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US11110830B2	Vehicular seat A rear seat includes a support plate and a planar carpet laid between a lower part of a back lining of a seatback and a deck board located behind the seatback. The support plate is configured to support the carpet from underneath when the seatback is collapsed forward. The support plate includes a fixing plate part and a movable plate part. The fixing plate part is fixed on a back lining surface of the seatback and abuts the rear side of the carpet when the seatback is collapsed forward. The movable plate part is aligned with the fixing plate part, in the seat width direction, and is joined to the rear surface of the carpet. The movable plate part covers the seat side shield. The movable plate part abuts the seat side shield from behind, and shifts away from the fixing plate part when the seatback is reclined reward.
US11110826B2	Sliding device for a vehicle seat The present invention relates to a sliding device (1) for a vehicle seat. The sliding device comprises a pair of parallel slideways (3a, 3b), each of which comprises a lower rail (5a, 5b), an upper rail (7a, 7b) slidably mounted to the lower rail and a latch (21a, 21b) for allowing/preventing a movement of the upper rail relative to the lower rail; a releasing member (29) is provided for driving said latches to a position in which the upper rails are free to move relative to the lower rails. According to the invention, each latch (21a, 21b) comprises a rear portion which is bent into a “U”-like shape and comprises a lower leg carrying latching elements (37a, 37b) configured to cooperate with corresponding latching elements (41a, 41b) provided in the lower rail and an upper leg configured to engage the releasing member (29). The design of the latches of the sliding device of the invention allows to improve the reliability of said sliding device.
US11110822B2	Sliding device One example of a sliding device that can sufficiently reduce a separation phenomenon is disclosed. The sliding device includes a fixed rail, a movable rail, a fixed-side hook, an engagement hook, and a reinforcing hook. The fixed rail is configured to be fixed to a vehicle. To the movable rail, the seat body is attachable. The movable rail is slidable with respect to the fixed rail. The fixed-side hook is configured to be fixed to the vehicle. The engagement hook is provided to the movable rail. The engagement hook is engageable with the fixed-side hook, and is formed by a first plate material curved approximately into a letter J or U shape. The reinforcing hook overlaps with the engagement hook in a thickness direction of the first plate material. The reinforcing hook is formed by a second plate material curved approximately into a letter J or U shape.
US11110821B2	Sliding center module system for vehicle A vehicle in one embodiment includes a driver module which can include a driver seat and a driver control assembly both of which are movably coupled to a chassis of the vehicle to allow the driver module to move between a center position and at least one of a left position and a right position along a first row in the interior of the vehicle. In one embodiment, the driver control assembly includes a steering wheel, a brake pedal, and an accelerator pedal. In one embodiment, a driver can drive the vehicle in any one of these positions. In one embodiment, the vehicle further includes a first rear seat and a second rear seat coupled to the chassis in a second row in the interior of the vehicle. In one embodiment, passengers in the rear seats can extend their legs into the first row when the driver seat is in the center position. In one embodiment, the driver seat and the driver control assembly are movable laterally along a set of rails coupled to the chassis of the vehicle. Other embodiments are also described.
US11110820B2	Seat adjustment limiter and method of control A vehicle seat controller is provided to control a front seat assembly and a rear seat assembly positioned directly behind of the front seat assembly. The vehicle seat controller programmed to receive a first input indicating whether the rear seat assembly is occupied and receive a second input indicating a position of the front seat assembly. The vehicle seat controller is programmed to provide a signal to an actuator to move the front seat assembly forward if the first input indicates the rear seat is occupied and the second input indicates the position exceeds a rearward travel threshold.
US11110817B2	Equalization control device and in-vehicle power supply device Provided is an equalization control device that can perform ex-post adjustment of a threshold serving as a reference when equalizing cell voltages of multiple cells. An equalization control device has a voltage detection unit that individually detects each cell voltage in a plurality of cells, an individual discharge unit that individually discharges each cell, a setting unit that sets, in an updatable manner, a threshold as a reference value for comparing with the cell voltage detected by the voltage detection unit, and a control unit that controls the individual discharge unit. The control unit compares each cell voltage detected by the voltage detection unit with the threshold set by the setting unit, and performs control to selectively discharge a discharge target cell having a larger cell voltage than the threshold.
US11110814B2	Charging device for electric vehicles A charging device for electric vehicles, with multiple charging points, to each of which an electric vehicle can be connected, and with multiple power electronics units each providing a maximum charging power, and a method for charging an electric vehicle.
US11110811B2	Thin haul hybrid electric propulsion system A hybrid electric propulsion system may include an independent speed variable frequency (ISVF) generator coupled to an alternating current (AC) bus via a first switch. The system may further include a variable frequency independent speed (VFIS) motor coupled to the AC bus via a second switch, the system omitting circuitry to perform a full-power rated power conversion between the ISVF generator and the VFIS motor. The system may also include an alternating current direct current (AC/DC) converter coupled to the AC bus via a third switch. The system may include a battery coupled to the AC/DC converter.
US11110803B2	Compensation of high voltage loads during pedal lift operation A hybrid electric vehicle or a battery electric vehicle has an electric machine, a traction battery, and an accessory powered by the traction battery. The vehicle includes a controller that, in response to a driver lifting their foot off the accelerator pedal, increases the negative motor torque produced by the electric machine for charging the traction battery to compensate for a load applied by the accessory. The controller increases negative motor torque as limited by a maximum motor torque limit. The accessory may be an electric air conditioning compressor and/or a DC/DC inverter.
US11110793B2	Wheel driving apparatus A rotating electrical machine includes a cylindrical rotor and a cylindrical stator. The rotor includes a magnet portion. The stator includes a multiple-phase stator winding. The rotor and the stator are arranged in a state in which the magnet portion and the stator winding oppose each other inward and outward in a radial direction. A differential apparatus includes a differential case, side gears, and a pinion gear. The differential case rotates with a rotation of a rotor. The side gears are housed in the differential case and respectively connected to the pair of axles. The pinion gear is housed in the differential case and mutually meshes with the side gears. The differential apparatus is concentrically arranged with the rotor in a hollow portion provided on an inner side in a radial direction of a magnetic circuit portion configured by the rotor and the stator in the rotating electrical machine.
US11110787B2	Structural enhancements of an electric vehicle An electric vehicle includes a body structure, a forward sub-frame, and a battery pack. The body structure includes first and second side rails. The forward sub-frame includes first and second side supports each having and extending longitudinally between forward and rearward end portions. The first and second side supports are located forward of, and substantially parallel to, the first and second side rails. The battery pack includes a support structure disposed beneath, and engaged to, the body structure between the first and second side rails. The support structure has a plurality of longitudinal components spaced laterally apart from one-another, and disposed parallel to the opposite first and second side rails. The rearward end portions of the first and second side supports are proximate to respective first and second longitudinal components of the plurality of longitudinal components.
US11110782B2	Automotive door sealing structure The present disclosure improves sealing properties between a glass run and a sealing member provided at an inner peripheral flange of a belt line, if the sealing member of the belt line and the glass run are individual members, to provide high sound insulation properties. The belt line sealing member includes an upper sealing lip and a lower seal lip, which are vertically spaced apart from each other. At an end of the belt line sealing member, a molded part is continuously provided from the upper sealing lip through an inner wall to the lower sealing lip.
US11110780B2	Assembly having two roof frame elements, roof frame and a vehicle roof of a motor vehicle An assembly for a roof of a motor vehicle having two roof frame elements. The two roof frame elements are arranged in such a way relative to one another that a region of overlap is formed, in which the two roof frame elements overlap one another, a plastic jacket, which covers the region of overlap and seals off the region of overlap, wherein the following are formed along the region of overlap in a manner offset with respect to one another: a joining location, at which the two roof frame elements are connected to one another and which is covered by the plastic jacket to seal off the joining location, an adhesive bonding location, which is formed on an outer side of the plastic jacket, for the application of an adhesive.
US11110778B2	Heat pump secondary coolant loop heat exchanger defrost system for a motor vehicle A cooling and heating system for a motor vehicle comprises a heat pump, a controller, a low temperature radiator in thermal communication with the heat pump, a passenger cabin heat exchanger in thermal communication with the heat pump, and a defrost system comprising a bypass coolant loop in selective fluid communication with the low temperature radiator. When in the heating mode, the controller opens a solenoid valve and activates a coolant heater in the bypass coolant loop upon detecting operation of the heat pump outside of a predetermined normal operating range and upon detecting an ambient temperature below a predetermined temperature. The controller de-activates the coolant heater upon detecting operation of the heat pump within the predetermined normal operating range. The controller may also de-activate close the solenoid upon detecting operation of the heat pump within the predetermined normal operating range.
US11110777B2	Vehicle HVAC system with auxiliary coolant loop for heating and cooling vehicle interior A vehicle includes a heating, ventilation and air conditioning (HVAC) system for heating and cooling a passenger compartment. The HVAC system includes a refrigerant loop and a coolant loop, and an auxiliary coolant loop for heating and cooling at least a portion of the passenger compartment. The auxiliary coolant loop includes a pump for moving a coolant, within the auxiliary coolant loop, through a first heat exchanger coupled to the refrigerant loop via an expansion device, a second heat exchanger positioned within the passenger compartment, and a third heat exchanger coupled to the coolant loop. A flow control valve controls a flow of coolant to the third heat exchanger. The temperature of the coolant within the auxiliary coolant loop is controlled utilizing the flow valve and the pump. The first and third heat exchangers may be in parallel for controlling the movement of coolant there between to control temperature.
US11110776B2	Remotely controlling comfort components in an autonomous vehicle A method for selecting an autonomous mobility-as-a-service (MAAS) vehicle is presented. The method includes transmitting, to a customer, location information of an autonomous MAAS vehicle within the customer's vicinity. The method also includes transmitting, to the customer, a compartment climate value corresponding to the autonomous MAAS vehicle. The method further includes selecting the autonomous MAAS vehicle based on the compartment climate value, such that the selected autonomous MAAS vehicle navigates to a location of the customer.
US11110761B2	Tyre changing machine A machine (1) configured to remove and mount a tyre from and on a respective rim of a vehicle wheel (2), comprises: an operating arm (4) directed along a longitudinal orientation; a head (5) supported by the operating arm (4); a first tool and a second tool. The first tool is connected to the head (5) and projects in a first direction; the second tool is connected to the head (5) and, in a first operating configuration of the head (5), is disposed in a first position where it projects in a second direction, opposite to the first direction. The second tool is pivoted to the head (5) to rotate about an axis of tilt (406′) transverse to the longitudinal orientation (402) to move from the first position to a second position, corresponding to a second operating configuration of the head (5) and tilted upside down relative to the first position, to project in the first direction.
US11110758B1	System for monitoring the inflation pressure of the tires of an aircraft System for monitoring the inflation pressure of the tires of an aircraft comprising a pressure sensor carried by each of the wheel rims of an aircraft and delivering an inflation pressure for each of the tires mounted on these rims, a processing unit ensuring the conversion of the different tire inflation pressures into values that can be used by a display device making these different tire inflation pressures available to a pilot or a maintenance operator, the processing unit being distributed in each of the aircraft wheel covers and configured on the one hand to communicate with the wheel pressure sensor via a short-distance wireless communication link and on the other hand to ensure the transmission of the tire inflation pressure coming from the pressure sensor towards the display device via a medium-range wireless communication link.
US11110756B2	Pneumatic tire and method of manufacturing same A pneumatic tire is provided in the tread portion with a land portion including a conductive portion made of a conductive rubber. The conductive portion has a radially inner end electrically connected to a conductive tire internal structural to be connected to a wheel rim, and a radially outer end exposed in a ground contacting top surface of the land portion. The conductive portion extends from its radially inner end to outer end while inclining toward a first side surface of the land portion. The first side surface comprises a radially inner part, and a radially outer part extending radially outwardly from the radially inner part while inclining to the radially outer end of the conductive portion at an angle greater than the radially inner part.
US11110751B2	Tire tread comprising cutouts of different depths Tread (1) of a tire for an off-road vehicle, with total width (W) and total thickness of wearable material at least equal to 60 mm. The tread is delimited axially by shoulder regions (5) provided with grooves (7). This tread (1) comprises, in central region (6), narrow groove (61) and, between each shoulder region (5) and the central region (6), an intermediate region (4) in which there are formed a plurality of oblique or transverse narrow grooves (411, 412). Narrow groove (61) of the central part is made up of first narrow-groove parts (611) of depth (P1) and of second narrow-groove parts (612) of depth (P2). Depth (P1) is greater than depth (P2). Narrow grooves (411, 412) of one same intermediate region comprise, in the circumferential direction, an alternation of narrow grooves (411) of first depth (P11) and of narrow grooves (412) of second depth (P22).
US11110750B2	Airless tire An airless tire comprises: a tread ring having a tread, a hub located radially inside the tread ring, and cross radial members connecting the tread ring with the hub. The cross radial members include first radial members and second radial members crossing the first radial members. The length measured along the radial member is not more than 180% of the radial distance between the hub and the tread ring.
US11110744B2	Removable wheel retainer release assembly An “L-shaped” bushing assembly having a retainer pin sleeve and axle sleeve. An “L-shaped” retainer pin is fitted to the retainer pin sleeve and provides a handle piece that projects through the walls of the bushing assembly and wheel that is maneuverable to retract and release the retainer pin and wheel from a grooved axle. The L-shaped retainer pin and bias spring are alternatively mounted in single and multi-channel slots to facilitate retainer pin mounting and/or containment of the retainer pin at a storage position. The retainer pin sleeve slots and/or a transverse open slot facilitate cooperation of a wheel removal tool with the retainer pin(s).
US11110742B2	Hybrid wheel assembly with attachment pin A wheel assembly for a vehicle includes a face portion and a rim portion. The face portion is formed from an alloy and defines a plurality of spokes extending radially outwardly between a central portion and a proximal bead element. The rim portion is formed of a composite material that defines an annular wall extending between the proximal bead element and a distal bead element. The face portion defines a mating member that is disposed in mating engagement with a rim seat defined by the rim portion. The mating member and the rim seat define a receptor for receiving a pin with said pin including shear resistors oriented to counteract shear forces F between said face portion and the rim portion.
US11110736B1	Wallet assembly A wallet assembly is configured to provide space for wait staff to perform food ordering services. The wallet assembly has a front panel joined to a mid panel with a front upper gusset panel and a front lower gusset panel forming a front pocket therebetween. A rear panel is joined to the front panel and the mid panel with a spine. A rear opening panel is joined to the rear panel with a rear upper gusset and a rear lower gusset forming a rear pocket therebetween.
US11110733B2	Fabric print medium A fabric print medium containing a fabric base substrate with a first and a second side; a polymeric barrier layer that is extruded, or a polymeric barrier layer with adhesion property that is laminated, on at least one side of the fabric base substrate; a primary coating composition that includes a polymeric binder and filler particles applied over a polymeric barrier layer; and an image-receiving coating composition that includes, at least, a first crosslinked polymeric network and a second crosslinked polymeric network, that is applied over the primary coating composition. Also disclosed are the method for making such fabric print medium and the method for producing printed images using said material.
US11110729B2	Recording medium and method for acquiring landing deviation amount in recording apparatus Provided is a recording medium having a test pattern recorded thereon, the test pattern being used for acquiring a landing deviation amount of a recording apparatus including a discharge unit configured to discharge a transparent ink, wherein when light is radiated to be incident on a surface of the recording medium at an incident angle of 45 degrees, and lightness of reflected light from the test pattern recorded with the transparent ink and lightness of reflected light from the recording medium are measured, with each of the lightness being measured at a position perpendicular to the surface, a difference in lightness between the reflected light from the test pattern and the reflected light from the recording medium is equal to or greater than a value predetermined, based on a type of the recording medium.
US11110720B2	Thermal-transfer printer A thermal-transfer printer, including a first case, a second case, an ink ribbon supporting member, a cover, and a head holder, is provided. The first case has a first opening on an upper side thereof. The second case is located on the upper side of the first case and attached movably to the first case to open and close the first opening. The second case includes a second opening on an upper side thereof and a third opening on a lower side thereof. The ink ribbon supporting member is attached to one of the first case and the second case. The cover is attached movably to the second case to open and close the second opening. The head holder is attached to the inner face of the cover and holds a printing head.
US11110717B2	Channel member, head unit, and head unit group A channel member includes a liquid emission port coupled to a liquid introduction section to emit liquid to the liquid introduction section, and a liquid feeding port that receives liquid from outside to feed the liquid to the liquid emission port. The liquid emission port and the liquid feeding port have the same opening direction.
US11110713B2	Transfer device configured to transfer liquid from container with bag portion A transfer device includes: a first container including a bag portion configured to house liquid; a second container configured to house the liquid transferred from the first container; a transfer unit configured to transfer the liquid from the first container to the second container; and a controller configured to control the transfer unit to intermittently and repeatedly execute a transfer operation of starting transfer of the liquid and then completing the transfer before a side of the bag portion toward the transfer unit transitions to a suction contact state upon transferring the liquid from the first container to the second container.
US11110710B2	Liquid ejecting device Provided is a liquid ejecting device including an ejecting unit configured to eject a liquid onto a medium, a detector configured to emit light toward an object opposing the ejecting unit and receive reflected light generated by reflection of the light thereby detecting information, and a cover portion including a cover that transmits the light and is disposed at a position to cover the detector. The cover portion is configured to move the cover so as to change a portion of the cover that covers the detector while the detector remains covered.
US11110709B2	System and method for cleaning a printhead A system for cleaning and treating a printhead includes (a) a movable carriage having affixed to a base of the movable carriage a cleaning blade and an absorptive pad, (b) a low vapor pressure organic solvent, the low vapor pressure organic solvent is deliverable to the absorptive pad via a pump, the low vapor pressure organic solvent has a vapor pressure lower than water and (c) a carriage moving mechanism that moves the carriage so that the cleaning blade and the absorptive pad pass over the printhead.
US11110708B2	Liquid discharging apparatus A liquid discharging apparatus includes a first head, a second head, a third head, and a fourth head. The first head has a first part and a second part. The second part is coupled to the first part in a first direction. The second part has a width in a first direction that is shorter than a width of the first part in a second direction. A third part coupled to the first part has a width shorter than the width of the first part in the second direction and is at a position different from the second part in the second direction. The second head includes fourth, fifth, and sixth parts that are arranged similarly to the first, second, and third parts. Parts of the first, second, third, and fourth heads are positioned, respectfully, in the second part, the third part, the fifth part, and the sixth part.
US11110703B2	Printing apparatus and control method Each of a first image processing unit and a second image processing unit is configured to generate print data to be used by a printing unit based on image data generated by a controller. The controller comprises a transmission control unit configured to select, based on a sheet size which is a print setting corresponding to a print job as a condition, one of first transmission control of controlling a transmission unit to alternately transmit band data included in first image data and band data included in second image data and second transmission control of controlling the transmission unit so that the band data included in the second image data will be transmitted after the band data included in the first image data has been transmitted.
US11110701B2	Main body of a doctor blade chamber, doctor blade chamber thereof and methods of manufacturing same A main body of doctor blade chambers including a first portion configured to hold a first doctor blade, a second portion configured to hold a second doctor blade, a third portion connecting the first portion and the second portion, a cavity intended to receive ink and defined at least by the first portion, the second portion and the third portion, characterized in that the main body is a single closed hollow profile extending along a longitudinal main axis X-X, the main body being made of pultruded composite material.
US11110690B2	Tie layer compositions and multilayer films incorporating the same Embodiments are directed to a tie layer composition comprising functionalized polyethylene, styrene block copolymer, base polyethylene, and antioxidant co-stabilizers, wherein the antioxidant co-stabilizers comprise at least one oxygen scavenger, at least one peroxy free radical scavenger, and at least one alkyl free radical scavenger. Further embodiments are directed to multilayer films or sheets which include the tie layer composition.
US11110677B2	Apparatus and method for manufacturing rubber sheet containing steel cord A manufacturing apparatus of a rubber sheet containing a steel cord, including a feeding device which feeds the steel cord while keeping a specified tension; a forming device which winds the steel cord being fed by the feeding device around engagement parts spaced from each other with a predetermined width; and a placement device which places on a rubber sheet member, the steel cord wound around the engagement parts with the predetermined width. The forming device includes forming parts which press bent portions of the steel cord wound around the engagement parts to form a bending shape of the bent portions, and the placement device includes a plurality of retaining parts disposed in two rows spaced apart from each other with the predetermined width to retain the bent portions in a state in which the steel cord having the bending shape is placed on the rubber sheet member.
US11110676B2	Manufacturing method and manufacturing device for extruded rubber member Provided are a manufacturing method and a manufacturing device for an extruded rubber member. The manufacturing method for an extruded rubber member includes extruding at least one type of rubber from a die, the method including the steps of inserting at least one thread into a flow channel of the at least one type of rubber, and embedding the at least one thread in a longitudinal direction of the extruded rubber member.
US11110670B2	Structural reinforcements A structural reinforcement for an article including a carrier (10) that includes: (i) a mass of polymeric material (12) having an outer surface; and (ii) at least one fibrous composite insert (14) or overlay (960) having an outer surface and including at least one elongated fiber arrangement (e.g., having a plurality of ordered fibers). The fibrous insert (14) or overlay (960) is envisioned to adjoin the mass of the polymeric material in a predetermined location for carrying a predetermined load that is subjected upon the predetermined location (thereby effectively providing localized reinforcement to that predetermined location). The fibrous insert (14) or overlay (960) and the mass of polymeric material (12) are of compatible materials, structures or both, for allowing the fibrous insert or overlay to be at least partially joined to the mass of the polymeric material. Disposed upon at least a portion of the carrier (10) may be a mass of activatable material (126). The fibrous insert (14) or overlay (960) may include a polymeric matrix.
US11110657B2	Switching device for double nozzles of 3D printer A switching device for double nozzles of a 3D printer, which includes two transmission blocks, a rotary part and two spring parts. The two transmission blocks are in mirror image structures with each other and are respectively mounted on two nozzle devices; each transmission block is provided with a pressure supporting and transmiting portion, and the pressure supporting and transmiting portion includes a pressing-down stopping portion, a pressure transmiting portion, and a restoring stopping portion which are connected in sequence; the rotary part is connected to the case and is provided with two pressing parts; the two spring parts respectively sleeve the two nozzle devices, and the spring part supports the corresponding transmission block; the rotary part can rotate in a reciprocating manner, the rotary part drives the pressing parts to move on the two pressure supporting and transmiting portions.
US11110654B2	System and print head for continuously manufacturing composite structure A system is disclosed for use in additively manufacturing a composite structure. The system may include a head configured to discharge a continuous reinforcement. The system may further include an external applicator configured to apply a matrix to the discharged continuous reinforcement, and a cure enhancer configured to expose the matrix to a cure energy at a side of the external applicator opposite the head.
US11110652B2	Generating a three-dimensional object According to one example, there is provided apparatus for generating a three-dimensional object. The apparatus comprises a build material distributor movable bi-directionally in a first axis to deposit successive layers of a build material on a support, and an agent distributor movable bi-directionally in a second axis different to the first axis to deliver an agent onto selected portions of successive layers of build material.
US11110645B2	Method and systems for applying stretch films/plastic films at a controlled temperature A system for controlling the temperature of a film before and/or during application, the system including: a heat source for heating a film; and stretch rollers; wherein the heat source heats the film from an ambient temperature to a temperature from about 2° C. to about 40° C. above the ambient temperature, wherein the film is heated prior to or simultaneous to being stretched by the stretch rollers, and wherein the ambient temperature is below 15° C. The preheating system may be used to enhance binding and sealing properties of stretch films used for wrapping palletized products in a reduced temperature environment. Other embodiments of the preheating film system, and methods for its use, are described herein.
US11110642B1	Multi-prong blow pin with integral air and cooling water channels A dual or multi-prong blow pin having air channels and a water cooling manifold integrally formed in the blow mold pin. The pin is formed by 3D depositing a metal such as stainless steel, which permits the formation of a blow mold pin having an intricate shape with internal air and water channels. The use of 3D deposition allows the manufacture such a blow mold pin, which may be difficult or impossible to form using conventional casting and machining methods.
US11110638B2	Extruder screw having paths within the screw, extruder, and extrusion method A conveyance portion, a barrier portion, and a path are provided at places of a portion of a screw main body in which a kneading portion is provided. In at least one of the places, an entrance is opened to cause raw materials, conveyance of which is limited by a barrier portion to increase pressure on the raw materials, to flow in. The raw materials flowing in from the entrance flow through the path in the opposite direction to a conveyance direction of the conveyance portion. An exit is opened in an outer circumferential surface of the screw main body at a position outside the conveyance portion in which the entrance is opened.
US11110636B2	Injection molding machine An injection molding machine with an injection system and a clamping system. The injection system may include a removable injection module defining a portion of the material flow path. The injection module may include all of parts that come in contact with the material between the material source and the mold. The injection module may include a valve arrangement movable between a fill position to load the injection module with material and an inject position to eject material from the injection module into the mold. The actuators for the injection module may be supported on the machine rather than the injection module. The clamping system may include a platen linear actuator to open and close the mold, and a hydraulic clamping system to apply clamping force to the closed mold. The hydraulic clamping system may include a free-float valve manifold assembly that selectively places the hydraulic cylinders in free-float mode.
US11110629B2	Method for producing resin pellets An object of the present invention is to provide a method for producing resin pellets, in which occurrence of defective pellets is suppressed. The method for producing resin pellets of the present invention includes the following steps, and a strand-shaped resin has a diameter of 1.5 to 4.5 mm, is discharged at a take-off speed of 1.5 m/s to 10 m/s, a die has 10 or more die holes, and a strand interval X defined by Formula 2 satisfies the following Formula 1; step 1: discharging a molten thermoplastic resin through a die in the form of a strand; step 2: cooling the discharged strand-shaped resin using a refrigerant; and step 3: cutting the cooled strand-shaped resin to obtain resin pellets; 1.73×a≤Xb≤2.81×a Formula 1 a=0.524, b=0.367 X(cm)={(effective die plate width)(cm)−(strand diameter)(cm)×(number of strands−1)}/{(number of strands)−1} Formula 2 wherein the effective die plate width: maximum distance between the outerside hole center of a die hole and the outerside hole center of a die hole each at the ends of the die.
US11110627B2	Device and method for processing concrete blocks A device (1, 1′) is depicted and described for processing concrete blocks (2), including: a transport device (3) for the transport of concrete blocks (2), and means (4, 4′) for the mechanical processing of the edges of the concrete blocks (2), wherein the means (4, 4′) for the mechanical processing are arranged above the transport device (3). In order to be able to process the concrete blocks (2) in a constructively simple manner with low mechanical stress, it is proposed, to pivot-mount the means (4, 4′) for the mechanical processing. In addition, a method for processing concrete blocks (2) is depicted and described.
US11110624B2	Control of a cutting tool An example system includes a cutting tool and a device configured to remotely control the cutting tool. In response to receiving information indicative of actuation of a first user interface item, the device sends a first signal to the cutting tool so as to request enabling the cutting tool to be operated remotely. The cutting tool sends a second signal to the device indicating that remote operation of the cutting tool has been enabled. The cutting tool receives information indicating that the trigger has been activated, and sends a third signal to the device indicating that the cutting tool is ready to perform a cutting operation. The device receives information indicative of actuation of a second user interface item, and responsively, sends a fourth signal to the cutting tool so as to cause the cutting tool to perform the cutting operation.
US11110611B2	Automatic detection and robot-assisted machining of surface defects A method for automated detection of defects in a workpiece surface and generation of a robot program for the machining of the workpiece is described. In accordance with one embodiment, the method comprises the localization of defects in a surface of a workpiece as well as determining a three-dimensional topography of the localized defects and categorizing at least one localized defect based on its topography. Dependent on the defect category of the at least one defect, a machining process is selected and, in accordance with the selected machining process, a robot program for the robot-assisted machining of the at least one defect is generated with the assistance of a computer.
US11110608B2	Robotic physical movement adjustment based on user emotional state A method controls a robot. One or more processors receive sensor readings from one or more sensors that are monitoring a human in real time, where the human is currently observing a robotic action by a robot, and where the robotic action is a physical movement performed by the robot. The processor(s) determine a cognitive state of the human while the human is observing the robotic action by the robot, and then adjust the robotic action being performed by the robot based on the cognitive state of the human.
US11110607B2	Servo output shaft rotational angle calibration method and system and robot using the same The present disclosure provides a servo output shaft angle calibration method and a robot using the same. In the method, when a servo output shaft rotational angle calibration instruction is obtained, an output shaft of a servo is controlled to move in a preset rotational direction, a current angle of the output shaft of the servo is obtained when it detects that the output shaft of the servo has rotated to an end point and has a stalling, and then a preset end point angle is updated as the current angle of the output shaft of the servo, so as to take the current angle of the output shaft of the servo as the new end point angle, thereby realizing the calibration of the end point angle of the output shaft of the servo. In this manner, the entire calibration process requires no manual intervention.
US11110606B2	Coordinating work within a multi-robot cell Systems and methods are provided for robot control. One embodiment is a method for coordinating operations of robots performing work on a part. The method includes assigning a group of robots to a part, initiating work on the part via the group of robots, determining that a robot within the group is unable to continue performing work at a first location of the part, removing the robot from the group while other robots of the group continue performing the work, adding a functioning robot to the group at a second location that the robot is scheduled to occupy, and continuing work on the part via the group of robots.
US11110597B2	Soft poly-limb systems The present disclosure provides a soft poly-limb system, comprising a first actuator segment, a second actuator segment, and a third actuator segment forming the soft poly-limb. Each of the first actuator segment, the second actuator segment, and the third actuator segment may comprise a plurality of ring reinforced actuators. The soft poly-limb system may further comprise a control system whereby a user may control the soft poly-limb.
US11110596B2	Master-slave manipulator and control method therefor A master-slave manipulator according to the present invention includes a remote operation device, serving as a master, that provides operation information corresponding to multiple degrees of freedom, a slave manipulator having a plurality of joints corresponding to multiple degrees of freedom and including a redundant joints among the joints, and a controller that controls the operation of the joints in accordance with the operation information, in which, when it is determined that a distal end of the slave manipulator operates, the controller determines, among the redundant joints, drive ratios α of a joint disposed on a base end side and a joint disposed on a distal end side within a range of 0<α<1, respectively, and drives the joints.
US11110590B1	Organizer and wall mount for organizer An organizer includes a cup including walls, a movable door and, on an exterior portion thereof, a first connector, the walls defining an interior volume and a first opening to the interior volume, the cup further including a movable door constructed to move between an open position in which the interior volume is accessible via the first opening and a closed position in which the first opening is occluded. The organizer also includes a frame defining a second opening to receive the cup, the frame including a second connector adjacent the second opening to engage the first connector of the cup when the cup is positioned within the second opening and to secure the cup to the frame.
US11110574B2	Driving device and fastening element strip A device for driving fastening elements into a substrate comprises a setting channel; an energy transmission element, which can be moved in a fastening direction in the setting channel, for transmitting energy to one of the fastening elements at a time; and a magazine for transporting the fastening elements to the setting channel in a transport direction. The magazine is suitable for transporting multiple rows of fastening elements at once. Additionally, a fastening element strip comprises a plurality of rows of receptacles for fastening elements aligned in a transport direction and fastening elements which are housed in the receptacles and define a fastening direction, wherein the rows of receptacles are arranged one behind the other in a transverse direction oriented perpendicular to the transport direction and perpendicular to the fastening direction.
US11110573B2	Push-fit de-coupling tool A novel de-coupling tool for push-fit connectors that employs a novel compression carousel including a parallel pair of clover-shaped discs slidably secured together by a central axle and a plurality of radially-spaced spindles, the discs being spring-biased apart by at least one spring. Each clover shaped disc is shaped with a plurality of radially-spaced open yokes of various sizes for capturing different sizes of push-fit couplings. The compression carousel is rotatable about the central axle to select an appropriately-sized pair of yokes depending on the size of the coupling. Both a vice-grip embodiment and a lever-operated embodiment are disclosed, in both cases that compress the opposing discs together.
US11110570B2	Reversible roller wrench with a scalloped outer race A torque transfer device includes a handle, a roller cage bias ring, a plurality of rollers and a spindle. The handle includes a scalloped outer race. The roller cage bias ring is located within the scalloped outer race. The roller cage bias ring includes a base ring and a plurality of pillars extending out of the base ring. The rollers are positioned between the pillars. The spindle includes a circular inner race.
US11110566B2	Device, system, and method for cleaning the interior of the tubes in air-cooled heat exchangers A device and system are disclosed to clean the interior of tubes in air-cooled heat exchangers. The device is attached at each end of a tube by electromagnetism; either directly to a ferromagnetic tube header, or to a ferromagnetic plate secured to a non-ferromagnetic plug-type header or to a plate-type header of any metal. High pressure air with entrained dry finely-divided abrasive is conducted through a nozzle supported by the device. At the other end of the tube, another device supports a nozzle that captures the air, spent abrasive, and removed material. Spent abrasive and removed material are separated by filtration from the air before the air is exhausted to the environment. Tubes are cleaned to a bright metal condition, suitable for inspection or application of a corrosion-resistant coating, or to a lesser level of cleanliness appropriate for return to service.
US11110564B2	Method and device for structurally conditioning a roll The object of providing a method for conditioning a working roll with which the material properties of a working roll can be set in a process-reliable and uniform manner is achieved by a method in which a roll and at least one pressure tool are rotated relative to each other, in which pressure is applied locally to the roll by means of the at least one pressure tool, comprising at least one pressure element, via the at least one pressure element, and in which a deep rolling process is carried out.
US11110559B2	Clamp support system A clamp support system including a support rack having a pair of first sides and a pair of second sides that interlockingly engage each other. Slots are defined in each of the first sides and slots in the opposed and parallel first sides are aligned. One or more clamps are supported by the support rack. A bar of each clamp is received in a pair of aligned slots in the first sides. Each clamp includes a first jaw and a second jaw operatively engaged with the bar. A workpiece is positioned so that the first jaw of each clamp contacts a first side of the workpiece and the second jaw of each clamp contacts a second side. The first and second jaws are moved relative to each other to clamp the workpiece therebetween.
US11110557B2	Manufacturing station and manufacturing process A manufacturing station and a manufacturing process for workpieces, in particular car body parts. The manufacturing station includes a processing area having a working point and a processing apparatus. A security partition surrounds the processing area and has a secure access point for workpiece transport. The manufacturing station further includes an automatic loading apparatus with loading robots. The loading apparatus loads and unloads workpieces onto and off a conveyor and transports the workpieces into and out of the processing area. The automatic and multifunctional loading apparatus is arranged, together with a workpiece support, inside the security partition, wherein the workpiece support is arranged within the working area of the loading robots. A loading robot provides workpieces and carries out a setting-up procedure.
US11110542B2	Friction pressure welding method The present invention provides a friction welding method capable of reducing the welding temperature and a friction welding method capable of obtaining a welded portion free of defects regardless the type of material. A frictional welding method in which one member is brought into contact with the other member and slides while a load is applied substantially perpendicularly to the interface to be welded, the frictional welding method comprising: a first step in which frictional welding is carried out by setting a pressure calculated from the area and the load of the interface to be welded to be equal to or higher than the yield stress and the tensile strength of one member and/or the other member at a desired welding temperature; and a second step in which frictional welding is carried out by lowering the load, wherein the first step and the second step are continuously carried out.
US11110540B2	Extruder for metal material and 3D printer using the same An extruder for a metal material includes a cylinder having a receiving space in which a solid metal material is provided, a nozzle extending from a lower end of the cylinder, an upper coil provided on an outer surface of the cylinder and melting the solid metal material to form a liquid metal material, and a first lower coil provided on an outer surface of the nozzle to control an extruded shape of the liquid metal material.
US11110536B2	Apparatus and method for welding with AC waveform A welding system is provided which utilizes a short arc welding method in which the waveforms have a positive polarity portion and negative portion to optimize heat input and provide heat and current control.
US11110535B2	Machine cutting torch system A cutting torch comprises a cutting oxygen channel for supplying cutting oxygen, a heating oxygen channel for supplying heating oxygen, a fuel gas channel for supplying fuel gas, an ignition mixer configured to generate ignition gas from heating oxygen and fuel gas, a heating oxygen bypass channel originating from the heating oxygen channel and coupled to the ignition mixer, the heating oxygen bypass channel configured to supply heating oxygen to the ignition mixer, a fuel gas bypass channel originating from the fuel gas channel and coupled to the ignition mixer, the fuel gas bypass channel configured to supply fuel gas to the ignition mixer, and a fuel gas shut-off valve located on the fuel gas bypass channel. The shut-off valve is configured to turn off the supply of the fuel gas to the ignition mixer, and the ignition mixer supplies only heating oxygen to the cutting oxygen channel.
US11110534B2	Continuous solder transfer to substrates In an Injection Molded Soldering system, a single, one-layer decal has one or more through hole patterns where each through hole pattern has a plurality of through holes through the decal. A drum with a drum circumference turns while the decal is forced to be adjacent to the drum circumference. The decal passes by a tangent point on the drum circumference where one or more solder-filled through hole patterns align with recessed openings on a substrate at the tangent point of the drum circumference. Applied heat causes the solder structures to melt and flow into the recessed openings.
US11110531B2	Thread forming tap An object is to provide a thread forming tap configured to obtain an inside diameter dimension of a female thread having a targeted processing accuracy more easily than in related art. A thread forming tap (1) is a cold forming tap for forming a female thread by causing plastic deformation of a prepared hole of a workpiece, and includes a male thread portion (3) that protrudes in a thread shape in a radial direction. The male thread portion includes at least one protruding portion (5), which includes a plurality of first thread ridges (51) arranged in an axial direction and that protrude in the radial direction and a first root (52) formed between the first thread ridges adjacent to each other in the axial direction, and at least one adjustment portion (6), which is arranged with the at least one protruding portion in one lead of the male thread portion. A distance from an axial center to a section of the adjustment portion corresponding to the first root in the one lead is longer than a root diameter of the first root and shorter than a ridge diameter of the first thread ridge adjacent to the first root.
US11110524B2	Rotary cutting tool with internal coolant passage A rotary cutting tool includes a replaceable cutting insert, a pocket portion for holding the cutting insert, and a chip flute portion having a plurality of helical flutes. An internal coolant passage is formed in the chip flute portion and has both a twisted geometry and a “see-through” central portion. The internal coolant passage is polygonal in cross-sectional shape having a number of cusps equal to the number of flutes. The internal coolant passage greatly increases coolant flow area, while maintaining the stiffness and rigidity of the cutting tool. A method includes forming the internal coolant passage using additive manufacturing such that the internal coolant passage has a “see-through” central portion and a twisted geometry.
US11110507B2	Convex portion, method of manufacturing convex portion, positioning structure A convex portion projecting from a plate member includes a base, a convex body, and a guide. The base is part of the plate member. The convex body erects in a cylindrical shape from the base. The guide is at a top end of the convex body. The base includes a first inner circumferential surface, a second inner circumferential surface, and a third inner circumferential surface. The first inner circumferential surface is continuous with an inner circumferential surface of the convex body and extends in a direction opposite to an erecting direction of the convex body. The second inner circumferential surface is continuous with the first inner circumferential surface and intersects the erecting direction of the convex body. The third inner circumferential surface is continuous with the second inner circumferential surface and is larger in diameter than the first inner circumferential surface.
US11110505B2	Cushion pin pressure equalizing device, die cushion device with cushion pin pressure equalizing function and cushion pin pressure equalizing method A cushion pin pressure equalizing device that can absorb a variation in height of a plurality of cushion pins and control a die cushion load highly accurately, a die cushion device, and a cushion pin pressure equalizing method are provided. An initial pressure in ascending-side pressurizing chambers of a pressure equalizing hydraulic cylinder group for absorbing a variation in height of cushion pins is controlled so as to be an appropriate pressure. The variation in height of the plurality of cushion pins can be absorbed within a shortest stroke of a slide after the slide comes into collision with a cushion pad so as to equalize die cushion loads that are applied individually to the cushion pins and a target die cushion load can be generated within the shortest stroke of the slide, whereby a response to application of the die cushion load can be stabilized without excessive delay.
US11110502B2	Entwined tubular arrangements for heat exchangers and counterflow heat transfer systems A counterflow heat transfer system comprises a heat exchanger and a flow controller arranged to convey a first fluid through the heat exchanger in a first flow direction and a second fluid through the heat exchanger in a second counterflow direction. The heat exchanger comprises at least one first thermally conductive tube conveying the first fluid and at least one second thermally conductive tube conveying the second fluid. The first and second tubes are wound around one another and in contact with one another in an entwined tubular arrangement.
US11110488B1	Systems and methods to eliminate bubbles using ultrasonic energy A system to reduce surface bubbles from cell culture media using ultrasonic pulses is disclosed. The system includes a plurality of ultrasonic transducers, a photodetector, a camera, a control circuit, and a cell culture container that includes a cell culture media. The control circuit is communicatively coupled to the plurality of ultrasonic transducers, the temperature sensor, and the camera. The photodetector is used to determine a presence of a surface bubble on the cell culture media. The camera is used to determine a location of the surface bubble when the presence of the surface bubble is determined. The plurality of ultrasonic transducers is used to position an ultrasonic pulse at the location of the surface bubble and thereby reduce the presence of the surface bubble on the cell culture media when the location of the surface bubble is determined.
US11110484B2	Dispensing paintbrush A dispensing paintbrush includes a handle, a brush head connected to the handle, and bristles attached to the brush head to apply a fluid to a surface. A coupler is attached to the handle and is configured to connect to a fluid source. A nozzle is attached to the coupler and is configured to dispense the fluid to the bristles. The nozzle extends within the bristles and terminates at a position from the brush head that is less than one half the length of the bristles.
US11110471B2	Plug-in oil diffuser with non-plastic cover A plug-in oil diffuser comprises a plug extending from a housing to be plugged into a wall electrical outlet. A non-plastic faceplate is removably coupled to the housing. The non-plastic faceplate has a cavity therein with an opening to receive at least a portion of the housing. An annular insert is disposed in the opening of the non-plastic faceplate and has an exterior secured to the opening of the non-plastic faceplate and an interior removably secured to the housing.
US11110466B1	Process for creating and bagging animal bedding A method for producing animal bedding is provided. A juniper tree is cut at ground level, the juniper tree having needles and a trunk. The tree is naturally dried until the needles are brown, then ground using a screen less than 3 inches. The ground juniper is hammer milled and dust of 20 mesh minus is extracted from the hammer milled tree, which is then placed in a bagging machine and dust is vacuumed from the juniper tree. The juniper tree is then bagged.
US11110464B2	Sample container carrier, laboratory sample distribution system and laboratory automation system A sample container carrier, a laboratory sample distribution system comprising such a sample container carrier and a laboratory automation system comprising such a laboratory sample distribution system are presented.
US11110460B2	Inlet/outlet structure of microfluidic chip and method for sealing same Provided is a microfluidic chip having an inlet/outlet structure optimized for sealing an inlet/outlet of a microfluidic chip using a UV curable sealing material, a microfluidic chip having the inlet/outlet structure, and a method of sealing the inlet/outlet of the microfluidic chip using a UV curable sealing material. It is possible to provide a semi-permanent seal with less contamination from a fluid sample or a harmful reagent, and the inlet/outlet of the microfluidic chip can be firmly sealed using simple equipment and without high-temperature/high-pressure conditions. By using the inlet/outlet structure of the microfluidic chip and the sealing method thereof, it is possible not only to improve the accuracy and deviation of the reaction result as the generation of bubbles is suppressed even when a predetermined reaction is performed on the microfluidic chip, but also it is possible to apply a fully automated system by eliminating the need for ancillary equipment such as a chip case and minimizing or eliminating manual operations.
US11110457B2	Analysis unit for a transportable microfluidic device, in particular for sample preparation and molecule analysis An analysis unit formed by an analysis body housing an analysis chamber and having a sample inlet and a supply channel configured to fluidically connect the sample inlet to the analysis chamber. Dried assay reagents are arranged in the analysis chamber and are contained in an alveolar mass. For instance, the alveolar mass is a lyophilized mass formed by excipients and by assay-specific reagents.
US11110445B2	Immobilized metalloporphyrin catalyst and its utilization in maleic acid preparation The present disclosure discloses an immobilized metalloporphyrin catalyst and its utilization in maleic acid preparation, belonging to the technical field of metalloporphyrin catalytic application. The immobilized metalloporphyrin catalyst is used for catalyzing furfural to prepare maleic acid and is good in catalytic effect, mild in reaction conditions and capable of greatly reducing the energy consumption required in the prior art. The catalyst disclosed by the present disclosure can provide a good microenvironment for a reaction, so that the yield and selectivity of maleic acid are increased; and according to a method disclosed by the present disclosure, the conversion ratio of furfural is 20.4%-95.6%, the yield of maleic acid is 10%-56.1%, and the selectivity is 43.6%-76.1%. Meanwhile, the catalyst is easy to separate and environmentally friendly and may be recycled for many times.
US11110437B2	SCR catalyst and its preparation method and applications A method for preparing an SCR catalyst may include: (1) placing a first aqueous solution containing a titanium oxide and a tungstate in an electric field environment, adjusting the pH value of the first aqueous solution, and adjusting the current direction of the electric field environment to obtain a first mixture; (2) providing a second mixture by, in the electric field environment, adding dropwise a second aqueous solution containing a soluble salt of one or more active components, a copper-organic polyamine complex and a dispersant to the first mixture, and adjusting the current direction; and (3) processing the second mixture to obtain the SCR catalyst. The one or more active components may be selected from Ce, Zr, Cu, Fe, Pr and Sc.
US11110434B2	Ruthenium-based catalyst for hydrogen production from ammonia decomposition, preparation method therefor and application thereof Disclosed is a ruthenium-based catalyst for hydrogen production from ammonia decomposition, comprising an active component, a promoter and a carrier, wherein the active component is ruthenium, the promoter is cesium and/or potassium, and the carrier comprises magnesium oxide, an activated carbon, cerium oxide, molybdenum oxide, tungsten oxide, barium oxide and potassium oxide. The present invention further discloses a preparation method and application of the aforementioned ruthenium-based catalyst for hydrogen production from ammonia decomposition. Compared with the prior art, the ruthenium-based catalyst for hydrogen production from ammonia decomposition provided by the present invention is low in preparation cost and simple in process, and has high catalytic activity at low temperature and good heat resistance.
US11110433B2	Metal-doped tin oxide for electrocatalysis applications The present invention relates to a metal-doped tin oxide which has a BET surface area of at least 30 m 2/g, and comprises at least one metal dopant which is Sb, Nb, Ta, Bi, W, or In, or any mixture thereof, wherein the metal dopant is present in an amount of from 2.5 at % to 25 at %, based on the total amount of tin and metal dopant atoms, and is in a mixed valence state containing atoms of oxidation state OS1 and atoms of oxidation state OS2, wherein the oxidation state OS1 is >0 and the oxidation state OS2 is >OS1 and the atomic ratio of the atoms of OS2 to the atoms of OS1 is from 1.5 to 12.0.
US11110432B2	Multi-transition metal doped copper-cobalt spinel catalyst material for NOx decomposition Catalysts including multi-transition metal doped copper-cobalt spinel mixed oxide catalyst materials for direct NOx decomposition with selectivity to N2 from combustion engine exhaust, while minimizing formation of the N2O product. In one example, the catalyst may include a ternary zinc-doped copper-cobalt spinel material or a quaternary manganese+zinc doped copper-cobalt spinel material. The catalysts are effective for reducing NO to N2 at suitable temperatures of 350-500° C., with and without excess O2 presence.
US11110427B1	Polylactic acid polymerization reaction apparatus and system The present invention relates to the technical field of polylactic acid preparation, and discloses polylactic acid polymerization reaction apparatus and system. The polylactic acid polymerization reaction apparatus comprises a polymerization reactor and an agitating assembly arranged in a flow channel of the polymerization reactor, wherein the agitating assembly comprises an electromagnetic winding mechanism and a magnetic induction element, the electromagnetic winding mechanism is arranged along the inner wall of the polymerization reactor around the magnetic induction element, with clearance formed between the electromagnetic winding mechanism and the magnetic induction element, so that the magnetic induction element and the electromagnetic winding mechanism can induce electromagnetic induction, and thereby the magnetic induction element can rotate around its own axis; a threaded groove is formed on the magnetic induction element. The polylactic acid polymerization reaction apparatus provided by the present invention can improve the polymerization effect and thereby improve the product conversion ratio.
US11110425B2	Gas distribution plate for thermal deposition Apparatus and methods for providing high velocity gas flow showerheads for deposition chambers are described. The showerhead has a faceplate in contact with a backing plate that has a concave portion to provide a plenum between the backing plate and the faceplate. A plurality of thermal elements is within the concave portion of the backing plate and extends to contact the faceplate.
US11110424B2	Reformer box with reformer tunnel including tunnel port A top-fired reformer box is provided. The top-fired reformer box includes a burner row, a tube row, a reformer tunnel including a closed end, an open end, and a plurality of tunnel ports formed along a side wall of the reformer tunnel, the plurality of tunnel ports including a one or more tunnel port located along the side of the tunnel, and a flow resistor positioned at least one tunnel port applying a flow resistance for flue gas entering the reformer tunnel via the at least one tunnel port such that uniform flow is achieved within the reformer tunnel.
US11110422B2	Annular catalyst carrier container for use in a tubular reactor A catalyst carrier for insertion in a reactor tube of a tubular reactor, said catalyst carrier comprising: a container for holding catalyst in use, said container having a bottom surface closing the container, and a top surface; a carrier outer wall extending from the bottom surface to the top surface; a seal extending from the container by a distance which extends beyond the carrier outer wall; said carrier outer wall having apertures located below the seal.
US11110421B2	Processing quarantined materials A method and an apparatus for destroying biosecurity hazards in quarantined feed materials and producing valuable products that are safe and have economic value is disclosed. The apparatus includes a continuous converter (3) that has a reaction chamber (5) for producing a solid carbon-containing product, a gas product, and optionally an oil product and a separate water-based condensate product in the chamber, via pyrolysis or other reaction mechanisms.
US11110416B2	Device and apparatus for collecting microbial growth from a semi-solid surface A device for collecting a biological sample from a semi-solid surface. The device has a shaft with a proximate end and a distal end and a tip integrated with the shaft at the proximate end. The tip has a surface adapted to collect microorganisms thereon or release microorganism from, or both, wherein the adapted surface comprises at least one feature of a recess or extension to increase surface area of the tip and collect microorganisms thereon. Examples of such features include microfeatures with dimensions of about 1000 μm or less. Other examples include a pipette tip.
US11110413B2	Mechanical system that fluidizes, mixes, coats, dries, combines, chemically reacts, and segregates materials The present application is directed towards systems for adding components to materials being fluidized in a vibratory mixer by use of atomizers or sprayers. A mechanical system can fluidizes, mix, coat, dry, combine, or segregate materials. The system may comprise a vibratory mixer, mixing vessel containing a first material and a sprayer to introduce a second material. The vibratory mixer may generate a fluidized bed of a first material and the sprayer, coupled to the mixing vessel, may introduce a second material onto the fluidized bed to mix the materials in a uniform and even fashion.
US11110412B2	Method and apparatus for linear and rotational container agitation A linear actuator member applies a vertical force to a vessel or to a holding apparatus in which a vessel is contained. A linear to angular motion constraining member such as a cage structure having a helical track translates linearly directed force and motion applied by the linear actuator member into a combined linear and rotational motion of the vessel. The combined vertical and rotational motion of the vessel in response to the vertical force is repeatable according to a predefined agitation pattern for mixing components in the vessel.
US11110411B2	Solid-gas-liquid (SGL) reactor for leaching polymetal minerals and/or concentrates based on lead, copper, zinc, iron and/or the mixtures thereof The present invention relates to a vertical low-pressure reactor with stirred tank for leaching polymetal minerals and concentrates of lead, copper, zinc, iron and/or the mixtures thereof, in a solid-gas-liquid three-phase suspension system. The low-pressure vertical reactor with stirred tank consists of: a cylindrical vertical container with three or four deflectors equidistantly distributed across the 360°; a stirring system made up of two impellers coupled to a rotary shaft, that provides adequate reaction and interaction of the metal species of interest; a space of the volume of the reactor, corresponding to 20% to 35% of the total volume of the container, located at the top of the reactor and which acts as a gas chamber that provides a continuous feed of oxygen; and a system of coils placed on the outside or inside surface of the reactor to ensure efficient heat-transfer reactions and controlled kinetics.
US11110406B2	Dosing and mixing arrangement for use in exhaust aftertreatment A method for causing exhaust gas flow to flow at least 270 degrees in a first direction about a perforated tube using a baffle plate having a main body with a plurality of flow-through openings and a plurality of louvers positioned adjacent to the flow-through openings. The method includes deflecting a first portion of the exhaust gas flow with the main body of the baffle plate. The method also includes allowing a second portion of the exhaust gas flow to flow through the flow-through openings of the baffle plate. The method also deflects the second portion of the exhaust gas flow at a downstream side of the main body with the louvers hereby causing the second portion of the exhaust gas flow to flow in the first direction about the perforated tube.
US11110399B2	Process for the purification of biomass hydrolysate The present invention is directed to a novel and advantageous process for the purification of biomass hydrolysate as well as the purified hydrolysate produced after the inventive process and the use of the purified hydrolysate as a fermentation medium.
US11110396B2	Catalyst for purification of exhaust gas from internal combustion engine and exhaust gas purifying method using the catalyst An object is to provide a means for suppressing a deterioration in catalytic performance even after being exposed to high temperature exhaust gas containing a phosphorus compound for a long period of time. An exhaust gas purifying catalyst including palladium supported on cerium-aluminum composite oxide containing cerium at from 3 to 60% by mass in terms of cerium oxide.
US11110395B2	Cleaning device A cleaning device includes a housing having a first end defining an inlet and an opposing second end defining an outlet. The housing defines an internal cavity. The housing has a first portion, a second portion, and an intermediate portion. The first portion defines a first chamber of the internal cavity that is connected to the inlet. The first portion has a first width. The second portion defines a second chamber of the internal cavity that is connected to the outlet. The second portion has a second width greater than the first width. The intermediate portion extends between the first portion and the second portion. The intermediate portion defines an intermediate chamber. The intermediate portion has a linear profile or a non-linear profile. The cleaning device further includes an air driver positioned within the first chamber, an ozone generator positioned within the intermediate portion, and a catalyst positioned within the second chamber.
US11110392B2	Apparatus for treating exhaust gas in a processing system Methods and apparatus for treating an exhaust gas in a foreline of a substrate processing system are provided herein. In some embodiments, a method for treating an exhaust gas in an exhaust conduit of a substrate processing system includes: flowing an exhaust gas from a process chamber into a plasma source via a foreline; injecting a reagent into the foreline; forming a plasma in the plasma source from the exhaust gas and the reagent; and injecting a cleaning gas into the foreline, wherein the cleaning gas and the reagent are different gases.
US11110381B2	Vent filter and radio remote unit A vent filter and a Radio Remote Unit having the vent filter. The vent filter includes a first member including a first body having a ventilation path extending through the first body, an inner wall constituting a ventilation hole which is communicated with the ventilation path, and an outer wall constituting a gap between the inner wall and the outer wall. The vent filter also includes a second member including a second body and at least one enclosure wall protruding out from the second body, wherein at least one of the at least one enclosure wall is located outside the outer wall and surrounding the outer wall. Both the inner and outer walls have at least one first groove at an end and each of the at least one enclosure wall has at least one second groove at an end.
US11110377B1	Buoyancy apparatus and kit The present disclosure provides for a buoyancy apparatus that includes a hollow housing integrally formed below a board. The hollow housing supports the board while the buoyancy apparatus is placed in a liquid. The board is a relatively flat and light weight surface that can be easily retrofitted to different housings. The buoyancy apparatus further includes a connector at a first end of the hollow housing for attaching a filter and at least one orifice at a second end for receiving and securing the filter. The kit may also include the filter for preventing at least one impurity from entering the hose.
US11110362B2	Spinning top launching device A first locking mechanism is configured to block rotating the first and second holders by locking an operation component or by locking the first and second holders when the cap is not mounted on one of the first and second holders, and is configured to unlock rotating the first and second holders by being engaged with the cap when the cap is mounted on one of the first and second holders and when the cap is arranged to face upwardly towards a upper side. A second locking mechanism is configured to block rotating the first and second holders by locking the operation component or by locking the first and second holders when the cap is mounted on one of the first and second holders and when the cap is arranged to face downwardly to a lower side opposite to the upper side.
US11110357B2	Video game processing program, and video game processing system A non-transitory computer-readable medium including a video game processing program product for causing a server to realize functions to control progress of a video game in response to an operation of a user is provided. The functions include: an event participation managing function configured to receive participation in an event from at least one of users; an initial level setting function configured to set a level of a player character in the event to a predetermined initial level regardless of a level thereof indicating a degree of strength outside the event of the player character, and to cause the event to start after setting; a level-up determining function configured to manage a predetermined condition to raise the level of the player character in the event; and a privilege giving function configured to give a privilege in the event to the player character or the user.
US11110355B2	Videogame peripheral security system and method A system and method relating to a videogame system comprising videogame software and a videogame peripheral is presented. The presented system and method prevents against the use of certain videogame peripherals with unauthorized videogame software through the use of “protected” and “unprotected” inputs.
US11110353B2	Distributed training for machine learning of AI controlled virtual entities on video game clients System and methods for utilizing a video game console to monitor the player's video game, detect when a particular gameplay situation occurs during the player's video game experience, and collect game state data corresponding to how the player reacts to the particular gameplay situation or an effect of the reaction. In some cases, the video game console can receive an exploratory rule set to apply during the particular gameplay situation. In some cases, the video game console can trigger the particular gameplay situation. A system can receive the game state data from many video game consoles and train a rule set based on the game state data. Advantageously, the system can save computational resources by utilizing the players' video game experience to train the rule set.
US11110349B2	Dynamic client buffering and usage of received video frames for cloud gaming A method is disclosed including setting, at a server, a server VSYNC signal to a server VSYNC frequency defining a plurality of frame periods. The server VSYNC signal corresponding to generation of a plurality of video frames at the server during the plurality of frame periods. The method including setting, at a client, a client VSYNC signal to a client VSYNC frequency. The method including sending a plurality of compressed video frames based on the plurality of video frames from the server to the client over a network using the server VSYNC signal. The method including decoding and displaying, at the client, the plurality of compressed video frames. The method including analyzing the timing of one or more client operations to set the amount of frame buffering used by the client, as the client receives the plurality of compressed video frames.
US11110343B2	Methods and systems for generating detailed datasets of an environment via gameplay An example method includes obtaining, obtaining, from one or more sensors of a computing device, data relating to a feature in an environment. Following, the method includes analyzing the data to identify one or more details of the feature in the environment and determining, based on a comparison of the data to a stored dataset in a database, that the details includes a detail that the stored dataset lacks. The method includes providing one or more game elements for gameplay on an interface of the computing device based on the details including the detail that the stored dataset lacks.
US11110337B2	Processor-controlled snow sport boot binding Some aspects include a ski binding system using controllable electromagnets, alone or in combination with permanent magnets, as means of attaching or releasing a ski boot to a ski during use. Some aspects include a ski binding system using a controllable solenoid. In some aspects, microprocessor-based control releases binding electronically based on input from sensors located in binding, ski and/or boot, as well as in other equipment or clothing connected to them or to skier, or binding releases when a mechanical threshold is overcome. In some aspects, sensor data are recorded for analysis of system performance and for adjustment and improvement of system parameters based on data analytics.
US11110334B2	Golf training aid apparatus and method A golf training aid 100 has a sensor mat 105 placed under a golf mat 200. The sensor mat 105 has pressure-sensitive impact sensors 210 disposed in first, second and third regions. It includes an electronic circuit which activates a first indicator green upon an ideal impact detected by impact of a golf club head on pressure-sensitive impact sensors 210 in the first region, a second indicator yellow upon a thin impact, or the third indicator red upon a fat shot impact detected by the impact sensors 210. The golf training aid 100 also includes a wearable module 700 attached to the golfer's waist. It includes an accelerometer which measures rotational motion of the wearable device 700 and wirelessly transmits a signal to a base module 600 which activates an indicator to show under-rotation, proper rotation and over-rotation of the golfer's hips at impact of the golf ball 305.
US11110333B2	Game of toss A scoring receptacle for a game of toss may include a first receptacle having at least one first receptacle sidewall. The at least one first receptacle sidewall may define a first receptacle cavity. The scoring receptacle may also include a second receptacle having at least one second receptacle sidewall. The at least one second receptacle sidewall may define a second receptacle cavity. The second receptacle may be configured to be disposed within the first receptacle cavity. A position of the second receptacle relative to the first receptacle may be adjustable.
US11110332B2	Football goalpost rotation apparatus and method Embodiments of the present invention provide a system, apparatus, and method that allow a football goalpost to be rotated about a substantially vertical axis. In an exemplary embodiment of the invention, the football goalpost has a gooseneck-type post adapted to fit within a sleeve in the ground. The sleeve generally has one or more positioning members positioned near an upper end of the sleeve. A rotation collar is movably coupled to the post and has one or more grooves for cooperating with the one or more positioning members of the sleeve. The rotation collar is configured to move between a secured position, where the at least one groove engages the at least one positioning member to prevent the post from rotating within the sleeve, and a rotating position, where the at least one groove is disengaged from the at least one positioning member to permit the post to rotate within the sleeve.
US11110328B2	Golf club heads and methods to manufacture golf club heads Embodiments of golf club heads and methods to manufacture golf club heads are generally described herein. In one example, a golf club head may include a body portion having a front portion, a rear portion, a toe portion, a heel portion, a top portion, and a bottom portion. The front portion may include a front pocket defined by an interior wall. A face portion may be positioned in the front pocket. The material of the face portion may have a substantially higher yield strength than the material of the interior wall. Other examples and embodiments may be described and claimed.
US11110313B2	Box rack with functional training devices An exercise machine may include a box rack and at least one functional training device secured to the box rack and connected to at least one resistance device. The box rack may be comprised of a number of base members, vertical members, and upper members. A first functional training device may be mounted to a first vertical member in a slidable arrangement. A second functional training device may be mounted to a second vertical member in a slidable arrangement. A third functional training device may be located on an upper portion of the box rack. A fourth functional training device may be located on a lower portion of the box rack.
US11110298B2	Intensity modulated proton therapy (IMPT) plan optimization based at least on internal organ anticipated movement and/or expected deformation A method includes generating a nominal dose distribution based on an image and clinical goals. The method further includes generating a setup error dose distribution based on range and setup uncertainties. The method further includes generating a dose distribution for a parameter of an internal organ. The method further includes optimizing a planned dose distribution of an intensity modulated proton therapy plan by minimizing a total objective value including the nominal dose distribution, the setup error dose distribution dose distribution, and the dose distribution for the internal organ. The method further includes generating a final dose distribution for the intensity modulated proton therapy plan based on beam parameters of the optimized planned dose distribution. The method further includes controlling a proton therapy apparatus configured to deliver proton therapy based on the intensity modulated proton therapy plan with the optimized planned dose distribution.
US11110296B2	Bactericidal methods and compositions Methods of the present invention comprise photoinactivation of catalase in combination with low-concentration peroxide solutions and/or ROS generating agents to provide antibacterial effects.
US11110295B1	Wearable light stimulation systems and methods Light stimulation systems and methods for elevating testosterone levels in male patients.
US11110284B2	Medical device lead connection assembly with guide hub A medical device lead connection assembly includes an end connector element including a plurality of fixed connection element tabs extending from the end connector element to a tab distal end. A lead body includes a plurality of lead filars extending through the lead body and coupled to a corresponding fixed connection tab. A tubular guide hub extends from a hub proximal end to a hub distal end. The tubular guide hub includes a plurality of guide elements circumferentially disposed about an outer surface of the guide hub. The hub distal end is disposed within the lead body and the hub proximal end received within connection element tabs, and selected guide elements contact selected lead filars.
US11110274B2	System and method for treating inflammation Described is a low voltage, pulsed electrical stimulation device for reducing inflammation in a subject, which can be useful in the treatment of concussions, traumatic brain injury, cancer, and so forth.
US11110273B2	Electrical stimulation device An electrical stimulation device is provided. The electrical stimulation device according to one embodiment of the present inventive concept is worn on the head so as to apply electrical stimulation to the brain, and comprises: a frame to be worn on the head; an electrode structure including an electrode part formed of a conductive member and a cover unit formed of an insulating member covering at least a part of the electrode part, and of which one end is connected to the frame; and a patch detachable from the electrode structure and making contact with the head when attached to the electrode structure.
US11110267B2	Electrical treatment apparatus, system, and computer-readable medium storing program An electrical treatment apparatus includes an electrode contactable with a body part, a voltage regulator to regulate a voltage applied to the electrode to provide electrical stimulation to the body part, and a control circuit to control the electrical treatment apparatus. While the control circuit is performing the treatment mode in which the voltage regulator is controlled to apply a voltage at a first voltage value corresponding to the treatment mode to the electrode, the control circuit controls the voltage regulator to switch a value of the voltage applied to the electrode from the first voltage value to a second voltage value and to thereafter switch the voltage value from the second voltage value to the first voltage value.
US11110255B2	Medical device with support member The invention provides design, material, manufacturing method, and use alternatives for medical devices. An example medical device includes an elongate shaft having a distal region and a coil disposed along the distal region. The coil is formed from a winding member having a first filar region and a second filar region. The winding member has a first cross-sectional diameter along the first filar region, a second cross-sectional diameter different from the first cross-sectional diameter along the second filar region, a first centroid at a first position along the first filar region and a second centroid at a second position along the second filar region. The first centroid and the second centroid are axially-aligned.
US11110254B2	Catheter assembly A method includes: providing an assembly including: an inner needle, an inner needle hub, a catheter, a catheter hub, a catheter operation member, and a support member; puncturing a blood vessel of a patient with the inner needle and the catheter, while the support member is at a first position in which the support member supports the catheter; advancing the catheter operation member relative to the needle hub such that the catheter advances in the blood vessel, such that a part of the support member is caused to deform relative to the needle hub as the support member moves from the first position to a second position in which the support member does not support the catheter, and such that the catheter hub detaches from the needle hub; and retracting the inner needle hub and the inner needle relative to the catheter hub and the catheter.
US11110250B2	Catheter with catheter hub A catheter (1) comprising an elongate tubular body (2) having a proximal end (3), a distal end (4), and an inner lumen (5) extending through the elongate tubular body (2), wherein the elongate tubular body (2) comprises a proximal section (6) and a distal section (7), wherein at least the proximal section (6) comprises at least two layers, wherein the proximal end (3) is connected with a catheter hub (8) being an adapter of greater radial outside dimension than the elongate tubular body (2), wherein the catheter hub (8) has an inner lumen (9) of larger inside diameter than the elongate tubular body (2), and wherein the innermost layer (10) of the proximal section (6) extends into the catheter hub (8) and flares from the proximal section (6) to the catheter hub (8). The catheter ensures a smooth transition of a medical device, e.g. a stent to be transferred from a storage device like a sheath into the tubular body of the catheter.
US11110248B2	Medical device release system A medical device system may include an elongate shaft having a lumen extending from a proximal end of the elongate shaft to a distal end of the elongate shaft, a medical device disposed proximate the distal end of the elongate shaft, a release wire disposed within the lumen of the elongate shaft, wherein the release wire releasably secures the medical device to the distal end of the elongate shaft, a securement member fixedly attached to the proximal end of the elongate shaft and to a proximal end of the release wire, and a microcatheter configured to deliver the medical device to a treatment site, the elongate shaft and the medical device being slidably disposed within a lumen of the microcatheter. A proximal portion of the securement member may be configured to disengage from a distal portion of the securement member.
US11110246B2	Breathing assistance apparatus A device for use as part of a breathing assistance system for providing gases to a user. The device may include a fan, an enclosure for receiving a humidification chamber or both. A user interface of the device can indicate the operating mode of the device, whether a peripheral device is connected and whether a gases conduit is correctly connected to the outlet of the device. A controller in the device may hide or block options from the display of the user interface and may also initiate a power save mode when the device is powered by a battery.
US11110242B2	Patient interface This invention relates to a patient interface, such as a nasal cannula, including a body to be positioned upon a user (preferably such as a user's face), the body including at least one (and preferably a pair of) nasal prong(s), the or each nasal prong including a lumen capable of being fluidly connected thereto for fluid communication with a supply of breathable gas, the or each nasal prong to be in a configuration either inserted into, or to direct a flow of gas toward, a nare or the nares of the user's nose, wherein the body includes at least one element responsive to force(s) or movement(s), or both, experienced by at least a first region of the patient interface.
US11110230B2	Needle shield remover A needle shield remover is presented having a generally tubular body with a longitudinal extension and a number of grip elements arranged at a distal area of the body, where the grip elements extend radially inwards from a circumference of the body. At least one longitudinally extending cut-out in the body and adjacent to the grip elements engage an outer surface of a needle shield when the needle shield remover is pushed onto the needle shield, where the at least one cut-out enables a generally radial outwardly bias of the grip elements during the pushing action to facilitate mounting of the needle shield remover on the needle shield.
US11110226B2	Syringe The invention provides a syringe for use in an ophthalmic injection. The syringe comprises a body, a stopper and a plunger. The body comprises an outlet at an outlet end and the stopper is arranged within the body such that a front surface of the stopper and the body define a variable volume chamber from which a fluid can be expelled though the outlet. The plunger comprises a plunger contact surface at a first end and a rod extends between the plunger contact surface and a rear portion. The plunger contact surface is arranged to contact the stopper but not couple thereto, such that the plunger can be used to force the stopper towards the outlet end of the body, reducing the volume of the variable volume chamber, but not to move the stopper away from the outlet end.
US11110224B2	Patch injector with slidable joint An injector including at least one fluid reservoir having a needle, a surface attached to skin and coupled to the fluid reservoir by at least a first joint and a second joint at least a portion of one of the joints being slidable or having interlocking arms. At least a portion of a path of translation of a slidable portion of the first joint and a portion of a path of translation of the second joint are angled in respect to each another.
US11110221B2	System and method for managing administration of insulin to a user A system for managing administration of insulin to a user includes an infusion pump to effect controlled delivery of insulin A user interface device displays representations of user intake items. A database stores a catalog of intake items. A programmed processing system is programmed with a baseline user insulin delivery program to make a calculation of insulin to be delivered according to the baseline insulin delivery program or according to a modified baseline insulin delivery program based upon user input data. The user provides user input using the user interface application to identify representations of any of the plurality of intake items and the processing system automatically effects delivery of insulin to the user according to the modified baseline insulin delivery program, instead of the baseline insulin delivery program.
US11110220B2	Operable implant An operable implant adapted to be implanted in the body of a patient. The operable implant comprising an operation device and a body engaging portion, the operation device comprises an electrical motor comprising a static part comprising a plurality of coils and a movable part comprising a plurality of magnets, such that sequential energizing of said coils magnetically propels the magnets and thus propels the movable part. The operation device further comprises an enclosure adapted to hermetically enclose the coils of the static part, such that a seal is created between the static part and the propelled moving part with the included magnets, such that the coils of the static part are sealed from the bodily fluids, when implanted.
US11110216B2	Systems and methods for optimization of plasma collection volumes A plasmapheresis system and a method for operating a plasmapheresis system are provided by which the volume/weight of anticoagulated plasma that is collected is optimized. In one example, a nomogram is provided that utilizes the donor's hematocrit to calculate the volume/weight of raw plasma within a plasma product having the maximum volume permitted by the FDA nomogram. In a plasmapheresis procedure having multiple collection phases followed by a reinfusion cycle in which concentrated red blood cells are returned to the donor, the volume of plasma product to be collected is calculated prior to the start of each collection cycle to account for the donor's increasing hematocrit, thus resulting in a greater total volume of plasma product to be collected during the plasmapheresis procedure.
US11110214B2	Methods and systems for measuring and heating dialysate The present specification provides a dialysate management system for generating, weighing, and heating a dialysate fluid during a dialysis treatment. The dialysate management system includes a container and base enclosure. A bottom surface of the container rests within the base enclosure, which is configured to weigh the fluid in the container and measure its conductivity. The fluid may be heated using a heater integrated into the base enclosure or positioned in-line with a fluid pathway. The base of the container is preferably sloped and positioned within the internal volume of the container is a disposable prescription bag having a predefined quantity of prescription compositions that dissolve when water is poured into the container.
US11110196B2	Articles comprising malodor reduction compositions An absorbent article comprising a malodor reduction composition. The malodor reduction composition comprises a perfume mixture comprising about 5% to about 100%, by weight of said perfume mixture, of at least two perfume materials selected from the group consisting of terpinyl acetate, methyl iso-eugenol, phenyl acetaldehyde dimethyl acetal, and patchone.
US11110189B1	Disinfecting device In one aspect, a device of the present invention can include a liquid exchange portion comprising: a first thermal reservoir, a liquid circulation channel configured to connect the first thermal reservoir to a second thermal reservoir, and a liquid pumping device configured to circulate liquid, via the liquid circulation channel, between the first thermal reservoir and the second thermal reservoir; and a disinfecting portion including a light emitting diode (LED), a heat sink, an insulating layer arranged on the second thermal reservoir, the insulating layer including an orifice arranged over the LED such that light from the LED passes through the orifice in the insulating layer, and a front layer arranged on the insulating layer arranged over the orifice. Also provided herein are garments comprising the disclosed devices, and methods for making and using the disclosed devices and garments.
US11110188B2	Electron beam irradiation device An electron beam irradiation device includes an electron gun, a housing, and an electron beam emission window. A rod portion of the housing includes a first tubular member, a second tubular member, a cooling gas flow space, and a wall member. The window is provided at an end portion on a distal end side of the first tubular member. The second tubular member surrounds the first tubular member. The cooling gas flow space includes at least a cooling gas flow path provided between an outer wall surface of the first tubular member and an inner wall surface of the second tubular member. The wall member is provided so as to perform partition between an electron beam emission space and the cooling gas flow space. The wall member is provided with a cooling gas ejection hole. The hole has a flow path sectional area smaller than a flow path sectional area of the cooling gas flow path.
US11110186B2	Anionic chelate compounds The invention provides compounds suitable for use as contrast agents in magnetic resonance imaging (MRI). The compounds of the present invention are manganese (II) complexes having advantageous properties as compared with similar known compounds.
US11110173B2	Pharmaceutical compositions comprising meloxicam Disclosed herein are compositions comprising an NSAID such as meloxicam and/or rizatriptan in combination with a cyclodextrin and/or a carbonate or a bicarbonate. These compositions may be orally administered, for example, to improve the bioavailability or pharmacokinetics of the NSAID for the treatment of pain such as migraine, arthritis, and other conditions. Also disclosed herein are methods of treating pain, such as migraine, comprising administering meloxicam and rizatriptan to a human being suffering from pain, such as migraine. For migraine, these methods may be particularly useful when the meloxicam and rizatriptan are administered while the human being is suffering from an acute attack of migraine pain or migraine aura. In some embodiments, the combination of meloxicam and rizatriptan may be administered in a manner that results in a Tmax of meloxicam of 3 hours or less.
US11110159B2	Methods for inducing an immune response The present invention relates to methods for inducing an immune response, in particular methods for inducing an immune response against mycobacterial infections or disease comprising (i) at least one administration of a polypeptide Rv1196 related antigen and at least one administration of an adenovirus encoding a Rv1196 related antigen or (ii) at least one administration of a polypeptide Rv0125 related antigen and at least one administration of an adenovirus encoding a Rv0125 related antigen. Associated compositions, adenoviral constructs and polynucleotide sequences are also provided.
US11110153B2	Modified factor IX, and compositions, methods and uses for gene transfer to cells, organs, and tissues The invention relates to modified Factor IX coding sequence, expression cassette, vectors such as viral (e.g., lenti- or adeno-associated viral) vectors, and gene transfer methods and uses. In particular, to target Factor IX nucleic acid to cells, tissues or organs for expression (transcription) of Factor IX.
US11110149B2	Method for predicting and monitoring the efficacy of low-dose IL-2 and hydroxychloroquine therapy in autoimmune diseases and its long-term use in autoimmune-related conditions A method of inhibiting or treating systemic lupus erythematosus (SLE) and/or primary Sjögren's Syndrome (pSS) in a subject in need thereof is disclosed. The method calls for administering to the subject a therapeutically effective low-dose amount of interleukin-2 and hydroxychloroquine alone or in combination with a therapeutically effective amount of another disease-modifying antirheumatic drug. That combination results in inhibiting or treating SLE and/or pSS in the subject.
US11110148B2	Silk fibroin materials and use thereof The present invention provides processes for producing porous silk fibroin scaffold material. The porous silk fibroin scaffold can be used for tissue engineering. The porosity of the silk fibroin scaffolds described herein can be adjusted as to mimic the gradient of densities found in natural tissue. Accordingly, methods for engineering of 3-dimensional tissue, e.g. bone and cartilage, using the silk fibroin scaffold material are also provided.
US11110145B2	Composition for protecting cell from oxidative stress comprising green tea extract which has modified amounts of ingredients Disclosed is to provide a composition which is derived from a natural product and exhibits an excellent effect of protecting cells from oxidative stress and a method for preparing the same. The extract and composition according to one aspect of the present disclosure are derived from a natural product, thus are safe. It can prevent, ameliorate and treat oxidative stress and neuron damage. Therefore, it allows to improve the quality of life of the elderly population without concerns about side effects and promote development of the related industry.
US11110143B2	Method for preparing citrus-derived complex prebiotic agent and use of the same The present disclosure discloses a method for preparing a citrus-derived complex prebiotic agent. The method comprises the following steps: removing external citrus peels after blanching citrus fruits with hot water, soaking citrus segments after splitting with an acid solution and an alkali solution to remove membranes of the citrus segments, and adjusting the pH of the obtained alkali soaking water with acid soaking water or acid to be weakly acidic or neutral to obtain the complex prebiotic agent, which has the function of reversing intestinal flora disorders. Compared with the traditional prebiotic product preparing method, the product prepared by the method contains prebiotic functional components with different targets such as pectin, flavonoids, oligosaccharides, and other fibers at the same time, and has the efficacies of regulating intestinal flora and reversing intestinal flora disorders caused by antibiotics. At the same time, the preparing method has the characteristics of simple operation and low cost, perfectly supplements a comprehensive utilization process of citrus fruit processing, solves the discharge problem of citrus fruit processing water, and generates very good social benefits.
US11110141B2	Herbal compositions for the prevention or treatment of urinary incontinence and overactive bladder Provided in one embodiment is an herbal compositions for the prevention or treatment of urogenital system disorders including urinary incontinence, overactive bladder, enuresis, benign prostatic hyperplasia, nocturia, cystitis, urinary calculi, or a urinary tract infection. Specifically one embodiment provides compositions that contain Crateva nurvala, Equisetum arvense, and Lindera aggregata and methods of use thereof.
US11110140B1	Medicinal food products and methods for producing said products A method for producing a medicinal food product includes the steps of homogenously mixing a first non-medicinal food base with at least one medicinal product to prepare a medicinal-infused food-based carrier, adding the carrier to a second food base to prepare a medicinal-infused food item, freezing, dehydrating and dividing the food item, placing the divided items in flexible containers, and vacuum sealing the containers for prolonged storage. Preferably, the medicinal product is a cannabinoids, such as cannabis, THC, CBD, CBN or CBG.
US11110139B2	Application of anthocyanin extract in preparing pharmaceutical composition for preventing and treating cardiac toxicity induced by anthracyclines and pharmaceutical composition The disclosure provides an application of an anthocyanin extract in preparing a pharmaceutical composition for preventing and treating cardiac toxicity induced by Anthracyclines and the pharmaceutical composition, wherein the pharmaceutical composition comprises an effective dose of the anthocyanin extract; and the anthocyanin extract refers to an extract obtained from mature fruits of a zygophyllaceous nitraria plant and having a total anthocyanin content greater than 700 mg CGE/g and a total antioxidant capacity greater than 200 mg TE/g. Cytobiology and molecular biology studies prove that the anthocyanin extract has obvious protection effect to cardiomyocyte toxicity damage induced by anthracyclines and may be used for preventing and alleviating cardiotoxicity of an antharcyclines anticancer drug, thereby expanding a clinical application of the antharcyclines anticancer drug and relieving toxic and side effects brought by the antharcyclines anticancer drug to a patient and pain of a chemotherapy patient. And additionally, the raw material sources for the anthocyanin extract are wide, the cost is low and the use is safe.
US11110135B2	Bacterial strains belonging to the genus Bifidobacterium for use in the treatment of hypercholesterolaemia Selected bacterial strains belonging to the genus Bifidobacterium for use in the treatment of hypercholesterolaemia are described. In particular, a food composition or supplement product or medical device or pharmaceutical composition has said bacterial strains in association with sterols or phytosterols and/or stanols or phytostanols and/or glucomannan and/or konjac gum and/or prebiotic fibres and/or fermented red rice and/or betaglucans from oats, oat bran, barley, barley bran and/or Aloe arborescens gel in lyophilized form.
US11110134B2	Direct-fed microbials The invention relates to direct-fed microbials for use in E. coli inhibition in animals. More particularly, the invention relates to isolated Bacillus strains 101, 235, 77, 177, and 102 and strains having all of the identifying characteristics of these strains, for a use comprising the above-mentioned use. The invention can also be used for treatment of plants and in food processing.
US11110128B2	Cell preparations for extemporaneous use, useful for healing and rejuvenation in vivo The present invention relates to new plasma or new platelet-rich plasma preparations, new cell dissociation methods, new cell associations or compositions, a method of preparation thereof, a use thereof, devices for the preparation thereof and preparations containing such a platelet-rich plasma preparation and cell associations or compositions. Specifically, the invention provides plasma or platelet-rich plasma alone or in cell composition preparations for use in tissue regeneration and bone regeneration and pain reduction.
US11110126B2	Method of expanding NK cell and composition for culturing Provided are a method of ex-vivo culture of natural killer (NK) cells by treating the cells with a reactive oxygen species (ROS) inhibitor and/or a p53 protein inhibitor; and a composition comprising the cultured NK cells. By reducing the activity of ROS and p53 proteins during ex-vivo culture, NK cells may have achieved greater expansion efficiency without altering their anti-tumor cytotoxicity.
US11110124B2	Cell derived extracellular vesicles for the treatment of diseases The present invention pertains to extracellular vesicles (exosomes) that are produced by culturing tumor cells in the presence of various ligands or activators of innate immunity receptors and subsequently isolating and purifying the vesicles in the culture supernatant. The invention provides also pharmaceutical compositions comprising the inventive exosomes. The exosomes of the invention are provided as medicaments for example in the treatment of cancer diseases.
US11110122B2	Methods and reagents for modulating macrophage phenotype The present invention is directed to methods of inducing a phenotypic change in a population of monocytes and/or macrophages. The method includes administering to the population of monocytes and/or macrophages, a macrophage stimulating agent coupled to a carrier molecule, wherein the carrier molecule facilitates macropinocytic uptake of the agent by monocytes and macrophages in the population and is defective in neonatal Fc receptor binding, wherein the administering induces a phenotypic change in the monocytes and macrophages in the population.
US11110121B2	Compositions comprising hydrogen peroxide or hydrogen peroxide donor substances A description is given of compositions comprising a) one or more substances selected from the group consisting of hydrogen peroxide and hydrogen peroxide donor substances, b) water, c) one or more polymers having thickening properties and d) one or more substances selected from the group consisting of hydroxypyridones and salts thereof. The compositions are notable more particularly for their advantageous shelf lives.
US11110116B2	Hyperosmolar composition of hyaluronic acid The invention relates to a novel hyperosmolar composition of hyaluronic acid for the use thereof in the treatment of conical oedema.
US11110114B2	Dinucleotides The present disclosure relates to novel dinucleotides comprising at least two locked nucleosides, one of which is directly attached to the 3′ end of the triazole linker moiety and the other of which is directly linked to the 5′ end of the triazole linker moiety and that are useful for the preparation of oligonucleotides. The disclosed dinucleotides may be used in gene therapy.
US11110103B2	Inhibitors of glucocorticoid receptor The present invention relates generally to compositions and methods for treating cancer and hypercortisolism. Provided herein are substituted steroidal derivative compounds and pharmaceutical compositions comprising said compounds. The subject compounds and compositions are useful for inhibition of glucocorticoid receptors. Furthermore, the subject compounds and compositions are useful for the treatment of cancer and hypercortisolism.
US11110097B2	Combination therapies for the treatment of alzheimer's disease and related disorders The present invention relates to combination therapies for treating Alzheimer's disease or an amyloidosis-associated pathological condition comprising co-administering a therapeutically effective amount of a first compound, and a therapeutically effective amount of a second compound. In certain embodiments, the first compound or the second compound inhibits AB peptide polymerization; is an anti-inflammatory; improves cognitive function, mood, or social behavior; is associated with Tau or alpha-synuclein; or regulates amyloid peptide washout.
US11110093B2	Sustained release small molecule drug formulation An injectable depot formulation includes a biocompatible polymer, an organic solvent combined with the biocompatible polymer to form a viscous gel, and a small molecule drug incorporated in the viscous gel such that the formulation exhibits an in vivo release profile having a Cmax to Cmin ratio of less than 200 and a lag time less than 0.2.
US11110088B2	Imidazopyrazine inhibitors of Bruton's tyrosine kinase In some embodiments, the invention relates to a BTK inhibitor or a pharmaceutically acceptable salt, cocrystal, ester, prodrug, solvate, hydrate or derivative thereof, or to pharmaceutical compositions comprising these compounds and to their use in therapy. In particular, in some embodiments, the present invention relates to imidazopyrazine compounds, pharmaceutical compositions thereof, and the use of the compounds and pharmaceutical compositions in the treatment of a hyperproliferative disorder, an inflammatory disorder, an immune disorder, or an autoimmune disorder.
US11110087B2	Combination therapy of a type II anti-CD20 antibody with a selective Bcl-2 inhibitor The present invention is directed to a combination therapy involving a type II anti-CD20 antibody and a selective Bcl-2 inhibitor for the treatment of a patient suffering from cancer, particularly, a CD20-expressing cancer.
US11110077B2	Apremilast pharmaceutical compositions The present invention relates to topical pharmaceutical compositions of apremilast used for the treatment of psoriasis and/or psoriatic arthritis. It further relates to processes of preparation of the compositions and the method of use for these compositions.
US11110068B2	Compositions comprising a dendrimer-resveratrol complex and methods for making and using the same Compositions and pharmaceutical compositions including a dendrimer-resveratrol complex and methods for making and using the compositions are described herein. Methods of treating cancer, cardiovascular disease, cardiac failure, diabetes, Alzheimer's disease, Parkinson's disease and other brain diseases, fatty liver disease, obesity, cataracts, osteoporosis, muscle wasting, sleep disorders, acoustic trauma, inflammatory disease, psoriasis, arthritis, colitis, aging, viral disease, reproductive disease, and skin conditions or disorders including administering a therapeutically effective amount of the compositions to a subject in need are also provided. The compositions may be topically applied to skin or mucous membranes.
US11110061B2	Microspherical sustained-release injection containing escitalopram and method for preparing same The present invention relates to a biodegradable polymer microsphere-containing sustained-release injection containing escitalopram as an active ingredient, and to a method for manufacturing the same. In the case of escitalopram microspheres, there is a problem of low encapsulation rate, fracture due to weak strength, and initial over-release due to the phase separation of the liquid drug and the polymer inside the microspheres. In order to solve the problem, it is possible to maximize the encapsulation amount and the encapsulation efficiency of the escitalopram adding a hydrophobic solidifying agent to uniformize the non-uniform phase, to overcome the cracking of the microspheres at high loading conditions, and to properly control the initial release and release delay of the microspheres.
US11110056B1	Nasal hygiene method and composition A composition for and method of practicing nasal hygiene to wash and moisturize the nasal passage. Where the nasal wash comprises a liquid homogenized compound of water, chlorine dioxide (or source thereof), olfactory stimulants, unsaturated fatty acids, cannabidiol oil, inorganic salt, fixing agents. Where the unsaturated fatty acid component comprises from 0.01% to 1% by weight of the compound.
US11110050B2	Hair styling method and kit thereof A method for treating hair comprising applying primer(s) and cationic polymer(s) onto a user's hair for improving the styling of the hair in a more manageable and reliable manner and for enhancing the stability of the final style obtained.
US11110046B2	Shaping keratin fibres using 2-hydroxypropane-1,2,3-tricarboxylic acid and/or 1,2,3,4-butanetetracarboxylic acid A method for shaping keratin fibres comprising: providing a crosslinking composition, wherein the crosslinking composition comprises: an active agent, wherein the active agent is selected from the group consisting of: 2-hydroxypropane-1,2,3-tricarboxylic acid, 1,2,3,4-butanetetracarboxylic acid, a derivative thereof, and mixtures thereof; and wherein the active agent has a molecular weight of 500 g/mol or less; a photocatalyst; a cosmetically acceptable carrier; and applying the crosslinking composition to keratin fibres, mechanically shaping the keratin fibres with an appliance at a temperature of from about 80° C. to about 180° C. and exposing the composition to electromagnetic radiation having a wavelength of from about 300 nm to about 750 nm. Also a related composition, use, kit and process.
US11110042B2	Methods for synthesizing stannous pyrophosphate Disclosed herein are improved methods for the synthesis of stannous pyrophosphate, as well as improved methods for the manufacture of oral care compositions comprising stannous pyrophosphate.
US11110040B2	Compositions containing plant mucilage A body lubricating, moisturizing, and anti-inflammatory formulation utilizes a mucilage-containing extract derived from a plant such as okra, Abelmoschus esculentus (Hibiscus esculentus). The formulation can be provided as a free liquid such as a solution, suspension, foam, gel, cream, ointment, or spray or alternatively impregnated into an absorbent solid article such as a wipe, swab, a bandage or a gauze. Application of the formulation to a mucosal or external bodily tissue result in the application of a layer of mucilage that lubricates and moisturizes the tissue as well as protects it from external damage from foreign particles and UV irradiation. Application of the formulation to an inflamed tissue provides anti-inflammatory effects. The formulation can be impregnated into a cloth pad to provide an eyelid wipe.
US11110035B1	Tactical medicine dispensers A portable medicament case that includes a medicament provided in a package, and first and second housing members that are configured to form a medicament package receiving cavity when joined together. Each housing member including a mating member that is configured for engagement with the other housing member in order to join the first and second housing members together in a sealed configuration that prevents moisture or contaminants from entering into the cavity. Also, a magazine containing a plurality of medicament cases for administration of medicaments to a group of people, and a method of administering medications to mass casualties of multiple persons that are in need thereof. The medicaments are rapidly disintegratable and can include a dye that stains the person's mouth so that medical personnel can determine who has been treated with the medicament.
US11110026B2	Aesthetic glider for walkers A walking aid accessory that is an aesthetic glider for a walker and a method of manufacturing.
US11110015B2	Array of disposable absorbent articles having a sequence of graphics corresponding to a wearer's stages of development An array of disposable absorbent articles comprising a sequence of graphic designs corresponding to a wearer's stage of development.
US11110010B2	Wound dressing A method and apparatus are disclosed for dressing a wound. The apparatus comprises a sealing layer comprising at least one orifice, an absorbent layer over the sealing layer, absorbing wound exude and a liquid impermeable, gas permeable filter layer over the absorbent layer.
US11110009B2	Welding helmet for detecting arc data A welding helmet for detecting arc data is provided. One embodiment of the welding helmet includes an arc detection system configured to detect one or more welding arcs that occur during one or more welding operations. The welding helmet also includes control circuitry configured to count a number of the one or more welding arcs detected by the arc detection system. The welding helmet includes a storage device configured to store the number of the one or more welding arcs.
US11110006B2	Non-invasive and minimally invasive laser surgery for the reduction of intraocular pressure in the eye Intraocular pressure in an eye is reduced by delivering a high resolution optical coherence tomography (OCT) beam and a high resolution laser beam through the cornea, and the anterior chamber into the irido-corneal angle along an angled beam path. The OCT beam provides OCT imaging for surgery planning and monitoring, while the laser beam is configured to modify tissue or affect ocular fluid by photo-disruptive interaction. In one implementation, a volume of ocular tissue within an outflow pathway in the irido-corneal angle is modified to create a channel opening in one or more layers of the trabecular meshwork. In another implementation, a volume of fluid in the Schlemm's canal is affected by the laser to bring about a pneumatic expansion of the canal. In either implementation, resistance to aqueous flow through the eye is reduced.
US11110004B2	Flexible/expandable phacoemulsification tip A phacoemulsification cutting tip, including a rigid tubular portion and a flexible and expandable tip portion located distal to the rigid tubular portion. The flexible and expandable tip portion presents an axial length and an unexpanded radius and is formed such that the axial length shortens while the unexpanded radius increases when differential pressure due to an occlusion of an opening of the flexible tip portion exists.
US11109993B2	Orthopedic walking boot having a mechanically adjustable ramp insert An orthopedic walking boot includes a housing configured to encompass at least a user's foot, a mechanically adjustable ramp insert including a ramp surface and disposed in the housing, and an adjusting mechanism configured to adjust an elevation angle of the ramp surface. The mechanically adjustable ramp insert includes a base, a threaded shaft secured to the adjusting mechanism at a first end and configured to rotate with the adjusting mechanism, a first slider nut including internal threads, a bracket in physical contact with the ramp surface, a first support coupled to the first slider nut at a first end and to the bracket at a second end, and a second support coupled to the base at a first end and to the bracket at a second end.
US11109987B2	Vacuum device for a prosthetic The Prosthetic Vacuum Pump is a manually-operated device, that is affixed to or integral with a prosthetic socket. The manual operation allows a wearer to increase the vacuum in the socket cavity if there is any noticeable decrease at any time. The Prosthetic Vacuum Pump includes a removable pump mechanism that allows a user to customize the level of vacuum drawn by the Prosthetic Vacuum Pump. The intake valve of the Prosthetic Vacuum Pump is in direct connection with the cavity of a prosthetic socket. By eliminating vacuum lines, the vacuum pump creates an immediate vacuum in the cavity. The result is an immediate suspension when the prosthetic limb is put on without the need to walk or wait for the battery to draw a sufficient vacuum. The compact construction and optional depress-lock is easily hidden beneath clothing.
US11109980B2	Intervertebral spacer and plate Embodiments herein are generally directed to spinal implants, systems, apparatuses, and components thereof that can be used in spinal fusion and/or stabilization procedures, as well as methods of installation. The spinal implants may include an intervertebral spacer and a plate member.
US11109978B2	Elbow joint prostheses A radial head assembly is provided that includes a stem, a collar, a locking ring, and an articular member. The stem has a convex articular head on one end thereof. The locking ring has a ring wall, which has a ring opening. The ring wall has an angular outer surface and a slot configured to permit the ring wall to radially expand. The angular outer surface engages an angular portion of an interior surface of the collar. The articular member and the locking ring define an articular space within the collar. The articular space is configured to receive the convex articular head.
US11109972B2	Delivery catheter handle and methods of use Methods, devices, and systems are provided for performing endovascular repair of atrioventricular and other cardiac valves in the heart. A delivery device for staged deployment of an implantable device to a target area. The delivery device includes a deployment handle and one or more lock lines extending from the deployment handle through the catheter to the implantable device, the one or more lock lines being configured to engage with the implantable device to allow locking of the implantable device.
US11109960B2	Dual optic, curvature changing accommodative IOL The present disclosure concerns a curvature-changing, accommodative intraocular lens (IOL) for implantation in the capsular bag of a patient's eye. The IOL includes a fluid optic body having a cavity for containing an optical fluid, the cavity at least partially defined by a sidewall extending around the cavity and defining a diameter of the cavity and a deformable optical membrane intersecting the sidewall around a circumference of the sidewall and spanning the diameter of the cavity. The IOL further includes a second optic body spaced a distance apart from the fluid optic body and a plurality of struts extending from the sidewall and coupling the fluid optic body to the second optic body. The struts are configured such that axial compression of the capsular bag causes the struts to deform the sidewall in a manner that increases the diameter of the cavity, modifying a curvature of the deformable optical membrane.
US11109956B2	Gravity sensitive silicone breast implants A gravity sensitive silicone breast implant is provided which, in various embodiments, has a soft, natural feel and adapts shape after implantation responsive to gravity, according to movements of the patient.
US11109947B2	Method for performing an optical three-dimensional recording The invention relates to a method for performing an optical three-dimensional recording by using hand-held dental camera. The camera automatically records a plurality of individual optical recordings in succession at a defined frequency during the measurement. The individual three-dimensional optical recordings are combined into an overall recording of a dental object to be measured and before the measurement is performed, a three-dimensional standard jaw model is displayed using a display device and a first control point on the standard jaw model is displayed using the display device. The hand-held dental camera is then positioned in relation to the object to be recorded in such a way that the camera points at the first control point of the standard jaw model and records a corresponding recording region of the dental object.
US11109943B2	Powder-blasting device A powder-blasting device for cleaning the surfaces of teeth via application with a powder-gas mixture, including a stationary unit having a connection region for a mixing chamber for producing the powder-gas mixture, a hand part having a nozzle device for blasting the powder-gas mixture onto a surface of a tooth, and a joining unit for joining the hand part to the stationary unit wherein the joining unit has at least one joining guide between the stationary unit and the hand part, and wherein a tube section that can be blocked via elastic deformation is arranged in a powder-gas line between the mixing chamber and the nozzle device, wherein the joining unit is detachably joined to the stationary unit and the lockable tube section is arranged in the detachable joining unit.
US11109942B2	Edentulous surgical guide A dental surgical drill guide assembly and method includes a surgical guide housing and a base frame that fits to both gum tissue and one or multiple small areas of jawbone. The apparatus may be configured to accurately place dental implants according to planned positions. Such apparatus may increase the stability of the surgical guide by clasping and/or contacting the jawbone, while improving the overall fit and minimizing the need of invasive surgery and flapping by also clasping and/or contacting selected areas of the gum tissue at the same time. Self-locking alignment members aid in easy removal, and re-installation, of the surgical guide housing to the base frame.
US11109940B1	Devices, apparatuses, systems and methods for facilitating cleaning of an imaging element of an imaging device Embodiments of the disclosures made herein are directed to devices, apparatuses, systems and methods for facilitating cleaning of an imaging element of imaging devices used with robotic systems. Devices, apparatuses, systems and methods in accordance with the disclosures made herein provide a lens cleaning device configured to perform one or more cleaning events to remove contaminating matter from an imaging element (e.g., lens) of an imaging device (e.g., a laparoscope). In preferred embodiments, such devices, apparatuses, systems and methods are adapted specifically for facilitating in-vivo cleaning of an imaging element of imaging devices that are used with robotic surgical systems. Advantageously, embodiments of such robotic surgical system implementations enable a surgeon to readily resolve sub-optimal visualization of the surgical field during robotic (e.g., laparoscopic) surgical procedures.
US11109939B2	Intravascular devices with radiopaque body markers An intravascular treatment device is presented having an expandable frame made up of circular struts, straight struts, and bent struts forming a frame with circumference that varies over the length of the frame. Radiopaque markers can be positioned on the bent struts to indicate outer circumferences of the frame along the length of the frame. The device can be a stent or a clot retriever. If the device is a clot retriever, the proximal end of the expandable frame can be attached to a guide wire and the distal end of the expandable frame can be free to slide over the guide wire when the frame moves from a collapsed state to an expanded state and vice versa.
US11109934B2	System, method, and apparatus for remote patient care A portable patient-care kit is disclosed. The kit includes two-housing portions, a plurality of compartments and a touch-screen user interface device. The two-housing portions pivotally coupled together to form a container space. The plurality of compartments is disposed within at least one of the housing portions such that each compartment is configured to retain at least one medical apparatus. The touch-screen user interface device has a transceiver that can communicate via a mobile data network.
US11109930B2	Enhanced haptic feedback system An enhanced haptic feedback system for medical diagnostics includes a laparoscope configured to be inserted into a body cavity to view tissue and obtain an image of the viewed tissue. An imaging device is configured to acquire physiological data about tissue, process the acquired physiological data, and output the processed data to a graphical user haptic interface (GUHI) capable of generating tangible sensations utilizing one or more haptic interfaces. The GUHI is configured to combine the image received from the laparoscope and the processed physiological data received from the imaging device to provide tangible sensations on both a front screen of the GUHI and a rear screen of the GUHI allowing a surgeon the sensation of feeling for abnormal tissue conditions between the surgeon's hands.
US11109929B2	Medical tool grip mechanism which grips and controls medical tool One or more embodiments provide medical tool grip mechanism to which multiple types of medical instruments can be attached. A grip mechanism grips an instrument. The instrument has a shaft extending in a longitudinal direction, a treatment tool arranged at a distal end of the shaft, and a treatment tool control portion that is arranged at a proximal end of the shaft and controls the treatment tool. The grip mechanism has a gripping portion. The gripping portion grips the treatment tool control portion such that the treatment tool control portion is rotatable about a rotational axis extending in the longitudinal direction of the shaft, and movable in the longitudinal direction with respect to the shaft.
US11109925B2	Articulatable members having constrained motion and related devices and methods An articulatable member includes a distal end, a proximal end, an actuation member, and a constraint member. The actuation member extends from the proximal end to the distal end. The actuation member transmits force to bend the articulatable member from a neutral position. The constraint member extends from the proximal end to the distal end. The constraint member may have opposite ends that are fixed to the distal end and the proximal end. In one embodiment, the constraint member follows a helical path along at least a portion of the articulatable member from the proximal end to the distal end. In another embodiment, the actuation member follows a helical path along at least a portion of the articulatable member.
US11109916B2	Personalized hand-eye coordinated digital stereo microscopic systems and methods A personalized digital microscope system for use in microsurgery includes a camera system configured to produce a stereo pair of images captured in real-time; an image processing system communicatively coupled to the camera system and configured to extract the stereo pair of images synchronized in time with each other and to combine the stereo pair of images with encoded images of differences between the stereo pair of images; and a video processing system communicatively coupled to the image processing system and configured to create a stream from the encoded images by processing the encoded images based on personalization for the user, wherein the personalization is determined based on a test procedure performed by the user.
US11109911B2	Stone sense with fiber erosion protection and camera saturation prevention, and/or absence-detection safety interlock A system and method for detecting relative location of a surgical laser fiber tip relative to a surgical laser target during a surgical laser procedure utilizes a spectrophotometer to detect radiation indicative of the relative location. For example, the detected radiation may indicate contact between the fiber tip and a stone being subjected to laser lithotripsy, so as to prompt the surgeon to withdraw the fiber tip from the stone and/or take other action to limit contact-induced erosion of the fiber tip, and to avoid saturation of the endoscope camera resulting from the flash that occurs following contact. In addition, the absence of any detected radiation by the spectrophotometer may be used to indicate that the stone is no longer present, or that the fiber tip is no longer aimed at the stone, prompting the operator to reposition the fiber and/or temporarily cease firing of the laser. The main surgical laser may be a pulsed Holmium laser, which is delivered to the target through the optical fiber together with a pulsed 532 nm aiming beam.
US11109908B2	RF surgical resection snare for flexible endoscopy A polypectomy snare comprising two snare parts has a snare part that is completely electrically insulated and another snare part that is not electrically insulated in at least one distal portion thereof. The snare furthermore has at least one electrically insulated, HF surgically inactive skid at its distal end.
US11109902B2	Bone plates with dynamic elements Bone fixation systems include various combinations of stabilizing members, dynamic elements, fasteners, and locking mechanisms. Bone plates receive dynamic bone staples and bone screws. Other dynamic elements include elbow pegs, straight pegs, and wire pegs.
US11109899B2	Medical inserting apparatus A medical inserting apparatus includes a screw nail which is inserted into a human body, a driver which inserts the screw nail into the human body, a current generator disposed in the driver to generate a predetermined current, a current meter disposed in the driver to measure the current, and a conductor element disposed in the screw nail and the driver along a lengthwise direction including an exposed portion to outside, wherein the conductor element includes a forward conductor element connected to the current generator to allow the current generated by the current generator to flow into the human body, and a reverse conductor element having one end electrically connected to the forward conductor element and the other end connected to the current generator, and including a variable resistor and the current meter installed to allow the current generated by the current generator to flow to the current meter by current division with resistance of the human body.
US11109897B2	Expandable facet joint fixation device An expandable facet joint fixation device, including a first collar, a central shaft including a first end and a second end, the first end rotatably connected to the first collar, a second collar including a radially inward facing surface, the second collar concentrically arranged around the central shaft, and one or more expandable members, each of the one or more expandable members including a first arm hingedly connected to the first collar, a second arm hingedly connected to the second collar, the second arm hingedly connected to the first arm, wherein when the second collar is displaced in a first axial direction relative to the first collar, the one or more expandable members displace radially outward in a first radial direction.
US11109884B2	Steerable ultrasound catheter A catheter includes a catheter body (CB) having a CB proximal-portion, a CB distal-portion, and a CB lumen. The CB distal-portion has a CB distal end. The CB proximal-portion has a distally narrowing taper, wherein the CB distal-portion extends distally from the distally narrowing taper of the CB proximal-portion. The CB lumen extends through the CB proximal-portion and the CB distal-portion. An ultrasound transmission member (UTM) has a UTM distal end. The UTM extends longitudinally through the CB lumen. The UTM has a longitudinal taper that tapers toward the UTM distal end, and wherein the longitudinal taper tapers distally from the distally narrowing taper of the CB proximal-portion. A distal head (DH) is coupled with the UTM distal end and is disposed adjacent the CB distal end.
US11109878B2	Surgical clip applier comprising an automatic clip feeding system A surgical clip applier is disclosed which is configured to automatically feed a clip from a clip cartridge once the surgical clip applier is positioned in the patient.
US11109873B2	Patella drill guide and trial surgical instrument system and method of using the same An orthopaedic surgical instrument includes a patella trial and drill guide that may be used to both perform a surgical trial of the patellofemoral joint and guide the surgeon in drilling a number of anchor holes in the patella of the patient. A method of using such an orthopaedic surgical instrument is also disclosed.
US11109872B2	Ankle replacement system and method A surgical positioning system including a rotation guide slide and a rotation guide pointer configured to be coupled to the rotation guide slide. The rotation guide pointer includes a base and a pointer extension. The base includes protrusion and a hole extending through the base and the protrusion where the protrusion is sized and configured to be received within a channel such that the rotation guide pointer can translate parallel to a plane defined by the first side of the rotation guide slide. The hole is sized and configured to receive a screw to fix the position of the rotation guide pointer relative to the rotation guide slide, with the protrusion configured to expand when the screw is advanced in the hole.
US11109869B2	Solvent depression of transition temperature to selectively stimulate actuation of shape memory polymer foams An embodiment of the invention is a shape memory polymer (SMP) foam designed to recover its original shape through exposure to a solvent. Thermo-responsive SMPs are polymers designed to maintain a programmed secondary shape until heated above their transition temperature, upon which the polymer recovers its original, or primary, shape. The thermo-responsive SMP foam is programmed to its secondary shape prior to use, typically compression of the foam to a small volume, and remains in this programmed shape until exposed to a selected solvent such as dimethyl sulfoxide or ethyl alcohol. Upon exposure to the solvent, the transition temperature of the SMP foam decreases below the temperature of the environment and the SMP foam actuates to its primary shape. The SMP foam is tailored to actuate upon exposure to specific solvents while minimizing or preventing actuation when exposed to water or other solvents. This selective solvent actuation can be used to increase working time of a SMP foam device, that is, the time allowed for use of a device without undesired actuation, while maintaining functional SMP actuation. Solvent actuated SMP foams can be used in various applications including, but not limited to, treatment of aneurysms and arterio-venous malformations, tissue engineering, and wound healing.
US11109862B2	Surgical stapling device with flexible shaft A surgical stapling device includes a housing assembly that is coupled to a tool assembly by a flexible elongate body that having an outer tube, a middle tube, and an inner cable. Each of the outer tube and the inner cable has a proximal end portion fixedly connected to the housing assembly and a distal end portion that is fixedly connected to the tool assembly. The middle tube is positioned within the outer tube about the inner cable and is movable from a retracted position to an advanced position to operate the tool assembly.
US11109860B2	Surgical end effectors for use with hand-held and robotically-controlled rotary powered surgical systems A surgical end effector configured for interchangeable use in connection with a hand-held surgical system and a robotically-controlled surgical system is disclosed. The surgical end effector comgrises a cartridge mounting gortion, a firing member, an anvil, and an end effector shaft assembly configured to be interchangeably attachable to a proximal shaft gortion grotruding from one of the hand-held surgical system or the robotically-controlled surgical system such that the surgical end effector is selectively articulatable relative to the groximal shaft gortion about multigle axes that are transverse to a shaft axis that is defined by the proximal shaft gortion. The end effector shaft assembly comgrises an end effector drive shaft assembly and an end effector cougler gortion comgrising a distal flanged ioint arrangement ogerably attachable to a groximal flanged ioint arrangement on either one of the groximal shaft gortions grotruding from the hand-held surgical system or the robotically-controlled surgical system.
US11109855B2	Knotless orthopedic stabilization system Button-suture assemblies which employ a knotted locking mechanism do not maintain tension when securing bone and tissue fragments. A knotless method and device for maintaining tension and providing precise placement of a button-suture assembly during stabilization procedures comprising a locking pin, which mates with a button creating pinch points with increased surface area through which suture can pass from a baseplate through two dedicated openings in the button, one for the first end of the suture and one for the second end of the suture while preventing tension loss during the locking step and therefore allowing for precise placement of the button-suture assembly.
US11109847B2	Methods and apparatus for concurrently detecting and treating medical conditions of a body Methods provide for the concurrent evaluation, detection and treatment of actual or potential medical conditions at a site of a body, and are particularly directed to medical procedures and concurrent treatment of areas of the body that are difficult to visualize; and a kit providing apparatus for carrying out evaluation, detection and real-time treatment of the site of a body for actual or potential medical conditions is disclosed.
US11109845B2	Urine test container for urine separation and infection control The present invention relates to a urine test container, Specifically, the present invention relates to a container capable of readily separating first urine while receiving whole urine in order to remove the inconvenience of discarding the first urine and putting the remaining urine in a container in a medical institution such as a hospital and a health care institution, because the quality of a test is decreased due to a plurality of epithelial cells included in the first urine in a urine test. A container for collecting the urine of a subject, which is one aspect of the present invention, comprises: a container for collecting urine; and a barrier film located within the container so as to divide the inside of the container, thereby separating a predetermined amount of the first urine, which is first collected from the urine, and the second urine differing from the first urine, wherein only the second urine is used in the urine test of the subject and the first urine and the second urine can be separated using the barrier film.
US11109844B2	Ultrasound diagnosis apparatus and ultrasound probe An ultrasound diagnosis apparatus according to an embodiment includes an ultrasound probe and transmitter circuitry. The ultrasound probe is connected to a body through a cable and includes an ultrasound transducer element to transmit and receive an ultrasound wave. The transmitter circuitry generates transmission waveform data, generates, from the generated transmission waveform data, transmission signals that the ultrasound probe uses for transmitting ultrasound waves, and outputs the generated transmission signals to the ultrasound probe. When causing the ultrasound probe to transmit a plurality of ultrasound waves with different phases successively depending on a transmission condition, the transmitter circuitry generates transmission waveform data based on which a sum component of the ultrasound waves transmitted successively is within a certain range, by using the transmission signals detected between the cable and the ultrasound transducer element.
US11109843B2	Ultrasonic image pickup device and image processing device Alignment of an ultrasonograph and volume data obtained beforehand is correctly performed without requiring a user to perform complicated operation. First volume data for an ultrasonograph and second volume data obtained by another imaging apparatus are received and aligned. A predetermined imaging part selected from a plurality of imaging parts of a subject is received from a user. The second volume data are initially rotated by a rotation angle corresponding to the imaging part received by the receptor, and alignment of the initially rotated second volume data and the first volume data after is further carried out.
US11109841B2	Method and system for simultaneously presenting doppler signals of a multi-gated doppler signal corresponding with different anatomical structures A system and method for simultaneously presenting Doppler signals of a Multi-Gated Doppler (MGD) signal corresponding to different anatomical structures is provided. The method includes receiving an MGD signal having a plurality of Doppler signals. The method includes analyzing the MGD signal to select multiple gates, each of the gates corresponding with a Doppler signal, and each of the selected gates associated with a different anatomical structure. The method includes selecting a set of parameters for each of the selected gates and applying each selected set of parameters for each of the selected gates. The selected set of parameters for each of the selected gates may be one or both of image acquisition parameters or display processing parameters. The method includes simultaneously presenting the Doppler signal for each of the selected gates at a display system after the each selected set of parameters is applied.
US11109837B2	Portable ultrasound image diagnostic apparatus A portable ultrasound image diagnostic apparatus is shown. The apparatus includes an ultrasound probe and a hinge. The ultrasound probe transmits and receives ultrasound. The hinge connects a first housing and a lower edge portion of a second housing including a display panel so that the second housing is overlapped on the first housing to fold the portable ultrasound image diagnostic apparatus. The hinge is provided on an upper face of the first housing in a near side than a center. The second housing is rotated to a far side of the first housing with a horizontal axis of the hinge as a supporting axis to fold the portable ultrasound image diagnostic apparatus.
US11109829B2	Medical image diagnostic apparatus A medical image diagnostic apparatus according to an embodiment includes an estimation unit, an extraction unit, and a specifying unit. The estimation unit estimates a position of a plaque in a blood vessel based on data of CT images constituting a time series, with the blood vessel being enhanced by a contrast medium. The extraction unit extracts regions constituting the blood vessel from the CT images. The specifying unit specifies stress values respectively corresponding to the regions based on a moving displacement due to cardiac pulsation in each of the regions, and specifies an exfoliation risk of the plaque based on an index indicating hardness of the plaque and the stress value in the region corresponding to the position of the plaque.
US11109820B2	Mammography apparatus A mammography apparatus according to the present invention includes a mounting part coupled to an elevating part so as to be moved upward or downward and having rail parts, a fastening part inserted into the rail parts and slidably coupled to the mounting part and a sensing part installed on the mounting part and configured to generate an electrical signal by being brought into contact with the fastening part so as to detect information about the fastening part, in which the sensing part includes a contact part installed at an end at an entry side of the fastening part slidably coupled to the mounting part and a recognizing part installed on an inner surface of the mounting part which faces the contact part.
US11109818B2	Mobile patient alarm display This disclosure describes example alarm notification systems that can enable a clinician to respond to an alarm notification received via a computing device, which may have more advanced functionality than a pager. The clinician device may be a mobile device, such as a cellphone or smartphone, tablet, laptop, personal digital assistant (PDA), or the like. The clinician device may communicate with a remote server to obtain patient data generated by a patient device at the point-of-care (such as a bedside device or patient-worn monitor). This patient data may be continuous monitoring data for one or more patients. A mobile application (optionally a browser application) on the clinician device can enable the clinician to view continuous monitoring data for multiple patients, as well as view and respond to alarms and alerts, all from the clinician device, regardless of location.
US11109806B2	Three dimensional imaging of veins A three dimensional imaging system includes a first laser emitting light at a first wavelength, and a scanner for scanning the laser light in a pattern on the target area. A photo detector receives light reflected from the target area as a contrasted vein image, resulting from differential absorption and reflection therein of the first wavelength of light. The intensity of the first laser is incrementally increased, and the photo detector thereby receives a plurality of contrasted vein images, each being at incrementally distinct depths beneath the target skin surface. Image processing is performed on the plurality of vein images to successively layer the veins in the images according to their depth, to create a single processed vein image. A second laser emitting a second wavelength of light is used in combination with the scanner to project the processed vein image onto the target area to overlay the veins therein.
US11109796B2	Electronic device which can be adhered to skin and method for manufacturing the same Exemplary embodiments relate to a skin-adherable electronic device including a semiconductor circuit unit including a circuit element including an electrode and an interconnect, and a semiconductor device including an insulating layer and an active layer; and a flexible patch that can adhere to skin and including a plurality of through-holes, wherein the insulating layer includes a plurality of through-holes corresponding to the plurality of through-holes of the flexible patch, and a method of manufacturing the same. When the active layer is made of a piezoelectric material, the electronic device may be used as a skin sensor that can acquire skin deformation and/or elasticity information.
US11109794B2	Method and apparatus for processing ECG signals, and ECG machine A method for processing ECG signals includes: removing peak position information of any R wave of a plurality of R waves in a plurality of ECG signals if it is determined that a first RR interval is less than or equal to a first RR interval threshold, and an amplitude of the R wave is less than or equal to a first R wave amplitude threshold; and detecting at least one new R wave in a first RR interval if it is determined that the first RR interval is greater than or equal to a second RR interval threshold; obtaining peak position information of the at least one new R wave, and then storing peak position information of any new R wave if it is determined that an amplitude of the new R wave is greater than or equal to a second R wave amplitude threshold.
US11109793B2	Medical device for sensing cardiac function A medical device includes at least one electrode to sense an electrocardiogram (ECG) signal of a patient, and a controller coupled to the at least one electrode. The controller is configured to generate a first ECG template based on a first ECG signal of the patient received during a first baselining operation. The controller is configured to determine that the patient has been administered a therapeutic shock, and responsive to the determination that the patient has been administered the therapeutic shock, the controller is configured to initiate a second baselining operation and generate a second ECG template based on a second ECG signal of the patient received during the second baselining operation. The controller is configured to determine whether the patient is experiencing a cardiac event based on a comparison of the second ECG template to a real time ECG signal received during real time monitoring of the patient.
US11109792B2	Signal color morphology The present system allows for the physician to change the relative height of the signal to allow for examination of details of the signals, while maintaining an ability to interpret signal voltage levels absolutely based on color or other secondary mechanism beyond signal height. The disclosed system and method provide for faster and more accurate analysis based upon the color of the signal. The signal height may change, such as to view, display, or examine details of the signal, while the colors of the display do not. The color scale of the signal provides an absolute scaling of the signal regardless of the displayed height.
US11109791B2	Diagnosis and monitoring of cardio-respiratory disorders Methods and systems estimate cardio-respiratory parameter(s), such as from in-phase and quadrature channels. The channels may represent patient chest movement and may be generated with a sensor, such as a contactless sensor that may sense movement with radio-frequency signals. In the methods/systems, the in-phase and quadrature channels may be processed, such as in a processor(s), using relative demodulation to generate cardio-respiratory parameter estimate(s). Optionally, the processing produces a jerk signal that may be filtered for producing a heart rate estimate, such as from zero-crossings of the filtered signal. Optionally, the processing produces a chest velocity signal that may be filtered for producing a respiratory rate estimate, such as from zero-crossings of the filtered signal. Optionally, a respiratory volume, such as tidal volume, may be estimated from an intrapulmonary pressure signal generated by applying a function to a chest displacement signal where the function relates intrapulmonary pressure and chest displacement.
US11109787B2	Multi-tip probe for obtaining bioelectrical measurements A device for obtaining an electrical conductance reading from a patient includes a sensor head for contacting a patient's skin. The device includes a primary conductive tip positioned on the sensor head and an ancillary conductive tip positioned on the sensor head to contact a different portion of the patient's skin than the primary conductive tip. The primary conductive tip and the ancillary conductive tip are electrically isolated from each other. The primary conductive tip and the ancillary conductive tip are configured to contact a patient's skin when the sensor head is placed against the patient's skin to obtain independent measurements of electrical conductance.
US11109786B2	Information provision method, information processing system, information terminal, and information processing method In order to objectively grasp a stress state of a user and to prevent postpartum depression, biological gas information is acquired via a network, where the biological gas information indicates a concentration of 2-phenoxyethanol of the user and is obtained by a sensor that detects 2-phenoxyethanol released from a skin surface of the user. From a memory storing information including an upper limit of a normal range of the concentration of 2-phenoxyethanol per unit period, the information indicating the upper limit of the normal range is read out. When a frequency in the unit period with which the concentration of 2-phenoxyethanol of the user exceeds the upper limit of the normal range is determined to have an increasing tendency based on the biological gas information obtained during a pregnancy period of the user, the information related to stress of the user is output to an information terminal of the user.
US11109785B2	Five-bevel cannula for blood acquisition devices A needle including a cannula having a multi-beveled point is disclosed. The multi-beveled point includes a primary bevel, two middle bevels, and two tip bevels. Each of the middle bevels extends between the primary bevel and one of the tip bevels. The primary bevel is provided on the cannula at a first angle of inclination and a first angle of rotation, the two middle bevels are provided on the cannula at a second angle of inclination and a second angle of rotation, and the two tip bevels are provided on the cannula at a third angle of inclination and a third angle of rotation. The third angle of inclination is greater than the second angle of inclination, the second angle of inclination is greater than the first angle of inclination, and the second angle of rotation is equal to the third angle of rotation.
US11109771B2	System and method for non-invasively determining an indication and/or an assessment of intracranial pressure A system for non-invasively determining an indication and/or an assessment of intracranial pressure (ICP) is featured. The system includes at least one intracranial light source adapted to be placed on skin above a cranium of a living subject configured to emit light which penetrates the cranium and targets intracranial space of a living subject. The system includes at least one extracranial light source adapted to be placed on skin above a predetermined area of the living subject configured to emit light which penetrates and targets extracranial space of the living subject. A detector subsystem including at least a first detector is configured to detect reflected light from the intracranial space and the extracranial space and is configured to output intracranial output signals associated with light detected from the intracranial space and/or output extracranial output signals associated with light detected from the extracranial space. A processing subsystem is coupled to the at least one intracranial light source, the at least one extracranial light source, and the detector subsystem. The processing subsystem is configured to determine intracranial oxygen saturation and extracranial oxygen saturation and non-invasively determine an indication and/or an assessment of ICP using a ratio of the intracranial oxygen saturation to the extracranial oxygen saturation.
US11109769B2	Blood pressure measuring apparatus and physical feature information calculating method A blood pressure measuring apparatus includes: a triaxial acceleration sensor; an information output section which outputs information for guiding an arm of the person on which the blood pressure measuring apparatus is worn, to a pair of a first posture and a second posture between which a position of the wrist is different; a posture determiner which determines that the arm has been in each of the pair of the postures, based on an output signal of the triaxial acceleration sensor after the output of the information; and a physical feature information calculator which calculates physical feature information of the person based on moving acceleration information detected by the triaxial acceleration sensor in a period between when the arm is in one of the pair of the postures and when the arm is in the other of the pair of the postures.
US11109766B2	Fluid flow measurement systems and methods This disclosure provides systems and methods for measuring fluid flow in a vasculature system of a patient. Some systems may include an injection system configured to inject a bolus of fluid into a vessel of a patient. Some systems may include a measurement engine configured to monitor the bolus of fluid in the vessel using measurement data generated by an intravascular measuring device. The measurement engine may determine a travel distance of the bolus of fluid and an elapsed time during which the bolus of fluid traversed the travel distance based on the measurement data. A fluid flow rate (e.g., velocity, volumetric flow) of the vessel may be calculated using the travel distance and the elapsed time.
US11109762B1	User wearable fluorescence enabled visualization system A user-wearable fluorescence based visualization system comprising a multi-light lamp assembly that provides for the selected output of light using multiple light emitting sources, wherein the outputted light may be tailored to generate response wavelength by the interaction of the emitted light and a tissue illuminated by the emitted light, through the process of fluorescence, and a viewing system that allows a practitioner view the fluorescent light generated by the tissue, and distinguish between healthy and diseased tissues.
US11109757B2	Remote monitoring of analyte measurements Methods and apparatus, including computer program products, are provided for remote monitoring. In some example implementations, there is provided a method. The method may include receiving, at a remote monitor, a notification message representative of an event detected, by a server, from analyte sensor data obtained from a receiver monitoring an analyte state of a host; presenting, at the remote monitor, the notification message to activate the remote monitor, wherein the remote monitor is configured by the server to receive the notification message to augment the receiver monitoring of the analyte state of the host; accessing, by the remote monitor, the server, in response to the presenting of the notification message; and receiving, in response to the accessing, information including at least the analyte sensor data. Related systems, methods, and articles of manufacture are also disclosed.
US11109749B2	Endoscope An endoscope includes an insertion portion that includes a distal end portion and a bending portion configured to change a direction of the distal end portion. The distal end portion includes a casing having a round shape in a cross-section, and an image pickup module that includes an optical module section including a plurality of optical members and an image pickup section, the image pickup module having a rectangular shape in a cross-section, and the image pickup section includes an image pickup device and a semiconductor stack in which a plurality of semiconductor devices is stacked, and entirety of the image pickup module is completely housed inside the casing.
US11109742B2	Magnetic coupling A magnetic coupling is provided having two rings that are arranged concentrically in relation to one another, which are each mounted to be rotatable in relation to one another. An arrangement of at least three magnetic dipoles is respectively arranged on both rings, the magnetic dipoles facilitating magnetic coupling of the rings and a transmission of torque from a driving ring to a driven ring of the two rings. The magnetic dipoles of the arrangements at the driven ring and/or at the driving ring is/are aligned such that two like magnetic poles, which adjoin one another on the respective other ring, are always followed by an unlike magnetic pole, and the magnetic poles adjoining one another at the respective other ring are arranged in a manner corresponding to one another such that the two rings are magnetically coupled in an equilibrium position.
US11109741B1	Video processing apparatus A support bracket for a portable monitor including a longitudinal frame, first and second actuators accessible through first and second openings of the longitudinal frame, first and second latches extending through at least one opening of the longitudinal frame and biased from a second to a first position, wherein force applied to the actuators translates the latches from the first to the second position. A hanger is connected to the longitudinal frame and a cradle sized and shaped to receive the portable monitor is supported from the hanger.
US11109731B2	Moving robot A moving robot is provided. The moving robot includes: a main body forming the exterior appearance; a moving means for moving the main body; a bumper configured to protrude on the outer perimeter of the main body; impact sensors placed at an angle on the main body to sense the movement of the bumper; and pressure parts formed in a bent shape at the end of the impact sensors.
US11109724B2	Systems, methods, and apparatus for dispensing sheets of material A sheet dispensing apparatus to dispense sheets from a sheet material card having a plurality of sheets. The sheet dispensing apparatus includes a door, a door plate, a back plate, and a motor including a motor shaft, wherein the motor is operatively connected to the door plate, and a motor wheel is operatively connected to the motor shaft. The motor wheel is driven by the motor shaft to detach a sheet from the sheet material card. The apparatus further includes a first light pipe having a first end and a second end, wherein a signal transmitted at the first end of the first light pipe is received at the second end if the correct sheet material card is being used. A second light pipe receives a signal at the first end and receives the signal at the second end, if the sheet material card is not present or out of sheets.
US11109720B2	Elastic soap container sleeve An elastic sleeve method and apparatus for use with a bar of soap to limit the surface area of the soap that is exposed, and reduce the rate of shrinkage of the bar of soap. The sleeve comprises a container of elastic material having a top, bottom, and an elastic opening for insertion of a soap cake. The elastic material has form-fitting dimensions adaptable to the shape of an underlying soap cake. The elastic material also has a plurality of apertures to provide atmospheric communication through the elastic sleeve to an inserted soap cake's surface.
US11109718B1	System for a cookware lid holder A system for a cookware lid holder including a mounting assembly, an arm adjusting assembly and a lid clamping assembly is disclosed. The mounting assembly allows securing of the system to any surface, primarily with the use of a clamp. Once the system is secured it is possible to adjust the positions and angles of the arm adjusting assembly as is most comfortable and suitable for a user. The arm adjusting assembly allows for customization in order to position lids of cooking pots to be held out of the way when storing or when cooking even. The lid clamping assembly permits for lids of predetermined dimensions to be secured and moved about with the arm adjusting assembly. The arm adjusting assembly includes a first and second holding arm that expand outwardly if need be. The lids can be moved freely while being held due to an arm pivot.
US11109715B2	Food processor A manual food processor includes a container with a removeable lid. The container includes a plurality of container undulations spaced along an upper portion of the container to form a seat. The lid is removably attachable to the container to enclose the interior space, and includes a food processing tool carried on a drive shaft. The lid further has a plurality of lid undulations which are complementary to and engageable with the plurality of container undulations, preventing the lid from rotating with respect to the container, and allowing removal of the lid without rotation of the lid.
US11109714B2	Stirring tool A stirring tool for a kitchen appliance such as a food processor has a curved, inclined blade to lift food material from the base of the food processor bowl and turns it over. The tool comprises a shaft adapted to be driven in rotation by a drive outlet of the kitchen appliance, and a blade extending outwardly of the shaft at or adjacent a base thereof, the blade being shaped so as to lift food from a leading edge to a trailing edge thereof upon rotation of the blade, and the leading edge being shaped so as to urge food inwardly towards the shaft.
US11109713B2	Food preparation appliance with tool for chopping A food preparation appliance includes a food preparation pot, a rotatable tool for chopping food in the food preparation pot and a sensor, in particular for weight determination of a food in the food preparation pot. A control unit is provided and configured such that, when a food is comminuted by the tool, the control unit is able to determine, based on a sensor signal from the sensor, whether a predetermined chopping state of the food has been reached.
US11109712B2	Microwave oven with toaster An appliance includes a microwave oven and a toaster oven apparatus in combination, the toaster oven being contained entirely within the interior of the microwave oven.
US11109710B2	Cooking device and components thereof Disclosed herein is a cooking system for cooking food, the system including a housing defining a hollow chamber configured to receive a food container. The housing has an upper portion defining an opening to the hollow chamber. A food container having a hollow container interior is positionable within the hollow chamber. An end of the food container extends above the upper portion of the housing when the container is installed within the hollow chamber. A lid is moveably attached to the housing and is moveable between a first position that covers the upper portion of the housing and the opening to the hollow chamber when the food container is installed within the hollow chamber and a second position where the lid does not cover the opening to the hollow chamber. At least one heating element is associated with at least one of said lid and said housing.
US11109701B1	Edged tool storage device An edged tool storage device storing a kitchen knife and the like has a structure including a pedestal, a support rod that extends in a substantially vertical direction from the pedestal, and a first edged tool cover and a second edged tool cover that are removably connected to the support rod and store edged tools, in which each of the first edged tool cover and the second edged tool cover includes a holding part that is elastically fitted onto the support rod and thus holds the support rod, and is removably connected to the support rod by the holding part, and the holding part of the first edged tool cover and the holding part of the second edged tool cover are different in height when connected to the support rod.
US11109697B2	System and method for face cradle cover System and method for adjustable, seamless face cradle cover providing a barrier between a patient from any unprotected and potentially unsanitary areas of the face cradle while allowing the patient to breathe freely and prevent creases forming on the patient's face.
US11109691B2	Collapsible playard A playard includes a collapsible frame having scissoring members vertically extending and forming sides, the frame lacking horizontal top members, a removable fabric enclosure, the removable fabric enclosure including a removable top portion, and a removable bottom portion, the removable top portion secured to an upper portion of the collapsible frame with an attachment device configured to removably engage corresponding receptacles in the upper collapsible frame.
US11109689B1	Infant repositioning device This invention relates to a repositioning device that is used for treating orthopedic conditions, diseases and injuries in infants, including plagiocephaly. The repositioning device comprises a wrap and a side support that, during use of the repositioning device, allows for the passive rotation of an infant's neck, gradual elongation of an infant's head and stretching of an infant's musculoskeletal system.
US11109680B1	Shelving device A shelving device is provided, including: a carrier, including two sides which are opposite to each other and two first assembling mechanisms disposed on the two sides; at least one support mechanism, each of the at least one support mechanism being detachably assembled with one of the two first assembling mechanisms, including a support leg extending laterally to a periphery of the carrier and being configured to be abutted on an installation environment; and a blocking member, adjustably disposed on at least one of the two sides, configured to be positionally abutted on the installation environment.
US11109675B2	Connectors, and systems including connectors in addition to drawers, cabinets and/or drawer movement guide assemblies A connector comprising a carriage, an adjustment element, and a base configured to be rigidly attached to a drawer, the carriage is slidably attached to the base, and movement of the adjustment element causes the carriage to slide relative to the base. Also, such a connector further comprising: an engagement element configured to releasably engage a drawer movement guide assembly and attached to the carriage, and/or a wedge element linearly slidable relative to the carriage and configured to cause a change in a spacing between a drawer movement guide assembly and a drawer. Also, a connector comprising an engagement element that is separate from and pivotally attached to a connector assembly, that is configured to be rigidly attached to a drawer, and that is configured to releasably engage a drawer movement guide assembly. Also, systems comprising a connector together with a drawer, a cabinet and/or a drawer guide.
US11109668B2	Waxing apparatus A waxing apparatus including a dispenser having a compartment for holding wax and a tip having an aperture for dispensing wax on a user skin, the tip including a gradually decreasing cross section in the direction towards the aperture; and a heating element mounted over the compartment and over the tip and configured such that temperature inside the tip is higher than temperature inside the compartment.
US11109667B2	Device of bi-spiral cleaning brush A cleaning brush is provided. A cleaning unit comprises cleaning beans fixed on a surface of the carrier in a bi-spiral arrangement. The cleaning beans are arranged in an unequally-spaced manner on center of the carrier along a baseline; and, thus, bi-spirals are formed on the center and coiled in two different outward directions. Two annular spiral curve paths are formed with the cleaning beans as coiling the carrier and extending along the two directions. When the carrier cleans an electronic device, a solution or cleaning agent is discharged along the curve paths in spiral tangential directions. Hence, the bi-spiral cleaning unit obtains positive and negative directions on rotating to create a plurality of flow fields. Dirt is discharged easily with water distribution enhanced as compared to unidirectional spiral cleaning devices while a large contact surface, a good cleaning efficiency, and a high decontamination ratio are achieved.
US11109661B2	System, device and method of facial remodeling A system for facial remodeling, including a device and methods of use, is provided. The system combines a topical composition configured to restore elastin, hyaluronan, or both to the skin and subcutaneous soft tissues of the face and neck with a facial mask to support and, in some embodiment, compress the tissue, to enhance and preserve the tissue remodeling effects of the composition. Some versions of the facial mask device include a means for electrically grounding the skin and soft tissues of the face, neck, and head, wherein the user receives local tissue benefits of “earthing.” In some versions, the facial mask is formed by combining different elements and configurations to compress skin and underlying soft tissue, bias areas of skin and soft tissue in a cranial direction, and ground the face, head, and neck tissues.
US11109659B2	Liquid dispenser with discharge sponge A discharge head for a liquid dispenser for discharging cosmetic products which has a base to be secured to a liquid storage. The base has a coupling device in the form of a thread or a latching coupling device, for coupling to the liquid storage. The discharge head has a sponge carrier with a sponge receptacle in which a sponge is arranged. The sponge carrier is movable in a translationally guided manner with respect to the base and has a hollow connector inside which a liquid channel is provided that connects the liquid storage to the sponge receptacle. This liquid channel is provided with an outlet valve, which is opened by moving the sponge carrier in the direction of the base, such that liquid can flow freely out of the liquid storage into the sponge receptacle.
US11109655B2	Illuminated walking assistance apparatus An illuminated walking assistance apparatus is disclosed. In at least one embodiment, the apparatus provides an elongated staff having a ground-engaging tip portion at a first end and a handle at an opposing second end. The staff provides a light pipe positioned proximal the tip portion and having a light-emitting member disposed therein to selectively illuminate the ground proximal the tip portion. The staff further provides a red nightlight which is always on so as to facilitate locating the apparatus in a dark environment.
US11109650B2	Systems and methods for improved zipper slider garage A slider garage includes an overmolded body, the overmolded body oriented on a zipper, the overmolded body including an overmolded male portion and an overmolded female portion, the overmolded male and female portions positioned on an end of the zipper, such that each is on one side of the zipper, the overmolded male portion being shaped such that it fits in the overmolded female portion in a watertight fashion and the overmolded body is molded over a portion of the zipper.
US11109640B2	Shoe outsole made using composite sheet material Provided are, among other things, systems, methods and techniques for making a shoe outsole and to shoe outsoles made using such techniques. In one such technique, a sheet of composite material is produced by extruding a base material together with a sheet of fabric material. The sheet of composite material is then cut into an outsole component, and a shoe outsole is fabricated using the outsole component.
US11109635B2	Footwear having sensor system An article of footwear includes an upper member and a sole structure, with a sensor system connected to the sole structure. The sensor system includes a plurality of sensors that are configured for detecting forces exerted by a user's foot on the sensor. The sensor system also includes a port that is configured to receive a module to place the module in communication with the sensors. The port includes a housing with a chamber configured to receive the module and an interface engaged with the housing and having at least one electrical contact exposed to the chamber. Additional retaining structure and interface structure may be included.
US11109633B2	Helmet The present invention relates to a helmet comprising a shell; and a force redirection member disposed between the shell and a head when the helmet is worn, the member configured to redirect a force impacting on the shell to a direction different from the original direction of the impact on the shell. The present invention also relates to a method to decrease the risk of injury to a person wearing a helmet, caused by rotational forces when the helmet is impacted by a force characterized by a specific direction having a first vector, the method comprising redirecting the force into a different direction having a second vector, wherein the direction of the second vector is selected to reduce the risk of a specified injury associated with acceleration of the head in the direction of the first vector.
US11109630B2	Ride share helmet safety compliance Embodiments of the present disclosure relate to helmet safety compliance systems for use in personal transportation ride-share systems. A rider safety compliance system, may include a personal transport upon which a user can be transported, a physical lock mechanism securely mounted on the personal transport and mechanically adapted to lock and secure a helmet, and a processor adapted to release the helmet from the physical lock mechanism as a pre-determined action for allowing the user to activate the personal transport.
US11109627B2	System and method of pattern-making for mass customized production of apparels The present invention relates to system and method of pattern-making for mass customized production of apparels. More particularly, the invention relates to height and size customizations which enable customers to get garments fitted to their body measurements. Further, the invention relates to style customization that enables customers to fashion the garment to their style preferences. The system [100] of pattern-making for mass customized production of apparels comprises a computing module [101], an internet [102], user device [106], a design database [103] comprising a product pattern repository [103a] and an order pattern repository [103b], one or more servers [104], a processor [105], a customization input module [107], a user style recommendation module [108] and a comparison module [109]. Advantageously, the present invention achieves unit manufacturing of customized individual consumer orders obtained from an online store, a physical store or through other channels.
US11109625B1	Face mask and shield combination A wearable face covering may include a mask including a filter and a cap, wherein the cap is configured to prevent any gas passing through the filter in a first direction from exiting the mask in the first direction; and a face shield including a partially-transparent screen, wherein the face shield is pivotally coupled to the mask.
US11109624B2	Sanitary finger covers and dispenser A dispenser of sanitary finger covers which are sanitized individually at the time of use. The system uses either a battery operated ultraviolet LED or spray disinfectant to automatically or manually sanitize the finger covers. The sanitary finger covers can be rapidly applied without contamination using a single finger. Removal and disposal are similarly rapid and easy. The finger covers are inexpensive and may be made from a variety of readily available and biodegradable materials. The dispenser is lightweight and portable. It can be carried by the user or attached to their uniform. The dispenser can be easily replenished with finger covers once empty, using a provided cartridge prefilled with finger covers.
US11109623B2	Driver circuit for electronic cigarette and electronic cigarette A driver circuit for electronic cigarettes includes an MCU, a power source, a first sampling circuit, a second sampling circuit, and a buck-boost driver circuit electrically connected to the MCU, the boosting circuit and MCU are respectively electrically connected the power source. The buck-boost driver circuit comprises a first half bridge drive circuit and a second half bridge drive circuit respectively connected to the MCU. One end of the first sampling circuit is electrically connected to an input terminal of the first half bridge drive circuit, through which the power source supplies power to the first half bridge drive circuit; the other end of the first sampling circuit is electrically connected to the MCU; one end of the second sampling circuit is electrically connected to the output terminal of the second half bridge drive circuit, and the other end of the second sampling circuit is electrically connected to the MCU.
US11109620B1	Wearable electronic simulated smoking device with interchangeable vaporization cartridges A wearable electronic simulated smoking device (500, 500′) is provided for delivery of a desired active ingredient responsive to a user's inhalation through the device (500, 500′). The device (500, 500′) includes an elongated tubular body (110) having at least one arcuate portion to at least partially encompass a portion of a user's body and is releasably retainable thereat. Tubular body (110) includes a cartridge receiving housing (510) having a cartridge receiving chamber (514) in to which any one of multiple vaporization cartridges (520, 520′, 520″) may be removably received. Device (500, 500′) includes vaporization cartridges (520, 520′, 520″), each including a vaporizer (145, 530, 560) for generating vapors from liquid and wax concentrates, and dry herbal compositions.
US11109619B2	Filter materials including functionalized cellulose Embodiments described herein provide materials and methods for the absorption or filtration of various species and analytes. In some cases, the materials may be used to remove or reduce the amount of a substance in vapor sample (e.g., cigarette smoke).
US11109612B2	Instant hot water drinks A product having an internal substance protected by a rugged exterior shell is disclosed. The internal substance is reactive with the exterior shell but is separated therefrom by a coating on an interior surface of the external shell so that the product can be stored for a long period of time without the internal substance reacting with the exterior shell. The coating is meltable so that, when desired, the product may be heated (e.g. immersed in hot water or exposed to heat) in order to melt the coating so that the internal substance can react with the external shell so that the internal substance can excrete out of the exterior shell.
US11109611B2	Compositions and methods that modulate digestibility in a companion animal A specific type of digestibility in a companion animal can be improved by adjusting the diet of the animal to increase the amount of a compound which positively or negatively modulates the specific type of digestibility or adjusting the diet of the animal to decrease the amount of a compound which positively or negatively modulates the specific type of digestibility. The specific type of digestibility can be one or more of organic matter digestibility, dry matter digestibility, fiber digestibility, energy digestibility, fat digestibility, or protein digestibility.
US11109598B2	Apparatus and method for harvesting meat from poultry thighs Apparatus and method for harvesting meat from poultry thighs in a processing line provided with carriers for poultry legs. A cutter for cutting into the poultry leg, and a scraper for scraping poultry thigh meat from the thighbone, wherein the scraper of the apparatus is arranged to clamp the poultry leg near to its knee joint and fix the knee joint in position, and the cutter is arranged to provide a first cut into the poultry leg while the scraper clamps the poultry leg, and wherein the cutter is arranged to provide the cut adjacent to the scraper and below the knee joint at the height of a knuckle of the thighbone at the side of the knee joint, so as to cut through ligaments that connect the thigh meat to the thighbone.
US11109596B2	Microorganisms for the production of insect pheromones and related compounds The present application relates to recombinant microorganisms useful in the biosynthesis of unsaturated C6-C24 fatty alcohols, aldehydes, and acetates which may be useful as insect pheromones, fragrances, flavors, and polymer intermediates. The C6-C24 fatty alcohols, aldehydes, and acetates described herein may be used as substrates for metathesis reactions to expand the repertoire of target compounds and pheromones. The application further relates to recombinant microorganisms co-expressing a pheromone pathway and a pathway for the production of a toxic protein, peptide, oligonucleotide, or small molecule suitable for use in an attract-and-kill pest control approach. Also provided are methods of producing unsaturated C6-C24 fatty alcohols, aldehydes, and acetates using the recombinant microorganisms, as well as compositions comprising the recombinant microorganisms and/or optionally one or more of the product alcohols, aldehydes, or acetates.
US11109594B2	Storage stable azadirachtin formulations and methods of making and using the same Formulations comprising compounds obtainable from a neem extract and/or biomass and at least one water-soluble organosilicone surfactant, and methods of making and using such formulations are provided.
US11109584B2	Method for the application of products in liquid or semiliquid state, such as chemicals for agricultural use and the like, using a rotating atomizer device The purpose of the present disclosure is to provide a method for application of products in liquid or semiliquid state, such as chemicals for agricultural use and the like, using a rotating atomizer device, in such a way that the drops shall fall downwards in the form of fog over the crops due to the action of the force caused by its mass and gravity, in addition to the eventual momentum that centrifugal effect of the rotating parties that generate the drops may provide, wherein the method includes the following steps: individually regulate the voltage for the speed of the engines of each rotating atomizer device, modifying the parameter of the power supply of the engine to ensure that the speed of each rotating atomizer device is the correct one, measure the speed of the engine under its control and correct any deviation or separation from the programmed operating values.
US11109573B2	Rotary bird feeder device A rotary bird feeder device includes a direction indicator and a bird feeder. Through the combination of the direction indicator and the bird feeder, not only the direction indicator indicates the direction for others, but also birds feed on the bird feeder above the direction indicator, which has strong ornamental, smart and reasonable structure design, and strong practicality. The bird feeder has a rotating function to facilitate cleaning of the outside of the bird feeder. By providing a bird feeding space for storing birdseed in the direction indicator, the direction indicator has the function of a bird feeder, and the space design of the direction indicator is skillfully utilized.
US11109569B2	Finger throwing toy A finger tossing toy having a hollow body comprising a pliant unitary wall and at least one square shaped aperture through the wall where the at least one aperture is sized to accept and tightly grip a human finger.
US11109560B2	Tomato variety NUN 09247 TOF A hybrid tomato variety NUN 09247 TOF as well as seeds and plants and fruits thereof are disclosed. NUN 09247 TOF is a cherry saladette (grape) tomato variety for the fresh market (snack segment), comprising resistance to Fulvia fulva Groups A-E and Tomato Mosaic Virus (ToMV) Strains 0, 1, 2, and 1-2.
US11109558B1	Soybean cultivar 91220032 A soybean cultivar designated 91220032 is disclosed. The invention relates to the seeds of soybean cultivar 91220032, to the plants of soybean cultivar 91220032, to the plant parts of soybean cultivar 91220032, and to methods for producing progeny of soybean cultivar 91220032. The invention also relates to methods for producing a soybean plant containing in its genetic material one or more transgenes and to the transgenic soybean plants and plant parts produced by those methods. The invention also relates to soybean cultivars or breeding cultivars, and plant parts derived from soybean cultivar 91220032. The invention also relates to methods for producing other soybean cultivars, lines, or plant parts derived from soybean cultivar 91220032, and to the soybean plants, varieties, and their parts derived from use of those methods. The invention further relates to hybrid soybean seeds, plants, and plant parts produced by crossing cultivar 91220032 with another soybean cultivar.
US11109557B1	Soybean cultivar 98110162 A soybean cultivar designated 98110162 is disclosed. The invention relates to the seeds of soybean cultivar 98110162, to the plants of soybean cultivar 98110162, to the plant parts of soybean cultivar 98110162, and to methods for producing progeny of soybean cultivar 98110162. The invention also relates to methods for producing a soybean plant containing in its genetic material one or more transgenes and to the transgenic soybean plants and plant parts produced by those methods. The invention also relates to soybean cultivars or breeding cultivars, and plant parts derived from soybean cultivar 98110162. The invention also relates to methods for producing other soybean cultivars, lines, or plant parts derived from soybean cultivar 98110162, and to the soybean plants, varieties, and their parts derived from use of those methods. The invention further relates to hybrid soybean seeds, plants, and plant parts produced by crossing cultivar 98110162 with another soybean cultivar.
US11109555B2	Soybean cultivar 132421850112 A soybean cultivar designated 132421850112 is disclosed. Embodiments include the seeds of soybean 132421850112, the plants of soybean 132421850112, to plant parts of soybean 132421850112, and methods for producing a soybean plant produced by crossing soybean 132421850112 with itself or with another soybean variety. Embodiments include methods for producing a soybean plant containing in its genetic material one or more genes or transgenes and the transgenic soybean plants and plant parts produced by those methods. Embodiments also relate to soybean cultivars, breeding cultivars, plant parts, and cells derived from soybean 132421850112, methods for producing other soybean cultivars, lines or plant parts derived from soybean 132421850112, and the soybean plants, varieties, and their parts derived from use of those methods. Embodiments further include hybrid soybean seeds, plants, and plant parts produced by crossing 132421850112 with another soybean cultivar.
US11109553B2	Soybean variety 01072328 The invention relates to the soybean variety designated 01072328. Provided by the invention are the seeds, plants and derivatives of the soybean variety 01072328. Also provided by the invention are tissue cultures of the soybean variety 01072328 and the plants regenerated therefrom. Still further provided by the invention are methods for producing soybean plants by crossing the soybean variety 01072328 with itself or another soybean variety and plants produced by such methods.
US11109550B2	Soybean variety 01073116 The invention relates to the soybean variety designated 01073116. Provided by the invention are the seeds, plants and derivatives of the soybean variety 01073116. Also provided by the invention are tissue cultures of the soybean variety 01073116 and the plants regenerated therefrom. Still further provided by the invention are methods for producing soybean plants by crossing the soybean variety 01073116 with itself or another soybean variety and plants produced by such methods.
US11109547B2	Vertical growing system Disclosed is a growing system that includes a hollow grow tower with planting units configured to hold plants disposed on the tower exterior where the planting units have a passage that extends into the tower interior. The tower also includes a drain port at one end and a water-dispensing nozzle at the other end. The nozzle includes outlet apertures in fluid communication with the interior of the tower where one or more of the nozzle outlet apertures may be square. An enclosure surrounds the tower, and one or more light sources are mounted on the enclosure to direct light towards the tower. The tower and enclosure can be connected to a suspension frame that suspends the entire system off the ground. The system may include a closed-loop irrigation system and a multi-tank cleaning system. System variables, such as water flow, temperature, lighting, and water nutrient level can be computer controlled.
US11109546B2	Irrigation controller wireless network adapter and networked remote service Some embodiments provide systems for use in controlling irrigation, comprising: an irrigation controller configured to couple with one or more valves at a site and to control activation and deactivation of the one or more valves in accordance with an irrigation schedule stored in the irrigation controller; a wireless adapter directly communicationally coupled through a direct wired connection with the irrigation controller; and a network adapter wirelessly coupled over a point-to-point wireless communication path with the wireless adapter, wherein the network adapter is configured to further couple through a direct wired connection with a local router configured to provide communication over a distributed network to a remote server; wherein the wireless adapter is configured to poll the irrigation controller to acquire and locally store status information; and the wireless adapter is configured to communicate, over the point-to-point wireless channel, the status information to the server.
US11109542B2	Stump grinder with laterally offset grinding arm operated by single joystick A stump grinder has a grinding arm that durably mounts a rotatable grinding wheel by securing the drive shaft of a motor to the grinding wheel such that a pair of bearings within the motor support one side of the grinding wheel and by supporting the other side of the grinding wheel with a stub shaft received within a third bearing. The grinding arm is laterally offset on the frame of the stump grinder to have a swing angle that is not symmetrical relative to the width of the frame, but with the swing angle starting at one side of the frame and then traversing across substantially the entire width of the frame to improve the ability of the operator to see the grinding wheel. A single joystick is movable in orthogonal directions corresponding to desired up and down and side-to-side pivoting motions of the grinding arm. The joystick includes a depressible trigger for starting and stopping the operation of the grinding wheel.
US11109540B2	Mixed media vertical farming A mixed media farm may include a tray for holding water at a prescribed water level. A cell may be placable on the tray, with the cell defining a cavity and having at least one opening in communication with the cavity. The cell may be sized such that when the cell is placed on the tray, a lower portion of the cell resides below the prescribed water level and an upper portion of the cell resides above the prescribed water level. Soil may be in the cavity, with the soil having a lower portion below the prescribed water level, and an upper portion above the prescribed water level when the cell is placed in the tray. A plurality of seeds may be planted in the upper portion of the soil, with the plurality of seeds defining a seed density of greater than 5 seeds per square inch.
US11109536B2	Split roller configuration for a round module builder or round baler A round bale or module building assembly with a frame having a first wall and a second wall separated from one another by a module width and a plurality of rollers positioned between the first wall and the second wall, the plurality of rollers defining at least one belt path. Wherein, at least two rollers of the plurality of rollers have a combined width configured to substantially span the module width.
US11109531B2	Lawn mower with humidity controlled shutter device A lawn mower includes: a work unit including a housing having a downward-facing opening end a cutter blade rotatably provided in the housing such that when rotated, the cutter blade cuts grass and generates a transport air flow flowing from the opening of the housing to inside; a grass clippings receptacle configured to receive mowed grass clippings; a grass clippings transport passage connecting an interior of the housing with the grass clippings receptacle; a shutter device including a shutter configured to open and close the grass clippings transport passage and an actuator configured to open/close-drive the shutter; a controller configured to control the shutter device; and a humidity sensor for detecting a humidity of an environment surrounding the lawn mower, wherein the controller is configured to open/close-control the shutter device based on the humidity.
US11116119B2	Conveyance device and mounting-related device A conveyance device used in a mounting system including a mounting-related device for applying a viscous liquid to and/or arranging a member on a processing target. This conveyance device uses a pallet having a pallet-side attachment section that holds a processing target. In addition, the conveyance device includes having a robot-side attachment section arranged at a distal end section of the conveyance robot for mounting the pallet-side attachment section and the conveyance robot is configured to convey the pallet in a mounted state between a loading position and a discharge position.
US11116118B2	Tape feeder set-up system The tape feeder set-up system has a tape feeder, having an electric motor, for feeding a carrier tape wound on a reel and accommodating multiple components in a predetermined feed direction; a loading table on which the tape feeder can be loaded; a scheduled use determination section for determining whether a component in the tape feeder loaded on the loading table is scheduled to be used based on a component usage schedule, and a control section for reversing the carrier tape in a direction opposite to the predetermined feed direction by controlling the electric motor of the tape feeder when the scheduled use determination section determines that the component is not scheduled to be used.
US11116116B1	Interference limiting enclosure for power flow devices An enclosure includes a power flow control device to attach to a high voltage transmission line, a plurality of panels formed of metal, a shorting connection provided between each pair of panels, an electrical connection from at least one panel of the plurality of panels to the high voltage transmission line, a receiving region provided on each panel for each shorting connection, and an equipotential surface for reducing electromagnetic interference from the high voltage transmission line to internal components of the power flow control device, and from the internal components of the power flow control device to the high voltage transmission line.
US11116114B2	Cooling system design for data centers In one embodiment, a data center cooling system includes one or more information technology (IT) rooms having multiple electronic racks that generate heat. An external cooling unit is positioned above the IT rooms and is configured to provide cooling fluid and to exchange heat carried by the cooling fluid. The external cooling unit has a supply line to distribute cooling fluid downwardly to the IT rooms. As the cooling fluid cools the electronic racks, the cooling fluid heats up and at least partially turns to vapor which rises due to convection. The external cooling unit also has a return line to return the rising vapor to the external cooling unit, which cools the vapor. The vapor changes phase to liquid and is recirculated to the IT rooms.
US11116111B2	Method and arrangement for air-conditioning a cold aisle A method and an arrangement for air-conditioning a cold aisle which is partially bounded by heat-generating devices and is arranged in a hot room, the hot room being separated from a second room by a boundary wall, and a region of the boundary wall is formed by a heat exchanger, such that air that is conveyed through the heat exchanger by the fan is supplied to the cold aisle. An opening with a fan is provided in the boundary wall. The cold aisle is connected to the boundary wall so that the opening is surrounded by the cold aisle.
US11116103B2	Multi-floor data center cooling system A multi-floor data center can include a data center building having a plurality of floors, a single centralized air intake module spanning each of the plurality of floors, a number of cooling coil modules, a centralized liquid cooling system, and a number of IT modules. Each of the floors includes at least one of the cooling coil modules configured to receive external air from the single air intake module to cool a cooling coil. The centralized liquid cooling system is configured to circulate cooling liquid to the cooling coil for each of the cooling coil modules. Each of the floors includes one of the IT modules configured to house computing systems, and internal air is cooled at each of the cooling coil modules and introduced into each of the IT modules to cool the computing systems. Each floor can be equipped with different modular cooling systems with different cooling capacities.
US11116094B2	Supporting device Embodiments of the present application disclose a supporting device, which relates to the field of display technologies. The supporting device includes: a supporting frame configured to support a display screen, the supporting frame defining a supporting chamber therein; at least one storing chamber for storing a flowing medium, the storing chamber being communicated with the supporting chamber through a channel; and an assisting member, configured to make the flowing medium flow between the supporting chamber and the storing chamber. In the embodiments of the present application, the supporting device can facilitate the display screen to realize functions of touch and support, and realize the portability of a large-screen display device.
US11116085B2	Display device A display device is disclosed. The display device includes a housing, a display screen, a driving device, and a measuring component, wherein an opening is arranged on the housing, at least a part of the display screen is located in the housing, the display screen is connected with the driving device, the driving device is configured to drive the display screen to extend out of the housing, and/or to retract into the housing through the opening, and the measuring component is configured to measure a length of the display screen extending out of the housing.
US11116083B2	Electronic component embedded by laminate sheet A component carrier includes a core having a recess, an electronic component arranged in the recess, a laminated electrically insulating sheet covering at least part of the core and of the electronic component and filling a gap between a lateral surface of the electronic component and a lateral surface of the core in the recess, and a further electrically insulating layer structure laminated on top of the sheet.
US11116081B2	Laminated magnetic core inductor with magnetic flux closure path parallel to easy axes of magnetization of magnetic layers An inductor comprises a planar laminated magnetic core and a conductive winding. The core includes an alternating sequence of (a) a magnetic layer having a thickness of about 100 angstroms to about 10,000 angstroms and (b) a non-magnetic layer having a thickness of about 10 angstroms to about 2,000 angstroms. Magnetic flux passes through a first magnetic layer parallel to a first easy axis of magnetization of the first magnetic layer and the magnetic flux passes through a second magnetic layer, disposed adjacent to the first magnetic layer, parallel to a second easy axis of magnetization of the second magnetic layer. The magnetic flux path extends through the first and second magnetic layers parallel to the first and second easy axes of magnetization, respectively. At least one orthogonal magnetic layer can be disposed laterally from the core such that the magnetic flux path extends through the orthogonal magnetic layer(s).
US11116080B2	Wiring substrate A wiring substrate includes a core layer, first conductor layers including first inner, outer and intermediate layers, second conductor layers including second inner, outer and intermediate layers, interlayer insulating layers interposed between the first conductor layers and between the second conductor layers, and via conductors formed in the insulating layers such that each via conductor connects two conductor layers and is integrally formed with one of the conductor layers on side away from the core layer. The first and/or second inner conductor layers has a first conductor layer structure including metal foil and plating film layers, the first and/or second outer conductor layers has the first structure, the first and/or second intermediate conductor layers has a second conductor layer structure including metal foil and plating film layers, and the via conductors include a group integrally formed with the first structure and including constricted via conductors each having a constricted portion.
US11116078B2	Prepregs and laminates having homogeneous dielectric properties Prepregs and laminates made from resin compositions having a free resin portion and a resin impregnated reinforcing material portion where the resin includes one or more base resins and one or more high Dk materials wherein the one or more high Dk materials are present in the resin composition in an amount sufficient to impart the resin composition with a cured DkW that matches the DkWR of a resin impregnated reinforcing material to which the resin composition is applied to within plus or minus (±) 15%.
US11116071B2	Method for producing a printed circuit board having thermal through-contacts In a printed circuit board (1), thermal vias (19) are formed between the lower surface (A) and an upper surface (B) of the substrate plate (10) of the printed circuit board through the steps of: applying a respective solder resist mask (21, 31) to the lower surface (A) and the upper surface (B); applying solder to the lower surface (A) and reflow soldering the solder, wherein the solder penetrates into the boreholes (20) and forms convex menisci (26) protruding beyond the edge (22) of the respective boreholes on the lower surface (A); and creating regions (35) on the upper surface (B), which are freed from solder resist material, and which are intended for contacting at least one electronic component (17) on the upper surface and each of which comprise at least one of the thermal vias. Subsequently, the upper surface (B) can be provided with electrical components (17) on these regions (35). The first solder resist mask (21) has a respective region (23) that is free of solder resist on the lower surface around the edge of every borehole (20).
US11116064B2	Intelligent lighting control system method for automated adjustment by occupancy detection The present disclosure provides an intelligent lighting control system. A first light control module of a plurality of light control modules determines a time of day. Each light control module in the plurality of light control modules configured to cause a transmission of a quantity of electrical energy to a lighting circuit of a light fixture electrically connected to the respective lighting control module. Occupancy at the first light control module is detected after a specific time of day. The flow of electricity from one or more light control modules in the plurality of light control modules is changed to change the flow of electricity to the respective lighting circuits connected to the one or more light control modules to turn off the respective light fixture based on the occupancy detection the time of day.
US11116057B2	Solid-state lighting with remote controls A light-emitting diode (LED) luminaire control system comprising a control circuit is adopted to provide remote control signals to operate an external luminaire that comprises LED arrays and a power supply. The LED luminaire control system further comprises a relay switch, a remote controller, and a transceiver circuit. When the remote control signals are initiated by the remote controller with phase-shift keying (PSK) signals transmitted, the transceiver circuit can demodulate such PSK signals and subsequently send decoded commands to the LED luminaire control system to control the luminaire by turning on and off and dimming up and down the external luminaire.
US11116053B2	Lighting control device, lighting control method, and computer readable medium A headlamp lighting device (100) is mounted on a vehicle. The headlamp lighting device (100) stores definition information in which a plurality of lamp devices arranged on the vehicle are presented and, for each of the lamp devices, one or more light sources configuring the lamp device and a control value for controlling each of the light sources are presented. Also, for each of the lamp devices, the headlamp lighting device (100) controls lighting of each of the light sources configuring the lamp device by referring to the definition information.
US11116047B2	Heating device and camera using the same A heating device is provided. The heating device is installed on a camera device, and includes a thermal sleeve, a thermally conductive elastomer and a heating sheet. The thermal sleeve has an inner-wall surface and an outer-wall surface. The thermally conductive elastomer is configured on the inner-wall surface of the thermal sleeve. The heating sheet is configured on the outer-wall surface of the thermal sleeve. The heat generated by the heating sheet can be transferred to the lens of the camera through the thermal sleeve and the thermally conductive elastomer to defog and defrost the lens.
US11116046B2	Heater A heater includes a first ceramic substrate having a heating face on one main face thereof; a second ceramic substrate disposed so that one main face thereof covers the other main face of the first ceramic substrate; a heat generating resistor disposed on the one main face of the second ceramic substrate; and an adhesive layer which bonds the first ceramic substrate and the second ceramic substrate while covering the heat generating resistor.
US11116040B2	Method of coordinating a communication network A method of coordinating a communication network comprising a self-coordination network coordinator is provided, wherein the method comprises receiving dynamic context information at the self-coordination network coordinator and performing a coordination of at least one self-organising network function instance based on the received dynamic context information.
US11116034B2	Wi-Fi communication of wireless emergency alerts A device includes a first network connection for connecting to a wireless local area network, a processor communicatively coupled to the first network connection, and a display communicatively coupled to the processor. The device includes memory storing instructions that cause the processor to effectuate operations. The operations include receiving, via the first network connection, a WEA message comprising an alert and an indication of a geographic area associated with the alert and causing the display to render an alert indication based at least on the WEA message.
US11116032B2	Power saving mechanism A wireless device receives a radio resource control message comprising: a radio network temporary identifier, RNTI, for a downlink control information used for power saving; and a location parameter for the wireless device. Based on the RNTI, a first DCI comprising blocks is received. The location parameter indicates a location of a block, of the blocks, for the wireless device. The block comprises: a wake-up indication for the wireless device; and a dormancy indication for at least one secondary cell of the wireless device. The wireless device transitions to a wake-up state in response to the wake-up indication. The wireless device transitions the at least one secondary cell transitions to a dormant state based on the dormancy indication.
US11116024B2	Control mechanism for packet duplication in multi-connectivity communication An apparatus for use by a packet duplication control element or function, the apparatus including processing circuitry, and memory for storing instructions to be executed by the processing circuitry, wherein the memory and the instructions are configured to, with the processing circuitry, cause the apparatus at least: to receive assistance information indicating communication conditions of at least one communication link between a communication element and at least two communication network access points, to process the assistance information for preparing a packet duplication control, to generate transmission control information on the basis of the result of the processing of the assistance information, the transmission control information indicating settings for a packet duplication process in the established multi-connectivity communication, and to send the transmission control information to at least one transmission control element or function being involved in the packet duplication process in the established multi-connectivity communication.
US11116017B2	Systems and methods for service enablement and end device activation A method, device, and computer-readable medium provide for identifying a user of a first end device based on first user identification information; registering the first end device in a provider network based on first user credentials, the first end device having a SIM profile associated with an MDN; generating a network session ID to access a first application service from the server device via a first network connection; initiating a first pairing mode with a second end device; identifying the user based on second user identification information obtained from the user via the second end device; determining that the second end device has a higher hosting priority than the first end device; sending a request to the server device to transfer use of the MDN to the second end device; and establishing a second network connection to the server device and releasing the first network connection based on the transfer.
US11116016B2	Resource assignment for general packet radio service tunneling protocol (GTP) entities in 5G A wireless cellular network system comprising MME configured to send a first create session request to SGW-C, the SGW-C configured to select SGW-U and transmit a first resource request to the selected SGW-U, and the SGW-U configured to, upon a receipt of the first resource request, allocate an IP address and TEIDs of the SGW-U, and transmit a resource message including the IP address and the TEIDs of the SGW-U to SGW-C. A method of SGW-C in a wireless communication system, the method comprising receiving, from MME, a first create session request, selecting SGW-U among a plurality of SGW-Us, wherein the selection is based on a location of a terminal, transmitting a first resource request to the selected SGW-U, receiving, from the selected SGW-U, a resource message including an IP address and TEID of the SGW-U, the IP address and TEIDs being allocated by the selected SGW-U.
US11116014B2	Method of transmitting and receiving physical random access channel and device therefor The present invention discloses a method of transmitting a Physical Random Access Channel (PRACH) by a terminal in a wireless communication system. Specifically, the method includes: receiving first information related to a Synchronization Signal Block (SSB) and second information related to PRACH resources; and transmitting the PRACH on a valid PRACH resource among the PRACH resources based on the first and second information. In this case, valid PRACH resource may be a PRACH resource allocated after symbols in which the SSB is received among the PRACH resources included in a PRACH slot related to the second information.
US11116009B2	Synchronous clear to send signaling Methods, systems, and devices for wireless communication are described. In some wireless communications systems, some user equipment (UEs) may be configured for sidelink communications using a first radio access technology (RAT) (e.g., via a cellular network) and other wireless devices may be configured for sidelink communications using a second RAT (e.g., via a wireless local area network (WLAN)). In order to mitigate interference between communications using the first and second RAT, when a first UE is scheduled to transmit or receive a data transmission on a set of resources using the first RAT, the first UE may transmit a message using the second RAT indicating that the data transmission is to occur on the set of resources. Accordingly, the second device may receive the message and determine to refrain from communicating on the set of resources.
US11116000B2	Proactive PUSCH grants to prevent rate throttling One embodiment is directed to transmitting user data to a UE from a base station on a shared downlink channel and determining if a throughput for the user data transmitted to the UE on the shared downlink channel is greater than a threshold amount. If the throughput for the user data transmitted to the UE on the shared downlink channel is greater than the threshold amount, the base station provides the UE with a minimum amount of access to a shared uplink channel by making proactive grants of uplink resources when such UE is more in need of a proactive grant than other UEs. Other embodiments are disclosed.
US11115994B2	Triggering/initiating backoff procedure(s) based on congestion indication(s) to defer scheduling request transmission There is provided a method and corresponding device for transmitting a congestion indication to a group of wireless communication devices for synchronized triggering of backoff procedures in the wireless communication devices. A purpose of the synchronized triggering of the backoff procedures may be to enable deferring, in each of the wireless communication devices, transmission of scheduling request(s) until one or more backoff procedures in the considered wireless device is completed. In this way, the proposed technology provides efficient load control related to scheduling requests and/or enables a reduction of the average response time between scheduling request and grant.
US11115992B2	Methods and apparatus for simultaneous multiprotocol processing of different radio standards using a common pipeline Methods and apparatus for simultaneous multiprotocol processing of different radio standards using a common pipeline. In an exemplary embodiment an apparatus includes a plurality of wireless interfaces that transmit radio data symbols, a scheduler that outputs scheduled events that control transmission of the radio data symbols using any wireless interface type and any radio protocol, and an event processor that processes the transmission events to transport the radio data symbols to selected wireless interfaces for over the air transmission using selected radio protocols.
US11115988B2	Method and apparatus for avoiding interference A system that incorporates the subject disclosure may perform, for example, a method that determines at least one threshold for detecting signal interference in a first plurality of segments occurring in a first radio frequency spectrum of a first wireless communication system, detecting a pattern of recurrence over time of signal interference in a segment of the first plurality of resource blocks according to the at least one threshold, and performing one or more mitigation steps to mitigate the signal interference without filtering the signal interference where the one or more mitigation steps include at least one of transmitting signals out of phase from the signal interference, adjusting transmit power, increasing power in a resource block of a long term evolution communication session, performing beam steering, or changing time parameters for the resource block without changing to a new resource block. Other embodiments are disclosed.
US11115983B2	Data and control channels in synchronization bursts for millimeter wave new radio Techniques are described for millimeter wave wireless communication. One method includes configuring a synchronization slot associated with a plurality of synchronization blocks, configuring a transmission of each synchronization block of the plurality of synchronization blocks based on the configured synchronization slot, assigning a synchronization region to a first frequency portion associated with a transmission beam of each synchronization block, assigning at least one of a data region or a control region to a second frequency portion associated with the transmission beam of each synchronization block, and transmitting a synchronization signal during the synchronization region and transmitting at least one of data signal during the data region or control information during the control region to a wireless node.
US11115981B2	Method and apparatus for allocating resource based on anchor carrier in wireless communication system A method and apparatus for allocating resources for a sidelink transmission in a wireless communication system is provided. A user equipment (UE) selects a first carrier, i.e. anchor carrier, among multiple carriers, and allocates a first resource on the first carrier. The UE allocates a second resource on a second carrier, i.e. non-anchor carrier, based on an offset from the first resource on the first carrier. The UE performs the sidelink transmission by using the first resource on the first carrier and the second resource on the second carrier.
US11115976B2	Method for transmitting/receiving uplink control channel in frame structure of short transmission time interval and device therefor Provided is a method and a device for transmitting an Ack/Nack of sPUCCH in response to the reception of short TTI-based sPDSCH in a 3GPP LTE/LTE-Advanced system. A base station may set, for each terminal, an offset value for setting a link between sPDSCH and sPUCCH, and transmit the set offset value to the terminal through upper layer signaling (RRC signaling), thereby enabling a terminal to use the offset value to allocate sPUCCH resources for transmitting an Ack/Nack in response to the reception of sPDSCH.
US11115963B2	Method and device for multiplexing uplink grant resources The present application provides a method and device for multiplexing uplink grant resources, including: determining, by a network device, control information, where the control information includes uplink grant resources information and multiplexing manner information, where the uplink grant resources information is used for indicating uplink grant resources configured by the network device for a terminal device, the multiplexing manner information is used for indicating a multiplexing manner of remaining uplink grant resources, and the remaining uplink grant resources are uplink grant resources in the uplink grant resources except a part of uplink grant resources used for carrying data in one or more logical channels corresponding to the uplink grant resources; and transmitting, by the network device, the control information to the terminal device. The method for multiplexing uplink grant resources of the present application can improve a use efficiency of uplink grant resources.
US11115957B2	System and method for uplink resource reuse A system and method are disclosed that allows for uplink resource reuse. A user device is provided an uplink resource for a first data type. If the user device does not have enough data of the first data type to fill the granted uplink resource, the user device fills the granted uplink resource with a second data type.
US11115950B2	Location services using multiple light fixtures A system can include an object having a communication device, where the communication device of the object broadcasts a first signal from a first location within a volume of space at a first time. The system can also include a first electrical device and a second electrical device that receives the first signal in the volume of space. The system can also include a controller communicably coupled to the first electrical device and the second electrical device, where the controller determines a first strength of the first signal received by the first receiver, determines a second strength of the first signal received by the second receiver, scales the first signal relative to the second signal based on the first strength and the second strength, and determines a location of the object in the volume of space based on scaling the first signal relative to the second signal.
US11115949B1	Registering user equipment with a circuit-switched domain A system and method for registering a user equipment (UE) to a circuit-switching (CS) domain only is discussed herein. An application server (AS) generates a subscribe-notifications-request (SNR) and transmits the SNR to a node of a network, such as a home subscriber server, to request a change in user data when a user equipment (UE) registers only with the CS domain after reconnection to the network. The SNR includes an attribute value pair (AVP) to generate a notification that the UE is registered with the CS domain without requiring initial registration with a packet-switched (PS) domain. The HSS, which receives notification of registration of the UE to the CS domain from a home location register (HLR) a mobile switching center/visitor location register (MSC/VLR), generates a push-notification-request (PNR) to notify the AS of the change in user data.
US11115948B2	Measurement signal sending method, indication information sending method, and device A method includes: determining, by a first terminal device, a first timing of a first measurement signal used by a second terminal device for measurement, where a first network device serving the first terminal device is different from a network device serving the second terminal device; determining, by the first terminal device, a second timing of a second measurement signal used by the first network device for measurement; and sending, by the first terminal device, the first measurement signal and the second measurement signal based on the first timing and the second timing respectively.
US11115947B2	Vehicle to everything synchronization reference selection and reselection Apparatuses, systems and methods associated with asynchronous synchronization reference source selection and reselection for wireless communication devices are disclosed herein. In embodiments, one or more non-transitory, computer-readable media having instructions stored thereon, wherein the instructions, in response to execution by a user equipment (UE), cause the UE to establish a sidelink connection with a first synchronization reference (SyncRef) UE, and monitor for physical sidelink broadcast channel (PSBCH) synchronization signals from a second SyncRefUE, wherein the UE is to drop one or more subframes of data reception of the sidelink connection with the first SyncRef UE when the UE monitors for the PSBCH synchronization signals. Other embodiments may be described and/or claimed.
US11115943B2	Method of transmitting and receiving synchronization signal block and method therefor Disclosed is a method of receiving a synchronization signal block (SSB) by a user equipment in a wireless communication system. The method includes receiving a first SSB from a serving cell, receiving a second SSB from a neighbor cell, obtaining time information of the first SSB based on a physical broadcasting channel (PBCH) included in the first SSB, and obtaining an index of the second SSB using the time information of the first SSB.
US11115940B2	Method for obtaining noise power and terminal A method for obtaining a noise power and a terminal are provided. The obtaining method includes: obtaining a first power offset value of an actual automatic gain control (AGC) received power relative to a first predetermined received power within a predetermined transmission time interval (TTI); obtaining, according to a preset correspondence between a modulation mode and an AGC backoff value, a target AGC backoff value corresponding to a current modulation mode; and obtaining the noise power according to the first power offset value, the target AGC backoff value, and a current AGC received power.
US11115931B2	Uplink interference avoidance under closed loop power control conditions Various embodiments disclosed herein provide for facilitating uplink interference avoidance. According an embodiment, a system can comprise receiving a request to adjust an uplink power limit of a first communication device that is generating an uplink interference above a threshold and a power adjustment value employable to adjust the uplink power limit of the first communication device. The system can further facilitate identifying a packet flow in an uplink communication with the first communication device, wherein use of the packet flow results in generating of the uplink interference above the threshold. The system can further facilitate determining whether the uplink power limit of the first communication device is able to be adjusted based on a quality of service allocated to the packet flow. The system can further facilitate transmitting a message to update the uplink power limit of the first communication device using the power adjustment value.
US11115925B2	Power saving mechanism for MU-MIMO transmissions Techniques for power saving by remote wireless mobile devices are provided, in particular by stations (STAs) during downlink (DL) multiple-user multiple-input and multiple-output (MU-MIMO) transmissions in an Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers (IEEE) 802.11ay network when reverse direction (RD) transmissions are either enabled and not enabled. Various embodiments enable each STA in a group of STAs to determine an order in which the STAs are requested to send a block acknowledgement (BACK) and which STAs will be granted an RD transmission. Further, a duration of each RD transmission is provided to each STA. Based on the provided information, each STA can determine times to enter a power saving mode. Other embodiments are described and claimed.
US11115923B2	Method and control arrangement for controlling a response time of a wireless sensor device An object monitoring system includes a plurality of wireless sensor devices and at least one user device A method for controlling a response time of one of the wireless sensor devices in such a system includes determining one or more metrics representing a present state of an object; and calculating a probability that one of at least one user devices will interact with the wireless sensor device within a pre-determined time period by executing a trained model with the one or more determined metrics as input and controlling the response time of the wireless sensor device based on the calculated probability.
US11115921B2	Battery powered wireless node reporting A battery powered wireless apparatus, method, and system. A battery powered wireless node operates to communicating with a gateway on a local area network through the network communication device, cease communication with the gateway after a predetermined period for a predetermined interval of time, and communicate with the gateway continuously when an event occurs.
US11115914B2	Endpoint computing device multi-network slice utilization system An endpoint computing device multi-network slice utilization system includes a RAN system coupled to a core network system that allocates network slices and makes each of them available for use in wireless communications. An endpoint computing device includes applications and operates, for each of its applications, to detect that application, determine a networking connectivity requirement for that application, and identify one of the network slices that is allocated by the core network system, available via the RAN system, and that satisfies the networking connectivity requirement for that application. The endpoint computing device then establishes a connection for each of its application with the one of the network slices that satisfies the networking connectivity requirement for that application, and exchanges communications via the RAN system and the core network system for that application using the one of the network slices that satisfies the networking connectivity requirement for that application.
US11115910B2	Enhanced radio frequency band scanning Techniques are described herein for optimizing band scanning for one or more bands supported by a mobile device for connection to a wireless network. The techniques include determining geolocation coordinates corresponding to a real-time location of a mobile device. The mobile device may identify at least one available radio frequency (RF) band supported by the mobile device based at least on the geolocation coordinates. In some aspects, the mobile device may determine whether a signal quality of the available RF band is above a predetermined threshold. If the signal quality of the available RF band is above the predetermined threshold, the mobile device may selectively prioritize a scan for support by a wireless network of the available RF band and connect to the wireless network using the available RF band.
US11115901B2	Network access method, network device, and terminal This application discloses a network access method, a network device, and a terminal. The method includes: obtaining, by a network device, indication information, where the indication information is used to indicate whether the terminal supports air communication; and when the indication information indicates that the terminal supports the air communication, determining, by the network device, that the terminal is allowed to access a network in which the network device is located. In this application, a quantity of unmanned aerial vehicle terminals that access the network can be limited, reducing interference caused by the unmanned aerial vehicle terminals to another terminal in the same network as the unmanned aerial vehicle terminals, and improving communication quality of the another terminal.
US11115896B2	Handling QoS rules on QoS operation errors A method of enhanced error handling for 5G QoS operations associated with a PDU session is proposed. A QoS operation can be received via a PDU session modification procedure. In one example, the QoS operation is to create a new QoS rule for a PDU session, however, there is an existing QoS rule having the same QoS rule ID (QRI). The UE detects whether the QoS operation will causing the PDU session have no default QoS rule or have more than one default QoS rules. If the existing QoS rule is a default QoS rule, or if the new QoS rule have a default QoS rule (DQR) indication bit set to be true, then the UE rejects the QoS operation and indicates a QoS operation error to the network.
US11115894B2	Managing FTM frames of WLAN RTT bursts In aspects of managing FTM frames of WLAN RTT bursts, a device can receive a WLAN RTT burst, such as initiated by a device application, device firmware, or received as a RTT ranging request. The device implements a status module that interposes the routing of the ranging request in the device, and determines a device state of the device with a device state monitor of the status module. The status module is implemented to drop the ranging request if the device is an idle device state such that the ranging request is extraneous. Alternatively, the status module is implemented to reduce a number of FTM frames in the ranging request based on the device state indicating that multiple FTM frames of the ranging request are extraneous, and then route to perform the ranging request of the WLAN RTT burst with the reduced number of FTM frames in the ranging request.
US11115893B2	Information transmission method, base station, and user equipment The present application provides an information transmission method. A first base station sends a context of a terminal to a second base station according to a request of the second base station. The request message of the second base station includes a first identifier, the first identifier is an identifier of the terminal in a non-connected mode in an area configured by the first base station, and the context of the terminal includes a core network-related context. The second base station may perform a corresponding RRC configuration based on the obtained context of the terminal. The first base station uses a RAT different from the second base station.
US11115890B2	Method and apparatus for triggering transmission carrier reselection procedure due to high congestion level in wireless communication system A method and apparatus for triggering a transmission carrier reselection procedure due to high congestion level in a wireless communication system is provided. A wireless device, which selects a carrier and performs data transmission on the carrier, determines that a congestion level of the carrier is not below a threshold for carrier reselection, and triggers the carrier reselection.
US11115880B2	Path switch method between LTE and 5G node Methods and apparatus, including computer program products, are provided for user-plane switching of traffic for dual connectivity. In some example embodiments, there is provided a method. The method may include receiving, at a serving gateway, an indication to persist a first tunnel identifier located at a master base station, while the serving gateway sends, towards a second tunnel identifier located at a secondary node, user plane traffic for a user equipment in dual connectivity with the master base station and the secondary node; and switching, at the serving gateway, the user plane traffic between the second tunnel identifier and the first tunnel identifier, when the serving gateway receives, via a user plane, an error indication and/or a switch indication. Related apparatus, systems, methods, and articles are also described.
US11115874B2	Techniques for reservation preamble for prioritized medium contention in a new radio shared spectrum communication system Methods and apparatuses for wireless communications are described. The aspects relate to a frame structure for new radio shared spectrum. For instance, the frame structure may provide shared medium access by multiple operators in a new radio shared spectrum system. Specifically, the present aspects provide for utilizing reservation preambles associated with a distinct operator for announcing to other operators a reservation of at least one transmission opportunity of a given frame in the new radio shared spectrum.
US11115869B2	SDN-controlled bandwidth sharing method for use with terminal small cell, and bandwidth sharing device A bandwidth sharing method and device based on SDN control of terminal cell are disclosed. The bandwidth sharing method includes: determining, by a SDN controller, whether a trigger request for bandwidth sharing is received; upon receipt of the trigger request, selecting at least one second terminal cell for providing bandwidth sharing to the first terminal cell; controlling the first terminal cell and the at least one second terminal cell to jointly process the target service. The trigger request indicates a need of bandwidth sharing of a first terminal cell from other terminal cells when processing a target service on a backhaul link, and a bandwidth requirement of the target service equals to or exceeds a first predetermined threshold. The SDN controlled bandwidth-sharing scheme may ensure the application of a wireless backhaul sharing mechanism between T-SCs, thereby achieving flexible configuration of bandwidth resources on the backhaul link.
US11115868B2	Method and apparatus for control resource set configuration and monitoring of downlink control channel in wireless communication system A communication method and a system for converging a fifth generation (5G) communication system for supporting higher data rates beyond a fourth generation (4G) system with an internet of things (IoT) technology are provided. The disclosure may be applied to intelligent services based on the 5G communication technology and the IoT-related technology, such as a smart home, a smart building, a smart city, a smart car, a connected car, health care, digital education, smart retail, security and safety services. The method includes transmitting, to a terminal, configuration information for configuring a plurality of bandwidth parts for the terminal, wherein at least one control resource set is configured for each of the plurality of bandwidth parts, respectively, transmitting, to the terminal, information for changing a first bandwidth part activated for the terminal to a second bandwidth part, and transmitting, to the terminal, downlink control information in at least one control resource set corresponding to the second bandwidth part.
US11115866B2	Coordination of shared spectrum distribution to remote units in distributed radio communications systems Distributed radio communications systems supporting coordination of distribution of shared spectrum from multiple service providers to remote units to be distributed to subscriber devices are disclosed. In examples, the distributed communications system includes a routing circuit that is configured to receive downlink communications signals from signal sources of respective multiple service providers and route the downlink communications signals to a plurality of remote units. The remote unit is configured to distribute the received downlink communications signals for the multiple service providers to subscriber devices such that the distributed communications system supports multiple service providers. The distributed communications system also includes a spectrum usage coordination circuit configured to coordinate the usage of spectrum between the remote units in the distributed communications system. The spectrum usage coordination circuit is configured selectively decide which channels of the shared spectrum are to be routed to specific remote units based on shared spectrum input information.
US11115865B2	Load balancing among bands and access points in a wireless network During operation, an access point communicates with one or more electronic devices. Based at least on the communication, the access point determines an available capacity metric of the access point. Then, the access point provides the determined available capacity metric to one or more second access points, and receives available capacity metrics of the one or more second access points. Moreover, the access point compares the available capacity metric and a parameter corresponding to the available capacity metrics. Based at least in part on the comparison, the access point dynamically and selectively performs load balancing, where performing the load balancing involves providing a recommendation to at least a first electronic device of the one or more electronic devices, and where the recommendation indicates that the first electronic device, which is associated with the access point, transition to a different communication channel.
US11115861B1	Selecting a modulation table to mitigate 5G message faults Wireless networks, such as 5G (and future 6G) networks, can recognize opportunities to enhance message performance by analyzing fault types in real-time, and selecting an appropriate mitigating modulation table accordingly. Noise patterns causing adjacent-amplitude faults and adjacent-phase faults indicate the need for different modulation schemes, while the large non-adjacent faults from pulsed external interference lead to yet a different choice. Disclosed examples show how to select an appropriate mitigating modulation table through fault analysis of failed messages. By selecting and switching to different modulation tables according to the types of message faults experienced by user messages, network operators can reduce message failure rates and increase overall throughput while reducing average delay per message, according to some embodiments.
US11115855B2	Method for transmitting UL packet based on quality of service (QoS) flow in wireless communication system and a device therefor Disclosed embodiments include a method and a device for transmitting UL packet based on QoS flow, the method including receiving uplink (UL) packet from an upper layer; checking whether a IP flow of the UL packet is matched to any of UL IP flow to QoS flow mapping defined in QoS rules configured to the UE; setting a QoS Flow ID of the UL packet to a special value if a IP flow of the UL packet is not matched to any of UL IP flow to QoS flow mapping defined in the QoS rules configured to the UE; and transmitting the UL packet with the QoS Flow ID set to the special value to a network via a DRB. The UE is capable of communicating with at least one of another UE, a UE related to an autonomous driving vehicle, a base station or a network.
US11115849B2	First unit, second unit and method In order to make it possible to report an amount of data from a secondary node (SN) to a master node (MN) in dual connectivity, there is provided a first unit according to the present disclosure which is a first unit of a central unit of a first base station. The first unit includes a controller and a transceiver. The central unit is configured to host at least PDCP layer in the first base station; and is connected to a distributed unit via a first interface, the distributed unit hosting RLC, MAC and PHY layers in the first base station. The controller is configured to host at least a user plane of the PDCP layer hosted by the central unit; and the transceiver is configured to transmit, to a second unit via a second interface, first information indicative of a volume of data processed by the first unit. The second unit is configured to host at least a control plane of the PDCP layer hosted by the central unit.
US11115838B2	Service area definition at network slicing Embodiments of a method in a radio access node and a corresponding radio access node are disclosed. The method comprises: sending, to a mobility function entity, first information indicative of a tracking area(s) and a network slice(s) supported by the radio access node; and receiving, from the mobility function entity, second information indicative of a network slice(s) that are: (a) supported by the radio access node and the mobility function entity and (b) permitted by one or more network policies, for each of at least one of the tracking area(s) supported by the radio access node; or (a) supported by the mobility function entity and (b) permitted by one or more network policies, for each of at least one of the tracking area(s) supported by the radio access node. Embodiments of a method in a mobility function entity and a corresponding mobility function entity are also disclosed.
US11115835B2	Method and device for performing device-to-device communication by sharing uplink resource and sidelink resource in wireless communication system Provided are a method and a device for performing device-to-device communication by sharing an uplink resource and a sidelink resource in a wireless communication system. Particularly, a first terminal receives, from a base station, beam scanning signals and a first threshold value. The first terminal generates first reception beam information including beam information of a signal received at a signal intensity greater than or equal to the first threshold value, among the beam scanning signals. The first terminal receives second reception beam information from the base station. The second reception beam information includes beam information of a first uplink signal received by the base station from a second terminal. The first terminal transmits a sidelink signal through the sidelink resource by using a beam obtained by excluding a third reception beam from a first reception beam. The third reception beam is a beam of the first terminal for receiving a signal transmitted using a transmission beam of the base station in the same direction as a second reception beam. The sidelink resource is overlapped with the uplink resource in time and frequency domains.
US11115832B2	Method and device for network design in wireless communication system Disclosed are a communication technique of merging, with IoT technology, a 5G communication system for supporting a data transmission rate higher than that of a 4G system, and a system therefor. The disclosure can be applied to intelligent services (for example, smart home, smart building, smart city, smart car or connected car, health care, digital education, retail, security and safety related services, and the like) on the basis of 5G communication technology and an IoT-related technology. According to an embodiment of the present disclosure, a network design method of a wireless communication system comprises the steps of: setting at least one environmental element related to millimeter wave (mmWave) propagation, on the basis of image information within a set map; grouping a design area within the map into at least one detailed area; and designing a network.
US11115830B2	Method and device for scheduling multi-flow transmission The present application provides methods and apparatuses for scheduling multi-flow transmission. A method includes: receiving from a base station, a first MAC layer configuration parameter corresponding to a first MAC entity and a second MAC layer configuration parameter corresponding to a second MAC entity, each comprising a set of mapping and a MAC-layer related parameter corresponding to the set of mapping; executing the mapping corresponding to each MAC entity; and independently executing a MAC layer function based on the MAC layer-related parameter corresponding to each MAC entity. Embodiments of the present application can satisfy a demand of multi-flow transmission.
US11115812B2	Smart profile change by subscriber identity module (SIM) application Systems and methods discussed herein are directed to subscriber identity (SIM) cards that include multiple profiles. The SIM cards include logic, e.g., an application or an applet, configured to change profiles so that the correct profile is selected for use with the electronic device that includes such a SIM card within the appropriate wireless communication network. The ability to change profiles may be based on activity of the electronic device, e.g., events, within the wireless communication network.
US11115802B2	Data processing method and system to associate data of a terminal distributed on different network elements A method includes obtaining, by a data analytics network element, data of a terminal on an access network element and data of the terminal on an access and mobility management function network element, where the data of the terminal on the access network element includes a first identifier, and the access network element is an access network element, the data of the terminal on the access and mobility management function network element includes the first identifier, and the first identifier includes an identifier assigned by the access network element to the terminal, associating, by the data analytics network element, the data of the terminal on the access network element with the data of the terminal on the access and mobility management function network element based on the first identifier.
US11115798B2	Pairing a beacon with a mobile robot A method performed by a mobile lawn mowing robot includes pairing a beacon with the mobile lawn mowing robot. Pairing the beacon with the mobile lawn mowing robot includes determining a distance between the beacon and the mobile lawn mowing robot and confirming that the beacon is within a pairing distance from the mobile lawn mowing robot based on a comparison of the determined distance to a pairing distance. Pairing the beacon with the mobile robot lawn mowing robot further includes, subsequent to confirming that the beacon is within the pairing distance from the mobile lawn mowing robot, pairing the beacon with the mobile lawn mowing robot, and, following pairing, detecting wideband or ultra-wideband signals from the beacon, and using the wideband or ultra-wideband signals to enable navigation over an area.
US11115796B2	Method and system for an integrated public safety solution A method of tracking at least one emergency service provider is disclosed. An electronic history is compiled that includes at least one identifier of a service provider, at least one identifier of an event to which the service provider responded, and GPS data identifying the geographic location of the service provider at each time interval within the duration of the event. A user interface within which is displayed a first identifier of a first event is generated to a display device. A selection of the event identifier is received from a user. In response to the selection of the identifier, an aerial view of a geographic region within which the first event took place is generated. At least one icon is displayed in the aerial view representing the service provider at the geographic location corresponding to at least one time interval during the event.
US11115789B2	Resource allocation method for V2X communication in wireless communication system and apparatus therefor The present invention relates to a resource allocation method of a vehicle-to-everything (V2X) transmission terminal in a wireless communication system and an apparatus therefor. More specifically, the method comprises the steps of: transmitting, to a V2X receiving terminal, a first V2X signal for a V2X service; receiving, from the V2X receiving terminal, an acknowledgment/negative-acknowledgment (ACK/NACK) for a V2X signal; and, if the NACK is received from the V2X receiving terminal, allocating, for a second V2X signal, a second time-frequency resource reserved in association with a first time-frequency resource for the first V2X signal.
US11115788B2	System, method and apparatus for sensing changes in an environment using wireless communication signals A wireless signal-based sensing system is provided. The system includes a plurality of devices, each device capable of sending and receiving wireless signals to create a sensing area. The system also includes at least one connection mechanism to enable at least one of the devices to connect to an application, and at least one analytics application for processing measurements of wireless signals obtained from the sensing area.
US11115783B2	Method, non-transitory computer readable storage medium, device and system Techniques for controlling updating of information stored on a device, the information including information of a first type and information of a second type. The techniques include determining, using at least one processor, when a first item of information of the first type and a second item of information of the second type are to be updated, wherein the second item of information is to be updated more frequently than the first item of information; and causing the device to update the first and second items of information in accordance with the determination at least in part by wirelessly communicating with at least one other device.
US11115779B1	Switch controlling system and switch controlling method of smart appliances A switch controlling system and method of smart appliances are provided. A beacon device is movably located in a space and outputs a beacon signal. Switch devices are located respectively at different positions in the space. The switch device entering within a distance range from the beacon device receives the beacon signal from the beacon device and outputs a distance determined signal according to the beacon signal. A central control device obtains spatial information of the space to establish a spatial database. The central control device looks up the spatial information from the spatial database according to the distance determined signal. The central control device determines a position of the beacon device relative to the electronic devices in the space according to the spatial information. The central control device selectively switches the switch devices to control the electronic devices based on the position of the beacon device.
US11115774B2	Acoustic output apparatus The present disclosure provides an acoustic output apparatus including one or more status sensors, at least one low-frequency acoustic driver, at least one high-frequency acoustic driver, at least two first sound guiding holes, and at least two second sound guiding holes. The status sensors may detect status information of a user. The low-frequency acoustic driver may generate at least one first sound, a frequency of which is within a first frequency range. The high-frequency acoustic driver may generate at least one second sound, a frequency of which is within a second frequency range including at least one frequency exceeding the first frequency range. The first and second sound guiding holes may output the first and second spatial sound, respectively. The first and second sound may be generated based on the status information, and may simulate a target sound coming from at least one virtual direction with respect to the user.
US11115773B1	Audio system and method of generating an HRTF map An audio system and a method of using the audio system to generate a head-related transfer function (HRTF) map, are described. The audio system can determine one or more HRTF and corresponding HRTF locations along an azimuthal path of an azimuth extending around a head of a user. The HRTFs or HRTF locations can be measured, and other HRTFs or HRTF locations can be interpolated or extrapolated. The HRTF map can include the HRTFs assigned to HRTF locations along the azimuth. HRTFs from the HRTF map are used to render spatial audio to the user. Other aspects are also described and claimed.
US11115768B2	Binaural dialogue enhancement Methods for dialogue enhancing audio content, comprising providing a first audio signal presentation of the audio components, providing a second audio signal presentation, receiving a set of dialogue estimation parameters configured to enable estimation of dialogue components from the first audio signal presentation, applying said set of dialogue estimation parameters to said first audio signal presentation, to form a dialogue presentation of the dialogue components; and combining the dialogue presentation with said second audio signal presentation to form a dialogue enhanced audio signal presentation for reproduction on the second audio reproduction system, wherein at least one of said first and second audio signal presentation is a binaural audio signal presentation.
US11115766B1	Automated audio assembly performance assessment A computing device includes: a memory storing an audio sequence and a reference attribute associated with playback of the audio sequence; a speaker; a microphone; an audio enclosure supporting the speaker and the microphone; a processor configured to: simultaneously (i) control the speaker to play the audio sequence, and (ii) control the microphone to capture a test recording corresponding to playback of the audio sequence; based on a comparison of the reference attribute to a test attribute associated with the test recording, detect occlusion of the audio enclosure; and in response to detecting occlusion of the audio enclosure, generate a notification message.
US11115740B2	Flat panel speaker and display unit A flat panel speaker according to an embodiment of the disclosure includes a flat panel and a plurality of vibrators that are disposed on a back surface of the flat panel. The plurality of vibrators are disposed to avoid a location that most easily vibrates in an entire range of audio frequencies when vibration is generated in the flat panel by the plurality of vibrators. A large stationary wave with respect to the flat panel therefore does not easily occur.
US11115733B2	Distributor strip The invention relates to a master distributor strip for distributing electrical energy for equipment and/or server cabinets, comprising a plurality of connection means that are provided on a face of the master distributor strip, and to which electrical loads can be connected for the purpose of energy supply. Furthermore, sensors for determining data at least relating to the status of the master distributor strip and/or of the plurality of connection means are provided. The invention is characterized in that a communications module is provided, which module is configured to retrieve and/or receive the data of the sensors, and to communicate with at least one sensor and/or actuator that is remote from the master distributor strip, by means of a communications network. The master distributor strip furthermore comprises an information and management module which is configured to provide the data of the sensors, retrieved and received by the communications module, directly to a user, via a communications network interface.
US11115729B2	Methods and apparatuses for video publishing, device, and memory medium Disclosed are methods and apparatuses for video publishing, a device, and a memory medium. The method comprises detecting a video recording request after obtaining a video and video post settings, and recording a video clip based on the video recording request till obtaining a video merge instruction; merging the video and the video clip based on the Video merge instruction to obtain a target video; and uploading, in response to detecting a Video post instruction, the target video and the video post settings to a video server.
US11115725B2	User placement of closed captioning Placement of Closed Captioning (CC) in content by a content provider is overridden by means of a user interface (UI) that allows the user to place CC on screen on top of the video. The CC may be derived directly from the audio and synchronized with play of the audio and video.
US11115719B2	Systems and methods for using playlists Systems and methods for automatically generating a playlist of series assets and systems and methods for grouping assets of a playlist in clusters are provided. In one embodiment, series assets may automatically be included into a playlist for that series. In another embodiment, an interactive media guidance application may group assets in clusters based on one or more user selected parameters or may group assets in cluster based on automatically determined parameters. In yet another embodiment, the interactive media guidance application may group assets in clusters and display at least one identifier in connection with each cluster to indicate a basis for forming the cluster. The identifier may be a key word or catch phrase that succinctly identifies a trait or characteristic of assets in a particular cluster associated with the identifier.
US11115694B2	Information processing apparatus, method, and program An information processing apparatus for reproducing second content in synchronization with reproduction of first content by a second information processing apparatus different from the information processing apparatus, the first content comprising audio content. The information processing apparatus comprising circuitry configured to: extract a first feature from the audio content; obtain a second feature of the audio content, the second feature being together with the second content; compare the first feature with the second feature; and generate, based on results of the comparing, synchronization information used for reproducing the second content in synchronization with the first content.
US11115683B2	High definition VP8 decoder A video decoder system, in one embodiment, includes one or more processors and a memory storing instructions that when executed by the one or more processors cause the video decoding system to perform an entropy decoding operation in a frame level pipelined manner on a bitstream representative of encoded video data to produce first output data, perform at least one of an inverse quantization operation or an inverse frequency transform operation in a row level pipelined manner on the first output data to produce second output data, perform a deblocking filtering operation on first input data that includes the second output data in a row level pipelined manner to produce third output data, and output a decoded video output based on the third output data.
US11115682B2	Block-based predictive coding and decoding of a picture A previously encoded or reconstructed version of a neighborhood of a predetermined block to be predicted is exploited so as to result into a more efficient predictive coding of the prediction block. In particular, a spectral decomposition of a region composed of this neighborhood and a first version of a predicted filling of the predetermined block results into a first spectrum which is subject to noise reduction and the thus resulting second spectrum may be subject to a spectral composition, thereby resulting in a modified version of this region including a second version of the predicted filling of the predetermined block. Owing to the exploitation of the already processed, i.e. encoded/reconstructed, neighborhood of the predetermined block, the second version of the predicted filling of the predetermined block tends to improve the coding efficiency.
US11115676B2	Interaction between intra block copy mode and inter prediction tools The present disclosure relate to interaction between intra block copy mode and inter prediction tools A method for video processing is provided, including: determining that an Intra-Block-Copy (IBC) mode is applied to a current video block of a video, wherein in the IBC mode, at least one reference picture used by the current video block is a current picture where the current video block is located in; making a decision regarding a disabling of a specific coding mode for the current block; performing, based on the decision, a conversion between the current video block and the bitstream representation; wherein the specific coding mode uses a motion vector and a non-current picture to derive a prediction of a video block.
US11115668B2	Supplemental enhancement information including confidence level and mixed content information This application relates to video encoding and decoding, and specifically to tools and techniques for using and providing supplemental enhancement information in bitstreams. Among other things, the detailed description presents innovations for bitstreams having supplemental enhancement information (SEI). In particular embodiments, the SEI message includes picture source data (e.g., data indicating whether the associated picture is a progressive scan picture or an interlaced scan picture and/or data indicating whether the associated picture is a duplicate picture). The SEI message can also express a confidence level of the encoder's relative confidence in the accuracy of this picture source data. A decoder can use the confidence level indication to determine whether the decoder should separately identify the picture as progressive or interlaced and/or a duplicate picture or honor the picture source scanning information in the SEI as it is.
US11115666B2	Semantic video encoding Devices, computer-readable media, and methods for encoding a scene in a video program using an encoding strategy that is selected in accordance with a theme that is identified in the scene are disclosed. For example, a method may include a processing system receiving a video program, identifying boundaries of a scene in the video program, identifying a theme in the scene, and selecting an encoding strategy for the scene based upon the theme, where the encoding strategy is associated with the theme. The processing system may further encode the scene using the encoding strategy that is selected.
US11115660B2	Method and apparatus of syntax interleaving for separate coding tree in video coding A methods and apparatus for block partition in video encoding and decoding are disclosed. According to one method, a current data unit is partitioned into initial blocks using inferred splitting without split-syntax signalling. The initial blocks comprises multiple initial luma blocks and multiple initial chroma blocks, and size of the initial luma block is M×N, M and N are positive integers and the current data unit is larger than M×N for the luma component. A partition structure is determined for partitioning each initial luma block and each initial chroma block into one or more luma CUs (coding units) and one or more chroma CUs respectively. The luma syntaxes and the chroma syntaxes associated with one initial block in the current data unit are signalled or parsed, and then the luma syntaxes and the chroma syntaxes associated with one next initial block in the current data unit are signalled or parsed.
US11115649B1	Systems and methods for synchronizing eyewear devices with displays The disclosed system may include a communication device configured to receive wireless synchronization information for display content, a lens, an optical device, and a controller configured to determine that the display content is in a field of view of the lens, and in response to determining that the display content is within the field of view of the lens, cause the lens to selectively allow the display content to pass through the lens based on the wireless synchronization information. Various other related methods and systems are also disclosed.
US11115646B2	Exposure coordination for multiple cameras In particular embodiments, a computing system may detect a number of objects captured within an overlapping region between a first field of view associated with a first camera and a second field of view associated with a second camera. The system may determine a respective priority ranking for each of the objects. The system may select an object from the objects based on the respective priority ranking for the object. The system may determine, for the first camera, a first lighting condition associated with the first field of view. The system may determine, for the second camera, a second lighting condition associated with the second field of view. The system may determine a shared exposure time for the selected object based on the first lighting condition and the second lighting condition. The system may cause at least one image of the selected object to be captured using the shared exposure time.
US11115644B2	Video generation method and apparatus using mesh and texture data A display system for displaying video content, the display unit including a display controller operable to control the display of at least a region of the video content and a visual acuity identification unit operable to identify at least regions of high visual acuity and low visual acuity of a viewer at display positions corresponding to particular regions of the video content, where the display controller is operable to control the display of video content such that regions of high visual acuity are displayed differently to regions of low visual acuity.
US11115641B2	Method of transmitting omnidirectional video, method of receiving omnidirectional video, device for transmitting omnidirectional video, and device for receiving omnidirectional video A method of transmitting omnidirectional video is provided according to one aspect of the present invention. The method of transmitting omnidirectional video according to an embodiment of the present invention includes: acquiring an image for the omnidirectional video; projecting the image for the omnidirectional video onto a 3D projection structure; packing the image projected on the 3D projection structure into a 2D frame; encoding the image packed into the 2D frame; and transmitting a data signal including the encoded image and metadata about the omnidirectional video.
US11115640B2	Multi-sensor video frame synchronization apparatus and methods Apparatus and methods disclosed herein operate to monitor times of receipt of start-of-frame indications associated with frames received from multiple image sensors at a video controller. Time differences between the times of receipt of the frames are calculated. Embodiments herein alter one or more frame period determining parameter values associated with the image sensors if the time differences equal or exceed frame synchronization hysteresis threshold values. Parameter values are adjusted positively and/or negatively to decrease the time differences. The parameter values may be reset at each image sensor when the time differences become less than the frame synchronization hysteresis threshold value as additional frames are received at the video controller.
US11115631B2	Image processing apparatus, image processing method, and storage medium There is provided with an image processing apparatus. A setting unit sets a display magnification on the display surface for the captured image data. A generating unit generates the display image data from the captured image data, based on a relationship between a first direction from an observer viewpoint toward a position on the display surface at which an object is displayed when display is provided based on the captured image data in accordance with the display magnification and a second direction from an capturing viewpoint of the captured image data toward the object, such that an image of the object in the second direction from the capturing viewpoint of the captured image data is displayed at a position on the display surface in the first direction from the observer viewpoint.
US11115625B1	Positional audio metadata generation At a video conference endpoint including a camera, a microphone array, and one or more microphone assemblies, the video conference endpoint may divide a video output of the camera into one or more tracking sectors and detect a head position for each participant in the video output. The video conference endpoint may determine within which tracking sector each detected head position is located. The video conference endpoint may determine active sound source positions of the actively speaking participants based on sound being detected or captured by the microphone array and microphone assemblies, and may determine within which tracking sector the active sound source positions are located. For each tracking sector that contains an active sound source position, the video conference endpoint may update the positional audio metadata for that particular tracking sector based on the active sound source positions and the detected head positions located in that tracking sector.
US11115616B2	Display system, display method, and display apparatus A display system includes a conversion apparatus converting video luminance including a luminance value in a first luminance range and a display apparatus connected thereto and displaying the video. The conversion apparatus includes a first acquisition unit, a first luminance converter, a second luminance converter, a quantization converter, and an output unit outputting a third luminance signal to the display apparatus. The display apparatus includes: a second acquisition unit acquiring the third luminance signal and setting information indicating display settings recommended to the display apparatus in display of the video; a display setting unit setting the display apparatus, using the setting information; a third luminance converter converting a third code value indicated by the third luminance signal into a second luminance value compatible with a second luminance range, using the setting information; and a display controller displaying the video on the display apparatus based on the second luminance value.
US11115583B2	Apparatus and method for determination of a focus detection target An apparatus determines an object and controls driving of the focus lens based on a focus detection result.
US11115569B1	Ruggedized camera system for aerospace environments A ruggedized camera system provides high-quality optical data signals while operating in harsh environments and includes a housing having an electronics housing section and a lens housing section. A light-ring circuit is attached to the lens housing section. A diffuser ring is attached to the lens housing section and covers the light-ring circuit. The camera system includes camera electronics that process optical data captured by the camera optical lens. The camera electronics are secured within a camera electronics holder that is located within and attached to the electronic housing section and which minimizes vibrations to the camera electronics. A power circuit is inside and attached to the electronic housing section and provides power to the camera electronics and the light-ring circuit and receives serial command data being transmitted to the camera electronics. The housing tightly integrates the camera optical lens, the camera electronics holder, the light-ring circuit and power circuit.
US11115567B2	Image capture assembly and aerial photographing aerial vehicle An image capture assembly includes a heat-conducting housing, a camera component in the heat-conducting housing, and a heat-conducting sheet. The heat-conducting sheet is attached to the camera component and arranged between the camera component and the heat-conducting housing to dissipate heat generated by the camera component to the heat-conducting housing. The heat-conducting sheet extends to a side wall of the camera component from a bottom side of the camera component.
US11115563B2	Method and apparatus for nonlinear interpolation color conversion using look up tables A method and apparatus obtains a source image having a plurality of source color gamut pixels in a source color gamut. The method and apparatus converts the plurality of source color gamut pixels to a plurality of corresponding target color gamut pixels using non-linear interpolation of a plurality of output pixel values from a reduced 3-D look-up table (LUT) for a target color gamut. The method and apparatus provides, for display, the plurality of target color gamut pixels (e.g., one or more pixels) on a target color gamut display.
US11115561B2	Inclination detecting device, reading device, image processing apparatus, and method of detecting inclination An inclination detecting device includes processing circuitry. The processing circuitry is configured to detect, in image information that is an image of an object imaged by an imaging device at an imaging position where a background member forms a background, a first boundary between the background member and a shadow of the object; detect a second boundary between the object and the shadow of the object in the image information; and detect an inclination of the object in the image information from the first boundary and the second boundary detected by the processing circuitry.
US11115555B2	Method of producing machine learning model, and copying apparatus A method of producing a machine learning model includes collecting, as training data, data including an image of a document and a size of the document or a size of an actually copied output sheet from a copying apparatus that copies the document on the output sheet, and producing a model for determining whether or not a mark included in the image of the document is identifiable by a user on the document or the copied output sheet based on the training data.
US11115553B2	Information processing system for detecting image information and non-transitory computer readable medium An information processing system includes a registration unit and a controller. The registration unit registers prohibited information associated with at least one of pieces of attribute information on a per piece-of-attribute information basis. The controller refers to the pieces of attribute information and the prohibited information. The controller performs error handling if received image information includes the prohibited information associated with a piece of attribute information assigned to the image information.
US11115551B2	Device for performing secure and automatic flipping and scanning of documents Organizations and educational institutions are turning towards digitization of their examination processes. The existing devices are costly, time consuming and insecure for scanning the answer sheets. A device for performing secure and automatic flipping and scanning of documents has been provided. The device is configured to be assembled in the form of a box. The device comprising a scanning stand, a page flipping arm, one or more suction cups, one or more rollers, a controller and a mobile device. The controller is configured to control the operation of the scanning stand, the page flipper arm and the roller. The mobile device further comprises a mobile application which is further configured to control controller. The device further configured to scan the handwriting of a candidate to avoid malpractice during the examination.
US11115545B2	Image forming apparatus and method of information display An image forming apparatus includes a display having a function of editing input image data and a function of displaying page images immediately after reading in order. When a first type of instruction to change shape of an image formed on a recording medium is given, the edition is not reflected on a document display mode screen image, and when a second type of instruction to edit page by page the recording medium having images formed thereon is given, the edition is reflected on the document display mode screen image. By switching between a finish preview screen image and the document display mode screen image, the image after edition and the image immediately after reading can be compared easily.
US11115534B2	Techniques for behavioral pairing in a contact center system Techniques for behavioral pairing in a contact center system are disclosed. In one particular embodiment, the techniques may be realized as a method for pairing in a contact center including ordering one or more contacts, ordering one or more agents, comparing a first difference in ordering between a first contact and a first agent in a first pair with a second difference in ordering between a second contact and a second agent in a second pair, and selecting the first pair or the second pair for connection based on the comparing, wherein the first contact and the second contact are different or the first agent and the second agent are different.
US11115532B2	Visual engagement using automatically dynamically selected visualization mediums A method and apparatus for visual engagement using automatically dynamically selected visualization mediums is described that will allow visual engagement via visual engagement sessions between customers and agents regardless of the type of application in use at the customer. Calls between customers and agents are implemented using the Public Switched Telephone Network (PSTN) or Voice over Internet Protocol (VoIP), and visual engagement sessions are added to the calls, which enables visual engagement to occur without requiring modification of the manner in which calls are handled (routed) and bridged at the call center. In some embodiments, to enable an agent to see an output of an application client in use by a customer, a visualization system automatically selects one or more types of visualization technology for a visualization session with the customer based on the type of application client in use at the customer.
US11115528B1	Call control service A technology is described for providing virtual call assistants and call options to identified callers. An example method may include identifying a caller and a call recipient using addressing information included in a call received at a call control service. After identifying the caller, a priority designation assigned to the caller may be obtained from an agent linking profile. An interactive agent linked to the priority designation assigned to the caller may be identified, wherein the interactive agent may be configured to provide prioritized call services. Thereafter, the interactive agent linked to the priority designation may be invoked.
US11115526B2	Real time sign language conversion for communication in a contact center Interactions between agents of a contact center and customers provide the bulk of many communications and generally work well, except when the customer is deaf or mute. Customers that sign would often prefer to conduct interactions in sign language but the pool of agents having such skills is limited. By providing systems and methods to alter an image of a non-signing agent, a customer may be presented with an image of a signing agent. Additionally, systems and methods herein enable a non-signing agent to be presented with generated speech and/or text translated from the signing gestures provided by the image of the signing customer.
US11115525B2	Venue owner-controllable per-venue service configuration There are provided measures for venue owner-controllable per-venue service configuration. Such measures could comprise configuring a per-venue service model of services of a network operator for terminal devices of subscribers of the network operator on the basis of an input by a venue owner of a venue, the per-venue service model including at least one configurable parameter for defining a venue-based service for terminal devices of subscribers residing in a specified venue area of the venue, and controlling provision of services of the network operator to terminal devices or subscribers of terminal devices in accordance with the per-venue service model depending on applicability thereof for the service provision.
US11115520B2	Signal discovery using artificial intelligence models Systems and methods for improving call topic models are described herein. In an embodiment a server computer receives call transcript data comprising an electronic digital representation of a verbal transcription of a call between a first person of a first person type and a second person of a second person type. The server computer splits the call transcript data into first person type data comprising words spoken by the first person in the call and second person type data comprising words spoken by the second person type in the call. The server computer uses a stored topic model to determine a topic of the call, the topic model simultaneously modeling the first person type data as a function of a first probability distribution of words used by the first person type for one or more topics and the second person type data as a function of a second probability distribution of words used by the second person type for the one or more topics, both the first probability distribution of words and the second probability distribution of words being modeled as a function of a third probability distribution of words for the one or more topics. The server computer then stores a data record identifying the topic of the call and/or stores data identifying the topic of the call with the call transcripts.
US11115516B1	Support device The present disclosure relates to a technical field of supports, and in particular to a support device. The support device includes a mounting frame and a clamping base, the mounting frame includes a main frame body and a joint structure. Electronic products are installed on the front side of the main frame body, the joint structure joint is connected with a rear side of the main frame body, and the joint structure and the clamping base are detachably connected. Thus, when the electronic product need to be used, the electronic products are detached along with the mounting frame from the clamping base, and there is no need to detach the electronic products from the support device, which simple in operation and convenient in use.
US11115512B1	Smartphone cases with integrated electronic binoculars Hand-held devices combine smartphones and electronic binoculars. In “in-phone” embodiments, binocular functionality is integrated directly into the housing or body of a smartphone modified in accordance with the invention, whereas, in “in-case” embodiments, the binoculars are integrated into a case to receive a smartphone which may be of conventional design. In either case, components within the phone may be used for image manipulation, image storage, and/or sending and receiving/streaming stereoscopic/3D motion imagery. The objective lenses for the binoculars are preferably supported on or in one of the longer side edges of the phone or case, whereas the display magnifying eyepieces are preferably associated with the opposing longer side edge of the phone or case. As such, in use, a user holds the phone or case in a generally horizontal plane during use as binoculars.
US11115511B1	Communication device having configurable housing assembly with multiple antennas A communication device, method and computer program product enable multiple independent communication connections via multiple antennas supported by a configurable housing assembly having first and second housing portions connected for movement between open and closed positions. In response to housing assembly being in an open position, a radio frequency (RF) front end of the communication device is configured to independently communicate in at least a low band via first and second antennas supported by a first housing portion and second and fourth antennas supported by a second housing portion. In response to the housing assembly being in the closed position that brings the first and second antennas into proximity and the third and fourth antennas into proximity, the RF front end is configured to communicate via a first antenna array of the first and the second antennas and via a second antenna array of the third and the fourth antennas.
US11115508B1	Wireless communication device and case assembly A case assembly and a wireless communication device are provided. The case assembly includes a metal case and a plastic cladding body. The metal case includes an inner side and an outer side, the inner side is opposite to the outer side, the metal case includes a hollow portion and an antenna portion, the hollow portion is adjacent to a side of the antenna portion. The plastic cladding body is disposed on the metal case, and completely covers the outer side of the metal case, partially covers the inner side of the metal case, and fills the hollow portion. The wireless communication device includes a case assembly and a radio frequency signal module. The radio frequency signal module is electrically connected to the antenna portion of the case assembly. Thus, the structural rigidity of the wireless communication device and its case assembly is kept, and the production cost is reduced.
US11115500B2	Request routing utilizing client location information A system, method, and computer-readable medium for request routing based on client location information are provided. A content delivery network service provider receives a DNS query from a client computing device. The DNS query corresponds to a resource identifier for requested content from the client computing device. The content delivery network service provider transmits an alternative resource identifier in response to the client computing device DNS query. The alternative resource identifier is selected as a function of client location information. The client location information is obtained from information corresponding to a mapping of at least partial IP addresses to known locations. The client computing device then issues a second DNS query to the same content delivery network service provider. The content delivery network service provider can then either resolve the second DNS query or transmit another alternative resource identifier.
US11115499B1	Systems and methods for managing computer-based requests A system includes a client device and a server in communication to a database. The server receives a request for service from a client device via an electronic message. The server then generates instructions to receive a characteristic of the client device, and to query for a record to identify whether the characteristic has a predetermined time period for priority service. The server determines whether a timestamp of the request is within the predetermined time period for the priority service. The server then increments a counter value associated with request having the characteristic having the timestamp within the predetermined time period for the priority service. When the counter value satisfies a threshold value, the server automatically adjust a record of each request having the characteristic to indicate the priority service regardless of a basis for the request.
US11115496B2	Dynamically-organized system for distributed calculations Techniques for providing a data request method are described. A data request is received from a user requesting a calculation. In response to receiving the data request, an inquiry message is transmitted to a plurality of service nodes. A confirmation message is received from each service node from the plurality of service nodes, wherein the confirmation message comprises data indicating whether a service node will participate in the requested calculation or will not participate in the requested calculation. A contribution of the service node is determines based on the confirmation message. A resource is allocated to each service node that will participate in the requested calculation.
US11115490B2	Host based read cache for san supporting NVMEF with E2E validation A method for performing host based read cache for storage area networks (SANs) supporting Non-Volatile Memory Express over Fabrics (NVMeF) with validation. The method includes upon a first read operation from a client system of a storage array, receiving metadata with a read response regarding location of data subject to the read operation. The method also includes performing, by the client system, direct NVMeF reads from a namespace offset from the metadata. The direct NVMeF reads bypass a software stack of the storage array. The method further includes upon receiving a data block at the client system, using a signature from the metadata to perform validation on the data.
US11115488B2	Event tracking and notification based on sensed data Aspects of the disclosure relate to transforming event data associated with an entity using a multicomputer platform and directing a client computing device to perform a determined action based on a detected event characteristic of the event data and a detected current event. With some embodiments, an event tracking server detects the current event from sensed data provided by a sensed data server and identifies a correlation measure between the detected event characteristic and the detected current event. The event tracking server may direct one or more client computing devices to perform one or more actions related to an entity based on the correlation measure.
US11115485B2	Network-based system for connecting mobile network users A social interaction system has a server executing software coupled to a data repository storing member profiles, portable appliances used by members, and executing GPS, and an application providing interactive interfaces on a touch screen of the portable appliances, wherein the system stores pre-programmed geographic regions by GPS coordinates, and wherein, upon a first member becoming active by logging into the application using the network-connected portable appliance, the system invites the first member to select one or more interests presented in an interactive interface, and upon the user selecting one or more interests, indicates to the first member an on-screen identifier for other members who are both active in the same region, and who have selected an interest common to one of the interests selected by the first user.
US11115473B2	Redundant storage gateways Methods, apparatus, and computer-accessible storage media for providing redundant storage gateways. A client may create a storage gateway group and add storage gateways to the group. The client may assign one or more volumes on a remote data store to each the storage gateways in the group. Volume data for each storage gateway in the group may be replicated to at least one other storage gateway in the group. If one of the gateways in the group becomes unavailable, one or more other gateways in the group may take over volumes previously assigned to the unavailable gateway, using the replicated data in the group to seamlessly resume gateway operations for the respective volumes. Client processes that previously communicated with the unavailable gateway may be manually or automatically directed to the gateway(s) that are taking over the unavailable gateway's volumes.
US11115471B2	Identifying and mitigating configuration item flapping A computational instance of a remote network management platform includes a persistent storage that contains a plurality of CI records corresponding to a set of computing devices disposed within a managed network, a set of software applications configured to execute on the set of computing devices, and a network-based service that is provided by execution of the set of software applications. The computational instance also includes one or more server devices configured to: receive an indication of a change to a CI record of the plurality of CI records; add, to a flapper candidates table in the persistent storage, a new value for a field of the CI record; determine, using a flapper detection strategy, flapper strategy data based on the new value and at least one old value for the field; and determine, based on the flapper strategy data, whether to trigger a re-computation of the service model.
US11115467B2	Systems and methods to discover and notify devices that come in close proximity with each other An electronic device of a first user configured to connect with a second electronic device of a second user over a first peer-to-peer wireless network link; send to the second electronic device, a first unique code generated by the first electronic device, corresponding to a first user identifier of the first electronic device; receive from the second electronic device, a second unique code generated by the second electronic device, corresponding to a second user identifier of the second electronic device; store the second unique code; store on the first electronic device, information indicating the proximity of the second electronic device and the time when it is within the communicable range of the first electronic device; retrieve from a coupled backend database stored in a cloud, a third unique code; and, upon determining that the third unique code matches the second unique code, display a notification on the first electronic device.
US11115461B1	Systems and methods of using asynchronous distributed hash generation for accelerated network file transfers Hash operations on large computer files can be relatively slow, but are needed to ensure accurate computer file transmission. The present disclosure covers a system and method to accelerate the process of making hash verified network copies of digital assets (computer files), and is particularly useful in handing computer files that were previously unknown to the file system (e.g. no prior hash values were computed). The system operates by analyzing the computer file into smaller parts, each with a part-offset relative to the parts' position in the original computer file, and generating the hash of the parts simultaneously with the entire computer file hash. The system can commence various network write operations when only a single part hash is available and does not need to wait for a complete computer file hash to be computed. This enables the burden of file transfers to be handled by multiple network peer computers.
US11115460B1	Systems and methods for determining an execution location for a utility component Disclosed are systems and methods for determining an execution location for a utility component. In an exemplary aspect, the systems and methods comprise receiving, at a client device, a request to execute the utility component that performs an action on a target component; determining the execution location of the utility component; determining whether the execution location is on the client device or on a remote application server; and responsive to determining the execution location is on the remote application server, transmitting the request to be executed within a remote session between the client device and the remote application server.
US11115457B2	HTTP transaction retries Apparatuses, systems, and methods for a wireless device to perform methods for mitigating HTTP transaction errors for a data connection. The wireless device may establish a data connection over a first network interface of the wireless device at an HTTP layer of the wireless device. A transport connection may support the data connections and may support multiple HTTP transactions. An advisory signal may be received at the HTTP layer and, responsive to the advisory signal including first information, the HTTP layer may determine that at least a portion of the HTTP transactions can be (safely) retried. The HTTP layer may terminate, without notifying the application layer, the portion of HTTP transactions and may initiate, via a second transport connection established over a second network interface, retries of the first portion of HTTP transactions.
US11115450B2	Systems, methods, and media for playing back protected video content by using top level index file Systems and methods for automatically generating top level index files for use in adaptive bitrate streaming in accordance with embodiments of the invention are disclosed. One embodiment of the method of the invention includes receiving a request from a playback device at a playback server, where the request identifies a piece of content, retrieving a list of assets associated with the identified piece of content using the playback server, filtering the list of assets using at least one predetermined criterion using the playback server, generating a top level index file describing each asset in the filtered list of assets using the playback server, and sending the top level index file to the playback device using the playback server.
US11115449B2	Data casting According to the present subject matter, a cast request is received at a rendering system from a user device over a home network. The cast request is request for casting data from a cast device communicatively coupled to a first network and a third network, onto a display device communicatively coupled to the home network. Thereafter, the rendering system transmits the cast request to a casting system over a second network. In response transmitting the rendering system receives, from the casting system to the requested data. The data is provided to the casting system by the cast device and the data is obtained by the cast device over the first network. The available cast system is automatically discovered by the user device and no configuration or specific software is needed on the user device.
US11115444B2	Private communications in virtual meetings Apparatus comprising an interface for receiving a respective uplink data stream from each of three or more further apparatuses, and for transmitting a respective downlink data stream to each of the further apparatuses; and a logic system in communication with the interface. The logic system is configured: to receive first data in the uplink data stream received from a first one of the further apparatuses; and in a first mode, to include at least some of the first data in the respective downlink data streams transmitted to every other one of the further apparatuses, or, in a second mode, to include at least some of the first data in the downlink data stream transmitted to a second one of the further apparatuses and to omit or attenuate substantially all of the first data in the downlink data stream transmitted to at least a third one of the further apparatuses. Corresponding methods and computer readable media are disclosed.
US11115443B2	Method and apparatus for opportunistic synchronizing of tele-communications to personal mobile devices The disclosed system captures real-time data regarding a mobile device user's receptivity to interacting, need to interact, and likely availability for interacting; matches this data with that of a second party; and facilitates the connection of the mobile device user to the second party for a mutually beneficial interaction. The second party could be a friend or peer, or an organization/enterprise. Overall, the integrated system saves time, money, and effort of both parties by reducing or eliminating unnecessary attempts to connect where there is an insufficient likelihood of interaction success.
US11115441B2	Method and server for selecting an entry server of an IMS communication network A method and a proxy server for selecting an input server of an IMS communication network in order to register a terminal in the IMS communication network. Following receipt from the terminal of an SIP registration message, the proxy server obtains a value of at least one field of the SIP registration message, the field being representative of a characteristic belonging to the terminal, and selects an input server using the at least one value obtained. Then, the proxy server sends, to the terminal, an SIP redirection message including an IP address of the selected input server.
US11115439B2	Automated security solutions identification and architecture design Systems, apparatuses, and methods directed to security enhancement. One or more remote data sources may be accessed to retrieve remote data associated with security for a computing architecture. An input model of an input network security architecture may be identified. One or more user-based constraints may be identified. An output model may be automatically generated based on the input model, the remote data and the one or more user-based constraints. The output model is an output network security architecture that complies with the one or more user-based constraints.
US11115437B2	Cyber-security system and methods thereof for detecting and mitigating advanced persistent threats A method and system for adaptively securing a protected entity against a potential advanced persistent threat (APT) are provided. The method includes probing a plurality of resources in a network prone to be exploited by an APT attacker; operating at least one security service configured to output signals indicative of APT related activity of each of the plurality of probed resources; generating at least one security event respective of the output signals; determining if the at least one security event satisfies at least one workflow rule; and upon determining that the at least one security event satisfies the at least one workflow rule, generating at least one action with respect to the potential APT attack.
US11115432B2	Multi-application recommendation engine for a remote network management platform A remote network management platform may include persistent storage containing: (i) data related to a managed network, and (ii) a persona of a user. The remote network management platform may also include a platform application associated with a web-based user interface and using a portion of the data. The remote network management platform may also include a recommendation engine with access to a set of rules or a machine learning (ML) model corresponding to the platform application. The recommendation engine may be configured to: (i) read, from the persistent storage, the portion of the data and the persona; (ii) apply, to the portion of the data and the persona, the set of rules or the ML model to generate one or more recommendations; and (iii) transmit, by way of the web-based user interface and to the user, representations of the one or more recommendations.
US11115429B2	Device and network classification based on probabilistic model Programmatic mechanisms that enable the automatic assignment of categories to network entities based on observed evidence. Agents gather observation data that identifies observations made by agents about the network and a plurality of nodes of the network. The agents provide the observation data to a classification module, which assigns a device category to the nodes of the network based on the observation data and a probabilistic node model. The probabilistic node model considers several probabilities to ascertain a recommended device category for a particular node, such as probabilities based on a manufacturer of a node, an operating system executing on a node, information about other nodes in the local vicinity of a node, and an administrator web page associated with a node. The classification module may also assign a particular network category to the network based on the observation data and a probabilistic network model.
US11115427B2	Monitoring device, monitoring method, and monitoring program An acquiring unit acquires a packet indicating flow information that is output by a network device at a predetermined sampling rate, and a determining unit determines as abnormal, for each of predetermined traffic patterns, when a sampling error rate is equal to or lower than a predetermined upper limit value and the number of packets acquired in a predetermined count period preceding from a current time or an average value of the number of packets per unit time is equal to or higher than a predetermined detection threshold.
US11115421B2	Security monitoring platform for managing access rights associated with cloud applications A security monitoring platform may use an unsupervised machine learning technique to cluster historical data related to user access rights associated with multiple cloud applications based on various features that relate to user permissions and attributes within the multiple cloud applications. The security monitoring platform may use a supervised machine learning technique to train an access rights data model based on the clustered historical data and perform one or more actions that relate to current access rights assigned to at least one user within one or more of the multiple cloud applications based on a score representing a probability that an access level assigned to the at least one user within the one or more of the multiple cloud applications is correct. The security monitoring platform may apply a reinforcement learning technique to update the access rights data model based on feedback related to the one or more actions.
US11115418B2	Registration and authorization method device and system A registration and authorization method, device and system is used for solving the technical problem of relatively low safety of the existing authorization technology. The method is applied to an authorization server, the authorization server is a node in a blockchain network and stores a blockchain composed of a plurality of blocks, each block is used for storing authorization information, and the method comprises: receiving a registration request message sent by a user device, wherein the registration request message includes identification information, and the identification information is used for performing identity verification on a user; assigning authorization information to the user, wherein the authorization information is used for indicating a service that the user can access; and writing the identification information and the authorization information into the blocks of the blockchain through the authorization server.
US11115409B2	User authentication by emotional response A method authenticates a user in order to activate an access mechanism for a device. One or more processors detect a real-time initial emotional state of the user, where the real-time initial emotional state of the user dynamically changes over time. The processor(s) present content as a stimulus to the user, and predict a predicted post-stimulus emotional state of the user, where the predicted post-stimulus emotional state of the user is predicted to be caused by the content being presented to the user, and where the predicted post-stimulus emotional state is dependent upon the real-time initial emotional state of the user. The processor(s) detect a real-time post-stimulus emotional state of the user. The processor(s) match the predicted post-stimulus emotional state of the user to the real-time post-stimulus emotional state of the user, and then authenticate the user and activate an access mechanism for a device.
US11115403B2	Multi-level user device authentication system for internet of things (IOT) The present invention describes the user authentication system comprising of multiple levels of security which is used to authorize the user. The system uses more than one levels of authentication process which receives the credentials from the user and authorizes them to allow access to the IoT devices which are used by the user. The connected devices represent individual targets, for the cyber-criminals who 20 would hack the devices to retrieve the secure information of the users. Such insecurities about the IoT devices and the system are eliminated by using the multiple level user authentication system which is described in the present invention.
US11115394B2	Methods and systems for encrypting data for a web application Embodiments provide methods, and systems for encrypting data for web aplication. A method includes receiving, by a server system, a cryptographic certificate including asymmetric key pair. The method includes generating a random value key that forms at least a part of a Content Encryption Key (CEK) to be generated by a web application. The method includes sending the random value key to a client device running the web application over a secure network communication channel for generating the CEK. The CEK is to be utilized for encrypting a content entered by a user of the web application on the client device and the CEK is encrypted using a public key of the asymmetric key pair for transmission over the secure network communication channel. Furthermore, the method includes translating, the CEK encrypted under public key to CEK encrypted under LMK using a private key being part of the asymmetric key pair.
US11115384B2	Walled garden system with cleared IPS list automatically generated from DNS queries A walled garden system includes a firewall controlling access between a first network and a second network at least by allowing connection requests originating from a user device on the first network to a destination IP address on the second network in response to determining that the destination IP address matches a cleared IP address on a cleared IP addresses list. A controller receives a domain name service (DNS) reply from a DNS server on the second network, and determines whether a domain name specified within the DNS reply matches a cleared domain name on a cleared domain names list. In response to determining that the domain name specified within the DNS reply matches the cleared domain name on the cleared domain names list, the controller adds a resolved IP address specified in the DNS reply to the cleared IP addresses list as a new cleared IP address.
US11115379B2	Management of endpoint address discovery in a software defined networking environment Described herein are systems and methods to manage Internet Protocol (IP) address discovery in a software defined networking (SDN) environment. In one example, a manager may generate an IP address discovery configuration and pass the IP address discovery configuration to a controller. Once received, the controller may obtain a discovered list from a hypervisor of one or more IP addresses associated with one or more logical ports and update a realized list for the one or more logical ports based on the discovered list and the IP address discovery configuration.
US11115378B2	Traffic flow control using domain name A computer-implemented system and method for automated traffic flow control using domain name for one or more devices enabled for connectivity over cellular network are disclosed. The computer-implemented method for automated traffic flow control using domain name for one or more devices enabled for connectivity includes receiving device information for the one or more devices; receiving domain name information for at least one domain name that the one or more devices are allowed to access; associating the at least one domain name with one or more internet protocol (IP) addresses; monitoring the at least one domain for change in the one or more IP addresses for that domain; and updating the one or more IP addresses of the domain name if any change in the one or more IP addresses for that domain is found.
US11115374B2	Source-aware technique for facilitating LISP host mobility A method is provided in one example embodiment and includes detecting by a first network element at a first data center site a local connection of an endpoint identifier (“EID”), in which the EID was previously locally connected to a second network element at a second data center site and notifying a mapping server of the local connection of the EID to the first network element. The method further includes receiving from the mapping server identifying information for the second network element and communicating with the second network element using the identifying information to obtain service information for traffic associated with the EID. The method may also include applying a service identified by the service information to outgoing traffic from the EID as well as applying a service identified by the service information to incoming traffic for the EID.
US11115361B2	Apparatus and method for maintaining a message thread with opt-in permanence for entries A server includes a message thread module with instructions executed by a processor to maintain a message thread between a first user and a second user. Each entry of the message thread is deleted after a display period unless an indication regarding the entry is received during the display period.
US11115360B2	Method, apparatus, and computer program product for categorizing multiple group-based communication messages The example embodiments provided relate to a group-based communication system configured to categorize multiple communication messages in a workspace by determining one or more conversation primitive identifiers for each of the multiple communication messages. In some examples, the group-based communication system may group each of the multiple communication messages into one or more conversation segments based on the one or more conversation primitive identifiers.
US11115349B2	Method and apparatus for routing between fibre channel fabrics An interfabric link between two separate Fibre Channel fabrics so that devices in one fabric can communicate with devices in another fabric without requiring the merger of the two fabrics. The interfabric switch performs a conversion or a translation of device addresses in each fabric so that they are accessible to the other fabric. This translation is preferably done using a private to public loop address translation. In a first embodiment the external ports of the interfabric switch are configured as E_ports. A series of internal ports in each interfabric switch are joined together forming a series of virtual or logical switches. The virtual switches are then interconnected using private loops. The use of the private loop is enabled by the presence of translation logic which converts fabric addresses to loop addresses and back so that loop and fabric devices can communicate. Because each port can do this translation and the private loop addressing does not include domain or area information, the change in addresses between the fabrics is simplified. In a second embodiment the external ports are configured as NL_ports and the connections between the virtual switches are E_ports. Thus the private to public and public to private translations are done at the external ports rather than the internal ports as in the prior embodiment. The virtual switches in the interfabric switch match domains with their external counterparts so that the virtual switches effectively form their own fabric, connected to the other fabrics by the private loops.
US11115344B2	Computerized methods and systems for migrating cloud computer services Systems, methods, and other embodiments associated with migrating instances of services are described. In one embodiment, a method includes maintaining a first zone of computing resources used to host an instance of a service. The example method may also include routing access requests to the instance. The example method may also include constructing a pre-provisioned instance of the service within a second zone. The pre-provisioned instance comprises a computing environment of computing resources of the second zone and executable code of an application stack of the service. The example method may also include provisioning the pre-provision instance as a migrated instance by executing the executable code of the application stack in response to a request to migrate the instance. The example method may also include routing subsequent access requests to the migrated instance.
US11115333B2	Single stage look up table based match action processor for data packets A packet sub-engine coupled to a packet buffer determines which of multiple look up tables (LUTs) is to be searched for a matching entry that matches a received data packet. Each LUT corresponds to a different type of packet handling action and includes multiple entries, each with a match field and a corresponding collection of one or more actions for handling packets that match the match field. The packet sub-engine searches the determined LUT for a matching entry, processes the received data packet according to the action(s) in the matching entry, and determines whether a further LUT is to be searched for a further matching entry. The processed data packet is provided as an output if no further LUT is to be searched, or otherwise the packet sub-engine searches the further LUT and further processes the processed packet according to the action(s) in the further matching entry.
US11115332B2	Multicast message filtering in virtual environments Various systems, processes, and products may be used to filter multicast messages in virtual environments. In one implementation, a multicast filtering address is received by a network adapter from at least one of a number of virtual machines. An amount of filtering data is determined corresponding to the at least one virtual machine and, based on the amount of the filtering data corresponding to the at least one virtual machine, the multicast filtering address is stored in either a multicast filtering store of the network adapter or a local filtering store of the at least one virtual machine.
US11115330B2	Assisted replication with multi-homing and local bias A device may receive, from a provider edge device, a packet to be provided to one or more other provider edge devices. Some of the one or more other provider edge devices may be multi-homed with a same customer edge device as the provider edge device. The device may configure a source IP address of the packet based on a capability of an assisted replicator device after receiving the packet. The capability may relate to whether the assisted replicator device is capable of retaining the source IP address of the packet as received from the provider edge device. The device may provide the packet to at least some provider edge devices, of the one or more other provider edge devices, after configuring the source IP address of the packet.
US11115326B2	Port-based multi-tenancy router to manage wireless network In one aspect, a method of a multi-tenancy router to manage a wireless network comprising executing on a processor the following steps. With a port-based multi-tenancy router, assign a set of different behaviors to different ports for wireless network access management of a wireless network. With at least one computer processor, a set of behaviors related to a user of one or more wireless networks are determined. A list of the currently-available ports of the multi-tenancy router is generated. One or more behaviors of each port of the list of currently-available ports are assigned.
US11115325B2	Control device, transfer device, and control method A control device that controls a transfer device, includes a memory and a processor coupled to the memory and configured to evaluate, for each of a plurality of processing rules to be used to process a packet in the transfer device, a processing load caused upon identification of a packet matching the processing rule, based on the type of an application requirement identifying the packet to which the processing rule is applied, generate, as a table to be used by the transfer device, a rule table storing the plurality of processing rules in order from the lowest processing load to the highest processing load, and transmit, to the transfer device, a control packet to request the transfer device to set the rule table.
US11115323B2	Securing Layer-3 virtual private network A data packet from a sub-virtual routing and forwarding (sub-VRF) in a virtual routing and forwarding (VRF) is received. The VRF includes more than one sub-VRF. A value in a Border Gateway Protocol (BGP) attribute attached to the data packet is determined. Based on the value in the BGP attribute, whether to route the data packet to a different sub-VRF in the VRF is determined.
US11115317B1	EMS assisted split-brain resolution in virtual network function components A VNFCI receives a heartbeat message from a peer VNFCI with an Active state and sends a heartbeat message to the peer VNFCI indicating that the VNFCI is in an Active state. The VNFCI sends a next state request message to an EMS and starts a response timer. The VNFCI sends a second heartbeat message to the peer VNFCI indicating that the VNFCI is in an Active state and that the VNFCI has a desired operational state of Active when the response timer expires and the VNFCI is not the preferred Standby instance; or the VNFCI receives a next state response message from the EMS and the VNFCI response state is an Active state. The VNFCI transitions to a Deactivating state when the response timer expires and the VNFCI is the preferred Standby instance; or the VNFCI receives the next state response message from the EMS and the VNFCI response state is Standby.
US11115310B2	Multi-level data channel and inspection architectures having data pipes in parallel connections Aspects of the disclosure relate to inspecting a data stream. Some aspects include conveying the data stream through a multi-level data channel and inspection architecture. The architecture includes a multi-level data pipeline. The pipeline includes a plurality of parallel pipes. The output of one pipe provides an input to a successive one of the pipes. The method further includes receiving the data stream at an upstream portion of the pipeline and inspecting data in the data stream for converting the data stream into inspected data. The method then outputs inspected data at a downstream portion of the pipeline. Each of the pipes inspect the data on a different level of data channel inspection than the other pipes. Each level of data channel inspection has data attributes and/or metadata extracting capabilities. Each pipe transfer data packets at greater than or equal to a threshold data transfer rate.
US11115302B1	Self-service metric publication in a computer network Techniques for self-service publication of metrics are described. A provider network includes metrics publications services. Aspects of the metrics publication services allow customers to generate customer-defined metrics from customer-defined queries of data sets. Such data sets may contain data related to software and/or hardware performance. Other aspects of the metrics publication services allow customers to make data sets available to metrics publications services, to identify available data sets, and to identify available metrics.
US11115297B2	Highly probable identification of related messages using sparse hash function sets Methods, systems, and apparatus for network monitoring and analytics are disclosed. The methods, systems, and apparatus for network monitoring and analytics perform highly probable identification of related messages using one or more sparse hash function sets. Highly probable identification of related messages enables a network monitoring and analytics system to trace the trajectory of a message traversing the network and measure the delay for the message between observation points. The sparse hash function value, or identity, enables a network monitoring and analytics system to identify the transit path, transit time, entry point, exit point, and/or other information about individual packets and to identify bottlenecks, broken paths, lost data, and other network analytics by aggregating individual message data.
US11115293B2	Networked programmable logic service provider Methods and apparatus are disclosed for programming reconfigurable logic devices such as FPGAs in a networked server environment. In one example, a system hosting a network service providing field programmable gate array (FPGA) services includes a network service provider configured to receive a request to implement application logic in a plurality of FPGAs, allocate a computing instance comprising the FPGAs in responses to receiving the request, produce configuration information for programming the FPGAs, and send the configuration information to an allocated computing instance. The system further includes a computing host that is allocated by the network service provider as a computing instance which includes memory, processors configured to execute computer-executable instructions stored in the memory, and the programmed FPGAs.
US11115292B2	Dynamic slice bandwidth multiplexing based on slice priority In a slice-based network, slice multiplexers can be used to anchor inter-cloud tunnels across different clouds in a slice path. The slice multiplexers can dynamically change a total allocated bandwidth of an outer tunnel and reconfigure relative slice bandwidths of inner tunnels. This can result in an optimized bandwidth allocation that enforces slice priorities, maintains required SLA performance levels, and minimizes total allocated bandwidth on the network connection. The dynamic changes can be based on slice priority levels, total number of slices, and historical slice throughput.
US11115290B2	Network monitoring of time synchronization protocols using convolutional neural networks A device and method monitor integrity of a communication network. A local clock maintains a local time. A network interface receives time synchronization packets and associates with each the local time of receipt at the network interface. A processing system implements a neural network for classifying whether integrity of the communication network is compromised from originate, receive, and transmit values determined from the time synchronization packets. The originate value is a difference between the local time of the receipt of the request packet and a transmission timestamp of the request packet. The receive value is a difference between a reception timestamp of the request packet or the reply packet and the local time of the receipt of the request packet or the reply packet. The transmit value is a difference between the local time of the receipt of the reply packet and a transmission timestamp of the reply packet.
US11115275B2	Systems and methods for automated technology resource decommissioning Systems and methods for automated technology resource decommissioning are disclosed. A method for automated technology resource decommissioning may include the steps of: (1) retrieving information relating to a status of a plurality of technology resources; (2) identifying one of the plurality of technology resources for decommissioning based on the information; (3) creating a decommissioning record for the identified technology resource, the decommissioning record identifying a plurality of micro services for executing a decommissioning plan; (4) executing the decommissioning plan to decommission the identified technology resource; and (5) removing or reusing the decommissioned identified technology resource.
US11115274B2	Upgrading of a mobile network function A traffic handling decision method, a network entity, a computer readable medium, and a traffic handling decision apparatus relate to upgrading a network service function within a mobile communication network. In this context the traffic handling decision apparatus distributes incoming request of the control plane to instances implementing the mobile network function either according to the current software version or an upgraded software version.
US11115268B2	Assistance in service provision A method includes performing at least the following operations by one or more processors: receiving a request initiated by a device of a first user for a first service to be provisioned by a first entity, deriving a first user preference data based, at least in part, on a historical interaction information of the first user with a second entity provisioning a second service, and responsive to receiving the request, provisioning an instantiation of the first service, by the first entity, in a manner that is based, at least in part, on the first user preference data.
US11115257B2	System and method for multiplexing traffic Aspects of the disclosure pertain to systems and methods for multiplexing of low latency and latency tolerant communications. When low latency traffic pre-empts latency tolerant traffic in a first interval, the pre-empted low latency traffic can be transmitted in a subsequent interval. There are multiple designs disclosed for notifying UE that are affected by the pre-emption events. The various designs include implicit or explicit notification that can be semi-static or dynamic. Examples of the notification include notification of that a pre-emption event occurs, notification of the location of the pre-emption event, notification of whether a supplementary transmission will occur and notification of the location of the supplementary transmission.
US11115256B2	Wireless devices and systems including examples of mixing input data with coefficient data Examples described herein include systems and methods which include wireless devices and systems with examples of mixing input data with coefficient data. For example, a computing system with processing units may mix the input data for a transmission in a radio frequency (RF) wireless domain with the coefficient data to generate output data that is representative of the transmission being processed according to the wireless protocol in the RF wireless domain. A computing device may be trained to generate coefficient data based on the operations of a wireless transceiver such that mixing input data using the coefficient data generates an approximation of the output data, as if it were processed by the wireless transceiver. Examples of systems and methods described herein may facilitate the processing of data for 5G wireless communications in a power-efficient and time-efficient manner.
US11115252B2	Signal transmission method and system Provided are a signal transmission method and system, which relates to wireless communications. The method includes: transmitting, by a first node, a first signal. The first signal comprises at least one of: at least one first structure, or at least one second structure. The first structure includes at least one symbol group, and the symbol group of the first structure includes a cyclic prefix and at least one symbol or includes a cyclic prefix, at least one symbol and a guard period. Each symbol group of the first structure occupies a same subcarrier or a same frequency resource in a frequency domain. The second structure includes at least one symbol group, and the symbol group of the second structure comprises a cyclic prefix and at least one symbol or includes a cyclic prefix, at least one symbol and a guard period. Each symbol group of the second structure occupies a same subcarrier or a same frequency resource in the frequency domain.
US11115239B2	Preamble structure supporting full duplex communications A method at a network node that is configured to simultaneously transmit and receive wireless RF signals, comprising: transmitting, from the network node, a downlink message, the downlink message having a preamble that includes channel estimation information for estimating a self-interference channel; monitoring at the network node, during an initial duration while transmitting the downlink message, for the channel estimation information, and estimating a self-interference channel based on received portions of the channel estimation information; and using the estimated self-interference channel to cancel self-interference while receiving an uplink message and simultaneously transmitting a remainder of the downlink message.
US11115238B2	Gateway device Provided is a gateway device capable of reducing power consumption in a sleep state and relaying an activation signal between networks without delay. When receiving an activation signal, the gateway device according to the present invention transfers the activation signal to another network via a relay switch, and outputs a signal indicating the reception of the activation signal from a transceiver, thereby turning on a microcomputer.
US11115223B2	Cryptographic material distribution and management A method and apparatus for distributing cryptographic material are disclosed. In the method and apparatus, cryptographic material is obtained and it is determined that the cryptographic material is to be made available for use by one or more computing resources. The cryptographic material is then sent to one or more secure modules, whereby a secure module of the one or more secure modules is programmatically accessible to a computing resource of the one or more computing resources and programmatic access enables the computing resource to request performance of one or more cryptographic operations using the cryptographic material while exporting the cryptographic material to the computing resource is denied.
US11115216B2	Perturbation-based order preserving pseudonymization of data A technique includes converting a plurality of plaintext values to a corresponding plurality of pseudonym values. The conversion includes performing encryption of the plurality of plaintext values to provide a plurality of second values; perturbing the plurality of second values to provide the plurality of pseudonym values; and controlling the perturbing to cause an ordering of the plaintext values to be represented in the plurality of pseudonym values.
US11115215B2	Methods and devices of enabling authentication of a user of a client device over a secure communication channel based on biometric data In an aspect of the invention, a network node configured to enable authentication of a user of a client device based on biometric data captured by the client device is provided, which network node receives a request to authenticate a user of a client device, the authentication request comprising a user identifier, fetch at least one set of enrolled transformed biometric data corresponding to the user identifier and a secret feature transform key with which the biometric data was transformed at enrolment of the transformed biometric data at the network node, and submit the transformed biometric data and the secret feature transform key over a secure communication channel to the client device.
US11115213B1	Thwarting one-time password theft Thwarting one-time password (OTP) theft. In one embodiment, a method may include receiving, at a messaging application executing on the mobile device, a text message from a website that includes an original OTP. The method may also include encrypting, by the messaging application, the original OTP included in the text message to thwart theft of the original OTP from the text message.
US11115211B2	Secure container platform for resource access and placement on unmanaged and unsecured devices A first computing device receives a service access request to access a service provided by another computing device, the request including user authentication characteristics of a user. The first computing device forwards the service access request to the other computing device. The first computing device receives a user interface configuration file from the other computing device, that, when executed by the second computing device, enables the second computing device to display a user interface that provides access to the service. The first computing device modifies the user interface configuration file based on the user authentication characteristics to provide selective access to the service. The first computing device transmits the modified user interface configuration file to the second computing device, that, when executed by the second computing device, enables the second computing device to display a modified user interface that provides selective access to the service.
US11115209B2	Methods and systems for preparing and performing an object authentication The present invention relates to the field of tracing and anti-counterfeit protection of physical objects, and particularly to preparing and performing a secure authentication of such objects. Specifically, the invention is directed to a method and a system for preparing a subsequent secured authentication of a physical object or group of physical objects by a recipient thereof, to a method and system for authenticating a physical object or group of physical objects, to a method and system of securely providing a time-variant combination scheme for authenticating a physical object or group of physical objects according to the above methods, and to related computer programs corresponding to said methods. The invention is based on the concept of increasing the security level by increasing the information entropy of the data on which the anti-counterfeit protection is based by means of random data communicated to authenticating entities in an algorithmically hidden way.
US11115208B2	Protecting sensitive information from an authorized device unlock Methods and apparati for auditing uses of cryptographic keys. In a method embodiment of the present invention, a set of audited uses for a cryptographic key is defined; the key is generated inside a protected execution environment of a digital computer; all software and firmware that is usable in the execution environment to access the key is demonstrated to an auditor; and, for each audited use of the key, a non-tamperable audit record describing said use is released.
US11115206B2	Assymetric structured key recovering using oblivious pseudorandom function A computing device implements a key management system (KMS), and includes an interface, memory, and processing circuitry that executes operational instructions to maintain structured key parameters and a generating procedure associated with associated with a structured key. The generating procedure produces the structured key from an Oblivious Pseudorandom Function (OPRF) output, and the structured key parameters. The computing device receives a blinded value associated with the structured key from a requesting computing device, processes the blinded value using an OPRF secret to generate a blinded OPRF output, and returns the blinded OPRF output, the generating procedure, and the structured key parameters to the requesting computing device, which uses that information to generate the requested structured key.
US11115205B2	Method and apparatus for trusted computing Apparatus, method, computer program product and computer readable medium are disclosed for trusted computing. A method includes, at an isolated processor including a trusted execution environment and an isolated storage, receiving data encrypted with a first public key; decrypting the encrypted data with a first private key; performing calculation on the decrypted data by using an approved program; and providing the calculation result, wherein the approved program is authorized by a smart contract, a unique identifier of the smart contract is stored in the isolated processor, both the approved program and the isolated processor are verified by at least one participant of the smart contract, and the first public key and the first private key are generated by the isolated processor.
US11115204B2	Cooperative platform for generating, securing, and verifying device graphs and contributions to device graphs Graphing services are provided to a device cooperative that includes data contributors, e.g., website hosts. Anonymized user data, provided by the data contributors, is accessed, via a blockchain, decrypted, and aggregated. A device graph is generated based on the aggregated user data. Contribution metrics are provided to the data contributors. A first contribution metric for a first data contributor indicates a contribution to the device graph of a first portion of the user data that was provided by the first data contributor. In response to receiving a request for a verification of the first contribution metric, a zero knowledge proof of the first contribution metric is generated and provided to the first data contributor. The first data contributor is enabled to evaluate the zero knowledge proof independent of access to a second portion of the user data that was provided by a second data contributor of the device cooperative.
US11115192B2	Managing cryptographic keys based on identity information Disclosed herein are methods, systems, and apparatus, including computer programs encoded on computer storage media, for managing cryptographic keys based on user identity information. One of the methods includes receiving biometric information associated with a user and a request to store a user key pair to a memory on an identity cryptographic chip (ICC); comparing the biometric information associated with the user with biometric information pre-stored in the memory as pre-stored biometric information; in response to determining that the biometric information associated with the user matches the pre-stored biometric information, encrypting the user key pair to provide an encrypted user key pair; and storing the encrypted user key pair to the memory.
US11115188B2	Blockchain-based data processing method, apparatus, and blockchain node Implementations of the present specification provide a blockchain-based data processing method, apparatus, and computer-readable medium. The method includes obtaining transaction data to be processed; and in response to determining that the transaction data includes a plurality pieces of proof data, invoking a verification program deployed in the blockchain and verifying the plurality pieces of proof data in parallel.
US11115177B2	Methods and apparatus for performing clock and data duty cycle correction in a high-speed link An integrated circuit having a transmitter is provided. The transmitter may include a serializer, a driver, and an associated calibration circuit. The calibration circuit may include a detector and a control circuit. The control circuit may output a first control signal for selectively configuring the serializer to inject test data and may also output a second control signal for selectively inverting the input polarity of the detector. The control circuit may configure the transmitter in at least four different modes by adjusting the first and second control signals. In each of the four modes, the control circuit may sweep a clock duty cycle correction (DCC) setting that controls only the serializer until the detector flips. Codes generated in this way may be used to compute calibrated settings that mitigates both clock and data duty cycle distortion for the transmitted data.
US11115171B2	Method for determining length of feedback response information and related product A novel approach to determining a length of a feedback response is provided. A method comprises the following steps: a terminal receives configuration signaling sent by a network side device, the configuration signaling comprising: indicating the maximum transmission timing value of feedback response information. The terminal dynamically determines a hybrid automatic repeat request feedback time sequence, and determines the total number of bits of a feedback response message to be transmitted according to the maximum transmission timing value. The terminal sends the feedback response message to be transmitted with the total number of bits to the network side device.
US11115169B2	Parent node device, terminal device for wireless network and data transmission method thereof An indirect data transmission method may include: calculating an estimated arrival time of a next poll data request of a terminal device according to a receipt time of a poll data request, after the poll data request is received from the terminal device; transmitting data for the terminal device to a cache of a Media Access Control (MAC) layer module at a time point which is a predetermined time length ahead of the estimated arrival time responsive to a determination that there is the data for the terminal device in a network layer module; and transmitting, to the terminal device, an acknowledgement packet indicating that there is the data to be transmitted in the cache of the MAC layer module and the data for the terminal device, responsive to receiving the next poll data request.
US11115168B2	Virtual gateway for a connected device A virtual gateway software application may be configured to receive immediate command instructions for local connected devices from each of: a user and a remote server on the Internet; via a wireless LAN or a short-range communication protocol. The application may relay the immediate command instructions to one or more of the connected devices via the wireless LAN or the short-range communication protocol while the device on which the application resides is within the particular building environment. It may store delayed command instructions for the local connected devices from each of: the user, and the remote server on the Internet; and relay one or more of the delayed command instructions from the mobile communication device to one or more of the connected devices via the wireless LAN or the short-range protocol.
US11115164B2	Sounding reference signal subframe position in a plurality of scheduled consecutive subframes A wireless device receives a radio resource control message comprising an aperiodic sounding reference signal (SRS) subframe parameter. A downlink control information is received. The downlink control information indicates uplink resources in a plurality of scheduled consecutive subframes for transmission of transport blocks by the wireless device and triggers an SRS transmission in a subframe of the plurality of scheduled consecutive subframes. The SRS is transmitted in the subframe. A position of the subframe in the plurality of scheduled consecutive subframes is determined based on the aperiodic SRS subframe parameter.
US11115162B2	Method and apparatus for improving carrier aggregation in next-generation mobile communication system Disclosed are a communication scheme and a system thereof for converging an IoT technology and a 5G communication system for supporting a high data transmission rate beyond that of a 4G system. The disclosure can be applied to intelligent services (for example, services related to a smart home, smart building, smart city, smart car, connected car, health care, digital education, retail business, security, and safety) based on 5G communication technology and IoT-related technology. Disclosed is a method of a user equipment (UE) in a wireless communication system. The method includes: receiving a message including secondary cell (SCell) configuration information from a base station; identifying whether a condition for transitioning the SCell to a dormant state is satisfied; and in case that the condition for transitioning the SCell to the dormant state is satisfied, releasing periodic transmission resources for the SCell configured in the UE.
US11115159B2	Method and device for processing HARQ feedback in a mobile communication system A device and method for handling HARQ feedback in a mobile communication system are disclosed. The HARQ feedback handling method includes: analyzing a control message from a base station to recognize presence of HARQ feedback relationships between downlink carriers and uplink carriers; determining an uplink carrier (a downlink carrier) to support HARQ feedback in response to downlink traffic (uplink traffic) sent through a downlink carrier (an uplink carrier); and sending (receiving) HARQ feedback through the determined uplink carrier (downlink carrier).
US11115156B2	Discontinuous reception operations among multiple bandwidth parts A user equipment (UE) for discontinuous reception (DRX) operation having a Downlink DRX Hybrid Automatic Repeat reQuest (HARQ) Round-Trip Time Timer (drx-HARQ-RTT-TimerDL) is disclosed. The UE comprises one or more non-transitory computer-readable media having computer-executable instructions embodied thereon; at least one processor coupled to the one or more non-transitory computer-readable media, and configured to execute the computer-executable instructions to perform the DRX operation, wherein the DRX operation comprises: starting the drx-HARQ-RTT-TimerDL from an initial value in a first symbol after an end of a corresponding transmission carrying a DL HARQ feedback, the DL HARQ feedback corresponding to downlink data. The initial value is represented in number of symbols of a BWP (bandwidth part) where the downlink data is received.
US11115150B2	Methods and devices for reporting CSI during DRX operations A method for a user equipment (UE) is disclosed. The method includes receiving, by the UE, Downlink Control Information (DCI), the DCI containing an aperiodic channel state information (CSI) reporting configuration. The method also includes when the DCI is received by the UE during a Discontinuous Reception (DRX) operation mode, transmitting, by the UE, an aperiodic CSI report according to a transmission time indicated by the aperiodic CSI reporting configuration regardless of whether the transmission time for the CSI report is within active or non-active time periods of the DRX operation mode.
US11115146B2	Optical signal demultiplexing device, optical signal reception device, and optical signal demultiplexing method A branch units branches an optical signal by the number of wavelength intervals. Each band division unit generates a band division signal in which a signal band is divided into N division bands and an odd channel and an even channel are separated from each other. Multiplexing units multiplex band division signals of the same signal band, and branch means output the multiplexed signal to an optical receiver. A control unit controls the wavelength selective switch included in the band division units based on information indicating a signal arrangement of the signals in the respective wavelength intervals, thereby causing a signal of a signal band in which a signal of a corresponding wavelength interval is present to be included in each band division signal.
US11115143B2	Electronic apparatus with data transceiving mechanism and data transceiving method An electronic apparatus with a data transceiving mechanism includes: a processing circuit, configured to generate a data request; a transceiving apparatus, coupled to the processing circuit, configured to transmit the data request to at least one target electronic apparatus; and a monitoring circuit, coupled to the processing circuit and the transceiving apparatus, configured to calculate data related parameters for the data transmitted by or received by the transceiving apparatus in a predetermined time period after the transceiving apparatus transmits or receives the data request. If the data related parameter does not match a predetermined rule, the monitoring circuit substitutes the processing circuit to complete a data transaction and to generate an inform message to the processing circuit.
US11115135B2	Signal sending method for terminal device and terminal device The terminal device can generate a monophonic signal of a specified frequency, and can transmit the monophonic signal by using a specified receive antenna or transmit antenna of the terminal device. The terminal device has a function of transmitting the monophonic signal of the designated frequency by using any specified antenna. Therefore, a measurement system for an antenna complex number pattern of the terminal device can accurately measure a complex number pattern of each antenna of the terminal device in a manner in which the terminal device transmits the monophonic signal of the specified frequency by using each receive antenna or transmit antenna. The measurement system can further obtain an accurate measurement result when a MIMO OTA performance test is performed on the terminal device according to the complex number patterns of all the antennas of the terminal device.
US11115131B1	System and method for cryogenic optoelectronic data link A cryogenic optoelectronic data link, comprising a sending module operating at a cryogenic temperature less than 100 K. An ultrasensitive electro-optic modulator, sensitive to input voltages of less than 10 mV, may include at least one optically active layer of graphene, which may be part of a microscale resonator, which in turn may be integrated with an optical waveguide or an optical fiber. The optoelectronic data link enables optical output of weak electrical signals from superconducting or other cryogenic electronic devices in either digital or analog form. The modulator may be integrated on the same chip as the cryogenic electrical devices. A plurality of cryogenic electrical devices may generate a plurality of electrical signals, each coupled to its own modulator. The plurality of modulators may be resonant at different frequencies, and coupled to a common optical output line to transmit a combined wavelength-division-multiplexed (WDM) optical signal.
US11115117B2	Submarine optical communication control device, control method, and non-transitory computer-readable medium A submarine optical communication system control device (1) according to the present invention includes: a light intensity distribution determination device (2) configured to determine an optimum distribution of signal light intensity of each optical path for each allocated frequency; a light intensity distribution measuring device (3) configured to measure a light intensity distribution of an optical path after transmission through a submarine cable transmission line; an equalization setting calculation unit (4) configured to calculate a gain equalization setting for compensating for the difference between an optimum distribution in the light intensity distribution determination device and a measured distribution in the light intensity distribution measuring device; and a variable gain equalizer (5) configured to compensate for a light intensity distribution of an optical path to the optimum distribution, based on a gain equalization setting in the equalization setting calculation unit.
US11115114B2	Handover of a mobile terminal in a multi-beam satellite based on network conditions Methods and systems are described for providing satellite beam handover based on predicted network conditions. In embodiments, a satellite communications system retrieves flight plan data for a plurality of aircraft being provided a network access service, identifies, for each aircraft respective candidate satellite beams of the plurality of satellite beams for providing the network access service, each candidate satellite beam having an associated service timeframe for providing the network access service, obtains, for each of the respective candidate satellite beams, a beam utilization score indicative of predicted beam utilization by the plurality of aircraft over the associated service timeframe, selects satellite beams for providing the network access service of each aircraft of the plurality of aircraft based at least in part on the beam utilization scores, and schedules handover of the network access service for the plurality of aircraft to the selected satellite beams.
US11115107B2	Communication receiving device and method for operating the same A communication receiving device is provided. The communication receiving device includes a cross-correlation measuring circuit which receives an L-SIG (Legacy signal) symbol and a RL-SIG symbol to measure a cross-correlation degree therebetween, an accumulating circuit which accumulates a real part of a cross-correlation degree measurement value, a comparator which compares the accumulated L-SIG symbol and the RL-SIG symbol with a variable threshold value, and a threshold value calculator for calculating the threshold value.
US11115103B2	Method and apparatus for beam measurement and management in wireless systems A method of user equipment (UE) for beam management in a wireless communication system comprises receiving, from a base station (BS), at least two groups of Tx beams comprising transmit (Tx) signals generated from different antenna panels, the at least two groups of Tx beams transmitted through reference signals; receiving, from the BS, configuration information including a selection constraint for the at least two groups of Tx beams; measuring, based on the configuration information, at least one beam from each of the at least two groups of beams; selecting at least one Tx beam from each of the at least two groups and a same Rx beam set as an Rx beam corresponding to respective selected Tx beams; and transmitting, to the BS, a reporting message including information of the selected Tx beams and the selected same Rx beam set corresponding to the Rx beam.
US11115094B1	Electronic device and method for antenna switching An electronic device is able to be embedded in a mobile device with a plurality of antennas. The antennas are electrically coupled to the electronic device through a connector. The electronic device includes a plurality of built-in antennas, a communication processor, a plurality of antenna switching circuits, and a control processor. The built-in antennas receive a wireless mobile communication signal. The communication processor calculates the reception strength of the wireless signal received by each of the built-in antennas or each of the antennas. Each of the antenna switching circuits is electrically coupled to one of the built-in antennas or one of the antennas according to a control signal. The control processor correspondingly outputs the control signal according to the reception strength of the wireless signal received by the built-in antenna and the antenna.
US11115091B2	Channel state information feedback and receiving methods, transmit-end device and receive-end device Embodiments of this application disclose channel state information feedback and receiving methods, a transmit-end device and a receive-end device, and relate to the field of communications technologies. The method includes: generating and sending, by a transmit-end device, codebook indication information of K transport layers, where K is an integer greater than or equal to 2; the codebook indication information includes: L pieces of beam information used by the K transport layers, and indication information used to indicate beam information associated with each of the K transport layers; L is an integer greater than or equal to 2, and a quantity of pieces of beam information associated with at least one of the K transport layers is less than L. Implementing a channel state information feedback and receiving technology provided in this application helps reduce feedback overheads of channel state information.
US11115090B2	Apparatus and method for jammer resistant protocol stack design An apparatus and method for providing a protocol stack design which resists active jammers. The apparatus including a transmitter component, the transmitter component including: a rate-2 orthogonal space-time block code (OSTBC) encoder for processing a set of information symbols to produce a set of encoded signals; a precoder module coupled to an output of the rate-2 OSTBC encoder for modifying a signal-to-jammer plus noise ratio (SJNR) of the set of encoded signals; and an eigen-beamformer module coupled to an output of the precoder module, and configured to generate a set of symbols for transmission via a set of eigenmodes of a channel covariance matrix for the transceiver.
US11115088B2	Antenna array operation control A method is disclosed for controlling operations of an antenna array comprising two or more controllable sections and antenna ports connected to transceiver circuitry. The method includes determining a scenario of transmission or reception by the antenna array, and configuring the transceiver circuitry responsive to the determined scenario. The scenario is defined in terms of a requirement for a number of users intended as receivers or transmitters, respectively, of the transmission or reception and in terms of one or more of: a path loss requirement, a peak rate requirement, and a traffic capacity requirement. The configuration includes, for the transmission or reception, one or more of: allocating a number of sections of the two or more sections of the antenna array and determining a sub-division of the allocated sections, determining a number of information data layers for multiple-input multiple-output application, and allocating a bandwidth.
US11115087B2	Method for distributed antenna-based communication device to perform communication based on inter-panel interference A method for a distributed antenna-based communication device to perform communication based on inter-panel interference may comprise: a step of measuring interference between transmission beams of a transmission panel and reception beams of a reception panel; a step of configuring inter-panel beam pair information by pairing the beams of the transmission panel and the beams of the reception panel on the basis of the measurement; and a step of transmitting the inter-panel beam pair information to a base station or an adjacent communication device.
US11115079B2	Signal power reduction systems and methods A method of reducing transmission power for an encoded data stream includes the steps of receiving an incoming data stream having equal probability for a plurality of incoming data bits, assigning a symbol scheme to the received data bits of the incoming data stream according to probabilities of occurrence of individual ones of the received data bits, and transmitting an outgoing data stream according to the assigned symbol scheme having a second average transmit power, different than the first average transmit power, for a plurality of outgoing symbols.
US11115077B1	Wireless communication method for modulating data signals in a chirp spread spectrum communication system A system and methods for transmission and non-coherent detection of data signals modulated by a plurality of overlapping chirps in a chirp spread spectrum communication system (CSS). Data signals input to an adaptive overlapping transmitter are modulated by a plurality of overlapping chirps and transmitted over a wireless communication system to a non-coherent receiver. The coherent receiver includes a chirp matched filter which matches the chirps to an internal chirp signal, a delay filter which delays each chirp, a multiplier which multiplies each delayed chirp by a next chirp, an integrator which sums the amplitudes of the chirps and decision circuitry which determines the polarity of each sum and outputs a stream of ones and zeroes representing the data signals.
US11115071B2	Multimode and multi-frequency radio frequency front end module, chip, and communication terminal Disclosed in the present invention are a multimode and multi-frequency radio frequency front end module, a chip, and a communication terminal. The radio frequency front end module comprises an input matching unit, an amplification unit, a first output matching module, a first switch module, a second matching module, and a control unit. The control unit is connected to the first switch module and is used for controlling a switch state of the first switch module, so as to input a radio frequency signal to one or more radio frequency transmission paths. According to the present invention, radio frequency transmission paths matching the radio frequency front end module can be selected according to different frequency bands under different modes and the control unit controls corresponding switches to be in switch-off and switch-on states, thereby implementing output of radio frequency signals at the different frequency bands under the different modes
US11115067B2	Multi-band linearization system Disclosed are implementations, including a method for digital predistortion of multiband signals that includes receiving an input signal comprising multiple signal portions in different frequency bands, the input signal configured to be processed by a transmit chain, of a power amplification system, comprising at least a power amplifier that produces output with non-linear distortions, with the non-linear distortions of the transmit chain being represented using a set of basis functions derived according to a single-band model of the non-linear distortions. The method further includes performing digital predistortion on signal components derived from the multiple signal portions of the input signal using a reduced set of the basis functions that excludes at least some basis functions for at least some cross-terms resulting from a full expansion of the single-band model applied to the multiple signal portions, to produce a digital predistorted signal provided to the transmit chain.
US11115058B2	Coding device, transmitter, decoding device, and receiver In a coding device (20), a first coding unit (21) generates a parity of an RS code by coding, based on the RS code, each first data sequence existing in a direction different from a row direction of input data, and generates coded data by attaching the parity of the RS code to each first data sequence, thereby consequently expanding a matrix. A second coding unit (22) generates a parity of a BCH code and a parity of an LDPC code by coding, based on the BCH code and the LDPC code, each second data sequence existing in a row direction of the coded data, and generates a plurality of DVB-S2 frames (13) including, per DVB-S2 frame (13), one data sequence existing in the row direction of the coded data, the corresponding parity of the BCH code, and the corresponding parity of the LDPC code.
US11115057B2	Efficient erasure coding of mid-size data objects The disclosed technology generally describes a data protection scheme that for “mid-size” objects directly writes divided object data fragments, and performs erasure coding to directly write object coding fragments, to distributed storage locations in a node cluster. A storage container such as a chunk allocated for mid-size objects is distributed among the storage cluster nodes. When a mid-size object (e.g., between 24 megabytes and 128 megabytes) is to be created, the object data is divided into object data fragments and encoded into object coding fragments, with the data object fragments and object coding fragments written/appended to the distributed storage locations, without needing a preliminary protection scheme.
US11115045B2	Adaptive analog-to-digital converter for pulsed signals based on multi-bit sigma-delta modulation A delta sigma modulator includes a summation circuit, at least one integrator, a multi-bit quantizer and a negative feedback circuit. The summation circuit is configured to produce a difference signal between an analog input signal and an analog feedback signal. The integrator is operatively coupled to the summation circuit to integrate the difference signal. The multi-bit quantizer is operatively coupled to the integrator to digitize the integrated signal to generate an N-bit digital output signal, N being an integer greater than 1. The negative feedback circuit operatively couples the multi-bit quantizer to the summation circuit. The negative feedback circuit includes a digital-to-analog converter arrangement for receiving the N-bit digital output signal and providing the analog feedback signal such that digital values of the N-bit digital output signal and values of the analog feedback encoded by the digital values have a non-linear relationship to one another.
US11115042B1	Low pass filter embedded digital-to-analog converter A low pass filter embedded digital-to-analog converter including a first switch coupled to a first node that is coupled to a fourth switch and a first capacitor, a second switch coupled to a second node that is coupled to the first capacitor and a third switch, a negative input of a first operational amplifier coupled to a third node that is coupled to the third switch and a second capacitor, and an output port of the first operational amplifier coupled to a fourth node that is coupled to the second capacitor and the fourth switch.
US11115040B1	ADC slicer reconfiguration for different channel insertion loss A receiver having analog-to-digital converters (ADC) is disclosed. The ADCs may be reconfigured based on the insertion loss mode of the receiver. For example, different portions of a plurality of time-interleaved successive approximation (SAR) ADC slices included in at least one sub-ADC of each time-interleaved ADC may be enabled depending on which of a plurality of insertion loss modes is selected for operation of the receiver.
US11115031B2	Phase-locked loop The present technology relates to a phase-locked loop that allows a reduction in power consumption. A SAR-ADC that includes two capacitors and outputs a result of comparison between voltages generated from the two capacitors, a current source that charges the two capacitors with current, a first switch that is disposed between one of the two capacitors and the current source and is provided with a phase difference between a first clock of a reference frequency and a second clock having a higher frequency than the first clock, and a second switch that is disposed between another of the two capacitors and the current source and is provided with the second clock are included. The present disclosure can be applied, for example, to a wireless communication device.
US11115030B2	Method and circuits for charge pump devices of phase-locked loops A charge pump includes: (I) a current source; (II) a p-channel source current network including: a first p-channel transistor; a second p-channel transistor; a p-channel current switch including at least one source terminal coupled to the drain terminal of the first p-channel transistor, at least one gate coupled to a phase comparator, and at least one drain terminal; a third p-channel transistor; and (III) a n-channel sink current network including: a first n-channel transistor; a second n-channel transistor; a third n-channel transistor; a n-channel current switch comprising at least one drain terminal coupled to the source terminal of the third n-channel transistor, at least one gate coupled to the phase comparator; and at least one source terminal coupled to the drain terminal of the first n-channel transistor; and wherein the p-channel source current network and the n-channel sink current network draw a baseline current from the first p-channel transistor.
US11115022B2	System and method for integrated circuit usage tracking circuit with fast tracking time for hardware security and re-configurability An accelerated aging circuit is described to shorten the required stress time to a few seconds of operation. Due to the challenges posed by process variation in advanced CMOS technology, a stochastic processing methodology is also described to reduce the failure rate of the tracking and detection. Combining both circuit and system level acceleration, the creation of a silicon marker can be realized within seconds of usage in contrast with days of operation from previously reported aging monitor.

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