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US11565924B2	Lift truck pallet sensor A system for a pallet truck load wheel mechanism comprises a logic device and first and second sensor arrangements. The first and second sensor arrangements include first and second sensing fields that define first and second edges of an operability window, respectively. The logic device has an operable state indicating that the load wheel mechanism can raise a pallet lifting device and an inoperable state indicating that the load wheel mechanism should not raise the pallet lifting device. The logic device is initialized in the operable state and is configured to change to the inoperable state in response to each time the first sensor arrangement detects an edge of a board intersecting, the first edge of the operability window and to change to the operable state in response to each time the second sensor arrangement detects an edge of a board intersecting the second edge of the operability window.
US11565897B2	Sheet feeder and image forming apparatus A sheet feeder including: a housing including a mount portion that receives recording media; an open-close portion that is disposed on an upper surface of the housing to close the mount portion and rotates about a first hinge to open or close a mount space over the mount portion; and a manual insertion portion at least part of which is disposed on the open-close portion to receive manually inserted recording media, the manual insertion portion being rotatable about the first hinge or a second hinge disposed parallel to the first hinge to rotate upward from a position where the manual insertion portion overlaps the open-close portion.
US11565896B2	Input handling for media processing devices A media processing device includes: a hopper for supporting a stack of media units (e.g. cards), the hopper including (i) a gate wall configured to abut leading edges of the media units and (ii) an outlet defined at an end of the gate wall; a pick roller at the outlet for engaging an outer one of the media units in the stack and dispensing the outer media unit from the hopper to a media processing path; the gate wall including a flexible gate at the outlet, the flexible gate configured to deflect toward the media processing path responsive to the outer media unit being driven into the flexible gate by the pick roller, wherein the outer media unit deflects when passing by the flexible gate, permitting the outer media unit to be dispensed from the hopper.
US11565887B2	Method and apparatus for cleaning and sanitizing conveyor belts A conveyor belt cleaning apparatus, comprising; a case, wherein the case is designed to secure to a conveyor belt assembly; a frame member, wherein the frame member is secured to the case; at least one spray nozzle attached to the frame member; at least one pump connected to the at least one spray nozzle; a solution reservoir connected to the at least one pump; at least one applicator attached to the frame member and positioned relative to the at least one spray nozzle.
US11565882B2	Intelligent warehousing system, method for fetching and placing material and background processing terminal thereof An intelligent warehousing system, a material fetching and placing method and a processing terminal thereof, where the intelligent warehousing system includes a first warehousing robot and a second warehousing robot, the first warehousing robot is configured to receive a first scheduling instruction, move to a fixed shelf to fetch and place a material box according to the first scheduling instruction, and handle the material box to a first target position; and the second warehousing robot is configured to receive a second scheduling instruction, move to a portable shelf according to the second scheduling instruction, and handle the portable shelf to a second target position. Through the technical solution of the present application, compatibility of the intelligent warehousing system is improved, which may be applied to a warehouse with different shelves, thus improving the utilization rate of the warehouse.
US11565881B1	Mobile sortation and delivery of multiple items Autonomous mobile robots include transfer systems that may receive multiple items for delivery to one or more destinations. The transfer systems may be specifically configured to detect and identify items that are placed on loading surfaces, and to independently discharge specific items at selected destinations or to selected recipients. The transfer systems feature loading surfaces that may be defined by a plurality of independently operable conveyors to receive or discharge items, by independently operable floors that allow items to pass therethrough, or by independently operable diverters for detecting and expelling items therefrom. The transfer systems may receive items from, or discharge items to, one or more humans, other robots, or other systems such as conveyors, chutes, robotic arms or other mechanical implements or effectors, and be aligned at any angle or provided at any height, as desired.
US11565878B1	Garbage bin support member A garbage bin support system includes a base member having a substantially planar horizontal surface and a hook assembly including a hook support projecting outwardly from the substantially planar horizontal surface and a hook element pivotally connected to the hook support. The hook element is configured and disposed to engage an axle of a garbage bin to prevent tipping from the base member.
US11565872B2	Insulating device An insulating device can include a body assembly and a lid assembly where an insulating layer is connected to both the body assembly and the lid assembly. An aperture with a closure is formed between the body assembly and lid assembly to form a storage compartment. An insulating tab may be formed from a portion of the insulating layer and an inner liner of the body assembly to help insulate the closure region. In addition, a first magnetic element may be secured within the insulating tab that may engage a second magnetic element secured within the lid assembly.
US11565870B2	Beverage insulator and caddy A beverage insulator has a main body that is configured to receive a beverage container. The main body has a bore with a helical groove formed therein. The helical groove is configured to facilitate a formation of one or more air pockets between the bore of the main body and the beverage container when disposed in the main body. The main body has a major interior surface formed from a plurality of angled walls. The angled walls may facilitate to grip the beverage container when disposed in the main body. A kit for a beverage insulator includes a beverage insulator and a caddy. The beverage insulator has a main body configured to receive a beverage container. The caddy has a holder configured to selectively receive the beverage insulator, and a shelving portion disposed on the holder. The shelving portion is configured to selectively receive a plurality of lids.
US11565868B1	Ready to mix and drink cocktail bottle A ready to mix and drink cocktail bottle is an apparatus that enables a user to selectively mix fresh ingredients with a liquid base to make a desired beverage on the go. The apparatus includes a container body and a mixing mechanism. The container body serves to retain an amount of liquid base to make the desired beverage. The container body also serves to retain the mixed beverage after mixing and to facilitate the consumption of the mixed beverage. The mixing mechanism serves to retain the several beverage ingredients separate from each other until mixing. The mixing mechanism retains the several beverage ingredients in such a way that the freshness of each of the beverage ingredients is preserved. The mixing mechanism also facilitates the mixing of the beverage ingredients with the amount of liquid base retained in the container body when the user is ready to consume the mixed beverage.
US11565855B2	Lid for a container A lid for a container, such as a beverage cup, is provided. The lid includes a top wall for covering an opening of the container. The top wall may include an inner layer and an outer layer. The inner layer may include a first perforation line defining an openable sip hole area. The outer layer may be connected to the inner layer at the openable sip hole area. The outer layer may include a tearing off area that may be torn off and result in the opening of the first perforation line to create a sip hole in the inner layer.
US11565851B2	Universal handle attachment tool for manipulating different containers A universal handle attachment tool comprises a body having a plurality of tool sides each having a container interface surface operable to engage a face of a particular container, and having a container handle interface slot operable to receive a handle of the container. The slot can comprise a keyed profile operable to interface and lock the handle attachment tool to the container. The container interface surface extends in opposing directions beyond the slot to facilitate distribution of one or more loads acting between the face of the container and the handle attachment tool to facilitate manipulation of the container. A container for storage of at least one object comprises a container body defined by a plurality of sidewalls, and a recessed portion formed a sidewall defining a recessed cavity. The container has a handle spanning the recessed cavity, whereby the recessed cavity facilitates clearance of at least one finger of a user upon grasping the handle.
US11565846B1	Rotatable beverage can cover The Rotatable Beverage Can Cover (200) enables a beverage drinker of a stay-on-tab beverage can (100) to drink the beverage (600) without being subjected to unsanitary lid surface conditions . The Rotatable Beverage Can Cover (200) comprises a circular surface (210), a curved side wall (300) and a notch (500). The Rotatable Beverage Can Cover (200) is fastened to the stay-on-tab beverage can (100) and placed in its “sanitary protection” position so that: a) the Rotatable Beverage Can Cover (200) covers the drinking contact area (190) and b) the notch (500) on the Rotatable Beverage Can Cover (200) allows access to the pull tab area (195). The beverage drinker rotates the Rotatable Beverage Can Cover (200) to move the Rotatable Beverage Can Cover (200) from its “sanitary protection” position to its“drinking access” position so that: a) the circular surface (210) of the Rotatable Beverage Can Cover (200) covers the pull tab area (195): and b) the notch (500) allows access to the drinking contact area (190) and the scored opening (126).
US11565844B2	Methods and apparatus to facilitate plastic film processing A system includes a film processing module, a processor, and memory. The processor and memory are in communication with the film processing module. The processor is configured to dynamically coordinate movement of the film processing module relative to a moving web of film and to perform a function on the web of film with the film processing module.
US11565837B2	Apparatus for packaging an item A system and process of printing a package of expanded material (e.g., expanded starch, foam or other expanded material). The expanded material can be heated and extruded, poured, sprayed, or otherwise applied in malleable form that sets up to become a porous protective covering for an item to be packaged. In an example, a layer of expanded material is laid down, and the item in a protective covering (e.g., a plastic bag, sleeve, coating, etc.) is positioned on the layer of expanded material. Additional layers or expanded material may be applied, thereby encasing the item. The top surface of the expanded material may be flattened, such as by operation of a roller, press, or cutter. The top surface may be sprayed with a shellac sealant, paint, or other coating, to allow printing of a label on the top surface.
US11565836B1	Space printer An item to write on a surface of a celestial body that has less atmosphere than Earth is received at a communications station and from a user device. An instruction that triggers the robot to write the item on the surface of the celestial body is provided by the communications station and to a robot on the surface of the celestial body. An image of the item written on the surface of the celestial body is received by the communications station and from the robot. The image of the item written on the surface of the celestial body is provided by the communications station and to the user device.
US11565834B2	Clockable secondary payload bridges for a payload adapter A secondary payload bridge for a payload adapter is disclosed and includes a body portion, plurality of payload ports, and a secondary payload port. The plurality of attachment points are connected to the body portion of the secondary payload bridge. The plurality of attachment points are configured to removably attach the secondary payload bridge to the payload adapter to allow for clockable positioning of the secondary payload bridge around a circumference of the payload adapter. The secondary payload port is connected to the body portion. The secondary payload port is configured to releasably attach to a corresponding secondary payload.
US11565832B2	Harmless low-consumption on-orbit continuous launch system A harmless low-consumption on-orbit continuous launch system includes a satellite platform, a launch apparatus and a plurality of CubeSats. The satellite platform carries the launch apparatus and dozens or hundreds of CubeSats, and is launched from a ground into an orbit for on-orbit operation. The launch apparatus is configured to store the plurality of CubeSats and provide power for on-orbit launching of each of the CubeSats. A solid working medium in the launch apparatus is activated by heating to undergo a phase change, and the activated solid working medium expands instantly and is converted into a high-pressure gaseous working medium. The high-pressure gaseous working medium does work to eject the CubeSats, such that the CubeSats obtain a speed increment. The CubeSats enter a transfer orbit towards different target spacecraft through the speed increment applied by the launch apparatus to perform a plurality of different on-orbit serving missions.
US11565821B2	Hybrid energy storage system control for an aircraft engine A power system of an aircraft includes a hybrid energy storage system with at least two energy storage subsystems each having a different power-energy density. The power system also includes one or more electric motors operably coupled to the hybrid energy storage system and to an aircraft engine. The power system further includes a means for controlling one or more electric power flows of the hybrid energy storage system to/from the one or more electric motors based on a modeled electric power demand associated with an engine load of one or more spools of the aircraft engine.
US11565818B2	Tray table apparatus for a console element, console element and seat unit A tray table apparatus includes a table carrier structure releasably mountable to a console element, wherein the table carrier structure is configured as a housing. The tray table apparatus further includes an adjustment mechanism housed within the table carrier structure, wherein the adjustment mechanism has a table support element movable relative to the table carrier structure. The tray table apparatus also includes a table element coupled to the table support element and together movable between at least a retracted stowed position in which the table element is housed within the table carrier structure and a deployed use position in which the table element protrudes from the table carrier structure.
US11565817B2	Aircraft seat, aircraft seat arrangement having an aircraft seat, and aircraft having an aircraft seat arrangement An aircraft seat having a voltage supply connection assigned only to the aircraft seat and/or at least one data connection assigned only to the aircraft seat, a voltage supply unit assigned to the aircraft seat and having a voltage input for connection to an on-board voltage network of an aircraft and at least one voltage output, each connected to another of the voltage supply connections. A switching arrangement is assigned only to the aircraft seat and connected between the voltage output and the voltage supply connection and/or between the data connection and a data network. A control unit is assigned only to the aircraft seat and connected to the switching arrangement. An infrared reading device is connected to the control unit and assigned only to the aircraft seat to wirelessly receive infrared signals from an external infrared transmitting device. The infrared reading device can receive infrared signals from a predetermined group of predetermined infrared signals, and the control unit can activate the voltage supply connections and/or at least one of the data connections by the switching arrangement, only in response to reception of a predetermined infrared signal.
US11565815B2	Lavatory waste tube connection systems and related methods Example lavatory waste tube connection systems and related methods are discoed herein. An example apparatus includes an extension tube to be coupled to a system waste tube and a junction box to be coupled to a surface of a vehicle lavatory. The junction box is to define a housing for the extension tube.
US11565806B2	Method of navigating an unmanned aerial vehicle for streetlight maintenance An unmanned aerial vehicle (UAV) includes a body that supports one or more rotors, the one or more rotors each driven by a motor and configured to provide lift to the body. The UAV further includes a parts handler coupled to the body, the parts handler configured to grasp a payload, and rotate the payload with respect to an external structure to couple the payload to, or decouple the payload from, the external structure. The UAV includes a stabilizing mechanism extending from the body, the stabilizing mechanism configured to contact the external structure without transferring entire weight of the UAV to the external structure and prevent rotation of the body when the part-handler rotates the payload.
US11565801B2	Aerial transportation system An aerial vehicle has a passenger cabin for receiving at least one passenger, a load-bearing structure beneath the cabin, and a propulsion system including a number of propulsion units, which propel the aerial vehicle for powered flight and vertical take-off and landing (VTOL). The propulsion units are preferably carried by support arms attached to the load-bearing structure and extending upwards therefrom so as to support the propulsion units at a level above the cabin. The aerial vehicle is preferably reconfigurable to a compact configuration after landing, with at least some of the propulsion units overlapping the cabin and/or each other, while still allowing passenger transfer in and out of the vehicle, thereby facilitating efficient use of space for implementing a vertiport.
US11565799B2	Adjustable ducted rotor blade tip extension A rotor system includes a rotor duct; at least one rotor blade that includes an outboard end; a tip extension mechanism affixed at the outboard end of the at least one rotor blade, the tip extension mechanism including at least one shim, the at least one rotor blade with the tip extension mechanism affixed thereto including an extended rotor blade; and a blade tip affixed to an outboard end of the extended rotor blade, wherein the blade tip is affixed to the extended rotor blade via at least one removable fastener.
US11565798B2	Center biased actuator A center biased actuator having an outer cylinder, a slave cylinder linearly transposed within the outer cylinder, a rod assembly with a piston linearly transposed within the slave cylinder and a rod extending from the outer cylinder, one or more first dynamic seals arranged to act on a sidewall of the rod to inhibit hydraulic fluid leaking from the outer cylinder, one or more second dynamic seals arranged to act on a sidewall of the slave cylinder or an inner surface of the outer cylinder to inhibit hydraulic fluid leaking from the outer cylinder, and a gas chamber comprising a sealed expandable chamber containing gas. The expandable chamber is arranged to act on hydraulic fluid within the center biased actuator to bias the center biased actuator to assume an intermediate condition which lies between a compressed condition and an extended condition.
US11565794B2	Gas sensing for fixed wing drones using scoops A fixed wing drone comprises an air channel embedded therein. The air channel has an upstream an air inlet. A microcontroller mounted within the drone is configured to control navigation of the drone. An air scoop having a section positioned adjacent the inlet to the air channel is adjustable between a first position to capture and divert air into the inlet and thereby to air channel and a second position to block air flow into the air inlet. The air scoop is positioned to divert air flow into the air channel and to the gas sensor during forward flight of the drone. In one embodiment, the fixed wing drone comprises an aircraft having a fuselage and at least two wings. In another embodiment, the fixed wing drone has a flying wing construction, that is, is a tailless design.
US11565790B2	Low-noise multi-propeller system A low-noise multi-propeller system includes at least two propellers, each propeller including at least two blades. The propellers rotate in a first direction and define an angular phase relative to one another. A drive system corotates the propellers at substantially equal rotational rates in the first direction. The propellers are substantially phase-locked at a predefined relative phase offset that reduces the overall sound power of the fundamental tone at a blade passage frequency.
US11565789B2	Wing for an aircraft A wing for an aircraft includes a main wing, slat, and connection assembly movably connecting the slat to the main wing, wherein the slat is movable between a retracted position and an extended position. The connection assembly includes a guide rail and an elongate slat track extending along a track longitudinal axis between front and rear ends, the front end of the slat track fixedly mounted to the slat. A first roller unit is mounted to the rear end of the slat track engaging the guide rail. A roller bearing includes a second roller unit mounted to the main wing and engaging an engagement surface of the slat track. The slat track includes a slot extending through the slat track along the track longitudinal axis. The second roller unit includes a first roller element and a second roller element mounted on one common shaft for common rotation, and the common shaft proceeds through the slot.
US11565778B2	Floating solar collector electromagnetic couplers The present disclosure relates generally to electromagnetic coupling modules employed along the outer periphery of floating solar collector pods that can be introduced onto the surface of a body of water that operate to automatically connect to one another so that proximate pods form a reversible self-assembled physically and electrically coupled array that operate to harvest incident solar radiation and also operate to reduce the degree of evaporative water loss from that body of water. Electromagnetic coupling modules are disclosed featuring normally open electrical connection elements that permit electronic coupling under magnetic attraction for improved electrical safety. Electromagnetic coupling modules are disclosed that are gimbaled to provide for increase flexibility and interconnectivity under angular displacement, such as when a floating solar pod array is subject to strong current, wind and wave forces.
US11565776B2	Hinge system and a portable gangway using the hinge system A hinge system (1, 1a) for use with a lightweight, portable gangway (100), the hinge system (1a) comprising at least three plates (2a,2b,2c), a bar (4) and a washer (6), wherein a first pair of the plates (2a,2b) are attached at either side of a lower surface (106) of a first section (102a) of the gangway (100) and the other plate (2c) is attached at approximately the centre of a second section (102b) of the gangway (100), so that when the sections (102a,102b) are brought towards each other, the first pair of the plates (2a,2b) are aligned with the other plate (2c).
US11565773B1	Gear switching control device of an internal derailleur A gear switching control device of an internal derailleur includes a plurality of planet gear speed change systems; a gear switching control unit; a plurality of axial ratchet control rings for controlling action of a plurality of axial ratchets; a plurality of axial ratchets; and the plurality of axial ratchet control rings are serially connected by the same gear switching control unit; characteristic in that: a gear switching control unit comprising: a track sleeve, one end of the track sleeve is installed with force accept portion and another end thereof is installed with a linking rod which IS used to serially connected a plurality of axial ratchet control rings; each of the axial ratchet control rings is formed with a respective connecting holes; each axial ratchet control ring being installed a cam or cam-like device; various cam having different operating moving range.
US11565761B2	Track joint assembly in machine track having pin stop for cartridge pin retention A track joint assembly includes a first track shoe and a second track shoe, and a cartridge pin coupling together the first track shoe and the second track shoe. A sealed and lubricated track joint is formed by pin lugs on the first and the second track shoes, a cartridge pin, a pin retainer, a pin bore extending through pin lugs of the coupled-together track shoes, and a pin stop located in one of the pin lugs to inhibit displacement of the cartridge pin.
US11565757B2	Reinforcement element A reinforcement element has a carrier having a longitudinal axis and elongate opening extending in the axis direction. The reinforcement element has an insert element having a longitudinal axis constructed to be arranged in the elongate opening. The insert element has first and second portions. The first portions are parallel with a first plane. The insert element longitudinal axis is in this first plane. The second portions are parallel with a second plane. The insert element longitudinal axis is in the second plane. The reinforcement element has a first adhesive which can be arranged on the carrier outer side and on a first group of insert element first portions and to bond the carrier and insert element in the structural element. The reinforcement element has a second adhesive which can be arranged on a second group of insert element first portions and to bond the insert element in the carrier.
US11565749B1	Systems, devices, and/or methods for groundskeeping Certain exemplary embodiments can provide a system comprising a zero turn riding lawnmower. The zero turn riding lawnmower is steerable solely via a first foot pedal and a second foot pedal. Each of the first foot pedal and the second foot pedal coupled to a mower linkage of the zero turn riding lawnmower. The first foot pedal is constructed to cause at least one wheel on a first side the zero turn riding lawnmower to be powered in a forward direction or a reverse direction. The second foot pedal is constructed to cause at least one wheel on a second side the zero turn riding lawnmower to be powered in a forward or reverse direction.
US11565741B2	Electric power steering device In an electric power steering, a control unit includes a first power module configured to supply current to first motor windings, a first control board configured to output a control signal to the first power module, a second power module configured to supply current to second motor windings, a second control board configured to output a control signal to the second power module, and a heat sink. The heat sink includes a column portion having a plurality of mounting portions defined by flat surfaces parallel to the axial direction of the output shaft. The first control board and the second control board are each mounted along a corresponding one of one pair of opposing mounting portions, and the first power module and the second power module are each mounted along a corresponding one of another pair of opposing mounting portions.
US11565737B1	Vehicle steering attachment The present disclosure provides a vehicle steering attachment configured to augment a vehicle steering device, the vehicle steering attachment comprising: a first end configured to secure to a left handle of the vehicle steering device; a second end configured to secure to a right handle of the vehicle steering device; and a middle portion disposed between the first end and the second end, wherein the left handle and the right handle connect to a center section.
US11565735B2	High load capacity collapsible carts Compressible carts and methods for using the same are provided. The compressible carts include a rigid frame having a front wall, a rear wall, a right sidewall, a left sidewall, a bottom wall, a rotatable base panel, a rigid cover panel, a handle, and a plurality of wheel assemblies. The compressible carts may also include on each sidewall one or more fastening mechanisms, such as slideable members cooperatively engaging tracks or fastening connectors, and are movable between an open position to allow the sidewall to fold inwardly, to a closed position to selectively lock the panels of the sidewall. The plurality of wheel assemblies may include a plurality of rotatable swivel wheels mounted underneath the bottom wall, or a plurality of wheels rotatably coupled to a plurality of spokes, where each spoke is coupled to a revolving spindle.
US11565730B1	Automated tie marking A system and method for automating railroad maintenance for a tie gang using electronic tie marking (ETM) configured to optimize railroad asset maintenance. The system enables the automating of an adaptive maintenance process for the asset that is being maintainanced. The system can identify a railroad asset scheduled for maintenance using various forms of inspection including real-time kinematic (RTK)-corrected GPS data, radar signal processing data, and real-time imaging. The system also provides for the acquisition and upload of asset pictures for verification and analysis of a railroad asset. The system can identify a next location to perform maintenance and can calculate an optimum path based on sensor input incorporating machine-specific and environmental characteristics. The system further can provide a customizable user interface to identify, track, and process information related to maintenance of the railroad asset.
US11565727B2	Drive assembly for a rail vehicle A drive assembly is provided for a rail vehicle, having at least one motor, at least one wheel set shaft or at least one rail vehicle wheel, and at least one elastic coupling that has at least one elastic device, wherein the at least one elastic coupling is embodied to couple the at least one motor directly to the wheel set shaft or directly to the at least one rail vehicle wheel.
US11565724B2	Operation device and vehicle control system An operation device including: an operation section configured to receive operation by a remote operator conferred with operation authority to operate a vehicle capable of autonomous driving; a communication section configured to transmit, to the vehicle, operation information for remote driving based on the operation received by the operation section; a memory; and a processor coupled to the memory, the processor being configured to: acquire biometric information regarding the remote operator, determine whether or not a compromised state, in which operation of the vehicle by the remote operator is compromised, has arisen based on the acquired biometric information, and transfer operation authority of the vehicle to another remote operator in a case in which the compromised state has been determined to have arisen.
US11565723B2	Systems and methods for vehicle motion planning Systems/methods for operating an autonomous vehicle. The methods comprise: detecting an object in proximity to the autonomous vehicle; determining a path of travel for the object that comprises a number of data points that is equal to a given number of vehicle locations selected based on a geometry of a lane in which the object; generating cost curves respectively associated with the data points, each cost curve representing a displacement cost to be at a particular location along a given cross line that (i) passes through a respective data point of said data points and (ii) extends perpendicular to and between boundary lines of the lane; determining a polyline representing displacements of the cost curves from a center of the lane; defining a predicted path of travel for the object based on the polyline; and using the predicted path of travel for the object to facilitate autonomous driving operation(s).
US11565722B2	Vehicle trajectory prediction near or at traffic signal A system and method for determining a predicted trajectory of a human-driven host vehicle as the human-driven host vehicle approaches a traffic signal. The method includes: obtaining a host vehicle-traffic light distance dx and a longitudinal host vehicle speed vx that are each taken when the human-driven host vehicle approaches the traffic signal; obtaining a traffic light signal phase Pt and an traffic light signal timing Tt; obtaining a time of day TOD; providing the host vehicle-traffic light distance dx, the longitudinal host vehicle speed vx, the traffic light signal phase Pt, the traffic light signal timing Tt, and the time of day TOD as input into an artificial intelligence (AI) vehicle trajectory prediction application, wherein the AI vehicle trajectory prediction application implements an AI vehicle trajectory prediction model; and determining the predicted trajectory of the human-driven host vehicle using the AI vehicle trajectory prediction application.
US11565717B2	Method and system for remote assistance of an autonomous agent A system 100 for remote assistance of an autonomous agent can include and/or interface with any or all of: a sensor suite 110, a computing system 120, a communication interface 130, and/or any other suitable components. The system can further optionally include a set of infrastructure devices 140, a teleoperator platform 150, and/or any other suitable components. The system 100 functions to enable information to be exchanged between an autonomous agent and a tele-assist. Additionally or alternatively, the system 100 can function to operate the autonomous agent (e.g., based on remote inputs received from a teleoperator, indirectly, etc.) and/or can perform any other suitable functions.
US11565716B2	Method and system for dynamically curating autonomous vehicle policies A system for dynamic policy curation includes a computing system and interfaces with an autonomous agent. A method for dynamic policy curation includes collecting a set of inputs; processing the set of inputs; and determining a set of available policies based on processing the set of inputs. Additionally or alternatively, the method can include any or all of: selecting a policy; implementing a policy; and/or any other suitable processes.
US11565710B2	Device for and method of controlling traveling characteristic of vehicle Disclosed are a device and method for controlling a traveling characteristic of a vehicle. The device includes: a user terminal configured to configure and display a screen for a setting mode, on which a parameter value that determines drivability and traveling characteristic of the vehicle is displayed and from which a driver performs a change and a setting to the displayed parameter value; a controller configured to be provided in the vehicle, to receive a parameter value that results from the driver performing the change and the setting, from the user terminal, and to apply the received parameter value to control logic for controlling a traveling state of the vehicle; and a communication unit configured to be provided in the vehicle and to make a connection between the user terminal and the control unit in such a manner that transmission and reception of the parameter value are possible.
US11565706B2	Method and apparatus for controlling terrain mode using road condition judgement model based on deep learning The present disclosure in some embodiments provides a method and apparatus which utilize a learning model based on deep learning for enabling a vehicle to autonomously estimate a road surface condition by using a deep learning-based learning model, determine a terrain mode optimized for the road surface being traveled by the vehicle, and control respective in-vehicle modules and thereby automatically control the terrain mode.
US11565704B2	Road surface condition estimation device When information related to road surface conditions is conveyed from a vehicle body side system to a tire-mounted sensor and the tire-mounted sensor determines the road surface condition, an integrated voltage value is corrected based on the information related to the road surface condition. It is thus possible to estimate the road surface condition more accurately. Furthermore, in as much as the road surface condition is estimated at each tire-mounted sensor, the road surface condition can be estimated for each wheel.
US11565700B2	Vehicle control device and vehicle control method A lane change control unit restricts an automatic lane change in the case of predicting that a user's own vehicle after having made the automatic lane change will be adjacent to another vehicle that exists inside of a third lane or on a third lane dividing line, and executes the automatic lane change without restriction in the case of predicting that the user's own vehicle after having made the automatic lane change will be adjacent to another vehicle that exists inside a fourth lane or inside of a road shoulder.
US11565696B1	Systems and methods for vehicle reversing detection using machine learning Methods for reversing determination for a vehicle asset are provided. The methods include capturing by a telematics device coupled to the vehicle acceleration data from a three-axis accelerometer, determining by a reversing-determination machine learning mode, a machine-learning-determined reversing indication for the vehicle asset. The reversing-determination machine-learning model being trained by a vehicle reversing indication comprising a vehicle speed and a reverse gear indication.
US11565694B2	Cruise control method for hybrid vehicle A cruise control method for a hybrid vehicle is provided. The method includes detecting a preceding vehicle and estimating the speed of the preceding vehicle from the information input from a preceding vehicle detecting unit in the on state of a cruise mode and a PnG mode. An upper limit target vehicle speed and a lower limit target vehicle speed are determined from the estimated speed of the preceding vehicle. The driving source of the vehicle is operated to alternately repeat the acceleration (pulse phase) and deceleration (glide phase) of the vehicle between the determined upper limit target vehicle speed and lower limit target vehicle speed.
US11565693B2	Systems and methods for distracted driving detection Systems and methods for distracted driving detection are described. A method includes receiving proximate vehicle data about a proximate vehicle proximate to the host vehicle. The method also includes estimating one or more baselines for a predetermined future time for the proximate vehicle from the proximate vehicle data. The method further includes comparing current kinematic data of the proximate vehicle data for the predetermined future time to the one or more baselines. The method includes generating distraction flags associated with the proximate vehicle based on the comparison. The method also includes controlling one or more vehicle systems of the host vehicle based on the generated distraction flags.
US11565687B2	Control device of hybrid vehicle A control device of a hybrid vehicle includes a pressing torque applying portion configured to control the first rotating machine to output a pressing torque acting in a predetermined backlash elimination direction in backlash elimination in which one of tooth surfaces of meshing gears is pressed against the other at a meshing portion during motor running, so that the pressing torque is applied on the electric transmission mechanism. When an electrical angle of the first rotating machine is within a predetermined electrical angle range in which a cogging torque of the first rotating machine generated in accordance with rotation of the first rotating machine is equal to or greater than a predetermined torque required for the backlash elimination in the predetermined backlash elimination direction, the pressing torque applying portion makes the pressing torque smaller as compared to when the electrical angle is outside the predetermined electrical angle range.
US11565677B2	Electric brake system and controlling method thereof Disclosed herein is an electric brake system including: a hydraulic feeder configured to move a piston forward or backward according to a pedal effort from a brake pedal to discharge oil; a motor position sensor configured to measure a position of the piston; and a controller configured to control, when an Anti-lock Brake System (ABS) control starts, a change in direction of the piston based on predicted displacement information of the piston while the ABS control is performed such that the piston is at a target position at target vehicle speed.
US11565676B2	Electric brake system Disclosed is an electronic brake system that includes a master cylinder unit including a master cylinder to which a master cylinder reservoir coupled to generate a hydraulic pressure, a hydraulic block provided with a hydraulic pressure supply device to generate the hydraulic pressure by an electrical signal outputted in response to a displacement of a brake pedal and a hydraulic control unit to transmit the hydraulic pressure discharged from the hydraulic pressure supply device to wheel cylinders provided in each wheel, and disposed to be separated from the master cylinder unit, a hydraulic block reservoir coupled to the hydraulic block, and a connection hose to connect the master cylinder reservoir and the hydraulic block reservoir.
US11565652B2	External airbag for vehicle The present invention provides an external airbag system for a vehicle, the external airbag system including a detection sensor configured to detect an object moving at a rear or lateral side of a vehicle, an airbag cushion provided on a rear frame on which a door of the vehicle is mounted, the airbag cushion being configured to be deployed to extend in a leftward/rightward direction of the vehicle in a state in which the door of the vehicle is opened, and a control unit configured to perform control to deploy the airbag cushion when the detection sensor detects the object.
US11565642B2	Suction-based door protection device A removable vehicle exterior door guard device comprising an elongate panel and a plurality of vacuum seal suction cups. The panel can comprise a foam pad or other flexible polymer coupled to one or more suction cups configured to hold the panel to a vehicle surface. The device can comprise a foam pad having suction cups configured to provide a vacuum seal to a vehicle exterior door, for example using screw-tightening suction cup mechanism or a lever tightening suction cup mechanism. The vacuum seal suction cups are configured to maintain a strong seal against the vehicle surface over extended periods of time, even if the panel is bumped or the vehicle surface is not clean. The device can additionally include a theft deterrent system comprising a cord attached at a proximate end to the panel and at a distal end to an anchor that is secured inside the vehicle.
US11565628B2	Spacecraft with increased cargo capacities, and associated systems and methods A representative spacecraft system includes a launch vehicle elongated along a launch vehicle axis and having at least one stage carrying a corresponding rocket engine. The representative system further includes an annular support structure carried by the at least one stage and positioned to support a cargo spacecraft having a service module and a cargo module. The cargo module of the cargo spacecraft is positioned along the launch vehicle axis in a direction distal from the support structure, and at least a portion of the service module of the cargo spacecraft positioned within an annulus of the support structure.
US11565622B2	Rear corner post for a truck trailer A corner post is for a rear door of a trailer, container or truck body. The corner post has a width when the door has been swung open 90 degrees between 0.75 inch and 1.94 inch such that the width of the opening into the trailer when both doors are open is at least 98.44 inches. The corner post includes three pieces that are attached together. The three pieces include planar sections and U-shaped sections.
US11565621B2	Cargo ring A cargo ring, of the type used for lashing objects in a luggage or loading space of a vehicle is provided. The cargo ring includes a retainer member, extending within a first plane, and having at least one aperture configured to receive lashing for securing the object. The cargo ring further includes a fastener member, extending from the retainer member within a second plane oriented so as to intersect with the first plane, operably mountable to a surface of the vehicle. The retainer member is integrally formed with the fastener member.
US11565616B2	Canopy structure for truck body A canopy of a dump body for a truck comprises a deck having a length and a width greater in dimension that the length defined by a front edge, a rear edge opposite the front edge, a first side edge, and a second side edge opposite the first side edge. The deck can define an upper surface and a lower surface opposite the upper surface. In a front view the deck can define a concave shape, with a center portion and stepped portions between the center portion and the first and second side edges.
US11565600B2	Deployable charging points for vehicles A deployable charging point assembly for a vehicle includes a connecting part for connecting to a supply of electrical power separate from the vehicle. The connecting part is mountable on the vehicle, such that the connecting part is movable relative to a body of the vehicle between a first position and a second position. The charging point assembly is configured to establish an electrical connection between the supply of electrical power and an electrical system of the vehicle when the connecting part is in one or more predetermined positions between the first and second positions.
US11565596B2	Foreign object detection using heat sensitive material and inductive sensing In certain aspects, an enclosure for a wireless power transfer pad is disclosed. The enclosure includes a cover shell configured to be positioned over a portion of the wireless power transfer pad configured to face a wireless power receiver when wirelessly transferring power, wherein at least a portion of the cover shell is made of a heat resistant material.
US11565593B2	Holding apparatus for current and signal conductors of a traction battery of a motor vehicle A holding apparatus (15) for current and signal conductors of a traction battery of a motor vehicle has a plate-like base body with longitudinal sides (16), transverse ends (17) and a top (18) and bottom (19) extending between the longitudinal sides (16) and transverse ends (17). Elements (20) are arranged on the top (18) and the bottom (19) for guiding and fixing current conductors (12) of the traction battery, and elements (21) are arranged on the other of the top (18) and the bottom (19) for guiding and fixing at least one signal conductor (14) of the traction battery. The base body provides EMC shielding of the signal conductor (14) from the current conductors (12). The plate-like base body has on the opposite longitudinal sides (16) and/or on the opposite transverse sides (17) sections (22) for securing and grounding the holding apparatus on a frame of the motor vehicle.
US11565589B2	Traveling vehicle and working vehicle A tractor includes a controller configured to make a determination as to whether stopping control is necessary and to start the stopping control, based on a relation between a target bale size and a current bale size and a stopping distance corresponding to a vehicle speed and a surrounding environment.
US11565583B2	Engine cooling structure for motorcycle A front fender is provided in front of an air-cooled engine which is a drive source of a motorcycle. An air introduction hole which opens frontward is formed at a front part of a cylinder head of the air-cooled engine. A space around a plug attachment portion for a spark plug and a space in front of the cylinder head communicate with each other through the air introduction hole. A guide portion for guiding incoming wind toward the air introduction hole is formed at a rear part of the front fender.
US11565577B2	Powertrain module The invention relates to a powertrain module (10) comprising: —a powertrain system for driving at least one wheel of a vehicle, the powertrain system comprising: —a motor (5) having an output shaft; —and a transmission system between the motor (5) and a drive shaft (4) connected to said wheel; —and a casing (11) which houses the transmission system. The powertrain module (10) comprises connecting means (15) for cooperating with the connecting means (15) of an identical powertrain module (10) arranged in a facing relationship with said powertrain module (10), for mechanically connecting said two powertrain modules (10).
US11565561B2	Amphibious all-terrain vehicle The present invention is an amphibious all-terrain vehicle. This amphibious all-terrain vehicle includes a boat-shaped hull and a continuous track system that is configured to provide propulsion at multiple speeds while in water. The amphibious all-terrain vehicle includes a drive train, a suspension system having one or more tracks, an operator's station, and one or more handle bars as a steering system.
US11565553B2	Pneumatic vehicle tyre The invention relates to a pneumatic vehicle tire having a tread with profile block rows (1, 2) with profile blocks (5) delimited by channels (3, 4), which channels (3, 4) form T-shaped intersections in plan view and are delimited by a channel base (6, 6′) and by block flanks (5a, 5′a), wherein, in channels (3), there are formed projections (7, 7′) which, in a radial direction, have at their highest point a height (h1, h1′), in relation to the lowest point of the channels (3), of 10% to 80% of the profile depth. The projections (7, 7′) are positioned in intersection regions of T-shaped intersections of the channels (3, 4) and are attached to that block flank (5a) which is situated opposite the opening-in point of the opening-in channel (4).
US11565540B2	Processing device and recording device A recording device as a processing device includes: a recording unit accommodated in a housing and configured to perform recording on a medium; and a medium accommodating unit that accommodates the medium discharged from the housing. The medium accommodating unit includes: a sheet-shaped accommodating member; a rotating shaft provided inside the housing and to which one end of the accommodating member is connected; and an operating portion provided separably from the housing and to which the other end of the accommodating member is connected. The accommodating member is wound around the rotating shaft and accommodated inside the housing when the operating portion is mounted on the housing. The accommodating member is fed from the rotating shaft so that the medium is accommodated when the operating portion is separated from the housing.
US11565539B2	Forward and backward rotation of printer cutters Disclosed is a cutter module to be used with a printing apparatus. The cutter module comprises a blade driving mechanism; and a rotary cutting blade driven by the blade driving mechanism. The blade driving mechanism comprises: a clutch mechanism selectively to enable the blade driving mechanism to drive the rotary cutting blade in a forward cutting direction or a backward direction. Also disclosed is a printing system comprising the cutter module and a method to be used with the cutter module.
US11565537B2	Adjustable slitters for accurate transport-wise cutting of printed media Various embodiments of systems and methods facilitate the calibration of a printer. The printer can print a calibration target and cut the calibration target using an inline slitter. The printer can determine a calibration offset based on the position of the cut on the calibration target. The printer can then be calibrated according to gross amounts on the slitter and fine amounts at an ink applicator.
US11565534B2	Method for manufacturing cans for beverage, and beverage can manufacturing method A can body that has been subjected to outer surface painting (OV), inner surface painting (INS), and a neck process (SDN) but that has not been subjected to image formation is manufactured in a canning factory. The can body that has not been subjected to image formation is shipped to a beverage can manufacturing factory. At the beverage can manufacturing factory, an image formation process using a printer (PR) is performed. Specifically, ink is ejected from an inkjet head toward the can body, to thereby form an image on the outer circumferential surface of the can body. Thereafter, the can body is filled with beverage in a filler (FL), and then a can lid is attached to the can body in a seamer (SM).
US11565532B2	Printing apparatus, printing control method, and nontransitory computer-readable recording medium A printing apparatus includes: a plurality of heads configured to print mutually different colors; and a control unit configured to control the heads. The control unit operates the first head, configured to print a first color distinguishable from a surface color of an adjustment paper, to print a first correction pattern for performing alignment correction of the first head on the adjustment paper, and operates the second head, configured to print a second color distinguishable from the first color, to print a second correction pattern for performing alignment correction of the second head on the adjustment paper so as to at least partially overlap a first color area that is an area formed by the first head.
US11565520B2	Actuator drive circuit of liquid discharge apparatus and print control apparatus An actuator drive circuit of a liquid discharge apparatus includes a discharge waveform generating circuit, a sleep waveform generating circuit, and a wake waveform generating circuit. The discharge waveform generating circuit is configured to generate a plurality of drive waveforms to be applied to actuators of the liquid discharge apparatus for liquid discharge. The drive waveforms correspond to gradation values of gradation scale data. The sleep waveform generating circuit is configured to generate a sleep waveform to be applied to the actuators. The sleep waveform causes a voltage of the actuators to transition to a first voltage without liquid discharge. The wake waveform generating circuit is configured to generate a wake waveform to be applied to the actuators. The wake waveform causes the voltage of the actuators to transition to a second voltage higher than the first voltage without liquid discharge.
US11565519B2	Liquid discharge apparatus and head drive control device A liquid discharge apparatus includes a head and a switching device. The head includes a piezoelectric element and a pressure chamber configured to discharge liquid. The switching device is configured to select application or non-application of a drive voltage waveform to the piezoelectric element. The drive voltage waveform includes a discharge waveform to pressurize and discharge the liquid in the pressure chamber and a damping waveform to suppress residual vibration in the pressure chamber. The damping waveform is disposed after the discharge waveform in time series. The switching device includes a switch and a diode. The switch is configured to be turned on in a falling waveform element of each of the discharge waveform and the damping waveform. The diode is connected in parallel with the switch in a direction opposite to the falling waveform element of each of the discharge waveform and the damping waveform.
US11565513B2	Polyamide resin composition and molded article comprising the same A polyamide resin composition and a molded article manufactured using the same. The polyamide resin composition includes: about 15 wt % to about 49 wt % of an aromatic polyamide resin including a repeat unit represented by Formula 1 and a repeat unit represented by Formula 2 as defined in the specification; about 1 wt % to about 30 wt % of a polyamide resin having a glass transition temperature of about 40° C. to about 120° C.; about 1 wt % to about 20 wt % of an olefin-based copolymer; and about 30 wt % to about 50 wt % of calcium carbonate. The polyamide resin composition and the molded article produced using the same can have good properties in terms of plating adhesion, impact resistance, thermal resistance, fluidity, and/or appearance, and the like.
US11565508B2	Moisture barrier laminate An object of the present invention is to provide a moisture barrier laminate including a moisture trapping layer that maximizes its moisture trapping performance and exhibits an excellent moisture barrier property. The moisture barrier laminate of the present invention includes a gas barrier film substrate A having a gas barrier layer a1 and a moisture trapping layer B formed on the film substrate A as a base. On a surface of the moisture trapping layer B opposite to the film substrate A, a protective resin layer C having a moisture permeability in a range of 4.0×10 to 5.0×104 g/m2·day at 40° C. and 90% RH is laminated.
US11565506B2	Thermoformed cover glass for an electronic device Glass articles and methods for producing glass articles for a portable electronic device are disclosed. Properties of the glass articles, such as cover members, are improved through chemical strengthening, thermoforming, or a combination thereof. The glass articles may include barrier layers to prevent diffusion of ions between glass layers of the glass article, internal compressive stress regions, or a combination thereof.
US11565502B2	Bonding method Disclosed herein is a bonding method for bonding two adherends using an adhesive main agent that contains a thermoplastic resin having a cross-linkable group and a catalyst. The bonding method includes the steps of forming a main agent layer on one of the adherends; applying a catalyst onto the main agent layer; laminating the main agent layer and another adherend; and heating and pressing a laminated body in a layer thickness direction. Another embodiment of the bonding method may include a step of applying a catalyst onto one of the adherends, a step of forming a main agent layer on a surface onto which the catalyst has been applied, a step of laminating the two adherends, and a step of heating and pressing a laminated body in a layer thickness direction.
US11565499B2	Laminate and window film and electronic device A laminate includes a substrate, a self-healing layer on the substrate and having a thickness of greater than or equal to about 50 micrometers, a protective layer between the substrate and the self-healing layer, and a surface layer on the self-healing layer and having a thickness of about 20 nanometers to about 300 nanometers, wherein the self-healing layer has a first elastic modulus and the protective layer has a second elastic modulus, wherein the second elastic modulus is about 1.2 times to about 50 times greater than the first elastic modulus, and wherein the surface layer has a friction coefficient of less than or equal to about 1.
US11565498B2	Accommodating body, buffering material, method for manufacturing buffering material, and buffering material manufacturing apparatus An accommodating body includes: a first accommodating body that has a first bottom portion; and a first buffering material that has a first pressure receiving surface coming into contact with an accommodated article accommodated in the first accommodating body and that has at least one first sheet-shaped web that contains fibers and a bonding material that bonds the fibers, and in which in the first sheet-shaped web, the fibers are oriented in a plane direction of the first sheet-shaped web, and the first buffering material is used in an orientation with which an end surface of the first sheet-shaped web serves as the first pressure receiving surface.
US11565494B2	Sustainable industrial hose Hoses include an inner tube, a reinforcement layer disposed outwardly from the inner tube, and a cover layer disposed outwardly from the reinforcement layer, where the cover layer and/or the inner tube includes a cured composition having a sustainable content and formed from a mixture including EPDM/EPR sustainable polymer and a sulfur or peroxide based curing system. In some cases, the EPDM/EPR sustainable polymer has ethylene monomer derived from one or more renewable sources, such as, ethylene monomer derived from sugar cane. The mixture may further include one or more of recovered carbon black and sustainable oils from renewable sources. The hose embodiments may also include the reinforcement layer formed of fibers from sustainable material. The hose may contain the sustainable content in an amount of up to 75% by weight based upon total hose weight, or even greater than 25% by weight based upon total hose weight.
US11565491B2	Control apparatus of machine tool for processing object to be processed on die cushion A control apparatus of a machine tool includes: a slide position control unit configured to control a slide according to operation patterns; a pressure command generation unit configured to generate a pressure command for a die cushion according to the operation patterns; a pressure detection unit configured to detect an actual pressure of the die cushion; a die cushion speed control unit configured to control the die cushion, based on an error between the pressure command and the actual pressure; and a command reach determination unit configured to determine whether or not the error is greater than a pressure threshold, wherein the slide position control unit sets, based on a result of the determination by the command reach determination unit, a waiting period between the operation pattern at the time of the determination and the next operation pattern, wherein the slide is kept at its position during the waiting period.
US11565490B2	Surface covering product, a method for making a surface covering, and a series of surface covering tiles The invention provides a surface covering product, in particular a floor covering product, comprising boundary walls defining a lower face which in use faces a surface to be covered, said boundary walls having an upper face extending up to 60 cm from said lower face, said boundary walls dividing a part of said surface to be covered into at least partially enclosed surface parts and providing a boundary for at least one filling composition in said at least partially enclosed surface parts, wherein said surface covering product further comprises a base web having said boundary walls coupled to said base web for holding said boundary walls in position, and said base web comprises an upper surface below said upper face of said boundary walls, and a lower surface which in use rests on said surface to be covered, said boundary walls are coupled on top of said base web, and in use said filling composition covers said base web and at least part of said boundary walls, and wherein at least said boundary walls are formed in a three-dimensional (3D) printing process.
US11565488B2	Method for manufacturing light absorber This method for manufacturing a light absorber includes: a first step for irradiating a resin substrate with ion beams; a second step for etching the irradiated resin substrate with an alkaline solution to form an uneven surface on the surface thereof; a third step for forming a transfer body which covers the uneven surface of the etched resin substrate; and a fourth step for peeling off the transfer body from the resin substrate to obtain a light absorber. A metal film, a photocurable resin, and a silicone rubber are disclosed as an example of the transfer body.
US11565486B2	Device and method for the repair of laminated autoglass A device and method for expediting the repair of laminated automobile glass, comprising a supporting bridge removably mountable to a windshield surface over a damaged area, with a receptacle for receiving an injector or dispenser for UV curable repair resin, and guide means between said bridge and dispenser comprised of a guide pin and a guide groove with linear and helical portions. The resin dispenser can be quickly aligned, inserted into place and sealed against the windshield with only a partial twist. The dispenser includes a manually operable plunger which partially defines an expandable chamber to hold UV curable repair resin and provide a means of controllably applying vacuum or pressure to the resin and damaged cavity, valve means to allow selectable control of air to be released from or allowed into said chamber to facilitate creation and application of vacuum or pressure, further including means to lock the plunger in multiple selectable positions to maintain applied vacuum or pressure. Integrated ultra high intensity UV LED's surround the damaged area and apply sufficient intensity UV to fully cure the repair and surfacing resin without the use of any barrier film.
US11565478B2	Definition of a shield feature for additive manufacture There is disclosed additive manufacturing apparatus comprising: a controller to: receive object data relating to an object to be generated; and define print data for additive manufacture of the object by ejection of a print agent on build material in a pattern corresponding to selective fusing of the build material, wherein the print data is defined based on the object data so that the pattern defines a shield feature embedded within the object to inhibit fusing of build material corresponding to the shield feature relative build material corresponding to an adjacent portion of the object; and a print agent distributor to eject a print agent on build material based on the print data.
US11565473B2	Propagation of a material through an interior volume of a three-dimensional object An image processing system acquires a first three-dimensional model of an object. The image processing system includes a processor and storage medium encoded with instructions executable by the processor. The instructions include instructions to define a material potential function for a material. The material potential function is a function of a three-dimensional origin point of the material in the object, a three-dimensional propagation limit of the material in the object, and a three-dimensional propagation function of the material in the object. The instructions include instructions to generate a second three-dimensional model of the object based in part on the material potential function and the first model. The second model illustrates propagation of the material through an interior volume of the object at a unit level. A controller generates control signals based on the second model, and a fluid ejection engine performs an additive manufacturing process based on the control signals.
US11565472B2	Additively formed 3D object with conductive channel A 3D object is additively formed via arranging non-conductive material relative to a receiving surface. During additive formation of the 3D object, a conductive channel is formed as part of the 3D object. In some instances, non-destructive fracture sensing is performed via measurement of an electrical parameter of the conductive channel.
US11565462B2	Thermal marking of 3D printed objects A method for marking a printed object is disclosed. For example, the method includes printing a three-dimensional (3D) object via a fused filament fabrication (FFF) printer, receiving a desired color marking to be marked on a surface of the 3D object, and controlling a point energy source to emit energy on a thermal treatment layer of the 3D object in accordance with the desired color marking.
US11565459B2	Heat-shrinkable polyester-based film roll The invention provides a heat-shrinkable polyester-based film roll obtained by winding a heat-shrinkable polyester-based film with a shrinkage ratio of 30% or more in a film main shrinkage direction in hot water at 90° C. for 10 seconds. The film roll has a winding length of 2000-25000 m and a width of 400-2500 mm. The film has a thickness of 5-40 μm. In thickness unevenness in a width direction of the film on a surface layer of the film roll, there are positions having concave thickness patterns, and in a concave portion that has a maximum thickness difference (maximum concave portion), thickness unevenness in the maximum concave portion, which is obtained from the maximum thickness difference in the maximum concave portion and an average thickness of the film is 10% or less. The winding hardness of the surface layer of the film roll is 400-800.
US11565458B2	Apparatus for forming plastic preforms into plastic containers with preform cooling Provided is an apparatus for forming plastic preforms into plastic containers, having a blow mould which forms a cavity within which the plastic preforms can be expanded to form the plastic containers, and having an application device which is suitable and intended for acting upon the plastic preforms with a flowable medium in order to expand them, which is suitable and intended for acting upon the plastic preforms with a flowable medium in order to expand them, wherein the application device is placed against a mouth area of the plastic preforms in order to act upon these with the flowable medium. The application device forms at least one first flow channel for the flowable medium, which guides and/or directs at least a portion of the flowable medium to an inner wall of the mouth area in order to temper and, in particular, cool this inner wall.
US11565448B2	Biodegradable and industrially compostable injection molded microcellular flexible foams, and a method of manufacturing the same A process for injection molded microcellular foaming various flexible foam compositions from biodegradable and industrially compostable bio-derived thermoplastic resins for use in, for example, footwear components, seating components, protective gear components, and watersport accessories wherein a process of manufacturing includes the steps of: producing a suitable thermoplastic biopolymer or biopolymer blend; injection molding the thermoplastic biopolymer or biopolymer blend into a suitable mold shape with inert nitrogen gas; controlling the polymer melt, pressure, temperature, and time such that a desirable flexible foam is formed; and utilizing gas counterpressure in the injection molding process to ensure the optimal foam structure with the least amount of cosmetic defects and little to no plastic skin on the outside of the foamed structure.
US11565439B2	Slurry delivery conduit of mixer and slurry delivery method An object of the invention is to prevent differences in the flow rate and the specific gravity of a gypsum slurry from being caused between slurry discharge ports, to divide a current of the slurry into streams without a factor of stagnation of the slurry provided at a branch part, and also, to ensure a sufficient distance between the discharge ports. The slurry delivery conduit (10) has a rectilinear tube segment (14), a branch part (15) and branch tube segments (16). A tube-wall joint portion (20) of the branch tube segments configures a counter-flow splitting element (22) in a form of V-letter at the branch part. The slurry is introduced from a mixing area (51) into the rectilinear tube segment, which configures a straight rectilinear fluid passage. The rectilinear tube segment rectifies a flow of the slurry to be an axial or rectilinear current (S), and the axial or rectilinear current is split into branch streams (S1, S2) by the counter-flow splitting element.
US11565438B2	Method for manufacturing an engineered stone and an engineered stone A method for manufacturing an engineered stone, the method including: providing a mixture comprising at least a stone or stone like material and a binder; compacting the mixture; curing the binder; and further comprising printing a printed pattern on at least a top surface of the engineered stone.
US11565433B2	Bidirectional driving mechanism for electric scissors blades and electric scissors blades The present disclosure relates to the technical field of electric scissors, and in particular relates to a bidirectional driving mechanism for electric scissors blades and electric scissors. The bidirectional driving mechanism for electric scissors blade includes a fixed seat, a driving gear, a rotating shaft member, an upper blade group and a lower blade. The driving gear and the rotating shaft member are arranged on fixed seat, the lower blade and the upper blade group rotate around the rotating shaft member, an outer rack is arranged at a rear part of the lower blade, a front part of the upper blade group is an upper blade, a rear part of the upper blade group is a meshing block, and an inner rack is arranged at a rear part of the meshing block; and the inner rack and the outer rack are respectively meshed with both sides of the driving gear.
US11565428B2	Gripping mechanism and assembly apparatus A gripping mechanism (3) includes a holder (31), a gripping roller (32), a first movable plate (331), a second movable plate (332), a first spring (341), and a second spring (342). The holder (31) houses the gripping roller (32). The first movable plate (331) and the second movable plate (332) pinch the gripping roller (32) inside the holder (31). The first spring (341) urges the first movable plate (331) toward the gripping roller (32). The second spring (342) urges the second movable plate (332) toward the gripping roller (32). The gripping mechanism (3) grips a gripped section (42) of a first component (4) between the first movable plate (331) and the gripping roller (32).
US11565425B2	Robotic device for distributing designated items A robotic device for distributing designated items to designated persons, includes: a motion unit to autonomously move said robotic device; storage means including multiple compartments; an item dispenser to dispense items from said storage means; a memory module containing optical recognition scans and personal information of persons located within a premises, and substantive information of the designated items; optical recognition scanners; a control module in communication with the motion unit, the optical recognition scanners, the memory and the item dispenser. The control unit directs movement of the robotic device, directs the optical recognition scanners to scan persons, and compares images from the optical recognition scanners to optical recognitions in the memory. Upon identifying a person, the control unit searches personal information of the person and identifies designated items specified for that person, and then directs the item dispenser to dispense the designated item.
US11565409B2	Robot programming system A robot programming system according to an aspect of the present disclosure includes: a robot program storage section; a press program storage section; a template program setting section that causes the robot program storage section to store, as an initial version of a robot program, a template program that instructs a robot how to move basically; a model placing section that places three-dimensional models of a workpiece, the robot, and a press machine in a virtual space; a robot movement processing section that causes the three-dimensional model of the robot to move; a press movement processing section that causes the three-dimensional model of the press machine to move; an interference detection section that detects interference between the three-dimensional models; and a robot program modification section that modifies a robot program stored in the robot program storage section to prevent interference detected by the interference detection section.
US11565406B2	Multi-tentacular soft robotic grippers A gripper system having tentacles including a control system configured to receive operator data and sensor data. Compare stored object configurations associated with grips to identify a corresponding set of object configurations using a target object shape and a pose via sensor data and select an object configuration. Compare stored commands to identify sets of commands corresponding to the object configuration and select sets of commands. If a set of pickup actions are received, compare to the corresponding object configuration to identify a set of pickup actions using the received set of pickup actions, and select a set of pickup actions. Compare the sets of commands to identify a corresponding first set of commands corresponding to a set of pickup actions using the set of pickup actions and select the first set of commands. If the received set of pickup actions are absent, then select a second set of commands.
US11565405B2	Electronic device including rolling element between spherical housing and internal driving device An electronic device is disclosed, including: a spherical housing, and a first driving device disposed in the spherical housing and configured to cause a rolling motion of the spherical housing, the first driving device including: first and second wheels contacting an inner spherical surface of the spherical housing, the first and second wheels respectively disposed at opposite sides of an axis of rotation, at least one motor configured to transmit power to the at least one of the first wheel and the second wheel, a balance weight, a first surface that is spaced apart from the axis of rotation in a direction of gravity by balancing of the balance weight, and facing the inner spherical surface, and at least one rolling element disposed between the inner spherical surface and the first surface.
US11565402B2	Substrate transfer devices, systems and methods of use thereof The disclosure describes devices, systems and methods relating to a transfer chamber for an electronic device processing system. For example, a robot can include a first mover configured to be driven by a platform of a linear motor, a support structure disposed on the first mover, a first robot arm attached to the first end of the support structure at a shoulder axis, and a first arm drive assembly. The first drive assembly can include a first pulley attached to a first end of the support structure and to the first robot arm at the shoulder axis, a second pulley attached to a second end of the support structure, a first band connecting the first pulley to the second pulley, and a second mover configured to be driven by the platform of the linear motor, where the second mover is connected to the first band, and where motion of the second mover relative to the first mover causes the first band to a) rotate the first pulley and the second pulley and b) rotate the first robot arm around the shoulder axis. Also disclosed are systems and methods incorporating the robot.
US11565401B1	Operating multiple testing robots based on robot instructions and/or environmental parameters received in a request Methods and apparatus related to receiving a request that includes robot instructions and/or environmental parameters, operating each of a plurality of robots based on the robot instructions and/or in an environment configured based on the environmental parameters, and storing data generated by the robots during the operating. In some implementations, at least part of the stored data that is generated by the robots is provided in response to the request and/or additional data that is generated based on the stored data is provided in response to the request.
US11565400B2	Robot base assemblies A robot base assembly that supports a robot assembly above a floor. The robot assembly engages with a work piece having a locating component. The robot base assembly includes a base plate coupled to the floor, a support member slidably coupled to the base plate for linear displacement, a clamp assembly coupled to the support member, and a lock mechanism. The clamp assembly is movable between an engaged state and a disengaged state. In the engaged state the clamp assembly engages with the locating component. The lock mechanism is movable between a locked state and an unlocked state. In the locked state the support member is inhibited from linear displacement, and in the unlocked state the support member is permitted for linear displacement. The lock mechanism switches from the unlocked state to the locked state in response to the clamp assembly moving from the disengaged state to the engaged state.
US11565389B2	Torque wrench A torque wrench including a head, a handle, a primary beam, a secondary beam, and a torque adjustment mechanism. The primary beam couples the head and the handle for co-rotation about the rotational axis and the primary beam includes a first end adjacent the head and a second end adjacent the handle. The secondary beam is coupled to the head for rotation with the head about the rotational axis and the secondary beam is movable relative to the primary beam and the handle. The torque adjustment mechanism adjusts a torque setting of the primary beam relative to the secondary beam. The torque adjustment mechanism includes a thumb adjustment wheel that a user rotates about a first axis to adjust the torque setting by moving the second end of the primary beam relative to the handle along a second axis offset from the first axis.
US11565386B2	Ratcheting tool A powered ratchet tool including a housing and a drive mechanism for driving an output member. The drive mechanism includes a yoke through which the output member extends. The ratchet tool further comprises a first selective pawl, a second selective pawl, and a non-selective pawl in the yoke that are biased toward an outer toothed surface of the output member and blocking member. The outer toothed surface includes first and second selectively-toothed sections. When the first selectively-toothed section and second selectively-toothed sections are rotationally aligned with the with the first selective pawl and the second selective pawl, the first and second selective pawls are incapable of transferring torque to the output member. The blocking member moves between an operating position, wherein the non-selective pawl is engaged with the outer toothed surface, and a home position, wherein the blocking member inhibits the non-selective pawl from engaging with the outer toothed surface.
US11565382B2	Mounting device and method for validatable fixing A mounting device for fastening a component, such as in particular a fixture, at a defined location has a base body having a holder or receptacle for the component and a suction device for retaining the component held in the holder at the defined location. In addition, the mounting device contains a pressing device to press the component held in the holder or receptacle to the defined location. A method for the validatable fixation of a component, such as in particular a fixture or bracket, at a defined location is also provided.
US11565374B2	Fixed abrasive three-dimensional lapping and polishing plate and methods of making and using the same A fixed abrasive three-dimensional plate includes micron size diamond beads or a mixture of abrasive particles and metal oxide beads, ranging in size from a few microns to a few tens of microns, incorporated into a matrix of one or more inorganic binders and fillers. The composition is formed into a rigid plate blank, and the abrasive plate is mounted on a substrate forming a lapping/polishing plate. The abrasive plate is capable of delivering high material removal rates coupled with reduced surface roughness when lapping/polishing advanced materials, including sapphire, titanium carbide reinforced alumina, silicon carbide, gallium nitride, aluminum nitride, zinc selenide, and other compound semiconductor materials, as well as, glass, ceramic, metallic, and composite workpieces. The diamond beads incorporated in the fixed abrasive three-dimensional plate include diamond particles ranging in size from a few nanometers to a few tens of microns, bonded with one or more inorganic binders and additives.
US11565369B2	Method of grinding workpiece A method of grinding a surface of a workpiece that has surface irregularities includes a first grinding step of grinding the surface of the workpiece by a predetermined amount of stock removal while keeping a measuring element of a height gauge out of contact with the surface of the workpiece, thereafter, a height difference measuring step of bringing the measuring element of the height gauge into contact with the surface of the workpiece and measuring a height difference of surface irregularities on the surface of the workpiece with the height gauge, and a second grinding step of, if the measured height difference is larger than a preset range, grinding the surface of the workpiece while keeping the measuring element of the height gauge in contact with the surface of the workpiece until the measured height difference falls within the preset range.
US11565368B2	Sanding apparatus with multiple part engagement members A method of removing material from a surface of an ultrasound directing element comprising a plastic material is provided. The method includes mounting the ultrasound directing element to a mounting block of a sanding apparatus. The mounting block includes an engagement member that moves from a release position to an engagement position thereby engaging the ultrasound directing element. The mounting block is moved along a base of the sanding apparatus bringing a surface of the ultrasound directing element into contact with a sanding surface. Material is removed from the surface of the ultrasound directing element using the sanding surface.
US11565363B2	Automatic machine and automatic method for grinding the edges of glass sheets An automatic machine and an automatic method for grinding the edges of glass sheets are disclosed. The machine is provided with a machine body with motorized support and conveyance rollers or belts, an input conveyor with motorized support and conveyance rollers or belts, an output conveyor with motorized support and conveyance rollers and belts. There are at least two elements for conveying the glass sheets, a lower one and an upper one, which actuate respectively the synchronous motions about a lower axis and an upper axis, which engage and convey the glass sheets, which are interfaced alternately, for example the odd sheets with the lower conveyance elements and the even sheets with the upper conveyance.
US11565356B2	Method for producing a cutting head A method for producing a replaceable cutting head is described. The replaceable cutting head is manufactured by extruding a blank. During extrusion of the blank, a number of helical coolant channels and a number of helical flutes are simultaneously formed. After extrusion, the flutes have a first angle of twist (D1), and the coolant channels have a second angle of twist (D2). After extrusion, the blank is sintered and then reworked to selectively adjust the first angle of twist (D1) and the pitch of the flutes. The method produces an endless blank that is capable of being parted off to a desired length without any sacrificial allowance, which provides significant material and cost savings as compared to conventional methods.
US11565354B2	Stage for cutting substrate and substrate cutting device A stage for cutting a substrate includes: a body member; a plurality of first discharging members, each including a first suction portion in the body member and a first partition wall portion connected to the first suction portion and protruding from a top surface of the body member, each of the first discharging members defining a first space connected to an outside; a plurality of second discharging members, each including a second suction portion in the body member and a second partition wall portion connected to the second suction portion and protruding from the top surface of the body member, each of the second discharging members defining a second space connected to the outside; a plurality of connecting pipes each connected to the first partition wall portion and the second partition wall portion; and a plurality of supply pipes connected to the connecting pipes.
US11565351B2	Substrate processing apparatus and substrate processing method A substrate processing apparatus includes the following: a support frame, first stage, a suction part, and a plurality of island-type second stages. The support frame is disposed on the first stage. The height of the support frame is lower than the height of the first stage. A plurality of island-type second stages are disposed on the support frame on the same plane as the first stage. The suction part is disposed on the support frame.
US11565349B2	Composite device for high-precision laser additive/subtractive manufacturing The present invention discloses a composite device for high-precision laser additive/subtractive manufacturing, which consists of a sealed shaping chamber, an inert protective gas source and a machine-shaping platform; wherein, the inert protective gas source is connected to the sealed shaping chamber; and the machine-shaping platform is arranged in the sealed shaping chamber, as well as there is a light path selection system is arranged right above the machine-shaping platform; in addition, there is a machining position is equipped on the machine-shaping platform, meanwhile, there are lead screws are arranged under the machine-shaping platform.
US11565348B2	Methods and systems for joining at least two workpieces The disclosure relates to methods and systems for joining at least two workpieces, including forming a weld joint by moving a machining beam, e.g., a laser beam, and the at least two workpieces relative to one another along a feed direction, wherein the movement of the machining beam and the two workpieces relative to one another is superimposed with a periodic movement in a movement path, e.g., a two-dimensional movement path, which extends in a transverse direction perpendicularly to the feed direction and, e.g., additionally in the feed direction. The movement path has, between two reversal points in the transverse direction, at least one stop point at which a speed component of the periodic movement in the transverse direction is zero. The invention also relates to computer program products and systems for carrying out the methods.
US11565344B2	Device and method for learning focal position offset of laser processing apparatus, and laser processing system correcting focal position offset A machine learning device for learning a focal position offset of a laser processing apparatus. A data acquisition section acquires a learning dataset which includes data of a focal position command for a light-focusing optical system given to the laser processing apparatus and detection data of a physical quantity of light detected when a laser beam is emitted from a laser oscillator in accordance with a processing command including the focal position command. A learning section generates a learning model by using the learning dataset, which represents correlativity between the physical quantity of the detected light and the positional relationship of an effective light-focusing position of the light-focusing optical system relative to a workpiece. When performing processing, the physical quantity of light is detected so that a positional relationship between the workpiece and the effective light-focusing position during processing can be estimated from the detected quantity and the learning model.
US11565335B2	Brazing method for brazing material formed of aluminum alloy in inert gas atmosphere without using flux A brazing method for brazing a material without using a flux includes performing brazing in an inert gas atmosphere, in a state in which the material to be brazed is covered with a cover member formed of an upper cover portion covering the whole upper portion of the material to be brazed and side cover portions covering at least some of the side portions of the material to be brazed, with the upper cover portion contacting the upper portion of the material to be brazed, and the material to be brazed and the cover member are held with a heat transmission promoting member formed of an upper heat transmission promoting portion and a lower heat transmission promoting portion, with the upper heat transmission promoting portion contacting the upper cover portion, and with the lower heat transmission promoting portion contacting the lower portion of the material to be brazed.
US11565327B2	Indexable parting blade with circuitous coolant channels An indexable parting blade has opposite blade first and second sides, a blade peripheral edge, a central index axis, and at least first, second and third insert pockets located along the blade peripheral edge. The parting blade also has first, second and third coolant channels, each forming a coolant path from a corresponding inlet to a corresponding one of the insert pockets. Each coolant channel includes a rake outlet opening out to a rake side of its corresponding insert pocket and a relief outlet opening out to a relief side of that same insert pocket. The inlet corresponding to a given coolant channel is located further from that coolant channel's insert pocket than at least one of (a) the inlet corresponding to a different coolant channel, and (b) the central index axis.
US11565326B2	Additively manufactured non-contact support An additively manufactured assembly including an additively manufactured component with an edge oriented with respect to a recoater blade direction and an non-contact support that does not form a part of the additively manufactured component, the additively manufactured support located adjacent the edge. A method of additively manufacturing a component includes additively manufacturing an component with an edge oriented with respect to a recoater blade direction simultaneous with additively manufacturing an non-contact support that does not form a part of the component, the additively manufactured support located adjacent the edge.
US11565322B2	Additively manufactured component and production method therefor A component includes a multiplicity of individual powder particles of Mo, a Mo-based alloy, W or a W-based alloy that have been fused together to give a solid structure by a high-energy beam via an additive manufacturing method. The component has an oxygen content of not more than 0.1 at %. An additive manufacturing method includes producing the powder via the melt phase and providing a carbon content in the region of not less than 0.15 at %. The components are crack-free and have high grain boundary strength.
US11565320B2	Photo-chemical synthesis and characterization of silver nanoparticles self-arranged on ct-DNA and BSA The present invention relates to examination of characteristics of silver nano-clusters self-arranged by means of reduction of silver salt to silver nanoparticles by means of 2-mercapto-thioxanthone on DNA and BSA in short photo-illumination duration of 1 second.
US11565317B2	Superhard constructions and methods of making same A polycrystalline super hard construction has a first region having a body of thermally stable polycrystalline super hard material having a plurality of intergrown grains of super hard material; a second region forming a substrate having a hard phase and a binder phase; and a third region interposed between the first and second regions. The third region includes a composite material having a first phase comprising a plurality of non-intergrown grains of super hard material, and a matrix material. A fourth region interposed between the second and third region has a major proportion having one or more components of the binder material of the second region, and one or more reaction products between the binder material of the second region and one or more components of the third region.
US11565310B2	Preparation method of foamed aluminum special-shaped part Disclosed is a preparation method of a foamed aluminum special-shaped part. The preparation method comprises the following steps: S1, pressing wax molds; S2, making a shell; S3, carrying out smelting; S4, carrying out casting; and S5, vibrating the shell. Finally, the foamed aluminum special-shaped part is obtained for a preparation process of a foamed aluminum compound casting.
US11565307B2	Shaft diameter enlargement condition setting method, shaft diameter enlargement method and shaft diameter enlargement apparatus A method for setting conditions for a shaft diameter enlargement, a shaft diameter enlargement method, and a shaft diameter enlargement apparatus are provided. A controller of the shaft diameter enlargement apparatus controls a compressing section, a bending section, and a rotating section to enlarge an intermediate portion of a shaft workpiece to have a predetermined outer diameter by rotating the shaft workpiece about its axis with axial compressive force a bending angle being applied to the intermediate portion. The controller determines whether the shaft workpiece is acceptable, based on the number of rotations of die shaft workpiece required for enlarging the intermediate portion to have the predetermined outer diameter or based on an enlargement ratio of the intermediate portion.
US11565292B2	Roll stand and method for changing work rolls A roll stand having work rolls mounted therein. The roll stand has at least one upper mounting rail, which is mounted on the drive-side roll stand frame and oriented in a transverse direction to a rolling line running through the roll stand. In order to be able to keep the assembly space in the roll stand over the rolling line free during rolling—except for a roll change—and still change the roll efficiently, the upper mounting rail is configured to be moved into the rolling line and out of the rolling line, starting from the drive-side roll stand frame.
US11565291B2	Rolling mill for solid elongated products A rolling mill for solid elongated products, defining a rolling axis, including first and second rolling stations. Each station includes a load-bearing structure, a removable roll-holder cartridge with three rolling rolls movable radially and rotating around three equally spaced axes of rotation, and a roll having a vertical rotational axis. Three actuators mount on the load-bearing structure; three gear motor groups connect to the rolls by single extensions. The position of the second station rolls is rotated 60° from the first stations. The rolls with a vertical axis of the first and second stations are arranged on opposite sides of the rolling axis. All rolling stations allow lateral extraction of roll-holder cartridges from the same side of the rolling mill. The stations on the cartridge extraction side have actuators movable relative to the load-bearing structure. The stations with vertical rolls arranged on the opposite side have fixed actuators.
US11565287B2	Substrate processing apparatus, substrate processing method and computer-readable recording medium There is provided a substrate processing apparatus which includes: an exhaust pipe configured to selectively discharge an exhaust gas generated by a substrate process to a first pipe or a second pipe; a liquid supply part configured to supply a cleaning liquid to the exhaust pipe; a discharge destination setting part configured to set a discharge destination of the exhaust gas to the first pipe or the second pipe by rotating the exhaust pipe; and a controller configured to control the discharge destination setting part to rotate the exhaust pipe. The controller is further configured to control the liquid supply part to supply the cleaning liquid to the rotating exhaust pipe.
US11565273B1	Magnetic pole with removable head for use in magnetic separator A magnetic pole for use in a magnetic separator comprises a body having a central core and two cantilevered pole arms, each pole arm extending at a perpendicular angle relative to the central core and having a faceplate at and end thereof, wherein at least one cantilevered pole arm and corresponding faceplate thereof are adapted for selective removal and re-attachment of the faceplate with the cantilevered pole arm.
US11565268B2	Convective PCR device The present invention discloses a convective PCR apparatus by using a transparent conductive thin film to replace the traditional metal heater. The PCR reaction is activated when the container with reagents contacted the heated transparent conductive thin film and the temperature inside the container raised to initiate the convective circulation. Also, the present invention could apply for a quantitative PCR reaction by adding a specific probe, a fluorescent dye, a light source, or a photon receiver.
US11565259B2	Microfluidic devices having isolation pens and methods of testing biological micro-objects with same A microfluidic device can comprise at least one swept region that is fluidically connected to unswept regions. The fluidic connections between the swept region and the unswept regions can enable diffusion but substantially no flow of media between the swept region and the unswept regions. The capability of biological micro-objects to produce an analyte of interest can be assayed in such a microfluidic device. Biological micro-objects in sample material loaded into a microfluidic device can be selected for particular characteristics and disposed into unswept regions. The sample material can then be flowed out of the swept region and an assay material flowed into the swept region. Flows of medium in the swept region do not substantially affect the biological micro-objects in the unswept regions, but any analyte of interest produced by a biological micro-object can diffuse from an unswept region into the swept region, where the analyte can react with the assay material to produce a localized detectable reaction. Any such detected reactions can be analyzed to determine which, if any, of the biological micro-objects are producers of the analyte of interest.
US11565251B2	Microfluidic chip as a model for blood-tissue barriers A microfluidic device is useful for modelling drug transmission across the vasculature and vascular barriers. The device includes a frame, a fluid-permeable lumen configured to carry a fluid through the frame in a first direction, a first chamber surrounding the lumen, and a second chamber surrounding the first fluid-permeable chamber. At least one surface of the first chamber is configured for deposition of a first population of endothelial cells. An outer surface of the second chamber is configured for deposition a second population of cells. The second chamber is configured to carry a fluid through the frame in a second direction. The fluid-permeable lumen is configured to allow the fluid to permeate through a wall of the lumen into the first chamber, and the first chamber and the second chamber are in fluid communication with each other.
US11565240B2	Mixed mode affinity chromatography carrier A mixed mode affinity chromatography carrier includes a substrate, a hydrophilic polymer, an antibody-binding cyclic peptide, and a cation exchange group.
US11565231B2	Substrates, peptide arrays, and methods Disclosed herein are formulations, substrates, and arrays. Also disclosed herein are methods for manufacturing and using the formulations, substrates, and arrays. Also disclosed are methods for identifying peptide sequences useful for diagnosis and treatment of disorders, and methods for using the peptide sequences for diagnosis and treatment of disorders, e.g., celiac disorder. In certain embodiments, substrates and arrays comprise a porous layer for synthesis and attachment of polymers or biomolecules.
US11565225B1	Weighted well material distribution systems and methods Well material distribution methods may include gravity feeding bulk well materials including at least one well material component into a mixing vessel which may include a mixing vessel interior and at least one mixing device disposed in the mixing vessel interior; forming a well material mixture by mixing the bulk well materials including at least one well material component in the mixing vessel interior of the mixing vessel via operation of the at least one mixing device; distributing the well material mixture from the mixing vessel interior of the mixing vessel to at least one mud pit; and distributing a substantially homogenous well material mixture from the at least one mud pit to a hydrocarbon well.
US11565223B2	Dispensing machine and related method for preparing a user-defined formulation by dispensing fluid products A dispensing machine for dispensing fluid products comprising a dispensing zone (15) in which elongated support means (12) are disposed, configured to support a plurality of removable containing units (11) of the fluid products in a stationary manner along a longitudinal axis (X) is disclosed. The dispensing zone (15) further includes translation means (20) configured to allow moving a receptacle (18) positioned on a metering unit and disposed on the translation means (20) substantially parallel to the longitudinal direction (X) to delivery positions substantially vertically below said containing units (11) and measurement means (16) configured to meter a quantity of fluid product that is delivered from a containing unit (11) to the receptacle (18) in a delivery position corresponding to the respective containing unit. Also disclosed is the use of such dispensing machine for preparing customized formulations of fluid products as well as a method for preparing user-defined target formulation from a plurality of dispensable fluid products.
US11565219B2	Micro-bubble generator A micro-bubble generator is provided between an input end and an output end of a water outlet device. The micro-bubble generator includes a water inlet member and a water outlet member. A gas inlet gap is remained between the water inlet member and the water outlet member, with the gas inlet gap being communicated to external air, such that the external air is allowed to enter the micro-bubble generator for gas-liquid mixing and generate minute and dense bubbles.
US11565212B2	Porous liquids The invention relates to dispersions of porous solids in liquids selected from deep eutectic solvents, liquid oligomers, bulky liquids, liquid polymers, silicone oils, halogenated oils, paraffin oils or triglyceride oils, as well as to their methods of preparation. In embodiments of the invention, the porous solids are metal organic framework materials (MOFs), zeolites, covalent organic frameworks (COFs), porous inorganic materials, Mobil Compositions of Matter (MCMs) or a porous carbon. The invention also relates to the use of porous materials to form dispersions, and to assemblages of such dispersions with a gas or gases. The dispersions can exhibit high gas capacities and selectivities.
US11565192B2	Letter cubes The Letter Cubes are block to make buildings that do not just make a statement with their rooms, walls and the like, but also make verbal statements with the blocks themselves. It has a series of three-dimensional fonts made with metal, plastic, ceramic, glass, recycled materials and other materials that magnetically, with knobs, hooks, snaps and tubes (and combinations of these and other interfaces) assemble into walls, buildings and other structures that communicate messages. These alphabets also have a series of related pieces that include numbers, punctuation and additional knobs, beams and panels that enable construction of a wide range of buildings, toys, structures and objects that are artistic, toys, games and that are otherwise useful as boxes, chairs, tables, etc. The invention comes in its own box that is assembled further to the same logic as the alphabets so it does not have packaging waste.
US11565184B1	Systems and methods for linking physical items to virtual content Systems and methods for linking physical items to virtual content. Exemplary implementations may: receive a first request to verify whether a first activation of a first item has occurred; if not, transmit a notification in reply to the first request; receive, from a first user, a second request to effectuate the first activation of the first item and to make particular virtual content accessible to the first user; modify state of a smart contract on a decentralized database such that subsequent requests confirm the first activation has occurred; establish a link between the first item and the first user such that the particular virtual content is accessible to the first user; and responsive to the particular virtual content being accessible to the first user, transmit a second notification in reply to the second request.
US11565182B2	Parametric player modeling for computer-implemented games A game management system generates a multidimensional parametric player model representative of player behavior by one or more players in a computer game. The parametric player model populated is used in the identification of groups or clusters of players, and/or in at least partly automated configuration of custom game content for behavior consistent with the parametric player model. A single parametric player model is defines a single set of parametric values corresponding to multiple predefined gameplay parameters, and can be used to model the behavior of a single respective player or to model the behavior of multiple players (e.g., based on cumulative historical gameplay data for the relevant players), providing a representative player model for those players. The player model is ingested by a content generator configured to generate game content customized to the behavior represented by the player model.
US11565181B2	Virtual object control method and apparatus, computer device, and storage medium A virtual object control method includes: displaying a path drawing interface that comprises a map of a virtual environment; obtaining a path finding instruction associated with a virtual object in the virtual environment according to an operation track of a drawing operation performed in the path drawing interface. The drawing operation is performed on the map of the virtual environment. The method also includes generating a moving path according to the path finding instruction; and controlling the virtual object to move along the moving path in the virtual environment.
US11565177B2	Edge compute proxy for cloud gaming and 5G A method is provided, including the following operations: executing a cloud video game in a data center; streaming video generated by the executing cloud video game over a network to a client device; deploying a cloud gaming proxy to an edge compute that is proximate to the client device; wherein the cloud gaming proxy buffers the video and retransmits lost packets of the video to the client device.
US11565169B2	Transportation device with pivoting axle Devices and methods of transport are disclosed. Various embodiments include structural aspects related to steering and changing the direction of conveyances including features which utilize leaning or shifting of weight as part of turning.
US11565166B2	Golf game implementation using ball tracking and scoring system A ball tracking and scoring system and also enables a game implementation system using this system.
US11565162B1	Golf putting swing training aid A golf putting swing training aid that may be attached to any golf club that may force a golfer's hands into the proper grip position for various types of golf putting shots is provided. The device and methods of the present disclosure may further allow a golfer to practice these shots to build muscle memory and to ingrain the proper grip and form positions into memory to allow for repeated and consistent shot performance.
US11565154B2	Golf ball An object of the present invention is to provide a golf ball having a decreased spin rate on driver shots. The present invention provides a golf ball comprising a spherical core and at least one cover layer covering the spherical core, wherein the spherical core is formed from a rubber composition containing (a) a base rubber, (b) a compound represented by the formula (1) as a co-crosslinking agent, and (c) a crosslinking initiator, (R1COO)M(OCOR2)m (1) in the formula (1), M represents a metal atom, m represents 1 or 2, R1 and R2 are different from each other, represent an alkenyl group having 2 to 30 carbon atoms or an alkynyl group having 2 to 30 carbon atoms and have a carbon-carbon double bond or a carbon-carbon triple bond at an α-position carbon atom bonding to the carbonyl group, and when m is 2, two of R2 may be identical to or different from each other.
US11565153B2	Performance stilts A stilt comprises a floor platform, a shoe platform, a first substantially vertical support, a second substantially vertical support, and a toe assembly. The shoe platform is superposed above the floor platform. The first substantially vertical support connects a front portion of the floor platform with a front portion of the shoe platform. The second substantially vertical support connects a back portion of the floor platform with a back portion of the shoe platform. The first and second substantially vertical supports connect the shoe platform and the floor platform in a parallelogram configuration. The toe assembly is hingedly connected to a front end portion of the floor platform. A spring biases the toe assembly into alignment with the floor platform. A leg support extends upwardly from the second vertical support. A calf brace is pivotally connected to an upper end portion of the leg support.
US11565151B2	Exercise machine with adjustable handles An exercise machine with adjustable handles that provide for multiple handle positions. The exercise machine with adjustable handles generally includes a frame with one or more rails, a carriage movably positioned upon the rails, and a pair of adjustable handles positioned near an end of the frame. The adjustable handles each have a handle portion that is movably connected to a corresponding handle stanchion to pivot from a storage position to an extended position.
US11565139B2	Activated carbon supported Ni0Fe0 nanoparticles for reductive transformation of perfluoroalkyl-containing compounds The present application relates to a novel method for reductive degradation of perfluoroalkyl-containing compounds, such as perfluoroalkyl sulfonates, by activated carbon (AC) supported zero valent iron-nickle nanoparticles (nNi0Fe0).
US11565132B2	Method for use with a radiotherapy device Disclosed herein is a method of determining the nature of a fault in a radiotherapy device comprising a linear accelerator. The radiotherapy device is configured to provide therapeutic radiation to a patient. The radiotherapy device comprises a vacuum tube comprising an electron gun, a waveguide configured to accelerate electrons emitted by the electron gun toward a target to produce said radiation, and a flight tube. The electron gun is located at a first end of the vacuum tube and the flight tube is located at a second end of the vacuum tube. The radiotherapy device further comprises a first and a second sensor. The first sensor is configured to provide signals indicative of pressure at a first region inside the vacuum tube and the second sensor is configured to provide signals indicative of pressure at a second region inside the vacuum tube. The first region is closer to the first end of the vacuum tube than the second region is. The method comprises processing a first value derived from signals from the first sensor and a second value derived from signals from the second sensor. The first value is indicative of pressure at the first region inside the vacuum tube, and the second value is indicative of pressure at the second region inside the vacuum tube. Processing the first and second value comprises comparing the first value with a first threshold and comparing the second value with a second threshold; and, based on the processing of the signals, determining that the nature of the fault is associated with the flight tube.
US11565126B2	Knowledge based multi-criteria optimization for radiotherapy treatment planning A method of generating a treatment plan for treating a patient with radiotherapy, the method includes obtaining a plurality of sample plans, which are generated by use of a knowledge base comprising historical treatment plans and patient data. The method also includes performing a multi-criteria optimization based on the plurality of sample plans to construct a Pareto frontier, where the plurality of sample plans are evaluated with at least two objectives measuring qualities of the plurality of sample plans such that treatment plans on the constructed Pareto frontier are Pareto optimal with respect to the objectives. The method further includes identifying a treatment plan by use of the constructed Pareto frontier.
US11565120B2	Defibrillator activation and status indication A defibrillator is provided comprising an activation mechanism having an activator and a status indicator, wherein the activator is disposable in a first condition in which the defibrillator is deactivated and in a second condition in which the defibrillator is activated and the status indicator is operable in at least a first mode in which a ‘defibrillator ready’ status of the defibrillator is indicated and a second mode in which a ‘defibrillator not ready’ status of the defibrillator is indicated. By having an activation mechanism which includes the activator and the status indicator, users of the defibrillator are not confused between separate activation and status indication devices and are able to use the activator promptly.
US11565118B2	Circular catheter with non-circular shaping wire A catheter has a body including a proximal region, a neck region, and a distal region. A shaping wire is disposed within the distal region to predispose it into at least a partial loop, which may have a fixed or variable radius of curvature. The shaping wire includes a distal portion having a circular transverse cross-sectional shape and a proximal portion having a non-circular (e.g., rectangular) transverse cross-sectional shape. The proximal portion of the shaping wire can have a width-to-thickness ratio of at least about 4, such as about 4.67. A transition portion can promote a gradual transition from the circular to the non-circular transverse cross-sectional shape, for example by increasing a width of the shaping wire by about 0.001″ and/or by decreasing a thickness of the shaping wire by about 0.001″ for every about 0.004″ in length through the transition portion.
US11565113B2	Method for stimulating heart muscle activity during the refractory period A system and method for improving heart contractions during a heart function cycle (heartbeat) of a patient requires detecting a local electrical event (depolarization) during the cycle. This local electrical event is then used to trigger a stimulation interval Δt at a time t0. Importantly, the stimulation interval Δt is set to end at a time t1 during the absolute refractory period of the heart function cycle. At the time t1, a stimulator is triggered to stimulate a local sympathetic nerve on the epicardial surface of the heart. With this stimulation the sympathetic nerve secretes norepinephrine to improve a subsequent contraction of the heart.
US11565111B2	Systems and methods for treatment of cancer using alternating electric field generation Various embodiments of a system and method for the treatment of brain cancer using a subdurally-implanted alternating electric field generation apparatus are disclosed herein.
US11565099B2	Microneedle array, support member, method of producing microneedle array, and microneedle array unit The present invention provides a microneedle array, a support member, a method of producing a microneedle array, and a microneedle array unit which enable reduction of a drying time during production and prevention of breakage during drying. Provided are a microneedle array 120 including a sheet portion 41, a plurality of needle-like protrusions 44, and a support member 50 formed of a gripping portion 52 and a beam portion 54 having one end that is connected to the gripping portion 52, in which the sheet portion 41 is an integrally molded body which is integrally molded with the support member 50, in which at least a part of the beam portion 54 is buried under the other surface 43 of the sheet portion 41, opposite to the one surface where the needle-like protrusions 44 are provided, the gripping portion 52 is provided on the other surface 43 of the sheet portion 41, and the beam portion 54 is deformable toward a center of the sheet portion 41. Further, provided are the support member 50, a method of producing the microneedle array 120, and a microneedle array unit 300 including a container 310.
US11565096B2	Delivery system for a pharmaceutical, holistic or medicinal component A tampon and delivery system for a pharmaceutical, holistic or medicinal component, includes: (1) a nonabsorbent vaginal implant having a generally cylindrical shape including a leading end and a cylindrical outer surface; (2) an outer delivery sheath applied to at least a portion of the cylindrical outer surface of the tampon, distal from the leading end (and preferably leaving the leading end exposed), where the outer delivery sheath comprises a formulation including (a) a water soluble polymer film carrier and (b) a pharmaceutical, holistic or medicinal component; and (3) an applicator containing the tampon and applied delivery sheath. Methods for preparation of the delivery system and methods of use are also disclosed.
US11565083B2	Medical device securement system and method A medical device securement system is configured to secure medical devices such as catheters in place. The securement system includes an anchor pad that attaches to a patient's skin. A malleable support base is attached to an upper surface of the anchor pad. The support base has front and back inclined surfaces that are separated by an offset surface that extends generally normal to both of the inclined surfaces. A spot of adhesive is applied to one or more of the inclined surfaces. A catheter assembly includes a connector having a first connector portion with a diameter larger than an adjacent second structure. The catheter assembly is attached to the support base with the first connector portion engaged with and supported by the back inclined surface, and the second connector portion engaged with and supported by the front inclined surface.
US11565072B2	Assisted walking device and method of use The inventive concepts disclosed and claimed herein are generally directed to an improved assisted walking device, such as a cane, walker or wheelchair, that includes an integrated oxygen concentrator housed within the assisted walking device. In some embodiments, for example, the improved assisted walking device includes a handle, a control pad, an elongated housing having an interior chamber, an oxygen concentrator, a leg member and a foot member. The oxygen concentrator detachably positioned within the interior chamber of the elongated housing and including an adsorption system configured to generate a flow of oxygen enriched gas, a compressor that includes a motor, a battery, a plurality of sieve beds configured to extract oxygen-enriched gas from ambient air, and a controller in communication with the control pad.
US11565067B2	Asymmetrical nasal delivery elements and fittings for nasal interfaces A nasal interface uses asymmetrical nasal delivery elements to deliver an asymmetrical flow through the interface to both nares or to either nare, and a mouthpiece may be inserted to maintain a leak, to improve dead space clearance in the upper airways, decrease peak expiratory pressure, reduce noise, increase safety of the therapy for smaller patients and reduce resistance in the interface allowing desired flow rates to be achieved at reduced motor speeds of associated flow generating devices. Different forms of fittings, such as sleeves or inserts can be attached to nasal delivery elements to improve or optimise the therapeutic effects of nasal high flow. It may allow high pressures to be achieved at lower flow rates, reduce noise, improve patient comfort and efficiently clear anatomical dead space.
US11565065B2	Face mask for non-invasive mechanical ventilation with low value of CO2 rebreathing A face mask (also called full face) for respiratory therapy, in particular for non-invasive mechanical ventilation, has a low value of CO2 rebreathing. The mask includes a shaped shell to cover at least the mouth, the nose and the eyes of a patient when the mask is worn, and includes, on said shaped shell an inlet fitting for the connection to a pipe through which a ventilation apparatus supplies the mask with a mixture of air and oxygen, and an outlet fitting, separate from said inlet fitting, for the discharge of air exhaled by the patient. With this arrangement, the mask allows drastically reducing the phenomenon of carbon dioxide rebreathing, which is very harmful for the patient subjected to ventilation.
US11565063B1	Speaking endotracheal tube and method of use An endotracheal tube is disclosed that allows a patient to speak while intubated. The endotracheal tube includes a balloon for seating against the trachea and a collapsible portion proximal to the balloon that aligns with the vocal cords. The collapsible portion may be held open by an inner tube which translates within the endotracheal tube. Suction and balloon inflation conduits span the collapsible portion so that suction and balloon inflation may be performed while the patient is speaking. A small distal tube that bypasses the balloon provides some airflow while the patient speaks.
US11565053B2	Injection pen An injection pen, comprising a housing, a lead screw axially moveable in the housing, a dose set member for dose setting and dose correcting, threadably connected to the housing and having a first mating feature, a setback member having a second mating feature for engaging the first mating feature, a clicker that generates an audible or tactile indication during operation, the clicker being operatively connected to the dose set member, and a push button operatively connected to the setback member to cause the second mating feature to engage the first mating feature during an injection, the push button receiving the clicker, wherein the first mating feature is disengaged from the second mating feature during the dose setting and the dose correcting and engaged with the second mating feature during the injection.
US11565052B2	Ratchet systems for drug delivery devices A system comprises a first member, a second member, and a third member, wherein the first and second members are rotatable relative to the third member, wherein the first and second members are coupled to one another by a dead-angle follower coupling, wherein the dead-angle follower coupling is configured such that the first and second members are rotatable relative to one another, wherein the second and third members are rotationally coupled to one another by a switchable coupling mechanism, wherein the switchable coupling mechanism is switchable between two different states, a locked state and a non-locked state, wherein the maximum torque transferable between the second and third members via the switchable coupling mechanism in the locked state is greater than in the non-locked state, wherein the switchable coupling mechanism is in the locked state when the first member is in a locking position relative to the second member.
US11565051B2	Sensor system The disclosure relates to a sensor system for detecting a position of a movable plunger in a drug delivery device, the sensor system comprising a sensor capable of detecting a magnetic field, the sensor adapted to be fixed within a housing of a drug delivery device, and a ferromagnetic or permanent magnetic component magnetically interacting with the sensor and adapted to move relative to the sensor as the plunger is moved.
US11565046B2	Auto-injector An auto-injector is provided which includes a housing with a syringe slidably received therein. The syringe has a barrel with a piston movable therein and a needle extending therefrom. The piston is releasably secured to one end of a plunger which is slidably secured within a body in the housing and is operable through a bias provided by a motive source. In use, the plunger moves under the bias from a loaded condition to a discharged condition to move the syringe so that the needle extends from a tip at an injection end of the housing and to slide the piston within the barrel to expel the contents of the syringe. The plunger is held in the loaded condition against the bias by a detent extending from the body and which can be selectively released by operation of an actuator when pressure is applied to the tip.
US11565037B2	Transfusion guiding robot and guiding method Embodiments of the disclosure provide a transfusion guiding robot and a guiding method for guiding a movement of a transfused person. The transfusion guiding robot comprises a controller, a moving portion and a fixing portion. The controller is configured to receive and process instruction information, and control the transfusion guiding robot according to the instruction information; the moving portion is configured to move according to a command from the controller; and the fixing portion is configured to fix a container, a height of the fixing portion being adjustable.
US11565030B2	Blood pressure prediction method and electronic device using the same A blood pressure prediction method and an electronic device using the same are provided. The method includes the following steps. A training data set is collected. A first blood pressure prediction model is established according to the training data set. Hemodialysis parameter data of a target patient is received, wherein the hemodialysis parameter data includes a first hemodialysis parameter at a previous time point and a second hemodialysis parameter at a current time point. A hemodialysis parameter variation amount between the first hemodialysis parameter and the second hemodialysis parameter is calculated. The hemodialysis parameter variation amount is provided to the first blood pressure prediction model to generate a prediction blood pressure variation associated with a next time point. An operation is performed according to the prediction blood pressure variation of the target patient.
US11565029B2	Sorbent cartridge with electrodes A sorbent cartridge that has at least one sensor located within the sorbent cartridge.
US11565024B2	Lysostaphin containing synthetic hydrogel carriers for bone repair Disclosed herein are synthetic hydrogels suitable for delivering antimicrobial proteins, optionally in combination with bone regenerating agents to injured tissues. The hydrogels can include lysostaphin and one or more bone morphogenic proteins. The hydrogels are composed of a network of crosslinked hydrophilic polymers and adhesion peptides.
US11565010B2	Shopping cart sanitization device A shopping cart sanitization device, including a main body to receive at a first end at least one shopping cart therein, and a primary sanitization unit disposed within at least at least one portion of an interior of the main body, the primary sanitization unit including a sanitization body to automatically move from a second end of the main body to the first end of the main body in response to the main body receiving the at least one shopping cart, and at least one illumination unit disposed on at least at least one portion of the sanitization body to automatically illuminate UV light on the at least one shopping cart in response to the main body receiving the at least one shopping cart, such that the at least one illumination unit eliminates a pathogen.
US11565007B2	Sterilization module A sterilization module including a main body including an ultraviolet outlet, a transparent member disposed on the ultraviolet outlet to transmit ultraviolet light, and a light source unit irradiating ultraviolet light toward the transparent member, and a sealing member, in which the light source unit includes a circuit board and a light emitting diode chip mounted thereon and including an epitaxial substrate, a conductive semiconductor layer electrically connected to the circuit board directly by an electrode, ultraviolet light is c irradiated toward the transparent member by passing through the epitaxial substrate, the sealing member is disposed between the transparent member and the circuit board, and a distance between the transparent member and the circuit board spaced apart from each other by the sealing member is greater than a height of the light emitting diode chip.
US11565001B2	Adeno-associated virus virions with variant capsid and methods of use thereof The present disclosure provides adeno-associated virus (AAV) virions with altered capsid protein, where the AAV virions exhibit greater infectivity of retinal cells compared to wild-type AAV. The present disclosure further provides methods of delivering a gene product to a retinal cell in an individual, and methods of treating ocular disease.
US11564999B2	Method for the treatment of malignancies The present invention provides for the intratumoral delivery of at least one immunostimulatory cytokine in combination with at least one checkpoint inhibitor. In particular, it provides delivery of a plasmid encoding the immunostimulatory cytokine using intratumoral electroporation. The checkpoint inhibitor may be administered systemically or encoded on a plasmid and delivered using intratumoral electroporation. The checkpoint inhibitor may be delivered contemporaneously with or after treatment with the immunomodulatory cytokine.
US11564997B2	Materials and methods for treatment of friedreich ataxia and other related disorders The present application provides materials and methods for treating a patient with one or more condition associated with FXN whether ex vivo or in vivo. In addition, the present application provides materials and methods for editing and/or modulating the expression of FXN gene in a cell by genome editing.
US11564993B2	Intranasal vaccine that induces cellular immunity The present invention provides a nanogel nasal vaccine that induces cell-mediated immunity. The present invention relates to a vaccine preparation comprising a complex of a nanogel, a vaccine antigen, and an adjuvant, wherein the vaccine preparation can efficiently induce the cell-mediated immunity, and can also induce a systemic and mucosal immune response.
US11564987B2	Combination immunotherapy for treatment of triple-negative breast cancer The present invention concerns a method for treating triple-negative breast cancer (TNBC) in an individual, and/or for inducing an immune response to HER2/neu in an individual with a triple-negative breast cancer expressing low levels of HER2/neu, the method comprising administering to the individual: (a) an effective amount of trastuzumab, or derivative thereof; and (b) an effective amount of nelipepimut-S, or variant thereof, optionally with an immunological adjuvant. Preferably, the method includes a preparatory or priming phase comprising a frequency and duration of trastuzumab or trastuzumab derivative administration sufficient to substantially increase the major histocompatibility complex (MHC)-mediated presentation of HER2 peptide fragments to the patient immune system. The invention also includes medicaments and kits for treating TNBC in an individual, and/or for inducing an immune response to HER2/neu in an individual with a TNBC expressing HER2/neu.
US11564979B2	Stabilized liquid and lyophilized ADAMTS13 formulations The present invention relates to formulations of ADAMTS13 with enhanced or desirable properties. As such, the invention provides liquid and lyophilized formulations of ADAMTS13 that are suitable for pharmaceutical administration. Among other aspects, the present invention also provides methods of treating various diseases and conditions related to VWF and/or ADAMTS13 dysfunction in a subject. Also provided herein are kits comprising ADAMTS13 formulations useful for the treatment of various diseases and conditions.
US11564976B2	Methods for preparing modified von Willebrand Factor The present invention provides modified von Willebrand Factor molecules, methods for their preparation and uses thereof. The invention further provides pharmaceutical compositions for treating coagulation disorders.
US11564972B2	Methods of using compositions comprising variants of FGF19 polypeptides for treating primary biliary cirrhosis in a subject The invention relates to methods of using variants of fibroblast growth factor 19 (FGF19) for treating primary biliary cirrhosis.
US11564971B2	Hyaluronic acid derivative having amino acid and steryl group introduced thereinto The present invention provides a hyaluronic acid derivative containing a disaccharide unit represented by formula (I) or formula (I) and (II), and a complex containing the hyaluronic acid derivative and a drug.
US11564964B2	Compositions and methods for the treatment of coronavirus infection Methods for treating coronavirus infection, such as an infection caused by SARS-Cov-2 or MERS-Cov, in a subject in need thereof include administering to the subject a therapeutically effective amount of a composition comprising cnicin. Compositions comprising cnicin include an extract of C. benedictus or purified cnicin.
US11564954B2	Tumor-delivered multi-target therapeutics for colon cancer The present disclosure relates to genetically modified strains of Salmonella, engineered to be tumor navigating, self-eradicating, and armed with decoy polypeptides that bind endogenous ligand and block activation of signal transduction cascades associated with cancer cell proliferation and tumor growth. Also provided herein are methods of producing and methods of using such genetically modified Salmonella strains to treat cancer.
US11564951B2	Medium composition for cell proliferation, skin regeneration, and wrinkle improvement comprising, as active ingredient, conditioned medium of pluripotent stem cells, neural stem cells, or embryonic fibroblasts which are isolated from avian eggs The present invention relates to a medium composition for cell proliferation, skin regeneration, and wrinkle improvement that contains a conditioned medium of pluripotent stem cells (PSCs), neural stem cells (NSCs), and embryonic fibroblasts (FBs) as cells isolated from avian eggs as an active ingredient. Specifically, the conditioned medium of egg cells can fundamentally block contamination due to the use of animal serums, exhibits a proliferation effect of various cells containing human stem cells and skin cells without the possibility of transmission by infectious agents between heterogeneous species due to the use of support cells, and exhibits significant skin regeneration or wrinkle improvement effects, and thus the conditioned medium of egg cells can be usefully used for a medium composition for cell proliferation and a cosmetic composition for skin regeneration or wrinkle improvement.
US11564945B2	Chimeric antigen receptor and use thereof Disclosed herein is a novel chimeric antigen receptor and use thereof. The novel chimeric antigen receptor consists of a signal peptide, an antigen binding domain, a transmembrane region, and an intracellular signal domain, and comprises a 4-1BB signal peptide and/or a 4-1BB molecular transmembrane region. Nucleic acid sequences of various chimeric antigen receptors are separated and purified and provided is a chimeric antigen receptor and a CAR-T cell which are specific for a CD19 malignant tumor antigen. In the malignant tumor killing test of hematological cell lines, the ability of immune cells to target and recognize tumor cells is significantly enhanced, and the killing activity against tumor cells is also enhanced.
US11564942B2	Methods for generating universal and custom MHC/HLA-compatible hematopoietic progenitor cells Disclosed herein are methods for generating universal MHC/HLA-compatible hematopoietic progenitor cells and methods for generating custom patient-specific MHC/HLA-compatible hematopoietic progenitor cells. Compositions comprising the universal and custom hematopoietic progenitor cells and therapeutic applications thereof are also disclosed.
US11564936B2	Compositions and methods of treatment using nicotinamide mononucleotide Various methods and compositions for treating age-associated conditions and other medical conditions, such as muscle diseases, type 2 diabetes, and/or obesity are described. Methods of enhancing cellular uptake of NMN and stimulating NAD+ production are further described. Various mammalian cells and mammalian cell lines are described including those comprising a cDNA encoding a Slc12a8 protein. Gene therapy vectors comprising a nucleic acid encoding Slc12a8 and non-human animals comprising an inactivating mutation in a Slc12a8 gene are also disclosed. Also described are methods for screening a candidate compound to identify compounds that promote NMN transport.
US11564934B2	Stable corticosteroid compositions The invention relates to pharmaceutical compositions comprising a corticosteroid and an antioxidant. The invention further relates to methods of treating, preventing, or alleviating the symptoms of and inflammation associated with inflammatory diseases and conditions of the gastrointestinal tract comprising administering the pharmaceutical compositions comprising a corticosteroid and an antioxidant.
US11564932B2	Methods of treating castration-resistant prostate cancer with glucocorticoid receptor antagonists and anti-androgen receptor therapy Embodiments of the invention are directed to the treatment of subjects with prostate cancer, in particular those with castration resistant prostate cancer, with glucocorticoid receptor antagonists. The prostate cancer may be one that has become resistant to androgen deprivation therapy, for example, by increase in glucocorticoid receptor expression and/or activity.
US11564931B2	Low benzalkonium chloride bimatoprost ophthalmic compositions with effective penetration and preservation properties The present invention relates to ophthalmic compositions comprising from 0.005% to 0.02% bimatoprost by weight, less than 100 ppm benzalkonium chloride, and one or more secondary penetration enhancers that detectably enhance(s) penetration of bimatoprost into a mammalian eye such that elevated intraocular pressure is effectively reduced to an extent statistically comparable to compositions comprising higher amounts of bimatoprost and benzalkonium chloride. Further, the invention also provides a process of preparing such compositions and methods of their use for lowering intraocular pressure and treating glaucoma.
US11564924B2	Pharmaceutical composition formed by combining pyridoxamine compound and thiamine compound Vitamin B1 deficiency caused when a pyridoxamine compound is administered in a large amount is prevented and/or treated. A pharmaceutical composition formed by combining at least one pyridoxamine compound selected from the group consisting of pyridoxamine and pharmaceutically acceptable salts thereof and at least one thiamine compound selected from the group consisting of thiamine, derivatives thereof, and pharmaceutically acceptable salts thereof, is administered.
US11564920B2	5-heteroaryl-1H-pyrazol-3-amine derivative The present disclosure provides a compound that exerts an anticancer action based on CHK1 inhibition. The present disclosure was completed by finding that a compound represented by formula (1) or a pharmaceutically acceptable salt thereof exhibits an excellent antitumor action by having a potent inhibitory action against CHK1: wherein R1, R2, L, V, W, and Q are as defined herein, X, Y, and Z each independently represent CR8 or a nitrogen atom, wherein X, Y, and Z are not simultaneously CR8, and R8 is as defined herein.
US11564916B2	Pharmaceutical composition and administrations thereof The present invention relates to pharmaceutical compositions comprising a solid dispersion of N-[2,4-Bis(1,1-dimethylethyl)-5-hydroxyphenyl]-1,4-dihydro-4-oxoquinoline-3-carboxamide, methods of manufacturing pharmaceutical compositions of the present invention, and methods of administering pharmaceutical compositions of the present invention.
US11564914B2	Methods of treating bone loss Provided are compositions and methods for preventing, mitigating, decreasing, inhibiting and/or reversing bone loss and/or increasing and/or promoting bone regeneration and remodeling and/or preventing, mitigating, decreasing, inhibiting and/or reversing periodontitis and/or periodontal disease in a subject by administering to the subject an effective amount of an inhibitor of soluble epoxide hydrolase (sEH).
US11564909B2	Methods and compositions for oral pilocarpine liquid Liquid oral pilocarpine formulations are described herein. Methods of using the liquid oral pilocarpine formulations are also provided.
US11564907B2	Methods and compositions for the treatment of retinopathy and other ocular diseases Compositions and methods for the treatment of ocular diseases are disclosed. In accordance with one aspect of the instant invention, methods for treating, inhibiting (e.g., reducing), and/or preventing an ocular disease in a subject are provided. The methods comprise the administration of at least one inhibitor of the induction or activity of tryptophan degradation and/or of the downstream pathways that respond to this process. In a particular embodiment, the methods comprise the administration of an inhibitor of IDO1.
US11564903B2	Bismuth-thiols as antiseptics for epithelial tissues, acute and chronic wounds, bacterial biofilms and other indications Compositions and methods, including novel homogeneous microparticulate suspensions, are described for treating acute wounds, chronic wounds and/or a wound or epithelial tissue surface that contains bacterial biofilm, including unexpected synergy between bismuth-thiol (BT) compounds and certain antibiotics, to provide topical formulations including antiseptic formulations, for management and promotion of wound healing and in particular infected wounds. Previously unpredicted antibacterial properties and anti-biofilm properties of disclosed BT compounds and BT compound-plus-antibiotic combinations are also described, including preferential efficacies of certain such compositions for treating gram-positive bacterial infections, and distinct preferential efficacies of certain such compositions for treating gram-negative bacterial infections.
US11564902B2	Extended duration local anesthetic formulation An extended duration anesthetic includes a short duration local anesthetic in a dilute solution and a long duration local anesthetic. The long duration local anesthetic is maintained in a powdered form until the time of administration. Premeasured quantities of the dilute solution and powdered long duration local anesthetic in a kit allow for quick preparation of a solution with desired concentrations of both short duration local anesthetic and long duration local anesthetic at the time of administration.
US11564899B2	Therapy for transthyretin-associated amyloidosis It is provided a catechol-O-methyltransferase (COMT) inhibitor for use in the prevention and/or treatment of transthyretin-associated amyloidosis. It is also provided a catechol-O-methyltransferase (COMT) inhibitor for use in the prevention and/or treatment of transthyretin-associated amyloidosis in combination therapy with another COMT inhibitor, a benzoxazole derivative, iododiflunisal, diflunisal, resveratrol, tauroursodeoxycholic acid, doxocycline, or epigallocatechin-3-gallate.
US11564890B2	Aggregating microparticles for medical therapy The present invention is a surface treated drug-loaded solid (e.g., non-porous) microparticle that aggregates in vivo to form a consolidated larger particle for medical therapy. In one embodiment, the particles are used for ocular therapy. Processes for producing the surface treated microparticle and injectable formulations which include the surface treated microparticle are also provided. When used in the eye, long-term consistent intraocular delivery can be achieved without disrupting vision and minimizing undesirable inflammatory responses.
US11564875B2	Cosmetic composition for skin regeneration A cosmetic composition includes a compound of the following chemical formula as an active ingredient. A method for regenerating skin includes applying an effective amount of the cosmetic composition to skin: wherein R1 to R7 are independently a substituted or unsubstituted C1 to C20 alkyl group.
US11564869B2	Combined infant feeding and pacifier retention device A combined infant feeding and pacifier retention device is an apparatus used to retain and distribute breastmilk or other fluids. The apparatus is also configured to store a pacifier for selective use. The apparatus comprises a liquid retention chamber, a pacifier retaining mechanism, and a feeding spout. The liquid retention chamber is a contained volume that enables transportation of inserted liquids, particularly milk or breastmilk. The pacifier retaining mechanism is a unit that enables storage of any of a variety of pacifiers. The feeding spout is a unidirectional valve that enables fluid transfer from the liquid retention chamber. The feeding spout is preferably made of any of a variety of soft, bisphenol A-free (BPA-free) materials that effectively operates when utilized as a mouthpiece for an infant. The general configuration of the aforementioned components allows the apparatus to efficiently and effectively store and distribute fluids to users.
US11564868B2	Automated medication disposal messaging system Techniques are described for automated medication disposal messaging. One method includes receiving information associated with a prescription order of a user account. In some cases, the information associated with the prescription order includes a medication identifier, medication dosage indication, and medication quantity. The method may include calculating a run out date corresponding to the target medication with the disposal guideline based on the medication dosage indication and the medication quantity. The method may also include communicating a disposal notification for the target medication based on the run out date.
US11564866B2	Wireless medication blister pack system and blister pack attachment The present disclosure relates to wireless medication blister pack assembly and to a blister pack attachment to be secured to a blister pack assembly. The attachment an electronic card housing for receiving an electronic card which includes electronic components such as card connectors, and a locking system which is configurable between a locked configuration and a releasing configuration. In the locked configuration, the blister pack assembly and the electronic card are connected, with sheet connectors provided on the blister pack assembly and the card connectors being in electronic communication. Such electronic communication allows the electronic components to detect whether a given blister has been detached from the blister pack assembly. In the releasing configuration, the electronic card and the blister pack assembly can be removed from the blister pack attachment, so as to allow the electronic card to be reused with a replacement blister pack assembly.
US11564856B2	Relocation module and methods for surgical equipment Modules for housing electronic and electromechanical medical equipment including a system to measure and record administration of one or more IV medications or fluids for IV administration.
US11564832B2	Device and methods for flow control of ophthalmic formulations A flow control device for a compressible bottle may include a reservoir, the reservoir comprising an ophthalmic formulation disposed therein, the ophthalmic formulation comprising an ophthalmic agent and a preservative; a reservoir interface, disposed at a mouth of the reservoir, the reservoir interface comprising one or more apertures, the one or more apertures in the reservoir interface fluidically connecting an interior of the reservoir and an exterior of the reservoir; a nozzle, the nozzle comprising: an outlet and a nozzle cap, the nozzle cap comprising one or more apertures, the one or more apertures in the nozzle cap fluidically connecting the outlet and a reservoir-facing surface of the nozzle; and an axis of rotation, wherein rotation of the nozzle about the axis of rotation relative to the reservoir aligns the one or more apertures in the reservoir interface with the one or more apertures in the nozzle cap.
US11564829B2	Devices for treating obstructive sleep apnea Devices for treating obstructive sleep apnea include appliances for securing to one or more teeth of a patient and connected to a lingual bridge configured to change shape and apply pressure to a patient's tongue, preventing backward movement of the tongue and blockage of the patient's airway. The lingual bridge is composed of a shape memory alloy to allow the bridge to change shape once deployed in a patient's oral cavity and exposed to increased temperature in the patient's mouth. Pulse generators and electrodes are included to electrically stimulate the nerves and muscles of the tongue to assist in keeping the tongue from moving backward in the mouth during sleep.
US11564822B2	Stomach lining patch with central fixation A stomach lining patch includes a collapsible frame, a membrane covering the collapsible frame, collapsible frame and the membrane providing a collapsed configuration suitable for endoluminal delivery to a stomach of a patient and an expanded configuration suitable for lining an internal surface of a gastric wall of the stomach, and a set of anchoring arms extending from the collapsible frame and being configured to pass through a puncture in the gastric wall and lay flat against an outer surface of the gastric wall when the collapsible frame and the membrane are in an expanded configuration lining the internal surface of the gastric wall.
US11564810B2	Bone material dispensing apparatus and methods A bone material dispensing apparatus for preparing, mixing, and dispensing bone material into a foldable container is provided. In some embodiments, the dispensing apparatus comprises a tray and a foldable container. The tray includes a mixing surface, a dispensing surface and a means to measure the amount of material to be dispensed. A kit including a tray, a foldable container, and a spatula are also provided. A method of using the dispensing apparatus to deliver the bone material to a bone detect is also provided.
US11564809B2	Expandable interbodies and related methods The present disclosure relates to expandable interbodies that include superior and inferior shells and a control assembly positioned between and inside of the shells, the control assembly including nested cages operably connected to each other with an adjustment screw. Rotation of the adjustment screw translates the cages relative to each other, which in turn causes the shells to open or expand.
US11564808B2	Expandable intervertebral implants and methods of installation thereof Embodiments herein are generally directed to expandable spinal implants, systems, apparatuses, and components thereof that can be used in spinal fusion and/or stabilization procedures, as well as methods of installation. The expandable spinal implants may be configured for lateral insertion.
US11564806B2	Selectively expanding spine cage with enhanced bone graft infusion A selectively expanding spine cage has a minimized cross section in its unexpanded state that is smaller than the diameter of the neuroforamen through which it passes in the distracted spine. The cage conformably engages between the endplates of the adjacent vertebrae to effectively distract the anterior disc space, stabilize the motion segments and eliminate pathologic spine motion. Expanding selectively (anteriorly, along the vertical axis of the spine) rather than uniformly, the cage height increases and holds the vertebrae with fixation forces greater than adjacent bone and soft tissue failure forces in natural lordosis. Stability is thus achieved immediately, enabling patient function by eliminating painful motion. The cage shape intends to rest proximate to the anterior column cortices securing the desired spread and fixation, allowing for bone graft in, around, and through the implant for arthrodesis whereas for arthroplasty it fixes to endpoints but cushions the spine naturally.
US11564805B2	Intervertebral cage for arthrodesis Disclosed is an intervertebral cage for arthrodesis, where at least part of an upper and/or lower contact zone is made of a porous titanium material with a thickness of at least 1 mm and with a porosity of between 50% and 90%, where the diameter of the pores (DP) is between 200 μm and 1 mm, and where the pores have an aperiodic distribution.
US11564798B2	Device for improving cardiac function by implanting trabecular band The present disclosure provides methods of improving cardiac function, including transcutaneously inserting at least one catheter into a heart, delivering a band to a ventricle of the heart via the at least one catheter, guiding the band through a plurality of spaces among a trabeculae in the ventricle, tightening the band in a single loop, locking the band in a loop, and removing the at least one catheter from the heart.
US11564793B2	Nose implant manufacturing method The present disclosure relates to a method for manufacturing nose implant, including obtaining a 3-dimensional image of a nasal bone and a 3-dimensional image of a nasal cavity; modeling a nasal cartilage by applying information of anatomy between the nasal bone, nasal cavity, and nasal cartilage, to the 3-dimensional image of the nasal bone and the 3-dimensional image of the nasal cavity; and modeling an inner shape of where the implant may be seated, from the 3-dimensional image of the nasal bone and the modelled nasal cartilage.
US11564791B2	Device to be implanted in a subject's body to form an implant, and associated tissue mass and method A device to be implanted in a subject's body to form an implant for replacing and/or increasing a volume of soft tissue, the device being of the type including a three-dimensional frame which defines an inner space in the frame. The frame is typically bio-absorbable and includes two side apertures forming a transverse passage for inserting a vascular pedicle. The device further has at least two bio-absorbable textile sheets that can be stacked on each other in the inner space of the frame.
US11564790B2	Skin printer A method includes forming a scaffold and seeding the scaffold with live cells; growing the cells in the scaffold; and 3D printing the cells into a living subject, where the cells continue to live in the living subject.
US11564778B2	Orthodontic elastic attachments for use with dental aligners Provided herein are exemplary orthodontic elastic attachments that are customized to fit within the cutout windows of dental aligners, thus improving adhesion and minimizing inadvertent detachment from the tooth surface. The unique base pads are designed to have a shape that complements the present shape of the cutout windows like a puzzle piece. To improve adhesion to the tooth surface, the base pad may have its surface area maximized within the cutout windows. Also for improved adhesion, the base pad may be contoured to the dental anatomy of the tooth at the gumline for an intimate fit. Further exemplary embodiments may include the base pad having beveled edges to permit the aligner to slide over the base pad if it is adhered slightly off-center.
US11564777B2	Releasable palatal expanders Releasable and removable palatal expander apparatuses for expanding a patient's palate (“palatal expanders”) and methods of using and making them. These releasable palatal expanders are adapted for ease in removal by the patient or caregiver, and may include a breach region configured to predictably bend or break when a pulling force is applied. The palatal expander apparatuses described herein may include one or more locks for locking the palatal expander onto the patient's teeth. The lock(s) may be unlocked to release the palatal expander from the teeth. A lock may include a control for manually unlocking the lock. Unlocking the locks may allow the palatal expander to automatically disengage from the patient's teeth.
US11564775B2	Systems and methods for tracking dental aligner production and manufacture Systems and methods for tracking dental aligner production and manufacture for a plurality of patients are disclosed herein. Exemplary methods include displaying a graphical user interface for the tracking dental aligner production and manufacture for the plurality of patients comprising: a first row of cells containing a first subject heading displaying a scan status, the scan status being a status of the receiving the intra-oral scan; a second row of cells containing a second subject heading displaying a treatment plan status, the treatment plan status being a status of the receiving a treatment plan including the desired teeth positions of the patient based on the intra-oral scan; and a third row of cells containing a third subject heading displaying a printing status, the printing status being a status of the printing, using a three-dimensional (3D) printer, the series of dental models matching the series of modified teeth positions.
US11564771B2	Compliance-based cleaning method A method of compliance-based cleaning includes receiving a piece of equipment to be cleaned in a compliance-based cleaning device, performing a cleaning process on the piece of equipment upon receiving the piece of equipment in the compliance-based cleaning device, monitoring the cleaning process performed on the piece of equipment, and transmitting compliance data from the compliance-based cleaning device to a compliance database in response to performing the cleaning process on the piece of equipment. The compliance data includes identifying information obtained during the cleaning process. Cleaning records stored in the compliance database indicate which one of a plurality of medical practitioners cleaned which one of a plurality of pieces of equipment.
US11564765B2	Medical assembly comprising a medical article and a package containing said article A medical package containing a medical article, including: a support element comprising a hollow support tube and a support cap, wherein the support element includes a first chamber configured to enclose the medical article and wherein the support cap includes a support structure configured to hold the medical article captive; a stopper configured to be coupled to the hollow support tube in such a way that the support element has a grip part that protrudes from the stopper, the grip part of the support element configured to be held by a hand of a person; a hollow protective cover configured to be coupled to the stopper in such a way as to delimit, in cooperation with the stopper, a second chamber inside which there extends the grip part of the support element, the hollow protective cover configured to be separated from the stopper, wherein when the hollow protective cover is coupled to the stopper, a part of the stopper protrudes from the hollow protective cover, and is configured to form a grip end of the stopper that is configured to be held by a hand of a person, when the hollow protective cover is separated from the stopper, wherein a part of the support element is configured to be engaged by force inside the stopper, and when the hollow protective cover is separated from the stopper, the support element remains coupled to the stopper while the support element is also separable from the stopper when a person holds the grip part of the support element and pulls the support element so as to separate it from the stopper.
US11564764B2	Cart for robotic arms and method and apparatus for registering cart to surgical table In some embodiments, an apparatus can include a cart for a surgical robotic arm having a coupler releasably coupleable to a coupling site on a surgical table. The cart can include a base and a first engagement feature. The base can be freely movably on a support surface between a first location remote from the surgical table and a second location adjacent the surgical table. The first engagement feature can be configured for engagement with a second engagement feature associated with the surgical table such that, when the first engagement feature and the second engagement feature are engaged, the coupler of the robotic am is disposed in a position in which the coupler of the robotic arm can be engaged by the coupler of the surgical table.
US11564756B2	Method of hub communication with surgical instrument systems A method for adjusting the operation of a surgical instrument using machine learning in a surgical suite is disclosed. The method comprises the steps of gathering data during surgical procedures, wherein the surgical procedures include the use of a surgical instrument, analyzing the gathered data to determine an appropriate operational adjustment of the surgical instrument, and adjusting the operation of the surgical instrument to improve the operation of the surgical instrument.
US11564738B2	Using pulmonary vein isolation for patients with atrial fibrillation A method for ablating a patient, consisting of ascertaining a CHA2DS2-VASc score for the patient and inserting a probe into the patient, so as to contact a pulmonary vein of the patient. The method further includes applying energy via the probe so as to ablate the pulmonary vein until pulmonary vein isolation (PVI) is achieved. When PVI is achieved and the CHA2DS2-VASc score is less than a preset value, ablation of the pulmonary vein is ceased. When PVI is achieved and the CHA2DS2-VASc score is greater than or equal to the preset value, energy is applied to perform a further ablation.
US11564732B2	Tensioning mechanism for bipolar pencil An electrode assembly for an electrosurgical instrument includes a housing configured to operably receive a distal end of an electrosurgical instrument shaft, the housing encapsulating an insulative core sandwiched between a pair of return electrodes. The insulative core includes a slot defined about a periphery thereof configured to partially receive an active electrode. The active electrode and the pair of return electrodes are adapted to connect to opposite polarities of an electrosurgical generator. A tensioning mechanism is configured to tension the active electrode about the insulative core during assembly.
US11564729B2	Torus balloon with energy emitters for intravascular lithotripsy A catheter for intraluminal lithotripsy including an outer wall, at least one balloon extending from the outer wall, the balloon having a first portion, a second portion proximal of the first portion and an intermediate portion between the first and second portions such that a transverse dimension of the intermediate portion is less than a transverse dimension of the first and second portions. The catheter includes a first lumen, at least one energy emitter mounted on the balloon for emitting energy to break down or soften calcium and a connector connecting the at least one energy emitter to an external energy source, the connector extending through the catheter.
US11564726B2	Dispensing system for use in cryogenic skin treatment The invention relates to a dispensing system for use in cryogenic skin treatment that is capable of targeted delivery of a cryogen at a high rate, thereby achieving rapid freezing of targeted skin tissue. The dispensing system of the present invention uses a cryogen that contains dimethyl ether and is designed to deliver the cryogen in an accurate and very effective manner.
US11564721B2	Variable angle locking construct for orthopedic applications An embodiment includes a bone fixation system comprising: a bone anchor with a tapered head, the head being threaded; and a plate that includes a void, the void including one of a counterbore or a countersink; wherein: (a) no portion of the void is threaded; (b) the void includes an inner wall; (c) the inner wall includes reliefs along its perimeter. Other embodiments are described herein.
US11564720B2	Intramedullary stabilization screw A bone screw for intramedullary fixation of hand or foot bones comprises three sections of a threaded distal portion, a threaded center portion and a threaded proximal portion. The threaded distal portion comprises a first full thread with a first constant diameter and a first constant pitch throughout the threaded distal portion, wherein an open end of the threaded distal portion forms a leading end of the bone screw. The threaded center portion comprises a second full thread with a second constant diameter and a second constant pitch throughout the threaded center portion, wherein the second constant diameter is the same as the first constant diameter, and the second constant pitch is smaller than the first constant pitch. The threaded proximal portion comprises a third full thread with a third constant diameter and a third constant pitch throughout the threaded proximal portion.
US11564719B2	Devices for minimally invasive procedures The invention relates to an assembly for use in minimally invasive surgical procedures, including bone implant fixation procedures. The assembly is configured to provide a faster and more accurate measurement of depth of holes for placement of bone screws and fasteners. The assembly includes a guidewire having a deployable distal hook member configured to securely anchor into a desired position relative to a hole drilled in a bone and thereby provide an accurate datum for a measuring instrument for determining a depth of the hole for subsequent screw placement. The assembly further includes a surgical depth instrument to cooperatively function with the guidewire and obtain one or more measurements while operably coupled to the guidewire.
US11564716B2	Deformable body and combination of such deformable body and a surgical screw element The present invention provides a deformable body (2), wherein the deformable body comprises a force application surface (12) opposite a bone contact surface (52) to be pressed against periosteum of a bone surface (52) of a bone such that the bone contact surface adapts its shape to the shape of the bone surface, wherein the deformable body comprises one or more through-going openings (3) and/or one or more fixation locations (34) arranged to receive a fixation element such as as screw (20), and wherein the deformable body comprises an anaesthetic that is released from or through the bone contact surface. The anaesthetic can be bupivicaine, liposome bupivacaine, lidocaine or levobupivacaine. The anaesthetic can be arranged in one or more compartments (6, 7) which have different release rates. The screw can comprise a detent or rim to mate with the deformable body. A sleeve (80) can be arranged in the opening (3) to receive the screw. A pusher element (81) can push the deformable body from the sleeve into position on the screw shank (21).
US11564712B2	Curved cannula A cannula having multiple curves, devices for creating the cannula, and methods for using the cannula having multiple curves. One of the devices comprises two dies configured to mate together to transform a straight cannula into a double-curved cannula having two curves, and a base that is configured to slideably guide the two dies from respective initial positions to a mating position.
US11564710B2	Introducer with expandable capabilities An example introducer is disclosed. An example introducer includes an inner liner including a lumen, a distal region and at least one folded portion extending along the distal region. The introducer also includes a reinforcing member having a length and including at least one spine extending along the length of the reinforcing member. The introducer also includes a sheath disposed along at least a portion of the introducer, wherein the sheath includes at least one perforation, wherein material adjacent to the at least one folded portion is removed from a distal portion of the introducer to form a tip region. The introducer also includes a tip member disposed along the tip region.
US11564694B2	Smart tourniquet A smart tourniquet for self-administering a medication is provided. When a patient needs to inject themselves with a medication, intravenously, called an “infusion,” the patient wears the smart tourniquet around their arm and tightens the device. While the patient is using the smart tourniquet, the device automatically records the date and time of the infusion, called a “timestamp”. The patient can also use the device to record the dosage or “number of units” taken at the time of the infusion. The smart tourniquet can store the timestamp as well as other related information as a record. At a later time, the patient can recall prior records on the smart tourniquet itself. The smart tourniquet can also be synchronized with an application and the records can be downloaded for review by the patient, nurse or doctor to render accurate and timely care.
US11564685B2	Surgical stapler with removable power pack A surgical fastener applier having a housing containing a compartment therein, an elongated member extending distally from the housing and first and second jaws. A firing mechanism is positioned within the housing movable to a second position to effect firing of fasteners. A power pack is removably loadable into the compartment, the power pack having one or both of a) a first motor and a first engagement member removably engageable with the firing mechanism when the power pack is loaded into the compartment to effect movement of the firing mechanism; and b) a second motor and a second engagement member removably engageable with an articulating mechanism in the housing of the surgical fastener applier to effect movement of an articulation mechanism to effect articulation. One or both of a firing position and an articulation position are tracked during the surgical procedure. Sensors are provided to detect select parameters and instrument functions.
US11564683B2	Apparatus and method to apply buttress to end effector of surgical stapler via driven member An apparatus is configured to apply an adjunct material to at least one of a first stapling surface or a second stapling surface of a surgical stapler. The apparatus includes a contact structure defining a longitudinal axis and an expansion mechanism. The contact structure includes a first contact member configured to support a first portion of the adjunct material and a second contact member movably coupled with the first contact member that is configured to support a second portion of the adjunct material. The first and second contact members are configured to move away from one another in opposing directions to apply the first portion of the adjunct material to the first stapling surface and the second portion of the adjunct material to the second stapling surface. The expansion mechanism is selectively operable to transition the contact structure from a non-expanded state toward the expanded state.
US11564680B2	Tissue ingrowth materials and method of using the same Implantable materials for use with end effectors like surgical stapling devices, and methods for using the same, are generally provided. In some embodiments, adjunct materials for use with surgical staplers are provided. For example, a kit for stapling tissue is provided that can include a surgical stapler having an end effector. The end effector can have first and second jaws. The kit can include an adjunct material having hydrophobic surface regions and hydrophilic surface regions and the adjunct material can be configured to mate to at least one of the jaws of the end effector. Other implants, devices, and methods for surgical stapling are also provided.
US11564673B2	Delivery systems for control of gastrointestinal bleeding The present disclosure relates to a gastrointestinal delivery device of a dressing, where the delivery device is capable of fitting through a narrow channel before expanding and applying the dressing. The gastrointestinal delivery device may be used in all gastrointestinal bleeding applications and can be used with a biocompatible, foldable, thin profile, chitosan dressing. Various aspects of the device and its uses are provided herein.
US11564669B2	Bone marrow aspiration device and method A bone marrow aspiration device and related method includes an introducer assembly and an aspiration assembly to couple to the introducer assembly. The introducer assembly includes an introducer cannula having a proximal end and a distal end. The introducer cannula defines a lumen between the distal and proximal ends, the distal end being configured to penetrate bone of a patient. The aspiration assembly includes an aspiration cannula that is receivable in the lumen of the introducer cannula and that extends beyond the distal end of the introducer cannula. The aspiration cannula includes a port to aspirate bone marrow, the port being distal to the distal end of the introducer cannula. The aspiration device further includes a mechanism at the introducer assembly to move the introducer cannula and the aspiration cannula in tandem relative to a distal end of the mechanism when the aspiration cannula is positioned within bone.
US11564666B2	Toilet with consumable material separating feces from bowl A toilet is disclosed. The toilet has a bowl adapted to receive feces, a shelf for receiving feces in the bowl, a mechanism that places a consumable material on the shelf between uses of the toilet, and a removal mechanism for removing the feces and the consumable material from the bowl. The consumable material on the shelf is to separate feces from the shelf.
US11564662B2	Ultrasound diagnosis apparatus, medical image processing apparatus, and medical image processing method An ultrasound diagnosis apparatus according to an embodiment includes processing circuitry. The processing circuitry is configured to speculate saturation of reflected-wave signals observed before a phased addition process performed by using the reflected-wave signals, in accordance with an intensity of reflected-wave data generated through the phased addition process, the reflected-wave signals being generated by transmitting an ultrasound wave with respect to mutually the same scanning line, and the processing circuitry is configured to output a result of the speculation. The processing circuitry is configured to cause a display to display data based on the result of the speculation.
US11564649B2	System and method for identifying and marking a target in a fluoroscopic three-dimensional reconstruction A method and system for facilitating identification and marking of a target in a displayed Fluoroscopic Three-Dimensional Reconstruction (F3DR) of a body region of a patient. The system includes a display and a storage device storing instructions for receiving an initial selection of the target in the F3DR, fining the F3DR based on the initial selection of the target, displaying the fined F3DR on the display, and receiving a final selection of the target in the fined F3DR via a user selection. The system further includes at least one hardware processor configured to execute said instructions. The method and instructions may also include receiving a selection of a medical device in two two-dimensional fluoroscopic images, where the medical device is located in an area of the target, and initially fining the F3DR based on the selection of the medical device.
US11564644B2	Systems and methods for X-ray scanner positioning The present disclosure relates to systems and methods for positioning an X-ray scanner. The systems may perform the methods to obtain an origin related to an X-ray scanner; determine a coordinate system based on the origin; determine coordinates of a second location of the X-ray scanner based on the origin and the coordinate system; obtain coordinates of a first location based on the origin and the coordinate system; and determine, based on the origin and the coordinates of the second location, positioning information of the X-ray scanner configured to cause the X-ray scanner to be positioned at the first location from the second location of the X-ray scanner.
US11564635B1	System and method for physiological health simulation Systems and methods for health and body simulations in order to predict numerous physiological parameters in a subject or a population of subjects based on the input of limited physiological data.
US11564632B2	Method and system to detect noise in cardiac arrhythmic patterns Computer implemented methods and systems for detecting noise in cardiac activity are provided. The method and system obtain a far field cardiac activity (CA) data set that includes far field CA signals for a series of beats, overlay a segment of the CA signals with a noise search window, and identify turns in the segment of the CA signals. The method and system determine whether the turns exhibit a turn characteristic that exceed a turn characteristic threshold, declare the segment of the CA signals as a noise segment based on the determining operation, shift the noise search window to a next segment of the CA signal and repeat the identifying, determining and declaring operations; and modify the CA signals based on the declaring the noise segments.
US11564626B2	Implantable monitoring device and method of operating the implantable monitoring device An implantable monitoring device includes first sensors to measure state information of one or both of a posture and an activity of a user and second sensors to measure bioinformation of two or more of an electrocardiogram (ECG) of a heart of the user, a pulmonary impedance of a lung of the user, a movement of the heart, a movement of a thorax including the lung, and a respiratory quotient (RQ) of the lung, two electrodes to detect bioinformation to measure one or both of the ECG and the pulmonary impedance, an analog circuit to process the detected bioinformation to measure the one or both of the ECG and the pulmonary impedance, and a processor to monitor an abnormal state of the heart and the lung of the user based on the state information and the bioinformation.
US11564619B2	Magnetic resonance spectroscopy system and method for diagnosing pain or infection associated with propionic acid An MR Spectroscopy (MRS) system and approach is provided for measuring spectral information corresponding with propionic acid (PA), either alone or in combination with other measurements corresponding with other chemicals, to diagnose and/or monitor at least one of bacterial infection, such as associated with P. acnes, or conditions related thereto such as nociceptive pain associated with tissue acidity. An interfacing DDD-MRS signal processor receives output signals to produce a post-processed spectrum, with spectral regions corresponding with certain chemicals, including PA, then measured as biomarkers. A diagnostic processor derives a diagnostic value for each disc, and performs certain normalizations, based upon ratios of the spectral regions related to chemicals implicated in degenerative painful tissue pathology, such as PA and hypoxia markers of lactic acid (LA) and alanine (AL), and structural chemicals of proteoglycan (PG) and collagen or carbohydrate (CA).
US11564613B2	Non-invasive continuous heart rhythm monitoring based on wearable sensors Continuously monitoring heart rhythm can include grouping, using computer hardware, a plurality of inter-beat intervals (IBI) data for a user into a plurality of epochs, wherein each epoch includes a subset of the IBI data corresponding to a predetermined time span. For each epoch, a selected feature set selected from a plurality of feature sets is extracted based on a determination of temporal consistency of the epoch. A plurality of epoch classifications may be generated for the epochs using a selected feature processor, wherein each epoch classification indicates whether arrhythmia is detected for the epoch from which the epoch classification is generated. The selected feature processor is selected from a plurality of different feature processors on a per-epoch basis based on the selected feature set extracted from the epoch. An indication of arrhythmia may be output, via an output device of the computer hardware, based on the epoch classifications.
US11564602B2	Integrated receiver for continuous analyte sensor A system is provided for monitoring glucose in a host, including a continuous glucose sensor that produces a data stream indicative of a host's glucose concentration and an integrated receiver that receives the data stream from the continuous glucose sensor and calibrates the data stream using a single point glucose monitor that is integral with the integrated receiver. The integrated receiver obtains a glucose value from the single point glucose monitor, calibrates the sensor data stream received from the continuous glucose sensor, and displays one or both of the single point glucose measurement values and the calibrated continuous glucose sensor values on the user interface.
US11564599B2	Apparatus and method for obtaining individualized unit spectrum, and apparatus and method for estimating biological component A apparatus for obtaining an individualized unit spectrum includes: a spectrum obtainer configured to obtain a first biological spectrum from a subject at a first measurement time, and obtain a second biological spectrum from the subject at a second measurement time; and a processor configured to extract the individualized unit spectrum from the first biological spectrum and the second biological spectrum, based on a predetermined unit spectrum of a target component.
US11564597B2	Fitness training system for merging energy expenditure calculations from multiple devices Systems and methods for prompting a user to perform an exercise and monitoring the exercise are provided. Multiple independent sensors or sensor systems may be used to calculate energy expenditure. Various criteria may be used to manually or automatically select the independent sensor or sensor system or combination that will be used with the energy expenditure calculations.
US11564591B1	System and method for diagnosing and treating biological rhythm disorders A heart treatment system is disclosed capable of diagnosing one or more critical regions of interest for a biological rhythm disorder by sensing signals from biological tissue. If a critical region is not present at the current location of sensed signals, the system is capable of indicating a guidance direction in which to navigate to reach one or more critical regions. Ablation energy is delivered to treat said region of interest. Signals are again sensed and analyzed to assess the impact of treatment. This process is repeated until all critical regions of interest are treated. In some embodiments, all functionality is provided by a single sensing and treating catheter with display device and analytical software.
US11564584B2	System for determining blood flow The invention relates to a system for determining blood flow within a blood vessel (18). A fluid infusion unit (4, 10, 11) continuously infuses a fluid into the blood vessel, and a temperature values determining unit (14, 21) determines simultaneously a first temperature value at a first location and a second temperature value at a second location such that the first temperature value is indicative of the temperature of the fluid and the second temperature value is indicative of the temperature of a mixture of the fluid and the blood. The blood flow is determined based on the measured first and second temperature values and the infusion rate. This kind of determining the blood flow leads to an increased accuracy and is less cumbersome than known techniques requiring a movement of a temperature sensor for measuring temperatures at different locations.
US11564578B2	Single source photoacoustic remote sensing (SS-PARS) A photoacoustic remote sensing system for imaging a subsurface structure in a sample, comprising exactly one laser source configured to generate a pulsed or intensity-modulated excitation beam configured to generate ultrasonic pressure signals in the sample at an excitation location, and an interrogation beam incident on the sample at the excitation location, a portion of the interrogation beam returning from the sample that is indicative of the generated ultrasonic pressure signals, an optical system configured to focus the excitation beam and the interrogation beam below a surface of the sample, a detector configured to detect the returning portion of the interrogation beam, and a processor configured to calculate an image of the sample based on a detected intensity modulation of the returning portion of the interrogation beam from below the surface of the sample.
US11564560B2	Image processing apparatus, operating method of image processing apparatus, and computer-readable recording medium An image processing apparatus includes a processor including hardware, the processor being configured to: estimate, based on image information from a medical device that includes at least an endoscope, a plurality of procedure actions of an operator of the endoscope; perform different supports respectively for procedures by the operator, according to an estimation result of the procedure actions; and output a display for the supports to a display.
US11564558B2	Adjustable endoscope fixing device An adjustable endoscope fixing device, comprises a tail bed, a three-way connector and a locking screw; an outer wall surface of a straight column section of the tail bed is provided with a rectangular slot; and an outer wall surface of a first connecting end of the three-way connector is provided with a locking structure, and the straight column section of the tail bed is connected to the first connecting end of the three-way connector, and the tail bed is fixed to the three-way connector by the locking structure.
US11564557B2	Medical instrument for endoscopic use The disclosed technology is directed to a medical instrument for endoscopic use. The medical instrument comprises an elongated open ended over tube configured to receive an endoscope in a direction along a longitudinal central axis of the over tube. The endoscope travels retractably from a distal end of the over tube. A tube is disposed concentrically outwardly of the over tube so that a treatment tool is inserted through the tube and is projected forwardly with respect to the over tube from a distal end of the tube. A balloon is disposed on an external surface of the over tube and is expandable outwardly in a radial direction of the over tube.
US11564543B2	Efficient filter cleaning A method for operating a vacuum cleaning appliance, having a filter element, a filter element cleaning device, a control device, a turbine, a first pressure sensor and a second pressure sensor. The method includes operating the vacuum cleaning appliance to suck in the air stream through the filter element; determining a first pressure reference value; measuring the pressure difference between the first and second pressure values; dedusting the filter element with the aid of the filter element cleaning device if the value of the pressure difference between the first and second pressure values reaches a first threshold value; determining a second pressure reference value after the end of the dedusting of the filter element; determining a difference value between the second and first pressure reference values; and dedusting the filter element if the difference value between the second and first pressure reference values reaches a second threshold value, or switching off the vacuum cleaning appliance if the difference value between the second and first pressure reference values reaches a third threshold value. A vacuum cleaning appliance for carrying out the method.
US11564533B2	Apparatus for preparing a foam from a liquid, particularly a food liquid, such as milk or a milk-based liquid An apparatus for preparing a foam from a liquid, particularly a food liquid, such as milk or a milk-based liquid. The apparatus (10) includes a base body (16) provided with electrical connection means (52, 54) and an upper unit (12, 14) arranged to be releasably placed on the base body (16) to be electrically connected to the base body (16) through the electrical connection means (52, 54). The upper unit (12, 14) has an upper body (12) acting as a vessel and an intermediate body (14) separate from each other. The upper body (12) houses a stirring member (24). The intermediate body (14) houses electrically operated driver (42, 44, 46) for driving the stirring member (24) to rotate and a heating element (40) for heating the liquid contained in the upper body (12).
US11564531B2	Device for automatically hand-swaying beverage cups A device for automatically hand-swaying beverage cups is disclosed, comprising a robotic arm and a cover, wherein the robotic arm has a plurality of movable arms and a plurality of joints that pivotally connect each of the movable arms to each other, and at the extreme end of such movable arms there install a pair of symmetrical clamping components and a clamping controller, and also includes a host computer electrically connected to each of the movable arms, each of the joints and the clamping controller, respectively; in addition, the cover respectively has a conical surface on the outside, an inner hole is openly configured on the bottom surface of the cover, and each of the clamping components can collectively clamp the cover and the cup thus facilitating the hand-swaying operations of the cup with the robotic arm.
US11564498B1	Intelligent sofa mechanical extension device The present application provides an intelligent sofa mechanical extension device, including a base, a driving component and an extension component, where the driving component and the extension component are disposed on the base. The driving component includes a motor and a motor guide rail that are disposed on the base. The motor guide rail is provided with a motor moving slider in a slidable manner. An end of the motor is connected to the moving slider. The moving slider is connected to a driving rod through a drive connector. The driving rod is disposed on the seat cushion support assemblies on the left and the right side. The extension component is driven to stretch or retract with back-and-forth movement of the motor moving slider along the motor guide rail.
US11564492B2	Blow-molded unitary structure with enhanced strength A blow-molded unitary structure includes a panel having first and second panel walls and a generally hollow interior between the first and second panel walls. The structure also includes one or more different types of strengthening elements monolithically formed with the panel and across a substantial portion of the panel to enhance the strength of the structure. A strengthening element can be a depression recessing from the second panel wall toward an interior of the panel, a protrusion protruding from the second panel wall toward an exterior of the panel, a rib protruding outwardly toward the exterior of the panel and a trench formed by side walls of adjacent protrusions.
US11564491B2	Storage rack guard drop-in bracket An example apparatus includes a bracket having a rack attachment member and a guard attachment member, and upper and lower engagement tabs that are coupled to the rack attachment member and have a stem portion and a head portion. The rack attachment member has a lock pin hole above the lower rack engagement tab. The lock pin hole is sized and positioned to provide sufficient cross-sectional area within a rack engagement distance to allow passage of a bracket lock pin therethrough within the rack engagement distance. The apparatus further includes a bracket lock pin having a stabilizing leg coupled to a lock pin head, where the stabilizing leg fits through the lock pin hole and the lock pin head does not. The stabilizing leg urges the lock pin head toward the lock pin hole when the stabilizing leg is passed through the lock pin hole.
US11564485B2	Adjustable keyboard bracket mechanism adjustable keyboard bracket mechanism includes fixed seat provided with first axle for use as pivot and rotatable second axle; bracket set including first support with one end thereof fastened to the first axle and the second axle and the other end thereof provided with third axle, second support having one end thereof fastened to the second axle and the other end thereof provided with fourth axle and adjustment device set fastened to the third axle and the fourth axle, the adjustment device set including rotating adjustment block having two opposite sides thereof respectively provided with first friction wheels and two mating friction blocks each having inner side thereof provided with second friction wheel for fitting the first friction wheel to form the positioning or rotating adjustment status of the adjustment device set; and connecting seat assembled on the rotating adjustment block opposite to the third axle and the fourth axle.
US11564479B2	Inflation system and device An inflatable air mattress system comprises an inflatable air mattress defining an air chamber and including an inlet passageway, an inflation valve mounted to the inflatable air mattress, and a connector. The valve defines a passageway that includes a lip and a valve member. The valve member includes a seal movable between a closed position wherein the valve member is at least partially covering the lip. In an open position, inflation air can pass through the passageway and into the air chamber of the mattress. The inflatable air mattress system includes an inflating bladder including an interior portion defined by at least one wall of flexible fabric having a first end and a second end. The first end includes a wide opening securable by a closing spring, the second end includes an outlet adapted to connect to the connector.
US11564477B1	Portable cup holder A portable cup holder contains: multiple placing sheets, a connection shaft, and a first carry strap. A respective placing sheet includes a receiving orifice defined on a first side thereof, and the respective placing sheet includes a rotating orifice formed on a second side thereof. The connection shaft is inserted through the rotating orifice of the respective placing sheet to rotate the respective placing sheet along the connection shaft, and the connection shaft includes a hollow orifice and a partition post horizontally extending in the hollow orifice. The first carry strap is formed in a ring shape and includes an accommodation space defined inside the first carry strap, the partition post of the connection shaft is received in the accommodation space of the first carry strap so that the first carry strap is connected with the connection shaft and is pulled to the partition post upward or downward.
US11564467B2	Motorized luggage Motorized luggage includes a frame enclosed in part by an outer shell, the frame defining an internal storage compartment that is accessible through the outer shell, wherein the frame includes: a front surface including by a first front frame support and a second front frame support; a top surface including first top beam and a second top beam; a front edge joint connecting the first and second front frame supports to the first and second top beams; and a rear surface opposite of the front surface. The luggage also includes at least one front wheel adjacent to the front surface of the frame, at least one rear wheel adjacent to the rear surface of the frame, a retractable handlebar received by a steering shaft, an electric motor mounted on the frame, and a retractable pull handle.
US11564466B2	Customizable wallet A wallet is provided and, in particular, a customizable wallet is provided which is comprised of removable and replaceable components. The components may include a frame; a front frame, secured to an exterior surface of the frame; a tensioning mechanism secured within the frame, the tensioning mechanism further defining a space between the front frame and the tensioning mechanism, the defined space dimensioned to hold one or more credit card-sized items. Further components may include a removable front plate, the front plate secured within the frame behind the front frame via the tensioning mechanism, and a removable backplate, the backplate secured within the frame via the tensioning mechanism; and wherein the front plate and the backplate are independently removable via application of pressure to the tensioning mechanism.
US11564465B1	Cane with a leg strap A cane includes an integral light in the handle, a leg attachment strap, and a foot attaching stirrup. The cane includes a rod assembly and a stirrup assembly. In one embodiment, the rod assembly includes a rod being a uniform cylindrical structure that is adapted to extend the length of a user's leg. The handle is disposed at a top most end of the rod and includes the light being embedded therein to provide illumination to the front and rear of a user. The stirrup provides a means for a user to nestle their foot to provide proper support.
US11564464B2	Modular earring assembly Disclosed is a modular earring assembly including two or more separate earring components that may be connected together in a variety of different ways to provide different earring presentations to the user or be separately used. The modular earring assembly allows a user to pick and match two or more earring components in the assembly to a desired presentation or to use any one component of the modular earring assembly alone. The modular earring assembly provides a way to manage the demand for multiple earring presentations. This disclosure allows woman and men to have more earring choices anywhere anytime.
US11564462B2	Wearable apparatus and band thereof A band may include a first strap and a second strap. The first strap may include a first strap body, a first connection portion and a first mating portion. The first strap body may define a connection hole between the first connection portion and the first mating portion. The second strap may include a second strap body, a second connection portion, a second mating portion and a buckle. The second mating portion may be arranged between the second connection portion and the buckle. The buckle is configured to be inserted into the connection hole to connect the first strap body and the second strap body. The second mating portion may be configured to be attracted to and coupled with the first mating portion.
US11564460B2	Key-ring A key-ring included a first and a second ring slidably mounted relative to each other in a circumferential direction. The key-ring includes mutual engagement members configured to define a reference for an open ring configuration and/or a closed ring configuration.
US11564459B2	Buckle assembly A buckle assembly includes a first frame member defining a first slot, which includes a first open end positioned at a first side of the first frame member and which includes a first closed end positioned spaced apart from a second side of the first frame member; a second frame member defining a second slot, which includes a second open end positioned at a second side of the second frame member and a second closed end positioned spaced apart from a first side of the second frame member, wherein one of the first or second frame members has a pivot member upon which the first and second frame members are rotatable relative to one another; and a third frame member defining at least two slots which extend through the third frame member and is configured to position within a recess defined within the second frame member.
US11564456B1	Buckle for harness A buckle for harness includes a ring member, a bar member and an elastic sheet. The ring member includes two opposite side portions and a cross portion connected with the side portions. A shaft pivotally connected with the side portions is disposed on the bar member for the bar member rotating relative to the ring member. A protruding portion sticks out from the shaft. The elastic sheet includes a fastened end secured to the ring member and a free end firmly abutting against the protruding portion with a rebounding force generated by the elastic sheet. An angle θ defined between the protruding portion and the free end changes as the bar member rotates. The bar member keeps standing if the angle θ is greater than 90 degrees.
US11564453B2	Adaptor for bicycle shoes An adaptor is connected to a bicycle shoe and includes an engaging portion and a base part. The engaging portion is formed on the first side of the base part, and protrudes from the first side of the base part so as to be connected to the underside of the bicycle shoe. A recess is defined in the second side of the base part and includes two first holes defined through its inner bottom. The two first holes are defined through the engaging portion. Two locking members extend through the two first holes and are connected to the bicycle shoe. A cleat is removably connected to the second side of the base part. The bicycle shoes with the cleat are used as mountain bike shoes, and used as road bike shoes by removing the cleats.
US11564442B2	Shoe device with bimodal structures for rapid entry and release A shoe device having bimodal structures, configured to selectively snap the device to at least one of a second position and a first position, which selectively snaps the shoe into a first position upon being subjected to a first bending force, apt for placement or removal of a foot, and selectively snaps the shoe into a second position upon being subjected to a second bending force, apt for securement of a foot or having no foot. A forward leaning, flexible stadium arch structure, assembled to form a heel notch mechanism, connects to a sole. A morphing shoe collar portion connects to a heel. These are combined via vector changing devices for greater functionality.
US11564441B2	Shoe with multilayer upper A shoe including a sole and an upper. The upper is coupled to the sole. The upper includes an outer layer and an inner layer. The outer layer has an outer surface and an inner surface. The inner surface of the outer layer is in direct contact with the inner layer. The outer layer is a hot melt thermoplastic material, and the inner layer is a material different from that of the outer layer. At least a portion of the outer layer is adhered to the inner layer, and the inner layer including a portion not covered by the outer layer.
US11564440B1	System and methods for adjusting variable geometry, height, weight distribution dynamics in orthotic devices and equipment An active suspension orthotic support system is disclosed. The suspension orthotic support system comprises at least one variable resistance beam extending from a heel section to a mid-arch section of the footwear, wherein rotation of the variable resistance beam from a first position to a second position causes a resistance provided by the variable resistance beam to vary between a minimum resistance to a maximum resistance.
US11564437B2	Removable chin curtain assembly selectively attachable to a helmet A removable chin curtain assembly selectively attachable to a helmet is disclosed. The helmet has a helmet shell, a chin strap, and a pair of fasteners connecting the chin strap portion to the helmet shell. The fasteners are made at least in part of ferromagnetic material. The removable chin curtain assembly has a chin curtain and at least one permanent magnet connected to the chin curtain. The at least one permanent magnet is adapted for selectively magnetically connecting the chin curtain to at least one of the fasteners. Alternative embodiments of a removable chin curtain assembly are also disclosed.
US11564435B2	Automated garment manufacturing using continuous webs of fabric Embodiments herein describe automated systems and methods to assemble a garment, such as a T-shirt. Some embodiments provide for systems and methods for transferring and manipulating fabrics and joining garment components during garment manufacturing in a way that is more suitable to automation. Some embodiments provide for garment manufacturing systems and methods that are reconfigurable to enable both mass production of customized garments and small batch processing with reduced human intervention.
US11564425B2	Mask A mask includes a main body part, a pair of ear straps, and a support part. The main body part covers a wearer's mouth and has an upper end fixing point where an upper end part of each of the ear straps is fixed, and a lower end fixing point where a lower end part of each of the ear straps is fixed. The pair of ear straps are provided on both the left and right sides of the main body part, and are hooked on the wearer's ears. The support part is provided in the main body part, and supports one location of an intermediate part of each of the ear straps. The support part is located in a top region between the upper end fixing point and an upper end of the main body part, with respect to the vertical direction of the main body part.
US11564422B2	Apparel with wireless-powered sensors An article of apparel, system, and methods optionally include a textile material, a mobile device holder, coupled to the textile material, configured to secure a mobile device with respect to the article of apparel, and an electrical system. The electrical system includes an antenna, configured to communicatively couple with a primary antenna of the mobile device, positioned in relation to the bolder, a power supply, coupled to the antenna, configured to output power based on a current as generated in the antenna when commutatively coupled with the primary antenna, a controller, coupled to the power supply, operable based on the power as output by the power supply, and a sensor, coupled to the textile material, communicatively coupled to the controller via a conductor, configured to detect a sensor condition and output a sensor signal when powered by the power output by the power supply.
US11564420B2	Wearable apparatus for wired or wireless charging of an electronic device A wearable electronic device is provided that includes a battery, at least one solar panel configured to charge the battery, an output charger connected through a wire to the out least one solar panel, and a controller configured to charge an external electronic device through the output charger.
US11564408B2	Low sugar food products with high fiber content The present invention provides processes for producing food products, particularly juice beverages, with reduced sugar content enriched with dietary fibers and the food products produced. The processed food products are low in calories while preserving the palatable test of the starting material, and contain beneficial amount of dietary fibers. The processed food product further contains sorbitol and gluconic acid.
US11564404B2	Vertical plug-flow process for bio-conversion employing microorganisms The invention relates to a method for producing a solid transformation product of a substrate comprising the following steps: •preparing a substrate of biomass comprising carbohydrates and proteinaceous matter that originates from soya bean, rape seed, or mixtures thereof, optionally in further mixture with carbohydrates and proteinaceous matter originating from fava beans, peas, sunflower seeds, lupine, cereals, and/or grasses, •mixing said substrate with a live microorganism or a combination of live microorganisms, which live microorganism or mixture of live microorganisms is not live yeast, and adding water in an amount which provides an initial incubation mixture having a water content from 30 to 70% by weight, and a ratio of wet bulk density to dry bulk density from 0.60 to 1.45 in the resulting mixture; •incubating said initial incubation mixture for 1-240 hours at a temperature of 15-70° C.; and thereafter recovering wet solid transformation product from the incubation mixture; further comprising that the incubating step is performed as a continuous plug-flow process in a vertical, non-agitated incubation tank with inlet means for said mixture and additives and outlet means for said solid transformation product.
US11564400B2	Hardstock fat composition A hardstock fat composition for use in making edible water-in-oil emulsions such as spreads, in particular (but not exclusively) when produced using the hardstock in the form of micronized fat powder, and process to use such hardstock fat to make a fat slurry and to make a water-in-oil emulsion (like spreads) using such hardstock fat. The hardstock fat may give improved properties of the resulting emulsion.
US11564390B2	Use of pesticidal active carboxamide derivative in soil and seed application and treatment methods The present invention relates to agricultural methods and the use of an insecticidal active carboxamide derivative in seed treatment and soil application methods. The insecticidal carboxamide derivative is highly suitable alone or in combination with other active agricultural ingredients for controlling animal pests such as insects and/or spider mites and/or nematodes by treating the soil/growth substrate by drenching or drip application or dipping or soil injection.
US11564389B2	Straw for cryogenic preservation of a dose of liquid-based substance, assembly comprising same, and method for empty this straw A straw includes a tube (11), a stopper (13) arranged in the tube and having a passage (35) extending through it, and an emptying needle (14) having a first portion (31) protruding from the stopper as far as a distal end (19) situated in the tube, and a second portion (32) situated in the passage (35) of the stopper, the needle and the stopper forming an insert (12) entirely disposed in the tube and having an internal conduit (24) fluidically connecting the internal spaces of the tube that are situated to either side of the insert, the internal conduit being formed at least in part by the needle. A method for emptying the straw includes establishing a fluidic communication between the needle and a receptacle, and making an opening in the tube in order to connect the dose of liquid-based substance to the atmosphere and allow it to flow.
US11564388B2	Supercooling methods for preservation of biological samples The present invention provides methods for cryopreserving a population of cells with improved cell viability. In some aspects, the method comprises contacting a population of cells with a peptoid polymer comprising one or more polar peptoid monomers, e.g., formulated in a cryoprotectant solution, and cooling the population of cells at a temperature of from 0° C. to about −20° C. for a time period of at least about 3 hours to produce a population of supercooled cells. The supercooling methods of the present invention provide excellent post-thaw cell survival and recovery. In certain embodiments, the population of cells is present in a tissue or an organ that is cryopreserved by performing the supercooling methods of the present invention.
US11564383B2	Fish alert tool Common practices in fishing makes it difficult for people to notice when a fish strikes. To address these and other problems associated with common practices in fishing, a fish alert tool can be configured to generate an alert when a fish strikes. The fish alert tool can include a holder for a fishing pole and a spike that is connected to the holder and supports the holder from the ground. The fish alert tool can also include an alarm that generates the alert when the fish strike is detected.
US11564379B2	Double pipe cultivation system for reducing losses occurring due to wind, wave and tide in mussel cultivation farms A double pipe cultivation system which enables the reduction of falling the mussels cultivated with the effect of vertical and horizontal forces that would occur due to wind, wave and tides that can be received in all directions in mussel farms established in sea and lake areas, and the losses that can occur due to similar reasons.
US11564375B2	Canine multi-meal kit A canine multi-meal kit is provided herein. The kit comprises at least two containers, each container storing one dehydrated canine meal, in aspects. Each dehydrated canine meal is sealed within a container in an airtight manner by a containment structure. Each containment structure partitions a container into a volume occupied by a canine meal and another volume that is not occupied by the canine meal, as the volume of the canine meal is less than the total volume of the corresponding container. In one aspect, items are stored at least partially within the unoccupied volume of the containers when the kit is in an enclosed configuration.
US11564371B2	Tomato variety NUN 00309 TOP A new and distinct tomato variety NUN 00309 TOP is disclosed as well as seeds and plants and fruits thereof. NUN 00309 TOP is a processing tomato variety, comprising high resistance to Verticillium dahliae, Fusarium oxysporum f. sp. lycopersici Race 0, Race 1, and Race 2, and Tomato Spotted Wilt Virus, and intermediate resistance to Meloidogyne incognita.
US11564370B2	Hybrid pepper ‘E20B30236’ A hybrid pepper designated ‘E20B30236’ is disclosed. The invention relates to the seeds of hybrid pepper ‘E20B30236’, to the plants of hybrid pepper ‘E20B30236’, to methods for producing hybrid plants, and to methods for producing other pepper lines, cultivars or hybrids derived from the hybrid pepper ‘E20B30236’.
US11564368B2	Soybean variety 60305812 The soybean variety 60305812 is disclosed. The invention relates to seeds, plants, plant cells, plant tissue, harvested products and soybean lint as well as to hybrid soybean plants and seeds obtained by repeatedly crossing plants of variety 60305812 with other plants. The invention also relates to plants and varieties produced by the method of essential derivation from plants of 60305812 and to plants of 60305812 reproduced by vegetative methods, including but not limited to tissue culture of regenerable cells or tissue from 60305812.
US11564367B2	Melon variety NUN 67138 MEM The disclosure relates to melon variety NUN 67138 MEM as well as seeds and plants and fruits thereof. NUN 67138 MEM is a Galia tropical melon variety with long shelf life, excellent shipping quality, firm rind texture, mild flesh flavor, and no flesh aroma, comprising resistance to Fusarium oxysporum f. sp. melonis Race 1 and Muskmelon Necrotic Spot Virus (MNSV).
US11564365B2	Spinach and method for producing the same The object of the present invention is to provide a spinach line with the novel feature of solid petioles at harvest time. As a result of developing many progeny lines having petioles in which the hollow portion is relatively small over many years, a spinach line having solid petioles at harvest time was constructed.
US11564362B2	Mycelium growth bed A mycelium growth bed for optimal production of pure mycelium or a pure mycelium composite with controlled or predictable properties, the bed comprising a tray, a conveying platform, a permeable membrane, a substrate, and a porous material. The permeable membrane is positioned on the conveying platform within the tray. The substrate is positioned on the permeable membrane and the porous material is positioned on top of the substrate. The system provides a configuration wherein the CO2 concentration is held above 3%, the relative humidity is held above 40% and the O2 concentration is held below 20% in steady state conditions to produce leather-like mycelium without fruiting bodies.
US11564346B2	Particle delivery system of an agricultural row unit A particle delivery system of an agricultural row unit includes a particle disc configured to receive a plurality of particles from a particle metering and singulation unit, and a particle belt configured to receive each particle of the plurality of particles from the particle disc and to expel the particle to a trench in soil. The particle disc is configured to accelerate each particle of the plurality of particles to a target particle transfer speed.
US11564345B1	Computer-implemented recommendation of side-by-side planting in agricultural fields Techniques for recommending side-by-side plantings of pairs of hybrids or seeds include a server computer receiving agricultural data records that represent crop seed data describing seed and yield properties of hybrid seeds and first data for agricultural fields where the hybrid seeds were planted. The server receives second data for available hybrids and seeds and automatically calculates a dataset of success probability scores that describe the probability of a successful yield on the target fields. Data is organized as pairs to facilitate comparison of actual plantings to optimized plantings that have a probability of success (POS), in terms of yield lift or increased yield season-over-season, for different yield values. Confidence values are generated and stored in association with the POS values and can be used as a basis of visual output to support planting and/or field management decisions as part of an automated intelligent agricultural decision support system.
US11570940B2	Component mounting apparatus with feeder control device A component mounting apparatus including a component supply device which includes a carrier tape that accommodates a component to be mounted on a board in which a plurality of feeders having carrier tapes loaded are respectively mounted at a plurality of mounting positions, which automatically discharges a carrier tape to a tape insertion port of the feeder based on a component discharge instruction, and which automatically conveys an inserted carrier tape to a suction position at which a component is suctioned when the carrier tape is inserted into the tape insertion port; and control device which instructs discharge or supply of a component.
US11570937B2	Methods and apparatus to control power delivery based on predicted power utilization in a data center A disclosed example includes: a resource utilization analyzer to determine 1) first workloads of a first workload type deployed in a first server room in a data center, and 2) second workloads of a second workload type deployed in the first server room; a workload authorizer to determine that first virtual machines executing the first workloads and second virtual machines executing the second workloads cause a first server rack to generate an amount of heat; and a migrator to migrate the first virtual machines from the first server rack of the first server room to a second server rack of a second server room in the data center to reduce a temperature in the first server room based on the amount of heat, the migrator to migrate the first virtual machines to the second server rack without migrating the second virtual machines to the second server rack.
US11570934B2	Systems and methods for generating in a graphical user interface a display representing air temperatures, pressures, and velocities in an information technology room A system for determining and displaying in a graphical user interface one or more of air temperature, pressure, or velocity in an information technology (IT) room including an IT equipment rack comprises a processor configured to receive an input comprising airflow resistance parameters through the rack, an IT equipment airflow parameter, a heat-dissipation parameter, an external pressure, and an external temperature, to run the input through a flow-network solver that solves for airflow velocities through at least one face of the rack and a rack air outflow temperature based on the input, provide an output including the airflow velocities and the rack air outflow temperature, and generate, based on the output, a display in a graphical user interface of the system illustrating one or more of air temperatures, air pressures, or airflow velocities within the IT room.
US11570925B2	Electronic device with integral housing A connection device includes a housing having a first face provided with a first opening that is closed by a PCB, and a second face provided with a second opening facing at least one electrical connection interface of the PCB. The housing includes at least one well extending from an edge of the second opening to the PCB so as to position a first connector relative to the connection interface, and in that the housing is a one-piece part that includes the well.
US11570924B2	Data storage device adaptor with securement mechanism In one embodiment, an apparatus is provided. The apparatus includes a printed circuit board. The apparatus also includes a first connector coupled to the printed circuit board. The first connector is configured to couple the apparatus to a computing device. The apparatus further includes a second connector coupled to the printed circuit board. The second connector is configured to couple the apparatus to a data storage device. The apparatus further includes a securement mechanism comprising a first portion and a second portion. The securement mechanism is movable about the apparatus between a first position and a second position. The first portion is configured to maintain the securement mechanism at the first position. The second portion is configured to secure the data storage device to the apparatus when the securement mechanism is in the first position.
US11570923B1	Base and clip assembly A clip and base assembly includes at least one polymeric clip and a base. The clip includes first and second elastic arms, and a support arm. The clip forms an aperture therein. The first and second elastic arms move between first and second positions. The first and second elastic arms are located on opposing sides with the support arm in between. The base includes a first and second sets of notches, and an elongated slot. The first set of notches is sized and shaped to receive the first elastic arm. The second set of notches is sized and shaped to receive the second elastic arm. When the first and second elastic arms are in the second position, the clip is moveable in the elongated slot. When the first and second elastic arms are in the first position, the clip is fixed respect to the base.
US11570919B2	Data storage system including movable carriage and physical locking mechanism An apparatus with a housing which stores a plurality of data storage magazines where each data storage magazine includes a plurality of data storage devices. The housing includes a movable carriage configured to selectively couple a set of data storage devices held by a particular data storage magazine to a host device. The housing also includes a physical locking mechanism configured to selectively prevent data storage devices from coupling to the host device.
US11570918B2	Connection device According to one embodiment, a connection device includes an engaging claw extending in a first direction from a first member, and a receiving portion provided in a second member. The engaging claw includes a pair of first side surfaces, and a pair of engaging protrusions projecting out from the respective side surface. Each engaging protrusion includes an inclined surface continuous from the first side surface and inclined to the first direction. The receiving portion includes a pair of slopes extending in the first direction and each including a second side surface engaging the first side surface, and an engaging projection connected to the second side surface, the engaging projection engaging the engaging protrusion.
US11570910B2	Display device A display device includes a display module which is foldable and includes a first non-folding area, a folding area and a second non-folding area, in order, a first plate corresponding to the first non-folding area, a second plate corresponding to the second non-folding area and spaced apart from the first plate, and a cover film facing the display module with both the first plate and the second plate therebetween. The cover film includes a first film corresponding to each of the first non-folding area, the folding area and the second non-folding area, the first film attached to each of the first and second plates, and at the folding area, a second film attached to the first film. The display module which is folded disposes the second film between the first film and the first plate and between the first film and the second plate.
US11570905B2	Method of manufacturing component carrier and component carrier A method of manufacturing component carriers is disclosed. The method includes providing a stack with at least one electrically conductive layer structure and/or at least one electrically insulating layer structure, forming a first hole in a core of the stack and subsequently embedding a first component in the first hole, thereafter forming a second hole in the same core of the stack and subsequently embedding a second component in the second hole. A component carrier has a stack with at least one electrically conductive layer structure and/or at least one electrically insulating layer structure. A first hole is formed in a core of the stack. A first component is embedded in the first hole. A second hole is formed in the same core of the stack and subsequently a second component is embedded in the second hole.
US11570897B2	Component embedded in component carrier and having an exposed side wall A component carrier including a stack with a plurality of electrically insulating layer structures and/or a plurality of electrically conductive layer structures, and a component embedded in the stack, wherein at least a portion of a side wall of the component is exposed.
US11570896B2	Supporting-terminal-equipped capacitor chip and mounted structure thereof A mounted structure of a supporting-terminal-equipped capacitor chip includes first and second supporting terminals. The first supporting terminal includes a first helical electrically conductive portion extending in a first axial direction along a main surface. The second supporting terminal includes a second helical electrically conductive portion extending in a second axial direction along the main surface. The first helical electrically conductive portion is electrically connected to a first outer electrode at an outer peripheral side surface of the first helical electrically conductive portion. The second helical electrically conductive portion is electrically connected to a second outer electrode at an outer peripheral side surface of the second helical electrically conductive portion.
US11570894B2	Through-hole and surface mount printed circuit card connections for improved power component soldering A system of circuit card components each include through-holes for soldering having recessed copper layers for thermal insulation. Thermal insulation prevents heat conduction away from flowing solder, allowing the solder to flow freely through the through-hole. Even high-temperature, lead-free solders may maintain the necessary temperature to flow. Different circuit layers include specialized features based on distance from a top or bottom surface. Vias surrounding the through-hole maintain the necessary cross-sectional area for electrical connectivity.
US11570889B2	Voltage regulator module with cooling structure A high-power Voltage Regulator Module (VRM) includes a housing having side walls, an upper opening, and a lower opening, a VRM circuit board oriented within the housing, a plane of the VRM circuit board oriented in a parallel to at least one of the side walls of the housing, an upper Printed Circuit Board (PCB) coupled to the upper opening of the housing, a lower panel coupled to the lower opening of the housing, a coolant inlet port formed in the lower panel, and a coolant outlet port formed in the lower panel. The high power VRM may include a coolant inlet adapter coupled to the coolant inlet port and a coolant outlet adapter coupled to the coolant outlet port. The coolant inlet adapted and the coolant outlet adapter may provide support for the VRM.
US11570888B2	Insertable wireless communication device for a power tool A power tool may include a compartment in its housing and a first printed circuit board (PCB) located in the housing and electrically coupled to a first connector. An insertable wireless communication device may include a second electronic processor and an antenna that are each mounted to a second PCB. The insertable wireless communication device may be configured to be received in the compartment and may include a second connector configured to electrically and physically couple to the first connector. The insertable wireless communication device may be configured to wirelessly communicate with an external device. When the insertable wireless communication device is inserted into the compartment, a first conductive layer of the first PCB may be configured to be electrically coupled to the antenna via the first connector and the second connector such that the first conductive layer of the first PCB serves as a ground plane of the antenna.
US11570887B2	On-board integrated enclosure for electromagnetic compatibility shielding A printed circuit board (PCB) and a method of manufacturing the same is described. The PCB includes a substrate defining a major plane and an integrated electromagnetic interference and compatibility (EMC/EMI) shielding enclosure configured to enclose the substrate. The shielding enclosure includes a metallic top layer deposited on top of the major plane of the substrate so as to envelop an uppermost layer of the substrate, a metallic bottom layer deposited on bottom of the major plane of the substrate so as to envelop a bottommost layer of the substrate, and a metallic side layer formed along a length of one or more edges of the substrate to electrically connect the metallic top layer and the metallic bottom layer.
US11570886B1	Circuit board device A circuit board device includes a multilayer structure, a main ground area and a circuit module. The multilayer structure includes a plurality of plates. The main ground area is arranged in the multilayer structure. The circuit module includes a differential signal circuit and a surrounding circuit module. The differential signal circuit is located in the multilayer structure, and includes a positive signal pad and a negative signal pad. The positive signal pad is located on a configuration surface of one of the plates. The negative signal pad is located on the disposition surface, and is separated from the positive signal pad. The surrounding circuit module is located on the disposition surface, and electrically connected to the main ground area. The surrounding circuit module surrounds the positive signal pad and the negative signal pad in an enclosing way, and is physically separated from the differential signal circuit.
US11570882B2	Substrate for mounting electronic element, electronic device, and electronic module A substrate for mounting electronic element includes: a first substrate including a first surface and a second surface opposite to the first surface; a second substrate including a third surface and a fourth surface opposite to the third surface; and heat dissipation bodies each including a fifth surface and a sixth surface opposite to the fifth surface. The first substrate includes at least one mounting portion for at least one electronic element at the first surface. Heat conduction of the heat dissipation bodies in a direction perpendicular to a longitudinal direction of the at least one mounting portion and perpendicular to a direction along opposite sides of the second substrate is greater than heat conduction of the heat dissipation bodies in the longitudinal direction of the at least one mounting portion and in the direction along opposite sides of the second substrate in a transparent plan view of the substrate.
US11570881B2	Circular accelerator, particle therapy system with circular accelerator, and method of operating circular accelerator In a circular accelerator that applies a radiofrequency wave in a main magnetic field to accelerate charged particle beam while increasing an orbit radius, another radiofrequency wave with a frequency different from the radiofrequency wave used for acceleration is applied to the charged particle beam in order to extract the charged particle beam. Thereby, in the circular accelerator that accelerates charged particle beam while increasing an orbit radius by applying a radiofrequency wave in a main magnetic field, the high precision control on extraction of the charged particle beam from the circular accelerator is achieved.
US11570876B2	Solar lamps with radial elements A solar-powered lamp is disclosed. The lamp includes a plurality of radiating extensions, each being formed from a plurality of flat panels that can fold relative to each other along lines between respective ones of the plurality of flat panels; and an electronics assembly, wherein the lamp is collapsible, and the flat panels for each of the radiating extensions fold relative to each other as the lamp is collapsed.
US11570873B2	Multi-modal lighting control A control system and method for implementing control of a multi-modal lighting system. The system includes a lighting device and a mode control method/system. The mode control method/system initiates a first mode including generation of white light as a default. Then, after the multi-modal lighting system is activated, a second mode 114 is may be initiated and the multi-modal lighting system 102 remains activated.
US11570872B2	Emergency notification system An emergency notification system for a building is provided. The emergency notification system includes one or more inputs devices mounted throughout the building. The one or more input devices can be configured to receive a manual user-input. The emergency notification system can include one or more output devices mounted throughout the building. The one or more output devices can include a plurality of LED arrays. Each of the plurality of LED arrays can be configured to emit light of a different color to indicate a different type of emergency. The emergency notification system can include one or more control devices configured determine a type of emergency occurring within the building based on the manual user-input. Furthermore, in response to determining the type of emergency, the one or more control devices can activate one of the LED arrays to emit light of a color indicative of the type of emergency.
US11570865B2	Optoelectronic circuit comprising light emitting diodes optoelectronic circuit intended to receive a variable voltage containing an alternation of rising and falling phases. The optoelectronic circuit includes light-emitting diodes and a switching device capable of allowing or of interrupting the flowing of a current through each light-emitting diode. Each light-emitting diode is covered with a photoluminescent layer. The photoluminescent layer covering at least one of the light-emitting diodes includes at least one first luminophore having a first decay constant and at least one second luminophore having a second decay constant different from the first decay constant.
US11570864B2	Method for limiting current in-rush in automotive lighting devices A method for limiting current in-rush in automotive lighting devices. By controlling the state of a switching circuit that is used to selectively connect a power supply to an automotive lighting device, the invention allows for selectively limiting the intensity of the current that is supplied to the lighting device. In accordance with preferred embodiments, this advantage is achieved by relying on electronic components that are nowadays used for different purposes.
US11570860B2	LED control device and lighting device including the same A light emitting diode (LED) control device includes: a power supply connected to a first driving node and a second driving node of an LED driver configured to provide driving power to a light source including a plurality of LEDs; a controller configured to operate by a first internal power voltage output from the power supply, and receive a control command from an external controller; and a switching device connected to the second driving node, and configured to operate by a second internal power voltage output from the power supply and control brightness of the light source based on a control signal which is output from the controller in response to the control command.
US11570858B2	Method and arrangement for flashlamp control A method for flashlamp control, in which a main pulse of the lamp current, producing a flash, is generated, and a pre-pulse of the lamp current is previously generated by application of a bias voltage includes a flashlamp with an ignition electrode, a bias voltage source, a main voltage source and a control system. The load of the flashlamp is minimized during the production of a main pulse by a pre-ignition. A pre-pulse is generated by applying a plasma voltage which is higher than the bias voltage, as an electrode voltage, and igniting a plasma in the flashlamp by means of an ignition electrode and maintaining same by means of the bias voltage during the pre-pulse.
US11570854B2	Mist removing device, controlling method thereof, mist removing system and control element A mist removing device, a controlling method thereof a mist removing system and a control element are provided, which relate to the field of mist removing technology. The mist removing device includes power supply module, electrode array and insulating layer. Electrode array and insulating layer are arranged on substrate in stacked manner in direction away from substrate. Orthographic projection of insulating layer onto substrate covers orthographic projection of electrode array onto substrate. Power supply module is connected with electrode array. Power supply module is configured to supply power to electrode array such that electrode array forms electric field to cause droplets in mist to converge under action of electric field, where mist is formed on side of insulating layer away from substrate. Mist on surface of substrate can be effectively removed.
US11570853B2	Method for actuating a heating device of a hob, and hob A hob plate above a radiant heating device and a safety temperature limiter between said radiant heating device and hob plate, which safety temperature limiter is designed to deactivate the radiant heating device when a switch-off temperature is reached. To actuate the radiant heating device, a cooking vessel is first placed on the hob plate above the radiant heating device and then the radiant heating device is activated and at the same time detection of a first switch-on time starts. When a switch-off temperature is reached at the safety temperature limiter, the radiant heating device is deactivated by said safety temperature limiter. The first switch-on time that has elapsed up to that point between activation and deactivation of the radiant heating device is detected and compared with a predefined limit switch-on time. If the first switch-on time lies below the limit switch-on time the radiant heating device is switched off.
US11570851B2	Thermal isolation clamp In combination with a pipe (213), a clamp (201) is provided which supports the pipe in a fixed position with respect to a substrate. The clamp includes first (203) and second (205) bands, wherein each of the first and second bands has an arcuate portion (209) and first and second terminal portions (211), and wherein the arcuate portions of the first and second bands are disposed in opposing relation around the surface of the pipe. A first fastener (207) extends through the first terminal portions of the first and second bands, and a second fastener extends through the second terminal portions of the first and second bands. A thermal insulator (233) is disposed between the first fastener and the first terminal portions of the first and second bands, and between the second fastener and the second terminal portions of the first and second bands.
US11570849B2	Wireless instrument area network node with internal force sensor A wireless instrument area network node employs an internal force sensor arrangement to detect user-provided force on the node and initiate a node operation, such as wake the node from a sleep state or low power mode to a more power-hungry awake and processing state. The internal force sensor avoids the need to provide external buttons, a screen, and the like on the surface of the node that could lead to intrusion of fluids, gases, or other unwanted substances into the node. In some embodiments, the internal sensor may include a microswitch that has sufficient sensitivity to detect even a very small amount of deflection resulting from, for example, a hand touch. In some embodiments, the internal sensor may include a piezoelectric sensor that has similarly high deflection sensitivity. Multiple such deflection detectors may be at different angles to one another deployed to provide greater directional coverage for the deflection.
US11570840B2	Common channel configuration in new radio inactive state Various aspects of the present disclosure generally relate to wireless communication. In some aspects, a user equipment may receive a radio resource control (RRC) resume message, associated with transitioning the UE from an inactive state to a connected state. The UE may configure, based at least in part on receiving the RRC resume message, the UE with a serving cell common configuration, associated with a serving cell of the UE, received in a system information block (SIB) associated with the serving cell. Numerous other aspects are provided.
US11570837B2	Communication method and communications device This application provides a communication method and a communications device. The method includes: A first device receives a first message sent by a second device. The first message is used to indicate a bearer configuration of a bearer of the first device and an initial status of the bearer configuration, and the bearer configuration includes a first bearer configuration and/or a second bearer configuration. The first device determines the bearer configuration and the initial status of the bearer configuration based on the first message. According to the technical solutions in embodiments of this application, a bearer configuration of a terminal device and an initial status of the bearer configuration of the terminal can be indicated.
US11570834B2	Protocol improvement for redirection to another system in mobile communications Examples pertaining to protocol improvement for redirection to another system in mobile communications are described. An apparatus in a 5th Generation System (5GS) receives, from a mobile network, a reject cause indicating that redirection to an Evolved Packet System (EPS) is required. Responsive to receiving the reject cause while no suitable cell of the first mobile network connected to an Evolved Packet Core (EPC) is found or while no cell of the first mobile network connected to an EPC can be selected, the apparatus enters a predefined 5th Generation Mobility Management (5GMM) state and starts a timer.
US11570831B2	Electronic device for controlling cellular network function in wireless network environment and method thereof An electronic device is provided. The electronic device includes: wireless communication circuitry, at least one processor operatively connected with the wireless communication circuitry, and a memory operatively connected with the at least one processor. The memory stores instructions which, when executed, cause the at least one processor to control the electronic device to: identify a state of the electronic device, receive a system information block (SIB) from a first base station supporting a first cellular network via the wireless communication circuitry, identify whether a network to which the electronic device belongs supports dual connectivity (DC) between the first cellular network and a second cellular network based on information included in the SIB, enable a second cellular network function of the wireless communication circuitry based on the network supporting the DC, and transmit information indicating that the second cellular network function of the electronic device is enabled to the network via the wireless communication circuitry.
US11570826B2	Method and device for establishing session The present disclosure provides a method for establishing a session, which is applied to a terminal device and includes sending a session establishment request to a network device. The session establishment request is used to request to establish a first session. The session establishment request includes first indication information. The first indication information indicates that the first session is a deactivated session or an activated session. The method also includes receiving a response message of the session establishment request from the network device. If the number of DRBs has reached a number threshold, the terminal device can request the network device to establish a deactivated first session via the first indication information. When the number of DRBs is less than the number threshold, the terminal device or the network device can activate the first session.
US11570825B2	Priority access in a wireless local area network (WLAN) This disclosure provides systems, methods, and apparatus, including computer programs encoded on computer-readable media, for priority access on a shared wireless channel. A priority station (STA), an access point (AP), or a network operator may activate a priority access service. The priority access service provides priority access to authorize priority STAs by allowing them to use more aggressive contention parameters for contention-based access of the wireless channel as compared to other STAs. In some implementations, non-priority STAs may be configured with weakened contention parameters to increase or ensure the likelihood that a priority STA will win contention for access to the wireless channel.
US11570824B2	Methods and devices for random access A method for a user equipment (UE) to perform random access to a radio network is provided. The method comprises: determining at least one message for random access indicating a cell where the UE initiates the random access and/or a purpose of the ransom access; and transmitting from the UE, the at least one message for random access to the radio network. A corresponding method for a base station, the corresponding devices, computer programs, and computer-readable storage are also provided.
US11570822B2	UE-assisted group response for two-step random access procedure Methods, systems, and devices for wireless communications are described. In a random access (RACH) procedure, a user equipment (UE) may transmit a first RACH message (e.g., RACH Message A (MsgA)) to a base station, which may include an indication of a modulation order, a maximum number of repetitions for RACH Message B (MsgB) data, or both. The base station may multiplex random access responses (RARs) for UEs into second RACH messages (e.g., RACH MsgBs) based on the indication(s) and may transmit these RACH MsgBs. The UE may receive and decode a downlink control information (DCI) portion of a RACH MsgB but may determine not to decode the data portion of the RACH MsgB if an indication in the DCI of the modulation order, the threshold number of repetitions, or both does not match the value reported by the UE. Otherwise, the UE may decode the full RACH MsgB.
US11570817B2	User equipment and base station apparatus for transmitting a random access preamble A user equipment for communicating with a base station apparatus is disclosed, the user equipment including a receiver that receives information related to random access; a processor that identifies, based on the information related to the random access, a first preamble format, a second preamble format, and random access channel resources; a transmitter that transmits a random access preamble using the random access channel resources, wherein the transmitter transmits the random access preamble using a last resource in a time domain of the random access channel resources and the second preamble format, and the transmitter transmits the random access preamble using a resource other than the last resource in the time domain and the first preamble format. In other aspects, a base station apparatus and a communication method are also disclosed.
US11570813B2	Electronic devices and transmission systems An electronic device, a transmission system, and a transmission method are provided. The electronic device includes a capturing module, a processing module, and a transmission module. The capturing module is configured to receive a first set of signals. The processing module is configured to select a second set of signals from the first set of signals based on a condition. The transmission module is configured to transmit the second set of signals.
US11570806B2	Conditional configured grant (CG) occasions for uplink transmission Certain aspects of the present disclosure provide techniques for sending a configuration for conditional configured grant (CG) occasions for uplink transmission to a user equipment (UE). Each conditional CG occasion may be associated with multiple conditional CG resources. Each conditional CG resource may be associated with a sending window. The UE may monitor within sensing windows for conditional CG resources of a certain conditional CG occasion for over the air (OTA) signals from other UEs to determine if the conditional CG resources are available for uplink transmission. The UE may skip the conditional CG occasion when the conditional CG resources are not available. The UE may perform uplink transmission on the conditional CG resources when the conditional CG resources are available.
US11570803B2	Method, apparatus and system for transmitting and receiving a physical uplink shared channel (PUSCH) in a wireless communication system Disclosed is a method for a user equipment to transmit a physical uplink shared channel (PUSCH) to a base station in a wireless communication system. The user equipment may receive, from the base station, configuration information for PUSCH transmission and a physical downlink control channel (PDCCH) for scheduling repeated transmission of the PUSCH. Thereafter, the user equipment may determine one or more invalid symbols for the repeated transmission of the PUSCH, and may repeatedly transmit the PUSCH on symbols other than the determined symbols.
US11570800B2	Data transmission method, terminal device and network device Provided in embodiments of the present application are a data transmission method, a terminal device and a network device, through which uplink data transmission can be performed when the channel detection bandwidth is inconsistent with the carrier bandwidth or the data transmission bandwidth of the system, thereby improving utilization efficiency for frequency spectrum resources of an unlicensed frequency spectrum. The method includes: receiving, by a terminal device, scheduling information transmitted by a network device; performing, by the terminal device, rate matching on the first transport block to obtain first data; determining, by the terminal device, an uplink transmission mode; and performing, by the terminal device, channel detection on the first carrier, and transmitting, according to a detection result and the uplink transmission mode, the first data to the network device through the first time-frequency resources.
US11570786B2	Wireless communication method and device Provided are a wireless communication method and a device. The wireless communication method includes: determining a target uplink channel based on an overlapping situation of at least two types of uplink channels to be transmitted, if at least two types of uplink channels to be transmitted are overlapped, wherein the at least two uplink channels to be transmitted are respectively used for transmitting part or all of information carried by the at least two types of uplink channels; and transmitting the target uplink channel, wherein the target uplink channel is used for transmitting part or all of information carried by the at least two uplink channels to be transmitted. The at least two uplink channels to be transmitted are multiplexing channels of the at least two types of uplink channels respectively.
US11570782B2	Concurrent channel state information (CSI) capability reporting using multiple codebooks A user equipment (UE) transmits concurrent channel state information (CSI) processing capability information to a base station. The capability information can take various forms, and is intended to constrain the base station in the types of CSI requests that can be made to the UE. For example, the UE may indicate different CSI processing capabilities for intra-CC and inter-CC cases and/or for different codebook types. The UE may also specify supported combinations of codebook types for concurrent CSI reporting. The UE may also specify maximum resources or weighting factors for different codebook types. The UE may further restrict the rank information it provides and use a priority rule for “dropping” CSI report data due to payload size restrictions. The base station may direct, or the UE may implement, improved utilization of CSI resources that are shared for multiple concurrent CSI reports. Minimum time requirements for CSI reporting may also be relaxed.
US11570779B2	Communication apparatuses and communication methods for 5G NR based V2X communications The present disclosure provides communication apparatuses and communication methods for 5G NR based V2X communications. The communication apparatuses include a communication apparatus which comprises a receiver, which in operation, receives from a base station a first resource information indicating a first resource allocated by the base station; and a transmitter, which in operation, transmits to a target communication apparatus or a plurality of target communication apparatuses including the target communication apparatus a second resource information indicating a second resource allocated to at least the target communication apparatus, the second resource including a whole or a part of the first resource.
US11570775B2	Method and apparatus for improving in and relating to integrated access and backhaul and non terrestrial networks A first relay node in a wireless communication system receives, from a second relay node via a backhaul link, coordination information including an index indicating a density pattern of a second phase tracking reference signal (PTRS). The first relay node transmits, to a terminal, configuration information including information on a first subcarrier offset for a first PTRS. The first relay node transmits to the terminal the first PTRS based on the coordination information and the information on the first subcarrier offset. The first subcarrier offset for the first PTRS is different from a second subcarrier offset for the second PTRS.
US11570764B2	FD mode dependent UCI multiplexing Apparatus, methods, and computer program products for PHY priority for wireless communications are provided. An example apparatus may multiplex a first uplink control information transmission based on a first uplink resource and a second uplink control information transmission based on a second uplink resource that overlaps in time with the first uplink resource, at least one of the first uplink resource and the second uplink resource being for full-duplex communication. The example apparatus may determine, based on applying a multiplexing rule on the full-duplex communication, whether to use the first uplink resource associated with a first beam or the second uplink resource associated with a second beam. The example apparatus may transmit a multiplexed uplink control information transmission using a determined uplink resource based on the multiplexing rule.
US11570758B2	Robust grant-free transmissions Various arrangements for performing uplink grant-free transmissions are presented herein. An instance of user equipment (UE) may determine data that is to be transmitted using a grant-free (GF) uplink transmission to a base station of a cellular network. The UE may select a first GF resource block and a second GF resource block. The UE may transmit GF transmissions that comprise: a data payload and a first pointer at the first GF resource block; and the data payload and a second pointer at the second GF resource block. The first pointer may refer to the second GF resource block, while the second pointer may refer to the first GP resource block.
US11570755B2	Control forwarding techniques for wireless communications User equipment (UEs) within a sidelink communications system may employ control forwarding techniques. For example, a UE may piggyback resource reservation information received from other UEs when broadcasting its own resource reservation. A UE that may be in line of sight (LOS) with two other UEs that themselves are in a non-line of sight (NLOS) situation and may include resource reservation information associated with other UEs when broadcasting the control information. For example, when forwarding control information, a UE may identify additional resources available in a transmission interval, and may convey neighbor control information (e.g., known resource reservations of other UEs in the sidelink communications system) using the additional resources. In some cases, the piggybacked resource reservation information associated with the other UEs may be selected based on the amount of additional resources in the transmission interval, a priority of known resource reservation information, etc.
US11570750B2	Method for paging, access network device, and terminal device Implementations of the present application disclose a method for paging, an access network device and a terminal device. The method includes: an access network device receives movement information of a terminal device sent by the terminal device; the access network device determines, according to the movement information, a target paging area where the access network device initiates paging to the terminal device; and the access network device sends the target paging area to the terminal device. The method, the access network device and the terminal device according to the implementations of the present application are beneficial for the access network device to configure a reasonable paging area, thereby reducing signaling overhead.
US11570740B2	Geo-locating of wireless devices using a “pass filter” function A method, wireless device and measuring station are disclosed that determine the best fit geo-location of a target station. According to one aspect, a method includes, using a “Pass Filter” for minimization of the summation of squared miss probabilities SSMP that improves the fitting process of the measured data over the method of minimization of the summation of the squared residuals (SSR) in the presence of spurious measurements. A “Pass Filter” approach is disclosed that reduces the corruption of the fitting process by outlier data and still yields the same result in the limit of clean data as the classic summation of the squared residuals (SSR) method.
US11570735B2	Method for transmitting/receiving synchronization signal for D2D communication in wireless communication system, and apparatus therefor The present invention relates to a method and an apparatus which enable a terminal to transmit a signal for device-to-device (D2D) communication in a wireless communication system. Specifically, the present invention transmits a synchronization signal for D2D communication and a demodulation reference signal (DM-RS) for demodulation of the synchronization signal, wherein the base sequence of the demodulation reference signal is generated using a synchronization reference ID.
US11570732B2	Methods to mitigate denial of service attacks on time synchronization using link redundancy for industrial/autonomous systems Systems and methods in which devices synchronize their clocks for purposes of data transmission are described. Particularly, the disclosed systems and methods provide detection and mitigation of interference by malicious (or non-malicious) wireless devices with communication of time synchronized data over wireless networks. Systems and methods are provided where times statistics related to multiple instances of wireless time synchronization are collected and collated. Devices in the system can discipline their internal clocks based on the collated time statistics.
US11570731B2	Method for sending synchronization signal in unlicensed frequency band, network device, and terminal device One embodiment of the invention describes a synchronization signal sending method applied to an unlicensed frequency band. To ensure transmission fairness, a network device performs listen before talk (LBT) before a start time for transmitting a synchronization signal, to determine whether a channel is busy or idle. When the channel is busy, the network device cannot transmit the synchronization signal at the expected start time for transmitting the synchronization signal. Therefore, the network device performs LBT again within a preset time length after the start time, and sends the synchronization signal when determining that the channel is idle by performing LBT again. When the channel is idle, the network device preempts a channel resource, and sends the synchronization signal the expected start time for transmitting the synchronization signal.
US11570727B2	Facilitating adaptive power spectral density with chromatic spectrum optimization in Fifth Generation (5G) or other advanced networks Facilitating adaptive power spectral density with chromatic spectrum optimization in advanced networks (e.g., 5G, 6G, and beyond) is provided herein. Operations of a method can comprise evaluating, by a system comprising a processor, a capture rate of mobile devices within a radio access network. The capture rate is representative of a quantity of mobile devices using a millimeter wave spectrum of the radio access network. The method also can comprise facilitating, by the system, an adjustment to a power spectral density of the radio access network based on a determination that the capture rate fails to satisfy a target capture rate of mobile devices using the millimeter wave spectrum.
US11570715B2	Power saving with latency control mechanism of electronic device The present invention provides a wireless communication method of an electronic device, wherein the wireless communication method includes the steps of: receiving a first beacon with TIM comprising an AID of the electronic device; in response to the first beacon with TIM, controlling the electronic device to switch to an active mode from a power saving mode to receive a first packet, wherein a time length of the active mode is less than a beacon period; receiving a second beacon with no TIM, wherein the second beacon with no TIM does not comprise the AID of the electronic device; and in response to the second beacon with no TIM, controlling the electronic device to switch to the active mode from the power saving mode.
US11570714B2	Method for reducing power consumption of terminal in mobile communication system using multi-carrier structure A method for reducing power consumption of a terminal that communicates with a base station in a mobile communication system using a multi-carrier structure composed of a primary component carrier and at least one secondary component carrier comprises: receiving a discontinuous reception (DRX) parameter group for multi carriers from the base station; and setting the multi carriers to the same parameter value, by using the received parameter group. The method for reducing power consumption of the terminal further comprises: performing a downlink control channel receive operation on each carrier according to a DRX cycle. As the base station in the mobile communication system using the multi-carrier structure simplifies the DRX process for reducing power consumption of a terminal by reducing signaling load for the multi-carrier control of the terminal, it becomes possible to reduce power consumption of the terminal.
US11570702B2	Home appliance connection method and home appliance connection device A home appliance connection method according to embodiments of the present invention may comprise the steps of: setting a wireless mode to a station mode; periodically searching for a wireless network on the basis of the station mode; and, when a wireless network search request is received from a terminal device, transmitting found wireless network information to the terminal device. A home appliance connection method according to embodiments of the present invention may further comprise a step in which the terminal device receives found wireless network information, wherein the found wireless network information of the terminal device may be information from which a wireless network not associated with a home appliance for the terminal device has been filtered. A home appliance connection method according to embodiments of the present invention may further comprise a step of, when the wireless mode is a station mode, periodically changing the wireless mode into an access point (AP) mode and periodically transmitting a beacon message to the terminal device on the basis of the AP mode. A home appliance connection method according to embodiments of the present invention may comprise a step of receiving a first advertising message on the basis of a Bluetooth from the terminal device, wherein the first advertising message may comprise a home appliance registration request. Furthermore, a home appliance connection method may comprise the steps of: transmitting a second advertising message to the terminal device on the basis of the Bluetooth in response to the first advertising message; and searching for a wireless network in response to the first advertising message.
US11570701B2	Method for selecting NSA and SA networking mode, and terminal device A network search method includes presetting, by a terminal device, a Public Land Mobile Network (PLMN) and a networking mode associated with the PLMN, searching, by the terminal device based on a geographical location to obtain PLMN information of a current geographical location, determining, by the terminal device based on the preset PLMN and the networking mode associated with the PLMN, a current networking mode of the terminal device, and switching, by the terminal device, the networking mode based on a geographical location, signal strength, and a system message.
US11570700B2	Controlling connectivity of an electronic device to a mobile network An approach for preventing electronic devices from repeatedly attempting to register or connect to a mobile network when they are not permitted to communicate using the mobile network. Embodiments determine whether the electronic device and/or associated SIM is permitted to communicate using the mobile network. In response to determining that the electronic device and/or SIM is not permitted to communicate using the mobile network, the contents of the SIM are modified to prevent the SIM from providing, to other components of the electronic device, communication data used to make a connection or authentication request to the mobile network.
US11570698B2	Discovering physical cell identifiers in wireless communications Aspects of the present disclosure describe receiving, from at least one cell of a zone of multiple cells, a zone-specific signal related to the zone of multiple cells, wherein the zone of multiple cells operate using synchronized timing, acquiring, based on the zone-specific signal, a timing synchronization with a cell of the zone of multiple cells, and communicating with the cell based on the timing synchronization.
US11570684B2	Trusted source routing protocols for wireless mesh networks using attestation method A method is performed by a destination node connected to wireless mesh routers configured to implement a source routing protocol in which the mesh routers propagate route request packets broadcasted by a source node to the destination node, the mesh routers add their addresses to accumulated paths in the route request packets, and add to the accumulated paths trust indicators that indicate whether mesh routers among the mesh routers from previous hops along the accumulated paths are trusted or compromised. The destination node receives the route request packets which convey the accumulated paths. The destination node determines trusted paths among the accumulated paths for which all of the mesh routers along the accumulated paths are trusted based on the trust indicators for the accumulated paths. The destination node determines a preferred path among the trusted paths, and forwards an indication of the preferred path to the source node.
US11570683B2	Managing electronic communication with an access point A method for communicating in a wireless environment is provided that includes obtaining, with an access point of a first network in the wireless environment, responsiveness data from at least one electronic device. The method also includes communicating with the at least one electronic device to determine availability of a second network in the wireless environment to the electronic device, and determining communication responsiveness through the first network based on the responsiveness data. The method also includes obtaining use data from the at least one electronic device related to the second network, determining communication responsiveness through the second network based on the use data, and disconnecting, with the access point, the at least one electronic device based on the communication responsiveness through the second network.
US11570674B1	Dynamic management of telecommunication services at user equipment Systems and methods for dynamically managing the states (e.g., enabling/disabling) of telecommunication services/features are disclosed. To do so, the system associates parameters (e.g., timers) with the impacted services/features. For example, when a user experiences issues with voice calls, he/she calls the telecommunications service provider (carrier) to help resolve the issue. A customer care representative may ask the user to temporality turn off the VoNR service to help alleviate the issue. When the user turns off (or toggles off) the VoNR service on his/her mobile device, the system can start a configurable timer (parameter) for the VoNR service. In this manner, the system can replace the conventional toggle on/off feature with a time-based feature. The system monitors the timer's value and when the timers value reaches a target value (e.g., 24 hours, 1 week, etc.), the system alerts the user that the VoNR service will be turned on (or toggled on).
US11570668B2	Release of a second session of a wireless device by an access and mobility management function A source access and mobility management function (AMF) sends, to a target AMF, a first message indicating: a handover of a wireless device; and a source session management function (SMF). A second message causing a release of at least one second session of the wireless device is received from the target AMF. A request for the release of the at least one second session is sent to the source SMF. An indication of completion of the release is received from the source SMF. An indication of the completion of the release is sent to the target AMF.
US11570663B2	Dynamic BSS color feature for co-hosted virtual access points A dynamic BSS color feature for co-hosted virtual access points is described. An example of a storage medium includes instructions to operations including enabling, by an access point, a dynamic basic service set (BSS) color feature for operation with multiple virtual access points (VAPs) hosted by the access point; switching a parameter of the access point to indicate that no co-hosted BSS is present; assigning a different BSS color to each of the VAPs; performing access point operations, including utilizing the assigned BSS colors for transmissions relating to any of the VAPs; and disabling the dynamic BSS color feature upon occurrence of one or more conditions.
US11570661B2	Signaling transmission method and device, signaling reception method and device, storage medium and terminal A signaling transmission method and device, a signaling reception method and device, a storage medium and a terminal are provided. The signaling transmission method includes: if an advanced setting for transmitting Real Time Application (RTA) packets is supported, configuring an indication signaling, wherein the indication signaling is used to instruct a Wireless Local Area Network (WLAN) station to transmit a packet based on packet duration limitation and/or transmission opportunity duration limitation; and transmitting the indication signaling. Embodiments of the present disclosure may shorten latency to meet communication requirements of RTA.
US11570656B2	Method of and a network server and mobile user equipment for providing chat/VoIP services in a mobile telecommunications network A method of and an application server and user equipment for providing at least one of chat and Voice over Internet Protocol, chat/VoIP, services to the mobile user equipment in a mobile telecommunications network. The mobile user equipment comprises a chat/VoIP client for accessing a chat/VoIP service application interfacing the mobile telecommunications network. The chat/VoIP service application interfaces a plurality of proprietary chat/VoIP clients for accessing a plurality of proprietary chat/VoIP communication environments operated by a plurality of chat/VoIP service providers, for providing chat/VoIP services to the chat/VoIP client of the mobile user equipment. The chat/VoIP client and the chat/VoIP service application may be arranged such that privileged use of the mobile telecommunications network is enabled, providing a session between the user equipment and a communication environment with a predetermined or agreed Quality of Service.
US11570645B2	First roadside network unit and method for operating the first roadside network unit A first roadside network unit is provided. A first transceiver for a first wireless communication network is designed to receive data from a second wireless network unit on a first channel of the first wireless communication network. A processor is designed to provide the received data to a second transceiver for transmission to a third roadside network unit. The second transceiver for a second wireless communication network is designed to transmit the data provided by the processor to the third roadside network unit on a second channel of the second communication network.
US11570635B2	Neighbor relation maintaining method and apparatus, and network device Provided are a neighbor relation maintenance method and apparatus, including: a first node configuring measurement and instructing a terminal to report ANR-related information, or requesting a second node to configure measurement and instruct the terminal to report the ANR-related information. If the first node configures measurement and instructs the terminal to report ANR-related information, the first node maintains a neighbor relation of a cell in the first node based on the ANR-related information, and forwards the ANR-related information to the second node for maintaining a neighbor relation of a cell in the second node; if the second node configures measurement and instructs the terminal to report ANR-related information, the second node maintains the neighbor relation of the cell in the second node based on the ANR-related information, and forwards the ANR-related information to the first node for maintaining neighbor relation of the cell in the first node.
US11570631B2	Concentric cells in a wireless communication system Aspects described herein relate to a base station for providing air-to-ground wireless communication over various altitudes. The base station includes a first antenna array comprising one or more antennas configured to form a first cell coverage area extending substantially from a horizon up to a first elevation angle away from the first antenna array to a predetermined distance from the first antenna array. The base station further includes a second antenna array configured at an uptilt elevation angle to form a second cell coverage area extending at least from the first elevation angle to a second elevation away from the second antenna array, wherein the first cell coverage area and the second cell coverage area are concentric to define the ATG cell at least to the predetermined distance and up to a predetermined elevation.
US11570623B2	Secure communication platform Systems, devices, methods, and computer readable media for electronically controlling a user's access to one or more controlled resources are provided. A near-field communication-based mobile credential data payload is provisioned on a mobile device capable of establishing a contactless payment transaction and a low energy proximity beacon signal is periodically broadcasted. The beacon signal and an emulated contactless payment transaction can be utilized in concert to determine that the identity is authorized to access the one or more controlled resources.
US11570622B2	Efficient policy enforcement using network tokens for services—user-plane approach One aspect relates to initiating, by a device, a connection with an application server associated with one or more application services. A gateway derives an uplink network token and/or a downlink network token. The tokens are provisioned to the device and/or an application server over the user-plane. The tokens are included with uplink and/or downlink packets, respectively. Another aspect relates to receiving a data packet at a gateway. The gateway determines a requirement for a network token from the packet. The gateway derives the network token based on a device subscription profile maintained by a network. The network token may be sent with the packet to a destination address associated with the packet. A packet including a network token may be received at a gateway. The gateway may verify the network token and send the data packet to an application server or a device if the verifying is successful.
US11570603B2	Activation of short-range wireless communication via remote activation signal In some implementations, a device may receive an activation signal transmitted by an activator device. The device may determine that a first signal pattern of the activation signal matches a second signal pattern associated with activating the Bluetooth capability of the device. The device may activate the Bluetooth capability of the device based on determining that the first signal pattern matches the second signal pattern. The device may communicate with a wireless communication device using the Bluetooth capability of the device based on activating the Bluetooth capability of the device.
US11570602B2	Method for communicating with external electronic apparatus and electronic apparatus thereof An electronic device and method are disclosed herein. The electronic device includes memory storing a certificate list including first certificate data of the electronic device, and second certificate data of an external electronic device, a short-range wireless communication circuit, and a processor. The processor implements the method, including: detecting a trigger event for requesting establishment a communication connection with a device local to the electronic device, controlling the short-range wireless communication circuit to broadcast an advertisement packet generated based on the first certificate data, in response to detecting the trigger event, receiving a response packet from the external electronic device and acquire a third certificate data from the received response packet, authenticating the external electronic device based on the second certificate data and the third certificate data, and establishing a secure communication channel with the external electronic device if the external electronic device is authenticated.
US11570600B2	Methods and systems for managing power consumption of the network devices Methods and systems for managing power consumption of network devices are disclosed. An example method can comprise detecting a triggering condition and reducing functionality of a network device based on detecting the triggering condition. The method can comprise detecting, at the network device, a user device, restoring functionality of the network device in response to detecting the user device, and transmitting information to the user device after restoring functionality of the network device.
US11570596B2	Methods and apparatus for news delivery In some embodiments, a method is provided that includes (1) prompting a user to identify news content to be filtered; (2) generating filter rules based on the content to be filtered identified by the user; (3) populating a rules database based on the filter rules; (4) retrieving news content from a news server over the internet; (5) filtering the news content based on the filter rules within the rules database; and (6) providing the filtered news content to the user on a mobile device of the user. Numerous other embodiments are provided.
US11570586B2	Location aware assignment of resources for push to talk (PTT) communication systems in a fifth generation (5G) network or other next generation wireless communication system The technologies described herein are generally directed to facilitating operation of system that can include a processor and a memory that stores executable instructions that, when executed by the processor, facilitate performance of operations. In embodiments, the operations can include receiving, from a source user equipment, a first request to communicate to a destination group of user equipment via a multi-cast connection. Further operations can include identifying respective service areas of ones of the destination group, comprising a service area of a destination user equipment of the destination group. In some embodiments, operations can include generating a second request to initiate the multi-cast connection, the second request comprising the destination group of user equipment with the respective service areas, wherein the respective service area of the destination user equipment is for selection, by second network equipment based on the service area, a gateway group of base station equipment.
US11570569B2	Associated spatial audio playback An apparatus including at least one processor and at least one memory including computer code for one or more programs, the at least one memory and the computer code configured, with the at least one processor, to cause the apparatus at least to: generate content lock information for a content lock, wherein the content lock information enables control of audio signal processing associated with audio signals related to one or more audio sources based on a position and/or orientation input.
US11570563B1	Method for estimating fundamental resonance frequency of loudspeaker and associated loudspeaker controller A loudspeaker controller for estimating a fundamental resonance frequency of a loudspeaker includes: an amplifier circuit, arranged to generate a driving signal of the loudspeaker according to an audio input signal; a sensing circuit, arranged to sense characteristics of the driving signal to generate a measurement signal; a plurality of band pass filter circuits, arranged to filter the measurement signal to generate a plurality of filter outputs, respectively, wherein the plurality of band pass filter circuits have different passbands; and an estimation circuit, arranged to estimate the fundamental resonance frequency according to the plurality of filter outputs.
US11570543B2	Loudspeaker polar pattern creation procedure An example method of operation includes performing a plurality of polar pattern permutations based on a function of an inputted magnitude and phase adjustment range, determining a plurality of polar pattern outputs, creating a list of the polar pattern outputs, and creating a set of FIR filters to apply to a loudspeaker based on a selected one of the list of polar patterns.
US11570541B2	Dynamic lighting for an audio device In some embodiments, a system comprises a host computing device and an audio device communicatively coupled to the host device and including at least one speaker and a plurality of light emitters. The host computing device can include a processor(s) and one or more machine-readable, non-transitory storage mediums with instructions configured to cause the processor(s) of the host computing device to perform operations including receiving user environment data by one or more sensors of the host computing device, receiving user selection data corresponding to a selected mode of operation of the audio device, determining a characterization profile of a surrounding environment of the user based on the user environment data, and sending the characterization profile to the audio device, the characterization profile configured to cause the audio device to control the plurality of light emitters based on the characterization profile and the selected mode of operation.
US11570536B2	Acoustic output apparatus and methods thereof The present disclosure provides an acoustic output apparatus. The acoustic output apparatus may include an acoustic output component and a supporting structure forming an acoustically open structure that allows the acoustic output component to acoustically communicate with the surroundings. The acoustic output component may include a plurality of acoustic drivers, each of which may be configured to output a sound with a frequency range. At least one of the acoustic drivers may include a magnetic system for generating a first magnetic field. The magnetic system may include a first magnetic component for generating a second magnetic field and at least one second magnetic component. A magnetic gap may be formed between the first magnetic component and the at least one second magnetic component. A magnetic field intensity of the first magnetic field in the magnetic gap may be greater than that of the second magnetic field in the magnetic gap.
US11570530B2	Method and apparatus for switching line bandwidth of optical transport network The present disclosure discloses example method and apparatus for switching a line bandwidth of an optical transport network. One example method includes a network device switching an optical transport network (OTN) frame from a first bandwidth to a second bandwidth at a granularity of a substructure to generate a first OTN frame with the second bandwidth, where a bandwidth of the substructure is a specified value, and a difference between the first bandwidth and the second bandwidth is a multiple of the specified value. The first OTN frame with the second bandwidth is encapsulated as an encapsulated frame with the second bandwidth according to a first encapsulation protocol. The encapsulated frame with the second bandwidth is transmitted at an optical layer.
US11570522B2	Methods and systems for interactive queuing for shared listening sessions based on user satisfaction An electronic device stores a shared playback queue for the shared playback session, the shared playback queue comprising one or more media content items, including a first media content item requested by a first user. While the shared playback queue includes the first media content item, the device receives a second request, from a second user, to add a second media content item to the shared playback queue. The device determines an order of the shared playback queue based at least in part on the musical preferences indicated in a profile of a third user of the plurality of users participating in the shared playback session. The device provides, for playback in the shared playback session, the first media content item and the second media content item based on the order of the shared playback queue.
US11570514B2	Electronic device and method of operating the same An electronic device includes a display, a communication interface, a memory storing one or more instructions, and a processor. The processor, by executing the one or more instructions, is configured to, receive a user input for processing a second content while displaying a first content image on the display by processing a first content, identify whether a resource is available for processing the first content and the second content in the electronic device, based on the resource for processing the first content and the second content being unavailable in the electronic device, identify a peer device which has available resource to process the second content, transmit a request for processing the second content to the peer device, receive, through streaming, result second content which results from processing the second content by the peer device, from the peer device, and display, in addition to the first content image, a second content image corresponding to the result second content, on the display.
US11570512B2	Watch-time clustering for video searches This document describes, among other things, systems, methods, devices, and other techniques for using information about how long various videos were presented at client devices to determine subsequent video recommendations and search results. In some implementations, a computing can include a modeling apparatus, a front-end server, a request manager, one or more video file storage devices, a video selector, or a combination of some or all of these. The video selector can select video content for a particular digitized video among a plurality of digitized videos to serve to a computing device responsive to a request. The selection can be based at least in part on how long the particular digitized video has been presented at client devices associated with users having characteristics that match one or more characteristics of the user that submitted the request for video content, as indicated by the modeling apparatus.
US11570507B2	Device and method for visually displaying speaker's voice in 360-degree video An electronic device is disclosed. In addition, various embodiments identified through the specification are possible. The electronic device includes a display, a processor, and a memory storing instructions that, when executed by the processor, cause the processor to display, when a video supporting a plurality of orientation regions is played, a screen of a first orientation region among the plurality of orientation regions and a first text corresponding to a voice of a first speaker in the screen, and display, in response to a user input of selecting a voice of a second speaker located in a second orientation region, a screen of the second orientation region.
US11570506B2	Method for synchronizing an additional signal to a primary signal The present invention relates to a method for synchronizing an additional signal to a primary signal. Synchronization information for a primary signal is generated by extracting at least one signal feature sequence of the primary signal and comparing it to DB feature sequences stored in a database. If the signal feature sequence matches one of the DB feature sequences to a predetermined degree, then synchronization information of the matching DB feature sequences is allocated to the primary signal at a position specified by the signal feature sequence. The synchronization information is transmitted to a playback device, which outputs an additional signal to the primary signal based on the synchronization information.
US11570501B2	Connection allocation method in media playing process, media playing device and storage medium The disclosure provides a connection allocation method in a media playing process, including: receiving playing requests initiated by a player embedded in a webpage, wherein the player plays media data in the webpage; storing the received playing requests into a buffering queue to queue according to a receiving sequence of the playing requests; and allocating connections to the playing requests in the buffering queue according to an upper limit of the number of concurrent connections usable for the buffering queue and the receiving sequence, wherein the connections are used for the player to request to-be-played media data. The disclosure further provides a media playing device and a storage medium.
US11570500B2	Dynamic adjustment of electronic program guide displays based on viewer preferences for minimizing navigation in VOD program selection Items of video content offered for viewing on a video-on-demand (VOD) platform of a digital TV service provider are each assigned a respective title and hierarchical address corresponding to hierarchically-arranged categories and subcategories within which the title for the video content is to be categorized. The title is listed in a location of an electronic program guide (EPG) using the same categories and subcategories as its hierarchical address. Any TV subscriber can access the EPG and navigate through its categories and subcategories to find a title for viewing on the TV. The EPG dynamically adjust its display listings of each level of categories, subcategories, and titles in order to minimize the number of remote control keypresses needed for a viewer to navigate to a title of interest. In one basic form, the EPG display is reordered by listing more frequently visited categories or subcategories first, and other less frequently visited categories or subcategories lower on the listing or out-of-sight on another page of the display.
US11570498B2	Using machine learning and other models to determine a user preference to cancel a stream or download A system and method are disclosed for training a machine learning model using information pertaining to transmissions of one or more media items to user devices associated with a user account. Generating training data for the machine learning model includes generating first contextual information associated with a first user device and generating a first target output that identifies an indication of a preference of a user preference to cancel the first transmission. The method includes providing the training data to train the machine learning model.
US11570494B2	Broadcast signal transmitting apparatus, broadcast signal receiving apparatus, method for transmitting broadcast signal, and method for receiving broadcast signal An apparatus for receiving a broadcast signal, includes a receiver configured to receive the broadcast signal including physical layer signaling data, signaling data, content data and service guide information, wherein the signaling data is included in a signal frame indicated by the physical layer signaling data, wherein the signaling data includes mapping information between a service and a PLP, and information supporting channel scanning and service acquisition, wherein the service guide information includes a service fragment having information about the broadcast service and a content fragment having information about content data of the broadcast service, wherein the content fragment further includes a content-level PrivateExt element having component information of the content data, wherein the component information includes information for a component in the broadcast service, and wherein the component is one of a video component, an audio component, and a closed caption component (CC).
US11570487B2	Methods and systems for accessing stored content Methods and systems are described for storing content. One or more sections of the stored content may be subdivided into user-specific portions and common portions. The user-specific portions may be stored in user-specific storage associated with corresponding accounts of a plurality of user accounts. The common portions may be stored in common storage associated with the plurality of user accounts. User accounts may request access to the stored content. One or more caching criteria may be used to determine whether to cache any common portions of the stored content. Requests for the content may be processed using the common portions stored in the cache storage.
US11570486B2	Method and apparatus for transmitting video content using edge computing service An example method, performed by an edge data network, of transmitting video content includes: obtaining first bearing information from an electronic device connected to the edge data network; determining second predicted bearing information based on the first bearing information; determining a second predicted partial image corresponding to the second predicted bearing information; transmitting, to the electronic device, a second predicted frame generated by encoding the second predicted partial image; obtaining, from the electronic device, second bearing information corresponding to a second partial image; comparing the second predicted bearing information to the obtained second bearing information; generating, based on a result of the comparing, a compensation frame using at least two of a first partial image corresponding to the first bearing information, the second predicted partial image, or the second partial image corresponding to the second bearing information; and transmitting the generated compensation frame to the electronic device based on the result of the comparing.
US11570478B2	Video signal processing method and apparatus using multiple transform kernels A video signal processor is configured to: obtain at least one transform block for a residual signal of a current block from a video signal bitstream, wherein the transform block comprises a plurality of transform coefficients two-dimensionally arranged, determine, on the basis of length information of a first side of the transform block, a horizontal transform kernel for horizontal transformation of the transform block, regardless of a length of a second side of the transform block, which is orthogonal to the first side, determine, on the basis of length information of the second side, a vertical transform kernel for vertical transformation of the transform block, regardless of a length of the first side, obtain the residual signal of the current block by performing, on the transform block, inverse transformation using the horizontal transform kernel and the vertical transform kernel, and reconstruct the current block based on the residual signal.
US11570468B2	Alternating frame processing operation with predicted frame comparisons for high safety level use Frames from an image stream or streams are processed by independently operating digital signal processors (DSPs), with only frame checking microprocessors operating in a lockstep mode. In one example, two DSP are operating on alternate frames. Each DSP processes the frames and produces prediction values for the next frame. The lockstep microprocessors develop their own next frame prediction. The lockstep processors compare issued frames and previously developed predicted frames for consistency. If the predictions are close enough, the issued frame passes the test. The lockstep processors then compare the issued frame to the preceding two frames for a similar consistency check. If the prior frames are also close enough, the issued frame is acceptable. In another example, hardware checkers are provided to compare the present frame with a larger number of prior frames. The hardware checkers provide comparison results to the lockstep processors to compare against allowable variation limits.
US11570448B2	Decoding device, encoding device, decoding method, encoding method, and non-transitory computer readable recording medium A coding device and a decoding device are configured to include an estimated prediction mode deciding section including: a reference block selecting section for selecting a reference block for use in estimating an intra-prediction mode for a subject block; an estimating number deciding section for deciding an estimating number of estimated values to be estimated for the intra-prediction mode; and an estimated prediction mode deriving section for estimating, based on a reference block, the estimating number of estimated values of the prediction mode.
US11570444B2	Image coding method, image coding apparatus, image decoding method, image decoding apparatus, and image coding and decoding apparatus A moving picture decoding apparatus, method, and medium for decoding a current block are provided. A first candidate is derived from a first motion vector that has been used to decode a first block. The first block is adjacent to the current block. A first index identifying a reference picture to be selected for decoding the current block is decoded. A second candidate having a second motion vector that includes a non-zero value is derived. The non-zero value is assigned to the reference picture. A selected candidate is selected from a plurality of candidates, including the first candidate and the second candidate. A second index identifying the selected candidate is decoded. The current block is decoded using the selected candidate. The second candidate includes the non-zero value of the reference picture, with the reference picture being selected from a plurality of referable reference pictures.
US11570443B2	Method and apparatus for video signal processing using sub-block based motion compensation A video signal processing method and apparatus for encoding or decoding a video signal is disclosed. More particularly, a video signal processing method and a video signal processing apparatus using the same are disclosed, wherein a method for processing a video signal comprises the steps of: obtaining a set of control point motion vectors for prediction of a current block; obtaining the motion vector of each sub-block of the current block using control point motion vectors of the set of control point motion vectors; obtaining a predictor of the each sub-block of the current block using the motion vectors of the each sub-block; obtaining a predictor of the current block by combining predictors of the each sub-block; and restoring the current block using the predictor of the current block.
US11570442B2	Reducing motion field storage for prediction of video data using non-rectangular prediction modes An example video coding device is configured to: code a first set of motion information for a current block of video data partitioned into a first partition and a second partition according to a non-rectangular partition mode, the first set of motion information referring to a reference picture list and being associated with the first partition; after coding the first set of motion information, code a second set of motion information for the current block referring to the reference picture list and that is associated with the second partition; in response to the first set of motion information and the second set of motion information both referring to the reference picture list, store the second set of motion information for the current block; and predict subsequent motion information of a subsequent block of the video data that neighbors the current block using the stored second set of motion information.
US11570434B2	Geometric partition mode with harmonized motion field storage and motion compensation A method of decoding video data includes determining that a geometric partition mode is enabled for a current block of the video data and determining a split line dividing the current block into a first partition and a second partition, where determining the split line comprises selecting an angle for the split line from a plurality of angles, Each angle of the plurality of angles corresponding to an N:M ratio of samples of the current block, where N and M are integers. The split line is not at a corner of the current block. The method further includes determining geometric mode weights for the current block using the angle of the split line, generating a first prediction block using motion information for the first partition, and generating a second prediction block using motion information for the second partition.
US11570429B2	Method and device for processing video signal by using inter prediction Embodiments of the disclosure provide methods and devices for decoding video signals using inter prediction. According to an embodiment of the disclosure, a method for processing a video signal comprises constructing a reference picture list of a current picture in the video signal and performing a prediction for a current picture by using the reference picture list, wherein constructing the reference picture list comprising, if a first entry of the reference picture list corresponds to a short-term reference picture (STRP), obtaining a picture order count (POC) difference between a picture related to the first entry and another picture, and if a second entry of the reference picture list corresponds to a long-term reference picture (LTRP), obtaining a POC modulo value of a picture related to the second entry. A reference picture list for identifying a picture may be generated in a simplified and effective manner. Thus, the compression performance may be increased, and the computation time may be decreased.
US11570428B2	Intra prediction mode encoding/decoding method and device, and recording medium in which bitstream is stored There is provided a method and apparatus of encoding/decoding an intra prediction mode. The method comprises deriving an intra prediction mode with respect to a current block, constructing a reference sample for the current block on the basis of the derived intra prediction mode, and performing the intra prediction with respect to the current block using the derived intra prediction mode and the constructed reference sample, wherein the intra prediction mode is derived on the basis of a most probable mode (MPM).
US11570424B2	Time-of-flight image sensor resolution enhancement and increased data robustness using a binning module A time-of-flight (ToF) image sensor system includes a pixel array, where each pixel of the pixel array is configured to receive a reflected modulated light signal and to demodulate the reflected modulated light signal to generate an electrical signal; a plurality of analog-to-digital converters (ADCs), where each ADC is coupled to at least one assigned pixel of the pixel array and is configured to convert a corresponding electrical signal generated by the at least one assigned pixel into an actual pixel value; and a binning circuit coupled to the plurality of ADCs and configured to generate at least one interpolated pixel, where the binning circuit is configured to generate each of the at least one interpolated pixel based on actual pixel values corresponding to a different pair of adjacent pixels of the pixel array, each of the at least one interpolated pixel having a virtual pixel value.
US11570420B2	Plant feature detection using captured images Described are methods for identifying the in-field positions of plant features on a plant by plant basis. These positions are determined based on images captured as a vehicle (e.g., tractor, sprayer, etc.) including one or more cameras travels through the field along a row of crops. The in-field positions of the plant features are useful for a variety of purposes including, for example, generating three-dimensional data models of plants growing in the field, assessing plant growth and phenotypic features, determining what kinds of treatments to apply including both where to apply the treatments and how much, determining whether to remove weeds or other undesirable plants, and so on.
US11570413B1	Variable-pitch liquid crystal diffraction grating An apparatus may include (1) a planar liquid-crystal structure including a plurality of liquid crystals, and (2) a plurality of electrodes coupled to the planar liquid-crystal structure such that (a) when a first plurality of voltages are applied to at least some of the plurality of electrodes, the plurality of liquid crystals are oriented such that the planar liquid-crystal structure operates as a diffraction grating having a first pitch, and (2) when a second plurality of voltages are applied to at least some of the plurality of electrodes, the plurality of liquid crystals are oriented such that the planar liquid-crystal structure operates as a diffraction grating having a second pitch different from the first pitch.
US11570411B2	Laser light source and laser projection device Embodiments of the present application provide a laser light source and a laser projection device. The laser light source includes a laser assembly, where the laser assembly includes a laser and a circuit board, the laser includes a substrate and a light emitting chip arranged on the substrate, a lateral surface of the substrate is provided with a plurality of pins extending outwards therefrom, the circuit board is arranged on a side where the pins extend, and the circuit board is electrically connected to the pins. The laser light source of the present application features simple assembling and disassembling, reliable performance and relatively low cost.
US11570410B2	Laser device, projection type image display device and sensing device Provided is a laser device, comprising a laser light source, a collimating lens that collimates the light output from the laser light source, and a diffuser plate that diffuses the light from the laser light source before collimating the light.
US11570409B2	Operation apparatus, multi-apparatus system, control method, and storage medium An operation apparatus through which a user operation is performed to control a plurality of controllable apparatuses includes a detector configured to detect the user operation, and a controller configured to acquire information on an arrangement of the plurality of controllable apparatuses and to switch a control target apparatus among the controllable apparatuses when a user operation is detected which inputs a direction corresponding to an arrangement direction of the plurality of controllable apparatuses indicated by the information on the arrangement.
US11570408B2	Display device According to one embodiment, a display device including a first substrate including an organic film, a first recess and a second recess formed in the organic film, and a first projection having the organic film, a second substrate, and a sealing member located in a second area around a first area, and bonding the first substrate and the second substrate together, wherein the first substrate includes a mounting portion, the first recess and the second recess extend in the second area, a first leading end portion of the first recess is separated from a second leading end portion of the second recess, and the first projection, the first recess and the second recess overlap the sealing member.
US11570401B2	Digital zoom conferencing Methods, apparatuses, and techniques for security and/or automation systems are described. In one embodiment, the method including identifying a presence of a first person at a first location, capturing a first video related to the first person at the first location, and initiating an adjustment of a display of the first video based at least in part on identifying the presence of the first person.
US11570398B2	Image component detection A processor unit configured to identify blocks of a frame of a video sequence to be excluded from a motion-compensated operation, the processor unit comprising: a frame processor configured to process pixel values of a first frame to characterise blocks of one or more pixels of the first frame as representing at least a portion of a graphic object; a frame-difference processor configured to determine difference values between blocks of the first frame and corresponding blocks of a second frame, and to process said difference values to characterise blocks of the first frame as representing an image component that is static between the first and second frames; a block identifier configured to identify blocks of the first frame as protected blocks in dependence on blocks characterised as: (i) representing at least a portion of a graphic object; and (ii) representing an image component that is static between the first and second frames, wherein the identified protected blocks are to be excluded from the motion compensated operation.
US11570395B2	Recording and reproducing apparatus and method of controlling recording and reproducing apparatus An apparatus includes a first writing unit configured to write data to a recording medium in a first unit, a second writing unit configured to write data to the recording medium in a second unit smaller than the first unit, a reading unit configured to read data from the recording medium, and a control unit configured to perform control, in response to an instruction of reading data from the recording medium during writing data by the first writing unit, to stop writing data by the first writing unit, and then to read data from the recording medium by the reading unit, and, in response to completion of reading data from the recording medium, to write data in the second unit by the second writing unit.
US11570394B2	Virtual image display apparatus and video device unit manufacturing method An image display device is a self-luminous type device including a light emitting portion, and a casing portion of a display device unit has a heat dissipating structure portion through which a part of the image display device is exposed for heat dissipation. In manufacturing the display device unit, when performing simple and reliable assembly while securing a high heat dissipation characteristic, for example, by using characteristics of a silicon substrate, high accurate positioning is performed in a display device positioning portion.
US11570389B2	Imaging apparatus for downsizing an image sensor and a signal processor The present invention relates to an imaging apparatus for realizing real time image display and the like while controlling the processing performance of an external circuit and the size of the circuit when outputting a large amount of data from an image sensor at a high speed, and is provided with (a) an image sensor including, a plurality of light receiving units disposed in rows and columns, an A/D conversion unit, a compression unit for compressing outputs from the A/D conversion unit row by row, and (b) a first data processing unit for thinning compressed data row by row, a first data decompression unit that decompresses outputs of the first data processing unit; and a first image processing unit which carries out a predetermined processing on outputs of the first data decompression unit.
US11570385B2	Image sensor and operation method of the same Provided is an operation method of an image sensor including a plurality of pixels, the operation method including transmitting a first output voltage of a first pixel to a first amplifier, transmitting the first output voltage to a second amplifier by controlling a first switch connected to the first pixel, transmitting a second output voltage of a second pixel to be binned with the first pixel to the second amplifier by controlling a second switch connected to the second pixel, and outputting selectively one of a first output of the first amplifier and a second output of the second amplifier based on an illuminance of an environment in which the image sensor operates.
US11570384B2	Image sensor employing varied intra-frame analog binning A method performed with an image sensor having a pixel array. At least one frame of a scene may be obtained using the pixel array. At least one region of interest (ROI) is identified within the frame. Subsequent frames of the scene are obtained, which involves controlling the pixel array to perform high resolution imaging with respect to the at least one ROI and low resolution imaging using analog binning with respect to remaining regions of the frames.
US11570372B2	Virtual camera for 3-d modeling applications A user interface to a virtual camera for a 3-D rendering application provides various features. A rendering engine can continuously refine the image being displayed through the virtual camera, and the user interface can contain an element for indicating capture of the image as currently displayed, which causes saving of the currently displayed image. Autofocus (AF) and autoexposure (AE) reticles can allow selection of objects in a 3-D scene, from which an image will be rendered, for each of AE and AF. A focal distance can be determined by identifying a 3-D object visible at a pixel overlapped by the AF reticle, and a current viewpoint. The AF reticle can be hidden in response to a depth of field selector being set to infinite depth of field. The AF and AE reticles can be linked and unlinked, allowing different 3-D objects for each of AF and AE.
US11570365B2	Smart camera user interface Implementations of the present disclosure include actions of receiving image data of an image capturing a scene, receiving data describing one or more entities determined from the scene, the one or more entities being determined from the scene, determining one or more actions based on the one or more entities, each action being provided at least partly based on search results from searching the one or more entities, and providing instructions to display an action interface comprising one or more action elements, each action element being to induce execution of a respective action, the action interface being displayed in a viewfinder.
US11570360B2	Image capturing device, image capturing method and recording medium An image capturing device includes a housing and a processor. The processor is configured to determine whether a state of movement of the housing relative to an observation target is either a first state or a second state, and perform a control based on the state of the movement of the housing to cause change in electric energy for drive of the image capturing device.
US11570356B2	Framing recommendations by image capture device An image capture device may provide framing recommendations for capture of visual content. Framing recommendation may include information on how one or more subjects are to be positioned with respect to the image capture device. Framing recommendation may guide a user in how the image capture device and/or the subject(s) are to be positioned. Framing recommendation may include suggestions on orientation of the image capture device with respect to the subject(s) to improve composition of the subject(s) within the visual content. The image capture device may provide these aforementioned framing recommendations visually, audibly, and/or through other means. For example, the image capture device may provide framing recommendations in form of visual overlays/directional graphs and/or audible instructions (e.g., directions on subject/image capture device positioning provided through a speaker of the image capture device). Framing recommendation may be static (not changing over time) or dynamic (changing over time).
US11570354B2	Display assistant device having a monitoring mode and an assistant mode A display assistant device comprises a display, a camera, a speaker, microphones, a processor and memory. The memory stores programs comprising instructions that, when executed by the processor, enable a plurality of modes of the display assistant device. The modes include a monitoring mode and an assistant mode. In the monitoring mode, the device is configured to perform a remote monitoring function in which first video captured by the camera is streamed to a remote server system for monitoring uses. The monitoring uses include transmission of the first video to remote client devices authorized to access the first video. In the assistant mode, the device is configured to perform a second plurality of functions that excludes the monitoring function and includes a video communication function in which second video captured by the camera is transmitted to second devices participating in a video communication with a first user of the device.
US11570352B2	Image processing apparatus and control method thereof, imaging apparatus, and storage medium An imaging apparatus is configured to detect a plurality of portions of a subject from a captured image. The imaging apparatus is configured to set a region that is related to a detection region of the subject as a related region, and to set an arbitrary region in the image as a search region. In a case where the search region overlaps with at least one of a detection region or a related region of the subject, even if the related region is a region that does not include the detection region, the search region is configured to be set as an AF (autofocus) target region, and AF target region notification processing is executed.
US11570348B2	Electromagnetic interference control method and related product Disclosed are an electromagnetic interference control method and a related product. The method is for an electronic device including an antenna and a camera. The method includes: obtaining a first operating frequency of the camera and a second operating frequency of the antenna; determining the second operating frequency is interfered; in response to the second operating frequency being interfered, obtaining a target frame rate range; determining an operating frequency of the camera corresponding to each frame rate in the target frame rate range; obtaining an operating frequency list; determining at least one third operating frequency from the operating frequency list; and selecting one third operating frequency from the at least one third operating frequency as a first target operating frequency; determining a first target frame rate; operating the camera at the first target operating frequency; and performing the video function based on the first target frame rate.
US11570338B2	Light-concentrating device, light-concentrating display screen, and mobile electric product A light-concentrating device, a light-concentrating display screen, and an electric product are provided. The light-concentrating device includes a light-concentrating plate. The light-concentrating plate includes dimming units, each dimming unit including a house, the house being filled with first light-transmissive liquid and second light-transmissive liquid insoluble with each other. Light may be refracted when passing through the interface between the first light-transmissive liquid and the second light-transmissive liquid. Adjustment electrodes are provided on sides of the house, and a common electrode layer is provided at an end of the house. The voltages may be applied between the common electrode layer and the adjustment electrodes on the sides of the house.
US11570337B2	Camera module A camera module includes a housing; a lens module provided in an internal space of the housing to be movable in an optical axis direction, and including at least one lens therein; a magnet disposed in the lens module; and position detection sensors to detect a position of the magnet. One or more of the position detection sensors are disposed to face a first polarity of the magnet and one or more of the position detection sensors are disposed to face a second polarity of the magnet different than the first polarity.
US11570328B2	Liquid discharging apparatus, controlling method for liquid discharging apparatus and medium storing controlling program for liquid discharging apparatus A liquid discharging apparatus includes: a head having nozzles; and a controller. The controller executes: a first recording processing of discharging liquid from the nozzles with respect to a first area of a recording medium, based on first image data, and a second recording processing of discharging the liquid from the nozzles with respect to a second area, of the recording medium, which overlaps with or is adjacent to the first area based on second image data, after a predetermined time has elapsed since the first recording processing. The controller further executes a determining processing of determining the predetermined time based on color information of the first image data.
US11570326B2	Reading device and output apparatus A reading device includes an emission unit that emits light; a first reflecting unit having a first reflecting surface that reflects the light emitted by the emission unit toward a document; an optical path unit including a second reflecting unit having a second reflecting surface that reflects the light reflected by the first reflecting unit and specularly reflected by the document, the optical path unit defining an optical path that guides the light reflected by the second reflecting surface; an image sensor that generates an image represented by light guided by the optical path unit; and a support unit that supports the first reflecting unit and the second reflecting unit and fixes a relative position and a relative orientation between the first reflecting surface and the second reflecting surface.
US11570324B2	Printing apparatus capable of counting the number of times of printing, method for controlling printing apparatus, and storage medium If the printing protocol associated with a received print job is not an internet printing protocol, the number of times of printing is counted for each type of printing protocol. If the printing protocol associated with a received print job is an internet printing protocol, the number of times of printing is counted while distinguishing a transmission source application by identifying a transmission source application.
US11570317B2	Image forming apparatus that performs ADF scanning, image forming system, control method, and storage medium An image forming apparatus which eliminates the need for a paper thickness detection sensor and saves time and effort for a user when performing remote scanning. An image reading unit of the image forming apparatus is connectable to an external client via a network and generates image data by reading an original. In the remote scanning, the image reading unit reads the original conveyed by a conveying unit in accordance with an instruction from an external client. A conveying speed at which the original is conveyed by the conveying unit when the remote scanning is performed is set in accordance with an original thickness setting. A first original thickness setting made on the image forming apparatus and a second original thickness setting made on the external client are obtained. When the second original thickness setting is different from the first original thickness setting, the original thickness setting is set to the second original thickness setting.
US11570299B2	Translation method and electronic device A method includes: a first electronic device establishes a call connection to a second electronic device and then displays a call interface; after receiving a first operation of a first user, in response to the first operation, the first electronic device switches from displaying the call interface to displaying a translation interface; the first electronic device receives a first speech of the first user in a first language and sends the first speech to the second electronic device; in response to the first speech, the translation interface sequentially displays at least a first text and a second text, where the first text is obtained by recognizing the first speech, and the second text is obtained by translating the first speech into a target language; and when the translation interface displays the second text, the first electronic device sends a machine speech in the target language to the second electronic device.
US11570296B2	End-to-end management of authenticated communications Disclosed herein are systems and methods for providing mobile call authentication. For instance, a token indicative of a call request can be received from a calling party. The token can include a called party number and a time of the request. A subscriber database can be accessed to determine identifying information associated with the calling party based at least in part on the token. The token can be authenticated based at least in part on the identifying information and using one or more predefined authentication protocols. The token can be stored in a call session registry storing data indicative of a plurality of active telephone call events. A verification request for the call request can be received from the called party. The call request can be verified based at least in part on the token. The called party can be notified that the call request has been verified.
US11570280B2	Systems and methods for rendering interactive web pages Systems and methods for rendering interactive web pages are disclosed. A disclosed method includes receiving a web page request, retrieving web page content for the web page, identifying one or more components that provide interactivity to the web page in the web content, determining whether the one or more components are critical components and communicating the determined one or more critical components in a Hypertext Markup Language (HTML) head and communicating the remainder of the web content in an HTML body.
US11570279B1	Automated port configuration management in a service mesh Systems, methods and/or computer program products for managing and dynamically automating service mesh communications between microservices, eliminating unnecessary exposure of microservice ports and increasing security between microservices of the service mesh. The control plane collects data describing communications between microservices and tracks the frequency at which microservices communicate. Collected data is fed to machine learning models which outputs a forecast predicting future communication interactions between microservices. Using the predicted requirements for facilitating communications between microservices of the service mesh, an allowed list of communications can be generated describing the microservices allowed to send and receive communications, duration of communications allowed, when such communications are allowed, and the ports that will be used for facilitating the communication between microservices. Administrators of the service mesh may manually override the one or more approved aspects of the dynamically generated allowed list configured automatically by the service mesh.
US11570278B1	Dynamic content delivery network selection using DNS Techniques for dynamic content delivery network (CDN) selection using the domain name service (DNS) protocol are described. A DNS resolver utilizes a network identifier provided within a DNS query seeking to resolve a domain to select between different CDNs. The selection can be based on an analysis of network metric summary data corresponding to the CDNs from the perspective of an approximate location of the requesting client, as determined via the network identifier as a proxy. The selection process and involved network metric types can be configured by the user associated with the domain via a selection policy. Network metrics can be provided by the user or collected based on reported data generated by remote clients through provided metric-generating code, and thereafter transformed into network metric summary data that is used for resolution.
US11570276B2	Forecasting requests based on context data for a network-based service A network system can communicate with user and provider devices to facilitate the provision of a network-based service. The network system can identify optimal service providers to provide services requested by users. The network can utilize context data in matching service providers with users. In particular, the network system can determine, based on context data associated with a user, whether to perform pre-request matching for that user. A service provider who is pre-request matched with the user can be directed by the network system to relocate via a pre-request relocation direction. When the user submits the service request after the pre-request match, the network system can either automatically transmit an invitation to the pre-request matched service provider or can perform post-request matching to identify an optimal service provider for the user.
US11570263B2	Identifying outdated cloud computing services A cloud tracking system may store configuration data separately for each account of multiple accounts that an entity has with a cloud computing provider and may aggregate the configuration data into a data structure that stores the configuration data together for the multiple accounts. The cloud tracking system may receive a request that includes a user identifier of a user associated with the entity and may search for the user identifier in the data structure. The cloud tracking system may identify a set of deployed cloud computing services associated with the user identifier based on searching for the user identifier in the data structure, wherein the set of deployed cloud computing services is associated with more than one account of the multiple accounts. The cloud tracking system may identify one or more deployed cloud computing services, of the set of deployed cloud computing services, that are outdated.
US11570262B2	Methods, systems, and computer readable media for rank processing for network function selection Methods, systems, and computer readable media for rank processing in network function selection. A method includes periodically receiving, at a network function discovery node, and from each producer network function of a number of producer network functions, a current load value specifying a computing load carried by the producer network function. The network function discovery node is configured for performing service discovery between network functions of a telecommunications core network. The method includes determining, for each producer network function, an available capacity for the producer network function based on the current load value and a published capacity of the producer network function. The method includes responding to a network function discovery request from a consumer network function using the available capacity of each producer network function.
US11570261B1	Automated deprecation analysis in a service-oriented system Methods, systems, and computer-readable media for automated deprecation analysis in a service-oriented system are disclosed. A service deprecation system determines that a first service in a service-oriented system calls a second service in the service-oriented system. The service deprecation system determines that the second service calls a third service in the service-oriented system. The service deprecation system determines that logic of the second service is duplicated by logic of the first service. The first service is modified to call the third service instead of the second service, and the second service is disabled or removed from the service-oriented system.
US11570259B2	Remote execution using a global identity Embodiments of the present disclosure may provide a streamlined process for performing operations, such as data sharing and data replication, using multiple accounts. A global identity (also referred to as an organization user) may be employed, where the global identity may have access to multiple accounts across the same or different deployments. The global identity may switch between accounts from its login session and perform various tasks in the context of different accounts without undergoing further authentication.
US11570255B2	SMB2 scaleout Systems and methods are disclosed for clients and servers operating in a scaled cluster environment. Efficiencies are introduced to the process of connecting a client to a clustered environment by providing the client with the ability to attempt a connection with multiple servers in parallel. Servers operating the in the clustered environment are also capable of providing persistent storage of file handles and other state information. Ownership of the state information and persistent handles may be transferred between servers, thereby providing clients with the opportunity to move from one server to another while maintaining access to resources in the clustered environment.
US11570249B2	Redundant storage gateways Methods, apparatus, and computer-accessible storage media for providing redundant storage gateways. A client may create a storage gateway group and add storage gateways to the group. The client may assign one or more volumes on a remote data store to each the storage gateways in the group. Volume data for each storage gateway in the group may be replicated to at least one other storage gateway in the group. If one of the gateways in the group becomes unavailable, one or more other gateways in the group may take over volumes previously assigned to the unavailable gateway, using the replicated data in the group to seamlessly resume gateway operations for the respective volumes. Client processes that previously communicated with the unavailable gateway may be manually or automatically directed to the gateway(s) that are taking over the unavailable gateway's volumes.
US11570236B2	System and method for load balancing in a multitenant environment Embodiments provide systems and methods to load balance using tenant affinities. A method includes configuring a load balancer with a set of tenant affinities, the set of tenant affinities including a tenant affinity for each of a plurality of tenants with respect to each of a plurality of computing nodes that provide services to users in a multitenant environment. Load balancing may include receiving a user request, associated with a tenant, for a service provided by the computing nodes, determining a highest tenant affinity computing node for the tenant using the set of tenant affinities and directing the user request to the highest tenant affinity computing node for the tenant.
US11570230B1	System and method for creating a protocol-compliant uniform resource locator A graphical user interface is configured to guide a user through a method of creating an OData-compliant URL, without requiring that the user be familiar with syntax of OData-compliant URLs. The graphical user interface includes a set of graphical input devices to solicit and receive from the user input specifying a set of query options, which user input is used to define the OData-compliant URL. The graphical user interface is automatically customized to solicit and receive from the user input only for options available from a specific OData service.
US11570229B2	Method and system for enforcing governance across multiple content repositories using a content broker A method and system for a content broker, including a unified object index, where the content broker is coupled to the unified object index and receives, from a requesting entity, a request to perform an action on an object and the object is stored in the content repository. The method further including obtaining the object associated with the request from a content repository, determining, using the unified object index, a normalized object type associated with the object, obtaining a governance rule based on the normalized object type, and servicing the request using the governance rule.
US11570223B2	Intelligent detection and automatic correction of erroneous audio settings in a video conference Systems, methods, and software to provide intelligent detection and automatic correction of erroneous audio settings in a video conference. Electronic conferences can often be the source of frustration and wasted resources as participants may be forced to contend with extraneous sounds, such as background/ambient noises, or conversations not intended for the conference, provided by an endpoint that should be muted. Similarly, participants may speak with the intention of providing their speech to the conference while their associated endpoint is muted. As a result, the conference may be awkward and lack a productive flow while endpoints are erroneously muted or non-muted. By intelligently processing at least the video portion of a video conference, endpoints/participants may be prompted to mute/unmute or automatically muted/unmuted.
US11570220B1	Device-based ad hoc conferencing An ad hoc conferencing system and methods are provided. Information is stored to associate a particular meeting link with an endpoint device. A first request to initiate a communication session is received from the endpoint device, wherein the first request is generated by a local participant interacting with the endpoint device. A second request to join the communication session is received from a remote device, wherein the second request is transmitted in response to a remote participant inputting, on the remote device, the particular meeting link. The communication session is established between the endpoint device and the remote device based on receiving the first request and receiving the second request.
US11570216B2	Systems and methods for conferencing Systems and methods are provided for establishing a video conference session. The systems and methods may include receiving, from a first conference client device, a request to establish a conference session with a second conference client device; determining a first media router for forwarding, to the second conference client device, a media data stream with predetermined attributes of a plurality of first media data streams generated by the first conference client device; determining a second media router for forwarding, to the first conference client, a media data stream with predetermined media attributes of a plurality of second media data streams generated by the second conference client device; and transmitting, to the first conference client device, a first address associated with the first media router and a second address associated with the second media router.
US11570214B2	Crowdsourced innovation laboratory and process implementation system A system and method for crowdsourced innovation and automated process implementation, wherein individuals and businesses use a distributed computational graph module with crowdsourcing-technology to develop ideas and create process workflows for implementing those ideas. The developed process workflows are implemented through a system which automatically integrates heterogenous Internet resources such as electronic commerce, recruiting, and management platforms into a single portal. Businesses and other collaboration initiatives are supported via crowdsourced labor that are automatically orchestrated by the distributed computational graph workflows and user interface that provide a comprehensive and convergent solution for process management.
US11570201B2	System and method for detecting and blocking malicious attacks on a network Systems and method of detecting and blocking malicious attacks on a computer network, including: receiving, by a memory constrained gateway in communication with the computer network, a communication request from at least one device, identifying the type of the at least one device based on the received communication request, verifying that the device is of an allowed type from a predetermined list of allowed device types, checking at least one signature of the received communication request of the allowed device to detect malicious signatures, and blocking communication requests from devices with at least one malicious signature.
US11570199B2	Threat prevention by selective feature deprivation A method of preventing exploitation of a vulnerability of a computing system includes generating a deprivation token to cause disabling of a selected one or more features of a component of the computing system to prevent an exploit of a vulnerability affecting the selected one or more features; and publishing the derivation token to at least one of a computing system manufacturer computing system and an enterprise information technology (IT) computing system for distribution to affected computing systems.
US11570196B2	Method for determining duplication of security vulnerability and analysis apparatus using same A method for determining duplication of a vulnerability may include a vulnerability extraction step of extracting vulnerability uniform resource locator (URL) addresses including the vulnerability from an analysis target server; a hash generation step of generating the URL hash value corresponding to the extracted vulnerability from the vulnerability URL address; and a duplication determination step of determining, when the URL hash value is present in the first comparison table, that the vulnerability is duplicated and excluding the corresponding vulnerability from vulnerability information.
US11570186B2	Security reporting via message tagging Techniques and screening messages based on tags in an automotive environment, such as, messages communicated via a communication bus, like the CAN bus. Messages can be tagged with either a binary or probabilistic tag indicating whether the message is fraudulent. ECUs coupled to the CAN bus can receive the messages and the message tags and can determine whether to fully consume the message based on the tag.
US11570167B1	Method and apparatus for one or more certified approval services Apparatus and methods pertaining to a Certified Approval Service (CAS) are disclosed and enabled. The apparatus may include a Personal Computing Device (PCD) implementing a CAS Device to interact with an end user and a server implementing a CAS provider. The various embodiments operate without the end user and the CAS provider to engage in an authenticated login session between themselves.
US11570159B2	Secure key management in a high volume device deployment A method is provided for remotely and securely accessing a modem is provided that uses an encrypted authentication token with a modem password. The method includes receiving an encrypted authentication token from the modem, the authentication token having a modem password stored in secure memory and being encrypted according to a public key, transmitting the encrypted authentication token to an authentication server. receiving a decrypted authentication token from the authentication server, the decrypted authentication token comprising the modem password, generating an authentication key and a privacy key from the modem password, configuring modem interfaces at least in part using the authentication token, the modem interfaces including a network management protocol interface and communicating with the modem using the network management protocol interface according to at least one of the generated authentication key and the privacy key.
US11570157B2	Transencrypting method and apparatus for removing information from data transmitted over networks and stored in data storage facilities Information is removed from data transmitted over networks and stored in data storage facilities by generating non-informational data as an output from a series of nodes (routers, computing devices or logical routing applications) by using a function that applies random data to the data received at each node. The function may be an XOR and the random data may be a pseudorandom string of the same length as the informational data. The non-informational data may be managed normally without concern for security. When the informational data is needed it can be re-generated using the non-informational data and a cascade of the random data from the series of nodes as inputs to an inverse function (XOR is its own inverse). The random data may be generated from a smaller random seed.
US11570156B2	Secure pairing of devices A system and method for pairing two devices for secure communications. A user selects a first device to pair with a second device. The first and second devices have the ability to securely communicate with each other through the use of encrypted communications. An encryption key is written to the first device and then burned into the encryption module on the first device. A corresponding decryption key is written to the second device and then is burned into the decryption module of the second device.
US11570154B2	Interfaces to manage direct network peerings Methods and apparatus for interfaces to manage direct network peerings. A system may include a data center, endpoint routers and a connectivity coordinator. The coordinator implements a programmatic interface defining connectivity operations. The coordinator receives a request for dedicated connectivity to data center resources, formatted according to the interface. The coordinator selects a target endpoint router at which to establish a physical link to implement the dedicated connectivity, and transmits a response identifying the target endpoint router and including configuration instructions for setting up a physical link for the dedicated connectivity.
US11570152B2	Data linkage across multiple participants An example operation may include one or more of determining, by a supply-chain node, a plurality of assets of a supply-chain node, and executing, by the supply-chain node, a smart contract to: assign aliases to the plurality of the assets; and match the plurality of the assets with a plurality of assets of a different supply-chain node based on the aliases.
US11570148B2	Method and apparatus for deploying security access control policy A method and an apparatus are provided for deploying a security access control policy in the field of network security. The method, executed by a cloud management platform, includes: determining, according to an application creation instruction, an application template used for an application that needs to be created and a security profile corresponding to the application template; instructing a virtualization platform to create, according to the application template, a corresponding virtual machine for each application component in the application, and obtaining an IP address of each virtual machine created by the virtualization platform; generating a group of security access control policies corresponding to the application according to the IP address of each virtual machine and by using the security profile; and delivering the group of security access control policies to a corresponding firewall. Therefore, a security access control policy is automatically deployed.
US11570145B2	Quality of service (QoS) policy selection and flow creation based on domain name system (DNS) application metadata In one illustrative example, a user plane function (UPF) configured for use in a private 5G network of an enterprise may receive, from a user device, a domain name system (DNS) query associated with an application; send, to a DNS server, one or more corresponding DNS queries based on the DNS query; receive, from the DNS server, one or more DNS query responses which include an IP address and metadata including an application identifier for the application; and send, to a control plane function, a message for reporting which includes the application identifier. In response, a dedicated Quality of Service (QoS) Flow may be created for traffic for the application according to a selected QoS policy associated with the application identifier. For obtaining the metadata, the UPF may interact with a DNS server configured with Extension mechanisms for DNS (EDNS) or a DNS as Authoritative Source (DNS-AS) mechanism.
US11570134B2	Methods and apparatuses for managing external approval provisioning and external messaging communication requests in a group-based communication system Various embodiments of the present disclosure are directed to a group-based communication system that is configured to more efficiently manage resource sharing requests. In particular, in some embodiments, the group-based communication system is configured to enable admin users to use an external service, such as an external approval provisioning service, that is separate and distinct from the group-based communication system to manage group-based communication resource sharing requests. In other embodiments, the group-based communication system is configured to allow communication with external users and to trigger new user onboarding protocols through the ingestion of external user directories associated with a sponsor user.
US11570122B2	Orchestration in a multi-layer network Techniques are disclosed relating to creating and managing an information flow within a multi-layer computer network. In various embodiments, a computer system in a first layer within a multi-layer computer network, maintains state information defining an information flow within the multi-layer computer network. In various embodiments, the computer system assigns a particular action (that is included in the information flow) to be performed at a second, different layer of the multi-layer computer network. In various embodiments, the computer system generates program instructions to perform the particular action. The program instructions may be generated using device information accessible to the computer system and indicative of characteristics of a computer system within the second layer. In various embodiments, the computer system in the first layer causes the program instructions to be sent to the computer system in the second layer to perform the particular action as part of the defined information flow.
US11570121B2	Apparatus for buffered transmission of data An apparatus with a data input, a data output, a first buffer, a second buffer, and control logic is disclosed. The control logic is equipped to route data packets that are received through the data input to the first buffer or the second buffer and to flag them as valid or invalid, and to provide data packets that are to be output through the data output from the first buffer or the second buffer, equipped to provide a data packet that is to be output through the data output from the first buffer when the data packet is being written into the first buffer at the time of a start of the readout, to provide it from the second buffer when the data packet is being written into the second buffer at the time of a start of the readout.
US11570117B2	Congestion control In an embodiment, header information of messages is altered to specify a window within which to receive information, so that the messages sent by a remote device will be sent at a rate that a network can receive messages. The sending of acknowledgements of messages are paced to control window growth. Bandwidth is allocated to a plurality of flows such that the satisfied flows require less bandwidth than an amount of bandwidth allocated to each unsatisfied flow.
US11570113B2	Methods and systems for managing quality of service in a networked storage environment Methods and systems for a networked storage system are provided. One method includes assigning a quality of service (QOS) parameter for a storage volume of a networked storage environment having a first storage node and a second storage node, where the QOS parameter is defined by a throughput value that defines a maximum data transfer rate and a number of input/output (I/O) operations executed within a time period (IOPS); distributing the QOS parameter between the first storage node and the second storage node; determining that throughput credit is available for processing an I/O request for using the storage volume; determining that IOPS credit is available for processing the request by the first storage node; and processing the I/O request when both the throughput credit and the IOPS credit is available.
US11570108B2	Distribution of network traffic to software defined network based probes In one example, a processor may receive network traffic from a demultiplexer via a first network interface card and place portions of the network traffic into a plurality of hash buckets. The processor may further process a first portion of the portions of the network traffic in at least a first hash bucket of the plurality of hash buckets and forward a second portion of the portions of the network traffic in at least a second hash bucket of the plurality of hash buckets to a switch via a second network interface card. In one example, the switch distributes the second portion of the network traffic to one of a plurality of overflow probes. In one example, the plurality of overflow probes comprises a network function virtualization infrastructure for processing the second portion of the network traffic.
US11570104B2	Tunnel-based service insertion in public cloud environments Example methods and systems are provided a network device to perform tunnel-based service insertion in a public cloud environment. An example method may comprise establishing a tunnel between the network device and a service path. The method may also comprise: in response to receiving a first encapsulated packet, identifying the service path specified by a service insertion rule; generating and sending a second encapsulated packet over the tunnel to cause the service path to process an inner packet according to one or more services. The method may further comprise: in response to receiving, from the service path via the tunnel, a third encapsulated packet that includes the inner packet processed by the service path, sending the inner packet processed by the service path, or a fourth encapsulated packet, towards a destination address of the inner packet.
US11570103B2	Network communication device and operating method for a network mapping table A network communication device includes a plurality of ports, a memory, and a processor. The plurality of ports is configured to receive a packet. A memory is configured to store a first lookup table and a second lookup table. An entry of the first lookup table includes a flag field. An entry of the second lookup table includes an entry address of the first lookup table. The processor is coupled to the memory and the plurality of ports. The network communication device is configured to: analyze the packet by a software or hardware to obtain a source Media Access Control (MAC) address; obtain, according to the source MAC address of the packet, the entry of the first lookup table; read the flag field of the entry; and determine, according to the flag field, whether the entry is referred by the second lookup table.
US11570101B2	ACK policy for uplink and downlink MU PPDU A network device is provided. The network device includes one or more memories and one or more processors coupled to the one or more memories. The one or more processors are configured to one or more of receive the DL MU PPDU, decode a data frame from the DL MU PPDU, determine whether an acknowledgement (ACK) policy indicated in the MAC header signals a trigger-based immediate acknowledgement policy, and determine whether a trigger indication for an uplink (UL) MU transmission has been obtained from a payload of a data frame. In response to the processor determines that the ACK policy indication signals the trigger-based immediate acknowledgement policy and determines that the trigger indication has been obtained, the processor is configured to transmit a trigger-based immediate acknowledgement frame to the AP in an UL MU PPDU, based on the trigger indication. In response to the processor determines that the ACK policy signals the trigger-based immediate acknowledgement policy and determines that the trigger indication has not been obtained, the processor is configured to not transmit an immediate acknowledgement to the access point.
US11570100B2	Data processing method, apparatus, medium and device The present specification discloses a data processing method, apparatus, medium and device. The method includes: receiving a QUIC data packet that is sent by a first device and that includes a CID; parsing the CID and determining a routing address based on a parsing result; and routing the received QUIC data packet to a second device based on the routing address, so the second device processes the QUIC data packet. When a data packet sent by a transmitting end device is received, a routing address of data transmission is determined by processing the received data packet, to quickly establish a data transmission channel between the transmitting end device and a receiving end device. As such, stored context information is not required, and connection errors caused by exceptions such as restarting and scaling in/out on a load balancer will not occur, thereby effectively improving processing efficiency of data transmission by using the QUIC protocol.
US11570099B2	System and method for autopartitioning and processing electronic resources Embodiments of the present invention provide a system for autopartitioning and processing electronic resources. The system is configured for receiving one or more electronic resources from one or more third party systems, determining that the one or more electronic resources match one or more predetermined characteristics, moving the one or more electronic resources that match the one or more predetermined characteristics into a first pipeline and processing the one or more electronic resources.
US11570095B2	Platform comprising a plurality of routing entities A physical network element is provided which is configured to operate as a plurality of separated routing entities, each functioning independently of the others, wherein the physical network element is characterized in that: a) each of the plurality of routing entities is provided with its own control, management and data planes, as well as with a dedicated routing information base table and a forwarding information base table; and b) all of the plurality of routing entities are configured to operate while sharing at least one member of a group that consists of: (i) one or more packet processors comprised in the physical network element; (ii) one or more central processing units (CPUs) comprised in the physical network element; (iii) one or more fabrics comprised in the physical network element; and (iv) one or more network interfaces comprised in the physical network element.
US11570091B2	Service-function chaining using extended service-function chain proxy for service-function offload An extended service-function chain (SFC) proxy is hosted on a network node and connected to a service path formed by one or more network nodes hosting a chain of service-functions applied to packets traversing the service path. The packets each include a service header having a service path identifier and a service index. A packet of a traffic flow destined for a service-function is received from the service path and sent to the service-function. An indication to offload the traffic flow is received from the service-function. The indication is stored in a flow table having entries each identifying a respective traffic flow. A subsequent packet of the traffic flow is received from the service path. The flow table is searched for the indication to offload the traffic flow. Upon finding the indication, the service-function is bypassed, and the subsequent packet is forwarded along the service path.
US11570081B2	Multi-member bluetooth device capable of dynamically switching operation mode A multi-member Bluetooth device for communicating data with a remote Bluetooth device is disclosed including: a main Bluetooth circuit and an auxiliary Bluetooth circuit. In the period during which the auxiliary Bluetooth circuit operates at a sniffing mode, the auxiliary Bluetooth circuit sniffs packets transmitted from the remote Bluetooth device while the main Bluetooth circuit receives packets issued from the remote Bluetooth device, and the auxiliary Bluetooth circuit switches from the sniffing mode to a relay mode if the throughput of packets sniffed by the auxiliary Bluetooth circuit is lower than a predetermined threshold. In the period during which the auxiliary Bluetooth circuit operates at the relay mode, the main Bluetooth circuit receives packets transmitted from the remote Bluetooth device and forwards the received packets to the auxiliary Bluetooth circuit, and the auxiliary Bluetooth circuit does not sniff packets issued from the remote Bluetooth device.
US11570066B1	Slice intent efficiency assurance and enhancement in enterprise private 5G network An approach to configure enterprise wireless mobile network slices. A method includes receiving slice definition information representative of a network slice, the slice definition information including an expected slice efficiency index of the network slice, provisioning the network slice, consistent with the slice definition information, in a wireless network, receiving telemetry corresponding to operational metrics of an instance of the network slice that is used by one or more devices in the wireless network, calculating an actual slice efficiency index for the instance of the network slice based on the telemetry corresponding to the operation metrics of the instance of the network slice, determining whether the expected slice efficiency index differs from the actual slice efficiency index by a predetermined threshold, and indicating a course of action to cause the actual slice efficiency index to more closely align with the expected slice efficiency index.
US11570065B2	Service enabler function The present application describes a method and apparatus for updating a service in a service layer function of a network. In particular, a method for adding a service is disclosed. Initially, a request is received at a service enabler function located in the service layer function to add the service. A service description of the requested service is reviewed to understand its capabilities. A verification request is sent to a service capability located in the service layer function. Further, another service layer function or application is notified that the requested service is enabled.
US11570054B2	Device and method for providing control plane/user plane analytics The present application provides a device for providing control plane (CP) and/or user plane (UP) analytics. The device is configured to obtain information related to a resource and/or a change of a resource related to a CP and/or a UP; perform an analysis based on the obtained information; and generate data based on the analysis. This application also provides a management plane entity, for example, an operation, administration and management (OAM). The management plane entity is configured to provide information related to a resource, wherein the resource is related to a CP and/or a UP to the device for providing analytics.
US11570048B2	Declarative language and compiler for provisioning and deploying data centers on cloud platforms A system is presented for provisioning resources on a target cloud platform based on a platform-independent specification of a data center. The system identifies data center entities represented within the platform-independent declarative specification and generates data structures and metadata representations of the data center entities. The system then generates instructions for provisioning services or deploying applications for creating one or more services on the target cloud platform based on the data structures and metadata representations of the data center entities according to the declarative specification. The system sends the generated instructions for execution on the target cloud computing platform, where the target cloud computing platform executes the instructions to generate the data center. The system provides users with access to the computing resources of the data center created by the cloud computing platform.
US11570044B2	Conflict resolution in network virtualization scenarios There are provided measures for conflict resolution in a network virtualization scenario, wherein a virtualized network function is utilized by a first virtualized network service managed by a first network component and a second virtualized network service managed by a second network component. The measures comprise requesting, by the first network component, an alteration of the virtualized network function, transmitting information indicative of the alteration of the virtualized network function to the second network component, and determining when the alteration of the virtualized network function impacts the second virtualized network service.
US11570042B2	Software-defined network controller communication flow A method, system, and computer program product for open flow connection between differing software-defined network controllers are provided. The method generates a networking interface between a first networking controller and a second networking controller. Networking information is exchanged between the first networking controller and the second networking controller using the networking interface. A logical switch is generated between the first networking controller and the second networking controller by matching at least a portion of the networking information of the second networking controller at the first networking controller. The method exchanges the matched portion of the networking information from the first networking controller with the second networking controller to create layer two open flow connection between the first networking controller and the second networking controller.
US11570034B2	Cluster computing In some embodiments, a computer cluster system comprises a plurality of nodes and a software package comprising a user interface and a kernel for interpreting program code instructions. In certain embodiments, a cluster node module is configured to communicate with the kernel and other cluster node modules. The cluster node module can accept instructions from the user interface and can interpret at least some of the instructions such that several cluster node modules in communication with one another and with a kernel can act as a computer cluster.
US11570028B2	Physical broadcast channel sending/receiving method, and apparatus This application provides a physical broadcast channel sending/receiving method and an apparatus. In the method, after receiving two broadcast channel signals on two corresponding physical broadcast channels at two time-frequency resource locations, the terminal device determines that information other than an offset of a corresponding time-frequency resource location is the same in two pieces of broadcast information carried in the two broadcast channel signals, obtains a time offset difference between the foregoing two time-frequency resource locations, and generates a scrambling sequence based on the time offset difference; and the terminal device separately descrambles the two broadcast channel signals based on the scrambling sequence and a preset scrambling sequence, thereby implementing joint decoding on the two broadcast channel signals, to obtain one piece of broadcast information.
US11570026B2	Communication apparatus and communication method Provided are communication apparatus and a communication method that allow for secure communication even in a case that an eavesdropper has multiple antennas. An apparatus includes a transmitter configured to transmit a constant amplitude signal from three or more transmit antennas; a controller configured to control a phase of the constant amplitude signal, based on channel information and a target symbol; and a modulation unit configured to generate a modulation symbol from bits. The target symbol is generated by multiplying the modulation symbol by an amplitude coefficient.
US11570022B2	Electrical device that accesses a mobile telephony network in an alternative operating mode Electrical device designed to operate in an alternative operating mode in which the electrical device accesses a mobile telephony network (2), the electrical device having a central processing component (3) designed to manage the operation of the electrical device, a reception device (15) for receiving a SIM card (16), a presence detector (17) for detecting the presence of the SIM card, and a communication module (6) dedicated to communications with the mobile telephony network and linked to the reception device (15), the electrical device being characterized in that the central processing component (3) comprises a detection input (22) linked to the presence detector (17), such that the central processing component (3) is designed to determine whether or not the SIM card (16) is positioned in the reception device (15) without activating the communication module (6).
US11570021B2	Packet processing method and network device in hybrid access network A packet processing method and a network device in a hybrid access network. The method comprises sending, by a first network device, a first data packet in a first sending window to a second network device by using a first tunnel. In response to receiving a first acknowledgement response sent by the second network device, increasing, by the first network device, a size of the first sending window based on a first proportion. In response to not receiving, within a first predetermined time, the first acknowledgement response, decreasing the size of the first sending window based on a second proportion; and in response to determining that the size of the first sending window is greater than or equal to a first threshold, sending a second data packet to a second receiving window of the second network device by using a second sending window.
US11570019B2	Home automation system including operation based contextual information communications and related methods A home automation (HA) system may include, within a senior living facility, a cloud server, HA operation devices and HA user interface devices for respective users. Each HA user interface device may wirelessly communicate with the HA operation devices and the cloud server. HA hub devices may provide communications for the HA user interface devices, the HA operation devices, and the cloud server. A caregiver interface device may cooperate with the cloud server to display contextual information for a respective user. The cloud server may cooperate with the caregiver interface device to determine when the caregiver interface device is within a room in the senior living facility associated with the respective user, and when so, determine a current operation of a given HA operation device, determine the contextual information based upon the current operation of the given HA operation device, and communicate the contextual information to the caregiver interface device.
US11570014B2	Automatic report creation system To provide an automatic report creation system which can automatically create reports for various different uses. This automatic report creation system included a voice recognition unit 3, a clock unit 7 and a term dictionary 9, wherein the voice recognition unit 3 recognizes the input of a pre-stored start term, the clock unit 7 calculates the start time on the basis of the time when the voice recognition unit 3 recognized input of the start term, the voice recognition unit 3 recognizes that a pre-stored end term has been inputted, the clock unit 7 calculates the end time on the basis of the time when the voice recognition unit recognized input of the end term, the voice recognition unit 3 stores speech from the start time to the end time as recorded speech, analyzes the recorded speech.
US11570013B2	Method and apparatus for providing chat service A method and apparatus for providing a chat service are provided. The method for providing a chat service according to one embodiment includes providing an invitation target list including a plurality of user groups to a user device of a user participating in a chat room, receiving, from the user device, an invitation request for one or more user groups selected as invitation target user group from among the plurality of user groups, and inviting the invitation target user group to the chat room.
US11570010B2	ISA accessible physical unclonable function Techniques for encrypting data using a key generated by a physical unclonable function (PUF) are described. An apparatus according to the present disclosure may include decoder circuitry to decode an instruction and generate a decoded instruction. The decoded instruction includes operands and an opcode. The opcode indicates that execution circuitry is to encrypt data using a key generated by a PUF. The apparatus may further include execution circuitry to execute the decoded instruction according to the opcode to encrypt the data to generate encrypted data using the key generated by the PUF.
US11570008B2	Pseudonym credential configuration method and apparatus A pseudonym credential configuration method and apparatus are provided. The method includes: receiving an identifier of a terminal device and information about N to-be-requested pseudonym credentials from the terminal device, sending N second request messages to a pseudonym credential generation server, and storing a tag of each second request message in association with the identifier of the terminal device in the registration server, so that the registration server can obtain, based on the tag, the identifier that is of the terminal device and that is associated with the tag; and generating N pseudonym credentials. The pseudonym credential generated in this application may enable a behavior investigation server to learn of a real identity of the terminal device.
US11570002B2	Reduced-step blockchain verification of media file An example operation may include one or more of storing a full-step hash of a data file and a reduced-step hash of the data file within a data block of a hash-linked chain of blocks of a blockchain, receiving a request from a client application to verify the data file, determining whether to provide the full-step hash of the data file or the reduced-step hash of the data file based on the request, and in response to determining to provide the reduced-hash, transmitting the reduced-step hash of the data file to the client application.
US11569987B2	Method and system for key agreement utilizing plactic monoids A method for key agreement between a first party and a second party over a public communications channel, the method including selecting, by the first party, a first value “a”; multiplying the first value “a” by a second value “b” using Knuth multiplication to create a third value “d”, the third value “d” being a semistandard tableau; sending the third value “d” to the second party; receiving, from the second party, a fourth value “e”, the fourth value being a second semistandard tableau comprising the second value “b” multiplied by a fifth value “c” selected by the second party; and creating a shared secret by multiplying the first value “a” with the fourth value “e” using Knuth multiplication, wherein the shared secret matches the third value “d” multiplied by the fifth value “c” using Knuth multiplication.
US11569984B2	Key management method used in encryption processing for safely transmitting and receiving messages A key management method serves as an electronic control unit (ECU) in an onboard network system having a plurality of ECUs that perform communication by frames via a network. The method includes storing a shared key and executing encryption processing based on the shared key. The method further includes executing inspection of a security state of the shared key stored in a case where a vehicle is in at least one of the following particular states: the vehicle is not driving and is an accessory-on state; a fuel cap of the vehicle is open, and the vehicle is not driving and is fueling; the vehicle is parked, which is indicated by the gearshift; the vehicle is in a stopped state before driving, which is indicated by the gearshift; and a charging plug is connected to the vehicle, and the vehicle is electrically charging.
US11569978B2	Encrypting and decrypting information Methods, systems, and devices for encrypting and decrypting data. In one implementation, an encryption method includes inputting plaintext into a recurrent artificial neural network, identifying topological structures in patterns of activity in the recurrent artificial neural network, wherein the patterns of activity are responsive to the input of the plaintext, representing the identified topological structures in a binary sequence of length L and implementing a permutation of the set of all binary codewords of length L. The implemented permutation is a function from the set of binary codewords of length L to itself that is injective and surjective.

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