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US11254395B2	Aquatic invasive species control apparatuses and methods for watercraft Wakeboats that include an aquatic invasive species control apparatus are provided. These wakeboats can include: a wakeboat with a hull; at least one throughhull fitting in the hull of the wakeboat; an irradiation chamber in fluid communication with the at least one throughhull fitting, the irradiation chamber having a radiation source; and at least one water destination aboard the wakeboat. Methods for irradiating invasive aquatic species aboard a wakeboat are also provided. The methods can include: receiving water from outside the wakeboat hull; and irradiating water aboard the wakeboat prior to discharging the water.
US11254387B2	Dual linkage front fork with steering lock for scooter A vehicle includes a dual linkage assembly coupled to two front wheels and a fork. The dual linkage assembly includes arms coupled at pivot points. Each arm rotates independently at the pivot points and responds to force applied by the rider, such that both front wheels maintain contact with the ground. The vehicle further includes a lock assembly including a lever and a lock block coupled to the front fork, a first piece with a first notch coupled to one or more of the arms, and a second piece with a second notch coupled to a head tube. When locked, the lock block engages the first notch, preventing the dual linkage assembly from rotating, and engages the second notch, preventing the fork from rotating. The vehicle is then capable of standing upright without assistance from a rider or stand.
US11254386B2	Electric bicycle having a communication system An electric bicycle that has a communication system, including at least one electronic processing module for processing information for the rider of the electric bicycle, and at least one signal device for providing the processed information to the rider. To reduce safety risks due to the rider being distracted by his/her surroundings while riding the electric bicycle and to increase riding comfort, the at least one signal device is designed to output the information as a tactile, optical, and/or acoustic signal emitted by the electric bicycle in order to spontaneously influence the rider.
US11254372B2	Vehicle A vehicle is disclosed. The vehicle may include a base portion and a modular portion. The base portion may be a four wheel vehicle having an operator area with seating for at least two occupants in a side-by-side arrangement. The modular portion may be coupled to the base portion resulting in a six wheel vehicle. The wheels of the modular portion may be powered by an engine of the base portion.
US11254368B2	Structure for reinforcing and supporting vehicle frunk A structure for reinforcing and supporting a vehicle frunk includes front side members installed in a front-to-back direction of a vehicle body at both sides of a front floor panel of a vehicle, a frunk bar extending in a width direction of the vehicle between the front side members and connected to the front side members, a bracket formed at a position corresponding to connection between the frunk bar and a respective one of the front side members, to couple the frunk bar to the respective one of the front side members, at least two motor mounts formed beneath the frunk bar in a height direction of the frunk bar, and a subframe positioned beneath the motor mounts in a height direction of the motor mounts and connected to the front side members to extend in the width direction of the vehicle.
US11254366B2	Vehicle body joint structure A vehicle body joint structure includes a lower panel disposed on a side surface of a floor assembly, an upper panel extending upward from the lower panel and connected to a roof assembly for a roof of a vehicle body, and a connection pipe extending vertically to connect the floor assembly to the roof assembly, disposed to face the upper panel, and coupled to the upper panel.
US11254358B2	Steering knuckle A steering knuckle, including a rod part, a disc part, an ear part including a first ear and a second ear. The rod part and the ear part are disposed on two sides of the disc part, respectively. The first ear is longer than the second ear. The first ear and the second ear each include a pin hole; the connection line of two pin holes of the first ear and the second ear is perpendicular to the axis of the rod part. The first ear extends parallel to the axis of the rod part in the direction away from the disc part to form a pulling arm configured to connect to a steering drag link. The second ear extends perpendicularly to the axis of the rod part and perpendicularly to the connection line of the two pin holes to form a steering arm configured to connect to a steering tie rod.
US11254355B2	Electronic control device, control method, and non-transitory computer readable medium An electronic control device controls an electronic power steering apparatus including a motor configured to assist steering of a steering wheel provided in a vehicle and a torque sensor configured to detect a steering torque applied to the steering wheel. The electronic control device includes: a torque current control unit that sets a first current command value to be supplied to the motor according to a value of the steering torque applied to the steering wheel; a differential control unit that calculates a torque differential value as a differential value of the steering torque and sets a second current command value according to the torque differential value and a rotation speed of the motor; and a command value calculation unit that calculates a motor current command value to be supplied to the motor based on the first current command value and the second current command value.
US11254354B2	Method and apparatus for controlling motor of electric power assisted steering system A motor control method for controlling a motor of an electric power assisted steering system includes: generating a low pass torque signal and a high pass torque signal, respectively; generating a low frequency assist torque signal using the low pass torque signal and the vehicle speed; generating a high frequency assist torque signal using a high pass torque signal and the vehicle speed; generating a torque command signal using a sum of the low frequency assist torque signal and the high frequency assist torque signal; and generating a voltage output signal for driving the motor using the torque command signal.
US11254330B2	Method for automatically driving a vehicle under constraint, in particular a bus in a storage facility, and device implementing such a method A method includes at least the following phases: a first phase wherein a path to be followed is generated, the path being subdivided into a series of sections of which the starting point forms an intermediate position; a second phase wherein, at the current intermediate position of the vehicle: a non-zero curvature is defined for each of the next n prediction horizon sections, the curvature varying progressively from one section to the next; a prediction is made, before the vehicle engages a movement, as to whether the path can be followed to the prediction horizon, as a function of imposed constraints and of the estimated lateral and/or longitudinal slips; a third phase wherein, if the path can be followed, the steering lock angle of the front wheels and the linear traction speed of the vehicle are controlled as a function of the state of the vehicle and of the lateral and/or longitudinal slips to line up the centre of the axle of the rear wheels on the path; if the path cannot be followed, the vehicle is realigned towards the target position and a new reference path is generated according to the first phase.
US11254329B2	Systems and methods for compression of lane data A system for identifying features of a roadway traversed by a host vehicle may include at least one processor programmed to: receive a plurality of images representative of an environment of the host vehicle; recognize in the plurality of images a presence of a road feature associated with the roadway; determine a location of a first point associated with the road feature relative to a curve representative of a path of travel of the host vehicle; determine a location of a second point associated with the road feature relative to the curve; and cause transmission to a server remotely located from the host vehicle of a representation of a series of points associated with locations along the road feature. The second point may be spaced apart from the first point, and the series of points may include at least the first point and the second point.
US11254325B2	Vehicle-data analytics Provided is a system configured to determine and push adjustments to vehicle operations using machine-learning systems across multiple computing layers.
US11254322B2	System and method for monitoring and managing cognitive load of an occupant of a vehicle A system and method for monitoring and managing a cognitive load of an occupant of a vehicle, including: determining, based on analysis of a first set of sensory inputs received from a first set of sensors from a cabin of the vehicle, a current cognitive load score of an occupant of the vehicle; determining, based on an analysis of a second set of sensory inputs, a current state of the vehicle; analyzing the current cognitive load score of the occupant with respect to the current state of the vehicle; and, selecting at least one predetermined plan for execution based on a determination that a reduction of the current cognitive load score of the occupant is desirable, wherein the determination is based on a result of the analysis of the current cognitive load score of the occupant and the current state of the vehicle.
US11254318B2	Passenger compartment monitoring method and passenger compartment monitoring device A passenger compartment of a vehicle, on which a plurality of passengers are boarded, is monitored. An individual presentation device for providing individual notification to each of the passengers is associated with each of the passengers boarding the passenger compartment. One of the passengers who is an actor of a predetermined specific action is specified. The actor is requested to stop the specific action using the individual presentation device associated with the actor.
US11254313B2	Travelling control apparatus A travelling control apparatus includes a preceding vehicle information acquiring unit acquiring a preceding vehicle travelling speed pattern indicating a travelling speed change of a preceding vehicle; an energy efficiency index calculation unit calculating an energy efficiency index indicating a degree of improvement in an energy efficiency of the vehicle, in the case where the vehicle travels based on an own vehicle travelling speed pattern indicating a travelling speed change of the vehicle when the vehicle travels tracking the preceding vehicle; a compatibility index calculation unit calculating a compatibility index indicating a degree of compatibility between the vehicle and a following vehicle based on a travelling speed of the vehicle and the following vehicle; and a control unit performing a coasting travel determination determining whether to perform a coasting travel of the vehicle based on a degree of the energy efficiency index and the compatibility index.
US11254310B2	Apparatus for controlling autonomous driving of vehicle, system including the same and method for the same A vehicle autonomous driving control apparatus for a vehicle includes: a processor that adjusts a control band for controlling an acceleration and a deceleration of the vehicle, based on a target acceleration and deceleration and an acceleration/deceleration response stage which sets a speed of responsiveness of the acceleration and deceleration of the vehicle to follow the target acceleration and deceleration; and a storage to store a driving pattern learning result calculated by the processor, the target acceleration and deceleration, and the control band.
US11254309B2	Cruise control system and method for vehicle A cruise control system capable of: determining, by a controller, whether the vehicle is in a cruise mode-on state; determining, by the controller, an operation mode of the vehicle selected by a driver; and when it is determined that the vehicle is in the cruise mode-on state, performing, by the controller, cruise control of the vehicle for the operation mode selected by the driver, and a method therefor. Herein, the operation mode includes an eco mode which performs driving control prioritizing fuel consumption reduction.
US11254303B2	Hybrid vehicle and method of controlling gear shifting for the same A method of controlling gear shifting of a hybrid vehicle including an engine, a motor, and a stepped transmission includes predicting a requested torque reduction amount requested by the engine and the motor when there is a request to shift gears of the transmission, determining whether to realize the predicted requested torque reduction amount by reducing motor torque or applying counter torque, as a result of the determining, when it is not possible to realize the predicted requested torque reduction amount, determining an operating point correction amount for increasing an available torque reduction amount of the motor, and determining whether to perform first gear-shifting control in consideration of efficiency of the first gear-shifting control of increasing the motor torque and reducing engine torque by the operating point correction amount before an actual requested torque reduction amount is input.
US11254302B2	Stabilized real time trajectory optimization for hybrid energy management utilizing connected information technologies A vehicle control method in a hybrid electric vehicle including an internal combustion engine, a battery, an electric motor, and a control unit. The method includes estimating an estimated vehicle velocity trajectory, estimating an initial engine power trajectory, simulating state of charge of the battery with the vehicle velocity trajectory and the initial engine power trajectory, estimating an initial terminal co-state value, simulating backward co-state dynamics using the state of charge and vehicle velocity trajectory, to obtain a resulting co-state trajectory. The co-state trajectory is used to solve a minimization control and propagate state of charge dynamics forward in time. The method includes updating control and the co-state trajectory, adjusting the terminal co-state value, and controlling a usage of the battery and the internal combustion engine. The method can be performed to optimize the engine power trajectory to minimize fuel consumption in real time.
US11254301B2	Control device for hybrid vehicle, control method for hybrid vehicle, and recording medium A control device for a hybrid vehicle, includes a travel route creation unit creating a travel route from a starting point to a destination through a stopping point by referring to map information; a parking time period estimation unit estimating a parking time period of the hybrid vehicle at the stopping point; a travel load prediction unit predicting a traveling load of the hybrid vehicle in each of sections obtained by dividing the travel route by referring to the map information; and a travel mode setting unit setting, for each of the sections, a traveling mode of an EV mode, in which the battery provides power for traveling as a main power supply, or an HV mode, in which the internal combustion engine provides the power for traveling as the main power supply, on the basis of the parking time period and the traveling load.
US11254297B2	Systems and methods for operating a torque converter clutch Systems and methods for improving operation of a hybrid vehicle driveline are presented. In one example, a margin torque for closing a torque converter clutch is adjusted responsive to a state of engine operation.
US11254292B2	Coupling clip, wiper lever, and wiper blade A coupling clip includes a clip body that includes a wiper lever anchor portion to be anchored to a coupling shaft provided at a wiper lever assembly supporting a blade rubber, and a wiper arm anchor portion for anchoring a wiper arm. The coupling clip also includes a damper member that is attached to the clip body. When the wiper lever assembly is displaced with respect to the clip body, the damper member is deformed between the wiper lever assembly and the clip body.
US11254284B2	Vehicle and method of controlling the same A vehicle includes a door sensor configured to detect opening and closing of a door; a radar provided in the vehicle and configured to acquire radar data regarding an object in the vehicle; a seatbelt sensor configured to detect a state of a seat belt provided on each seat of the vehicle; a seatbelt indicator configured to provide a notification regarding fastening of the seat belt; and a controller configured to control the radar in response to the opening and the closing of the door, perform a first check regarding the state of the seatbelt, check an occupancy and an occupied position of the object based on the radar data, identify a type of the object in the vehicle based on the radar data, and determine an operating state of the seatbelt indicator based on the type of the object and the occupied position of the object.
US11254277B2	Roof airbag apparatus A roof airbag apparatus including a rear cushion unit deployed from a rear part toward a front part of a roof when gas is supplied, and covering a rear region of the roof; a front cushion unit coupled to a front end of the rear cushion unit to communicate therewith, deployed forward when the rear cushion unit is deployed, and covering a front region of the roof; a pair of guide bars guiding left and right ends of the rear cushion unit and the front cushion unit at left and right sides of the roof; and a pair of connection members coupled to front ends of the guide bars in a state in which the pair of connection members are fixed to the front part of the roof, and decoupled from the guide bars and deploying the front cushion unit downward when a front collision sensing signal is transferred.
US11254273B2	Venting of airbag for adjustment of cushioning surface position A vehicle airbag system includes an airbag having a cushioning surface configured to be contacted by a user to cushion the user after inflation of the airbag. The airbag also includes at least one cushioning surface positioning vent coupled to the cushioning surface. The at least one cushioning surface positioning vent is actuatable to direct a flow of gas exiting an interior of the airbag so as to produce a reaction force which moves the cushioning surface in a predetermined direction.
US11254267B2	Vehicle undercover mounting bracket and vehicle undercover assembly having the same A vehicle undercover mounting bracket for mounting an undercover body is provided. The vehicle undercover mounting bracket includes a frame-side mounting portion mounted on a side rail of a truck frame, an undercover-side mounting portion mounted on the undercover body and spaced apart from the frame-side mounting portion in a longitudinal direction of the side rail, and a connecting portion which extends in the longitudinal direction of the side rail and connects the frame-side mounting portion and the undercover-side mounting portion.
US11254266B2	Ladder transport system A ladder transport system includes a cabin support member having an upper panel affixed to a rear panel, wherein the cabin support member can removably secure to a cabin of a vehicle. An aperture is disposed through the rear panel. A tailgate support member includes a front wall, a rear wall, and an upper wall extending therebetween defining an interior channel. The interior channel receives a tailgate of the vehicle therein, such that the tailgate support member is removably secured to the tailgate. A pair of support rods extend from the upper wall to engage a rung of a ladder.
US11254264B2	Sensor assembling structure for rotary mounting-type windshield mounted inner mirror for vehicle A sensor assembling structure includes a sensor assembling void formed in a mounting base, a sensor assembling leaf spring, and mounting base-side leaf spring mounting portions formed at the mounting base. The mounting base is mounted to a windshield. The sensor assembling void receives a sensor. The sensor assembling leaf spring includes mounting base mounted portions. In a state in which the sensor is received in the sensor assembling void, the sensor assembling leaf spring is mounted to the mounting base-side leaf spring mounting portions via the mounting base mounted portions. The sensor assembling leaf spring maintains a state in which the sensor is received in the sensor assembling void.
US11254263B2	Vehicular vision system A vehicular vision system includes a plurality of cameras mounted at the vehicle and having respective fields of view exterior of the vehicle. The cameras include a CMOS image sensor and a serial data interface configured for transmission of captured image data to an image processing system via a serial data bus linking the respective camera to the image processing system, which processes the transmitted captured image data. The vehicular vision system transmits data to the cameras via the respective serial data bus linking the respective camera to the image processing system. The vehicular vision system activates at least one camera of the plurality of cameras (i) responsive to a gear position of the vehicle, (ii) based on situational analysis information derived from the image processing system, or (iii) based on a driving condition.
US11254250B2	Vehicle seat with vibration transferring member A vehicle seat includes: a cushion pad in which one or more hanging grooves into which a trim cover is inserted are formed in a sitting-person supporting surface; a wire which is provided in a bottom of the hanging groove along the hanging groove and locks the trim cover which is inserted into the hanging groove; a vibration transferring member which is buried in the cushion pad along the wire; and a vibration body which excites the vibration transferring member.
US11254245B2	Vehicle seat with inclinable seatback A vehicle seat comprising a seatback pivoting relative to a frame around the first transverse axis, a seat cushion pivoting relative to the seatback around a second transverse axis, a link pivoting relative to the seat cushion around a third transverse axis, wherein the link is further pivoting relative to the frame around a fourth transverse axis, a mechanism for releasing the angular position of the seatback relative to the frame around the first transverse axis, and an actuator, attached under the seat cushion. The angular position of the seatback relative to the frame released, the actuator commands a movement of the link relative to the seat cushion and consequently of the seatback relative to the seat cushion, from a comfort position of the seat to a flat floor position.
US11254239B2	Vehicle power controller, system including the same, and method thereof for smart key authentication A vehicle power controller includes a processor capable of switching a power source of a vehicle based on whether a user rides in the vehicle, or whether a brake input occurs. The processor determines whether the user rides in the vehicle based on whether a smart key is authenticated in an interior of the vehicle, whether a door of the vehicle is opened or closed, or whether the user is seated in a seat.
US11254237B2	Method and system for operating a fuel cell system The invention relates to a method and to a system for operating a fuel cell system (22) and at least one sub-system (30) of the fuel cell system (22). According to the invention, these are arranged in a vehicle (10), wherein the energy for a drive train (12) of the vehicle (10) can be drawn both from the fuel cell system (22) and from an alternative energy store (26). The method comprises the following method steps: first, the number and duration of shut-down and/or stop phases of the vehicles (10) in a defined time interval in a first vehicle state (86) or in a second vehicle state (88) is determined based on vehicle state-specific learning functions (90, 112). Operating parameters of the fuel cell system (22) and of the at least one sub-system (30) of the fuel cell system (22) are then adjusted in dependence on the determined number and duration of shut-down and/or stop phases of the vehicle (10).
US11254236B2	High performance uniform temperature cold plate A cold plate assembly for cooling a battery of a vehicle includes a first exterior portion disposed adjacent the battery, a separator portion disposed adjacent the first exterior portion, a first flow path formed between the first exterior portion and the separator portion with the first flow path configured to receive a first fluid flow therein, a second exterior portion disposed adjacent the separator portion opposite the first exterior portion, and a second flow path formed between the separator portion and the second exterior portion with the second flow path configured to receive a second fluid flow therein. The first fluid flow flows relative to the second fluid flow in a counter-flow flow configuration.
US11254234B2	Connected vehicle A connected vehicle is able to communicate with a server. The server is configured to collect result data indicating traveling results of a plurality of vehicles. The connected vehicle includes a communication device configured to receive data from the server and a control device configured to calculate a travelable range of the connected vehicle. The control device is configured to calculate the travelable range based on data in which the travelable range is shorter among first data and second data. The first data is calculated based on traveling results of the connected vehicle and is correlated with the travelable range. The second data is calculated based on the result data collected in the server and is correlated with the travelable range.
US11254233B2	Charge-discharge management system A charge-discharge management system according to the present disclosure includes a plurality of electric vehicles wherein each electric vehicle has a storage battery, a charge-discharge facility that charges and discharges the storage batteries of the plurality of electric vehicles, and a charge-discharge management device that controls charging and discharging actions of the charge-discharge facility. Each electric vehicle of the plurality of electric vehicles is configured to exchange electricity of the storage battery of the electric vehicle of the plurality of electric vehicles by another electric vehicle through the charge-discharge facility. The charge-discharge management device switches, according to an electricity buying price, a charging action between an action of charging the storage batteries of the plurality of electric vehicles by the charge-discharge facility and an action of charging the storage batteries of the plurality of electric vehicles by exchanging electricity of the storage batteries between the plurality of electric vehicles.
US11254231B2	Circuit and method for detecting control pilot abnormality of a DC charging pile A hardware together with a software are used to implement a control pilot (CP) status detection for protecting a DC charging pile when errors happens, such as short circuit or open circuit, at CP point. The circuit for detecting the abnormality of the CP point includes a detection circuit, which is coupled to a CP signal generating circuit of the charging pile to provide an abnormal state detection when an electrical vehicle is electrically connected to the DC charging pile, and output the detected CP signal to a control circuit. It includes a DC voltage converter that converts a DC input voltage into two DC output reference voltage levels, a rectifier circuit to filter out the negative potential of the CP signal generating by the CP signal generating circuit, and a CP signal isolation circuit, connected to the rectifier circuit to provide isolated CP signals to the control circuit.
US11254223B2	Operating mode optimization for electric propulsion system with downsized DC-DC converter An electric propulsion system includes a battery pack and a DC-DC converter. The converter has a bypass switch and semiconductor switches. A traction power inverter module (“TPIM”) rectifies a DC bus voltage on the voltage bus to produce an AC bus voltage. An electric machine is connected to the TPIM and energized via the AC bus voltage. A controller calculates required output power from the converter based on a requested operating mode, and speed and torque of the electric machine. When the output power exceeds a threshold, the bypass switch closes to bypass the converter. When the output power is less than the threshold, the controller uses a minimum loss voltage from a loss map as a target control voltage of the converter to optimize efficiency of the electric propulsion system.
US11254222B2	Method for operating a drive system of an electric vehicle and drive system for an electric vehicle A method for operating a drive system (10) of an electric vehicle, comprising a first energy source (21), a second energy source (22) formed as an electrical energy store, and at least one electric machine (30) is disclosed. In a first operating mode, electrical energy is transferred from the first energy source (21) to at least one electric machine (30), and electrical energy is transferred from the second energy source (22) to at least one electric machine (30). In a second operating mode, electrical energy is transferred from the first energy source (21) to at least one electric machine (30), and electrical energy is transferred from at least one electric machine (30) to the second energy source (22).
US11254211B2	Electric vehicle power management system An apparatus comprising an interface, a memory and a processor. The interface may be configured to receive sensor data samples during operation of a vehicle. The memory may be configured to store the sensor data samples over a number of points in time. The processor may be configured to analyze the sensor data samples stored in the memory to detect a pattern. The processor may be configured to manage an application of brakes of the vehicle in response to the pattern.
US11254210B2	Operator control and display device for a motor vehicle, method for operating an operator control and display device for a motor vehicle and motor vehicle having an operator control and display device A proximity-sensitive and touch-sensitive screen includes a display area with first and second segments, the second segment arranged on the first segment along a contact line, on an operator control and display device. At least the second segment can be pivoted, along the contact line, with respect to the first segment to temporarily form an operator control element, thereby providing easier and more reliable operator control.
US11254207B2	Method for compensating clutch torque in an electronic limited slip differential A method of determining clutch torque for a limited slip differential gear mechanism on a vehicle includes obtaining an estimated driveline torque. A desired bias torque is established. A necessary clutch torque required to achieve the desired bias torque is determined. The necessary clutch torque is commanded based on the estimated driveline torque to achieve the desired bias torque.
US11254198B2	Automobile door sealing member If a sealing member is mounted to a planar sealing member-mount extending from a window frame toward outside of the cabin, separation of a terminal portion of the sealing member from the window frame is to be reduced. A fixing member made of a hard material is provided on a terminal portion of the sealing member in a front-rear direction of a vehicle. The fixing member has a body portion, an engagement portion, and a fixing target portion. The body portion is fixed to the terminal portion of the sealing member. The engagement portion holds the planar sealing member-mount in a thickness direction. The fixing target portion is fixed to a portion of the window frame remote from the planar sealing member-mount in the front-rear direction of the vehicle.
US11254193B2	Vehicle rear slider window assembly with water diverters A slider window assembly for a vehicle includes at least one fixed window panel and a movable window panel that is movable along an upper rail and a lower rail at the at least one fixed window panel between an opened position and a closed position. The lower rail includes a U-shaped channel and an attaching structure for attaching the lower rail at the at least one fixed window panel. The lower rail includes a plurality of water drainage channels established at the attaching structure and having an inlet at a wall of the U-shaped channel. A plurality of water diverters are established at the U-shaped channel and are configured to divert water flowing along the U-shaped channel toward the side of the channel along which respective inlets for respective water drainage channels are disposed.
US11254187B2	Vehicular air conditioner A vehicular air conditioner includes a casing, a blower fan, and a heating heat exchanger. The air passage in the casing is divided into an outside air passage and an inside air passage. The heating heat exchanger is disposed downstream of the blower fan in the casing. The blower fan is disposed to extend over a first outside air space, a second outside air space, a first inside air space, and a second inside air space in the air passage. The rotational direction of the blower fan is set so that each of the plurality of blades of the blower fan passes through the first outside air space, the first inside air space, the second inside air space, and the second outside air space in this order when the plurality of blade are rotating.
US11254182B2	Heat conducting device and vehicle with the same A heat conducting device in a vehicle whereby heat in the body or shell of the vehicle is transferred to the ground includes a control device, a heat transferring device, and a driving device. The heat transferring device is in the vehicle and is connected to the shell of the vehicle when the vehicle is flameout, the driving device is coupled to the control device and the heat transferring device, such that the heat transferring device is extended downwards from the vehicle, until the heat transferring device contacts the ground, thereby heat of the shell of the vehicle is transferred to the ground.
US11254181B2	Forecarriage of a rolling motor vehicle with roll control The present invention relates to a forecarriage of a rolling motor vehicle with three or four wheels, comprising: a forecarriage frame (16); at least one pair of front wheels (10′, 10″) kinematically connected to each other and to the forecarriage frame by a kinematic roll mechanism (20) which enables the same to roll in a synchronous and specular manner; a roll control system (100) comprising a rod (110) having a first (111) and a second end (112) opposite each other which connect by means of hinging means (101′, 101″; 102′, 102″) a first (60) and a second anchoring portion (60) of forecarriage (8) directly to each other. At least one of said first and second anchoring portions is subject to roll movements of said two front wheels. The hinging means are configured to passively follow the movements of the two anchoring portions. The hinging means (101′, 101″) at the first end of the rod comprise at least a first roll hinge (101′) which has its hinge axis substantially orthogonal to a rolling plane of the two front wheels and is connected to the first anchoring portion. The roll control system comprises a first damper device suitable to dampen—in a predetermined angular range—the rotation movements of the rod with respect to the first roll hinge at the first end (111). The above angular range corresponds to the angular roll range of the rod.
US11254175B2	Single-shell spring control arm The invention relates to a single-shell spring control arm formed of sheet metal for a wheel suspension of a motor vehicle, with upwardly directed side limbs connected to one another by a base, with a first end section for connection to a chassis girder, with a second end section for wheel-side connection, with a spring receiving section, which is located between the two end sections and has a spring support surface formed on the base, and with a damper receiving section formed between the spring receiving section and the second end section for connecting a shock absorber. In order to achieve at relatively low component weight and favorable manufacturing costs improved stiffness with respect to high axle loads, the invention provides that a U-shaped constriction is formed between the spring support surface and the damper receiving section, which constriction extends in the base and in the side limbs.
US11254170B2	Automatic tire inflation system with thru-hub air feed An Automatic Tire Inflation System (ATIS) for use with a vehicle includes a controller, valves controlled by the controller and, for at least one drive axle having inner bearings and outer bearings, a channel formed in a spindle, first hosing coupling controlled by the controller to the channel formed in the spindle, a channel formed in a hub, a rotary air seal coupling the channel formed in the spindle to the channel formed in the hub, and second hosing coupling the channel formed in the hub to at least one wheel. The rotary air seal may transition from a sealed state that forms a seal between the spindle and the hub to support air flow between the channel formed in the spindle and the channel formed in hub and reside in an unsealed state to negate the seal between the spindle and the hub.
US11254154B1	Garment personalization with autonomous robots Embodiments herein describe a DTG printing environment that uses autonomous robots to move garments between DTG processing stages (e.g., retrieval stages, pretreatment stages, printing stages, drying stages, etc.). Doing so removes the dependency of DTG printing process on the stage that consumes the most time. In one embodiment, the DTG processing stages or the autonomous robot include an actuator for moving the garment and the DTG processing stage closer together. In one embodiment, the processing stage includes a lift (e.g., an actuator) that lifts a detachable carrier from the robot on which the garment is mounted. The lift can level and rotate the detachable carrier to provide a fine alignment between the garment and the DTG processing stage. While a lift is specifically disclosed, in other embodiments, the actuator could be disposed on the robot to lift up the garment.
US11254151B2	Recording apparatus A recording apparatus includes a recording head, an ink tank that is disposed above the recording head, a carriage on which the recording head and the ink tank are mounted, a scanner unit that is attached to the upper portion of the casing via a pivot shaft so as to pivot with respect to the casing and that reads a document placed on the document table, and a panel unit in which the scanner unit is attached to an end portion disposed on the opposite side to the pivot shaft and is configured to tilt between a first orientation and a second orientation closer to the document table than the first orientation, and by pivoting the scanner unit with respect to the casing to expose the ink tank, ink is injected from the refill container into the ink tank and the remaining amount of liquid is viewed.
US11254148B2	Medium processing apparatus, loading apparatus and medium loading method A medium processing apparatus includes a printer, a supporting member having a sheet-like shape and configured to support a discharged medium, and a winding unit configured to wind the supporting member and move with respect to the printer. The winding unit has a first case and a second case that rotatably support a winding shaft, and a placement portion placed at a flat surface. The first case and the second case in a state where axis lines of respective bearing portions that support the winding shaft are aligned with each other and in a state of being held so as to be mutually non-rotatable in a plane orthogonal to an axis line of the winding shaft, and when the winding unit is installed on a flat surface, the placement portion contacts the flat surface.
US11254147B2	Medium transport device and recording apparatus A medium transport device includes a medium transport path for transporting a medium, and a medium detection unit that detects a medium by using detection light intersecting the medium transport path. the medium detection unit is a part constituting an optical path of the detection light, and includes a first optical component positioned on a first side of the medium transport path, and a second optical component positioned on a second side with the medium transport path interposed therebetween, and the second optical component is accommodated in a recess formed in a wall face extending in a direction intersecting a path surface of the medium transport path.
US11254142B2	Multidimensional image reproduction technique The instant invention is related to a method for replicating an object. The method includes providing an object comprising an outer surface and a channel; applying dry tannin powder to the outer surface of the object wherein at least a portion of the dry tannin powder adheres to the outer surface as imaging tannin; and placing an aqueous solution of an iron salt in the channel wherein the iron salt diffuses through the object to convert said imaging tannin into a replica of the object.
US11254128B2	Liquid discharging apparatus A liquid discharging apparatus includes: a channel member formed with an individual channel, the individual channel including a nozzle and a pressure chamber; a piezoelectric element arranged in the channel member and facing the pressure chamber, the piezoelectric element being configured to apply pressure to liquid in the individual channel; and a driver configured to apply a driving signal to the piezoelectric element, the driving signal being constructed of a plurality of pulse waveforms, wherein the piezoelectric element is driven in a pull-strike system by one piece of the pulse waveforms such that the pressure chamber is depressurized and then pressurized.
US11254117B2	Processing device A processing device configured to process a printed sheet (3) includes an embossing device (5) configured to perform emboss-processing of the sheet (3), and a final processing device configured to perform final working processing of a surface of the sheet (3). The final processing device includes at least one of a number printing device (6) configured to print a number on the sheet (3), and a varnishing device configured to apply a varnish to the sheet (3). There is provided a processing device capable of performing emboss-processing without disturbing sheet feeding when performing the final process of printing by performing the emboss-processing at an appropriate stage of a printing step.
US11254116B1	Platen assembly for printing on face masks A platen assembly for printing on face masks which includes a base member having a plurality of jig members mounted thereon. The base member has a top surface and a bottom surface, with its bottom surface operative to attach to a platen holding mechanism of a conventional direct to garment printer. Each of the jig members may be attached to the top surface of the base member and hold a single face mask in such a manner that it can be printed on. Edges of the base member and of each jig member include interface portions which allow portions of the face mask to be selectively threaded through to more effectively keep the face masks in place, being held smooth and taught.
US11254111B2	Defect resisting acoustic polymer interlayers This disclosure is related to the field of polymer interlayers for multiple layer glass panels and multiple layer glass panels having at least one polymer interlayer sheet. Specifically, this disclosure is related to the field of polymer interlayers comprising multiple thermoplastic layers which resist the formation of optical defects.
US11254103B2	Bullet-resistent insulating glazing unit An insulating glazing unit may be configured to provide both visible transparency and bullet-resistance. The bullet resistant properties of the unit may be achieved through the combination and coordination of different materials forming the panes of the unit. For example, the insulating glazing unit may include multiple laminate panes separated by a spacer. Each laminate pane may include at least two transparent rigid substrates joined by a layer of laminate material. The laminate material used in one laminate pane may be different than the laminate material used in another pane. For example, one pane may utilize a laminate material that is soft and flexible. This may help absorb and dissipate the impact of a projectile. By contrast, another laminate pane may utilize a laminate material that is stiff and rigid. This may help provide a final stopping force to a projectile.
US11254102B2	Laminated glass To provide a laminated glass excellent in edge foaming resistance and rigidity. Laminated glass 1 in which a pair of glass plates and an intermediate film 4 provided between the pair of glass plates, are laminated, wherein the shear storage modulus of said intermediate film 4 is from 2 to 100 MPa, and the outer peripheral edge of the intermediate film 4 is present inside than the outer peripheral edges of the two glass plates constituting said pair of glass panels, at least at a part of the entire outer periphery of the laminated glass 1.
US11254101B2	Structured film and articles thereof A film including a resin layer comprising a structured major surface opposite a second major surface, the structured major surface including a plurality of features; a barrier layer on the structured major surface; and a first adhesive layer on the barrier layer.
US11254096B2	Sealable, peelable film A sealable and peelable film comprising a four layer coextrudate comprising a core layer contributing predominantly towards the thickness of the film, a first sealing layer provided on one side of the core layer and a second sealing layer, or alternatively a laminating layer, provided on the other side of the core layer, and the film comprising a peeling layer in between the first sealing layer and the core layer and/or in between the second sealing layer, or alternatively the laminating layer, and the core layer, and wherein the peeling layer is adjacent the first sealing layer and/or the second sealing layer and/or the laminating layer, and wherein the relative thickness of the peeling layer and its adjacent sealing and/or lamination layer (p:s/l ratio) is from 1:10 to 5:1.
US11254094B2	Multilayer polymer film In a first aspect, a multilayer polymer film includes a first polymer layer having a first elastic modulus and a second polymer layer having a second elastic modulus. The first polymer layer includes a polyimide, a polyamide imide, a block copolymer of a polyimide or a polyamide imide or a mixture thereof. The second polymer layer includes a polyimide, a polyamide imide, a block copolymer of a polyimide or a polyamide imide or a mixture thereof. The first elastic modulus is different from the second elastic modulus. The first and second polymer layers are bonded by consolidation. In a second aspect, a cover window for a display includes a hard coat layer and the multilayer polymer film of the first aspect. The first polymer layer of the multilayer polymer film is the layer farthest from the display and is adhered to the hard coat layer.
US11254089B2	Lightweight inner dash Moulded inner dash trim part for a vehicle comprising a porous fibrous layer comprising fibers and thermoplastic binder, and an air permeable foil laminated together wherein the fibers comprise conjugate frizzy fibers made of at least 2 sides with a difference between the two sides inducing an intrinsic permanent frizzy or curved shape in a random 3 dimensional form, and wherein the air permeable foil has an airflow resistance that is between 30-75% of the total airflow resistance of the trim part.
US11254079B2	Method for manufacturing an object and packaging A method for manufacturing an object, such as a tray includes providing an unfolded sheet; providing a straight score line in the unfolded sheet for providing a division between a wall part and a flange part; folding the flange part of the sheet relative to the wall part along the score line to provide an angle larger than 45° between the flange part and the wall part; providing a plastic foil; heating the plastic foil; pressing the heated foil on the sheet at the side provided with the score line and covering at least part of the wall part and the flange part; the sheet having at least one U-shaped cut interrupting the score line. The free ends of the U-shaped cut are positioned on the score line. The bridging part of the U-shaped cut is positioned in the flange part.
US11254078B2	Method for manufacturing an ophthalmic article The invention provides a method for manufacturing an ophthalmic article having at least one optical function and at least one predetermined transmission parameter, comprising the steps (102) of surfacing at least a first face of a first body of said article, made from a first material, according to a first geometry determined for providing said predetermined transmission parameters; and surfacing (103) at least a second face of a second body of said article, made from a second material, according to a second geometry determined at least according to said first geometry, for providing said optical.
US11254073B2	Method and semi-finished item for producing composite products and the products thus obtained A method for producing products made of composite material, including the following operating steps: placing between a first mould and at least a second mould at least one layer of composite material fibre fabric and at least a first layer of composite material fibres, wherein a layer of non-polymerized, composite material resin, substantially free of hardener, is placed between the fabric layer and the first mould; injecting resin and hardener between the first mould and the second mould to impregnate the layer and the first fibre layer with the injected resin and polymerizing the injected resin and the resin layer with the injected hardener. A semi-finished item which can be used in this method and to a product made using this method and/or with this semi-finished item.
US11254069B2	Composite material body for impact absorption and articles comprising the body A composite material body (10) includes a first material layer (20) and a second material layer (30) overlapping the first material layer (20). The first material layer (20) and the second material layer (30) are wound to form a flexible and circular rod. Impact absorption is effectively improved and impact resisting strength is enhanced because energy-absorber or damping material or its composition is attached into the composite material body (10). Technical characteristics, effects and objects of this invention are achieved thereby.
US11254055B2	Additive manufacturing machine heat flux Some examples include methods of operating an additive manufacturing machine including generating thermal energy with a thermic source including a warming source and a fusing source, each of the warming and fusing sources having a major axis longitudinally extending in a y-axial direction above a build zone, the build zone to contain a build material and a fusing agent, moving the thermic source in a x-axial direction orthogonal to the y-axial direction over the build zone at a constant velocity, delivering a first substantially uniform heat flux from the warming source and a second substantially uniform heat flux from the fusing source to cause portions of the build material that the fusing agent is disposed on to form a layer of a three dimensional object, and continuously generating thermic energy from the thermic source during a build process of the three dimensional object.
US11254051B2	Build material containers There is provided a 3D printing build material container (1). The container (1) comprises a reservoir (3) and a reinforcement structure (4). The reservoir is to hold build material. The reinforcement structure is attached to the reservoir at at least one selected location. The reservoir and reinforcement structure are to permit reconfiguration of the container from a relatively flat configuration to an in-use configuration in which the reservoir is tillable with build material.
US11254045B2	Method and system for lining pipes A method and system for inserting a liner and lining pipes from inside a water main or other larger pipe. The method and system generally includes inserting a string inside the first pipe between a first end and a second end, inserting the string through a liner positioning tool, attaching a first end of the string to the liner, and then pulling the liner into the first pipe with the first string such that the liner extends from the first end to the second end of the pipe. One end of the string may be attached to the liner by a pulling insert, which may be a threaded insert that screws into an end of the liner, and which may further include a fluid passage to allow hot water or other fluid to flow through the insert while the string is connected to it.
US11254044B2	Disposable microwave oven liner A liner (10) for lining a microwave oven (M) to prevent food from adhering to the top (T), sides (R, L), and floor (F) of the microwave during the cooking of food. The liner has a top panel (12), and three side panels (18, 20, 22) which are initially folded in place with the top panel of the liner first being installed and then the other panels in a prescribed sequence. A two-sided tape (14) is used for adhering the panels to corresponding sides of the microwave. The liner further includes a panel (28) similarly installed on the floor of the microwave, this piece having a central opening which exposes the turntable installed in the floor of the microwave. A separate circularly shaped panel (30) attaches to the top of the turntable.
US11254040B2	Surfacing process, surfaced or resurfaced metal part A subject of the invention is a process for surfacing or resurfacing a metal part by laser-assisted deposition of a filler material in order to produce an abradable coating of the part, the process being characterized in that the filler material is an iron-based powder comprising vanadium, chromium, nickel, boron, silicon and carbon, in that the laser has an operational wavelength ranging from 900 nm to 1100 nm and in that it comprises the irradiation of the part by a laser beam such that the specific energy (SE) varies from 5 J/mg to 10 J/mg and such that the linear density (LD) varies from 25 mg/mm to 55 mg/mm. Another subject of the invention is the surfaced or resurfaced metal part. Another subject of the invention is a pre-alloy in iron-based powder form, comprising vanadium, chromium, nickel, boron, silicon and carbon.
US11254026B2	Process for partial delignification and filling of a lignocellulosic material, and composite material structure able to be obtained by this process The invention relates to a process for treating a lignocellulosic material, preferably wood, comprising the following steps: (1) soaking of the material with organic fluid in order to dissolve at least 40% and at most 85%, in weight %, of the lignin of the material; (2) washing with organic fluid so as to discharge the dissolved lignin; (3) filling with a filling compound; and (4) finishing, so as to obtain a composite formed of a three-dimensional network of transformed filling compound incorporated into a cellulose and lignin network. The invention also relates to a composite structure able to be obtained in this way, and to any part comprising at least one such structure.
US11254012B2	Control device and control method for industrial machines having controlled movement drives A control device for industrial machines having controlled motion drives for machine components has at least one control element configured to manually influence or specify adjustment movements of at least one machine component and is implemented as a rotary control element with a continuously rotatable actuating element connected in terms of motion to a rotational resistance generator that is variable under control or the actuating element can be connected in terms of motion thereto. The rotational resistance generator is drivable by an analysis and control device. The analysis and control device and the rotational resistance generator in this case are equipped to inhibit the rotational mobility of the actuating element, or to subject it to an increased rotational resistance haptically perceptible by an operator, as a function of machine states or events known to or sensed by the control device. In addition, a corresponding control method is specified.
US11254011B1	System and method for robotic resolution of scan alarm Systems and methods are described, and an example system includes a transport bin configured to carry a baggage item and having spatial reference frame marking detectable by electromagnetic scan and by machine vision. The system includes a robotic arm apparatus at an inspection area, and includes a switched path baggage conveyor that, responsive to electromagnetic scan detection of an object-of-interest (OOI) within the baggage item, conveys the transport bin to the inspection area. The electromagnetic scan generates OOI geometric position information indicating geometric position of the OOI relative to the spatial reference frame marking. The robotic arm apparatus, responsive to receiving the transport bin, uses machine vision to detect orientation of the spatial reference frame marking, then translates OOI geometric position information to local reference frame, for robotic opening of the baggage item, and robotic accessing and contact swab testing on the OOI.
US11254007B2	Machine tool A machine tool is disclosed which can suppress resonance of an in-machine robot even when vibration occurs during machining of a workpiece. Vibration of the in-machine robot is detected by a vibration sensor of the in-machine robot. When the vibration of the in-machine robot becomes greater than or equal to a threshold during machining of the workpiece, a controller changes a natural frequency of the in-machine robot by exchanging an end effector of the in-machine robot or by changing an orientation of the in-machine robot, to thereby suppress resonance of the in-machine robot.
US11254001B2	Controller, control system and ladder program To provide a controller capable of facilitating changing of the order of robot cells, a control system, and a ladder program. A master PLC includes a master input unit that receives a first input signal indicating the order of operation of robot cells, and a second input signal indicating work completion in the robot cells from each of the plurality of robot cells; a master output unit that outputs an output signal for instruction of operation to the robot cell specified on the basis of combination of the first input signals, and the second input signal according to the ladder program; and a storage unit that stores a plurality of the ladder programs corresponding to a plurality of patterns of the order of operation comprising at least some of the plurality of robot cells.
US11253997B2	Method for tracking multiple target objects, device, and computer program for implementing the tracking of multiple target objects for the case of moving objects A method for tracking multiple target objects, moving objects to be tracked being projected onto a grid map having grid cells, the method including the following tasks to be executed in each time: computing the velocity distribution for the next time step with the aid of a transition velocity distribution, which indicates how the objects associated with a grid cell in question move from one time step to the next, based on the preceding velocity distribution; for each grid cell, calculating a transitional probability information item, which indicates, for objects in each grid cell, probabilities of the objects in question reaching possible, further grid cells, as a function of the velocity distribution; calculating an occupancy probability for each grid cell for a subsequent time, based on the transitional probability information item; operating a system as a function of the occupancy probabilities for the grid cells.
US11253989B1	Fence post marking assembly A fence post marking assembly for marking fence post locations includes a pair of pipes that is each positionable in an upright orientation on ground. In this way each of the pipes can mark the proposed location of a fence post. A pair of supports is each coupled to a respective one of the pipes. A rod is positionable in each of the supports thereby facilitating the pipes to be spaced a pre-determined distance apart from each other. In this way the rod can precisely space the proposed locations for fence posts apart from each other. A can of spray paint is provided to mark the proposed location of the fence posts.
US11253982B2	Torque wrench and reaction arm assembly A torque wrench assembly comprises a torque wrench and a reaction arm and locking means for locking together the torque wrench and the reaction arm. The locking means comprises a connection member located on the torque wrench; an opening on the reaction arm for receipt of the connection member of the torque wrench; a locking member slidably mounted in a channel on the reaction arm, the locking member including an aperture sized to allow the connection member to pass therethrough; and biasing means arranged to bias the locking member into a position wherein the aperture is partially aligned with the opening. The connection member has an insertion end for insertion into the opening of the reaction arm, and immediately adjacent the insertion end is a recess. The recess is shaped to receive a part of the locking member.
US11253981B2	Ratchet wrench A ratchet wrench is provided, including a main body, a driving member, a restricting member, a switching member and an elastic abutting assembly. The main body has a first receiving, chamber, a second receiving chamber and a third receiving chamber which is communicated with the first receiving chamber and the second receiving chamber. One end of the second receiving chamber is formed with a larger diameter section, and the other end of the second receiving chamber is formed with a small diameter section. The driving member is rotatably assembled within the receiving chamber. The restricting member is disposed in the third receiving chamber and limitable to a rotational direction of the driving member. The switching member is rotatably disposed within the second receiving chamber and includes a rotatable member and a projection which extends from the rotatable member. The rotatable member is received in the larger diameter section and the projection is received in the small diameter section. A bottom of the ratchet wrench of this invention is smoothly rotatable and the ratchet wrench effectively prevents the bottom from departing from the main body, which increase durability and efficiency.
US11253979B2	Adjustable single handle tool Adjustable-size jaw sub-assemblies, jaw assemblies made from such sub-assemblies, and tools, particularly hand tools, made using such jaw assemblies. A plurality of jaws are connected to a base ring by pivot pins. Cam follower recess can be defined at positions of the inner perimeter of the base ring, and between opposing faces of the base ring. In the jaw assemblies, an actuator, such as a cover plate, covers at least a portion of one of opposing faces of the base ring, and one or more bridges connect the jaws to the actuator. Movement of the base ring relative to the actuator causes the jaws to pivot about the pivot pin axes, with the jaws moving in concert with each other thereby to reduce or expand the size of a work opening defined by the jaws.
US11253978B1	Self-holding and self-driving drilling system A self-holding drilling system utilizes a vacuum gripping base and an air extraction pump to apply a holding force toward an object surface while maintaining surface-ward pressure on a drilling apparatus mounted therein. The pump extracts air from two discrete, but coupled volumes: a volume associated with the vacuum gripping base and a volume related to one or more piston tubes mounted transversely to the vacuum gripping element and movably coupled to the drilling apparatus. The surface area of the piston tubes is less than the surface area of the vacuum gripping base, which ensures the holding force is sufficient to prevent the drilling system from lifting from the object surface while also ensuring a driving force on the drilling apparatus is always less than the holding force. Thus, the operation of the drilling apparatus automatically drills into an object surface without requiring manual pressure on the drilling apparatus.
US11253977B2	Turning device for decorating tumblers A turning device for decorating a beverage container has a frame with a plurality of rotating rods that extend through the frame. Mounting dowels are connected to an end of each rotating shafts and a continuous chain is operatively connected to the plurality of rotating members. A motor is connected to an opposite end of one rotating member.
US11253976B2	Thermally protective narrow reverse action tweezers A system includes thermally protective, narrow reverse-action tweezers with a self-aligning clamp for frictionless positioning with secure connection to a sample preparation system plunger for cryogenic transmission electron microscopy.
US11253974B2	Vise with magnet A vise for securing a work piece is disclosed which includes a base. A first jaw piece and a second jaw piece can be disposed on the base, at least one of the first and second jaw pieces movable on the base such that the first and second jaw pieces are moveable toward and away from one another. A magnetic assembly can be positioned on the base and configured to produce a magnetic field that extends beyond the base to secure the vise to a magnetically permeable or ferromagnetic work surface. The magnetic assembly can be operable to alternate between an active mode and an inactive mode. The magnetic assembly can produce a magnetic field when the magnetic assembly is in the active mode to secure the vise to a magnetically permeable or ferromagnetic work surface.
US11253970B2	Slurry cooling device and slurry supply system having the same According to the present invention, there is provided a slurry supply system including: a slurry mixing unit configured to mix slurry; a slurry supply unit in which the slurry mixed in the slurry mixing unit is stored and configured to supply the slurry to a polishing apparatus; a pipe configured to connect the slurry mixing unit and the slurry supply unit; and a slurry cooling unit installed in at least one of pipes configured to connect the slurry supply unit and the polishing apparatus to cool down the mixed slurry.
US11253969B2	Belt sander having fast-lift cover structure A belt sander having a fast-lift cover structure includes a drive mechanism, a body and a cover. The drive mechanism includes a drive module, a tension arm, a sanding belt surrounding the drive module and the tension arm. The body receives the drive module. The body includes a base, an extendable support rod extended from the body and connected to the tension arm, and a cover fastening assembly disposed at the base. The cover fastening assembly includes a release and a resilient element for restoring the release to its original position. One end of a cover is pivotally connected at one side of the body, and the other end of the cover includes a fastening portion engaged with the release. Operation is easy, no hand tools are required, and the cover does not fall off.
US11253964B2	Fastening apparatus and method for operating same A fastening apparatus includes: a main structure, a movable structure mounted to be vertically movable with respect to the main structure, a support connected to the movable structure, a plurality of fastening devices mounted on the support, and a variation mechanism to vary fastening positions of the fastening devices. In particular, the variation mechanism changes the fastening positions on a 2-dimensional coordinate, and also individually moves the plurality of fastening devices along a radial coordinate and an angular coordinate of a polar coordinate system.
US11253959B2	Method and device for furnishing screws A device for furnishing screws, in particular on automated screwing systems includes a changing magazine having a plurality of screw holders that each have a closed position for holding in each case one screw in a non-positive manner and an open position for releasing the screw. The screw holder remains in its open position or in its closed position in the absence of a supply of energy A method for furnishing screws, in particular on automated screwing systems, relates to the device.
US11253957B2	Chromium free and low-chromium wear resistant alloys Disclosed herein are embodiments of hardfacing/hardbanding materials, alloys, or powder compositions that can have low chromium content or be chromium free. In some embodiments, the alloys can contain transition metal borides and borocarbides with a particular metallic component weight percentage. The disclosed alloys can have high hardness and ASTM G65 performance, making them advantageous for hardfacing/hardbanding applications.
US11253952B2	Laser processing apparatus A laser processing apparatus includes a light source configured to generate a laser beam, and a light converging optical system configured to converge laser beam to a focal point at an object to be processed, the light converging optical system including a through-hole optical element and a composite optical element under the through-hole optical element, wherein the through-hole optical element includes a first recess portion configured as a concave mirror at a lower surface of the through-hole optical element, and wherein an upper surface of the composite optical element is convex and includes a first region configured to reflect the laser beam and a second region configured to transmit the laser beam.
US11253951B2	Method for the pretreatment of rare-earth magnets prior to soldering using nanocrystalline soldering foils and magnetic component A magnetic component with a rare-earth magnet is provided. The rare-earth magnet has a bronze coating that partially or entirely covers the surface of the rare-earth magnet. Further, the tin coating partially or entirely covers the bronze coating. A production process for the magnetic component as well as a soldering method for connecting the magnetic component with a substrate is also provided.
US11253950B2	Sealing hollow structures A method of sealing a hole in a wall of a hollow structure comprises providing a sealed chamber that is external to the structure and that is in fluid communication with an internal space of the structure via the hole. The structure may be a pipe-in-pipe structure and the internal space may be an annulus between outer and inner pipes. Fluid flows through the hole into or out of the chamber as the pressure and/or composition of fluid in the internal space is adjusted. Then, a plug is spun and friction-welded into the hole. The plug is inserted into the hole from within the chamber.
US11253949B2	Device and method for welding together two joining partners by means of friction stir welding, which prevents the joining partners being contaminated by the welding residue The invention relates to a method and to a device for welding together two joining partners by means of friction stir welding, which prevents the joining partners being contaminated by welding residue. The method comprises the following features: a welding head that can be integrated into any machine, said welding head being in the form of a spindle drive driven by a drive unit, comprising a mounting flange for securing the device assisting the welding process, and a clamping system for receiving a frustoconical-shaped tool having a welding and smoothing shoe for guiding a welding pin (11), a device (17) integrated into the welding and smoothing shoe for grinding the waste produced during the welding process, the waste produced during welding is then removed by means of one inlet channels for fluid arranged in the upper and/or lower area of the frustoconical-shaped tool for the fluid (20, 18) and a suction channel (19).
US11253947B2	Magnet wire bonding method and bonding structure The present invention relates to a magnet wire bonding method and a bonding structure, and more particularly to a new improvement for ultrasonically bonding a longitudinal outer peripheral surface of a magnet wire having no entangling part to a flat surface of a flat part of a terminal pin. A magnet wire bonding method and structure, comprising: using a terminal pin (11) having a flat plate part (40) provided in a pin part (11a) as a terminal pin holding part (3); placing a magnet wire (13) in a longitudinally spread state on a flat surface (40a) of the flat plate part (40) without being entangled; and ultrasonically bonding an outer peripheral surface (13E) of the magnet wire (13) onto the flat surface (40a) with an ultrasonic horn (50).
US11253936B2	Reciprocating saw blade for a machine tool A reciprocating saw blade for a machine tool, in particular a jigsaw blade, includes a first row of saw teeth and a second row of saw teeth. The first and second rows of saw teeth are arranged at an angle to a longitudinal axis of the reciprocating saw blade. The angle of the first row of saw teeth opposes the angle of the second row of saw teeth. The reciprocating saw blade also includes a further row of saw teeth arranged between the first and second rows of saw teeth. The further row of saw teeth is set back, in particular suddenly set back, towards the longitudinal axis in relation to the first and second rows of saw teeth.
US11253931B2	Coupling device A device (1) for controlling operation of a chuck (2), the device (1) comprising a chuck (2) for centering a workpiece (3) to be machined; at least one electric motor (6) connected to at least one moveable clamping jaw (4), the at least one movable clamping jaw (4) being configured to be selectively moved by the at least one electric motor (6); a first inductive transmission device; a second inductive transmission device (8) disposed in alignment with the first inductive transmission device (7) such that measurement signals and/or electric power are inductively transmitted between the first transmission device (7) and the second transmission device (8); and an external control device (11) by means of which command and monitoring data required for the operation of the at least one clamping jaw (4), and for the operation and locking of the electric motors (6) can be entered and/or read.
US11253928B2	Coated cutting tool A coated cutting tool comprising a substrate and a coating layer formed on a surface of the substrate, wherein the coating layer includes a predetermined lower layer, an intermediate layer comprising α-Al2O3, and an upper layer comprising TiCN; the lower layer, intermediate layer, and upper layer have predetermined average thicknesses; a condition represented by formula (1) [RSA≥40 (1)] is satisfied; the interface of the intermediate layer on the upper layer side has a kurtosis roughness (Sku) of more than 3.0; the interface of the intermediate layer on the upper layer side has a skewness roughness (Ssk) of less than 0; and a condition represented by formula (2) [RSB≥40 (2)] is satisfied.
US11253927B2	Coated cutting tool A coated cutting tool comprising a substrate and a coating layer formed on a surface of the substrate, wherein: the coating layer comprises a lower layer, an intermediate layer, and an upper layer in this order from the substrate side; the lower layer comprises one or two or more Ti compound layers containing a Ti compound of Ti and an element of at least one kind selected from the group consisting of C, N, O and B, the intermediate layer comprises an α-Al2O3 layer containing α-Al2O3, and the upper layer comprises a TiCNO layer containing TiCNO; an average thickness of the coating layer is 5.0 μm or more and 30.0 μm or less; in a specific first cross section, a misorientation A satisfies a specific condition; and in a specific second cross section, a misorientation B satisfies a specific condition.
US11253925B2	Diamond tool piece A high-pressure high-temperature, HPHT, diamond tool piece and a method of producing an HPHT diamond tool piece. At least a portion of the HPHT diamond tool piece comprises an aggregated nitrogen centre to C-nitrogen centre ratio of greater than 30%. The method includes irradiating an HPHT diamond material to introduce vacancies in the diamond crystal lattice, annealing the HPHT diamond material such that at least a portion of the HPHT diamond material comprises an aggregated nitrogen centre to C-nitrogen centre ratio of greater than 30%, and processing the HPHT diamond material to form an HPHT diamond tool piece.
US11253920B2	Method for preparation of copper nanocubes utilizing tributylphosphine as a ligand A method for preparing copper nanocubes with specific facets and uniform size, the method comprising combining a copper complex solution in a reaction mixture with a ligand. Using a ligand of pure, unoxidized tributylphosphine, uniform copper nanocubes with six facets are prepared.
US11253919B2	Toughened TiAl-based alloy sheet with periodically misaligned through-hole titanium alloy layers and preparation method thereof Some embodiments of the disclosure provide a toughened TiAl-based alloy sheet with periodically misaligned through-hole titanium alloy layers sequentially stacked together. A through structure is formed in the misaligned through-hole titanium alloy layer. Two openings of the through structure are respectively located on upper and lower surfaces of the titanium alloy layer. The misaligned opening position of the through structure is at a center position of a quadrangle formed by every four through holes in adjacent titanium alloy layers. The through structure is filled with a TiAl-based alloy. The TiAl-based alloy layers on adjacent sides of the titanium alloy layer are connected through the TiAl-based alloy in the through structure. The TiAl-based alloy layer is connected to the titanium alloy layer through a Ti3Al interface layer. The TiAl-based alloy and the titanium alloy in the through structure are connected through a Ti3Al interface layer.
US11253915B2	Vibrational densification of powder supply in additive manufacturing Disclosed are an apparatus and method for densifying or compacting powder material in the supply bin of an additive manufacture machine to improve the quality of the object being made. For example, a removable or portable apparatus can be applied to the surface of the supply bin once the bin has been filled. The apparatus can include a vibrational component that agitates the underlying powder to compact the material. The apparatus can then be removed during the remainder of the additive manufacturing process, which then follows in its normal course. A vacuum can also be used the remove of air or other gases that are emitted during the compaction process, for example, as voids are filled during densification.
US11253912B2	Method for producing three-dimensionally layered shaped bodies The invention relates to a method for producing three-dimensionally layered shaped bodies by means of layer-by-layer construction using a resin component which contains at least one furane resin, and more than 5% by weight and less than 50% by weight monomer furfuryl alcohol, and an acid. The shaped bodies produced in this manner are suitable inter alia as casting molds and casting cores for metal casting.
US11253904B2	Method and apparatus for can expansion An expansion tool for expanding an article. The expansion tool includes a lead-in portion extending outwardly from a first end of the expansion tool and a first pilot portion extending from the lead-in portion. The first pilot portion has a first diameter. The expansion tool further includes a second pilot portion being generally parallel with the first pilot portion. The second pilot portion has a second diameter larger than the first diameter. The expansion tool further includes a forming portion bridging the first pilot portion and the second pilot portion. The forming portion is generally sloped. The expansion tool further includes an expansion portion extending from the second pilot portion toward a second end of the expansion tool. The expansion portion has a third diameter larger than the second diameter.
US11253903B2	Centering method of rotary caulking device, rotary caulking device manufacturing method, hub unit bearing manufacturing method, vehicle manufacturing method, centering device of rotary caulking device, and rotary caulking system In a preparation step, a frame (10), a concave spherical seat (15), a convex spherical seat (13), a rotation body (16), a rotating shaft (12), and a work holder (17) are assembled, a laser head (33) is attached to the convex spherical seat (13), and a light receiving unit (38) is attached to the work holder (17). In a rotation body centering step, an irradiation position of a laser beam (LB) with respect to a laser irradiation surface (41) is changed by rotating the rotation body (16) while allowing the laser irradiation surface (41) to be irradiated with the laser beam (LB) emitted from the laser head (33) and a trajectory of the irradiation position is checked.
US11253899B2	Production of reinforced double-layer parts A method for fabricating a double layer cup-shaped part may include shaping a first material into a hollow cylinder, mounting the hollow cylinder on a draw punch, where the draw punch may include an upper punch portion with a first diameter and a lower punch portion with a second smaller diameter. Mounting the hollow cylinder on the draw punch may include tightly fitting the hollow cylinder around the lower punch portion. The method may further include forming the double layer cup-shaped part by drawing a blank material through a draw die by placing the blank material over an upper opening of the draw die, and pressing the draw punch over the blank material. The first material may form an inner layer of the double layer cup-shaped part and the blank material may form an outer cup-shaped layer of the double layer cup-shaped part.
US11253898B2	Hot-forming presses and methods of hot-forming workpieces A hot-forming press (100) comprises a lower press assembly (102) and an upper press assembly (108). The lower press assembly (102) is movable along a vertical axis and comprises a lower die (106), and a lower hot-box portion (104), configured to receive the lower die (106). The upper press assembly (108) is movable along the vertical axis above the lower press assembly (102) and comprises an upper die (112), and an upper hot-box portion (110). The upper hot-box portion (110) is configured to receive the upper die (112) so that the upper die (112) is positioned opposite the lower die (106). The lower die (106) and the upper die (112) are configured to apply a forming pressure to a workpiece (114) that is received between the lower die (106) and the upper die (112). The lower hot-box portion (104) and the upper hot-box portion (110) are configured to heat the workpiece (114).
US11253897B2	Method and device for manufacturing plate parts for a heat exchanger The present invention relates to a method and a device for manufacturing plate part blanks for a heat exchanger. A sheet material (2) in the form of continuous sheeting is worked between two rolls (5, 6) with opposite surface patterns (7, 7′, 8) to form profiled plate part blanks (3, 3′,3″) into the sheet material (2) so that the rolls (5, 6) are synchronized to rotate at substantially same rate by controlling the rotation of them in relation to each other with common synchronization gear (9), which gear is coupled to the rolls (5, 6) by means of shafts (10, 11) with disk pack or gear couplings.
US11253892B2	Suction head for a waste sorting system A suction head (1) for a waste sorting system includes a main tubular body (2) having a connecting end (3) for connection to a suction system (S) and a suction end (4) for engagement with a waste item. An upper sleeve member (5) and a lower sleeve member (6) are arranged around the suction end (4), wherein the upper sleeve member (5) is longitudinally movable with respect to the main tubular body (2) and the lower sleeve member 6 is removable from the suction end (4). An annular gripper sheet (7) of flexible material is arranged between the upper and lower sleeve member (5, 6). A biasing member (8) is in longitudinal biasing engagement with the upper sleeve member (5) for biasing the upper sleeve member (5) toward the lower sleeve member (6), clamping the annular gripper sheet (7) between the upper and lower sleeve member (5, 6).
US11253879B2	Device for dispensing a mixture, preferably a foam, and system using said device The present invention is a device for dispensing a mixture of a first fluid and a second fluid, suited to be applied to a container holding said fluids. The device comprises a mixing chamber for these fluids, a suction tube suited to draw the second fluid in order to convey it into the mixing chamber and a tank-chamber arranged between the suction tube and the mixing chamber. The device also deviates a quantity of the first fluid coming from the suction tube towards the tank-chamber.
US11253874B2	Cyclonic dust filter device A cyclonic dust filter device comprises a trunk, at least one first retaining wall, and at least one second retaining wall. The trunk comprises a channel, an air inlet end and an air outlet end disposed at two ends of the channel, and a dust filter hole communicating with the channel. The first and second retaining walls are respectively disposed correspondingly to the dust filter hole. When a dust-containing airflow to-be-filtered enters the channel from the air inlet end, the dust-containing airflow forms a centrifugal airflow that contains the dust and is thrown out of the channel at a position of the dust filter hole. The first and second retaining walls are respectively disposed on a traveling path of the centrifugal airflow, so that the centrifugal airflow sequentially strikes the first and second retaining walls to change the traveling direction and then discharges dust free clean air.
US11253866B2	Cutter wheel, cutter disc as well as cutter assembly suitable for grinder pumps A cutter assembly configured for a grinder pump and including a cutter wheel and a cutter disc that interact with each other. The cutter wheel includes a shaft portion that is configured to interact with a central hole of the cutter disc, a hub portion that is connected to the shaft portion and at least two main cutting edges that in the radial direction extend outwards from the hub portion and that are configured to interact with a set of cutting holes of the cutter disc. The shaft portion includes an axially extending cutting recess. The hub portion includes only one radially extending cutting recess. The cutter disc includes a suction side, a central hole that is configured to interact with the shaft portion of the cutter wheel and a set of cutting holes that open in the suction side radially outside the central hole.
US11253850B2	Pipette dispenser tip utilizing print head An apparatus includes a pipette dispenser to control dispensing of a volume to a dispensing location. A tip is operatively coupled to the pipette dispenser. The tip includes an electromechanical print head to dispense the volume from the pipette dispenser to the dispensing location based on a command from the pipette dispenser that indicates an amount of the volume to be dispensed from the print head.
US11253846B2	Metal complexes for depositing films and method of making and using the same Provided herein are methods of catalytic hydrosilylation, including triggerable methods, using metal-ligand complexes as catalysts, characterized by formula MLxDy; wherein: M is a metal; x is equal to the oxidation state of M; each D is independently a neutral coordinating ligand; y is zero or an integer selected from the range of 1 to 4; and each L is independently a mono-anionic ligand. L may be a η1,η2-β,β-disubstituted-ω-alkenyl ligand.
US11253844B2	Oligomerization catalyst and process for the production thereof The invention relates to an oligomerization catalyst comprising nickel oxide and silica-alumina support material and to a process for oligomerization of C3- to C6-olefins using the oligomerization catalyst.
US11253840B2	Transition metal doped alumina for improved TWC performance Catalyst compositions, articles, systems and methods related to a three-way-catalyst composition comprising alumina doped with a transition metal.
US11253836B2	Method for enhancing volumetric capacity in gas storage and release systems The present disclosure provides for a porous gas sorbent monolith with superior gravimetric working capacity and volumetric capacity, a gas storage system including a porous gas sorbent monolith of the present disclosure, methods of making the same, and method for storing a gas. The porous gas sorbent monolith includes a gas adsorbing material and a non-aqueous binder.
US11253817B2	Method and system for treating foundry process exhaust gas The present invention relates to a method and a system for the treatment of exhaust gas from industrial processes comprising at least the following consecutive steps: a) passing an exhaust gas comprising volatile organic compounds (VOCs) and/or amines through a catalytic zone at elevated temperatures, said catalytic zone comprises a deNOx-catalyst and an oxidation catalyst thereby providing a first treated gas stream, and b) subjecting the first treated gas stream to ultraviolet radiation in order cause photooxidation.
US11253816B2	Direct oxidation of hydrogen sulfide in a hydroprocessing recycle gas stream with hydrogen purification A process and system for treating a hydroprocessing unit effluent gas stream for recycling includes introducing the effluent gas stream into a hydrogen purification zone and recovering a hydrogen-rich gas stream and a liquid stream containing a mixture that includes C1 to C4 hydrocarbons and H2S which is then mixed with an oxidant and fed to an oxidation unit containing catalyst for conversion of the H2S to elemental sulfur vapors that is separated for recovery of the elemental sulfur, and recovering a sweetened mixture that includes C1 to C4 hydrocarbons. Alternatively, the hydroprocessing unit effluent gas stream containing H2S is cooled, contacted with a solvent to absorb the C1 to C4 hydrocarbons and H2S, with the hydrogen-rich stream being recovered for recycling to the hydroprocessing unit, and the rich liquid solvent being flashed to produce a lean solvent stream for recycling to the adsorption zone and a mixed gas stream that includes the C1 to C4 hydrocarbons and H2S that is passed to an oxidation zone and is reacted with an oxidant in the presence of a catalyst to complete the process as described above for the recovery of elemental sulfur and a mixture that includes the sweetened C1 to C4 hydrocarbons.
US11253811B2	Process for reducing energy consumption in the regeneration of hybrid solvents Disclosed is a process for regenerating a hybrid solvent used to remove contaminants from a fluid stream and to provide an improved yield of purified fluid. Said process comprises at least one purification unit (12) and at least one regeneration unit (40) wherein condensed water 62 from the regeneration unit is recycled back into the purification unit and none of the condensed water is reintroduced into the regeneration unit.
US11253792B2	Systems for desalinating aqueous compositions through hetero-azeotropic distillation A method of desalinating an aqueous composition includes forming a hetero-azeotrope mixture by combining the aqueous composition with an entrainer, the aqueous composition including at least one salt, and subjecting the hetero-azeotrope mixture to distillation at a distillation temperature of less than the boiling temperature of the aqueous composition for an operating distillation pressure, resulting in separating the hetero-azeotrope mixture into a distillation bottoms liquid and a multi-phase condensate. The method includes recovering the multi-phase condensate having an entrainer-rich phase and an aqueous phase, the aqueous phase comprising desalinated water, and removing a portion of the aqueous phase from the multi-phase condensate to recover the desalinated water. Systems for conducting the method of desalinating an aqueous stream are also disclosed.
US11253788B2	Toy spinning top and toy system with a toy spinning top and a toy figurine The invention concerns a toy system comprising a toy figurine and a spinner body, the spinner body having an elongate axis; a sidewall; and a bottom wall, wherein said sidewall of the spinner body comprises a top rim; an outside surface; and an inside surface, wherein said bottom wall comprises an outside bottom surface; and an inside bottom surface, wherein the inner bottom surface comprises first connection means for releasably connecting second connection means of said toy figurine to the toy spinning top, wherein said sidewall has a height from said inner bottom surface of said top rim, and wherein the height from said inner bottom surface to said top rim is equal a height of the toy figurine from second connection means formed at one end of legs to a shoulder portion of a body formed between the legs and a head resting on said shoulder portion.
US11253779B2	Apparatus, method for controlling apparatus, and computer-readable recording medium Provided is a server device, etc., capable of enhancing flexibility of a reward winning game and maintaining a user's interest in the game. The server device manages rewards to be given to a user, and includes a storage unit for storing a package as a set of data concerning rewards to be given to the user and a modified package as a set of data concerning rewards used to update the package, a communication unit for communicating with a user device of the user, and a package updating unit for updating the package by modifying the data concerning the rewards included in the package by using the data concerning the rewards included in the modified package when a package update request is received from the user device.
US11253775B2	Game tile shuffler A game tile shuffler may include a tile loader, a tile container, a belt, and a tile dispenser. The tile loader may be capable of holding a plurality of game tiles. The game tiles pass from the tile loader to the tile dispenser through the tile loader and the belt. The belt may be capable of capturing and carrying the game tiles. The tile dispenser may include a chute opening and a tunnel that may split into multiple directions. A tunnel door may direct the game tiles between the multiple directions. The tile dispenser may be capable of identifying individual game tiles prior to dispensing. The game tile shuffler may be operable between a shuffle mode, whereby game tiles are circulated through the device, and a dispensing mode, whereby game tiles pass through the tunnel.
US11253769B2	Batting training systems and methods Batting practice systems and methods that allow a baseball batter to match the timing of the batter's swing to the pitch speed of a pitcher.
US11253758B2	Forged iron head The invention described herein is an iron-type golf club head having an optimized mass distribution while also having the aesthetics of a full muscle-back iron. The iron-type golf club head comprises a main club head body, a lightweight, back-cavity insert, and a void within the lightweight, back-cavity insert configured to receive a CTP weight capable of adjusting mass characteristics of the iron-type golf club head.
US11253751B2	Apparatus for charging luminescent golf balls and automatically disbursing A light charger charges a plurality of luminescent balls to emit light for use in dim lighting. The charger is a housing subdivided into a hopper section, a transport and light charging section, and a base section. The transport and light charging section includes a transport assembly integrated with a light charging assembly, with the transport assembly configured to receive and transport luminescent balls from the hopper into and through the light charging assembly, which comprises at least one light source. The light source comprises at least one LED and an illuminating light panel interposed between the LED and the luminescent ball when operating. The base section comprises an ejection exit point for the charged luminescent ball to exit the light charging assembly and a sensor for activating the system to eject at least one luminescent ball.
US11253739B2	Floor or ground based apparatus supporting exercise activities An apparatus for support of exercise activities includes a frame having a first Y-shaped portion adjoining a second Y-shaped portion. The two Y-shaped portions share a common leg having opposing ends. Each of the Y-shaped portions has two outboard ends. A support member is coupled to each of the opposing ends of the common leg, each of the two outboard ends of the first Y-shaped portion, and each of the two outboard ends of the second Y-shaped portion. Each such support member is adapted to fit through a hole in a weight plate and adapted to have an exercise resistance band coupled thereto.
US11253736B2	Dispatching UAVs for wildfire surveillance A dispatch system includes an unmanned aerial vehicle (UAV) interface for interfacing with one or more UAVs for wildfire detection. The UAV interface transmits an instruction for a UAV to navigate to a location of a potential wildfire, and receives data captured by at least one sensor of the UAV. The dispatch system further includes a fire detection engine to process the received data to identify the presence of a wildfire, and a web server to provide a user interface that includes an alert regarding the wildfire. The alert may include the location of the wildfire.
US11253735B1	System and method for safe sipper mask A system and method for safe sipper mask with a slidable element to open and close an opening on the mask as well as straw placed in the opening with a protrusion to stop the straw from entering too far into the mouth of the wearer whereby the mask has a stabilizer positioned between the inner and outer surfaces to provide stiffness.
US11253734B2	Personal protection device using monolithic activated carbons A low pressure drop device for personal protection against toxic industrial chemicals and chemical warfare agents has a flexible polymer hood impermeable to toxic challenge molecules, a neck seal for sealing the hood about the neck, a half mask for connection to a canister and a low pressure drop canister for chemical protection. The canister contains carbon monoliths of 5- 40 mm diameter, length 1-3 cm, open area 30-60%, surface area ≥700 m2/g optionally activated to >30 wt % weight loss and optionally impregnated with metallic additives and/or triethylene diamine. The monoliths have square channels of size 100-2000 μm and wall thickness 100-2000 μm. It also contains a resiliently flexible closed cell foam with holes slightly smaller than the monoliths so that flow through the canister is through the monoliths.
US11253721B2	LED lighting apparatus having sterilizing function A lighting apparatus including a white light emitting device including at least one first light emitting diode and a wavelength converter, and at least one second light emitting diode emitting light suitable for producing a cell activating substance, in which the first light emitting diode emits light having a central wavelength in a range of about 300 nm to about 420 nm, the second light emitting diode emits light having a central wavelength in a range of about 605 nm to about 935 nm, the wavelength converter includes wavelength conversion substances to convert light of the first light emitting diode into white light, and, in irradiance spectrum of the white light implemented in the white light emitting device, an irradiance at the central wavelength of light emitted from the first light emitting diode is less than that at a peak wavelength of blue light emitted from the wavelength conversion substance.
US11253703B2	Electrical acuptuncture eye treatment A system and method for eye treatment. The system and method utilize an electro acupuncture stimulator. The electro acupuncture stimulator includes a positive lead and a negative lead. The system further includes a pair of first needles, a second needle and a diode. The pair of first needles are electrically connected to one of the positive lead and the negative lead. The diode is electrically connected to the other of the positive lead and the negative lead. The second needle is electrically connected to the diode.
US11253695B2	High voltage connectors and electrodes for pulse generators A handheld, therapeutic electrode and connector that are compatible with high voltages from a pulse generator are disclosed. The electrode includes therapeutic terminals on a tip configured to deliver high voltage pulses safely to a patient. The electrode includes sleeves, bosses, wiring channels, and other features that maximize a minimum clearance distance (across non-conductive surfaces) and air clearance between conductive connectors themselves or the connectors and a user, thus preventing dangerous arcing. Internal surfaces and seams are taken into account. The connector and its mating outlet can include similar features to maximize clearance distance. Skirts, skirt holes, and finger stops are also employed, and they can be on either the connector or outlet, or the tip or handle of the electrode.
US11253693B2	Catheter device The catheter device comprises a drive shaft connected to a motor, and a rotor mounted on the drive shaft at the distal end section. The rotor has a frame structure which is formed by a screw-like boundary frame and rotor struts extending radially inwards from the boundary frame. The rotor struts are fastened to the drive shaft by their ends opposite the boundary frame. Between the boundary frame and the drive shaft extends an elastic covering. The frame structure is made of an elastic material such that, after forced compression, the rotor unfolds automatically.
US11253692B2	Compressible motor, implantation arrangement, and method for positioning the motor The invention relates to a motor with a stator (2, 2′) and a rotor (1, 1′), which can be driven about an axial direction (4). The invention is characterized in that at least one of the stator and the rotor, in particular the stator, which has a winding arrangement that can be supplied with a current, can be radially compressed and expanded.
US11253685B2	Implantable shunt systems and methods The present technology relates to interatrial shunting systems and methods. In some embodiments, the present technology includes interatrial shunting systems that include a shunting element having a lumen extending therethrough that is configured to fluidly couple the left atrium and the right atrium when the shunting element is implanted in a patient. The system can also include an energy receiving component for receiving energy from an energy source positioned external to the body, an energy storage component for storing the received energy, and/or a flow control mechanism for adjusting a geometry of the lumen.
US11253665B2	Larynx mask having a connector A larynx mask is provided that comprises a dorsal cover plate with an inflatable cuff integrally formed thereon and a tube connecting connector having an insertion section for connecting to an insertion tube. Two separate lumens are provided in the region of the insertion section, these being the esophageal lumen and a respiration lumen. These two lumens are separated from each other by a separating and supporting, wall. The separating and supporting wall extends from the insertion section to the tip of the larynx mask. While the esophageal lumen opens into an esophageal outlet at the proximal end of the mask, the respiration lumen opens in the ventral direction and is closed in the proximal direction close to the tip of the mask. Such a larynx mask is produced in one piece by way of injection of molding and is reinforced by the separating or supporting wall to prevent kinking.
US11253663B2	Control of flow and/or pressure provided by breathing apparatus The invention comprises a method of operating a breathing apparatus comprising measuring a baseline breath flow parameter being respiratory rate and/or tidal volume or a parameter derived therefrom, varying the flow rate provided by the breathing apparatus, measuring a current breath flow parameter being respiratory rate and/or tidal volume or a parameter derived therefrom, comparing the baseline and current breath flow parameters, and altering operation of the breathing apparatus based on the comparison. The invention also comprises a breathing apparatus that implements the above method.
US11253661B2	Devices, systems, and methods for adherence monitoring and patient interaction Devices, systems, and methods are provided for adherence monitoring and patient interaction. In general, the devices, systems, and methods can facilitate a patient's adherence to a medication schedule and can facilitate monitoring and tracking of the patient's adherence to the medication schedule. In one embodiment, a medical accessory such as a cap is provided that can be configured to attach to existing medication dispensers, such as asthma inhalers, or to be integrated into a custom-made medication dispenser. The accessory can be configured to provide a notification to the patient when medication is due. The accessory can be configured to detect usage of the dispenser. The accessory can be configured to provide data regarding dispensing of the medication to an external device. The data can be analyzed and provided for visualization on a user interface.
US11253658B2	Personal inhaling device A personal inhaling apparatus is provided. The apparatus includes an ultrasonic personal inhaler with ultra-fine mist transducer that delivers both cool and warm mist using a heater, a face mask, a fluid supply means, and a power source including batteries and/or corded power supply. The apparatus may include a receptacle for a scented pad placed in contact with the heater. Indicators functioning in a pre-determined manner provide indication on if the device is delivering a cool mist, a warm mist, is switched-OFF, a level of charge of a power source, and a level of the fluid in the fluid supply means.
US11253655B2	Safety mechanism for a medicament delivery device and a medicament delivery device comprising the same The present disclosure relates to a safety mechanism (27) for a medicament delivery device for preventing activation thereof in the event of mechanical shock. The safety mechanism (27) comprises a medicament delivery member sleeve (7), a proximal flange (9) provided at the proximal end of the medicament delivery member sleeve (7), which proximal flange (9) has a first radially flexible arm (9a) extending longitudinally in the distal direction, a housing (3) having a central proximal opening (3a) arranged to receive a distal portion of the medicament delivery member sleeve (7), wherein the medicament delivery member sleeve (7) is axially displaceable inside the housing (3) from an extended position to a retracted position relative to the housing (3), and a cover (5) having a distal opening (5a) forming a channel arranged to receive the medicament delivery member sleeve (7) and the housing (3). The housing (3) has a proximal portion (3b) arranged between the first radially flexible arm (9a) and the outer surface of the medicament delivery member sleeve (7) when the medicament delivery member sleeve (7) is displaced from the extended position towards the retracted position. The channel is dimensioned such that, when the housing (3) is received by the cover (5), there is a radial distance between the inner surface of the cover (5) and the outer surface of the proximal portion (3b) which is less than a radial dimension of the first radially flexible arm (9a), preventing the medicament delivery member sleeve (7) from obtaining its retracted position.
US11253651B2	Medicament delivery device A medicament delivery device (100) for delivery of medicament through a cannula (132) from a cartridge (10), the device comprising a first container (11) for storage of a first substance, a second container (12), and valve means for closing a distal end of the second chamber (12), the second container (12) being arranged coaxially with respect to the first container (11), a mixing element (304) being provided for causing displacement of the second substance into the first container (11) through the valve means in a mixing stroke, a release element being provided for holding the mixing element (304) in an initial position and being operable to release the mixing element (304) to initiate the mixing stroke, there being a needle shroud (400) for shrouding the cannula, and removal of the needle shroud (400) from the cannula (132) causing operation of the release element.
US11253642B2	Perfusion system A perfusion container for directly administering to patients a dose of an antineoplastic drug calculated according to a patient's parameter, wherein the first perfusion container comprises a solution of antineoplastic drug at a concentration and volume such that the amount of antineoplastic drug in the container is equal to the calculated dose for one patient but less than the calculated dose for a second patient, the calculated dose is provided to first patient within 5% variance by directly administering the full volume of the solution of antineoplastic drug from the first perfusion container, further the first perfusion container is accompanied by a second top-up perfusion container comprising a solution of antineoplastic drug at a concentration and volume such that the calculated dose is provided within 5% variance by directly administering the full volume of the solution of antineoplastic drug from the first perfusion container and the second top-up container to the second patient.
US11253640B2	Fluid management apparatus and method In one example embodiment, a vibration apparatus can augment and enhance negative-pressure therapy systems. The apparatus can be attached to an external surface of a dressing, fluid conductor, or other components. The apparatus can generate low-amplitude vibrations, which can be transmitted through the components. Kinetic energy of the oscillations can agitate fluid in the components, which can lower the viscosity of the fluid and reduce the frequency of blockages in fluid conductors. Vibrations may also agitate a tissue site, which can encourage blood flow and granulation.
US11253626B2	Use for peptide uniquely binding to vascular endothelial cells, and peptide Provided is a use for a peptide in surface-treating a medical device or medical material to be used in contact with blood, with which it is possible to obtain a medical device or medical material that can achieve highly efficient vascular endothelialization through the use of a peptide uniquely binding to vascular endothelial cells. Also provided are: a peptide suitable for use in said surface treatment; a method for producing a medical device or medical material surfaced-treated with said peptide and to be used in contact with blood; and a surface treatment agent including said peptide, said agent to be used in surface-treating a medical device or medical material to be used in contact with blood. In the present invention, a medical device or medical material is surface-treated using a peptide that includes any one of ten specific amino acid sequences and uniquely binds to the surface of endothelial progenitor cells.
US11253620B2	Sterilization, disinfection, sanitization, decontamination, and therapeutic devices, systems, and methods A sterilization, disinfection, sanitization, or decontamination system having a chamber defining a region, and a generator for creating a free radical effluent with reactive oxygen, nitrogen, and other species and/or a vaporizer. A closed loop circulating system without a free-radical destroyer is provided for supplying the mixture of free radicals from the generator mixed with the hydrogen peroxide solution in the form of the effluent to the chamber. The system is used in sterilizing, disinfecting, sanitizing, or decontaminating items in the chamber or room and, with a wound chamber, in treating wounds on a body. The wound chamber may be designed to maintain separation from wounds being treated. Various embodiments can control moisture to reduce or avoid unwanted condensation. Some embodiments can be incorporated into an appliance having a closed space, such as a washing machine. Some embodiments may include a residual coating device that deposits a bactericidal coating on sterilized items.
US11253618B2	LED lighting apparatus having sterilizing function A lighting apparatus includes a white light emitting device including a first light emitting diode and a wavelength converter including wavelength conversion substances to convert light of the first light emitting diode, and a second light emitting diode emitting light suitable for sterilizing at least one pathogenic microorganism, in which the first and second light emitting diodes emit light having a central wavelength in a range of about 300 nm to about 420 nm, and in a range of about 400 nm to about 420 nm, respectively, the lighting apparatus emits light generated in the white light emitting device and the second light emitting diode to the outside, and, in irradiance spectrum of the white light, an irradiance at the central wavelength of light emitted from the first light emitting diode is less than that at a peak wavelength of blue light emitted from a blue wavelength conversion substance.
US11253617B2	One step 64Cu-BaBaSar-RGD2 production method A method of preparing a 64Cu-BaBaSar-RGD2 solution is provided. The method includes lyophilizing a solution of BaBaSar-RGD2 and adding a 64Cu solution to the lyophilized BaBaSar-RGD2.
US11253613B2	Compounds, systems, and methods for monitoring and treating a surface of a subject Compounds, systems, and methods are provided for the design and assembly of a non-invasive, analyte sensing dressing that includes a sensor and a matrix. The sensor is capable of detecting analytes such as molecular oxygen. The matrix is at least partially permeable to the analyte. In one version of the dressing, the sensor includes a meso-unsubstituted metallated porphyrin that is sensitive towards oxygen. The metallated porphyrin can be excited when illuminated at a first wavelength, followed by emission of phosphorescence at a second wavelength whose intensity can be used as an indicator for oxygen concentration. The metallated porphyrin can be prepared from a phosphorescent meso-unsubstituted porphyrin having the Formula (I): wherein M is a metal, wherein each R is independently an atom or a group of atoms, and wherein at least one R is —O(C)OR′, wherein R′ is optionally substituted alkyl.
US11253612B2	Gene therapy for treating mucopolysaccharidosis type II A suspension useful for AAV9-mediated intrathecal and/or systemic delivery of an expression cassette containing a hIDS gene is provided herein. Also provided are methods and kits containing these vectors and compositions useful for treating Hunter syndrome and the symptoms associated with Hunter syndrome.
US11253607B2	Compositions and methods of treating muscle atrophy and myotonic dystrophy Disclosed herein are polynucleic acid molecules, pharmaceutical compositions, and methods for treating muscle atrophy or myotonic dystrophy.
US11253604B2	Conjugate of methotrexate and peptide The present invention relates to a compound having a structure in which methotrexate and a peptide are connected via a covalent bond, and an anticancer or anti-inflammatory pharmaceutical composition comprising same. The compound having a structure in which methotrexate and a peptide are connected via a covalent bond of the present invention has excellent biological activity such as anticancer or anti-inflammatory action and has markedly reduced toxicity with respect to cells, and thus, may be usefully used in various fields such as medicine and medical supplies.
US11253601B2	Nucleic acid conjugates and uses thereof Provided herein are conjugates comprising targeting moieties such as sugars, folates and cell-penetrating peptides, which can be used for the improved delivery of agents (e.g., nucleic acids, such as oligonucleotides or mRNAs, or other agents) to cells. The invention provides conjugates and compounds comprising targeting moieties, methods for preparing the same, and intermediates useful in their preparation. In another aspect, the present invention provides formulations (e.g., pharmaceutical compositions) comprising the targeting moiety-containing conjugates and compounds. The present invention also provides methods for delivering agents (e.g., nucleic acids such as oligonucleotides or mRNAs) to a cell, methods for treating and/or preventing a disease or condition in a subject, and methods for modulating gene expression in a cell or a subject. Further, provided herein are kits comprising the conjugates, or formulations thereof; and kits for the preparation of conjugates described herein.
US11253599B2	Analgesic preparation with nanocarriers and use thereof The invention relates to the field of analgesics. According to the invention, a kit or composition, particularly a pharmaceutical composition or a pharmaceutical kit, is provided, comprising a nanocarrier which is a hyperbranched polymer, such as a dendritic polymer or dendrimer, preferably having a molecular weight of 1,000-100,000 g/mol, and an analgesic which, when administered without nanocarrier, has both peripheral and central analgesic effect, preferably an opioid such as nalbuphine. According to the invention, the analgesic in this composition mainly or exclusively has a peripheral effect and thus reduces side effects triggered by the activation of central or intestinal opioid receptors. It is used for the treatment of peripheral pain and/or inflammation. The invention also relates to particularly suitable nanocarriers.
US11253597B2	Polymer hydrogels for in vivo applications and methods for using and preparing same Compositions and methods are described for a polymer hydrogel created by a cycloaddition reaction between an azide and an alkyne that proceeds rapidly without catalyst to produce the polymer hydrogel in less than ninety seconds. The polymer hydrogel can be used in in vivo applications for the localized delivery of therapeutic agent in aqueous solutions. An example of therapeutic delivery of a protein in a mouse model is demonstrated.
US11253595B2	Treatment for reducing adverse events including chemotherapy discomfort and other conditions This disclosure relates to treatments for reducing the side effects associated with treatment of a medication or drug, such as a chemotherapy medication, being experienced by a patient. This may be accomplished by administering to a patient taking the medication, a buffered aqueous liquid having a pH of about 10 to about 11.5, wherein the buffered aqueous liquid comprises sodium bicarbonate, sodium carbonate, and trisodium phosphate.
US11253590B2	Antibodies specific to glycosylated BTLA (B- and T- lymphocyte attenuator) Provided herein are molecules, such as antibodies, that selectively bind to glycosylated BTLA (B- and T-lymphocyte attenuator) relative to unglycosylated BTLA. Methods for making and using such molecules are also provided, including methods for treating or diagnosing cancer. In some embodiments, the anti-glycosylated BTLA antibodies provided herein can immunospecifically bind to glycosylated wild-type BTLA (WT). In some embodiments, the anti-glycosylated BTLA antibodies provided herein can immunospecifically bind to one or more BTLA double mutants that retain only a single glycosylation site at BTLA N75, N94 or N110. In some embodiments, the anti-glycosylated BTLA antibodies provided herein show only background binding, if any, to a BTLA triple mutant, that retains none of BTLA's N75, N94, or N110 0-glycosylation sites.
US11253586B2	Coronavirus vaccine formulations Disclosed herein are coronavirus Spike (S) proteins and nanoparticles comprising the same, which are suitable for use in vaccines. The nanoparticles present antigens from pathogens surrounded to and associated with a detergent core resulting in enhanced stability and good immunogenicity. Dosages, formulations, and methods for preparing the vaccines and nanoparticles are also disclosed.
US11253584B2	Influenza virus vectors and uses therefor Disclosed herein are compositions and methods related to mutant viruses, and in particular, mutant influenza viruses. The mutant viruses disclosed herein include a mutant M2 sequence, and are useful in immunogenic compositions, e.g., as vaccines. The mutant viruses disclosed herein including a mutant M2 sequence are also useful to deliver antigens to a subject, e.g., to induce an immune response to the antigen. Also disclosed herein are methods, compositions and cells for propagating the viral mutants, and methods, devices and compositions related to vaccination.
US11253582B2	Chlamydia-activated B cell platforms and methods thereof Disclosed herein is a Chlamydia-activated B cell (CAB) platform. Also disclosed is a method of enhancing a population of B cells, comprising exposing said B cells to Chlamydia spp. under conditions suitable to enhance the population of B cells, such that expansion and differentiation of said B cells takes place, and said B cells are exposed or crosslinked to an antigen. Also disclosed are methods of producing said CABs, and treating a subject in need thereof with said CABs.
US11253574B2	Fusion proteins and methods of use The present invention relates to fusion proteins comprising an insulin receptor agonist fused to a human IgG Fc region through the use of a peptide linker, and the use of such fusion proteins in the treatment of diabetes. The fusion protein of the present invention has an extended time action profile and is useful for providing basal glucose control for an extended period of time.
US11253573B2	Compositions and methods for treating heart failure The present invention provides methods for treating chronic heart failure patients using the medication comprising neuregulin. The methods comprise first performing a companion diagnostic test of each patient before treatment; and then providing a suitable treatment to the patient according to the results of the companion diagnostic test. When the result of the test is within a favorite treatment zone, the patient is suitable for heart failure treatment by administering an effective amount of neuregulin.
US11253572B2	Use of a VEGF antagonist to treat angiogenic eye disorders The present invention provides methods for treating angiogenic eye disorders by sequentially administering multiple doses of a VEGF antagonist to a patient. The methods of the present invention include the administration of multiple doses of a VEGF antagonist to a patient at a frequency of once every 8 or more weeks. The methods of the present invention are useful for the treatment of angiogenic eye disorders such as age related macular degeneration, diabetic retinopathy, diabetic macular edema, central retinal vein occlusion, branch retinal vein occlusion, and corneal neovascularization.
US11253569B2	Methods of treating Kawasaki Disease The present invention relates to the discovery that etanercept reduces the rate of resistance to intravenous gamma globulin (IVIG) in subjects with acute Kawasaki disease (KD). In certain embodiments, the co-administration of etanercept and IVIG more effectively treats acute KD in subjects older than 12 months than IVIG alone. In other embodiments, the co-administration of etanercept and IVIG ameliorates coronary artery dilation in high risk subjects.
US11253567B2	Citrus seed extract-containing composition, food, drug, and method for producing citrus seed extract-containing composition Provided are: a citrus seed extract-containing composition, a food and a drug all of which sufficiently exert a novel function of a citrus (specifically, a citrus seed extract), and a method for producing the citrus seed extract-containing composition. The citrus seed extract-containing composition includes obacunone and nomilin both derived from a citrus seed extract. Herein, the ratio of the obacunone content to the nomilin content (i.e., obacunone content/nomilin content) is at least 0.020.
US11253562B2	Feed supplement The present invention relates to a feed supplement or a food supplement which comprises a resin acid based composition comprising over 10% (w/w) resin acids for use in in the prevention of intestinal disorders. The invention further relates to a use of the feed supplement or the food supplement and a feed composition or a food composition comprising the feed supplement or the food supplement, respectively.
US11253557B2	Therapeutic bacteriophage compositions The present invention relates to a bacteriophage composition comprising one or more (suitably two or more, or three) bacteriophages selected from Sa87, J-Sa36, Sa83, J-Sa37, or mutants thereof, use of the same for medical or non-medical applications, kits, bandage, and wound dressing comprising the same.
US11253549B2	Methods to rebalance the hypothalamic-pituitary-gonadal axis A hypothalamic-pituitary-gonadal (HPG) axis of a patient in need thereof is rebalanced by administering a therapeutically effective amount of at least one donor cell.
US11253540B2	Composition including glycosaminoglycan derivative and chemokine receptor activity regulator Provided are a composition comprising a GAG derivative and a chemokine receptor activity regulator, and a pharmaceutical composition comprising said composition.
US11253537B2	Polypeptide having the ability to form connections of glucosyl units in alpha-1,3 on an acceptor Polypeptides having the ability to specifically form connections of glucosyl units in alpha 1,3 on an acceptor having at least one hydroxyl moiety are presented. The polypeptides include i) the pattern I of sequence SEQ ID NO: 1, ii) the pattern II of sequence SEQ ID NO: 2, iii) the pattern III of sequence SEQ ID NO: 3, and iv) the pattern IV of sequence SEQ ID NO: 4, or derivates from one or several of said patterns, wherein the polypeptide furthermore has an aspartic residue (D) at position 5 of the pattern II (SEQ ID NO: 2), a glutamic acid residue (E) at position 6 of the pattern III (SEQ ID NO: 3) an an aspartic acid residue (D) at position 6 of the pattern IV (SEQ ID NO: 4). Methods for producing acceptors connected to glucosyl units in alpha 1,3 using the polypeptides are also provided.
US11253528B2	Stabilized modified release Vitamin D formulation and method of administering same A stabilized formulation for controlled release of a vitamin D compound is disclosed. The formulation comprises one or both of 25-hydroxyvitamin D2 and 25-hydroxyvitamin D3 and a cellulosic compound. The stabilized formulations exhibit a stable dissolution profile following exposure to storage conditions and demonstrate improved pharmacokinetic parameters compared to unstabilized formulations.
US11253525B2	Inhibitors of indoleamine 2,3-dioxygenase and methods of their use There are disclosed compounds that modulate or inhibit the enzymatic activity of indoleamine 2,3-dioxygenase (IDO), pharmaceutical compositions containing said compounds and methods of treating proliferative disorders, such as cancer, viral infections and/or inflammatory disorders utilizing the compounds of the disclosure.
US11253499B2	Compounds The invention relates to compounds of Formula (I) and their use in therapy, for example in the treatment of mycobacterial infections or in the treatment of diseases caused by Mycobacterium, such as tuberculosis.
US11253498B2	Pharmaceutical composition for treatment of bone-related disease The present invention relates to a pharmaceutical composition for preventing or treating a bone-related disease; and the pharmaceutical composition is very effective in preventing or treating bone-related diseases in that it not only promotes differentiation of preosteoblast cells into osteoblasts to induce production of mineralized nodules, but also, at the same time, inhibits differentiation of bone marrow cells into osteoclasts and the function of osteoclasts so that bone homeostasis is effectively regulated. In addition, the present invention relates to a pharmaceutical composition for preventing or treating a menopausal disease, in particular, a menopausal bone disease; and the pharmaceutical composition is very effective in preventing or treating a menopausal bone-related disease in that it not only increases the volume of trabecular bone and promotes differentiation of preosteoblast cells into osteoblasts to induce production of mineralized nodules, but also, at the same time, inhibits differentiation of bone marrow cells into osteoclasts and the function of osteoclasts so that bone homeostasis is effectively regulated.
US11253495B2	Pharmaceutical composition for treating excessive lactate production and acidemia Pharmaceuticals for treating patient with excessive lactate production and related acidemia are disclosed. Pharmaceuticals include glutamate, aspartate, BCAA, pyruvate, malate, oxaloacetate, α-ketoglutarate, AST, ALT, PLP, MDH and GPDH, Lodoxamite and Oxamate. The mechanism is that invented pharmaceuticals inhibit LDH and enhance malate/aspartate shuttle activity.
US11253491B2	Bupropion as a modulator of drug activity Dosage forms, drug delivery systems, and methods related to sustained release of dextromethorphan or improved therapeutic effects are disclosed. Typically, bupropion or a related compound is orally administered to a human being to be treated with, or being treated with, dextromethorphan.
US11253478B2	Reduction of flake-like aggregation in nanoparticulate active agent compositions This invention is directed to reduction of flake-like aggregation in nanoparticulate compositions. Also encompassed by the invention are compositions comprising a nanoparticulate active agent, at least one surface stabilizer and a flake-like aggregation reducing agent, such as a buffer and a sugar. The nanoparticulate active agent compositions comprise particles of the active agent having an effective average particle size of less than about 2000 nm.
US11253466B2	Topical composition for rejuvenating and/or repairing skin, methods, uses and kits thereof The present description relates to a skin ointment or topical composition for skin rejuvenation and/or repair. The composition generally comprises: a biocompatible mixture of probiotics (e.g., probiotic yeast and/or bacteria); admixed with one or more of: exfoliating agents, mud and/or clay, blood circulation promoting agent, and nutrients. Methods, uses and kits relating to same are also described.
US11253464B2	Anhydrous composition including a lipophilic gelling agent, at least two different fillers and an oil phase Anhydrous compositions including from 3% to 15% by weight of at least one lipophilic gelling agent, from 10% to 50% by weight of fillers including at least 5% by weight of a first filler and at least 5% by weight of a second filler different from the first; and from 40% to 85% by weight of at least one fatty phase are provided.
US11253462B2	Cosmetic composition comprising a pullulan derivative The invention relates to a composition comprising: (i) a trialkylsiloxysilylcarbamoyl pullulan compound, (ii) a polymethyl methacrylate polymer, (iii) a mattifying substance, and (iv) at least one volatile hydrocarbon oil. The invention is also targeted at the use of such a composition for making up and/or caring for keratinous substances, the skin and the lips, and more particularly in mascaras, foundations and lipsticks.
US11253457B2	Exopolysaccharide-protein complex, a method of preparing said complex and uses thereof The present invention relates to an exopolysaccharide-protein complex obtained from a bacterium comprising: (i) a crude exopolysaccharide, and (ii) exopolysaccharide-associated proteins which are derived from outer membrane vesicles and have a molecular weight between 30 and 250 kDa. The present invention further relates to a method for preparing said exopolysaccharide-protein complex and uses thereof.
US11253456B2	Anti-inflammatory peptides, and uses thereof An anti-inflammatory peptide comprises an anti-inflammatory fragment of a protein selected from SEQ ID NOs: 1 to 16, the anti-inflammatory fragment being 7 to 37 amino acids in length and having a charge of between −9 and +3; wherein the c-terminal amino acid is not cysteine (C) or methionine (M), and the n-terminal amino acid is not cysteine (C), histidine (H), proline (P) or threonine (T). The anti-inflammatory fragment does not contain cysteine (C). The anti-inflammatory fragment is from a region of the proteins of SEQ ID NOs: 1 to 16, which region is characterised by being 17 to 109 amino acids in length and having a charge of between −6 and +4, wherein the c-terminal amino acid of the region is not aspartic acid (D), phenylalanine (F), methionine (M) or tryptophan (W), and the n-terminal amino acid of the region is not aspartic acid (D), histidine (H), methionine (M), proline (P) or tryptophan (W). Examples of peptides are provided in SEQ ID NOs: 71 to 221.
US11253448B2	Inorganic sunscreen agents with higher UV radiation protection Ultraviolet radiation sun protective compositions are reported which feature micronized metal oxide inorganic particles selected from zinc oxide, titanium oxide and mixtures thereof, the inorganic particles being coated with poly [C8-C20 hydroxycarboxylic acid], the coated particles measured at a 10% loading in dodecane and 1 minute elapsed time having a Zeta Potential ranging from 2 to 10 mv, amounts of the poly [C8-C20 hydroxycarboxylic acid] to the inorganic particles being in a relative weight ratio of 1:100 to 1:10.
US11253447B2	Sprayable volume powder for creating a soft hair feel The present disclosure relates to a cosmetic agent for the treatment of keratinic fibers, in particular human hair, wherein the cosmetic agent constitutes a powder containing hydrophobically modified silicon dioxide and particles comprising a silicone elastomer. Furthermore, the present disclosure relates to a spray applicator comprising the cosmetic agent. In addition, the present disclosure relates to the use of the cosmetic agent.
US11253444B2	Oral care composition The present invention relates to an oral care composition for use in the treatment or prevention of erosive tooth demineralization, plaque, and caries. This oral care composition includes zinc lactate dihydrate, a stannous ion source, at least one phosphate salt, and a buffer system.
US11253443B2	Skin products with C60 and niacin A skin product having primary ingredients fullerene, niacin, and at least one of curcumin and tetrahydracurcumin. In some embodiments, the skin product additionally contains a medium-chain fatty acid, as a primary ingredient. Preferably, fullerene is C60, and the medium-chain fatty acid is C8 caprylic acid. The skin product is preferably made by mixing niacin and curcumin (or tetrahydracurcumin) first, then adding the medium-chain fatty acid, and finally mixed with fullerene. The skin product can be used to treat skin conditions (e.g., burn, wrinkles).
US11253409B2	Systems and methods for mobile dentition scanning Systems and methods relate to a mobile intraoral scanning site. The mobile intraoral scanning site includes a vehicle and one or more three-dimensional intraoral scanners provided on the vehicle and configured to perform intraoral dentition scans of users on the vehicle. The vehicle can include at least two compartments configured to be used as scan stations for performing the intraoral dentitions scans of the users on the vehicle. The vehicle can be retrofitted to be used for the mobile intraoral scanning site. The one or more three-dimensional intraoral scanners can be wall-mounted on the vehicle. The vehicle can be provided with an internet connection such that the intraoral dentition scans are uploaded to a cloud server via the internet connection. Messages can be sent to a plurality of individuals inviting the plurality of individuals to schedule an appointment to receive an intraoral dentition scan at the vehicle.
US11253407B2	Absorbent core layer and absorbent personal care article containing such layer An absorbent core layer (18) for absorbing and retaining body exudate includes a first longitudinally directed end region (25), a second opposing longitudinally directed end region (26), and a middle region (22) positioned between the end regions. The middle region (22) includes a first embossing pattern and has a first thickness. The first longitudinally directed end region (25) and second opposing longitudinally directed end region (26) each include a second embossing pattern different from the first embossing pattern, and also having apertures. The end regions (25, 26) each have a second thickness, the second thickness being less than the first thickness.
US11253403B2	Disposable hygiene article with improved fit The present invention relates to a disposable hygiene article comprising first and second compression lines in a forward region of the article. The article has a core with a first area which has its narrowest width (M) in the transverse direction (x) in a front portion or at a location of a transition between the front portion and a crotch portion of the article. The absorbent core in the crotch portion comprises the first and second compression lines, which are separated from each other at their closest point by a minimum distance D1, measured in the transverse direction.
US11253402B2	Orthosis apparatus and method of use An improved orthosis apparatus for being selectively formed and applied and removed having offset zipper closures on two shell members for improved hinging and opening and access for initial application and forming when malleable and for removing and reinstalling when hardened.
US11253397B2	Method for eye surgery A system for producing control data for controlling a laser so as to produce at least one cutting surface in a cornea of an eye of a patient includes a non-transitory computer readable medium having stored thereon instructions for establishing a geometry of a lenticule cut, establishing a geometry of a cap cut running substantially parallel to a surface of the cornea, establishing a geometry of an external opening cut arranged outside an optical zone of the eye of the patient, and establishing a geometry of an access cut to connect the cap cut to the external opening cut.
US11253395B2	Systems and methods for generating and applying biomimicry tear films Systems and methods are provided for generating and applying artificial tear film layers to a cornea surface. An example method includes forming an artificial tear film that is optically transparent, ultra-thin, and smoothly conforming to cornea surface. The artificial tear film includes a lipid layer that prevents evaporation of moisture from the cornea (e.g., from the underlying aqueous layer of the artificial tear film, and/or from the natural tear film on the cornea, etc.). A dispenser, such as an atomizer/nebulizer/micronizer, can be used to generate and applying the artificial tear film layers, especially the lipid layer, with reduced dispensing volume and average droplet size, etc., such that the deposit thickness of the artificial tear film layers remains thin and better spreads and conforms to the surface of the cornea, as compared to the results of conventional eye droppers dispensing conventional artificial tears.
US11253390B2	Impression tray with integral handle for an oral jaw advancement appliance Disclosed herein is an impression tray to be removably attached to an oral jaw advancement appliance that is worn over the teeth of a user during sleep to reduce the effects of snoring and sleep apnea. The impression tray has a handle with a first end affixed to a curved rear impression forming stop and an opposite free end that is pushed through the oral appliance so as to extend outwardly from the front thereof. The curved rear impression forming stop of the handle is held flush against the rear of the appliance, and a curved front impression forming stop is detachably connected to the opposite free end of the handle and slidable therealong to lie flush against the front of the appliance. The handle of the impression tray permits the oral appliance to be lowered into and lifted out of boiled water so that an accurate impression of the user's teeth can be made therein.
US11253384B2	Orthopedic device, strap system and method for securing the same An orthopedic device includes a frame, a strap system including first and second straps connecting to the frame, and an adjustment mechanism couples to the first and second straps and simultaneously regulates tension in the first and second straps by moving the first and second straps relative to the frame. The strap system includes a length adjustment system for modifying the length of the strap.
US11253378B2	Hands-free apparatus to apply a liner to an amputated appendage A liner to an appendage of a user includes a base member, a bracket adjustably mounted to the base member to a desired height position, and a plurality of arms pivotably mounted to the bracket. Each arm can include a rotating member, such as a roller ball, coupled to a top end of the arm. The plurality of arms can extend from the bracket in a generally upright position and can support the liner thereon in an inside out position so that the application of downward pressure by the appendage of the user within the plurality of arms permits the arms to pivot outward, thereby allowing the plurality of arms and roller balls to slide the liner around the appendage of the user.
US11253376B2	System for distracting and measuring an intervertebral space Systems and methods for distracting an intervertebral disc space are provided. The systems use an expandable trial with telescopic stabilizers. The systems and methods of distracting an intervertebral space are provided in a manner that addresses the problem of subsidence. The method includes inserting the trial into the intervertebral space in a collapsed state and, once inserted, the trial is then used for distracting the intervertebral space using an expansion that includes a first stage and a second stage. The first stage includes expanding the trial laterally toward the peripheral zones of the top vertebral plate and the bottom vertebral plate, and the second stage includes expanding the trial vertically to distract the intervertebral space.
US11253368B2	Methods of designing high x-ray lucency lattice structures The biocompatible lattice structures disclosed herein with an increased or optimized lucency are prepared according to multiple methods of design disclosed herein. The methods allow for the design of a metallic material with sufficient strength for use in an implant and that remains radiolucent for x-ray imaging.
US11253356B2	Methods and apparatus for percutaneous aortic valve replacement A delivery system and method for percutaneous aortic valve (PAV) replacement and apparatus used therein. A temporary aortic valve including a reversibly expandable occluder surrounds a central catheter mechanism. The temporary valve is positioned within the ascending aorta, just above and downstream from the coronary ostia. The occluder is configured such that, when fully expanded against the aortic wall, gaps are left that promote continuous coronary perfusion during the cardiac cycle. The temporary valve substitutes for the function of the native aortic valve during its replacement. The native aortic valve is next dilated, and then ablated through deployment of low profile, elongated, sequentially delivered stents. The stent(s) displace the native tissues and remain within the aortic annulus to receive and provide a structure for retaining the PAV. The PAV is delivered, positioned and deployed within the stent(s) at the aortic annulus with precision and relative ease.
US11253350B2	Ligament assembly A ligament assembly (2) comprising a resilient element (20) connected to a bone anchor (4) and a ligament (18), the resilient element (20) acting m a cantilever and resisting toads transmitted between the bone anchor (4) and the ligament (18) by virtue of the resistance to bending of the resilient element. The ligament (18) may comprise an artificial ligament (18) which is adapted to replace a human or animal ligament. The resilient element (20) may comprise a spiral spring and may act as a biasing element/shock absorber operatively coupled to the artificial ligament (18) to control the effective stiffness of the artificial ligament (18). Consequently, the resilient element (20) enables an effective stiffness of the artificial ligament (18) to be achieved that more closely approximates the stiffness of a natural ligament.
US11253343B2	Angulated dental implant A dental implant includes a generally cylindrical body, an interior bore, and a non-rotational feature. The generally cylindrical body has a main-central axis and is formed from cold-worked, high strength, commercially pure titanium having an ultimate tensile strength of at least about 900 MPa. The generally cylindrical body has a proximal portion and an opposing distal portion for anchoring the dental implant in bone of a patient. The interior bore is formed in the generally cylindrical body and has (i) a bore-central axis and (ii) a threaded portion for receiving a screw that is configured to removable hold an abutment in engagement with the dental implant. The non-rotational feature is configured to engage the abutment in a non-rotational fashion.
US11253336B2	Medical arm assembly A medical arm assembly according to embodiments disclosed includes: a remote joint where a remote point spaced forward from a reference point is located; a positioning arm section configured to support the remote joint, move the remote joint that a relative position of the remote point with respect to the reference point is changed in forward-and-rearward direction and upward-and-downward direction, and fix the relative position of the remote point with respect to the reference point; an operating arm section connected to the remote joint and configured to fix a surgery tool, rotate the surgery tool about a remote-rotation axis through the remote point in left-and-right direction, and move the surgery tool in a direction perpendicular to the remote rotation axis and through the remote point; and an arm supporting section where the positioning arm section and the operating arm section are supported by connecting and the reference point is located.
US11253334B2	Mount for a digital surgical microscope with position correction A mount for an optical apparatus having an image recording unit and an image rendering unit includes a first securing device for the recording unit, a second securing device for the rendering unit, and a connecting rail interconnecting the securing devices. The connecting rail is arranged so as to be displaceable in the y-direction in relation to the second securing device via a linear actuator. The first securing device includes a rotation device arranged so as to be rotatable about an axis of rotation extending in the x-direction. The mount includes a controller which is configured to displace the connecting rail in the y-direction in relation to the second securing device via the actuator when the first securing device is rotated about the tilt axis such that the distance between the focal point and the second securing device is kept constant within a certain interval.
US11253331B2	Protective covering for preexisting affixed medical equipment safety straps A disposable cover used to protect preexisting affixed safety straps on medical equipment. The cover includes: 2 protective panels and hook and loop fasteners on the inside for securing the cover to the preexisting affixed strap and hook and loop fasteners on the outer surface to allow the cover to secure to the opposing cover. This disposable protective cover is slipped over the preexisting affixed safety straps that are attached to the medical equipment prior to being used to secure a patients' body/limb to the medical equipment for a procedure, allowing the strap to be protected from infectious fluids.
US11253327B2	Systems and methods for automatically changing an end-effector on a surgical robot Devices, systems, and methods for automatically exchanging a first end-effector on a robot arm with a second end-effector housed in a docking station. The first end-effector has a clamp that either engages or disengages the robot arm based upon an application of force of the robot arm onto the end-effector. The clamp has a spring loaded clip that disengages the first end-effector to allow the robot arm to move away from the released first end-effector. The robot arm is configured to automatically move to a port of a docking station housing the desired second end-effector using magnetic coils on the robot arm and the docking station to guide the robot arm.
US11253320B2	Robot surgical platform A surgical implant planning computer is connectable to a fluoroscopy imager, a marker tracking camera, and a robot having a robot base coupled to a robot arm that is movable by motors relative to the robot base. Operations include performing a registration setup mode that determines occurrence of a first condition indicating the marker tracking camera can observe to track reflective markers that are on a fluoroscopy registration fixture of the fluoroscopy imager, and determines occurrence of a second condition indicating the marker tracking camera can observe to track dynamic reference base markers attached to the robot arm and/or an end-effector connected to the robot arm. While both of the first and second conditions occur, operations are allowed to be performed to obtain a first intra-operative fluoroscopic image of a patient along a first plane and to obtain a second intra-operative fluoroscopic image of the patient along a second plane that is orthogonal to the first plane.
US11253318B2	Arrangement for filtering out damaging heat created from laser energy contacting a kidney stone An arrangement that prevents carbonization of cladding, coating, or buffer layers of a surgical laser fiber due to thermal radiation reflected back into the fiber from, or emitted by, a target of the laser, includes a thermal radiation blocking, absorbing or diverting structure. The thermal radiation blocking, absorbing or diverting structure surrounds an end portion of the fiber that has been stripped of one or more coating and/or buffer layers, and may be made of a heat resistant material such as PTFE or polyimide to block heat from reaching the coating or buffer layers, an optical ferrule such as fused silica to guide the heat away from the fiber coating or buffer layers, or a high refraction index material such as UV adhesive.
US11253307B2	Suprapatellar insertion system, kit and method A system is provided for inserting and securing, through a suprapatellar region of a leg, a nail into a medullary canal of a bone. The system can include a flexible sleeve configured to be partially inserted in the leg. The flexible sleeve can define a leading end and a trailing end spaced apart from the leading end along a first axis. The flexible sleeve can define a first cannulation that extends along the first axis between the leading and trailing ends. The first cannulation can be sized to receive therethrough at least the intramedullary nail. The system can further include a retaining member configured support at least a portion of the flexible sleeve. The retaining member can be configured to position the flexible sleeve through the suprapatellar region of the leg such that the flexible sleeve leading end is aligned with the proximal end of the bone. The intramedullary nail can be insertable through the flexible sleeve and into the medullary canal.
US11253299B2	Orthopaedic fixation devices, systems and methods An implantable fixation device for rejoining opposed portions of a separated bone. The device including two corresponding plates that are configured to be aligned and coupled to a bone, such as a sternum, pre-resection of the bone or prior to cutting/separating the bone. The placement of the corresponding plates provides a gap between the edges of the plates that face one another allowing for and guiding a cutting tool for separating the bone. After the bone has been cut and the desired surgical procedure performed, the plates also assist in realigning and fixation of the bone portions. At least one plate includes a ratchet mechanism that is configured to tighten a locking element and draw the two plates together and into alignment with one another.
US11253293B2	Fluid vessel communication device A fluid vessel insertion device (10), typically for medical use, comprises a puncture member (18) arranged for locaton within a sleeve (20), and a retraction mechanism (44, 48, 60) for retracting the puncture member relative to the sleeve. The puncture member (18) is retractable in use between a first condition in which an end (18A) of the puncture member protrudes beyond an end (24) of the sleeve and a second condition in which the end of the puncture member is within the sleeve (20). The retraction mechanism (44, 48, 60) actuates the puncture member between the first and second conditions in response to fluid pressure at the end (18A) of the puncture member. The device may be used during positioning of the sleeve in a desired fluid vessel, such as, for example, during intravenous cannulation.
US11253288B2	Ultrasonic surgical instrument blades A method of balancing an ultrasonic instrument having an ultrasonically actuated blade is disclosed. The blade includes a body portion and a step portion extending from the body portion. The body portion comprises a first side, a second side, and a width defined between the first and second sides. The step portion includes a first surface, a second surface, and a cutting edge situated intermediate the first and second surfaces. The second surface extends between a first plane including the cutting edge and a second plane which is parallel to the first plane. The first and second surfaces are not parallel and are oriented such that there is an angle defined therebetween. The method comprises the steps of configuring at least a portion of the blade such that a relationship is substantially equal to zero.
US11253285B2	Subcutaneous cutting device The present disclosure describes a subcutaneous cutting device for insertion into tissues and cutting of targeted tissues. The cutting device includes a handle, a cannula extending distally from the handle to a sharpened distal tip, and an adjustable blade disposed within a blade-holding section of the cannula. The blade is selectively adjustable between a retracted position within the cannula and an open position with the blade tip lifted up and angled away from the cannula. When the blade is in the open position, the blade tip points proximally toward the handle.
US11253279B2	Apparatus, system, and method for vasculature obstruction removal In embodiments of an obstruction removal device, system, and/or method, an expandable member is configured to be slidably coupled to a guide wire. The expandable member is configured to surround at least a portion of an obstruction captured by a stentriever as the expandable member transitions from the expanded state to the contracted state, i.e., when the guide wire is removed from a vasculature to remove the stentriever and the obstruction from the vasculature. A first locking member is located at a base of the expandable member. The first locking member is configured to engage a second locking member that is located on the guide wire, the stentriever, or an inner surface of a guide catheter, thereby coupling the expandable member to the guide wire, the stentriever, or the inner surface of the guide catheter when the expandable member is deployed within the vasculature.
US11253276B2	Guide for positioning an orthopaedic guide pin on a bone structure A guide for positioning an orthopaedic guide pin on a bone structure includes a base having an upper face, a lower face intended to bear against the bone structure, and a through-hole for the pin, said guide including several bearing members able to move in guide holes formed in the base, wherein each bearing member has a lower end facing the lower face and is able to be moved selectively between a retracted position inside the guide hole and at least one deployed position in which the bearing member protrudes from the lower face so as to have a salient lower end intended to bear against the bone structure in order to allow the base to be inclined.
US11253275B2	Surgical apparatus for cutting a tibia of a patient for the implantation of an ankle prosthesis The surgical apparatus comprising a support frame having an anterior portion configured to bear on an upper surface of a talus of the patient, and a rear portion configured to be secured to the tibia of the patient; and a cutting guide insert mounted on the support frame and configured to guide a cutting blade for cutting of a lower end part of the tibia.
US11253271B2	Surgical burs with decoupled rake surfaces and corresponding axial and radial rake angles A surgical bur including flutes and lands. Each of the flutes includes a cutting edge, rake surfaces and a clearance surface. The rake surfaces of one of the flutes are decoupled from each other. Each of the lands is disposed between a pair of the flutes.
US11253266B2	Sleeve for delivery of embolic coil An endovascular treatment system includes a delivery sleeve that is insertable into an intravascular catheter. A therapeutic device is housed coaxially within the delivery sleeve and both are advanced within the catheter in combination. An advancement mechanism is connected to the therapeutic device to advance the therapeutic device out of the delivery sleeve and into a patient. The delivery sleeve includes a stop positioned on the proximal end. The stop contacts the proximal end of the catheter, limiting the distance the delivery sleeve is inserted into a catheter.
US11253261B2	Occluding anatomical structures An elongate resilient tube of a mesh of shape memory alloy is used to therapeutically occlude an opening in body tissue. The tube is compressible so that it can be delivered to the opening in the body within a catheter. The tube self-expands as it is released from the catheter to contiguously form, sequentially, the following shapes: an outer bell-shaped structure; an inner bell-shaped structure disposed within the outer bell-shaped structure to conformingly engage an inner side of the outer bell-shaped structure; a tubular connector having a diameter substantially smaller than the inner bell-shaped structure, the tubular connector extending away from an apex of the inner bell-shaped structure; an inner plate-shaped structure; an outer plate-shaped structure; and a releasable connector. The bell shape is placed on one side of the opening, and the plate shape is placed on the other side of the opening, the connector passing through the opening.
US11253260B2	Methods for diagnosing and delivering therapeutic interventions in the peritoneal cavity A device and system are described that are capable of isolating at least one targeted tissue and forming an anastomosis between two internal body structures though a completely endoscopic procedure. Further, the device and system described generally comprise two tubular members that are capable of moving in a telescopic fashion relative to one another. Additionally, a method is described for using the device and/or system to bypass the duodenum from digestion.
US11253257B2	Surgical instruments including sensors A surgical instrument includes a handle portion, a shaft coupled to the handle portion, a pair of jaw members operably coupled to the shaft, an inflatable member, and a sensor. The inflatable member is associated with one of the jaw members and is configured to apply pressure to tissue disposed between the pair of jaw members. The sensor is associated with one of the jaw members and is configured to measure local perfusion pressure in the tissue disposed between the pair of jaw members.
US11253254B2	Shaft rotation actuator on a surgical instrument A surgical instrument comprising a handle and a rotatable shaft is disclosed. The handle comprises a rotatable actuator configured to rotate the shaft. In various instances, the rotatable actuator is mounted to the handle in proximity to a grip of the handle so that a clinician can easily rotate the actuator while holding the handle. The direction in which the actuator is rotated corresponds to the direction in which the shaft is rotated.
US11253252B2	Devices, systems, and methods for repairing soft tissue and attaching soft tissue to bone Devices, systems and/or methods for repairing soft tissue adjacent a repair site. In one embodiment, a repair device is delivered with a delivery device system configured to move a cartridge with the repair device disposed therein toward an anvil with soft tissue positioned thereon. The delivery device linearly moves the cartridge toward the anvil with a worm drive positioned within a housing by rotating a thumb wheel disposed around the worm drive. Such linear movement is provided with a finger element extending from the worm drive that is configured to cooperate with an internal surface of the thumb wheel. With this arrangement, upon rotating the thumb wheel, the worm drive rotates with the finger element engaged with the internal surface of the thumb wheel to linearly move the cartridge toward the anvil.
US11253235B1	Urine analysis collector A kit for urine collection is disclosed. The kit comprises a clip; a collector device comprising a connector portion configured for receiving the clip, a holder portion configured for receiving a sponge; and a stopper portion; a tube configured to receive the collector device; and a cap configured to be inserted onto an open end of the tube and seal the tube and simultaneously receive an end of the collector device into a recess disposed inside the cap.
US11253231B2	Pregnancy monitoring system and method The present invention relates to a pregnancy monitoring system, the system comprising a fetal monitoring transducer (20) arranged to detect fetal medical condition information; and a control device (48) comprising a motion assessment unit (50) and a signal output unit (52); wherein the fetal monitoring transducer (20) is arranged to detect fetal movement indicative information, wherein the motion assessment unit (50) is arranged to process fetal movement grading information, in addition to the fetal movement indicative information, wherein the signal output unit (52) is arranged to simultaneously output a fetal condition signal, particularly a fetal heart rate signal, and an augmented fetal movement signal based on the fetal movement indicative information and the fetal movement grading information, wherein a characteristic property of the original fetal movement information is still present in the augmented fetal movement signal. The disclosure further relates to a corresponding pregnancy monitoring method.
US11253230B2	Ultrasound diagnosis apparatus and image processing method An ultrasound diagnosis apparatus includes a transmitting and receiving circuitry, an input circuitry, and a processing circuitry. The transmitting and receiving circuitry transmits a first ultrasound wave used for changing the shape of a tissue in the body of a patient and transmits/receives a second ultrasound wave that is transmitted/received with timing different from that of the first ultrasound wave. The input circuitry receives an input of a request indicating that the first ultrasound wave should be transmitted. When the input circuitry has received the input of the request indicating that the first ultrasound wave should be transmitted, the processing circuitry controls the transmission of the first ultrasound wave in accordance with the strength of a reflected-wave signal of the second ultrasound wave or one or more pixel values of an image resulting from an imaging process performed by using the reflected-wave signal of the second ultrasound wave.
US11253221B2	Systems and methods for configuring medical device The present disclosure relates to systems and methods for configuring a medical device for a medical procedure. The systems may perform the methods to initialize a gantry angle of a medical device of a new scan. The systems may also perform the methods to obtain a pre-set gantry angle associated with the new scan. The systems may also perform the methods to determine whether the initialized gantry angle is consistent with the pre-set gantry angle. The systems may also perform the methods to adjust the initialized gantry angle of the medical device to the pre-set gantry angle in response to a determination that the initialized gantry angle is inconsistent with the pre-set gantry angle.
US11253219B2	Image contrast enhancement of an x-ray image The present invention relates to image contrast enhancement. In order to provide improved and stable contrast enhancement for each acquired image, a device (10) for image contrast enhancement of an X-ray image of a vascular structure is provided. The device (10) comprises an input unit (12) and a processing unit (14). The input unit is configured to provide an acquired X-ray image of a vascular structure with a contrast injection. The contrast injection is performed with a current contrast injection setting having at least one contrast injection parameter. The input unit is further configured to provide a generic vascular structure. The input unit is also configured to provide the current contrast injection setting. The processing unit is configured to determine an assessed contrast parameter for the generic vascular structure based on the current contrast injection setting. The processing unit is further configured to determine an adapted image contrast enhancement for the generic vascular structure based on the assessed contrast parameter. The processing unit is also configured to apply the adapted image contrast enhancement to the acquired X-ray image in order to generate a contrast-enhanced X-ray image.
US11253212B2	Tileable X-ray detector cassettes The present disclosure relates to the use of X-ray detector cassettes that may be abutted or overlapped to form a detector assembly suitable for imaging objects that are too large to image using a single X-ray detector cassette. Such a detector assembly may be customized in terms of the size and/or shape of the field-of-view (FOV). In certain embodiments the radiation-sensitive electronics (e.g., readout electronics) are positioned to the side of the X-ray detecting components (e.g., scintillator, TFT array, and so forth), allowing the cassette to be thin relative to other detector devices and allowing the electronics to remain outside the X-ray beam path.
US11253209B2	Spectral imaging An analyzer (124) includes a quantifier (204) configured to quantify an amount of contrast material representing scar tissue created by ablation for tissue of interest in contrast enhanced imaging data and a recommender (210) configured to generate a signal indicative of a recommendation to further ablate the tissue of interest in response to the quantified amount of the contrast material not satisfying a pre-determined threshold. A method includes obtaining contrast enhanced image data indicative of scar tissue created by ablation of tissue of interest, quantifying an amount of contrast material for the scar tissue in the tissue of interest, and generating a signal indicative of a recommendation to further ablate the tissue of interest in response to the quantified amount of the contrast material not satisfying a pre-determined threshold.
US11253197B2	Non-invasive biofeedback system A method, system, and computer program for non-invasively monitoring a physiological parameter and providing biofeedback. The method, system, and computer program provide for the non-invasive detection of a physiological parameter by detecting changes in color channel values of a user in a live video feed and presenting biofeedback to the user indicating the relative position of the physiological parameter to an optimal range.
US11253196B2	Method and system for transdermal alcohol monitoring A method for monitoring intoxication of a user, the method including: receiving a set of samples from a body region of a user; generating an intoxication metric based on the set of samples; and providing a notification to the user based on the intoxication metric. The method can additionally or alternatively include: modifying operation of the transdermal alcohol sensing device based on the intoxication metric; determining contextual data; maintaining a hydration level of the transdermal alcohol sensing device; and any other suitable processes. A system for monitoring intoxication of a user including a sensor and a housing. The system can additionally or alternatively include any or all of: an inlet, a fastener, an electronics subsystem, a user device, and/or any other suitable component.
US11253193B2	Utilization of vocal acoustic biomarkers for assistive listening device utilization A body worn or implantable hearing prosthesis, including a device configured to capture an audio environment of a recipient and evoke a hearing percept based at least in part on the captured audio environment, wherein the hearing prosthesis is configured to identify, based on the captured audio environment, one or more biomarkers present in the audio environment indicative of the recipient's ability to hear.
US11253189B2	Systems, devices, and methods for evaluating neuromodulation therapy via detection of magnetic fields Systems and methods for measuring the magnetic fields generated by renal nerves before and/or after neuromodulation therapy are disclosed herein. One method for measuring the magnetic field of target nerves during a neuromodulation procedure includes positioning a neuromodulation catheter at a target site within a renal blood vessel of a human patient near the target nerves, and detecting a measurement of the magnetic field generated by the target nerves. The method can further include determining, based on the measurement of the magnetic field, a location of the target nerves, a location of ablation at the target nerves, and/or a percentage the target nerves were ablated by delivered neuromodulation energy.
US11253186B2	Methods and systems for processing data via an executable file on a monitor to reduce the dimensionality of the data and encrypting the data being transmitted over the wireless network Some embodiments include processing data via an executable file on a monitor to reduce the dimensionality of the data being transmitted over the wireless network. The output of the executable file also encrypts the data before being transmitted wireless to a remote server. The remote server receives the transmitted data and makes likelihood inferences based on the recorded data.
US11253184B2	Systems and methods for reconstructing heart sounds Systems and methods for reconstructing heart sounds from heart sound samples taken under a sub-optimal condition, such as at a low sampling rate, are discussed. An exemplary system receives acceleration information from a patient sensed at a first sampling rate, and generate a heart sound ensemble of portions of acceleration information over multiple cardiac cycles. The system can reconstruct a heart sound segment to have a second sampling rate, higher than the first sampling rate, using the generated heart sound ensemble. A heart sound metric can be generated using the reconstructed heart sound segment, and used for detecting a cardiac event, such as a cardiac arrhythmia episode, or a worsening heart failure event.
US11253178B2	Noninvasive assessment of cardiac resynchronization therapy Systems, methods, and interfaces are described herein for noninvasively determining an optimal coronary sinus branch to cannulate for a medical electrical lead. One exemplary method involves applying an electrode apparatus having a plurality of electrodes to a torso of a patient. One of a right ventricular (RV) lead is introduced to a right ventricle or a right atrial (RA) lead is introduced to a right atrium. Noninvasively ultrasonic energy is introduced to a target tissue selected from a set of target tissues. In response to delivering ultrasonic energy to the cardiac tissue, a processing unit receives a torso-surface potential signal from each of a plurality of electrodes distributed on a torso of a patient for the target tissue. Signals are sensed from one of the RA lead and the RV lead in response to delivering ultrasonic energy. For at least a subset of the plurality of electrodes, calculating, with the processing unit, a torso-surface activation time based on the signal sensed from the electrode. Determining whether the tissue site or the another tissue site provides optimal cardiac resynchronization.
US11253175B2	Apparatus, systems, and methods having common electronic architecture for communicating analyte data Embodiments provide apparatus, systems, and methods for communicating analyte data and/or related information. In a first aspect, the apparatus includes a transmitter/receiver unit which is configurable as either a transmitter or a receiver. The transmitter/receiver unit may be coupled to an on-body sensor and may be configured as a transmitter, or may be coupled to a management unit and may be configured as a receiver as part of a continuous analyte monitoring system. Analyte data communication systems and methods are provided, as are other aspects.
US11253174B2	Apparatus for measuring the concentration of target substances in blood A non-invasive testing apparatus for determining a concentration of a target substance, such as blood sugar, blood alcohol, cholesterol, etc., in a patient's blood is disclosed. The apparatus and method involve applying an output RF signal (102) to the skin of a patient via an antenna (20), and measuring the amplitude and phase of a response signal, which is a function of the output RF signal (102) modified by an interaction with the patient's blood. The invention takes measurements at different output RF frequencies (310), and plots the response (300) as a function of frequency (310). The invention is essentially characterised by deriving various derived parameters (552, 554, 556, 550, 408, 410) from the shape of the resulting plots, namely any or more of: a resonance frequency shift; a Q factor of the resonance; a group delay; a phase shift; an amplitude variation; a shape factor of the plot; and a gradient of the plot at different frequencies. The invention utilises models of the derived parameters as a function of concentration of the target substance in blood to arrive at a determination of the latter. Also disclosed is a novel circuit (1000) for obtaining the amplitude and phase measurements, a calibration device (5008), and various improvements relating to wearable non-invasive testing apparatus (3000, 4000).
US11253165B2	Intravascular MRI probe assembly An intravascular MRI probe assembly for producing real time, three dimension imagery of an interior of a blood vessel includes a probe has diameter is sufficiently small to fit inside of a blood vessel of a human being. An x coil, a y coil and a pair of z coils is each positioned within the probe for producing a magnetic field to facilitate magnetic resonance imaging of an interior of the blood vessel. A first gradient echo coil, a second gradient coil, a shim coil and a magnet is each positioned within the probe. A conductor is coupled to the probe and the conductor extends away from the second end of the probe. Additionally, the conductor is electrically coupled to a magnetic resonance imaging processor to produce a three dimensional image of the interior of the blood vessel.
US11253162B2	Method and system for heart rate estimation A computer-implemented method of heart rate estimation includes receiving heart beat data, detecting sequential beats within the heart beat data, identifying a beat interval of each sequential beat, and generating a beat array containing the beat intervals of sequential beats within an array window. The beat array is then sorted based on the beat intervals of the sequential beats so as to generate a sorted beat array. A weight array is calculated by applying a weight control parameter to each beat interval in the sorted beat array, wherein the weight array includes a weight value for each beat interval that is proportional to a corresponding beat interval value in the sorted beat array. A weighted median is calculated based on the weight array, and a heart rate estimation for the array window is determined based on the weighted median of the weight array and the sorted beat array.
US11253160B2	Measuring apparatus and blood pressure measuring method A measuring apparatus includes: a measuring section which performs an invasive blood pressure measurement, and which detects that a predetermined abnormal condition occurs in a blood pressure during the measurement; a detector which detects whether or not a zero point calibration is being executed on a transducer to be used in the measurement; and a notification controller which, in a case where the blood pressure measured by the measuring section is in the predetermined abnormal condition, controls whether an alarm is output or not, based on a detection state of the detector. The notification controller can select a first mode in which an alarm sound is output, or a second mode in which the alarm sound is not output, based on an elapsed time period from a predetermined timing relating to the zero point calibration, and an output from the measuring section.
US11253157B2	Biological data measurement device A biological data measurement device according to the present invention includes a substrate disposed at a position spaced a predetermined distance from a body surface BS of a living organism as a measuring object via a support member so that an air layer is formed between the substrate and the body surface, in which the substrate is provided with a thermometer including an infrared thermometer for measuring a body surface temperature and a substrate thermometer for measuring a substrate temperature, thereby measuring a deep body temperature with higher accuracy.
US11253153B2	Insert imaging device for surgical procedures Insertable imaging devices and use methods thereof in minimally invasive medical procedures. Some insertable imaging devices are introduced and removed from an access port without disturbing or risking damage to internal tissue. Some insertable imaging devices are integrated with an access port, thereby allowing imaging of internal tissues within a vicinity of the access port, while enabling manipulation of surgical tools in the surgical field of interest. Some insertable imaging devices are integrated into an imaging sleeve that is insertable into an access port. Some insertable imaging devices perform imaging within an access port, wherein the imaging is based on one or more imaging modalities, including, but are not limited to, magnetic resonance imaging, ultrasound, optical imaging, such as hyperspectral imaging and optical coherence tomography, and electrical conductive measurements.
US11253149B2	Holographic real space refractive sequence A system and a method for holographic eye testing device are disclosed. The system renders one or more three dimensional objects within the holographic display device. The system updates the rendering of the one or more three dimensional objects within the holographic display device, by virtual movement of the one or more three dimensional objects within the level of depth. The system receives input from a user indicating alignment of the one or more three dimensional objects after the virtual movement. The system determines a delta between a relative virtual position of the one or more three dimensional objects at the moment of receiving input and an optimal virtual position and generates prescriptive remedy based on the delta.
US11253141B2	Handheld surgical endoscope A handheld surgical endoscope has a disposable, single-use handle, cannula and distal tip. The distal tip includes LED illumination and an imaging module that feeds live video to a re-usable display module that connects off-axis to the disposable handle. A rechargeable battery module also attaches to the handle. The cannula includes two lumens for separate fluid in-flow and out-flow channels, as well as providing a working channel through which a surgical implement can be used. Extruded cannula and molded distal tip parts can be separately formed which aids in manufacturing and assembly. The working channel can have a substantially straight proximal access port.
US11253135B2	Motor driven in-door dishwasher aid dispenser A wash-aid dispenser (20) for dispensing dishwasher detergent and rinse-aid employs a DC motor (46) and drive train (43) to separately actuate a door (23) for the release of detergent and a valve (21) for the release of rinse-aid allowing reduced noise and reduce energy operation using a single electric actuator.
US11253128B2	Cleaning article with differential pitch tow tufts A cleaning article. The cleaning article has discrete tufts of tow fibers. The discrete tufts are unequally spaced from adjacent tufts, to provide improved collection and retention of debris from a target surface. The tufts may have a pitch, the pitch decreasing as the longitudinal axis of the cleaning article is approached. The cleaning article may be made by cutting out spaces between tufts from a precursor sheet and attaching the precursor sheet to a carrier sheet. Or the cleaning article may be made by cutting a precursor sheet having tufts into discrete portions. These discrete portions are bonded to a carrier sheet.
US11253125B1	Vacuum system A vacuum system for vacuuming is disclosed. The vacuum system includes a baseboard cleaning attachment, a floor cleaning attachment, and a hose attachment. Each of the attachments is selectively mounted to a hose of the vacuum system for vacuuming floors, baseboards and tight spaces. The baseboard cleaning attachment includes a brush head having a right-angled portion, and a curved portion. The brush head includes a neck to mount the brush head to the hose. The right-angled portion is aligned with the baseboard and is used to vacuum. The floor cleaning attachment includes an elongated tube, and an under furniture handle mounted to the elongated tube. The elongated tube includes a beater head with a beater. The elongated tube is mounted to the hose, and the under furniture handle is used vacuum under furniture. The hose attachment is in an S-shape for tight spaces.
US11253122B2	Suction nozzle and cleaner A suction nozzle includes a nozzle body including a suction port. The suction nozzle also includes a rotary cleaning unit rotatably mounted in the nozzle body and having a cleaning element for cleaning a floor. Additionally, the suction nozzle includes an anti-winder mounted on the nozzle body and having a plurality of contact parts that overlap a side end of the cleaning element along at least a portion of a rotational path followed by the cleaning element of the rotary cleaning unit when the rotary cleaning unit is rotated.
US11253114B2	Wash, clean and dry system with removable spray canister device A method and a wash, clean and dry system are provided for washing, cleaning and drying a surface region of a human body. The system includes a toilet seat assembly with a bidet assembly having a spray canister device for spraying the surface region with a solution, such as a skin protecting barrier solution, a cleaning solution or a medicated solution. In one aspect, the spray canister device can be movably insert into and out of the toilet seat assembly and is easy to operate and use. In addition, the bidet assembly further includes a spray nozzle assembly and a drying nozzle assembly, which are adapted to wash, clean and dry the region of the human body in three dimensional moments. The removable spray canister device with the removable sleeved cover element is thus easy to carry and be re-filled with new solutions.
US11253095B2	Parcel drop box A parcel drop box for receiving a parcel in the presence or absence of a receiver of the parcel. The parcel drop box includes a cuboidal enclosure with an open-top. A lid pivotally covers the open-top and can be lifted for gaining access into the interior of the enclosure. A pair of flaps coupled inside the enclosure to the sidewalls and just below a periphery of the open-top. The flaps can pivot between a horizontal position and a downward vertical position. The lid is coupled to the pair of flaps, such as pivoting of the lid results in pivoting of the flaps. Opening of the lid results in pivoting of the flaps to a horizontal position which restricts the access to the interior of the enclosure from the open-top i.e., the pair of flaps substantially cover the open-top when in the horizontal position.
US11253081B2	Chair with removable side barriers System (200) is provided for a chair with removable armrests. The system (200) includes a chair back (220) connected to a rectangular chair seat (210) with chair feet (230) and two handrails (240). The handrails (240) are connected to the chair back (220) and the rectangular chair seat (210). The chair seat (210) further comprises a chair frame (260), a seat cushion (270) and two side wall clothes (250), wherein each side wall cloth (250) is configured to optionally secure the side wall cloth (250) to a respective handrail (240). The side wall cloth (250) can secure itself to a handrail (240) through an internal adhesive on an internal side of the side wall cloth (250) and an external adhesive of an external side of the side wall cloth (250). The side wall cloth (250) can optionally be secured to the handrail (240) by wrapping around the handrail (240) and connecting the internal and external adhesives.
US11253078B2	Mobile chair A chair includes a unitary tubular main frame having spaced base portions and spaced side supports. A seat frame is carried by the main frame and the space below the seat frame and between the base portions and the side supports is unobstructed. A tray is carried by the base portions at the back of the chair so as to maintain the front of the chair unobstructed.
US11253077B2	Chair with return force mechanism A chair according to the present invention has a reference position P located midway in a front-back direction in a movable range of a seat 2. The chair includes a return force generation mechanism 4 configured to generate a return force in a direction to return the seat 2 moved from the reference position P at least in the front-back direction to the reference position P. The return force generation mechanism 4 includes an elastic member 40 configured to increase the return force in the direction to return the seat to the reference position P as the amount of movement of the seat from the reference position P increases.
US11253068B2	Levelers for stabilizing furniture and items with feet A leveler for stabilizing furniture and other items which may be stacked one upon another in a stackable fashion. One or more stackable levelers may be used for many indoor, garage, patio, pool, and outdoor applications. In addition to stabilizing furniture, including tables, chairs, shelving, desks, beds, sofas, and anything with feet and/or legs, the levelers may be used in various camping and outdoor applications, including for stabilizing ladders, appliances, and kickstands.
US11253066B2	Apparatus and method for simultaneously testing a plurality of mobile devices An apparatus and method for simultaneously testing a plurality of mobile devices is disclosed. The method for simultaneously testing a plurality of mobile devices generally includes simultaneously executing a test mobile device application on the plurality of mobile devices, determining test mobile device application results for the plurality of mobile devices at a plurality of test computers, sending a test mobile device application results from the plurality of mobile devices to the plurality of test computers, and deleting the test mobile device application on the plurality of mobile devices.
US11253062B1	Adjustable storage rack for a first responder This invention maximizes storage capacity for emergency first responder equipment for various spaces by providing an adjustable storage rack for a first responder, which has adjustable sides or an adjustable base. The adjustable storage rack for a first responder is suitable for use in storing gear for firemen or other first responders for quick access. The modular nature of this invention is a necessary element of maximizing the storage capacity of various spaces. This adjustable storage rack for a first responder solves these issues by providing the most amount of storage capacity in a given space and allows emergency first responders more efficient access to clothing or equipment, in order to become fully equipped and expeditiously deployed.
US11253061B2	Modular cabinet assembly A modular cabinet assembly has at least a first sub-cabinet and a second sub-cabinet. Each sub-cabinet includes a back board having at least two separate back board pieces that are pivotably connected to each other, a left side board pivotably connected to one of the at least two back board pieces, and a right side board pivotably connected to another of the at least two back board pieces. At least one shelf board having opposite ends is removably connected to the left side board and the right side board of either the first sub-cabinet or the second sub-cabinet. A first end board is connected to either an upper end of the first sub-cabinet or a lower end of the second sub-cabinet. A first connector removably connects the left side boards of the first and second sub-cabinets, and a second connector removably connects the right side boards of the first and second sub-cabinets.
US11253060B2	Modular enclosure system A modular enclosure system includes a plurality of anchor rails configured to be mounted to a surface such as a wall to which the modular enclosure system is to be attached. The modular enclosure system includes a first partition having a plurality of partition segments and a second partition having a plurality of partition segments. The first partition and the second partition are each coupled to a first rail and a second rail of the plurality of anchor rails.
US11253053B2	Portable foam brush A portable foam brush includes a soap reservoir, such as optionally in a base or in a wand, a foaming chamber, and an air compressor, such as optionally battery-operated air compressor. The compressor is configured for supplying air to act upon the soap from the reservoir to cause dispensing of soap to the foaming chamber. In some embodiments, the compressor may also supply air to the foaming chamber. In use, the soap and the air in the foaming chamber combine to form an air and soap foam. The brush includes a brush end configured for receiving foam from the foaming chamber and dispensing the foam.
US11253052B2	Electrical toothbrush head in secure contact engagement with vibration core An electrical toothbrush head includes a toothbrush body and an insertion piece that includes a core channel and a sideway slot in which an elastic bar is arranged. The core channel has a contact engagement surface. The elastic bar has a curved section. When the vibration core is inserted into the core channel, the contact engagement surface and the curved section respectively contact and engage with core side surfaces of the vibration core, and the elastic bar is pushed to elastically deform away from the contact engagement surface. When the electrical toothbrush head and the toothbrush handle are combined, the vibration core is clamped between the contact engagement surface and the curved section and the elastic bar deforms outward and the elastic filler block is compressed, such that the elastic filler block and the elastic bar cause the curved section to be in elastic engagement with the vibration core.
US11253050B2	Bindle blanket A moving pad that converts into a bag called a Bindle Blanket, as a moving pad it functions like a traditional moving pad or blanket used to wrap and protect furniture and vulnerable objects and used for padding to prevent furniture from shifting while being transported during a move. When converted from moving pad to a bindle, it functions as a flexible bag or sack at which time small miscellaneous or odds and ends can be loaded or packed within. Once loaded the Bindle Blanket can be carried by hand using the attached medial right and medial left side handles or the Bindle Blanket can be attached to the frame of a hand dolly and rolled to and from the transporting vehicle.
US11253045B2	Systems and methods for recommendation of makeup effects based on makeup trends and facial analysis A computing device generates a collection of digital images depicting makeup effects representing makeup trends, analyzes the collection of digital images, and extracts target attributes. The computing device constructs a database of makeup recommendation entries comprising the collection of digital images and extracted attributes and receives a query request from a user comprising an image of the user's face. The computing device queries the database and obtains a first number of makeup recommendations. The computing device merges makeup recommendations among the first number of makeup recommendations to generate a second number of makeup recommendations and displays at least a portion of the second number of makeup recommendations and receiving a selection from the user. The computing device performs virtual application of a makeup effect corresponding to the selection.
US11253039B1	Wireless blow dryer The present disclosure provides a wireless blow dryer, which includes an air duct, a handle connected to the air duct, an energy storage assembly, a fan assembly, and an air inlet channel and an air outlet channel communicating with each other. The air duct is provided with the air outlet channel. The energy storage assembly includes at least one energy storage module arranged in the air duct. The fan assembly is arranged in the air inlet channel. The fan assembly is configured to cause airflow to enter the air inlet channel and out of the air duct through the air outlet channel when the fan assembly works.
US11253027B2	Adjustable heel support member for article of footwear An adjustable heel support member includes a base portion and an extended portion. The extended portion comprises a lateral portion, a medial portion and a rearward portion. The heel support member further includes a fastening member that can be used to adjust the lateral portion, the medial portion and the rearward portion to resize the heel support member. In some cases, the fastening member may be an elastic ring.
US11253024B2	Article of footwear with extruded components The disclosed embodiments relate to portions of an article of footwear formed from an extruded member. In certain embodiments, a sole or portion of a sole can be formed from one or more extruded members. In certain embodiments, the extruded member can be a single, continuous piece of solid material. In certain embodiments, a sole for an article of footwear can be fashioned from an extruded member formed in a controlled geometric pattern. In certain embodiments, the sole can include one or more layers.
US11253022B2	Protective headgear with adjustable air supply A protective headgear (1) comprising: a protective helmet (20) that defines an interior space (31), that comprises an inward major surface, and that comprises a forward window with a windowpane (27); a head suspension that is connected to the helmet; and an air supply module (50) mounted at least partially within the interior space defined by the helmet, wherein the air supply module comprises central, right lateral, and left lateral trunks (53, 54, 55) that are configured so that when the module is mounted within the interior space defined by the helmet, selected central, left and right areas of the inward major surface of the helmet combine with the central, left lateral and right lateral trunks of the air supply module to respectively define a central air supply passage and left and right lateral air supply passages for delivering air to a wearer of the protective headgear, and, wherein the air supply module comprises an external, remote handle (70) that is remotely connected to an air valve that is operative to control a rate at which air is directed into the central air supply passage in comparison to a rate at which air is directed into the left and right lateral air supply passages.
US11253021B2	Helmet A helmet that can effectively reduce the rotational acceleration of an impact and at the same time also effectively reduce translational acceleration is provided. A helmet has an outer shell including a hard material and a shock absorbing liner (14) disposed inside the shell. The shock absorbing liner (14) includes a main body liner (16), a recessed portion (30) provided at an inner surface of the main body liner (16), an insert liner (18) fitted into the recessed portion (30), and a central raised portion (42) (central support member) disposed between a bottom surface of the recessed portion (30) and a bottom surface of the insert liner (18). When the helmet receives an impact, the insert liner (18) swings about the central support member as a fulcrum, thereby reducing the impact.
US11253020B2	Artificial lash extensions An artificial lash extension system includes multiple lash extensions designed to attach to an underside of natural lashes. Each of the multiple lash extensions include multiple clusters of artificial hairs. Each of the multiple clusters include at least two artificial hairs. Each of the multiple lash extensions include a base from which the at least two artificial hairs of each of the plurality of clusters protrude. At least some of the artificial hairs are connected to one another at a respective part of the base by at least an application of heat.
US11253016B2	Goalkeeper glove A glove is provided and includes a cuff providing an opening to the glove. A back panel defines a first portion of finger sheaths and a thumb sheath and extends along the finger sheaths and the thumb sheath to the cuff. A palm panel is disposed on an opposite side of the glove from the back panel and defines a second portion of the finger sheaths and the thumb sheath. The palm panel is formed from a material having a greater coefficient of friction than a material of the back panel and extends along the finger sheaths and the thumb sheath to the cuff. The palm panel tapers in a direction from the finger sheaths to the cuff. A gusset extends between and is attached to the back panel and the palm panel and is formed from a different material than the back panel and the palm panel.
US11253010B2	Apparel with pressure sensor control An article of apparel and method include a structure configured to enclose a human body part, a pressure sensor array including multiple pressure sensors separately positioned at locations within the structure, wherein each pressure sensor is configured to output a signal indicative of an amount of pressure being exerted on the pressure sensor by an external mechanical force, an electronic display, and a controller. The controller is configured to receive signals from the pressure sensors and, based on a sequence and a timing of the signals as received, determine a command related to a function of a device. The electronic display is configured to display information related to the function.
US11253003B2	Aerosol generating device, method for controlling same, and charging system including same Provided is an aerosol generating apparatus including: a main body into which a cigarette is inserted; a first electrically conductive pattern provided on a portion of the main body to function as one of a heater for heating the cigarette and a temperature sensor for sensing a temperature of the cigarette; a second electrically conductive pattern provided on another portion of the main body to function as one of the heater and the temperature sensor; and a controller controlling the first electrically conductive pattern and the second electrically conductive pattern to make the first electrically conductive pattern and the second electrically conductive pattern function as one of the heater and the temperature sensor.
US11253002B2	Atomizer and electronic cigarette having same An atomizer and an electronic cigarette having the same are disclosed. An atomizer includes an atomizing sleeve, with a reservoir formed therein; a heater, disposed inside the atomizing sleeve; as used herein, the heater includes: a quartz glass tube, hollow and with two ends open, a liquid conductive element, received in the quartz glass tube; the liquid conductive element is configured for absorbing tobacco liquid into the quartz glass tube and a heating element, sleeved on the quartz glass tube; the heating element generates infrared radiation to heat the tobacco liquid stored in the quartz glass tube.
US11252997B2	Cigar ventilation implement A cigar ventilating implement includes both a cylindrical punch and a piercing member such as a needle or spike. The cylindrical punch and piercing member are extendable from a housing of the implement by gripping laterally extending flanges or pins and pressing on an actuator. One or two coil springs may be provided to bias the punch and/or piercing member to a retracted position, and a retaining member may be provided to latch the punch in the extended position.
US11252990B2	Apparatus and method for manufacturing tobacco industry products Embodiments disclosed herein relate to an apparatus (1) for manufacture of tobacco industry products (21). The apparatus (1) comprising a rolling unit (9) comprising: • a rotatable drum (14) having a plurality of recesses formed in an outer surface of the drum (14) to receive tobacco industry product components (5/6); • a roll hand (15) spaced from the outer surface of the drum (14) to define a space between the outer surface of the drum (14) and the roll hand (15), within which space tobacco industry product components (5/6) are rollable upon rotation of the drum (14); and • a kicker bar (16) disposed adjacent to the roll hand (15). • The kicker bar (16) is moveable relative to the roll hand (15) and in a direction towards and away from the drum (14) during operation of the apparatus (1), and the kicker bar (16) is biased towards the drum (14).
US11252981B1	Raw, frozen ground beef (and/or other meat), method for making same, and packaging for displaying same A method for processing or manufacturing a meat product is disclosed. Frozen meat is provided into a meat grinder having a grinder plate having a first surface and a second surface defining apertures of different sizes and shapes extending between the first surface and the second surface. The meat is urged through the apertures by a coolant and chopped or broken into frozen pieces by a blade rotating a spaced distance from the second surface of the plate. The frozen pieces are then provided into and conveyed by an auger conveyor as more coolant is provided into the conveyor to further cool the meat pieces. The meat pieces are then sifted to more optimally obtain desired pieces sizes or range of sizes and/or sublimate the coolant.
US11252975B2	Caffeine production method The present invention provides a method for producing caffeine, wherein the method comprises: (a) combining a coffee extract comprising caffeine with an aqueous organic acid; (b) crystallizing the coffee extract and the aqueous organic acid so as to form caffeine-organic acid co-crystals in an aqueous phase; (c) separating the caffeine-organic acid co-crystals from the aqueous phase; and (d) extracting caffeine from the co-crystals obtained in step (c), wherein step (d) comprises placing the co-crystals in an aqueous solution so as to form a caffeine precipitate and a solution comprising the organic acid. Also provided is a method for producing a decaffeinated coffee extract comprising chlorogenic acids.
US11252973B2	Technology and device for fruit and vegetable phase-temperature precooling compatible multi-coupling anti-aging treatment A device for fruit and vegetable phase-temperature precooling compatible multi-coupling anti-aging treatment comprises a refrigeration house with a plurality of differential pressure precooling devices placed therein. The differential pressure precooling device comprises a hermetic seal tunnel precooling box, a separator plate is fixedly mounted at an upper part inside the tunnel precooling box and in parallel to a top wall of the tunnel precooling box with a space formed therebetween; the separator plate extends to the bottom of the tunnel precooling box; a venting plate is fixedly mounted to one side of the separator plate and in parallel to a side wall of the tunnel precooling box with a space formed therebetween; a section of wind shield is vertically and downwardly mounted to an end of the other side of the separator plate; an axial flow fan is mounted at a corner of the tunnel precooling box between the separator plate and the venting plate.
US11252965B2	RNAi insecticide materials and methods The present invention provides a novel class of insecticides for control of disease vector insects, particularly mosquitoes. These insecticides prevent maturation or development of larvae into adult insects using interfering RNA (iRNA). The present invention further includes compositions comprising iRNA and methods of controlling, reducing, or treating an insect infestation with the iRNA or compositions described herein.
US11252962B2	Cyclopropylpyridyl group-containing benzimidazole compound or salt thereof, agricultural and horticultural insecticide comprising the compound or the salt, and method for using the insecticide In crop production in the fields of agriculture, horticulture and the like, the damage caused by insect pests etc. is still immense, and insect pests resistant to existing insecticides have emerged. The present invention has been made in view of such circumstances, and an object of the present invention is to develop and provide a novel agricultural and horticultural insecticide. The present invention provides a benzimidazole compound represented by the general formula (1): {wherein R1 represents a hydrogen atom or a cyano group, R2 and R3 each represent a hydrogen atom, R4 represents a hydrogen atom or a haloalkoxy group, R5 represents a haloalkoxy group, a haloalkylthio group, a haloalkylsulfinyl group, or a haloalkylsulfonyl group, and m represents 0 or 2}, or a salt thereof; an agricultural and horticultural insecticide comprising the compound or the salt as an active ingredient; and a method for using the insecticide.
US11252961B2	Use of quercetin in plant aging promoter The present application provides an application of quercetin in a plant senescence accelerator, which belongs to the field of plant senescence accelerators and its application, and can prepare a plant senescence accelerator by using quercetin and apply the accelerator in practical production to accelerate the senescence process of plant particularly crop leaves. The quercetin plant senescence accelerator is prepared by mixing a quercetin mother solution with a 1/2 MS solution of 2-(N-morpholino)ethanesulfonic. In the present application, by adopting directly spraying method, the senescence process of plant leaves can be accelerated, and will not cause additional adverse reactions to plants.
US11252957B2	Nucleic acid-peptide capsule complexes Described herein are nucleic acid-peptide capsule complexes or nanoparticles comprising pre-formed peptide capsules and nucleic acids bound the exterior surface of the capsule, such that the wrap around the capsule membrane. The peptide capsules comprise bilayer membrane defining a liquid-receiving interior space and comprises a plurality of branched, amphipathic peptides. Method of making and using such complexes for delivering nucleic acids in vivo and in vitro are also described.
US11252953B2	Repellent and attractant composition for dichromatic animals The combination of a repellent agent or an attractant agent with a wavelength-specific visual cue agent has been found to produce an unexpected and synergistic effect of increased repellency or attraction in dichromatic animals who are not maximally sensitive to the wavelength of the repellent or attractant agent. The method of the invention may be used to repel dichromatic-animal pests; or to prevent or minimize monetary damage, particularly to agricultural products, natural resources or private property. The method of the invention may also be used to attract dichromatic animals for the purpose of agricultural production, recreational opportunities (e.g., wild-rodent feeders), or the effective administration of target-animal pharmaceuticals or mitigation techniques.
US11252952B2	Rodent trap having a pivoting platform A trap has a housing including an entrance. Internally, the trap has a trigger structure including a trigger plate and a latch mechanism, coupled with the housing; and a pivoting structure pivotally coupled with the housing and adapted to releasably engage with the latch mechanism of the trigger structure. When the trap is triggered by a rodent, the pivoting structure disengages from the latch mechanism and the pivoting structure pivots towards a rear wall of the housing and the trigger plate, and the trigger plate pivots toward the pivoting structure, moving the rodent against towards the rear wall of the housing and trapping the rodent between the pivoting structure and the rear wall. Once the trap is triggered, the rodent is contained and in most cases, killed, within the trap.
US11252949B2	Fishing reel A fishing reel includes a spool supported between side plates of a reel body through a spool shaft; and a clutch mechanism that switches between a power transmission state that winds a fishing line and a power cutoff state capable of unwinding a fishing line by moving a pinion gear of a winding drive mechanism in an axial direction of the spool shaft by operating the switching operation member provided on the reel body to engage and disengage clutch engagement portions of the spool shaft and the pinion gear, wherein, provided between the bearing that supports the spool shaft and the clutch engagement portion on the spool shaft side are: a first elastic portion applying an elastic force to an end of the pinion gear in the power transmission state; and a second elastic portion constantly energizing a side of the bearing in the axial direction of the spool shaft.
US11252946B2	Fishing lure with internal baitwell An improved fishing lure which comprises a main body which has a baitwell. A body bore extends through the main body and is sized so as to permit a desired gauge of fishing line to pass therethrough while still having sufficient clearance, between an exterior surface of the fishing line and an inwardly facing surface of the body bore, to permit a desired flow of water through the bore and into the baitwell. A removable cover releasably seals an open end of the baitwell. The removable cover has a baitwell bore which is sized so as to permit the desired gauge of fishing line to pass therethrough while still having a sufficient clearance, between the exterior surface of the desired gauge of the fishing line and an inwardly facing surface of the baitwell bore, to permit a desired flow of water and bait therethrough into a surrounding environment.
US11252944B2	Artificial lighting system for fish and a method of providing fish lighting A fish lighting system has an input interface (10) which receives instructions corresponding to a desired fish behavioral and/or physiological response (12). This is converted into a lighting control signal (RGB, t) for driving a lighting arrangement (18), with the intensity and color of the output from the lighting arrangement selected to obtain the desired fish behavioral and/or physiological response.
US11252940B2	Grazing muzzle comprising in interchangeable nose inserts The presently disclosed subject matter is generally directed to a slow feeder grazing muzzle for use with animals, such as horses. Slow feeder grazing muzzles fit over at least a portion of the animal's nose and mouth, affecting the amount of grass or other feed that is accessible to the animal. The disclosed muzzle includes a top flap, bottom flap, and opposing side flaps that are capable of interconnecting with each other to form a central opening. In addition, a series of interchangeable inserts can be positioned within the central opening to adjust the amount of grass or feed the horse can access. In this way, the rate of speed and amount of grass the horse eats can be controlled and/or adjusted as desired by the owner.
US11252937B2	Drying apparatus for pet The present invention relates to a drying apparatus for a pet, which allows a bathed pet to be stably accommodated in an accommodation space part while drying the hair of the pet, thereby quickly and stably drying the hair of the pet. In order to dry the wet hair of a bathed pet, such as a dog or a cat, by evaporating water, the pet is accommodated in an accommodation space part through a door installed in a container portion of a main body; hot air is sucked through a suction pipe which is installed in an upper frame provided in an upper part of the container portion of the main body to generate appropriate heat, and then a vortex of hot air is generated in the accommodation space part through an air intake vortex generation induction pipe communicated with the accommodation space part, thereby quickly and stably drying the hair of the pet accommodated in the accommodation space part with the vortex having appropriate heat; the vortex is discharged to the outside through a discharge pipe; and the water generated in the dried pet is discharged to the outside through a drain hole of a lower supporting frame.
US11252901B1	Plants and seeds of hybrid corn variety CH011059 According to the invention, there is provided seed and plants of the hybrid corn variety designated CH011059. The invention thus relates to the plants, seeds and tissue cultures of the variety CH011059, and to methods for producing a corn plant produced by crossing a corn plant of variety CH011059 with itself or with another corn plant, such as a plant of another variety. The invention further relates to genetic complements of plants of variety CH011059.
US11252893B1	Maize hybrid X037001 A novel maize variety designated X037001 and seed, plants and plant parts thereof are produced by crossing inbred maize varieties. Methods for producing a maize plant by crossing hybrid maize variety X037001 with another maize plant are disclosed. Methods for producing a maize plant containing in its genetic material one or more traits introgressed into X037001 through backcrossing or genetic transformation, and to the maize seed, plant and plant part produced thereby are described. Maize variety X037001, the seed, the plant produced from the seed, and variants, mutants, and minor modifications of maize variety X037001 are provided. Methods for producing maize varieties derived from maize variety X037001 and methods of using maize variety X037001 are disclosed.
US11252892B1	Maize inbred 7MMXD5082 A novel maize variety designated 7MMXD5082 and seed, plants and plant parts thereof are provided. Methods for producing a maize plant comprise crossing maize variety 7MMXD5082 with another maize plant are provided. Methods for producing a maize plant containing in its genetic material one or more traits introgressed into 7MMXD5082 through backcross conversion and/or transformation, and to the maize seed, plant and plant part produced thereby are provided. Hybrid maize seed, plants or plant parts are produced by crossing the variety 7MMXD5082 or a locus conversion of 7MMXD5082 with another maize variety.
US11252887B2	Canola inbred G00573MC A novel canola variety designated G00573MC and seed, plants and plant parts thereof. Methods for producing a canola plant that comprise crossing canola variety G00573MC with another canola plant. Methods for producing a canola plant containing in its genetic material one or more traits introgressed into G00573MC through backcross conversion and/or transformation, and to the canola seed, plant and plant part produced thereby. Hybrid canola seed, plant or plant part produced by crossing the canola variety G00573MC or a locus conversion of G00573MC with another canola variety.
US11252885B2	Canola inbred G00917RCC01 A novel canola variety designated G00917RCC01 and seed, plants and plant parts thereof. Methods for producing a canola plant that comprise crossing canola variety G00917RCC01 with another canola plant. Methods for producing a canola plant containing in its genetic material one or more traits introgressed into G00917RCC01 through backcross conversion and/or transformation, and to the canola seed, plant and plant part produced thereby. Hybrid canola seed, plant or plant part produced by crossing the canola variety G00917RCC01 or a locus conversion of G00917RCC01 with another canola variety.
US11252883B2	Mandevilla genus plant and production method of same A novel Mandevilla genus plant is provided that has a novel color tone unable to be previously produced. A candidate Mandevilla genus plant is selected as a parent Mandevilla genus plant in the case carotenoid pigment is extracted from the petals thereof, and neoxanthin or a derivative thereof is present in the carotenoid pigment extract.
US11252864B2	Method and system for path planning after removing or adding obstacle from/to lawn to be mowed The present disclosure discloses a method for path planning after removing an obstacle from a lawn to be mowed, the method including: starting a boundary editing interface for the lawn to be mowed to display inner boundary information; detecting an obstacle selection and removal instruction of a user; deleting information data that is stored in a memory and/or database and associated with the information mark of the obstacle to be removed; reloading all currently-stored boundary information; and displaying the updated schematic diagram of the lawn and the updated path planning information on a display screen. The present disclosure also discloses a method and system for path planning after adding an obstacle to a lawn to be mowed, and a system for path planning after removing an obstacle from a lawn to be mowed.
US11252861B2	Turf maintenance or working apparatus with automatically controlled laterally and angularly displaceable swath-based implement A turf sprayer comprises a transport vehicle that carries a laterally extending spray boom assembly. The spray boom assembly is both laterally displaceable and angularly displaceable relative to the transport vehicle. A controller uses a defined path represented by GPS coordinates to control the operation of various actuators to automatically maintain a reference point on the spray boom assembly on the desired path and to automatically maintain the spray boom assembly perpendicular to the desired path.
US11252853B2	Autonomous systems, methods, and apparatus for AG based operations The use of self-powered, autonomous vehicles in agricultural and other domestic applications is provided. The vehicles include a self-propelled drive system, tracks or wheels operatively connected to the drive system, a power supply operatively connected to the drive system, an attachment mechanism for attaching equipment to the vehicle, and an intelligent control operatively connected to the drive system, power supply, and attachment mechanism. The vehicle is configured to connect to the equipment to perform agricultural operations based upon the equipment. Multiple vehicles can be used in a field at the same time. Furthermore, the invention includes the ability to move one or more of the autonomous vehicles from field to field, home to field, or from generally any first location to a second location.
US11259445B2	Cooling mechanism for electrionic component mounted on a printed wiring board An electronic component module assembly includes a printed wiring board, and a stiffener assembly affixed to a first side of the printed wiring board. The stiffener assembly includes an outer stiffener secured to the printed wiring board, an inner stiffener removably located in an opening of the outer stiffener. The inner stiffener has one or more inner stiffener pockets formed therein, and one or more electronic components are installed in one or more inner stiffener pockets, and electrically connected to the printed wiring board.
US11259443B1	Heat resistant RFID tags Heat resistant RFID tags can be formed by embedding RFID tags between laminates of glass fiber meshes. The glass fiber meshes can be woven tightly. Air gaps between the glass fibers can be filled with a high temperature adhesive. Mica sheets can be used with the glass fiber meshes.
US11259441B2	Electronic apparatus having foreign matter preventing element Foreign matter is prevented from entering the inside of an electronic apparatus. An electronic apparatus (100) includes plural exhaust holes (E1, E2) formed in an armor member (20), an air flow path (S3) formed inside the armor member (20) and connected to the plural exhaust holes (E1, E2), a power source circuit (41) disposed in the air flow path (S3), and a foreign matter preventing member (70) located between the power source circuit (41) and the plural exhaust holes (E1, E2). The foreign matter preventing member (70) is formed with plural openings (Es). Each of the openings (Es) is smaller in size than each of the exhaust holes (E1, E2).
US11259440B1	Computer case A computer case is provided, including: a housing, at least one partition and a plurality of fans. The housing has an assembling space and includes a front side plate, a rear side plate, a left side plate, a right side plate and a bottom side plate. The at least one partition divides the assembling space into a first area configured for a power supplier to disposed therewithin and a second area. The at least one partition has at least one through hole communicated the first area with the second area. The plurality of fans includes at least one first fan disposed on the front side plate, at least one second fan disposed on the rear side plate and at least one third fan disposed on the at least one partition. The at least one third fan corresponds to the at least one through hole.
US11259439B2	Low-voltage switching device having an asymmetrically guided air flow-based cooling system A low-voltage switching device includes a housing in which power-electronic components are arranged in the region of ventilation of a fan. In an embodiment, the power-electronic components operate under temperature regulation by virtue of an air flow that is guided asymmetrically proceeding from the fan. Therefore, the low-voltage switching device can be operated at a nominal device current range of up to 650 A as the result of the asymmetrically guided air flow.
US11259433B1	Apparatus for utilizing a plurality of regulating components for communicating radio frequency signals The invention discloses an apparatus for using regulating components for communicating radio frequency signals. The apparatus is equipped with a plurality of regulating components. At least two of the regulating components are connected through a connecting part, and one of the connected regulating components is in a feed connection with the circuit board. In use, the regulating components are used for communicating radio frequency signals.
US11259431B2	Rotational hook mechanism for drop prevention and protection during module removal An apparatus comprising a module, a hook assembly coupled to the module and configured to be rotated from a deployed position to a storage position when the module is fully inserted into a chassis and a spring coupled between the module and the hook assembly, wherein the spring is configured to extend the hook assembly from the storage position to the deployed position when the module is not fully inserted into the chassis.
US11259430B2	Waterproof passive wireless controller and control system and application thereof A waterproof passive wireless controller includes at least one waterproof assembly, at least one driver assembly, at least one power generator, at least one communication module, and at least one housing. The waterproof assembly and the housing form at least one waterproof chamber, wherein the power generator and the communication module are disposed in the waterproof chamber. In response to an external force applied on the driver assembly, the power generator is enclosed in a waterproof manner and is driven to actuate by the driver assembly to converts mechanical energy into electrical energy to power the communication module, such that the communication module is activated for sending out a control signal.
US11259421B2	Electronic device An electronic device comprises a first case, a resin plate, and a display. The first case has a first surface and a second surface. The resin plate is located inside the first case. The display is located on a side facing the first surface of the first case.
US11259420B1	Portable retractable display screen The portable retractable display screen comprises a viewing screen, a controller, an enclosure, and at least one folding arm. The portable retractable display screen may be portably moved between venues when the viewing screen is stored within the enclosure. The viewing screen may be deployed from within the enclosure to present a vertical, flat display. The viewing screen may be operable to display an image sourced from a presentation device. As non-limiting examples, the presentation device may be a smart phone, a laptop, or a tablet computer.
US11259418B2	Multilayer substrate and antenna module A multilayer substrate includes a plurality of insulator layers laminated, a column conductor extending through two or more insulator layers among the plurality of insulator layers. The column conductor includes a first via conductor extending through a first insulator layer and a second via conductor extending through a second insulator layer adjacent to the first insulator layer. Each of the first via conductor and the second via conductor has a tapered shape in which a cross section decreases from one end portion to the other end portion in the lamination direction of the plurality of insulator layers. The first via conductor and the second via conductor are directly bonded to each other at large diameter portions that are end portions with a large cross section or small diameter portions that are end portions with a small cross section.
US11259408B2	Stretchable wiring sheet and stretchable touch sensor sheet A stretchable contractible wiring sheet includes: stretchable contractible first elastomer sheet; stretchable contractible second elastomer sheet facing and bonded on the first elastomer sheet, and lead that has a transverse section having any cross-sectional shape selected from circular shape, elliptical shape, and track shape, and is plastically deformed in wavy shape periodically curving along longer direction, the lead being interposed between the first elastomer sheet and the second elastomer sheet in a manner that height direction of waves in wavy shape is along in-plane direction of facing surfaces of the first elastomer sheet and second elastomer sheet. The wiring sheet that can be produced easily at low costs, has high flexibility and durability, and undergoes small resistance value change along with stretching and contracting, and stretchable contractible touch sensor sheet.
US11259403B1	Printed circuit board structure for solid state drives A printed circuit board (PCB) structure is provided for a solid state drive. In an embodiment, a solid state drive includes top and bottom layers, multiple intermediate layers and a ground cage. Each of top and bottom layers includes a plurality of components for operation of the solid state drive. The multiple intermediate layers enable electrical signals to pass between components on the top and bottom layers, one of the multiple intermediate layers including a power plane having a high voltage relative to each of the other planes. The ground cage shields signal traces on the same layer as the power plane and planes in adjacent layers from noise generated by the power plane.
US11259399B2	Socket with thermal conductor Embodiments herein may include apparatuses, systems, and processes related to a socket with a first side to receive a package substrate and a second side coupled with a printed circuit board (PCB), which may be a mother board, where the socket has a cavity into which a thermal conductor is inserted to conduct heat from the package substrate to the PCB. In embodiments, the PCB may contain thermal vias to conduct heat from one side of the PCB to the other side. Other embodiments may be described and/or claimed.
US11259389B1	Real time locating system having lighting control devices A load control system for controlling a plurality of lighting loads located in a space may be configured to track the location of one or more tracked devices. The load control system may comprise a system controller, lighting control devices, e.g., for controlling a plurality of lighting loads, and tracked devices. The tracked devices may each transmit beacon messages. The lighting control devices may receive the beacon message. The lighting control devices may measure a communication quality metric of each of the beacon messages, and process the measured communication quality metrics received over a period of time to determine a processed communication quality metric for the tracked device. The lighting control devices may transmit tracking data to the system controller. The system controller may determine a location of the tracked device. For example, the system controller may determine the location of the tracked device via trilateration.
US11259371B2	Inorganic electroluminescence device and method for manufacturing the same An inorganic electroluminescence device having heat resistance, moisture resistance and physical durability improved by applying a transparent electrode layer including a metal mesh substrate or a metal patterned substrate, and a method for manufacturing the same.
US11259370B2	Multi-component aerosol-generating device with impact absorbing part An aerosol-generating system includes a main body, a cartridge, and a connecting component. The main body includes a main body housing enclosing a power supply. The cartridge includes a cartridge housing enclosing a reservoir of liquid aerosol-forming substrate. The cartridge is releasably connectable to the main body by the connecting component. The connecting component is fixed to the main body housing and is less stiff in at least one direction than the main body housing. The connecting component that is less stiff the main body housing and the cartridge housing can act as a shock absorber when the aerosol-generating system experiences a significant impact, such as when dropped on a surface. This reduces damage to other components of the system and, in particular, may prevent leaks of liquid resulting from damage to the liquid reservoir.
US11259369B2	Electronic vaping device A heater assembly for an electronic vaping device and a method of manufacturing the electronic vaping device are provided. The heater assembly includes a chimney cage extending longitudinally, a heater extending longitudinally within the chimney cage, a heater gauze positioned about an outer circumference of the heater, the chimney case positioned about an outer circumference of the heater gauze, and a cathode clip electrically connected to a first end portion of the heater.
US11259363B2	Apparatus, system, and communication method Apparatus includes a plurality of wireless communication modules for connecting apparatus to a server that manages the apparatus via a plurality of networks different from one another; storage that stores, for each of the networks, a characteristic regarding communication; acquirer that acquires communication information indicating, for each of communication modules, whether communication via the communication module is possible; identifier that identifies a specific communication module from among communication modules, the specific communication module being indicated by the communication information as being a communication module via which communication is possible, and being selected based on the characteristic; and controller that causes the specific communication module identified by identifier to connect to the server to enable communication.
US11259361B2	Communication method and related product A communication method and a related product, in which the method is implemented on an access network side and includes: an access network device sending indication information to user equipment, where the indication information is used to indicate a manner of receiving multicast service data, and the receiving manner includes a unicast manner and/or a multicast manner; and the access network device sending the multicast service data in the unicast manner and/or the multicast manner indicated by the indication information.
US11259351B2	EN-DC time division multiplexing and carrier aggregation Various aspects of the present disclosure generally relate to wireless communication. In some aspects, a wireless communication device may determine a component carrier configuration for a primary cell of the wireless communication device, wherein the wireless communication device is configured for dual connectivity with regard to a 4G/Long Term Evolution (LTE) network and a 5G/New Radio network; and apply a hybrid automatic repeat request (HARQ) timing configuration for a secondary cell of the wireless communication device based at least in part on the component carrier configuration. Numerous other aspects are provided.
US11259348B2	Remote wireless network setup without pairing Various arrangements for performing setup of a wireless network without pairing are provided. A request mapped to a first characteristic may be transmitted using a first wireless protocol. In response to the request mapped to the first characteristic, a listing of one or more wireless networks within range mapped to a second characteristic may be transmitted by a peripheral device. Using the first wireless communication protocol, a third characteristic mapped to the selected wireless network and the password may be transmitted to the peripheral device. A connection to the selected wireless network using the password and the second wireless communication protocol may then be performed by the peripheral device.
US11259346B2	UE-to-network relay initiation and configuration Technology for a relay user equipment (UE) operable to act as a relay between a remote UE and an eNodeB is disclosed. The relay UE can receive, from the eNodeB, a relay configuration message that includes one or more relay configuration parameters. The relay UE can identify relay UE information associated with one or more relay parameters of the relay UE. The relay UE can determine to act as the relay for the remote UE based on the one or more relay configuration parameters and the relay UE information. The relay UE can transmit a discovery message to the remote UE in order to establish a direct connection between the relay UE and the remote UE, wherein the relay UE is configured to relay data from the eNodeB to the remote UE via the direct connection between the relay UE and the remote UE.
US11259339B2	Data communication usage tracking in a wireless relay A wireless relay exchanges user data with User Equipment (UE) over a wireless user link. The wireless relay exchanges a first portion of the user data with an internet over a wireless communication network. The wireless relay exchanges a second portion of the user data with the internet over a Local Internet Protocol Access (LIPA) network. The wireless relay tracks the exchanged user data by media type and network type. The wireless relay transfers network usage data to a network server. The network usage data indicates first amounts of the user data by the media type that were exchanged with the internet over the wireless communication network. The network usage data indicates second amounts of the user data by the media type that were exchanged with the internet over the LIPA network.
US11259337B2	Method for performing early data transmission in random access procedure in wireless communication system and apparatus therefor This specification provides a method for performing early data transmission in a random access procedure in a wireless communication system. More specifically, the method performed by a user equipment (UE) includes: receiving, from a base station, a control message including first information indicating whether selection for a second transport size (TBS) smaller than a first TBS for message 3 is permitted and second information for the first TBS; transmitting, to the base station, a request for the EDT by using message 1; receiving, from the base station, message 2 including a UL grant for the message 3; determining a repetition number for the message 3 based on the control message and the UL grant; and transmitting the message 3 to the base station by the repetition number. Therefore, there is an effect that battery consumption of the UE can be reduced.
US11259331B2	RACH type switching A wireless device receives first parameters and second parameters. The first parameters indicate a first random access channel of a first type random access. The second parameters indicate a second random access channel and an uplink resource of a second type random access. A first preamble is transmitted via the first random access channel. A response is received. The response indicates an index of the first preamble. The response indicates a timing advance value and an uplink grant for a contention resolution. Based on a determination that the contention resolution is unsuccessfully completed, a second preamble is transmitted via the second random access channel and a transport block is transmitted via the uplink resource, based on the timing advance value.
US11259328B2	Multiplexing channel state information reports in multiple transmit-receive point (TRP) scenarios This disclosure provides systems, methods, apparatuses, and computer-readable media for multiplexing channel state information (CSI) reports in scenarios involving multiple transmit-receive points (TRPs). In one aspect, a user equipment (UE) may receive at least one configuration that identifies a resource for multiplexing CSI reports that have a potential to collide in a slot. The UE may receive the at least one configuration from either, or both, of a first TRP or a second TRP. The UE may transmit at least one of a first set of CSI reports to the first TRP or a second set of CSI reports to the second TRP, multiplexed in the resource, according to the at least one configuration.
US11259326B2	Method and device for performing random access process in unlicensed band Provided are a method for performing a random access process in an unlicensed band, and a device using the same. The device receives a random access preamble (RAP) order instructing the transmission of a RAP. The device performs a clear channel assessment (CCA) in an unlicensed cell during an RAP window so as to transmit the RAP when the device succeeds in CCA.
US11259319B2	Terminal apparatus, base station apparatus, and communication method using modulation and coding scheme table Transform precoding is applied to the complex value modulation symbol in a case that transform precoding is enabled for PUSCH, the prescribed modulation scheme is provided based at least on a first MCS table and an MCS field value included in the DCI format in a case that the DCI format includes a CRC scrambled by a TC-RNTI and the transform precoding is enabled for the PUSCH, and the prescribed modulation scheme is provided based on at least a second MCS table and/or the MCS field value in a case that the DCI format is a first uplink DCI format with the CRC scrambled by a C-RNTI, the transform precoding is enabled for the PUSCH, and a higher layer parameter MCS-Table-PUSCH-tp is set to a first value.
US11259317B2	System message receiving method and system message receiving device Disclosed is a system message receiving method, comprising: receiving a minimum system message transmitted by a base station; determining a scheduling state of first other system messages in other system messages according to first indication information; if all messages in the first other system messages are changed from being scheduled to not being scheduled, ending the process of requesting the first other system messages; and if some of the first other system messages are changed from being scheduled to not being scheduled, ending the process of requesting the first other system messages, and sending to the base station a request of obtaining some messages that are still scheduled in the first other system messages, alternatively, continuing the process of requesting the first other system messages, and sending, after the process of requesting the first other system messages is ended, to the base station the request for obtaining some messages that are still scheduled in the first other system messages. According to embodiments of the present invention, an appropriate operation may be executed and other system messages can be received in time when the scheduling situations of the other system messages are changed.
US11259314B2	System message transmission method, apparatus, and system This application provides a system message transmission method, an apparatus, and a system. A first communications device configures a MIB message, and the MIB message may carry various different information used to transmit a SIB1, for example, any one or more of scheduling information, first information, and an operation mode of a carrier, so that a second communications device receives the SIB1 based on the MIB message. The first communications device may flexibly configure information used to transmit the SIB1. In addition, when configuring the MIB message, the first communications device may consider ensuring, through configuration or implicit indication, that resource locations for transmitting SIB1s of different cells in one period are different. This type of interference isolation mechanism can avoid mutual interference between transmission of SIB1s of different cells, so that transmission reliability of the SIB1s can be improved.
US11259313B2	FDM transmission for inter-RAT dual connectivity UE Apparatuses, systems, and methods for a wireless device to perform simultaneous uplink activity for multiple RATs in the same carrier using frequency division multiplexing. The wireless device may establish a first wireless link with a first base station according to a first radio access technology (RAT) and a second wireless link with a second base station according to a second RAT. The first base station may provide a first cell operating in a first system bandwidth and the second base station may provide a second cell operating in a second system bandwidth. The wireless device may determine whether the wireless device has uplink activity scheduled according to both the first RAT and the second RAT. If so, the wireless device may perform uplink activity for both the first RAT and the second RAT in the first system bandwidth using frequency division multiplexing.
US11259307B2	Terminal device, network, and communication method A terminal device configured to perform D2D transmission by a higher layer includes: a reception unit receiving from a base station device one or a plurality of first parameters relating to transmit power and receiving a second parameter for configuring a first transmission resource from the base station device; and a transmission unit performing, upon receipt of the second parameter in an RRC idle state, the D2D transmission using the first transmission resource with the transmit power in accordance with a first parameter corresponding to an authorized range among the one or plurality of first parameters.
US11259305B2	Bandwidth part configuration method, network device, and terminal A bandwidth part configuration method, a network device, and a terminal are provided. In the method, configuration information is obtained, the configuration information being used for configuring at least one frequency-domain bandwidth configuration, the size and/or the position of a bandwidth part configured by each of the at least one frequency-domain bandwidth configuration being defined by using a same frequency-domain unit as a unit, the frequency-domain unit comprising N resource blocks, and N being an integer greater than or equal to 1; and the configuration information is sent.
US11259296B2	SRS design for unlicensed carriers There is disclosed a User Equipment for a MulteFire wireless communication network. The User Equipment comprises processing circuitry and a transmitter, the User Equipment being adapted for utilizing the processing circuitry and the transmitter for performing a Listen-Before-Talk (LBT) procedure for one or more transmission bandwidths; transmitting Physical Uplink Shared CHannel (PUSCH) signaling in a PUSCH subframe on one or more interlaces within the one or more transmission bandwidths; and transmitting Sounding Reference Signaling on the one or more interlaces in the PUSCH subframe.
US11259293B2	Two-stage preamble transmission A wireless device receives one or more messages from a base station. The one or more messages indicate one or more monitoring occasions for a DCI. A first downlink reference signal is selected from one or more downlink reference signals based on a received signal strength of the first downlink reference signal being above a value. A radio network identifier is determined, based on at least one index indicating a time resource in which the first downlink reference signal is received. The DCI addressed to the radio network identifier is received. The DCI indicates one or more random access occasions (ROs). A preamble is transmitted, via one of the one or more ROs, in response to receiving the DCI.
US11259290B2	Method and device for transmitting uplink data Provided are a method and a device for transmitting uplink data according to uplink cancellation indication information in a next-generation wireless network. A method of a terminal for transmitting uplink data may include: transmitting uplink data on the basis of uplink data resource allocation information; monitoring uplink cancellation indication information on the basis of monitoring configuration information on the uplink cancellation indication information; receiving the uplink cancellation indication information; and suspending the transmission of on-going uplink data on the basis of the uplink cancellation indication information.
US11259286B2	Method and apparatus for transmitting or receiving uplink signal for terminal supporting short TTI in wireless communication system An uplink transmitting method for a user equipment (UE) for supporting a short transmission time interval (TTI) length in a wireless communication system is performed by the UE and includes receiving an enable or disable configuration of frequency hopping for uplink control information, when the frequency hopping is enabled, mapping the uplink control information to a short physical uplink control channel (SPUCCH) resource region using the frequency hopping, and transmitting the uplink control information in the SPUCCH resource region, wherein the frequency hopping has different patterns in first and second slots.
US11259270B2	Wireless communications system, infrastructure equipment, communications device and methods A wireless communications system includes a plurality of infrastructure equipment forming part of a radio access network of a wireless communications network, and a communications device configured to transmit signals via the wireless access interface to one or more of the infrastructure equipment and to receive signals transmitted from one or more of the infrastructure equipment via the wireless access interface. The communications device is configured, when in an inactive state, to receive, from one of the infrastructure equipment, information from which an indication of one or more of the infrastructure equipment representing a notification area of the radio access network can be derived, the one or more infrastructure equipment of the notification area being for use in transmitting tether signals to the communications device from the wireless communications network.
US11259266B2	Distance estimation device and method and signal-power calibration method An estimation device is provided. The distance estimation device includes a calibration circuit and a distance estimation circuit. The calibration circuit may receive channel state information (CSI), and obtain signal-path power and noise-path power according to the CSI, and perform calculation to divide the signal-path power by the noise-path power to obtain a signal-power calibration value. The distance estimation circuit is coupled to the calibration circuit. The distance estimation circuit receives a received signal strength indication (RSSI) and the signal-power calibration value, and obtains a path-loss exponent according to the RSSI and the signal-power calibration value, and obtains a distance-estimation value according to the signal-power calibration value and the path-loss exponent.
US11259255B2	Techniques for dual connectivity power control Methods, systems, and devices for wireless communications are described. In some examples, a user equipment (UE) may receive a first set of grants for performing uplink transmissions between the UE and a first group of cells associated with a first radio access technology (RAT) and a second set of grants for performing uplink communication between the UE and a second group of cells associated with a second RAT. The UE may determine that a combined transmit power exceeds a total power limit or that there may be a potential of the combined power exceeding the total power limit. The UE may further perform the uplink communication with the first group of cells using the first RAT and the second group of cells using the second RAT.
US11259254B2	Variable-length coding in a NOMA-based communication system A variable-length coding method to improve the performance of downlink NOMA. Depending on the channel conditions and the amount of data waiting to be transmitted the UEs served by the NN, the NN groups UEs (e.g., pairs two UEs) with appropriate channel qualities and adapts the transmission powers in different sub-codewords as well as the codeword length such that the UEs minimum quality-of-service requirements are satisfied. This makes it possible to improve the UEs/network achievable rates and the NN energy efficiency.
US11259237B2	System and method for locating a downlink data channel An apparatus may receive a master information block and a synchronization signal (SS) block on a PBCH. The MIB may indicate an allocation associated with a CORESET. The apparatus may receive remaining minimum system information (RMSI) configuration information carried in the CORESET based on the allocation associated with the CORESET. The apparatus may determine a position associated with a downlink data channel based on a first value indicated by one of the MIB or the SS block in the PBCH and based on a second value indicated by the RMSI configuration information. The apparatus may receive data carried on the downlink data channel based on the position associated with the downlink data channel.
US11259234B2	Path switching method and related device A path switching method and a related device, where the method includes receiving, by a base station, a first message from a first user equipment requesting to switch the first user equipment from a non-direct path for communicating with the base station using a second user equipment to a direct path communicating with the base station, and sending, by the base station, a second message to the first user equipment instructing the first user equipment to perform path switching. The second message includes at least one of a timing advance, a closed-loop power control value or an uplink grant configuration.
US11259228B2	Supporting uplink transmissions A method and base station supporting uplink transmissions. The method being used in a base station and comprising receiving a data block from a wireless transmit/receive unit (WTRU) using a hybrid automatic repeat request (H-ARQ) process, transmitting uplink scheduling information to the WTRU to indicate whether the data block should be retransmitted by the WTRU, wherein the uplink scheduling information includes a H-ARQ process identification for the H-ARQ process, and receiving a retransmission of the data block from the WTRU. The uplink scheduling information includes physical channel resources. The uplink scheduling information is received from a primary cell and the WTRU transmits to the primary cell and at least one secondary cell. The scheduling information indicates a modulation and coding scheme.
US11259225B2	Apparatus and method for cell frequency change procedure signal timing selection A method of a network node for changing a first frequency of a first original cell, wherein one or more wireless communication devices are served by the original cell, and wherein the network node controls a plurality of other cells. The method comprises selecting one or more second frequency of an unlicensed spectrum that the network node should switch the original cell to, determining a second cell on the selected one or more second frequency as target cell and causing the target cell to maintain the same neighbor cell relations as the original cell. The method also comprises moving the one or more wireless communication devices from the original cell to the target cell, turning off the original cell when the one or more wireless communication devices have been moved from the original cell to the target cell and informing one or more neighboring network nodes of the frequency change to the one or more second frequency. Also disclosed is a computer program product, an arrangement and a network node.
US11259220B2	Handover method and apparatus A handover method and apparatus, where the method includes: determining, by a first control plane function network element, at least one bearer that needs to be established when a protocol data unit (PDU) session of a terminal in a first network is to be switched to a packet data network (PDN) connection in a second network; and obtaining, by the first control plane function network element, tunnel information of the PDN connection, where the tunnel information of the PDN connection includes user plane tunnel information corresponding to each of the at least one bearer.
US11259219B2	Communication method, apparatus, and system Embodiments of the present invention provide a communication method. The communication method includes: performing, by a terminal, a handover from a source base station to a target base station via an interface between the source base station and the target base station, obtaining, by the target base station, a first security capability, and sending, by the target base station, the first security capability to another base station, to establish dual connections. The source base station does not support the first security capability, and the target base station, the another base station, and a core-network network element support the first security capability. The target base station obtains the first security capability, so that the terminal can establish the dual connections to the target base station and the another base station.
US11259216B2	Apparatus and methods for group wireless transmit/receive unit (WRTU) handover Apparatus and methods of handing over a wireless transmit/receive unit (WTRU) that belongs to a group of WTRUs from an originating base station to a target base station are described. A method includes the WTRU obtaining information regarding a group to which the WTRU has been assigned and the WTRU receiving at least one of handover reconfiguration information that is common to the group and handover reconfiguration information that is specific to the WTRU. On a condition that the WTRU receives the handover reconfiguration information that is specific to the WTRU, the WTRU initiates a synchronization procedure with the target base station based at least on the received handover reconfiguration information.
US11259215B2	User plane relocation Systems, methods, and instrumentalities are disclosed for an access control and mobility management function (AMF) node, comprising a processor configured to receive a N2 session management (SM) information from a session management function (SMF) node, wherein the N2 SM information indicates an available area for N2 information, receive a service request from a wireless transmit receive unit (WTRU), determine whether to update the N2 SM information based on a location of the WTRU and the available area for N2 information, wherein if the WTRU is outside of the available area for N2 information, the processor is configured to request a second N2 SM information from the SMF node and update the N2 SM information with the second N2 SM information, and send an N2 request with the N2 SM information to an access network associated with the WTRU. The available area for N2 information may be one or more of a user plane function (UPF) node serving area, a WTRU tracking area, or a radio access network (RAN) cell coverage area.
US11259206B2	Controlling quality of service class identifier weights for improved performance in 5G or other next generation networks The disclosed technology describes on-demand adjusting of the quality of service (QoS) class identifier (QCI) relative weight settings for different QCI classes associated with user devices. A QoS controller, which can be implemented in a standalone or a cloud configuration, updates the QCI weight settings as requested or needed to deal with changing network environments, such as growing traffic, different RF conditions, new devices, ratio of different service classes of user devices, to improve the overall performance of one or more cell sites. In one implementation, the QoS controller collects actual network statistics, and runs simulations based on those statistics with different groups of candidate QCI weight settings to generate multiple result sets. The QoS controller evaluates the result sets to determine which group of QCI weight settings meets desired performance objectives, and then applies those QCI weight settings to one or more NodeBs for use with actual data traffic.
US11259200B2	Method and apparatus of transmitting RLC status report in next generation mobile communication system The present disclosure relates to a communication method and system for converging a 5th-Generation (5G) communication system for supporting higher data rates beyond a 4th-Generation (4G) system with a technology for Internet of Things (IoT). The present disclosure may be applied to intelligent services based on the 5G communication technology and the IoT-related technology, such as smart home, smart building, smart city, smart car, connected car, health care, digital education, smart retail, security and safety services.
US11259198B2	System and method for prediction of network quality A system for prediction of network quality in a wireless network. The system comprises at least one mobile communication device, at least one data prediction unit and a data collection unit. Furthermore, the at least one mobile communication device measures the network quality and transmits the measured network quality to the data collection unit. In addition to this, the at least one data prediction unit calculates prediction data with respect to the network quality based on data from the data collection unit.
US11259197B2	Systems, methods, and devices having databases and automated reports for electronic spectrum management Systems and methods are disclosed for providing at least one report relating to a wireless communications spectrum. At least one device is operable for wideband scan; to detect and measure at least one signal transmitted from at least one signal emitting device autonomously, thereby creating signal data; to analyze the signal data in near real-time, thereby creating analyzed data; generate the at least one report in near real-time; and to communicate at least a portion of the at least one report over a network to at least one remote device.
US11259191B2	Methods and apparatus for coverage prediction and network optimization in 5G new radio networks A server, method, and computer-readable storage medium for coverage prediction in wireless networks. The server includes a memory storing instructions and a processor operably connected to the memory, which is configured to execute the instructions to cause the server to identify a region of interest (RoI) for the coverage prediction; determine, using a neural network, a set of values for a system performance metric for areas in the RoI, respectively; and generate the coverage prediction for the RoI which associates the areas in the RoI with a determined value in the set of values. The set of values for the system performance metric is determined based on a plurality of data samples for a set of RoIs which include at least one of building height, terrain height, foliage height, clutter data that classifies land cover, line-of-sight indication data, antenna height, and ground truth data for the system performance metric.
US11259190B2	Direct communication channel bandwidth reliability in a V2X communication Techniques described herein improve direct communication channel reliability in a vehicle-to-everything (V2X) communication. The techniques include a (wireless communication) device that uses a first licensed band to perform a cellular network communication through a first interface (e.g., Uu), and further uses a shared spectrum to perform a V2X communication through a direct communication channel interface. The device then monitors and compares a bandwidth requirement of the V2X communication with a bandwidth of the shared spectrum. In response to the bandwidth that is less than the bandwidth requirement, the device selects a second licensed band that includes a bandwidth that is at least equal to the bandwidth requirement. Further, the selected second licensed band is different from the first licensed band to avoid channel interference. In other embodiments, the device uses the licensed band to directly establish the V2X communication.
US11259189B2	System, method, and apparatus for providing dynamic, prioritized spectrum management and utilization Systems, methods, and apparatuses for providing dynamic, prioritized spectrum utilization management. The system includes at least one monitoring sensor, at least one data analysis engine, at least one application, a semantic engine, a programmable rules and policy editor, a tip and cue server, and/or a control panel. The tip and cue server is operable utilize the environmental awareness from the data processed by the at least one data analysis engine in combination with additional information to create actionable data.
US11259185B2	Communication method and device The present disclosure discloses a communication method performed by a management function entity, including: receiving a first request message sent by user equipment UE; sending a second request message to a storage function entity based on the first request message, where the second request message is used to request a security service identifier for the UE, and the security service identifier is used to indicate a security service procedure; receiving a response message including the security service identifier from the storage function entity; obtaining a target security service identifier based on the security service identifier, where the target security service identifier is used to indicate a security service procedure to be initiated by the management function entity; and initiating the security service procedure indicated by the target security service identifier. The present disclosure further discloses a communications device.
US11259184B1	Methods and systems for obfuscating entry of sensitive data at mobile devices Systems and methods are disclosed for obfuscating entry of sensitive data at a mobile device, which may be infected with a rogue application configured to steal the sensitive data. One method comprises detecting a prompt for a user to enter sensitive data at a mobile device, and activating one or more of an audio speaker and a vibration motor of the mobile device. The activation of the one or more of the audio speaker and the vibration motor is terminated in response detection conclusion of the user's entry of sensitive data the mobile device.
US11259180B2	Routing systems and methods Example routing systems and methods are described. In one implementation, a first set of routing systems is interfaced with a network connection via a network interface. A second set of routing systems interfaced with a secure system is configured to receive information from the first set of routing systems via a first unidirectional data channel. In some embodiments, the first set of routing systems is configured to receive information from the second set of routing systems via a second unidirectional data channel. The secure system is not visible from the network interface.
US11259166B1	Tip submit method, apparatus, and system for public-safety tip submissions A method and apparatus for recommending that a user dial an emergency number to report an incident is provided herein. During operation, a user submits anonymous information about an incident to a tipping server. The tipping server determines if the incident that the user is reporting is unreported to an emergency number. If the incident remains unreported to an emergency number, the user is provided a suggestion to call an emergency number to report the incident.
US11259165B2	Systems, devices, and methods for emergency responses and safety A disclosed mobile computing device is configured to establish a connection with a remote computing device, by providing login information associated with a previously-established user account on the remote computing device, and to receive a connection request from a client device. The connection request is based on connection information received from the client device or from the remote computing device, the connection information including location information of the client device. The mobile computing device then determines whether the location of the client device is within a coverage area associated with the mobile computing device and establishes a connection with the client device when the location of the client device is determined to be within the coverage area. The mobile computing device is configured to receive emergency requests from the client device and to be operated by a police officer, firefighter, paramedic, or other first responder who provides emergency response services.
US11259163B2	Data transmitting and receiving methods in a narrow-band communication system, two-way radio and storage medium The present application provides data transmitting and receiving methods in a narrow-band communication system, a two-way radio and a storage medium. The general idea of the present application is as follows: the two-way radio at the transmitting end firstly transmits a pilot signal, which activates the two-way radio at the receiving end into an operating state; the two-way radio at the transmitting end, after transmitting the pilot signal, transmits data to be transmitted to the two-way radio at the receiving end; the two-way radio at the receiving end, according to the pilot signal, switches the two-way radio at the receiving end into the operating state, and in its operating state receives data transmitted by the two-way radio at the transmitting end. This ensures that the two-way radio at the receiving end may receive data from the two-way radio at the transmitting end in real time, thereby improving the accuracy of data transmitted by the two-way radio at the transmitting end.
US11259147B2	Server, communication system, and positioning method based on mobile network thereof A server, a communication system, and a positioning method based on mobile network thereof are provided. In the method, a first measurement report and a second measurement report are received. The first measurement report is related to a first network performance measurement of a user equipment (UE) with a mobile network and includes first location information of the UE, and the second measurement report is related to a second network performance measurement of the UE with the mobile network. The Second location information of the UE is determined according to a monitoring result obtained from the second measurement report. The monitoring result is related to the signal transmission condition of the UE in the mobile network. The second location information is calibrated according to the first location information. Accordingly, the accuracy of the location of the UE may be improved.
US11259135B2	Reproduction apparatus, reproduction method, information processing apparatus, and information processing method The present technology relates a reproduction apparatus, a reproduction method, an information processing apparatus, an information processing method, and a program which can realize reproduction of highly flexible audio data while reflecting the intention of a content creator. A reproduction apparatus according to one aspect of the present technology acquires content including audio data of each of audio objects and rendering parameters of the audio data for each of a plurality of presumed listening positions, renders the audio data on the basis of the rendering parameters for a selected predetermined presumed listening position, and outputs an audio signal. The present technology can be applied to an apparatus that can reproduce object-based audio data.
US11259131B2	Hearing aid implant recharging system The present disclosure relates to charging and recharging systems for compact hearing aids, components thereof, and support devices therefor. The charging and recharging systems generally include a light emitting device, such as an aural insert having a light emitting diode, and a photovoltaic cell disposed on an implanted hearing aid. In operation, the light emitting device is positioned in or near the entrance of the ear canal and transmits light energy across the ear canal towards the implanted hearing aid. The photovoltaic cell receives the light energy and converts the light energy into stored electricity to power the hearing aid.
US11259127B2	Hearing device adapted to provide an estimate of a user's own voice A hearing device adapted to be worn by a user and for picking up sound containing the user's own voice is provided. The hearing device comprises a) an input unit comprising first and second input transducers for converting sound to first and second electric input signals, respectively, representing said sound; b) a processor configured to receive said first and second electric input signals and to provide a combined signal as a linear combination of the first and second electric input signals, wherein the combined signal comprises an estimate of the user's own voice, and c) wherein said hearing device is configured to provide that said first and second input transducers are located on said user at first and second locations, when worn by said user; and d) wherein said first and second locations are selected to provide that said first and second electric signals exhibit substantially different directional responses for sound from the user's mouth as well as from sound from sound sources located in an environment around the user. A method of operating a hearing device is further disclosed. Thereby an improved quality of an own voice estimate may be provided.
US11259126B1	Property control and configuration based on door knock detection A monitoring system that is configured to monitor a property is disclosed. The monitoring system includes a microphone that is configured to detect sound within an area near a door of the property and generate audio data that represents the sound. The monitoring system includes a monitor control unit configured to obtain the audio data generated by the microphone; evaluate one or more characteristics of the audio data; based on evaluating the one or more characteristics of the audio data, determine that the audio data corresponds to a knock event at the door; and in response to determining that the audio data corresponds to a knock event at the door, perform a monitoring system action. The one or more characteristics of the audio data include one or more of a duration, a peak frequency, an amplitude, or a period.
US11259113B2	Sound enhancement device for cell phone A sound enhancing device for improving voice reception of a smartphone microphone is attachable to the rear surface of a smartphone opposite the surface of the smartphone having a display. The device has a deflector in a sliding engagement within a cavity of a housing moveable between a stowed position and a deployed position. A reflective curved area positioned on a first surface of the deflector captures and reflects sound waves from the voice of a user toward a microphone of the smartphone.
US11259106B1	Mems device with dynamic valve layer A micro-electro-mechanical system (MEMS) device is provided. The MEMS device includes a substrate, a backplate disposed on a side of the substrate, a diaphragm, and a dynamic valve layer. The substrate forms an opening. The diaphragm is disposed on the side of the substrate and extends across the opening of the substrate, wherein the diaphragm forms a vent hole. The dynamic valve layer is disposed on the side of the substrate and includes a flap portion, wherein the flap portion covers at least a part of the vent hole when viewed in a direction perpendicular to the diaphragm, and the flap portion deforms when air flows through the vent hole.
US11259101B2	Method and apparatus for capturing and rendering an audio scene The method of capturing an audio scene includes acquiring sounds having first and second directivities to obtain first and second acquisition signals, respectively, the first directivity being higher than the second directivity, the steps of acquiring being performed simultaneously, and both acquisition signals together representing the audio scene; separately storing the first and second acquisition signals or mixing individual channels in the acquisition signals to obtain first and second mixed signal, respectively, and separately storing the first and second mixed signals, or transmitting the first and second mixed signals or the first and second acquisition signals to a loudspeaker setup and rendering the first mixed signal or the first acquisition signal using a loudspeaker arrangement having a first directivity and simultaneously rendering the second mixed signal or the second acquisition signal using a loudspeaker arrangement having a second directivity, the second loudspeaker directivity being lower than the first one.
US11259097B1	Method and apparatus for managing advertising insertion requests from multiple sources Aspects of the subject disclosure may include, for example, receiving information from a plurality of equipment that is each managed by different entities where the information includes requests for ad insertions, and adjusting the information to generate adjusted information that is compatible with a plurality of multichannel video programming distributor (MVPD) advertising infrastructures and compatible with a plurality of dynamic advertising insertion (DAI) processes that are managed by different DAI entities. Access to at least one of the MVPD advertising infrastructures and access to at least one of the DAI processes to facilitate ad insertion can be provided to each of the plurality of equipment, and a change request can be determined that is associated with inventory. Access to a different one of the DAI processes can be provided to a first equipment of the plurality of equipment to facilitate at least some of the ad insertion according to the change request. Other embodiments are disclosed.
US11259096B2	HTML5-based audio/video playing method and apparatus, and live audio/video streaming method and system An Html5-based audio/video playing method includes: based on a playing scenario, downloading audio/video data under the playing scenario; performing format conversion on the audio/video data; and loading the audio/video data after format conversion into an Html5 player.
US11259095B2	Smart channel device According to one embodiment, a channel device includes a memory, an interface, and a processor. The memory stores a watch list. The watch list includes n predetermined number of channels, wherein n is an integer and the predetermined number of channels are ranked from one to n. The interface is configured to receive program information for a first channel, wherein the first channel is a channel of a watch list. The processor is further configured to determine a change from a previous channel to a current channel. The processor dynamically updates the watch list to include the previous channel, wherein the previous channel is ranked as one. The processor removes the channel ranked as n from the watch list.
US11259094B2	Apparatus, systems and methods for song play using a media device having a buffer Systems and methods control presentation of audio-only content that is broadcast to a media device. An exemplary embodiment receives media content that is currently received in a channel of a broadcasted media content stream; determines whether the currently received channel is a type of channel that provides audio/visual content or a type of channel that provides audio-only content; controls presentation of the received media content using at least one audio/visual content control function in response to determining that the currently received channel is the type of channel that provides audio/visual content; controls presentation of the received media content using at least one audio-only content control function in response to determining that the currently received channel is the type of channel that provides audio-only content, wherein the at least one audio/visual content control function is different from the at least one audio-only content control function.
US11259093B2	Systems and methods for automatically outputting a reply to a message relating to a media asset a user is currently watching when the user's device is on a do-not-disturb mode Systems and methods are provided herein for receiving, at a first device of a first user, a message from a second device of a second user, and determining that the first user device is programmed to refrain from alerting the first user to the message. In response to determining that the first user device is programmed to refrain from alerting the first user to the message, the systems and methods determine whether the message is related to a media asset that the first user is presently viewing. In response to determining that the message is related to a media asset that the first user is presently viewing, the systems and methods alert the first user to the message, notwithstanding that the first user device is programmed to refrain from alerting the first user to the message.
US11259091B2	Video playing control method and apparatus, and video playing system Content of a video is parsed to identify one or more topics of the content. The video is divided into one or more video clips corresponding to a video playback of one or more topics. One or more titles corresponding to, and descriptive of, the one or more video clips are displayed. One or more visual effects corresponding to the one or more titles and indicative of corresponding playback statuses of the one or more video clip are displayed. A video clip is played, where the video clip is based on a particular title of the one or more titles selected from a time point determined based on a corresponding playback status of the video clip.
US11259088B2	Previewing a video in response to computing device interaction In general, the subject matter described in this disclosure can be embodied in describes methods, systems, and other mechanisms for previewing a video in response to computing device interaction. The method includes presenting, on a display of a computing device, a graphical indication of a video; identifying, by the computing device, that first user input interacted with the computing device; presenting, by the computing device, an animation of a preview of the video in response to the computing device having identified that the first user input interacted with the computing device; identifying, by the computing device, that the first user input stopped interacting with the computing device; stopping, by the computing device, the animation of the preview of the video in response to the computing device having identified that the first user input stopped interacting with the computing device.
US11259084B2	Delivery of different services through different client devices A system that handles delivery of a service through a client device or a secondary device paired with the client device, includes an interactive service provider and the client device. The interactive service provider inserts at least one of digital watermarks, fingerprints, and trigger identifiers at event opportunities in media content. The client device detects at least one of the inserted digital watermarks, the digital fingerprints, and the inserted trigger identifiers in the media content. The client device further renders overlay graphics on the media content and activates at least one of input devices in vicinity of the client device or the rendered overlay graphics. The client device receives trigger responses over an activated overlay graphic, via the activated input devices. The client device further displays an interactive view on the client device, to enable delivery of services in response to the received trigger responses.
US11259080B2	Sensing based audio signal injection Processing circuitry of a connectivity device can receive an audio video signal from a first source. The processing circuitry can also receive an audio signal from a second source. The processing circuitry can transmit the audio video signal to a sink device. When an audio level from the second source exceeds a threshold, the processing circuitry can send the audio signal from the second source along with the video signal from the first source to the sink device.
US11259079B2	Apparatus and method for allocating media content slots across disparate media supply channel systems Aspects of the subject disclosure may include, for example, receiving first data from each media publishing system of a plurality of media publishing systems which facilitate a presentation of media content with one or more procurable media content slots, where the first data from each media publishing system have incompatible data structures; mapping the first data from each media publishing system to second data which has a common data structure; receiving a target description from a media procurement system, the target description including information to procure media content slots provided by one or more of the plurality of media publishing systems; comparing the target description to the second data in the common data format; identifying from the comparing at least one procurable media content slot provided by one or more media publishing systems that correlates to the target description; receiving first viewership data associated with viewership of media content presentations that include the at least one procurable media content slot; generating according to the first viewership data an estimated viewership size associated with the viewership of media content presentations that include the at least one procurable media content slot; and providing, by the processing system, the estimated viewership size to the media procurement system. Other embodiments are disclosed.
US11259077B2	Method for following an audio-visual transmission and equipment enabling the implementation thereof A method for following an audio-visual transmission between at least a first and a second items of broadcasting equipment connected through a router and each able to broadcast at least partially the audio-visual transmission, each of the items of broadcasting equipment including a calculation processor, a memory and an interface for following a connected device associated with a user.
US11259076B2	Tactile launching of an asymmetric visual communication session Various arrangements for initiating and conducting asymmetrical video communication are presented. A streaming video and audio device may detect an acceleration of the streaming video and audio device over a predefined acceleration threshold. In response, the streaming video and audio device may transmit an acceleration-triggered asymmetrical video communication request to a cloud-based communication server system. The cloud-based communication server system may determine a user account that is linked with the video and audio capture device from which the acceleration-triggered asymmetrical video communication request was received. In response, an acceleration-triggered asymmetrical video communication link may be established between the video and audio capture device and an application executed by a mobile device.
US11259064B2	Device pairing A method for wirelessly connecting a first device with an external second device includes wirelessly communicating between the first device and the external second device. Based on the wireless communication, the first device causes displaying of a dynamic graphic pattern on a display of the external second device. The dynamic graphic pattern having a shape that changes over time. A camera of the first device receives the dynamic graphic pattern. The first device recognizes the dynamic graphic pattern associated with the external second device. Data is wirelessly transferred between the first device and the external second device based on the recognized dynamic graphic pattern.
US11259062B2	Method and system for detecting unauthorized use of a set top box using satellite signal identification A user device and method comprising a satellite signal determination module receiving a satellite signal from a satellite comprising a first satellite signal identifier, a memory storing an expected satellite signal identifier for an authorized location of the user device, a comparison module comparing the first satellite signal identifier to the expected satellite signal identifier to identify the first satellite signal as unexpected when the first satellite signal is not the expected satellite signal and a disable module disabling the user device from processing satellite signals in response to comparing.
US11259041B2	Image decoding method and apparatus based on affine motion prediction in image coding system An image decoding method performed by a decoding apparatus includes the steps of: acquiring motion prediction information on a current block from a bitstream; generating an affine MVP candidate list including affine motion vector predictor candidates for the current block; deriving CPMVPs for CPs of the current block on the basis of one affine MVP candidate among the affine MVP candidates included in the affine MVP candidate list; deriving CPMVDs for the CPs of the current block on the basis of the motion prediction information; deriving CPMVs for the CPs of the current block on the basis of the CPMVPs and the CPMVDs; and deriving prediction samples for the current block on the basis of the CPMVs.
US11259038B2	Video decoding method and apparatus using the same Disclosed is a video decoding method that decodes a bitstream, the method including receiving a picture parameter set (PPS) comprising at least one of first information indicating whether the same reference picture list is applied to slices comprised in a picture and second information indicating whether additional information on modification of the reference picture list is present, and deriving a construction of the reference picture list based on the PPS. Accordingly, there are provided a method and an apparatus for signaling by a picture whether the construction of the reference picture list is modified when constructing the reference picture list.
US11259034B2	Scalable data stream and network entity The handling of scalable data streams by network entities is rendered less complex by, in the data stream, accompanying packets which actually carry data by packets of a different packet type which have a scalability axes descriptor defining the number of scalability axes and a semantic meaning thereof. In another aspect, the handling of scalable data streams by network entities is rendered more efficient by conveying level and/or profile descriptors using packets other than the data carrying packets, with profile and/or level descriptors being divided up into a first set explicitly signaling the definition of the available coding option set and/or available syntax element value range for a respective operation point, and a second set of profile and/or level descriptors which signal the definition of the available coding option set and/or available syntax element value range for their respective operation points by reference another profile and/or level descriptor.
US11259033B2	Method and apparatus for encoding or decoding blocks of pixel A method and a device for processing a current pixel block of an image using a palette prediction mode according to HEVC Format Range Extension. The mode uses a current palette to build a predictor block of indexes to predict the current pixel block. The current palette comprises entries associating entry indexes with pixel values. The method comprises predicting the current palette from entries of two or more palettes that are palettes previously used to process blocks of pixels. A palette predictor may be used that is built from the two or more palettes, preferably from the last used palette for a coding unit in the current coding entity and from the previously used palette for which a flag bitmap indicates whether or not its elements have been copied into the last used palette. Accordingly, the coding of the palette mode is improved.
US11259029B2	Method, device, apparatus for predicting video coding complexity and storage medium A method, device, apparatus for predicting a video coding complexity and a computer-readable storage medium are provided. The method includes: acquiring an attribute feature of a target video; extracting a plurality of first target image frames from the target video; performing a frame difference calculation on the plurality of the first target image frames, to acquire a plurality of first frame difference images; determining a histogram feature for frame difference images of the target video according to a statistical histogram of each first frame difference image; and inputting a plurality of features of the target video into a coding complexity prediction model to acquire a coding complexity prediction value of the target video. Through the above method, the BPP prediction value can be acquired intelligently.
US11259026B2	Parsing friendly and error resilient merge flag coding in video coding Methods and apparatus for parsing friendly and error resilient merge flag coding in video coding are provided. In some methods, in contrast to merging candidate list size dependent coding of the merge flag in the prior art, a merge flag is always encoded in the encoded bit stream for each inter-predicted prediction unit (PU) that is not encoded using skip mode. In some methods, in contrast to the prior art that allowed the merging candidate list to be empty, one or more zero motion vector merging candidates formatted according to the prediction type of the slice containing a PU are added to the merging candidate list if needed to ensure that the list is not empty and/or to ensure that the list contains a maximum number of merging candidates.
US11259025B2	Method and apparatus of adaptive multiple transforms for video coding A method and apparatus for video encoding or decoding performed by a video encoder or a video decoder incorporating advanced multiple transform (AMT) are disclosed. According to this method receives input data associated with a current block, wherein the input data corresponds to a current coefficient block to be processed by an inverse transform process, and determines a default transform type and a single transform set consisting of two transform types. The method then selects a vertical transform and a horizontal transform from the default transform type or the single transform set based on at least a transform selection flag, wherein the transform selection flag is decoded after decoding transform coefficients of the current block, and recovers the current block according to the current coefficient block, a vertical inverse transform associated with the vertical transform and a horizontal inverse transform associated with the horizontal transform.
US11259009B2	Modular configurable camera system A system and a process configuration generates a unitary rendered image for a video from at least two cameras. The configuration detects a communication coupling of at least two cameras and determines a master camera and a slave camera. The configuration determines an orientation of camera sensor of the master camera and the slave camera and determines a first frame of a video for a synchronization point for a start of a video capture. The configuration captures and reads images from the master camera sensor and the slave camera sensor in response to the start of the video capture and orientation of the camera sensors.
US11259005B1	Method for compressing light-field data The present invention relates to a method for compressing light-fields by exploiting their overall 4D redundancy using a hybrid approach that combines the benefits of sparse coding approach with pseudo-video sequence or multi-view coding to explore the inter-SAI redundancy and achieves very competitive results. This redundancy is particularly high when the light-fields are densely sampled. Therefore, this invention is especially efficient for densely sampled light-fields, such as the ones acquired by light-field cameras.
US11258999B2	Method and device for reducing motion sickness when providing 360-degree video A method reducing a motion sickness effect associated with a rendering of a video on a virtual reality device includes: extracting, from a portion of the video, at least one motion parameter that relates to a motion of a camera used for capturing the video, determining, based on the extracted at least one motion parameter, at least one motion sickness reduction scheme to be applied to the video, and dynamically rendering the video to the virtual reality device by applying the determined motion sickness scheme to the portion of the video.
US11258990B2	Imaging system and imaging method In an imaging system according to an embodiment of the present invention, a camera unit is configured to transmit imaging data to an information-processing unit as a downlink packet. The camera unit is configured to hold predetermined data in the imaging data as a transmission key. The information-processing unit is configured to receive the downlink packet, recognize the predetermined data in the imaging data as the transmission key, and generate a reception key on the basis of the transmission key. The information-processing unit is configured to transmit an uplink packet including the reception key and a register-setting signal indicating an imaging condition to the camera unit. The camera unit is configured to write the register-setting signal received with the reception key in a register when the transmission key and the reception key meet a predetermined condition.
US11258981B2	Inmate device and user interface for inmate initiated video visitation system A secured party audio and audio/video communication system and method providing administration, management and control that includes a portable secured communication device in possession solely of a secured party positioned in a secured environment, the portable secured communication device being exclusive to the secured party and communicatively connectable only to a secured connection management system, in a secured connection management system hosting a secured communication device interface, hosting a remote communication device interface, storing in the database information related to the secured party, the portable secured communication system, and the external party, at least one of which includes a predetermined connection parameter, creating the selective communication between the portable secured communication device and only the remote communication device response to the stored database information and controlling a duration of the communication as a function of the predetermined connection parameter as stored in the database.
US11258969B1	Image sensor An image sensor includes: first lines transferring a first clock having the same phase as that of modulated light in a first phase and a third clock having a phase difference of a ½ cycle from the phase of the modulated light in a second phase; second lines transferring the third clock in the first phase and the first clock in the second phase; third lines transferring a second clock having a phase difference of a ¼ cycle from the phase of the modulated light in the first phase and a fourth clock having a phase difference of a ¾ cycle from the phase of the modulated light in the second phase; fourth lines transferring the fourth clock in the first phase and the second clock in the second phase; and a pixel array including first pixels and second pixels that are alternately arranged in row and column directions.
US11258966B2	Photoelectric conversion device, camera, movable object, and signal processing device A photoelectric conversion device of an embodiment includes a plurality of pixels, a signal processing circuit, and a switch unit. The signal processing circuit performs analog-to-digital conversion on signals output from the plurality of pixels. The switch unit performs switching between a first mode for motion detection to input a first signal generated by adding signals of at least two pixels to the signal processing circuit and a second mode to input respective signals of the at least two pixels to the signal processing circuit individually as second signals. A first period from start to end of a readout operation performed by the signal processing circuit in order to process the first signal is shorter than a second period from start to end of a readout operation performed by the signal processing circuit in order to process one of the second signals.
US11258963B2	Image creation device and image creation method An aspect of the present disclosure is an image creation device installed in a vehicle. The image creation device includes an image capture section and a bird's-eye view image creation section. The image capture section acquires a captured image within a peripheral range around the vehicle. The bird's-eye view image creation section creates a bird's-eye view image. The bird's-eye view image creation section includes a contour extraction section, a region discrimination section, a first creation section, a second creation section, and an image combining section. The contour extraction section extracts the contour shape of an object in the captured image. The region discrimination section judges whether the contour region is a three-dimensional object region or a road surface region. The first creation section creates a stereoscopic image, and the second creation section creates a planar view image. The image combining section combines the stereoscopic image and the planar view image.
US11258957B2	Auto exposure of image sensors based upon entropy variance An auto exposure method for an image sensor includes (a) evaluating variance, for each of a plurality of histograms of the pixel values from a respective plurality of individual exposures of the image sensor at respective exposure 5 time settings, of contribution from individual bins of the histogram to total entropy of the histogram, to determine an optimal exposure time for the image sensor corresponding to a minimum value of the variance, and (b) outputting the optimal exposure time to the image sensor.
US11258950B1	Apparatus and method for recording a scene for a plurality of lighting setups using only a portion of each cinematic frame Apparatus for recording a scene using a plurality of lighting setups in rapid sequence to concurrently record a plurality of motion picture clips of the scene, one motion picture clip for each lighting setup, the plurality of clips together exhibiting negligible motion offset. The apparatus includes a plurality of light sources, a controller to define the plurality of lighting setups using the plurality of light sources and to actuate the lighting setups in sequence, a camera to capture a sequence of micro frames showing the scene illuminated by each one of the plurality of lighting setups in sequence during each micro frame, and optionally a processing module to process the sequence of micro frames to generate a motion picture clip of the scene for each of the lighting setups. The duration of the micro frame sequence is short enough to minimize the need for an algorithm for removing motion artifacts.
US11258945B2	Interactive data visualization environment An immersive environment for data exploration comprising a curved video projection surface. According to the invention, the curved video projection surface is assembled from a multitude of video projection modules.
US11258940B2	Imaging apparatus An imaging apparatus comprising: a display configured to display information; an image sensor configured to capture an image of a subject to generate image data; an audio input device configured to input audio to generate an audio signal indicating sound to be collected during image capturing with the image sensor; a detector configured to detect a subject region which corresponds to the subject in the image data; a controller configured to determine a main subject and a sound collection target for the audio signal, according to a subject region detected by the detector. When the detector detects a plurality of subject regions, the controller controls the display to display first identification information indicating a subject which is the main subject and is the sound collection target and second identification information indicating a subject which is different from the main subject and is the sound collection target distinguishably from each other.
US11258934B2	Image capturing assembly and electronic device An image capturing assembly and an electronic device are provided. The image capturing assembly includes a housing and an imagining module. The house includes a side wall, the side wall has a notch, and the housing is provided with an accommodating groove communicated with the notch. The image capturing module includes an image capturing portion and a rotating shaft portion, the rotating shaft portion is accommodated in the notch, and the image capturing portion is rotatably connected with the housing through the rotating shaft portion. The rotating shaft portion includes a rotating shaft and a movable member, the movable member is fitted over the rotating shaft, the image capturing portion is connected with the rotating shaft and is configured to be driven by the rotating shaft to rotate among a first position, a second position and a third position.
US11258928B2	Wearable camera A wearable camera includes a capturing portion configured to capture a subject around a user, a control portion configured to control capturing processing of the capturing portion and charging processing of a battery, an upper housing that is mountable to the user and accommodates the capturing portion and the control portion, and a lower housing that accommodates the battery for supplying power to the upper housing, is detachably attached to the upper housing, and has a contact terminal which is exposed to an outside and is used for charging the battery, wherein the lower housing is configured to be connected to a charging stand via the contact terminal such that the battery is charged in a state where the lower housing is attached to the upper housing.
US11258927B2	Noise removal device, noise removal method, and stillness detection method A noise removal device includes a noise remover, a data compressor, a data decompressor, a stillness detector, and an output selector. For a second frame succeeding a first frame, the noise remover performs noise removal on input image data of the second frame to generate noise removed data, based on the input image data of the second frame and decompressed data of the first frame. For the second frame, the output selector: selects the input image data as output image data, when the stillness detector detects that the input image data is data of a still image; and selects the noise removed data as the output image data, when the stillness detector detects that the input image data is not the data of the still image.
US11258920B2	Image diagnostic device, failure diagnostic apparatus, and diagnostic method An image diagnostic device comprising circuitry configured to output a diagnostic chart for image defect detection, read a predetermined reading range of the diagnostic chart, output a read image based on reading of the predetermined reading range, detect an image defect in the diagnostic chart based on the read image, and determine whether the image defect is at an end of the read image. In response to a determination that the image defect is at the end of the read image, the circuitry controls rereading to read a rereading range of the diagnostic chart different from the predetermined reading range.
US11258915B2	Reading apparatus and reading control method A reading apparatus includes a transport unit, a multi-feed detection unit, a reading unit, and a controller. When a multi-feed of the document is detected by the multi-feed detection unit, the controller multi-feeds causes the transport unit to discharge, downstream of the transport path, a multi-fed document for which the multi-feed is detected and then temporarily stops the transport, stores multi-fed page information indicating a page number of the multi-fed document, restarts the transport after the temporary stop, and after the reading unit reads a remaining document whose page succeeds a page of the multi-fed document, performs a re-reading process including the transporting and the reading of the multi-fed document, respectively, and inserts, based on the multi-fed page information, second read data acquired by the reading in the re-reading process into first read data acquired by the reading completed before the re-reading process.
US11258910B2	Image reading apparatus and method of controlling the same An image reading apparatus includes a document reader, a display section of a screen, an operation reception section configured to receive operation on the screen, and a controller configured to output processing of image data in accordance with output settings. The operation includes simple operation for selecting an output destination to receive output of the image data. When the operation reception section receives the simple operation, the controller starts reading the document by the reader, displays a screen indicating reading in a display period including a read period until reading of the document is completed, and displays another screen after the display period. The operation reception section is configured to receive change operation of the output settings in a reception period included in the display period, and when the change operation is received, the controller outputs processing of the image data in accordance with the changed output settings.
US11258906B2	System and method of real-time wiki knowledge resources A system and method are disclosed for recommending a resource to a customer service representative that includes one or more databases that store data describing electronic communication between one or more customer system communication devices and one or more service center communication devices. Embodiments further include a computer coupled with one or more databases and configured to monitor communication activity to determine whether a customer service ticket has been opened between one or more customer system communication devices and one or more service center communication devices and determine a customer service representative score based on one or more customer service representative ranking factors.
US11258897B2	Communication device controlling method A communication device controlling method, for controlling a communication device including a first subscriber identification and a second subscriber identification when a process of a data call established with the first subscriber identification is in a suspension, comprising: (a) receiving, by a processor of the communication device, a request to establish a mobile terminated (MT) call with the second subscriber identification; and (b) resuming, by the processor, the process of the data call from the suspension before an instruction of accepting or rejecting the request is received if the MT call is packet-switch based.
US11258894B2	Profile picture display method and terminal A method includes: receiving, by a first terminal, first input, where the first input is used to instruct the first terminal to display a first screen that includes a profile picture of a first user, and the first user is an owner of the first terminal or a contact saved on the first terminal; and searching, by the first terminal in response to the first input, for a profile picture of the first user and that corresponds to current scenario information of the first user; and displaying, by the first terminal in response to the first input, the first screen that includes a first profile picture.
US11258893B2	Method for prompting notification message and mobile terminal A method for prompting a notification message, and a mobile terminal are provided. The method includes: receiving a notification message; determining whether a floating notification display area of a display screen of the mobile terminal is in an operated state or a to-be-operated state; the floating notification display area is an area whose distance from a status bar of the mobile terminal is less than or equal to a target value; in a case that the floating notification display area is the an operated or to-be-operated state, determining whether the notification message needs to be prompted; and in a case that that the notification message needs to be prompted, prompting the notification message by using a target prompting manner corresponding to the notification message, in a case that the notification message needs to be prompted.
US11258892B2	Communication signal transform device and communication signal transform method A communication signal transform device and a communication signal transform method are provided. The communication signal transform method includes: disposing the mobile device detachably in a case having an exposed portion, and exposing a display of the mobile device from the case through the exposed portion; and generating an output signal supported by the mobile device in response to a signal received from an external telephone line, and transmitting the output signal to the mobile device.
US11258886B2	Method of handling large protocol layers for configurable extraction of layer information and an apparatus thereof Embodiments of the apparatus for handling large protocol layers relate to an implementation that optimizes a field selection circuit. This implementation provides software like flexibility to a hardware parser engine in parsing packets. The implementation limits a size of each layer and splits any layer that exceeds that size into smaller layers. The parser engine extracts data from the split layers just as it would from a non-split layer and, then, concatenates the extracted data in a final result.
US11258879B2	Joint routing and caching method for content delivery with optimality guarantees for arbitrary networks Embodiments solve a problem of minimizing routing costs by jointly optimizing caching and routing decisions over an arbitrary network topology. Embodiments solve an equivalent caching gain maximization problem, and consider both source routing and hop-by-hop routing settings. The respective offline problems are non-deterministic polynomial time (NP)-hard. Nevertheless, embodiments show that there exist polynomial time approximation methods producing solutions within a constant approximation from the optimal. Embodiments herein include distributed, adaptive networks, computer methods, systems, and computer program products that provide guarantees of routing cost reduction. Simulation is performed over a broad array of different topologies. Embodiments reduce routing costs by several orders of magnitude compared to existing approaches, including existing approaches optimizing caching under fixed routing.
US11258868B2	Identifying interactions performed by users of an online system with third party content based on information received by the online system from a tracking mechanism A third party system includes a tracking mechanism in various content provided by the third party system. When a client device presents content provided by the third party system, the client device executes tracking mechanism, causing the client device to communicate information identifying the content, identifying a user associated with the online system, and other information to the online system. Based on the information received from the client device, the online system selects a rule from rules provided to the online system by the third party system. The online system then performs an action included in the selected rule, allowing the advertiser to initiate various actions by the online system while including a common tracking mechanism in different content provided by the third party system.
US11258856B2	In-flight computing device for aircraft cabin crew The disclosed system can be used by cabin crew on-board an aircraft. At a location remote from the aircraft, a server can include a database. The server can selectively communicate with systems external to the server and external to the aircraft to retrieve information related to a flight to be made by the aircraft. The server can run an application for communicating with the external systems to send and receive data to and from the server. The external systems can include a source of baggage information. The server can be configured to transmit the passenger related baggage status information to the portable computing device for storage in the portable computing device database. The portable computing device can be on-board the aircraft. The portable computing device can have a portable storage device database for receipt and storage of flight related information received from the server during the flight.
US11258850B2	Distributed register intelligent node transfer engine Embodiments of the invention are directed to an architecture modifier for intelligent node transfer and review processing. The engine collects user activity data from IoT devices and non-IoT applications to identify user activity and stores user workstation availability metrics. Upon receiving a request for review and consensus, the engine develops various user data routing configuration and schema based on live data feed for identification of nodes for transaction consensus and immediate review posting without any delay architectural delay.
US11258846B1	Real-time serverless streaming in a multi-cloud environment A system, process, and computer-readable medium for processing received files across different cloud-based platforms is disclosed. A process may include selecting a first cloud-based processing system of multiple cloud-based processing systems, serializing the file, and sending the file to the selected cloud-based processing system. If the selected cloud-based processing system does not complete processing of the first file within a time threshold, the process may select a second cloud-based processing system and send the first file to that selected second cloud-based processing system. The method may further comprise a library of cloud-specific software migration operations. General functions to be run on cloud-based processing systems may be translated into platform-specific functions to be run in a specific cloud-based processing system.
US11258842B2	Systems and methods for notifying users of changes to files in cloud-based file-storage systems Systems and methods are disclosed herein for notifying a user of a change to a file stored in a cloud-based file-storage system. A first indication of a first change to the file by a first user is received from a remote server, where the file is associated with a second user and is stored by the remote server. Subscription preferences of the second user are received. A notification indicating the first change to the file is displayed on a mobile device associated with the second user if a category of the notification is allowed by the subscription preferences. The notification includes a graphical preview of the file, an identifier of the file, and an identity of the first user.
US11258839B2	Data storage management and resource scaling Aspects of the present disclosure relate to managing data storage resources. In embodiments, one or more data streams are received. Each data stream can include one or more data portions. Further, one or more storage parameters are monitored. Each storage parameter can include data input load of each data stream, data write rate of each stream, number of events in each stream, and data ingestion rates of one or more storage devices. Data storage resources are elastically scales based on any changes to the at least one monitored storage parameter.
US11258834B2	System and method for recording online collaboration Disclosed is an online collaboration recording system for recording an online collaboration session, comprising a computing arrangement in communication with a plurality of devices, wherein each device is accessible by a user during the online collaborating session, wherein in operation the computing arrangement executes instructions to synchronize a digital project in said online collaborating session amongst the plurality of devices, by: establishing, via communication module, said online collaboration session for performing collaborative work on the digital project, the digital project comprising at least one object; receiving, via the communication module or an input interface, a first user input and based thereon modifying one or more properties of the at least one object to form at least one modified object; recording temporally, via a recorder, the at least one modified object to compile a temporal record; and synchronizing, via the communication module, the temporal record amongst the plurality of devices.
US11258831B2	LI for mobility in S8HR This invention is related to S8 Home Routing (S8HR), under specification by the Global System for Mobile Communications (GSM) Association (GSMA) and 3rd Generation Partnership Project (3GPP). In a first aspect of the invention, a method is provided for enabling Lawful Interception (LI) when a wireless communication terminal performs S8HR roaming. The method comprises receiving, at a first LMISF from a first SGW serving the wireless communication terminal, IMS-related information of the wireless communication terminal required for performing LI, and providing, from the first LMISF upon the wireless communication terminal relocating to a second SGW serving the wireless communication terminal, the received IMS-related information of the wireless communication terminal required for performing LI, to a second LMISF associated with the second SGW.
US11258820B2	Request modification for web security challenge Techniques are provided for request modification for web security challenge. Data corresponding to a web page request by a client computing device for a web page is received. The web page comprises web code that allows a user to submit a request to initiate a web transaction with a web server system. Challenge code is generated that determines one or more values that are a valid solution to a challenge. The challenge code is provided for integrated code to be served in response to the web page request. The integrated code comprises the challenge code and modified web code that adds one or more parameters for the valid solution to the request. A particular request is received to initiate the web transaction. It is determined that the one or more parameter values are not a valid solution. In response, the web server system is prevented from processing the particular request.
US11258818B2	Method and system for generating stateful attacks Methods and systems for generating stateful attacks for simulating and testing security infrastructure readiness. Attack templates descriptive of a plurality of attacks to be executed against one or more targets are defined. The attack templates are processed to compile a decision tree by traversing through a list of attack templates to create a logical tree with tree branches representing different execution paths through which attacks may be executed against the targets. During attack simulations and/or testing, single and/or multi-stage attacks are executed against targets, wherein attack sequences are dynamically determined using the execution paths in the decision tree in view of real-time results. The attacks may be executed against various types of targets, including target in existing security infrastructures and simulated targets. Moreover, the attacks may originate from computer systems within security infrastructures or remotely using computer systems external to the security infrastructures.
US11258815B2	AI-based system for accurate detection and identification of L7 threats Systems and methods for accurate detection and identification of application-level threats in a computer network include one or more nodes instantiated at protected systems and a network-based security platform communicatively coupled to receive data collected by the one or more nodes. Each node is configured to inspect application-level requests in inbound network traffic to a respective protected system. The security platform includes a three-layer machine learning engine to iteratively reconstruct each protected system's application business logic, identify associated application endpoints, data boundaries, and customary user behaviors based on the data collected by the one or mode nodes, and to create customized profiles for the protected systems and make those profiles available to the nodes instantiated at the protected systems. The security platform detects anomalies in the data provided by the nodes through comparisons with the behavior profile for each of the application endpoints.
US11258811B2	Email attack detection and forensics The subject matter of this specification can be embodied in, among other things, a computer-implemented method for securing email communications that includes receiving data including an email calculating a hash of the data, parsing the data into one or more atomic components, classifying the atomic component based on a collection of predetermined threat level categories, and providing an indication of a threat level category of the atomic component.
US11258795B2	Cybersecurity training system and process A system and process for operating a cybersecurity training platform, providing an immersive and hands-on learning experience through a secure virtual machine and simulated environment with real-world vulnerabilities, which is customized and provisioned on-demand using automation and artificial intelligence.
US11258792B2	Method, device, system for authenticating an accessing terminal by server, server and computer readable storage medium The present disclosure is applied to the field of communication technology, and provides a method, device for authenticating an accessing terminal and a system. The method includes: receiving a connection request sent by the terminal, the connection request carrying first terminal operation information; obtaining pre-stored second terminal operation information, and matching the first terminal operation information with the pre-stored second terminal operation information according to a preset matching strategy; sending, when the terminal operation information matches the pre-stored second terminal operation information, authentication success information to the terminal, and establishing communication with the terminal.
US11258785B2	User login credential warning system Virtually every online account requires login credentials like username and password for access. Using different credentials for each account can reduce the likelihood of unauthorized access to these accounts. Remembering all the different credentials, however, can be a challenge and it is not uncommon for a user to mistakenly provide credentials to a site that are for another, sensitive site. Accordingly, a system for warning a user of such an error is provided. The system includes a browser plugin that responds to a user entering their credentials at a requesting site by looking up an identifier of a trusted site associated with the user's credentials. The identifiers of the requesting and trusted sites are compared, and if they do not match, the browser plugin blocks the user from submitting their credentials to the requesting site. Advantageously, the system reduces the likelihood that credentials to sensitive accounts are provided by accident.
US11258784B2	Ownership maintenance in a multi-tenant environment Approaches presented herein enable credentials to be revoked or otherwise modified while limiting the impact of inadvertent or unintended changes in access. In some embodiments, the revocation of a credential can occur over a period of time with the level of access being diminished over that period, in order to prevent an inadvertent denial of access while indicating to the requestor that there is an issue with the credential. When a new policy is created for a new credential, a prior policy can be retained for at least a period of time such that users with inadvertently revoked access can obtain a level of access per the previous policy. Various embodiments trace the calls for a credential throughout the system in order to determine which services, processes, or components might be affected by the revocation, such that an appropriate remedial action can be taken.
US11258779B2	Wireless LAN (WLAN) public identity federation trust architecture The disclosed technology relates to a process of evaluating any number of different identity providers (IDPs) and their respective set of credentials that are used to authenticate corresponding users to assist with the onboarding of the different IDPs in connection with Wi-Fi identity federations. In particular, the process allows a person's electronic identity and attributes (stored across one or more IDPs) to be determined once using a standard. Once trust has been established for the user, that trust can then be utilized across a number of different systems (e.g., Single-sign on). The same trust determination can be used without the need for the authenticity of the user identity to be re-evaluated with each new access request.
US11258777B2	Method for carrying out a two-factor authentication The invention relates to a method for carrying out a two-factor authentication between a client and a relying party, wherein, as the second factor, a data carrier is employed which carries out a communication with a token server.
US11258772B2	Secured communication from within non-volatile memory device An apparatus includes a non-volatile memory (NVM) device coupled to a host, the NVM device including a processing device to: receive a communication packet from a server via the host computing system that is coupled to the NVM device and communicatively coupled to the server, the communication packet comprising clear text data that requests to initiate secure communications; perform a secure handshake with the server, via communication through the host computing system, using a secure protocol that generates a session key; receive data, via the host computing system, from the server within a secure protocol packet, wherein the data is inaccessible to the host computing system; authenticate the data using secure protocol metadata of the secure protocol packet; optionally decrypt, using the session key, the data to generate plaintext data; and store the plaintext data in NVM storage elements of the NVM device.
US11258767B2	Systems and methods for using push notifications to establish proxied communications and for security policy enforcement An advancement over previous techniques uses push notifications to provide users with proxied communications to outside devices reachable using a security appliance or network gateway. Encrypted direct communication between a user device with the outside device is blocked and the user device is provided with a proxy URL at which indirect proxied communications can be provided. A proxy at the proxy URL can read the communications between the user device and the outside device. The proxy can thereby apply security policies to the indirect proxied communications. The security appliance can provide the proxy URL to the user device via a push server.
US11258765B2	System, method and computer program product for accessing at least one virtual private network A system for accessing at least one Virtual Private Network (VPN) includes a terminal, and can include at least one Security Policy Database (SPD). The terminal is capable of communicating with a VPN client and at least one application. The VPN client, in turn, is capable of defining at least one VPN access point, each VPN access point including an associated physical access point and VPN policy. Thereafter, the VPN client can access at least one VPN based upon the VPN access point(s) to thereby establish at least one data connection from at least one application across the at least one VPN. In addition, the VPN client can be capable of downloading at least one VPN policy from the SPD. A system for managing at least one Virtual Private Network (VPN) policy is also provided, where the VPN polic(ies) are for use in accessing at least one VPN.
US11258764B2	Systems for automatic secured remote access to a local network Apparatuses (e.g., systems and devices) and methods for remotely accessing a local (e.g., home, office, etc.) network of devices connected to a local router.
US11258759B2	Entity-separated email domain authentication for known and open sign-up domains An email validation system receives an email validation request from a requestor to validate an email, the email validation request indicating at least a sender domain indicating a domain of the sender of the email. The email validation system determines whether the sender domain is in a whitelist of known domains, wherein a known domain is a domain that is linked to an organization whose provenance is known, such that it can be linked to an identifiable entity in the real world. The email validation system generates, in response to determining that the sender domain is not in the list of known domains, a message indicating that the email is not valid. The email validation system generates, in response to determining that the sender domain is in the list of known domains, the message indicating that the email is valid, and transmits the message to the requestor.
US11258758B1	Blocking download of content At least initially blocking client download of certain content and injecting a user verification step for such downloads is disclosed. In some embodiments, client download of a response from a server to a client request is blocked, and instead a notification page with options to accept or decline the server response is provided to the client.
US11258755B2	Method and system for processing coherent data Methods, systems and computer readable storage medium for processing coherent data are provided. In an embodiment, a method for processing coherent data includes dividing the coherent data into two separate frames. Further, the method includes applying a same coherency number to the two separate frames and transmitting a signal including the two separate frames to a receiving module. The method also includes determining whether the two separate frames match based on the same coherency number. When the two separate frames match, the method outputs the two separate frames to downstream logic. The method may include adding the two separate frames to a buffer populated with a selected number of most recently received frames and, when the two separate frames do not match, identifying a selected frame from the two separate frames and searching the buffer for a matching frame from the most recently received frames.
US11258753B2	Method for detection of DNS spoofing servers using machine-learning techniques The present disclosure is related to the network communication technology field and relates to a method for the classification and recognition of the Domain Name System (DNS) server, using machine-learning techniques. The classification process assigns a given DNS server as belonging to a preset of classes. For example, it enables to label a DNS server as either benign or malicious. On the other hand, the recognition process seeks the identification of the DNS server behavioral profile, which, consequently, can be used to assess the DNS server trustworthiness before DNS responses can be reliably used, e.g. identification of well-known and trusted DNS servers. Hence, the present patent, by the means of detecting the DNS server RFC adherence improves user security through the classification and recognition of DNS characteristics. Therefore, security solutions can use the DNS server characteristics to assess its trustworthiness before DNS responses can be reliably used.
US11258752B2	Address resolution information acquisition (ARIA) for a computing device Address resolution information acquisition (ARIA) for a computing device is described. In some examples, ARIA includes a computing device (e.g., an Internet of things (IoT) node, a gateway, a server) determining, without use of an address resolution protocol (ARP), address resolution information of one or more other computing devices (e.g., a IoT node, a gateway, a server). In one example, the computing device uses data flowing to or from its application layer, transport layer, or network layer to determine address resolution information of another computing device. The address resolution information can comprise one or more of a link layer address (e.g., a media access control (MAC) address) and an Internet layer address (e.g., an Internet protocol (IP) address). Usage of a cache for storing or deleting address resolution information can also be part of ARIA.
US11258750B2	Systems and methods for unified data and voice messages management A communication system for automatically choosing a communication modality from a plurality of communication modalities for use for communication between distant communication entities is provided. The communication system includes a controller configured to: receive a message in the form of one of a first plurality of modalities from a message originator for transmission to a message recipient and select at least one modality for sending the message to the message recipient. To select the controller is configured to: determine the existence of any predetermined vehicle context requirements, predetermined static requirements, predetermined communication service provider requirements, communication context requirements, message recipient preferences, and message originator preferences; and make the selection based on those requirements and preferences. The controller is further configured to convert the received message to the selected modality and cause the message to be transmitted to the message recipient.
US11258747B2	Method for controlling notification and electronic device therefor An operation method of an electronic device, according to various embodiments, comprises the steps of: displaying a notification list; determining a first notification among a plurality of notifications, which are included in the notification list, according to the detection of a first input; and displaying the notification list based on the determination. The first notification is maintained in the notification list even if a second input for initializing the notification list is detected. A second notification among the plurality of notifications is deleted from the notification list according to the detection of the second input.
US11258735B2	Intelligent, trackable, and actionable conversational systems and methods Intelligent, trackable, and actionable conversational systems and methods identify specific items in a stream of messages representing conversational primitives as described below and organize them in a structured and actionable form (referenced as Conversational Primitives Dashboard below), further triggering automated workflows. Advantageously, the structured and actionable form improves collaboration providing a layer of productivity to augment messaging. A method includes, subsequent to identification of messages matching a plurality of conversational primitives, analyzing messages in a conversational service to identify the messages matching any of the conversational primitives; responsive to identifying the messages, converting each of the messages into an associated structured form, wherein each message is identified as a specific conversational primitive of the plurality of conversational primitives and the associated structured form is based on the specific conversation primitive; and maintaining all of the messages in their associated structured form.
US11258734B1	Artificial intelligence communication assistance for editing utilizing communication profiles In embodiments of the present invention improved capabilities are described for artificial intelligence communication assistance for the editing of electronic communications utilizing user communication profiles.
US11258732B2	Automation process definition for a natural language interface A method, apparatus and product for defining an automation process to be invoked in response to a conversation of a user with a natural language interface. A conversation that is configured to obtain from a user values for parameters and is implemented by a natural language interface is defined. The conversation is associated with the automation process that is configured to utilize a user interface of a computer program to input data thereto or execute functionality thereof. The automation process is a parameterized automation process depending on parameters. The conversation is published to be made accessible to a user via the natural language interface.
US11258731B2	Bot proxy for group communication service Methods, systems, and software are disclosed herein for secured system access by means of a bot proxy for a bot within a group communication service. In an example embodiment, a bot within a selected group of a group communication service may receive a message from a user of the selected group. The bot may transmit, to a bot proxy node within a secured local network, information related to the message that is relevant to executing a selected command. The bot proxy node, in turn, may transmit an application programming interface (API) instruction to perform the selected command to a target server within the secured local network. The bot may send a response message, via the group communication service, to at least one user from the selected group based on a result of the selected command.
US11258728B2	Providing measurements of public cloud connections Some embodiments provide a novel method for deploying different virtual networks over several public cloud datacenters for different entities. For each entity, the method (1) identifies a set of public cloud datacenters of one or more public cloud providers to connect a set of machines of the entity, (2) deploys managed forwarding nodes (MFNs) for the entity in the identified set of public cloud datacenters, and then (3) configures the MFNs to implement a virtual network that connects the entity's set of machines across its identified set of public cloud datacenters. In some embodiments, the method identifies the set of public cloud datacenters for an entity by receiving input from the entity's network administrator. In some embodiments, this input specifies the public cloud providers to use and/or the public cloud regions in which the virtual network should be defined. Conjunctively, or alternatively, this input in some embodiments specifies actual public cloud datacenters to use.
US11258727B2	Shared routing tables for network devices Techniques for configuring shared routing tables for network devices are provided. In some embodiments, a shared routing context is configured to include common routes across several local routing contexts. When a first packet is received at a first local routing context that is to be routed using one of the common routes, NAT operations may be performed on the first packet and then the shared routing context is used to process the first packet. Similarly, when a second packet is received at a second local routing context that is to be routed using the same common route, NAT operations may be performed on the second packet and then the shared routing context is used to process the second packet.
US11258726B2	Low latency packet switch architecture This disclosure describes techniques that include associating a timestamp with a network packet, and carrying the timestamp or otherwise associating the timestamp with the network packet during some or all processing by the system described herein. In one example, this disclosure describes a method that includes receiving, at an ingress port of a device, an initial portion of a network packet; storing, by the device, timestamp information associated with receiving the initial portion of the packet; and determining, by the device, whether to transmit information derived from the initial portion of the network packet.
US11258722B2	Telegram splitting transmission method for bidirectional networks A data transmitter is provided, having: a generator for generating transmission data packets, configured to split a first data packet into at least three transmission data packets, each of the transmission packets being shorter than the first data packet, the generator being configured to channel-encode the at least three transmission packets such that only a portion thereof is required for decoding the first data packet; a transmission element for transmitting data packets, configured to transmit the at least three transmission packets in a frequency channel via a communications channel with a time gap; a monitor element for monitoring the frequency channel, configured to recognize an interference or transmission of a further data transmitter in the frequency channel; the transmission element being configured not to transmit via the communications channel a packet, waiting for transmission, of the at least three transmission packets if an interference or transmission from a further data transmitter is recognized by the monitor element at the time of transmitting the transmission data packet.
US11258720B2	Flow-based isolation in a service network implemented over a software-defined network Flow-based isolation can be provided in a service network that is implemented over a software-defined network, and particularly in a dynamic open-access network environment. End user premises devices can be configured with one or more service network isolation flows that apply to communications within the service network. Such service network isolation flows can define rules for dropping any outgoing communication that is destined for an IP address within the service network. Such service network isolation flows can also define rules for dropping any incoming communication that originated from an IP address within the service network. By employing service network isolation flows on the end user premises devices to block communications on the service network between end user premises devices, service isolation over the software-defined network and customer isolation within the service network can be provided without the inherent limitations of S-Tag/C-Tag techniques that hinder the scaling of software-defined networks.
US11258718B2	Context-aware rate limiting The disclosure provides an approach for rate limiting packets in a network. Embodiments include receiving, by a rate limiting engine running on a host machine, a network event related to a virtual computing instance running on the host machine, the network event comprising flow information about a network flow. Embodiments include receiving, by the rate limiting engine, context information corresponding to the network flow, wherein the context information comprises one or more of a user characteristic or an application characteristic. Embodiments include determining, by the rate limiting engine, a priority for the network flow by applying a rate limiting policy to the flow information and the context information. Embodiments include providing, by the rate limiting engine, the priority for the network flow to a multiplexer for use in rate limiting the network flow.
US11258713B2	Policy-based proximity routing In some embodiments, a first network device in a first site sets a first IP address for an interface of the first network device to a value of a second IP address of a second network device in a second site. Policies are added in a policy table to cover IP addresses used in the second site and a specific route for a third IP address associated with a first workload migrated from the second site to the first site is added into a routing table. The first workload is on a stretched network that is coupled via a layer 2 channel. The policy table configures the first network device to send a second packet from the first workload to a third workload in the second site via the layer 2 channel when an IP address for the third workload does not match an eligible route in the routing table.
US11258708B2	Communication method and communications apparatus A communication method and a communications apparatus, where the method includes: assigning, by a control plane device, an Internet Protocol (IP) address to a user equipment; obtaining, by the control plane device using a routing policy network element, a routing rule corresponding to the IP address; and sending, by the control plane device, the routing rule and the IP address to the user equipment, where the routing rule is used by the user equipment to determine a source IP address when the user equipment initiates a service.
US11258706B2	Call routing discovery for telephony networks An example path discovery system includes a memory and processing circuitry in communication with the memory. The processing circuitry is configured to obtain routing script metadata associated with a telephony network, to parse routing logic implemented by one or more nodes of the telephony network, to emulate, using the routing script metadata and the parsed routing logic, a traversal path for a call through the telephony network, the emulated traversal path including the one more nodes for which the routing logic is parsed, to store, to the memory, the emulated traversal path and respective final states of runtime variables associated with the one or more nodes included in the emulated traversal path, and to generate, in a machine-readable format, one or more reports indicating a destination of the emulated traversal path in the telephony network and an ingress of the emulated traversal path with respect to the telephony network.
US11258696B1	Low-latency signaling-link retimer A signaling-link retimer concatenates discontiguous leading and trailing portions of a precoded and scrambled symbol stream, shunting the trailing portion of the stream ahead of unneeded stream content to dynamically reduce the number of symbols queued between retimer input and output and thus reduce retimer transit latency.
US11258693B2	Collaborative incident management for networked computing systems Information technology environment monitoring systems, for example, perform analytics over machine data received from networked entities. Outputs of such a system may be useful to help a user identify a problem and resolve an incident. Inventive aspects enable user interactions to trigger automatic connection with network servers to establish communication channels for conveying analytics and other information related to the problem between and among network nodes participating in the resolution of the problem or incident.
US11258687B2	Method for generating requests for the segmentation of the monitoring of an interconnection network and associated hardware The invention relates to a method for generating a request, from a formal language instruction defining a set of ports of an interconnection network, said request including an addressing command for each one of the ports defined in the instruction, said method including the following steps: Receiving, by a communication module, a formal language instruction defining a set of ports, Processing, by a processing module, the formal language instruction so as to generate a set of numbers encoded on at least one byte, each number including position bits, each one of the position bits allowing to identify a port and at least one authorization bit, the at least one authorization bit allowing to define access rights on the ports, and Encoding, by an encoding module, the set of numbers so as to generate the request including the addressing command.
US11258683B2	Web services platform with nested stream generation A web services platform includes a data collector and a timeseries service. The data collector is configured to collect samples of data points and generate input timeseries including a plurality of the samples. The timeseries service is configured to identify a first timeseries processing workflow that uses the input timeseries as an input and defines processing operations to be applied to the samples of the input timeseries, perform the processing operations defined by the first timeseries processing workflow to generate a first derived timeseries comprising a first set of derived timeseries samples, identify a second timeseries processing workflow that uses the first derived timeseries as an input and defines processing operations to be applied to the samples of the first derived timeseries, and perform the processing operations defined by the second timeseries processing workflow to generate a second derived timeseries comprising a second set of derived timeseries samples.
US11258679B2	Systems and methods for automated testing of MoCA networks The present invention relates to testing signals on a coaxial home network that carries a digital video signal. It has direct application to testing Multimedia over Coax Alliance (MoCA) standards-compliant networks and applies to similar networks such as Data Over Cable Service Interface Specification (DOCSIS), Ethernet, and Wi-Fi. An embedded expert system can guide an inexperienced operator through the process of evaluating and resolving problems with a home network with little operator input.
US11258677B1	Data representation generation without access to content Techniques for generating a data representation without access to content are described. A method for generating a data representation without access to content comprises receiving a request to analyze one or more data items in a protected area of the provider network, sending the request to the protected area of the provider network, wherein the cluster model is used to identify a cluster identifier associated with each of the one or more data items, receiving the cluster identifier associated with each of the one or more data items, and regenerating each of the one or more data items based on the cluster identifier.
US11258676B2	Electronic tool and methods for meetings An electronic meeting tool and method for communicating arbitrary media content from users at a meeting includes a node configuration adapted to operate a display node of a communications network, the display node being coupled to a first display. The node configuration is adapted to receive user selected arbitrary media content and to control display of the user selected arbitrary media content on the first display. A peripheral device adapted to communicate the user selected arbitrary media content via the communications network is a connection unit including a connector adapted to couple to a port of a processing device having a second display, a memory and an operating system, and a transmitter. A program is adapted to obtain user selected arbitrary media content, the program leaving a zero footprint on termination. The user may trigger a transfer of the user selected arbitrary media content to the transmitter.
US11258669B2	Differential dataflow approach for computing grouping membership in network controllers Certain embodiments described herein are generally directed to techniques for computing grouping object memberships in a network. Embodiments include receiving a plurality of network configuration updates. Embodiments include identifying delta updates to a plurality of grouping objects based on the plurality of configuration updates. Embodiments include determining a parallel processing arrangement for the delta updates based on dependencies in a directed graph comprising representations of the plurality of grouping objects. Embodiments include processing the delta updates according to the parallel processing arrangement in order to determine memberships of the plurality of grouping objects. Embodiments include distributing one or more updates to one or more endpoints based on the memberships of the plurality of grouping objects.
US11258664B2	System for provisioning racks autonomously in data centers A provisioning system autonomously and asynchronously brings up data center racks. In an embodiment, the provisioning system determines presence of a first and second device connected to a network. The provisioning system generates a first and second thread for validation of the first and second devices, respectively. Responsive to determining by the first thread that the first device is not validated, the provisioning system notifies a detection system that the validation of the first device has not passed. Responsive to determining by the second thread that the second device is validated, the provisioning system provisions the second device for integration with one or more provisioned devices on the network.
US11258659B2	Management and control for IP and fixed networking A method for managing alarms in a network includes identifying a first set of alarms based on data in a knowledge base, determining at least one attribute for each alarm in the first set of alarms, generating a model based on the at least one attribute, and applying the model to manage alarms in the network. The at least one attribute includes at least one of a persistence time for one or more alarms in the first set of alarms, an alarm group derived from the first set of alarms, and predictions for alarms in the first set of alarms. The model may be adaptively updated to track changing network conditions relating to the alarms.
US11258657B2	Fault localization in large-scale network policy deployment Systems, methods, and computer-readable media for localizing faults in a network policy are disclosed. In some examples, a system or method can obtain TCAM rules across a network and use the TCAM rules to perform an equivalency check between the logical model and the hardware model of the network policy. One or more risk models are annotated with output from the equivalency check and the risk models are used to identify a set of policy objects of the network policy that are likely responsible for the faults.
US11258656B2	Optimizing management entity selection resiliency for geo-redundancy and load balancing in mobile core network Techniques are presented in which a new information element signaling priority of a management entity is included in a setup (e.g., S1-Setup) response or configuration update message sent by a management entity to a base station entity. The base station entity interprets this priority information along with the relative capacity information in an appropriate way to load-distribute the traffic/calls to highly preferable management entity instances (at a local site) when they are available, and switchover/failover to lower preference management entity instances (at a remote site) when there is a local site outage/failure or insufficient capacity in a geo-resilient pooled network.
US11258649B2	Transmitter and receiver communication apparatus for non-coherent communication The disclosure relates to a transmitting communication apparatus and a receiving communication apparatus of a non-coherent communication system. The transmitting communication apparatus is configured to communicate with the receiving communication apparatus via a communication channel. The transmitting communication apparatus comprises a processing circuitry configured to: map a sequence of data bits into a modulation symbol of a plurality of modulation symbols defined by a modulation constellation, wherein the modulation constellation is defined by a tiling of a Grassmannian manifold into a plurality of cells and a Cartesian product of a plurality of auxiliary constellations, wherein the Cartesian product of the plurality of auxiliary constellations is mapped onto each cell of the plurality of cells and each auxiliary constellation defines a plurality of auxiliary symbols. The processing circuitry is further configured to transmit a modulated signal based on the modulation symbol via the communication channel to the receiving communication apparatus.
US11258648B1	Constellation distortion indication for single carrier waveform digital post distortion Methods, systems, and devices for wireless communication are described. A communication device, such as a user equipment (UE) may receive control signaling (e.g., a downlink control information (DCI), a radio resource control (RRC) message, a medium access control-control element (MAC-CE)) including an indication of a set of constellation points for a set of constellation distortion points. The set of constellation distortion points may be of a constellation distribution associated with a modulation scheme (e.g., a quadrature amplitude modulation (QAM), an amplitude and phase-shift keying (APSK)). The UE may perform a digital post distortion operation based on the set of constellation points for the set of constellation distortion points of the constellation distribution, and decode the wireless communication based on performing of the digital post distortion operation.
US11258644B2	Wireless transmission device, wireless reception device, transmission method, and reception method When a plurality of the subcarrier spacing values are applied, a reference signal is generated by using a sequence having a sequence length corresponding to a first ratio of a first subcarrier spacing set for transmission data to the maximum settable subcarrier spacing. The sequence of the reference signal is mapped to a frequency resource at mapping intervals in accordance with a second ratio which is the reciprocal of the first ratio, and the transmission data and the reference signal are transmitted.
US11258643B1	Frequency modulation tracking for band rejection to reduce dynamic range In at least one embodiment of the invention, a method for reducing a dynamic range of a received radio frequency signal includes receiving digital IQ signals corresponding to an in-phase component of the received radio frequency signal and a quadrature component of the received radio frequency signal. The method includes demodulating the digital IQ signals to generate an instantaneous frequency signal. The method includes selecting a center frequency of a selectable filter according to whether an interfering signal is detected in a target frequency band of the received radio frequency signal. The center frequency is selected from a predetermined frequency and an estimated center frequency determined using the instantaneous frequency signal. The method includes filtering the digital IQ signals using the selectable filter configured using the center frequency to generate output digital IQ signals.
US11258642B2	Gear shifting in a skywave system A gear shifting technique has been developed in which modulation and equalization are shifted to achieve optional performance. In one form, two or more equalizers, each associated with a demodulator and message decoder, determine if the modulation being used can be increased in complexity in order to increase the channel throughput or determine if the modulation method should be reduced in complexity in order to improve the receiver error performance. The quality metrics can based on which equalizer-demodulator-decoder is set to first detect a valid message. Other factors can be considered with this technique such as a packet-error ratio and a signal-to-noise ratio. In a financial trading system, message erasures can be favored over errored messages by limiting the number of bit or symbol corrections permitted per message to less than the maximum possible for the selected decoding schemes.
US11258640B2	Feedback control systems for wireless devices An apparatus for a mobile communication device adapted for digital pre-distortion that includes a memory and a processor operatively coupled to the memory of the processor. The processor receives a first input signal and also receives a first output signal from a power amplifier that is based on the first input signal. The processor additionally varies compression applied to a second input signal based on the first output signal of the power amplifier, generates a distortion compensation vector for the second input signal based on the first output signal of the power amplifier, and also varies an input excitation signal supplied to the power amplifier based on the first output signal of the power amplifier.
US11258638B2	Gateway device and system and method for use of same A gateway device and system and method for use of the same are disclosed. In one embodiment, multiple wireless transceivers are located within an in-wall housing, which also interconnectedly includes a processor, memory, various physical ports and wireless transceivers. To improve convenience, the gateway device may establish a pairing with a proximate wireless-enabled interactive programmable device. Virtual remote control functionality for various amenities may then be provided. To improve safety, the gateway device may be incorporated into a geolocation and safety network.
US11258623B2	Stateful IGMP fastleave Methods, systems, and computer readable media described herein can be operable to facilitate an IGMP fastleave using a listener reference count. A gateway proxy saves each listener for every specific multicast group, thus the gateway knows if a listener is the last one in the group when it receives a leave report from a listener. The gateway leaves the group immediately without sending specific query if the leave report comes from the last listener of the current group, thereby significantly reducing the leave latency. Otherwise, the standard procedure wins, and the gateway sends out a specific query when the leave report is not from the last listener.
US11258620B2	Managing meeting data A device may receive meeting data associated with a first meeting, the first meeting having previously occurred. The device may obtain, based on the meeting data, data identifying at least one individual associated with the first meeting and data identifying at least one topic associated with the first meeting. In addition, the device may identify a second meeting based on the at least one individual or the at least one topic, the second meeting having not yet occurred. The device may provide, to a user device associated with the second meeting and based on identifying the second meeting, at least a portion of the meeting data associated with the first meeting.
US11258618B2	Turn on method without power interruption for redundant power over ethernet systems Disclosed examples include redundant Power over Ethernet (PoE) systems, powered device (PD) controllers and methods in which a first PD controller sends a signal to indicate to the other PD controllers that the first PD controller is powered, and a second PD controller newly connected or reconnected to a corresponding power sourcing equipment (PSE) refrains from turning off a shared DC-DC converter, and the second PD controller waits to allow an inrush current delay of the corresponding PSE to complete before allowing current flow between the DC-DC converter and the corresponding PSE, and the second PD controller selectively provides a signal to request an application circuit powered by the DC-DC converter to temporarily reduce its power consumption below a predetermined value if the corresponding PSE is configured to provide no more than the predetermined value of power.
US11258608B1	Systems for secure access to protected content in a content management system A system having a content management system (CMS) and an edge node of a content delivery network is provided. The CMS and edge node are configured to perform a method that includes sharing a server secret between the CMS and the edge node and using, by the CMS, the server secret to generate a signing key. The signing key includes a signing secret generated using the server secret. The signing key is transmitted to a client system, and the client system receives a request for a content asset from a user device and authorizes said user device for access to the content asset. The client system uses the signing key to generate a signed URL for the content asset, and the user device is redirected to the signed URL. Responsive to receiving, by the edge node, the signed URL from the user device, the method proceeds to validating the signed URL by the edge node. Validating the signed URL uses the server secret to rederive the signing secret based on the signed URL. Responsive to successful validation of the signed URL by the edge node, the content asset is provided from the edge node to the user device.
US11258606B1	Devices, systems, methods, and computer-readable media for zero knowledge proof authentication Security-enhancing devices, systems, methods, and non-transitory computer-readable media for performing non-interactive zero knowledge proof (NIZKP) authentication. In one embodiment, a computing device includes a memory and an electronic processor. The memory stores a NIZKP authentication program and a plurality of unique passwords. The electronic processor is configured to receive a first random value from an electronic source, generate a second random value by performing an exclusive disjunction operation on the first random value with a first password of the plurality of unique passwords, perform an extraction operation on the second random value, determine whether the extraction operation performed on the second random value extracted a non-random value from the second random value, and responsive to determining that the extraction operation performed on the second random value extracted the non-random value from the second random value, authenticate communications with the electronic source.
US11258605B2	Out-of-band remote authentication In an embodiment a single user authentication event, performed between a trusted path hardware module and a service provider via an out of band communication, can enable a user to transparently access multiple service providers using strong credentials that are specific to each service provider. The authentication event may be based on multifactor authentication that is indicative of a user's actual physical presence. Thus, for example, a user would not need to enter a different retinal scan to gain access to each of the service providers. Other embodiments are described herein.
US11258602B2	Method and apparatus for secure private key storage on IoT device An apparatus is disclosed for storing a private key on an IoT device for encrypted communication with an external user device and includes a proximity-based communication interface, encryption circuitry and IoT functional circuitry. The encryption circuitry includes a memory having a dedicated memory location allocated for storage of encryption keys utilized in the encrypting/decrypting operations, an encryption engine for performing the encryption/decryption operation with at least one of the stored encryption keys in association with the operation of the IoT functional circuitry, an input/output interface for interfacing with the proximity-based communication interface to allow information to be exchanged with a user device in a dedicated private key transfer operation, an internal system interface for interfacing with the IoT functional circuitry for transfer of information therebetween, memory control circuitry for controlling storage of a received private key from the input/output interface for storage in the dedicated memory location in the memory, in a Write-only memory storage operation relative to the private key received from the input/output interface over the proximity-based communication interface, the memory control circuitry inhibiting any Read operation of the dedicated memory location in the memory through the input/output interface. The IoT functional circuitry includes a controller for controlling the operation of the input/output interface and the memory control circuitry in a private key transfer operation to interface with the external user device to control the encryption circuitry for transfer of a private key from the user device through the proximity-based communication interface for storage in the dedicated memory location in the memory, the controller interfacing with the encryption circuitry via the internal system interface, and operational circuitry for interfacing with the user device over a peer to peer communication link and encrypting/decrypting information therebetween with the encryption engine in the encryption circuitry.
US11258600B2	Secure communication in accessing a network Secure communication in accessing a network is described herein. An example apparatus can include a memory and a processor coupled to the memory. The processor can be configured to receive an identity public key from the identity device. The identity public key can be received in response to providing, to the identity device, a request to modify content of the identity device. The processor can be further configured to encrypt data corresponding to subscriber information using the identity public key, provide (to the identity device) the encrypted data to store the subscriber information in the identity device, and access a network operated by a network operator via the data stored in the identity device.
US11258598B2	Smartphones based vehicle access A symmetric key-based generation and distribution system and method for a vehicle access authentication framework is provided, the framework comprising: a first device operated by a car owner, a second device operated by a delegated user, and a third device residing in a vehicle. The first device is configured to: request for an authentication key from the third device, the request for the authentication key comprising an ID of the first device, idO; receive an authentication key KidO from the third device; and generate a delegated authentication key KidU based on authentication key KidO and an ID of the second device in response to receiving a request for delegated authentication key from the second device, the request for delegated authentication key comprising the ID of the second device.
US11258591B2	Cryptographic key management based on identity information Disclosed herein are methods, systems, and apparatus, including computer programs encoded on computer storage media, for managing cryptographic keys based on user identity information. One of the methods includes receiving a request to store identity information and a user key pair to a memory on a chip, the request being digitally signed with a digital signature, the identity information uniquely identifying the user, and the user key pair being assigned to the user; determining that the digital signature is authentic based on a public key pre-stored in the memory; encrypting the identity information and the user key pair; and storing the identity information and the user key pair to the memory.
US11258588B2	Key exchange method and key exchange system Plurality of users share a common key while permitting change of members sharing the common key and computational complexity required for key exchange is reduced. Ri and ci are computed based on a twisted pseudo-random function in a first key generation step. sid is generated based on a target-collision resistant hash function and (sid, Rα, Rβ) is transmitted to communication devices Ui in a session ID generation step. T1 and T′ are computed based on a pseudo-random function in a representative second key generation step. Tj is computed based on the pseudo-random function in a general second key generation step. k′ is computed based on the twisted pseudo-random function and T′j is computed with respect to each j in a third key generation step. K11 and k1 are computed in a first session key generation step. A common key K2 is generated based on the pseudo-random function in a second session key generation step.
US11258586B2	Blockchain smart contract-based transaction hash acquisition methods and systems Methods, systems and apparatus, including computer programs encoded on computer storage media, for acquiring a blockchain smart contract-based transaction hash. In one example, the method includes: adding, to an instruction set of a blockchain virtual machine associated with a blockchain network, a transaction hash acquisition instruction; deploying, in the blockchain virtual machine, transaction hash acquisition logic corresponding to the transaction hash acquisition instruction; adding, to an instruction set of a smart contract compiler, the transaction hash acquisition instruction; generating, by using the smart contract compiler, a service smart contract that includes at least the transaction hash acquisition instruction; and deploying, in the blockchain network, the service smart contract that includes at least the transaction hash acquisition instruction.
US11258582B2	Distributed system and method for encryption of blockchain payloads Distributed systems and methods for encrypting data on a blockchain network are disclosed. One system comprises at least one injector coupled to a node on the blockchain, a controller coupled to the injector, and a generator coupled to the controller. The injector intercepts messages bound for the blockchain and encrypts data in the messages using encryption information received from the controller. The controller acquires encryption information from the generator, which generates encryption keys and derives encryption information from those encryption keys. The encryption information may be divided into multiple parts and distributed between a plurality of injectors. As a result, to assemble an encryption key for encrypting or decrypting data, an injector may have to cooperate with other injectors to acquire sufficient encryption information to re-assemble the encryption key. Thereafter, once encryption information has been distributed, the system may function without further involvement of the controller or generator.
US11258576B2	Method, device, transmitter, and receiver for detecting syncwords The present application provides a method, a device, a transmitter, and a receiver for detecting syncwords. After inserting syncwords in a data frame to be transmitted, a transmitter transmits the data frame to be transmitted inserted with a preset number of syncwords to a receiver. Because the bit-length of information in the data frame to be transmitted inserted with the preset number of syncwords is a specified multiple of the length of the syncwords, and the symbol components of the preset number of the inserted syncwords are different, or the symbol components are the same but the orders of the symbols are different, the receiver correlates each syncword of the preset number of syncwords with the data frame to be transmitted inserted with the preset number of syncwords after receiving the data frame to be transmitted.
US11258572B2	Transport block size for channels with shortened transmission time interval Systems, apparatuses, and methods for computing transport block size (TBS) for channels with shortened transmission time interval (sTTI). An initial size may be determined based on one or more TBS tables. The initial size may be scaled by a factor associated with an sTTI channel. A TBS table is selected based on the one or more TBS tables. The scaled size may be rounded based on the selected TBS table to generate a TBS for the sTTI channel.
US11258571B2	Downlink control information transmission method, apparatus, and system This application provides a downlink control information transmission method, an apparatus, and a system. The method includes: sending, by a gNB, downlink control information (DCI) to UE on a first bandwidth resource, where the DCI is used for data transmission between the gNB and the UE on the first bandwidth resource or data transmission between the gNB and the UE on a second bandwidth resource; and if the DCI is used for data transmission between the gNB and the UE on the first bandwidth resource, a size of the DCI is L1_1, or if the DCI is used for data transmission between the gNB and the UE on the second bandwidth resource, a size of the DCI is L1_2, where L1_1 is equal to L1_2, and L1_1 and L1_2 are integers greater than or equal to 1.
US11258570B2	Joint optimization of bandwidth part, search space and connected mode discontinuous reception operation in 5G New Radio Apparatuses, systems, and methods for a user equipment device (UE) to perform a method using a status change of a timer associated with a connected mode discontinuous reception (CDRX) communication session with a base station to trigger a switch from using a first bandwidth part (BWP) to a second BWP as the active BWP for the CDRX communication session. The timer may be an on-duration timer, an inactivity timer, or a retransmission timer. The UE may also alter a monitoring schedule of a physical downlink control channel (PDCCH) in response to detecting the status change of the timer. The second BWP may have a wider or narrower bandwidth than the first BWP, depending on the type of timer and the type of status change.
US11258558B2	Transmitter, receiver, transmission method, and reception method In a transmitter, an assignment circuit maps a phase tracking reference signal (PT-RS) onto a subcarrier, and a transmitting circuit transmits a signal containing the phase tracking reference signal. The phase tracking reference signal is mapped onto a different subcarrier for each cell, group, or mobile station.
US11258552B2	Method of transmitting sounding reference signal and device utilizing same The invention provides a method of transmitting a sounding reference signal (SRS) and a device utilizing the same. The method comprises: a user equipment transmits, to a base station, a sounding reference signal (SRS) on a time domain symbol in a special subframe, wherein the time domain symbol comprises one or more time domain symbols of time domain symbols occupying an uplink pilot time slot; and a number of the time domain symbols occupying the uplink pilot time slot is N, N is an integer, and 3≤N≤12. The embodiment resolves a problem of an incomplete scheme of transmitting an SRS on a time domain symbol, and realizes transmission of an SRS on increased time domain symbols.
US11258550B2	Feedback information sending or receiving methods, devices and system The embodiments of the application provide feedback information sending or receiving methods, devices and a system, and relate to the field of communication. The method includes that: a first bit length is determined, the first bit length being a number of bits for representing Transport Block (TB)-level feedback response information; a second bit length is determined, the second bit length being a number of bits for representing target TB indication information; feedback information is generated according to the first bit length and the second bit length, the feedback information including the TB-level feedback response information, the target TB indication information and code block group-level feedback response information; and the feedback information is sent.
US11258548B2	V2X communication apparatus and geo-networking transmission method Disclosed is a geo-networking transmission method of a V2X communication apparatus. The geo-networking transmission method according to an embodiment of the present disclosure includes receiving a geo-networking packet; identifying whether the received geo-networking packet is a packet which is prestored in a buffer; determining whether to perform a forwarding progress of the geo-networking packet, when the received geo-networking packet is not a prestored packet; storing the received geo-networking packet in the buffer and starting a timer, when the forwarding progress is determined; and transmitting the geo-networking packet, when the timer expires.

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