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US11191834B2	Protein formulations and methods of making same The invention provides an aqueous formulation comprising water and a protein, and methods of making the same. The aqueous formulation of the invention may be a high protein formulation and/or may have low levels of conductity resulting from the low levels of ionic excipients. Also included in the invention are formulations comprising water and proteins having low osmolality.
US11191833B2	High concentration immunoglobulin composition for pharmaceutical application The present invention relates to a liquid composition comprising polyclonal immunoglobulins, at least one viscosity modulating amino acid, selected from arginine and histidine, and at least one stabilising amino acid, selected from glycine and proline, wherein more than 90% of the polyclonal immunoglobulins are in the form of monomers or dimers and less than 5% in the form of polymers, and wherein the immunoglobulin concentration in the composition is above 160 g/L and the pH is in the range from 5.2 to 5.9. The invention further relates to a liquid composition for use in medical treatment, to amino acids for formulating a highly concentrated polyclonal immunoglobulins as well as a method of formulating.
US11191828B2	MHC class I associated hepatitis B peptides The present invention relates to compositions and methods for the prevention, treatment, and diagnosis of Hepatitis B virus (HBV) infection, and discloses peptides, polypeptides, and polynucleotides that can be used to stimulate a CTL response against HBV infection. The peptide and/or proteins of the invention may be used as a therapeutic drug to stimulate the immune system to recognize and eliminate HBV infection in infected cells or as a vaccine for the prevention of disease.
US11191826B2	Modified viruses This document relates to methods and materials for making and using viruses (e.g., measles viruses or adenoviruses) having a reduced susceptibility to antibody neutralization (e.g., antibody neutralization by serum from measles virus vaccines). For example, recombinant morbilliviruses (e.g., recombinant measles viruses) having a modified H gene and a modified F gene, as well as methods of using a recombinant virus are provided.
US11191825B2	Compositions and methods for vaccination against influenza Described herein are methods and compositions for vaccination against influenza. The compositions comprise recombinant engineered influenza hemagglutinin polypeptides. Also disclosed are methods of producing recombinant engineered influenza hemagglutinin polypeptides in cell-based systems.
US11191824B1	Method of purifying virus-like-particles A method of producing purified FMDV VLPs, comprising contacting cells containing FMDV VLPs with a lysis buffer and allowing the cells to lyse, the lysis buffer comprising 10-20 mM Tris-HCl, 150-200 mM NaCl, 3 mM MgCl2, and 1% Triton X-100, wherein the lysis buffer does not contain EDTA; centrifuging a solution; and removing a supernatant from the solution, the supernatant containing the purified FMDV VLPs.
US11191823B2	Compositions and methods for treating arenavirus infection The invention generally provides compositions and methods of treating or preventing an arenavirus infection, using an agent that inhibits binding of an arenavirus glycoprotein 1 (GP1) polypeptide to transferrin receptor 1 (TfR1). The invention also provides methods of designing or identifying therapeutic agents that bind to or target a GP1 receptor-binding site (RBS) to inhibit arenavirus attachment to a cell, and therapeutic agents identified using the methods.
US11191804B2	Cytocidal agent An object of the present invention is to provide a peptide drug that is able to selectively induce apoptosis in target cells. The present invention is a cytocidal agent containing a fusion peptide of an endosome escape peptide and an apoptosis-inducing peptide, which consists of an amino acid sequence represented by SEQ ID NO: 1, and the said cytocidal agent as a therapeutic agent for a disease caused by abnormal proliferation of cells.
US11191799B2	Method for preparing granules or pills containing extracts in high concentration The present invention relates to a method for preparing a granule or a pill containing a plant, medicinal herb or traditional oriental medicine decoction extract, having the steps of: (a) injecting a powdered plant, medicinal herb or traditional oriental medicine decoction extract into a fluidized-bed device and spraying purified water or a solution of the same type of extract as the extract powder at the extract powder while fluidizing the same, thereby generating microgranules of the extract powder; and (b) injecting the microgranules generated at step (a) as seeds into the fluidized-bed device and spraying a solution of the extract while fluidizing the same, thereby growing the microgranules to a predetermined size of granule or pill. According to the present invention, it is possible to prepare a granule or a pill containing an extract in a high concentration.
US11191793B2	Ganoderma lucidum polysaccharides composite composition A Ganoderma lucidum polysaccharides composite composition comprising, based on a total composition: 1 to 5 wt. % β-glucan extract, 1 to 5 wt. % Ganoderma lucidum mycelium extract, 1 to 5 wt. % Trametes versicolor mycelium extract, 1 to 5 wt. % Tremella fuciformis Berk extract, 1 to 5 wt. % Auricularia auricula-judae extract, 1 to 5 wt. % Hericium erinaceus extract, 1 to 3 wt. % Ganoderma lucidum fruiting body extract, and water.
US11191782B2	Anti-tumor T cells and their preparation using IL-6 There is described herein a method for inducing Tc22 lineage T cells from a population of CD8+ T cells, the method comprising: a) providing a population of CD8+ T cells; b) activating the population of CD8+ T cells; and c) culturing or contacting the population of CD8+ T cells with IL-6.
US11191776B1	Hyaluronic acid formulation The present invention provides solid formulations of hyaluronic acid (HA) that are resistant to degradation into low molecular weight species of HA and yet can be readily dissolved in water. The compositions comprise sodium hyaluronate, cyclo-dextrin, sodium benzoate, and potassium sorbate, wherein said composition is in powder form.
US11191773B2	Methods of treatment for bacterial infections This invention features new compositions and methods that are useful in treating a host with a Gram-negative bacterial infection. Combination therapies comprising an aminocoumarin compound and a polymyxin compound are disclosed, including certain combinations that exhibit synergistic effects. Furthermore, aminocoumarin compounds are described having altered inhibition of DNA gyrase in Gram-negative bacteria and/or the ability to target the transport proteins responsible for assembling lipopolysaccharide in the outer membrane of Gram-negative bacteria.
US11191772B2	Use The present invention relates to the use of erythrulose as antimicrobial agent as well as to composition comprising said agent.
US11191766B2	Methods of treating pediatric cancers A method of treating a pediatric cancer in a subject in need thereof. The method includes administering to the subject a therapeutically effective amount of (S)—N-(5-((R)-2-(2,5-difluorophenyl)pyrrolidin-1-yl)-pyrazolo[1,5-a]pyrimidin-3-yl)-3-hydroxypyrrolidine-1-carboxamide, or a pharmaceutically acceptable salt thereof, or a combination thereof.
US11191765B2	Heterocyclic compounds for the inhibition of PASK Disclosed herein are new heterocyclic compounds and compositions having structural Formula (I) and their application as pharmaceuticals for the treatment of disease. Methods of inhibiting PAS Kinase (PASK) activity in a human or animal subject are also provided for the treatment of diseases such as diabetes mellitus.
US11191761B2	SOMCL-9112 solid dispersion and preparation method thereof and SOMCL-9112 solid preparation containing SOMCL-9112 solid dispersion Disclosed is an SOMCL-9112 solid dispersion. The SOMCL-9112 solid dispersion is characterized by being prepared from the following raw materials in percentage by weight: 5 percent to 60 percent of SOMCL-9112, 5 percent to 90 percent of pharmaceutically acceptable matrix polymer, 0 percent to 20 percent of surfactant, 0 percent to 20 percent of flow aid and 0 percent to 20 percent of plasticizer. Also disclosed are a preparation method of the SOMCL-9112 solid dispersion, a solid medicinal preparation containing the solid dispersion and application of the solid dispersion for preparing a medicine for treating cancer.
US11191756B2	Dosing and effect of C5a antagonist with ANCA-associated vasculitis The present disclosure provides methods for treating ANCA-associate vasculitis in a human in need thereof, the method comprising administering to the human a therapeutically effective amount of avacopan: or a pharmaceutically acceptable salt thereof, such that the level of plasma complement factor Bb, C3a, or C5a does not significantly change in the human upon treatment.
US11191748B2	Carbazole derivatives for the treatment of fibrotic diseases and related symptoms, and conditions thereof The invention provides carbazole derivatives for the treatment of fibrotic diseases (pathological collagen deposition) in tissues and organs, and related symptoms, and conditions thereof.
US11191747B2	Pyrrole compounds Provided herein are compounds of Formula (I), or pharmaceutically acceptable salts thereof, pharmaceutical compositions that include a compound described herein (including pharmaceutically acceptable salts of a compound described herein) and methods of synthesizing the same. Also provided herein are methods of treating diseases and/or conditions with a compound of Formula (I), or a pharmaceutically acceptable salt thereof.
US11191736B2	Pharmaceutical formulations containing cannabidiol and nicotine for treating smokeless tobacco addiction In one aspect, a method of treating smokeless tobacco addiction comprising administering to an individual in need thereof a pharmaceutical composition comprising nicotine, a therapeutically effective amount of cannabidiol, and a pharmaceutically acceptable vehicle therefor. In some aspects, the composition is administered transmucosally, such as in an oral dosage form or nasal spray. In other aspects, the composition is administered transdermally. In another aspect, a chewable gum contains nicotine in at least a base portion and cannabidiol in at least an outer portion thereof.
US11191735B2	Arginine silicate for periodontal disease Methods for treating and/or preventing periodontal disease with arginine silicate are disclosed. Methods may include the steps of identifying an individual in need of treatment for, or in need of prevention of, periodontal disease and administering an effective amount of an arginine-silicate complex to said individual. Arginine silicate may also be used to ameliorate one or more symptoms of periodontal disease. In some aspects, arginine silicate may be used to restore gum health and/or stop or reverse recession of the gums and/or the loss of gum tissue in the oral cavity.
US11191729B2	Granular material for orally fast disintegrating tablets The use of a granular material which is for orally fast disintegrating tablets and comprises starch and tannic acid allows provision of tablets that can be produced by a simple process with general-purpose production equipment, disintegrate fast and absorbs water in the mouth, and have a proper level of shape retainability for practical use. The present invention also provides a method for producing an orally fast disintegrating tablet, the method comprising compression molding of a granular material for orally fast disintegrating tablets comprising starch and tannic acid, or a mixture of the granular material for orally fast disintegrating tablets and other ingredients (an additive, an active ingredient, and/or the like).
US11191723B2	Apparatus, systems, and methods for continuous manufacturing of nanomaterials and high purity chemicals A method for continuously processing at least two liquid feed streams is provided. A system for continuously processing at least two liquid feed streams is also provided.
US11191712B2	Skin treatment compositions, masks, and related methods The present disclosure describes a topical composition, and related masks comprising the compositions disclosed herein, for applying to skin for treating acne or skin rejuvenation, the compositions comprising a light activated enzymatic extract; adaptogenic Baobab (Adansonia digitata) seed extract; adaptogenic wild indigo (Tephrosia purpurea) extract; pre- and/or pro-biotic extracts; and a carrier. The mask may be embodied in, or comprise, a hydrogel matrix or a biocellulose material or other fibrous material.
US11191711B2	Hair dye A hair dye that is safe for human bodies and has a high hair dyeing effect is provided. The hair dye consisting of: a reaction solution (A) comprising: a substance having a specific flavonoid skeleton represented by the following general formula (1); one type or two or more types selected from benzyl alcohol, vanillin, propylene carbonate, and γ-butyrolactone; and one type or two or more types selected from a thioglycolic acid salt, a thiolactic acid salt, cysteine and cysteamine, and a reaction solution (B) comprising an oxidizing agent. (In the formula, R1, R2, R3, R4, R6, and R7 independently represent a hydrogen atom, a hydroxy group, or a methyl group; either one or both of R6 and R7 is/are a hydroxy group; R5 represents a hydrogen atom, a hydroxy group, a galloyl group, or a saccharide; and X represents >CH2, >C═O, or >CHOH.)
US11191702B2	Modular multi-compartment drug dispensing apparatus A modular dispensing apparatus for dispensing articles includes a hub containing electronics and have a plurality of side walls, with each side wall having a first coupling member that faces outward. The apparatus further includes a plurality of cartridges for holding the articles to be dispensed. Each cartridge has an inner wall that includes a second coupling member that is configured to mate with the first coupling member for detachably attaching the cartridge to a respective side wall of the hub. The cartridges are disposed radially beyond the hub such that the plurality of cartridges surround the hub. Each cartridge has an openable lid to provide access to an interior compartment of the cartridge for holding the articles.
US11191701B2	Excipient free N-Acetyl glucosamine tablets and method of making The present invention is a method of making excipient free N-Acetylglucosamine tablets and also the excipient free N-Acetylglucosamine tablets in a variety of sizes, in particular 10 gram tablets. These excipient free tablets are palatable and suitable for consumption by horses, smaller animals and humans. In the method of making these tablets, of N-Acetylglucosamine powder is mixed with a specific amount of water, to bring about a moldable mass which is formed into suitably sized tablets through compression in a tablet mold. The solvent water is then allowed to evaporate leaving behind an excipient free N-Acetylglucosamine tablet.
US11191696B2	Vaporizing and vapor heating assembly and personal care appliances including the same A vaporizing and vapor heating assembly includes at least one vaporizing element fluidically coupled to at least one reservoir and configured to discharge vapor and a heater assembly operably coupled to the at least one vaporizing element. The heater assembly including at least one heating element configured to heat the discharged vapor.
US11191687B2	Portable cushion and method of use An inflatable cushion comprising; a cover; a base; a communication device; a microcontroller; a power source; a gas pump; a primary tube; a blow off valve; two-way valves; a plurality of secondary tubes; and a plurality of bladder pods with pressure sensors.
US11191686B2	Pneumatic chair jack A multi-cell inflatable jack includes a plurality of jack elements. Each of the plurality of jack elements includes a body having a predetermined perimeter shape and defining a perimeter chamber and a central chamber. A valve is coupled to the body and configured to provide air flow to one of the perimeter chamber or the central chamber. A plurality of flow control stringers are located between the first chamber portion and the second chamber portion and are configured to control an air flow rate into each of the perimeter chamber and the central chamber. At least one fastener is formed on the body and configured to attach the jack element to at least one additional jack element in a multi-cell stack.
US11191680B2	Apparatus and methods for adhesion A material engagement element sheet formed from a sheet material (10) incorporates a pattern of material engagement element slots (14), each slot containing an array of material engagement elements (20) which have a tapered distal section (30), a flange section (34) and a proximal section (32) which is attached to an edge of the slots in the sheet material. The material engagement element sheet material may be a single layer of shape memory material, or the sheet material may be a composite of different layers some of which may include pre-strained shape memory materials with distinguishable activation parameters. The material engagement element slot configuration allows for the simultaneous processing of the material engagement elements. The material engagement elements may be processed such that they are in a state that is substantially perpendicular to the surface of the material engagement element sheet. The configuration of the flexible base material and the pattern of the material engagement element slots may be used in order to manufacture various material engagement element devices including a material engagement element pad device (166), a cylindrical material engagement element device (104, 105), and a spherical material engagement element device (152).
US11191673B2	Closure tape dispenser A surgical portal apparatus includes a sleeve having a proximal end and a distal end that extends along a longitudinal axis, and a surgical tape. The sleeve includes an inner wall defining an internal longitudinal passageway dimensioned for permitting passage of a surgical object therethrough and an outer wall configured for positioning against tissue. The inner and outer walls define at least a partial annular space therebetween, the annular space being in fluid communication with an opening in the outer wall. The surgical tape includes a body portion retained within the annular space of the sleeve and a leading tab extendable through the opening in the outer wall of the sleeve. The surgical tape has a first surface and a second surface, each of the first and second surfaces having at least one of tissue reactive functional groups and self-reactive functional groups.
US11191668B2	System and method for providing pressurized infusion The present invention relates generally to providing pressurized infusion of liquids and, more particularly, is directed to providing a stable and pressurized flow of irrigation fluid to the eye during surgery.
US11191663B2	Oral appliance and kit for treatment of sleep apnea An oral appliance for the treatment of obstructive sleep apnea includes a mouthpiece configured for being received in an oral cavity of a user. The mouthpiece may include a pulse oximeter, a pressure sensor, an airflow sensor, an actigraphy sensor, a noise detector, and at least one stimulator for providing stimulation to a user's tongue in the event of decreased oxygen saturation levels, increased pressure applied to occlusal surfaces of the user's dentition, decreased actual airflow levels and/or increased noise levels. A microprocessor receives data from the oxygen sensor, pressure sensor, airflow sensor, actigraphy sensor and noise detector, and activates the at least one stimulator.
US11191656B2	Methods and devices for heart valve repair A system for reshaping a valve annulus includes an elongate template having a length along a longitudinal axis and at least one concavity in a generally lateral direction along said length. The pre-shaped template is positioned against at least a region of an inner peripheral wall of the valve annulus, and at least one anchor on the template is advanced into a lateral wall of the valve annulus to reposition at least one segment of the region of the inner peripheral wall of the valve annulus into said concavity. In this way, a peripheral length of the valve annulus can be foreshortened and/or reshaped to improve coaption of the valve leaflets and/or to eliminate or decrease regurgitation of a valve.
US11191650B2	Expandable fusions devices, instruments, and methods thereof Expandable fusion devices, systems, instruments, and methods thereof. The expandable fusion device is capable of being installed inside an intervertebral disc space to maintain normal disc spacing and restore spinal stability, thereby facilitating an intervertebral fusion. The fusion device may include a body, a first endplate, and a second endplate. A drive screw may be rotated to move the first and second endplates outwardly and into an expanded configuration. Instruments may be provided to ensure the implant is inserted safely and as intended.
US11191645B2	Small bone tapered compression screw The present invention relates to a device and system for surgical fixation of small bones, small bone fragments, and osteotomies and more particularly to compression screw having an elongated and spiked tapered threaded leading portion which is joined to a section that is free from threads and a threaded trailing portion and more sharply tapered head which has threads that continue from the threads of the leading portion.
US11191640B2	Valve replacement devices and methods An embolic material blocking catheter includes a handle assembly, an elongated element having a lumen, and a deployable embolic material blocking element. The embolic material blocking catheter is configured to accommodate insertion of a treatment catheter into the lumen to position a treatment device distal to the embolic material blocking element for administering a treatment at a treatment site and/or convey embolic material blocked by the embolic material blocking element for extraction from the patient.
US11191636B2	Electrowetting lenses having oleophobic surfaces An eye-implantable electrowetting lens can be operated to control an overall optical power of an eye in which the device is implanted. A lens chamber of the electrowetting lens contains first and second fluids that are immiscible with each other and have different refractive indexes. By applying a voltage to electrodes of the lens, the optical power of the lens can be controlled by affecting the geometry of the interface between the fluids. To prevent fouling the surface due to folding or other manipulation of the lens during the insertion process, one or more surfaces within the lens chamber is highly underwater oleophobic.
US11191629B2	Medical device packaging system and method of opening the same A medical device packaging system that includes a medical device packaged within an outer sleeve with an open end and a closure flap for closing an end opposite the open end. The packaging system further includes a seal that couples the closure flap to the outer sleeve to close the end opposite the open end. The seal is frangible along an edge between the closure flap and outer sleeve. The packaging system further includes an inner sleeve with a corresponding shape to the outer sleeve, and the outer sleeve and the inner sleeve are configured to move relative to each other in a longitudinal direction of the sleeves. The packaging system further includes a stiffener with a leading edge disposed within the inner and outer sleeves such that the leading edge of the stiffener is configured to interact with an inner surface of the closure flap.
US11191620B1	Systems and methods for generating an augmented 3D digital model of an anatomical structure of a subject A method and a system for generating an augmented 3D digital model of an intraoral anatomical structure a subject. The method comprises: obtaining a 3D digital model of the intraoral anatomical structure including a plurality of mesh elements representative of a surface of the intraoral anatomical structure; generating, based on the 3D digital model, a 2D grid comprising an unfolded surface of the 3D digital model; the 2D grid including a plurality of 2D cells; assigning, to each one of the plurality of 2D cells, a respective value of at least one textural parameter, thereby generating a texture reference map; and based on the texture reference map, causing application of the at least one textural parameter to the 3D digital model to generate the augmented 3D digital model of the intraoral anatomical structure.
US11191607B2	Operating room lighting system A flexible operating room lighting system may be coupled to a wall, ceiling, or fixture of a facility. The lighting system can modularly accommodate multiple illumination arms and incorporate one or more microphone thereon, permitting the vocal control using a processor for hands free operations. The lighting system may include a speaker and a camera to facilitate two-way communications with a user to facilitate demonstrations for individuals undergoing tutelage in the particular facility's profession. The lighting system may employ a stand with wheels to facilitate modularity. Further, a cover with a transparent front end may be provided to be slipped over the lighting system and securing through a cover fastener. By providing each illumination arm with a jack, the illumination arm may be modularly assigned, replaced, sanitized. Thus, the present invention provides reliable sanitary measures while further facilitating a flexible operable device through the illumination arms.
US11191601B2	Distally replaceable cable systems in surgical tools A method of replacing cables in a cable-driven surgical tool includes accessing a cable system of the cable-driven surgical tool, the cable-driven surgical tool including a shaft and an end effector operatively coupled to the distal end of the shaft. The cable system comprises distal and proximal cable portions extending within the shaft and adjoined by a releasable interconnect, the distal cable portion being operatively coupled to the end effector. The distal and proximal cable portions are disconnectable at the releasable interconnect, wherein the distal cable portion exhibits a first diameter and the proximal cable portion exhibits a second diameter greater than the distal cable portion. The distal cable portion is then removed and replaced with a replacement distal cable portion mated to the proximal cable portion.
US11191599B2	Flexible surgical tool system and a method for controlling the same with motion constraints A flexible surgical tool system comprising a multi-degree-of-freedom mechanical arm, the flexible surgical tool, the remote control device and a controlling computer is provided. A method for controlling the same with motion constraints is also provided. The method can comprise: obtaining a target posture of the surgical actuator, a current posture of the surgical actuator and bending angle values of the sections of the flexible surgical tool. A desired velocity of the surgical actuator and a motion limitation condition can be obtained. Joint velocity of the multi-degree-of-freedom mechanical arm and bending velocity of the sections of the flexible surgical tool can be obtained. A target joint position value of the multi-degree-of-freedom mechanical arm, a target bending angular value of the sections of the flexible surgical tool, and transmitting them to a corresponding controller to drive each section can be obtained. The above operations can be repeated.
US11191591B2	Hair cutting device and a method of operating a hair cutting device There is provided a hair cutting device for cutting hair on a body of a subject, the hair cutting device comprising a light source for generating light at one or more specific wavelengths corresponding to wavelengths absorbed by one or more chromophores in or on hair; a cutting element that comprises an optical waveguide that is coupled at a first end to the light source to receive light, wherein a portion of a sidewall of the optical waveguide forms a cutting face for contacting hair; a light sensor that is coupled to the optical waveguide away from the first end, wherein the light sensor is for measuring the light level in the optical waveguide and for providing an output signal representing the measured light level; and a control unit that is coupled to the light source, and coupled to the light sensor to receive the output signal, wherein the control unit is configured to determine a measure of the amount of input light transmitted across the optical waveguide from the measured light level and an input light level at the first end of the optical waveguide; and to control the power of the light generated by the light source based on the determined measure.
US11191587B2	Methods of manufacturing surgical instruments including 3D injection molded electrical circuits and connections A method of manufacturing an end effector assembly includes forming an insulative spacer of a non-conductive material, creating a rib on a surface of the insulative spacer, and metalizing the rib with a conductive material to integrally form a conductive strip on a surface of the rib.
US11191584B2	Dead-time optimization of resonant inverters based on an input voltage of a tank The present disclosure is directed to an electrosurgical generator including a resonant inverter having an H-bridge and a tank. A sensor array measures at least one property of the tank. A pulse width modulation (PWM) controller outputs a first PWM timing signal and a second PWM timing signal to the H-bridge. The PWM controller controls a dead-time between the first PWM timing signal and the second PWM timing signal based on the at least one property measured by the sensor array.
US11191583B2	System of a bone anchor and an elongate instrument A system includes a bone anchor including a shank having a first end, a second end, a channel extending through the shank with a channel axis, and an internal advancement structure having at least a portion being closer axially to the second end than to the first end, and an elongate instrument configured to extend through the channel, with a tip portion and an external advancement structure configured to cooperate with the internal advancement structure. Engagement between the advancement structures facilitates holding of the tip portion at a first axial position relative to the bone anchor and movement of the tip portion from the first axial position towards both the first and second ends of the shank. The tip portion and the external advancement structure of the elongate instrument are insertable into and removable from the channel via the first end of the shank.
US11191577B2	Orthognathic sawing and positioning implant An orthognathic bone joining or positioning implant method for performing an osteotomy and subsequent rejoining of one or more separated bone sections to the bone in a desired repositioning, wherein the implant is manufactured such that it provides a separating tool guidance contour for separating the bone sections after attaching a first attachment area to the bone, and provides a second or third attachment area for attaching the separated bone sections to the bone in the desire repositioning without detaching said first attachment area. The method utilizes tomographic imaging to produce a target 3D model of the bone showing the repositioned bone sections based on the original 3D model of the bone.
US11191576B2	Intramedullary threaded nail for radial cortical fixation The present invention relates to a device and system for fixation of intra-articular and extra-articular fractures and non-unions of small bones and other small bone fragments, and more particularly to a threaded nail with a robust length and a trailing end with a cutting tip and longitudinal cutting flutes and a stepped diameter with cutting flutes at the transition point, and an optional cannulation along the central longitudinal axis of the nail.
US11191573B1	Orthopedic fixation devices and methods thereof Orthopedic fixation devices, assemblies, and methods for securing a spinal rod. The orthopedic fixation device may include a tulip head, a bone fastener, a rotatable saddle, and a threaded locking cap. The saddle may be insertable into the tulip head in an unlocked position with a rod seat offset relative to a rod slot of the tulip head. The saddle may be rotated into a locked position with the rod seat aligned with the rod slot such that a rod is positionable through the rod slot and into the rod seat. The threaded locking cap may secure the rod and bone fastener.
US11191570B2	Extension ready spinal support systems A method of fabricating an “extension ready” spinal support system that enables the extension to be accomplished with minimal disturbance to an existing spinal support structure to which the extension system is coupled. In some embodiments, the existing spinal support rod and pedicle screws can remain intact while extension subassemblies are mounted directly to the existing base rod receptacles. The extension subassemblies include a skirt portion that surrounds and engages the existing base receptacle to prevent splaying of the base receptacle. Additional resistance to splaying may be provided by forming a canted thread arrangement between the skirt and the base receptacle. In some embodiments, the extension receptacle presents a low profile (i.e., shortened axial length from the base rod receptacle) is fabricated with a monoaxial rotation structure that rotates about but does not pitch relative to the extension axis and is shorter relative to polyaxial rotation structures.
US11191569B2	Multi-component system for manipulation of bone and soft tissues The present invention relates to devices for manipulation of bones and their associated soft-tissue structures including joints, muscles, tendons, ligaments, and nervous tissues. The devices use articulated arms that attach to bone and soft tissue to properly align bone and soft tissue for fixation. Locking members attached to the articulated arms are activated by buttons or switches to unlock the articulated arms for adjustment of the position of an attached bone and to lock the articulated arms for holding an attached bone in a stable position.
US11191561B2	Rotatable declotting apparatus and method The present disclosure provides a method, system, and apparatus that adds rotational functionality to a conventional clot maceration device. The rotational functionality can be imparted by a wide variety of mechanical devices, such as by a hand operated rack and pinion type gear system or an electrically driven motor. An outer member (such as a catheter) of a declotting apparatus may be rotated while an inner member remains substantially fixed in position. The degree of rotation of the inner member may be between 60 and 180 degrees in a clockwise and counterclockwise rotation. In one embodiment, the rotating mechanism is coupled to a sliding and/or lateral mechanism to impart both lateral and rotational movement to the declotting apparatus. The deformable members of a basket or jacket of the declotting apparatus may form a helical structure and/or each comprise a bundled wire.
US11191559B2	Specimen retrieval device A specimen retrieval device includes a tubular body, an inner shaft slidably positioned within a longitudinal bore of the tubular body, and a specimen bag supported on the distal portion of the inner shaft. The specimen bag includes an open end, a body, a closed portion, and an inner surface, the body of the specimen bag including a plurality of folds between the open end and the closed portion, the plurality of folds being movable from a folded state to an unfolded state to increase a volume of the specimen bag. The specimen bag also includes a release string secured to the plurality of folds, the release string movable from a non-actuated position to an actuated position to sequentially release at least one of the plurality of folds from the folded state to the unfolded state to increase the volume of the bag.
US11191547B2	Left atrial appendage clipping device and methods for clipping the LAA An external LAA exclusion clip comprises a clipping assembly comprising first and second opposing clip struts each of the clip struts having a tissue-contacting surface and first and second bias surfaces, a bias assembly connecting the first clip strut to the second clip strut to align the first and second clip struts in a strut plane passing through the tissue-contacting surface. The bias assembly comprises at least one first bias spring connected to the first bias surface of the first clip strut and to the first bias surface of the second clip strut and at least one second bias spring connected to the second bias surface of the first clip strut and the second bias surface of the second clip strut. The first bias spring and the second bias spring are configured to permit movement of the first and second clip struts in the strut plane.
US11191546B2	Left atrial appendage occluder and fabricating method therefor A left atrial appendage occluder and a fabricating method thereof are provided. The left atrial appendage occluder includes a plugging column and a anchor located on the plugging column, wherein the plugging column is woven from an elastic metal wire, or woven from an elastic metal wire and an elastic metal sheet, the anchor is made by partially flattening and then cutting the elastic metal wire, or the anchor is made by cutting the elastic metal sheet. In the above-described left atrial appendage occluder, firstly, the anchor is formed on the elastic metal wire and/or the elastic metal sheet, and then the elastic metal wire and/or the elastic metal sheet with the anchor are/is co-woven with other elastic metal wire to form the plugging column of the left atrial appendage occluder. Therefore, the amount of the anchor is not limited, and a plurality of anchors can be provided.
US11191539B2	Shaft assembly comprising a manually-operable retraction system for use with a motorized surgical instrument system A shaft assembly is disclosed which is selectively attachable to a variety of surgical systems, such as a handle of a surgical instrument and an arm of a robotic system, for example. The shaft assembly comprises, one, a firing member operably couplable with the surgical systems which is configured to perform a firing stroke and, two, a manually-operable crank for retracting the firing member after a portion of the firing stroke has been performed.
US11191532B2	Lateral access retractor and core insertion In one embodiment, the present disclosure relates to a retractor apparatus that includes a retractor frame, five arms attached to the retractor frame and five rods each attached to one of the five arms. Each rod includes a convex surface facing a center of the retractor frame. At least two of the five rods are movable independently from one another. A first rod of the five rods includes a longitudinal axis and is translatable along the longitudinal axis. Further, the first rod is attached to a first arm of the five arms and is pivotable relative to the first arm. The axis of pivot is offset from the longitudinal axis through which the first rod translates.
US11191528B2	External hand control for surgical power tool A control device for a surgical power tool. The control device including a housing, an input element located on the housing, and a control unit. The housing configured to couple to a surgical power tool. The input element located proximate the top of the housing and configured to receive a user input. The control unit located within the housing, where the control unit sends user input information received at the input element to the surgical power tool.
US11191524B2	Ultrasonic diagnostic apparatus and non-transitory computer readable medium According to one embodiment, an ultrasonic diagnostic apparatus includes processing circuitry. The processing circuitry acquires first echo data in a first mode, and acquires second echo data in a second mode. The processing circuitry sequentially generates a first image including a B-mode image based on the first echo data in the first mode, and sequentially generates a second image not including a B-mode image based on the second echo data in the second mode. The processing circuitry sequentially generates a third image from pre-acquired volume data. The processing circuitry directs a display to sequentially display the first image and the third image in the first mode, and to sequentially display the second image and the third image in the second mode.
US11191523B2	Ultrasonic image construction method, ultrasonic image construction apparatus, ultrasonic image construction program, and skin evaluation method An ultrasonic-image-construction apparatus can construct an ultrasonic-tomographic image of a thin, layer-structured target object to be measured relatively easily and highly accurately in a manner in which such layered structure is easily understood. An ultrasonic transducer of an ultrasonic-image-constructing apparatus transmits ultrasonic waves to the target object. A reference substance makes contact with a base substrate, with such ultrasonic waves being incident on the target object via the base substrate, then receives an impulse response of an ultrasonic waveform. A computing means performs calculation to estimate acoustic-physical-property distribution in consideration of the multiple-reflections influence based on normalized-impulse information obtained from impulse-response information of such ultrasonic waveform incident on the reference substance and from impulse-response information of such ultrasonic waveform incident on the target object. The image-construction means constructs acoustic-physical-property-image data based on acoustic-physical-property distribution in the depth direction obtained by computing means.
US11191501B2	Systems and methods for determination of pharmaceutical fluid injection protocols based on x-ray tube voltage A system for patient imaging is provided. The system includes an imaging system and a parameter generator to determine parameters of at least a first phase of an injection procedure. The imaging system includes a scanner that has at least one x-ray tube. The parameter generator is programmed to determine at least one of the parameters on the basis of a voltage to be applied to the at least one x-ray tube during an imaging procedure. A method of controlling an injector system is also provided, and the method includes determining injection parameters, at least one of which is determined on the basis of a voltage to be applied to an x-ray tube during the imaging procedure, as well as controlling the injector system at least in part on the basis of the determined injection parameters.
US11191489B2	Device, system and method for generating a photoplethysmographic image carrying vital sign information of a subject The present invention relates to a device, system and a method for generating a photoplethysmographic image carrying vital sign information of a subject. To provide an increased validity and robustness against motion, in particular against ballistocardiographic motion, the proposed device comprises an input interface (30) for obtaining image data of a skin region of a subject in at least two different wavelength channels, said image data comprising two or more image frames acquired by detecting light transmitted through or reflected from the skin region over time, wherein said image data comprise wavelength-dependent reflection or transmission information in said at least two different wavelength channels, a combination unit (31) for combining, per pixel or group of pixels and per time instant, image data values of said at least two different wavelength channels to obtain a time-variant pulse signal per pixel or group of pixels, and an image generation unit (32) for generating a photoplethysmographic image from a property of the respective pulse signals in a time window including at least two image frames.
US11191476B2	Method of modulating epileptogenicity in a patient's brain The method of modulating epileptogenicity in a brain of an epileptic patient includes: providing a virtual brain; providing a model of an epileptogenic and of a propagation zones and loading the model in the virtual brain to create a virtual epileptic brain; acquiring data of the brain of the epileptic patient; identifying, in the data, a location of at least one possible epileptogenic zone; fitting the virtual epileptic brain against the data acquired from the epileptic patient and parametrizing the at least one possible epileptogenic zone in the virtual epileptic brain as an epileptogenic zone; and simulating, within the virtual epileptic brain, the effect of a network modulation mimicking a clinical intervention of the brain of the patient.
US11191474B2	Method for low-voltage termination of cardiac arrhythmias by effectively unpinning anatomical reentries A method for extinguishing a cardiac arrhythmia utilizes destructive interference of the passing of the reentry wave tip of an anatomical reentry through a depolarized region created by a relatively low voltage electric field in such a way as to effectively unpin the anatomical reentry. Preferably, the relatively low voltage electric field is defined by at least one unpinning shock(s) that are lower than an expected lower limit of vulnerability as established, for example, by a defibrillation threshold test. By understanding the physics of the electric field distribution between cardiac cells, the method permits the delivery of an electric field sufficient to unpin the core of the anatomical reentry, whether the precise or estimated location of the reentry is known or unknown and without the risk of inducting ventricular fibrillation. A number of embodiments for performing the method are disclosed.
US11191471B2	Minimally invasive subgaleal extra-cranial electroencephalography (EEG) monitoring device A system includes an implantable body configured for implantation in a subgaleal extracranial position, the implantable body including a first electrode array including a first elongated body comprising first and second electrode contacts separated from one another by a distance selected to facilitate the detection of brain electrical activity and a unit coupled to the first electrode array. The unit includes a processor analyzing the detected brain electrical activity to determine whether an epileptic event has occurred and generating epileptic event data based on this determination and a transceiver controlled by the processor to wirelessly transmit epileptic event data to and from a remote computing device.
US11191465B2	Systems and methods for phlebotomy through a peripheral IV catheter An apparatus for performing phlebotomy through a peripheral intravenous line. The apparatus includes an introducer and a catheter configured to advance the catheter through a peripheral intravenous line. A y-adapter with a port of larger diameter is configured to receive the catheter and place in fluid communication with the peripheral intravenous line. When advanced the catheter is configured to transport a bodily fluid (i.e. blood) to a volume outside of the body.
US11191462B2	Eye-mountable underlid device for measuring an analyte An eye-mountable device includes layer(s) of polymer material defining a body. The body includes a first side and a second side extending from a first end to a second end. The first side opposes the second side and curves inwardly toward the second side. The second side curves outwardly away from the first side. The body includes an anterior surface and a posterior surface extending from the first side to the second side and from the first end to the second end. The anterior side opposes the posterior side. The posterior surface has a concave shape. The device includes a substrate in the body including a mounting platform disposed proximally to a middle of the second side. The device includes, on the mounting platform, electronics that interact with a biological environment and monitor health-related information. The body may have a thickness profile that prevents the device from undesired movement.
US11191460B1	Device and method for measuring blood components The present disclosure is directed to a method and device to determine the hemoglobin value of a mammal. The device includes a plurality of light emitting diodes, one or more sensors and a processor.
US11191455B2	Method for estimating the relative orientation between a tibia and a femur The present invention relates to a method for estimating the relative orientation between a tibia (11a) and a femur (11b) of a lower limb (10) of a person (1), the method being characterised in that it comprises the steps of: (a) During at least one reference movement of said lower limb (10) from a reference position, acquiring by first inertial measuring means (20a) integral with the tibia (11a) and by second inertial measuring means (20b) integral with the femur (11b) reference accelerations and angular velocities; (b) Estimating a plurality of morphological parameters of said lower limb (10), as a function of said measured reference accelerations and angular velocities; (c) Determining a relative orientation in said initial position between said tibia (11a) and femur (11b), as a function of said estimated morphological parameters of said lower limb (10); (d) During a working movement of said lower limb (10) from an initial position, acquiring by the first inertial measuring means (20a) and the second inertial measuring means (20b) working angular velocities; (e) Estimating the relative orientation between said tibia (11a) and femur (11b) as a function of said measured working angular velocities, and of said relative orientation in said initial position.
US11191453B2	Posture improvement device, system, and method A posture improvement device, system, and method. The system for improving posture may comprise: a sensor device; posture improvement software program, comprising a posture improvement system interface; and one or more user devices. The sensor device may be physically associated with a user and may communicate with the posture improvement software program. The sensor device may comprise: one or more sensors for monitoring positions and movements of the user. The system may calculate one or more optimum postural positions for the user, based on data communicated by the sensor device and collected information about the user. The system may monitor a conformance of the user with the optimum postural positions and may display the conformance on the posture improvement system interface. The system may detect and notify the user of one or more non-conformances, such that a user is reminded to maintain at least one optimum postural position.
US11191449B2	Neonatal carbon dioxide measurement system A breath parameter measuring device is described which takes into account breathing patterns which historically have been incompatible with accurate measurements. In particular, during fast breathing patterns, the sensor performing the measurement may not be able to respond quickly enough to provide the true reading. The disclosure may be useful for example in the case of neonatal breath carbon dioxide measurements.
US11191448B2	Dynamic starting rate for guided breathing Aspects of the present disclosure provide methods, apparatuses, and systems for dynamic starting rates for guided breathing. According to an aspect, a user's initial breathing metric is determined. A multiplier is then determined, where the multiplier varies as a function of the initial breathing metric within a range. The level of intensity of the multiplier may vary, and may be a dynamic feature based on the determination of the user's initial breathing metric. Once the multiplier is determined, the multiplier is applied to the user's initial breathing metric to determine a starting breathing metric for guided breathing. The starting breathing metric is slower than or equal to the user's initial breathing metric.
US11191442B2	Method and system for monitoring internal electrical impedance of a biological object Method and system for monitoring an internal electrical impedance of a biological object including Internal Thoracic Impedance (ITI) comprising placing two arrays of electrodes on opposite sides of the biological object, wherein each of said two arrays comprise three equally spaced electrodes; imposing an alternating electrical current between pairs of the electrodes and obtaining voltage signals representative of a voltage drop thereon, calculating two values of internal electrical impedance of the biological object corresponding to the uttermost electrodes of said two arrays of electrodes placed on the opposite sides of the biological object.
US11191439B2	Electronic device and method for capturing contents Disclosed is an electronic device. The electronic device according to an embodiment includes a memory and a processor electrically connected with the memory, wherein the processor is configured to obtain an identification of a portion of the media data and a sequence of heart rate (HR) data of a user of the electronic device while the portion of media data is output, and store, in the memory, the identification of the portion of the media data when the HR data sequence satisfies a specified condition.
US11191434B2	Systems and methods for swept-source optical coherence tomographic vibrography Systems and methods are provided for performing OCT vibrography based on the synchronization of components of the OCT vibrography system. An A-scan trigger is employed to synchronize the operation of the scanning subsystem that scans the sample beam and an acoustic stimulus source that generates an acoustic stimulus for vibrographic measurements. The acoustic stimulus source is controlled such that when the scanning subsystem dwells on an imaging line selected for vibrography measurements, the acoustic stimulus is generated over a plurality of A-scans and the phase of the acoustic stimulus is locked to the A-scan trigger, such that the phase of the acoustic stimulus is incrementally modified with each A-scan. The accumulation of the acoustic phase is therefore synchronized to the A-scan trigger. The synchronization, providing synchronized acoustic phase evolution during each acoustic phase waveform cycle, permits the use of the OCT vibrography system for simultaneous anatomical and functional imaging.
US11191423B1	Endoscopic system and methods having real-time medical imaging Systems and methods for improving endoscopy procedures are described that provide not only a conventional real time image of the view obtained by an endoscope, but in addition, a near real time 3D model and/or a 2D flattened image of an interior surface of an organ, which model and image may be processed using AI software to highlight potential tissue abnormalities for closer examination and/or biopsy during the procedure. A navigation module interacts with other system outputs to further assist the endoscopist with navigational indicia, e.g., landmarks and/or directional arrows, that enhance the endoscopists' spatial orientation, and/or may provide navigational guidance to the endoscopist to assist manipulation of the endoscope.
US11191414B2	Self-cleaning features for extraction cleaners Self-cleaning features for extraction cleaners and attachments for extraction cleaners, such as accessory tools, wands, and/or hoses, are provided. The self-cleaning features are configured redirect cleaning fluid from a fluid supply system of the extraction cleaner into a working air or fluid recovery path of the extraction cleaner, including, but not limited to into the working air or fluid recovery path of a tool, wand, and/or hose of the extraction cleaner.
US11191409B2	Ergonomic gripping mechanisms of a handheld air movement apparatus Ergonomic gripping mechanisms of handheld air movement apparatuses are provided. A handheld air movement apparatus may include a handle portion and a tool portion. The handle portion may include a grip, a trigger, and a handle pivot. The grip may have first and second ends. The trigger may be positioned toward the first end of the grip and the handle pivot may be positioned toward the second end of the grip. The tool portion may include a housing, a nozzle coupled to the housing, and a handle connection base. The tool portion may provide air movement into and/or out of the nozzle in response to a signal received from the trigger of the handle portion. The handle connection base of the tool portion may be pivotally coupled to the handle portion at the handle pivot to provide directional height adjustment of the tool portion with respect to the handle portion.
US11191403B2	Robotic cleaner debris removal docking station A docking station for a robotic cleaner may include a base, a docking station dust cup removably coupled to the base, a latch actuatable between a retaining position and a release position, and a release system configured to actuate the latch between the retaining and release positions. The docking station dust cup may be removable from the base in response to a pivotal movement of the docking station dust cup relative to the base about a pivot point. The latch may be horizontally spaced apart from the pivot point, wherein, when the latch is in the retaining position, pivotal movement of the docking station dust cup is substantially prevented.
US11191402B2	Cleaning device Methods and apparatus for cleaning a surface with a cleaning device having a body with a handle, a connector, and one or more cleaning heads that are removably attached to the cleaning device. Each cleaning head include a lower surface arranged to contact a surface to be cleaned and a dirt collection chamber permanently attached to the cleaning head. The cleaning head may include a support structure to support the dirt collection chamber and a cleaning sheet. The cleaning head also may include a suction nozzle. At least a portion of the dirt collection chamber may be made of a filter material.
US11191393B2	Handheld herb grinder and vacuum The handheld herb grinder and vacuum is a tool. The handheld herb grinder and vacuum is configured for use in grinding plant-based materials presented to the handheld herb grinder and vacuum in a bulk solid form. The handheld herb grinder and vacuum comprises a housing, a vacuum device, a grinding device, and a control circuit. The housing contains the vacuum device, the grinding device, and a control circuit. The grinding device grinds the plant-based material. The vacuum device creates a pressure differential that draws spilled plant-based material into the housing. The control circuit controls the operation of the grinding device and the vacuum device.
US11191391B2	Electrical fryer Provided is an electrical fryer including an inner pot configured to contain oil, an oil filter configured to filter oil and drain oil contained in inner pot, an electrical heater. The electrical fryer further includes: a knob mechanism comprising a knob presenting an oil filtering position and at least one heating position; an oil filtering control mechanism connected between the knob mechanism and the oil filter; a temperature control mechanism comprising a switch assembly being drivingly connected with the knob mechanism; wherein, the knob is turned so as to switch between the oil filtering position and said at least one heating position, and when the knob is turned to the oil filtering position, the knob mechanism drives the oil filtering control mechanism to open the oil filter and the knob mechanism controls the switch assembly to switch it off so that the electrical heater is not energized, and when the knob is turned to said at least one heating position, the knob mechanism controls the switch assembly to switch it on so that the electrical heater heats the inner pot.
US11191387B2	Automatic cooking machine An automatic cooking machine includes: an upper portion provided with a connection port thereon; a control interface arranged to operably generate control commands based on a user's manipulations to control operation of the automatic cooking machine; a base; a heater arranged on the base; a supporting portion coupled between the upper portion and the base, and arranged to support the upper portion; a hopper for receiving materials and having a hollow feeding tube, wherein the feeding tube is detachably inserted into the connection port; a cooking pot capable of being heated on the heater; and a strainer capable of being placed in the cooking pot and receiving materials. The strainer is provided with holders and the side walls and the bottom of the strainer are provided with multiple filter pores. When the strainer is placed in the cooking pot, the holders expose outside the cooking pot.
US11191385B2	Pot boil-over prevention device A boil-over prevention device is provide which is adapted to a bottom surface to engage the rim of the sidewall surrounding the open end of a pot. A top surface of the body of the device curves around to redirect escaping fluid streams from the pot, to a distal edge of the ramp and back into the open end of the pot.
US11191384B2	Cooking method for a cooking appliance with a motion-inducing means and corresponding cooking appliance Provided is a method of cooking for a food-cooking appliance having a reception means designed to receive the food products, a motion-inducing means positioned inside the reception means, and at least one main heating means. The method includes: a first cooking step during which the relative rotation of the reception means and of the motion-inducing means is neutralized and at least one main heating means is operated in order to regulate the temperature to a first set-point value; and a second cooking step during which the relative rotation of the reception means and of the motion-inducing means is active and at least one main heating means is operated in order to regulate the temperature to a second set-point value higher than the first.
US11191382B2	Revolving cluster mailbox and central package delivery system Present embodiments relate to a revolving mailbox cluster and central package delivery system. More specifically, without limitation, present embodiments relate to a revolving mailbox cluster that includes: substantially circular layers stacked vertically, where a second layer sits atop a first layer, and wherein each substantially circular layers includes: vertically opposed bottom top plates, divider plates perpendicular to the bottom and top plates, and a center ring, where the bottom and top plates, dividers, and center ring define individual mailbox units, each of which has an opening disposed opposite the center ring; a first motor for moving the substantially circular layers vertically; and a second motor for rotating the substantially circular layers.
US11191379B2	Device for securing utensils to serveware A utensil retaining device includes a body portion having a longitudinal wall extending between a first end and a second end such that a utensil entrance is defined therebetween and an extension member connected to the body portion. The extension member contains a plurality of flexible cables therewithin such that it can be easily flexibly adapted to removably attach to various contours of upper edges and exterior surfaces of serveware. The utensil retaining device is made of a heat resistant and flexible moldable polymeric material such that the body portion moldably and flexibly grips the exterior surface of the handle of a utensil, serving utensil, tool instrument or other handheld tools.
US11191368B2	Baby carrier wrap A baby carrier is disclosed. The baby carrier includes a plurality of wing elements including a first fabric. Each of the wing elements may include a terminal end. The baby carrier includes a back panel affixed to each of the wing elements. The back panel includes a second fabric and at least one opening configured to allow the terminal end of one of the wing elements to pass through the back panel to secure the back panel to the wing elements.
US11191358B2	Spill containing refrigerator shelf assembly The specification discloses a method for containing spills on shelving and the like, and the resulting support members made in accordance with the method, by providing the generally flat top surface of a support with a hydrophobic surface which is arranged in a spill containment pattern and which is generally in the plane of the top surface of the support. The majority of the top surface of the support consists of one or more spill containment areas which are of a non-hydrophobic nature and which are bounded by the hydrophobic surfaces, such that spills on the shelving collect in the non-hydrophobic spill containment area or areas and are prevented from spreading by the hydrophobic surfaces.
US11191344B1	Adjustable mannequin head The adjustable mannequin head is configured with a postiche. The postiche mounts on the adjustable mannequin head. The adjustable mannequin head comprises a cranial structure further comprising independently adjustable sections that correspond to the cranial bones of a human skull. The independently adjustable sections adjust such that the exterior surfaces of the adjustable mannequin head can be adjusted to resemble the shape of the head of a client. The adjustable mannequin head comprises the cranial structure, a plurality of bolts, an anchor structure, and an orientation structure. The cranial structure supports the postiche during the hairdressing activities. The plurality of bolts adjusts the shape of the exterior surfaces of the cranial structure. The anchor structure secures the plurality of bolts into position. The orientation structure provides a hairdresser with cues that allow the hairdresser to envision better how the postiche will look.
US11191343B2	Source capture apparatus for manicure tables The invention is a table top filtration device designed to filter noxious fumes on or near the table. In one embodiment, the tables are manicure and pedicure tables.
US11191342B2	Techniques for identifying skin color in images having uncontrolled lighting conditions In some embodiments of the present disclosure, one or more machine learning models are trained to accurately estimate skin color in one or more images regardless of the lighting conditions. In some embodiments, the models can then be used to estimate a skin color in a new image, and that estimated skin color can be used for a variety of purposes. For example, the skin color may be used to generate a recommendation for a foundation shade that accurately matches the skin color, or a recommendation for another cosmetic product that is complimentary with the estimated skin color. Thus, the need for an in-person test of the product is eliminated.
US11191340B2	Transfer device for making up keratin materials Process for making up an area of human keratin materials using a makeup device having a transfer surface and a coat of at least one cosmetic colouring ink borne by the transfer surface and obtained by printing using at least one digital printer, the colouring ink being intended to be applied to the keratin materials. The process includes the following steps: forming a base coating by applying at least one cosmetic composition comprising an oil onto the area of the keratin materials to be made up, and producing a pattern on the area of the keratin materials by placing the coat of cosmetic ink in contact with the base coating present on the area to be made up so as to transfer the coat of cosmetic ink onto the keratin materials.
US11191329B2	Arm-held umbrella An arm-held umbrella includes an umbrella and an arm connector. One end of a supporting rod of the umbrella is mechanically connected with the arm connector so that the umbrella can rotate at a certain included angle relative to the length direction of the arm; the arm connector can be wrapped and fixed on the arm, and can also be used as a handle for holding umbrella by hand. Exactly, the umbrella attachable to the arm is “a multipurpose umbrella”, which can not only be attached to arm but also be held by hand. Especially, holding the umbrella under the state of bent arm meets various demands of people, for example, playing a mobile phone with both hands, cycling or taking photos while holding the umbrella.
US11191324B2	Toggle lever closure Disclosed is a toggle lever closure, including a first closure element, a second closure element which is pivotable about a first pivot axis with respect to the first closure element in order to close the toggle lever closure, and a tensioning element which is connected in an articulated manner to the second closure element about a second pivot axis spaced apart from the first pivot axis. At least one magnetic device acts between the first closure element and the second closure element and/or between the first closure element and the tensioning element.
US11191321B2	Footwear heel support device An article of footwear includes an upper defining a foot-receiving cavity with a heel region, and a heel support device extending around the rear of a heel region from a lateral side to a medial side. The heel support device may include a plurality of slats and a base, the plurality of slats providing a progressive gradient of lengths and/or widths, and/or one or more pegs extending from the device for attachment to a footwear upper, and/or an elongated tip that may be disposed in a cavity of an extension of a heel collar of the upper.
US11191316B2	Collapsible helmet A collapsible helmet may include a number of chassis segments that are mechanically coupled to one another, where at least some of the chassis segments are collapsible into another chassis segment for storage, and where the chassis segments are expandable so that the helmet is suitable for wearing on a user's head for protection thereof. For example, certain aspects include a three-piece collapsible helmet that has interlocking fingers. In this manner, when the helmet is closed, the interlocking fingers allow the helmet to conveniently fold or collapse into a compact form. Moreover, when the helmet is opened, the interlocking fingers may provide a desired head coverage for protection of a wearer.
US11191314B2	Scented clip The present disclosure provides for multifunction clips that can secure useful tools as well as include aromatic compounds that can repel insects, deodorize, or provide a pleasing aroma to a user.
US11191308B2	Motorcycling apparel Motorcycling apparel, particularly motorcycling jerseys and pants, and methods of manufacture thereof are provided. In the motorcycling pant of the invention, a compressive inner layer is integrally affixed to a protective outer layer. In embodiments, the motorcycling pant includes a zipper for securing the outer layer snugly around a leg of the wearer. The integrally affixed compressive layer and zipper mechanism permit a wearer to put on additional protective gear, e.g. knee braces, over the motorcycling pant with less time and effort than previous motorcycling pants require.
US11191304B2	Multi-element vaporizer system and application A portable vaporizer system that includes two or more individual heating elements controlled by a switching element. The switching element is either an analog control such as toggle switch or button or a digitally controlled with a microprocessor. Each heating element may be individually contained within a variety of cavity types and designs. These cavities enclose both the heating element and the material to be vaporized. Cavities may be removable or permanently installed on the device. Removable cavities may include screw or plug-in attachment types. Permanently installed cavities may have a removable lid for access to the interior of the cavity. Configurations of heating elements and cavities from two to twelve are shown. Digitally controlled switching elements can be controlled from a native application installed on the vaporizer device or on a mobile computing device. The digital control applications may include a user profile, manual device controls, access to a remote blend database, eCommerce functions, social media integration and a user calendar. Native applications on a portable vaporizer device may be controlled by a digital touch screen and be connected to other devices by communication means such as Bluetooth or WiFI.
US11191296B2	Smart grinder A electronic grinder includes a main body and a grinding and dispensing chamber. The top of the main body open but covered by a cap. The main chamber includes a motor connected to a magnetically attached removable blade and propeller. The blade and propeller extend into the chamber when the grinder is assembled. When the cap is closed, the blade and propeller grinds material placed in the chamber and pull air down toward the blade and propeller. When the cap is opened, the blade and propeller function as a fan to generate airflow toward the top of the chamber to dispense ground material out of the chamber. The grinder can also include a microcontroller, a communications device, an infrared volume sensor, a scale, an audible buzzer, a vibration buzzer, and one or more sanitizing LED lights.
US11191293B2	Nutritional composition and infant formula for promoting myelination of the brain A synthetic nutritional composition comprising a fatty acid derivative for use to promote, support or optimise de novo myelination, in particular the de novo myelination trajectory, and/or brain structure, and/or brain connectivity, and/or intellectual potential and/or cognitive potential and/or learning potential and/or cognitive functioning in a subject, in particular a formula fed subject.
US11191292B2	Oligosaccharide syrup having improved stability The present invention relates to a saccharide syrup composition comprising an organic acid or its salt and an oligosaccharide, and more specifically, the saccharide syrup composition comprises allulose.
US11191288B2	Use of a feed composition for reducing methane emission in ruminants, and/or to improve ruminant performance The present invention relates to the field of reduction of methane emission in ruminants. Particularly, it relates to the use of a feed composition or a feed additive comprising at least one fatty acid containing at least 5 carbon atoms and at least one organic molecule substituted at any position with at least one nitrooxy group, for reducing the production of methane emanating from the digestive activities of ruminants, and/or to improve the ruminant performance.
US11191283B2	Method and installation for the treatment of liquid food products A method for treating liquid food products after direct heating comprises a first cooling of the liquid food product occurring on a floor of the infuser vessel up to an outlet opening. A second cooling of the liquid food product occurs in a tubular section connecting directly to the outlet opening. A third cooling of the liquid food product occurs in a housing cover of a pump housing of a centrifugal pump. At least one flushing operation of the pump housing and of an impeller via a rear impeller gap is performed, wherein the at least flushing operation occurs via a front impeller gap located between the housing cover and the impeller. Volume flows of the at least one flushing operation are greater than equalization flows within the pump housing.
US11191279B2	Apparatus for storing organic material An apparatus for storing organic materials includes: a body having an opening for receiving the organic materials to be stored; an outlet formed in the body through which the organic materials are unloaded from the body; and a cooling fluid circuit for circulating cooling fluid through the organic material collected by the hopper.
US11191276B2	Solid formulations suitable for oilfield applications The present invention relates to a solid formulation of soap stick type comprising a primary surfactant, at least one binding agent and at least one dispersant that may especially be an amphoteric surfactant, optionally with additives. The present invention also relates to uses of said formulation, especially for oilfield applications, e.g. for gas well deliquification applications.
US11191271B2	Active compound combinations having insecticidal/acaricidal properties The present invention relates to novel active compound combinations comprising at least one known compound of the formula (I) and at least one further active compound, which combinations are highly suitable for controlling animal and microbial pests such as unwanted insects and/or unwanted acarids and/or unwanted nematodes.
US11191268B2	Compositions and methods for the control of arthropods A composition for the eradication or control of arthropods comprising at least one film-forming compound dispersed in a water continuous phase and at least one wetting agent, wherein the film-forming compound does not comprise silicone. Methods of preparing a composition according to the present invention, uses of the composition and a kit of parts for preparing the composition are also disclosed.
US11191267B2	Grease-like gel for repelling rodents Grease-like compositions are provided for repelling rodents. The compositions utilize nontoxic mineral, synthetic, or vegetable oil based gels containing silica, clay, urea, polytetrafluoroethylene, or metallic soap thickeners and capsaicin.
US11191263B2	Systems and methods for ex-vivo organ care An organ care system including a blood product heater that includes a heater inlet, a channel, and a heater outlet, wherein the heater inlet includes an inside cross-sectional area and an inside cross-sectional shape configured to flow a blood product into the blood product heater, wherein the heater outlet comprises an inside cross-sectional area and an inside cross-sectional shape configured to flow the blood product out of the blood product heater, and wherein the channel extends between the heater inlet and the heater outlet and is formed between a first flow channel plate and a second flow channel plate; and a first heater thermally coupled to the first flow channel plate configured to heat the first flow channel plate; and a pump configured to circulate a heated blood product to an organ being preserved.
US11191255B2	Premixed ventilated henhouse A henhouse includes a gable, a sidewall, and a roof. An inner chamber parallel to the sidewall is provided in the middle of the henhouse. The inner chamber includes an inner wall parallel to the sidewall and an inner roof. A partition is provided between the sidewall and the inner wall. An air inlet plate is provided between the two inner walls located below the inner roof. A pressure chamber is formed between the inner roof and the air inlet plate. A premixing chamber is formed between the inner roof and the roof. A plurality of fans and air inlet windows are uniformly provided on the inner roof. A plurality of air inlet holes and small inlet windows are uniformly provided on the air inlet plate. A plurality of wet curtains and an air vent are provided on the sidewall. A plurality of air outlet slots are uniformly provided on the inner wall.
US11191252B2	Liquid dispenser for animals A liquid dispenser may include a container or tank having an upper opening and in which water is stored, a pump provided in the container, a water supply pipe through which water discharged from the pump is transferred, a water supply plate having an upper surface over which water flows, a container support or base provided below the container, and a thermoelectric element provided in the container support to cool the bottom plate of the container.
US11191250B2	Scoop with variably spaced apart bottom flanges A scoop has a handle and curvilinear base such that the scoop is narrower at an extreme end and deeper at a back end, the back end meeting a handle. A front most region of the device meets the top side of the device in some embodiments, such that side walls, the top side, and the bottom side join at a front end. The bottom side of the base has a plurality of spaced apart slats with portals therebetween. The slats are closer together near the front side than the back side, becoming progressively more spaced apart. In this manner, a smallest size particulate matter falls through the slats at the front end of the device while progressively larger particulate matter falls through towards the back end of the device in proportion to the increasing space between the slats.
US11191249B2	Brachiaria endophytes and related methods The present invention relates to endophytes, in particular endophytes associated with plants of the Brachiaria-Urochloa species complex, plants infected with the endophytes, products produced by the endophytes, and related methods.
US11191246B1	Tomato line PSQ-9Z16-6525V The invention provides seeds and plants of tomato line PSQ-9Z16-6525V. The invention thus relates to the plants, seeds, plant parts, and tissue cultures of tomato line PSQ-9Z16-6525V and to methods for producing a tomato plant produced by crossing such plants with themselves or with another plant, such as a tomato plant of another genotype. The invention further relates to seeds and plants produced by such crossing. The invention further relates to plants, seeds, plant parts, and tissue cultures of tomato line PSQ-9Z16-6525V comprising introduced beneficial or desirable traits.
US11191238B2	Soybean cultivar 99240189 A soybean cultivar designated 99240189 is disclosed. The invention relates to the seeds of soybean cultivar 99240189, to the plants of soybean cultivar 99240189, to the plant parts of soybean cultivar 99240189, and to methods for producing progeny of soybean cultivar 99240189. 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 99240189. The invention also relates to methods for producing other soybean cultivars, lines, or plant parts derived from soybean cultivar 99240189, 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 99240189 with another soybean cultivar.
US11191236B2	Sweet corn line SHW-6S16-6203LJ The invention provides seed and plants of corn line SHW-6S16-6203LJ. The invention thus relates to the plants, seeds, and tissue cultures of corn line SHW-6S16-6203LJ and to methods for producing a corn plant produced by crossing such plants with themselves or with another corn plant, such as a plant of another genotype. The invention further relates to seeds and plants produced by such crossing. The invention further relates to parts of such plants, including the fruit and gametes of such plants.
US11191234B2	Sweet corn line SHW-6S16-8147LN The invention provides seed and plants of corn line SHW-6S16-8147LN. The invention thus relates to the plants, seeds, and tissue cultures of corn line SHW-6S16-8147LN and to methods for producing a corn plant produced by crossing such plants with themselves or with another corn plant, such as a plant of another genotype. The invention further relates to seeds and plants produced by such crossing. The invention further relates to parts of such plants, including the fruit and gametes of such plants.
US11191233B1	Wheat variety 6PDLD01B A wheat variety designated 6PDLD01B, the plants and seeds of wheat variety 6PDLD01B, methods for producing a wheat plant produced by crossing the variety 6PDLD01B with another wheat plant, and hybrid wheat seeds and plants produced by crossing the variety 6PDLD01B with another wheat line or plant, and the creation of variants by backcrossing, mutagenesis or transformation of variety 6PDLD01B are disclosed. Methods for producing other wheat varieties or breeding lines derived from wheat variety 6PDLD01B and to wheat varieties or breeding lines produced by those methods are also provided.
US11191231B2	Lettuce variety 41-801 RZ The present invention relates to a Lactuca sativa seed designated 41-801 RZ. The present invention also relates to a Lactuca sativa plant produced by growing the 41-801 RZ seed. The invention further relates to methods for producing the lettuce cultivar, represented by lettuce variety 41-801 RZ.
US11191230B1	Soybean variety 5PZUF97 A novel soybean variety, designated 5PZUF97 is provided. Also provided are the seeds of soybean variety 5PZUF97, cells from soybean variety 5PZUF97, plants of soybean 5PZUF97, and plant parts of soybean variety 5PZUF97. Methods provided include producing a soybean plant by crossing soybean variety 5PZUF97 with another soybean plant, methods for introgressing a transgenic trait, a mutant trait, and/or a native trait into soybean variety 5PZUF97, methods for producing other soybean varieties or plant parts derived from soybean variety 5PZUF97, and methods of characterizing soybean variety 5PZUF97. Soybean seed, cells, plants, germplasm, breeding lines, varieties, and plant parts produced by these methods and/or derived from soybean variety 5PZUF97 are further provided.
US11191227B2	Moisture management and perennial crop sustainability decision system Disclosed herein are a system and method that integrate vineyard sensor data into an environment that enables analysis, historical trend analytics, spatio-temporal analytics, and weather model fusion for improved decision making from vineyard management to wine production. The integration of new sensor data from multiple soil depths with surface measurements, combined with production flow process and historical information enables new decision making capabilities. A wireless network of sensor/transmitters can be distributed to provide a 3-dimensional assessment of water movement both across the grower's field and as it moves from the surface through the root zone. The soil monitoring data stream feeds into a visualization interface that will be incorporated in software based decision aid and crop management tool that helps agricultural producers reduce costs, minimize water and nutrient applications, and better protect the environment by reducing agricultural production inputs.
US11191226B2	Foldable watering pot A foldable watering pot comprises a framework, a container, and a spout. An inside of the framework is hollow. The container is detachably mounted in a hollow portion of the framework, the container is made of a soft waterproof material, and an inlet is disposed on a top of the container, and a lid is disposed on the inlet for sealingly connected with the inlet. An outlet is disposed on a side of the container, the spout is disposed at one side of the framework, the outlet is connected to the spout through a connecting device, and the spout is rotatably connected with the framework and can form a seal for the outlet. The present invention can make the container shrinkable by the above structures, and therefore the watering pot can be conveniently stored and space can be saved.
US11191225B2	Power-driven working device A power-driven working device including: a working tool; a drive unit configured to drive the working tool; a control unit configured to control an output power of the drive unit; and an operating unit including a first switch and a second switch, is provided. The control unit includes a cruise control unit configured to execute cruise control to maintain the output power of the drive unit constant when a cruise switch is activated, and an output power adjustment unit configured to increase the output power of the drive unit and to continue the cruise control when the first switch is activated during the cruise control, and to decrease the output power of the drive unit and to continue the cruise control when the second switch is activated during the cruise control.
US11191222B2	Plant factory The present invention relates to a plant factory, which provides the following effects. The mesh-shaped floor is formed through the layer division support frame in the cultivation chamber, and the floor is divided into the cultivation layers having a multi-layered structure of two or more layers, thereby minimizing input resources and maximizing space and energy utilization efficiencies. In addition, a horizontal airflow is generally formed in each of the cultivation layers divided by the cultivation chamber air circulation supply unit, and an interlayer circulation airflow is formed between the respective cultivation layers divided by the mesh-shaped floor through the interlayer air circulation unit, and the cultivation table air supply unit creates a planting layer vertical descending air flow divided inside the cultivation table, which evenly improves the airflow rate regardless of the place in the cultivation chamber, reducing the deviation in temperature and carbon dioxide (CO2) concentration, and the net photosynthetic rate and plant may increase productivity by increasing the speed of growth.
US11191219B2	Systems and methods for image capture and analysis of agricultural fields Described herein are systems and methods for capturing images of a field and performing agricultural data analysis of the images. In one embodiment, a computer system for monitoring field operations includes a database for storing agricultural image data including images of at least one stage of crop development that are captured with at least one of an apparatus and a remote sensor moving through a field. The computer includes at least one processing unit that is coupled to the database. The at least one processing unit is configured to execute instructions to analyze the captured images, to determine relevant images that indicate a change in at least one condition of the crop development, and to generate a localized view map layer for viewing the field at the at least one stage of crop development based on at least the relevant captured images.
US11191218B1	Bale shredder with elevated discharge A bale shredder may comprise a bale hopper defining an interior bale chamber for receiving a bale to be shredded, a bale shredding assembly to shred a bale in the chamber including a shredding rotor having a plurality of flails to contact a bale in the bale chamber, and a passage for receiving material shredded by the shredding rotor. In embodiments, a conveying assembly may facilitate material flow through the passage with a moving conveying surface. A collecting auger assembly may collect material ejected by the shredding rotor through the passage and may include an auger with an auger shaft rotatable about a rotation axis. In embodiments, a discharge assembly with a discharge rotor configured to receive the shredded material from the collecting auger assembly and expel the material through a discharge opening, and the discharge rotor may rotate on the auger shaft of the collecting auger assembly.
US11191210B2	Manually guided garden device A manually guided garden care machine includes at least one base unit and at least one guide unit having at least one handle. The manually guided garden care machine further includes at least one sensing unit configured to sense an operator's wish for assistance in propelling the at least one base unit and further configured to sense a deformation of at least one sub-region of the at least one guide unit.
US11191209B2	Mower deck level adjuster A mower deck level adjuster includes a pair of draft links connected to a frame of a grass mowing machine and pivotable to a plurality of different cutting heights using a foot pedal or hand lever for raising and lowering the mower deck. A pair of adjuster brackets may be attached to the pair of draft links and to a pair of deck brackets on the mower deck. Each adjuster bracket may be pivotable to a plurality of different positions relative to the draft links to secure the mower deck at a level position.
US11191208B2	Mowing methods Methods of using a mower are provided. The methods include providing a mower having a plurality of cutting heads, a first driven wheel supported at a first end of the plurality of cutting heads, and a second driven wheel supported at a second end of the length of the plurality of cutting heads. In some methods, each cutting head of the plurality of cutting heads is at least one of pivotably connected or translatably connected to at least one other cutting head of the plurality of cutting heads. Some methods include driving the first driven wheel such that the mower pivots about the second driven wheel.
US11191205B2	Processes for the preparation of treated seeds Provided herein are processes for the preparation of treated seeds. Generally, the processes described herein comprise contacting a seed with a liquid seed treatment composition, thereby producing a wetted seed. The processes further comprise contacting the wetted seed with a dry powder comprising an effect pigment, thereby producing a treated seed having a coating comprising the effect pigment. In some instances, the treated seeds may exhibit an attractive visual appearance and good flowability through manufacturing, distribution, and planting equipment.
US11197399B2	Electromagnetic pulse shield A method according to one embodiment includes securing a first plurality of conductive sheets to a surface, applying a conductive tape to a first plurality of joints between conductive sheets of the first plurality of conductive sheets, and securing a second plurality of conductive sheets to the first plurality of conductive sheets without fully penetrating the first plurality of conductive sheets. In such an embodiment, each of a second plurality of joints between conductive sheets of the second plurality of conductive sheets is offset relative to the first plurality of joints.
US11197392B2	Method of forming a 3D-vapor chamber The invention relates to a method which is suited for manufacturing a 3D-vapor chamber in a defined and efficient manner. Especially, the present method provides a solution for providing a vapor chamber having an evaporator and a condenser made from a first part and a second part, wherein continuity of internal structures is given which in turn provides an efficient working behaviour of the vapor chamber.
US11197383B2	Housing, housing manufacturing method and mobile terminal A housing, a housing manufacturing method, and a mobile terminal. The housing comprises a metal body, and a connecting body; the metal body at least comprises a first body, and a second body; the connecting body at least comprises a first connecting body. The first body and the second body are connected by means of the first connecting body. A plurality of mating structures are formed at the joint of the first body, the second body and the first connecting body. Each mating structure comprise at least one of a groove tension structure, a protrusion tension structure, a rib tension structure, a through-hole fastening structure, a hole-site knurling rib structure and an inner-hole groove structure. Structural stability of the joint of the housing can be effectively enhanced by means of the described manners.
US11197379B2	Method for producing printed wiring board The method for producing a printed wiring board according to the present invention with use of a metal-clad laminated sheet including a metal foil laminated on each of both surfaces of an insulating resin base material, the method at least including: a step (1) of irradiating a predetermined position in a surface (A) of the metal-clad laminated sheet with a laser to provide a via hole leading to the metal foil in a surface opposite to the surface (A); and a step (2) of irradiating a predetermined position in a surface (B), located in the opposite side to the surface (A), of the metal-clad laminated sheet with a laser to provide a via hole leading to the metal foil in a surface opposite to the surface (B).
US11197378B2	Device for assembling screws into printed circuit board An assembly device for assembling a screw into a locking hole of a circuit board includes an assembled board and a guiding sleeve. The assembled board is configured to press against a circuit board. The guiding sleeve is movably arranged in the assembled board. A vertical channel is formed in an interior of the guiding sleeve. When the assembled board presses against the circuit board, one end of the guiding sleeve abuts against the circuit board, and the vertical channel is opposite to the screw hole on the circuit board. The screw is accurately assembled into the screw hole of the circuit board, thereby improving assembly efficiency.
US11197367B2	Component carrier comprising a double layer structure A component carrier with a double layer structure is illustrated and described. The double layer structure includes an electrically conductive patterned layer structure and a further patterned layer structure made of a two-dimensional material. The patterned layer structure and the further patterned layer structure have at least partly the same pattern. In an embodiment the component carrier includes a stack with at least one electrically conductive layer structure and/or at least one electrically insulating layer structure and at least one double layer structure connected with the stack.
US11197363B2	X-ray tube device An X-ray tube device incorporates a mono-tank, and includes a gripping portion that is provided to protrude from a main body in a side surface and supports the main body by gripping. In a case where the main body is divided into two portions of a center-of-gravity-side portion including the center of gravity of the main body and a non-center-of-gravity-side portion not including the center of gravity using a plane passing through the center of the main body and an irradiation direction of X-rays, the gripping portion is in the center-of-gravity-side portion, and the gripping portion is not in the non-center-of-gravity-side portion.
US11197362B2	Virtual three-way switch, systems and methods A system may be provided that includes an adaptor connected to a dimmer and virtual three-way switch. The virtual three-way switch can be for a lamp plugged into wall-switched receptacle. The virtual three-way switch can control a lamp, appliance, or any device that is connected to the three-way switch by one or more of the connected switches, independent of the position of the unused switch. The virtual three-way switch may include a power input that receives power from a first power source, a sensor detecting a state change of a second power source, a user input sensor receiving a user command, and a power output delivering received power at a rate as function of the state change and of the user command. The virtual three-way switch can be connected to a user input device that is waiting to receive a command. The power output can deliver power to a connected device.
US11197350B2	Induction heating system connection box An induction heating system includes an induction heating head assembly configured to move relative to a workpiece. The induction heating system may also include a temperature sensor assembly configured to detect a temperature of the workpiece and/or a travel sensor assembly configured to detect a position, movement, or direction of movement of the induction heating head assembly relative to the workpiece, and to transmit feedback signals to a controller configured to adjust the power provided to the induction heating head assembly by a power source based at least in part on the feedback signals. In certain embodiments, the induction heating system may also include a connection box configured to receive the feedback signals, to perform certain conversions of the feedback signals, and to provide the feedback signals to the power source. Furthermore, in certain embodiments, the induction heating system may include an inductor stand assembly configured to hold the induction heating head assembly against the workpiece.
US11197345B2	Apparatuses for end-to-end coordination of voice over cellular data network communications Apparatuses of user equipment (UEs) for end-to-end coordination of voice over cellular data network communications. An apparatus of a UE includes one or more data storage devices and one or more processors. The one or more data storage devices are configured to store delay budget information pertaining to end-to-end delivery of a real-time transport protocol (RTP) stream sent from a remote UE to the UE. The one or more processors are configured to generate an application layer message including the delay budget information, the application layer message to be transmitted to the remote UE to enable the remote UE to request, from a cellular base station servicing the remote UE, additional air interface delay based on the delay budget information.
US11197342B2	Method and system for signaling release cause indication in a UMTS network A method and system for processing signaling release indication cause between user equipment and a wireless network, the method comprising the steps of: monitoring, at the user equipment, whether a signaling connection release indication should be sent to the wireless network; appending, at the user equipment, a cause for the signaling connection release indication to the signaling connection release indication; sending the appended signaling connection release indication to the wireless network; receiving the signaling connection release indication at the wireless network; and filtering said cause to determine whether to raise an alarm.
US11197341B2	Indicating a packet data unit session as unavailable Apparatuses, methods, and systems are disclosed for indicating a packet data unit session as unavailable. One apparatus (300) includes a processor (302) that determines (802) that at least one packet data unit session is unavailable. The apparatus (300) includes a transmitter (310) that transmits (804) information indicating that the at least one packet data unit session is to be released.
US11197334B2	Method and apparatus for supporting dual connectivity in NR A method and an apparatus for supporting dual connectivity (DC) in new radio access technology (NR) are provided. As an embodiment, a method for performing uplink (UL) transmission by user equipment (UE) is provided. More specifically, the UE receives a semi-persistent configuration with respect to a first UL resource of a first carrier group (CG) and a second UL resource of a second CG that are separated from one another, and performs UL transmission to the first CG using the first UL resource only.
US11197327B2	Communication apparatus, control method for communication apparatus, and recording medium A communication apparatus includes a communication unit, an operation unit, a generation unit including a first function for generating a connection setting used for connecting with the external apparatus based on information received from the external apparatus, and a second function for generating the connection setting based on information input by the user operating the operation unit, a recording control unit configured to perform control such that the connection setting generated by the first function is recorded on a recording medium in a state where a priority level of the connection setting generated by the first function is higher than a priority level of the connection setting generated by the second function, and a control unit configured to perform control such that the connection setting of a higher priority level is preferentially used during a connection with the external apparatus through the communication unit.
US11197324B2	NR RACH MSG3 and MSG4 resource configuration for CV2X Various aspects described herein relate to techniques for resource configuration for random access in a wireless communication system (e.g., a cellular vehicle-to-everything (CV2X) communication system). In an aspect, the method includes identifying a set of one or more random access channel (RACH) resources and configuration, sending a first RACH message including the set, and receiving a second RACH message including a resource selected from the set.
US11197323B2	Random access preamble transmission using beamforming A method, system and wireless device for random access preamble transmission using beamforming are provided. A wireless device includes processing circuitry including a processor and a memory. The processing circuitry is configured to receive a synchronization signal block, SSB, determine a first beam configuration for reception based on at least part of the received SSB, estimate a reciprocity quality for the first beam configuration in a downlink and an uplink, determine a first random access channel, RACH, preamble transmission configuration based on the estimated reciprocity quality, and transmit a first random access, RA, preamble using the first RACH preamble transmission configuration.
US11197318B2	Method and apparatus for transmitting system information A method for transmitting system information includes: sending, in a random access process, a random access message III carrying a system information request to a base station, where the system information request is used to request for system information; receiving a random access message IV carrying the system information and sent by the base station; and reading the system information from the random access message IV.
US11197316B2	Terminal device, base station device, and radio communication method Disclosed is a radio communication system in which a base station device and a terminal device communicate with each other, and the terminal device performs a random access procedure. The base station device notifies the terminal device of random access common configuration information including the number of repetitions for each level, information indicating a relationship between group information of random access preambles and the level, and the number of attempts of preamble transmission for each level. A MAC layer in the terminal device performs processing of increasing the level in a case that a first counter exceeds the number of attempts of transmission corresponding to the level.
US11197314B2	Configurable groups of control channel resource sets for wireless communication The described technology is generally directed towards wireless communications systems in which multiple control channel resource sets (CORESETs) are configured into a CORESET group. The CORESET group may be associated with a usage scenario/quality of service requirement, and used by user equipment to decode downlink control information corresponding to that usage scenario. For example, one CORESET group can be used for URLLC traffic, another for eMBB type traffic and another for mMTC traffic. Different CORESET groups may be used to provide different aggregation level sets, different DMRS pattern configurations, different search spaces, different transmission protocols/schemes, different beam management and recovery procedures, different radio link monitoring and radio link failure procedures, and so on. Different CORESET groups may be associated with different transmission points.
US11197312B2	Method of determining search space of carrier, terminal and network device A method of determining a search space of a carrier, a terminal and a network device are provided. The method of determining the search space of the carrier includes: in a case that cross-carrier scheduling is configured, determining, according to a search space of a scheduling carrier configured by a network device and a scaling factor, a search space of a carrier other than the scheduling carrier.
US11197308B1	Cooperative and parasitic radio access networks A wireless user equipment (UE) device is configured to communicate with another UE via device-to-device (D2D) communications. The UE transmits a communication to the other UE, wherein the communication indicates scheduling of a shared spectrum resource. The shared spectrum resource is shared by a first network management operator (NMO) and a second NMO, wherein both the UE and the other UE are associated with the first NMO. The first NMO employs a first set of spatial channels in the shared spectrum resource, and a second set of spatial channels in the shared spectrum resource is made available for use by the second NMO, the second set being different from the first set. The UE communicates with the other UE over the first set of spatial channels.
US11197306B2	Apparatus and method for transmitting and receiving data in wireless communication system A communication scheme and system for converging a 5th generation (5G) communication system for supporting a data rate higher than that of a 4th generation (4G) system with an internet of things (IoT) technology are provided. The communication scheme is applicable to intelligent services (e.g., smart homes, smart buildings, smart cities, smart cars, connected cars, health care, digital education, retail, and security and safety-related services) based on the 5G communication technology and the IoT-related technology.
US11197305B2	Wireless base station and scheduling method A radio base station includes: an obtaining section that obtains a first communication quality of each of first communication terminals and obtains a second communication quality of each of second communication terminals having a lower communication speed than the first communication terminals; and a scheduler that schedules the first communication terminals based on the first communication qualities and schedules the second communication terminals based on the second communication qualities, and when the scheduler schedules the first communication terminals and the second communication terminals, the scheduler subjects the first communication terminals to space-division multiplexing and subjects the second communication terminals to frequency-division multiplexing or time-division multiplexing.
US11197300B1	Mitigating interference caused by external networks Mitigating interference caused by external networks includes identifying air interface resources within a wireless air interface that are subject to interference from the external network, scheduling resources for a first one or more wireless devices reporting channel conditions that meet a threshold or being a threshold distance from a serving access node to avoid using the identified air interface resources, and instructing a second one or more wireless devices reporting channel conditions that do not meet the threshold or within a threshold distance from the serving access node to use the identified air interface resources.
US11197295B2	Systems and methods for OFDM channelization Systems and methods for OFDM channelization are provided that allow for the coexistence of sub-band channels and diversity channels. Methods of defining diversity sub-channels and sub-band sub-channels are provided and systematic channel definition and labeling schemes are provided.
US11197285B2	Method for transmitting or receiving signal in wireless communication system, and apparatus therefor A method by which a terminal receives downlink control information in a wireless communication system, according to one aspect of the present invention, comprises the steps of: receiving configurations for a plurality of control resource sets (CORESETs); monitoring control channel candidates in at least one among user equipment-specific search spaces (USSs) and common search spaces (CSSs), which are configured in the plurality of CORESETs; and acquiring control information by monitoring the control channel candidates, wherein the terminal can determine the location of each of the USSs by using specific parameters with respect to each of the plurality of CORESETs to which each of the USSs belongs. The terminal is capable of communicating with at least one of another terminal, a terminal related to an autonomous driving vehicle, a base station or a network.
US11197280B2	Wireless communications method, terminal device, and network device The present application provides a wireless communication method, a terminal device, and a network device. The method comprises: a terminal device determines, according to the number of bits of UCI to be transmitted and the spreading factor of a first PUCCH format, the number of PRBs for transmitting the UCI to be transmitted.
US11197270B2	User terminal, radio base station and radio communication method The present invention is designed to allow adequate communication in a next generation communication system in which a plurality of numerologies are introduced. A control section that controls communication using at least one of a plurality of numerologies with different subcarrier spacings, and a receiving section that receives information related to numerology for use in communication are provided, and the plurality of numerologies with different subcarrier spacings are configured that one of the length of a transmission time interval (TTI) and the number of symbols per TTI is different.
US11197269B2	Method and apparatus for selecting resources in V2X communications The present disclosure provides a method for determining a resource of a communication by a terminal in a wireless communication system, the method comprising: receiving, from a base station, information on a minimum number of subframes for monitoring; determining a number of a plurality of subframes to be monitored based on the minimum number of subframes; identifying the plurality of subframes to be monitored for a sidelink transmission; and transmitting, to the base station, information indicating a set of subframes for the sidelink transmission selected based on the plurality of subframes.
US11197266B1	Telecommunications network coverage A system and method for improving network coverage is discussed herein. The system and method can improve network coverage based on lack of coverage key performance indicators generated by disconnection data when user equipment (UE) disconnects from and reconnects to a wireless network. The system determines if the disconnection is associated with a lack of coverage by the wireless network or some other reason. When the disconnection is due to lack of coverage, once the UE reconnects to the wireless network, lack of coverage data associated with the lack of coverage can be used to generate key performance indicators which can be used to improve network coverage. For example, an additional network site can be added to the network, a network site operating parameter can be adjusted, or the like.
US11197264B2	Methods and apparatus for transmitting and receiving a positioning reference signal in a wireless communication system A positioning reference signal (PRS) is transmitted by a first base station in a wireless communication system. A first PRS having a first PRS pattern is transmitted using a first subcarrier spacing (SCS). A user equipment (UE) receives information associated with positioning of the UE including the first PRS from the first base station and a second PRS from the second base station. The first SCS is different from a second SCS applied to the second PRS having a second PRS pattern.
US11197256B2	Communication system Communication apparatus is disclosed which is suitable for communicating with a mobile communication device in a communication system which uses a plurality of radio frames wherein each radio frame is subdivided in the time domain into a plurality of subframes, each subframe is subdivided in the time domain into a plurality of slots, and each slot is subdivided in the time domain into a plurality of symbols. The communication apparatus operates a communication cell, generates discovery signals, for use in a cell search procedure, each discovery signal comprising a pair of synchronisation signals and a further signal, and transmits each synchronisation signal and the further signal in a respective symbol of a radio frame. The symbol in which the further signal is transmitted separated, in the time domain, by no more than half a radio frame from at least one of said pair of synchronisation signals.
US11197254B2	Method and apparatus for time synchronized handover Method and apparatus, performed autonomously in a user equipment (UE), for autonomous handover to a target cell of a radio access network (RAN). The method comprises determining, by the UE, an identity of the target cell; receiving, by the UE, a precise time reference broadcast by the target cell, the precise time reference indicating an elapsed time from a predetermined epoch; deriving, by the UE, an uplink timing adjustment based at least in part on the precise time reference, the uplink timing adjustment establishing uplink communication synchronization with the target cell; and transmitting, by the UE, an uplink signal to the target cell in accordance with the derived uplink timing adjustment.
US11197249B2	Transmit-power control mode selection Certain aspects of the present disclosure provide techniques for assigning or adjusting a transmit-power control mode, or parameters of a transmit-power at a user equipment used in sidelink communications. In some examples, the disclosure describes determining a user equipment (UE) is connected to the BS, and configuring the UE to use a first transmit-power control mode for determining a transmit-power used for transmitting wireless data over a sidelink based on the BS being positioned indoors.
US11197241B2	Fast energy counter for wireless communication transceiver A device, system and method is provided for managing battery power of a telecommunications device within a remote wireless device. An amount of power is determined that is consumed by the telecommunications device of the remote wireless device during an operation of the telecommunication device based on a linear function of an exponential of a power level measuring a radio frequency (RF) power output by the telecommunications device utilized during operation one or more parameters associated with the remote device, and an amount of time that each power level is utilized during operation. The determined amount of power consumed by the telecommunications device, or a derivation thereof, may be wirelessly transmitted to a wirelessly connected device.
US11197232B2	Location reporting handling An access and mobility management function (AMF) receives, from a network function, an event exposure subscribe message requesting to notify a change of closed access group (CAG) area of a wireless device. The AMF sends, to a base station, a location reporting control message requesting to notify the change of the CAG area of the wireless device. The location reporting control message comprises a list of CAG identifiers. The AMF receives, from a second base station, a location report message notifying the change of the CAG area. The AMF sends, to the network function, an event exposure notify message indicating the change of the CAG area.
US11197231B2	Method and system for handling radio link monitoring (RLM) using bandwidth part (BWP) configurations The present disclosure relates to a communication method and system for converging a 5th-Generation (5G) communication system for supporting higher data rates beyond a 4th-Generation (4G) system with a technology for Internet of Things (IoT). The present disclosure may be applied to intelligent services based on the 5G communication technology and the IoT-related technology, such as smart home, smart building, smart city, smart car, connected car, health care, digital education, smart retail, security and safety services. In accordance with an aspect of the present disclosure, an embodiment of the present invention provides a method of a base station in a wireless communication system, the method comprising: transmitting, to a user equipment (UE), a master information block (MIB) including initial downlink bandwidth part (BWP) configuration information; and transmitting, to the UE, Remaining Minimum System Information (RMSI) including initial uplink bandwidth part (BWP) configuration information, wherein the RMSI is transmitted based on the initial downlink bandwidth part (BWP) configuration information.
US11197224B1	Systems and methods for routing messages through wireless networks A wireless mesh network has a coordinator that is configured to determine a topology of the network and define, based on the topology, a plurality of routes through the network. For each route, the coordinator is configured to assign a plurality of nodes to the route. Each of the nodes assigned to the route is configured to receive messages and wirelessly retransmit messages that include a route identifier that identifies the route. Since messages are forwarded through the network based on route identifiers, it is unnecessary for the nodes to maintain conventional routing tables and to broadcast route discovery messages in order to learn routes for populating the routing tables with route data, thereby reducing network traffic and congestion.
US11197222B2	Systems and methods to support node mobility in wireless networks A network includes a mobile network node (MNN) that includes a mobile node communications manager (MNCM) to facilitate wireless communications to a plurality of stationary network nodes (SNNs) in a wireless network via a wireless network protocol. The MNCM utilizes a multicast address received over the wireless network. The multicast address is assigned to a predetermined network time slot to communicate uplink data from the MNN to the SNNs. The MNN receives downlink data via a separate predetermined network address and time slot assigned to a given SNN.
US11197214B2	Communication system A base station for communicating with a mobile station, the base station including a processor configured to generate, when the base station is operating as a target base station, a path switch request, and a transceiver circuit configured to transmit, when the mobile station is engaged in a handover to the base station when operating as a target base station, the path switch request to a Mobility Management Entity (MME), wherein the path switch request includes a closed subscriber group (CSG) access mode of the base station operating as a target base station.
US11197210B2	Radio resource management for paging in a non-anchor carrier Various aspects of the present disclosure generally relate to wireless communication. In some aspects, a user equipment may receive information indicating whether measurement is permitted on a non-anchor carrier; and selectively perform a measurement on at least one of the non-anchor carrier or an anchor carrier, based at least in part on the information indicating whether the measurement is permitted on the non-anchor carrier. Numerous other aspects are provided.
US11197207B2	Switch supporting method The present application discloses a switch supporting method comprising: an eNB sends a path switching request message to an MME to notify the MME of information on a bearer remaining unchanged; the MME reserves the bearer remaining unchanged and does not trigger a deactivation process for the bearer remaining unchanged; the MME sends a modify bearer request message to an SGW. With the present application, data loss can be avoided and service continuity is ensured when a UE moves in a small cell scenario.
US11197203B2	Adaptive control exclusion configuration Various aspects of the present disclosure generally relate to wireless communication. In some aspects, a user equipment (UE) may determine a plurality of ratios of free resources in a historical time window using respective control exclusion parameters corresponding to the plurality of ratios of free resources. The UE may determine a particular control exclusion parameter based at least in part on a ratio of free resources, of the plurality of ratios of free resources, satisfying a threshold. The UE may select a resource for a future transmission based at least in part on the particular control exclusion parameter. The UE may reserve the selected resource. Numerous other aspects are provided.
US11197202B2	System and method for operating a wireless network A method for operating a wireless network, which includes a management entity for managing the use of network resources, includes, by the management entity: performing a network traffic forecast for a time period, the network traffic forecast estimating expected traffic demands with a predefined or tunable confidence degree; dividing forecasted available network resources into one or more classes of traffic corresponding to different service qualities within the classes of traffic using the confidence degree; and defining and allocating at least one network resource slice of at least one of the one or more classes of traffic to operators and/or third parties for the time period considering a service level agreement (SLA) of incoming service requests.
US11197198B2	Method, system, and computer program for automated offloading of subscribers during mobility management equipment failures Automated offloading of subscribers in a system having a set of mobility management entities (MMEs) during mobility management equipment failures is provided. Each MME maintains performance status and location information about all MMEs. When an MME senses performance degradation the traffic directed to that MME is allocated among the remaining MMEs in the set.
US11197196B2	Optimized control system for aggregation of multiple broadband connections over radio interfaces In accordance with embodiments disclosed herein, there are provided apparatus, systems and methods for implementing and using optimized control systems for aggregation of multiple broadband connections over radio interfaces. For example, such a system may include: a processor and a memory to perform instructions embodied by the system; a plurality of antennas; a traffic coordinator to interface to two or more wireless communications nodes together, through the system, in which each of the wireless communications nodes have access to a wide Area Network (WAN) backhaul connection independent of the system; a first wireless communications interface to a first wireless communication node established via a first of the plurality of antennas, the first wireless communications node having access to a first WAN backhaul connection; a second wireless communications interface to a second wireless communications node established via a second of the plurality of antennas, the second wireless communications node having access to a second WAN backhaul connection distinct from the first WAN backhaul connection; and a control module to receive information on traffic flows through the system and a radio environment within which the system operates, in which the control module to: issue commands to control the formation and continuation of connections of the first and second wireless communications interfaces to WAN connections and WAN backhaul connections, and to further provide scheduling and routing instructions for the WAN connections and WAN backhaul connections. Other related embodiments are disclosed.
US11197189B2	Method and apparatus for SR and BSR cancellation A method for wireless communication performed by a UE is provided. The method includes: triggering a BSR; triggering an SR; receiving a UL grant that allocates a PUSCH duration; performing MAC PDU assembly to obtain a MAC PDU for transmission on the PUSCH duration; and performing an update process after determining that the MAC PDU includes a BSR MAC CE containing buffer status information up to a last event that triggers the BSR prior to the MAC PDU assembly; wherein the update process includes keeping the SR triggered prior to the MAC PDU assembly pending at the start of the PUSCH duration.
US11197180B2	Terminal apparatus, method, and recording medium Provided is a terminal apparatus including a processing unit that determines which of a base station or a relay terminal is set as a transmission destination for each packet based on whether or not a predetermined condition is satisfied.
US11197176B2	Methods, systems, and computer readable media for providing for policy-based access and mobility management function (AMF) selection using network slice selection assistance information (NSSAI) availability information A method for providing for policy-based access and mobility management function (AMF) selection using network slice selection assistance information (NSSAI) availability information obtained from an NSSAI availability service includes, at a network slice selection function (NSSF) including at least one processor, obtaining, from an NSSAI availability service, NSSAI availability information regarding a plurality of AMFs. The method further includes receiving, from a first AMF, a network slice selection request specifying a network slice service requested by a user equipment (UE). The method further includes generating, based on the NSSAI availability information and the network slice service requested by the UE, a prioritized list including an identity of at least one AMF for supporting the network slice service. The method further includes communicating the prioritized list to the first AMF.
US11197165B2	Automated neighbor frequency provisioning in private 3GPP networks A base station operative in a Citizens Broadband Radio Service (CBRS) band controlled according to a shared access system (SAS) may be configured for automated neighbor frequency provisioning. The base station may maintain an active neighbor list of small cell frequencies of active neighboring small cells, which is created or updated by performing a scanning operation and adding small cell frequencies of scanned neighboring small cells to the active neighbor list. The base station may receive, from an active neighboring base station having a connection established therewith, one or more messages including a neighbor list of small cell frequencies of neighboring small cells that neighbor the active neighboring small cell. At least some of the neighboring small cells of the active neighboring small cell may be added to the active neighbor list of the base station based on signal strength of user equipment (UE) measurements.
US11197156B2	Electronic device, user terminal apparatus, and control method thereof An electronic apparatus is provided. The electronic apparatus according to an exemplary embodiment includes a communicator, a storage, a display, and a processor configured to: based on a connection request signal being received from a user terminal device through the communicator, control to store in the storage a first image output through the display, based on a second image being received from the user terminal device through the communicator, identify a first object included in the stored first image that is same as second object included in the received second image, and based on a determination that a first feature of the first object is same as a second feature of the second object, control the communicator to transmit authentication information corresponding to the connection request signal to the user terminal device.
US11197153B2	Privacy control and enhancements for distributed networks An apparatus in an illustrative embodiment comprises at least one processing device comprising a processor coupled to a memory. The at least one processing device is configured to detect a first user device, to receive at least identifying information of a second user device, to establish an association between the first user device and the second user device based at least in part on the received identifying information, and to determine proximity of the first user device and the second user device at one or more locations for one or more times based at least in part on the established association. Other illustrative embodiments include methods and computer program products.
US11197149B2	Downlink transmission method and apparatus A downlink transmission method and an apparatus, the including sending, by a network side device, a signaling indication to a terminal device (UE), wherein the signaling indication carries allocation information, and wherein the allocation information indicates a plurality of downlink transmission resources used to transmit data blocks.
US11197105B2	Visual communication of hearing aid patient-specific coded information A method and system visually communicates hearing aid information between a patient's smartphone and an audiologist's computer system by using a QR code captured by a camera. When the audiologist's computer system takes a picture of the QR code on the display of the patient's smartphone, the QR code contains at least one piece of audiological data representing historical or current patient-specific usage of the hearing aid. When the patient's smartphone takes a picture of the QR code on the display of the audiologist's computer system, the QR code contains audiological data, which the patient's smartphone extracts to transmit instructions or information to adjust at least one audiological parameter setting on the patient's hearing aid. The patient may transmit or receive an image file of either QR code over a network, thereby communicating the same information with the audiologist.
US11197089B2	Sound generating device The present disclosure provides a sound generating device, which includes a frame, a vibration system, and a magnetic circuit system. The vibration system includes a membrane, a dome, and an air-permeable isolating piece. The membrane is fixed to the frame and configured to define an inner sound generating cavity together with the frame and the magnetic circuit system. The vibrating membrane includes a vibrating part, a suspension, and a fixing part, the vibrating part defining a first through hole communicated with the inner sound generating cavity. The dome is attached to a side of the vibrating part, and the dome defines a second through hole communicating with the first through hole. The air-permeable isolating piece is attached to a side of the dome, and a side of the air-permeable isolating piece is sunken to form a leakage groove communicating with the second through hole.
US11197083B2	Active noise reduction in open ear directional acoustic devices An acoustic device includes at least one acoustic transducer disposed such that, in a head-worn state, the at least one acoustic transducer is in an open-ear configuration in which an ear canal of a user of the acoustic device is unobstructed. The acoustic device also includes an array of two or more first microphones that captures audio preferentially from a first direction as compared to at least a second direction different from the first direction, wherein the audio captured using the array is processed and played back through the at least one acoustic transducer, and an active noise reduction (ANR) engine that includes one or more processing devices. The ANR engine is configured to generate a driver signal for the at least one acoustic transducer, the driver signal having phases that reduce effects of audio captured from at least the second direction.
US11197075B1	Clock synchronization in a heterogeneous system The disclosure describes methods and systems for performing time synchronization in a heterogeneous system. In one example, a method includes, for each secondary device of a plurality of secondary devices in a network: determining, by a computing system and based at least in part on a time indication for a clock on a master device and a time indication for a clock on a secondary device in the network, a time synchronization offset for the respective secondary device; collecting, from the respective secondary device, one or more static parameters and one or more dynamic parameters; determining, based on the one or more parameters, a weight to associate with the time synchronization offset for the respective secondary device; determining, based on each of the respective time synchronization offset for each of the plurality of secondary devices and the respective associated weight, a universal time synchronization offset for the network.
US11197069B2	Display method for live broadcast screen of live broadcast room, storage device and computer device The present application provides a display method for live broadcast screen of live broadcast room, storage device and computer device. The method includes the steps of: displaying multiple live broadcast cards on a current interface; identifying a user's touch action, and determining an address and playback mode of an audio and video stream of a touched live broadcast card according to the touch action; when it is determined that the playback mode is a small window mode, acquiring an audio and video stream of a live broadcast screen of a live broadcast room corresponding to the live broadcast card according to the address of the audio and video stream and parsing the audio and video stream; and drawing a small window interface on the current interface, and using the small window interface to play the parsed audio and video stream of the live broadcast screen.
US11197066B2	Navigation for 360-degree video streaming Aspects of the subject disclosure may include, for example, a method including obtaining media content and an identification of a plurality of points of interest in the media content, receiving a request from a user to view the media content, obtaining information about the user, identifying one or more highlight points based on the information about the user, presenting the media content to the user, and monitoring the user's consumption of the content, determining a field of view of the highlight point, and presenting a guide indicator in the field of view of the user to provide information about the highlight point. Other embodiments are disclosed.
US11197058B2	System and method for presenting a video via transcode A method for handling video includes extracting video content and context information from a video file. The context information is associated with the video content. The method further includes transmitting the video content via a first communication path and transmitting the context information via a second communication path separate from the first communication path.
US11197054B2	Low latency distribution of audio using a single radio Provided herein are system, apparatus, article of manufacture, method and/or computer program product embodiments, and/or combinations and sub-combinations thereof, for distributing audio by a media device to wireless speakers while content comprising the audio is being played on a display device, wherein the media device includes a single wireless radio. Some embodiments operate by: determining that the media device is not a source of the content, such that the media device does not need to stream the content over a first wireless network; informing the audio speakers to switch from the first wireless network to a second wireless network; disconnecting the media device from the first wireless network; establishing the second wireless network; and providing the audio to the wireless speakers for playback over the second wireless network.
US11197048B2	Transmission device, transmission method, reception device, and reception method The present technology relates to a transmission device, a transmission method, a reception device, and a reception method that can enhance the accessibility for people with visual disabilities. The transmission device includes: a text-to-speech utterance metadata generation unit that generates text-to-speech utterance metadata about the text-to-speech utterance of display information as the producer intends; an electronic program information generation unit that generates electronic program information including the text-to-speech utterance metadata; and a transmission unit that transmits the electronic program information to the reception device capable of displaying the display information. The present technology can be applied, for example, to a transmitter capable of transmitting a digital broadcast signal.
US11197033B2	Fuel dispenser alternative content control based on monitored fueling transaction phase In an example embodiment, a card reader in dispenser (CRIND) is provided including a processor and a memory including computer program code, the memory and the computer programming code configured to, with the processor, cause the CRIND to receive one or more transaction messages from a forecourt controller or a peripheral device associated with a fuel dispenser, compare the one or more transaction messages to one or more message sequences associated with transaction phases of a fuel dispenser, determine a transaction phase of the fuel dispenser based on the comparison of the one or more transaction messages with the one or more message sequences, and cause feature processing circuitry to provide selected alternative media content to a user interface of the fuel dispenser based on the determined transaction phase.
US11197032B2	Asymmetric deblocking in a video encoder and/or video decoder An asymmetric deblocking method for deblocking a boundary between a P block and a Q block such that 5 samples within the P block and 7 or 3 samples within the Q block are modified. The method includes determining a value refP based on at least p5, determining a value refQ based on at least qx, wherein qx is q3 or q7; determining a value refMiddle based on at least p0 and q0, wherein p0 is directly adjacent to the boundary and q0 is directly adjacent to the boundary; performing a linear interpolation between refP and refMiddle; and performing a linear interpolation between refQ and refMiddle.
US11197031B2	In-loop deblocking filter apparatus and method for video coding An in-loop deblocking filter apparatus (120) for processing a current row or column of samples into a filtered row or column of samples. The current row or column of samples comprises a plurality of samples from a first sample block and a horizontally or vertically neighboring second sample block of a reconstructed picture of a video stream. The samples of the current row or column of samples have sample values pN−1−p0, q0−qN−1 wherein N is an even integer greater than 2. If a first condition or a second condition is satisfied, the current row or column is processed by: determining a filtered sample value q0′ by applying a (2N−1)-tap filter to the sample values pN−2, . . . , p0, q0, . . . , qN−1 of the current row or column; and/or determining a filtered sample value p0′ by applying a (2N−1)-tap filter to the sample values pN−1, . . . , p0, q0, . . . , qN−2 of the current row or column.
US11197029B2	Signaling parameter value information in a parameter set to reduce the amount of data contained in an encoded video bitstream A method (400) performed by a decoder (260, 600, 701) for decoding a bitstream comprising a picture parameter set, PPS, and a first set of slices. The method includes obtaining (s402) the picture parameter set. The method also includes decoding (s404) a syntax element included in the picture parameter set to obtain an indicator value. The decoder is configured such that if the indicator value is set to a first value then the decoder determines that a picture header included in the bitstream comprises a parameter value corresponding to a particular parameter, otherwise the decoder determines that each slice included in the first set of slices comprises a parameter value corresponding to the particular parameter. If the picture header comprises the parameter value corresponding to the particular parameter, then this parameter value is used to decode slice data of each slice included in the first set of slices.
US11197024B2	Luma-based chroma intra-prediction for video coding A method for luma-based chroma intra-prediction in a video encoder or a video decoder is provided that includes filtering reconstructed neighboring samples of a reconstructed down sampled luma block, computing parameters α and β of a linear model using the filtered, reconstructed neighboring samples of the reconstructed down sampled luma block and reconstructed neighboring samples of a corresponding chroma block, wherein the linear model is PredC[x,y]=α·RecL′[x,y]+β, wherein x and y are sample coordinates, PredC is predicted chroma samples, and RecL′ is samples of the reconstructed down sampled luma block, and computing samples of a predicted chroma block from corresponding samples of the reconstructed down sampled luma block using the linear model and the parameters.
US11197020B1	Gradient calculation in different motion vector refinements A video processing method is provided to include determining, for a current video block of a video, a final prediction block for the current video block by refining one or more initial predictions for the current video block using an optical flow calculation based on a gradient of initial prediction samples according to a precision rule; and performing a conversion between the current video block and a coded representation using the final prediction block, wherein the optical flow calculation includes a prediction refinement with optical flow (PROF) procedure or a bi-directional optical flow (BDOF) procedure, wherein the precision rule specifies to use a same precision for representing the gradient for both the PROF procedure and the BDOF procedure.
US11197016B2	Motion vector range based on motion vector precision A method for video processing is provided to comprise: determining a motion vector precision of one or more motion vectors related to a current video block of a video; selecting, based on the motion vector precision, a motion vector range; and performing, based on the motion vector range, a conversion between the current video block and a bitstream representation of the video.
US11197011B2	Decoding method A decoding method includes obtaining a rectangular region to be decoded in a picture, setting a first template region in accordance with a position of the rectangular region, setting a second template region corresponding to the first template region in a reference picture, setting third template regions each of which is obtained by moving the second template region using a corresponding vector in the reference picture, calculating image correlation values each of which is obtained between a corresponding one of the third template regions and the first template region, determining a motion vector of the rectangular region, wherein the setting a first template region includes setting a region adjacent to a predetermined block including the rectangular region as the first template region when a size of the rectangular region is a predetermined threshold size or smaller, or when a picture including the rectangular region corresponds to a non-reference picture.
US11197007B2	Sub-block MV inheritance between color components Devices, systems and methods for sub-block based prediction are described. In a representative aspect, a method for video processing includes partitioning a first component of a current video block into a first set of sub-blocks and partitioning a second component of the current video block into a second set of sub-blocks. A sub-block of the second component corresponds to one or more sub-blocks of the first component. The method also includes deriving, based on a color format of the current video block, motion vectors for a sub-block of the second component based on motion vectors for one or more corresponding sub-blocks of the first color component.
US11197005B2	Cross-component prediction for video coding A video coder determines a boundary luma value and derives a chroma value that corresponds to the boundary luma value. The video coder may derive a first prediction model and a second prediction model based on the derived chroma value. The video coder may use the first prediction model to determine a first set of predicted chroma samples of a prediction block for the current block. The first set of predicted chroma samples corresponds to the luma samples of the prediction block that have values less than or equal to the boundary luma value. The video coder may use the second prediction model to determine a second set of predicted chroma samples of the prediction block. The second set of predicted chroma samples corresponds to the luma samples of the prediction block that have values greater than the boundary luma value.
US11196996B2	Image processing device and image processing method An image processing device including an acquiring section configured to acquire quantization matrix parameters from an encoded stream in which the quantization matrix parameters defining a quantization matrix are set within a parameter set which is different from a sequence parameter set and a picture parameter set, a setting section configured to set, based on the quantization matrix parameters acquired by the acquiring section, a quantization matrix which is used when inversely quantizing data decoded from the encoded stream, and an inverse quantization section configured to inversely quantize the data decoded from the encoded stream using the quantization matrix set by the setting section.
US11196986B2	Method of displaying three dimensional image and three dimensional display apparatus for performing the method A method of displaying a three-dimensional (“3D”) image, the method includes determining a shutter electrode of an unit part included in a shutter panel as a left-eye electrode and a right-eye electrode, the unit part including ‘n’ shutter electrodes (herein, n is a natural number), selectively driving the left-eye electrode and the right-eye electrode as an opening part based on an image displayed on a display panel to transmit light through the opening part, and providing light transmitted through the opening part with an observer's two eyes through a lens plate, the lens plate including a plurality of lenses.
US11196983B2	Imaging system including light source, image sensor, and double-band pass filter An imaging system includes a light source that, in operation, emits an emitted light containing a near-infrared light in a first wavelength region, an image sensor, and a double-band pass filter that transmits a visible light in at least a part of a wavelength region out of a visible region and the near-infrared light in the first wavelength region. The image sensor includes light detection cells, a first filter that selectively transmits the near-infrared light in the first wavelength region, second to fourth filters that selectively transmit lights in second to fourth wavelength regions, respectively, which are contained in the visible light, and an infrared absorption filter. The infrared absorption filter faces the second to fourth filters and absorbs the near-infrared light in the first wavelength region.
US11196974B2	Display control apparatus and display control method A display control apparatus configured to control displaying of a virtual viewpoint video image generated based on a plurality of captured images acquired from a plurality of cameras configured to capture an image of an image capturing target space from a different direction includes a reception unit configured to receive a user operation relating to a position and an orientation of a virtual viewpoint, a generation unit configured to generate a virtual viewpoint video image based on the user operation received by the reception unit, and a switch unit configured to switch a mode from a first mode of displaying a virtual viewpoint video image received from a server to a second mode of displaying the virtual viewpoint video image generated by the generation unit based on the user operation, in response to detection of a predetermined user operation during the first mode.
US11196973B2	Providing apparatus, providing method and computer readable storage medium for performing processing relating to a virtual viewpoint image A providing apparatus configured to provide three-dimensional geometric data to be used to generate a virtual viewpoint image receives a data request from a communication apparatus, decides which of a plurality of pieces of three-dimensional geometric data including first three-dimensional geometric data and second three-dimensional geometric data with a different quality than the first three-dimensional geometric data is to be provided to the communication apparatus from which the received data request was transmitted, and provides the three-dimensional geometric data decided on from among the plurality of pieces of three-dimensional geometric data, to the communication apparatus as a response to the received data request.
US11196970B2	Adaptive illuminator sequencing An eyewear device is disclosed including an illumination device including illumination sources, each illumination source including a first illuminator, a second illuminator, and a third illuminator, and a spatial light modulator coupled to the illumination device to control when each of the first, second, and third illuminators are on during an illumination frame. The spatial light modulator is adapted to turn on the first illuminator while the second and third illuminators are off, turn on the second illuminator while the first and third illuminators are off, turn on the third illuminator while the first and second illuminators are off during a third time period of the illumination frame, and turn on the first, second and third illuminators during a fourth time period. An illumination method is also disclosed.
US11196966B2	Identifying and locating objects by associating video data of the objects with signals identifying wireless devices belonging to the objects A method includes receiving video data from an A/V recording and communication device (A/V device) having a camera, the video data representing an object in a field of view (FOV) of the camera. The method further includes receiving, from the A/V device, identifying information for a wireless device proximate the object in the FOV of the camera (the FOV identifying information). The method further includes, after receiving the FOV identifying information, storing the video data and the FOV identifying information in a memory. The method further includes receiving identifying information for one or more wireless devices associated with activity of interest (the identifying information of interest). The method further includes determining that the FOV identifying information matches the identifying information of interest. The method further includes, after determining that the FOV identifying information matches the identifying information of interest, creating a record associating the video data with activity of interest.
US11196964B2	Merged reality live event management system and method An accurate and flexible merged reality system and method configured to enable remotely viewing and participating in real or virtual events. In the merged reality system, at least one portion of the real or a virtual world may be respectively replicated or streamed into corresponding sub-universes comprised within the virtual world system, wherein some of the sub-universes comprise events that guests may view and interact with from one or more associated guest physical locations. Other virtual elements, such as purely virtual objects or graphical representations of applications and games, can also be included in the virtual world system. The virtual objects comprise logic, virtual data and models that provide self-computing capabilities and autonomous behavior. The system enables guests to virtually visit, interact and make transactions within the event through the virtual world system.
US11196954B2	Pixel circuit for converting an optical signal into an electric signal comprising a storage circuit storing charge output from an amplifying circuit, and drive method thereof, and detector using the same Embodiments of the present disclosure provide a pixel circuit and a drive method thereof, and a detector including the pixel circuit. The pixel circuit includes a photoelectric conversion circuit, a reset circuit, an amplifying circuit, a first control circuit, a second control circuit, a storage circuit, and an output circuit. The photoelectric conversion circuit is configured to convert an optical signal into an electric signal. The reset circuit is configured to reset a voltage of the first node. The amplifying circuit is configured to amplify the voltage of the first node. The first control circuit is configured to control a voltage of the second node. The second control circuit is configured to control a voltage of the third node. The storage circuit is configured to store an electric charge corresponding to the voltage outputted from the amplifying circuit. The output circuit is configured to output the stored electric charge.
US11196927B2	Lens moving apparatus, camera module and mobile device including the same Embodiments provide a lens moving apparatus including a bobbin having a lens barrel, a housing configured to accommodate the bobbin, an upper elastic member coupled to the bobbin and the housing, a lower elastic member coupled to the bobbin and the housing, a first coil disposed on the bobbin, a first magnet disposed on the housing, a circuit board disposed below the housing, a second coil disposed on the circuit board, a first sensor to output a first output signal based on a sensed result of a magnetic field strength of the first magnet, a first capacitor connected in parallel to the first sensor.
US11196924B2	Methods and devices for managing a dual camera mode based on image-related information Methods, devices, and computer program products for managing a dual camera mode (DCM) are provided. The method obtains primary image data for a scene in a first field of view (FOV) of a first digital camera unit (DCU) and image-related information indicative of an attribute of interest (AOI) associated with the primary image data. A DCM status is determined based on the AOI. A secondary data capture operation is implemented at a second DCU based on the DCM status determined. The second DCU includes a second FOV that is different than the first FOV. The secondary data capture operation obtains secondary image data. The method manages storage of the primary image data and the secondary image data.
US11196919B2	Image processing method, electronic apparatus, and computer-readable storage medium An image processing method and device, an electronic apparatus, and a computer-readable storage medium are provided. The method includes: acquiring a first image captured by a first camera, and determining a first timestamp according to the first image, wherein the first timestamp is configured to represent a time point on which the first image is captured; acquiring at least two second images captured by a second camera, and determining a second timestamp according to the at least two second images; and processing the first image and the at least two second images when a time interval between the first timestamp and the second timestamp is smaller than a first interval threshold.
US11196906B2	Electronic device and method for controlling decorative member lens An electronic device and a method for controlling a decorative member lens are provided. The electronic device includes a camera component, a decorative member, a decorative member lens and a driving mechanism. The camera component includes a motor and a lens. The motor is configured to drive the lens to move. The decorative member is provided relative to the camera component. The decorative member lens is mounted on the decorative member. The decorative member lens is spaced from the lens. The driving mechanism is coupled to the decorative member lens. The driving mechanism is configured to drive the decorative member lens to move away from or towards the lens.
US11196903B2	Parts for imaging apparatus, and imaging apparatus An imaging apparatus' parts are provided with an outer frame member, an enclosure section shielding body accommodated by the outer frame member and accommodating and achieving electrically continuous connection with an imaging part, a connection that connects a metal shield of a relay connector to the imaging apparatus by contacting with an interior of the enclosure section shielding body, a barrier wall between the relay connector and the enclosure section shielding body, and a connector terminal. The connector terminal includes an internal contact section exposed to an interior of the enclosure section shielding body, and an external contact section exposed to an interior of the connector. The enclosure section shielding body is formed of a box-shaped metal shell accommodating the internal contact section in the interior. The connector has a connector section shielding body formed of a tubular metal shell accommodating the external contact section in the interior.
US11196899B1	Synchronization of wireless-audio to video An electronic apparatus and method for synchronization of wireless audio to video is provided. The electronic apparatus determines a first wireless audio processing delay associated with the electronic apparatus and receives media content comprising video content and audio content associated with the video content. The electronic apparatus transmits the audio content to the wireless audio device and controls playback of the video content on the display device based on the determined first wireless audio processing delay such that the playback of the video content is time-synchronized with playback of the audio content on the wireless audio device.
US11196880B2	System, printing method, and information processing apparatus A printing system includes a printing apparatus and an information processing apparatus coupled to the printing apparatus through a network. The information processing apparatus has: a storage that stores registration information in correspondence with the identification information of a user, the registration information including at least one of a content corresponding to a keyword and acquired-from source information representing a source from which the content was acquired; a keyword acquiring section that acquires the keyword included in a print command by voice and the identification information linked to the keyword from a voice relay apparatus; and a transmitting section that creates print data that uses the content that is associated with the acquired identification information and corresponds to the keyword acquired by the keyword acquiring section, and transmits the print data to the printing apparatus. The printing apparatus receives the print data and executes printing according to the print data.
US11196877B2	Image forming apparatus includes an antenna to establishe wireless communicate with portable terminal and display panel for guiding user An image forming apparatus for authenticating a portable terminal by near field wireless communication with the portable terminal includes an image forming portion configured to form an image on a sheet, and an operating portion configured to receive an operation by an operator. The operating portion includes a display panel capable of displaying information on image formation in response to authentication of the portable terminal and includes therein an antenna for establishing the near field wireless communication with the portable terminal. The display panel is capable of displaying a guide screen for guiding an operator so as to hold the portable terminal over the display panel.
US11196876B2	3-D projection printing system and fabrication method therefor The embodiment of the present invention provides a method for a 3-D projection printing system and a system thereof, more particularly to a system adopts both ways of look-up table and interpolation method to calibrate. The embodiment of the present invention provides a portable calibration fixture system and a flexible 3-D projection printing system in order to improve calibration precision, facilitate calibration and printing operations, increase printing effect and save cost.
US11196875B2	Application apparatus, image processing apparatus, and non-transitory computer readable medium with plurality of recovery methods for applications switching to be in operation target state An application apparatus includes a removal controller, a selection controller, and a recovery controller. The removal controller performs, in a case where a removal event occurs, control for storing an operation state of an active application as an original operation state and removing the application from an operation target. The selection controller performs, before causing the removed application to be recovered as the operation target, control for allowing a user to select a specific recovery method from among plural recovery methods including a method for reproducing the original operation state. The recovery controller performs, in accordance with the selected specific recovery method, control for causing an operation of the removed application to be recovered.
US11196873B1	Method and system for identification of a remote host in an out-of-band verification network A system detects abnormalities in a call signal indicative of call fraud. The system includes a first device situated in an originating call network and configured to send call signals to a second device situated in a terminating call network. The first device is coupled to a first registry to which it sends the call data from the sent signals for storage as originating call records. The second device is coupled to a second registry to which it sends the call data from the received signals for storage as terminating call records. The first and second registries exchange verification requests and responses to detect whether discrepancies exist between the stored originating call records in the first registry and stored terminating call records in the second registry. The registries generate alerts based on detected discrepancies, which may be used by the devices to block the call fraud.
US11196862B1	Predictive customer service support system and method A system includes one or more processors configured to receive call-specific data during a call between a customer and a customer service representative, and the call-specific data includes a verbal input. The one or more processors are configured to determine one or more characteristics of the verbal input and to determine an initial inquiry of the customer based at least in part on the one or more characteristics of the verbal input. The one or more processors are also configured to determine one or more follow-up inquiries based at least in part on the initial inquiry and to provide information related to the one or more follow-up questions in a window on a display of a computing system for visualization by the customer service representative.
US11196855B2	Systems and methods for determining a height of a mobile device above a surface Determining one or more heights of one or more mobile devices above surfaces. Particular embodiments described herein include machines that retrieve first data (e.g., measurement value(s) determined by sensor(s) of a mobile device or estimated position(s) of the mobile device), determine a location context based on the first data, identify second data (e.g., measurement value(s) determined by sensor(s) of the mobile device or status indicator value(s) of feature(s) of the mobile device) to retrieve for use in determining an estimated height above a surface at which the mobile device is located based on the determined location context, retrieve the second data, and determine an estimated height above a surface at which the mobile device is located based on the retrieved second data.
US11196848B2	Terminal device having rotatable camera assembly and rotatable camera assembly of terminal device Provided are a terminal device and a camera assembly thereof. The camera assembly comprises a fixing support, a camera module, a driving mechanism and an operating mechanism, wherein the camera module is connected to the fixing support in a rotatable manner, the driving mechanism is provided between the camera module and the fixing support and is used for producing a rotation driving force for the camera module relative to the fixing support so as to drive the camera module to rotate, with a side of the camera module as the axis, in such a manner that the opposite side of the camera module rotates away from the fixing support; and the operating mechanism is fixed on the fixing support and is used for limiting a reset state position of the camera module.
US11196838B2	Dynamic scheduling system for planned service requests A computer system monitors a set of computing resources of a user to determine a planned user event, as well as a set of service parameters for the planned user event. The computer system may further schedule a service request for the planned user event, based at least in part on the event location. Additionally, the computer system may perform an action on behalf of the user with respect to initiating the service request at a scheduled time.
US11196836B2	Persisting user configuration settings on write filter enabled devices An agent can be employed on write filter enabled devices to retrieve a default configuration from a server when a user logs in. The default configuration can define which user configuration settings are persist-able. After the user has customized user configuration settings, the agent can identify customizations to any persist-able user configuration setting and create a delta configuration to define these customizations. The agent can send the delta configuration to a server so that it will be available when the user logs in to any other write filter enabled device. At any subsequent login, the agent can retrieve the delta configuration and use it to customize the user configuration settings. In this way, a set of customized user configurations settings can be persisted and applied on any write filter enabled device that a user may log in to.
US11196835B2	Displaying context in group chats using member tagging Group chat communication can include receiving, using a processor, a first message in a group chat having members, wherein the first message is from a first member of the group chat and specifies a second member of the group chat, distributing, using the processor, the first message to the members of the group chat, and, in response to receiving the first message and using the processor, causing a group chat window of the second member to display a first callout. The group chat window of the second member is configured to display a plurality of chronologically ordered messages posted by the members of the group chat. The first callout identifies the first member and indicates a position of the first message within the plurality of chronologically ordered messages.
US11196831B2	Communication apparatus, communication method, and storage medium A communication apparatus includes a transmission unit configured to, in response to an information request from another apparatus, transmit issued information issued by the communication apparatus to the another apparatus, a first reception unit configured to receive a transfer request based on the issued information from a client apparatus, a second reception unit configured to receive, from a server apparatus, data to be transferred to the client apparatus operating as a transmission source of the transfer request based on the issued information, and a transfer unit configured to, in a case where the first reception unit receives the transfer request based on the issued information from each of a plurality of client apparatuses including a client apparatus to which the issued information issued by the communication apparatus is not transmitted by the transmission unit, transfer the data received from the server apparatus to the plurality of client apparatuses.
US11196827B2	Data management for connected devices A processing system in a network identifies first and second endpoint devices subscribed to a data plan that allows the first and second user endpoint devices to transmit and receive a shared, allotted amount of data through the network. A first subset of application data associated with the data plan is classified by parsing metadata associated with the application data to identify a first group of applications to or from which the application data was sent. A second subset of the application data is classified by parsing network data associated with the application data to identify a second group of applications to or from which the application data was sent. A report indicates respective portions of the allotted amount of data consumed by individual applications in the first and second groups of applications, and how much of the respective portions were consumed by the first and second user endpoint devices.
US11196826B2	Communications channels in media systems A computing device is programmed to receive, first and second user indicia of interest for media content. The computing device is further programmed to receive first user data related to a media content item. Based at least in part on the first and second user indicia of interest and the first user data, the computing device is further programmed to generate output that the first user recommend the media content item to the second user.
US11196825B2	Systems, methods and apparatus for restricting network access Various embodiments of systems, apparatus, and/or methods are described for restricting user devices from accessing a communication network. In one implementation, multiple user devices are assigned to a user profile. At least one access parameter is designated for the user profile. An access device monitors data usage, time usage, and content usage of each of the devices associated with the user profile. In some examples, the access device may consolidate the data usage and time usage of all of the devices. If one or more of the consolidated data usage, consolidated time usage, or content usage violates the access parameter of the user profile, the access device restricts at least one of the multiple user devices from accessing the communication network.
US11196823B2	Service deployment control system, service deployment control method, and storage medium A service deployment control system includes a machine management module, a network management module, a service management module and a service deployment destination determination module. The machine management module is configured to acquire information on an operation of the service providing computer. The network management module is configured to acquire information on cooperation among a plurality of services. The service management module is configured to manage a condition for a computer resource that is set to and required for each of the services. The service deployment destination determination module is configured to select a service providing computer satisfying the condition for the computer resource required for the service out of the information on the operation as a candidate of a deployment destination of the service, generate combinations of the candidates as deployment patterns, calculate a deployment cost for each of the deployment patterns, select one of the deployment patterns.
US11196815B2	Connection management service Concepts and technologies are disclosed herein for connection management service. A server computer can detect a request to create a connection between a first resource and a second resource. The first resource can be in a proximity of a computing device and the second resource may not be in a proximity of the computing device. The request can be triggered by a requestor. Authentication of the requestor can be triggered, and identification of the first resource can be obtained. The identification of the first resource can be obtained from the computing device. Connection information for the connection between the first resource and the second resource can be obtained and creation of the connection using the connection information can be triggered.
US11196805B2	Method and system for permutation encoding of digital data A method of constructing an application file from a plurality of files, each storing only a portion of an original application file. Each of the files stores one or more data blocks obtained from the original application file, and a location in the original application file from which each of the data blocks was obtained. At least one of the files stores the size of the original application file. The method includes allocating a block of memory the size of the original application file and storing each of the data blocks of the files in a memory location of the block of memory corresponding to the location in the original application file from which the data block was obtained. Before the block of memory includes the entire original application file, a reconstructed application file comprising the block of memory is executed to thereby at least partially implement an application.
US11196803B2	Edge cloud broker and method therein for allocating edge cloud resources The present invention faces the issue of supporting edge cloud in an NG network. There is thus provided an edge cloud broker (ECB) and a method carried out by the ECB for selecting edge cloud resources of a mobile edge computing (MEC) network, the edge cloud resources usable by a UE accessing the NG network. This method comprises: obtaining, from a first network node of the NG network, a UE's location; obtaining, from a second network node of the NG network, an identifier of an edge cloud application that the UE requests; obtaining, from a third network node of the MEC network, a location of each one or more edge cloud resources available to execute the edge cloud application; and selecting, based on at least the UE's location and the location of each one or more edge cloud resources, an applicable edge cloud resource to execute the edge cloud application for the UE.
US11196801B2	Apparatus and method for multimedia communication A system that incorporates teachings of the present disclosure may include, for example, a communication device having a controller to transmit to a media server a request for distribution of media content to one or more targeted recipients according to a user profile associated with the communication device that is stored in the media server. The format of the media content can be adjusted by the media server based at least in part on the user profile. Other embodiments are disclosed.
US11196800B2	Systems and methods for communication efficient distributed mean estimation The present disclosure provides systems and methods for communication efficient distributed mean estimation. In particular, aspects of the present disclosure can be implemented by a system in which a number of vectors reside on a number of different clients, and a centralized server device seeks to estimate the mean of such vectors. According to one aspect of the present disclosure, a client computing device can rotate a vector by a random rotation matrix and then subsequently perform probabilistic quantization on the rotated vector. According to another aspect of the present disclosure, subsequent to quantization but prior to transmission, the client computing can encode the quantized vector according to a variable length coding scheme (e.g., by computing variable length codes).
US11196793B2	Method and apparatus for adaptive streaming based on hybrid TCP and UDP in multiple narrowband wireless communication environment An apparatus for adaptive streaming in multiple narrowband wireless communication environment comprises a communication unit configured to perform multi-communication with a server using a TCP and an UDP, a network monitor unit configured to collect state information on each of a plurality of narrowband networks, and a parameter control unit configured to: based on the collected state information on each of the plurality of narrowband networks, select a quality of video segment to be requested and one of the TCP protocol and the UDP protocol to be used in each of the plurality of narrowband networks, or determine a data size of redundant data for data loss restoration for each of the plurality of narrowband networks.
US11196791B2	Techniques for encoding a media title while constraining quality variations In various embodiments, a subsequence-based encoding application generates a convex hull of subsequence encode points based on multiple encoding points and a first subsequence included in a set of subsequences that are associated with a media title. The subsequence-based encoding application then generates a first encode list that includes multiple subsequence encode points based on the first convex hull. Notably, each subsequence encode point included in the first encode list is associated with a different subsequence. The subsequence-based encoding application selects a first subsequence encode point included in the first encode list based on a first variability constraint that is associated with a media metric. The subsequence-based encoding application then replaces the first subsequence encode point included in the first encode list with a second subsequence encode point to generate a second encode list. Finally, the subsequence-based encoding application generates an encoded media sequence based on the second encode list.
US11196782B2	Providing survivable calling and conferencing Disclosed herein are system, apparatus, method and/or computer program product embodiments for providing survivable calling and conferencing. An embodiment operates by providing, by a first server, a first sub-conference to a plurality of user devices over first lines. The first sub-conference is combined with a second sub-conference to form a collective conference of the plurality of user devices. The first server accesses the conference. A second server is configured to provide the second sub-conference of the collective conference to the plurality of user devices over second lines, the first and second lines being distinct from each other. The collective conference may provide resilient and reliable sharing of information among participants and may leverage dispersed elements or diverse links simultaneously without impediments of echoes, loops, or other impacts.
US11196775B1	System and method for predictive modeling for entitlement diffusion and role evolution in identity management artificial intelligence systems using network identity graphs Systems and methods for embodiments of a graph based artificial intelligence systems for identity management are disclosed. Embodiments of the identity management systems disclosed herein may utilize a network graph approach to analyzing identities, roles, entitlements or other identity management artifacts of a distributed networked enterprise computing environment. Specifically, embodiments of an artificial intelligence based identity management systems may perform predictive modeling for entitlement diffusion or role evolution or other aspects of identity management artifact using network identity graphs.
US11196768B2	Determination of plausibility of intelligent transport system messages Disclosed herein is a method and system for determining plausibility of intelligent transport system (ITS) messages via a wireless communications channel at one or more message receivers. The method includes receiving a first ITS message having a first characteristic and receiving a second associated ITS message having a second characteristic. The method uses the first characteristic and the second characteristic to satisfy at least one predetermined criterion and determines plausibility of at least one of the first ITS message, the second ITS message and a third ITS message. The characteristic includes a PHY-layer or MAC-layer characteristic. The method is used to distinguish between genuine and spoofed messages to reduce the possibility of an attack.
US11196767B2	Front-end protocol for server protection A method and technique for protecting against denial of service attacks includes maintaining a session count indicating a quantity of active client sessions a server is maintaining and a session threshold specifying a maximum quantity of concurrent client sessions the server can maintain. Responsive to receiving a request from a client, a request count maintained by the server is verified to be less than the session threshold and, if so, a challenge message is sent to the client and the request count is incremented. Responsive to receiving a response message to the challenge message from the client, the response message is verified, a session with the client is established, and the session count is incremented. Responsive to terminating the session with the client, the session count and the request count are decremented.
US11196766B2	Detecting denial of service attacks in serverless computing An object may be received by a serverless computing system, such as a distributed object storage system, to be processed using serverless functions of the distributed object storage system. The object includes object metadata indicating an attribute of the object. The content of the object, such as the object's header is analyzed and the attribute indicated in the object metadata is validated based on the content of the object. The object analysis is performed using one or more scripts at an object-based storage level of the distributed object storage. A validation event is published indicating a validation status of the attribute. Serverless computing functions of the distributed object storage system may determine whether to process the object based on the validation status indicated in the validation event.
US11196763B2	Edge-computing-based architectures for multi-layered fraud mitigation Aspects of the disclosure relate to edge-computing (“EC”)-based systems and methods for fraud mitigation. The systems and methods may utilize a multi-layer architecture. The architecture may include a set of N gatekeeper units, and each gatekeeper unit may be associated with an EC device. When a transaction request is received, the request may be processed at a first gatekeeper unit, and, if validated, successively processed by the set of N gatekeeper units. If any gatekeeper unit flags the request as suspicious, the unit may emit an audible alert that may be sensed by the associated EC device. The EC device may transmit a signal to one or more of the other gatekeeper units to perform additional processing for the request. When the request reaches the Nth gatekeeper unit and achieves validation, the transaction may be executed via a central server connected to a transaction network.
US11196760B2	Detecting unauthorized user actions In some examples, a system for detecting unauthorized user actions can include a processor to identify a plurality of objects and at least one user event to be monitored. The processor can also map the plurality of objects and the at least one user event to separate hyperplanes of a multi-dimensional visualization and apply at least one force to the plurality of objects. Additionally, the processor can detect a malicious user based on a movement of at least one of the objects as a result of applying the at least one force, and execute a security command to prevent the malicious user from accessing data.
US11196753B2	Selecting user identity verification methods based on verification results Implementations of the present disclosure discloses user identity verification method selection method and device. In an implementation, times and corresponding verification methods of successful user identity verifications are recorded, one or more verification methods of successful user identity verifications performed in a predetermined time period based on the recorded times and corresponding verification methods are identified. Whether at least one verification method is included in both the identified one or more verification methods of successful user identity verifications and a list of available verification methods are determined. One or more available verification methods different from the identified one or more verification methods are used for user identity verification if no verification method is included in both the identified one or more verification methods of successful user identity verifications and the list of available verification methods.
US11196750B2	Fine-grained data masking according to classifications of sensitive data A method includes receiving a request from a user account to access a base table via a smart table view. The base table includes sensitive columns and non-sensitive columns. Each record in the base table is associated with a respective protection key of a plurality of protection keys. Each protection key represents protection types of a plurality of protection types of sensitive data. The user account is associated with a user protection key. The user protection key represents at least one protection type for which the user account is authorized. The smart table view of the base table is dynamically generated by joining the base table and a custom mask table including a subset of the plurality of protection keys. The smart table view masks the non-sensitive columns of the base table in records of the base table having sensitive data the user account is not authorized to access.
US11196742B2	Method, system, and device for communicating data between devices to control one of the devices The present application discloses a method, device, and system for data transmission. The system includes a first terminal having an associated terminal ID and a server. At least one of the first terminal and the server establishes a channel between the first terminal and the server based at least in part on the terminal ID, the channel corresponding to a communication channel that is to be used by the first terminal and the server to communicate data. The terminal ID is used to authenticate the first terminal in connection with the channel being established between the first terminal and the server.
US11196741B2	Method and apparatus for establishing trusted computing cluster The implementations provide a method and an apparatus for establishing a trusted cluster. The method is used to form a trusted computing cluster by using N trusted computing units, the method including: grouping the N trusted computing units into a plurality of groups; identifying a first trusted computing unit in each group, and causing first trusted computing units in the plurality of groups to each respectively perform inter-unit trust authentication with other trusted computing units in a same group in parallel; performing inter-group trust authentication between/among the plurality of groups in parallel to obtain the N trusted computing units on which trust authentication succeeds; and propagating secret information in the N trusted computing units on which trust authentication succeeds, so that the N trusted computing units obtain the same secret information to form the trusted computing cluster.
US11196733B2	System and method for group of groups single sign-on demarcation based on first user login Methods and systems for access in a management controller group hierarchy may involve receiving a request for a user at an information handling system, determining whether a link of trust is established, and validating the single sign-on request. The request may be to authenticate the user for access using a single sign-on token. Determination of whether the link of trust is established may be based on an initial login location stored in the single sign-on token. Validation of the single sign-on token may be based on a determination that the link of trust is established.
US11196725B2	Secure stream buffer on network attached storage A network attached storage device coupled to a local network and including a network interface configured to receive digital content from a remote content provider outside the local network. The network attached storage device includes storage having a first region accessible by a user of the local network and a secure region. The network attached storage device includes a processor coupled to the storage, the processor configured to control access to the secure region of the storage based on instructions received from a remote content provider.
US11196724B2	Cryptographic systems and methods Systems and methods are described that use cryptographic techniques to improve the security of applications executing in a potentially untrusted environment associated with a software application. Embodiments of the disclosed systems and methods may, among other things, facilitate cryptographic operations within an execution environment associated with browser software of a client system while maintaining security of cryptographic keys imported into the environment. As the security of keys is maintained in an execution environment implementing embodiments of the disclosed systems and methods, users and/or systems may be more willing to consign their keys for use in connection with cryptographic operations performed in such environments.
US11196723B2	Encrypted control system, encrypted control method, and encrypted control program An encrypted control system, an encrypted control method, and an encrypted control program make it possible to further reduce a risk of a cipher key leaking. An input device, a plant-side control device, and a controller are respectively equipped with pseudorandom number calculation units having a common function, are time synchronized, and start a synchronized operation at the same time. Since the encrypted control system is configured in such a manner, it becomes possible to switch a pair of a public key and a private key in synchronization with a control cycle of the entire control system. Consequently, it becomes possible to instantaneously and definitely detect intervention in the control system by a malicious third party.
US11196708B2	Exchange and use of globally unique device identifiers for circuit-switched and packet switched integration According to one aspect, a system and method of exchanging GRUUs (Globally Routed User Agent URI (Uniform Resource Identifier)) between a first telephony-enabled device and a second telephony enabled device using a circuit-switched message is provided. Once exchanged, the telephony enabled devices can exchange SIP (session initiated protocol) communications routed by the GRUUs. Any one of the telephony-enabled devices can add a media component to the SIP communications. According to another aspect, a system and method of generating GRUUs is provided. According to another aspect, a system and method of handing off communications to a packet switched network, from a circuit switched network is provided.
US11196707B2	Managing communications between computing nodes Techniques are described for managing communications sent to and/or from multiple computing nodes, such as for a group of computing nodes that are part of one or more private networks. In at least some situations, the techniques are used in conjunction with providing network address translation (“NAT”) functionality to a group of computing nodes that share one or more networks, such as to provide NAT functionality in a distributed and asymmetric manner using multiple computing devices that perform different types of operations at different locations within the private network.
US11196699B2	Social platform with enhanced privacy and integrated customization features Embodiments provide a social networking platform offering various services, such as, facilitating aggregation and management of a user's interaction on one or more social networking platforms, offering enhanced control over the level of privacy associated with the flow of user data, offering tools to customize the user's exposure to advertisement-related content on the social networking platform(s), integrating features to control aspects of how data/content is presented to and visualized by the user, empowering the user to multicast direct messages to other users without the other users having to meet certain constraints, empowering the user to create and/or join a group based on messaging threads, and the like. One or more of these enhanced services/features are associated with a powerful framework of authentication/permission model for access control.
US11196697B1	Access controls for units of content in a messaging service Exemplary embodiments provide techniques for promoting and providing subscribed content via a messaging platform. An article may be viewed via a social networking service (such as in a social network's news feed), or on a partner website integrated with the social networking service and/or messaging service. When opening the article (e.g., in a web-based view), a banner may be displayed in association with the article indicating that the article could have been received as part of a messaging-based subscription service. The banner may include a control to subscribe to the publisher with the messaging service. Topics related to an article may be suggested in the message thread for the subscription, with the selection of a topic retrieving additional articles from that publisher related to that topic. These additional articles may be selected using social networking topic determination.
US11196695B2	Document manager integration A computer-implemented document management method is discussed. The method includes displaying in a messaging application a plurality of folders for storing electronic mail messages, analyzing content one or more of the electronic mail messages to locate identifiers associated with matters in a document management system, and generating a user-selectable object that, when selected, automatically causes the generation of a document management display for a user of the messaging application.
US11196687B1	Automated, extensible natural-language conversational system An automated chat conversation platform and method of operation are described. The automated chat conversation platform includes extensible chat interfaces useable for chat session communication with a plurality of third party communication tools, and is designed to be automatically scalable according to a number of chat sessions in existence concurrently. The automated chat conversation platform identifies chat sessions in which user intervention may be important, and allows for selective intervention by user agents.
US11196682B2	IP aliases in logical networks with hardware switches Some embodiments provide a novel method of configuring a managed hardware forwarding element (MHFE) that implements a logical forwarding element (LFE) of a logical network to handle address resolution requests (e.g., Address Resolution Protocol (ARP) requests) for multiple addresses (e.g., IP addresses) associated with a single network interface of the logical network. The method identifies a physical port of the MHFE with which the multiple addresses are to be associated. The physical port is coupled to an end machine (e.g., a virtual machine, server, container, etc.) of the logical network. The method then modifies associations stored at the MHFE to associate the physical port with the multiple addresses.
US11196675B2	Flexible-ethernet data processing method and related device The present disclosure relates to flexible-Ethernet data processing methods and devices. One example method includes acquiring a to-be-switched first client service flow, where the first client service flow is a service flow suitable for transmission on a flexible Ethernet, performing first rate adaptation from a source clock domain to a target clock domain on the first client service flow to obtain a second client service flow that matches the target clock domain, and performing serial-to-parallel conversion on the second client service flow in the target clock domain to obtain a parallel client slot flow.
US11196671B2	Layer 2 channel selection In an example, there is disclosed a network switch or other computing apparatus comprising: an ingress interface; a plurality of egress interfaces; and one or more logic elements, including at least a content addressable memory (CAM), comprising a channel selection engine to provide persistent channel selection comprising: receive a packet on the ingress interface; inspect a layer 2 (L2) attribute of the packet; lookup the L2 attribute in the CAM; and assign the packet to an egress interface communicatively coupled to a network service.
US11196668B2	End user premises device controller A dynamic open access software-defined network can be configured to enable an end user premises device to function like a controller so that there is no need to employ a controller within the network. As a result, a dynamic open access software-defined network can be efficiently and effectively scaled. An end user premises device can be configured with a virtual switch that implements a flow receiver for receiving flows directly from a flow communicator of a management server without utilizing a controller or the Openflow protocol. The virtual switch may also be configured to store flows in a configuration file that is persisted across reboots on the end user premises device to thereby enable the end user premises device to rebuild a flow table without communicating with an external component.
US11196663B2	Method and device for multi-path retransmission in a network Embodiments of the present disclosure provide methods and devices for data transmission by a switch. The method can include transmitting, by the switch, over a first path, a first packet that is received from a first host to a second host; receiving a replacement packet from the first host, wherein the replacement packet is transmitted from the first host in response to a determination that the first packet was lost and wherein the replacement packet includes a path indicator; and based on the path indicator of the replacement packet, transmitting, over a second path different from the first path, at least part of the replacement packet to the second host.
US11196661B2	Dynamic transport in a modular physical access control system A device may include a memory storing instructions and a processor configured to execute the instructions to identify a communication link between a first domain object and a second domain object; identify a first endpoint associated with the first domain object and a second endpoint associated with the second domain object; and determine a location relationship between the first endpoint and the second endpoint. The processor may be further configured to select a communication mechanism based on the determined location relationship; instruct the first endpoint to communicate with the second endpoint using the selected communication mechanism; and instruct the second endpoint to communicate with the first endpoint using the selected communication mechanism.
US11196659B2	Route calculation method, route calculation apparatus and program A computer executes a first determination procedure determining a first link which at least partially overlaps a disaster area representing a range reached by an influence of a predetermined disaster, among links constituting a network, a second determination procedure determining a second link which at least partially overlaps a road area representing a range of a road width of a predetermined road used to recover from the disaster, among the links constituting the network, a route search procedure searching for a plurality of routes from a start point node to an end point node constituting the network, a grouping procedure grouping the plurality of routes searched for by the route search procedure into groups depending on a first parameter value that is based on the first link included in the routes, a computing procedure computing, for each of the plurality of routes searched for by the route search procedure, a second parameter value that is based on the first link and the second link included in the routes, and a selecting procedure selecting a predetermined number of routes among one or more routes grouped into the same group on the basis of the second parameter value computed by the computing procedure for each of the groups grouped by the grouping procedure.
US11196657B2	Self identifying interconnect topology A system for automatically discovering fabric topology includes at least one or more processing units, one or more memory devices, a security processor, and a communication fabric with an unknown topology coupled to the processing unit(s), memory device(s), and security processor. The security processor queries each component of the fabric to retrieve various attributes associated with the component. The security processor utilizes the retrieved attributes to create a network graph of the topology of the components within the fabric. The security processor generates routing tables from the network graph and programs the routing tables into the fabric components. Then, the fabric components utilize the routing tables to determine how to route incoming packets.
US11196653B2	Systems and methods for dynamic bandwidth allocation and optimization In some embodiments, an amount of aggregated bandwidth consumption for a set of computing devices on a network may be determined for a first time period. An amount of available bandwidth on the network may be determined for the first time period. A ratio of the amount of aggregated bandwidth consumption to the amount of available bandwidth may be determined. A bandwidth threshold may be determined based on the ratio. A rate limit for a first computing device (of the set of computing devices) may be set based on a comparison of the bandwidth threshold to bandwidth consumption of the first computing device.
US11196649B2	Processing local area network diagnostic data Methods and apparatus are disclosed for processing local area network diagnostic data obtained in respect of a local area network (LAN). The method includes identifying, from local area network diagnostic data obtained in respect of the LAN, a set of data units including a first and an associated second data unit having a predetermined relationship; updating the first data unit of the set to include an indication that the associated second data unit of the set has been identified; and sending the updated first data unit without the associated second data unit from the LAN for performance analysis at a remote network diagnostic device outside the LAN.
US11196647B2	Area efficient traffic generator A packet and inspection system for monitoring the performance of one or more flows on a packet network comprises a processor and memory coupled to each other and to a network bus. The memory stores instructions to be executed by the processor and data to be modified by the execution of the instructions. A processor-controlled arbiter is coupled with the processor and the network bus, and upon reception of a packet on the bus or prior to transmission of a packet on the bus for one of said flows, the arbiter requests execution by the processor of selected instructions stored in the memory by providing the processor with the address of the selected instructions in the memory. The memory provides the processor with data associated with the selected instructions, and the processor modifies the data upon execution of the selected instructions.
US11196638B2	Network event prediction method and apparatus and method and apparatus for establishing network-event prediction model A method includes determining signaling sequence data of a user according to signaling plane data of the user, the signaling plane data of the user includes N pieces of signaling data and a timestamp of each of the N pieces of signaling data, and each of the N pieces of signaling data includes a signaling type, determining a first probability value of occurrence of a first network event according to the signaling sequence data of the user and a first supervised prediction model, determining a second probability value of occurrence of the first network event according to expert feature data of the user and a second supervised prediction model, the expert feature data of the user represents a value of at least one preset feature of the user, and determining a predicted occurrence probability of the first network event according to the first probability value and the second probability value.
US11196636B2	Systems and methods for network data flow aggregation Embodiments of the present disclosure can aggregate network flow data over various periods of time, and present a graphical representation of the network flow information based on the aggregated data instead of (or in addition to) the raw network flow data. Among other things, embodiments of the present disclosure are able to present historical network flow data for relatively long periods of time without having to store large volumes of raw network flow data.
US11196635B1	Connection detection and prevention of dangling connections A computerized system for detecting connections in a network, including one or more data collectors configured to collect connection data from the network, one or more connection analyzers configured to analyze the connection data and extract connection dependencies, which include a connecting resource that depends on the existence of a connected resource and a connection type, a connection table that stores the connection dependencies, an interface that is configured to provide access to the connection table to retrieve a list of connecting resources that depend on accessing a given connected resource.
US11196627B1	Managed remediation of non-compliant resources A configuration policy applicable to one or more target resources is determined. An indication of a non-compliance workflow corresponding to the policy, indicating an action, is obtained via a programmatic interface. In response to detecting that a particular target resource does not comply with the configuration policy, implementation of the action is initiated.
US11196626B2	Method and system for virtual server dormancy A method for providing a dormant state for content management servers is provided. Client devices are allowed to conduct transactions with servers when the servers are active. However, in a dormant state, the servers are not allowed to accept new transactions. Thus, by utilizing the dormant state, software upgrades can be made to one server at a time. Alternatively, all servers can be taken down for major upgrades, with the servers still operated in a read-only mode based on a file image from a point in time just prior to the shutdown. When the upgrade is completed, the servers can be returned to the active state.
US11196623B2	Data packaging protocols for communications between IoT devices An Internet of Things (IoT) network includes an IoT device with a communicator to send a communication including egress frame, protocol library builder to determine available protocols, frame analyzer to analyze an ingress frame, and frame builder to build the egress frame from the ingress frame. An IoT network includes an IoT device with network discoverer to identify available parallel communication channels between IoT device and target device, payload, payload fragmenter/packager to fragment the payload into sub-objects for transmission, and packet communicator to send sub-objects to the target device over parallel communication channels. An IoT network includes a plurality of IoT devices, which each include a communication channel to an upstream device, a network link to another one of the plurality of IoT devices, a hash calculator to identify a neighbor IoT device, and a communicator to send out a message to the neighbor IoT device.
US11196622B2	Initializing, provisioning, and managing devices A method of initializing, provisioning, and managing a cable modem and a customer premise equipment device includes sending a customized configuration file to the cable modem. The configuration file contains service provisioning information and further includes information indicative of a network address type for the customer premise equipment device. A message is passed from the cable modem to the customer premise equipment device indicative of the network address type. The customer premise equipment device is provided with a network address in accordance with the network address type indicated in the message. In this way, the customer premise equipment device knows what kind of address to obtain, and excessive transactions are avoided.
US11196621B2	Supplemental and alternative digital data delivery and receipt mesh net work realized through the placement of enhanced transformer mounted monitoring devices A power grid network is provided that features a signal processor configured to: receive signaling containing information about digital content requested by one or more smart assets locally deployed in a smart asset infrastructure and communicatively coupled to the apparatus that is mounted in relation to a transformer configured in a grid network; and determine corresponding signaling containing information about the digital content requested by the one or more smart assets for providing back to a central location in the grid network for further processing, based upon the signaling received. The signal processor provides the corresponding signaling back to the central location in the grid network for further processing.
US11196620B2	Method and apparatus for NaaS device configuring service This application provides a method and an apparatus for configuring a service, which help to implement automatic configuration of a service and improve efficiency. The method provided in this application includes: obtaining, by an NaaS device, a contract of a service, where the contract includes identifier information and a condition, the identifier information is used to identify a first device group, the first device group includes a device that provides the service, and the condition is a communication requirement corresponding to the service; obtaining, by the NaaS device, information about a network device group according to the identifier information and the condition; obtaining, by the NaaS device, a first forwarding rule according to the condition, where the first forwarding rule corresponds to the network device group; and sending, by the NaaS device, the first forwarding rule and the information about the network device group to a controller.
US11196618B1	Wireless communication network fault recovery using integrated access and backhaul A wireless access node detects a fault and scans for a wireless Integrated Access and Backhaul (IAB) service. A network controller also detects the fault and signals a neighbor access node to initiate the wireless IAB service. The wireless access node wirelessly exchanges fault data with the neighbor access node over the wireless TAB service. The neighbor access node exchanges the fault data with the network controller in response to the signaling. The wireless access node recovers from the fault in response to the fault data.
US11196615B2	Redundant system A redundant system includes devices communicably coupled via communication paths. Each device is communicably coupled via two or more of the communication paths to two or more of the other devices. Each device performs wired communication via the communication paths with the devices communicably coupled to the each device via the communication paths in a normal state. Each device includes a wireless communication unit. When each device communicates with the two or more of the other devices under a condition that malfunction occurs in two or more parts in the redundant system, the each device performs the wired communication via the communication path with a counterpart device with which the wired communication via the communication path is enabled, and switches from the wired communication via the communication path to wireless communication and continues communication with the counterpart device with which the wired communication via the communication path is disabled.
US11196614B2	Network issue tracking and resolution system In one embodiment, an issue analysis service determines that an issue exists with a device in a network. The service searches a decision tree for a solution to the issue, wherein branch nodes of the decision tree comprise diagnostic checks. The service clusters, based on a determination that a solution to the issue does not exist in the decision tree, telemetry for the device with telemetry for one or more other devices that also experienced the issue. The service uses a neural network to identify a difference between the clustered telemetry and telemetry from one or more devices for which the issue was resolved. The service adds a leaf node to the decision tree with the identified difference as a solution to the issue.
US11196611B1	Systems and methods for electronic communication with a device using an unknown communications protocol Various technologies for communicating with systems that communicate using an unknown communications protocol are described herein. A transceiver intercepts a plurality of communications exchanged between two or more transceivers on a communications network. Pattern-recognition algorithms are executed over the plurality of communications, and features of an unknown communications protocol that governs the communications between the two or more transceivers are inferred based upon output of the pattern-recognition algorithms. A communication is formatted based upon the inferred features of the unknown communications protocol, and the communication transmitted to one or more systems on the communications network by way of the transceiver. The communication at least partially conforms to the unknown communications protocol, and so may be interpreted by systems on the network.
US11196602B2	Radio transmission device and radio reception device A terminal is disclosed including a processor configured to map a phase tracking reference signal, PTRS, to at least one symbol used for an uplink shared channel starting from a leading symbol of the uplink shared channel; and a transmitter configured to perform transmission processing for the uplink shared channel and the PTRS. In other aspects, another terminal and a base station are also disclosed.
US11196595B2	PAM-4 calibration A hybrid voltage mode (VM) and current mode (CM) four-level pulse amplitude modulation (PAM-4) transmitter circuits (a.k.a. drivers) is calibrated using a configurable replica circuit and calibration control circuitry. The replica circuit includes an on-chip termination impedance to mimic a receiver's termination impedance. The amount of level enhancement provided by the current mode circuitry is calibrated by adjusting the current provided to the output node and sunk from the output node by the replica current mode circuitry while the replica voltage mode circuitry is driving an intermediate PAM-4 level. After the level enhancement has been set, the non-linearity between levels is calibrated by adjusting the amount of current provided to the output node by the replica current mode circuitry while the replica voltage mode circuitry is driving a maximum output voltage level.
US11196593B1	Feedback circuit for a decision feedback equalizer One embodiment can provide a sampler for a decision feedback equalizer (DFE). The sampler can include a comparator comprising a resolver and a plurality of amplifiers coupled to the resolver. The plurality of amplifiers are to receive an input signal and one or more feedback signals, and the plurality of amplifiers are coupled to each other in parallel, thereby facilitating a summation of the input signal and the one or more feedback signals. The comparator is to generate an output based on the summation of the input signals and the one or more feedback signals. The sampler can further include an inverter to invert the output of the comparator. The inverted output of the inverter is sent to a tap-1 amplifier to generate a tap-1 feedback signal to be sent to the comparator at a next unit interval (UI).
US11196589B2	Forwarding entry generation Provided are a method and an apparatus for generating a forwarding entry and a machine-readable storage medium, which are applied to a distributed resilient network interconnect (DR) network comprising a remote device and a DR device. The remote device is connected with the DR device. The DR device includes first DR member device and at least one second DR member device, each of which is connected with a host via an aggregation port. In an example of the method, when receiving first synchronous message carrying address information of the host from the first DR member device and the first synchronous message carries an identifier of the aggregation port, the remote device determines that the remote device connects the DR device via at least two tunnels of the aggregation port according to the identifier, and generates a forwarding entry corresponding to the host according to information of each of the tunnels.
US11196587B2	Permutated ring network A permutated ring network includes a plurality of bi-directional source-synchronous ring networks, each having a plurality of data transport stations, and a plurality of communication nodes. Each of the communication nodes is coupled to one of the data transport stations in each of the plurality of bi-directional source-synchronous ring networks.
US11196584B2	Network layer channel bonding Implementations of the disclosure are directed to network layer channel bonding. In one implementation, a method comprises: operating a first communication device to transmit data to a second communication device over multiple communication links, each of the communication links associated with a respective communication medium; receiving, at the first communication device, an input data stream for transmission to the second communication device, the input data stream comprising packets; determining, at the first communication device, a throughput and latency of each of the communication links; based on the determined throughput and latency of each of the communication links: dividing the packets into multiple sets, each of the sets configured to be transmitted by the first communication device over a respective one of the communication links; and transmitting, from the first communication device to the second communication device, each of the sets of packets over the set's respective communication link.
US11196581B2	State retention load control system A load control system may include control devices for controlling power provided to an electrical load. The control devices may include an input device and a load control device. The load control system may include a hub device. The hub device may include a communication circuit and a control circuit. The communication circuit may be configured to receive a digital message from the control device. The control circuit may be configured to determine, based on content of the digital message, whether the control device has experienced a power removal event. The hub device may send, via the communication circuit, a power removal event indication to the control device of whether the control device has experienced the power removal event.
US11196580B2	Method and device for bearing multicast virtual private network Provided in embodiments of the present disclosure are a method and a device for bearing a multicast virtual private network. The method includes: assigning, by a BFIR accessing a VRF, a global VPN identifier to a multicast VRF, and carrying the global VPN identifier to notify a route to a BFER accessing the multicast VRF; after receiving a packet of the multicast VRF, encapsulating, by the BFIR, the packet with a BIER header and forwarding the packet, the forwarded packet carrying the global VPN identifier.
US11196578B2	Distributed multi-tenant, multi-service server-side artifact caching The disclosed technology is generally directed to online chat management services. In one example of the technology, organization information is accessed for tenants. The organization information includes, for each organization, configuration information for the organization. Each organization belongs to a corresponding tenant. Worker service instances are scheduled to perform fills associated with the organizations, such that sufficient fills are performed for each organization according to the configuration information for the organizations in the accessed organization information. Each fill includes: causing artifacts associated with a function to be created, such that the artifacts associated with the function are configured based on the corresponding tenant. Artifact information associated with the created artifacts is received, including at least one unique identifier associated with the created artifacts for the function. Server-side caching of a cache record that includes the artifact information associated with the created artifacts for the function is performed.
US11196577B1	Publish/subscribe messaging pattern in communications among mobile computing devices Systems and method may implement a publish/subscribe messaging framework for distributing messages among a plurality of mobile computing devices. A particular “publish/subscribe channel” may be implemented in the context of an auction for one or more items, e.g., collectibles such as trading cards, toys, and/or figurines. The implementation of the publish/subscribe messaging framework may allow for real-time communications of developments in the auction(s) which, in combination with a real-time video stream from a host to a plurality of guests in the channel, amounts to an improved user experience at host devices and guest devices.
US11196573B2	Secure de-centralized domain name system A computer-implemented method for secure de-centralized domain name system, the method comprising: recording a domain registration transaction to a blockchain, the domain registration transaction comprising a domain name, a domain primary key corresponding to a domain public key and domain certificate information for a server node; recording a domain security transaction, comprising the domain public key, to the blockchain to generate a domain name record comprising the domain name, an associated IP address, the domain public key and the domain certificate information, wherein the domain security transaction being signed using the domain primary key; transmitting, by a client node, a domain name request to a domain name node; receiving, by the client node, a domain name response from the domain name node, the domain name response comprising the domain public key, the domain certificate information and the associated IP address retrieved from the domain name record of the blockchain; and initiating a secure communication between the client node and the server node using at least one of the domain public key and the domain certificate information.
US11196560B2	Policy and token based authorization framework for connectivity A system including one or more servers, programmed to responsive to receiving a token request from a vehicle to access content stored in a content cloud, validate the token request against pre-defined policies; responsive to a successful policy validation, verify token generating responsibility based on a validation result and pre-defined rules; and responsive to verifying the system has the token generating responsibility, generate a token for the token request.
US11196552B2	Secure data distribution protocol using blockchains One or more systems and methods are presented for secure data communications utilizing blockchains. One or more systems and methods may utilize multiple blockchains to provide an immutable cryptographically linked set of blocks. Each of these blocks may contain one or more actions associated with a computer network. In one embodiment, a trusted third party may be utilized to authenticate and/or verify data prior to inputting data into one or more blockchains.
US11196551B2	Automated task management on a blockchain based on predictive and analytical analysis An example operation may include one or more of receiving user profile identification data associated with a user profile, creating a smart contract on a blockchain with the user profile identification data, validating an identity of the user profile based on the user profile identification data, performing a predictive analysis by the smart contract to determine one or more future tasks to be performed by a user device associated with the user profile, generating one or more tokens associated with the user profile, the one or more tokens include access rights for the user device to perform the one or more future tasks, and storing the one or more tokens in the blockchain.
US11196548B1	Hypervisor protected key A method, a computer system, and a computer program product may provide a cryptographic key object to a guest virtual server for use in cryptographic operations. The guest virtual server may register with a hypervisor. The hypervisor may generate a guest wrapping key associated with guest credentials from the registering. The hypervisor may also generate a satellite virtual server instance. The guest virtual server and the satellite virtual server instance share a master key that cannot be accessed by the hypervisor or by any guest virtual server. The trusted hypervisor may pass a copy of the guest wrapping key to the satellite virtual server instance. A random guest key may be generated and may be wrapped with a guest wrapping key thereby producing a wrapped guest key. The hypervisor may convert the wrapped guest key to be a protected key that serves as the cryptographic key object.
US11196540B2	End-to-end secure operations from a natural language expression Systems and methods for an end-to-end secure operation from an expression in natural language. Exemplary methods include: receiving a set of queries from a natural language processor, the set of queries being produced by a method including: getting data schemas associated with a target data source; obtaining the expression in natural language; performing natural language processing on the expression to determine a desired operation; and generating the set of queries using at least one of matching and inference techniques over the desired operation with respect to the data schemas; encrypting the set of queries using a homomorphic encryption technique; providing the encrypted set of queries to a server, the server including the target data source; acquiring encrypted results, the encrypted results being responsive to the encrypted set of queries; and decrypting the encrypted results using a decryption key to produce desired results.
US11196539B2	Multiplication operations on homomorphic encrypted data In aspects of multiplication operations on homomorphic encrypted data, a computing device stores homomorphic encrypted data as a dataset, and implements an encryption application that can perform multiplication operations on ciphertexts in the homomorphic encrypted data, where the ciphertexts include polynomial variables of the ciphertexts. The encryption application can compute and store intermediate polynomial variables that are computed as the multiplication operations are performed. The encryption application can then utilize one or more of the intermediate polynomial variables rather than recomputing the intermediate polynomial variables as the multiplication operations are performed on the ciphertexts.
US11196521B2	Method and device for supporting repetitive CSI-RS resource transmission in mobile communication system The disclosure relates to a communication technique for convergence of a 5G communication system for supporting a higher data transmission rate beyond a 4G system with an IoT technology, and a system therefor. The t disclosure may be applied to an intelligent service (for example, smart home, smart building, smart city, smart car or connected car, health care, digital education, retail business, security- and safety-related service, etc.) on the basis of a 5G communication technology and an IoT-related technology. A method in a wireless communication system is provided. The method includes transmitting channel state information reference signal (CSI-RS) configuration information to a terminal, the CSI-RS configuration information used for a CSI-RS resource set which includes a plurality of CSI-RS resources and information on CSI-RS repetition, transmitting a plurality of CSI-RSs based on the CSI-RS configuration information to the terminal, and receiving feedback information from the terminal, wherein the information on CSI-RS repetition indicates whether the plurality of CSI-RSs are transmitted based on a same transmission beam repetitively.
US11196517B2	Method and apparatus for controlling packet duplication Provided is a method for generating a packet by a user equipment (UE). The method may include: receiving a threshold for packet duplication, from a base station; when a number of duplicated packets for a certain time does not satisfy the threshold for the packet duplication, generating a second packet by duplicating a first packet; and transmitting the generated second packet.
US11196516B2	Methods for autonomous uplink transmissions and retransmissions There is provided a method, in a wireless device, for communicating with a network node using autonomous Uplink (UL) access. The method comprises: after sending a data transmission to a network node, starting a retransmission window associated with a feedback process of the data transmission, the retransmission window including a first timer; and in response to detecting an absence of a feedback signal during a time period given by the first timer, retransmitting the data after expiry of the first timer.
US11196511B2	Data processing method and related apparatus The present disclosure relates to data processing methods and apparatus. One example method includes obtaining a first data block, where the first data block is a data block obtained by dividing first optical path data, adding clock simplified padding data and the first data block into a target information bit in a first data frame to form target data, where the target information bit is an information bit that is preset in the first data frame and that is used to pad optical path data, encoding the target data by using a first error correction encoding scheme to obtain a first code block that has a mapping relationship with the first data frame, where the first error correction encoding scheme matches a frame structure of the first data frame, and sending the first code block.
US11196503B2	Techniques of robust inverse design that account for manufacturing variabilities due to operating conditions Embodiments of techniques for inverse design of physical devices are described herein, in the context of generating designs for photonic integrated circuits (including a multi-channel photonic demultiplexer). In some embodiments, an initial design of the physical device is received, and a plurality of sets of operating conditions for fabrication of the physical device are determined. In some embodiments, the performance of the physical device as fabricated under the sets of operating conditions is simulated, and a total performance loss value is backpropagated to determine a gradient to be used to update the initial design. In some embodiments, instead of simulating fabrication of the physical device under the sets of operating conditions, a robustness loss is determined and combined with the performance loss to determine the gradient.
US11196502B2	Methods and systems for detecting primary synchronization signal (PSS) in a wireless network The present disclosure relates to a pre-5th-Generation (5G) or 5G communication system to be provided for supporting higher data rates beyond 4th-Generation (4G) communication system such as long-term evolution (LTE). Methods and devices are provided for detecting a synchronized primary synchronization signal (PSS) sequence in a wireless network is provided. A device receives a synchronization signal including a PSS sequence. The device determines a plurality of peak correlation values by correlating a plurality of predefined PSS sequences with time-shifted variants of the received synchronization signal. The device detects the synchronized PSS sequence from the plurality of predefined PSS sequences by analyzing the plurality of peak correlation values using at least one of probability detection values, a sliding window method, weight assignments, and a rewarding-based method.
US11196495B2	Communication device, communication method, and program [Object] To provide a communication device capable of considerably improving transmission efficiency of an entire system by realizing flexible design in accordance with various use cases in a communication system in which a base station device and a terminal device communicate with each other. [Solution] Provided is the communication device including: a setting unit configured to share information regarding a region specified in accordance with a predetermined pattern, with another device; and a transmission processing unit configured to broadcast HARQ feedback.
US11196485B2	Network system, management device, and network design method A network system includes a first device and a second device coupled to the first device. The second device configured to calculate a bandwidth of an optical signal narrowed by a wavelength filter from the number of wavelength filters on a transmission route of the optical signal, to select, based on a plurality of combinations of a degree of multilevel and the baud rate, and a correspondence between a lower limit value of a bandwidth of the optical signal and a lower limit value of an optical signal to noise ratio (OSNR) for maintaining predetermined quality of the optical signal, one or more first combinations from the plurality of combinations, to select a second combination from the one or more first combinations, and to set the degree of multilevel and the baud rate of the second combination in the first device.
US11196484B2	Finding the eye center with a low-power eye monitor using a 3-dimensional algorithm An improved method and system for locating a slicer threshold and phase is disclosed. A two-dimensional field of coordinates is defined using phase versus eye monitor magnitude. At each coordinate, the number of samples above the eye monitor magnitude are counted. Dividing by the total number of samples considered yields a ratio between 0 and 1. Each eye 0, 1, 2 (bottom, middle, top in a PAM4 system) has an ideal ratio (75%, 50%, 25%) assuming a balanced distribution of PAM4 levels. The rating (third dimension) at each coordinate is calculated to be (0.25−abs.value (actual_ratio−ideal_ratio)) limited to positive results only. The resulting ratings are summed over phase. The eye center is calculated using weighted average of the sums. The eye center is compared to the calibrated target to determine which way to move the slicer threshold.
US11196478B1	Distributing wireless relays to form an ad hoc wireless network Techniques are described for a method of establishing a wireless ad hoc network using a series of wireless relays deployed in a geographical area where an extreme event has occurred. The deployed wireless relays may form a plurality of links between them to form the wireless ad hoc network where each of the wireless relays may serve as node in the wireless ad hoc network. The ad wireless hoc network may provide wireless services to devices within the geographical area. The wireless relays may be deployed to various locations within the geographical area using a plurality of unmanned aerial vehicles (UAVs) that may receive control commands from a relay control device.
US11196471B2	Multi-beam simultaneous transmissions Certain aspects of the present disclosure provide techniques for transmitting simultaneous multi-beams on the same wireless resource. One example method includes determining a set of transmission (TX) beams for simultaneous transmissions to or from a user equipment (UE), signaling to the UE an indication of the TX beams, and transmitting simultaneously via the TX beams.
US11196463B2	Method and apparatus for beamforming control in a wireless communication network A wireless communication apparatus (10) uses a RADAR or LIDAR assembly to scan for obstructions in predefined beam directions relative to a directional antenna (40) and correspondingly classifies each direction as obstructed or unobstructed. Then, at least for communication signal frequencies above a defined frequency threshold, the apparatus (10) configures beamforming at the directional antenna (40) to prioritize beams corresponding to the unobstructed directions, or avoid beams corresponding to the obstructed directions. The beam prioritization or avoidance applies to transmit beamforming, receive beamforming, or both. In one or more implementations, the direction classifications may not be binary. For example, detected obstruction distances along the beam directions may be used to “grade” the respective directions in terms of usage priority, beam adaptations, and/or restrictions on the communication frequencies used.
US11196457B2	Digital subscriber line interference identification Interference on DSL (Digital Subscriber Lines) systems can be identified by collecting modem data and determining, for a plurality of time intervals, whether the line is carrying traffic and/or whether there are errors on the line. The presence of interference can be inferred from the correlation of the traffic data and the error data.
US11196446B2	Method and apparatus for data processing in a communication system Embodiments of the present disclosure relate to a method and apparatus for data processing in a communication system. For example, a method comprises pre-processing received data encoded with a polar code; performing a first decoding of the pre-processed data to obtain output bits; in response to decoding failure of the first decoding, bit-flipping a portion of information bits of the output bits to obtain a first additional frozen bit; and performing a second decoding based on the first additional frozen bit and the pre-processed data. Embodiments of the present disclosure further provide a communication device capable of implementing the above method.
US11196439B2	Device and method for processing digital signals The present invention provides a device for processing digital signals. The device comprises a digital signal source configured to output codewords, a converter circuit configured to generate an output signal based on a first codeword received from the digital signal source, and a feed forward circuit configured to generate an output current based on a second codeword received from the digital signal source. The output current generated by the feed forward circuit is connected to a current supply of the converter circuit. The digital signal source is configured to generate the second codeword based on the first codeword in order to compensate for variations of a supply current of the converter circuit.
US11196430B2	High-bandwidth phase lock loop circuit with sideband rejection In one embodiment, a phase lock loop circuit includes a control circuit, wherein the control circuit is configured to input an estimation having a second frequency and a second phase. The second frequency is selected from a range of frequencies including a first frequency from an acquired signal. A numerically controlled oscillator is coupled to the control circuit, wherein the control circuit is configured to control an output response of the numerically controlled oscillator. The numerically controlled oscillator is configured to receive the estimation from the control circuit and generate an output signal in response to the estimation. A phase detector is coupled to the control circuit and the numerically controlled oscillator, wherein the phase detector is configured to compare the first signal and the output signal and produce a comparison output, the comparison output indicative of a phase difference between the first signal and the estimation.
US11196428B1	Method and apparatus for implementing a quadrature VCO based on standard cells A Quadrature Voltage Controlled Oscillator (Quad VCO) based on standard digital cells and delay cells, is adapted to generate two high-frequency output signals that are “in quadrature”, so they both oscillate with similar frequency while exhibiting a mutual phase offset of about 90 degrees, and a) the digital cells include a mix of digital circuits used for implementing standard flip-flop circuits and standard logic gates; and b) the delay cells include circuits accepting a logic signal at their input and outputting a time-delayed version of said input signal, with a time delay that may be varied by a control voltage analog signal that determines the cell delay.
US11196427B2	Charge pump circuit, PLL circuit, and oscillator There is configured a charge pump circuit for outputting a phase difference current to a first node, the charge pump circuit including a first current source coupled between a high potential power supply node and the first node, a second current source coupled between a low potential power supply node and the first node, a first switch coupled between the first current source and the first node, a second switch coupled between the second current source and the first node, a third switch coupled between the first current source and a second node, a fourth switch coupled between the second current source and the second node, a third current source for supplying a negative offset current to the first node, and a push-type differential amplifier circuit an input side of which is coupled to the first node, and an output side of which is coupled to the second node.
US11196423B1	Programmable device having hardened circuits for predetermined digital signal processing functionality An example programmable device includes a configuration memory configured to store configuration data; a programmable logic having a configurable functionality based on the configuration data in the configuration memory; a signal conversion circuit; a digital processing circuit; an endpoint circuit coupled to the signal conversion circuit through the digital processing circuit; wherein the digital processing circuit includes a first one or more digital processing functions implemented as hardened circuits each having a predetermined functionality, and a second one or more processing functions implemented by the configurable functionality of the programmable logic.
US11196421B2	Logic circuit and circuit chip Provided is a logic circuit comprising: a switch portion that includes one or more switching devices configured to be turned on and off in accordance with an input signal and is configured to generate an output signal with a logical value according to an operating state of the switching devices; and a clamp portion configured to clamp a voltage of the output signal, of a case where the logical value of the output signal is logic H. The switch portion may be arranged between an output line and a reference potential line, and the clamp portion may be arranged in parallel with the switch portion, between the output line and the reference potential line. The logic circuit may include a current suppression portion configured to suppress a current flowing through the clamp portion, when the logical value of the output signal is logic H.
US11196417B2	Motor vehicle control device and method for manufacturing an at least partly electrically conductive control unit for a motor vehicle control device There is described a motor vehicle control device (10), with an at least partly electrically conductive control unit (12) which on an actuating surface (14) includes at least one capacitive actuating area (26), and a printed circuit board (20) associated to the control unit (12), which is spaced from the actuating surface (14) and comprises at least one electrode (34). The capacitive actuating area (26) comprises at least one sensor surface (24) provided on the actuating surface (14), which via at least one electrically conductive portion (28) of the control unit (12) and a press connection element (32) is electrically and directly connected with the at least one electrode (34) on the printed circuit board (20). The printed circuit board (20) and the control unit (12) are pressed against each other, wherein the press connection element (32) is mechanically connected with the electrode (34) and/or the electrically conductive portion (28). There is furthermore described a method for manufacturing an at least partly electrically conductive control unit (12) for a motor vehicle control device (10).
US11196416B2	Inductive proximity switch The invention relates to an inductive proximity switch. The object of the invention to present a very simplified inductive position sensor, which can be reliably used for detecting a zero crossing of its output voltage when a target moves by will be solved by an inductive proximity switch comprising a transmitter coil, a receiver coil, an integrated circuit for excitation of the transmitter coil and a signal processing unit for processing a received signal from the receiver coil, wherein an oscillator excites a resonant circuit comprising the transmitter coil and a parallel capacitor for inducing a voltage in the receiver coil, wherein the receiver coil comprises two symmetrical segments with opposite orientation that are connected in series, wherein the transmitter coil surrounds the segments of the receiver coil or the transmitter coil is surrounded by the segments of the receiver coil.
US11196415B2	System for providing bi-directional power flow and power conditioning for low to high-voltage applications A system for providing bi-directional power flow and power conditioning for high-voltage applications. The system including a normally-off four-quadrant power electronic switch having two gates and two normally-on junction field-effect transistor. The normally-off four-quadrant power electronic switch and the two normally-on junction field-effect transistors are coupled to one another in a bi-cascode configuration.
US11196411B2	Protection circuit A circuit including a device including a first and second node. The device operating in at least an enabled mode and a disabled mode. The circuit including a voltage control circuit. The voltage control circuit including a current source for sourcing current to or sinking current from the first node during the disabled mode and a voltage difference detector including an output for providing an indication of a measured voltage difference between the first node and the second node. The voltage control circuit includes a current source control circuit including a first input to receive the indication of the measured voltage difference and an output to control current sourced to or sinked from the first node by the current source to limit a voltage difference between the first and second node based on a comparison between the indication of the measured voltage difference and an indication of a target voltage difference.
US11196405B2	Electronic component and method of manufacturing the same An electronic component that includes an electronic element; a base member having an upper surface on which the electronic element is mounted; and a lid member bonded to the base member via a bonding member such that the electronic element is hermetically sealed therebetween. The bonding member is made of an insulating material containing a first metal. The lid member has an outermost layer formed on at least a surface of the lid member facing the base member. The outermost layer of the lid member has a solid solution layer of the first metal and a second metal at at least a portion of the outermost layer.
US11196404B2	Surface acoustic wave element A SAW element includes a piezoelectric substrate, a support substrate attached to a bottom surface of the piezoelectric substrate, and an IDT electrode on a top surface of the piezoelectric substrate. A resonance frequency and an anti-resonance frequency of a resonator including the IDT electrode are kept between a frequency of a lowest frequency bulk wave spurious and a frequency of a next lowest frequency bulk wave spurious.
US11196391B2	Temperature compensation circuit and temperature compensated amplifier circuit Embodiments of a temperature compensation circuit and a temperature compensated amplifier circuit are disclosed. In an embodiment, a temperature compensation circuit includes a bias reference circuit having serially connected transistor devices and a driver transistor device connected to the bias reference circuit. At least one of the serially connected transistor devices includes a resistor connected between two terminals of the at least one of the serially connected transistor devices. The driver transistor device is configured to generate a drive current based on a resistance value of the resistor.
US11196387B2	Amplifier circuit with high-order damping circuit and the high-order damping circuit An amplifier circuit with in-band gain degradation compensation is shown. The amplifier circuit has an input-stage amplifier, at least one intermediate-stage amplifier, and an output-stage amplifier cascaded between an input port and an output port of the amplifier circuit. A compensation capacitor is coupled between the output port of the amplifier circuit and an output port of the input-stage amplifier. A high-order damping circuit is coupled to an output port of the intermediate-stage amplifier.
US11196386B2	Operation amplification circuit and over-current protection method therefor Disclosed is an operation amplification circuit and an over-current protection method therefor. The operation amplification circuit comprises: a control unit, configured to generate an output control signal according to an input signal and an output signal; an output unit, configured to generate an output current under control of the output control signal, wherein the output unit comprises an output capacitor which is charged or discharged by the output current to generate the output signal; an over-current protection unit, obtaining a temperature control current according to an operating temperature of the operation amplification circuit, wherein when the operating temperature is greater than or equal to a predetermined temperature, the temperature control current is positively correlated with the operating temperature, and the over-current protection unit adjusts the output control signal according to the temperature control current to limit the output current.
US11196381B2	Method for predictive control of the orientation of a solar tracker A method for controlling the orientation of a single-axis solar tracker orientable about an axis of rotation, including observing the evolution over time of the cloud coverage above the solar tracker; determining the evolution over time of an optimum inclination angle of the solar tracker substantially corresponding to a maximum of solar radiation on the solar tracker, depending on the observed cloud coverage; predicting the future evolution of the cloud coverage based on the observed prior evolution of the cloud coverage; calculating the future evolution of the optimum inclination angle according to the prediction of the future evolution of the cloud coverage; servo-controlling the orientation of the solar tracker according to the prior evolution of the optimum inclination angle and depending on the future evolution of the optimum inclination angle.
US11196376B2	Electric machine An electric machine has at least two sub-machines, each having the same number of phases and being designed to generate a magnetic rotary field independently of one another to rotate the rotor. The machine has a power output stage for each sub-machine, each being designed to energize the sub-machines independently of one another. The machine also has at least one or only one control unit which is connected to the power output stages and is designed to generate a PWM signal in order to actuate the power output stages. The control unit is designed to generate the PWM signal for the sub-machines such that each of the PWM pulses for a sub-machine begins at a starting time of a PWM period and/or to generate the PWM pulses for another sub-machine such that each of the PWM pulses ends at an end time of the PWM period for the other sub-machine.
US11196371B2	Sensorless position detection for electric motor An apparatus includes an electric motor including a stator and a translator; a three-phase inverter electrically coupled to the electric motor; a power source electrically coupled to the three-phase inverter; and a controller communicatively coupled to the three-phase inverter. The controller is programmed to determine at least three measurements at different times of flux linkage from the electric motor, represent the measurements in Clarke coordinates, determine Clarke coordinates of a center of a circle defined by the Clarke coordinates of the measurements, and determine a position of the translator relative to the stator based on the Clarke coordinates of the center of the circle.
US11196368B2	Motor control apparatus that performs processing for detecting stop position of rotor, and image forming apparatus A motor control apparatus, includes: a voltage control unit configured to control a voltage to apply to a plurality of coils in order to cause a rotor of a motor that includes the plurality of coils to rotate; a holding unit configured to hold information that indicates a magnitude of a load of the motor; and a detection unit configured to, based on the information that indicates the magnitude of the load that is held by the holding unit, set a detection condition for a stop position of the rotor, and perform detection processing of the stop position of the rotor in accordance with the set detection condition.
US11196364B2	Motor control device A motor control device is configured to control a motor as a dynamic force source depending on a position of a rotation detection object that rotates while interlocking with the motor, the motor and the rotation detection object being included in a mechanical apparatus including a plurality of constituent elements that interlock with each other. The motor control device includes a computation circuit configured to compute an absolute rotation angle of the rotation detection object, using a relative rotation angle of a first constituent element of the mechanical apparatus that is detected through a relative angle sensor provided in the mechanical apparatus, and a rotation number conversion value resulting from converting an absolute rotation angle of a second constituent element of the mechanical apparatus that is detected through an absolute angle sensor provided in the mechanical apparatus, into a rotation number of the first constituent element.
US11196352B2	Power conversion device A power conversion device includes a converter, a first capacitor, and a second capacitor. The first capacitor is connected between a DC positive bus and a DC neutral point bus. The second capacitor is connected between the DC neutral point bus and a DC negative bus. The converter includes a diode rectifier connected between an AC power supply and each of the DC positive bus and the DC negative bus, and a first AC switch electrically connected between the AC power supply and the DC neutral point bus. The power conversion device further includes a first fuse electrically connected between the first AC switch and a connection point between the first and second capacitors.
US11196348B2	Methods and systems of controlling switching frequency of a switching power converter Controlling switching frequency of a switching power converter. At least some example embodiments are methods of operating a switching power converters, comprising: operating, by a primary-side controller, a switching power converter at a first frequency set by a resistor coupled to a first pin of the primary-side controller; and sensing a synchronization signal applied to the first terminal of the primary-side controller, the synchronization signal has a second frequency that is variable; and operating, by the primary-side controller, the switching power converter at the second frequency.
US11196346B2	LLC resonance converter and charging system having the same An LLC resonance converter and a charging system having the same capable of resolving excessive current generation and output voltage divergence that occur at the time of initial startup, on the basis of the characteristic of the LLC resonance converter whose output is determined by LC resonance.
US11196344B2	Power switching circuit, a DC-DC converter including the same and a voltage conversion method A direct current (DC)-DC converter including: a power switching circuit including a first switch circuit and a second switch circuit that are connected in parallel to a switching node, the first switch circuit and the second switch circuit configured to generate a switching voltage signal through the switching node in response to an input DC voltage and configured to perform complementary switching operations to control a voltage level of the switching voltage signal; and a filter circuit configured to filter the switching voltage signal to generate an output DC voltage.
US11196331B2	Compact high-efficiency, low-reverse torque electric power generator driven by a high efficiency electric drive motor A generator with reduced reverse torque which may be used as a singular, point of use, compact electric generator that produces power with high efficiency and very low reverse torque. The generator comprising a stator having slots and stator coils and a series of slot rotors placed in relation to the stator coils such that minimal destructive interaction is caused between magnetic fields of each rotor and induced magnetic fields of the stator when the power generator is connected to an electric load with at least a portion of that power being sent to a storage device where a portion of the stored power is provided to excitation circuitry utilized to re-excite a motor to drive the slot rotors.
US11196328B2	Kinetic energy generating device A high power kinetic energy generating device comprises: a magnetic group, a magnetically permeable cavity body, and a coil. The magnetic group comprises an upper magnetically permeable member, a lower magnetically permeable member, and a permanent magnet member. A magnetic gap is defined between the upper magnetically permeable member and the lower magnetically permeable member. The magnetically permeable cavity body and the magnetic group form a magnetically permeable cavity. The magnetically permeable cavity body further comprises a middle column arranged in the magnetically permeable cavity. The coil is also arranged in the magnetically permeable cavity, and surrounds the middle column. The middle column extends into the magnetic gap. The magnetic group is displaced relatively to the middle column, so that the middle column moves into contact the upper magnetically permeable member and the lower magnetically permeable member alternately, which changes the direction of magnetic induction lines passing through the coil and therefore generates an induced current.
US11196318B2	Canned motor device A canned motor device includes a fixed seat, a motor unit, and a rear cover protector and a leakproof member. The rear cover protector has a main body portion disposed between a case body and a stator of the motor unit and sleeved around a cylindrical portion of the case body, and an extended portion connected to the main body portion, perpendicular to an axis, fluid-tightly abutting against a flange portion of the case body, and having an outer periphery that surrounds the axis and that has an outline larger than that of an annular periphery of the flange portion of the case body. The leakproof member is mounted between the flange portion of the case body and the extended portion of the rear cover protector.
US11196306B2	Device to be charged, wireless charging device and control method thereof The present disclosure provides a device to be charged, a wireless charging device and a control method thereof. The device to be charged includes: a wireless receiving circuit, configured to receive an electromagnetic signal transmitted by a wireless charging device and convert the electromagnetic signal to a first output voltage; a step-down circuit, configured to perform step-down process on the first output voltage to obtain a second output voltage, and charge a battery of the device to be charged based on the second output voltage; a temperature detecting circuit, configured to detect a temperature of the device to be charged; a communication control circuit, configured to send feedback information to the wireless charging device, when the temperature is larger than a preset threshold. The feedback information is configured to trigger the wireless charging device to control wireless charging process to reduce the first output voltage.
US11196300B2	Power transmission device and power transmission system A power supply circuit supplies AC power to a power-transmitting coil. A power-transmitting coil unit includes the power-transmitting coil and transmits AC power to a power receiving device. The power-transmitting coil unit executes first power transmission and second power transmission in which AC power received by the power receiving device is less than the AC power in the first power transmission and executes the second power transmission before executing the first power transmission.
US11196297B2	Transmitting base with antenna having magnetic shielding panes A wireless electrical energy transmission system is provided. The system comprises a wireless transmission base configured to wirelessly transmit electrical energy or data via near field magnetic coupling to a receiving antenna configured within an electronic device. The wireless electrical energy transmission system is configured with at least one transmitting antenna and a transmitting electrical circuit positioned within the transmission base. The transmission base is configured so that at least one electronic device can be wirelessly electrically charged or powered by positioning the at least one device external and adjacent to the transmission base.
US11196296B2	Wireless power transmission system for rotating connector Provided is a wireless power transmission system for a rotating connector. A wireless power transmission system for a rotating connector according to an embodiment of the present invention comprises: a wireless power transmission module comprising a first magnetic core and a first coil, provided on a fixed first connector, and using the power thereof to generate a magnetic field and transmit wireless power; and a wireless power receiving module comprising a second magnetic core and a second coil, and provided on a second connector, which is rotatably connected to the first connector, to receive the transmitted wireless power and supply same to the second connector. The first and second magnetic cores are positioned in a straight line along the rotational axis of the second connector.
US11196294B2	Power management method, power management server, local control apparatus, and power management system A power management method according is provided with a step A of sending a control message from a power management server to a local control apparatus and a step B of performing, on the basis of source identification information that identifies a source of the control message, by the local control apparatus, control based on the control message. The source identification information is associated with a use type that identifies use of the control message.
US11196293B2	Power supply system with uninterruptible power supply function and load leveling function Provided is a power supply system comprising: distributed energy resources (2) connected to a power line (L1) for feeding power from a commercial power system (10) to an important load (30); a switch (3) provided in the power line (L1) for opening and closing the power line (L1); an impedance element (4) connected in parallel to the switch (3) in the power line (L1); a voltage detection unit (5) for detecting a voltage on the commercial power system (10) side with respect to the switch (3); and a control unit (6) for releasing, when a voltage detected by the voltage detection unit (5) becomes equal to or lower than a set point, the switch (3) such that the distributed energy resources (2) and the commercial power system (10) are connected through the impedance element (4), and the distributed energy resources (2) continue operation including reverse power flow.
US11196280B2	Charge controller A charge controller, which controls a charging process for charging a battery mounted on a vehicle by connecting a charging connector of a charger that is installed outside the vehicle to a charging inlet of the vehicle, includes: a controller discriminating whether a cooling mechanism of the charging connector is provided on a charger side before starting the charging process, operating the cooling mechanism of the charging connector if the cooling mechanism of the charging connector is provided, and operating a cooling mechanism of the charging inlet that is provided on a vehicle side if the cooling mechanism of the charging connector is not provided.
US11196278B2	Control system and method for an energy storage system Controlling an energy storage system includes providing one or more constraints to an optimization problem algorithm, determining by the optimization problem algorithm a DC bus voltage value that results in an minimum total power dissipation for the plurality of power converters, calculating a respective control variable for each of the respective plurality of power converters based on the determined DC bus voltage value, and generating control processor executable instructions to implement control of each of the plurality of power converters to achieve the calculated respective control variable. A system for implementing the method and a non-transitory computer-readable medium are also disclosed.
US11196275B1	Cover plate charging station for electronic devices A cover plate charging station for electronic devices having a rear frame configured to be attached to a wall. The rear frame includes an opening configured to receive an electronic receptacle. A front frame is pivotally connected to the rear frame by a hinge assembly on bottom portions of the rear frame and the front frame. The front frame is configured to pivot downwardly and form a shelf capable of supporting at least one electronic device while connected to the electronic receptacle.
US11196273B2	Battery overcharging prevention device and battery overcharging prevention method using same A battery overcharge preventing device according to an embodiment of the present invention includes: a voltage distribution unit connected to both ends of at least one battery cell in a battery module including multiple battery cells, the voltage distribution unit being configured to distribute a voltage of the at least one battery cell according to a preset ratio; a voltage sensing unit operating so as to allow a control current to flow when the voltage distributed by the voltage distribution unit is greater than a preset reference voltage; and a second relay configured to block, by operation of the voltage sensing unit, operation of a first relay that establishes an electrical connection between the battery module and a charging module.
US11196270B2	Charging method for charging battery module A charging method is provided for charging a plurality of batteries of a battery module. The charging method includes: obtaining a maximum voltage value and a minimum voltage value of a plurality of battery voltage values of the batteries according to a relative state of charge of the battery module during a charging process; obtaining a difference value between the maximum voltage value and the minimum voltage value; and adjusting a charging voltage value for charging the batteries and a taper voltage value for determining whether the batteries reach a charging saturation state according to the difference value.
US11196262B2	Method for feeding electrical power into an electrical supply network A method for feeding electrical power into an electrical supply grid by means of at least one wind power installation at a grid connection point, wherein the at least one wind power installation has an aerodynamic rotor with rotor blades and the rotor has a moment of inertia and can be operated with variable rotor speed, the at least one wind power installation has a generator for generating a generator power, multiple energy generators feed power into the electrical supply grid and multiple consumers take power from the electrical supply grid, so that a power balance in the electrical supply grid between the power fed in and the power taken is produced and is positive if more power is fed in than is taken, and the method comprises the steps of: feeding in a basic electrical power in dependence on available wind power, specifying a supporting power to be additionally fed in and additionally feeding in the specified supporting power to be additionally fed in for supporting the electrical supply grid, an amount of supporting energy available for the supporting power to be fed in being determined and the specifying of the supporting power to be additionally fed in taking place in dependence on the available amount of supporting energy determined.
US11196256B2	Methods and systems for a holistic framework for parameter coordination of interconnected microgrid systems against disasters Systems and methods for coordinating network and control parameters of a power distribution system (PDS) with interconnected microgrids in response to a subset of interconnected microgrids entering island-mode due to a predicted future disaster, generating samples of network and control parameter combinations, determining optimal adjustments of network and control parameters with respect to the disaster condition, determining optimal set of network and control parameters to be reinforced or adjusted, activating the parameter adjustments and reinforcements on the determined tie lines and PCCs of the microgrids.
US11196239B2	Route-regulating member for wire harness and wire harness A route-regulating member according to an exemplary aspect is configured to be applied to a wire harness that includes a wire, and configured to regulate a route of the wire inserted therein, the route-regulating member including: a tube; and a tube connector having a curve, to which an end of the tube is connected.
US11196237B2	Apparatus and method for jetting a cable into a duct A method for installing an elongated element into a duct by pushing the elongated element into the duct through a pressure chamber, introducing pressurized fluid into the duct at a nominal pressure, and applying a driving force. The method including monitoring fluid pressure into the duct and the driving force and reducing the fluid pressure to a predetermined value lower than the nominal pressure.
US11196235B2	Electrode material spark plug electrode, and spark plug An electrode material includes a composite including a core wire that is composed of a nickel base material containing 96% by mass or more of Ni and a covering that covers an outer peripheral surface of the core wire and that does not cover but exposes an end face of the core wire. The covering is composed of a nickel alloy containing 10% by mass or more and 30% by mass or less of Cr and 0.1% by mass or more and 6% by mass or less of Al. The composite has a specific resistance of less than 50 μΩ·cm.
US11196229B2	Laser diode current driving apparatus A driver circuit for a laser diode is configured to pass a current. The circuit includes a charge-pump configured to generate an output boosted positive supply rail voltage. At least one switch is configured to couple the output of the charge-pump to a terminal of the laser diode and to isolate the positive supply rail from the terminal of the laser diode when the charge-pump is enabled.
US11196228B2	Encoded pixel structure of vertical cavity surface emitting laser A pixel structure for a vertical cavity surface emitting laser has an emission window. The pixel structure includes a plurality of sub-pixels in the emission window. Bright-area sub-pixels emit light and dark-area sub-pixels having no light emission. The bright-area sub-pixels and the dark-area sub-pixels are arranged in a pattern in the emission window. Various patterns are possible. Different structures for implementing the sub-pixels are described.
US11196223B2	Connector A connector includes a connector housing including: a plurality of insertion holes; a plurality of connection terminals inserted into some of the plurality of insertion holes and configured to be electrically connected to a first set of a plurality of tab terminals of a sensor unit; and a joint terminal accommodated inside the connector housing. The joint terminal includes at least one grounding terminal part electrically connected to at least one of a second set of the plurality of tab terminals and a joint connection part electrically connected to a ground connection terminal, which is one of the plurality of connection terminals.
US11196219B2	Electrical connector An electrical connector electrically connects a first electrical module and a second electrical module, for insertion by the first electrical module along a first direction. The electrical connector includes a first group of terminals arranged in a row along a second direction, having multiple signal terminals and multiple ground terminals and forming at least one first terminal unit and at least one second terminal unit. Each of the terminals has a contact portion, a tail portion, and a middle portion located between the contact portion and the tail portion. In the second direction, the middle portions of the first terminal unit form a first row of the middle portions, and the middle portions of the second terminal unit form a second row of the middle portions. Viewing from the second direction, the first and second rows of the middle portions are staggered, thus improving the crosstalk.
US11196217B2	Variable case thickness accommodation plug systems and methods Systems and techniques are disclosed for an electronic device that may be coupled to an external device via a connector. The external device may have a protective cover, and different protective covers may have different thicknesses. The electronic device may include a connector adjustment mechanism that may adjust a position of the connector depending on the cover thickness.
US11196204B2	Spring-loaded inner-conductor contact element The invention relates to a spring-loaded inner-conductor contact element comprising at least one inner conductor and an elastic element that surrounds the at least one inner conductor. The axial dimension of the at least one inner conductor can be modified. The at least one inner conductor is metallic. The elastic element is made of an electrically insulating material and is attached to each inner conductor.
US11196202B2	Electrical connector and electronic device An electrical connector adapted to be electrically connected with a mating terminal includes an outer housing, an inner housing, and an elastic terminal. The outer housing includes an outer cylindrical body, and an upper blocking disc and a lower blocking disc radially extending inwardly from opposite ends of the outer cylindrical body, the upper blocking disc has an outer through hole. The inner housing includes an inner cylindrical body and a mounting portion surrounding an outer periphery of the inner cylindrical body. The inner housing is formed with an inner through hole. The mounting portion is movably mounted in a space defined by the outer cylindrical body, the upper blocking disc, and the lower blocking disc. The elastic terminal is mounted within the inner cylindrical body and adapted to be electrically connected with the mating terminal inserted into the inner cylindrical body through the outer through hole and the inner through hole.
US11196190B2	Electrical connector An electrical connector includes two pads having the same shape. Each pad has a connector body with a first groove, a second groove, and a hole. The hole extends through the connector body between the first groove and the second groove. A fastener extends through the hole of both of the two pads so that the two pads having the same shape are connected to one another and are pivotable around the fastener relative to one another with the two first grooves contacting a first conductor when the first conductor is in an installed position and the two second grooves contacting a second conductor when the second conductor is in an installed position. A spring is between a first end of the fastener and one of the two pads having the same shape so that the spring biases the two pads having the same shape towards each other.
US11196185B2	Resistance welding fastener, apparatus and methods An apparatus and method for fastening dissimilar materials like steel, plastic and aluminum. A resistance welding fastener having multiple layers may be used with or without a sealant. The fastener may be used to form an aluminum covered steel laminate via a hemming pattern of attachment. The fastener may have a solid shaft or have an extended reach and have features for interacting with the welding electrode. A variety of electrode tips may be employed to cooperate with the fastener.
US11196184B2	Broadband antenna array Antenna arrays, including a broadband single or dual polarized, tightly coupled radiator arrays.
US11196183B2	Feeding device, antenna, and electronic device This application discloses feeding devices, antennas, and electronic devices. In one implementation, a feeding device comprises a phase shifter, a combiner, and a jumper component, wherein the phase shifter has a first cavity, the combiner has a second cavity adjacent to and connected to the first cavity, and the phase shifter is connected to the combiner through the jumper component.
US11196182B1	Radio frequency circuit board interconnect assembly A radio frequency (RF) circuit connection assembly comprises a RF circuit board and a RF connector. The RF circuit board has a first side and a second side opposite the first side. A RF circuit is located on the first side and an aperture extends through the RF circuit board from the first side to the second side. The RF connector comprises a barrel having a socket configured to receive a RF bullet, a flange having a mounting surface, and a RF connector pin extending laterally from the barrel. The barrel of the RF connector extends through the aperture of the RF circuit board such that the mounting surface of the flange is seated against the first side of the RF circuit board, and the RF connector pin is electrically coupled to the RF circuit on the first side of the RF circuit board.
US11196177B2	Antenna-mounted substrate and antenna module An antenna-mounted substrate includes a first patch antenna, a second patch antenna disposed to face one principal surface of the first patch antenna, and a ground electrode disposed to face the other principal surface of the first patch antenna, the antenna-mounted substrate further including an antenna holding layer holding the second patch antenna, an inter-antenna layer positioned between the first patch antenna and the second patch antenna, and a substrate layer positioned between the first patch antenna and the ground electrode, those three layers being positioned in the mentioned order, wherein the inter-antenna layer is made of a dielectric material, and a relation of εr3>εr1≥εr2 is satisfied on an assumption that a relative permittivity of the antenna holding layer is denoted by εr1, a relative permittivity of the inter-antenna layer is denoted by εr2, and a relative permittivity of the substrate layer is denoted by εr3.
US11196171B2	Combined waveguide and antenna structures and related sensor assemblies Antenna assemblies, such as RADAR or other sensor antenna assemblies for vehicles. In some embodiments, the assembly may comprise an antenna block defining a waveguide groove on a first side of the antenna block with opposing rows of posts positioned opposite from one another. A plurality of antenna slots may be positioned in the waveguide groove and may extend from the first side of the antenna block to a second side of the antenna block opposite the first side. A PCB or other means for generating electromagnetic energy may be coupled with the antenna block and be configured to feed the waveguide groove with an EM signal. The plurality of antenna slots formed in the antenna block may be configured to radiate electromagnetic energy from the antenna block.
US11196170B2	Antenna device An antenna device is provided in the disclosure. The antenna device includes a metal component, a signal cable, and a grounding component. The metal component includes a slot. The slot includes an open end and a closed end, and the open end forms an opening at a side of the metal component. The signal cable includes a signal portion and a grounding portion. The signal cable is disposed such that a projection of the signal portion is partially overlapped with the opening. The grounding portion is electrically connected to the metal component through the grounding component.
US11196168B2	Ultra wide band radiators and related antennas arrays A multi-band radiating array includes a reflector, a plurality of first radiating elements defining a first column on the reflector, a plurality of second radiating elements defining a second column on the reflector alongside the first column, and a plurality of third radiating elements defining a third column on the reflector between the first and second columns. The first radiating elements have a first operating frequency range, the second radiating elements have a second operating frequency range that is wider than the first operating frequency range, and the third radiating elements have a third operating frequency range that is lower than the second operating frequency range. Related radiating elements are also discussed.
US11196163B2	Antenna structure An antenna structure includes a housing, a first feed source, and a second feed source. The first feed source is electrically coupled to a first radiating portion of the housing and adapted to provide an electric current to the first radiating portion. The second feed source is electrically coupled to one of a second radiating portion or a third radiating portion of the housing. The other one of the second radiating portion or the third radiating portion is electrically coupled to the first radiating portion.
US11196160B2	Dual-polarized retrodirective array and multi-frequency antenna element Systems, methods, and circuitries are disclosed for providing a retrodirective array. One example retrodirective array includes a plurality of dual-polarized antenna elements configured to receive a pilot signal having a first polarization and phase conjugation circuitry. The phase conjugation circuitry includes, for each of the plurality of antenna elements, a mixer configured to mix the pilot signal with an LO signal to generate a phase conjugated signal and excitation circuitry configured to generate an excitation signal for the antenna element to transmit the phase conjugated signal with a second polarization that is different from the first polarization.
US11196158B2	Electric composite detection antenna An electric composite detection antenna is disclosed. The antenna includes two RF antenna disposed on two sides of the circuit system of the electronic device, and a RF compensation system is disposed in the circuit system and includes an inductive sensing coil, and the induction coil can detect signal attenuation of any RF antenna subjected to external interference, so as to generate a detection signal. The RF compensation system can notice the control unit, to quickly drive any antenna matching circuit to switch to the RF antenna which is not interfered, or to quickly adjust antenna power or adjust the matching value of the RF antenna between the external environment, so that the preset electronic device can perform the stable transmission RF signal through the RF antenna without external interference, and maintain better power for RF signal transmissions.
US11196151B2	Electronic device comprising antenna An electronic device according to an embodiment of the present invention comprises a first conductive plate; and a second conductive plate which extends from the first conductive plate at a first angle to the first conductive plate, wherein the first conductive plate and the second conductive plate comprise a conductive member which forms a cavity opened in a first direction perpendicular to the first conductive plate; a first radiation unit which is disposed apart from the first conductive plate by a first distance in a first direction; a second radiation unit which is disposed apart from the first conductive plate by a second distance in a second direction opposite to the first direction; at least one wireless communication circuit which feeds electricity to the first radiation unit and the second radiation unit; and a processor which is electrically connected with the wireless communication circuit, the processor can be set to cause the wireless communication circuit to receive a signal of a first frequency having a directivity in the first direction on the basis of the cavity formed by the first radiation unit and the conductive member, and to receive a second frequency signal on the basis of the coupling of the second radiation unit and at least a portion of the conductive member. In addition, various embodiments understood from the specification may be possible.
US11196146B2	Grounded BGA wave-guiding interface between an on-package signal launch and an external waveguide A device comprises a package substrate and a ball grid array (BGA). The package substrate encapsulates an integrated circuit (IC) die and comprises a signal launch configured to emit or receive a signal on a surface of the package substrate. The BGA is affixed to the surface and comprises a set of grounded solder balls arranged as a boundary around the signal launch. The device may further comprise a printed circuit board (PCB) substrate having a waveguide interface side opposite a secondary waveguide side and a through-hole cavity that extends from the waveguide interface side to the secondary waveguide side, perpendicular to a plane of the PCB substrate. The BGA couples the package substrate to the waveguide interface side such that the surface of the package substrate faces the through-hole cavity and the signal launch and through-hole cavity are substantially aligned.
US11196144B2	Antenna assembly and wireless communication device employing same An antenna assembly of reduced size but with optimized radiation and reception capabilities through slanted connections between the parts includes a feed portion, a first ground portion, a second ground portion, a first radiating portion, and a second radiating portion. The first radiating portion is a loop antenna on at least three surfaces of a carrier, and is connected between the feed portion and the first ground portion on opposite ends. The first radiating portion feeds in electric current through the feed portion. The second radiating portion is spaced from the first radiating portion, the second radiating portion is arranged on at least two surfaces of the carrier. The second radiating portion is connected between the second ground portion, the second radiating portion couples electric current from the first radiating portion. A wireless communication device employing the antenna assembly is also provided.
US11196138B1	Circulator with integrated directional coupler, and communication systems including the same A circulator-coupler device includes a ferrite element, a resonator over and aligned along an axis with the ferrite element, and a plurality of resonator ports connected to the resonator. The plurality of resonator ports includes first and second resonator ports, and a first portion of a perimeter of the resonator extends between the first and second resonator ports. The circulator further includes a coupler element positioned across a gap from the first portion of the perimeter of the resonator, and a coupler port connected to the coupler element. The device also may include a permanent magnet aligned along the axis with the ferrite element, where the permanent magnet biases the ferrite element and causes a signal conducted through the resonator to have a directionality along a rotational direction that extends from the first resonator port to the second resonator port.
US11196131B2	Secondary battery The present disclosure provides a secondary battery, which includes an electrode assembly, a case, a cap assembly and a first insulating tape. The electrode assembly comprises an electrode unit. The electrode unit comprises a positive electrode plate, a negative electrode plate and a separator. The electrode unit is a winding structure and in a flat shape, and an outermost turn of the negative electrode plate is positioned at an outer side of an outermost turn of the positive electrode plate. The case comprises a first side wall and an accommodating cavity, the electrode assembly is accommodated in the accommodating cavity, the case is electrically connected with the positive electrode plate, and the cap assembly is connected with the case. The first insulating tape is positioned between the electrode assembly and the first side wall and closely attached to an outer surface of the electrode assembly.
US11196112B2	Cylindrical secondary battery insulation member The present disclosure provides an insulation member having excellent mechanical properties having enough shock-absorbing effect in external shock and volume change in a battery and provides a cylindrical secondary battery including the insulation member. The insulation member according to the present disclosure has excellent mechanical properties in high temperature, is composed of polypropylene having narrow molecular weight, and has a fine pattern on the surface.
US11196108B2	Battery module heat management assembly, battery pack and vehicle The present disclosure provides a battery module heat management assembly, a battery pack and a vehicle. The battery module heat management assembly includes a cooling mechanism. The cooling mechanism includes: a plurality of multi-channel pipes configured to be provided at a bottom of a battery module; a first fluid collector and a second fluid collector configured to be communicated with an external cooling fluid circuit, two ends of each multi-channel pipe are respectively communicated with the first fluid collector and the second fluid collector.
US11196107B2	Method for recycling lead paste in spent lead-acid battery The disclosure discloses a method for recycling lead paste in a spent lead-acid battery, comprising: (1) pretreating lead paste in a spent lead-acid battery as a raw material under vacuum; mixing the pretreated lead paste with a chlorination reagent to obtain reactants; and heating the reactants under vacuum to carry out a chlorination volatilization reaction, so that lead element in the pretreated lead paste is combined with chlorine element in the chlorination reagent to form lead chloride, which is then volatilized, and after the reaction is completed, chlorination residue and a crude lead chloride product are obtained by condensation and crystallization after volatilization; (2) purifying the crude lead chloride product obtained in the step (1) under vacuum to obtain a refined lead chloride product. The disclosure improves the overall process flow of the recycling method as well as parameter conditions of the respective steps thereof, and can effectively solve the problem of serious pollution in lead paste recycling in the prior art.
US11196106B2	Semiconductor device and remaining battery level detection method A semiconductor device including: a voltage detection section that outputs a first voltage and a second voltage that is different from the first voltage, the first voltage and the second voltage being voltages of a connected battery; a correction section that, on the basis of potential differences between the first voltage and second voltage, derives second data from first data, the first data representing a relationship between remaining battery levels and open circuit voltages, and the second data representing a relationship between remaining battery levels and battery voltages; and a calculation section that calculates a remaining level of the battery on the basis of a remaining battery level corresponding to a minimum voltage in the second data and outputs the calculated remaining level of the battery.
US11196096B2	Battery pack and method for charging battery pack A battery pack includes a battery including at least one battery cell, a cell balancing device configured to balance a voltage of the at least one battery cell, a switch unit including a charging switch and a discharging switch arranged on a high current path through which a charging current and a discharging current flow, and a battery management unit configured to monitor a voltage and a current of the battery, to control the cell balancing device, and to control charging and discharging operations of the battery, wherein when a state of the battery during charging with a constant current satisfies a preset swelling condition, the battery management unit is configured to operate the cell balancing device for a preset discharging time to make the battery self-discharge, when the present discharging time passes, the battery management unit is configured to pause the battery from self-discharging for a preset pausing time, and when the preset pausing time passes, the battery management unit is configured to charge the battery.
US11196089B2	Electricity storage device An electricity storage device includes a positive electrode containing a positive electrode active material, a negative electrode containing a negative electrode active material, and an electrolyte that includes an organic crystal layer including a layered structure and an organic solvent introduced into the organic crystal layer and that is interposed between the positive electrode and the negative electrode to conduct alkali metal ions. The layered structure includes an organic backbone layer containing an aromatic dicarboxylic acid anion having an aromatic ring structure, and an alkali metal element layer containing an alkali metal element that is coordinated with oxygen contained in a carboxylic acid of the organic backbone layer to form a framework. At least one of the positive electrode and the negative electrode adsorbs and desorbs the ions to store and release electric charge.
US11196084B2	Solid electrolyte and fluoride ion battery A main object of the present disclosure is to provide a solid electrolyte with high fluoride ion conductivity. The present disclosure achieves the object by providing a solid electrolyte to be used for a fluoride ion battery, the solid electrolyte comprising: a composition of Ce1-x-yLaxSryF3-y, in which 0
US11196081B2	Aqueous aluminum ion batteries, hybrid battery-capacitors, compositions of said batteries and battery-capacitors, and associated methods of manufacture and use Described herein is an aqueous aluminum ion battery featuring an aluminum or aluminum alloy/composite anode, an aqueous electrolyte, and a manganese oxide, aluminosilicate or polymer-based cathode. The battery operates via an electrochemical reaction that entails an actual transport of aluminum ions between the anode and cathode. The compositions and structures described herein allow the aqueous aluminum ion battery described herein to achieve: (1) improved charge storage capacity; (2) improved gravimetric and/or volumetric energy density; (3) increased rate capability and power density (ability to charge and discharge in shorter times); (4) increased cycle life; (5) increased mechanical strength of the electrode; (6) improved electrochemical stability of the electrodes; (7) increased electrical conductivity of the electrodes, and (8) improved ion diffusion kinetics in the electrodes as well as the electrolyte.
US11196078B2	Nonaqueous electrolyte secondary battery A nonaqueous electrolyte secondary battery includes a sulfur-containing positive electrode, a negative electrode, a nonaqueous electrolyte, and a cation exchange resin layer which is disposed between the positive electrode and the negative electrode and has a first surface having a roughness factor of 3 or more. A method for producing a nonaqueous electrolyte secondary battery includes a sulfur-containing positive electrode, a negative electrode, and a cation exchange resin layer which is interposed between the positive electrode and the negative electrode and has a first surface having a roughness factor of 3 or more. The method includes injecting a lithium polysulfide-containing positive electrode electrolyte between the positive electrode and the cation exchange resin layer, and injecting a negative electrode electrolyte between the negative electrode and the cation exchange resin layer, the negative electrode electrolyte having a lithium polysulfide concentration lower than that of the positive electrode electrolyte.
US11196077B2	Coin-type secondary battery, manufacturing method therefor, and apparatus for charging/discharging coin-type secondary battery The present disclosure relates to an apparatus for charging and discharging a coin-type secondary battery. The apparatus includes at least: a vessel filled with a solution containing water or sodium ions; a jig part installed at the vessel, having an interior in which a coin-type secondary battery is mounted, and configured to allow a cathode part of the coin-type secondary battery to be brought into contact with the solution in the vessel; an anode terminal installed at the jig part and electrically connected to an anode part of the coin-type secondary battery; and a cathode terminal electrically connected to the cathode part of the coin-type secondary battery.
US11196069B2	Fuel cell system A fuel cell system includes a fuel cell stack that generates electricity using fuel and oxidant gases, a reformer that produces the fuel gas by reforming a raw material, a raw material feeder that supplies the raw material to the reformer, a combustor that combusts anode off-gas discharged from the anode of the fuel cell stack, and a controller that controls the raw material feeder. The period of a load-following operation in which the power output of the fuel cell stack shifts from a lower level to a higher level, is divided into multiple sub-periods. For each sub-period, a ratio is determined from the increase amounts in the flow rate of the raw material during the sub-period and the length of the sub-period. The controller controls the raw material feeder to make a ratio on the higher output side smaller than another on the lower output side.
US11196066B2	Fuel cell system Provided is a fuel cell system that can effectively suppress clogging of a pipe due to freezing of water in a fuel gas supply system thereof without the need for halting the operation of the fuel cells, and thus is highly reliable. When possible freezing of water is detected or presumed to be present downstream of an injector, the amount of a fuel gas to be supplied from a circulation pump that is disposed in a circulation channel is relatively increased compared to the amount of the fuel gas to be supplied from the injector.
US11196055B2	Nanoporous oxygen reduction catalyst material Nanoporous oxygen reduction catalyst material comprising PtNiAu. The nanoporous oxygen reduction catalyst material is useful, for example, in fuel cell membrane electrode assemblies.
US11196051B2	Positive electrode for secondary battery and secondary battery including the same Provided are a positive electrode for a secondary battery which includes a positive electrode collector, a porous positive electrode active material layer disposed on a surface of the positive electrode collector and including a positive electrode active material and first carbon nanotubes, and a conductive layer disposed on a surface of the positive electrode active material layer, wherein the conductive layer includes a porous network structure formed by a plurality of second carbon nanotubes and has a porosity equal to or greater than a porosity of the positive electrode active material layer +10 vol %, and a secondary battery including the same.
US11196042B2	Method for preparing silicon-based active material particles for secondary battery and silicon-based active material particles The present invention relates to a method for preparing silicon-based active material particles for a secondary battery and silicon-based active material particles. The method for preparing silicon-based active material particles according to an embodiment of the present invention comprises the steps of: providing silicon powder; dispersing the silicon powder into an oxidant solvent to provide a mixture prior to grinding; fine-graining the silicon powder by applying mechanical compression and shear stress to the silicon powder in the mixture prior to grinding to produce silicon particles; producing a layer of chemical oxidation on the fine-grained silicon particles with the oxidant solvent while applying mechanical compression and shear stress to produce silicon-based active material particles; and drying the resulting product comprising the silicon-based active material particles to yield silicon-based active material particles.
US11196040B2	Negative electrode material and non-aqueous electrolyte secondary battery Disclosed is a negative electrode material including: a lithium silicate phase that contains a lithium silicate; and silicon particles that are dispersed in the lithium silicate phase, wherein the silicon particles have a crystallite size of 10 nm or more, and the lithium silicate has a composition represented by the following formula: Li2Si2O5.(x−2)SiO2, where 2
US11196030B2	High efficiency vapor transport sublimation source using baffles coated with source material A source of material for use in a deposition system includes one or more baffles or equivalent structures within the source. The baffles provide for increased concentration of material entrained in a carrier gas that is passed through and emitted by the source.
US11196029B2	Display structure and manufacturing method thereof A display structure and a manufacturing method thereof are provided. The manufacturing method including steps of: (a) providing a carrier sequentially including a rigid substrate, a sacrificial layer, and a graphene layer; (b) forming a flexible substrate on the carrier; (c) forming a display component layer on the flexible substrate; and (d) removing the rigid substrate and the sacrificial layer. By using the sacrificial layer and the graphene layer to prevent display structures from being damaged by a laser peeling off step and protect the flexible substrate during the manufacturing process, and increase the bendability of the flexible substrate.
US11196028B2	Flexible OLED display with internal reflective component The present invention provides an OLED display panel and a display device. The OLED display panel includes a luminescent substrate having a first luminescent region and a bending region, and an encapsulated thin film being disposed on the luminescent substrate. The encapsulated thin film disposes a first optical device therein. The projection of the first optical device on the luminescent substrate is at the junction of the first luminescent region and the bending region, to make light from the first luminescent region enter into the bending region by aid of the first optical device.
US11196024B2	Display panel including peripheral area with plurality of refraction pieces having openings facing substrate, and manufacturing method thereof A display panel includes a substrate and an encapsulation layer disposed on the substrate. Through disposing a refraction piece in a thin film encapsulation layer at a peripheral area of the display panel, having the refraction piece being disposed in a first encapsulation organic layer of the encapsulation layer, and refracting light through an opening of the refraction piece to a display area when light at the peripheral area passes through the substrate, display brightness at a place of the display area close to the peripheral area is increased.
US11196020B2	Semiconductor device and method for manufacturing the same To realize a high-performance liquid crystal display device or light-emitting element using a plastic film. A CPU is formed over a first glass substrate and then, separated from the first substrate. A pixel portion having a light-emitting element is formed over a second glass substrate, and then, separated from the second substrate. The both are bonded to each other. Therefore, high integration can be achieved. Further, in this case, the separated layer including the CPU serves also as a sealing layer of the light-emitting element.
US11196016B2	Pixel structure, display apparatus, and method of fabricating pixel structure A pixel structure includes a base substrate and a light emitting element on the base substrate. The light emitting element includes a reflective electrode, a light emitting layer on the reflective electrode, and a substantially transparent electrode on a side of the light emitting layer away from the reflective electrode. The reflective electrode has a reflective ridge configured to reflect light laterally transmitted through the light emitting layer to exit from a light emitting surface of the pixel structure. The reflective ridge has a first concave reflective sidewall extending from a peak of the reflective ridge to a base of the reflective ridge, and a second concave reflective sidewall extending from the peak of the reflective ridge to the base of the reflective ridge. The first concave reflective sidewall faces away from the second concave reflective sidewall.
US11196012B2	Flexible organic light-emitting panel and manufacturing method thereof The present invention provides a flexible OLED panel including a display area for configuring a pixel structure, the display area including a plurality of first bendable structures extending along a first direction, a plurality of second bendable structures extending along a second direction and a display unit. The second bendable structure intersects the first bendable structure to form a plurality of sub-display areas. The display unit is disposed in the sub-display area, and the display unit includes at least one sub-pixel.
US11196011B2	Flexible display panel with bent substrate A display may have an array of organic light-emitting diodes that form an active area on a flexible substrate. Metal traces may extend between the active area and an inactive area of the flexible substrate. Display driver circuitry such as a display driver integrated circuit may be coupled to the inactive area. The metal traces may extend across a bend region in the flexible substrate. The flexible substrate may be bent in the bend region. The flexible substrate may be made of a thin flexible material to reduce metal trace bending stress. A coating layer in the bend region may be provided with an enhanced elasticity to allow its thickness to be reduced. The flexible substrate may be bent on itself and secured within an electronic device without using a mandrel.
US11196007B2	Organic compound, organic light-emitting element, display apparatus, image pickup apparatus, electronic device, and moving object An organic compound represented by formula (1) and an organic compound represented by formula (2). These organic compounds provide high color purity. In formulae (1) and (2), R1 to R24 are each independently selected from the group consisting of a hydrogen atom and a substituent.
US11196005B2	Organic semiconducting compounds The invention relates to a blend containing an electron acceptor and an electron donor, the acceptor being an n-type semiconductor which is a small molecule that does not contain a fullerene moiety, the electron donor being a p-type semiconductor which is a conjugated polymer comprising donor and acceptor units in random sequence, to a formulation containing such a blend, to the use of the blend in organic electronic (OE) devices, especially organic photovoltaic (OPV) devices, perovskite-based solar cell (PSC) devices, organic photodetectors (OPD) and organic light emitting diodes (OLED), and to OE, OPV, PSC, OPD and OLED devices comprising the blend.
US11196002B2	Method for producing vapor deposition mask, method for producing organic semiconductor element, and method for producing organic EL display In a method for producing a vapor deposition mask including a resin mask 20 including resin mask openings 25 corresponding to a pattern to be produced by vapor deposition, and a metal mask 10 including a metal mask opening 15, the metal mask being stacked on one surface of the resin mask, when the plurality of resin mask openings 25 are formed, as to any one resin mask opening 25a of the plurality of resin mask openings 25, the resin mask opening 25 is formed such that in a thicknesswise cross section of the resin mask, an acute angle (θ1) formed by one inner wall surface forming the one resin mask opening and the other surface of the resin mask is different from an acute angle (θ2) formed by the other inner wall surface forming the one resin mask opening and the other surface of the resin mask.
US11196000B2	Low forming voltage non-volatile memory (NVM) A low forming voltage NVM device is provided by forming a pair of sacrificial conductive pads on an interconnect dielectric material layer that embeds a pair of second electrically conductive structures and a patterned material stack. One of the sacrificial conductive pads has a first area and contacts a surface of one of the second electrically conductive structures that contacts a surface of an underlying first electrically conductive structure, and the other of the sacrificial conductive pads has a second area, different from the first area, and contacts a surface of another of the second electrically conductive structures that contacts a surface of a top electrode of the patterned material stack. A plasma treatment is performed to induce an antenna effect and to convert a dielectric switching material of the patterned material stack into a conductive filament. After plasma treatment, the pair of sacrificial conductive pads is removed.
US11195996B2	Phase-change memory device having reversed phase-change characteristics and phase-change memory having highly integrated three-dimensional architecture using same According to an embodiment, a phase-change memory device comprises: an upper electrode and a lower electrode; a phase-change layer in which a crystal state thereof is changed by heat supplied by the upper electrode and the lower electrode; and a selector which selectively switches the heat supplied by the upper electrode and the lower electrode to the phase-change layer, wherein the selector is formed of a compound which includes a transition metal in the phase-change material so as to have a high resistance when the crystalline state of the selector is crystalline and so as to have a low resistance when the crystalline state of the selector is non-crystalline.
US11195995B2	Back-end-of-line compatible processing for forming an array of pillars A method of forming a semiconductor structure includes forming a memorization layer over a substrate, forming a first self-aligned double patterning (SADP) stack including a first organic planarization layer (OPL), masking layer, set of mandrels, and set of spacers, and forming a patterned memorization layer by transferring a first pattern of the first set of spacers to the memorization layer. The method also includes forming a second SADP stack comprising a second OPL, masking layer, set of mandrels, and set of spacers, and forming an array of pillars by transferring a second pattern of the second set of spacers to the patterned memorization layer. The first and second OPL and the first and second sets of mandrels are a spin-on coated OPL material, and the memorization layer and first and second masking layers are a material configured for removal selective to the spin-on coated OPL material.
US11195993B2	Encapsulation topography-assisted self-aligned MRAM top contact Encapsulation topography-assisted techniques for forming self-aligned top contacts in MRAM devices are provided. In one aspect, a method for forming an MRAM device includes: forming MTJs on interconnects embedded in a first dielectric; depositing an encapsulation layer over the MTJs; burying the MTJs in a second dielectric; patterning a trench in the second dielectric over the MTJs exposing the encapsulation layer over tops of the MTJs which creates a topography at the trench bottom; forming a metal line in the trench over the topography; recessing the metal line which breaks up the metal line into segments separated by exposed peaks of the encapsulation layer; recessing the exposed peaks of the encapsulation layer to form recesses at the tops of the MTJs; and forming self-aligned contacts in the recesses. An MRAM device is also provided.
US11195988B2	Electronic device and method for fabricating the same This technology provides a method for fabricating an electronic device. A method for fabricating an electronic device including a variable resistance element, which includes a free layer having a variable magnetization direction; a pinned layer having a first non-variable magnetization direction, and including first ferromagnetic materials and a first spacer layer interposed between adjacent two first ferromagnetic materials among the first ferromagnetic materials; a tunnel barrier layer interposed between the free layer and the pinned layer; a magnetic correction layer having a second magnetization direction which is anti-parallel to the first magnetization direction; and a third spacer layer interposed between the magnetic correction layer and the pinned layer, and providing an anti-ferromagnetic exchange coupling between the magnetic correction layer and the pinned layer.
US11195985B2	Electroactive polymer actuator device and driving method An actuator device has an electroactive polymer actuator and an integrated piezoelectric transformer. At least a secondary side of the integrated piezoelectric transformer shares a piezoelectric electroactive polymer layer with the electroactive polymer actuator, so that lower external voltages can be applied to the actuator device. A diode is connected between the secondary side of the integrated piezoelectric transformer and the electroactive polymer actuator.
US11195984B2	Piezoelectric transformer A piezoelectric transformer that includes a base and an upper layer supported by the base. The upper layer includes a first piezoelectric layer that includes the portion of the upper layer that is interposed between an output electrode and an intermediate electrode, and a second piezoelectric layer that is superposed with the first piezoelectric layer and includes the portion of the upper layer interposed between the intermediate electrode and an input electrode in at least n vibration portions. Moreover, the input electrode includes multiple input electrode pieces and the output electrode includes multiple output electrode pieces. In addition, wiring lines are routed such that voltages of opposite phases can be respectively applied to a first input electrode piece group and a second input electrode piece group with the potential of the intermediate electrode serving as a reference.
US11195983B2	Piezoelectric film, piezoelectric element, and method for manufacturing piezoelectric film Provided is a piezoelectric film that has a perovskite structure preferentially oriented to a (100) plane and that comprises a composite oxide represented by the following compositional formula: Pba[(ZrxTi1-x)1-yNby]bO3 wherein 0
US11195971B2	Glass wiring substrate, method of producing the same, part-mounted glass wiring substrate, method of producing the same, and display apparatus substrate A glass wiring substrate includes a glass substrate, a first wiring portion formed on a first surface of the glass substrate, a second wiring portion formed on a second surface opposite to the first surface, a through-hole formed in a region of the glass substrate in which the first wiring portion and the second wiring portion are not formed, the through-hole having a diameter on a second surface side larger than a diameter on a first surface side, and a through-hole portion formed in the through-hole, one end portion of the through-hole portion extending to the first wiring portion, the other end portion of the through-hole portion extending to the second wiring portion, in which a wiring pitch P1 of the first wiring portion in the vicinity of the through-hole portion is narrower than a wiring pitch P2 of the second wiring portion in the vicinity of the through-hole portion.
US11195959B2	Mixed cation perovskite solid state solar cell and fabrication thereof A perovskite material including an organic-inorganic perovskite structure of formula (I), AnMX3 (I), n being the number of cation A and an integer >4, A being a monovalent cation selected from inorganic cations Ai and/or from organic cations Ao, M being a divalent metal cation or a combination thereof, X being a halide and/or pseudohalide anion or a combination thereof, wherein at least one cation A is selected from organic cations Ao, the inorganic cations Ai are independently selected from Li+, Na+, K+, Rb+, Cs+, or Tl+ and the organic cations Ao are independently selected from ammonium (NH4+), methyl ammonium (MA) (CH3NH3+), ethyl ammonium (CH3CH2NH3)+, formamidinium (FA) (CH(NH2)2+), methylformamidinium (CH3C(NH2)2+), guanidium (C((NH)2)3+), tetramethylammonium ((CH3)4N+), dimethylammonium ((CH3)2NH2+) or trimethylammonium ((CH3)3NH+).
US11195955B2	Thin film transistor and display substrate having the same A display substrate including a base substrate, a first thin film transistor disposed on the base substrate and including a first gate electrode and a first semiconductor active layer; a second thin film transistor electrically connected to the first thin film transistor, the second thin film transistor including a second gate electrode and a second semiconductor active layer; and an organic light emitting device electrically connected to the second thin film transistor. The first semiconductor active layer includes a first material and the second semiconductor active layer includes a second material different from the first material.
US11195950B2	Semiconductor device with at least a portion of gate electrode enclosed by an insulating structure and method of fabricating the same A semiconductor device may include active patterns extended in a first direction and spaced apart from each other in the first direction, a device isolation layer defining the active patterns, an insulating structure provided between the active patterns and between the device isolation layer, and a gate structure disposed on the insulating structure and extended in a second direction crossing the first direction. The gate structure may include an upper portion and a lower portion. The lower portion of the gate structure may be enclosed by the insulating structure.
US11195949B2	Laterally diffused metal-oxide-semiconductor (LDMOS) transistors In a general aspect, a laterally diffused metal-oxide-semiconductor (LDMOS) transistor can include: a substrate of a first conductivity type; a buried well region of a second conductivity type disposed in the substrate; a body region of the first conductivity type disposed on the buried well region, a drift region of the second conductivity type disposed in the body region, a drain implant of the second conductivity type disposed in the drift region; a source implant of the second conductivity type disposed in the body region; and a gate structure disposed on the drift region. The gate structure can include: a field plate including a RESURF dielectric layer; a gate dielectric layer; and a gate electrode disposed on the field plate and the gate dielectric layer. The LDMOS transistor can also include a drain contact extending through the field plate and defining an Ohmic contact with the drain implant.
US11195947B2	Semiconductor device with doped region adjacent isolation structure in extension region A semiconductor device is disclosed including a semiconductor layer, a first well doped with dopants of a first conductivity type defined in the semiconductor layer, a second well doped with dopants of a second conductivity type different than the first conductivity type defined in the semiconductor layer adjacent the first well to define a PN junction between the first and second wells, and an isolation structure positioned in the second well. The semiconductor device also includes a first source/drain region positioned in the first well, a second source/drain region positioned in the second well adjacent a first side of the isolation structure, a doped region positioned in the second well adjacent a second side of the isolation structure, and a gate structure positioned above the semiconductor layer, wherein the gate structure vertically overlaps a portion of the doped region.
US11195946B2	Method of manufacturing a silicon carbide semiconductor device with trench gate structure and vertical pn junction between body region and drift structure A method of manufacturing semiconductor devices includes: forming source regions of a first conductivity type in a SiC-based semiconductor substrate, wherein dopants are introduced selectively through first segments of first mask openings in a first dopant mask and wherein a longitudinal axis of the first mask opening extends into a first horizontal direction; forming pinning regions of a complementary second conductivity type, wherein dopants are selectively introduced through second segments of the first mask openings and wherein the first and second segments alternate along the first horizontal direction; and forming body regions of the second conductivity type, wherein dopants are selectively introduced through second mask openings in a second dopant mask, wherein a width of the second mask openings along a second horizontal direction orthogonal to the first horizontal direction is greater than a width of the first mask openings.
US11195944B2	Gallium nitride (GaN) transistor structures on a substrate Techniques are disclosed for gallium nitride (GaN) oxide isolation and formation of GaN transistor structures on a substrate. In some cases, the GaN transistor structures can be used for system-on-chip integration of high-voltage GaN front-end radio frequency (RF) switches on a bulk silicon substrate. The techniques can include, for example, forming multiple fins in a substrate, depositing the GaN layer on the fins, oxidizing at least a portion of each fin in a gap below the GaN layer, and forming one or more transistors on and/or from the GaN layer. In some cases, the GaN layer is a plurality of GaN islands, each island corresponding to a given fin. The techniques can be used to form various non-planar isolated GaN transistor architectures having a relatively small form factor, low on-state resistance, and low off-state leakage, in some cases.
US11195940B2	High-voltage terahertz strained SiGe/InGaP heterojunction bipolar transistor and preparation method thereof This disclosure provides a high-voltage terahertz strained SiGe/InGaP heterojunction bipolar transistor and a preparation method thereof. An InGaP material has characteristics of a high carrier mobility of the InP material and a forbidden band width of the GaP material, so that the present disclosure employs the N-type In1-xGaxP layer as the collector to improve the frequency and power characteristics of the device, and realize the system integration of terahertz band chips. Further, the present disclosure utilizes the characteristics of the above materials and takes an advantages of “energy band engineering”, uses the In1-xGaxP (x=0-1) is used as the material of the collector of the SiGe-HBT, the composition molar ratio X of In and Ga is appropriately selected, such that the materials SiGe of the collector and the sub-collector have the same lattice constant, so as to effectively improve interface characteristics of InGaP and SiGe materials.
US11195930B1	Semiconductor devices with backside power rail and methods of fabrication thereof The present disclosure relates to a semiconductor device having a backside source/drain contact, and method for forming the device. The semiconductor device includes a source/drain feature having a top surface and a bottom surface, a first silicide layer formed in contact with the top surface of the source/drain feature, a first conductive feature formed on the first silicide layer, and a second conductive feature having a body portion and a first sidewall portion extending from the body portion, wherein the body portion is below the bottom surface of the source/drain feature, and the first sidewall portion is in contact with the first conductive feature.
US11195928B2	Semiconductor devices including a gate isolation structure and a gate capping layer including different materials from each other A semiconductor device is provided including an active region on a substrate A plurality of channel layers is spaced apart on the active region. Gate structures are provided. The gate structures intersect the active region and the plurality of channel layers. The gate structures surround the plurality of channel layers. Source/drain regions are disposed on the active region on at least one side of the gate structures. The source/drain regions contact with the plurality of channel layers. A lower insulating layer is disposed between side surfaces of the gate structures on the source/drain regions. Contact plugs penetrate through the lower insulating layer. The contact plugs contact the source/drain regions. An isolation structure intersects the active region on the substrate and is disposed between the source/drain regions adjacent to each other. Each of the gate structures includes a gate electrode and a gate capping layer including materials different from each other.
US11195926B2	Gate-all-around structure and manufacturing method for the same A gate-all-around structure including a first transistor is provided. The first transistor includes a semiconductor substrate having a top surface, and a first nanostructure over the top surface of the semiconductor substrate and between a first source and a first drain. The first transistor also includes a first gate structure around the first nanostructure, and an inner spacer between the first gate structure and the first source, wherein an interface between the inner spacer and the first gate structure is non-flat. The first transistor includes an isolation layer between the top surface of the semiconductor substrate and the first source and the first drain.
US11195912B2	Inner spacer for nanosheet transistors A sacrificial gate stack for forming a nanosheet transistor includes a substrate. first, second and third silicon channel nanosheets formed over the substrate, and a first sandwich of germanium (Ge) containing layers disposed between the substrate and first silicon channel nanosheet. The stack also includes a second sandwich of Ge containing layers disposed between the first silicon channel nanosheet and the second silicon channel nanosheet; and a third sandwich of Ge containing layers disposed between the second silicon channel nanosheet and the third silicon channel nanosheet. Each sandwich includes first and second low Ge containing layers surrounding a silicon germanium (SiGe) sacrificial nanosheet that has a higher Ge concentration than the first and second low Ge containing layers.
US11195908B2	Semiconductor device with carrier lifetime control Provided is a semiconductor device comprising: a semiconductor substrate; an active section provided in the semiconductor substrate; an edge termination structure section provided between the active section and an outer peripheral edge of the semiconductor substrate on an upper surface of the semiconductor substrate; and an end lifetime control unit that is provided in the semiconductor substrate in the edge termination structure section and is continuous in a range facing at least two or more diode sections arranged in the first direction, wherein the active section includes: a transistor section and the diode sections alternately arranged with the transistor section in a predetermined first direction on the upper surface of the semiconductor substrate.
US11195903B2	Highly stable organic light-emitting panel A highly stable organic light-emitting panel includes a substrate and a plurality of pixelated OLED circuit assemblies. The substrate further includes an auxiliary electrode and a plurality of circuit protection structures, each of which is electrically connected to a corresponding pixelated first electrode in each pixelated OLED circuit assembly. The plurality of circuit protection structures are respectively connected to the auxiliary electrode. An insulator covers the auxiliary electrode, the plurality of circuit protection structures, and an area between the plurality of circuit protection structures and the plurality of OLED circuit assemblies. When a current passing through a pixel with short-circuit defect in any one of the plurality of OLED circuit assemblies is greater than a predetermined threshold of the circuit protection structure, the circuit protection structure corresponding to the pixel with short-circuit defect fuses, thereby isolating the OLED circuit assembly corresponding to the pixel with short-circuit defect.
US11195900B2	Array substrate with protrusion patterns and method of fabricating same An array substrate and a method of fabricating the same are described. The array substrate has an active area and a winding area, wherein the array substrate has a base substrate, an active layer, a first insulating layer, a first metal layer, a second insulating layer, a second metal layer, a third insulating layer, a third metal layer, a patterned flat layer, a pixel defining layer, and a support layer. The first metal layer has at least one first wiring pattern. The second metal layer has at least one second wiring pattern. The third metal layer has at least one third wiring pattern. The pixel defining layer together with the support layer within the winding area have at least one undercut structure. The array substrate and the method of fabricating the same can reduce a width of a boundary formed by the winding area.
US11195894B2	Display apparatus A display apparatus is provided by the present invention, the display apparatus includes a first thin film transistor (TFT) disposed in a first pixel region and including a first semiconductor layer and a first gate electrode, where the semiconductor layer includes first source and drain regions; a second TFT disposed in a second pixel region adjacent the first pixel region and including a second semiconductor layer and a second gate electrode, where the second semiconductor layer includes a second source and drain regions; a first pixel electrode disposed in the first pixel region and including a first region where a first light-emitting layer is disposed and a second region extending from the first region and disposed on a first via hole; and a second pixel electrode disposed in the second pixel region and including a third region where a second light-emitting layer is disposed and a fourth region extending from the third region and disposed on a second via hole.
US11195888B2	Display device Disclosed is a display device having a reduced bezel area. The display device includes a plurality of touch lines electrically connected to a plurality of touch electrodes and display link lines electrically connected to a light-emitting element, the display link lines being disposed in a non-active area of a substrate, wherein a minimum of M touch lines (M being a natural number greater than 1 and less than N) is disposed with respect to a minimum of N display link lines (N being a natural number greater than 1), among the plurality of display link lines, in the non-active area. Consequently, a narrow bezel may be realized.
US11195882B2	Pixel arrangement structure, display substrate and display device A pixel arrangement structure, a display substrate and a display device. The pixel arrangement structure includes: a plurality of first sub-pixels and a plurality of sub-pixel groups arranged in an array, wherein the plurality of first sub-pixels and the plurality of sub-pixel groups are alternately arranged along a first direction to form pixel rows, and are alternately arranged along a second direction intersected with the first direction to form pixel columns; each of the plurality of sub-pixel groups includes a second sub-pixel, a third sub-pixel and another second sub-pixel sequentially arranged along the first direction; in the same pixel row, a ratio of a distance between the geometric centers of each second sub-pixel and the adjacent third sub-pixel to a distance between the geometric centers of each first sub-pixel and the third sub-pixel in the adjacent sub-pixel group is greater than or equal to ¼ and less than ½.
US11195879B2	Method and related apparatus for improving memory cell performance in semiconductor-on-insulator technology In some embodiments, a semiconductor device is provided. The semiconductor device includes a semiconductor substrate having a first semiconductor material layer separated from a second semiconductor material layer by an insulating layer. A first access transistor is arranged on the first semiconductor material layer, where the first access transistor has a pair of first source/drain regions having a first doping type. A second access transistor is arranged on the first semiconductor material layer, where the second access transistor has a pair of second source/drain regions having a second doping type opposite the first doping type. A resistive memory cell having a bottom electrode and an upper electrode is disposed over the semiconductor substrate, where one of the first source/drain regions and one of the second source/drain regions are electrically coupled to the bottom electrode.
US11195865B2	Imaging device An imaging device including: a photoelectric converter that generates a signal charge by photoelectric conversion of light; a semiconductor substrate that includes a first semiconductor layer containing an impurity of a first conductivity type and an impurity of a second conductivity type different from the first conductivity type; and a first transistor that includes, as a source or a drain, a first impurity region of the second conductivity type in the first semiconductor layer. The first semiconductor layer includes: a charge accumulation region that is an impurity region of the second conductivity type, the charge accumulation region being configured to accumulate the signal charge; and a blocking structure that is located between the charge accumulation region and the first transistor, and the blocking structure includes a second impurity region of the second conductivity type.
US11195861B2	Display device and method of manufacturing the same A display device and a method of manufacturing the same. The display device includes a pixel connected to a scan line and a data line intersecting the scan line, and a driving transistor and a switching transistor disposed in the pixel. The driving transistor includes a substrate, a first active layer disposed on the substrate, a first gate electrode disposed on the first active layer, and a second insulating film contacting the first gate electrode and the first gate electrode. The switching transistor includes a second active layer disposed on the substrate, a second gate electrode disposed on the second active layer, a first insulating film contacting the second active layer and the second gate electrode, and a second insulating film covering the first insulating film. The first insulating film and the second insulating film are made of different materials from each other.
US11195859B2	Array substrate and flexible display panel An array substrate and a flexible display panel are provided. The array substrate is in a bending region and includes a base; an inorganic layer formed on the base, wherein at least one hollowing-out region is disposed in the inorganic layer, and the hollowing-out region is non-filled or filled with an organic matter; and a metal layer formed on the inorganic layer and connected to layers on a bottom of the inorganic layer by at least one via hole encircled by the at least one hollowing-out region. When the flexible display panel is bent, the at least one hollowing-out region provides a good channel for releasing stress in the inorganic layer and improves the bending performance of the flexible display panel.
US11195857B2	Bonded three-dimensional memory devices and methods of making the same by replacing carrier substrate with source layer A three-dimensional memory device may include an alternating stack of insulating layers and spacer material layers formed over a carrier substrate. The spacer material layers are formed as, or are subsequently replaced with, electrically conductive layers. Memory stack structures are formed through the alternating stack. Each memory stack structure includes a respective vertical semiconductor channel and a respective memory film. Drain regions and bit lines can be formed over the memory stack structures to provide a memory die. The memory die can be bonded to a logic die containing peripheral circuitry for supporting operations of memory cells within the memory die. A distal end of each of the vertical semiconductor channels is physically exposed by removing the carrier substrate. A source layer is formed directly on the distal end each of the vertical semiconductor channels. A bonding pad can be formed on the source layer.
US11195856B2	Semiconductor device A semiconductor device includes a first substrate in which a first region and a second region are defined, a first stack structure with first gate electrodes displaced and stacked sequentially on the first substrate, a second stack structure with second gate electrodes displaced and stacked sequentially on the first stack structure, a junction layer disposed between the first stack structure and the second stack structure, a first interlayer insulating layer disposed on a side surface of the first stack structure, a second interlayer insulating layer covering the second stack structure, a first channel hole that penetrates through structure(s) and/or layer(s) and a second channel hole that penetrates through structure(s) and/or layer(s). A height of the second portion of the first channel hole in a second direction orthogonal to the first direction is less than a height of the second portion of the second channel hole in the second direction.
US11195851B2	Semiconductor memory device The present technology provides a semiconductor memory device. The semiconductor memory device includes a source film spaced from a substrate and disposed on the substrate, a conductive contact plug penetrating the source film, and a dummy stack body including dummy interlayer insulating films and sacrificial insulating films alternately stacked on the conductive contact plug.
US11195849B2	Semiconductor device and method of manufacturing the same In one embodiment, a semiconductor device includes a first film including a plurality of electrode layers and a plurality of insulating layers provided alternately in a first direction, and a first semiconductor layer provided in the first film via a charge storage layer and extending in the first direction. The device further includes a first conductive member provided in the first film and extending in the first direction, and a second semiconductor layer provided on the first film to contact the first semiconductor layer. The second semiconductor layer includes a first surface on a side of the first film, and a second surface on an opposite side of the first surface. The second surface is an uneven face protruding towards the first direction.
US11195848B2	Memory arrays and methods used in forming a memory array comprising strings of memory cells A memory array comprising strings of memory cells comprises laterally-spaced memory blocks individually comprising a vertical stack comprising alternating insulative tiers and conductive tiers. Operative channel-material strings of memory cells extend through the insulative tiers and the conductive tiers. Upper masses comprise first material laterally-between and longitudinally-spaced-along immediately-laterally-adjacent of the memory blocks and second material laterally-between and longitudinally-spaced-along the immediately-laterally-adjacent memory blocks longitudinally-between and under the upper masses. The second material is of different composition from that of the first material. The second material comprises insulative material. Other embodiments, including method, are disclosed.
US11195839B2	2S-1C 4F2 cross-point DRAM array A memory device comprises a first selector and a storage capacitor in series with the first selector. A second selector is in parallel with the storage capacitor coupled between the first selector and zero volts. A plurality of memory devices form a 2S-1C cross-point DRAM array with 4F2 or less density.
US11195832B2	High performance nanosheet fabrication method with enhanced high mobility channel elements A semiconductor device includes a first transistor pair formed over a substrate. The first transistor pair includes a n-type transistor and a p-type transistor that are stacked over one another. The n-type transistor has a first channel region that includes one or more first nano-channels with a first bandgap value. The one or more first nano-channels extend laterally along the substrate, are stacked over the substrate and spaced apart from one another. The p-type transistor has a second channel region that includes one or more second nano-channels made of a compound material having a second bandgap value based on a predetermined material ratio of the compound material. The one or more second nano-channels extend laterally along the substrate, are stacked over the substrate and spaced apart from one another.
US11195831B2	3D semiconductor structure and method of fabricating the same A 3D semiconductor structure includes a buffer layer, a n-type high electron mobility transistor (HEMT) disposed on a first surface of the buffer layer, and a p-type high hole mobility transistor (HHMT) disposed on a second surface of the buffer layer opposite to the first surface.
US11195827B2	Semiconductor integrated circuit device including an electro-static discharge protection circuit A semiconductor integrated circuit device may include a pad, a first voltage protection circuit and a second voltage protection circuit. The first voltage protection circuit may be connected with the pad. The second voltage protecting circuit may be connected between the first voltage protection circuit and a ground terminal. The first voltage protection circuit may include a gate positive p-channel metal oxide semiconductor (GPPMOS) transistor. The second voltage protection circuit may include serially connected GPPMOS transistors.
US11195820B2	Semiconductor device including fractured semiconductor dies A fractured semiconductor die is disclosed, together with a semiconductor device including the fractured semiconductor die. During fabrication of the semiconductor dies in a wafer, the wafer may be scored in a series of parallel scribe lines through portions of each row of semiconductor dies. The scribe lines then propagate through the full thickness of the wafer to fracture off a portion of each of the semiconductor dies. It may happen that electrical traces such as bit lines in the memory cell arrays short together during the die fracture process. These electrical shorts may be cleared by running a current through each of the electrical traces.
US11195817B2	Semiconductor package and manufacturing method thereof A semiconductor package includes a redistribution structure, a memory wafer, semiconductor dies and conductive vias. The memory wafer, disposed over the redistribution structure, includes at least one memory die. The semiconductor dies are disposed side by side with respect to each other, between the memory wafer and the redistribution structure, and are electrically connected to the redistribution structure. The conductive vias electrically connect the at least one memory die with the redistribution structure. A semiconductor package includes a redistribution structure, a reconstructed wafer, and a heat sink. The reconstructed wafer is disposed on the redistribution structure. The reconstructed wafer includes logic dies and memory dies. The logic dies are electrically connected to the redistribution structure. The memory dies are electrically connected to the redistribution structure and vertically stacked with the logic dies. The heat sink is disposed on the reconstructed wafer. The heat sink is fastened to the reconstructed wafer.
US11195813B2	Anisotropic conductive film and production method of the same A first anisotropic conductive film 1A or a second anisotropic conductive film 1B has a first insulating resin layer 2 and a second insulating resin layer 3. The first insulating resin layer 2 is formed of a photopolymerized resin, and the second insulating resin layer 3 is formed of a polymerizable resin. Conductive particles 10 are disposed in a single layer on a surface of the first insulating resin layer 2 on a side of the second insulating resin layer 3. The first anisotropic conductive film further has a third insulating resin layer 4 formed of a polymerizable resin, and the second anisotropic conductive film 1B has an intermediate insulating resin layer 6. The intermediate insulating resin layer 6 is formed of a resin containing no polymerization initiator, and is in contact with the conductive particles 10. These anisotropic conductive films have favorable connection reliability.
US11195810B2	Bonding structure and method of forming same A device includes an interconnect structure over a substrate, multiple first conductive pads over and connected to the interconnect structure, a planarization stop layer extending over the sidewalls and top surfaces of the first conductive pads of the multiple first conductive pads, a surface dielectric layer extending over the planarization stop layer, and multiple first bonding pads within the surface dielectric layer and connected to the multiple first conductive pads.
US11195795B1	Well-controlled edge-to-edge spacing between adjacent interconnects Embodiments of the invention include a method of forming a multi-layer integrated circuit (IC) structure that includes forming a first dielectric layer. A first interconnect is formed in the first dielectric layer and includes a first top surface, a first bottom surface, and a first sidewall extending from an edge of the first top surface to an edge of the first bottom surface. A second interconnect is formed in the first dielectric layer and includes a second top surface, a second bottom surface, and a second sidewall extending from an edge of the second top surface to an edge of the second bottom surface. A spacing from the edge of the first top surface to the edge of the second top surface is greater than a spacing from the edge of the first bottom surface to the edge of the second bottom surface.
US11195789B2	Integrated circuit module with a structurally balanced package using a bottom side interposer A bottom side interposer provides a structurally balanced chip carrier module to reduce thermal warp and increase package robustness. The bottom side interposer is attached to the bottom of a chip carrier which carries semiconductor chips on the top side of the chip carrier. The top side of the chip carrier typically includes a top side interposer between the semiconductor chips and the chip carrier. The bottom side interposer has a coefficient of thermal expansion (CTE) that is similar to the chips and top side interposer, or tailored to have a CTE intermediate to the chips and the chip carrier. Pads on the bottom side interposer may be plated or fitted with solder balls to complete the module so the module can be connected to a printed circuit board.
US11195776B2	Power module substrate and power module A power module substrate includes an insulating substrate and a metal plate. The metal plate is joined to the insulating substrate with a brazing material in between. As to surface roughness of a lateral surface of the metal plate in a thickness direction, the surface roughness of at least a corner part farthest from a center of the metal plate in plan view is larger than the surface roughness of plane parts sandwiching the corner part.
US11195773B2	Flip chip assembly of quantum computing devices In an embodiment, a quantum device includes an interposer layer comprising a set of vias. In an embodiment, the quantum device includes a dielectric layer formed on a first side of the interposer, the dielectric layer including a set of transmission lines communicatively coupled to the set of vias. In an embodiment, the quantum device includes a plurality of qubit chips coupled to an opposite side of the interposer layer, each qubit chip of the plurality of qubit chips including: a plurality of qubits on a first side of the qubit chip and a plurality of protrusions on a second side of the qubit chip. In an embodiment, the quantum device includes a heat sink thermally coupled with the plurality of qubit chips, the heat sink comprising a plurality of recesses aligned with the plurality of protrusions of the plurality of qubit chips.
US11195762B2	Multi-metal dipole doping to offer multi-threshold voltage pairs without channel doping for highly scaling CMOS device A semiconductor device including pairs of multiple threshold voltage (Vt) devices includes at least a first region corresponding to a first pair of Vt devices, a second region corresponding to a second pair of Vt devices including a first dipole layer, and a third region corresponding to a third pair of Vt devices including a second dipole layer different from the first dipole layer.
US11195750B2	Etch profile control of interconnect structures A method of forming a semiconductor structure includes forming an etch stop layer on a substrate, forming a metal oxide layer over the etch stop layer, and forming an interlayer dielectric (ILD) layer on the metal oxide layer. The method further includes forming a trench etch opening over the ILD layer, forming a capping layer over the trench etch opening, and forming a via etch opening over the capping layer.
US11195745B2	Forming single and double diffusion breaks for fin field-effect transistor structures A method of forming a semiconductor structure includes forming a plurality of fins over a substrate, at least a portion of one or more of the fins providing one or more channels for one or more fin field-effect transistors. The method also includes forming a plurality of active gate structures over the fins, forming at least one single diffusion break trench between a first one of the active gate structures and a second one of the active gate structures, and forming at least one double diffusion break trench between a third one of the active gate structures and a fourth one of the active gate structures. The double diffusion break trench has a stepped height profile in the substrate, the stepped height profile comprising a first depth with a first width and a second depth less than the first depth with a second width greater than the first width.
US11195744B2	Substrate treatment apparatus and manufacturing method of a semiconductor device A substrate treatment apparatus according to an embodiment of the present invention includes a chamber, a stage, a gas discharger, a plasma generator, and a rotation mechanism. The stage supports a semiconductor substrate in the chamber. The gas discharger discharges a film formation gas toward the semiconductor substrate from a position opposing the stage. The plasma generator is provided on the gas discharger and generates plasma in the chamber during discharge of the film formation gas. The rotation mechanism rotates the stage during generation of the plasma.
US11195738B2	Substrate processing apparatus A substrate processing apparatus including a frame, a first SCARA arm connected to the frame, including an end effector, configured to extend and retract along a first radial axis; a second SCARA arm connected to the frame, including an end effector, configured to extend and retract along a second radial axis, the SCARA arms having a common shoulder axis of rotation; and a drive section coupled to the SCARA arms is configured to independently extend each SCARA arm along a respective radial axis and rotate each SCARA arm about the common shoulder axis of rotation where the first radial axis is angled relative to the second radial axis and the end effector of a respective arm is aligned with a respective radial axis, wherein each end effector is configured to hold at least one substrate and the end effectors are located on a common transfer plane.
US11195735B2	Load lock for a substrate container and device having such a load lock A load lock for a substrate container for receiving flat substrates, wherein the load lock has a load chamber for receiving the substrate container that has a bottom, a ceiling, a rear wall, a front wall, a first side wall and a second side wall that connect the rear wall to the front wall, and wherein a carrier unit for receiving the substrate container is arranged in the load chamber. Here, it is provided that the load chamber can be divided into a first part and a second part along a dividing plane to open the load chamber, wherein the dividing plane extends toward the rear wall offset from the front wall through the first side wall, the second side wall, the bottom and the ceiling of the load chamber.
US11195734B2	Dual load lock chamber Dual load lock chambers for use in a multi-chamber processing system are disclosed herein. In some embodiments, a dual load lock chamber, includes a first load lock chamber having a first interior volume and a first substrate support, wherein the first substrate support includes a first plurality of support surfaces vertically spaced apart by a first predetermined distance; at least one heat transfer device disposed within the first substrate support to heat or cool the first plurality of substrates; and a second load lock chamber disposed adjacent to the first load lock chamber and having a second interior volume and a second substrate support, wherein the second substrate support includes a second plurality of support surfaces vertically spaced apart by a second predetermined distance that less than the first predetermined distance.
US11195733B2	Operation method of vacuum processing device According to one embodiment, a vacuum processing device is provided which is capable of being controlled to create the most suitable gas flow under the situation where the device is placed by allowing a plurality of vacuum transfer chambers to communicate with each other via the intermediate chamber in an operation method of the vacuum processing device including the plurality of vacuum transfer chambers connected to each other via the intermediate chamber and a plurality of vacuum processing chambers respectively connected to the vacuum transfer chambers.
US11195731B2	Substrate processing device, substrate processing method, and substrate processing system A substrate processing device includes a substrate holding table, an ultraviolet irradiator, a tubular member, a first gas supplying unit, and a second gas supplying unit. The ultraviolet irradiator is disposed facing to the substrate through an active space and configured to irradiate the substrate with ultraviolet light. The tubular member includes an inner surface surrounding a side surface of the substrate holding table, and at least one opening at a position facing to the side surface on the inner surface. The first gas supplying unit supplies gas to a space between the side surface of the substrate holding table and the inner surface of the tubular member through the at least one opening. The second gas supplying unit supplies gas to an active space between the substrate and the ultraviolet irradiator.
US11195730B2	Method and apparatus for processing wafer-shaped articles A device for processing wafer-shaped articles comprises a closed process chamber that provides a gas-tight enclosure. A rotary chuck is located within the closed process chamber. A heater is positioned relative to the chuck so as to heat a wafer shaped article held on the chuck from one side only and without contacting the wafer shaped article. The heater emits radiation having a maximum intensity in a wavelength range from 390 nm to 550 nm. At least one first liquid dispenser is positioned relative to the chuck so as to dispense a process liquid onto a side of a wafer shaped article that is opposite the side of the wafer-shaped article facing the heater.
US11195725B2	Dry etch process landing on metal oxide etch stop layer over metal layer and structure formed thereby A microelectronic device includes a metal layer on a first dielectric layer. An etch stop layer is disposed over the metal layer and on the dielectric layer directly adjacent to the metal layer. The etch stop layer includes a metal oxide, and is less than 10 nanometers thick. A second dielectric layer is disposed over the etch stop layer. The second dielectric layer is removed from an etched region which extends down to the etch stop layer. The etched region extends at least partially over the metal layer. In one version of the microelectronic device, the etch stop layer may extend over the metal layer in the etched region. In another version, the etch stop layer may be removed in the etched region. The microelectronic device is formed by etching the second dielectric layer using a plasma etch process, stopping on the etch stop layer.
US11195721B2	Ohmic contacts and methods for manufacturing the same Ohmic contacts, including materials and processes for forming n-type ohmic contacts on n-type semiconductor substrates at low temperatures, are disclosed. Materials include reactant layers, n-type dopant layers, capping layers, and in some instances, adhesion layers. The capping layers can include metal layers and diffusion barrier layers. Ohmic contacts can be formed on n-type semiconductor substrates at temperatures between 150 and 250° C., and can resist degradation during operation.
US11195719B2	Reducing in-plane distortion from wafer to wafer bonding using a dummy wafer Embodiments of the present disclosure describe techniques for reducing in-plane distortion from wafer to wafer bonding using a dummy wafer. One embodiment is an apparatus formed using a dummy wafer, the apparatus comprising: a device layer fusion bonded to a first side of a carrier wafer, wherein the dummy wafer comprises a first wafer and the carrier wafer comprises a second wafer that is different than the first wafer; wherein the device layer comprise a portion of a third wafer that is different than the second wafer; and wherein a second opposite side of the carrier wafer includes: a removal process artifact, wherein a distortion signature present in the portion of the second wafer is indicative of the use of the dummy wafer fusion bonded to the second side of the carrier wafer, or a remainder of the dummy wafer. Other embodiments may be disclosed and/or claimed.
US11195712B2	Process for deposition of titanium oxynitride for use in integrated circuit fabrication A process is provided for depositing a substantially amorphous titanium oxynitride thin film that can be used, for example, in integrated circuit fabrication, such as in forming spacers in a pitch multiplication process. The process comprises contacting the substrate with a titanium reactant and removing excess titanium reactant and reaction byproducts, if any. The substrate is then contacted with a second reactant which comprises reactive species generated by plasma, wherein one of the reactive species comprises nitrogen. The second reactant and reaction byproducts, if any, are removed. The contacting and removing steps are repeated until a titanium oxynitride thin film of desired thickness has been formed.
US11195709B2	Ambient ionisation source unit An ambient ionisation source unit (10) is provided comprising: a housing (12) containing a first device (14) for generating analyte material from a surface of a sample to be analysed and a sampling inlet (16) for receiving analyte material liberated from the surface of the sample. The position(s) of the first device and/or sampling inlet is (are) fixed relative to the housing. Thus, the first device and the sampling inlet are integrated into a single unit that can be installed onto the front-end of an ion analysis instrument with minimal or reduced user interaction.
US11195708B2	Humidification of laser ablated sample for analysis Humidification systems and methods to introduce water vapor to a laser-ablated sample prior to introduction to an ICP torch are described. A system embodiment includes, but is not limited to, a water vapor generator configured to control production of a water vapor stream and to transfer the water vapor stream to at least one of a sample chamber of a laser ablation device or a mixing chamber in fluid communication with the laser ablation device, wherein the mixing chamber is configured to receive a laser-ablated sample from the laser ablation device and direct the laser-ablated sample to an inductively coupled plasma torch.
US11195690B2	Charged particle beam device Even when the amount of overlay deviation between patterns located in different layers is large, correct measurement of the amount of overlay deviation is stably performed. The charged particle beam device includes a charged particle beam irradiation unit that irradiates a sample with a charged particle beam, a first detection unit that detects secondary electrons from the sample, a second detection unit that detects backscattered electrons from the sample, and an image processing unit that generates a first image including an image of a first pattern located on the surface of the sample based on an output of the first detection unit, and generates a second image including an image of a second pattern located in a lower layer than the surface of the sample based on an output of the second detection unit. A control unit adjusts the position of a measurement area in the first image based on a first template image for the first image, and adjusts the position of a measurement area in the second image based on a second template image for the second image.
US11195680B2	Electrical assembly with contacts with modified mating surfaces An electrical assembly adapted for switching power to a circuit having a power source. The electrical assembly includes a housing with current carrying contacts disposed in the housing. The current carrying contacts have engagement ends with non-linear surfaces. A coupling member is provided in the housing. The coupling member has mating portions for engaging the non-linear surfaces of the current carrying contacts. The mating portions have grooves provided thereon which extend from top surfaces of the mating portions toward bottom surfaces of the mating portions. As the electrical assembly is moved to a closed position, the grooves of the mating portions of the coupling member are moved into engagement with the non-linear surfaces of the contacts, resulting in multiple contact points being provided between the non-linear surfaces of each respective contact of the current carrying contacts and edges each respective groove of the groove of the mating portions.
US11195672B2	Switch element for tap changer, and tap changer A switching element for a tap changer, the switching element having a vacuum interrupter that includes a movable contact, a plunger connected with the movable contact, and a housing, in the interior of which, the movable contact is arranged. The switching element also has an actuator configured to actuate the plunger and thereby actuate the movable contact; and a guide. The guide is arranged outside of the housing and is attached to the actuator such that, when actuation of the movable contact takes place, the guide is configured to move therewith. The guide surrounds the housing at least in part, and at least a sub-region of the guide bears against the housing such that, when the movable contact is actuated, the sub-region is moved along the housing.
US11195668B2	Electrochemical device An electrochemical device includes a first electrode unit; a second electrode unit; a third electrode unit; a first lithium ion supply source, which is disposed between the first electrode unit and the third electrode unit and includes a first current collector that is a porous metal foil having a first main surface on the side of the first electrode unit; a second lithium ion supply source, which is disposed between the second electrode unit and the third electrode unit and includes a second current collector that is a porous metal foil having a third main surface on the side of the second electrode unit; and an electrolyte. Lithium ions are pre-doped from first metal lithium attached to the first main surface, and second metal lithium attached to the third main surface, into the negative electrode of each electrode unit.
US11195660B2	Multilayer ceramic electronic component, and mounting structure for multilayer ceramic electronic component A multilayer ceramic capacitor includes a laminate and an outer electrode. The laminate includes a plurality of laminated ceramic layers and a plurality of internal electrode layers. The internal electrode layers are respectively laminated on the ceramic layers. The outer electrode is provided on each end surface of the laminate. Each outer electrode includes a metal layer. The metal layer includes at least a Pd layer, an Ni layer, and an Sn layer laminated from a portion adjacent to or in a vicinity of the laminate in order of the Pd layer, the Ni layer, and the Sn layer. The metal layer is located at an outermost surface of the outer electrode. A thickness of the Ni layer is greater than or equal to about 0.4.
US11195659B2	Plated terminations Improved termination features for multilayer electronic components are disclosed. Monolithic components are provided with plated terminations whereby the need for typical thick-film termination stripes is eliminated or greatly simplified. Such termination technology eliminates many typical termination problems and enables a higher number of terminations with finer pitch, which may be especially beneficial on smaller electronic components. The subject plated terminations are guided and anchored by exposed internal electrode tabs and additional anchor tab portions which may optionally extend to the cover layers of a multilayer component. Such anchor tabs may be positioned internally or externally relative to a chip structure to nucleate additional metallized plating material. External anchor tabs positioned on top and bottom sides of a monolithic structure can facilitate the formation of wrap-around plated terminations.
US11195656B2	Multilayer ceramic capacitor having ultra-broadband performance A broadband multilayer ceramic capacitor may include a monolithic body including a plurality of dielectric layers stacked in the Z-direction, a first external terminal, and a second external terminal. A plurality of active electrodes, a bottom shield electrode, and a top shield electrode may be arranged within the monolithic body. The top shield electrode may be positioned between the active electrodes and a top surface of the capacitor and spaced apart from the top surface of the capacitor by a top-shield-to-top distance. A bottom shield electrode may be positioned between the active electrodes and the bottom surface of the capacitor and spaced apart from the bottom surface of the capacitor by a bottom-shield-to-bottom distance. A ratio of the top-shield-to-top distance to the bottom-shield-to-bottom distance may be between about 0.8 and about 1.2. The bottom-shield-to-bottom distance may range from about 8 microns to about 100 microns.
US11195654B2	Ignition coil An inventive ignition coil has a transformer that includes a primary coil, a secondary coil and a core formed from stacked metal sheets. A plastic frame holds the sheets. A housing surrounds an interior in which the transformer is arranged and the interior is sealed with an electrically insulating casting compound. The housing comprises an interior wall bounding bounds a compartment in which a part of the core is arranged, the part of the core being outside the primary coil and the secondary coil.
US11195652B2	Coil component A coil component includes: a body having one surface and the other surface opposing each other in one direction; a coil portion including a coil pattern having at least one turn around the one direction, and embedded in the body; an external electrode disposed on the one surface of the body and connected to the coil portion; a shielding layer disposed on the other surface of the body; and an insulating layer disposed between the body and the shielding layer.
US11195644B2	Iron nitride magnetic material including coated nanoparticles The disclosure describes techniques for forming nanoparticles including Fe16N2 phase. In some examples, the nanoparticles may be formed by first forming nanoparticles including iron, nitrogen, and at least one of carbon or boron. The carbon or boron may be incorporated into the nanoparticles such that the iron, nitrogen, and at least one of carbon or boron are mixed. Alternatively, the at least one of carbon or boron may be coated on a surface of a nanoparticle including iron and nitrogen. The nano particle including iron, nitrogen, and at least one of carbon or boron then may be annealed to form at least one phase domain including at least one of Fe16N2, Fe16(NB)2, Fe16(NC)2, or Fe16(NCB)2.
US11195639B2	Conductor arrangement and production method The present disclosure provides a conductor arrangement for transmitting differential communication signals, the conductor arrangement includes a conductor carrier, a plurality of pairs of first conductors, two of the first conductors being electrically coupled together at their ends, and a plurality of pairs of second conductors, two of the second conductors being electrically coupled together at their ends, and wherein, as conductor bundles, in each case one of the first conductors of a pair and one of the second conductors of a pair are jointly arranged on a first side of the conductor carrier and the further first conductor of the respective pair and the further second conductor of the respective pair are arranged on a second side of the conductor carrier.
US11195637B2	Elastomer composites with high dielectric constant Elastomer compositions with high dielectric constants are disclosed. Embodiments of the disclosure include a high dielectric constant (high-K) elastomeric composition comprising an elastomer, carbon black (CB), and organoclay (OC). The composition is not dependent on any raw material with inherent high-k or any metal oxide type material that changes conductivity with applied voltages. The composition instead uses distributed electric fields and polarizability with carbon black and organoclays. This allows for a high-k material through polarizability with limited large-scale electron sharing.
US11195617B1	Intelligent triaging engine A method for intelligently triaging patients may be provided. The computer-implemented may diagnose a patient based up a received set of medical symptoms. In response, to the diagnosis, a filterable and/sortable list of healthcare service recommendations may be generated. The list of healthcare services may be generated based upon an analysis of a plurality of user data. Each recommendation on the list of healthcare service recommendations may correspond to a plurality of metadata describing the associated healthcare service. When a user selects a particular healthcare service from the list of healthcare service recommendations, the method may include interconnecting a client device with a computing system associated with the particular healthcare service.
US11195615B1	Method and system for distributed management of in vivo exposure therapy A multimodal data acquisition and communication system and method for distributed management of in vivo exposure (IVE) therapy. An exemplary system, method, and apparatus according to certain aspects of the present disclosure may include a patient interface comprising (a) one or more sensors configured to collect quantitative (e.g., physiological data) and qualitative data (e.g., video/audio data) from a patient user during an IVE therapy session, and (b) a mobile computing device, such as a smartphone, comprising a mobile software application configured to establish a data transfer interface with the one or more sensors and provide a graphical user interface to the patient user. The mobile computing device may be communicatively engaged with a cloud-based server over a wireless communications network to enable real-time collection, communication, storage and analysis of IVE data and bi-directional audio/video communication with at least one clinician client device.
US11195612B2	Application licensing for a centralized system of medical devices Centralized systems execute one or more applications for monitoring and operating a plurality of network enabled medical devices. An indication to start a selected application at the centralized system or at a network enabled medical device is received at the centralized system/network enabled medical device. The selected application may require a license to operate and, at the time the indication is received, may have a first license available. Instead of using the first license, the centralized system/network enabled medical device may determine to inherit at least a portion of a second license to operate the selected application. The centralized system/network enabled medical device may inherit at least the portion of the second license to form an inherited license, where the inherited license enables features of the selected application. Using the inherited license, the selected application is started with the enabled features. Related apparatus, systems, techniques and articles are also described.
US11195601B2	Constructing prediction targets from a clinically-defined hierarchy A method, a computing system and a computer program product are provided. A model is generated and trained. The model is based on clinical data with outcomes from clinically-defined hierarchical metadata in a selected level of clinically-defined hierarchical metadata serving as an initial set of prediction targets. A score is determined for each of the prediction targets based on the generated model and the set of evaluation factors. The set of prediction targets, the generated model, and the scores for the set of prediction targets are updated until the updated scores for the updated set of prediction targets satisfy acceptance criteria. The updated generated model, using the updated set of prediction targets, is applied to predict one of a set of updated prediction targets of mutually exclusive outcome categories.
US11195590B2	Memory including a plurality of portions and used for reducing program disturbance and program method thereof A memory includes a first portion, a second portion and a controller. The first portion includes a first word line to a kth word line. The second portion is formed above the first portion and includes a (k+1)th word line to an mth word line. When an xth word line is used to perform a program operation, the controller is used to apply a first voltage to the first word line to an (x−2)th word line, a second voltage to an (x−1)th word line, and a third voltage to an (x+1)th word line. x, k and m are positive integers.
US11195582B2	Non-volatile memory device and method of writing to non-volatile memory device A non-volatile memory device includes: a memory group of a plurality of variable resistance memory cells in which digital data is recorded according to a magnitude of a resistance value, the memory group including at least one data cell and at least one dummy cell which are associated with each other; and a read circuit which performs, in parallel, a read operation on each of the plurality of memory cells included in the memory group. Dummy data, for reducing a correlation between a side-channel leakage generated when the read operation is performed by the read circuit and information data recorded in the at least one data cell, is recorded in the at least one dummy cell.
US11195580B2	Integrated pixel and two-terminal non-volatile memory cell and an array of cells for deep in-sensor, in-memory computing Disclosed is a cell that integrates a pixel and a two-terminal non-volatile memory device. The cell can be selectively operated in write, read and functional computing modes. In the write mode, a first data value is stored the memory device. In the read mode, it is read from the memory device. In the functional computing mode, the pixel captures a second data value and a sensed change in an electrical parameter (e.g., voltage or current) on a bitline connected to the cell is a function of both the first and second data value. Also disclosed is an IC structure that includes an array of the cells and, when multiple cells in a given column are concurrently operated in the functional computing mode, the sensed total change in the electrical parameter on the bitline for the column is indicative of a result of a dot product computation.
US11195577B2	Switch element and method for manufacturing switch element A switch element includes a first wiring line that is provided in a first insulating film and extends in a first direction; a second wiring line that is provided in a second insulating film and extends in a second direction that intersects the first direction; an ion conductive layer sandwiched between the first wiring line and the second wiring line and directly in contact with the second wiring line in an intersection region where the first wiring line and the second wiring line intersect, and enabled to conduct metal ions supplied from the second wiring line; and a metal oxide film sandwiched between the first wiring line and the ion conductive layer.
US11195574B2	Memory device having variable impedance memory cells and time-to-transition sensing of data stored therein The present disclosure relates to circuits, systems, and methods of operation for a memory device. In an example, a memory device includes a plurality of memory cells, each memory cell having a variable impedance that varies in accordance with a respective data value stored therein; and a read circuit configured to read the data value stored within a selected memory cell based upon a variable time delay determination of a signal node voltage change corresponding to the variable impedance of the selected memory cell.

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