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US11065231B2	Compounds and methods for the targeted degradation of interleukin-1 receptor- associated kinase 4 polypeptides The present disclosure relates to bifunctional compounds, which find utility as modulators of Interleukin-1 Receptor-Associated Kinase 4 (IRAK-4); the target protein). In particular, the present disclosure is directed to bifunctional compounds, which contain on one end a Von Hppel-Lindau, cereblon, ligand which binds to the E3 ubiquitin ligase and on the other end a moiety which binds the target protein, such that the target protein is placed in proximity to the ubiquitin ligase to effect degradation (and inhibition) of target protein. The present disclosure exhibits a broad range of pharmacological activities associated with degradation/inhibition of target protein. Diseases or disorders that result from aggregation or accumulation of the target protein are treated or prevented with compounds and compositions of the present disclosure.
US11065230B2	Methods and pharmaceutical compositions for the treatment of systemic mastocytosis The present invention relates to methods and pharmaceutical compositions for the treatment of systemic mastocytosis. The inventors showed the effect of KPT-251 treatment on SCF-dependent human Mast cell (MC) line without KIT mutation (WT ROSA) and on two factor-independent MC lines with KIT mutations : ROSA Δ 417-419 insY and ROSA D816V. KPT is a Selective Inhibitor of Nuclear Export (SINE) that specifically inhibits the activity of the exportin-1 (XPO1). KPT-251 treatment induces minimal toxicity in non-cancerous hematopoietic cells both in vitro and in vivo. In particular, the present invention relates a method of treating systemic mastocytosis in patient in need thereof comprising administering to the patient a therapeutically effective amount of a XPO1 inhibitor.
US11065221B2	Buthionine sulfoximine and a metallodrug for the treatment of cancer, HIV or a rheumatic disease There is disclosed buthionine sulfoximine (BSO) for use in a method of treatment of cancer, HIV or a rheumatic disease. The method comprises administering (a) BSO at a dosage of less than or equal to 50 mg/kg, and (b) a metallodrug at a clinically-acceptable dosage.
US11065212B2	Methods and compositions for preventing or treating calciphylaxis The invention provides methods and compositions for preventing or treating (e.g., slowing the progression of, arresting, and/or reversing) calciphylaxis in a subject in need thereof and, more particularly, the invention relates to methods of using menaquinone-7 (MK-7) and/or menaquinol-7 (MKH2-7) for preventing or treating calciphylaxis in a subject with one or more of the following: diabetes, chronic kidney disease, end stage renal failure, and COPD or a subject undergoing hemodialysis and/or receiving anticoagulant therapy and/or statin therapy.
US11065207B2	Oral dosage form The present invention in general relates to a pharmaceutical dosage form comprising one or more granules, and a method for manufacturing thereof. The granules of the dosage form are prepared via the extrusion/spheronization technique using partially hydrolysed polyvinyl alcohol. These granules have the advantage that a high drug load can be contained therein.
US11065205B2	Immediate/delayed drug delivery In one aspect, the present invention is concerned with a treatment where it is desired that an active agent is designed to be released immediately following administration and again at a time point some time after administration of the active agent. The present invention is particularly suited to administering an agent which may be released before sleep and whilst a subject is sleeping. As well as treating certain conditions by a particular regime, the invention also provides novel formulations for an immediate, followed by a delayed release of drug.
US11065192B2	Mascara compositions including vinylpyrrolidone homopolymer and an acrylic film-forming polymer A mascara composition includes a film-forming polymer portion. The film-forming polymer portion is stabilized in a vehicle that includes water. The film-forming polymer portion includes a high molecular weight vinylpyrrolidone homopolymer and an acrylic polymer having a glass transition temperature of 65° C. or more. The mascara composition includes at least about 10 percent by weight of the vinylpyrrolidone homopolymer and is substantially free of wax. Methods of applying makeup to the eyelashes are also provided.
US11065190B2	Cosmetic composition comprising solubilized pigment and method for preparing the same One aspect of the present disclosure is a cosmetic composition containing a solubilized pigment and a method for preparing the same. More specifically, the cosmetic composition containing the solubilized pigment may be prepared through a process of dissolving a pigment in an aqueous phase by dispersing the pigment in the aqueous phase using a pigment dispersing thickener and stabilizing by further increasing the viscosity using a stabilizing thickener. Since the solubilized pigment exhibits dyeing properties similar to dyes, it can be widely applied to various cosmetic compositions.
US11065179B2	Therapeutic pool flotation device and therapeutic method of use thereof A therapeutic flotation device and a therapeutic method of use thereof is disclosed. The device includes a plurality of buoyant float elements and a member (an elongated web strap) that couples each of the buoyant float elements such that the buoyant float elements are serially aligned along the member. A first end of the member is secured to a second end of the member. A mating mechanism, such as a buckle, secures the first end of the member to the second end of the member, or the two ends of the member may be permanently secured to each other using an adhesive or by being sewn together. Each of the buoyant float elements has a center aperture aligned along the center of a cross-section thereof. The member is preferably coupled to each of the buoyant float elements by being sequentially passed through the center apertures of each buoyant float element.
US11065178B2	Spinal massage device A vibrating back massager with guide slot and vibrating heads is described. The guide slot is designed to restrict lateral movement of the massage device when the guide slot is engaged with a supporting member. The supporting member may be the edge of an open door, a corner, a vertical pole, or other generally available structure. The device includes a strap handle which may be draped over the user's shoulder and used to control the vertical position of the device. The described vibrating massage device allows a single user to create and maintain a significant amount of massage pressure without fatiguing his arms or relying on a second person. In a preferred embodiment, the controls for the vibrating massage device are incorporated into the strap handle so that the speed, intensity, and/or temperature may be controlled by the user without repositioning the device.
US11065170B2	Smart medical rehabilitation device A smart medical rehabilitation device comprises a driving unit, a linkage unit, a sensing unit and a rehabilitation evaluating unit that are mounted on a frame, wherein the linkage unit comprises a link mechanism and a slide mechanism linked thereto so that the slide mechanism can be moved together with the link mechanism, wherein the slide mechanism is driven by the driving unit to slide along the groove plate, the link mechanism is linked to move with the slide mechanism thus the link mechanism moves to the corresponding position so that the slide mechanism can assist a training object in performing lower limb rehabilitation training, and the rehabilitation evaluating unit evaluates the physical status and rehabilitation status of the training object according to the physiological information and exercise information of the same collected by the sensing unit, and adjusts the exercise frequency and the exercise duration of the training object according to the physical status in real time.
US11065169B2	Convertible examination table There is provided herein an examination table that is capable of being converted to render either an examination configuration or a seating configuration. The table includes a planar table member having a suitable surface for the examination of a subject and is adjustable between a horizontal orientation for medical evaluation of the subject and a vertical orientation when in the table member is not in use for exams.
US11065167B2	Dynamic seating components for wheelchairs A wheelchair includes a pivotable mechanism. The pivotable mechanism allows for a pivoting movement about an axis defined by an interface between adjacent components. These components may be (a) a seat member and a back member, (b) a seat member and a footrest, (c) a foot rest and a footplate support, (d) a baseplate and a footplate, or (e) a back member and a headrest.
US11065159B2	Absorbent article An absorbent body 4 is provided between a liquid permeable topsheet 3 and a liquid impermeable backsheet 2, and a second sheet 6 is provided between the liquid permeable topsheet 3 and the absorbent body 4. Slits 10 that penetrate in the thickness direction are formed along a longitudinal direction on both sides of the absorbent body 4 in the width direction, a body fluid expelling portion corresponding region H is included between the slits, the second sheet 6 is provided along an inner surface of the slits, and concave grooves 11, in which the second sheet 6 and the liquid impermeable backsheet 2 are integrated, are formed in the slits. At least a portion of the second sheet 6 constituting one of the side surfaces of the concave groove 11 has water-repellent properties.
US11065152B2	Systems and methods for the treatment of eye conditions Systems, methods, and devices used to treat eyelids, meibomian glands, ducts, and surrounding tissue are described herein. In some embodiments, an eye treatment device is disclosed, which includes a scleral shield positionable proximate an inner surface of an eyelid, the scleral shield being made of, or coated with, an energy-absorbing material activated by a light energy, and an energy transducer positionable outside of the eyelid, the energy transducer configured to provide light energy at one or more wavelengths, including a first wavelength selected to heat the energy-absorbing material.
US11065150B2	Dual balloon fluid endometrial treatment of uterine tissue A medical device includes: a shaft having a distal end and an associated exhaust channel; a first balloon configured to be attached to the distal end of the shaft, the first balloon having an outer surface that is substantially conformal to an inner surface of a uterine cavity; and a second balloon configured to be received within the first balloon and forming an intermediary space between the first balloon and an outer surface of the second balloon. The second balloon includes at least one rupture valve configured to rupture at a predefined pressure in the intermediary space.
US11065147B2	Devices, systems, and methods for pre-heating fluid to be introduced into a patient during a surgical procedure A surgical system includes a fluid source including a fluid inflow tube, a fluid delivery device coupled to the fluid inflow tube and configured to deliver fluid from the fluid source into a patient, a surgical instrument, and a control box coupled to the surgical instrument. The control box includes one or more waste heat-generating electronic components and a heat pipe assembly disposed in thermal communication with the one or more waste heat-generating electronic components. The fluid inflow tube is disposed in thermal communication with the heat pipe assembly of the control box such that the heat pipe assembly conducts heat away from the one or more waste heat-generating electronic components and heats fluid flowing through the fluid inflow tube.
US11065145B2	Sphincter-type intestinal valve The present invention relates to a biocompatible device that integrates electromagnetic and mechanical elements and allows the combination of different mechanisms for voluntary closing of the intestinal lumen. The device can be used either with a stoma to control intestinal transit to the outside and avoid the use of collection pouches, or without a stoma to regulate intestinal transit for another medically necessary reason.
US11065135B2	Thin, narrow tube and drawing apparatus and drawing method for manufacturing the same Provided is a thin, narrow tube for use in a biodegradable medical device formed from a round tube made of a magnesium material as the base material, in which a desired outer diameter and an inner diameter are provided with good precision over the entire region in a longitudinal direction and a circumferential direction, and the length of biodegradation time can be controlled without changing a material composition. The thin, narrow tube is a thin, narrow tube of a biodegradable medical device, in which the thin, narrow tube is a round tube made of crystals containing magnesium (Mg) having a hexagonal crystal structure, and when the crystals forming the round tube are viewed in a round tube axis direction of the round tube, a hexagonal basal plane (0001) is oriented at a predetermined inclination angle with respect to a circumferential direction perpendicular to a radial direction (a direction from an inner surface to an outer surface) of the round tube.
US11065126B2	Interbody implants and optimization features thereof A spinal interbody device (IBD) includes a solid wall that at least partially defines a boundary of the IBD and a porous body connected to the solid wall. The porous body includes a plurality of sections that form at least a portion of both a superior and inferior bone interface side of the IBD. Each section of the porous body has a different porosity than an adjacent section such that the porosities increase toward a center of the IBD.
US11065096B2	Thromboembolic protective flow-diverting, common carotid to external carotid intravascular stent Medical procedures and devices suitable for reducing the risk of embolic cerebrovascular events, including but not limited to cardioembolic stroke, that result from emboli entering the right or left common carotid artery. The invention uses a combination of intracranial flow diverting stent technologies and carotid stent technologies to achieve clinical objectives of embolic stroke prevention without thromboembolic and/or vascular stenosis complication. Such a stent has struts that generate high radial forces for endothelial apposition, and a mesh with interstices sufficiently small to prevent clinically significant-sized embolic material from passing therethrough from the common carotid artery into the internal carotid artery, but sufficiently large to enable blood and small clinically insignificant-sized embolic material to pass therethrough from the common carotid artery into the internal carotid artery.
US11065094B2	Biological prosthesis intended for the treatment of parastomal hernias The subject of the invention is a biological prosthesis suitable for gastrointestinal surgery and in particular for the treatment of parastomal hernias. It has a thickness (12) of between 0.5 and 4 mm, consisting of dermis removed from a part of an animal belonging to the family of pigs, cattle or goats, with the said part of the animal corresponding to a part extending from the area (16) located at the base of the tail next to the junction of the last sacral vertebrae up to an area (18) starting at the base of the tail and encompassing the circumference of at least a part of the caudal vertebrae.
US11065093B2	Catheter mating devices Described is a catheter for being retained inside the body for extended periods, and a catheter mating device that can connect to the catheter to move the catheter inside of the body or remove it from the body. The catheter mating device has a stem with an apparatus at its distal end. The apparatus is moveable between a first position and a second position. When in its first position, the distal end is configured to fit in the proximal end of the catheter. When in its second position, the distal end engages the proximal end of the catheter and connects the catheter mating device to the catheter.
US11065084B2	Method and system for predicting shape of human body after treatment To have convenient and highly precise prediction of the shape of a human body after a treatment by calculation processing that includes extracting a feature vector Fnew from face data of a patient as an evaluation subject, selecting a plurality of case patients having feature vectors Fpre(i), extracted from the face data of a plurality of previous patients, obtaining pre-orthodontic facial shape models Hpre(i) and a post-orthodontic facial shape models Hpost(i) in which the faces of the selected previous case patients before and after a treatment have been normalized, obtaining a facial shape model Hnew, and obtaining a three-dimensional predicted facial shape model Hprd, by modifying the facial shape model Hnew of the patient as an evaluation subject, using a vector average difference AVEpost−AVEpre between the pre-treatment and post-treatment facial shape models.
US11065077B2	Mechanical optics for mixed mode surgical laser illumination Mechanical optics for mode mixing may be used to homogenize different modes in an optical fiber used for surgical illumination. A mechanical optical element, such as a rotating prism or a mirror membrane, may impart motion to an incident beam entering the optical fiber to generate a homogeneous illumination field from a coherent light source.
US11065075B2	Systems and methods for a tissue expander Systems and methods for an extended tissue expander according to various aspects of the present technology may function in conjunction with a graft material for temporary implantation into a patient to form a pocket for a permanent implant. Systems and methods may comprise an extended tissue expander comprising an extension portion that may be integral to a posterior section of a shell of the extended tissue expander, wherein the extension portion extends from the posterior section forming an at least partially continuous annular rim around the circumference of the shell. The graft material may overlay an anterior portion of the shell and may be coupled to the at least partially continuous annular rim with bioabsorbable sutures. Upon implantation, the shell may be partially filled with a filler material until the graft material is gently pressed against a posterior portion of the patient skin flap, promoting its integration.
US11065073B1	Disposable medical drape Drape systems, apparatuses and methods are provided. In some aspects a drape may create an impervious barrier for preventing medical contaminants from contaminating a medical table and/or a medical table base. One drape embodiment includes a central portion, a first end cover and a second end cover, and first and second side portions having fold portions for forming troughs. A drape embodiment may include an absorbent surface having a discontinuous section and in inner perimeter for forming a barrier about a medical table base.
US11065070B2	Robot system and method of operating the same A robot system which includes a manipulator configured to receive a manipulating instruction from an operator, a slave arm having a plurality of joints, and a control device configured to control operation of the slave arm. The control device is configured, while the slave arm is operating at a speed equal to or higher than a first given the threshold, even when an operational instruction value for correcting the operation of the slave arm is inputted from the manipulator during an automatic operation of the slave arm, to prevent the correction of the operation of the slave arm.
US11065065B2	Spinal implant system and methods of use A method comprises the steps of: imaging a patient anatomy; selecting an implant strategy for at least one bone fastener having a first member; registering the imaging of the patient anatomy with imaging of a surgical driver; engaging the first member with tissue of the patient anatomy via the surgical driver according to the implant strategy; manipulating the patient anatomy; acquiring data points representative of a position of the first member relative to tissue; and retrieving the data points from a computer database for attaching a second member with the first member. Systems, spinal constructs, implants and surgical instruments are disclosed.
US11065060B2	Identify ablation pattern for use in an ablation Systems are provided for generating data representing electromagnetic states of a heart for medical, scientific, research, and/or engineering purposes. The systems generate the data based on source configurations such as dimensions of, and scar or fibrosis or pro-arrhythmic substrate location within, a heart and a computational model of the electromagnetic output of the heart. The systems may dynamically generate the source configurations to provide representative source configurations that may be found in a population. For each source configuration of the electromagnetic source, the systems run a simulation of the functioning of the heart to generate modeled electromagnetic output (e.g., an electromagnetic mesh for each simulation step with a voltage at each point of the electromagnetic mesh) for that source configuration. The systems may generate a cardiogram for each source configuration from the modeled electromagnetic output of that source configuration for use in predicting the source location of an arrhythmia.
US11065054B2	Surgical resection apparatus Surgical cutting apparatus having a treatment channel and a measurement channel for conveying microwave energy from a source to an antenna at a cutting edge. The measurement channel operates at lower power than the treatment channel for determining when higher energy can be safely applied. The apparatus may deliver microwave radiation at differing frequencies to one or more antennas at the cutting edge, e.g. to provide different treatment effects. The source may generate an output for an antenna whose frequency can be selected e.g. for most efficient operation. Selection may be automatic based on detected magnitude and phase of reflected signals during a frequency sweep of a forward signal. Power delivered to tissue via the cutting element may be manually boosted to deal with large blood vessels. The apparatus may include a reflected power monitor for recognising behaviour in reflected signals received from the antenna to trigger automatic pre-emptive action.
US11065041B2	Device and method for bone adjustment with anchoring function A device for bone adjustment in a mammal. The device comprising two or more anchoring devices adapted to implanted intramedullary and attached to a bone in said mammal and an adjustment device for exerting force on said anchoring devices, said adjustment device being adapted to postoperatively adjust at least one of the distance between or orientation of, at least two of said anchoring devices. The operation device further comprises a motor and said operation device is adapted to operate said adjustment device. The operation device further comprises a gearbox connected to the motor, wherein an outgoing speed from the gear box is lower than the speed by the motor alone, accomplished by the gearbox, and wherein the outgoing speed of the gearbox is less than 10 turn per second during normal operation. The device also comprises a control device adapted to control the operation device, wherein the control device is: programmed to control the device according to a pre-programmed time-schedule, and programmed to control the device based on input from a sensor or measuring device sensing any possible physical parameter of the patient or any functional parameter of the system.
US11065040B2	Spinous process fixation system and methods thereof An implantable device may comprise a barrel, the barrel having an upper portion and a lower portion. The barrel may be configured to transition from a collapsed form having a first height to an expanded form having a second height and wherein the second height is greater than the first height. The implantable device may further include an actuator assembly disposed in the barrel, the actuator assembly comprising a front ramped actuator in engagement with the barrel, a rear ramped actuator in engagement with the barrel, and a central screw that extends from the rear ramped actuator through the front ramped actuator. The implantable device may further comprise a first plate and a second plate.
US11065037B2	Spinal curvature modulation systems and methods Spinal curvature modulation systems, methods and related devices and instrumentation are disclosed, which include a flexible tether, a tether tensioning unit and bone anchors for the flexible tether that allow the tether to be secured across multiple vertebrae in a region of treatment. When the flexible tether is attached to multiple vertebrae, it can be used to correct spinal deformities. Tension in the flexible tether is adjustable transcutaneously without invasive surgical procedures by use of remotely driven actuators, such as a magnet-driven motor, or by a small tool insertable through a small incision. Disclosed systems and methods thus allow for multiple adjustments of tether tension, and spinal curvature, over time without repeated, highly invasive, spinal surgeries.
US11065033B2	Minimally invasive subdural evacuating system The present invention provides minimally invasive subdural evacuating systems and methods of use thereof. The subdural evacuating systems include a cutting component and a rod component, wherein the rod component provides an external physical indicator that the surface of the dura mater has been reached, permitting the cutting component to accurately pierce the dura mater with minimal to no risk of damaging any adjacent anatomy.
US11065020B2	Suction catheter, suction system, and treatment method A method for suctioning an object in a blood vessel, the method comprising: inserting an expansion portion connected to a shaft portion on a distal portion of the shaft portion into the blood vessel; expanding the expansion portion in the blood vessel; inserting a suction catheter along the shaft portion into the blood vessel; reciprocating at least the expansion portion or the suction catheter relative to each other along an axial axis of the shaft portion; and suctioning the object with the suction catheter.
US11065017B2	Devices, systems and methods to remove blood clots Systems, devices and methods for removing a blood clot (10) from a blood vessel (12). Various uses of suction pressure and positive pressure, proximal and/or distal to the blood clot (10) assist with clot dislodgement and removal. The pressure(s) may be constant and/or cycled/pulsed to assist with clot dislodgement and/or removal. Various further devices assist with separating the clot (10) from the vessel (12).
US11065007B2	Endovascular occlusive device and associated surgical methodology A vascular plug comprises a superstructure expandable from a collapsed percutaneous insertion configuration to an expanded deployment or use configuration. The superstructure incorporates a channel or passageway and a catheter extends through the channel or passageway from a proximal side at least to a distal side of the superstructure. The central channel allows for over-the wire plug delivery and a working aperture for secondary vascular interventions under flow arrest prior to final plug release. The plug includes spring-loaded mechanical elements or clotting-enhancement structure for closing the channel or passageway upon a withdrawal or removal of the catheter from the superstructure.
US11064999B2	Surgical stapler having a powered handle A powered handle for a surgical stapler can have a drive system including an electric motor. The powered handle can include a manual articulation mechanism to articulate a jaw assembly coupled to a reload shaft connected to the handle. The manual articulation mechanism can include a ball screw mechanism that translates an articulation member responsive to rotation of an articulation knob when an instrument shaft is engaged with the handle. The articulation mechanism includes a release function that allows the jaw assembly to return to a longitudinally centered orientation. The powered handle includes a battery pack serving as a power supply for the drive system. A control system can control actuation of the motor based on user inputs and operating parameters of the stapler and can provide certain motor drive profiles for predetermined positions of the stapler. The powered handle can include a manual return mechanism.
US11064988B2	Implantable scaffold and method A biodegradable device for maintaining the alignment of the edges of a trocar defect, consisting of two bases coupled and offset by a connector. The first base to be positioned below the defect and a second base above. The first base has a threaded hole from its upper surface but not through the lower surface. The connector attached to the bases such that there is a hole aligned with the threaded hole in the first base allowing a device to mate with the threads in the first base. The second base has a hole aligned with the hole in the connector and wide enough to allow a device to mate with the threads in the first base. The device is arranged so the distance between the lower surface of the second base and upper surface of the first base holds the fascia around the trocar defect.
US11064980B2	Flexible tissue collection device An instrument for collecting tissue from a body cavity includes a hollow tubular body having a tubular wall. The hollow tubular body can collect material from a body cavity in a coring mode or an aspiration mode. The tubular wall defines a passage that extends from a proximal end portion of the tubular body to a distal end portion of the tubular body. A middle section of the tubular body includes an articulating section that allows the middle section to articulate relative to the proximal end portion. The distal end portion includes at least one suction port extending from an outer wall surface to an inner wall surface of the tubular wall. The suction port provides a path of fluid communication between the outer wall surface and the passage for drawing in tissue from a body cavity when the tubular body is connected to a source of negative pressure.
US11064956B2	Breast compression paddle having an inflatable jacket A breast compression paddle for use in an imaging system includes a compression surface and a jacket. The jacket includes at least one inflatable chamber disposed adjacent to the compression surface and a sheet covering at least a portion of the compression surface. The at least one inflatable chamber is configured to selectively inflate and induce the sheet to slide along the compression surface.
US11064954B2	Flattened organ display A method for data display includes acquiring a three-dimensional (3D) map of a lumen inside a body of a subject, transforming the 3D map of the lumen into a two-dimensional (2D) image by projecting the 3D map onto an annulus, and presenting the 2D image on a display screen.
US11064952B2	External medical device that identifies a response activity An external medical device is provided. The device can include monitoring circuitry configured to sense physiological information of a patient and a controller with one or more input components. The controller can be configured to: detect one or more patient events based, at least in part, on the physiological information; notify the patient of the detection of the one or more patient events; and receive a patient response to the notification. The patient response can include a response activity identifiable by the input component, which is configured to test a psychomotor ability of the patient, cognitive ability of the patient, strength, balance, stability, and flexibility of the patient, and/or to substantially confirm that a person performing the activity is the patient.
US11064951B2	Patient data management systems and querying methods Infusion devices and related medical devices, patient data management systems, and methods are provided for monitoring a physiological condition of a patient. An exemplary database system includes a database to maintain data pertaining to a plurality of entities and a computing device coupled to the database to identify relationships between different entities of the plurality of entities, generate metadata defining a graph structure maintaining the relationships between the different entities of the plurality of entities for a plurality of different logical layers, and store the metadata in the database.
US11064944B2	Mobile healthcare device and method of operating the same A mobile healthcare device and method of operating the same are provided. The method includes setting a mode of the mobile healthcare device to a measurement mode, displaying a screen for guiding a user to maintain a predetermined position during the measurement mode, and, in response to a predetermined amount of time passing from a time at which the screen begins to be displayed, obtaining state information of the user based on bio information of the user, the bio information being received from a sensor.
US11064939B2	Fluid replacement device A fluid replacement method including: determining the amount of urine expelled by a patient; infusing via a pump fluid from a first fluid source into a patient; determining an amount of fluid infused into the patient from the first fluid source; adjusting the operating of the pump based on the determined amount of urine expelled and the amount of fluid infused into the patient; setting a desired fluid balance for the patient; setting an amount of at least one additional fluid delivered to the patient, wherein the at least one additional fluid is not pumped into the patient; calculating an actual fluid balance based on the determined urine output, the determined amount of fluid infused into the patient from the first fluid source, and the set amount of said at least one additional fluid delivered to the patient; and automatically controlling the pump based on the actual fluid balance and the set desired fluid balance so the actual fluid balance conforms to the desired fluid balance.
US11064929B2	Flexible electrode tip with halo irrigation The instant disclosure relates generally to a tip electrode for delivering irrigant to a distal portion of the tip electrode and irrigated catheter tips incorporating such a tip electrode. The distal portion of the tip electrode can have additional fluid ports on the distal edge of the tip to provide additional fluid flow to that region.
US11064927B2	Contactless electric cardiogram system A system for providing a standard electrocardiogram (ECG) signal for a human body using contactless ECG sensors for outputting to exiting medical equipment or for storage or viewing on a remote device. The system comprises a digital processing module (DPM) adapted to connect to an array of contactless ECG sensors provided in a fabric or the like. A selection mechanism is embedded into the DPM which allows the DPM to identify body parts using the ECG signals of the different ECG sensors and select for each body part the best sensor lead. The DPM may then produce the standard ECG signal using the selected ECG signals for the different body parts detected. The system is adapted to continuously re-examine the selection to ensure that the best leads are selected for a given body part following a movement of the body part, thereby, allowing for continuous and un-interrupted ECG monitoring of the patient.
US11064915B2	Functional reach assessment device and method A device that enables an assessment or a management of a medical condition in a patient, includes a base member comprising a pair of surface spaced apart from each other to define a thickness of the base member. The base member can be provided as an elongated base member. Markings are disposed on one surface from the pair of surfaces of the elongated base member along a length of the elongated base member. An array of targets is provided with targets being disposed, during use of the device, below a bottom edge of the elongated base member. Coupling members are also provided with each coupling member coupling a respective target from the array of targets to the elongated base member for a reciprocal linear movement along the length of the elongated base member. The device can be affixed to a structure or provided as a mobile device.
US11064910B2	Physical activity monitoring system An exercise system may be configured to gather and quantify data related to energy expenditure during physical activity. The exercise system may include at least one force sensing node and a portable hub that is physically separate and distinct from the at least one force sensing node. The at least one force sensing node may be configured to gather data related to energy expenditure during physical activity. The portable hub may be configured to quantify data related to energy expended during physical activity. For example, according to exemplary implementations, the portable hub may be include a processor configured to execute an exercise analysis module. The exercise analysis module may be configured to determine one or more exercise parameters based on an output signal generated at the at least one force sensing node responsive to force exerted on the at least one force sensing node during physical activity.
US11064907B2	Method and system to amplify and measure breath analytes A method of avoiding a contaminant which would skew an analyte result in a breath analysis method and of calibrating subject of the breath analysis includes, immediately before the breath analysis method or the collection of breath for the breath analysis method, administering to the subject a predetermined gas composition. A system for analyzing an analyte in breath of a subject while avoiding a local contaminant which would skew an analyte result and calibrating the subject of so that the result of the analyte analysis will be the same regardless of where the test is performed geographically, includes a source of a predetermined gas composition immediately before the breath analysis method or the collection of gas for the breath analysis method, administering to the subject a predetermined gas mixture.
US11064903B2	Apparatus and methods for mapping a sequence of images to a roadmap image Apparatus and methods are described including a processor (20) configured to receive first and second sets of extraluminal images of a lumen, the second set being acquired while an endoluminal device is being moved through the lumen. The processor designates at least one of the first set of images as a roadmap image, and designates, within the lumen in the roadmap image, a roadmap pathway (42). A plurality of features (44, 46, 48, 50) that are visible within at least some of the second set of extraluminal images are identified, and an arrangement of three or more of the features within the image are compared to a shape of at least a portion of the roadmap pathway. Based upon the comparing, the identified features are mapped to locations along the roadmap pathway within the roadmap image. Other applications are also described.
US11064900B2	Ultra-low field nuclear magnetic resonance device Provided are an ultra-low field nuclear magnetic resonance device and a method for measuring an ultra-low field nuclear resonance image. The ultra-low field nuclear magnetic resonance device includes an AC power supply configured to supply a current to a measurement target in such a manner the current flows to the measurement target, magnetic field measurement means disposed adjacent to the measurement target, and measurement bias magnetic field generation means configured to apply a measurement bias magnetic field corresponding to a proton magnetic resonance frequency of the measurement target. A vibration frequency of the AC power supply matches the proton magnetic resonance frequency of the measurement target, and the magnetic field measurement means measures a nuclear magnetic resonance signal generated from the measurement target.
US11064898B2	System and method for using impedance to determine proximity and orientation of segmented electrodes A method for implanting a neurostimulation lead within a patient includes measuring impedances of electrodes on the lead in order to correctly position the lead relative to a target tissue region. The electrodes are circumferentially segmented electrodes that are spaced from each other about the longitudinal axis of the lead. When the difference between the impedances of the electrodes exceeds a threshold value, the lead is in the correct position. In accordance with another embodiment, impedance measurements are used to select which one of the electrodes is closest to the target tissue region. By determining which electrode has the highest impedance and which electrode has the lowest impedance, the type of tissue adjacent to each electrode can be determined based on the conductivity properties of the tissue. The target tissue region may be a spinal cord, a posterior longitudinal ligament, white matter, or gray matter.
US11064895B2	Pulse wave detection device, image analysis device, and biometric information generation system Pulse waves of a living body are detected with high accuracy. A pulse wave detection device includes a camera configured to capture an image of the living body a plurality of times through a first green filter and an infrared light filter having light transmission characteristics in a near-infrared light wavelength range within a wavelength range where a light absorption coefficient of oxidized hemoglobin is greater than a light absorption coefficient of reduced hemoglobin, and an image analysis unit configured to analyze a plurality of images of the living body captured by the camera and to detect the pulse waves of the living body. The image analysis unit is configured to detect the pulse waves by detecting a change in intensity of light in the near-infrared light wavelength range indicated by the plurality of images.
US11064893B2	Real time authentication based on blood flow parameters Blood flow of a user can be measured using a sensor. Sensor data based on the measuring of the blood flow can be generated. Based on the sensor data, at least a first physiological biomarker of the blood flow measured by the sensor and at least a first morphological characteristic of the blood flow measured by the sensor can be determined. The user can be authenticated based, at least in part, on the first physiological biomarker and the first morphological characteristic.
US11064883B2	Slit lamp with cantilevered base A base for a slit lamp having a table and a frame mounted to the table, the base comprising a carriage configured to support a biomicroscope, a first elongate member extending horizontally through the carriage, and a second elongate member extending horizontally through the carriage. The carriage is slidable axially along the first elongate member and the second elongate member to move the biomicroscope relative to the frame. The second elongate member provides a stabilizing force on the carriage to counteract an upward force exerted by the carriage and the biomicroscope mounted thereon.
US11064879B2	Holoscopic, optical coherence tomography A method for holoscopic, optical coherence tomography for an object, wherein the method includes providing source radiation and splitting the source radiation into illumination radiation and reference radiation, illuminating an illumination field on the object with illumination radiation, said illumination field having an areal extent transverse to the direction of incidence, collecting illumination radiation scattered back from the object as measurement radiation, separating the measurement radiation collected from the object from the illumination radiation, and overlaying the measurement radiation with reference radiation and detecting an interference signal of the overlaid radiations with at least one areal detector with a two-dimensional extent, wherein the object in the illumination field is simultaneously illuminated by more than one spatial radiation mode, wherein the radiation modes of the illumination in the illumination field are spatially and temporally coherent with one another but have a fixed phase difference from one another.
US11064877B2	Laryngoscope Improved laryngoscopes are disclosed herein which are capable of aiding operators toward successful intubation outcomes in clinical situations which would be difficult using previously existing tools.
US11064874B2	Dichroic prism assembly with four or five channels A dichroic prism assembly (P1-P7) configured to receive light from an object image through an entrance face of the dichroic prism assembly, includes a first prism (P3) and a further dichroic prism assembly (P5, P6, P7) for splitting light in three light components. The first prism has a cross section with at least five corners, and each corner has an inside angle of at least 90 degrees. The corners of the first prism are designed so that an incoming beam which enters the entrance face in a direction parallel to a normal of the entrance face is reflected twice inside the prism and exits the prism through an exit face parallel to a normal of the exit face.
US11064871B2	Flexible endoscope An endoscope includes a handle connected to a flexible, steerable, kink-resistant insertion tube. An endoscope insertion tube may include a shaft, a lower durometer section proximate to a distal end of the shaft, and a higher durometer section positioned between the lower durometer section and a medium durometer section. The endoscope insertion tube may further include a fourth thermoplastic laminate section proximate to a proximal end of the shaft and having a higher durometer. A method of making an endoscope insertion tube may include inserting a mandrel with one, two, or more lateral slots and a liner into a shaft, wherein the liner is positioned between the mandrel and the shaft, bonding a bonded portion of the liner to an inner surface of the shaft, separating other portion(s) of the liner from the shaft, and inserting a first deflection wire in a gap between the shaft and the unbonded portion(s) of the liner.
US11064869B2	In-vivo visualization system Several embodiments of the present invention are generally directed to medical visualization systems that comprise combinations of disposable and resuable components, such as catheters, functional handles, hubs, optical devices, etc. Other embodiments of the present invention are generally directed to features and aspects of an in-vivo visualization system that comprises an endoscope having a working channel through which a catheter having viewing capabilities is routed. the catheter may obtain viewing capabilities by being constructed as a vision catheter or by having a fiberscope or other viewing device selectively routed through one of its channels. The catheter is preferably of the steerable type so that the distal end of the catheter may be steered from its proximal end as it is advanced with the body. A suitable use for the in-vivo visualization system includes but is not limited to diagnosis and/or treatment of the duodenum, and particularly the biliary tree.
US11064865B2	Endoscope apparatus with forced disposability An endoscope apparatus provided in the invention has forced disposability of a cannula by the means and techniques put in place so that the parts in contact with organic tissues or the detection of container extraction cannot be used, re-used, or if re-used, in a way that aligns with their operating limits. Activation of the cannula is detected and traced using sensors or wireless intercommunication devices so that when a certain time lapses or a certain number of activations after the first activation of the cannula, a limited usage means disables the cannula in mechanical or electrical way to ensure forced disposability of the cannula.
US11064864B2	Processor device, endoscope system, and method of operating processor device Provided are a processor device, an endoscope system, and a method of operating a processor device capable of narrowing down a plurality of index values to the index value required to diagnose a lesion. An image obtained by imaging an observation target including a structure is acquired. An index value calculation unit 70 performs an index value calculation process of calculating a plurality of index values obtained by indexing a property of the structure on the basis of the image. An index value arithmetic processing unit 74 controls the index value calculation unit 70 according to a processing order in which a first index value is calculated and then a second index value different from the first index value is calculated among the plurality of index values.
US11064861B2	Dishwasher having a door assembly A dishwasher including a cabinet with a treating chamber having an open face, which is selectively closed by a door assembly. The door assembly has an outer door spaced from an inner door to define an interior space between the outer and inner doors. A stiffener is located between the inner and outer doors.
US11064857B2	Cleaner capable of controlling motor power and control method thereof A cleaner capable of controlling motor power and a control method thereof are disclosed. The cleaner may include a head suctioning external dirt, a stick communicating with the head, being adjustable in length, and providing a passage through which dirt that is suctioned moves, a length sensor mounted on the stick and sensing a length change of the stick, a motor providing dirt suction power to the head, a speed measurer measuring a movement speed and a movement direction of the head, and a controller controlling power of the motor. The controller may select minimum power for dirt suction of the motor on the basis of at least one of information about the length change of the stick, the movement speed of the head, and the movement direction of the head, and may control the motor to have the selected minimum power. The cleaner can transmit/receive wireless signals on a mobile communication network established in accordance with 5G (Generation) communication.
US11064856B1	Detachable robotic vacuum dustbin A removable dustbin for a robotic vacuum that is wholly separable from all electronic parts thereof including a motor unit such that the dustbin, when separated from the electronic parts, may be safely immersed in water for quick and easy cleaning. The dustbin design further facilitates easy access to the motor for convenient servicing and repair.
US11064855B2	Cleaner A cleaner includes a suction unit guiding air and dust, a main body including a first cyclone unit separating the air and the dust, which are suctioned through the suction unit, from each other and a second cyclone unit separating the dust from the air discharged from the first cyclone unit, and a guide unit disposed in the main body to partition a first dust storage part, in which the dust separated in the first cyclone unit is stored, and a second dust storage part, in which the dust separated in the second cyclone unit is stored, from each other. The guide unit is separably coupled to the main body, and when the guide unit is separated from the main body, a dust discharge part of the second cyclone unit is exposed to the outside.
US11064852B2	Implement head cleaning system An implement head cleaning system which includes apparatuses and methods of cleaning an implement head. An implement head cleaner including an implement head cleaning base having a base bottom configured for placement on a support surface and having an air flow chamber disposed in a base top covered by an air flow inlet plate which directs an air flow through one or more air inlet aperture elements to egress through an air outlet toward an air flow generator. Materials entrained in material entrainment elements carried by the implement head can be removed by moving the material entrainment elements over the air flow inlet plate through the air flow.
US11064848B2	Film-packaged tissue, manufacturing method for film-packaged tissue, film-packaged tissue set package, and manufacturing method for film packaged tissue set package A tissue paper package not prone to losing shape. Film-packaged tissue paper comprising a pop-up type substantially cuboid bundle of tissue paper packaged with a flexible resin packaging film, and characterized in that air vents for providing communication between the inside and the outside of the package are formed at positions on the packaging film facing short-side surfaces of the bundle of tissue paper where no folded edges are arranged.
US11064845B2	Semi-open showering device A semi-open bathing device (200) is provided, one aspect of which relates to multi-function showering device, comprising a chair assembly, a plurality of first dispensers (220/222), a supply assembly, a temperature regulator, and a waste water management assembly. In the semi-open bathing device (200), the chair assembly comprises a seat (202) with a hole (204) disposed in the center of the seat (202). A backrest (206) and two sidewalls (214) are coupled to the seat (202) respectively thereby forming a front opening for the chair assembly. The backrest (206) provides a support for the bather and the two sidewalls (214) are configured to contain the spillage of water. The plurality of first dispensers (220/222) is positioned onto the sidewalls (214) and/or the backrest (206) for dispensing water and/or air towards the bather. The supply assembly is located at backside of the backrest (206) for connecting to a water supply and an electricity supply.
US11064836B2	Beverage brewer A beverage brewer includes a container, a container collar, a brewing material holder, a mesh element, and a drive assembly. The container has an open top, a closed sidewall, and a closed bottom. The container collar is configured to cover a rim of the open top. The brewing material holder is configured to hold brewing material and to be suspended from the container collar and into an interior of the container. The brewing material holder includes a sidewall having an opening, an open top, and a bottom. The mesh element covers the opening in the sidewall of the brewing material holder. The drive assembly is positionable on the container collar and is configured to be mechanically coupled to and rotate the brewing material holder.
US11064832B1	Parcel locker systems A parcel locker system is disclosed that includes a rigid container having an external surface, an internal area that is configured to receive and hold a parcel, a door that is configured to be reversibly opened and closed, a door lock that is configured to be wirelessly activated and deactivated, a digital indicator located on the external surface (which signals whether the door lock is activated or deactivated), a means for attaching the rigid container to a floor or wall surface, and a power source. The system further includes a camera that is configured and oriented to capture video content of a delivery person located adjacent to the rigid container and wirelessly transmit such video content. In addition, the system includes a software application that is configured to receive transmitted video content from the camera and, according to a user's command, wirelessly issue an instruction to the door lock to deactivate for a period of time.
US11064817B2	Merchandiser and methods relating to same A product display tray is provided including one or more arms including engagement members. The product display tray can also include a base having one or more tracks receiving the one or more arms, wherein the base is slidable along the one or more arms from a first position to a second position. The product display tray can also include a handle. The product display tray can also include a latch, wherein the latch is operably connected to the handle, wherein the latch has an engaged position and a disengaged position, and wherein the latch is in the engaged position when the base is in the first position and the base is operable to enter the second position when the latch is in the disengaged position.
US11064813B2	Softness-adjustable mattress The disclosure discloses a softness-adjustable mattress, including an outer lining, an outer lining zipper, and a bottom lining, wherein the bottom lining is positioned on the outer lining, the outer lining zipper is positioned between the outer lining and the bottom lining, a lying-down mechanism is mounted on an inner lower wall face of the outer lining, and an inflation mechanism is mounted on the lying-down mechanism. The beneficial effects of the disclosure is having the characteristic of being quickly mounted and dismounted; through an air cushion the overall comfort degree of the mattress can be enhanced, and can prevent the integral mattress shape from collapsing; the air cushion can be inflated by the inflation controller at all times, thereby ensuring the stability of the air cushion; users can lie down on the wavy cotton, which improves the users' comfort degree and brings convenience to people's life. Moreover, the edges or corners of the air cushion of the disclosure are capable of maintaining a certain shape even under some pressure. Preferably, the air cushion of the disclosure has excellent durability.
US11064809B2	Foldable easel blank A foldable easel blank includes a main panel defining a first side and a second side, the first side positioned opposite from the second side, the main panel defining a locking aperture extending through the main panel from a front main surface to a rear main surface; a support panel hingedly connected to the main panel, the support panel defining a locking tab configured to engage the locking aperture; a first side panel hingedly connected to the first side of the main panel by a first side hinge; a second side panel hingedly connected to the second side of the main panel by a second side hinge; and a base panel positioned between the first side hinge and the second side hinge, the base panel configured to engage the first side panel and the second side panel to form a base stand.
US11064805B1	Modular adjustable table Disclosed herein are modular, height adjustable tables that can be quickly assembled and disassembled without the use of tools. Furthermore, the modular tables disclosed herein can be easily transported due to their lightweight and quick assembly and disassembly process. In addition, the assembly and disassembly process of the tables disclosed herein may not require anything outside of a table top and table legs.
US11064799B2	Brush for washing plant A brush for a vehicle washing system comprising: flexible elements (2) intended to come into contact with the vehicle for cleaning and/or polishing and/or drying; a central annular support (3) from which the flexible elements (2) extend; a shaft (4) rotating about its own axis (40) of rotation, the shaft (4) crossing the central support (3) and placing the central support (3) in rotation about the axis (40) of rotation; the central support (3) comprising a lateral surface (35), from which the flexible elements (2) extend, which is inclined with respect to the axis (40) of rotation of the shaft (4).
US11064797B2	Mobile device holder An apparatus for holding a mobile device stationary within a storage region of a medium of transportation, such as the pocket of a commercial airline, includes a plurality of regions. Deformable regions of the apparatus and corresponding flaps permit a user to bend the regions to an open position, place the mobile device within the flaps, and the deformation in a reverse direction serves to snugly fit and hold the mobile device in-place. In other variations, a magnetic holder, tacky surfaces and other implementations serve to hold the mobile device in-place. In numerous designs, extensive features are provided to hold the mobile device within a pocket or other compartment of a transport vehicle. Numerous materials and combinations of materials serve to permit these implementations.
US11064796B1	Gear attachment system A system includes knobs on an item of gear and a latch attached to a carrier. Each knob has a neck and a head with a larger diameter. First and second sliders fit into a latch frame. Hooks on the sliders form expandable apertures. To attach, the knob is pushed against the slider hooks to expand the aperture. After the head passes through the aperture, a spring biases the hooks together so the aperture width is smaller than the head diameter, capturing the knob. A carrier adapter adapts the latch to a carrier. Adapters are available for duty belts, MOLLE-equipped carriers, and horizontal slots.
US11064795B2	Collapsible stool entertainment system A collapsible stool entertainment system. The collapsible stool entertainment system includes an elongated rod having a first end opposite a second end. A seat portion is affixed to the first end and a base portion is affixed to the second end. A plurality of teeth extends from a lower surface of the base portion to engage a ground surface for additional stability. In some embodiments, the second end of the elongated rod is pivotally secured to an upper surface of the base portion via a ball-and-socket joint system, wherein the second end comprises a ball removably securable within a socket disposed on the base portion.
US11064794B2	Backpacks with cooperatively adjusted hip belts and compression straps Backpacks with cooperatively adjusted hip belt segments and compression strap segments. A backpack includes a pack body, a shoulder strap, and a belt assembly. The pack body includes a back panel and an exterior panel. The belt assembly includes a compression strap segment, a hip belt segment, an adjustment strap, and a releasable fastener. The backpack includes a belt assembly waist loop with a belt assembly waist perimeter. Each adjustment strap is configured to selectively adjust each of the pack volume and the belt assembly waist perimeter. The belt assembly is configured such that, responsive to the user applying a tension force to the adjustment strap, each of a pack volume and the belt assembly waist perimeter decreases by a respective degree that depends upon a ratio of the force required to decrease the pack volume to the force required to decrease the belt assembly waist perimeter.
US11064792B2	Carrier system A carrier system for use with a body armor garment that distributes the shoulder loads produced by equipment carried or worn by military or law enforcement personnel, away from the user's shoulders and comfortably to the hips. Heavy shoulder loads, which typically cause chronic back pain and can lead to compression of the spine, are significantly mitigated. The carrier system has a vertical back support and a belt for securing the device around the waist of the user. In addition to alleviating shoulder fatigue and spine compression, the device is light, comfortable, durable, adjustable and easy to maintain.
US11064791B2	System for creating and providing a product of a certain color or texture chosen by a subject and product produced by such a system A system for providing a product, such as a lipstick, the color of which is chosen by a subject. The system includes a viewing device for showing a subject or an object for which the color is chosen, a color palette from which the subject can choose a color, and a link to a production center for creating the product according to the choice of the subject. The system also includes a color-modifying device for modifying the color chosen by the subject.
US11064789B2	Cosmetic treatment of keratin fibres The present invention is directed towards a cosmetic assembly, of use for the treatment of keratin fibres, comprising a cosmetic composition having a melting point of between 40° C. and 120° C., and comprising at least 15% by weight of meltable compound(s), relative to the total weight of the composition; and a device (1) comprising a mould (2), the mould (2) comprising at least one cavity (5), into which or each of which at least one of said fibres can be at least partially introduced, for the purposes of moulding said composition onto at least one part of said fibre(s) present in the cavity or cavities (5). The present invention is also directed towards a process for cosmetic treatment of one or more keratin fibres.
US11064786B2	Device for applying a liquid medium A device for applying a liquid or pulverulent medium is provided. The device includes an application element that has a flexible width and that is attached between two support elements and includes at least one lateral delimiting element for the purposes of a controlled and fast application of this liquid or pulverulent medium. A kit that includes the device and a media container is provided.
US11064784B2	Printing method and system of a nail printing apparatus, and a medium thereof The present disclosure may relate to a printing method, system of a nail printing apparatus, the nail printing apparatus and a medium thereof. The nail printing apparatus may include a touch screen. The touch screen may display a first interface. The first interface may include a third region and a second region. The third region may include a plurality of second patterns. The printing method may include displaying a user's nail model in the second region. The printing method may include displaying a first pattern in the second region. The user's nail model may overlap at least a portion of the first pattern. The at least a portion of the first pattern overlapping the user's nail model may be used as a printing pattern. The printing method may include printing the printing pattern based on a printing instruction. The present disclosure may reduce the pattern to be printed, save ink, prolong a usage time of the ink cartridge, and help reduce costs. The present disclosure may reduce two processes of coating anti-overflow glue before printing and cleaning the anti-overflow glue after printing, thereby improving the nail printing efficiency.
US11064781B2	Hair coloring variegation device and method of use A method and device for selectively entraining hair strands from the scalp having at least one hooking applicator, the at least one hooking applicator employing a hook that rotates to entrain the hair strands, a hair color container having hair color therein and a way to apply the hair color to the entrained hair stands includes a hooking applicator, hair color container, and trigger mechanism. The trigger mechanism operates to entrain hair using the hooking application and apply hair color to the hair from the hair color container.
US11064778B2	Carryall container A carryall container, includes at least one first half-shell, which is open and can be closed, at a free edge thereof, by a second half-shell, in order to define at least one closed configuration, in which inside the half-shells at least one internal compartment is defined for accommodating objects. The second half-shell is movable between the closed configuration and at least one open configuration, for free access to the compartment. One face of the first half-shell, which is adjacent to the free edge, has at least one door arranged, in at least one first position, so as to close a respective inlet provided on the first half-shell for further access to the compartment.
US11064776B2	Low profile expandable ring structure Disclosed herein is a low profile expandable ring structure comprising a plurality of coupled blocks that each have a certain degree of translational movement with respect to each other. Each block has one or more downward curved loops or tubes protruding on the front side of the block which are inserted into openings on an adjacent block. A tensioned spring, passed through an internal channel of the coupled blocks, maintains the ring structure in a closed appearance but allows for expansion of the expandable ring structure through the translational movement of the blocks. The low-profile nature allows the expandable ring structure to be comfortable for the wearer.
US11064773B2	Zipper slider with attachment An apparatus to be used as the slider on a zipper chain is disclosed. The apparatus may include a slider that may be configured with an attachment that may add decorative elements to the slider. The attachment may be configured to the slider using a mount that may include an inner opening that may receive the slider.
US11064767B2	Fastening device A fastening device including a case unit and a spool is provided. The case unit includes a wall forming a receiving space, an upper opening communicated with the receiving space, and a lower opening opposite to the upper opening and communicated with the receiving space. The spool is within the receiving space. The spool is limited by the wall, and the wall prohibits the spool from leaving the receiving space from the upper opening.
US11064760B2	Adjustable athletic positioning apparatus and applications thereof A pair of shoes that includes a left foot shoe and a right foot shoe. Each of the shoes include an upper shoe portion and a sole coupled to the upper shoe portion. The sole provides an athletic positioning of a left big toe area of the left shoe at a lower position than a left heel area of the left shoe and at a lower position than an outer small toe area of the left shoe and wherein, from an inner edge to an outer edge of the left shoe, the left heel area has substantially no slope.
US11064747B2	Outerwear article with convertible hand covering An outerwear article comprises a sleeve and a hand covering. The sleeve defines and extends from a shoulder end and an open end. The sleeve includes a liner, an outer shell extending around the liner, and a pocket defined between the outer shell and the liner. The pocket has an opening on an inside of the sleeve and on a side of the pocket nearest the open end. The hand covering is sewn to the sleeve adjacent the opening via a seam line. The hand covering is rotatable about the seam line from a storage position within the pocket to a use position extending from the seam line out the open end of the sleeve to fit over a wearer's hand.
US11064746B2	System and method for connecting garments and related articles A system and method of selectively connecting at least two articles of clothing is provided. First and second articles, which may comprise a glove and jacket sleeve or cuff, have mating geometries and at least one fastener to securely and selectively connect the two articles. In certain embodiments, magnets are provided as fasteners to connect the articles. For example, in certain embodiments, a method and system is provided that comprises features adapted to allow connection of an accessory (e.g. ski glove) to a portion of another article (e.g. jacket).
US11064742B2	Convertible bib A bib having a first panel and a storage container. The first panel has a collar constructed in a first end. The storage container has a first and a second side, an upper opening and a lower closed end. The first panel also has a second end which is attached to an upper end of the second side of the storage container in order to capture spillage while the bib is in use. The first panel can also be folded down into the storage container and secured by a fastener about the upper opening of the storage container.
US11064741B2	Element for an electrically operated aerosol-generating system having a dual function An aerosol-generating element includes first and second electrical connection terminals; a first electrical element being an aerosol-generator connected between the first and second electrical connection terminals; and a second electrical element connected between the first and second electrical connection terminals. A first barrier element is connected between the first electrical element and the second electrical connection terminal, and a second barrier element is connected between the second electrical element and the first electrical connection terminal. The first and second barrier elements have opposite asymmetric conductance.
US11064729B2	Cigarette wrapper with novel pattern A wrapper for a smoking article has a base web and a plurality of crenellated bands, each having a diffusivity value in the range of 0 to about 0.2 cm/sec. The add-on material can be applied by gravure printing in a single pass in a chevron pattern such that an apex of the element is co-linear with substantially symmetrically spaced points on a trailing, outer edge of an adjacent chevron element. Testing elements may be simultaneously printed with the add-on material to monitor diffusivity and/or presence of add-on material.
US11064727B2	Sensor apparatuses and systems A sensor apparatus may include a conduit structure including an inner surface defining a conduit extending through an interior of the conduit structure, an inlet structure coupled to an end of the conduit structure, and a plurality of sensor devices in hydrodynamic contact with the conduit. The inlet structure may couple with an outlet end of an external tobacco element to hold the outlet end of the external tobacco element in fluid communication with an inlet opening of the conduit structure, such that the conduit structure may receive a generated aerosol from the external tobacco element at the inlet opening, and draw an instance of aerosol through the conduit towards an outlet opening. The instance of aerosol may include at least a portion of the generated aerosol. Each sensor device may generate sensor data indicating a pressure of the instance of aerosol through a separate portion of the conduit.
US11064726B2	Extraction method of flavor constituent and manufacturing method of composition element of favorite item An extraction method of a flavor constituent comprises: a step A for heating a tobacco raw material which is subjected to an alkali treatment; and a step B for bringing a release component released in the gas phase in the step A into contact with a collection solvent at normal temperature until any time from when a first condition is satisfied to when a second condition is satisfied. The total amount of saccharides contained in the tobacco raw material is 9.0 wt % or less when a gross weight of the tobacco raw material in the dry state is 100 wt %. The first condition is determined based on variations in the pH of the collection solution. The second condition is determined based on the remaining amount of nicotine component.
US11064725B2	Material for use with apparatus for heating smokable material Disclosed is material for use with apparatus for heating smokable material to volatilize at least one component of the smokable material. The material includes a mixture of smokable material and elements. Each of the elements includes a closed circuit of heating material that is heatable by penetration with a varying magnetic field.
US11064724B2	Rotary screw blancher A food processing apparatus including a tank having an inlet end for receiving food product and an outlet end for discharging food product, the tank having a rotatable auger mounted in a compartment, the auger for advancing food product within the compartment from the inlet end toward the outlet end, the auger including flights having a flight wall with a radial edge, a clearance space being defined between the radial edge of the flights and a solid, imperforate wall portion of an inner wall. One of the inner wall and the flight wall may include a perforated wall portion. A transition zone includes a moveable surface to contain food product while in use.
US11064721B2	Method for producing immune activator and method for producing food and drink for immune activation A drying step of drying Gynura procumbens at 0° C. or more and 40° C. or less; and a cutting/pulverizing step of cutting or pulverizing the Gynura procumbens dried in the drying step while keeping at 0° C. or more and 40° C. or less are included.
US11064715B2	Individual frozen drink dispenser An individual frozen drink dispenser includes a housing having a base configured to support a blender cup, a dispensing chamber disposed above the blender cup and configured to support a frozen beverage container containing frozen ingredients suitable for preparing a frozen drink, at least one dispensing mechanism configured to move from a pre-dispense position to a dispense position in which the dispensing mechanism drives the frozen ingredients from the frozen beverage container into the blender cup, and a drive mechanism coupled to the housing and configured to drive the movement of the dispensing mechanism from the pre-dispense position to the dispense position. A method of preparing a frozen drink is further disclosed.
US11064712B2	Systems and methods for distributing and dispensing chocolate Systems for dispensing chocolate, in one aspect including a generally fluid-tight exterior housing with first volume; a vertical support member; a base support member; a dispenser guiding member within the first volume; an extruder connection member extending through the housing and having a first end within the housing and a second end outside of the housing, defining a pivot axis; an extruder member connected to the first end; a lever connected to the second end; at least one extruder guide member within the first volume and connected to the extruder member; and at least one extruder guide rail connected to the housing within the first volume and capable of receiving the at least one extruder guide member; and where manual actuation of the lever pivots the extruder member in cooperation with the at least one extruder guide member.
US11064710B2	Method of making dairy compositions The invention relates to a method of separating components from milk, and the apparatus used therefor. The invention also relates to compositions prepared from the separated components. The present invention relates to nutritional milk compositions and products which are designed to include per serving size a specified percentage range of one or more components separated from milk. The compositions of the present invention can optionally include non-essential but nutritionally functional components. The complete nutritional milk compositions of the present invention can be provided as unflavored milks, flavored milks, ice creams and yogurts.
US11064709B2	Controlled environment shipping containers Systems and apparatus are provided for maintaining an ultra low oxygen concentration in a shipping container for the purpose of preventing spoilage of perishable food products. The system and apparatus may contain a composition of a mixture of gases including one or more of nitrogen, carbon dioxide, and another inert gas, wherein the mixture of gases positively pressurizes the shipping container with an ultra low oxygen concentration. The system and apparatus may use one or more sensors to monitor the composition of the mixture of gases, and may use one or more controllers to release the compressed gases into the interior of the container. The controller may release the compressed gases at a variable rate of release sufficient to maintain the ultra low oxygen concentration and to ensure consistent concentrations of the mixture of gases with the container.
US11064708B2	Process to produce safe pasteurized shrimp and other shellfish of high sensory quality and extended refrigerated shelf-life A system and method for processing shrimp and other shellfish species are disclosed. Embodiments of the disclosed system and method provide a shellfish product having a longer refrigerated shelf-life than experienced with conventional processing methods and the shellfish product produced retains more of its original sensory qualities, such as texture, flavor and odor, than is retained by current processing methods.
US11064692B2	Bait box for separating a feeding location bait box for separating a feeding location A bait box including a housing; a feeding location arranged in the housing and configured for a poison bait, wherein the feeding location is arranged in an air cushion in the housing so that the feeding location is accessible for a rodent from an outside of the bait box through an entry arranged at a lower end of the housing; and a separation element which defines a liquid space with a liquid within the housing when the liquid rises outside of the housing above a threshold level above which accessibility of the feeding location is not provided to the rodent any more, wherein the liquid space extends from the threshold level to the separation element and separates the feeding location from the liquid space, wherein the housing is closed air tight besides the entry so that the air cushion is captured in the housing.
US11064691B2	Fabric laying system and method The present disclosure relates to systems and methods related to the suppression of invasive plant species by laying down a fabric over beds of such invasive plants. A watercraft with a fabric laying mechanism is provided with the mechanism automatically guiding the fabric from a fabric stockpile to a frame that spreads the fabric prior to the fabric being laid over the underwater plant bed. The watercraft may be provided with a device for dispensing material over the fabric that has been laid down to weigh down or hold down the fabric. Preferably, the fabric is biodegradable and the material is natural to the area. In one implementation, the fabric (e.g jute burlap) is coarsely woven from natural plant fibers.
US11064688B2	Electronic insect-control system One embodiment provides a system, including: a first end that screws into a light bulb socket; an internal light source; an electric insect control mechanism disposed around and proximate to the internal light source; and a visible light source disposed at an opposite end with respect to the first end. Other embodiments are described and claimed.
US11064683B2	Animal relocation system and method An animal relocation system and method comprising a perimeter net system a trapping net system, and a flushing device, wherein the flushing device channels the animal through the perimeter net system and into the trapping net.
US11064673B2	Endophytic microbial symbionts in plant prenatal care The present disclosure provides novel endophyte strains or cultures thereof that have a symbiotic relationship with plants. The present disclosure further provides methods of improving seed vitality, biotic and abiotic stress resistance, plant health and yield under both stressed and unstressed environmental conditions, comprising inoculating a seed with the novel endophyte strains and cultivating a plant therefrom.
US11064671B2	Soybean cultivar CE1661319 The present invention is in the field of soybean variety CE1661319, CE1660344, and/or CE1660404 breeding and development. The present invention particularly relates to the soybean variety CE1661319, CE1660344, and/or CE1660404 and its seed, cells, germplasm, plant parts, and progeny, and methods of using CE1661319, CE1660344, and/or CE1660404 in a breeding program.
US11064669B2	Soybean cultivar CW1660188 The present invention is in the field of soybean variety CW1660188, EW1660376, CW1660229, CW1660193, CW1660068, EW1660140, CW1660195, EW1660025, AND/OR EW1660054 breeding and development. The present invention particularly relates to the soybean variety CW1660188, EW1660376, CW1660229, CW1660193, CW1660068, EW1660140, CW1660195, EW1660025, AND/OR EW1660054 and its seed, cells, germplasm, plant parts, and progeny, and methods of using CW1660188, EW1660376, CW1660229, CW1660193, CW1660068, EW1660140, CW1660195, EW1660025, AND/OR EW1660054 in a breeding program.
US11064666B2	QTLS conferring resistance to potyviruses in watermelon The present invention relates to a watermelon plant showing resistance against potyviruses, wherein the watermelon plant may comprise one or more of resistance conferring alleles of QTL1, QTL2 and QTL3 and wherein the said QTLs are as present in or obtainable from a watermelon plant, representative seed of which was deposited under deposit accession number NCIMB 42537, 42536, 42535 respectively.
US11064661B2	System for optimally controlling sensory temperature based on humidity The present invention can provide an optimum sensory temperature and can increase productivity by a system having a variable fan provided in a vinyl greenhouse, receiving optimum temperature (A) and humidity (B), detecting internal temperature (A′) and humidity (B′), calculating temperature (A″) according to the humidity, and providing the temperature (A″) suitable for the humidity (B′) detected through an operational control of the variable fan.
US11064657B2	Feed system cap for agricultural baler A baler having a frame, a feed system coupled to the frame, a baling chamber for receiving crop from the feed system, and a plunger assembly reciprocally compressing the crop. The baling chamber defines an extrusion axis therethrough. The plunger assembly is at least partially positioned within and movable with respect to the baling chamber. The plunger assembly has at least a first plunger motion aligned with the extrusion axis. The baler also includes a feed system cap having at least a first cap motion aligned with the extrusion axis, the first cap motion being synchronized with the first plunger motion. At least one of the plunger assembly and the feed system cap has a second motion that is not aligned with the extrusion axis.
US11064656B1	Combine chaffer with chaffer dam A cleaning system for an agricultural combine includes a cleaning shoe including a chaffer having an upstream extremity and a downstream extremity, a cleaning fan for establishing a flow of air upwardly through the chaffer, and a transverse chaffer dam mounted proximate to the downstream extremity transversely obstructing a crop layer flow path extending over the chaffer from the upstream extremity to the downstream extremity while permitting air and threshed crop material to flow thereover and thereunder through a transverse opening between the chaffer dam and the downstream extremity.
US11064654B2	Float adjustment A system for a header assembly that has a center frame configured to pivot relative to an adapter frame about at least one center axis, a center actuator coupled to the center frame to selectively provide a biasing force thereto, a first arm assembly configured to pivot relative to the center frame about at least a first arm axis, a first actuator coupled to the first arm assembly to selectively provide a biasing force thereto, a controller in communication with the center actuator and the first actuator to selectively alter performance characteristics of the center actuator and the first actuator, and a user interface in communication with the controller and having at least a first option and a second option. Wherein, the controller adjusts the performance characteristics of both the center actuator and the first actuator when the user interface is transitioned between the first option and the second option.
US11064651B2	Down pressure adjustment device and method for use with a disc opener assembly of an agricultural implement A disc opener unit for an agricultural implement has a down pressure adjustment device that automatically adjusts the amount of down pressure applied on a furrowing disc based on strain measurements taken by a strain gauge or load cell. The strain gauge, which may be mounted to an arm that is used to set the position of a depth setting gauge wheel, provides feedback to a processor that in turn controls the amount of hydraulic fluid in a hydraulic cylinder to adjust the down force applied on the disc. The amount of down pressure is therefore adjusted in substantially real-time in response to changes in field conditions, which improves furrow depth consistency and reduces wear on the gauge wheel and its components.
US11071228B2	Computing workstation with accessible in a rack environment A rack system for one or more computing systems is described. The rack system may include support structures, or rack structures, and a housing affixed or un-affixed to the support structures. The rack system may include rails, including telescoping rails, affixed to the support structures and coupled to the computing system. When the rack system is in a closed position, the computing system is positioned within the housing. When the rack system is in an open position, the computing system is removed from the housing and the components of the computing system are accessible. In the open position, only components on one surface of the circuit board are accessible. However, the computing system can rotate, thereby placing the components on the opposing surface of the circuit board in an accessible position. Alternatively, the housing can be affixed to the computing system, and include modifications for access to the computing system.
US11071225B2	Smart high-voltage relay An integrated smart relay assembly includes a case and an electronic solid-state switch disposed inside the case and a gate driver circuit electrically connected to the electronic solid-state switch. The gate driver circuit is configured to drive the electronic solid-state switch with a predetermined gate voltage and a predetermined gate current. The relay assembly further includes a protection circuit electrically connected to the gate driver circuit. The protection circuit is configured to protect the electronic solid-state switch against over-voltage, short circuit, and overheating. The relay assembly further includes a communication interface integrated with the electronic solid-state switch. Each of the protection circuit, electronic solid-state switch, and the communication interface is disposed inside the case.
US11071218B2	Electronic devices having sliding expandable displays An electronic device may have a housing with portions that slide relative to each other. A display may be supported on a surface of the housing such as on a front face of the housing. The housing portions may slide between an unexpanded state in which the display has an unexpanded viewable area on the front face and an expanded state in which the display has an expanded viewable area on the front face that is greater than the unexpanded viewable area. The housing portions may have interior regions that contain electrical components. The display may be formed from a flexible display substrate. A portion of a flexible display may be stored in an interior region of the housing when the housing is in the unexpanded state. In the unexpanded state, the flexible display may have one or more bends and may double back on itself one or more times.
US11071217B2	Device for fastening a plate A device for fastening a plate, comprising a receiving structure with an abutment for receiving the plate and a fastener for fastening of the plate. The device should be produced at low cost, allow for average production tolerances and be susceptible to little wear. This is achieved in that a fastener for fastening comprise at least one snap arm, which can in each case swivel in an elastic manner about an axis perpendicular to a main surface of the plate and which presses the received plate against the abutment under pre-tension.
US11071215B1	Case for portable electronic computing device Systems and methods are involved with a case assembly a side; a cushion member including a side portion extending along a portion of the side, the cushion member including a first surface, a second surface, a first thickness extending a depth from the first surface to the second surface, and at least one trench having a depth from the first surface partially toward the second surface without penetrating the second surface. In addition, other aspects are described in the claims, drawings, and text forming a part of the present disclosure.
US11071213B2	Methods of manufacturing a high impedance surface (HIS) enhanced by discrete passives In one or more embodiments, a method of manufacturing a high impedance surface (HIS) apparatus comprises patterning a first conducting layer on a core to form a first set of conducting pads, and patterning a second conducting layer on the core to form a second set of conducting pads. The method further comprises applying solder paste to each of the conducting pads of the second set of conducting pads. Also, the method comprises placing chip capacitors on the solder paste on the second set of conducting pads. In addition, the method comprises applying underfill between the chip capacitors. Also, the method comprises applying solder paste to each of the conducting pads of the first set of conducting pads. In addition, the method comprises placing chip inductors on the solder paste on the first set of conducting pads. Further, the method comprises applying underfill between the chip inductors.
US11071211B2	Electronic component mounting method Provided is a method for operating an electronic component mounting system including component storages including a keeping rack, a dry box and a dryer. The method includes, after a reel of a moisture sensitive device is dispatched from a component keeping area and setup to a tape feeder is performed in an external setup area, measuring a exposure time for which the moisture sensitive device is in an atmospheric exposure state is in a reel unit, and comparing the exposure time with an exposure limit time set for the moisture sensitive device and stored in a storage. The method includes stopping using the reel of the moisture sensitive device whose exposure time exceeds the exposure limit time.
US11071209B2	Fitting structure for conductive sheet and electronic device The fitting structure for a conductive sheet of this invention comprises: a conductive member which is arranged within a predetermined region in a front case of an electronic device that has the front case and a rear case, said cases being first and second case pieces that are separably joined to each other, and which is electrically connected to ground patterns of the electronic device; and a conductive sheet which is arranged within the rear case so as to face the predetermined region of the front case and comprises a conductive layer. In a state where the front case and the rear case are joined with each other, the conductive layer of the conductive sheet is in contact with the conductive member and is electrically connected to the ground patterns of the electronic device.
US11071207B2	Electronic module The present invention relates to an electronic module. In particular, to an electronic module which includes one or more components embedded in an installation base. The electronic module can be a module like a circuit board, which includes several components, which are connected to each other electrically, through conducting structures manufactured in the module. The components can be passive components, microcircuits, semiconductor components, or other similar components. Components that are typically connected to a circuit board form one group of components. Another important group of components are components that are typically packaged for connection to a circuit board. The electronic modules to which the invention relates can, of course, also include other types of components.
US11071204B2	Parking management system A plurality of electronic signaling and image processing devices coupled to street roadside illumination poles, communicatively networked with one another, vehicles, and at least one remote client to manage all roadside municipal parking stalls in the pole's vicinity in real time.
US11071200B2	Metal trace A metal trace is provided to include a plurality of metal traces disposed side by side on a bending region, and each of the metal traces includes a trace body, and the trace body is provided with a plurality of through holes, and the plurality of through holes are used to reduce bending stress received by the metal traces, and the plurality of through holes are spaced apart along an extending direction of the trace body. The plurality of through holes are disposed on the trace body to reduce bending stress on the metal traces.
US11071199B2	Optical printed circuit board and its fabrication method An optical printed circuit board and its fabrication method. The optical printed circuit board includes an electrical conductor arranged for conducting electric signal, an optical waveguide arranged for transmitting optical signal, and an optical waveguide coupling interface arranged at an end of the optical waveguide. The optical waveguide coupling interface is arranged for engagement with an external optical device to optically couple the external optical device with the optical waveguide. The optical waveguide coupling interface includes a first engagement mechanism with a socket defining a space for receiving with a corresponding plug on the external optical device or a plug arranged to be received in a corresponding socket on the external optical device.
US11071198B2	Highly integrated miniature radiometer chip A highly integrated miniature radiometer chip includes a base board with opposing top and bottom etched metal layers to form interconnect and ground pads, and a cavity to provide space for surface mounted parts that are attached to the bottom of a middle board which mounts directly over the top of the base board. The middle board has radio frequency circuits and semiconductor chips at a top metal layer, and surface mounted parts, and ground and signal pads at a bottom metal layer. Metalized vias extending through the dielectric material connect the top and bottom layers. A top cover includes a feedhorn, a waveguide section, and isolation compartments and channels that overlie the RF circuits on the middle board. A dielectric insert is located inside the feedhorn to enhance the feedhorn performance and seal the radiometer chip from external air, humidity and contaminants.
US11071181B2	Adaptive dimming circuit and a method thereof A dimming module having: a calculating circuit, configured to receive a preset current duty cycle reference signal, a preset current magnitude reference signal and a feedback voltage of an associated light-emitting device string, and to provide a current duty cycle reference signal and a current magnitude reference signal; and a current regulating circuit, configured to receive the feedback voltage of the associated light-emitting device string, the current duty cycle reference signal and the current magnitude reference signal, and to control a duty cycle and a magnitude of the current flowing through the associated light-emitting device string; wherein the current magnitude reference signal provided to the light-emitting device string with the minimum feedback voltage is lower than the preset current magnitude reference signal, while the current magnitude reference signal provided to each other light-emitting device string is higher than the preset current magnitude reference signal.
US11071179B2	Dimmable LED drive circuit and control method thereof A dimmable LED drive circuit and a control method is provided in the present disclosure. The dimmable LED drive circuit may include a thyristor dimmer, a bleeder current circuit, and an LED circuit. The bleeder current circuit may provide a current required by the thyristor dimmer when an input voltage does not reach a forward voltage of the LED circuit. The dimmable LED drive circuit may further include a thyristor chopping angle detection circuit and a bleeder current control circuit. The thyristor chopping angle detection circuit may obtain a first electrical parameter signal characterizing a thyristor chopping angle when the thyristor dimmer is in a conducting state. The bleeder current control circuit may compare the first electrical parameter signal with a first threshold, and control the bleeder current circuit according to a comparison result. Moreover, an output current compensation circuit may also be included, which may be configured to compare the first electrical parameter signal with a second threshold to control a current flowing through the LED circuit.
US11071178B2	LED lighting system, apparatus, and dimming method The present invention provides an LED lamp, a control method and a control apparatus thereof, and an LED lamp system, each of which may achieve the function of light dimming in a current LED lamp without having to modify its original structure(s) wherein the current LED lamp originally could not have the function, or may achieve better dimming control of parallel-connected LED lamps. A method of controlling an LED lamp includes combining or synthesizing a power signal and a dimming instruction to produce an output signal, wherein the power signal comprises a constant DC, and the dimming instruction includes a control code comprising a specific sequence of high/low voltage levels for providing a manner of controlling the LED lamp. The LED lamp receives the output signal and performs control of itself according to the manner of controlling provided by the control code.
US11071177B2	Lighting optimized for melanopic vision Methods, apparatus, and systems for illumination, including wide area lighting applications. In one embodiment, a method of illumination comprises: comparing metamers at a known and similar CCT with at least one metamer having a higher M/P or S/P ratio; selecting at least one of said metamers for improved perceived brightness; evaluating the selected metamer(s) for desired CCT and acceptable CRI; manufacturing a lighting apparatus which emits light of a given CCT having increased melanopic content compared to one or more extant metameric variations of the same or similar CCT; wherein said light has an acceptable CRI. The method can be applied in various apparatus and systems. In one example, the methods, apparatus, and systems can be used to illuminate a wide area target area with increased perceived brightness compared to typical similar lighting. In some cases, this allows energy savings and/or fewer lighting sources or fixtures than typical lighting.
US11071171B2	Path switching method and apparatus A path switching method includes: determining, by a base station, to switch a first terminal device from a first communication link to a second communication link, and sending, to the first terminal device by using a second terminal device, access information required by the first terminal device to access the base station, so that the first terminal device establishes the second communication link to the base station based on the access information. In the method, the second terminal device may release the first communication link before or after the second communication link is established, or may release the first communication link in a process of establishing the second communication link.
US11071164B2	Multiple active bandwidth parts Bandwidth parts (BWPs) and other resources for wireless communications are described. A wireless device may use a BWP control procedure and/or a BWP timer management procedure for activating, deactivating, and/or switching BWPs, for example, using multiple active BWPs. A base station may send information comprising one or more fields indicating an action associated with a BWP, for example, if multiple active BWPs are supported. A wireless device may control a first BWP inactivity timer associated with a first active BWP, for example, based on activating, deactivating, and/or switching a second BWP.
US11071159B1	Use of group delay variation as a basis to control configuration of dual-connectivity service When a first access node is considering setup of dual-connectivity service for a UE, the first access node could take into consideration a group delay variation of each of one or more candidate second access nodes, in order to decide whether to set up the dual-connectivity service for the UE and/or to decide which of the multiple second access nodes to use for the UE's dual-connectivity service. For instance, the first access node may decide to use a given candidate second access node for the dual-connectivity service of the UE, with the decision being based on the given candidate second access node having a lower group delay variation than one or more other candidate second access nodes.
US11071156B2	Signal transmission method for device-to-device (D2D) communication in wireless communication system, and apparatus therefor The present invention relates to a method and an apparatus for D2D signal transmission of a first terminal in a wireless communication system. Specifically, the method comprises the steps of: receiving a resource pool configuration indicating a D2D resource pool; and transmitting a D2D data channel on the basis of a D2D slot number which is re-indexed within the D2D resource pool.
US11071154B2	Data transmission method, terminal device, and network device Embodiments of the present disclosure relate to a data transmission method, a terminal device, and a network device. The method comprises: receiving a first downlink data packet sent by a network device, the first downlink data packet comprising a first RQI that is a first preset value; keeping, according to the first preset value, a mapping rule of a first mapping relationship and a mapping rule of a second mapping relationship to be both unchanged, and receiving an RRC message sent by the network device, the first mapping relationship being a mapping relationship from IP flows to QoS flows, the second mapping relationship being a mapping relationship from QoS flows to DRBs, and the RRC message comprising a target mapping rule; and determining, according to the RRC message, the mapping rule of the second mapping relationship, as the target mapping rule.
US11071148B2	System information transmission method, base station and terminal Embodiments of the present disclosure disclose a system information transmission method, a base station and a terminal. The method includes: a base station configuring physical random access channel (PRACH) parameters according to an access purpose of a terminal, and transmitting to the terminal, the access purpose comprising to request system information or to request initial access, the PRACH parameters comprising a number of a PRACH occasion and a time interval for the terminal to retransmit a random access request, each of the PRACH occasion corresponding to a different PRACH resource; receiving a random access request transmitted by the terminal according to the PRACH parameters selected according to the access purpose; if the access purpose of the terminal is to request the system information, transmitting system information to the terminal. The embodiments of the present disclosure facilitate system efficiency optimization.
US11071130B2	Method for supporting plurality of transmission time intervals, plurality of subcarrier intervals or plurality of processing times in wireless communication system, and device therefor A method for transmitting an uplink signal for a terminal in a wireless communication system supporting aggregation between carriers configured with a plurality of transmission time intervals (TTI) or subcarrier intervals according to an embodiment of the present disclosure is carried out by the terminal and may comprise a step of receiving downlink data, or downlink control information including an uplink grant, and a step of transmitting an uplink signal corresponding to the downlink data or the uplink grant.
US11071129B2	Buffer status report transmission and device The disclosure relates to a buffer status report transmission method and device. The method includes receiving a configuration message sent by a base station; determining uplink resource allocation indication information sent by the base station and an uplink transmission time interval corresponding to the uplink resource allocation indication information based on the configuration message; determining an estimated duration based on the time interval; determining a buffer status report trigger time, and a time of a physical downlink control channel that precedes the buffer status report trigger time; determining whether there is an uplink shared channel resource available in an uplink transmission opportunity, the uplink transmission opportunity being within a time range of the estimated duration from the buffer status report trigger time or from the time of the physical downlink control channel; and sending a buffer status report to the base station when there is an uplink shared channel resource available in the uplink transmission opportunity.
US11071127B2	Semi-persistent transmission scheduling A transmitting node (110) transmits a message (210) instructing a radio node (105) that data will be transmitted to the radio node (105) according to the same Downlink Control Information (DCI) each period (250). The message (210) includes a duration of the period (250). The transmitting node (110) further transmits the DCI to the radio node (105) for the periodic transmission (260). The radio node (105) receives the message (210) and the DCI from the transmitting node (110), and decodes each of a plurality of transmissions of the periodic transmission (260) according to the DCI.
US11071120B2	User terminal and radio communication method The present invention is designed so that uplink control channels can be transmitted adequately even in carriers in which listening is required prior to transmission. According to one aspect of the present invention, a user terminal has a transmission section that transmits an uplink control signal in an uplink control channel in a given carrier, and a control section that exerts control to map the uplink control channel to a plurality of frequency resources which are discretely distributed in a frequency direction, at a same timing.
US11071107B2	Control channel architecture with control information distributed over multiple subframes on different carriers Control information (126) related to the reception of data (128) within a subframe (116) is transmitted over multiple subframes (113, 116) over multiple carrier (107, 108) from communication system infrastructure (102). A controller (134) in a mobile wireless communication device (104) reconstructs the control information (126) received over multiple subframes (113, 116) based on at least some control information (130) in a first physical control channel (118) in a first subframe (113) transmitted over a first carrier (107) and at least some other control information (132) in a second physical control channel (120) in a second subframe (116) transmitted over a second carrier (108).
US11071106B2	Techniques for communicating on an uplink in a shared radio frequency spectrum band Techniques are described for wireless communication. One method includes detecting a first reference signal received from a user equipment (UE) in a reference scheduled transmission burst including a plurality of contiguous transmission time intervals (TTIs) received over a shared radio frequency spectrum band; identifying a reference TTI in which the first reference signal is received; determining a contention window size usable by the UE to contend for access to the shared radio frequency spectrum band; and transmitting an indication of the determined contention window size to the UE.
US11071102B2	Mobile communication system, SGW, terminal, reception method of mobile communication system, reception method of SGW, and reception method of terminal The mobile communication system according to an exemplary embodiment of the present invention includes UE (45), MME (25), SGSN (27) and SGW (15). The SGW (15) includes means for, when ISR is active in the UE (45), the MME (25), the SGSN (27) and the SGW (15), sending a Downlink Data Notification message to the MME (25) and the SGSN (27), and when a Modify Bearer Request message is received from another MME (35) or another SGSN (37) different from the MME (25) and the SGSN (27), resending the Downlink Data Notification message only to another MME (35) or another SGSN (37) having sent the Modify Bearer Request message.
US11071097B2	Method and device for transmitting uplink control channel in wireless communication system The present disclosure relates to a communication method and system for converging a 5th-Generation (5G) communication system for supporting higher data rates beyond a 4th-Generation (4G) system with a technology for Internet of Things (IoT). The present disclosure may be applied to intelligent services based on the 5G communication technology and the IoT-related technology, such as smart home, smart building, smart city, smart car, connected car, health care, digital education, smart retail, security and safety services. A control method by a terminal, according to one embodiment of the present invention, can comprise the steps of: receiving PUCCH configuration information, which includes first information on a PUCCH resource and second information on the number of slots for repeatedly transmitting PUCCH; and determining, on the basis of the PUCCH configuration information and slot format information, the slots by which the PUCCH is to be repeatedly transmitted.
US11071096B2	Method and apparatus for transmitting and receiving uplink control information in carrier aggregation environment A method for transmitting uplink control information in a carrier aggregation environment, the method includes: calculating n pieces of response data, each having 1 bit or 2 bits, for n subframes received from an enhanced Node B (eNB) through n downlink component carriers and decoded by a User Equipment (UE); calculating k bits of integrated response data by applying a mapping rule reflecting a weight given to a downlink component carrier of each of the n pieces of response data; and performing a block coding of the integrated response data to produce encoded integrated response data, and transmitting the encoded integrated response data to the eNB.
US11071092B2	Response message transmission method and apparatus In the embodiments of the present invention, a base station can determine a relay communication period of remote user equipment by using indication information carried in a resource request of relay user equipment or by using a resource request of the remote user equipment, and allocate a resource in the relay communication period to the relay user equipment, so that the relay user equipment returns a response message to the remote user equipment by using the resource. Therefore, for a request message sent by the remote user equipment, it can be ensured that the relay user equipment returns, in the relay communication period, a response message corresponding to the request message to the remote user equipment, to avoid a case in which the remote user equipment cannot detect the response message, and to reduce a failure probability of a service requested by the remote user equipment.
US11071082B2	Secondary node, a central node and methods therein for positioning of a device in a wireless communications network A method performed by a secondary node for enabling positioning of a device in a wireless communications network. First, the secondary node receives a positioning data packet from a primary node to the device. The secondary node then determines the transmitting time of the positioning data packet based on the reception time of the positioning data packet in the secondary node and the position of the primary node and the secondary node. The secondary node also receives a request response from the device to the primary node. The secondary node then enables positioning of the device based on the determined transmitting time of the positioning data packet and the reception time of the received request response. A secondary node for enabling positioning of a device in a wireless communications network is also provided. Furthermore, a central node and a method therein for positioning a device in a wireless communications network are also provided.
US11071080B2	Information receiving method, information sending method, and device An information receiving method, an information sending method, and a device are provided. Under these methods, a timing adjustment amount can be determined by a first access network device. The timing adjustment amount is an adjustment amount between a first timing at which the first access network device sends a first downlink signal to a first terminal device on a first frequency band and a second timing at which the first access network device sends a second downlink signal to the first terminal device on a second frequency band. The first frequency band and the second frequency band are paired frequency bands. First indication information can be sent, by the first access network device, to the first terminal device. The first indication information indicates the timing adjustment amount.
US11071076B2	Synchronization signal block indexing A base station and a user equipment (UE) may communicate using a compressed synchronization signal blocks (SSB) index for over the air communications. Each of the base station and UE may determine a number of relevant SSBs with respect to a communication based at least on a maximum number of SSBs for a frequency band of the communication. Each of the base station and UE may determine a compressed index length based on the number of relevant SSBs. Each of the base station and UE may transmit or receive the communication including a compressed index value of the compressed index length. Each of the base station and UE may map between the compressed index value and an SSB index value based on the compressed index length and the number of relevant SSBs.
US11071069B2	Method and apparatus for transmitting a power headroom report of a UE in a wireless communication system A method of a terminal in a wireless communication system is provided. The method includes performing a medium access control (MAC) reset; stopping a running periodic power headroom report (PHR) timer, when the MAC reset is performed; receiving, from a second cell, information for allocating an uplink resource; starting the stopped periodic PHR timer when the uplink resource is first allocated for a new transmission since the MAC reset is performed, without transmitting a PHR; triggering a PHR when the started periodic PHR timer expires; transmitting, to the second cell, the triggered PHR; and starting the expired periodic PHR timer.
US11071067B2	Method for controlling power and electronic device thereof An electronic device includes: an antenna; a communication circuit connected with the antenna; and one or more processors, wherein the one or more processors are configured to: identify a second amount of power corresponding to a second output signal outputted through the antenna for a second time using the communication circuit, the operation of identifying the second amount of power comprising an operation of identifying a second electromagnetic wave absorption rate corresponding to the second amount of power; determine a maximum output power for a third output signal to be outputted through the antenna according to a difference between a target electromagnetic wave absorption rate and the second electromagnetic absorption rate; and output the third output signal through the antenna based at least one the maximum output power.
US11071065B2	Uplink power control method and apparatus This application provides embodiments of an uplink power control method and an apparatus, so that impact of interference between network devices on uplink signal transmission can be reduced, thereby helping increase a probability of successfully receiving an uplink signal by a network device. The method includes: determining, by a network device, an uplink power adjustment parameter value of a terminal device, where the uplink power adjustment parameter value is related to cross-link interference received by the network device; and sending, by the network device, information about the uplink power adjustment parameter value to the terminal device.
US11071059B2	Preventing peak current draw in a wireless device Preventing peak current draw in a wireless device. In an embodiment, a data payload to be transmitted is segmented into data payload segment(s) based on the data payload size and a peak current rating of the wireless device's battery, such that each data payload segment has a segment size which is estimated to result, during transmission of the data payload segment, in a maximum current draw from the battery that is less than the peak current rating of the battery. Then, each data payload segment is transmitted, such that the transmission of one data payload segment does not overlap with the transmission of any other data payload segment.
US11071052B2	Method for the transfer of radio capability information Technology for improving the selection, transfer, and storage of user equipment (UE) radio capability information is disclosed. A cellular mobile network can be configured to identify radio-access-technology (RAT)-specific radio-capability information relating to RATs supported in the cellular mobile network and communicate the RAT-specific radio-capability information to a UE. The UE can use the RAT-specific radio-capability information to help determine which UE radio capability information to send to the network. In addition, the UE may store a list of supported frequency bands and/or supported frequency-band combinations (LOSB) indexed by network operators and use the list to help determine which UE radio capability information to send to the network. A network node may also selectively remove unnecessary information from UE radio capability information before storing the UE radio capability information at a mobility management entity (MME).
US11071040B2	D2D communication method and D2D device Embodiments of the present invention provide a D2D communication method and a D2D device. The method comprises: a first terminal device determines information to be forwarded, the information to be forwarded comprising target information and forwarding condition information; and the first terminal device sends the information to be forwarded, such that when receiving the information to be forwarded, a second terminal device determines, according to the forwarding condition information, whether to forward the information to be forwarded. In this way, congestion caused by a large amount of information forwarding is avoided by filtering terminal devices available for information forwarding and enabling a terminal device meeting particular conditions to forward information to be forwarded, thereby avoiding congestion caused by forwarding of a large amount of information.
US11071036B2	Managing voice calls in heterogenous network environments A method is provided for handling a voice call in a heterogeneous network environment by a wireless device. The method includes sending a registration request to a network node in a Next Generation (5G) network. The wireless device has an existing voice call on a different network in the heterogeneous network environment. The method further includes receiving a registration acceptance from the network node in the 5G network. The registration acceptance indicates that IMS voice services are supported, but existing voice calls are not supported. The method further includes determining to stop an attempt to move the existing voice call to the 5G network.
US11071031B2	Methods, apparatus, and systems using enhanced dedicated core network (DCN) selection Methods, apparatus and systems using Enhanced Dedicated Core Network (DCN) selection are disclosed. One representative method includes receiving, by the core network entity from another core network entity, information indicating that a DCN type is new or has change for a wireless transmit/receive unit (WTRU); and sending a message, by the core network entity to the WTRU, including a new or a changed DCN type.
US11071030B2	Method and apparatus for system information acquisition, beam failure recovery and cell reselection The disclosure relates to a communication method and system for converging a 5th-Generation (5G) communication system for supporting higher data rates beyond a 4th-Generation (4G) system with a technology for Internet of Things (IoT). The disclosure may be applied to intelligent services based on the 5G communication technology and the IoT-related technology, such as smart home, smart building, smart city, smart car, connected car, health care, digital education, smart retail, security and safety services. An apparatus, a method and a system for system information acquisition, beam failure recovery, and cell reselection in wireless communication system are provided.
US11071019B2	Management of spectrum emission requirements A user equipment (2) has an ability to operate according to one or more spectrum emission requirement capability values (14) in a wireless communications network having at least a first serving cell (4). A message (6) is received at the user equipment (2) from the first serving cell (4) comprising a first indicator representing a first band designation (8), a second indicator representing a spectrum emission requirement value (10), and at least one additional indicator representing at least one additional spectrum emission requirement value (12), both the first and additional indicators relating to the first band designation. The user equipment (2) performs a comparison of the first and additional spectrum emission requirement values (10, 12) with the one or more spectrum emission requirement capability values (14) and determines a behaviour of the user equipment (2) in relation to the first serving cell (4) in dependence on the comparison.
US11071017B2	Forwarding entry generation method, controller, and network device A forwarding entry generation method includes sending, by a controller, a plurality of resource allocation request messages to a plurality of network devices in a network slice, to trigger the plurality of network devices to allocate resources, where the resource allocation request message includes an identifier of the network slice and a resource that needs to be allocated by a corresponding network device to the network slice; receiving, by the controller, a plurality of resource allocation response messages including the identifier of the network slice and a segment identifier of a corresponding network device, and a resource allocated by each device belongs to the network slice; and generating, by the controller, a forwarding table corresponding to the network slice, where the forwarding table includes a forwarding entry for arriving at a network device in the network slice.
US11071016B2	Path switching method and terminal device Provided are a path switching method and a terminal device. The terminal device has a packet data convergence protocol (PDCP) layer, the PDCP layer being able to send uplink data to a first cell group or a second cell group, the first cell group and the second cell group being different cell groups, the PDCP layer currently sending the uplink data to the first cell group; the method comprises: the terminal device enabling the switching of the PDCP layer from sending the uplink data to the first cell group, to sending the uplink data to the second cell group; and the terminal device sending first uplink data to the second cell group, the first uplink data at least including first data, the first data referring to the data that the terminal device has sent to a radio link control protocol (RLC) layer of the first cell group.
US11071012B2	Base station, terminal, and wireless communication system A base station includes a first processing unit and a second processing unit that processes a wireless signal. The first processing unit includes a third processing unit that processes a control signal and a fourth processing unit that processes user data. The third processing unit shares, with the fourth processing unit, a second terminal identifier used in user-data processing performed in the second processing unit and the fourth processing unit.
US11071003B2	Methods and systems for control of wireless connections between host and client devices Methods and systems are provided for wirelessly communicating between a host device and a client device in a radio frequency (RF) environment. In one embodiment, a wireless communication method for a host device in a RF environment may comprise: communicating wirelessly between the host device and a client device by way of a first RF channel; continuously scanning available RF channels of the RF environment; and in response to a first RF channel signal quality decreasing below a threshold signal quality, selecting one of the available RF channels having a signal quality greater than the threshold signal quality, and switching wireless communication between the client device and the host device from the first RF channel to the selected available RF channel. In this way, reducing interference with the RF environment while lowering a risk of disrupting the wireless communication between the host device and the client device can be achieved.
US11071000B2	Method and apparatus for RRM measurement enhancement for NR unlicensed A method of a user equipment (UE) in a wireless communication system is provided. The method comprises: receiving, from a base station (BS), a set of radio resource control (RRC) parameters comprising at least one measurement object (MO); identifying, based on the at least one MO, at least one modulo value for synchronization signals and physical broadcast channel (SS/PBCH) blocks, and at least one bitmap indicating indices of the SS/PBCH blocks; identifying a set of SS/PBCH block locations based on the at least one modulo value and the at least one bitmap; performing radio resource management (RRM) measurement based on the identified set of SS/PBCH block locations; and transmitting, to the BS via an uplink channel, a measurement report message including a result of the RRM measurement.
US11070997B2	Performance measurement job control for 5G networks and network slicing Systems and methods of performance management over a life cycle is provided. A measurement job control service producer receives, from an authorized consumer, a request to consume a measurement job control service. The request is analyzed, appropriate action is taken to satisfy the request and a response indicating the request result is generated. A request is to create or terminate a measurement job to collect the performance data for a NF, NSSI, NSI, or network. To create a job, the producer checks if the job can be supported by an existing job, creates the job if no such existing job exists, and otherwise responds that the job can be supported by the existing job. To terminate a job, the producer checks if the job is serving other consumers, terminates the job if other consumers are not being served, and otherwise responds that the job is currently serving other consumers.
US11070982B1	Self-cleaning function for a network access node of a network The disclosed embodiments include a method performed by a network access node to thwart unauthorized activity on a 5G wireless network. The method can include receiving a communication from a wireless device. The communication can include metadata, which includes contextual information about the wireless device. The contextual information is compared with a threshold to generate an output indicating a context of the communication. In response to the output, the network access node can simulate a vulnerability of the network access node that allows an unauthorized activity on the 5G wireless network. The network access node can detect that the wireless device seeks to exploit the simulated vulnerability to perform the unauthorized activity, and then quarantines access of the wireless device such that the unauthorized activity is thwarted at the network access node.
US11070979B2	Constructing a scalable storage device, and scaled storage device Embodiments of the present disclosure relate to a method an apparatus and a computer program product for constructing a scalable storage device by constructing the scalable storage device by combining a plurality of modularized building blocks; wherein each modularized building block in the plurality of modularized building blocks comprises a magnetic disk enclosure; and at least one modularized building block in the plurality of modularized building blocks comprises a storage processor, the storage processor comprising an input output processing unit; forming a cluster using the input output processing unit in the at least one modularized building block; and processing, using the cluster, an input or output (I/O) request from a host and metadata service.
US11070978B2	Technique for authenticating a user device A technique for authenticating a user device with an application package server implementing an application. The device obtains a secondary identifier, allowing it to receive notifications relating to the application. Next, the device dispatches, while being identified by a main identifier associated with the device by way of a security module, a signalling message including the secondary identifier. Subsequent to this dispatching, the device receives a notification relating to the application which is addressed to it while being identified by the secondary identifier. This notification, the dispatching of which has been commanded by the application package server, includes the main identifier and an authenticator. The device then dispatches an authentication request to the application package server. This authentication request includes the main identifier and the authenticator that was received. The device is authenticated by the application package server by using this main identifier in association with this secondary identifier.
US11070975B2	Method and device for transmitting encrypted data, method and device for extracting data A method for transmitting, by a transmitter, a packet to a receiver of a communication system. The packet including data encrypted according to a symmetric key encryption protocol by determining the value of a generation information and determining an encryption key according to the value of the generation information. The data to be included in the encrypted packet to be transmitted is encrypted according to the encryption key. A truncated information is calculated based on the generation information. A verification code for the encrypted packet is calculated according to the encrypted data and the first portion of the generation information. The encrypted packet to be transmitted is formed according to the truncated information, the verification code and the encrypted data.
US11070966B2	Public warning system notifications in a mobile device using alternative wireless technologies A method at a user equipment, the method including receiving at the user equipment over a first technology, an emergency notification, the emergency notification providing information for a second technology capable of carrying an emergency message; and activating the second technology using the information for the second technology to receive the emergency message.
US11070962B2	Information processing device, information processing system, method of processing information, and non-transitory computer- readable recording medium storing program An information processing device includes a receiver configured to receive a first piece of position information from a terminal used by a first user, an acquisition unit configured to acquire one or more pieces of second position information posted on social media by a second user having a relationship through the social media with the first user based on the first piece of position information, and a transmitter configured to transmit the second piece of position information acquired by the acquisition unit to the terminal.
US11070946B2	Method for establishing local network connection, terminal and network device A method for establishing a local network connection, where the method includes: obtaining, by a terminal, broadcast information sent by a base station; if the broadcast information includes a first local data network (LDN) list, determining a target local network identifier based on the first LDN list, where the first LDN list includes at least one local network identifier; and establishing, by the terminal, a session connection using the target local network identifier.
US11070943B2	Systems and methods for identifying parties based on coordinating identifiers Systems and methods for allowing separate parties to identify each other through the use of matching computer-coordinated identifiers are discussed. In some cases, the methods include using a processor of a computer system to identify a first computer device configured to provide a first perceptible identifier, using the processor to identify a second computer device that is configured to provide a second perceptible identifier, and using the processor to send the first perceptible identifier to the first computer device and the second perceptible identifier to the second computer device, wherein the first and second perceptible identifiers correspond with each other to provide a two-sided, computer-coordinated verification. In some cases, the described methods include modifying the first and second identifiers as the first and second computer devices come into proximity with each other. Other implementations are discussed.
US11070936B2	Location-based services A method and system for effecting changes on a mobile device. The method includes determining a physical location of a point of interest. The method includes automatically generating a geofence proximate to the point of interest based on the determined physical location of the point of interest. The method includes detecting when the mobile device enters the geofence. The method includes tracking a current velocity of a mobile device. The method also includes effecting a change on the mobile device based on the current velocity of the mobile device within the geofence.
US11070933B1	Real-time acoustic simulation of edge diffraction A computer system having an electronic device determines a listener position within a computer-generated reality (CGR) setting that is to be aurally experienced by a user of the electronic device through at least one speaker. The system determines a source position of a virtual sound source within the CGR setting and determines a characteristic of a virtual object within the CGR setting, where the characteristic include a geometry of an edge of the virtual object. The system determines at least one edge-diffraction filter parameter for an edge-diffraction filter based on 1) the listener position, 2) the source position, and 3) the geometry. The system applies the edge-diffraction filter to an input audio signal to produce a filtered audio signal that accounts for edge-diffraction of sound produced by the virtual sound source within the CGR setting.
US11070919B2	Active loudspeaker and cable assembly A cable assembly configured to electrically connect an active loudspeaker to a source device that comprises a source of electrical power and audio signals. The cable assembly includes a primary sheath, a group of power conductors within the primary sheath and configured to carry electrical power, a group of audio signal conductors within the primary sheath and configured to carry audio signals, a cable-mount connector male plug comprising a first plurality of power pins that terminate a first end of each power conductor and a second plurality of audio signal pins that terminate a first end of each audio signal conductor, wherein the cable-mount connector plug is configured to be coupled to a panel mount connector female socket of the source device, and a cable-mount connector female socket comprising a first plurality of power receptacles that terminate a second end of each power conductor and a second plurality of audio signal receptacles that terminate a second end of each audio signal conductor, wherein the cable-mount connector socket is configured to be coupled to a panel mount connector male plug of the active loudspeaker.
US11070918B2	Sound bar with improved sound distribution Sound bars with improved sound distribution are disclosed having at least first and second speaker drivers. The sound bars can have a spatial deviation point between the at least first and second speaker drivers such that the first and second speaker drivers are facing different directions. A second spatial deviation point can also be included to create additional directions for the driver speakers to face. The sound bars can include both active and passive speaker drivers.
US11070911B2	Personal sound zone system An audio system for a vehicle including a plurality of personal sound zones, each personal sound zone comprising a plurality of microphones, an audio controller, and a plurality of speakers. The system is configured to allow the occupants of a vehicle to experience their own dedicated sound environment without the sound from one dedicated sound environment interfering with the sound from another dedicated sound environment. The system includes features for controlling the audio of each dedicated sound environment, including passing audio from one dedicated sound environment to another dedicated sound environment.
US11070909B2	Speaker apparatus, method for processing input signals thereof, and audio system A speaker apparatus, a method for processing input signals of the speaker apparatus and an audio system are provided. The speaker apparatus includes: a first plurality of speakers, arranged at an interval in a row, where acoustic energy radiation generated by the first plurality of speakers is greater in a first zone than in a second zone in a first frequency range; a second plurality of speakers, symmetrically disposed at two sides of the first plurality of speakers with openings at the two sides facing outwardly, where acoustic energy radiation generated by the second plurality of speakers is greater in a third zone than in a fourth zone in a second frequency range; and the first frequency range overlaps with the second frequency range. Therefore, the speaker apparatus, the method and the audio system can achieve a wide spacious effect and provide a near-real surround experience to listeners.
US11070908B2	Sound generator for mobile entities A speaker unit emits a sound towards a box-like space formed by a vehicle. The speaker unit is accommodated in an enclosure. At least one of the enclosure and the speaker unit is provided with a tubular member and/or a vibration member configured to generate a resonance sound of a frequency different from a lowest resonance frequency of the speaker unit. At least a part of the enclosure also serves as a body of the vehicle.
US11070895B2	System and method for monitoring gas emission of perishable products A system for automatically monitoring merchandise in a retail sales environment is provided. The system includes a display fixture configured to store and display for sale a group of perishable items and one or more gas emission sensors associated with the display fixture and configured to measure gas emissions from the group of perishable items. The system further includes a control circuit coupled to the one or more gas emission sensors and configured to receive a gas emission measurement taken at the display fixture, compare the gas emission measurement with stored gas emission data associated with a category of the group of perishable items; and make a determination corresponding to the group of perishable items based on the comparison.
US11070890B2	User customization of user interfaces for interactive television A user interface by which network operators, programmers, broadcasters and advertisers can deploy and make accessible libraries of available content and allow viewers of iTV services to customize the presentation and content of the information being presented thereto includes one or more screens each having one or more navigable and selectable elements through which the viewers are permitted to customize presentation and content of iTV application environments other than those associated with the user interface.
US11070881B1	Systems and methods for evaluating models that generate recommendations A device may receive content data, a first model, and a second model. The first model may be trained on different types of metadata than the second model. The content data may include a first identifier of a first content item and a first set of metadata associated with the first content item. The device may process the first set of metadata to generate first recommendations from the first model and second recommendations from the second model. The device may provide the first identifier and a combination of the first recommendations and the second recommendations to client devices. The device may receive, from the client devices, user-generated target recommendations based on the combination. The device may process the user-generated target recommendations, the first recommendations, and the second recommendations, to provide feedback to update the first model and the second model.
US11070875B2	Methods and apparatus to determine a number of people in an area Methods, apparatus, systems and articles of manufacture are disclosed to determine the number of people at a location. An example apparatus includes a configuration changer to change a configuration setting of the base station to cause mobile devices to register with the base station, a registration manager to respond to registration requests received from the mobile devices after the configuration setting is changed by storing device identification information for the corresponding mobile devices, and a counter controller to identify a number of the mobile devices at a location of the base station based on the stored device identification information.
US11070870B2	Method for displaying image and mobile robot implementing same Disclosed herein are a method for displaying images and a robot implementing the same. The robot includes a communicator that communicates with a plurality of display devices in a space, and a controller selects a first display device, among the plurality of display devices, based on at least one of a location of a robot in the space, a situation of a user of the robot, the type of an image, and state information on the plurality of display devices, where the communicator transmits the image to the first display device and the transmitted image is executed on the first display device.
US11070867B2	Method, device, and computing apparatus for acquiring broadcasting content A method, device, and computing apparatus for acquiring broadcasting content are provided. The method includes: in a recognition step, recognizing a type of multimedia player in a target webpage and an output mode for broadcasting multimedia resource; and in a broadcasting-content acquiring step, based on the type and the output mode, acquiring broadcasting content of a multimedia resource played by the multimedia player.
US11070863B2	Method and system to share a snapshot extracted from a video transmission The present invention refers to the field of television experience in particular the simultaneous use of the portable computing device and a television to share a user's experience. The present disclosure proposes a method to create a snapshot from a video transmission received by a receiver, said receiver being connected with a portable computing device and having a screen output, said method comprising the steps of receiving a video transmission by the receiver, converting by the receiver, the video transmission into a lower-bandwidth video transmission, sending the lower-bandwidth video transmission to the portable computing device, receiving from the portable computing device to the receiver, a command to execute a snapshot, producing by the receiver a snapshot from the video transmission, sending the snapshot to the portable computing device.
US11070851B2	System and method for providing image-based video service The present invention provides a system for providing image-based video service, including a cache system configured to store video information that matches image-related data; a fingerprint extraction unit configured to extract the fingerprint of an image corresponding to input image-related data; and a matching unit configured to determine video information that matches the fingerprint of the image extracted by the fingerprint extraction unit; wherein the system for providing image-based video service determines video information, matching image-related data received from a client terminal, via the cache system or the matching unit, and transmits video result information corresponding to the determined video information to the client terminal, and a method using the same.
US11070846B2	Multi-layered video streaming systems and methods Systems and methods for enabling a video capture/encoding device to capture frames of a video sequence; obtain feedback from a video decoding/rendering device; divide each frame into an array of patches; select one or more patches of each frame for supplemental processing; cause the frames of the video sequence to be encoded by a video encoding module and cause the selected patches to be processed by one or more supplemental processing module(s); and assemble a multi-layer video transport stream wherein, for each frame of the video sequence, a base layer of the transport stream includes data corresponding to an encoded version of the current frame and one or more supplemental layers of the transport stream include meta-data corresponding to the division of the current frame into patches and data corresponding to the output of the supplemental processing of the selected patches of the current frame.
US11070842B2	Video decoding method and apparatus and video encoding method and apparatus In video encoding and decoding processes, in order to add a motion vector when the motion vector is insufficient in a motion vector prediction value candidate list of a current block, provided are method and apparatus for determining a base motion vector in a motion vector candidate list, determining the motion vector candidate list including an additional motion vector candidate determined based on the determined base motion vector and predetermined offset information, and determining a motion vector of the current block by using an additional motion vector candidate determined in the motion vector candidate list.
US11070839B2	Hybrid video coding A further coding efficiency increase is achieved by, in hybrid video coding, additionally predicting the residual signal of a current frame by motion-compensated prediction using a reference residual signal of a previous frame. In other words, in order to further reduce the energy of the final residual signal, i.e. the one finally transmitted, and thus increase the coding efficiency, it is proposed to additionally predict the residual signal by motion-compensated prediction using the reconstructed residual signals of previously coded frames.
US11070830B2	Coding and decoding method with color conversion and corresponding devices A decoding method including decoding one standard dynamic range (SDR) luminance component and two SDR chrominance components from a bitstream produced by an encoder and color converting the SDR luminance component and the two decoded SDR chrominance components. A dynamic expansion function is applied on the color converted SDR luminance component to obtain a high dynamic range (HDR) luminance component, wherein the dynamic expansion function is the inverse of a dynamic reduction function applied on the HDR luminance component on the encoder's side. A color transfer operation is applied on the color converted SDR chroma components to obtain an HDR chrominance component and an HDR chrominance component in XYZ color space. A color conversion matrix is applied on the HDR luminance component, the HDR chrominance component and the HDR chrominance component to obtain an HDR picture in RGB color space.
US11070825B2	Method and apparatus of encoding or decoding video data with adaptive colour transform Video processing methods include receiving input data of a current block in a current picture, determining if a luma component and chroma components of the current block are coded using different splitting trees, disabling Adaptive Colour Transform (ACT) on the current block when the luma component and the chroma components of the current block are coded using different splitting trees, and encoding or decoding the current block. ACT is only allowed to be performed on blocks coded in single tree block partitioning to convert a RGB colour space into an YCoCg colour space. ACT is applied to residues according to some embodiments, or ACT is applied to input data and predictors according to some other embodiments.
US11070819B2	Method and apparatus of HEVC de-blocking filter A method of de-blocking filtering a processed video is provided. The processed video includes a plurality of blocks and each block includes a plurality of sub-blocks. A current block of the plurality of blocks includes vertical edges and horizontal edges. The processed video further includes a set of control parameters and reconstructed pixels corresponding to the current block. A boundary strength index is estimated at the vertical edges and at the horizontal edges of the current block. The set of control parameters, the reconstructed pixels corresponding to the current block and partially filtered pixels corresponding to a set of adjacent sub-blocks are loaded. The vertical edges and the horizontal edges of the current block are filtered based on the boundary strength index and the set of control parameters such that a vertical edge of the current block is filtered before filtering at least one horizontal edge of the current block.
US11070817B2	Video encoding method, computer device, and storage medium for determining skip status A video encoding method is provided. A plurality of subunits is obtained by performing preset division on the current coding unit. A skip status of an intra-frame prediction mode corresponding to the current coding unit is determined according to differences between the plurality of subunits. In a case that the skip status of the intra-frame prediction mode corresponding to the current coding unit is determined to be skipped, execution of the intra-frame prediction mode for the current coding unit is skipped, and the current coding unit is encoded according to an inter-frame prediction mode.
US11070815B2	Method and apparatus of intra-inter prediction mode for video coding Method and apparatus of video coding are disclosed. According to the method, a boundary region in the current block is determined. For each pixel in the boundary region, an Intra predictor and an Inter predictor care derived. An Intra-Inter predictor is generated by blending the Intra predictor and the Inter predictor. Pixels in the boundary region of the current block are encoded or decoded using the Intra-Inter predictor. For the remaining pixels in the current block not belonging to the boundary region, the pixels are encoded or decoded using the Inter predictor or the Intra predictor. In another method, the Intra-Inter prediction process is implemented by scaling the sum of the Intra weighting factor and the Inter weighting factor is scaled to a power-of-2 number to avoid the need for the division operation. In yet another method, the Intra-Inter prediction is applied depending on the current block size.
US11070804B2	Video encoder, a video decoder and corresponding methods with improved block partitioning The present disclosure provides an encoding apparatus and a decoding apparatus, as well as an encoding method and a decoding method. In particular, the present disclosure relates to block partitioning and signaling the partitioning parameters in a bitstream. An override flag in an image region header indicates whether or not a block is to be partitioned according to a first partition constraint information. The override flag is included in the bitstream and the block is partitioned accordingly.
US11070797B2	Image decoding method and apparatus based on inter prediction in image coding system An image decoding method that is performed by a decoding apparatus according to the present disclosure comprises the steps of: forming a merge candidate list based on neighbouring blocks of a current block; deriving costs with respect to merge candidates included in the merge candidate list; deriving a revised merge candidate list based on the costs with respect to the merge candidates; deriving movement information of the current block based on the revised merge candidate list; and performing prediction on the current block based on the movement information, wherein the neighbouring blocks include spatial neighbouring blocks and temporal neighbouring blocks.
US11070776B2	Light source drive device, light source drive method, and display apparatus Divided periods by dividing a frame of a video signal are produced. A display element is ON-OFF controlled on a pixel-by-pixel basis according to a video signal in accordance with the divided periods preassigned to each gradation. The light amount of a light source for emitting light to the display element is controlled so that a first light amount in a first divided period corresponding to the lowest gradation except black display becomes a light amount lower than a second light amount in a second divided period other than the first divided period.
US11070769B1	Collaborative security camera system and method for using A collaborative security camera system includes a primary vehicle including a sensor to obtain data related to an object, and a first controller. The first controller classifies the object as suspicious activity or non-suspicious activity based on the obtained object data, determines a moving path of the object in response to the object being classified as suspicious activity, and broadcasts a signal including the moving path of the object if the object is classified as suspicious activity. The collaborative security camera system also includes a secondary vehicle including a sensor configured to obtain image data related to the object, and a second controller. The second controller receives the broadcasted signal, determines if the secondary vehicle is within the moving path, and captures image data of the object if the secondary vehicle is proximate the moving path.
US11070760B2	Solid-state imaging device and method of operating the same, and electronic apparatus and method of operating the same A solid-state imaging device includes a plurality of pixels in a two-dimensional array. Each pixel includes a photoelectric conversion element that converts incident light into electric charge, and a charge holding element that receives the electric charge from the photoelectric conversion element, and transfers the electric charge to a corresponding floating diffusion. The charge holding element further includes a plurality of electrodes.
US11070757B2	Image sensor with distance sensing function and operating method thereof An image sensor with a distance sensing function and an operating method thereof are provided. The image sensor includes a pixel array, a cluster analog to digital converter readout circuit, and a column readout circuit. The pixel array includes a plurality of sub-pixel groups arranged in an array. The plurality of sub-pixel groups are spaced apart from each other by a circuit layout area. The cluster analog to digital converter readout circuit is disposed in the circuit layout area of the pixel array. A distance sensing pixel of each of the plurality of sub-pixel groups is configured to perform time-of-flight ranging. The column readout circuit is disposed adjacent to the pixel array. A plurality of image sensing pixels of each of plurality of the sub-pixel groups are configured to perform image sensing.
US11070753B2	Imaging device and method of driving imaging device An imaging device includes pixels arranged to form columns and each including a photoelectric conversion unit that generates charges by photoelectric conversion, column circuits provided to the columns, respectively, and each receiving a signal from a part of the pixels, a first common control line connected to each of the column circuits, and a control unit that controls the column circuits. Each of the column circuits includes an amplifier circuit whose gain is switchable and a first transistor that controls a current flowing in the amplifier circuit, and the control unit controls the column circuit so that the first transistor supplies a current of a first current value when the amplifier circuit is at a first gain and the first transistor supplies a current of a second current value different from the first current value when the amplifier circuit is at a second gain different from the first gain.
US11070750B2	Digitally enhanced microscopy for multiplexed histology Disclosed herein are embodiments of imaging biological specimens. An imaging system can include a microscope for directly viewing the biological specimen and a multi-spectral imaging apparatus for outputting digitally enhanced images, near-video rate imaging, and/or videos of the specimen. An imaging system can include a digital scanner that digitally processes images to produce a composite image with enhanced color contrast of features of interest.
US11070743B2	Photographing using night shot mode processing and user interface In a night shot mode, a photo is captured and processed based on a plurality of frames. The plurality of frames are obtained based on a plurality of parameters including an exposure duration, a light sensitivity, and a number of frames. These parameters are determined based on factors, such as whether the electronic device is in a handheld state or not, and whether the current photographing scene is a dark scene or a light source scene.
US11070742B2	Optimized exposure temporal smoothing for time-lapse mode A processor of a camera for capturing a time-lapse is configured to acquire a first frame of the time-lapse; calculate an exposure setting for a second frame of the time-lapse; and acquire the second frame of the time-lapse using the exposure setting. The exposure setting prevents a flickering effect in the time-lapse. The exposure setting is determined using one or more preview images that are previewed in a time gap between the first frame and the second frame.
US11070730B2	Video correction method and device to generate stabilized video Provided is a video correction method comprising: extracting a common feature point from a number of video frames corresponding to a correction window size; extracting a trace of the feature point from the video frames; calculating an average value of the trace in the video frames; extracting a stabilized trace from a circular queue circular queue buffer using the trace and the average value; and applying a repositioning operation and a perspective warping operation to the video frames based on the stabilized trace to generate a stabilized video.
US11070720B2	Directed image capture Systems and methods are disclosed for directed image capture of a subject of interest, such as a home. Directed image capture can produce higher quality images such as more centrally located within a display and/or viewfinder of an image capture device, higher quality images have greater value for subsequent uses of captured images such as for information extraction or model reconstruction. Graphical guide(s) facilitate content placement for certain positions and quality assessments for the content of interest can be calculated such as for pixel distance of the content of interest to a centroid of the display or viewfinder, or the effect of obscuring objects. Quality assessments can further include instructions for improving the quality of the image capture for the content of interest.
US11070719B2	Image capture assist device and image capture assist method An image capture assist device includes a moving speed determining unit that determines whether or not a moving speed of a camera is greater than or equal to a threshold, a target outline determining unit that, if the moving speed determining unit has determined that the moving speed of the camera is greater than or equal to the threshold, determines, on a basis of a capture image obtained from the camera, whether a candidate inspection target, being an object that may be a target to be inspected, appears in the capture image, a moving speed instruction unit that, if the target outline determining unit has determined that the candidate inspection target appears in the capture image, outputs an instruction to reduce the moving speed of the camera, a target type determining unit that, if the moving speed determining unit has determined that the moving speed of the camera is less than the threshold, determines a type of a target appearing in the capture image on a basis of the capture image, and a shooting location determining unit that determines whether the type of the target determined by the target type determining unit matches a type of an inspection target to be currently inspected, and if the type of the target matches the type of the inspection target, determines that a current location of the camera is a shooting location, and outputs an instruction to stop a movement of the camera.
US11070708B2	Self-contained low profile cross shooting video apparatus A recording arrangement is provided including an outer enclosure including a plurality of video recording devices and a matching plurality of audio recording devices, at least one extender configured to deploy the plurality of video recording devices to a desired location, extender deployment hardware configured to drive the at least one extender, and electronics configured to drive the at least one extender, the electronics comprising a power supply, a timecode generator, a plurality of recorders, and an internet protocol (IP) assembly configured to facilitate interface with a remote computing device.
US11070706B2	Notifications for deviations in depiction of different objects in filmed shots of video content A video editing device includes a memory that stores first video content and includes circuitry that extracts a first image frame of a first filmed shot of the first video content and a second image frame of a second filmed shot of the first video content. The first image frame is a last frame of the first filmed shot and the second image frame is a first frame of the second filmed shot. The circuitry detects a first set of objects from the extracted first image frame and a second set of objects from the extracted second image frame. The circuitry further generates and outputs notification information associated with a first object based on a deviation of at least a first visual attribute of the first object in the first image frame from at least a second visual attribute of the first object in the second image frame.
US11070702B2	Image processing apparatus, information processing method, and non-transitory computer readable storage medium An image processing apparatus includes a display device, a network interface, and a processor configured to generate a first screen for display on the display device and through which one or more potential errors of the image processing apparatus are selectable, and control the network interface to transmit error information for the selected error(s) to another apparatus. The errors include a first error type for which an abnormal noise is made by the image processing apparatus. The processor is further configured to, when the first error type is selected, generate a second screen for display on the display device and through which reference sounds potentially corresponding to the abnormal noise are selectable. When a reference sound is selected, sound information corresponding to the selected reference sound is included in the transmitted error information.
US11070700B2	Method of extracting watermark data in an image with reference to a noise-based image located in the image based on a comparison process performed in the frequency domain Provided is a method of embedding and extracting watermark data that is robust against geometric distortion and low-quality photographing and for which the probability of successfully extracting watermark data for an original image is high, while the probability of successfully extracting the watermark data in the case of unauthorized copying is seriously impaired. The data embedding method according to an embodiment of the present invention comprises a step of converting the noise-based image using watermark data, and a step of adjusting the original image using the converted noise-based image.
US11070695B2	Image reading device, storage medium storing abnormality detection program, and abnormality detection method An image reading device includes a reading unit that reads a document sheet and a reading standard surface and outputs read values corresponding to pixels arranged in a main scan direction, a control unit that processes the read values, and a storage unit storing information to be referenced by the control unit. In the storage unit, first data that is read values of the reading standard surface and serves as standards, and second data on ranges of variation, based on a change in a temperature, in the read values are stored. The control unit determines, based on the first data and the second data read from the storage unit and third data obtained by reading the reading standard surface after an acquisition of the first data, whether an abnormality exists in the pixels.
US11070691B2	Appliance setting apparatus and non-transitory computer-readable recording medium storing appliance setting program Provided is an appliance setting apparatus. If generating layout information indicating a layout of a screen of a client application program for providing, by an image forming apparatus, a function of a document processing flow execution system, when a flow execution button for executing a document processing flow is arranged in the layout, the appliance setting apparatus acquires a list of document processing flows from the document processing flow execution system, displays at least a part of the document processing flows included in the acquired list onto the display unit, associates the document processing flow selected via an operating unit from among the displayed workflows, with the flow execution button, and installs the generated layout information on the image forming apparatus.
US11070685B2	Information processing apparatus and information processing method for acquiring image forming apparatus status to display composite image indicating device image parts and error image parts An apparatus includes a device image processor configured to receive the plurality of device image definitions and the plurality of device offset information definitions from the device image module, read, from the device configuration definition, a plurality of device image parts defined by the plurality of received device image definitions, respectively, receive, from the device image module, the device error definition and the error offset information definition, read, from the device configuration definition, an error image part defined by the received device error definition, arrange the plurality of read device image parts on a plurality of offset positions defined by the plurality of received device offset information definitions, respectively, and arrange the read error image part on an offset position defined by the received error offset information definition, to thereby generate a composite image, and cause the software executing module to display the composite image on the display device.
US11070682B2	Maintenance system, maintenance server, and maintenance method A maintenance system includes a plurality of apparatuses and a maintenance server. Each apparatus: transmits log data indicating a state of the apparatus to the maintenance server; receives a prediction model from the maintenance server, the prediction model predicting the occurrence of an abnormal state of the plurality of apparatuses; determines whether the abnormal state of the apparatus occurs based on the prediction model to generate a determination result; and transmits the determination result indicating the occurrence of the abnormal state of the apparatus to the maintenance server. The maintenance server: generates the prediction model based on the log data received from each of the plurality of apparatuses; and issues an instruction of a maintenance work for one or more of the plurality of apparatuses that transmit the determination result.
US11070667B2	Detecting a spoofed call A system can be operable to receive a call from a communication device and identify whether the call is a spoofed based on, for example, whether a caller party user equipment associated with a caller identification number (caller ID number) is in an “idle” status, whether there are inconsistencies in the geographic location associated with a calling party's network and the geographic location determined to be associated with the caller ID number presented, and whether the phone number presented as the caller ID number is registered with a calling party's network.
US11070666B2	Methods and devices for improvements relating to voice quality estimation This disclosure falls into the field of voice communication systems, more specifically it is related to the field of voice quality estimation in a packet based voice communication system. In particular the disclosure provides a method and device for reducing a prediction error of the voice quality estimation by considering the content of lost packets. Furthermore, this disclosure provides a method and device which uses a voice quality estimating algorithm to calculate the voice quality estimate based on an input which is switchable between a first and a second input mode.
US11070653B2	Driverless wireless module A module having at least a processor, memory and a wireless communication capability communicates with a host computing device that does not include a network device driver and is not able to directly access the network. The module provides wireless network access to the host computing device that does not include a network device driver. The module interfaces internally with the host computing device and utilizes a data frame communication protocol, such as an Ethernet protocol, to pass network data to the host computing device that was received from the network and to receive network data from the host computing device for transmission to the network.
US11070651B2	Contractor data server and methods for use therewith for generating individual scoring data A contractor data server includes at least one processor that executes a contractor data server application to bidirectionally communicate contractor data with a first user of a first client device via a network interface. The contractor data includes service menu data sent to the first client device that includes a plurality of service types and a plurality of specific services and service data received from the first client device indicates a selected one of the plurality of service types, a selected one of the plurality of specific services that indicates a service performed, service date data that indicates a service date, service address data that indicates a service address, and contractor review data relating to services performed at the service address. The contractor data server application processes the contractor review data to generate individual scoring data relating to the service address.
US11070649B2	Cloud application design for efficient troubleshooting An enterprise application executed on a user device is configured to perform steps of providing functionality for a user device while operating in background on the user device; determining an issue with the functionality of the enterprise application; presenting a user of the user device a list of a plurality of issue types for selection thereof; receiving a selection from the user of an issue type for the issue; and collecting data from the user device based on the selected issue type. The steps can further include transmitting the collected data to a back end server for troubleshooting of the issue.
US11070646B1	Methods and systems for selection of remote services Embodiments for selecting a remote service for a core program are provided. A request for a remote service is received. Information associated with each of a plurality of remote services is received from at least one information source. A score for each of the plurality of remote services is calculated based on the information associated with each of the plurality of remote services and at least one remote service evaluation criteria.
US11070643B2	Discovering signature of electronic social networks A method for predicting the behavior of an electronic social network (ESN) includes identifying one user's connections with other users and creating a data structure in a memory that represents the users and their connections in the ESN. A plurality of data sources for electronic communications between users are analyzed and assigned a relative importance value. A weight is also assigned to each of the connections between the users. The weight is an encoded value computed based on a link structure of the connections where the link structure includes metadata indicating a category and a status of the respective connection. The probability that one user will communicate with one of the other users is calculated based on the analyzed plurality of data sources calculating, and the user's connections with respect to other users are ranked based on the calculated probabilities.
US11070635B2	Device management server and method After receiving, from at least one service, a plurality of collection requests directed to the same network device, a device management server according to some embodiments selects at least one collection request to be set for the network device on the basis of a specified timing and route. If transmitting a first collection request included in the selected at least one collection request and specifying a predetermined data type reduces a frequency of collection of data of the predetermined data type from the network device, a collection request specifying a timing specified in the first collection request and a lower-cost route is transmitted to the network device.
US11070634B2	Highly available private cloud service A first cluster of servers maintains a shared database that stores, for each of a plurality of cloud service consumers, user interface data for the cloud service consumer, wherein each server in the first cluster can read and write to the shared database. The first cluster further receives, from a customer computer, a request to access services of an identified cloud service consumer among the plurality of cloud service consumers, wherein the customer computer is associated with a customer of the identified cloud service consumer. Still further, the first cluster retrieves the user interface data of the identified cloud service consumer from the shared database; retrieves, from a second cluster of servers maintained by the identified cloud service consumer, user data required in response to the request; and provides the user interface data of the identified cloud service consumer and the user data to the customer computer.
US11070629B2	Migration notification and response messages for virtual machines An indication that a virtual machine has been migrated may be received. In response to receiving the indication, one or more network addresses associated with the virtual machine may be identified. A notification message corresponding to the one or more network addresses may be generated. The notification message may be transmitted on networks for the one or more network addresses. The virtual machine may determine whether a response message has been received for each of the one or more network addresses. The virtual machine may transmit a subsequent notification message in view of determining that at least one response message has not been received for at least one of the one or more network addresses.
US11070623B2	Methods and apparatus for iterative nonspecific distributed runtime architecture and its application to cloud intelligence The system and methods disclosed herein include a runtime architecture that takes a nonspecific set of systems of differential equations, distributes them across the network, and iteratively integrates them through time with a possibility to output the results on every iteration. Embodiments of the disclosed system may be used for neural computation or any other suitable application. Embodiments can be used as a standalone engine or as part of another computational system for massively parallel numerical integration of a data-driven dynamical system.
US11070621B1	Reuse of execution environments while guaranteeing isolation in serverless computing Systems, methods, and computer-readable media are provided for reusing execution environments and code of serverless functions while ensuring isolation in serverless computing environments. In some examples, a method can include, in response to a first request to run a serverless function, executing, at an execution environment on a network, computer-readable code configured to perform the serverless function; after the computer-readable code has executed, modifying a pointer to an area of memory used to store a first state of the serverless function to reference a different area of memory; in response to a second request to run the serverless function, reusing, at the execution environment, the computer-readable code to perform the serverless function; and based on the pointer referencing the different area of memory, using the different area of memory to store a second state of the serverless function.
US11070618B2	Techniques for updating files The application is directed to techniques, devices, and systems for updating files. For example, a remote system may store first data representing a first version of a file and second data representing a second version of the file. The remote system may then determine that a first portion of the first data corresponds to a first portion of the second data. Based at least in part on the determination, the remote system may identify a second portion of the first data using the first portion of the first data and identify a second portion of the second data using the first portion of the second data. The remote system may then generate third data representing a difference between the second portion of the second data and the second portion of the first data. Additionally, the remote system may store the third data in association with the file.
US11070613B2	Automatic application scaling between private and public cloud platforms Methods, systems, and computer program products are provided that automatically scale an application between private and public cloud computing platforms, while simultaneous enforcing policies ensuring private data is persistently stored on the private cloud computing platform, but not the public cloud computing platform. A traffic manager on the public platform routes traffic to instances of a web app executing on a private platform. A traffic monitor on the private platform monitors performance criteria of the private platform, and reports traffic telemetry to the traffic manager. Based on the traffic telemetry, the traffic manager may instantiate one or more instances of the web app on the public platform to handle traffic. Private data gathered by such instantiated instance(s) is persisted to storage in the private platform, but not in the public platform.
US11070608B2	Expedited sub-resource loading Systems, methods, apparatus, and software for pre-fetching and/or pre-loading sub-resources used in rendering HTML files, web pages and the like are provided herein. Implementations include expedited sub-resource loading in which a cache node or other content delivery network component receives a first end user device request seeking a primary resource (e.g., an HTML file). Using information in the first request, the content delivery network pre-fetches one or more identified sub-resources (e.g., JavaScript code) required for rendering of the HTML file. Pre-fetched sub-resources are held by the cache node. During parsing of the HTML file by the end user device, a web browser or other application requires the sub-resource(s) and the end user device thus sends a second request to the cache node asking for the required sub-resource(s). The cache node sends the requested, pre-fetched sub-resource(s).
US11070607B2	Dynamic behavior modification for content download and playback The present disclosure relates generally to a method for dynamically selecting quality levels for content downloads. The method includes receiving by a media player a content download request; determining a state of a quality module, where the state depends at least in part on a bandwidth available to the media player and a buffer value for the content; providing to the media player from the quality module a quality value corresponding to the state, wherein the quality value is used by the media player to request one or more content fragments from a server; receiving by the media player the one or more content fragments; and displaying by the medial player the one or more content fragments.
US11070601B2	Data rate adaptation for multicast delivery of streamed content A client device (100) receives segments of streamed content in a multicast transmission mode. The client device (100) determines an input data rate associated with the receiving of the segments in the multicast transmission mode. Depending on the input data rate, the client device (100) sets an output data rate. In response to requests from a media player (140), the client device (100) outputs the received segments at the output data rate to the media player (140).
US11070599B2	Broadcasting and content-sharing system A system and method may relate to a broadcasting and content-sharing system. The system may be configured to allow a user to upload, save, record, create, and/or share content with other users of the system. Additionally, users of the system may communicate with one another by, for example, transmitting content between one another, such as audio (e.g., music), video, text, or the like, and/or participating in real-time audio and/or video communication, for example, to collaborate artistically, battle (e.g., take turns singing, rapping, or playing an instrument, trying to best the other participant), view a live (i.e., in real time) or prerecorded performance as an audience member, and/or the like.
US11070596B1	VoLTE circuit switch voice and SMS interworking This invention is a system and method for implementing a VoLTE and circuit switched voice and SMS interworking function to provide voice and SMS service to roaming mobile devices at visiting network based on VoLTE roaming and ‘SMS over SGs’ towards VPLMN, and circuit-switched voice and SMS towards HPLMN. The interworking function enables and redirects IMS traffic at VPLMN towards a hosted IMS core with voice connectivity to PSTN via MGCF and MGW. The interworking function also performs circuit-switched location-update registration at HLR at HPLMN for receiving mobile-terminated voice calls and SMS.
US11070592B2	System and method for self-adjusting cybersecurity analysis and score generation A system and method for self-adjusting cybersecurity analysis and score generation, wherein a reconnaissance engine gathers data about a client's computer network from the client, from devices and systems on the client's network, and from the Internet regarding various aspects of cybersecurity. Each of these aspects is evaluated independently, weighted, and cross-referenced to generate a cybersecurity score by aggregating individual vulnerability and risk factors together to provide a comprehensive characterization of cybersecurity risk using a transparent and traceable methodology. The scoring system itself can be used as a state machine with the cybersecurity score acting as a feedback mechanism, in which a cybersecurity score can be set at a level appropriate for a given organization, and data from clients or groups of clients with more extensive reporting can be used to supplement data for clients or groups of clients with less extensive reporting to enhance cybersecurity analysis and scoring.
US11070585B2	Systems and methods configuring a unified threat machine learning model for joint content and user threat detection A machine learning-based system and method for identifying digital threats includes a threat service that: implements a unified threat model that produces a unified threat score that predicts both of: a level of threat of a piece of online content, and a level of threat that a target user will create a harmful piece of online content; wherein: implementing the unified threat model includes: receiving event data comprising historical content data for the target user and content data of the pending piece of online content and historical user digital activity data and real-time user activity data; and providing input of content feature data and user digital activity feature data to the unified threat model; and the unified threat model produces the unified threat score based on the content and the user digital activity data; and computes a threat mitigation action based on an evaluation of the threat score.
US11070581B1	Eliminating network security blind spots The innovation disclosed and claimed herein, in one aspect thereof, comprises systems and methods of eliminating blind spots in a network system. The systems and methods generate synthetic transactions across a network system and capture at least part of the generated synthetic transactions. The systems and methods determine parts of the synthetic transactions that were not captured and generate a logical security map of the network system based on the captured synthetic transactions. The systems and methods determine at least one blind spot in the logical security map of the network system and determine a solution to eliminate the at least one blind spot. The systems and methods implement the solution for the network system to eliminate the blind spot.
US11070579B1	Interactive display of a confidence-based graph of internet related assets An inventory of Internet-facing assets related to a target domain is generated using network data gathered from network data sources. Using data sources of known threats, such as malware, phishing attempts, scam pages, blacklisted sites, and so on, a network analytic system generates analytical information about domains, sub-domains, and components that are owned, managed, and/or controlled by a target entity. A confidence score of ownership is generated based on a recursive rule engine. A visual representation of the inventory of Internet-facing assets is generated in a graphical user interface.
US11070575B2	Verifying accuracy of ML pipelines using third party co-ordination Systems, methods, computer-readable media, and devices are disclosed for verifying traffic classification. At a first node, a classification to a received packet is designated according to a local model. The classification of the packet by the first node is verified by sending packet information describing the packet to a distributed network comprising multiple nodes, where the packet information includes attributes of the packet. The classification of the packet is verified from receiving results from a second node that, based on the attributes, independently classifies the packet. Based on the verified classification, decentralized information for classifying packets is updated.
US11070570B2	Methods and cloud-based systems for correlating malware detections by endpoint devices and servers Disclosed herein are systems and method for correlating malware detections by endpoint devices and servers. In one aspect, an exemplary method comprises receiving, by a correlator, from one or more servers, one or more events collected without invasive techniques, one or more events collected using one or more invasive techniques, and one or more final verdicts, correlating the one or more events collected without invasive techniques with one or more events collected using the one or more invasive techniques, creating a suspicious pattern when an event of the one or more events collected without invasive techniques is correlated with an event of the one or more events collected using the one or more invasive techniques, and the event of the one or more events collected using one or more invasive techniques is used to detect a malware, and updating databases of one or more endpoint devices with created suspicious patterns.
US11070564B2	Electronic interaction authentication and verification, and related systems, devices, and methods Systems, devices, and methods are disclosed for exchanging electronic information over a communication network and, more specifically, to authenticating and verifying data integrity between two or more interacting users exchanging information. A client computing device generates a split secret that is transmitted to a server via two distinct communication channels. The split secret is generated based on a public key of a public-private key pair generated by the client computing device based on a unique identifier. Validity of the public key can authenticate source identity.
US11070559B2	System and method for supporting object-based security In accordance with an embodiment, described herein is a system and method for supporting object-based security features for use with messaging services in an application server environment. Credentials can be associated with a JNDI initial context or a JMS connection instead of a thread. For JNDI operations, a lookup call from the initial context can use a security subject in an initial context regardless of a security subject attached to a current thread of the lookup call. For JMS operations, the object-based security model can be enabled on a JMS connection factory, which is used to create a JMS connection associated a security subject based on credentials supplied to create the JMS connection. The JMS connection performs a plurality of JMS operations on different threads using the security subject. The object-based security model is automatically enabled for JMS connection operations once the JMS is accessed using an OBS-enabled JNDI context.
US11070542B2	Systems and methods for certificate chain validation of secure elements In certificate chain validation, a parent certificate is used to validate a child certificate. The child certificate can indicate which parent certificate can be used to validate it. In some situations, a child certificate may not contain a certificate authority identifier that can be used to identify the parent certificate. Instead, the child certificate can contain a hash value of a modulus of the parent public key that can be used to identify the parent certificate. The hash value of the modulus of the parent public key can be associated with the parent public key. As such, the parent public key used in certificate chain validation of the child certificate can be identified using the hash value of the modulus of the parent public key.
US11070541B2	Certificate management method and apparatus in network functions virtualization architecture Embodiments of the present application provide a certificate management method and apparatus in an NFV architecture. The certificate management method includes: determining, by an MANO, a storage network element, where the storage network element is configured to store a certificate of a VNFC, and the storage network element is different from the VNFC; creating, by the MANO, storage space in the storage network element, where the storage space is used to store the certificate of the VNFC; and sending, by the MANO, an address of the storage space to the VNFC, so that the VNFC accesses the address of the storage space, obtains the certificate of the VNFC, and directly communicates with another network element by using the certificate stored in the storage network element. The VNFC does not locally store the certificate.
US11070537B2	Stateless method for securing and authenticating a telecommunication A method of communication between two communicating entities, a first communicating entity generating a data message including useful data and an authentication header, the method including: generating a message identifier from a given parameter and a date and inserting the identifier into an authentication header; inserting a plurality of authentication data including at least one user identifier and one equipment identifier into the authentication header; determining and inserting a security profile into the authentication header defining the conditions: of encryption of the useful data of at least the transmission of the message by the first communicating entity; of generation of a data signature of the message and of the format of the generated signature, and inserting the useful data into the message to be transmitted.
US11070533B2	Encrypted server name indication inspection A method, system, and computer-usable medium are disclosed for: (i) determining if a server response from a server received at a security device and intended for a client includes original encryption key information for encrypting identifying information associated with the server; (ii) if the server response includes original encryption key information for encrypting identifying information associated with the server, determining if a network policy provides for decryption of identifying information associated with the server; and (iii) if the network policy provides for decryption of identifying information associated with the server, replacing the original encryption key information with modified encryption key information associated with the security device and communicating the server response to the client with the modified encryption key information associated with the security device.
US11070531B2	Data communication system and method A data communication system for a local network. The system includes a network node and a plurality of network devices associated therewith. The network node provides a network node service to clients or bots executing on the plurality of network devices. Individual clients or bots are communicably and only programmatically coupled around the network node service in a programmatic star configuration to create the local network. The network node service validates and authenticates local services provided by the clients or bots within the local network. Data is communicated between clients or bots within the local network in real time or near real time, by relaying the data through the network node service. Information content of the data is encrypted prior to communicating the data, by employing a key store associated with a user of the source client or bot.
US11070524B2	Deidentified access of content Generally, embodiments of the invention are directed to methods, computer readable medium, servers, and systems for deidentified access of data. The deidentified access is permitted with the use of an identifier that uniquely indicates an outcome, the coding of the identifier obscures unaided human interpretation of the outcome, and the identifier uniquely identifies data for remediating performance associated with future outcomes.
US11070499B1	Analysis of content sharing in a messaging platform A system and method for message analysis, including: receiving, from a client device, a reporting request identifying a first broadcasted message authored by a context account of a messaging platform; identifying, by a computer processor, engagement data corresponding to engagement with the first broadcasted message by a set of engaging accounts of the messaging platform that engaged with the first broadcasted message; generating, using the engagement data and by the computer processor, propagation data representing propagation of the first broadcasted message in a connection graph of the messaging platform; and providing the propagation data for the client device in response to the reporting request, where the client device is operable to display a visual representation of the propagation data.
US11070498B2	Computer-implemented method and system for enabling network communication using sponsored chat links A computer-implemented method and system for enabling network communication using common search queries and sponsored chat links is disclosed. Various embodiments relate to a computer-implemented system and method for receiving a sponsored concept from a sponsoring company, receiving a search query from a user, determining if the sponsored concept and the user search query fit within match criteria, generating for the user, if the sponsored concept and the user search query fit within match criteria, a link enabling the user to initiate a private conversation between the user and an agent of the sponsoring company, the link being a user interface element that can be activated by the user, the private conversation being accessible only to the user and the agent of the sponsoring company, and initiating a private conversation between the user and the agent of the sponsoring company upon activation of the link.
US11070494B2	Managing email content in an activity stream Managing email content in an activity stream includes receiving a selection of a number of criteria that indicate content to be presented in an activity stream, retrieving email content based on the number of criteria, and displaying the email content in an activity stream by referencing email data related to the metadata.
US11070491B2	Control system and communication method A first control device connected to a network in which data is updated at every predetermined cycle transmits, at every predetermined cycle, first data used for controlling a manufacturing device or a production facility, using a first communication band among communication bands possessed by the network. A second control device connected to the network and time-synchronized with the first control device transmits second data used for setting and managing the manufacturing device or the production facility, using a second communication band other than the first communication band among the communication bands possessed by the network.
US11070489B2	Resource consumption control A method, computer program product, and system are provided. A resource exhaustion is predicted based on the available resource and a consumption speed of the resource in a bare-metal server. Then it is determined whether the resource exhaustion will have an impact on the Service Level Agreement (SLA) and, responsive to the determination that the resource exhaustion will have an impact on the SLA, a control of the resource consumption speed is enacted to slow down the resource exhaustion and to maintain the SLA.
US11070486B2	Overall performance when a subsystem becomes overloaded Methods and apparatus for improving performance of a system including a first computing system are disclosed. In one embodiment, the first computing system receives a request via a network from a client device. The first computing system determines whether a second computing system is available to respond to requests from the first system. The first computing system obtains a response to the request received from the client device based, at least in part, on one or more estimated values maintained by the first computing system according to whether the second computing system is available to respond to requests from the first computing system. The first computing system transmits the response to the client device.
US11070483B2	Discovering and mitigating MTU/fragmentation issues in a computer network In one embodiment, a maximum transmission unit (MTU) mismatch assessment service receives a notification of a mismatch between a packet size of a packet sent by a source to a destination in a network and an MTU of an intermediate router between the source and destination in the network. The service determines, using a machine learning-based model, that the mismatch represents a persistent MTU mismatch condition at the intermediate router. The service identifies a target router in the network to receive a configuration adjustment instruction, based on the persistent MTU mismatch condition. The service sends the configuration adjustment instruction to the target router, to alleviate the persistent MTU mismatch condition at the intermediate router.
US11070482B2	System and method for information delivery with multiple point transmission A system and method for information delivery with multiple point transmission are provided. A method for detecting lost packets is provided. The method includes initiating a timer for a received packet at a receiving transmission point, where the timer is set according to a time value associated with the received packet. The method also includes determining that a delivery of the received packet has failed according to the timer elapsing, and transmitting a lost packet report to a primary transmission point that distributed the received packet to the receiving transmission point.
US11070478B2	Method and switch for managing traffic in transport network A method for managing traffic of a plurality of packets in a plurality of packet flows transmitted using a time-slotted interface. The packet flows traverse a plurality of switches of a transport network according to an assigned path from a source node to a destination node. The method comprises determining an end-to-end latency of a plurality of packets traversing a current switch in packet flows and assigning priority values to the packets traversing the current switch, wherein a priority value of a packet depends on the determined end-to-end latency of said packets. The method further comprises allocating a time slot in an output interface of the current switch to the packet having the highest priority value among the packets competing for said time slot.
US11070466B2	Method for link aggregation and related devices The present disclosure provides a method for link aggregation and related devices. The method is applied to an electronic device including an application layer, a framework layer, and a kernel layer. The method includes the following. A touch operation on an operation interface is detected via the application layer. A link aggregation function is enabled via the framework layer in response to the touch operation, where the link aggregation function is enabled by establishing a first wireless link and at least one second wireless link. In response to enablement of the link aggregation function, a link selection strategy is determined via the kernel layer, and a mapping relation between data streams and wireless links is established according to the link selection strategy to transmit data stream transmission via on a designated link.
US11070465B2	Distribution of multicast information in a routing system A routing system for distributing multicast routing information for a multicast service includes a plurality of routers including a multicast source router and a plurality of multicast receiver routers, the plurality of routers providing a multicast service, wherein the routers are configured to exchange multicast information associated with the multicast service including identification of multicast sources and the multicast receivers.
US11070463B2	Guaranteed bandwidth for segment routed (SR) paths At least one bandwidth-guaranteed segment routing (SR) path through a network is determined by: (a) receiving, as input, a bandwidth demand value; (b) obtaining network information; (c) determining a constrained shortest multipath (CSGi); (d) determining a set of SR segment-list(s) (Si=[sl1i, sl2i . . . slni]) a that are needed to steer traffic over CSGi; and (e) tuning the loadshares in Li, using Si and the per segment-list loadshare (Li=[l1i, l2i . . . lni]), the per segment equal cost multipath (“ECMP”), and the per link residual capacity, such that the bandwidth capacity that can be carried over CSGi is maximized.
US11070459B2	Framework for universally specified affinity topologies with partial path invalidation and generalized network flows A method for setting up forwarding tables is described. A USAT part for a node is received. The USAT part includes glow definitions and a FGPL. Each glow describes network traffic flows and role instructions for the flows. Each FGP describes a role for the switching node; a validity rule; and relevant network topology. The method also includes determining a selected active FGP in the FGPL using the validity rule for the FGP, a network state and the ordering of the FGPs; initializing the glows, requesting a role identification to perform based on the selected FGP, determining the role instructions and instructing the TMS to update tables accordingly; and storing entries in software tables based on glows and the role instructions for the identified role, dynamically resolving conflicts among entries, and granting table updates to hardware tables. The tables include a software table for each hardware memory for forwarding packets.
US11070447B2	System and method for implementing and managing virtual networks A system and method for implementing and management virtual networks is disclosed. A method includes receiving a network packet arriving at a first network interface of a first node of an underlying network, communicating at least the packet and an identifier of the first network interface to a decision engine, determining how the packet should be processed based on a simulation by the decision engine of a traversal of a virtual network topology including a plurality of virtual network devices, wherein the decision engine communicates with a shared database accessible from the underlying network that stores the virtual network topology and virtual device configurations for the plurality of virtual network devices; and processing the packet based upon the simulation.
US11070442B2	Method and network for managing and orchestrating virtual network functions and network applications A method for managing and orchestrating virtual application functions jointly with virtual network functions is done through a single management and orchestration (MANO) framework within a network. The method includes creating, by a system for (virtual) application function and virtual network function management and orchestration, at least one service or service chain that considers or comprises at least one (virtual) network application and/or at least one virtual network function. A virtual application function (VAF) entity is provided as a container for network applications together with a VAF manager (VAFM) for the VAF.
US11070439B2	Hierarchical network analysis service A hierarchical network analytics system operated by a computing device or system is described. In some example techniques, the analytics system may determine results of a plurality of first level analyses each based at least in part on results of a respective plurality of data queries that return respective subsets of a plurality of types of network data. The analytics system may determine a result of a second level analysis based at least in part on results of the plurality of first level analyses.
US11070437B2	Network interconnect as a switch An interconnect as a switch module (“ICAS” module) comprising n port groups, each port group comprising n−1 interfaces, and an interconnecting network implementing a full mesh topology where each port group comprising a plurality of interfaces each connects an interface of one of the other port groups, respectively. The ICAS module may be optically or electrically implemented. According to the embodiments, the ICAS module may be used to construct a stackable switching device and a multi-unit switching device, to replace a data center fabric switch, and to build a new, high-efficient, and cost-effective data center.
US11070432B2	Dynamic and customizable virtual network functions A network function virtualization (NFV) platform can support virtual network functions (VNFs) whose behavior can change during their lifecycles. For example, a VNF manager of the NFV platform can receive a request to update a condition of a VNF and/or an action to perform upon satisfaction of the condition. Based on the condition and action, the VNF manager can create or store a lifecycle management policy in an extensible lifecycle management model associated with the virtual network function. Based on the lifecycle management policy, the VNF manager can monitor the virtual network function to detect satisfaction of the condition and, in response to detecting satisfaction of the condition, the VNF manager can perform the action associated with the lifecycle management policy.
US11070431B2	System and method for network validation architecture for clustered and federated storage systems A method, computer program product, and computer system for performing, by a single unified architecture, an initial network validation, wherein the initial network validation may be performed before a storage cluster is fully configured. The single unified architecture may perform a cluster expansion validation, wherein the cluster expansion validation may be performed before at least one of a new storage application and a new storage controller is added into the storage cluster. The single unified architecture may perform a pre-reconfiguration validation, wherein the pre-reconfiguration validation may be performed as a network reconfiguration operation in the storage cluster before a network reconfiguration request is processed. The single unified architecture may perform ongoing network validation, wherein the ongoing network validation may be performed periodically as a background process.
US11070430B2	Persona/individual based actions based on community specific trigger Systems and methods herein spawn action sets for networked communities which are executed based on detected triggers. A method that spawns action sets can include selecting a community including member devices. The member devices are associated with a distributed job. The method can also include identifying a trigger related to the distributed job and spawning an automated action set related to the trigger. The automated action set includes at least one of automated action by the member devices or automated action by a remote device communicatively coupled to at least one of the member devices.
US11070426B2	Mechanisms for the adaptive control of service layer operations Service Layer adaptation may be realized through one or more adaptation rules that are programmed by server administrators in a structured but flexible manner. As part of integrating the adaptive control into its operations, a Service Layer may be configured to provide the capability to receive requests in which an adaptation rule may be specified, to provide indications through response codes returned to requestors that the Service Layer is not able to process a request due to a reduced functional state, and to send a request for more server resources or move an application, a service, or a service instance to another platform.
US11070424B2	System and method for dynamic name configuration in content-centric networks One embodiment of the present invention provides a system for automatic configuration of a computing device in a content-centric network (CCN). During operation, the system sends, by the computing device on at least one of the computing device's faces, an interest in configuration information. The interest has a predetermined name prefix. The system then receives a content object in response to the interest. The content object includes at least a default name prefix, to which the computing device can send other interests. The system further configures the computing device based on the received content object.
US11070419B2	Methods and systems to troubleshoot and localize storage failures for a multitenant application run in a distributed computing system Computational methods and systems that troubleshoot and localize failures in data storage of a multitenant application are executed in a multitenant database management system that comprises a control plane of control plane nodes and a data plane of independent and isolated data plane nodes. Each control plane node receives data requests and data queries. Each data plane node maintains data storage for tenants of the multitenant application and executes data storage and data query operations requested by the control plane nodes. Methods and system determine whether data plane nodes are network connected and whether the data cores of network connected data plane nodes are available to ingest data and respond to data queries. Data cores of disconnected data plane nodes and unavailable data cores are isolated from data ingestion and data queries. Remedial measures are executed to restore disconnected data plane nodes and unavailable data cores.
US11070412B2	Method and apparatus for synchronization signal design A method of a base station (BS) for transmitting synchronization signals in a wireless communication system. The method comprises generating a primary synchronization signal (PSS) including one of multiple PSS sequences that is generated based on a M-sequence of length 127 in a frequency domain, wherein the PSS indicates part of cell identification (ID) information using a cyclic shift performed on the M-sequence generating the PSS; generating a secondary synchronization signal (SSS) including one of multiple SSS sequences that is generated based on multiple BPSK modulated M-sequences of length 127 in the frequency domain, wherein the SSS indicates the cell ID information using cyclic shifts performed on the M-sequences generating the SSS; and transmitting, to a user equipment (UE), the PSS and SSS over downlink channels.
US11070400B2	Method for determining transmission parameters of uplink signal, terminal and network device Provided are methods for determining a transmission parameter of an uplink signal, a terminal and a network device. The method includes that: a terminal determines a first SRS resource set receives, from a network device, first indication information which is for instructing the terminal to transmit an aperiodic SRS, determines a target SRS resource set according to the first indication information and the first SRS resource set, sends the aperiodic SRS to the network device on an SRS resource in the target SRS resource set, receives, from the network device, second indication information which is for indicating a target SRS resource in the target SRS resource set; and the terminal determines a transmission parameter used to transmit an uplink signal according to the target SRS resource.
US11070398B2	Electronic device supporting multi-band wireless communications and method of controlling same Disclosed is an electronic device, including a housing, a first communication circuit disposed in the housing and configured to support omnidirectional wireless communication, a second communication circuit disposed in the housing and configured to support directional wireless communication using beamforming, a processor disposed in the housing and operatively coupled to the first communication circuit and the second communication circuit, and a memory disposed in the housing and operatively coupled to the processor. The processor may be configured to receive at least one first radio signal through a communication channel from an external device capable of supporting the omnidirectional wireless communication and the directional wireless communication using the first communication circuit, determine a state of the communication channel based on at least part of the at least one first radio signal, and activate the second communication circuit based on at least part of the determined state of the communication channel wherein the second communication circuit is configured to receive a second radio signal from the external device.
US11070397B2	Adaptive OTA leakage cancellation for mmWave radar Techniques provided herein are directed toward enabling short-range proximity detection using radar sensors by reducing or eliminating OTA leakage. Embodiments generally include performing spatial cancellation by using a plurality of transmit/receive pairs of antenna elements to implement analog and/or digital leakage cancellation on the transmit and/or receive side. According to some embodiments null space projection cancellation, OTA leakage tracking, or adaptive minimum variance distortionless response (MVDR) beamforming may be performed to help preserve of the OTA leakage cancellation efficacy over time.
US11070392B2	System and method for provisioning internet access A system and method for provisioning internet access to guests of a travel facility is provided. A number of access points are in electronic communication with a gateway device which is in electronic communication with a property management system (PMS) and a router. The PMS includes identifying information for guests registered with the travel facility. An API gateway and a central destination server are in electronic communication with the gateway device by way of the internet. The central destination server receives a request to connect to the internet from a personal electronic device and grants internet access if the personal electronic device is recognized as having previously been granted internet access for a duration of time and if the current time is within the duration of time.
US11070383B2	Random code generator A random code generator includes an address Y decoder, an address X decoder, a PUF entropy pool, a processing circuit and an entropy key storage circuit. The address Y decoder includes plural Y control lines. The address Y decoder selectively activates the plural Y control lines according to a first address Y signal. The address X decoder includes plural X control lines. The address X decoder selectively activates the plural X control lines according to a first address X signal. The PUF entropy pool generates an output data according to the activated Y control lines and the activated X control lines. When the random code generator is in a normal working state, the processing circuit processes the output data into a random code according to at least one entropy key from the entropy key storage circuit.
US11070372B2	Storing and using multipurpose secret data A system and method improves operational performance of a computer by enhancing digital security with an added electronic circuit. The electronic circuit stores sensitive data in an un-erasable state such that the sensitive data may not be altered. The electronic circuit limits transfer of the sensitive data only once after each power-up or after each reset of the computer. The electronic circuit prevents access to the sensitive data by an authorized program. The electronic circuit utilizes its own storage medium and a random access memory, the latter of which can receive and store the sensitive data from the non-transitory computer storage medium. The method uses a software driver and a copy-of-copy of first security key obtained from the sensitive data stored on the electronic circuit. The software driver installs a software module on the computer using the copy-of-copy of first security key to encrypt each installed file.
US11070368B2	System, method, and program for transmitting and receiving any type of secure digital data A system for transmitting and receiving digital data includes a database including a plurality of user records and an application server. Each user of the records includes a plurality of user profiles, each of the user profiles includes a unique user ID and a unique password, each user of the profiles is associated with at least one PrivaKey/ChannelKey. The application server is programmed to execute a program including the steps of verifying a first user profile and a second user profile, authenticating the first user profile and the second user profile, receiving a PrivaKey/ChannelKey associated with the first user profile and the second user profile, automatically encrypting a plurality of digital data, sending the encrypted digital data to the second user profile, rebuilding the secret key from the ReciKey to prepare the encrypted digital data, automatically decrypting the encrypted digital data, and displaying the decrypted digital data.
US11070367B2	Key exchange devices and methods A first electronic network node (110) is provided configured for goo a key exchange (KEX) protocol, the first network node is configured to—obtain a shared matrix (A) shared with a second network node, entries in the shared matrix A being selected modulo a first modulus q, generate a private key matrix (SI), entries in the private key matrix being bounded in absolute value by a bound (s) generate a public key matrix (PI) by computing a matrix product between the shared matrix (A) and the private key matrix (SI) modulo the first modulus (q) and scaling the entries in the matrix product down to a second modulus (p).
US11070364B2	Secure communication method and smart lock system based thereof The present disclosure provides a secure communication method, and the method may include: a sending terminal may generate data to be transmitted and determine encrypted data by encrypting the data to be transmitted using a preset encryption algorithm based on an encryption key. The encryption key may be obtained by a key exchange process between a smart door lock and a mobile terminal through a preset secure communication channel. The sending terminal may assign a unique identifier to the encrypted data and may send the encrypted data with a unique identifier to the receiving terminal, so that the receiving terminal may perform identity authentication on the encrypted data with the unique identifier and may decrypt the encrypted data based on the encryption key obtained by the key exchange process according to a result of the identity authentication.
US11070363B1	Sharing cryptographic session keys among a cluster of network security platforms monitoring network traffic flows A first example network security platform disclosed herein includes a platform selector to determine a platform selection value based on a first parameter value in a first message from a client and a second parameter value in a second message from a server, the first and second messages associated with establishment of an encrypted network traffic flow between the client and the server. The example first network security platform also includes a key retriever to obtain a cryptographic session key associated with the encrypted network traffic flow from a selected one of a cluster of network security platforms based on the platform selection value, the first network security platform included in the cluster of network security platforms. The example first network security platform further includes a traffic analyzer to analyze network traffic associated with the encrypted network traffic flow based on the cryptographic session key.
US11070361B2	Block generation method in blockchain-based system Provided is a block generation method in blockchain-based system. The block generation method comprises calculating, by a first blockchain node among the plurality of blockchain nodes, a first node score, propagating, by the first blockchain node, the first node score to the plurality of blockchain nodes, receiving, by the first blockchain node, a delegation of a block generation authority from a second blockchain node among the plurality of blockchain nodes, the second blockchain node having received the first node score and initiating, by the first blockchain node, generation of a new block based on a determination that a block generation node condition, that is based on the block generation authority, has been satisfied.
US11070360B2	Parallel transaction validation and block generation in a blockchain An example operation may include one or more of identifying pending blockchain transactions in a transaction queue, determining states of the pending blockchain transactions, determining whether the pending blockchain transactions in the transaction queue are valid based on the determined states, retrieving a list of potential blockchain transaction conflicts associated with the pending blockchain transactions, and determining whether any conflicts exist for one or more of the pending blockchain transactions based on the list of blockchain transaction conflicts.
US11070353B1	Combined decision feedback equalizer and phase detector for clock data recovery Clock and data recovery for high-speed serial data protocols is enabled using circuitry that combines the functionality of a decision feedback equalizer with that of a phase detector.
US11070344B2	Method and user equipment for receiving downlink channel, and method and base station for transmitting downlink channel A method and apparatus for transmitting/receiving a downlink channel in a wireless communication system are provided. A physical downlink control channel (PDCCH) can be transmitted using one or more resource element groups (REGs) among a plurality of REGs in a transmission time interval (TTI). Each of the plurality of REGs occupies 12 consecutive resource elements (REs) belonging to a physical resource block (PRB) along a frequency domain within an orthogonal frequency division multiplexing (OFDM) symbol with or without a reference signal (RS) in the TTI.
US11070341B2	Robust data transmission method in internet of things A robust data transmission method in Internet of Things. Allocation information of a first time-frequency resource set and a description of a first transmission mode are sent by a base station to a first terminal, and a second time-frequency resource set is allocated by the base station to a second terminal. The first time-frequency resource set includes an overlapping resource set and a non-empty third time-frequency resource set. A second transmission mode of the first data packet is determined by the base station according to a continuity in time of resources in the third time-frequency resource set. A description of the overlapping resource set is sent by the base station to the first terminal. The second transmission method of the first data packet is confirmed by the first terminal, and the first data packet is received by the first terminal according to the first transmission mode and/or the second transmission mode.
US11070339B2	System and method of UE-centric radio access procedure A method and system for operating a user equipment (UE) wherein a first set of radio access procedures are supported when the UE is in a first operating state, and a second set of radio access procedures are supported when the UE is in a second operating state.
US11070338B2	Transmission or reception of a reference signal in a wireless communication system A radio node (12, 14) is configured to transmit or receive reference symbols (18) of a reference signal (16) on respective radio resources, including first and second sets (S1, S2) of radio resources that differ in at least one radio resource. The reference signal (16) may be for instance a tracking reference signal (16) configured for time or frequency tracking. The first set (S1) of radio resources includes a first pair of radio resources that are separated from one another in a radio resource domain by a first separation distance (D1). The second set (S2) of radio resources includes a second pair of radio resources that are separated from one another in the radio resource domain by a second separation distance (D2). The radio resource domain may be a time domain or a frequency domain. In one or more embodiments, the second separation distance (D2) is at least twice as large as the first separation distance (D1).
US11070330B2	Multiple user (MU) short feedback response in wireless communications A wireless communication device (alternatively, device, WDEV, etc.) includes at least one processing circuitry configured to support communications with other WDEV(s) and to generate and process signals for such communications. In some examples, the device includes a communication interface and processing circuitry, among other possible circuitries, components, elements, etc. to support communications with other WDEV(s) and to generate and process signals for such communications. The WDEV supports first communications with another WDEV to determine an agreed-upon orthogonal frequency division multiple access (OFDMA) resource unit (RU) and agreed-upon OFDMA sub-carriers, adjacent or interspersed, to be used by the other WDEV to provide predetermined response(s). The WDEV then transmits a question to the WDEV and processes the plurality of agreed-upon OFDMA sub-carriers within the OFDMA RU to determine whether energy therein indicates a response of the one or more predetermined responses to the question being received from the other WDEV in accordance with second communications.
US11070316B2	Information processing method, apparatus, communications device, and communications system An information processing method, an apparatus, a communications device, and a communications system are provided. The communications device is configured to: obtain a starting position in a buffer sequence W for an output bit sequence, and determine the output bit sequence from the buffer sequence W based on the starting position, where a value of the starting position is one element in {p0, p1, p2, . . . , pkmax−1}, 0≤k
US11070311B2	System and method to measure and score application health via correctable errors Disclosed are systems, methods, and non-transitory computer-readable storage media for monitoring application health via correctable errors. The method includes identifying, by a network device, a network packet associated with an application and detecting an error associated with the network packet. In response to detecting the error, the network device increments a counter associated with the application, determines an application score based at least in part on the counter, and telemeters the application score to a controller. The controller can generate a graphical interface based at least in part on the application score and a timestamp associated with the application score, wherein the graphical interface depicts a trend in correctable errors experienced by the application over a network.
US11070305B2	Optical relay, optical relay control method, and optical transmission system The optical relay is a C+L-band relay which is inserted between a first transmission path fiber and a second transmission path fiber, and comprises: a first optical fiber amplification unit which is inserted in a first line and amplifies one of a C-band signal or an L-band signal; a second optical fiber amplification unit which is inserted in a second line and amplifies one of the C-band signal or the L-band signal; and an inserting means which inserts some or all of the wavelengths of light output from the first optical fiber amplification unit into the second optical fiber amplification unit, or which inserts some or all of the wavelengths of light output from the second optical fiber amplification unit into the first optical fiber amplification unit.
US11070300B2	Test probes for phased antenna arrays An electronic device may be provided with wireless circuitry that is tested in a test system. The test system may include test probes. Circuitry under test may wirelessly transmit test signals. The test probes may receive the test signals at multiple locations. Circuitry may measure direct current (DC) voltages generated by the test probes and may convert the voltages to electric field magnitudes. A test host may process the electric field magnitudes to determine whether the circuitry under test exhibits a satisfactory radiation pattern. The test probes may include dielectric substrates and one or more dipole elements coupled to respective diodes. The dipole elements may include indium tin oxide (ITO) and may include first and second sets of orthogonal dipole elements. Transmission lines coupled to the dipole elements may include ITO and may form low pass filters that convert rectified voltages produced by the diodes into the DC voltages.
US11070296B1	Optical receiver with an optically compensated amplifier control loop An optical receiver can implement a transimpedance amplifier (TIA) to process received light using a closed loop optical pre-amplification. The optical receiver can use an average input value of the TIA to control an semiconductor optical amplifier (SOA) or pre-amplification as received average signal varies. The optical receiver can include a gain controller for the TIA that can measure the TIA swing to adjust the gain of the SOA to pre-amplify received light in a closed loop control configuration.
US11070293B2	Method and device for amplifying uplink light of passive optical network, and storage medium The present disclosure provides a method and a device for amplifying uplink light of a passive optical network, and a computer-readable storage medium. The passive optical network includes an optical network unit, an optical line terminal, and an optical amplifier provided between the optical network unit and the optical line terminal, and the method include: receiving a registration signal transmitted from the optical line terminal; determining a gain value of the optical amplifier, and performing gain value adjustment on the optical amplifier according to the determined gain value; and completing registration when an uplink optical signal transmitted to the optical line terminal through the optical amplifier reaches preset power.
US11070283B2	System for calibrating from the ground a payload of a satellite A system for calibrating a payload of a satellite, the payload includes a multichannel transmitter or receiver comprising an antenna, one analogue processing chain per channel and a set of digital integrated circuits, the system comprising a calibration device configured to: acquire for all the channels of the transmitter or of the receiver, a digitized calibration signal, set a reference channel and, for each of the other channels, determine a relative complex gain between the channel and the reference channel, for a plurality of frequencies of the calibration signal, correct the relative complex gain of a relative gain of the antenna of the satellite between the channel and the reference channel, estimate a relative delay, estimate a relative phase difference for the set of frequencies, deliver a correction of the relative gain, phase difference and delay of the channel with respect to the reference channel for a set of frequencies.
US11070276B2	Message transmission based on a determined beam configuration A first message is received, wherein the first message comprises information indicative of a spatial propagation characteristic of the first message. A beam configuration is determined based on the information. Then, a directed, beam-formed second message is transmitted using the beam configuration.
US11070275B1	System and method for managing signal transmission characteristics in a wireless network Systems, methods, and processing nodes are configured to manage transmission characteristics in a wireless network, such as a wireless network that employs MIMO techniques, by identifying an undesired signal, the undesired signal originating from a communication device external to the wireless network and determining that a signal parameter value of the undesired signal exceeds a threshold value. An operating parameter of a multi-element antenna for communicating signals in the wireless network is adjusted when it is determined that the signal parameter value exceeds a threshold value.
US11070266B2	Systems and methods of adaptive beamforming for mobile satellite systems based on user locations and co-channel waveforms Systems and methods for adaptive beamforming for a mobile satellite system (MSS). Embodiments described herein provide individual-user-optimized, adaptive beamforming. One example system creates a user beam optimized based either on known user locations or the waveforms received from all cochannel users. The user beam maximizes the signal-to-interference-noise relative to the desired user, both in the forward and return links. The optimization process considers the spatial distribution of all cochannel users in the footprint of the satellite. The user beam adapts to the user's location and co-channel interference environment.
US11070264B2	Downlink-beam adjustment method and apparatus Embodiments can provide a downlink-beam detection method and an apparatus. Under the method a terminal device can be notified by a network device of information about a broadcast beam. The network device can receive a detection result reported by the terminal device. The detection result may pertain to broadcast beam detection performed based on the information about the broadcast beam. the network device can then determine, based on the detection result, a downlink beam that needs to be swept during downlink-beam adjustment and that is used for data communication. This reduces signaling overheads.
US11070262B2	Range extension for communication systems A range extension method and apparatus for highly directional beams are disclosed. In one aspect, a first network node that is suitable for supporting mmWave transmissions to a wireless device such as a UE may extend the range of at least one transmit beam to a UE by selecting a suitable repetition configuration that transmits repetition versions of an original signal. The first network node sends information about the repetition configuration to a second network node which can transmit a portion of the repetition configuration information to the UE using sub-6 GHz transmissions. The UE can configure a receive beam to receive mmWave communications from the first network node by using the portion of the repetition configuration information received from the second network node.
US11070254B2	Decoding data in new radio ultra-reliable low latency communications with multiple transmission points Described is a technology to reduce the interference between two or more transmit receive (Tx/Rx) points (TRPs) and improve the reliability for New Radio ultra reliable low latency communication (NR URLLC) applications. The technology operates in one aspect at a network node, and in another aspect at a user equipment. If a network device decides to use packet duplication, the network device can indicate duplication to the user equipment. The network device can send duplicate copies, e.g., via two different antenna panels, or can send one copy and coordinate with another network device (e.g., another cell) to send the other copy. When the user equipment receives the copies, the user equipment combines the data, e.g., via soft combining or concatenation into combined data, and decodes the combined data. Weights, such as corresponding to channel quality from each transmit source, can be used as factors in the combining of the data.
US11070246B2	Digital radio communication A method of operating a digital radio receiver comprising: receiving a radio signal; passing said radio signal to a correlator for correlating said radio signal with a predetermined pattern to provide an output signal comprising a plurality of peaks separated in time; determining an amplitude of a first peak in the plurality of peaks; calculating a selection threshold based on said first peak amplitude; determining an amplitude of a second peak in the plurality of peaks; comparing said second peak amplitude to the selection threshold; and identifying the second peak as a correlation peak if the second peak amplitude is greater than the selection threshold.
US11070229B1	Codeword generator A method for generating codewords, the method may include obtaining an input tree, converting the input tree to a modified tree in which each symbol score is a power of two, wherein the conversion is responsive to a relationship between the aggregate count of symbols of the input tree and to a certain power to two that is a smallest power of two that exceeds the aggregate count of symbols; and assigning a codeword to each symbol based at least on the symbol counts associated with the leaves of the modified tree.
US11070228B1	Data compressor and data compression method A data compressor with a hash computing hardware configured to evaluate the hash value for the current hash key extracted from a source data string, obtain a hash line corresponding to the hash value from a hash table, and perform hash key comparison to find at least one matching hash key. The hash line includes a prefix address column that stores a prefix address. Each entry of the hash line is provided to store a hash key and an offset. The hash computing hardware evaluates an address of the at least one matching hash key by combining the prefix address and an offset of the at least one matching hash key, and the offset of the at least one matching hash key is obtained from an entry storing the at least one matching hash key.
US11070227B2	Guaranteed data compression A method of converting 10-bit pixel data (e.g. 10:10:10:2 data) into 8-bit pixel data involves converting the 10-bit values to 8-bits using a technique that is selected dependent upon the values of the MSBs of the 10-bit values and setting the value of an HDR flag dependent upon the values of the MSBs. The HDR flag is appended to the 3-bit channel.
US11070220B2	Correction device for A/D converter and A/D conversion device The value range for which an error in a digital signal can be corrected is expanded. A control unit generates characteristic information indicating the relationship between an input and an output of an A/D converter and sets a value range. The control unit, in a case in which a value indicated by a first digital signal obtained by the A/D converter converting a first analog voltage signal is within the value range, A/D converts the first analog voltage signal and generates corrected digital information on the basis of the first digital signal and characteristic information, and in a case in which a value indicated by the first digital signal is not within the value range, A/D converts the first analog voltage signal and generates corrected digital information on the basis of a second digital signal obtained by the A/D converter converting the second analog voltage signal and characteristic information.
US11070219B2	Digital/analog converter A digital-to-analog converter includes a core circuit including a plurality of input terminals for multi-bit digital signals, an output terminal for an analog signal, a plurality of constant current sources, a plurality of switch circuits connected in series to respective constant current sources of the plurality of constant current sources, and a load resistor connected to the output terminal. The core circuit being configured to select whether or not to allow a current to flow through each of the plurality of switch circuits based on the multi-bit digital signals and output a voltage generated by allowing the current flowing through each of the plurality of switch circuits to flow through the load resistor from the output terminal as an analog signal.
US11070211B2	Event counter circuits using partitioned moving average determinations and related methods An event counter circuit can be configured to monitor operation of a system where a moving average register circuit can be configured to store a moving average value updated in each cycle of operation of the system by adding a number of system events occurring during a current cycle of the system operation to either 1) a current moving average value stored in the moving average register circuit or 2) a keep value generated by partitioning the current moving average value into the keep value and a transfer value representing system events not included in a determination of the moving average value for subsequent cycles of operation of the system.
US11070206B2	Logic circuit A logic circuit includes an inverter that outputs from an output terminal a signal created by inverting the logic of a signal input into an input terminal, a first transistor that is connected to the input terminal in such a way as to maintain an OFF state, and a second transistor that is connected to the output terminal in such a way as to maintain an OFF state.
US11070201B2	Apparatus for controlling an electronic switching unit An apparatus for permanently controlling an electronic switching unit, the apparatus including a controlling driver unit for supplying a control signal to the electronic switching unit using a charge storage device, and a charging driver unit for recharging the charge storage device.
US11070196B2	Using a multi-tone signal to tune a multi-stage low-noise amplifier An example process includes reducing a quality factor of a first tunable bandpass filter, used, for example, in a low-noise amplifier stage of a polar receiver. A first wideband test signal centered at a desired center frequency of a second tunable bandpass filter is received. A frequency response of the second tunable bandpass filter to the first wideband test signal is estimated using a Fast Fourier Transform (FFT) signal processor. At least a resonant frequency or a quality factor of the second tunable bandpass filter are calibrated based at least in part on a portion of the estimated frequency response of the second tunable bandpass filter obtained from the FFT signal processor. Frequency response characteristics of the first tunable bandpass filter may be similarly tuned in accordance with the example process.
US11070193B2	Elastic wave device, radio-frequency front-end circuit, and communication device An elastic wave device includes a piezoelectric material layer, an IDT electrode on the piezoelectric material layer, and a dielectric film covering the IDT electrode. The IDT electrode includes a first electrode layer and a second electrode layer laminated on the first electrode layer. Each of wavelength normalized film thicknesses of the first and second electrode layers is equal to or greater than about 1.25%, and is normalized using a wave length defined by the electrode finger pitch of the IDT electrode. The second electrode layer has a density lower than that of the first electrode layer. The side of the second electrode layer is inclined with respect to the thickness direction of the IDT electrode.
US11070189B2	Joint and elastic wave element A bonded body includes a supporting substrate, a piezoelectric single crystal substrate and a bonding layer provided between the supporting substrate and piezoelectric single crystal substrate. The bonding layer has a composition of Si(1-x)Ox (x represents an oxygen ratio). The oxygen ratio x at a central part in a thickness direction of the bonding layer is higher than an oxygen ratio x at an end part of the bonding layer on a side of the piezoelectric single crystal substrate and an oxygen ratio x at an end part of the bonding layer on a side of the supporting substrate. The oxygen ratio at the central part in the thickness direction of the bonding layer is 0.013 or higher and 0.666 or lower.
US11070184B2	Piezoelectric acoustic resonator manufactured with piezoelectric thin film transfer process A method and structure for a transfer process for an acoustic resonator device. In an example, a bulk acoustic wave resonator (BAWR) with an air reflection cavity is formed. A piezoelectric thin film is grown on a crystalline substrate. A first patterned electrode is deposited on the surface of the piezoelectric film. An etched sacrificial layer is deposited over the first electrode and a planarized support layer is deposited over the sacrificial layer, which is then bonded to a substrate wafer. The crystalline substrate is removed and a second patterned electrode is deposited over a second surface of the film. The sacrificial layer is etched to release the air reflection cavity. Also, a cavity can instead be etched into the support layer prior to bonding with the substrate wafer. Alternatively, a reflector structure can be deposited on the first electrode, replacing the cavity.
US11070183B1	Systems, apparatus and methods for dynamic range enhancement of audio signals An apparatus for providing an output signal to an audio transducer comprises: one or more signal paths for receiving respective digital audio input signals, applying respective digital gains, and outputting respective amplified digital audio input signals; one or more inputs for receiving one or more volume parameters associated with the digital audio input signals; converter circuitry, coupled to the one or more signal paths, for converting the one or more amplified digital audio input signals into the analogue domain, and outputting an analogue audio input signal; an analogue gain element, for applying an analogue gain to the analogue audio input signal and outputting the output signal; and a control circuit, coupled to the one or more signal paths, operative to select the analogue gain based on a comparison of the volume parameters and the one or more digital audio input signals as multiplied by the volume parameters, and to select the respective digital gains for each digital audio input signal so that an overall gain in the respective signal path corresponds to a volume parameter associated with the respective digital audio input signal.
US11070182B2	Image sensor and operating method thereof An image sensor and an operating method of the image sensor are provided. An image sensor includes a pixel array including a plurality of pixels, a ramp signal generator configured to generate a first ramp signal, a buffer including an amplifier of a super source follower structure and outputting a second ramp signal obtained by buffering the first ramp signal, and an analog-to-digital conversion circuit configured to compare a pixel signal output from the pixel array with the second ramp signal and converting the pixel signal to a pixel value.
US11070178B1	Class D power amplifier A class D power amplifier with novel design is provided. The amplifier includes an input stage, a periodic signal generator, a comparator, a power output stage, and a boost circuit. The input stage is coupled to a first supply voltage. The periodic signal generator generates a periodic signal and a reference signal. The power output stage is coupled to a second supply voltage. The boost circuit compares an output of the input stage with the reference signal, and thereby adjusts a value of the second supply voltage. The value of the second supply voltage is larger than a value of the first supply voltage. The reference signal is proportional to an amplitude of the periodic signal, and the amplitude of the periodic signal is determined by the value of the second supply voltage.
US11070174B2	Quadrature combined doherty amplifiers Apparatus and methods for quadrature combined Doherty amplifiers are provided herein. In certain embodiments, a separator is used to separate a radio frequency (RF) input signal into a plurality of input signal components that are amplified by a pair of Doherty amplifiers operating in quadrature. Additionally, a combiner is used to combine a plurality of output signal components generated by the pair of Doherty amplifiers, thereby generating an RF output signal exhibiting quadrature balancing.
US11070169B2	Vibration element and oscillator A vibration element includes: a quartz crystal substrate having a first vibration part and a second vibration part; a pair of first excitation electrodes formed at two main surfaces of the quartz crystal substrate, at the first vibration part; and a pair of second excitation electrodes formed in such a way as to sandwich the second vibration part in a direction of thickness of the quartz crystal substrate, at the second vibration part. At least one second excitation electrode of the pair of second excitation electrodes is formed at an inclined surface inclined to at least one of the two main surfaces.
US11070167B2	Systems and methods for reworking shingled solar cell modules A high efficiency configuration for a solar cell module comprises solar cells arranged in a shingled manner to form super cells, which may be arranged to efficiently use the area of the solar module, reduce series resistance, and increase module efficiency. Removing a defective solar cell from a super cell may be difficult, however. It may therefore be advantageous to bypass defective solar cells in a super cell rather than remove and replace them. A bypass conductor may be applied to the rear surface of the super cell to bypass one or more defective solar cells in a super cell or in a solar module comprising super cells.
US11070160B2	Electric power tool An electric power tool includes: a brushless motor having a plurality of stator windings and configured to rotate in accordance with voltages applied to the plurality of stator windings, an induced voltage being generated in accordance with a rotation of the brushless motor; a rectifier circuit configured to rectify an AC voltage; a smoothing capacitor configured to smooth the AC voltage rectified by the rectifier circuit to a pulsation voltage having a maximum value larger than the induced voltage and a minimum value smaller than the induced voltage; and an inverter circuit configured to perform switching operations to output the pulsation voltage to the plurality of stator windings by rotation.
US11070151B2	Systems and methods for calculating motor position, inertia and rest position in sensorless brushed DC motor control systems A system according to the present disclosure includes a motor driver module and a motor position determination module. The motor driver module is configured to measure current supplied to a motor. The motor position determination module is configured to determine a first position of the motor at a first time when power supply to the motor is initially discontinued based on ripples in the current supplied to the motor during a first period before the first time. The motor position determination module is configured to determine a second position of the motor at a second time when the motor stops rotating after power supply to the motor is discontinued based on the first position of the motor and a rotational speed of the motor at the first time.
US11070149B2	System for converting electromagnetic radiation to electrical energy using metamaterials Spectral tuning of heat source to emit radiation at a desired frequency or frequency band is accomplished using metamaterials. The metamaterials include a structured geometry having holes with dimensions and spacing chosen such that the resulting surface will emit radiation in the desired spectrum. A collector can be made of a similar metamaterial or antenna array to detect the emitted radiation and transfer it to a converter device that converts the detected radiation to electricity. Embodiments also provide efficient coupling to the converter device for energy harvesting. Cooling of the converter devices can be accomplished using a cooling sink or deep space.
US11070148B2	Triboelectric nanogenerator structure, sensing system and disinfecting system A triboelectric nanogenerator structure is provided. The triboelectric nanogenerator structure is composed of an upper electrode layer, a lower triboelectric layer, a lower electrode layer and an electric connecting member. The upper electrode layer is composed of a hybrid gel. The lower triboelectric layer corresponding to the upper electrode layer has a first surface and a second surface, and the first surface faces toward the upper electrode layer. The lower electrode layer is disposed at the second surface. The electric connecting member connects the upper electrode layer to the lower electrode layer.
US11070146B2	Efficient switching for converter circuit An apparatus may include a first switch leg and a controller. The first switch leg may include a first switch and a second switch. The second switch may be connected in series to the first switch. For a first half of a switching cycle, the controller may control the first switch and the second switch to be OFF. For a second half of the switching cycle, the controller may control the first switch to alternate between being ON and being OFF and to control the second switch to be ON.
US11070142B2	Power conversion device with control of switching element based on current detection A power conversion device includes a single-phase full-wave rectifying unit, an electrolytic capacitor, a plurality of chopper circuits that are arranged between the single-phase full-wave rectifying unit and the electrolytic capacitor, each of the chopper circuits including a reactor, a first MOSFET connected in parallel with the single-phase full-wave rectifying unit, and a second MOSFET connected to a positive terminal of the electrolytic capacitor at one end and to the reactor and the first MOSFET at the other end, a first current detecting unit to bidirectionally detect a current flowing through the reactor, and a control unit to control an operation of the first MOSFET by using the detection result from the first current detecting unit.
US11070136B2	System for controlling a direct-current-to-direct-current converter to provide electrical energy to a vehicle implement Each one of the secondary converters has a corresponding transformer having a primary winding associated with a primary alternating current (AC) signal and a secondary winding associated with a secondary alternating current (AC) signal. A secondary controller provides secondary control signals to the secondary semiconductor switches of the secondary converters with one or more time-synchronized, target phase offsets with respect to an observed phase of the alternating current signal (e.g., primary alternating current signal or the secondary alternating current signal) to provide the target phase offset (or targeted phase offsets) commensurate with or sufficient to support a required electrical energy transfer from the primary controller to the corresponding secondary controller (or secondary controllers).
US11070125B2	Voltage regulator having self-test mode A fault-tolerant multiphase voltage regulator includes a plurality of power stages, each of which is configured to deliver a phase current to a processor, and a controller. The controller is configured to: control the plurality of power stages to regulate an output voltage provided to the processor; detect and disable a faulty power stage; generate a throttling signal to indicate that one or more of the power stages is faulty and disabled; communicate the throttling signal to the processor over a physical line running between the processor and the controller; and place the multiphase voltage regulator in a self-test mode in which the processor is operated at a known computational load and the controller operates each power stage independently to determine if any of the power stages is faulty under the known computational load. A corresponding method of operating a fault-tolerant power distribution system is also described.
US11070114B2	Shaft-grounding ring The invention relates to a shaft-grounding ring which is used to remove induced voltages or electric charges from a first machine element (68), preferably from a shaft, into a second machine element (69) and has an annular housing (1), which consists of electrically conductive material and is conductively connected to the one machine element (68, 69) and has an electrically conductive connection to at least one discharging element (8). The discharging element consists of an electrically conductive material and has an electrically conductive connection to the other machine element. The discharging element (8) is a disk-shaped discharging body that extends at least over part of the circumference thereof.
US11070091B2	Wireless power transfer based on transmitter coil voltage sensing In a wireless power transfer system for supplying power to a wireless device, e.g., charging a battery, wireless power transmitter coil voltage is used in place of coil current for communication and power control reference. The transmitter coil voltage waveforms provide phase information, with reference to the pulse width modulation (PWM) waveforms, that can be used to demodulate digital packet communication from a wireless power receiver used to provide a voltage to a device. The DC voltage amplitude of the wireless power transmitter coil is used for controlling the power injected to the wireless power receiver coil, while the phase of the transmitter coil voltage PWM signal is used for demodulation of signal packets from the wireless power receiver to control the transmitter coil voltage and thereby wireless power transfer to the power receiver.
US11070085B2	Methods and apparatus for regulating a magnetic flux in an inductive power supply Aspects of the subject disclosure may include, supplying an alternating voltage waveform to a winding coupled to a magnetic core of an inductive power supply to regulate an alternating magnetic flux in the magnetic core. The alternating voltage waveform can be generated by selectively enabling one or more switches coupled to a storage device. The subject disclosure may further include configuring the one or more switches according to a configuration during a portion of a period of the alternating voltage waveform, and measuring a characteristic of an alternating current flowing in a conductor coupled to the magnetic core during the portion of the period of the alternating voltage waveform. Other embodiments are disclosed.
US11070084B2	Vehicle Provided is a vehicle including an undercover and a power receiving apparatus. The undercover is provided on the bottom surface of the vehicle. The undercover includes at least one air-flow regulating panel that regulates air flow flowing on the bottom surface side in the vehicle. The air-flow regulating panel is made of a metallic material having a lower electric resistance than that of iron. The power receiving apparatus is provided on the lower surface of the air-flow regulating panel. The power receiving apparatus is configured to wirelessly receive electric power from a power transmitting apparatus disposed outside the vehicle.
US11070082B2	Systems and methods for managing mesh-networked power control devices using tokens A power control device for controlling the power supplied to a device connected to it is connected wirelessly by a mesh network to a local controller and provides information on the power usage of the connected device remotely. The power control device can receive a function assignment remotely and will control the connected device according to that function.
US11070079B2	Integrated power supply system for auxiliary services for power converters An integrated power supply system for auxiliary services for power converters comprises a sinusoidal filter connected between an auxiliary output of a DC-AC inverter module and an input of the auxiliary service transformer in such a way that a control module, by means of control commands, interrupts the main output of the DC-AC inverter module and enables the secondary output thereof to allow the auxiliary service transformer to generate the auxiliary AC power. The DC-AC inverter module is connectable to a DC source and supplies the power it generates to an AC network.
US11070078B2	ASTS-less block redundant electrical topology with variable UPS walk-ins Systems and methods for the distribution of data center power are disclosed. In one embodiment, the method includes supplying power to a critical load using a stored energy device in response to detecting an outage of a utility; transmitting an on bypass request to a reserve power system via an automatic bypass input upon determining that a capacity of the stored energy device has reached a pre-determined threshold, wherein the on bypass request is transmitted from the primary UPS to a switchboard of the reserve power system; transferring the critical load to the reserve power system if the reserve power system is able to support the critical load, the transferring the critical load to the reserve power system comprising coupling the critical load to the switchboard via an automatic bypass input of the primary UPS.
US11070072B2	Battery fuel gauge apparatus A method comprises coupling a charge phase circuit and a battery phase circuit to a battery, in a charge mode, turning on a plurality of first switches and turning off a plurality of second switches to connect the charge phase circuit to the battery and in a battery mode, turning on the plurality of second switches and turning off the plurality of first switches to connect the battery phase circuit to the battery.
US11070063B2	Method for alternating conversion solar power Different systems to achieve solar power conversion are provided in at least three different general aspects, with circuitry that can be used to harvest maximum power from a solar source (1) or strings of panels (11) for DC or AC use, perhaps for transfer to a power grid (10) three aspects can exist perhaps independently and relate to: 1) electrical power conversion in a multimodal manner, 2) alternating between differing processes such as by an alternative mode photovoltaic power converter functionality control (27), and 3) systems that can achieve efficiencies in conversion that are extraordinarily high compared to traditional through substantially power isomorphic photovoltaic DC-DC power conversion capability that can achieve 99.2% efficiency or even only wire transmission losses. Switchmode impedance conversion circuits may have pairs of photovoltaic power series switch elements (24) and pairs of photovoltaic power shunt switch elements (25).
US11070058B2	Forecasting net load in a distributed utility grid A method for generating a net load forecast for a utility grid, the grid including intermittent distributed energy resources and loads, comprising: defining two or more load forecast zones, each zone being associated with a load profile type and a climate zone type; assigning each of the loads to one of the zones based on the load profile and climate zone types associated with the load; assigning each of the energy resources to at least one of the zones based on the climate zone type associated with the energy resource; for each zone, generating an electrical energy consumption forecast for loads, an electric power generation forecast for energy resources, and a net load forecast from the electrical energy consumption and electric power generation forecasts; combining the net load forecast for each zone to generate the net load forecast for the grid; and, presenting the net load forecast on a display. The utility grid may be or may include a microgrid.
US11070056B1	Short-term interval prediction method for photovoltaic power output The present disclosure belongs to the technical field of information, provides a short-term interval prediction method for photovoltaic power output, and is a short-term interval prediction method for photovoltaic power output based on a combination of a multi-objective optimization algorithm and a least square support vector machine. The present disclosure firstly proposes a similar day classification method considering both numerical value and pattern similarity to enhance the regularity of samples, then constructs an adaptive proportional interval estimation model based on dual-LSSVM model, and optimizes model parameters by using NSGA-II algorithms to realize the interval prediction of photovoltaic power output. Results obtained by the method have high accuracy, and computation efficiency meets actual application requirements. The method can also be popularized and applied in the fields of grid connection and scheduling of renewable energy sources.
US11070033B2	Optical amplifier Conventional integrated optical amplifiers, which combine different types of platforms, e.g. silicon photonic integrated circuit for the device layer, and a Group III-V material for the gain medium, typically include a curved waveguide extending through the gain medium coupled to waveguides in the main device layer. Unfortunately, the radius of curvature of the curved waveguide becomes a limiting factor for both size and amplification. Accordingly, an optical amplifier which eliminates the need for the curved waveguide by including a coupler for splitting an input optical signal into two sub-beams, for passage through the gain medium, and a reflector, such as a U-turn, for reflecting or redirecting the two sub-beams back through the gain medium to the coupler for recombination, would be a welcome improvement. A phase tuner may also be provided to ensure coherence cancellation between the two sub-beams to maximize output and minimize back reflection without requiring an isolator.
US11070019B2	System for processing an end of a cable An automated system for processing an end of a cable. The system includes: a cable delivery system; a cable processing module; a pallet supported by the cable delivery system; a drive wheel rotatably coupled to the pallet; a motor operatively coupled for driving rotation of the drive wheel; and an idler wheel rotatably coupled to the pallet and forming a nip with the drive wheel. The cable processing module includes cable processing equipment and a computer system. The computer system is configured to: (a) cause the drive wheel to rotate in a cable pushing direction to cause a specified length of cable to be inserted into the cable processing equipment; (b) activate the cable processing equipment to operate on the cable end; and (c) cause the drive wheel to rotate in a cable pulling direction to cause the length of cable to be removed from the cable processing equipment.
US11070017B1	Central shaft power connector for lighted ornaments A central shaft power connector for lighted ornaments is disclosed. A central support pole, such as for a Christmas tree is made in multiple parts joinable with an electrical and mechanical connector which joins the pole parts and simultaneously connects power or other circuits from one part to the other. The connector has two engaging sections and an outrigger platform which locates a connector off to the side of the poles but in alignment. Final alignment is obtained by a key and keyway in the connector parts. The connector is friction fit into a slot on each section so that the connector can be removed and replaced.
US11070012B2	Electrical outlet cover provided with electric wire organizer The present invention relates to an electric outlet cover attached to an electric outlet box installed on a wall or a power strip, the electric outlet cover being provided with an electric wire organizer which is capable of neatly winding and organizing various electric wires connected to the electric outlet.
US11070009B2	Junction connector assembly integrated with fuse A junction connector assembly integrated with a fuse may include an inner housing having a 1-1-th bus bar, a 1-2-th bus bar, and a second bus bar disposed therein to be spaced apart from one another and a first opening portion formed on one side surface to protrude first terminal portions of the 1-1-th bus bar and the 1-2-th bus bar; and a fuse configured to electrically connect the 1-1-th bus bar and the 1-2-th bus bar to each other, the fuse being inserted and fixed into the first opening portion.
US11070007B2	System configured to position a tip of a cable A system configured to position a tip of a cable. The system includes: a cable delivery system; a cable tip positioning module situated at a workstation in proximity to the cable delivery system; a pair of wheels operable to push a cable into the cable tip positioning module when a cable is in a nip between the wheels; an apparatus configured to hold the wheels; a motor operatively coupled to drive rotation of the wheels; and a proximity sensor configured to issue a cable present signal indicating the proximity of a conductor in the cable. The cable tip positioning module comprises a computer system configured to activate the motor to drive rotation of the wheels in a cable pulling direction in response to issuance of the cable present signal.
US11070006B2	Connector for low loss interconnection system A modular electrical connector facilitates low loss connections to components on a printed circuit board. A portion is of the connector is formed of one or more first type units with conductive elements designed to be attached to a printed circuit board. Signals passing through those units may be routed to components on the printed circuit board through traces in the board. One or more second type units may be integrated with the connector. Those units may be designed for attachment to a cable, which may provide signal paths to a location on the printed circuit board near relatively distant components.
US11069997B1	High-power electrical feeder connector An electrical connector includes conductive male and female contacts and insulating inner and outer sleeves, and connects first and second electrical wires end-to-end. The contacts can be attached to corresponding conductors of the first and second wires. The male contact includes an elongated pin; the female contact includes a receptacle. Inserting the pin into the receptacle results in mechanical engagement of, and electrical continuity between, the assembled contacts. The assembled contacts can be positioned within the compressible inner sleeve, which extends beyond the ends of the assembled contacts. The inner sleeve, with the assembled contacts therein, can be positioned within the rigid outer sleeve, which extends at least as far as the inner sleeve. Compression of the inner sleeve by the ends of the outer sleeve frictionally engages the ends of the inner sleeve with the corresponding wires.
US11069995B1	Single self-insulating contact for wet electrical connector An electrical connector includes an electrically insulating body and a self-passivating contact held at a higher voltage than a non-passivating contact. The self-passivating contact includes a first electrically conductive material that forms an electrically insulating passivation layer when exposed to water or other aggressive environment. The non-passivating contact includes a second electrically conductive material that is unreactive when exposed to water or other aggressive environment. The passivation layer on the self-passivating contact prevents electric current from flowing between the self-passivating contact and the non-passivating contact through the water or other aggressive environment.
US11069990B2	Pin adapter type cable connectors The present disclosure provides pin adapter type cable connectors used to terminate electrical conductors into mechanical connectors or other terminations typically found in electrical equipment. The connectors include a connector body having a conductor bore to receive a bare portion of an electrical conductor, a fastener that is coupled to the connector body and used to secure the bare portion of an electrical conductor to the connector body, and a pin adapter having an adapter body that can be removably connected to the connector body and a pin extending from the adapter body.
US11069987B2	Radar device A radar device includes: reception array antennas each including virtual antennas constructed from plural transmission antennas and plural reception antennas; and a transmission control unit which controls transmission waves transmitted from the transmission antennas, the plural transmission antennas include: a first transmission antenna group having at least two of the transmission antennas that are spaced from each other by a prescribed first interval; and a second transmission antenna group having at least one of the transmission antenna that is spaced, by a prescribed second interval, from a synthesized antenna that is the first transmission antenna group as regarded as a single antenna; and the transmission control unit is capable of switching between: a first mode and a second mode as defined herein.
US11069985B1	Multiple layer printed circuit board that includes multiple antennas and supports satellite communications Apparatuses, methods, and systems for a printed circuit board that includes multiple antennas, and operates to support satellite communications, are disclosed. One apparatus includes a first flat panel element. The first flat panel element includes a multilayer PCB (printed circuit board). The multilayer PCB includes a first exterior layer comprising N antenna elements, and a second exterior layer comprising N RF (radio frequency) chains operative to process the RF signals, each of the N RF chains electrically connected to a one of the N antenna elements, wherein all of a plurality of plated through hole vias of the PCB extend through the multilayer PCB from the first exterior layer to the second exterior layer, wherein vias that operate to connect control signals include extended cleanouts on layers of the multilayer PCB that do not include terminations of the control signals.
US11069983B2	Modified Z-type hexagonal ferrite materials with enhanced resonant frequency Disclosed herein are embodiments of modified z-type hexagonal ferrite materials having improved properties that are advantageous for radiofrequency applications, in particular high frequency ranges for antennas and other devices. Atomic substitution of strontium, aluminum, potassium, and trivalent ions can be used to replace certain atoms in the ferrite crystal structure to improve loss factor at high frequencies.
US11069975B1	Aimable beam antenna system A system that improves wireless communication between a wireless base station and a plurality of remote wireless computing user devices (UEs) based on aiming downlink wireless signals from a base station in a beam shaped waveform in a determined direction for each remote UE that is identified as allocated a time period for communication with the base station according to a schedule. The system includes different types of components may be employed to implement various functions, including an angle of arrival (AoA) detector component, a downlink protocol decoder component, and an antenna controller component. The AoA detector component may be employed to monitor one or more radio frequency (RF) wireless signals radiated by UEs that are communicating with the base station in accordance with an allocation schedule.
US11069971B2	Techniques for conductive particle based material used for at least one of propagation, emission and absorption of electromagnetic radiation An antenna system and method for fabricating an antenna are provided. The antenna system includes a substrate and an antenna. The antenna includes a conductive particle based material applied onto the substrate. The conductive particle based material includes conductive particles and a binder. When the conductive particle based material is applied to the substrate, the conductive particles are dispersed in the binder so that at least a majority of the conductive particles are adjacent to, but do not touch, one another.
US11069965B2	Low-profile broadband circularly-polarized array antenna using stacked traveling wave antenna elements A low-profile broadband circularly-polarized array antenna based on stacked traveling wave antenna elements, includes: a circularly-polarized antenna element composed of three segments connected in an end-to-end manner of metal layers printed on two sides of a dielectric slab and a metallized via connecting two layers; a 2×2 antenna sub-array composed of a metallized via cavity and four antenna elements; a 16-way full-parallel feeding network composed of the metallized vias; slots for coupled feeding between feeding layers and metal cavities and the antenna; and a switching structure for testing between a grounded coplanar waveguide (GCPW) and a substrate integrated waveguide (SIW). An antenna array designed can be manufactured by using a printed circuit board process. The antenna array can realize circularly polarized radiation in a very broad frequency band.
US11069964B2	Transparent film antenna The present invention relates to a transparent film antenna. The present invention comprises: an insulator film; and a metal electrode for an antenna, which is formed on the insulator film, wherein the transmittance of the metal electrode for an antenna is 80% to 95% inclusive. The present invention employs a metal electrode having a high transmittance and a low resistance, so as to provide a transparent film antenna which can be implemented in the screen display area of a display device, can be applied to a high frequency band for 3G to 5G mobile communication, can be implemented as a transparent film antenna satisfying a high transmittance, and can prevent moiré effects due to components of an antenna and thus improve the optical characteristics of a display device to which the antenna is coupled.
US11069961B2	Antenna device having an antenna element coupled at a notch of a ground conductor thereof An antenna device to be mounted on a vehicle, including a ground conductor having a planar shape; and an antenna element which is a resonant type, is provided at a position so as not to overlap with the ground conductor within a plane substantially parallel to the ground conductor, and is configured to transmit or receive a polarized wave parallel to the ground conductor. A rectangular notch is formed in the ground conductor to have both a right and left edge portions with a predetermined width being left, and the antenna element is provided at a position overlapping with the notch in a plane substantially parallel to the ground conductor.
US11069959B1	Monolithic radiating elements and feedboard assemblies for base station antennas formed via laser direct structuring and other selective metallization techniques A method of fabricating a monolithic feedboard assembly for a base station antenna, the method comprises injection molding a unitary frame that includes a feedboard section and at least one radiating element section and then selectively depositing metal on the unitary frame to form radio frequency transmission lines and radiators on the unitary frame to provide the monolithic feedboard assembly.
US11069958B2	Method for receiving satellite signal by adjusting resonant frequency according to medium outside electronic device and electronic device supporting same An electronic device is provided. The electronic device includes a sensor, an antenna, a positioning circuit configured to receive satellite signals through the antenna using a specified frequency band, a resonant frequency adjustment circuit configured to adjust a resonant frequency of the antenna, and a processor, wherein the processor is configured to, identify whether the electronic device is in water using the sensor, when the electronic device is not in water, adjust the resonant frequency to a first frequency band specified according to a first permittivity of air in relation to the specified frequency band using the resonant frequency adjustment circuit, when the electronic device is in water, adjust the resonant frequency of the antenna to a second frequency band specified according to a second permittivity of water in relation to the specified frequency band using the resonant frequency adjustment circuit, receive the satellite signals through the antenna of which the resonant frequency has been adjusted to a frequency band corresponding to one of the first frequency band and the second frequency band using the positioning circuit; and determine a position of the electronic device primarily on the basis of the received satellite signals using the positioning circuit.
US11069946B2	Rechargeable battery pack A rechargeable battery pack may improve safety of the rechargeable battery pack by interrupting a high voltage of a module when a defect of a unit cell occurs. A rechargeable battery pack includes: unit cells configured to be repeatedly charged or discharged; bus bars configured to electrically connect electrode terminals of the unit cells; a housing configured to accommodate the unit cells; a first final terminal and a second final terminal configured to draw respective electrode terminals provided at outermost unit cells of the unit cells out of the housing; and a high voltage interruption device configured to be provided at the first final terminal and to electrically connect or disconnect a high voltage line according to an internal pressure generated when a defect of a unit cell of the unit cells occurs.
US11069945B1	Methods and apparatus for a battery and regulating the temperature of batteries A battery that includes collectors with tabs that are wide with respect to the area of the collector. The wide tabs present a low electrical and thermal resistance to improve the flow of current and/or heat to and from the collector thereby improving electrical and thermal performance of the battery. The battery further includes terminals with a channel that supports the flow of medium (e.g., liquid) to heat and/or cool the battery. The terminals may include fins or pins to increase the surface area of the terminal to improve thermal transfer to and from the battery and collectors of the battery. The batteries may be formed into a battery module that includes a system for monitoring and regulating the temperature of the batteries of the module.
US11069942B2	Secondary battery and battery module The present invention relates to a secondary battery and a battery module. The secondary battery includes: a casing including a receiving cavity having an opening; a top cover assembly, and an electrode assembly disposed in the receiving cavity, wherein the electrode assembly includes two end faces disposed opposite to each other in a first direction perpendicular to a depth direction of the receiving cavity, a lug extending from each end face; the lug is a layered structure and has a redundant section near the end face and a connecting section connected to the redundant section; the current collecting member includes a current collecting portion fixedly connected to the connecting section. The lug of the secondary battery of the embodiment of the present invention has the redundant section, which can effectively buffer the movement and reduce the possibility that the lug is torn or broken due to an excessive tensile stress.
US11069939B2	Underwater locator device (ULD) particle suppressor/trap An avionics unit assembly for an aircraft includes an avionics unit such as an underwater locator device (ULD) having a transmitter configured to output a radio frequency pulse and a battery configured to power the device. The avionics unit assembly can further include a housing that encases the transmitter and the battery and includes a vent port for exhausting an emission from the housing during a failure of the avionics unit. The avionics unit assembly can further include one or more of a suppressor that filters the emission, a shield element that is resistant to chemical and/or thermal effects of the emission, and a bracket for mounting the avionics unit assembly to a surface. The suppressor can include a plurality of channels, where each channel includes at least one blind alley that can capture/filter a particulate component and/or a liquid component from the emission and/or break up the particulate component.
US11069929B1	Apparatuses and methods for optically monitoring fluid level in a container, such as a battery, using a non-contact optical detector on an outside surface of the container An apparatus for optically monitoring a fluid level of a container comprises a light emitter(s), a plurality of optical detectors, and a control system. The light emitter(s) is configured to emit light toward a target surface when positioned, at a fluid threshold level, on the outside of the container. Upper and lower optical detectors are configured to receive light reflected from the target surface when positioned on the outside of the container above and below the fluid threshold level. The control system detects, based on measured reflectance received by the upper and lower optical detector, whether the upper optical detector is above the fluid level and whether at least a portion of the lower optical detector is above the fluid level, and determines, based on these detections, whether the level of fluid within the container has dropped below the fluid threshold level.
US11069923B2	Battery management apparatus for transmitting and receiving data to manage battery cell using optical signal A battery management system (BMS) manages a battery using a master device, a sub-master device corresponding to each of battery packs, and a slave device corresponding to each of battery cells. Data is transmitted from the master device through the sub-master device to the slave device using an electrical signal, and the data includes a control message for controlling a battery cell. Data transmitted from the slave device through the sub-master device to the master device using an optical signal, and the data includes information associated with a battery cell acquired in the slave device.
US11069916B2	Cylindrical battery A cylindrical battery according to an embodiment of the present invention includes an electrode body, an electrolyte solution, a tubular exterior can that has a bottom and that accommodates the electrode body and the electrolyte solution, and a sealing body that seals the exterior can. The sealing body includes a valve member, an insulating plate that includes a hollow portion, and a metal plate that has a first through-hole. The insulating plate is disposed between the valve member and the metal plate. At least one of the valve member and the metal plate includes a projection that projects toward an inside of the hollow portion. The valve member and the metal plate are joined to each other at the projection. The insulating plate has a second through-hole that is formed around the hollow portion.
US11069909B2	Fuel cell vehicle and method for controlling the same In a fuel cell vehicle, when temperature of a power storage device detected by a temperature sensor is a second temperature, which is lower than a predetermined first temperature, at least in a period when the power storage device is allowed to be charged with regenerative electric power, remaining charge is controlled by setting a lower limit to a value higher than a lower limit set at the first temperature. When a stop instruction for a fuel cell system is input, remaining charge raising processing for raising the remaining charge of the power storage device is performed.
US11069903B2	Metal particle supported catalysts, methods for producing same, and fuel cells using same A catalyst, includes: a carbon support that possesses functional groups including a carboxyl group; and a metal that is supported onto the carbon support, wherein the proportion of the carboxyl group to the functional groups is 10% or higher. A method for producing a catalyst includes: (i) supporting metal particles onto a carbon support; (ii) bringing the carbon support into contact with an acid solution; and (iii) calcining the carbon support after Step (ii), wherein the carbon support included in the produced catalyst possesses functional groups including a carboxyl group, and the proportion of said carboxyl group to the functional groups is 10% or higher.
US11069898B2	All-solid-state secondary battery An all-solid-state secondary battery has a positive electrode collector, a positive electrode active material layer, a negative electrode active material layer, a negative electrode collector, and a solid electrolyte. The solid electrolyte has an interlayer solid electrolyte located between the positive electrode active material layer and the negative electrode active material layer, and the all-solid-state secondary battery further includes a trapping layer that traps a metal of which at least one of the positive electrode collector and the negative electrode collector is formed.
US11069897B2	Volume-expansion accommodable anode-free solid-state battery Various arrangements of an anode-free solid-state battery cell are presented herein. The battery cell can include a lithium ion buffer layer that is located between a solid-state electrolyte and an anode current collector. Lithium ions may be stored within the lithium ion buffer layer when the battery cell is charged, which can decrease an amount of swelling within the battery cell.
US11069887B2	Negative electrode, battery, battery pack, electronic apparatus, electrically driven vehicle, electrical storage device, and electric power system Provided is a battery including a positive electrode, a negative electrode, and an electrolytic solution. The negative electrode includes a negative electrode active material layer including a negative electrode active material and a binding agent. The negative electrode active material includes a silicon-containing material. The binding agent includes a fluorine-containing resin and a polyacrylic acid metal salt. A total amount of the fluorine-containing resin and the polyacrylic acid metal salt is 10 parts by mass to 30 parts by mass on the basis of 100 parts by mass of the negative electrode active material.
US11069883B2	Galvanic metal-water cell with nickel-molybdenum cathode Galvanic metal-water cells and methods of manufacturing positive electrodes to be used in said galvanic metal-water cells. The galvanic metal-water cells in accordance with various embodiments include a cathode that includes a layer comprising nickel-molybdenum deposited thereon. The nickel-molybdenum coated cathodes exhibit favorable hydrogen evolution reaction overpotential compared with existing devices. In these galvanic metal-water cells, the metal is oxidized and water is reduced.
US11069873B2	Formation of a two-layer via structure to mitigate damage to a display device In some embodiments, the present disclosure relates to a display device that includes an isolation structure disposed over a reflector electrode, a transparent electrode disposed over the isolation structure, an optical emitter structure disposed over the transparent electrode, and a via structure. The via structure extends from the transparent electrode at a top surface of the isolation structure to a top surface of the reflector electrode. The via structure includes a center horizontal segment that contacts the top surface of the reflector electrode, a sidewall vertical segment that contacts an inner sidewall of the isolation structure, and an upper horizontal segment that is connected to the center horizontal segment by the sidewall vertical segment. The upper horizontal segment is thicker than the center horizontal segment.
US11069872B2	Delocalizer and light emitting device using the same A delocalizer and a light emitting device using the same are provided. The light emitting device includes a substrate and a first electrode layer. The first electrode layer is disposed over the substrate, in which two sides of the first electrode layer have a first contact pad and a second contact pad, respectively. The delocalizer is disposed between the first contact pad and the second contact pad. The delocalizer may include a plurality of strip-shaped transparent conductive members adjacent to each other, and a plurality of transparent conductive blocks adjacent to each other may be disposed between adjacent two of the strip-shaped transparent conductive members.
US11069869B2	Photoelectric conversion element and method for producing the same A photoelectric conversion element capable of reducing a specific dark current. In a photoelectric conversion element (10) including an anode (12), a cathode (16), and an active layer (14) provided between the anode and the cathode, the active layer contains a p-type semiconductor material having a band gap of 0.5 eV to 1.58 eV, and an n-type semiconductor material, the n-type semiconductor material is a C60 fullerene derivative, and on an image obtained by binarizing an image of the active layer observed by a transmission electron microscope, the junction length between a phase of the n-type semiconductor material and a phase of the p-type semiconductor material is 120 μm to 170 μm per square micrometer of the area of the binarized image.
US11069862B2	Material for organic electroluminescence device and organic electroluminescence device using the same Provided are an organic electroluminescence device, which shows high luminous efficiency, is free of any pixel defect, and has a long lifetime, and a material for an organic electroluminescence device for realizing the device. The material for an organic electroluminescence device is a compound having a n-conjugated heteroacene skeleton crosslinked with a carbon atom, nitrogen atom, oxygen atom, or sulfur atom. The organic electroluminescence device has one or more organic thin film layers including a light emitting layer between a cathode and an anode, and at least one layer of the organic thin film layers contains the material for an organic electroluminescence device.
US11069853B2	Methods for forming structures for MRAM applications Embodiments of the disclosure provide methods and apparatus for fabricating magnetic tunnel junction (MTJ) structures on a substrate in for hybrid (or called integrated) spin-orbit-torque magnetic spin-transfer-torque magnetic random access memory (SOT-STT MRAM) applications. In one embodiment, the method includes one or more magnetic tunnel junction structures disposed on a substrate, the magnetic tunnel junction structure comprising a first ferromagnetic layer and a second ferromagnetic layer sandwiching a tunneling barrier layer, a spin orbit torque (SOT) layer disposed on the magnetic tunnel junction structure, and a back end structure disposed on the spin orbit torque (SOT) layer.
US11069851B2	Semiconductor device having a vertical hall element with a buried layer A semiconductor devices has a vertical Hall element formed on a semiconductor substrate, the vertical Hall element including a semiconductor layer of a second conductivity type formed above the semiconductor substrate; an impurity diffusion layer of the second conductivity type formed in an upper portion of the semiconductor layer and having a concentration higher than that of the semiconductor layer; a plurality of electrodes formed on a surface of the impurity diffusion layer, arrayed in a straight line, and each formed from an impurity region of the second conductivity type; a plurality of electrode isolation diffusion layers of the first conductivity type each formed between two adjacent electrodes; and a buried layer formed between the semiconductor substrate and the semiconductor layer, and having a concentration higher than that of the semiconductor layer and lower than that of the impurity diffusion layer.
US11069845B2	Light emitting device A light emitting device includes a substrate extending in a first direction and a second direction, first through fourth light emitting structures spaced apart from each other in the first and second direction and arranged in a matrix form on the substrate, a plurality of first interconnection layer structures connecting the first light emitting structure to the second light emitting structure, a second interconnection layer structure connecting the second light emitting structure to the third light emitting structure, and a plurality of third interconnection layer structures connecting the third light emitting structure to the fourth light emitting structure.
US11069836B2	Methods for growing light emitting devices under ultra-violet illumination Described herein are methods for growing light emitting devices under ultra-violet (UV) illumination. A method includes growing a III-nitride n-type layer over a III-nitride p-type layer under UV illumination. Another method includes growing a light emitting device structure on a growth substrate and growing a tunnel junction on the light emitting device structure, where certain layers are grown under UV illumination. Another method includes forming a III-nitride tunnel junction n-type layer over the III-nitride p-type layer to form a tunnel junction light emitting diode. A surface of the III-nitride tunnel junction n-type layer is done under illumination during an initial period and a remainder of the formation is completed absent illumination. The UV light has photon energy higher than the III-nitride p-type layer's band gap energy. The UV illumination inhibits formation of Mg—H complexes within the III-nitride p-type layer resulting from hydrogen present in a deposition chamber.
US11069822B2	Transition metal chalcogenide van der waals films, methods of making same, and apparatuses and devices comprising same Provided are van der Waals (VDW) films comprising one or more transition metal chalcogenide (TMD) films. Also provided are methods of making VDW films. The methods are based on transfer of monolayer TMD films under vacuum, for example, using a handle layer. Also provided are apparatuses and devices comprising one or more VDW film.
US11069815B2	Radiation hardened thin-film transistors A thin-film transistor comprises an annealed layer comprising crystalline zinc oxide. A passivation layer is adjacent to the thin-film transistor. The passivation layer has a thickness and material composition such that when a dose of radiation from a radiation source irradiates the thin-film transistor, a portion of the dose that includes an approximate maximum concentration of the dose is located within the annealed layer. The annealed layer has a thickness and threshold displacement energies after it has been annealed such that: a) a difference between a transfer characteristic value of the thin-film transistor before and after the dose is less than a first threshold; and b) a difference between a transistor output characteristic value of the thin-film before and after the dose is less than a second threshold. The thresholds are based on a desired performance of the thin-film transistor.
US11069812B2	Fin field-effect transistor device and method of forming the same A method of forming a semiconductor device includes forming a fin protruding above a substrate; forming a liner over the fin; performing a surface treatment process to convert an upper layer of the liner distal to the fin into a conversion layer, the conversion layer comprising an oxide or a nitride of the liner; forming isolation regions on opposing sides of the fin after the surface treatment process; forming a gate dielectric over the conversion layer after forming the isolation regions; and forming a gate electrode over the fin and over the gate dielectric.
US11069811B2	Semiconductor device structure and method for forming the same A method for forming a semiconductor device structure is provided. The method for forming the semiconductor device structure includes forming a first mask layer covering the gate stack, forming a contact alongside the gate stack and the first mask layer, recessing the contact, etching the first mask layer, and forming a second mask layer covering the contact and a portion of the first mask layer.
US11069809B2	Soi FinFET fins with recessed fins and epitaxy in source drain region Fabrication method for a semiconductor device and structure are provided, which includes: providing an isolation layer at least partially disposed adjacent to at least one sidewall of a fin structure extended above a substrate structure, the fin structure including a channel region; recessing an exposed portion of the fin structure to define a residual stress to be induced into the channel region of the fin structure, wherein upper surfaces of a recessed fin portion and the isolation layer are coplanar with each other; and epitaxially growing a semiconductor material from the recessed exposed portion of the fin structure to form at least one of a source region and a drain region of the semiconductor device.
US11069806B2	Integrated circuit including a low-noise amplifying circuit with asymmetrical source and drain regions and a logic circuit with symmetrical source and drain regions An integrated circuit includes a logic circuit and an amplifying circuit, in particular a low-noise amplifying circuit. The amplifying circuit includes at least one first transistor. The gate of the first transistor is coupled to a signal input terminal, the source region and the drain region of the first transistor are formed respectively in the well region of the first transistor on both sides of the gate, wherein the source region is coupled to a reference voltage terminal, and the sheet resistance of the source region is lower than that of the drain region. The logic circuit includes at least one second transistor. The sheet resistances of the source region and the drain region of the second transistor are equal.
US11069788B2	Semiconductor device To provide a semiconductor device including an electrode having a low contact resistance with the back surface of a GaN substrate and being suitably bonded with solder, and having a low electric resistance of the current flowing in a vertical direction. The semiconductor device has a GaN substrate, a first semiconductor layer, a second semiconductor layer, a third semiconductor layer, a fourth semiconductor layer, a body electrode, a drain electrode, a source electrode, and a gate electrode. The drain electrode has a Ti layer, an Al layer, a Ti layer, a TiN layer, a Ti layer, a Ni layer, and an Ag layer sequentially from the second surface of the GaN substrate.
US11069780B2	Coating liquid for forming oxide, method for producing oxide film, and method for producing field-effect transistor A coating liquid for forming an oxide, the coating liquid including: A element, which is at least one alkaline earth metal; and B element, which is at least one selected from the group consisting of gallium (Ga), scandium (Sc), yttrium (Y), and lanthanoid, wherein when a total of concentrations of the A element is denoted by CA mg/L and a total of concentrations of the B element is denoted by CB mg/L, a total of concentrations of sodium (Na) and potassium (K) in the coating liquid is (CA+CB)/103 mg/L or less and a total of concentrations of chromium (Cr), manganese (Mn), iron (Fe), cobalt (Co), nickel (Ni), and copper (Cu) in the coating liquid is (CA+CB)/103 mg/L or less.
US11069778B2	Silicon carbide components and methods for producing silicon carbide components A method for producing a silicon carbide component includes forming a silicon carbide layer on an initial wafer, forming a doping region of the silicon carbide component to be produced in the silicon carbide layer, and forming an electrically conductive contact structure of the silicon carbide component to be produced on a surface of the silicon carbide layer. The electrically conductive contact structure electrically contacts the doping region. Furthermore, the method includes splitting the silicon carbide layer or the initial wafer after forming the electrically conductive contact structure, such that a silicon carbide substrate at least of the silicon carbide component to be produced is split off.
US11069777B1	Manufacturing method of self-aligned DMOS body pickup A manufacturing process of a DMOS device in a drift region in a semiconductor substrate, having: forming a polysilicon layer above the drift region; forming a block layer above the polysilicon layer; etching both the block layer and the polysilicon layer, through a window of a first masking layer to expose a window to the drift region; implanting dopants through the window to the drift region to form a body region; forming blocking spacers to wrap side walls of the polysilicon layer; implanting dopants into the body region under a window shaped by the blocking spacers to form a body pickup region; etching away the blocking spacers; performing a masking step to form gates; forming ONO spacers to wrap side walls of the gates; and performing a masking step to form source regions and drain pickup regions.
US11069774B2	Shallow trench isolation structure and semiconductor device with the same A shallow trench isolation structure and a semiconductor device. The shallow trench isolation structure includes a substrate; at least one trench located at a top surface of the substrate; and a first dielectric layer, a second dielectric layer and a third dielectric layer that are sequentially stacked on an inner wall of each of the at least one trench. A topmost surface of the first dielectric layer is lower than a topmost surface of the second dielectric layer and the top surface of the substrate, to form a first groove between the second dielectric layer and the substrate. An edge corner between the top surface of the substrate and the inner wall of each of the at least one trench is in a shape of a fillet curve. The fillet structure is smooth and round without a sharp corner, reducing point discharge and improving reliability of the shallow trench isolation structure.
US11069770B2	Carrier injection control fast recovery diode structures Semiconductor devices and methods of fabrication are provided. The semiconductor device includes a Charge Injection Controlled (CIC) Fast Recovery Diode (FRD) to control charge injection by lowering carrier storage. The device can have a first conductivity type semiconductor substrate, and a drift region that includes a doped buffer region, a doped middle region and a doped field stop region or carrier storage region. The device can also include a second conductivity type shield region including a deep junction encircling (or substantially laterally beneath) the buffer region and a second conductivity type shallow junction anode region in electrical contact with a second conductivity type anode electrode. The deep junction can have a range of doping concentrations surrounding the buffer regions to deplete buffer charge laterally as well as vertically to prevent premature device breakdown. The first conductivity type may be N type and the second conductivity type may be P type.
US11069748B2	Organic electroluminescence device and electronic apparatus A organic electroluminescence device includes: a plurality of pixels each including an organic layer and a second electrode in this order on a first electrode having light reflectivity, and each configured to emit light of one wavelength out of two or more different wavelengths, the organic layer including an organic electroluminescence layer; and a black matrix layer provided on light emission side of the second electrode, and having first apertures for the respective pixels. The black matrix layer has inclined surfaces inside the respective first apertures, and inclination angles of the inclined surfaces are set, based on emission wavelengths of the pixels.
US11069744B2	Steep-switch vertical field effect transistor Embodiments of the invention are directed to a method and resulting structures for a steep-switch vertical field effect transistor (SS-VFET). In a non-limiting embodiment of the invention, a semiconductor fin is formed vertically extending from a bottom source or drain region of a substrate. A top source or drain region is formed on a surface of the semiconductor fin and a top metallization layer is formed on the top source or drain region. A bi-stable resistive system is formed on the top metallization layer. The bi-stable resistive system includes an insulator-to-metal transition material or a threshold-switching selector. The SS-VFET provides a subthreshold switching slope of less than 60 millivolts per decade.
US11069742B2	Crossbar array circuit with parallel grounding lines Technologies relating to crossbar array circuits with parallel grounding lines are disclosed. An example crossbar array circuit includes: a word line; a bit line; a first selector line; a grounding line; a first transistor including a first source terminal, a first drain terminal, a first gate terminal, and a first body terminal; and an RRAM device connected in series with the first transistor. The grounding line is connected to the first body terminal and is grounded and the grounding line parallel to the bit line. The first selector line is connected to the first gate terminal. In some implementations, the RRAM device is connected between the first transistor via the first drain terminal and the word line, and the first source terminal is connected to the bit line.
US11069739B2	Imaging device and electronic apparatus Provided is an imaging device including: a pixel region including a first photoelectric converter; an outside-pixel region including a second photoelectric converter coupled to a predetermined electric potential; and a circuit substrate having one surface on which the first photoelectric converter and the second photoelectric converter are provided, and including a peripheral circuit electrically coupled to the first photoelectric converter.
US11069733B2	Image sensor having improved full well capacity and related method of formation In some embodiments, a method is provided. The method includes forming a plurality of trenches in a semiconductor substrate, where the trenches extend into the semiconductor substrate from a back-side of the semiconductor substrate. An epitaxial layer comprising a dopant is formed on lower surfaces of the trenches, sidewalls of the trenches, and the back-side of the semiconductor substrate, where the dopant has a first doping type. The dopant is driven into the semiconductor substrate to form a first doped region having the first doping type along the epitaxial layer, where the first doped region separates a second doped region having a second doping type opposite the first doping type from the sidewalls of the trenches and from the back-side of the semiconductor substrate. A dielectric layer is formed over the back-side of the semiconductor substrate, where the dielectric layer fill the trenches to form back-side deep trench isolation structures.
US11069702B2	Semiconductor device and manufacturing method thereof According to one embodiment, a semiconductor device includes a substrate, a stack comprising a plurality of conductive layers stacked one over the other in a first direction, and an insulating layer interposed between adjacent conductive layers located over the substrate, a first semiconductor layer extending inwardly of the stack and through the plurality of conductive layers in the first direction, a memory layer located between the first semiconductor layer and the plurality of conductive layers, and a second semiconductor layer located over, and in contact with, the first semiconductor layer, wherein the second semiconductor layer includes a third semiconductor layer containing phosphorous, and a fourth semiconductor layer containing carbon provided between the first semiconductor layer and the third semiconductor layer.
US11069692B2	FinFET SRAM cells with dielectric fins An SRAM cell includes: first, second, third, fourth, and fifth dielectric fins disposed in this order along a first direction and oriented lengthwise along a second direction, where the first and the fifth dielectric fins define two edges of the SRAM cell; a first N-type semiconductor fin disposed between the first and the second dielectric fins; a second N-type semiconductor fin disposed between the fourth and the fifth dielectric fins; a first P-type semiconductor fin disposed between the second and the third dielectric fins; a second P-type semiconductor fin disposed between the third and the fourth dielectric fins, where each of the first and the second N-type semiconductor fins and each of the first and the second P-type semiconductor fins is oriented lengthwise along the second direction; and gate structures oriented lengthwise along the first direction, where the gate structures engage one or more of the dielectric fin.
US11069688B2	Vertical transistor with eDRAM Structures and methods for making vertical transistors in the Embedded Dynamic Random Access Memory (eDRAM) scheme are provided. A method includes: providing a bulk substrate with a first doped layer thereon, depositing a first hard mask over the substrate, forming a trench through the substrate, filling the trench with a first polysilicon material, and after filling the trench with the first polysilicon material, i) growing a second polysilicon material over the first polysilicon material and ii) epitaxially growing a second doped layer over the first doped layer, where the grown second polysilicon material and epitaxially grown second doped layer form a basis for a strap merging the second doped layer and the second polysilicon material.
US11069682B2	Multi-fin FINFET device including epitaxial growth barrier on outside surfaces of outermost fins and related methods A multi-fin FINFET device may include a substrate and a plurality of semiconductor fins extending upwardly from the substrate and being spaced apart along the substrate. Each semiconductor fin may have opposing first and second ends and a medial portion therebetween, and outermost fins of the plurality of semiconductor fins may comprise an epitaxial growth barrier on outside surfaces thereof. The FINFET may further include at least one gate overlying the medial portions of the semiconductor fins, a plurality of raised epitaxial semiconductor source regions between the semiconductor fins adjacent the first ends thereof, and a plurality of raised epitaxial semiconductor drain regions between the semiconductor fins adjacent the second ends thereof.
US11069680B2	FinFET-based integrated circuits with reduced parasitic capacitance An integrated circuit includes a first set of fins, a second set of fins, a gate, and a dielectric plug. The second set of fins is discrete from the first set of fins, and the gate passes over the first set of fins and the second set of fins. The dielectric plug is surrounded by the gate on two sides where the gate passes between the first set of fins and the second set of fins. Incorporation of aspects of the invention into integrated circuits with fin-based field effect transistors (FinFETs) helps to reduce parasitic capacitance between gate features and other nearby electrically conductive features.
US11069677B2	Semiconductor device comprising metal-insulator-metal (MIM) capacitor We report a semiconductor device, containing a semiconductor substrate; an isolation feature on the substrate; a plurality of gates on the isolation feature, wherein each gate comprises a gate electrode and a high-k dielectric layer disposed between the gate electrode and the isolation feature and disposed on and in contact with at least one side of the gate electrode; and a fill metal between the plurality of gates on the isolation feature. We also report methods of forming such a device, and a system for manufacturing such a device.
US11069675B2	ESD protection device with bidirectional diode string-triggering SCR structure An ESD protection device for bidirectional diode string triggering SCR structure belongs to the field of electro-static discharge of an integrated circuit. A deep N well is arranged on a P substrate, and a first P well, a first N well, a second P well and a second N well are successively arranged from left to right on a surface region of the deep N well. In a second N well region, a mask preparing plate is used to insert the P wells at intervals. The circumference of each P well is isolated by the N well. Each P well is respectively provided with a pair of P+ implantation region and N+ implantation region. The metal wire is connected with the implantation region, and a positive electrode and a negative electrode are led out from the metal wire for forward conduction and reverse conduction.
US11069673B2	Semiconductor package and manufacturing method thereof A semiconductor package and a manufacturing method for the semiconductor package are provided. The semiconductor package has a redistribution layer, at least one die over the redistribution layer, through interlayer vias on the redistribution layer and aside the die and a molding compound encapsulating the die and the through interlayer vias disposed on the redistribution layer. The semiconductor package has connectors connected to the through interlayer vias and a protection film covering the molding compound and the die. The protection film is formed by a printing process.
US11069672B2	Laminated element manufacturing method A laminated element manufacturing method includes a first forming step of forming a first gettering region for each of functional elements by irradiating a semiconductor substrate of a first wafer with a laser light, a first grindsing step of grinding the semiconductor substrate of the first wafer and removing a portion of the first gettering region, a bonding step of bonding a circuit layer of a second wafer to the semiconductor substrate of the first wafer, a second forming step of forming a second gettering region for each of the functional elements by irradiating the semiconductor substrate of the second wafer with a laser light, and a second grinding step of grinding the semiconductor substrate of the second wafer and removing a portion of the second gettering region.
US11069671B2	Semiconductor package and method In an embodiment, a method includes: aligning a first package component with a second package component, the first package component having a first region and a second region, the first region including a first conductive connector, the second region including a second conductive connector; performing a first laser shot on a first portion of a top surface of the first package component, the first laser shot reflowing the first conductive connector of the first region, the first portion of the top surface of the first package component completely overlapping the first region; and after performing the first laser shot, performing a second laser shot on a second portion of the top surface of the first package component, the second laser shot reflowing the second conductive connector of the second region, the second portion of the top surface of the first package component completely overlapping the second region.
US11069669B2	Micro LED display panel and method for making same A micro LED display panel includes a blue LED layer, a green LED layer, and a red LED layer. The blue LED layer, the green LED layer, and the red LED layer are in a stacked formation. The blue, the green, and the red LED layers each include a plurality of micro LEDs spaced apart from each other. The composition of the layers is such that light emitted from all but the bottom layer is able to pass through transparent material in other layers before exiting the panel and being viewed.
US11069641B2	Integrated circuit package and display device using the same An integrated circuit package and a display device using the same are discussed. The bottom surface of the integrated circuit package includes a first barrier bump area in which a plurality of barrier bumps is arranged, configured to be disposed between an input bump area and an output bump area; and a second barrier bump area in which a plurality of barrier bumps is arranged, configured to be disposed between the first barrier bump area and the output bump area. The first barrier bump area is closer to the input bump area than the second barrier bump area, and the second barrier bump area is closer to the output bump area than the first barrier bump area.
US11069639B2	Semiconductor module, electronic component and method of manufacturing a semiconductor module In an embodiment, a module includes a first electronic device in a first device region and a second electronic device in a second device region. The first electronic device is operably coupled to the second electronic device to form a circuit. Side faces of the first electronic device and of the second electronic device are embedded in, and in direct contact with, a first epoxy layer.
US11069637B2	Semiconductor device, manufacturing method, and electronic device Provided is a semiconductor device, a manufacturing method, and an electronic device designed to suppress the occurrence of Cu pumping. The semiconductor device includes a Cu electrode pad serving as a bonding surface for bonding a plurality of semiconductor members together and an electrode via, the electrode via being a connection member that connects the Cu electrode pad to a lower-layer metal. The Cu electrode pad is formed in a location displaced from the electrode via.
US11069624B2	Electrical devices and methods of manufacture A die can be applied to a front conductive layer. Openings can be formed in the conductive layer over contact points on the die. The openings can be filled with a conductive material to electrically couple the conductive layer to the contact points on the die. The front conductive layer can be etched to form a first conductive pattern. Conductive standoffs can be formed on portions of the front conductive layer. An additional front conductive layer can be laminated onto the front side. Openings can be formed in the additional front conductive layer over the standoffs. The openings can be filled with a conductive material to electrically couple the additional conductive layer to the underlying standoffs. The additional conductive layer can be etched to form a second conductive pattern.
US11069623B2	Semiconductor package Provided is a semiconductor package. The semiconductor package may include a substrate, a semiconductor chip on the substrate, a passive element on the substrate, a conductive structure on the substrate, and an interposer substrate on the semiconductor chip, the passive element, and the conductive structure. The interposer substrate may be electrically connected to the conductive structure. A height of the passive element may be greater than a height of the semiconductor chip.
US11069622B2	Interposer-type component carrier and method of manufacturing the same An interposer-type component carrier includes a stack comprising at least one electrically conductive layer structure and at least one electrically insulating layer structure; a cavity formed in an upper portion of the stack; an active component embedded in the cavity and having at least one terminal facing upwards; and a redistribution structure having only one electrically insulating layer structure above the component. A method of manufacturing an interposer-type component carrier is also disclosed.
US11069620B2	Die interconnect substrate, an electrical device and a method for forming a die interconnect substrate A die interconnect substrate comprises a bridge die comprising at least one bridge interconnect connecting a first bridge die pad of the bridge die to a second bridge die pad of the bridge die. The die interconnect substrate comprises a multilayer substrate structure comprising a substrate interconnect. The bridge die is embedded in the multilayer substrate structure. The substrate interconnect extends from a level above the bridge die to a level below the bridge die. The multilayer substrate structure further comprises an electrically insulating layer comprising a first electrically insulating material. The multilayer substrate structure further comprises an electrically insulating filler structure located laterally between the bridge die and the electrically insulating layer, wherein the electrically insulating filler structure comprises a second electrically insulating material different from the first electrically insulating material.
US11069614B2	Semiconductor package structure A semiconductor structure includes a die, a molding surrounding the die, a first dielectric layer disposed over the die and the molding, and a second dielectric layer disposed between the first dielectric layer and the die, and between the first dielectric layer and the molding. A material content ratio in the first dielectric layer is substantially greater than that in the second dielectric layer. In some embodiments, the material content ratio substantially inversely affects a mechanical strength of the first dielectric layer and the second dielectric layer.
US11069612B2	Semiconductor devices having electrically and optically conductive vias, and associated systems and methods Semiconductor devices having one or more vias filled with a transparent and electrically conductive material are disclosed herein. In one embodiment, a semiconductor device includes a first semiconductor die stacked over a second semiconductor die. The first semiconductor die can include at least one via that is axially aligned with a corresponding via of the second semiconductor die. The vias of the first and second semiconductor dies can be filled with a transparent and electrically conductive material that both electrically and optically couples the first and second semiconductor dies.
US11069603B2	Semiconductor device A semiconductor device includes: a first electrode terminal; a second electrode terminal; a semiconductor element having an electrode on one surface connected to one surface of the first electrode terminal; a wire that connects an electrode on the other surface of the semiconductor element and the second electrode terminal; and a resin portion formed of an insulator covering the semiconductor element, a part of the second electrode terminal, and the one surface of the first electrode terminal, wherein a chamfered portion is formed on at least one of end portions where the first electrode terminal and the second electrode terminal face each other.
US11069599B2	Recessed lead leadframe packages Leadframes for semiconductor packages. Implementations may include a plurality of leads extending inwardly into an opening surrounded by the plurality of leads where the plurality of leads except for at least one are configured to mechanically couple at a surface of a semiconductor chip. The at least one of the plurality of leads that is not configured to mechanically coupled at the surface of the semiconductor chip be configured to electrically couple with the semiconductor chip.
US11069597B2	Semiconductor chips and methods of manufacturing the same Semiconductor chips and methods of manufacturing the same are provided. The semiconductor chip includes a substrate, an interlayer insulation layer including a bottom interlayer insulation layer on an upper surface of the substrate and a top interlayer insulation layer on the bottom interlayer insulation layer, an etch stop layer between the bottom interlayer insulation layer and the top interlayer insulation layer, a landing pad on the interlayer insulation layer, and a through via connected to the landing pad through the substrate, the interlayer insulation layer, and the etch stop layer. The etch stop layer is isolated from direct contact with the landing pad.
US11069591B2	Semiconductor device and method for manufacturing semiconductor device A semiconductor device includes a semiconductor chip having a passivation film, a stress relieving layer provided on the passivation film, and a groove formed in a periphery of a surface of the semiconductor chip, the groove being provided inside of an edge of the semiconductor chip, wherein the stress relieving layer is partly disposed in the groove.
US11069584B2	Inspection method for micro LED The present invention relates to an inspection method for a micro LED, the method being configured to inspect whether the micro LED is defective.
US11069583B2	Apparatus and method for the minimization of undercut during a UBM etch process A plurality of endpoints in a wet etching process of a substrate are determined. A plurality of benchmark end points during a wet etching process of a first substrate are determined, using first light information represented by a HSV color model for sample locations of the first substrate. Etch parameters are generated for a wet etching process for a second substrate. The generated etch parameters are used with second light information represented by at least one value of the Hue, Saturation, Value color model associated with a plurality of sample locations of the second substrate to reach respective end points during the wet etching process of a second substrate.
US11069573B2	Wafer level package structure and method of forming same An embodiment is a package including a first package component. The first package component including a first die attached to a first side of a first interconnect structure, a molding material surrounding the first die, and a second interconnect structure over the molding material and the first die, a first side of the second interconnect structure coupled to the first die with first electrical connectors. The first package component further includes a plurality of through molding vias (TMVs) extending through the molding material, the plurality of TMVs coupling the first interconnect structure to the second interconnect structure, and a second die attached to a second side of the second interconnect structure with second electrical connectors, the second side of the second interconnect structure being opposite the first side of the second interconnect structure.
US11069571B2	High speed, high density, low power die interconnect system A system for interconnecting at least two die each die having a plurality of conducting layers and dielectric layers disposed upon a substrate which may include active and passive elements. In one embodiment there is at least one interconnect coupling at least one conducting layer on a side of one die to at least one conducting layer on a side of the other die. Another interconnect embodiment is a slug having conducting and dielectric layers disposed between two or more die to interconnect between the die. Other interconnect techniques include direct coupling such as rod, ball, dual balls, bar, cylinder, bump, slug, and carbon nanotube, as well as indirect coupling such as inductive coupling, capacitive coupling, and wireless communications. The die may have features to facilitate placement of the interconnects such as dogleg cuts, grooves, notches, enlarged contact pads, tapered side edges and stepped vias.
US11069568B2	Ultra-thin diffusion barriers In one embodiment, a method of forming a barrier layer is provided. The method includes positioning a substrate in a processing chamber, forming a barrier layer over the substrate and in contact with the underlayer, and annealing the substrate. The substrate comprises at least one underlayer having cobalt, tungsten, or copper. The barrier layer has a thickness of less than 70 angstroms.
US11069554B1	Carbon nanotube electrostatic chuck A platen having improved thermal conductivity and reduced friction is disclosed. In one embodiment, vertically aligned carbon nanotubes are grown on the top surface of the platen. The carbon nanotubes have excellent thermal conductivity, thus improving the transfer of heat between the platen and the workpiece. Furthermore, the friction between the carbon nanotubes and the workpiece is much lower than that with conventional embossments, reducing particle generation. In another embodiment, a support plate is disposed on the platen, wherein the carbon nanotubes are disposed on the top surface of the support plate.
US11069535B2	Atomic layer etch of tungsten for enhanced tungsten deposition fill Methods of depositing tungsten into high aspect ratio features using a dep-etch-dep process integrating various deposition techniques with alternating pulses of surface modification and removal during etch are provided herein.
US11069531B2	Replacement gate methods that include treating spacers to widen gate A method may include forming a dummy dielectric layer over a substrate, and forming a dummy gate over the dummy dielectric layer. The method may also include forming a first spacer adjacent the dummy gate, and removing the dummy gate to form a cavity, where the cavity is defined at least in part by the first spacer. The method may also include performing a plasma treatment on portions of the first spacer, where the plasma treatment causes a material composition of the portions of the first spacer to change from a first material composition to a second material composition. The method may also include etching the portions of the first spacer having the second material composition to remove the portions of the first spacer having the second material composition, and filling the cavity with conductive materials to form a gate structure.
US11069523B2	Method of material deposition A method and apparatus for material deposition onto a sample to form a protective layer composed of at least two materials that have been formulated and arranged according to the material properties of the sample.
US11069510B2	Substrate processing apparatus A plasma supply unit includes a first conductive portion, a second conductive portion having at least a part extending to overlap the first conductive portion, and a ground shield located between the first conductive portion and the second conductive portion, and a substrate processing apparatus including the plasma supply unit.
US11069507B2	Radio-frequency (RF) transmission systems, devices, and methods for in situ transmission electron microscopy A sample carrier for in situ transmission electron microscopy (TEM) has a dielectric substrate with a conductive layer that forms a coplanar waveguide. The coplanar waveguide has a first and second leads formed by the conductive layer. The first lead is between an adjacent pair of second leads and is spaced from the second leads by a respective gap. The coplanar waveguide is configured to transmit an electrical signal to a specimen held by the sample carrier, in particular, an electrical signal having a frequency in the radio-frequency (RF) regime (3 kHz-300 GHz), for example, up to 100 GHz. The sample carrier may be mounted to a TEM sample holder, which supports the sample carrier within a vacuum chamber of the microscope and provides electrical connection between the leads of the sample carrier and an RF source external to the vacuum chamber.
US11069505B2	Aberration corrector and electron microscope In order to provide an aberration corrector with a wide aberration correction range, easy control, highly accurate aberration correction, and a low cost, an aberration corrector, passing an electron beam through a central axis 201, includes a first current line group (101 to 112) which is arranged parallel to an optical axis at a position separated by R1 from the central axis, and excites a first multipole field, and a second current line group (21 to 32) which is arranged parallel to the optical axis at a position separated by R2 from the central axis, and independently excites a second multipole field having an order and intensity different from those of the first multipole field.
US11069504B2	Creating ion energy distribution functions (IEDF) Systems and methods for creating arbitrarily-shaped ion energy distribution functions using shaped-pulse—bias. In an embodiment, a method includes applying a positive jump voltage to an electrode of a process chamber to neutralize a wafer surface, applying a negative jump voltage to the electrode to set a wafer voltage, and modulating the amplitude of the wafer voltage to produce a predetermined number of pulses to determine an ion energy distribution function. In another embodiment a method includes applying a positive jump voltage to an electrode of a process chamber to neutralize a wafer surface, applying a negative jump voltage to the electrode to set a wafer voltage, and applying a ramp voltage to the electrode that overcompensates for ion current on the wafer or applying a ramp voltage to the electrode that undercompensates for ion current on the wafer.
US11069499B2	Power-saving circuit for contactor A power-saving circuit for a contactor includes a coil drive circuit, and further includes a rectification and filtering circuit, a PFC circuit, an auxiliary power supply circuit, and a square wave generation circuit. The square wave generation circuit outputs a first square wave signal to the PFC circuit via a first output end according to a set timing sequence, and outputs a second square wave signal and a third square wave signal to the coil drive circuit via a second output end, so as to respectively control duty cycles of a first switch tube in the PFC circuit and a second switch tube in the coil drive circuit. The auxiliary power supply circuit supplies electric energy to the square wave generation circuit during a holding stage of the contactor. The rectification and filtering circuit is used for rectifying an input AC into a pulsating DC, and filtering an input narrow-pulse current into a smooth current to be outputted to the PFC circuit after eliminating higher harmonic components other than a fundamental frequency component of 50 Hz. The PFC circuit receives rectified and filtered electric energy, enables an effective value of the input current to change along with an input voltage, and outputs the input current to the coil drive circuit and the auxiliary power supply circuit. The coil drive circuit is used for controlling the current of a contactor coil. Wherein during a pull-in stage of the contactor, the PFC circuit does not work and the power-saving circuit provides a large current to the contactor coil to pull in; during a transition stage, the PFC circuit starts to work and the power-saving circuit controls the current of the contactor coil to decrease gradually; and during a holding stage of the contactor, the PFC circuit keeps working and the power-saving circuit controls the current of the contactor coil to be kept as a small current required for holding.
US11069498B2	Direct current electric circuit interrupting switch assembly with an actuator A direct current interrupting switch assembly comprising a primary conductor and secondary conductor integrated with a voltage source and load. The primary conductor has two parallel branches, the first branch including a fuse with a melting member and the second branch including a pyroswitch with an interrupting member. In a first position, the second branch of the primary conductor is uninterrupted, and the interrupting member is a sufficient distance apart from the secondary conductor. When the interrupting member is moved to a second position, the current in second branch of the primary conductor is interrupted an the interrupting member contacts the secondary conductor of the switch assembly. The switch assembly also has a parallel circuit with a thermal fuse with a contact member, and an electromagnetic switch; which activates when a pre-determined value of electric current is exceeded.
US11069492B2	Rotary handle construction of an electrical switch The construction includes a rotary handle turnable around a first pivot axis between an open- and a closed-position, a locking latch turnable around a second pivot axis between a locked position and a released position, a fixed bottom ring, a first locking pin movable in the longitudinal direction with the locking latch between a first position in which turning of the rotary handle is allowed and a second position in which turning of the rotary handle is allowed and a second position in which turning of the rotary handle is prevented. A second locking pin is movable between a first position in which turning of the locking latch between a locked-position and a released-position is allowed and a second position in which turning of the locking latch into the locked-position is prevented.
US11069491B2	Key structure A key structure includes a keycap and an actuator. The actuator is coupled with the keycap and enables the keycap to move reciprocally along an actuating direction. One of the actuator and the keycap has a base and a slot formed therein, and the other one of the same has a plug. The plug is inserted into the slot in a direction parallel to the actuating direction. The slot has an inner wall pressing the plug and generating friction. The base has a first sidewall thickness perpendicular to the actuating direction and parallel to the inner wall and a second sidewall thickness perpendicular to the actuating direction and perpendicular to the inner wall, wherein the first sidewall thickness is greater than the second sidewall thickness. The disclosure can avoid the horizontal stress generated by the plug when it is inserted into the slot to squeeze against the bas.
US11069488B2	Hybrid energy storage device A hybrid energy storage device is provided. The energy storage device represents a combined capacitor and battery in modular form. The capacitor and the battery may be individually selected based on application needs, and then mechanically combined into a single electrical energy storage device. A method of forming a charge storage device is also provided herein. The method includes selecting a size for a capacitor, and selecting a size for a battery. A module for the capacitor having the selected size and a separate module for the battery having the selected size are then mechanically and electrically connected to form an integral energy storage device.
US11069487B2	Methods, devices and systems for activated carbon supercapacitors with macroporous electrodes Energy storage devices comprising carbon-based electrodes and/or redox electrolytes are disclosed herein. In some embodiments, the carbon-based electrodes comprise laser-scribed activated carbon comprising one or more micro-channels. In some embodiments, the redox electrolytes comprise a ferricyanide/ferrocyanide redox couple. Also described are processes, methods, protocols and the like for manufacturing carbon-based electrodes comprising micro-channels for use in high energy storage devices such as supercapacitors, and for manufacturing high energy storage devices comprising redox electrolytes.
US11069485B2	Photoelectric conversion element Provided is a photoelectric conversion element including: a first electrode; a hole blocking layer; an electron transport layer; a hole transport layer; and a second electrode, wherein the hole blocking layer includes a metal oxide including a titanium atom and a niobium atom.
US11069478B2	Laminate of ceramic layer and sintered body of copper powder paste Provided is a laminate of a sintered body produced by sintering a copper powder paste and a ceramic substrate, which has improved adhesion between the sintered body and the ceramic substrate. A laminate with a copper powder paste sintered body laminated on a non-metal layer, wherein the copper powder paste sintered body has a crystal grain diameter of copper of 10 μm or less, as determined from an EBSD map image, based on Area Fraction method, and has an average reliability index (CI value) of 0.5 or more in an analysis area.
US11069475B2	Compact isolated inductors Structures and methods for reducing physical space of two or three inductors while maintaining low magnetic coupling between the inductors are presented. According to one aspect, the inductors share their volume spaces and have (substantially) orthogonal far field magnetic vectors. According to another aspect, the inductors are fabricated on planar layers of a stacked structure that includes conductive and non-conductive layers. According to an additional aspect, a coil structure of one of the inductors passes through a volume space of another inductor. According to another aspect, coil structures of two of the inductors are interlaced. According to another aspect, relative placement of two coil structures of two inductors is based on a number of windings of one of the two coil structures above and below the other coil structure. According to another aspect, a shape of a coil structure of one inductor follows a near field magnetic vector of another inductor.
US11069470B1	System, method and apparatus for transformer cooling An air cooling system, method, apparatus and kit applied to lower transformer operating temperatures, such as governed by a tank or container of oil, allowing transformer components to run more efficiently at a lower temperature level, e.g., down from the hot level operating temperatures typical in stressed conventional devices. By lowering the operational levels to within or below the nominal operational temperature ranges for the equipment, and recovering heat generated during operation, several advantages are obtained.
US11069467B2	Solenoid device A solenoid device includes a yoke, a core, a shaft, a bobbin, a coil, a plunger, a lid, and a housing. A housing body part of the housing has a first opening that opens on the rear side; and a first inner wall part expanding in a cylindrical shape on the outer side in the radial direction on an inner wall on the rear side. The first inner wall part has a first step part at the end on the other side in the axial direction. A first cylindrical part of the yoke has a first flange part on the rear side. The first flange part has a hole penetrating in the axial direction. A second space, which communicates a second through hole with the hole when the plunger has moved to a retreat position, is provided between an inner surface of the lid and the plunger and the yoke.
US11069460B1	Fire resistant cable with dual insulation layer arrangement A fire resistant cable includes cable at least one conductor and at least one mica layer surrounding the at least one conductors. The fire resistant cable further includes a first layer of insulation surrounding the at least one mica layer and a second layer of insulation surrounding the first layer of insulation. The first and second layers of insulation are made of a composition based on a flame retardant ceramifiable silicone rubber. The second layer of insulation further contains a reinforcement material.
US11069456B2	Silent conductor A conductor for power transportation includes an elongated core constructed from a core material and an elongated conductive casing constructed from a conductive material. The elongated conductive casing is positioned around the elongated core and constructed from various layers of wires. Each layer of wires consists of a set of wires which are positioned next to each other, and at least a fraction of these wires being shaped in such a way that for the cross section of the wire, a circumscribed circle is filled only with between 50% and 90% of wire material. The cross section of the wire has a central portion filled with wire and a plurality of protrusions. The shape of these wires is such that the space taken up by these wires in the stack of wires in the layers is substantially cylindrical.
US11069455B2	Composition for producing an electrically conductive layer, in particular for an electroluminescence device A composition for producing an electrically conductive layer according to a slotted-nozzle method includes 2-30 wt. % of a protective colloid mixture which is soluble or dispersible in water, 1-15 wt. % of a conductive carbon modification, 5-50 wt. % of metal-coated particles, 50-90 wt. % of an aqueous solvent, the dynamic viscosity of the conductive composition being less than 400 mPa·s, wherein the composition comprises 0.1-10 wt. % of an ethylene-vinyl acetate copolymer. The electrically conductive layer being one or both of a pair of conductive layers having a luminous layer with electroluminescent pigments arranged therebetween in an electroluminescense device or related method for producing an electroluminescense device.
US11069450B2	Nuclear reactor protection systems and methods A nuclear reactor protection system includes a plurality of functionally independent modules, each of the modules configured to receive a plurality of inputs from a nuclear reactor safety system, and logically determine a safety action based at least in part on the plurality of inputs, each of the functionally independent modules comprising a digital module or a combination digital and analog module, an analog module electrically coupled to one or more of the functionally independent modules, and one or more nuclear reactor safety actuators communicably coupled to the plurality of functionally independent modules to receive the safety action determination based at least in part on the plurality of inputs.
US11069447B2	Systems and methods for topology-based clinical data mining Methods and systems for topology-based clinical data mining are provided. An example system includes a pre-processing module to process the clinical datasets to generate a table of outcomes and a table of predictors of trial subjects. The system includes a graph construction module to generate metric graphs based on the table of outcomes. The metric graphs include nodes representing the subjects and edges selectively connecting the nodes according to pre-determined criteria. The graph construction module may select a graph of interest from the metric graphs and generate a compressed version of the graph of interest. The system may further include an interactive visualization module to display a graphical representation of the graph of interest or the compressed version, receive selection of groups of the trial subjects, automatically highlight groups of related subjects, and perform, using the table of predictors, a statistical analysis of predictors of subjects within the selected groups.
US11069446B1	Predicting addiction relapse and decision support tool Technologies are provided for determining an individual's likelihood of relapsing into prior behavior subsequent to a treatment for a mental health or addiction disorder, and in some instances predicting a likelihood time frame for such a relapse. Target subjects having a risk of addiction relapse, non-adherence to a treatment program, or absconding, may be automatically identified based on a multiplicative-regression model for relative survival (MRS) that is developed for predicting risk or likelihood of relapse or non-adherence. Further, in some embodiments, a leading indicator of near-term future abnormalities may be provided thereby proactively notifying supervisory personnel responsible for the person and providing such personnel with timely notice to enable effective corrective, preventive, or trend-modifying maneuvers to be undertaken.
US11069444B2	Personal assistant computing system monitoring A computing system is configured to process at least one voice input of a user and output an audio result. The computing system comprises at least one microphone configured to receive the voice input from the user. The computing system further comprises at least one processor configured to at least interpret the voice input and generate the audio result. The computing system also comprises an output speaker device configured to output the audio result. The audio result includes a description of whether one or more behavioral health states associated with the user have been detected.
US11069438B2	Device and method for food management A medical device is disclosed. The medical device includes an RFID reader for receiving information from at least one RFID transponder. The medical device also includes a memory for storing a database and at least one processor for processing information. Also, a remote controller for a medical device is disclosed. The remote controller includes an information receiver for receiving information related to food. The infusion device also includes a memory for storing a database and at least one processor for processing information. A method for use in a medical device is also disclosed. The method includes receiving information from an RFID transponder related to food. Also, the processing the information by comparing the information to a database is included in the method. The method also includes determining the acceptability of the food and providing information related to acceptability to the user.
US11069432B2	Automatic disease detection from unstructured textual reports Automatic detection of disease presence from combining disease-specific measurements with textual descriptions of disease and its severity in unstructured textual reports is provided. In various embodiments, a knowledge graph of clinical concepts is read. Based on the knowledge graph, a plurality of associations are determined between disease names, symptoms, anatomical abnormalities, and qualifiers. A corpus of clinical reports is read. Based on the plurality of associations, a plurality of portions indicative of a disease condition are located within the corpus of clinical reports. Within each of the plurality of portions, name/value pairs are detected corresponding to measurements indicative of the disease condition. The measurements indicative of the disease condition are extracted.
US11069427B2	Mathematical processes for determination of peptidase cleavage This invention relates to the identification of peptidase cleavage sites in proteins and in particular to identification protease cleavage by the endopeptidases. The present invention utilizes a bioinformatic methodology for prediction of peptidase cleavage sites based on principal component analysis and based on training sets obtained by experimental protein cleavage. This invention is not limited to training sets derived from CSL approaches, nor to any other experimental determination of cleavage site.
US11069423B2	Buffer circuit with adaptive repair capability A buffer circuit is disclosed. The buffer circuit includes a command address (C/A) interface to receive an incoming activate (ACT) command and an incoming column address strobe (CAS) command. A first match circuit includes first storage to store failure row address information associated with the memory, and first compare logic. The first compare logic is responsive to the ACT command, to compare incoming row address information to the stored failure row address information. A second match circuit includes second storage to store failure column address information associated with the memory, and second compare logic. The second compare logic is responsive to the CAS command, to compare the incoming column address information to the stored failure column address information. Gating logic maintains a state of a matching row address identified by the first compare logic during the comparison carried out by the second compare logic.
US11069422B1	Testing multi-port array in integrated circuits A method for testing a circuit includes performing, by a test engine, a test of a memory element of the circuit, the test accesses a memory location in the memory element, the memory location is identified by an address, and the memory location is accessed via a first port associated with a first port select bit. The method further includes, in response to detecting a failure associated with the memory location, determining an existing entry for the address in a failed address register, and determining that the existing entry in the failed address register is associated with a second port select bit, distinct from the first port select bit. The method further includes, in response to the second port select bit being distinct from the first port select bit, setting a multi-port failure flag for the memory element that is being tested.
US11069420B2	In-system test of a memory device An example system includes a processing resource and a switch board coupled to a system under test (SUT) and the processing resource. The SUT includes a memory device. The switch board can be configured to provide power to the SUT, communicate a first signal from the SUT to the processing resource, and provide a second signal to the SUT that simulates an input to the SUT during operation of the SUT. The processing resource can be configured to receive a function, selected from a library of functions, to execute during a test of the memory device and cause the switch board to provide the second signal during the test of the SUT.
US11069406B2	Nonvolatile memory device including temperature compensation circuit A nonvolatile memory device includes a differential current driver that receives a first differential signal and a second differential signal, which are based on a temperature, and generates a first compensation current and a second compensation current corresponding to a difference value between the first and second differential signals. A current mirror circuit copies a first current, which is a sum of a reference current and the first compensation current, to generate a second current having a same value as a value of the first current and regulates the reference current depending on a difference value of the second current and the second compensation current. A trimming circuit generates a program current or a read current based on the regulated reference current.
US11069403B2	Semiconductor storage device and memory system According to one embodiment, a semiconductor storage device includes a first memory cell capable of storing n-bit data (n is a natural number not less than 4). When receiving first data, including first and second bits of the n-bit data, from a controller, the semiconductor storage device writes the received first data to the first memory cell. After receiving the first data, when the semiconductor storage device receives second data including third and fourth bits of the n-bit data, the semiconductor storage device reads the first and second bits from the first memory cell and writes the n-bit data to the first memory cell based on the read first and second bits and the received second data.
US11069402B1	Integrated pixel and three-terminal non-volatile memory cell and an array of cells for deep in-sensor, in-memory computing Disclosed is a cell that integrates a pixel and a three-terminal non-volatile memory device. The cell can be selectively operated in write, read and functional computing modes. In the write mode, a first data value is stored in the memory device. In the read mode, it is read from the memory device. In the functional computing mode, the pixel captures a second data value and a sensed change in an electrical parameter (e.g., voltage or current) on a bitline connected to the cell is a function of both the first and second data value. Also disclosed is an IC structure that includes an array of the cells and, when multiple cells in a given column are concurrently operated in the functional computing mode, the sensed total change in the electrical parameter on the bitline for the column is indicative of a result of a dot product computation.
US11069398B2	Controller and operating method thereof A controller controlling a memory device includes an elapsed time calculator suitable for receiving an absolute time from a host whenever a state is changed between an active state and an inactive state, calculating an average hibernation elapsed time for elapsed times between first and second absolute times, and calculating a system time based on a third absolute time and the average hibernation elapsed time, and a flash translation layer suitable for controlling a program operation for the memory device in response to a program command for a memory region, calculating a program operation time for the memory region based on the system time, and controlling a read operation for the memory device using a read voltage, which is determined based on an elapsed time since the program operation time, in response to a read command for the memory region.
US11069395B2	Analog-to-digital converter for non-volatile memory arrays used for in-memory computation with floating bitlines Systems and methods with analog to digital converters are provided. The systems and methods may include a plurality of non-volatile memory cells that may be organized into an array. A bitline may be electrically coupled to a column of memory cells vertically arranged in the array. The bitline may be configured to sum up the current produced by the memory cells in the column. A digital-to-analog converter having an output electrically coupled to the bitline may be configured to generate a current and add it through the output to the bitline. A voltage comparator having an input that is electrically coupled to the bitline may be configured to measure a voltage on the bitline and compare it to a fixed voltage, and to stop the digital-to-analog converter from adding current to the bitline when the measured voltage exceeds the fixed voltage.
US11069391B2	Dual-precision analog memory cell and array Dual-precision analog memory cells and arrays are provided. In some embodiments, a memory cell, comprises a non-volatile memory element having an input terminal and at least one output terminal; and a volatile memory element having a plurality of input terminals and an output terminal, wherein the output terminal of the volatile memory element is coupled to the input terminal of the non-volatile memory element, and wherein the volatile memory element comprises: a first transistor coupled between a first supply and a common node, and a second transistor coupled between a second supply and the common node; wherein the common node is coupled to the output terminal of the volatile memory element; and wherein gates of the first and second transistors are coupled to respective ones of the plurality of input terminals of the volatile memory element.
US11069380B2	Scene and activity identification in video summary generation Video and corresponding metadata is accessed. Events of interest within the video are identified based on the corresponding metadata, and best scenes are identified based on the identified events of interest. A video summary can be generated including one or more of the identified best scenes. The video summary can be generated using a video summary template with slots corresponding to video clips selected from among sets of candidate video clips. Best scenes can also be identified by receiving an indication of an event of interest within video from a user during the capture of the video. Metadata patterns representing activities identified within video clips can be identified within other videos, which can subsequently be associated with the identified activities.
US11069378B1	Method and apparatus for frame accurate high resolution video editing in cloud using live video streams A system and method for frame accurate editing of high resolution live video streams is disclosed. A live capture module receives and stores the live stream in the original resolution it is being distributed and provides a low resolution copy of the live stream for editing. An edit module receives the low resolution stream and provides an interface for individual editors to edit the live stream video. The individual editor may search forward or backward through the low resolution video stream to identify a start and end point for each desired video segment. The edit module then retrieves and displays high resolution video corresponding to the selected start and end points from which the individual editor may then navigate identify a frame accurate mark point for each. A job manager coordinates each request for a video segment and delivers the requested video segment to the individual editors.
US11069377B2	Magnetic tape having characterized magnetic layer and magnetic recording and reproducing device Provided are a magnetic tape comprising a magnetic layer containing a ferromagnetic powder and a binding agent on a non-magnetic support, in which the magnetic layer contains an oxide abrasive, an average particle diameter of the oxide abrasive obtained from a secondary ion image acquired by irradiating a surface of the magnetic layer with a focused ion beam is 0.04 μm to 0.08 μm, and an absolute value ΔN of a difference between a refractive index Nxy measured with respect to an in-plane direction of the magnetic layer and a refractive index Nz measured with respect to a thickness direction of the magnetic layer is 0.25 to 0.40, and a magnetic recording and reproducing device including the magnetic tape.
US11069375B1	Suspension standoff arrangement for confining adhesive A head gimbal assembly for a data storage device is provided. The head gimbal assembly includes a suspension, and a slider mounting point on the suspension. The slider mounting point includes an adhesive pocket bounded by a dielectric standoff. The dielectric standoff includes a projection disposed along a length of the dielectric standoff.
US11069373B2	Speech processing method, speech processing apparatus, and non-transitory computer-readable storage medium for storing speech processing computer program A speech processing method for estimating a pitch frequency includes: executing a conversion process that includes acquiring an input spectrum from an input signal by converting the input signal from a time domain to a frequency domain; executing a feature amount acquisition process that includes acquiring a feature amount of speech likeness for each band included in a target band based on the input spectrum; executing a selection process that includes selecting a selection band selected from the target band based on the feature amount of speech likeness for each band; and executing a detection process that includes detecting a pitch frequency based on the input spectrum and the selection band.
US11069372B2	Information providing apparatus An in-vehicle apparatus 100 collects a user's voice at predetermined time intervals by using, for example, microphones, and transmits the voice to an analysis server 200 as audio data. The analysis server 200 extracts features of the user's voice, such as tone, pitch and speech intervals, from the received audio data, and analyzes and determines the user's feeling based on the extracted features of the voice so as to generate feeling state information and to send it back to the in-vehicle apparatus 100. The in-vehicle apparatus 100 refers to the feeling state information and thereby gives a content modification to content that has been automatically generated.
US11069367B2	Speaker association with a visual representation of spoken content Speaker content generated in an audio conference is selectively and visually represented. A profile for each audience member who participates in the audio conference is obtained. Speaker content spoken during the audio conference is monitored. Different weights are applied to words included in the speaker content according to a parameter of the profile for each of the audience members. A relation between the speaker content to the profile for each of the audience members is determined. Visual representations of the speaker content are presented to selective members among the audience members based on the determined relation.
US11069352B1	Media presence detection Described herein is a system for media presence detection in audio. The system analyzes audio data to recognize whether a given audio segment contains sounds from a media source as a way of differentiating recorded media source sounds from other live sounds. In exemplary embodiments, the system includes a hierarchical model architecture for processing audio data segments, where individual audio data segments are processed by a trained machine learning model operating locally, and another trained machine learning model provides historical and contextual information to determine a score indicating the likelihood that the audio data segment contains sounds from a media source.
US11069349B2	Privacy-preserving voice control of devices The speech command issued to a voice activated/controlled system is anonymized so that biometric voice data of the speaker may not be received by the voice activated/controlled system. A spoken audio command is converted to text, which is then converted to a synthesized voice signal. The synthesized voice signal is then provided to the voice-activated/controlled device. The synthesized voice signal may be provided to the voice-activated device within a sound shield or enclosure so that the original speech command issued by the speaker may not be received by the voice-activated/controlled system. In this way, the speaker's actual voice and related data may be kept private and secure.
US11069345B2	Speech recognition using convolutional neural networks Methods, systems, and apparatus, including computer programs encoded on computer storage media, for performing speech recognition by generating a neural network output from an audio data input sequence, where the neural network output characterizes words spoken in the audio data input sequence. One of the methods includes, for each of the audio data inputs, providing a current audio data input sequence that comprises the audio data input and the audio data inputs preceding the audio data input in the audio data input sequence to a convolutional subnetwork comprising a plurality of dilated convolutional neural network layers, wherein the convolutional subnetwork is configured to, for each of the plurality of audio data inputs: receive the current audio data input sequence for the audio data input, and process the current audio data input sequence to generate an alternative representation for the audio data input.
US11069344B2	Complex evolution recurrent neural networks Methods, systems, and apparatus, including computer programs encoded on a computer storage medium, for speech recognition using complex evolution recurrent neural networks. In some implementations, audio data indicating acoustic characteristics of an utterance is received. A first vector sequence comprising audio features determined from the audio data is generated. A second vector sequence is generated, as output of a first recurrent neural network in response to receiving the first vector sequence as input, where the first recurrent neural network has a transition matrix that implements a cascade of linear operators comprising (i) first linear operators that are complex-valued and unitary, and (ii) one or more second linear operators that are non-unitary. An output vector sequence of a second recurrent neural network is generated. A transcription for the utterance is generated based on the output vector sequence generated by the second recurrent neural network. The transcription for the utterance is provided.
US11069336B2	Systems and methods for name pronunciation Systems and methods are provided for associating a phonetic pronunciation with a name by receiving the name, mapping the name to a plurality of monosyllabic components that are combinable to construct the phonetic pronunciation of the name, receiving a user input to select one or more of the plurality, and combining the selected one or more of the plurality of monosyllabic components to construct the phonetic pronunciation of the name.
US11069324B1	Display device and display method background of the disclosure A display device and a display method are provided. The display device includes a display screen, and wherein the display screen includes a first displaying area and a second displaying area. The first displaying area is in a non-displaying state when a main control system receives a specific signal for driving a recognizing module, and the first displaying area is in a displaying state when the main control system does not receive the specific signal for driving the recognizing module.
US11069323B2	Apparatus and method for driving display based on frequency operation cycle set differently according to frequency Various embodiments disclose a method and an apparatus including a display, a memory including information on a number of duty cycles per one refresh period for emitting light by pixels of the display corresponding to each of a plurality of refresh rates of the display, and a processor, wherein the processor is configured to control the electronic device to perform an operation according to a first number of duty cycles based on the display operating at a first refresh rate, and perform an operation according to a second number of duty cycles based on the display operating at a second refresh rate, wherein the first number is less than the second number based on the first refresh rate being higher than the second refresh rate.
US11069322B2	Display method and display device, visible light communication transmission method and device The present disclosure is directed to a display method and a display device, a visible light communication transmission method and device, and a computer-readable storage medium. The display method includes: acquiring an image frame to be displayed and a corresponding binary code stream; adjusting a grayscale value of a corresponding pixel point in the image frame to be displayed based on a grayscale adjustment information set corresponding to each code element in the binary code stream, to obtain a first image frame and a second image frame that are different from the image frame to be displayed; and displaying the first image frame and the second image frame.
US11069313B2	Driver circuit A driver circuit which includes an output circuit and a control circuit coupled to the output circuit. The driver circuit includes a pull-up transistor with a silicon semiconductor layer. The control circuit includes a first transistor with an oxide semiconductor layer.
US11069310B2	Image display apparatus and image display method The present invention is provided with a correction data generation unit that generates third correction data that is used for correcting display unevenness of the image display apparatus on the basis of first correction data that is used for correcting display unevenness resulting from the image display apparatus itself and second correction data that is used for correcting display unevenness resulting from an environment set for the image display apparatus, and a correction unit that corrects an image signal using the third correction data.
US11069302B2	Display apparatus having extended connecting lines A display apparatus includes a substrate including a display area and a peripheral area at least partially surrounding the display area. A corner of an edge of the display area is curved. The peripheral area includes a pad area. A data line is disposed in the display area. A first connecting line is disposed in the display area and is connected to the data line to transmit a signal from the pad area to the data line. The first connecting line includes a first portion extending tram the edge in a direction away from the peripheral area and a second portion bent with respect to the first portion and extending towards the corner.
US11069296B2	Regulating device and regulating method for gray scale voltage, and display device The invention provides a regulating device and a regulating method for a gray scale voltage, and a display device. The regulating device includes a voltage dividing circuit configured to generate a gray scale voltage according to a first input voltage and a second input voltage; a first voltage regulator configured to regulate a first fixed voltage to output the first input voltage, such that the voltage dividing circuit can generate a predetermined number of gray scale steps for all display brightness.
US11069282B2	Correlated double sampling pixel sensing front end A system and method for operating a sensing circuit for sensing a pixel current of a pixel of a display panel using correlated double sampling. In some embodiments, the method includes: during a first interval of time, resetting a pixel sensing circuit; during a third interval of time following the first interval of time, operating the pixel sensing circuit in an integration mode; during a fourth interval of time following the third interval of time, operating the pixel sensing circuit in a hold mode; and during a fifth interval of time following the fourth interval of time, operating the pixel sensing circuit in the integration mode.
US11069281B2	Shift register unit, gate driving circuit, display device, and driving method A shift register unit, a rate driving circuit, a display device, and a driving method are disclosed. The shift register unit includes a blanking unit, a first transmission circuit, a second transmission circuit, a first input-output unit, and a second input-output unit. The blanking unit is configured to charge a pull-up control node in response to a compensation selection control signal and input a blanking pull-up signal to a blanking pull-up node. The first transmission circuit is electrically connected to the blanking pull-up node and the first pull-up node, and is configured to charge the first pull-up node, by using the blanking pull-up signal, in response to a first transmission signal.
US11069279B2	System and method for a multi-primary wide gamut color system Systems and methods for a multi-primary color system for display. A multi-primary color system increases the number of primary colors available in a color system and color system equipment. Increasing the number of primary colors reduces metameric errors from viewer to viewer. One embodiment of the multi-primary color system includes Red, Green, Blue, Cyan, Yellow, and Magenta primaries. The systems of the present invention maintain compatibility with existing color systems and equipment and provide systems for backwards compatibility with older color systems.
US11069268B2	Flexible display panel and flexible display apparatus A flexible display panel includes a plurality of light-emitting regions separated from each other, a respective one of the plurality of light-emitting regions including a light emitting element and an encapsulating structure encapsulating the light emitting element; and a plurality of dummy regions connecting the plurality of light-emitting regions, a respective one of the plurality of light-emitting regions having a larger thickness than a respective dummy region and including a plurality of driving wires. The flexible display panel further includes a detecting wire in the plurality of dummy regions and the plurality of light emitting regions.

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