused by the receiver wireless device, the transmitter wireless device, or both, determines a remembrance factor based on the quantification of the impairments, and demodulates the plurality of modulated symbols of the wireless signal based on a number of previously demodulated symbols, wherein the number of previously demodulated symbols is based on the remembrance factor.
US11018796B2	Method and system for eliminating polarization dependence for 45 degree incidence MUX/DEMUX designs Methods and systems for eliminating polarization dependence for 45 degree incidence MUX/DEMUX designs may include an optical transceiver, where the optical transceiver comprises an input optical fiber, a beam splitter, and a plurality of thin film filters arranged above corresponding grating couplers in a photonics die. The transceiver may receive an input optical signal comprising different wavelength signals via the input optical fiber, split the input optical signal into signals of first and polarizations using the beam splitter by separating the signals of the second polarization laterally from the signals of the first polarization, communicate the signals of the first polarization and the second polarization to the plurality of thin film filters, and reflect signals of each of the plurality of different wavelength signals to corresponding grating couplers in the photonics die using the thin film filters.
US11018789B2	End-to-end transparent clocks and methods of estimating skew in end-to-end transparent clocks This invention relates to end-to-end transparent clocks and methods of estimating skew in end-to-end transparent clocks. Embodiments of the invention relate to techniques for estimating clock skew between a free-running clock in a transparent clock and a master clock, in particular by using the timing information embedded in timing messages passing through the transparent clock. Further embodiments of the invention set out uses of these estimates to modify the residence times computed by the transparent clock and a synchronization network including such transparent clocks.
US11018788B2	Robust high speed sensor interface for remote sensors Systems, methods, and apparatuses are discussed that enable robust, high-speed communication of sensor data. One example system includes a sensor bus, an electronic control unit (ECU), and one or more sensors. The ECU is coupleable to the sensor bus and configured to generate a synchronization signal, and is configured to output the synchronization signal to the sensor bus. The one or more sensors are also coupleable to the sensor bus, and at least one sensor of the one or more sensors is configured to sample sensor data in response to the synchronization signal and to output the sampled sensor data to the sensor bus.
US11018782B2	Method of determining sign of a calibration compensation A method (20) of determining sign of a calibration compensation for use in an antenna system (10) is provided, the antenna system (10) comprising individually calibrated subarrays (2a, 2b). The method (20) comprises selecting (21) a set of antenna elements comprising two neighboring antenna elements of the first subarray (2a) and two neighboring antenna elements of the second subarray (2b); measuring (22): in a selected antenna element of the first subarray (2a) a first received signal Y31 as transmitted from the other selected antenna element of the first subarray (2a) and a second received signal Y34 as transmitted from the neighboring antenna element of the second subarray (2b), and in a selected antenna element of the second subarray (2b) a third received signal Y21 as transmitted from the other selected antenna element of the second subarray (2b) and a fourth received signal Y24 as transmitted from the neighboring antenna element of the first subarray (2a); calculating (23) for the first calibrated subarray (2a) a downlink compensation value Δta and an uplink compensation value Ara based on measurement values obtained from the measuring (22), each compensation value Ata, Ara having a positive and a negative solution; determining (24) a first compensation value estimate, kt, for downlink compensation and a second compensation value estimate, kr, for uplink compensation; and determining (25) the sign of the downlink compensation value Ata and the uplink compensation value Ara based on distance between the first compensation value estimate kt and the downlink compensation value, Ata, and the distance between the second compensation value estimate, kr, and the uplink compensation value Ara.
US11018781B2	Base station efficiency control based on load counters It is provided a method, comprising determining, for plural data pairs each comprising a respective one of a downlink traffic volume of a cell and a downlink traffic bitrate of the cell and a related downlink utilization of the cell, a correlation between the one of the downlink traffic volumes and the downlink traffic bitrates and the downlink utilizations; checking if the correlation is smaller than a predetermined correlation threshold; deciding that the cell is a problematic cell if the correlation is smaller than the correlation threshold.
US11018777B2	Digital resampling method and apparatus A method for digital resampling in a digital communications receiver is described. The method comprises selecting whole samples of a received input signal in the time domain and implementing sub-sample digital interpolation in the frequency domain. This amounts to performing the time shift of the interpolation process in the frequency domain. The method may be performed in conjunction with the operation of a polarisation recovery filter. A digital communications receiver is also provided the receiver being arranged to perform frequency domain sub-sample interpolation on an input data signal.
US11018768B2	Transmission systems with controlled bit probabilities A binary encoder includes an input configured to receive a binary signal, an encoding processor configured to compute a plurality of different variations of the binary signal, combine each of the different variations with a different redundancy sequence to create a plurality of optional output binary sequences, and select one of the optional output binary sequences according to a binary digit prevalence, and an output configured to output the selected binary sequence. A decoder configured to identify a redundancy sequence of a received binary signal to select a transformation function according to the redundancy sequence and to convert the binary signal according to the transformation function.
US11018767B2	Digital nonlinear phase compensator for legacy submarine cables A method and system are herein disclosed. A coherent optical receiver receives a first optical data carrier signal at a first instant of time and a second optical data carrier signal at a second instant of time, generates at least four first data streams from the first optical data carrier signal and at least four second data streams from the second optical data carrier signal; and circuitry calculates a first aggregate power of the first data streams and a second aggregate power of the second data streams; applies an adjustable temporal low pass filter to the first aggregate power and the second aggregate power resulting in a compensation power, the adjustable temporal low pass filter adjusted to achieve a performance metric; and phase-rotates the first data streams and the second data streams proportional to the compensation power.
US11018765B1	Method of optical aperture integration for producing symmetric irradiance pattern Aspects of the disclosure provide an optical communication system. The system may include a receiver lens system configured to receive a light beam from a remote optical communication system and direct the light beam to a photodetector. The system may also include the photodetector. The photodetector may be configured to convert the received light beam into an electrical signal, and the photodetector may be positioned at a focal plane of the receiver lens system. The system may also include a phase-aberrating element arranged with respect to the receiver lens system and the photodetector such that the phase-aberrating element is configured to provide uniform angular irradiance at the focal plane of the receiver lens system.
US11018763B2	Network system, management device, and management method A network system includes a plurality of transmission devices, each of which being provided with a wavelength selective switch including a wavelength filter, configured to transmit an optical signal for each channel; and a management device configured to manage the plurality of transmission devices. The wavelength selective switch configured to enable band setting that widens a transmission band of an optical signal of a predetermined channel to the wavelength filter of an adjacent channel. The management device is further configured to calculate an OSNR of the optical signal based on power loss, calculate a bandwidth of the optical signal according to narrowing due to the wavelength filter, determine whether or not the OSNR and the bandwidth respectively satisfies a condition of transmission quality of the optical signal, and decide whether or not to cause the wavelength selective switch to perform the band setting based on a result of the determination.
US11018761B2	Automated system for link health assessment in fiber optic networks Methods and systems for automated health assessment of fiber optic links of a fiber optic communication system are described. Tables are used to describe the fiber optic links, including access addresses to communication modules used in the links. Telemetry data representative of operation of the communication modules can be read via the access addresses into a central station. OTDR/OFDR measurement data of fiber optic segments used in the links can be read via the access addresses into the central station. The telemetry and/or OTDR/OFDR measurement data can be used by the central station for comparison against reference data to assess health of the links. The communication modules locally and continuously capture the telemetry data to detect transient events that may be the result of tampering of the links.
US11018760B1	Method and apparatus for automatic provisioning of optical module A method and apparatus are provided for tuning a wavelength of an optical signal outputted by first optical module installed on central office terminal (COT) equipment on a central office side and a wavelength of an optical signal outputted by second optical module installed on a remote office side in an optical communication system, which perform port deactivation by blocking a signal input/output at a front-end port corresponding to a rear-end port installed with the first optical module.
US11018758B2	Mobility across satellite beams using L2 connectivity Systems and methods for providing mobility across satellite beams, are described. The system includes a first core node, a second core node in communication with the first core node at layer-2 of the OSI model (L2), and a first gateway in communication, at L2, with the first core, the first gateway configured to provide access to a first spot beam at a first location. The system further includes a second gateway in communication, at L2, with the second core node, the second gateway configure to provide access to a second spot beam at a second location, and a mobile device, at the first location, in communication with the first gateway via the first spot beam, wherein the mobile device is assigned an IP address by the first core node. The mobile device moves from the first location to the second location. Further, the first gateway, in response to the mobile device moving from the first location to the second location, notifies the second gateway, through the first core node and the second core node, that the mobile device is moving to the second location, and transmit the session information to the second gateway, and the second gateway, in response to the notification, maintains connectivity with the mobile device using the IP address.
US11018753B2	Method and system for cancelling self-interference by a node in a wireless communication system Embodiments herein provide a method for decoding received signal by node in wireless communication system. The method includes receiving a signal from a first User Equipment (UE), where the received signal comprises a set of preambles in which each preamble is identical to an at least one preamble in a preamble structure and obtaining a composite signal comprising a self-interference signal, where the self-interference signal is known at the node. Further, the method includes determining self-interference channel estimate using the composite signal and decoding the received signal by eliminating the self-interference signal from the received signal based on the self-interference channel estimate.
US11018751B2	Active repeater device shared by multiple service providers to facilitate communication with customer premises equipment An active repeater device including a first antenna array, a controller, and one or more secondary sectors receives or transmits a first beam of input RF signals from or to, respectively, a first base station operated by a first service provider and a second beam of input RF signals from or to, respectively, a second base station operated by a second service provider. A controller assigns a first beam setting to a first group of customer premises equipment (CPEs) and a second beam setting to a second group of CPEs, based on one or more corresponding signal parameters associated with the each corresponding group of CPEs. A second antenna array of the second RH unit concurrently transmits or received a first beam of output RF signals to or from the first group of CPEs and a second beam of output RF signals to the second group of CPEs.
US11018749B2	OAM multiplexing communication system and inter-mode interference compensation method An OAM multiplexing communication system multiplexes signals of one or more sequences for each OAM mode. A transmitting station includes a transmitting antenna using an M-UCA, and an OAM mode generation unit that simultaneously generates one or more OAM modes from each UCA. A receiving station includes a receiving antenna equivalent to the M-UCA, an OAM mode separation unit that separates signals received by each UCA for each OAM mode, and a channel estimation/interference compensation unit that compensates for inter-mode interference between the OAM modes by using a weight. The channel estimation/interference compensation unit selects, for each OAM mode, signals of a subject mode and an adjacent mode from among the signals of the OAM modes separated by the OAM mode separation unit, and compensates for the inter-mode interference by multiplying an approximate weight calculated by using channel matrixes of the subject mode and the adjacent mode.
US11018744B2	Block-diagonalization based beamforming Embodiments provide an innovative solution for finding the beamforming vectors which are based on classical BD. Particularly, embodiments exploit the principle of coherence interval, which suggests that the amplitude and phase of the channel is relatively constant over a small interval on a given t-f resource and thus, there is no need to re-compute the beamforming weights again. Instead, the previously computed weights (on the small interval of the given t-f resource) can be updated. To do this less-computationally-intense update operation, embodiments further exploit a principle from perturbation theory; namely, that when there is a minor change in the entries of a matrix, the decomposition of the matrix and the rank does not change heavily. In embodiments, the need to re-compute the BF weights can therefore be avoided.
US11018730B2	Method and apparatus for interference measurement using beam management reference signal Provided herein are a method and an apparatus for interference measurement using a beam management reference signal (BM-RS). The disclosure provides an apparatus for a user equipment (UE), comprising circuitry configured to: decode one or more beam management reference signals broadcasted by a Transmission Reception Point (TRP) in a cell, wherein the one or more beam management reference signals are used by the TRP to perform beam management for respective one or more other UEs in the cell; and measure interference from the one or more other UEs in the cell based on the decoded one or more beam management reference signals. According to some embodiments, the overhead for the interference measurement can be reduced since it is not necessary to allocate a separate CSI-RS for the purpose of interference measurement.
US11018726B2	Radio-frequency front-end systems and devices Radio-frequency front-end systems and devices. In some embodiments, a front-end system can include a first mid-band amplifier system configured to amplify transmit and receive signals in a first mid-band. The front-end system can further include a second mid-band amplifier system configured to amplify at least a transmit signal in a second mid-band, such that the front-end system is capable of simultaneous uplink operations in the first mid-band and the second mid-band.
US11018722B2	Controlling a media device using a mobile device Techniques for automatically configuring and controlling a digital media device are described. A digital media device can be configured or controlled by a mobile device, e.g., a smart mobile phone. When the digital media device is being configured, the digital media device can broadcast a signal, indicating that the digital media device is requesting configuration information from a mobile device. A mobile device located in proximity of the digital media device, upon detecting the signal, can perform various security checks to determine that the request is legitimate, and then open a communication channel with the digital media device. The mobile device can provide user preferences of the mobile device, as well as credentials for accessing and downloading remote content, to the digital media device through the communication channel. Upon receiving the configuration information, the digital media device can use parameters in the configuration information as its settings.
US11018721B2	Method and apparatus for efficient communication with implantable devices Described herein are methods of making and using and apparatus for wirelessly communicating data and providing power, particularly from a location exterior to a body and to an implantable device disposed within a body with tissue. The described embodiments provide apparatus and methods for efficiently transfer data and power between an external transceiver and an (implanted) biomedical device. The method is to modulate power carrier, which wirelessly powers the device, using an asynchronous modulation scheme, such as amplitude shift keying (ASK) modulation, with minimal modulation depth in order to not disrupt the power flow. The digital data is encoded in the pulse width, eliminating the need for synchronization to the power carrier signal and further minimizing the power consumption necessary for data transfer. Additionally, a reverse backscatter method for obtaining data from the implant is described that has flexible, low power operation.
US11018720B2	Wireless sensor with near field communication circuit A sensor in a building HVAC system includes a transducer configured to measure a variable in the building HVAC system and to generate a sensor reading indicating a value of the measured variable. The sensor includes a communications interface configured to provide the sensor reading to a control device in the building HVAC system and a near field communication (NFC) circuit separate from the communications interface. The NFC circuit is configured to facilitate bidirectional NFC data communications between the sensor and a mobile device. The sensor includes a processing circuit having a processor and memory. The processing circuit is configured to wirelessly transmit data stored in the memory of the sensor to the mobile device via the NFC circuit, wirelessly receive data from the mobile device via the NFC circuit, and store the data received from the mobile device in the memory of the sensor.
US11018719B2	Broadband, low profile, high isolation, two-port antenna A broadband, dual-polarized, cavity-backed slot antenna (CBSA) array is presented for enabling full-duplex wireless communication. The antenna consists of a thin rectangular cavity appropriately loaded with metallic septa to excite multiple resonances of similar desired field distribution to achieve consistent radiation characteristics over a wide bandwidth. Four pairs of orthogonal radiating slots are cut out on one of the broad-walls of the cavity; all of which are fed by two orthogonal slots on the opposite broad-wall of the cavity. The cavity is fed by an end-launch coaxial-to-waveguide transition to excite one of the channels. The other channel is excited by a two-pronged microstrip line symmetrically crossing over the other cavity feeding slot. Due to the out-of-phase coupling from the two prongs of the microstrip line to the other port, this type of excitation is shown to provide an unpredicted level of isolation between the two channels over a wide bandwidth.
US11018707B2	Adaptive gain control for sidelink communications Methods, systems, and devices for wireless communications are described. A first user equipment (UE) may receive one or more transmissions from one or more UEs in a first slot, including a first transmission from a second UE. The first UE may receive the first transmission using a receiver configured with a first gain and may decode the first transmission. The UE may determine a correspondence (e.g., a temporal correlation) between the first slot and a second slot and may configure the receiver with a second gain at the beginning of the second slot based on the correspondence. The UE may determine that a total received signal power in the second slot is associated with the total received signal power in the first slot. The UE may decode one or more transmissions in the second slot based on the receiver having the second gain at the beginning of the slot.
US11018693B2	System and method for continuously verifying device state integrity Various embodiments of the invention relate to continuously verifying semiconductor device state integrity. A counter is combined to form part of the Cyclic Redundancy Check (CRC) calculation for control register within the semiconductor device. The counter is initialized to zero and resets after a predetermined number of cycles. The counter value is added to the currently calculated CRC value to get a combined CRC value. Every time a CRC value is calculated for the register bank, the counter value is updated, e.g. incremented. If the CRC calculation is repeated enough times, the counter value will reach its maximum value, and then roll over to its initial value of zero. If no errors occur in the register bank, the combined CRC value at the rolling over point will match an initial combined CRC value. Such a repetitive pattern of the combined CRC value may be used to continuously monitor control register integrity.
US11018690B2	Device for generating a random electrical signal and associated architecture A device for generating a random electric signal, including an input duct, an output duct, a generator of magnetic particles generating magnetic particles in the input duct, a diffusion chamber connected to the input duct and the output duct, wherein the diffusion chamber is designed to diffuse the generated magnetic particles, a displacement unit for displacement of the generated magnetic particles towards the diffusion chamber, and a converter that is designed to generate an electrical signal proportional to a characteristic, wherein the characteristic is the particle density in the diffusion chamber or the passage of magnetic particles at a predetermined location of an output duct connected to the diffusion chamber.
US11018688B1	DTC device and method based on capacitive DAC charging A DTC circuit, includes: a DAC connected to a first node; a first switch connected between a first power source and a second node, and to provide a charge current to the second node according to a first switching signal; and a second switch connected between the first node and the second node, and to electrically connect the DAC to the second node according to a second switching signal. The DAC is to be charged to generate a voltage ramp corresponding to the charge current during a first DTC operational phase when the first and second switching signals have an active level to turn on the first and second switches, and to generate an input control word dependent voltage according to an input control word during a second DTC operational phase when the first and second switching signals have an inactive level to turn off the first and second switches.
US11018681B1	Digital-to-analog converter waveform generator Techniques for testing circuits, such as converter circuits, such as digital-to-analog converter circuits (DACs), are described. A digital signal processor (DSP) can generate a waveform, such as sine wave, and apply the sine wave to the circuit under test, e.g., a DAC. The DAC can generate an output and the DSP can regenerate the waveform and determine an accuracy of the DAC such as to determine whether the DAC meets one or more specified criteria. In some example implementations, the tests can be performed using variable voltage amplitude segments.
US11018680B1	Phase lock loops (PLLS) and methods of initializing PLLS A phase lock loop (PLL) includes a phase detector configured to output a signal indicative of a phase difference between a reference signal and a feedback signal, a loop filter configured to filter an output of the phase detector, and a voltage-controlled oscillator (VCO) configured to output an oscillating signal having a frequency corresponding to an output of the loop filter. The PLL further includes a frequency divider configured to output the feedback signal by frequency dividing the oscillating signal output by the VCO, and a reset circuit configured to reset the frequency divider in an initialization mode such that a phase difference between the reference signal and the feedback signal corresponds to a lock angle of the PLL.
US11018678B1	Field programmable gate array with internal phase-locked loop The present invention relates to a field programmable gate array system that provides phase control with minimal latency.
US11018669B2	Interface circuitry with series switch and shunt attenuator Methods, systems, and circuities for selectively connecting an RF signal to front end circuitry and selectively attenuating the RF signal are disclosed. In one example, an interface circuitry includes switching circuitry and attenuator circuitry. The switching circuitry is connected in series between an output of an amplifier and a front end circuitry configured to transmit a radio frequency (RF) signal output by the amplifier. The switching circuitry connects the output of the amplifier to a selected one or more front end circuitry inputs to create one or more signal paths. The attenuator circuitry is connected between the output of the amplifier and ground to create an attenuation path in a shunt configuration relative to the one or more signal paths. The attenuator circuitry is configured to attenuate the RF signal.
US11018664B2	Smart semiconductor switch An integrated circuit that may be employed as a smart switch. The integrated circuit includes a first part of a semiconductor switch coupled between a supply node and an output node and configured to provide a first current path in accordance with a first drive signal. The integrated circuit further includes a second part of the semiconductor switch coupled between the supply node and the output node and configured to provide a second current path in accordance with a second drive signal. The integrated circuit includes a drive circuit configured to generate, in response to a switch-on command, the first drive signal and the second drive signal such that the first part of the semiconductor switch and the second part of the semiconductor switch are alternatingly switched on and off. During an overlap period, both the first and the second part of the semiconductor switch are in an on-state.
US11018660B2	Multi-mode feedback control through digital isolator Power isolators with multiple selectable feedback modes are described. The power isolators may transfer a power signal from a primary side to a second side. A feedback signal may be provided from the secondary side to the primary side to control generation of the power signal on the primary side. In this manner, the power signal provided to the secondary side may be maintained within desired levels. The feedback signal may be generated by feedback circuitry configurable to operate in different modes, such that the feedback signal may be of differing types depending on which feedback mode is implemented.
US11018650B2	Acoustic wave device An acoustic wave device includes a piezoelectric substrate, an interdigital transducer electrode on the piezoelectric substrate, and two reflectors on both sides of the interdigital transducer electrode in an acoustic wave propagation direction. The reflectors include first and second busbars and first to third electrode fingers, respectively, and the first and second busbars are opposed to one another. The first busbars and the second busbars are connected by at least one third electrode finger. The reflectors each include a center area located centrally in a length direction and a first high-acoustic-velocity area that is located between the center area and the first busbars and has an acoustic velocity higher than the acoustic velocity of the center area, where the length direction is a direction in which the first to third electrode fingers extend.
US11018649B2	Compensation of on-die inductive parasitics in ladder filters through negative mutual inductance between ground inductors Compensation of on-die inductive parasitics in ladder filters through negative mutual inductance between ground inductors is disclosed herein. An exemplary ladder filter includes a primary arm of series resonators and two or more shunt resonator arms connecting nodes between the series resonators to ground. The resonators of the ladder filter are disposed over a semiconductor substrate, to form a circuit die. Constructed ladder filter dice may fail to achieve design filter rejection due to inductive parasitics (e.g., undesired magnetic induction between components). A first shunt arm and a second shunt arm are provided with mutual negatively coupled inductors in order to compensate for these parasitics and improve filter performance.
US11018647B2	Electrical filter structure An electrical filter structure for forwarding an electrical signal from a first port to a second port in a frequency selective manner, wherein the filter is an edge-coupled filter, the filter comprising: a plurality of coupled line sections coupled in a series, comprising at least a first coupled line section and a last coupled line section; wherein the first port is connected with the first of the coupled line sections using a first transmission line; wherein the second port is connected with the last of the coupled line sections using a second transmission line; wherein the electrical filter comprises an open stub; wherein a length of the open stub is chosen such that an electrical length of the open stub is equal, within a tolerance of +/−20 percent, to a fourth of a wavelength of a signal having a frequency of twice a passband center frequency of the filter.
US11018641B2	Power combiner circuit A power combiner circuit comprises a network topology for broadband RF and microwave systems that includes coupling elements, internodal matching sections, and an output matching section. The network topology serves as a combining mechanism for power from multiple power amplifiers. The network topology is designed so that characteristic impedances of transmissions lines serving as the coupling elements, internodal matching sections, and an output matching section produce a load impedance at an output port that is matched to the impedances seen by each power amplifier providing power to the power combiner circuit. Such a network topology is scalable to an unlimited number of power amplifiers, and enables a desired broadband frequency response for power amplification, while realizing a very low level of power output loss between input and output ports.
US11018638B2	Multimode envelope tracking circuit and related apparatus A multimode envelope tracking (ET) circuit and related apparatus is provided. The multimode ET circuit is configured to provide an ET voltage(s) to an amplifier circuit(s) for amplifying a radio frequency (RF) signal(s) that may correspond to a wider range of modulation bandwidth. In this regard, the multimode ET circuit is configured to switch dynamically and opportunistically between different operation modes based on the modulation bandwidth of the RF signal(s). In examples discussed herein, the multimode ET circuit is configured to support a single amplifier circuit in a high-modulation-bandwidth mode and an additional amplifier circuit(s) in a mid-modulation-bandwidth mode and a low-modulation-bandwidth mode. By switching dynamically and opportunistically between different operation modes, it may be possible to reduce undesired series resonance that may cause distortion in the ET voltage(s), thus helping to improve efficiency and performance of the amplifier circuit(s) supported by the multimode ET circuit.
US11018633B2	Method and apparatus for calibrating digital pre-distortion of cellular transmitter A method and an apparatus are provided for calibrating digital pre-distortion (DPD) of an electronic device. A respective signal is received, by each of a first plurality of receiving antennas, from each of a second plurality of transmitting antennas. A DPD function is determined for each of the second plurality of transmitting antennas based on the received signals. A combined DPD function of the second plurality of transmitting antennas is determined based on the DPD functions and phase shifter settings associated with the second plurality of transmitting antennas.
US11018626B2	Temperature compensation for a voltage controlled oscillator An apparatus that is comprised of a controller, a digital-to-analog converter (DAC), a temperature sensor, an analog-to-digital converter (ADC), and a voltage controlled oscillator (VCO). The controller to reads temperature data proportional to a temperature of the VCO, reads previously-calculated calibration data based on the read temperature data, determines a frequency command signal based on the read previously-calculated calibration data, and outputs the frequency command signal. The DAC converts the frequency command signal into a frequency analog signal. The temperature sensor produces the temperature signal. The ADC converts the temperature signal into the temperature data. The VCO produces an output frequency based on the frequency analog signal.
US11018623B2	Safety switch for photovoltaic systems Various implementations described herein are directed to a methods and apparatuses for disconnecting, by a device, elements at certain parts of an electrical system. The method may include measuring operational parameters at certain locations within the system and/or receiving messages from control devices indicating a potentially unsafe condition, disconnecting and/or short-circuiting system elements in response, and reconnection the system elements when it is safe to do so. Certain embodiments relate to methods and apparatuses for providing operational power to safety switches during different modes of system operation.
US11018616B2	Electric driving apparatus and electric power steering apparatus In the present electric driving apparatus, coils that constitute a first armature winding and coils that constitute a second armature winding are arranged so as to alternate in a circumferential direction, and a control portion is configured so as to perform single-system driving when one of a first system and a second system fails, the single-system driving stopping driving of an inverter of the system that has failed, and controlling driving of the inverter of the system that has not failed to supply inverter phase currents to an armature winding of the system that has not failed such that the inverter phase currents are set to a second upper limit value that is greater than a first upper limit value.
US11018612B1	Methods for networks of efficiently powered electrical devices Enhanced network power factor corrective designs are presented that can use corrective devices that achieve long-term, operationally stable mechanical work. Embodiments can utilize reverse-winding induction motor designs with engineerable parameters and configurations for the reverse winding (13) in systems and through methods where an inductive motor (1) can present a current that leads voltage and a leading power factor (16) to correct other existing induction motors (8) in an initial network (9) or be optimized for a particular application. Designs also present a power factor correction that can present a variable correction without altering the character or physical capacitive value of an electrical correction component. Individual induction motors that have leading current and a leading power factor (16) can be provided to improve reverse winding induction motors. Progressive start controls (23) can also be used in a manner that limits inrush current to operational levels with passive current establishment control where reverse winding (13) effects can be used and perhaps even delayed to passively limit and even effect a current decrease while rotational acceleration continues after initial start transition.
US11018609B2	Control of a wind turbine by changing rotation rate parameters A method for controlling a wind turbine with a wind rotor (2), a doubly-fed induction generator (1) driven therewith, and a converter (4), which is electrically connected to feed electrical energy into an electrical grid (8) with at least one grid parameter, and having a controller with a memory in which rotation rate parameters are stored, characterized in that at least one variable characteristic curve is determined between at least one of the rotation rate parameters and the at least one grid parameter, the at least one characteristic is stored in the memory, the at least one grid parameter is measured, the grid parameter measurements are fed to the controller, the values of the at least one rotation rate parameter associated with the grid parameter measurements via the at least one characteristic curve are activated.
US11018604B2	Conversion circuit board of brushless direct current (BLDC) motor and packaged terminal air conditioner (PTAC) comprising the same A conversion circuit board, including: a microprocessor module; a power module; a communication module; a first interface module; and a second interface module. The microprocessor module is adapted to communicate with a motherboard of an air conditioner via the communication module. The microprocessor module is adapted to connect to a first brushless direct current motor and a second brushless direct current motor via the first interface module and the second interface module, respectively. The power module supplies powers for the microprocessor module, the communication module, the first interface module, and the second interface module.
US11018603B2	Drive unit for an adjustment system of a motor vehicle, and method for operating a drive unit A drive unit for an adjustment system for a motor vehicle has an adjustable element moved by an electric motor. The dive motor is operated electromagnetically. A magnetic field sensor is arranged on a pole pot or a housing of the drive motor to provide an electrical sensor signal dependent on a magnetic field. A control unit is configured to detect the magnetic field. The magnetic field varies on rotation of a rotor of the drive motor, so that a relative position change of the adjustable element can be derived from the electrical sensor signal.
US11018596B2	Power converting device A power converter device includes a power element module, a conductor, and a magnetic-conductive assembly. The power element module includes at least two electrodes and a power semiconductor unit. Voltage among these electrodes is AC voltage. The power semiconductor unit includes at least one pure die, and the pure die includes plural surfaces. The surface which occupies the most area of the pure die is the pure die surface. The conductor is coupled to the power element module. A current loop forms between the power element module and the conductor. A magnetic loop forms in the magnetic-conductive assembly. The magnetic-conductive assembly includes a chamber. The current loop passes through the chamber and intersects the magnetic loop to form inductance which the current loop needs. A part of the power element module is disposed in the chamber.
US11018593B1	Dual-mode active clamp flyback converter A dual-mode active clamp flyback converter includes a transformer circuit, a clamping energy storage circuit, and a main switch circuit. The transformer circuit is coupled to a load, and the transformer circuit includes an auxiliary winding. The clamping energy storage circuit is coupled to the transformer circuit. If the load as a heavy loading, the clamping energy storage circuit is turned on. If the load as a light loading, the clamping energy storage circuit is turned off. The main switch circuit is coupled to the transformer circuit. When the main switch circuit is turned on, the auxiliary winding releases energy to a primary-side winding of the transformer circuit.
US11018585B2	Switching regulator stability control circuit and methodology A power stage output node stabilizer may be used to reduce ringing of a power stage output node of a switching DC-DC power converter. The power stage output node stabilizer may be a network of resistors and switches coupling the power stage output node to a higher voltage level and a lower voltage level.
US11018578B1	High voltage startup booster An electronic device includes a circuit board that manages supply of electricity to the electronic device. The circuit board includes an integrated circuit and an external capacitor coupled to a supply terminal of the circuit board. During a startup operation of the integrated circuit, the integrated circuit supplies a first charging current to charge the capacitor to a supply voltage value. The circuit board includes a boost circuit that receives a portion of the first charging current and outputs a second charging current that augments charging of the capacitor. The second charging current is an amplification of the first charging current. The integrated circuit enables operation of the electronic device after the capacitor is charged to the supply voltage value.
US11018571B2	Regulation of an electronic voltage adapter module An electric module for adapting a first signal of a first system to a second signal of a second system, including: a power supply source supplying a first signal; a converter module configured to convert the first signal into an intermediate signal; a microcontroller controlling and regulating the converter module; and an inverter module configured to output a signal compatible with a second signal of a second system.
US11018569B1	Torque augmentation device The torque augmentation device has two primary embodiments. The first embodiment is two rotors, the rotors including rings of permanent magnets. The two rotors are angled with respect to each other. The magnetic field is disrupted on the bottom half by a ferrous flux diversion plate. With the forces unbalanced between the upper and lower halves of the rotors, rotation will result, thus augmenting the torque production of any associated rotational device. The second embodiment uses a straight shaft, with a single central rotor, both sides of the rotor covered in magnets. In place of adjacent rotors, the second half of the magnets is placed on fixed plates, one on each side of the central rotor. The fixed plates are set at an angle with respect to the central rotor, creating the unbalanced forces that cause rotation.
US11018564B2	Method for forming coil and apparatus for forming coil A method for forming a coil that is formed by winding a flat rectangular conductor wire a plurality of times, the method includes forming, in the coil end portion, an offset portion bent in a stacking direction of the flat rectangular conductor wire with an offset in the stacking direction of the flat rectangular conductor wire by an amount corresponding to a width of the single flat rectangular conductor wire by moving the outer die on the one side in the divided outer die relative to the outer die on the other side in a direction along the stacking direction.
US11018553B2	Electrical machine disconnection systems A hybrid drive system can include a shaft, an electrical machine comprising a rotor and a stator, and a mechanical disconnect system connecting the rotor to the shaft. The mechanical disconnect system is configured to mechanically connect the rotor to the shaft in a first state and to mechanically disconnect the rotor from the shaft in a second state such that rotor does not drive the shaft or such that the rotor is not driven by the shaft. The rotor can be a permanent magnet rotor, for example.
US11018549B2	Rotating electric machine having dynamic vibration absorber A dynamic vibration absorber needs to be designed so that the natural frequency of the dynamic vibration absorber alone becomes equal to the natural frequency of a stator. If these natural frequencies greatly deviate from each other, the effect is reduced. Therefore, the natural frequency of the dynamic vibration absorber alone needs to be accurately calculated to make designing. However, in actual, the natural frequency is greatly influenced by the rigidity around the mounting position of a vibration damping target, and thus there is a problem that the natural frequency becomes different from the designed value upon mounting. An object of the present invention is to reduce an influence on the natural frequency of the dynamic vibration absorber alone given by the rigidity around the mounting position, by mounting a plurality of dynamic vibration absorbers to a dynamic vibration absorber mounting member, thereby making the dynamic vibration absorber more effective.
US11018545B2	Electric machine winding assembly An electric machine winding assembly including a stator and windings is provided. The stator may define a central axis. The windings may extend from the stator and each may include a pair of conductor ends. Each conductor end may include a minor side and a major side. The windings are arranged with the stator such that each of the major sides are aligned along a circumferential conductor axis relative to the central axis to facilitate welding adjacent conductor ends to one another. Each of the windings may further include two portions defining a U shape. Each of the two portions may include a lower portion, a mid-portion, and an upper portion. One of the mid-portions may include a first bend defining a twist shape to orient the major sides of one of the pair of conductor ends along the circumferential conductor axis.
US11018542B2	Rotating machinery with three-phase armature windings and first and second parallel windings Rotating machinery includes a two-pole rotor, a stator core with seventy-two slots, and three-phase armature windings, as an example. The armature winding has two phase belts per phase. The phase belt includes a first parallel winding and a second parallel winding which are arranged in the stator slots as top coils and bottom coils. When a circumferential mean position of all top coils and bottom coils included in the phase belt is defined as a phase belt center, an arrangement of the first and second parallel windings in the phase belt, as viewed in order of proximity to the phase belt center, is such that the first and second parallel windings are arranged in order of second/first/second/first/first/second/first/second/first/second/second/first parallel windings as the top coils, and the first and second parallel windings are arranged in order of first/second/second/first/second/first/first/second/first/second/second/first parallel windings as the bottom coils connected to the top coils.
US11018537B2	Method of construction for permanent magnet generator A generator comprises as a first part a stack of disc-like annular rotors spaced one from the other and coaxially located upon and rotating with an elongate central member each rotor having an inner annular portion and an outer annular portion, the outer annular portion bearing and/or comprising a magnetic annulus, one or more spacers being coaxially mounted around the central member in between the inner annular portions of each rotor and abutting against them in such manner such as to brace them to remain orthogonal to the longitudinal axis of the assembly as well as providing the required spacing therebetween, and as a second part, a stack of annular stators interposed between the rotors and mounted over the spacers but having an inner clearance diameter greater than that of the outer diameter of the portion of spacer over which they are located.
US11018526B2	Detuning for a resonant wireless power transfer system including cooperative power sharing Wireless resonant inductive power receivers for achieving detuning for a resonant wireless power transfer system including cooperative power sharing is described. Cooperative power sharing allows for detuning one or more wireless received coupled to a wireless charger to alter the power received at each wireless receiver.
US11018522B2	Computer-implemented method for configuring electronic relays in an electric power distribution grid A method for configuring one or more electronic relays in an electric power distribution grid, said electronic relays being operatively associated to corresponding switching devices of said electric power distribution grid, wherein it includes the following: providing a graphic user interface on a computer display, the graphic user interface including graphic resources activatable by a user; providing first graphic resources on said graphic user interface to select a configuration graphic template, the configuration graphic template representing a corresponding control logic model for configuring the electronic relays, the control logic model including one or more logic elements configurable by means of corresponding sets of configuration values; providing second graphic resources to configure one or more configurable logic elements of a control logic model represented by the selected configuration graphic template; providing third graphic resources on the graphic user interface to associate one or more configured logic elements to a corresponding electronic relay; checking whether the electronic relays meet predefined operating conditions; if the operating conditions are met by the electronic relays, transmitting configuration information including the configuration values to the electronic relays.
US11018521B2	Power and data distribution module and method for power and data distribution in an airborne vehicle A power and data distribution module includes a plurality of first power supply interfaces, configured to be connected to a plurality of power supply lines, a data bus interface configured to be connected to a data bus, a plurality of power output interfaces, configured to be connected to an electrical load and to supply electrical power from a first power supply interfaces to the connected electrical loads, a plurality of voltage distribution modules coupled between the first power supply interfaces and the power output interfaces and configured to provide AC or DC voltage via the power output interfaces, a load shedding module configured to receive load shedding information via data communication over one or more power supply lines, and a data concentrator configured to receive redundant load shedding information via data communication over the data bus and to transmit the redundant load shedding information to the load shedding module.
US11018520B2	Secondary power system A secondary power system is configured to connect to a motor vehicle having a powertrain comprising an engine and a first alternator. The secondary power system includes a second alternator connected to the engine, one or more electro-chemical storage devices coupled to the second alternator and configured to be charged by the alternator, and one or more inverter chargers. The inverter chargers may operate in a first mode to provide AC power to loads on the vehicle or in a second mode to receive alternative power and charge the storage devices. In an embodiment, the secondary power system includes multiple storage devices each comprising at least one electro-chemical storage pack and a logic. The storage devices are interconnected by a junction box. The logics within each storage device may selectively disrupt power flow from the junction box upon detection of an error condition.
US11018517B2	Battery sensing voltage controller A battery pack includes a housing, a battery, a battery pack output voltage path that includes a charge power switch and a discharge power switch, and a battery sense output. A switch can be operably coupled between the battery and the battery sense output and configured to selectively open and close a battery sense path between the battery and the battery sense output. By one approach a first control circuit controls the open and close state of the aforementioned switch (in response, for example, to a comparison of the voltage differential across the switch to a predetermined threshold such that the switch is opened when the voltage differential across the switch becomes too positive or too negative with respect to battery voltage).
US11018507B2	Detection apparatus, power conditioner, detection method, and computer readable medium An islanding operation is detected appropriately through interconnection to the power grid which may have various characteristics. A detection apparatus is provided, which includes a frequency parameter calculation unit configured to calculate frequency parameters according to frequencies of power supplied by a power supply, a deviation parameter calculation unit configured to calculate a deviation parameter according to a frequency deviation based on the frequency parameters in a first term and the frequency parameters in a second term earlier than the first term, an islanding operation detection unit configured to detect whether the power supply is in an islanding operation based on the deviation parameter, and a time gap change unit configured to change a time gap between the first term and the second term.
US11018479B2	Distribution board Provided is a distribution board which includes a plurality of breaker units which are disposed so as to be inserted and removed, through a front side of a housing, in a front-rear direction, relative to a vertical bus disposed on an inner depth side of the housing so as to extend in an up-down direction, the plurality of breaker units being electrically connected to and disconnected from the vertical bus by insertion and removal operation. In the distribution board, the breaker units include a first breaker unit and a second breaker unit that are aligned in line in a horizontal direction and that can be individually inserted and removed, and the vertical bus includes a first vertical bus corresponding to the first breaker unit and a second vertical bus corresponding to the second breaker unit.
US11018474B2	Laser temperature compensation system and driving method thereof An optical transmitter and a method for driving the optical transmitter include emitting an optical signal using a laser having a lasing cavity with a first section and a second section, performing, using a first heater thermally coupled to the first section, a first temperature control on the first section using a first control signal, and performing, using a second heater thermally coupled to the second section, a second temperature control on the second section using a second control signal. The first temperature control is independent from the second temperature control.
US11018471B2	Method of producing light emitting device A method of producing a light emitting device includes: providing a fluorescent material; dividing a plurality of laser elements into a shorter-wavelength group and a longer-wavelength group so that lights emitted from the laser elements in the shorter-wavelength group have peak wavelengths shorter than an excitation peak wavelength of the fluorescent material and lights emitted from the laser elements in the longer-wavelength group have peak wavelengths longer than the excitation peak wavelength of the fluorescent material; and selecting one or more of the laser elements from each of the shorter-wavelength group and the longer-wavelength group in combination with the fluorescent material to produce a light emitting device.
US11018469B2	Current collector and conductor line system A current collector and a conductor line system having such a current collector. The current collector has a holder and a carbon brush arranged in carbon brush support movable relative to holder in a feed direction from and to the conductor line. The carbon brush is movable in a feed direction from and to conductor line. A better and reliable guiding of the carbon brush on the conductor line and simpler design of the current collector, uses a current collector in which the carbon brush is additionally movable in a transverse direction running essentially across the longitudinal direction, a spring element being provided between the carbon brush and holder.
US11018468B2	Card tray, card tray plug-in device, and terminal The present disclosure provides a card tray, a card tray plug-in device, and a terminal. The card tray may include a first supporting portion and a second supporting portion connected with the first supporting portion. The first and the second supporting portions may both be configured for placing data cards, and configured on a same side of the card tray along a thickness direction of the card tray. The card tray may include an electrical connection portion, a data card supported on the first supporting portion and/or another data card supported on the second supporting portion may electrically connect with a card holder of a terminal through the electrical connection portion.
US11018463B2	Coaxial cable connector with integrated grounding member A coaxial cable connector includes a nut; and a connector body coupled with the nut, the connector body including a plurality of inner fingers 122 separated from each other by a plurality of gaps 124, wherein the inner fingers 122 extend from a forward end of the connector body 116 in a forward direction and biased radially outwardly to provide sufficient electrical contact with the nut 112 when inserted within the end of the nut 112.
US11018451B2	Locking electrical contact device with switch An electrical connector assembly includes a first electrical contact device and a second electrical contact device. The first electrical contact device includes a plurality of conductors. The second electrical contact device includes a first portion, a second portion movable in a rotational and translational manner relative to the first portion, and an actuator movable between a first position and a second position. The first portion includes first electrical contacts, and the second portion includes electrical sockets. Each socket receives an associated conductor and includes a second electrical contact aligned with an associated first electrical contact. The second portion is biased away from the first portion. When the actuator is in the first position, the actuator inhibits translational movement of the second portion toward the first portion. When the actuator is in the second position, the second portion is movable toward the first portion to permit the second electrical contacts to engage the first electrical contacts.
US11018446B2	Connector A male housing (12) includes a housing body (23) with a fitting space (28) that accommodates tabs (20) of male terminal fittings (11). An accommodation space (29) is rearward of the fitting space (28) and accommodates a sealing plug (17). An outer peripheral portion (24) of the male housing (12) defines an outer periphery of the accommodation space (29). An inner surface of the outer peripheral portion (24) closely contacts the sealing plug (17), and plate locks (44) project into the fitting space (28). A moving plate (14) to be locked by the plate locks (44) is arranged in the fitting space (28). The male housing (12) includes communication spaces (35) between the housing body (23) and the outer peripheral portion (24) and behind the plate locks (44). The communication spaces (35) allow communication between the fitting space (28) and the accommodation space (29).
US11018438B2	Multi-band fast roll off antenna having multi-layer PCB-formed cloaked dipoles Disclosed is a telecommunications antenna having a plurality of cloaked low band (LB) and high band (HB) dipoles. The LB and HB dipoles provide cloaking by breaking the dipoles into dipole segments, and providing conductive cloaking elements over the gaps between dipole segments to form a plurality of capacitors along the dipole. The capacitors along the LB dipoles provide a low impedance to LB RF signals and a high impedance to HB signals. The capacitors formed on the HB dipoles provide a low impedance to RF signals and high impedance to harmonics of the LB RF signals. This cross-cloaking of dipoles enables more dense arrangements of LB and HB dipoles on an antenna array face, providing opportunities to arrange, for example, the LB dipoles with an array factor that results in an advantageous fast roll off gain pattern.
US11018437B2	Multi-band base station antennas having broadband decoupling radiating elements and related radiating elements Radiating elements include a first and second dipole arms that extend along a first axis and that are configured to transmit RF signals in a first frequency band. The first dipole arm is configured to be more transparent to RF signals in a second frequency band than it is to RF signals in a third frequency band, and the second dipole arm is configured to be more transparent to RF signals in the third frequency band than it is to RF signals in the second frequency band. Related base station antennas are also provided.
US11018434B2	Antenna apparatus, and manufacturing method An antenna apparatus includes a first dielectric substrate including a first surface and a second surface opposite to the first surface, a radiating element located on the first surface or in the first dielectric substrate, a first electrode on the second surface, a first conductor provided through the first dielectric substrate from the first surface to the second surface, to connect electrically the radiating element and the first electrode, a second dielectric substrate including a third surface and a fourth surface opposite to the third surface, an adhesive layer between the second surface and the third surface, a second electrode on the third surface, a first signal line located on the fourth surface or in the second dielectric substrate, and a second conductor provided through the second dielectric substrate from the third surface to the fourth surface, to connect electrically the second electrode and the first signal line.
US11018433B2	Triple wideband hybrid LTE slot antenna There is disclosed an antenna arrangement for a portable electronic device. The antenna arrangement comprises a conductive ground plane having an edge and a substantially rectangular recess formed in the edge of the ground plane. The recess has a base, an open edge opposed to the base, and at least a first side extending from the base. A first conductor element extends across the open edge of the recess, a first end of the first conductor element being connected to the ground plane at the first side of the recess. The first conductor element leaves at least one gap at the edge of the recess, such that the first conductor element, the first side of the recess and the base of the recess together define a slot in the ground plane and the at least one gap defines at least one notch in the slot. A second conductor element is disposed within the recess and connected to or configured to couple with the ground plane. The antenna arrangement further comprises a feed arm for connection to an RF feed, the feed arm being disposed substantially within a footprint of the slot.
US11018425B1	Active electronically scanned array with power amplifier drain bias tapering for optimal power added efficiency A system and method for operating a system including at least one active electronically scanned array (AESA) element incorporates drain voltage amplifier control (DRAVAC) to maintain the power amplifiers of the AESA elements at a constant gain compression level. A processor of the AESA system may dynamically program, monitor, or adjust each individual array element or component thereof. As the RF output power of the power amplifiers varies, constant gain compression is achieved by dynamically adjusting the RF input power and drain voltage to the power amplifiers. An AESA element may incorporate built-in self-test circuitry for detecting faults in the power supply to the power amplifiers as well as calibrating and calculating RF output power for a given input power by controlling the bias of a pass device serving as the amplifier current source.
US11018411B2	RF antenna arrangement configured to be a part of a lid to an apparatus An RF antenna arrangement has the same or slightly larger footprint as the RF shield for radio chips on a printed circuit board. The apparatus includes a printed circuit board, a digital processor, a radio chip(s), a radio frequency shield, a lid, and an RF antenna arrangement(s). The lid has the same or slightly larger footprint as the RF shield, which enables the lid to fit on the RF shield. The RF antenna is formed as an integral part of the lid. The apparatus also includes an RF transmission coaxial cable(s) having a first end physically and electrically connected to the RF antenna arrangement(s) and the surface of the lid, and a second end electrically coupled to an RF connector. By forming the antenna arrangement(s) from the lid, this invention solves the space constraint problems of antenna placements for wireless device applications. Additionally, this invention is cost-effective and simple to manufacture.
US11018408B2	Antenna apparatus in wireless communication device 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). An apparatus comprising an antenna includes a board having a stack structure, wherein the board comprises a first layer and a second layer, and at least one radiating unit disposed between the first layer and the second layer. Further, the present invention also includes embodiments different from the above-described embodiment.
US11018406B2	Radiofrequency communication module for a tire A radiofrequency communication module or semi-finished product able to be integrated into the structure of a tire comprises a radiofrequency transponder embedded in a rubber blend and comprising an electronic chip and a radiating antenna that is able to communicate with a radiofrequency reader. The radiofrequency transponder in addition comprises a primary antenna that is electrically connected to the electronic chip, the primary antenna is electromagnetically coupled to the radiating antenna, the radiating antenna consists of a single-strand helical spring, and the radiating antenna has a core made of steel coated with a metal exterior adhesion layer for adhesion to the rubber blend that surrounds it.
US11018404B2	Circuit body structure, where planar conductors on different layers of a multilayer board are connected by an interlayers connection Provided is a circuit structural body is formed into a shape including: A circuit structural body, including: a multilayer board, which includes a plurality of layers of a first to N-th tri-plate structural bodies each including a first to N-th (N is an integer of 2 or more) planar conductors; an interlayers connection conductor, which is configured to connect the first to N-th planar conductors to each other; and a side-surface ground conductor, which is formed on a side surface of the multilayer board, and is approximately parallel to and near the interlayers connection conductor.
US11018394B2	Top loading battery holder A top loading battery holder that is arranged in direct contact with a surface (e.g., circuit board) to allow for a battery to be arranged directly within the holder and in electrical contact with the surface. The battery holder can include a housing that is configured to at least substantially surround a battery that is arranged therein and a plurality of a flanges and/or protrusions that are configured to extend inwardly from the housing to aid in securing the battery within the housing.
US11018393B2	Battery frame A battery frame (1) is provided for accommodating battery modules in a motor vehicle that can be driven electrically at times. The battery frame (1) has two outer longitudinal members (2) spaced apart from one another and outer (3) and inner crossmembers (4) connected thereto. Receptacles (5) for the battery modules are formed between the crossmembers (3, 4). Each outer longitudinal member (2) has a C-shaped profile. Ends of the inner crossmembers (4) engage in the C profile of the respective longitudinal member (2) via a deformation element (7). Thus, the battery frame has good crash performance in the event of a pole impact, and a relatively large accommodating volume.
US11018391B2	Battery cell, battery module, and battery pack and vehicle including the same A battery cell, which includes an electrode assembly, a battery case configured to accommodate the electrode assembly, and two pairs of electrode leads provided at outer surfaces of the battery case and connected to the electrode assembly, is provided.
US11018387B2	Moisture and carbon dioxide management system in electrochemical cells An electrochemical cell utilizes an air flow device that draws air through the cell from a scrubber that may be removed while the system is operating. The negative pressure generated by the air flow device allows ambient air to enter the cell housing when the scrubber is removed, thereby enabling continued operation without the scrubber. A moisture management system passes outflow air from the cell through a humidity exchange module that transfers moisture to the air inflow, thereby increasing the humidity of the air inflow. A recirculation feature comprising a valve allow a controller to recirculate at least a portion of the outflow air back into the inflow air. The system may comprise an inflow bypass conduit and valve that allows the humidified inflow air to pass into the cell inlet without passing through the scrubber. The scrubber may contain reversible or irreversible scrubber media.
US11018381B2	Battery module with interconnect board assembly having integrated cell sense PCB-flex circuit hardware An interconnect board (ICB) assembly is used with a battery module and a battery controller. The ICB assembly includes a printed circuit board assembly (PCBA) integrally formed from a printed circuit board (PCB) and a flex circuit. The PCB has a component surface populated with electronic components which measure and report parameters of the battery module to the battery controller. The flex circuit is constructed of conductive foil, and defines tabular flying leads that project from a periphery of the flex circuit. A window may be present in the flex circuit. A carrier frame has a support surface flanked by busbars. The PCBA is seated on the support surface, with the flying leads conductively joined to a corresponding busbar. A battery system includes the battery controller and the ICB assembly.
US11018380B2	Reconditioned battery pack and method of making same A method of recycling battery packs having a plurality of battery units is disclosed. The battery units have positive and negative terminals combined with each other and are supported within a housing. The battery units are separated from battery packs subsequent to the one or more battery packs being judged as being degraded. Each of the battery units is tested with a battery test stand having a fixed resistance load to obtain battery operating data indicative of variable voltage and variable current. The battery units are matched based on the battery operating data to form sets of matching battery units. And, replacement battery packs are formed by connecting positive and negative terminals of the matching battery cells within the sets.
US11018377B2	Secondary battery, battery pack, and vehicle According to one embodiment, a secondary battery is provided. The secondary battery includes a positive electrode, an aqueous electrolyte, a separator, and a negative electrode including a negative electrode active material-containing layer. The negative electrode active material-containing layer includes negative electrode active material particles and solid electrolyte particles having lithium ion conductivity. The porosity of the negative electrode active material-containing layer is within a range of 0.1% to 28%. The water content of the negative electrode active material-containing layer is within a range of 0.01 g/cm3 to 0.4 g/cm3.
US11018374B2	All-solid-state battery An all-solid-state battery which includes an anode layer that contains a Si-based material as an anode active material and which has high energy density. Provided is an all-solid-state battery including a cathode layer, an anode layer, and a solid electrolyte layer disposed between the cathode layer and the anode layer, wherein the anode layer includes an anode active material that contains at least one Si-based material selected from the group consisting of Si and a Si alloy, and a solid electrolyte that contains a sulfide-based solid electrolyte; wherein a void surrounded by the solid electrolyte is present in at least a region formed by the solid electrolyte in the anode layer; and wherein, when a total volume of the anode layer is determined as 100 vol %, a percentage of the voids surrounded by the solid electrolyte in the anode layer, is 3.4 vol % or more and 29.6 vol % or less.
US11018368B2	Pouch forming method and pouch forming device A pouch forming method and a pouch forming device are provided. In particular, the pouch forming method for forming an accommodation part that accommodates an electrode assembly in a pouch sheet includes a seating process of seating the pouch sheet on a top surface of a lower die in which a forming groove is formed in an upper portion thereof. In a vacuum elongation process, a lower portion of the pouch sheet, in which the accommodation part is formed, is elongated by vacuum, and in an accommodation part formation process, the portion of the pouch sheet, which is elongated by the vacuum, is pressed by a punch disposed above the pouch sheet in a direction in which the forming groove is formed to form the accommodation part.
US11018367B2	Secondary battery and battery pack including the same Provided are a secondary battery and a battery pack including the secondary battery. A sealing plate has a positive electrode terminal attachment hole. A positive electrode terminal penetrates the positive electrode terminal attachment hole. An external conductive member is connected to a portion of the positive electrode terminal located on the battery outer side with respect to the sealing plate. The conduction path between a positive electrode plate and the positive electrode terminal is provided with a current interrupting mechanism. A first insulating member made of resin is disposed between the sealing plate and the positive electrode terminal. A second insulating member having higher thermal resistance than the first insulating member is disposed between the external conductive member and the sealing plate.
US11018353B2	Fuel cell separator member and fuel cell stack A first separator constituting a separator member of a fuel cell stack is provided with a first rib that protrudes from the first separator at a portion between a first seal line and a load receiving portion toward a second separator located on the opposite side across an MEA and that extends in a line along the extending direction of the first seal line. An opening is formed in at least one end of the first rib in the extending direction thereof.
US11018340B2	Negative electrode for rechargeable lithium battery and rechargeable lithium battery including same A negative electrode for a rechargeable lithium battery includes a negative active material layer including a negative active material, and a current collector supporting the negative active material layer. The negative active material may include first spherical crystalline carbon, the first spherical crystalline carbon including secondary particles in which primary particles of crystalline carbon are assembled, the first spherical crystalline carbon having a coating of crystalline carbon, second spherical crystalline carbon, the second spherical crystalline carbon including secondary particles in which primary particles of crystalline carbon are assembled, the second spherical crystalline carbon having a coating of amorphous carbon, and flake-shaped graphite.
US11018336B2	Multi-level graphene-protected anode active material particles for fast-charging lithium-ion batteries Provided is graphene-embraced particulate for use as a lithium-ion battery anode active material, wherein the particulate comprises primary particle(s) of an anode active material and multiple sheets of a first graphene material overlapped together to embrace or encapsulate the primary particle(s) and wherein a single or a plurality of graphene-encapsulated primary particles, along with an optional conductive additive, are further embraced or encapsulated by multiple sheets of a second graphene material, wherein the first graphene and/or the second graphene material is attached to a redox partner species (e.g. sulfonyl group, —NH2, etc.) capable of reversibly forming a redox pair with lithium. The invention also provides an anode electrode and a battery comprising multiple graphene-embraced particulates having redox forming species bonded thereto.
US11018330B2	Cathode active material containing magnesium-transition metal composite oxide and magnesium secondary battery using the same A cathode active material for magnesium secondary batteries contains a composite oxide represented by the formula MgxMyO2, where M is at least one selected from the group consisting of Ni, Co, Mn, Ti, V, Cr, Fe, Cu, and Mo; 1.0
US11018325B2	Organic light emitting diode display An organic light emitting diode display includes an organic light emitting display panel including an upper surface receiving first incident light from outside and a lower surface opposite to the upper surface, a light transmission preventing layer including a base layer and an adhesive layer which is between the base layer and the organic light emitting display panel and bonded thereto, the adhesive layer including a facing surface facing the lower surface and a plurality of patterns protruded from the facing surface toward the organic light emitting display panel to define a plurality of gaps between the lower surface and the facing surface. The adhesive layer includes a light blocking material blocking second incident light which passes through the organic light emitting display panel to the light transmission preventing layer from among the first incident light received by the upper surface of the organic light emitting display panel.
US11018322B2	Light emitting device using light emitting diode A light emitting device comprises an emission area and a non-emission area defined at a substrate, wherein the non-emission area includes a first non-emission area and a second non-emission area where a first pad and a second pad are respectively disposed; a light emitting diode disposed over the substrate and including a first electrode, an emission layer and a second electrode; an auxiliary electrode directly contacting the first electrode; a buffer layer disposed between the substrate and the light emitting diode; and a light extraction layer disposed between the buffer layer and the substrate, wherein the first electrode includes a contact portion directly contacting the auxiliary electrode, an electrode portion disposed in the emission area and a short-circuit-preventing portion disposed between the contact portion and the electrode portion.
US11018304B2	Organic light-emitting device An organic light-emitting device having a low driving voltage, high efficiency, and a long lifespan is provided. The device includes a first electrode, a second electrode, and an organic layer between the first electrode and the second electrode, wherein the organic layer includes an emission layer, a first compound, and a second compound. Various chemical structures for the first compound and the second compound are provided.
US11018302B2	Unsymmetrical benzothiadiazole-based random copolymers A random copolymer comprising the monomer units A, B and C. In this random copolymer A comprises B comprises and C comprises an aryl group. Additionally, R1 R2, R3 and R4 are side chains independently selected from the group consisting of: H, Cl, F, CN, alkyl, alkoxy, alkylthio, ester, ketone and aryl groups. X1 and X2 are independently selected from the group consisting of: H, Cl, F, CN, alkyl, alkoxy, ester, ketone, amide and aryl groups.
US11018301B2	Contacting optoelectronic components A method for the contacting of electrodes with conductor tracks by means of a conductive paste and/or adhesive-coated conductive fiber composites is provided. Furthermore, an electronic component whose electrodes are connected by means of a conductive paste and/or adhesive-coated conductive fiber composites is provided.
US11018300B2	Self-aligned memory decks in cross-point memory arrays A multi-layer memory device with an array having multiple memory decks of self-selecting memory cells is provided in which N memory decks may be fabricated with N+1 mask operations. The multiple memory decks may be self-aligned and certain manufacturing operations may be performed for multiple memory decks at the same time. For example, patterning a bit line direction of a first memory deck and a word line direction in a second memory deck above the first memory deck may be performed in a single masking operation, and both decks may be etched in a same subsequent etching operation. Such techniques may provide efficient fabrication which may allow for enhanced throughput, additional capacity, and higher yield for fabrication facilities relative to processing techniques in which each memory deck is processed using two or more mask and etch operations per memory deck.
US11018293B2	Magnetoresistance effect element A magnetoresistance effect element has a first ferromagnetic metal layer, a second ferromagnetic metal layer, and a tunnel barrier layer that is sandwiched between the first and second ferromagnetic metal layers, and a tunnel barrier layer that is sandwiched between the first and second ferromagnetic metal layers, the tunnel barrier layer is expressed by a composition formula of AB2Ox (0
US11018292B2	Piezoelectric device, piezoelectric transformer, and method of manufacturing piezoelectric device A piezoelectric device that includes a base member having an opening therein and an upper layer supported by the base member. The upper layer includes a vibration portion at a location corresponding to the opening in the base member. The vibration portion includes a lower electrode, an intermediate electrode and an upper electrode that are spaced apart from one another in a thickness direction of the piezoelectric device. The upper layer includes a first piezoelectric layer disposed so as to be at least partially sandwiched between the lower electrode and the intermediate electrode, and a second piezoelectric layer disposed so as to overlap with the first piezoelectric layer and so as to be at least partially sandwiched between the intermediate electrode and the upper electrode. The first piezoelectric layer and the second piezoelectric layer are different in relative permittivity in the thickness direction of the piezoelectric device.
US11018289B2	Thermoelectric generation system Disclosed is a thermoelectric generation system that generates electricity using waste heat from a steam condenser that exchanges heat with steam as cyclic water flows through a high temperature portion and a low temperature portion, the thermoelectric generation system including: a first hot-water discharge line used to discharge the cyclic water passing through the high temperature portion; a cyclic water circulation line through which the cyclic water from under water circulates; and a thermoelectric generation unit that generates electricity on the basis of a temperature difference between a temperature of the cyclic water flowing through the first hot-water discharge line and a temperature of the cyclic water flowing through the cyclic water circulation line.
US11018287B2	System and method of manufacture for LED packages A light emitting diode (LED) package includes an aluminum nitride (AlN) substrate, a patterned copper layer with polished portions formed on a first side of the substrate, at least one LED disposed over the polished portions of the patterned copper layer, covers incorporating one or more phosphors disposed over the LEDs, a silicone fill and dam walls. The silicone fill, which is bordered by silicone dam walls and silicone fill surfaces, is formed in between the LEDs and covers. In some embodiments, the silicone fill does not extend over the covers. The silicone fill surface and the ends of the dam walls are substantially planar with an end of the substrate. The LED package can also include a thermal pad disposed on an opposite side of the substrate. Embodiments also include methods for make the LED package.
US11018283B2	Method of producing optoelectronic semiconductor components and an optoelectronic semiconductor component A method of producing optoelectronic semiconductor components including providing a primary light source having a carrier and a semiconductor layer sequence mounted thereon that generates primary light (B), wherein the semiconductor layer sequence is structured into a plurality of pixels that can be driven electrically independently of each other, and the carrier includes a plurality of control units that drive the pixels, providing at least one conversion unit adapted to convert the primary light (B) into at least one secondary light (G, R), wherein the conversion unit is grown continuously from at least one semiconductor material, structuring the conversion unit, wherein portions of the semiconductor material are removed in accordance with the pixels, and applying the conversion unit to the semiconductor layer sequence so that the remaining semiconductor material is uniquely assigned to a portion of the pixels.
US11018282B2	LED device A LED device includes LED chips mounted on a substrate, a first fluorescent layer, a second fluorescent layer and a package housing. The LED chips emit a blue light. The first fluorescent layer has a first side facing to the LED chips for converting the blue light to a red light. The second fluorescent layer has a first side attached to a second side of the first fluorescent layer for converting the blue light to a red light emitted from a second side of the second fluorescent layer. The package housing holds the substrate and the first fluorescent layer.
US11018275B2	Method of creating CIGS photodiode for image sensor applications Embodiments disclosed herein include photodiodes and methods of forming such photodiodes. In an embodiment, a method of creating a photodiode, comprises disposing an absorber layer over a first contact, wherein the absorber layer comprises a first conductivity type, and disposing a semiconductor layer over the absorber, wherein the semiconductor layer has a second conductivity type that is opposite from the first conductivity type. In an embodiment, the method further comprises disposing a hole blocking layer over the semiconductor layer, wherein the hole blocking layer is formed with a reactive sputtering process with a processing gas that comprises oxygen, and disposing a second contact over the hole blocking layer.
US11018269B2	Thin optoelectronic modules with apertures and their manufacture The wafer-level manufacturing method makes possible to manufacture ultrathin optical devices such as opto-electronic modules. A clear encapsulation is applied to an initial wafer including active optical components and a wafer-size substrate. Thereon, a photostructurable opaque coating is produced which includes apertures. Then, trenches are produced which extend through the clear encapsulation and establish side walls of intermediate products. Then, an opaque encapsulation is applied to the intermediate products, thus filling the trenches. Cutting through the opaque encapsulation material present in the trenches, singulated optical modules are produced, wherein side walls of the intermediate products are covered by the opaque encapsulation material. The wafer-size substrate can be attached to a rigid carrier wafer during most process steps.
US11018267B2	Solar cells for shingled solar cell module, shingled solar cell module, and method of making solar cells The present disclosure relates to solar cells for a shingled solar cell module, a shingled solar cell module, and a method of making solar cells for the shingled solar cell module. Said solar cell has a front side and a back side, a plurality of front side busbars being arranged on the front side, a plurality of back side busbars being arranged on the back side, the solar cell comprising a plurality of sections, each section comprising a front side busbar and a back side busbar located at edges thereof, the front side busbar of at least one section of the solar cell having an extension at one end or both ends, the extension extending along another edge of said at least one section intersecting with the above-mentioned edges. The shingled solar cell module is fabricated from solar cell strips split from the solar cell.
US11018262B2	Field-effect transistor, method for producing the same, display element, image display device, and system A field-effect transistor including: a gate electrode, which is configured to apply gate voltage; a source electrode and a drain electrode, which are configured to take electric current out; an active layer, which is disposed between the source electrode and the drain electrode and is formed of an oxide semiconductor; and a gate insulating layer, which is disposed between the gate electrode and the active layer, the source electrode and the drain electrode each including a metal region formed of a metal and an oxide region formed of one or more metal oxides, and a part of the oxide region in each of the source electrode and the drain electrode being in contact with the active layer, and rest of the oxide region being in contact with one or more components other than the active layer.
US11018256B2	Selective internal gate structure for ferroelectric semiconductor devices The present disclosure relates to a semiconductor device including a substrate and first and second spacers on the substrate. The semiconductor device also includes a gate stack between the first and second spacers. The gate stack includes a gate dielectric layer having a first portion formed on the substrate and a second portion formed on the first and second spacers; an internal gate formed on the first and second portions of the gate dielectric layer; a ferroelectric dielectric layer formed on the internal gate and in contact with the gate dielectric layer; and a gate electrode on the ferroelectric dielectric layer.
US11018252B2	Power semiconductor transistor A power semiconductor transistor includes a semiconductor body having a front side and a backside with a backside surface. The semiconductor body includes a drift region of a first conductivity type and a field stop region of the first conductivity type. The field stop region is arranged between the drift region and the backside and includes, in a cross-section along a vertical direction from the backside to the front side, a concentration profile of donors of the first conductivity type that has: a first local maximum at a first distance from the backside surface, a front width at half maximum associated with the first local maximum, and a back width at half maximum associated with the first local maximum. The front width at half maximum is smaller than the back width at half maximum and amounts to at least 8% of the first distance.
US11018251B2	Semiconductor device A semiconductor device includes a semiconductor body; first and second electrodes provided on back and front surfaces of the semiconductor body, respectively; a third electrode provided on the front surface; and a control electrode disposed inside a trench on the front surface side, and electrically connected to the third electrode. The third electrode is electrically insulated from the semiconductor body and the second electrode. The control electrode is placed between the semiconductor body and the second electrode, and is electrically insulated from the semiconductor body and the second electrode. The control electrode continuously extends inside the trench without branching. The control electrode includes first and second portions. The first portion extends in a first direction parallel to the front surface of the semiconductor body, and the second portion extends in a second direction parallel to the front surface of the semiconductor body and crossing the first direction.
US11018244B2	Lateral trench transistor device A method of manufacturing a semiconductor device includes: forming a trench in a first side of a semiconductor layer, the semiconductor layer including a drift zone of a first conductivity; forming a drain region of the first conductivity type in the first side of the semiconductor layer and laterally adjoining the drift zone; forming a body region of a second conductivity type opposite the first conductivity type and laterally adjoining the drift zone at a side of the drift zone opposite the drain region; and forming source regions of the first conductivity type and body contact regions of the second conductivity type in a sidewall of the trench and arranged in an alternating manner along a length of the trench, using a dopant diffusion process which includes diffusing dopants of both conductivity types from oppositely-doped dopant source layers which are in contact with different regions of the sidewall.
US11018237B2	Method for depinning the fermi level of a semiconductor at an electrical junction and devices incorporating such junctions An electrical device in which an interface layer is disposed in between and in contact with a conductor and a semiconductor.
US11018236B2	Thin film transistor, array substrate, display panel and method for manufacturing thin film transistor The present disclosure provides a thin film transistor, including a base substrate, an active layer and a source/drain, and a conductive layer. The active layer and an outer edge of the conductive layer are formed in the same etching process. The present disclosure further provides a method for manufacturing a thin film transistor, including forming an active material layer and a conductive material layer, forming a photoresist on the conductive material layer, exposing and developing the photoresist by means of a halftone mask, removing segments of the active material layer and the conductive material layer corresponding to a photoresist completely-removed region by a same etching process, partially removing the photoresist in a photoresist completely-retained region and completely removing the photoresist in a photoresist partially-retained region, and removing a segment of the conductive material layer corresponding to the photoresist partially-retained region.
US11018233B2	Flash memory cell structure with step-shaped floating gate The present disclosure relates to a flash memory cell that includes a substrate and a floating gate structure over the substrate. The floating gate structure includes a first portion having a first top surface and a first thickness. The floating gate structure also includes a second portion having a second top surface and a second thickness that is different from the first thickness. The floating gate structure further includes a sidewall surface connecting the first and second top surfaces, and an angle between the first top surface and the sidewall surface of the floating gate structure is an obtuse angle. The flash memory cell also includes a control gate structure over the first and second portions of the floating gate structure.
US11018232B2	Semiconductor device and fabrication method thereof A semiconductor device includes a semiconductor substrate, a pair of source/drain regions, and a gate stack. The pair of source/drain regions is on the semiconductor substrate. The gate stack is laterally between the source/drain regions and includes a gate dielectric layer over the semiconductor fin, a metal element-containing layer over the gate dielectric layer, and a fill metal layer over the metal element-containing layer. The metal element-containing layer has a dopant, and a concentration of the dopant in an upper portion of the metal element-containing layer is higher than a concentration of the dopant in a bottom portion of the metal element-containing layer.
US11018222B1	Metallization in integrated circuit structures Disclosed herein are structures, methods, and assemblies related to metallization in integrated circuit (IC) structures. For example, in some embodiments, an IC structure may include a first nanowire in a metal region and a second nanowire in the metal region. A distance between the first nanowire and the second nanowire may be less than 5 nanometers, and the metal region may include tungsten between the first nanowire and the second nanowire.
US11018221B2	Air gap regions of a semiconductor device A semiconductor device is provided, which includes an active region, a first structure, a second gate structure, a first gate dielectric sidewall, a second gate dielectric sidewall, a first air gap region, a second air gap region and a contact structure. The active region is formed over a substrate. The first and second gate structures are formed over the active region and between the first gate structure and the second gate structure are the first gate dielectric sidewall, the first air gap region, the contact structure, the second air gap region and a second gate dielectric sidewall.
US11018208B2	Image processing device, display device having the same, and image processing method of the same An image processing device includes a region divider configured to receive an image data, generate a convert data by converting the image data by pixel rows, and generate a region dividing information that divides the image data into a plurality of regions based on the convert data, a luminance detector configured to detect a region maximum luminance and a region minimum luminance of each of the regions based on the image data and the region dividing information, and a compensator configured to generate compensation image data that compensate a contrast of each of the regions based on the region dividing information, the region maximum luminance, and the region minimum luminance.
US11018198B2	Electroluminescent display device An electroluminescent display device comprises a substrate; a plurality of sub-pixels arranged on the substrate, including sub-pixels with different colors arranged along a first direction and sub-pixels with a same color arranged along a second direction; a light-emitting diode disposed at each sub-pixel and including a first electrode, a light-emitting layer and a second electrode; a bank having an opening corresponding to a sub-pixel row along the second direction and disposed between two adjacent sub-pixels along the first direction; and a control pattern between two adjacent sub-pixels along the second direction, wherein the control pattern includes a first control pattern corresponding to a center portion of the sub-pixel row and a second control pattern spaced apart from the first control pattern along the second direction, and where a first end of each of the first and second control patterns is spaced apart from the bank and has an first surface parallel to or inclined with respect to the second direction, and a slope of the first surface of the second control pattern is larger than a slope of the first surface of the first control pattern.
US11018186B2	Multi-level memristor elements There is described a two-terminal multi-level memristor element synthesised from binary memristors, which is configured to implement a variable resistance based on unary or binary code words. There is further described a circuit such as a synapse circuit implemented using a multi-level memristor element.
US11018180B2	Packaging methods of semiconductor x-ray detectors Disclosed herein are various methods for making apparatuses suitable for detecting X-ray. The method may comprise bonding a plurality of chips to a first substrate, wherein the first substrate comprises a plurality of electric contacts and a plurality of vias connecting the electric contacts to a surface of the first substrate, wherein each of the chips comprises an X-ray absorption layer comprising a first electrode and a second electrode, and wherein the plurality of chips are bonded to the first substrate such that the second electrode of each of the chips is electrically connected to at least one of the electrical contacts.
US11018179B2	Semiconductor structure A semiconductor structure includes an ILD disposed over a semiconductive substrate, an isolation disposed between the semiconductive substrate and the ILD, and a conductive pad disposed within the semiconductive substrate, the isolation and the ILD. A top surface of the conductive pad is substantially parallel with two surfaces of the semiconductive substrate. The top surface of the conductive pad is between the two surfaces of the semiconductive substrate. Sidewalls of the conductive pad are in direct contact with the ILD and the isolation.
US11018178B2	Light receiving element, ranging module, and electronic apparatus Disclosed is a light receiving element including an on-chip lens, a wiring layer, and a semiconductor layer disposed between the on-chip lens and the wiring layer. The semiconductor layer includes a photodiode, a first transfer transistor that transfers electric charge generated in the photodiode to a first charge storage portion, a second transfer transistor that transfers electric charge generated in the photodiode to a second charge storage portion, and an interpixel separation portion that separates the semiconductor layers of adjacent pixels from each other, for at least part of the semiconductor layer in the depth direction. The wiring layer has at least one layer including a light blocking member. The light blocking member is disposed to overlap with the photodiode in a plan view.
US11018151B2	Three-dimensional flat NAND memory device including wavy word lines and method of making the same A three-dimensional memory device includes alternating stacks of insulating strips and electrically conductive strips located over a substrate, generally extending along a first horizontal direction, and laterally spaced apart from each other along a second horizontal direction by width-modulated line trenches, memory films located on a respective sidewall of the alternating stacks, the memory films containing a charge storage layer and blocking dielectric which generally extend along the first horizontal direction and laterally undulate along the second horizontal direction, and a plurality of discrete vertical semiconductor channels located on a sidewall of a respective one of the memory films.
US11018148B2	Semiconductor memory device and method for manufacturing same A semiconductor memory device according to an embodiment, includes a semiconductor pillar extending in a first direction, a first electrode extending in a second direction crossing the first direction, a second electrode provided between the semiconductor pillar and the first electrode, a first insulating film provided between the semiconductor pillar and the second electrode, and a second insulating film provided between the first electrode and the second electrode. The second electrode includes a thin sheet portion disposed on the first electrode side, and a thick sheet portion disposed on the semiconductor pillar side. A length in the first direction of the thick sheet portion is longer than a length in the first direction of the thin sheet portion.
US11018143B1	Antifuse OTP structures with hybrid low-voltage devices An antifuse One-Time-Programmable memory cell includes a substrate, and a hybrid select transistor and a hybrid antifuse capacitor formed on the substrate. The hybrid select transistor includes a first gate dielectric layer formed on the substrate, wherein the first gate dielectric layer is thinner than 40 nm, a first high-voltage junction formed in the substrate, and a low-voltage junction formed in the substrate. The hybrid antifuse capacitor includes a second gate dielectric layer, wherein the second gate dielectric layer is thinner than 40 nm, which enables a low-voltage antifuse capacitor device, a second gate formed on the gate dielectric layer, a second high-voltage junction formed in the substrate, and a third high-voltage junction formed in the substrate.
US11018135B2	Three-dimensional devices having reduced contact length Various embodiments comprise apparatuses and methods including a memory array having alternating levels of semiconductor materials and dielectric material with strings of memory cells formed on the alternating levels. One such apparatus includes a memory array formed substantially within a cavity of a substrate. Peripheral circuitry can be formed adjacent to a surface of the substrate and adjacent to the memory array. Additional apparatuses and methods are described.
US11018134B2	Semiconductor device and method for manufacturing the same A semiconductor device is provided. The semiconductor device includes a first transistor, a first interconnect structure, and a second transistor. The first transistor has a first gate length. The first interconnect structure is over the first transistor. The second transistor is over the first interconnect structure. The second transistor is electrically coupled to the first transistor through the first interconnect structure. The second transistor has a second gate length, and the first gate length is shorter than the second gate length.
US11018128B2	Semiconductor device A semiconductor device according to an embodiment includes a semiconductor substrate of a first conducting type. A pad is provided on the semiconductor substrate. An internal circuit is provided on the semiconductor substrate. An electrostatic discharge protection element is provided between the pad and the internal circuit. The electrostatic discharge protection element comprises a first well of a second conducting type, a second well of a first conducting type, and a first electrode layer of a second conducting type. The first well of a second conducting type is provided in a surface region of the semiconductor substrate. The second well of a first conducting type is provided inside the first well in the surface region of the semiconductor substrate. The first electrode layer of a second conducting type is provided inside the second well in the surface region of the semiconductor substrate.
US11018123B2	Multi-chip modules A multi-chip module includes a first semiconductor component including a first set of connections having a first pitch dimension and at least a second set of connections having a second pitch dimension, wherein the first pitch dimension is smaller than the second pitch dimension. The multi-chip module further includes a second semiconductor component interconnected with the first set of connections of the first semiconductor component. The multi-chip module further includes at least a third semiconductor component interconnected with the second set of connections of the first semiconductor component and wherein a surface of the third semiconductor component is adhered to a surface of the second semiconductor component, wherein the surfaces at least partially overlap one another.
US11018121B2	Semiconductor packages Disclosed is a semiconductor package including a semiconductor chip, a first outer capacitor on the semiconductor chip including a first electrode and a second electrode, a second outer capacitor on the semiconductor chip including a first electrode pattern and a second electrode pattern, and a conductive pattern on the semiconductor chip and electrically connected to the first electrode of the first outer capacitor and the first electrode pattern of the second outer capacitor. The second electrode of the first outer capacitor is insulated from the second electrode pattern of the second outer capacitor.
US11018120B2	Semiconductor device package with stress buffering layer and method for manufacturing the same A semiconductor device package includes a first conductive structure, a stress buffering layer and a second conductive structure. The first conductive structure includes a substrate, at least one first electronic component embedded in the substrate, and a first circuit layer disposed on the substrate and electrically connected to the first electronic component. The first circuit layer includes a conductive wiring pattern. The stress buffering layer is disposed on the substrate. The conductive wiring pattern of the first circuit layer extends through the stress buffering layer. The second conductive structure is disposed on the stress buffering layer and the first circuit layer.
US11018119B2	LED filament assembly and lamp including the same An LED filament assembly includes a frame, a first electrode disposed on a first end of the frame, and a second electrode disposed on a second end of the frame. The LED filament assembly includes a first group of LED chips capable of emitting a first color, a second group of LED chips capable of emitting a second color, and a third group of LED chips capable of emitting a third color. The first group of LED chips is disposed on the frame along a longitudinal axis, connected in series, and electrically connected to the first electrode and the second electrode. Similarly, the second and the third group of LED chips are also disposed on the frame along the longitudinal axis, connected in series, and electrically connected to the first electrode and the second electrode. A lamp including such an LED filament assembly is also disclosed.
US11018117B2	Half-bridge module with coaxial arrangement of the DC terminals A half-bridge module includes a substrate with a base metallization layer divided into a first DC conducting area, a second DC conducting area and an AC conducting area; at least one first power semiconductor switch chip bonded to the first DC conducting area and electrically interconnected with the AC conducting area; at least one second power semiconductor switch chip bonded to the AC conducting area and electrically interconnected with the second DC conducting area; and a coaxial terminal arrangement including at least one inner DC terminal. The at least first outer DC terminal and the at least one second outer DC terminal protrude from the module and are arranged in a row, such that the at least one inner DC terminal is coaxially arranged between the at least one first outer DC terminal and the at least one second outer DC terminal.
US11018116B2	Method to form a 3D semiconductor device and structure A method to form a 3D semiconductor device, the method including: providing a first level including first circuits, the first circuits including first transistors and first interconnection; preparing a second level including a silicon layer; performing growth of an epitaxial layer on top of the silicon layer, the epitaxial layer including non-silicon atoms; forming second circuits over the second level, the second circuits including second transistors and second interconnection; transferring and then bonding the second level on top of the first level; and then thinning the second level to a thickness of less than ten microns, where the bonding includes oxide to oxide bonds.
US11018108B2	Method of fabricating semiconductor package A semiconductor package includes: a redistribution substrate; a semiconductor chip on the redistribution substrate; and an external terminal on a bottom surface of the redistribution substrate, wherein the redistribution substrate comprises: a first insulating layer including a first opening; a second insulating layer on the first insulating layer and including a second opening, wherein the second opening is positioned in the first opening in a plan view; a first barrier metal layer disposed along a sidewall of the first opening and along a sidewall of the second opening; a first redistribution conductive pattern on the first barrier metal layer; a third insulating layer on a bottom surface of the first insulating layer; and a pad penetrating the third insulating layer and electrically connecting to the first redistribution conductive pattern, wherein the external terminal is provided on the pad, wherein the second insulating layer at least partially covers a chip pad of the semiconductor chip, and the second opening at least partially exposes the chip pad, wherein, inside the second insulating layer, the first barrier metal layer is in contact with the chip pad through the second opening, and wherein the first redistribution conductive pattern has a surface roughness including protrusions extending in a range of from about 0.01 μm to about 0.5 μm, and the first insulating layer has a surface roughness smaller than the surface roughness of the first redistribution conductive pattern.
US11018106B2	Semiconductor device including solder bracing material with a rough surface, and manufacturing method thereof A semiconductor device includes a first substrate including a plurality of first pads disposed on a first surface of the first substrate, a second substrate including a plurality of second pads disposed on a second surface of the substrate, a plurality of conductive bumps bonded the plurality of first pads with the plurality of second pads correspondingly, a solder bracing material disposed on the first surface and surrounded the plurality of conductive bumps, an underfill material surrounded the plurality of conductive bumps and disposed between the solder bracing material and the second surface, and a rough interface between the solder bracing material and the underfill material. The rough interface includes a plurality of protruded portions and a plurality of recessed portions.
US11018102B2	Semiconductor product with interlocking metal-to-metal bonds and method for manufacturing thereof A structure and method for performing metal-to-metal bonding in an electrical device. For example and without limitation, various aspects of this disclosure provide a structure and method that utilize an interlocking structure configured to enhance metal-to-metal bonding.
US11018101B2	Semiconductor devices, semiconductor packages, and methods of manufacturing the semiconductor devices A semiconductor device includes a conductive component on a substrate, a passivation layer on the substrate and including an opening that exposes at least a portion of the conductive component, and a pad structure in the opening and located on the passivation layer, the pad structure being electrically connected to the conductive component. The pad structure includes a lower conductive layer conformally extending on an inner sidewall of the opening, the lower conductive layer including a conductive barrier layer, a first seed layer, an etch stop layer, and a second seed layer that are sequentially stacked, a first pad layer on the lower conductive layer and at least partially filling the opening, and a second pad layer on the first pad layer and being in contact with a peripheral portion of the lower conductive layer located on the top surface of the passivation layer.
US11018091B2	Eliminate sawing-induced peeling through forming trenches A package includes a device die, a molding material encircling the device die, wherein a top surface of the molding material is substantially level with a top surface of the device die, and a bottom dielectric layer over the device die and the molding material. A plurality of redistribution lines (RDLs) extends into the bottom dielectric layer and electrically coupling to the device die. A top polymer layer is over the bottom dielectric layer, with a trench ring penetrating through the top polymer layer. The trench ring is adjacent to edges of the package. The package further includes Under-Bump Metallurgies (UBMs) extending into the top polymer layer.
US11018086B2	Passive devices in package-on-package structures and methods for forming the same A device includes a polymer. A device die is disposed in the polymer. A passive device includes three Through Assembly Vias (TAVs) penetrating through the polymer, wherein the TAVs are coupled in series. A Redistribution Line (RDL) is underlying the polymer. The RDL electrically couples a first one of the TAVs to a second one of the TAVs.
US11018083B2	Semiconductor package and manufacturing method thereof A semiconductor package and a manufacturing method are provided. The semiconductor package includes a semiconductor die, a through via structure, a dipole structure and an encapsulant. The through via structure and the dipole structure are disposed aside the semiconductor die, and respectively includes an insulating core and a conductive layer. A front surface and a sidewall of the insulating core are covered by the conductive layer. The semiconductor die, the through via structure and the dipole structure are laterally encapsulated by the encapsulant. Surfaces of capping portions of the conductive layers covering the front surfaces of the insulating cores are substantially coplanar with a front surface of the encapsulant.
US11018077B2	Modular microjet cooling of packaged electronic components The present invention generally relates to a modular microjet cooler. The modular microjet cooler may be attached to a packaged heat generating device that is mounted on a printed circuit board. The modular microjet cooler has an inlet allowing supply fluid to be directed through microjet nozzles toward an impingement surface on the packaged device. The modular microjet cooler also has one or more outlets that allow exhaust fluid to be removed. The modular microjet cooler is attached to the device after it has been packaged. Further, the modular microjet cooler may be attached to the packaged device either before or after it is mounted to the printed circuit board.
US11018073B2	Heat spreading device and method In an embodiment, a device includes: a die stack over and electrically connected to an interposer, the die stack including a topmost integrated circuit die including: a substrate having a front side and a back side opposite the front side, the front side of the substrate including an active surface; a dummy through substrate via (TSV) extending from the back side of the substrate at least partially into the substrate, the dummy TSV electrically isolated from the active surface; a thermal interface material over the topmost integrated circuit die; and a dummy connector in the thermal interface material, the thermal interface material surrounding the dummy connector, the dummy connector electrically isolated from the active surface of the topmost integrated circuit die.
US11018061B2	Strain enhancement for FinFETs An integrated circuit device includes a substrate having a first portion in a first device region and a second portion in a second device region. A first semiconductor strip is in the first device region. A dielectric liner has an edge contacting a sidewall of the first semiconductor strip, wherein the dielectric liner is configured to apply a compressive stress or a tensile stress to the first semiconductor strip. A Shallow Trench Isolation (STI) region is over the dielectric liner, wherein a sidewall and a bottom surface of the STI region is in contact with a sidewall and a top surface of the dielectric liner.
US11018060B2	Semiconductor device having deep trench structure and method of manufacturing thereof A semiconductor device includes etch stop films formed on the first gate electrode, the first source region, the first drain region, and the shallow trench isolation regions, respectively. First interlayer insulating films are formed on the etch stop film, respectively. Deep trenches are formed in the substrate between adjacent ones of the first interlayer insulating films to overlap the shallow trench isolation regions. Sidewall insulating films are formed in the deep trenches, respectively. A gap-fill insulating film is formed on the sidewall insulating film. A second interlayer insulating film is formed on the gap-fill insulating film. A top surface of the second interlayer insulating film is substantially planar and a bottom surface of the second interlayer insulating film is undulating.
US11018048B2	Ceramic pedestal having atomic protective layer A method of manufacturing a pedestal includes having a support plate including a substrate, an electric element embedded in the substrate, and a conductive member connected to the electric element, preparing a tubular shaft that defines a chamber, securing the tubular shaft to the support plate, the conductive member being exposed in the chamber of the tubular shaft, and applying a protective layer on the conductive member by an atomic layer deposition (ALD) process. A system for manufacturing the pedestal and a pedestal are also provided in the present disclosure.
US11018038B2	Apparatus for sawing a semiconductor package A semiconductor package sawing device is provided that includes a semiconductor package sawing unit, an automatic tool providing portion disposed adjacent to the semiconductor package sawing unit, and a semiconductor package alignment portion. The automatic tool providing portion includes a transfer unit for transferring a chuck unit to the semiconductor package sawing unit.
US11018036B2	Carrier adapter insert apparatus and carrier adapter insert detection methods Methods, apparatus, and assemblies are provided for a substrate carrier adapter insert including an adapter frame including a support rail adapted to support one or more substrates in a substrate carrier, a frame extension coupled to, or integral with, the adapter frame, and a mapping feature formed on the frame extension and disposed to be detected by a sensor for determining whether an adapter insert is present or absent in a substrate carrier. Numerous additional features are disclosed.
US11018035B2	Substrate processing system A measurement processing process S103 of measuring a cut width of a film based on an image obtained by imaging, with an imaging unit 270, a peripheral portion of a substrate which is processed based on a substrate processing recipe; a creation process S602 of creating a management list in which a set value of the cut width of the film, a measurement value of the cut width of the film measured through the measurement processing process and time information at which the measurement result is obtained are correlated; an analysis process S603 (S606) of analyzing a state of the processed substrate based on the created management list; and a notification process S605 (S608, S609) of making a preset notification to a user based on an analysis result obtained through the analysis process are provided.
US11018025B2	Redistribution lines having stacking vias A method includes forming a dielectric layer over a conductive feature, forming an opening in the dielectric layer, and plating a metallic material to form a redistribution line electrically coupled to the conductive feature. The redistribution line includes a via in the opening, and a metal trace. The metal trace includes a first portion directly over the via, and a second portion misaligned with the via. A first top surface of the first portion is substantially coplanar with a second top surface of the second portion of the metal trace.
US11018020B2	Method of fabricating an integrated circuit device by using a block copolymer to form a self-assembly layer A method of fabricating an integrated circuit device includes forming a mold layer on a main surface of a substrate. A first hole is formed in the mold layer having a first inner wall that has a first tilt angle. A first conductive pattern is formed in the first hole. A block copolymer layer is formed on the mold layer and the first conductive pattern. A self-assembly layer is formed having a first domain and a second domain by phase separation of the block copolymer layer. The first domain covers the first conductive pattern and the second domain covers the mold layer. A second hole is formed by removing the first domain, the second hole having a second inner wall that has a second tilt angle. A second conductive pattern is formed in the second hole.
US11018010B2	Mask layout, semiconductor device and manufacturing method using the same A mask layout for forming a semiconductor device includes an active mask pattern, a gate electrode mask pattern, a silicide blocking mask pattern, and a contact mask pattern. The active mask pattern forms source and drain regions in a substrate. The gate electrode mask pattern, disposed to overlap the active mask pattern, forms a gate electrode between the source region and the drain region. The silicide blocking mask pattern is disposed to overlap the gate electrode mask pattern and the active mask pattern in the gate electrode, the source region, and the drain regions to form a silicide blocking region. The contact mask pattern, disposed spaced apart from the silicide blocking mask pattern, forms a contact plug on the substrate. The silicide blocking mask pattern covers the gate electrode mask pattern and extends to the active mask pattern.
US11018008B2	Manufacturing method of a semiconductor device with efficient edge structure A manufacturing method of an electronic device includes: forming a drift layer of an N type; forming a trench in the drift layer; forming an edge-termination structure alongside the trench by implanting dopant species of a P type; and forming a depression region between the trench and the edge-termination structure by digging the drift layer. The steps of forming the depression region and the trench are carried out at the same time. The step of forming the depression region comprises patterning the drift layer to form a structural connection with the edge-termination structure having a first slope, and the step of forming the trench comprises etching the drift layer to define side walls of the trench, which have a second slope steeper than the first slope.
US11018003B2	Method of selective silicon germanium epitaxy at low temperatures In an embodiment, a method of selectively depositing a silicon germanium material on a substrate is provided. The method includes positioning the substrate within a substrate processing chamber, the substrate having a dielectric material and a silicon containing single crystal thereon; maintaining the substrate at a temperature of about 450° C. or less; exposing the substrate to a process gas comprising: a silicon source gas, a germanium source gas, an etchant gas, a carrier gas, and at least one dopant source gas; and epitaxially and selectively depositing a first silicon germanium material on the substrate.
US11018001B2	Method of growing two-dimensional transition metal dichalcogenide thin film and method of manufacturing device including the same A method of growing a two-dimensional transition metal dichalcogenide (TMD) thin film and a method of manufacturing a device including the two-dimensional TMD thin film are provided. The method of growing the two-dimensional TMD thin film may include a precursor supply operation and an evacuation operation, which are periodically and repeatedly performed in a reaction chamber provided with a substrate for thin film growth. The precursor supply operation may include supplying two or more kinds of precursors of a TMD material to the reaction chamber. The evacuation operation may include evacuating the two or more kinds of precursors and by-products generated therefrom from the reaction chamber.
US11017995B2	Composition for TiN hard mask removal and etch residue cleaning Composition, method and system for TiN hard mask removal from electronic circuitry devices, such as advanced pattern wafers have been disclosed. The cleaning compositions preferably comprise an etchant agent (also referred to as a base), an oxidizing agent, an oxidizing stabilizer (also referred to as a chelating agent), an ammonium salt, a corrosion inhibitor, and a solvent. Other optional additives could be provided. It is preferable that the pH of the cleaning composition be greater than 5.5. The cleaning composition is preferably free from dimethyl sulfoxide and tetramethylammonium hydroxide.
US11017991B2	Mass spectrometric determination of fatty acids The invention relates to the detection of fatty acids. In a particular aspect, the invention relates to methods for detecting very long chain fatty acids and branched chain fatty acids by mass spectrometry.
US11017982B2	Composite charged particle beam apparatus and control method thereof Disclosed is a composite charged particle beam apparatus including: an ion supply unit supplying an ion beam; an acceleration voltage application unit applying an acceleration voltage to the ion beam supplied by the ion supply unit to accelerate the ion beam; a first focusing unit focusing the ion beam; a beam booster voltage application unit applying a beam booster voltage to the ion beam; a second focusing unit focusing the ion beam to irradiate a sample; an electron beam emission unit emitting an electron beam to irradiate the sample; and a controller setting a value of the beam booster voltage that the beam booster voltage application unit applies to the ion beam, based on a value of the acceleration voltage applied to the ion beam by the acceleration voltage application unit and of a set value predetermined according to a focal distance of the focused ion beam.
US11017977B1	Liquid metal bearing assembly and method for operating said liquid metal bearing assembly Liquid metal bearing assemblies and methods for operation of said assemblies are provided. One example liquid metal bearing assembly includes a liquid metal interface positioned between a stationary component and a rotational component. The rotational component includes a liquid metal reservoir configured to contain a liquid metal and positioned radially inward from the liquid metal interface, a liquid metal passage extending between the liquid metal reservoir and the liquid metal interface, and an anti-wetting surface in the liquid metal passage.
US11017970B2	Circuit testing system and method of operation A circuit testing system for identifying a circuit breaker associated with an electrical circuit is disclosed. The circuit testing system includes a circuit testing module and a connector mechanism provided on the circuit testing module. The connector mechanism is adapted to operably engage the circuit testing module with an electrical connection point of the electrical circuit. The circuit testing system further includes a remote electronic device wirelessly connected to circuit testing module. The connector mechanism is one of one or more prongs, a socket, and a probe; and the one of the one or more prongs, the socket, and the probe operably engages the circuit testing module to the electrical connection point.
US11017968B2	Electrical switch An electrical switch for switching an electric current is disclosed. The electrical switch includes an electronic trip unit, embodied in a bipartite fashion. A first part of the trip unit is fixedly connected to the electrical switch and includes protection functions of the electrical switch. A second part of the trip unit is embodied mountably and detachably on the electrical switch and defines the protection functions enabled for the customer.
US11017965B1	Pushbutton assembly A pushbutton assembly comprises a base, a pushbutton which is displaceable in a push direction relative to the base from an unactuated rest position into an actuated position and vice versa, and a return device which biases the pushbutton towards the rest position. Further, a self-centering device is provided which comprises a button part and a base part, the button part and the base part of the self-centering device cooperating in the rest position of the pushbutton so as to position the pushbutton in a centered position with respect to the base.
US11017951B2	Multilayer electronic component A multilayer electronic component includes a capacitor body including a plurality of dielectric layers and a plurality of first and second internal electrodes, and having first to sixth surfaces; first and second external electrodes including first and second connection portions and first and second band portions, respectively; and first and second connection terminals disposed on the first and second band portions on the first surface of the capacitor body. The first and second connection terminals are each provided with a solder receiving portion to have a symmetrical shape in a direction connecting the third and fourth surfaces and a direction connecting the fifth and sixth surfaces.
US11017950B2	Method for producing a ceramic electronic component A ceramic electronic component includes a ceramic body, an inner electrode, an outer electrode, and a connecting portion. The inner electrode is disposed inside the ceramic body. The end portion of the inner electrode extends to a surface of the ceramic body. The outer electrode is disposed on the surface of the ceramic body so as to cover the end portion of the inner electrode. The outer electrode includes a resin and a metal. The connecting portion is disposed so as to extend from an inside of the outer electrode to an inside of the ceramic body. In a portion of the surface of the ceramic body on which the outer electrode is disposed, the length of the connecting portion that extends in a direction in which the inner electrode is extends about 2.4 μm or more.
US11017949B2	Multi-layer ceramic capacitor and method of producing the same A multi-layer ceramic capacitor according to an embodiment of the present invention includes a multi-layer, side margins and offset sections. The multi-layer includes internal electrodes and dielectric layers alternately laminated. The side margins are configured of a dielectric and disposed to cover side faces of the multi-layer. The offset sections are made with amorphous areas or gap areas. The offset sections are formed between the internal electrodes and the side margins such that ends at side faces of the internal electrodes are offset from the side faces to an inward direction of the multi-layer.
US11017939B2	Magnetic component assembly with filled gap Magnetic component assemblies for circuit boards include magnetic cores formed with a gap and preformed conductive windings sliding assembled to the cores via the gaps. The gaps in the cores are filled with a magnetic material to enhance the magnetic performance. The magnetic component assemblies may define power inductors.
US11017938B2	Methods, apparatus and systems for dry-type transformers In some embodiments, a connection bar is provided for connecting multiple high voltage coils of a dry-type transformer along a top or bottom of the dry-type transformer. The connection bar includes (1) an electrically insulating body having a plurality of openings, each opening sized to receive at least one of high voltage terminals of the transformer; (2) an electrical connection pathway within the electrically insulating body configured to create a predetermined electrical connection between multiple high voltage coils of the transformer; (3) external connector terminals embedded within and extending from the electrically insulating body, the external connector terminals connected to the electrical connection pathway; and (4) a ground shield embedded within the electrically insulating body and configured to shield high voltage terminals of each high voltage coil of the transformer. Numerous other aspects are provided.
US11017933B2	Winding coil component A winding coil component includes a drum-shaped core including a winding core having a substantially n-sided prism shape having n side surfaces positioned around a central axis. The n side surfaces include a first side surface facing a mounting substrate and wire wound around the winding core portion and forming a multilayer portion in layers including a superposition beginning portion located in a region other than a region above an n-th side surface to which the n side surfaces are arranged in order from the first side surface in a winding direction in which a lowest layer of the multilayer portion winds toward the superposition beginning portion.
US11017924B2	Thermistor element and method for manufacturing same In a thermistor element, a thermistor body formed of a thermistor material, a conductive interlayer formed on the thermistor body, and an electrode layer formed on the conductive interlayer are provided, the conductive interlayer is formed along protrusions and recesses on a surface of the thermistor body, the conductive interlayer is a layer in which RuO2 grains in contact with each other are uniformly distributed and SiO2 interposes in gaps between the RuO2 grains, and the conductive interlayer is formed in a state of adhering to the thermistor body along the protrusions and the recesses on the surface of the thermistor body.
US11017919B2	Medium-voltage or high-voltage electrical device having low-thickness hybrid insulation A medium-voltage or high-voltage electrical device comprising a sealed enclosure in which are located electrical components covered with a solid dielectric layer and a gaseous medium ensuring electrical insulation and/or extinguishing electrical arcs, the gaseous medium comprising heptafluoroisobutyronitrile and a dilution gas, the thickness of the solid dielectric layer being less than 1 mm and being produced from a material comprising a polyepoxide or polyurethane resin optionally containing a filler or aluminum oxide.
US11017913B2	Crystal and substrate of conductive GaAs, and method for forming the same An electrically conductive GaAs crystal has an atomic concentration of Si more than 1×1017 cm−3, wherein density of precipitates having sizes of at least 30 nm contained in the crystal is at most 400 cm−2. In this case, it is preferable that the conductive GaAs crystal has a dislocation density of at most 2×10−2 cm2 or at least 1×10−3 cm2.
US11017905B2	Counterfactual measure for medical diagnosis A method for providing a computer-implemented medical diagnosis includes receiving an input from a user comprising at least one symptom of the user. The method also includes providing the at least one symptom as an input to a medical model, the medical model being retrieved from memory. The medical model includes a probabilistic graphical model comprising probability distributions and relationships between symptoms and diseases. The method also includes performing inference on the probabilistic graphical model to obtain a prediction of the probability that the user has that disease. The method also includes outputting an indication that the user has a disease from the Bayesian inference, wherein the inference is performed using a counterfactual measure.
US11017904B2	Systems and methods for simulation of occluded arteries and optimization of occlusion-based treatments Systems and methods are disclosed for simulation of occluded arteries and/or optimization of occlusion-based treatments. One method includes obtaining a patient-specific anatomic model of a patient's vasculature; obtaining an initial computational model of blood flow through the patient's vasculature based on the patient-specific anatomic model; obtaining a post-treatment computational model by modifying portions of the initial computational model based on an occlusion-based treatment; generating a pre-treatment blood flow characteristic using the initial computational model or computing a post-treatment blood flow using the post-treatment computational model; and outputting a representation of the pre-treatment blood flow characteristic or the post-treatment blood flow characteristic.
US11017900B2	Calculation engine based on histograms Methods and apparatus, including computer program products, are provided for processing analyte data. In some exemplary implementations, there is provided a method that includes generating, by at least one processor, a data structure comprising a plurality of bins assigned to a plurality of predetermined glucose concentration levels; generating, by the at least one processor, a value representative of a measured glucose concentration level obtained from received sensor data; adding, by the at least one processor, the value to at least one of the plurality of bins, wherein the adding of the value increments an occurrence value for the at least one of the plurality of bins; and analyzing, by the at least one processor, the data structure including the at least one of the plurality of bins and the occurrence value to determine at least one descriptive measurement. Related systems, methods, and articles of manufacture are also disclosed.
US11017886B2	Health information exchange system and method A system, method and program product, the system comprising: memory comprising one or more non-transitory computer-readable media comprising: a master patient database; an exchange partner database; a sub-network database; and a global identifier database storing a plurality of global identifiers; and one or more computers configured with: an inbound module for receiving incoming request data or results data from an exchange partner, including a sub-process to determine when one of a plurality of methods is identified by the incoming data, a sub-network and/or one or more responding exchange partners, a requested data type, and whether a patient is identified; a sub-process to create when the incoming data is destined for a different exchange partner, a respective communication manager sub-process for each of the one or more or responding exchange partners; an outbound request module that has a multi-level consent determination process, and a sub-process to create, by the one or more computers, a global identifier comprising a link between the respective responding exchange partner and the requesting exchange partner for an initial transfer of the data.
US11017882B2	Method for predicting the off-target biding of a peptide which binds to a target peptide presented by a major histocompatibility complex The invention provides a method for predicting whether a binding peptide, which binds to a target peptide presented by a Major Histocompatibility Complex (MHC) and is for administration to a subject, has the potential to cross react with another peptide in the subject in vivo. The method comprises the steps of identifying at least one binding motif in the target peptide to which the binding peptide binds; and searching for peptides that are present in the subject that comprise the at least one binding motif and that are not the target peptide. The presence of one or more such peptides indicates that the binding peptide has the potential to cross react in vivo.
US11017881B2	Systems, methods, and devices for analysis of genetic material A representation of a nucleic acid sequence encodes a particular gene having at least one intron. An intron signature value corresponding to the at least one intron is determined based on a first computational function applied to at least one portion of the representation of the nucleic acid sequence corresponding to the at least one intron. A protein signature value is determined, being based on a second computational function applied to a representation of a protein. In a database, an association is formed between the intron and protein signature values. This process is repeated for each of a plurality of nucleic acid sequences. Nucleic acid sequences in the database are ordered based on a sort of corresponding intron signature values. An ordering determined by the sort is used to determine or confirm a role or function of a portion of a given nucleic acid sequence.
US11017879B1	Adjustable column address scramble using fuses Methods, systems, and devices for adjustable column address scramble using fuses are described. A testing device may detect a first error in a first column plane of a memory array and a second error in a second column plane of the memory array. The testing device may identify a first column address of the first column plane associated with the first error and a second column address of the second column plane based on detecting the first error and the second error. The testing device may determine, for the first column plane, a configuration for scrambling column addresses of the first column plane to different column addresses of the first column plane. In some cases, the testing device may perform a fuse blow of a fuse associated with the first column plane to implement the determined configuration.
US11017878B1	Memory device with a dynamic fuse array Methods, systems, and devices for memory device with a dynamic fuse array are described. Techniques and apparatus are described herein for storing an address of a set of the array of latches that is associated with a set of the array of fuses. A se of an array of fuses may include a first portion for indicating the value of the parameter and a second portion for indicating an address of a set of the array of latches that is to receive the parameter stored in the first portion. An enabled set of fuses may indicate that the block is storing a value of a parameter for operating the memory device. By storing the address for the set of the array latches in the set of the array of fuses, a memory device may have a dynamic mapping between the array of latches and the array of fuses. Such a dynamic mapping may reduce an area used by the array of fuses and may make some parameters modifiable.
US11017874B2	Data and memory reorganization A method and system for improving data and memory reorganization and storage technology is provided. The method includes configuring data capture and analysis settings of a database system resulting in configured data capture settings. A data and associated memory analysis request is received and specified test code is selected. A specified portion of data and associated memory is selected and the specified analysis code is executed resulting in execution of said specified type of analysis with respect to the specified portion of said data and associated memory. The specified portion of said data and associated memory is modified and stored.
US11017873B2	Memory bypass function for a memory A memory bypass circuit for a memory device comprises: a word line disable circuit; a read and write activation circuit; an internal clock generator; and a write data input circuit. The word line disable circuit is coupled to a word line of the memory device for disabling a write function to the word line. The read and write activation circuit is coupled to the memory device for reading and writing of input data. The internal clock generator is coupled to the word line disable circuit and the read/write activation circuit. The write data input circuit is coupled to a write driver of the memory device for providing write data.
US11017867B2	Adjustable read retry order based on decoding success trend Methods, systems, and media for decoding data are described. A sequence of read-level voltages for decoding operations may be determined based on a trend of decoding success indicators, including a first decoding success indicator and a second decoding success indicator. The first decoding success indicator is obtained from a more recent successful decoding operation. The first one of the sequence may be set to a read-level voltage of the first decoding success indicator. If the read-level voltage of the first decoding success indicator is less than a read-level voltage of the second decoding success indicator, then the trend is decreasing, and the second one of the sequence may be set to a read-level voltage less than that of the first one of the sequence. After executing one or more decoding operations, the decoding success indicators may be updated based on the read-level voltage of the current successful decoding operation.
US11017862B2	Multi-time programming memory cell and memory cell array with erase inhibit capability A multi-time programming memory cell includes a floating gate transistor, a first capacitor, a second capacitor and a third capacitor. The floating gate transistor has a floating gate. A first terminal of the floating gate transistor is coupled to a source line. A second terminal of the floating gate transistor is coupled to a bit line. A first terminal of the first capacitor is connected with the floating gate. A second terminal of the first capacitor is connected with an erase line. A first terminal of the second capacitor is connected with the floating gate. A second terminal of the second capacitor is connected with a control line. A first terminal of the third capacitor is connected with the floating gate. A second terminal of the third capacitor is connected with an inhibit line.
US11017859B2	Sequential write and sequential write verify in memory device Some embodiments include apparatuses and methods for performing a first stage of an operation of storing information in a first memory cell and a second memory cell, and performing a second stage of the operation after the first stage to determine whether each of the first and second memory cells reaches a target state. The first memory cell is included in a first memory cell string coupled to a data line through a first select transistor. The second memory cell is included in a second memory cell string coupled to the data line through a second select transistor.
US11017858B1	Low power content addressable memory A CAM/TCAM includes a plurality of rows of CAM/TCAM lines, a plurality of search lines, and a plurality of bit lines, wherein each row comprises an array of CAM/TCAM cells. Each TCAM cell has two storage cells, representing state for data and a mask of the cell, and match logic. The two storage cells connect to a respective bit line as input and their output drives the match logic. In response to the respective search line and storage outputs, the match logic generates cell match outputs. The match logic can be implemented using static logic comprising tristate gates and masking logic that forces the cell match output to a predetermined value in response to the stored mask value. The match outputs in the row are AND-ed by a logic tree to generate a match output, thereby reducing power consumption.
US11017854B2	Storage device having a memory cell with a variable resistance element, in which voltage applied to a word line of the memory cell is controlled based on voltage of a bit line of the memory cell A storage device includes a first layer extending in a first direction, a second layer extending in a second direction intersecting the first direction, a third layer extending in a third direction intersecting the first and second directions, a first transistor including a first gate electrode electrically connected to the second layer, a first selection transistor having a first end electrically connected to the third layer and a second end electrically connected to the second layer, a first cell including a first element electrically connected between the first and second layers and to a node of the second layer that is between the first gate electrode of the first transistor and the second end of the first selection transistor, and a circuit turning on the first selection transistor to electrically connect the first cell to the third layer during a write operation performed on the first cell.
US11017842B2	Copy data in a memory system with artificial intelligence mode The present disclosure includes apparatuses and methods related to copying data in a memory system with an artificial intelligence (AI) mode. An apparatus can receive a command indicating that the apparatus operate in an artificial intelligence (AI) mode, a command to perform AI operations using an AI accelerator based on a status of a number of registers, and a command to copy data between memory devices that are performing AI operations. The memory system can copy neural network data, activation function data, bias data, input data, and/or output data from a first memory device to a second memory device, such that that the first memory device can use the neural network data, activation function data, bias data, input data, and/or output data in a first AI operation and the second memory device can use the neural network data, activation function data, bias data, input data, and/or output data in a second AI operation.
US11017841B2	Nonvolatile memory device, operating method of nonvolatile memory device, and storage device including nonvolatile memory device A nonvolatile memory device includes a memory cell array that includes memory cells arranged in rows and columns, row decoder circuitry that is connected to the rows of the memory cells through word lines and controls voltages of the word lines, and page buffer circuitry that is connected to the columns of the memory cells through bit lines and includes first transistors configured to sense voltages of the bit lines and second transistors configured to invert and sense the voltages of the bit lines. The page buffer circuitry is configured to obtain first values by performing a first sensing operation on first bit lines of the bit lines through the first transistors and obtain second values by performing a second sensing operation on the second bit lines of the bit lines through the second transistors, wherein the first values or the second values are inverted.
US11017836B2	Apparatus and method for non-volatile memory for applying voltages to selected and unselected strings during the channel initialization for improved read operation A memory device and an operating method thereof are provided. A memory device includes a memory cell array including a plurality of strings, a voltage generating circuit configured to apply a turn-on voltage to the plurality of strings during a predetermined time period during a channel initialization operation of a read operation of a selected string among the plurality of strings, and control logic configured to set the predetermined time period of applying the turn-on voltage to the plurality of strings and to control the voltage generating circuit to apply the turn-on voltage to the plurality of strings during the predetermined time period, wherein the control logic sets the predetermined time period corresponding to the selected string as a first time period and the predetermined time period corresponding to unselected strings among the plurality of strings to be shorter than the first time period.
US11017832B2	Multi-level storage in ferroelectric memory Methods, systems, and devices for operating a ferroelectric memory cell or cells are described. In some examples, multi-level accessing, sensing, and other operations for ferroelectric memory may be based on sensing multiple charges, including a first charge associated with a dielectric of the memory cell and a second charge associated with a polarization of the memory cell. In some cases, multi-level accessing, sensing, and other operations may be based on transferring a first charge associated with a dielectric of the memory cell to a sense amplifier, isolating the sense amplifier, activating the sense amplifier, transferring a second charge associated with a polarization of the memory cell to the sense amplifier, and activating the sense amplifier a second time.
US11017828B2	Apparatus for generating a magnetic field and method of using said apparatus An apparatus for generating a magnetic field including permanent magnets arranged in a plane, each magnet being spatially separated along the plane from the adjacent magnet by a predetermined spacing, each magnet having a magnetic polarity opposed to the polarity of the adjacent magnet such that a magnetic field of adjacent magnets is oriented substantially perpendicular to the plane and in opposite directions, each magnet being spatially separated in the plane from the adjacent magnet by a nonmagnetic material. A method for programming a magnetic device or sensor device using the apparatus is also described.
US11017821B2	Magnetic recording array and magnetic recording device A magnetic recording array includes: a plurality of domain wall moving elements; a first wiring which is electrically connected to a reference potential and is electrically connected to at least one domain wall moving element of the plurality of domain wall moving elements; a second wiring which is electrically connected to at least two or more domain wall moving elements of the plurality of domain wall moving elements; a first switching element which is connected between each of the domain wall moving elements and the first wiring; and a second switching element which is connected between each of the domain wall moving elements and the second wiring, wherein an OFF resistance of the first switching element is smaller than an OFF resistance of the second switching element.
US11017819B1	Data storage devices, and related components and methods of making The present disclosure relates to a data storage device interior components and/or data storage device housing components that include one or more solid-state deposition layers, and related methods of applying solid-state material to said components via solid-state deposition.
US11017811B1	Playback speed optimization An approach is provided that identifies a preferred words-per-minute corresponding to a user listening to an audio. The actual words-per-minute of a selected audio segment is determined and used to calculate a playback speed adjustment value based on the preferred words-per-minute and the actual words-per-minute. A playback speed is adjusted according to the calculated playback speed adjustment value and the audio segment is audibly played at the adjusted first playback speed.
US11017802B2	Magnetic head with assisted magnetic recording and method of making thereof A magnetic head includes a main pole configured to serve as a first electrode, an upper pole containing a trailing magnetic shield configured to a serve as a second electrode, and a record element located in a trailing gap between the main pole and the trailing magnetic shield. The record element includes an electrically conductive, non-magnetic material portion which is not part of a spin torque oscillator stack. The main pole and the trailing magnetic shield are electrically shorted by the record element across the trailing gap between the main pole and the trailing magnetic shield such that an electrically conductive path is present between the main pole and the trailing magnetic shield through the record element.

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