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US11607809B2	Robot motion planning accounting for object pose estimation accuracy Methods, systems, and apparatus, including computer programs encoded on computer storage media, for planning robotic movements to perform a given task while satisfying object pose estimation accuracy requirements. One of the methods includes generating a plurality of candidate measurement configurations for measuring an object to be manipulated by a robot; determining respective measurement accuracies for the plurality of candidate measurement configurations; determining a measurement accuracy landscape for the object including defining a high measurement accuracy region based on the respective measurement accuracies for the plurality of candidate measurement configurations; and generating a motion plan for manipulating the object in the robotic process that moves the robot, a sensor, or both, through the high measurement accuracy region when performing pose estimation for the object.
US11607803B2	Image information processing device, gripping system, and image information processing method An object of the present invention is to ascertain parts of an object that are approachable by finger portions of a hand mechanism. In an image information processing device, a housing container is retrieved from an image by using a first retrieval frame, and an object is retrieved from the image by using a second retrieval frame. A plurality of determination points are set in advance on the second retrieval frame, and a predetermined approach direction is set for each determination point. A determination is then made as to whether or not the finger portions of the hand mechanism can be caused to approach parts of one object, existing within the second retrieval frame, that correspond respectively to the determination points set on the second retrieval frame from the predetermined approach directions set in relation to the determination points.
US11607787B2	Compression or cutting tool and method for operating a compression or cutting tool A working head (1) for a compression or cutting tool (100) comprises a connecting portion (3) for a removable connection of the working head (1) with an actuation part (2) of the tool (100), two jaws (4) movable between an open position and a closed position to perform the compression or cutting, and a local storage (6) configured for storing one or more cumulative data representative of a stress history of the jaws (4), wherein the local storage (6) is fixed to the working head (1).
US11607781B2	Tool for attaching and detaching rotary body and method for attaching and detaching rotary body An attaching and detaching tool for removing a flywheel connected to a crankshaft of an internal combustion engine using a nut, in which the flywheel is removed by pulling the flywheel with an axial force generated in the nut when the nut is loosened, is provided. A socket wrench is coupled to a nut connected to a crankshaft and a flywheel is coupled to a puller assembled to the socket wrench via a bolt, and then the socket wrench is rotated while the rotation of the puller is stopped by a spinner handle, whereby the nut is loosened and the flywheel is removed.
US11607778B2	Grease fitting installation tool and method A grease fitting installation tool is disclosed. The grease fitting installation tool may include a hand tool useful for installing and uninstalling a grease fitting with a hexagonal collar, a threaded shank, and a nipple, i.e., a Zerk fitting. The hand tool may have a first tool head and a second tool head, each able to receive and manipulate a grease fitting. The first and second tool heads may be attached end to end, joining the heads in the center of a hand tool by a couple. The couple may have a wrench interface allowing the hand tool to be engaged by a wrench or other tool. Each tool head may include a hollow socket with a socket aperture and six internal contact surfaces that are hexagonally arranged. The tool head may also include a deformable, cylindrical gripping member disposed within the hollow socket for retaining the grease fitting when the grease fitting is inserted into the gripping member.
US11607777B2	Grinding wheel with a vibration-damping support body A grinding wheel includes a support body which has a circumferential surface and a central coupling region for attaching the grinding wheel to a rotary drive for rotating the grinding wheel about a rotational axis running through the central coupling region. The grinding wheel also includes a grinding layer which is applied onto the circumferential surface of the support body. The support body includes a first part and a second part connected to the first part. The first part has the circumferential surface, and the second part has the coupling region and consists essentially of a vibration-damping material.
US11607775B2	Coated abrasive disc and methods of making and using the same A coated abrasive disc includes a disc backing having an outer circumference. An abrasive layer is disposed on the disc backing. The abrasive layer comprises triangular abrasive platelets secured to a major surface of the disc backing by at least one binder material. The triangular abrasive platelets are outwardly disposed at regularly-spaced points along a spiral pattern extending outwardly toward the outer circumference. Each triangular abrasive platelet has respective top and bottom surfaces connected to each other, and separated by, three sidewalls. On a respective basis, one sidewall of at least 90 percent of the triangular abrasive platelets is disposed facing and proximate to the disc backing, and at least 70 percent of the triangular abrasive platelets are disposed in a recurring sequential orientation having an oscillating Z-axis rotational orientation of the first respective sidewall relative to the tangents to the spiral pattern at regularly-spaced points. Methods of making and using the coated abrasive disc are also disclosed.
US11607771B2	Wafer processing apparatus A wafer processing apparatus includes a chuck table that holds a wafer with metal electrodes embedded therein, a processing unit that grinds or polishes the wafer held by the chuck table, a cassette mounting table for a cassette in which such wafers can be accommodated, a transfer unit that holds and transfers each wafer between the cassette and the chuck table, a checking unit configured to check whether or not at least one of the metal electrodes is exposed on the wafer, a notification unit that notifies that the at least one metal electrode is exposed, and a control unit that controls operations of the processing unit and the transfer unit. If the exposure of the at least one metal electrode on the wafer is detected by the checking unit, the control unit stops the processing of the wafer and the transfer of the wafer.
US11607755B2	Fixture assembly for welding operations A fixture assembly for supporting a plurality of blanks during a welding operation. The fixture assembly includes a frame. A plurality of electromagnets are positioned on the frame for supporting the blanks and for drawing the blanks toward the electromagnets to secure the blanks into a desired position. A plurality of intensifiers are moveably connected to the frame for selectively overlying the top face of one of the electromagnets for clamping the blank against the electromagnet to intensify a magnetic force provided by the electromagnet. A plurality of electromagnet adjusters are each coupled with the frame and with at least one of the electromagnets for moving the electromagnets relative to the frame. A plurality of adjusting pins are each connected to the frame and moveable relative to the frame for adjusting a position of the blanks.
US11607752B2	Solder alloy, solder joint material, and electronic circuit board A solder alloy is used for soldering, and its chemical composition in mass % includes: 2.0 to 4.0% of Ag; 0.6 to 1.2% of Cu; 2.0 to 5.0% of Sb; 1.1 to 3.5% of In; 0 to 0.20% of Ni; 0 to 0.20% of Co; 0 to 0.05% of Ge; and balance of Sn, and impurities.
US11607744B2	Welded advanced high strength steel This disclosure relates to weldability of steel alloys that provide weld joints which retain hardness values in a heat affected zone adjacent to a fusion zone and which also have improved resistance to liquid metal embrittlement due to the presence of zinc coatings.
US11607740B2	Wire electrical discharge machining method A method for the monitoring of a wire electrical discharge machining (WEDM) process, the method comprising the steps of: setting a unit observation length for the signal acquisition, continuously acquiring at least one process signal which is representative of an amount of material removed by at least one discharge and the position (X;Y) of said at least one discharge, and determining, based on said at least one process signal and one or more properties of a current machining, a cumulated amount of material removed per unit observation length along a machining path, including amounts of material removed by travelling in a forward cutting direction and amounts of material removed by travelling in a reverse cutting direction.
US11607738B2	Reciprocating saw A reciprocating saw includes a housing, a motor, and a drive mechanism. The drive mechanism includes a driven gear that is rotated by the motor. The driven gear is vertically-oriented within the housing. The drive mechanism also includes a drive arm coupled to the driven gear to translate rotary motion of the driven gear into reciprocating motion, and an output shaft coupled to the drive arm to reciprocate relative to the housing along a spindle axis through a cutting stroke and a return stroke. The drive mechanism further includes a counterweight coupled to the driven gear and rotating with the driven gear through a path and in a same direction. As the counterweight moves through a rearward half of the path, the counterweight generally moves in an upward direction, and as the counterweight moves through a forward half of the path, the counterweight generally moves in a downward direction.
US11607736B2	Drilling device A drilling device is provided and has a driving assembly disposed on a base for rotating a plurality of drills. As such, a plurality of drills can be actuated synchronously at a time point to effectively improve the production efficiency and reduce the drilling cost.
US11607732B2	High melting point metal or alloy powders atomization manufacturing processes There are provided high melting point metal or alloy powder atomization manufacturing processes comprising providing a melt of the high melting point metal or alloy through a feed tube; diverting the melt at a diverting angle with respect to a central axis of the feed tube to obtain a diverted melt; directing the diverted melt to an atomization area; and providing at least one atomization gas stream to the atomization area. The atomization process can be carried out in the presence of water within an atomization chamber used for the atomization process.
US11607730B2	Method for forming a multi-material part by selective laser melting A method for forming a multi-material part by selective laser melting includes the following steps. Modeling is performed by regularly distributing and arraying a combination of materials that meets forming requirements such that a part model is designed. The designed part model is subjected to a dimension compensation, a shape compensation, a chamfering setting, a margin design and a design of a process support to obtain a process model. The obtained process model is sliced into a series of layers. Type, distribution and boundary information of materials in each layer are collected to generate a control file. All materials required for part forming are loaded into an additive manufacturing equipment. After a state of the additive manufacturing equipment meets forming requirements, a part is formed under the control of the generated control file. Post-processing is performed after the part is formed.
US11607725B2	Siphon delivery method for consistent melt infiltration A method for delivering a flowable material into a mold or to infiltrate a preformed component, a fiber preform, or a green body includes: providing a crucible having a body configured as a reservoir to hold the flowable material; adding a metal, a metal alloy, or combination thereof into the body of the crucible, the metal or metal alloy having a predetermined melting point; heating the crucible with the metal or metal alloy contained therein to a temperature that is at or above the melting point of the metal or metal alloy; allowing the metal or metal alloy to melt to form the flowable material; and creating a siphon such that the molten metal or metal alloy flows from the body of the crucible to infiltrate the preformed component or to fill the mold.
US11607716B1	Systems and methods for chuck cleaning A cleaning assembly may include a chuck. The cleaning assembly may include a plurality of lift pins positioned proximate to the chuck. The plurality of lift pins may be configured to engage a cleaning substrate and translate the cleaning substrate to allow the cleaning substrate to capture one or more particles from the surface of the chuck via at least one of electrostatic attraction or mechanical trapping when the cleaning substrate is positioned in the second position. The cleaning assembly may include a replaceable top skin coupled to the chuck and configured to capture the one or more particles.
US11607714B2	Device for cleaning glass substrate and method of cleaning glass substrate The disclosure provides a device for cleaning a glass substrate and a method of cleaning the glass substrate. The device for cleaning the glass substrate includes a body; a conveying device including a carrying unit for carrying the glass substrate and moving the glass substrate into the body; a cleaning unit disposed in a fixed frame, wherein the cleaning unit includes a nozzle configured to be extended or retracted correspondingly to the glass substrate; and a water pipe unit disposed under the body, wherein the water pipe unit is configured to raise an internal humidity of the body and reduce electrostatic discharge effects caused by the glass substrate entering the body.
US11607712B2	Feedback correction for grading systems An apparatus and a method for grading sensitive products. The apparatus and a method treat the objects to be graded gently and is accurate and may be constructed so as to handle extremely large quantities. The grading device (1) has grading channels that are wider at the outlet than at the intake. A belt machine draws the objects forward between two inclined belts (6) which form the channel. The device and the method make possible to make corrections in the grading process and to fine-tune the grading unit during the grading process.
US11607710B2	Screening apparatus A screening apparatus includes a vibrating screen assembly that includes a screen and a vibrating mechanism operable on the screen to cause vibration of the screen, the screen having a feed end and a discharge end. At least one shield member is positioned on the screen and is configured to cover part of the screen between the feed end of the screen and a position intermediate the feed and discharge ends of the screen, such that particulate material for screening by the screen can be fed on to the, or each, shield member, the, or each shield member being positioned on the screen so that a vibrational pattern of the screen is imparted to the shield member. An adjustment mechanism is operatively engaged with the, or each, shield member to adjust a position of a discharge end of the, or each, shield member relative to the discharge end of the screen.
US11607698B2	Spraying device for liquid means of chemical treatment with replaceable liquid subsystem and spraying systems on the basis thereof The invention is intended for the organization of an automated process for spraying of liquid means of chemical treatment from unmanned vehicles, for example, in precise farming systems. The invention provides the use of a replaceable, marked and hermetically sealed liquid subsystem with integrated pumping chambers in a spraying device together with an integrated self-diagnosis system allowing to ensure personnel safety and the accounting of the resources of main components of the spraying device. All this in combination enables to create fully automated spraying systems.
US11607695B2	Electrification device and electrical dust collecting apparatus including the same The following disclosure relates to an electrification device and an electrical dust collecting apparatus including the same capable of adsorbing and filtering fine dust included in air in an air conditioning apparatus such as an air conditioner or an air cleaner, and more particularly, to an electrification device and an electrical dust collecting apparatus including the same capable of having uniform electrification by fixing an electrification plate and a wire at accurate positions using a fixing member coupled to a case to support both end portions of the electrification plate and the wire.
US11607690B2	Sample vessel capping applicator or applicator system An applicator or applicator system used for handling samples in an analytical laboratory setting. In particular, the invention the applicator or applicator system is capable of capping an analytical sample tube by applying a capping material to an opening of an analytical sample vessel, the applicator or applicator system including g a dispenser configured to dispense a substantially continuous length of a capping material, such that a region of the substantially continuous length of capping material is located on or about an opening of an analytical sample vessel held in a predetermined orientation.
US11607686B2	Sample collecting device A sample collecting device is provided. The sample collecting device includes a frame, a collect part and a control part. The collect part is disposed in the frame and is provided with a collecting cavity having a collecting port, and the collect part is used to make a sample flow into the collecting cavity from the collecting port. The control part is disposed in the frame, used to make a collecting rod put into a reagent bottle be pulled out and inserted into the collecting cavity to thereby collect the sample, and used to make the collecting rod with the sample be pulled out from the collecting cavity and put back into the reagent bottle. The collecting of sample without manual intervention is realized, effectiveness and consistency of the collected samples are ensured, and the labor cost is reduced.
US11607685B2	Microfluidic analysis chip having negative pressure generation part and method for using same The present specification discloses a microfluidic analysis chip capable of adjusting movement of a specimen or a reagent by a negative pressure generation unit. A microfluidic analysis chip according to the present specification may comprise: a microtube for a main channel, which provides a space in which a specimen input through a specimen inlet formed at one end thereof reacts with a regent while the specimen moves to the other end thereof; a chip housing surrounding the microtube for the main channel; and a negative pressure generation unit which is positioned in the chip housing and connected to the microtube, so as to affect an internal pressure of the microtube for the main channel.
US11607683B2	Microfluidic device and method for manufacturing a microfluidic device A method for manufacturing a microfluidic device includes providing a first substrate having a first surface and a second surface located opposite the first surface. An etching mask is produced on the first surface, the etching mask having an opening. A recess is produced by etching in the first surface in a region of the opening. An electrically conductive material is deposited on the etching mask and/or a layer covering the etching mask, and on a region of a bottom of the recess below the opening.
US11607679B2	Materials plated with precious metals and making and using same Core-shell nanoparticles having a solid core comprising a first metal and a shell comprising a second metal disposed at least a portion of the exterior surface of the core. The core-shell nanoparticles comprise a non-precious transition metal and the second metal comprises a precious metal or semi-precious metal. The core-shell nanoparticles can be used to catalyze oxygen reduction reactions. Also provided are compositions comprising the core-shell nanoparticles, methods of making same, and devices of same.
US11607674B2	Heterogeneous catalyst complex for carbon dioxide conversion Proposed is a catalyst complex having high activity for carbon dioxide conversion reaction that converts carbon dioxide to useful compounds through reaction of carbon dioxide and hydrocarbon containing at least one hydroxyl group, and a carbon dioxide conversion process using the same, wherein the catalyst complex includes, as an active metal in the catalyst complex, at least one of noble metals and at least one of transition metals other than noble metals, thereby having high activity for the carbon dioxide conversion reaction.
US11607668B2	Air-permeable sheet filter material, methods for the production and use thereof The present invention relates to a sheet filter material, in particular having an aerosol filter function and/or a particle filter function, preferably having a protective function against chemical, biological and/or chemical harmful and toxic substances, and to a method for the production thereof. The sheet filter material is particularly suitable for producing protective equipment, protective objects, sports and leisure clothing and filters and filter materials of all types.
US11607664B2	Hydroprocessing reactor to lower pressure drop and extend catalyst life A reactor for accommodating high contaminant feedstocks includes a reactor vessel having an inlet for introducing a feedstock containing contaminants into an interior of the reactor vessel. A basket is located within the reactor vessel interior and contains a particulate material for removing contaminants from the feedstock to form a purified feedstock that is discharged to a purified feedstock outlet. A catalyst is located within the reactor vessel and in fluid communication with the purified feedstock outlet of the basket for contacting the purified feedstock to form a desired product.
US11607661B2	System and apparatus for processing material to generate syngas using primary and secondary reactor chambers System for generating syngas includes a primary reactor chamber operable to receive material, a plurality of first-stage gas pipes connected to the primary reactor chamber, and a secondary reactor chamber. The primary reactor chamber comprises a plurality of electrodes at least partially protruding into the primary reactor chamber, the electrodes operable to generate an arc capable to generate first-stage gas from breakdown of the material within the primary reactor chamber when electricity is applied to the electrodes. The secondary reactor chamber is operable to receive the first-stage gas via the first-stage gas pipes and to receive water vapor. The first-stage gas combines and interacts with the water vapor to form second-stage gas. Each of the first-stage gas pipes comprise a portion protruding into the secondary reactor chamber that together are adapted to direct the flow of first-stage gas to generate turbulence within the secondary reactor chamber.
US11607646B2	Process for CO2 capture from gaseous streams A process for selective capture of CO2 from gaseous mixture comprising of: (a) spraying a bio-amine cluster; (b) capturing CO2 through bio-amine cluster; and (c) desorption of CO2 through solar assisted electro de-amination, wherein the bio-amine cluster is comprises of: an amine cluster comprising of a quaternary Isobutylamine (IB) with amine terminated Poly(L-lactide) as the chelating agent; a cluster stabilizing agent; a cluster micelle stabilizing agent; and a carbonic anhydrase (CA) functionalized matrix in 0.05-0.2 wt % of total wt % of bio-amine cluster and wherein the CA is obtained from a source selected from the group consisting of Bacillus thermoleovorans, Pseudomonas fragi, Bacillus stearothermophilus and Arthrobacter sp. and a process for production of bio-amine cluster.
US11607640B2	Separator, separator system and methods of their operation The present disclosure provides a method of operating a separator (1,1a, 1b) for separating particles from a particle-laden airflow. The method comprises receiving, in the controller (18), a separation unit status signal from the separation unit status sensor (16a, 16b, 16c, 16d), deriving, in the controller (18), separator status data based on the separation unit status signal, communicating, via the communication device (19), the separator status data to the external unit (1a, 1b, 26), receiving, via the communication device (19), incoming control data from the external unit (1a, 1b, 26), determining, in the controller (18), based on the separator status data and based on the incoming control data, whether to initiate separating unit maintenance, and selectively initiating separating unit maintenance based on said determination. The disclosure also provides a separator for implementing the method and a system comprising two or more such separators.
US11607635B2	Air filter condition sensing Devices, systems and methods for obtaining data representative of the condition of an air filter media of an air filter installed in a powered air-handling system, and for using such data to present an indication of the air filter media condition to a user. The devices, systems and methods use pressure information representative of at least a downstream pressure of the powered air-handling system.
US11607634B2	Method for concentrating solids and removing solids from a filter medium Disclosed are methods for concentrating solids and removing solids from a filter medium. The method includes the step of concentrating first particles of a first solid by removing a fluid stream through a filter medium in a filter. At least some of the first particles become blocking particles that block pores of the filter medium. The method also includes the step of inserting second particles of a second solid into the filter. These second particles scrape, vibrate, agglomerate, or a combination thereof along the filter medium, thus dislodging at least a portion of the blocking particles.
US11607630B2	Filter device A filter device has a filter housing (1) with a fluid inlet (13) for raw fluid, with a fluid outlet (3) for filtrate and with at least one one-piece or multi-piece filter insert (5, 7) received in the filter housing (1). The filter insert can be cleaned using at least one back-flushing member (21) in counter-current to the filtration direction. This back-flushing member can, by a fluid-guiding driveshaft (23) of a rotary drive (35), be moved along the inner side (19) of the respective filter insert (5, 7) and has, at its end adjacent to this inner side (19), a gap-shaped passage opening (39) that extends parallel to the axis of rotation of the driveshaft (23) and that discharges into a flow space (41; 57; 67) fluidically connected to the driveshaft (23). The flow space at least partially continuously narrows in the direction of the driveshaft (23) in a first plane in which the passage opening (39) lies. In another second plane transverse to the first plane, the flow space (41; 57; 67) at least partially continuously widens proceeding from the passage opening (39) in the direction of the driveshaft (23).
US11607615B2	Systems and methods for providing multi-part persistent content The systems and methods discussed herein enable providing multi-part persistent content that may maintain a state across multiple presentations, including via different applications. In one such implementation, a first portion of a content item, such as a first level of a video game, may be provided to a client device, and the client device may interact with the game. An identification of a state of the game or completion of the first portion may be provided to a content server, which may store an association of the device or user with the execution state. At a subsequent time, a second portion of the content item, such as a second level of the game, may be provided to the client device, based on the stored association. This can prevent the repetitive transmission of the same content, thereby reducing use of computational and bandwidth resources.
US11607611B2	Machine learned resolution enhancement for virtual gaming environment Virtual game worlds for computer games can be provided using machine learning. The use of machine learning enables the virtual game worlds to be generated at run time by standard consumer hardware devices. Machine learning agents are trained in advance to the characteristics of the particular game world. Then, these suitably trained machine learning agents can be used to generate a relevant portion of a virtual game world, such as a portion of the virtual game world that is proximate to a play's position. Advantageously, the virtual game world can be provided in high resolution and is able to cover a substantially larger region than conventional practical.
US11607609B2	Control console A control console having a front side and a rear side, with multiple manually operated control elements being arranged on the front side of the control console. The control console comprises at least one additional control element, which is configurable in respect of the functionality thereof. In order to configure the additional control element, the control console comprises a function selection module having at least one pre-programmed control element functionality and having a manually operated function selector switch for selecting a pre-programmed control element functionality as a functionality which can be carried out by the additional control element.
US11607608B2	Gaming controller for mobile device and method of operating a gaming controller According to various embodiments, a gaming controller for a mobile device includes a first hardware gaming controller configured to be manipulated by a user's left thumb and/or fingers to generate a left controller input; and a second hardware gaming controller configured to be manipulated by a user's right thumb and/or fingers to generate a right controller input. The first hardware gaming controller is mechanically securable to a side portion of a housing, and the second hardware gaming controller is mechanically securable to an opposing side portion of the housing. One of the first hardware gaming controller and the second hardware gaming controller is a primary game controller configured to combine the left controller input and the right controller input into a single controller input representation for providing to the mobile device.
US11607605B1	Touch screen game controller assembly A touch screen game controller assembly includes a game controller that is electronically coupled to a gaming console to control video game play. A direction touch screen is coupled to the game controller for controlling respective control functions of a video game. A button touch screen is coupled to the game controller for controlling respective control functions of a video game. A select touch screen is coupled to the game controller for controlling respective control functions of a video game. A start touch screen is coupled to the game controller for controlling respective control functions of a video game. A first dome and a second dome are each coupled to the game controller for controlling respective control functions of a video game. A first front touch screen and a second front touch screen are each coupled to the game controller for controlling respective control functions of a video game.
US11607593B2	Oscillating toss game This present application pertains to a toss game consisting of at least two angled boards with a geometrically shaped cut out for the tossed item to fall through. It also consists of a mechanism that will move the geometrically shaped cut out, or opening, in an oscillating geometric motion, thus increasing the skill required to play said toss game.
US11607591B2	Golf club heads Some disclosed golf club heads include body having at least one raised sole portion and a cantilevered ledge extending down around a perimeter of the club head below the level of the raised sole portion. Some disclosed golf club heads include one or more sole openings in the body and a sole insert that is mounted inside the body over the sole openings. The sole can include weight tracks as well, and a rear weight track can extend between a toe side sole opening and a heel side sole opening. A crown insert can also be included that is mounted over an upper opening in the body.
US11607582B2	Pilates reformer A reformer may include a frame extending between a first end portion and a second end portion. The reformer may also include a carriage slidably coupled to the frame, where the carriage is movable along a length of the frame. The carriage is configured to be selectively and releasably coupled to the first end portion of the frame, and selectively and releasably coupled to the second end portion of the frame.
US11607580B2	VARRI, a vertical running machine, vertical, anti-gravity, rehabilitation, recovery, impact resistant A Vertical Running Machine called a VARRI—Vertical, Anti-Gravity, Re-habilitation, Recovery, and Impact Resistant. It relates to the field of bio-mechanical technology, human physiological facts, and the relationship of gravity and the functionality of the body in motion. This is a Vertical, Anti-gravity device created for Recovery from injuries, physical therapy Rehabilitation with the functional characteristics of Impact-free conditioning and by providing a non-impact system to improve the conditioning or recovery of the user, the patient or the elderly. The device provides a method of a more rapid and safer recovery from injuries and surgery and also is capable to provide enhanced athletic performance by using a vertical, non-impact system which alleviates the damages on the muscles and skeletal structure of the body from the continuous impact of horizontal running on the ground.
US11607559B2	Evaluation of arcs for a radiation treatment plan It is provided a method for determining arc costs. The method comprises the steps of: determining a plurality of beam orientations; evaluating a set of at least one cost function comprising an intermediate exposure cost function that is evaluated by performing the substeps of: projecting the at least one target volumes on a beam plane; determining an alignment angle based on a collimator angle value; finding any intermediate area in the beam plane along the alignment angle between areas of the at least one target volume projection; determining a value of the intermediate exposure cost function. The method further comprises the steps of: finding a plurality of arcs, wherein each arc comprises a sequence of a plurality of beam orientations; and calculating, for each arc in the plurality of arcs, at least one arc cost based on the cost function values of the beam orientations of the arc.
US11607553B2	Signaling error conditions in an implantable medical device system using simple charging coil telemetry The disclosed techniques allow for externalizing errors from an implantable medical device using the device's charging coil, for receipt at an external charger or other external device. Transmission of errors in this manner is particularly useful when telemetry of error codes through a traditional telemetry coil in the implant is not possible, for example, because the error experienced is so fundamental as to preclude use of such traditional means. By externalizing the error via the charging coil, and though the use of robust error modulation circuitry in the implant designed to be generally insensitive to fundamental errors, the external charger can be consulted to understand the failure mode involved, and to take appropriate action.
US11607548B1	System and method of pain relief based on analysis of temporal nociceptive signals An apparatus, system and technique selectively eliminates the noxious signal components in a neuronal signal by creating an interfering electrical signal that is tuned to a given frequency corresponding to the oscillatory pattern of the noxious signal, resulting in a modified neuronal signal that substantially reproduces a normal, no-pain neuronal signal. The disclosed system and technique of pain relief is based on the hypothesis that the temporal profile of pain signals encodes particular components that oscillate at unique and quantifiable frequencies, which are responsible for pain processing in the brain.
US11607543B2	Delivering tumor treating fields (TTFields) using implantable transducer arrays Tumor treating fields (TTFields) can be delivered by implanting a plurality of sets of implantable electrode elements within a person's body. Temperature sensors positioned to measure the temperature at the electrode elements are also implanted, along with a circuit that collects temperature measurements from the temperature sensors. In some embodiments, an AC voltage generator configured to apply an AC voltage across the plurality of sets of electrode elements is also implanted within the person's body.
US11607532B2	Flow modification in body lumens The devices and methods described herein include an implantable body lumen fluid flow modulator including an upstream flow accelerator separated by a gap from a downstream flow decelerator. The gap is a pathway to entrain additional fluid from a branch lumen(s) into the fluid stream flowing from the upstream flow accelerator to the downstream flow decelerator.
US11607531B2	Balloon catheter with venting of residual air in a proximal direction A balloon guide catheter system including a balloon guide catheter having a catheter shaft that includes: (i) a main lumen; (ii) an inflation lumen; and (iii) an exhaust lumen. The terminating distal end of the inflation lumen and the terminating distal end of the exhaust lumen being in localized fluid communication with one another underneath the balloon while in a non-inflated state. A balloon is disposed about a distal region of an outer surface of the catheter shaft. The exhaust lumen is configured to purge the residual air in a proximal direction and out from a proximal region of the balloon guide catheter.
US11607530B2	Needle capture safety interlock for catheter A catheter assembly (10) comprises a catheter (22), a needle (12) having a sharp distal tip disposed in the catheter (22), a catheter hub (14) housing the catheter (22) and the needle (12), the catheter hub (14) having a collar (34) including a notch (36), a needle shield (20) connected to the catheter hub (14) when the needle (12) is in a first position, and a clip (40) disposed in the needle shield (20) that cooperates with the needle (12), wherein the clip (40) engages the catheter hub (14) in the first position of the needle (12), and the clip (40) disengages the catheter hub (14) via the notch (36) when the needle (12) is retracted to a second position to enclose at least a portion of the needle (12). The clip (40) is mounted in the outer housing (38) of the needle shield (20) via a spade (66) having an outer wall (70) exposed to the outside of the needle shield (20), in order to reduce the overall width of the needle shield (20).
US11607521B2	Apparatus for administering bilateral tactile stimulation to a human subject This invention generally provides two tactile stimulation modules, or “tappers”. One tapper is held by a person in each of his hands. Alternatively, a tapper is secured to each wrist or to other parts of the body on opposite sides. Each tapper is powered by a rechargeable battery, and contains both a tactile stimulation transducer, such as an electric motor having either a balanced or unbalanced mass on its output shaft, and a transceiver that communicates with a host or master. Each tapper includes at least one control button and a status indicator. Each tapper contains a micro-controller that performs tasks such as communication, motor activation, user monitoring and control, battery monitoring, low-power sleep, and algorithm execution. At least one tapper can contain at least one optional sensor, which measures a physiological function. Measurements can be used to modify performance of the tactile stimulation transducers.
US11607517B2	Conforming nasal pillow Embodiments of the present disclosure include a nasal pillow apparatus having a first nasal pillow, a second nasal pillow, and a connecting bar that connects the first nasal pillow to the second nasal pillow, the connecting bar being disposed below a bottom surface of the first nasal pillow and a bottom surface of the second nasal pillow. Each of the first nasal pillow and the second nasal pillow includes an inner wall having a first end and a second end opposite the first end; and an outer wall connected to the second end of the inner wall. When inserted into a nostril of a patient, the outer wall is configured to conform to the nostril by compressing in a first direction and expanding in a second direction.
US11607514B2	Mask A mask is disclosed that has a gas outlet which is quiet and provides for a diffused outlet flow of gases. The outlet is preferably a slot formed between a hollow body and cover over said hollow body. The mask also preferably extends and seals under a user's chin in use.
US11607506B2	Electronic dispersion device A dispersion device includes a first dispersion generating system, a second dispersion generating system and an outlet end element including a first outlet corresponding to the first dispersion generating system and a second outlet corresponding to the second dispersion generating system.
US11607494B2	Substance dispensing device with signaling device Device for dispensing a substance having: a dispensing element through which the substance can be dispensed, a displaceable protective element for the dispensing element, a drive element that is coupled with the protective element and a feedback element which can generate a signal when or after a predefined quantity or the entire quantity of the substance to be dispensed has been dispensed characterized in that the feedback device is coupled with the drive element.
US11607490B2	Volume measuring arrangement The present disclosure relates in one aspect to a measuring arrangement for measuring a volume occupied by a liquid medium inside a liquid reservoir, the measuring arrangement including a container having an interior volume containing a gas reservoir filled with a gaseous medium and containing a liquid reservoir filled with a liquid medium, wherein the gas reservoir and the liquid reservoir are hermetically separated by an impenetrable separation wall, a volume modulator to induce a volume change of the gas reservoir, a pressure sensor arranged inside the gas reservoir to measure a pressure change of the gaseous medium in response to the volume change of the gas reservoir, and a controller connectable to the pressure sensor, wherein the controller is configured to calculate the volume of the liquid reservoir on the basis of the pressure change and the volume change.
US11607485B2	Systems for eliminating and/or reducing aerosol emissions from a heater/cooler A system including tubing and a filter configured to be fluidly coupled to a vacuum source and to a heater/cooler unit by the tubing. The filter includes a filter container having negative air pressure in the filter container provided by the vacuum source to pull aerosol from the heater/cooler unit into the filter container and eliminate and/or reduce the aerosol emitted from the heater/cooler unit.
US11607483B2	Blood separation method and blood separation filter A blood separation method using a blood separation filter (10A) includes: an arrangement step of arranging a housing (18) such that a blood inflow chamber (20) is positioned below a filter member (24) and the blood outflow chamber (22) is positioned above a filter medium (38); a blood treatment step of allowing blood to flow in the filter medium (38) upward from vertically below; and a post residual treatment blood collection step of arranging the housing (18) such that an outflow port (28) is positioned vertically below the blood outflow chamber (22) so as to guide the post-separation residual blood in the housing (18) to the outflow port (28).
US11607482B2	Flow balancing devices, methods, and systems The disclosed subject matter relates to extracorporeal blood processing or other processing of fluids. Volumetric fluid balance, a required element of many such processes, may be achieved with multiple pumps or other proportioning or balancing devices which are to some extent independent of each other. This need may arise in treatments that involve multiple fluids. Safe and secure mechanisms to ensure fluid balance in such systems are described.
US11607481B2	Bidirectional vascular cannula device A bidirectional vascular cannula device includes a tube and a moving mechanism having a through hole. The tube includes a tubular wall which defines therein a passage having opposite proximal and distal opened ends. The tubular wall has a secondary opening formed therethrough. Oxygenated blood infused into the passage from the proximal opened end is delivered to one end of the blood vessel from the distal opened end, and a part of the blood is delivered to the other end of the blood vessel through the secondary opening and the through hole so as to obviate ischemic caused by cannula occlusion. The moving mechanism is operable to be moved to permit a part of the moving mechanism to project outwardly and to be attached to the inner wall of the blood vessel for positioning the cannula device.
US11607477B2	Apparatus and system for reducing vaccum pump noise An apparatus for applying a vacuum during a surgical procedure can include a vacuum pump assembly having a port, a first housing, a second housing, a first silencer or tubular magnet and a second silencer. The first housing can define a first cavity receiving the vacuum pump assembly therein. A portion of the first housing can be formed by a portion of the port. The second housing can define a second cavity receiving the first housing therein. A portion of the second housing can be formed by a second portion of the port. The first silencer or tubular magnet can be coupled to the first housing and can have a longitudinal extent along a longitudinal axis. The first silencer or tubular magnet can extend from the first housing within the second cavity. The second silencer can be coupled to the second housing and can have a longitudinal extent along a longitudinal axis. The second silencer can extend from the second housing within second cavity.
US11607468B2	Decontamination device, isolator system, and operating method A decontamination device (1) for decontaminating products in the form of consumer goods and/or consumer good packaging having consumer goods located therein prior to supplying the consumer goods into an isolator, the decontamination device comprising several decontamination chambers (3, 4, 5, 6) each having a closable inlet opening (9) and a closable outlet opening (10), and each comprising application means (7) for applying a decontamination agent, to the decontamination chambers (3, 4, 5, 6), and the decontamination device (1) comprising a distributor chamber (11) disposed upstream of the decontamination chambers (3, 4, 5, 6) and having a supply opening (24) for products to be decontaminated, the distributor chamber (11) comprising distributor means (15) for distributing the products to the different decontamination chambers (3, 4, 5, 6), and the decontamination device (1) comprising a discharge chamber (12) disposed downstream of the decontamination chambers (3, 4, 5, 6) and having a discharge opening (2) and comprising transport means (16) for transporting the decontaminated products out of the decontamination chambers (3, 4, 5, 6), the distributor chamber (11) and/or the discharge chamber (12) being assigned means (17) for reducing a decontamination agent concentration by means of which the decontamination agent is conveyed through a catalytic converter in air circulation mode and/or decontamination agent is displaced by supplying fresh air.
US11607467B2	Synthesis of nanoparticle in liquid, semi-solid media and in cells and tissues using cold plasma technology A method of forming metal nanoparticles includes applying a substance to an area of interest, applying cold plasma to the area of interest, and synthesizing nanoparticles from the substance using the cold plasma in the area of interest, wherein the substance is a solution that contains metal ions, and the nanoparticles synthesized are metallic in nature.
US11607466B2	Tumor and immune cell imaging based on PD-L1 expression The presently disclosed subject matter provides compositions, kits, and methods comprising imaging agents that can detect Programmed Death Ligand 1 (PD-L1). The presently disclosed imaging agents can be used to detect diseases and disorders, such as cancer, infection, and inflammation, in a subject.
US11607464B2	Compositions and methods for the treatment and imaging of cancer Compositions and methods for treating, detecting, and diagnosing cancer are disclosed.
US11607448B2	Whole avian-origin reverse genetic system and its use in producing H7N9 subtype avian influenza vaccine The present disclosure discloses a whole avian-origin reverse genetic manipulation system and its use in producing a recombinant H7N9 avian influenza vaccine. The whole avian-origin reverse genetic manipulation system is an eight-plasmid reverse genetic manipulation system based on H5N2 subtype avian influenza D7 virus strain, which is comprised of 8 recombinant plasmids respectively containing PB2, PB1, PA, HA, NP, NA, M and NS gene fragments derived from H5N2 subtype avian influenza D7 virus strain. The genome of the recombinant H7N9 subtype avian influenza vaccine of the present disclosure is comprised of an NA gene and a modified HA gene derived from a highly pathogenic H7N9 subtype avian influenza virus strain, as well as PB2, PB1, PA, NP, M and NS genes derived from H5N2 subtype avian influenza D7 virus strain.
US11607447B2	Combination vaccine The present invention pertains to a vaccine comprising (a) an immunologically effective amount of a Streptococcus suis IgM protease antigen, (b) an immunologically effective amount of an Escherichia coli fibmrial antigen, and (c) an immunologically effective amount of a Clostridium toxoid, and also pertains to use of the vaccine in a method for protecting pigs against a pathogenic infection with Streptococcus suis, Escherichia coli and Clostridium.
US11607444B2	Compositions and methods for treating cancer Use of a CXCR4 antagonistic peptide and an immune-check point regulator in the treatment of cancer is provided. Accordingly there is provided a method of treating cancer in a subject in need thereof, the method comprising administering to the subject a therapeutically effective amount of a peptide having an amino acid sequence as set forth in SEQ ID NO: 1 or an analog or derivative thereof; and a therapeutically effective amount of a PD1 antagonist, a PDL-1 antagonist, a CTLA-4 antagonist, a LAG-3 antagonist, a TIM-3 antagonist, a KIR antagonist, an IDO antagonist, an OX40 agonist, a CD137 agonist, a CD27 agonist, a CD40 agonist, a GITR agonist, a CD28 agonist or an ICOS agonist, thereby treating the cancer in the subject. Also provided are pharmaceutical compositions and articles of manufacture.
US11607441B2	Pharmaceutical composition for preventing or treating diabetes, containing zinc salt, cyclo-hispro and antidiabetic drug as active ingredients The present invention relates to a pharmaceutical composition for preventing or treating diabetes, comprising, as active ingredients: (a) a zinc salt, comprising a zinc cation and anion, and cyclo-hispro, or a pharmaceutically acceptable salt thereof; and (b) an antidiabetic drug (particularly, an insulin sensitizer, an insulin sensitizer, a sodium-glucose co-transporter (a sodium-glucose co-transporter 2 (SGLT2) inhibitor), or a DPP-4 inhibitor).
US11607434B2	Bacillus compositions and methods of use with ruminants Bacillus strains, compositions and methods are disclosed for reducing growth of microorganisms in a feed. Bacillus strains, compositions and methods are disclosed for providing beneficial effects to animals, including but not limited to increasing performance of the animal.
US11607430B2	Tissue grafts composed of micronized placental tissue and methods of making and using the same Described herein are dehydrated, laminated tissue grafts composed of two or more membrane layers of an amnion membrane, a chorion membrane, a Wharton's jelly, or an intermediate tissue layer, where a layer of micronized placental tissue is interposed between two of the layers. Also described herein are methods for making and using the laminated tissue grafts.
US11607426B2	Method of targeting oncolytic viruses to tumors The present invention pertains to a strategy of selectively targeting oncolytic virotherapy, using either naturally occurring or genetically modified viruses by packaging them in mesenchymal stem cells (MSCs). The present invention concerns MSCs, compositions comprising the MSCs, and methods of using the MSCs for treatment of cancer and for lysing or inducing apoptosis of cancer cells in vitro or in vivo.
US11607421B2	Ethanolamine-based lipid biosynthetic compounds, method of making and use thereof A method for treating cancer is disclosed. The method comprises administering to a subject in need thereof, an effective amount of a pharmaceutical composition comprising monoethanolamine, its prodrug or hybrid molecule or a pharmaceutically acceptable salt thereof, and a pharmaceutically effective carrier. Also disclosed is a composition comprising monoethanolamine or a pharmaceutically acceptable salt thereof and a pharmaceutically effective carrier, wherein the pharmaceutical composition is formulated for oral, intravenous, intraperitoneal, subcutaneous, dermal, or intranasal administration.
US11607419B2	Inhibitors of RAC1 and uses thereof for inducing bronchodilatation The present invention concerns a compound having the following formula (I): wherein: —A is in particular —N(R′a)—C(═O)—R, R′a being H or a (C1-C6)alkyl group, and R being preferably a group having the following formula (II): —X is in particular chosen from the group consisting of: —SO2—N(R′b)—, R′b being H or a (C1-C6)alkyl group, —N(R″b)—SO2—, R″b being H or a (C1-C6)alkyl group, —CO—NH—, and —NH—CO—, for use for the treatment of pathologies characterized by bronchoconstriction, such as asthma.
US11607418B2	Methods of treating SARS-CoV-2 infections The disclosure is directed to methods of using TUDCA, or a pharmaceutically acceptable salt thereof, or a derivative thereof, for the treatment of SARS-CoV-2 infections.
US11607416B2	Bicyclic heterocycles as FGFR inhibitors The present invention relates to bicyclic heterocycles, and pharmaceutical compositions of the same, that are inhibitors of the FGFR enzyme and are useful in the treatment of FGFR-associated diseases such as cancer.
US11607404B2	Combinations of RAD51 and PARP inhibitors This application is directed to inhibitors of RAD51 represented by the following structural formula: in combination with a PARP inhibitor, and methods for their use, such as to treat cancer, autoimmune diseases, immune deficiencies, or neurodegenerative diseases.
US11607398B2	Chlorogenic acid composition and method of weight management A composition formulated from sunflower, including Helianthus annulus and methods for use of the composition for treating obesity in a subject.
US11607396B2	Bicyclic amide compounds and methods of use thereof The invention provides novel compounds having the general formula I: wherein R1, R2, the A ring and the B ring are as described herein, pharmaceutical compositions including the compounds and methods of using the compounds.
US11607393B2	Drug delivery method for targeting cancer stem cells Systems and methods for targeting specific cancer cell subpopulations present in tumor tissue are described. A system can include a first component for specifically targeting cancer stem cells and a second component for specifically targeting differentiated cancer cells. A system can include a drug conjugated to small (e.g., 5-20 nm) nanoparticles, e.g., polyhedral oligomeric silsesquioxane nanoparticles. The small nanoparticles can be preferentially taken up by cancer stem cells via macropinocytosis and can release a toxic payload within the cancer stem cells without triggering the efflux pump. A system can include a second component that targets differentiated cancer cells, e.g., a free drug or a drug encapsulated in nanoparticles.
US11607392B2	Encapsulation system for prolonged release of active agents The present technology generally relates to an encapsulation system for delivery of an active agent, the encapsulation system comprising a matrix of microcapsules, wherein a first portion of microcapsules in the matrix of microcapsules has an average diameter of from about 0.1 microns to about 10 microns; a second portion of the microcapsules has an average diameter of from about 10 microns to about 100 microns; and a third portion of the microcapsules has an average diameter of from about 100 microns to about 500 microns; and wherein the active agent is encapsulated in the microcapsules.
US11607386B2	Liposomes encapsulating adenosine Provided are liposomes that encapsulate adenosine. The liposomes may be formed from sphingomyelin or a combination of sphingomyelin and 1,2-dimyristoyl-sn-glycero-3-phosphocholine (DMPC) or a combination of sphingomyelin and 1,2-dimyristoyl-sn-glycero-3-phosphorylglycerol (DMPG) or a combination of sphingomyelin, DMPG, and DMPC. The liposomes encapsulating adenosine may be used to induce cartilage regeneration, treat osteoarthritis, alleviate joint pain, and/or slow, arrest, and/or reverse progressive structural tissue damage associated with osteoarthritis or treat osteoarthritis, rheumatoid arthritis, acute gouty arthritis, and/or synovitis. The liposomes may release adenosine for up to two weeks.
US11607385B2	Liposomes comprising sphingomyelin Liposomes which comprise sphingomyelin in the lipid bilayer. The liposomes are configured to cross the blood-brain barrier for the treatment of neuro-degenerative diseases and spinal cord injuries. The liposomes are essentially free of ganglioside. A method of producing liposomes is also disclosed along with use of liposome as a medicament.
US11607381B2	Remineralization of teeth using Brazilian green propolis Method for remineralizing teeth or increasing hardness of tooth enamel by application of Brazilian green propolis oil or its components.
US11607363B2	Diverter for use in therapeutic massage system A diverter is provided for use in directing airflow from an input port to selected output ports. The diverter allows for operation without valves, and is able to provide an air signal to selected output ports in a predetermined manner. The diverter having a rotatable member, or swivel valve, directing air signals to the desired output port depending on the rotational position thereof. The diverter is driven by a controlled actuator or motor, to thus control the manner in which air signals are provided to a plurality of output ports in a controlled manner.
US11607359B2	Actuation assembly for an oral irrigator An oral irrigator including a reservoir, a handle, a housing, a bezel positioned at least partially within and secured to the housing, and an actuator operably coupled to the housing and movable relative thereto is disclosed. The actuator includes a control shaft extending from the interior surface of the face and positioned inwards from an outer perimeter of front wall. The control shaft extends through an aperture in the housing and movement of a gripping body causes the control shaft to directly actuate a switch or a pressure assembly positioned within the housing. The actuator also includes an augmentation fluid positioned between the bezel and a portion of the actuator. The augmentation fluid modifies a frictional relationship between the bezel and the actuator to provide a predefined resistance force between the actuator and the bezel as the actuator is rotated relative to the bezel.
US11607354B2	Electrical power assistance device for transport wheelchair An electrical power assistance device designed to be removably coupled to existing transport wheelchairs to provide electric power to aid in transportation of a person sitting in the wheelchair, while being detachable to allow the transport chair to fold up for easy storage in a car or other vehicle. The electrical power assistance device includes a motor powered by a rechargeable battery, where the motor drives an internal shaft which rotates a pair of friction wheels. A clutch, provided on a separate axle coupled to the friction wheels by eccentric disks, allows the friction wheels to engage or disengage with the rear wheels of the transport wheelchair.
US11607352B2	Method for producing absorbent article having stretchable region with high peeling strength A method for producing an underpants-type disposable diaper including a stretchable region stretchable at least in one direction in an outer body. The stretchable region is formed by stacking an elastic film between a first sheet layer composed of a nonwoven fabric and a second sheet layer composed of a nonwoven fabric. When the elastic film is stretched in the stretching and contracting direction, the first sheet layer and the second sheet layer are joined via through holes formed in the elastic film at a large number of sheet bond portions arranged at intervals in each of a stretching and contracting direction and a direction orthogonal thereto, and in the sheet bond portions, the first sheet layer and the second sheet layer (20B) are joined at least by a melted and solidified material of the elastic film among the first sheet layer and the second sheet layer.
US11607351B2	Methods of making laminates for absorbent articles A method of making a laminate for an absorbent article is provided. The laminate comprises elastic elements disposed at least partially intermediate two substrates. The first substrate has a primary fiber bond pattern formed therein and comprising a plurality of primary fiber bonds. The method comprises forming densified regions in the first substrate. A perimeter of each of the densified regions is larger than a perimeter of each of the primary fiber bonds. The densified regions together form a pattern of densified regions in the first substrate. The method comprises adhesively attaching the elastic elements to the first substrate, joining the second substrate to the first substrate or to some of the elastic elements, and forming a plurality of rugosities in the first substrate by allowing the elastic elements to at least partially contract. The frequency and amplitude ranges of the rugosities result from the pattern of the densified regions.
US11607349B2	Absorbent cores and methods for forming absorbent cores Pulpless absorbent cores and methods of manufacture are disclosed. A method of forming an absorbent core may comprise moving a forming surface in a machine direction, creating a pressure differential across the forming surface, advancing a base carrier sheet on the forming surface in the machine direction, applying a first adhesive onto the base carrier sheet, and applying a first quantity of particulate material onto the first adhesive at a first cross-machine direction width. The method may further comprise depositing a matrix of material onto the first quantity of particulate material at a second cross-machine direction width, the matrix of material comprising a second quantity of particulate material and a second adhesive, wherein the second cross-machine direction width is smaller than the first cross-machine direction width, and wherein the second quantity of particulate material and the adhesive are pre-mixed prior to deposition onto the first quantity of particulate material.
US11607340B2	Vacuum device and method of monitoring an ophthalmological patient interface A vacuum device comprises a vacuum generator and a vacuum interface for fluidically coupling the vacuum generator to a vacuum cavity for affixing an ophthalmological patient interface on a patient's eye. The vacuum device comprises a movement detector which is configured to detect movements of the patient's eye and a control unit that is configured to detect a faulty fluidic coupling of the vacuum cavity on the basis of a pressure that is ascertained by a coupled pressure sensor and to produce a control signal for interrupting an ophthalmological treatment that is carried out by an ophthalmological treatment device if an eye movement is detected by the movement detector at the same time as the detected faulty fluidic coupling of the vacuum cavity.
US11607331B2	Universal dynamic athletic ankle brace and add-on interior stirrup support system A rear-entry ankle brace includes an elastomeric component defining an inside elbow channel configured to span an ankle joint. A channel opening extends the length of the elastomeric component for direct insertion on top of a leg. One or more leg straps are used to adjustably tension first and second rear edges of the channel opening toward one another and secure the brace to the lower leg. Two foot straps are used to adjustably tension first and second bottom edges of the channel opening toward one another and secure the brace to the mid-foot. The foot straps overlap on the bottom to define a plantar surface of the brace and cross over each other on the topside of the elastomeric component and are secured to a leg strap. A pair of stabilizing stirrups optionally are included on the inside surfaces of the elastomeric component and receive the malleoli.
US11607330B1	Orthopedic and orthotic brace and hinge assembly with custom-selectable range-controlling hinge stops A brace incorporates an elongated strut having rigid hinge bars interconnected by an adjustable dual-axis ROM hinge. An exchangeable hinge stop is removably positioned within the ROM hinge, and designed to engage the hinge bars at a predetermined flexion/extension limit, thereby restricting pivoting movement of the strut and custom limiting a range of extension or flexion of the body part. A stop retention post cooperates with a flex member to hold the hinge stop in position relative to the first and second hinge bars. Lifting the flex member outwardly away from the hinge plate allows the hinge stop to be removed from the ROM hinge and exchanged.
US11607326B2	Reactive layer control system for prosthetic devices A variable gain impedance controller for use in a control system for controlling a motorized prosthetic or orthotic apparatus provided with a joint. The controller comprises a sensor input for receiving a signal indicative of an interaction between the apparatus and the ground, a torque sensor input for receiving a signal indicative of the torque at the joint, and a variable gain scheduler in communication with the sensor input to receive data therefrom thereby providing a variable torque gain. The variable gain impedance controller adjusts its control on the apparatus based on the variable torque gain and the indicated torque to increase the joint resistance to motion when the signal received from the sensor input indicates an interaction between the apparatus and the ground, and decrease the joint resistance to motion when the signal received from the sensor input indicates an absence of interaction between the apparatus and the ground.
US11607325B2	Shape optimization for prosthetic feet A passive prosthetic foot enables a below-knee amputee to walk with near able-body walking motions. The prosthetic foot includes a resilient heel that enables the heel to strike a walking surface more softly than in the prior art and more accurately transition the leg from swing phase to stance phase. The prosthetic foot is modeled generally as a wide Bézier curve, and the foot is characterized according to a set of at least 12 variables, including h, C1d, C2x, C2y, C2d, C3x, C3y, C3d, C4x, C4d, C5d and C6d, where C3y is heel size, C4x is heel geometry and C6d is curve intersection location. The variables are optimized to minimize a difference between a normal lower leg trajectory during gait and a modeled trajectory that includes the prosthetic foot.
US11607324B2	Prosthetic leg comprising three-dimensionally printed elements A prosthetic appendage for attachment to an outer extremity of an amputated limb that is composed of modular elements fabricated by three-dimensional printing. In one embodiment the prosthetic appendage is a leg. The prosthetic leg includes a foot portion and a plurality of modular and three-dimensionally printed limb elements. One of the plurality of limb elements is pivotally coupled to the foot portion and another of the limb elements is configured at one end to receive the outer extremity of the amputated leg. In another embodiment of the present invention the prosthetic appendage is a hand. The prosthetic hand includes a wrist element with one end configured to receive the outer extremity of an amputated hand, a base portion attached to the wrist element and a plurality of modular and three-dimensionally printed finger elements selectively coupled to adjacent finger elements or the base to form prosthetic fingers.
US11607317B2	Modeling devices used in guided bone and tissue regeneration This disclosure describes manufacturing of a device configured to guide bone and tissue regeneration for a bone defect. A method may include receiving a three-dimensional digital model or scan representing an anatomical feature to be repaired, generating a simulated membrane using the three-dimensional model, the simulated membrane being configured to cover the anatomical feature to be repaired, generating a digital two-dimensional flattened version of the simulated membrane, and generating code or instructions configured to cause a three-dimensional printer or milling device to produce a trimming guide that includes an opening corresponding to the flattened version of the simulated membrane and that further includes a cut-out configured to hold a premanufactured membrane. The trimming guide may be operative as a guide for marking or cutting the premanufactured membrane through the opening while the premanufactured membrane is held in the cut-out.
US11607313B2	Implant device for promoting bone growth In order to promote bone growth without damage of a growth plate to improve the stability of a procedure, provided is an implant device for promoting bone growth, the device including: a first implant bar implanted to penetrate a metaphysis corresponding to the inside of a growth plate of a long bone to be treated; a second implant bar implanted to penetrate an epiphysis of the outside of the growth plate; and a stimulation elongation means disposed close to the external surface of the long bone to be treated and installed under skin tissues surrounding the long bone to be treated, and being elongated between end portions of the implant bars to increase a gap between the implant bars to cause the growth plate to be extended.
US11607308B2	Multi-curvature edge for ophthalmic lenses An exemplary ophthalmic lens includes an optic comprising an anterior optic surface and a posterior optic, and a multi-curvature optical edge surrounding the optic and connecting the anterior optic surface to the posterior optic surface, the multi-curvature optical edge comprising a plurality of tangentially-connected curved surfaces configured to mitigate positive dysphotopsia by directing or diffusing from light incident on the multi-curvature optical edge away from a fovea of a patient.
US11607306B2	Implant with a visual indicator of a barrier layer An implantable soft tissue prosthesis device comprising a silicone elastomer-shell filled with silicone gel or liquid, which among the layers that constitute its shell includes a barrier layer formed of a low permeability silicone, which impedes the bleeding or diffusion of the silicone gel from the inside of the implant to its surroundings through the shell. This barrier layer is given a coloration different to the other layers of the shell, making it visible in the finished product. The coloration of the barrier layer gives the fabricator of the implant as well as to medical personnel, the possibility to identify the presence of the barrier layer and its homogeneity, improving the safety of the device.
US11607305B2	Tendon repair implant and method of implantation A tendon repair implant for treatment of a complete or partial thickness tear in the supraspinatus tendon of the shoulder is provided. The implant may incorporate features of rapid deployment and fixation by arthroscopic means that compliment current procedures; tensile properties that result in desired sharing of anatomical load between the implant and native tendon during rehabilitation; selected porosity and longitudinal pathways for tissue in-growth; sufficient cyclic straining of the implant in the longitudinal direction to promote remodeling of new tissue to tendon-like tissue; and, may include a bioresorbable construction to provide transfer of additional load to new tendon-like tissue and native tendon over time.
US11607296B1	Systems and methods for reconstructing a gingival profile in an arch form 3D digital model A method of reconstructing a gingival profile comprising generating, by a processor, a defined cross section of an arch form model extending through a tooth axis of a given tooth and a defined gingiva region; identifying within a tooth cross section profile of the defined cross section a set of reference points for generating a parametric curve defining at least a portion of the tooth cross section profile; generating the parametric curve based on the set of reference points; generating a first undefined cross section of the arch form model extending through the tooth axis of the given tooth and an defined gingiva region; constructing in the first undefined cross section, at least a portion of the parametric curve, thereby generating a first reconstructed gingival profile, and updating the arch form model with the first reconstructed gingival profile; and storing the arch form model including the reconstructed gingival profile.
US11607286B2	Sterile cover for a mixed reality (MR) device Disclosed is a sterile cover (100) for a Mixed Reality (MR) device (101). The sterile cover (100) may comprise a first case (102) arranged for covering a front side of the MR device (101). The first case (102) may comprise a hard case with an embedded clear layer (114) for covering a glass area of the front side of the MR device (101). The sterile cover (100) may further comprise a second case (104). The second case (104) may be arranged for covering a headband side of the MR device (101). The second case (104) may comprise a stretchable case for allowing a flexible adjustment of the headband side of the MR device (101) within the second case (104).
US11607282B2	Control input accuracy for teleoperated surgical instrument A surgical system comprises a patient side cart, a motor, and a telesurgically operated instrument. The telesurgically operated instrument is coupled to the patient side cart and comprises a transmission and a surgical end effector having a plurality of end effector components. The transmission is driven by the motor and comprises a first effector drivetrain comprising a first gear, a first input gear, and a first locker arm, and a camshaft defining a longitudinal axis, the camshaft comprising a first power cam and a first locker cam. The motor is configured to drive the camshaft to a plurality of rotational states, the camshaft being configured to rotate about the longitudinal axis of the camshaft. In a first rotational state of the plurality of rotational states, the first power cam is configured to engage the first input gear with the first gear, and the first locker cam is configured to disengage the first locker arm from the first gear.
US11607281B2	Detecting uncontrolled movement A system includes a manually movable input control configured to generate signals when a movement of one or more mechanical degrees of freedom of the input control is detected and a control module. The control module is configured to determine whether a movement of the input control is anticipated to cause an instrument to move outside of a safe range of movement of the instrument and command the system to switch from an operating mode to a safe mode in response to determining that the movement of the input control is anticipated to cause the instrument to move outside of the safe range of movement of the instrument. The instrument is separate from the input control. In the operating mode the instrument moves in response to movement of the input control. In the safe mode the instrument does not move in response to movement of the input control.
US11607280B2	Apparatus and method for using a remote control system in surgical procedures A system and method for using a remote control to control an electrosurgical instrument, where the remote control includes at least one momentum sensor. As the surgeon rotates their hand mimicking movements of a handheld electrosurgical instrument, the movements are translated and sent to the remote controlled (RC) electrosurgical instrument. The surgeon uses an augmented reality (AR) vision system to assist the surgeon in viewing the surgical site. Additionally, the surgeon can teach other doctors how to perform the surgery by sending haptic feedback to slave controllers. Also, the surgeon can transfer control back and forth between the master and slave controller to allow a learning surgeon to perform the surgery, but still allow the surgeon to gain control of the surgery whenever needed. Also, the surgeon could be located at a remote location and perform the surgery with the assistance of the AR vision system.
US11607275B2	Selection of hypertensive patients for treatment with renal denervation Methods, systems, devices, assemblies and apparatuses for treatment of hypertension in a patient using renal denervation. The therapeutic assembly includes an energy delivery element. The energy delivery element is configured to provide renal denervation energy to a nerve within a blood vessel of a patient. The therapeutic assembly includes a controller. The controller is coupled to the energy delivery element. The controller is configured to determine that the hypertension in the patient is orthostatic. The controller is configured to apply renal denervation energy to the patient using the energy delivery element.
US11607269B2	Stone sense with fiber erosion protection and camera saturation prevention, and/or absence-detection safety interlock A system and method for detecting relative location of a surgical laser fiber tip relative to a surgical laser target during a surgical laser procedure utilizes a spectrophotometer to detect radiation indicative of the relative location. For example, the detected radiation may indicate contact between the fiber tip and a stone being subjected to laser lithotripsy, so as to prompt the surgeon to withdraw the fiber tip from the stone and/or take other action to limit contact-induced erosion of the fiber tip, and to avoid saturation of the endoscope camera resulting from the flash that occurs following contact. In addition, the absence of any detected radiation by the spectrophotometer may be used to indicate that the stone is no longer present, or that the fiber tip is no longer aimed at the stone, prompting the operator to reposition the fiber and/or temporarily cease firing of the laser. The main surgical laser may be a pulsed Holmium laser, which is delivered to the target through the optical fiber together with a pulsed 532 nm aiming beam.
US11607265B2	Cutting electrode enhancement for laparoscopic electrosurgical device An electrosurgical electrode for coagulating and cutting tissue includes a main body fabricated from a conductive material, and a conductive blade extending inwardly from an inner surface of the main body. The blade has an edge configured to concentrate RF for cutting tissue.
US11607263B2	Liner for cryogenic treatment systems Liners for cryogenic treatment systems are described where a cryogenic fluid or gas may be introduced into a liner expanded within a body lumen such as the uterine cavity. The liner may be intentionally sized to be substantially larger than the typical size of the uterine cavity, e.g., 1.2 times (or more), greater than the size of the uterine cavity into which the liner is inserted. Because the liner is sized intentionally larger than the body lumen to be treated, the liner may never fully expand when deployed. But even with folds or portions of the liner being folded upon itself, the liner may remain sufficiently supple such that the resulting uncontrolled folds allow for complete conformance of the liner against the anatomy of the contacted tissue.
US11607257B2	High-strength absorbable internal fixation bone screw for fracture A high-strength absorbable internal fixation bone screw for a fracture. The bone screw is made of a degradable oriented polylactic acid section. A raw material for the oriented polylactic acid section is a poly(L-lactic acid). The specific optical rotation of the poly(L-lactic acid) is −155° to −160°. The section is made of the poly(L-lactic acid) through the processes of making a billet, orientation strengthening and quenching in order. The method for making the billet is plastic injection molding. The method for orientation strengthening is forging and pressing or extrusion. The section is turned, finely milled, or directly molded into the bone screw. The bone screw has high strength and a low rate of mechanical strength loss, ensures mechanical support during bone healing and sufficient healing time for an injured bone, has good biocompatibility, and can be degraded and absorbed.
US11607256B1	Bone screw and method of using same A bone screw and method of using the same for immobilizing a joint, the bone screw including a screw head, an elongate shaft having a threaded outer wall and a helically-shaped slot extending through the outer wall and longitudinally along the shaft. The slot extends longitudinally along a middle section of the threaded outer wall, terminating short of the proximal and distal ends of the shaft, or the slot extends through the distal end and/or to the proximal end of the shaft immediately adjacent to the screw head. The slot includes a cutting edge that is arranged to engage bone when the screw advances therethrough for cutting away a portion of the bone. A reservoir is located within the elongate shaft for collecting bone that is cut away or removed by the cutting edge.
US11607252B2	Modular uniplanar pedicle screw assembly for use with a polyaxial bone fastener A modular uniplanar pedicle screw assembly for use with a polyaxial bone fastener. The modular assembly comprises a uniplanar tulip assembly adapted to be coupled to a head of the polyaxial bone fastener, wherein the uniplanar tulip assembly includes a longitudinal slot. The modular assembly further includes an adapter having a lower portion and an upper portion. The lower portion is sized and shaped to be received in a recess of the bone fastener head. The upper portion extends from the lower portion and is adapted to slide along the longitudinal slot of the uniplanar tulip assembly to allow movement of the uniplanar tulip assembly in a first plane along a direction that is parallel to a longitudinal axis of the longitudinal slot, the longitudinal slot preventing movement of the uniplanar tulip assembly in a second plane lateral to the first plane relative to the bone fastener.
US11607227B2	Surgical clip and clip applier A clip applier assembly may include a surgical clip and a clip applier. The surgical clip may include first and second leg members configured to ligate tissue. The first leg member may include a first proximal portion, a first distal portion, a first inner surface, and a first outer surface. The first outer surface may have a convex curvature. The second leg member may include a second proximal portion, a second distal portion, a second inner surface, and a second outer surface. The second leg member may further include an inner portion and an outer portion separated by a channel. The second outer surface may be formed on the outer portion and have a convex curvature. The clip applier may have a first jaw member configured to engage the first outer surface and a second jaw member configured to engage the second outer surface.
US11607225B2	System and method for treating heart tissue Some embodiments of a system or method for treating heart tissue can include a control system and catheter device operated in a manner to intermittently occlude a heart vessel for controlled periods of time that provide redistribution of blood flow. In particular embodiments, the system can be configured to provide an estimation of the cumulative effects of the treatment. For example, some embodiments of the system or method can treat myocardium that is at risk of infarction by intermittently altering blood flow in a venous system to induce microcirculation within the myocardium, and can output a cumulative dosage value indicative of a measurement of progress of reducing an infarct size.
US11607220B2	Surgical stapler with expandable jaw Jaw assemblies for a surgical stapler are provided. The jaw assemblies comprise a first jaw having a first clamping surface and a plurality of staples disposed therein and second jaw assembly having a second clamping surface. The jaw assemblies can be actuated from a closed configuration in which the first clamping surface contacts or is adjacent to the second clamping surface to an open configuration in which the second jaw is pivoted away from the first jaw to a stapling position in which the second clamping surface is parallel to the first clamping surface and spaced apart from the first clamping surface. A pivoting link or sliding pivot joint can couple the second jaw to the first jaw to facilitate motion between the closed position, the open position, and the stapling position.
US11607217B2	Surgical stapler shaft formed of segments of different materials A surgical instrument includes an end effector and a shaft. The end effector includes a first jaw movable relative to the second jaw. The shaft extends proximally from the end effector. The shaft includes a proximal coupler, a tube, and a distal coupler. The proximal coupler includes a distal coupling feature adjacent a distal end. The tube includes proximal and distal coupling features that are adjacent the respective proximal and distal ends of the tube. The proximal coupling feature is configured to engage the distal coupling feature of the proximal coupler to securably lock the tube and the proximal coupler together. The distal coupler includes a proximal coupling feature adjacent the proximal end of the distal coupler. The proximal coupling feature of the distal coupler is configured to engage the distal coupling feature of the tube to securably lock the distal coupler and the tube together.
US11607213B2	Heart valve repair method The present disclosure provides a heart valve repair method, comprising: advancing a distal end of a suture implanting apparatus from an outside of a body through a transapical approach into a left ventricle or a right ventricle of a heart; holding each leaflet of a heart valve with the distal end of the suture implanting apparatus; implanting at least one suture into the leaflet; withdrawing the suture implanting apparatus from the body; advancing a distal end of a suture locking apparatus from the outside of a body through a transapical approach into the corresponding left ventricle or the corresponding right ventricle; using the suture locking apparatus to lock the plurality of sutures; and withdrawing the suture locking apparatus from the body. The heart valve repair method has a simple surgical procedure, a low degree of patient trauma, and a high success rate of surgery.
US11607212B2	Retention suture assembly This invention relates to devices that join a pair of edges. Previously, suture assemblies used holes perpendicular to a vertical plane. Embodiments of the present invention use a first pad tunnel (130) between a first pad lower plane opening (126) and a first pad upper plane opening (122). A first pad tunnel major axis (132) passes through a first pad upper plane opening center (124) and a first pad lower plane opening center (128). For reference a first pad orthogonal axis (134) passes through the first pad upper plane opening center (124) orthogonal to the first pad upper plane (118) and the first pad lower plane (120). A first pad angle (θ1) is measured clockwise from the first pad orthogonal axis (134) to the first pad tunnel major axis (132). The first pad angle is at least five degrees but no more than 175 degrees.
US11607210B2	Auto-locking wound retractor A wound retractor includes a sleeve with proximal and distal ends, an inner ring inside the sleeve between the proximal and distal ends, and an outer ring outside the sleeve between the proximal and distal ends. The inner ring includes a tapered outer surface that increases in diameter from a proximal end of the inner ring toward a distal end of the inner ring. The outer ring includes a tapered inner surface that increases in diameter from a proximal end of the outer ring toward a distal end of the outer ring. A portion of the sleeve is captured between the tapered outer surface and the tapered inner surface.
US11607204B2	Packaging and devices to access screw-top containers in automated systems The present invention relates to a system for access and retrieval of screw-top containers. In one embodiment, the system includes a tray with a plurality of apertures, the tray adapted to receive containers having a cap and a body such that each cap of each container pressed into the tray rests above a respective aperture in the tray and each body is suspended below the tray. The system also includes a rotary tool having a cavity extending from an opening at one end, the cavity defined by an interior surface that includes engagement features. The engagement features on the interior surface of the rotary tool are adapted to engage onto at least a portion of the body of the container surface defined by complementary engagement features when the rotary tool is inserted over the body of the container from below the tray.
US11607203B2	Fluid sampling device An absorbent member, and a recorder that identifies a time and a date of fluid absorbed by the absorbent member.
US11607196B2	Initialization of fitting parameters for perfusion assessment based on bolus administration An embodiment includes analyzing a body part perfused with a contrast agent, which has been pre-administered as a bolus to circulate through the body-part with at least a first passage during an analysis interval. The analyzing includes providing at least one input signal indicative of a response to an interrogation signal of a corresponding location of the body part during the analysis interval, and fitting each input signal over the analysis interval by an instance of a combined bolus function of time, based on a combination of a first simple bolus function of time modeling the first passage of the contrast agent and at least one second simple bolus function of time each one modeling a corresponding second passage of the contrast agent.
US11607194B2	Ultrasound imaging system with depth-dependent transmit focus An ultrasound system includes a transducer array having three or more rows of transducer elements extending in the azimuth dimension and located adjacent to each other in the elevation dimension. The rows have different mechanical foci in the elevation dimension, with an inner row elevationally focused in the near field and outer rows elevationally focused in the far field. When the user is imaging a subject in the near field, the system beamformer transmits with the inner row with a near field elevation focus. When imaging in the far field a plurality of rows elevationally focused in the far field are used for transmission. When the user is imaging in the mid-range, the beamformer uses both the inner row and the plurality of outer rows to provide an extended mid-range elevation focus.
US11607190B2	Systems and methods for dynamic scanning with multi-head camera A nuclear medicine (NM) multi-head imaging system is provided that includes a gantry, plural detector units mounted to the gantry, and at least one processor operably coupled to at least one of the detector units. The detector units are mounted to the gantry. Each detector unit defines a detector unit position and corresponding view oriented toward a center of the bore. Each detector unit is configured to acquire imaging information over a sweep range corresponding to the corresponding view. The at least one processor is configured to, for each detector unit, determine plural angular positions along the sweep range corresponding to boundaries of the object to be imaged, generate a representation of each angular position for each detector unit position, generate a model based on the angular positions using the representation, and determine scan parameters to be used to image the object using the model.
US11607161B2	Bi-directional neuron-electronic device interface structures An interface structure for a biological environment including at least one composite electrical impulse generating layer comprising a matrix phase of a piezo polymer material, a first dispersed phase of piezo nanocrystals, and second dispersed phase of carbon nanotubes, the first and second dispersed phase presented through the matrix phase. The piezo polymer material and piezo nanocrystal convert mechanical motion into electrical impulses and accept electrons to charge the composite impulse generating layer. The carbon nanotubes provide pathways for distribution of the electrical impulses to a surface of the composite impulse generating layer contacting the biological environment. The carbon nanotubes further provide for the delivery of the byproducts of the free radical degradation from the biological environment to both piezo-nanocrystals and piezo-polymer.
US11607150B2	Medical device placement system and a method for its use A system and method for locating a medical device within a body uses wireless technology to transmit the information obtained from the sensors to a mobile device or other computing system. A software application on the mobile device or computing system can be used to display the information, wherein the user can control the display without needing to contact any items that are not sterile.
US11607144B2	Sensor based context management According to an example aspect of the present invention, there is provided an apparatus comprising a memory configured to store first-type sensor data, at least one processing core configured to compile a message based at least partly on the first-type sensor data, to cause the message to be transmitted from the apparatus, to cause receiving in the apparatus of a machine readable instruction, and to derive an estimated activity type, using the machine readable instruction, based at least partly on sensor data
US11607143B2	Sensing physiological parameters through an article Various examples are described for detecting heart rate and respiratory rate by using measurements of light applied to skin through an article. For example, a sensor application obtains a set of measurements of light. The application compensates for a contribution of the article based on one or more known optical properties of the article. The sensor application further determines, from the set of measurements of light, a periodic change in amplitude. The sensor application identifies the periodic change in amplitude as a heart rate having an identical periodicity. The sensor application identifies a respiratory rate as equal to the rate of change of the heart rate.
US11607124B2	System and method for measuring pupillary distance A method implemented on a computing device having at least one processor, storage, and a communication platform connected to a network may include: obtaining a head image of a user with one or more dimension indicators, determining an eye region in the head image of the user and determining a pupillary distance of the user based on the one or more dimension indicators and the determined eye region. A method implemented on a computing device having at least one processor, storage, and a communication platform connected to a network may include: receiving a request at a user terminal, recording a video of a user wearing a wearable device with the user terminal, determining a pupillary distance of the user based on the video and synchronously displaying the pupillary distance on the video of the user during recording. The wearable device may include one or more dimension indicators.
US11607111B2	Medical signal processing apparatus and medical observation system A medical signal processing apparatus processes image signals input from an imaging device. The image signals corresponds to a result of examining a subject, and the imaging device sequentially outputs the image signals from multiple pixels arrayed in a matrix according to a raster to the medical signal processing apparatus. The medical image signal processing apparatus includes: a signal divider configured to divide the image signals according to the raster sequentially output from the imaging device into first divided image signals each according to a pixel group consisting of multiple pixels arrayed in connected multiple columns; and a plurality of pre-processors configured to process, in parallel, sets of pixel information of the multiple first divided image signals divided by the signal divider.
US11607109B2	Endoscopic image processing device, endoscopic image processing method, endoscopic image processing program, and endoscope system There are provided an endoscopic image processing device, an endoscopic image processing method, an endoscopic image processing program, and an endoscope system that appropriately notify region-of-interest information about a region of interest included in an endoscopic image according to an endoscope operator's action. An endoscope operator's action on a portion to be observed of an endoscopic image is recognized from endoscopic images, and first emphasis display where region-of-interest information is displayed in the endoscopic image at a first emphasis level and second emphasis display where the region-of-interest information is displayed at a second emphasis level relatively lower than the first emphasis level are switched according to a recognition result.
US11607105B2	Shoe cleaning device Disclosed herein are novel shoe cleaning devices for cleaning the soles of shoes. The shoe cleaning devices include a base including a pump bay and a pump located within the pump bay; a top body disposed above and secured to the base, the top body including one or more connection port recesses and a fluid cartridge aperture; a cover, the cover including a wet area aperture, a fluid port array disposed around the wet area aperture, a dry area aperture, and one or more connection ports configured to mate with the one or more connection port recesses; and a fluid cartridge in fluid communication with the pump and the fluid port array such that operation of the pump causes fluid to flow from the fluid cartridge, through the connection ports and out the fluid port array.
US11607101B2	Vacuum cleaner accessory tool An accessory tool for use with a vacuum cleaner. The accessory tool has a hair removal system configured to collect hair from various surfaces to be cleaned, including soft surfaces such as upholstery, dog beds, pillows, and automobile interiors. The collected hair is gathered by the hair removal system and ingested via the vacuum cleaner.
US11607100B2	Extraction cleaner An extraction cleaner for a floor surface includes an extraction nozzle. The extraction nozzle that defines a fluid flow path having an elongated nozzle opening, and includes one or more stiffening elements that stiffens the walls around the nozzle opening to prevent collapsing or deformation of the extraction nozzle during use.
US11607099B2	Robotic vacuum cleaner and docking station for a robotic vacuum cleaner A docking station for a robotic vacuum cleaner has a pneumatic transfer mechanism that is used to direct air to the robotic vacuum cleaner to thereby transfer dirt from the robotic vacuum cleaner to a docking station.
US11607098B2	Cyclonic air treatment member and surface cleaning apparatus including the same A hand vacuum cleaner has an openable air treatment stage. The air treatment stage has a lower openable portion that is moveably mounted to a forward portion of the pre-motor filter housing.
US11607089B1	Interactive smart toilet training device An interactive smart toilet training device is provided in the form of a potty-training chair that resembles/mocks the traditional toilet in miniature form and has special/smart features to assist with potty training. The smart features enable the device to maintain the functionality of a standard toilet while attracting and engaging with the child and identifying, recording, and tracking metrics/history associated with the child's use of the device. Multiple interactive features include smart software applications, songs, and phrases to gain the toddler's attention, and a transparent lighted seat that lights on command, when in use, and/or when there was a successful sit/use. Tracking metrics/history to identify the frequency and conditions of successful sits/uses enable a more timely, accurate, and efficient means for successful completion of toilet training.
US11607083B2	Portable shower caddy A portable shower caddy includes a foldable shaft, a mounting body, a first foldable shelf, and a second foldable shelf. The foldable shaft includes a first shaft section, a second shaft section, and a locking hinge. The first foldable shelf and the second foldable shelf each includes a perforated base and a frame structure. The first shaft section and the second shaft section are foldably connected to each other by the locking hinge so that the shower caddy can arrange in between a folded configuration and an unfolded configuration via the locking hinge. The perforated base is connected within the frame structure. The mounting body is terminally connected to the first shaft section. The frame structure of the first foldable shelf is slidably positioned along the first shaft section. The frame structure of the second foldable shelf is slidably positioned along the second shaft section.
US11607082B2	Food cutting and preparation surface with antimicrobial and anti-slip pegs Surfaces suitable for cutting boards, cheese boards or other food preparation activities. In certain embodiments, the surfaces are wood that has been subjected to torrefaction. In certain embodiments, the surfaces are substantially planar, and include one or more pegs that have antimicrobial activity.
US11607080B2	Methods, systems and apparatus for promoting the pourability of semi-frozen and semi-fluidic beverages from beverage containers A beverage container for a blender includes one or more vibrating mechanisms coupled to a bottom portion of the beverage container or integrated within one or more walls of the beverage container. After a beverage has been blended, the one or more vibrating mechanisms are activated as the beverage is being poured. Vibrations from the one or more vibrating mechanisms are mechanically transmitted to the beverage container, thereby promoting the pourability of the beverage from the beverage container, including dislodging ingredients in the beverage that became lodged or trapped in crevices of the beverage container during the prior blending process, and freeing up beverage ingredients that accumulated at the bottom of the beverage container during the prior blending process.
US11607079B2	Outdoor cooking station with warming chamber and method thereof An outdoor cooking station configured to keep cooked food warm within a warming chamber of the cooking station. The cooking station includes a main body with frame components and panels, the panels coupled to the frame components so as to extend and define the warming chamber, the warming chamber positioned below heating elements supported by the main body. The warming chamber is fixedly positioned relative to the heating elements. The main body includes a door pivotably coupled to the main body and positioned along a front side of the main body, the door pivotably moveable between an open position and a closed position. With this arrangement, the door facilitates access to the warming chamber to place cooked food therein.
US11607076B2	Waffle iron plate A waffle iron plate for forming a waffle having multiple scores, the plate comprising a base having a front surface and at least two spaced-apart ribs extending from the front surface of the base and configured to form the scores, whereby the waffle may be folded along the scores so as to have a bottom portion and two side portions.
US11607072B2	Filter system for preparing beverages based on a beverage base A filter system for preparing beverages based on a beverage base, such as for example coffee powder, soup powder, or tea, comprises a filter or strainer provided for use in a container and by which the beverage base is introduced into the heated liquid of a first liquid-receiving compartment which is provided in the container and in which the filtered beverage base develops and gives off its ingredients to the liquid. The filter system includes a device which can be introduced into the container in order to form a second liquid-receiving compartment. The device comprises at least one flow-through opening for the liquid enriched with ingredients, which opening can be closed such that the beverage base cannot develop further in the liquid-receiving compartment formed by the device.
US11607069B2	Assembly for decorating at least one wall An ornamental tree assembly includes a base defining a presentation surface and at least one base edge defining a base periphery. A lower portion of an ornamental tree is fixedly secured to the presentation surface of the base. A plurality of walls is movable with respect to the base, with at least one of the walls pivotally secured to the base edge. The ornamental tree assembly also includes an upper portion of the ornamental tree fixedly secured to another of the plurality of walls. The upper portion of the ornamental tree is inverted and disposed adjacent the lower portion of the ornamental tree when the plurality of walls are configured in a storage configuration; and the upper portion is upright and extending over the lower portion when the plurality of storage walls are in a display configuration.
US11607055B2	Electrically controlled chassis and chair An electrically controlled chassis includes: a chassis body; an electrical control box, internally provided with an accommodation space; a drive motor, configured to control lift adjustment of the chassis of the chair and pitch adjustment of a backrest of the chair; a winding mechanism, connected to an output shaft of the drive motor; a first pull cord, reversely wound on the winding mechanism; a second pull cord, normally wound on the winding mechanism; a backrest adjustment mechanism, disposed on the chassis body, and fixedly connected to the other end of the first pull cord; and a chassis lift mechanism, disposed on the chassis body, and fixedly connected to the other end of the second pull cord.
US11607053B2	Bed frame system A bed frame system and a movable frame may simulate movement of a body of water. The bed frame system and the movable frame may improve sleep and sleep patterns of a user and may provide additional health benefits. An intensity of movement of the bed frame system and the movable frame may be controlled by utilizing a controller and/or a mobile application. A predetermined time period of movement may also be controlled by utilizing a controller and/or a mobile application.
US11607030B1	Accessory attachment assembly for a garment and a garment with an accessory attachment assembly An accessory attachment assembly for a garment and a garment with an accessory attachment assembly are disclosed herein. In particular, the accessory attachment assembly includes a first base disposed on an exterior surface of the garment and a second base disposed on an interior of the garment in an at least partially aligned relation to one another. A strap extends from one end of the first base and is disposable between an at least partially open position and a closed position via cooperative first and second fastener defining a loop and allowing for the removable attachment of an accessory. A third fastener is attached to the second base allowing for the removable attachment of an additional accessory thereto.
US11607020B2	Pendant system with pendant generating haptic feedback A pendant system includes a pendant, a vibration element, and a controller. The pendant is configured to mount on a necklace. The pendant includes a housing. The vibration element is located within the housing and is configured generate haptic feedback when activated. The controller is located within the housing and is configured to activate the vibration element randomly.
US11607019B2	Forehead bindi-holding device A forehead bindi-holding device for holding at least one bindi and configured to be arranged on a supporting object worn by a user, wherein when the user wears the supporting object with the forehead bindi-holding device, the at least one bindi is on a desired specific spot of a forehead of the user. The forehead bindi-holding device includes one or more cups, wherein each of the one or more cups supports, holds and contains each of the at least one bindi; a cups-holder to support the one or more cups; one stem element to support the cups-holder at an upper end of the stem element; an attachment unit for attaching a lower end of the stem element to the supporting object.
US11607017B2	Fastening element for costume jewellery and/or jewellery items A fastening and/or connection device makes it possible to fasten jewellery and/or costume jewellery items. Each item includes a first free end and a second free end that are joined together. The device includes a first portion to connect to the first free end of the item and a second portion suited to be connected to the second free end of the item. The device includes a main body, first connection means suited to place the main body and the first portion in a disengaged operating configuration or in an engaged operating configuration. A second connection means places the main body and the second portion in a disengaged operating configuration or in an engaged operating configuration.
US11607016B2	Wearable electronic device assembly A wearable electronic device assembly has a strap attached to the device for attaching the device to a wearer, and a connector for securing two overlapping end regions of the strap together. The connector has first and second parts configured to be secured together with the two overlapping end regions of the strap extending between them, to secure the two end regions together. The first part has a projection arranged to extend through or adjacent to the strap. The second part has a main body having an aperture to receive the projection of the first part, and a securement part movable with respect to the main body between a released position and a securement position. The projection is retained in the aperture to secure the first part of the connector to the second part of the connector.
US11606997B2	Modular helmet interface with threaded insert A helmet mount system for attaching a device to a helmet comprises a threaded interface assembly having an outer portion and a threaded insert received within a cavity formed in the outer portion. The outer portion has an inward facing surface configured to receive an adhesive layer for coupling the inward facing surface to a surface of the helmet. In a further aspect, a ballistic helmet having the helmet mount system herein is provided, wherein the helmet mount system does not penetrate a ballistic layer of the ballistic shell.
US11606996B1	Magnetic hair extension accessory A hair accessory for attaching hair extensions to a person's hair includes a clip having front and back members pivotally connected with a hinge. Each member has inner and outer sides. One or more magnets are fixed with the front and back members of the clip, aligned with one another to maintain the clip in a closed position magnetically. The hair extensions are fixed with the outer side of the members. In use with the clip moved from an open position to the closed position about the person's hair, the hair extensions hang downwardly to augment the appearance of the person. The person's hair not within the clip can be combed over the clip to hide the clip from casual view.
US11606995B1	Dynamically expandable rigid waistband system A dynamically expandable rigid waistband system includes one or more rigid belt portions coupled to an expandable and adjustable waistband portion. The ends of one or more rigid belt portions are movably coupled to form a dynamically adjustable rigid belt ring. The dynamically adjustable rigid belt ring can expand or contract as the movably coupled ends of the one or more rigid belt portions move relative to each other by greater or smaller amounts. The dynamically adjustable rigid belt ring is then coupled to the expandable and adjustable waistband portion so that when the expandable and adjustable waistband portion expands or contracts, the dynamically adjustable rigid belt ring similarly expands or contracts to provide the comfort, range of motion, and adaptability of an expandable and adjustable waistband as well as a rigid structure for attaching devices safely and securely to the waistband.
US11606990B2	Heated hand garment A heated hand garment includes a body having a wrist section, and a plurality of digit sections extending therefrom. The heated hand garment further includes a heating element positioned on the body and operable to heat at least a portion of a hand of a user. The heating element includes a connecting portion configured to be positioned on the wrist section, a first digit portion extending from one end of the connecting portion, and a second digit portion extending from an opposite end of the connecting portion. The first digit portion is positioned on a first digit section of the plurality of digit sections, and the second digit portion is positioned on a second digit section of the plurality of digit sections.
US11606987B2	Selector providing tactile feedback A selector configured to provide tactile feedback to the user. The selector can be incorporated into the fingertip of a glove, or many other suitable locations. Different size selectors can be provided for different application. Arrays of multiple selectors can also be provided. An embodiment of the inventive device includes a central plunger lying behind a conductive covering. A tactile surface is provided on the rear of the plunger. A compressive element is positioned to urge the plunger toward the conductive covering. When a user presses the selector against a touchscreen, the plunger is pushed away from the touchscreen and the tactile surface on the plunger presses against the user. The pressing of the tactile surface provides feedback to the user.
US11606986B2	Cord securing system A securing device that allows adjustable securing of a face mask, face shield or goggles to a wearer's head is formed from a first portion having a strap, a first end with a securing button and a connecting element, and a second portion having a strap, a first end with a securing button and a connecting receptacle for interacting with the connecting element to connect the two straps together. The securing buttons are formed from a top plate connected to a bottom plate via a connecting leg having a cross section with an acute angle. The bottom plate has slits extending from an outer edge to the connecting leg on both sides of the acute angle, such that a cord is securable to the securing button by inserting the cord into one of the slits, wrapping the cord around the acute angle of the connecting leg and exiting from the other of the slits.
US11606981B2	Vaporizer Vaporizer and/or electronic cigarette chargers useful for the recharging of rechargeable vaporizer or electronic cigarette power supplies such as batteries, compatible vaporizers and/or electronic cigarettes, their components, charging contacts, methods of their use and kits containing such chargers are disclosed.
US11606978B2	Vaporiser insert for an inhaler, in particular an electronic cigarette product, vaporiser-tank unit, and an electronic cigarette product A vaporiser insert for an electronic cigarette product comprises at least one electrical vaporiser for vaporising fluid supplied to the vaporiser and for supplying the vaporised fluid to an airflow, a main part having a lateral face which surrounds an airflow duct through which the airflow can flow, at least one fluid opening for supplying vaporisable fluid from the outside into the vaporiser insert and to the vaporiser being arranged on the lateral face of the main part. The vaporiser insert comprises a support for retaining the vaporiser, and the support comprises a passage opening that corresponds to the fluid opening in order to supply fluid to the vaporiser.
US11606973B2	Vaporization device having remotely controllable operational modes Vaporization devices having portions to enable signal transmission therethrough. A vaporization device includes a body having a first end, a second end, and forming an internal cavity. At least a portion of the internal cavity forming a cartridge receptacle. The vaporization device includes a battery disposed within the internal cavity and a processor operatively coupled to the battery and disposed within the body. The processor is arranged to respond to a signal to switch the vaporization device between a first operational mode and a second operational mode. The vaporization device also includes a portion of the body arranged to permit transmission of the signal through the portion of the body from a location external to the body, thereby permitting the processor to switch the vaporization device between the first and second operational modes in response to the receipt of the signal.
US11606962B2	Flavoring composition concentrates Rapidly dissolving flavoring composition concentrates are provided. The flavoring composition concentrates have a flavor, a solvent system, a flavor carrier system, and a densifier. The densifier is an acid modifier present in an amount such that it optimizes the rate of dispersion of the concentrate in water.
US11606953B2	Viable disc regenerative composition and method of manufacture and use A viable disc regenerative composition has a micronized material of nucleus pulposus and a biological composition made from a mixture of mechanically selected allogeneic biologic material derived from bone marrow having non-whole cellular components including vesicular components and active and inactive components of biological activity, cell fragments, cellular excretions, cellular derivatives, and extracellular components; and wherein the mixture is compatible with biologic function and further includes non-expanded whole cells. The biological composition is predisposed to demonstrate or support elaboration of active volume or spatial geometry consistent in morphology with that of disc tissue. The viable disc regenerative composition extends regenerative resonance that compliments or mimics disc tissue complexity.
US11606935B2	Self-balancing poultry water distribution system An improved, self-balancing water distribution system uses siphon characteristics to maintain negative pressure within the water system and to enable distribution of water to one or more distribution points, such as drinker lines with drinker nipples, at a controlled pressure, for consumption by poultry. The system includes water conduit connected to and configured to distribute water from a water supply reservoir to the one or more distribution points. The water level of the water supply reservoir is used to control the water pressure within the system. A vacuum apparatus is connected to the water conduit to remove entrapped air within the system to help maintain negative pressure within the conduit and throughout the system.
US11606934B2	Semirigid poultry and/or swine enclosure An at least partially floorless semirigid poultry enclosure configured to flex and/or adjust to accommodate undulating terrain during movement across a field. The semirigid poultry enclosure may comprise a semirigid foundation. The semirigid foundation may include one or more flexible portions disposed between two or more rigid structural elements. The semirigid poultry enclosure may include an automated movement system configured to facilitate movement of the semirigid poultry enclosure on a field. The automated movement system may be configured to move a semirigid poultry enclosure that is at least 90 feet in length via multiple drive units coupled to a semirigid foundation.
US11606932B2	Dog rope leash with integrated storage function A dog rope leash with a storage function, including: a rope body, a handle on one end of the rope body, a clasp on the other end of the rope body, and a connection box mounted on the handle and/or rope body. The inside of the connection box has a storage cavity, and the surface of the connection box has an access port connected to the storage cavity. Garbage bags or other items in the storage cavity of the connecting box by designing the connection box on the dog rope leash, which is simple in structure and convenient in use.
US11606930B2	Toothed pet grooming tool with fur ejecting mechanism A pet grooming tool is provided with a fur ejector portion that is at least partially movable relative to the teeth of the pet grooming tool and can be manually moved into engagement with fur that is wedged or lodged between the teeth. The engagement of the fur ejector portion with the fur forces the fur from the gaps between the teeth. Preferably, the fur ejector portion can be manually moved by the same hand a person uses to support and hold the grooming tool.
US11606927B2	Cotton variety 19R130B3XF The invention relates to the novel cotton variety designated 19R130B3XF. Provided by the invention are the seeds, plants, plant parts and derivatives of the cotton variety 19R130B3XF. Also provided by the invention are methods of using cotton variety 19R130B3XF and products derived therefrom. Still further provided by the invention are methods for producing cotton plants by crossing the cotton variety 19R130B3XF with itself or another cotton variety and plants and seeds produced by such methods.
US11606920B2	Spinach hybrid SVVC5883 and parents thereof The invention provides seeds and plants of spinach hybrid SVVC5883 and spinach line SSB-S019-1303F. The invention thus relates to the plants, seeds, plant parts, and tissue cultures of spinach hybrid SVVC5883 and spinach line SSB-S019-1303F and to methods for producing a spinach plant produced by crossing such plants with themselves or with another plant, such as a spinach plant of another genotype. The invention further relates to seeds and plants produced by such crossing. The invention further relates to plants, seeds, plant parts, and tissue cultures of spinach hybrid SVVC5883 and spinach line SSB-S019-1303F comprising introduced beneficial or desirable traits.
US11606918B2	Felling head for a multi-process machine A multi-process machine suspension device is equipped with two hydraulic cylinders for rotating the machine relative to an arm supporting it. One cylinder is pivoted to another arm and the other cylinder to the machine frame. Both cylinders are pivoted by one end to a freely rotating intermediate arm pivoted to the same frame joint as the arm supporting it.
US11606917B2	Battery-powered backpack blower The battery-powered backpack blower includes a back support assembly including a back plate configured to permit a user to mount the blower to the user's back, and a volute assembly including a first volute portion and a second volute portion. The backpack blower further includes a housing assembly including a battery assembly and a motor assembly therein, the housing assembly is provided intermediate to the back assembly and the volute assembly.
US11606910B2	Crop throughput sensing system for a harvesting machine A harvesting machine comprises a crop conveying channel with a movable bottom flap coupled to a hydraulic actuator controlling the position of the flap and a crop throughput sensing arrangement with a pressure sensor adapted to sense a hydraulic pressure in the hydraulic actuator.
US11606906B2	Harvesting inter-seeded crops A harvest header apparatus for harvesting a first crop in a field while preventing damage to a second later crop planted in the same field. A header table with a knife mounted along a lower front edge thereof has a plurality of crop shields attached to and spaced along the header table at a selected shield spacing, each crop shield extending forward from a rear portion thereof located under the knife to a forward end thereof located forward of the knife. A forward portion of each crop shield slopes upward such that crop plants contacted by the forward portion of each crop shield are pushed downward and pass under the knife without contacting the knife. The shield spacing is selected so the crop shields move along rows of second crop and push the second crop plants down and under the table such that same are not contacted by the knife.
US11606894B2	Implement guidance module An implement guidance module is provided for positioning a drawn implement as the implement is pulled by a vehicle traveling along a desired path of movement, the vehicle having a connection point for receiving a hitch. The module includes a module main frame having a first end configured for connection to the vehicle connection point, and a second end configured for connection to the implement, the main frame having a longitudinal axis, and having a pivot mount connected to the second end with an implement mounting plate pivoting relative to the module main frame about a pivot axis perpendicular to the longitudinal axis. A vehicle mounting plate defines the first end of the module main frame, and the implement mounting plate defines the second end of the module main frame.
US11606892B2	Military shovel Provided is a military shovel, including a shovel head and a shovel handle; a rear end of the shovel head is provided with a connection seat; a front end of the shovel handle is provided with a connection head; the connection seat of the shovel head is hinged to the connection head by a hinge shaft; the military shovel further includes a locking mechanism for fixing the shovel head, the locking mechanism is disposed on the front end of the shovel handle; three locating holes are provided in a sidewall of the connection seat; a locating protrusion is disposed on a sidewall of the connection head; the sidewall of the connection seat where the three locating holes are located is opposite to the sidewall of the connection head where the locating protrusion is located.
US11612090B2	Component management system, component mounting device, and component management method for predicting component exhaustion It is an object of the present invention to provide a component management system or the like that can accurately predict component exhaustion in a component mounting device that performs work at a line. Specifying section updates the time table based on the arrival time point or the unloading time point in each of component mounting devices. Arrival predicting section predicts the arrival time point in each component mounting device based on the time table and updates a prediction table. Since component-exhaustion predicting section acquires the arrival time point of a circuit board for which a component will be exhausted from the prediction table and calculates a component exhaustion time point, it is possible to predict the component exhaustion time point with high accuracy. An operator can perform a replenishment work based on the component exhaustion time point.
US11612085B2	Vehicular display device A vehicular display device includes: an emitting portion; a reflection portion configured to reflect the display light that is emitted from the emitting portion and is subjected to crossing, to a display surface such that the display light is reflected from the display surface to a previously defined eye point; and a casing including: an inner case; and a lower case housing the inner case inside, in which the inner case includes an inner wall part facing a focal area on which external light reflected from the reflection portion after being incident on the reflection portion from outside the casing focuses, the lower case includes a lower wall part located along the inner wall part, and the casing has a heat-discharge structure of conducting heat from the inner wall part to the lower wall part to discharge the heat outward.
US11612078B2	Heat dissipation case A heat dissipation case includes a case body, a carrying frame configured to be slidably mounted on the case body, a shutter rotationally mounted on the case body, and a number of levers rotationally mounted on the case body. One end of the levers resists against the shutter. The carrying frame is configured to resist against the other end of the levers, so that the end of the levers resisting against the shutter drives the shutter to rotate and open toward the carrying frame.
US11612071B2	Flexible throat/duct between cabinets A duct assembly for covering electrical connections between electrical equipment enclosures having a gap therebetween. The duct assembly includes a first frame configured to be mounted to one of the enclosures, where the first frame includes a flange mounted to the enclosure and a flange to which a gasket is secured that extends all of the way around the first frame. The duct assembly also includes a second frame configured to be mounted to the other enclosure, where the second frame includes a flange mounted to the enclosure and a flange to which a gasket is secured that extends all of the way around the second frame. The duct assembly further includes a duct that compresses and is coupled only to the gaskets that enclose each end of the gap.
US11612068B2	Actuator for safe external access to an electrical panel board An interlocking external actuator for accessing an electrical panel board having a circuit breaker inside a housing that is covered by an enclosure door, wherein the actuator includes a handle, a first shaft, a second shaft and an interlocking mechanism, wherein the second shaft engages the first shaft in a closed state of the door and thereby facilitates switching the circuit breaker to ON and OFF states by angularly displacing the handle, wherein the interlocking mechanism is biased to engage in pushing the door into a closed state, wherein the circuit breaker is switched from an ON state to an OFF state by displacing the handle from a first angular position to a second angular position, and wherein the interlocking mechanism is disengaged through displacement of the handle further to a third angular position and thereby allow opening of the door.
US11612062B2	Barrier layer A barrier layer is disposed on a copper surface, the barrier layer including an organic molecule. The organic molecule may be a nitrogen-containing molecule. The nitrogen-containing organic molecule includes 1 to 6 carbon atoms. The barrier layer may be deposited on an exposed copper surface before deposition of a surface finish.
US11612053B2	Circuit board and electronic device A circuit board includes a first circuit board portion and a second circuit board portion. The first circuit board portion is provided with a first transmission line for a low-frequency signal or a low-speed signal, and the second circuit board portion is provided with a second transmission line for a high-frequency signal or a high-speed signal. The second circuit board portion is located on the first circuit board portion in a positional relationship in which the first transmission line and the second transmission line are side-by-side with each other. With this structure, signal leakage and interference between different signals are reduced or prevented in a line that transmits signals with different frequencies and different transmission speeds.
US11612049B2	Modified split structure particle accelerators A particle accelerator can include a first waveguide portion and a second waveguide portion. The first waveguide portion can include a first plurality of cell portions and a first iris portion that is disposed between two of the first plurality of cell portions. The first iris portion can include a first portion of an aperture such that the aperture is configured to be disposed about a beam axis. The first waveguide portion can further include a first bonding surface. The second waveguide portion can include a second plurality of cell portions and a second iris portion that is disposed between two of the second plurality of cell portions. The second iris portion can include a second portion of the aperture. The second waveguide portion can include a second bonding surface.
US11612045B2	Systems and methods to allow for a smart device Smart switch devices, systems, and methods for modifying an existing electrical system to utilize the power state output of a physical switch as an indicator or signal for the operation of a smart home device or system or network of such devices to facilitate interoperability of physical switches with smart devices. The smart switch detects or determines the power state of a circuit and infers the corresponding state of a mechanical switch that operates the circuit. This information is then transmitted to associated smart devices, which may not be physically connected to the circuit controlled by the switch. When the mechanical switch is operated, it can control both electrically attached loads, such as a conventional light or appliance, and wirelessly control unconnected smart devices.
US11612043B2	Location-based configuration of a load control device A method of automatically programming a new load control device that replaces an old load control device takes advantage of a remote identification tag (e.g., an RFID tag) located in the vicinity of the old device. The remote identification tag stores an identifier that is representative of a location in which the old device is installed. The method includes the steps of: (1) storing a setting of an old device in a memory of a controller; (2) associating the setting with the identifier of the old device in the memory of the controller; (3) the new device retrieving the identifier from the remote identification tag after the new device is installed in the location of the old device; (4) the new device transmitting the identifier to the controller; and (5) the controller transmitting the setting of the old device to the new device in response to receiving the identifier.
US11612037B2	Lighting apparatus A lighting apparatus includes a wireless circuit board, a driver circuit board, a light source plate, a metal cover and a metal housing. The wireless circuit board is mounted with a wireless circuit. The wireless circuit has a first reference ground terminal. The driver circuit board is mounted with a driver circuit. The driver circuit has a second reference ground terminal. The light source plate is mounted with a LED module. The light source plate is placed on a top side of the metal cover. The first reference ground terminal and the second reference ground terminal are connected to the metal cover as a reference ground. The metal housing and a bottom side of the metal cover forms a container space for holding the driver circuit board and a first portion of the wireless circuit board.
US11612034B2	Automotive lamp A lighting circuit turns on multiple semiconductor light sources. Multiple current sources are each coupled in series with a corresponding one from among the semiconductor light sources. A switching converter supplies a driving voltage VOUT across each of multiple series connection circuits formed of the multiple semiconductor light sources and the multiple current sources. A converter controller controls a switching transistor of the switching converter based on a relation between a voltage across one from among the multiple current sources and a reference voltage having a positive correlation with the temperature Tj.
US11612028B2	Methods and apparatus for information management and control of outdoor lighting networks The invention provides a light management information system for an outdoor lighting network system, having a plurality of outdoor light units each including at least one sensor type, where each of the light units communicates with at least one other light unit, at least one user input/output device in communication with at one or more of said outdoor light units, a central management system in communication with light units, said central management system sends control commands and/or information to one or more of said outdoor light units, in response to received outdoor light unit status/sensor information from one or more of said outdoor light units or received user information requests from said user input/output device, a resource server in communication with said central management system, wherein the central management system uses the light unit status/sensor information and resources from the resource server to provide information to the user input/output device and/or reconfigure one or more of the lights units.
US11612026B2	Streetlight asset module, streetlights and related systems A streetlight asset module (SAM) is provided including at least one memory block configured to store operating configuration settings of a streetlight associated with the SAM. The SAM is configured to communicate the operating configuration settings of the streetlight to a control and monitoring system (CMS) node coupled to the streetlight. The CMS node is configured to communicate the operating configuration settings to a remote location using a radio communications network. Related streetlights and systems are also provided.
US11612021B2	Induction heating device having improved insulation structure An induction heating device includes: a base plate; a working coil disposed vertically above the base plate, the working coil including a conducting wire that is annularly wound; a ferrite core that is disposed on an upper surface of the base plate, that is disposed vertically below the working coil, and that is configured to direct upward an alternating magnetic field generated by the working coil; and an insulating member attached to an outer portion of the ferrite core and configured to electrically insulate the working coil from the base plate.
US11612018B2	Heater, method of manufacturing the same, and system A heater may include: a conductive ceramic cylinder tube in which cell-arrays are concentrically arranged, each cell-array including cells which are arranged in a circumferential direction of the ceramic cylinder tube; an inner electrode electrically coupled to an inner wall portion of the ceramic cylinder tube; and an outer electrode electrically coupled to an outer wall portion of the ceramic cylinder tube. Non-linear portions are radially arranged in the ceramic cylinder tube, each non-linear portion extending in a radial direction of the ceramic cylinder tube while having a plurality of bends or curves between the inner wall portion and outer wall portion of the ceramic cylinder tube. The inner and outer electrodes are provided such that current flows radially at least via said non-linear portions between the inner and outer electrodes.
US11612015B2	Macro cell-influenced access to private networks A controller of a macro wireless network provisions a user device for access to local private networks based on the cell that the user device uses to attach to the macro wireless network. The controller obtains information on private networks operating within a coverage area of the macro wireless network. The controller associates a particular cell of the macro wireless network with one or more private networks operating within the particular cell. The controller detects a user device in the particular cell and provisions the user device with access to the one or more private networks.
US11612010B2	System and method for ultra low latency wireless media streaming A system for wireless media streaming in ultra-low latency including: a source device transmitting payload to at least one destination device and receiving acknowledgement from at least one destination device; at least one destination device receiving payload from the source device and transmitting acknowledgement to the source device; wherein the source device is a primary wireless module which provides a primary wireless link and a secondary wireless module which provides a secondary wireless link, the primary wireless link for transmitting of payload to at least one destination device and the secondary wireless link for receiving acknowledgement from at least one destination device. The destination device is a primary wireless module providing a primary wireless link and a secondary wireless module providing a secondary wireless link, the primary wireless link for receiving payload from the source device and the secondary wireless link for transmitting acknowledgement to the source device.
US11612009B2	Apparatus and methods for operating multi-link devices in wireless networks Apparatus and methods for operating multiple link premises devices in a wireless network. In one embodiment, premises devices such as a wireless gateway, Access Point (AP) or user devices use Wireless Local Area Network (WLAN) technology for the transmission of data on multiple links operating on different frequencies. The disclosed apparatus and methods provide a solution to share channel statistic or similar data across the different links, such as for link performance improvement via more optimal MIMO operation. In one implementation, large-scale channel statistics are shared via the pre-amble or mid-amble of a frame across multiple links between an AP and a user device to enhance receiver performance. In another embodiment, the channel statistics are shared between multiple AP devices which can coordinate with each other, and/or are made specific to individual client devices, in order to enhance receiver performance.
US11612002B2	System and method for synchronous independent channel access in a wireless network Embodiments of the present invention provide systems and methods for synchronous independent channel access in a wireless network. The synchronous independent channel access can be performed by a wireless station having multiple transceivers for simultaneous communication over multiple wireless bands. A wireless station can connect wirelessly to a wireless access point to access a first primary wireless band during a transmission opportunity, and can use early access on a second primary wireless band without receiving a transmission opportunity. The transmission and reception of data frames over the different primary channels are synchronized to prevent or mitigate inter-channel interference. According to some embodiments, the channels are synchronized using back-off procedures and/or padding to align the ending time of transmitted and received data frames, for example.
US11611999B2	Procedures for concurrent MSG2 PDCCH monitoring A configuration for a random access procedure including concurrent message 2 PDCCH monitoring with different procedures. The apparatus transmits a first random access message 1. The apparatus transmits a second random access message 1 in response to determining that a first random access message 2 control portion has not been received during a first portion of a first RAR window. The apparatus monitors for the first random access message 2 control portion and a second random access message 2 control portion concurrently during a second portion of the first RAR window. A coverage enhanced monitoring procedure for the second message 2 control portion is different than a monitoring procedure for the first message 2 control portion. The apparatus receives and decodes a random access message 2 control portion. The apparatus monitors for a random access message 2 data portion in response to decoding the random access message 2 control portion.
US11611995B2	Random access method, terminal and network device A random access method, a terminal and a network device are provided. The random access method includes: sending a random access request carrying a first identifier, or sending a random access request and a first identifier.
US11611989B2	Method and apparatus for extending coverage in communication system An operation method of a terminal in a communication system may comprise receiving first random access (RA) configuration information and second RA configuration information from a base station; transmitting a Msg1 to the base station based on the second RA configuration information; receiving a Msg2, which is a response to the Msg1, from the base station; and repeatedly transmitting a Msg3 K times to the base station.
US11611983B2	Acknowledgement feedback for multi-component carrier scheduling Methods, systems, and devices for wireless communications are described. A user equipment (UE) to provide hybrid automatic repeat request (HARQ) feedback for multiple physical channels (e.g., multiple physical downlink shared channels (PDSCH)) scheduled via cross component carrier. The UE may monitor control channel occasions, to receive wireless communications from a base station. For example, the UE may receive downlink control information (DCI) messages that may schedule multiple PDSCH over different component carriers. The DCI messages may include an indication of a timing offset for HARQ feedback for the multiple PDSCH. In some examples, the UE may be configured to receive multiple DCI messages and order the DCI messages based on component carrier indices or a PDCCH occasion, or both. The UE may then determine a slot to transmit HARQ feedback for the multiple PDSCH based on an indication in a latest DCI message identified according to the ordering.
US11611982B2	Multi-subframe scheduling method, device and terminal A multi-subframe scheduling method, a device and a terminal are disclosed. The multi-subframe scheduling method includes: receiving configuration information sent by a base station for instructing a terminal to perform multi-subframe scheduling; detecting whether a multi-subframe scheduling instruction sent by the base station is received; when the multi-subframe scheduling signaling is received, sending or receiving data on a plurality of corresponding subframes according to the multi-subframe scheduling signaling and the configuration information. By the technical solution of the present disclosure, data transmission on a plurality of subframes can be scheduled on one subframe, and the multi-subframe scheduling mechanism can be reasonably applied.
US11611978B2	Reference modulation and coding scheme table in sidelink signaling Methods, systems, and devices for wireless communications are described. A receiving device (e.g., a base station and/or a user equipment) may receive, over a control channel, a first control signal identifying first scheduling information for a data transmission to the receiving device. The receiving device may determine a number of resource elements of a shared channel for a second control signal based at least in part on a first modulation and coding scheme (MCS) table associated with the second control signal. The receiving device may receive, over the resource elements of the shared channel and based at least in part on the first control signal, the second control signal identifying second scheduling information for the data transmission. The receiving device may decode the second control signal based at least in part on the first MCS table.
US11611976B2	Method by which terminal transmits uplink control information in unlicensed band, and device using method A method by which a terminal transmits uplink control information (UCI) in an unlicensed band and a device using the method are provided. The method generates data and first UCI including information necessary to decode the data, and transmits, to a base station, the data and the first UCI through a physical uplink shared channel (PUSCH) in an unlicensed band, wherein the first UCI further includes information necessary to decode the second UCI when second UCI is transmitted to the base station together with the data and the first UCI through the PUSCH.
US11611974B2	State responsive uplink OFDMA scheduling Techniques for uplink scheduling in a wireless network are disclosed. A wireless access point (AP) receives, from a wireless station (STA), a buffer status report (BSR) reflecting data accumulated at the STA for uplink to the AP. The AP identifies, based on the BSR, a scheduling mode under which the data was accumulated at the STA. The AP schedules an uplink parameter for the STA, based on the identified scheduling mode. The uplink parameter relates to at least one of: (i) an uplink transmission for the STA or (ii) a buffer status poll for the STA. The AP transmits, to the STA, an allocation relating to the scheduled uplink parameter for the STA.
US11611971B2	Secondary cell beam failure detection evaluation period during inter-band carrier aggregation Various aspects of the present disclosure generally relate to wireless communication. In some aspects, a user equipment (UE) may determine a scaling factor for a beam failure detection (BFD) evaluation period associated with a secondary cell group of a set of secondary cell groups. The scaling factor may be determined based at least in part on a number of secondary cell groups included in the set of secondary cell groups. In some aspects, the UE may perform a BFD measurement, associated with the secondary cell group, based at least in part on the scaling factor for the BFD evaluation period. Numerous other aspects are provided.
US11611957B2	Device, system and method employing unified flexible 5G air interface An eNodeB (eNB), user equipment (UE) and method of providing a flexible Radio Access Technology (FRAT) are generally described. The information (resource allocation, partition information and numerology) of at least one of a plurality of RATs used by the eNB is provided to a UE. Each RAT has a flexible subcarrier spacing and symbol duration, which are integer multiples of a base subcarrier spacing and symbol duration, and is associated with at least one of different temporal and frequency resources. The symbol and/or frame structure of each RAT are independent. A Transmission Time Interval (TTI) boundary between the RATs is common, and the RATs comprise a common reference TTI duration. The information of the RATs is provided either via a different RAT than the RAT used by the UE for communication or via a dedicated carrier in the RAT used by the UE for communication.
US11611954B2	System and method for physical downlink control channel monitoring based on user equipment capability Methods and apparatuses are provided for monitoring a physical downlink control channel (PDCCH). A user equipment (UE) reports capability information indicating one or more tuples. Each tuple indicates a combination of serving cells configured for per-slot and per-span monitoring that the UE is capable of supporting. An indication is received in response to the capability information. A pair of values is determined based on the indication. A first value is a maximum number of serving cells configured for per-slot monitoring, and a second value is a maximum number of serving cells configured for per-span monitoring. A monitored candidate limit per slot is determined based on the first value. A monitored candidate limit per span is determined based on the second value.
US11611948B2	Paging techniques for balanced power savings and public warning system monitoring Aspects of the disclosure relate to a UE and a network device for wireless communication. The UE sends an indication to a network device indicating a capability of receiving a PWS signal and/or a delay requirement for receiving the PWS signal. The UE receives, from the network device, a configured DRX cycle value associated with the indication and a paging signal corresponding to the PWS signal associated with the configured DRX cycle value. The network device determines whether the UE is capable of receiving the PWS signal and whether the UE desires to receive the PWS signal within a duration. The network device configures a DRX cycle value based on the determination and sends, to the UE, the configured DRX cycle value and a paging signal corresponding to the PWS signal based on the configured DRX cycle value. Other aspects, features, and embodiments are also claimed and described.
US11611947B2	Method and UE for handling mobility procedure for UE 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). Embodiments herein disclose a method performed by a terminal in a mobile communication system. The method includes performing a registration procedure on a first standalone non-public network (SNPN), selecting a second SNPN based on a predetermined condition, and transmitting, to a network entity, a registration request message on the second SNPN for an initial registration, in case that the second SNPN differs from the first SNPN.
US11611935B2	Group-addressed frames transmitted via multiple WLAN communication links A first communication device determines whether a group-addressed frame is to be transmitted via multiple WLAN communication links. In response to determining that the group-addressed frame is to be transmitted via the multiple WLAN communication links, the first communication device i) transmits a first instance of the group-addressed frame via a first WLAN communication link, the first instance of the group-addressed frame having a sequence number set to a value, and ii) transmits a second instance of the group-addressed frame via a second WLAN communication link, the second instance of the group-addressed frame having a sequence number set to the value. In response to determining that the group-addressed frame is to be transmitted via only a single WLAN communication link, the first communication device transmits the group-addressed frame only via the single WLAN communication link.
US11611934B2	Method and system for battery life improvement for low power devices in wireless sensor networks A method at a module within a sensor system for updating a timing profile, the method including: turning on a radio of the sensor module for a first time duration; detecting signals from other modules within the sensor system; for each signal, storing data comprising a time such signal is received and an identifier for a module sending such signal; sending the data to a server; and receiving the timing profile from the server.
US11611931B2	WI-FI hotspot recommendation method, terminal, and graphical user interface A WI-FI hotspot recommendation method includes scanning a WI-FI hotspot, determining an Internet-accessible hotspot in WI-FI hotspots that are obtained by means of scanning, determining network quality obtained when the terminal accesses a network by using the Internet-accessible hotspot, and displaying an identifier of the Internet-accessible hotspot and an identifier that indicates the network quality obtained when the terminal accesses the network by using the Internet-accessible hotspot.
US11611928B2	Spatial preemption indication for downlink, uplink, and sidelink transmissions Some aspects provide a method for wireless communication by a user equipment (UE). The method generally includes receiving signaling of a spatial preemption indication (PI), identifying, based on the spatial PI, at least one beam that the UE is preempted from using for at least one of transmitting or receiving at least one target signal, and refraining from using the identified beam for transmitting or receiving the target signal, for at least a time period.
US11611926B2	Access control for data transmission A method and apparatus for access control for data transmission in idle mode and/or inactive mode in a wireless communication system is provided. An allowed timer is defined, and the allowed timer is started based on a result of access barring check. While the allowed timer is running, the wireless device can perform an uplink (UL) transmission without further access barring check.
US11611925B2	Switching processing method, terminal device and network device Disclosed herein are a switching processing method, a terminal device, a network device, a chip, a computer-readable storage medium, a computer program product, and a computer program. The method includes initiating a connection to a first target network device. The method also includes maintaining a connection with a source network device. when the connection with the first target network device fails, the method further includes returning to the connection with the source network device and initiating a connection to a second target network device.
US11611922B2	System and methods for network slice reselection There is provided method for managing network resources by switching the slice used to support a user equipment (UE), in a process referred to as slice handover or slice switching. There are several reasons why a slice handover may be implemented, include movement of the UE and network load balancing. Further the UE can be switched to a new slice operated by the same service provider (intra-operator handover) or a different service provider (inter-operator handover).
US11611919B2	Non-anchor based radio resource measurements According to an aspect, a wireless device (50) performs idle mode radio resource management, RRM, measurements in a wireless network comprising a first carrier that supports a broadcast of system information, provides radio resources for paging and random access, and supports idle-mode measurements and further comprises a second carrier, distinct from the first carrier, that also provides radio resources for paging and random access. The wireless device (50) performs (502) at least one of a signal strength measurement and quality measurement on each of the first and second carriers, the first carrier being an anchor carrier for the wireless device and the second carrier being a non-anchor carrier. Based on the at least one measurement for each of the respective carriers, the wireless device (50) determines (504) whether to perform idle-mode RRM measurements on the second, non-anchor, carrier.
US11611914B2	Wireless control plane having centralized and distributed control messages According to an embodiment, a system can comprise a processor and a memory that can store executable instructions that, when executed by the processor, facilitate performance of operations. The operations can include communicating with a core network device of a core network by employing a first wireless connection to a first base station device communicatively coupled to the core network device. The operations can further include establishing a second wireless connection with a user equipment to enable the user equipment to communicate with the core network device. The operations can further include communicating a first control message and a second control message to the user equipment, wherein the first control message comprises first parameters associated with the first wireless connection and the second control message comprises second parameters associated with the second wireless connection.
US11611912B2	Cell reselection method and related device A cell reselection method includes generating, by a radio access network device, cell reselection information, wherein the cell reselection information includes an identifier of at least one carrier frequency and an identifier of a network slice supported by each of the at least one carrier frequency. The cell reselection method further includes sending, by the radio access network device, the cell reselection information to a terminal device, wherein the cell reselection information is useable by the terminal device for cell reselection.
US11611909B2	Apparatus and method for signaling ran-assisted codec adaptation capabilities in IMS multimedia telephony sessions Provided herein are apparatus and method for signal RAN-assisted codec adaptation capabilities via IMS. An apparatus for a UE includes a RF interface to receive an SDP offer message from the remote UE, the SDP offer message including a first dedicated SDP attribute parameter to indicate support of ANBR capability of the remote UE; and processor circuitry. The processor circuitry is to decode the SDP offer message to determine the support of ANBR capability of the remote UE; encode an SDP answer message in response to the SDP offer message, the SDP answer message including a second dedicated SDP attribute parameter to indicate support of ANBR capability of the UE; and cause transmission of the SDP answer message to the remote UE. Other embodiments may also be disclosed and claimed.
US11611908B2	System information transmission method, base station, and terminal Disclosed in the present invention are a system information transmission method, a base station, and a terminal, which can improve the flexibility of resource allocation. The method comprises: a base station obtains at least two wireless configuration parameter sets, each of the at least two wireless configuration parameter sets comprising at least one wireless configuration parameter, and values of the at least one wireless configuration parameter in any two wireless configuration parameter sets being different; among at least two wireless configuration parameter sets, the base station determines at least one wireless configuration parameter set for transmitting first system information in a first time period; and the base station sends, according to the at least one wireless configuration parameter set, the first system information in the first time period by means of at least one frequency-domain resource, the at least one frequency-domain resource being in a one-to-one correspondence with the at least one wireless configuration parameter set in the first time period, and frequencies corresponding to any two frequency-domain resources among the at least one frequency-domain resource being different.
US11611906B2	Optimal burst transmission times through single modems The present disclosure generally relates to systems, methods and software for determining an optimal burst transmission time through a modem, such as a cable modem, a wireless access point, a node in a cable network, or a satellite communication link. Particularly, the present disclosure makes it possible for a burst of queued data, defined as data above a certain percentile of a monitored traffic rate, to be transmitted by the modem at a time that provides the best chance of avoiding a collision with a co-occurring burst of data from another user connected to the same modem. In an embodiment, the systems, methods and software disclosed herein use the optimal transmission time to replace a contention window transmission time, at least for bursty data, or they completely eliminate the need for contention windows, at least for bursty data.
US11611905B2	User-plane apparatus for edge computing There is disclosed in one example a radio access network (RAN) user plane processing entity (UPPE) for a mobile data network, including: a hardware platform; a virtual switch to operate on the hardware platform; a network interface to communicatively couple to a local server; and a software defined networking controller, including a radio access network (RAN) control plane (CP) sniffer, and configured to: receive a control plane traffic offloading rule via a northbound interface, the traffic offloading rule configured to offload a class of traffic to the local server; operate the RAN CP sniffer to build a user-plane flow control message according to the offloading rule; and send the flow control message to the virtual switch.
US11611901B2	Methods, systems, and devices of amplifying wireless signals of less congested network access points utilizing a repeater Aspects of the subject disclosure may include, for example, obtaining a first network parameter associated with a first network device and obtaining a second network parameter associated with a second network device. Further embodiments include determining that the first network device is less congested than the second network device based on the first network parameter and the second network parameter resulting in a first determination. Additional embodiments include amplifying a first wireless signal based on the first determination and in response to receiving the first wireless signal from the first network device resulting in a first amplified wireless signal, and transmitting the first amplified wireless signal Other embodiments are disclosed.
US11611895B2	Reference signals for power amplifier compression measurements Various aspects of the present disclosure generally relate to wireless communication. In some aspects, a mobile station may receive a set of reference signals having different levels of power amplifier compression. The mobile station may transmit a measurement report based at least in part on measurements of the set of reference signals. Numerous other aspects are described.
US11611879B2	5G new radio—avoiding redundant as security checks Apparatuses, systems, and methods for a wireless device to perform methods for improvements to security checks in a fifth generation (5G) New Radio (NR) network, including mechanisms to avoid redundant access stratum (AS) security checks. The wireless device may determine that an on-demand system information block (SIB) request is pending transmission and may buffer the on-demand SIB in response to determining that a connection establishment procedure will be initiated within a specified time period. The wireless device may then perform a unified security procedure for the on-demand SIB request and the connection establishment procedure, including confirming connection security. Further, in response to confirming connection security, the wireless device may use an on-demand SIB received from the network without confirming a corresponding on-demand SIB signature.
US11611873B2	Method for monitoring access to a user service intended for monitoring of a home-automation installation The present invention relates to a method for controlling access to a user service (Svc1) intended to control a home-automation installation (Su) comprising at least one home-automation device (D) and at least one central control unit (U), the method being implemented by a managing unit (Sv) and comprising the following steps: a step (Escv118) of receiving from a maintenance user (Usr2) a request to access the user service (Svc1) as a final user (Usr1), based on an identifier of the final user (Usr1ID) and an authentication token (Tk1D); a step (ESvc119) of verifying the validity of the authentication token (Tk1D) via a repository (SvAuth) for authenticating token validity, in order to authenticate as a final user (Usr1) with a view to access to the user service (Svc1); and a step (ESvc122) of authorising access of the maintenance user (Usr2) to the user service (Svc1) as final user (Usr1) if the identification token (Tk1D) is observed to be valid.
US11611871B2	Resource configuration method and apparatus A resource configuration method and an apparatus are disclosed. A method includes: receiving capability information from a terminal device, where the capability information of the terminal device includes information about a first processing capability supported by the terminal device; and determining, based on the capability information of the terminal device, first processing capability configuration information of at least one frequency band used for the terminal device. The terminal device may report the capability information of the terminal device, so that the first processing capability configuration information of the at least one frequency band can be determined based on the capability information of the terminal device.
US11611865B2	Mobility between areas with heterogeneous network slices Certain aspects of the present disclosure relate to methods and apparatus for handling mobility between areas with heterogeneous network slices in wireless communications systems operating according to new radio (NR) technologies. An exemplary method that may be performed by a UE includes receiving an indication that a network slice is not available, entering a connection management idle (CM-IDLE) state, and initiating a registration procedure with an access and mobility management function (AMF) subsequent to entering the CM-IDLE state.
US11611862B2	Discovery in a communication system Discovery of devices in a network of devices comprises assigning resources for the discovery, and providing accordingly at least two discovery patterns of transmission and reception phases for the devices in the network for communication of information between the devices. A device can transmit or receive information in accordance with a dedicated discovery pattern of transmission and reception phases allocated from a set of different discovery patterns.
US11611857B2	Vehicle-mounted transmission system An on-vehicle transmission system includes: an antenna-side circuit unit including a plurality of wireless circuits connected in series and configured to receive radio signals in frequency bands different from each other, the antenna-side circuit unit configured to combine the radio signals received by the respective wireless circuits and output a resultant radio signal; and a path part configured to transmit the radio signal resulting from the combination and received from the antenna-side circuit unit, to an on-vehicle device side mounted on the vehicle, wherein, in the antenna-side circuit unit, each wireless circuit is connected according to an order determined for each wireless circuit.
US11611856B2	Image classification-based controlled sharing of visual objects using messaging applications Messaging devices and related methods for controlled sharing of visual objects using messaging applications are provided. A method includes allowing the user of the messaging device to prepare a message for transmission to a second user of a second messaging device including a visual object. The method includes automatically processing the visual object to determine whether the visual object can be classified as a visual object comprising nudity. The method includes: (1) in response to a first explicit request from the first user to share the visual object comprising nudity with the second user, allowing a transmission of the message including the visual object comprising nudity to the second user, and (2) in response to a second explicit request from the user to not share the visual object with the second user, preventing a transmission of the message including the visual object comprising nudity to the second user.
US11611851B2	Location tracking of assets This document discloses a solution for event-triggered positioning of an asset tag. According to an aspect, the asset tag comprises: a first wireless communication circuitry configured to support a first wireless communication protocol of a decentralized wireless network; a second wireless communication circuitry configured to support a second wireless communication protocol different from the first wireless communication protocol; and at least one processor configured to perform event-triggered beacon signal transmissions by: pairing the asset tag with a wireless device and acquiring an identifier of the wireless device during the pairing; as a result of the pairing, triggering transmission of a beacon signal use the second wireless communication circuitry to transmit a beacon signal to position the asset tag; and generating payload data comprising information on said pairing and using the first wireless communication circuitry to transmit the payload data via at least one other asset tag of the decentralized wireless network to a server computer.
US11611850B2	Systems and methods for PRS muting in a Fifth Generation wireless network Methods and techniques are described for supporting location services for a user equipment (UE) in a Fifth Generation wireless network in which a base station, such as a gNB or ng-eNB, broadcasts a Positioning Reference Signal (PRS) in a plurality of different directions and at a plurality of different times. A PRS muting configuration is used in which PRS is muted using a time based and angle based pattern to prevent interference between beams transmitted by other base stations and/or to prevent interference between beams transmitted simultaneously by a single base station. The time based and angle based muting pattern, for example, may provide an indication for each direction in the plurality of different directions and for each time in the plurality of different times and as to whether the PRS is transmitted or muted by the base station.
US11611847B2	Antenna selection and device orientation Systems may provide feedback that may include antenna selection or mobile device configuration. Antennas may be automatically configured throughout the device or the orientation or location of the mobile device may be altered to increase performance. Historical performance information of the mobile device may be maintained in order to determine proactive manipulations of the mobile device. In addition, multiple mobile devices may cooperatively determine the orientation or location that may increase performance.
US11611843B2	Dynamic positional audio System and methods for providing dynamic positional audio are disclosed. Methods can comprise determining availability of one or more devices to output audio and determining a location of the one or more available devices. Audio information can be received and at least a portion of the audio information can be configured to generate assigned audio information based on the determined location of the available devices. The assigned audio information can be transmitted to the available devices.
US11611840B2	Three-dimensional audio systems A sound generation system and related method include a user interface device and a processing device to obtain a specification of a three-dimensional space, obtain one or more sound tracks each comprising a corresponding sound signal associated with a corresponding sound source, present, in a user interface, representations representing one or more listeners and the one or more sound sources corresponding to the one or more sound signals in the three-dimensional space, responsive to a configuration of the locations of the one or more listeners or the locations of the one or more sound sources in the three-dimensional space in the user interface, determine filters based on the configuration and pre-determined locations of one or more loudspeakers, and apply the filters to the one or more sound signals to generate filtered sound signals for driving the one or more loudspeakers.
US11611838B2	System and method for individualized hearing air prescription Disclosed is a system and method for individualized hearing aid prescription which consists of a test procedure that enables the fitting of an individualized estimation of the SII model to individual listeners efficiently and an optimization process which translates the resulting individualized model to the prescribed gains across frequencies for programming into the user's hearing aids. The test involves the recognition of one or more words presented in background noise, which better approximates the daily listening experiences of hearing-aid users compared to the pure-tone detection in a silent environment task which is commonly utilized during conventional audiometric testing. In the estimated SII model, five parameters describe in a custom fashion the relative weights of speech information across the five frequency bands for a given listener. The results from the speech test is used to determine the desirable amount of gain for each frequency region to optimize the user's aided speech intelligibility. The resulting gains for the individual may then be programmatically applied to the individual's prescribed hearing aid device(s).
US11611819B2	Earphone with a vent An earphone comprising housing, a speaker, a speaker protrusion extending along a protrusion axis and comprising an inner protrusion surface and an outer protrusion surface, a resilient eargel comprising an inner eargel surface and an outer eargel surface. The eargel is detachably attached to the speaker protrusion, such that the outer protrusion surface abuts an abutment part of the inner eargel surface in an abutment zone extending along the protrusion axis. The eargel is adapted to be inserted into the outer ear of a user, such that it abuts the ear canal of a user, whereby a cavity is provided between at least the speaker, the inner protrusion surface, the inner eargel surface and the ear canal. The earphone is provided with a vent channel coupling the cavity and the ambient, wherein the vent channel comprises a groove (8) in the outer protrusion surface or the inner eargel surface. The vent channel is provided between the groove in the outer protrusion surface and the inner eargel surface or between the groove in the inner eargel surface and the outer protrusion surface. The groove comprises a first groove part, that extends in a plane orthogonal to the protrusion axis.
US11611814B2	System and method for monitoring temperature on a roof A temperature monitor, a system, and a method monitor temperature on a roof. The temperature monitor includes a base for attaching to the roof, a temperature sensor for detecting changes in temperature, the temperature sensor is attached to the base and positioned periodically on the base, and a roof sensor device attached to the base for transmitting measurement data received from the temperature sensor.
US11611795B2	Online live video sales management system A sales administration system that manages online sales via overlays on a video stream. Customers can comment on or respond to the video stream, and may order products using simple phrases such as “Sold”. The system can stream video with overlays to multiple clients simultaneously, including websites and mobile apps. Comments from all clients are received, aggregated, processed for orders, and displayed to the sales administrator. The system is coupled to a merchant's operational data, providing immediate visibility to changes in inventory and orders. Video overlays may be updated automatically by the system as this operational data changes, for example highlighting products with low stock. The system may analyze customer comments and orders both during the video stream and after the sales session is complete, and may generate recommendations to improve sales effectiveness. For backorders, customers may preauthorize charges to be at the front of the queue for shipment.
US11611781B2	Localized cloud services for privacy-isolated clients Various arrangements of a local cloud system for providing television services are presented. A facility cloud host system may have a content service provider interface that is used to receive live television channel streams from a television content service provider. The local cloud system may have a transcoder that transcodes the live television channels into a format to be transmitted locally to client devices. The local cloud system may provide access to recorded content from a remote master cloud host.
US11611779B2	Multiple secondary transform matrices for video processing A video processing method is provided to comprise: performing a conversion between a current video block of a video and a coded representation of the current video block, wherein the coded representation conforms to a format rule specifying that a syntax element corresponding to side information of a secondary transform tool for the current video block is signaled in the coded representation before transform related information, wherein the secondary transform tool includes applying, during encoding, a forward secondary transform to an output of a forward primary transform applied to a residual of a video block prior to quantization, or applying, during decoding, an inverse secondary transform to an output of dequantization of the video block before applying an inverse primary transform.
US11611770B2	Method and apparatus for video coding Aspects of the disclosure include methods, apparatuses, and non-transitory computer-readable storage mediums for video encoding/decoding. An apparatus includes processing circuitry that determines directionality information of a restoration filter unit included in a video frame based on at least one of a constrained directional enhancement filter (CDEF) process or an intra prediction mode. The processing circuitry determines one of a plurality of sets of filter parameters of a restoration filter process based on the directionality information of the restoration filter unit. The processing circuitry performs the restoration filter process on the restoration filter unit based on the one of the plurality of sets of filter parameters. The processing circuitry reconstructs the video frame based on the filtered restoration filter unit.
US11611768B2	Implicit signaling of adaptive resolution management based on frame type A method includes receiving a bit stream; determining, using the bit stream and for a current frame, whether the current frame is available to be used as a reference frame; setting, in response to determining that the current frame is available to be used as a reference frame, a variable characterizing that an adaptive resolution management mode is disallowed; and reconstructing pixel data of the current frame, wherein the adaptive resolution management mode is disallowed. Related apparatus, systems, techniques and articles are also described.
US11611766B2	Method and apparatus for performing superposition coded modulation scheme in a broadcasting or communication system A method and an apparatus for performing a Superposition Coded Modulation (SCM) scheme in a broadcasting or communication system including a controller are provided. The method includes controlling an SCM coefficient by the controller. The SCM coefficient is controlled according to a channel capacity of each layer of one or more layers in which information included in a signal is encoded.
US11611757B2	Position dependent intra prediction combination extended with angular modes Techniques are described of using Position Dependent Intra Prediction Combination (PDPC). A video coder such as a video encoder or a video decoder utilizes PDPC in cases where a current block intra mode predicted using an angular intra prediction mode.
US11611739B2	Method and apparatus for navigating through panoramic content Aspects of the subject disclosure may include, for example, receiving content that includes a 360-degree video, determining that guidance is enabled with respect to the content, obtaining an input responsive to determining that the guidance is enabled, and obtaining the guidance with respect to a playback of the content, where the obtained guidance is based on the input. Other embodiments are disclosed.
US11611737B2	System for illuminating a viewer of a display device Provided is a display device comprising a display panel having an array of display pixel elements for producing a display output; a viewer detecting system rendering data representing 1) the illumination intensity of a body part of the viewer and 2) another property of the body part; at least one illumination source for providing illumination of a body part of the viewer; and a processor configured to 1) process the data representing the illumination intensity of a body part of the viewer and 2) drive the at least one illumination source dependent on said illumination data to adapt the illumination intensity of a body part of the viewer.
US11611726B2	Apparatus, method and computer program for image capturing Examples of the disclosure relate to apparatus, methods and computer programs for enabling sub-pixel information to be determined in captured images. The apparatus can comprise means for activating at least one filter wherein the at least one filter is positioned in front of at least one image sensor. The at least one filter is configured to at least partially filter light such that the at least one filter has a spatial variation of transparency on an analogue scale across an area covered by the at least one filter. The apparatus also comprises means for detecting an image captured by the at least one image sensor; and using information relating to the spatial variation of transparency of the at least one filter to determine sub-pixel information in the captured image.
US11611724B2	Linked transaction camera with cached video log A management terminal manages a plurality of Self-Service Terminals (SSTs) for customer-assistance, transaction overrides, theft determinations, and transaction security audits. One or more overhead cameras stream real-time video of the transactions being processed at the SSTs to a server. Transaction data produced in real time at the SSTs are also provided to the server. The video is correlated with the transaction data and evaluated for security events. The video is also cached on the server. An operator of the management terminal can access a video review interface based on events and/or information visually gleaned by the operator during the transactions. The interface permits the operator to view a configured cached portion of the video captured for any given transaction to provide context to the operator for determining whether to perform or whether not to perform a transaction audit.
US11611723B2	Self-healing video surveillance system A method for configuring a computing device in a network of at least one remote device is disclosed. The method includes: storing, in a remote device, a configuration data archive relating to an existing computing device, wherein the remote device is at least one of a traffic camera or an aerial drone camera; determining, by a computing device to be configured, whether the remote device has stored therein a configuration data archive; and transferring data from the configuration data archive to the computing device to be configured in response to a determination that the remote device has stored therein a configuration data archive.
US11611722B2	Microscope system, control method, and recording medium A microscope system is provided with a microscope that acquires images at least at a first magnification and a second magnification higher than the first magnification, and a processor. The processor is configured to specify a type of a container in which a specimen is placed, and when starting observation of the specimen placed in the container at the second magnification, the processor is configured to specify a map region corresponding to a map image constructed by stitching together a plurality of second images acquired by the microscope at a higher magnification than the first magnification by performing object detection according to the type of the container on a first image that includes the container acquired by the microscope at the first magnification, and cause a display unit to display the first image and a range of the map region on the first image.
US11611715B2	System and method for event camera data processing In some embodiments, a method is performed at a device with a processor, non-transitory memory, and an event camera including pixel sensors distributed across an area. The method includes converting an event stream from a pixel sensor over a first time period into event frames by dividing the first time period into sub-periods, and binning pixel events of the event stream, where each of the sub-periods is associated with a frame sub-period identifier. The method further includes addressing the pixel sensors by sub-dividing the area into tiles, where each of the tiles includes a grouping of the pixel sensors, and a tile address of a particular pixel sensor is a combination of a tile identifier and a position locator of the particular pixel sensor. The method further includes encoding the pixel events as a function of a tile address, a frame sub-period identifier, and a brightness indicator value.
US11611711B2	Viewfinder ring flash The technical problem of enhancing the quality of an image captured by a front facing camera in low light conditions is addressed by displaying the viewfinder of a front facing camera with an illuminating border, termed a viewfinder ring flash. A viewfinder ring flash acts as a ring flash in low light conditions. A viewfinder ring flash may be automatically generated and presented in the camera view user interface (UI) when the digital sensor of a front facing camera detects a low light indication based on intensity of incident light detected by the digital image sensor of the camera.
US11611706B2	Multi-aperture cameras with at least one two state zoom camera Multi-cameras and in particular dual-cameras comprising a Wide camera comprising a Wide lens and a Wide image sensor, the Wide lens having a Wide effective focal length EFLW and a folded Tele camera comprising a Tele lens with a first optical axis, a Tele image sensor and an OPFE, wherein the Tele lens includes, from an object side to an image side, a first lens element group G1, a second lens element group G2 and a third lens element group G3, wherein at least two of the lens element groups are movable relative to the image sensor along the first optical axis to bring the Tele lens to two zoom states, wherein an effective focal length (EFL) of the Tele lens is changed from EFLT,min in one zoom state to EFLT,max in the other zoom state, wherein EFLTmin>1.5×EFLW and wherein EFLTmax>1.5×EFLTmin.
US11611705B1	Smart glasses with augmented reality capability for dentistry The present disclosure describes smart glasses that support variable magnification of an operating field and hands-free operations in dentistry. One or more operations and functions efficiently achieved via the smart glasses comprise: receiving, with smart glasses, a user-initiated request for a specific operation; activating, using the smart glasses, a camera with initial settings; generating a floating image through a micro-projector and a specifically-coated prism coupled to the camera; receiving a user input to adjust a camera setting to adjust the floating image; and dynamically controlling, using the smart glasses, the camera for the specific operation.
US11611698B2	Method and apparatus of depth detection, and computer-readable storage medium Spherical or hemispherical non-visible light depth detection includes projecting a hemispherical non-visible light static structured light pattern, in response to projecting the hemispherical non-visible light static structured light pattern, detecting non-visible light, determining three-dimensional depth information based on the detected non-visible light and the projected hemispherical non-visible light static structured light pattern, and outputting the three-dimensional depth information.
US11611694B2	Vehicle control systems and methods and optical tethering techniques The present disclosure generally relates to vehicle remote parking assistance, and, more specifically, systems and methods for determining a distance between a vehicle and a mobile device during a remote parking procedure. In particular, the systems and methods include selecting a camera lens or focal length for use with a first method of determining a distance between a vehicle and a mobile device based on an image of the vehicle and a digital model of the vehicle.
US11611690B2	Methods and apparatus for remote camera control with intention based controls and machine learning vision state management In some embodiments, an apparatus includes a memory and a processor. The processor is configured to receive an intent command from a control device. The processor is configured to identify, based on the intent command, a first portion of an image captured by a first image capture device and to identify, using video analytics, a second portion of the image captured by the first image capture device. The second portion is included in an image captured by a second image capture device at a first time. The processor is configured to calculate an offset between the first portion and the second portion using the image captured by the first image capture device. The processor is configured to send a signal to adjust using the offset the second image capture device to capture an image including the first portion at a second time after the first time.
US11611688B2	Camera module The present embodiment relates to a camera module comprising a front body, a lens, a rear body, a first substrate, an image sensor, a second substrate, a connector and a cover, wherein the cover includes a bottom plate having a hole in which the connector is to be disposed, side plates extending from the bottom plate, and pressing unit disposed at the bottom plate and elastically supporting the connector, the connector includes a first surface facing the inner surface of the bottom plate of the cover, and a second surface extending from the first surface and disposed in the hole, and the pressing unit includes a first pressing part for pressing the first surface of the connector, and a second pressing part for pressing the second surface of the connector.
US11611687B2	Blade open-close device and electronic device A thin blade open-close device is incorporated in a limited space. A blade open-close device includes a base located on a module board including a lens unit, a partition located opposite to the module board from the base, and a cover plate located opposite to the base from the partition. The partition and the cover plate each have an opening aligned with an optical axis of the lens unit. The blade open-close device includes a blade movable in X-direction in a blade chamber defined between the cover plate and the partition, an actuator that moves the blade between a closing position to cover the openings and an opening position to uncover the openings, and a terminal plate extending in Z-direction. The terminal plate electrically connected to the actuator includes connectors at its end adjacent to the module board to be electrically connected to contacts on the module board.
US11611677B2	Information processing apparatus that identifies related document images based on metadata and associates them based on user input, information processing system, information processing method, and storage medium An apparatus compares pieces of document image data with each other based on the result of a multi-cropping process and the result of an analysis of the document images and, if the pieces of document image data have the same date information and money amount information, determines that related pieces of data are present. In this way, the apparatus can easily prevent pieces of information related to the same transaction from redundantly registered in a system.
US11611675B2	Image forming apparatus and method of controlling image forming apparatus According to an embodiment, an image forming apparatus which stores settings for use in performing job processing includes: a display; and a storage which stores a setting history related to settings of past job processing, and a collective setting in which settings related to job processing are registered collectively. The image forming apparatus further includes: a setting controller which displays a setting history screen including the setting history on the display, displays on the display, in response to selection of the setting history, a setting screen reflecting setting contents based on the selected setting history, and displays a registration button to perform processing to register the collective setting on the setting screen; and a registration controller which performs the processing to register the collective setting in response to an operation on the registration button.
US11611657B2	AI-based compliance and preference system A method of providing artificial intelligence (AI) functionality to target legacy customer outreach platforms of a plurality of tenant enterprises includes storing a plurality of AI templates, each of which is associated with one or more AI routines, generating a campaign object associating one or more of the AI templates with a tenant enterprise from among the plurality of tenant enterprises, transforming a communication on a switching network associated with the tenant enterprise according to the one or more AI templates associated with the campaign object, and providing the transformed communication to a target legacy customer outreach platform of the tenant enterprise.
US11611650B2	Situational blocking of SIM updates and/or requests While a SIM-enabled cellular device is in a disable-SIM-card-updates mode of operation during which SIM-card updates should be disabled, the SIM-enabled cellular device blocks updates of a cellular Subscriber Identity Module (SIM) card of the SIM-enabled cellular device. Upon determining that the SIM-enabled cellular device is no longer in the disable-SIM-card-updates mode, the SIM-card updates are no longer blocked. SIM-card updates may be blocked by blocking the following types of messages received by the SIM-enabled cellular device from a cellular network: Short Message Service (SMS) SIM, Short Message Service (SMS) SIM update, Bearer Independent Protocol (BIP) packet update, and Access Point Name (APN) packet update. The SIM-enabled cellular device may be an automotive Telematics Control Unit (TCU). The automotive TCU may enter the disable-SIM-card-updates mode due to an automotive telematics emergency call. The automotive-telematic-emergency call may include a call-back period during which the TCU remains available to receive an emergency call back from a telematics service center.
US11611647B2	Hot-water supply system and program A hot-water supply system (1) remotely controls, via a server (50) and using a portable terminal device (30), a hot-water supply device (10) connectable to an external communication network (40). The hot-water supply system (1) is provided with a control unit which performs a notification process for notifying at least another, already-associated portable terminal device (30) that the portable terminal device (30) for performing remote control has been newly associated with the hot-water supply device (10). For example, a control unit of the server (50) performs the notification process as the control unit.
US11611644B1	911 call assistance for assisted device user A system and method for use with an assisted user's communication device that includes a display. The method includes providing a user communication device including a processor that is programmed to perform the step of, upon disconnection of an emergency call to a hearing user in which a captioning service has provided text transcription of voice messages from the hearing user, maintaining a link to the captioning service for a predetermined period of time. The processor also is programmed to perform the step of recognizing the call as an emergency call upon placement of the call, and the captioning service is automatically initiated upon the processor performing that recognition.
US11611636B2	Quality of service in a distributed system A method includes identifying a quality of service (QoS) policy associated with a tenant in view of a tenant identifier. The QoS policy includes a threshold value of a performance parameter. The method also includes receiving a service request from the tenant, estimating, in view of a subset of a plurality of historical records, an impact value indicating an impact of the service request on the performance parameter of the distributed storage system, determining, in view of the impact value, an estimated value of the performance parameter to result from servicing the service request of the tenant, and responsive to an evaluation of the estimated value of the performance parameter in view of the threshold value of the performance parameter, allocating computing resources of the multi-tenant distributed storage system to execute an operation associated with the service request.
US11611630B2	Assisted multimedia content enhancement A method comprises receiving a set of content items comprising a first content item from one or more media devices via a network, transmitting the first content item to a host device for performance of enhancement tasks related to the first content item, receiving a first enhanced content item comprising the first content item and added metadata from the host device, and storing the first content item and the added metadata.
US11611628B2	Persistent edge state of end user devices at network nodes Systems, methods, apparatuses, and software for caching tracking elements of network content are provided herein. In one example, a method of operating a cache node of a content delivery network that caches content for delivery to end user devices is provided. The method includes receiving content requests from an end user device for content cached by the cache node and responsively providing the content for delivery to the end user device, processing the content requests to determine a edge state that corresponds to the end user device, transferring information related to the edge state for delivery to at least one other cache node of the content delivery network for handling of content requests received at the at least one other cache node.
US11611612B2	Link quality measurements and link status detection A network device may include a processor. The processor is configured to: receive a network address of a load balancer device from a management device; send a test request to the load balancer device based on the received network address; obtain a network address of a data collector device from the load balancer device; and perform a test with the data collector device. The data collector device is configured to: obtain a result of the test; and send the result to a data lake.
US11611611B2	System and method for event driven publish-subscribe communications A system and method for delivering an event from an event publisher to an event subscriber via an event broker are disclosed. The event broker performs several functions such as receiving an event published by an event publisher of a first domain, assigning a priority based on a second domain to a plurality of subscribers of the second domain, processing the event based on a rule and the priority, and further delivering the event published by the event publisher of the first domain to the plurality of event subscribers of the second domain in accordance with the priority.
US11611608B1	On-demand camera sharing over a network Aspects of the present disclosure involve a system comprising a computer-readable storage medium storing at least one program, method, and user interface to facilitate a camera sharing session between two or more users. A request for an image depicting an image target is received from a first device associated with a first user. A notification of the request is transmitted to a second device associated with a second user. Image data comprising at least one image generated by a camera communicatively coupled to the second device is received from the second device and the image data is transmitted to the first device. A reward is provided to the second user based on the image data including a depiction of the image target.
US11611600B1	Streaming data processing for hybrid online meetings Techniques of streaming data processing for hybrid online meetings are disclosed herein. In one example, a method includes receiving, at the remote server, a video stream captured by a camera in the conference room. The video stream captures images of multiple local participants of an online meeting. The method also includes determining identities of the captured images of the multiple local participants in the received video stream using meeting information of the online meeting and generating a set of individual video streams each corresponding to one of the multiple local participants. The set of individual video streams can then be transmitted to the second computing device corresponding to a remote participant of the online meeting as if the multiple local participants are virtually joining the online meeting.
US11611597B2	Display of virtual room In one embodiment, a method includes providing, to each of a number of client devices, at least part of a graphical user interface (GUI) corresponding to a virtual room. The virtual room contains a number of users. The method further includes providing, to each of the client devices, a first portion of the GUI identifying at least some of the users in the virtual room. The method further includes providing, to each of the client devices, a second portion of the GUI, where the second portion of the GUI displays: (1) one or more user interactions from one or more of the users in the virtual room; and (2) for each user interaction, an identification of each particular user who generated the that user interaction.
US11611593B2	System and method for establishing first-to-answer call in mission critical push to talk communication 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 system for establishing a first-to-answer call in a Mission Critical Push to Talk (MCPTT) communication. The system includes a MCPTT originating client configured to initiate a first-to-answer call and transmit a first-to-answer call request to a MCPTT server. The system includes the MCPTT server configured to receive the first-to-answer call request from the MCPTT client.
US11611591B2	Generating unified views of security and compliance for multi-cloud workloads An apparatus comprises a processing device configured to receive, at a user interface of a trust platform configured to manage cloud assets operating in clouds of cloud service providers, a request to view security and compliance risk for a given entity running workloads utilizing the cloud assets. The processing device is also configured to obtain, utilizing application programming interfaces of the trust platform, first and second sets of security and compliance telemetry data generated by first and second pluralities of monitoring tools operating in tenant and management environments of the clouds. The processing device is further configured to generate a unified view of security and compliance for the workloads of the given entity utilizing the first and second sets of security telemetry data, and to provide the unified view of security and compliance for the workloads of the given entity at the user interface of the trust platform.
US11611590B1	System and methods for reducing the cybersecurity risk of an organization by verifying compliance status of vendors, products and services A system and methods for determining the degree to which a vendor, supplier, or company's compliance or lack of compliance with a specific regulation or requirement contributes to, or could contribute to, the cybersecurity risk of an organization whose employees use that company's products or services. This source of risk may be evaluated for a plurality or set of vendors to determine an estimated total risk arising this source or set of sources. In response to evaluating the degree or level of this source of risk, the system and methods can be used to determine or select the apprFinal opriate security process or protocol that should be applied to employees, devices, systems, and networks to limit the risk to the organization.
US11611579B2	Identifying and using DNS contextual flows In one embodiment, a device in a network captures domain name system (DNS) response data from a DNS response sent by a DNS service to a client in the network. The device captures session data for an encrypted session of the client. The device makes a determination that the encrypted session is malicious by using the captured DNS response data and the captured session data as input to a machine learning-based or rule-based classifier. The device performs a mediation action in response to the determination that the encrypted session is malicious.
US11611578B2	System and method for assessing cybersecurity risk of computer network Systems and methods for assessing cybersecurity risk of a computer network include the use of a risk model application that is configured to determine an initial cyber risk score value based upon an underwriting process. A cyber risk data stream is sent from the client's computer network to the system processor to periodically calculate an updated cyber risk score based upon actual data. The system processor is adapted to use the data stream to generate client information that is accessible by the client via a web-based client portal. In embodiments, the cyber risk data stream can be actively monitored to identify a threat of a cybersecurity breach.
US11611576B2	Methods and systems for securing an imaging system Various methods and systems for securing imaging systems are provided. In one embodiment, a method for an imaging system comprises monitoring usage of the imaging system in real-time while a user is controlling the imaging system, detecting that the usage of the imaging system is an abnormal usage, and performing one or more corrective actions based on the abnormal usage. In this way, an imaging system may be secured from cyber-attacks that may attempt to maliciously execute in an abnormal context while appearing legitimate to typical security controls.
US11611573B1	In-cloud and constant time scanners The technology disclosed relates to in-cloud, constant time content scanning. In particular, it relates to obtaining administrative access to a cloud environment account for bulk content scanning of storage resources, and deploying serverless, containerized scanners to run locally on the cloud environment account, including queuing objects in the cloud environment account, partitioning the objects into a plurality of object chunks, and depending upon a M number of object chunks in the plurality of object chunks, initializing a N number of instances of the serverless, containerized scanners, where M>>N. Each initialized serverless, containerized scanner scans a corresponding object chunk exactly once to detect a multiplicity of different data patterns.
US11611570B2	Attack signature generation A computer implemented method to generate a signature of a network attack for a network-connected computing system, the signature including rules for identifying the network attack, the method including generating, at a trusted secure computing device, a copy of data distributed across a network; the computing device identifying information about the network attack stored in the copy of the data; and the computing device generating the signature for the network attack based on the information about the network attack so as to subsequently identify the network attack occurring on a computer network.
US11611564B2	Methods and systems of dual-layer computer-system security In one aspect, a computerized method for implementing dual-layer computer-system security in a private enterprise computer network includes the step of generating a user profile, wherein the user has access to the private enterprise computer network, wherein the user profile comprises an information comprises a specified user usage of the private enterprise computer network. The computerized method includes the step of setting a specified trigger value with respect to the specified user usage of the private enterprise computer network. The computerized method includes the step of detecting that the user usage exceeds the trigger value. The computerized method includes the step of modifying an access privilege of the user to the private enterprise computer network.
US11611559B2	Identification of permutations of permission groups having lowest scores According to examples, an apparatus may include a processor that may identify activities of an entity on resources over a predetermined period of time, in which the entity is to use permissions assigned to the entity over the resources to perform the identified activities. The processor may also identify which of a plurality of groups of permissions includes the permissions the entity used to perform the identified activities and may determine permutations of the identified plurality of groups of permissions. The processor may further calculate respective scores for each of the determined permutations to identify permutations of the groups of permissions having the lowest scores and may output information pertaining to the determined permutations having the lowest scores.
US11611549B2	System and method of securing access to a secure remote server and database on a mobile device A new and novel system and method for reliably, securely, and affordably isolating and securing remote access to a secure cloud-based server and database, specifically, a NicheRMS police database, through a secured application, such as the NicheRMS application, over a secure network connection, such as a Citrix Independent Computing Architecture (ICA) connection, wherein the data in the sensitive database is accessed, and only present in a secured workspace and never transmitted locally to the endpoint devices.
US11611547B2	User to user content authentication Devices, systems and methods for authenticating a user to access electronic content include use of a processor configured to identify a technical condition for the content, access distributor logic providing a first release of the technical condition, receive a request from a subscriber to transfer the first release to an identified user, determine whether to approve or deny the request, and when approved, provide a device associated with the identified user with an authentication that permits the identified user to activate the first release and access the electronic content, and a database that stores the technical condition.
US11611536B2	Enhanced privacy-preserving access to a VPN service Systems and methods for effectively managing security and privacy measures during a user's connectivity session with a VPN service are provided. The systems and methods use a computer program that introduces a double-NAT feature at the network layer and a temporary hash table containing the minimally necessary temporary data to link two NAT sessions together in a secure manner. The systems and methods avoid including the dynamic management of IP addresses or requiring each client to have an IP address assigned beforehand to avoid compromising the user's identity by hard linking the session traces with the client.
US11611520B1	Methods, systems, and computer program products for processing a data object identification request in a communication Methods, systems, and apparatuses are provided that are configured to: display, at a first node, at least one first interface with a first user interface element and a second user interface element; display, at the first node, at least one second interface; generate a first message; display, at the second node, at least one third interface; generate a second message that does not include a file attachment with the second message; display, at the first node, at least one fourth interface with a reference to at least one file; and allow access, at the first node, to the at least one file.
US11611517B2	Tenant-driven dynamic resource allocation for virtual network functions Techniques for tenant-driven dynamic resource allocation in network functions virtualization infrastructure (NFVI). In one example, an orchestration system is operated by a data center provider for a data center and that orchestration system comprises processing circuitry coupled to a memory; logic stored in the memory and configured for execution by the processing circuitry, wherein the logic is operative to: compute an aggregate bandwidth for a plurality of flows associated with a tenant of the data center provider and processed by a virtual network function, assigned to the tenant, executing on a server of the data center; and modify, based on the aggregate bandwidth, an allocation of compute resources of the server executing the virtual network function.
US11611504B2	Planning and managing network probes using centralized controller In general, the disclosure describes techniques for measuring edge-based quality of experience (QoE) metrics. For instance, a network device may construct a topological representation of a network, including indications of nodes and links connecting the nodes within the network. For each of the links, the network device may select a node device of the two node devices connected by the respective link to measure one or more QoE metrics for the respective link, with the non-selected node device not measuring the QoE metrics. In response to selecting the selected node device, the network device may receive a set of one or more QoE metrics for the respective link for data flows flowing from the selected node device to the non-selected node device. The network device may store the QoE metrics and determine counter QoE metrics for data flows flowing from the non-selected node device to the selected node device.
US11611503B2	Network path selection A method may include monitoring a network performance metric for multiple paths to a destination through a network, and storing historical performance data for the paths. The method may also include receiving a data flow directed to the destination, where the data flow may be subject to a network performance agreement. The method may additionally include determining aggregate historical performances for the paths, and comparing the aggregate historical performances for the paths. The method may also include, based on the comparison of the aggregate historical performances, routing the data flow through the network.
US11611501B2	Apparatus, method, and computer program An apparatus comprising: at least one processor; and at least one memory including computer program code; the at least one memory and the computer program code configured to, with the at least one processor, cause the apparatus at least to: receive (1400) a request to create context for a migrating node and optionally at least one child node of the migrating node; allocate (1402) addresses to the migrating node and optionally the at least one child node of the migrating node; and send (1404) the addresses allocated to the migrating node and optionally the at least one child node of the migrating node, prior to the migrating node migrating from a source to a target.
US11611498B2	Round-trip time evaluation system, method, and apparatus A round-trip time (RTT) evaluation system includes sending, by a first device, a plurality of packets to a second device on a path, where each of the packets carries a timestamp indicating a sending time of a corresponding packet, determining, by the second device based on a statistical value of one-way delays (OWDs) of the packets, timestamps carried in the packets, sending, by the second device, an acknowledgements (ACKs) to the first device, where the ACKs include the timestamps and ACK time information, and determining, by the first device, measurement values of an RTT of the path based on the timestamps, the ACK time information, and times when the ACKs are received.
US11611496B2	Composite key performance indicators for network health monitoring A remote server monitors the health of a network of computing devices through hierarchical composite indicators by obtaining performance attributes from computing devices in the network. The server generates a composite indicator associated with one or more of the computing device based on a combination of at least two performance attributes of the computing device(s). The server monitors the composite indicator and, responsive to a determination that the composite indicator indicates an alert condition, generates an alert associated with the computing device(s). Additionally, if the alert condition is subject to remediation, the server causes at least one of the computing devices to execute a command to provide remediation of the alert condition.
US11611490B2	System and method of browsing offline and queried content Embodiments of systems and methods for browsing offline and queried content are presented herein. Specifically, embodiments may receive a request that a content associated with a request be managed at the user cache on a mobile device. Embodiment may also determine that the content associated with the request has been updated and, based on the determination the content associated with the request has been updated, send an instruction with respect to the content associated with the request to the mobile application.
US11611483B2	Learning-based dynamic determination of synchronous/asynchronous behavior of computing services Technologies are described for determining between synchronous and asynchronous modes for computing service requests. Computing service requests are received by a computing service from clients. The computing service dynamically determines whether to use synchronous mode or asynchronous mode for processing the computing service requests. The computing service makes the dynamic determination of which mode to use (synchronous or asynchronous) based on various criteria, which can include synchronous/asynchronous mode recommendations generated by machine learning models and/or synchronous/asynchronous mode recommendations generated by static rules.
US11611481B2	Policy management method and system, and apparatus This application relates to the field of communications technologies, and in particular, to a policy management method and system, and an apparatus. The method includes: requesting, by a policy decision entity, an NFVO in a management domain of a composite NS to perform a management operation on a policy group. According to the solution provided in this application, consistency between the LCM policy of the composite NS and the LCM policy of the nested NS forming the composite NS is ensured, and policy management execution efficiency is improved in a scenario of providing a composite NS across management domains.
US11611464B2	Method and apparatus for transmitting and receiving downlink channel The present disclosure discloses a method for receiving a downlink signal by a UE in a wireless communication system. Particularly, the method may include receiving a synchronization signal block (SSB) including a primary synchronization signal (PSS), a secondary synchronization signal (SSS), and a physical broadcasting channel (PBCH), and obtaining an indicator indicating a subcarrier spacing for the downlink channel from the PBCH, and receiving the downlink signal on the basis of the subcarrier spacing. The indicator may indicate a different subcarrier spacing according to a frequency band in which the UE operates.
US11611463B2	Method and device for transmitting OFDM signal, and method and device for receiving OFDM signal A method of transmitting, by a transmitting device, an orthogonal frequency division multiplexing (OFDM) signal in a wireless communication system, the method including: generating, by a digital module of the transmitting device, a frequency-shifted OFDM baseband signal by performing frequency up-shift of a first signal by a difference between a carrier frequency f0 and a first frequency fbase, wherein the first frequency fbase is, among frequencies corresponding to integer multiples of 128Δf, closest to the carrier frequency f0, and wherein Δf is an OFDM subcarrier spacing; up-converting, by an analog oscillator of the transmitting device, the frequency-shifted OFDM baseband signal by the first frequency fbase to generate an OFDM symbol signal at the carrier frequency f0; and transmitting the OFDM symbol signal at the carrier frequency f0.
US11611462B2	Padding and backoff operations when transmitting via multiple frequency segments in a WLAN A communication device determines that simultaneous transmission and reception via multiple frequency segments in a WLAN is not permitted. The communication device transmits a first packet in a first frequency segment beginning at a first time, and transmits a second packet in a second frequency segment beginning at a second time that is different than the first time. Transmission of the second packet overlaps in time with transmission of the first packet. In response to having determined that simultaneous transmission and reception via multiple frequency segments is not permitted, the communication device includes in the first packet padding so that an end of transmission of the first packet occurs at a same time as an end of transmission of the second packet.
US11611456B2	Method and system for orthogonal pilot signaling Aspects of the subject disclosure may include, for example, determining a coherence block for each user equipment (UE) of a plurality of UEs being served by the first cell, resulting in a plurality of coherence blocks, responsive to the determining, identifying a smallest coherence block from the plurality of coherence blocks, identifying a pilot sequence length based on the smallest coherence block, determining a plurality of orthogonal pilot sequences based on the identifying the pilot sequence length, designating, from the plurality of orthogonal pilot sequences, a first group of orthogonal pilot sequences for use in the first cell, and distributing, to each neighboring cell of a plurality of neighboring cells adjacent to the first cell, a respective group of orthogonal pilot sequences from a remainder of the plurality of orthogonal pilot sequences, to prevent pilot contamination between the first cell and the plurality of neighboring cells. Other embodiments are disclosed.
US11611449B2	System and method for providing network support services and premises gateway support infrastructure A service management system communicates via wide area network with gateway devices located at respective user premises. The service management system remotely manages delivery of application services, which can be voice controlled, by a gateway, e.g. by selectively activating/deactivating service logic modules in the gateway. The service management system also may selectively provide secure communications and exchange of information among gateway devices and among associated endpoint devices. An exemplary service management system includes a router connected to the network and one or more computer platforms, for implementing management functions. Examples of the functions include a connection manager for controlling system communications with the gateway devices, an authentication manager for authenticating each gateway device and controlling the connection manager and a subscription manager for managing applications services and/or features offered by the gateway devices. A service manager, controlled by the subscription manager, distributes service specific configuration data to authenticated gateway devices.
US11611441B2	Decentralized database optimizations Techniques for managing data stored within a database, such as a decentralized database are provided. Some techniques involve managing some data within a lower-trust database and some other data within a higher-trust database. A higher-trust database may be a decentralize database including a blockchain. A lower-trust database may store references to data within the blockchain, and optionally other data in association with those references. Disclosed techniques include WHERE clause query handling in databases with reference values, replacement of distinct data in a relational database with a distinct reference to that data, number line storing for secure indexing, APIs for databases, and consensus operations for private blockchain networks.
US11611440B2	Deal room platform using blockchain A method for managing a deal room using a cryptographic ledger that includes a plurality of blocks that store information relating to a deal being hosted in the deal room, the method comprising: receiving a request to perform an operation with respect to the deal room from a remote computing device, wherein the request indicates a user that is requesting permission to perform the operation and a permission key corresponding to the user; determining a cryptographic hash of the operation specific permission key using a hash function; transmitting the cryptographic hash to a plurality of node computing device, wherein each node computing device stores at least a portion of the cryptographic ledger, and wherein the cryptographic ledger in part stores cryptographic hashes of operation specific permission keys that indicate permissions granted to respective users associated with the deal.
US11611439B2	Tree structure for byzantine fault tolerance Systems and techniques are provided for a tree structure for byzantine fault tolerance. A validator computing device may receive a candidate block from a block producer. The block producer may be a second validator computing device of the distributed network. The validator computing device may determine whether or not the candidate block is valid. The validator computing device may sign an indication of whether or not the candidate block is valid to generate a signature. The validator computing device may send the signature to a third validator computing device that is a sibling node to the validator computing device. The validator computing device may receive a second signature from the third validator computing device. The validator computing device may combine the signature and the second signature to generate a combine signature if the signature and the second signature agree.
US11611437B2	Blockchain token holding social event history A crypto token wallet which allows storing reduced size ledgers.
US11611433B2	Secure memory arrangements Various examples are directed to secure memory arrangements and methods of using the same. A gateway device of the secure computing system may receiving a first message from an external system. The first message may comprise a first message payload data and first asymmetric access data. The gateway device may determine that the first asymmetric access data matches the first message payload data based at least in part on an external system public key. The gateway device may access a first system controller symmetric key associated with a first system controller in communication with the gateway device and generate a first symmetric access data based at least in part on the first system controller symmetric key and the first message payload data. The gateway device may send the first message payload data and the first symmetric access data to the first system controller.
US11611426B2	Multi-lane transmitting apparatus and method of performing a built-in self-test in the multi-lane transmitting apparatus A multi-lane transmitting apparatus includes lanes, and each lane includes a serializer circuit to convert parallel bits to serial bits. A clock signal generator generates a first clock signal having phases. A deserializer circuit converts serial bits to parallel bits. A Built-In Self-Test (BIST) circuit includes a signal generator circuit for generating a signal having bits in a defined pattern. A comparator circuit compares a pattern of bits of an output signal with the defined pattern. A BIST lane circuit monitors a status of the lanes. A BIST central circuit receives the status and determines if a number of lanes having an unmatched status is less than a threshold value. A phase extrapolator circuit adjusts a phase of the first clock signal when the number of the lanes is less than the threshold value.
US11611423B2	Methods and systems for signal interference cancellation A system for canceling signal interference (SI) includes a transceiver configured to concurrently transmit signals and receive signals within a single frequency band, which causes signal interference between the transmitted and received signals. The SI canceller is configured to use a set of cancellation coefficients to generate a cancellation signal to mitigate the SI. The system is configured to iteratively change the cancellation coefficients by a step factor to produce tuned cancellation coefficients. The step factor is determined by a cancellation error gradient and one or more of: a tunable coefficient step aggressiveness factor; and a time-based forgetting factor; and cause the SI canceller to cancel the SI using the tuned cancellation coefficients.
US11611422B2	Sub-band-full-duplex adaptive base station transceiver A base station is disclosed that includes two separated antenna arrays. In a TDD mode of operation, both arrays are used for either transmit or receive. In a sub-band full-duplex mode of operation, one array is used to transmit downlink symbols while the remaining array is used to receive uplink symbols.
US11611420B2	CSI-RS for AMM measurements According to some embodiments, a method for use in a network node of transmitting a measurement signal for evaluating a quality of a link from a cell comprises: determining (412) a first virtual identifier for a first link; determining (414) a group of one or more channel state information reference signal (CSI-RS) sequences that are available to be transmitted from the cell; associating (420) one or more of a frequency resource allocation, a time resource allocation, a CSI- RS sequence from the group of one or more CSI-RS sequences, and a layer allocation with the first virtual identifier; and transmitting (422) a first CSI-RS for measurement using one or more of the frequency resource allocation, time resource allocation, CSI-RS sequence, and layer allocation associated with the first virtual identifier.
US11611417B2	Physical layer parsing for multiple input multiple output (MIMO) punctured transmission and apparatus A data unit comprising bits to transmit over one or more frequency segments in a frequency range is obtained. An effective bandwidth in each frequency segment of the frequency range is determined, where the effective bandwidth excludes bandwidth of one or more punctured subchannels in a respective frequency segment. Bits are encoded based on the effective bandwidth of each frequency segment followed by parsing the encoded bits to one or more streams and parsing the encoded bits of a stream to the one or more frequency segments. The parsing of the encoded bits of the stream comprises allocating a first number of consecutive encoded bits to a first frequency segment and allocating a second number of consecutive encoded bits to a second frequency segment, wherein the first number and the second number are based on the effective bandwidth of the first frequency segment and the second frequency segment. The encoded bits are modulated and mapped to subcarriers for transmission.
US11611404B2	Four-dimensional over the air performance test method for dynamic scene channel The present disclosure discloses a four-dimensional over the air performance test method for a dynamic scene channel. By constructing a time-domain non-stationary dynamic scene channel model, and selecting over the air (OTA) probes of appropriate number, positions and power weight in a four-dimensional multi-probe anechoic chamber (4D-MPAC) test system through a probe selection algorithm, finally a 4D-MPAC dynamic channel test system for a target channel in a DUT test area is constructed, which makes a contribution to solve the current problem of OTA performance test for a time-domain non-stationary channel. The present disclosure aims to provide a four-dimensional multi-probe anechoic chamber (4D-MPAC) for the dynamic scene channel, which can effectively and accurately reproduce a target dynamic scene channel model in an anechoic chamber on the basis of reducing the cost of the test system as much as possible by constructing the dynamic scene channel model, and provide an index for judging the accuracy of constructing the dynamic scene channel model.
US11611403B2	Average environmental channel estimation Methods, systems, and devices for wireless communications are described for estimating one or more environmental factors at a first user equipment (UE). The one or more environmental factors may be based on estimates of a Doppler spread and a power delay profile (PDP) taken over a set of subsets of a time period, based on multiple signals received from a second UE or a base station over the time period. The first UE may estimate the Doppler spread and PDP for a channel over each of the set of subsets of the time period, and may combine the Doppler spread over the set of subsets and combine the PDP over the set of subsets. The first UE may use the combined Doppler spread and the combined PDP to determine one or more communication parameters for the channel.
US11611398B2	Optical amplifier burst mode communication with variable duty cycle An optical communication system includes an optical transmitter and one or more processors. The optical transmitter is configured to output an optical signal, and includes an average-power-limited optical amplifier, such as an erbium-doped fiber amplifier (EDFA). The one or more processors are configured to receive optical signal data related to a received power for a communication link from a remote communication system and determine that the optical signal data is likely to fall below a minimum received power within a time interval. In response to the determination, the one or more processors are configured to determine a duty cycle of the optical transmitter based on a minimum on-cycle length and a predicted EDFA output power and operate the optical transmitter using the determined duty cycle to transmit an on-cycle power that is no less than the minimum required receiver power for error-free operation of the communication link.
US11611389B2	Networking with HAPs and additional ground-based nodes Aspects of the disclosure provide for determining a network configuration. For instance, a system may include a controller including one or more processors. The one or more processors may be configured to receive information from each of a plurality of available nodes within a network, the plurality of available nodes including at least one aerial vehicle; determine a plurality of constraints for a future point in time, each one of the plurality of constraints including one or more minimum service requirements for a geographic area; attempt to determine a first network configuration for each of the plurality of available nodes that satisfies all of the constraints; when unable to determine the first network configuration, determine a second network configuration for the plurality of available nodes and at least one additional ground-based node that satisfies all of the constraints; and send instructions in order to affect the second network configuration.
US11611387B2	Restarting primary cell bandwidth part inactivity timer based on expiration of secondary cell deactivation timer A wireless device may receive one or more messages comprising configuration parameters for a primary cell and a secondary cell. The configuration parameters may indicate a deactivation timer for the secondary cell and a bandwidth part (BWP) inactivity timer for the primary cell. The wireless device may start the deactivation timer in response to activating the secondary cell. The wireless device may start the BWP inactivity timer in response to switching an active BWP of the primary cell. The wireless device may stop the BWP inactivity timer of the primary cell based on initiating a random-access procedure for the secondary cell. In response to the deactivation timer of the secondary cell expiring during the random-access procedure, the wireless device may restart the BWP inactivity timer of the primary cell.
US11611381B2	Wireless communications system, a radio network node, a machine learning unit and methods therein for transmission of a downlink signal in a wireless communications network supporting beam forming A wireless communications system and a method therein for transmission of a downlink signal in a wireless communications network supporting beamforming. The system estimates uplink channel information for a radio link from a wireless device to a radio network node. Further, the system obtains downlink beamforming information related to the estimated uplink channel information from a machine learning unit. The machine learning unit comprises relationships between beamforming information and uplink channel information determined based on stored pairs of reported downlink beamforming information and measured uplink channel information. The obtained downlink beamforming information is applicable for the radio cell sector. Furthermore, the system transmits, towards the wireless device, a beamformed downlink signal using the obtained downlink beamforming information.
US11611376B2	Measurement period for beam reporting In NR, a gNB utilizes multiple antennas and beam forming techniques for downlink transmissions to UEs. Described herein are methods and apparatus by which a UE measures the quality of multiple directional beams received from a gNB.
US11611366B2	Method and apparatus to thermally optimize a protective case for temperature regulation and heat transfer to or from a mobile device This present invention pertains to a method and apparatus to improve thermal transfer properties of a protective case for a mobile device such as a smartphone or tablet computer. The protective mobile device case is optimized for temperature regulation and heat transfer by integrating thermal interface materials into key regions of the protective case where heat transfer to or from heat sensitive components within a mobile device are located.
US11611352B2	Reconfigurable DAC implemented by memristor based neural network A digital to analog converter is constructed using a neural network layer. The converter has inputs for receiving parallel bits of a digital input signal and an output for outputting an analog signal which is based on the digital input. Connecting the input and the output is a neural network layer which is configured to convert the parallel bits into an output analog signal that is representative of the digital input signal. The neural network may be hardwired and the synapses may rely on memristors as programmable elements.
US11611350B2	Analog-to-digital converter, wireless communication apparatus, and analog-to-digital conversion method An analog-to-digital converter (1) includes an S/H circuit (10) configured to sample and hold an analog input signal (IN) in synchronization with a sampling clock signal (CLK), a delay circuit (20) configured to delay the sampling clock signal (CLK), an ADC circuit (30) configured to sample an output signal (S/H_out) of the S/H circuit (10) in synchronization with the sampling clock signal (CLK_delay) that is delayed, and output a digital signal (OUT) corresponding to an amplitude of the output signal that is sampled, and a delay adjustment circuit (40) configured to adjust a delay time of the sampling clock signal (CLK) in the delay circuit (20) in accordance with a change in frequency of the sampling clock signal (CLK).
US11611349B2	Analog-to-digital converter, sensor system , and test system Provided are an analog-to-digital (AD) converter, a sensor system, and a test system capable of reducing the time for test processing. AD converter includes input part, AD conversion part, first output part, and second output part. The analog signal output from sensor is input to input part. AD conversion part digitally converts an analog signal to generate first digital data and second digital data. First output part outputs the first digital data to control circuit. Second output part outputs the second digital data to test controller before first output part outputs the first digital data. In the test mode, test controller determines whether or not sensor system including sensor is in an abnormal state on the basis of the second digital data.
US11611348B2	File system format for persistent memory Techniques are provided for implementing a file system format for persistent memory. A node, with persistent memory, receives an operation associated with a file identifier and file system instance information. A list of file system info objects are evaluated to identify a file system info object matching the file system instance information. An inofile, identified by the file system info object as being associated with inodes of files within an instance of the file system targeted by the operation, is traversed to identify an inode matching the file identifier. If the inode has an indicator that the file is tiered into the persistent memory, then the inode it utilized to facilitate execution of the operation upon the persistent memory. Otherwise, the operation is routed to a storage file system tier for execution by a storage file system upon storage associated with the node.
US11611347B2	Integrator and analog-to-digital converter An integrator and an analog-to-digital converter are provided. The analog-to-digital converter includes the integrator, a comparison circuit and a control logic circuit. The integrator includes an operational amplifier, offset capacitors, input capacitors, integral capacitors and controllable switches. The input capacitors and the integral capacitors are connected to the operational amplifier via controllable switches, so that the integrator operates in various operation modes. Operation states of the offset capacitors in a first phase and a second phase of an operation cycle are controlled by switching on or off the controllable switches. Therefore, an offset voltage of the integrator is eliminated, and conversion efficiency and conversion accuracy of the analog-to-digital converter is improved.
US11611343B2	Solid-state relay with isolator A solid-state relay circuit includes an isolator circuit, a first output terminal, a second output terminal, and an output switch. The output switch is coupled to the isolator circuit, and includes a first transistor, a second transistor, and a diode. The first transistor is coupled to the first output terminal. The second transistor is coupled to the first transistor and the second output terminal. The diode is coupled to the first transistor, the second transistor, and ground, and is configured to block current flow from ground to the first transistor and the second transistor. The isolator circuit is coupled to the output switch and is configured to activate the first transistor and the second transistor.
US11611334B2	Method and circuit for monitoring and controlling duty margin of a signal A duty margin monitoring circuit, coupled to a functional circuit which generates a first output signal in response to a target signal, includes a modulation circuit, a replica circuit and an error detection circuit. The modulation circuit is arranged to receive the target signal and modulate the target signal to generate a modulated target signal. The replica circuit is arranged to receive the modulated target signal and generate a second output signal in response to the modulated target signal. The error detection circuit is coupled to the functional circuit and the replica circuit to receive the first output signal and the second output signal and arranged to generate an error detection result according to the first output signal and the second output signal.
US11611325B2	Acoustic wave device An acoustic wave device includes an interdigital transducer electrode connected to first and second terminals, and a reflector connected to the second terminal. In a group of electrode fingers of the interdigital transducer electrode, the electrode fingers at one end and another end in a second direction are respectively first and second end electrode fingers, the first end electrode finger includes a wide portion at a distal end portion. The first end electrode finger is located between the reflector and the second end electrode finger in the second direction. An inner busbar portion of one of first and second busbars not connected to the first end electrode finger, is located on an inner side in the second direction relative to the wide portion of the first end electrode finger so as not to overlap the wide portion of the first end electrode finger in a first direction.
US11611323B2	Automatic gain control circuit An automatic gain control circuit includes a linear-to-log conversion circuit, a current amplifier circuit, and an amplitude sense circuit. The current amplifier circuit includes a current input terminal coupled to an output terminal of the linear-to-log conversion circuit. The amplitude sense circuit includes an input terminal coupled to an output terminal of the current amplifier circuit, and an output terminal coupled to a gain control input terminal of the current amplifier circuit.
US11611322B2	Audio amplifier assemblies, processes, and methods An amplifier having one or more channels where each channel includes a two half bridges (a master and slave sub-channel). The sub-channels can be connected either in parallel or in a full-bridge configuration via internal switches that route signals to a pair of speaker jacks. One switch in the amplifier has a first position that selectively connects the outputs of the master and slave sub-channel to the same input of the speaker load so that the two sub-channels will drive the speaker load in parallel and a second position where the output of the slave sub-channel is connected to another input of the speaker load so that the master sub-channel and the slave sub-channel will drive the speaker load in a Full-bridge configuration. A second switch has a first position that connects a second input of the speaker load to ground or reference potential of the sub-channels when the speaker load is to be driven in parallel and a second position that is a No-connect position that is used when the speaker load is driven in the Full-bridge configuration and a ground potential is not to be connected to the speaker.
US11611319B2	Programmable optimized band switching LNA A front end module (FEM) integrated circuit (IC) architecture that uses the same LNA in each of several frequency bands extending over a wide frequency range. In some embodiments, switched impedance circuits distributed throughout the front end circuit allow selection of the frequency response and impedances that are optimized for particular performance parameters targeted for a desired device characteristic. Such switched impedance circuits tune the output and input impedance match and adjust the gain of the LNA for specific operating frequencies and gain targets. In addition, adjustments to the bias of the LNA can be used to optimize performance trade-offs between the total direct current (DC) power dissipated versus radio frequency (RF) performance. By selecting appropriate impedances throughout the circuit using switched impedance circuits, the LNA can be selectively tuned to operate optimally at a selected bias for operation within selected frequency bands.
US11611318B1	Dynamic amplifier of large output swing A dynamic amplifier includes a common-source amplifier configured to receive a gate voltage at a gate node and output a drain current to a drain node; a current mirror configured to mirror the drain current into an output current to an output current; a source capacitor connected to the source node; a load capacitor connected to the output node; a first switch configured to conditionally connect the gate node to an input voltage; a second switch configured to conditionally connect the gate node to a gate-resetting voltage; a third switch configured to conditionally connect the source node to a source-resetting voltage; a fourth switch configured to conditionally connect the drain node to a drain-resetting voltage; and a fifth switch configured to conditionally connect the output node to an output-resetting voltage.
US11611308B2	Window inserts comprising ultraviolet-absorbing and visibly transparent photovoltaic devices producing on-board electricity In one aspect, window inserts are described herein, which can modulate transmission of electromagnetic radiation through a window and can be self-powered. In some embodiments, a window insert comprises a photovoltaic device, the photovoltaic device including a photosensitive layer having peak absorption between 250 nm and 450 nm and an average transmittance of at least 50 percent in the visible region of the electromagnetic spectrum.
US11611306B2	Motor driving apparatus, electric blower, vacuum cleaner, and hand dryer A motor driving apparatus for driving a single-phase motor includes an inverter disposed between a battery and the single-phase motor, the inverter applying a first voltage to the single-phase motor at startup and applying a second voltage to the single-phase motor during a normal operation. A stop time period is present after application of the first voltage, application of the first voltage being stopped during the stop time period, and the inverter applies the second voltage after a lapse of the stop time period.
US11611304B1	System and method for minimizing demagnetization in rotor magnets A propulsion system for a device includes an electric motor configured to generate torque to propel the device. The electric motor includes a stator and a rotor with one or more permanent magnets. A controller is in communication with the electric motor and has recorded instructions for a method for minimizing demagnetization in the one or more permanent magnets. The controller is adapted to select a starting point and an intermediate point on a current trajectory in a stator current graph. The controller is adapted to obtain a final point on the stator current trajectory based on a comparison of the intermediate point and a predetermined voltage limit. A demagnetized torque capability is generated based on the final point on the current trajectory.
US11611301B2	Power tool, measuring device and method for operating a power tool The invention relates to a method for operating a power tool, according to which a measuring device determines a winding resistance (RS) of a winding of an electric motor of the power tool. A test signal source applies a test signal (ip) to the winding during operation of the electric motor, a measuring unit records at least one measured value (Ud, id) as a reaction of the winding to the test signal (ip), and a control device determines the winding resistance (RS) while taking into consideration the measured value (Ud, id).
US11611300B2	Current sensing correction method and driving system using same A current sensing correction method for a driving system is provided. Firstly, the detection values of a three-phase current are acquired through the measuring unit. When the three-phase current is maintained at the DC state, the DC values of the three-phase current are acquired and recorded as three-phase demagnetization values. When the detection values are zero, a d-axis current and a q-axis current are calculated according to the three-phase demagnetization values, a d-axis correction current command and a q-axis correction current command are calculated according to a proportional constant, the d-axis current and the q-axis current, and a three-phase demagnetization current is generated to the measuring unit according to the d-axis correction current command and the q-axis correction current command. When the demagnetization time reaches the first predetermined time, the three-phase demagnetization current is not generated.
US11611296B1	Vertical magnetic power generator A vertical magnetic power generator has a base, a driving shaft vertically mounted in the base, at least one electricity generation module mounted in the base and connected with the driving shaft, and multiple magnetic levitation modules mounted in the base and connected with the driving shaft. Each magnetic levitation module includes a magnetic ring and a conical magnetic block disposed in the magnetic ring. The conical magnetic block and a conical hole of the magnetic ring both taper off from top to bottom. The magnetic levitation modules provide upward axial magnetic levitation forces and radial damping forces exerting toward the driving shaft to allow the driving shaft to balance a total weight applied on the driving shaft. Thus, the driving shaft is able to be vertically levitated in the base magnetically and stably rotates at high speed almost without friction loss and without shifting or vibrating.
US11611288B2	Composite switching device with switching device and diode in parallel The present disclosure discloses a composite switching circuit, including a plurality of first semiconductor devices connected in series; and at least one second semiconductor device each connected in parallel to one of the plurality of first semiconductor devices. The composite switching circuit is connected to an input source. The second semiconductor device is turned off during a preset period to transfer a current flowing through the second semiconductor device to the first semiconductor devices connected in parallel to the second semiconductor device.
US11611271B2	Electric machine with an adjustable air gap An electric machine includes a rotor, a stator, and an air gap formed between a magnetic device of the rotor and the stator. For the selective setting of the air gap, movement devices implemented by piezoelectric stacks are provided on the rotor and/or on the stator. The movement devices may influence radial positions of the respective magnetic device and thus set the radial air gap width. It is thereby possible to exert open-loop and/or closed-loop control over a power or torque of the electric machine without adjusting stator currents. Vibration or unbalance of the rotor may also be counteracted quickly and effectively during operation of the machine.
US11611265B2	Electric compressor An electric compressor includes a compression part, an electric motor, an inverter device, and a housing. The inverter device includes an inverter circuit, a noise reduction unit, and a circuit board. The noise reduction unit includes a common mode choke coil and a smoothing capacitor. The common mode choke coil includes an annular core, a pair of winding wires, and an annular electrical conductor. The electrical conductor is split into a first metal plate and a second metal plate in a circumferential direction. The first metal plate is thermally coupled to the housing. The second metal plate is electrically connected to the first metal plate. An electrical resistance value of the first metal plate is larger than that of the second metal plate.
US11611253B2	Rotor of motor and automobile This application provides a rotor of a motor, including: a rotating shaft, provided with at least one first liquid outlet; a first end plate, disposed on an outer wall of the rotating shaft and perpendicular to the rotating shaft, where an inlet of at least one third passageway is provided on the first end plate; a second end plate, disposed on the outer wall of the rotating shaft and perpendicular to the rotating shaft, where an outlet of the at least one third passageway is provided on the second end plate; and a plurality of lamination sheets, disposed between the first end plate (103) and the second end plate, where at least one second through hole on each of the plurality of lamination sheets forms the at least one third passageway.
US11611251B2	Motor having asymmetric rotor core The present disclosure provides a motor having an asymmetric rotor core that can more effectively improve operation efficiency of a motor and improve NVH performance in correspondence to the tendency of high power and high efficiency of motors by asymmetrically forming a first slot and a second slot for inserting permanent magnets of the rotor core, arranging a first permanent magnet and a second permanent magnet at different embedment angles, and forming a separation wall inclined at a predetermined angle and having a uniform thickness between the first slot and the second slot.
US11611249B2	Electric machine and motor vehicle An electric machine comprising a rotor having a rotor body. The rotor body has multiple poles each carrying at least one rotor winding formed from multiple conductor loops. The poles extend in a radial direction of the rotor and the conductor loops pass through slots each formed between two adjacent poles. A support element extending in the radial direction is arranged in each of the slots between the rotor windings of the adjacent poles. The support element applies pressure to the conductor loops when the rotor rotates and/or heats up. A pressure distribution element extending at least in portions in the radial direction along the support element and the adjacent rotor winding is arranged between the support element and the rotor windings, which pressure distribution element distributes the pressure applied by the support element onto the adjacent rotor winding.
US11611241B2	Wireless power transfer to an extravehicular mobility unit An extravehicular mobility unit (EMU) includes a resonant coil on a surface of the EMU to be coupled to a second resonant coil affixed to a structure via a resonant magnetic field. The EMU also includes a receiver in the EMU coupled to the resonant coil to provide a direct current (DC) voltage based on the resonant magnetic field. A battery in the EMU is charged based on the DC voltage.
US11611239B2	Wireless charging system with solenoids A wireless power transmitting device may transmit wireless power signals to a wireless power receiving device. The wireless power receiving device may have a housing. A display may be mounted in the housing on a front face of the device. A rear housing wall on a rear face of the device may be provided with a wireless power receiving solenoid. The solenoid may have a linear strip shape that extends along a longitudinal axis. The longitudinal axis may extend perpendicularly to a wrist strap coupled to the housing. The wireless power receiving solenoid may have opposing first and second ends. The wireless power transmitting device may have a wireless power transmitting solenoid with opposing first and second ends that are configured to transmit the wireless power signals respectively to the first and second ends of the wireless power receiving device when the wireless power receiving solenoid is within the cradle.
US11611238B2	Wireless charging transfer apparatus and methods Wireless charging transfer devices are described herein that are configured to achieve wireless charging of portable electronic devices across a gap from a wireless charger. The devices include coil configuration including a receiver coil, a transmitter coil, and a bridge electrically coupling the receiver and transmitter coils across the gap. The coil configuration can be received within a housing that can provide storage space or can incorporate an expandable grip accessory.
US11611237B2	Wireless power reception apparatus and mobile terminal A wireless power reception apparatus and a mobile terminal are provided. The wireless power reception apparatus includes the following. A coil includes a first end, a second end, and a tap. The coil defined by the first end and the second end is configured to provide a first voltage, and the coil defined by the first end and the tap is configured to provide a second voltage. A first rectifying unit coupled with the first end and the second end of the coil. A second rectifying unit coupled with the first end and the tap of the coil. A charging unit coupled with the first rectifying unit and configured to apply the first voltage to a battery for charging. A power supply unit coupled with the second rectifying unit and configured to apply the second voltage to power a wireless receiving chip.
US11611228B2	Power cycle modulation control for power converters Controllers and methods for controlling a resonant power converter output voltage include operating the power converter according to a control period comprising an on cycle operation mode for a duration T_on that produces a first voltage Vo1 and an off cycle operation mode for a duration T_off that produces a second voltage Vo2. Vo1 is produced using a first switching frequency for a first selected number of switching cycles corresponding to the on time T_on. The converter output voltage or the converter input and output voltages may be sensed and used to determine the switching frequency during the on cycle operation mode and the duration of the off cycle operation mode. The final output voltage of the power converter is regulated to a selected value based on a ration of (T_on):(T_on+T_off). The controllers and methods may be used with power converters in power delivery devices to accept wide input voltage ranges compatible with devices such as cell phones, tablet computers, and notebook computers.
US11611223B2	Charging adapter for vaporizer device A charging adapter assembly for charging a vaporizer device is described herein. In some embodiments, the charging adapter may include a housing including a coupling end configured to couple to the vaporizer device. The coupling end of the housing may include a chamber having a base and at least one chamber wall defining a perimeter of the chamber. The base may include at least one charging contact. The charging adapter may include a power adapter extending from the housing. The power adapter may be configured to provide an electrical pathway between a power source and the at least one charging contact. Related systems, methods, and articles of manufacture are also described.
US11611217B1	Networked power plants A method described delivers power to a first load and a second load from networked power plants. The method may include receiving a power delivery profile for the first load, receiving a power delivery profile for a second load, determining a power output capability of a first renewable energy power plant (REPP), and determining a power output capability of a second REPP. The method may also include setting a power output for the first REPP and a power output for the second REPP based on the power delivery profile for the first and second loads and the power output capabilities of the first and second REPPs. The method may also include allocating a combined power output of the first and second REPPs to the first and second loads and delivering the allocated combined power output to the first and second loads.
US11611213B1	Power grid assets prediction using generative adversarial networks Methods, systems, and apparatus, including computer programs encoded on computer storage media, for using a neural network to predict locations of feeders in an electrical power grid. One of the methods includes training a generative adversarial network comprising a generator and a discriminator; and generating, by the generator, from input images, output images with feeder metadata that represents predicted locations of feeder assets, including receiving by the generator a first input image and generating by the generator a corresponding first output image with first feeder data that identifies one or more feeder assets and their respective locations, wherein the one or more feeder assets had not been identified in any input to the generator.
US11611181B2	Uninterruptable tap A coaxial tap in a hybrid fiber coaxial cable distribution system serves subscribers with an RF signal.
US11611173B2	Mounting seat for electronic device and electronic apparatus The present disclosure discloses a mounting seat for an electronic device and an electronic apparatus. The mounting seat mounting seat for an electronic device, comprising a seat body and at least one wire limiting structure, a mounting region for mounting a wire weld portion of the electronic device is on the seat body, the wire limiting structure is on the seat body near the mounting region, and a limiting passage is on the mounting seat, wherein the limiting passage is at one of the following positions: a position between the wire limiting structure and the seat body; and a position on the wire limiting structure.
US11611172B2	Busbar design that terminates with sealed connector A novel busbar, suitable for low-power applications, features a u-shaped extension having a male terminal that fits into and establishes electrical connection with a standard female terminal. The housing of an electrical box including the busbar is modified to receive the female terminal in such a way that Ingress Protection ratings of IP67 and IP69K are maintained within the electrical box. The busbar is not riveted to a thicker busbar terminating with a stud and lug nut, as in legacy configurations, thus being simpler and cheaper to manufacture. The female terminal, once connected to the busbar, is removable by inserting a tool into a dedicated opening within the housing.
US11611171B2	Electrical connection box An electrical connection box is provided with a connector-attached board and a shield case that internally houses the connector-attached board. The connector-attached board is provided with a circuit board, a connector that is fixed to the circuit board and that engages with a mating connector, and an attachment that is attached to the connector. The shield case surrounds the circuit board and is provided with an upper short wall portion and a lower short wall portion that include a connector opening for facing the connector outside. The attachment is provided with a waterproof portion that covers the periphery of an engagement surface of the connector that faces the mating connector, and the waterproof portion is provided with a waterproof wall that covers the periphery of the connector and the mating connector.
US11611167B2	Plug connector and connector assembly The present disclosure discloses a plug connector including an insulating housing, a number of plug terminals and a cable. The insulating housing includes a width direction extending along a left-and-right direction. The plug terminals are retained by the insulating housing and arranged in two rows in the width direction of the insulative housing. The plug terminals of each row are arranged in an upper-and-lower direction and spaced away from each other in the upper-and-lower direction. Each plug terminal extends along a front-and-back direction. The cable includes a number of core wires correspondingly and electrically connected with the plug terminals. A connector assembly including the plug connector and the mated socket connector is also disclosed in the present disclosure.
US11611165B2	Connector It is aimed to reduce a load to fixing portions of a flat cable and terminal fittings. A connector (A) includes a flat cable formed such that a plurality of conductors are arranged in parallel on a flexible insulating sheet, a plurality of terminal fittings held in a housing and individually fixed to front end parts of the plurality of conductors, and a reinforcing plate laminated on and integrated with a region of the insulating sheet including fixing portions of the conductors and the terminal fittings. The reinforcing plate is provided with hooking portions. The housing is formed with stoppers for restricting a rearward displacement of the flat cable with respect to the housing by being brought into contact with the hooking portions. A low-rigidity portion is formed in a region of the reinforcing plate rearward of the fixing portions and forward of the hooking portions.
US11611152B2	Metamaterial antenna array with isolated antennas An antenna array that utilizes ground guard rings and metamaterial structures is disclosed. In certain embodiments, the antenna array is constructed from a plurality of antenna unit cells, wherein each antenna unit cell is identical. The antenna unit cell comprises a top surface, that contains a patch antenna and a ground guard ring. A reactive impedance surface (RIS) layer is disposed beneath the top surface and contains the metamaterial structures. The metamaterial structures are configured to present an inductance to the patch antennas, thereby allowing the patch antennas to be smaller than would otherwise be possible. In some embodiments, the metamaterial structures comprise hollow square frames. An antenna array constructed using this antenna unit cell has less coupling than conventional antenna arrays, which results in better performance. Furthermore, this new antenna array also requires less space than conventional antenna arrays.
US11611136B2	Power divider/combiner A power divider/combiner includes a first transmission line that includes a first part and a second part, and a second transmission line and a third transmission line that are electromagnetically coupled with the first transmission line. The first part, the second part, the second transmission line and the third transmission line are each of a particular length. The first part, the second transmission line and the third transmission line are respectively connected to a first port, a second port and a third port for inputting/outputting signals having a target wavelength equal to four times the particular length.
US11611133B2	Manual service disconnect for a battery system An interconnect is disclosed that opens a battery circuit when an access cover is removed. The interconnect includes a single installed position, and does not include any throw positions to avoid ambiguity. The interconnect includes a conductive element that closes the battery circuit when the interconnect is installed. The access cover cannot be removed when the interconnect is installed, because the interconnect includes at least one mechanical feature that prevents removal of the access cover. In some instances, the interconnect is integrated into the access cover, such that when the cover is removed, the circuit is opened necessarily during removal. The interconnect interface may include blades, pins, or other electrically conducting elements. The interconnect is arranged in the battery system away from power electronics and other components that may interface to an electrical load, thus providing an added measure of safety when the access cover is off.
US11611117B2	System and method for maintaining thermal control of battery cells A system includes a cell support having a first opening defined therethrough. The first opening is configured to have a first battery cell positioned at least partially therein. The system also includes a first insulator positioned at least partially within the first opening and at least partially around the first battery cell. The first insulator comprises a first solid diamond-like carbon insert that fills a first gap between the first battery cell and the first opening.
US11611110B2	All-solid-state battery and production method therefor A method for producing an all-solid-state battery, comprising the following steps (a) to (d), which are performed in the order of (a), (b), (c), and (d) or in the order of (a), (b), (d), and (c): (a) introducing the all-solid-state battery laminate into the metal case, (b) welding a protruding part of the positive electrode current collector layer or the negative electrode current collector layer and the folding margin part of the metal case, (c) folding the folding margin part, and the protruding part of the positive electrode collector layer or the negative electrode current collector layer, which has been welded to the folding margin part toward the inside of the metal case together, and (d) injecting a sealing resin into the metal case from the opening part of the metal case and then curing the sealing resin to seal the all-solid-state battery laminate in the metal case.
US11611104B2	Solid electrolyte high energy battery The present invention is directed to a battery including a solid ionically conductive polymer electrolyte having a first surface and a second surface; a first electrode disposed on the first surface of the solid ionically conductive polymer electrolyte; a second electrode disposed on the second surface of the solid ionically conductive polymer electrolyte; and at least a first conductive terminal and a second conductive terminal, each terminal being in electrical contact with respectively the first conductive electrode and the second conductive electrode. The invention is also directed to a material including a polymer; a dopant; and at least one compound including an ion source; wherein a liberation of a plurality of ions from the ion source provides a conduction mechanism to form an ionically conductive polymer material. The present invention is further directed to methods for making such batteries and materials.
US11611097B2	Method of making an electrochemical reactor via sintering inorganic dry particles Herein disclosed is a method of making an electrochemical reactor comprising a) depositing a composition on a substrate to form a slice; b) drying the slice using a non-contact dryer; c) sintering the slice using electromagnetic radiation (EMR), wherein the electrochemical reactor comprises an anode, a cathode, and an electrolyte between the anode and the cathode. In an embodiment, the electrochemical reactor comprises at least one unit, wherein the unit comprises the anode, the cathode, the electrolyte and an interconnect and wherein the unit has a thickness of no greater than 1 mm. In an embodiment, the anode is no greater than 50 microns in thickness, the cathode is no greater than 50 microns in thickness, and the electrolyte is no greater than 10 microns in thickness.
US11611095B2	Fuel cell system A battery and a load device are connected to a fuel cell stack. Electric power is supplied from the battery to fuel cell auxiliary equipment. A controller of a fuel cell system has stored therein a desired output of the fuel cell stack. The controller predicts auxiliary equipment power consumption, which is the amount of electric power that is consumed by the fuel cell auxiliary equipment for operation of the fuel cell stack, and determines estimated input and output power of the battery. The controller determines a requested output, which is an output requested for the fuel cell stack, based on the predicted auxiliary equipment power consumption and the estimated input and output power. The controller determines an operating point of the fuel cell stack based on the desired output. The load device controls its operation so that the difference between the requested output and the desired output becomes zero.
US11611090B2	Fuel cell humidifier with bypass tube A fuel cell humidifier may completely or substantially completely prevent condensate water from entering a running fuel cell stack. The fuel cell humidifier includes a housing; a plurality of hollow fiber membranes arranged in the housing; a cap which is coupled to one end of the housing and has an air discharge port for supplying humidified air to the fuel cell stack; and a bypass tube for transferring condensate water generated from the humidified air to an interior space of the housing through which a discharge gas flows, wherein a first end of the bypass tube is disposed inside the air discharge port, and the bypass tube is in fluid communication with the interior space of the housing through a second end of the bypass tube.
US11611087B2	Method of producing resin frame member for fuel cell and processing die In a method of producing a resin frame member for a fuel cell, a processing die is used. The method includes a processing step of moving an upper die toward a lower die to thereby form an inclined surface on each of side parts of a resin film. In the processing step, shearing is performed while maintaining a predetermined clearance between the lower processing section and the upper processing section and in a state where each of the side parts is at least partially positioned at a cutout so that each of the side parts is inclined downward toward the inside. The cutout is formed by cutting off an edge part of a placement surface that is positioned on the lower processing section side.
US11611056B2	Display apparatus and method for manufacturing the same A display apparatus and a method of manufacturing the same are provided. The display apparatus includes a substrate, and a plurality of display devices, an encapsulation layer, a microlens array and a protective layer which are sequentially provided on the substrate, and the microlens array includes a plurality of microlenses corresponding to the plurality of display devices, and each microlens in the microlens array comprises a multi-step structure including a plurality of steps.
US11611055B2	Organic light emitting display device with conductive protection layers that are spaced apart from each other and method of manufacturing the same An organic light emitting display device has a plurality of first electrodes, intermediate layers, and second electrodes that correspond to a plurality of pixel areas. The first electrodes are spaced from one another, the second electrodes are spaced from one another, and the intermediate layers are spaced from one another. A conductive protection layer is formed over the second electrodes, and a connection electrode layer is formed over the conductive protection layer and electrically connecting the second electrodes.
US11611049B2	Compound and organic light-emitting device including the same An organic light-emitting device includes a first electrode, a second electrode facing the first electrode, and an organic layer disposed between the first electrode and the second electrode and comprising an emission layer, wherein the compound is of Formula 1, as shown in the equation below:
US11611024B2	Display device A display device includes a substrate and pixels. The substrate has an intermediate region and a peripheral region. Each of the pixels includes sub-pixels. Each of the sub-pixels includes a pad group and a light emitting diode (LED) element. The pad group has a first pad and a second pad. The LED element is electrically connected to the first pad and the second pad. The pixels include standard pixels disposed in the intermediate region and peripheral pixels disposed in the peripheral region. The first pads and the second pads of the pad groups of the sub-pixels of each of the standard pixels are arranged in a first direction. The peripheral pixels include a first peripheral pixel. The first pads and the second pads of the pad groups of the sub-pixels of the first peripheral pixel are arranged in a second direction, and the first direction crosses over the second direction.
US11611021B2	Light emitting device and display apparatus including the same A light emitting device including a first light emitting cell, a second light emitting cell, and a third light emitting cell each including a first conductivity type semiconductor layer, an active layer, and a second conductivity type semiconductor layer, pads electrically connected to the first, second, and third light emitting cells, a first wavelength converter configured to convert a wavelength of light emitted from the first light emitting cell into a first wavelength, and a second wavelength converter configured to convert a wavelength of light emitted from the second light emitting cell into a second wavelength longer than the first wavelength, in which the first light emitting cell has a larger area than the third light emitting cell, and the second light emitting cell has a larger area than the first light emitting cell.
US11611020B2	Wide color gamut light-emitting element A light emitting element including a housing having a cavity and an inner wall, a light emitting part disposed in the cavity to emit light having a peak wavelength in a blue wavelength band and including first and second light emitting chips spaced apart from each other, a lead portion to supply external electric power, and a wavelength converter including a first phosphor layer including a first phosphor to emit light having a peak wavelength in a green wavelength band, and a second phosphor layer including a second phosphor to emit light having a peak wavelength in a red wavelength band, in which the second phosphor includes at least one of a nitride-based red phosphor and a fluoride-based red phosphor represented by A2MF6:Mn4+, A is one of Li, Na, K, Ba, Rb, Cs, Mg, Ca, Se, and Zn, and M is one of Ti, Si, Zr, Sn, and Ge.
US11611011B2	Heterostructure including a semiconductor layer with graded composition An improved heterostructure for an optoelectronic device is provided. The heterostructure includes an active region, an electron blocking layer, and a p-type contact layer. The heterostructure can include a p-type interlayer located between the electron blocking layer and the p-type contact layer. In an embodiment, the electron blocking layer can have a region of graded transition. The p-type interlayer can also include a region of graded transition.
US11611007B1	Special-figure design ribbon for connecting back contact cells A special-figure design ribbon for connecting back contact cells includes a body, a plurality of first solder joints, and a plurality of second solder joints. The plurality of first solder joints and the plurality of second solder joints are respectively located on two sides of the body in a width direction. Each of the first solder joints stretches outward from a first side of the body. Each of the second solder joints stretches outward from a second side of the body. A shape of each first solder joint is different from a shape of each second solder joint. Center lines of at least one set of the first solder joint and the second solder joint adjacent to each other are staggered from each other in the width direction of the body.
US11611003B2	Semiconductor component, use of a semiconductor component A semiconductor component, in particular for a varactor, having at least one first semiconductor layer and a second semiconductor layer. At least two identical surface electrodes are arranged directly or indirectly on the second semiconductor layer facing away from the first semiconductor layer in order to form two anti-serially connected diodes. The surface electrodes are arranged in an interacting manner such that a load carrier zone which forms the common counter electrode for the surface electrodes is arranged in the first semiconductor layer at least in the operating state, and at least one control contact for controlling the potential of the load carrier zone is provided in a region of the load carrier zone on the second semiconductor layer face facing away from the first semiconductor layer. The load carrier zone produces a continuous electric connection from the counter electrode to the at least one control contact at least in the operating state, and the load carrier zone protrudes beyond the surface electrodes in a projection onto the rear face of the semiconductor component.
US11610991B2	Gate trench power semiconductor devices having improved deep shield connection patterns A power semiconductor device comprises a semiconductor layer structure having a wide band-gap drift region having a first conductivity type, a gate trench having first and second opposed sidewalls that extend in a first direction in an upper portion of the semiconductor layer structure, first and second well regions having a second conductivity type in the upper portion of the semiconductor layer structure, the first well region comprising part of the first sidewall and the second well region comprising part of the second sidewall. A deep shielding region having the second conductivity type is provided underneath the gate trench, and a plurality of deep shielding connection patterns that have the second conductivity type are provided that electrically connect the deep shielding region to the first and second well regions. The deep shielding connection patterns are spaced apart from each other along the first direction.
US11610990B2	Silicon carbide semiconductor device A semiconductor device includes a semiconductor substrate of a first conductivity type, a first semiconductor layer of the first conductivity type, a second semiconductor layer of a second conductivity type, first semiconductor regions of the first conductivity type, second semiconductor regions of the second conductivity type, gate insulating films, gate electrodes, an insulating film, first electrodes, a second electrode, and trenches. The first semiconductor regions and the second semiconductor regions are periodically disposed apart from one another in a first direction in which the trenches extend in a stripe pattern.
US11610988B2	Thyristor, triac and transient-voltage-suppression diode manufacturing A device includes a semiconductor substrate. A step is formed at a periphery of the semiconductor substrate. A first layer, made of polysilicon doped in oxygen, is deposited on top of and in contact with a first surface of the substrate. This first layer extends at least on a wall and bottom of the step. A second layer, made of glass, is deposited on top of the first layer and the edges of the first layer. The second layer forms a boss between the step and a central area of the device.
US11610985B2	Quantum processing system A quantum processing system is disclosed. In one embodiment, a quantum processing system comprises: a plurality of donor atoms positioned in a silicon crystal substrate, each donor atom positioned at a donor site; and a plurality of conductive control electrodes arranged about the donor atoms to operate the donor atoms as qubits. Where, at least two pairs of nearest neighbour donor atoms of the plurality of donor atoms are arranged along the [110] direction of the silicon crystal substrate and are configured to operate as qubits.
US11610984B2	Spin to photon transducer Methods, devices, and systems are described for storing and transferring quantum information. An example device may comprise at least one semiconducting layer, one or more conducting layers configured to define at least two quantum states in the at least one semiconducting layer and confine an electron in or more of the at least two quantum states, and a magnetic field source configured to generate an inhomogeneous magnetic field. The inhomogeneous magnetic field may cause a first coupling of an electric charge state of the electron and a spin state of the electron. The device may comprise a resonator configured to confine a photon. An electric-dipole interaction may cause a second coupling of an electric charge state of the electron to an electric field of the photon.
US11610978B2	LDMOS with an improved breakdown performance A method for manufacturing a semiconductor device includes forming a plate structure over an isolation region. A drain electrode electrically connected to a drift region underlying the isolation region is formed, wherein the drain electrode is separated from a first location of the plate structure by a first distance along a central axis of an active area of the semiconductor device in a direction of a current flow between a source and a drain of the semiconductor device, the drain electrode is separated from a second location of the plate structure by a second distance along a line parallel to the central axis and within the active area. The first distance is less than the second distance.
US11610971B2	Cap layer on a polarization layer to preserve channel sheet resistance An integrated circuit structure comprises a base layer that includes a channel region, wherein the base layer and the channel region include group III-V semiconductor material. A polarization layer stack is over the base layer, wherein the polarization layer stack comprises a buffer stack, an interlayer over the buffer stack, a polarization layer over the interlayer. A cap layer stack is over the polarization layer to reduce transistor access resistance.
US11610970B2	Semiconductor device having a junction portion contacting a Schottky metal A semiconductor device according to the present invention includes a first conductive-type SiC semiconductor layer, and a Schottky metal, comprising molybdenum and having a thickness of 10 nm to 150 nm, that contacts the surface of the SiC semiconductor layer. The junction of the SiC semiconductor layer to the Schottky metal has a planar structure, or a structure with recesses and protrusions of equal to or less than 5 nm.
US11610966B2	Semiconductor devices A semiconductor device includes a plurality of active fins defined by an isolation layer on a substrate, a gate structure on the active fins and the isolation layer, and a gate spacer structure covering a sidewall of the gate structure. A sidewall of the gate structure includes first, second, and third regions having first, second, and third slopes, respectively. The second slope increases from a bottom toward a top of the second region. The second slope has a value at the bottom of the second region less than the first slope. The third slope is greater than the second slope.
US11610964B2	Capacitor structures for memory and method of manufacturing the same A method of manufacturing a capacitor structure of memory, including forming a patterned photoresist layer on a hard mask layer and spacers on sidewalls of the patterned photoresist layer, perform a first etch process to remove uncovered hard mask layer so as to form first patterned hard mask layer and expose first portion of the dielectric layer, lowering a surface of the first portion of dielectric layer, perform a second etch process to remove uncovered first patterned hard mask layer so as to form second patterned hard mask layer and expose second portion of the dielectric layer, and performing a hole etching process to form first holes and second holes respectively in the first portion and the second portion of dielectric layer, wherein sidewalls of the first holes and second holes have wavelike cross-sections, and the wavelike cross-sections of first holes and second holes are shifted vertically by a distance.
US11610959B2	Sensor package module and organic light-emitting display device having same An organic light-emitting display device comprises a display panel having a transmission area through which external light passes, and a non-transmission area having transmittance lower than that of the transmission area; a data driver supplying a data signal to the display panel; a gate driver supplying a gate signal to the display panel; a timing controller controlling the data driver and the gate driver; and a sensor package module disposed on a rear surface of the display panel and disposed to correspond to the transmission area, wherein the number of conductive films stacked in the transmission area is smaller than that of conductive films stacked in the non-transmission area.
US11610958B2	Display apparatus A display apparatus includes: a substrate including a first area, a second area surrounding the first area and spaced apart from the first area, and a third area between the first area and the second area; a plurality of pixel circuits on the substrate at the second area, each of the plurality of pixel circuits including one or more thin-film transistors, and a storage capacitor; a plurality of lines on the substrate at the third area, and electrically connected to the pixel circuits, respectively; an encapsulation member covering the pixel circuits; an input sensing section on the encapsulation member to overlap with the second area, and including sensing electrodes, and trace lines electrically connected to the sensing electrodes; and a plurality of shielding portions on the encapsulation member to overlap with at least one of the plurality of lines, the plurality of shielding portions being spaced apart from each other.
US11610949B2	Organic electroluminescence display panel, method for manufacturing the same, and display apparatus The present disclosure discloses an organic electroluminescence display panel, a method for manufacturing the display panel, and a display apparatus. The organic electroluminescence display panel includes: a substrate including a first region and a second region adjacent to each other; a buffer layer located on the substrate; a first active layer located on the buffer layer in the first region; a first gate located on the first active layer and insulated from the first active layer; a second active layer located on the buffer layer in the second region; a metal electrode located on the first gate and insulated from the first gate; and a second gate located on the second active layer and insulated from the second active layer.
US11610948B2	OLED with butterfly-shaped spacer The present application proposes a display panel, including a display area and a non-display area surrounding the display area, wherein the display panel includes: a plurality of metal traces and a plurality of color resist blocks located in the display area; and a test key located in the non-display area, wherein the test key includes a plurality of color resist patterns and a plurality of metal patterns, each of the color resist patterns corresponds to a corresponding one of the color resist blocks, each of the metal patterns corresponds to one of the metal traces, and each of the color resist patterns is disposed correspondingly between adjacent ones of the metal patterns.
US11610946B2	Display device A display device prevents cracks from spreading to an active area. The display device includes a substrate including an active area and a non-active area having a bending area, a thin-film transistor disposed in the active area, a light-emitting element disposed in the active area and connected to the thin-film transistor, an encapsulation layer disposed on the light-emitting element, a touch sensor disposed on the encapsulation layer, a touch pad disposed in the non-active area, a first routing line connecting the touch sensor to the touch pad via a second routing line in the bending area, and a crack prevention layer disposed on the second routing line in the bending area. Thus, the crack prevention layer is capable of preventing the occurrence of cracks in the bending area BA, thus preventing cracks from spreading to the active area AA.
US11610938B2	Display panel and display device including the same A display panel includes a base layer having a display area and a non-display area including a pad area; a plurality of transistors on the base layer; a first protective layer covering the plurality of transistors; a conductive layer on the first protective layer; a second protective layer over the conductive layer; a first electrode and a second electrode on the second protective layer, the first and second electrodes being spaced from each other; a plurality of light emitting elements between the first electrode and the second electrode; a first contact electrode on the first electrode, the first contact electrode being in contact with one end portion of the light emitting element, and a second contact electrode on the second electrode, the second contact electrode being in contact with the other end portion of the at least one light emitting element; and a first pad in the pad area.
US11610937B2	Micro LED group substrate, method of manufacturing same, micro LED display panel, and method of manufacturing same Disclosed are a micro LED group substrate provided with a plurality of micro LEDs, a method of manufacturing the same, a micro LED display panel, and a method of manufacturing the same. More particularly, disclosed are a micro LED group substrate provided with a plurality of micro LEDs, a method of manufacturing the same, a micro LED display panel, and a method of manufacturing the same, wherein the need for a micro LED replacement process is eliminated.
US11610933B2	Back-side illuminated image sensor Image sensors and methods of manufacturing image sensors are provided herein. In an embodiment, a method of manufacturing an image sensor includes forming a structure having a front side and a back side. The structure includes a semiconductor layer extending between the front side and the back side of the structure, and a capacitive insulation wall extending through the semiconductor layer between the front side and the back side of the structure. The capacitive insulation wall includes first and second insulating walls separated by a region of a conductive or semiconductor material. The method further includes selectively etching, from the back side of the structure, portions of the semiconductor layer and the region of conductive or semiconductor material, while retaining adjacent portions of the first and second insulating walls.
US11610932B2	Photodetecting device with enhanced collection efficiency A photodetecting device includes a substrate, a first photosensitive layer supported by the substrate, and a second photosensitive layer supported by the substrate and adjacent to the first photosensitive layer, each of the first photosensitive layer and the second photosensitive layer being coupled to a first doped portion having a first conductivity type, and a second doped region having a second conductivity type different from the first conductivity type, wherein the first photosensitive layer is separated from the second photosensitive layer, and the first doped portion coupled to the first photosensitive layer is electrically connected to the first doped portion coupled to the second photosensitive layer.
US11610912B2	Semiconductor memory device According to one embodiment, a semiconductor memory device includes a stacked body, memory pillars, first and second insulation layers and an isolation region. The stacked body above a substrate includes conductive layers isolated from each other and stacked along a first direction crossing the substrate surface. The memory pillars extend through the stacked body along the first direction. The first insulation layer is provided above the memory pillars. The isolation region is provided higher than upper surfaces of the memory pillars in the stacked body along the first direction, and isolates the stacked body in a second direction crossing the first direction. The second insulation layer is provided on the first insulation layer and a side wall of the isolation region.
US11610909B2	Processes for forming 3-dimensional horizontal NOR memory arrays A process forms thin-film storage transistors (e.g., HNOR devices) with improved channel regions by conformally depositing a thin channel layer in a cavity bordering a source region and a drain region, such that a portion of the channel material abuts by junction contact the source region and another portion of the channel layer abut by junction contact the drain region. The cavity is also bordered by a storage layer. In one form of the process, the channel region is formed before the storage layer is formed. In another form of the storage layer is formed before the channel region is formed.
US11610900B2	Semiconductor memory device The invention provides a semiconductor storage device including a substrate, a plurality of active areas which are arranged along an oblique direction, a dummy active area pattern, and the dummy active area pattern comprises a first edge principal axis pattern and a plurality of first long branches and a plurality of short branches connecting edge principal axis patterns, and a plurality of storage nodes are in contact with each other. According to the invention, a part of the storage node contacts are arranged on the dummy active area pattern, so that the difficulty of the manufacturing process can be reduced, and the surrounding storage node contacts can serve as protection structures to protect components and prevent the components from being physically or electrically affected.
US11610889B2	Arsenic-doped epitaxial, source/drain regions for NMOS Techniques are disclosed for providing an integrated circuit structure having NMOS transistors including an arsenic-doped interface layer between epitaxially grown source/drain regions and a channel region. The arsenic-doped interface layer may include, for example, arsenic-doped silicon (Si:As) having arsenic concentrations in a range of about 1E20 atoms per cm3 to about 5E21 atoms per cm3. The interface layer may have a relatively uniform thickness in a range of about 0.5 nm to full fill where the entire source/drain region is composed of the Si:As. In cases where the arsenic-doped interface layer only partially fills the source/drain regions, another n-type doped semiconductor material can fill remainder (e.g., phosphorus-doped III-V compound or silicon). The use of a layer having a high arsenic concentration can provide improved NMOS performance in the form of abrupt junctions in the source/drain regions and highly conductive source/drain regions with negligible diffusion of arsenic into the channel region.
US11610887B2	Side-by-side integration of III-n transistors and thin-film transistors Disclosed herein are IC structures, packages, and devices that include thin-film transistors (TFTs) integrated on the same substrate/die/chip as III-N transistors. An example IC structure includes an III-N semiconductor material provided over a support structure, a III-N transistor provided over a first portion of the III-N material, and a TFT provided over a second portion of the III-N material. Because the III-N transistor and the TFT are both provided over a single support structure, they may be referred to as “integrated” transistors. Because the III-N transistor and the TFT are provided over different portions of the III-N semiconductor material, and, therefore, over different portion of the support structure, their integration may be referred to as “side-by-side” integration. Integrating TFTs with III-N transistors may reduce costs and improve performance, e.g., by reducing losses incurred when power is routed off chip in a multi-chip package.
US11610886B2	Multi-fin FINFET device including epitaxial growth barrier on outside surfaces of outermost fins and related methods A multi-fin FINFET device may include a substrate and a plurality of semiconductor fins extending upwardly from the substrate and being spaced apart along the substrate. Each semiconductor fin may have opposing first and second ends and a medial portion therebetween, and outermost fins of the plurality of semiconductor fins may comprise an epitaxial growth barrier on outside surfaces thereof. The FINFET may further include at least one gate overlying the medial portions of the semiconductor fins, a plurality of raised epitaxial semiconductor source regions between the semiconductor fins adjacent the first ends thereof, and a plurality of raised epitaxial semiconductor drain regions between the semiconductor fins adjacent the second ends thereof.
US11610881B2	Detection device A detection device comprises a substrate, a terminal part provided on the substrate and having a plurality of terminals, a first protection circuit unit provided on the substrate and having a plurality of first protection circuits, a selector unit provided on the substrate and having a plurality of selectors, a second protection circuit unit provided on the substrate and having a plurality of second protection circuits and a sensor unit provided on the substrate and having a plurality of sensors. The first protection circuit unit is provided between the terminal unit and the selector unit, and the second protection circuit unit is provided between selector unit and the sensor unit.
US11610876B2	Light conversion device A light conversion device includes a light-emitting unit, a photoelectric conversion unit, and an electroconductive bonding layer. Each of the light-emitting unit and the photoelectric conversion unit includes a first-type region and a second-type region opposite to the first-type region. The electroconductive bonding layer is disposed between the light-emitting unit and the photoelectric conversion unit for connecting the photoelectric conversion unit with the light-emitting unit. When the light conversion device is operated to receive a bias and an external light, the light-emitting unit generates a modulated light having a frequency different from that of the external light.
US11610871B2	Package-on-package (POP) type semiconductor packages Provided are package-on-package (POP)-type semiconductor packages including a lower package having a first size and including a lower package substrate in which a lower semiconductor chip is, an upper redistribution structure on the lower package substrate and the lower semiconductor chip, and alignment marks. The packages may also include an upper package having a second size smaller than the first size and including an upper package substrate and an upper semiconductor chip. The upper package substrate may be mounted on the upper redistribution structure of the lower package and electrically connected to the lower package, and the upper semiconductor chip may be on the upper package substrate. The alignment marks may be used for identifying the upper package, and the alignment marks may be below and near outer boundaries of the upper package on the lower package.
US11610861B2	Diffusion soldering with contaminant protection A method of soldering elements together includes providing a substrate having a metal die attach surface, providing a semiconductor die that is configured as a power semiconductor device and having a semiconductor body, a rear side metallization, and a front side layer stack, the front side layer stack having a front side metallization and a contaminant protection layer, arranging the semiconductor die on the substrate with a region of solder material between the die attach surface and the rear side metallization, and performing a soldering process that reflows the region of solder material to form a soldered joint between the metal die attach surface and the rear side metallization, wherein the soldering process comprises applying mechanical pressure to the front side metallization.
US11610856B2	Connectivity between integrated circuit dice in a multi-chip package An integrated circuit package may be formed comprising an interposer with a center die and a plurality of identical integrated circuit dice positioned around the center die and attached to the interposer, wherein the center die is the switch/router for the plurality of identical integrated circuit dice. The interposer comprises a substrate, a central pattern of bond pads formed in or on the substrate for attaching the center die, and substantially identical satellite patterns formed in or on the substrate for attaching identical integrated circuit dice. The central pattern of bond pads has repeating sets of a specific geometric pattern and wherein the identical satellite patterns of bond pads are positioned to form the same geometric pattern as the specific geometric pattern of the central pattern of bond pads. Thus, substantially identical conductive routes may be formed between the center die and each of the identical integrated circuit dice.
US11610848B2	Semiconductor package, semiconductor device and shielding housing of semiconductor package A semiconductor package, a semiconductor device and a shielding housing for a semiconductor package are provided. The semiconductor package includes a semiconductor chip having a first region and a second region beside the first region; and a shielding housing encasing the semiconductor chip, made of a magnetic permeable material, and including a first shielding plate, a second shielding plate opposite to the first shielding plate and a shielding wall extending between the first shielding plate and the second shielding plate. The first shielding plate has an opening exposing the first region and includes a raised portion surrounding the opening and a flat portion beside the raised portion and shielding the second region. A first distance from a level of the semiconductor chip to an outer surface of the raised portion is greater than a second distance from the level to an outer surface of the flat portion.
US11610846B2	Protective elements for bonded structures including an obstructive element A bonded structure is disclosed. The bonded structure can include a semiconductor element comprising active circuitry and a first bonding layer. The bonded structure can include a protective element directly bonded to the semiconductor element without an adhesive along a bonding interface. The protective element can include an obstructive material disposed over the active circuitry and a second bonding layer on the obstructive material. The second bonding layer can be directly bonded to the first bonding layer without an adhesive. The obstructive material can be configured to obstruct external access to the active circuitry.
US11610835B2	Organic interposer including intra-die structural reinforcement structures and methods of forming the same An organic interposer includes dielectric material layers embedding redistribution interconnect structures, package-side bump structures located on a first side of the dielectric material layers, and die-side bump structures located on a second side of the dielectric material layers. A gap region is present between a first area including first die-side bump structures and a second area including second die-side bump structures. Stress-relief line structures are located on, or within, the dielectric material layers within an area of the gap region in the plan view. Each stress-relief line structures may include straight line segments that laterally extend along a respective horizontal direction and is not electrically connected to the redistribution interconnect structures. The stress-relief line structures may include the same material as, or may include a different material from, a metallic material of the redistribution interconnect structures or bump structures that are located at a same level.
US11610804B2	Semiconductor manufacturing device According to one embodiment, a semiconductor manufacturing device according to an embodiment of the present invention includes a chamber; and a stage, wherein the stage comprises: a holding member arranged in the chamber, the holding member having a plurality of convex parts on a surface for mounting a substrate; and a plurality of pins moving up and down in a vertical direction with respect to the holding member, the plurality of lift pins rotating around a rotating shaft parallel to the vertical direction, wherein the plurality of lift pins rotates the substrate around the rotating shaft.
US11610801B2	Laser-releasable bonding materials for 3-D IC applications Novel polyketanil-based compositions for use as a laser-releasable composition for temporary bonding and laser debonding processes are provided. The inventive compositions can be debonded using various UV lasers, at wavelengths from about 300 nm to about 360 nm, leaving behind little to no debris. The layers formed from these compositions possess good thermal stabilities and are resistant to common solvents used in semiconductor processing. The compositions can also be used as build-up layers for redistribution layer formation.
US11610799B2	Electrostatic chuck having a heating and chucking capabilities In one example, an electrostatic chuck comprises a chuck body having a top surface configured to support a substrate and a bottom surface opposite the top surface. The chuck body comprises one or more chucking electrodes, and one or more heating elements. The chuck body further comprises first terminals disposed on the bottom surface of the chuck body and coupled with the one or more heating elements, second terminals disposed on the bottom surface of the chuck body and coupled with the one or more chucking electrodes, and third terminals disposed on the bottom first surface of the chuck body and coupled with the one or more chucking electrodes.
US11610797B2	Wafer stocker A wafer stocker is capable of further improving an environment around wafers. The wafer stocker includes a housing, a loading device provided on a front surface of the housing, a wafer cassette shelf arranged in the housing, a wafer transfer robot configured to move the wafers from a transfer container mounted on the loading device to a wafer cassette in the wafer cassette shelf, a wafer cassette delivery device configured to move the wafer cassette in the wafer cassette shelf to a stage having a different height, and a fan filter unit configured to generate a laminar flow in a wafer transfer space and in a wafer cassette transfer space.
US11610775B2	Method and apparatus for filling a gap According to the invention there is provided a method of filling one or more gaps created during manufacturing of a feature on a substrate by providing a deposition method comprising; introducing a first reactant to the substrate with a first dose, thereby forming no more than about one monolayer by the first reactant; introducing a second reactant to the substrate with a second dose. The first reactant is introduced with a subsaturating first dose reaching only a top area of the surface of the one or more gaps and the second reactant is introduced with a saturating second dose reaching a bottom area of the surface of the one or more gaps. A third reactant may be provided to the substrate in the reaction chamber with a third dose, the third reactant reacting with at least one of the first and second reactant.
US11610773B2	Condenser system for high pressure processing system Embodiments described herein relate to a high pressure processing system with a condenser and methods for utilizing the same. The processing system includes a process chamber, a boiler, a condenser, and one or more heat exchangers. The boiler generates a fluid, such as a vapor or supercritical fluid, and delivers the fluid to the process chamber where a substrate is processed. After processing the substrate, the system is depressurized and the fluid is delivered to the condenser where the fluid is condensed.
US11610772B2	Substrate cleaning method and substrate cleaning apparatus A valve is closed while a cleaning liquid is fed into a tubular body of a cleaning nozzle, and a piezoelectric element applies vibrations to the cleaning liquid. This causes droplets of the cleaning liquid to be produced and discharged from a plurality of discharge holes. The droplet diameter of the discharged droplets is in the range from 15 to 200 μm, and the distribution of the droplet diameter is such that the value of where a value of 3σ does not exceed 10% of the average droplet diameter. The droplet speed is in the range from 20 to 100 meters per second, and the distribution of the droplet speed is such that the value of where a value of 3σ does not exceed 10% of the average droplet speed. The droplet flow rate is not less than 10 milliliters per minute. Discharging the droplets of the cleaning liquid from the cleaning nozzle toward a substrate while satisfying these discharge conditions improves cleaning efficiency without damages to the substrate.
US11610766B2	Target object processing method and plasma processing apparatus A target object processing method is provided for processing a target object using a plasma processing apparatus including a processing chamber, a mounting table which is disposed in the processing chamber and on which the target object is mounted, an outer peripheral member disposed around the mounting table, and a first voltage application device configured to apply a voltage to the outer peripheral member. The method comprises preparing the target object having an etching target film and a patterned mask formed on the etching target film, and processing the mask. The step of processing the mask includes supplying a first processing gas containing a first rare gas to the processing chamber, and a first plasma processing for processing the mask positioned at an outer peripheral portion of the target object using plasma of the first processing gas while applying a DC voltage to the outer peripheral member.
US11610764B2	Plasma source and method of operating the same A plasma source (100), comprises an outer face (10) with an aperture (14) for delivering a plasma from the aperture. A transport mechanism is configured to transport a substrate (11) and the plasma source relative to each other parallel to the outer face, with a substrate surface to be processed in parallel with at least a part of the outer face that contains the aperture. First (4-1) and second tile (4-2) are arranged within a first plane of a working electrode (22) with neighbouring edges (12) bordering a first plasma collection space (6-1) and a third tile (4-3) is arranged in a second plane of the working electrode parallel to the first plane such that the third tile overlaps neighbouring edges in the first plane. At least one of the working and counter electrodes comprises a local modification (13,15) near said neighbouring edges to increase a plasma delivery to the aperture compensating for loss of plasma collection due to the neighbouring edges.
US11610763B2	Inter-period control system for plasma power delivery system and method of operating the same A generator produces output such as delivered power, voltage, current, forward power etc. that follows a prescribed pattern of output versus time where the pattern repeats with a repetition period by controlling sections of the pattern based on measurements taken one or more repetition periods in the past. A variable impedance match network may control the impedance presented to a radio frequency generator while the generator produces the output that follows the prescribed pattern of output versus time where the pattern repeats with a repetition period by controlling variable impedance elements in the match during sections of the pattern based on measurements taken one or more repetition periods in the past.
US11610761B2	Synchronization between an excitation source and a substrate bias supply Systems and methods for plasma processing are disclosed. A method includes applying pulsed power to a plasma processing chamber with an excitation source during a first processing step with a first duty cycle and applying, during the first processing step, an asymmetric periodic voltage waveform to a substrate support to produce a first plasma sheath voltage between a substrate and a plasma. Pulsed power is applied to the plasma processing chamber with the excitation source during a second processing step with a second duty cycle and during the second processing step, a different asymmetric periodic voltage waveform is applied to the substrate support to produce a different plasma sheath voltage between the substrate and the plasma.
US11610760B2	Vacuum arc source A vacuum arc source for arc evaporation of boride includes: a cathode made of at least 90 at-% of boride, in particular made of more than 98 at-% of boride; an anode, which is preferably in the shape of a disk; a body made of a material which is less preferred by arc discharge compared to the cathode, the body surrounding the cathode in such a way that during operation of the vacuum arc source, movement of an arc on an arc surface of the cathode is limited by the body. At least 90 at-% of the material of the anode is of the same chemical composition as the cathode.
US11610758B2	Charged particle beam lithography system A collimated electron beam is illuminated to a grounded metal mask such that patterns on the mask can be transferred to a substrate identically. In a preferred embodiment, a linear electron source can be provided for enhancing lithographic throughput. The metal mask is adjacent to the substrate, but does not contact with substrate.
US11610750B2	Electromechanical switch with stabilized engagement between contacts An electromechanical switch includes first and second stationary contacts and a movable contact. Each of the first and second stationary contacts has a respective protrusion at a mating end thereof. The movable contact defines a first depression and a second depression along a mating side thereof. The movable contact is reciprocally movable into and out of a closed position relative to the first and second stationary contacts. In the closed position, the mating side of the movable contact engages the mating ends of the first and second stationary contacts such that the protrusion of the first stationary contact projects into the first depression and the protrusion of the second stationary contact projects into the second depression.
US11610749B2	Programmable timer outlet A switched power receptacle that can be programmed to provide power for a user-selected duration in a user-selected cycle. The invention can be plugged into a conventional receptacle, extension cord, or other source of power. One or more user inputs and displays are provided so that the user can program the cycle for switching on the power (once every 2 days, once every 7 days, etc.). One or more user inputs are provided so that the user can select the duration of activation for each cycle (1 hour, 3 hours, etc.). Status indicators are preferably provided so that the user can easily monitor the operation of the device.
US11610737B2	Multilayer ceramic electronic component A multilayer ceramic electronic component includes a multilayer body including layered ceramic layers and layered inner electrode layers and having a rectangular parallelepiped shape, and outer electrodes covering both end surfaces of the multilayer body and extending from both end surfaces to cover at least a portion of a first main surface of the multilayer body. The multilayer ceramic capacitor includes an insulating layer continuously extending from a ceramic layer at the first main surface of the multilayer body so as to cover end edge portions of both the outer electrodes located on the first main surface of the multilayer body, and t2>t1 is satisfied.
US11610734B2	Multilayer ceramic capacitor and method of manufacturing the same A multilayer ceramic capacitor includes: a ceramic body including dielectric layers and having first and second surfaces opposing each other, third and fourth surfaces connecting the first and second surfaces to each other, and fifth and sixth surfaces connected to the first to fourth surfaces and opposing each other; a plurality of internal electrodes disposed in the ceramic body, each exposed to the first and second surfaces and having one ends exposed to the third or fourth surface; and a first side margin portion and a second side margin portion disposed, respectively, on the first and second surfaces, in which a metal or a metal oxide is disposed in the dielectric layer, and a ratio of a diameter of the metal or the metal oxide to a thickness of the dielectric layer is 0.8 or less.
US11610732B2	Multilayer capacitor and method of manufacturing the same A multilayer capacitor includes a capacitor body including first to sixth surface, and including a plurality of dielectric layers, and first and second internal electrodes; and first and second external electrodes. The first and second internal electrodes include first and second capacitance forming portion, first and second lead-out portion extending from the first and second capacitance forming portion toward the third surface of the capacitor body and connected to the first and second external electrode, and first and second dot pattern portion formed in at least one corner of the first and second capacitance forming portion. The first dot pattern portion and the second dot pattern portion have dot patterns not overlapping each other in the first direction.
US11610723B2	Transformer, power supply, and medical system A transformer includes a primary winding and a secondary winding, which are flat, and a magnetic core that has a middle leg that passes through the primary and secondary windings, a first core that is connected to one end along the length direction of the middle leg, and a second core that is connected to the other end along the length direction. A first wall surface on the side of the first core where the middle leg is positioned and a second wall surface on the side of the second core which faces the first wall surface are formed so as to be parallel, the primary winding is fixed to the first wall surface, the secondary winding is fixed to the second wall surface, and the distance between the primary winding and the secondary winding is kept constant.
US11610717B2	Potting box and transformer A potting box for assembling a transformer comprises an inner wall and an outer wall. The inner wall is sleeved in the outer wall. A bottom plate connected to a bottom portion of the inner wall and a bottom portion of the outer wall to form a potting space for accommodating a first winding and a second winding. An inner side of the outer wall comprises a first support portion for supporting the first winding and an outer side of the inner wall comprises a second support portion for supporting the second winding. An iron core of the transformer penetrates through an inner side of the inner wall.
US11610715B2	Ignition coil and method for the manufacture of an ignition coil An ignition coil is described for an internal combustion engine, with a housing, a transformer, which is arranged in an interior space of the housing, and potting compound, with which the interior space of the housing is cast. In accordance with this disclosure provision is made for the transformer to be covered by a mat, which is embedded in the potting compound.
US11610700B2	FFC cable assembly A flat flexible cable (FFC) assembly, which includes a multi-FFC cable having a plurality of FFC films arranged in a layered form and an insulation tube for surrounding the plurality of FFC films, and a pair of high current terminals mounted to respective ends of the multi-FFC cable.
US11610696B2	Nuclear waste cask with impact protection, impact amelioration system for nuclear fuel storage, unventilated cask for storing nuclear waste, and storage and transport cask for nuclear waste A nuclear waste cask with impact protection includes impact limiters comprising deformable energy-absorbing perforated sleeves. An impact amelioration system for nuclear fuel storage components includes impact limiter assemblies at the bottom cask to canister interface including impact limiter plugs frictionally engaging corresponding plug holes formed in the cask closure plate. A nuclear waste fuel storage system includes an unventilated cask including a heavy free-floating radiation shielding lid loosely coupled the top end of the cask in a movable manner via the anchor bosses which provides cask overpressurization protection. A nuclear waste cask includes an axially elongated rectangular cuboid cask body having a cavity for holding nuclear waste materials and cask locking mechanism including first locking protrusions on the lid which are selectively interlockable with mating second locking protrusions on the cask body to lock the lid to the cask body.
US11610659B1	Tamper-proof medicinal drug container having content-destruction mechanism A tamper-proof container for medication that enables self-destruction of contents upon tampering comprising an outer housing having a lid that permit insertion of pills, an inner medication chamber for holding discrete quantities of said pills, a dispensing section to provide timed dispensing of pills from said inner medication chamber according to a timing device preprogrammed according to a dosage regime, a pill destruction section to destroy and/or adulterate said pills upon activation, a pressurized double-walled bladder forming an annular chamber surrounding the medication chamber, and medication destruction section being operative to depressurize and activate destruction of pills upon tampering with the device.
US11610657B2	Automated pill dispenser Disclosed is a cloud-based resource and information tracking system for medical patients and healthcare providers. The cloud-based software system integrates all or many sources of patient medical and health information, updates the information in near real-time, and makes the data available to member(s) of the patient's healthcare team securely.
US11610653B2	Systems and methods for improved optical character recognition of health records Systems and methods to improve the optical character recognition of records, and in particular health records, are provided. An image of a medical record is received, and an initial optical image recognition (OCR) on the image is performed to identify text information. The OCR signal quality may be measured, and areas of insufficient OCR signal quality may be isolated. The signal quality is determined by a weighted average of semantic analysis of the resulting text, and/or OCR accuracy measures. The OCR process may be repeated on the isolated regions of lower signal quality, each time using a different OCR transform, until all regions are completed with a desired degree of signal quality (accuracy). All the regions of the document may then be recompiled into a single document for outputting.
US11610651B2	Data structures and operations for searching, computing, and indexing in DNA-based data storage The present disclosure is directed to enabling search and extraction of data stored in DNA with optimized data structures and functions. Accordingly, systems and methods are provided herein for performing certain functions on data stored in nucleic acid molecules. The present disclosure covers at least the following areas of interest: (1) data structures to provide efficient access and search of information stored in nucleic acid molecules, (2) accurate and quick reading of information stored in nucleic acid molecules, (3) targeted approaches to accessing subsets of information stored in nucleic acid molecules, (4) a rank function that determines a count of particular bit or symbol value in a set of information stored in nucleic acid molecules, (5) functions including counting, locating, and extracting occurrences of a specific pattern in a message of information stored in nucleic acid molecules, and (6) an if-then-else operation to sort data stored in nucleic acid molecules.
US11610641B2	Wafer-yields and write-QoS in flash-based solid state drives A non-volatile data storage device includes memory cells arranged in a plurality of blocks and a memory controller coupled to the memory cells for controlling operations of the memory cells. The memory controller is configured to determine if a given block is a bad m-bit multi-level block. In an m-bit multi-level block, each memory cell is an m-bit multi-level cell (MLC), m being an integer equal to or greater than 2. Upon determining that the given block is a good m-bit multi-level block, the memory controller assigns the given block to be an m-bit multi-level user block. Upon determining that the given block is a bad m-bit multi-level block, the memory controller determines if the given block is a good n-bit block. In an n-bit block, each memory cell is an n-bit cell, n being an integer less than m. Upon determining that the given block is a good n-bit block, the memory controller assigns the given block to be an n-bit user block or an n-bit write-buffer block.
US11610640B1	Method for error correction coding with multiple hash groupings and device for performing the same Various aspects include methods and devices for implementing the methods for error checking a memory system. Aspects may include receiving, from a row buffer of a memory, access data corresponding to a column address of a memory access, in which the row buffer has data of an activation unit of the memory corresponding to a row address of the memory access, determining multiple error correction codes (ECCs) for the access data using the column address, and checking the access data for an error utilizing at least one of the multiple ECCs. In some aspects, the multiple ECCs may include a first ECC having data from an access unit of the memory corresponding with the column address, and at least one second ECC having data from the access unit and data from the activation unit other than from the access unit.
US11610637B2	Apparatus for determining an expected data age of memory cells Apparatus including an array of memory cells, and a controller configured to cause the apparatus to determine a first value indicative of a number of memory cells of a plurality of memory cells that are activated in response to a control gate voltage having a particular voltage level, compare the first value to a plurality of second values, and determine an expected data age of the plurality of memory cells or a plurality of read voltages in response to the comparison of the first value to the plurality of second values.
US11610635B2	Sensing in floating-source memory architecture Algorithms for fast data retrieval, low power consumption in a 3D or planar non-volatile array of memory cells, connected between an accessible drain string and a floating, not directly accessible, source string, in a NOR-logic type of architecture, are presented.
US11610633B2	Low-leakage drain-programmed ROM A drain programmed read-only memory includes a diffusion region that spans a width of a bitcell and forms a drain of a first transistor and a second transistor. A bit line lead in a metal layer adjacent the diffusion region extends across the width of the bitcell. A first via extends from an upper half of the bit line lead and couples to a drain of the first transistor. Similarly, a second via extends from a lower half of the bit line and couples to a drain of the second transistor.
US11610626B2	Arithmetic device and arithmetic method An arithmetic device includes a first memory cell, a first bit line, a first transistor, a second memory cell, a second bit line, a second transistor, a third bit line, a first switching circuit, a second switching circuit and a controller. The controller sets a conduction state between the first memory cell and the first bit line by the first transistor, and sets a conduction state between the second memory cell and the second bit line by the second transistor. The controller sets the first switching circuit and the second switching circuit in a coupled state and sets the conduction state between the first bit line and the third bit line and between the second bit line and the third bit line to transition voltages of the first, second and third bit lines to a first voltage.
US11610623B2	Apparatus with a row-hammer address latch mechanism A refresh tracking circuit and associated methods are disclosed herein. The tracking circuit may be configured to track a primary count value and a secondary count value based on addresses associated with received commands. The primary and secondary count values may be configured to control corresponding refresh operations respectively associated with a primary address and a secondary address.
US11610611B2	Dynamic random access memory and method for manufacturing the dram having a bottom surface of a bit line contact structure higher than a top surface of a dielectric layer formed on a buried word line A DRAM and its manufacturing method are provided. The DRAM includes a buried word line, a first dielectric layer, a bit line, and a bit line contact structure. The buried word line is formed in a word line trench of the substrate, and extends along a first direction. The first dielectric layer is formed in the word line trench, located on the buried word line, and has a top surface lower than the top surface of the substrate. The bit line contact structure is formed on the substrate, and has a bottom surface higher than the top surface of the first dielectric layer. The bit line is formed on the substrate and extends along a second direction perpendicular to the first direction.
US11610609B2	Systems and methods for enhanced video books An enhanced video book and a system and method for creating an enhanced video book are described. Artwork and text corresponding to a storyline can be converted into a format that can be animated. A timing is established at which the converted artwork can be displayed, at a pace corresponding to the timing at which the converted text can be read. The converted artwork and/or the converted text are animating, and voice-over narration corresponding to the converted text is generated. The display of the converted artwork or the converted text is adjusted and synchronized with the voice-over narration based on the timing at which the converted artwork can be displayed. Audio is added and synchronized to the converted artwork. The converted artwork, the converted text, the animated or converted artwork, the animated converted text, the voice-over narration, and the audio are combined into an enhanced video book.
US11610602B2	Magnetic disk device According to one embodiment, a magnetic disk device includes a magnetic disk, a magnetic head, an electric power supply section, a control section, and an address storage section. The control section reads data from the magnetic disk by means of the read head on the basis of the address stored in the address storage section at predetermined timing, and writes the read data to the magnetic disk by means of the write head without suppressing the magnetic field range.
US11610599B2	Systems and methods for visually guided audio separation A system for separating audio based on sound producing objects includes a processor configured to receive video data and audio data. The processor is also configured to perform object detection using the video data to identify a number of sound producing objects in the video data and predict a separation for each sound producing object detected in the video data. The processor is also configured to generate separated audio data for each sound producing object using the separation and the audio data.
US11610590B2	ASR training and adaptation AM and LM parameters to be used for adapting an ASR model are derived for each audio segment of an audio stream comprising multiple audio programs. A set of identifiers, including a speaker identifier, a speaker domain identifier and a program domain identifier, is obtained for each audio segment. The set of identifiers are used to select most suitable AM and LM parameters for the particular audio segment. The embodiments enable provision of maximum constraints on the AMs and LMs and enable adaptation of the ASR model on the fly for audio streams of multiple audio programs, such as broadcast audio. This means that the embodiments enable selecting AM and LM parameters that are most suitable in terms of ASR performance for each audio segment.
US11610585B2	Embedded instructions for voice user interface Methods and systems for rendering lists of instructions and performing actions associated with those lists are described herein. In some embodiments, an individual may request that a voice activated electronic device associated with their user account assist in performing a task using a list of instructions. The list of instructions may include metadata that indicates actions capable of being performed by additional Internet of Things (“IoT”) devices. When the instructions are rendered, an instructions speechlet may recognize the metadata and may cause one or more of the IoT devices to perform a particular action. Furthermore, the metadata may also correspond to content capable of being rendered by the voice activated electronic device to assist the individual in performing a particular step of the instructions.
US11610581B2	Multi-step linear interpolation of language models A computer-implemented method is provided for generating a language model for an application. The method includes estimating interpolation weights of each of a plurality of language models according to an Expectation Maximization (EM) algorithm based on a first metric. The method further includes classifying the plurality of language models into two or more sets based on characteristics of the two or more sets. The method also includes estimating a hyper interpolation weight for the two or more sets based on a second metric specific to the application. The method additionally includes interpolating the plurality of language models using the interpolation weights and the hyper interpolation weight to generate a final language model.
US11610579B2	Processing natural language using machine learning to determine slot values based on slot descriptors Determining slot value(s) based on received natural language input and based on descriptor(s) for the slot(s). In some implementations, natural language input is received as part of human-to-automated assistant dialog. A natural language input embedding is generated based on token(s) of the natural language input. Further, descriptor embedding(s) are generated (or received), where each of the descriptor embeddings is generated based on descriptor(s) for a corresponding slot that is assigned to a domain indicated by the dialog. The natural language input embedding and the descriptor embedding(s) are applied to layer(s) of a neural network model to determine, for each of the slot(s), which token(s) of the natural language input correspond to the slot. A command is generated that includes slot value(s) for slot(s), where the slot value(s) for one or more of slot(s) are determined based on the token(s) determined to correspond to the slot(s).
US11610577B2	Methods and systems for providing changes to a live voice stream Methods and Systems for providing a change to a voice interacting with a user are described. Information indicating a change that can be made to the voice can be received. The voice can be changed based on the information.
US11610576B2	Resin material for acoustic lens, acoustic lens, acoustic wave probe, acoustic wave measurement apparatus, ultrasound diagnostic apparatus, photoacoustic wave measurement apparatus, and ultrasound endoscope Provided are a resin material for an acoustic lens including a resin (a) containing at least one of an epoxy group, a carbon-carbon double bond group, a methylol group, or a phenolic hydroxyl group; and a resin (b) containing a structural unit having a polysiloxane bond, and an acoustic lens, an acoustic wave probe, an acoustic wave measurement apparatus, an ultrasound diagnostic apparatus, a photoacoustic wave measurement apparatus, and an ultrasound endoscope in which the resin material is used.
US11610575B2	Ultrasonic endoscope acoustic lens and ultrasonic endoscope An acoustic lens contains a base material composed of a diorganopolysiloxane or a silicone rubber compound utilizing a diorganopolysiloxane as a main component, and plate-like inorganic compound particles dispersed in the base material.
US11610571B2	Humbucker pickup for string instruments with interposed tone-altering signal processor A pickup for stringed instruments with an interposed tone-altering signals process is described herein. In one aspect, the pickup can include a first coil wound around a first plurality of pole pieces, where a first end of the first coil is coupled directly to an amplifier output; a second coil wound around a second plurality of pole pieces; and a tone-altering signal processor coupled to an end of the second coil and the amplifier output.
US11610566B2	Harmonica Harmonica with a blues scale based on the minor pentatonic scale, which is formed from the pentatonic scale in the minor key by adding the diminished fifth, comprising at least 10 combs, which are tuned to an arrangement of notes of the blues scale with a multi-octave range, and the comb assignment of the blow and draw channels is determined by a sound arrangement of the scale-specific notes of the minor blues scale, for which purpose the three adjacent combs of at least one octave are tuned to the blow notes (1), (4), (5) and to the draw notes (3b), (5b), (7b).
US11610562B2	Display apparatus and method for controlling the same Disclosed is a display apparatus, capable of adjusting an image based on a location and a type of ambient light source. The display apparatus includes: a display; a housing supporting the display; a sensor disposed in the housing and configured to detect a quantity of entering light; and a processor configured to: based on an arrangement angle of the sensor and the detected quantity of the entering light, identify a location of a light source; and in response to the identified location of the light source, adjust a quality of an image displayed on the display.
US11610561B1	Hub system control method and hub performing the hub system control method A hub system control method, for controlling a hub which has a maximum bandwidth and is connected to a plurality of monitors, comprising: acquiring resolutions and refresh rates of each one of the monitors by the hub; computing used bandwidths of each one of the monitors according to the resolutions and the refresh rates; and controlling the hub to operate corresponding to at least one relation between the used bandwidths and the maximum bandwidth.
US11610557B2	Method and apparatus for improving a halo, and display A method for improving a halo is applied to a display panel. The display panel includes a dimming sub-panel and a display sub-panel that are superposed. The dimming sub-panel includes a plurality of first pixels, the display sub-panel includes a plurality of second pixels, and each first pixel corresponds to at least two second pixels. The method for improving the halo includes: as for the first pixel: acquiring a second brightness datum of each of the at least two second pixels corresponding to the first pixel; calculating a target brightness datum of the first pixel according to second brightness data of the at least two second pixels; determining a first gray-scale datum of the first pixel according to the target brightness datum.
US11610551B2	Display device and method of sensing a threshold voltage A display device includes a display panel, a scan driver, a data driver, a sensing circuit, and a controller configured to select a pixel row from a plurality of pixel rows in a vertical blank period of each frame period. The vertical blank period includes a sensing time in which the sensing circuit performs a sensing operation for the selected pixel row. The sensing circuit measures a first source voltage of a driving transistor of each pixel in the selected pixel row at a first time point of the sensing time, and measures a second source voltage of the driving transistor at a second time point of the sensing time. The controller predicts a current saturated source voltage of the driving transistor based on the first and second source voltages, and determines a threshold voltage change amount of the driving transistor based on a difference between a previous saturated source voltage and the current saturated source voltage.
US11610547B2	Method of driving pixel of display apparatus that includes dividing data voltage using first and second capacitors connected in series to apply divided voltage to control electrode of transistor A display apparatus includes a plurality of pixels. A pixel includes a first capacitor connected between a first voltage line receiving a first driving signal and a first node, a first transistor comprising a control electrode connected to the first node, a first electrode connected to a second voltage line receiving a first power source signal and a second electrode connected to a second node, an organic light emitting diode comprising an anode electrode connected to the second node and a cathode electrode receiving a second power source signal, a second capacitor connected between an m-th data line and the second node (wherein, ‘m’ is a natural number) and a second transistor comprising a control electrode connected to an n-th scan line (wherein, ‘n’ is a natural number), a first electrode connected to the first node and a second electrode connected to the second node.
US11610538B2	Display apparatus A display apparatus includes a display panel, a gate driver, a data driver and an emission driver. The display panel includes a pixel. The gate driver is configured to provide a gate signal to the pixel. The data driver is configured to provide a data voltage to the pixel. The emission driver is configured to provide an emission signal to the pixel. The pixel includes a light emitting element, a driving switching element and a bias switching element. The driving switching element is configured to apply a driving current to the light emitting element. The bias switching element is configured to provide a bias voltage to an input electrode of the driving switching element. A frequency of a bias gate signal applied to a control electrode of the bias switching element is greater than a frequency of a data write gate signal applied to the pixel.
US11610524B2	Shift register unit and driving method thereof, gate drive circuit and display device A shift register unit and a driving method thereof, a gate drive circuit and a display device. The shift register unit includes a first input circuit, an output circuit and a first output pull-down circuit. The first input circuit is configured to charge a pull-up node in response to a first clock signal and reset the pull-up node in response to the first clock signal; the output circuit is configured to output a second clock signal to an output terminal under a control of a level of the pull-up node; the first output pull-down circuit is configured to denoise the output in response to a third clock signal.
US11610519B2	Flexible substrate and manufacturing method thereof, and display device A flexible substrate and a manufacturing method thereof and a display device are provided. The flexible substrate has a bending region. The flexible substrate includes a base substrate, and a first organic layer and a second organic layer which are sequentially laminated on the base substrate, and a surface where the first organic layer contacts the second organic layer in the bending region includes a concave-convex structure.
US11610518B1	Sign cover A sign cover includes a first portion fixed at a top side thereof with a top side of a second portion. Peripheral edges of the portions extend past a peripheral edge of a sign by a margin area when the portions are positioned over a front side and a rear side of the sign in a deployed configuration. The margin area of the portions each include a plurality of two-part mechanical fasteners. As such, in use, with the first portion and the second portion draped over the sign, the two-part mechanical fasteners hold the cover onto the sign. The first portion may include one or more transparent pockets for displaying one of several alternate signs.
US11610513B2	Benchtop within-breath dynamic lung simulator There is disclosed a simulation system for simulating a respiratory system. The simulation system includes a variable resistance device that provides a variable resistance to the airflow it receives to simulate a variation in resistance for the respiratory system during breathing and a variable elastance device that provides a variable elastance to the airflow it receives to simulate a variation in elastance for the respiratory system during breathing.
US11610512B2	Expiratory breathing simulator device and method An Expiratory breathing simulator device is provided and configured to simulate a real patient's End Tidal CO2 (ETCO2). The device is configured to be used with a vital signs simulator to simulate a patient's behaviour on a medical monitoring apparatus, for example for training medical professionals.
US11610499B2	Printed circuitry In an example, printed circuitry comprises a digitally printed switch, the printed switch comprising a first contact element printed using conductive print agent on a first substrate portion and a second contact element printed using conductive print agent on a second substrate portion. An interposed non-conductive printed spacer element is overprinted on at least one of the first and the second substrate portions.
US11610497B2	System and method to display SVS taxi mode exocentric view of aircraft A system may include a display and a processor communicatively coupled to the display. The processor may be configured to: generate a synthetic vision system (SVS) taxi mode exocentric view of an aircraft when the aircraft is performing taxi operations and when the aircraft is on ground, wherein the SVS taxi mode exocentric view includes at least one range ring centered around a depiction of the aircraft, each of the at least one range ring providing a visual indication of a given range between the aircraft and a given range ring; and output, to the display, the SVS taxi mode exocentric view. The display may be configured to: display the SVS taxi mode exocentric view.
US11610491B2	Data transmission method and apparatus, and unmanned aerial vehicle A data transmission method includes: determining link quality of a first link between an unmanned aerial vehicle and an unmanned aerial vehicle controller, link quality of a second link between the unmanned aerial vehicle and a base station, and link quality of a third link between the base station and the unmanned aerial vehicle controller; and determining one or more data transmission links for data to be transmitted, based on the link quality of the first link, the link quality of the second link, and the link quality of the third link.
US11610488B2	Notification device and vehicle control device A notification device includes a recognition unit configured to recognize a plurality of surrounding vehicles, a notification unit configured to provide information as a notification toward an outside of a vehicle, a determination unit configured to determine whether or not at least one of the plurality of surrounding vehicles recognized by the recognition unit is an entering vehicle going to pass in front of the vehicle, and a notification control unit configured to cause the notification unit to notify the entering vehicle of a recognition result of the recognition unit when the determination unit determines that at least one of the plurality of surrounding vehicles is the entering vehicle.
US11610479B1	Systems and methods for intelligent traffic control An intelligent traffic control system may be configured to manage autonomous vehicle traffic, such as by communicating with autonomous vehicles. The intelligent traffic control system may be configured to output an indication of a traffic control command to autonomous vehicles and non-autonomous vehicles. The intelligent traffic control system may be configured to determine traffic control commands for autonomous vehicles and non-autonomous vehicles.
US11610478B2	Communication system and method for controlling cooperation between edge devices arranged in vehicle A communication system includes a central cloud server that detects the presence of an active sync path at each of a first edge device and a second edge device, where the first edge device is arranged at a first location at a vehicle and the second edge device is arranged at a second location of the vehicle. The central cloud server further determines a dominant edge device and a non-dominant edge device from the first edge device and the second edge device. The central cloud server further elects the determined dominant edge device from the first edge device and the second edge device to service one or more user equipment (UEs) in the vehicle, which improves performance in terms of data throughput and signal-to-noise ratio (SNR) of one or more UEs present in the vehicle by effectively controlling cooperation between two edge devices arranged in the vehicle.
US11610477B2	Traffic assistance system, server, and vehicle-mounted device A vehicle-mounted device includes a data collecting device that collects sensor data from a vehicle sensor, a data transmitting device that transmits the sensor data to a server, a data receiving device that receives data about an outside-vehicle status, and an inside-vehicle/outside-vehicle cooperation device that, in response to receipt of the data about the outside-vehicle status, cooperates with a device outside the vehicle and controls an operation inside the vehicle. The server includes a map creating device that maintains a traffic status overview map on the basis of received sensor data, a vehicle selecting device that selects a vehicle capable of transmitting optimum sensor data for maintaining the traffic status overview map in view of a line status among vehicle-mounted devices present within a specific area, and a transmission permission/prohibition signal transmitting device that transmits an instruction of permitting transmission of sensor data to the vehicle.
US11610469B2	Abnormal behavior notification device, abnormal behavior notification system, abnormal behavior notification method, and recording medium A server includes: a registration unit that registers identification information for identifying a detection target in a storage unit; a detection target determination unit that determines whether the detection target is shown in an image captured on or around a road, based on the identification information; an abnormal behavior determination unit that determines whether the detection target exhibits an abnormal behavior that is different from a normal behavior of the detection target, when the detection target is shown in the image; and an alert transmission unit that transmits an alert when the detection target exhibits the abnormal behavior.
US11610465B2	Comprehensive system and method of universal real-time linking of real objects to a machine, network, internet, or software service A system for detecting placement or misplacement of an object includes a wireless tag; a first electronic device (“FED”) associated with the tag to automatically detect signals from the tag, determine a position of the FED, transmit the position and status to an external electronic device or network (“EED”) in response to the status indicating that the tag and the FED are within a predetermined range, and transmit the position and status to the EED in response to the status indicating that the tag and the FED are outside of the predetermined range; and a second electronic device (“SED”) that is unassociated with the tag to automatically detect signals from the tag, determine a position of the SED, determine an identifier for the tag using the signals, and transmit the position of the SED and the identifier to the EED.
US11610461B2	Video compression stream The present disclosure relates to a method performed by a background blurring system (1) for provision of a video compression stream from a video camera (2) adapted for capturing a scene. The background blurring system identifies (1001) in a first image of the scene, at a first point in time, at least a first pixel comprised in a background of the first image. The background blurring system further determines (1002) a blurred pixel value for the at least first pixel. Moreover, the background blurring system provides (1003), subsequent the first point in time, the blurred pixel value in the video compression stream. The background blurring system furthermore identifies (1004) in a second image of the scene, at a subsequent second point in time, that the at least first pixel has altered to be comprised in a foreground of the second image. Moreover, the background blurring system provides (1005) in the video compression stream, subsequent the second point in time—continuously and/or intermittently—identified non-blurred pixel values for the at least first pixel. The background blurring system further identifies (1006) in a third image of the scene, at a subsequent third point in time, that the at least first pixel has altered to be comprised in a background of the third image, wherein a value of the at least first pixel has remained unchanged from an intermediate point in time up to the third point in time. Furthermore, when the third point in time is within a predeterminable background merge time period from the intermediate point in time, the background blurring system provides (1007), subsequent the third point in time, the blurred pixel value in the video compression stream. The disclosure also relates to a background blurring system in accordance with the foregoing, a video camera comprising such a background blurring system, and a respective corresponding computer program product and non-volatile computer readable storage medium.
US11610458B1	Systems and methods to provide a portable alert device Systems and methods to provide a portable alert device are disclosed herein. The system may include a key component that includes a connector extending from a first side and a base component. The key component is shaped with a first indent and a second indent on opposite sides. The base component includes: a back piece shaped with a first ledge and a second ledge opposite the first ledge that extend out of an interior of the back piece; a front piece that joins with the back piece to enclose a portion of the key component so that the first ledge is positioned within the first indent and the second ledge is positioned with the second indent, the first ledge within the first indent and the second ledge within the second indent prevent the key component from entirely disengaging with the base component; a transceiver; and alert components.
US11610455B2	System and method for pari-mutuel gaming An improved gaming system comprising at least one gaming machine and a central controller. The gaming machine may conduct wagering on an event or set of events for a player, conducting a wager including receiving a wager value and a predicted ranking from the player and transmitting the wager to the central controller. The central controller accessing a database to automatically retrieve data about one or more events that occurred in the past and included multiple participants for creating a plurality of binary scorecards. The central controller matching the predicted ranking to a scorecard and determining a reward value based on an award level of the scorecard and tier levels of a pari-mutuel pool.
US11610454B2	Gaming systems and methods for providing reel-spin game enhancement features The present disclosure relates generally to systems and methods for providing reel-spin game enhancement features. A player enrolled with a subscription service server is presented with an opportunity to enhance game features associated with a gaming device after a result of a game played on the gaming device is determined. The gaming device determines that only when the result of the game played corresponds to a predetermined outcome, a respin option becomes available for the player. This option is rendered as an offer for the player to activate a game enhancement feature for a respin during a subsequent play of the reel-spin game. The game enhancement features include holding or locking a symbol in the reels of the reel-spin game, adding a score multiplier, or adding a modified symbol to a particular position or reel, during the respin of the subsequent play of the reel-spin game.
US11610448B2	Dynamically adapting driving mode security controls An example operation includes one or more of accessing, by a transport, data requested by an occupant of the transport, determining, by the transport, one or more risk levels associated with content of the data and a driving environment of the transport, responsive to the determining, bifurcating, by the transport, the data, distributing, by the transport, a portion of the bifurcated data with a lower risk level during a safe driving environment, and distributing, by the transport, a remaining portion of the bifurcated data with a higher risk level, after the occupant has departed the transport.
US11610447B2	Encoder multiplexer for digital key integration A system including a device operable to intercept a PMS request from the PMS to the encoder to obtain card data from the encoder, then send the card data to a credential service to provision a mobile phone with a virtual key. A method of provisioning credentials for a mobile device, the method including generating a request from a Property Management Systems (PMS); sending the request to an encoder through a device; determining if the request is for a virtual card at the device; and using an encoder 0 feature to check-in a guest from the encoder in response to a request for a virtual card.
US11610440B2	Remaining useful life prediction for a component of a machine A method is disclosed, which may include determining a distance of movement of a component of a machine; determining a load factor on the component over the distance of movement; estimating a remaining useful life of at least one of the component, or a wear component associated with the component, based on the distance of movement and the load factor; and performing one or more actions based on the estimated remaining useful life.
US11610432B2	Infrared temperature measurement fused with facial identification in an access control system An example method of infrared access, comprising, receiving a plurality of visual images, receiving a plurality of infrared images, calibrating pairs of at least one of the plurality of visual images to a respective at least one of the plurality of infrared images, determining an average temperature of the plurality of infrared images, determining a temperature of the respective calibrated pairs, and granting access if a visual image of the calibrated pair is authenticated by a facial recognition library and if the temperature of the calibrated pair is within a predefined threshold of the average temperature.
US11610422B2	Image processing method, apparatus, and storage medium for object detection An image processing apparatus sets a maximum size of an object that is to be included in a detection result of detection processing to detect the object from an image captured by an imaging unit, and sets a second region based on a position of a first region, designated by a user, in the image and the set maximum size. The second region, larger than the first region, includes the first region, and is subjected to the detection processing.
US11610414B1	Temporal and geometric consistency in physical setting understanding A machine learning model is trained and used to perform a computer vision task such as semantic segmentation or normal direction prediction. The model uses a current image of a physical setting and input generated from three dimensional (3D) anchor points that store information determined from prior assessments of the physical setting. The 3D anchor points store previously-determined computer vision task information for the physical setting for particular 3D points locations in a 3D worlds space, e.g., an x, y, z coordinate system that is independent of image capture device pose. For example, 3D anchor points may store previously-determined semantic labels or normal directions for 3D points identified by simultaneous localization and mapping (SLAM) processes. The 3D anchor points are stored and used to generate input for the machine model as the model continues to reason about future images of the physical setting.
US11610411B2	Driver assistance system and method for displaying traffic information A system for providing traffic information to a driver of an ego vehicle includes at least one sensor that provides image data of detected objects, including other vehicles, in a surrounding area of the ego vehicle; a position detection device that detects a position of the ego vehicle; a display unit that renders visual information relating to an environmental model of the surrounding area of the ego vehicle, the position, and corresponding digital map data; and an image analysis unit configured to determine a vehicle characteristic of at least one other vehicle in the surrounding area of the ego vehicle from a vehicle image of the at least one other vehicle generated based on the image data from the at least one sensor and to display information on the display unit based on the determined vehicle characteristic.
US11610409B2	Systems and methods for computer-based labeling of sensor data captured by a vehicle Examples disclosed herein may involve (i) based on an analysis of 2D data captured by a vehicle while operating in a real-world environment during a window of time, generating a 2D track for at least one object detected in the environment comprising one or more 2D labels representative of the object, (ii) for the object detected in the environment: (a) using the 2D track to identify, within a 3D point cloud representative of the environment, 3D data points associated with the object, and (b) based on the 3D data points, generating a 3D track for the object that comprises one or more 3D labels representative of the object, and (iii) based on the 3D point cloud and the 3D track, generating a time-aggregated, 3D visualization of the environment in which the vehicle was operating during the window of time that includes at least one 3D label for the object.
US11610408B2	Blind spot information acquisition device, blind spot information acquisition method, vehicle, and non-transitory storage medium A blind spot information acquisition device includes: a processor configured to: acquire sounds in an area around a vehicle, infer positions of occurrence of the sounds that have been acquired, acquire information relating to objects in the area around the vehicle, and determine that there is a sound occurring in a blind spot in a case in which a sound source in the positions of occurrence of the sounds cannot be identified from the information relating to objects in the area around the vehicle that has been acquired.
US11610406B2	System and method for lateral vehicle detection A system and method for lateral vehicle detection is disclosed. A particular embodiment can be configured to: receive lateral image data from at least one laterally-facing camera associated with an autonomous vehicle; warp the lateral image data based on a line parallel to a side of the autonomous vehicle; perform object extraction on the warped lateral image data to identify extracted objects in the warped lateral image data; and apply bounding boxes around the extracted objects.
US11610403B2	Graphical management system for interactive environment monitoring Systems and methods for monitoring an environment using a Graphical Management System (GMS) are described. The GMS may present a vector image map of the environment for interaction by a user. The user may zoom and pan on the map to generate views of the map with various ranges of detail of the map. Video data from a plurality of video cameras may also be displayed on the map based on the user input and the level of zoom and the location viewed in the map. Further, the user may select a timeline event and sensor data associated with the event and the map may be initialized at the time and location of the event.
US11610402B2	System and method for crowdsourcing a video summary for creating an enhanced video summary System and method for crowdsourcing a video summary for creating an enhanced video summary are disclosed. The method includes receiving videos, analysing the videos, creating the video summary of the videos using a building block model, storing the video summary in a video library database, crowdsourcing the video summary to at least one of the plurality of users, enabling the at least one of the plurality of users to review the video summary and identify at least one new characteristic, enabling the at least one of the plurality of users to share the at least one new characteristic on the platform, comparing at least one existing characteristic of the building block model with the corresponding new characteristic, reconciling the video summary along with at least one inserted new characteristic, creating a new building block model, editing the video summary for creating the enhanced video summary.
US11610396B2	Logo picture processing method, apparatus, device and medium The present disclosure provides a logo picture processing method, apparatus, device and medium, and relates to technical field of image processing, and specifically to the technical field of artificial intelligence such as deep learning and computer vision. The logo picture processing method includes: obtaining a logo picture including: a current logo graph and current text information; performing text recognition on the logo picture to obtain the current text information; searching for a picture that matches both the current logo graph and the current text information, to obtain a matched picture. The present disclosure may improve the accuracy of the matched picture of the logo picture and thereby improve the logo picture recognition accuracy.
US11610393B2	Knowledge distillation for neural networks using multiple augmentation strategies The present disclosure relates to systems, methods, and non-transitory computer readable media for accurately and efficiently learning parameters of a distilled neural network from parameters of a source neural network utilizing multiple augmentation strategies. For example, the disclosed systems can generate lightly augmented digital images and heavily augmented digital images. The disclosed systems can further learn parameters for a source neural network from the lightly augmented digital images. Moreover, the disclosed systems can learn parameters for a distilled neural network from the parameters learned for the source neural network. For example, the disclosed systems can compare classifications of heavily augmented digital images generated by the source neural network and the distilled neural network to transfer learned parameters from the source neural network to the distilled neural network via a knowledge distillation loss function.
US11610388B2	Method and apparatus for detecting wearing of safety helmet, device and storage medium The present application discloses a method and an apparatus for detecting wearing of a safety helmet, a device and a storage medium. The method for detecting wearing of a safety helmet includes: acquiring a first image collected by a camera device, where the first image includes at least one human body image; determining the at least one human body image and at least one head image in the first image; determining a human body image corresponding to each head image in the at least one human body image according to an area where the at least one human body image is located and an area where the at least one head image is located; and processing the human body image corresponding to the at least one head image according to a type of the at least one head image.

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