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US11564749B2	Techniques for patient-specific milling path generation Systems, methods, software and techniques for generating a milling path for a tool of a surgical system are provided. The milling path is designed to remove a resection volume associated with an anatomical volume. A reference guide is defined with respect to the resection volume. Sections are defined along the reference guide in succession. Each section intersects the reference guide at a different intersection point and is at a specified orientation relative to the reference guide at the intersection point. Each section further intersects the resection volume. A section path is generated to be bounded within each section and defined relative to the resection volume. A plurality of transition segments are generated and each transition segment connects section paths of successive sections along the reference guide.
US11564745B2	Method and apparatus for computer aided surgery A number of improvements are provided relating to computer aided surgery. The improvement relates to both the methods used during computer aided surgery and the devices used during such procedures. Some of the improvement relate to controlling the selection of which data to display during a procedure and/or how the data is displayed to aid the surgeon. Other improvements relate to the structure of the tools used during a procedure and how the tools can be controlled automatically to improve the efficiency of the procedure. Still other improvements relate to methods of providing feedback during a procedure to improve either the efficiency or quality, or both, for a procedure.
US11564744B2	Systems and methods for surgical planning using soft tissue attachment points A surgical system includes a robotic device, a surgical tool mounted on the robotic device, and a processing circuit. The processing circuit is configured to receive image data of an anatomy, generate a virtual bone model based on the image data, identify a soft tissue attachment point on the virtual bone model, plan placement of an implant based on the soft tissue attachment point, generate a control object based on the placement of the implant, and control the robotic device to confine the surgical tool within the control object.
US11564741B2	Electrosurgical apparatus and method An electrosurgical apparatus and method for performing thermal treatment in the gastrointestinal tract, e.g. to ablate duodenal mucosal tissue. The apparatus comprises an instrument having a flexible cable and an applicator suitable for use with a gastroscope, which can be deployed within a patient to delivery energy in a targeted or otherwise controllable manner. The applicator can deliver microwave energy by radiation. The direct and depth-limited nature of microwave energy can be make it more effective than treatments that rely on thermal conduction. The applicator may include a radially extendable portion arranged to move an microwave energy delivery structure into contact with duodenal mucosal tissue at the treatment region. The applicator may comprise any of a balloon, bipolar radiator, movable paddle, and rotatable roller element.
US11564739B2	Medical systems, devices, and related methods A medical device includes a shaft including a distal end including a passive electrode that defines a central opening extending through the passive electrode, and an active electrode within the central opening. The active electrode is movable between at least an extended position in which the active electrode does not contact the passive electrode, and a retracted position in which the active electrode contacts the passive electrode.
US11564733B2	Surgical instruments incorporating ultrasonic and electrosurgical functionality A surgical instrument end effector assembly includes a first jaw member defining an insulative tissue-contacting surface and first and second electrically-conductive tissue-contacting surfaces disposed on either side of the insulative tissue-contacting surface. A second jaw member includes an ultrasonic blade body positioned to oppose the insulative tissue-contacting surface of the first jaw member. The first jaw member is movable relative to the second jaw member between a spaced-apart position and an approximated position to apply a first grasping force to tissue disposed therebetween. A slider is movable, independent of the first jaw member, between a retracted position, wherein the slider is disposed proximally of the first and second jaw members, and an extended position, wherein the slider extends about the first jaw member and urges the first jaw member from the approximated position further towards the second jaw member to apply a second, greater grasping force to tissue.
US11564730B2	System and apparatus for automatic activation using radio frequency sensor A system and apparatus for automatic smoke evacuation using an RF sensor. The system and apparatus utilizes an RF sensor for automatic activation of an evacuator that evacuates smoke and/or debris during the use of any electrosurgical instrument or surgical instrument that is capable of generating smoke and/or debris and capable of producing a radiofrequency during its operation. Exemplary embodiments of the system and apparatus for automatic smoke evacuation include both wired and wireless embodiments.
US11564727B2	Systems and methods for treatment of prostatic tissue A prostate therapy system is provided that may include any of a number of features. One feature of the prostate therapy system is that it can access a prostate lobe transurethrally. Another feature of the prostate therapy system is that it can deliver condensable vapor into the prostate to ablate the prostate tissue. Methods associated with use of the prostate therapy system are also covered.
US11564714B2	Spinal stabilization implant assemblies with interchangeable threaded closures A bone anchor implant assembly configured for surgical implantation into a bone of a patient. The bone anchor implant assembly includes an elongate rod, a separate shank and head, and a closure mechanism configured as a one-part closure or two-part closure. The one-part closure and two-part closure are configured to be interchangeable with each other for closing a channel of the head and locking the assembly and the elongate rod between arms of the head with the closure mechanism.
US11564704B2	Energy treatment system In an energy treatment system, a processor temporally detects an electrical property value of an ultrasonic transducer, holds a temporary peak value of the electrical property value, detects an impedance value between the probe electrode and the jaw electrode, and compares the electrical property value and the temporary peak value to determine whether a predetermined condition is satisfied, and whether the impedance value exceeds a predetermined threshold. In response to determining that the electric property value satisfies the predetermined condition and the impedance value is larger than the predetermined threshold, the processor performs at least one of: (i) stopping and (ii) decreasing output from the first power supply, and notifying the determination result.
US11564700B2	Drilling devices, systems, and methods Devices, systems, and methods for drilling an anatomical element are provided. A drill bit may comprise a coaxial hollow shaft in communication with a plurality of apertures disposed on a surface of the drill bit. A fluid inlet may be in fluid communication with the coaxial hollow shaft via a selectively openable valve. The fluid inlet may be configured to receive pressurized fluid. When the valve is opened, the pressurized fluid may be released into the coaxial hollow shaft, and when at least one of the plurality of apertures is not blocked, the pressurized fluid may be released through the at least one aperture of the plurality of apertures.
US11564693B2	Occluder devices Various aspects of the present disclosure are directed toward systems, methods, and apparatuses that include an occlusion device having a barrier member. The barrier member may include an enlargeable portion and a tail portion extending from the enlargeable portion. The enlargeable portion and the tail portion are releasably coupled to the delivery catheter such that the tail portion is radially unsupported and collapsible upon deployment.
US11564688B2	Robotic surgical tool having a retraction mechanism A robotic surgical tool is disclosed. The robotic surgical tool can comprise an end effector comprising a firing member; a drive system responsive to a motor-driven input; and a proximal housing comprising a retraction mechanism. The retraction mechanism can comprise a control responsive to a manual input. The control can be rotatable in a first direction through a retraction motion and rotatable in a second direction through a reset motion. The retraction mechanism can further comprise a clutch coupled to the control. The clutch can be configured to drivingly engage the drive system as the control rotates through the retraction motion to supply a proximal retraction stroke to a firing bar and drivingly disengaged from the drive system as the control rotates through the reset motion to prevent any displacement of the firing bar by the retraction mechanism until the control is reset for a subsequent retraction motion.
US11564684B2	Surgical stapling end effector component with tip having varying bend angle A surgical instrument, operable to compress, staple, and cut tissue, includes a body, a shaft, and an end effector with a pair of jaws. A placement tip that is bent, angled, or curved and extends distally from one of the jaws of the end effector. The placement tip is elastically deformable when the placement tip is subject to a clamping force, such as when the end effector is closed with the jaws in contact or when tissue is clamped between the jaws of the end effector. When the placement tip deflects, relative angles defined in part by the placement tip vary compared to an initial state without the clamping force. Furthermore, a distal end of the placement tip may change position based on the state of deflection of the placement tip in response to the clamping force.
US11564677B2	Endoscopic suturing system An endoscopic suturing system and method are disclosed as are devices for use with the system and method such as a suture dispenser, a cinch device, and a tissue grasper. In one embodiment the suturing system includes a cap assembly arranged at the distal end portion of an endoscope or guide member, with the cap assembly including a rotatable needle holder. The needle holder is actuated through a transmission element extending outside the endoscope or guide member. A needle capture device may be inserted through a channel of the endoscope or guide member in order to capture a needle held in the needle holder when the needle holder is rotated so that the needle punctures tissue.
US11564672B2	Sealing device and delivery system The invention relates to a sealing device for repair of cardiac and vascular defects or tissue opening such as a patent foramen ovale (PFO) or shunt in the heart, the vascular system, etc. and particularly provides an occluder device and trans-catheter occluder delivery system. The sealing device would have improved conformity to heart anatomy and be easily deployed, repositioned, and retrieved at the opening site.
US11564655B2	Real-time sampling device An elongated access device used in a medical system. The elongated access device slidably receives a medical tool and an ultrasound probe. The elongated access device includes a sheath and an intraluminal tip attached to the distal end of the sheath. The intraluminal tip includes ramp and nose donuts being spaced apart from one another and configured to be attached to one or more elongated sleeves. One or more orientation pins are engaged with the respective ramp and nose donuts and may be anchored within the sheath. The medical tool is engaged with a ramp formed in the ramp donut or a ramp received within the ramp donut. The ultrasound probe is configured to engage with the intraluminal tip so as to ensure that the medical tool directionality is oriented toward a target during a procedure.
US11564653B2	Imaging systems and methods thereof The present disclosure relates to a method, system and non-transitory computer readable medium. In some embodiments, the method includes: acquiring image data of a target subject positioned on a scanning table of an imaging device; determining, by a processor, first position information of the target subject by inputting the image data into a first machine learning model, the first position information of the target subject including a posture of the target subject relative to the imaging device; determining, by the processor, second position information related to a scan region of the target subject by inputting the image data into a second machine learning model, the second position information including a position of the scan region relative to the scanning table and the imaging device; and causing the imaging device to scan the target subject based on the first position information and the second position information.
US11564646B2	Transformable imaging system A transformable imaging system configured to operate in at least two configurations. A first configuration may be open and a second configuration may be closed. The closed configuration may allow for imaging in along an arc greater than 180 degrees.
US11564645B2	Methods and systems for digital mammography imaging Various methods and systems are provided for tracking a biopsy target across one or more images. In one example, a method includes determining a position of a biopsy target in a selected image of a patient based on an image registration process with a reference image of the patient, and displaying a graphical representation of the position of the biopsy target on the selected image.
US11564643B2	Monitoring handling of an object In order to reduce a radiation dose delivered to an object or an observer, a facility for monitoring handling of the object has an optical unit configured to direct ionizing radiation onto the object and also a filter element in order to attenuate a part of the ionizing radiation. An imaging unit may detect portions of the ionizing radiation passing through the object in order to create an image of the object. A view acquisition system may acquire a viewing movement, and a control unit is configured, during a first operating mode, to control a position of the filter element as a function of the viewing movement. The control unit is configured to identify a predefined sequence of viewing movements and, as a function thereof, to switch into a second operating mode. The position of the filter element is controlled during the second operating mode as a function of an image analysis.
US11564630B2	Systems and methods for low power pulse oximetry Methods and systems are provided for lowering power consumption in an optical sensor, such as a pulse oximeter. In one example, a method for an optical sensor includes illuminating a light emitter of the optical sensor according to set sensor parameters, the sensor parameters set based on hardware noise or external interference characterization and light transmission or reflection of a tissue contributing to a signal output by the optical sensor, the sensor parameters including current drive parameters of the light emitter, and adjusting the current drive parameters of the light emitter to maintain a target signal to noise ratio of the signal output by the optical sensor.
US11564624B2	Device and method for providing a measure of a circumference of a body part The present disclosure relates in general to a device and a method for providing a measure of a circumference of a body part. More specifically, the present disclosure relates to how to provide a measure of a circumference of a body part, wherein the body part may have swelled, such that it for example can be observed whether the body part swells further or less. Most specifically, the swelled body part may be swelled due to oedema and/or lymphoedema.
US11564620B2	Use of biomarkers and therapeutic agents with surgical devices Biomarkers are collected and used to determine biological propensities of a patient, to determine the efficacy of medical devices, to select and administer therapeutic agents, to select medical devices, to make adjustments to medical devices, and/or to adjust surgical techniques. An apparatus includes a port to draw a biological fluid (e.g., a mist) from a surgical site. The apparatus includes a sensor having a cantilevered beam. The beam includes substances selected to attract certain biomarkers as the fluid is communicated across the beam. The same apparatus or another apparatus is used to administer a therapeutic agent based at least in part on collected biomarker data. The therapeutic agent delivery apparatus may include a device that is also used to create a wound at a surgical site. For instance, a harmonic surgical instrument may be used to both collect biomarkers and administer a therapeutic agent (e.g., gene therapy using sonoporation).
US11564618B2	Method and device for determining a degree of thermal damage to hair A method and a device for determining a degree of thermal hair damage are provided. A method for determining a degree of thermal hair damage includes, during exposure of a hair sample of hair to UV or UV/VIS light, recording a spectrum of at least a portion of the UV or UV/VIS light that has interacted with the hair sample. Further, the method includes comparing at least a portion of the spectrum with a spectroscopic calibration model obtained using UV or UV/VIS spectra and degrees of thermal damage of a plurality of calibration hair samples. Also, the method includes determining the degree of thermal hair damage by using the comparison.
US11564616B2	Devices, systems, and methods for diagnosis and treatment of overactive bladder A system for modulating bladder function is disclosed. A system for evaluating the electrophysiological function of a bladder is disclosed. Methods for performing a controlled surgical procedure on a bladder are disclosed. A system for performing controlled surgical procedures in a minimally invasive manner is disclosed. An implantable device for monitoring and/or performing a neuromodulation procedure on a bladder is disclosed.
US11564614B2	Systems and methods for identifying ablation locations using electrical parameter data Systems and methods for identifying potential ablation sites using electrical parameter data are provided. A method includes geometrically isolating an arrhythmogenic substrate in a three-dimensional geometry. The method further includes generating a first cumulative map from a first dataset including electrical parameter data for each vertex in the isolated arrhythmogenic substrate, and generating a second cumulative map from a second dataset including additional data for each vertex. The method further includes generating a third cumulative map from the first and second cumulative maps, and displaying the third cumulative map on the three-dimensional geometry to facilitate identifying potential ablation sites.
US11564612B2	Automatic recognition and classification method for electrocardiogram heartbeat based on artificial intelligence An automatic recognition and classification method for electrocardiogram heartbeat based on artificial intelligence, comprising: processing a received original electrocardiogram digital signal to obtain heartbeat time sequence data and lead heartbeat data; cutting the lead heartbeat data according to the heartbeat time sequence data to generate lead heartbeat analysis data; performing data combination on the lead heartbeat analysis data to obtain a one-dimensional heartbeat analysis array; performing data dimension amplification and conversion according to the one-dimensional heartbeat analysis array to obtain four-dimensional tensor data; and inputting the four-dimensional tensor data to a trained LepuEcgCatNet heartbeat classification model, to obtain heartbeat classification information. The method overcomes the defect that the conventional method only depends on single lead independent analysis for result summary statistics and thus classification errors are more easily obtained, and the accuracy of the electrocardiogram heartbeat classification is greatly improved.
US11564607B2	Method and system for mapping and analyzing cardiac electrical activity A multiple-point basket-type or crown-shaped catheter device provides simultaneously mapping over a three-dimensional (3D) region of a subject, such as, one or more chambers of a subject's heart. The catheter device may include a series of splines each having a wave-like profile formed of a periodic series of peaks and troughs, with electrodes located at the peaks and troughs for mapping purposes.
US11564601B1	Multidepth tissue oximeter An oximeter measures oxygen saturation for two or more different tissue depths and shows these results on a screen. A probe of the oximeter has multiple different distances between source and detector sensors. One probe implementation has fixed sensor positions. Other implementations include sensors on a moveable platform or openings to accept sensors, which allow a user to vary a distance between sensors.
US11564600B2	Systems and methods for analyzing, interpreting, and acting on continuous glucose monitoring data Methods and devices include automated coaching for management of glucose states by receiving a user's glucose levels using a continuous glucose monitoring (CGM) device, determining a time in range (TIR) value, determining a TIR state, receiving a glucose variability (GV) value, determining a GV state, determining a starting state based on the TIR state and the GV state, determining that the starting state corresponds to a non-ideal state, generating an optimized pathway to reach an ideal state based on one or more account vectors such as addressing self-management behavior including food, activity, and medication use. The optimized pathway may further be based on computer detection and classification of significant events of interest over time.
US11564595B2	Non-invasive peripheral neuropathy foot sensory system A device that non-invasively detects objects beneath or around the foot or a foot position and transmits signals which are processed and then output via an output device on a skin surface not affected by a neurological deficit, such as the hands or thighs. This device is suitable for subjects with diabetic neuropathy who have lost sensation in their feet and are at risk of punctures, cuts or other physical damage and at risk of sprains, strains or falls due to lack of an ability to detect objects underfoot and foot position.
US11564592B2	Device, system, and method for providing a calibration fluid for the calibration and quality control of a respiratory gas analysis device A device for providing a calibration fluid, in particular a nitrogen oxide, for calibrating a respiratory gas analysis device, includes a first interface for connecting a chamber of the device to a measurement path of the respiratory gas analysis device, a first opening for introducing a reactant carrier with a first reactant into the chamber, and a contact element. The contact element is arranged in the chamber relative to the first opening such that when the reactant carrier is introduced, a contact of the contact element with the reactant carrier is facilitated in order to trigger a chemical reaction of the first reactant so as to generate the calibration fluid. The disclosure further relates to a system, a reactant carrier, and a method for providing a calibration fluid for calibrating a respiratory gas analysis device.
US11564583B2	Method for evaluating blush in myocardial tissue Vessel perfusion and myocardial blush are determined by analyzing fluorescence signals obtained in a static region-of-interest (ROI) in a collection of fluorescence images of myocardial tissue. The blush value is determined from the total intensity of the intensity values of image elements located within the smallest contiguous range of image intensity values containing a predefined fraction of a total measured image intensity of all image elements within the ROI. Vessel (arterial) peak intensity is determined from image elements located within the ROI that have the smallest contiguous range of highest measured image intensity values and contain a predefined fraction of a total measured image intensity of all image elements within the ROI. Cardiac function can be established by comparing the time differential between the time of peak intensity in a blood vessel and that in a region of neighboring myocardial tissue both pre and post procedure.
US11564582B2	Implant device for in-body monitoring A monitoring system includes an implantable intra-vascular support device for positioning against a vessel wall and an implantable sensor-actuator mounted to the support device. The sensor-actuator is drivable between a non-deployed position in which it is against the support device and a deployed position in which it is displaced away from the support device. Sensor signals are generated when in the deployed position. This system is able to monitor flow away from the edge of a vessel by deploying the sensor-actuator towards the center of the vessel. When flow monitoring does not need to take place, it can be non-deployed so that it does not present an occlusion to the flow.
US11564581B2	Methods for assessing fractional flow reserve Systems for determining fractional flow reserve are disclosed. An example system may include a pressure sensing guidewire for measuring a first pressure, a second pressure sensing medical device for measuring a second pressure, and a processor coupled to the pressure sensing guidewire and coupled to the second pressure sensing medical device. The processor may be designed to generate a plot of the magnitude of the second pressure over time, identify one or more time intervals of the plot that have a slope less than zero, determine a mean of the second pressure, and calculate the ratio of the first pressure to the second pressure when (a) the second pressure is less than or equal to the mean of the second pressure and (b) during the one or more time intervals when the slope of the plot is less than zero.
US11564579B2	System and method for determining an adaptive physiological strain index The invention in at least one embodiment includes a system and method for detecting and evaluating an adaptive physiological strain index (aPSI) of an individual with a processor and in a further embodiment taking into account the fitness, age and clothing of the individual based upon physiology. The invention in at least one embodiment includes a system and method to calculate the aPSI using physiological measures. In at least one embodiment, the method obtains an individual's skin temperature and heart rate in order to calculate the individual's aPSI.
US11564576B2	Device, system and method for determining a tissue characteristic of a subject The present invention relates to a device, system and method for less obtrusively determining a tissue characteristic of a subject, the device comprises a first control unit (11) configured to control an electromechanical transducer (31) by a first control signal (21) to transfer mechanical waves varying in a frequency range or with varying frequency content to an exposed tissue area of the subject; a second control unit (12) configured to control an electromagnetic radiation emitter (32) by a second control signal (22) to emit electromagnetic radiation towards the exposed tissue area of the subject; a radiation signal input (13) configured to obtain a radiation signal (23) indicative of electromagnetic radiation reflected from the exposed tissue area of the subject; and a processor (14) configured to determine a tissue characteristic signal (24) indicative of a tissue characteristic of the exposed tissue area of the subject derived from a frequency response or a frequency transfer function obtained from the obtained radiation signal in said frequency range or for said varying frequency content.
US11564570B2	Biological information measuring apparatus, method and program A biological information measuring apparatus includes a detector, a measuring unit, a calculator, and a determining unit. The detector detects pulse waves continuously. The measuring unit measures first biological information. The calculator calculates second biological information from the pulse waves based on the first biological information. The measuring unit suspends the measurement and resumes the measurement after a lapse of a period in a case where the determining unit does not determine that the result of measurement is normal, and the measuring unit continues the measurement in other cases where the body motion is not generated, the pulse waves are not irregular or the blood pressure value fails to vary.
US11564562B2	Preparing a structured optical beam for human observation In a general aspect, a structured optical beam with position-dependent polarizations is prepared for human observation. In some examples, an optics method includes processing an optical beam to produce a structured optical beam for human observation. Processing the optical beam includes receiving the optical beam from a laser source; attenuating the optical beam to an exposure irradiance level that is safe for direct viewing by a human eye; expanding the optical beam to a size configured for a field of view of the human eye; and preparing the optical beam with a position-dependent polarization profile. The structured optical beam, which has the position-dependent polarization profile, is directed towards an observation region for human observation.
US11564556B2	Endoscope accessory This invention relates generally to a method for performing an endoscopic procedure. According to some aspects of the invention, the method comprises placing an endoscope shaft within a body cavity at a desired examination point, the endoscope shaft having a proximal end, mid shaft and a distal end, the distal end terminating in an endoscope tip, wherein the endoscope tip is proximal to the desired examination point, positioning a segment of a longitudinally opened overtube over the endoscope mid shaft, wherein the overtube including a longitudinal reclosable seam along an entire length of the overtube, an inner surface, an outer surface, a proximal end and a distal end, a positioning ring adjacent the distal end on the outer surface, at least one sealing band on the inner surface, and an independently positionable occlusion catheter terminating in an asymmetrical occlusion balloon; at least one handle at the proximal end and on the outer surface for grasping and manipulation of the overtube within the body cavity. The method further comprises closing the seam of the segment of the overtube positioned over the endoscope mid shaft to form a longitudinally closed overtube and move the closed overtube over the endoscope shaft as guide within the body cavity and repeat the closing and moving till the overtube reaches the desired examination point, inflating the positioning ring to create a seal between the outer surface of the overtube and a body cavity proximal to the endoscope tip, wherein when inflated the positioning ring expanded asymmetrically around the overtube, inflating the at least one sealing band to create a seal between the internal surface of the overtube and endoscope shaft, passing the independently positionable occlusion catheter terminating in the asymmetrical occlusion balloon through a passageway along the overtube to enter the body cavity at the end of the overtube, manipulating the independently positionable occlusion catheter to a selected point within the body cavity distal to the endoscope tip, inflating the occlusion catheter balloon to create seal between the occlusion catheter balloon and the body cavity, and creating a sealed examination compartment between the positioning ring, the asymmetrical occlusion balloon and the sealing band surrounding the distal end of the endoscope shaft.
US11564539B2	Central vacuum system Disclosed is a central vacuum system. The central vacuum system comprises a first vacuum device, a second vacuum device, and a hose connected between the first vacuum device and the second vacuum device; the first vacuum device and the second vacuum are controlled by a linked switch, interior of the hose remains positive or slightly negative pressure. A self-operated differential pressure regulating valve arranged at the end of the hose is capable of generating corresponding air resistance under different airflow rate so as to maintain the interior pressure of the hose at a stable slightly positive or negative pressure.
US11564530B2	Two-end-through vacuum heat-insulated container outer tube sealing structure and sealing method A two-end-through vacuum heat-insulated container outer tube sealing structure includes a vacuum heat-insulated container outer tube, where a shoulder part of the vacuum heat-insulated container outer tube is provided with a plane; a vacuum cavity is formed in the plane; a vacuum hole for vacuum pumping is formed in the vacuum cavity; the vacuum cavity is filled with a sealing material; a side surface of the plane of the shoulder part is provided with a circular step from top to bottom; a shielding cover is subjected to primary welding on the circular step; a weld bead of the welding is removed by polishing; the shielding cover and the circular step are in gap-free fit; the other end of the shielding cover is subjected to secondary welding with a mouth part of a bottle body; and the weld bead of the welding is removed by sanding the mouth.
US11564518B2	Cup holder system A beverage drinking device includes a body that supports a plurality of containers arranged relative to each other such that a liquid from a first one of the containers flows into an adjacent, second one of the containers while an individual consumes liquid from the second one of the containers.
US11564517B2	Drinking cup with utensil compartment integrated with handle A drinking cup assembly includes a handle with a compartment for storing a utensil. The utensil includes a panel that forms a part of the handle. When the utensil is contained in the compartment, the panel occupies an opening that leads to the compartment. The utensil may be a stirrer, spoon, fork or knife. The handle may be permanently attached to the cup or removable from the cup.
US11564513B2	Bedding A bedding assembly may comprise a touch layer, a warmth layer, and a decorative layer. The touch layer and warmth layer may functionally correspond to a top sheet and a duvet insert in a conventional bedding system, respectively. The decorative layer is different than conventional duvet covers, since it does not enclose a duvet insert. The layers may be stacked and attached to one another through a series of fasteners that are located largely along the edges of each layer. The upper surface of the touch layer may attach to the lower surface of the warmth layer, and the upper surface of the warmth layer may attach to the lower surface of the decorative layer. A top portion of the touch layer may also fold over the warmth layer and attach to a top portion of the upper surface of the decorative layer.
US11564510B1	Shelf alignment guide system A shelf alignment guide system includes a first substrate with one or more channels disposed on the top surface of the substrate, the one or more channels to hold eyeglasses; a light strip secured to the first substrate; the one or more channels are curved to align with the eyeglasses.
US11564503B2	Ergonomic body pillow An ergonomic body pillow includes a substantially cuboid portion joined to a substantially cylindrical portion. The diameter of the cylindrical portion is perpendicular to the longitudinal axis of the cuboid portion. The substantially cuboid portion is firmer than the cylindrical portion. The body pillow keeps the body in a neutral position while side-sleeping.
US11564493B2	High strength blow-molded structure A blow-molded plastic structure has a hollow interior portion formed during a blow-molding process, and includes first and second outer portions that are spaced apart from each other, with the hollow interior portion disposed there between. The structure includes a pattern of structural stiffening features that are integrally formed in the second outer portion. The pattern of structural stiffening features includes a plurality of tripodal depressions disposed in rows and columns and a plurality of convex regions disposed in rows and columns between the plurality of tripodal depressions. Each convex region has a maximum height between the first and second outer portions. Each of the tripodal depressions extends into the hollow interior portion, includes three indentations disposed adjacent the first outer portion, and includes an island spaced away from the first outer portion. The island has three sides, each of which is disposed adjacent one of the three indentations.
US11564490B1	Corner storage device with sliding storage panels A corner storage device that includes a top piece that includes a left wall side, a right wall side, and a diagonal opening side. The left wall side and the right wall side together substantially form a right angle at a corner of the corner storage device, and the diagonal opening side is not parallel to the left wall side and not parallel to the right wall side. The corner storage device further includes panel guides that are coupled to the top piece and substantially parallel to each other, and storage panels that are slidably coupled to the panel guides. Each of the storage panels is configured to slide between a close position where the storage panel does not extend beyond the diagonal opening side and an open position where the storage panel extends beyond the diagonal opening side.
US11564487B2	Connector for modular rack assembly A rack assembly has two support frames and at least one shelf that are secured to the support frames by connecting assemblies. Each connecting assembly comprises a well secured to a medial surface of each vertical tube of the support frame, and a hook that extends from each end of each shelf, with each hook having an opening extending therethrough. The connecting assembly also includes a connector that is seated inside each well, each connector having a top plate that has an elongated opening, the connector also having a body that is sized and configured to fit inside a well, the body defining two wings with a space between the wings, and wherein each wing has a bump positioned in the center of the inner surface of each wing that faces the space. Each hook is inserted through the elongated opening of a corresponding connector with the bump on each wing fitted inside the opening of the hook to retain the hook inside the body of the connector.
US11564486B2	Table power module devices, systems, and methods A table system power module is provided. In some embodiments, an example table system includes a table top and a power module removably mounted to the table top. The power module includes a contact surface made from a relatively softer material.
US11564481B2	Methods and apparatus for a low-profile coupler A coupler for removeable coupling an object to a support. The coupler includes a cover, a ring, and a base. The cover couples to the support. The ring includes a first arm, a second arm, a third arm, a fourth arm, a first stop, and a second stop. Each arm of the ring is formed of a resilient material. The ring is positioned in a cavity of the cover. The base couples to the accessory. The base cooperates with the cover and the ring to couple to the cover and to rotate from a decoupled position to an intermediate position and further to a clocked position.
US11564480B2	Product containers for integration with devices and accessories The invention provides a product container grip comprising a container wall forming a cavity, a container top releasably attached to said container wall, a container bottom integral with said container wall, a locking mechanism disposed at least in part in said container wall, and a locking mechanism provides a means for releasably locking/attaching said container onto an extendable handle. Also provided is a container having a bottom or side locking mechanism for locking/attaching onto an extendable handle or locking/attaching onto an adapter fitted with receiving structures for accepting and forming a seal with the product container grip.
US11564473B2	Self-inking eyeliner pen and stamp A cosmetic applicator body including a cylindrical hollow body configured to contain a volume of cosmetic material, a first nib roller cooperatively engaged at a first end, and a second nib holder cooperatively engaged at a second end.
US11564452B2	Winding device Provided is a winding device configured so that the entirety of the device can be thinned and looseness of an elongated member can be reduced. In a winding device 1A, a flat motor 2 is used as a motor, and a spool 3 and a magical planetary gear mechanism 4 are formed flat along an extending XY plane of the flat motor 2. Thus, the entirety of the device can be configured flat, and can be thinned. Moreover, the magical planetary gear mechanism 4 prevents rotation of the spool 3 by external force, and therefore, looseness of the elongated member can be reduced.
US11564449B2	Multi-layer extruded uppers for articles of footwear and other foot-receiving devices Upper components for footwear include: (a) a first upper component that includes a first layer having a first material as a first filament including first plural, non-intersecting, spaced apart path segments (wherein the first filament has a width dimension of less than 3 mm wide (and in some examples, less than 2 mm wide, less than 1.5 mm wide, less than 1 mm wide, or even less than 0.75 mm wide)); and (b) a second upper component including a fabric element formed at least in part of a fusible material, wherein the fusible material of the second upper component is fused to the first material of the first upper component (e.g., in an adhesive-free manner). Additional layers of material, including additional layers including filament and/or fabric elements, e.g., of the types described above, may be included in the upper.
US11564448B2	Reflective textile Aspects herein are directed to a reflective textile, and articles of apparel, uppers for an article of footwear constructed therefrom, comprising a reflective material dispersed between a first and second surface of the textile in a first zone. The first zone reflects a greater amount of light than a second zone of the textile. Other aspects herein are directed to a method of manufacturing a reflective textile or article having a portion comprising a reflective textile.
US11564446B1	Outsoles having traction inserts An article of footwear may include an outsole having an opening extending from a top face of the outsole to a ground-contacting face of the outsole, and a traction member disposed within the opening in the outsole. The traction member has a protruding portion and flange portion extending from an upper end of the protruding portion. The flange portion is secured to the top face of the outsole.
US11564438B1	Collapsible footwear and method of altering a configuration of a collapsible sole to a compact form A collapsible footwear and a method of altering the configuration thereof into a compact form, configured for transportation, is described; the collapsible footwear includes a top part and collapsible sole including: a top sheet, bottom sheet, lateral support elements, laterally extending channels, top hinge elements, bottom hinge elements and stopper element, reversibly assuming collapsed and erected configurations; the method includes providing a collapsible sole, providing at least one top part, compressing the collapsible sole to assume a collapsed configuration and altering the configuration of the collapsible sole to assume an erected configuration.
US11564433B2	Independent double-sided material fastener with adjustable integrated tensioning device A fastener having an integrated fit adjustment device and secure double-sided seal is offset from the wearer's centerline. The integrated tensioning device can be a paper-thin rigid metal material embedded into the garment on one side of the waistband centerline. A strap is affixed to the garment on the opposite side of the tensioning device, crosses the centerline, and passes through an aperture. The strap reverses back upon itself, pulling against the integrated tensioning device to adjust the fit. The strap's tip has loop material on both sides. Once the strap is pulled against the tensioning device the garment-facing side of the strap is removably affixed to the waistband. Directly approximate to the waistband hook material area is a hinged flexible panel containing hook material on its underside. This panel hinges down, mating the hook material to the exposed loop material on the tip.
US11564431B2	Protective belt apparatus A belt apparatus is configured to support the trousers worn by a person and to include a number of airbags that are deployable in a falling event to protect the person from bone breakages. The belt apparatus includes a flexible belt element and a fastener that appear and function in much the same way as an ordinary apparel trouser belt, i.e., fitting through belt loops in trousers and being fastenable to itself to support the pair of trousers at the waist of the person. Despite the ordinary appearance of the belt apparatus, it includes airbags internal thereto whose expansion is controlled by a control apparatus. Responsive to a falling event in a particular direction with respect to the person, the control apparatus triggers the rapid expansion of an airbag that is situated on the belt element in the particular direction with respect to the person and takes other actions.
US11564427B2	Protective apparel and support apparatus and method of use A protective apparel support system is disclosed comprising a support frame configured to rest on the shoulders of a wearer, the support having a first shoulder member, a second shoulder member and a shield engagement portion. A shield is selectively coupleable to the support and protective apparel is coupled to the shield.
US11564423B2	Nursing garment A nursing garment for use by a nursing woman includes two releasable panels, each panel having opposed ends. At least one of the opposed ends of each panel is selectively releasable thereby exposing at least one breast of the nursing woman. The released panels provide coverage for breastfeeding and pumping activity.
US11564418B2	Electronic smoking article An electronic smoking article or electronic vaping article includes a reservoir containing a liquid material and having an outlet, a capillary having a capillary inlet and a capillary outlet, the capillary inlet of the capillary in communication with the outlet of the reservoir, a heater operable to heat the capillary to a temperature sufficient to at least initially volatilize liquid material contained within the capillary, and a shuttle valve between the outlet of the reservoir and the capillary inlet. The shuttle valve is operable to prevent release of liquid material from the reservoir when the shuttle valve is in a closed position and is operable to release liquid material from the reservoir when the shuttle valve is in an open position.
US11564414B2	Ultrasonic atomization control system and electronic cigarette Disclosed are an ultrasonic atomization control system and an electronic cigarette. The system includes: a current feedback circuit and/or a voltage feedback circuit, a microcontroller unit, a push-pull circuit, and an oscillator driving circuit; wherein the push-pull circuit is coupled between the microcontroller unit and the oscillator driving circuit, the current feedback circuit and/or the voltage feedback circuit are/is coupled between the oscillator driving circuit and the microcontroller unit; and the oscillator driving circuit is configured to be connected with a load; wherein the microcontroller unit is configured to output a pulse width modulation signal with a predetermined frequency and voltage to the push-pull circuit, judge a current and/or a voltage fluctuation fed back by the current feedback circuit and/or the voltage feedback circuit are/is greater than a threshold, and stop operation of the load if the fluctuation is greater than the threshold.
US11564407B2	Device for synthesizing carbonated water and system for preparing carbonated water A device for synthesizing carbonated water includes: a device shell, in which a stirring chamber is defined; a rotation shaft, which is accommodated in the stirring chamber; a blade structure, which is accommodated in the stirring chamber and rotatable around the rotation shaft; sidewall ribs, which are distributed in the stirring chamber and arranged on a sidewall of the device shell, each sidewall rib comprising one or more collision interfaces; an input unit, which is arranged on the device shell, positioned below the blade structure, communicated with the stirring chamber, and operable to receive water and carbon dioxide; and an output unit, which is arranged on the device shell, positioned above the blade structure, communicated with the stirring chamber, and operable to deliver carbonated water with a predetermined concentration.
US11564406B2	Method for conducing concentrated cannabis oil to be stable, emulsifiable and flavorless for use in hot beverages and resulting powderized cannabis oil A method for producing powderized cannabis oil, powderized cannabis oil, and edible products and beverages comprising the powderized cannabis oil. Powderized cannabis oil contains cannabis oil and maltodextrin in a ratio of at least three grams of maltodextrin for every one-eighth of a gram of cannabis oil. Edible products and beverages incorporating the powderized cannabis oil are human-consumable products that contain an emulsified, tasteless, and odorless dose of cannabis oil providing CBD, THC and/or THCA.
US11564405B2	Reducing the risk of viral infection due to viral contaminated feed Methods for reducing the risk of viral infection in animals due to consumption of viral contaminated feed. The methods comprise administering to an animal in need thereof an effective amount of a feed additive, wherein the feed additive comprises a mixture of organic acids. The methods can be used to reduce the risk of infection in animals whose feed may or may not be contaminated with certain viruses.
US11564401B2	Method for the preparation of a monoglyceride hydrate product The present invention relates to a method for preparing a monoglyceride hydrate product, which product may be used as an emulsifier in various food and non-food applications. The present invention further relates to the monoglyceride hydrate product obtainable by said method. The invention further relates to a monoglyceride hydrate product, comprising monoglycerides, with saturated fatty acid residues, water and non-hydrogenated monoglycerides and/or diglycerides having unsaturated fatty acid residues.
US11564394B2	Distorted gold (I)-phosphine complexes and and methods for use as antifungal agents The presently-disclosed subject matter describes distorted gold (I) phosphine compounds. The presently-disclosed subject matter also describes a method for killing fungus comprising contacting fungus with distorted gold (I) phosphine compounds. The presently-disclosed subject matter further describes a method of preventing or disrupting a biofilm on a surface comprising contacting a surface with distorted gold (I) phosphine compounds.
US11564391B2	Antimicrobial compositions and related methods of use Antimicrobial compositions comprising one or more compound components generally recognized as safe for human consumption, and related methods of use, such compositions and methods as can be employed in a wide range of agricultural, industrial, building, pharmaceutical and/or personal care products and applications.
US11564385B2	Self-arming electronic rodent trap and system and method for use thereof A rodent trap having a remote arming capability and a method of deploying a rodent trap in an unarmed state and then arming the trap after a wait period without the user having to again physically access the trap. The trap, preferably embodied as an electronic rodent trap, may be configured with wireless remote arming capability, timed arming functionality, activity based arming and the like. When in the unarmed state, the trap operates in a monitoring mode in which the trap can monitor and evaluate activity and/or interactions with the trap and can send and receive wireless communication signals.
US11564384B2	Manage and control pests infestation using machine learning in conjunction with automated devices Embodiments of the present invention provides a systems and methods for pest control. The system detects one or more pests based on receiving sensor data from one or more sensors associated with a predefined location. The system analyzes the sensor data with cognitive machine learning based on the detected pests. The system generates a treatment recommendation report based on the analysis and outputs the treatment recommendation report.
US11564378B2	Poultry drinker system A poultry drinker system includes a liquid container, which is filled with water; a drinking trough, which is fluidly connected to the liquid container; a float valve assembly, which is configured to regulate the flow of the liquid from the liquid container into the drinking trough; such that the float valve maintains the water level in the drinking trough as poultry drink the water.
US11564377B2	Durable pet diaper and method of using the same Herein disclosed is a durable, ecofriendly, pet diaper fabricated from durable, washable materials enabling repeated use is disclosed. The diaper includes an impervious exterior layer and a pervious and breathable interior layer joined at an outer rim. An absorbent pad is positioned distally from the outer rim creating a gap between the pad and outer rim. The diaper includes securing members and is designed for maximum comfort and commodious fit to the animal.
US11564376B2	Pet food receptacle anchor system and method A pet food and water receptacle anchoring system includes an anchor that is fixed on an underside of the food/water receptacle. In a preferred embodiment, the anchor comprises a head member on an upper portion and a screw member on a lower portion. The anchor may be screwed downwardly into any surface, or alternatively into a sleeve that is secured into a cement surface. Preferably, the anchor includes a ground plate to provide further stabilization to the receptacle when secured to a surface.
US11564366B2	Watermelon variety NUN 31813 WMW A new and distinct variety of watermelon variety NUN 31813 WMW is disclosed as well as seeds and plants and fruits thereof. NUN 31813 is a triploid, round small, crimson sweet type watermelon variety, comprising intermediate resistance to Fusarium oxysporum f. s.p niveum Race 0, Fusarium oxysporum f. s.p niveum Race 1, and Colletotrichum lagenarium Race 1.
US11564363B2	Method of supporting the growth of an agricultural crop A method is disclosed of in-situ retention and buffering of an amount of water in soil to support the growth of an agricultural crop. The method comprises the step of adding an effective amount of a hydrogel material as a water retention agent during planting of seed in the soil. The hydrogel material including an insoluble, cross-linked carboxymethyl cellulose. Once penetration of water into the soil is allowed after the planting of seed, a proportion of the water which penetrates the soil is absorbed by the hydrogel material and, over time, the absorbed water is released by diffusion into the soil to support the growth of the agricultural crop. Also disclosed is the hydrogel material which comprises said carboxymethyl cellulose which has been cross-linked with a cross-linking polymer from the group consisting of: an amine monomer; an amide monomer; and an amine-amide co-polymer.
US11564358B2	Lighting module for indoor farming A lighting module for illuminating cultivated crops in indoor farming comprises at least one monolithic efficiency enhancing optical element (EEOE) further comprising: (a) a front portion comprising a spectrum conversion layer; (b) an optically transparent middle body portion having at least one light source embedded there within and configured to emit spectrally controllable radiation; and (c) a back portion configured to reflect the radiation emitted by the spectrum conversion layer to the cultivated crops. The back portion has a central area being adjacent to the optically transparent middle body portion configured for reflecting radiation propagating within the optically transparent middle body portion and a peripheral area configured for reflecting radiation emerged from the optically transparent middle body portion via the side surface.
US11564357B2	Capture of ground truthed labels of plant traits method and system In embodiments, acquiring sensor data associated with a plant growing in a field, and analyzing the sensor data to extract one or more phenotypic traits associated with the plant from the sensor data. Indexing the one or more phenotypic traits to one or both of an identifier of the plant or a virtual representation of a part of the plant, and determining one or more plant insights based on the one or more phenotypic traits, wherein the one or more plant insights includes information about one or more of a health, a yield, a planting, a growth, a harvest, a management, a performance, and a state of the plant. One or more of the health, yield, planting, growth, harvest, management, performance, and the state of the plant are included in a plant insights report that is generated.
US11564347B2	Work vehicle A work vehicle includes a cutter device for cutting plant in a field, a storage section for storing plant cut by the cutter device, an inclination angle sensor for detecting an inclination angle ((θd)) of the vehicle body, a display device for displaying the inclination angle detected by the inclination angle sensor, and a reporting device for reporting the inclination angle exceeding a permissible inclination angle ((θa)).
US11570938B2	Display device A display device includes a display panel, a back cover disposed on a rear surface of the display panel and including a plurality of layers, and a finishing portion disposed to surround at least a part of an outer side surface of the display panel and an outer side surface of the back cover. The back cover includes a first layer positioned on the rear surface of the display panel and disposed in an area including an area overlapping with the display panel, a second layer disposed apart from the first layer to oppose the first layer, and a core disposed between the first layer and the second layer.
US11570936B1	Data center cooling system A cooling system configured to remove heat from a chimney of a server cabinet. The system includes a first heat exchanger unit in the chimney of the server cabinet. The first heat exchanger has a fluid inlet for receiving a working fluid and a fluid outlet for discharging the working fluid. The first heat exchanger also has an upstream surface receiving waste heat generated by one or more servers and a downstream surface that discharges air cooled by the first heat exchanger. The upstream surface is generally perpendicular to the downstream surface.
US11570927B1	Server apparatus and tray mechanism thereof A server apparatus includes a casing having a first engaging structure, a tray mechanism including a tray, a handle and an elastic member, and a server module disposed on the tray. The handle is pivoted to the tray. The elastic member connected to the tray and has an interfering structure. The interfering structure interferes with the handle to position the handle for making the handle not interfere with the first engaging structure when the tray is inserted into the casing along an insertion direction.
US11570912B2	Flexible display device Provided is a flexible display device, including a flexible display panel and a support structure, the flexible display panel includes a main structure region, a bending region and an extension region, the bending region is bent to locate the extension region at a back of the main structure region, an accommodation space is formed between the main structure region, the extension region and the bending region, at least part of the support structure is located in the accommodation space, and one end of the support structure extends into a bending space surrounded by the bending region.
US11570911B2	Display device A display device includes a display panel and a lower member disposed below the display panel. The display panel includes a first non-folding region, a second non-folding region, and a folding region disposed between the first non-folding region and the second non-folding region. The lower member includes a support layer and a digitizer. The support layer comprises a first support part disposed below the first non-folding region, and having insulating property, and a second support part disposed below the second non-folding region and having insulating property. The digitizer is disposed below the first support part and the second support part.
US11570909B2	Flexible display apparatus and method of manufacturing the same A flexible display apparatus includes at least two flexible elements, and at least one adhesive layer bonding the at least two flexible elements. The flexible display apparatus has a bendable region, each adhesive layer includes a first portion in the bendable region and a second portion, and at least part of the second portion is located outside the bendable region. The adhesive layer is configured such that at a same temperature, a storage modulus of the first portion is greater than a storage modulus of the second portion. A thickness of the first portion is less than or equal to a thickness of the adhesive layer.
US11570900B2	Circuit forming method A circuit forming method, comprising: a coating step of applying a metal-containing liquid and a metal paste in an overlapping manner on a base, the metal-containing liquid containing fine metal particles and the metal paste containing a resin binder and metal particles larger than the fine metal particles in the metal-containing liquid; and a heating step of making the metal-containing liquid and the metal paste coated in the coating step conductive by heating the metal-containing liquid and the metal paste.
US11570895B2	Electronic device including multiple printed circuit boards An electronic device is provided. The electronic device includes a first printed circuit board having a first surface and a second surface, a second printed circuit board having a first surface and a second surface disposed to be spaced apart from the first printed circuit board, a battery disposed between the first printed circuit board and the second printed circuit board, a first connection member to electrically connect the first printed circuit board and the second printed circuit board, and a second connection member to electrically connect the first printed circuit board and the second printed circuit board, wherein the first connection member and the second connection member may be arranged to at least partially overlap at a portion passing by the battery.
US11570892B2	Stretchable/conformable electronic and optoelectronic circuits, methods, and applications A fabrication method for stretchable/conformable electronic and optoelectronic circuits and the resulting circuits. The method may utilize a variety of electronic materials including, but not limited to Silicon, GaAs, InSb, Pb Se, CdTe, organic semiconductors, metal oxide semiconductors and related alloys or hybrid combinations of the aforementioned materials. While a wide range of fabricated electronic/optoelectronic devices, circuits, and systems could be manufactured using the embodied technology, a hemispherical image sensor is an exemplary advantageous optoelectronic device that is enabled by this technology. Other applications include but are not limited to wearable electronics, flexible devices for the internet-of-things, and advanced imaging systems.
US11570883B2	Method for manufacturing a circuit board A circuit board with improved heat dissipation function and a method for manufacturing the circuit board are provided. The circuit board includes a heat dissipation substrate, an insulating layer on the heat dissipation substrate, an electronic component, a base layer on the insulating layer, and a circuit layer on the base layer. The heat dissipation substrate includes a phase change structure and a heat conductive layer wrapping the phase change structure. The heat dissipation substrate defines a first through hole. The insulating layer defines a groove for receiving the electronic component. A second through hole is defined in the circuit layer, the base layer, and the insulating layer. A bottom of the second through hole corresponds to the heat conductive layer. A heat conductive portion is disposed in the second through hole.
US11570863B2	Lighting device for generating a white mixed light with controllable spectral characteristics A lighting device for generating a white mixed light having controllable spectral characteristics is provided. The lighting device comprises a number of white light sources for each making a contribution to the white mixed light by generating a white light with a respective spectral expression in each case that can be quantitatively characterized, so that the white lights generated by the white light sources can form corner points of a target range for the resulting mixed light in a spectral light parameter space. The lighting device further comprises control electronics for controlling proportional contributions of the white light sources so that the position corresponding to the resulting mixed white light can be varied within the target area spanned on the corner points in the spectral light parameter space.
US11570859B2	LED lighting systems with TRIAC dimmers and methods thereof System and method for controlling one or more light emitting diodes. For example, the system for controlling one or more light emitting diodes includes a current regulation circuit coupled to a cathode of one or more light emitting diodes. The one or more light emitting diodes include the cathode and an anode configured to receive a rectified voltage. Additionally, the system includes a control circuit coupled to the cathode of the one or more light emitting diodes. The control circuit is configured to receive a first voltage from the cathode of the one or more light emitting diodes, compare a second voltage and a threshold voltage, and generate a control signal based at least in part on the second voltage and the threshold voltage. The second voltage indicates a magnitude of the first voltage.
US11570855B2	Induction heat cooking apparatus The present invention relates to an induction heating cooker including a synchronization circuit for a plurality of inverters, comprising: a first inverter including a first switching circuit unit for applying a first power source to a first heating coil, and a first control unit for controlling the first switching circuit unit; and a second inverter including a second switching circuit unit for applying a second power source to a second heating coil, and a second control unit for controlling the second switching circuit unit, wherein the first inverter further includes a first insulated signal transfer unit for controlling an operation of the second switching circuit unit, and the first control unit may match an operating frequency of the second switching circuit unit with an operating frequency of the first switching circuit unit by using the first insulated signal transfer unit.
US11570850B2	Electro-thermal heating elements The present invention relates to methods and electro-thermal heating elements in which the electro-thermal heating element comprises a cut-out. Forming at least one multi-resistance patch for the cut-out and attaching the at least one multi-resistance patch to the electro-thermal heating element proximate to the cut-out.
US11570848B1	Facilitating telecommunication network access via mobile device peer to peer sharing Systems and methods are described herein for facilitating access to a telecommunications network by a third-party device via one or more available subscriber devices. The network-based systems enable devices associated with subscribers of the telecommunications networks to establish connections with other mobile devices (e.g., third-party mobile devices of users that are not subscribers) over peer to peer (P2P) communication protocols. For example, a subscriber device can, over a P2P connection, act as a Hotspot, Wi-Fi tether, or bridge for a third-party or other device requesting access to the networks.
US11570838B2	Opportunistic progressive encoding Methods, systems, and devices are described for communicating data from multiple data terminals to an aggregator terminal over a communication link having changing link conditions. In some embodiments, source data is received at multiple data terminals, each in communication with an aggregator terminal over a communication link. For example, during a live newscast, one mobile camera may receive live video of an event from a first position while another mobile camera receives live video of the event from a second position. For various reasons (e.g., as the cameras move) each communication link may experience independently changing link conditions. Each data terminal encodes the source data (or store source data for later encoding) as a function of its respective link conditions and transmits encoded source data over its respective communication link to the aggregator terminal.
US11570827B2	Network-initiated PDU session connection update method between terminal and network The present disclosure relates to a communication scheme and system for converging a 5th generation (5G) communication system for supporting a data rate higher than that of a 4th generation (4G) system with an Internet of things (IoT) technology. The present disclosure is applicable to intelligent services (e.g., smart homes, smart buildings, smart cities, smart cars, connected cars, health care, digital education, retails, and security and safety-related services) based on the 5G communication technology and the IoT-related technology. The present disclosure provides a method performed by a session management function (SMF) entity in a communication system, which includes identifying whether a terminal is moved out of a service area corresponding to a protocol data unit (PDU) session; and in case that the terminal is moved out of the service area corresponding to the PDU session, transmitting, to a user plane function (UPF) entity a first request message to remove information on a connection between a base station and the UPF entity, the connection being associated with the PDU session.
US11570823B2	Random access occasion indication method and apparatus, random access occasion determination method and apparatus, storage medium, base station and terminal An RO indication method and apparatus, an RO determination method and apparatus, a storage medium, a base station and a terminal are provided. The RO indication method includes: determining RO configuration information which includes at least one of followings: an association relation between ROs and corresponding frequency resources where the ROs are located respectively, and an association relation between ROs and corresponding available preambles; and transmitting the RO configuration information to a UE. By the embodiments of the present disclosure, a network is able to determine an RO of a UE without considering influence caused by a maximum difference time of RTT and increasing an average waiting time for the UE to transmit a preamble.
US11570818B2	Beam failure recovery There is provided a method comprising: determining that a random access procedure is to be applied in response to initiating a beam failure recovery, BFR, procedure; selecting a beam with which the random access procedure is to be attempted; determining whether or not the selected beam is allocated with a contention free preamble; and performing one of the following: 1) upon determining the positive, applying a contention free random access, CFRA, procedure based on a first limit for an access attempt counter; and 2) upon determining the negative, applying a contention based random access, CBRA, procedure based on a second limit for the access attempt counter, wherein the first and second limits are different.
US11570811B2	Contention window management for group listen before talk based channel access Methods, systems, and devices for wireless communications are described. A base station may identify a listen-before-talk (LBT) procedure to use for transmitting a downlink signal to a user equipment (UE) on a shared radio frequency spectrum band. The LBT procedure may be a group LBT procedure associated with a first set of contention window durations or an individual listen-before talk procedure associated with a second set of contention window durations. The base station may determine a contention window duration corresponding to the identified LBT procedure, perform the identified LBT procedure using the determined contention window duration, and transmit the downlink signal to the UE based on the performed LBT procedure.
US11570804B2	Resource allocation for transmission with configured grant in unlicensed spectrum Methods and devices are provided that enable configuration of a selected set of electronic devices (EDs) that are allocated the same time-domain resources and either orthogonal or the same frequency interlaces on a same unlicensed channel. Configuring the selected set of EDs in order to align transmission starting points in the unlicensed channel and utilizing blocking symbols for at least some of the transmission starting points, may mitigate mutual blocking during LBT procedures.
US11570798B2	Data transmission method, network device and terminal device Provided are a data transmission method, a network device and a terminal device. The method comprises: generating first instruction information, the first instruction information being used to instruct a terminal device to simultaneously send multiple pieces of uplink information corresponding to multiple downlinks over multiple uplink channels, or the first instruction information being used to instruct the terminal device to send multiple pieces of uplink information over multiple uplink channels by means of a manner of a time-division multiplexing, or the first instruction information being used to instruct the terminal device to send multiple pieces of uplink information over a first uplink channel among multiple uplink channels; sending the first instruction information to the terminal device.
US11570792B2	System and method for configuring communication interval for sensing device/s Aspects of the invention are directed towards a system and a method for configuring a communication interval of one or more sensing devices. One or more embodiments of the invention describe a method comprising steps of receiving a signal strength value from one or more sensing devices and determining an apparent distance between a regulating device and each of the one or more sensing devices based on the signal strength value. The method further comprising step dynamically ranking the one or more sensing devices based on the apparent distance and based on the ranking of the one or more sensing devices, configuring a communication interval for each of the one or more sensing devices.
US11570785B2	Radio resource management method, management apparatus, and wireless communication system A radio resource management method in a management apparatus for managing a wireless network including radio resources provided by owners, the radio resource management method includes, managing radio resource information about the radio resources, acquiring, from a terminal device which uses the radio resources for communication, communication conditions representing conditions in the communication, and controlling the radio resources used by the terminal device for communication on the basis of the radio resource information and the communication conditions.
US11570766B2	Method for receiving downlink control information by UE in wireless communication system, and apparatus for same The present invention relates to a method for receiving control information by a UE in a wireless communication system, and an apparatus for same. More specifically, the method includes a step of receiving reconfiguration downlink control information (DCI), wherein the reconfiguration DCI includes a plurality of reconfigurations relating to a UE group including the UE and is configured so as to be received on the basis of a radio network temporary identifier (RNTI) defined for the reconfiguration DCI.
US11570754B2	Methods, apparatus and systems for realizing vehicle to vehicle communications using long term evolution device to device communications A method, apparatus, and system of a User Equipment (UE) device executing communications using a Device-to-Device (D2D) Long Term Evolution (LTE) network are provided. The method includes determining D2D devices communicating in an area, determining whether D2D data is to be transmitted, determining one or more resource sets for transmitting the D2D data, and transmitting the D2D data using the determined one or more resource sets.
US11570748B2	Power storage management system, information processing apparatus, power storage apparatus, method of operating power storage management system, and method of operating information processing apparatus In one example embodiment, a power storage management system includes a user terminal, a power storage apparatus and an information processing apparatus. In one example embodiment, the information processing apparatus is configured to, using a mobile communication network (e.g., Global System for Mobile Communications or the Universal Mobile Telecommunications System), communicate with the power storage apparatus.
US11570747B2	User equipment selection for sidelink-assisted position estimation procedure Disclosed are techniques for wireless communication. In an aspect, a target UE receives zone information associated with a set of zones, the zone information indicating, for each of a plurality of candidate UEs for a sidelink-assisted position estimation procedure of the target UE, a zone identifier of a zone in which the respective candidate UE is located. The target UE selects one or more candidate UEs for the sidelink-assisted position estimation procedure based at least in part upon the zone information. The target UE performs the sidelink-assisted position estimation procedure with at least the selected one or more candidate UEs.
US11570745B2	Positioning method and apparatus A positioning method includes: acquiring first geographic orientation information of a second device and first relative orientation information of the first device relative to the second device; acquiring second geographic orientation information of the first device; and determining second relative orientation information of the second device relative to the first device according to the first geographic orientation information, the second geographic orientation information, and the first relative orientation information.
US11570738B1	E-Sim trial Systems and methods for providing at least one electronic indication of network benefit of a telecommunication network include a first telecom network and a user device. The user device includes sim circuitry. The user device is structured to connect to the first telecom network and a secondary telecom network, receive at least one first device signal associated with the first telecom network and at least one secondary device signal associated with the secondary telecom network, determine one or more signal factors based on the at least one first device signal and the at least one secondary device signal, generate one or more network scores in response to the one or more signal factors determined, and based on the one or more network scores, provide at least one electronic indication of network benefit of the first telecom network and the secondary telecom network.
US11570726B2	Sidelink power control method and terminal for performing sidelink power control The present disclosure relates to a pre-5th-Generation (5G) or 5G communication system to be provided for supporting higher data rates Beyond 4th-Generation (4G) communication system such as Long Term Evolution (LTE). A power control method, and a terminal for performing power control. The power control method includes: acquiring parameter configuration information for sidelink open loop power control; transmitting a sidelink physical channel or a sidelink physical signal to a second UE, so that the second UE measures a Reference Signal Received Power (RSRP) based on the received sidelink physical channel or the sidelink physical signal, and feeds back the measured RSRP to a first UE; receiving the RSRP fed back by the second UE; calculating an open loop transmitting power based on the received RSRP and the acquired parameter configuration information for sidelink open loop power control.
US11570724B2	Method for PH calculation and terminal A method for PH calculation and a terminal are provided. The method includes: receiving a path loss reference change indication; and calculating a PH by using a specific path loss reference, where the specific path loss reference includes a path loss reference before receiving the path loss reference change indication, or a changed path loss reference indicated by the path loss reference change indication.
US11570723B2	Management server, communication device, method and recording medium A mechanism which enables management of frequency resources while suppressing a calculation amount under an environment where location information of a communication device changes. A management server including: a creating unit to create list information; an acquiring unit to acquire a step size relating to transmission power setting of the communication device; a re-creation judging unit to judge whether or not to re-create the list information based on first location information when the list information has been created last time, second location information to be judged and the step size; and a notification unit to notify the communication device which uses the list information, of the re-created list information in a case where it is judged to re-create the list information and the list information created last time in a case where it is judged not to re-create the list information.
US11570722B2	Transmission power for dual connectivity Apparatuses, methods, and systems are disclosed for transmission power for dual connectivity. One method includes operating a UE with DC comprising connectivity with a first cell group and a second cell group; receiving a configuration message configuring the UE with a first maximum transmission power for transmissions on the first cell group, and a second maximum transmission power for transmissions on the second cell group; determining, at a UE, a transmission time for a first transmission on a first serving cell of the first cell group; and determining a cut-off time for power determination for the first transmission, wherein the cut-off time is based on the transmission time for the first transmission offset by an offset time, and the offset time is based on a function of a first UE processing time and a second UE processing time.
US11570716B1	Method for power saving in mobile devices by optimizing wakelocks A method for conserving device and/or network resources is provided herein. The method includes detecting a wakelock operating on a mobile device and determining a consumption of one of a power or radio usage attributed to the detected wakelock. The method further includes determining a criticality related to user experience for the detected wakelock and releasing the detected wakelock based on the determined consumption and criticality. Related systems and mobile devices are also disclosed.
US11570708B2	Deactivation timer management in a wireless device and wireless network A wireless device receives configuration parameters indicating: a first cell carries scheduling information for first packets received via the first cell; and a second cell carries scheduling information for second packets transmitted via the first cell. A downlink control information (DCI) for transmission via the first cell is received. A determination is made whether the DCI is for uplink transmission or downlink transmission. Based on the determining, a deactivation timer of the second cell is restarted or not restarted. In response to the deactivation timer of the second cell expiring, the second cell is deactivated.
US11570705B2	Method of securing wireless backhaul, a child base station, a parent base station and methods in the child and parent base stations A method of securing wireless backhaul for a child base station in a first network provided by a first operator, including: any parent base station with wireline backhaul capability and configured to virtualise a core network User Plane Function, UPF, advertises that it supports a wireless backhaul service; the child base station in the first network connects over an air interface to one or more parent base stations in a second network provided by a second operator; the child base station sends a backhaul service request to a connected parent base station; when the backhaul service request is accepted, the connected parent base station uses a virtualised UPF to enable a direct wireline backhaul link between the parent base station and a data network; and the child base station uses the air interface as a wireless backhaul link and the wireline backhaul link of the connected parent base station for backhaul.
US11570699B2	Apparatus, and associated method, for facilitating communications by a mobile node in a multiple network radio communication system having interworking capability Apparatus, and an associated method, by which to permit selection by a user of a mobile node of with which cellular communication system network that the mobile node shall communicate by way of an interworking wireless local area network. User selection is provided even when the interworking wireless local area network is directly connected to the home network of the mobile node. A determiner determines whether the interworking wireless local area network is directly connected to the home network. And, responsive to the determinations, an identifier identifies the cellular communication system network associated with the interworking wireless local area network.
US11570695B2	Search space monitoring There are provided mechanisms for monitoring search spaces. A first method performed by a wireless device comprises receiving an Orthogonal Frequency-Division Multiplexing (OFDM) symbol in a downlink slot. At least part of the OFDM symbol is included in a device-specific search space and in a common search space. The first method comprises monitoring the device-specific search space for at least one device-specific reference signal (RS) and monitoring the common search space for at least one non-device-specific RS. In a second method, a radio access network node transmits an OFDM symbol included in a device-specific search space and in a common search space. The device-specific search space contains a device-specific RS, or the non-device specific search space contains a non-device-specific RS, or both of these apply.
US11570691B2	Method and apparatus to control access attempts from a terminal for wireless backhaul A method, apparatus, and computer program product provide for controlling access attempts for wireless backhaul. In the context of a method, the method constructs an access request comprising an Integrated Access and Backhaul (IAB) access indication. The method further determines whether the access attempt is allowed for a particular cell, and if so, determines an establishment cause value based at least on the IAB access indication. The method also causes transmission of the access request and establishment cause value.
US11570690B2	Distributed access and/or backhaul for non-terrestrial nodes A method of establishing one or more links for an integrated access and backhaul for a network, where the network includes a non-terrestrial node and a terrestrial node, includes determining a plurality of links to form between a non-terrestrial node and a number of nodes in the network and causing the plurality of links to be formed. The method also includes determining a plurality of routing paths for backhaul between the non-terrestrial node to a central server, providing instructions for backhaul between the non-terrestrial node and the central server using the plurality of routing paths, and transmitting a first set of data to backhaul via a first routing path of the plurality of routing paths and a second set of data to backhaul via a second routing path of the plurality of routing paths.
US11570689B2	Methods, systems, and computer readable media for hiding network function instance identifiers Methods, systems, and computer readable media for hiding network function (NF) instance identifiers (IDs) in communications networks are disclosed. One method for hiding NF instance IDs in a communications network occurs at an NF repository function (NRF) comprising at least one processor. The method comprises: receiving, from a first NF, an NF registration request message for registering a first NF instance of the first NF, wherein the NF registration request message includes a first NF instance ID for identifying the first NF instance; storing, in a data store, a mapping between the first NF instance ID and at least one pseudo NF instance ID, wherein the data store includes mappings between NF instance IDs and related pseudo NF instance IDs; and generating and sending, to the first NF, an NF registration response message including the at least one pseudo NF instance ID for identifying the first NF instance.
US11570688B2	Single channel deployment over wireless network topologies Systems, devices, and methods relate to a hybrid wireless access point (AP) which can support both single-channel mode and multi-channel mode at same time and within the same device. Uplink and/or downlink packets may be received by the hybrid AP, where the received packet may be same packet sent to different hybrid APs, and then each hybrid AP may decide to use these received packets for single-channel architecture (SCA), multi-channel architecture (MCA), or both. In SCA, the hybrid APs may communicate with each other to sync the SCA behavior.
US11570687B1	Communication system and method for operating 5G mesh network for enhanced coverage and ultra-reliable communication A communication system includes a central cloud server to determine a primary communication path between a radio access network (RAN) node and one or more user equipment (UEs) via a first set of edge devices of a plurality of edge devices. The central cloud server determines a secondary communication path between the RAN node and the one or more UEs via a second set of edge devices, and causes the first set of edge devices to establish the determined primary communication path to service the one or more UEs for uplink and downlink communication. The central cloud server control switching from the primary communication path to the secondary communication path within a threshold time based on a presence of a signal obstruction in the primary communication path to maintain a continuity in the service to the one or more UEs for the uplink and downlink communication.
US11570686B2	Methods for link and path quality assessment A method for assessing path quality between a source node and a destination node, the method comprising, at a node: determining a first parameter and a first path classification of a first path having at least one link; determining a second parameter and a second path classification of a second path having at least one link; determining the quality of the first path based on the first parameter and the first path classification; determining the quality of the second path based on the second parameter and the second path classification; and comparing the quality of the first path and the quality of the second path thereby to determine the best quality path.
US11570682B2	Method and apparatus for mobility handling in wireless communication system The present disclosure relates to a mobility handling in wireless communications. According to an embodiment of the present disclosure, a method performed by a wireless device comprises: identifying a first cell which satisfies a mobility condition for the first cell included in a conditional mobility command of the first cell; and based on a determination that a target cell configuration for the first cell is unavailable, transmitting a report comprising information for an unavailability of the target cell configuration for the first cell.
US11570677B2	User equipment (UE) roaming based on network performance A wireless User Equipment (UE) is configured to hand over to a roaming network. The wireless UE comprises a radio and processing circuitry. The radio wirelessly transfers UE capabilities to a home wireless network and receives performance information for the wireless networks from the home wireless network. The radio measures signal strengths for the roaming wireless networks. The radio transfers the performance information and signal strengths to the processing circuitry. The processing circuitry determines candidate roaming networks based on the signal strengths. The processing circuitry determines performance differentials between the home network and the candidate roaming networks based on the performance information. When at least one of the performance differentials exceeds a performance differential threshold, the processing circuitry generates a handover request to attach to the candidate roaming network with the largest performance differential and transfers the handover request to the home wireless network.
US11570669B2	Radio network node, wireless device, and methods for performed in a wireless communication network Embodiments herein relate, for example, to operations performed by a network node for handling communication of a wireless device in a wireless communication network. The network node receives a first preamble associated with a first downlink (“DL”) beam from the wireless device. The network node transmits a random access response (“RAR”) to the wireless device using the first DL beam associated with the first preamble. Responsive to transmitting the RAR using the first DL beam, the network node determines that the wireless device has not received the RAR. Responsive to determining that the wireless device has not received the RAR, the network node transmits the RAR using a second DL beam.
US11570667B2	Method for implementing service, network unit and terminal The present disclosure provides a method for implementing service, a network unit and a terminal. The method for implementing service, operable by a terminal, includes: obtaining indication information for an operation from a first network to a second network; determining an operation for the related service, according to the indication information for the operation from the first network to the second network.
US11570652B2	Bandwidth part configuration for network slicing A slice manager associated with a network access point of a telecommunication network can manage combinations of network slices and bandwidth parts for user equipment (UE). The bandwidth parts can have independently set numerologies, such as subcarrier spacing values. The UE can be configured to use one or more active bandwidth parts at a time, such that the slice manager can instruct the UE to use multiple active bandwidth parts simultaneously with respect to the same network slice or multiple network slices.
US11570648B2	Method and apparatus for base station audit correction in wireless communication networks A method for operating a base station is provided. The method includes in response to a triggering event, fetching information on a base station (BS) configuration parameters comprising a location, a height, an antenna pattern, and topographical details surrounding the BS; determining the BS configuration parameters that are error prone and require re-estimation; obtain measurement reports created by at least one user equipment (UE); determining an audit method to perform an audit correction, the audit correction based on the one or more of the BS configuration parameters to re-estimate, available BS information and the measurement reports; performing the audit correction, to obtain a result based on a computed score for each candidate value of the BS configuration parameters; generating, based on the result, one or more corrective actions; and adjusting at least one of the BS configuration parameters based on the one or more corrective actions.
US11570644B2	Method, equipment and storage medium for device to device (D2D) resource pool measurement and reporting The disclosure discloses a method for Device to Device (D2D) resource pool measurement and reporting. A User Equipment (UE) measures a D2D resource pool, and sends measurement information of the D2D resource pool. The disclosure also discloses another method, Evolved Node B (eNodeB), UE and storage medium for D2D resource pool measurement and reporting.
US11570640B2	Techniques for coordinating scheduling wireless communications using a repeater Aspects described herein relate to receiving, at a repeater and from a serving base station, one or more transmitted downlink beams, receiving, at the repeater and from a downstream node served by the serving base station, one or more transmitted uplink beams, and transmitting, to the serving base station, one or more parameters related to determining a channel quality metric using at least the one or more transmitted downlink beams and the one or more transmitted uplink beams.
US11570638B2	Automated network control systems that adapt network configurations based on the local network environment Systems, apparatuses and methods may provide for technology that adjusts, via a short-term subsystem, a communications parameter for one or more of wireless communication devices based on data from one or more of a plurality of sensors. The technology may also determine, via a neural network, a prediction of future performance of the wireless network based on a state of the network environment, wherein the state of the network environment includes information from the short-term subsystem and location information about the wireless communication devices and other objects in the environment, and determine a change in network configuration to improve a quality of communications in the wireless network based on the prediction of future performance of the wireless network. The technology may further generate generic path loss models based on time-stamped RSSI maps and record a sequence of events that cause a significant drop in RSSI to determine a change in network configuration.
US11570637B2	Managing beam failure recovery using digital beamforming Embodiment methods for managing communication with a base station may include a wireless device determining whether a beam received from the base station can be successfully received using analog beamforming, determining whether the beam from the base station can be received using digital beamforming in response to determining that the beam received from the base station cannot be successfully received using analog beamforming, and receiving the beam using the digital beamforming in response to determining that the beam can be received using digital beamforming.
US11570634B2	Method and apparatus for informing changes in coverage enhancement usage in a network The present disclosure relates to a communication method and system for converging a 5th-Generation (5G) communication system for supporting higher data rates beyond a 4th-Generation (4G) system with a technology for Internet of Things (IoT). The present disclosure may be applied to intelligent services based on the 5G communication technology and the IoT-related technology, such as smart home, smart building, smart city, smart car, connected car, health care, digital education, smart retail, security and safety services. There is disclosed a method, for a first network entity, for informing a change in coverage enhancement usage in a network comprising the first network entity and a user equipment (UE). The method comprises, in response to determining that a restriction on the use of coverage enhancement has changed for the UE, transmitting, to the UE, a first message including an indication of the change.
US11570628B2	Method and apparatus for adjusting a reception beam A user equipment (UE) is configured to perform a method for adjusting a reception beam. The UE performs receiving first communication signals from a base station using the reception beam having the first reception beam direction, wherein the first communication signals comprise beam direction change information; adjusting the reception beam from the first reception beam direction to a second reception beam direction in accordance with the beam direction change information; and receiving second communication signals from the base station based on the reception beam having the second reception beam direction. Through the method, the UE may actively adjust the reception beam direction based on relative movement between base station beam and itself.
US11570612B2	Flexible electronic subscriber identity module deployment Techniques for flexible electronic subscriber identity module (eSIM) deployment to a wireless device by a network server, including generation of multiple eSIMs using an identical eSIM identifier value, such as an identical integrated circuit card identifier (ICCID) value, and subsequent selection of an eSIM based on capabilities of the wireless device. Multiple eSIMs that correspond to different sets of wireless device capabilities are generated without knowledge of the wireless communication standards that a wireless device supports. The multiple eSIMs include a first eSIM that includes fifth generation (5G) wireless communication protocol information and a second eSIM that excludes 5G wireless communication protocol information. The network server selects an eSIM from the multiple eSIMs based on whether the wireless device is 5G capable. After selection and binding of a profile package that includes the eSIM, the remaining eSIMs that use the identical ICCID value are deleted, for security enforcement against cloning.
US11570606B2	Bluetooth controller circuit for reducing possibility of noise generation A Bluetooth controller circuit includes: a clock counter arranged to operably generate a first count value corresponding to a reference clock signal; a count value adjusting circuit arranged to operably generate a second count value according to the first count value; a time slot determining circuit arranged to operably determine timing of respective transmission slots according to the second count value; a transceiver circuit arranged to operably transmit Bluetooth signal in transmission slots determined by the time slot determining circuit; and a control circuit, coupled with the count value adjusting circuit, the time slot determining circuit, and the transceiver circuit, and arranged to operably control operations of the count value adjusting circuit, the time slot determining circuit, and the transceiver circuit.
US11570604B2	Modulation technique for near field communication A novel concept for Near Field Communication (NFC) is described herein. In accordance with the embodiments described herein, orthogonal carrier signals are transmitted between NFC transmitter and NFC receiver circuit. In one arrangement, a carrier signal is unmodulated to ensure uninterrupted energy transfer to the receiver circuit. The orthogonal carriers are used to implement full-duplex Near Field Communication.
US11570595B2	Method and network node for handling a service setup for a user equipment A method performed by a serving core network node in a communications network, for handling a service setup for a target User Equipment (UE) located in the communications network. The serving core network node receives a service setup request directed towards the target UE. The serving core network node sends a ping message to the target UE in response to the service setup request prior to a completion of a terminating service handling procedure of the serving network, wherein the terminating service handling procedure is completed when the service setup request is forwarded from a serving core network towards the target UE.
US11570593B2	Resource allocation and segmentation in wireless systems Methods, systems, and devices for wireless communications are described that may enable a user equipment (UE) to transmit sidelink data within an interference avoidance resource scheduling scheme. For example, a UE may determine to segment a data packet for transmission in a vehicle-to-everything (V2x) system (e.g., to ensure that each segment fits within one transmission time interval (TTI)). In some cases, a UE may identify a data packet for transmission, may determine that the size of the data packet exceeds a threshold size, may segment the data packet to ensure each segment fits within one TTI, and may transmit the data packet segments (e.g., to additional UEs), where said transmissions may be discontinuous. In some examples, a UE may determine to segment the data packet and then encode the data packet. Additionally or alternatively, the UE may determine to encode the data packet and then segment the data packet.
US11570585B2	Methods, user equipment and radio network node for multimedia broadcast multicast service A method and a user equipment as well as a method and a radio network node for multimedia broadcast service are disclosed. The radio network node sends, on a physical downlink control channel of the carrier, downlink control information using a multicast network identifier. The downlink control information includes a bit indicating whether or not at least two emergency notifications are broadcast on the carrier, and a notification relating to a change of a multicast channel of the carrier. The user equipment receives, on a physical downlink control channel of the carrier, downlink control information using a multicast network identifier. The user equipment behaves as if at least two fields relating to indication of said at least two emergency notifications are set to one in a paging message for the user equipment, when the information satisfies a condition.
US11570583B2	Method and apparatus for dynamic geo-fencing The present disclosure provides method and system to facilitate definition, tuning and visualization of a geo-fence at a computer system. The method comprises: receiving input parameters for a geo-fence, the input parameters including one or more parameters specifying a geographical region; sampling historical mobile signals based on one or more of the input parameters; dividing the geographical region into a plurality of areas; determining a weight for each respective area of the plurality of areas based at least on density of sampled mobile signals associated with geographical locations in the respective area; selecting a subset of the plurality of areas based on respective weights of the plurality of areas; and forming the geo-fence using the subset of the plurality of areas, the geo-fence including one or more contiguously closed regions each formed by a cluster of adjacent areas among the subset of the plurality of areas.
US11570574B2	Method and system for enabling the creation and maintenance of proximity-related user groups Techniques are described for providing location-based information and functionality to people and computing devices in various ways. In at least some situations, the techniques include enabling multiple people in a common geographic area to interact in various ways, such as via devices capable of communications (e.g., cellular telephones, computing devices with wired and/or wireless communications capabilities, etc.), while in other situations at least some users who are remote from a particular geographic area may be allowed to intercommunicate with one or more other users or other entities in or related to that geographic area. In addition, the techniques include enabling the creation and maintenance of location-based virtual groups of users (also referred to as “clouds”), such as for users of mobile and/or fixed-location devices. Such clouds may enable various types of interactions between group members, and may be temporary and/or mobile.
US11570570B2	Spatial audio for interactive audio environments Systems and methods of presenting an output audio signal to a listener located at a first location in a virtual environment are disclosed. According to embodiments of a method, an input audio signal is received. For each sound source of a plurality of sound sources in the virtual environment, a respective first intermediate audio signal corresponding to the input audio signal is determined, based on a location of the respective sound source in the virtual environment, and the respective first intermediate audio signal is associated with a first bus. For each of the sound sources of the plurality of sound sources in the virtual environment, a respective second intermediate audio signal is determined. The respective second intermediate audio signal corresponds to a reverberation of the input audio signal in the virtual environment. The respective second intermediate audio signal is determined based on a location of the respective sound source, and further based on an acoustic property of the virtual environment. The respective second intermediate audio signal is associated with a second bus. The output audio signal is presented to the listener via the first bus and the second bus.
US11570566B2	Method and apparatus for screen related adaptation of a Higher-Order Ambisonics audio signal A method for generating loudspeaker signals associated with a target screen size is disclosed. The method includes receiving a bit stream containing encoded higher order ambisonics signals, the encoded higher order ambisonics signals describing a sound field associated with a production screen size. The method further includes decoding the encoded higher order ambisonics signals to obtain a first set of decoded higher order ambisonics signals representing dominant components of the sound field and a second set of decoded higher order ambisonics signals representing ambient components of the sound field. The method also includes combining the first set of decoded higher order ambisonics signals and the second set of decoded higher order ambisonics signals to produce a combined set of decoded higher order ambisonics signals.
US11570561B2	Hearing devices and methods of making the same A hearing device includes: an earpiece having a first end and a second end, wherein the first end of the earpiece is configured for insertion into an ear canal of a user, and wherein at least a part of the earpiece is configured for placement along a first bend of the ear canal; wherein the earpiece comprises a flexible member, at least a part of the flexible member located at the first end of the earpiece, wherein at least a part of the flexible member is configured for placement along a second bend of the ear canal located between the first bend and an eardrum.
US11570556B2	Systems and methods for suppressing sound leakage A speaker comprises a housing, a transducer residing inside the housing, and at least one sound guiding hole located on the housing. The transducer generates vibrations. The vibrations produce a sound wave inside the housing and cause a leaked sound wave spreading outside the housing from a portion of the housing. The at least one sound guiding hole guides the sound wave inside the housing through the at least one sound guiding hole to an outside of the housing. The guided sound wave interferes with the leaked sound wave in a target region. The interference at a specific frequency relates to a distance between the at least one sound guiding hole and the portion of the housing.
US11570553B2	Method and apparatus for sound enhancement A method and apparatus for sound enhancement are provided in this invention. The method comprises: obtaining sound signals and converting the sound signals into digital signals; decomposing the digital signals to obtain a plurality of IMFs or pseudo-IMFs; selectively amplifying the amplitudes of the IMFs and pseudo-IMFs; reconstituting the selectively amplified IMFs or pseudo-IMFs to obtain reconstituted signals and converting the reconstituted signals into analog signals. The present invention is based on the Hilbert-Huang transform. Through the present invention, the sound can be selectively amplified, and only the high-frequency consonants in the sound are amplified without vowel, which effectively improves the clarity of the enhanced sound. The present invention overcomes the problems in the current sound enhancement method which makes the sound louder without increasing the clarity.
US11570551B2	Acoustic receivers with multiple diaphragms Sound-producing acoustic receivers are disclosed. The acoustic receiver includes a receiver housing with a first internal volume and a second internal volume, a first diaphragm separating the first internal volume into a first front volume and a first back volume such that the first front volume has a first sound outlet port, a second diaphragm separating the second internal volume into a second front volume and a second back volume such that the second front volume has a second sound outlet port, a motor disposed at least partially inside the housing such that the motor including an armature mechanically coupled to both the first diaphragm and the second diaphragm, an acoustic seal between the first front volume and the second back volume such that the acoustic seal accommodates the mechanical coupling of the armature to one of the first diaphragm or the second diaphragm.
US11570550B2	Bone conduction speaker and earphone The present disclosure provides a bone conduction speaker. The bone conduction speaker may include a driving device and a panel. The driving device may be configured to generate a driving force, and the driving force is located in a straight line. The panel may be transmissibly connected to the driving device. The panel may be configured to conduct sound. A region through which the panel interacting with the user's body may have a normal line. The normal line may not be parallel to that straight line.
US11570548B1	System and method for augmenting vehicle sound system An integration unit IU for tuning an OEM sound system augmented with aftermarket components, such as an amplifier or a subwoofer. The integration unit is contained in a small housing that can be installed inconspicuously in most vehicles without removing the original head unit. The unit may comprise a DSP-based active line output converter that is configured to automatically detect the frequency response and phase of the OEM head unit. The unit performs various algorithms to detect and analyze crossovers, EQ, time delay, and allpass filters and then matches left and right audio channels. The IU may allow for low bass correction detecting and defeating the factory high pass filter. Still further, the IU can correct the various filters to ensure a clean, uncolored audio signal for the augmented components.
US11570544B1	Sound-absorbing material, preparation method thereof and speaker using same Provided is a sound-absorbing material, including an adsorbent material and a thermal conductive material. The thermal conductive material is uniformly dispersed in the sound-absorbing material. The thermal conductive material includes a carbon fiber material, and a weight ratio of the carbon fiber material in the sound-absorbing material is within a range of 0.05% to 10%. Further provided are a preparation method of the sound-absorbing material and a speaker using the sound-absorbing material. The sound-absorbing material has higher thermal conductivity and can be added to a rear cavity of the speaker to effectively conduct heat generated when the speaker is working, thereby improving the heat dissipation performance of the speaker.
US11570539B2	Safeguarding audio device based on detection of freefall or lost scenarios Aspects of the present invention disclose a method for safeguarding an audio device by enabling the audio device to perform harm prevention and retrieval related task based on detecting a set of conditions within an operating environment of the audio device. The method includes one or more processors determining a freefall event of an audio device is occurring. The method further includes one or more processors determining an operating environment type of a surface the audio device contacts after the freefall event ends, wherein the operating environment type of the surface indicates liquid is present. The method further includes responsive to the indication that water is present one or more processors taking a liquid mitigation action.
US11570524B2	Systems and methods for quality of experience driven in-transport communications Approaches are described for providing quality of experience (QoE) driven in-transport communications services. For example, in-transit communications services are provided over a network to content consumption devices on one or more transport craft. During a measurement window, delivery of the in-transit communications services can be measured to obtain network-level delivery (NLD) measurements, and consumption of the in-transit communications services by one or more of the content consumption devices can be measured to obtain customer-level consumption (CLC) measurements. The NLD and CLC measurements can be used to compute a QoE score that indicates a delivered quality of service as perceived by one or more passengers of the one or more transport craft. The QoE score can be used to update stored service level data. The update can cause generation of one or more service level triggers, which can trigger automatic remedial action to address QoE-related conditions.
US11570516B2	Display apparatus and control method thereof Disclosed is a display apparatus comprising: a display; a user input unit; and a processor configured to identify a user's viewing time based on a user's viewing history, create a list of content to be provided within the identified viewing time based on the viewing history and display the created content list on the display, and select at least one piece of content in the content list for viewing schedule based on a user input through the user input unit.
US11570510B2	Access control techniques for media playback systems Example access control techniques described herein are intended to enable guest access for a media playback system while maintaining security of the media playback system. An example implementation involves a computing device receiving a request to control a media playback system comprising a playback device. After receiving the request, the computing device obtains access to the media playback system. Obtaining access may involve obtaining a first identifier associated with the media playback system, obtaining a second identifier using the first identifier over a wide area network (WAN) with a computing system, and obtaining a token using the second identifier over the WAN with the computing system. The example implementation further involves receiving a request for the media playback system to perform an operation and causing the media playback system to perform the operation using the token.
US11570493B2	Platform, system and method of generating, distributing, and interacting with layered media The present application describes platform containing a dynamic multilayered media structure which is generated by aggregation of media pieces into a plurality of media layers. The platform allows users to interact with media layers of the dynamic multilayered media structure independently of one another. The platform further provides for a dynamic, customized media channel lineup and a user account that allows individual media pieces within the dynamic multilayered media structure to play across separate devices that are linked to the account. The user account allows for inputs including real-time controls over the media, interaction, preferences, adding additional media content, editing media into a condensed form, and curation options with the dynamic multilayered media structure.
US11570491B2	Media distribution and management platform An embodiment of the invention simplifies management of the “video lifecycle”. An embodiment includes one of more modules that streamline the video publishing process by abstracting technical steps such as video publishing, updating video, unpublishing video, retrieval or statistics concerning video, authorization to process video, validation of video, video metadata processing, video transcoding, and/or video transmission. Other embodiments are described herein.
US11570489B2	High definition multimedia interface transmission device and control method thereof An HDMI transmission device includes a packetizer circuit and a processor. A control method of controlling the HDMI transmission device includes performing a fixed rate link training, upon passing the fixed data rate link training, the processor transmitting an initial gap packet generation command to a controller of the packetizer circuit to output a selection signal to the packetizer circuit, so as to output an initial gap packet, when video data is not ready, continuously outputting the initial gap packet, when the video data is ready and a format change of the video data is detected or a signal abnormality unrelated to hot-plugging is detected, the processor transmitting a subsequent gap packet generation command to the controller to determine whether a block boundary is reached, and the controller switching the selection signal upon reaching the block boundary for the packetizer circuit to output the subsequent gap packet.
US11570488B1	Real-time distributed MPEG transport stream service adaptation Embodiments include a system and method for a real-time distributed Transport Stream (TS) analysis that utilizes many parts of an available network to concurrently monitor TSs across a geographic region. Embodiments include the selection of a profile for each combination of a TS and a collection point where the profile includes one or more sets of acceptable transmission values or ranges associated with the combination. The profile may include for example, program service information tables, service information, TS transmission parameters, and/or general TS quality index analysis rules. Embodiments include real-time concurrent monitoring and analysis of multiple TSs from collection points distributed throughout the geographic region. As services associated with the TSs at different collection points evolve, the respective profiles and rules adapt accordingly to maintain the quality of service and performance associated with respective TS and collection point combinations.
US11570482B2	Restriction of extended quadtree Methods, systems and devices for using flexible and efficient partitioning techniques and in particular, restricting extended quadtree (EQT) partitioning, are described. An exemplary method for visual media decoding includes making a decision, based on one or more conditions, regarding a selective inclusion of one or more signaling bits for a partitioning process in a bitstream representation of a current visual media block of a plurality of visual media blocks, where the partitioning process splits the current visual media block into exactly four sub-blocks including at least one sub-block that has a size different from half of a width of the current visual media block times half of a height of the current visual media block; decoding, based on the bitstream representation, the four sub-blocks; and decoding, based on the four sub-blocks and the partitioning process, the current visual media block.
US11570476B2	Transform-based video coding method, and device therefor A video decoding method according to the present document comprises a step of deriving a modified transform coefficient, and the step of deriving the transform coefficient may comprise the steps of: determining whether an LFNST can be applied to the height and width of a current block on the basis of the tree type and color format of the current block; parsing an LFNST index if the LFNST can be applied; and deriving the modified transform coefficient on the basis of the LFNST index and an LFNST matrix.
US11570474B2	Method for encoding/decoding image and device thereof A method for image decoding, according to the present invention, includes the following steps: receiving image information including a plurality of filter coefficients; generating a restored block for a current block on the basis of the image information; and applying an adaptive loop filter to the restored block on the basis of the plurality of filter coefficients. According to the present invention, image encoding efficiency may be improved, and complexity may be reduced.
US11570472B2	Encoding device and encoding method An encoding method includes determining video format information, (i) setting each of all frames or all fields which are included in the video, as a picture, regardless of whether the video format is the interlace format or the progressive format, (ii) setting a POC indicating display order to each of all of the set pictures one by one, the POC being different each other, and encoding a picture to be encoded which is the frame or the field with reference to a picture previously encoded before encoding the picture to be encoded. In the encoding, the video is encoded with a syntax structure which is not dependent on the video format, the video format information is encoded in a header of a sequence which is a unit of the video, and the encoded bit stream is generated.
US11570465B2	Machine-learned in-loop predictor for video compression A compression system trains a compression model for an encoder and decoder. In one embodiment, the compression model includes a machine-learned in-loop flow predictor that generates a flow prediction from previously reconstructed frames. The machine-learned flow predictor is coupled to receive a set of previously reconstructed frames and output a flow prediction for a target frame that is an estimation of the flow for the target frame. In particular, since the flow prediction can be generated by the decoder using the set of previously reconstructed frames, the encoder may transmit a flow delta that indicates a difference between the flow prediction and the actual flow for the target frame, instead of transmitting the flow itself. In this manner, the encoder can transmit a significantly smaller number of bits to the receiver, improving computational efficiency.
US11570455B2	High precision up-sampling in scalable coding of high bit-depth video The precision of up-sampling operations in a layered coding system is preserved when operating on video data with high bit-depth. In response to bit-depth requirements of the video coding or decoding system, scaling and rounding parameters are determined for a separable up-scaling filter. Input data are first filtered across a first spatial direction using a first rounding parameter to generate first up-sampled data. First intermediate data are generated by scaling the first up-sampled data using a first shift parameter. The intermediate data are then filtered across a second spatial direction using a second rounding parameter to generate second up-sampled data. Second intermediate data are generated by scaling the second up-sampled data using a second shift parameter. Final up-sampled data may be generated by clipping the second intermediate data.
US11570438B2	Coding of information about transform kernel set An image decoding method includes: acquiring a multiple transform selection (MTS) index and residual information from a bitstream; deriving transform coefficients for the current block on the basis of the residual information; and generating residual samples of the current block on the basis of the MTS index and the transform coefficients, wherein the MTS index indicates a transform kernel set to be applied to the current block among transform kernel set candidates, at least one bin among bins of a bin string of the MTS index is derived on the basis of context coding, the context coding is performed on the basis of values of increase and decrease in a context index pertaining to the MTS index, and a single value of increase and decrease in the context index can be used for the context coding of the first bin among the bins of the bin string.
US11570432B2	Encoder, decoder, encoding method, and decoding method A decoder includes a memory and processing circuitry. The processing circuitry, in operation, changes values of pixels in a first block and a second block to filter a boundary therebetween, using clipping such that change amounts of the respective values are within respective clip widths. The clip widths for the pixels in the first block and the second block are selected based on block sizes of the first block and the second block. The pixels in the first block include a first pixel located at a first position, and the pixels in the second block include a second pixel located at a second position corresponding to the first position with respect to the boundary. The clip widths include a first clip width and a second clip width corresponding to the first pixel and the second pixel, respectively, and the first clip width is different from the second width.
US11570430B2	Method and device for processing video signal on basis of inter-prediction The present invention provides a method of processing a video signal based on inter prediction, the method comprises constructing a merge list based on a neighboring block of a current block; adding a history-based merge candidate representing motion information of a previously coded block of the current block to the merge list; obtaining a merge index indicating a merge candidate used for inter prediction of the current block within the merge list; generating a prediction block of the current block based on motion information of the merge candidate indicated by the merge index; and adding a residual block of the current block to the prediction block to reconstruct the current block, wherein when the history-based merge candidate has motion information that is not redundant with a pre-defined merge candidate among merge candidates included in the merge list, the history-based merge candidate is added to the merge list.
US11570426B2	Computer-readable non-transitory storage medium, web server, and calibration method for interpupillary distance An object of the present invention is to obtain calibration data more easily in a VR (Virtual Reality) device. a user wearing a pair of VR goggles visually recognizes overlapped marker images displayed in the 360-degree VR space, and a stationary state is detected when the images for right and left eyes are overlapped, and when the stationary state satisfies a predetermined condition set in advance, one of the plurality of marker images displayed on the display in this state, which is at the center, is set as a marker image for calibration setting, calibration data of the interpupillary distance based on the marker image for calibration setting having been set is acquired, and the acquired calibration data is set as calibration data used for subsequent reproduction of images.
US11570421B1	Medical environment monitoring system A system and a method are described for monitoring a medical care environment. In one or more implementations, a method includes identifying a first subset of pixels within a field of view of a camera as representing a bed. The method also includes identifying a second subset of pixels within the field of view of the camera as representing an object (e.g., a subject, such as a patient, medical personnel; bed; chair; patient tray; medical equipment; etc.) proximal to the bed. The method also includes determining an orientation of the object within the bed.
US11570419B2	Telematics and environmental data of live events in an extended reality environment Techniques are described herein for delivering telematic and environmental data of live events to provide immersive experiences. In one aspect, the techniques include receiving a multimedia data stream of a live event at an encoder comprising one or more codecs from one or more user devices. The multimedia data stream is compressed via the one or more codecs to generate a compressed multimedia data stream. Upon receiving a request from a playback device, the compressed multimedia data stream is transmitted to a decoder comprising the one or more codecs to serve the playback device.
US11570418B2	Techniques for generating light field data by combining multiple synthesized viewpoints Techniques for efficiently generating and displaying light-field data are disclosed. In one particular embodiment, the techniques may be realized as a method for generating light-field data, the method comprising receiving input image data, synthesizing a first plurality of viewpoints based on the input image data, synthesizing a second plurality of viewpoints based on cached image data, combining the first and second plurality of viewpoints, yielding a plurality of blended viewpoints, displaying the plurality of blended viewpoints, and caching image data associated with the plurality of blended viewpoints.
US11570396B1	Audio trick mode Various embodiments of apparatus, systems and/or methods are described for independently controlling an audio stream relative to a video stream in audio trick mode. In one example, an audio stream and a video stream is received, where the audio stream comprises frames that correspond to corresponding frames of the video stream. The audio and video streams are played from a first time to a second time at a first speed. An input to time shift the audio stream independent of the video stream is received, and after receiving such, the audio stream is time shifted to the first time. Then, the audio stream may be re-played from the first time to the second time at a second speed different from the first speed.
US11570392B2	Scalable readout integrated circuit architecture with per-pixel automatic programmable gain for high dynamic range imaging An imager device includes a pixel sensor configured to receive and convert incident radiation into a pixel signal and a readout circuit configured to receive the pixel signal from the pixel sensor, generate a received signal strength indicator (RSSI) value based on the pixel signal, and generate a digital signal based on the RSSI value and the pixel signal.
US11570390B2	Solid-state imaging device and electronic device Provided are a solid-state imaging device capable of improving image quality of a captured image even if the pixel size is increased, and an electronic device equipped with the solid-state imaging device. A solid-state imaging device is provided that includes: at least two column areas that perform Analog To Digital (AD) conversion of a pixel signal generated by a pixel; a plurality of vertical signal lines that transfers the pixel signal to the column areas; and a free area in which the plurality of vertical signal lines is not wired, in which two of the vertical signal lines facing each other sandwiching the free area are arranged, and lengths of the two vertical signal lines are substantially equal to each other.
US11570387B2	Solid-state imaging device with uneven structures and method for manufacturing the same, and electronic apparatus The present disclosure relates to a solid-state imaging device, a method for manufacturing the same, and an electronic apparatus capable of improving sensitivity while suppressing degradation of color mixture. The solid-state imaging device includes an anti-reflection portion having a moth-eye structure provided on a boundary surface on a light-receiving surface side of a photoelectric conversion region of each pixel arranged two-dimensionally, and an inter-pixel light-blocking portion provided below the boundary surface of the anti-reflection portion to block incident light. In addition, the photoelectric conversion region is a semiconductor region, and the inter-pixel light-blocking portion has a trench structure obtained by digging the semiconductor region in a depth direction at a pixel boundary. The techniques according to the present disclosure can be applied to, for example, a solid-state imaging device of a rear surface irradiation type.
US11570382B2	Image sensor bridge interface An image sensor bridge interface is provided. The interface is situated between an image sensor and a processor. The interface comprises an integrated circuit. The integrated circuit comprises a Field-Programmable Gate Array (FPGA) decoupled from both image signals provided from the image sensor and a processor connected to the integrated circuit. The FPGA separates Ultraviolet (UV) and Infrared (IR) data values from image sensor-provided image data and embeds the UV and IR data values within the horizontal blanking, vertical blanking, and/or active video components of a video feed. The video feed provided from the integrated circuit to the processor using a standard video interface, and the processor providing the video feed or providing UV images, IR images, and Red, Green, and Blue (RGB) images separated from the video feed to a computing core of a host device.
US11570377B2	Camera array A plurality of outward-facing cameras, arranged in nodal clusters surrounding and mounted to the top plate of a plate structure, with the plate structure having an elevated platform for an additional upward-facing camera. The nodal clusters and the configuration of clusters on the top plate enable overlaps in coverage between clusters and more informationally dense coverage within each cluster.
US11570374B1	Subject-aware low light photography Devices, methods, and computer-readable media are disclosed, describing an adaptive, subject-aware approach for image bracket selection and fusion, e.g., to generate high quality images in a wide variety of capturing conditions, including low light conditions. An incoming image stream may be obtained from an image capture device, comprising images captured using differing default exposure values, e.g., according to a predetermined pattern. When a capture request is received, it may be detected whether one or more human or animal subjects are present in the incoming image stream. If a subject is detected, an exposure time of one or more images selected from the incoming image stream may be reduced relative to its default exposure time. Prior to the fusion operation, one of the selected images may be designated a reference image for the fusion operation based, at least in part, on a sharpness score and/or a blink score of the image.
US11570370B2	Method and system for controlling an eye tracking system There is provided a method, system, and non-transitory computer-readable storage medium for controlling an eye tracking system (200) to obtain a first image (500) captured under active illumination by at least one infrared, IR, illuminator (112, 113) associated with the eye tracking system (200) and at a current exposure setting, using the image sensor device (110); and, if at least one eye (100, 120) is depicted in the first image (500): define at least one region of interest, ROI, (501, 502, 503, 504) from the first image (500) comprising a group of pixels in the first image (500) representing at least a part of the depicted at least one eye (100, 120); determine a respective intensity value for each of the at least one ROI (501, 502, 503, 504); determine a second exposure setting by adjusting at least one exposure parameter of the image sensor device (110) based on the determined intensity value, or values, for the at least one ROI (501, 502, 503, 504); and set the current exposure setting to the second exposure setting.
US11570362B2	Image capturing device, image capturing method, and program An image capturing device includes an imaging lens, an image capturing device body including an imaging element that captures an optical image transmitting through the imaging lens, a first correction unit that performs correction of an image shake by a correction lens, and a second correction unit that performs correction of the image shake by the image capturing device body, and performs a control of causing the first correction unit or the second correction unit to correct a first frequency portion of a shake amount of the image shake having a first frequency and causing the first correction unit and the second correction unit to share and correct a second frequency portion of the shake amount of the image shake having a second frequency higher than the first frequency.
US11570357B2	Imaging device and imaging system An imaging device includes a modulator, a first grating pattern constituted by a plurality of lines, and a second grating pattern having a phase deviating from a phase of the first grating pattern, and modulates light intensity. The imaging device receives a first image signal output by the first grating pattern and a second image signal output by the second grating pattern, calculates difference data and a range of a difference between the first image signal and the second image signal, generates and sets a data conversion parameter at a regular interval from the difference data that is continuously input on the basis of the range of the difference and the difference data, generates compression image data by using the difference data and the data conversion parameter, compresses the generated compression image data, and includes information indicating the range of the difference into the compressed data.
US11570347B2	Non-visible spectrum line-powered camera System and method for improving the shaving experience by providing improved visibility of the skin shaving area. A digital camera is integrated with the electric shaver for close image capturing of shaving area, and displaying it on a display unit. The display unit can be integral part of the electric shaver casing, or housed in a separated device which receives the image via a communication channel. The communication channel can be wireless (using radio, audio or light) or wired, such as dedicated cabling or using powerline communication. A light source is used to better illuminate the shaving area. Video compression and digital image processing techniques are used for providing for improved shaving results. The wired communication medium can simultaneously be used also for carrying power from the electric shaver assembly to the display unit, or from the display unit to the electric shaver.
US11570346B2	Multi-aperture imaging device having a low installation height and a switchable viewing direction, imaging system and method for providing a multi-aperture imaging device A multi-aperture imaging device includes an image sensor, an array of optical channels, each optical channel including an optic for imaging a partial field of view of a total field of view onto an image sensor region of the image sensor, and a beam-deflector switchable between a first rotational position and a second rotational position by executing a switching movement, and configured to deflect, in a first rotational position, optical paths of the optical channels into a first viewing direction, and to deflect, in a second rotational position, the optical paths of the optical channels into a second viewing direction. The array is configured to execute, based on the switching movement, an adjustment movement for adjusting an orientation of the array with respect to the beam-deflector.
US11570345B2	Camera module A camera module includes a housing having a first ball support surface disposed on an inner surface thereof, a driving body movably disposed in the housing and having a second ball support surface disposed on an outer surface thereof, and a plurality of ball bearings disposed between the first ball support surface of the housing and the second ball support surface of the driving body. A distance between the first ball support surface and the second ball support surface along a direction perpendicular to an optical axis direction is different at respective first end portions of the first ball support surface and the second ball support surface in the optical axis direction than at respective second end portions of the first ball support surface and the second ball support surface in the optical axis direction.
US11570344B2	Camera module and electronic device including the same An electronic device includes a camera module and an external structure. The camera module includes an image sensor and a shielding structure that shields components of the camera module from electromagnetic interference (EMI). The external structure two-dimensionally surrounds the camera module, and a portion of the external structure is conductive. The shielding structure includes an accommodating portion that accommodates the image sensor, and a protruding portion that protrudes from the accommodating portion to contact the external structure.
US11570333B2	Image pickup device and electronic system including the same An image pickup device includes first and second cameras, and first and second image signal processors (ISP). The first camera obtains a first image of an object. The second camera obtains a second image of the object. The first ISP performs a first auto focusing (AF), a first auto white balancing (AWB) and a first auto exposing (AE) for the first camera based on a first region-of-interest (ROI) in the first image, and obtains a first distance between the object and the first camera based on a result of the first AF. The second ISP calculates first disparity information associated with the first and second images based on the first distance, moves a second ROI in the second image based on the first disparity information, and performs a second AF, a second AWB and a second AE for the second camera based on the moved second ROI.
US11570329B2	Transmission device, communication system, and display device A user personal computer (PC) serves as a transmission device for transmitting data to a terminal device. The user PC includes a user PC communicator, an inputter configured to receive an input of a selection instruction for selecting data to be transmitted by the user PC communicator and an input of a transmission instruction for transmitting data, and a transmission controller configured to control the user PC communicator to transmit data selected by an input received by the inputter and a notification regarding the selected data. The data and the notification regarding the data are transmitted through different communication paths to the terminal device.
US11570321B2	Methods, apparatuses, and systems for detecting printing defects and contaminated components of a printer A method for printing defect detection includes processing and analyzing a difference image obtained by comparing an image scanned with a verifier to a reference image. The detected defects are grouped, and the grouping is refined. Confidence level values are then assigned to the refined groups, and analysis is performed to determine if one or more servicing actions should be taken.
US11570320B2	Printing method, information processing system, and non-transitory computer-readable storage medium storing control program A printing method includes a customizing step of receiving a customization instruction of an administrator and customizing a printing screen, a printing step of performing printing in response to reception of a printing start instruction, and a displaying step of displaying the customized printing screen during the printing step, in which in the customizing step, required information is prohibited from being deleted from a display, and optional information is permitted to be deleted from the display.
US11570314B2	Information processing apparatus, control method for information processing apparatus, and program An information processing apparatus is provided and includes a display unit which displays an operation screen. The information processing apparatus controls whether or not to receive setting for a first application from a different apparatus and use the received setting for the first application, in accordance with a type of a screen being displayed on the display unit.
US11570308B2	Methods, systems, articles of manufacture and apparatus to calibrate payload information Methods, apparatus, systems, and articles of manufacture to calibrate payload information are disclosed. An example apparatus includes at least one memory, instructions in the apparatus, and processor circuitry. The processor circuitry is to execute the instructions to obtain (a) passive measurement data and (b) background active measurement (BAM) data from panelists in a market of interest, the BAM data associated with network usage metrics of panelist wireless devices undisturbed by panelist behavior. The processor circuitry is also to execute the instructions to assign a first share of the passive measurement data and a second share of the BAM data to particular areas within the market of interest, the first share based on a number of passive measurement occurrences in a first one of the particular areas, the second share based on a number of BAM occurrences in the first one of the particular areas. The processor circuitry is also to execute the instructions to remove a bias between the passive measurement data and the BAM data by calibrating the BAM data for the market of interest using weights determined for the first one of the particular areas based on the first and second shares.
US11570306B2	Call processing method, electronic device and storage medium The present disclosure provides a call processing method, apparatus, electronic device and storage medium and relates to the field of cloud computing. The method may comprise: obtaining a calling subscriber's status information in real time while an intelligent dialogue robot is used to make a call with the calling subscriber; when it is determined that a call form of the intelligent dialogue robot needs to be adjusted, correspondingly adjusting the call form of the intelligent dialogue robot according to current status information of the calling subscriber. The solution of the present disclosure may be employed to improve the call performance of the intelligent dialogue robot.
US11570297B2	Conditional communication forwarding based on origination and destination attributes One example method of operation may include one or more of identifying an incoming call via a communication processing device, terminating the incoming call at a call management device, identifying one or more caller attributes received with the incoming call, comparing the one or more caller attributes to one or more call recipient preferences stored in a call recipient profile, and transmitting a notification, via the call management device, to a call recipient device based on the one or more caller attributes and the one or more call recipient preferences.
US11570295B2	Providing enhanced call content based on call number association One example may include receiving a call, identifying whether a calling party number and a called party number associated with the call have a pre-existing relationship stored in a database, responsive to identifying the pre-existing relationship, modifying a call message header of a call message to include a code object identifying enhanced call content, and forwarding the modified call message to an intended recipient device of the call.
US11570293B2	Voice-activated call pick-up for mobile device Disclosed embodiments are directed an application program configured to run on a user's mobile device can allow voice-activated call pick-up to the user, without the user having to use his or her hands for picking up the call. For example, the application program can initially be trained to a user's voice command. When an incoming call is received at the mobile device, the user can pick up the call by issuing a voice command. In some embodiments, the application program can determine whether to allow voice-activated pick-up of calls based on data collected from multiple sensors associated with the vehicle, the mobile device, or a remote source.
US11570290B2	Mobile terminal A mobile terminal includes a first display system, a second display system, and a foldable support frame. The support frame includes a first support frame, a second support frame, and a bending structure coupled to the first support frame and the second support frame. The first display system and the second display system are separately arranged on two opposite sides of the support frame. The support frame further includes a side frame fixedly coupled to the first support frame or the second support frame. After the first support frame and the second support frame are folded using the bending structure, the side frame is exposed outside an overlapping area of the first support frame and the second support frame. In addition, a sensor component is disposed on the side frame.
US11570288B2	Decorative ring, functional module and mobile terminal Some embodiments of the present disclosure relate to a decorative ring, a functional module and a mobile terminal. The decorative ring includes a body portion, a sidewall portion and a light guide portion, wherein the sidewall portion encloses a peripheral side of the body portion to form a accommodating region, and the accommodating region is configured to accommodate a part of the camera module; and the decorative ring has an inner face and outer face opposite the inner face, the inner face defines the accommodating region, and the light guide portion enables light to transmit from the side where the inner face positioned to the side where the outer face positioned.
US11570285B2	Packet processing method, network node, and system A packet processing method, a network node, and a system includes obtaining, by a first network node, a first packet that includes a segment list, where the segment list includes a segment identifier of a network node on a path used to forward the first packet, obtaining, by the first network node, a segment identifier of a second network node from the segment list, where the second network node is a next-hop segment node of the first network node on the path, replacing, by the first network node, a destination address of the first packet with the segment identifier of the second network node, and adding a network performance parameter of the first network node to the segment list to generate a second packet, and sending, by the first network node, the second packet to the second network node.
US11570283B1	IPv6 extension header for stateless handling of fragments in IPv6 A network device may receive, from a first network, a network packet of a first network packet type that encapsulates a fragment of a second network packet of a second network packet type, where the network packet includes an extension header that indicates a source port and a destination port for the second network packet. The network device may perform an anti-spoof check on the fragment of the second network packet based at least in part on at least one of: the source port or the destination port for the second network packet that is indicated by the extension header. The network device may, based on the fragment passing the anti-spoof check, forward the fragment of the second network packet to a second network.
US11570275B2	Intent-based calendar updating via digital personal assistant Techniques are described herein that are capable of performing intent-based scheduling via a digital personal assistant. For instance, an intent of user(s) to perform an action (a.k.a. activity) may be used to schedule time (e.g., on a calendar of at least one of the user(s)) in which the action is to be performed. Examples of performing an action include but are not limited to having a meeting, working on a project, participating in a social event, exercising, and reading.
US11570272B2	Provisioning using pre-fetched data in serverless computing environments A method for data provisioning a serverless computing cluster. A plurality of user defined functions (UDFs) are received for execution on worker nodes of the serverless computing cluster. For a first UDF, one or more data locations of UDF data needed to execute the first UDF are determined. At a master node of the serverless computing cluster, a plurality of worker node tickets are received, each ticket indicating a resource availability of a corresponding worker node. The one or more data locations and the plurality of worker node tickets are analyzed to determine eligible worker nodes capable of executing the first UDF. The master node transmits a pre-fetch command to one or more of the eligible worker nodes, causing the eligible worker nodes to become a provisioned worker node for the first UDF by storing a pre-fetched first UDF data before the first UDF is assigned for execution.
US11570267B2	Efficient response communication A message system may use publish-subscribe techniques to process messages for several applications. In situations where an application requires an output, it may need to wait for a response message back from a service via the message system. However, in certain implementations, the message system may not be able to determine that a particular message involves request-response communication. The efficient response communication techniques described herein receive the response message having a routing key and a payload including a correlation identifier and then generate a second response having a routing key that includes the correlation identifier. This message may then be efficiently routed to an application based on the correlation identifier.
US11570264B1	Provenance audit trails for microservices architectures An apparatus to facilitate provenance audit trails for microservices architectures is disclosed. The apparatus includes one or more processors to: obtain, by a microservice of a service hosted in a datacenter, provisioned credentials for the microservice based on an attestation protocol; generate, for a task performed by the microservice, provenance metadata for the task, the provenance metadata including identification of the microservice, operating state of at least one of a hardware resource or a software resource used to execute the microservice and the task, and operating state of a sidecar of the microservice during the task; encrypt the provenance metadata with the provisioned credentials for the microservice; and record the encrypted provenance metadata in a local blockchain of provenance metadata maintained for the hardware resource executing the task and the microservice.
US11570257B1	Communication protocol, and a method thereof for accelerating artificial intelligence processing tasks A system and method for communicating artificial intelligence (AI) tasks between AI resources are provided. The method comprises establishing a connection between a first AI resource and a second AI resource; encapsulating a request to process an AI task in at least one request data frame compliant with a communication protocol, wherein the at least one request data frame is encapsulated at the first AI resource; and transporting the at least one request data frame over a network using a transport protocol to the second AI resource, wherein the transport protocol provisions the transport characteristics of the AI task, and wherein the transport protocol is different than the communication protocol.
US11570253B1	Method of adapting a user interface on a mobile communication device based on different environments A method of providing a user interface on a mobile communication device to control smart devices in an environment. The method comprises discovering a plurality of smart devices in an environment by a client application executing on a mobile communication device by initiating wireless communication between the mobile communication device and the plurality of smart devices, wherein the client application learns an electronic model identity of each of the discovered smart devices, communicating with a data store by the client application to look-up control interfaces of the discovered smart devices based on the electronic model identities of the smart devices, looking-up predefined environmental preferences associated with the mobile communication device in the data store by the client application, transmitting control commands by the client application to the plurality of smart devices based in part on the looked-up predefined environmental preferences.
US11570251B2	Wireless local area networks In some examples, a system includes a plurality of network controllers, a WI-FI wireless local area network (WLAN) over which at least a first network controller and a second network controller of the plurality of network controllers are to communicate, wherein a link between the first network controller and the second network controller through the WI-FI WLAN is a synchronized link.
US11570250B2	Communication system and method for communication for a motor vehicle A communication system intended for use in a motor vehicle includes a plurality of devices (26, 28), a transmission channel (32) that connects the plurality of devices (26, 28) to one another, and a signal source (30) coupled to the transmission channel (32). Each of the devices (26, 28) includes a control unit (36) configured for evaluating signals of the transmission channel (32), and at least two coupling units (38, 40) configured for connecting and disconnecting the particular device (26, 28) to/from the transmission channel (32). The control units (36) of the devices (26, 28) are configured for causing the coupling units (38, 40), at a certain point in time, in each case to connect no more than one of the devices (26, 28) to the transmission channel (32), and to disconnect the other of the devices (26, 28) from the transmission channel (32).
US11570234B2	Connected-media end user experience using an overlay network An Internet infrastructure delivery platform (e.g., operated by a service provider) provides an overlay network (a server infrastructure) that is used to facilitate “second screen” end user media experiences. In this approach, first media content, which is typically either live on-demand, is being rendered on a first content device (e.g., a television, Blu-Ray disk or another source). That first media content may be delivered by servers in the overlay network. One or multiple end user second content devices are then adapted to be associated with the first content source, preferably, via the overlay network, to facilitate second screen end user experiences (on the second content devices).
US11570233B2	Method, apparatus, system and computer program for data distribution Method of distributing data from a transmitting electronic device to multiple receiving electronic devices is performed. The method comprises receiving, at the transmitting electronic device, an incoming signal and data, the data being intended to be processed by a plurality of geographically distributed receiving electronic devices; and jointly transmitting the incoming signal and the data from the transmitting electronic device to the receiving electronic devices over a communication network. The communication network is a broadcast or multicast network and each receiving electronic device is capable of receiving said incoming signal from the transmitting electronic device over the communication network. One or more instructions for performing, at the receiving electronic devices, computing operations on the data are transmitted from the transmitting electronic device to the receiving electronic devices over the communication network and/or over an IP network.
US11570232B1	Utilities toolbox for remote session and client architecture Disclosed are systems and methods for determining an execution location for a utility component. In an exemplary aspect, the systems and methods comprise receiving, at a client device, a request to execute the utility component that performs an action on a target component; determining the execution location of the utility component; determining whether the execution location is on the client device or on a remote application server; and responsive to determining the execution location is on the remote application server, transmitting the request to be executed within a remote session between the client device and the remote application server.
US11570224B2	Methods, systems, and media for navigating through a stream of content items Methods, systems, and media for navigating through content are provided. In some embodiments, the method comprises: receiving a first plurality of interactive stream items; causing the first plurality of interactive stream items to be presented in a first presentation mode; receiving a first user selection of an interactive stream item from at least a portion of the first plurality of interactive stream items; continuing to receive the stream of content including a second plurality of interactive stream items; determining a second presentation mode based at least in part on a content type associated with the second plurality of interactive stream items; causing the second plurality of interactive stream items to be presented in a second presentation mode; receiving a second user selection indicating that the interactive stream item is no longer selected; and causing the second plurality of interactive stream items to be presented in the first presentation mode.
US11570211B1	Detection of phishing attacks using similarity analysis A computerized system and method to detect phishing cyber-attacks is described. The approach entails analyzing one or more displayable images of a webpage referenced by a URL to ascertain whether the one or more displayable images, and thus the webpage and potentially an email including the URL, are part of a phishing cyber-attack.
US11570208B2	Electronic device and control method thereof An electronic device and a control method thereof are provided. The electronic device includes an Internet protocol (IP) address corresponding to a domain name of a web page when a user command inputting the domain name is received, identifies a number of hops included in a network path connecting a server corresponding to the obtained IP address and the electronic device to each other, and determines that a man-in-the-middle attack exists in a network when a communication connection with the server is established on the basis of a smaller number of hops than the identified number of hops.
US11570205B1	Anonymous contact tracing with network based hyperlocal authentication A Network Based Hyperlocal Authentication (NBHA) system and method for anonymous contact tracing is described. The NBHA system and method operates as a background process, which is passwordless and continuously authenticates and performs cryptographic operations to secure communications between a wireless client device and a remote network component. A gateway includes a short-range wireless transmitter that transmits authentication credentials to the wireless client device having a short-range wireless receiver. The wireless client device uses the authentication credentials to authenticate to the remote network component. The network component then generates an exclusive local key for the wireless client device that is transmitted by the gateway. The client device application then requests cryptographic material from the remote network component. The client device application encrypts and decrypts communications to the network component with the cryptographic material and the exclusive local key. The wireless client device encrypts contact tracing data with the shared secret.
US11570204B2	Detecting and mitigating golden ticket attacks within a domain A system and methods for mitigating golden ticket attacks within a domain is provided, comprising an authentication object inspector configured to observe a new authentication object generated by an identity provider, and retrieve the new authentication object; and a hashing engine configured to retrieve the new authentication object from the authentication object inspector, calculate a cryptographic hash for the new authentication object, and store the cryptographic hash for the new authentication object in a data store; wherein subsequent access requests accompanied by authentication objects are validated by comparing hashes for each authentication object to previous generated hashes.
US11570182B1	Compute-less authorization An endpoint determines whether a client is authorized to access data. A database stores separate authorizations of a permission model in a data table along with the data. Mapping templates of the endpoint convert a client request for data into a database query for client authorization and the requested data. In response to the query, the database returns to the endpoint the requested data as well as an indication of authorization from the data table. The mapping templates of the endpoint are then used to generate an appropriate response to the client. When the database response indicates the client is authorized, the endpoint can return the requested data to the client. When the database response indicates the client is not authorized, the endpoint can return an error. In some embodiments, the endpoint is an application programming interface (API) gateway that conforms to representational state transfer (REST) software architecture.
US11570175B2	Communication network edge computing authorization A method of authorizing computing services at the edge of a communication network. The method comprises receiving an authorization request from an application server by an authorization application executing on a computer, in response to receiving the authorization request, analyzing by the authorization application a plurality of records of communication transactions completed by the application server to determine compliance with network edge communication terms of use defined for the application server by the communication network, wherein the records are stored in blocks of a blockchain maintained by the authorization application, and, based on determining that the application server is in compliance with the terms of use, sending an authorization message by the authorization application to the application server, wherein the authorization message indicates a deadline for requesting a next authorization from the authorization application, whereby the edge computing is supported securely by the communication network.
US11570173B2	Behavioral baselining from a data source perspective for detection of compromised users A method and system are disclosed. The method and system include receiving, at a wrapper, a communication and a context associated with the communication from a client. The communication is for a data source. The wrapper includes a dispatcher and a service. The dispatcher receives the communication and is data agnostic. The method and system also include providing the context from the dispatcher to the service. In some embodiments, the method and system use the service to compare the context to a behavioral baseline for the client. The behavioral baseline incorporates a plurality of contexts previously received from the client.
US11570171B2	System and method for license management of virtual appliances in a computing system System and computer-implemented method for license management of virtual appliances in a computing system uses an activated virtual appliance in the computing system to forward an activation license from a license server on behalf of an unactivated virtual appliance in the computing system.
US11570170B2	Embedding group-based communication system content Systems are disclosed for embedding group-based communication system content into an integrated application. A request for interactive embeddable content includes a unique identifier and an authentication token associated with a user of an integrated application. If the authentication token is valid, authorization information is provided to the integrated application. An interaction with the embeddable content is received from the user, and the group-based communication system is updated based on the interaction.
US11570168B2	Techniques for repeat authentication The invention provides an authentication technique that involves provision of a new authentication credential for each authentication attempt. The requestor of the new authentication credential is required to provide a previous authentication credential in order to successfully receive the new authentication credential. The previous authentication credential has however been de-authorised so it cannot be used to authenticate the requestor, only to successfully obtain a new authentication credential. The requestor then authenticates using the new authentication credential. The cycle is repeated for as many repeat authentication attempts as are made by the requestor.
US11570165B2	Single sign-on service authentication through a voice assistant Disclosed are various approaches for authenticating a user through a voice assistant device and creating an association between the device and a user account. The request is associated with a network or federated service. The user is prompted to use a client device, such as a smartphone, to facilitate an authentication flow. A soundwave is played through the client device that contains a secret key, which is then sent to a service that validates the secret key. An association between the user account and the voice assistant device can then be created so that access to third party services can occur.
US11570164B2	System and method of single sign on to master website and silent authentication for subservient websites Systems and methods are provided that may be implemented as an identity management system to provide a single sign on to a master website and silent authentication for subservient websites. The identity management system may include an identity provider server and a user management server. The identity provider server may authenticate a user, redirect an authenticated user to the user management server, and receive and verify a silent authentication request including a cryptographic signature and a modified message on behalf of the authenticated user from the user management server.
US11570155B2	Enhanced secure encryption and decryption system Methods are described for a data creator to securely send a data payload to another device in a transient symmetric key technology (TSKT) system, and for the other device to securely receive the payload data. One method includes receiving a first seed and a formula from a command and control server. A second seed is generated, and the first seed and the second seed are combined using the formula to create a data seed. A first key is generated using the first seed, and the second seed is encrypted using the first key to form an encrypted second seed. A second key is generated using the data seed, and the data payload is encrypted using the second key to form an encrypted data payload. The encrypted data payload and the encrypted second seed are combined in a secure container, and subsequently all keys and seeds and the formula are destroyed.
US11570153B2	Virtual machine perfect forward secrecy Provided is a method, a computer program product, and a system for providing perfect forward secrecy in virtual machines. The method includes receiving a secure memory allocation function from an application, including a connection secret to be stored in memory. The method further includes allocating memory for the connection secret according to the memory size parameter and storing an entry relating to the connection secret in a secure database. The memory information includes a memory location and a memory size of the memory. The method also includes monitoring an operation state relating to the virtual machine. The method further includes receiving, from the application, a secure deallocation function relating to the connection secret and retrieving the memory information from the secure database. The method also includes deleting the connection from the memory and sanitizing the memory location logged by the memory information.
US11570149B2	Feedback mechanism to enforce a security policy Techniques for providing a feedback mechanism to enforce a security policy are provided. In some embodiments, dynamic resolution of Fully Qualified Domain Name (FQDN) address objects in policy definitions includes receiving a security policy that includes a domain name (e.g., the network policy can include a network security rule that is based on the domain name); and periodically updating Internet Protocol (IP) address information associated with the domain name based on a feedback mechanism that utilizes network logs (e.g., implemented using a learning process for FQDN to IP address mappings) to facilitate a more effective security policy enforcement.
US11570146B2	Deploying and configuring different virtual networks for different workloads Some embodiments of the invention provide a method for deploying network elements for a set of machines in a set of one or more datacenters. The datacenter set is part of one availability zone in some embodiments. The method receives intent-based API (Application Programming Interface) requests, and parses these API requests to identify a set of network elements to connect and/or perform services for the set of machines. In some embodiments, the API is a hierarchical document that can specify multiple different compute and/or network elements at different levels of compute and/or network element hierarchy. The method performs automated processes to define a virtual private cloud (VPC) to connect the set of machines to a logical network that segregates the set of machines from other machines in the datacenter set. In some embodiments, the set of machines include virtual machines and containers, the VPC is defined with a supervisor cluster namespace, and the API requests are provided as YAML files.
US11570138B2	Methods and systems for efficient virtualization of inline transparent computer networking devices Network devices that are inserted inline into network links and process in-transit packets may significantly improve their packet-throughput performance by not assigning L3 IP addresses and L2 MAC addresses to their network interfaces and thereby process packets through a logical fast path that bypasses the slow path through the operating system kernel. When virtualizing such Bump-In-The-Wire (BITW) devices for deployment into clouds, the network interfaces must have L3 IP and L2 MAC addresses assigned to them. Thus, packets are processed through the slow path of a virtual BITW device, significantly reducing the performance. By adding new logic to the virtual BITW device and/or configuring proxies, addresses, subnets, and/or routing tables, a virtual BITW device can process packets through the fast path and potentially improve performance accordingly. For example, the virtual BITW device may be configured to enforce a virtual path (comprising the fast path) through the virtual BITW device.
US11570136B2	Wireless extension of broadband access Methods, systems, and apparatuses are described for extending a network through the use of access nodes. The access nodes may receive packets from user devices via wireless networks. The packets may be routed to a remote server for further network access. The access nodes may communicate with the user devices using network addresses associated with the wireless networks.
US11570135B2	Routing for large server deployments In one aspect, the present disclosure relates to a method comprising: receiving, at a client device, information from a node manager about a plurality of nodes in a computer cluster, the information comprising a network address associated each of the plurality of nodes and sending, by the client device, a request to a load balancer to access a first node from the plurality of nodes, the request comprising a first URL including an encoded representation of the network address associated with the first node. The load balancer is configured to determine the request should be routed to a first network address based on decoding the URL, the first network address associated with a first node from the plurality of nodes and forward the request to the first node in response to the determining.
US11570132B2	Systems and methods for encrypted message filtering The present disclosure provides new and innovative systems and methods for filtering encrypted messages. In an example, a computer-implemented method includes obtaining a message, determining sender profiling features of the message, determining enterprise graph features of the message, determining header features of the message, determining a message flag based on the sender profiling features, the enterprise graph features, and the header features, and processing the message based on the message flag.
US11570127B1	Reducing power consumption in an electronic device An ingress packet processor in a device corresponds to a group of ports and receives network packets from ports in its port group. A traffic manager in the device manages buffers storing packet data for transmission to egress packet processors. An ingress arbiter is associated with a port group and connects the port group to an ingress packet processor coupled to the ingress arbiter. The ingress arbiter determines a traffic rate at which the associated ingress packet processor transmits packets to the traffic manager. The ingress arbiter controls an associated traffic shaper to generate a number of tokens that are assigned to the port group. Upon receiving packet data from a port in the group, the ingress arbiter determines, using information from the traffic shaper, whether a token is available. Conditioned on determining that a token is available, the ingress arbiter forwards the packet data to the ingress packet processor.
US11570126B2	System, client terminal, control method, and storage medium A reception service system transmits a first transmission rule to a predetermined client terminal among a plurality of client terminals in a case where an amount of data transmitted from the predetermined client terminal per unit time exceeds a predetermined value. Each of the plurality of client terminals transmits data about an event that has occurred at that client terminal to the reception service system, and stores the first transmission rule transmitted from the reception service system. The client terminal does not transmit at least some of the data about the event that has occurred at the client terminal so that the amount of data transmitted per unit time does not exceed the predetermined value according to the first transmission rule.
US11570111B2	Enforcing access to endpoint resources Techniques are directed to controlling access to resources on a message bus of a network communication device. The techniques may include, by the network communication device, processing a message bus access policy file uniquely corresponding to a process. The message bus access policy file may include a certificate securely associating the message bus access policy file with the process. The techniques may further include, by the network communication device, based at least in part on the processing the message bus access policy file, exposing one or more resources of the network communication device to the process on the message bus, in a manner corresponding to at least one resource access permission indication contained within the message bus access policy file.
US11570109B2	Software-defined service insertion for network fabrics This disclosure describes techniques for software-defined service insertion. The techniques include a method of configuring a network for service insertion. The techniques include processing a master policy correlating an endpoint group pair, of source endpoint group and destination endpoint group, to a service graph. The service graph indicates a template service chain, and the template service chain indicates an ordering of a plurality of services. Processing the master policy includes disaggregating the master policy into at least one location specific policy, each of the at least one location specific policy corresponding to a separate location in the network and including traffic steering directives corresponding to a portion of the plurality of services associated with the separate location. The techniques further include causing each of the at least one location specific policy to be stored in association with the separate location to which that location specific policy corresponds.
US11570097B1	Overlay broadcast network for management traffic The disclosure provides an approach for an overlay broadcast network for management traffic. Techniques are provided for updating an underlay network route for a virtual computing instance (VCI) on a new host. After activating the VCI on the new host, a routing table on the old host is reprogrammed to associate an Internet protocol (IP) address of the VCI to an overlay broadcast network IP address and a routing table on the new host is reprogramed to associate the first IP address to a local route on the new host. The VCI sends a message to an application programming interface (API) endpoint to initiate reprogramming of an underlay network route to associate the first IP address to the new host. When a response packet is received at the old host, via the underlay network, the old host broadcasts the packet to the overlay broadcast network.
US11570087B2	Data routing in a customer-premises equipment using link aggregation The routing of data received from a first network device into a second network device, each having a link aggregation engine, includes detecting whether or not the data has already undergone a link aggregation operation in the first device or upstream, based on markers present in the data, and then selecting an output link from all the output links of the second device participating in link aggregation if the data has not already undergone link aggregation, or selecting the output link from all the output links of the second device participating in link aggregation except for the output link towards the first device if the data has already undergone link aggregation, and transmitting the data on the output link selected.
US11570085B2	Method and UE for performing rid update in UE in wireless communication network The present disclosure relates to a communication method and system for converging a 5th-Generation (5G) communication system for supporting higher data rates beyond a 4th-Generation (4G) system with a technology for Internet of Things (IoT). The present disclosure may be applied to intelligent services based on the 5G communication technology and the IoT-related technology, such as smart home, smart building, smart city, smart car, connected car, health care, digital education, smart retail, security and safety services. Embodiments herein provide a method for performing a routing ID (RID) update in user equipment (UE) in a wireless communication network.
US11570078B2	Collecting route-based traffic metrics in a service-oriented system Methods, systems, and computer-readable media for collecting route-based traffic metrics in a service-oriented system are disclosed. A first service in a service-oriented system receives an inbound request from a second service. From the inbound request, the first service extracts, a route identifier representing an upstream route including the second service. The first service stores the route identifier and a counter representing a number of inbound requests with the route identifier that have been received by the first service over a current window of time. The first service sends, to a traffic metric collection system, a metric message comprising the route identifier and the counter. Traffic metric data is determined by the traffic metric collection system using the metric message from the first service and one or more additional metric messages from one or more additional services. The traffic metric data indicates one or more flows of requests through the services.
US11570069B2	Network traffic classification method and system based on improved K-means algorithm Disclosed are a network traffic classification method and system based on an improved K-means algorithm. The method comprises: judging whether a total number NIC of network traffic data points in an initial clustering center set reaches an expected number k of network traffic clusters, if the k is not reached, calculating candidate metric values of network traffic data points in a high-density network traffic data point set, selecting a network traffic data point having the maximum candidate metric value, adding same into an initial clustering center set, removing the network traffic data point from the high-density network traffic data point set, then repeating the step until the total number NIC of network traffic data points in the initial clustering center set reaches the k, and ending the step. The method and system can ensure high network traffic classification accuracy.
US11570063B2	Quality of experience optimization system and method A Quality of Experience (QoE) optimization system and method are provided. An electronic device inputs key performance indicators (KPIs) and system control parameters collected from a core network, a base station and a user equipment (UE) into a QoE optimization model. The QoE optimization model then optimizes the system control parameters based on the KPIs and a user QoE fed back from the UE to output optimized system control parameters. Furthermore, a strategy emulator controls at least one of a base station emulator and a UE emulator, so as to emulate the QoE optimization model using the at least one of the base station emulator and the UE emulator. Non-real-time optimization adjustments to the QoE optimization model are made based on the result of the emulation performed by the at least one of the base station emulator and the UE emulator.
US11570058B1	Auto simulation of connectivity checks from the client side Auto connectivity simulation from the client-side. Workstations/clients are intelligently selected, on a continuous basis, for auto connectivity simulation and probes are communicated to the selected workstations which activate a previously deployed agent that is configured to conduct connectivity simulations to the communication network and, at least, basic utility services provided within the communication network. The comprehensive results of connectivity simulations are analyzed and patterns of connectivity issues are identified. Subsequently, rules are applied to the patterns of connectivity issues to determine appropriate actions, such as reconfiguring the connectivity route, the servers used for connection and/or notifying personnel assigned to address the issues.
US11570055B2	Connectivity templates An identification of a connectivity template to be applied to a design of a computer network is received. The design of the network is automatically analyzed to identify eligible application points in the design of the network where the connectivity template is eligible to be applied. A specification of one or more specific ones of the identified eligible application points where the connectivity template is to be applied is received. The connectivity template is applied to the specified one or more specific ones of the identified eligible application points to configure the computer network.
US11570052B2	Systems and methods of discovering and controlling devices without explicit addressing A method of discovering a device in a communication network having multiple interconnected nodes includes continuously monitoring, by a device to be discovered, any IP packets sent by a discoverer. The method further includes transmitting, by the discoverer, an IP packet destined for a downstream device and receiving, by the device to be discovered, the IP packet. The method further includes determining, by the device to be discovered, whether the IP packet is intended for the device to be discovered. If the IP packet is not intended for the device to be discovered, retransmitting, by the device to be discovered, the IP packet to the downstream device via an egress port of the device to be discovered.
US11570049B2	Network configuration method, apparatus, and system This application provides a network configuration method, apparatus, and system. The method includes: determining, based on a mapping relationship, that a first data node in a first YANG data model corresponds to a second data node in a second YANG data model, where the first data node and the second data node include a same indication operation, and the mapping relationship includes a correspondence between a data node in the first YANG data model and a data node in the second YANG data model; and generating a first packet based on the second data node.
US11570046B2	Method and apparatus for anomaly detection in a network An apparatus for anomaly detection in a network, using an autoencoder including an encoder and a decoder. The apparatus includes a processor and a memory including computer program code, causing the apparatus to: providing the decoder with network configuration parameters used to obtain calculated network performance indicators, obtaining reconstructed network performance indicators from the decoder based on the network configuration parameters used to obtain the calculated network performance indicators, comparing the reconstructed network performance indicators with the calculated network performance indicators, detecting an anomaly when observing a deviation between the reconstructed network performance indicators and the calculated network performance indicators, providing the encoder with the calculated network performance indicators, obtaining estimated network configuration parameters from the encoder based on the calculated network performance indicators, detecting that the anomaly is related to the network configuration parameters.
US11570041B2	Method and system to identify a source of signal impairment A method and system for managing performance of over a multimedia content distribution network (MCDN), such as a digital subscriber line network, involves receiving an indication of an impairment in network performance from an MCDN client. The MCDN node associated with the client may be identified and a community of MCDN clients coupled to the MCDN node may be further identified. Impairment information, representative of MCDN equipment, may be collected for each of the MCDN clients. Detailed network diagnostics and field service may be performed for MCDN clients based on a characterization of the impairment parameters. After remediation of the MCDN node, collection of the impairment information may be terminated.
US11570040B2	Automatic setup of failure detection sessions For a network with host machines that are hosting virtual machines, a method for facilitating BUM (broadcast, unknown unicast, and multicast) traffic between a hardware switch (e.g., ToR switch) and the host machines is provided. The network has a set of host machines configured as a cluster of replicators for replicating BUM traffic from the hardware switch to the host machines. A set of network controllers establishes failure-detection tunnels for links between the hardware switch and the replicator cluster. The replicator cluster informs the set of controllers of a change in the membership of the replicator cluster to initiate an update to the active failure-detection sessions. The set of network controllers communicates with the replicator cluster and a ToR switch to establish bidirectional forwarding detection (BFD) sessions between one or more replicator nodes in the replicator cluster and the ToR switch.
US11570039B2	Root-cause analysis of event occurrences Provided herein are systems and methods for determining relationships between events occurring in networks. Notifications describing events occurring in networks can be received and processed to determine groups of network event types. A root-cause network can be generated based on the events, with the nodes of the root-cause network representing different event types and the edges of the root-cause network indicating directional, causal relationships between the nodes. A received network event can be processed to determine potential causes of the received network event based on the root-cause network and other events received by the network.
US11570037B2	System and method for remotely identifying physical location of communications device Systems and methods for evaluating a customer premise equipment (CPE) device. A network element management system may send an alteration request to a configurable coaxial tap. The alteration request may cause the configurable coaxial tap to alter the characteristics of the configurable coaxial tap and/or to manipulate the radio frequency (RF) characteristics of a CPE device coupled to the configurable coaxial tap. The network element management system may receiving impaired operation reports from a cable modem termination system (CMTS), and send an un-alteration request to the configurable coaxial tap. The un-alteration request may cause the configurable coaxial tap to undo the alterations to the characteristics of the configurable coaxial tap or to undo the manipulated RF characteristics of the CPE. The network element management system may receive and use information the CMTS to determine modem-tap-port correlations and the physical location of the CPE.
US11570032B2	Distributed antenna system-based on time sensitive network A TSN-based distributed antenna system including a headend unit, one or more TSN switches, and one or more remote units and a fronthaul transport network constituted by the headend unit, the TSN switch, and the remote unit is provided. The packet-based fronthaul network constituted by the headend unit, the TSN switch, and the remote unit transmits traffic in a time-deterministic manner while minimizing packet loss through Ethernet to which TSN standards are applied.
US11570030B2	Method for non-linear distortion immune end-to-end learning with autoencoder—OFDM A new layer tailored for Artificial Intelligence-based communication systems to limit the instantaneous peak power for the signals that relies on manipulation of complementary sequences through neural networks. Disclosed is a method for providing non-linear distortion in end-to-end learning communication systems, the communication system comprising a transmitter and a receiver. The method includes mapping transmitted information bits to an input of a first neural network; controlling, by an output of the neural network, parameters of a complementary sequence (CS) encoder, producing an encoded CS; transmitting the encoded CS through an orthogonal frequency division multiplexing (OFDM) signal; processing, by Discrete Fourier Transform (DFT), the encoded CS, to produce a received information signal in a frequency domain; and processing, by a second neural network, the received information signal.
US11570025B2	Digital filter circuit and signal processing method A digital filter circuit is described. The digital filter circuit includes at least one signal input and at least one finite impulse response (FIR) filter associated with the at least one signal input. The at least one signal input is configured to receive an input signal, wherein the input signal includes a product of at least two input signal samples. The at least one FIR filter is established as a short-length FIR filter. Further, a signal processing method is described.
US11570020B2	Communication converters of dry pumps Provided is a communication converter of a dry pump, including: a first communication module, a memory module, a second communication module, and a processing module. The first communication module receives a sensor data packet from a communication port of the dry pump. The memory module has stored a program that can interpret the sensor data packet, an access address and an identification code of a sensor data. The second communication module is connected to a monitoring host via a first network. The processing module interprets the sensor data packet to retrieve the sensor data, transcodes a coding of the sensor data according to a Modbus protocol, and compiles the transcoded sensor data to generate a data packet of SECS/GEM protocol. The second communication module transmits the data packet of SECS/GEM protocol to the monitoring host.
US11570015B2	Premises apparatus and methods for aggregated high-capacity data services Premises apparatus and methods for providing aggregated high-bandwidth, low-latency data service over a content delivery network including existing wireline infrastructure. In one embodiment, a network architecture having service delivery over at least portions of extant hybrid fiber coax (HFC) infrastructure is disclosed, which includes standards-compliant ultra-low latency and high data rate services (e.g., 3GPP and IEEE Std. 802.11 services) via a common service provider. In one variant, an expanded frequency band (e.g., 1.6 GHz in total bandwidth) is used over the coaxial portions of the HFC infrastructure, which is allocated to two or more sub-bands. Premises apparatus are used to support multi-service integration (e.g., aggregation of mobile wireless, premises, and other services), as well as incipient IoT applications and technologies.
US11570004B2	Dynamic self-defined API via digital signatures Systems and methods are provided for interacting with an Application Programming Interface (API) using a digital signature. In one embodiment, a system includes one or more processors that execute the instructions to perform operations. The operations include receiving a digital signature from a requesting device, the digital signature including an array of one or more bits, where each position in the array is associated with a field in the database and with the data stored in the field of an API; identifying one or more requested fields; accessing the database to retrieve the information associated with the one or more requested fields, the information being associated with at least one API; and providing instructions to the requesting device, based on the retrieved information, causing the requesting application to use the API.
US11569991B1	Biometric authenticated biometric enrollment An example method includes receiving an encrypted biometric enrollment data and user identifier data. The encrypted biometric enrollment data includes at least one biometric enrollment sample from a user encrypted using an encryption key. The encryption key is generated based on a user secret and the user identifier is associated with the user. The user identifier is matched with a stored user secret. A decryption key is generated based on the stored user secret. The encrypted biometric enrollment data is decrypted using the decryption key. The at least one biometric enrollment sample is retrieved from the decrypted biometric enrollment data. The at least one biometric enrollment sample is processed using a biometric processing algorithm to generate a biometric reference template. A biometric reference template identifier uniquely identifying the biometric reference template is generated. An encryption key is generated based on the stored user secret and encrypts an enrollment confirmation message.
US11569981B1	Blockchain network based on machine learning-based proof of work Systems and techniques are disclosed for a blockchain network based on machine learning-based proof of work. One of the methods includes accessing a blockchain associated with a blockchain network, and obtaining a first error value specified in a block of the blockchain, the first error value being associated with a machine learning model identified in the block, and the blockchain recording machine learning models. A new machine learning model associated with a second error value is determined, with the second error value being less than the first error value. A block proposal identifying the new machine learning model is generated, the block proposal specifying the first error value. Transmission of the block proposal to other entities is caused. In response to greater than a threshold percentage of the entities approving the block proposal, inclusion of the block proposal in the blockchain is caused.
US11569980B2	Combined SBox and inverse SBox cryptography Hardware circuitry defines logic for both Sbox generation and inverse Sbox generation via generating a multiplicative inverse matrix as a truth table for data. The hardware circuitry receives input plain text to be encrypted. The hardware circuitry divides the input plain text to be encrypted. The hardware circuitry feeds multiplicative inverse values generated from the input plain text to a transformer module for performing affine to encrypt the plain text data. The hardware circuitry receives encrypted data to be decrypted. The hardware circuitry divides the encrypted data to be decrypted. The hardware circuitry feeds multiplicative inverse generated from the encrypted data to the transformer module for performing inverse affine to decrypt the encrypted data.
US11569979B2	Cryptographic systems with variable layout cryptography Methods, systems and computer program products for improving performance of a cryptographic algorithm are described. First, data to be encrypted/decrypted is provided as input to the system. A primary key, or multiple keys (in case of asymmetric cryptography), is generated for the encryption/decryption process. The primary key consists of metadata as well as key blocks containing secondary keys. The metadata contains information explaining how the data will be handled from algorithmic structure to the base cryptographic scheme to be used. Further, the data is split and processed via relevant portions of the key blocks. Finally, the completed encrypted/decrypted data segments are combined in order to complete the process. The used process ensures higher performance as well as higher algorithmic entropy than comparable methods in literature or on the market.
US11569970B2	Validation of a DCI format A wireless device may receive a DCI comprising a HARQ process number field, comprising first bit(s), and an RV field comprising second bit(s). The wireless device may validate the DCI. Validating the DCI may be based on the second bit(s). Validating the DCI may be based on comparing the first bit(s) with a first sequence of bit(s), determined using a first configuration parameter, in response to the first bit(s) not indicating a configuration index and the DCI having a first format. Validating the DCI may not be based on comparing the first bit(s) with the first sequence in response to the DCI having a second format. The wireless device may activate or deactivate resources.
US11569955B2	Apparatus and method for allocating channel state information-reference signal in wireless communication system Embodiments of the present invention relate to a wireless communication system, and more particularly, to a technology for allocating a Channel State Information-Reference Signal (CSI-RS) in a wireless communication system. Embodiments of the present invention provides an apparatus and method for allocating CSI-RSs to resource areas, in which, under the condition of a subframe in which the CP is an extended CP, and the duplex scheme is TDD, if CSI-RSs for maximum 8 antenna ports are allocated, the CSI-RSs are allocated to the 8th and 9th symbols (symbol No. l=7 and 8), wherein each CSI-RS for every two antenna ports is allocated to the same RE while being discriminated from each other by an orthogonal code and neighbor CSI-RS allocated REs in the frequency axis are spaced by an interval of three REs.
US11569954B2	Demodulation reference signal and phase-tracking reference signal port indication Embodiments of the present disclosure provide for indications of demodulation reference signal port groups and phase-tracking reference signal port indications. Other embodiments may be described and claimed.
US11569943B2	Method and apparatus for managing hybrid automatic repeat request process in mobile communication system The present disclosure relates to a communication method and system for converging a 5th-Generation (5G) communication system for supporting higher data rates beyond a 4th-Generation (4G) system with a technology for Internet of Things (IoT). The present disclosure may be applied to intelligent services based on the 5G communication technology and the IoT-related technology, such as smart home, smart building, smart city, smart car, connected car, health care, digital education, smart retail, security and safety services. A method for managing a hybrid automatic repeat request (HARM) process of a base station in a mobile communication system according to an embodiment of the present disclosure includes confirming whether a first data corresponding to a first service and a second data corresponding to a second service collide with each other. The method also includes determining whether to toggle a new data indicator (NDI) based on a modulation and coding scheme (MCS) index and the number of physical resource block (PRB) if it is determined that the first data and the second data collide with each other and retransmitting the NDI and the first data according to the determination result.
US11569942B2	Enhanced processes for HARQ feedback A wireless device may receive configuration parameter(s) of a time alignment timer associated with a cell. The wireless device may determine to defer transmission of a HARQ feedback, associated with a transport block, from a first timing to a second timing. The wireless device may transmit, via the cell, the HARQ feedback in the second timing based on the time alignment timer running in the second timing and regardless of whether the time alignment timer is running or is not running in the first timing.
US11569941B2	Configuring puncture bundles of data for a first service in a transmission of a second service A transmitting node determines data for a first service will be transmitted during a time period when data for a second service will be transmitted. The data for the first service requires lower latency than the data for the second service and the data for the first service includes an original set of data for the first service and at least one repetition of the original set of data for the first service. The transmitting node adjusts resources consumed by the data for the first service based on available transmission resources. During the time period the transmitting node then transmits the data for the first service using the adjusted resources while data for the second service is transmitted during the time period.
US11569940B2	Method and apparatus for transmitting and receiving data in wireless communication system A method of operating a terminal in a wireless communication system is provided. The method includes obtaining, from a radio link control (RLC) entity associated with a cell group of the terminal, information about a number of retransmissions of a packet, identifying whether packet duplication is activated, based on information indicating that the number of retransmissions of the packet reaches a maximum number of retransmissions of the packet, and transmitting, to a base station, a message indicating a failure of retransmission of the packet, based on a result of the identifying.
US11569938B2	Method and apparatus for transmitting and receiving signal using multiple antennas An operation method of a first communication node includes generating a plurality of modulation symbols for information bits; determining a symbol mapping pattern based on a number Nt of antennas of the first communication node, a number NL of spatial layers multiplexed in a same frequency resource, and a number NSSF of modulation symbols belonging to one space-frequency grid; mapping the plurality of modulation symbols to a space-frequency domain based on the symbol mapping pattern; and transmitting the plurality of modulation symbols mapped to the space-frequency domain to a second communication node using the antennas.
US11569937B2	Method of transmitting and receiving system information and device therefor The present disclosure provides a method of receiving system information by a user equipment in a wireless communication system. Particularly, the method may include receiving a Physical Downlink Control Channel (PDCCH) including Downlink Control Information (DCI) for scheduling the system information; descrambling a Cyclic Redundancy Check (CRC) of the DCI based on a System Information-Radio Network Temporary Identifier (SI-RNTI); obtaining first information on a type of the system information from a specific bit included in the DCI; receiving the system information based on second information for scheduling the system information, which is included in the DCI; and determining the type of the system information based on the first information.
US11569924B2	Access point identifiers in 400ZR and 400ZR+ protocols A first network element includes trail trace identifier information in an optical network frame. The first network element obtains data to transmit over an optical network link to a second network element. The first network element generates an optical network frame with alignment marker bytes, which are followed by padding bytes. The optical network frame also includes overhead bytes following the padding bytes. The overhead bytes include a Multi-Frame Alignment Signal (MFAS) byte, a link status byte, and reserved bytes. The optical network frame also includes a payload bytes following the overhead bytes. The payload bytes encode at least a portion of the data to transmit to the second network element. The first network element inserts trail trace identifier information into the reserved bytes in the overhead bytes. The trail trace identifier information identifies the first network element as a source of the optical network frame.
US11569911B2	Multi-quiet zone-based optical network unit registration method for low-latency service Disclosed is a method of registering a new optical network unit (ONU) to be performed by an optical line terminal (OLT). The method includes transmitting a ranging notification message to a centralized unit (CU)/distributed unit (DU) to register the new ONU, receiving scheduling information for registering the new ONU from the CU/DU in response to the ranging notification message, transmitting a serial number request message to a service region in which ONUs are present based on the received scheduling information, and when the serial number response message is received from the new ONU in response to the serial number request message, registering the new ONU that transmits a serial number request message. The transmitting of the serial number request message is performed through a multi-quiet zone of a short period.
US11569905B2	Method for predictive maintenance of satellites One variation of a method includes: training a first model to predict failures within the first population of satellites within a first time window based on a first set of historical timeseries telemetry data and a first set of historical timeseries failure data; and training a second model to predict failures within the first population of satellites within a second time window, shorter than the first time window, based on the first set of historical timeseries telemetry data and the first set of historical timeseries failure data. The method further includes: predicting a first probability of failure of the first satellite within the first time window based on the first model and the first set of timeseries telemetry data; and predicting a second probability of failure of the first satellite within the second time window based on the second model and the first set of timeseries telemetry data.
US11569895B2	Communication apparatus and control signal mapping method A communication apparatus includes a circuitry and a transmitter. In operation, the circuitry generates a Demodulation Reference Signal (DMRS) and generates downlink control information indicating a mapping pattern of the DMRS from a plurality of mapping patterns, and the transmitter transmits the DMRS and the downlink control information. The plurality of mapping patterns include a first mapping pattern and a second mapping pattern. Resource elements used for the DMRS of the second mapping pattern are same as a part of resource elements used for the DMRS of the first mapping pattern. A number of the resource elements used for the DMRS of the first mapping pattern is larger than a number of the resource elements used for the DMRS of the second mapping pattern.
US11569893B1	User equipment trajectory based beam selection A beam selection system that includes a memory operably connected to processing circuitry. The memory configured to store instructions that request call control information from a device; receive a plurality of user equipment (UE) trajectories and parameters from the device; predict with a first artificial intelligence (AI) engine a plurality of beam patterns within a beam index at a plurality of nodes corresponding with a predicted UE location based on the plurality of UE trajectories and parameters of each UE; transmit the plurality of predicted beam patterns to the plurality of nodes corresponding with a corresponding UE of a plurality of UEs; receive a plurality of UE selected beam patterns from the plurality of nodes; train a second AI engine based the plurality of UE selected beam patterns. The processing circuitry is further configured to update the first AI engine based on learned results from the second AI engine.
US11569892B2	Method and apparatus for beam management in multi-module devices An electronic device and methods for performing low-latency, low-power beam management are disclosed herein. An electronic device for performing low-latency, low-power beam management comprises a plurality of antenna modules and a processor. The processor is configured to determine a number of active antenna modules to include in a set of active antenna modules, and select the set of active antenna modules, from among the plurality of antenna modules, based on a spherical coverage of the set of active antenna modules and based on information on blockage states of the plurality of antenna modules.
US11569879B2	Multi-beam codebooks with further optimized overhead A method, wireless device and network node for determining an indication of a precoder are provided. According to one aspect, a method in a wireless device includes determining and the indication of the precoder from a codebook, the indication comprising a first beam phase parameter and a second beam phase parameter corresponding to a first beam and a second beam respectively. The first beam phase parameter takes on one of a first integer number of phase values and the second beam phase parameter takes on one of a second integer number of phase values. At least one of the following conditions apply: the second integer number of phase values is less than the first number of phase values, and the second frequency-granularity is greater than the first frequency-granularity. The method includes transmitting the determined indication of a precoder to the network node.
US11569873B1	MIMO signal symbol detection and search method, decoding circuit and receiving antenna system A MIMO symbol detection and search method, a decoding circuit and a receiving antenna system are provided. The signal detection and search method includes the following steps. A symbol search tree is obtained, and a plurality of candidate symbols at each layer of the symbol search tree are sorted. The candidate symbols are traversed in sequence at each layer of the symbol search tree. At each layer of the symbol search tree, if a cumulative partial Euclidean distance is greater than or equal to a threshold, un-scanned candidate symbols are excluded. If the cumulative partial Euclidean distance is less than the threshold, the threshold is updated by the cumulative partial Euclidean distance. When all of the candidate symbols have been calculated, an estimated symbol combination is outputted, and the scan of the symbol search tree is terminated.
US11569868B2	Apparatuses and methods for enhancing a reliability of power available to communicaton devices via an insulator Aspects of the subject disclosure may include, generating, by a power supply of an insulator, first output power that is at least partially consumed by an electronic device of the insulator, and generating, by the power supply, second output power that is consumed by a first waveguide device, wherein the first waveguide device is configured to obtain a first electromagnetic wave from a transmission medium, and wherein the first electromagnetic wave is guided by and propagates along the transmission medium without requiring an electrical return path, wherein the insulator insulates medium-voltage infrastructure from low-voltage infrastructure. Other embodiments are disclosed.
US11569866B2	Magnet-less ring circulators for full duplex division wireless communication A full duplex communication system comprises a magnet-less ring circulator that comprises a set of ports extending from a circumference of the magnet-less multi-port ring combiner. The set of ports are positioned at increments around the circumference of the magnet-less multi-port ring combiner.
US11569861B2	Case with secondary well and annular ridge about apertures The disclosure includes a case of a portable electronic device such as a cell phone, the case including a first well for receiving the portable electronic device and a secondary well. The case may include a thin layer of material on the exterior surface of the back wall of the case. The back wall of the case may include an aperture for receiving a portion of a silicone strip or finger loop, the aperture registering with an aperture in the thin layer of material. The aperture in the back wall of the case may include a flange or annular ridge on the exterior surface of the back wall, the flange or annular ridge preferably being level with the exterior surface of the thin layer of material.
US11569859B2	Furniture having load-bearing or non-load bearing structures for storage of water or other material Furniture pieces which incorporate load-bearing or non-load bearing structures in which water or other material may be stored. By incorporating such storage capacity within furniture, a user may take advantage of space that would otherwise be unused or unusable to unobtrusively and conveniently store an emergency water supply or other desired material.
US11569858B2	Adaptive antenna tuning system A radio frequency device has a multifunctional tuner that stores measurements of reflection coefficient parameter in a register. The radio frequency device also has a transceiver that has a transmitter. The transceiver may detect a transmitter signal from the transmitter to an antenna in an initial tuning state and then determine whether the transmitter signal is stable. In response to the transmitter signal being stable, the transceiver may measuring the reflection coefficient parameters at the multifunctional tuner. Furthermore, the radio frequency device has a baseband controller that has a memory to store instructions and a processor to execute the instructions. The instructions cause the processor to determine an antenna impedance based on the reflection coefficient parameters, and in response to determining that the antenna impedance is greater than or less than a threshold antenna impedance, iteratively tune the antenna using the multifunctional tuner.
US11569857B2	Method and apparatus to optimize power clamping A clamping circuit that may be used to provide efficient and effective voltage clamping in an RF front end. The clamping circuit comprises two series coupled signal path switches and a bypass switch coupled in parallel with the series coupled signal path switches. A diode is coupled from a point between the series coupled signal path switches to a reference potential. In addition, an output selection switch within an RF front end has integrated voltage clamping to more effectively clamp the output voltage from the RF front end. Additional output clamping circuits can be used at various places along a direct gain signal path, along an attenuated gain path and along a bypass path.
US11569856B2	Method and apparatus for receiving periodic band-limited signal An operation method of a receiving device may comprise: receiving a periodic band-limited signal from a transmitting device; determining whether a carrier frequency of the periodic band-limited signal satisfies a constraint; converting the periodic band-limited signal into a digital high-frequency band signal by sampling the periodic band-limited signal at an extraction rate equal to or less than a Nyquist extraction rate when the carrier frequency satisfies the constraint; down-converting the digital high-frequency band signal into a digital baseband signal; rearranging samples of a plurality of periods of the digital baseband signal into one period; and generating a reconstructed signal by performing low-pass filtering with a bandwidth of the periodic band-limited signal on the digital baseband signal in which the samples are rearranged.
US11569849B2	Apparatuses and methods for wireless communication An apparatus for wireless communication is provided. The apparatus includes a processing circuit configured to receive data to be wirelessly transmitted within a predefined frequency range. Further, the processing circuit is configured to generate a first radio frequency transmit signal of a first frequency range based on the data, and to generate a second radio frequency transmit signal of a second frequency range based on the data. The first frequency range and the second frequency range are subranges of the predefined frequency range. The apparatus further includes a front-end circuit configured to supply the first radio frequency transmit signal to a first antenna, and to supply the second radio frequency transmit signal to a second antenna.
US11569848B2	Software-defined radio linking systems The disclosed invention includes methods for linking individual software-defined radios (SDR) into a cohesive network of SDRs capable of recording a sample of radiofrequency (RF) signals emitted in an RF environment. Individual SDRs communicate with an IP network, and host a linking application that executes the recording. A user identifies a lead SDR from among the SDRs, and uses the lead SDR to task participating SDRs with reference to a clock source. Also disclosed is a system of SDRs configured to be linked into a cohesive network of SDRs capable of recording a sample of RF signals emitted in an RF environment. Embodiments of the disclosed invention include co-located and dispersed SDRs. Some embodiments use SDRs organized into a mesh network. Embodiments of the disclosed invention are configured to perform total band monitoring, total band capture, RF environment simulation, interference identification, interference simulation, and distributed quality of service evaluation of wireless networks.
US11569845B2	Polar encoding and polar decoding systems and methods In encoding systems and methods, data or information is encoded using one or more encoding methodologies to generate encoded data or information corresponding to the data or information. Similarly, in decoding systems and methods, encoded data or information is decoded using one or more decoding methodologies to generate the data or information corresponding to the encoded data or information. The encoding/decoding systems and methods can include polar encoding/decoding systems and methods operable for encoding data or information to generate polar codes and for decoding polar codes to generate the corresponding data or information. The information or data can be control information and application data for communication over networks. The networks can include wireless and wireline networks, and network segments, links or channels, including mixed wireline and wireless networks.
US11569836B2	Multi-level signal generator and memory device including the same A multi-level signal generator includes a receiving circuit, a setting circuit, a data bit generating circuit and a digital-to-analog converter. The receiving circuit generates a first data bit based on an input data signal having two voltage levels that are different from each other. The setting circuit generates a flag signal based on a command signal. The flag signal is changed depending on an operation mode. The data bit generating circuit generates a plurality of internal bits based on the first data bit, selects at least one of the plurality of internal bits based on the flag signal, and outputs the selected internal bit as at least one additional data bit. The digital-to-analog converter generates an output data signal that is a multi-level signal having three or more voltage levels different from each other based on the first data bit and the at least one additional data bit.
US11569833B2	Analog to digital converter device and method for controlling calibration circuit An analog to digital converter (ADC) device includes ADC circuits, a calibration circuit and a controlling circuit. The ADC circuits are configured to generate first quantized outputs according to clock signals. The calibration circuit is configured to perform at least one error operation according to the first quantized outputs to generate second quantized outputs, and is configured to analyze time difference information of the clock signals according to the second quantized outputs to generate adjustment signals. The controlling circuit is configured to analyze the first quantized outputs to generate at least one control signal to the calibration circuit, wherein the at least one control signal is configured to control the calibration circuit to selectively perform the at least one error operation and selectively analyze the time difference information of the clock signals.
US11569824B2	Digital sampling techniques Various implementations described herein are directed to a device with a voltage-controlled oscillator that receives an enable signal, receives a reset signal, and provides internal pulse signals including one or more coarse internal pulse signals and multiple fine internal pulse signals. The device may have a coarse sampler that receives the one or more coarse internal pulse signal and provides a coarse sampled output signal. The device may have a fine sampler that receives the multiple fine internal pulse signals and provides a fine sampled output signal.
US11569820B2	Programmable device having hardened circuits for predetermined digital signal processing functionality An example programmable device includes a configuration memory configured to store configuration data; a programmable logic having a configurable functionality based on the configuration data in the configuration memory; a signal conversion circuit; a digital processing circuit; an endpoint circuit coupled to the signal conversion circuit through the digital processing circuit; wherein the digital processing circuit includes a first one or more digital processing functions implemented as hardened circuits each having a predetermined functionality, and a second one or more processing functions implemented by the configurable functionality of the programmable logic.
US11569819B1	High-voltage tolerant inverter A high-voltage tolerant circuit includes a first level shifter responsive to an input signal having a first logic high voltage and a first logic low voltage for providing a first intermediate signal having the first logic high voltage and a second logic low voltage referenced to a second reference voltage higher than the first logic low voltage, a second level shifter responsive to the input signal for providing a second intermediate signal having a second logic high voltage referenced to a first reference voltage lower than the first logic high voltage, and the first logic low voltage, an output stage responsive to the first and second intermediate signals for providing an output signal having the first logic high voltage and the first logic low voltage, and a reference voltage generation circuit providing the second logic high and second logic low voltages without drawing current from the reference voltage generation circuit.
US11569818B2	Load control device having a capacitive touch surface A control device configured for use in a load control system to control an electrical load external to the control device may comprise an actuation member having a front surface defining a capacitive touch surface configured to detect a touch actuation along at least a portion of the front surface. The control device includes a main printed circuit board (PCB) comprising a control circuit, a tactile switch, a controllably conductive device, and a drive circuit operatively coupled to a control input of the controllably conductive device for rendering the controllably conductive device conductive or non-conductive to control the amount of power delivered to the electrical load. The control device also includes a capacitive touch PCB that comprises a touch sensitive circuit comprising one or more receiving capacitive touch pads located on the capacitive touch PCB and arranged in a linear array adjacent to the capacitive touch surface.
US11569816B1	Superconducting switch The various embodiments described herein include methods, devices, and circuits for reducing switch transition time of superconductor switches. In some embodiments, an electrical circuit includes: (i) an input component configured to generate heat in response to an electrical input; and (ii) a first superconducting component thermally-coupled to the input component. The electrical circuit is configured such that, in the absence of the electrical input, at least a portion of the first superconducting component is maintained in a non-superconducting state in the absence of the electrical input; and, in response to the electrical input, the first superconducting component transitions to a superconducting state.
US11569812B2	RF switch stack with charge control elements Methods and devices to address the undesired DC voltage distribution across switch stacks in OFF state are disclosed. The disclosed devices include charge control elements that sample the RF signal to generate superimposed voltages at specific points of the switch stack biasing circuit. The provided voltages help reducing the drooping voltages on drain/source/body terminals of the transistors within the stack by supplying the current drawn by drain/source terminals of the stacked transistors and/or by sinking the body leakage current exiting the body terminals of such transistors. Methods and techniques teaching how to provide proper tapping points in the biasing circuit to sample the RF signal are also disclosed.
US11569811B2	Smart electronic switch An electronic fuse circuit includes an electronic switch with a load current path coupled between an output node and a supply node and that connects or disconnects the output node and the supply node in accordance with a drive signal. The circuit includes a control circuit to generate the drive signal based on an input signal. A monitoring circuit is included in the control circuit to receive a current sense signal representing the load current passing through the load current path and to determine a first protection signal based on the current sense signal and a wire parameter. The first protection signal is indicative of whether to disconnect the output node from supply node. The control circuit changes from normal mode to idle mode when the load current is below a given current threshold and another criterion is fulfilled.
US11569805B2	Minimum intrinsic timing utilization auto alignment on multi-die system The present invention provides a system including a transmitter and a receiver is disclosed. The transmitter includes a first main data path and a first main strobe path, wherein the first main data path is configured to generate a plurality of data signals, the first main strobe path is configured to generate a first strobe signal, and delay amount of the first main data path and delay amount of the first main strobe path are unbalanced. The receiver includes a second main data path and a second main strobe path, wherein the second main strobe path is configured to receive the first strobe signal to generate a plurality of second strobe signals, and the second main data path is configured to receive the plurality of data signals, and uses the plurality of second strobe signals to sample the plurality of data signals to generate a plurality of sampled signals, respectively.
US11569804B1	INL detection and calibration for phase-interpolator An apparatus includes control logic coupled to a phase detector circuit and an adjustable delay circuit. The control logic is configured to obtain a state of a first phase of an output signal of a phase interpolator relative to a second phase of a reference signal, and adjust a delay of the reference signal until the second phase matches the first phase. The control logic is further configured to measure a total delay of the reference signal when the second phase matches the first phase, and determine integral non-linearity of the phase interpolator at the first code based on the total delay. The control logic may further calibrate a first code of a phase interpolator based, at least in part, on the integral non-linearity.
US11569803B2	Stagger signal generation circuit A stagger signal generation circuit is provided. The stagger signal generation circuit includes: a stagger pulse generation circuit, configured to generate a first pulse signal according to a first control signal and generate a second pulse signal according to a second control signal, the first control signal and the second control signal being inverted signals, and the first pulse signal and the second pulse signal being stagger pulse signals; and a delay signal output circuit including G signal output circuits, G being an integer greater than or equal to 2. Each non-first-stage signal output circuits receives a delay output signal outputted by a respective previous-stage signal output circuit as an input signal of a current-stage signal output circuit, and a first-stage signal output circuit receives an initial input signal as an input signal of the first-stage signal output circuit.
US11569802B1	Temperature delay device and temperature control system A temperature delay device includes a first thermal sensor, a second thermal sensor, an inverter, and a latch circuit. The first thermal sensor is configured to measure a first temperature of a chip to output a first input signal. The second thermal sensor is configured to measure a second temperature of the chip to output a second input signal. The inverter is coupled to the first thermal sensor, and is configured to reverse the first input signal so as to output a third input signal. The latch circuit is coupled to the inverter and the second thermal sensor, and is configured to output an output signal according to the second input signal and the third input signal. The first temperature is different from the second temperature.
US11569798B2	Differential techniques for measuring voltage over a power switch A driver circuit is configured to deliver drive signals from an output pin to a power switch to control ON/OFF switching of the power switch. A first detection pin of the driver circuit is configured to receive a first signal associated with the power switch, wherein the first signal indicates a voltage drop over the power switch and a voltage drop over one or more other circuit elements. A second detection pin is configured to receive a second signal, wherein the second signal indicates a voltage drop over one or more matched circuit elements, wherein the one or more matched circuit elements associated with the second signal are substantially identical to the one or more other circuit elements associated with the first signal. The driver circuit is configured to determine the voltage drop over the power switch based on a difference between the first signal and the second signal.
US11569796B2	MEMS-based passband filter A passband filter includes a first and second microelectromechanical resonator system, each including a resonating beam, a drive electrode, and a sense electrode. An AC input signal is coupled to the drive electrode of the first and second microelectromechanical resonator system. A differential-to-single ended amplifier has a first input and second input respectively coupled to the sense electrodes of the first and second microelectromechanical resonator systems. An output of the differential-to-single ended amplifier is an output of the passband filter that provides a bandpass filtered signal of the AC input signal. A DC bias signal is coupled to the resonating beams of the first and second microelectromechanical resonator systems. The first microelectromechanical resonator system exhibits a hardening nonlinear behavior defining an upper stop frequency of the passband and the second microelectromechanical resonator system exhibits a softening nonlinear behavior defining a lower stop frequency of the passband.
US11569781B2	Compact portable foldable solar panel support system and methods of use Disclosed are methods and apparatus for providing portable or fixed solar array support systems. Embodiments of the invention include an apparatus that holds two multi-cell rooftop-grade solar panels and folds up into a relatively small portable device that easily fits in a garage or shed. When open, the panels are displayed at near the nominal angle to the sun for the region. Adjustable angle supports are available in alternative embodiments.
US11569773B2	Apparatus and method of controlling compressor, and air conditioner including the same A compressor control apparatus includes a rectifier configured to rectify AC power to DC power; an inverter including a plurality of switching elements, configured to convert the DC power into a three-phase voltage according to a pulse width modulation (PWM) signal applied to the plurality of switching elements; a motor configured to receive a three-phase current based on the three-phase voltage; a current detector configured to detect a sum of a first phase current, a second phase current, and a third phase current supplied to the motor; and a controller configured to differently determine a duty ratio of the PWM signal applied to each of the plurality of switching elements, and to determine the first phase current, the second phase current, and the third phase current, respectively, based on the determined duty ratio and the sum of the currents detected from the current detector.
US11569770B2	Electric machine noise attenuation A system for controlling an electric machine of a vehicle includes, among other things, a controller module configured to attenuate noise from the electric machine by altering a corrective voltage in response to feedback about the noise. The corrective voltage and a fundamental voltage command are supplied to the electric machine as a combined voltage command. The corrective voltage is on a harmonic adjacent to a harmonic of the noise. A method of controlling noise associated with an electric machine of a vehicle includes, among other things, altering a corrective voltage to attenuate noise in response to feedback about the noise. The corrective voltage and a fundamental voltage command are supplied to the electric machine as a combined voltage command. The corrective voltage is on a harmonic adjacent to a harmonic of the noise.
US11569768B2	Generator control system and method of controlling the same A generator control system is coupled to a motor generator. The system includes a DC port, a first switch unit, a DC bus, a first power conversion circuit, a second power conversion circuit, and a second switch unit. The first power conversion circuit has a first side coupled to the DC bus and a second side coupled to the first switch unit. The second power conversion circuit has a first side coupled to the DC bus and a second side coupled to the motor generator. One end of the second switch unit is coupled to the first power conversion circuit and the first switch unit, and the other end of the second switch unit is coupled to the DC port.
US11569767B2	Hybrid-type engine generator output controller In an output control of a hybrid-type engine generator equipped with a load output demand detecting unit, a load output demand increase/decrease determination unit and an output control unit, a configuration is adopted whereby load output demand from (output required by) the load is detected, increase/decrease of the detected load output demand is determined, discharge power from the battery is added to generated power output of the engine generator unit when detected load output demand is determined to be increasing, and output of the engine generator unit is controlled so as to use some generated power output of the engine generator unit as charge power of the battery when detected load output demand is determined to be decreasing.
US11569758B2	Control system with delayed protection for a three-level inverter A microcontroller unit for controlling a three-level inverter including delayed fault protection is provided. The microcontroller unit includes an input port configured to receive a trip signal from a fault detection module, and a plurality of EPWM modules, each configured to control a power switch within the three-level inverter. The microcontroller unit includes an auxiliary EPWM module configured to receive the trip signal and produce a delayed trip signal, and processing circuitry coupled with the input port, the plurality of EPWM modules, and the auxiliary EPWM module. The processing circuitry is configured to, in response to activation of the trip signal, direct one of the plurality of EPWM modules to shut off its corresponding power switch upon activation of the trip signal, and to direct a different one of the plurality of EPWM modules to shut off its corresponding power switch upon activation of the delayed trip signal.
US11569756B2	Flying capacitor type 3-level power conversion device A flying capacitor (FC)-type 3-level power conversion device turns on or off first to fourth semiconductor switching elements based on comparison between a flying capacitor voltage and a half of higher-voltage side filter capacitor voltage, comparison between the higher-voltage side filter capacitor voltage and the flying capacitor voltage plus a lower-voltage side filter capacitor voltage, comparison between the flying capacitor voltage and the lower-voltage side filter capacitor voltage, and comparison between the lower-voltage side filter capacitor voltage or the higher-voltage side filter capacitor voltage and a filter capacitor voltage command value, so that an electric current flows along a path including a filter reactor L and charging a flying capacitor so as to charge a lower-voltage side filter capacitor or a higher-voltage side filter capacitor to predetermined values.
US11569752B2	Arrangement for equalizing voltage drops in a power supply mains and method for equalizing voltage drops in a power supply mains An embodiment relates to an arrangement for equalizing voltage drops in a power supply mains having a first mains supply and a second mains supply. The arrangement includes at least one first converter system and one second converter system, to which intermediate circuits are coupled and which form a mains coupling as a result. The first mains supply is connected to a distributor via a decoupling inductor, a voltage measurement and a first switch. The second mains supply is connected to the distributor via a second switch, and wherein the mains coupling is arranged parallel to the second switch.
US11569744B2	Direct current (DC)-DC power converter with multiple modes of operation A converter stage having a control pin, an input voltage pin, an output pin, a ground pin, a high-side switch coupled between the input voltage pin and the output pin, a low-side switch coupled between the output pin and the ground pin, a current sensor configured to detect a current at the output pin, and control logic coupled to the control pin and the current sensor. The control logic is configured to control switching of the high-side and the low-side switches in continuous conduction mode, discontinuous conduction mode, and body braking control for the converter stage in response to a first signal received via the control line and a second signal received from the current sensor. A driver controls switching, based on the detected current and sequential event tracking, between an on state and an off state.
US11569742B2	Power supply control device The power supply control device includes a logic circuit for generating a pseudo switch voltage simulating a behavior of a switch voltage generated in the switch output stage, a filter unit that receives input of the pseudo switch voltage and the output voltage or a feedback voltage corresponding to the output voltage and generates a current sense signal simulating a behavior of the inductor current, and a feedback control unit that performs output feedback control of the switch output stage by using the current sense signal.
US11569741B2	Compensation in a voltage mode switch-mode converter In some examples, a circuit comprises a first field effect transistor (FET) having a first gate adapted to couple to a reference voltage source, a first source coupled to a first current source, and a first drain coupled to a second current source. The circuit comprises a second FET having a second gate coupled to the first drain, a second drain coupled to the first current source, and a second source coupled to a first resistor. The circuit comprises a third FET having a third gate adapted to couple to a feedback loop of a voltage converter, a third source coupled to a third current source, and a third drain coupled to a fourth current source. The circuit comprises a fourth FET having a fourth gate coupled to the third drain, a fourth drain coupled to the third current source, and a fourth source coupled to a second resistor.
US11569734B2	Power converter with over temperature protection compensation A power converter with over temperature protection compensation includes a main conversion unit, a primary-side control unit, a secondary-side control unit, a secondary detection circuit, and an over temperature adjustment circuit. The secondary-side control unit obtains a secondary voltage change value through the secondary detection circuit, and the secondary-side control unit correspondingly provides a current change value to the over temperature adjustment circuit according to the secondary voltage change value. The over temperature adjustment circuit provides a temperature control voltage according to the current change value so that the secondary-side control unit determines whether an over temperature protection is activated according to the temperature control voltage.
US11569732B2	DC-link charging arrangement and method for charging a DC-link capacitor A DC-link charging arrangement is described having a DC-link capacitor, rectifier means, and contactor means arranged between supply voltage ports and the rectifier means and having at least one contactor. Such a charging arrangement should enable charging of a DC-link capacitor in a simple way with low losses. To this end a charging capacitor is arranged bridging the at least one contactor.
US11569731B2	Control method for an AC-DC conversion circuit The present disclosure provides a control method for an AC-DC conversion circuit. The method includes: in an entire load range, acquiring circuit parameter information of the AC-DC conversion circuit; limiting an actual switching frequency or an actual switching period of the AC-DC conversion circuit within a preset working range according to the circuit parameter information. The AC-DC conversion circuit can meet requirements of Total Harmonic Distortion (THD), Power Factor (PF), efficiency and Electromagnetic Interference (EMI) and the like by adjusting the working information of the AC-DC conversion circuit through the preset working range.
US11569724B2	Faraday based pallet generator for device charging A faraday generator structure disposed between an upper platform and a lower platform, where the faraday generator structure includes a magnet, a coil structure, and a guide shaft. The magnet, of the faraday generator structure, coupled to the guide shaft configured to pass through an inner aperture area of the ring structure during a compression and rebound of a dampener positioned between the upper platform and the lower platform, where a voltage is produced as the magnet passes through the inner aperture area of the ring structure. The dampener, of the faraday generator structure, configured to compress under an additional load applied to an existing load on a top surface of the upper platform. The faraday generator structure configured to provide the voltage to an electrically coupled power storage unit.
US11569719B2	Direct drive electric motor having stator and magnet configurations for improved torque capability An electric motor for an appliance includes a rotor coupled with a drive shaft. The rotor includes a plurality of rotor magnets that each define a magnet assembly including a plurality of magnet portions having different magnet pole orientations. A stator is in electromagnetic communication with the rotor. A gap is defined between the stator and the rotor. The stator comprises a stator core. A plurality of stator poles define the gap. Stator magnets are positioned within the stator core and are located to partially define the gap. Each stator magnet defines a pair of flux paths that extend around an outer perimeter of the stator magnet and onto the gap. The different magnet pole orientations of the plurality of rotor magnets operate to direct an effective magnetic flux toward the gap.
US11569718B2	Multi-rotor electric machine A multi-rotor electric machine having a stator, a first rotor magnetically coupled to the stator and a second rotor magnetically coupled to the stator is disclosed. A method of operating the electric machine comprises driving a gear via a first face of the gear using the first rotor and driving the gear via a second face of the gear using the second rotor.
US11569714B2	Motor and hairpin stator thereof A hairpin motor stator includes a stator core, a plurality of slots, a first hairpin wire and a temperature sensor. The stator core defines a rotor accommodating space. The slots are located on the stator core, and each slot extends in a radial direction from the rotor accommodating space. Each slot has a side opening adjacent to the rotor accommodating space. One of the slots is a temperature sensor accommodating slot. The first hairpin wire is located in the temperature sensor accommodating slot and proximal to the side opening of the temperature sensor accommodating slot. The temperature sensor is between the side opening of the temperature sensor accommodating slot and the first hairpin wire. The temperature sensor is larger than the side opening of the temperature sensor accommodating slot such that the temperature sensor is enclosed in the temperature sensor accommodating slot.
US11569709B2	Motor drive device and servo adjustment method A motor drive device includes: a position command generator which generates a position command; a damping filter unit which includes one or more stages of damping filters which reduce vibration of a device including a load and a motor, applies, to a position command, a damping filter determined based on a model parameter corresponding to a model of the device, and outputs a filtered position command to which the damping filter has been applied; a servo controller which gives a torque command to the motor based on the filtered position command; a low-pass filter unit; a parameter estimation unit which estimates the model parameter from the rotational speed and the torque command of the motor which have passed through the low-pass filter unit; and a vibration determination unit which determines presence or absence of vibration in the model.
US11569706B2	Electric machine An electric machine comprising at least one housing in which a rotor having coolant guide vanes provided at an end face is accommodated, and an annular cooling fin structure through which coolant conveyed by the coolant guide vanes is passed and having cooling fins which are axially covered by an annular cover section in such a way that there is an inlet area for the coolant supplied by the coolant guide vanes and an outlet area, wherein the cooling fin structure is formed on a side of an axial end wall of the housing facing the interior of the housing, on which an annular disk-shaped cover forming the cover section is attached.
US11569700B2	Rotating electric machine To obtain a rotating electric machine capable of downsizing the rotating electric machine in an axial direction and in a radial direction. A first inner-peripheral-side terminal includes a first conductor-exposed portion and a second inner-peripheral-side terminal includes a second conductor-exposed portion opposed to the first conductor-exposed portion. An opposing portion being a portion, at which the first conductor-exposed portion and the second conductor-exposed portion are opposed to each other, extends in a radial direction, and at least a part of the opposing portion of the first conductor-exposed portion and the second conductor-exposed portion is arranged on an inner side in the radial direction compared to the first outer-peripheral-side terminal and the second outer-peripheral-side terminal.
US11569698B2	Electric motor and stator cooling apparatus An electric motor can include a stator body defining fluid channels extending axially for fluid communication between axial ends of the stator body. Conductive windings can form first loops extending axially outward from the first end of the stator body and second loops extending axially outward from the second end of the stator body. A first cap can be coupled to the first end of the stator body and can include a first wall. The first wall can be between the first loops and the channels. Pins can extend from a side of the first wall that is opposite the first loops. The second cap can be coupled to the second end of the stator body and include a second wall. The second wall can be between the second loops and the channels. Pins can extend from a side of the second wall that is opposite the second loops.
US11569694B2	Automatic gain control for communications demodulation in wireless power receivers A wireless receiver system includes a receiver antenna, a sensor, a demodulation circuit, and a receiver controller. The sensor is configured to detect electrical information superimposed on an AC wireless signal. The demodulation circuit is configured to receive the electrical information from the at least one sensor, apply automatic bias control and gain control to generate modified electrical information, detect a change in the modified electrical information and determine if the change in the modified electrical information meets or exceeds one of a rise threshold or a fall threshold. If the change exceeds one of the rise threshold or the fall threshold, an alert is generated. Alerts are decoded into the electrical information.
US11569685B2	System and method for inductive charging of portable devices An electronic device having an inductive power transfer system to transfer power to a portable device is disclosed. The electronic device includes a first inductive coil for power transfer using an alternating magnetic field. The electronic device further includes a permanent magnet structure for creating a separable magnetic attachment between the electronic device and the portable device having a second inductive coil for inductive power transfer. The permanent magnet structure is positioned around an outer perimeter of the first inductive coil to align the first inductive coil with the second inductive coil in the portable device for inductive power transfer. The permanent magnet structure includes one or more discontinuous arc-shaped permanent magnets assembled to form a full or partial ring shape that includes a gap to impede eddy current generation in the permanent magnet structure by the alternating magnetic field during inductive power transfer.
US11569683B2	Circuit for a power device and graphical user interface An apparatus for a system power device utilized in an interconnected power system. The interconnected power system may include multiple system power devices connected to various inter connections of groups of direct currents (DC) from power sources which also may be connected in various series, parallel, series parallel and parallel series combinations for example. The apparatus may include a processor connected to a memory and a communication interface operatively attached to the processor. The communication interface may be adapted to connect to a mobile computing system of a user in close proximity to the system power devices. A graphical user interface (GUI) of the mobile computing system may allow various operational and re-configuration options for the interconnected power system which may include installation, maintenance and monitoring schedules in the interconnected power system when the user of the GUI is in close proximity to the system power devices.
US11569667B2	Power managers and methods for operating power managers Various aspects of invention provide portable power manager operating methods. One aspect of the invention provides a method for operating a power manager having a plurality of device ports for connecting with external power devices and a power bus for connecting with each device port. The method includes: disconnecting each device port from the power bus when no external power device is connected to the device port; accessing information from newly connected external power devices; determining if the newly connected external power devices can be connected to the power bus without power conversion; if not, determining if the newly connected external power devices can be connected to the power bus over an available power converter; and if so, configuring the available power converter for suitable power conversion.
US11569664B2	Method for connecting a power transformer to an electrical grid A method for connecting a power transformer, located between an inverter of a wind turbine and an electrical grid, to the electrical grid; the method comprises the steps gradually increasing a voltage at a primary side of the transformer from a low starting voltage to a target voltage equal or close to a nominal voltage of the transformer, by means of the inverter of the wind turbine or by means of an auxiliary inverter, thereby increasing the voltage at a secondary side of the transformer, wherein the gradually increasing of the voltage uses energy of an internal energy storage device, connecting the secondary side of the transformer to the electrical grid after predefined target conditions have been reached.
US11569657B1	Protection circuits The protection circuit includes a detection circuit and a discharge circuit. The detection circuit is coupled to first and second power bonding pads and detects whether an ESD event or an EOS event occurs at the first power bonding pad. The detection circuit controls a detection voltage on a detection node according to a detection result. The first and second power bonding pads belong to different power domains. The discharge circuit is coupled to the detection node and the first power pad. In response to the ESD event occurring at the first power bonding pad, the discharge circuit provides a discharge path between the first power bonding pad and a ground terminal according to the detection voltage. In response to the EOS event occurring at the first power bonding pad, the detection circuit activates a second discharge path between the first power bonding pad and the ground terminal.
US11569656B2	Surge protection devices with surge level discrimination and methods of operating the same An apparatus includes a surge protection device, a current sensor configured to sense a current through the surge protection device, and a surge discriminator circuit coupled to the current sensor and configured to discriminate among a plurality of surge levels for the surge protective device responsive to the sensed current. The current sensor may include a current transformer configured to generate a secondary current responsive to the sensed current and the surge discriminator circuit may be configured to discriminate among a plurality of surge levels responsive to the generated secondary current.
US11569651B1	Electrical receptacle fault protection An electrical receptacle contains a plug outlet that has a pair of contacts for electrical connection to respective hot and neutral power lines. A controlled switch, such as a TRIAC, is connected in series relationship between the outlet contact and the hot power line. Sensors in the receptacle outputs signals to a processor having an output coupled to the control terminal of the controlled switch. The processor outputs an activation signal or a deactivation signal to the controlled switch in response to received sensor signals that are indicative of conditions relative to the first and second contacts.
US11569648B2	Joint-use bracket for installing communication lines on utility pole A joint-use bracket (JUB) for installing multiple communication lines in a joint-use section on a utility pole is disclosed. The JUB includes a curved plate having a generally rectangular shape elongated in a longitudinal direction and curved along a lateral direction. The curved plate is formed to have one or more attachment holes, one or more slots, and multiple threaded receiving holes. The JUB also has multiple hooks formed contiguous to the front surface of the curved plate, each hook having a threaded through hole, wherein multiple bolts are associated with the multiple hooks, respectively. Each hook is configured to hold a wire or a cable through a D-shaped opening that is formed by the hook and the bolt when the bolt is screwed in through the threaded through hole to have the end portion engaged with the threaded receiving hole.
US11569643B2	Adjustable cable support structure An adjustable cable support member includes a first track defining first and second channels extending in a longitudinal direction thereof, and a second track at least partially slideably received within the first and second channels of the first track in the longitudinal direction for enabling adjustment of the overall length of the cable support member. The first track and the second track define a cable receiving space extending continuously in the longitudinal direction over the length of the cable support member.
US11569639B2	Spark plug A spark plug includes a central electrode member and an outer electrode member. The central electrode member includes a central base and a plurality of electrode prongs extending in an axial direction from the central base. The outer electrode member surrounds the central electrode member. The outer electrode member includes a wall that is radially spaced from the plurality of electrode prongs to allow a series of electric arcs to form between the wall and the plurality of electrode prongs. The outer electrode member and the central electrode member are sized and positioned relative to one another such that a first rate of wear of the outer electrode member, along a longitudinal axis of the spark plug, is substantially equal to a second rate of wear of the central electrode member along the longitudinal axis.
US11569634B2	Light emitting device A light emitting device includes: a base having a first stepped portion and a second stepped portion; a light emitting element; an electronic member configured to be irradiated by light emitted from the light emitting element; a first wiring region located on the first stepped portion; a second wiring region located on the second stepped portion; wires connected to the light emitting element and the electronic member. The wires includes a first and second wires. The first wire has a first end that is connected to the first wiring region, and a second end. The second wire has a first end that is connected to the second wiring region, and a second end. A position of the second end of the first wire relative to the bottom face is lower than a position of the second end of the second wire relative to the bottom face.
US11569632B2	Lidar systems and methods for exercising precise control of a fiber laser Embodiments discussed herein refer to LiDAR systems and methods that enable substantially instantaneous power and frequency control over fiber lasers. The systems and methods can simultaneously control seed laser power and frequency and pump power and frequency to maintain relative constant ratios among each other to maintain a relatively constant excited state ion density of the fiber laser over time.
US11569631B2	Non-reciprocal lasing in topological cavities of arbitrary geometries A laser source includes a topological cavity for nonreciprocal lasing, a magnetic material and an optical waveguide. The magnetic material is arranged to interact with the topological cavity. The optical waveguide is arranged to receive light extracted from the topological cavity upon breaking of time-reversal symmetry in the topological cavity.
US11569619B2	Electrical connector with improved electrical performance The present disclosure provides an electrical connector including an insulating housing, a number of terminals and a lossy member. The terminals include a number of ground terminals and a number of signal terminals. The ground terminals and the signal terminals are set adjacently to each other but do not contact each other. The ground terminals do not directly contact the lossy member. As a result, installation consistency of the ground terminals can be achieved, thereby improving the electrical performance of the electrical connector.
US11569605B2	Contact device and contact system A contact device includes an outer housing delimiting an inner space and an inner housing arranged in the inner space, the inner housing having a first recess. The contact device includes a contact element arranged in the inner space and a sealing element arranged between the contact element and the outer housing. The sealing element seals the inner space from the environment. The contact element has a second recess on an outside of the contact element aligned with the first recess. The contact device includes a contact securing device movable along the first recess to engage the second recess of the contact element.
US11569602B2	Flexible input output mounting for solder joint stress reduction A system and flexible mounting structure for solder joint stress reduction are disclosed that provide flexibility on a printed circuit board that includes an input output (I/O) connector when wrenching or torque forces are applied. A bracket supporting the connector is mounted on one side of the PCB, and a hinge saddle structure is mounted on the other side of the PCB. A bottom structure is connected to the hinge saddle structure by screw bosses. The bottom structure and the hinge saddle structure are connected to a chassis of an information handling system. An area of the PCB as defined by the bracket is provided flexibility when forces are applied.
US11569598B2	Smart key for vehicle A smart key for a vehicle includes: a base part; a first terminal part coupled to the base part and which makes contact with a first electrode of a battery so as to be electrically connected to the battery; a second terminal part disposed facing the first terminal part to form an insertion part where the battery is inserted and which makes contact with a second electrode of the battery to be electrically connected to the battery; a separation prevention part which extends from the second terminal to the base part and which abuts the side surface of the battery to prevent the battery from separating from the insertion part; and a pressure applying part which is connected to the second terminal part so as to enable contact with the battery and which maintains contact between the battery and the separation prevention part by an elastic restoring force.
US11569597B2	Device for inserting flexible printed circuit board A device for inserting a flexible printed circuit board into a connector of a display panel includes: a suction unit configured to adhere to the flexible printed circuit board; a position restriction unit configured to restrict a position of the flexible printed circuit board; and a flexible printed circuit board transfer unit coupled to the suction unit and the position restriction unit, and configured to insert the flexible printed circuit board into the connector. A method of inserting a flexible printed circuit board into a connector of a display panel is also disclosed.
US11569591B2	Fastening system for an electrical transmission line repair device A fastening system has a conditioner clamp and a penetrating fastener. The conditioner clamp has an upper assembly and a lower assembly attachable together to define a conductor cavity therebetween. At least one threaded opening provides ingress into the conductor cavity. The penetrating fastener is extendable through the at least one threaded opening. The penetrating fastener has a threaded bolt and a penetrating portion with a proximal end at a second end region of the threaded bolt and a distal end spaced therefrom. The penetrating portion has a frustoconical configuration terminating at a tip portion. The tip portion is configured to penetrate into a conductor positioned within the conductor cavity.
US11569586B2	Antenna A antenna may include a first dielectric layer having a first surface and a second surface opposing the first surface; a second dielectric layer having a third surface, and a fourth surface opposing the third surface; an adhesive layer disposed between the second surface and the third surface and connecting the first dielectric layer to the second dielectric layer; a patch pattern disposed on the second surface and embedded in the adhesive layer; and a coupling pattern disposed on the fourth surface and having at least a portion overlapping the patch pattern on a plane. Each of the first dielectric layer and the second dielectric layer may include an organic binder and an inorganic filler.
US11569585B2	Highly integrated pattern-variable multi-antenna array A highly integrated pattern-variable multi-antenna array, including a ground conductor structure, a first antenna array, a second antenna array, and an array conjoined grounding structure, is provided. A first inverted L-shaped resonant structure has a first feeding point, and the others respectively have a first switch and are electrically connected or coupled to the ground conductor structure. A second inverted L-shaped resonant structure has a second feeding point, and the others respectively have a second switch and are electrically connected or coupled to the ground conductor structure. The first and second antenna arrays respectively generate first and second resonance modes. The second and first resonance modes cover at least one same first communication frequency band. The array conjoined grounding structure electrically connects an adjacent first inverted L-shaped resonant structure, one of the second inverted L-shaped resonant structures, and has an array conjoined capacitive structure electrically connecting the ground conductor structure.
US11569574B2	Millimeter wave phased array A wave phased array is manufactured using additive manufacturing technology (AMT). The wave phased array includes a radiator, a radiator dilation layer supporting the radiator, a beamformer supporting the radiator dilation layer, a beamformer dilation layer supporting the beamformer, and a substrate support layer supporting the beamformer dilation layer. At least one of the radiator, the radiator dilation layer, the beamformer, the beamformer dilation layer and the substrate support layer is fabricated at least in part by an AMT process.
US11569572B2	Watch with integrated antenna configuration A wrist-worn electronic device comprises a housing, a display, a bezel, and a location determining antenna. The housing includes an internal cavity, a bottom wall configured to contact a wearer's wrist, and a side wall defining a portion of the internal cavity and including an upper surface. The display is aligned with the internal cavity and configured to display information. The bezel surrounds the display and is coupled to the housing. The bezel includes a lower surface incorporating a channel positioned around the upper surface of the side wall. The location determining antenna is configured to receive global navigation satellite system wireless signals and is positioned within the channel of the bezel above the upper surface of the side wall. The location determining antenna includes a planar portion oriented in parallel with a plane of the bezel.
US11569567B2	Multi-band base station antennas having crossed-dipole radiating elements with generally oval or rectangularly shaped dipole arms and/or common mode resonance reduction filters A dual-polarized radiating element for a base station antenna includes a first dipole that extends along a first axis, the first dipole including a first dipole arm and a second dipole arm and a second dipole that extends along a second axis, the second dipole including a third dipole arm and a fourth dipole arm and the second axis being generally perpendicular to the first axis, where each of the first through fourth dipole arms has first and second spaced-apart conductive segments that together form a generally oval shape.
US11569562B2	Semiconductor package and manufacturing method thereof A semiconductor package and a manufacturing method thereof are provided. The semiconductor package includes: patch antennas, encapsulated by a first encapsulant; a device die, vertically spaced apart from the patch antennas, and electrically coupled to the patch antennas; and at least one redistribution structure, disposed between the patch antennas and the device die, and including electromagnetic bandgap (EBG) structures laterally surrounding each of the patch antennas.
US11569561B2	Antenna having single non-conductive portion and electronic device including the same An electronic device is provided. The electronic device includes a foldable housing including, a hinge structure, a first housing structure including a first surface, a second surface, and a first side member, wherein the first side member encloses at least a portion of a space between the first surface and the second surface and includes a first conductive portion, a first non-conductive portion, and a second conductive portion, and a second housing structure including a third surface, a fourth surface, and a second side member, a printed circuit board, at least one wireless communication circuit including a first electrical path and a second electrical path, a first variable element including a first terminal, a second terminal, and a third terminal, and a second variable element including a fourth terminal, a fifth terminal, and a sixth terminal.
US11569560B2	Vehicle/vessel/airplane with a rotatable antenna A vehicle, vessel or airplane having an antenna and a motor rotating the antenna, a rotation encoder outputting information relating to the rotation and outputting the information to two controllers of which one controls the motor. The other controller receives the rotation information and information relating to a position/direction/axis in relation to the vehicle/vessel/airplane and outputting a second signal based thereon. The output of the second controller may be used for controlling the motor to have the antenna directed toward e.g. a satellite irrespective of the motion of the vehicle/airplane/vessel.
US11569559B2	Method for restoring a microwave link A method (10) for restoring a microwave link is provided. The method (10) is performed by a network entity (7) and comprises receiving (11) information from a node (3) controlling a microwave antenna (5), the information indicating that an obstacle is at least partly obscuring the microwave antenna (5), and instructing (12), based on the received information, an unmanned aerial vehicle (6) adapted for maintenance work to fly to a given location for removing the obstacle on the microwave antenna (5). A method (40) in a network node (3), a method (70) in an unmanned aerial vehicle (6) and devices are also provided.
US11569550B2	Electrode with integrated ceramic separator An electrode including an integrated separator for use in an electrochemical device may include one or more active material layers, and a separator layer comprising inorganic particles. An interlocking region may couple the separator layer to an adjacent active material layer. In some examples, the interlocking region may include interlocking fingers formed by an interpenetration of active material particles of the active material layers with ceramic particles of the separator.
US11569549B2	Membranes, calendered microporous membranes, battery separators, and related methods Novel or improved microporous single or multilayer battery separator membranes, separators, batteries including such membranes or separators, methods of making such membranes, separators, and/or batteries, and/or methods of using such membranes, separators and/or batteries are provided. In accordance with at least certain embodiments, a multilayer dry process polyethylene/polypropylene/polyethylene microporous separator which is manufactured using the inventive process which includes machine direction stretching followed by transverse direction stretching and a subsequent calendering step as a means to reduce the thickness of the multilayer microporous membrane, to reduce the percent porosity of the multilayer microporous membrane in a controlled manner and/or to improve transverse direction tensile strength. In a very particular embodiment, the inventive process produces a thin multilayer microporous membrane that is easily coated with polymeric-ceramic coatings, has excellent mechanical strength properties due to its polypropylene layer or layers and a thermal shutdown function due to its polyethylene layer or layers. The ratio of the thickness of the polypropylene and polyethylene layers in the inventive multilayer microporous membrane can be tailored to balance mechanical strength and thermal shutdown properties.
US11569546B2	Energy storage module An energy storage module includes: a cover member accommodating a plurality of battery cells in an internal receiving space, each of the battery cells including a vent; a top plate coupled to a top of the cover member and including a duct corresponding to the vent of at least one of the battery cells; a top cover coupled to a top of the top plate and having an exhaust area corresponding to the duct, the exhaust area having a plurality of discharge openings, the top cover including a protrusion protruding from a bottom surface of the top cover, the protrusion extending around a periphery of the exhaust area and around a distal end of the duct; and an extinguisher sheet between the top cover and the top plate, the extinguisher sheet being configured to emit a fire extinguishing agent at a reference temperature.
US11569537B2	Multi-functional structure for thermal management and prevention of failure propagation A system for thermal management and structural containment includes a first battery cell having first and second terminal ends, and a first capillary void matrix disposed about an outer casing of the first battery cell.
US11569527B2	Lithium battery The present disclosure describes various types of batteries, including lithium-ion batteries having an anode assembly comprising: an anode comprising a first porous ceramic matrix having pores; and a ceramic separator layer affixed directly or indirectly to the anode; a cathode; an anode-side current collector contacting the anode; and anode active material comprising lithium located within the pores or cathode active material located within the cathode; wherein, the ceramic separator layer is located between the anode and the cathode, no electrically conductive coating on the pores contacts the separator layer, and in a fully charged state, lithium active material in the anode does not contact the separator layer. Also disclosed are methods of making and methods of using such batteries.
US11569526B2	High energy density all-solid-state battery and method for manufacturing the same Disclosed are an all-solid-state battery having high energy density and a method for manufacturing the same. One battery structure is pressed instead of pressing each cell unit, an amount of first or second electrode current collectors consumed is reduced, and insulating members are used, thereby simplifying a manufacturing process of the all-solid-state battery and allowing the all-solid-state battery to have high energy density and a stable structure.
US11569525B2	Hybrid cell design of alternately stacked or wound lithium ion battery and capacitor electrodes Electrodes are formed with a porous layer of particulate electrode material bonded to each of the two major sides of a compatible metal current collector. In one embodiment, opposing electrodes are formed with like lithium-ion battery anode materials or like cathode materials or capacitor materials on both sides of the current collector. In another embodiment, a battery electrode material is applied to one side of a current collector and capacitor material is applied to the other side. In general, the electrodes are formed by combining a suitable grouping of capacitor layers with un-equal numbers of anode and cathode battery layers. One or more pairs of opposing electrodes are assembled to provide a combination of battery and capacitor energy and power properties in a hybrid electrochemical cell. The cells may be formed by stacking or winding rolls of the opposing electrodes with interposed separators.
US11569519B2	Membrane electrode assembly and fuel cell A membrane electrode assembly includes an electrolyte membrane, and a pair of electrode layers which sandwich the electrolyte membrane. The pair of electrode layers include a pair of catalyst layers which sandwich the electrolyte membrane, and a pair of gas diffusion layers disposed on the pair of catalyst layers on opposite sides to the electrolyte membrane. At least one catalyst layer contains a fibrous electric conductor, catalyst particles, a particulate electric conductor, and a proton-conductive resin. The at least one catalyst layer has a first region at a distance of 200 nm or less from the fibrous electric conductor, and a second region at a distance of more than 200 nm from the fibrous electric conductor. Pores are present in the first and second regions. A mode diameter M1 of the pores in the first region and a mode diameter M2 of the pores in the second region satisfy M1
US11569507B2	Anode comprising cellulose-based compound for lithium secondary battery and lithium secondary battery comprising same The present invention relates to an anode for lithium secondary battery and a lithium secondary battery comprising the same, the anode for lithium secondary battery comprising a current collector; and an anode active material layer which is formed on one surface of the current collector, and comprises an anode active material and a cellulose-based compound which has a weight-average molecular weight (Mw) of 500,000 g/mol to 700,000 g/mol and a substitution degree of 0.9 to 1.0, wherein the anode for lithium secondary battery has a loading level (L/L) of 13 mg/cm2 or greater.
US11569506B2	Olivine-type compounds: method for their preparation and use in cathode materials for sodium-ion batteries This disclosure provides for Olivine-type compounds, their preparation and use in cathode materials for sodium-ion batteries. The olivine-type compounds of the invention are obtained by a direct synthesis embodying a hydrothermal method.
US11569501B2	Positive electrode for secondary battery and secondary battery including the same Provided are various embodiments of a positive electrode for a secondary battery, which in one embodiment includes a first positive electrode material mixture layer formed on a positive electrode collector, and a second positive electrode material mixture layer formed on the first positive electrode material mixture layer, wherein the first positive electrode material mixture layer has an operating voltage of 4.25 V to 6.0 V and includes an active material for overcharge which generates lithium and gas during charge; a method of preparing such a positive electrode for a secondary battery; and a lithium secondary battery including such a positive electrode.
US11569498B2	Negative electrode active material and method for preparation thereof, secondary battery, and apparatus including secondary battery The present application discloses a negative electrode active material and a method for preparation thereof, a secondary battery, and an apparatus including the secondary battery. The negative electrode active material includes a core and a coating layer covering a surface of the core, the core includes artificial graphite, the coating layer includes amorphous carbon, the negative electrode active material has a surface area average particle size D(3,2) denoted as A, the negative electrode active material has a surface area average particle size D(3,2) denoted as B after powder compaction under a pressure of 20 kN, and the negative electrode active material satisfies: 72%≤B/A×100%≤82%.
US11569495B2	Negative electrode active material for lithium secondary battery, negative electrode including the same, and lithium ion secondary battery including the negative electrode The present disclosure relates to a negative electrode material that may be used as a negative electrode active material. The negative electrode material includes a silicon oxide material containing a metal (M)-silicate and a carbonaceous material. According to an embodiment of the present disclosure, the negative electrode material may include the silicon oxide material containing a metal (M)-silicate and the carbonaceous material mixed with each other at a predetermined ratio. The negative electrode active material according to the present disclosure comprises a composite of a carbonaceous material having a broad particle size distribution with a metal-silicate, and thus provides improved electrical conductivity and life characteristics.
US11569492B2	Positive-electrode active material and battery A positive-electrode active material contains a compound that has a crystal structure belonging to a space group FM3-M and contains is represented by the composition formula (1) and an insulating compound, LixMeyOαFβ (1) wherein Me denotes one or two or more elements selected from the group consisting of Mn, Co, Ni, Fe, Al, B, Ce, Si, Zr, Nb, Pr, Ti, W, Ge, Mo, Sn, Bi, Cu, Mg, Ca, Ba, Sr, Y, Zn, Ga, Er, La, Sm, Yb, V, and Cr, and the following conditions are satisfied. 1.7≤x≤2.2 0.8≤y≤1.3 1≤α≤2.5 0.5≤β≤2
US11569491B2	Method for manufacturing all-solid-state batteries in a multilayer structure A method for producing an all-solid multilayer battery, and an all-solid multilayer battery. The all-solid multilayer battery may be produced by depositing, by electrophoresis without any binder, at least one anode layer, at least one electrolyte layer, and at least one cathode layer. The at least one electrolyte layer, and the at least one cathode layer are obtained from a colloidal suspension containing nanoparticles that are not agglomerated with each other to create clusters and remain isolated from each other. A layer of Ms bonding material is then deposited on a surface of the at least one electrolyte layer. Next, two layers from the at least one dense anode layer, the at least one dense electrolyte layer, and the at least one dense cathode layer, are stacked face-to-face to obtain the all-solid multilayer battery having an assembly of a plurality of elementary cells connected with one another in parallel.
US11569486B2	Manufacturing method for display substrate and flattening device A flattening device, a display substrate and a method for manufacturing the display substrate are provided. The method includes providing a base substrate, forming a pixel definition layer on the base substrate and forming an uncured sub-pixel material in a plurality of sub-pixel regions defined by the pixel definition layer, and flattening the uncured sub-pixel material by a flattening device. The flattening device includes a main body and a plurality of protrusions on a surface of the main body. A size of a protrusion surface of each protrusion facing away from the main body is not greater than that of each sub-pixel region. The sub-pixels are flattened by using the flattening device, so a sub-pixel material layer with a flat surface may be obtained, which improves the structure of the sub-pixels and improves the display performance of the display substrate.
US11569484B2	Organic light emitting diode The described technology relates to an organic light emitting diode including: a first electrode; a second electrode overlapping the first electrode; an organic emission layer between the first electrode and the second electrode; and a capping layer on the second electrode, wherein the capping layer has an absorption rate of 0.25 or more for light having a wavelength of 405 nm, thereby preventing degradation of the organic emission layer by blocking the light of the harmful wavelength region and providing the organic light emitting diode in which a blue emission efficiency is not deteriorated.
US11569481B2	OLED device having enhancement layer(s) An OLED is disclosed that includes an enhancement layer having optically active metamaterials, or hyperbolic metamaterials, which transfer radiative energy from the organic emissive material to a non-radiative mode, wherein the enhancement layer is disposed over the organic emissive layer opposite from the first electrode, and is positioned no more than a threshold distance away from the organic emissive layer, wherein the organic emissive material has a total non-radiative decay rate constant and a total radiative decay rate constant due to the presence of the enhancement layer, and the threshold distance is where the total non-radiative decay rate constant is equal to the total radiative decay rate constant; and an outcoupling layer disposed over the enhancement layer, wherein the outcoupling layer scatters radiative energy from the enhancement layer to free space.
US11569478B2	Flexible display apparatus having improved reliability A display apparatus may include: a base substrate including at least one bending region and a non-bending region adjacent to the bending region and having a flexible property; a circuit device layer on the base substrate, the circuit device layer including a thin film transistor; a display device layer on the circuit device layer, the display device layer including an organic light emitting diode connected to the thin film transistor; an encapsulation layer covering the display device layer and including a first inorganic layer, an organic layer, and a second inorganic layer, which are sequentially stacked; and a groove overlapped with the bending region, the groove penetrating the display device layer and the circuit device layer, and at least one of the first inorganic layer and the second inorganic layer covers the groove.
US11569475B2	Display device and method of manufacturing the same A display device includes a display device including a substrate, and a display unit disposed on the substrate. An encapsulating unit encapsulates the display unit. The encapsulating unit includes a barrier organic layer. The barrier organic layer includes a plurality of organic materials and a plurality of inorganic materials. The inorganic materials are arranged in free volumes between the organic materials.
US11569468B2	Quantum dot device and quantum dots Quantum dots and electroluminescent devices including the same, wherein the quantum dots include a core including a first semiconductor nanocrystal including a zinc chalcogenide; and a shell disposed on the core, the shell including zinc, sulfur, and selenium, wherein the quantum dots have an average particle size of greater than 10 nm, wherein the quantum dots do not include cadmium, and wherein a photoluminescent peak of the quantum dots is present in a wavelength range of greater than or equal to about 430 nm and less than or equal to about 470 nm.
US11569463B2	Stretchable devices, display panels, sensors, and electronic devices A stretchable device includes a substrate, the substrate including first regions having a first stiffness and a second region between adjacent first regions and having a second stiffness that is lower than the first stiffness, a unit device array including unit devices on separate, respective first regions of the substrate, and an encapsulant covering the unit device array. The unit device array includes pixel electrodes isolated on separate, respective first regions of the substrate, common electrodes isolated on separate, respective first regions and each facing a separate pixel electrode, the stretchable device configured to apply a same voltage to the plurality of common electrodes, and active layers on separate, respective first regions and each between a separate pixel electrode and a separate common electrode.
US11569462B2	Flexible array substrate, preparation method thereof, and flexible display panel Disclosed are a flexible array substrate, a preparation method thereof, and a flexible display panel. The flexible array substrate comprises a plurality of pixel island regions sequentially arranged, with a flexible region being disposed between adjacent pixel island regions, wherein each of the pixel island regions comprises a gate electrode, and the flexible region comprises a first connecting wire, an elastic layer disposed on the first connecting wire, and a second connecting wire disposed on the elastic layer, wherein a plurality of interlayer via holes are disposed in the elastic layer, an elastic conductive pillar is disposed in each of the interlayer via holes, the elastic conductive pillar is conductively connected to the first connecting wire and the second connecting wire respectively, and the first connecting wire and/or the second connecting wire are/is connected to the gate electrodes of adjacent pixel island regions.
US11569458B2	Metal complexes The present invention relates to iridium complexes suitable for use in organic electroluminescent devices, especially as emitters.
US11569453B2	Polycyclic compound and organic light emitting element comprising same Provided is a compound of Chemical Formula 1: where A and B each independently is a substituted or unsubstituted aryl group, a substituted or unsubstituted monocyclic or dicyclic heteroaryl group, a substituted or unsubstituted dibenzofuran group, a substituted or unsubstituted benzonaphthofuran group, a substituted or unsubstituted dibenzothiophene group, a substituted or unsubstituted benzonaphthothiophene group, a substituted or unsubstituted phenoxazine group, a substituted or unsubstituted phenothiazine group, a substituted or unsubstituted phenanthroline group, a substituted or unsubstituted benzoquinoline group, a substituted or unsubstituted arylamine group, a substituted or unsubstituted silyl group, or a substituted or unsubstituted phosphine oxide group, or one of the following substituents: and an organic light emitting device including the same.
US11569448B2	Cross-linkable arylamine-based compound, polymer obtained therefrom, light-emitting device including the polymer, and electronic apparatus including the light-emitting device Provided is a cross-linkable arylamine-based compound represented by Formula 1a or 1b, a polymer obtained therefrom, a light-emitting device including the polymer, and an electronic apparatus including the light-emitting device. The light-emitting device includes a first electrode; a second electrode facing the first electrode; and an intermediate layer between the first electrode and the second electrode and comprising an emission layer, wherein the intermediate layer includes at least one of the arylamine-based polymer formed by cross-linking a cross-linkable arylamine-based compound represented by Formula 1a or 1b.
US11569440B2	Making a memoristic array with an implanted hard mask The invention disclosed a method to make an implanted hard mask with ultra-small dimensions for fabricating integrated nonvolatile random access memory. Instead of directly depositing hard mask material on top of the memory film stack element, we first make ultra-small VIA holes on a pattern transfer molding (PTM) layer using a reverse memory mask, then fill in the hard mask material into the VIA holes within the PTM material. Ultra-small hard mask pillars are formed after removing the PTM material. To improve the adhesion of the hard mask pillars with the underneath memory stack element, a hard mask sustaining element (HMSE) is added below PTM. Due to a better materials adhesion between HMSE and the hard mask, a stronger hard mask array can be formed.
US11569429B2	Liquid discharge head S1 is a sum of the areas of a plurality of individual electrodes formed on a first plane of a piezoelectric body of a liquid discharge head, S2 is an area of a first common electrode formed on a second plane, S3 is an area of a second common electrode formed on a third plane, D1 is a distance between a neutral plane and the first plane in a stacking direction, D2 is the distance between the neutral plane and the second plane in the stacking direction, and D3 is the distance between the neutral plane and the third plane in the stacking direction. Then, D1×S1+D2×S2>D3×S3 is satisfied. The liquid discharge head includes a plurality of conductor layers which are formed on the third plane, without contact with the second common electrode and without contact with each other.
US11569427B1	Achromatic devices with thermal radiation sources A light emitting assembly comprising at least one of each of a solid state device and a thermal radiation source, couplable with a power supply constructed and arranged to power the solid state device and the thermal radiation source, to emit from the solid state device a first, relatively shorter wavelength radiation, and to emit from the thermal radiation source non-visible infrared radiation, and a down-converting luminophoric medium arranged in receiving relationship to said first, relatively shorter wavelength radiation, and the infrared radiation, and which in exposure to said first, relatively shorter wavelength radiation, and infrared radiation, is excited to responsively emit second, relatively longer wavelength radiation. In a specific embodiment, monochromatic blue light output from a light-emitting diode is down-converted to white light by packaging the diode and the thermal radiation device with fluorescent or phosphorescent organic and/or inorganic fluorescers and phosphors in an enclosure.
US11569426B2	Light irradiation unit and light irradiation device A light irradiation unit includes a substrate having a longitudinal direction, the longitudinal direction being a first axis direction; multiple light sources arranged along the first axis direction on a first surface of the substrate; a heat dissipation member arranged on a second surface of the substrate opposite to the first surface; and a housing having a pair of first side surfaces holding the heat dissipation member therebetween in a second axis direction orthogonal to the first axis direction along the first surface. The substrate has, at an end portion in the first axis direction, an end surface intersecting the first axis direction. The location of the end surface in the first axis direction is near an edge of the first side surface along the first axis direction. The end surface is exposed from the housing or covered by a detachable protection member.
US11569418B2	Light-emitting diode grain structure with multiple contact points The invention provides a light-emitting diode grain structure with multiple contact points, including a P-type electrode, a conductive base plate, a light-emitting semiconductor layer, a plurality of ohmic contact metal points, a mesh-structured connection conductive layer, a connection point conductive layer, and an N-type electrode pad electrically connected to the connection point conductive layer. The plurality of ohmic contact metal points is arranged on an N-type semiconductor layer in a spreading manner, and is contacted with the N-type semiconductor layer. No ohmic contact is formed between the connection conductive layer and the N-type semiconductor layer. Accordingly, the metal points and the connection conductive layer can disperse a current, reduce a shading area, and improve the luminous efficiency and component reliability; and uniform light emission from a surface facilitates the light distribution uniformity of an original light source and exciting light after phosphor is coated.
US11569414B2	Self-aligned ITO DBR based p-contact for small pitch micro-LED A micro-light emitting diode includes a substrate including at least a first portion of an n-type semiconductor layer, and a mesa structure on the substrate and characterized by a linear lateral dimension equal to or less than about 3 μm. The mesa structure includes a plurality of epitaxial layers, and a conductive distributed Bragg reflector (DBR) on the plurality of epitaxial layers. The conductive DBR includes a plurality of transparent conductive oxide layers and covers between about 80% and about 100% of a full lateral area of the plurality of epitaxial layers. The micro-LED also includes a dielectric layer on sidewalls of the mesa structure, a reflective metal layer on sidewalls of the dielectric layer and electrically coupled to the first portion of the n-type semiconductor layer, and a first metal electrode in direct contact with the conductive DBR.
US11569413B2	Method for manufacturing light-emitting element A method includes: introducing a gas including gallium, an ammonia gas, and a gas including a p-type impurity to a reactor and forming a first p-type nitride semiconductor layer on a first light-emitting layer in a state in which the reactor has been heated to a first temperature; lowering a temperature of the reactor from the first temperature to a second temperature; introducing an ammonia gas with a first flow rate to the reactor and increasing the temperature of the reactor from the second temperature to a third temperature; and introducing a gas including gallium, an ammonia gas with a second flow rate, and a gas including an n-type impurity to the reactor, and forming a second n-type nitride semiconductor layer on the first p-type nitride semiconductor layer in a state in which the reactor has been heated to the third temperature.
US11569411B2	Method for forming a common electrode of a plurality of optoelectronic devices A method for forming a common electrode is provided, including: a) providing a support substrate on which rest optoelectronic devices separated by trenches; b) forming a dielectric layer on front faces, flanks, and a bottom of the trenches, of a thickness E1 and a thickness E2, which is less than the thickness E1, at, respectively, the front faces and the flanks; c) etching a thickness E3 of the dielectric layer, so as to uncover the flanks at a first section of the trenches; d) forming a metal layer filling the trenches and covering the front faces; and e) performing a mechanochemical polishing of the metal layer, the polishing stopping on a portion of the dielectric layer, the metal layer remaining in the trenches forming the common electrode.
US11569410B2	Light emitting diode packaging device An LED packaging device includes a frame including a bottom wall having a bottom surface and a surrounding wall extending upwardly from the bottom wall, at least one LED chip, a plurality of spaced-apart reflectors and a packaging body. The bottom and surrounding walls cooperatively define a mounting space. The surrounding wall has an internal side surface facing the mounting space and a top surface facing away from the bottom surface. The LED chip is disposed on the bottom surface and is received in the mounting space. Each of the reflectors is disposed on a peripheral region of the bottom surface. The packaging body covers the LED chip and the reflectors, such that the LED chip is sealed inside the mounting space.
US11569408B2	Semiconductor-metal contacts with spontaneous and induced piezoelectric polarization In some embodiments, a semiconductor structure comprises a semiconductor layer, a metal layer, and a contact layer adjacent to the metal layer, and between the semiconductor layer and the metal layer. The contact layer can comprise one or more piezoelectric materials comprising spontaneous piezoelectric polarization that depends on material composition and/or strain, and a region comprising a gradient in materials composition and/or strain adjacent to the metal layer. In some embodiments, a light emitting diode (LED) device comprises an n-doped short period superlattice (SPSL) layer, an intrinsically doped AlN/GaN SPSL layer adjacent to the n-doped SPSL layer, a metal layer, and an ohmic-chirp layer between the metal layer and the intrinsically doped AlN/GaN SPSL layer.
US11569407B2	Display panel, light-emitting device, and driving method thereof A display panel, a light-emitting device, and a driving method thereof are provided. The light-emitting device includes a substrate, and a first electrode, a first light-emitting unit, a connecting layer, a second light-emitting unit, and a second electrode stacked up sequentially on the substrate. Polarities of the first electrode and the second electrode are opposite and reverse periodically in order that the first light-emitting unit and the second light-emitting unit illuminate alternately.
US11569405B2	Photodetectors with a lateral composition gradient Structures including a photodetector and methods of fabricating such structures. The photodetector is positioned over the top surface of the substrate. The photodetector includes a portion of a semiconductor layer comprised of a semiconductor alloy, a p-type doped region in the portion of the semiconductor layer, and an n-type doped region in the portion of the semiconductor layer. The p-type doped region and the n-type doped region converge along a p-n junction. The portion of the semiconductor layer has a first side and a second side opposite from the first side. The semiconductor alloy has a composition that is laterally graded from the first side to the second side of the portion of the semiconductor layer.
US11569403B2	Resonant cavity enhanced (RCE) interband cascade (IC) photovoltaic (PV) device A PV device comprises a first mirror comprising a reflectance of higher than 50%; a second mirror interface; and an optical cavity positioned between the first mirror and the second mirror interface and comprising at least one IC stage. Each of the at least one IC stage comprises a conduction band; a valence band; a hole barrier comprising a first band gap; an absorption region coupled to the hole barrier, comprising a second band gap that is less than the first band gap, and configured to absorb photons; and an electron barrier coupled to the absorption region so that the absorption region is positioned between the hole barrier and the electron barrier. The electron barrier comprises a third band gap that is greater than the second band gap. The PV device is configured to operate at a forward bias voltage with a net photon absorption for generating an electric output.
US11569392B2	Power semiconductor diode including field stop region A power semiconductor diode includes a semiconductor body having first and second main surfaces opposite to each other along a vertical direction. A drift region of a second conductivity type is arranged between an anode region of a first conductivity type and the second main surface. A field stop region of the second conductivity type is arranged between the drift region and the second main surface. A dopant concentration profile of the field stop region along the vertical direction includes a maximum peak. An injection region of the first conductivity type is arranged between the field stop region and the second main surface, with a pn-junction between the injection and field stop regions. A cathode contact region of the second conductivity type is arranged between the field stop region and the second main surface. A first vertical distance between the pn-junction and the maximum peak ranges from 200 nm to 1500 nm.
US11569391B2	Silicon nanotube, field effect transistor-based memory cell, memory array and method of production A memory cell includes a substrate and a body including plural layers. The body has an inner body and an outer body, and the body is formed on top of the substrate. A nanotube trench is formed vertically in the body and extends to the substrate. A nanotube structure is formed in the nanotube trench. The nanotube trench divides the body into the inner body and the outer body and the nanotube structure is mechanically separated from the inner body and the outer body by a tunnel oxide layer, a charge trapping layer, and a blocking oxide layer.
US11569387B2	Semiconductor device including fin structures and manufacturing method thereof A semiconductor Fin FET device includes a fin structure disposed over a substrate. The fin structure includes a channel layer. The Fin FET device also includes a gate structure including a gate electrode layer and a gate dielectric layer, covering a portion of the fin structure. Side-wall insulating layers are disposed over both main sides of the gate electrode layer. The Fin FET device includes a source and a drain, each including a stressor layer disposed in a recess formed by removing the fin structure not covered by the gate structure. The stressor layer includes a first to a third stressor layer formed in this order. In the source, an interface between the first stressor layer and the channel layer is located under one of the side-wall insulating layers closer to the source or the gate electrode.
US11569372B2	Semiconductor device Semiconductor device including first semiconductor layer of a first conductivity type, second semiconductor layer of a second conductivity type at a surface of the first semiconductor layer, third semiconductor layer of the first conductivity type selectively provided at a surface of the second layer, and gate electrode embedded in a trench via a gate insulating film. The trench penetrates the second and third layers, and reaches the first layer. A thermal oxide film on the third layer has a thickness less than that of the gate insulating film. Also are an interlayer insulating film on the thermal oxide film, barrier metal on an inner surface of a contact hole selectively opened in the thermal oxide film and the interlayer insulating film, metal plug embedded in the contact hole on the barrier metal, and electrode electrically connected to the second and third layers via the barrier metal and the metal plug.
US11569369B2	Method for manufacturing a semiconductor device The present disclosure a method for manufacturing a metal-oxide-semiconductor (MOS) transistor device. The method includes steps of providing a substrate; forming a gate electrode over the substrate; forming a source region and a drain region in the substrate; depositing an isolating layer over the substrate and the gate electrode; forming a plurality of contact holes in the isolating layer to expose the gate electrode, the source region, and the drain region; forming a plurality of metal contacts in the gate electrode, the source region, and the drain region; depositing a contact liner in the contact holes; and depositing a conductive material in the contact holes, wherein the conductive material is surrounded by the contact liner.
US11569368B2	Method for making semiconductor device including a superlattice and providing reduced gate leakage A method for making a semiconductor device may include forming shallow trench isolation (STI) regions in a semiconductor substrate defining an active region therebetween in the semiconductor substrate and a pad oxide on the active region. The method may further include removing at least some of the pad oxide, cleaning the active region to expose an upper surface thereof and define rounded shoulders of the active region adjacent the STI regions having an interior angle of at least 125°, and forming a superlattice on the active region. The superlattice may include a plurality of stacked groups of layers, each group of layers including a plurality of stacked base semiconductor monolayers defining a base semiconductor portion, and at least one non-semiconductor monolayer constrained within a crystal lattice of adjacent base semiconductor portions. The method may further include forming a semiconductor circuit including the superlattice.
US11569363B2	Dishing prevention dummy structures for semiconductor devices In some embodiments, an integrated circuit is provided. The integrated circuit may include an inner ring-shaped isolation structure that is disposed in a semiconductor substrate. Further, the inner-ring shaped isolation structure may demarcate a device region. An inner ring-shaped well is disposed in the semiconductor substrate and surrounds the inner ring-shaped isolation structure. A plurality of dummy gates are arranged over the inner ring-shaped well. Moreover, the plurality of dummy gates are arranged within an interlayer dielectric layer.
US11569359B2	Semiconductor device and fabrication method thereof A semiconductor device includes a barrier layer, a dielectric layer, a first protection layer, a first spacer, and a gate. The dielectric layer is disposed on the barrier layer. The first protection layer is disposed on the barrier layer, in which the first protection layer extends from a first sidewall of the dielectric layer to a top surface of the barrier layer. The first spacer is disposed on and received by the first protection layer, in which a top end of the first protection layer comprises a first curved surface between the first spacer and the dielectric layer. The gate is disposed on the barrier layer, the dielectric layer, and the first spacer. The gate extends from a top surface of the dielectric layer and at least along the first curved surface of the first protection layer to make contact with the top surface of the barrier layer.
US11569335B2	Display device A display device is disclosed. In one aspect, the device includes a substrate and a display unit disposed on the substrate and including a plurality of pixels each pixel including a thin film transistor, a display element electrically connected to the thin film transistor, and a planarization layer interposed between the thin film transistor and the display element. The display unit includes a display region and a non-display region surrounding the display region, wherein the non-display region includes a voltage line. The planarization layer comprises a central portion, an outer portion and a dividing region interposed between the central and outer portions, wherein the dividing region is located in the non-display region. The planarization layer covers at least a lateral side of the voltage line formed in the dividing region.
US11569334B2	Display substrate including first reference voltage line being electrically coupled to first reference voltage auxiliary line through via holes penetrating through insulation layer therebetween, and display device having the same The present disclosure provides a display substrate and a display device. The display substrate includes a first reference voltage line, a second reference voltage line and a first reference voltage auxiliary line, the first reference voltage line, the second reference voltage line and the first reference voltage auxiliary line are respectively disposed in one of a second wiring layer, a third wiring layer and a fourth wiring layer, the first reference voltage line is electrically coupled to the first reference voltage auxiliary line through via holes penetrating an insulating layer therebetween, the first reference voltage line and the first reference voltage auxiliary line extend in different directions, the second reference voltage line and the first reference voltage auxiliary line extend in a same direction, the first reference voltage line extends in a row or column direction, and the second reference voltage line extends in the row or column direction.
US11569321B2	Display apparatus and method of manufacturing the same A display apparatus includes a substrate including a display area and a peripheral area outside the display area, a display element arranged on the substrate in the display area, an encapsulation layer arranged on the display element, a first insulating layer arranged on the encapsulation layer and including a first opening that corresponds to a light-emitting area of the display element, and a second insulating layer covering the first insulating layer. A second refractive index of the second insulating layer is greater than a first refractive index of the first insulating layer, and a side surface of the first insulating layer defining the first opening includes a staircase-shaped step.
US11569317B2	Organic light-emitting display apparatus and method of manufacturing the same An organic light-emitting display apparatus, including a substrate including a plurality of pixel areas and non-pixel areas in a display area, a plurality of pixel electrodes respectively corresponding to the plurality of pixel areas, a pixel-defining layer including a cover portion and openings, wherein the cover portion covers an edge of each of the plurality of pixel electrodes, and each of the openings exposes a central portion of a pixel electrode among the plurality of pixel electrodes, an auxiliary electrode located such that the auxiliary electrode corresponds to at least a portion of a top surface of the cover portion, and an intermediate layer and a counter electrode, each located in the openings. The pixel-defining layer may have an under-cut structure in which the at least a portion of the top surface of the cover portion is recessed from the auxiliary electrode.
US11569313B2	Display device with metal layer between pixel defining layer and opposite electrode A display device includes a metal layer between a pixel-defining layer and an opposite electrode, the metal layer contacting the opposite electrode. The display device includes subpixels disposed on a substrate. The sub-pixels each include a pixel electrode, an opposite electrode facing the pixel electrode, an emission layer disposed between the pixel electrode and the opposite electrode, a pixel-defining layer surrounding the emission layer. The display device includes a metal layer disposed between the pixel-defining layer and the opposite electrode, the metal layer contacting the opposite electrode.
US11569310B2	Organic light-emitting display device having touchscreen and method of manufacturing the same Disclosed is an organic light-emitting display device having a touchscreen in which the configuration of a pad unit and a circuit board connected to the pad unit is simplified, resulting in bonding stability and an improved form factor of the device, and a method of manufacturing the same. In the organic light-emitting display device having the touchscreen in which a touch electrode is directly provided on an encapsulation layer, a touch pad and a display pad are disposed parallel to each other on the same side so as to be connected to a flexible printed circuit board with a difference in height therebetween. Thereby, increased bonding reliability and an increased effective display area are achieved.
US11569306B2	Display apparatus and method of manufacturing the same A display apparatus includes a first substrate; a first light-emitting device, a second light-emitting device, and a third light-emitting device disposed over the first substrate, each of the first to third light-emitting devices including a first light emission layer; a second substrate disposed over the first substrate with the first to third light-emitting devices therebetween, the second substrate including a first through hole, a second through hole, and a third through hole overlapping the first to third light-emitting devices; a reflective layer on an inner surface of each of the first to third through holes; a first color filter layer in the first through hole; a second color filter layer and a second quantum dot layer in the second through hole; and a third color filter layer and a third quantum dot layer in the third through hole.
US11569298B2	Image sensors having lower electrode structures below an organic photoelectric conversion layer An image sensor includes a first substrate having a first surface and a second surface opposite to the first surface. The first substrate includes an active pixel region having a plurality of active pixels. A plurality of lower electrode structures is disposed on the second surface of the first substrate and corresponds to the plurality of active pixels. An upper electrode is disposed on the plurality of lower electrode structures. An organic photoelectric conversion layer is disposed between the plurality of lower electrode structures and the upper electrode. A second substrate is disposed on the first surface of the first substrate. A driving circuit configured to drive the plurality of active pixels is disposed on the second substrate. The plurality of lower electrode structures includes a first barrier layer, a reflective layer disposed on the first barrier layer and a second barrier layer disposed on the reflective layer.
US11569293B2	Micro-LED displays A micro-light emitting diode (LED) display panel and a method of forming the display panel, the micro-LED display panel having a monolithically grown micro-structure including a first color micro-LED that is a first color nanowire LED, and a second color micro-LED that is a second color nanowire LED.
US11569292B2	Display apparatus and manufacturing method thereof A display apparatus including: a plurality of display modules, each including a substrate and inorganic light emitting diodes mounted on a mounting surface of the substrate; a cover layer configured to cover the mounting surface of each of the display modules; and an adhesive layer arranged between the cover layer and the mounting surface of each of the display modules to cause the cover layer to adhere to the mounting surface of each of the display modules, wherein the adhesive layer includes a first region, disposed on a gap formed between the plurality of display modules, and a second region disposed on the mounting surface of each of the display modules, and wherein the adhesive layer includes a photosensitive material such that the first region of the adhesive layer is configured to undergo a photosensitive reaction based on an external light source.
US11569288B2	Image sensor having stress releasing structure and method of forming same A semiconductor structure includes a sensor chip. The sensor chip includes a pixel array region, a bonding pad region, and a periphery region surrounding the pixel array region. The semiconductor structure further includes a stress-releasing trench, wherein the stress-releasing trench is in the periphery region, and the stress-releasing trench fully surrounds a perimeter of the pixel array region and the bonding pad region.
US11569278B1	Systems and methods for callable options values determination using deep machine learning Systems, apparatuses, methods, and computer program products are disclosed for pricing a callable instrument. A plurality of corresponding pairs of Brownian motion paths and index value paths are determined corresponding to a set of dates. A deep neural network (DNN) of a backward DNN solver is trained until a convergence requirement is satisfied by for each pair of corresponding Brownian motion path and index value path, using the backward DNN solver to determine by iterating in reverse time order from a final discounted option payoff to an initial value. A statistical measure of spread of a set of initial values is determined and parameters of the DNN are modified based on the statistical measures of spread. Pricing information is determined by the backward DNN solver and provided such that a representation thereof is provided via an interactive user interface of a user computing device.
US11569268B1	Photonics chips including a fully-depleted silicon-on-insulator field-effect transistor Structures for a photonics chip that include a fully-depleted silicon-on-insulator field-effect transistor and related methods. A first device region of a substrate includes a first device layer, a first portion of a second device layer, and a buried insulator layer separating the first device layer from the first portion of the second device layer. A second device region of the substrate includes a second portion of the second device layer. The first device layer, which has a thickness in a range of about 4 to about 20 nanometers, transitions in elevation to the second portion of the second device layer with a step height equal to a sum of the thicknesses of the first device layer and the buried insulator layer. A field-effect transistor includes a gate electrode on the top surface of the first device layer. An optical component includes the second portion of the second device layer.
US11569265B2	Three-dimensional memory device and manufacturing method thereof A three-dimensional memory device includes an electrode structure including a plurality of electrode layers and a plurality of interlayer dielectric layers which are alternately stacked on a substrate; a first stairway structure and a second stairway structure defined in the electrode structure, and positioned at different heights from each other; a sidewall of the electrode structure formed due to a difference in height between the first stairway structure and the second stairway structure; and a dielectric support passing through the electrode structure, and isolating a corner portion of the sidewall from the plurality of electrode layers.
US11569261B2	Three-dimensional semiconductor memory devices A three-dimensional semiconductor memory device is provided. The device may include a first stack structure on a substrate including a cell array region and a connection region, a second stack structure on the first stack structure, a first vertical channel hole penetrating the first stack structure and partially exposing the substrate and a bottom surface of the second stack structure, on the cell array region, a second vertical channel hole penetrating the second stack structure and exposing the first vertical channel hole, on the cell array region, a bottom diameter of the second vertical channel hole being smaller than an top diameter of the first vertical channel hole, and a buffer pattern placed in the first vertical channel hole and adjacent to the bottom surface of the second stack structure.
US11569260B2	Three-dimensional memory device including discrete memory elements and method of making the same A memory device includes an alternating stack of insulating layers, dielectric barrier liners and electrically conductive layers located over a substrate and a memory stack structure extending through each layer in the alternating stack. Each of the dielectric barrier liners is located between vertically neighboring pairs of an insulating layer and an electrically conductive layer within the alternating stack. The memory stack structure includes a memory film and a vertical semiconductor channel, the memory film includes a tunneling dielectric layer and a vertical stack of discrete memory-level structures that are vertically spaced from each other without direct contact between them, and each of the discrete memory-level structures includes a lateral stack including, from one side to another, a charge storage material portion, a silicon oxide blocking dielectric portion, and a dielectric metal oxide blocking dielectric portion.
US11569258B2	Integrated assemblies which include stacked memory decks, and methods of forming integrated assemblies Some embodiments include a method of forming stacked memory decks. A first deck has first memory cells arranged in first tiers disposed one atop another, and has a first channel-material pillar extending through the first tiers. An inter-deck structure is over the first deck. The inter-deck structure includes an insulative expanse, and a region extending through the insulative expanse and directly over the first channel-material pillar. The region includes an etch-stop structure. A second deck is formed over the inter-deck structure. The second deck has second memory cells arranged in second tiers disposed one atop another. An opening is formed to extend through the second tiers and to the etch-stop structure. The opening is subsequently extended through the etch-stop structure. A second channel-material pillar is formed within the opening and is coupled to the first channel-material pillar. Some embodiments include integrated assemblies.
US11569252B2	Method for manufacturing semiconductor structure and capable of controlling thicknesses of dielectric layers A method for manufacturing a semiconductor structure includes forming a first dielectric layer on a substrate; forming a second dielectric layer on the first dielectric layer; using a photomask to apply a photoresist to cover a first part of the second dielectric layer; removing a second part of the second dielectric layer while retaining the first part of the second dielectric layer; and removing the photoresist. The first part of the second dielectric layer covers a first part of the first dielectric layer in a first area. The second part of the second dielectric layer covers a second part of the first dielectric layer in a second area. The first area is corresponding to a memory device. The second area is corresponding to a logic device.
US11569241B2	Semiconductor device A semiconductor device of an embodiment includes an oxide semiconductor layer. The oxide semiconductor layer includes a metal oxide containing at least one first metal element selected from the group consisting of indium and tin and at least one second metal element selected from the group consisting of zinc, gallium, aluminum, tungsten, and silicon. The oxide semiconductor layer includes a first region in which at least one anion element selected from the group consisting of fluorine and chlorine is contained within a range of 1 atomic % or more and less than 8 atomic % in the metal oxide.
US11569238B2	Vertical memory cells Embodiments herein describe techniques for a semiconductor device including a memory cell vertically above a substrate. The memory cell includes a metal-insulator-metal (MIM) capacitor at a lower device portion, and a transistor at an upper device portion above the lower device portion. The MIM capacitor includes a first plate, and a second plate separated from the first plate by a capacitor dielectric layer. The first plate includes a first group of metal contacts coupled to a metal electrode vertically above the substrate. The first group of metal contacts are within one or more metal layers above the substrate in a horizontal direction in parallel to a surface of the substrate. Furthermore, the metal electrode of the first plate of the MIM capacitor is also a source electrode of the transistor. Other embodiments may be described and/or claimed.
US11569237B2	Semiconductor device A semiconductor device includes a substrate including NMOS and PMOS regions; first and second active patterns on the NMOS region; third and fourth active patterns on the PMOS region, the third active pattern being spaced apart from the first active pattern; a first dummy gate structure on the first and third active patterns; a second dummy gate structure on the second and fourth active patterns; a normal gate structure on the third active pattern; a first source/drain pattern on the third active pattern and between the normal gate structure and the first dummy gate structure; and a first element separation structure between the first and second dummy gate structures and separating the third and fourth active patterns, wherein the first dummy gate structure includes a first dummy insulation gate intersecting the third active pattern.
US11569235B2	Semiconductor device and method of manufacturing the same A semiconductor device is provided in the disclosure, including a substrate, multiple parallel fins protruding from the substrate and isolated by trenches, and a device insulating layer on the trenches between two fins, wherein the trench is provided with a central first trench and two second trenches at both sides of the first trench, and a depth of the first trench is deeper than a depth of the second trench, and the device insulating layer is provided with a top plane, a first trench and a second trench, and the fins protrude from the top plane, and the bottom surface of the second trench is lower than the bottom surface of the first trench.
US11569232B2	Semiconductor device including self-aligned gate structure and method of manufacturing the same A method of manufacturing a semiconductor device having a self-aligned gate structure includes: providing at least one channel structure above at least one substrate; depositing at least one gate masking layer on the at least one channel structure so that the at least one gate masking layer is formed on top and side surfaces of the at least one channel structure and spread outward above the at least one substrate to form outer-extended portions of the at least one gate masking layer, before a gate-cut process is performed, wherein the at least one gate masking layer is self-aligned with respect to the at least one channel structure by the depositing; and removing the outer-extended portions of the at least one gate masking layer so that the at least one gate masking layer at both sides of the at least one channel structure has a same width.
US11569231B2	Non-planar transistors with channel regions having varying widths Techniques are disclosed for non-planar transistors having varying channel widths (Wsi). In some instances, the resulting structure has a fin (or nanowires, nanoribbons, or nanosheets) comprising a first channel region and a second channel region, with a source or drain region between the first channel region and the second channel region. The widths of the respective channel regions are independent of each other, e.g., a first width of the first channel region is different from a second width of the second channel region. The variation in width of a given fin structure may vary in a symmetric fashion or an asymmetric fashion. In an embodiment, a spacer-based forming approach is utilized that allows for abrupt changes in width along a given fin. Sub-resolution fin dimensions are achievable as well.
US11569229B2	Stacked vertical transport field effect transistors with anchors Techniques regarding anchors for fins comprised within stacked VTFET devices are provided. For example, one or more embodiments described herein can comprise an apparatus, which can further comprise a fin extending from a semiconductor body. The fin can be comprised within a stacked vertical transport field effect transistor device. The apparatus can also comprise a dielectric anchor extending from the semiconductor body and adjacent to the fin. Further, the dielectric anchor can be coupled to the fin.
US11569227B2	Three-way switch array structure and switch array substrate based on NVM A three-way switch array structure including N first connectors, M second connectors, N×M third connectors and N×M three-way switches is provided, each three-way switch has a first terminal, a second terminal, a third terminal, a first switch and a second switch. Each of first terminals is disposed on one of the first connectors, each of second terminals is disposed on one of the second connectors, and each of third terminals is disposed on one of the third connectors, the first switch is disposed between the first terminal and the third terminal, and the second switch is disposed between the second terminal and the third terminal, wherein N and M are positive integers greater than or equal to 1.
US11569223B2	Integrated circuit and method for fabricating the same A method for fabricating an integrated circuit is provided. The method includes etching a first recess in a semiconductor structure; forming a first doped epitaxial feature in the first recess; and forming a second doped epitaxial feature over the first doped epitaxial feature, wherein the second doped epitaxial feature has a conductive type opposite to a conductive type of the first doped epitaxial feature.
US11569213B2	Optoelectronic device and manufacturing method thereof An optoelectronic device and a manufacturing method thereof are provided. The optoelectronic device includes a substrate, light emitting chips disposed on the substrate and electrically connected to the substrate, a first annular structure disposed on the substrate and around the light emitting chips, a first wavelength conversion layer disposed in the first annular structure and covering the light emitting chips, a second annular structure disposed on the substrate and around the light emitting chips and further being in contact with the first annular structure, and a second wavelength conversion layer disposed in the second annular structure and covering the first wavelength conversion layer and the light emitting chips. Wavelength conversion substances contained in the first wavelength conversion layer and the second wavelength conversion layer respectively are different in material. Therefore, the optoelectronic device can achieve improved uniformity of luminescence as well as light output quality.
US11569206B2	Integrated circuit chip, method of manufacturing the integrated circuit chip, and integrated circuit package and display apparatus including the integrated circuit chip An integrated circuit (IC) chip includes a via contact plug extending inside a through hole passing through a substrate and a device layer, a via contact liner surrounding the via contact plug, a connection pad liner extending along a bottom surface of the substrate, a dummy bump structure integrally connected to the via contact plug, and a bump structure connected to the connection pad liner. A method of manufacturing an IC chip includes forming an under bump metallurgy (UBM) layer inside and outside the through hole and forming a first connection metal layer, a second connection metal layer, and a third connection metal layer. The first connection metal layer covers the UBM layer inside the through hole, the second connection metal layer is integrally connected to the first connection metal layer, and the third connection metal layer covers the UBM layer on the connection pad liner.
US11569205B2	Reducing loss in stacked quantum devices A device includes: a first chip including a qubit; and a second chip bonded to the first chip, the second chip including a substrate including first and second opposing surfaces, the first surface facing the first chip, wherein the second chip includes a single layer of superconductor material on the first surface of the substrate, the single layer of superconductor material including a first circuit element. The second chip further includes a second layer on the second surface of the substrate, the second layer including a second circuit element. The second chip further includes a through connector that extends from the first surface of the substrate to the second surface of the substrate and electrically connects a portion of the single layer of superconducting material to the second circuit element.
US11569201B2	Semiconductor package and method of fabricating the same A semiconductor package includes a first semiconductor chip, a second semiconductor chip on the first semiconductor chip, a first semiconductor structure and a second semiconductor structure that are on the first semiconductor chip and spaced apart from each other across the second semiconductor chip, and a resin-containing member between the second semiconductor chip and the first semiconductor structure and between the second semiconductor chip and the second semiconductor structure. The semiconductor package may be fabricated at a wafer level.
US11569200B2	Semiconductor package and method of manufacturing semiconductor package A semiconductor package includes a package substrate, a processor chip mounted on the package substrate, a first stack structure on the package substrate, the first stack structure including a number M of memory chips stacked on the processor chip, and a second stack structure on the package substrate and spaced apart from the processor chip, the second stack structure including a number N of memory chips stacked on the package substrate. A number Q of channels that electrically connect the memory chips of the second stack structure with the processor chip may be greater than a number P of channels that electrically connect the memory chips of the first stack structure with the processor chip, or the number N of memory chips included in the second stack structure may be greater than the number M of memory chips included in the first stack structure.
US11569198B2	Stacked semiconductor die architecture with multiple layers of disaggregation Stacked semiconductor die architectures having one or more base dies and techniques of forming such architectures are described. The stacked semiconductor die architectures may be included in or used to form semiconductor packages. A stacked semiconductor die architecture can include: (i) one or more base dies (e.g., at least one disaggregated base die, at least one monolithic base die, etc.); and (ii) a carrier wafer having multiple stacked semiconductor dies embedded in the carrier wafer, where the carrier wafer is on the one or more base dies and where one or more interconnect structures (e.g., wires, bumps, microbumps, pillars, etc.) couple the one or more base dies to the carrier wafer and/or the stacked semiconductor dies.
US11569192B2	Method for producing structure, and structure This method for producing a structure wherein base materials are bonded by atomic diffusion comprises: a step for applying a liquid resin on the base material; a step for smoothing the surface of the liquid resin by surface tension; a step for forming a resin layer by curing; a step for forming a metal thin film on the resin layer; a step for forming a metal thin film on the base material; and a step for bringing the metal thin film of the base material and the metal thin film of the base material into close contact with each other, thereby bonding the metal thin film of the resin layer and the metal thin film of the base material with each other by atomic diffusion.
US11569186B2	Device including semiconductor chips and method for producing such device A device includes a first semiconductor chip including a first face, wherein a first contact pad is arranged over the first face. The device further includes a second semiconductor chip including a first face, wherein a first contact pad is arranged over the first face, wherein the first semiconductor chip and the second semiconductor chip are arranged such that the first face of the first semiconductor chip faces in a first direction and the first face of the second semiconductor chip faces in a second direction opposite to the first direction. The first semiconductor chip is located laterally outside of an outline of the second semiconductor chip.
US11569169B2	Semiconductor device comprising electronic components electrically joined to each other via metal nanoparticle sintered layer and method of manufacturing the same Provided is a semiconductor device including electronic components electrically joined to each other via a metal nanoparticle sintered layer, wherein the metal nanoparticle sintered layer has formed therein a metal diffusion region in which a metal constituting a metallization layer formed on a surface of one of the electronic components is diffused, and in which the metal is present in an amount of 10 mass % or more and less than 100 mass % according to TEM-EDS analysis, and wherein the metal diffusion region has a thickness smaller than a thickness of the metallization layer.
US11569167B2	Method of manufacturing semiconductor device A method of manufacturing a semiconductor device including: arranging a first and a second gate strip separating in a first distance, wherein each of the first and the second gate strip is a gate terminal of a transistor; depositing a first contact via on the first gate strip; forming a first conductive strip on the first contact via, wherein the first conductive strip and the first gate strip are crisscrossed from top view; arranging a second and a third conductive strip, above the first conductive strip, separating in a second distance, wherein each of the second and the third conductive strip is free from connecting to the first conductive strip, the first and the second conductive strip are crisscrossed from top view. The first distance is twice as the second distance. A length of the first conductive strip is smaller than two and a half times as the first distance.
US11569166B2	Semiconductor device and manufacturing method thereof The present disclosure provides a semiconductor structure, including a substrate, a first metal line over the substrate and extending along a first direction, a protection layer lining a sidewall of the first metal line, a second metal line above the first metal line and extending along the first direction, and a third metal line above the second metal line, extending along a second direction perpendicular to the first direction.
US11569160B2	Patterning of dual metallization layers Embodiments may relate to a semiconductor package that includes a routing trace coupled with a substrate. The routing trace may be linear on a side of the routing trace between the substrate and a top of the routing trace. The semiconductor package may further include a power trace coupled with the substrate. The power trace may be concave on a side of the power trace between the substrate and a top of the power trace. Other embodiments may be described and/or claimed.
US11569159B2	Structure and formation method of chip package with through vias A package structure and a formation method of a package structure are provided. The method includes forming a conductive structure over a carrier substrate. The conductive structure has a lower portion and an upper portion, and the upper portion is wider than the lower portion. The method also includes disposing a semiconductor die over the carrier substrate. The method further includes forming a protective layer to surround the conductive structure and the semiconductor die. In addition, the method includes forming a conductive bump over the conductive structure. The lower portion of the conductive structure is between the conductive bump and the upper portion of the conductive structure.
US11569151B2	Composite assembly of three stacked joining partners A composite assembly of three stacked joining partners, and a corresponding method. The three stacked joining partners are materially bonded to one another by an upper solder layer and a lower solder layer. An upper joining partner and a lower joining partner are fixed in their height and have a specified distance from one another. The upper solder layer is fashioned from a first solder agent, having a first melt temperature, between the upper joining partner and a middle joining partner. The second solder layer is fashioned from a second solder agent, having a higher, second melt temperature, between the middle joining partner and the lower joining partner. The upper joining partner has an upwardly open solder compensating opening filled with the first solder agent, from which, to fill the gap between the upper joining partner and the middle joining partner, the first solder agent subsequently flows into the gap.
US11569146B2	Semiconductor package and method of forming the same Various embodiments may provide a semiconductor package. The semiconductor package may include a semiconductor chip, a first mold compound layer at least partially covering the semiconductor chip, and a redistribution layer over the first mold compound layer, the redistribution layer including one or more electrically conductive lines in electrical connection with the semiconductor chip. The semiconductor package may additionally include a second mold compound layer over the redistribution layer, and an antenna array over the second mold compound layer, the antenna array configured to be coupled to the one or more electrically conductive lines.
US11569140B2	Semiconductor package with elastic coupler and related methods Implementations of semiconductor packages may include: a die coupled to a substrate; a housing coupled to the substrate and at least partially enclosing the die within a cavity of the housing, and; a pin fixedly coupled to the housing and electrically coupled with the die, wherein the pin includes a reversibly elastically deformable lower portion configured to compress to prevent a lower end of the pin from lowering beyond a predetermined point relative to the substrate when the housing is lowered to be coupled to the substrate.
US11569137B2	Semiconductor packages A semiconductor package includes a semiconductor chip having first and second contact pads that are alternately arranged in a first direction; an insulating film having first openings respectively defining first pad regions of first contact pads, and second openings respectively defining second pad regions of the second contact pads; first and second conductive capping layers on the first and second pad regions, respectively; and an insulating layer on the insulating film, and having first and second contact holes respectively connected to the first and second conductive capping layers. Each of the first and second pad regions includes a bonding region having a first width and a probing region having a second width, greater than the first width, and each of the second pad regions is arranged in a direction that is opposite to each of the plurality of first pad regions.
US11569136B2	Semiconductor device and method of forming dual-sided interconnect structures in FO-WLCSP A semiconductor device has a substrate with first and second conductive layers formed over first and second opposing surfaces of the substrate. A plurality of bumps is formed over the substrate. A semiconductor die is mounted to the substrate between the bumps. An encapsulant is deposited over the substrate and semiconductor die. A portion of the bumps extends out from the encapsulant. A portion of the encapsulant is removed to expose the substrate. An interconnect structure is formed over the encapsulant and semiconductor die and electrically coupled to the bumps. A portion of the substrate can be removed to expose the first or second conductive layer. A portion of the substrate can be removed to expose the bumps. The substrate can be removed and a protection layer formed over the encapsulant and semiconductor die. A semiconductor package is disposed over the substrate and electrically connected to the substrate.
US11569133B2	Semiconductor device and method for fabricating the same A semiconductor device includes a fin-shaped structure on a substrate, a gate structure on the fin-shaped structure and an interlayer dielectric (ILD) layer around the gate structure, and a single diffusion break (SDB) structure in the ILD layer and the fin-shaped structure. Preferably, the SDB structure includes a bottom portion and a top portion on the bottom portion, in which the top portion and the bottom portion include different widths.
US11569131B2	Semiconductor device and fabrication method thereof A semiconductor device and its fabrication method are provided in the present disclosure. The method includes providing a substrate; forming a plurality of fins spaced apart on the substrate; forming a dummy gate structure across the plurality of fins and on the substrate; forming a first sidewall spacer on a sidewall of the dummy gate structure; forming an interlayer dielectric layer on the substrate and the fins, and on a portion of a sidewall of the first sidewall spacer, where a top of the interlayer dielectric layer is lower than a top of the first sidewall spacer; and forming a second sidewall spacer on the interlayer dielectric layer and on a sidewall of the first sidewall spacer.
US11569129B2	Workpiece processing method A workpiece processing method includes holding a workpiece unit on a holding table and forming a division start point. The workpiece unit has a workpiece having a front side and a back side, and an additional member formed on the back side of the workpiece. The additional member is different in material from the workpiece. The workpiece unit is held on the holding table with the additional member opposed to the holding table. The division start point is formed by applying a laser beam to the front side of the workpiece with the focal point of the laser beam set inside the workpiece. The laser beam forms a modified layer inside the workpiece and simultaneously forming a division start point inside the additional member due to the leakage of the laser beam from the focal point toward the back side of the workpiece.
US11569125B2	Etch profile control of interconnect structures A method of forming a semiconductor structure includes forming an etch stop layer on a substrate, forming a metal oxide layer over the etch stop layer, and forming an interlayer dielectric (ILD) layer on the metal oxide layer. The method further includes forming a trench etch opening over the ILD layer, forming a capping layer over the trench etch opening, and forming a via etch opening over the capping layer.
US11569124B2	Interconnect structure having an etch stop layer over conductive lines A multilayer interconnect structure for integrated circuits includes a first dielectric layer over a substrate and a conductive line partially exposed over the first dielectric layer. The structure further includes an etch stop layer over both the first dielectric layer and the exposed conductive line, and a second dielectric layer over the etch stop layer. The second dielectric layer and the etch stop layer provide a via hole that partially exposes the conductive line. The structure further includes a via disposed in the via hole, and another conductive line disposed over the via and coupled to the conductive line through the via. Methods of forming the multilayer interconnect structure are also disclosed. The etch stop layer reduces the lateral and vertical etching of the first and second dielectric layers when the via hole is misaligned due to overlay errors.
US11569116B2	Light emitting diode A light emitting diode includes an active layer, a first type semiconductor layer, a second type semiconductor layer and a pick-up layer. The first type semiconductor layer and the second type semiconductor layer are located on two opposite sides of the active layer respectively. The pick-up layer is located on the second type semiconductor layer, wherein the pick-up layer has a patterned outer surface to serve as a grabbed surface during transferring.
US11569115B2	Temporary bonding method A method of temporary bonding of an object having first and second opposite surfaces successively including bonding the object to a handle on the side of the first surface, bonding the object to a first adhesive film on the side of the second surface, bonding the first adhesive film to a second adhesive film on the side opposite to the object, and removing the handle from the object.
US11569109B2	Wafer cassette stocker and wafer cassette drying method using the same An embodiment provides a wafer cassette stoker comprising: a cassette on which a plurality of wafers are loaded; a plurality of chambers disposed in one line while forming at least one layer, wherein the cassette after being cleaned is inserted in each of the chambers and a humidity control unit for supplying a compressed dry air (CDA) into the insides of the chambers so as to control humidity of the cassette.
US11569105B2	Multi-flip semiconductor die sorter tool A die sorter tool may include a first conveyor, and a first lane to receive, from one or more load ports and via the first conveyor, a carrier with a set of dies. The die sorter tool may include a die flip module to receive the carrier from the first lane, manipulate one or more dies of the set of dies by changing orientations of the one or more dies, and return the one or more dies to the carrier after manipulating the one or more dies and without changing positions of the one or more dies within the carrier. The die sorter tool may include a second conveyor, and a second lane to receive, via the second conveyor, the carrier from the die flip module, and provide, via the first conveyor, the carrier to the one or more load ports.
US11569104B2	Substrate processing apparatus and substrate processing method A substrate processing apparatus includes a temperature detector and a controller. The temperature detector detects a temperature of processing liquid before the temperature of the processing liquid in pre-dispensing in progress reaches a target temperature. The controller sets discharge stop duration of the processing liquid in the pre-dispensing based on target temperature prediction duration. The target temperature prediction duration is prediction duration until the temperature of the processing liquid reaches the target temperature from a detection temperature. The detection temperature is the temperature of the processing liquid detected by the temperature detector before the temperature of the processing liquid reaches the target temperature. The target temperature prediction duration is determined based on a temperature profile. The temperature profile indicates a record of the temperature of the processing liquid changing over time when the pre-dispensing processing was performed in the past according to the pre-dispensing condition.
US11569094B2	Etching method and plasma processing apparatus An etching method includes: (a) providing, on a support, a substrate having the first region covering the second region and the second region defining a recess receiving the first region, (b) etching the first region until or immediately before the second region is exposed, (c) exposing the substrate to plasma generated from a first process gas containing C and F atoms using a first RF signal and forming a deposit on the substrate, (d) exposing the deposit to plasma generated from a second process gas containing an inert gas using a first RF signal and selectively etching the first region to the second region, and (e) repeating (c) and (d). (c) includes using the RF signal with a frequency of 60 to 300 MHz and/or setting the support to 100 to 200° C. to control a ratio of C to F atoms in the deposit to greater than 1.
US11569087B2	Method of fabricating a display apparatus A display apparatus may include a base substrate including a first portion and a second portion smaller than the first portion, a plurality of pixels disposed on the first portion, a protection substrate disposed below the base substrate, and a groove disposed in a portion of the protection substrate and overlapped with the second portion. The groove may include a first region extending in a first direction, and a second region and a third region, which are arranged along the first direction, wherein the first region is interposed between the second region and the third region. The first and second portions may be arranged in a second direction crossing the first direction, and a width of each of the second and third regions may be larger than a first width of the first region, when measured in the second direction.
US11569079B2	Gas analyzer and membranes therefor A gas analyzer and a method for performing mass spectrometry analysis includes a membrane configured to receive an input flow of carrier gas. The membrane defines a variable thickness region between first and second positions along an input face of the membrane and separates the analyte sample into an output flow of analyte molecules. A mass spectrometer is disposed downstream of the membrane and includes an input orifice for receiving the output flow. The mass spectrometer is configured to perform a response profile analysis of the analyte molecules in the sample analyte.
US11569077B2	Compact electrostatic ion pump The disclosure includes an outer electrode and an inner electrode. The outer electrode defines an inner volume and is configured to receive injected electrons through at least one aperture. The inner electrode positioned in the inner volume. The outer electrode and inner electrode are configured to confine the received electrons in orbits around the inner electrode in response to an electric potential between the outer electrode and the inner electrode. The apparatus does not include a component configured to generate an electron-confining magnetic field.
US11569067B2	Systems and methods for achieving peak ion energy enhancement with a low angular spread Systems and methods for increasing peak ion energy with a low angular spread of ions are described. In one of the systems, multiple radio frequency (RF) generators that are coupled to an upper electrode associated with a plasma chamber are operated in two different states, such as two different frequency levels, for pulsing of the RF generators. The pulsing of the RF generators facilitates a transfer of ion energy during one of the states to another one of the states for increasing ion energy during the other state to further increase a rate of processing a substrate.
US11569065B2	Substrate processing apparatus, signal source device, method of processing material layer, and method of fabricating semiconductor device A substrate processing apparatus includes a processing chamber; a susceptor provided in the processing chamber, wherein the susceptor is configured to support a substrate; a first plasma generator disposed on one side of the processing chamber; and a second plasma generator disposed on another side of the processing chamber, wherein the second plasma generator is configured to generate plasma by simultaneously supplying a sinusoidal wave signal and a non-sinusoidal wave signal to the susceptor. By using a substrate processing apparatus, a signal source device, and a method of processing a material layer according to the inventive concept, a smooth etched surface may be obtained for a crystalline material layer without a risk of device damage by RDC.
US11569063B2	Apparatus, system and method for energy spread ion beam An ion implanter may include an ion source, arranged to generate a continuous ion beam, a DC acceleration system, to accelerate the continuous ion beam, as well as an AC linear accelerator to receive the continuous ion beam and to output a bunched ion beam. The ion implanter may also include an energy spreading electrode assembly, to receive the bunched ion beam and to apply an RF voltage between a plurality of electrodes of the energy spreading electrode assembly, along a local direction of propagation of the bunched ion beam.
US11569060B2	Methods and apparatuses for adjusting beam condition of charged particles Apparatus and methods for adjusting beam condition of charged particles are disclosed. According to certain embodiments, the apparatus includes one or more first multipole lenses displaced above an aperture, the one or more first multipole lenses being configured to adjust a beam current of a charged-particle beam passing through the aperture. The apparatus also includes one or more second multipole lenses displaced below the aperture, the one or more second multipole lenses being configured to adjust at least one of a spot size and a spot shape of the beam.
US11569056B2	Parameter estimation for metrology of features in an image Methods and apparatuses are disclosed herein for parameter estimation for metrology. An example method at least includes optimizing, using a parameter estimation network, a parameter set to fit a feature in an image based on one or more models of the feature, the parameter set defining the one or more models, and providing metrology data of the feature in the image based on the optimized parameter set.
US11569048B2	Illumination system and method for maintaining a common illumination value on a release command sent from a keypad An illumination system and method are disclosed for maintaining a consistent change in illumination value among a group of illumination devices whenever a change command is manually sent from a keypad to those illumination devices. The consistent change results from maintaining a common start illumination value among not only the group, but also the keypad which controls the group. From the start illumination value, the keypad can then compute an end illumination value depending upon the amount of time that an increase or decrease in illumination value button is depressed and held. Since the change command can arrive at different illumination devices within the group depending upon where each illumination device is geographically located, a masking time is reserved after the button is released so that enough time is allocated for each of the illumination devices within that group to arrive at a common end illumination value regardless of their disparate locations relative to the keypad, the number of hops, or interference therebetween.
US11569045B2	Grid influencing system Various embodiments of the teachings herein include a grid influencing system for a power supply grid comprising: a current-conducting grid influencing component; and a vacuum circuit breaker including a vacuum circuit breaker tube containing an at least partly integrated pre-arcing device for actively generating an arc between two contacts.
US11569041B2	Multilayer ceramic capacitor having controlled concentration of rare earth element A multilayer ceramic capacitor includes: a multilayer structure in which each of a plurality of dielectric layers and each of a plurality of internal electrode layers are alternately stacked, wherein a concentration of a rare earth element in an active region with respect to a main component ceramic of the active region is equal to or more than a concentration of a rare earth element in at least a part of a protective region with respect to a main component ceramic of the protective region, wherein an average ionic radius of the rare earth element of the at least a part of the protective region is equal to or less than an average ionic radius of the rare earth element in the active region.
US11569035B2	Ceramic electronic device A ceramic electronic device includes a multilayer structure in which each of a plurality of dielectric layers and each of a plurality of internal electrode layers are alternately stacked. A relationship of “IA/IB>0.30” is satisfied and a peak current value IB is 100 pA/mm2 or less in a TSDC in which a polarizing temperature is 150 degrees C., a polarizing electric field is 15 V/μm to 20 V/μm, a polarizing time is 60 minutes, and an increasing speed of temperature is 10° C./minute, when a peak current of a low temperature side of a temperature range of 160 degrees C. or more and less than 230 degrees C. is IA and a peak current of a high temperature side of a temperature range of 230 degrees C. or more and 350 degrees C. or less is IB.
US11569023B2	Wire-wound inductor component A wire-wound inductor component includes a core including an axial portion that extends in an axial direction and is pillar-shaped and a first support and a second support disposed respectively on a first end and a second end in the axial direction of the axial portion; a first terminal electrode and a second terminal electrode disposed respectively on a bottom face of the first support and a bottom face of the second support; a wire wound around the axial portion, with first and second end portions of the wire being connected respectively to the first and second terminal electrodes; and a cover member that covers at least part of the wire on an upper face of the axial portion and has a terminal indentation depth of 0.85 μm or more. The adhesive strength of a top face of the cover member is less than or equal to 3.28 gf/mm2.
US11569017B2	Diagnostic device and method for solenoid valves A diagnostic method for solenoid valves includes detecting, at excitation of the solenoid, a variation rate of the supply voltage of the solenoid and comparing it with a predetermined value, generating an error signal if the variation rate is lower than the predetermined value, otherwise, detecting characteristics of the waveform of the solenoid current over a time interval between a moment of excitation of the solenoid and a moment wherein the movable core reaches end-stroke position, comparing the detected characteristics with threshold values, generating an alarm signal if the detected characteristics are lower than the threshold values, otherwise calculating the value of solenoid resistance and comparing it with a minimum resistance value and a maximum resistance value when the solenoid current is in steady state, and generating an alarm signal if the solenoid resistance value is lower than the minimum resistance value or greater than the maximum resistance value.
US11569015B2	Corrosion-resistant permanent magnet and intravascular blood pump comprising the magnet This invention is directed to a corrosion-resistant permanent magnet, to a method for producing a corrosion-resistant permanent magnet, and to an intravascular blood pump comprising the magnet. The magnet is corrosion resistant due to a composite coating comprising a first layer structure and optionally a second layer structure on the first layer structure, each layer structure comprising an inorganic layer, a linker layer on the inorganic layer, and an organic layer formed from poly(2-chloro-p-xylylene) on the linker layer. The inorganic layers comprise aluminum and/or aluminum oxide.
US11569011B2	Method and apparatus for reinforcing a cable used in high frequency applications A method and apparatus of reinforcing a cable includes wrapping a flexible wire around at least a portion of an external surface of the cable, and soldering the flexible wire to the cable, thereby positioning the flexible wire with respect to the cable. The portion of the external surface of the cable wrapped with the flexible wire may be disposed between the cable and a connector, or represent an entire length of the cable. Wrapping the flexible wire may involve wrapping the flexible wire around a portion of the external surface of the cable such that coils of the flexible wire are disposed apart from each other, and sliding the coils together such that the coils of the flexible wire are touching each other.
US11569006B1	Cover for a cable harness with different color layers A cover for a cable harness including: (i) a first layer comprising a first color; (ii) a second layer layered adjacent to the first layer, the second layer comprising a second color that is different than the first color; and (iii) an adhesive layer adhered to the first layer, at least a portion of the adhesive is not covered by the second layer. The first color can black, while the second color is white. The second layer comprises fibers that can be substantially free of dye. At least one of the first layer and the second layer can be polyethylene terephthalate. The cover can cover a plurality of cables of a cable harness. If wear forms a hole through the first layer, the second color of the second layer is visible from an environment external to the covered cable harness through the hole through the first layer.
US11568965B2	Systems and methods for healthcare fees transparency and collections at the time of service An electronic healthcare system for delivering medical services is described. The electronic healthcare systems can includes modules for accessing patient electronic medical records and ordering medical services. In response to a medical service order, a cost estimation and notification module can receive information associated with the medical service order. The cost estimation and notification module can determine the patient cost responsibility and quickly notify the patient of the costs. The patient can use the determined cost information to decide whether to move forward with the ordered medical tests.
US11568963B2	Method for creating and using registry of clinical trial participants A method of screening participants for a clinical trial by obtaining identifying information chosen from a biometric sample, personal information, physical attributes, and combinations thereof from a prospective participant, optionally generating a unique identifier code, populating a database server with the unique identifier code and participant information and storing the information on non-transitory computer readable media, screening the participant for a clinical trial based on either the unique identifier code and/or participant information and searching for a match with existing participant information in the database server and a plurality of outside databases to determine protocol violations, and determining eligibility of the participant for the clinical trial and preventing the protocol violations. A system for screening participants for a clinical trial and preventing future violations while currently enrolled in a clinical trial.
US11568957B2	Methods and systems for copy number variant detection Methods and systems for determining copy number variants are disclosed. An example method can comprise applying a sample grouping technique to select reference coverage data, normalizing sample coverage data comprising a plurality of genomic regions, and fitting a mixture model to the normalized sample coverage data based on the selected reference coverage data. An example method can comprise identifying one or more copy number variants (CNVs) according to a Hidden Markov Model (HMM) based on the normalized sample coverage data and the fitted mixture model. An example method can comprise outputting the one or more copy number variants.
US11568953B2	Electrical device with test interface An example system comprises: a master bus electrically coupled to a master multiplexer controlled by a test mode signal selecting between a master physical interface (PHY) and a slave bus of a plurality of slave buses, wherein each slave bus is electrically coupled to a respective slave multiplexer selecting between a respective slave PHY and the master bus; a plurality of electrical circuits, wherein each electrical circuit of the plurality of electrical circuits is electrically coupled to one of: the master bus or a slave bus of the plurality of slave buses; and a memory test interface electrically coupled to the master bus.
US11568939B2	Semiconductor storage device A semiconductor storage device includes a bit line, a memory cell transistor electrically connected to the bit line, and a sense amplifier that reads data from the memory cell transistor via the bit line. During an operation of determining first data and second data, while continuously applying a first voltage to a gate of the memory cell transistor, the sense amplifier first determines the first data based upon a second voltage, and then determines the second data based upon a third voltage lower than the second voltage.
US11568932B2	Read cache for reset read disturb mitigation Methods and systems include memory devices with multiple memory cells configured to store data. The memory devices also include a cache configured to store at least a portion of the data to provide access to the at least the portion of the data without accessing the multiple memory cells. The memory devices also include control circuitry configured to receive a read command having a target address. Based on the target address, the control circuitry is configured to determine that the at least the portion of the data is present in the cache. Using the cache, the control circuitry also outputs read data from the cache without accessing the plurality of memory cells.
US11568927B2	Two-terminal non-volatile memory cell for decoupled read and write operations An embodiment of the invention may include a memory structure. The memory structure may include a first terminal connected to a first contact. The memory structure may include a second terminal connected to a second contact and a third contact. The memory structure may include a multi-level nonvolatile electrochemical cell having a variable resistance channel and a programming gate. The memory structure may include the first contact and second contact connected to the variable resistance channel. The memory structure may include the third contact is connected to the programming gate. This may enable decoupled read-write operations of the device.
US11568922B2	Under-memory array process edge mats with sense amplifiers An edge memory array mat with access lines that are split, and a bank of sense amplifiers formed under the edge memory array may in a region that separates the access line segment halves. The sense amplifiers of the bank of sense amplifiers are coupled to opposing ends of a first subset of the half access lines pairs. The edge memory array mat further includes access line connectors configured to connect a second subset of the half access line pairs across the region occupied by the bank of sense amplifiers to form combined or extended access lines that extend to a bank of sense amplifiers coupled between the edge memory array mat and an inner memory array mat.
US11568921B2	Read-time overhead and power optimizations with command queues in memory device A device includes an array of memory cells having a word line coupled to at least a subset of the array, a queue, and control logic. The control logic: detects a first read command to read first data from a first page of the subset; accesses a second read command in the queue, the second read command to read second data from a second page of the subset; causes a voltage applied to the word line to ramp up to an initial value; causes the voltage to move to a target value; directs a page buffer to sense the first data from a first bit line coupled to the first page of the subset; directs the page buffer to sense the second data from a second bit line coupled to the second page of the subset; and causes the word line to be discharged.
US11568920B2	Dual row-column major dram A memory device includes an array of 2T1C DRAM cells and a memory controller. The DRAM cells are arranged as a plurality of rows and columns of DRAM cells. The memory controller is internal to the memory device and is coupled to the array of DRAM cells. The memory controller is capable of receiving commands input to the memory device and is responsive to the received commands to control row-major access and column-major access to the array of DRAM cells. In one embodiment, each transistor of a memory cell includes a terminal directly coupled to a storage node of the capacitor. In another embodiment, a first transistor of a memory cell includes a terminal directly coupled to a storage node of the capacitor, and a second transistor of the 2T1C memory cell includes a gate terminal directly coupled to the storage node of the capacitor.
US11568914B2	Semiconductor memory device and memory system having the same A semiconductor memory device and a memory system are provided. The semiconductor memory device includes a memory cell array, a normal refresh row address generator, a hammer refresh row address generator, a refresh selection signal generator, and a selector. The normal and hammer refresh row address generators generates a normal refresh row address and a hammer refresh row address, respectively, in response to a refresh counting control signal. The refresh selection signal generator sequentially generates normal and hammer refresh selection signals in response to the refresh counting control signal. The selector selects the normal refresh row address or the hammer refresh row address in response to the normal and hammer refresh selection signals. A normal refresh operation and a hammer refresh operation are sequentially performed on a memory cell array block among plural memory cell array blocks in response to the refresh row address.
US11568901B2	Semiconductor device A semiconductor device of an embodiment includes: a wiring board having a first surface and a second surface on a side opposite to the first surface; a first semiconductor element on the first surface of the wiring board; a second semiconductor element on the first surface of the wiring board; and a first sealing material that seals at least the second semiconductor element. A slit is formed in the first sealing material between the first semiconductor element and the second semiconductor element. When a thickness of the first sealing material on the first semiconductor element is t1 and a thickness of the first sealing material on the second semiconductor element is t2, the t1 and the t2 satisfy a relationship of 0≤t1
US11568896B2	Synchronizing edits to digital content items One or more embodiments of a video editing system enable one or more users to conveniently edit a digital video. In particular, an online content management system can provide a low resolution version of a digital video to a client device. A user can interact with the low resolution digital video and generate user edits to apply to the digital video. The online content management system can further apply any number of users edits to low and high resolution versions of the digital video at a server device. The video editing system enables users to more conveniently apply iterative edits to digital videos. Additionally, the video editing system enables multiple users to cooperatively edit a digital video from multiple client devices.
US11568895B1	Read offset calibration for error recovery A method includes determining an error after attempting to read, via a first read transducer and a second read transducer, a data sector in a first data track. The method further includes calculating a weight ratio associated with the data sector and determining a read offset direction of the data sector based, at least in part, on the calculated weight ratio.
US11568892B2	Magnetic disk device having first and second assist elements and write operation method According to one embodiment, a magnetic disk device includes: a disk; a head including a main magnetic pole, a write shield that faces the main magnetic pole in a first direction and is separated from the main magnetic pole by a gap, a first assist element that is disposed in the gap and a second assist element that is disposed in the gap and is positioned relative to the first assist element in a second direction intersecting the first direction; and a controller configured to: cause a first assist energy from the first assist element to be applied to the disk and affect a coercive force of the disk; and cause a second assist energy from the second assist element to be applied to the disk and affect a coercive force of the disk, wherein the first assist energy is different from the second assist energy.
US11568891B1	Magnetic flux guiding device with spin torque oscillator (STO) film having negative spin polarization layers in assisted writing application A STRAMR structure is disclosed. The STRAMR structure can include a spin torque oscillator (STO) device in a WG provided between the mail pole (MP) trailing side and a trailing shield. The STO device, includes: a flux guiding layer that has a negative spin polarization (nFGL) with a magnetization pointing substantially parallel to the WG field without the current bias and formed between a first spin polarization preserving layer (ppL1) and a second spin polarization preserving layer (ppL2); a positive spin polarization (pSP) layer that adjoins the TS bottom surface; a non-spin polarization preserving layer (pxL) contacting the MP trailing side; a first negative spin injection layer (nSIL1) between the ppL2 and a third spin polarization preserving layer (ppL3); and a second negative spin injection layer (nSIL2) between the ppL3 and the pxL, wherein the nFGL, nSIL1, and nSIL2 have a spin polarization that is negative.
US11568888B2	Terminal control method, terminal and non-transitory computer readable storage medium A terminal control method, a terminal and a non-transitory computer-readable storage medium are provided. The terminal control method includes: receiving, by a microphone, a detection audio signal emitted from a speaker and having a frequency within a pre-set detection frequency range; acquiring actual audio parameters of the detection audio signal when being received by the microphone, and original audio parameters of the detection audio signal when being emitted from the speaker; determining a relative state between the microphone and the speaker according to the actual audio parameters and the original audio parameters; determining a terminal control operation to be performed, according to the relative state and a pre-set correspondence between relative states and terminal control operations; and performing the determined terminal control operation on a terminal where the microphone is located.
US11568884B2	Analysis filter bank and computing procedure thereof, audio frequency shifting system, and audio frequency shifting procedure An analysis filter bank corresponding to a plurality of sub-bands, comprising: multiple sub-filters with different center frequencies which perform multiple complex-type first-order infinite impulse response filtering operations on an audio input signal to generate multiple sub-filter signals; a first set of binomial combiners, each of which performs a weighted-sum operation on a first number of the sub-filter signals with a first set of binomial weights to generate one of multiple sub-band signals; a second set of binomial combiners, each of which performs a weighted-sum operation on a second number of the sub-filter signals with a second set of binomial weights to generate one of multiple lower sub-band-edge signals or one of multiple higher sub-band-edge signals; and multiple envelope detection with decimation devices, which perform multiple envelope detection with decimation operations on the sub-band signals, the lower sub-band-edge signals, and the higher sub-band-edge signals to generate multiple fine spectrums.
US11568881B2	Methods and systems for generating and rendering object based audio with conditional rendering metadata Methods and audio processing units for generating an object based audio program including conditional rendering metadata corresponding to at least one object channel of the program, where the conditional rendering metadata is indicative of at least one rendering constraint, based on playback speaker array configuration, which applies to each corresponding object channel, and methods for rendering audio content determined by such a program, including by rendering content of at least one audio channel of the program in a manner compliant with each applicable rendering constraint in response to at least some of the conditional rendering metadata. Rendering of a selected mix of content of the program may provide an immersive experience.
US11568878B2	Voice shortcut detection with speaker verification Techniques disclosed herein are directed towards streaming keyphrase detection which can be customized to detect one or more particular keyphrases, without requiring retraining of any model(s) for those particular keyphrase(s). Many implementations include processing audio data using a speaker separation model to generate separated audio data which isolates an utterance spoken by a human speaker from one or more additional sounds not spoken by the human speaker, and processing the separated audio data using a text independent speaker identification model to determine whether a verified and/or registered user spoke a spoken utterance captured in the audio data. Various implementations include processing the audio data and/or the separated audio data using an automatic speech recognition model to generate a text representation of the utterance. Additionally or alternatively, the text representation of the utterance can be processed to determine whether at least a portion of the text representation of the utterance captures a particular keyphrase. When the system determines the registered and/or verified user spoke the utterance and the system determines the text representation of the utterance captures the particular keyphrase, the system can cause a computing device to perform one or more actions corresponding to the particular keyphrase.
US11568865B2	Communication mode selection based upon device context for prescription processes Methods and systems may incorporate voice interaction and other audio interaction to facilitate access to prescription related information and processes. Particularly, voice/audio interactions may be utilized to achieve authentication to access prescription-related information and action capabilities. Additionally, voice/audio interactions may be utilized in performance of processes such as obtaining prescription refills and receiving reminders to consume prescription products.

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