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US11325715B2	Linking device connecting an aircraft engine and a primary structure of an aircraft pylon comprising a spreader and a system for limiting the out-of-plane deflection of the spreader, aircraft comprising such a linking device A linking device connecting an aircraft engine and a primary structure of an aircraft pylon, comprising a support connected to the primary structure, a spreader, extending between first and second ends that has a central part connected to the support by a principal link comprising a principal rotation axis, at least one system for limiting the deflection of the spreader comprising an extension secured to the spreader and also upper and lower stops, secured to a fitting secured to the support, between which the extension is positioned.
US11325714B2	Electric power system for a vehicle An electric power system for a vehicle includes at least one electric machine, one or more power rectifiers, and a plurality of DC channels. The at least one electric machine includes a plurality of tooth-wound multi-phase windings that are substantially magnetically decoupled, and the at least one electric machine is mechanically balanced even if one of the plurality of windings is de-energized. The one or more power rectifiers are configured to produce rectified power from the power generated by the at least one electric machine. The plurality of DC channels are formed after the at least one power rectifier and are configured to provide DC power to one or more loads within a vehicle.
US11325690B1	Integrated aircraft antenna and light assemblies Disclosed are embodiments of exterior aircraft assemblies integrating compatible elements. In one example, an integrated aircraft assembly includes an aerodynamic housing attachable to an aircraft, an antenna system including at least one antenna element housed within the aerodynamic housing, and a lighting system including at least one light fixture housed within the aerodynamic housing. The at least one antenna element and the at least one light fixture may be co-located within then housing or mounted separately on the housing.
US11325687B1	Multiple duct system for conveying exhaust gas from oceangoing vessels to a treatment system A multi-circuit system for temporarily connecting to a plurality of exhaust pipes of an oceangoing vessel at berth or at anchor and treating captured exhaust gas. Each circuit includes an exhaust gas processing system, a duct system to reach from the processing system to an exhaust pipe; a duct inlet port for attachment to a connector receiving exhaust gas from an exhaust pipe. A positioning system supports the duct systems and connectors in a ganged relationship and positions the duct systems and connectors in a temporary operational position and in a non-operational position. In another embodiment, blower controller is responsive to a pressure measurement at the duct inlet port or the connector to control a blower speed to set or maintain the pressure to a desired pressure.
US11325680B2	Adjustable buoyancy foil A foil for a towed cable includes a body defining at least two conduits. The body has a foil shape having a leading edge and a trailing edge. The foil shape defines a first surface extending between the leading edge and the trailing edge configured to provide lift. The foil shape defines a second surface opposed to the first surface extending between the leading edge and the trailing edge. The foil shape defines first and second lateral sides that extend between respective lateral edges of the first and second surfaces, the leading edge, and the trailing edge. A first conduit is defined within the forward half of the body adjacent to the leading edge, is open to each of the first and second lateral sides, and is configured to receive a cable therethrough. A second conduit may be defined within the body and filled with buoyant material.
US11325664B2	Reconfigurable bed rack system and method A reconfigurable bed rack system and methods of manufacture and use that is dynamic, adaptable, lightweight, and easy to install are provided. The bed rack system may include a plurality of U-shaped modular telescoping support structures that allow for a height adjustment to the rack without uninstalling the rack from the truck bed. Through the telescoping feature of the U-shaped support structures, a height dimension of the bed rack system may be increased or decreased. One or more side and/or upper rails may extend between the plurality of U-shaped modular telescoping supports for attaching one or more mounting brackets to secure equipment, tools and/or supplies to the bed rack system. The rack system may also include a tire hoist bracket assembly including a hoisting system to store a spare tire against an upper, inner surface of the rack system.
US11325658B2	Frame joint A frame joint connecting connection portions to each other, the connection portions being arranged in frame members of a vehicle, includes an inner peripheral wall including abutment surfaces, the abutment surfaces being arranged in the one connection portion and crossing with each other in the radial direction, tapered surfaces being arranged in the other connection portion and facing the inner peripheral wall, an expansion collar movable in the radial direction so as to abut on the inner peripheral wall, and a fastener keeping fitting of the expansion collar in a state where the expansion collar abuts on the inner peripheral wall.
US11325657B2	Body for vehicle A body for a vehicle includes a bridge member having a pipe shape of an open cross-sectional structure in which one side thereof is opened, having end portions formed in a closed shape, and having an intermediate portion formed to be bent, and at least two members, wherein the bridge member is connected to a weak rigidity portion between the at least two members of the body.
US11325652B2	Body for vehicle A vehicle body includes a frame member formed to have a tubular shape in an open cross-sectional structure in which one side surface thereof is opened. A fastening portion is formed in a shape to close an opening portion at an end of the frame member. The fastening portion is configured to be fastened to another frame member by a fastener in a surface-contact state.
US11325650B2	Vehicle body structure A vehicle body structure includes a fender apron member, a shock absorber housing joined to the fender apron member, and a side reinforcement member configured to connect the fender apron member and the shock absorber housing to a lower side of a front pillar and reinforce a side surface of an engine room, wherein the shock absorber housing and the side reinforcement member comprise stepped joining portions corresponding to and joined to each other.
US11325649B2	Sleeve for repairing vehicle frame rail This disclosure relates to a sleeve for repairing or reconstructing a frame rail of a motor vehicle. An exemplary repair sleeve includes a base wall, first and second side walls projecting from opposite sides of the base wall, and a sectioned wall including first and second sections spaced-apart from one another such that the two side walls are moveable relative to one another in a pre-installed condition.
US11325641B2	Control device for electric power steering apparatus and electric power steering apparatus An object of the present invention is to provide an electric power steering apparatus capable of improving reliability of a drive device for a three-phase synchronous motor without increasing a cost of the drive device. A control device for controlling an electric power steering apparatus according to the present invention is a control device for controlling an electric power steering apparatus using a three-phase synchronous motor as a force assisting in a steering operation, includes: a rotational position estimation unit that estimates a position of a rotor of the three-phase synchronous motor on the basis of a neutral point potential or a virtual neutral point potential of the three-phase synchronous motor; and a command signal computing unit that computes a command signal to the three-phase synchronous motor on the basis of the position of the rotor estimated by the rotational position estimation unit.
US11325632B2	Rod locking mechanism and stroller therewith A rod locking mechanism includes a central hub, a first rod component and a locking component. The first rod component is pivotally connected to the central hub. The first rod component includes an abutting portion. The abutting portion is movable between a first position and a second position when the first rod component pivots relative to the central hub. The locking component is movably disposed on the central hub. The abutting portion is located at a first side of the locking component when the abutting portion is located at the first position. The abutting portion drives the locking component to move when the abutting portion moves from the first position toward the second position, and the abutting portion abuts against a second side of the locking component opposite to the first side of the locking component when the abutting portion is located at the second position.
US11325626B2	Stocking cart and method of transporting items using the same A stocking cart includes a base structure having an opening configured to receive forks of a forklift; a plurality of wheels connected to the base structure; a back panel mounted to the base structure and extending opposite from the plurality of wheels; first and second lateral panels mounted to the base structure, the first and second lateral panels and the back panel defining an interior space of the cart; and at least one strap provided on an open side of the cart to provide access to the interior space of the cart, the at least one strap being configured to hold one or more items inside the cart. The cart also includes a linking mechanism configured to connect the cart to another cart.
US11325624B2	Electric rail vehicle A Rail Drone can include: a payload interface, a drivetrain, and a rail platform 515. The Rail Drone can additionally or alternatively include any other suitable set of components. The Rail Drone can integrate a standardized payload interface and an autonomous electric road vehicle platform into a rolling stock architecture. The Rail Drone can be a stand-alone, payload-agnostic, motive element which can be independently or cooperatively capable of carrying heavy loads across long distances at various cruising speeds.
US11325610B2	Maintenance and repair system for advanced driver assistance features A calibration and repair system for advanced driver assistance systems (“ADAS”) and features is configured to provide secure, automated workflow management related to the calibration of User Remote ADAS. Automated workflows include steps and interfaces to aid in preparation of a vehicle for calibration, local-remote collaboration during calibration, customer interactions, workflow and event notification, user authentication, remote system management, and other tasks. The system is also capable of automatically and dynamically adding new and updated calibration specifications that are usable during local-remote collaboration.
US11325601B2	Method for producing a passing probability collection, method for operating a control device of a motor vehicle, passing probability collecting device and control device A method for producing an overtaking probability collection, having the following steps: recording a respective driving characteristic in a multiplicity of motor vehicles passing through at least one route section at a geographical position; assigning the respective motor vehicles to overtaking vehicles or to non-overtaking vehicles on the basis of the respective driving characteristic; determining a ratio between the overtaking vehicles and the non-overtaking vehicles; and entering the ratio into the overtaking probability collection as an overtaking probability for the route section at the geographical position.
US11325596B2	Electronic stability management for oversteer engagement based on sensor data Apparatuses, systems, and methods relate to technology to control one or more systems to mitigate an oversteer condition of a vehicle or allow the oversteer condition, identify a curve in a roadway based on sensor data associated with the vehicle, based on the curve in the roadway, conduct an identification that the oversteer condition is to be allowed for at least a portion of the curve, and in response to the identification that the oversteer condition is to be allowed, controlling the one or more systems to allow the oversteer condition for the at least the portion of the curve.
US11325593B2	Risk estimation apparatus and automated driving apparatus An automated driving apparatus acquires a position relation between a vehicle in front and a host vehicle based on peripheral state data D_info. When an intervehicular distance D1 between the host vehicle and the vehicle in front in a front-and-back direction has a value smaller than a first predetermined value D1ref, it is estimated that a risk of appearance Risk_ap is low compared with a case in which the distance in the front-and-back direction has a value equal to or larger than the first predetermined value D1ref.
US11325587B2	Automated control of a motor vehicle during parking maneuvers A method directed to at least partially automated control of a motor vehicle while entering or exiting a parking space, including determining a destination position for the motor vehicle following the automated entering or exiting of a parking space; determining a trajectory the motor vehicle to reach the destination position from a starting position of the motor vehicle; providing data representing ground-level obstacles along the trajectory. If ground-level obstacle is detected along the trajectory, determining at least one longitudinal control parameter of the motor vehicle for driving over the ground-level obstacle. At least partially automated movement of the motor vehicle from the starting position until reaching the destination position long the determined trajectory by the at least one longitudinal control of the motor vehicle.
US11325586B2	Autonomous driving control device, autonomous mobile vehicle, and autonomous mobile vehicle control system The present invention makes it possible for an infrastructure facility to temporarily acquire control authority for the likes of moving of an automatic driving vehicle while suppressing security risks, and to realize simple operations when loading or unloading vehicles. This control device is for controlling a vehicle that moves autonomously, and comprises a function for controlling the movement of the vehicle in accordance with instructions from an external system. When the function for controlling the movement of the vehicle in accordance with instructions from the external system is activated, the control device recognizes the validity of the external system by communicating with the external system and the vehicle, recognizes that encrypted communication with the external system has been established, recognizes that the user of the vehicle is permitted by the external system to move the vehicle, and recognizes that the user is an authorized user of the vehicle.
US11325583B2	Hybrid vehicle and method of controlling hybrid vehicle A vehicle includes: a motor generator; an engine having a forced induction device; and a HV-ECU. An operation region of the engine includes a PM generating region in which an amount of particulate matters included in exhaust gas of the engine is more than a predetermined amount due to a load of the engine being abruptly increased during boosting by the forced induction device. The PM generating region is a low-rotation and high-torque region. When assistance by the motor generator is sufficiently obtained and the engine is operated in the PM generating region, the HV-ECU restricts an increasing rate of the torque of the engine to be less than or equal to an upper limit rate. The HV-ECU complements, by the torque of the motor generator, the torque of the engine restricted by restricting the increasing rate of the torque of the engine.
US11325576B2	Braking control device for vehicle A braking control device includes a first adjustment unit, a master unit, a regenerative coordination unit, a first opening/closing valve, a second opening/closing valve, a reaction force hydraulic pressure sensor, an input hydraulic pressure sensor, a controller. The master unit includes a master cylinder and a master piston, a master chamber, a servo chamber, and a reaction force chamber. The regenerative coordination unit includes an input piston. The first opening/closing valve provided in a first fluid passage. The second opening/closing valve provided in a second fluid passage. The reaction force hydraulic pressure sensor detects a pressure in the reaction force chamber. The input hydraulic pressure sensor detects a pressure in the input cylinder. The controller determines, based on the reaction force hydraulic pressure and the input hydraulic pressure, suitability of at least one of the master unit, the regenerative coordination unit, the first opening/closing valve, and the second opening/closing valve.
US11325568B2	Wiper blade device The invention relates to a wiper blade device, in particular a windscreen wiper blade device, comprising: at least one wiper blade (10); at least one adapter unit (12) for coupling the wiper blade (10) to a wiper arm (14) of a wiper (16), in particular a windscreen wiper; at least one spraying unit (18) integrated in the wiper blade (10); and at least one washing water distributor unit (20) for supplying washing water to the spraying unit (18), in particular to nozzle elements (22) of the spraying unit (18) which are arranged substantially parallel to a main extension direction (54) of the wiper blade (10) along the wiper blade (10), wherein the washing water distributor unit (20) has at least one channel coupling element (24) for coupling at least one portion of the washing water distributor unit (20) to a washing water channel (26) of the spraying unit (18), the coupling being provided in particular for passage of a fluid and being preferably fluid-tight, and wherein the washing water distributor unit (20) has at least one adapter coupling element (28) for coupling at least one additional portion of the washing water distributor unit (20) to an additional washing water channel (30) of the adapter unit (12), the coupling being provided in particular for passage of a fluid and being preferably fluid-tight. According to the invention, the additional washing water channel (30) is formed at least in part by the adapter unit (12).
US11325567B2	Windscreen wiper arm, particularly for automobiles A windscreen wiper arm, particularly for automobiles, that is able to oscillate upwardly and downwardly between a downward position and an upward position. One end of the windscreen wiper arm is adapted to be pivotally connected to a mounting head mounted on a drive shaft. Another end of the windscreen wiper arm is rigidly connected to an adapter adapted to be connected to an elongated wiper blade to be placed in abutment with a windscreen to be wiped. A joint part is adapted to be interposed between the adapter and the elongated wiper blade. The adapter, at the location of its connection to the wiper blade, has a U-shaped cross-section with a base and two spaced-apart legs. The windscreen wiper arm is provided with a nozzle for spraying a washing liquid onto the windscreen to be wiped. The nozzle is detachably connected to the adapter. At least one protrusion of the nozzle engages into a corresponding hole in one of the legs of the U-shaped cross-section of the adapter. The protrusion extends inwardly in a direction towards the adapter. The protrusion has a shank passing through the hole, and an enlarged head abutting an inner wall of the leg provided with the hole. The joint part is provided with a slit in which the enlarged head rests for blocking any movement of the protrusion in a direction towards the windscreen to be wiped and in a direction away from the windscreen to be wiped.
US11325563B2	Approach-based vehicle system actuation A system and method for actuating a vehicle system tracks approach to the vehicle and determines propriety of system actuation based upon trajectory information and other conditions.
US11325560B2	Attention calling device and attention calling system An attention calling device is configured to call attention of a driver of a vehicle with a drive mode switchable among manual driving, drive assist, and driver-centered automated driving. The attention calling device includes: a drive mode recognition unit configured to recognize the drive mode being executed; a driver state recognition unit configured to recognize a driver state based on a captured image from a driver monitor camera provided in the vehicle; a determination unit configured to determine based on the driver state whether it is necessary to call the attention; and a control unit configured to control a stimulus application device of the vehicle so as to apply a stimulus at an intensity that matches the drive mode being executed to the driver to direct the attention of the driver to driving of the vehicle when the determination unit determines that it is necessary to call the attention.
US11325554B1	Seat bottom mounted airbag A restraint system includes a seat defining a cross-seat axis. The seat includes a seat bottom and a seatback supported by the seat bottom. An airbag is mounted to the seat bottom and is inflatable upwardly from the seat bottom to an inflated position. The airbag, in the inflated position, includes a panel spaced from the seatback and two extensions each extending from the panel to the seatback. The extensions are spaced from each other along the cross-seat axis.
US11325551B2	Vehicle airbag control system A vehicle airbag control system has an airbag module, a detector and an electronic controller. The airbag module has an airbag that is configured to be positioned below a vehicle floor panel in an undeployed state. The airbag that is configured to be positioned to be above the vehicle floor panel in the deployed state. The detector is configured to detect a presence of an obstruction over the airbag module at a location above the vehicle floor panel. The electronic controller is programmed to deploy the airbag based on a detected result of the detector.
US11325550B2	Electric power distribution apparatus A positive common line and a negative common line are connected to a power source connector connected to a battery pack. First filters are provided on these two common lines, respectively. The positive common line is branched into a positive front line and a positive rear line. The negative common line is branched into a negative front line and a negative rear line. These two front lines are connected to a front power connector that is connected to a front power control unit. These two rear lines are connected to a rear power connector that is connected to a rear power control unit. It is possible to suppress electromagnetic noise on common lines.
US11325549B2	Arbitration device for arbitrating plural power loads in vehicle There is provided an arbitration device that arbitrates operation requests from a plurality of first power loads in a vehicle, the arbitration device including: a reception section; a memory section; a calculation section that calculates a total power consumption combining the first power consumption and the second power consumption; and a control section at which priorities of the plurality of first power loads are specified, when the total power consumption exceeds a threshold, the control section selecting which of the first power loads to approve based on the priorities and causing each operating first power load that is not approved to pause operation, and, when the total power consumption is less than or equal to the threshold, the control section allowing each operating first power load to continue operation.
US11325543B2	Cover device for a side sill of a passenger vehicle A cover device for a side sill of a passenger vehicle has a sill cover which includes first and second cover elements which are arranged in a length region of the side sill below a door opening and are coupled moveably to one another and a drive unit via which the cover elements are jointly displaceable between a first functional position and a second functional position. The first cover element is pivotable about a first axis and the second cover element is displaceable about a second axis. The second cover element is mounted so as to pivot about the second axis by a bearing device on the first cover element. The displacement movement of the second cover element relative to the first cover element is positively controlled by a slotted link.
US11325540B2	Bike carrier A bike carrier includes a carrier frame having movable frame members with bends configured to directly or indirectly engage a structure on a vehicle. The frame members include arm segments configured to support one or more bicycles. The frame members include leg segments directly or indirectly connected to support movement of the arm segments toward and away from each other. The bike carrier also includes a quick-release mechanism positioned in proximity to the leg segments and configured for securing the bike carrier directly or indirectly to the vehicle.
US11325538B2	Roof rack system The invention generally relates to a roof rack system including a rotating mechanism allowing roof-mounted objects to be slid off of a vehicle's roof and lowered via rotation to a more accessible height in a controlled or powered manner.
US11325532B2	Driver assistance system, method for controlling the same, and radar device A driver assistance system, a method for controlling the same, and a radar device are disclosed. The driver assistance system includes a first radar sensor, a second radar sensor, and at least one human machine interface (HMI). The first radar sensor monitors a first rear-lateral sense region, and acquires first radar data from the first rear-lateral sense region. The second radar sensor monitors a second rear-lateral sense region, acquires second radar data from the second rear-lateral sense region, receives the first radar data from the first radar sensor through Direct communication, and identifies an object based on the first radar data or the second radar data. The human machine interface (HMI) displays a warning control signal through in-vehicle communication when the second radar sensor performs warning decision.
US11325525B2	Asynchronous control system in camera built-in lamp and method thereof According to an embodiment of the present disclosure, an asynchronous control system of a camera built-in lamp may include a headlight module including a one-side headlight module integrated with a first camera and a first light source, and an other-side headlight module integrated with a second camera and a second light source, and transmits a sync signal for controlling driving of the first light source and the second light source to the one-side headlight module and the other-side headlight module, causes the first light source and the second light source to be turned off when the shutters of the first camera and the second camera operate to be opened, and causes the first light source and the second light source to be turned on when the shutters of the first camera and the second camera operate to be closed.
US11325523B2	Lighting element control for an autonomous vehicle Systems, methods, and non-transitory computer-readable media are provided for predetermining adjustment objects and modifying vehicle lighting unit(s) accordingly. A vehicle lighting system can comprise an imaging device configured to image the surroundings of a vehicle and a data communications device configured to obtain vehicle route data. A controller element can be configured to predetermine presence of an adjustment object based on route data and imaging data. The system is configured to set the beam mode of at least one vehicle lighting unit based on the predetermination. A method can comprise the steps of (a) obtaining vehicle route data, (b) obtaining vehicle surroundings image data, (c) predetermining the occurrence of an adjustment object based on the route data and imaging data and (d) setting the vehicle beam mode based on the predetermination.
US11325520B2	Information processing apparatus and information processing method, and control apparatus and image processing apparatus A transmittance estimation unit estimates a transmittance for each of regions from a captured image. The transmittance estimation unit estimates the transmittance for each pixel, using, for example, dark channel processing. A transmittance detection unit detects a transmittance of haze at the time of imaging of the captured image, using the transmittance estimated for each pixel by the transmittance estimation unit and depth information for each pixel. The transmittance detection unit detects the transmittance of the haze on the basis of, for example, a logarithm average value of the transmittances in the whole or a predetermined portion of the captured image, and an average value of depths indicated by the depth information. Alternatively, the transmittance detection unit converts a grayscale of the transmittance estimated for each of the regions from the captured image into a grayscale of the depth indicated by the depth information for each of the regions and sets the transmittance after the grayscale conversion as the transmission of the haze. This enables the transmittance to be detected with high accuracy.
US11325518B2	Recovery unit for recovering vehicles A recovery system for recovering wrecked vehicles in difficult-to-access locations generally includes a frame, a front plate, a rear plate with a mounting system for mounting the recovery system to an operating vehicle, a guide shaft and guide wheel, a boom assembly, a horse head assembly mounted in a cable sleeve in a pivot end of the boom assembly, a winch, and a cable running from the winch over and along the boom and through the horse head assembly. The horse head assembly generally includes a clevis, a clevis pin, a sheave wheel, and a cable guide. The clevis preferably rotates within the cable sleeve with respect to the boom assembly, the cable guide preferably pivots on top of the boom assembly, and the sheave wheel and cable guide preferably freely rotate on the clevis pin and preferably translate along the clevis pin.
US11325516B2	Storage device for a vehicle A storage device for a vehicle includes a housing, a drawer which can be moved relative to the housing along a vehicle longitudinal direction between a closed state and an open state when used as intended, and a plate which is mounted by way of a bearing device attached to the drawer such that the plate can be pivoted about a pivot axis extending along a vehicle transverse direction.
US11325513B2	Seat device for vehicle A seat device for a vehicle includes a seat cushion, a slow deformation portion, and tilted standing members. An occupant in the vehicle is to be seated on the seat cushion. The deformation portion is disposed in at least a portion of the seat cushion and configured in such a manner that the deformation portion is deformed as a result of a load to be applied continuously to the deformation portion. The standing members stand in a load direction in an inner portion of the deformation portion and configured to be tilted as a result of the deformation of the deformation portion. When the outer and inner portions of the deformation portion are deformed by the load, the standing members in the outer and inner portions and the standing members in the inner portion are tilted respectively forward and rearward, from their respective positions before the load is applied.
US11325512B2	Seat device for vehicle A seat device for a vehicle includes a seat cushion, a slow deformation portion, and a rearward-tilt member. An occupant in the vehicle is to be seated on the seat cushion. The slow deformation portion is disposed in at least a portion of the seat cushion and is configured in such a manner that deformation of the deformation portion proceeds as a result of a load to be applied continuously to the slow deformation portion. The rearward-tilt member is disposed in a load direction in an inner portion of the slow deformation portion. When the slow deformation portion is deformed by the load, the rearward-tilt member is tilted rearward from its position before the load is applied.
US11325509B2	Seat cushion-extension ventilation with primary fan A seat comprises: a seat cushion including a first mesh; a seat extension configured to move into a closed position and an extended position relative to the seat cushion, the seat extension including a second mesh; a first conduit forming a first air channel between the first and second meshes in the closed and extended positions; and a fan configured to draw air from the first and second meshes using the first conduit.
US11325503B2	Wireless train communication system via access points on train power poles Electric railway systems are disclosed. In an embodiment, the electric railway system includes a continuous conductor, access points, connections, and a microwave link. The continuous conductor runs along the railway track for supplying high-voltage power to trains travelling on the railway system, and supplies high-voltage power to trains travelling on the electric railway systems. The continuous conductor is arranged as an overhead line suspended from poles or towers distributed along the railway track. The access points provide data communication with trains travelling on the railway system, and are arranged on the poles or towers above the railway track. The connections connect the electric railway system to an electric low-voltage power cable. The microwave link connects the access points.
US11325499B2	Multi-battery system for an electric vehicle A multi-battery system includes a plurality of batteries, a first connector having a first identification unit, and a second connector having a second identification unit. Each battery includes a microcontroller, and a battery connector having a detection unit. The first connector is for electrically connecting a battery connector of a first battery of the plurality of batteries and a motor controller. The second connector is for electrically connecting a battery connector of a second battery of the plurality of batteries and the motor controller. When the first identification unit is set to a first predetermined value, and a detection unit of the first battery is electrically connected to the first identification unit, a microcontroller of the first battery sets the first battery as a master battery.
US11325497B2	Vehicle electricity supply control system A vehicle electricity supply control system, including: an acquisition section configured to acquire a power consumption of an auxiliary system, the auxiliary system being supplied with electricity from an auxiliary battery; and a control section configured to, in a first supply mode in which electricity is supplied to a drive battery and the auxiliary system and in a case in which the power consumption of the auxiliary system is greater than a predetermined value, control a ratio of electricity supplied to the drive battery and the auxiliary system such that an electricity supply amount to the auxiliary system becomes greater than in a case in which the power consumption of the auxiliary system is less than the predetermined value.
US11325495B2	Solar charging system and method for vehicle A solar charging system and method for a vehicle may include a battery mounted in the vehicle, a solar panel mounted on the vehicle to perform solar power generation, and a solar controller that receives electricity generated from the solar panel to operate, and controls charging of the battery using the electricity.
US11325493B2	Methods and systems for variable maximum current protection for battery systems Various systems and methods for controlling a maximum current threshold of a battery system within a vehicle are presented. The systems may include a battery module, one or more vehicle systems, a battery management system having a battery monitoring unit that monitors a current parameter, and a battery control system that receives the current parameter from the battery monitoring unit. The battery control system may be configured to identify a current event for the battery module, determine a duration of the current event, compare the duration of the current event to a plurality of time thresholds, determine the current parameter based on the duration of the current event, determine a maximum current parameter based on the duration of the current event and the current parameter, and control the one or more vehicle systems such that a current of the one or more batteries does not exceed the maximum current parameter.
US11325488B2	Housing for a charging device for a vehicle A housing for an electrical connector includes a first set of orifices receiving a plurality of first pins, a second set of orifices receiving a plurality of second pins, a first draining device evacuating a fluid from the first set of orifices, and a second draining device evacuating a fluid from the second set of orifices. The second pins having a voltage higher than the first pins. The first set of orifices and the second set of orifices extend through the housing from a first interface of the housing toward a second interface of the housing in a connecting direction. The first draining device and the second draining device are isolated from each other and prevent fluid communication between the fluid from the first set of orifices and the fluid from the second set of orifices.
US11325486B2	Vehicle body front structure Provided is a vehicle front body structure comprising a port device (30) received in a housing (36) and mounted to a vehicle body under a front hood (7). A lid (58) is provided on the housing to selectively close a port opening (21) in the front hood, the lid being provided with a lid plate (59) that selectively closes the port opening, and a hinge arm (61) extending from the lid plate into the housing and rotatably connected to the housing via a hinge shaft (75) extending laterally.
US11325480B2	Travel control apparatus A travel control apparatus includes a state detection unit that detects whether each of at least three power sources of the autonomous driving system including one or more electricity storage devices and one or more power generators is in a normal state or in a malfunctioning state; and a mode setting unit that sets a fail operation mode corresponding to a type of at least one of the power sources upon determination that the at least one of the power sources is in the malfunctioning state.
US11325479B2	Hybrid and electric vehicle battery maintenance device The present invention includes a battery pack maintenance device for performing maintenance on battery packs of hybrid and/or electrical vehicles (referred herein generally as electric vehicles). In various embodiments, the device includes one or more loads for connecting to a battery pack for use in discharging the battery pack, and/or charging circuitry for use in charging the battery pack. Optional input/output circuitry can be provided for communicating with circuitry of in the battery pack and/or circuitry of the vehicle.
US11325475B2	Battery pack and transportation apparatus including the battery pack Provided are a battery pack, and a transportation apparatus including the battery pack. The battery pack includes a battery module, a battery management system configured to control charging and discharging operations of the battery module, a power supply terminal arranged to supply operation power, and a switch connected between the power supply terminal and the battery management system, and configured to be turned on in response to an abnormal situation of the battery module. Accordingly, it is possible to provide a battery pack, and a transportation apparatus including the battery pack, which may start a suitable protection operation by waking up a battery management system for monitoring a state of the battery pack, and by controlling a charge/discharge operation thereof, by detecting an abnormal situation of a battery module even when the battery management system is in a sleep mode.
US11325472B2	Line-of-sight guidance device A line-of-sight guidance device includes a vehicle peripheral state acquisition unit configured to acquire information on a peripheral state of a vehicle; a line-of-sight acquisition unit configured to acquire information on line of sight of the driver driving the vehicle; and a display control unit configured to control two or more display units included in a predetermined visual field in association with the line of sight among a plurality of display units mounted on the vehicle, to display a line-of-sight guidance display that is a display for guiding the line of sight of the driver from a first attention target indicated by the line of sight to a second attention target associated with the peripheral state of the vehicle. The first target is an attention target actually watched by the driver. The second attention target is an attention target to be watched by the driver.
US11325459B2	Low profile transmission assembly with integrated CVP A transmission assembly includes a transmission assembly housing; a continuously variable power source (CVP) configured to generate CVP power; an input arrangement selectively coupled to receive the engine power from the input shaft and the CVP power from the CVP; a variator configured to receive the engine power and the CVP power through the input arrangement; and an output arrangement including an output shaft defining an output axis and at least one output component connected to the output shaft. A transmission gear arrangement is configured to provide a selective gear reduction for transmission of selected output power of the CVP power or combined power of the CVP power and the engine power. The transmission gear arrangement includes a plurality of range clutches supported about the output shaft and configured to be selectively engaged to transfer the selected output power from the variator shaft to the output shaft.
US11325455B2	Hybrid powertrain for vehicle A hybrid powertrain for a vehicle includes a first input shaft connected to an engine, a second input shaft connected to the engine and coaxially mounted with the first input shaft, a motor input shaft coaxially mounted with the first input shaft and connected to a motor, first and second output shafts mounted in parallel to the first input shaft and the second input shaft, first and second drive gears connected to the motor input shaft, a first driven gear engaged with the first drive gear, a second driven gear engaged with the second drive gear, a complex synchronizer to couple and separate the first input shaft and the motor input shaft and to couple and separate the first drive gear and the motor input shaft, a third clutch to couple and separate the second drive gear and the motor input shaft, and a plurality of external gear pairs configured to respectively define different gear ratios.
US11325451B2	Tailgate assembly having a door and method of providing access to a cargo bed A tailgate assembly for a vehicle includes, among other things, a frame sub-assembly that includes a driver side section, a passenger side section, and a connection member coupling the driver side section to the passenger side section. The assembly further includes a door sub-assembly disposed between the driver side section and the passenger side section. The door sub-assembly and the frame sub-assembly are pivotable together about a first axis between a tailgate closed position and a tailgate open position. The door sub-assembly is pivotable relative to the frame sub-assembly about a second axis between a door closed position and a door open position. The door sub-assembly in the door open position provides a cargo bed access opening that extends vertically downward at least as far as a floor of the cargo bed.
US11325443B2	Heat pump system for vehicle A heat pump system for a vehicle utilizes one chiller in which a coolant and a refrigerant are heat-exchanged to adjust a temperature of a battery module, and utilizes a sub-centralized energy module with waste heat of an electrical component in a heating mode of the vehicle to improve heating efficiency.
US11325440B2	Axle assembly having a cross brace An axle assembly that includes first and second hanger brackets and at least one cross brace. The first and second hanger brackets may be spaced apart from each other and may be adapted to be mounted to a chassis of a vehicle. The cross brace may extend from the first hanger bracket to the second hanger bracket.
US11325436B2	Air spring system having an air spring device and method for assembling an air spring system An air spring system for a commercial vehicle including an air spring device configured to be arranged in an interface region on a link, the air spring system configured such that, in the case of locking of the air spring device, an engagement element can be introduced into a receiving region, and, by way of an offset movement along an offset direction, the engagement element can be transferred from the receiving region into a positively locking region, in which the engagement element interacts in a positively locking manner with a positively locking element along a positively locking direction which differs from the offset direction.
US11325426B2	Tire A tire comprises a tread portion comprising at least one circumferentially continuously extending main groove, and a land portion divided by the above-said at least one main groove, wherein the land portion is provided with straight sipes and curved sipes each extending in the tire axial direction.
US11325422B2	Tyre A tyre has a tread portion having a tread ground contacting surface and a main groove having a bottom surface and two groove wall surfaces extending outwardly in a tyre radial direction from the bottom surface. In a lateral cross section perpendicular to a length direction, at least one groove wall surface has an inner groove wall portion connected with the bottom surface and a protruding portion connected with the inner groove wall portion and having a protruding end protruding inwardly in a groove width direction from a groove reference line obtained by extending the inner groove wall portion. The protruding portion has an inclined surface portion extends obliquely between the protruding end and the tread ground contacting surface. When the tread portion in a reference state is loaded with a tyre load of 1.20 times a standard tyre load, the whole inclined surface portion contacts a flat surface.
US11325404B2	Recording apparatus including roll body support unit A recording apparatus is configured to support a roll body on which a medium is wound in a rolled form, and to perform recording on the medium fed out from the roll body, the recording apparatus including a housing, and a roll unit configured to support the roll body, in which the roll unit is configured to transition to a first mode in which the roll unit is stored inside the housing in a state of not supporting the roll body, and to a second mode in which the roll unit is drawn out from inside the housing to outside the housing where the roll unit is configured to support the roll body.
US11325399B2	Laser device and laser processing method A laser device according to one embodiment of the present disclosure includes a light source and a reflection-type polarizer. The light source causes laser light to oscillate. The reflection-type polarizer is disposed on an optical path of the laser light and has a transmission axis coinciding with a polarization direction of the laser light.
US11325398B2	Image processing device generating dot data using machine learning model and method for training machine learning model In an image processing device, a controller performs: acquiring target image data representing a target image; inputting first and second datasets into a machine learning model and causing the machine learning model to output first and second partial dot data; and generating dot data specifying a dot formation state for each of a plurality of pixels in a print image corresponding to the target image using the first and second partial dot data. The first dataset includes first partial image data and a first value for an input parameter. The second dataset includes second partial image data and a second value for the input parameter. The machine learning model outputs the second partial dot data different from the first partial dot data according to the second value being different from the first value even when the second partial image data is identical to the first partial image data.
US11325389B2	Liquid ejecting apparatus A liquid ejecting apparatus including a liquid ejecting head that ejects a liquid, a liquid storage portion that stores the liquid, a supply flow path that communicates the liquid ejecting head and the liquid storage portion with each other, and an air chamber that is coupled to the supply flow path through a plurality of flow paths. The supply flow path includes a filter. The plurality of flow paths are, in the supply flow path, connected upstream of the filter, and the air chamber is positioned at a position higher than the filter when in a posture during use.
US11325377B2	Pulse waveforms for ink jet printing A digital printing system (10) includes a print head (622) and a processor (20). The print head is configured to jet droplets of ink. The processor is further configured to translate a required shade of a color, to be printed at a given location on a substrate by tire print head, into a sequence of pulses (625, 630), the sequence including: (a) up to a predefined maximum number of driving pulses (625) that cause the print head to jet respective droplets, and (b) a tickling pulse (630), which has a smaller amplitude than the driving pulses and which causes the print head to jet a droplet smaller than the droplets jetted in response to the driving pulses. The processor is additionally configured to apply the sequence of pulses to the print head.
US11325376B2	Drive circuit and liquid ejecting apparatus A drive circuit includes a drive signal output circuit that outputs a drive signal supplied to the piezoelectric element and a first constant voltage signal that is constant at a first voltage value; a switch circuit having one end electrically coupled to an output terminal of the drive signal output circuit and the other end electrically coupled to the first terminal of the piezoelectric element, and a reference voltage signal output circuit that is electrically coupled to the second terminal of the piezoelectric element and outputs a second constant voltage signal which is constant at a second voltage value, in which before the reference voltage signal output circuit starts to output the second constant voltage signal, the one end and the other end of the switch circuit are controlled to be non-conductive, and the drive signal output circuit outputs the first constant voltage signal.
US11325371B2	Fluid ejection device capping In an example, an apparatus is described that a fluid ejection device to dispense fluid. A local service controller controls dispensing of the fluid by the fluid ejection device under a direction of a fluid ejection controller. The local service controller also initiates, autonomously of the fluid ejection controller, capping of the fluid ejection device in response to the detection of a failure condition by the local service controller. Capping mechanics are provided to cap the fluid ejection device under the direction of the local service controller.
US11325370B2	Fluidic die with low voltage monitoring circuit including high voltage tolerant transistor A fluidic die including fluid chambers, each including an electrode exposed to an interior of the fluid chamber and each having a corresponding fluid actuator operating at a first voltage level. Monitoring circuitry, operating at a second voltage level lower than the first voltage level, includes a select transistor and a pulldown transistor for each fluid chamber to selectively couple to the electrode, at least the select transistor being a high voltage tolerant transistor to operate at the second voltage in a normal operating condition and having a breakdown voltage level greater than the first voltage level to prevent a fault current from flowing into the select transistor from the electrode in a fault condition if the fluid actuator short-circuits to the electrode.
US11325368B2	Method for producing pictorial relief structures The invention relates to a method for producing pictorial relief structures on a layer construction. The method comprises the provision of a layer construction having a substrate layer. After this, at least one fluid containing at least one first reactive component is applied pictorially to the substrate, wherein the pictorial application takes place in the form of a plurality of droplets with a droplet volume of less than 2 μl, and wherein the droplets are positioned pictorially. After this, there is an at least partial diffusing of the at least one first reactive component into the substrate layer for a predefined exposure time and/or an at least partial diffusing of at least one second reactive component into the pictorially positioned droplets of fluid for a predefined exposure time, wherein the substrate layer comprises the at least one second reactive component. The created relief is then fixed under the influence of heat and/or radiation via a reaction involving the first reactive component and/or the second reactive component. Further aspects of the invention relate to a pictorial relief structure produced according to the method and to the use of the pictorial relief structure as a printing form, as a microfluidic component, as a microreactor, as a phoretic cell, as a light-controlling element for color representation, as photonic crystals or as flexible parts of items of clothing.
US11325356B2	Method for producing laminate A method of producing a laminated body, the method including a coagulant solution deposition step of depositing a coagulant solution on a fiber substrate, and a coagulation step of forming a polymer layer on the fiber substrate by bringing a polymer latex into contact with the fiber substrate having the coagulant solution deposited thereon to cause a polymer to coagulate. As the coagulant solution, a solution obtained by dissolving or dispersing 0.2 to 7.0% by weight of a metal salt as a coagulant and 0.1 to 7.0% by weight of an organic acid in a solvent is used. In the method of producing a laminated body, the metal salt is a polyvalent metal salt. In the method of producing a laminated body, the organic acid is an organic acid having at least one group selected from a carboxyl group, a sulfo group, a hydroxy group, and a thiol group.
US11325350B2	Films and laminates for use in packaging reactive compounds The present present disclosure relates to a laminate film including a water resistant or oxygen resistant base layer, and co-extrusion layer. The coextrusion layer may include a tie layer and a contact layer, and the contact layer may include a polymer such as cyclic olefin copolymer, a polyamide, or an ethylene vinyl alcohol. A total loading of the tie layer may be in the range of 3-9 g/m2 and wherein a loading of the contact layer is: loadingcontact=x*loadingtie, wherein loadingcontact is the loading of the contact layer, loadingtie is the total loading of the tie layer, and x is in the range of 0.8 to 3.
US11325347B2	Floor panels A floor panel including a top layer and a substrate, where the substrate at least one first layer of a first thermoplastic material and a second layer of a second thermoplastic material, where the second layer is adjacent to a first side of the first layer. The first layer is characterized by a first colour with luminance value L1 in the HSL colour space and the second layer is characterized by a second colour with luminance value L2 in the HSL colour space, where L1 is different from L2.
US11325337B2	Method for compactly folding paper and product A method of folding a sheet of paper. The method includes: folding the sheet of paper into an accordion shape comprising a plurality of pleats and collapsing the pleats to form a strip; folding the strip about in half to form a first folded strip; folding the first folded strip about a point that is about two-thirds a length of the first folded strip to form a second folded strip comprising an exposed portion that is about a third the length of the first folded strip; and folding the second folded strip about in half to form a third folded strip.
US11325330B2	Optical system Optical systems including a partial reflector, a reflective polarizer, and a retarder disposed between the partial reflector and the reflective polarizer are described. The reflective polarizer is curved about two orthogonal axes and includes at least one layer that is substantially optically uniaxial at at least one location. The optical system is adapted to provide an adjustable focus.
US11325322B2	Process for producing a packaging weld A process for continuous welding of a sheet of plastic material for manufacturing flexible packages, comprising a step of positioning the sheet relative to the welding device, putting ends of the sheet into contact, forming a weld by heating, pressing and cooling the ends of the sheet that are in contact, acquiring a primary temporal signal with a sensor, the primary temporal signal proportional to a thickness of the weld, transforming the primary temporal signal into a primary frequency signal and defining a low-frequency spectrum, a medium-frequency spectrum, and a high-frequency spectrum from the primary frequency signal, reconstructing a secondary low-frequency signal from the low-frequency spectrum, and determining the thickness of the weld based on the secondary low-frequency signal.
US11325320B2	System and method for welding thermoplastic components to create composite structure A system and method for welding thermoplastic components by positioning and moving a heated plate between the components to melt their respective faying surfaces, and as the plate moves, pressing the components together so that the melted faying surfaces bond together as they cool and re-solidify, thereby creating a composite structure. The plate has a heated portion which is positioned between and heated to melt a portion of the first and second faying surfaces. A manipulator mechanism moves the plate along an interface from between the portion to between a series of subsequent portions of the first and second faying surfaces, thereby welding the thermoplastic components along the entire interface to create the composite structure. The heated portion may contact the faying surfaces and melt them through conduction, or may be suspended between them and melt them through radiation and convection.
US11325318B2	Bonding objects together The relates to a method of mechanically securing a first object to a second object and includes the steps of: providing the first object including thermoplastic material in a solid state, providing the second object with a generally flat sheet portion having an edge, positioning the first object relative to the second object and bringing the first object and the second object to a relative movement to each other. The relative movement includes a rotational movement, such that a melting zone including flowable thermoplastic material is formed and such that thermoplastic material of the melting zone flows around the edge to at least partially embed the edge in the thermoplastic material. The invention further concerns a connector that is suitable for being used in a method according to the invention.
US11325316B2	Cushion connecting rod of saddled vehicle A cushion connecting rod of a saddled vehicle is configured in such a manner that an initial failure condition can be visually recognized in combination with fiber composite material and metal without using a special adhesive. A cushion connecting rod as a long member applied with a load when a swing arm is swung against a springing force of a rear cushion is configured in such a manner that a part of a surface of a metallic member is covered with an endless fiber-reinforced plastic. The fiber-reinforced plastic adheres to the surface of the metallic member with a film adhesive. Supporting portions applied with the load are provided at both ends in a longitudinal direction of the metallic member. A recessed portion and a plurality of lightening holes are formed between the supporting portions at both the ends, the recessed portion being configured in such a manner that a thickness dimension of the metallic member is set to be smaller than a thickness dimension of the supporting portions. The fiber-reinforced plastic covers surfaces of the supporting portions and the recessed portion.
US11325308B2	Moving powder in a 3D printing system In an example implementation, a powder metering device to move powder in a 3D printing system includes a rotor comprising a central hub and peripheral wheel to rotate about a shaft. Compartments are formed between the hub and the wheel by a plurality of fins that emanate from the hub at first fin ends and affix to the wheel at second fin ends. A top and bottom disk each have a planar surface to lie flush against and to seal, respectively, top and bottom perimeters of each compartment as the compartments rotate about the shaft between a powder receiving position and a powder dispensing position.
US11325304B2	System and method for additive manufacturing A method is disclosed for operating an additive manufacturing system. The method may include wetting a reinforcement with a thermoset matrix inside of a print head, discharging the wetted reinforcement from the print head, and moving the print head in multiple directions during discharging. The method may also include exposing the thermoset matrix wetting the reinforcement to a cure energy to initiate a chemical reaction, and directing a medium onto the wetted reinforcement to regulate a rate of the chemical reaction.
US11325302B2	Method and system for composite-based additive manufacturing A system and method are provided enabling higher precision in composite based additive manufacturing (‘AM”). The method includes staging a fibrous material such as carbon fiber sheets by potentially cutting to length and placing a sheet onto an elevator. Above the elevator is a gantry that holds a moveable print head and a powder deposition device as well as an excess powder recapture device. A liquid is placed onto the fiber by the print head such that when the subsequent step of dusting the area with a plastic powder, the powder sticks to the area where the liquid was imaged. Subsequently, excess powder is removed and pressure and potentially heat are applied to sinter the layer and compress to the desired height.
US11325301B2	3D printing equipment utilizing biological material, and method 3D bioprinting apparatus, and a three-dimensional bioprinting method utilizing the apparatus. The 3D bioprinting apparatus comprises a printer frame (14). A 3D bioprinting pen device (4) is arranged on the printer frame (14) and includes a detachable printing pen (1).
US11325298B2	Method for producing relief-pattern formation, apparatus for producing the same, and seal A method and an apparatus for producing a relief-pattern forming, the method and apparatus being suitable for producing a film-like material, such as an embossed film, having a fine relief-structure pattern formed on a surface thereof so as to have a distinctive optical effect with higher quality, good productivity, and fewer defects. A transfer pattern printed layer having an inverted structure of a relief-structure pattern is formed on a second substrate by printing a transfer pattern onto the surface of a first substrate on which the relief-structure pattern is formed at a predetermined position by registration with the relief-structure pattern followed by drying, laminating with the second substrate, curing and peeling.
US11325293B2	Insert molding and insert molding quality determination device An insert molding includes a lithium-ion battery, temperature measurement element and a pressure measurement element disposed close to the lithium-ion battery to sense temperature and pressure around the lithium-ion battery during insert molding; and a molding resin that covers the lithium-ion battery, the temperature measurement element, the pressure measurement element and a cover member.
US11325292B2	Conditioned jack for injection molding apparatus of plastic materials A conditioned jack for actuating a valve pin of an injector for apparatus for injection molding of plastic materials, includes a cylinder having at least one thrust chamber delimited on one side by a first bottom and on the other side by a second bottom, a support of the cylinder for securing the jack to the molding apparatus, and a flow circuit for a conditioning fluid of the jack, which is formed within a bushing which constitutes said second bottom, is separable from the cylinder and is provided with inner and outer annular sealing gaskets of respectively the cylinder and a stem.
US11325290B2	Vehicle trim component A vehicle interior/trim component configured to support an airbag module is disclosed. The component may comprise a structural substrate with a reinforcement to provide a door/opening for airbag deployment. The reinforcement may comprise a pattern of threads (e.g. top stitch to secure the door and bottom stitch). The reinforcement may comprise threads sewn within and/or pressed into a surface of a substrate/panel. The top stitch thread weight may be greater than that of the bottom stitch. The top stitch may comprise a retaining thread/hinge; the bottom stitch may separate upon deployment. The reinforcement may comprise KEVLAR, aramid, nylon, polyester, thread, ceramic fibers, polymeric fibers, synthetic fibers, etc. The structural substrate may comprise a fiber panel, compression-formed component, generally rigid fiber mat, etc. The component may be formed by injecting resin into a mold to form an ancillary component of a composite structure.
US11325287B2	Shaping material, resin shaped product, cosmetic container, semiconductor container, and method of producing semiconductor container A shaping material contains a crystalline alicyclic structure-containing resin. More specifically, the crystalline alicyclic structure-containing resin in the shaping material has a melting point of 200° C. or higher, and content of chlorobenzene-soluble components in the shaping material is 1,000 ppm or less as an o-dichlorobenzene-equivalent value based on gas chromatography analysis with o-dichlorobenzene as a standard substance.
US11325283B2	Injected LED light assembly A light assembly and method of forming light assemblies includes a flexible light layer, a thermoplastic housing, and an IMC layer. The flexible light layer has a flexible substrate, a printed circuit, and a plurality of LEDs extending outward from the flexible substrate. The IMC layer is formed opposite the flexible light layer from the thermoplastic housing and covers the LEDs. Forming may include placing the flexible light layer within a mold cavity, injecting the thermoplastic structure on one side of the flexible light layer, and injecting the IMC layer on the opposite side of the flexible light layer from the thermoplastic structure. Injecting the thermoplastic structure into the mold cavity may change the shape of the flexible light layer. Datum features of the flexible light layer may align the thermoplastic structure relative to the datum features.
US11325275B2	Cutting system, adjustable sorting apparatus and method thereof A method and a cutting system for sheets includes a cutting center, a sorting apparatus with handlers for gripping pieces cut by the cutting center, and a transfer board, movable between the handler area and the inside of the cutting center, supporting the sheets. The cutting center includes a cutting head movably mounted above the transfer board with a distance detection sensor, detecting distance data with respect to a sheet on the transfer board. The cutting center and sorting apparatus have respective first and second control logics. A data interface unit lies between the first and second control logic, by which distance data from the distance detection sensor, are transferred. The second control logic has a processor defining, periodically during operation cycles, an altitude map based on the distance data detected in a number of positions, and controlling a gripping step of the handlers based on the altitude map.
US11325270B2	Metal spring return and method A replaceable shaving assembly including a blade unit and an interface element configured to removeably connect the blade unit to a handle, on which the blade unit is pivotably mounted, the interface element including a return element configured to provide a return force between the blade unit and handle, the return element including a metal leaf spring.
US11325266B1	Bellows valve for vacuum systems A valve for use within a vacuum cup of a vacuum gripping system is described. In one example, a vacuum cup includes a bellows and a valve assembly seated within an inner chamber of the bellows. The valve assembly includes a body disk seated within the inner chamber, a control disk seated toward a suction cup end of the bellows, a spring positioned between the body disk and the control disk, and a control stem extending through the central valve aperture of the body disk, through the spring, and secured to the control disk. When the control stem is seated within the central valve aperture, the valve assembly restricts fluid suction to within the inner chamber. When the valve control stem is unseated from the central valve aperture, the valve assembly conveys fluid suction to the suction cup end of the bellows.
US11325265B2	Apparatuses, systems, and methods for the grasping of objects Provided herein is an apparatus and system to increase the capacity for grasping or engagement of an object using an accessory tool. Methods of increasing the capacity of a tool can include: engaging an accessory tool with a tool, where the tool includes a first vacuum cup and the accessory tool includes one or more second vacuum cups; securing the tool to the accessory tool with a securing mechanism; drawing a vacuum through the first vacuum cup, where the vacuum is drawn through the one or more second vacuum cups in response to drawing a vacuum through the first vacuum cup while the accessory tool is engaged with the tool; and grasping an object with the second one or more vacuum cups in response to vacuum drawn through the one or more second vacuum cups and the one or more second vacuum cups engaging a surface of the object.
US11325264B1	Tendon-driven robotic hand A robotic hand includes a baseplate, a finger having multiple phalanges that are rotatably coupled to one another, a first of the phalanges having a first end rotatably coupled to the baseplate and a second end and a second of the phalanges rotatably coupled to the second end about an axis of rotation, an actuating mechanism mounted on the baseplate, the actuating mechanism configured to actuate rotation of the plurality of phalanges, and a tendon having opposite ends that are respectively attached to the second of the phalanges and the baseplate. The second of the phalanges has an engagement portion arranged around the axis of rotation, and the tendon is wrapped around a portion of the engagement portion to generate a force acting on the second end of the first of the phalanges, causing the first of the phalanges to rotate from a flexed state to an extended state.
US11325262B2	Robot, robot control system, robot control method, and non-transitory storage medium A robot includes an operator and a processor. The operator is configured to cause a robot to operate. The processor acquires adornment information indicating an adornment that is applied to the robot, the adornment information being obtained based on a captured image of the robot. The processor controls the operator to perform an operation corresponding to the acquired adornment information.
US11325260B2	Method for operating moving robot A method of operating a mobile robot includes displaying, on a display unit, a photographing menu including a first photographing item for allowing the mobile robot to perform a specific motion for photographing and a second photographing item for allowing the mobile robot to photograph a user, displaying a screen for guiding a motion setting of the mobile robot on the display unit when the first photographing item is selected, performing, by the mobile robot, a corresponding motion based on an input motion setting for a first reference time when the motion setting of the mobile robot is input, and displaying a result screen on the display unit after the first reference time has elapsed.
US11325259B2	Monitor system for robot and robot system A monitor system for a robot that includes a base installed on an installation surface, and a movable part supported movably with respect to the base, the monitor system including: a sensor that monitors the presence or absence of an object around the robot; and a monitored region control part that controls a monitored region of the sensor based on a motion command signal for the robot. The sensor has the monitored region on each of both sides across a vertical plane that includes a central axis line of the movable parts, and the monitored region control part makes the monitored region at the rear in a moving direction of the movable part smaller than the monitored region at the front in the moving direction of the movable part.
US11325254B2	Automation windows for robotic process automation Automation windows for RPA for attended or unattended robots are disclosed. A child session is created and hosted as a window including the UIs of applications of a window associated with a parent session. Running multiple sessions allows a robot to operate in this child session while the user interacts with the parent session. The user may thus be able to interact with applications that the robot is not using or the user and the robot may be able to interact with the same application if that application is capable of this functionality. The user and the robot are both interacting with the same application instances and file system. Changes made via the robot and the user in an application will be made as if a single user made them, rather than having the user and the robot each work with separate versions of the applications and file systems.
US11325249B2	Modular robot control method and system The present disclosure relates to the field of modular robot control, and more particularly to a method for controlling a modular robot and a system thereof. The method includes the following steps: T1: providing a plurality of module units; T2: assembling the plurality of module units into an initial entity structure; T3: acquiring initial virtual configuration information of the initial entity structure; T4: generating an initial virtual configuration based on the initial virtual configuration information; T5: setting an action frame to generate preset action control information; and T6: transmitting the preset action control information to the modular robot which executes a motion according to the preset action control information.
US11325245B2	Robot A robot includes a base, a first body provided above the base, a first gearing configured to rotate the first body about the base, a second body provided above the first body, a second gearing configured to tilt the second body about a tilting axis, an interface installed in at least one of the first body and the second body, a first gear mounted on the second body and tilted together with the second body, and a damper mounted on the first body. The damper includes a damping gear engaged with the first gear, and the first gear is tilted along an outer circumference of the damping gear.
US11325233B2	Driving tool A nailing machine includes a tool body, a flywheel (40), a driver (3), a pressing mechanism and a return mechanism. The pressing mechanism includes a spring mechanism and a pressing roller (87). The pressing roller (87) is supported to be rotatable around a rotation axis (A2) and movable in a left-right direction, and configured to press the driver (3) toward the flywheel (40) by a biasing force of the spring mechanism in a nail-driving process in which the driver (3) moves from an initial position to a nail-driving position, to thereby enable transmission of the rotational energy to the driver (3). The pressing mechanism is configured such that the position of the pressing roller (87) relative to the driver (3) changes in the left-right direction between the nail-driving process and a return process, thereby making it impossible for the pressing roller (87) to press the driver (3) in the return process.
US11325229B2	Socket and wrench therefor An assembly of a wrench and a socket. The wrench has a penetrating driving hole, which has a retaining ring mounted therein. The socket, having a front end and a tail end, comprises a socketing portion axially extended between the front end and the tail end thereof for driving a fastening element. The socket comprises a retaining portion formed on the periphery thereof. The retaining portion has a retaining groove arranged at retaining corners radially indented for matching the retaining ring. The retaining groove is positioned between the front end and the tail end. The retaining portion further has a buffer groove formed between the retaining groove and the front end, so as to allow the buffer groove to successively provide a buffer or damping effect with the retaining ring when the retaining groove is decoupled from the retaining ring. Accordingly, the user is allowed to control his/her force more easily and improves the operational safety for the process of pulling out of the socket.
US11325221B2	Polishing pad with multipurpose composite window The invention provides a polishing pad suitable for polishing integrated circuit wafers. It includes an upper polishing layer that having a polishing surface and at least one groove in the upper polishing layer. At least one transparent window is located within the upper layer. The at least one transparent window has a thickness greater than a desired wear depth of the at least one groove. The at least one transparent window includes a non-fluorescent transparent polymer; and a fluorescent transparent polymer. The transparent window allows measuring groove depth by activating the fluorescent transparent polymer with an activation source at a wavelength sufficient to excite the fluorescent transparent polymer and allow endpoint detection by sending light through the fluorescent transparent polymer and the non-fluorescent transparent polymer.
US11325219B2	Machining device and machining method The present invention relates to a device for sanding surfaces of a workpiece, preferably at least portions of which are made of wood, a manufactured wood product, plastic or such like. The present invention further relates to a sanding method and to a sanding machine comprising: a carrier element (11), a plurality of pressure segments (12a, 12b, 12c) which can be actuated, in particular electromagnetically actuated, and which are disposed along the carrier element (11) and are each designed to press a sanding element, especially a sanding belt (21), against a workpiece (1), and at least one sensor (13a, 13b, 13c) for sensing a compressive force applied to a workpiece by one of the pressure segments.
US11325214B2	Transport trolley A transport trolley for transporting a load comprising a base mounted on motorized wheels, a deck mounted to be translationally mobile on the base in a direction of translation, a first motorized system displacing the deck, a hexapod platform comprising a platform and a set of six jacks in which each is mounted articulated between the deck and the platform. The platform comprises a plurality of bearing points configured to come under the load and each bearing point takes the form of a receptacle with its opening oriented upwards. A control unit controls each motorized wheel, the first motorized system and each jack. The use of a hexapod platform makes it possible to finely position the wing at its position of fixing onto the fuselage and the use of a mobile deck supporting the hexapod platform allows for adjustability of the position despite a smaller footprint around the aircraft.
US11325208B2	Laser activation A method for roughening a surface of a body by a laser, the laser acting on the surface of a body and thereby creating recesses in the surface, and the laser thereby being directed and guided onto the surface and set in terms of its power output in such a way that recesses with at least two substantially different depths are created in the surface of the body.
US11325206B2	Additive manufactured interpenetrating phase composite A method for preparing metal/metal interpenetrating phase composites is provided. The method includes forming a preform using additive manufacturing. The preform defines a materially continuous three-dimensional open-cell mesh structure. The preform includes a first metal having a melting point. The method further includes pre-heating the preform to a first temperature less than the melting point of the first metal. The method includes infiltrating the preform with a second metal in liquid form. The second metal has a melting point lower than the melting point of the first metal. The method also includes allowing the second metal to cool and form a solid matrix. The solid matrix defines a continuous material network.
US11325198B2	Mobile power tool A mobile machine tool (10), namely a manually-operated machine tool or semi-stationary machine tool, for machining a workpiece (W), wherein the machine tool has a plate-like guide element (30) with a guide surface (32) for guiding the machine tool on the workpiece (W) or the workpiece (W) on the machine tool, wherein the machine tool has a drive unit (11) with a drive motor (13) for driving a tool holder (14) arranged on the drive unit (11), wherein the drive unit (11) is, by means of a bearing arrangement (35), mounted adjustably on the guide element (30) in order to adjust at least two adjustment positions (S0, S1, S2) of the tool holder (14) relative to the guide surface (32) in which a work tool (15) arranged on the tool holder (14), penetrates into the workpiece (W), to different penetration depths. The machine tool (10) is provided with a height measuring device (95) for detecting a height (H) of the workpiece (W), wherein the height corresponds to a distance between an upper side (WO) of the workpiece which is to be penetrated by the work tool (15) and a workpiece underside (WU) of the workpiece (W) opposite the upper side of the workpiece (W).
US11325183B2	Surface-modified metal compound particles, and method for producing surface-modified metal compound particles Provided are surface-modified metal compound particles comprising metal compound particles which are surface-modified with one or more types of carboxylic acid selected from a methacrylic acid, an acrylic acid, and a propionic acid, and a 12-hydroxystearic acid, wherein a portion or all of the one or more types of carboxylic acid selected from a methacrylic acid, an acrylic acid, and a propionic acid is a carboxylic acid (protonated) type.
US11325177B2	Die adjustment mechanism A die adjustment mechanism, includes a base, the base is provided with a die that can apply pressure on the workpiece. The die includes multiple modules arranged sequentially and capable of sliding laterally relative to the base. The base is further provided with a slide rest/slide rests capable of sliding laterally relative to the base. Each slide rest is provided with a shifting fork which can be clamped with a module or can be clamped between two adjacent modules. Each slide rest is provided with a drive component capable of driving the shifting fork to be clamped with the module or be clamped between the two adjacent modules. Using this mechanism, bending and pressing of multiple sides of the metal plate can be completed by the same machine and the production efficiency is greatly improved.
US11325175B2	Apparatus and method of shaping metal product A method for shaping a blank comprising a metal includes a step of loading the blank onto a first die, a step of bringing the first die and a second die together, a step of forming a seal around the blank, and a step of injecting a pressurized molten salt into a space in the blank to supply a hydraulic pressure to the blank.
US11325169B2	Methods for using an integrated scraper-sponge Methods of using an integrated scraper-sponge having a scraper layer with and edge and fixed between the first and second sponge and/or abrasive layers. The scraper sponge is wetted and applied to a surface that is contaminated. The scraper-sponge is moved about the contaminated surface or dabbed onto the surface. The wet sponge portion loosens residue while the scraper edge scrapes residue from the surface as the scraper is moved about the contaminated surface.
US11325168B2	Dissolving silicate scale The present disclosure includes arrangements, systems, and methods for removing mineral deposits. Disclosed is an aqueous solution within a container, with the container containing mineral deposits. The aqueous solution submerges the mineral deposits and may include at least one acid, or a combination of an organic acid and an inorganic acid in percentages that allow the replacement of toxic dangerous chemical ingredients. Disclosed also is a cathode and an anode within the container that are at least partially submerged within the aqueous solution. A direct current power source is configured to direct a voltage across the cathode and the anode to generate an electrical charge gradient within the aqueous solution.
US11325164B2	Machining swarf removing apparatus A machining swarf removing apparatus includes a left and a right machining swarf removing units. When removing machining swarf adhered to a recovery box, the left machining swarf removing unit is placed in removal starting position. A brush enters an insertion-ready state in which transverse direction thereof is oriented in a second direction D2. The brush is moved to an insertion position for insertion into the recovery box, then the brush is rotated to enter a machining swarf removal-ready state in which a longitudinal direction thereof is oriented in the second direction D2. The left machining swarf removing unit is moved to remove the machining swarf adhered to the recovery box by the brush, while a left rod vibrating device is driven to vibrate a rod, vibrating the brush attached to the rod.
US11325163B2	Soft inflatable actuators for sorting applications Systems and methods for sorting utilizing an inflatable actuator are disclosed. A sorting system utilizing an inflatable actuator includes an inflatable actuator. The inflatable actuator is disposed in a cantilever beam orientation atop a support surface. The system includes an inflation component coupled to the inflatable actuator to provide an inflation force. Additionally, the system includes a control component configured to send an activation signal to the inflation component responsive to a detection of an object to be sorted. Responsive to the activation signal, the inflation component inflates the inflatable actuator to cause the inflatable actuator to make contact with the object to be sorted. The contact of the inflatable actuator with the object to be sorted causes the object to change from a first trajectory to a second trajectory.
US11325162B2	Bolt screening machine Provided is a bolt screening machine, including an external frame, a feeding mechanism, and a screening mechanism, wherein the feeding mechanism and the screening mechanism are combined with and mounted on the external frame, the unscreened bolts are fed into the screening mechanism through the feeding mechanism, and the screening mechanism screens and arranges the bolts.
US11325157B2	Device and method for capturing movement patterns of tumbler screening machines A method for recording motion patterns (210) of tumbler screening machines (410) is disclosed, wherein the method comprises applying of an active or passive optical marking (500, 510) at a tumbler screening machine (410), recording an image of the optical marking (500, 510) during operation of the tumbler screening machine (410), establishing image data for a motion curve (200), and internally or externally evaluating the recorded image data and determining machine parameters and diagnosis data. Furthermore, a device for recording motion patterns (210) of tumbler screening machines (410) is introduced.
US11325144B2	Trigger-type pump dispenser [Object] To provide a trigger-type pump dispenser that makes it possible to prevent an out-of-nozzle squirting phenomenon that occurs at a final stage of sucking up of liquid out of a vessel into a cylinder. [Solution] A trigger-type pump dispenser A includes a handle structure 1, a nozzle base structure 2 attached to the handle structure 1, a trigger 3, a cylinder structure 4, a cap 5 by which the cylinder structure 4 is held down and attached to the mouth of a vessel, a piston structure 6 that slides inside the cylinder structure 4, an inverted-mortar-shaped lip 61 formed in the piston structure 6, a spring 7 that springs the piston structure 6, a valve case 8 attached to the nozzle base structure 2, a mortar-shaped valve seat 81 formed in the valve case 8, a leak valve 9, attached to a bottom part of the cylinder structure 4, that has a bulging portion 91 at a tip thereof, a first valve FV, and a second valve SV. A movement of the piston structure 6 from top dead center to bottom dead center causes liquid in the cylinder structure 4 to be discharged from a nozzle orifice N. The bulging portion 91 at the tip of the leak valve 9 is disposed to pass through the inverted-mortar-shaped lip 61. A through-hole diameter D1 of the mortar-shaped valve seat 81 of the valve case 8 is smaller than a nozzle orifice diameter D2.
US11325138B2	Nozzle for providing a helical spray A nozzle includes a shell, a distributor, a panel and a collar. The distributor is inserted in the shell. The distributor includes protuberances each of which includes a cylindrical section, a conical section extending from the cylindrical section, and two fins extending from the cylindrical section. The panel includes outlets and tubes. The outlets extend through the panel. Each of the tubes is in communication with a corresponding one of the outlets and includes tangential passageways. Each of the tubes receives a corresponding one of the protuberances. The tangential passageways of each of the tubes receive the fins of the corresponding protuberance so that each of the tangential passageways is partially blocked by the corresponding fin. The collar is connected to the shell and includes an annular flange. The collar receives the panel. The panel is sandwiched between the annular flange of the collar and an end of the shell.
US11325133B1	Systems and methods for monitoring the roll diameter and shock loads in a milling apparatus Systems and methods for monitoring the roll diameter and shock loads in a milling apparatus may include a frame, a pair of rolls including a movable first roll and a stationary second roll, roll supports configured to support the first roll on the frame in a movable manner and the second roll on the frame in a stationary manner, and a motor assembly configured to rotate at least one of the rolls. Embodiments of the systems may also include a wear sensing assembly configured to detect wear on at least one of the rolls of the pair of rolls. Embodiments of the systems may also include a shock sensing assembly configured to detect shock to at one of the rolls.
US11325126B2	Device for preparing a blood sample A device for preparing a blood sample, including a microfluidic card including: a first chamber for separating and/or extracting proteins to be analyzed that are present in the blood sample; a second chamber used for an operation involving digestion of proteins of different species that are present in the sample, to obtain a second sample containing digested peptides and nondigested proteins; and a third chamber connected to the second chamber to receive the second sample containing the digested peptides and the non-digested proteins, the third chamber being used for an operation involving purification and stabilization of the digested peptides.
US11325123B2	Flow regulation in fluidic systems using a phase-change material at system ports Control of fluid flow in a fluidic network is provided by controlling phase transitions of a phase-change material between a liquid phase and a non-fluid phase. The phase-change material is disposed at ports of the fluidic network where the fluidic network is in communication with an ambient. This advantageously provides control of pressure-driven flow within the fluidic network without altering properties of fluids within the fluidic network.
US11325097B2	Method of manufacturing bio-diesel and reactor A reactor and process for the production of bio-diesel. The reactor includes one or more coiled reaction lines. The lines are positioned within a tank containing a heat transfer media such as molten salt, maintained at about 750° F. A pump circulates the media within the tank. An emulsion of alcohol; refined feed stock, including glycerides and/or fatty acids; and preferably water is pumped through the reaction lines at temperatures and pressures sufficient to maintain the alcohol in a super-critical state. The curvature of the coils, pump pulsing, and the flow rate of the emulsion keep the emulsion in a turbulent state while in the reactor, ensuring thorough mixing of the alcohol and feed stock. The alcohol reacts with the glycerides and fatty acids to form bio-diesel. The reaction is fast, efficient with regard to energy input and waste generation, and requires minimal alcohol.
US11325091B2	Method for producing liposome and apparatus for producing liposome Disclosed herein are a method for producing a liposome which is capable of reducing the facility costs and also capable of rapid desolvation, and an apparatus for producing a liposome which is for use in the above-mentioned method. Provided is a method for producing a liposome, including a stirring step of stirring a mixed liquid containing an oil phase in which at least one lipid is dissolved in an organic solvent and a water phase, and an evaporating step of evaporating an organic solvent from the mixed liquid, in which the condensed organic solvent is removed by passing a gas having a temperature not higher than the dew point of the solvent in the evaporating step.
US11325089B2	Inflow base for a fluidizing apparatus An inflow base which is permeable to process air and includes openings for the process air which flows thought the inflow base. The inflow base is arranged in the fluidizing apparatus in a manner rotatable about an axis Z of the fluidizing apparatus and subdivides this into a distribution chamber and into a vortex chamber. The inflow base of the fluidizing apparatus includes at least a first and a second inflow base plate, wherein one of the inflow base plates at its outer end includes or forms a sealing element.
US11325088B2	Method of cleaning spent catalyst material A method of cleaning spent catalyst material from a catalyst filter basket. The catalyst filter basket includes a central frame having a base ring and a generally cylindrical inner screen portion which extends upwardly from the base ring. A generally cylindrical outer screen assembly is releasably secured to the central frame by a quick release mechanism.
US11325085B2	Device for converting a linear movement in a stationary system into a rotational movement about a pivot axis in a system which rotates about a rotational axis A conversion device for converting linear movement in a stationary system into rotary movement about a pivot axis in a system which rotates about an axis of rotation that is not identical or parallel to the pivot axis. The conversion device has a lift element and a lift device with which the lift element can be moved with translatory movement relative to the stationary system. The lift element has first and second lift element portions connected together by a rotary bearing so that the first lift element portion can be rotated relative to the second lift element portion about the axis of the rotary bearing. The first lift element portion is connected to the lift device and the second lift element portion is connected to the conversion device. The conversion device is connected to a shaft positioned on the pivot axis so that a linear movement of the second lift element portion is converted into a rotary movement of the shaft about the pivot axis.
US11325083B2	Stirring apparatus and stirring system The present invention relates to an apparatus (100) for producing a driving force for stirring samples, in particular samples for laboratory operations such as, for example, liquids, liquids with solid samples contained therein or solid samples, said apparatus comprising a sample holder (200) for receiving at least one sample vessel (220) for samples and a bar element (300), which extends along a longitudinal axis (LA) and which is connected to the sample holder (200), wherein the bar element (300) comprises a coupling portion (310) for detachably coupling the bar element (300) to an operating unit (800), a fastening portion (320) for fastening the sample holder (200) to the bar element (300) and for positioning the sample holder (200) along the longitudinal axis (LA) in defined fashion, and a magnetic stirring portion (330), wherein the bar element (300) is embodied in such a way that a magnetic field that rotates relative to the sample holder (200) about the longitudinal axis (LA) can be produced by means of the magnetic stirring portion (330). The invention further relates to system (700) comprising an operating unit (800) and the apparatus (100) according to the invention, which are detachably coupled by way of the coupling portion (310). The invention further relates to a process for stirring samples in sample vessels by means of the system (700).
US11325080B2	Mixer/vacuum coater A mixer unit comprising a mixing chamber is disclosed. In one example, the mixing chamber comprises a de-agglomerator with a de-agglomeration shaft with de-agglomeration paddles, and a mixer with a mixer shaft with two or more mixing paddles that are arranged for mixing and impelling particles and powders in an upstream direction towards the de-agglomerator, whereby the de-agglomeration shaft is arranged above, and in parallel with said mixer shaft, so that all particles will be impelled towards the de-agglomerator, each time particles are lifted. A first portion of the mixing chamber may also have an inner profile adjacent and curved about an upper part of the de-agglomerator and is arranged to guide particles and powders impelled by the mixing paddles over the de-agglomeration shaft and into a liquid spray.
US11325073B2	Fouling resistant membrane spacers Disclosed herein are spacers having baffle designs and perforations for efficiently and effectively separating one or more membrane layers a membrane filtration system. The spacer includes a body formed at least in part by baffles that are interconnected, and the baffles define boundaries of openings or apertures through a thickness direction of the body of the spacer. Alternatively or additionally, passages or perforations may be present in the spacer layer or baffles for fluid flow there through, with the passages and baffles having a numerous different shapes and sizes.
US11325071B2	Catalytic converter for treating exhaust gases The invention relates to a catalytic converter for treating exhaust gases of an internal combustion engine, having a housing through which an exhaust gas may flow and which has an inflow side and an outflow side, wherein, in the housing, there is formed a plurality of flow channels (4, 13) which is flowed through along a main throughflow direction from the inflow side to the outflow side, wherein, in the housing, there is arranged at least one pipeline (5, 12) which is flowed through by a fluid which is independent of the exhaust gas that is caused to flow through the flow channels (4, 13).
US11325068B2	Exhaust purification system of internal combustion engine An exhaust purification system of an internal combustion engine is provided with an electrochemical reactor provided in an exhaust passage of the internal combustion engine, and a voltage control device controlling a voltage supplied to the electrochemical reactor. The electrochemical reactor is provided with an ion conducting solid electrolyte layer and an anode layer and cathode layer placed on the surface of the solid electrolyte layer. The voltage control device is configured to perform short-circuit detection control detecting short-circuiting between the anode layer and the cathode layer, and energizing control applying current between the anode layer and the cathode layer so to energize the short-circuited part when short-circuiting is detected.
US11325065B2	Sulfur recovery operation with improved carbon dioxide recovery A process for recovering sulfur and carbon dioxide from a sour gas stream, the process comprising the steps of: providing a sour gas stream to a membrane separation unit, the sour gas stream comprising hydrogen sulfide and carbon dioxide; separating the hydrogen sulfide from the carbon dioxide in the membrane separation unit to obtain a retentate stream and a first permeate stream, wherein the retentate stream comprises hydrogen sulfide, wherein the permeate stream comprises carbon dioxide; introducing the retentate stream to a sulfur recovery unit; processing the retentate stream in the sulfur recovery unit to produce a sulfur stream and a tail gas stream, wherein the sulfur stream comprises liquid sulfur; introducing the permeate stream to an amine absorption unit; and processing the permeate stream in the amine absorption unit to produce an enriched carbon dioxide stream.
US11325063B2	Production device and production method of electronic grade hydrofluoric acid Disclosed is a production device and production method of electronic grade hydrofluoric acid. The method includes vaporizing the raw material industrial anhydrous hydrogen fluoride by an evaporator, transporting the vaporized hydrogen fluoride to a purification tower, obtaining a high purity hydrogen fluoride gas through rectification, transporting the high purity hydrogen fluoride gas to an absorption tower for absorption by a certain concentration of hydrofluoric acid in the liquid phase, obtaining the crude electronic grade hydrofluoric acid, and obtaining the electronic grade hydrofluoric acid product through ultrapure filtration. The disclosure overcomes the technical problems of small yield and low purity of the prior art. The production process meets the requirements of environmental protection. The disclosure is suitable for industrialized large-scale production.
US11325060B2	Filter apparatus and filter device for biological samples According to at least one aspect, the invention provides a filter assembly (100) comprising a tubular housing and a filter device (70) locatable to extend longitudinally within the housing. The filter device (70) comprises a lattice structure of crossing internal and external elongated elements (18, 20). The lattice structure comprises an arrangement of pores (22), and the external elongated elements (20) are presented outwardly of the filter device (70) with respect to the plane of the pores, thereby to provide ribs on the exterior of the lattice which define a shaped channel that will act as a first level filter for larger particles. The external elongated elements are shaped and arranged to provide one or more additional filter levels for smaller particles in advance of said pores, through which yet even smaller particles may pass.
US11325059B2	No filter no run fluid filter with integration of low pressure fluid system A no filter no run (NFNR) fluid filter and fluid filter assembly are provided. The NFNR fluid filter assembly includes a fluid filter, a filter head or filter housing, and a bypass flow path. The bypass flow path may be sealed off when a compliant filter is installed. When a non-compliant filter is installed (a filter without a bypass seal), fluid may flow to the bypass flow path.
US11325055B2	Variable fluidic restrictor having selective restriction A variable fluidic restrictor of a liquid chromatography system including a stator body, the stator body include a plurality of fluidic channels located within the stator body, wherein each fluidic channel of the plurality of fluidic channels includes a restrictor element, wherein a flow of a fluid through the variable fluidic restrictor is selectively restricted based on a position of an external element coupled to the stator body is provided. Furthermore, an associated method is also provided.
US11325052B2	Interlocking block wall mount An interlocking toy block display mount with a plurality of sides with multiple sides having mail interlocking members or female interlocking members disposed thereon. A plurality of bore holes pass through top, side and end sides of the mount along three axes and intersecting at the substantial center of the mount with a fastener inserted through one of the bore holes to secure the mount to a surface.
US11325047B2	Apparatus, system and method of authentication A system for identifying a user of a controller includes a controller having one or more sensors configured to detect interaction with the controller by the user and a transmitter configured to transmit telemetry data based on outputs of one or more of the sensors, a user profile unit configured to obtain user profile data for one or more user profiles, where each user profile corresponds to a respective user and the user profile data for a user profile comprises data indicative of one or more characteristic interactions by the user with the controller, and a user profile selection unit configured to select a user profile from the one or more user profiles in dependence upon a degree of match between one or more properties of the transmitted telemetry data and the data of each respective user profile, and configured to modify an output of the system responsive to the selection.
US11325035B2	Location-based game switching to input interface movement map An information processing device includes a controller that moves and controls a display of a character image in a virtual space, in accordance with a movement of a user in a real space, and an awarding unit that awards points to the user in a case in which the character image is made to overlap, in the virtual space, an other character image of an other user.
US11325034B2	Game processing method including drawing character object and clothing object and recording medium for storing game program A game processing method executed by an information processing device includes obtaining information on a character object, obtaining information on a clothing object worn by the character object, obtaining information on clothing area including an area exposed from the clothing object, the clothing area being set to skin of the character object, setting drawing setting of the clothing area to first drawing setting for drawing as the skin or to second drawing setting for drawing as clothing, and drawing the character object and the clothing object based on the information on the character object, the information on the clothing object, and the drawing setting.
US11325021B1	Side rails for self-stabilizing, one-wheeled electric skateboards and related products Novel side rails for self-stabilizing, one-wheeled electric skateboards and related products are disclosed. The angled frame rails of this invention and disclosure lower the center of gravity at the contact points—i.e. a rider's feet on the footpads—by as much as possible without losing any clearance at the front and rear bumpers, and tilt the gyroscope to change the zero-degree level default position. In order to achieve this, the inventive rails herein change to a downward tilt as soon as possible after the axle bolt connection points, then tilt back up before the footpad decks and continue through the front and rear of the vehicle. In one embodiment, a five-degree downward tilt of the rails allows for an approximately one-half inch drop in the center of gravity of the vehicle, thus increasing speed, stability, and safety.
US11325020B1	Electric skateboard Various implementations include a skateboard truck including a baseplate, a hanger, and a kingpin. The baseplate defines has a mounting surface. The hanger includes a main portion, a pivot pin, a first branch, and a second branch. The pivot pin is disposed within a pivot cup of the baseplate. The kingpin is disposed within openings in the baseplate and hanger. The branches each have curved longitudinal axes, a first portion coupled to the main portion, and a middle portion coupling the first and second portions. The second portion of each of the branches defines an axle opening. The first portion extends from the main portion toward the middle portion in a direction away from a mounting surface plane. The second portion extends from the middle portion in a direction toward the mounting surface plane. The first portions are closer to each other than the second portions are to each other.
US11325017B2	Remoldable impact-attenuation article Aspects herein provide for a remoldable article configured to attenuate or reduce the results of an impact. The article comprises a plate that is remoldable in a temperature range of about 41 degrees Celsius to about 43.3 degrees Celsius.
US11325016B1	Pneumatic ball launcher A pneumatic ball launcher includes a tube, a ball pathway unit, a push unit, a holding unit, an airway unit and a pneumatic unit. The ball pathway unit is used for connecting one end of the tube and wrapping part of a ball channel of the tube. The push unit includes a push bar, a slide base, a first driver and a second driver. The holding unit, detachably connected with the push unit, is used for holding the ball pushed by the push bar. The airway unit is connected with the holding unit. The pneumatic unit includes a valve mechanism, a pneumatic cylinder and a gas tank. When the valve mechanism opens to allow the gas tank to discharge into the holding unit via the airway unit, the ball held by the holding unit would be ejected out of the tube.
US11325000B2	Wearable device systems and methods for guiding physical movements A system includes wearable devices positioned on a subject in different locations. Each wearable device includes motion sensors that measure the subject's movement in three dimensions. The motion sensors generate raw sensory data as the subject performs a physical movement. A data filter is selected based on a condition of the subject and a designated movement corresponding to the physical movement, and used to convert the raw sensory data into formatted data. A level of compliance of the physical movement with a movement model for the designated movement is determined by applying comparative modeling techniques to the formatted data and the movement model. Real-time feedback is delivered dynamically to the subject by the wearable devices during the performance of the physical movement based on the level of compliance. The movement model can be generated, and the comparative modeling techniques can be selected, based on the condition of the subject.
US11324995B2	Rehabilitation aid A rehabilitation therapy aid (FIG. 4), for use in aiding a patient to regain and improve movement and control in a limb, comprises a moveable structure (51) having engagement means (53) whereby the structure can be moved by the limb of a patient (72) requiring therapy and separate engagement means (52) whereby the structure can be moved in the same direction by a therapist (71) or by the patient's stronger limb. A movement detector (56) is arranged so that the movement of the structure (51) can be tracked by the patient and/or by the therapist.
US11324994B2	Exercise machine Described herein are embodiments of stationary exercise machines having reciprocating foot and/or hand members, such as foot pedals that move in a closed loop path. Some embodiments can include reciprocating foot pedals that cause a user's feet to move along a closed loop path that is substantially inclined, such that the foot motion simulates a climbing motion more than a flat walking or running motion. Some embodiments can further include reciprocating handles that are configured to move in coordination with the foot via a linkage to a crank wheel also coupled to the foot pedals. Variable resistance can be provided via a rotating air-resistance based mechanism, via a magnetism based mechanism, and/or via other mechanisms, one or more of which can be rapidly adjustable while the user is using the machine.
US11324989B2	Weight-adjustable free-weight exercise device A weight-adjustable free-weight exercise device is a portable and ergonomic exercise apparatus. The apparatus allows the weight to be varied according to the strength of the user and the type of exercise being performed by the user. The apparatus includes a tubular housing, a left handle, a right handle, at least one weighted plate, a first locking pin, and a second locking pin. The tubular housing contains the at least one weighted plate. The left handle and the right handle allow a user to grip the apparatus. The at least one weighted plate defines the overall weight of the apparatus. The first locking pin and the second locking pin secures the position of the at least one weighted plate within the tubular housing. The apparatus may further include a first cap and a second cap that fully enclose the at least one weighted plate within the tubular housing.
US11324988B1	Weight modification clamp and method A weight modification clamp includes first and second hingedly connected plates configured to be coupled to a bar of a weight-lifting device, such as a dumbbell, barbell or a kettlebell. First end portions of the first and second plates are pivotably connected and movable about a rotational axis so that opposing second end portions of the first and second plates are movable between a closed orientation and an open orientation and along a plane substantially perpendicular to the rotational axis. The first and second plates define a central opening configured to receive and retain the bar therein.
US11324979B2	Fire extinguisher In order to provide a portable fire extinguisher suitable for first-aid fire extinguishing, the fire extinguisher, using as the fire-extinguishing agent inert gas, etc. not limited in the object to be extinguished and the method of use due to toxicity to human body and making easy to maintain the necessary concentration of the fire-extinguishing agent, thus securing the effective fire-extinguishing effect, has the fire-extinguishing agent storage container to which the nozzle portion to discharge the fire-extinguishing agent is connected and made portable so as to be able to discharge the fire-extinguishing agent toward the object to be extinguished, and the nitrogen gas is stored in the fire-extinguishing agent storage container and at the outlet portion of the flow route of the fire-extinguishing agent formed in the nozzle portion, a metallic porous member in installed.
US11324975B2	Breathing tube for a respirator and respirator A breathing tube (1), for a respirator (2), includes a flexible tube body (3) with a tube axis (4), with a first tube end (5) and with a second tube end (6). A molding (7) is formed at the first tube end (5). The molding (7) extends at least partially along the tube axis (4) away from the first tube end (5) of the tube body (3). A respirator (2) may be provided, including the breathing tube (1), a breathing unit (14) and a breathing air supply device (15). A breathing tube port (16) is formed at each of the breathing unit (14) and at the breathing air supply device (15) for connecting the breathing tube (1). A mounting device (17) is formed at at least one breathing tube port (16) for mounting the molding (7) of the breathing tube (1).
US11324968B2	System and method for the validation and quality assurance of computerized contours of human anatomy A system and method for validating the accuracy of delineated contours in computerized imaging using statistical data for generating assessment criterion that define acceptable tolerances for delineated contours, with the statistical data being conditionally updated and/or refined between individual processes for validating delineated contours to thereby adjust the tolerances defined by the assessment criterion in the stored statistical data, such that the stored statistical data is more closely representative of a target population. In an alternative embodiment, a system and method for validating the accuracy of delineated contours in computerized imaging using machine learning for assessing delineated contours, with the machine learning training data being used to generate geometric attributes, and the geometric attributes used to construct intra- and interstructural geometric attribute distribution models to automatically detect contouring errors. The present invention may be used to facilitate, as one example, radiation therapy.
US11324965B2	Non-invasive energy upconversion methods and systems Products, compositions, systems, and methods for modifying a target structure which mediates or is associated with a biological activity, including treatment of conditions, disorders, or diseases mediated by or associated with a target structure, such as a virus, cell, subcellular structure or extracellular structure. The methods may be performed in situ in a non-invasive manner by placing a nanoparticle having a metallic shell on at least a fraction of a surface in a vicinity of a target structure in a subject and applying an initiation energy to a subject thus producing an effect on or change to the target structure directly or via a modulation agent. The nanoparticle is configured, upon exposure to a first wavelength λ1, to generate a second wavelength λ2 of radiation having a higher energy than the first wavelength λ1. The methods may further be performed by application of an initiation energy to a subject in situ to activate a pharmaceutical agent directly or via an energy modulation agent, optionally in the presence of one or more plasmonics active agents, thus producing an effect on or change to the target structure. Kits containing products or compositions formulated or configured and systems for use in practicing these methods.
US11324962B2	Magnetic field enhancement of chemotherapy for tumor treatment A therapeutic magnetic field device, having a magnetic field generator; a magnetic field sensor; and a data entry panel, permitting a user to input time periods and electromagnetic field strengths, for an electromagnetic field production regime. The device also includes a data processor including non-transitory computer readable memory, adapted to control the magnetic field generator to output a magnetic field in accordance with data received from the data entry panel.
US11324961B2	Apparatus and method for providing hyperthermia therapy An apparatus and method for providing hyperthermia therapy to a living subject, in particular a human, animal or plant. The apparatus has contains a signal generator, a signal modulator and an emitter to enable the apparatus to provide hyperthermia treatment. Hyperthermia therapy may be provided to a living subject by generating a signal, selectably modulating the signal and delivering the signal to the target location on the living subject. It is possible to interrupt any further use of the apparatus after a predetermined period.
US11324948B2	Device for radio-frequency skin treatment A device for (RF) skin treatment comprising an active electrode having a first skin contact surface for electrical contact with a skin of a user and during use A return electrode having a second skin contact surface for electrical contact with the skin of the user during use. An RF generator to supply an RF treatment voltage between the active electrode and the return electrode to heat the skin below the active electrode. A coupling member arranged on the first skin contact surface comprising an electrically conductive material to improve the electrical coupling of the active electrode to the skin surface. The coupling member comprising a first layer of a first electrically conductive material arranged on the first skin contact surface, and a second layer of a second electrically conductive material, arranged on a side of the first layer remote from the first skin contact surface.
US11324941B2	Intraventricular pulsating blood pump The invention provides an intraventricular pulsating blood pump fixedly disposed at the ventricularapex inside the ventricle to generate pulsation action. The pulsating blood pump is substantially jellyfish-shaped and includes a bell-shaped pump body and a driving source, an opening of the bell-shaped pump body faces to the outlet of the ventricle, the driving source drives the bell-shaped pump body to contract or relax, and the contraction or relaxation of the bell-shaped pump body drives the blood in the ventricle to eject directionally to the artery and form a convoluted blood flow field between the inner wall of the bell-shaped pump body and the inner wall of the ventricle. The invention not only provides assist to ventricular by pulsating blood flow, but also optimizes the flow field and pressure distribution in the ventricle, the blood pump of the invention is better in biocompatibility than the blood pumps in prior art.
US11324939B2	Methods and devices for vascular access Valve assemblies having improved ability to selectively control flow of fluids through the catheter and prevent leakage of fluids from the proximal end of a catheter that is positioned within a patient. Such improved catheter valve assemblies also prevent leakage of fluids after repeated insertion and removal of medical instruments through the valve.
US11324937B2	Medical connector A medical connector including a first rigid body capable of being connected to a medical infusion line and having an elongated tubular element in which there is a conduit opening out at opposite extremities, a first extremity of the tubular element being capable of being directly connected to the medical infusion line, the elongated tubular element being capable of being closed off at one of its first open extremities by a second body associated with the first body. The second body is of yielding material and at least partly covers the elongated element and extends beyond the second extremity of that element in such a way as to close off the opening thereof, such second body being overmoulded onto the first body and forming a single piece therewith.
US11324935B2	Implants for localized drug delivery and methods of use thereof Provided herein is an implant for delivering a hydrophobic active agent to a target tissue. The implant may include a scaffold defining a first surface and a second surface opposite the first surface, wherein the scaffold is substantially impermeable to the hydrophobic active agent, and a silicone tubing having a wall permeable to the hydrophobic active agent, wherein a first length of the silicone tubing is affixed to the first surface of the scaffold, wherein two ends of the silicone tubing extend from the first surface, and wherein a path outlined by a second length of the silicone tubing within the first length is circuitous. Also provided is a method of using the implant to locally deliver the hydrophobic active agent to the target tissue, and kits that find use in performing the present method.
US11324932B2	Trans-anal inflow catheter for intermittently triggering a reflex-coordinated defecation The invention relates to a device for transanally introducing an infusion into the rectum or colon of a patient, said device comprising a catheter with a catheter shaft wherein, to ensure the most practicable catheter insertion possible, the catheter shaft is equipped in the proximal, preanal region with gripping depressions to accommodate the fingers gripping the catheter during insertion.
US11324924B2	Tubing management members and urine collection systems using the same Embodiments described herein are directed to tubing management members and urine collection systems including such tubing management members. In an embodiment, a tubing management member may be coupled and, in some embodiments, removably coupled to a drainage tube of the urine collection system. The tubing management member may include a plurality of attachment elements for attaching the tubing management member to the drainage tube.
US11324923B2	Helical balloon catheter Methods and devices described for improved catheters including those having a deflectable section to allow for expansion while maintaining flow through a vessel.
US11324915B2	Alleviating movement disorder conditions using unmanned aerial vehicles Aspects include a method, system and computer program product for alleviating an episode of a movement disorder condition for a patient. The method comprises deploying an unmanned aerial vehicle (UAV) to a location of a patient based on an occurrence of an episode of a movement disorder condition. A first gross sensory change stimulus is selected with a processor. The first gross sensory change stimulus is projected from the UAV. An attempt to alleviate the episode of the movement disorder condition is performed based at least in part on the projecting of the first gross sensory change stimulus from the UAV. The alleviating of the episode of the movement disorder condition is detected based on the gross sensory change stimulus from the UAV.
US11324907B1	Tracheotomy device and method of use A device for performing a tracheotomy on a patient without the assistance of a medical professional. The device may include one or more mechanical arms that cause a blade to create an incision, cause a dilating tool to dilate the incision, and cause a tracheotomy tube to be inserted into the incision. The device may further include a scanner and/or a hollow needle connected to an air pressure sensor that may be used to detect whether the device is aligned with the patient's airway.
US11324900B2	Hinged capsule inhaler A dry powder inhaler (1) for pulmonary or nasal use, employing capsules (6) containing a dose of powder for inhalation, comprising four components: a capsule tray (2), a cover (4) and a mouthpiece (8) and an inhaler body (3). Air is drawn by the patient via the mouthpiece (8) which is in communication with the capsule (6) and travels via air paths through the device (1) and through the capsule (6) thereby dispersing and entraining the dose of powder. The capsule (6) is cut by cutting means (18, 19) located on the body (3). The inhaler body (3), the mouthpiece (8) and the cover (4) are provided with hinge segments (20, 35, 42) which when assembled together and the mouthpiece (8) is locked into the body (3), form a single hinge (5) and which allows the cover (4) to freely pivot around the body (3) and the mouthpiece (8).
US11324896B2	Cap for an injector Provided is a cap for an injector comprising a syringe with a needle cover. The cap comprises a cap body defining an inner and outer cap body; provided to the inner cap body, a grip for gripping the needle cover of said syringe; provided to the outer cap body, an opposing pair of recessed portions, wherein each recessed portion defines a recess base, and wherein each recessed portion is bounded by a peripheral lip; and provided to the recess base of each recessed portion, an over-coating. The cap body comprises a generally rigid material and each over-coating comprises a more flexible material. Each peripheral lip defines banks that extend beyond the over-coating of the recess base.
US11324893B2	Dose limiting mechanism An injection device comprises a dose selector, rotatable by a user to set a dose to be ejected from the injection device and a drive assembly including a drive shaft (140) and a plunger element (145), the drive assembly being capable of providing an axial force for ejecting a dose of medicament from a medicament container. A dose limit nut (141) is provided which is rotationally coupled to but not axially coupled to said drive shaft. The plunger element is threaded so that the dose limit nut is engaged with said plunger element via said thread, in order to guide relative axial movement between the dose limit nut and the plunger element. The dose limit nut is provided with dose limiting endstops which are capable of limiting axial travel of said dose limit nut with respect to said plunger element, so as to limit maximum and minimum doses of medicament which can be set by the user. In addition, the dose limit nut comprises a last dose rotary endstop feature which prevents further rotation of said dose limit nut with respect to said drive shaft so as to prevent the user setting a dose that is greater than an injectable volume of medicament remaining in said medicament container.
US11324889B2	Compensation for missing readings from a glucose monitor in an automated insulin delivery system Exemplary embodiments may address the problem of missing blood glucose concentration readings from a glucose monitor that transmits blood glucose concentration readings over a wireless connection due to problems with the wireless connection. In the exemplary embodiments, an automated insulin delivery (AID) device uses an estimate in place of a missing blood glucose concentration reading in determining a predicted future blood glucose concentration reading for a user. Thus, the AID device is able to operate normally in generating insulin delivery settings despite not receiving a current blood glucose concentration reading for a current cycle. There is no need to suspend delivery of insulin to the user due to the missing blood glucose concentration reading.
US11324879B2	Medical fluid bag rack and method to manufacture it, medical weighing device and blood treatment apparatus A medical fluid bag rack for hanging bags containing medical fluid that includes at least one base section; at least two support arms which extend from the base section; and at least one bag rack arm. The at least one bag rack arm extends from the base section or from one of the support arms. Also disclosed are methods for manufacturing the fluid bag rack and devices.
US11324875B2	Negative pressure wound therapy device, system and method The present invention relates to a negative pressure wound therapy device, system and method. The negative pressure wound therapy device is connected with a dressing, and comprises a housing, a control circuit board, a pump, and an aspiration conduit. The pump generates negative pressure. The pump may comprise a voltage-actuated deformation element (such as piezoelectric vibration element) to push fluid from an aspiration end to a discharge end. The aspiration conduit has a pump end and a dressing end. The pump end is fluidly connected to the aspiration end of the pump, and the dressing end is fluidly connected to the dressing used for covering a wound. The control circuit board is disposed in the housing, controls the pump to generate the negative pressure in the aspiration conduit, and applies negative pressure to the wound covered by the dressing via the aspiration conduit.
US11324873B2	Acoustic blood separation processes and devices Acoustophoretic devices are disclosed. The devices include a flow chamber, an ultrasonic transducer, a reflector, an inlet, a filtrate outlet, a concentrate outlet, and optionally a lipid collection trap. The ultrasonic transducer and reflector create a multi-dimensional acoustic standing wave in the flow chamber that traps and separates red blood cells and/or lipids from blood. Concentrated red blood cells can be recovered via the concentrate outlet, the lipids can be recovered via the lipid collection trap, and the remaining blood can be recovered via the filtrate outlet. Methods for separating blood components (e.g., red blood cells, lipids, platelets, white blood cells) from blood are also disclosed. The red blood cells can undergo washing with a solvent to remove undesired admixtures. Cryoprotectants can be added or removed from the blood.
US11324869B2	Dialysis systems and methods for modulating flow of a dialysate during dialysis using Raman spectroscopy The present invention is a system to continuously monitor, in real-time, the small molecules being dialyzed during hemodialysis treatment using Raman spectroscopy and press control algorithms. By monitoring the treatment, the amount of water needed per dialysis treatment is drastically reduced by optimizing analyte saturation and removal of wastes. This will significantly conserve water and reduce the cost of dialysis treatments, possibly reducing the amount of time necessary for dialysis treatment, improving quality of life for patients during and after treatment, and reducing the costs of building new treatment centers as well as operating costs.
US11324866B2	Breast pump system The invention is a wearable breast pump system including a housing shaped at least in part to fit inside a bra and a piezo air-pump. The piezo air-pump is fitted in the housing and forms part of a closed loop system that drives a separate, deformable diaphragm to generate negative air pressure. The diaphragm is removably mounted on a breast shield.
US11324861B2	Recycled resin compositions and disposable medical devices made therefrom Syringe plunger rods comprising an elongate body formed from a composition comprising one or more of virgin material, a sterilization-stable recycled resin and a biobased compositions are described. Plunger rods comprising a plurality of ribs, some of which may have a plurality of openings, are also described. The plunger rods requiring less material while maintaining sufficient structural integrity to function properly.
US11324859B2	Carrier composition for bone substitute materials The present invention relates to a carrier composition for particulate and granular bone substitute materials which is a hydrogel comprising a mixture of ethylene oxide (EO)-propylene oxide (PO) block copolymers and silica nanoparticles embedded therein. The present invention further relates to a bone substitute material containing osteoconductive and/or osteoinductive particles or granules in addition to the novel carrier composition. Processes for producing the novel carrier composition and the novel bone substitute material are likewise provided in the context of the invention.
US11324858B2	Biomaterials for enhanced implant-host integration The present disclosure provides patterned biomaterials having organized cords and extracellular matrix embedded in a 3D scaffold. According, the present disclosure provides compositions and applications for patterned biomaterials. Pre-patterning of these biomaterials can lead to enhanced integration of these materials into host organisms, providing a strategy for enhancing the viability of engineered tissues by promoting vascularization.
US11324855B2	Cell-free combination, hydrogel-like material or hydrogel and use of same A cell-free combination for use in the controlled, especially decelerated or retarded, release of active ingredient and/or in the production of a formulation in hydrogel form, especially depot formulation in hydrogel form, and/or as a formulation in hydrogel form, especially depot formulation in hydrogel form, and/or for the coating of a medical product, especially implant, preferably with a formulation in hydrogel form, especially depot formulation in hydrogel form, wherein the cell-free combination comprises a first component and a second component, the first component comprising crosslinkable albumin and the second component comprising a crosslinking agent for the albumin. Additionally, a hydrogel-forming material or hydrogel, to a kit or multicomponent system, to a medical product or a pharmaceutical formulation, to a discharge device, and to uses of the cell-free combination and of the hydrogel-forming material or hydrogel.
US11324843B2	Lighting device that deactivates dangerous pathogens while providing visually appealing light A lighting device configured to deactivate pathogens in an environment. The lighting device includes a housing, means for mounting the housing to a surface in the environment, one or more first light-emitting elements arranged in the housing and configured to each produce disinfecting light having a wavelength in a first range of wavelengths, and one or more second light-emitting elements arranged in the housing and configured to each produce disinfecting light having a wavelength in a second range of wavelengths different from the first range of wavelengths. The disinfecting light produced by the first light-emitting elements and the disinfecting light produced by the second light-emitting elements mix to form a combined light, the combined light being visible light other than white light.
US11324837B2	Hybrid membrane-coated nanoparticle composites and methods of making and using the same Disclosed herein are embodiments of nanoparticle composites that comprise covalently coupled stabilizing agent molecules that improve stability of the nanoparticle composites and allow for tight packing of lipids and/or membranes. The nanoparticle composites can further comprise inhibition inhibitors and/or lipid components that interact to form a hybrid lipid bilayer membrane around the nanoparticle core. The nanoparticle composites can be coupled to drugs, targeting moieties, and imaging moieties. The nanoparticle composites can be used for in vivo drug deliver, disease diagnosis/treatment, and imaging.
US11324835B2	Nucleic acid-loaded unit polyion complex A unit-type polyion complex for use in delivering nucleic acid to a target site in a patient includes one or more molecules of a block copolymer having a poly(ethylene glycol) segment and a cationic poly(amino acid) segment and one or more molecules of a nucleic acid. A total quantity of positive charges derived from side chains of the cationic poly(amino acid) segment of the block copolymer in the unit-type polyion complex is not offset by a total quantity of negative charges derived from the nucleic acid. Furthermore, the nucleic acid has a strand length of 10-50 bases, the molecular weight of the poly(ethylene glycol) segment is 40×103 or more, and the block copolymer has a binding constant (Ka) for the nucleic acid of 3.0×105 or more.
US11324828B2	Hydrogel polymeric compositions and methods Some aspects of this disclosure relate to a method of treating an ophthalmic disease affecting an eye of a patient comprising forming a covalently-crosslinked hydrogel for controlled release of a therapeutic agent.
US11324826B2	Multifunctional treatment and diagnostic compositions and methods Multifunctional compositions and methods are provided for therapeutic treatment of bacteria and cancers and for fluorescence diagnosis. Systems generate in situ reactive oxygen species such as singlet oxygen (1O2), hydroxyl radical (OH) and Juglone, and other chemotherapeutic agents. Methods provided selectively produce greater amounts of one reactive oxygen species over others. Variations are effective in aerobic, anaerobic or H2O2 rich environments and in presence of, or absence of, light. In H2O2 rich environment in absence of light, variations decompose H2O2 into O2 gas to remove excess H2O2 for elimination of hypoxic environment. Variations are formed of porphyrins, naphthalene derivatives, and metal ions, for illustration, free base tetrakis Ar substituted porphyrine core without metal or halide substitution but having hydroxyphenyl and alkyl pyridyl substituents at meso positions combined with dihydroxynaphthalene and +3 hydrated metal ions.
US11324823B2	Biophotonic materials and uses thereof The present disclosure provides topical biophotonic materials and methods useful in phototherapy. In particular, the topical biophotonic materials of the present disclosure include a cohesive matrix, and at least one chromophore which can absorb and emit light from within the topical biophotonic material, wherein the topical biophotonic material is elastic. The topical bio-photonic materials and the methods of the present disclosure are useful for promoting wound healing and skin rejuvenation, as well as treating acne and various other skin disorders.
US11324815B2	Vaccine constructs and uses thereof against Staphylococcus infections There is provided a fusion construct of formula (I): X-A-linker-B-Z (I) wherein: (1) A and B are identical or different and are independently: (a) a polypeptide comprising a SACOL0029 polypeptide as set forth in any one of the sequences depicted in FIG. 24 (SEQ ID NOs: 5 and 121 to 131), a SACOL0264 polypeptide (SEQ ID NO: 185), a SACOL0442 polypeptide as set forth in any one of the sequences depicted in FIG. 22D (SEQ ID NOs: 29 and 82 to 92), a SACOL0718 polypeptide (SEQ ID NO: 186), a SACOL0720 polypeptide as set forth in any one of the sequences depicted in FIGS. 23I-J (SEQ ID NOs: 11 and 109 to 120), a SACOL1353 polypeptide (SEQ ID NO: 187), a SACOL1416 polypeptide (SEQ ID NO: 188), a SACOL1611 polypeptide (SEQ ID NO: 189), a SACOL1867 polypeptide as set forth in any one of the sequences depicted in FIG. 25D (SEQ ID NOs: 152 to 164), a SACOL1912 polypeptide (SEQ ID NO: 43), a SACOL1944 polypeptide (SEQ ID NO: 190), a SACOL2144 polypeptide (SEQ ID NO: 191), a SACOL2365 polypeptide (SEQ ID NO: 192), a SACOL2385 polypeptide (SEQ ID NO: 50) or a SACOL2599 polypeptide (SEQ ID NO: 193), based on the gene nomenclature from the Staphylococcus aureus COL (SACOL) genome set forth in NCBI Reference Sequence NC_002951.2; (b) a polypeptide encoded by a gene from a same operon as a gene encoding the polypeptide of (a); (c) a polypeptide comprising an immunogenic fragment of at least 13 consecutive amino acids of (a) or (b); (d) a polypeptide comprising an amino acid sequence at least 60% identical overall to the sequence of the polypeptide of any one of (a) to (c); or (e) a polypeptide comprising an immunogenic variant comprising at least 13 consecutive amino acids of any one of (a) to (c); (2) the linker is an amino acid sequence of at least one amino acid or is absent; (3) X is absent or is an amino acid sequence of at least one amino acid; and (4) Z is absent or is an amino acid sequence of at least one amino acid. Also provided are compositions and kits comprising the fusion and uses of these fusions, compositions and kits.
US11324814B2	Live attenuated oral vaccine against ETEC and typhoid fever Disclosed is the attenuated Salmonella typhi vaccine Ty21a utilized as a vector for Shigella and/or enterotoxogenic E. coli genes stably integrated in the Ty21a chromosome. These genes include a heterologous Shigella sonnei O-antigen biosynthetic gene region that comprises the wzz gene and expresses Shigella sonnei form 1 O-antigen, as well as a heterologous acid resistance biosynthetic gene system comprising a YbaS gene, which enables increased stability of the Ty21a vector at pH 2.5 relative to Ty21a without the integrated acid resistance biosynthetic gene system.
US11324808B2	Rapid-acting insulin formulation comprising a substituted anionic compound A composition in aqueous solution includes insulin and at least one substituted anionic compound chosen from substituted anionic compounds consisting of a backbone formed from a discrete number u of between 1 and 8 (1≤u≤8) of identical or different saccharide units, linked via identical or different glycoside bonds, the saccharide units being chosen from the group consisting of hexoses, in cyclic form or in open reduced form, said compound comprising partially substituted carboxyl functional groups, the unsubstituted carboxyl functional groups being salifiable. A pharmaceutical formulation including the composition is also set forth.
US11324804B2	Combined CD6 and imipenem therapy for treatment of infectious diseases and related inflammatory processes The present invention relates to the field of medicine and provides compositions and kits-of-parts comprising a CD6 product and Imipenem, in particular for their use in a therapeutic and/or preventive method of treatment, in a mammal including a human, of an infectious disease, or of an inflammatory condition related to an infectious disease, or of an inflammatory disease related to the presence of a product derived from an infectious agent.
US11324803B2	Methods and compositions for treatment of Gaucher Disease via modulation of C5a receptor Disclosed are compositions and methods for the reduction of C5a mediated immune inflammation. The methods, in various aspects, may include the step of administering a C5aR antagonist to a subject in need of such treatment. In one aspect, the subject in need may have a lysosomal acid storage disease. Therapeutic kits and articles of manufacture are also disclosed.
US11324802B2	C3 fusion protein and methods of making and using thereof The present invention provides, among other things, improved therapeutic compositions comprising a C3 fusion protein and methods of making and using the same. In particular, the present invention provides improved methods for the treatment of spinal cord injury and other CNS trauma and/or facilitate axon growth or other tissue repair.
US11324800B2	Aqueous suspensions of cyclosporin Compositions that are aqueous suspensions of cyclosporin and contain a cyclosporin (e.g., cyclosporin A), a pharmaceutically acceptable water soluble solvent for the cyclosporin, a dispersing agent, a suspending agent and an aqueous vehicle are disclosed. Methods of producing such compositions, as well as methods of using the compositions to treat ophthalmic disorders are also disclosed.
US11324791B2	Antimicrobial extracts of Boswellia and thyme A method for treating a microbial infection, especially pneumonia, comprising administering an aqueous-ethanol extract of Thymus or Boswellia or a composition containing the extract. Aqueous-ethanol extracts of Thymus and/or Boswellia.
US11324788B2	Parvovirus formulation for treating tumors Described is a parvovirus formulation which comprises (a) at least 1×109 pfu/ml of parvovirus H1 (H-1PV) or a related rodent parvovirus such as LuIII, Mouse minute virus (MMV), Mouse parvovirus (MPV), Rat minute virus (RMV), Rat parvovirus or Rat virus (RV) and (b) a pharmaceutically acceptable carrier containing 40-50% Iodixanol (w/v), 0.7-0.9 mmol CaCl2×2 H2O, 50-60 mmol NaCl, 0.9-1.2 mmol KCl, 0.7-0.95 mg/ml Tromethamine and 0.05-0.15 mg/ml Edetate calcium disodium. A preferred use is the therapy of a brain tumour by intratumoral injection.
US11324786B2	Lactic acid bacteria and use thereof The present invention relates to the novel lactic acid bacteria Lactobacillus mucosae and Bifidobacterium longum, and specifically, to a composition comprising the novel lactic acid bacteria, the composition enabling the inhibition of the expression of the p16 protein, which is an aging factor, and the inhibition of inflammatory factors, thereby being useful in preventing and treating memory impairment, learning disabilities or mental disorders, and in preventing and treating inflammatory diseases.
US11324782B2	Method of preventing obesity using herb ferment The present invention provides a use of herb ferment for preparing a composition for preventing and/or treating obesity; wherein, the herb is Abelmoschus esculentus. The fermentation process of the present invention can enhance the content of total polysaccharide in the herb ferment, and effectively increase the amylase inhibition rate and the glucosidase inhibition rate of the herb ferment to effectively inhibit the decomposition and absorption of starch and glucoside. The herb ferment of the present invention can also effectively reduce the blood glucose of subjects after meals, and can effectively reduce the body weight, BMI value, waist circumference, visceral fat, average whole body fat percentage, and average body fat percentage, and can be effectively used to regulate blood glucose and blood lipids for weight loss. The herb ferment is prepared by fermenting the herb extract to yeast and lactic acid bacteria.
US11324772B2	Periodontal gel composition and method of use The present invention relates to a periodontal gel composition, more particularly to a liquid composition having a low viscosity at ambient temperature, which upon warming to body temperature solidifies into a viscous gel and then releases a therapeutic agent, e.g., an antibacterial agent, in a sustained release manner; and to a method of use.
US11324769B2	Polymorphic compounds and uses thereof The present invention provides compounds and methods of use thereof for treatment of certain disorders and conditions, for example brain injuries such as stroke or traumatic brain injuries.
US11324768B2	Applications of triacetyl-3-hydroxyl phenyl adenosine in treating vascular inflammations or improving vascular endothelium functions There is provided herein a method of treating and/or alleviating vascular inflammation or vascular endothelial function disorders comprising administering 2′,3,′ 5′-triacetyl-N6(3-hydroxyphenyl)adenosine of formula (I): such as in the form of a pharmaceutical composition, to a person suffering from vascular inflammation or vascular endothelial function disorders.
US11324766B2	2'-fucosyllactose for the prevention and treatment of coronavirus-induced inflammation The invention provides compositions and methods for utilizing oligosaccharides, such as isolated human milk oligosaccharides, to attenuate a respiratory pathogen infection-induced host inflammation and/or to promote recovery from a respiratory pathogen infection-induced host inflammation in a subject.
US11324764B2	Methods for reducing mitochondrial dysfunction Disclosed are methods and compositions for reducing the epigenetic age of organisms, especially that of adult humans, which provide for proliferating endogenous stem cells, removing aberrant epigenetic marks from chromosomes and mitochondrial DNA, and replacement of senescent cells.
US11324759B2	Oxysterol-statin compounds for bone growth Oxysterol-statin compounds and methods of synthesizing the same are provided for use in promoting osteogenesis, osteoinduction and/or osteoconduction. Methods of synthesizing in a single container OXY133-statin compounds having high yields and improved process safety are also provided. Methods for synthesizing OXY133-statin compounds that are stereoselective are also provided.
US11324753B2	Method of treatment of attention deficit/hyperactivity disorder (ADHD) The invention comprises a method for treatment of ADHD or ADHD-related disorders by a pharmaceutical agent exhibiting combined serotonergic or noradrenergic reuptake transporters and monoamine receptor activity.
US11324749B2	Combination therapy for treatment of hematological diseases The present application relates to treatment of a hematological disease selected from leukemia, lymphoma, and multiple myeloma in a patient in need thereof, comprising administering to the patient: (a) a therapeutically effective amount of a selective JAK1 inhibitor; (b) a therapeutically effective amount of an immunomodulatory agent, and (c) a therapeutically effective amount of a steroid.
US11324748B2	Vasodilators for treatment of heart failure A method for treating or preventing heart failure involving blockage of small blood vessels is described. The method involves administering to a subject in need thereof a therapeutically effective amount of a vasodilator.
US11324746B2	Use of anagrelide for treating cancer The present invention relates to the use of the anti-megakaryocytic agent anagrelide, or a therapeutically active metabolite thereof, in the prevention or treatment of metastatic disease in cancer patients displaying paraneoplastic thrombocytosis.
US11324744B2	Methods of use and pharmaceutical combinations of histone deacetylase inhibitors and CD20 inhibitory antibodies The disclosure relates to pharmaceutical combinations comprising an HDAC6 selective inhibitor and a CD20 inhibitory antibody for the treatment of a B-cell disorder, such as cancer, in a subject in need thereof. Also provided herein are methods for treating a B-cell disorder in a subject in need thereof, comprising administering to the subject an effective amount of an HDAC6 selective inhibitor and a CD20 inhibitory antibody.
US11324741B2	Methods for treating visceral fat conditions Disclosed are methods and compositions for treating visceral fat conditions and/or metabolic syndrome using combinations of naltrexone and bupropion.
US11324738B2	Muscarinic agonists This invention relates to compounds that are agonists of the muscarinic M1 receptor and/or M4 receptor and which are useful in the treatment of muscarinic M1/M4 receptor mediated diseases. Also provided are pharmaceutical compositions containing the compounds and the therapeutic uses of the compounds. Compounds include those according to formula 1a or a salt thereof, wherein n, p, Q, R1, R2, R3, R9 and R4 are as defined herein.
US11324737B1	Modulating expression level of a gene encoding a heat shock protein by treating a human subject with a nitroxide Some embodiments disclosed herein include a method for decreasing an expression level of a gene. The methods can include identifying a human subject having an increased expression level of HSP90; and administering to the human subject an effective amount of a nitroxide antioxidant, whereby expression level of the gene is decreased.
US11324734B2	Compositions and methods for treating anemia Provided herein are specific doses of, and dosing regimens for, using a HIF prolyl hydroxylase inhibitor in treating or preventing anemia, such as anemia secondary to or associated with chronic kidney disease, anemia secondary to or associated with non-dialysis dependent chronic kidney disease anemia associated with or resulting from chemotherapy, or anemia associated with AIDS.
US11324731B2	TXNIP-TRX complex inhibitors and methods of using the same Disclosed herein, inter alia, are compounds and methods for inhibiting the thioredoxin-thioredoxin-interacting-protein (TXNIP-TRX) complex.
US11324730B2	Therapeutic use of levorotatory β-lactams in hematopoiesis, immuno-oncology therapy, and regulation of lipoprotein and apolipoprotein levels A method for increasing the number of CD4+ T-lymphocytes in the serum of a subject in need of such treatment comprising administering to the subject a pharmaceutical composition comprising an amount of an L-isomer of β-lactam effective to increase the number of CD4+ T-lymphocytes in said patient's serum.
US11324711B2	Composition and uses for influencing hair growth The invention describes a combination of at least one aromatase inhibitor selected from the group of chemical-synthetic aromatase inhibitors and aromatase inhibition exhibiting extracts of soya beans and rapeseed, respectively, and at least one plant extract that contains one or more active ingredient substance(s) extracted from the plant, which is(are) selected from the group of 5α reductase type I and/or type II inhibitors and androgen receptor blockers, said combination being contained for example in a composition and having special properties for influencing hair growth. Uses of this combination are also described.
US11324702B2	Soft gel compositions and capsules made from the same The present disclosure generally relates to film-forming compositions and capsules formed from such compositions, including processes for using such compositions to make capsules. In some embodiments, the film-forming compositions are free of animal products and carrageenan.
US11324691B2	Compositions and methods for treating rosacea and acne Provided are compositions and methods for treating rosacea and acne. Specifically, a gel or foam composition having a tetracycline antibiotic and uses thereof for treating rosacea and acne are provided.
US11324687B2	Pro-pigmenting peptides Provided is at least one peptide of formula (I) and its use, where formula (I) is as follows: X-(Xaa1)n-Pro-(Xaa2)m-Y (I). In formula (I), n=0 and m=1. At the N terminal end of the peptide, X is selected from H, —CO—R1 and —SO2—R1. At the C terminal end of the peptide, Y is selected from OH, OR1, NH2, NHR1 or NR1R2, R1 and R2 being independently selected from an alkyle, aryle, aralkyle, alkylaryl, alkoxy and aryloxy group, that can be linear, branched, cyclic, poly-cyclic, non-saturated, hydroxylated, carbonylated, phosphorylated and/or sulphured, with the possibility to have in said group skeleton a O, S and/or N heteroatom. Pro corresponds to a Proline, an analogue or derivative thereof.
US11324684B1	Thermal control of hair color-altering compositions The disclosure relates to thermal control of compositions for altering the color of hair, in particular to hair bleaching compositions comprising thermal control agents, hair color-altering compositions comprising the hair bleaching compositions and/or thermal control agents, methods for preparing and using the hair color-altering compositions, and kits comprising the hair bleaching compositions and/or thermal control agents.
US11324681B2	Oral compositions and methods of use Compositions that include: from 5 wt-% to 70 wt-% of one or more plant based oils based on the total weight of the composition; from 35 wt-% to 95 wt-% of an aqueous phase based on the total weight of the composition; not greater than 7.5 wt-% of one or more surfactants based on the total weight of the composition; and not greater than 3 wt-% of a viscosity modifier of, wherein the composition has a pH from 4.5 to 9.5, the composition is an oil in water (o/w) emulsion, and the composition is edible. Methods of utilizing disclosed compositions are also included.
US11324680B2	Topical compositions The present invention relates to topical compositions comprising erythrulose and a caprylate, characterized in that the amount of the caprylate in the composition is 5 higher than the amount of erythrulose.
US11324678B2	Core shell silica particles and uses thereof as an anti-bacterial agent This invention provides core shell silica particles, wherein each core shell silica particle comprises a silica core, and a surface of the silica core etched with group I metal silicate. These core shell silica particles have high surface charge density and anti-bacterial activity. Also provided are compositions comprising core shell silica particles, process of making the core shell silica particles and methods of reducing or inhibiting bacterial activity by administering the core shell silica particles or compositions thereof.
US11324666B2	Infant feeding system The invention provides for an infant feeding system (100) for orally feeding a liquid to an infant. The infant feeding system comprises a user interface (202). The infant feeding system further comprises at least one sensor (212, 212′, 212″, 212″′) for measuring at least one physical property. The infant feeding system further comprises a memory (216, 216′, 216″) for storing machine executable instructions (230). The infant feeding system further comprises a processor (208, 208′, 208″). Execution of the machine executable instructions causes the processor to: acquire (300) feeding data (234) by measuring the at least one physical property with the at least one sensor; send (302) the feeding data to a feeding database (246); receive (304) a user response (240) descriptive of feeding conditions from a user interface (202); send (306) contextual data (248) to the feeding database, wherein the contextual data comprises the user response; receive (308) instructional data (242) from the feeding database in response to the contextual data and the feeding data; and output (310) feeding instructions (243, 243′, 243″, 243″′, 243″″, 243″″′) on the user interface using the instructional data.
US11324665B2	Medication intelligent device A medical intelligent device is for use with a medical jar. The medical jar defines an accommodating space for containing at least one medicine. The medication intelligent device includes a cover and an auxiliary medicine deliver. The cover is detachably mounted on the medical jar. The auxiliary medicine deliver is disposed on the cover and includes a main control chip and a medicine delivery gate electrically connected to the main control chip. The main control chip is used to move the gate between a closed position and an opened position relative to the cover. In the closed position, the medicine delivery gate closes the accommodating space. In the opened position, the medicine delivery gate opens the accommodating space.
US11324661B2	Medical container with NFC antenna A pharmaceutical container includes a cylindrical hollow container body defining a hollow chamber to receive a pharmaceutical liquid, the container body including a portion on a sidewall) of the container body, wherein the portion has a longitudinal extension along the longitudinal axis of the container body and a circumferential extension along the circumference of the container body, thereby forming a window through the sidewall of the container body into the hollow chamber. In embodiments of the invention, the window comprises two long edges and two short edges, and a Near Field Communication (NFC) antenna. In embodiments of the invention, the antenna comprises one or a plurality of nested antenna windings.
US11324657B2	Wearable device with constriction elements for treatment of erectile dysfunction A wearable device with constriction elements for treatment of erectile dysfunction includes a sheath member having a proximal annual section and a distal annular section configured to tautly engage around a user's penis. At least one channel is disposed within at least one longitudinal section disposed interconnecting the proximal and distal annular sections. The at least one channel is disposed to accommodate one or more of an elongate rod member, at least one vibratory unit, or introduction of compressed air forcibly introduced therein to rigidify and mechanically support the wearer's penis. At least one inflatable constriction ring is disposed seatable into the proximal and/or distal constriction ring to target penile blood vessels and prevent blood loss therefrom. A vibratory sleeve is also included, devised to assist in inducing an erection by manual application around a user's penis and mechanical action of a plurality of elongate vibratory units disposed therein.
US11324653B2	Exoskeleton for assisting human movement The invention relates to an exoskeleton for assisting human movement, which can be fitted to the user in terms of dimensions, tension and ranges of joint motion, either manually or automatically. The exoskeleton can be fitted to the user in the anteroposterior direction in the sagittal plane, with the user in a horizontal or sitting position, without requiring a functional transfer. The exoskeleton has a modular design which is compatible with human biomechanics and reproduces a natural and physiological movement in the user, with up to 7 actuated and controlled degrees of movement per limb, ensuring that the user maintains equilibrium during locomotion.
US11324648B2	Patient transport apparatus with steer lock assembly A patient transport apparatus comprises a support structure comprising base, a frame, and a patient support surface to support a patient. The apparatus also includes at least one caster assembly coupled to the support structure, with each one of the caster assemblies comprising a wheel, a wheel support coupled to the wheel, and a steer lock assembly movable relative to the wheel support. An actuator is operatively coupled to the steer lock assembly to move the steer lock assembly between a non-steer locked and steer locked state to permit or prevent the wheel support and coupled wheel from swiveling about a swivel axis. The caster assemblies can also include a brake assembly coupled to the wheel, with the actuator operatively coupled to the brake assembly to move the brake assembly between a braked and unbraked state.
US11324635B2	Cerumen removal apparatus A cerumen removal apparatus for removing cerumen from an ear canal. The apparatus includes a body having a distal end and a proximal end interconnected by a main longitudinal axis; said distal end including a hollow collector head having at least one spiral vane or ridge projecting radially inward from an inner surface thereof and enclosing a lumen ending with an opening opened to said lumen for amassing said cerumen in said lumen via said opening; wherein said at least one spiral vane or ridge is adapted to guide the cerumen in a proximal direction into said hollow collector head when said hollow collector head rotates in the ear canal.
US11324634B2	Plug with isthmus anchor for treating patulous Eustachian tube A plug is configured to maintain position within a Eustachian tube of a patient. The plug includes a proximal portion and a distal portion. The proximal portion includes a first body dimensioned bear radially outwardly against the Eustachian tube of the patient. The distal portion includes an anchoring assembly that is configured to lock the plug in the Eustachian tube of the patient. The plug may be formed of a bioabsorbable material.
US11324633B2	Welding helmet having a filter arrangement A welding helmet having a filter arrangement is disclosed. The welding helmet is provided with a main filter and at least one auxiliary filter separate from and positioned next to the main filter. The at least one auxiliary filter comprises an electro-optic element adapted to attenuate the transmission of optical radiation incident on the auxiliary filter.
US11324629B2	Vocal strengthening apparatus Apparatuses for use in straw phonation are provided herein. These apparatuses are typically reusable. Kits comprising these apparatuses are also provided which allow the apparatuses to be stored safely for repeated use throughout the day as required. Additionally, the present disclosure is related to methods of practicing straw phonation with the apparatuses described herein.
US11324626B2	Device and method for opening an airway A device and a method for creating and/or maintaining an obstruction free upper respiratory passages. The device is configured to fit under the chin of a subject adjacent to the subject's neck at an external location corresponding approximately with the subject's soft tissue associated with the neck's anterior triangle. The device is capable of exerting negative pressure on the surface of a subject's neck, displacing the soft tissue forward and enlarging the airway.
US11324625B1	Internal nasal splint The internal nasal splint is used in pairs, one on each side of the septum, to support the septum, maintain patent airways on each side of the septum, and reduce or mitigate the incidence of hematomas and post-surgical adhesions following such nasal surgeries as septoplasty, removal of nasal polyps, correction of nasal fractures, etc. The two splints are symmetrical, and each includes an arcuate septal support splint portion defining a delivery lumen or tube having a plurality of medially spaced delivery ports or orifices, and a lateral flared splint portion defining an airway passage extending between the opening of the nostril and the internal nasal valve, the two splint portions being joined by an isthmus or bridge. A suture access pad is provided on each internal nasal splint to facilitate suturing the splints to the septum when placing the splints in the corresponding naris or nostril during the surgery.
US11324624B2	Traction splints and methods of using traction splints Portable traction splints for applying traction to an injured patient's limb may be extendable from a collapsed configuration adapted for transportation and storage towards an extended configuration adapted for applying traction to the injured patient, using telescoping members. One or more straps may be provided for securing the traction splint to the patient. One or more of such straps may include a tourniquet portion and/or may be configured to be oriented in different directions relative to the telescoping members. The disclosed traction splints may include a traction mechanism including a traction cord to apply traction to the patient's limb. The traction cord may be secured and maintained at a desired tension via a catch and a cleat in the inner member. Additionally or alternatively, a longitudinal cord groove and an inner hollow of the inner member may define a cord path for the traction cord.
US11324623B2	Body trunk supporter and wear provided with same A body trunk supporter provided with: a belt-like lower band section that is adapted to be wrapped around and positioned at the pelvis of a user; an X-shaped stretchable middle band section that has a pair of lower end parts joined to the lower band section and that presses areas of the lumbar region of the user; and a pair of upper band sections that are jointed to a pair of upper end parts of the middle band section and that are adapted to be wrapped around and positioned at the chest of the user, wherein the pair of lower end parts of the middle band section are configured to be joined to areas ranging from positions that are immediately lateral to the pelvis of the user to adjacent anterior positions thereof in the lower band section; and the pair of upper band sections are configured to be separated from each other and to extend in bilaterally opposite directions in an unfolded state, and are configured to be wrapped around and positioned near fifth to tenth ribs of the chest of the user.
US11324622B1	Back brace belt and apparatus, and method of belt length adjustment therefor A back brace includes: a back plate; left and right cord plates each slidably mounted to left and right sides of the back plate, respectively, and to which first and second flexible belt members are respectively secured; and a cord guide arrangement for each plate to particularly direct first and second cords. Each of the left and right cord plates include a pair of concentric cord guides, each of which are formed of a circular segment that is 180 degrees or less. The first cord is selectively wound around the pair of concentric cord guides on the upper portions of the left and right cord plates, while the second cord is selectively wound around the pair of concentric cord guides on the lower portion of the cord plates, so pulling on the cords provides a mechanical advantage to buckle the plate to exert a compressive force on the patient's torso.
US11324621B2	Supportive belt assembly for lower extremity orthotic devices A multi-segment supportive belt assembly for reducing displacement of one or more orthotic devices on the lower extremities of a user. The supportive belt comprises a first group of segments including a plurality of linking segments linking the supportive belt assembly to the anatomical structure of the user, and a second group of segments including, for each lower extremity, at least one lateral segment connecting adjacent linking segments, the at least one lateral segment being longitudinally aligned with the user's hips, at least one of the lateral segments being adapted to be connected to the one or more orthotic devices.
US11324620B2	Systems and methods for measuring volume of potential sleeve in a sleeve gastrectomy One or more medical devices may be provided that may be used, for example, in bariatric surgery including a vertical sleeve gastrectomy. Occlusion devices can be integrated with a catheter or tube to occlude one or more proximal or distal landmarks of a stomach and a stapling guide may be used to occlude a lateral boundary of the stomach to define a cavity. A volume of the potential resultant sleeve may be determined by inserting fluid or gas into the catheter or tube, measuring pressure, and calculating the volume of the cavity.
US11324619B1	Acute and chronic devices for modifying flow in body lumens and methods of use thereof The acute and chronic devices and methods described herein include a body lumen fluid flow modulator including an upstream flow accelerator and a downstream flow decelerator. The fluid flow modulator preferably includes one or more openings that define a gap/entrainment region that provides a pathway through which additional fluid from a branch lumen(s) is entrained into the fluid stream flowing from the upstream flow accelerator to the downstream flow decelerator. Delivery devices including a sheath and inner assembly also are provided for delivering the flow modulator to the body lumen. The delivery device may maintain the flow modulator in its collapsed, delivery state upon retraction of the sheath for ease of readjustment within the body lumen prior to full deployment of the flow modulator within the body lumen.
US11324615B2	External steerable fiber for use in endoluminal deployment of expandable devices The present disclosure describes treatment of the vasculature of a patient with an expandable implant. The implant is constrained to a reduced delivery diameter for delivery within the vasculature by at least one sleeve. The implant can be constrained to other diameters, such as an intermediate diameter. The sleeves can be expanded, allowing for expansion of the diameter of the expandable implant, by disengaging a coupling member from the sleeve or sleeves from outside of the body of the patient. The expandable implant can comprise a steering line or lines which facilitate bending and steering of the expandable implant through the vasculature of a patient.
US11324613B2	Multilayer luminal endoprosthesis and manufacturing method A luminal endoprosthesis (1) at least partially delimits a prosthesis lumen (2), for implantation in an anatomical structure (3) that at least partially defines at least one cavity (4) and includes a pathological portion (13). The luminal endoprosthesis (1) includes two or more layers (5, 6, 7), at least one layer (5, 6, 7) having at least one threadlike element (8) forming an armor (9). The luminal endoprosthesis (1) includes an anchoring portion (10), for anchoring to an anatomical portion (11) of the walls of the cavity (4) of the anatomical structure (3). A working portion (12) faces the pathological portion (13) of the anatomical structure (3). The two or more layers (5, 6, 7) are separated from each other at least in the working portion (12) of the luminal endoprosthesis (1), avoiding connecting elements between one layer (5, 6, 7) and at least one adjacent layer.
US11324610B2	Measurement and ordering system for orthotic devices A system for electronically capturing a subject's anatomy. Software programming directs the user to position the camera to recognize the anatomy. It uses anatomical features of the recognized subject's anatomy, patient data entered by the user and anthropometric data to estimate the optimal position of virtual markers. Furthermore, it places the virtual markers on an image presented to the user on the display screen at the estimated optimal position, while utilizing an auto-zoom and the virtual markers to zoom in to provide proper framing. The auto-zoom is utilized while maintaining a substantially fixed camera distance from the subject. The programming provides feedback based on the anatomical features for directing the user to move the camera appropriately relative to the virtual markers, thereby resulting in an optimized view of the anatomical information. The end-user software program captures the optimized view of the anatomical information via the camera to provide output data.
US11324609B2	Spinal implant insertion tool A spinal implant insertion tool includes a handle portion formed by the proximal ends of a first prong and second prong and an attachment portion formed by the distal ends of the first prong and the second prong. The spinal implant insertion tool also includes a hinged portion positioned between the handle portion and the attachment portion where the first and second prongs are coupled by a hinge. A first attachment section includes first connectors for holding a spinal plate. A second attachment portion includes second connectors for holding a spinal cage. The first prong includes an oblique portion so that it is nonlinear, while the second prong is linear, so that the hinge is offset from the spinal cage and spinal plate held by the spinal implant insertion tool.
US11324602B2	Bionic artificial interphalangeal joint The present invention discloses a bionic artificial interphalangeal joint. The bionic artificial interphalangeal joint includes three sets of proximal prostheses and distal prostheses matched with the proximal prostheses and respectively corresponding to the three joints from the metacarpal bone to the distal phalanx. According to the specific position of the joint to be replaced, the corresponding artificial interphalangeal joint can be selected for replacement. Among them, the bionic artificial interphalangeal joint that can be installed between the metacarpal bone and the proximal phalanx has multiple degrees of freedom, which allows the proximal phalanx to bent in any direction like a real finger, and the bending angle of the proximal phalanx can be up to about 90 degrees when the proximal phalanx is bent toward the inner side of the finger.
US11324601B2	Talus implant At least one embodiment comprises a talus implant comprising: a body section; a neck section; a crown, wherein the crown is positioned at a top portion of the body section; at least one wing coupled to the body section, wherein the wing extends out from the body section. At least one embodiment further comprises at least one screw hole positioned in at least one of the neck section and the body section. In at least one embodiment the outer surface of the implant is polished. In at least one embodiment a portion of the outer surface is polished while a portion of the outer surface is roughened.
US11324600B2	Tibial tray with fixation features An orthopaedic prosthesis including a tibial tray is disclosed. The tibial tray includes a distal pocket and a plurality of inner pockets. Each inner pocket includes a channel sized to receive bone cement. The tibial tray includes distal-facing surfaces that have a surface roughness (Ra) equal to about 5.0 microns.
US11324591B2	Prosthesis for atraumatically grasping intralumenal tissue and methods of delivery A prosthesis can comprise an expandable frame, a plurality of distal anchors and a plurality of proximal anchors. The anchors can extend outwardly from the frame. The frame can be configured to radially expand and contract for deployment within a body cavity. The frame and anchors can have one of many different shapes and configurations. For example, when the frame is in an expanded configuration, the frame can have a larger cross-sectional dimension in a middle portion of the frame and a smaller cross-sectional dimension in a proximal portion and a distal portion of the frame, wherein the middle portion is between the proximal and distal portions. As another example, the anchors can have looped ends, the entire anchor may loop out from the frame.
US11324584B2	Multiple anchor tension adjustment system and method An orthopedic attachment system includes a first bone anchor, a second bone anchor, and a flexible connector. The flexible connector is connected between the first bone anchor and the second bone anchor. The flexible connector includes a sliding loop, a tensioning end and a fixed end. The sliding loop is connected to a sling loop bone anchor, and the fixed end is connected to the fixed end bone anchor. The tensioning end is slidably connected and lockable to the fixed end. A flexible connector, a method for attaching a flexible connector between at least two bone anchors in a patient's body, and a method of making a flexible connector are also disclosed.
US11324565B2	Stand for a surgical microscope, surgical microscopy system, and method for optimizing an assembly space of a surgical microscopy system A stand for a surgical microscope and a method for optimizing an assembly space of a surgical microscopy system are provided. The stand includes a base part, a stand part forming a c-shape structure, having a first end and a second end, and being mounted on the base part at the first end. The stand part has a hollow structure with reinforcements arranged within the hollow structure and the reinforcements extend vertically through the entire hollow structure. The stand part may include a first stand part element and a second stand part element, and the first and second stand part elements are arranged at a horizontal distance relative to one another and form together the c-shape structure. The method includes relocating electronic components from the arms to an area of the stand part thereby shifting a center of gravity of the stand.
US11324558B2	Electromagnetic distortion detection and compensation Systems and methods for electromagnetic (EM) distortion detection and compensation are disclosed. In one aspect, the system includes an instrument, the system configured to: determine a reference position of the distal end of the instrument at a first time based on EM location data, determine that the distal end of the instrument at a second time is static, and determine that the EM location data at the second time is indicative of a position of the distal end of the instrument having changed from the reference position by greater than a threshold distance. The system is further configured to: determine a current offset based on the distance between the position at the second time and the reference position at the first time, and determine a compensated position of the distal end of the instrument based on the EM location data and the current offset.
US11324555B2	Instrument port including optical bulb secured to port body An instrument port includes a port body, a bulb disposed at the distal end of the port body, a base body disposed at the proximal end of the port body, a hollow cylindrical body mechanically coupled to the base body, and a plurality of connecting rods disposed parallel to the port body. Each connecting rod includes a distal rod portion that is mechanically coupled to a respective distal-facing exterior surface of a bulb flange and a proximal rod portion that is mechanically coupled to a respective proximal-facing surface of the base body. A spring applies a spring force against the port body to press the port body into the bulb to mechanically secure the bulb to the base body.
US11324552B2	Laser-assisted transdermal delivery of nanoparticulates and hydrogels A method for laser assisted delivery of therapeutic agents includes selectively controlling a valve connected to a first channel disposed within a first sidewall of a nozzle, applying, through the first channel, a first substance to penetrate dermis to a predetermined depth, and administering, through a second channel unconnected with the valve and disposed within a second sidewall of the nozzle, a second substance to remove debris.
US11324551B2	Microwave ablation catheter, handle, and system A handle for longitudinal movement of a first tubular member over a second tubular member includes a handle body, a nose cone, a locking mechanism, and a retraction control. The nose cone has a sleeve and an outer wall that define a control channel therebetween. The nose cone is moveable over the handle body between extended and retracted positions. The locking mechanism has locked and unlocked positions for selectively fixing the nose cone in the extended and retracted positions. A finger of the retraction control is positioned within the control channel of the nose cone. The retraction control has first and second positions relative to the nose cone for transitioning the locking mechanism between the locked and unlocked position and for moving the nose cone between the extended and retracted positions.
US11324547B2	Electrosurgical probe and kit and method of using Electrosurgical probes for treating tissue, and surgical procedures that make use of such probes. Such a probe includes a working element having a core member, a sheath secured to the working element, and a conductor disposed in a first internal longitudinal channel of the core member and having an active electrode coupled thereto. The sheath has a passage in which the core member is disposed, and the passage has an opening at a distal end of the sheath. The conductor is reciprocable within the sheath and adapted to carry a radio frequency current to and from the active electrode, which extends from the opening at the distal end of the sheath. An irrigation channel is defined by a second internal longitudinal channel of the core member. The electrosurgical probe is marked as disposable and not for reuse in a medical procedure performed on more than one patient.
US11324530B2	Bone and tissue resection devices and methods Embodiments of bone and tissue resection devices are disclosed herein. In one embodiment, a device can include a stationary assembly having a housing, an elongated sleeve extending distally from the housing, and a cutting region disposed distal to the sleeve. The device can further include a drive assembly having a blade shaft extending through the elongated sleeve, the blade shaft having a distal tip with a cutting surface configured to extend into the cutting region when the drive assembly advances distally relative to the stationary assembly. The drive assembly can further include an oscillator coupled to the blade shaft and configured to engage with a source of continuous rotational motion to convert the continuous rotational motion into oscillating motion of the drive shaft. Further, the drive assembly can be configured to slidably couple to the stationary assembly to permit selective translation of the drive assembly relative to the stationary assembly.
US11324522B2	Patient specific alignment guide with cutting surface and laser indicator A patient-specific guiding system for guiding an instrument relative to a portion of an anatomical feature of a patient. The patient-specific guiding system includes a patient-specific guide. The guide includes a first portion having a first patient-specific inner surface that conforms to a first surface of the anatomical feature and an outer surface opposite the first patient-specific inner surface. The first portion also includes a guide surface for use in guiding the instrument relative to the anatomical feature. The guide also includes a second portion having a second patient-specific inner surface that conforms to a second surface of the anatomical feature and an outer surface opposite the second patient-specific inner surface. The second portion is removably connected to the first portion.
US11324517B2	Saw blade A saw blade of a bone saw machine includes a distally arranged or configured row of saw teeth and a proximally arranged or configured coupling region for coupling the saw blade with an oscillating rotating tool receptacle of the bone saw machine. The saw blade is designed with two counter-rotating curvatures or bends approximately in the manner of an S shape.
US11324516B2	Pneumatic tourniquet apparatus and method of use A pre-fabricated pneumatic tourniquet apparatus and related methods are provided. The tourniquet is easy to apply, ensures consistent and even circumferential pressure, is light weight, provides standard life saving operation, and can be utilized in any setting or situation. The pneumatic tourniquet apparatus is comprised of a bladder, a reservoir chassis, a retaining cover, a receiver and a slider. The bladder is elongated in shaped—long enough to wrap around most human limbs.
US11324515B2	Wearable blood flow occlusion device A wearable device comprises a tourniquet configured to occlude blood flow in an artery of a wearer. The tourniquet comprises at least one base plate; two anchor points connected to one of the at least one base plate and configured to anchor a first end of one of two laces; a tunnel strap comprising two lace guides connected to a first end of the tunnel strap, each configured to guide one of the two laces; and a tightening mechanism connected to one of the at least one base plate and comprising a spool configured to accept a second end of each of the two laces, and a knob configured for manually winding a portion of at least one of the two laces onto the spool. The wearable device comprises a wearable item quick release connector connected to the tourniquet, and configured to removably connect to a wearable item.
US11324508B2	Anvil assembly of circular stapling device including alignment splines A tool assembly includes a cartridge assembly, a shell, and an anvil assembly. The shell houses the cartridge assembly and defines a passage. The shell includes alignment splines that are disposed within the passage and define channels between adjacent alignment splines. The anvil assembly includes an anvil and a center rod that extends from the anvil. The center rod defines a longitudinal axis and includes a first spline and second splines. The first spline includes a first leading facet that is configured to engage the alignment splines to clock the anvil assembly relative to the cartridge assembly. The second splines are radially spaced apart about the longitudinal axis. Each of the second splines includes a leading end that defines a plane that is substantially orthogonal to the longitudinal axis. The leading end is configured to crash with the alignments spines when the anvil assembly is misaligned with the cartridge assembly.
US11324502B2	Surgical loading unit including an articulating end effector A surgical loading unit includes an elongate body, an end effector pivotably coupled to the elongate body, and a flexible knife bar extending through a distal portion of the elongate body and a proximal portion of the end effector. Articulation of the end effector relative to the elongate body in a first direction moves a first segment of the knife bar in the first direction and moves a second segment of the knife bar in a second direction, opposite the first direction.
US11324485B2	Ultrasound imaging system with a neural network for deriving imaging data and tissue information An ultrasound system according to some embodiments may include an ultrasound transducer configured to transmit ultrasound pulses toward tissue and generate echo signals responsive to the ultrasound pulses, a channel memory configured to store the echo signals, a beamformer configured to generated beamformed signals responsive to the echo signals, a neural network configured to receive one or more samples of the echo signals or the beamformed signals and produce a first type of ultrasound imaging data, and a processor configured to generate a second type of ultrasound imaging data, wherein the one or more processors may be further configured to generate an ultrasound image based on the first type of ultrasound imaging data and the second type of ultrasound imaging data and to cause a display communicatively coupled therewith to display the ultrasound image.
US11324483B2	Volumetric ultrasound image data reformatted as an image plane sequence An ultrasound probe acquires a 3D image dataset of a volumetric region of the body. The 3D image data is reformatted into a sequence of successive parallel image planes extending in one of three orthogonal directions through the volume. The sequence of images is preferably formatted in accordance with the DICOM standard so that a clinician can review the 3D image data as a sequence of DICOM images on an image workstation.
US11324474B2	Medical image diagnostic system and radiation dose management apparatus A medical image diagnostic system according to an embodiment includes processing circuitry configured to acquire first information related to an exposure dose of a subject by a radioactive agent administered to the subject, and display reference information for determining imaging conditions of X-ray CT imaging to be performed with respect to the subject on a display, based on the first information and second information related to a reference dose.
US11324470B2	X-ray diagnostic apparatus, medical image processing apparatus, and medical image processing method An X-ray diagnostic apparatus according to an embodiment includes an X-ray tube, an X-ray detector, and processing circuitry. The X-ray tube exposes X-rays. The X-ray detector detects the X-rays exposed from the X-ray tube. The processing circuitry generates an X-ray image on the basis of a first detection result that is a detection result of the X-rays exposed for an irradiation period. The processing circuitry corrects the X-ray image on the basis of a second detection result that is a detection result of the X-rays until a point before the end of the irradiation period.
US11324461B2	X-ray imaging apparatus An X-ray imaging apparatus includes an X-ray irradiation region adjustment unit for adjusting an X-ray irradiation region and a control unit for controlling the X-ray irradiation region adjustment unit so as to adjust the X-ray irradiation region based on a set region of interest in the case of a region of interest highlighting mode that highlights a predetermined target object within the region of interest set in the image generated by the image processing unit.
US11324455B2	Artificial intelligence-based interference recognition method for electrocardiogram An artificial intelligence-based interference recognition method for an electrocardiogram, comprising: cutting and sampling heart beat data of a first data amount, and inputting the heart beat data to be recognized that is obtained by cutting and sampling into an interference recognition binary classification model for interference recognition; in a sequence of the heart beat data, performing signal anomaly determination on a heart beat data segment where an inter-beat interval is greater than or equal to a preset interval determination threshold value, so as to determine whether the heart beat data segment is an abnormal signal; if the heart beat data segment is not an abnormal signal, determining a starting data point and an ending data point of sliding sampling in the heart beat data segment according to a set time with a preset time width, and performing sliding sampling on the data segment from the starting data point until the ending data point so as to obtain multiple sampling data segments; and using each sampling data segment as heart beat data to be recognized for interference recognition.
US11324452B2	Anatomical-imaging communication device A device is described that can include a probe, a mobile device, and at least one processor. The probe can examine a corresponding anatomical part of a body. The mobile device can have a camera to take an image of the anatomical part of the body. The mobile device can execute a patient-application to process the image. The at least one processor can be configured to transmit the processed image to a server via a communication network. Related apparatuses, systems, methods, techniques and articles are also described.
US11324451B2	Nanobots with embedded biosensors The present invention relates to medical nanobots with embedded biosensors for real-time and continuous in-vivo anatomic localization, diagnosis, disease surveillance, and therapeutic intervention.
US11324447B2	Oral data collecting device for diagnosis or prognosis An apparatus that monitors information associated with an oral cavity is provided, the apparatus comprising: a three-dimensional oral appliance; a data collection device having at least one sensor and/or hydrogel like material configured to sense the information associated with the oral cavity; an interface device cooperatively coupled to the data collection device, the interface device configured to transfer the information from the sensor device to a receiving device external to the oral cavity or the entire device is analyzed.
US11324446B2	Additive equipment to basic equipment with advantage in form of multimedial, health, sport or another equipment convenient for adding by additive equipment An addition of auxiliary functions to the multimedia equipment not included inside. These functions can be function of physiological data processing, extended and/or uninterrupted operations with regard to monitored and processed data. Auxiliary functions are implemented by the auxiliary equipment and circuits solutions physically placed in the original equipment or out of it but mechanically and electrically connected by it, whereas can it formed one compact unit. The parts, which are necessary to be during operation changed to get uninterrupted functions, are user friendly and simply exchangeable from the aspects of users.
US11324442B1	Broadband impedance spectroscopy and its use for tissue welding A biological tissue monitoring system has control circuitry programmed or configured to monitor an impedance of biological tissue. The control circuitry is programmed or configured to receive or determine an impedance measurement of the biological tissue in response to power delivered to the biological tissue at a plurality of frequencies and a plurality of time points, and adjust or cause to be adjusted the power delivered to the biological tissue at a subsequent time point based on the impedance measurement at the plurality of frequencies and the plurality of time points.
US11324441B2	Electrocardiography and respiratory monitor An electrocardiography and respiratory monitoring patch is provided. The monitoring patch includes a backing. Electrocardiographic electrodes are affixed to and conductively exposed on a contact surface of the backing to sense electrocardiographic data. A circuit includes circuit traces and each circuit trace is coupled to one of the electrocardiographic electrodes. At least one respiratory sensor is positioned adjacent to the backing to sense respiratory data including SpO2 or respiratory rate.
US11324438B2	Information processing apparatus, information processing method, and non-transitory computer-readable medium for acquiring and displaying a skin condition analysis result based on an epidermis image The present technology relates to an information processing apparatus, an information processing method, and a program through which it is possible to intuitively and visually recognize skin conditions. An analysis result acquisition unit acquires a skin condition analysis result based on an epidermis image obtained by capturing skin epidermis. A display control unit displays an analysis result image of a predetermined display form based on a skin condition analysis result on a display unit. Therefore, it is possible to intuitively and visually recognize skin conditions. The present technology can be applied to, for example, an electronic device configured to display a skin analysis result.
US11324422B2	Fall detection using photoplethysmography detectors in ear-wearable devices An ear-wearable device includes a photoplethysmography (PPG) sensor. One or more processors of the ear-wearable device are configured to determine, based on sample values of a PPG signal generated by the PPG sensor, whether a user of the ear-wearable device has fallen.
US11324412B2	Surgical instruments with sensors for detecting tissue properties, and system using such instruments A system is provided that furnishes expert procedural guidance based upon patient-specific data gained from surgical instruments incorporating sensors on the instrument's working surface, one or more reference sensors placed about the patient, sensors implanted before, during or after the procedure, the patient's personal medical history, and patient status monitoring equipment. Embodiments include a system having a surgical instrument with a sensor for generating a signal indicative of a property of a subject tissue of the patient, which signal is converted into a current dataset and stored. A processor compares the current dataset with other previously stored datasets, and uses the comparison to assess a physical condition of the subject tissue and/or to guide a procedure being performed on the tissue.
US11324411B2	Method and system for determining cardiovascular parameters A system and method for determining cardiovascular parameters can include: receiving a plethymogram (PG) dataset, removing noise from the PG dataset, segmenting the PG dataset, extracting a set of fiducials from the PG dataset, and transforming the set of fiducials to determine the cardiovascular parameters.
US11324402B2	Laser device and photoacoustic measurement apparatus A Q switch is vibrated by applying a first voltage, and pulsed laser light is emitted by applying a second voltage to the Q switch at a point in time at which a preset delay time has passed from the start of emission of excitation light. Then, in this case, a time which is within a period, for which the vibration of the Q switch continues, and at which the intensity of the pulsed laser light periodically changing due to the vibration of the Q switch is maximized in a case where a point in time of application of the second voltage to the Q switch is changed is set as the delay time.
US11324401B1	Computing system for wound tracking A computing system for wound tracking is disclosed herein. A server computing device receives a first image of a wound of a patient captured by a first camera. Subsequently, the server computing device receives a message generated by a computing device, the message indicating that a second camera of the computing device is to capture a second image of the wound. Responsive to receiving the message, the server computing device causes data to be transmitted to the computing device, the data based in part upon the first image. The data causes the computing device to present a semi-transparent overlay to a view of the wound on a display as perceived through a lens of the second camera, the semi-transparent overlay indicative of the first image. The computing device captures the second image via the second camera and causes the second image to be received by the server computing device.
US11324398B2	Ophthalmoscopy method A method is provided for observing structure and function of individual cells in a living human eye, comprising: using an adaptive optics optical coherence tomography (AO-OCT) system to image a volume of a retinal patch including numerous cells of different types, as for example, ganglion cells; using 3D subcellular image registration to correct for eye motion, including digitally dissecting the imaged volume; and using organelle motility inside the cell to increase cell contrast and to measure cell temporal dynamics.
US11324394B2	Endoscope An endoscope including a handle including a fulcrum with a fulcrum axis, and a control lever including a lever body attached to the fulcrum and rotatable about the fulcrum axis, a lever grip, and a lever arm attaching the lever grip to the lever body, the control lever being adjustable between a first and a second configuration, in which the gripping surface of the lever grip is distanced from the fulcrum axis at a first radial distance via the lever body and lever arm, and a second configuration, in which the gripping surface of the lever grip is distanced from the fulcrum axis at a second radial distance via the lever body and lever arm, wherein the second radial distance is different from the first radial distance.
US11324386B2	Airway management and visualization device A medical visualization platform including a base unit that includes a base unit connection mechanism, a processor, an electrical contact, a communication module, and a power source. A plurality of visualization attachments connect lo the base unit, and each visualization attachment is disposable and includes a visualization connection mechanism arranged to engage the base unit connection mechanism to provide movement of the connected visualization attachment relative to the base unit between a folded position and an engaged position. Each visualization attachment also includes attachment contacts that are in electrical communication with the electrical contact of the base unit while the visualization attachment is in the engaged position, and each of the visualization attachments includes either a video camera or a light source.
US11324378B2	Foldable multi-purpose nonwoven hand pad and method of use A nonwoven hand pad includes a substrate having first and second opposed major surfaces wherein the first major surface includes a first functional region configured for a first cleaning operation, and the second major surface includes at least two functional regions configured for second and third cleaning operations. A method of cleaning using such a pad is also disclosed.
US11324371B2	Robot and method for controlling same To successfully deal with a problem to be solved by the present invention, a cleaner for performing automatic driving according to an embodiment of the present invention comprises: a body; a driving unit for moving the body; a detecting unit for acquiring information relating to an environment around the body while the body runs in a cleaning area; and a control unit which generates map information corresponding to the cleaning area on the basis of the information acquired by the detecting unit, configures a driving cost value for each of multiple grids included in the map information, and configures a driving route of the body on the basis of the configured driving cost value.
US11324367B2	Suction nozzle for removing hair from textile surfaces The present invention relates to a suction nozzle add-on for cleaning apparatuses. More specifically, the present invention relates to a suction nozzle add-on for removing hair from a textile surface.
US11324361B2	Dispenser for multiple rolls of web material A multiple roll tissue material dispenser assembly and method for forming a dispenser configured to dispense respective vertically stacked rolls of tissue material. The dispenser assembly includes a carriage that moveably cooperates with a support frame to allow dispensing access to a second vertically stacked roll of tissue material without outside interference. The carriage supports an actuator assembly that cooperates with a lower roll of tissue material and a channel defined by the support frame to allow selective access to an upper roll of tissue material. Depletion of the lower roll of tissue material effectuates rotation of the actuator to automatically effectuate the gravitationally downward slideable translation of the carriage relative to the support frame to allow access to an upper roll of tissue material supported by the carriage.
US11324356B2	Apparatus for manufacturing beverage Provided is an apparatus for manufacturing beverage. The apparatus includes a heat exchanger to heat a fluid. The heat exchanger includes a body including a first end portion and a second end portion, and the second end portion is opposite to the first end portion. The apparatus further includes a heater embedded in the body, a first pipe installed in the body and guiding the fluid in a first direction from the first end portion of the body to the second end portion of the body, and a second pipe installed in the body and guiding the fluid output from the first pipe in a second direction opposite to the first direction.
US11324344B2	Serving dish apparatus A serving dish apparatus comprising a plate and one or more removable nested serving sections.
US11324342B2	Object hanging system and method A system is presented for connecting a wall hanging object the support surface such as wall. The system has an attachment member that is attached to the wall surface by using one or more fastening techniques such as adhesive, tape or mechanical fastener. The mounting bracket has hook and opening guide path positioned within or along the hook. Wherein, a flexible member such as elongated rod is connected to the opening guide formed in the hook of the mounting bracket. Further, the flexible member or rod has two ends such as head and tip that allows the flexible member or rod to slide between fully extended and retracted position. In the extended position, the flexible member or rod helps to connect with the hanger or loops of the object or picture frame and later guides the hanger of the object to fit over the hook of the mounting bracket.
US11324338B2	All-inclusive diaper changing and feeding support pillow A diaper changing and feeding support device is disclosed. The device includes a U-shaped pillow member with a first arm, a second arm and plurality of securing devices. The first arm includes a plurality of pockets and corresponding zippers, and the second arm includes a plurality of pockets and corresponding zippers. The device also includes a changing pad member with a plurality of detachable changing pads and a plurality of securing devices, the plurality of detachable changing pads adjustable to accommodate a plurality of different lengths and widths.
US11324318B2	Apron front sink panel assembly A panel assembly for providing an apron-front aesthetic for a sink installed in a cabinet. The panel assembly includes a mounting body configured for coupling to a cabinet and a cover panel coupled to the mounting body to provide an apron-front aesthetic for a sink coupled to the cabinet. The mounting body may include an opening and the cover panel may be located within the opening. The mounting body may be configured to couple to a portion of the cabinet where a false drawer would normally be located. The panel assembly may include a fastener configured to extend through a portion of the mounting body to engage the cover panel so as to secure the cover panel in place with respect to the mounting body. The cover panel may be generally planar and have a metallic finish or a textured surface finish.
US11324317B2	Shelf support and arrangement The invention relates to a shelf support for supporting a shelf plate and to an arrangement in a shelf. The shelf support comprises a support part arranged to be extending outside of the side wall aperture, a pin part arranged to be inserted into the side wall aperture and a stopping surface provided to the support part. The pin part protrudes from the stopping surface and the stopping surface is arranged to be placed against the side wall surface when the pin part is inserted into the side wall aperture. The pin part further extends from the stopping surface in a pin angle (X, Y) in relation to a direction (A) perpendicular to the stopping surface.
US11324314B2	Cabinet apparatus A cabinet apparatus including a housing having a cavity, a door that closes the cavity, and a support assembly that is coupled to the cabinet assembly. The support assembly may be movable in accordance with several different types of movement. For example, the support assembly may be movable upwardly and downwardly relative to the cabinet assembly along a vertical axis that is parallel to the longitudinal axis of the cabinet assembly. The support assembly may be rotatable about a first rotational axis to move a holding component of the support assembly between a stowed position in which the holding component is stored away and a deployed position in which the holding component protrudes from a periphery of the cabinet assembly. The support assembly may be rotatable about a second rotational axis to adjust an angle at which the holding component protrudes from the periphery of the cabinet assembly.
US11324307B2	Pressure sensing system and method for an electric toothbrush A pressure feedback system continuously monitors the level of pressure or force on a brush head and is programmed to provide a feedback signal to a user based on the amount of pressure. The pressure level is monitored as a function of the change in the speed of the drive shaft. The system includes a housing, a motor, a drive shaft for attachment to a brush head, a feedback device, a sensor capable of detecting a change in the rotational speed of the drive shaft, and a microprocessor. The microprocessor is programmed activate the feedback device as a function of the measured change in rotational speed. The sensor may be a Hall effect sensor, or another sensor that is responsive to a magnetic field. A magnet may be positioned on the drive shaft, or another portion of the system that moves as a function of the drive shaft.
US11324306B2	Paint can holster The present invention comprises a Paint Can Holster that securely holds a standard one-gallon paint can at the waist of the user. The paint can may be placed into the holster from the horizontal direction allowing the user to easily holster and unholster paint cans while wearing the invention. The holster further features a paintbrush holder that positions the bristles of the brush directly over or into the paint can to avoid dripping paint. The paint can holster further features a swiveling mechanism that allows the user to ascend and descend a ladder and to make a wide range of motions without tilting the paint can over and spilling paint.
US11324303B2	Cleaning hair trimmings after cutting a person's hair Methods and products for cleaning hair trimmings after cutting a person's hair. One of the methods includes applying a microfiber swab to one of the person's ears to remove the loose hair trimmings resulting from cutting the person's hair. Another one of the methods includes attaching a microfiber neck strip to the person's neck prior to cutting the person's hair.
US11324301B2	Cosmetic compact with paper labeling A cosmetic compact being incorporated with outer wrap material. The cosmetic compact including a cover, the cover including a frame and a top panel, the frame including four sidewalls; a cosmetic holder, the cosmetic holder including a platform and a bottom panel, the platform including four sidewalls, a hinge; and an outer wrap material, wherein the top panel, the bottom panel and the hinge are affixed to the outer wrap material in a first step and (1) the frame is fixedly secured the top panel and (2) the platform to be fixedly secured to the bottom panel in a second step thereby allowing the outer wrap material to be incorporated into the cosmetic compact.
US11324285B2	Foot measuring and sizing application Systems and processes for measuring and sizing a foot are provided. In one exemplary process, at least one image of a foot and a horizontal reference object from a first point of view is captured. A portion of the foot may be disposed against a vertical reference object. The at least one image may be displayed, where one or more camera guides are overlaid on the at least one displayed image. In response to aligning the one or more camera guides with one or more of the horizontal reference object and the vertical reference object, a measurement of the foot based on the at least one captured image from the first point of view is determined.
US11324283B2	Article of footwear with closure system having a transverse flap with cables An article of footwear includes an upper having a body with a first side and a second side, and a closure system for the upper. The closure system includes a first anchoring cable loop fixed at the first side, a flap, a flap cable loop, and a lace. The flap is fixed to the second side and extends across the body to a free end at the first side. The flap has an aperture extending through the flap. A flap cable loop extends from the free end. The flap cable loop is configured to extend from the free end through the first anchoring cable loop, and from the first anchoring cable loop back to the flap and through the aperture in the flap from an inner side to an outer side of the flap. A lace extends through the looped end of the flap cable at the outer side.
US11324282B2	Three-dimensionally thermo-molded footwear Articles of footwear including a thermo-molded upper having a skin composed of one or more low melting point thermoplastic polymers. The skin may include at least one of: a base layer composed of a low melting point thermoplastic polymer and a grid layer including a yarn composed of a low melting point thermoplastic polymer. The uppers may be formed by placing a skin and an inflatable bladder into a mold cavity and heating the mold to a predetermined temperature. The inflatable bladder may be inflated such that the skin is pressed against an interior surface of the heated mold cavity to cause the skin to take on the shape of the internal surface of the mold cavity, thereby forming an upper for an article of footwear.
US11324280B2	Rotatable midsole ambulatory footwear apparatus A footwear apparatus includes a primary outsole having a primary cavity, a secondary outsole connected to the primary outsole and having a secondary cavity, a midsole movably disposed over the primary outsole and secondary outsole including a primary protrusion extending at least partially within the primary cavity, and a tertiary outsole disposed about the primary protrusion. The footwear apparatus defines a z-axis through the secondary cavity and substantially normal to a ground surface, a y-axis extending substantially from the secondary cavity to the primary cavity, and an x-axis substantially normal to a plane created by the z-axis and the y-axis. The midsole is configured to rotate substantially about the x-axis, rotate substantially about the y-axis, to resist rotation substantially about the z-axis. The footwear apparatus is adaptive to a ground surface orientation on which the wearer walks and to rotational movements of the wearers body.
US11324273B2	Omnidirectional energy management systems and methods Systems and methods of a safety helmet for protecting the human head against repetitive impacts, moderate impacts and severe impacts so as to significantly reduce the likelihood of both translational and rotational brain injury and concussions can be provided. The helmet can include an outer shell, an omnidirectional liner disposed within and coupled to the outer shell and configured to move relative to the outer shell, and a chinstrap coupled to the omnidirectional liner. The chinstrap coupled to the omnidirectional liner can hold a wearer's head to the omnidirectional liner and prevent the chinstrap from applying forces to the wearer while omnidirectional liner moves relative to outer shell. Other embodiments may include a chinguard with a movable chincup.
US11324272B2	Helmet with shear force management The present disclosure relates to a cushion for use in a helmet comprising an outer shell for impact with an incoming force, the cushion disposed between the outer shell and a head when the helmet is worn, the cushion comprising: a sealed bladder comprising a flexible membrane; a pad housed within the bladder, said pad comprising a compressible member having interstices open to the exterior of the pad; and a liquid within the interior of the bladder; wherein said pad absorbs at least some of said liquid when uncompressed and expels said liquid when compressed; and wherein the volume of liquid within the bladder is sufficient to allow opposing surfaces of the bladder to be displaced in a shearing motion relative to each other when the cushion is compressed and subjected to shear forces, to decouple shear forces between said helmet and the head.
US11324261B2	Garment The present invention relates to a garment (1), and more particularly an underwear, sportswear or swimwear garment (1) for a female. The underwear, sportswear or swimwear garment comprises an open-sided structural frame (10) and a fabric covering (20) for the structural frame. The structural frame (10) includes an anterior contoured loop (15) and a posterior stem (12), relative to a wearer of the garment in normal use, wherein the anterior contoured loop (15) is adapted for surrounding the mons-pubis region, genitals and anus of a female wearer and has a perimeter that is contoured to conform to and engage with the anatomy of the female wearer. A portion of the perimeter of the anterior contoured loop (15) is adapted for tensioned engagement with the inner thigh muscles of a female wearer when worn, in a standing position or whilst walking. The posterior stem (12) is shaped so as to be engageable by the gluteus maximus muscles of the female wearer when worn. The anterior contoured loop (15) and the posterior stem (12) are formed in a sprung-biased arrangement relative to one another such that when the underwear, sportswear or swimwear garment (1) is worn on the female body, a tensile force is transferrable from the posterior stem to the anterior frame portion.
US11324258B2	Aerosol-generating device with an induction heater with a conical induction coil An aerosol-generating device is provided, including a housing having a chamber configured to receive at least a portion of an aerosol-generating article, the chamber including at least one solid elongate heating element extending into the chamber in a longitudinal direction of the chamber and being configured to penetrate an aerosol-generating article received in the chamber, the heating element having a conical shape and being tapered at a free end thereof; an induction coil disposed around at least a portion of the chamber and having a conical shape; and a power supply and a controller connected to the induction coil and being configured to provide an alternating electric current to the induction coil such that the inductor coil generates a fluctuating magnetic field for heating the heating element disposed in the chamber.
US11324254B2	Inhalator and cartridge thereof In one aspect, apparatus is provided for generating an inhalable medium. The apparatus has a container for holding a liquid and a heater for volatilizing liquid held in the container. The apparatus further has a chamber for receiving a material. The apparatus has an outlet. In use liquid volatilized by the heater passes, in the form of at least one of a vapor and an aerosol, through material received in the chamber to thereby entrain one or more constituents from the material to produce the inhalable medium which passes out of the outlet.
US11324251B2	Aromatic bead feeder for cigarette filters An aromatic bead feeder for cigarette filters, comprising a conical part (1) and a push rod (2) directly or indirectly connected with the conical part. The conical part includes a front cone part (11) and a rear extension part (12). The conical part and the push rod are indirectly connected into a whole through a connection part and are respectively located at two ends of the connection part or located at one end of the connection part. The connection part is an accommodating part (4) provided with an accommodating cavity and an aromatic bead outlet (41), and a cover (42) capable of being opened or closed is arranged at the aromatic bead outlet (41). The cylindrical positioning sleeves (7) matched with cigarette filters are arranged outside the conical part and the push rod.
US11324248B2	Process for applying granular material on an outer side of a food product Described herein is a process for applying granular material on an outer side of a foodstuff product (P). This process comprises the steps of: providing a mould (102) having a mould cavity (S′) that is delimited, at least partially, by at least one mobile wall (106); positioning the product (P) in the mould cavity by setting the outer side (p1) in a position facing and at a distance from the mobile wall; introducing granular material in the gap (112) comprised between the mobile wall (106) and the outer side of the product; and moving the mobile wall (106) towards the outer side of the product so that it comes to press the granular material against the outer side (p1) of the product (P).
US11324242B2	Method for preparing tofu by using freeze coagulation The present invention relates to a method for preparing tofu by using freeze coagulation and, more specifically, to a method for preparing tofu and tofu prepared by the preparation method, the method comprising the steps of: cooling soymilk to an appropriate temperature; adding an appropriate coagulant into the cooled soymilk; freezing the soymilk into which the coagulant has been added; and maintaining the temperature to be below the freezing point and heating the frozen material after a predetermined time. The tofu according to the present invention has excellent mouthfeel and flavor and can be prepared having a structure and physical properties differentiated from those of conventional tofu.
US11324232B2	Isoelectric solubilisation of animal matter A method of sequential isoelectric solubilisation of animal by-product comprising the steps of isoelectric solubilisation of the animal by-product in one of an acid or alkali solution to provide a first solubilised protein fraction, separating the first solubilised protein fraction from unsolubilised animal by-product, isoelectric solubilisation of the unsolubilised animal by-product to provide a second solubilised protein fraction, and separation of the second solubilised protein fraction from unsolubilised animal by-product. The protein from the first and/or second solubilised protein fractions is recovered by drying or precipitation. In one embodiment, the acid and alkali soluble protein fractions are proportionally combined to neutralise the composite fraction and precipitate protein.
US11324202B2	Intelligent method and system for monitoring pig behavior abnormality The disclosure provides an intelligent method and system for monitoring pig behavior abnormality. The method comprises: acquiring an instantaneous acceleration of a pig; calculating an instantaneous acceleration variation according to the instantaneous acceleration; calculating a sampling characteristic value according to the instantaneous acceleration and the instantaneous acceleration variation; calculating a threshold according to historical data; drawing a box diagram according to the sampling characteristic value and the threshold; judging whether the sampling characteristic value exceeds the threshold according to the box diagram; if not, reacquiring the instantaneous acceleration of the pig and calculate the instantaneous acceleration variation; and if so, sending an alarm signal. An alarm signal is sent out after an abnormal behavior is detected by comparing the sampling characteristic value and the threshold, so that the abnormal behavior of the pig can be found in time, and the feeding safety is improved.
US11324201B1	Reversible dog harness with multiple leash connectors A reversible dog harness that includes a swiveling front D-ring that is operable and accessible regardless of whether the harness is positioned in a first reversible orientation or a second reversible orientation. For instance, the harness includes a body has a first side and a second side, the first and second sides being opposite one another. The first side is facing in an outward direction when the body is disposed in a first reversible orientation, whereas the second side is facing outward when the body is disposed in a second reversed orientation. A mounting member is attached to the body and defines a loop that extends beyond an adjacent edge of the body. A portion of the D-ring is be disposed within the loop such that the connector is disposed adjacent the edge and off of the body.
US11324195B2	Pet feeding device with an inward lip A pet feeding device for deterring spillage during eating and drinking includes a bowl, which is positionable on a substantially horizontal surface and is at least partially filled with contents. A lip is engaged to a rim of the bowl and extends inwardly therefrom. The lip deters spillage of contents of the bowl during feeding and drinking therefrom by a pet.
US11324194B2	Animal feeder refilling assembly An animal feeder refilling assembly for refilling elevated animal feeders includes a shaft. The shaft has a first end, a second end and an outer surface. A container is pivotably attached adjacent to the second end of the shaft. The container has a bottom wall with a perimeter wall. The perimeter wall has a top edge defining an opening. The container is pivotable between a load position wherein the perimeter wall rests parallel to the shaft with the bottom wall adjacent to the shaft, and an unload position wherein the opening pivots over the second end. A handle is slidingly engaged with the outer surface of the shaft and positioned adjacent to the first end. A linkage is attached to the handle and extends to pivotably couple to an exterior surface of the container. The linkage moves the container between the load position and the unload position.
US11324186B2	Bean variety SVGF2074 The invention provides seed and plants of the bean line SVGF2074. The invention thus relates to the plants, seeds, and tissue cultures of bean line SVGF2074 and to methods for producing a bean plant produced by crossing a plant of bean line SVGF2074 with itself or with another bean plant, such as a plant of another genotype. The invention further relates to seeds and plants produced by such crossing. The invention further relates to parts of a plant of bean line SVGF2074, including the pods and gametes of such plants.
US11324180B2	Soybean cultivar 3421683 A soybean cultivar designated 3421683 is disclosed. Embodiments include the seeds of soybean 3421683, the plants of soybean 3421683, to plant parts of soybean 3421683, and methods for producing a soybean plant produced by crossing soybean 3421683 with itself or with another soybean variety. Embodiments include methods for producing a soybean plant containing in its genetic material one or more genes or transgenes and the transgenic soybean plants and plant parts produced by those methods. Embodiments also relate to soybean cultivars, breeding cultivars, plant parts, and cells derived from soybean 3421683, methods for producing other soybean cultivars, lines or plant parts derived from soybean 3421683, and the soybean plants, varieties, and their parts derived from use of those methods. Embodiments further include hybrid soybean seeds, plants, and plant parts produced by crossing 3421683 with another soybean cultivar.
US11324170B2	Garden seed planter A garden seed planter that displays a color for identifying the type of garden product that will be produced by a plant from a seed contained in a starch capsule of the garden seed planter. In a preferred lollipop form embodiment at least a portion of the garden seed planter starch capsule has a colored coating that is substantially the same color as the garden product produced by the plant to be grown from the seed, and there is a planter stake attached to the seed capsule having a portion that also displays substantially the same color as the garden product.
US11324169B2	Garden shears A garden shears has a first blade member, a second blade member, a controlling handle and a protecting member. The first blade member has a first cutting portion, a first aperture at a middle section, a first toothed section adjacent to the first aperture and below the first cutting portion. The second blade member has a second cutting portion, a second aperture at a middle section, a third aperture at a lower end. The controlling handle has a driving member with a fourth aperture and the second toothed section on a top edge at an upper section. The protecting member has a main body with two opposing ear portions, each ear portion having a fifth aperture and a sixth aperture.
US11324160B1	Composite coating for seed In an agricultural product, a seed is contained within a composite coating. The composite coating has successive layers, and one or more of the layers can include fertilizer, a binder, and/or lime.
US11324156B2	Gang angle adjustment for a work machine and method thereof An agricultural implement includes a transversely extending frame forming at least a first frame section, a second frame section, and a third frame section, where the first frame section is disposed between the second and third frame sections. A pair of elongated gang assemblies are on the first frame section, an elongated gang assembly is on the second frame section, and an elongated gang assembly is on the third frame section. Each of the gang assemblies is horizontally adjustable relative to the frame. An actuator for each gang assembly operably controls the angular adjustment of the gang assemblies, and a fluid source supplies fluid to the actuators. The actuator on the second frame section is a master actuator for one of the actuators on the first frame section, and the actuator on the third frame section is a master actuator for the other actuator on the first frame section.
US11330750B2	Electronic component mounting apparatus An electronic component mounting device including a component holding device to hold and mount on a board an electronic component supplied by a component supply device; a motor to drive the component holding device; a motor control device to control the motor; a load measurement device to measure a load applied from the component holding device upon being pressed by the component holding device while the component holding device performs the same operation as when mounting an electronic component on a board, by replacing the board with the load measurement device; a motor information acquisition section to obtain motor information corresponding to the force with which the motor drives the component holding device in the pressing direction against the load measurement device while the motor control device performs the same operation as when mounting an electronic component on the board, by replacing the board with the load measurement device.
US11330735B2	Point of sale terminal cooling duct Disclosed is duct for a scanner for a point of sale terminal. The duct may include a first body portion and a second body portion. The first body portion may have a first edge and a second edge. The second body portion may have a third edge. The second body portion may be connected to the first body portion so as to define a duct cavity. The first edge may define a duct cavity exhaust opening. The second edge and the third edge may define a duct cavity inlet opening.
US11330726B2	Electronic device An electronic device is provided. The electronic device includes: a panel, a first cushioning component, and a second cushioning component. The panel includes a bottom surface, a first corner and a second corner, and the bottom surface connects between the first corner and the second corner. The first cushioning component supports the first corner of the panel. The second cushioning component supports the second corner of the panel. The Young's modulus of the first cushioning component and the Young's modulus of the second cushioning component are ranged from 500 MPa to 1500 MPa.
US11330723B2	Electronic apparatus An electronic device includes a housing, a display assembly, a drive component, a support member, and a protection member. The housing includes an accommodation chamber and an opening. The opening is connected with the accommodation chamber. The accommodation chamber includes a first space and a second space. The first space overlaps with the opening along a first direction. The second space and the opening are staggered along the first direction. The display assembly is located in the first space of the accommodation chamber and exposed through the opening. The drive component is partially located in the second space of the accommodation chamber, electrically connected to the display assembly, and configured to drive the display assembly. The support member is fixed in the accommodation chamber. The protection member at the opening is fixedly connected to the display assembly, and connected to a portion of the support member.
US11330714B2	Modular electronic building systems with magnetic interconnections and methods of using the same Electrical connectors, electrical modules, and systems are provided. In one aspect, an electrical connector includes a housing defining a side surface, an electrical conductor supported by the housing and including an engagement portion proximate the side surface of the housing. The engagement portion is adapted to engage another electrical conductor of another electrical connector. The connector also includes a magnet supported by the housing proximate the side surface of the housing, a projection extending from the side surface of the housing, and a receptacle defined in the side surface of the housing. In other aspects, an electrical module includes at least one of these electrical connectors. In further aspects, a system includes a plurality of these modules and the modules are selectively couplable together.
US11330704B2	Electronic control device An electronic control device includes a housing that stores a substrate on which an electronic component is mounted, a first capacitance unit formed between the housing and the electronic component, and a second capacitance unit formed between the housing and the substrate, in which a noise transmission path is formed between the housing and the substrate via the first capacitance unit and the second capacitance unit.
US11330701B2	Module board and printed board A module board of an embodiment includes a printed board having a through-hole, a semiconductor device mounted on the printed board so as to cover the through-hole, and a heat conductive polygonal column included in the through-hole. The semiconductor device includes a ground terminal or a power supply terminal, the polygonal column is supported by the through-hole at the corners of the polygonal column, and the polygonal column is connected to the ground terminal or the power supply terminal.
US11330700B2	Display device A display device includes: a display panel; an input sensor disposed on the display panel; a flexible circuit board connected to the display panel and the input sensor; a first differential signal line and a second differential signal line, which are disposed on the flexible circuit board and connected to the display panel; and a transmission line and a receiving line, which are disposed on the flexible circuit board and connected to the input sensor. In a plan view, the receiving line is disposed between the first differential signal line and the second differential signal line.
US11330696B2	Systems and methods for high voltage generation The present disclosure relates to a high voltage generator including multiple high voltage generating modules configured to provide a total voltage. Each of the multiple high voltage generating modules may be configured to receive a driving pulse and generate a voltage component of the total voltage according to the driving pulse. The multiple high voltage generating modules may be in a series connection. Time points when the multiple high voltage generating modules receive driving pulses may be different, and waveforms of the driving pulses may be the same.
US11330690B2	Switching device with auxiliary power unit and wireless receiver function, and lamp system using the same Provided are a switching device with an auxiliary power unit and a wireless receiver function, and a lamp system using the same, wherein the switching device is connectable to a lamp and includes a power switching portion, which transmits external electricity to the lamp when in a power supplying mode and stops doing so when in a power-off mode; and the auxiliary power unit in the switching device keeps powering other components of the switching device, so while the power switching portion is in the power-off mode, a wireless module in the switching device can still transmit a wireless signal from a wireless controller to a control unit to adjust the power switching portion to the power supplying mode. Thus, even when the switching device is in a power-off state, a user can control the lamp by sending a wireless control signal to the switching device through the wireless controller.
US11330686B2	Cyan enriched white light The invention provides a light generating device (100) configured to generate in a first control mode device light (101), wherein the light generating device (100) comprises (i) a first source (210) of first light (211), and (ii) a second source (220) of second light (221), different from the first light (211), wherein the second light (221) comprises cyan-like light having a wavelength selected from the range of 470-520 nm, wherein the device light (101) comprises the first light (211) and the second light (221), and wherein in the first control mode the first light (211) is white light and the device light (101) is white light enriched with cyan-like light.
US11330683B2	Data acquisition methods and apparatus for a network connected LED driver A lighting system including monitoring of input power and output power parameters to a set of lighting loads to detect power faults and/or anomalies. The set of sensing circuits include primary side and secondary side sensing circuits that communicate with a set of monitoring circuits to process the information supplied by the sensing circuits. If a fault and/or anomaly is sensed or detected, a signal is transmitted to provide an alert.
US11330682B2	Self aware lights that self-configure Techniques for self-aware light are provided. A self-aware light can determine characteristics of the environment in which the self-aware light is installed, determine capabilities of self-aware light, determine one or more objectives of the installation of self-aware light, perform a self-configuration of self-aware light according to the determined one or more objectives, and determine and execute suitable actions for self-aware light to perform to achieve the determined one or more objectives.
US11330681B2	Method for cooking food in a solid state microwave oven A method for heating or cooking a frozen food product with a susceptor in a solid state microwave oven includes placing the frozen food product with a susceptor into a microwave oven, heating the food product at a first heating step at a low absorption frequency, and heating the food product at a second heating step at a high absorption frequency.
US11330680B2	Calibration of an RF processing system Method of processing an object in an energy application zone by radio frequency (RF) radiation emitted by one or more radiating elements configured to emit the RF radiation in response to RF energy applied thereto, wherein the method includes controlling supply of RF energy to the one or more radiating elements via an RF energy supply component, receiving measured response values produced based on RF energy received by the one or more radiating elements from the energy application zone, accessing a stored set of coefficients associated with the RF energy supply component, said set of coefficients being utilized to transform the measured response values and controlling application of RF energy to the one or more radiating elements based on the measured response values and the set of coefficients.
US11330676B2	Bare heating elements for heating fluid flows A heater for use in heating a fluid flow through a passageway is provided that includes a continuous resistive heating element having a predefined shape that is directly exposed to the fluid flow. The predefined shape includes a cross-sectional geometry that provides a required heat distribution, structural strength, and reduced back pressure within the passageway. The predefined shape may include airfoils, while the cross-sectional geometry provides a required heat distribution, structural strength, and reduced back pressure within the passageway.
US11330675B2	Method for producing a heating cable and heating cable produced according to this method The invention concerns an electric heating cable intended for pipelines. Sections (11a, 12a and 13a) of three phase conductors (11, 12 are 13) are stripped respectively. These sections are intended to be installed and both secured in place and electrically connected to each other inside a box (14) having, for example, a central cavity (15) having a rectangular cross-section, the depth of which is at least equal to the length of the stripped sections (11a, 12a and 13a) and the length of which is preferably greater than the transverse cross-section of these stripped sections of the phase conductors. They are secured in the central cavity (15) with a conductive binder (16), for example a tin solder, in order to ensure they are secured in place and electrically connected to each other.
US11330666B2	Data transmitting method and terminal device Disclosed are a data transmission method and a terminal device. The method comprises: storing, by the terminal, a parameter value list; sending, by a terminal device, an first protocol data unit (PDU) session establishment request message to a session management function (SMF), wherein the first PDU session request includes at least one value in at least one of the parameter value list; and receiving, by the terminal device, a response message sent by the SMF, wherein the response message carries a rejection cause value to indicate the cause why the first PDU session is established unsuccessfully.
US11330660B2	Method and device for re-establishing PDCP in wireless communication system Disclosed are a communication technique for merging IoT technology with a 5G communication system for supporting a data transmission rate higher than that of a 4G system and a system therefor. The present disclosure can be applied to intelligent services (for example, smart home, smart building, smart city, smart car or connected car, healthcare, digital education, retail, security, and safety related services, and the like) on the basis of 5G communication technology and IoT-related technology. The present invention relates to operations of a terminal and a base station in a mobile communication system. The present invention provides a method by which a terminal re-establishes a PDCP in a wireless communication system, the method comprising the steps of: receiving a message including PDCP re-establishment information on a DRB from a base station in which an RRC connection is set up; checking whether the PDCP re-establishment information includes configuration information of an SDAP layer; and determining whether to perform a PDCP re-establishment procedure for changing the DRB operating as a PDCP of a first system into a PDCP of a second system on the basis of the checking result.
US11330657B2	Radio access network node, radio terminal, and methods therefor A master RAN node (1) associated with a master RAT (1) communicates with a secondary RAN node (2) associated with a secondary RAT and provides a radio terminal (3) with dual connectivity that uses the master RAT and the secondary RAT. In response to receiving, from the radio terminal (3) or a core network (4), terminal capability information indicating that the radio terminal (3) supports the split bearer, the master RAN node (1) uses a PDCP entity, which provides unified PDCP functionalities, for a master cell group split bearer for the radio terminal (3).
US11330651B2	Electronic device using bluetooth communication and operating method thereof An electronic device according to various embodiments may comprise a communication module and a processor, wherein: the communication module is configured to transmit a data packet, received from the processor, to an external electronic device connected to the electronic device, receive, from the external electronic device, a response packet corresponding to the data packet, acquire a received signal strength indication (RSSI) of the response packet, and transmit, to the processor, a first packet including information on the RSSI when the response packet is received; and the processor is configured to identify the RSSI of the response packet by using the first packet received from the communication module.
US11330646B2	Method and system for network slice identification and selection Systems and methods are provided for network slice selection during an initial connection. A wireless station receives, from a core network device, network slice data for each network slice available via the wireless station, wherein the network slice data includes a slice identifier and corresponding slice characteristics for each network slice. The wireless station receives, from a user equipment (UE) device, a registration request message that indicates a network slice characteristic required by an application being executed on UE device. The wireless station selects, based on the network slice data from the core network device and the network slice characteristic from the UE device, one of the slice identifiers for servicing the UE device.
US11330643B2	Method and device for implementing wireless backhaul, and base station A method for implementing a wireless backhaul is applied to a second base station with a wired backhaul capability and includes: receiving an access request message, the access request message carrying identity information; in a case that it is determined based on the identity information that a device requesting access is a first base station with only a wireless backhaul capability, determining, based on an available wired bandwidth of a wired backhaul link between the second base station and a core network, whether to allow the access of the first base station; and returning a response message to the first base station, the response message being configured to indicate whether the access of the first base station is allowed.
US11330641B2	5G-NR connectivity support for IOT devices Various aspects support 5G NR connectivity for Internet of Things (IoT) devices by adding one or more 5G NR network bearer support information elements to a connectivity monitoring object of the Lightweight Machine-to-Machine (LwM2M) protocol, and using 5G specific parameters to add support for 5G non-standalone (NSA) and/or 5G standalone (SA) objects to the LwM2M protocol.
US11330634B2	Method for sending random access preamble, method for receiving random access preamble, and apparatus A method for receiving a random access preamble includes: sending, by a network device, a broadcast message, where the broadcast message is used to configure an NR uplink resource and an SUL resource, and the NR uplink resource and the SUL resource are used to send a random access preamble; sending, by the network device, first indication information and second indication information to a terminal device, where the first indication information is used to indicate the NR uplink resource or the SUL resource, and second indication information is used to indicate a first random access preamble; and receiving, by the network device, the first random access preamble on the resource indicated by the first indication information.
US11330631B2	Remote apparatus in base station, base station, and random access method This application discloses a remote apparatus, a base station, a random access method, a storage medium, and a program product, and relates to the field of communications technologies. The remote apparatus includes a radio frequency apparatus and a baseband apparatus, where the baseband apparatus is configured to perform partial or total physical layer protocol processing on data of UE, and respond to a random access preamble sent by the UE. In this application, after receiving the random access preamble of the UE, the remote apparatus may directly respond to the random access preamble by using the baseband apparatus, and does not need to send the random access preamble to a centralized control apparatus, so that the centralized control apparatus responds to the random access preamble.
US11330629B2	High density environment including overlapped basic service set Provided is a wireless communication terminal that communicates wirelessly. The wireless communication terminal includes: a transceiver; and a processor. The processor receives a first PLCP Protocol Data Unit (PPPU) through the transceiver, and transmits a second PPDU based on Basic Service Set (BSS) information indicated by the first PPDU.
US11330628B2	High density environment including overlapped basic service set Provided is a wireless communication terminal that communicates wirelessly. The wireless communication terminal includes: a transceiver; and a processor. The processor receives a first PLCP Protocol Data Unit (PPPU) through the transceiver, and transmits a second PPDU based on Basic Service Set (BSS) information indicated by the first PPDU.
US11330622B2	Method and apparatus for requesting system information Provided are a method for a user equipment (UE) to request system information in a wireless communication system and a device supporting the same. The method may include: transmitting a random access preamble for requesting system information to a base station (BS); receiving, from the BS, a random access response including only a random access preamble identifier (RAPID) corresponding to the transmitted random access preamble; and considering that a random access procedure is completed.
US11330616B2	Scheduling method, data transmission method, and apparatus Embodiments of the present invention provide a scheduling method, a data transmission method, and an apparatus, and relate to the field of communications technologies, so as to resolve a problem that an existing LTE system does not support a new type of terminal. The scheduling method includes: sending, by a base station, downlink control information DCI to a first-type terminal, where the DCI includes scheduling information used to instruct the first-type terminal to send uplink data by using a first-mode frame format; the first-mode frame format includes at least one uplink subframe, and each uplink subframe includes at least one first-mode frame format symbol; and duration of the first-mode frame format symbol is at least four times of duration of a second-mode frame format symbol, and the second-mode frame format symbol is a single carrier frequency division multiple access SC-FDMA symbol in an LTE system.
US11330610B2	Data sending and receiving method and apparatus A data sending and receiving method and apparatus are disclosed. The method includes: obtaining, by a first device, first data, where the first data includes data obtained after a first transport block is encoded, the first data includes at least two pieces of subdata, and the at least two pieces of subdata include first subdata and second subdata; determining, by the first device, a first time-frequency resource used to transmit the first data, where the first time-frequency resource occupies at least two subbands, and the at least two subbands include a first subband and a second subband; and sending, by the first device, the first subdata by using the first subband occupied by the first time-frequency resource, and sending, by the first device, the second subdata by using the second subband occupied by the first time-frequency resource.
US11330607B2	Method and apparatus for transmitting scheduling request in mobile communication system The present disclosure relates a communication technique that fuses a 5G communication system supporting a higher data transmission rate following a 4G system with IoT technology and a system therefor. The present disclosure can be applied to intelligent services (e.g., smart homes, smart buildings, smart cities, smart cars or connected cars, health care, digital education, retail, security and safety related services, etc.) on the basis of 5G communication technology and IoT related technology. A method for transmitting a scheduling request (SR) of a terminal according to the present invention comprises the steps of: receiving SR configuration information; performing channel sensing of an unlicensed band in case that the SR is triggered in the unlicensed band; and waiting for SR transmission in case that a channel is occupied as a result of the channel sensing.
US11330605B2	Systems and methods for radio access network-level allocation and retention priority based on network slicing A system described herein may provide a technique for allocation and/or preemption of radio access network (“RAN”) resources in a wireless network based on Quality of Service (“QoS”)-related metrics associated with User Equipment (“UEs”) that are connected to, and/or are requesting connection to, a RAN. QoS-related metrics may include a network slice, a QoS Flow Identifier (“QFI”), other suitable metrics. A Slice-Based Priority (“SBP”) determine one or more priority (e.g., SBP) values for UEs connected to the one or more RANs, and/or for UEs requesting connection to such RANs. In addition to QoS-related metrics priority values may be determined based on RAN-related metrics, such as Allocation and Retention Priority (“ARP”) values associated with a UE. RANs may accordingly be able to allocate resources, accept or deny connection requests, and/or perform preemption based at least partly on slice-related QoS metrics, thus preserving end-to-end QoS parameters.
US11330601B2	Wireless communications networks A method of mitigating start-of-packet interference in a millimetre waveband wireless mesh communications network which comprises a first plurality of network node devices each having a transceiver unit which includes a beamforming antenna device, and a second plurality of millimetre waveband wireless communications links each of which interconnects a respective pair of the transceiver units of the network node devices, the method comprising: allocating respective baseband centre frequencies to pairs of transceivers of the network node devices, which baseband centre frequencies are for use with respective communications links of the network, each such allocated baseband centre frequency being offset from at least one other allocated baseband centre frequency by a respective predetermined offset amount; and at a first transceiver of a selected pair of transceivers, encoding a data packet using an encoding signal having the baseband centre frequency allocated to the selected pair of transceivers, to generate an encoded signal.
US11330591B2	Cloud radio access network implementing a citizens broadband radio service system A Citizens Broadband Radio Service (CBRS) communication system is provided. The CBRS communication system includes at least one baseband controller communicatively coupled to a spectrum access system (SAS) that allocates radio frequency (RF) channels in the CBRS communication system. The at least one baseband controller is communicatively coupled to at least one radio point (RP) using a switched ETHERNET network. Each of the at least one RP implements at least one Citizens Broadband Radio Service device (CBSD) that is communicatively coupled to the SAS and configured to provide wireless service to user equipment (UEs) using one or more of the RF channels allocated by the SAS.
US11330586B2	Wireless access point control over carrier aggregation (CA) through a wireless repeater chain A wireless access point controls Carrier Aggregation (CA) over a wireless repeater chain. The wireless access point exchanges signaling with User Equipment (UE) over the wireless repeater chain which uses a number of repeater hops. The wireless access point selects a radio frequency for a Primary Component Carrier (PCC) based on the number of repeater hops. The wireless access point exchanges user data with the UE over the wireless repeater chain using the selected radio frequency for the PCC. The wireless access point determines uplink throughput for the user data. The wireless access point re-selects the radio frequency for the PCC based on the number of repeater hops and the uplink throughput. The wireless access point exchanges additional user data with the UE over the wireless repeater chain using the re-selected radio frequency for the PCC.
US11330582B2	Method and apparatus for defining basic resource unit for NB-IOT user equipment in wireless communication system A method and apparatus for performing transmission in a wireless communication system is provided. A narrowband internet-of-things (NB-IoT) user equipment (UE) transmits a physical uplink shared channel (PUSCH) to a network by using a first resource unit, and transmits an acknowledgement/non-acknowledgement (ACK/NACK) to the network by using a second resource unit. The first resource unit for PUSCH transmission consists of a first number of resource elements (REs) within a first tone in frequency domain and a first time interval in time domain. The second resource unit for ACK/NACK transmission also consists of a second number of REs within a second tone in frequency domain and a second time interval in time domain. The second number is smaller than the first number.
US11330574B2	Communication system A system is disclosed in which a base station defines a search space, in which a communication device can search for control information. The search space is characterised by at least first information which is related to a starting subframes of a plurality of portions of the search space and second information which is related to a periodicity between respective starting subframes, each portion representing a different candidate for the transmission of control information. The base station obtains a parameter indicating both the initial starting subframe and the periodicity and transmits the generated parameter to the communication device.
US11330571B2	Random access techniques in beamformed wireless communications Methods, systems, and devices for wireless communications are described that provide for selection of different sets of transmission beams by a user equipment (UE) for establishing beamformed communications with a base station. Each transmission beam of a first set of transmission beams may have corresponding uplink random access channel (RACH) resources. A UE may monitor for transmission beams from a base station and select a first transmission beam of the first set for communications with the base station. As part of a connection establishment, the base station may provide configuration information that indicates a second set of transmission beams that includes each transmission beam of the first set of transmission beams and at least an additional transmission beam. In some cases, the additional transmission beam may be mapped to a first RACH resource that also corresponds to a first transmission beam of the first set of transmission beams.
US11330568B2	Uplink control information transmitting method, device, storage medium, and user equipment Provided are a transmitting method and a transmitting device for uplink control information, a storage medium, and a user equipment. The transmitting method includes: receiving PUCCH resource assignment information sent from a network to determine a PUCCH format and assigned resource blocks; and resource mapping the uplink control information at least based on all frequency domain resources of the assigned resource blocks, if the determined PUCCH format is one that requires more than one physical resource block for resource transmission and a number of the assigned resource blocks is larger than that required for transmitting the uplink control information. With the technical solution provided in the present disclosure, when the uplink control information is transmitted in unlicensed spectrums in a PUCCH format requiring more than one physical resource block for resource transmission, the occupation ratio of the uplink power in unlicensed spectrums can be significantly improved.
US11330567B2	Uplink scrambling during random access The technology described in this case facilitates random access by a user terminal with a radio base station. A user terminal determines one of a first type of uplink scrambling sequences and generates a random access message using the determined one of the first type of uplink scrambling sequences. The random access message is transmitted to the base station. The user terminal receives from the base station a second, different type of uplink scrambling sequence and uses it for subsequent communication with the radio base station. For example, the first uplink scrambling sequences may he specifically associated with the radio base station's cell area or a random access radio channel associated with the radio base station, but they arc not specifically assigned to any user terminal, and the second uplink scrambling sequence may be selected from a second set of uplink scrambling sequences specifically assignable to individual user terminals.
US11330560B2	Method whereby terminal transmits data to another terminal in wireless communication system One embodiment of the present invention relates to a method whereby a terminal transmits data to another terminal in a wireless communication system, the data transmission method comprising the steps of: selecting resources for transmitting multiple pieces of data; and transmitting the multiple pieces of data by using the selected resources, wherein the terminal is configured to execute the transmission through sensing, and if the terminal fails to transmit the data a preset number of times or more in a row, the terminal reselects resources.
US11330542B2	System and method for device-to-device synchronization A method and system for including a base station that configures a first user equipment (UE) that is in a radio resource control connected state with the base station. The UE is configured to be a synchronization source and transmit a first device-to-device synchronization signal (D2DSS) by using a synchronization resource that comprises a time resource, a frequency resource or a time and frequency resource. The base station instructs the first UE to transmit the first D2DSS using the synchronization resource. The base station signals the UE to configure the UE separately from the signal to transmit the D2DSS, and both of the signals are performed with radio resource control signaling from the base station to the UE.
US11330541B2	System information sending method and apparatus A system information sending method and an apparatus. The method includes receiving, by a base station, at least one first uplink trigger signal in a first time-frequency resource group in a first radio frame, determining, based on a time-frequency resource of the at least one first uplink trigger signal, a time-frequency resource used for sending first system information, where a start location of the time-frequency resource of the first system information in time domain has a first time offset relative to a frame header location of a radio frame in which the first system information is located, and sending the first system information on the time-frequency resource of the first system information.
US11330538B2	Cellular reporting techniques for synchronization state changes Techniques are disclosed relating to reporting channel state information (CSI) when synchronization state is altered. In some embodiments, a UE starts a timing alignment timer (TAT) in response to a time alignment command (TAC) from a cellular network for one or more serving cells. In some embodiments, the UE stores a configuration for a semi-persistent (SP) channel state information (CSI) report for the apparatus over a physical uplink shared channel (PUSCH). In some embodiments, the UE activates the SP-CSI report based on downlink control information (DCI) from the network. In some embodiments, the UE transmits one or more SP-CSI reports according to the configuration. In some embodiments, in response to expiration of the TAT, the UE deactivates all active stored configurations of SP-CSI reports that use the PUSCH and that correspond to the one or more serving cells. In some embodiments, this may avoid collisions with PUSCH transmissions from other UEs, e.g., when the UE returns to an in-sync state.
US11330531B2	Method and apparatus for increasing performance of communication links of communication nodes A system that incorporates aspects of the subject disclosure may perform operations including, for example, obtaining performance parameters in a communications network, identifying a degradation in performance of one or more nodes of the communications network according the monitored performance parameters, and initiating corrective action to mitigate the degradation in performance of the one or more nodes of the communications network. Other embodiments are disclosed.
US11330521B2	Method for waking up intelligent device in group wake-up mode, intelligent device and computer-readable storage medium The application discloses an intelligent device wake-up method, an intelligent device and a computer-readable storage medium. A specific implementation is: obtaining wake-up voice sent by a user; when determining that a current wake-up mode is a group wake-up mode, recognizing volume information corresponding to obtained wake-up voice, and determining wake-up delay time according to the volume information; when determining that the wake-up delay time is different from wake-up delay time corresponding to other intelligent device in the group, and no response information sent by other intelligent device in the group is obtained within the wake-up delay time, performing a wake-up process and playing response information when the wake-up delay time is over. Thus, it can ensure that only one intelligent device responds to the wake-up voice sent out by the user at any time, thereby avoiding the situation that multiple intelligent devices respond at the same time.
US11330518B2	Radio network node sleep operation The invention refers to a method for controlling sleep operation of a radio network node (12) that supports multiple sleep modes, the method comprising determining (110) which one or more of the supported sleep modes, if any, would prevent the radio network node (12) from being able to meet requirements on a quality of service, such as a maximum allowable data latency, to be provided by the radio network node (12); and preventing (120) the radio network node (12) from operating in any of the determined sleep modes; the invention further refers to a corresponding network node and a computer program.
US11330515B2	Redistributing clients based on comparisons to historical connection metrics Systems and methods for instituting redistribution of wireless clients to improve service, comprising via access point (AP), multiple APs acting in concert, and/or a central entity, in connection with a network, allowing a client to associate; deciding that an associated client should be redistributed based on a connection metric, wherein the decision is based on at least one of, a probability calculation, network metric and a threshold comparison; and via the AP, sending the associated client a trigger, wherein the trigger is at least one of, a redistribution request and a disconnect message.
US11330507B2	Early data transmission authorization control User equipment, UE, includes: a receiver configured to receive a parameter indicating whether the UE is restricted or authorized for transmission of user data in a message transmitted on Uplink Synchronization Channel, UL-SCH, from an access network node; and a hardware processor configured to process instructions to determine whether the transmission of the user data in the message is restricted or authorized based on the parameter.
US11330506B2	Method and apparatus for multiple bandwidth parts operation in mobile communications Various solutions for multiple active bandwidth parts (BWPs) operation with respect to user equipment and network apparatus in mobile communications are described. An apparatus may receive a configuration of a plurality of BWPs. The apparatus may determine whether a restriction is configured. The apparatus may activate the plurality of BWPs on a same carrier according to the restriction. The apparatus may perform a transmission or reception on at least one of a plurality of activated BWPs.
US11330486B2	Wireless terminal roaming Disclosed are methods and systems for improved wireless terminal roaming. In some embodiments, a management module determines access point density metrics for a plurality of centrally managed access points of a communications site. The density metric considers an average RSSI of access point signals received by other access points of the site, and each access point's contribution to the average. A determination of whether a particular wireless terminal roams is based on the density metrics of the source and target access point, as well as statistics relating to a current capacity of each of the access points. The disclosed embodiments may determine that a wireless terminal should transition/roam away from an access point even when that access point's RSSI value at the wireless terminal is above a threshold that would cause traditional methods to inhibit roaming.
US11330478B2	Idle cell reselection and user equipment capability signaling Methods, systems, and devices for wireless communications are described. A user equipment (UE) may determine a UE capability for available radio access technologies. The UE may determine which of the available radio access technologies are suitable for idle cell reselection (e.g., inter-radio access technology idle cell reselection, intra-radio access technology idle cell reselection) according to the UE capabilities, which may be related to a UE category or UE usage mode (e.g., voice centric mode, data centric mode) of the UE, etc. The UE may transmit a signal indicating the UE capabilities to a network entity (e.g., a serving cell). The network entity may receive the signaling and determine suitable radio access technologies for the idle cell reselection, and transmit a set of parameters in a message for the UE to use as part of the idle cell reselection.
US11330477B2	Apparatus and methods for switching between two bandwith parts A method for adjusting a terminal operating bandwidth, includes: a base station sends configuration information of at least two BPs to a terminal; and the base station sends a BP adjustment instruction to the terminal, where the BP adjustment instruction carries an identifier of a second BP, the second BP is one of the at least two BPs, the BP adjustment instruction is used to instruct the terminal to switch from a first BP to the second BP at a specified timeslot after the terminal receives the BP adjustment instruction.
US11330471B2	Simultaneous multi-path uplink transmissions to a telecommunications network This disclosure describes systems, devices, and computer-implemented methods that facilitate the simultaneous transmission of subsets of user plane data to a telecommunications network via two or more uplink transmission paths. More specifically, a mobile device may detect user plane data within a buffer pool and in doing so, transmit a resource allocation request for the uplink transmission of the user plane data. In response, the mobile device may receive a set of control plane data associated with the uplink transmission via two or more uplink transmission paths. The mobile device may simultaneously transmit subsets of user plane data to the telecommunications network via multiple base station nodes, based at least in part on the control plane data.
US11330461B2	Cooperative access points for quality of service (QoS) requirements in wireless local access networking (WLAN) For QoS (quality of service) requirements of a session at a first access point and a wireless station, a cost function value is calculated for the specific session based on a number of network packets to be processed in the queue and the identified QoS requirement. It is determined whether another of the plurality of access points within range of the specific session can better serve the identified QoS requirement than the first access point by comparing the cost function value for the specific session against at the first access point against at least a cost function value for a second access point.
US11330459B2	Gap sharing for RLM IN NR An apparatus and a method are provided, by which a measurement gap sharing scheme is generated by sharing measurement gaps between radio link monitoring measurement, intra-frequency measurement and inter-frequency measurement based on configurations of radio link monitoring reference signals for radio link monitoring and synchronization signal blocks and/or other reference signals used for intra-frequency measurements; measurements including the radio link monitoring measurement, the intra-frequency measurement and inter-frequency measurement are performed according to the measurement gap sharing scheme, and the measurement gap sharing scheme between radio link monitoring measurement, intra-frequency measurement and inter-frequency measurement is changed based on the radio link quality of a serving cell.
US11330456B2	Radio link monitoring in power saving mode A wireless device monitors a first radio link quality on a first plurality of reference signals of a bandwidth part of a cell in a non-power-saving state. The wireless device detects at least a first synchronization status based on the monitoring the first radio link quality. The wireless device receives a downlink control information indicating transitioning from the non-power-saving state to a power saving state. The wireless device monitors, based on the downlink control information, a second radio link quality on a second plurality of reference signals of the bandwidth part. The wireless device detects at least a second synchronization status based on the monitoring the second radio link quality.
US11330452B2	Method and apparatus for allocating PTRS in next generation 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. The present disclosure discloses a method and an apparatus for allocating a PTRS in a next-generation communication system.
US11330450B2	Associating and storing data from radio network and spatiotemporal sensors A technique may include receiving, from one or more sensors, sensor data samples; receiving radio network information data samples associated with a radio network; determining one or more associated sensor and radio network information data samples based on an association of one or more received sensor data samples with one or more of the received radio network information data samples; selecting at least some of the one or more associated sensor and radio network information data samples that are relevant to performance of the radio network; and forwarding the selected associated sensor and radio network information data samples for subsequent use.
US11330446B2	Dynamically enabling dual default beams Aspects of the present disclosure provide apparatus, methods, processing systems, and computer readable mediums for processing transmissions with multiple beams. For example, the techniques may be implemented in wireless systems in which any type of network entity (gNB or transmission reception points TRPs) send directional transmissions to user equipments (UEs) that receive the directional transmissions with receive beams.
US11330443B2	HARQ feedback for configured grant A wireless device receives configuration parameters of one or more configured grants of an unlicensed cell. The wireless device transmits, based on a configured grant of the one or more configured grants, one or more code block groups of a transport block and a code block group transmission information. The code block group transmission information indicates a presence of the one or more code block groups for the transport block. The wireless device receives a downlink control information comprising a first field and a second field. The first field indicates that the base station received the code block group transmission information. The second field indicates hybrid automatic repeat request feedbacks for the one or more code block groups.
US11330439B2	Method and apparatus of supporting lossless PDCP version change in next-generation mobile communication system Disclosed is 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 the Internet of Things (IoT), and may be applied to intelligent services based on 5G and the IoT-related technologies, such as smart home, smart building, smart city, smart car, connected car, health care, digital education, smart retail, security and safety services. A method herein by a terminal in a communication system includes receiving a radio resource control (RRC) message including information associated with a change from a first packet data convergence protocol (PDCP) entity for a bearer to a second PDCP entity for the bearer, identifying first data to be transferred from the first PDCP entity to the second PDCP entity among second data stored in the first PDCP entity, transferring the first data to the second PDCP entity, discarding the second data stored in the first PDCP entity and releasing the first PDCP entity, and processing the transferred first data in the second PDCP entity.
US11330429B2	Vehicle digital key sharing service method and system The present invention relates to a vehicle digital key sharing service method. The vehicle digital key sharing service method according to one embodiment includes a digital registration step in which a management server generates a terminal digital key and a vehicle digital key after user authentication in response to a digital key registration request through a dedicated application of a mobile terminal and the mobile terminal stores the terminal digital key in a secure world that is separated from a normal world and a digital key using step in which an authentication token is generated using the terminal digital key stored in the secure world when the mobile terminal approaches or tags a vehicle and a vehicle device locks or unlocks a door of the vehicle by activating the vehicle digital key, which is registered from the management server, to validate the authentication token.
US11330418B2	Lone worker safely check A lone worker system for performing a safety check is provided. The lone worker system includes a mobile device. The mobile device includes a memory storing a safety check application thereon and a processor. The processor is coupled to the memory and executes the safety check application. The processor initiates the safety check application with respect to the service call. The safety check application executes a use-case safety monitoring of the mobile device with respect to a service call to implement the safety check. The use-case safety monitoring detects an emergency situation with respect to a connectivity of the mobile device to a server, an activity of the mobile device, and a motion of the mobile device.
US11330417B2	Method for electromagnetic interference adjustment and related devices A method for electromagnetic interference adjustment and related products are provided. A current first operating frequency of a MIPI of the display is obtained by the AP, and in response to detecting that a screen state is a screen-on state and the Bluetooth assembly is enabled, a current second operating frequency of the Bluetooth assembly is obtained by the AP. Electromagnetic interference in the electronic device is detected by the AP according to the first operating frequency and the second operating frequency. In response to the detected electromagnetic interference, a target operating frequency of the MIPI is determined, and the operating frequency of the MIPI is adjusted from the first operating frequency to the target operating frequency by the AP.
US11330413B2	Method for operating a transmitting device of a motor vehicle transmitting device for a motor vehicle and motor vehicle The present disclosure relates to a method for operating a transmitting device of a motor vehicle, in which method the transmitting device is operated in a private mode or in a transmitting mode. In the transmitting mode, the transmitting device transmits vehicle data to a computing device external to the vehicle. In the private mode, transmission of the vehicle data is stopped. A switchover from the transmitting mode into the private mode occurs as soon as a successful authentication of a specified user action has been captured.
US11330411B2	Inter-radio access technology interference cancellation Methods, systems, and devices for wireless communications are described. The method may include an interference estimation procedure that measures interference from radio access technologies (RATs) different from cellular vehicle to everything (CV2X) on the CV2X network at a user equipment (UE). A UE may record measurements of interference on the CV2X network when no CV2X signal is present during the last symbol of a subframe. Then, the UE may estimate the noise plus interference measured during the empty symbol to improve noise plus interference whitening when decoding a subframe.
US11330404B2	Apparatus and method for managing a telephone number in a terminal An apparatus and a method manage a telephone number in a terminal, which can separately manage telephone numbers, a call to each of which an attempt to originate has been made and to each of which the call has failed to be connected, and then enable a convenient attempt to re-originate a call to the telephone number. The apparatus includes: a memory including a temporary list which stores a non-connecting telephone number, to which a call has been originated and has failed to be connected; and a controller for performing a control operation so as to store a particular telephone number in the temporary list as the non-connecting telephone number, when an attempt to originate a call to the particular telephone number is made and the call fails to be connected to the particular telephone number.
US11330403B2	System and method for crowd-oriented application synchronization An electronic communication device and method for crowd-based application synchronization. The device includes a display, a memory storing a first application, a transceiver, and an electronic processor. The electronic processor is configured to associate the electronic communication device with a first talk group, determine a first function in which the first application is configured to perform, and receive, via the transceiver, information regarding a number of members of the first talk group that are using an instance of a second application to perform the first function. The electronic processor is further configured to automatically present, based on the information, on the display, a running instance of the second application or a selection mechanism for the second application.
US11330401B2	Centrally assisted associations with a local manager by peers in a peer to peer wireless network The technologies described herein are generally directed toward facilitating centrally assisted associations with a local manager by peers in a peer to peer wireless system. According to an embodiment, a system can comprise a processor and a memory that can store executable instructions that, when executed by the processor, facilitate performance of operations. The operations can include identifying a group of local managers of a group of user equipments. The operations can further include receiving, from a network device, a criterion for selecting a local manager from the group of local managers of the group of user equipments, wherein the criterion is based on an association parameter selected by the network device.
US11330399B2	Anomaly predictor for physical safety of group members In non-limiting examples of the present disclosure, systems, methods and devices for surfacing alerts are provided. A monitoring service may monitor a plurality of devices associated with a group. The group may include a plurality of accounts. Each account may be associated with a different location control list. The location control list may include locational information comprising geocoordinates of locations that a corresponding user is approved to visit and temporal information corresponding to times, days of the week, and/or dates when a corresponding user is approved to visit a location. If a determination is made that a device associated with an account is at a location that is not included in a location control list for the account, an anomaly alert may be surfaced on one or more devices associated with other group members. The alert may be surfaced in association with a safety score for the location.
US11330390B2	Method for determining distance between ears of a wearer of a sound generating object and an ear-worn, sound generating object A sound generating object for worn by a user, includes: a first accelerometer; and a second accelerometer; wherein when the sound generating object is at an operative position, a line extending through the first and second accelerometers intersects an axis at right angle, the axis extending in an up-and-down direction, the first and second accelerometers being spaced by a known distance; wherein the first accelerometer is configured to determine a first acceleration component having a first value, and the second accelerometer is configured to determine a second acceleration component having a second value; and wherein the sound generating object is configured to determine a distance between ears of the user based on the first value of the first acceleration component determined by the first accelerometer, the second value of the second acceleration component determined by the second accelerometer, and the known distance between the first accelerometer and the second accelerometer.
US11330386B2	Apparatus and method for realizing a SAOC downmix of 3D audio content An apparatus for generating one or more audio output channels is provided. The apparatus includes a parameter processor for calculating output channel mixing information and a downmix processor for generating the one or more audio output channels. The downmix processor is configured to receive an audio transport signal including one or more audio transport channels, wherein two or more audio object signals are mixed within the audio transport signal, and wherein the number of the one or more audio transport channels is smaller than the number of the two or more audio object signals. The audio transport signal depends on a first mixing rule and on a second mixing rule. The first mixing rule indicates how to mix the two or more audio object signals to obtain a plurality of premixed channels. Moreover, the second mixing rule indicates how to mix the plurality of premixed channels.
US11330377B2	Systems and methods for fitting a sound processing algorithm in a 2D space using interlinked parameters Disclosed are systems and methods for fitting a sound personalization algorithm using a two-dimensional (2D) graphical fitting interface. A calculated set of initial digital signal processing (DSP) parameters are determined for a given sound personalization algorithm, based on a user hearing profile. The initial DSP parameters are outputted to a 2D graphical fitting interface of an audio personalization application, wherein a first axis represents a level of coloration and a second axis represents a level of compression. A user input specifies a first 2D coordinate selected from a coordinate space presented by the 2D graphical fitting interface. A first set of refined DSP parameters is generated to apply a coloration and/or compression adjustment corresponding to the first 2D coordinate. The given sound personalization algorithm is parameterized with the first set of refined DSP parameters.
US11330375B2	Method of adaptive mixing of uncorrelated or correlated noisy signals, and a hearing device A hearing device, e.g. a hearing aid, adapted for being located at or in an ear, or to be fully or partially implanted in the head, of a user, the hearing device comprises a) an input unit providing at least two input audio data streams, each comprising a mixture of a target signal component from a target sound source and a noise component from one or more noise sources; b) a mixing processor for receiving said at least two input audio data streams, and for mixing said at least two input audio data streams, or processed versions thereof, and for providing a processed input signal based thereon; c) an output unit providing output stimuli perceivable to the user as sound based on said processed input signal or a processed version thereof. The processor is configured to process said noise component of said at least two input audio data streams, or processed versions thereof in order to reduce or avoid artefacts in said processed input signal due to said mixing. A method of operating a hearing device is further disclosed. The invention may e.g. be used in hearing aids, e.g. hearing aids configured to communicate with another device, e.g. binaural hearing aid systems.
US11330371B2	Audio control based on room correction and head related transfer function An audio reproduction device and method for audio control based on room-correction (RC) and head related transfer function (HRTF) are provided. The audio reproduction device includes a speaker that reproduces a first audio signal. The audio reproduction device receives a plurality of second audio signals indicative of frequency responses captured based on the first audio signal and captured by a plurality of audio capturing devices positioned on a head wearable device of a user present within an enclosed physical space. The audio reproduction device determines RC preset for one or more RC filters associated with the speaker, based on the captured frequency responses. The audio reproduction device further determines HRTF associated with the user based on the captured frequency responses, and user-specific information of the user. The audio reproduction device further controls audio reproduction of the speaker based on the determined RC preset and the determined HRTF.
US11330364B1	Ported speaker assembly A ported speaker assembly includes an outer enclosure having a front opening. An inner frame of the speaker assembly is positioned at least partially within the outer enclosure and has an outer perimeter edge proximate the front opening of the outer enclosure. A resonator chamber is defined between an interior of the outer enclosure and an exterior of the inner frame. At least one speaker driver is mounted to the inner frame and configured to emit sound from a front end of the ported speaker assembly. A perimeter port is formed between the outer perimeter portion of the inner frame and the front opening of the outer enclosure. The perimeter port extends uninterrupted to encircle the outer perimeter portion. A plurality of fastener joints secure the inner frame to the outer enclosure, and at least some are distributed around multiple sides of the inner frame and positioned closer to the front opening of the outer enclosure than a rear end of the inner frame.
US11330363B2	Speaker and mobile terminal This application provides a speaker and a mobile terminal. The speaker includes a housing and a kernel located in the housing, where there is a front cavity and a rear cavity in the housing, the front cavity is in communication with the outside, and the rear cavity is an isolated cavity. In addition, to reduce a space area occupied by the entire speaker, the front cavity and the rear cavity are disposed in a stacked manner when being disposed. Specifically, the front cavity and the rear cavity are at least partially stacked along a thickness direction of the kernel. Therefore, the rear cavity is disposed in space of the entire speaker in the thickness direction of the kernel, to reduce an area occupied by the entire speaker in the mobile terminal on the premise that a size of the rear cavity meets a requirement.
US11330355B2	Earpiece positioning and retaining A positioning and retaining structure for an in-ear earpiece. An outer leg and an inner leg are attached to each other at an attachment end and attached to a body of the earpiece at the other end. The outer leg lies in a plane. The positioning and retaining structure have a stiffness that is greater when force is applied to the attachment end in a counterclockwise direction in the plane of the outer leg than when force is applied to the attachment end in a clockwise direction in the plane of the outer leg. The positioning and retaining structure position an earpiece associated with the earpiece in a user's ear and retains the earpiece in its position.
US11330351B2	Portable electronic device A portable electronic device can include a housing defining an aperture and a display positioned in the aperture. The display and the housing can define an internal volume and a speaker assembly can be positioned in the internal volume. The speaker assembly can include a speaker enclosure sealed to the housing within the internal volume, the speaker enclosure and the housing defining a speaker volume, and a speaker module in fluid communication with the speaker volume, the speaker module including a diaphragm positioned at an aperture defined by the speaker volume, the diaphragm defining multiple ridges.
US11330347B2	Dynamically optimized stoppage time media content Aspects include receiving past performance data. Aspects also include collecting a set of observations about a live event. Aspects also include generating a stoppage time prediction based on the past performance data and the set of observations about the live event. Aspects also include generating an optimized content sequence based on the stoppage time prediction and a respective duration of each of a plurality of preexisting media files. The optimized content sequence includes a sequence of one or more media files of the plurality of preexisting media files.
US11330345B2	Verification code generation method, data verification method and electronic device A verification code generation method is performed in an electronic device which is for performing encoding to generate a video/audio stream having multiple data segments. The verification code generation method includes the following steps. Each time one of the data segments is generated by the encoding, a first-level checksum associated with the data segment is generated, and the first-level checksum is recorded in an accompanying verification file. At an interval of every N data segments of the data segments, a second-level checksum is generated for W consecutive first-level checksums, and the second-level checksum is recorded in the accompanying verification file, such that a subsequent verification method can quickly verify integrity of a part of data according to the accompanying verification file. Wherein, W is a positive integer greater than or equal to 2, N is a positive integer greater than 0 and smaller or equal to W.
US11330341B1	System, method, and protocol for transmission of video and audio data An improved backhaul protocol is provided, as well as computer-implemented systems and methods for autonomously broadcasting video data, audio data, or video and audio data during an event, wherein the broadcasting can be scheduled in advance and from a remote location (e.g., using a web browser), and wherein the video/audio data is streamed to a remote user over a network using the improved backhaul protocol.
US11330333B2	Methods of and devices for adaptive bit rate, ABR, video resolution shaping of a video stream in a telecommunications system A method of supporting Adaptive Bit Rate, ABR, video resolution shaping of a video data stream of a video session transferred by a User Plane Function, UPF, in a Service Based Architecture, SBA, domain. The video resolution shaping is performed by the UPF implementing a Reinforcement Learning Agent, RLA, operating with an observation space having a determined video resolution of a received video data stream, a reward space having a reward referring to a required video resolution, and an action space having video resolution shaping levels to be applied at the received video data stream. Complementary methods and devices for performing such a method in an SBA domain deployed in a telecommunications system are disclosed.
US11330331B2	Proactive detection of media item matching A system and method for detection of media items matching is disclosed. In an implementation, the method includes identifying a first media item associated with a channel of a first user; determining whether the first media item qualifies as a candidate reference media item based on properties of the first media item and the channel; analyzing content of the first media item to determine whether a first threshold amount of frames of the first media item does not match with any frame of any previously uploaded media item; selecting the first media item as a reference media item; detecting a subsequently uploaded media item that includes at least a second threshold portion of the reference media item; and providing a graphical user interface (GUI) for presentation to the first user, the GUI including the subsequently uploaded media item and one or more actions to be initiated by the first user.
US11330327B2	Multimedia material processing method, apparatus, and multimedia playback device Disclosed herein are methods, systems, and apparatus, including computer programs encoded on computer storage media, for multimedia playback. One of the methods includes: receiving, by a multimedia playback device from a multimedia server, a list indicating a plurality of multimedia files; caching, by the multimedia playback device, the plurality of multimedia files in a cache storage of the multimedia playback device; requesting, by the multimedia playback device from the multimedia server, an indication of a primary multimedia file to be played by the multimedia playback device; determining, by the multimedia playback device, a secondary multimedia file from the plurality of multimedia files to be played by the multimedia playback device; and playing, by the multimedia playback device, the secondary multimedia file when a playback condition of playing the secondary multimedia file is satisfied.
US11330321B2	Method and device for adjusting video parameter based on voiceprint recognition and readable storage medium Disclosed are a method for adjusting a video parameter based on voiceprint recognition, a device for adjusting a video parameter based on voiceprint recognition and a readable storage medium, where the method includes: during a video program is displayed on a smart terminal, receiving audio information collected by a voiceprint data collection module; in a determination that a voiceprint feature library includes target preset audio information corresponding to the audio information, determining user identity information and user mood information corresponding to the audio information based on the target preset audio information; acquiring an adjustment parameter of a parameter adjustment mode corresponding to the user mood information, and acquiring an adjustment ratio corresponding to the parameter adjustment mode based on the user identity information; and adjusting a video playback parameter of the smart terminal based on the adjustment parameter and the adjustment ratio.
US11330320B2	Display device and method for controlling display device Provided are a display device and a screen display method for of the display device. In detail, disclosed are a display device capable of controlling a screen thereof through voice recognition, and a screen display method of the display device. Some of the disclosed embodiments provide a display device for displaying, on the screen, a recommendation guide corresponding to the voice recognition result, and a screen display method of the display device.
US11330318B2	Method for managing an electronic device A method for managing a device able to communicate with at least one terminal of a user. The terminal is able to process and render data associated with the device via a rendering application. The method includes the following steps on the device: transmitting, to the terminal, a command to activate the data rendering application; and transmitting the data to the terminal.
US11330311B2	Transmission device, transmission method, receiving device, and receiving method for rendering a multi-image-arrangement distribution service Aspects of the disclosure include a receiving device that includes a receiving unit, a decoder, and a processing unit. The receiving unit receives a predetermined number of video streams containing encoded image data of a plurality of images of a multi-image-arrangement distribution service, position information being inserted in the predetermined number of video streams, and the position information showing arrangement positions of the plurality of images. The decoder unit decodes the predetermined number of video streams, and obtains image data of the plurality of images. The processing unit arranges image data of the plurality of decoded images based on the position information, and obtains image data of a multi-image-arranged image.
US11330306B2	Method and apparatus for video coding Aspects of the disclosure provide methods and apparatuses for video encoding/decoding. In some examples, an apparatus for video decoding includes receiving circuitry and processing circuitry. The processing circuitry receives coded information of a block that is encoded in a palette based coding mode. The block is a beginning of a predefined coding region that includes one or more coding tree units (CTUs). The processing circuitry further determines a palette for the block independently of palette information of one or more previously decoded blocks of the palette based coding mode, and decodes pixels of the block based on the coded information of the block and the determined palette for the block.
US11330300B2	Encoding device and encoding method, and decoding device and decoding method The present technology relates to an encoding device, an encoding method, a decoding device, and a decoding method capable of improving the coding efficiency of an image of a plurality of viewpoints. A motion parallax prediction/compensation unit sets first image specifying information specifying a first image of a viewpoint present in a first direction from a viewpoint of a current coding image and second image specifying information specifying a second image of a viewpoint present in a second direction opposite to the first direction in a list (L0) in first order and sets the first image specifying information and the second image specifying information in a list (L1) in second order that is different from the first order. The motion parallax prediction/compensation unit and a calculation unit generate coded data by coding the current coding image based on the lists (L0 and L1). The present technology, for example, can be applied to an encoding device that codes a 3D image and the like.
US11330297B2	Methods incorporating extensions to copy-above mode for palette mode coding Methods incorporating extensions to copy-above mode for palette mode coding are disclosed. In one aspect, the method includes coding a current pixel of a current block of video data in copy-previous mode via coding a previous line index. The coding of the current pixel in copy-previous mode further including identifying a number of candidate values for the previous line index, identifying a number of escape pixels in a column of pixels above the current pixel in the current block, and reducing a number of candidate values of the previous line index by the number of identified escape pixels.
US11330296B2	Systems and methods for encoding image data Systems and methods for improving operational efficiency of a video encoding system used to encode image data are provided. In embodiments, a video encoding system includes image processing circuitry configured to receive source image data and derive full-resolution image data and low-resolution image data from the source image data. The video encoding system also includes a low resolution pipeline configured to receive the low-resolution image data and determine one or more low resolution inter prediction modes based on the low-resolution image data. Furthermore, the video encoding system includes a main pipeline configured to encode the full-resolution image data based on the one or more low resolution inter prediction modes.
US11330293B2	Scaling video processing complexity based on power savings factor A method of scaling complexity of a video processing system including determining a power saving factor based on an operating parameter and adjusting processing of video information based on the power saving factor to reduce computation complexity. The operating parameter may include available power and/or available processing capacity. A method of complexity scalability for a video processing system using prioritized layered coding including determining a power saving factor based on one or more metrics, such as power capacity and/or available processing capacity, and reducing processing complexity of multiple prioritized coding functions in a predetermined order of priority based on the level of the power saving factor. A video processing system including a power management circuit which determines the power saving factor and a video encoder system which correspondingly adjusts computation complexity.
US11330290B2	Video signal encoding and decoding method, and apparatus therefor A video decoding method according to the present disclosure includes the steps of: generating a merge candidate list for a current block; determining a merge candidate for the current block among merge candidates included in the merge candidate list; deriving an offset vector for the current block; and deriving a motion vector for the current block by adding the offset vector to a motion vector of the merge candidate.
US11330284B2	Deriving motion information for sub-blocks in video coding In an example, a method of processing video data includes splitting a current block of video data into a plurality of sub-blocks for deriving motion information of the current block, where the motion information indicates motion of the current block relative to reference video data. The method also includes deriving, separately for each respective sub-block of the plurality of sub-blocks, motion information comprising performing a motion search for a first set of reference data that corresponds to a second set of reference data outside of each respective sub-block. The method also includes decoding the plurality of sub-blocks based on the derived motion information and without decoding syntax elements representative of the motion information.
US11330278B2	Chroma adjustment with color components in color spaces in video coding A processing for a first pixel in a picture comprises setting upper and/or lower limits of a first color component of the first pixel in a first color space to a respective fixed value if a maximum and/or minimum value of the first color component in the first color space results in a color component in a second color space that is below a first value of the color component in the second color space and above a second value of the color component in the second color space. A filtered value is obtained of the first color component and which is equal to or larger than the lower limit and equal to or lower than the upper limit. The processing results in filtered values that are cheaper to encode but that are visibly undistinguishable from the original colors of the pixels.
US11330277B2	Method and apparatus of subblock deblocking in video coding Method and apparatus for constrained de-blocking filter are disclosed. According to one method, if a CU is partitioned into multiple sub-CUs, the de-blocking process is also applied to the sub-block boundaries inside the current filtered-reconstructed block. According to another method, if first reference samples used for the de-blocking process of a first boundary are to be modified by the de-blocking process of a second boundary, the first reference samples are replaced by padding samples that are not to be modified by the de-blocking process of the second boundary. According to yet another method, the de-blocking process is applied to a reconstructed block corresponding to a current block to result in a current filtered-reconstructed block regardless whether a boundary of the current block corresponds to an 8×8 sample grid boundaries.
US11330270B2	Temporal domain rate distortion optimization considering coding-mode adaptive distortion propagation A temporal domain rate distortion optimization considering a coding-mode adaptive distortion propagation is provided. A problem of dependency rate distortion optimization based on a temporal domain distortion propagation is induced again according to a temporal domain dependency relationship under an LD structure and a distortion propagation analysis under a skip mode and an inter mode; and an aggregation distortion of a current coding unit and an affected future coding unit are estimated and a propagation factor of a coding unit in a temporal domain distortion propagation model is calculated by constructing a time propagation chain, wherein a Lagrange multiplier is adjusted through an accurate propagation factor to realize a temporal domain dependency rate distortion optimization, and an I frame is subjected to a secondary coding technology to realize the temporal domain dependency rate distortion optimization of the I frame.
US11330266B2	Signaling method for chroma intra prediction mode A method, computer program, and computer system is provided for encoding or decoding video data. Video data including a chroma component and a luma component is received. One or more contexts for entropy coding chroma intra prediction modes are identified based on a co-located luma block at one or more pre-defined positions. The video data is decoded based on the identified contexts.
US11330263B1	Machine learning based coded size estimation in rate control of video encoding Techniques for machine learning based coded size estimation in rate control of video encoding are described. An encoder in accordance with various embodiments uses one or more machine learning approaches to facilitate the rate control of video encoding. When training one or more neural network models, the relationship between the coded size and unit characteristics (e.g., picture pixels and/or picture features) is learned from past encoding. The encoder then uses the trained model(s) to estimate the coded size through model inference with improved accuracy. In some embodiments, the trained model(s) are integrated into the encoder for direct model inference. The direct model inference reduces the overhead of referencing application programming interfaces (APIs) provided by a separate machine learning platform, thus making the rate control methods and systems described herein useful in real time video encoding.
US11330255B2	Image decoding method and apparatus relying on intra prediction in image coding system According to the present disclosure, a video decoding method performed by a video decoding device includes parsing remaining intra prediction mode information for a current block, deriving neighboring samples of the current block, deriving MPM list including MPM candidates of the current block, deriving an intra prediction mode of the current block based on the remaining intra prediction mode information, wherein the intra prediction mode is one of remaining intra prediction modes excluding the MPM candidates, deriving a prediction sample of the current block based on the intra prediction mode and the neighboring samples, and deriving a reconstructed picture based on the prediction sample, wherein the remaining intra prediction mode information is coded through a truncated binary (TB) binarization process, and wherein a binarization parameter for the TB binarization process is 60.
US11330254B2	Video encoding method and apparatus, video decoding method and apparatus, computer device, and storage medium The embodiments of this application relate to a video encoding method performed at a computer device. The video encoding method includes: during video encoding, obtaining an input video sequence; selecting, from candidate video sequence encoding modes, a target video sequence encoding mode corresponding to the input video sequence, the candidate video sequence encoding modes including a constant-resolution encoding mode and a mixed-resolution encoding mode; and encoding each input video frame of the input video sequence according to the target video sequence encoding mode, to obtain encoded data.
US11330252B2	Apparatus and method for providing content with multiplane image transcoding Aspects of the subject disclosure may include, for example, transmitting viewpoint information associated with a first portion of a three-dimensional (3D)/volumetric video to a device, wherein the viewpoint information comprises a first coordinate in 3D space associated with a first viewing direction in a playback of the first portion and a first timestamp associated with the first portion, receiving, from the device, a multiplane image (MPI) representation of a second portion of the 3D video responsive to the transmitting of the viewpoint information, and providing an image of the MPI representation to a display device. Other embodiments are disclosed.
US11330250B2	Three-dimensional display device and three-dimensional display method A three-dimensional display device configured to display a main image and an additional image on a screen includes a display region candidate decider that decides one candidate region from a plurality of region candidates for the additional image to be superimposed on the main image on the screen, a depth suitability determiner that determines whether a difference between a depth of the main image displayed at a boundary region and a depth of the additional image is within a predetermined tolerance range, and an image composer that, when the difference in depth between the depth of the main image displayed at the boundary region and the depth of the additional image is within the tolerance range, superimposes the additional image upon the main image at the candidate region, thereby composing a composite image of the main image and the additional image, and displays the composite image on the screen.
US11330242B2	Multi-view signal codec Embodiments are described which exploit a finding, according to which a higher compression rate or better rate/distortion ratio may be achieved by adopting or predicting second coding parameters used for encoding a second view of the multi-view signal from first coding parameters used in encoding a first view of the multi-view signal. In other words, the inventors found out that the redundancies between views of a multi-view signal are not restricted to the views themselves, such as the video information thereof, but that the coding parameters in parallely encoding these views show similarities which may be exploited in order to further improve the coding rate.
US11330232B1	Systems and methods for dynamic power sharing Systems and methods for managing current flow in a power circuit used to dynamically share power are disclosed. A Zener diode may automatically adjust current flow in the power circuit. If the power circuit has not received sufficient current for dynamic power sharing, the Zener diode may draw additional current from a power source. An electrical current in the power circuit may be divided into a plurality of current loads. Each of the plurality of current loads may be directed through a different path in the power circuit.
US11330223B2	Display apparatus The present disclosure describes a display apparatus. The display apparatus includes a power source, a power supply circuit, a load and a control circuit. The power source is configured to supply electric power to the load. The power supply circuit connects the power source and the load respectively, and configured to turn on or off an electric path between the power source and the load. The control circuit connects with the power source and the power supply circuit respectively and configured to control the power source circuit to determine whether the power supply supplies power to the load.
US11330222B2	Display system and display apparatus A display apparatus is provided, which includes a USB Type-C connector, display panel, a multiplexing circuit, a switch circuit, and a display controller. The USB Type-C connector is connected to a portable device, wherein a USB signal between the display apparatus and the portable device includes an image-transmission channel and a data-transmission channel. The multiplexing circuit separates the image-transmission channel from the data-transmission channel. The display controller controls a display mode of the display panel. In response to the display panel being in a first display mode, the display controller transmits a control signal to the switch circuit to control the multiplexing circuit to switch to a first operation mode. In response to the multiplexing circuit being in the first operation mode, the portable device acts as a host terminal in the image-transmission channel, and acts as a device terminal in the data-transmission channel.
US11330215B2	High density parallel proximal image processing A distributed, parallel, image capture and processing architecture provides significant advantages over prior art systems. A very large array of computational circuits—in some embodiments, matching the size of the pixel array—is distributed around, within, or beneath the pixel array of an image sensor. Each computational circuit is dedicated to, and in some embodiments is physically proximal to, one, two, or more associated pixels. Each computational circuit is operative to perform computations on one, two, or more pixel values generated by its associated pixels. The computational circuits all perform the same operation(s), in parallel. In this manner, a very large number of pixel-level operations are performed in parallel, physically and electrically near the pixels. This obviates the need to transfer very large amounts of pixel data from a pixel array to a CPU/memory, thus alleviating the significant high-speed performance constraints placed on modern image sensors.
US11330214B2	Comparator and image sensing device including the same A comparator is provided to comprise a comparison circuit including a first transistor configured to receive a ramp signal and a second transistor configured to receive a pixel signal, the comparison circuit configured to compare the ramp signal and the pixel signal and output a comparison signal at an output node, and an output swing control circuit including a third transistor coupled to the first transistor and the second transistor, and the output swing control circuit including a current path to decrease an amount of current flowing through the second transistor.
US11330213B2	Imaging device and electronic device An imaging device with low power consumption is provided. It includes a pixel capable of outputting difference data between two different frames, a circuit determining the significance of the difference data, a circuit controlling power supply, an A/D converter, and the like; obtains image data and then obtains difference data; and shuts off power supply to the A/D converter and the like in the case where it is determined that there is no difference, and continues or restarts the power supply to the A/D converter and the like when it is determined that there is a difference. Determining the significance of the difference data can be performed row by row in a pixel array or at nearly the same time in all the pixels included in the pixel array.
US11330209B2	Imaging device and electronic device enabled to control position of lens The present technology relates to an imaging device and an electronic device that enable highly accurate adjustment of a focus position and a camera shake correction position. The device includes: a lens that focuses subject light; an imaging element that photoelectrically converts the subject light from the lens; a circuit substrate including a circuit that externally outputs a signal from the imaging element; an actuator that drives the lens with a Pulse Width Modulation (PWM) waveform in at least one of an X-axis direction, a Y-axis direction, or a Z-axis direction; and a detection unit that detects a magnetic field generated by a coil included in the actuator. The actuator drives the lens to move a focus, or drives the lens to reduce an influence of camera shake. The present technology can be applied to the imaging device.
US11330208B2	Image signal processing for reducing lens flare Flare compensation includes obtaining a first input frame, which includes lens flare, and a second input frame; obtaining a stitch line between the first input frame and the second input frame; obtaining, for the first input frame, a first intensity profile; obtaining, for the second input frame, a second intensity profile; obtaining an intensity differences profile; obtaining a first dark corner profile based on a first illumination of a first area outside a first image circle of the first input frame; obtaining a second dark corner profile based on a second illumination of a second area outside a second image circle of the second input frame; obtaining a dark corner difference profile; calculating a flare model; obtaining a flare mask; and correcting the first input frame by subtracting the flare mask from the first input frame.
US11330199B2	Method and system of adaptable exposure control and light projection for cameras Techniques related to a method and system of adaptable exposure control and light projection for cameras are described herein.
US11330197B2	Method for processing image data by using information generated from external electronic device, and electronic device An electronic device according to various embodiments of the present invention comprises a camera, a communication module, a display and a processor, wherein the processor can be set so as to: acquire a raw image corresponding to an external object by using the camera; generate a first level image having a first attribute and a second level image having a second attribute by using the raw image; transmit a first image, in which at least a part of the first level image is encoded, to an external electronic device by using the communication module such that the external electronic device generates analysis information on the first image; and generate a second image, in which at least a part of the second level image is encoded, on the basis of at least the analysis information, and transmit the second image to the external electronic device by using the communication module. Other embodiments could be possible in addition to the various embodiments of the present invention.
US11330196B2	Estimating illumination in an environment based on an image of a reference object Technology is described herein that uses an object-encoding system to convert an object image into a combined encoding. The object image depicts a reference object, while the combined encoding represents an environment image. The environment image, in turn, depicts an estimate of an environment that has produced the illumination effects exhibited by the reference object. The combined encoding includes: a first part that represents image content in the environment image within a high range of intensities values; and a second part that represents image content within a low range of intensity values. Also described herein is a training system that trains the object-encoding system based on combined encodings produced by a separately-trained environment-encoding system. Also described herein are various applications of the object-encoding system and environment-encoding system.
US11330188B2	Camera There is provided a camera of which operability is good regardless of the brightness of the surrounding environment. The brightness of the surrounding environment is detected by a brightness detection unit provided in a camera. The contents of settings of the camera are displayed on a sub-display 18 in a situation in which the surrounding environment is bright. The contents of settings of the camera and an image representing the set state of a shutter speed dial 33 are displayed on the sub-display 18 in a case in which the surrounding environment is dark.
US11330186B2	Biaxial tilting device, camera device, and electronic apparatus Provided is a biaxial tilting device, a camera device, and an electronic apparatus, which enable suppression of shaking of a camera unit. A biaxial tilting device includes: a frame body including a back plate opposed to a bottom surface of a member to be tilted across a space; a plurality of suspension springs made of a shape memory alloy, which are configured to connect the bottom surface and the back plate to each other; and a current supply control unit configured to supply currents to the plurality of suspension springs.
US11330183B2	Shake correction device including dielectric elastomer actuator, driving device, imaging device, and electronic device A shake correction device including a driven body, a first actuator that is extendable and contractible in a first direction, a second actuator that is extendable and contractible in a second direction, a support that supports the driven body via the first actuator and the second actuator, a first connection mechanism unit that connects at least either between the first actuator and the driven body or between the first actuator and the support, and a second connection mechanism unit that connects at least either between the second actuator and the driven body or between the second actuator and the support. The first connection mechanism unit and the second connection mechanism unit have at least one degree of rotational freedom.
US11330175B2	Image capture apparatus and control method An image capture apparatus capable of charging a battery. The image capture apparatus includes a connection unit that receives power from a power supply device, a charging control unit that charges the battery by using power received from the power supply device, a power supply control unit that supplies power to components of the image capture apparatus by using power received from the power supply device, and a control unit that controls charging of the battery and power supply to the components of the image capture apparatus by using power received from the power supply device, according to whether or not an operating mode of the image capture apparatus is restricted due to heat from the battery.
US11330173B2	UAV panoramic imaging A method includes receiving one or more panoramic image processing parameters from a remote terminal, controlling a carrier to rotate an image capturing device about a first axis of the carrier while causing the image capturing device to capture a plurality of images based at least in part on the one or more panoramic image processing parameters, and stabilizing the image capturing device against motions with respect to a second axis or a third axis of the carrier while the image capturing device is rotating about the first axis of the carrier. The image capturing device is coupled to an unmanned aerial vehicle (UAV) via the carrier.
US11330168B2	Image capture device, system, method for controlling image capture device, and non- transitory computer-readable storage medium The present invention discloses an image capture device comprising, an image capture unit, an image-capture control unit for controlling pan, tilt, and zoom (PTZ) when an image is captured, a storage unit for storing a set value of the PTZ for capturing an image of a predetermined region in an image-capture area of the image capture unit, and region information that specifies a detection region for detecting an object in a captured image, an reception unit for receiving a deletion instruction to delete the set value from an information processing device, and a processing unit for deleting the set value from the storage unit if the set value for which the deletion instruction has been received is not associated with the region information.
US11330163B2	Exchanging an HDR-combined stream and associated exposures between a camera sensor module and a vision processing system In an embodiment, a camera sensor module is communicatively coupled to a vision processing system. The camera sensor module captures a plurality of exposures, produces an HDR-combined stream, and sends both the HDR-combined stream and the plurality of exposures to the vision processing system. A first ISP of the vision processing system performs color processing to produce a color-processed HDR-combined stream for neural network processing, presentation to a human, and/or computer vision processing. At least one other ISP of the vision processing system performs color processing to collect exposure-specific statistics on at least one of the plurality of exposures for determining camera calibration data for the camera sensor module.
US11330162B2	Moving object imaging device and moving object imaging method A technology is provided in which moving objects positioned at a different place and having more than the number of the cameras are displayed on a display device. The present invention is directed to a moving object imaging device including a camera, a deflection unit, a controller configured to control the camera and the deflection unit, an imaging processing part, and an imaging display part, thereby imaging the moving object in a sequentially repeating manner and creating moving image data based upon images acquired by the image processing part to display the created moving image data on the image display part.
US11330152B2	Image display system and image data transmission apparatus and method thereof having synchronous data transmission mechanism The present invention discloses an image data transmission apparatus. The lock confirmation circuit receives an original signal having an original pulse width from the image data reception apparatus to generate an output signal. The image data transmission circuit determines that the image data reception apparatus locks a transmission frequency when an output pulse width is larger than a pulse threshold value to perform a synchronous image data transmission. The lock confirmation circuit sets the output pulse width to be a lengthened pulse width when a difference between the original pulse width and the pulse threshold value is smaller than a predetermined value and the original pulse width is not smaller than the pulse threshold value. The lock confirmation circuit sets the output pulse width to be a shortened pulse width when the difference is smaller than the predetermined value and the original pulse width is smaller than the pulse threshold value.
US11330151B2	Selecting a type of synchronization An apparatus, method and computer program product for receiving captured visual information comprising a representation of an object, receiving captured audio information associated with the object, determining a user awareness parameter indicating a level of user comprehension of a context of capturing the visual information and the audio information and selecting, based on the user awareness parameter, a type of synchronization of the captured audio information with respect to the captured visual information.
US11330148B2	Image processing for converting multi-spectral image by calculating the inner product of the spectral distribution of each pixel and the respective reference vector Provided is an image processing device which has: an image input part configured to input a multi-spectral image which includes N (N is an integer of 4 or more) channels corresponding to N bands; a reference vector setting part configured to cause a user to set, as three reference vectors, three types of N-dimensional vectors having sensitivities of the respective N bands as elements; and a conversion part configured to convert the multi-spectral image into a 3-channel image including three channels by decomposing a spectral distribution of each pixel of the multi-spectral image on the basis of the three reference vectors.
US11330143B2	Communication device and communication method for transmitting divide files A communication device including: a transmission file setter which sets an upper limit value of a capacity of a file transmittable by e-mail; a transmission page setter which sets a page count of a transmission file; a communicator which divides, when the transmission file including multiple pages exceeds the upper limit value, the transmission file into multiple divided transmission files, and transmits the divided transmission files; a transmission setter which receives a combining configuration file for combining the divided transmission files, and the setting of a combining tool; and a controller which controls the transmission file setter, the transmission page setter, and the communicator. When the communicator transmits the plurality of divided transmission files, the controller causes the communicator to also transmit the combining configuration file and the combining tool for creating a file of the page count, in accordance with the setting of the transmission setter.
US11330130B2	Image processing apparatus, method, and storage medium An image processing apparatus includes a flow execution unit configured to receive, in response to an instruction from a user to start an application installed in the image processing apparatus, a request to register a flow from the application; store information for identifying functions included in the flow and an execution order of the functions; switchably display setting screens for the respective functions included in the flow in response to a request from the application to execute the flow; and execute the functions identified based on the stored information in the stored execution order based on setting information input on the setting screens for the respective functions.
US11330129B2	Image forming system, image forming apparatus, and storing medium storing application control program In an image forming system provided with a plurality of image forming apparatuses, at least one of the image forming apparatuses takes over an application owned by other the image forming apparatus, and acquires, from a transfer source, the number of times of application use indicating the number of times of using the application in the image forming apparatus being the transfer source of the application. When execution of the application is finished, the image forming apparatus determines between the image forming apparatus itself, and the transfer source of the application, in which the number of times of application use of the application is larger, based on the number of times of application use acquired from the transfer source, and transfers the application to the transfer source, when the transfer source has a larger number of times of application use than the transfer destination.
US11330128B2	Adjustment image data for use in imaging operation and image forming apparatus Adjustment image data is for use in adjusting imaging operation. The adjustment image data is stored in a storage of an image forming apparatus and read from the storage to form an image on a sheet of paper at the time of adjusting an imaging operation of the image forming apparatus. The adjustment image data includes a single identification mark located in the vicinity of a longitudinal center of the sheet of paper.
US11330123B2	Information processing device and non-transitory computer readable medium An information processing device includes a processor configured to receive an addition of additional information by an administrator, and cause a display position of an image representing the additional information to be restricted in a case where an important attribute indicating importance is assigned to the additional information.
US11330111B2	Distributed ledger system for management and tracking of exchanges of wireless services between wireless service providers The present disclosure is directed to using distributed ledger architectures to for exchange of wireless communication services. In one example, a distributed ledger system for facilitating an exchange among wireless service providers includes a plurality of wireless service providers and a plurality of nodes. Each of the plurality of nodes is configured to facilitate an exchange between a first wireless service provider and a second wireless service provider for roaming services; generate a recording of terms and conditions of the exchange between the first wireless service provider and the second wireless service provider to yield an agreement; record the agreement on the distributed ledger system; facilitate independent evaluation of performance parameters of the exchange by each of the first wireless service provider and the second wireless service provider to independently evaluate performance parameters of the exchange; and trigger settlement for the exchange based on the independent evaluation of the performance parameters by the first and second wireless service providers.
US11330106B1	Systems and methods for occupation categorization System and methods for classifying free-form occupation inputs into prescribed occupation inputs are provided. In one embodiment, a machine receives an occupation; generates a meaning vector; compares the meaning vector against meaning vectors associated with a prescribed set of occupations; determines meaning scores for the prescribed set of occupations based upon an affinity between vector and the vectors associated with the prescribed set of occupations; selects a subset of the prescribed set of occupations based upon the meaning scores for the prescribed set of occupations; presents a selectable list of the subset of prescribed occupations; receives an indication of a selection a particular prescribed occupation for the selectable list; and provides the particular prescribed occupation to a downstream-processing system that is configured to only handle occupations in prescribed set of occupations.
US11330101B2	Managing spoofed calls to mobile devices Methods and apparatuses for managing spoofed calls to a mobile device are described, in which the mobile device receives a call transmitted over a cellular or mobile network. The call may include a set of information associated with the network, such as a geological location of a device that generated the call, a hardware device identifier corresponding to the device, an internet protocol (IP) address associated with the device, or a combination thereof. The mobile device may determine whether the call is spoofed or genuine based on the set of information. Subsequently, the mobile device may assist a user of the mobile device to manage the call, such as blocking the call from reaching the user, informing the user that the call is spoofed, facilitating the user to report the call as spoofed to an authority and/or a service provider of the network.
US11330095B2	Emergency kit An emergency kit (10A), including an apparatus (38A) including: a long-range communication device including a unique identity module (30A), for receiving (24) a status of the apparatus (38A) from another long-range communication device (26B); and a visual/vocal/transmitting device (16A), for being turned on once the status is active, thereby the apparatus (38A) indicates a first location of an emergency event setting the active status.
US11330086B2	Apparatus, system and method of negotiating a range measurement protocol Some demonstrative embodiments include apparatuses, systems and/or methods of negotiating a range measurement protocol. For example, an initiator station may be configured to transmit a negotiation request message to a responder station and receive a negotiation response message from the responder station to negotiate a range measurement protocol to perform a range measurement procedure with the responder station, the negotiation request message including an initiator protocol element including an indication of one or more initiator range measurement protocols supported by the initiator station, the negotiation response message including a compatibility indication to indicate whether or not at least one of the initiator range measurement protocols is compatible with at least one responder range measurement protocol supported by the responder station; and based on the compatibility indication, select to perform the range measurement procedure with the responder station or to abort communication with the responder station.
US11330084B2	Signaling of wireless station capabilities Communication apparatus includes a transceiver configured to transmit and receive signals over a wireless channel in accordance with both a first communication protocol and a second communication protocol, the second communication protocol being backward-compatible with the first communication protocol. The transceiver is configured to provide capabilities that are supported by the second communication protocol but are not supported by the first communication protocol. A communication controller is configured to generate data frames for transmission by the transceiver. The date frames include frame headers that are compatible with the first communication protocol while including, in a specified field of the frame headers, a predefined value indicating that the apparatus is capable of communicating in accordance with the second communication protocol.
US11330083B2	Transformation device, transformation method and storage medium A transformation device installed in a vehicle includes a transformation section, a transmission section, a detection section and a control section. The transformation section transforms data transmitted from a first control device in a first communication protocol to data in a second communication protocol. The transmission section transmits the data transformed by the transformation section to a second control device. The detection section detects an update of one or more of the first control device and the second control device. In a case in which an update of at least one of the first control device or the second control device is detected by the detection section, the control section changes a mode of transformation by the transformation section.
US11330080B2	Services versioning Downloadable pluggable services and methods of distributing the same are described. The downloadable pluggable services may correspond to communication services that can be downloaded to upgrade a communication system. The downloadable pluggable services may include a number of component parts that can be distributed among various servers in the communication system being upgraded along with instructions that enable the component parts to instruct each server in the communication system to operate in a coordinated fashion so as to provide the downloaded service.
US11330079B2	Environment for developing of distributed multicloud applications Disclosed herein are system, method, and computer program product embodiments for distributing an application across multiple nodes. An embodiment operates by determining a first local state of a first bundle and a second local state of a second bundle, wherein the application comprises the first bundle and the second bundle. The embodiment calculates the first bundle is to be stored at a first node and the second bundle is to be stored at a second node based on a first level configuration file and a second level configuration file. The embodiment compares the first local state of the first bundle to a first remote state of the first node and the second local state of the second bundle to a second remote state of the second node. The embodiment then transmits the first bundle to the first node and the second bundle to the second node.
US11330078B1	Method and system for managing updates of a data manager Techniques described herein relate to a method for deploying workflows with data management services. The method may include identifying a service update event; identifying a service sub-tree based on a service call graph; generating an update sequence for the service sub-tree; predicting an update window for the service sub-tree; selecting a first service of the service sub-tree based on the update sequence, wherein the first service includes a first standby service instance and a first active service instance; generating a backup of a first portion of a services shared data volume repository associated with the first service; applying an update to the first standby service instance to obtain a first updated active service instance; making a first determination that a first performance and reliability check associated with the first updated active service instance is below a threshold; applying the update to a second standby service instance.
US11330073B1	Adaptive system and method for dynamically adjusting message rates through a transport Disclosed herein is a system, method, and computer program product for dynamically altering message rates through a transport. The system, method, and computer program product continually operates a transport and analyzes trend data using a moving average of producer rates and consumer rates. Keeping message flow at an optimal rate as system conditions vary throughout time enables efficient delivery of messages through multiple subsystems and intermediary transports to the messages' manifold endpoints.
US11330072B2	Device and method for laboratory data distribution A networked data capturing device is provided, which implements a method of automatically distributing test data output by a laboratory equipment device, wherein the test data is representative of testing performed by the laboratory equipment device and formatted according to an application layer protocol, across a network. The networked data capturing device comprises networking means for connecting to one or more emote servers over networks, a local data input interface for connecting to the laboratory equipment device, and is configured to listen for and automatically obtain the test data through the local data input interface, to process the obtained data into an alternative format according to a remote parameterisation of the device, and to automatically communicate the processed data to at least one remote server with the networking means.
US11330071B2	Inter-process communication fault detection and recovery system An inter-process communication (IPC) system, includes a first client engine, a first server engine, and a broker engine that is coupled to the first client engine. The broker engine initiates a first timer that is configured to reset when traffic is received from the first server engine while the first server engine is registered with the broker engine and coupled to the broker engine via a communication channel. The traffic that causes the first timer to reset includes at least one of: traffic generated by the first client engine to complete a request, and a first server-to-broker heartbeat message generated by the first server engine. The broker engine determines that the first timer has reached a predefined time amount, and in response, removes the registration of the first server engine and removes the communication channel between the broker engine and the first server engine.
US11330067B1	System, method, and computer program for a platform managing service provisioning for a communication service provider (CSP) and digital content partner integration As described herein, a system, method, and computer program are provided for a platform managing service provisioning for a communication service provider (CSP) and digital content partner integration. In use, a digital content partner is onboarded to a platform. Additionally, CSP is onboarded to the platform. Further, service provisioning for an integration of the CSP and the digital content partner is managed by the platform.
US11330065B2	Application connection for devices in a network A method for application connection includes receiving, by a first electronic device, a list of application active sessions based on the active sessions being in an area of a global positioning system (GPS) location of the first electronic device. The first electronic device receives a selection of an active session associated with a first application running on a second electronic device. In response to the selection of the active session, the first electronic device receives information including at least a service set identification (SSID) and a network security key associated with the secure local network. The first electronic device connects to the secure local network without user input of the SSID and the network security key from a user of the first electronic device. The first electronic device connects to the first application running on the second electronic device via the secure local network.
US11330063B2	Method and apparatus for supporting reauthentication of DN authorized PDU session and managing PDU session according to change of DN authorization data The disclosure relates to a communication method and system for converging a 5th-Generation (5G) communication system for supporting higher data rates beyond a 4th-Generation (4G) system with a technology for Internet of Things (IoT). The disclosure may be applied to intelligent services based on the 5G communication technology and the IoT-related technology, such as smart home, smart building, smart city, smart car, connected car, health care, digital education, smart retail, security and safety services. The disclosure provides a method for supporting re-authentication of a PDU session generated through DN authentication/authorization with a DN-AAA server, and a method and an apparatus for managing a corresponding PDU session if DN authorization information is updated at the time of re-authentication.
US11330062B2	Providing safety related contextual information in a personal protective equipment system A personal protection equipment (PPE) system with a remote user interface comprises an article of PPE including an active wireless communication device for transmitting a signal and a controller for managing settings on the article of PPE; and a communication hub including a user interface, an electronic connection to a PPE management software, and a wireless communication device. When the wireless communication device of the communication hub detects that the article of PPE is in proximity to the communication hub, the hub displays information on the user interface. The user interface displays settings for the article of PPE, and the settings can be adjusted by a user through interaction with the user interface. The wireless communication device of the communication hub transmits information related to the adjusted settings to the wireless communication device of the article of PPE; and the controller adjusts the settings on the article of PPE.
US11330056B2	Storage system and controller location method A possible performance bottleneck associated with insufficient network bands is mitigated to allow improvement of access performance of a storage system. A storage system includes a first node with a storage medium of storage and a plurality of second nodes each with a controller function for the storage, and is communicatively connected to a host providing an access request to the storage. One of the plurality of second nodes is determined to be a node to which a controller function executing access processing on the storage is assigned on the basis of a first amount of data transfer between the second node and the host and a second amount of data transfer between the second node and the first node.
US11330036B2	Systems and methods for allocating communication resources via information technology infrastructure The present disclosure is directed to allocating communication resources via information technology infrastructure. A system can provide a communication tag and an analytics tag for integration in a web site. The system can receive a request to allocate a phone number generated based on an interaction between the communication tag and the analytics tag. The request can include a first field comprising the communication endpoint identifier, a second field comprising the site identifier for the web site, and a third field comprising a session identifier for the computing device. The system can determine a virtual phone number to assign to a combination of the values of the fields provided in the request, and create a link between the assigned virtual number and the combination. The system can provide the assigned virtual phone number to the computing device that initiated the request.
US11330026B1	Concurrent screen sharing by multiple users within a communication session Methods and systems relate to a method for providing concurrent sharing of screen elements by multiple users within a communication session. First, a system connects multiple participants of a communication session. The system receives, from a first participant, a request to initiate sharing of one or more screen elements from a user device associated with the first participant. In response to the request, the system captures and displays the one or more screen elements from the user device of the first participant to the communication interfaces of the other participants. The system then receives, from one or more additional participants of the communication session, additional requests to initiate sharing of one or more additional screen elements. In response, the system captures and displays the additional screen elements of the additional participants to the communication interfaces of the other participants, such that multiple screen elements from multiple users are displayed concurrently.
US11330020B2	Method for controlling codec on basis of channel conditions and electronic device In various embodiments, an electronic device comprising a communication circuit, a processor, and a memory is disclosed. The memory may store instructions that, when executed, cause the processor to transmit, to a network, a first session initiation protocol (SIP) invite message including at least one dummy value by using the communication circuit, obtain channel state information by using the communication circuit, determine a codec for performing a packet based call on the basis of channel state information, and transmit, to the network, a second SIP invite message including information of the determined codec by using the communication circuit. Various other embodiments are also possible which are known from the specification.
US11330011B2	Avoidance of over-mitigation during automated DDOS filtering A method of detecting patterns for automated filtering of data is provided. The method includes receiving network traffic including bad traffic and good traffic, wherein an attack is known to be applied to the bad traffic, and the good traffic is known to be free of an applied attack. Processing the good and bad traffic includes generating, for each unique packet, each potential unique combination of the packet's fields, storing each combination with associated bad match and good match counters, and incrementing a combination's respective good and bad match counters for each occurrence it matches one of the packets of the respective good and bad traffic. The combinations are sorted based on the good match counter associated with each combination, a number of fields in each combination, and the bad match counter associated with each combination. One or more combination is selected based on results of the sorting for provision to a network traffic filtering component.
US11330010B2	Detecting malicious web pages by analyzing elements of hypertext markup language (HTML) files Systems and methods are described for detecting compromised web pages and domains by analyzing of elements of hypertext markup language (HTML) files of a domain. In one embodiment, a security service receives a request including a potentially malicious uniform resource locator (URL) and retrieves a first HTML file to which the potentially malicious URL points and a second HTML file to which a host URL corresponding to the potentially malicious URL points. The security service determines whether the potentially malicious URL is a malicious URL by comparing features of the first HTML file to corresponding features of the second HTML file and when a similarity value resulting from the comparing is less than a threshold, then the security service concludes that the first HTML file was created by a malicious actor and responds to the request with an indication that the potentially malicious URL is a malicious URL.
US11330003B1	Enterprise messaging platform A secure messaging platform for an enterprise environment is disclosed. The secure messaging platform enables users to exchange encrypted communications. Further, the secure messaging platform allows enterprise platforms to review the encrypted communications to ensure that they comply with company policies. Messages that comply with company policies may be provided to their intended recipients, while messages that fail to comply with company policies are not provided to their intended recipients. Additionally, the encrypted communications may be retained for a predetermined time.
US11329998B1	Identification (ID) proofing and risk engine integration system and method The system and method disclosed performs entity authentication through identification proofing. A relying party such as a corporation or other type of entity having a secure website, computer network and secure facility working a risk engine can determine the authenticity, validation and verification during registration of a user entity. The identification proofing is integrated with a risk engine. The risk engine is capable of using bio-behavior based information which may be continuously monitored.
US11329997B2	Signed message header storing sender account authentication method A delivering email system is configured to receive a request to send an email to a recipient, identify an authentication method of a sender account for the email, modify email headers of the email to include an indication of the authentication method, generate digital signatures for the email that include the email headers within a scope of the digital signatures, modify the email such that an email header of the email includes the digital signatures, and transmit the email, including the indication of the authentication method and the digital signatures, to the recipient at a receiving email system. The receiving email system is configured to receive the email, determine that the email headers are unaltered by validating the digital signatures against a public key of the sender domain, determine whether the authentication method indicated meets a criteria, and execute a security response against the email if not.
US11329991B2	Connectivity service using a bounce back approach Systems and methods for managing access to computing services include an access manager that receives a request to modify a configuration of a computing service to a new configuration. The access manger stores a previous configuration of the computing service, updates the configuration of the computing service from the previous configuration to the new configuration based on information representing the new configuration, and starts a service request timer for the computing service. The access manager receives a subsequent request. When the subsequent request is a reconnect request, the access manager deletes the stored previous configuration. When the subsequent request is not a reconnect request or a new request the access manager returns an error when the service request timer has not expired, or sets the configuration of the computing service to the previous configuration of the computing service when the timer has expired.
US11329987B2	Protecting enterprise computing resources by implementing an optical air gap system Aspects of the disclosure relate to protecting enterprise computing resources by implementing an optical air gap system. A computing platform may receive, from an external communications server, a message. The computing platform then may generate an image representation of the message received from the external communications server. Subsequently, the computing platform may execute an optical character recognition (OCR) process on the image representation of the message, which may produce a recreated message. Then, the computing platform may validate contents of the recreated message. Based on validating the contents of the recreated message, the computing platform may send, to an enterprise communications server, the recreated message, and sending the recreated message to the enterprise communications server may cause the enterprise communications server to deliver the recreated message to at least one enterprise user computing device.
US11329983B2	Validating an electronic control unit of a vehicle The present disclosure includes apparatuses, methods, and systems for validating an electronic control unit of a vehicle. An embodiment includes a memory, and circuitry configured to generate a run-time cryptographic hash based on an identification (ID) number of an electronic control unit of a vehicle and compare the run-time cryptographic hash with a cryptographic hash stored in a portion of the memory.
US11329982B2	Managing internet of things devices using blockchain operations Systems and methods are described herein for provisioning a home automation hub, or one or more of IoT devices, with blockchain nodes (or sub-nodes). The hub, an IoT device, and/or a group of IoT devices can perform operations similar to a node on a blockchain network. The operations can include blockchain transactions and other operations, such as transactions performed to verify or confirm an IoT device is authorized to be part of the shared network and thus is authorized to connect to the hub.
US11329967B2	Key-ladder protected personalization data conversion from global to unique encryption A system and method of provisioning personalization data of a second type to a device having personalization data of a first type, the device having a global root key GK_0, and a secure processing environment having unique information is disclosed. In one embodiment, the method comprises accepting a provisioning request from the device, the provisioning request comprising the unique information and an identifier of a second type of provisioning data requested, converting the personalization data from the first type to the second type, and transmitting the converted personalization data to the device.
US11329965B2	Method for dynamic encryption and signing, terminal, and server A method for dynamic encryption and signing includes: obtaining, by a terminal during session connection, a predetermined first key index and a randomly-generated first signature index; signing session request data with a first signature corresponding to the first signature index; encrypting the session request data with a first key corresponding to the first key index; sending the encrypted session request data and the first signature index to the server; and receiving, from the server, session response data signed with a second signature corresponding to a second signature index and encrypted with a second key corresponding to a second key index, after decryption and signature verification by the server over the session request data succeed. The second signature index and the second key index are randomly selected by the server and saved in a login session object accessible by both the server and the terminal.
US11329960B2	Dynamic firewall configuration based on proxy container deployment A first container of a first device can receive information that identifies a configuration of a first interface and a second interface of a second container of the first device. The first container can include a self-contained execution environment. The first container can configure a firewall of the first device to enable network traffic to be transferred between a second device and a third container of a third device via the first interface and the second interface.
US11329958B2	Mid-link policy-controlled internet communication Systems and methods for policy-controlled communication over the Internet between third party client applications and remote services. A client device enforces policies on the communication between the applications and services. The communication is redirected through a mid-link server using a digitally protected tunnel. Network addresses of the client device and remote service are masked.
US11329953B2	System and method for providing cyber security to an in-vehicle network A system and method securing an in-vehicle network in a vehicle may include a switch connected to at least two segments of the in-vehicle network and an IDPS connected to the switch. The IDPS unit may be adapted to: receive network messages from the switch; determine at least some of the network messages are related to a cyber threat and configure the switch according to the cyber threat. The IDPS unit may be included in the switch.
US11329941B2	Automated display state of electronic mail items An efficient email display is provided. Elements in the email that are determined to be useful or relevant to a particular recipient are displayed and elements that are determined not to be useful or relevant to the recipient are removed from view. A received email is parsed for identifying elements that can be collapsed or expanded when displayed to the recipient. A predetermined value is applied to each element based on the content type. The weight of one or more of the elements is adjusted by applying a weight based on one or more weight factors. A collapsed or expanded display state is assigned to each content element based on the adjusted value. Further, the email message is rendered in the email client application interface to the recipient, where elements having the expanded display state are displayed and elements having the collapsed display state are hidden.
US11329938B2	Terminal apparatus and method for controlling internet of things (IoT) devices An example terminal apparatus includes a communicator configured to communicate with at least one device through a hub device; a display configured to display an image; a user input receiver configured to receive a user's input; and at least one processor configured to control the display to display a dialog box where the hub device or the at least one device is set as a counterpart in response to execution of a messenger program, control the communicator to transmit a control signal including a command for controlling a predetermined device to the device targeted for control through the hub device so that the device targeted for control operates in response to the command corresponding to a user's input, and control the display to display a message corresponding to the transmitted command in the dialog box.
US11329935B2	Smart attachment of cloud-based files to communications Technologies are presented directed to smart attachment of cloud-based files to communications such as email. A communication service may determine and select automatically between local and cloud versions of synchronized files allowing the recipient of the message to receive a version of the file regardless of whether the sender is offline or online when the attachment was made and in a user-friendly manner to the sender through a single representation.
US11329927B2	Automatic MTU configuration on a L2 domain An apparatus includes a message receiver circuit that receives, at a port of a network node, a message from a neighboring network node. The message includes a maximum transmission unit (“MTU”) of the neighboring network node. The network nodes communicate using a layer-2 protocol. The apparatus includes a comparison circuit that determines if the received MTU is larger than an MTU for the port, and an approval circuit that, after determining that the received MTU is larger than the port's MTU, determines if the received MTU is supported by the network node. The method includes an increase circuit that, after determining that the received MTU is supported, changes the MTU of the network node's ports to match the received MTU, and a message circuit that, after determining that the received MTU is supported, sends a message with the MTU to network nodes connected to ports of the network node.
US11329920B2	Method and apparatus for network congestion control based on transmission rate gradients A method for congestion control in a data communication protocol employing acknowledged communication may include measuring a flight size. A transmission rate may be measured. A trend of the flight size may be determined. A trend of the transmission rate may be determined, and the trend may be derived from a transmission rate gradient calculation, in which either the transmission rate measurements or the transmission rate gradient calculations or both may be filtered to reduce their temporal variability. Whether there is a congestion may be detected according to the determined trend of the transmission rate and the trend of the flight size. Upon detection of the congestion, a change may be made from a current congestion control state to a new congestion control state. Data may be transmitted while respecting a maximum amount of unacknowledged data which the transmitting node may transmit. An apparatus is also disclosed.
US11329918B2	Facilitating flow symmetry for service chains in a computer network Techniques are described for facilitating flow symmetry using a scalable service platform that anchors the service chain. The scalable service platform may facilitate flow symmetry and, at least in some cases, flow stickiness for a first packet flow (a “forward packet flow”) and a second, related packet flow (a “reverse packet flow”) both traversing the service chain in the forward and reverse directions, respectively. For example, a virtualized computing infrastructure may deploy a scalable service platform to perform load balancing of multiple forward packet flows, received from the gateway, among multiple parallel service instances for an ingress service in a service chain. For each corresponding reverse packet flows for the multiple forward packet flows, the scalable service platform load balances the reverse packet flow to the service instance for the egress service in the service chain that is applied to the corresponding forward packet flow.
US11329916B2	Device information method and apparatus for directing link-layer communication A network device has an input configured to receive a message relating to a given device attempting to forward one or more packets across a computer network. The message has given device information relating to the given device. In addition, the routing device also has a selector, operatively coupled with the input, configured to select (after receiving the given data) a given group routing policy from a plurality of group routing policies. Preferably, the selector is configured to select the given group routing policy as a function of the given device information. The routing device also has an output operatively coupled with the selector. The output is configured to cause routing of device communication across the network using link-layer routes specified by the given group routing policy.
US11329897B2	SLA packet steering in network service function chaining This disclosure describes techniques that include adding information to a network service header in packets being processed by a set of compute nodes in a service chain. The information added to the network service header can be used during selection of the next hop in a service chain, and may be used to help ensure that service level agreements (SLA) are met with respect to one or more metrics. In one example, this disclosure describes a method that includes receiving, by a service complex having a plurality of service nodes, a packet associated with a service chain representing a series of services to be performed on the packet by one or more of the plurality of service nodes; identifying, by the service complex, one or more service chain constraints associated with the service chain; and modifying the packet, by the service complex, to include information about the service chain constraints.
US11329885B2	Cluster creation using self-aware, self-joining cluster nodes Disclosed embodiments provide cluster creation using self-joining cluster nodes. Each node within a cluster is assigned a role of master or non-master. A master node initializes and creates a cluster. A non-master, or “role” node initializes and joins a cluster established by the master. If the master has not yet initialized, the non-master node waits until the master node is operational and then joins the cluster. A description file associated with each node describes the services and configuration required for the node's assigned role. In this way, non-master nodes can be spawned independently of the master node, providing a greater level of scalability, improved fault tolerance, and increased availability.

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