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US11452819B2	Medication delivery device with sensing system A medication delivery device with a sensing system to determine at least one of a dose set and a dose delivery. The sensing system is operable to detect relative rotational positions of first and second members of the device which are indicative of at least one of an amount of a dose set and an amount of a dose delivered by operation of the device, and generate outputs correlated to such relative rotational positions. The system includes a wiper coupled to the first member, and a sensing band coupled to the second member for physically contacting the wiper as the second member rotates relative to the first member. A controller electrically communicates with the sensing system to determine, based on the generated outputs of the sensing system, at least one of the amount of the dose set and the amount of the dose delivered by operation of the device.
US11452810B2	Apparatus, system, and method for mechanical indication of pressure This disclosure describes devices, systems, and methods related to a connector for a dressing, such as a dressing of a hyperbaric oxygen therapy system. An example of a connector includes a connector body configured to define at least a portion of a first channel. The connector also includes a viewing member coupled to the connector body. The connector further includes a deformable member positioned within the first channel. The deformable member is configured to deform based on a pressure associated with the deformable member and to provide a visual indication, via the viewing member, of the pressure.
US11452793B1	Ultraviolet disinfecting cartridge system An ultraviolet disinfecting cartridge system utilizes an ultraviolet disinfecting cartridge particularly adapted for coupling with a face mask that covers the nose and mouth or to the inhale and exhale tubing of a patient ventilator. The ultraviolet disinfecting cartridge includes multiple UV light emitters that emit UVGI light into the flow channel of the cartridge to neutralize or destroy pathogens. A plurality of baffles may be configured in the flow channel to create a serpentine airflow to increase pathogen exposure time to UV light. A photocatalyst material such as titanium oxide may be configured within the flow channel that is activated by UV light to increase disinfection. An ionizer may be configured proximal to the inlet to produce charged particles that provide disinfection. Any ozone produced may be mitigated by a catalytic converter to a safe level. Inlet and outlet filters may be detachably attachable to the ultraviolet disinfecting cartridge.
US11452789B2	Device for isolation, cleaning, drying, decontamination and sanitization of contaminated components The present invention relates to a device for isolating and cleaning contaminated components comprising a chamber, an entrance door through which components to be isolated and cleaned are introducible into the chamber, means configured to deliver washing solution into the chamber and onto the components to be cleaned, a drying system configured to dry the chamber as well as its content, wherein the device further comprises an exhaust filter system attached to the air exhaust of the chamber, the exhaust filter system comprising a pipe, at least one filter and a blower, the exhaust filter system being configured to be able to bring the chamber under a pressure lower than atmospheric pressure by means of the blower all the time the chamber is closed. The present invention also relates to a corresponding method for isolating and cleaning contaminated components with the aforementioned device.
US11452773B2	RSV immunization regimen The invention relates to an immunization regimen whereby an infant is protected against respiratory syncytial virus (RSV) through administration of a first anti-RSV immune response inducing composition to his or her mother during pregnancy, followed by administration of a second anti-RSV immune response inducing composition to the infant after birth.
US11452772B2	Live-attenuated yellow fever virus strain adapted to grow on Vero cells and vaccine composition comprising the same The invention relates to a live-attenuated yellow fever virus strain adapted to grow on Vero cells from a parent yellow fever virus 17D substrain that is not adapted to grow on Vero cells, wherein said live-attenuated yellow fever virus strain is less neurovirulent than said parent yellow fever virus 17D substrain.
US11452768B2	Combination therapy with neoantigen vaccine The present invention relates to neoplasia vaccine or immunogenic composition administered in combination with other agents, such as checkpoint blockade inhibitors for the treatment or prevention of neoplasia in a subject.
US11452767B2	CTL peptide epitopes and antigen-specific t cells, methods for their discovery, and uses thereof The present invention relates to CTL peptide epitopes, high-throughput methods for their identification, and their uses. In particular, the present invention relates to peptide epitopes for cancer immunotherapy and Hepatitis C Virus vaccines. The present invention also relates to methods and systems for identifying antigen-specific CTLs.
US11452766B2	Treatment of panic disorder using botulinum toxin Methods are disclosed for treating social anxiety disorder, obsessive compulsive disorder, and/or panic disorder in a subject. The methods include administering a therapeutically effective amount of a neurotoxin to a corrugator supercilii and/or a procerus muscle of the subject to cause paralysis of the corrugator supercilii and/or a procerus muscle in the subject, thereby treating PTSD. The neurotoxin can be Botulinum toxin A, such as at a dose of about 20 to about 50 units of Botulinum toxin A.
US11452764B2	Inhibiting FAK-AKT interaction to inhibit metastasis Methods and compositions are described herein that inhibit FAK/ATK interactions. Such methods and compositions are useful for inhibiting cell adhesion and cancer metastasis.
US11452761B2	Method for inhibiting renal hypofunction in non-human animal A method for inhibiting renal hypofunction in a non-human animal includes administering cat-derived erythropoietin to the non-human animal. The non-human animal may have renal hypofunction. The non-human animal may have chronic kidney disease and the renal hypofunction may be caused by the chronic kidney disease. The cat-derived erythropoietin may be administered repeatedly at a time interval of 7 to 30 days.
US11452751B2	Medication dispensing system A method is disclosed for providing treatment with cannabis to treat insomnia, anxiety, or seizure, among others.
US11452748B2	Probiotic formulations and methods for use Provided herein are compositions comprising a biocompatible microsphere, a biofilm-generating probiotic bacterium, a prebiotic, and/or a prebiofilmic. Methods for preparing and formulating the compositions and methods for treating or preventing a disease using the compositions are also provided.
US11452745B2	Bifidobacterium longum and functional GI disorders The present invention generally relates to the field of probiotic bacteria. In particular, it relates to methods for treating or preventing functional GI disorders comprising administering Bifidobacterium longum, such as Bifidobacterium longum ATCC BAA-999.
US11452740B2	Photosynthetic cellular substances and methods of use thereof Systems and methods for developing and applying photosynthetic cellular substances to a human or animal for medical, therapeutic or cosmetic uses are provided. Photosynthetic cells, such as algal cells, can be used in these substances to provide the ability to continuously generate oxygen when exposed to a light source or other oxygen-generating trigger. The substances can be developed as a standalone liquid, gel or cream, or embedded within a bandage, mesh, scaffold or other structure with a light source to promote oxygen production. The substances can be applied topically for medical, therapeutic or cosmetic treatments, or injected internally for generation of oxygen within one or more parts of the body.
US11452734B2	Method of treating and preventing secondary hyperparathyroidism The method of treating elevated blood levels of iPTH by increasing or maintaining blood concentrations of both 25-hydroxyvitamin D and 1,25-dihydroxyvitamin D in a patient by administering, as necessary, both Vitamin D repletion and Vitamin D hormone replacement therapies, is disclosed. The blood concentrations of 25-hydroxyvitamin D are increased to and maintained at or above 30 ng/mL, and blood concentrations of 1,25-dihydroxyvitamin D are increased to or maintained within a patient's normal historical physiological range for 1,25-dihydroxyvitamin D without causing substantially increased risk of hypercalcemia, hyperphosphatemia or over suppression of plasma iPTH in the patient. The blood levels of 25-hydroxyvitamin D are maintained at or above 30 ng/mL between doses of Vitamin D repletion therapies, and the blood levels of 1,25-dihydroxyvitamin D are maintained in the patient's normal historical physiological range between doses of Vitamin D hormone replacement therapies. In one aspect, the disclosure includes methods wherein the blood concentration of 25-hydroxyvitamin D during treatment comprises predominantly 25-hydroxyvitamin D3, and/or wherein the method includes administering predominantly or solely 25-hydroxyvitamin D3 for 25-hydroxyvitamin D repletion and/or maintenance.
US11452716B2	Pharmaceutical composition and use thereof Disclosed is a pharmaceutical composition comprising (i) a compound of formula (I) or a pharmaceutically acceptable salt thereof; (ii) a CDK inhibitor or a pharmaceutically acceptable salt thereof, for the prevention and/or treatment of a disease mediated by MDM2 and/or CDK activity.
US11452713B2	Chemotherapeutic methods for treating low-proliferative disseminated tumor cells Disclosed herein are chemotherapeutic methods for the treatment of cancer in humans. In at least one specific embodiment, the method can include administering a therapeutic effective amount of one or more p38 inhibitor compound or salt thereof to a human. The method can also include administering a therapeutic effective of one or more IL-6 inhibitor or one or more IL-6 receptor inhibitor or salt thereof to the human. The method can also include administering a therapeutic effective amount of one or more cytotoxic compound or salt thereof to the human.
US11452709B2	Compositions and methods for preventing and treating radiation-induced bystander effects caused by radiation or radiotherapy The invention provides novel compositions and methods for the treatment of Radiation-Induced Bystander Effects (RIBE), resulting from radiation exposure. In one preferred embodiment the inventions includes novel therapeutic agents, including but not limited to quercetin and quercetin analogs, as well as E64, CA074, CA074Me, that interfere with the activity of Cathepsin B.
US11452708B2	Discovery of potent [alpha]-glucosidase inhibitors from Heterophragma adenophyllum A family of α-glucosidase inhibitors are identified. Exemplary α-glucosidase inhibitors may be obtained from Heterophragma adenophyllum seem. The inhibitors are used to lower blood sugar levels and thus to treat diseases related to or characterized by high blood sugar, such as diabetes.
US11452707B2	Use of cannabidiol in preparation of drugs for resisting against influenza The present invention belongs to the field of biomedicine and relates to use of cannabidiol in the preparation of anti-influenza drugs. Specifically, the present invention relates to use of any one of (1) to (3) below in the preparation of drugs for treating or preventing influenza or drugs for relieving an influenza symptom: (1) cannabidiol or a pharmaceutically acceptable salt or ester thereof; (2) a plant extract containing cannabidiol; preferably, a cannabis extract containing cannabidiol; preferably, an industrial cannabis extract containing cannabidiol; and (3) a pharmaceutical composition, containing an effective amount of cannabidiol or a pharmaceutically acceptable salt or ester thereof, and one or more pharmaceutically acceptable auxiliary materials. The cannabidiol can effectively inhibit influenza viruses, and has the potential to prepare or be used as a drug for treating or preventing influenza.
US11452705B2	Oral drug delivery composition containing oxaliplatin and method for preparing same Provided are an oral delivery composition including oxaliplatin, a water-soluble anticancer agent, and a preparation method thereof, including forming an ionic complex with a bile acid derivative, which is an oral absorption promoter, and oxaliplatin, and incorporating it into the inner aqueous phase of a water-in-oil-in-water (w/o/w) multiple nanoemulsions, thereby obtaining the oral delivery composition with improved oral bioavailability of oxaliplatin, a water-soluble anticancer agent, avoiding the inconvenience and problems of injection, improving patient compliance, and reducing medical costs.
US11452695B2	Synthetic progestogens and pharmaceutical compositions comprising the same Described herein are synthetic progestogens, such as 6β,7β:15β,16β-Dimethylene-3-oxo-17α-pregn-4-ene-21,17-carbolactone, as well as pharmaceutical compositions comprising the same. Also described are methods of use.
US11452684B2	Mascara compositions and methods A kit includes primer composition includes a vehicle comprising water and one or more first film-forming polymers stabilized in the vehicle, wherein the first film-forming polymer that is a non-ionic and water-soluble or water dispersible copolymer comprising a cyclic amide monomer, a cyclic amine monomer, and an acrylamide monomer. It further includes a mascara composition including water; colorant; wax; emulsifier; and one or more second polymers. The mascara composition has a critical shear rate from 2.5/s to 100/s. Methods of applying makeup to the eyelashes are also provided.
US11452674B2	Non-solvent dental adhesive composition The present invention provides a non-solvent dental adhesive composition exhibiting high initial bond strength and high bond durability to a tooth structure (wet matter) and a high dentin cohesive failure rate on a tooth structure (wet matter) and being substantially free of water and an organic solvent. The present invention relates to a non-solvent dental adhesive composition comprising: an acid group-containing polymerizable monomer (A); a hydrophobic polymerizable monomer (B) having no acid group; and a water-soluble photopolymerization initiator (C) having a solubility of 10 g/L or more in water at 25° C.
US11452670B2	Percussive therapy device with orientation, position, and force sensing and accessory therefor A percussive therapy device includes a housing, an electrical source, a motor positioned in the housing, a switch for activating the motor, a push rod assembly operatively connected to the motor and configured to reciprocate in response to activation of the motor, and at least one of an angular position sensor configured to obtain angular position data of the percussive therapy device and a linear position sensor configured to obtain linear position data of the percussive therapy device. An attachment module is configured to be operably connected with a percussive therapy device and includes a housing, a wireless connection module, and at least one sensor configured to obtain biometric data of the user or obtain information regarding operation of the percussive therapy device.
US11452667B2	Method of driving a massage chair Methods of driving a massage chair are described for dispensing effective massage to reduce stress and relieve pain in an effective manner. The massage chair includes a backrest, a seat, two massage arms assembled with the backrest and having at least two contact members, a plurality of bottom airbags disposed in the seat, and a plurality of lateral airbags disposed at a left and a right side of the seat. The method includes defining a coordinate reference including a lengthwise axis extending along a length of the backrest, a transversal axis extending from a left toward a right side of the backrest, and a front-rear axis extending from a front toward a rear of the backrest, and driving the massage arms to perform certain sequences of massage actions to provide relief in the neck and shoulder areas, the lower back, and thigh and hip.
US11452660B2	Apparatus and method of training human brain and body to walk using modular an exoskeleton A system and method to assist a user to overcome an interruption of service between the brain and the legs including several subsystems configured to be progressively removed to provide decreasing levels of lower trunk and leg support.
US11452658B2	Limb positioning system and method of manufacture The present disclosure provides a subassembly of a limb positioning system, the subassembly comprising a first clamp comprising an aperture and a first socket, a crossbar extending through the aperture of the first clamp, and a first ball coupled to a first cuff, wherein the first ball is configured to be inserted into the first socket of the first clamp and allow rotation of the first cuff relative to the first clamp.
US11452645B2	Absorbent article A flow of an excretion liquid into a side pocket is accomplished with a simple structure using an imperforated sheet. A side pocket extending in a front-back direction LD is disposed in an absorbent article on a lateral side of an absorber. The side pocket is surrounded by a side cover portion reaching the back surface side of the absorber from above a side of a top sheet via an upper portion, an outer side, and a lower portion of the side pocket. A portion located above the side of the top sheet in the side cover portion includes a non-bonded portion not bonded to the top sheet and a bonded portion located on both front and back sides of the non-bonded portion. A gap between the side cover portion and the top sheet in the non-bonded portion is open above the top sheet and toward the side pocket.
US11452641B2	Wound closure systems for reducing surgical site infections comprising incision drapes filled with releasable antimicrobial agents A surgical incision drape, comprises a flexible substantially flat areal substrate having an upper side and an opposing tissue-facing side, having a longitudinal axis and a pressure sensitive adhesive disposed on the tissue-facing side; at least one hollow microtubular compartment containing a flowable medical agent, said hollow microtubular compartment positioned to intersect the longitudinal axis and embedded into the substrate or positioned on the substrate.
US11452632B2	Abdominal sacral waist support belt In order to provide efficient support for a user's back, the belt of the present application includes structures to help align and maintain the position of three portions of the users body—an upper abdominal region, a lower abdominal region and the lower back. To provide this support, a belt has an abdominal panel configured to be positioned over the user's abdomen, and a belt member wrapping around the waist region. The abdominal panel has a specific configuration and size to cause an upper portion of the abdomen is held in position and a lower portion of the abdomen to be held in position, with forces being applied so that these portions remain in a preferred alignment. The belt member includes a strap that is configured so that it can be positioned within the user's waist groove, and will provide additional supporting forces. In this way, the belt provides support to three critical locations on the user's body, thus insuring optimum alignment and support of the user's central body region.
US11452628B2	Loading systems for collapsible prosthetic heart valve devices and methods thereof Loading systems for prosthetic heart valve devices are disclosed. A loading funnel is provided within a watertight interior space that is at least partially filled or fillable with biocompatible fluid. Funnel may have a cylindrical end to which is connected a delivery catheter having a lumen that will receive the collapsed prosthetic heart valve device. An expanded prosthetic heart valve device may be placed within the funnel and pushed or pulled into the funnel which provides a predictable, reliable and repeatable surface for collapsing the prosthetic heart valve device. Ultimately the prosthetic heart valve device is collapsed and translated into the lumen of the delivery catheter for further translation therealong and release into the heart chamber of interest.
US11452624B2	Implant The disclosure lies in the field of regenerative medicine and relates to an implant having a matrix material, and a method for manufacturing an implant having matrix material. The disclosure further relates to a crimped implant.
US11452617B2	Dynamic expanding pathway cannula The invention involves a cannula suitable for the implantation of intervertebral implants into the spine area of an animal, particularly humans. The first end of the dynamically expanding cannula includes a rectangular or oval shaped cannula portion formed from a sandwich style assembly. The second end of the dynamically expanding cannula includes a connection assembly for securing the sandwich construction together. Once inserted, a backing assembly can be removed and a flexible expansion member can be displaced by an implant while a slide guides the implant to create a dynamic opening through which the implant travels to the disc space. A lever is supplied as a portion of the expansion assembly for removing the expansion member after insertion of an intervertebral implant.
US11452615B2	Bone grafting and compaction A tool for delivery and/or compaction of bone graft material includes a cannula with an inner lumen extending along a longitudinal axis from a hopper end of the cannula to a delivery tip of the cannula. A hopper with an internal volume for storing bone graft material is connected to the hopper end of the cannula with the internal volume of the hopper in communication with the inner lumen of the cannula for delivery of bone graft material from the hopper to the delivery tip of the cannula. An output shaft within the inner lumen extends along the longitudinal axis. The output shaft includes a helical screw thread extending radially outward from the output shaft toward an inner surface of the cannula. An actuator is connected to the hopper and to the output shaft to drive the output shaft rotationally relative to the hopper and to the cannula.
US11452607B2	Expandable interspinous process spacer implant An expandable interspinous spacer implant that is configured to be inserted into an interspinous space that is defined between a spinous process of a superior vertebral body and a spinous process of an inferior vertebral body is provided. The implant may include a superior housing, an inferior housing, and a distracting member. The superior housing may have an outer surface that is configured to engage the spinous process of the superior vertebral body and the inferior housing may have an outer surface that is configured to engage the spinous process of the inferior vertebral body. The distracting member may be disposed between the superior and inferior housings, such that activation of the distracting member distracts the superior and inferior housings apart from each other.
US11452603B2	Device and method for modifying the shape of a body organ An intravascular support device includes a support or reshaper wire, a proximal anchor and a distal anchor. The support wire engages a vessel wall to change the shape of tissue adjacent the vessel in which the intravascular support is placed. The anchors and support wire are designed such that the vessel in which the support is placed remains open and can be accessed by other devices if necessary. The device provides a minimal metal surface area to blood flowing within the vessel to limit the creation of thrombosis. The anchors can be locked in place to secure the support within the vessel.
US11452599B2	Fluid diversion devices for hydraulic delivery systems and associated methods A fluid diversion device configured in accordance with embodiments of the present technology can include, for example, a housing including channels configured to receive respective tubes, and a bore that extends laterally across the plurality of channels. The device can include an occlusion member disposed in the bore, where rotation of the occlusion member selectively occludes either a first subset of tubes or a second subset of tubes. The device can include an actuator that enables rotation of the occlusion member to a first position and a second position such that the first subset of tubes and the second subset of tubes are alternatively occluded in the first position or the second position for fluid communication in different directions relative to chambers of a delivery device operable to deploy and recapture the medical device.
US11452596B2	Valve leaflet attachment in collapsible prosthetic valves A prosthetic heart valve includes a stent having a collapsed condition and an expanded condition. The stent includes a plurality of cells, each cell being formed by a plurality of struts, and a plurality of commissure features. The heart valve further includes a valve assembly secured to the stent and including a cuff and a plurality of leaflets, each leaflet being attached to adjacent commissure features and to the stent struts and/or the cuff.
US11452594B2	Intraocular lens and method of manufacturing the same Provided is an intraocular lens including: an optic portion; and a haptic portion extending from the optic portion, wherein a pattern having ridges and grooves is formed on at least one of the optic portion and the haptic portion, and each of the grooves has a nanostructure roughness. Provided also is a method of manufacturing an intraocular lens, the method including: seating an object to be processed including an optic portion and at least one haptic portion extending from the optic portion, processing a predetermined pattern for guiding cells by performing laser irradiation on the haptic portion and the optic portion, forming grooves having a nanostructure surface roughness in the predetermined pattern formed by laser beams, and the surface of each of the grooves has an average roughness Ra less than 200 nm.
US11452593B2	Method for the manufacture of a breast prosthesis The invention relates to a method for the manufacture of a breast prosthesis, comprising: providing and superimposing inner and outer plastic foils; welding together the plastic foils to form the circumferential welding seam, thereby leaving a gap to form a filling channel connecting the inner space to an outside; filling the inner space with a fluid curable mass, which is a precursor of the filler material, by injecting the fluid curable mass into the inner space through the filling channel; and curing the fluid curable mass inside the inner space to form the filler material; wherein the filling channel is provided with a check valve to prevent fluid curable mass from entering the filling channel after injection. The invention additionally proposes a breast prosthesis made by such method.
US11452590B2	Thoracic aorta stent graft with access region A stent graft (2) for placement in the thoracic arch of a patient has a first tubular body portion (6) with a first lumen therein for placement in the ascending aorta of a patient and a second tubular body portion (8) to extend along the thoracic arch and down the descending aorta. The second tubular body portion is of a lesser diameter than the first tubular body portion. There is a step portion (10) between the first body portion and the second body portion. The step portion is joined to and continuous with the first portion and the second portion. A first side of each of the first body portion, the step portion and the second body portion are substantially aligned so that there is a step (18) defined on a second side opposite to the first side of the body portion. There is an aperture (30) in the step portion and an internal tube (32) extending from the aperture towards the first body portion. The internal tube is divided along part of its length into at least two smaller internal tubes (34, 36) with the smaller internal tubes opening into the first lumen.
US11452576B2	Post discharge risk prediction Systems and methods for predicting post-discharge risk are disclosed. A system may include at least one processor configured to access frames of video captured during a specific surgical procedure on a patient and access stored historical data identifying intraoperative events and associated outcomes. The processor may analyze the accessed frames and, based on information obtained from the historical data, identify in the accessed frames at least one specific intraoperative event. The processor may further determine, based on information obtained from the historical data and the identified at least one intraoperative event, a predicted outcome associated with the specific surgical procedure, and output the predicted outcome in a manner associating the predicted outcome with the patient.
US11452570B2	Apparatus and methods for use with skeletal procedures 3D image data of a skeletal portion within a subject's body is acquired. Subsequently, one or more radiopaque elements are positioned with respect to the body and first and second x-rays of the radiopaque elements and the skeletal portion are acquired from respective views. Based upon an identified location of the radiopaque elements within the x-rays, and registration of the x-rays to the 3D image data, the location of the radiopaque elements with respect to the 3D image data is determined. An optical image of the body and the radiopaque elements is acquired and the location of the radiopaque elements within the optical image is identified. The 3D image data is overlaid upon the optical image by aligning (a) the location of the radiopaque elements within the 3D image data with (b) the location of the radiopaque elements within the optical image. Other applications are also described.
US11452568B2	Augmented reality display for fitting, sizing, trialing and balancing of virtual implants on the physical joint of a patient for manual and robot assisted joint replacement Devices and methods for performing a surgical step or surgical procedure with visual guidance using an optical head mounted display are disclosed.
US11452566B2	Pre-operative planning for reorientation surgery: surface-model-free approach using simulated x-rays Preoperative planning techniques are described such as for hip surgery. Rather than pre-operatively planning by reorienting a model of the boundaries of the acetabulum derived from a 3D medical image, the proposed solution reorients portions of the 3D medical image itself and simulates one or more x-ray images using the reoriented 3D data. Optionally, simulated x-ray(s) of the un-modified CT scan may also be generated for comparison purposes. The user then measures acetabular metrics on the simulated x-ray(s) in order to determine the radiographic outcomes that a given magnitude and direction of reorientation would achieve. By iteratively selecting a reorientation and measuring the simulated x-ray(s), an optimal reorientation plan is determined by the user.
US11452554B2	System and method for fastening of two or more interacting elements A method for securing a first interacting element to a second interacting element is provided. The first interacting element includes a lateral surface established by a first surface and a second surface and at least a portion of the lateral surface includes a thread receipt. The second interacting element includes a distal end and a proximal end that establishes a body therebetween. The body has a thread that is configured to at least partially engage with the thread receipt of the first interacting element. The second interacting element is then inserted at least partially through the surface of an object. The thread receipt of the first interacting element is then abutted adjacent to the thread of the second interacting element. Upon rotation of the second interacting element the thread of the second interacting element at least partially engaged with the thread receipt of the fist interacting element.
US11452553B1	Load sharing bone plate A load sharing bone plate has a plurality of directional apertures configured to effectively support and share the load with a fractured bone to promote healing. A load sharing bone plate may have a body portion that is thinner and be configured to be secured with smaller fasteners than conventional bone plates. A load sharing bone plate has a plurality of directional apertures, configured to direct a fastener is a specific orientation, such as in an oblique angle to the length and/or in an oblique angle to the width of the bone plate. A load sharing bone plate may be configured with a load sharing extension on at least one end that is configured to reduce stress concentration at the end of the bone plate. A load sharing extension may have a tapered thickness and/or width from the body portion to the extended end.
US11452546B2	Systems and methods for tissue capture and removal Components, systems and kits for capturing and removing tissue from mammalian bodies include a tissue container that may be introduced into a body cavity and within which a tissue specimen may be placed, cut and removed from the body cavity. Methods of using these components, systems and kits are also described.
US11452544B1	Intra-cardiac myocardial resection device An intra-cardiac myocardial resection device comprises an outer-layer protective sleeve and an inner-layer scalpel sleeve. An upper sidewall of the outer-layer protective sleeve is provided with a resection window, and an upper edge of the resection window is provided with a downward hook; and a sidewall of the outer-layer protective sleeve is provided with an axial sliding groove. The inner-layer scalpel sleeve is mounted in the outer-layer protective sleeve, and an upper end of the inner-layer scalpel sleeve is provided with an annular blade having an upward edge. A sidewall of the inner-layer scalpel sleeve is provided with a hollow operation handle, and the hollow operation handle extends out of the sliding groove. During a surgery, performed by using the intra-cardiac myocardial resection device, a resection extent and a resection effect can be monitored, and the surgical treatment effect for such patients is improved.
US11452542B2	Medical device and treatment method A medical device and a treatment method are disclosed, which can improve safety by reducing damage to a biological tissue while an object inside a biological lumen can be cut. A medical device is disclosed for cutting an object inside a biological lumen includes a rotatable drive shaft, and a rotary structure that interlocks with a distal side of the drive shaft so as to be rotated by the drive shaft. The rotary structure has a cutting portion for cutting the object, and a non-cutting portion capable of smoothly coming into contact with a biological tissue. The non-cutting portion is located in a maximum outer diameter portion of the rotary structure.
US11452539B2	Surgical instrument with multi-function button An ultrasonic instrument includes a body, an actuation assembly, a shaft assembly, and an end effector. The actuation assembly includes an activation member that is operable to move in a first direction to select a mode of operation. The shaft assembly extends distally from the body and includes an acoustic waveguide. The end effector includes an ultrasonic blade that is in acoustic communication with the acoustic waveguide. The activation member is operable to move in a second direction to activate the end effector in a mode of operation selected by movement of the activation member in the first direction.
US11452534B2	Automated method of removing clog within lumen for debris removal A debris removal system includes an elongated shaft extending from a proximal end to a distal end and including a shaft lumen, the shaft being configured to be inserted through a bodily lumen to a target surgical site, a vibration motor coupled to the elongated shaft via a vibration collar, the vibration motor including a rotatable shaft and at least one weight coupled to the rotatable shaft, the weight being asymmetrically shaped about a central axis of the shaft such that rotation of the shaft creates vibrational energy along the length of the elongated shaft to dislodge debris within the target surgical site, and a vacuum pump connected to the elongated shaft and configured to vacuum dislodged debris from the target surgical site through the shaft lumen.
US11452530B2	Cutting block apparatus and method of total knee arthroplasty According to an exemplary embodiment, a cutting block for cutting the femur during knee arthroplasty surgery may be provided. The cutting block may include a cutting guide having a number of slots for guiding a cutter to cut the femur and further comprising a slide extending from the frame of the cutting guide. The cutting block may further include a body that may have a groove with flanges, wherein the space defined by the groove and the flanges may receive the slide extending from the frame of the cutting guide. Further, a feeler gauge may include a support block receiving a pointer arm, wherein the pointer arm may include a pointer that may be configured to make contact with patient bone tissue. A foot including a pair of spaced apart flanges configured to engage the posterior condyles of the patient's femur may also be included in the cutting block.
US11452525B2	Surgical instrument comprising an adjustment system A surgical instrument comprising an adjustment system is disclosed.
US11452524B2	Surgical stapling device with lockout A surgical stapling device includes a tool assembly having an anvil assembly, a cartridge assembly, and a lockout member supported on the anvil assembly. The lockout member is supported on the tool assembly to prevent firing of the stapling device when an actuation sled is not present in the cartridge assembly.
US11452513B2	Malleable retractor Embodiments of claimed subject matter are directed to a malleable and integrally illuminated surgical retractor. In an embodiment, a malleable steel strip, having a thickness approximately in the range of 0.5-1.0 mm, may form a substrate. An elastically deformable layer, such as a polymeric layer, may be secured to the malleable steel strip. One or more meandering conductive lines, spiral conductors, or conductive inks, which may elongate and/or compress during bending of the substrate, may be secured to the TPU layer. The one or more meandering conductive lines, spiral conductors, or conductive inks may operate to couple current from an electronics module to one or more malleable illumination sources comprising, for example, an organic light-emitting diode (OLED).
US11452511B2	Surgical delivery devices, systems, and methods A device for delivering an implant to a surgical location of a patient is provided. In some embodiments, an example device includes a polymer body having first and second tapered sections and a sealed cavity defined by the polymer body. The polymer body is separable between the first and second tapered sections.
US11452506B2	Patient interface module (PIM) powered with wireless charging system and communicating with sensing device and processing system Systems, devices, and methods for intraluminal ultrasound imaging are provided. An intraluminal ultrasound imaging system may include a patient interface module (PIM) in communication with an intraluminal device comprising an ultrasound imaging component and positioned within a body lumen of a patient. The PIM may receive ultrasound echo signals from the intraluminal device, transmit the ultrasound echo signals along a differential signal path, and digitize the ultrasound echo signals. The PIM may transmit the ultrasound wirelessly to a processing system. The PIM may be powered with a wireless charging system, such as an inductive charging system.
US11452505B2	Ultrasonic diagnostic apparatus and ultrasonic diagnostic system An ultrasonic diagnostic apparatus includes a probe configured to transmit ultrasonic waves to a living body and receive ultrasonic waves reflected by the living body; and a processor configured to, in a moving image mode, cause ultrasonic image data based on ultrasonic waves received by a first subset of the total number of oscillators that the probe has to be output, and, in a static image mode, cause ultrasonic image data based on ultrasonic waves received by a second subset of the total number of oscillators that the probe has to be output, wherein the number of oscillators used in the second subset is greater than the number of oscillators used in the first subset.
US11452495B2	Apparatus and method for detecting a tool The apparatus is adapted to detect a tool based on a 3D image obtained by a 3D ultrasound imaging system. The apparatus comprises an image processing unit, which includes a tool detection module configured to perform a tool detection procedure. The tool detection procedure involves identifying a shadow of the tool in the 3D image and calculating the position of a “tool plane section” of the 3D image in which the entire length of the tool is represented.
US11452487B2	X-ray detector module, medical imaging device and method for operating an x-ray detector module An X-ray detector module includes a plurality of evaluation circuits, coupled to at least one converter circuit, each evaluation circuit including a multiplicity of pixel electronics circuits for processing the electrical signals from the converter circuit pixel by pixel; and a number of forwarding circuits, a forwarding circuit including at least a first data input for receiving a measured data set from a first evaluation circuit and at least a second data input for receiving a measured data set from a second evaluation circuit, or for receiving at least one forwarded measured data set from a further forwarding circuit of the number of forwarding circuits. Each forwarding circuit is constructed to forward the measured data sets that are received by way of the first data input and second data input to a coupled receiving circuit over a common data output.
US11452486B2	Breast biopsy and needle localization using tomosynthesis systems Methods, devices, apparatuses and systems are disclosed for performing mammography, such as utilizing tomosynthesis in combination with breast biopsy.
US11452484B2	Electrodes on double-sided printed circuit board (PCB) to cancel far-held signal A medical apparatus includes a shaft for insertion into an organ of a patient, an expandable frame, a plurality of diagnostic electrodes, a respective plurality of reference electrodes, and a processor. The expandable frame is coupled to a distal end of the shaft, extending along a longitudinal axis and including a plurality of expandable spines disposed about the longitudinal axis. The plurality of diagnostic electrodes, disposed on external surfaces of the expandable spines, are configured to sense diagnostic signals when in contact with tissue. The respective plurality of reference electrodes, disposed on internal surfaces of the expandable spines directly opposite the diagnostic electrodes, is electrically insulated from the tissue and is configured to sense interfering signals. The processor is configured to receive the diagnostic signals sensed by the diagnostic electrodes, receive the interfering signals sensed by the respective reference electrodes, and calculate corrected diagnostic signals by subtracting the interfering signals from the diagnostic signals.
US11452471B2	Tissue retractor oximeter A retractor has an oximeter sensor at its tip, which allows measuring of oxygen saturation of a tissue being retracted by the retractor. The tip includes one or more openings for at least one source and detector. A specific implementation is a spinal nerve root retractor with an oximeter sensor.
US11452466B2	Applicators for applying transcutaneous analyte sensors and associated methods of manufacture Applicators for applying an on-skin assembly to skin of a host and methods of their use and/or manufacture are provided. An applicator includes an insertion assembly configured to insert at least a portion of the on-skin assembly into the skin of the host, a housing configured to house the insertion assembly, the housing comprising an aperture through which the on-skin assembly can pass, an actuation member configured to, upon activation, cause the insertion assembly to insert at least the portion of the on-skin assembly into the skin of the host, and a sealing element configured to provide a sterile barrier and a vapor barrier between an internal environment of the housing and an external environment of the housing.
US11452458B2	Method of deriving systolic blood pressure and/or diastolic blood pressure of a subject A method (200) of deriving systolic blood pressure and/or diastolic blood pressure of a subject is disclosed. The method comprises: (i) receiving (202) data related to at least one cardiac cycle of a bio-signal from the subject; (ii) calculating (208) a rise time and a fall time of the at least one cardiac cycle based on the received data; (iii) calculating (208) a parameter derived from a function of the rise time and fail time; and (iv) determining (210) the systolic blood pressure and/or diastolic blood pressure of the subject based on the calculated parameter. A related apparatus is also disclosed.
US11452456B2	Device, system and method for determining the core body temperature of a subject The present invention relates to a device, system and method for determining the core body temperature of a subject. To enable continuous core body determination without having to place or direct a sensor at a precise position of the subject's body, the device comprises an image data input (31) for obtaining image data (11) of a subject's skin, a thermal sensor data input (32) for obtaining thermal sensor data (21) of the subject's skin, an image analysis unit (33) for deriving photoplethysmography, PPG, signals from the obtained image data and for detecting one or more skin areas (34) having the strongest PPG signals, and a temperature determination unit (35) for determining the core body temperature (36) of the subject from obtained thermal sensor data for the detected one or more skin areas.
US11452449B2	Universal medical system A system for operating third party proprietary software on a medical monitoring device operating native proprietary software and a system for obtaining compatible third party proprietary software for operation on the monitoring device.
US11452446B2	Ophthalmoscope using natural pupil dilation An ophthalmic device having a single or dual compartment configuration selectively emits infrared and visible light beams onto one or a pair of target eyes. The device performs eye fundus imaging and aids in the detection of ailments as indicated by anomalies in the pupillary reflex.
US11452440B2	System and method for providing analysis of visual function using a mobile device with display A visual function evaluation is performed using a sequence of interactions with a mobile device. A patient user may perform a variety of visual tests using the mobile device. The mobile device transmits the test results to a remote server implementing analysis of the visual function results using network service. The network service receives the test results, processes the results, and provides the processed results to a healthcare provider. The processed results may include trends of the user's visual function test performance. The healthcare provider, such as a physician, may optimize and administer treatment based on the data. Early detection of changes in visual function can enable the healthcare provider to individualize treatment, helping to prevent vision loss while minimizing visits to the office, discomfort, and expense.
US11452438B2	Endoscope An endoscope includes: a long member that is connected to a direction changing portion provided in an insertion portion and enables the direction changing portion to move; a sliding member that includes a first contact portion that is brought into contact with an inner surface of a guide tube that allows insertion of the long member and a second contact portion that is brought into contact with the inner surface of the guide tube; a flow path that includes an opening portion formed in a direction that intersects a longitudinal axis of the sliding member such that a fluid flows into a clearance between the guide tube and the sliding member; and an operation member that causes the sliding member to move forward and backward relative to the guide tube.
US11452436B2	Modular scope device A system for modularly assembling a scope device includes an optical module which has an optical housing and a longitudinal member extending distally therefrom. A distal end of the member includes a camera for visualizing a target area, electric wires and a light source extending from the camera to the optical housing. The system also includes a deflector module coupleable with the optical module. The deflector module includes a deflector housing and a deflector shaft extending distally therefrom. The shaft includes a first channel sized, shaped and configured to receive the member therein and a deflectable portion extending along a distal portion of the shaft. The deflector housing includes an actuator for deflecting the deflectable portion, the optical and deflector housings including corresponding connecting elements to engage one another when the member is inserted through the first channel and the deflector and optical housings are coupled.
US11452420B2	Cleaner A cleaner includes: a main body for separating dust from air suctioned through an opening; a suction motor generating suction force; and a suction part coupled to the opening part and having a connection pipe for guiding the air to the main body. The main body includes a suction guide coupled to one side of the connection pipe including a guide duct having a rotatable flap provided thereto. The suction guide is connected to the guide duct. A suction duct includes: a first surface, where the flap is installed; and a second surface facing the first surface. A second extension line of the second surface forms a first angle with a first extension line of one surface, of the suction guide, connected to the second surface. The first extension line and a third extension line of the flap form a second angle equivalent to or smaller than the first angle.
US11452416B2	Cleaner Provided is a cleaner. The cleaner includes a housing provided with a dust container at a lower side thereof having a suction opening, a filter part configured to filter dust from air suctioned through the suction opening, the filter being spaced apart from an inner circumferential surface of the housing, an air guide configured to guide the air passing through the filter part in an inner region of the filter part to a suction motor configured to generate suction force, a movable part configured to be elevated between a first position and a second position in a space between the outside of the filter part and the inner circumferential surface of the housing, a manipulation part of which at least a portion is exposed to outside of the housing, the manipulation part being elevated by user's manipulation, and a transfer unit of which at least a portion is accommodated in the housing, the transfer unit being configured to connect the manipulation part to the movable part.
US11452411B2	Robot cleaner A robot cleaner motor assembly including: a fan motor and a fan motor casing including an exhaust passage for guiding, to an exhaust port, air discharged from the fan motor, wherein the exhaust passage includes: a first exhaust passage guiding the air such that the air, discharged from a discharge port of the fan motor, moves to an upper or lower side of the fan motor; a second exhaust passage guiding, to a front end of the fan motor, the air discharged from the first exhaust passage; a third exhaust passage guiding the air such that the air, discharged from the second exhaust passage, moves to the lower or upper side of the fan motor along left and right sides of the fan motor; and a fourth exhaust passage guiding, to an exhaust port, the air having moved along the left and right sides of the third exhaust passage.
US11452403B2	Grill device A grill device includes a support rack and a grill module. The grill module is formed with a feed inlet, includes upper and lower grill plates, is rotatably mounted on the support rack about an axis, and is rotatable between an inclined position, where the feed inlet and a gravity center of the grill module are respectively located at two sides of the axis, where the gravity center is lower than the axis, and where the upper grill plate covers and is locked on the lower grill plate by the support rack, and a hand-held position, where the upper grill plate is unlocked from the support rack and is rotatable relative to the lower grill plate so as to uncover the lower grill plate.
US11452393B2	Bottle convertible to a glass The present invention is a bottle that can be transformed into a glass. The bottle includes a first portion for holding a first serve of a beverage, and a second portion adapted for holding a second serve of the beverage. The second portion and the first portion are configured to removably engage to each other using an engaging mechanism. The bottle further includes one or more closure members that removably engage to the second portion or are retained within a void region within the first portion. Further, when the bottle is in use, the closure member is removed and connected on top of the first portion to form the glass in order to consume the first serve of the beverage contained therein, and if needed, refill the glass with the second serve of the beverage contained in the second portion.
US11452387B2	Modular shelf assembly for a cosmetic fixture system Exemplary embodiments of the present disclosure relate to a shelf assembly.
US11452385B2	Devices and methods for supporting and containing premature babies and small-for-age infants Infant support devices and containment devices are described for use with premature and small-for-age infants, and in particular premature babies two kilograms or less, and even babies of one kilograms or less. The devices can be used separately or in combination (whereupon both support and containment are achieved together).
US11452376B2	Furniture assembly and mounting device and mounting method thereof A mounting device is configured to mount a panel to a wall of an object. The mounting device includes a mounting member and an auxiliary member. The mounting member is configured to be mounted to the panel, and the mounting member is arranged with at least one coupling device. The at least one coupling device is configured to connect the panel to the wall. The auxiliary member is configured to cover at least one predetermined portion of the mounting member.
US11452373B2	Bracket device A bracket device includes a bracket and a fastening member. The fastening member is pivoted to the bracket by a shaft member. The bracket includes a first structure, and the fastening member includes a second structure. When the fastening member is located at a locked position, the second structure is in cooperation with the first structure, so as to prevent the fastening member from tilting relative to the bracket. One of the first structure and the second structure is a protruding portion, and the other one of the first structure and the second structure is a hole or a recessed portion.
US11452371B1	Sofa shelf A sofa shelf includes a main body, a support member, a first clamping member, and a second clamping member. The main body is provided with a first surface and a second surface opposite to the first surface. The main body is further provided with a receiving groove located on the first surface. The support member is disposed on the first surface and is movably connected to the main body. The support member is provided with a placing groove arranged obliquely relative to the horizontal plane. Both the first clamping member and the second clamping member are disposed on the second surface. The first clamping member and the second clamping member are rotatably connected to the main body, respectively. Rotation directions of the first clamping member and the second clamping member are opposite.
US11452370B2	Edge trim for pieces of furniture An edge trim for pieces of furniture, including a meltable layer, is described. The molecular structure of the meltable layer contains both polar and non-polar parts. By way of a non-limiting example, an edge trim for pieces of furniture having an exposed edge of wooden or wood substitute material is described, comprising a molten layer and a structural layer, wherein the structural layer and the molten layer are connected in an adhesive bond, wherein the molten layer is made of a material that is chemically modified such that polar and non-polar components are found in a single molecular structure, wherein the molten layer contains energy absorbing additives, wherein the energy absorbing additives of the molten layer are selected from the group consisting of metal oxides, metal phosphates, metal salts of organic anions and combinations thereof.
US11452369B2	Telescopic table frame part, method for producing a sliding guide, and apparatus for carrying out the method A telescopic table frame part, in particular a height-adjustable table leg (26), comprising an outer tube (12) and an inner tube (10) which can be moved relative to the former and which is guided by means of a sliding guide, characterized in that the sliding guide comprises at least one injection-molded sliding element (24) made from a slide-promoting plastic, a method for producing a sliding guide for guiding an inner tube (10) in an outer tube (12) movable relative thereto of a telescopic table frame part, comprising attaching of at least one sliding element (24) made from a slide-promoting plastic onto the inner surface (23) of the outer tube (12) or onto the outer surface (25) of the inner tube (10) by injection molding, wherein said plastic is introduced into the inside of the inner tube through an injection molding tool access opening (16) in same, and an apparatus for carrying out the method.
US11452364B1	Sandal transport device A sandal transport device includes a resiliently pliable elongate member having the shape of a “W”. The resiliently pliable elongate member has a first elevated end, a first angled section, a first trough, a second angled section, a crest, a third angled section, a second trough, a fourth angled section and a second elevated end. The resiliently pliable elongate member may be engaged to a releasable clip, and the releasably pliable elongate member is constructed and arranged for engagement to and the transportation of footwear.
US11452357B2	Applicator for pasty cosmetic products An applicator for pasty cosmetic products that allows a better handling of the applicator in order to significantly improve the distribution of the cosmetic product during its application, and in turn, avoids “getting dirty” and/or “stained” with the cosmetic product or contaminating the same during its handling, thanks to the fact that it has separate sectors each with different purposes and a removable laminar cover that covers the entire applicator.
US11452353B2	Hair freedom customizable tunnel system, method, device and kit The present invention is directed to an aid to help consumers with long hair to more efficiently and evenly dry their hair at one time. A system, device, technique and kit are envisioned that allow a consumer to either adapt existing hair drying equipment for this enhanced purpose or provide entirely new systems or kits to enable the consumer to evenly dry their hair. Extension members threadably engage to each other and a hair dryer or bonnet, the combined elements when mounted to or on a stand allow a user to control, adjust and guide the airflow around long hair of the user inserted into a tunnel portion of the extension members. A heat distribution conduit provides even heat to the deployed hair, and a stand or mount are employed to stabilize the assembly.
US11452350B2	Removable divider A divider assembly including a divider having a divider wall, a first divider attachment structure coupled to a first end of the divider wall, and a second divider attachment structure coupled to a second, opposite end of the divider wall. Each of the first and second divider attachment structures has one of a protrusion configured to be slidably received in a correspondingly-shaped channel, or a channel configured to slidably receive therein a correspondingly-shaped protrusion, to thereby retain the divider in place. The first and second divider attachment structures each have a pair of parallel flanges that closely receive the divider wall therebetween.
US11452348B2	Pole apparatus, methods, and systems One aspect of this disclosure is a pole apparatus. The pole apparatus may comprise a grip segment comprising a cord attachment surface; a pole segment; a tip segment and a cord extending between at least the pole segment and the tip segment. The grip segment, the pole segment, and the tip segment may be arrangeable in a side-by-side disposition. A portion of the cord extending between the pole segment and the tip segment may be positionable on the cord attachment surface in the side-by-side disposition. The grip segment may be removably attachable to the tip segment such that, when the portion of the cord is positioned on the cord attachment surface, the removable attachment of the grip segment to the tip segment may maintain the side-by-side disposition. Aspects of related apparatus, methods, and systems also are disclosed.
US11452346B2	Cut for gemstone The invention relates to a gemstone cut, comprising a crown having a flat table and main crown facets (10-12) being arranged around the table (1) and being inclined relative to the table, a girdle (5) at which the gemstone has its largest transverse dimension, and a pavilion adjoining the girdle from below the girdle and having main pavilion facets (7) around the girdle, whereby the number of the main pavilion facets is odd. The invention also relates to an article comprising a gemstone according to the invention and a method for improving the optical properties of a gemstone.
US11452335B2	Sole structure with plates and intervening fluid-filled bladder and method of manufacturing A sole structure for an article of footwear includes a first plate, a fluid-filled bladder supported on the first plate, and a second plate supported on the fluid-filled bladder with the fluid-filled bladder disposed between the first plate and the second plate. The first plate ascends rearward of the fluid-filled bladder and the second plate descends rearward of the fluid-filled bladder with a posterior portion of the first plate above a posterior portion of the second plate rearward of the fluid-filled bladder. A method of manufacturing footwear sole structures includes assembling sole structures for plural ranges of footwear sizes, each of the sole structures including a fluid-filled bladder with a predetermined inflation pressure that is different for at least two of the plural ranges.
US11452333B2	Sole structure for article of footwear A sole structure includes a main body formed of a first material and at least one insert formed of a second material. The main body defines first portion of a ground-engaging surface including a first channel defined by a first segment extending along a first axis and a second segment extending along a second axis transverse to the first axis. The one or more inserts are received in sockets formed in the main body. The at least one insert defines a second portion of the ground-engaging surface and has a second channel including a third segment extending along a third axis parallel to the first axis and a fourth segment extending along a fourth axis transverse to the third axis and substantially parallel to the second axis. One of the first channel and the second channel defines an interface between the main body and the insert.
US11452325B2	Pattern making system A pattern making system having upper and lower sloper sections that are connected together at different heights to adjust the overall height of the upper and lower sloper sections. The upper and lower sloper sections have multiple widths and lengths, so that an upper section of a first width and length can be connected to a lower section of a second and different width and length, so that the sloper has different widths and lengths, which can be accommodated. In order to connect the upper and lower sloper sections, two T-shaped elongated sliding connector rods are provided for sliding within respective guide paths on the lower sloper section. In addition, the connector rods also have lower sections for sliding within the guide paths on the lower sloper section. In this manner, the sliding connector rods are moved in the guide paths relative to the upper sloper section and lower sloper section to vary the distance between the upper and lower sloper sections in order to vary the height of the sloper.
US11452323B2	Garment with insulated container A garment with a pocket and container, comprising a garment with a pocket, wherein the garment has a first opening providing access to the at least one pocket, an enveloping container having an interior surface, an exterior surface, a first end, a second end and a second opening disposed at the first end providing access to an interior space, and wherein the enveloping container fits within the pocket.
US11452321B2	Glove having reinforced fingertips A glove has a segment secured to an inside surface of one or more finger and/or a thumb. The segment is fully contained within the distal most portions of the one or more finger and/or thumb and does not overlap with any knuckle of the user's finger. The segment doubles the layer of material of the glove in the pad region of the fingertip to improve wear length or wear resistance of the glove.
US11452311B1	Phone case vape pen The phone case vape pen comprises a phone case, a battery, and a vape pen. The phone case detaches from a mobile phone. The vape pen slides within the phone case to expose the mouthpiece for use. The phone case houses the vape pen. A battery and a recharging connector for the vape pen are both contained within the phone case. Operational controls and one or more indicators are included on the phone case, and which relate to the use and function of the vape pen.
US11452309B2	Formula of preparations for oral and/or enteral feeding of children The subject of the invention is a new and improved formula of preparations for the oral and enteral feeding of children and offspring of mammals, which cannot or should not be fed by the mother, characterized by the fact, that the preparations contain kynurenic acid or its salt at a concentration adapted to its content in the mother's natural milk at different times from delivery.
US11452305B2	Methods and systems for processing a high-concentration protein product from a microcrop and compositions thereof The present disclosure relates, according to some embodiments, to methods and systems for processing a high-concentration protein product from a microcrop (e.g., aquatic species, Lemna) and compositions thereof. According to some embodiments, the present disclosure relates to a method of processing a biomass comprising a microcrop (e.g., Lemna), where the method may include: blanching a first portion of the biomass in a blanching solution to form a wet protein concentrate; separating the first wet protein concentrate from a separated solution (e.g., using a screw press, using a vibratory screen); and drying the first wet protein concentrate to form at least one of a first protein concentrate flake and a first protein concentrate granule. In some embodiments at least one of the first protein concentrate flake and the first protein concentrate granule may comprise at least 45% protein and a Protein Digestibility Corrected Amino Acid Score (PDCAAS) value of at least 0.88. In some embodiments, the present disclosure relates to protein products and compositions derived from a microcrop (e.g., derived from Lemna).
US11452296B2	Apparatus and method for the industrial manufacture of bakery products An apparatus and method are provided for the industrial manufacture of bakery products, such as long or elongated breads, rolls, baguettes, Parisian breads, round loaves. The apparatus includes a conveyor for conveying at least one piece of dough on a conveying surface in a transport direction, a substrate which is arranged above said conveyor. The substrate includes a contact surface at a side facing the conveyor. The apparatus is configured for providing a relative movement between the contact surface and the conveying surface. The contact surface is configured for touching an upper side of said at least one piece of dough on said conveying surface. And the apparatus further includes a heating device configured for heating at least a part of a circumference of the at least one piece of dough facing the contact surface for forming a film on said part of the circumference.
US11452294B2	Use of tebuconazole for annual bluegrass (Poa annua) control in turfgrasses Disclosed are methods for selectively controlling or modifying the growth of Poa annua in a turfgrass using a composition comprising an herbicidally-effective amount tebuconazole, or a salt thereof.
US11452292B2	Biofilm inhibitor and method of inhibiting biofilm Provided herein are a biofilm inhibiting composition, a biofilm inhibiting article, and a method of reducing planktonic growth or biofilm formation. The biofilm inhibiting composition includes a fluid and at least one biofilm inhibiting compound selected from the group consisting of acetoacetate (AAA) and ethyl acetoacetate (EAA). The biofilm inhibiting article includes a substrate and at least one biofilm inhibiting compound selected from the group consisting of acetoacetate (AAA) and ethyl acetoacetate (EAA). The method of reducing biofilm formation includes providing a biofilm inhibiting compound selected from the group consisting of acetoacetate (AAA) and ethyl acetoacetate (EAA), and contacting an article with the biofilm inhibiting compound.
US11452287B2	Housefly deterrent device A housefly deterrent device is an apparatus used to deter houseflies from approaching a particular area. The apparatus is also configured to mount to an appropriate area for ease of positioning and maintenance and does not rely on chemical compounds to affect houseflies. The apparatus includes a visual deterrent, an orienting fixture, and an attachment mechanism. The visual deterrent is a structure which mimics the physical appearance of the housing of various predators of houseflies sufficiently to affect the general behavior of houseflies. The orienting fixture is a mount which supports and arranges the visual deterrent in position, preferably adjacent to a door or a building entrance. The attachment mechanism is an arrangement of components that allows for connection of the orienting fixture to surfaces or relevant structures proximal to a target housefly protection zone. The visual deterrent is removable, facilitating adjustment, and general maintenance.
US11452285B2	Positioning and line clamping device capable of realizing buffering Disclosed is a positioning and line clamping device capable of realizing buffering. The device comprises a connecting base, wherein a spool is fixedly mounted at the upper end of the connecting base, and a sliding groove penetrates through the upper end of the outer side wall of the connecting base. According to the positioning and line clamping device, a fishing line is inserted from one end of a stopping block and pulled out from the other end of the stopping block after being pulled out from the spool by using a buffering and positioning assembly; the fishing line is wound on a batten, the length of the pulled-out fishing line becomes the use length of the fishing line through limiting of the batten and the stopping block when people do not conduct manual adjustment, and therefore the function of controlling the fishing range of the fishing line is achieved.
US11452283B2	Shark repellent system A system for repelling sharks is disclosed. Magnets are connected to a rod along its length. If necessary, the rod may be extended. Additionally, one or more flotation devices may be connected to the rod to manipulate or adjust the buoyancy of the system, depending on the user's objective(s). The rod is connected to a fishing line once a fish is hooked and is in close proximity to the boat or other structure from which the fisherman is fishing. The weight of the rod and magnets cause the rod to slide down to the end of the fishing line, where the rod will come in contact with the hooked mouth of the fish. As the fish struggles during the fight, the rod creates a protective magnetic field around the fish to deter sharks from engaging the fish.
US11452282B2	Crawfish trap bait guard system and method A crawfish trap bait guard which, in use, is mounted upon the staking rod of a crawfish trap, inside the mesh of the crawfish trap, above the floor of the trap, and below the water line. The crawfish trap bait guard encloses the bait in such a way as to prevent the access of birds and fish to the bait, while allowing crawfish within the trap to obtain managed portions of the bait by reaching through calibrated open areas distributed around the crawfish trap bait guard so as to allow a large number of crawfish to feed at the same time.
US11452272B2	Rice grain with reduced ROS1A activity The present invention relates to rice grain with thickened aleurone. Also provided is a rice plant comprising at least one genetic variation which reduces the activity of at least one ROS1a gene in the plant. Grain of the invention, or aleurone therefrom, has improved nutritional properties, and hence is particularly useful for human and animal feed products.
US11452266B2	Modular grow boxes and associated systems and methods The present technology is generally directed to modular grow boxes for growing microgreens and other plants. The modular grow boxes generally include a first modular element having a plate and one or more walls extending therefrom to form a chamber, a second modular element having a platform for supporting a growth medium, and a third modular element that can act as a cover and/or base. The first, second, and third modular elements can be assembled in a first configuration that provides a generally enclosed area for growing plants during a germination phase. The first, second, and third modular elements can also be assembled in a second configuration that provides a partially exposed area for growing plants during a post-germination phase. In some embodiments, the modular grow boxes provide a self-contained, self-watering apparatus that is expected to simplify the process of growing microgreens and other plants.
US11452256B2	Auto guide vehicle An auto guide vehicle (20) that conveys a cart (10), wherein the auto guide vehicle (20) is provided with: a fluid pressure cylinder (22) that is able to be extended and retracted vertically, and that applies an upward pressing force to the floor surface of the cart (10); a fluid pressure supply device (70) that supplies a fluid to the fluid pressure cylinder (22); pressure regulating means (50) that regulates the fluid pressure of the fluid supplied from the fluid pressure supply device (70) to the fluid pressure cylinder (22); a control board (40) that outputs a fluid pressure command value to the pressure regulating means (50); and a pressure sensor (100) that detects the fluid pressure of the fluid supplied to the fluid pressure cylinder (22); wherein the control board (40) computes derivatives of the fluid pressure detected by the pressure sensor (100), estimates a timing at which the cart begins to leave the ground based on a pattern of the computed derivatives, and computes the command value by multiplying a coefficient less than one by the fluid pressure detected by the pressure sensor (100) at the estimated timing.
US11452253B2	Rearward facing multi-purpose camera with windrow width indications A crop windrow monitoring system includes an image sensor positioned to include a field of view facing a rearward direction of a power unit, and a visual monitor operable to display an image. A computing device is operable to determine an intended direction of movement of the power unit. The image is displayed on the visual monitor in a first mode having a first magnification when the intended direction of movement includes the rearward direction. The image is displayed on the visual monitor in a second mode having a second magnification and overlaid with indicia indicating a width of the windrow when the intended direction of movement includes the forward direction. The second magnification may be larger than the first magnification.
US11457551B2	Mounting-related device and mounting system A mounting system includes multiple mounting-related devices to execute a mounting-related process for mounting a component on a mounting target that are arranged side by side along the conveyance direction of the mounting target. The mounting-related device used in the mounting system includes an execution unit configured to execute the mounting-related process; a first interface configured to enable a mobile work device to access the execution unit, the mobile work device moving a member related to the mounting-related process; and an operation panel disposed in a second interface, being located on an opposite side of the first interface, to which an operator is allowed to access without access of the mobile work device.
US11457546B2	System and method for high voltage isolation with thermal conductivity A system includes a first slice and a second slice coupled to each other. Each slice includes a housing formed of an electrically-insulative material, a ceramic plate disposed at each end of the housing, and an end plate disposed over each of the ceramic plates. Each end plate is formed of a thermally-conductive material. The system also includes a backplane assembly coupled to the first slice and the second slice.
US11457541B2	Intelligent lug Examples of the disclosure provide a smart angled mounting piece and an angled mounting piece assembly. By providing switching units and identification circuits in the smart angled mounting piece, when one or more of the switching units are triggered by the auxiliary member, an identification circuit electrically connected to the triggered switching unit and an identification circuit electrically connected to a switching unit that is not triggered collectively generate a logic signal characterizing the position at which the electronic device is installed to the cabinet, and the logic signal is transmitted to the electronic device through the communication module. The manager may know the position of the current electronic device in real time, without the need to specifically provide position acquisition elements on the cabinet, and without the need to install a separate management system on the back-end server, simplifying the difficulty of device management.
US11457533B2	Power supply apparatus A power supply apparatus includes a board including a major surface on which a circuit element is mounted, and a case. The case includes a cover portion located at a distance from the board and covering the major surface of the board, and a plurality of leg portions extending from the cover portion toward the board, the case being attached to the board by the leg portions. The leg portions of the case include corner-attachable leg portions that are engaged with corner portions of the board.
US11457531B2	Electronic component, electric device including the same, and bonding method thereof Provided is an electronic component including a pad region including a plurality of pads extending along corresponding extension lines and arranged in a first direction, and a signal wire configured to receive a driving signal from the pad region, wherein the plurality of pads include a plurality of first pads arranged continuously and a plurality of second pads arranged continuously, and extension lines of the plurality of first pads substantially converge into a first point and extension lines of the plurality of second pads substantially converge into a second point different from the first point.
US11457530B2	Prepreg and laminate for circuit board Provided are: a prepreg with low dielectric constant, low dielectric loss tangent, and improved adhesiveness to glass cloth; and a laminate for a circuit board. The prepreg is formed of the glass cloth serving as a base material and a semi-cured product of a thermosetting resin composition impregnated into the glass cloth, where the glass cloth comprises a treated surface treated by at least one type of silane coupling agent selected from methacryl-based silane coupling agents, acryl-based silane coupling agents, and isocyanate-based silane coupling agents, and the thermosetting resin composition contains polyphenyleneether having a terminal hydroxyl group modified with an ethylenically unsaturated compound in a main chain of the polyphenyleneether. The laminate for the circuit board is obtained by laminating the prepreg and a conductor layer.
US11457527B2	Shield printed wiring board and method of manufacturing shield printed wiring board Provided is a shielded printed wiring board that exhibits excellent connection stability even when having a through-hole with a small opening area, and enables a high degree of freedom in circuit design. The shielded printed wiring board 1 according to the present invention includes a printed wiring board 10, an insulating layer 22, and a conductive adhesive layer 21 disposed between the printed wiring board 10 and the insulating layer 22. The printed wiring board 10 includes a base 11, a circuit pattern 13 disposed on the base, and an insulating protective layer 14 covering the circuit pattern 13. The shielded printed wiring board has a through-hole 23 for external grounding that vertically penetrates the insulating layer 22 and the conductive adhesive layer 21. The conductive adhesive layer 21 has an extension 21a extending toward the inside of the through-hole 23 as compared with the insulating layer 22.
US11457526B2	Wiring substrate and current measuring device A wiring substrate includes an insulating body; a first conductor including a first shield layer provided in a first layer inside the insulating body, and a second shield layer provided in a second layer at a different position from the first layer in a thickness direction of the insulating body; a second conductor including a first guard layer provided in a third layer positioned between the first layer and the second layer in the thickness direction, and a second guard layer provided in a fourth layer positioned between the second layer and the third layer in the thickness direction; and a third conductor provided in a fifth layer positioned between the third layer and the fourth layer in the thickness direction.
US11457524B2	Integrated filter for de-sense reduction A chip includes a plurality of ground conductors that at least partially surround a signal conductor on a same die. The signal conductor carries an interface (e.g., high speed) signal, and the ground conductors filter electromagnetic interference generated by the signal carried by the signal conductor. A chip package includes a plurality of ground pins around a signal pin that carries an interface signal. The ground pins filter electromagnetic interference generated by the signal carried by the signal pin. A printed circuit board includes a plurality of ground conductors around a signal line. The ground conductors are in vias and filter electromagnetic interference generated by an interface signal carried by the signal line.
US11457523B2	Circular accelerator Provided is a variable energy and miniaturized accelerator. It is impossible to change the energy of the extraction beam in the related cyclotron or to miniaturize an accelerator in the related synchrotron. The accelerator includes a pair of magnets which form a magnetic field therebetween; an ion source which injects ions between the magnets; an acceleration electrode which accelerates the ions; and a beam extraction path which extracts the ions to the outside. A plurality of ring-shaped beam closed orbits formed by the pair of magnets, in which the ions of different energies respectively circulate, are aggregated on one side. The frequency of the radiofrequency electric field fed to the ions by the acceleration electrode is modulated by the beam closed orbits.
US11457512B2	Cord-shaped heater, sheet-shaped heater and manufacturing method of sheet-shaped heater A cord-shaped heater 1, having: a conductive wires 5a; an inner-layer covering 7 formed on the outer periphery of the conductive wires 5a; and an outer-layer covering 9 formed on the outer periphery of the inner-layer covering 7, wherein the melting temperature of the inner-layer covering 7 is higher than the melting temperature of the outer-layer covering 9, the inner-layer covering 7 and the outer-layer covering 9 are made of same type of polymer material, and the inner-layer covering 7 and the outer-layer covering 9 are adhered to each other. The cord-shaped heater 1, wherein the conductive wire 5a includes a plurality of conductive wires, and the conductive wires 5a is covered with an insulating film 5b. A sheet-shaped heater, wherein the cord-shaped heater is arranged on a substrate, the substrate has a gap, at least a part of the outer-layer covering is penetrated into the gap of the substrate, and the inner-layer covering is not penetrated into the gap of the substrate.
US11457511B2	Enhanced downlink semi-persistent scheduling (SPS) An apparatus of user equipment (UE) includes processing circuitry coupled to a memory, where to configure the UE for Ultra-Reliable Low-Latency Communication (URLLC) in a New Radio (NR) network, the processing circuitry is to decode higher layer signaling indicating a UE-specific DL SPS configuration. The DL SPS configuration including a periodicity of control information communication and a number of DL data repetitions for a transport block. A DCI format received via a PDCCH based on the periodicity in the DL SPS configuration is decoded. Multiple PDSCH slot allocations are detected in the DCI format using the number of DL data repetitions. DL data received via the PDSCH within the multiple PDSCH slot allocations is decoded.
US11457488B2	Concurrent ID allocation in a service-based architecture A method and control plane node capable of receiving, from a requester, a request for a unique identifier, selecting an identifier from a pool comprising a plurality of unique identifiers held by the control plane node, creating a key representing the selected identifier in the pool, attempting to write to an initial version of a value of the created key in order to create a key-value pair in the key-value store, wherein the writing is successful if no write previously has been performed to said initial version of the value, and if so returning, to the requester, the selected identifier as an allocated identifier.
US11457483B2	Managing connections between a user device and peripheral devices Techniques manage connection between a user device (e.g., a tablet, a smartphone, a personal computer, a user workstation, etc.) and a peripheral device (e.g., an external mouse, a wireless keyboard, a wireless output device, other accessories, combinations thereof, etc.). Such techniques involve obtaining a current peripheral identifier from an operating system running on the user device, the current peripheral identifier identifying the peripheral device. Such techniques further involve, based on the current peripheral identifier, performing a peripheral recognition operation that attempts to recognize the peripheral device. Such techniques further involve, based on a result of the peripheral recognition operation, performing a peripheral access operation that determines whether the user device is allowed to connect with the peripheral device.
US11457480B2	Asynchronous uplink transmission method, device, and storage medium This application provides an asynchronous uplink transmission method, a device, and a storage medium. The method includes: receiving, by a UE, configuration information that is of a first physical uplink shared channel (PUSCH) and that is sent by a network device, where the configuration information includes a length of a cyclic prefix (CP) of the first PUSCH, and the length of the CP of the first PUSCH is less than a length of a CP of a first random access preamble; determining, by the UE based on the length of the CP of the first PUSCH, a difference between a largest stored timing advance (TA) and a smallest stored TA, and a largest delay spread, whether to send the first PUSCH; and responsive to determining to send the first PUSCH, sending, by the UE, the first PUSCH based on the configuration information of the first PUSCH.
US11457477B2	Method for performing random access procedure in next generation wireless communication system and apparatus therefor Disclosed in the present application is a method for a terminal performing a random access procedure in a wireless communication system. Specifically, the method for performing a random access procedure comprises the steps of: transmitting, to a base station, a plurality of random access signals corresponding to a plurality of different beams in a transmission interval corresponding to the corresponding random access signal; receiving a random access response signal corresponding to one random access signal of the plurality of random access signals; and transmitting and receiving a signal to and/or from the base station, using a beam corresponding to the one random access signal, wherein the plurality of random access signals comprise identifier information of the terminal.
US11457475B2	Methods, apparatus, and system using multiple antenna techniques for new radio (NR) operations in unlicensed bands An LBT method and apparatus are disclosed for a WTRU and gNB. A method may comprise receiving a gNB beam direction schedule and an LBT measurement configuration. The WTRU may switch a receiver so as to receive a beam based on the beam direction schedule and monitor for a DCI. The WTRU may be configured to determine whether there is a transmission for the WTRU and if there is, the transmission may be received. The transmission may be a DCI for an uplink transmission of the WTRU. A WTRU may be configured to receive the gNB beam direction schedule and the LBT measurement configuration at a start of an MCOT.
US11457472B2	Method and apparatus for initial access block on stand-alone NR unlicensed spectrum A UE in a wireless communication system is provided. The UE comprises at least one processor configured to identify a DTTC including at least one of a first periodicity, a duration of a first transmission window, or a first timing offset of the first transmission window, wherein the DTTC is identified for the DSCH or RLM in a serving cell, and identify a DMTC including at least one of a second periodicity, a duration of a second transmission window, or a second timing offset of the second transmission window, wherein the DMTC is identified for RRM measurement based on the DSCH. The UE further comprises a transceiver operably connected to the processor, the transceiver configured to receive, from a BS, at least one DSCH from a set of DSCH over unlicensed downlink channels based on the identified DTTC, wherein the received at least one DSCH includes a SS/PBCH block.
US11457446B2	Method, terminal device and computer storage medium for beam selection based on geographical positions of terminal devices The present disclosure discloses a beam selection method, a terminal device, and a computer storage medium, where the method includes: selecting a first transmission beam for transmitting data between a first terminal device and a second terminal device based on a geographical position of the first terminal device and a geographical position of the second terminal device; and transmitting data to the second terminal device based on the first transmission beam.
US11457444B2	Service transmission method and apparatus A service transmission method and apparatus are provided. The method includes: a first mobile station acquiring N resource allocation parameter sets from a network device; the first mobile station sending first indication information to the network device, where the first indication information is used to indicate service information about a first service needing to be transmitted by the first mobile station; the first mobile station receiving second indication information sent by the network device, where the second indication information is used to indicate a first target resource; and the first mobile station determining, from the N resource allocation parameter sets, a first resource allocation parameter set adapted to the service information about the first service, and the first mobile station transmitting, according to the first resource allocation parameter set, the first service using the first target resource.
US11457425B2	Terminal performing registration in non-3GPP access and method performed by same One disclosure of the present specification provides a method performed by a terminal that performs registration in a non-3rd generation partnership project (3GPP) access. According to the method, the terminal may receive a rejection message including a value of a back-off timer. In addition, the terminal may determine a value of a non-3GPP de-registration timer on the basis of the value of the back-off timer. In this case, the value of the non-3GPP de-registration timer may be determined to be greater than the value of the back-off timer.
US11457421B2	Auxiliary bluetooth circuit of multi-member bluetooth device capable of reducing complexity of updating internal clock of bluetooth circuit An auxiliary Bluetooth circuit of a multi-member Bluetooth device for communicating data with a source Bluetooth device acting as a master in a first piconet. A main Bluetooth circuit of the multi-member Bluetooth device acts as a slave in the first piconet, acts as a master in a second piconet, and generates a first slave clock and a second main clock according to a first main clock generated by the source Bluetooth device, with which both the first slave clock and the second main clock are synchronized. The auxiliary Bluetooth circuit acts as a slave in the second piconet and generates a second slave clock and a third slave clock according to the second main clock, with which both the second slave clock and the third slave clock are synchronized. The auxiliary Bluetooth circuit sniffs Bluetooth packets transmitted through the first piconet from the source Bluetooth device.
US11457419B2	User terminal and radio communication method The present invention is designed so that transmission power is controlled adequately even when communication is performed using a plurality of transmission time intervals (TTIs) of varying lengths. According to one aspect of the present invention, a user terminal has a transmission section that transmits signals using a plurality of transmission time intervals (TTIs) of varying lengths, and a control section that controls the transmission power of a first signal that is transmitted in a first TTI, and the transmission power of a second signal that is transmitted in a second TTI having a shorter TTI duration than the first TTI, and, when the total transmission power of the first signal and the second signal that are transmitted in an overlapping manner exceeds the maximum transmission power, the control section exerts control so that transmission power is preferentially allocated to one of the first signal and the second signal.
US11457416B2	Evaluating radio frequency (RF) exposure in real time In certain aspects, a method implemented in a wireless device includes determining a specific absorption rate (SAR) distribution for a first wireless communication technology, determining a power density (PD) distribution for a second wireless communication technology, and combining the SAR distribution and the PD distribution to generate a combined RF exposure distribution. The method also includes determining at least one first maximum allowable power level and at least one second maximum allowable power level for a future time slot based on the combined RF exposure distribution, setting at least one transmission power limit for a first transmitter in the future time slot based on the at least one first maximum allowable power level, and setting at least one transmission power limit for a second transmitter in the future time slot based on the at least one second maximum allowable power level.
US11457410B2	Method and apparatus for providing power saving of monitoring for device-to-device communication in a wireless communication system A method and apparatus are disclosed from the perspective of a second User Equipment (UE) for performing sidelink communication. In one embodiment, the method includes the second UE being (pre-)configured with a sidelink resource pool in a carrier or cell, wherein a DRX (Discontinuous Reception) pattern is associated to the sidelink resource pool. The method also includes the second UE selecting a resource in the sidelink resource pool based on the DRX pattern, wherein a specific message becomes available for transmission in the second UE. The method further includes the second UE transmitting the specific message on the resource to a plurality of UEs comprising at least a first UE.
US11457407B2	Reliable multicast/broadcast transmission scheme In one example a computer implemented method comprises receiving, at an access point of a wireless network, a multicast/broadcast frame which identifies one or more stations associated with the access point as a recipient for the multicast/broadcast frame, and in response to a determination that at least one station of the one or more stations identified as a recipient for the multicast/broadcast frame is in an inactive state, determining a beacon slot time for a transmission of the multicast/broadcast frame from the access point, in response to a determination that at least one of the one or more stations in an inactive state will miss the beacon signal, converting the multicast/broadcast frame to a unicast frame, and holding a copy of the unicast frame to be transmitted to the at least one of the one or more stations in an inactive state that will miss the beacon signal.
US11457405B2	Transmission power control method of base station in OFDMA-based wireless communication system A power control method of a base station in a wireless communication system based on Orthogonal Frequency Division Multiple Access (OFDMA) is provided for reducing power consumption by turning off the bias of the power amplifier for the duration of a symbol carrying no user data. The method includes checking scheduling information of radio resources, detecting a symbol carrying no user data, based on the scheduling information, and turning off a bias of the power amplifier for a symbol duration of the symbol carrying no user data. The transmission power control method is capable of reducing power consumption of the base station by turning off the bias of the power amplifier of the base station for the symbol duration in which no user data is transmitted.
US11457401B2	Method for transmission of system information in a cellular network A method for transmitting system information items from a base station of a cellular network to first and second user equipment. The first user equipment is a first type of user equipment and the second user equipment is a second type of user equipment, different from the first type. Upon reception of a request for system information from the first and second user equipment, the base station collects a subset of the system information items considering the type of user equipment in a set of system information messages for the respective type of user equipment, and provides each of said set of system information messages to the requesting user equipment. At least one system information item is collected in the set of system information messages for the first type of user equipment, and is lacking in the set of system information messages for the second type of user equipment.
US11457393B2	Communication method and apparatus for realizing service continuity The present disclosure provides a communication method and apparatus for realizing service continuity. The method includes: a remote user equipment autonomously selecting or determining based on a first indication of an access network, a communication path communicating with the access network; and the remote user equipment using the communication path to communicate with the access network. By means of the present disclosure, the determination of a communication path is realized. Therefore, problems in the relevant art of lacking a method for determining a communication link for a remote user equipment and service continuity are solved, thereby ensuring the service continuity of the remote user equipment, and providing a technological base for realizing communications of wearables.
US11457386B2	Method and system for edge computing handover service A method, a device, and a non-transitory storage medium are described in which a mobile edge computing handover service is provided. The mobile edge computing handover service provides for the prospective provisioning of a target mobile edge computing network based on mobility information pertaining to an end device. The mobile edge computing handover service includes managing the provisioning of the application or service, content, and context information in relation to a source mobile edge computing network and the target mobile edge computing network.
US11457383B2	Control node, process node and methods performed therein for a control process on radio access bearers A method performed by a control node for handling communication of data of one or more wireless devices in a wireless communications network. The control node triggers a control process on radio access bearers (RAB) and identifies more than one RAB, to perform the control process on, for at least one wireless device. The control node further bundles control information associated with the identified more than one RAB in a control signal; and provides to a process node, the control signal for the identified more than one RAB.
US11457379B2	Cyclic redundancy check length management Certain aspects of the present disclosure provide methods and apparatus for managing cyclic redundancy check field lengths in wireless communications. An exemplary method generally includes determining a size of a cyclic redundancy check (CRC) field, from a plurality of possible sizes for a given type of physical wireless channel, to be used for a transmission to be sent on the physical wireless channel, and performing communication based on the transmission on the physical wireless channel with the CRC field of the determined size.
US11457375B2	Monitoring network functions The methods, systems, and computer readable media discussed herein are directed to maintaining status information of network functions (NFs) associated with one or more network function repository functions (NRFs). An NRF, which may be one of a plurality of NRFs belonging to a group of NRFs, maybe queried. The plurality of NRFs may be synchronized to each other, and the group of NRFs may be one of a plurality of groups of NRFs. One or more NFs may be registered with the NRF, and each NRF of the plurality of NRFs may have one or more corresponding NFs registered to it. The NRF may maintain status information of the one or more NFs registered to the NRF. The NRF may collect information associated with querying of NFs by another NF, and send statistical data based on the collected information to a user interface (UI) of an external device to be displayed on the UI.
US11457371B2	Systems and methods for determining baselines for network parameters used to configure base stations A device may receive network data from base stations associated with a network and may aggregate the network data to generate aggregated network data. The device may remove data that satisfies a threshold from the aggregated network data to generate a reduced set of the aggregated network data. The device may divide the reduced set of the aggregated network data into groups of network factors associated with determining network parameters for the base stations. The device may apply weights to the network factors in the groups of network factors to generate groups of weighted network factors and may generate baselines for the network parameters based on the groups of weighted network factors. The device may compare the network data and the baselines to identify one or more anomalies in the network parameters and may perform one or more actions based on the one or more anomalies.
US11457367B2	Electronic apparatus, information processing device, and information processing method Disclosed are an electronic apparatus, an information processing device, and an information processing method. According to one embodiment, an electronic device used for a base station side comprises a processing circuit. The processing circuit is configured to: perform channel detection for a target channel; broadcast, to a user equipment, a resource indication used for uplink transmission based on a result of the channel detection; and receive uplink transmission performed by the user equipment based on the resource indication.
US11457365B2	SDR-based massive MIMO with V-RAN cloud architecture and SDN-based network slicing A telecommunications network comprises at least one core network interface for providing interconnection to a core network. At least one base station interface provides communications to at least one user device. At least one server defines a configurable network interconnecting the at least one core network interface and the base station. The configurable network comprises a cloud based virtual radio access network (VRAN). The at least one server defines logically independent network slicing for the configurable network that selects a first network slice responsive to use of the configurable network by a first application and selects a second network slice responsive to use of the configurable network by a second application. The at least one server implements the VRAN in a first configuration responsive to use of the first application by the configurable network and a second configuration responsive to use of the second application by the configurable network. At least one transceiver associated with the at least one base station interface for provides massive MIMO communications between the at least one server and the at least one user device.
US11457363B2	System and method for securing disassociated security credentials A system and method for binding or assigning network access credentials to computer chip modules may include transmitting to a remote server a set of initialization data items each including an identification and a derivation of a secret value; and receiving from the remote server credential files, each including encrypted network access credentials and an initialization data item. For each computer chip module, a credential file may be installed on the computer chip module, an identification and a secret value may be installed on the computer chip module, and binding software may be executed. The execution of the binding software may accept as input the identification and a derivation of the secret value and may cause extraction of the network access credentials if the identification and the secret value when input to a formula result in a match.
US11457350B2	Signaling user equipment multi-panel capability Various aspects of the present disclosure generally relate to wireless communication. In some aspects, a user equipment (UE) may identify one or more multi-panel capabilities for multi-panel operation of a plurality of panels associated with the UE. The UE may transmit, to a base station (BS), an indication of the one or more multi-panel capabilities. Numerous other aspects are provided.
US11457334B2	Context management method and apparatus This application provides a context management method and apparatus, to resolve a problem that contexts of a large quantity of terminals occupy a large amount of storage space of an AMF entity. The method includes: when a first core network device has stored group information corresponding to a terminal, establishing, by the first core network device, a correspondence between the terminal and the group information. This application relates to the field of communications technologies.
US11457333B2	Wireless communication device According to one embodiment, a wireless communication device, includes: a receiver configured to receive a first frame a transmitter address of which is an address of a first wireless communication device and a receiver address of which is an address of the wireless communication device; and a transmitter configured to transmit a second frame generated using a first address process in response to receipt of the first frame. The first address process is a process to set a first value in a first region in a receiver address field of the second frame. The first value is a value different from values settable in first regions in addresses of the first wireless communication device and another wireless communication device capable of receiving the second frame.
US11457332B2	Tracking and monitoring system A system for tracking and monitoring persons includes a user computing device (“UCD”) that includes a user interface; a wearable computing device (“WCD”) that is worn by a user and generates primary input data associated with the user that includes a userID of the user; a wireless access point (“WAP”) positioned at a location, communicatively coupled to the WCD, configured to generate secondary input data associated with the user and receive primary input data from the WCD; and a control circuit communicatively coupled to the UCD and a primary data store that includes reference data. The WCD transmits the primary input data to the WAP. The WAP transmits the primary input data and the secondary input data to a secondary data store. The control circuit determines the presence, motion, as well as position of the user; and completion of user tasks. The control circuit transmits a notification of the completion.
US11457322B2	Implantable dual-vibrator hearing system An implantable unit of a transcutaneous hearing device and a transcutaneous hearing device comprising the same are disclosed. The implantable unit comprises a receiver element configured to wirelessly receive an electromagnetic wave, a rectifier element configured to generate upper and lower half waveforms of the electromagnetic wave, and a vibrator element configured to electromechanically produce vibration using the half waveforms of the electromagnetic wave. The vibrator element comprises a first vibrator and a second vibrator. The first vibrator is configured to be driven by the upper half waveform of the electromagnetic wave, and the second vibrator is configured to be driven by the lower half waveform of the electromagnetic wave.
US11457321B2	Hearing aid device having wireless communication A hearing aid device having a telecoil and a power consuming element is disclosed. The hearing aid device further comprises an at least partial loop in the power supply line, which at least partial loop provides a magnetic signal that at least attenuates or cancels noise induced from the power draw of the power consuming component.
US11457316B2	Speaker diaphragm and speaker The present disclosure provides a speaker diaphragm and a speaker. The diaphragm includes a thermoplastic polyester elastomer film layer (11), a thermoplastic polyester elastomer being a copolymer composed of a polyester hard segment A and a polyether or aliphatic polyester soft segment B, wherein a mass percentage of the polyester hard segment A is 10-95%. The speaker diaphragm features high structural strength, is not easy to be damaged, and has good toughness and resilience and a good sound generation effect.
US11457312B1	Systems and methods for active noise cancellation including secondary path estimation for playback correction A device may include a housing, a transducer coupled to the housing for reproducing an audio signal including both a source audio signal for playback to a listener and an anti-noise signal for countering the effects of ambient audio sounds in an acoustic output of the transducer, an error microphone coupled to the housing in proximity to the transducer for providing an error microphone signal indicative of the acoustic output of the transducer and the ambient audio sounds at the transducer, and a processing circuit. The processing circuit may implement a feedback filter having a response that generates the anti-noise signal from a playback corrected error, the playback corrected error based on a difference between the error microphone signal and a secondary path estimate signal, an adaptive secondary path estimate filter configured to model an electro-acoustic path of the source audio signal and have a secondary path estimate response that generates the secondary path estimate signal from the source audio signal, and a coefficient control block that shapes the response of the secondary path estimate filter in conformity with a reference signal and an internal error signal in order to minimize the ambient audio sounds at the transducer, wherein the reference signal is equal to a sum of the source audio signal and the anti-noise signal.
US11457311B1	System and method for determining voice coil offset or temperature A method for determining a displacement offset of a voice coil of a speaker, comprising: providing a drive signal comprised of a program content signal and a test signal to the voice coil of the speaker; determining at least one value representative of an impedance of the voice coil according to a voice coil voltage and a voice coil current, wherein the voice coil voltage and the voice coil current result from, at least, the test signal; determining whether the at least one value indicates that an offset displacement of the voice coil exceeds a predetermined offset distance; and reducing a magnitude of the drive signal provided to the voice coil if the at least one value indicates that the offset displacement of the voice coil exceeds the predetermined offset threshold.
US11457310B2	Apparatus, method and computer program for audio signal processing Examples of the disclosure relate to apparatus, electronic devices, methods and computer programs. The apparatus are configured to obtain at least a first audio signal and a second audio signal wherein the first audio signal and the second audio signal are captured by a microphone array including at least two microphones. The apparatus are also configured to identify at least a first direction and at least a second direction. The first and second directions are identified for a plurality of frequency bands. The first direction and the second direction are identified by using delay parameters between at least the first audio signal and the second audio signal.
US11457307B2	Headphone driver and driving method thereof A headphone driver is used to drive a headphone apparatus, which includes a first differential driver, a first positive output terminal, a first negative output terminal, and a second negative output terminal. The first positive output terminal is connected to the first terminal. A switch unit is disposed on a feedback path at the first negative output terminal and the second negative output terminal, to enable the first/second negative output terminal in feedback as a close loop to output to the third/fourth terminal and disable the second/first negative output terminal at a first/second operation state. The first differential driver includes a first positive voltage driving circuit, a first negative voltage driving circuit, and a second negative voltage driving circuit, respectively providing the first positive output terminal, the first negative output terminal, and the second negative output terminal.
US11457305B2	Receiver module and terminal device A receiver module and a terminal device are provided. The receiver module includes a housing, a receiver, a drive assembly and a soundproofing assembly, where the housing is internally provided with an accommodating space, the receiver is arranged in the accommodating space, and the housing and the receiver fit together to form a sound cavity, a sound-emitting side of the receiver facing towards the sound cavity; the housing is provided with a first sound-emitting hole and a second sound-emitting hole; the drive assembly and the soundproofing assembly are connected, and the drive assembly is configured to drive the soundproofing assembly to be in a first state or a second state.
US11457298B2	Display device Provided is a display device that includes a display on which an image is displayed on a display surface, a rear cover arranged on a back surface side of the display, and an upper speaker and a lower speaker arranged between the display and the rear cover and located so as to be separated vertically from each other, in which an upper slit functioning as a passage hole for sound output from the upper speaker is located above the display, a lower slit functioning as a passage hole for sound output from the lower speaker is located below the display, and a vertical width of the lower slit is larger than a vertical width of the upper slit.
US11457296B2	Outlet receptacle cover and mode throttling system In non-limiting examples of the present disclosure, an electrical receptacle is provided. A first transmission tab configured to be electrically connected to a neutral terminal of the electrical receptacle is provided. A second transmission tab configured to be electrically connected to a live terminal of the electrical is provided. A speaker device in electrical communication with the first and second transmission tabs and a speaker grille cover secured to the receptacle cover are also provided. Other examples of the present disclosure relate to systems, methods and devices for influencing resonant modes of one or more vibrating surface, including a mode throttling device and an exciter device.
US11457291B2	Oral care monitoring and habit forming for children A brushing tracker configured to be mounted to a toothbrush has a motion sensor and a transceiver that collect and output raw motion data. The raw motion data is received by a relay and forwarded to a cloud-based remote processing system that processes the raw motion data to determine brushing adequacy based on predetermined criteria. The motion sensor and transceiver are disposed in a flexible case. An attachment band enables the brushing tracker to be affixed to a standard toothbrush for use and affixed to a different toothbrush when desired.
US11457280B2	Bundling of video asset variants in a database for video delivery In one embodiment, a method receives a first bundle and a second bundle for a video based on metadata for the video. The method stores the second bundle with a dependency on the first bundle when the second bundle is associated with a first set of control data parameters found in the first bundle that control a first aspect of access to the video. The second bundle is stored with a second set of control data parameters to control a second aspect of access to the video. When the first bundle is selected, the method accesses the first set of control data parameters for the first bundle. When the second bundle is selected, the method accesses the first set of control data parameters in the first bundle via the dependency to the first bundle and the second set of control data parameters for the second bundle.
US11457276B2	Automatic transition of content based on facial recognition Methods and systems for automatically transitioning content based on facial recognition, wherein the method may include receiving a signal from a camera, identifying a face of a viewer within an area, retrieving a user identifier associated with the face of the viewer, selecting a program, and displaying the program.
US11457275B2	Display apparatus and control method thereof Disclosed is a display apparatus and a control method thereof. The display apparatus includes: a display comprising a screen to display an image thereon; a processor configured to: display on the screen of the display an image of a content consisting of a plurality of frames, identify whether a use state of the content is in an idle state based on a change in an image between consecutive first and second frames, and perform an operation according to the identified state. The processor is configured to identify a change in an image in a first region comprising a center of the screen by providing a weight greater than that of a change in an image in a second region located near the first region.
US11457273B2	Video playback device and control method thereof Provided are an artificial intelligence (AI) system that mimics cognitive functions, such as cognition and judgment, of the human brain using a machine learning algorithm such as deep learning and applications thereof. More particularly, provided is a device including a memory storing least one program and a first video, a display, and at least one processor configured to display the first video on at least one portion of the display by executing the at least one program, wherein the at least one program includes instructions for: comparing an aspect ratio of the first video with an aspect ratio of an area in which the first video is to be displayed, generating a second video corresponding to the aspect ratio of the area by using the first video when the aspect ratio of the first video is different from the aspect ratio of the area, and displaying the second video in the area, wherein the generating of the second video is performed by inputting at least one frame of the first video to an AI neural network.
US11457264B2	Video display apparatus and terminal apparatus A terminal apparatus having a function of remotely controlling a video display apparatus includes a communication unit that transmits a command related to setting of the video display apparatus and receives status information, a signal receiving unit that receives a signal output from a broadcast station and decodes a video content, a memory unit that stores a content of a command including a channel of the video content, and a display unit that displays the video content and various types of information. In this terminal apparatus, the communication unit transmits an identification code specific to the terminal apparatus when transmitting the command, and when the status information is received after a channel of the video display apparatus is set by remote control, the video content of the channel stored in the memory unit is decoded by the signal receiving unit and is displayed on the display unit.
US11457250B2	Method, device, and storage medium for transmitting data The disclosure can provide a method for transmitting data, an electronic device, and a computer-readable storage medium. The method can be applicable for a first electronic device, and can include the following. Playing data is received, in which the playing data includes first playing information of a target video on a second electronic device. The first playing information is obtained by parsing the playing data. Second playing information of the target video on the first electronic device is obtained. Playing of the target video on the first electronic device is adjusted based on the first playing information and the second playing information.
US11457240B2	Encoder, decoder, encoding method, and decoding method An encoder which transforms a current block to be encoded in an image to encode the current block includes circuitry and memory. The circuitry, using the memory: determines a plurality of first transform basis candidates and transforms the current block using a transform basis included in the plurality of first transform basis candidates determined, when the current block has a first size; and determines one or more second transform basis candidates different from the plurality of first transform basis candidates and transforms the current block using a transform basis included in the one or more second transform basis candidates determined, when the current block has a second size larger than the first size.
US11457224B2	Interlaced coefficients in hybrid digital-analog modulation for transmission of video data A method of encoding video data, the method comprising: generating prediction data of the video data; generating residual data based on the prediction data and digital sample values of the video data; generating coefficients based on the residual data; performing an interlacing process to generate an interlaced amplitude value, wherein the interlacing process interlaces bits of two or more of the coefficients to generate the interlaced amplitude value; modulating an analog signal based on the interlaced amplitude value; generating digital values based on the prediction data; and outputting the analog signal and digital values based on the prediction block.
US11457221B2	Matrix-based intra prediction device and method An image decoding method according to the present document can comprise the steps of: receiving flag information indicating whether a matrix-based intra prediction (MIP) is used with respect to a current block; receiving matrix-based intra prediction (MIP) mode information on the basis of the flag information; generating an intra prediction sample for the current block on the basis of the MIP mode information; and generating restoration samples for the current block on the basis of the intra prediction samples.
US11457215B2	Encoder, decoder, encoding method, and decoding method Various embodiments provide an encoder that performs an up-conversion and a down-conversion on a first quantization matrix to generate a second quantization matrix, and quantizes transform coefficients of a current block using the second quantization matrix. The first quantization matrix has a first number of rows and a first number of columns equal to the first number of rows, and the second quantization matrix has a second number of rows and a second number of columns different from the second number of rows. In the up-conversion, the circuitry generates the second quantization matrix such that one of the second number of rows or the second number of columns is larger than the first number of rows. In the down-conversion, the circuitry generates the second quantization matrix such that the other of the second number of rows or the second number of columns is smaller than the first number of rows.
US11457206B2	Optical correction systems and methods for correcting non-uniformity of emissive display devices What is disclosed are systems and methods of optical correction for pixel evaluation and correction for active matrix light emitting diode device (AMOLED) and other emissive displays. Optical correction for correcting for non-homogeneity of a display panel uses sparse display test patterns in conjunction with a defocused camera as the measurement device to avoid aliasing (moiré) of the pixels of the display in the captured images.
US11457201B2	Imaging device and electronic apparatus An imaging device capable of further increasing the accuracy of distance information and an electronic apparatus equipped with the imaging device are provided. The present technology provides an imaging device that includes a stereo imager, and the stereo imager includes a plurality of sensors. Each sensor of the plurality of sensors has an imaging unit formed with a plurality of repeating units. The imaging unit includes a polarizer having at least one kind of polarization spindle angle, and at least two unit images obtained by a plurality of the imaging units are combined, to obtain information about polarization in at least three directions, and generate normal information. The present technology further provides an electronic apparatus equipped with the imaging device.
US11457199B2	Method for processing immersive video and method for producing immversive video An immersive video processing method according to the present invention includes: classifying view videos into a base video and an additional video; performing pruning for the view videos by referring to a result of the classification; generating an atlas based on a result of the pruning; determining a depth parameter of each view in the atlas; and encoding information indicating whether or not updating of the depth parameter is needed, based on whether or not the depth parameter of each view in the atlas is identical as in a previous atlas.
US11457191B2	Computer implemented method for temporally stabilizing white point information in an auto white balance process, a data processing apparatus, a computer program product, and a computer-readable storage medium A method, apparatus, and a non-transitory computer-readable storage medium for temporally stabilizing White Point (WP) information in an Auto White Balance (AWB) process. The method may include receiving lux level, AWB statistics, and input WP. The method also include generating a histogram of the AWB statistics. The method may also include generating, from the histogram, a confidence value for the input WP. The method may also include determining a major colour count. The method may also include determining a threshold value based on the major colour count and the lux level. The method may also include setting an update state to locked when the confidence value is below the threshold value and otherwise setting it to unlocked. The final WP information is obtained from a previous frame when the update state is locked and otherwise from the input WP information.
US11457182B1	Surveillance system for mobile surveillance access to remote areas A surveillance system for mobile surveillance access to remote areas comprising a housing sized to be manually portable, and a power supply, an input port, a video converter, an encoder, and a router all within the housing. The power supply is configured to provide power to the system. The input port is configured to receive a video stream from a camera. The video converter is configured to convert the video stream from a digital signal to an analog signal. The encoder is configured to convert the video stream into a reduced bitrate digital stream having a bitrate less than or equal to 3 megabits per second. The router is configured to transmit the reduced bitrate digital stream over at least two of a plurality of communication paths simultaneously. The system is manually portable and configured to livestream the video stream to the internet in real time.
US11457170B2	Methods and systems for thermal image display An example method is performed by a thermal imaging device. The method includes capturing a thermal image of a vehicle and displaying the thermal image within a first region of a display of the thermal imaging device. The method further includes displaying information related to servicing the vehicle within a second region of the display that is distinct from the first region. Other example methods performed by a thermal imaging device are also disclosed herein.
US11457164B2	Image sensing device Provided is an image sensing device including a photoelectric element configured to receive a reset signal at a first end and connected to a sensing node at a second end, a reset transistor configured to reset a floating diffusion at a first voltage, a capacitor disposed between the floating diffusion and the sensing node, a driving transistor configured to generate a pixel signal from a charge generated by the photoelectric element based on a second voltage, and a selection transistor configured to provide the pixel signal to an external device, wherein while the selection transistor is turned on, the reset transistor is turned off at a first time point, and the sensing node is reset by the reset signal at a second time point that is later than the first time point.
US11457161B2	Imaging device moving an imaging element a predetermined amount for each exposure to acquire a plurality of images, image blur correction method, and recording medium Provided is an imaging device that performs a pixel shift for moving an imaging element a predetermined shift amount for each exposure to acquire a plurality of images and synthesizes the plurality of images to generate a high-resolution image, the imaging device including: a signal processing unit that sets an image blur correction target value on the basis of a shake of the imaging device detected by a vibration detection unit; and an image blur correction unit that corrects an image blur in accordance with the image blur correction target value, wherein the signal processing unit fixes the image blur correction target value to a predetermined value when the pixel shift is performed.
US11457158B2	Location estimation device, location estimation method, and program recording medium In order to provide a technique for improving precision of location estimation using a video, a location estimation device includes: a video processing unit that executes video processing including location estimation of an imaging unit, based on a plurality of feature points extracted from a video captured by the imaging unit and composed of a plurality of frames; and an imaging control unit that determines, on the basis of video-related information acquired in the video processing on a first frame belonging to a first group out of the plurality of frames, an exposure condition of the imaging unit in a second frame belonging to a second group different from the first group out of the plurality of frames.
US11457157B2	High dynamic range processing based on angular rate measurements Systems and methods are disclosed for high dynamic rate processing based on angular rate measurements. For example, methods may include receiving a short exposure image that was captured using an image sensor; receiving a long exposure image that was captured using the image sensor; receiving an angular rate measurement captured using an angular rate sensor attached to the image sensor during exposure of the long exposure image; determining, based on the angular rate measurement, whether to apply high dynamic range processing to an image portion of the short exposure image and the long exposure image; and responsive to a determination not to apply high dynamic range processing to the image portion, selecting the image portion of the short exposure image for use as the image portion of an output image and discard the image portion of the long exposure image.
US11457148B2	Image processing apparatus, imaging apparatus, and control method A digital camera that corrects an image blur of a captured image by driving a shift lens group is provided. The digital camera determines a specified region of the captured image, and when a panning shot will be performed, the digital camera drives the shift lens group based on a movement of the specified region to execute control to correct an image blur for the specified region, and subsequently executes focus control for focusing on an object.
US11457146B1	Synchronizing a multi-camera system Techniques for synchronizing acquisition of image data by cameras in a multi-camera system using a waveform associated with an AC power supply for the cameras. Each camera in the multi-camera system may receive power from the AC power supply provided using an AC voltage signal. Further, each camera may be configured to identify predefined voltages on a waveform of the AC voltage signal. By detecting the predefined voltage on the waveform of the AC voltage signal, the cameras may be synchronized according to a frequency of the AC voltage signal. The cameras may be configured to synchronize acquisition of image data from respective imaging sensors based on the frequency of the AC voltage signal. In this way, the cameras of the multi-camera system may be synchronized using an AC power signal delivered through wires that are used to deliver power to the multiple cameras.
US11457145B2	System and method for producing a spatially highly precise, localized panoramic street image The invention relates to a method for producing a spatially highly precise, localized panoramic street image of a street from a continuous film with location information recorded by means of a vehicle, wherein the film contains image data at an angle of 90° to the course of the street, which is referred to as zero position, and has a capture angle of at least 20° in the horizontal. Here, for each frame of the film recording positions are ascertained and afterwards, in an analysis step, the physical distance between the recording positions of a first and a subsequent frame is calculated. Following this, image strips are extracted from the first and the subsequent frame, which correlate with the distance. Furthermore, the invention relates to a system for executing the relevant method according to the invention.
US11457123B2	Universal secure imaging workflow comprising, based on print commands or print instruction received from a user wireless device, storing a print job in a server via a first module comprising upgradeable capability schema with custom commands for printer model numbers, wherein the upgradeable capability schema is based on a supplier model, a gateway IP address and domain name Embodiments disclosed include systems and methods for computer automated print services control comprising authenticating a user credential input via a user device. The system and method includes generating, by a printer driver comprised in the user device, a user interface comprising features supported by a plurality of printing devices. Further, it includes receiving via the user device over the network, a print instruction comprising the features supported by the plurality of printing devices connected to the computer system over the network. And based on the print instruction, generating a print job in an embodiment. Further, based on the user authentication at one of the plurality of printing devices, converting via a gateway, the received print instruction into a format compatible with that printing device and releasing the generated print job for printing at that printing device, according to an embodiment.
US11457119B2	Image forming apparatus According to an embodiment, an image forming apparatus includes a sheet conveyance unit that is configured to transport a print medium along a conveyance path. An antenna is configured to emit radio waves towards a predetermined portion of the conveyance path. A controller is configured to control the antenna to emit the radio waves towards the predetermined portion with a polarization direction set according to a type of the print medium being transported by the sheet conveyance unit. The print medium may have, for example, one or more wireless tags thereon or therein.
US11457115B2	Image reading apparatus and method for notifying user of possibility that documents with different sizes are mixed and read, and providing navigation for prompting enabling function and re-reading of documents A multifunction peripheral (MFP), which successively conveys a plurality of documents stacked on a document tray and reads the document, determines whether there is a difference among sizes of the plurality of documents in response to at least one of the documents being read by a scanner, in a case where a preview operation of a read image is performed, notifies a user of a possibility that documents having different sizes are mixed and read based on a result of the determination, enables a function of performing reading corresponding to respective document size of mixed size documents in which documents having different sizes are mixed, and provides navigation for prompting re-reading of the document.
US11457113B2	Image processing apparatus configured to instruct execution of calibration using test chart, and image forming apparatus configured to execute calibration using test chart An information processing apparatus is configured to communicate with an image forming apparatus. The image forming apparatus includes a document feeder configured to convey, in order to read an original on an original tray, the original on the tray. The image forming apparatus is configured to form an image on a sheet based on a result of reading the original. The information processing apparatus includes an acquisition unit configured to acquire user instruction information about types of calibration selected from among a plurality of types of calibration for adjusting a quality of an image to be formed by the image forming apparatus; and a controller configured to determine test charts to be created by the image forming apparatus based on the user instruction information; receive an execution instruction that instructs to create the test charts in succession.
US11457105B2	Portable terminal device, incoming call screen display method, and program Incoming call signal reception means receives an incoming call signal including a caller number, caller information, and ring type information. Image generation means generates, based on the incoming call signal, a caller information image including at least a portion of the caller information as character information. Telephone dictionary registering means registers the caller number, caller text information, and the caller information image in a telephone dictionary. Incoming call screen display means receives the caller number and acquires the registered caller text information and the caller information image corresponding to the received caller number from the telephone dictionary. Incoming call screen display means displays an incoming call screen including the caller text information and the caller information image.
US11457103B2	Telephone system with customizable advertising functionalities A system includes multiple in-room telephones (e.g., in the rooms of a hotel or the like) with integrated tablet-like touch displays in each one of multiple rooms, a computer-based server that is connected to the in-room telephones and interacts with the in-room telephones to provide configuration information to facilitate display of advertising information including, for example, logos, at the touch displays of the in-room telephones, and one or more computer control terminals connected to the computer-based server and operable to facilitate human control over various aspects of system operation including the advertising information displayed at the touch displays of the in-room telephones.
US11457098B2	Transmitting apparatus, receiving apparatus, and signal processing method thereof A transmitting apparatus, a receiving apparatus and methods of controlling these apparatuses are provided. The transmitting apparatus includes: a baseband packet generator configured to, based on an input stream including a first type stream and a second type stream, generate a baseband packet including a header and payload data corresponding to the first type stream; a frame generator configured to generate a frame including the baseband packet; a signal processor configured to perform signal-processing on the generated frame; and a transmitter configured to transmit the signal-processed frame, wherein the header includes a type of the payload data in the baseband packet and the number of the first type stream packets in the baseband packet.
US11457085B2	Computer-based systems and/or computing devices configured for push-based transmissions using the target as a system of record An example method includes receiving user profile configuration information identifying a user and determining a recipient list for push-based information updates. The recipient list comprises a plurality of other computing devices and the recipient list is associated with the user profile configuration information. The method further includes determining an information set or application for the push-based information updates. The method further includes receiving an input comprising a change to the information set or the application. The method further includes running a daemon process as a background process of an operating system of the computing device. The daemon process is configured to monitor the information set or the application for the change and automatically transmit the change directly to the plurality of other computing devices without being received by any intermediate devices so as to push the change upon the receiving of the change to the information set or the application.
US11457083B2	Methods and apparatus to correlate a demographic segment with a fixed device Methods, apparatus, systems, and articles of manufacture to correlate a demographic segment with a fixed device are disclosed. An example method includes accessing a record indicating a public Internet Protocol (IP) address used by a fixed device. A monitoring data record received from a mobile device is accessed. A demographic segment of a user of the mobile device is determined. The mobile device is associated with the fixed device when an IP address of the mobile device from the monitoring data record matches the public IP address used by the fixed device. The demographic segment of the user of the mobile device is associated with the fixed device based on the association of the fixed device and the mobile device.
US11457080B1	Service mesh management A system, method, and computer readable medium for managing service mesh for container instances. The method includes generating a service mesh that includes a plurality of computing resources. The method further includes obtaining, from an instantiated computing resource, a request to associate the computing resource with another computing resource in the service mesh, where the request comprising a set of constraints that allows the other computing resource to be identified. Based on the set of constraints, the computing resources in the service mesh are connected in which the computing resources communicate with each other through a dedicated proxy.
US11457073B1	Supernode graceful shutdown in a proxy infrastructure Systems and methods herein provide for a proxy infrastructure. In the proxy infrastructure, a network element (e.g., a supernode) is connected with a plurality of exit nodes. At one of a plurality of messenger units of the proxy infrastructure, a proxy protocol request is received directly from a client computing device. The proxy protocol request specifies a request and a target. In response the proxy protocol request, a selection is made between one between one of the plurality of exit nodes. A message with the request is sent from the messenger to the supernode connected with the selected exit node. Finally, the message is sent from the supernode to the selected exit node to forward the request to the target.
US11457072B2	Network connection and maintenance A method and apparatus for network connection and maintenance having reduced connection time, increased probability of successful connection, and increased reliability once connected. A second communication protocol is added to network devices, so that two connection-related operations are performed during overlapping periods of time, thereby reducing required connection time while increasing probability of successful connection. Once a device is connected to the network, network maintenance messages, including re-keying requests and “keep-alive” messages, may be sent via the second communication protocol during periods of network congestion, increasing network reliability.
US11457061B2	Creating a cinematic storytelling experience using network-addressable devices Systems and methods are provided for creating a cinematic storytelling experience. A user a user selection of a story is received from a client device. User input to initiate verbal recitation of the selected story is received. Correspondence between the verbal recitation and at least one keyword is detected, and the at least one corresponding action is performed.
US11457059B2	System and method for ingesting and presenting a video with associated linked products and metadata as a unified actionable shopping experience A computer-implemented method for ingesting and presenting a video with associated linked products and metadata as a unified actionable shopping experience may include accessing a video file, receiving information about an object, the information including a link to a merchant portal or web page through which the object may be purchased, combining the video file and information about the object into a social media post, and delivering the social media post to consumers.
US11457056B2	Methods of handling an overload situation of a session initiation protocol, SIP node in a telecommunication network, as well as related SIP nodes A method of handling an overload situation of a Session Initiation Protocol, SIP, node in a telecommunication network, wherein the method includes the steps of receiving, by a proxy SIP node in the telecommunication network, an SIP request for requesting a service in the telecommunication network, forwarding, by the proxy SIP node, the SIP request to a service SIP node in the telecommunication network, receiving, by the proxy SIP node, from the service SIP node, a Server Failure Response message, wherein the Server Failure Response message includes an indication that the service node cannot fulfil the SIP request due to an overload situation at the service SIP node, and restricting, by the proxy SIP node, future SIP traffic to the service SIP node based on the received Server Failure Response message.
US11457054B2	Selection of resolutions for seamless resolution switching of multimedia content Systems and methods for the selection of resolutions for seamless resolution switching of multimedia content in accordance with embodiments of the invention are disclosed. In one embodiment of the invention, a source encoder includes a processor configured by a source encoder application to receive multimedia content, where the multimedia content comprises video data having a primary resolution and a primary sample aspect ratio and encode the video data as a set of alternative streams, where a plurality of the streams in the set of alternative streams have different maximum bitrates and resolutions, the resolution of each of the plurality of streams comprises a width and height that are both an integer number of pixels, and both the width and height of each of the plurality of streams is a common fraction of the width and height of the corresponding primary resolution.
US11457053B2	Method and system for transmitting video A computerized method for transmitting one or more video streams, the method may include receiving at least one input video stream that comprises visual information obtained from multiple fields of view that differ from each other; converting the at least one input video stream to a group of encoded independent self-contained video streams (EISCVSs), by performing a codec-agnostic process; wherein different EISCVSs comprise visual information from different spatial segments of the at least one input video stream; receiving a first request to receive video information related to a first direction related to a first user; generating a first video stream that comprises a first sub-set of EISCVSs that is related to the first direction; and sending the first video stream to a device of the first user, over a first communication link that has a first bandwidth that is lower than a bandwidth required to convey the input video stream.
US11457043B2	Enforcing micro-segmentation policies for physical and virtual application components in data centers A device may receive policy information associated with a first application group and a second application group. The device may receive network topology information associated with a network. The device may generate a first policy based on the policy information and the network topology information, and generate a second policy based on the policy information and the network topology information. The device may provide, to the virtual network device, information associated with the first policy to permit the virtual network device to implement the first policy in association with network traffic transferred between the first application group and the second application group. The device may provide, to the physical network device, information associated with the second policy to permit the physical network device to implement the second policy in association with network traffic transferred between the first application group and the second application group.
US11457042B1	Multi-tiered system for detecting and reducing unauthorized network access Embodiments are disclosed for detecting and responding to potentially fraudulent transactions and other network access events via a system comprising a three-tiered network architecture. An example system comprises one or more user equipment devices configured with a thin client application (a first tier). The one or more user equipment devices are capable of communicating with a respective local authority controller and a local knowledge base (the second tier). The one or more local authority controllers and local knowledge bases are configured to interact with a master authority controller and master knowledge base (the third tier) to enable the efficient assessment of potentially localized fraudulent network activity and the passing of network access rule sets amongst the devices in each tier. Corresponding apparatuses and methods are also provided.
US11457041B2	System and methods for reverse vishing and point of failure remedial training Embodiments of the disclosure describe a simulated phishing campaign manager that communicates a simulated phishing communication that includes at least the telephone number and reference identifier, to a device of a user. The content of the simulated phishing communication may prompt the user to call the telephone number identified in the simulated phishing communication. The security awareness system may select a telephone number and a reference identifier to use for the simulated phishing communication, the combination of which may be later used to identify a specific user if they respond to the message. Each of a plurality of users may have a unique combination of telephone number and reference identifier. The telephone number may be selected based on the geographic location of the user, or the telephone number may be selected to correspond to content in a simulated phishing communication.
US11457028B2	Systems and methods for emergency shutdown and restore of access entitlements responsive to security breach Responsive to a user instruction or a security breach occurring in an enterprise computing environment, an emergency shutdown and restore module is adapted to obtain and evaluate an identity population definition to determine a population of identities (e.g., a forensic team) associated with accounts distributed across applications in the enterprise computing environment. The emergency shutdown and restore module is further adapted to determine source systems of such accounts and communicate with those source systems via source-specific connectors. The emergency shutdown and restore module can respectively request the source systems to shut down access to the applications by the accounts associated with the population of identities, or to exclude the accounts associated with the population of identities in shutting down access to the applications. After performing a security breach analysis, the emergency shutdown and restore module can request the source systems to restore access respectively, significantly reducing impact to enterprise operations.
US11457019B2	Access control authentication scheme based on continuous authentication In an approach for an access control system, a processor verifies an identity of a user in specified time intervals based on a first device associated with the user. A processor sends a validation token to a cloud-based system and updates a record associated with the user in the cloud-based system. A processor, in response to an attempt to access a secure area, transmits the validation token to a second device. A processor verifies the validation token by the second device with the cloud-based system.
US11457015B2	Enhanced value component predictions using contextual machine-learning models The present disclosure generally relates to systems and methods that intelligently generate reassignment value conditions for reassigning access rights. The systems and methods include executing a trained contextual machine-learning model to generate predictions of value components of the reassignment value condition, which once satisfied, enables an access-right requestor to have an assigned access right reassigned to the access-right requestor.
US11457000B2	Information intermediating apparatus, information providing apparatus, and information acquiring apparatus An information intermediating apparatus in an information transaction system including an information providing apparatus, an information acquiring apparatus and the information intermediating apparatus connected to a communication network, includes: a first receiver that receives second information, of first and second information necessary for restoring transaction object information, and first feature information indicating a feature of the first information; a second receiver that receives second feature information from the information acquiring apparatus, the second feature information being calculated from the first information transmitted to the information acquiring apparatus from the information providing apparatus; a feature information determination unit that determines whether an identity is present between the first feature information and the second feature information; and a transmitter that transmits the second information to the information acquiring apparatus, when the feature information determination unit determines that the identity is present between the first feature information and the second feature information.
US11456995B2	Method and device for operating a communications network A device and method for operating a communications network in a vehicle, or for operating an industrial communications network; a control entity for the communications network, in particular, a software-defined networking controller, determining a countermeasure after detection of an attack; an infrastructure component being configured as a function of the countermeasure, in particular, by setting at least one filtering, blocking or forwarding rule; and at least one data stream from or to at least one other infrastructure component being isolated by the infrastructure component, in a portion of the communications network; or at least one data stream to or from an end node being isolated by the infrastructure component, in a portion of the communications network.
US11456993B2	Content-modification system with household coordination feature In one aspect, an example method includes receiving, from a first content-presentation device, a request for supplemental content for use in connection with performing a content-modification operation; identifying a download conflict between the first content-presentation device and a second content-presentation device having a same IP address as the first content-presentation device; and providing, to the first content-presentation device, a response to the request, with the request including a download delay instruction. Reception of the download delay instruction by the first content-presentation device causes the first content-presentation device to wait until a condition associated with the download delay instruction is satisfied before downloading a supplemental content item specified in the response.
US11456992B2	Method for automatically configuring a router, method for automatic address configuration, router, computer program and computer-readable medium A method for automatic address configuration, router, computer program, computer-readable medium and method for automatically configuring a router that has an upstream interface, connected or connectable to a higher-level subnetwork and/or a higher-level router, and a downstream interface, connected or connectable to a lower-level subnetwork, wherein whether the router receives, on the upstream interface, messages providing notification of at least one domain as part of a DNS search list option, is monitored and, if the message is not received over a prescribed period, a DNS island mode is automatically activated in which the DNS zone of a local DNS server of the router is configured using a predefined island domain, and a transmission module of the router is prompted to send a message via the downstream interface, which message includes the preconfigured island domain as part of a DNS search list option, preferably an address of the downstream interface.
US11456986B2	Single message management platform Methods and devices related to a single message management platform are described. In an example, a method can include receiving a first message at a first processing resource via a first application, receiving a second message at the first processing resource via a second application, receiving the first message and the second message at a memory, storing the first message and the second message in the memory, receiving a command to open a single message management platform, receiving the first message and the second message at the single message management platform, and organizing the first message and the second message at the single message management platform.
US11456985B2	Apparatuses, methods, and computer program products for data retention in a common group-based communication channel Embodiments described herein include apparatuses, computer program products, and methods for data management in a group-based communication system. Specifically, some embodiments address data management for group-based communication channel(s) accessible to any number of entities based on various data retention policies. In this regard, embodiments enable maintenance of data associated with multiple organizations accessing a group-based communication channel based on a single, shared data retention policy, or different data retention policies, for example based on authorship of the group-based communication message. In embodiments, a data retention policy may be assigned directly to an entity, or assigned to a higher-level or lower-level entity and function as a default data a retention policy for other entities associated therewith. A group-based communication system is configured to enable storage of data based on corresponding data retention policies for each organization identifier, and/or an agreed data retention policy for all organization identifiers.
US11456971B2	Techniques for handling message queues Techniques are disclosed relating to handling queues. A server-based platform, in some embodiments, accesses queue information that includes performance attributes for a plurality of queues storing one or more messages corresponding to one or more applications. In some embodiments, the platform assigns, based on the performance attributes, a corresponding set of the plurality of queues to each of a plurality of processing nodes of the platform. In some embodiments, the assigning of a corresponding set of queues to a given one of the plurality of processing nodes causes instantiation of: a first set of one or more dequeuing threads and a second set of one or more processing threads. The dequeuing threads may be executable to dequeue one or more messages stored in the corresponding set of queues. The processing threads may be executable to perform one or more tasks specified in the dequeued one or more messages.
US11456970B1	Augmenting data plane functionality with field programmable integrated circuits Some embodiments provide novel circuits for augmenting the functionality of a data plane circuit of a forwarding element with one or more field programmable circuits and external memory circuits. The external memories in some embodiments serve as deep buffers that receive through one or more FPGAs a set of data messages from the data plane (DP) circuit to store temporarily. In some of these embodiments, one or more of the FPGAs implement schedulers that specify when data messages should be retrieved from the external memories and provided back to the data plane circuit for forwarding through the network. For instance, in some embodiments, a particular FPGA can perform a scheduling operation for a first set of data messages stored in its associated external memory, and can direct another FPGA to perform the scheduling operation for a second set of data messages stored in the particular FPGA's associated external memory. Specifically, in these embodiments, the particular FPGA determines when the first subset of data messages stored in its associated external memory should be forwarded back to the data plane circuit to forward to data messages in the network, while directing another FPGA to determine when a second subset of data messages stored in the particular FPGA's external memory should be forwarded back to the data plane circuit.
US11456965B2	Network service request throttling system Disclosed are various embodiments for throttling requests for a network service. A request for a network service is received from a client application and parameters are extracted from the request. Throttling policies applicable to the parameters are identified and retrieved, and it is determined whether the request should be processed based at least upon the throttling policies and the request parameters.
US11456964B2	Discovery and adjustment of path maximum transmission unit Methods, systems, and apparatuses for discovering dynamic path maximum transmission unit (PMTU) between a sending computing device and a receiving computing device (e.g., a client device and a host device) are described herein. A sending computing device may iteratively transmit bursts of probe packets, each burst being defined by a search range between a maximum packet size and a minimum packet size. The sending computing device may iteratively update the search range based on the previous iteration until the search converges on the PMTU. When the PMTU is discovered, each of the computing devices may update their transport and presentation layer buffers based on the discovered PMTU without any other protocol level disruption. In a multi-path scenario, the computing device may discover PMTU for each of the paths and select a performance optimal path based on the individual PMTUs and other network characteristics such as loss, latency, and throughput.
US11456959B2	Sampling node and a method performed thereby for handling flows through a SDN between client(s) and origin server(s) of a communication network A sampling node in a SDN and a method performed thereby for handling flows through the SDN between client(s) and origin server(s) of a communication network connected to the SDN are provided. The method comprising receiving (110) a fraction of a total amount of traffic flows originating at client(s) served by the SDN, and destined for the origin server(s); identifying (120) which of the received traffic flows that benefit from being routed via a service optimising node, capable of providing value added services, VAS, to the traffic flows, by fulfilling predetermined conditions; and determining (130), for each individual traffic flow, a capacity demand of the flow. The method further comprises selecting (150) which traffic flows that shall be routed via the service optimising node on the basis of their capacity demand considering a capacity of the service optimising node; and informing (160) a flow switch of the SDN about which traffic flows should bypass the service optimising node and which traffic flows that should be routed via the service optimising node.
US11456956B2	Systems and methods for dynamic connection paths for devices connected to computer networks Systems and methods are disclosed for dynamically selecting a connection path between a client device and a server. One method includes receiving, over a network at a server, a connection request from a client device; authenticating, by the server, the connection request from the client device; determining, by the server, a connection path for the authenticated client device based on the connection request; determining, by the server, whether the connection path for the authenticated client device is a new connection path based on the connection request; and storing, by the server, the connection path to a connection database in association with the authenticated client device when the connection path is determined to be new, the connection database including a plurality of connection paths between the client device and the server.
US11456953B2	System and method for adding routing paths in a network Aspects of the present disclosure involve systems, methods, computer program products, and the like, for generating a routing table. In one implementation, BGP route broadcasts are received by a control plane of a network. The BGP route broadcasts are aggregated into a table of address summarized routes based on IP addresses included in the BGP route broadcasts. A table of attribute summarized routes is generated from the table of address summarized routes based on similarities between attributes included in the address summarized routes.
US11456944B1	Managing outage reporting using last gasps Detecting an outage by a first node in layer N of a multi-layer mesh network that is in communication with a root node via the mesh network. After waiting for a sustained outage period that expires, the first node waits for a layer-specific time interval that is based on a topology of the second layer. The first node receives a last gasp from a second node in layer N+1 of the multi-layer mesh network. The last gasp includes an identifier for the second node and an indication of layer N+1. After the layer-specific time interval expires, the first node transmits a consolidated last gasp that includes an identifier for the first node, an indication of layer N, the identifier for the second node, and the indication of layer N+1.
US11456937B2	Systems and methods for high availability and performance preservation for groups of network functions A system described herein may provide a technique for the proactive failover of groups of Virtualized Network Functions (“VNFs”) based on monitoring Key Performance Indicators (“KPIs”) associated with the VNFs. KPIs associated with a particular VNF or a set of VNFs may be monitored, and a failover event indicating service degradation or imminent service degradation may be detected based on the KPIs associated with the particular VNF or set of VNFs. Additional VNFs, associated with the particular VNF or set of VNFs, may be further identified for failover from a first data center to a second data center. The additional VNFs may be identified for failover without necessarily monitoring KPIs associated with the additional VNFs, and/or based on factors in addition to KPIs associated with the additional VNFs. For example, the additional VNFs may be failed over based on the KPIs associated with the particular VNF or set of VNFs.
US11456935B2	Method and server for monitoring users during their browsing within a communications network A method for monitoring browsers (B) for a communications network (N), wherein a monitoring server contains a set of monitoring elements, and implements: ⋅—a step (E1) of receiving a monitoring element request from a browser (B), ⋅—a step (E2) of determining whether the request is a first request from the browser, ⋅—if so, a step (E3) of calculating an identifier for the browser, then a step (E4) of determining a cache duration value associated with each monitoring element of the set, and a step (E5) of transmitting the set of monitoring elements and associated values to the browser; ⋅—if not, a step (E6) of determining the browser's identifier based on the monitoring elements requested in the request.
US11456927B2	Installation and upgrade of visualizations for managed networks An embodiment may involve receiving a request to install or upgrade a performance analytics dashboard of a graphical user interface displayed on a client device. The performance analytics dashboard may define a data visualization related to a particular key performance indicator. A data model may represent configuration and operational characteristics of computing devices disposed within a managed network. The configuration and operational characteristics may include key performance indicators. The embodiment may also involve determining that installing or upgrading the performance analytics dashboard requires updating data within the data model. The embodiment may also involve receiving, by way of the graphical user interface, permission to update the data within the data model. The embodiment may also involve updating the data within the data model then installing or upgrading the performance analytics dashboard.
US11456901B2	Transmit spur detection and mitigation for wireless communications devices Systems, methods, and devices reduce and mitigate spurs that may occur in transmit waveforms of wireless communications devices. Methods include receiving a plurality of samples of a baseband transmission and generating, using a processing device, an estimated amplitude and an estimated phase of a spur component of the baseband transmission based on the received plurality of samples, the spur component being a spectral spike in a transmit waveform. Methods further include generating, using the processing device, a canceling signal configured to cancel the estimated amplitude and estimated phase of the spur component, and canceling the spur component of the baseband transmission by combining the canceling signal with a transmission of at least a portion of a data packet.
US11456899B2	Methods and systems for performing analysis and correlation of DOCSIS 3.1 pre-equalization coefficients A method, apparatus and system for implementing pre-equalization equalizer tap analysis and correlation in a DOCSIS 3.1 network environment. The disclosed principles improve the pre-equalization analysis in the DOCSIS 3.1 environment by filtering out short distance reflections, which is required for the proper grouping and correlation of modems.
US11456895B2	Channel estimation method A channel estimation method is configured to estimate a channel length. The method includes the following operations: receiving an input signal; summing the input signal and an analog echo cancelation signal decrease an echo of the input signal, and generate a first signal according to a result of the summation; providing an analog gain value to the first signal to generate a second signal; performing an analog-to-digital conversion to the second signal to generate a third signal; obtaining a ratio according to an energy of a first frequency and an energy of a second frequency of the third signal; and estimating the channel length according to the ratio, and setting the analog gain value according to the estimated channel length.
US11456890B2	Open and safe monitoring system for autonomous driving platform In one embodiment, a system for operating an autonomous driving vehicle (ADV) includes a number of modules. These modules include at least a perception module to perceive a driving environment surrounding the ADV and a planning module to plan a path to drive the ADV to navigate the driving environment. The system further includes a bus coupled to the modules and a sensor processing module communicatively coupled to the modules over the bus. The sensor processing module includes a bus interface coupled to the bus, a sensor interface to be coupled to a first set of one or more sensors mounted on the ADV, a message queue to store messages published by the sensors, and a message handler to manage the messages stored in the message queue. The messages may be subscribed by at least one of the modules to allow the modules to monitor operations of the sensors.
US11456881B2	Lifecycle management method and apparatus for trusted certificates and trust chains A method and apparatus is provided for updating certificates in a trust chain and managing versions of the trust chain. A first electronic processor determines that a first certificate in a first level of the trust chain is to be updated, updating the first certificate and each certificate in a lower level in the trust chain that is lower than the first level, creates a second version of the trust chain including an updated first certificate and an updated certificate at each lower level in the trust chain, and transmits the second version of the trust chain to one or more entities.
US11456877B2	Unified accelerator for classical and post-quantum digital signature schemes in computing environments A mechanism is described for facilitating unified accelerator for classical and post-quantum digital signature schemes in computing environments. A method includes unifying classical cryptography and post-quantum cryptography through a unified hardware accelerator hosted by a trusted platform of the computing device. The method may further include facilitating unification of a first finite state machine associated with the classical cryptography and a second finite state machine associated with the post-quantum cryptography though one or more of a single the hash engine, a set of register file banks, and a modular exponentiation engine.
US11456875B2	Trustless deterministic state machine The invention relates to distributed ledger technologies such as consensus-based blockchains. Computer-implemented methods for a trustless, deterministic state machine are described. The invention is implemented using a blockchain network, which may be, for example, a Bitcoin blockchain. A first transaction to validate is received at a node in a blockchain network. The first transaction includes a first script that, as a result of being executed, causes the node to at least obtain a first set of field values of the first transaction, a second set of field values of a second transaction, and an input. The second transaction is obtained. The second transaction includes a second script that includes a set of rules and, as a result of being executed, causes the node to at least verify that the second script matches a third script embedded in the first set of field values, determine, based at least in part on the second set of field values, a current state, and determine, based at least in part on the current state, the input, and the set of rules, a next state. The first transaction is validated as a result of execution of the first script and the second script.
US11456870B2	Authorization token including fine grain entitlements A method of interpreting an authorization token is described herein. The service can receive an authorization token from a client device, and validate a signature of the authorization token. The service can identify an allowed function value associated at least part of an entitlement representation contained in a body of the authorization token. The service can convert the allowed function value to an allowed function bitmask that includes bits at a plurality of bit positions that are set to values indicating whether the subscriber element has attributes associated with each of the plurality of bit positions on a predefined attribute list. The service can determine whether the allowed function bitmask indicates that the subscriber element has one or more qualifying attributes that entitle a user of the client device to access the service.
US11456869B2	Secure management of transfers of digital assets between computing devices using permissioned distributed ledgers The disclosed exemplary embodiments include computer-implemented systems, devices, and processes that securely manage transfers of digital assets between computing devices using permissioned distributed ledgers. By way of example, an apparatus may receive, from a first device, a request to transfer a digital asset to a second device and a first digital signature applied to the request. Based on a validation of the first digital signature, the apparatus may approve the request and apply a second digital signature to the request and the first digital signature indicative of the approval of the request by the apparatus. The apparatus may also transmit the request, the first digital signature, and the second digital signature to a computing system, which may validate the first and second digital signatures and perform operations that record the first public key and asset data identifying the digital asset within at least one element of a distributed ledger.
US11456868B2	Method and system for recording point to point transaction processing A method for providing a multi-service platform to entities includes the storage of profiles for a plurality of entities involved in services with other entities, including point to point and business to business transactions, including entities not registered, that can be claimed by each entity, where each entity can provide for roles and hierarchies of authorized users of the platform for that entity, and where the platform is configured to provide, among other services, registration of procurement status for purchase orders in a digital ledger that provides for auditability and immutability.
US11456847B2	Information sending/receiving method and apparatus Embodiments of this application relate to the communications field, and in particular, to an information sending/receiving method and apparatus in the communications field. The information receiving method includes: determining an information receiving time based on any two of a time division duplex sector sweep acknowledgement frame count index, a count index, and a time division duplex sector sweep frame count index, duration of a time division duplex sector sweep frame, and duration of a time division duplex sector sweep acknowledgement frame; and receiving information at the determined information receiving time. According to the information receiving/sending method provided in the embodiments of this application, the information sending apparatus can send information at an accurate information sending time, the information receiving apparatus can receive the information at an accurate information receiving time, and system communication can be normally performed.
US11456836B2	Implicit signaling of large-scale channel properties across multiple tracking reference signal transmissions Methods, systems, and devices for wireless communications are described that provide for multiple instances of aperiodic tracking reference signals (TRSs) that use a same set of large-scale channel properties. If two or more aperiodic TRS transmissions are triggered by downlink control information from a base station with a same transmission configuration indicator (TCI) state, a UE that receives the two or more aperiodic TRS transmissions may measure the multiple instances of the aperiodic TRS transmissions assuming that the same large scale parameters or properties can be inferred from each of the aperiodic TRS transmissions. The UE may then update one or more time tracking parameters, frequency tracking parameters, or combinations thereof, based on the same large scale transmission parameters being used for the multiple instances of the aperiodic TRS transmissions.
US11456826B2	HARQ feedback and retransmission mechanism for sidelink transmission Systems and methods for early termination of feedback in respect of sidelink transmissions are provided. A first UE transmits at least one sidelink (SL) transmission of a first set of SL transmissions to a second UE, the first set of SL transmissions comprising an initial SL transmission and a set number of SL retransmissions. If no ACK is received, then the first UE transmits the set number of retransmissions. On the other hand, if an ACK is received, then the first UE transmits fewer than the set number of SL retransmissions when an ACK is received from the second UE before the set number of SL retransmissions has been completed. By transmitting fewer than all of the set number of SL retransmissions, resources can be freed up for other purposes. The approach may be used for SL configured grant transmission.
US11456822B2	Method and apparatus for providing control resource set configuration in a wireless communication system Methods and apparatuses for providing control resource set configuration in a wireless communication system are disclosed herein. In one method, a network node transmits a signal indicating at least a first duration and a bit map, wherein the first duration is time duration of a control resource set (CORESET) and the bit map indicates first symbol(s) of monitoring occasion(s) of the CORESET within a slot, and wherein a set of bit position indicates value one in the bit map. The network node is not allowed to transmit the signal such that an interval between two bit positions in the set in the bit map is smaller than a second duration.
US11456819B2	Partial pseudo-randomization processing method, and corresponding apparatus and device, and storage medium Provided are a partial pseudo-randomization processing method, a corresponding apparatus, a device and a storage medium. The method includes performing pseudo-randomization processing on part of N bits b1, b2, . . . , bN to generate new N bits d1, d2, . . . , dN; and encoding the d1, d2, . . . , dN.
US11456818B2	Sensitivity of bluetooth receiver by introducing interleaver The invention belongs to the field of low-power consumption Bluetooth technology in wireless communication, in particular to a method for improving the sensitivity of the receiver in a low-power consumption Bluetooth system. The method of the invention is to introduce a deinterleaver between the symbol pattern mapper and GFSK modulator of the transmitting terminal under the low-power consumption Bluetooth coding mode, which is used to perform additional processing on the bitstream data and then perform modulation; then, due to the introduction of interleaving, Turbo iterative processing of demodulation and decoding can be performed at the receiving terminal; the receiving terminal comprises a Turbo iterative demodulator and decoder, which is used to model the low-power consumption Bluetooth GFSK modulator and convolutional coder into finite state machines, and then combine the deinterleaver to use the BCJR algorithm for iterative demodulation and decoding.
US11456814B2	Automatic optical link calibration with channel holders Automatic optical link calibration systems and methods include an optical node with an Optical Add-Drop Multiplexer (OADM) multiplexer including a channel holder source; an optical amplifier connected to the OADM multiplexer and to a fiber span; an Optical Channel Monitor (OCM) configured to monitor optical spectrum before and after the optical amplifier; and a controller configured to obtain data associated with the fiber span including measurements from the OCM, determine settings of the channel holder source needed to meet a target launch power profile for the fiber span, and configure the channel holder source based on the determined settings.
US11456810B2	Synchronization device and synchronization method A synchronization device and a synchronization method for synchronizing a first node and a second node are provided. The first node supports a first time protocol profile, and the second node supports a second time protocol profile. The synchronization method includes: providing a system operating time by a counter; communicating with the first node based on the first time protocol profile to obtain first synchronization information; calculating a time delay according to the first synchronization information, and correcting the system operating time according to the time delay to generate a corrected system operating time; and communicating with the second node based on the second time protocol profile so as to provide the second node with second synchronization information according to the corrected system operating time.
US11456805B2	Dual polarization unit for coherent transceiver or receiver A passive dual polarization unit and coherent transceiver and/or receiver including one or more passive dual polarization units are provided. An example passive dual polarization unit includes a polarization splitter configured to split an input signal into a TE mode and TM mode signals; TE/TM splitters each designed to split the TE/TM mode signals into first TE/TM signals and second TE/TM signals; a first TE signal polarization rotation component for receiving the first TE signal and providing a third TM signal having the same magnitude and time dependence as the first TE signal; a first TM signal polarization rotation component for receiving the first TM signal and providing a third TE signal having the same magnitude and time dependence as the first TM signal; and TE/TM couplers that couple the second TE/TM signals and the third TE/TM signals to generate output TE/TM signals.
US11456783B2	EIRP control method, communications apparatus, and communications system The present disclosure relates to equivalent isotropically radiated power (EIRP) control methods and communications apparatus. In one example method, an EIRP threshold of a spatial grid is determined, where the EIRP threshold of the spatial grid is related to a safety distance of the spatial grid, and a plurality of beams are controlled, so that a total EIRP of the plurality of beams in the spatial grid is less than or equal to the EIRP threshold.
US11456780B2	RFID tag with antenna de-activation switch A system, device, and method are disclosed for reducing or eliminating interference between proximate electronic devices. The system, device, and method rely on a switch communicatively disposed between a signal origination device and an antenna. Further, the switch is connected to an electronic device and is operable to receive a signal from the electronic device corresponding to whether the electronic device is in an activated or de-activated state. Additionally, when the electronic device is in an activated state, the switch is operable to open, preventing communication between the signal origination device and the antenna.
US11456779B2	Wireless power transmitter for high fidelity communications with amplitude shift keying Wireless power transfer systems, disclosed, include one or more circuits to facilitate high power transfer at high frequencies. Such wireless power transfer systems include a damping circuit, configured to dampen a wireless power signal such that communications fidelity is upheld at high power. The damping circuit includes at least a damping transistor that is configured to receive, from the transmitter controller, a damping signal for switching the transistor to control damping during transmission of amplitude shift keying (ASK) wireless data signals. Utilizing such systems enables wireless power transfer at high frequency, such as 13.56 MHz, at voltages over 1 Watt, while maintaining fidelity of in-band communications associated with the higher power wireless power signal.
US11456766B2	Virtualized methods, systems and devices to mitigate channel interference A method that incorporates aspects of the subject disclosure may include, for example, receiving digital data via a plurality of fiber optic cables, wherein the digital data represents a plurality of radio frequency signals received at a plurality of remote radio units via a plurality of uplink paths, wherein the first virtual processing system is configured to mitigate interference detected in one or more of the plurality of uplink paths, performing a plurality of measurements of the digital data to identify an interference condition associated with at least a portion of the plurality of uplink paths associated with the plurality of remote radio units; and providing updated digital data, according to the interference condition that is identified, to a second virtual processing system including at least one second virtual processor, wherein the second virtual processing system is configured to operate as one or more baseband units for providing cellular communication services. Other embodiments are disclosed.
US11456743B2	Differential signal transmission circuit There is provided a differential signal transmission circuit that includes a first output terminal, a second output terminal connected to the first output terminal via a load resistor, a high-side transistor formed of a p-channel MOSFET and connected between an application terminal of a power supply voltage and the first output terminal, a low-side transistor formed of an n-channel MOSFET and connected between an application terminal of a ground potential and the second output terminal, a high-side pre-driver configured to drive the high-side transistor, a low-side pre-driver configured to drive the low-side transistor, a first resistance part connected between an output end of the high-side pre-driver and a gate of the high-side transistor, and a second resistance part connected between an output end of the low-side pre-driver and a gate of the low-side transistor.
US11456740B2	Touch detection circuit with different charging and discharging currents and operating method thereof There is provided a touch detection circuit including a charging circuit, a discharging circuit, a counter and a processor. The charging circuit charges a detection capacitor within a charging interval using different currents. The discharging circuit discharges the detection capacitor within a discharging interval using different currents. The counter counts the charging interval and the discharging interval. The processor subtracts a baseline time from a counted charging time and a counted discharging time to cancel the noise interference.
US11456737B2	Self-driven gate-driving circuit A gate-driving circuit for turning on and off a switch device including a gate terminal coupled to a driving node, a drain terminal coupled to a power node, and a source terminal is provided. The gate-driving circuit includes a driving switch and a voltage control circuit. The driving switch includes a gate terminal coupled to a control node, a drain terminal coupled to the power node, and a source terminal coupled to the driving node. The voltage control circuit is coupled between the control node and the driving node. When a positive pulse is generated at the control node, the voltage control circuit provides the positive pulse to the driving node with a time delay.
US11456736B2	Circuit arrangement, power converter module, and method for operating the power converter module A circuit arrangement includes a plurality of switch assemblies connected in series, each provided with a parallel circuit of three assembly components, in which a first assembly component is a semiconductor switch, a second assembly component is a freewheeling diode, and a third assembly component is a surge arrester. The assembly components are disposed one above the other or next to one another as an assembly component stack, the three assembly components of each switch assembly are disposed in the assembly component stack in a consecutive manner. Each two adjacent assembly components are electrically connected to one another by a direct connection. A power converter module and a method for operating a power converter module are also provided.
US11456731B1	Deglitch circuit An electronic system is disclosed. The system has a differential signal generator configured to generate first and second single ended signals having opposite polarities. The input signal, and the first and second single ended signals transition between a first power voltage and a first ground voltage. The system also has a glitch management circuit configured to generate an output signal based on the first and second single ended signals, where the output signal transitions between a second power voltage and a second ground voltage. The glitch management circuit includes a first latch configured to receive the first and second single ended signals, and to generate first and second intermediate signals. The first and second intermediate signals each transition between the second power voltage and the second ground voltage. The system also has a second latch configured generate the output signal based on the first and second intermediate signals.
US11456729B1	Deskew cell for delay and pulse width adjustment A deskew system can be used to adjust signal characteristics such as pulse width and edge timing. In an example, a deskew system can include multiple timing control cells and each cell can operate in one of multiple different modes according to respective mode control signals. The modes can include at least a signal delay mode and a signal pulse width adjustment mode. In an example, a first cell in a deskew system can be configured to receive a test input signal at a first input node and, in response, provide a deskew output signal at a first output node. The deskew output signal can be based on the test input signal, a pulse width adjustment provided by the first cell, and on a delayed signal, corresponding to the input signal, that is provided by a subsequent cell in the series.
US11456723B2	Acoustic wave resonator RF filter circuit device An RF circuit device using modified lattice, lattice, and ladder circuit topologies. The devices can include a plurality of resonator devices and a plurality of resonator devices. In the ladder topology, the resonator devices are connected in series from an input port to an output port while shunt resonator devices are coupled the nodes between the resonator devices. In the lattice topology, a top and a bottom serial configurations each includes a pair of resonator devices that are coupled to differential input and output ports. A pair of shunt resonators is cross-coupled between each pair of a top serial configuration resonator and a bottom serial configuration resonator. The modified lattice topology adds baluns or inductor devices between top and bottom nodes of the top and bottom serial configurations of the lattice configuration. These topologies may be applied using single crystal or polycrystalline bulk acoustic wave (BAW) resonators.
US11456715B1	Operational amplifier with reduced input capacitance An operational amplifier includes an output transistor having a gate coupled to an output node, at least one intermediate transistor each having a common gate node, an input transistor having a gate coupled to an input node, and a load device coupled to sources of the output transistor, the at least one intermediate transistor, and the input transistor. The operational amplifier further includes an output stage coupled to the output node, configured to drive the voltage on the output node based on currents through the output transistor, the at least one intermediate transistors, and the input transistor. The operational amplifier further includes a first switch coupled between the common gate node of the at least one intermediate transistor and the gate of the input transistor, and a second switch coupled between the output node and the common gate node of the at least one intermediate transistors.
US11456714B2	Electronic device for processing radio signal and operating method thereof Various embodiments relate to an apparatus and a method for processing a radio signal in an electronic device. The electronic device may include: a communication processor; and a power amplifier electrically connected to the communication processor, the power amplifier including a first switch, an input port, a first output port, and a second output port, the power amplifier further including a first amplification circuit disposed on a first electrical path between the input port and the first switch, a second amplification circuit disposed on a second electrical path between the first switch and the first output port, and a third amplification circuit disposed on a third electrical path between the first switch and the second output port.
US11456708B1	Reference generation circuit for maintaining temperature-tracked linearity in amplifier with adjustable high-frequency gain Equalizing an input signal according to a receiver equalizer peaking circuit having a capacitor FET (CFET) providing a capacitive value and a resistor FET (RFET) providing a resistive value, generating a capacitor control voltage at a gate of the CFET using a capacitor controller DAC based on a first reference voltage, and a RFET control voltage at a gate of the RFET using a resistor controller DAC based on a second reference voltage, generating the first reference voltage using a replica input FET, the first reference voltage varying according to a threshold voltage (Vt) of an input FET, providing the first reference voltage to the capacitor controller DAC, generating the second reference voltage using a replica RFET, the second reference voltage varying with respect to the first reference voltage and a Vt of the replica of the RFET, and providing the second reference voltage to the resistor controller DAC.
US11456703B2	Complementary current field-effect transistor devices and amplifiers The present invention relates to a novel and inventive compound device structure, enabling a charge-based approach that takes advantage of sub-threshold operation, for designing analog CMOS circuits. In particular, the present invention relates to a solid state device based on a complementary pair of n-type and p-type current field-effect transistors, each of which has two control ports, namely a low impedance port and gate control port, while a conventional solid state device has one control port, namely gate control port. This novel solid state device provides various improvement over the conventional devices.
US11456700B1	Specifying SC and IT cut quartz resonators for optimal temperature compensated oscillator performance An oscillator includes dual resonators mounted in a helium filled coldweld holder. One resonator operates at anti-resonance into a load capacitance of about 20 picofarads, and operates on a third overtone frequency under noncontrolled temperature conditions. The other resonator operates on a fundamental mode at anti-resonance in a load capacitance of about 32 picofarads. Resonator crystals in a dual-crystal resonator may include a theta-angle shift to equalize frequency versus temperature curves at temperature extremes.
US11456699B1	CMOS oscillator biased with mixed bias current Oscillator circuits, electronic devices, and methods are disclosed. In one embodiment, an oscillator circuit includes a plurality of oscillator transistors comprising a plurality of gates, a plurality of adjustment transistors coupled to the plurality of gates, a differential output coupled to the plurality of oscillator transistors, a plurality of current transistors configured to receive one or more mixed bias current outputs, and generate a main current based on the one or more mixed bias current outputs, the one or more mixed bias current outputs and the main current being substantially constant over a range of temperatures, and one or more switches configured to set an oscillation frequency of the differential output by driving a first portion of a main current through at least one of the plurality of oscillator transistors, and driving a second portion of the main current through at least one of the plurality of adjustment transistors.
US11456685B2	Motor control device The present motor control device includes an inverter, a converter, and a control device. The control device has a rotation speed calculation unit that calculates a rotation speed of a motor; an optimum voltage calculation unit that calculates an optimum input voltage; a minimum voltage calculation unit that calculates a minimum input voltage required to operate the motor at a motor operating point; and a target value setting unit that sets either one of the optimum input voltage and the minimum input voltage as a target input voltage. In a case in which the set target torque exceeds a predetermined value, the target value setting unit sets the minimum input voltage lower than the optimum input voltage as the target input voltage.
US11456681B2	Micro electrostatic actuated pneumatic driven motor Described is an electrically actuated, pneumatic driven motor. The pneumatic driven motor includes a body having first and second surfaces, the body having a chamber defined by an interior wall, a displacement cavity, and a passage that fluidly couples the displacement cavity to the chamber, a bleeder port and a bleeder port passage that fluidly couples the bleeder port to the chamber, a valve disposed in the passage between the displacement cavity and the chamber, an annular pushrod mechanism coupled to the valve, the annular pushrod mechanism having a pair of pawls that protrude from an inner surface of the annular pushrod mechanism, an axle disposed in the chamber; and a motor gear disposed about the axle, the motor gear having a plurality of teeth that selectively engage with the pawls on the pushrod mechanism according to displacement of the annular pushrod mechanism.
US11456679B2	Voltage level multiplier module for multilevel power converters Generalized circuit topology of voltage level multiplier modules (VLMMs) for use with multilevel inverters (MLIs) and power converter circuits comprising at least one VLMM and a MLI are described herein. The VLMM is configured to receive a first output voltage from the MLI having a first number of voltage levels and to generate a second output voltage having a second number of voltage levels. If the first number of voltage levels is M, and the VLMM is N-fold voltage level multiplier, then second number of voltage levels is M×N+1. Switching pattern generators for use with the VLMM and modulation methods for controlling switching elements of the VLMM are also described herein.
US11456677B2	Power converter protection circuit A power conversion system includes a first switch configured to be connected between a first phase of a polyphase alternating current (AC) power source and an electrical load and a first diode configured to be connected between the first phase of the polyphase AC power source and the electrical load, the diode configured to conduct a current from the AC power source to the electrical load. The power conversion system also includes a control unit configured to interface with the first switch to close, responsive to the occurrence of a short circuit fault, the first switch during a negative current portion of the AC cycle of the first phase of the polyphase AC power source and open, responsive to the occurrence of the short circuit fault, the first switch during a positive current portion of the AC cycle of the first phase of the polyphase AC power source.
US11456671B2	Distributed control of a voltage regulator A controller is disclosed for a voltage regulator module including a power unit and providing an output current, Iout, at an output voltage, Vout, from an input current/voltage and being configured for use in a multi-module voltage regulator having a neighbouring voltage regulator module having a respective output connected in parallel, the controller comprising: a reference voltage source for providing a reference voltage; a current balancing unit, configured to receive a respective output current from the or each neighbouring voltage regulator module and to determine an adjusted reference voltage, from the reference voltage and for balancing the output current with the at least one respective output current; and a control unit configured to use the adjusted reference voltage to control the voltage regulator module, to provide the output current at the output voltage from the input current at the input voltage, based on adaptive voltage positioning regulation.
US11456665B2	Semiconductor device, electronic system device, and driving method thereof An electronic system device includes a semiconductor device and a power generating device for generating a power supply voltage. The semiconductor device includes a control circuit coupled with the power generating device via a power supply node, and a substrate-biased control circuit coupled with the control circuit. The electronic system device includes a DC-DC converter, and a switch arranged between the power supply nodes and the DC-DC converter. The control circuit sets the switch to an ON state after receiving the power supply voltage. The DC-DC converter receives the power supply voltage after the switch is controlled to the ON state. The substrate bias control circuit supplies a substrate bias voltage to the control circuit before the DC-DC converter receives the power supply voltage.
US11456664B2	Buck-boost DC-DC converter The present invention provides a technique for a power supply, and particularly, a buck-boost DC-DC converter which is advantageous for energy harvesting from a low voltage. An LC resonant unit generates a pair of clock type signals having phases opposite to each other from an input signal. These signals are supplied to the clock input terminals of the Dickson charge pumps connected in series and converted into power signals having an amplified voltage so as to match the rated input specification of the buck-boost DC-DC converter of a post-stage.
US11456652B2	Wire forming apparatus for electric machine winding A wire forming apparatus comprises a first rack moveable relative to a second rack in a first direction, a plurality of first forming structures provided on the first rack, and a plurality of second forming structures provided on the second rack. Each of the plurality of first forming structures is configured to move in the first direction, is separated from an adjacent first forming structure, and is configured to move in a second direction closer to the adjacent first forming structure when the first rack moves relative to the second rack. Each of the plurality of second forming structures is configured to move in the first direction, is separated from an adjacent second forming structure, and is configured to move in the second direction closer to the adjacent second forming structure when the first rack moves relative to the second rack. The second direction is different from the first direction.
US11456649B2	Rotating electrical machine and manufacturing method thereof A rotating electrical machine includes a coil, a rotor including a shaft, a rotor core, a commutator including plural hooks being provided with a first hook to which an end of the coil is connected, the coil wound on a predetermined tooth of plural teeth, and an insulator attached to the rotor core, and a stator. The insulator includes an annular portion provided to surround the plural hooks which are aligned along a circumferential direction of the shaft, and a protrusion protruding opposite to the rotor core. The protrusion is arranged on a path where an end part of the coil passes through, the end part corresponding to an area from a part connected to the predetermined tooth to the end of the coil connected to the first hook, the protrusion being hooked by the end part.
US11456647B2	Rotating electrical machine and diagnostic method for the same A rotating electrical machine of the present invention evaluates a relative displacement of members and improves reliability further even when two or more members operate or move. A rotating electrical machine of the present invention comprises a stator and a rotor disposed on an inner side of the stator with a predetermined gap. The stator includes vibration measuring devices, each of the vibration measuring devices placed on each of at least two members included in the stator, the members having different displacements or phases with each other. The rotating electrical machine includes a device that acquires a relative displacement of one of the members included in the stator by evaluating a difference between displacements or phases measured by the vibration measuring devices and that evaluates a lifetime of the one of the members included in the stator based on the relative displacement.
US11456643B2	Rotating electric machine, controller, vehicle system, and maintenance method of rotating electric machine A rotating electric machine includes a rotor rotatably supported and also including a magnet portion; a stator including a stator winding; and a plunger configured to displace the rotor and the stator relative to one another along an axial direction of the rotating electric machine. The stator includes a slotless structure in which at least one of no magnetic teeth and slot is provided. Thus, an attracting force acting between the magnet portion and the stator is weakened, thereby the rotor and the stator are easily displaceable relative to each other by the plunger.
US11456640B2	Rotor for rotary electric machine A rotor includes: a tubular retaining ring opened on an outer side thereof in an axial direction and covering a coil end portion of each of coils; and rotor baffles and insulation baffles alternately connected in a circumferential direction and partitioning a space in the retaining ring into a first space and a second space, the first space is formed over an entire circumference around a shaft, each rotor baffle includes, at a part thereof on a radially outer side of which a jumper portion is present, a first tapered shape part tilted so as to be more apart from the jumper portion toward a center side in the axial direction of the rotor.
US11456638B2	Acoustical treatment for a rotor of a laundry appliance A drive motor for a laundry appliance includes a stator having a plurality of windings that extend around teeth of the stator. A rotor is in electromagnetic communication with the stator. The rotor is coupled to a drive shaft that extends through the stator. When the winding of the stator is electrically energized, the rotor rotates relative to the stator at a predetermined range of rotational frequencies that includes a baseline natural frequency of the rotor. A harmonic-modulating member is attached to the rotor that modulates the baseline natural frequency of the rotor to be a modulated natural frequency. The predetermined range of rotational frequencies is free of the modulated natural frequency of the rotor.
US11456632B2	Consequent-pole type rotor, electric motor, air conditioner, and method for manufacturing consequent-pole type rotor A rotor includes a rotor core, a permanent magnet, a first part, a second part, and a third part. The third part is formed integrally with the first part and the second part. The rotor core is longer than the permanent magnet in an axial direction.
US11456631B2	Disc-type three-degree-of-freedom magnetic suspension switched reluctance motor A disc-type three-degree-of-freedom magnetic suspension switched reluctance motor includes a stator and a double-disc rotor. The stator includes an axial stator core, a permanent magnet ring, and a radial stator core coaxially connected to each other in sequence from outside to inside. Axial suspension teeth are distributed on two axial ends of the axial stator core, several axial torque teeth are evenly distributed between adjacent axial suspension teeth by axial magnetic isolation blocks, and axial suspension windings and axial torque windings are respectively wound on the axial suspension teeth and the axial torque teeth. Radial suspension teeth are distributed on the inner circumference of the radial stator core, radial torque teeth are evenly distributed between adjacent radial suspension teeth by a radial magnetic isolation block, and a radial suspension winding and a radial torque winding are respectively wound on the radial suspension teeth and the radial torque teeth.
US11456627B1	Dynamic operation adjustment in wireless power transfer system A wireless power transfer system is provided having a wireless transmission system with an input to receive input power from an input power source, a transmission antenna configured to couple with a receiver antenna associated with a wireless receiver system in a peripheral device, and a transmission controller configured to generate AC wireless signals including wireless power signals and wireless data signals. The transmission controller is further configured to derive a coupling factor based on coupling data sent from the wireless receiver system to the wireless transmission system, generate an update frequency based on the derived coupling factor, and transmit the update frequency to the wireless receiver system in the peripheral device, whereby the peripheral device provides coupling data to the wireless transmission system based on the update frequency.
US11456625B2	Power transmission device and method for detecting metal substance According to certain embodiments, a power transmission device comprises an induction circuit configured to transmit a wireless power signal through a charging pad and receive a signal from an external device; and at least one processor operatively connected to the induction circuit, wherein the processor is configured to: enter a wireless charging protection mode for wireless charging of the external device, measure a current value of the wireless power signal, and release the wireless charging protection mode when the packet information is not included in the signal transmitted from the external device and the measured current value or variation of the current value exceeds a threshold value.
US11456616B2	System and method for supplying uninterruptible power to a PoE device with a power supply input for solar power A system and method for supplying uninterruptible power includes a housing, a power supply input connected to a solar panel as a power supply, a main network input, a powered device output, an alternative power supply as a plurality of batteries, and a control module. The power supply input includes a controller and power distribution unit to manage the solar panel. The main network input and control module are also modified to include an adapter, a power management processor, and a network management processor. There can be a panel irradiance sensor on the solar panel and connected to the power management processor. The system can be located at a remote location with only the solar panel connected to the power supply input.
US11456609B1	Battery harvesting adapter The present invention includes a battery harvesting adapter configured to connect to a plurality of batteries operable to power a plurality of radios. The plurality of radios includes a PRC-148, a PRC-152, and a PRC-163 radio. The battery harvesting adapter is further configured to capture power from a battery and transfer the power to a radio, a battery, a portable power case, a DC-DC converter, and other equipment.
US11456595B2	Electrostatic protection circuit and semiconductor device including the same An electrostatic protection circuit includes first and second diodes, a resistor and a capacitor, an inverter configured to invert a signal to output an inverted signal to a gate-coupled transistor, a first switch configured to block a first leakage current from flowing through a pull-up driver in response to the inverted signal, and a second switch configured to block a second leakage current from flowing through a pull-down driver in response to the signal.
US11456591B2	Device for emulating a bimetallic strip, and device for protecting an electrical line from over-currents An emulating device for emulating a bimetallic strip, the emulating device comprising a current sensor capable of measuring a line current (IP) flowing through the emulating device, the emulating device being capable of providing a value representative of a cumulative thermal state over time t, which value is referred to as cumulative thermal state, by recursively adding a value representative of an initial thermal state, which value is referred to as initial thermal state, and a value representative of a present thermal state, which value is referred to as present thermal state, which is determined on the basis of the line current (IP).
US11456574B2	External-cavity semiconductor laser An external-cavity semiconductor laser includes a semiconductor laser element containing a gallium nitride material, a first lens disposed in an optical path of light emitted from the semiconductor laser element, a wavelength selective element disposed in an optical path of light transmitted through the first lens and configured to selectively transmit light having a predetermined wavelength, a second lens disposed in an optical path of light transmitted through the wavelength selective element, an output coupler disposed in an optical path of light condensed through the second lens, and a light-transmissive protective member bonded to at least one surface of the output coupler. The second lens is configured to cause light transmitted through the second lens and incident on the output coupler to form an image on a surface of the output coupler. The protective member covers the surface of the output coupler on which the image is formed.
US11456566B2	Coaxial connector seizure assembly with integrated mechanical stop and a hybrid fiber-coaxial (HFC) module implementing same A coaxial seizure assembly is disclosed that includes an integrated mechanical stop that prevents over-insertion and maintains a nominal/expected impedance value to enable high-frequency switching, e.g., 1.8-3 Ghz or greater. In more detail, the coaxial seizure assembly includes a coaxial receptacle defined by an opening configured to at least partially receive and couple to a coaxial connector. The opening communicates with a seizure cavity defined within the coaxial seizure assembly. A radio frequency (RF) interconnect at least partially extends into the seizure cavity, with the RF interconnect having a first end to electrically couple to an electrical component and a second end that extends a predetermined angle relative to the first end, e.g., substantially 90 degrees. The second end defines a mating surface that aligns within the seizure cavity such that an imaginary line drawn along an insertion path of a coaxial cable conductor pin intersects with the mating surface.
US11456558B2	Pass-through connector for a battery pack, battery pack, and method for introducing at least one gas in a hermetically sealable casing for a battery pack A pass-through connector for a battery pack having a hermetic casing is disclosed. The pass-through connector has a body including: a hermetic electrical, a first body portion defining a first connector portion, a second body portion opposite the first body portion, and a flange connected to and projecting radially from the second body portion. The pass-through connector also has a second connector portion selectively connected to the first connector portion, and a gasket abutting an engagement surface of the flange and adapted for providing a hermetic seal between the pass-through connector and the casing. At least one of the first body portion and the second connector portion defines at least one recess for permitting gas exchange in and out of the casing. A battery pack having the pass-through connector, and a method for introducing at least one gas in a hermetically sealable casing for a battery pack are also disclosed.
US11456549B2	Power backplane assembly and power supply module A power backplane assembly is adapted to be connected to a power supply. The power supply outputs a first voltage. The power backplane assembly includes a backplane body, a conversion circuit board, and an output circuit board. The backplane body is for plugging in the power supply. The conversion circuit board is electrically connected to the backplane body. The backplane body is adapted to deliver the first voltage to the conversion circuit board. The conversion circuit board converts the first voltage into a second voltage. The output circuit board is electrically connected to the conversion circuit board and includes a first output connector and a second output connector. The first output connector is configured to output the first voltage, and the second output connector is at least configured to output the second voltage. A power supply module which has the power backplane assembly is also provided.
US11456546B2	Pane having an electrical connection element A pane, includes a substrate, an electrically conductive structure on a region of the substrate, a layer of a solder material on a region of the electrically conductive structure, and at least two soldering points of the at least one electrical connection element on the solder material, wherein the at least two soldering points form at least one contact surface between the at least one electrical connection element and the electrically conductive structure, and a shape of the at least one contact surface has at least one segment of an oval, an ellipse, or a circle with a central angle α of at least 90°.
US11456544B2	Multiband antenna array with massive multiple input multiple output array An antenna that is suitable for multiband operation. The antenna includes a plurality of first radiating elements configured to radiate in a first frequency band. The first radiating elements are arranged in a sparse mMIMO array. The antenna further includes a plurality of second radiating elements configured to radiate in a second frequency band lower than the first frequency band. The second radiating elements are arranged in an array at least partially overlapping with the sparse array. At least some of the second radiating elements are disposed in an area covered by the sparse mMIMO array.
US11456543B2	Antenna assembly and antenna tuning-free method and apparatus A quantity of antennas included in the antenna assembly is greater than a quantity of receive antennas supported by customer premises equipment (CPE). Therefore, when a network changes, the CPE may select, from a plurality of antennas included in the antenna assembly, a quantity of antennas with relatively good data transmission performance as receive antennas, where the quantity is the same as the quantity of receive antennas supported by the CPE. That is, the CPE may not need to adjust directions of antennas, but select, from a redundant quantity of set antennas, antennas with relatively good receiving performance to ensure that the CPE is aligned with a direction with relatively good signal quality.
US11456535B2	Radio frequency (RF) amplifier circuit for antenna systems having a modal antenna An antenna system is provided. The antenna system includes a modal antenna disposed on a circuit board. The modal antenna includes a driven element and a parasitic element. The modal antenna is operable in a plurality of different modes. Each of the plurality of modes has a distinct radiation pattern. The antenna system further includes a radio frequency amplifier circuit disposed on the circuit board. The radio frequency amplifier circuit is coupled between the drive element of the modal antenna and a transmission line.
US11456528B2	Through-hole antenna mounts and assemblies A monopole-streetlight assembly includes: an elongate monopole having lower and upper ends; a module configured for mounting of telecommunications antennas; the module including an upper plate and a central spine having an upper end that extends above the upper plate; an adapter having a lower sleeve that receives the upper end of the spine and a flange that extends radially outwardly from the sleeve; and a luminaire unit having an arm having a base, the base being secured to the adapter flange, and further having a luminaire mounted opposite the base.
US11456514B2	Apparatus for processing radio frequency signals Apparatus for processing radio frequency, RF, signals, wherein said apparatus comprises at least a first transmission line and a second transmission line, and an electrically conductive element that is capacitively coupled with said first transmission line and said second transmission line and that is translationally movably arranged with respect to at least one of said first transmission line and said second transmission line.
US11456509B2	Composition for non-aqueous secondary battery functional layer, non-aqueous secondary battery functional layer, and non-aqueous secondary battery Disclosed is a composition for non-aqueous secondary battery functional layer which comprises non-conductive particles; a water-soluble polymer having a degree of swelling in electrolyte solution of greater than 1.0 time and 2.0 times or less; and a water-insoluble polymer having a volume-average particle diameter of 0.01 μm or more and 0.30 μm or less.
US11456504B2	Battery module including upper cover integrated with side covers fastened to lower cover, and manufacturing method thereof A battery module which includes: a battery stack formed by stacking a plurality of battery cells respectively including electrode tabs on each other; a pair of side covers disposed on both sides of the battery stack; a lower cover on which the battery stack is placed so that one side of the plurality of battery cells is in contact therewith; and an upper cover disposed on a side opposite to the lower cover with respect to the battery stack; wherein the pair of side covers and the upper cover are integrally formed, and the lower cover is fastened to at least one of the pair of side covers.
US11456498B2	Lithium air secondary battery Provided is a rechargeable lithium-air battery that improves charge-discharge energy efficiency and has good charge-discharge cycle performance. The rechargeable lithium-air battery includes: an air electrode including carbon; a negative electrode including metallic lithium or a lithium-containing substance; and an electrolyte in contact with the air electrode and the negative electrode. The electrolyte includes a salen-based metal complex and a quinone. The quinone includes any one or more of anthraquinone, 2,5-dihydroxy-1,4-benzoquinone, 7,7,8,8-tetracyanodimethane, 2,3-dichloro-5,6-dicyano-1,4-benzoquinone, tetrahydroxy-1,4-benzoquinone, and 2,5-di-tert-butyl-1,4-benzoquinone.
US11456488B2	All solid type three-dimensional battery and method of manufacturing the same An all solid type three-dimensional (“3D”) battery may include a cathode collector, a cathode structure in contact with the cathode collector, an electrolyte structure in contact with the cathode structure, an anode structure in contact with the electrolyte structure, the anode structure not being in contact with the cathode structure and the cathode collector, and an anode collector in contact with the anode structure, where the electrolyte structure is in contact with the cathode collector around the cathode structure. An entirety of a surface of the cathode structure which is used for a battery operation may be in contact with the cathode collector and the electrolyte structure.
US11456487B2	Method for manufacturing secondary battery Provided is a method for manufacturing a secondary battery including a stacked electrode body including a plurality of positive electrode plates (1) and a plurality of negative electrode plates, the positive electrode plates (1) each having a positive electrode active material layer (1b) formed on a positive electrode substrate (1a), a positive electrode substrate exposed portion where the positive electrode active material layer (1b) is not formed on the positive electrode substrate (1a) being provided as a positive electrode tab portion (1e) at the end of the positive electrode plate (1). The method includes a cutout forming step of providing a cutout in a region at the base of the positive electrode plate (1) where the active material layer (1b) is formed, and a compressing step of compressing the positive electrode active material layer (1b) after the cutout forming step.
US11456484B2	Silicon-based energy storage devices with linear carbonate containing electrolyte additives Electrolytes and electrolyte additives for energy storage devices comprising linear carbonate compounds.
US11456479B2	Battery with improved safety A battery proofed against short circuiting, for better safety, includes a battery cell and a first set of electrode tabs. The battery cell includes a first electrode plate and a second electrode plate. The first set of electrode tabs is electrically connected to the first electrode plate. The first set of electrode tabs includes a first bending portion, an edge of the second electrode plate defines a first receiving groove, and the first receiving groove corresponds to the first bending portion.
US11456475B2	Method for manufacturing a membrane assembly for a fuel cell with catalyst-free edge to the frame; membrane assembly and fuel cell with membrane assembly A method for manufacturing a membrane assembly for a fuel cell, which membrane assembly includes a membrane with a catalyst layer and a frame arranged on the same side of the membrane and a gap between the catalyst layer and the frame. To allow an easy and cost-effective way for manufacturing such a membrane assembly, the manufacturing method may include the following steps: positioning a first decal layer, which is made of the same material as the first catalyst layer, on the first side of the membrane in a way that the first decal layer overlaps the frame, positioning a second decal layer, which is made of the same material as the second catalyst layer, on the second side of the membrane, pressing the first decal layer and the second decal layer against each other with the membrane and the frame positioned in-between.
US11456467B2	Solid oxide fuel cell and electrochemical cell A solid oxide fuel cell including unit cells, including: a pair of interconnectors for electrically connecting the unit cells; a membrane-electrode assembly including an electrolyte membrane and a pair of electrode layers disposed with the electrolyte membrane therebetween; a pair of current collectors disposed between the electrode layers and the interconnectors so as to be in contact with the pair of electrode layers and the pair of interconnectors, respectively, and electrically connecting the pair of electrode layers and the pair of interconnectors; and elastic bodies biasing at least one current collector of the pair of current collectors toward a corresponding electrode layer and made of austenitic stainless steel.
US11456463B1	3D-printed electrode, gas diffusion electrode (GDE) and gas diffusion layer (GDL) for fuel cell applications An electrocatalytically active ink composition is used with an additive manufacturing process, such as 3D printing, to produce electrodes having consistent, adaptable, and high surface area structures. The electrocatalytically active ink composition includes a mixed powdered precursor and a polymer matrix. The mixed powdered precursor includes a carbon source, a dopant source, and/or a metal-containing catalyst. The material and electrochemical properties of the ink composition may facilitate 3D printing of electrochemically active electrodes for energy conversion and storage devices, and may allow fine-tuning of macro- and microstructures to develop electrodes having improved activity and efficiency.
US11456457B2	Method and system for aromatic macrocyclic compounds (phthalocyanines) as cathode additives for inhibition of transition metal dissolution and stable solid electrolyte interphase formation Systems and methods for aromatic macrocyclic compounds (Phthalocyanines) as cathode additives for inhibition of transition metal dissolution and stable solid electrolyte interphase formation may include an anode, an electrolyte, and a cathode, where the cathode comprises an active material and a phthalocyanine additive, the additive being coordinated with different metal cationic center and functional groups. The active material may comprise one or more of: nickel cobalt aluminum oxide, nickel cobalt manganese oxide, lithium iron phosphate, lithium cobalt oxide, and lithium manganese oxide, Ni-rich layered oxides LiNi1−xMxO2 where M=Co, Mn, or Al, Li-rich xLi2MnO3(1−x)LiNiaCobMncO2, Li-rich layered oxides LiNi1+xM1−O2 where M=Co, Mn, or Ni, and spinel oxides LiNi0.5Mn1.5O4. The phthalocyanine additive may include one or more of: cobalt hexadecafluoro phthalocyanine (Co-Pc-F), dilithium phthalocyanine (Li-Pc), cobalt(II) phthalocyanine, nickel(II) phthalocyanine-tetrasulfonic acid tetrasodium salt, titanium(IV) phthalocyanine dichloride, manganese(II) phthalocyanine, zinc phthalocyanine, aluminum phthalocyanine chloride, Iron(II) phthalocyanine, and silicon phthalocyanine dichloride.
US11456432B2	Top emission organic electroluminescent element, organic electroluminescent light emitting device, and electronic device A top emission organic EL device includes an anode, hole transporting zone, emitting layer, electron transporting zone, and cathode in this order. The hole transporting zone includes: a first layer interposed between the anode and the emitting layer; and a second layer interposed between the first layer and the emitting layer. The first layer contains a first compound and the second layer contains a second compound. A film thickness of the first layer and the second layer satisfies a formula (1) and (2), respectively. A hole mobility μH1 of the first compound satisfies a formula (3) and a hole mobility μH2 of the second compound satisfies a formula (4), 100 nm≤d1≤300 nm (1) 1 nm≤d2≤20 nm (2) 1.0×10−4 [cm2/Vs]≤μH1≤1.0×10−1 [cm2/Vs] (3) 1.0×10−10 [cm2/Vs]≤μH2≤1.0×10−6 [cm2/Vs] (4).
US11456430B2	Flexible display apparatus having a well and a discontinuous region in an encapsulation layer A flexible display device including a well structure. An organic light-emitting element including a pixel electrode, an organic light-emitting layer, and a common electrode is disposed on a substrate. A bank layer is disposed on the pixel electrode, and is disposed to open at least a part of the pixel electrode. Further, at least one well structure is disposed on the bank layer. The well structure disposed on the bank layer can reduce or minimize a delamination phenomenon of an encapsulation layer which can occur due to compressive and tensile stress caused by bending of the flexible display device.
US11456420B2	Organic electroluminescent device The present application relates to a blue light-emitting organic electroluminescent device (OLED) having an anode, a cathode, at least one blue light-emitting layer and at least one hole-transport layer, wherein the at least one blue light-emitting layer comprises an elongated bis-indenofluorene derivative as a main component and wherein the at least one hole-transport layer comprises a polymer with non-conjugated units as a main component as well as to a method for producing the organic electroluminescent device.
US11456419B2	Variable resistance memory device A variable resistance memory device includes first conductive lines, second conductive lines arranged on the first conductive lines, first cell structures at intersections between the first conductive lines and the second conductive lines, each first cell structure including a switching pattern and a variable resistance pattern, first buried structures filling first trenches between the first conductive lines, and second buried structures filling second trenches between the first cell structures. Each first buried structure includes a first liner pattern covering sidewalls of a corresponding first trench, a first filling pattern being disposed on the first liner pattern and in the corresponding first trench, and a first capping pattern sealing the corresponding first trench. The second buried structures extend in the plurality of second trenches and are connected with first capping patterns of the first buried structures.
US11456415B2	Phase change memory cell with a wrap around and ring type of electrode contact and a projection liner A semiconductor structure may include a heater surrounded by a dielectric layer, a projection liner on top of the heater, a phase change material layer above the projection liner, and a top electrode contact surrounding a top portion of the phase change material layer, The projection liner may cover a top surface of the heater. The projection liner may separate the phase change material layer from the second dielectric layer and the heater. The projection liner may provide a parallel conduction path in the crystalline phase and the amorphous phase of the phase change material layer. The top electrode contact may be separated from the phase change material layer by a metal liner. The semiconductor structure may include a bottom electrode below and in electrical contact with the heater and a top electrode above and in electrical contact with the phase change material layer.
US11456411B2	Method for fabricating magnetic tunneling junction element with a composite capping layer A method for fabricating a magnetic tunneling junction (MTJ) element is disclosed. A substrate is provided. A reference layer is formed on the substrate. A tunnel barrier layer is formed on the reference layer. A free layer is formed on the tunnel barrier layer. A composite capping layer is formed on the free layer. The composite capping layer comprises an amorphous layer, a light-element sink layer, and/or a diffusion-stop layer. The reference layer, the tunnel barrier layer, the free layer, and the composite capping layer constitute an MTJ stack.
US11456407B2	Vibration wave motor and driving apparatus A vibration wave motor includes a vibrator including a piezoelectric device and a vibration plate, and a friction member, wherein the vibrator and the friction member are pressurized to contact each other, and the vibrator is vibrated by the piezoelectric device to be moved relative to the friction member. The motor further includes a guide member that guides relative movement between the vibrator and the friction member, a fixing member that fixes the guide member at a first position and a second position in a direction of the relative movement between the vibrator and the friction member, and an attenuation member held between the friction member and the guide member in a pressure direction in which the vibrator and the friction member are pressurized to contact each other at a location between the first position and the second position.
US11456403B2	Method of manufacturing a microelectronic device having an array of inclined reliefs A method is provided for producing a microelectronic device having a subsequent grating of reliefs of which at least one wall is slanted, the method including providing a structure including a base, and an initial grating of reliefs, each relief having at least one proximal end in contact with the base, a distal end, and at least one wall extending between the proximal end and the distal end; and laying the reliefs of the initial grating on one another, by application of at least one stress on the structure, such that walls facing two adjacent reliefs come into contact, thus generating at least one subsequent grating of reliefs of which at least one wall is slanted.
US11456400B2	Light-emitting diode and method for transferring the same Disclosed is a light-emitting diode including an epitaxial laminate, a first electrode, and a second electrode. The epitaxial laminate includes a first type semiconductor layer, a second type semiconductor layer, and a light-emitting layer. The first type semiconductor layer has an outer surface, and a recess extending inwardly from the outer surface. Also disclosed is a method for transferring the light-emitting diode.
US11456395B2	Interconnection of solar cells in a solar cell module A solar cell module includes serially connected solar cells. A solar cell includes a carrier that is attached to the backside of the solar cell. Solar cells are attached to a top cover, and vias are formed through the carriers of the solar cells. A solar cell is electrically connected to an adjacent solar cell in the solar cell module with metal connections in the vias.
US11456394B2	Micro-scale concentrated photovoltaic module A photovoltaic (“PV”) module may comprise an array of freeform micro-optics and an array of PV cells. The PV module may be a flat panel with a nominal thickness smaller than the length and width of the flat panel. An array of lenses may be embedded in an array substrate. The lenses may be coupled to light pipes. The lenses may concentrate light through the light pipes to multi-junction cells. Diffuse light may be transferred through the array substrate to a silicon cell. The lenses and light pipes may be manufactured using a molding and drawing process.
US11456388B2	Trench MOS schottky diode and method for producing same A trench MOS Schottky diode includes a first semiconductor layer including a Ga2O3-based single crystal, a second semiconductor layer that is a layer stacked on the first semiconductor layer, includes a Ga2O3-based single crystal, and includes a trench opened on a surface thereof opposite to the first semiconductor layer, an anode electrode formed on the surface of the second semiconductor layer, a cathode electrode formed on a surface of the first semiconductor layer, an insulating film covering the inner surface of the trench of the second semiconductor layer, and a trench electrode that is buried in the trench of the second semiconductor layer so as to be covered with the insulating film and is in contact with the anode electrode. The second semiconductor layer includes an insulating dry-etching-damaged layer with a thickness of not more than 0.8 μm in a region including the inner surface of the trench.
US11456387B2	Normally-off gallium oxide field-effect transistor structure and preparation method therefor The disclosure provides a normally-off gallium oxide field-effect transistor structure and a preparation method therefor, and relates to the technical field of semiconductor device. The normally-off gallium oxide field-effect transistor structure comprises a substrate layer and an n-type doped gallium oxide channel layer from bottom to top. The n-type doped gallium oxide channel layer is provided with a source, a drain, and a gate. The gate is located between the source and the drain. A no-electron channel region is provided in the n-type doped gallium oxide channel layer located below the gate.
US11456385B2	Semiconductor device and manufacturing method thereof A semiconductor device includes an oxide semiconductor layer, a source electrode and a drain electrode electrically connected to the oxide semiconductor layer, a gate insulating layer covering the oxide semiconductor layer, the source electrode, and the drain electrode, and a gate electrode over the gate insulating layer. The source electrode and the drain electrode include an oxide region formed by oxidizing a side surface thereof. Note that the oxide region of the source electrode and the drain electrode is preferably formed by plasma treatment with a high frequency power of 300 MHz to 300 GHz and a mixed gas of oxygen and argon.
US11456381B2	Drain-extended transistor Described examples include an integrated circuit having a semiconductor substrate. The integrated circuit has a transistor that includes a buried layer having within the substrate, the buried layer defining a drift region between the buried layer and the top surface and a body region in the substrate extending from the buried layer to the surface of the substrate. The transistor also having a source formed in the body region, a drain extending from the buried layer to the surface of the substrate, a drift well extending from the buried layer toward the top surface and extending from the body region to the drain, a drift surface layer located between the drift well and the top, and a gate proximate to the surface of the substrate at the body region.
US11456377B2	Semiconductor device and method for manufacturing the same The semiconductor device includes: a substrate; a semiconductor layer disposed on one side of the substrate, the semiconductor layer including a channel layer and a barrier layer, and a two-dimensional electron gas being formed at an interface between the channel layer and the barrier layer; a source, a gate, and a drain disposed on one side of the semiconductor layer away from the substrate; and at least two drain junction terminals located on the side of the semiconductor layer away from the substrate and disposed at intervals between the gate and the drain, the at least two drain junction terminals being electrically connected to the drain respectively. In the embodiments of the present application, the on-resistance of the device can be reduced while the current collapse phenomenon is eliminated, thereby improving the long-term reliability of the device.
US11456365B2	Memory transistor with multiple charge storing layers and a high work function gate electrode An example memory device includes a channel positioned between and electrically connecting a first diffusion region and a second diffusion region, and a tunnel dielectric layer, a multi-layer charge trapping layer, and a blocking dielectric layer disposed between the gate structure and the channel. The multi-layer charge trapping layer includes a first dielectric layer disposed abutting a second dielectric layer and an anti-tunneling layer disposed between the first and second dielectric layers. The anti-tunneling layer includes an oxide layer. The first dielectric layer includes oxygen-rich nitride and the second dielectric layer includes oxygen-lean nitride.
US11456364B2	Structure and method to provide conductive field plate over gate structure Embodiments of the disclosure provide an integrated circuit device and related methods. The disclosure may provide a transistor device, including: a gate structure; a drain extension region extending laterally from partially under the gate structure to a drain region; and a gate spacer located over the drain extension region. A silicide-blocking layer is over and in contact with the gate spacer. The silicide-blocking layer has a first end over the gate structure and a second, opposing end over the drain extension region. The structure also provides a conductive field plate, including a conductive layer over and in contact with the silicide-blocking layer. A field plate contact is formed on the conductive field plate.
US11456357B2	Self-aligned gate edge architecture with alternate channel material Techniques are disclosed for forming integrated circuits configured with self-aligned isolation walls and alternate channel materials. The alternate channel materials in such integrated circuits provide improved carrier mobility through the channel. In an embodiment, an isolation wall is between sets of fins, at least some of the fins including an alternate channel material. In such cases, the isolation wall laterally separates the sets of fins, and the alternate channel material provides improved carrier mobility. For instance, in the case of an NMOS device the alternate channel material is a material optimized for electron flow, and in the case of a PMOS device the alternate channel material is a material optimized for hole flow.
US11456351B2	Thin film structure including dielectric material layer and electronic device employing the same Disclosed are a thin film structure and an electronic device including the same. The disclosed thin film structure includes a dielectric material layer between a first material layer and a second material layer. The dielectric material layer includes a dopant in a matrix material having a fluorite structure. The dielectric material layer is uniformly doped with a low concentration of the dopant, and has ferroelectricity.
US11456347B2	Display device including printed circuit board attached to end of display panel A display device including a display panel and a printed circuit board attached to one end portion of the display panel. The printed circuit board includes a base board, a first driving chip module disposed on the base board, and a second driving chip module spaced apart from the first driving chip module. The first driving chip module includes a timing controller and a data driver, and the second driving chip module includes a plurality of modularized driving chips.
US11456342B2	Organic light emitting diode back plate and method of manufacturing same A method of manufacturing an OLED back plate and an OLED back plate are provided. The method includes: providing a TFT substrate and forming an electrode layer on the TFT substrate; forming a pixel defining layer on the electrode layer by using a first mask, and forming a plurality of pixel units, each of the pixel units includes a light emitting area, and an inter-pixel area is formed between adjacent two of the pixel units; etching the electrode layer corresponding to the inter-pixel area; removing the pixel defining layer corresponding to the light emitting area to form a pixel opening; and forming a barrier block on adjacent two of the pixel defining layers of adjacent two of the pixel units by a second mask, and the barrier block does not completely cover the pixel defining layer.
US11456338B2	Display panel with color control layer including wall bases having reflective layers on sidewalls thereof Disclosed are display panels and methods of manufacturing substrates. The display panel comprises a lower display substrate that includes a plurality of light emitting elements, and an upper display substrate that includes a color control layer and is on the lower display substrate. The color control layer includes a plurality of walls each of which includes a wall base including an organic material and a reflective layer including a metallic material, and the color control layer also includes a plurality of color control parts which are disposed between the plurality of walls and at least one of which includes a quantum dot. The reflective layer surrounds at least a portion of a sidewall of the wall base, which results in an increase in luminous efficiency and an improvement in brightness.
US11456337B2	Imaging device including at least one unit pixel cell and voltage application circuit An imaging device includes at least one unit pixel cell including a photoelectric converter and a voltage application circuit. The photoelectric converter includes a first electrode, a light-transmitting second electrode, a first photoelectric conversion layer containing a first material and a second photoelectric conversion layer containing a second material. The impedance of the first photoelectric conversion layer is larger than the impedance of the second photoelectric conversion layer. The voltage application circuit applies a first voltage or a second voltage having a larger absolute value than the first voltage selectively between the first electrode and the second electrode.
US11456335B2	Vertical memory devices A vertical memory device includes circuit patterns of peripheral circuits on a substrate, the circuit patterns including a lower conductive pattern, cell stack structures over the circuit patterns and spaced apart in a first horizontal direction, wherein each of the cell stack structures includes gate electrodes spaced apart in a vertical direction, a first insulating interlayer covering the cell stack structures and a portion between the cell stack structures, a through via contact passing through the first insulating interlayer between the cell stack structures to contact an upper surface of the lower conductive pattern, at least one dummy through via contact passing through the first insulating interlayer between the cell stack structures and disposed adjacent to the through via contact, and upper wiring on the through via contact.
US11456305B2	Semiconductor memory device and manufacturing method thereof A semiconductor memory device includes a substrate, an isolation layer, a trench, a semiconductor active structure, and a floating gate electrode. The isolation layer is disposed on the substrate. The trench penetrates through the isolation layer and exposes a part of the substrate. The semiconductor active structure is disposed in the trench, and the floating gate electrode is disposed on the semiconductor active structure. A manufacturing method of the semiconductor memory device includes the following steps. The isolation layer is formed on the substrate. The trench is formed penetrating through the isolation layer and exposing a part of the substrate. The semiconductor active structure is formed in the trench. The floating gate electrode is formed on the semiconductor active structure.
US11456301B2	Dram and method of making Embodiments of the present disclosure generally relate to a storage device. More specifically, embodiments described herein generally relate to a dynamic random-access memory and the method of making thereof. In one embodiment, a cell array includes at least an active region and a field region adjacent to the active region. The active region includes at least one trench, a dielectric layer disposed in the trench, a first conformal layer disposed on the dielectric layer, and a conductive material disposed on the first conformal layer. The field region includes a trench, a dielectric layer disposed in the trench, a second conformal layer disposed on the dielectric layer, and a conductive material disposed on the second conformal layer. The second conformal layer has a different composition than the first conformal layer.
US11456299B2	Integrated assemblies having voids along regions of gates, and methods of forming conductive structures Some embodiments include an integrated assembly with a semiconductor-material-structure having a first source/drain region, a second source/drain region, and a channel region between the first and second source/drain regions. The semiconductor-material-structure has a first side and an opposing second side. A first conductive structure is adjacent to the first side and is operatively proximate the channel region to gatedly control coupling of the first and second source/drain regions through the channel region. A second conductive structure is adjacent to the second side and is spaced from the second side by an intervening region which includes a void. Some embodiments include methods of forming integrated assemblies.
US11456297B2	Semiconductor memory device, method of driving the same and method of fabricating the same A semiconductor memory device includes a plurality of memory cell transistors arranged along a common semiconductor layer. Each of the plurality of memory cell transistors comprises a first source/drain region and a second source/drain region formed in the common semiconductor layer; a gate stack formed on a portion of the common semiconductor layer between the first source/drain region and the second source/drain region; and an electrical floating portion in the portion of the common semiconductor layer, a charge state of the electrical floating portion being adapted to adjust a threshold voltage and a channel conductance of the memory cell transistor. The plurality of memory cell transistors connected in series with each other along the common semiconductor layer provide a memory string.
US11456288B2	Image display element An image display element includes micro light emitting elements arranged in an array, a drive circuit substrate that includes a drive circuit for supplying a current to the micro light emitting elements to cause light to be emitted, and an antenna arranged on a light emitting surface of each of the micro light emitting elements, in which the antenna includes isolated convex portions.
US11456284B2	Microelectronic device assemblies and packages and related methods Disclosed is a microelectronic device assembly comprising a substrate having conductors exposed on a surface thereof. Two or more microelectronic devices are stacked on the substrate and the components are connected with conductive material in preformed holes in dielectric material in the bond lines aligned with TSVs of the devices and the exposed conductors of the substrate. Methods of fabrication are also disclosed.
US11456282B2	RF devices with enhanced performance and methods of forming the same The present disclosure relates to a radio frequency device that includes a transfer device die and a multilayer redistribution structure underneath the transfer device die. The transfer device die includes a device region with a back-end-of-line (BEOL) portion and a front-end-of-line (FEOL) portion over the BEOL portion and a transfer substrate. The FEOL portion includes isolation sections and an active layer surrounded by the isolation sections. A top surface of the device region is planarized. The transfer substrate including a porous silicon (PSi) region resides over the top surface of the device region. Herein, the PSi region has a porosity between 1% and 80%. The multilayer redistribution structure includes a number of bump structures, which are at a bottom of the multilayer redistribution structure and electrically coupled to the FEOL portion of the transfer device die.
US11456281B2	Architecture and processes to enable high capacity memory packages through memory die stacking Embodiments include electronic packages and methods of forming such packages. An electronic package includes a memory module comprising a first memory die. The first memory die includes first interconnects with a first pad pitch and second interconnects with a second pad pitch, where the second pad pitch is less than the first pad pitch. The memory module also includes a redistribution layer below the first memory die, and a second memory die below the redistribution layer, where the second memory die has first interconnects with a first pad pitch and second interconnects with a second pad pitch. The memory module further includes a mold encapsulating the second memory die, where through mold interconnects (TMIs) provide an electrical connection from the redistribution layer to mold layer. The TMIs may be through mold vias. The TMIs may be made through a passive interposer that is encapsulated in the mold.
US11456279B2	Integrated electronic element module, semiconductor package, and method for fabricating the same A substrate-less integrated electronic element module for a semiconductor package, comprising: at least two electronic elements, each of the at least two electronic elements having first electrical connectors; and a first molding compound encapsulating the at least two electronic elements, the first molding compound comprising a first planar surface and an opposing second planar surface of the integrated electronic element module, wherein each of the first electrical connectors is directly exposed on the first planar surface of the integrated electronic element module. Further, a semiconductor package including the integrated electronic element module and the method of fabricating the same is provided.
US11456278B2	Methods for fabricating 3D semiconductor device packages, resulting packages and systems incorporating such packages Methods of forming semiconductor device packages comprising stacking multiple dice, the die stack exhibiting thin bond lines and having an outer environmental coating, the bond lines and environmental coating comprising an in situ formed compound. Semiconductor device packages so formed and electronic systems incorporating such packages are also disclosed.
US11456265B2	Semiconductor device and method of manufacturing the same A method of manufacturing a semiconductor device includes forming an interlayer insulating film over a main surface of a semiconductor substrate, forming a first conductive film pattern for a first pad and a second conductive film pattern for a second pad over the interlayer insulating film, forming an insulating film over the interlayer insulating film such that the insulating film covers the first and the second conductive film patterns, forming a first opening portion for the first pad, the first opening portion exposing a portion of the first conductive film pattern, and a second opening portion for the second pad, the second opening portion exposing a portion of the second conductive film pattern, in the insulating film, and forming a first plated layer by plating over the portion of the first conductive film pattern exposed in the first opening portion, and a second plated layer.
US11456260B2	Wafer processing method A wafer processing method for forming a modified layer within a wafer along planned dividing lines forms the modified layer within the wafer, positions a condensing point within the wafer or at a top surface of the wafer and applies a second laser beam while moving the condensing point, images reflected light, and determines a processed state of the wafer on the basis of an imaged image. The second laser beam is formed such that a sectional shape of the second laser beam in a plane perpendicular to a traveling direction of the second laser beam is not axisymmetric with respect to an axis along the planned dividing lines.
US11456258B2	Stretchable form of single crystal silicon for high performance electronics on rubber substrates The present invention provides stretchable, and optionally printable, semiconductors and electronic circuits capable of providing good performance when stretched, compressed, flexed or otherwise deformed. Stretchable semiconductors and electronic circuits of the present invention preferred for some applications are flexible, in addition to being stretchable, and thus are capable of significant elongation, flexing, bending or other deformation along one or more axes. Further, stretchable semiconductors and electronic circuits of the present invention may be adapted to a wide range of device configurations to provide fully flexible electronic and optoelectronic devices.
US11456256B2	Semiconductor device, stacked semiconductor device and manufacturing method of semiconductor device A semiconductor device includes a semiconductor substrate, a dielectric structure, an electrical insulating and thermal conductive layer and a circuit layer. The electrical insulating and thermal conductive layer is disposed over the semiconductor substrate. The dielectric structure is disposed over the electrical insulating and thermal conductive layer, wherein a thermal conductivity of the electrical insulating and thermal conductive layer is substantially greater than a thermal conductivity of the dielectric structure. The circuit layer is disposed in the dielectric structure.
US11456245B2	Silicon interposer including through-silicon via structures with enhanced overlay tolerance and methods of forming the same An array of through-silicon via (TSV) structures is formed through a silicon substrate, and package-side metal pads are formed on backside surfaces of the array of TSV structures. The silicon substrate is disposed over a carrier substrate, and an epoxy molding compound (EMC) interposer frame is formed around the silicon substrate. A die-side redistribution structure is formed over the silicon substrate and the EMC interposer frame, and at least one semiconductor die is attached to the die-side redistribution structure. The carrier substrate is removed from underneath the package-side metal pads. A package-side redistribution structure is formed on the package-side metal pads and on the EMC interposer frame. Overlay tolerance between the package-side redistribution wiring interconnects and the package-side metal pads increases due to increased areas of the package-side metal pads.
US11456229B2	Thermally conductive sheet A thermally conductive sheet according to the present invention is a thermally conductive sheet comprising a thermally conductive filler, the thermally conductive sheet having a thermal conductivity of 7 W/m·K or more, a 30% compression strength of 1500 kPa or less, and a tensile strength of 0.08 MPa or more. According to the present invention, a thermally conductive sheet having excellent thermally conductive properties, flexibility, and handling properties can be provided.
US11456227B2	Topside heatsinking antenna launcher for an integrated circuit package A mechanism is provided to remove heat from an integrated circuit (IC) device die by directing heat through a waveguide to a heat sink. The waveguide is mounted on top of a package containing the IC device die. The waveguide is thermally coupled to the IC device die. The waveguide transports the heat to a heat sink coupled to the waveguide and located adjacent to the package on top of a printed circuit board on which the package is mounted. Embodiments provide both thermal dissipation of the generated heat while at the same time maintaining good radio frequency performance of the waveguide.
US11456221B2	Method for measuring chips bonding strength and chips bonding auxiliary structure A method for measuring chips bonding strength includes steps as follows: An auxiliary pattern is formed on a first surface of a first chip. A second surface of a second chip is bonded to the first surface to form at least one gap space surrounding the auxiliary pattern. Next, dimensions of the at least one gap space and the auxiliary pattern are measure respectively; and the bonding strength between the first chip and the second chip is estimated according to the dimensions.
US11456216B2	Fabrication method of semiconductor structure A fabrication method of a semiconductor structure is provided. The method includes: providing a substrate; forming fin structures on the substrate along a first direction with isolation grooves between adjacent fin structures, where each fin structure includes sacrificial layers stacked along a normal direction of the substrate and a channel layer between every two adjacent sacrificial layers; forming a first isolation layer in each isolation groove; forming a second isolation layer at a surface of each first isolation layer to fill up a corresponding isolation groove; forming a dummy gate structure; removing first isolation layers; removing the dummy gate structure to form a gate opening at ends of the sacrificial layers along a second direction perpendicular to the first direction; removing the sacrificial layers to form gate grooves between adjacent channel layers; and forming a gate structure in the gate opening and the gate grooves surrounding the channel layers.
US11456215B2	Manufacturing method for semiconductor device A manufacturing method includes the step of laminating a sheet assembly onto chips arranged on a processing tape, where the sheet assembly has a multilayer structure including a base and a sinter-bonding sheet and is laminated so that the sinter-bonding sheet faces the chips, and subsequently removing the base B from the sinter-bonding sheet. The chips on the processing tape are picked up each with a portion of the sinter-bonding sheet adhering to the chip, to give sinter-bonding material layer-associated chips. The sinter-bonding material layer-associated chips are temporarily secured through the sinter-bonding material layer to a substrate. The sinter-bonding material layers lying between the temporarily secured chips and the substrate are converted through a heating process into sintered layers, to bond the chips to the substrate. The semiconductor device manufacturing method is suitable for efficiently supplying a sinter-bonding material to semiconductor chips while reducing loses of the sinter-bonding material.
US11456214B2	Method of processing workpiece A method of processing a workpiece includes a thermosetting step of heating an area of an expandable sheet around a workpiece to a predetermined temperature or higher and thereafter cooling the heated area of the expandable sheet to make the area harder than before the area has been heated, and after the thermosetting step, an expanding step of expanding the area of the expandable sheet around the workpiece in planar directions to divide the workpiece into chips or to increase distances between the adjacent chips.
US11456211B2	Method of forming interconnect structure Provided is a method of forming an interconnect structure including: forming a via; forming a first barrier layer to at least cover a top surface and a sidewall of the via; forming a first dielectric layer on the first barrier layer; performing a planarization process to remove a portion of the first dielectric layer and a portion of the first barrier layer, thereby exposing the top surface of the via; forming a second dielectric layer on the first dielectric layer, wherein the second dielectric layer has an opening exposing the top surface of the via; forming a blocking layer on the top surface of the via; forming a second barrier layer on the second dielectric layer; removing the blocking layer to expose the top surface of the via; and forming a conductive feature in the opening, wherein the conductive feature is in contact with the top surface of the via.
US11456203B2	Wafer release mechanism The present disclosure describes a method that prevents pre-mature de-chucking in processing modules. The method includes placing a wafer onto a chuck equipped with lift pins. One or more of the lift pins include a pressure sensor configured to measure a pressure exerted by the wafer. The method further includes measuring a first pressure applied to the one or more lift pins by the wafer, lowering the lift pins to place the wafer on the chuck, and processing the wafer. The method also includes removing the wafer from the chuck by pressing the one or more lift pins against the wafer to measure a second pressure exerted by the wafer. If the measured second pressure is equal to the first pressure, the method raises the wafer using the lift pins above the chuck.
US11456201B2	Semiconductor substrate and method of manufacturing semiconductor device A semiconductor substrate according to an embodiment includes a substrate having a first substrate surface, the substrate having a first outer diameter; a metal layer provided on the first substrate surface, the metal layer having a second outer diameter smaller than the first outer diameter; a first adhesive tape having a ring shape, the ring shape having a third outer diameter smaller than the first outer diameter and larger than the second outer diameter, the ring shape having a third inner diameter smaller than the second outer diameter, the first adhesive tape having a first base material, the first base material having a first surface and a second surface opposed to the first surface, the first adhesive tape having a first adhesive layer provided on the first surface, the first adhesive tape being attached to the first substrate surface and the metal layer through the first adhesive layer; and a second adhesive tape having a fourth outer diameter smaller than the first outer diameter and larger than the third inner diameter, the second adhesive tape having a second base material having a third surface and a fourth surface opposed to the third surface, the second adhesive tape having a second adhesive layer provided on the third surface, the second adhesive tape being attached to the second surface and the metal layer through the second adhesive layer.
US11456190B2	Substrate processing apparatus and method of manufacturing semiconductor device A substrate processing apparatus includes a first processing module including a first processing module, a second processing module, a first utility system adjacent to a back surface of the first processing module, and a second utility system adjacent to a back surface of the second processing module, a first exhaust box of the first utility system and a second exhaust box of the second utility system being disposed to face each other across a maintenance area located behind a part of the back surface of the first processing module that is close to the second processing module and behind a part of the back surface of the second processing module that is close to the first processing module, and a first supply box of the first utility system and a second supply box of the second utility system being disposed to face each other across the maintenance area.
US11456182B1	Integrated circuit structure and fabrication thereof A method includes forming a fin structure extending above a substrate; forming dummy gate structures extending across the fin structure, each of the dummy gate structures including a dummy gate electrode layer and a hard mask layer over the dummy gate electrode layer; performing an ion implantation process to dope the hard mask layers of the dummy gate structures; after performing the ion implantation process to dope the hard mask layers of the dummy gate structures, performing a first etching process to etch a source/drain region of the fin structure between the dummy gate structures to form a recess in the source/drain region of the fin structure; forming an epitaxial structure in the recess; and replacing the dummy gate structures with metal gate structures.
US11456168B2	Method of lapping semiconductor wafer and semiconductor wafer Provided is a method of lapping a semiconductor wafer, which can suppress the formation of a ring-shaped pattern in a nanotopography map. The method of lapping a semiconductor wafer includes: a stopping step of stopping lapping of a semiconductor wafer; a reversing step of reversing surfaces of the semiconductor wafer facing a upper plate and a lower plate after the stopping step; and a resuming step of resuming lapping of the semiconductor wafer after the reversing step while maintaining the reversal of the surfaces facing the plates.
US11456156B2	Charged particle beam apparatus According to an embodiment, a charged particle beam apparatus includes a stage; a chamber; an emission source of the charged particle beam; an electronic optical system configured to emit the charged particle beam; an optical column including the emission source and the electronic optical system; a charged particle detector configured to detect a position of the charged particle beam; a first actuator configured to provide a frequency vibration to the stage based on a first excitation signal; a second actuator configured to provide a frequency vibration to the optical column based on a second excitation signal; a third actuator configured to provide a frequency vibration to the chamber based on a third excitation signal; and a controller configured to generate the first to third excitation signals.
US11456148B2	Aberration reduction in multipass electron microscopy Improved aberration correction in multipass electron microscopy is provided by having Fourier images of the sample (instead of real images) at the reflection planes of the resonator. The resulting −1 magnification of the sample reimaging can be compensated by appropriate sample placement or by adding compensating elements to the resonator. This enables simultaneous correction of lowest order chromatic and spherical aberration from the electron objective lenses. If real images of the sample are at the reflection planes of the resonator instead, only the lowest order chromatic aberration can be corrected.
US11456147B2	Shielded X-ray radiation apparatus A shielded X-ray radiation apparatus is provided comprising an X-ray source, an X-ray attenuation shield including an elongate cavity to house the X-ray source and incorporating a region to accommodate a sample, a neutron attenuation shield, and a gamma attenuation shield. The neutron attenuation shield is situated adjacent to and substantially surrounds the X-ray attenuation shield and the gamma attenuation shield is adjacent to and substantially surrounds the neutron attenuation shield. In some embodiments a removable sample insertion means is provided to insert samples into the elongate cavity and which is composed of adjacent blocks of material, each respective block having a thickness and a composition which substantially matches the thickness and a composition of one of the X-ray attenuation, neutron attenuation and gamma-ray attenuation shields.
US11456144B2	Arc-shaped multi-focal point fixed anode gate controlled ray source Provided is an arc-shaped multi-focal point fixed anode gate controlled ray source, comprising an arc-shaped ray source housing, a ray tube bracket, a plurality of fixed anode reflected ray tubes and a plurality of gate controlled switches, wherein the plurality of fixed anode reflected ray tubes are fixed on the arc-shaped ray source housing by means of the ray tube bracket, and the focal points of the plurality of fixed anode reflected ray tubes are distributed on the same distribution circle; and the plurality of gate controlled switches are correspondingly connected to the plurality of fixed anode reflected ray tubes. By splicing the plurality of arc-shaped multi-focal point fixed anode gate controlled ray sources into an integral ring stricture, the focal points of all the fixed anode reflected ray tubes therein can be distributed on, the same distribution circle.
US11456135B2	Relay Examples of a relay are described, with which the characteristics of the relay such as the operating voltage can be prevented from changing, even when impact is applied to the relay. The relay has an electromagnet, an armature which pivots about a pivot axis by excitation of the electromagnet, a pressing member attached to a tip of the armature, and a terminal which is pressed by the pressing member, wherein the armature comprises a plate-like insertion part which extends in a direction parallel to the pivot axis, and a guide groove provided in the insertion part and which extends in a direction parallel to the pivot axis, and the pressing member comprises an enclosure which is open on one end, and a part of the enclosure is inserted into the guide groove.
US11456133B2	Vacuum interrupter and high-voltage switching assembly A vacuum interrupter includes a housing having at least one annular ceramic insulating element which forms a vacuum chamber. A contact system has two contacts which are movable relative to one another. A capacitive element has two electrodes and a dielectric material disposed between the electrodes. The capacitive element is form-lockingly mounted on the insulating element and has a capacitance between 400 pF and 4000 pF. A high-voltage switching assembly including the vacuum interrupter is also provided.
US11456132B2	Electrical switching device An electrical switching device is provided for interrupting an electrical connection. The device has a switching chamber and two contact pieces being arranged directly in the switching chamber or in an encapsulated housing arranged in the switching chamber and configured to be gas-tight in relation to the switching chamber. The contact pieces are movable relative to each other to bring about a switching action. A fluid insulation medium is also provided, which is arranged in the switching chamber or in a storage volume which can be connected to the switching chamber. The switching chamber or the storage volume has an outlet for letting out the fluid insulation medium. A filter is provided at or adjacent to the outlet, the filter configured to filter gaseous components of the insulation medium, or the reaction products thereof, conducted through the outlet.
US11456125B2	Circuit breaker lockout apparatus A circuit breaker lockout apparatus, in particular to a motor circuit breaker lockout apparatus, includes two half-shell like housing parts, in particular housing halves, and an adjustment element. The two housing parts are assembled to form a housing shell having a rear wall and that are connected to one another via a pivot joint that defines a pivot axis about which the two housing parts are pivotable relative to one another between a release position and a clamping position. The adjustment element is adjustable between a base position and a locked position and that is in particular rotatable about an axis of rotation in order to transfer the two housing parts from the release position to the clamping position.
US11456123B2	Switching device A switching device is disclosed. In an embodiment a switching device includes at least one fixed contact and at least one movable contact, wherein at least one of the contacts includes a metal matrix composite material having a metallic matrix material and a filler dispersed within the matrix material, and wherein the contacts are arranged in a switching chamber with a gas and the gas contains H2.
US11456117B2	Capacitor A capacitor includes a capacitor element having an end surface and a peripheral surface, an electrode disposed on the end surface, and a bus bar connected to the electrode. The bus bar includes a bus bar main body and at least one electrode connection terminal part provided at an edge part of the bus bar main body. The at least one electrode connection terminal part includes a connecting part and an elastic shape part. The connecting part is connected to the electrode at a tip of the at least one electrode connection terminal part. The elastic shape part is disposed between the edge part and the connecting part. The elastic shape part has a shape that is elastically deformable so that the elastic shape part shrinks in accordance with thermal expansion of the bus bar main body, and the elastic shape part extends in accordance with thermal shrinkage of the bus bar main body.
US11456116B2	Magnetic coils in locally thinned silicon bridges and methods of assembling same A recess in a die backside surface occupies a footprint that accommodates an inductor coil that is formed in metallization above an active surface of the die. Less semiconductive material is therefore close to the inductor coil. A ferromagnetic material is formed in the recess, or a ferromagnetic material is formed on a dielectric layer above the inductor coil. The recess may extend across a die that allows the die to be deflected at the recess.
US11456113B2	Coil component Disclosed herein is a coil component that includes: a core including a winding core part extending in a first direction and a flange part provided at one end of the winding core part in the first direction, the flange part having a first surface substantially parallel with the first direction; a plate-like member fixed to the first surface of flange part; and a wire wound around the winding core part. The first surface of flange part has a cut part greater in size than a diameter of the wire.
US11456110B2	Coil device A coil device includes a coil unit for stowing a coil part, and a heat dissipation unit thermally connected to the coil unit. The heat dissipation unit has a heat dissipation body, a heat dissipation fin movable relative to the heat dissipation body, and a fin drive mechanism for driving the heat dissipation fin. The heat dissipation unit has a heat dissipation configuration in which the heat dissipation fin projects from the heat dissipation body in a direction intersecting a winding axis, and a stowed configuration in which the heat dissipation fin is stowed in the heat dissipation body.
US11456098B2	Insulator-coated soft magnetic powder, method for producing insulator-coated soft magnetic powder, powder magnetic core, magnetic element, electronic device, and vehicle An insulator-coated soft magnetic powder includes core particles each of which includes a base portion containing a soft magnetic material and an oxide film provided on the surface of the base portion and containing an oxide of an element contained in the soft magnetic material, ceramic particles which are provided on the surface of each of the core particles and have an insulating property, and a glass material which is provided on the surface of each of the core particles, has an insulating property, and contains at least one type of phosphorus oxide, bismuth oxide, zinc oxide, boron oxide, tellurium oxide, and silicon oxide as a main component, wherein the ceramic particles are included in a proportion of 100 vol % or more and 500 vol % or less of the glass material.
US11456097B2	Composite magnetic body The present invention provides a composite magnetic body comprising metal particles containing Fe or Fe and Co as a main component and a resin, wherein an average major axis diameter of the metal particles is 30 to 500 nm, an average of the aspect ratios of the metal particles is 1.5 to 10, and a CV value of the aspect ratios is 0.40 or less.
US11456094B2	Surface-mounted resistor A highly reliable surface-mounted resistor, which prevents a problem of disconnection between an electrode and a terminal of a chip resistor when heating during mounting, is disclosed. The surface-mounted resistor includes a chip resistor comprising a plate-shaped substrate, a resistance body formed on an upper surface of the substrate, and an electrode connected the resistance body and drawn from the upper surface of the substrate to a lower surface via an end surface, a plate-shaped lead terminal connected to the electrode of the chip resistor, the plate-shaped lead terminal being fixed to the electrode of the substrate on the lower surface side, and an exterior member covering an entire chip resistor and a part of the lead terminal.
US11456089B2	Downline wire A downline wire (10) serves to connect a location on the ground surface to at least one detonator (52) in a blast hole. The downline wire includes at least two flexible electrical conductors (12, 14) encased by respective flexible layers of an insulating material (20, 22) and a flexible sheath (24) in which the insulated conductors are embedded. Each conductor (12, 14) is made of a copper-clad steel core and the insulating material is either a filled flexible polyvinylchloride (PVC) composition or a polyester elastomer. The sheath (24) is made from a medium or high density polyethylene compound which includes carbon black.
US11456084B2	Device for removing shielding balls from calandria of heavy water nuclear reactor A device for removing shielding balls from calandria of a heavy water reactor is provided. The device includes a head for moving the shielding balls positioned inside of an end shield of the calandria to an outside of the end shield; and a mover for moving the head to the end shield of the calandria. The head includes a head body, an opening former installed on the head body and configured to form an opening in the end shield, and a gate installed on the head body and configured to control an amount of the shielding balls discharged to the outside through the opening.
US11456078B2	Multi-center synergetic cancer prognosis prediction system based on multi-source migration learning Provided is a multi-center synergetic cancer prognosis prediction system based on multi-source migration learning. The system includes a model parameter setting module, a data screening module, and a multi-source migration learning module, wherein the model parameter setting module is responsible for setting cancer prognosis prediction model parameters; the data screening module is arranged at a clinical center, and a management center transmits the set model parameter to each clinical center, such that each clinical center inquires a sample feature and prognosis index data from a local database according to the model parameter, so as to preprocess the data; and the multi-source migration learning module includes a source model training unit, a migration weight calculation unit, and a target model calculation unit.
US11456076B2	Methods for self-validation of hardware and software for safety-critical medical devices Medical devices critical to patient health and safety that communicate with third party hardware and software, such as smart devices, require validation to ensure compatibility and correct performance. Disclosed are methods and systems to perform a self-validation of hardware and/or software components with a medical device to confirm that any combination of hardware and software are compatible and perform acceptably. If the self-validation passes then the user may safely use the system, and it may report to a cloud server that the particular configuration tested was successful. If the self-validation fails, the user will be prevented from using safety-critical aspects of the application and be notified of the incompatibility; and the results may also be reported to a cloud server.
US11456069B2	System and method for providing customized treatment information for behavioral control of dental patients A system for providing customized treatment information for behavioral control of dental patients. The system may include a management server, a hospital server, a waiting room terminal, a terminal determination unit, and a treatment room server. The management server may include an arithmetic process unit and a management server extraction unit. The hospital server may include a hospital server transmission/reception unit. The waiting room terminal may include a terminal extraction unit, a terminal output unit, and a terminal determination unit. The treatment room server may include a treatment server extraction unit, a treatment room server output unit, and a treatment room server determination unit.
US11456064B2	System and method for medical platform employing artificial intelligence and wearable devices A system, method and computer program product for a medical platform, including a wearable device configured to collect implicit and explicit patient information; a database configured to receive the implicit and explicit patient information from the wearable device and generate aggregated patient information; a machine learning system configured to receive the aggregated patient information from the database and generate personalized patient intervention information; and a patient user interface configured to receive patient intervention information.
US11456061B2	Method for harvesting 3D chemical structures from file formats A method and system for harvesting molecular structures from non-editable documents is disclosed herein. A non-editable storage document is fed by a feeder which is received by a receiver. The molecular and non-molecular data contained in the non-editable storage document is recognized. The three-dimensional coordinates of the molecular data is separated using a pattern recognition. The molecular coordinates are encoded by a pattern sequence. A bond matrix data of the encoded data is generated. Subsequently the bond matrix data for accuracy is verified by comparing with a stored standardized data into a library.
US11456055B2	Genotyping polyploid loci Provided are methods, systems, and computer products for genotyping polyploid organisms, as well as diploid organisms. The provided methods use an allele-intensity model to generate cluster definitions. The allele-intensity model relates allele counts of different genotypes to signal intensities generated by the genotyping platform. The model also includes a capability to update cluster positions obtained from a maximum likelihood model using a Bayesian method.
US11456053B1	Biological modeling framework Methods, systems, and apparatuses, including computer programs encoded on a computer storage medium, can be implemented to perform certain actions. The actions can include maintaining biological data related to multiple biological systems in a first format in a data repository, receiving a first selection of a biological system of the multiple biological systems for constructing a model that simulates a behavior of the biological system, retrieving a subset of data of the biological data that is associated with the first selection of the biological system, receiving a second selection of a modeling technique of the multiple modeling techniques for constructing the model, compiling the subset of biological data into configuration data of a second format that is specific to the modeling technique and that is different from the first format, and generating the model using the modeling technique and the configuration data.
US11456052B1	Write and read common leveling for 4-bit wide drams Systems and methods of write deskew training for ×4 mode memory control interface configurations. Write leveling logic in the memory controller is adjusted to obtain a write leveling setting for delaying both first and second strobe signals associated with a byte. The adjustment is based on feedback of first set of bits of a byte and irrespective of the feedback of the second set of bits of the byte. The write leveling logic is then anchored at the write leveling setting, and a deskew delay line for the second strobe signal is adjusted to obtain a first deskew setting based on the feedback of the second set of bits. Thus, in write operations, the write leveling setting can be common within the byte even the two strobe signals are transmitted to or received from two different memory storage devices.
US11456051B1	Optimized storage charge loss management A system includes a memory device and a processing device, operatively coupled with the memory device, to perform operations including receiving a set of read offsets for a block of the memory device, the set of read offsets comprising a default read offset, selecting the default read offset from the set of read offsets based on one or more criteria, applying the default read offset to a read operation performed with respect to the block, determining that a second set of criteria associated with removing the default read offset is satisfied, and removing the default read offset responsive to determining that the second set of criteria is satisfied.
US11456038B2	Simplified operations to read memory cells coarsely programmed via interleaved two-pass data programming techniques A memory system to store multiple bits of data in a memory cell. After receiving the data bits, a memory device coarsely programs a threshold voltage of the memory cell to a first level representative of a combination of bit values according to a mapping between combinations of bit values and threshold levels. The threshold levels are partitioned into a plurality of groups, each containing a subset of the threshold levels. A group identification of a first group, among the plurality of groups, containing the first level is determined for the memory cell. The memory device reads, using the group identification, a subset of the data bits back from the first memory cell, and combines the bits of the group identification and the subset to recover the entire set of data bits to finely program the threshold voltage of the memory cell to represent the data bits.
US11456030B2	Static random access memory SRAM unit and related apparatus A static random access memory SRAM unit and a related apparatus are provided, to reduce power consumption of an SRAM when the SRAM memory is accessed. The SRAM unit is located in an SRAM memory, and the SRAM memory includes an SRAM storage array including a plurality of SRAM units. The SRAM unit includes: a storage circuit, connected to each of a write circuit and a read circuit, and configured to store data; the write circuit, configured to write data into the storage circuit; and the read circuit, configured to: after a read enabling signal is valid, enable data on a read bit line connected to the SRAM unit to be the data stored in the storage circuit.
US11456022B2	Distributed grouped terminations for multiple memory integrated circuit systems The present disclosure generally relates to apparatuses and methods for transmission line termination. In one embodiment an apparatus includes a stack of uniform memory dies and a storage controller. Each uniform memory die in the stack of uniform memory dies couples to a transmission line in series through wire bonds to form a transmission path. Each memory die includes an on-die termination resistance circuit connected to the transmission line. The on-die termination resistance circuit provides a minimum termination resistance. The storage controller addresses a target uniform memory die of the stack of uniform memory dies for an operation. The storage controller enables the on-die termination resistance circuits of a plurality of uniform memory dies along the transmission path. The storage controller transmits a data signal for the operation to the target uniform memory die with the on-die termination resistance circuit enabled for the plurality of uniform memory dies.
US11456015B2	Derivation device, derivation method, derivation program, and magnetic tape A derivation device is a device that derives a reading path by a reading element in a case where plural pieces of data to be read are read from a recording medium, and includes a first derivation unit that derives a value representing a recording density of the data for each of plural areas in which the plural pieces of the data to be read are recorded, and a second derivation unit that derives a path for sequentially reading the data as the reading path for an area in which the value representing the recording density is equal to or larger than a predetermined threshold value and derives the reading path according to a predetermined path determination method for an area in which the value representing the recording density is less than the threshold value.
US11456014B1	Repeatable runout compensation value generation Generating a hard disk drive (HDD) data track repeatable runout (RRO) compensation value for a target track involves querying at least one RRO table for a closest track to the target track external servo target (EST) and identifying an ESTx corresponding to the closest track, computing a first absolute value of the difference between the EST and the ESTx, and responsive to the first absolute value being less than an approximation threshold, setting the RRO compensation value for the target track to the RRO compensation value for the closest track. Else, querying the RRO table(s) for each adjacent track to the target track, computing the difference between the ESTs for the adjacent tracks, and responsive to the second absolute value being less than an interpolation threshold, determining an RRO compensation value for the target track based on RRO compensation values corresponding to the adjacent tracks.
US11456010B2	Systems and methods for increasing data rate and storage density in multilayer optical discs Systems and methods, e.g., optical apparatuses, for digital optical information storage systems that improve the speed, signal to noise, controllability, and data storage density for fluorescent and reflective multilayer optical data storage media. The systems and methods include an optical system for a reading beam of a data channel from a moving single or multi-layer or otherwise 3-dimensional optical information storage medium that comprises at least one optical element characterized by restricting the field of view (FOV) of the reading beam on an associated image plane to 0.3 to 2 Airy disk diameters in a first direction.
US11456009B1	Shared disk configuration in a multiple actuator hard disk drive A multiple-actuator hard disk drive includes multiple head-stack assemblies (HSA) and a disk stack including a shared disk operated upon by both of the HSAs. Generally to provide more space between the HSAs such as for routing electrical traces, the distance between the shared disk and each of the upper and lower adjacent disks is greater than the distance between each of the upper and lower adjacent disks and the next adjacent disk. Each arm tip of the arms operating upon the shared disk may be thicker than other arm(s) operating upon other disks in the stack, so that the z-height between each head slider and corresponding disk surface is maintained in view of the differing disk spacing. Suspension tails for the arms that operate on the shared disk may be biased to offset away from the shared disk to provide for more clearance between the HSAs.
US11456005B2	Audio-visual speech separation Methods, systems, and apparatus, including computer programs encoded on computer storage media, for audio-visual speech separation. A method includes: obtaining, for each frame in a stream of frames from a video in which faces of one or more speakers have been detected, a respective per-frame face embedding of the face of each speaker; processing, for each speaker, the per-frame face embeddings of the face of the speaker to generate visual features for the face of the speaker; obtaining a spectrogram of an audio soundtrack for the video; processing the spectrogram to generate an audio embedding for the audio soundtrack; combining the visual features for the one or more speakers and the audio embedding for the audio soundtrack to generate an audio-visual embedding for the video; determining a respective spectrogram mask for each of the one or more speakers; and determining a respective isolated speech spectrogram for each speaker.
US11455997B2	Device for processing user voice input Disclosed is a server device. At least one server according to an embodiment comprises a network interface, a storage, and at least one processor for providing a voice recognition service. The at least one processor may be configured to: receive, through the network interface, a first utterance of a first user from a first terminal of the first user registered in the voice recognition service; store the received first utterance in the storage; after storing the first utterance in the storage, receive, through the network interface, a second utterance of a second user from a second terminal of the second user registered in the voice recognition service; in response to the reception of the second utterance of the second user, generate a response message corresponding to the second utterance on the basis of the first utterance of the first user that is associated with the second user; and provide the response message to the second terminal through the network interface. Additional various embodiments identified through the specification are possible.
US11455995B2	User recognition for speech processing systems Systems, methods, and devices for recognizing a user are disclosed. A speech-controlled device captures a spoken utterance, and sends audio data corresponding thereto to a server. The server determines content sources storing or having access to content responsive to the spoken utterance. The server also determines multiple users associated with a profile of the speech-controlled device. Using the audio data, the server may determine user recognition data with respect to each user indicated in the speech-controlled device's profile. The server may also receive user recognition confidence threshold data from each of the content sources. The server may determine user recognition data associated that satisfies (i.e., meets or exceeds) a most stringent (i.e., highest) of the user recognition confidence threshold data. Thereafter, the server may send data indicating a user associated with the user recognition data to all of the content sources.
US11455993B2	Electronic device controlling system, voice output device, and methods therefor An electronic device controlling system that provides an instruction via voice for an operation of a speech recognition-capable electronic device includes a control device and a voice output device capable of communicating with the control device. The control device includes a first input unit that receives, from an operator, a first input to which a first operation instruction for the speech recognition-capable electronic device is assigned; and a transmitter that, when the first input unit receives the first input, transmits, to the voice output device, first information for communication corresponding to the first operation instruction assigned to the first input. The voice output device includes a receiver that receives the first information for communication from the control device; and an output unit that, when the receiver receives the first information for communication, outputs a first voice for the first operation instruction based on the first information for communication.
US11455987B1	Multiple skills processing Described herein is a system for enabling a user to perform complex goals using multiple skills/applications of an intelligent assistant device. Skills may register as consumers of an action or providers of an action, and the consumer skills may be configured to invoke provider skills to perform actions. The system receives a request to perform an action from a skill along with some action data. The system validates the action data, selects another skill to perform the action, and forwards the request to the selected skill to perform the action.
US11455978B2	Sound-absorbing construction component having extinguishing profiles and sound protection wall The invention relates to a sound-absorbing construction component, which is suitable inter alia for use outdoors. The construction element comprises a sound-absorbing absorber layer having a sound entry surface and a plurality of extinguishing profiles fully enclosed in the absorber layer and arranged at a distance from one another. The extinguishing profile consists of a sound-reflecting material and has a profile inner space, which has one open side facing away from the sound entry surface. The extinguishing profile preferably comprises at least one inlet surface having numerous sound inlet openings and at least one closed reflection surface connecting to the inlet surface, wherein the reflection surface and the open side of the extinguishing profile are at a greater distance from the sound entry surface than the inlet surface. The profile inner space is hollow or completely or partially filled with the material of the absorber layer. The invention also relates to a sound protection wall having a backing layer on which numerous sound-absorbing construction components are arranged.
US11455975B2	Systems and method for improving operating characteristics of displays Systems and methods for improving operating characteristics of displays such as liquid crystal on silicon displays.
US11455971B2	Conversion of glyphs to images A request to access a display unit may be received via an interface. The interface may comprise a line display interface for a point of sale system. A glyph to be displayed by the display unit may be received via the interface. The glyph may be converted to an image for display by the display unit and sent to the display unit.
US11455969B2	Display device and electronic device A transistor whose channel region includes an oxide semiconductor is used as a pull down transistor. The band gap of the oxide semiconductor is 2.0 eV or more, preferably 2.5 eV or more, more preferably 3.0 eV or more. Thus, hot carrier degradation in the transistor can be suppressed. Accordingly, the circuit size of the semiconductor device including the pull down transistor can be made small. Further, a gate of a pull up transistor is made to be in a floating state by switching of on/off of the transistor whose channel region includes an oxide semiconductor. Note that when the oxide semiconductor is highly purified, the off-state current of the transistor can be 1 aA/μm (1×10−18 A/μm) or less. Therefore, the drive capability of the semiconductor device can be improved.
US11455960B2	Pixel driving circuit and display panel The present invention provides a pixel driving circuit and a display panel. The pixel driving circuit includes a light emitting module and a compensation driving module which are electrically connected. The compensation driving module includes a doubled-gate driving thin film transistor, and is configured to charge a bottom gate of the doubled-gate driving thin film transistor and adjust a threshold voltage to an initial value in an initial stage. The compensation driving module receives a reference voltage to discharge the bottom gate of the doubled-gate driving thin film transistor in a threshold voltage compensation, realizing a compensation of the threshold voltage.
US11455959B2	Display device A display device according to an exemplary embodiment of the invention includes: a substrate; an active pattern including a semiconductor material disposed on the substrate; a first conductive layer disposed on the active pattern, the first conductive layer including a plurality of scan lines and a driving gate electrode; a second conductive layer disposed on the first conductive layer, the second conductive layer including an initialization voltage line to transmit an initialization voltage; a third conductive layer disposed on the second conductive layer, the third conductive layer including a driving voltage line to transmit a driving voltage; a fourth conductive layer disposed on the third conductive layer, the first conductive layer including a first data line that transmits a data signal; and a pixel electrode layer disposed on the fourth conductive layer, the pixel electrode layer including a plurality of pixel electrodes, wherein the third conductive layer includes a connection member that is electrically connected with the initialization voltage line, and the first data line includes a projecting portion that extends in a direction away from the connection member.
US11455958B2	Display device and driving method of the same A display device includes: a display panel including a plurality of pixels; and a driving controller configured to: generate a data signal corresponding to an input image data; generate a data voltage based on the data signal; and output the data voltage to the pixels, wherein the driving controller is configured to output the data signal in at least one driving frequency higher than a predetermined low frequency during an image transition period in a low frequency driving mode during which the data signal outputs in the low frequency.
US11455953B1	Pixel driving circuit, display device and operating method thereof A display device includes pixel driving circuits. A first pixel driving circuit includes a light emitting element, first and second driving units and a control unit. The light emitting element emits light according to a current. The first driving unit generates the current. The second driving unit drives the first driving unit to adjust the current according to a first scanning signal. The control unit controls the first driving unit to adjust the current according to a first light emitting signal. The first scanning signal has first slope to third slopes during first to third periods, respectively. The first to third slopes are different from each other. The first light emitting signal has an enable voltage level during the first and third periods, and has a disable voltage level during the second period. The first to third periods are arranged continuously in order.
US11455950B2	Method and apparatus for adjusting signal frequency, display device and storage medium A method for adjusting the signal frequency includes: acquiring a first number of times of outputting a reference signal at an active level within a reference duration, wherein a correlation between a frequency of the reference signal and temperature is less than a reference correlation threshold, the reference duration is negatively correlated with a frequency of a clock signal, a correlation between a frequency of a clock signal and temperature is greater than the reference correlation threshold, and a drive signal for driving a display device to display an image is generated based on the clock signal; acquiring a target adjustment value based on the first number of times if the first number of times is different from a reference number of times; and controlling and adjusting the frequency of the output clock signal based on the target adjustment value.
US11455933B2	Circuit device, electro-optical device, and electronic apparatus A circuit device includes a gradation voltage generation circuit, a correction processing circuit, and a driving circuit. The correction processing circuit performs correction processing on input display data to output corrected display data. The driving circuit drives an electro-optical panel by outputting gradation voltages corresponding to the corrected display data based on the gradation voltages. The gradation voltages are grouped into first to k-th groups. At this time, the correction processing circuit determines, by analyzing which group of the first to the k-th groups each input display data belongs to, a number of the input display data belonging to each group, and performs the correction processing based on the determined number.
US11455930B2	Driving system for driving a scan-type display A driving system includes a scan driving device. The scan driving device includes a configuration register, a counter, multiple comparators and a driver. The configuration register generates a counting parameter and multiple scan order parameters based on a serial input signal and a clock signal. The counter generates a counting value based on the clock signal, an enable signal and the counting parameter. Each comparator compares the counting value with a respective one of the scan order parameters to generate a comparison result. The driver generates multiple scan driving signals for driving a scan-type display based on the clock signal, on the enable signal and on the comparison results respectively generated by the comparators.
US11455927B2	Data processing device, data driving device and system for driving display device The present disclosure relates to a data processing device, a data driving device, and a system for driving a display device, and more particularly, to a data processing device, a data driving device, and a system for speeding up data communication in a display device.
US11455921B1	Device for securing a display to a door A device for securing a display to a door utilizes attachment clips which attach to the door. The attachment clips each have a first side wall, a second wall and an end wall which extends between the first side wall and the second side wall. An arm is attached to the first side wall. The arm is attached to a display retaining assembly which is configured, upon installation, to retain the display against the door, where the display retaining assembly applies a load which causes the first side wall to engage a first surface of the door and the second side wall to engage a second side of the door, thereby urging the end wall against a side of the door.
US11455917B2	Spliced display panel and spliced display device The present application provides a spliced display panel. The spliced display panel includes a panel body and a cover plate, wherein the panel body includes at least a splicing seam, the cover plate includes a cover plate body and a lens assembly connected to the cover plate body, an orthographic projection of the lens assembly on a plane where the panel body is located covers at least the splicing seam, and the lens assembly includes a first convex lens and a second convex lens.
US11455913B2	Display device A display device according to an exemplary embodiment of the present disclosure includes a display panel, a back cover which supports the display panel on a rear surface of the display panel, a plurality of flexible films which is electrically connected to one end of the display panel and is disposed on one surface of the back cover, a printed circuit board which is electrically connected to the plurality of flexible films and disposed on the one surface of the back cover, and a roller to which the display panel and the back cover are wound or unwound, and the roller includes a flat portion and a first curved portion and a second curved portion having different radii of curvature. Accordingly, the damage of the plurality of flexible films and the printed circuit board may be reduced.
US11455908B2	Sensory stimulation toys A method, system, apparatus, and/or device to provide a therapy toy to stimulate one or more senses of a person. The therapy toy may include: a perimeter sub-structure including a first side strip, a top strip, a second side strip, and a bottom strip; and a center grid sub-structure including a first center strip and a second center strip. The first center strip and the second center strip may extend from a first side of the perimeter sub-structure to a second side of the perimeter sub-structure. The first center strip and the second center strip may be connected at multiple points to form the holes. The fabric grid structure comprises a material having a pliability or a compressibility sufficient to allow the fabric grid structure to be collapsed or deformed by a hand of the person. The person may use the therapy toy therapeutically.
US11455907B2	Adaptive vocabulary improvement A computer-implemented method includes recognizing, by a computer device, a word as a new learned word for a user; registering, by the computer device, the new leaned word in a user's new learned word list as a registered new learned word; associating, by the computer device, the registered new learned word with related known words in a user's known word library, the known word library including words known to the user; tracking, by the computer device, uses of the related known words by the user; identifying, by the computer device, a used sentence used by the user that contains one of the related known words; and suggesting, by the computer device, to the user a new sentence that replaces the one of the related known words in the used sentence with the new learned word.
US11455905B2	Simulator for crane, construction machine or industrial truck A simulator for a crane, a construction machine or an industrial truck, with a control station including at least one input means for inputting control commands, a graphical simulation module for calculating a virtual representation of the machine surroundings and/or machine components, such as a boom or a load hook, and a display device for displaying the calculated virtual representation, a movement simulation module being provided for determining movements and/or deformations of the machine components according to the inputted control commands, according to which the graphical simulation module calculates the virtual representation. The control station is movably mounted and can be moved by a drive device according to the movements and/or deformation of the machine components determined by the movement simulation module. The virtual representation generated by the graphical simulation module can be superimposed with a live image provided by a camera and displayed on virtual reality glasses.
US11455901B2	System and a method for monitoring progress of a learner through an experiential learning cycle A computer system for monitoring progress of at least one learner through an experiential learning cycle, the computer system comprising: a computer server accessible through a communications network, the computer server arranged to receive event data through the communications network from a user computing device, the event data being generated by the at least one learner progressing through the experiential learning cycle; a memory for storing empirical data indicative of the experiential learning cycle and event data received at the computer server through the communications network; and a processor configured to process the received event data and comparing the processed event data with the empirical data to determine the progress of the at least one learner through the experiential learning cycle.
US11455899B2	Teaching kit and method to design one or more games Game designing is a process in which the game designers come up with game ideas. It is a creative and iterative process often requires a lot of effort. Existing methods are time consuming process and difficult to engage a person in it for longer duration. An electronic teaching kit and method to design one or more games have been disclosed. The electronic teaching kit enables game designers to generate multiple purposeful game ideas in a short session. The kit involves a framework comprising a set of genre cards, component cards and an interconnection is required between them to generate a coherent game idea. Further, the idea of game design is validated by all the designers participating the game designing session and using predefined conditions.
US11455893B2	Trajectory classification and response A method includes obtaining multiple sets of trajectory data, each descriptive of trajectories of two or more objects (e.g., first and second objects). The method also includes generating transformed trajectory data based on the trajectory data. Each set of transformed trajectory data is descriptive of the trajectories of the two or more objects in a normalized reference frame in which a movement path of the first object is constrained. The method further includes generating feature data, performing a clustering operation based on the feature data to generate a set of trajectory clusters, and generating training data based on the set of trajectory clusters. The method further includes using the training data to train a machine learning classifier to classify particular trajectory patterns.
US11455891B2	Reducing autonomous vehicle downtime and idle data usage Systems and methods for controlling an autonomous vehicle to reduce idle data usage and vehicle downtime are provided. In one example embodiment, a computing system can obtain data associated with autonomous vehicle(s) that are online with a service entity. The computing system can obtain data indicative of the geographic area with an imbalance in a number of vehicles associated with the geographic area. The computing system can determine a first autonomous vehicle for re-positioning with respect to the geographic area based at least in part on the data associated with the one or more autonomous vehicles and the data indicative of the geographic. The computing system can communicating data indicative of a first re-positioning assignment associated with the first autonomous vehicle. In some implementations, the computing system can generate vehicle service incentive to entice a vehicle provider to re-position its autonomous vehicles with respect to the geographic area.
US11455887B1	Systems and methods to locate a parking spot for a vehicle This disclosure is generally directed to systems and methods to locate a parking spot for a vehicle. In an example method, an address of a destination for a trip is provided to a processor. The processor identifies a cluster of parking spots based on determining a statistical probability that at least one parking spot in the cluster of parking spots is available at an expected time of arrival of the vehicle at the cluster of parking spots. An availability of the first parking spot is then checked by the processor at a time of arrival of the vehicle at a perimeter of the cluster of parking spots. The processor may direct the vehicle to travel from the perimeter to either the first parking spot if still available, or to a second parking spot if the first parking spot is unavailable.
US11455886B2	Dynamic vehicular passageway information using ad-hoc network and templatized connection A method includes receiving over a first dedicated traffic channel, DTCH parameters for a second DTCH from a first information providing device; broadcasting a connect command to a second information providing device to establish the second DTCH between the computing device and the second information providing device in a single communication handshake, the connect command comprising the DTCH parameters; receiving over the second DTCH, an electronic traffic signal associated with an area of a vehicular passageway associated with the second information providing device; determining from the electronic traffic signal, a predetermined value of a vehicular passageway parameter associated with the area; comparing the predetermined value with a current vehicle value of the vehicular passageway parameter; generating a command to display an indication in a vehicle as a result of the comparing; and transmitting the command to a display in the vehicle.
US11455884B2	Lighting system A lighting system, including: a substrate defining a first broad face; a first set of light emitting elements configured to emit visible light having a fixed first color parameter; a second set of light emitting elements configured to emit visible light having a fixed second color parameter different from the first color parameter; a diffuser cooperatively enclosing the first and second sets of light emitting elements with the substrate; a communication module including an antenna; and a processor operatively connected to the communication module, the first set of light emitting elements, and the second set of light emitting elements, the processor configured to independently control relative intensities of the first and second set of light emitting elements to cooperatively emit light having a target color parameter value, wherein the target color parameter value is received from the communication module.
US11455881B2	Alarm and first responder systems, methods, and devices An emergency sensor system comprising: a plurality of environmental sensors; a local monitoring station (LMS) connected to each of the plurality of environmental sensors, the LMS comprising a transceiver, a processor, and a memory having stored thereon instructions that, when executed by the processor, control the processor to execute a method comprising: receiving, from at least one of the plurality of environmental sensors, sensor data indicative of an environmental state proximate the at least one environmental sensor, analyze the sensor data, and output, to a remote responder system, an alert based on the sensor data.
US11455880B2	System and method for automatically disarming an intrusion detection system A system for automatically disarming an intrusion detection system, the intrusion detection system protecting a premises and having an armed state and a disarmed state of operation, including an intrusion detection system state of operation ascertainer operable, responsive to receiving an indication of detection of an intrusion, for ascertaining whether the intrusion detection system is in the armed state; a registered mobile communicator proximity detector communicating with the intrusion detection system state of operation ascertainer and operable, responsive to ascertaining that the intrusion detection system is in the armed state of operation, for ascertaining whether at least registered mobile communicator is in a vicinity of the premises; and an automatic intrusion detection system disarmer communicating with the registered mobile communicator proximity detector and operable, responsive to the ascertaining that at least one registered mobile communicator is in the vicinity of the premises, for automatically disarming the intrusion detection system.
US11455879B2	Vehicle safety alert system A system for indicating occupant presence within a vehicle is disclosed. The system includes a driver's seat that has a plurality of sensors, a passenger's seat that has a plurality of sensors, and an electronic control unit. The electronic control unit is operatively associated with and in communication with the sensors. The electronic control unit initiates an alert in the form of, for example, a car alarm and/or message and is capable of performing other safety actions based upon predetermined conditions being met that are based on information received from the sensors in the driver's seat and the passenger's seat.
US11455870B2	Automated monitoring, detection, and reporting of unauthorized movement and/or theft of vehicles and cargo A method and an enhanced electronic logging device (ELD) enable a load lock feature of a vehicle that assists with automated theft detection, reporting, and tracking of stolen vehicles/cargo. The processor of the ELD enables the ELD to register the operator MCD to receive notifications generated by a load lock module and present on a display of the ELD at least one selectable option for activating a load lock of the vehicle, the load lock identifying that the operator has parked the vehicle and has triggered the ELD to report any movement of the vehicle that occurs while the load lock is activated. The processor generates and transmits a notification of unauthorized movement or a potential theft of the vehicle in response to receiving an input from the movement detection device indicating that the vehicle is moving or being moved from a parked location while the load lock is activated.
US11455862B2	Devices for gaming A computing device for gaming by patrons. An identification acceptor may scan an identification document into digital form. A biological sensor such as a camera may obtain biological data describing a human patron. A currency acceptor and dispenser may accept money. The computing device may obtain biological data describing the patron. The computing device may verify the identity of the patron and acceptability of the patron for gaming based at least in part on the digital form of the patron's identification and the biological data. The computing device may accept currency for deposit into a wagering account. Once the patron is verified and the account is funded, the computing device may offer gaming activities to the verified patron out of the wagering account, and pay out gaming winnings at the currency dispenser.
US11455857B2	Money handling apparatus, money handling system, and money handling method When a checkout apparatus 10 serving as a money handling apparatus detects that change is left behind after dispensing of the change in a settlement mode, the checkout apparatus 10 shifts from a settlement mode to a left money retaining mode. Upon receiving money in the left money retaining mode, the checkout apparatus 10 stores information on the amount of the money, date and time of the reception, etc., in a memory, thereby managing the left money separately from proceeds from sales. Since the same money handling unit as that for the settlement is used for storage and feeding of the left money, miniaturization and cost reduction of the apparatus is realized. Since money equivalent to the left money can be dispensed as in the settlement, a complicated operation, such as opening a housing of the checkout apparatus 10, is not necessary when responding to a request for a refund of the left money.
US11455854B2	Access control for property management Systems and methods herein provide for cloud-controlled access to an access point. A database maintains a plurality of user datasets and accounts for a plurality of access point management systems. Each account of the access point management systems includes identifies one or more access points associated with a property. Each user dataset includes user identifying information and user access information to one or more access points. A processor processes a request for access to the first access point. A rules engine accesses the database to identify a first user based on the request and a user equipment (UE) of the first user via the user identifying information, identifies a first of the access points based on a beacon transmitted by the first access point, retrieves the user access information, identifies access permission of the first user to the first access point, and grants access to the first user.
US11455848B2	Preserving vehicular raw vibration data for post-event analysis A system and method preserves raw vibration data for a physical event involving a transport vehicle such as a helicopter, plane, boat, car, or truck. The event may involve unexpected mechanical stresses on the vehicle. The system and method preserves raw vibration data for parts of the transport vehicle, such as from multiple points along the drive train. The preserved raw vibration data includes data from time prior to the physical event. In an embodiment, the system and method continuously detects vibration data, and stores the most recent vibration data in a circular memory buffer. The buffer is continually updated with the most current vibration data. When an event is automatically detected or manually triggered, the most recently saved vibration data is transferred from the buffer to permanent storage, along with vibration data obtained subsequent to the event. This allows for a more thorough post-event analysis.
US11455846B2	Consensus vehicular collision properties determination Consensus vehicular collision properties determination is provided by a method that receives mobile device sensor data from mobile device(s) of vehicle occupant(s). The vehicle is a vehicle of multiple vehicles involved in a collision, and the sensor data indicates movement and position information pertaining to the collision. The method shares the packaged sensor data to a decentralized ledger that stores this as part of a collection of sensor data from across multiple mobile devices of different vehicle occupants in the vehicles involved in the collision. Extraction and correlation of data from the ledger is used to determine consensus properties of the collision. The method determines, based on the consensus properties of the collision, which of the different vehicle occupants were driving the multiple vehicles involved in the collision and behavior of those occupants driving the multiple vehicles at the time of, and following, the collision.
US11455845B2	Fuel property diagnostic device A fuel property diagnostic device configured to diagnose properties of fuel for a vehicle includes a computer configured to diagnose the properties of the fuel for each region based on the number of vehicles with clogging. The number of vehicles with clogging is the number of vehicles in which an internal combustion engine provided with an exhaust gas control device in an exhaust passage is mounted, the exhaust gas control device includes a filter for capturing particulate matter contained in an exhaust gas, and the filter is clogged.
US11455841B1	System and method for selective vehicle data retrieval A system for providing mobile application-based vehicle diagnostics includes a mobile communication device (“device”) having an installed mobile application (“app”). The app receives an instruction to obtain vehicle condition information of a vehicle, determines a geolocation of the device, and displays a geolocation of a diagnostic service provider on the device. A diagnostic tool operable by the diagnostic service provider retrieves diagnostic data from the vehicle. A server operable by a different entity than the diagnostic service provider establishes a user profile associated with a user of the device and including a vehicle identification number (VIN) of the vehicle, receives the diagnostic data from the diagnostic tool, detects the VIN in the diagnostic data, derives vehicle condition information from the diagnostic data, associates the vehicle condition information with the user profile by matching the VIN, and provides the vehicle condition information to the app to be displayed on the device.
US11455840B2	Method, device and computer-readable storage medium with instructions for processing data in a motor vehicle for forwarding to a back end A method, a device and a computer-readable storage medium with instructions for processing data in a motor vehicle for forwarding to a back end. In a first step, sensor data are detected along a route of the motor vehicle. On the basis of the sensor data, features and context information on the features are then identified within segments of the route. Finally, the features and the context information on the features are combined into a message for the route.
US11455838B2	System for monitoring arrival of a vehicle at a given location and associated methods A system is for monitoring arrival of a vehicle at a given location. The system includes a server, and a vehicle sensing device. The vehicle sensing device is configured to sense arrival of the vehicle to the given location, and to cause information about the vehicle to be transmitted to the server in response to sensing arrival of the vehicle to the given location. The server is configured to determine a context of the vehicle based upon the information about the vehicle, and take action based on the context of the vehicle. The system may be installed at parking lots, shipping yards, restaurants, stores, and other locations.
US11455835B2	Information processing apparatus and information processing method An information processing apparatus includes a first acquisition unit that acquires first sensing data from a first sensor that performs sensing of an object outside a vehicle, a presentation control unit that generates presentation information based on the first sensing data and causes a presentation device present in the vehicle to present the presentation information, a second acquisition unit that acquires input data for presentation of the presentation information via an input device present in the vehicle, and a boarding control unit that controls boarding of a person on the vehicle according to the input data acquired by the second acquisition unit.
US11455828B2	Face recognition system, face recognition method and face recognition program A face recognition technology that enables high-speed determination of erroneous detection of face regions and high-precision face recognition by means of a first face recognition processing unit of relatively low accuracy for detecting a face region of a person on each captured image captured by a monitor camera, and a second face recognition processing unit for performing face recognition of a person more accurately with respect to the detected face region transmitted from the first face recognition processing unit. The second face recognition. processing unit determines that the first face recognition processing unit has erroneously detected when the second face recognition processing unit is not able to recognize a face region on the detected face region transmitted from the first face recognition processing unit, and the first face recognition processing unit calculates and self-learns a barycentric coordinate of the detected face region as a point mask position. Thereafter, the first face recognition. processing unit checks whether or not the coordinate of the barycentric position has already been stored in a storage as one of the point mask position, and, when the coincident coordinate of the point mask position is found in the data of the barycentric coordinates, this face recognition system does not perform more accurate face recognition processing by the second face recognition processing unit, and proceeds to the next face recognition processing on the next captured image.
US11455824B2	Cover plate and manufacturing method thereof, electronic device A cover plate and a manufacturing method thereof, an electronic device are disclosed. The cover plate includes an operation area, the operation area includes an identification area and a non-identification area, the cover plate includes a contact surface, the contact surface includes a first contact surface and a second contact surface, the first contact surface is in the identification area, the second contact surface is in the non-identification area, and the first contact surface and the second contact surface have different contact properties.
US11455823B2	Under-screen fingerprint identification apparatus and electronic device Embodiments of the present application discloses an under-screen fingerprint identification apparatus, which includes: a micro-lens array, configured to be disposed under the backlight module of the liquid crystal display screen; at least one light shielding layer, disposed under the micro-lens array, wherein the light shielding layer is provided with a plurality of light transmission holes; a photo detecting array, disposed under the light shielding layer; wherein the micro-lens array is configured to converge an optical signal with a specific direction passing through the backlight module to a plurality of light transmission holes, and transmit an optical signal with a non-specific direction passing through the backlight module to a light shielding region of the light shielding layer, wherein the optical signal with the specific direction is transmitted to the photo detecting array through the plurality of light transmission holes.
US11455813B2	Parametric top-view representation of complex road scenes Systems and methods are provided for producing a road layout model. The method includes capturing digital images having a perspective view, converting each of the digital images into top-down images, and conveying a top-down image of time t to a neural network that performs a feature transform to form a feature map of time t. The method also includes transferring the feature map of the top-down image of time t to a feature transform module to warp the feature map to a time t+1, and conveying a top-down image of time t+1 to form a feature map of time t+1. The method also includes combining the warped feature map of time t with the feature map of time t+1 to form a combined feature map, transferring the combined feature map to a long short-term memory (LSTM) module to generate the road layout model, and displaying the road layout model.
US11455808B2	Method for the classification of parking spaces in a surrounding region of a vehicle with a neural network The invention relates to a method for the classification of parking spaces in a surrounding region of a vehicle with a driver support system, wherein the vehicle comprises at least one first surroundings sensor and a second surroundings sensor, comprising the steps of receiving first sensor data out of the surrounding region by the driver support system from the at least one first surroundings sensor, recognizing a parking-space-like partial region of the surrounding region in the first sensor data, requesting second sensor data acquired by the at least one second surroundings sensor out of the parking-space-like partial region by the driver support system as soon as the parking-space-like partial region is recognized in the first sensor data, transmitting the requested second sensor data to a vehicle-side computing unit comprising a deep neural network (DNN), and classifying the parking-space-like partial region into categories with the DNN, wherein the categories comprise legal, parkable parking spaces and illegal, non-parkable parking spaces. The invention also relates to a driver support system, in particular a parking assistance system, for a vehicle for the acquisition of parking spaces. The invention further relates to a vehicle with a driver support system.
US11455807B2	Training neural networks for vehicle re-identification In various examples, a neural network may be trained for use in vehicle re-identification tasks—e.g., matching appearances and classifications of vehicles across frames—in a camera network. The neural network may be trained to learn an embedding space such that embeddings corresponding to vehicles of the same identify are projected closer to one another within the embedding space, as compared to vehicles representing different identities. To accurately and efficiently learn the embedding space, the neural network may be trained using a contrastive loss function or a triplet loss function. In addition, to further improve accuracy and efficiency, a sampling technique—referred to herein as batch sample—may be used to identify embeddings, during training, that are most meaningful for updating parameters of the neural network.
US11455802B2	Video feature extraction method and device A video feature extraction method and device are provided. The method includes extracting one or more frames from a video object to obtain one or more frames of images; stage-by-stage processing each of the one or more frames of images by multi-typed pooling processes to obtain an image feature of the one or more frames of images; and determining a video feature according to the image feature of the one or more frames of images. The multi-typed pooling processes include a maximum pooling process, a minimum pooling process and an average pooling process.
US11455799B2	Image networks for mobile communication A mobile communication system based on images, enabling communication between a plurality of mobile devices and servers, wherein the images have associated additional properties in the nature of voice, audio, data and other information. The system further enabling the formation of one or more image networks wherein the images are stored, organized, connected and linked to each other by one or more methods inclusive of one to one connection between images, a hierarchical connection between images and or other methods of connection between images to facilitate efficient image based communication between mobile devices, stationary devices and servers based on the mobile device identification, mobile device specific profiles and user specific profiles. The imaged base network system further having the ability to learn and form intelligent association between objects, people and other entities; between images and the associated data relating to both animate and inanimate entities for intelligent image based communication in a network.
US11455787B2	Reading system, reading device, reading method, and storage medium According to one embodiment, a reading system includes an extractor, a determiner, and a reader. The extractor extracts a candidate image from an input image. The candidate image is a candidate of a portion of the input image in which a segment display is imaged. The determiner uses the candidate image and a mask to calculate a match ratio indicating a certainty of a segment display being included in the candidate image, and determines that the candidate image is an image of a segment display when the match ratio is not less than a threshold. The mask and the threshold are preset. The reader reads a numerical value displayed in a segment display from the candidate image determined to be an image of a segment display.
US11455783B2	Image recognition method and apparatus, device and non-volatile computer storage medium The present disclosure provides an image recognition method and apparatus, a device and a non-volatile computer storage medium. In embodiments of the present disclosure, it is feasible to obtain the to-be-recognized image of a designated size, extract the different-area image from the to-be-recognized image, and obtain the image feature of the different-area image according to the different-area image, so as to obtain the recognition result of the to-be-recognized image, according to the image feature of the different-area image and a preset template feature. In this way, recognition processing can be performed for images in a limited number of classes without employing the deep learning method based on hundreds of thousands of even millions of training samples.
US11455781B2	Data reading/writing method and system in 3D image processing, storage medium and terminal The present disclosure provides a data reading/writing method and system for in 3D image processing, a storage medium and a terminal. The method includes the following steps: dividing a 3D image horizontally based on the vertical sliding technology, the 3D image is divided into at least two subimages, a processing data of each subimage is stored in a circular buffer, after the subimage is processed, an overlapping portion data required by next subimage is retained in the circular buffer; dividing a multi-layer network of an image processing algorithm into at least two segments, the data between adjacent layers in each segment only interact through buffer, not through DDR.
US11455779B2	Visualization of massive 3D models in interactive editing workflows In example embodiments, techniques are provided for visualizing a 3D model in an interactive editing workflow. A user modifies one or more elements of a model of the 3D model, by inserting one or more new elements having geometry, changing the geometry of one or more existing elements and/or deleting one or more existing elements having geometry. An updated view of the 3D model is then rendered to reflect the modification to the one or more elements in part by obtaining, for each new element or changed existing element of the model visible in the view, a polygon mesh that represents geometry of the individual element, obtaining a set of tiles that each include a polygon mesh that represent collective geometry of a set of elements intersecting the tile's volume, displaying the polygon mesh for each new element or changed existing element, and displaying the set of tiles while hiding any deleted or changed existing elements therein.
US11455763B2	Bounding box generation for object detection The subject disclosure relates to techniques for inserting of bounding boxes around image objects. A process of the disclosed technology can include steps for receiving, from a first data set, an image comprising a first image object, processing the image to identify a pixel region associated with the first image object, and placing a first bounding box around the first image object based on the identified pixel region. In some aspects, the process further includes steps for receiving a user input comprising an indication of whether the first bounding box is accurately placed around the first image object. Systems and machine-readable media are also provided.
US11455760B2	Digital visualization of periodically updated in-season agricultural prescriptions Display of graphical maps of agricultural fields, coded with color or other indicators of values of data pertaining to agronomy at high resolution, and updated on a daily basis or on demand by recalculating agronomy models with the high-resolution data, is disclosed. Map displays may include multiple layers that relate to different agronomy metrics, and GUI widgets that are programmed to receive selection of values indicating different field properties or layers to display. In an embodiment, a computer-implemented data processing method providing an improvement in efficient calculation of digital data representing physical properties of agricultural fields, the method comprising receiving digital input specifying a request to display a map image of a specified agricultural field for a particular day; in response to receiving the input, calculating an interpolated digital image of the specified agricultural field with a plurality of different field properties, by: dividing a digital map of the specified field into a plurality of grids each having a same size and a same area; obtaining, from digital storage, a plurality of data for the different field properties and assigning the data as covariates; grouping the grids into a specified number of clusters based on values of the covariates; pseudo-randomly selecting a specified number of one or more sample values in each of the clusters; evaluating a digital fertility model using the sample values and storing a plurality of output values from the digital fertility model; interpolating a plurality of model values for the grids; generating and causing displaying a visual graphical image of the specified agricultural field including color pixels corresponding to each of the model values.
US11455755B2	Methods and apparatus for neural network based image reconstruction Systems and methods for reconstructing medical images are disclosed. Measurement data, such as sinogram data, is received from an image scanning system. A plurality of masks are applied to corresponding portions of the measurement data to generate a plurality of masked measurement data portions. In some examples, the measurement data is encoded before the plurality of masks are applied. A neural network including a plurality of fully connected layers is applied to the plurality of masked measurement data portions to generate a plurality of image patches. The plurality of image patches are then combined to generate an initial image. In some examples, refinement and scaling operations are applied to the initial image and corresponding attenuation maps to generate a final image. In some examples, the final image is stored in a database. In some examples, the final image is displayed for diagnosis.
US11455746B2	System and methods for extrinsic calibration of cameras and diffractive optical elements Multiple cameras are coupled to a camera rig. Multiple diffractive optical elements (DOEs) are coupled to a DOE prop. Each camera is positioned in an eye box of a DOE and takes an image when the cameras are positioned at a first position, a second position and a third position relative to the DOEs. Three images taken by a each camera at each one of the first position, the second position and third position. The images are transmitted to a processor coupled to the camera rig. For each image, the processor identifies data pairs, each data pair including pixel coordinates of an intensity peak in the image and virtual light source produced by the diffractive optical element that corresponds to the intensity peak, and determines extrinsic parameters of the cameras using the identified data pairs for each image.
US11455735B2	Target tracking method, device, system and non-transitory computer readable storage medium The present disclosure relates to a target tracking method, device, system, and a non-transitory computer-readable storage medium. The method includes: determining an area where a current target is located by performing target detection on a current frame image; extracting a current position information of the area where the current target is located; predicting a position information of an area where each historical target is located at a corresponding moment of the current frame image based on historical position information of an area where each historical target is located in one or more historical frame images; determining a historical target that is the same target as the current target based on a position difference between the current position information and the predicted position information, and tracking the current target.
US11455732B2	Knowledge-based automatic image segmentation A method for medical image segmentation. The method includes accessing and updating a knowledge-base in accordance with embodiments of the present invention. The techniques include: receiving a medical image and computing a sparse landmark signature based on the medical image content. Next, a knowledge-base is searched for representative matches to form a base set, wherein the base set comprises a plurality of reference image sets. A portion of the plurality of reference image sets of the base set is deformed to generate mappings from the base set to the medical image set. Finally a weighted average segmentation for each structure of interest of the medical image set is determined.
US11455727B2	Method and apparatus for excessive materials removal from intraoral scans A method includes determining the following for each point in a second intraoral scan based on a comparison of a first intraoral scan to the second intraoral scan: whether a surface normal at the point is co-directional with a viewing direction associated with the first intraoral scan, wherein points in the second intraoral scan that have a surface normal that is co-directional with the first viewing direction are back-face points; and whether the point is behind a corresponding point in the first intraoral scan, wherein points in the second intraoral scan that are not behind corresponding points in the first intraoral scan are uncovered points. The method further includes determining a region comprising a plurality of points in the second intraoral scan that are uncovered back-face points, determining that the region satisfies one or more removal criteria, and removing the region from the second intraoral.
US11455724B1	Systems and methods to process electronic images to adjust attributes of the electronic images Systems and methods are disclosed for adjusting attributes of whole slide images, including stains therein. A portion of a whole slide image comprised of a plurality of pixels in a first color space and including one or more stains may be received as input. Based on an identified stain type of the stain(s), a machine-learned transformation associated with the stain type may be retrieved and applied to convert an identified subset of the pixels from the first to a second color space specific to the identified stain type. One or more attributes of the stain(s) may be adjusted in the second color space to generate a stain-adjusted subset of pixels, which are then converted back to the first color space using an inverse of the machine-learned transformation. A stain-adjusted portion of the whole slide image including at least the stain-adjusted subset of pixels may be provided as output.
US11455723B2	Second reader suggestion The present invention relates to deep learning implementations for medical imaging. More particularly, the present invention relates to a method and system for suggesting whether to obtain a second review after a first user has performed a manual review/analysis of a set of medical images from an initial medical screening. Aspects and/or embodiments seek to provide a method and system for suggesting that a second radiologist reviews one or more cases/sets of medical images in response to a first radiologist's review of the case of medical images, based on the use of computer-aided analysis (for example using deep learning) on each case/set of medical images and the first radiologist's review.
US11455720B2	Apparatus for ultrasound diagnosis of liver steatosis using feature points of ultrasound image and remote medical-diagnosis method using the same Disclosed herein are an apparatus for automatic ultrasound diagnosis of liver steatosis using feature points in an ultrasound image, which can automatically determine a grade of liver steatosis, which is difficult to determine visually, through extraction from an image acquired by medical imaging, and a remote medical diagnosis method using the same.
US11455717B2	Inspection device comparing a scan image to a reference image, image forming apparatus, and program for inspection device An inspection device includes an image reader that generates a scan image, an inspector that inspects an inspection target image formed on a storage medium, by comparing a scan image with a reference image, a storage that stores the reference image, and a hardware processor that stores into the storage the reference image generated as the scan image by reading with the image reader an image formed on a recording medium by the image former on a basis of a second print job for generating the reference image, determines whether the reference image stored in the storage satisfies a predetermined condition when a data amount of the reference image stored in the storage becomes equal to or larger than a predetermined amount, and deletes the reference image determined to satisfy the predetermined condition from the storage.
US11455711B2	Providing an optimum subtraction data set A method for providing an optimum subtraction data set includes: receiving first image data sets acquired by a medical imaging device and which map an object under examination within a first time phase; receiving at least one second image data set acquired by the same or another medical imaging device and which maps a change in the object under examination within a second time phase; dividing the at least one second image data set into a plurality of image regions; generating subtraction image regions for the plurality of image regions; determining an image quality parameter for each subtraction image region; determining an optimum subtraction image region for each image region of the plurality of image regions of the at least one second image data set by comparing the image quality parameters; generating the optimum subtraction data set from the optimum subtraction image regions; and providing the optimum subtraction data set.
US11455710B2	Device and method of object detection A device and method of object detection in a scene by combining traditional 2D visual light imaging such as pixels with 3D data such as a voxel map are described. A single lens directs image light from the scene to a dichroic mirror which then provides light to a both a 2D visible light image sensor and a 3D sensor, such as a time-of-flight sensor that uses a transmitted, modulated IR light beam, which is then synchronously demodulated to determine time of flight as well as 2D coordinates. 2D portions (non-distance) of 3D voxel image data are aligned with the 2D pixel image data such that each is responsive to the same portion of the scene. Embodiments determine true reflectivity, true scale, and image occlusion. 2D images may be enhanced by the 3D true reflectivity. Combined data may be used as training data for object detection and recognition.
US11455706B2	Electronic apparatus, control method thereof and electronic system An electronic apparatus is disclosed. The electronic apparatus includes: a memory configured to store a downscaling network of a first artificial intelligence model, a communication interface comprising communication circuitry, and a processor connected to the memory and the communication interface and configured to control the electronic apparatus, wherein the processor is configured to: obtain an output image in which an input image is downscaled by inputting the input image the downscaling network, control the communication interface to transmit the output image to another electronic apparatus, and wherein the first artificial intelligence model is configured to be learned based on: a sample image, a first intermediate image obtained by inputting the sample image to the downscaling network, a first final image obtained by inputting the first intermediate image to an upscaling network of the first artificial intelligence model, a second intermediate image in which the sample image is downscaled by a legacy scaler, and a second final image in which the first intermediate image is upscaled by the legacy scaler.
US11455704B2	Apparatus and method A data processing apparatus includes rendering circuitry to render an image frame by plural successive rendering stages, each rendering stage having a respective initial rendering stage time allocation, prediction circuitry to predict, in dependence upon rendering of at least one rendering stage of the plural successive rendering stages of a given image frame by the rendering circuitry, whether a total time period for rendering the given image frame by the rendering circuitry will exceed an associated image frame rendering time allocation for the given image frame, and allocation circuitry to vary the respective initial rendering stage time allocation for one or more rendering stages which are not yet completed in respect of the given image frame responsive to the prediction circuitry, so as to shorten the total time period for rendering the given image frame by the rendering circuitry.
US11455697B2	Method of converting senior rental real property into private title ownership for senior person A rental real property converting method for seniors includes the steps of (a) executing a preliminary sale agreement between the seniors as conditional purchasers and a seller of the rental real property; (b) converting apartments of the rental real property into a plurality of condominium properties that a sole ownership of the rental real property is converted into multiple ownerships for sale units, wherein a market value of each of the condominium properties must be higher than a sale price of the corresponding to apartment of the rental real property; and (c) selling the condominium property to the respective conditional purchaser, wherein an amount of the “reverse mortgage” loan, in responsive to the market value of the respective condominium property, is pre-arranged for paying off the corresponding apartment of the rental real property at the sale price thereof and a conversion cost of the corresponding apartment.
US11455694B2	System and methods for building a digital asset based social media application and reward platform The present disclosure relates to blockchain and social media, and more specifically, to a unified engagement platform that incentivizes blockchain use and provides avenues for companies to foster brand loyalty amongst consumers. In accordance with aspects and embodiments, a method of facilitating blockchain use is provided. The method comprises providing a social media platform in communication with a blockchain and providing each user of the platform with a blockchain account. Social media influencers and creators, brands, and retailer users of the platform, referred to as partners, are provisioned with a set of digital collectibles having value and are provided with tools to create additional digital collectibles. A partner's digital collectibles are distributed to non-partner users on the platform that support the partner, users referred to as supporters. Supporters may obtain digital collectibles by purchasing them, by engaging in social media activity that benefits the partner, offering the digital collectible, or digital collectibles may be offered by partners as contest and sweepstakes prizes. The platform uses the blockchain for the construction, management, and distribution of all digital collectibles, and each time a digital collectible is created or distributed, a transaction must be posted to the blockchain to complete the distribution.
US11455691B2	Processing insured items holistically with mobile damage assessment and claims processing Systems and methods provide for an automated system for analyzing damage to process claims and pre-claim consultations associated with an insured item, such as a vehicle. An enhanced claims processing server may analyze damage associated with the insured item using photos/video transmitted to the server from a user device (e.g., a mobile device). The mobile device may receive feedback from the server regarding the acceptability of submitted photos/video, and if the server determines that any of the submitted photos/video is unacceptable, the mobile device may capture additional photos/video until all of the data are deemed acceptable. In addition, the server may interface with third party entities such as repair shops and may generate a payment for compensating a claimant for repair of the insured item.
US11455688B2	Tracking liquidity order A tracking liquidity order and related market center and process are disclosed which allow posting market centers (e.g. exchanges) to fill routable, smaller orders that would have otherwise routed off the posting market center. Such tracking liquidity orders increase the liquidity of that posting market center and allow it to execute more orders internally, without having to route them to an away market center.
US11455682B2	Instant bank account verification through debit card network A bank account can be authenticated or confirmed by a user providing an account number and a debit card number. The payment provider then obtains user account information from the bank through a debit card network. The payment provider authenticates the account if the account numbers match. In another embodiment, authentication further requires a portion of a current bank balance in the account provided by the user to match the current balance received from the bank.
US11455675B2	System and method of providing object for service of service provider A server and method of providing an object for accessing a service of a service provider are provided. The server includes a context model providing unit configured to provide to the service provider at least one context model that is associated with the service, which is used by a device or a user, and a situation in which the device or the user uses the service; a purchase request receiving unit configured to receive a purchase request submitted by the service provider for a context model which is selected from among the at least one context model; and an object generation unit configured to generate the object for accessing the service of the service provider. The generated object is matched with the context model associated with the purchase request received from the service provider.
US11455673B2	Methods, systems, and products for ordering items Electronic commerce is enhanced for customer convenience. When a selection is received for non-approved items offered by a vendor, authorization for the purchase of the item may be obtained from an administrative user. A message may be sent to an address of the administrative user to obtain the authorization.
US11455662B2	Optimizing generation of a feed of content for a user based on prior user interactions with the feed of content An online system provides a feed of content including organic content items and sponsored content items that are positioned relative to each other to maximize user interaction with the feed of content. To reduce latency of providing the feed of content to a user without impairing positioning of organic content items and sponsored content items relative to each other, the online system generates the feed of content including organic content items and sends the feed of content to a client device while selecting sponsored content items for the feed of content. The online system transmits selected sponsored content items to the client device, which modifies the feed of content to include the sponsored content items and presents the modified feed of content.
US11455658B1	Artificially intelligent campaign creation and deployment system An artificially intelligent network for ad campaign design and distribution having a first subsystem for receiving and storing permission to receive targeted content; a second subsystem for selecting recipients for the content; a third subsystem responsive to the second subsystem for distributing the content; and a fourth subsystem for confirming the viewing of the content. In the illustrative embodiment, the system further includes a subsystem for creating as well as receiving the content. The system provides an artificially intelligent campaign creation and deployment system with an advertiser interface; a subscriber interface; and a targeting system for creating, deploying and monitoring an advertising campaign using inputs received via the advertiser and subscriber interfaces and a unique targeting system. The targeting system comprises first arrangement for receiving a first data set with user permissions and preference data; second arrangement for receiving a second data set based on demographic data; and third arrangement for correlating the first data set with the second data set to provide a third data set optimized with respect to at least one parameter. In an illustrative embodiment, the second arrangement further includes arrangement for receiving and factoring in historical and trending data and the parameter is return on investment.
US11455657B2	Navigating through content items on a computing device One or more embodiments of the disclosure include methods and systems that allows for improved user navigation within a group of content items. For example, a content navigation system can identify a content item within a group of content items to provide to a user in response to a user interaction. In some embodiments, the content navigation system can identify a content item to provide to the user based on one or more factors, such as a characteristic of a user interaction and a relevance of a content item. In addition, the content navigation system can strategically provide advertisement content items to a user by adjusting one or more factors with respect to advertisement content items.
US11455642B1	Distributed ledger based interchange Techniques are described for a distributed ledger based interchange system for transferring value between entities. A decentralized and distributed ledger system, such as a blockchain network, may include treasury accounts each associated with an institution that participates in the system. A particular transaction may be submitted for approval based on the votes of the peers in the distributed ledger based interchange system. If at least a threshold number of votes indicate approval, the transaction is approved. A signal may be sent to the institutional systems indicating that accounts of the sending and receiving entities may respectively be debited and credited the value of the transaction. Settlement may occur between the treasury accounts of the sending and receiving institutions on the distributed ledger system, and settlement may be performed in real time with respect to the transaction.
US11455632B2	Method for mediating virtual asset transmission A method for mediating virtual asset transmission is provided. The method comprises receiving a first information on virtual asset to be transmitted from a first user to a second user from a first virtual asset service provider (VASP) server managing virtual asset of the first user, transmitting a verification request as to whether information on the second user included in the received first information is correct to a second VASP server managing virtual asset of the second user, receiving a verification result indicating that the information on the second user is correct from the second VASP server as a response to the verification request, and transmitting the received verification result to the first VASP server. The method further comprises transmitting virtual asset update request of the second user to the second VASP server if it is determined that the transaction has been recorded in the blockchain.
US11455630B2	Method for secure peer-to-peer communication on a blockchain The invention comprises a computer-implemented method and system for controlling an exchange process, such as a loan, conducted between at least two parties via a blockchain such as the Bitcoin blockchain. A method according to the invention may comprise the step of generating a first blockchain transaction which includes a redeem script. The redeem script comprises a cryptographic public key associated with an initiating party and metadata which includes a hash of an exchange-related document; a redeem address; and an amount of digital currency. A second blockchain transaction is generated and published to the blockchain so as to spend the digital currency to the redeem address. This provides the advantage that the further transaction will be publically available and thus detectable by other parties once it has been published. The further transaction can provide the information necessary to trigger a response e.g. an offer from another (responding) party who publishes their response on the blockchain. Thus, the exchange process can be implemented via a multi-transaction mechanism on the blockchain rather than an alternative medium. The exchange related document may be an invitation (offer/request) which is stored off-block in a repository such as a Distributed Hash Table (DHT). The invitation may be an invitation to engage in a contract. A smart contract (and associated blockchain transaction) may be formed upon condition that a plurality of participants (e.g. lenders/borrowers) are matched with each other via one or more responses effected via transactions on the blockchain.
US11455623B1	Buyer routing arrangements and methods for disparate network systems Electronic transaction data sets are processed for a multitude of disparate transactions using a plurality of autonomous networks. Circuitry receives and processes electronic transaction data to identify a user via information provided in the transaction data, and uses the identification to access profile information for selecting one of a plurality of networks. In this context, a user can be identified using one of a plurality of identification approaches (e.g., different account IDs), and such identification can be used for retrieving and using electronic profile data to select a transaction network for the user, which may be completely independent from the identification. Data is accordingly configured so that the selected network can receive and process the data, such as by configuring the data into a network-specific format and/or communicating the data using network-specific protocols. The configured data is transmitted to the selected network.
US11455613B1	Global cache tool systems and methods for adding new payees Systems and methods for preparing payment requests via cached payee information databases are described. The cached payee database system allows customers of a financial institution to search locally stored payee databases on their mobile devices for payee information. The cache version of the payee database is periodically updated with new and corrected payee information. The cached database system can perform payee searches on a character-by-character basis in real time with minimal delays between searches.
US11455608B2	Operating modes for a point of sale peripheral device In some examples, a device for applying an operating mode to a point of sale (POS) peripheral device can include a non-transitory machine readable medium storing instructions executable by a processing resource to detect a peripheral device, access a configuration file based on the detected peripheral device, wherein the configuration file includes a plurality of operating modes associated with the detected peripheral device, and apply one of the plurality of operating modes to the detected peripheral device.
US11455605B2	Method for processing transactional data, corresponding device and program The invention relates to a method for processing transactional data representing a payment between a user (U) and a merchant (M), the method being implemented by an electronic device for processing transactions situated within a communications network. Such a method comprises: a step (100) for receiving a request for processing a transaction (ReqTT) coming from a merchant server (SerMar); a step (110) for obtaining a piece of data representing a payment parameter (ParPai) associated with said merchant server (SerMar); a step (140) for transmitting a request for processing payment (ReqTrtPai) to a payment server (SerPai).
US11455594B2	Load tracking computing platform and user interface The systems and methods described herein relate to managing transportation of loads of items within a retail supply chain. A unified load tracking system aggregates information from multiple supply chain computing systems for presentation on a user interface accessible by multiple users. One user interface provide access to a multitude of information that is interconnected by a common, unique identifier for each movement of a load between an origin and destination. A load board is also provided which automates the spot market auction process and load tender process between carriers and a retail enterprise transportation management system.
US11455568B2	Computer architecture for identifying centroids using machine learning in a correlithm object processing system A device that includes a model training engine implemented by a processor. The model training engine is configured to select a first sub-string correlithm object and a second sub-string correlithm object from a set of sub-string correlithm objects. The model training engine is further configured to compute a Hamming distance between the first sub-string correlithm object and the second sub-string correlithm object and to compare the Hamming distance to a bit difference threshold value. The model training engine is further configured to determine that the Hamming distance is less than the bit difference threshold value and to compute an average of the first sub-string correlithm object and the second sub-string correlithm object in the n-dimensional space in response to the determination. The model training engine is further configured to train the machine learning model to define the average as a centroid for the first cluster.
US11455567B2	Rules engine for social learning A computer-implemented method for a socially connectable agent. A non-limiting example of the computer-implemented method includes receiving, by a processor, input events. The method includes evaluating and enacting rules, by the processor, based on the received input events, where the rule include stochastic elements and temporal operators. The method pushes, by the processor, action events that result from the evaluation and enactment of the rules, and initiates, by the processor, action events.
US11455558B2	Method and system for managing events using automated rule generation In the monitoring domain, event management can deal with the monitoring of behavioural changes for any type of entity. Normally, the event management requires a lot of human intervention to generate a set of rules which results in adding effort and cost. A method and system for managing a plurality of events using automated rule generation has been provided. The system automatically generates a set of rules by studying the trend of incoming events over a period of time by computing moving percentile, thereby removing the need of human intervention to define rules for alert generation. The reported alerts are more specific and accurate, since the trend of incoming data is used to define the rules for alert generation. Further the method also provides the provision for the resolving the generated alerts either manually or automatically.
US11455557B2	Conditioned synthetic data generation in computer-based reasoning systems Techniques for synthetic data generation in computer-based reasoning systems are discussed and include receiving a request for generation of synthetic data based on a set of training data cases. One or more focal training data cases are determined. For undetermined features (either all of them or those that are not subject to conditions), a value for the feature is determined based on the focal cases. In some embodiments, the generation of synthetic data may be conditioned on values of features, preserved features, such as unique identifiers, previous-in-time features, and using the other techniques discussed herein.
US11455553B2	Quality-based scoring and inhibiting of user-generated content Methods and devices for assessing the quality of user-generated content are described. In one embodiment, a method is disclosed for measuring the quality of a user-generated answer to a question by combining various factors, including question-answer surface word vector similarity, question-answer explicit semantic analysis vector similarity, answer-answer explicit sematic analysis vector similarity, query performance predictor, sentiment analysis, textual analysis of the answer, and reputation of the answerer. The method uses a learning procedure to determine the best algorithm for measuring the overall quality of the answer based on these factors.
US11455552B2	Intelligent design platform using industrialized experience in product designs Implementations for include providing one or more product designs using an intelligent design platform receiving a product indicator that indicates a product that is to be designed, transmitting a request to a contextual requirements system, the request including the product identifier and requesting one or more contextual requirements, determining a set of context models based on the product identifier, each context model in the set of context models being generated based on one or more scenes represented in a digital video, each scene depicting a contextual use of the product, providing a set of contextual requirements to the design generation system based on one or more context models, and inputting a set of aggregate requirements to a generative design tool that generates the one or more product designs based on the set of aggregate requirements, the set of aggregate requirements including at least one contextual requirement.
US11455550B2	System and method for detecting and forecasting the behavior of a system A system and method detect and forecast a performance degradation of a M-system. The method includes collecting data regarding the M-System during a period of time P1, storing the collected data in a database and analyzing the collected data collected during the period of time P1 by an elaboration routine containing two distinct elaboration phases. Namely, a first elaboration phase, where a performance analysis system selects among the collected data a set of data to be analyzed and removes any noisy data from the set of data and a second elaboration phase, where the performance analysis system correlates, for the set of data, data belonging to different sources, but generated at a same time within the period of time P1 to create M-System state data snapshots characterizing the M-System at different times Ti within the period of time P1. Finally, a model for the M-System is generated from input datasets.
US11455530B2	Controlling agents using scene memory data Methods, systems, and apparatus, including computer programs encoded on computer storage media, for controlling an agent. One of the methods includes receiving a current observation characterizing a current state of the environment as of the time step; generating an embedding of the current observation; processing scene memory data comprising embeddings of prior observations received at prior time steps using an encoder neural network, wherein the encoder neural network is configured to apply an encoder self-attention mechanism to the scene memory data to generate an encoded representation of the scene memory data; processing the encoded representation of the scene memory data and the embedding of the current observation using a decoder neural network to generate an action selection output; and causing the agent to perform the selected action.
US11455529B2	Artificial intelligence server for controlling a plurality of robots based on guidance urgency An artificial intelligence server for controlling a plurality of robots using artificial intelligence includes a communication unit configured to receive a captured image of each of a plurality of zones and a processor configured to acquire situation information of each zone based on the received image, acquire degrees of guidance urgency respectively corresponding to the plurality of zones based on the acquired situation information of each zone, determine whether there is a degree of guidance urgency greater than a predetermined value in the acquired degrees of guidance urgency, and, when there is a degree of guidance urgency greater than the predetermined value, transmit a first control command for moving one or more robots to a zone corresponding to the degree of guidance urgency.
US11455525B2	Method and apparatus of open set recognition and a computer readable storage medium A method and apparatus of open set recognition, and a computer-readable storage medium are disclosed. The method comprises acquiring auxiliary data and training data of known categories for open set recognition, training a neural network alternately using the auxiliary data and the training data, until convergence; extracting a feature of data to be recognized for open set recognition, using the trained neural network; and recognizing a category of data to be recognized, based on the feature of the data to be recognized.
US11455520B2	Copying weights between resistive cross-point arrays Methods and systems for copying weight values between weight arrays includes reading outputs from a first array and reading outputs from a second array. Differences between respective outputs of the first array and the second array are determined. Values of the second array are adjusted in accordance with the determined differences.
US11455506B1	Transaction card with foldable living hinge Provided are foldable transaction cards with a living hinge. In some approaches, a transaction card may include a body including a first main side opposite a second main side, wherein an identification chip is coupled to the body, and wherein a living hinge connects a first section of the body and a second section of the body. The living hinge may extend between the first and second main sides of the body, wherein the first and second sections of the body are pivotable about the living hinge between a stowed configuration and a deployed configuration.
US11455505B2	Injection vial management system An injection vial and injection vial management system is disclosed, wherein the injection vial is filled with a liquid medicine and signally connected with a blockchain network. The injection vial includes a bottle body and a chipset disposed within the bottle body. The chipset includes an identification label and a blockchain module. The identification label records a manufacturing process, a logistic process and a use process. The blockchain module signal connects to the blockchain network in order to record the manufacturing process, logistic process and use process in the blockchain network.
US11455500B2	Automatic classifier profiles from training set metadata A method of identifying one or more objects in an image file that includes receiving an image file at a first classifier, wherein the image file comprises image metadata that identifies characteristics of the image file. The method includes determining whether the first classifier is trained to identify at least one object in the image file based on a first set of training metadata associated with the first classifier, wherein the first set of training metadata defines a set of characteristics for which the first classifier is trained to identify the at least one object. The method includes identifying the one or more objects in the image file using the first classifier responsive to determining that the first classifier is trained to identify the at least one object.
US11455499B2	Method, system, and computer program product for image segmentation in a sensor-based environment Method, computer program product, and system to provide efficient processing of image data representing an environment comprising a plurality of items available for selection by one or more persons are described. The method includes receiving image data from a plurality of visual sensors, segmenting the image data into a plurality of image segments and classifying the data into predefined image categories. The method also includes identifying an image processing task having a predefined association with the first image category and executing the identified image processing task.
US11455472B2	Method, device and computer readable storage medium for presenting emotion The present disclosure relates to a method, device and computer readable storage medium for presenting an emotion. The method for presenting the emotion includes obtaining a first emotion presentation instruction, wherein the first emotion presentation instruction includes at least one first emotion presentation modality and at least one emotional style, and the at least one first emotion presentation modality includes a text emotion presentation modality; and presenting an emotion corresponding to one or more of the at least one emotional style according to each of the at least one first emotion presentation modality. The present disclosure can realize text-based multi-modal emotion presentation modes, and thus user experience can be improved.
US11455470B2	Distributed reactive streaming microservices architecture with self-management and autonomous routing A method for building a distributed reactive streaming microservices architecture having a decentralized, self-managed, and autonomous data message routing mechanism. The method comprises processing of data message by multiple microservices and generating routing patterns in the form of a fingerprint in response to the message-processing by the microservices. As the message is input into the microservices architecture, a fingerprint of the message is generated, wherein the fingerprint may comprise a payload flag in which payload information is embedded. A first microservice is triggered by recognizing the payload flag. As the message is processed by the first microservice, the fingerprint is updated by appending a first flag to the payload flag. The message with the updated fingerprint is subsequently recognized by a second microservice. As such, the routing of the message is accomplished by the changing fingerprint being recognized by the desired microservices to be triggered.
US11455467B2	Relation extraction using full dependency forests A method, computer program, and computer system is provided for extracting relations between one or more entities in a sentence. A forest corresponding to probabilities of relations between each pair of the entities is generated, and the generated forest generated forest is encoded with relation information for each of the pairs of entities. One or more features are extracted based on the generated forest and the encoded relation information, and a relation is predicted between the entities of each pair of entities based on the extracted features.
US11455462B2	Table item information extraction with continuous machine learning through local and global models A bipartite application implements a table auto-completion (TAC) algorithm on the client side and the server side. A client module runs a local model of the TAC algorithm on a user device and a server module runs a global model of the TAC algorithm on a server machine. The local model is continuously adapted through on-the-fly training, with as few as a negative example, to perform TAC on the client side, one document at a time. Knowledge thus learned by the local model is used to improve the global model on the server side. The global model can be utilized to automatically and intelligently extract table information from a large number of documents with significantly improved accuracy, requiring minimal human intervention even on complex tables.
US11455461B2	Self-executing document revision Self-executing document revision includes creating a current version of an electronic rendering of a collaborative document based on input received from a user via a communicative coupling with a data communications network. The current version's relevancy is determined by a self-executing document revisor and compared with the relevancy of a prior version of the collaborative document. In response to determining the relevancy of the current version is less than the relevancy of the prior version, one or more segments of one or more electronically stored versions of the collaborative document are selected based on a relevancy of each of the one or more segments, the relevancy of each determined by the self-executing document revisor. The self-executing document revisor generates a graphical representation of a revised version of the collaborative document by merging the one or more segments selected with the current version of the collaborative document.
US11455459B2	Collaborative authoring A collaborative authoring application provides an authoring environment in which two or more users can edit a document concurrently. Each user edits a copy of the document, sends updates to a master copy of the document, and receives updates from the master copy of the document. The authoring environment generally inhibits the users from providing conflicting editing instructions to the master copy of the document. For example, each user can generate a content lock about one or more data units within the document. The authoring environment may synchronize content locks automatically and content only at the request of the user.

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