US12227165B2
A vehicle control device, a vehicle control method, and a vehicle control system according to the present invention perform feedback control to reduce difference in lateral direction or difference in turning direction between an own vehicle and a travel target, so as to acquire a first steering angle control command for increasing a steering angle control amount as the velocity of the own vehicle decreases, acquire a second steering angle control command for decreasing the steering angle control amount with respect to the velocity, compared with a magnitude of the steering angle control amount with respect to the velocity obtained by the first steering angle control command, output the first steering angle control command when the velocity is greater than a predetermined threshold, and output the second steering angle control command when the velocity is equal to, or less than, the predetermined threshold.
US12227164B2
An electrified vehicle disclosed in the present specification includes: a motor configured to rotate a drive wheel of the electrified vehicle; a sensor configured to detect a motor rotation number that is the number of rotations of the motor; and a control device configured to perform feedback control of the motor rotation number based on a value detected by the sensor. The control device is configured to perform during the feedback control a process of extracting a vibration component in a predetermined frequency band from the value detected by the sensor, a process of calculating an integrated value by integrating the extracted vibration component for a predetermined period, and a process of determining whether the calculated integrated value falls within a predetermined abnormal range.
US12227163B1
Techniques for synchronizing shaft speeds of a hybrid powertrain of a hybrid vehicle include, during a first phase of a synchronization process, starting an engine using a first electric motor and increasing a speed of an output shaft of the engine to a first speed that is less than a second speed of an intermediate powertrain shaft on an opposing side of a disconnect clutch relative to the engine output shaft, and during a subsequent second phase of the synchronization process, performing a model-based determination of a target speed profile for the engine to follow from the first speed to the second speed and controlling the engine to increase its speed according to the target speed profile, and closing the disconnect clutch when the speeds of the engine output shaft and the intermediate powertrain shaft are synchronized.
US12227160B2
A method may include, by an apparatus, sensing at least one beam; initiating a channel occupancy time based on the sensing; transmitting at least one first downlink transmission on the at least one beam during the channel occupancy time, wherein the at least one first downlink transmission on the at least one beam triggers at least one first uplink transmission on the at least one beam during the channel occupancy time; receiving the at least one first uplink transmission on the at least one beam during the channel occupancy time; determining interference condition on the at least one beam based on the at least one first uplink transmission; and scheduling at least one second downlink transmission or at least one second uplink transmission on the at least one beam with restriction during a rest of the channel occupancy time when the interference condition meets at least one threshold requirement.
US12227159B2
A fluid separator includes a separator housing defining a longitudinal bore having first and second bore ends. A first fluid passage is in fluid communication with the bore at the first bore end. A second fluid passage is in fluid communication with the bore adjacent the second bore end. A third fluid passage is in fluid communication with a portion of the bore spaced apart from both the first and second bore ends. A free-floating piston is located inside the bore and configured for longitudinal movement with respect to the bore responsive to fluid pressure within the bore. A biasing spring urges the piston toward the second bore end. An end cap is located at the second bore end. The end cap is maintained on the housing via at least two retainers.
US12227158B2
Disclosed herein an electric parking brake (EPB) system including a motor actuator operated by an electric motor includes a motor driving circuit configured to drive the electric motor; a current sensor detecting a current flowing through the electric motor; a voltage sensor detecting a voltage input to the electric motor; and a controller configured to determine a total energy consumption based on the current and voltage of the electric motor during a parking operation, determine whether a target current of a parking operation mode needs to be changed in response to the determined total energy consumption, in response to determining that the target current needs to be changed, change the target current based on at least one of a period of use and the number of times of operation of the EPB system, and control the electric motor in response to the changed target current.
US12227157B2
Methods, apparatus, systems, and articles of manufacture to extend brake life cycle are disclosed herein. An example vehicle includes a first brake associated with a first wheel of the vehicle, a second brake associated with a second wheel of the vehicle, memory, and a brake controller to execute instructions to detect a first parking event, determine, via a first sensor, a condition of the vehicle, access, from the memory, a record of a second parking event including an activation of the first brake, the second parking event preceding the first parking event, and in response to determining the condition satisfies a threshold, engage the second brake without engaging the first brake.
US12227154B2
An electromechanical brake actuator (102, 202, 302, 402) for a brake has a cam disc (108, 108′, 108″, 208, 308, 408) and a brake plunger (114, 214, 314) for actuating a brake lever (358). The cam disc (108, 108′, 108″, 208, 308, 408) and the brake plunger (114, 214, 314) have contact surfaces in contact with one another for directly transmitting a drive torque. The contact surface of the cam disc (108, 108′, 108″, 208, 308, 408) extends at a distance r about the pivot point D, which is defined as a function r(φ) with a change rate r′(φ) and depends on the angular position φ of the cam disc (108, 108′, 108″, 208, 308, 408). The contact surface is configured to effect non-linear transmission between the drive torque of the cam disc (108, 108′, 108″, 208, 308, 408) and the force transmitted to the brake plunger (114, 214, 314).
US12227151B2
An actuation device for a hydraulically operating brake system may include: a master cylinder in a housing and having at least one piston, to which a force can be applied by, e.g., a brake pedal; pressure supply device(s), at least one of which is a piston pump or double stroke piston pump having a piston and driven by an electromotive drive, the drive moving the piston directly or via a step-up gear; at least one valve assembly with magnetic valves; and at least one electronic control and regulating unit. The brake system has at least two hydraulic circuits, and a pressure change can be carried out in at least one wheel brake via the pressure supply device(s). A first housing or module, hydraulically connected to the housing, may contain the valve assembly and the at least one piston and pressure chamber of at least one of the pressure supply devices.
US12227149B1
A system and method for curved squeegee apparatus that is usable in a variety of different configurations whereby the apparatus has a squeegee blade, a handle that acts as a cover to the squeegee blade and allows for the squeegee blade to reach extended locations in a parallel orientation with the handle and clean specific areas in a perpendicular position with respect to the handle, and a squeegee channel which has a curved shape causing the blade to have a convex or concave shape when inserted into the squeegee channel allowing the curved squeegee apparatus to accommodate for different surface areas.
US12227146B2
An embodiment vehicle includes a communication device configured to communicate with a device outside the vehicle, an external user interface configured to be activated based on a shipment pickup request received through the communication device, a temperature adjustment device configured to adjust an indoor temperature based on receipt of a shipment targeted for the shipment pickup request, and a controller configured to activate the external user interface in response to the shipment pickup request, open a door of the vehicle based on information entered through the external user interface being a password, and control the temperature adjustment device based on information about the shipment.
US12227144B2
A vehicle includes a cabin, a brake, a vehicle subsystem, and a processing circuit. The processing circuit is configured to receive an indication that an operator is attempting to exit the cabin and automatically engage the brake in response to the indication to prevent movement of the vehicle. The vehicle subsystem remains operational while the brake is engaged.
US12227136B2
A control system and a vehicle are provided. Each electronic control unit in the control system includes a first data I/O interface, a second data I/O interface, a first performance chip, a second performance chip, and a route selector in communication with the first data I/O interface, the second data I/O interface, the first performance chip, and the second performance chip. The route selector has a first mode and a second mode. In the first mode, the route selector enables a data communication between the first performance chip and the second performance chip. In the second mode, the route selector enables a data communication with the first performance chip and the first data I/O interface, and further connected to the second performance chip and the second data I/O interface. The control system can flexibly meet different control requirements by controlling the operation modes of the route selector.
US12227134B2
An image processing device and an image processing method are disclosed. The image processing device includes a memory storing a first image transmitted from a first camera and a second image transmitted from a second camera with a wider view angle than the first camera, and a processor processing the first and second images. When a target is specified in a first area in which the first image and the second image overlap each other within an augmented reality screen generated based on at least one of the first and second images, the processor extracts target information on the target based on data for the first image, and generate augmented reality data based on the target information so that a visual object corresponding to the target is displayed on the first area.
US12227121B1
Embodiments of the present disclosure relate to a modular, expandable and customizable harness assembly for vehicle lights. The harness assembly according to the present disclosure may be used to power and control emergency lights without using additional control circuit.
US12227115B2
A climate controlled system comprising: a movable member disposed in a recess of a cushion and forming part of an occupant support surface with the cushion; a heater overlaying the cushion and the movable member, the heater including: a flexible substrate, a heating element, and an adhesive layer, wherein the flexible substrate includes adhesive on opposing longitudinal edge regions and the adhesive directly or indirectly connects the heater to the cushion; and wherein the adhesive layer anchors the heater as the flexible substrate stretches or moves with the movable member as the movable member moves.
US12227113B2
A seat track assembly including a first rail and a second rail spaced apart by a distance and extending parallel with respect to one another, wherein at least one of the first and second rails having a first receiver, a second receiver, the first and second receivers longitudinally translatable with respect to each other, and a sliding member disposed therebetween, wherein the sliding member defines an aperture extending at least partially therethrough.
US12227112B2
A moving body control device controls a moving body that moves by a rotation of a motor. The moving body control device includes: a pinching detecting unit that detects pinching of an object based on a change in a physical quantity indicating a rotation state of the motor. The pinching detecting unit is configured to: determine that the pinching has occurred in a case in which a first difference of the physical quantity in a first period is equal to or greater than a first threshold value and a tendency of a change in the physical quantity in the first period is a monotonous increase or a monotonous decrease; and lower a value of the first threshold value in a case in which the tendency of the monotonous increase or the monotonous decrease of the physical quantity continues for a period longer than the first period.
US12227111B2
In accordance with exemplary embodiments, methods and systems are provided for controlling regenerative braking of a vehicle is provided that include: obtaining, via one or more sensors of the vehicle, sensor data pertaining to a load on the vehicle during a particular vehicle drive; determining, via a processor of the vehicle, a maximum regenerative braking torque for the vehicle for the particular vehicle drive based on the load on the vehicle; and controlling the regenerative braking of the vehicle during the particular vehicle drive, via instructions provided by the processor, based on the maximum regenerative braking torque for the vehicle for the particular vehicle drive.
US12227107B2
Provided is a control method which includes: obtaining battery information which is information regarding a battery; calculating a present residual value of the battery based on the battery information obtained; calculating a first residual value using a first model which has been trained, the first residual value being a residual value of the battery in a case where a user uses the battery with a tendency identical to a tendency of a plurality of other users; and issuing a token to the user according to an evaluation value calculated based on the present residual value and the first residual value calculated.
US12227104B2
A motor controller is described that is coupled to a drive motor and a battery pack of a vehicle. The motor controller is configured to determine a maximum discharge current of the battery pack and a rotational velocity of the drive motor. Based on the determined rotational velocity of the drive motor, the motor controller is configured to identify a curve that defines a relationship between the maximum discharge current of the battery pack and a drive current limit of the motor controller. Based on the identified curve and the determined maximum discharge current of the battery pack, the motor controller is configured to determine the drive current limit of the motor controller. The motor controller is further configured to convert a discharge current from the battery pack to a drive current subject to the determined drive current limit and supply the drive current to the drive motor.
US12227098B2
An automated electric vehicle charging station. The charging station can include a frame to which a vehicle can park in proximity to receive an electric charge. The frame is at least partially underneath the vehicle. The charging station can include an alignment indicator and a charging indicator to alert an occupant of the vehicle to a vehicle alignment status and a vehicle charging status. When the vehicle is parked in a charging position, an electronic charging unit automatically determines a receiving location on the vehicle where the vehicle can receive an electric charge. A charging plug can be stored in the frame and can be actuated out of the frame and travel in multiple directions to the receiving location. Electric charge can then be transferred from the charging plug to the vehicle. When the vehicle is finished charging, the charging plug can be actuated to return to the frame.
US12227091B2
A relay device includes: a first contact and a second contact; a driving mechanism; a first conductor; a second conductor; and a static relay and an electric heating element. The driving mechanism is configured to cause the first contact and the second contact to be close to each other or separated from each other. The first conductor is electrically coupled to the first contact. The second conductor is electrically coupled to the second contact. The static relay and an electric heating element are coupled between the first conductor and the second conductor. The electric heating element is disposed to allow heating of one or both of the first contact and the second contact.
US12227085B2
Disclosed are smart adapters and methods for regulating system based at least in part on utility information. An adapter generally includes a receiver and a controller. The receiver is configured to receive one or more datacasts each containing utility information. The controller is configured to control a signal at a terminal of the system based at least in part on utility information. Once the adapter is plugged in, it starts reacting to real time validated information, and provides automatic communication and operations. The smart adapters and methods are easy and simple to install and have backwards/forward compatibility with a variety of existing systems.
US12227082B2
A vehicle control system is provided with a motor generator and has a function of, if a vehicle-stop brake fluid pressure at a vehicle stop timing is less a predetermined pressure necessary for holding a vehicle in a stopped state, boosting the vehicle-stop brake fluid pressure to the stop holding fluid pressure or greater to hold the vehicle in the stopped state. The system includes a first calculator, a second calculator, and a vehicle stop controller. The first calculator calculates a target driving force for the vehicle. The second calculator calculates, from the target driving force, a requested driving force for drive control of the motor generator and a requested brake fluid pressure to be used for brake control. The vehicle stop controller performs, at a timing immediately before the vehicle stop timing, a pre-boosting process of increasing the brake fluid pressure to the stop holding fluid pressure or greater.
US12227076B2
The invention relates to a hybrid power drive system, comprising: an internal combustion engine having a crankshaft; a first electric motor (14), wherein the first electric motor (14) is an outer rotor electric motor, and comprises an outer rotor (14.2) that is rigidly connected to the crankshaft and rotates together with the crankshaft; a transmission (15) comprising an input shaft (20); and a clutch (18) that is provided between the first electric motor (14) and the transmission (15), and is connected to the input shaft (20) of the transmission. The clutch (18) is configured to be capable of switching between the following positions: an engagement position where the clutch (18) is engaged with the outer rotor (14.2); and a separation position where the clutch (18) is separated from the outer rotor (14.2). The present system is simple in structure, high in efficiency, and low in manufacturing and maintenance costs.
US12227075B2
Road vehicle comprising a passenger compartment configured to accommodate a driver and at least one passenger alongside the driver; a vehicle dashboard; a steering wheel; a content display device comprises: a support element hinged in the area of a central portion of the vehicle dashboard, at the front between a driver's seat and a passenger's seat; at least one screen mechanically connected to the support element and configured to be visible to a passenger and/or to a driver while driving; a time measurement system, in particular a chronograph; the vehicle comprises mechanical controls arranged, namely mounted, in the area of the steering to give instructions to the time measurement system.
US12227073B2
A display assembly for an automotive interior comprises a dynamically bendable cover panel having first and second panel portions a flexible panel portion connecting the first and second panel portions, a display positioned adjacent the first and second panel portions, and a frame that supports the cover panel and comprises a first frame portion for supporting the first panel portion, a second frame portion for supporting the second panel portion, and a hinge portion coupling the first frame portion and the second frame portion, the hinge portion configured to induce a curvature having smoothly connected arc segments in the flexible panel portion between the first panel portion and the second panel portion when the second frame portion is articulated relative to the first frame portion from a straight position to a deployed position.
US12227072B2
A display control device for a vehicle includes a memory; and a processor connected to the memory and is configured to: detect an operation of a steering switch; on the basis of the detected operation, display plural icons corresponding to the steering switch at a display section in a cabin, the plural icons including a first icon representing a first function that is implemented by a short press operation of the steering switch, and a second icon representing a second function that is implemented by a long press operation of the steering switch; and in a case in which the short press operation is detected, display the first icon such that a disposition of the first icon in the display section corresponds to a disposition of the steering switch at a steering wheel, and display the second icon at a different position in the display section from the first icon.
US12227069B2
A drive system for a vehicle for variable distribution of torque, from a primary input and secondary input, between a left wheel and a right wheel of a vehicle, the drive system includes a first and second torque output shaft, one for each of the left wheel and the right wheel, an open differential, and independently controllable first and second clutch packs, configured such that: torque from the primary input is transferred to each of the torque output shafts via the clutch packs; torque from the secondary input is transferred to each of the torque output shafts via the open differential; torque from one output of the open differential is summed with torque from one clutch pack output in the first torque output shaft; and torque from another output of the open differential is summed with torque from the other clutch pack output in the second torque output shaft.
US12227065B2
Protection and load distribution strategies are disclosed for electrified vehicle traction battery packs. Exemplary battery protection structures may include a corrugated portion and at least one flat sheet portion that are joined together. The battery protection structure may be integrated as part of an outer enclosure assembly of the traction battery pack or could embody a skid plate design that is a separate structure from the outer enclosure assembly. The battery protection structures may be configured for absorbing and transferring energy during vehicle loading events, thereby minimizing the transfer of loads inside the battery pack where relatively sensitive battery internal components are housed.
US12227062B2
A method for producing a belt molding includes: inserting an insertion portion of an end cap into a molding body such that the insertion portion faces a facing portion of the molding body while the facing portion is positioned on a vehicle interior side relative to the insertion portion; and forming a protruding portion in the molding body. The protruding portion protrudes on a vehicle exterior side relative to a vehicle interior side surface of the insertion portion. The protruding portion is formed by deforming a portion of the facing portion which is closer to the lid portion of the end cap relative to the catch surface.
US12227053B2
A driverless transport system comprising a chassis (1), drive wheels (2) and jockey wheels (3), wherein, on each of a first side of the chassis (1) and a second side of the chassis (1) opposite the first side, a floating axle (4) arranged in the longitudinal direction is pivotably connected to the chassis (1) at a connection point (5) assigned in each case, a drive wheel (2) being arranged at one end of each of the floating axles (4) and a jockey wheel (3) being arranged at the opposite end of each of the floating axles (4), the driverless transport system additionally having a floating axle (6) arranged in the transverse direction which is aligned transversely to the two floating axles (4) arranged in the longitudinal direction and is pivotably or fixedly connected to the chassis (1) at an assigned connection point (5), a jockey wheel (3) being arranged at each end of the floating axle (6) arranged in the transverse direction.
US12227050B2
A method of optimizing a suspension system to avoid pitch resonance may include determining pitch characteristics of a vehicle for a terrain profile and speed range via a model associated with the vehicle, decoupling front and rear axles by removing pitch inertia from the model, and determining optimized damping for a main damper of a position sensitive damper over a linear range of wheel travel in a bounce control zone based on the pitch characteristics. The method may further include recoupling the front and rear axles by adding the pitch inertia back into the model, and selecting a secondary damper associated with a compression zone or a secondary damper associated with a rebound zone as a selected damper for adjustment based on which of the front and rear axles is limiting. The method may also include performing a damping adjustment to the selected damper and cyclically repeating selecting the secondary damper and performing the damping adjustment until pitch resonance is suppressed.
US12227040B2
A tire with improved handling having a stiffening structure with a stiffening element extending continuously in the toroidal interior cavity from a crown interface connected to a radially inner face of the crown to a bead interface connected to an axially inner face of the bead. The stiffening structure is distributed circumferentially over the circumference of the tire, the axially outermost stiffening element interface is positioned, with respect to the equatorial plane (XZ), at an axial distance A at most equal to 0.45 times the axial width S, and the radially outermost stiffening element bead interface is positioned, with respect to a radially innermost point (I) of the axially inner face of the bead at a radial distance B at most equal to 0.5 times the radial height H.
US12227033B2
A pneumatic tire has paired bead portions, paired sidewall portions, a tread portion, a plurality of lug grooves extending from a shoulder area of the tread portion to reach a buttress area of the sidewall portion, and a block defined by the plurality of lug grooves. The block includes a shoulder block provided in the shoulder area, and a buttress block provided in the buttress area. The buttress area is provided with an annular rib annularly extending along a tire circumferential direction. The lug grooves are comparted into an outside lug groove positioned in an outer side of the annular rib, and an inside lug groove positioned in an inner side of the annular rib. A widened portion is provided in at least part of the plurality of lug grooves so as to enlarge a width of the annular rib.
US12227029B2
A pneumatic tire is provided. An average thickness of an undertread rubber in a center region is greater than that in a shoulder regions, a loss tangent tan δ at 60° C. of the cap tread rubber is higher than that of the undertread rubber, and the ratio CAI/UAI of a cross-sectional area CAI of the cap tread rubber to a cross-sectional area UAI of the undertread rubber is not less than 0.15 and not greater than 0.95 in the center region.
US12227024B2
Provided is a writing implement that maximizes the effective area of a viewer portion allowing visual recognition in the writing direction and that facilitates writing at a high level, at the same time. This writing implement is a writing implement A, including for example, a pen tip 20 that feeds ink from a writing implement body 10 and has a viewer portion 33 allowing visual recognition in the writing direction. The pen tip 20 is comprised of, at least, a writing part 25 and a retainer 30 having the viewer portion 33, an ink feeder portion 26 for feeding the ink from the writing implement body 10 to the writing part 25. The minimum width X of the viewer portion 33 is 3.7 mm or greater and a length Y of the viewer portion 33 is 7.4 mm or greater. The ink feeder portion 26 is arranged on one side of the viewer portion 33. Specifically, the ink feeder portion 26 is preferably adapted to be positioned on a near side during writing (on such a side that the pen tip 20 is located on an obtuse angle side of the ink feeder portion 26).
US12227017B2
A pre-feed system and method for a liner-less label printer includes a drive roller that is configured to peel liner-less labels from a reel and pass print stock comprising the labels to an in-line label printer at a consistent rate. An idler roller disposed in proximity to the drive roller creates a nip for pulling labels from the reel. Label stock is fed to one or more print heads while supported by a support plate comprising projections extending from a planar surface, contacting an adhesive side of the labels. The projections are aligned in rows substantially perpendicular to a travel direction of the moving print stock and in a plurality of columns substantially parallel to the travel direction of the moving print stock, with projections on alternate rows offset from projections on adjacent rows and projections on alternate columns offset from projections on adjacent columns.
US12227012B2
An inkjet printing apparatus includes a print head including a plurality of nozzles, a cap, and a storing unit, and a control unit. The control unit controls the print head to start and perform an intra-standby preliminary discharge operation where a preliminary discharge operation to discharge ink into a cap is performed at predetermined time intervals during a standby period after the print head finishes a printing operation to print an image, continue the intra-standby preliminary discharge operation if an accumulated value of an amount of ink stored in a storing unit during the preliminary discharge operation is not greater than a threshold value, stop the intra-standby preliminary discharge operation if the stored accumulated value of the amount of ink is greater than the threshold value, and bring the print head into contact with the cap and terminating the standby period if the standby period exceeds a predetermined time period.
US12227007B2
A liquid ejecting apparatus is configured to drive a drive element that is driven in accordance with a drive signal for ejecting a plurality of liquid droplets such that the liquid droplets merge together before landing onto a medium. The drive signal includes a plurality of drive waveforms and a first connection waveform that is continuous from a second-to-last drive waveform and continuous to a last drive waveform and along which a potential of the drive signal is kept at a reference level. Pressure changes caused by the contraction waveform of the last drive waveform in a liquid present inside the pressure compartment are larger than pressure changes caused by the contraction waveform of the second-to-last drive waveform in the liquid present inside the pressure compartment. A period of the first connection waveform is 0.8 or more times as long as a natural vibration cycle of the ejecting portion.
US12227006B2
A liquid discharge apparatus includes a head including a piezoelectric element and a nozzle, the head configured to drive the piezoelectric element to discharge a liquid from the nozzle, a drive waveform generator configured to generate a drive waveform to be applied to the piezoelectric element of the head, the drive waveform including a non-discharge pulse configured to drive the piezoelectric element to a degree at which the liquid is not discharged from the nozzle, and a discharge pulse applied to the piezoelectric element after the non-discharge pulse, the discharge pulse configured to drive the piezoelectric element to discharge the liquid from the nozzle, a switch between the head and the drive waveform generator, the switch configured to be switched to an ON-state in which the drive waveform passes the switch or to an OFF-state in which the drive waveform does not pass the switch.
US12227002B2
A tag mount for a media supply roll having a hollow cylindrical core includes: a tag mount body including: (i) an inner wall configured to face the core, the inner wall having a retaining surface to engage with the core and affix the tag mount body to the core, (ii) an outer wall opposite the inner wall, and (iii) a carrier surface, distinct from the retaining surface, the carrier surface defined on one of the inner wall and the outer wall; an antenna affixed to the carrier surface; and an integrated circuit coupled with the antenna and configured to store an attribute corresponding to the media supply roll.
US12226988B2
A sticking machine able to automatically remove films on either side of a sheet to be pasted to a workpiece includes a sheet supply component, a sheet selection component, a drive component, a first film-removing component, a second film-removing component, a carrier, and a transmission line. The sheet supply component stores sheets. The sheet selection component applies suction to the sheet. The first film-removing component tears off a first film, the second film-removing component tears off a second film on the reverse side. The transmission line carries the workpiece to the carrier. The sticking machine is fed by the sheet supply component, and after removal of the first film, the sheet selection component lays the sheet on the surface of the workpiece, then the second film-removing component tears off the second film, realizing automatic sticking of the sheet on the workpiece, improving the processing efficiency and accuracy.
US12226987B2
Embodiment relates to film for bonding, and a light-transmitting laminate including the same and the like, a film for bonding comprising an embossed surface, wherein the embossed surface has an A2/A1 value of 1 or less are disclosed. A film for bonding have improved in deairing stability during formation of a light transmitting laminate, an edge sealing characteristic, and the like by controlling characteristics of a embossed surface.
US12226986B2
A honeycomb-like core member that can be easily manufactured is disclosed, and a structure using such core member is disclosed. The core member has a plurality of flat plate members (a plurality of first flat plates and a plurality of second flat plates), each of which includes a comb teeth portion that has a plurality of notches, which are open in the long side of a rectangular shape of the flat plate member and extend parallel to the short side of the rectangular shape of the flat plate member. The notches are engaged with each other so that the plate members cross each other, and thus, a plurality of hexagonal-cylinder-shaped first cylinder portions and a plurality of triangular-cylinder-shaped second cylinder portions are formed by the plate members.
US12226985B2
A supporting back film includes a first supporting structure and a second supporting structure arranged on at least one side of the first supporting structure in a second direction. The second direction intersects with the first direction. An orthographic projection of the first supporting structure on the flexible display panel covers the bendable region, and the first supporting structure is bendable. The volume of the second supporting structure is greater than or equal to the volume of the first supporting structure, and the density of the second supporting structure is less than the density of the first supporting structure. Alternatively, the volume of the first supporting structure is greater than or equal to the volume of the second supporting structure, and the density of the first supporting structure is less than the density of the second supporting structure.
US12226981B2
Improved dental appliances and polymeric sheet compositions are disclosed. The polymeric sheet compositions are useful for making dental appliances having outer layers comprised of a material having a modulus of from about 1,000 MPA to 2,500 MPA (“hard”) and an inner core comprised of elastomeric material or materials having a modulus of from about 50 MPa to 500 MPa (“soft”), which exhibit improved flexibility and strength, and better stain and tear resistance than currently available materials and dental appliances.
US12226980B2
A laminate for forming a packaging bag, in sequence: a substrate layer; an adhesive layer; and a sealant layer, wherein the sealant layer includes a first polyester film having a crystallinity of 20 to 50% based on a first absorbance at a first wavenumber of 1409 cm−1, a second absorbance at a second wavenumber of 1370 cm−1, a third absorbance at a third wavenumber of 1340 cm−1, a first constant, and a second constant, the first to third absorbances and the first and second constants being determined based on FT-IR analysis, which uses a reflection method, on at least the first polyester film, the crystallinity of the first polyester film being expressed in accordance with the following formulas (1) and (2): I1409=p1×I1340+p2×I1370 . . . (Formula 1) and C=p1×(I1340/I1409)×100 . . . (Formula 2).
US12226976B2
The present disclosure relates to an aluminum-based plated steel that is provided for vehicles by hot forming, an aluminum-based alloy plated steel manufactured using the same, and method of manufacturing thereof.
US12226970B2
A gripper, a gripper station and a method for gripping an annular tire component, wherein the gripper has a plurality of gripper members distributed in a circumferential direction about a gripper axis and movable with at least a vector component in a radial direction perpendicular to the gripper axis over a main range with a radially inner endpoint and a radially outer endpoint. The gripper further has a limiter for limiting the movement of the plurality of gripper members in the radial direction to a subrange within the main range, wherein the subrange has an adjustable subrange position relative to the main range. The gripper has a synchronization member for synchronizing movements of the plurality of gripper members in the radial direction, wherein the synchronization member defines the main range, and wherein the limiter is arranged for limiting the synchronization member to define the subrange.
US12226967B2
The present disclosure relates to a multifunctional film for a vacuum bag that may include a flexible barrier film that may include a textured surface. The multifunctional film may further include a release coating overlying the textured surface of the flexible barrier film. The multifunctional film may further have an oxygen (O2) permeability of not greater than about 1100 cc/(m2-day-atm) and a stability rating of not greater than about 90%, where the stability rating is defined as the maximum percent decrease in elongation at break as measured using ASTM D882 after being exposed to a temperature of 200° C. for 12 hours.
US12226966B2
A system for pultruding a beam comprises a pulling mechanism continuously pulling on a preform of yarns including a thermoplastic matrix and fibers, the pulling mechanism being downstream of the system. A pultrusion die has a tapering channel portion heated such that the preform is at a desired low viscosity temperature for resin in the thermoplastic matrix to impregnate the fibers. A cooling tube is at a downstream end of the pultrusion die. A cooling module is spaced from the pultrusion die by the cooling tube, the cooling module to cool the cooling tube before the preform reaches the pulling mechanism, wherein the cooling tube defines a cooling channel. A pultrusion mandrel may be present.
US12226960B2
An additive manufacturing apparatus is disclosed. The apparatus includes a build surface, at least a portion of which is transparent. The apparatus includes a first material depositor operable to deposit a curable resin to form a deposited resin layer on the build surface. A first sensing device is configured to measure the thickness of the deposited resin layer; and wherein the at least one sensing device is configured to generate a signal indicative of the thickness of the deposited resin layer. The first sensing device can be connected to a computer such that the additive manufacturing apparatus is configured to control the thickness of the deposited resin layer. The thickness of the deposited resin layer can be controlled such that it varies from side to side. The thickness can also be controlled such that it varies with time.
US12226954B2
The disclosed exemplary apparatuses, systems and methods provide a three-dimensional shoe sole foam, produced via a layer-by-layer additive manufacturing process in which regions of respective layers of pulverant are selectively melted via introduction of electromagnetic energy. These apparatuses, systems and methods may include layers of the pulverant comprising at least thermoplastic polyurethane polymer (TPU) coated upon a sacrificial base particle, wherein the TPU is coated via one of spray drying and a fluidized vessel.
US12226943B2
Various embodiments of the present disclosure are directed to methods and systems for producing plastic profiles. In one example embodiment, a method is disclosed including the steps of plasticizing a starting material in an extruder on an extrusion line, pressing the starting material through an extrusion die, cooling and calibrating the extruded material in a dry calibration and/or a wet calibration, and cutting the extruded material to length to form individual profile rods, cutting to length one or more profile samples can be requested intermittently at any point in time, applying, via a labeling device, on the profile samples characteristic information relating to the current extrusion process, taking into account the transit time of the profile.
US12226942B2
The disclosure relates to embodiments of an apparatus for producing polymer composite panels. The polymer composite panels include one or more layers of a polymeric matrix having discontinuous fibers embedded therein. The apparatus has a frame, a deposition bed, and a deposition head configured to move relative to the frame and over the deposition bed. The deposition head includes at least one extruder and a nozzle array. The extruder is configured to force the polymeric matrix and discontinuous fibers through the nozzle array and onto the deposition bed. The deposition head is configured to deposit an entire layer of a polymer composite panel on the deposition bed in a single pass so that the discontinuous fibers are oriented in the direction of the single pass. The disclosure also relates to embodiments of a method of forming a polymer composite panel and to embodiments of a polymer composite panel.
US12226940B2
Provided are a molding screw and an FBI molding machine using the same for manufacturing resin molded articles for reduced manufacturing variation with use of a resin powder, an additive, and a mixture material constituted by an inorganic material or an organic material. The molding screw can include a feeding portion for feeding a molding material, a compressing portion, and a metering portion that extend continuously from the feeding portion. The feeding portion and the compressing portion each can be provided with a spiral flight. The flight of the compressing portion can include multiple sub flights that extend in a spiral manner in a screw axis direction. The sub flights can each have a polygonal shape with rounded corner portions, and are arranged such that the corner portions are shifted by a set angle with respect to the screw axis.
US12226938B2
A device includes a heating zone having an inlet, and an outlet, a pump upstream of and in fluid communication with the heating zone, and capable of generating above-atmospheric pressure in the heating zone; an element for heating the heating zone; an expansion zone with an inlet and an outlet, said inlet of the expansion zone being connected to the outlet of the heating zone in such a way that a pressure drop is created, such that the expansion zone is at a lower pressure than the heating zone; and a back pressure generator downstream of the expansion zone configured to create a variable counter pressure in the expansion zone.
US12226935B2
A preparation method of a screw pump screw pump screw rod rubber lining mould includes: mixing a high strength wear-resistant material with a binder to obtain a mixed slurry; injecting the mixed slurry into a female die for solidification and taking out to form a screw rod rubber lining mould preform; drying and sintering the screw rod rubber lining mould preform to obtain a screw rod rubber lining mould; immersing the screw rod rubber lining mould into a surface treatment liquid for surface heat treatment to form a wear-resistant layer, and cooling down to obtain a final mould. The high strength wear-resistant material is prepared by using a ZnFe2O4 nano-particle reinforced Ti(C,N)-based metal ceramic composite material; the surface treatment liquid includes an aluminum borosilicate whisker/polyimide composite material solution; the high strength wear-resistant material having good strength, good hardness, good fracture toughness, and good wear resistance is prepared and applied.
US12226931B1
A method for producing engineered stone slabs which includes: compressing composite material to form compressed composite material; fragmenting the compressed composite material into a plurality of fragments of composite material; depositing colorant in a predefined region onto at least part of side walls of some of the plurality of fragments of composite material; and using a device to press, flatten and stretch the plurality of fragments of composite material into a slab. The method may further include moving one or more of the plurality of fragments without substantially breaking or deforming them to form a channel in the plurality of fragments prior to depositing colorant in the predefined region. The device may include a first press roller and a second press roller; wherein the plurality of fragments pass between the first and second press rollers to press, flatten and stretch the plurality of fragments of composite material into the slab.
US12226927B2
A cutting machine includes a working surface, a carriage, a tool, and a drive mechanism. The carriage is disposed above the working surface. The tool is removably secured to the carriage and configured to move (i) toward the working surface along a first axis, (ii) relative to the working surface along a second axis transverse to the first axis, and (iii) relative to the working surface along a third axis transverse to the first axis and the second axis. The drive mechanism is offset from the first axis and configured to move the tool along the first axis.
US12226920B2
Implementations described herein relate to training and refining robotic control policies using imitation learning techniques. A robotic control policy can be initially trained based on human demonstrations of various robotic tasks. Further, the robotic control policy can be refined based on human interventions while a robot is performing a robotic task. In some implementations, the robotic control policy may determine whether the robot will fail in performance of the robotic task, and prompt a human to intervene in performance of the robotic task. In additional or alternative implementations, a representation of the sequence of actions can be visually rendered for presentation to the human can proactively intervene in performance of the robotic task.
US12226918B2
Provided is a technique of transporting an object to be transported to a machine tool more securely. A transport system includes a transport path, and a storage portion. The storage portion stores an object, and has a first reference shape. The transport system includes machine tools, and a transport device that moves on and the transport path and transports an object. The control unit executes a process of making a camera photograph the first reference shape to acquire a first image from the camera, and a process of correcting a control parameter to be used in transporting an object to be transported stored in the storage portion to the machine tool that is a transport destination on the basis of a position of the first reference shape in the first image.
US12226916B2
A device and method for robotic process automation (RPA) using speech recognition that receives a voice input; invokes, using the received voice input, an RPA workflow, the RPA workflow comprising a sequence of tasks; based at least on the invoked RPA workflow, retrieves an argument from a cloud device; modifies, with the retrieved argument, at least one task of the sequence of tasks; and executes the modified at least one task as part of the RPA workflow.
US12226902B2
Provided is a method wherein a movement or a manipulation of an object by a robot, observing constraints, from a starting condition to the manipulation target, is generated, wherein the manipulation is divided into different manipulation modes or sections, which include different constraints, wherein a plurality of manipulation mode-specific controllers for controlling partial manipulations in the different manipulation modes for sections are randomly generated and an optimized sequence of the controllers is randomly generated, wherein the controllers specify a vector field or a directional field, wherein a simulation module simulates the manipulation or movement for each of the controller sequences and determines an expense value or a cost value quantifying a reaching of the manipulation target, and wherein the controller sequence and the expense value are supplied to a machine learning module as training data in order to indicate an expense-optimized controller, which optimizes or minimizes the expense value.
US12226887B2
A power tool includes a power mechanism including a drive shaft; an oscillating mechanism; an airflow element connected to the drive shaft; a heat conducting portion supported on the drive shaft, where the airflow element is disposed on the heat conducting portion. The oscillating mechanism includes a support assembly sleeved on the drive shaft and an oscillating member. Heat generated by the oscillating mechanism is conducted to the heat conducting portion through the drive shaft, the heat conducting portion has a thermal conductivity greater than or equal to 50 W/m·° C., and a ratio of an axial distance L1 of a portion of the heat conducting portion in contact with the drive shaft to a distance L2 of a thermally conductive portion of the drive shaft between the heat conducting portion and the support assembly is greater than or equal to 0.1 and less than or equal to 5.
US12226884B2
A rotary power tool assembly including a hammercase an axis extending between a forward end and a rearward end, a drive mechanism housed within the hammercase, and a hammer driven by the drive mechanism to apply a rotational impact force on an anvil. The anvil includes an output shaft rotatable about the axis, a plurality of anvil jaws extending from the axis, and a flange fixedly connected to an end of the output shaft and extending radially from the axis, wherein the flange supports the plurality of anvil jaws, the flange extending over the plurality of anvil jaws. The anvil includes a magnet attached to the flange opposite to the plurality of anvil jaws. An anvil angle sensor is configured to read and interpret magnetic flux changes of the magnet and determine the position of the anvil rotating about the axis.
US12226878B2
A system may include a powder source; a powder delivery device; an energy delivery device; and a computing device. The computing device may be configured to: control the powder source to deliver metal powder to the powder delivery device; control the powder delivery device to deliver the metal powder to a surface of an abrasive coating; and control the energy delivery device to deliver energy to at least one of the abrasive coating or the metal powder to cause the metal powder to be joined to the abrasive coating.
US12226872B2
An automatic adjustable stroke device for a random orbital machine has a housing with a central axis and a wall defining a cavity. A counterbalance shaft assembly is rotatably disposed at least partially within the cavity. A shaft portion of the counterweight shaft assemblies aligned with the central axis. A mounting assembly is disposed at least partially within the cavity. The mounting assembly has a workpiece attachment mechanism. A stroke adjuster couples the counterweight shaft with the mounting assembly. The stroke adjuster enables the mounting assembly to adjust its stroke upon rotation of counterweight shaft. The mounting assembly variably adjusts a stroke radius of the workpiece attachment mechanism with respect to the central axis of the housing. The stroke adjuster has a gear automatically adjusting the mounting assembly stroke.
US12226859B2
A system and method for wirelessly controlling, monitoring, and updating various welding parameters from a remote device using a single remote control. The remote does not need to have the software to communicate with the welding-type system prior to initiating communications with the welding-type system. Rather, the welding-type system can provide a code download to the remote to perform an over-the-air programming of the remote to configure the remote to control the welding-type system.
US12226852B2
An example laser tool includes a laser head to output a laser beam and a robotic arm that is articulated and that is connected to the laser head. The robotic arm includes segments that are connected by flexible joints to enable movement of the laser head in six degrees of freedom. A control system is configured to control the robotic arm to direct output of the laser beam.
US12226844B2
The invention relates to methods for producing a thread with a predetermined thread pitch in a workpiece.
US12226843B2
An oscillating blade including a shank having a tool mounting end and a blade end, the shank defining a longitudinal shank axis extending from an oscillation axis of the tool mounting end, the longitudinal shank axis defining a longitudinal direction. The oscillating blade also includes a first shank extension extending from the blade end in a first lateral direction and having a first cutting edge directed in a first cutting direction, and a second shank extension extending from the blade end in a second lateral direction and having a second cutting edge directed in a second cutting direction. The oscillating blade also includes a shaving edge disposed on the blade end. The first shank extension is spaced from the second shank extension in the longitudinal direction, and the shaving edge is at least partially disposed between the first shank extension and the second shank extension in the longitudinal direction.
US12226825B2
The present invention constructs, in an AM system, such an environment that fine particles are prevented from scattering from an area where the fine particles such as a powder material can be present to another area. According to one aspect, an AM system configured to manufacture a fabrication object is provided. This AM system includes a fabrication chamber in which an AM apparatus is disposed, and a buffer chamber in communication with the fabrication chamber. The buffer chamber includes an entrance in communication with a surrounding environment, an exit in communication with the fabrication chamber, a grating floor, and an exhaust port. The AM system further includes a first gate configured to be able to open and close the entrance of the buffer chamber, and a second gate configured to be able to open and close the exit of the buffer chamber.
US12226823B2
Aspects of the disclosure are directed to forming a three-dimensional (3D) structure by depositing an alloy composition on a target, and solidifying portions of the alloy composition to form the 3D structure. The solidifying includes producing a martensitic structure by destabilizing a ferrite phase of the alloy composition while solidifying the alloy composition.
US12226816B2
Systems and methods for bending a material to a target resultant bending parameter using a bend forming tool are disclosed. The systems and methods receive values for parameters of properties of the material and of a bending process to be performed by the bend forming tool, creating or retrieving a calibration curve relating input bending parameter and resultant bending parameter based on the values from a database of calibration curves, determining a first springback compensated input bending parameter based on the target resultant bending parameter using the calibration curve, inputting the first springback compensated input bending parameter to the bend forming tool, and in a first step of bending the material, bending the material to the first springback compensated input bending parameter by applying the bending process using the bend forming tool.
US12226813B2
Feeding stock used to form a tapered structure into a curving device such that each point on the stock undergoes rotational motion about a peak location of the tapered structure; and the stock meets a predecessor portion of stock along one or more adjacent edges.
US12226807B2
A cleaning device for removing contamination on a substrate holder used with an electroplating cell includes an arm, a cleaning agent supplier, a nozzle and a receiver. The cleaning agent supplier is coupled to the arm and configured to supply a cleaning agent. The nozzle is coupled to the cleaning agent supplier and configured to spray the cleaning agent onto the substrate holder to remove the contamination. The receiver is coupled to the arm and configured to receive the cleaning agent after the cleaning agent is sprayed onto the substrate holder.
US12226794B2
The disclosure relates to a spreading unit having a shaper for spreading viscous material, in particular sealing material, on a component, wherein the shaper has a first shaping contour for shaping the viscous material in the process of the spreading, wherein at least a second shaping contour of the shaper for shaping the viscous material can be brought by means of an actuator, in a direction of spreading, into superimposition with the first shaping contour, so that a shape of the shaper is adjustable during an application process.
US12226782B2
A continuous discharge ceramic powered steel shot magnetic sweeper apparatus is disclosed. The magnetic sweeper apparatus consists of at least one handle, a frame, support wheel(s), a frontal debris bin, drive wheels, a finned tube housing a ceramic magnetic assembly. The ceramic magnetic assembly comprises a sealed magnetic drum and rotating non-ferrous finned tubes. The magnet is continuously cleaned off as the magnetic sweeper apparatus is pushed forward. Magnetic debris accumulates on the magnet assembly and is deposited in the frontal debris bin. The magnetic sweeper apparatus design utilizes field differences created by the magnet position and angle to achieve the automatic pick-up and drop-off of debris at different locations of the drum. Furthermore, the apparatus aims to solve this high-cost rare earth magnet problem by using lower cost ceramic magnets as an alternative.
US12226781B2
A wood chipper, a flywheel therefor, and a process of making the flywheel. A plurality of plates are laser cut to each have a thickness up to about ⅜ inch, including laser cutting a plurality of apertures in each of the plates and laser cutting a central opening in each of the plates for receiving a shaft for effecting rotation of the flywheel. The plurality of plates are laminated together by inserting fasteners in corresponding ones of the apertures in the plates. At least one knife is attached to the laminated plates for cutting wood material to form chips of the wood material as the flywheel is rotated.
US12226776B2
Operations performed according to the example techniques described herein include controlling a probe to pierce a stopper of a container containing a substance, where the stopper provides an air-tight seal for the container, and where the air-tight seal supports an internal pressure in the container. The operations also include detecting the internal pressure based on information from a pressure sensor; determining that the internal pressure is not at a target pressure and, based on determining that the internal pressure is not at the target pressure, controlling the probe either to aspirate air from the container or to dispense air into the container in order to move the internal pressure toward the target pressure.
US12226774B2
Embodiments disclosed herein may relate to a testing apparatus. The testing apparatus may include a sealed, chemically-resistant testing apparatus body defining a testing void; a first fluid port and a second fluid port; and a first geomaterial and a second geomaterial. The first and second geomaterials may be positioned between the first fluid port and the second fluid port and relative to one another such that a flow channel may be provided between the first and second geomaterials. The first and second geomaterials may be coupled to a testing void interior surface so as to restrict flow to the flow channel between an upflow region and a downflow region of the testing void. The first and second geomaterials may be comprised of a natural formation material.
US12226766B2
Techniques for replacing nanopores within a nanopore based sequencing chip are provided. A first electrolyte solution is added to the external reservoir of the sequencing chip, introducing an osmotic imbalance between the reservoir and the well chamber located on the opposite side of a lipid bilayer membrane. The osmotic imbalance causes the membrane to change shape, and a nanopore within the membrane to be ejected. A second electrolyte solution is then added to the external reservoir to provide replacement nanopores and to restore the membrane shape. The replacement nanopores can be inserted into the membrane, effectively replacing the initial pore without causing the destruction of the membrane.
US12226764B2
A catalyst carrier for insertion in a reactor tube of a tubular reactor, said catalyst carrier comprising: a container for holding catalyst in use, said container having a bottom surface closing the container, and a top surface; a carrier outer wall extending from the bottom surface to the top surface; a seal extending from the container by a distance which extends beyond the carrier outer wall; said carrier outer wall having apertures located below the seal.
US12226758B2
A Raney copper catalyst, a preparation method and use thereof are provided. The Raney copper catalyst includes aluminum, copper and a metal promoter, wherein the metal promoter comprises a combination of one or more of Ni, Fe, Mo, Co, Ag, Pd, Pt, Au and other elements. The preparation method includes performing high-temperature melting on a mixture containing a copper/aluminum alloy and the metal promoter to obtain a mixed metal cured compound, then smashing the mixed metal cured compound to obtain a catalyst precursor, and subsequently activating to obtain the Raney copper catalyst. The Raney copper catalyst exhibits a capability on hydrogenation reaction based on synergistic effects between metal copper and different promoter metals. Compared with the Raney copper catalyst without metal promoters, when used for preparing 1,3-propanediol through hydrogenation of 3-hydroxypropionaldehyde aqueous solution, the Raney copper catalyst is higher in activity and better in stability.
US12226755B2
An exhaust gas purification catalyst showing resistance to peeling and high purification performance is provided. The present invention is an exhaust gas purification catalyst including a base material and a catalyst layer disposed on the base material. The catalyst layer includes a catalytic metal, a first metal oxide, and a second metal oxide having a higher heat resistance than that of the first metal oxide. When Dx is an area-based average particle diameter of the first metal oxide determined from an arbitrary cross section of the catalyst layer and Dy is an area-based particle diameter of the second metal oxide 22 measured from the cross section of the catalyst layer, a ratio of the Dy to the Dx (Dy/Dx) is 5 or more, and the Dy is 7 μm or more. In the catalyst layer, pore volume of pores having pore diameters 30 nm or more measured by a nitrogen adsorption method is 0.28 cm3/g or more.
US12226748B2
A stirrer includes a magnetic bar and a microwave absorbing layer around the magnetic bar. The stirrer absorbs a microwave and converts the microwave to thermal energy to heat the mixed solution reactant.
US12226740B2
A macromolecule membrane structure (2) comprises a membrane (3) with water-channeling integral membrane proteins (IMPS) (1) and is coated, on a first surface, with a silica layer (4). The silica layer (4) stabilizes the macromolecule membrane structure (2) and the water-channeling IMPS (1) while maintaining the water-channeling function of the water-channeling IMPs (1). As a consequence of this stabilization, the macromolecule membrane structure (2) may be used in a filtration device (5) for various filtration operations, including water purification.
US12226725B2
The present invention provides an oil slurry filter, a filter unit including the oil slurry filter, a multiple-filter system including the oil slurry filter, and a multiple-stage filter system including the oil slurry filter. Due to the use of the filter component of flexible texture in the oil slurry filter of the present invention, the problems that the filter material is easily blocked by high-viscosity colloidal impurities, the regeneration efficiency of the filter is poor and the filtration efficiency is low are solved, and it is possible to make the backwash treatment of the filter residue more convenient and improve the regeneration efficiency of the filter. The present invention also provides a filtering process using the oil slurry filter to ensure long-term stable operation of the oil slurry filtering process.
US12226709B2
A simulated ice cream dispenser for dispensing a simulated ice cream product includes a receptacle for receiving a simulated ice cream product to be dispensed and at least one rotating arm member rotatably configured with respect to the receptacle and including at least one flap extending from the at least one rotating arm member. A handle member including at least one engaging member engages the at least one rotating arm member for rotating the at least one rotating arm member when the handle transitions between first and second positions. In the first position, the at least one rotating arm member is positioned such that the at least one flap extending from the at least one rotating arm member is positioned within the receptacle for supporting a simulated ice cream product within the receptacle. When the handle member transitions to the second position, the at least one rotating arm member rotates such that the at least one flap extending from the at least one rotating arm member is moved allowing the simulated ice cream product to pass through the receptacle.
US12226707B2
A quick release system for a rod of a table is disclosed. The rod can have an axis and the rod can be axially slidable and rotatable about the axis relative to the table. The system can include a mount having a slot that extends downward to and is in communication with holes in the mount. The mount can be mounted adjacent a top side wall of the table. The system also can have a bearing with an axial hole that receives the rod. The bearing can have tabs that extend downward below the axial hole to mount the rod to the table by inserting the bearing into the slot so that the tabs engage and are retained by the holes, respectively, in an engaged position. In a disengaged position, the tabs can be manually released from the holes to release the bearing and the rod from the mount.
US12226699B2
Systems and methods for prioritizing content packets based on a dynamically updated list of content filtering rules are described. A system is configured to identify an application executing on a client device to which to transmit content, the application associated with an account and determine that the application is configured with a configuration setting to apply a content filtering policy corresponding to a list of players including one or more players included in one or more lineups associated with the account. The system can receive a content item from a content source and determine one or more player tags associated with the content item. The system can determine that the content item includes a player tag corresponding to a player included in the list of players and transmit the content item to the client device for insertion in a content feed provided by the application responsive to the determination.
US12226697B2
Embodiments of the disclosure provide an information display method and apparatus, an electronic device, and a computer storage medium. The method includes: obtaining a motion status of a target object at a current moment in a virtual scene and a first operation for controlling the target object to move in the virtual scene; predicting a first moving track along which the target object is to move within a period of time after the current moment based on the motion status of the target object at the current moment and the first operation; and displaying the first moving track and a second moving track, the second moving track being a moving track along which the target object has moved before the current moment.
US12226691B2
A system that incorporates the subject disclosure may include, for example, a gaming system that cooperates with a graphical user interface to enable user modification and enhancement of one or more audio streams associated with the gaming system. In embodiments, the audio streams may include a game audio stream, a chat audio stream of conversation among players of a video game, and a microphone audio stream of a player of the video game. Additional embodiments are disclosed.
US12226682B2
A swing motion trainer used to simulate one or more sport swing movements includes a rod portion comprising a shaft with a grip. The swing motion trainer includes a resistance portion comprising an interchangeable mechanism at a distal end of the rod portion, the resistance portion includes an interchangeable mechanism at the distal end of the rod portion, wherein the interchangeable mechanism is configured to attach a removable resistance element to the distal end of the rod portion. The removable resistance element that is attachable to the distal end of the rod portion via the interchangeable mechanism. The removable resistance element provides a resistance to a swinging motion of the swing motion trainer.
US12226681B2
The bilateral kicking board includes a body formed of a buoyant material and comprises first and second sides facing each other and extending in a lengthwise direction and third and fourth sides facing each other and extending in a widthwise direction perpendicular to the lengthwise direction. The first and second sides have a same length in the lengthwise direction, and the third and fourth sides have a same width in the widthwise direction. The length of the first and second sides being longer than the width of the third and fourth sides. A plurality of fasteners are provided on a surface of the body. The plurality of fasteners is sequentially arranged along the lengthwise direction, and each of the fasteners is configured to fasten a different respective part of a swimmer's hand to the bilateral kicking board.
US12226677B2
The invention relates to a ball game racket frame (12) including a head portion (14), a shaft portion (18) and a grip portion (20). The ball game racket frame (12) comprises a fiber composite material having fibers embedded in a matrix. At least 5% of the fibers are natural fibers in at least one cross-section (28, 28a, 28b, 28c, 28d, 28e) of a portion of the ball game racket frame (12). The invention further relates to a ball game racket frame (12) in which the proportion of natural fibers in at least one cross-section (28b, 28c, 28d, 28e) of the shaft portion (18) and/or the grip portion (20), respectively, is greater than the proportion of natural fibers in at least one cross-section (28, 28a) of the head portion (14). The invention further relates to a method for manufacturing such ball game racket frames (12).
US12226660B2
The present invention relates to an implantable device (1) comprising: —an ultrasonic unit (11) which includes an electric connection terminal, —a support plate (12) which includes a through-opening for the connection terminal to pass through, and —an attachment piece (13) which can cooperate with the connection terminal, the attachment piece (13) including a collar for pressing the support plate (12) against the ultrasonic unit (11) when the ultrasonic unit (11), the support plate (12) and the attachment piece (13) are joined.
US12226656B2
The invention discloses an orthogonal dual-layer grating dynamic intensity modulation segmentation method based on quadrant, specifically include the following steps: S1: the fluence distribution under each beam is calculated through the radiation treatment planning system; S2: use orthogonal double-layer collimator for fluence segmentation; S3: divide the quadrant, divide the field surrounded by the upper, lower, left and right leaves into at least two quadrants, to obtain the fluence distribution and the corresponding leaf sequence of each quadrant; S4: perform regional planning of the fluence in each quadrant to obtain multiple different regions and determine the segmentation mode of different regions; S5: for any quadrant, use two mutually orthogonal leaf groups for segmentation. The present invention completes the dynamic segmentation of any shape target area and multiple target areas through the mutual cooperative movement of the upper and lower layers of orthogonal leaves, realizes the dynamic segmentation of the upper and lower layers of the orthogonal dual-layer collimator from two directions, avoids the end surface perspective between the leaves, and improves the segmentation efficiency.
US12226654B2
A radiation dose rate monitor system includes an emitting electrode configured to be impinged by radiation radiation; a collecting electrode configured to form an electrical circuit with said emitting electrode, a current measurement device configured to measure a current through said emitting and collecting electrodes indicative of a dose of said radiation radiation, and a chamber enclosing a gas. Emission of secondary electrons from the emitting electrode provides a majority of the current.
US12226650B2
Dermatological systems and methods for providing a therapeutic laser treatment of tissue having poor chromophore selectivity using a laser source having a grating element to provide laser light having reduced linewidth. In some embodiments, the linewidth is reduced by at least half compared to the linewidth that would be provided in a system without the grating filter element. The linewidth may be reduced in some cases to 500 GHz or less, 300 GHz or less, or 200 Hz or less.
US12226649B2
Methods, systems, and devices for integrated photo-responsive contouring treatment are described. Methods include identifying a region of skin corresponding to a contouring treatment of the skin. The region of skin may be provided with a photo-responsive material overlying a portion of the region of the skin. Methods may include identifying one or more treatment regions overlapping the photo-responsive material. The treatment regions may be identified at least in part to apply the contouring treatment. Methods may include determining an irradiation profile for each of the one or more treatment regions to contour each respective treatment region as part of applying the contouring treatment. Methods may also include irradiating the photo-responsive material at the one or more treatment regions in accordance with the respective irradiation profiles. Irradiating the photo-responsive material may induce a localized change in shape of the photo-responsive material in the respective treatment regions.
US12226645B2
An ambulatory medical device comprising: a monitoring component comprising at least one sensing electrode for detecting a cardiac condition of a patient; at least one processor configured for: adjusting one or more detection parameters for detecting the cardiac condition of the patient based at least in part on at least one of 1) one or more environmental conditions and 2) input received from the monitoring component; and providing at least one of an alarm and a treatment in response to detecting the cardiac condition of the patient based on the adjusted one or more detection parameters.
US12226642B2
A manufacturing method for a header assembly for an implantable intracardiac device, wherein the header assembly comprises at least one tine extending from a conically formed base ring, further comprising a header cap and a header base, wherein the header cap and the header base each comprises a supporting side surface corresponding to the conical form of the base ring, the method comprising: an assembly step, wherein the base ring is placed between the header base and the header cap such that the base ring is located adjacent the supporting header base side surface and the supporting header cap side surface, and a subsequent fixing step, wherein the header cap is permanently fixed to the header base such that the base ring is located in a base ring groove formed by the supporting header cap side surface and the supporting header base side surface.
US12226640B2
The present disclosure provides systems and methods for optimizing pacing parameters of a cardiac pacing device implanted in a patient. The systems and methods measure a plurality of hemodynamic responses of the patient. Each hemodynamic response is associated with the cardiac pacing device configured with one candidate pacing parameter set of a plurality of candidate pacing parameter sets. Each candidate pacing parameter set is classified as electrically equivalent to a reference pacing parameter set according to a classification criterion. The systems and methods further identify an optimal hemodynamic response from the plurality of hemodynamic responses, and select a final candidate pacing parameter set corresponding to the optimal hemodynamic response.
US12226631B2
A neuromodulation system, device, and method are disclosed. In an embodiment, a neuromodulation system includes a processor, a signal generator, a first electrode, and a second electrode. The processor in cooperation with the signal generator, the first electrode, and the second electrode are configured to deliver a transcutaneous stimulation to a mammal. The transcutaneous stimulation is configured by the processor for inducing voluntary movement in the mammal. The first electrode is positioned transcutaneously on a spinal cord and/or spinal cord dorsal roots of the mammal. Additionally, the second electrode is placed transcutaneously on or over at least one of the spinal cord and/or the spinal cord dorsal roots, a muscle, a nerve, or on or near a target end organ or bodily structure of the mammal. The second electrode is in communication with the first electrode through a hardwire or wireless connection.
US12226613B2
An injection device includes a carrier, a needle, a driver coupled to the needle, the driver being slidable relative to the carrier between a retracted configuration and a deployed configuration, a shuttle configured to move the driver between the retracted configuration and the deployed configuration, and a stop configured to move from a first configuration to a second configuration, wherein the stop is configured to maintain the driver in the deployed configuration, and movement of the stop from the first configuration to the second configuration allows the shuttle to move the driver from the deployed configuration to the retracted configuration.
US12226611B2
Methods and apparatuses are disclosed for applying negative pressure to a wound site. In some embodiments, the apparatus comprises a source of negative pressure, a processing element, and a memory comprising instructions configured to, when executed on the processing element, cause the apparatus to attempt to generate, via the source of negative pressure, a desired negative pressure at the wound site. If the desired negative pressure has not been generated after a first predetermined period of time, the instructions cause the apparatus to: deactivate the source of negative pressure for a second predetermined period of time, and subsequently attempt to generate the desired negative pressure at the wound site.
US12226602B2
Systems for delivering a device for regulating blood pressure across a patients atrial septum are provided. The delivery apparatus may include a first catheter, a hub having one or more engagers disposed thereon, the one or more engagers configured to releasably engage with a first expandable end of the shunt in a contracted delivery state within a lumen of a sheath, and an second catheter extending through a center lumen of the first catheter and the hub, wherein the first catheter, the hub, and the second catheter are independently moveable relative to the sheath. The inventive devices may reduce left atrial pressure and left ventricular end diastolic pressure, increase cardiac output, increase ejection fraction, relieve pulmonary congestion, and lower pulmonary artery pressure, among other benefits. The inventive devices also may be used to treat subjects having heart failure, pulmonary congestion, or myocardial infarction, among other pathologies.
US12226600B2
Apparatus and methods for treatment of bleeding and/or microbial infection of the genitourinary tract including a catheter and an insertable and removable medicament-delivery sheath for introducing a hemostatic and/or anti-microbial substance or the like. Some embodiments further include a light-delivery sheath and/or light-delivery-and-imaging sheath having a light-propagation channel, and a source of anti-microbial and/or imaging light in one or more wavelength bands, for example UVC light and/or light in the visible violet, blue or green wavelength ranges. Some embodiments include a display for captured images, and/or a motorized sheath-movement device configured to move one or more light-output ports. Some embodiments further include a light-propagation channel built into the catheter itself (such as one or more optical fibers) for the administration of anti-microbial ultraviolet light (and/or other wavelengths of light) light along the catheter and/or at the distal end of the catheter to treat and/or prevent microbial (bacterial and/or fungal) infections.
US12226599B2
Medical devices and methods for delivering fluid. The medical devices include one or more needles for delivering fluid. The methods may optionally include expanding an expandable member such as an inflatable member to expand an expandable scaffold outward toward a lumen wall. The methods may include delivering a first fluid out of one or more needles, and delivering a secondary fluid (which may be the same type of fluid as the first fluid, or a different type of fluid) from the device without delivering the secondary fluid through a needle.
US12226596B2
A system for magnetic field direction detection when placing a catheter is disclosed, including a sensor configured to track a medical device, the sensor including a magnetic sensor printed circuit board including a plurality of magnetometers arranged in a magnetometer array. The system can include a console coupled to the sensor, including a processor and non-transitory computer-readable medium having stored a plurality of logic modules that when executed by the processor, are configured to perform operations including receiving detected magnetic field strength values detected by the plurality of magnetometers, determining a position on the sensor of each of the plurality of magnetometers, determining the magnetic field source direction based on the detected magnetic field strength values and the position on the sensor of each of the plurality of magnetometers, and displaying the magnetic field source direction on the display.
US12226585B2
A humidification canister for humidifying a breathing gas, the humidification canister includes a fluid supply configured to supply a fluid and a first gas flow path in fluid communication with the fluid supply. A first gas flow path is configured to humidify the breathing gas with the fluid. A second gas flow path at least partially surrounds the first gas flow path. A method of insulating a breathing gas in a humidification canister using a gas is also disclosed.
US12226579B2
A patient interface assembly has a patient interface and a securement system for the patient interface and/or patient interface tubing. The patient interface has a body and at least one nasal prong extending from the body. The at least one nasal prong has a gas inlet for fluid communication with a supply of breathable gas, and a gas outlet configured to direct a flow of gas towards a nare of the user's nose. The at least one nasal prong further includes an exterior surface, at least a portion of the exterior surface is a sealing surface configured to seal the nare of the user's nose. The securement system has a two-part releasable attachment or connection arrangement, the arrangement comprising a first patch and a second patch.
US12226574B2
A breathing apparatus with a user interface comprising a display for displaying at least one menu item, a first button operable to sequentially cycle through and display a plurality of menu items, a second and optionally third button operable to configure a parameter of the selected menu item, and a fourth button operable to confirm the change of a parameter of the selected menu item, wherein the parameter is a respiratory parameter and/or other breathing apparatus parameter.
US12226571B2
The present invention provides an apparatus for detection of ventilator associated pneumonia (VAP) in a patient, the apparatus comprising: an endotracheal tube; at least two non-selective electrode contacts located in proximity to each other within the endotracheal tube, the contacts lacking any structural feature or component that particularly recognizes a chemical or biological species; an electrical subsystem that is capable of generating, receiving and processing electrical signals; wiring for connecting each of the electrode contacts with the electrical subsystem; and tubing for insulating the wiring from any sputum material that is introduced into the endotracheal tube by the patient.
US12226565B2
The present disclosure provides in part improved apparatuses, systems, and methods for providing therapy to a wound. A system can include a first power source configured to power an electronic component and a second power source configured to power the electronic component in place of the first power source. Responsive to a first condition, the second power source can power the electronic component in place of the first power source. In some cases, the system can include a pressure source that is configured to provide negative pressure to a wound dressing positioned over a wound. The wound dressing can support the first power source or the second power source.
US12226563B2
Techniques for vascular access identification and validation are disclosed. The techniques include: directly or indirectly acquiring an acquired value for a parameter that is a function of oxygen saturation (SO2) of a sample of blood in or obtained from a vascular access device (VAD) disposed in a subject; performing an evaluation of the acquired value at least by comparing the acquired value with one or more reference values; and responsive to the evaluation of the acquired value, assigning an identity classification to the VAD, wherein the identity classification is one of a central venous catheter (CVC), an arteriovenous access device (AVA), or another class of VAD.
US12226558B2
A dialysis system is disclosed. An example dialysis system includes a water treatment device configured to provide purified water and a dialysis machine including a dialysate holding tank, and a dialysate mixing pump connected to a source of concentrate. The dialysis machine is configured to prepare dialysate using the purified water by receiving an indication that a batch of dialysate is needed, transmitting a first message to the water treatment device to begin providing the purified water, and causing the dialysate mixing pump to pump a concentrate from the source of concentrate for mixing with the purified water to form the dialysate for storage in the dialysate holding tank. After the batch of the dialysate has been stored to the dialysate holding tank, the dialysis machine transmits a second message to the water treatment device to stop providing the purified water.
US12226552B2
Embodiments herein relate to active agent depots formed in situ and related methods. In various embodiments, a method of forming an active agent depot in situ is included. The method can include contacting a composition with a vessel wall, wherein the composition includes an active agent and a fibrin promoting vessel wall transfer agent wherein the ratio of active agent to fibrin promoting vessel wall transfer agent (wt./wt.) is at least 5:1. The method also includes transferring the composition from a device surface to the vessel wall surface. The method also includes forming a fibrin matrix around the composition. Other embodiments are also included herein.
US12226550B2
Provided is a bioimplant which is capable to inhibit the biofilm formation over a long period of time after an operation. The bioimplant of the present invention comprises a base material of metal, ceramic, or plastic and a thermal spraying film of a calcium phosphate-based material formed at least partially thereon and the silver concentration in the thermal-spray film is 0.05 wt % to 3.00 wt %.
US12226541B2
A system for and a method of eliminating a virus within a vehicle. The system includes a sterilizer positioned within a vehicle and configured to eliminate a virus within the vehicle while operating, a detection sensor that detects whether or not an occupant is present within the vehicle, and a sterilization controller that controls operation of the sterilizer with a preset operation profile on the basis of a result of the detection sensor detecting whether or not the occupant is present within the vehicle.
US12226534B2
Article side polymers useful in the packaging of transdermal patches are disclosed. These films do not absorb skin permeation enhancers that are contained in transdermal patches including keto acids such as levulinic acid or sulfoxides such as an alkyl sulfoxide, e.g., dimethyl sulfoxide. Using such polymeric film, multilayer pouch constructions can be manufactured which include other polymeric layers, such as aluminum foil for moisture and oxygen barrier properties, polyester for tear resistance and paper layers for optimal printing and design.
US12226532B2
A coated biological composition has a mixture of biologic material and a volume of a liquid protectant. The mixture of biologic material has non-whole cellular components or whole cells or combinations of the non-whole cellular components and whole cells, wherein the mixture is compatible with biologic function. The volume of a liquid protectant is intermixed with the mixture of biologic material, wherein the liquid protectant forms a coating externally enveloping each of the non-whole cellular components, if any, and each of the whole cells, if any, of the mixture of biologic material, to form the coated biological composition. The coated biological composition is frozen and thereafter thawed and then frozen a second time for storage or frozen at least once and thawed and stored under refrigeration above freezing, or frozen and thawed and then concentrated by drying, or while frozen without thawing lyophilized for ambient or room temperature storage.
US12226513B2
The instant disclosure relates to a rheological-modifying and stabilizing polymer blend, cosmetic compositions comprising the polymer blend, and methods for stabilizing, for modifying viscosity, and for treating the skin using the polymer blend or using cosmetic compositions comprising the polymer blend. The rheological-modifying and stabilizing polymer blend comprises: (i) a carbomer; (ii) acrylates/C10-30 alkyl acrylate crosspolymer; and (iii) ammonium acryloyldimethyltaurate/steareth-25 methacrylate crosspolymer.
US12226508B2
The present invention provides a method for removing a tattoo in a region of skin the method comprises administering to a least a portion of the tattoo a composition comprising an effective amount of a bisphosphonate and at least one pharmaceutically acceptable excipient to at least cause fading of the tattoo in said region.
US12226500B2
Disclosed are: a method for suppressing adhesion of air harmful substances, including applying a metal oxide (A) having an average primary particle diameter dA of 800 nm or less to skin in an amount of 0.03 mg/cm2 or more to suppress adhesion of air pollutants to the skin, and a method for suppressing adhesion of air pollutants, including applying an external preparation to skin to suppress adhesion of air pollutants to the skin, wherein the external preparation contains the component (AI), and the component (BI), the component (BII) or the component (BIII), and the ratio by mass of the content of the component (BI), the component (BII) or the component (BIII) to the content of the component (AI) in the external preparation each falls within a specific range. Component (AI): a hydrophobized metal oxide having an average primary particle diameter dAI of 800 nm or less. Component (BI): an ester oil. Component (BII): a nonvolatile hydrocarbon oil. Component (BIII): a nonvolatile silicone oil.
US12226498B2
The present invention relates to a sensory emulsifying composition, in particular for cosmetic use, capable of obtaining a liquid oil-in-water-type emulsion comprising at least one cyclodextrin in the form of solid particles, said particles having a volumetric average particle size d(4,3), measured by laser granulometry, of between 2 and 20 μm, preferably between 3 and 12 μm, and more preferably between 4 and 8 μm, and at least one emulsifier of natural origin selected from water-in-oil emulsifiers, having a hydrophilic-lipophilic balance (HLB) of less than 8.
US12226496B2
A nanoparticle having a lipidic core, wherein the nanoparticle is linked via first polymeric linkers to a glucose molecules, and is further linked via second polymeric linkers to chelating agents, and wherein a weight ratio of the chelating agents to the nanoparticle is 1:20 to 1:80, respectively, is disclosed. Uses of the nanoparticle, particularly for imaging a tumor in a mammal, are further disclosed.
US12226494B2
The present invention refers to pharmaceutical compositions comprising a macrocyclic gadolinium complex and a water-soluble polyarylene additive useful in diagnostic imaging as diagnostic agents, in particular as contrast agents, specifically in Magnetic Resonance Imaging (MRI).
US12226493B2
Provided herein are compositions that include at least two different nucleic acid vectors, where each of the at least two different vectors includes a coding sequence that encodes a different portion of a stereocilin protein, and the use of these compositions to treat non-syndromic sensorineural hearing loss in a subject.
US12226487B2
The invention relates to novel derivatives of Interleukin-22 (IL-22), particularly those comprising a fatty acid covalently attached to an IL-22 protein, and their use in therapy.
US12226483B2
A method for treating a disease in a subject in need thereof is provided involving infusing 8-methoxypsoralen (8-MOP) and a phosphor-containing drug activator into a diseased site in the subject; and delivering a dose of x-rays to the subject for production of the ultraviolet and visible light inside the subject to activate the photoactivatable drug and induce a persistent therapeutic response, the dose including a pulsed sequence of x-rays delivering from 0.5-2 Gy to the tumor, wherein the phosphor-containing drug activator includes an admixture of two or more phosphors capable of emitting ultraviolet and visible light upon interaction with x-rays; the two or more phosphors including Zn2SiO4:Mn2+ and (3Ca3(PO4)2Ca(F, Cl)2:Sb3+, Mn2+) at a ratio (Zn2SiO4:Mn2+):(3Ca3(PO4)2Ca(F, Cl)2:Sb3+, Mn2+)) of from 1:10 to 10:1; wherein each of the two or more phosphors have at least one coating selected from an ethyl cellulose coating or a diamond-like carbon coating.
US12226481B2
Provided are cytokine fusion proteins comprising a first cytokine fused to a second cytokine, for example, interleukin-2 (IL-2) or interferon-β (IFN-β) fused to the N-terminus of tumor necrosis factor-α (TNF-α), and related compositions and methods of use thereof for treating cancers, either as standalone agents or in combination with autologous tumor vaccines and/or immune checkpoint modulatory agents.
US12226475B2
The present invention relates to compositions, immunogenic or vaccine compositions and pharmaceutical compositions for the prevention or treatment of insect bite 5 hypersensitivity of equine mammals, preferably of horses. Furthermore, the invention provides methods for preventing or treating insect bite hypersensitivity of equine mammals, preferably of horses.
US12226474B2
The invention provides a compound comprising one, two, three or more non-natural HRC sequence of a viral spike peptide conjugated to a hydrophobic moiety via an optional linker. The hydrophobic moiety can be a membrane integrating ligand, such as a cholesterol, a sphingolipid, a glycolipid, a glycerophospholipid. The non-natural viral spike peptide is preferably a coronavirus spike protein characterized by one or more D-amino acids. The peptides of the invention inhibit viral fusion. The invention includes compositions for the delivery of compounds of the invention, such as pulmonary or nasal delivery. The invention also provides a method of treating or preventing a viral infection, including for example a SARS-COV-2 (COVID-19) infection, in a subject in need thereof comprising administering an effective amount of a compound of the invention.
US12226467B2
The present invention relates to peptides, proteins, nucleic acids and cells for use in immunotherapeutic methods. In particular, the present invention relates to the immunotherapy of cancer. The present invention furthermore relates to tumor-associated T-cell peptide epitopes, alone or in combination with other tumor-associated peptides that can for example serve as active pharmaceutical ingredients of vaccine compositions that stimulate anti-tumor immune responses, or to stimulate T cells ex vivo and transfer into patients. Peptides bound to molecules of the major histocompatibility complex (MHC), or peptides as such, can also be targets of antibodies, soluble T-cell receptors, and other binding molecules.
US12226459B2
The present invention relates to a use of collagen hydrolysate after intensive care unit (ICU) stay. The collagen hydrolysate improves the recovery and prevents and/or treats post intensive care syndrome (PICS) after ICU stay. The collagen hydrolysate is preferably administered as a supplement in the context of ICU stay and/or PICS. Collagen hydrolysate is generally-accepted to be safe and therefore can be taken as a preventive and long-term measure.
US12226458B2
The invention relates to a novel administration regime useful in the treatment of diseases or conditions where administration of insulin will be of benefit. In particular, the invention relates to a long-acting or ultra-long acting insulin for use in treating a disease or condition where administration of insulin will be of benefit, wherein the administration of said insulin includes or consists of one or more of the following steps: (a) obtaining a first data set of the subject, (b) obtaining a second data set of the subject, (c) obtaining a first data structure of the subject, and (d) obtaining a second data structure of the subject. When a determination is made that the at least first data structure, second data structure, first data set, and second data set collectively do contain the set of evaluation information, the device further includes providing the long-acting or ultra-long-acting insulin dose guidance recommendation.
US12226451B2
The present application provides pharmaceutical formulations comprising a FGF-21 polypeptide, e.g., a modified FGF-21 polypeptide such as PEG-FGF-21, and one or more stabilizers such as the chelator DPTA. The formulations can be can further stabilized by including a surfactant such as polysorbate 80 and/or adjusting the pH to about 7.1. Also provided are methods of manufacture, methods of treatment, and kits.
US12226443B2
Polyphenol composition and method of its use and manufacture in the treatment of metabolic disorders
The invention provides a polyphenolic composition and method for its use and manufacture in the treatment of metabolic disorders. The active agents of the composition can include flavonoids and anthocyanins. The active agents can be obtained from rose petal extract, including Rosa multiflora rose petal extract. The composition finds use in the treatment of obesity and complications associated with obesity.
US12226437B2
A method for enhancing an expression of insulin like growth factor 1 receptor in an umbilical cord mesenchymal stem cell is provided. The method includes culturing the umbilical cord mesenchymal stem cell expressing insulin-like growth factor 1 receptor in a medium containing platelet-derived growth factor BB (PDGF-BB) to enhance the expression of insulin like growth factor 1 receptor in the umbilical cord mesenchymal stem cell.
US12226434B2
The present invention provides improved and/or shortened methods for expanding TILs and producing therapeutic populations of TILs, including novel methods for expanding TIL populations in a closed system that lead to improved efficacy, improved phenotype, and increased metabolic health of the TILs in a shorter time period, while allowing for reduced microbial contamination as well as decreased costs. Such TILs find use in therapeutic treatment regimens.
US12226432B2
A polymer nanoparticle includes a polymer having repeating units of formula (I) wherein X, L1, and R1 are as defined herein. Methods of preparing the polymer nanoparticles and compositions comprising the nanoparticles are also disclosed. The polymers nanoparticles described herein are particularly useful for the treatment of bacterial biofilms.
US12226423B2
Compositions comprising 5-cholesten-3, 25-diol, 3-sulfate (25HC3S) or pharmaceutically acceptable salt thereof and at least one cyclic oligosaccharide, e.g., a cyclodextrin (CD), are provided. The compositions may be used to prevent and/or treat a variety of diseases and conditions, including organ failure (e.g. acute liver failure), high cholesterol/high lipids, and various inflammatory diseases and conditions.
US12226412B2
The present invention provides heteroaryl ketone fused azadecalin compounds and methods of using the compounds as glucocorticoid receptor modulators, including their use for treating amyotrophic lateral sclerosis (ALS).
US12226411B2
The present invention relates to methods for treating patients with compensated cirrhosis, comprising administering to a patient in need thereof a therapeutically effective amount of a soluble guanylate cyclase (sGC) activator, or a pharmaceutically acceptable salt thereof.
US12226407B2
Disclosed herein are formulations of pirfenidone or pyridone analog compounds for aerosolization and use of such formulations for aerosol administration of pirfenidone or pyridone analog compounds for the prevention or treatment of various fibrotic and inflammatory diseases, including disease associated with the lung, heart, kidney, liver, eye and central nervous system. In some embodiments, pirfenidone or pyridone analog compound formulations and delivery options described herein allow for efficacious local delivery of pirfenidone or pyridone analog compound. Compositions include all formulations, kits, and device combinations described herein. Methods include inhalation procedures, indications and manufacturing processes for production and use of the compositions described.
US12226405B2
The present invention relates to compounds of formula (I) or a pharmaceutically acceptable salt form thereof, wherein the substituents are as defined in the specification; to intermediates in the preparation of the compounds, to pharmaceutical compositions comprising the compounds and to the use of the compounds in the treatment of disease.
US12226404B2
The present invention includes compositions and methods for making and using a rapid dissolving, high potency, substantially amorphous nanostructured aggregate for pulmonary delivery of tacrolimus and a stabilizer matrix comprising, optionally, a polymeric or non-polymeric surfactant, a polymeric or non-polymeric saccharide or both, wherein the aggregate comprises a surface area greater than 5 m2/g as measured by BET analysis and exhibiting supersaturation for at least 0.5 hours when 11-15-times the aqueous crystalline solubility of tacrolimus is added to simulated lung fluid.
US12226399B2
The present disclosure relates to an aqueous formulation comprising as an active ingredient a carbamate compound of Formula 1, or a pharmaceutically acceptable salt, solvate or hydrate thereof, poloxamer, and an aqueous carrier, wherein the aqueous formulation is in the form of a suspension formulation.
US12226396B2
Pharmaceutical compositions and methods of using said pharmaceutical compositions are provided herein. A method of preventing preterm birth in a pregnant individual is also provided, said method comprising administering to said individual a pharmaceutical composition comprising a compound of Formula XX or a lactone thereof of formula XIX or XXI and preventing said preterm birth by said administration.
US12226395B2
The present invention relates to a pharmaceutical composition for preventing or treating neurodegenerative diseases comprising a diterpene, or a pharmaceutically acceptable salt thereof. Specifically, the diterpene of the present invention can prevent or treat neurodegenerative diseases caused by inhibition of Nurr1 activity by activating Nurr1 and inhibiting the inflammatory response.
US12226389B2
Modified release formulations of gamma-hydroxybutyrate having improved dissolution and pharmacokinetic properties are provided, and therapeutic uses thereof.
US12226378B2
Vaginal lubricants that have salts which are biomatched to salts that are naturally present in the vagina facilitate intercourse without toxic effects. Topical substances that have a low buffering capacity to promote fertility by providing lubricity while minimizing disturbance to the natural pH levels present during intercourse. A low buffering capacity reduces the extent to which a product interferes with natural pH and buffering capacity of fluids that are present during intercourse.
US12226377B2
Oral pharmaceutical compositions of sodium oxybate having improved pharmacokinetic properties when administered less than two hours after eating are provided, and therapeutic uses thereof.
US12226372B2
A storage container for a storage and dispensing station for pharmaceuticals is provided. The storage container includes a housing, which encloses a receptacle chamber having a guide section, wherein an inner wall of the guide section defines a circular-cylindrical guide chamber. A singulating unit is arranged in the guide section of the housing having a central axis of rotation. The singulating unit has a main section and multiple projections, wherein each projection has two end sections and a middle section. One pharmaceutical duct is formed between each two end sections of adjacent projections, wherein the middle sections of the projections are recessed and one or both end sections of each projection bear on the wall of the guide section. Gaps between the singulating unit and the inner wall allow pharmaceutical dust to fall through to avoid pharmaceutical dust formed during singulation causing increased friction between the singulating unit and the wall of the storage container.
US12226370B2
Disclosed herein are glass pharmaceutical vials having sidewalls of reduced thickness. In embodiments, the glass pharmaceutical vial may include a glass body comprising a sidewall enclosing an interior volume. An outer diameter D of the glass body is equal to a diameter d1 of a glass vial of size X as defined by ISO 8362-1, wherein X is one of 2R, 3R, 4R, 6R, 8R, 10R, 15R, 20R, 25R, 30R, 50R, and 100R as defined by ISO 8362-1. However, the sidewall of the glass pharmaceutical vial comprises an average wall thickness Ti that is less than or equal to 0.85*s1, wherein s1 is a wall thickness of the glass vial of size X as defined by ISO 8362-1 and X is one of 2R, 3R, 4R, 6R, 8R, 10R, 15R, 20R, 25R, 30R, 50R, and 100R as defined by ISO 8362-1.
US12226368B2
A light therapy system is made up of a pressure cuff system having a cuff that is positionable on or near a body part of a user and that can receive pressurized air to selectively pressurize and depressurize the cuff and a light emitting system having a supporting structure and a light emitter positioned on the supporting structure, the light emitter being controllably powerable. The supporting structure is positionable on an interior surface of the cuff so that the light emitter can direct light onto the body part. The light therapy system can further include a controller capable of controllably powering the light emitter, wherein controller can adjust the intensity or duration of the light directed onto the body part in response to an input or measurement related to a condition of the body part. A photometer can be provided separately or integrally to measure the condition of the body part. A method of providing light therapy is also provided.
US12226367B2
An inflatable belt 100 for use in a BFR system with an outer belt material 102 hermetically sealed to an inner belt material 101 along a perimeter, thereby forming at least one inflatable chamber 103, the inflatable chamber having an input port 104 for accepting a gas into the chamber, the inflatable belt further comprising a first fastening means 110 in communication with the outer belt material, for attaching to a second fastening means 111 in communication with the outer belt material, thereby locking a circumference of the inflatable belt, when wrapped around a user's limb, efficacy feedback means 200 for gathering efficacy feedback data 205, for use in prescribing, monitoring and adjusting one or more training parameters of a BFR training session and/or program based on evaluation of the efficacy feedback data.
US12226357B2
A pressure applicator assembly is configured to allow for a range of pressure application and pressure localisation options along with the ability to have a rocker base for directing the applied pressure to a subject in a particular direction if desired. The assembly includes dome shaped resilient members that nest together and which each include magnets for magnetic fixation to a surface of a base. Due to the nesting of the resilient members the degree of firmness and/or the radius of curvature and thus the degree of localisation of application of force can be varied by adding or removing resilient members. In addition, the magnets allow the resilient members to be rapidly fixed to any magnetically attracted surface so that they can be used in horizontal, vertical or sloping orientations. Furthermore, the apparatus is readily stored and transported since it can be placed into the compact nested configuration as required.
US12226355B1
A system for a motorized mobile chair includes a human machine interface (HMI) to receive one or more user inputs, transmit one or more first control instructions in response to the one or more user inputs, receive one or more second control instructions, and provide haptic feedback through the human machine interface to assist user navigation of the motorized mobile chair in response to the one or more second control instructions. One or more sensors generate sensor data about an area proximate to the motorized mobile chair. At least one processor receives the one or more first control instructions, receives the sensor data from the one or more sensors about the area proximate to the motorized mobile chair, determines one or more states of the motorized mobile chair based on the sensor data, generates the one or more second control instructions based on at least the one or more states of the motorized mobile chair and the one or more first control instructions, and transmits the one or more second control instructions to the human machine interface.
US12226351B2
A patient handling apparatus includes a patient support surface, a base, and a hydraulic circuit. The hydraulic circuit includes a pump, a fluid reservoir, and a hydraulic cylinder operable to selectively raise or lower the patient support surface or the base. The hydraulic circuit controls flow of fluid between the cylinder and the fluid reservoir to thereby control the movement of the base or patient support surface. In addition, the hydraulic circuit may include a manual bypass circuit configured to bypass the pump in response to a manual input, which allows manual extension or retraction of the cylinder, for example, when the pump is not operational. The hydraulic circuit may also include a pump bypass circuit configured to bypass the pump to allow fluid to discharge from the cap end to the fluid reservoir for faster evacuation of fluid from the cylinder, thereby increasing retraction speed of the rod.
US12226342B1
A surgical knife for adjusting size and shape of an intracorneal channel during a keratopigmentation procedure to better match the geometry of the patient's iris and for delivering color pigments into the intracorneal channel. The surgical knife includes a handle, a shaft section, an arcuate section and a kidney-shaped appendage that is coupled to the proximal end of the arcuate section. The kidney-shaped appendage includes a top surface, a bottom surface, a non-cutting sidewall, a cutting sidewall, and a cutting edge extending along the cutting sidewall.
US12226340B2
A thermal control unit for controlling a patient's temperature includes a fluid outlet for delivering temperature-controlled fluid to a patient, a pump, a heat exchanger, and a controller that automatically pauses thermal treatment of the patient prior the patient reaching a target temperature. During the pause, the controller assesses a reaction of the patient and changes a temperature of the fluid only inside the thermal control unit if the patient is likely to reach the target temperature without further thermal treatment. However, if the patient is unlikely to reach the target temperature without further thermal treatment, the controller restarts the thermal treatment. The controller may pause thermal treatment again prior to reaching the target temperature and assess the patient's reaction. In some embodiments, the controller may selectively include and exclude a fluid reservoir in a circulation channel within the thermal control unit.
US12226334B2
A heel float therapeutic footwear for people that spend a large amount of time in bed. The heel float therapeutic footwear includes a lower leg support portion, a foot support portion, and a wing support structure. The foot support portion extends from the lower leg support portion and includes a foot support platform. The wing support structure is permanently attached to the foot support platform. The wing support structure is adjustably fastenable to a side of the lower leg support portion to adjustably support a position and an angle of the foot support platform with respect to the lower leg support portion. A method of making a heel float therapeutic footwear is also disclosed.
US12226332B2
An apparatus for treating obesity comprises a volume filling device formed by at least two segments and is provided and following implantation, the device is placed resting against the stomach wall of the patient to reduce the inner volume of the stomach, thereby affecting the patients appetite.
US12226327B2
A drainage stent delivery system is disclosed. The system can include a catheter body, a stent member, and a coupling member. The coupling member is configured to selectively couple and decouple the catheter body and the stent member. The coupling member can include a first connector, a second connector, and a telescoping connector. A tab of the first connector is configured to be received by a slot of the second connector when the first and second connectors are coupled. The telescoping connector can displace the tab radially outward to be received by the slot. The tab is biased radially inward when the telescoping connector is displaced. When coupled, the catheter body and the stent member are rotationally fixed.
US12226326B2
Devices, systems, and methods are provided to maintain or enhance blood flow through the blood vessel. Balloon-expandable, bioresorbable, vascular stent elements configured to be implanted in the blood vessel are described herein. Stent elements comprise a closed cell pattern configured to provide their greatest radial strength at or near the diameters of their intended therapeutic use.
US12226314B2
A delivery device for a collapsible prosthetic heart valve includes an inner shaft, an outer shaft, and a distal sheath. The distal sheath may be disposed distal to the outer shaft and about a portion of the inner shaft to form a compartment with the inner shaft, the compartment being sized to receive the prosthetic heart valve in a collapsed condition. The inner shaft and the distal sheath may be movable relative to one another. The delivery device may also include a tube member and an outer sleeve overlying the tube member. The tube member may be configured to rotate or twist upon axial movement of the outer sleeve with respect to the tube member, the rotation or twisting of the tube member configured to rotate the prosthetic heart valve when the prosthetic heart valve is received within the compartment in the collapsed condition.
US12226312B2
A prosthetic heart valve can include a radially expandable and compressible frame having an inflow end, an outflow end, and a plurality of struts. The prosthetic valve can further include a valvular structure comprising a plurality of leaflets, each leaflet comprising a coaptation edge portion and a cusp edge portion. The cusp edge portion of each leaflet can be folded toward the outflow end of the frame along a bending axis and a reinforcing member extends along an outflow surface of the cusp edge portion along the bending axis. The prosthetic heart valve can include a plurality of connecting skirts, each disposed between the cusp edge portion of an adjacent leaflet and the frame. First stitching secures the reinforcing member and the connecting skirts to the cusp edge portions and second stitching secures the connecting skirts to selected struts of the frame.
US12226309B2
Intraocular lens loading devices and methods of use. In some embodiment the devices are used to sequentially splay first and second haptics while loading the intraocular lens into a delivery lumen.
US12226308B2
Some embodiments disclosed herein relate to devices and methods for controlling placement of intraocular implants within a patient's eye including but not limited to placement within or near the collector ducts of Schlemm's canal located behind the trabecular meshwork. In some embodiments, a handheld peristaltic rotor device having a compression element can be positioned on a corneal surface of the eye and rotated to create a peristaltic movement of blood in one or more episcleral veins to generate blood reflux within Schlemm's canal such that one or more collector ducts, or channels, of Schlemm's canal can be located. In some embodiments, an implant can be implanted near the identified location of the one or more collector ducts, or channels.
US12226305B2
The invention relates to a multilumen implant for the application in human and animal bodies, comprising a substantially tubular element (1) that divides into a proximal (2) and a distal section (3), and at least one stent (8) for the fixation of the proximal section in a target vessel, wherein the tubular element (1) is designed to branch in the distal section (3) into at least two lumens (4, 5).
US12226299B2
Described herein are implants (e.g., medical textiles/biotextiles) that include stitched gripping filaments to increase gripping, and methods of forming and using them. In some configurations these apparatuses may be configured as surgical grafts that may be used for soft tissue reconstruction, regeneration, or repair.
US12226297B2
Feminine hygiene articles are disclosed herein. The feminine hygiene articles described herein can provide easily discernable placement and orientation guides which reduce the likelihood of misapplication by the user, facilitated attachment guides which can reduce the likelihood of misapplication of the feminine pad and can also reduce the likelihood of improper attachment of the feminine pad to a panty. The feminine hygiene articles disclosed include uniquely shaped wings which can provide cues on proper attachment of the article to the panty, and may help in providing sustained coverage of the feminine hygiene article to the panty which reduces the likelihood that the pad will become detached during use.
US12226295B2
A patterned apertured web is disclosed. The patterned apertured web includes a plurality of land areas in the patterned apertured web and a plurality of apertures defined in the patterned apertured web. At least some land areas of the plurality of land areas surround at least some apertures of the plurality of apertures. The patterned apertured web has an Effective Open Area in the range of about 3% to about 30%, according to the Aperture Test herein. The patterned apertured web has a plurality of Interaperture Distances, according to the Aperture Test herein. The Interaperture Distances have a distribution having a median and a mean. The plurality of apertures include a first set of apertures defining a first shape and a second set of apertures defining a second shape.
US12226292B2
An absorbent article comprising an absorbent core having a longitudinally extending channel-forming area and a wetness indicator. The core wrap comprises a top side and a bottom side, which are attached to each other through areas substantially free of absorbent material, so that when the absorbent material swells upon absorption of a liquid a channel is formed along the area substantially free of absorbent material.
US12226279B2
Systems, methods, and devices for producing appliances for expansion of the arch of a patient. Methods may include forming a shell from a prepolymer material, the shell including teeth receiving structures configured to receive at least a portion of the patient's teeth. The prepolymer material may be crosslinked to provide a first crosslinked polymer having a first degree of crosslinking. Methods may also include forming a force generating portion connected with the shell. The force generating portion may be configured to span a space between opposing posterior teeth of the patient and to apply an expansion force between the opposing posterior teeth of the patient. The force generating portion may be formed from the same prepolymer material as the shell. Forming the force generating portion may include varying crosslinking to provide a second crosslinked polymer having a second degree of crosslinking that is different than the first degree of crosslinking.
US12226278B2
A computer system and computerized method in which orthodontic treatment, including midcourse correction of one or more teeth in a dental arch fitted with a dental appliance, comprises a virtual simulation of a dental arch fitted with a virtual dental appliance in which each of the one or more teeth can be discretely moved from an initial position to a final position allowing modification of the fitted dental appliance by computerized selection of one or more brackets and production of a bonding tray adapted to hold the selected brackets in correspondence to determined bracket bonding locations in the virtual simulation of dental arch.
US12226273B2
A disposable dental aerosol device has a body having an exterior surface, a front end having an angled opening having a retraction lip portion, a rear end having an opening, and a lumen formed between the front end and the rear end, and a pressure relief opening formed in the exterior surface of the body.
US12226271B2
The present invention provides a coloring solution for zirconia, which, when used on zirconia before firing of the zirconia, causes the zirconia to exhibit only a slight color difference before and after the firing and thus enables accurate prediction of the post-firing color tone of the zirconia. The present invention relates to a coloring solution for zirconia, comprising: a coloring agent (A) that is decolorized after firing of zirconia; and a metal ion solution (B), wherein, when zirconia is colored with the coloring solution and then subjected to firing, the color difference of the zirconia before and after the firing satisfies ΔL*≤5.8, Δa*≤2.4, and Δb*≤4.3.
US12226270B2
A three-point locating dental implant locating guide and a three-point locating modeling method are disclosed. The three-point locating dental implant locating guide includes a first plate and a second plate that are pivotally connected. A first locating hole is defined in the first plate. A second locating hole is defined in the second plate. A third locating hole is defined in the junction of the first plate and the second plate. Extending directions of the first locating hole, the second locating hole and the third locating hole are arranged parallel to each other. Through the first locating hole, the second locating hole and the third locating hole, a positioning locating can be guided and implanted respectively, thereby forming a three-point locating as the modeling base for producing a dental mold accurately.
US12226265B2
A system for aerating a marker material. The system includes a first container, a second container, and an aeration connector. The aeration connector includes a body and a screen disk disposed within the body. The first container is in communication with the second container via the aeration connector. The screen disk of the aeration connector is configured to aerate a marker material as the marker material is repeatedly passed between the first container and the second container.
US12226264B2
A medical lighting device, a system for fluorescence image guided surgery and a method to manufacture a medical lighting device are provided. The medical lighting device includes a device body and light guiding optics. The light guiding optics comprise optical fibers and a first ring-shaped mirror encircling the device body. A segment of each optical fiber passes through the first ring-shaped mirror while being guided towards the distal end. After passing through the first ring-shaped mirror, a light guiding element redirects one or more of excitation light and white light ack towards the first ring-shaped mirror. The first ring-shaped mirror reflects the one or more of the emitted excitation light and the white light towards the area to be illuminated by the one or more of the excitation light and the white light.
US12226263B2
An electrode lead is provided having a distal side and a circumferential surface, the electrode lead comprising a plurality of interlocked filaments having a conductive core coated with a nonconductive coating and at least one 3D distinct conductive mass at the distal end, wherein the filaments in the conductive mass are having an exposed conductive core and wherein a portion of the filaments with the exposed conductive core are disposed on the circumferential surface. The 3d pattern of spaced-apart regions along or within the electrode lead, each one is a network of spaced-apart conductive segments determining together critical parameters of: directionality of the region and electrical property of the region.
US12226262B2
According to one embodiment, an apparatus includes processing circuitry. The processing circuitry acquires output data from a trained model by entering examination data acquired at an examination, the examination data corresponding to first data, the output data corresponding to second data, into the trained model configured to, based on the first data acquired through transmission of an ultrasound wave for a first number of times, output the second data acquired through transmission of an ultrasound wave for a second number of times that is greater than the first number of times.
US12226255B2
Systems, devices, and methods for displaying multiple intraluminal images in a luminal assessment are provided. An intraluminal imaging device is provided which is configured to be positioned within a body lumen of a patient and receive imaging data associated with the body lumen. The intraluminal imaging device may be in communication with a controller configured to display two or more transverse images of the body lumen on a single display device. The system may also be configured to automatically measure, display, and compare measurements of features, including misalignment or malapposition of a stent, the diameter and area of the stent at various locations along the stent, as well as the diameter and area of the lumen before the stent is positioned.
US12226248B2
A device, as disclosed, may be suitable for use with a tomographic imager comprising an X-ray source and a plane detector that are movable in rotation. The device (e.g., radiopaque device) includes a registration phantom that includes several radiopaque markers and that is placeable along a part of the spine of a patient at a predetermined distance from a volume of interest to be imaged. Several radiopaque screens, integral with the registration phantom, include a lower face, an internal face oriented toward the registration phantom, and an external face oriented toward the X-ray source (410), respectively towards the detector. The radiopaque device is configured so that, when it is placed on the back of a patient, at least part of the X-rays that pass from the X-ray source to the plane detector through the registration phantom see their intensity attenuated by passing through the radiopaque screens.
US12226246B2
A method for filtering matter waves (MW) from a composite particle beam, comprising: obtaining the composite particle beam from a first particle path, the beam comprising a matter-wave-energy (an MWE) particle component and a matter wave (an MW) component, wherein the MW component does not correspond to the MWE particle component; directing the composite particle beam toward a unit having a distribution of a non-uniform spatial field; tilting the MWE particle component of the composite particle beam toward a second path away from the first path; generating an output beam of the MW component along the first path going through the non-uniform spatial field; and receiving the output beam of the MW component for processing in a subsequent step.
US12226229B2
The present disclosure provides a method performed in an accessory device. The accessory device comprises an interface configured to communicate with one or more devices of an ostomy system. The interface comprises a display. The ostomy system comprises a monitor device, and/or an ostomy appliance configured to be placed on a skin surface of a user, wherein the ostomy appliance comprises the base plate. The method comprises displaying, on the display, a notification settings user interface comprising one or more control objects including a first control object, wherein the notification settings user interface is configured to adjust notification setting parameters of an ostomy user application. The method comprises while displaying the notification settings user interface, detecting, by contact, a first input directed to the first control object, in response to detecting the first input, in accordance with a determination that the first input meets one or more first control criteria: adjusting, based on the detected first input, a first notification setting parameter that corresponds to the first control object; and displaying an updated first control object in the notification settings user interface.
US12226227B2
The present disclosure provides methods for diagnosing and determining the disease progression of neurodegenerative disorders in patients using neurophysiological biomarkers.
US12226226B2
Methods and systems for seamless adjustment of treatment are disclosed. A determination is made as to whether to intervene with a patient's treatment. Implanted device memory data is acquired over a pre-specified time period. Risk status is determined from the device memory data. Another external device memory data is acquired over a pre-specified time period. A determination is made as to whether to adjust treatment of the patient in response to the risk status, the data acquired from the implanted device memory and the external device memory data.
US12226220B2
Systems and methods for assessing sympathetic nervous system (SNS) tone for renal neuromodulation therapy are disclosed herein. A system configured in accordance with embodiments of the present technology can include, for example, a detector attached to or implanted in a patient and a receiver communicatively coupled to the detector. The detector can measure cardiac data and the receiver and/or a device communicatively coupled thereto can analyze the cardiac data to provide one or more SNS tone indicators. The SNS tone indicators can be used to determine whether a patient will be responsive to a neuromodulation therapy and/or whether a neuromodulation therapy was effective.
US12226217B2
Techniques for triggering the storage or transmission of cardiac electrogram (EGM) signals associated with a premature ventricular contractions (PVC) include sensing a cardiac EGM signal of a patient via a plurality of electrodes, detecting a premature ventricular contraction (PVC) within the cardiac EGM signal, determining whether PVC storage criteria is met, in response to a determination that the PVC storage criteria is met, storing a portion of the cardiac EGM signal associated with the PVC, and in response to a determination that the PVC storage criteria is not met, eschewing storing the portion of the cardiac EGM signal associated with the PVC.
US12226214B2
A biomedical electrode according to the present invention includes: a plate-shaped support portion; an elastic pillar portion that is provided on a first surface of the plate-shaped support portion; and a conductive resin layer that is formed to cover a distal end of the elastic pillar portion, in which when measured at 37° C. according to JIS K 6253 (1997), a type A durometer hardness of a surface of the elastic pillar portion is higher than 35 and 65 or lower.
US12226212B2
An analysis apparatus for ADHD is suitable for receiving a plurality of sensing data from a subject. The analysis apparatus comprises a plurality of first stage processing units, a combinator, and a second stage processing unit. Each of the first stage processing units performs a first DNN processing for the sensing data respectively, such that a plurality of first learning results are generated. The first learning results are combined by the combinator into a combination data. The second stage processing unit performs a second DNN processing for the combination data to generate an analysis result.
US12226207B1
An oximeter measures oxygen saturation for two or more different tissue depths and shows these results on a screen. A probe of the oximeter has multiple different distances between source and detector sensors. One probe implementation has fixed sensor positions. Other implementations include sensors on a moveable platform or openings to accept sensors, which allow a user to vary a distance between sensors.
US12226204B2
A body motion determination system for determining whether a body motion of a subject (S) on a bed (BD) presents or not, includes a load detector (11, 12, 13, 14) configured to detect a load of the subject on the bed; a non-negative-valued average calculating unit (313) configured to calculate a non-negative-valued average of a detection value of the load detector; and a threshold value setting unit (315) configured to set a threshold value to be used in determining whether the body motion of the subject presents or not, based on the non-negative-valued average calculated in a resting period in which the subject merely performs a respiration.
US12226199B2
A method for utilizing radar from wireless earpieces includes activating one or more radar sensors of the wireless earpieces, performing radar measurements of a user using the one or more radar sensors of the wireless earpieces, and analyzing the radar measurements to determine pulsatile measurements associated with the user, the analyzing performed using a processor of the wireless earpieces.
US12226197B2
An electronic device can include a housing defining an aperture and at least partially defining an internal volume of the electronic device, an electromagnetic radiation emitter and an electromagnetic radiation detector disposed in the internal volume, and an optical component disposed in the aperture. The optical component can include a first and second transparent portions disposed above the electromagnetic radiation detector and the electromagnetic radiation emitter, and an opaque portion disposed between the first and second transparent portions and extending a thickness of the optical component. The first transparent portion, the second transparent portion, and the opaque portion can define a flush exterior surface of the electronic device.
US12226173B2
Tools, assemblies, surgical systems enable impacting a prosthesis into a surgical site. The tool has an impactor head with a surface to receive an impact force that is manually imparted by a user. A tool shaft has a distal portion and a proximal portion fixed to the impactor head. The tool shaft can be supported by a robotically manipulated tool guide for alignment of the tool shaft relative to the surgical site. A compliance mechanism of the tool has a proximal body coupled to the distal portion of the tool shaft and a distal body supported by the proximal body. The distal body is adapted to releasably attach directly to the prosthesis. The distal body is moveable relative to the proximal body for providing compliant motion of the distal body and prosthesis relative to the tool shaft in response to the impact force that is manually imparted by the user.
US12226172B2
Transducer-based systems can be configured to display a graphical representation of a transducer-based device, the graphical representation including graphical elements corresponding to transducers of the transducer-based device, and also including between graphical elements respectively associated with a set of the transducers and respectively associated with a region of space between the transducers of the transducer-based device. Selection of graphical elements and/or between graphical elements can cause activation of the set of transducers associated with the selected elements. Selection of a plurality of graphical elements and/or between graphical elements can cause visual display of a corresponding activation path in the graphical representation. Visual characteristics of graphical elements and between graphical elements can change based on an activation-status of the corresponding transducers. Activation requests for a set of transducers can be denied if it is determined that a transducer in the set of transducers is unacceptable for activation.
US12226169B2
System and method of registering a medical image of a patient in an imaging space to the patient in a physical space preferably without the use of any embedded radiopaque fiducials in medical images is provided. In one way, intra-op 2D medical images are used to register a pre-op unregistered 3D medical image. The 2D medical images are registered based on simultaneous tracking of the tracking markers on the imaging device and on the patient by a tracking device at the time of image capture. The 2D images are matched to corresponding simulated 2D images generated from the pre-op 3D image volume. Thus, registration of a pre-op 3D image to the patient is accomplished without performing another 3D scan of the patient.
US12226167B2
Systems and methods for sonicating a body within an organ of a patient include supplying ultrasound energy to the body in order to produce a liquified material, which can then be aspirated from the body via a catheter. Image guidance is used during aspiration of the liquified material.
US12226161B2
An ophthalmic apparatus includes an acquiring unit, an OCT unit, an analyzer, and a calculator. The acquiring unit is configured to acquire a dioptric power in a first region including a fovea of a subject's eye. The OCT unit is configured to acquire OCT data of a fundus of the subject's eye using optical coherence tomography. The analyzer is configured to specify a shape of the fundus by analyzing the OCT data. The calculator is configured to calculate a dioptric power in a peripheral region of the first region of the fundus based on the dioptric power in the first region and the shape of the fundus.
US12226159B2
A method of processing B-scans acquired by an OCT imaging system to generate correction data for compensating for axial displacements between B-scans caused by a variation in distance between the OCT imaging system and an imaging target, and to generate a reliability indicator indicative of a reliability of the correction data. The correction data is generated by determining, for each pair of adjacent B-scans, a respective indicator of an axial shift between respective representations of a common ocular feature in the adjacent B-scans. The reliability indicator is generated by: calculating values indicative of speeds or accelerations of the imaging target relative to the OCT imaging system when pairs of B-scans were acquired; where at least a predetermined number of calculated values exceed a threshold, setting the reliability indictor to indicate that the correction data is unreliable, and otherwise to indicate that the correction data is reliable.
US12226158B2
Systems for determining an apex of curvature In an image, obtained from, a sample are provided. The systems include —an imaging system configured to obtain a plurality of scans of a sample using a radial pattern; and a processor associated with the imaging system. The processor is configured to segment and curve fit each of the plurality of scans to a surface of the sample; determine an apex. for each curve associated with each of the plurality of scans; determine a true apex, among all determined apexes using a derivative of least value; calculate an XY offset based on the determined true apex; map the true apex to an origin where X and Y are equal to zero; and adjust the coordinates associated with remaining apexes not determined to be the true apex based on the calculated offset.
US12226155B2
The systems and methods described herein provide improved techniques for displaying imaging markers for verifying biometry. A method includes receiving an indication to initiate a first optical coherence tomography (OCT) scanning of an eye; initiating, based on the received indication, the first OCT scanning of the eye; generating, based on the first OCT scanning, a first OCT image of the eye; detecting, based on the first OCT image, a retinal pigment epithelium (RPE) and a fovea in the eye; based on the detecting, causing a first enhanced OCT image to be displayed to a user, the first enhanced OCT image displaying: a first virtual marker segmenting at least a portion of the detected RPE, and a second virtual marker, where the second virtual marker visually identifies a location of the detected fovea, and where the second virtual marker is a radial line through the location of the detected fovea.
US12226149B2
An ablation system for treating tissue in a patient's body includes an energy source, one or more probes connected to the energy source, and a controller communicatively coupled to one or more probes. Each of the probes includes an elongate member having a distal region with an electrically non-conductive outer circumferential portion and a proximal region. The probes further include an electrically conductive energy delivery device extending distally from the electrically non-conductive outer circumferential portion. The controller includes one or more processors and one or more memory devices. The one or more memory devices are configured to store computer-readable instructions that when executed by the one or more processors cause the one or more processors to perform operations that include detecting a number of probes connected to the energy source and allocating a portion of the predetermined power supply to each of the probes.
US12226148B2
The invention is within the general field of electroporation. In particular, the invention is within the general field of endoscopic electroporation and relates to a bipolar electrode suitable for endoscopic use, i.e. an electrode assembly that can be inserted in a resectoscope and deployed so as to treat e.g. internal organs tumors, such as bladder, rectum or esophagus.
US12226145B2
An instrument including a first arm, a second arm, and a blade. The first arm includes a lumen in communication with a source of irrigation fluid and one or more outlets in communication with the lumen for delivering the irrigation fluid to a surgical site. The instrument is switchable between a first configuration and a second configuration. In the first configuration, the instrument is configured to deliver a first therapy current through a distal end of the first arm, a distal end of the second arm, or both. In the second configuration, a distal end of the blade extends beyond the distal end of the first arm and beyond the distal end of the second arm.
US12226134B2
An anchor assembly, for securing a first portion and a second portion of a separated sternum, can include a lock, an anchor, and a cerclage. The anchor can include a body locatable between the first portion and the second portion of the sternum, where the body can define an end portion. The anchor can include a collar connected to the body and extending outward from the end portion of the body. The collar can engage an outer surface of the sternum to limit movement of the body beyond the outer surface of the sternum. The cerclage can be connected to and can extend from the anchor. The cerclage can be configured to at least partially surround the first portion and the second portion of the separated sternum.
US12226128B2
Systems, methods, and devices for securing a spinal rod are provided. A clamp assembly may include a tulip comprising a first opening and a second opening, wherein an inner surface of the first opening comprises threads; a saddle movably disposed within the tulip between the first and second openings, the saddle comprising a first end and a second end, the first end comprising a portion configured to receive a spinal rod, the second end comprising a cavity configured to receive a pedicle screw, the saddle comprising slots configured to receive a rotating tool; and a threaded locking cap disposed in the first opening.
US12226124B2
An intraosseous access device can include a constant-torque spring assembly disposed in a housing, a drive shaft extending from the housing, and an intraosseous needle coupled to the drive shaft configured to provide intraosseous access to a medullary cavity of a patient. A method of using an intraosseous access device can include inserting a distal end of the intraosseous needle through skin at an insertion site of a patient and applying a contacting force to a bone beneath the insertion site with the distal end of the intraosseous needle. The contacting force can initiate a winding of a metal ribbon of the constant-torque spring assembly from an output spool onto a storage spool, thereby initiating drilling rotation of the intraosseous needle. The method can further include drilling through the bone until the intraosseous needle enters a medullary cavity of the patient.
US12226120B1
A transperineal biopsy guide configured for use with an access needle and a transrectal imaging probe. The transperineal biopsy guide includes a mount attachable to the transrectal imaging probe and an upper assembly. The upper assembly extending from the mount and including a vertical opening, at least one distal member, and an access needle support structure. The at least one distal member laterally borders the vertical opening and includes a first distal member having a first distal-facing surface. The access needle support structure is aligned with the vertical opening and includes a first passage to receive and support the access needle and a first recess on a proximal-facing side of the access needle support structure. The first recess and the proximal end hub of the access needle including complementary surfaces that interface with each other such that rotation of the access needle within the first passage is inhibited.
US12226118B2
A medical device that removes an object in a body lumen, includes a rotatable drive shaft, a cutter attached to a distal portion of the drive shaft and by which the object is cut, an outer tube surrounding the drive shaft, a guide wire tube attached to a distal portion of the outer tube and having a guide wire lumen therein, a metal member attached to the guide wire tube and including a first portion that extends along the guide wire tube and includes a first recess, and a distal tip made of a resin, disposed at a distal portion of the guide wire tube, and having a distal lumen that communicates with the guide wire lumen. The distal tip engages with the first recess of the metal member.
US12226111B2
Described herein are low-profile electrodes for use with an angioplasty shockwave catheter. A low-profile electrode assembly may have an inner electrode, an insulating layer disposed over the inner electrode such that an opening in the insulating layer is aligned with the inner electrode, and an outer electrode sheath disposed over the insulating layer such that an opening in the outer electrode sheath is coaxially aligned with the opening in the insulating layer. This layered configuration allows for the generation of shockwaves that propagate outward from the side of the catheter. In some variations, the electrode assembly has a second inner electrode, and the insulating layer and outer electrode may each have a second opening that are coaxially aligned with the second inner electrode. An angioplasty shockwave catheter may have a plurality of such low-profile electrode assemblies along its length to break up calcified plaques along a length of a vessel.
US12226106B2
An applicator capable of operating a clip unit including a first link, a medical apparatus including the applicator and the clip unit, and a method for operating the medical apparatus are disclosed. The applicator includes: a second link capable of engaging with the first link; an operation wire; a sheath capable of accommodating the second link; a slider that is connected to the operation wire and can be operated to move the second link; and a knob. In a state where the slider is in an advanced-most position, the knob can be operated to adjust the length of the wire extending from the slider to the second link between: a first length at which the second link protrudes from the sheath, and a second length that is shorter than the first length, and at which the second link is inside the sheath.
US12226100B2
Methods for providing and using a surgical instrument system are disclosed.
US12226094B2
A method of closing a wound includes providing a first bridging portion comprising a first insert having at least one first eyelet, and a first upper layer of material at least partially disposed over the first insert, and a first lower layer of material disposed below the first insert, the first lower layer of material having an adhesive disposed on a first lower surface, wherein the first insert, the first upper layer and the first lower layer form three zones of different elasticity and stiffness than others of the zones.
US12226077B2
There is provided a program causing a computer to execute processing including: acquiring an endoscopic image of a subject from an endoscope; acquiring a three-dimensional medical image obtained by capturing an image of an internal body portion of the subject by means of X-ray CT, X-ray cone beam CT, MRI-CT, or an ultrasonic diagnosis apparatus configured to capture a three-dimensional image of an internal body portion of the subject; generating a virtual endoscopic image reconfigured from the three-dimensional medical image, based on the acquired endoscopic image; calculating distance image information in the endoscopic image based on the virtual endoscopic image and the endoscopic image; and outputting operation assistance information on an operation of the endoscope based on the distance image information and the three-dimensional medical image.
US12226076B2
A reinforced arthroscope comprising external ribs to provide for a number of separate fluid channels, such as inflow, outflow and interstitial tissue drainage, when the arthroscope is slipped into a disposable external sheath. The external sheath includes projections that fit closely on either side of one or more of the external ribs to lock the sheath in place circumferentially relative to the arthroscope. The arthroscope is constructed to be sufficiently rigid so as to penetrate and move within a joint without damaging the rod optics inside. The externality of the arthroscope channels allow for cleaning and sterilizing the scope between uses.
US12226068B2
A cleaner includes a dust bin, a motor housing disposed above and coupled to the dust bin, a handle coupled to the motor housing, a cyclone part disposed in the dust bin and configured to separate dust from air, a filter disposed in the dust bin and configured to filter air having separated the dust through the cyclone part, and a compression part configured to compress the dust in the dust bin. The compression part includes an operating part disposed in the motor housing and configured to move in a space between an outer portion of the filter part and an inner circumferential surface of the dust bin, a manipulation part disposed outside the motor housing and configured to be manipulated to move the operating part, and a transmission part that is disposed in the motor housing and connects the operating part and the manipulation part.
US12226066B2
A vacuum that couples to storage units is provided. The vacuum includes a motor, an internal compartment, and an inlet and outlet that provide fluid communication between the internal compartment and an exterior of the vacuum. The vacuum includes one or more mechanisms to protect internal components from water damage and to prevent debris from escaping the internal compartment when the vacuum is being transported.
US12226061B2
A base station of a cleaning device and a cleaning system are provided. The base station of the cleaning device includes: a base station body having an accommodating chamber for accommodating the cleaning device and an opening for the cleaning device to enter or exit the accommodating chamber; and a water injection assembly including a movable base, and a movable plate, a lifting mechanism, and a water injection pipe that are disposed on the movable base. The water injection pipe is configured to inject water into the cleaning device. The lifting mechanism is configured to drive the water injection pipe to move. A first elastic member is disposed between the movable plate and a side wall of the accommodating chamber. The cleaning device is contacted with the movable plate during a water injection process of the water injection assembly.
US12226059B2
An adaptor assembly for use in a dispenser for a replaceable fluid container comprising a fluid reservoir and a fluid pump. The adapter assembly is used in conjunction with the dispenser to allow a use of a fluid container having a pump being actuated by laterally compressing it. The adaptor assembly comprises an actuation part being movable, when mounted in the dispenser, and comprises a first contact surface for abutting against the user actuator and a second contact surface for abutting against the pump. The adaptor assembly also comprises a first connecting support for removably connecting the actuation part to the dispenser and/or the fluid container mounted in the compartment. A fixed dolly is configured to abut against the pump, wherein the pump is able to be configured between the second contact surface of the actuation part. A fluid dispensing system and a dispenser including the adaptor assembly is also disclosed.
US12226058B2
A soap holder for holding at least one bar of soap having at least one cleaning surface, a holding face and at least one lug projecting from said holding face, the soap holder comprising at least one contact face intended to be in contact with the holding face of the soap, a handling surface arranged to be held by a user, and at least one housing opening into said contact face, wherein said at least one housing is configured to receive said corresponding lug of the soap. The housing of the soap holder is arranged to allow said soap lug to be removably introduced into the housing. The invention also relates to a bar of soap suitable for the holder soap bars described above and intended for use on such a holder, as well as an assembly comprising a holder and at least one bar of soap.
US12226052B2
A heat retentive server includes a chamber defined between an upper shell and a lower shell that are connected to one another. An induction-heatable member is positioned in the chamber, and the induction-heatable member may be heated by electromagnetic induction to a first temperature that is greater than the heat deflection temperature of the upper shell. Buffering material is positioned in the chamber between the induction-heatable member and the upper shell, and the buffering material is adapted for providing predetermined conductive heat transfer from the induction-heatable member to the upper shell so that at least a portion of the upper shell is heated to a second temperature that is greater than the heat deflection temperature of the upper shell. The second temperature is less than the first temperature.
US12226045B2
A beverage warmer includes a base and a sidewall extending from the base to form a portion of a cavity wall. A support surface is disposed on the wall, generally opposite the base. The wall defines a window, for receiving a self-contained heating element. The support surface has a plurality of extending tabs that hold a container to be warmed in spaced relation to the support surface. The support surface also defines an aperture therein. The extending tabs are disposed about a periphery of the aperture to support the container to be warmed above the aperture.
US12226034B2
The present invention relates to a preparation method of an edible and biodegradable environmental-friendly tableware, and the present invention provides a preparation method of a natural macromolecule-based edible and degradable tableware, where the principles of endogenous diffusion and polymer crosslinking to prepare an edible tableware such as a straw, a cup and a bowl from a microscopic state. The tableware material of the present invention may degrade rapidly under natural conditions and requires no composting. The tableware prepared by the method of the present invention has an excellent water stability performance. In terms of material acquisition, carrageenan, sodium alginate and other raw materials are widely available and stable, and may constitute a good substitute for grain starch, wood, etc., and the material cost is low.
US12226029B2
A chair includes a base structure, a seat carried by the base structure, and a backrest movable relative to the seat between a rest position and a rearward inclined position, wherein the backrest has a connecting portion having a front surface and a rear surface, and wherein the seat has first and second guide surfaces which guide, respectively, the front surface and the rear surface of the connecting portion of the backrest.
US12226026B2
The disclosure refers to a headrest for a seat. The headrest has at least a headrest cushion which is mountable to the seat. The headrest cushion may have an adjustment device configured to at least partially deform a front surface of the headrest cushion along at least one extending direction of the headrest cushion. Further, the disclosure relates to a seat with such a headrest.
US12226023B2
Disclosed is a chair. The chair may include: a seat component, a first mounting part is provided at a lower portion of the seat component, and a second mounting part is provided at a rear portion of the seat component; a backrest component, a third mounting part is provided at a front side of a lower portion of the backrest component, a fourth mounting part is provided at a bottom side of the lower portion of the backrest component, and the backrest component is detachably mounted to the rear portion of the seat component through mutual cooperation of the second mounting part and the third mounting part; and a plurality of supporting leg components, a fifth mounting part is provided at an upper portion of the supporting leg component.
US12226019B2
The present disclosure relates to the field of elastic pads and discloses an elastic pad, an assembling method thereof and a furniture. An elastic pad includes a first elastic module mounting part, a plurality of first elastic modules disposed on the first elastic module mounting part in a predetermined arrangement, and a pad layer on the plurality of first elastic modules. An outer edge of the pad layer and an outer edge of the first elastic module mounting part are connected via a releasable first connection structure, leaving the sides of the elastic pad open or uncovered. The elastic pad has fewer components, a simple structure, lower cost, and improved comfort. Since the first connection structure is releasable, the pad layer can be disassembled, which facilitates assembling and transportation of the elastic pad and reduces required storage space.
US12226009B2
An applicator for applying a cosmetic composition to the eyelashes or eyebrows, including a core, at least one element attached to the core, each element comprising a central part fitted onto the core and at least one application member carried by the central part, this application member having a proximal half attached to the central part and a distal half extending outward from the proximal half, a composition collection surface being formed by a relief on the distal half that defines a concavity that is open radially toward the outside.
US12226005B1
A backpack having a body, a handle, and a top flap made entirely of made from ethylene-vinyl acetate. The body having rear surface, a front surface, an upper surface, and a base surface, wherein the upper surface defines an opening by way of an upper periphery. The handle projects upward from the upper periphery. The top flap extends from a rear end to a forward end, wherein the rear end is connected to the rear surface so that the flap is movable between an open condition and a closed condition blocking access to the opening. A flap opening formed in the flap forward of the rear end thereof, wherein the flap opening is dimensioned, shaped, and located along the flap so that in the open condition the handle engages the flap opening so as to prop the flap in a vertically upright position.
US12226001B2
Systems, methods, and computer readable media for augmented reality beauty product tutorials are disclosed. Methods disclose displaying on a first portion of a screen a beauty product tutorial including pre-recorded images of a presenter applying a beauty product to a body part of the presenter and determining first effects indicating changes to make to live images of a user to simulate applying the beauty product to the body part of the user, where the first effects are determined based on second effects indicating changes to the pre-recorded images from applying the beauty product to the body part of the presenter. Methods further disclose processing the live images of the user to add the first effects and indications of motion of the beauty product and displaying the processed live images of the user on a second portion of the screen.
US12225999B2
A mirror assembly can include a mirror, a display device, a window configured to provide a view of the display device, and a display region disposed on the front surface of the mirror. The mirror can include a glass layer, a dielectric layer, and a metal layer. In some embodiments, the glass layer is disposed closest to a user. The dielectric layer can include one or more alternating layers of Titanium dioxide and Silicon dioxide. In some embodiments, the display region is positioned outside of a central region of the mirror. The mirror assembly can include a first mirror coupled to a second mirror. In some embodiments, the transmissivity of the second mirror is higher than the transmissivity of the first mirror. In some embodiments, the reflectance of the second mirror is higher than the reflectance of the first mirror.
US12225994B2
The present disclosure provides an expandable and collapsible luggage item, such as a suitcase. The luggage item can be easily transitioned between two or three different sizes, allowing for use as an overnight or weekend bag, airplane carry-on, or large suitcase. As described herein, the design of the expandable and collapsible luggage item includes various shell panels that are slidably engaged and positioned adjacent each other to allow for the luggage item to collapse and expand.
US12225992B2
A handbag is provided that includes a base bag that is usable alone or usable with one or more attachable and replaceable outer covers. The base bag includes loop-forming tabs disposed in a series along the top of the base bag that serve as decoration, serve as beltloops for receiving an elongated article (belt, scarf, etc.), serve for attaching accessories, and serve to attach the cover. The loop-forming tabs each include a tab connector that is attachable to, and detachable from, a corresponding base connector on the outside of the base bag to form a two-connector interconnection. The interchangeable cover, when installed, encloses more than half of the bottom portion of the base bag. The cover also includes a series of interconnection-receiving apertures near its top edge that each accommodate a two-connector interconnection to hold the cover onto the base bag.
US12225984B2
Disclosed are implementations of a clasp that can be used to connect one end of a leg strap to another portion of the same leg strap, thereby forming a loop. The clasp can also be used to releasably join two ends of an article, releasably join two separate articles, or for any other suitable purpose. An example clasp comprises a buckle component that mates with a catch component in an interlocking configuration.
US12225976B2
An article of footwear may include an upper that has a plurality of discrete sections secured to one another. Each discrete section may include a base layer and a cover layer. Each cover layer may be secured to and may cover the outer side of a corresponding base layer. Each cover layer may be configured to be selectively removable from the base layer independently of each other cover layer to expose the outer side of the base layer. A method of manufacturing the article of footwear may include providing the plurality of base layers and providing the plurality of cover layers. The method may further include securing the cover layers to the base layers so that the cover layers cover the outer sides of the base layers.
US12225972B2
Debondable adhesive compositions are provided. This disclosure also provides articles of footwear and components for articles of footwear including a debondable adhesive matrix. The debondable adhesive matrix can allow for the bonding and debonding of two substrates in the article of footwear or component thereof. This disclosure also provides methods of making the debondable adhesive compositions and methods of using said compositions for bonding and debonding the substrates, e.g. for bonding and debonding of an upper and an outsole in an article of footwear.
US12225971B2
An article of footwear has a sole structure with multiple components. The sole structure includes a midsole member, an outsole member and an exterior support member. The midsole member and the outsole member have corresponding grooves. The exterior support member provides reinforcement for the midsole member. The outsole member includes a plurality of bristle members.
US12225964B2
A shoe includes a sole, an upper, and a welt. The sole and upper define a seam. The welt overlies the seam. The sole includes flex grooves. The upper includes perforations. The welt includes flex slits.
US12225959B2
An inflatable helmet including a plurality of elongate inflatable members, each elongate inflatable member having at least one chamber wall defining an inflatable chamber; wherein at least two adjacent elongate inflatable members are in fluid communication with each other; and wherein the plurality of elongate inflatable members are inflatable so as to adjust the inflatable helmet from a collapsed state to an inflated state in which at least one pair of adjacent elongate members abut one another along at least a portion of their respective chamber walls.
US12225958B2
A coupler for coupling to a provided article of wear comprises a base plate and a clip. The coupler may be configured to provide a mount interface on an article of wear for an accessory to mount to. The base plate may comprise one or more structures configured to engage one or more respective portions of the clip over the provided article of wear. The clip may be shaped to interlock with the structures of the base plate. The clip may engage the base plate in a series of actions. The series of actions may be repeated in reverse to disengage the clip from the base plate. The series of actions for disengaging the clip from the base plate may reduce a likelihood of the clip in being unintentionally decoupled from the base plate, thereby increasing a likelihood that the coupler remains coupled to an article of wear.
US12225956B2
An upper garment dresser for providing automatic or tele-controlled upper garment dressing of a patient, said upper garment dresser includes: means for picking up an upper garment from a default position, means for positioning a back portion of the upper garment behind a patient's back, and means for positioning a front portion of the upper garment in front of the patient; whereby during dressing, an upper body of the patient is pulled forward to expose the back and upright to expose the front; and whereby during such movement backwards and forwards, the upper garment can be flipped over the head of the patient, and its back and front parts secured together.
US12225953B2
Method of treating a textile article by impregnation with a water dispersion of graphene nano-platelets in an impregnation bath comprising also a polymeric binder and an anti-migration and wetting agent. Graphene is fixed in the textile article to improve its thermal and electrical conductivity, as well as its filtering power and germ-blocking properties.
US12225950B2
A method of manufacturing an article of clothing is disclosed. The method includes applying an adhesive to a release paper and trimming the release paper having the adhesive to a desired shape and size. The method further includes providing a first layer of material and a second layer of material, and transferring the adhesive from the release paper to the first layer of material. Furthermore, the method includes adhesively bonding the first layer of material to the second layer of material, and curing the adhesive disposed between the first layer of material and the second layer of material.
US12225949B2
Bras for high impact, high support activities are provided. A bra comprises a band that wraps around a torso. The band includes first and second cup regions, and a channel that runs below the collective cup regions. A gore is formed above the channel and between the respective cup regions, adjoining the respective cup regions. A molded cradle is fitted into the channel. For each cup region, a tessellated encapsulating bra cup is fitted therein. Each tessellated encapsulating bra cup includes a plurality of tiles. Respective tiles in the plurality of tiles that are further away from the cradle are larger in size than respective tiles in the plurality of tiles that are closer to the cradle. Each tessellated encapsulating bra cup has a generally concave first inner face and a generally convex first outer face. The tessellated encapsulating bra cups collectively contribute cantilevered support to the bra.
US12225945B1
An atomization device, a method for controlling the atomization device, and a non-transitory computer-readable storage medium are provided. The method is applicable to the atomization device. The atomization device includes a display module and an inhalation detection module. The display module has m operating modes, where m≥2. The method for controlling the atomization device includes the following. Detect, by the inhalation detection module, an inhalation of a user, and determine a corresponding inhalation parameter according to the inhalation of the user, where the inhalation parameter includes at least one of a number of inhalations in a preset statistical period, a duration of each inhalation, or a total number of inhalations. Control, according to the inhalation parameter, the display module to perform display in a corresponding operating mode.
US12225944B2
The present invention relates to a mouthpiece portion for an electronic cigarette, the mouthpiece portion comprising a liquid store having a housing and being configured to store a liquid to be vaporized; a main vapor channel extending through the liquid store, between a vaporization chamber and a vapor outlet opening; a mouthpiece comprising a vapor inlet and a vapor outlet; wherein the mouthpiece portion is configured to provide a relative rotatable movement between the mouthpiece and the housing of the liquid store, between a first position and a second position; and wherein the mouthpiece portion is configured to be open and only dispense vapor through the mouthpiece vapor outlet when the mouthpiece portion is in the first position, in which the vapor outlet opening of the main vapor channel is aligned with the vapor inlet of the mouthpiece.
US12225942B2
A flow directing member for a vapor provision system is configured for engagement with an opening in a wall of a housing defining a reservoir for aerosolizable substrate material and with an opening in a wall of the housing defining an air flow passage, and has a liquid flow channel extending therethrough from a liquid inlet to a liquid outlet such that when the flow directing member is engaged with the housing, the liquid inlet is in communication with the reservoir and the liquid outlet is in communication with a volume for aerosol generation external to the reservoir so that aerosolizable substrate material can flow from the reservoir to the volume; and an aerosol flow channel extending therethrough from an aerosol inlet to an aerosol outlet such that when the flow directing member is engaged with the housing, the aerosol inlet is in communication with the volume and the aerosol outlet is in communication with the air flow passage so that aerosol can flow from the volume to the air flow passage.
US12225941B2
A vaporization device includes a cartridge for a vaporizer device. For example, the vaporizer cartridge and/or features thereof may improve management of leaks of vaporizable material from the vaporizer cartridge, control of airflow within and/or near the vaporizer cartridge, heating of vaporizable material in the vaporizer cartridge, management of condensate in the vaporizer cartridge, and/or other assembly features of the vaporizer cartridge. Related systems, methods, and articles of manufacture are also described.
US12225937B2
The present disclosure relates to a flavor delivery device and a cartridge that includes such flavor delivery device. The flavor delivery device includes a flavor substrate that can be formed of a porous material, and further including flavor material included within the flavor substrate. The flavor substrate is surrounded by an outer sleeve which is impermeable to the flavor material. The flavor delivery device may be positioned within a cartridge of an aerosol delivery device where the flavor delivery device is located downstream from a reservoir containing an aerosol precursor composition relative to the mouthend of the cartridge.
US12225927B2
A cartridge is provided for use with an apparatus for heating smokable material. The cartridge has a housing defining a chamber and a pouch containing smokable material. The pouch is located within the chamber. At least part of the pouch is made of porous material for permitting aerosol or volatilized material generated within the pouch to pass out of the pouch from within the pouch. There is also provided a pouch having a first wall and a second wall. The pouch contains smokable material between the first wall and the second wall. A method of manufacturing a pouch is also disclosed in which the first wall is attached to the second wall with smokable material between the first wall and second wall.
US12225926B2
An aerosol generating substrate comprising an aerosol generating material, wherein the aerosol generating material comprises an amorphous solid, the amorphous solid comprising 1-60 wt % of a gelling agent; 5-80 wt % of an aerosol generating agent; and 1-70 wt % of an active ingredient; wherein these weights are calculated on a dry weight basis; wherein bi-modal or multi-modal release of one or more active ingredients of the amorphous solid is observed in use.
US12225919B2
A taste-masking formulation for distasteful ketone body compounds is disclosed.
US12225916B2
Disclosed herein is a process for isolating phospholipids from milk by-products, such as acid whey, the process comprising: a) exposing milk by-products to filtration, thereby enriching for phospholipids; and b) solubilizing and removing whey proteins and caseins; thereby isolating phospholipids from the milk by-product. Also disclosed are products produced by this method.
US12225913B2
Disclosed herein are new cannabis compositions. In one embodiment, these new cannabis compositions are beverages, such as tea. In one embodiment, these new cannabis compositions are dehydrated beverages, such as powders or crystalline forms, which can be mixed with other components, like tea, and added to water.
US12225908B1
A method and apparatus is provided for baking a pocketed bun having a mold base and separable housing. The mold base has a male mold with an outside profile shape that vertically protrudes above the base. The housing has a ring around a central opening that receives and seals to the male mold when assembled, forming a chamber with an open top to receive dough. The housing can either be a single piece or separable into two parts. The method of baking a pocketed bun with the mold base and separable housing starts with assembling the mold base and housing, filling the chamber through the open top, baking the pallet, then removing the housing from the mold base. The removal of the housing causes the ring to strip the pocketed bun from the mold base.
US12225905B2
A composition has an enzyme that is able to convert a substrate to release hydrogen peroxide; a substrate for the enzyme; and a superabsorbent component, such as a superabsorbent polymer. The composition is in the form of a powder and may form a gel on contact with water.
US12225900B2
A perfusion loop assembly for ex vivo liver perfusion includes a pump providing perfusion fluid through a line branching at a branching point into a first branch line and a second branch line. The first branch line provides a first portion of the perfusion fluid to the hepatic artery of the liver, the first branch line coupled with a gas exchanger, where the first branch line includes a flow rate sensor and/or a pressure sensor. The second branch line provides a second portion of the perfusion fluid to the portal vein of the liver; the second branch line includes a valve for controlling flow of perfusion fluid into the portal vein. The second branch line includes a flow rate sensor and/or a pressure sensor. A liver chamber assembly holds the liver ex vivo, and an outlet line for the perfusion fluid connects the liver chamber assembly and the pump.
US12225898B2
An interactive scent display device with a plurality of communicative scent surfaces disposed in an anatomically correct dispersion for attracting deer. A hunter or game observer can easily and quickly emplace place it the device in a desired tree or ground location. The interactive scent display device provides a visual attractant to deer and displays the natural or synthetic gland scents deer use in communication within the herd.
US12225892B2
The present inventive concept relates to an artificial bait with movable hooks that is capable of easily catching cephalopods such as octopus ocellatus, cuttlefish, and the like underwater. According to the present inventive concept, in the process of performing hook setting, the movable hooks located at one end portion of the body move to the other end portion of the body, so that the cuttlefish around the body can be easily caught by the movable hooks suddenly protruding outward.
US12225890B2
A floating water circulator (FWC) expels water at or near a water surface, providing kinetic energy, mixing, and/or temperature destratification while retarding formation of ice and/or insect reproduction in bodies of water with varying depth and/or debris, and while consuming significantly less power than a heater. An FWC includes a float configured to maintain buoyancy, allowing the FWC to rise and fall with water elevation. An FWC may provide shallow water operation. A pump may be configured to pump subsurface water from the body of water into a distributor. The distributor may be configured to receive, distribute and discharge the pumped water in multiple directions at or near the water surface through a plurality of outlets located in a side and/or a bottom of the FWC to ripple the water surface while suppressing/inhibiting splashing that may disturb livestock or induce freezing. FWC operation may be adaptable to deployment conditions.
US12225884B1
A dog locating device to be worn by a hunting dog is provided. The device includes a back pad having a front end portion and a rear end portion thereof. The device includes an abdomen pad having a front end portion and a rear end portion thereof. The device includes first and second adjustable straps coupled between the front end portion of the back pad and the front end portion of the abdomen pad. The device further includes third and fourth adjustable straps coupled between the rear end portion of the back pad and the rear end portion of the abdomen pad. The device includes a plate that is coupled to the back pad. The device includes a spring member that is coupled to the plate, and a flag mounting bracket that is coupled to the spring member.
US12225879B2
The present animal cooling mat apparatus includes a mat shell, at least one coolant sheet, at least one cushioning pad, and at least one foam pad. The coolant sheet is removably located within the mat shell, with the cushioning pad removably located within the mat shell above the at least one coolant sheet and the insulating pad is located within the mat shell below the at least one coolant sheet. The coolant sheet provides a heat sink to rapidly cool an animal, while the cushioning pad facilitates heat transfer and the insulating pad reduces the amount of ambient heat transferred from the environment. Multiple apparatuses may be combined to accommodate larger animals.
US12225865B1
A novel maize variety designated 1PCCK79 and seed, plants and plant parts thereof are provided. Methods for producing a maize plant comprise crossing maize variety 1PCCK79 with another maize plant are provided. Methods for producing a maize plant containing in its genetic material one or more traits introgressed into 1PCCK79 through backcross conversion and/or transformation, and to the maize seed, plant and plant part produced thereby are provided. Hybrid maize seed, plants or plant parts are produced by crossing the variety 1PCCK79 or a locus conversion of 1PCCK79 with another maize variety.
US12225863B2
A novel maize variety designated 1PDCK43 and seed, plants and plant parts thereof are provided. Methods for producing a maize plant comprise crossing maize variety 1PDCK43 with another maize plant are provided. Methods for producing a maize plant containing in its genetic material one or more traits introgressed into 1PDCK43 through backcross conversion and/or transformation, and to the maize seed, plant and plant part produced thereby are provided. Hybrid maize seed, plants or plant parts are produced by crossing the variety 1PDCK43 or a locus conversion of 1PDCK43 with another maize variety.
US12225862B2
Inbred corn line, designated KW7FP1747, are disclosed. The disclosure relates to the seeds of inbred corn line KW7FP1747, to the plants and plant parts of inbred corn line KW7FP1747 and to methods for producing a corn plant, either inbred or hybrid, by crossing inbred corn line KW7FP1747 with itself or another corn line. The disclosure also relates to products produced from the seeds, plants, or parts thereof, of inbred corn line KW7FP1747 and/or of the hybrids produced using the inbred as a parent. The disclosure further relates to methods for producing a corn plant containing in its genetic material one or more transgenes and to the transgenic plants produced by that method and to methods for producing other corn lines derived from inbred corn line KW7FP1747.
US12225853B2
A harvesting device for harvesting fruit hanging from a plant, includes a frame displaceable in a transport direction, at least one container displaceable relative to the frame in a direction of extension substantially transversely of the transport direction; and at least one catcher mounted on the at least one container. The at least one brush includes an arm extending substantially in the direction of extension from the container, and a number of bristles which are attached to the arm and extend substantially parallel to the transport direction. A method for harvesting such fruit, wherein use is made of the harvesting device.
US12225843B2
An aspect of the present invention is a control device for performing travel control of a work machine, the work machine executes work while traveling in a work region based on a reference line, and the control device comprises a setting unit that sets a distance from the reference line, a first control unit that controls the work machine to travel along a first virtual line, the first virtual line being a virtual line away from the reference line on one side, a second control unit that controls the work machine to travel along a second virtual line, the second virtual line being a virtual line away from the reference line on another side, and a selection unit that selects one of the control by the first control unit and the control by the second control unit.
US12225837B2
A load-controlled hydraulic supply for an attachment attached to an agricultural tractor includes a hydraulic high-pressure source providing a volume flow in a supply line, a pressure-compensated control valve including an actuation device for adjusting the volume flow in the supply line, a return line leading to a hydraulic reservoir, and a load-indicating line. The volume flow is adjusted based on pressure feedback prevailing at the load-indicating line.
US12232433B2
A semiconductor device including a carrier having two main surfaces situated opposite one another, a circuit, having at least one resistance element, in and/or on the carrier, wherein the at least one resistance element has a longitudinal axis extending vertically between the main surfaces of the carrier, and a current limiting circuit configured to limit a current flowing through the resistance element to a value at which it is ensured that an electrical resistance of the resistance element remains substantially unchanged.
US12232431B2
A memory device includes a first interconnect layer, a second interconnect layer, a phase-change layer, and an adjacent layer. The phase-change layer is disposed between the first interconnect layer and the second interconnect layer and configured to reversibly transition between a crystalline state and an amorphous state. The adjacent layer contacts the phase-change layer and comprises tellurium and at least one of titanium, zirconium, or hafnium.
US12232428B2
A device includes a substrate including a first layer and a second layer. The first and second layers are positioned adjacent to each other and comprise a common boundary region extending from the first layer to the second layer. The first layer comprises graphite with a Bernal-crystal structure. The second layer comprises graphite with a rhombohedral crystal structure. The boundary region includes a border region having superconducting properties, namely; at a current density of 0 Ampere/m2 and a magnetic flux density of 0 Tesla exhibiting a critical temperature (Tc) which is higher than −195° C., and/or at a temperature below the critical temperature (Tc) and a current density of 0 Ampere/m2, exhibiting a critical magnetic flux density (Bk) that is higher than 1 Tesla. The border region is coupled to an electric and/or a magnetic and/or an electromagnetic signal with a frequency greater than or equal to 0 Hertz.
US12232427B2
A method for adjusting a resonance frequency of a qubit in a quantum mechanical device includes providing a substrate having a frontside and a backside, the frontside having at least one qubit formed thereon, the at least one qubit comprising capacitor pads; and removing substrate material from the backside of the substrate at an area opposite the at least one qubit to alter a capacitance around the at least one qubit so as to adjust a resonance frequency of the at least one qubit.
US12232426B2
A spin-orbit torque type magnetoresistance effect element including a magnetoresistance effect element having a first ferromagnetic metal layer with a fixed magnetization direction, a second ferromagnetic metal layer with a varying magnetization direction, and a non-magnetic layer sandwiched between the first ferromagnetic metal layer and the second ferromagnetic metal layer; and spin-orbit torque wiring that extends in a first direction intersecting with a stacking direction of the magnetoresistance effect element and that is joined to the second ferromagnetic metal layer; wherein the magnetization of the second ferromagnetic metal layer is oriented in the stacking direction of the magnetoresistance effect element; and the second ferromagnetic metal layer has shape anisotropy, such that a length along the first direction is greater than a length along a second direction orthogonal to the first direction and to the stacking direction.
US12232422B2
In an embodiment a piezoelectric multilayer component includes a ceramic main body comprising a ceramic material, wherein a main component of the ceramic material has the general empirical formula (KxNa1-x)NbO3, where 0≤x≤1, wherein the ceramic material comprises at least two additives selected from a number of compounds respectively comprising at least one metal, wherein a metal of a first additive comprises at least K, Nb, Cu, Mn or Ta, and wherein a metal of a second additive comprises K, Nb or Ta.
US12232418B2
An organic electroluminescence device including an anode, a cathode and a light-emission layer. The light-emission layer includes a stack of a blue light-emission layer and a red/green light concurrent-emission sub-stack. Further, the red/green light concurrent-emission sub-stack includes a stack of a red light-emission layer and a green light-emission layer. The red light-emission layer contains a red host compound including an arylamino group-substituted spirobisfluorene compound. Further, the green light-emission layer contains a green host compound including a mixture between a first green host compound and a second green host compound. Also, the first green host compound includes a bis-carbazole based compound, and the second green host compound includes a carbazole-based compound.
US12232417B2
Provided are an organic light emitting device with improved UV lifespan, based on changed configuration of an electron transport layer, and an organic light emitting display including the same.
US12232401B2
Embodiments of the present invention provide a display module and a display device. The display module includes a substrate, a light-emitting layer, and a cover plate, and the cover plate includes a hard layer and a protective layer. A surface hardness of the hard layer is greater than a surface hardness of the protective layer, and a thickness of the protective layer is less than or equal to 50 um. When a stylus is used to touch the flexible panel, the hard layer can prevent scratches from forming on a surface of the hard layer, and meanwhile, the display module has better bending performance, thereby improving the overall performance of the flexible display device.
US12232390B2
A display apparatus includes: a first organic light-emitting diode, a second organic light-emitting diode, and a third organic light-emitting diode arranged on a substrate; a first intermediate layer commonly included in the first organic light-emitting diode and the second organic light-emitting diode, the first intermediate layer including a first emission layer and a first hole transport layer; a second intermediate layer included in the third organic light-emitting diode, the second intermediate layer including a second emission layer and a second hole transport layer; and a first color converting layer, a second color converting layer, and a third color converting layer. The first emission layer and the second emission layer are configured to emit different color lights from each other, and a hole mobility of the first hole transport layer is different from a hole mobility of the second hole transport layer.
US12232389B2
Provided are a pixel structure, a display panel and a display device. The pixel structure includes multiple first sub-pixel groups, each of the multiple first sub-pixel groups includes a first sub-pixel and at least one second sub-pixel, the first sub-pixel is disposed around the at least one second sub-pixel and an emission color of the first sub-pixel is different from an emission color of any one of the at least one second sub-pixel.
US12232384B2
A display substrate and a display device are provided. The display substrate includes a base substrate, a pixel circuit layer and an anode layer; the pixel circuit layer includes a plurality of pixel driving circuits, the anode layer includes a plurality of anode groups, each of the plurality of anode groups includes a first anode and a second anode which are oppositely arranged, the first anode includes a first main body portion and a first connection portion, the first anode further includes an extension portion and an anode compensation portion, an orthographic projection of the anode compensation portion on the base substrate covers one thin film transistor in the pixel driving circuit connected to the first connection portion.
US12232383B2
A display apparatus includes: a substrate having a bending area between a first area and a second area; internal conductive lines on the substrate in the first area; external conductive lines on the substrate in the second area; an organic material layer covering the bending area and covering at least a portion of the internal conductive lines and the external conductive lines; and connection lines on the organic material layer and connecting the internal conductive lines to the external conductive lines, respectively. Organic through-holes are defined through the organic material layer, the connection lines are respectively connected to the internal conductive lines through the organic through-holes, and an upper surface of the organic material layer between the organic through-holes has a convex curved shape.
US12232380B2
A display substrate and a display device are provided. The display substrate includes a display region, at least one first signal line, and at least one connecting wire. The display region includes a first display region and a second display region; the first display region includes at least one first light emitting element, and the second display region includes at least one first pixel circuit; the first signal line includes a first main body portion and a first winding portion; the first main body portion extends along a first direction, and at least part of the first winding portion extends along a direction intersecting with the first direction; at least one first signal line is electrically connected to at least one first pixel circuit; and at least one first pixel circuit is configured to respectively drive at least one first light emitting element.
US12232366B2
Provided is a display panel, including a base substrate provided with a first display region and a second display region and a plurality of pixels and a packaging layer that are sequentially arranged on the base substrate. The packaging layer includes a first organic layer, and the second display region has a relatively large transmittance. The second display region includes a first sub-display region and a second sub-display region that is proximal to a border of the base substrate relative to the first sub-display region. A difference between a maximum thickness and a minimum thickness of a first portion, disposed in the second display region, of the first organic layer is less than a difference between a maximum thickness and a minimum thickness of a second portion disposed in the second sub-display region.
US12232354B2
A flexible display panel and a manufacturing method of the flexible display panel are provided. Wherein, the flexible display panel includes: a light-emitting layer, wherein the light-emitting layer includes a light-emitting surface; a mechanoluminescence layer, wherein the mechanoluminescence layer is disposed on the side of the light-emitting surface of the light-emitting layer, and the mechanoluminescence layer is configured to absorb the stress which is generated when the flexible display panel is bent, to convert the stress into the optical signal, and to emit the optical signal. A problem that a stress concentration region of the flexible display panel is prone to failure is solved.
US12232341B2
An embodiment according to the present disclosure provides a photoelectric conversion element including a first electrode, a second electrode, and a photoelectric conversion layer disposed between the first electrode and the second electrode, wherein the photoelectric conversion layer includes a first region, a second region disposed between the first region and the second electrode, and a third region that is disposed between the second region and the second electrode and that is in contact with the second region, the inorganic ligand ratio in the second region is higher than the inorganic ligand ratio in the first region, the inorganic ligand ratio at the interface of the third region to the second region is lower than the inorganic ligand ratio in the first region, and the inorganic ligand ratio in the second region increases with increasing proximity to the third region.
US12232329B2
The present disclosure relates to an integrated circuit (IC) in which a memory structure comprises a ferroelectric structure without critical-thickness limitations. The memory structure comprises a first electrode and the ferroelectric structure. The ferroelectric structure is vertically stacked with the first electrode and comprises a first ferroelectric layer, a second ferroelectric layer, and a first restoration layer. The second ferroelectric layer overlies the first ferroelectric layer, and the first restoration layer is between and borders the first and second ferroelectric layers. The first restoration layer is a different material type than that of the first and second ferroelectric layers and is configured to decouple crystalline lattices of the first and second ferroelectric layers so the first and second ferroelectric layers do not reach critical thicknesses. A critical thickness corresponds to a thickness at and above which the orthorhombic phase becomes thermodynamically unstable, such that remanent polarization is lost.
US12232313B2
In an example, a three-dimensional (3D) memory device includes a memory array structure including a first and a second memory array structures, a staircase structure between the first and a second memory array structures in a first lateral direction and including a first and a second staircase zones, and a bridge structure between the first and second staircase zones in a second lateral direction perpendicular to the first lateral direction. Each of the first and second staircase zones includes first and second sub-staircases arranged alternately. Each first sub-staircase includes ascending stairs at different depths. Each second sub-staircase includes descending stairs at different depths. At least one stair in each of the first and second sub-staircases is connected to at least one of the first and second memory array structures through the bridge structure.
US12232312B2
The present application provides a memory device and a method of manufacturing the memory device. The method includes steps of providing a semiconductor substrate including an active area disposed over or in the semiconductor substrate, a first dielectric layer over the semiconductor substrate, a second dielectric layer over the first dielectric layer, and a patterned photoresist layer over the second dielectric layer; removing first portions of the semiconductor substrate, the first dielectric layer and the second dielectric layer exposed through the patterned photoresist layer to form a trench; removing the patterned photoresist layer; disposing an isolation member within the trench; disposing a sacrificial pillar over the second dielectric layer; disposing a first spacer surrounding the sacrificial pillar; removing the sacrificial pillar; disposing a second spacer surrounding the first spacer; and removing second portions of the first dielectric layer and the second dielectric layer exposed through the second spacer.
US12232310B2
The present disclosure provides a method of forming a semiconductor structure and a semiconductor structure. The method of forming a semiconductor structure includes: providing an initial structure, where the initial structure includes a substrate and bit line structures arranged at intervals on the substrate; forming an initial protective structure, where the initial protective structure at least covers a part of sidewalls of each of the bit line structures, and the initial protective structure has a first height in a direction parallel to the bit line structures; forming a shielding structure, where the shielding structure at least covers a part of sidewalls of the initial protective structure; and removing at least a part of the initial protective structure exposed by the shielding structure by using the shielding structure as an etching selection layer, to form protective structures each having a second height.
US12232303B2
A power conversion device comprises: a housing having a space formed therein and including a first opening and a second opening; a fan coupled to the second opening and allowing air to flow in a first direction from the first opening toward the second opening; a first electronic component arranged in the space; a heat dissipation member arranged at the rear of the first electronic component with respect to a flow direction of air; a printed circuit board arranged on the heat dissipation member; and a second electronic component arranged under the printed circuit board to be in contact with the upper surface of the heat dissipation member.
US12232288B2
The present disclosure provides an assembly structure for providing power for a chip. The assembly structure includes a circuit board configured to provide a first electrical energy; a chip provided with at least one electrical energy input terminal; and a first power converting module provided with at least one power output terminal. The first power converting module is electrically connected to the circuit board and the chip, converts the first electrical energy to a second electrical energy, and supplies the second electrical energy to the chip. The circuit board, the chip and the first power converting module are stacked; and a projection of the at least one electrical energy input terminal of the chip on the circuit board and a projection of the at least one the power output terminal of the first power converting module on the circuit board, are at least partially overlapped.
US12232286B2
A device includes: a first housing, a second housing rotatably connected to the first housing, a display panel, a partial area of which is deformed by rotation of the second housing with respect to the first housing, a support plate disposed on the rear surface of the display panel and having a first area corresponding to the deformable area of the display panel and including openings formed at specified intervals, and a second area excluding the first area, a cushion layer disposed on the rear surface of the support plate at a position corresponding to the second area and including an impact absorbing material, a blocking member comprising flexible material disposed on the rear surface of the support plate and configured to be elongated according to deformation of the display panel, and a reinforcing plate disposed under the cushion layer and the blocking member.
US12232280B1
Introduced here is an attachable unit that connects to a base unit through a snap-fitting mechanism. The attachable unit can include a top housing structure and a bottom housing structure that are ultrasonically welded together. The top housing structure can include the toe portion that is integral with remaining portions of the top housing structure, where the toe portion is configured to provide the snap-fit with the base unit.
US12232275B2
A remote control device is disclosed. A single-piece casing has a first opening at one end, a second opening at another end, an inner cavity between the first and second openings, and a front opening and key openings in a front surface. A keypad is disposed within the inner cavity and has keys arranged on a surface of the keypad which extend through the key openings. A chassis body is inserted into the inner cavity though the first opening and below the keypad. The chassis has an end part located outside of the casing. An edge of the end part is configured to abut against one end of the casing. An end insert body is inserted into the inner cavity though the second opening, below the body of the chassis. The end insert has an end part located at the another end of the casing.
US12232266B2
A connection method for a chip and a circuit board includes: placing the circuit board on the chip, the circuit board having a first surface in contact with the chip having a plurality of contacts, and the circuit board having a plurality of through holes aligned with the plurality of contacts respectively; placing a mask on a second surface of the circuit board, the mask having a plurality of openings aligned with the plurality of through holes respectively; covering a surface of the mask with a conductive adhesive to fill the plurality of through holes with the conductive adhesive; and keeping portions of the conductive adhesive that are respectively in the plurality of through holes to be spaced apart from each other. The portions of the conductive adhesive that fill the plurality of through holes remain to provide an electrical connection between the circuit board and the chip.
US12232264B1
In an embodiment, an apparatus and system comprising a first inductor with a first diameter; and a switched inductor including a metal layer and a switch; wherein when the switch is closed the switch connects the metal layer of the switched inductor to form an inductor with a parallel circuit enabling current to flow through the switched conductor; and wherein when the switch is open, current is not enabled to flow through the switched conductor. In another embodiment, a method for tuning a high-Q inductor, the method comprising closing a switch of a switched inductor, wherein the switch connects the switched inductor to a first inductor; wherein closing the switch enables current to flow though the switched inductor as well as the first inductor to change the inductance of the high Q inductor.
US12232260B2
An electronic device includes: a multilayered base substrate including a plurality of substrate bases stacked on each other; a first conductive via and a second conductive via penetrating the substrate bases and spaced from each other; a conductive line electrically connecting the first conductive via and the second conductive via to each other and disposed on at least one of the substrate bases of the plurality of substrate bases; and an open stub including a first end and a second end, wherein the first end is connected to a connector of the conductive line, and the second end is opened.
US12232245B2
In one illustrative embodiment, a target insert for the production of Ac-225 in a particle accelerator is disclosed which may include a metal body comprising a central flat area deposition of Ra-226 or any means of depositing Ra226 on target body, a channel surrounding the perimeter of the central flat area and a hollow section opposite the central flat area. The target insert also includes an area of Ra-226 disposed on the central flat area and a protective layer disposed atop the area of Ra-226 and conforming to the metal target such that the protective layer is also disposed onto the channel surrounding the perimeter of the central flat area. A crimp ring is disposed on top of the protective layer in the channel surrounding the perimeter of the central flat area, wherein the crimp ring has been compressed to fill the channel and seal the protective layer to the metal body.
US12232242B2
The disclosure relates to a power supply circuit for a cooking device, in particular for an induction cooking device, more particularly for an induction hob, wherein the power supply circuit includes a single frequency adapting unit, in particular a filtering unit, for adapting at least one external supply signal into a single or at least one internal AC supply signal; at least one DC signal generating unit for converting the one or at least one internal AC supply signal into at least one signal component of an internal DC supply signal; and at least one heating frequency generating unit for converting one or at least one DC supply signal supplied by at least one DC signal generating unit into a heating frequency signal for supplying at least one heating unit with electrical power.
US12232240B2
A heating device includes a first capacitor, a first switch, a second switch, a second capacitor, a third capacitor, a coil and a controller. The first and second switch are coupled in series at a first node, and are coupled with the first capacitor in parallel. The second capacitor is coupled to the first switch. The third capacitor is coupled to the second switch, and is coupled to the second capacitor at a second node. The coil is coupled between the first and the second node. The controller outputs a first and a second control signal to the first switch and the second switch, respectively. After the heating device received a voltage and a starting command, the controller outputs the first and the second control signal to turn on or off the first and the second switch respectively. The duty cycle of the first signal is lower than 50%.
US12232228B2
A lighting device, such as a light-emitting diode (LED) light source, may operate in an interim operable state to avoid and/or prevent undesirable characteristics in the light emitted by the lighting device (e.g., strobing and/or flickering of a brightness of the light and/or shifting or change of a color of the light). When operating in a normal state, the control circuit may determine if a measured value of a first operational characteristic (e.g., a forward voltage of an emitter of the lighting device) is outside of a range and operate in the interim operable state if the measured value of the first operational characteristic is outside of the range. When operating in the interim operable state, the control circuit may adjust a drive current for the emitter in response to a measured value of a second operational characteristic (e.g., a forward voltage of a detector of the lighting device).
US12232222B2
The present invention relates to a gateway for use in wireless communication. The gateway according to the present invention is to wireless communicate with nodes and a server. The nodes and the gateway communicating with each other via an improved LoRaWAN protocol for extending further functions for the gateway, such as data processing or the same, result in computing requirements decreased at the server, reducing in time and several communicating procedures among network components, thus enhancing the efficiency for using network resources.
US12232221B2
Methods and devices for a home power networking system including a first wireless access point (AP) configured to perform wired communications over a first circuit connected to the first wireless AP. The first wireless AP further performs wireless communications with a second wireless AP, wherein the second wireless access point is connected to a second circuit and is not connected to the first circuit. The first wireless AP provides wireless transport through the second wireless AP to bridge communications between the first circuit and the second circuit.
US12232220B2
A method, performed by a terminal, of transmitting and receiving a signal in a wireless communication system is provided. The method includes setting a value of a Next_Packet Data Convergence Protocol (PDCP)_RX_sequence number (SN) variable as an initial value, the Next_PDCP_RX_SN variable indicating a predicted SN of PDCP data to be received, receiving first PDCP data from a transmission entity after setting the initial value, and setting the value of the Next_PDCP_RX_SN variable as a value obtained by adding a first setting value to a value of the SN of the PDCP data.
US12232209B2
A Method and Apparatus for head compression is provided. The method includes receiving a RRCRelease, the RRCRelease includes a first information for SDT, determining a one or more radio bearers configured for SDT based on the first information, discarding all stored Packet Data Convergence Protocol Service Data Unit and PDCP Protocol Data Unit in PDCP entity of SRB1, discarding all stored Packet Data Convergence Protocol Service Data Unit and PDCP Protocol Data Unit in PDCP entity of SRB2 if the SRB2 indicator is included in the RRCRelease, storing Ethernet Header Compression information in User Equipment INACTIVE Access Stratum context, receiving a SystemInformationBlock1, the SystemInformationBlock1 includes a second information for SDT, initiating a SDT based on the first information and the second information, reestablishing a PDCP entity for the SRB1 and resuming the SRB1, restoring PDCP configurations of the radio bearers configured for SDT, and resuming the radio bearers.
US12232205B2
Systems, methods, and apparatus for handling communications relating to suspending a user equipment in a radio access network (RAN) are disclosed. An example method includes the user equipment receiving a radio resource control (RRC) release message from a network node. The user equipment determines that the RRC release message includes a suspend configuration field. The user equipment applies delta signalling corresponding to a suspend configuration indicated by the suspend configuration field and transitions to an inactive state.
US12232203B2
Embodiments of this application provide a configuration method and apparatus. When indicating, by using an RRC connection release message, a terminal to enter an inactive state from a connected state, a network device may include, in the RRC connection release message, a configuration parameter allocated to the terminal in the inactive state. That is, the terminal receives the radio resource control RRC connection release message sent by the network device, where the RRC connection release message includes first information used to indicate a target configuration parameter. In this way, the terminal may enter the inactive state based on the RRC connection release message, and determine a context parameter of the inactive state based on the first information, so that the configuration parameter is properly allocated to the terminal in the inactive state.
US12232202B2
An apparatus, method and computer program product of a new functional entity, namely an RRC-Inactive Context Hosting (RICH) entity, receiving, from a radio access node, a Push UE context notification or a Fetch UE Context Request. In response to the receiving of the Push UE context notification, the RICH entity sends the radio access node an ACK or NACK, while in response to the receiving of the Fetch UE Context Request, the RICH entity retrieves information requested. In response to the sending of the ACK, the RICH entity stores information contained in the notification, while in response to the retrieving, the RICH entity sends the radio access node the retrieved information.
US12232199B2
A receiving STA of a wireless local area network (LAN) system, according to various embodiments, can support a multi-link including a first link and a second link. The receiving STA can request and receive a link for the transmission of low latency traffic. The receiving STA can transmit the low latency traffic on the basis of a first parameter set through a first link that is set as a link for the transmission of low latency traffic.
US12232196B2
The present disclosure provides systems and methods which increase the throughput of a TCP-based communication between a first network node and a second network node. First, the first network node sent a first plurality of TCP segments to the second network node. Second, when the second network node receives a second plurality of TCP segments, which is all or part of the first plurality of the TCP segments, the second network node responds by sending one or more TCP acknowledgements to the first network node with the last sequence number of a last segment among all TCP segment within the second plurality of TCP segments. The present disclosure are able to increase the throughput of a TCP connection while decreasing its reliability.
US12232194B2
A method of supporting VM migration between a first WTRU and a second WTRU via a 5GLAN is disclosed. The first WTRU is a host of a VM and the second WTRU connects to the 5GLAN. The method comprises that the second WTRU receives the VM migrated from the first WTRU, wherein a tenant system interface (TSI) ID is associated with the VM; sends a PDU session request message to a session management function (SMF) of the 5GLAN, the PDU session request message comprising the TSI ID; and sends a PDU session response message from the SMF so as to establish a PDU session between the second WTRU and the 5GLAN.
US12232190B2
Methods and apparatus for enhancing area coverage and data rates in a quasi-licensed wireless communication network. In one embodiment, the methods and apparatus utilize so-called “quasi-licensed” CBRS (Citizens Broadband Radio Service) wireless spectrum in conjunction with a cellular wireless communication network (e.g. 4G, 5G, or LTE) for the delivery of services to a number of installed fixed wireless apparatus (CPE/FWA) at user or subscriber premises. The CPE/FWAs may act as relays or supplementation devices to provide requisite data rates to the CPEs that are out of the network coverage, effectively adding new customers to the network. As such, the CPEs that acts as relays are connected to one or more base stations, dynamically allocate some resources to the out of coverage CPEs, for the delivery/receipt of information to/from the out-of-coverage CPES/FWA.
US12232187B2
A method and device for uplink orthogonal frequency division multiple access random access, the method including receiving, by a station (STA), a first trigger frame sent by an access point AP, the STA supporting n resource units RUs, where n>1 and is an integer, the first trigger frame including information used to determine a number k of random access resource units (RA-RUs) allocated by the AP, where k is an integer >0, and setting, by the STA, in response to the STA determining that a first parameter is greater than or equal to a value of an orthogonal frequency division multiple access (OFDMA) random access backoff (OBO) counter, the value of the OBO counter to 0, and randomly selecting, by the STA, i RA-RUs from the k RA-RUs to send uplink data, where i≤n, and where the first parameter is associated with k.
US12232185B2
Provided are a method for determining random access and a terminal device, which enable effective transmission of Msg A in a 2-step random access procedure. The method includes: determining, by a terminal device based on a predetermined rule, whether to send an uplink channel on a transmission occasion corresponding to the uplink channel in a first message of a 2-step random access procedure, where the uplink channel includes a physical random access channel PRACH and a physical uplink shared channel PUSCH; not sending the PRACH and not sending the PUSCH by the terminal device in a case that the terminal device determines not to send the PRACH; and not sending the PUSCH by the terminal device and sending or not sending the PRACH by the terminal device in a case that the terminal device determines not to send the PUSCH.
US12232183B2
Various aspects of the present disclosure generally relate to wireless communication. In some aspects, a user equipment (UE) may receive an indication of an alternative configuration associated with demodulation reference signals (DMRSs) for one or more repetitions of a physical downlink control channel (PDCCH) communication associated with a random access response message. The UE may receive at least one repetition of the PDCCH communication that includes a DMRS that uses the alternative configuration. Numerous other aspects are provided.
US12232182B2
The present disclosure relates to the prioritization of devices taking part in a multi-user random access wireless communication. Based on some known conditions, devices that comply with the conditions are given preferential treatment during the random access period. The preferential treatment may refer to the eligible devices being allowed to access more resource units during the random access, or it may also mean faster access to the medium during the random access. By taking advantage of the methods described in the present disclosure, it is possible to assign higher priority to selected frame types and/or device categories in a multi-user random access wireless communication system.
US12232175B2
A user apparatus includes a transmission unit for transmitting a signal related to a random access procedure in a serving cell; a reception unit for receiving a signal related to the random access procedure in the serving cell; and a control unit for determining a carrier to be used for the random access procedure, the carrier being configured to the serving cell. The control unit determines whether a first carrier is configured to the serving cell, determines whether the first carrier of the serving cell is supported when the first carrier is configured to the serving cell, and determines to use the first carrier for the random access procedure when the first carrier of the serving cell is supported. An operation of determining the carrier to be used for the random access procedure is performed in at least one of a MAC layer and an RRC layer.
US12232172B2
A communication device may use a channel access procedure to determine channel availability for signal transmission. The communication device may select a channel access procedure, among a plurality of channel access procedures, based on a beam indication from a base station and a transmission beam to be used for the signal transmission.
US12232171B2
The present disclosure provides a method for transmitting uplink information, including: determining a frequency band for carrier sensing and an allocation manner of uplink frequency domain resources by receiving a signaling or by predefining via a protocol; performing carrier sensing at the determined frequency band for carrier sensing; and transmitting uplink information in uplink frequency domain resources determined according to the allocation manner of uplink frequency domain resources when a carrier is idle. The present disclosure also provides a user equipment for transmitting uplink information.
US12232158B2
Use of high frequency waves, such a millimeter waves, in many circumstances is prevented due to their inability to diffract around common obstacles. Disclosed herein is a system and method for transforming an incident high frequency wave. The system includes meta-atom pairs that define a surface. The meta-atom pairs generate an electro-magnetic response by interacting with an incident wave. This electro-magnetic response can be modulated by applying voltage to the meta-atom pairs. The electro-magnetic response transforms the incident wave into an emitted wave based on its controlled properties. The system and method are able to, by changing the voltage applied, steer the emitted wave a full 360 degrees as wells as transmit it through the surface without significant power loss. Embodiments enable the transmission through or around many obstacles that would normally interfere with high frequency waves.
US12232155B2
Various aspects of the present disclosure generally relate to wireless communication. In some aspects, a first wireless node may transmit, to a second wireless node, a cross-link interference (CLI) management configuration message including a permutation indicator, wherein the permutation indicator indicates that an order of slot formats is an uplink-flexible-downlink order of slot formats or indicates that the order of slot formats is a downlink-flexible-uplink order of slot formats; and communicate with one or more third wireless nodes in accordance with the order of slot formats indicated to the second wireless node. Numerous other aspects are provided.
US12232152B2
The present disclosure relates to a mobile terminal and respective operation method. The mobile terminal comprises circuitry, which in operation monitors PDCCH candidates of a first search space set located in a designated first frequency range from the plurality of frequency ranges, and receives a DCI transmitted in the first search space set of the designated first frequency range. The received DCI includes an indication whether or not the mobile terminal is to skip monitoring some specific or all PDCCH candidates in at least one second search space set associated with at least one second frequency range from the plurality of frequency ranges. And only if the indication in the received DCI does not indicate to skip monitoring the specific or all PDCCH candidates, the circuitry additionally monitors the specific or all PDCCH candidates associated with the at least one second frequency range for receiving a DCI thereon.
US12232150B2
The disclosure provides a data transmission method and a data transmission device. The data transmission method includes allocating corresponding Orthogonal Frequency Division Multiple Access (OFDMA) sub-channels to respective target neighbor devices in a wireless personal area network (WPAN) based on a determination that a current data transmission scenario of the WPAN is a specific data transmission scenario and transmitting data in the preset data transmission scenario to the respective target neighbor devices through the OFDMA sub-channels. Moreover, according to the data transmission method, an OFDMA transmission mechanism is supported in a SoC system under a wireless local area network and the wireless personal area network, and the OFDMA transmission mechanism is provided in data transmission scenarios with a large amount of data, thereby improving the data transmission rate and saving the data transmission time.
US12232146B2
Apparatuses, systems, and methods for SRS antenna switching. A UE may transmit, to a base station, a capability message indicating an antenna configuration associated with SRS antenna switching e.g., via as RRC signaling. The capability message may indicate at least one of (and/or one or more of) a one transmit point (1T) and six receive point (6R) SRS resource set configuration, a 1T8R SRS resource set configuration, a 2T6R SRS resource set configuration, a 2T8R SRS resource set configuration, and/or a 4T8R SRS resource set configuration. The UE may receive, from the base station, a configuration message, e.g., via RRC signaling. The configuration message may indicate an SRS antenna switching configuration based, at least in part, on the capability message. The UE may transmit, to the base station, one or more SRSs, e.g., according to the SRS antenna switching configuration.
US12232145B2
Various aspects of the present disclosure generally relate to wireless communication. In some aspects, a user equipment (UE) may transmit UE assistance information including UE capability report and measurement report to a base station, and the base station may determine a physical downlink control channel (PDCCH) monitoring configuration for reduced-capability UEs based at least in part on the UE assistance information. The UE may determine whether a group common PDCCH (GC-PDCCH) communication indicates that the zone identifier is activated for an associated monitoring period. The UE may selectively perform one or more PDCCH blind decodes in one or more search space sets associated with the zone identifier during the monitoring period based at least in part on determining whether the GC-PDCCH communication indicates that the zone identifier is activated for the monitoring period. Numerous other aspects are provided.
US12232142B2
Methods and apparatuses are provided in which a UE reports capability information indicating a first set of pairs and a second set of tuples. Each pair indicates serving cells configured for per-slot and per-span monitoring. Each tuple indicates serving cells configured for per-slot and per-span monitoring in an MCG and an SCG. A first pair of values for the MCG and a second pair of values for the SCG are received. A first value in each pair is a maximum number of serving cells configured for per-slot monitoring, and a second value in each pair is a maximum number of serving cells configured for per-span monitoring. A monitored candidate limit per slot is determined for the MCG and the SCG based on the first value. A monitored candidate limit per span is determined for the MCG and the SCG based on the second value.
US12232126B2
A method for enhanced physical uplink shared channel (PUSCH) repetitions includes receiving at least one of a dynamic grant or a configured grant for an uplink transmission, determining a time domain resource allocation (TDRA) for repeated transmission of the uplink transmission on a PUSCH, and repeatedly transmitting the uplink transmission based on the TDRA.
US12232124B2
Methods and apparatuses for multi-slot scheduling on unlicensed spectrum are disclosed. A method comprises: receiving a downlink control information (DCI) for scheduling time-contiguous data transmission in multiple slots, wherein the DCI includes an indicator indicating the time domain resource allocation in the multiple slots; determining, based on the indicator, a starting position and an ending position of the scheduled time-contiguous data transmission; and transmitting, in response to a successful listen-before-talk (LBT), data from the determined starting position to the determined ending position.
US12232119B2
A method and device are provided for transmitting/receiving a UL signal in a wireless communication system supporting cooperative communication. A method for communication by a UE includes transmitting, to a base station, UE capability information for changing at least one of a UL beam, a transmit power, or a frequency, receiving information about an offset in a time domain from the base station, based on the UE capability information, and in case that the offset in the time domain is greater than or equal to a time for a change according to a UE capability, transmitting a UL signal to a plurality of TRPs by changing at least one of the UL beam, the transmit power, and the frequency.
US12232113B2
The present application relates to devices and components including apparatus, systems, and methods to provide reduced sensing schemes to facilitate sidelink transmissions.
US12232106B2
A resource determining method, a resource configuration method, a terminal, and a network device are provided. The resource determining method includes: determining a sub-slot in which first information is located; and determining, based on starting symbol information and the number of symbols of a PUCCH resource corresponding to the first information, a resource location of the PUCCH resource in the sub-slot.
US12232100B2
Various aspects of the present disclosure generally relate to wireless communication. In some aspects, a user equipment (UE) may start a timer or counter in connection with failing to transmit a feedback message at a time for which the feedback message is scheduled for transmission. The UE may defer transmission of the feedback message for one or more attempts at transmitting the feedback message. The UE may perform one of: transmitting the feedback message before expiration of the timer or before the counter satisfying a count threshold, or discarding the feedback message after expiration of the timer or in connection with the counter satisfying the count threshold. Numerous other aspects are provided.
US12232097B2
The present disclosure is a novel utility of a software defined radio (SDR) based Distributed Antenna System (DAS) that is field reconfigurable and support multi-modulation schemes (modulation-independent), multi-carriers, multi-frequency bands and multi-channels. The present disclosure enables a high degree of flexibility to manage, control, enhance, facilitate the usage and performance of a distributed wireless network such as flexible simulcast, automatic traffic load-balancing, network and radio resource optimization, network calibration, autonomous/assisted commissioning, carrier pooling, automatic frequency selection, frequency carrier placement, traffic monitoring, traffic tagging, pilot beacon, etc.
US12232090B2
Provided are a method by which a first device performs wireless communication, and an apparatus supporting same. The method may comprise the steps of: allocating at least one resource block (RB) from among a set of a plurality of RBs for a physical sidelink feedback channel (PSFCH) in a PSFCH slot, with respect to a physical sidelink shared channel (PSSCH) resource; performing PSSCH reception from a second device on the basis of the PSSCH resource related to the PSFCH slot; and transmitting hybrid automatic repeat request acknowledgment (HARQ-ACK) information to the second device in response to the PSSCH reception, on the basis of the at least one RB allocated with respect to the PSSCH resource.
US12232082B2
An apparatus (e.g., a third UE) may be configured to detect at least one SPS conflict in a set of REs between a first SL (e.g., an SPS-based) transmission associated with a first UE and a second SL transmission associated with a second UE. The third UE may further be configured to transmit, upon detecting the SPS conflict, an indication of the SPS conflict to at least one of the first and second UEs. A first UE may be configured to receive, from the third UE, the indication of the SPS conflict, the indication of the SPS conflict including information regarding a set of resources associated with the detected conflict. The first UE may be further configured to initiate a resource re-selection for the first SL transmission based on the received indication and to transmit the first SL transmission based on the resource re-selection.
US12232068B2
There is provided mechanisms for providing information about peer communication devices to a network node. A method is performed by a first peer communication device. The method comprises exchanging, with a second peer communication device over a device-to-device connection, any timestamped identity information and location information about other peer communication devices as previously exchanged with at least one peer communication dev ice other than the second peer communication dev ice. The method comprises adding to the timestamped identity information and location information, timestamped identity information and location information about the second peer communication device as obtained from the second peer communication dev ice. The method comprises forwarding the timestamped identity information and location information to a network node upon network access to the network node.
US12232054B2
Disclosed is a user equipment for satellite communication, comprising one or more processing circuits configured to execute the following operations: evaluating a transmission power requirement for a user equipment to communicate with a satellite; and assisting, via an auxiliary device, the user equipment in executing at least part of the communication with the satellite when the transmission power constraint of the user equipment fails to meet the transmission power requirement, wherein the processing circuits are further configured to acquire, via the satellite, a communication mode to be switched to, and the processing circuits transmit, to the satellite, a notification indicating that a current communication mode needs to be switched, with the notification comprising information indicating the need to switch to a communication mode that meets the transmission power requirement.
US12232053B2
Methods, systems, and devices for wireless communications are described. A network entity may apply pseudo-noise signals to repetitions of a first signal to obtain a set of second signals and transmit each of the set of second signals to a user equipment (UE) during a respective set of different time intervals. Each of the pseudo-noise signals may be associated with a gain and phase parameter, and may be based on a channel state information (CSI) associated with a channel for communications with the UE over the respective time interval. Each gain parameter may cause a power level of the pseudo-noise signal to be within a defined range, and a gain and phase parameter associated with a pseudo-noise signal applied to a subsequent repetition of the first signal may be based on another gain and phase parameter associated with another phase-noise signal applied to a previous repetition of the first signal.
US12232052B2
A terminal includes a receiving unit that receives P-Max that is configuration information of maximum transmit power in a cell in Frequency Range 2 (FR2) among Frequency Range 1 (FR1) and the FR2; and a control unit that performs, when the P-Max of the cell in the FR2 is not supported, an operation of ignoring the P-Max of the cell in the FR2 or an operation of considering the cell in the FR2 as a barred cell.
US12232050B2
An information reporting method and apparatus and a user equipment (UE) are provided. A UE receives first configuration information from a network device, measures the N reference signals based on the first configuration information, selects at least one reference signal from the N reference signals, and reports information related to each of the at least one reference signal, where the first configuration information is used for determining configuration of N reference signals, and N is an integer greater than 1.
US12232046B2
A terminal including: a control unit configured to compare a power reduction total value that is reduced from a maximum transmission power value determined based on a power class and that does not include a power reduction value for adjusting the power class with a predetermined value, and to calculate a lower limit value of a maximum transmission power by setting the power reduction value for adjusting the power class as 0 dB when the power reduction total value is greater than the predetermined value; and a transmission unit configured to perform uplink transmission using a maximum transmission power value equal to or greater than the lower limit value.
US12232043B2
Various aspects pertaining to apparatuses, methods, and computer-readable medium are described herein. Some aspects pertain to wireless communication between various apparatuses, such as an access point (AP) and a station (STA). The AP may have a radio, and the STA may have a first radio and a second radio. The radios may have various power states. Some aspects pertain to negotiation of various communication parameters. Some aspects pertain to communication of a packet and execution of various related operations. Some aspects pertain to certain uplink (UL) and/or downlink (DL) communications. Some aspects pertain to termination or teardown of the negotiated parameters. The written description and appended drawings provide detailed descriptions regarding these and many other aspects.
US12232041B2
If a secure element accesses a resource that is separate from the secure element, conducting a secure transaction can be inefficient in terms of power or time. Power usage is inefficient if the resource is never permitted to sleep, and transaction time is inefficient if the resource is permitted to sleep, and the user experiences a delay. To enable dual efficiency, a resource entity is permitted to be powered down. The resource entity is then powered up speculatively by an activation controller. The activation controller predicts an upcoming secure transaction based on sensor output, such as a position fix or a detected electromagnetic field. Based on monitored sensor output, the activation controller issues an activation signal to power up the secure element or the resource entity prior to initiation of the upcoming secure transaction. Thus, power can be conserved without introducing a transaction-processing latency.
US12232036B2
A wireless communication device having a receiving module, a transmitting module, and a processor which includes a determining module, and a processing module, wherein the wireless communication device is arranged to perform a method for power saving when operating in idle mode in a wireless communication system. Transmissions of a first set of reference symbols, RSs, and a second set of RSs are provided in the wireless communication system. The method includes estimating transmission pattern of the second set of RSs, and determining when to wake up in the idle mode to perform associated measurements based on the estimated transmission pattern of the second set of RSs. The first set of RSs are provided periodically, and the second set of RSs are provided in any of periodic, semi-persistent or aperiodic transmissions.
US12232034B2
Provided is a wireless communication terminal that communicates wirelessly. The terminal includes: a wireless LAN (WLAN) transceiver configured to transmit and receive a WLAN signal; and a wake-up radio (WUR) receiver configured to receive a WUR signal. The WUR receiver is configured to receive a wake-up packet from a base wireless communication terminal and wakes-up the WLAN transceiver. A part of the WUR signal is transmitted by a modulation method different from a modulation method of the WLAN signal.
US12232029B2
A wireless device, such as a user equipment, UE, determines (410) a first sleep opportunity for the wireless device and evaluates (420) one or more energy-related parameters for each of a plurality of possible sleep modes for the wireless device. The plurality of possible sleep modes correspond to varying degrees of reduced energy consumption by the wireless device, relative to a non-sleep mode. The wireless device selects (430) a first one of the plurality of possible sleep modes for the wireless device, based on this evaluating, and activates (440) the selected sleep mode during the first sleep opportunity.
US12232028B2
Parsing of C-plane messages is described, e.g., C-plane messages that are communicated from an open RAN distributed unit (O-DU) to an open RAN radio unit (O-RU) in order to determine whether a particular symbol that is to be subsequently communicated via U-plane messages is blank (e.g., no physical resource blocks (PRB)) or not blank (e.g., at least one PRB). A bitmap can be constructed by the O-RU having a bit length equal to the number of symbols to be communicated, where each bit of the bitmap corresponds to one of the symbols. Values of each bit of the bitmap can indicate whether a corresponding symbol is blank or not blank, and, if blank, some devices can be powered down to conserve power on a symbol-by-symbol basis in a manner that is compliant with Open RAN specifications and does not presume the same vendor for O-RU and O-DU.
US12232027B2
A control method that is achieved by a refrigerator application installed in portable terminal (110), the control method including the steps of instructing an operating system (OS) of portable terminal (110) to connect to a refrigerator in operation in a software access point mode, and sending a service set identifier (SSID) of an access point and a password for connecting to the access point to the refrigerator. An SSID of the refrigerator that operates in the software access point mode, and a password for connecting to the refrigerator that operates in the software access point mode are incorporated in the refrigerator application in advance.
US12232024B2
Various embodiments disclose techniques for time-multiplexing multiple listening schedules and physical layer modes that include a first node listening, using a first physical layer mode, for a first network discovery signal; in response to not detecting the first network discovery signal, listening, using a second physical layer mode, for a second network discovery signal; and in response to detecting the second network discovery signal transmitted by a second node using the second physical layer mode, establishing a connection with the second node using the second physical layer mode.
US12232014B2
The present disclosure relates to a communication technique and system for integrating a 5G communication system for supporting a higher data rate after a 4G system with IoT technology. Based on 5G communication technology and IoT related technology, this disclosure may be applied to an intelligent service (e.g., smart home, smart building, smart city, smart car or connected car, health care, digital education, retail, security and safety related service). Embodiments relate to a method and apparatus for performing an access in an RRC inactive mode in a next generation mobile communication system.
US12232010B2
There is provided a reception apparatus including a first acquisition unit which acquires, preceding text format second signaling data to be transmitted in a lower-level layer than an IP layer in a hierarchy of a protocol of an IP transmission system and containing control information independent of a service identified by an IP address, binary format first signaling data containing a flag indicating whether the second signaling data exists in digital broadcast using the IP transmission system, a second acquisition unit which acquires the second signaling data on the basis of the first signaling data, and a control unit which controls operation of the units which perform various types of processing on the basis of the second signaling data. The present technology can be applied to, for example, a television receiver.
US12232009B2
A method for interacting of a PSAP with a portable network device includes detection of a trigger signal of an eyewitness-button and storing call log data of the call by the PSAP. A signaling connection between the portable network device and the PSAP can be set up and a geographical area of interest close to the actual location of the portable network device can be determined. At least one external portable network device of a list can be scanned and the scanning result from the at least one external portable network device of the list can be forwarded to the PSAP via the signaling connection after it is protected by the PSAP. Systems and devices can utilize embodiments of the method.
US12231995B2
A device may be configured to process messages from a plurality of input devices. The messages may be received on a first communication link and may be processed for being transmitted on a second communication link. The device may receive messages comprising data on the first communication link from the plurality of input devices. The data from the input devices may be aggregated and transmitted in at least one message on the second communication link.
US12231992B2
Embodiments of this application provide a multicast communication method and related apparatus. The multicast communication method is implemented by a user equipment and includes receiving UE route selection policy (URSP) information transmitted by a policy control function entity, the URSP information including a URSP rule supporting a multicast service; querying the URSP rule supporting the multicast service according to a multicast network address corresponding to a multicast service context that needs to be activated, to obtain network slice information and data network name information; and activating Multicast and Broadcast Service (MBS) context information of the user equipment based on the network slice information and the data network name information, adding the user equipment to a multicast group corresponding to the multicast network address for multicast communication.
US12231989B2
Systems, methods, and software can provide high-accuracy position estimation for mobile user equipment (UE) configured for use within a service area covered by a plurality of radio units, e.g., O-RUs, with known position including coordinates. A channel estimate can be derived for a channel between a given UE and each of a plurality of radio units based on a sounding reference signal (SRS) received from the UE and used to select a subset of the radio units. The shortest delay can be calculated for the given UE to each O-RU in the subset, forming a set of uplink-time-difference-of-arrival (UL-TDOA) measurements; position of the given UE in the service area can be estimated based on the UL-TDOA measurements. The O-RU synchronization error can be estimated for each O-RU in the subset using estimated positions of the given UE and corresponding UL-TDOA measurements.
US12231986B2
Arrangements for generating geo-fences for automatically authenticating a user or authorizing event processing are provided. In some examples, user data associated with a location of the user or mobile device of the user may be received. Further, data associated with successful processing of an event may be received. In some arrangements, this data may be used to generate a first geo-fence. The geo-fenced area may be considered a trusted zone within which a user may be automatically authenticated and/or events may be automatically authorized and/or processed. In some examples, additional user data may be received and analyzed using machine learning to predict second or subsequent geo-fence locations. Based on the analyzed data, one or more additional geo-fences or geo-fenced areas may be generated and interlinked with the initial geo-fence.
US12231983B2
An apparatus, method and computer program is described comprising: generating a local outage time database for a first cell of a mobile communication system, wherein the local outage time database stores first latency data for each of a plurality of devices served by the first cell, wherein each first latency data comprises time left to outage data for the respective device; sending selected parts of the local outage time database to one or more other cells of the mobile communication network; receiving second latency data from at least one of the one or more other cells of the mobile communication system, wherein said second latency data includes time left to outage data for one or more devices served by said other cells; and generating a multi-cell outage time database including some or all of the shared selected parts of the local outage time database and some or all of the received second latency data.
US12231981B2
The present disclosure relates to a method and device for performing handover in a wireless communication system. An operating method of a user equipment (UE) in a wireless communication system may include: receiving, from a source base station, a radio resource control (RRC) reconfiguration message indicating handover, the RRC reconfiguration message including data radio bearer (DRB) configuration information; in case that the DRB configuration information includes an indicator indicating a configuration of a dual active protocol stack (DAPS) for at least one DRB, generating a multimedia access control (MAC) entity for a target base station; configuring the MAC entity for the target base station based on MAC configuration information included in the RRC reconfiguration message indicating the handover; suspending a signaling radio bearer (SRB) for the source base station; and establishing or configuring a SRB for the target base station.
US12231975B2
A user equipment (UE) and a method for sidelink failure management are provided. The method includes determining that a sidelink failure event associated with a paired sidelink destination UE has occurred and transmitting, to a first cell, a sidelink failure report indicating the sidelink failure event.
US12231964B2
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). The present invention provides a method for supporting handover, comprising the steps of: informing, by a source base station, a core network whether a direct data forwarding path is available; deciding, by the core network, whether to use direct data forwarding or indirect data forwarding; informing, by the core network, a target base station of information about the direct data forwarding or indirect data forwarding; allocating, by the target base station, data forwarding tunnel information, the target base station allocating the data forwarding tunnel information according to the received information about the direct data forwarding or indirect data forwarding; transmitting, by the target base station, the allocated data forwarding tunnel information to the core network; and informing, by the core network, the source base station of the data forwarding tunnel information. With the present invention, different data forwarding methods are supported to prevent data loss and ensure service continuity.
US12231951B2
A method and apparatus for data transfer in RRC_INACTIVE state is provided. Method for data transfer in RRC_INACTIVE state includes receiving RRC Reconfiguration message, receiving RRC Release message and triggering BSR based on the second BSR configuration and the second LCGs for the logical channels of second set and the first LCGs for the logical channels of the first set.
US12231933B2
A communications method and apparatus are provided. A network device determines whether a first capability of a terminal device is less than or equal to a second capability of the terminal device. The first capability is a capability of the terminal device of working at a first frequency when the terminal device supports only a first radio access technology, and the second capability is a capability of the terminal device corresponding to the first frequency in a first frequency combination. When the first capability is less than or equal to the second capability, the network device sends a first message to the terminal device. The first message is used to indicate the terminal device to measure a second frequency, the first message does not include a configuration of a first measurement gap, and the first measurement gap is used to measure the second frequency.
US12231932B2
A communication control device (40) includes a control unit (44) configured to select one protection method from a plurality of primary system protection methods including a dynamic or static protection method on the basis of a use form and use position information of a wireless station of a primary system and protect the wireless station of the primary system on the basis of the selected protection method.
US12231929B2
Systems herein allow a user to use their personal user device to perform functions in an enterprise environment in exchange for enrolling at a management server. The management server can provide a privacy component that allows the user to view a privacy profile summarizing data collection activities of the management server. The management server can dynamically build the privacy profile based on device profile and privacy settings stored on the management server. The privacy profile can be dynamically updated based on changes to privacy settings, and can also provide links for a user to see actual data that has been collected at the management server.
US12231922B2
The present disclosure relates to a communication method and system for converging a 5th-Generation (5G) communication system for supporting higher data rates beyond a 4th-Generation (4G) system with a technology for Internet of Things (IoT). The present disclosure may be applied to intelligent services based on the 5G communication technology and the IoT-related technology, such as smart home, smart building, smart city, smart car, connected car, health care, digital education, smart retail, security and safety services. There is disclosed a method, for a first network entity, for informing a change in coverage enhancement usage in a network comprising the first network entity and a user equipment (UE). The method comprises, in response to determining that a restriction on the use of coverage enhancement has changed for the UE, transmitting, to the UE, a first message including an indication of the change.
US12231916B2
Embodiments of the present application provide a wireless communication method and device. A transmitter device can determine or indicate spatial information of channel listening, thereby obtaining an LBT direction and optimizing the communication of an NR-U system on a shared spectrum. The wireless communication method comprises: a transmitter device determines spatial information of channel listening according to the spatial information corresponding to first information, wherein the first information comprises a channel and/or a signal.
US12231915B2
According to various embodiments, the electronic device may include: a first antenna having a first polarization characteristic, a second antenna a having a second polarization characteristic different from the first polarization characteristic, a switch operatively connected to the first antenna and the second antenna, and a processor operatively connected to the first antenna and the second antenna through the switch. The processor may be configured to identify, based on transmitting at least one packet using the first antenna, at least one timestamp of the packet, control the electronic device to transmit a first area of the packet based on a first timestamp of the identified timestamp using the first antenna, switch the first antenna to the second antenna based on a second timestamp of the identified timestamp, and control the electronic device to transmit a second area of the packet based on the second timestamp of the packet using the second antenna.
US12231913B2
Systems and methods for using integrated access and backhaul (IAB) nodes configured to provide multi-access edge computing (MEC) functionality are disclosed herein. An TAB node includes a distributed unit (DU) having a local application instance of a MEC-enabled application. The local application instance is configured for communication with a first user equipment (UE) connected to the TAB node. A mobile termination functionality (MT) of the IAB node uses a packet data convergence protocol (PDCP) layer to transport data of the local application instance between the MT and an IAB donor. Further, data of the local application instance is transported between the UE and the TAB node via one of a variety of methods, including the use of a second PDCP layer at the DU (and optionally the use of service data adaptation protocol (SDAP) layers at each of the DU and the MT), and/or via sidelink.
US12231907B2
Embodiments of a wireless access node for dynamically transmitting an identification signal and/or detecting identification signals from other transmit nodes when operating in unlicensed spectrum and embodiments of a method of operation thereof are disclosed. In some embodiments, a method in a wireless access node that operates in an unlicensed frequency spectrum comprises determining, based on one or more parameters, whether the wireless access node is to transmit an identification signal and/or detect identification signals from other transmit nodes. The method further comprises operating in accordance with a result of the determining whether to transmit the identification signal and/or to detect identification signals from other transmit nodes. In this manner, throughput can be improved.
US12231905B2
System, method, and apparatus for providing dynamic, prioritized spectrum management and utilization
Systems, methods, and apparatuses for providing dynamic, prioritized spectrum utilization management. The system includes at least one monitoring sensor, at least one data analysis engine, at least one application, a semantic engine, a programmable rules and policy editor, a tip and cue server, and/or a control panel. The tip and cue server is operable utilize the environmental awareness from the data processed by the at least one data analysis engine in combination with additional information to create actionable data.
US12231901B2
An intelligent system for resource exchange event verification/authentication based on a comparison between the known Subscriber Identity Module (SIM) card features and the real-time extracted SIM card features. SIM card features are initially extracted from the SIM card of a user's mobile communication device and stored in a SIM card feature file that is associated with the user's mobile communication device. Subsequently, when the mobile communication device initiates a resource exchange event, the current SIM card features are extracted from the SIM card currently residing in the mobile communication device and compared to those SIM card features in the SIM card feature file. The comparison is an intelligent comparison that takes into account, normal changes that may have occurred between the generation of the SIM card feature file and time of the resource exchange event. If the comparison results in no abnormal changes, the resource exchange event is deemed to verified/authenticated and further processing may ensue.
US12231897B2
Internet of Things (IoT) devices lack conventional user interfaces, such as keyboards and displays, which make many traditional pairing approaches inapplicable. Proximity-based pairing approaches are very usable, but can be exploited by co-located malicious devices. A secure and usable pairing approach that can be applied to heterogeneous IoT devices still does not exist. The presently disclosed Universal Operation Sensing allows an IoT device to sense the user's physical operations on it without requiring inertial sensors. With this technique, a user holding a smartphone or wearing a wristband can finish pairing in seconds through some very simple operations, e.g., pressing a button or twisting a knob. A presently disclosed pairing protocol uses faithful fuzzy commitment, which is secure and usable.
US12231894B2
Disclosed herein are a communication technique for merging, with an IoT technology, a 5G communication system for supporting a data transmission rate higher than that of a 4G system; and a system therefor. Embodiments herein disclose a method of protecting sensitive user plane traffic in an User Equipment (UE) (100), the method comprising: transmitting, to a network (200), by the UE (100) a first NAS message comprising an indicator indicating that the UE (200) supports of a secure channel for domain name system (DNS); receiving, from the network (200), by the UE (100) a second NAS message including DNS server security information in response to transmitting the first NAS message; and transmitting, to the network (200), by the UE (100) the DNS over the secure channel based on the DNS server security information.
US12231892B2
Apparatuses (e.g., systems and devices) and methods for remotely accessing a local (e.g., home, office, etc.) network of devices connected to a local router.
US12231891B2
Embodiments of the present disclosure are directed to systems and methods for remote deauthentication of electronic devices. A virtual authentication session manager or an electronic device maintains authentication across multiple electronic devices. The virtual authentication session manager receives authentication requests from electronic devices and generates a unique ID and a readable name for each device. A user can remotely deauthenticate any of the electronic devices that have previously been authenticated.
US12231888B2
A wireless network access method, apparatus, device, and system are provided. The method includes: receiving a user account and identification information of a wireless access point from a guest terminal, the identification information including first identification information and second identification information; generating a dynamic key according to the user account and the first identification information, and transmitting the dynamic key to the guest terminal; receiving a first check request from the wireless access point, the first check request including a media access control (MAC) address, the first identification information, and a first message integrity code (MIC); verifying the first message integrity code according to the dynamic key obtained by using the media access control address, and generating a first authorization result according to a verification result of the first message integrity code; and transmitting the first authorization result to the guest terminal through the wireless access point.
US12231886B2
A hearing device and a method for operating a hearing device is disclosed, hearing device comprising a processing unit configured to compensate for hearing loss of a user of the hearing device; an interface; and a memory unit, wherein the memory unit has stored therein a first primary certificate comprising a first primary hearing device identifier; a second primary certificate comprising a second primary hearing device identifier; and customer data indicative of the hearing device being configured to operate as a customer hearing device, wherein the processing unit is configured to determine if the hearing device is configured to operate as a customer hearing device based on the customer data; and in accordance with a determination that the hearing device is configured to operate as a customer hearing device, operate the hearing device according to the second primary certificate.
US12231878B2
The present disclosure relates to a pre-5th-Generation (5G) or 5G communication system to be provided for supporting higher data rates Beyond 4th-Generation (4G) communication system such as Long Term Evolution (LTE). A handover method for a terminal according to one embodiment of the present disclosure may include: receiving, from a source cell, a message including information on one or more target cells for performing a fast handover; and performing a fast handover by reusing a radio bearer based on the received information.
US12231869B2
One example method includes presenting, by a client device, a view of a virtual conference hosted by a virtual conference provider, the virtual conference including a plurality of participants, the client device associated with a participant of the plurality of participants, the view including a plurality of groupings of participants within a virtual conference area, each grouping associated with a different meeting or sub-meeting of the virtual conference; assign a location within the virtual conference area to the participant; receiving, at the client device from the conference provider, one or more audio streams associated with one or more audio sources within the plurality of groupings, the one or more audio streams provided by one or more remote client devices; determining a first location within the virtual conference area of a first audio source of the one or more audio sources; generating a plurality of spatialized audio streams based on the first location of the first audio source, the location of the indicator, and a first audio stream associated with the first audio source; and outputting the spatialized audio streams.
US12231868B2
A sound effect adjustment method is provided. In the method, a video frame and an audio signal of a corresponding time unit of a target video are obtained. A sound source orientation and a sound source distance of a sound source object in the video frame are determined. Scene information corresponding to the video frame is determined. The audio signal is filtered based on the sound source orientation and the sound source distance. An echo coefficient is determined according to the scene information. Further, an adjusted audio signal with an adjusted sound effect is generated based on the filtered audio signal and the echo coefficient.
US12231867B2
According to an example embodiment, a method for processing an input audio signal (101) in accordance with spatial metadata (103) so as to play back a spatial audio signal in a device (50) in dependence of at least one sound reproduction characteristic (105) of the device is provided, the method comprising obtaining said input audio signal (101) and said spatial metadata (103); obtaining said at least one sound reproduction characteristic (105) of the device; rendering a first portion of the spatial audio signal using a first type playback procedure applied on the input audio signal in dependence of the spatial metadata (103), wherein the first portion comprises sound directions within a front region of the spatial audio signal; and rendering a second portion of the spatial audio signal using a second type playback procedure applied on the input audio signal in dependence of the spatial metadata (103) and in dependence of said at least one sound reproduction characteristic (105), wherein the second portion comprises sound directions that are not included in the first portion and where the second type playback procedure is different from the first playback procedure and involves cross-talk cancellation processing.
US12231866B2
An apparatus configured to: receive spatial audio data comprising audio captured from a space extending around a capture device and directional information; receive video imagery captured by a camera, wherein the extent of the space from which the spatial audio data is captured is greater than the field of view of the camera; associate each audio sources determined from the directional information, with, for audio sources within the field of view, a region of the video imagery that corresponds to the direction towards the audio source, and, for audio sources outside the field of view, a part of an out-of-view graphic, the out-of-view graphic indicative of the spatial extent of the space outside the field of view; display the video imagery and the out-of-view graphic; receive user input; and provide for control of at least one audio capture property of a selected one of said one or more audio sources.
US12231864B2
Disclosed is an apparatus and method for processing a multichannel audio signal. A multichannel audio signal processing method may include: generating an N-channel audio signal of N channels by down-mixing an M-channel audio signal of M channels; and generating a stereo audio signal by performing binaural rendering of the N-channel audio signal.
US12231863B2
A sound output device including: an actuator that outputs a driving force in response to a drive signal; a vibrating body that includes a plurality of receiving parts and is vibrated by a driving force transmitted from the actuator; a transmission plate that is provided with a plurality of pressing parts that press the plurality of receiving parts, respectively; a coil spring that applies a biasing force to the transmission plate to press the plurality of pressing parts against the plurality of receiving parts, respectively; and a base body that receives one end face of the actuator, in which the vibrating body is pressed against another end face of the actuator by a biasing force of the coil spring applied via the plurality of pressing parts and the plurality of receiving parts.
US12231855B1
Described herein are a protective element configured to be connected to an electroacoustic transducer or a sound tube included in a hearing device, the protective element comprising a 3D-shaped membrane that has two or more first portions having a first thickness that are configured to transmit sound and two or more second portions having a second thickness. The first thickness is less than the second thickness such that a rigidity of the 3D-shaped membrane is greater at the two or more second portions than at the two or more first portions. At least two of the two or more second portions are spaced from one another along a circumference of the 3D-shaped membrane by at least one of the two or more first portions.
US12231851B1
According to some embodiments, an ear-worn device, e.g., a hearing aid, is provided that operates to enhance audio signals detected by the ear-worn device. In some embodiments, the ear-worn device includes a microphone, a processing circuit coupled to the microphone, and an output signal generator coupled to the processing circuit. In some embodiments, a method for enhancing audio signals includes: detecting an audio signal with the microphone; as the audio signal is being detected, dividing the audio signal into a plurality of segments; enhancing the detected audio signal with the processing circuit of the hearing aid; and outputting the enhanced audio signal with the output signal generator. In some embodiments, enhancing the detected audio signal includes processing one or more of the segments of the detected audio signal with a neural network engine (NNE) of the processing circuit to obtain an output for enhancing the detected audio signal.
US12231846B2
An electronic device including a plurality of microphones and a processor is provided. The electronic device includes a plurality of microphones disposed at different positions in the electronic device, a processor configured to collect input signals input to each of the microphones, acquire direction of arrival (DOA) information corresponding to each of the microphones from the input signals, calculate generation directions of the input signals using the DOA information, adjust a weight of an input signal for each of the microphones, based on the generation directions of the input signals, and generate an output signal for each of the microphones by reflecting the weight adjusted for each of the microphones, and a speaker configured to output an output signal for each of the microphones.
US12231840B2
The present disclosure discloses a loudspeaker apparatus. The loudspeaker apparatus may include a circuit housing, an ear hook, a rear hook, a loudspeaker component, and a magnetic connector. The circuit housing may be configured to accommodate a control circuit or a battery component. The ear hook may be connected to one end of the circuit housing and at least partially covered by a first protective housing. The rear hook connected to another end of the circuit housing and at least partially covered by a second protective housing. The magnetic connector may be configured to absorb a charging interface of an external power source to establish an electrical connection so as to charge the loudspeaker apparatus.
US12231838B2
The invention relates to an out-ear audio device comprising a bone conductor transducer (1) configured to transfer an audio signal by means of bone conduction to an ear of a user, the device comprising a housing (2) accommodating the bone conductor transducer (1), the device further comprising holding means (3) configured to releasably attach the housing (2) to the tragus of the user, wherein: the holding means (3) together with a portion (4) of the outer surface of the housing (2) of the audio device forms a substantially U-shaped structure, where the holding means (3) comprises a contact member (10, 28) formed for contact with an inner surface of the tragus that faces towards the head of the user; and wherein a contact region that is formed for contact with an outer surface of the tragus corresponding to said inner surface of the tragus is provided by a portion (4) of the housing (2), which portion (4) is in vibrational contact with the bone conduction transducer (1), such that vibrations generated by the bone conductor transducer (1) is transmitted to the contact region; where the contact member and the contact region form a gap (27) between the contact member (10, 28) and the contact region (4); and wherein the holding means (3) is displaceably or pivotally connected to the bone conductor transducer (1) either directly or via the housing (2), such that the distance between the contact member (10) and contact region (4) can be varied, and wherein the housing (2) and/or the holding means (3) is provided with biasing means, such as a spring member 5, 6, 7; 15, 18), that is configured to force the contact member (10, 28) and the contact region (4) against each other, whereby the contact member (10, 28) and the contact region (4), respectively, presses against said inner and outer surfaces of the tragus, when the audio device is provided on the tragus.
US12231835B2
An integrated audio-visual system is disclosed for delivering an event to one or more spectators. The integrated audio-visual system includes one or more loudspeakers that are positioned behind one or more visual displays to be effectively behind the one or more visual displays to be shielded from the field of view of the one or more spectators. The one or more visual displays are specially designed and manufactured to allow sound associated with the event to propagate from the one or more loudspeakers with minimal acoustical distortion and/or minimum acoustical vibration while presenting a visual representation of the event to the one or more spectators. Moreover, the one or more loudspeakers and the one or more visual displays are situated to be a predetermined displacement from each other to further minimize acoustical distortion.
US12231833B2
A sensor module comprises a master sensor unit for sensing a first environmental parameter, a slave sensor unit for sensing a second environmental parameter, a common substrate on which the master sensor unit and the slave sensor unit are mounted, and a digital bus interface for a communication between the master sensor unit and the slave sensor unit. The master sensor unit comprises a non-volatile memory for storing calibration data and configuration data of the master sensor unit and the slave sensor unit. The master sensor unit is embodied as a first chip, and the slave sensor unit is embodied as a second chip. Such sensor module is compact, robust and versatile.
US12231830B2
In some embodiments, a computer-implemented method of generating a visualization of wavelength-dependent surface characteristics is provided. A computing device receives an input image captured by a camera, wherein the input image includes information in a low-dimensional color space. The computing device processes the input image to determine spectrum band information in a high-dimensional color space that corresponds to the input image. The computing device extracts subtractive information from the spectrum band information to obtain wavelength-dependent surface characteristic information, The computing device generates the visualization using the wavelength-dependent surface characteristic information. In some embodiments, the computing device may be a smartphone.
US12231829B2
Systems and methods of enhancing images use a contrast limited adaptive histogram equalization (CLAHE) algorithm in a field programmable gate array (FPGA). The images may be obtained by the imaging elements of a multiple imaging elements endoscope of an endoscopy system.
US12231818B2
Techniques for managing coverage constraints are provided for determining an improved camera coverage plan including a number, a placement, and a pose of cameras that are arranged to track puts and takes of items by subjects in a three-dimensional real space. The method includes receiving an initial camera coverage plan including a three-dimensional map of a real space, an initial number and initial pose of a plurality of cameras and a camera model including characteristics of the cameras. The method can iteratively apply a machine learning process to an objective function of number and poses of cameras, and subject to a set of constraints, obtain an improved camera coverage plan. The improved camera coverage plan is provided to an installer to arrange cameras to track puts and takes of items by subjects in the three-dimensional real space.
US12231817B2
Systems and methods of real-time audiovisual interaction with a target location includes receiving an identification of a target location. The identification can be received at a processor of a server from an electronic device of an end-user. A request can be transmitted for a video feed associated with the target location. For example, the video feed can be a live video feed of an interior of the target location or a video chat with a representative of the target location. In response to receiving the video feed, the video feed can be transmitted to the electronic device of the end-user. When audiovisual communication is established, a user can view different aspects of a target location, for example the capacity of a restaurant or speak directly with a representative of a clothing store to see if they have a specific item in the users' size.
US12231815B2
Parameters for overlay handling for immersive teleconferencing and telepresence for remote terminals
A method, computer program, and computer system for video conferencing is provided. Video data associated with an immersive teleconferencing session is received. A parameter associated with the video data is identified, whereby the parameter specifies overlay data associated with the immersive teleconferencing session. The video data is displayed with one or more overlays based on the identified parameter.
US12231813B1
One example method bridging video conference connections includes joining, using a client device, a video conference using a first network interface, the video conference including a plurality of participants; determining a need for a second network interface; connecting to the video conference using the second network interface simultaneously with the first network interface; assigning a first multimedia stream to the first network interface and a second multimedia stream to the second network interface; and using the first and second network interfaces to transmit or receive the first and second multimedia streams.
US12231808B2
An information transmission method is provided, including: A control device obtains a second universal serial bus video class UVC port and a second virtual network port based on configuration of a universal serial bus USB port of the control device. The control device determines address information of a camera device, where a first UVC port and a first virtual network port are configured on the camera device, and the first UVC port and the first virtual network port are obtained based on configuration of a USB port of the camera device. The control device sends the address information to the camera device through a UVC channel, where the UVC channel is established based on the first UVC port and the second UVC port.
US12231804B2
Systems, devices, media and methods are presented for presentation of modified objects within a video stream. The systems and methods select an object of interest depicted within a user interface based on an associated image modifier, determine a modifier context based at least in part on one or more characteristics of the selected object, identify a set of image modifiers based on the modifier context, rank a first portion of the identified set of image modifiers based on a primary ordering characteristic, rank a second portion of the identified set of image modifiers based on a secondary ordering characteristic and cause presentation of the modifier icons for the ranked set of image modifiers.
US12231802B2
A system and method for processing multi-modal microscopy imaging data on small-scale computer architecture which avoids restrictive manufacturer data formats and APIs. The system and method leverage a web-based application made available to microscopy instrument control hardware by which direct visual output of the control hardware is captured and transmitted to an edge computing device for processing by one or more inference models in parallel to construct a composite hyperimage.
US12231800B2
A method and a device for image processing, an imaging system, and a storage medium are provided. The method includes: obtaining an initial video shot by a photographing apparatus at a fixed angle of view, where the initial video includes a plurality of frames of images; cropping, based on a preset trajectory, the plurality of frames of images in the initial video; and combining the cropped plurality of frames of images to obtain a target video. In this way, a video with a smoothly moving field of view may be obtained based on a video shot at a fixed angle of view, thereby improving a user's shooting experience.
US12231798B2
A sub-ranging programmable gain amplifier resolves an incoming signal into one of multiple amplitude sub-ranges and dynamically steps down the PGA output according to the identified sub-range.
US12231792B1
A camera may one or more lenses and an image sensor having an array of light-gathering pixels. The pixels may generate image signals based on light passing through the lenses. The camera may include at least one pixel output settling assist circuit. The pixel output settling assist circuit may be electrically coupled to an output signal line of at least one of the pixels. The pixel output settling assist circuit may include a pixel output voltage change detection circuit and a bias current adjustment circuit. During read-out of the image signals of the at least one pixel, the pixel output voltage change detection circuit may detect a change of a voltage at the output of the pixel. The bias current adjustment circuit may generate and adjust a current injected to the output based on the detected change of the voltage at the output.
US12231791B2
Solid-state imaging devices, methods of driving solid-state imaging devices, and electronic devices are disclosed. In one example, a solid-state imaging device includes a pixel array unit in which pixels are two-dimensionally arranged in a matrix. At least some pixel rows include a first signal line configured to transmit a drive signal for driving a first transfer transistor of a first pixel in units of microlenses having a color filter of a first color, a second signal line configured to transmit a drive signal for driving a second transfer transistor of a second pixel different from the first pixel, and a third signal line configured to transmit a drive signal for driving a third transfer transistor of a third pixel in units of microlenses having a color filter of a second color different from the first color.
US12231785B2
Image acquisition and analysis systems for efficiently generating high resolution geo-referenced spectral imagery of a region of interest. In some examples, aerial spectral imaging systems for remote sensing of a geographic region, such as a vegetative landscape are disclosed for monitoring the development and health of the vegetative landscape. In some examples photogrammetry processes are applied to a first set of image frames captured with a first image sensor having a first field of view to generate external orientation data and surface elevation data and the generated external orientation data is translated into external orientation data for other image sensors co-located on the same apparatus for generating geo-referenced images of images captured by the one or more other image sensors.
US12231777B2
A method includes detecting, based on sensor data from a sensor on a mobile device, an environmental brightness measurement, where the mobile device comprises a display screen configured to adjust display brightness based on environmental brightness. The method further includes determining, based on image data from a camera on the mobile device, an extent to which the detected environmental brightness measurement is caused by reflected light from the display screen. The method additionally includes setting a rate of exposure change for the camera based on the determined extent to which the detected environmental brightness measurement is caused by reflected light from the display screen.
US12231768B2
This disclosure provides systems, methods, and devices for wireless communication that support image signal processor to support reduced latency mode switching. In a first aspect, a method of image processing includes switching between different binning configurations to change an output of data from an image sensor. The binning configurations may include a first binning configuration to support object tracking and/or other artificial intelligence (AI) or computer vision (CV) applications and a second binning configuration to support photography or other still image capture applications. Other aspects and features are also claimed and described.
US12231763B2
Embodiments of this application provide a coordination window processing method and system, and an electronic device. The method includes: the second electronic device displays coordination windows of the first electronic device, where an interface displayed in a first coordination window is always the same as that displayed in the first electronic device, and an application interface displayed in a second coordination window is different from that displayed in the first coordination window. After a user taps a camera function option on the interface of the second coordination window, the first coordination window and the first electronic device display an interface for collecting information by the camera of the first electronic device. After the user operates the first electronic device to complete information collection, the first coordination window and the first electronic device restore the interface displayed before, and the second coordination window displays an interface that obtains the collected information.
US12231761B2
Eyewear having a sensor configured to sense electrical signals generated from user muscle movements to determine user facial expressions. The facial expressions are processed to provide a user input to the eyewear, to take an action such as taking an image using a camera, and to determine a user biometric such as by performing an electrocardiogram (ECG or EKG). In an example, a user can raise an eyebrow to instruct the eyewear to take an image and squint an eye to lighten/darken a shade of an optical element.
US12231759B2
A split lens includes a first lens group including a first set of lenses, a second lens group including a second set of lenses, and at least one light shielding element. The light shielding element is disposed between the lens at the bottom position of the first lens group and the lens at the top position of the second lens group, such that a predetermined light path is formed between the first lens group and the second lens group, thereby conforming to the structure of the split lens.
US12231746B2
Systems and methods are provided for providing an enhanced viewing experience for one or more users of an interactive media program. One example method includes receiving, at a computing device, the interactive media program, wherein the interactive media program comprises a plurality of alternative segments followed by a common segment. A selection of a first alternative segment is received and is generated for output. A summary of at least one segment from the plurality of alternative segments is generated, and the summary is generated for output. The common segment of the interactive media program is generated for output.
US12231745B1
Systems, methods, and computer-readable media are disclosed for systems and methods for automated video summary generation using textual quotes. Example methods may include determining first text representing a phrase spoken in video content, determining that the first text is present in first subtitle data of first video content, determining a first timestamp and a second timestamp associated with the first text in the first subtitle data, determining a first video segment of the first video content corresponding to the first timestamp and the second timestamp, and generating a first video summary for the first video content, the first video summary comprising the first video segment.
US12231740B2
One embodiment of the invention relates to a video distribution system for live distributing a video containing animation of a character object generated based on a motion of a second user. The video distribution system includes one or more computer processors that execute computer-readable instructions to: display a display instruction object on a second user device that is used by the second user in response to reception of a first display request for a first gift from a first user; and display the first gift in the video in response to operation on the display instruction object.
US12231736B2
A bullet-screen comment display method is provided. The method includes: detecting a target object in an original frame image of a video at a first preset frequency in a process of playing the video, and when the target object is detected, outputting a display area of the target object in the original frame image; generating a mask image corresponding to the original frame image based on the display area, obtaining a bullet-screen comment display area corresponding to the original frame image; and if there is an overlapping area between the bullet-screen comment display area and the display area of the target object in the original frame image, combining the mask image and a bullet-screen comment displayed in the bullet-screen comment display area into a video picture with a non-obstructive bullet-screen comment, and displaying the video picture with a non-obstructive bullet-screen comment at a bullet-screen comment layer, where a bullet-screen comment included in the video picture with a non-obstructive bullet-screen comment does not block the target object.
US12231732B2
Systems and methods for generating a content item based on a difference between a user confidence score and a confidence score are disclosed. For example, a system generates for output a first content item. While the first content item is being outputted, the system receives user data via sensors of a device. The system determines a user confidence score based on the user data and metadata of the first content item. The user confidence score indicates a user's perceived probability of an event occurring in the future. The system calculates a prediction score which estimates the likelihood of the event occurring in the future. In response to determining that the difference between the user confidence score and the prediction score exceeds a threshold, the system selects a second content item related to the event and generates for output a recommendation comprising an identifier of the second content item.
US12231721B2
Systems, methods, and devices for managing media storage and delivery, including obtaining information about a three-dimensional (3D) scene; obtaining, from the information, a parameter indicating that viewport adaptation is enabled; rendering the 3D scene, wherein the 3D scene includes at least one two-dimensional (2D) video to be reproduced within the 3D scene; obtaining a current viewport of a user; determining whether the at least one 2D video is inside of a range of the current viewport; and adjusting a bitrate of the at least one 2D video based on a result of the determining.
US12231711B2
A method performed by a content server (100) for determining additional media content to be inserted into a main media content wherein the main media content is in a virtual environment, the method comprising: acquiring (S201) information relating to a user profile of each of a plurality of users that are viewing the main media content; clustering (S202) the plurality of users into one or more user clusters based on the user profile of each of the plurality of users; acquiring (S203) a viewing state of each of the plurality of users that are viewing the main media content, wherein the viewing state of each of the plurality of users comprises biometric data of each of the plurality of users; acquiring (S204) information relating to a network quality; and determining (205) the additional media content for each of the plurality of users by a first reinforcement learning agent based on the one or more user clusters, the viewing state of each of the plurality of users, and the network quality.
US12231710B2
A method is provided for streaming transcoded HLS video from a video asset to allow a minimum startup delay time. A method includes pre-transcoding a first number of the HLS chunks. Then, once a request is received from a remote HLS client for the HLS video asset, transmitting a number of the pre-transcoded chunks to the remote HLS player. The pre-transcoded chunks are transmitted during a startup period until real-time transcoded chunks can be received and processed by the remote HLS player at a time position to allow seamless transition from the pre-transcoded chunks.
US12231707B2
Provided is a terminal including one or more processors and memory storing one or more computer programs configured to be executed by the one or more processors. The one or more computer programs including instructions for: displaying an edit screen on a display, the edit screen including a first area that displays a video obtained by playing back an archive of a live-stream associated with a plurality of selling items, an object that indicates a current playback position of the video, and a second area that selectably displays the plurality of selling items associated with the live-stream; and communicating with a server over a network so that a result of edits made through the edit screen is associated with a selling item selected in the second area.
US12231706B2
Methods and systems for prediction audience ratings are disclosed. A database of television (TV) viewing data may include program records for a multiplicity of existing TV programs. A system may receive a training plurality of program records from the TV viewing data, and for each program record a most similar TV program based on content characteristics may be identified. A synthetic program record may be constructed by merging features of each record and its most similar record. Audience performance metrics may be omitted from synthetic records. An aggregate of the training plurality of program records and the synthetic program records may be used to train a machine-learning (ML) model to predict audience performance metrics of the new or hypothetical TV programs not yet available for viewing and/or not yet transmitted or streamed.
US12231695B2
A device may be configured to signal sequence parameter information according to one or more of the techniques described herein. The sequence parameter set information may include in its second byte a syntax element specifying a chroma sampling relative to a luma sampling and a syntax element specifies a luma coding tree block size of each coding tree unit.
US12231693B2
Methods, systems, and devices for performing entropy coding for a palette escape symbol in palette mode coding and decoding are described. An example method for video processing includes performing a conversion between a video having one or more video regions including a current video block and a bitstream representation of the video, wherein the bitstream representation conforms to a format rule that the current video block is coded using a palette mode coding tool, wherein a binarization of an escape symbol for the current video block uses an exponential-Golomb (EG) code of order K, wherein K is a non-negative integer that is unequal to three, and wherein the palette mode coding tool represents the current video block using a palette of representative color values and wherein the escape symbol is used for a sample of the current video block coded without using the representative color values.
US12231689B2
Provided is an image decoding method including: obtaining, from a bitstream, a syntax element regarding multiple transform selection (MTS) with respect to a current coding unit or a current transform unit included in the current coding unit; determining a horizontal transform kernel or a vertical transform kernel with respect to the current transform unit based on the obtained syntax element; obtaining a residual signal by performing inverse transformation on the current transform unit, based on the determined horizontal transform kernel or vertical transform kernel with respect to the current transform unit; and generating a reconstruction block including the current coding unit or the current transform unit based on the residual signal with respect to the current transform unit.
US12231685B2
A method for video encoding and decoding using Low-Frequency Non-Separable Transform (LFNST) mode and apparatus thereof are disclosed. The input data correspond to primary transformed data at the encoder and the input data correspond to coded data of the current CU at the decoder. A CU is partitioned into one or more transform blocks (TBs). An LFNST syntax is determined at an encoder side or at a decoder side if one or more conditions are satisfied. The LFNST syntax indicates whether the LFNST mode is applied to the current CU and/or which LFNST kernel is applied when the LFNST mode is applied. The conditions comprise the CBF indications for the target TBs being false. The current CU is encoded or decoded according to the LFNST mode as indicated by the LFNST syntax.
US12231669B2
The present disclosure discloses a video decoding method and a video decoder. The method includes: parsing coding tree split information to obtain a current node; determining coordinates of an upper-left corner of a region covered by a current quantization group based on a depth N of the current node; obtaining a QP delta of a current CU in the region covered by the current quantization group; and obtaining a reconstructed picture of the current CU based on the QP delta of the current CU.
US12231663B2
A method for encoding a video sequence in a scalable video encoder to generate a scalable bitstream is provided that includes encoding the video sequence in a first layer encoder of the scalable video encoder to generate a first sub-bitstream, encoding the video sequence in a second layer encoder of the scalable video encoder to generate a second sub-bitstream, wherein portions of the video sequence being encoded in the second layer encoder are predicted using reference portions of the video sequence encoded in the first layer encoder, combining the first sub-bitstream and the second sub-bitstream in the scalable bitstream, and signaling an indication of a highest temporal level of the first sub-bitstream comprising at least one of the reference portions in the scalable bitstream.
US12231655B2
Chroma intra prediction methods and devices are provided. The method comprising: parsing bitstream data corresponding to a current chroma block, and determining that a prediction mode corresponding to the current chroma block is DM; before determining a set of chroma prediction modes based on at least one modified candidate mode, acquiring a linear mode corresponding to the current chroma block from the bitstream data; determining an intra prediction mode of the current chroma block from the set of chroma prediction modes, wherein the set of chroma prediction modes comprises at least one of the DM, LM, LM_T or LM_L, wherein when a luma prediction mode corresponding to the DM is a DC mode or a planar mode, the set of chroma prediction modes comprises a diagonal angular mode with prediction direction index number 66, determining a reconstructed value of the current chroma block according to the intra prediction mode.
US12231654B2
A method, apparatus, and computer program product provide for management of history-based motion vector prediction (HMVP) processes for Gradual Decoding Refresh (GDR) pictures, as well as efficient implementations of mode selection within a GDR period and tuning of coding tools such as in-loop filters and Luma Mapping with Chroma Scaling (LMCS) such that current coding units within a clean area avoid use of coding information within a dirty area of a picture. In the context of a method, the method accesses a current coding unit of a picture. The method also accesses information associated with coding unit references each associated with a respective inter-coded coding unit. The method also determines at least one candidate coding unit reference based at least upon a comparison of an associated index value to a dirty index, and assigns at least one coding unit to a candidate list for selection in a coding process.
US12231651B2
Aspects of the disclosure provide a method and an apparatus for video coding. In some examples, the apparatus includes processing circuitry for video encoding. The processing circuitry selects a resolution from a set of resolutions that includes a 1-integer-pel resolution and a 4-integer-pel resolution. A current block is encoded with an intra block copy mode based on the selected resolution. The processing circuitry determines a block vector of the current block. The processing circuitry determines a block vector difference of the current block based on the block vector and a block vector predictor of the current block. The block vector difference is in the selected resolution. The processing circuitry encodes prediction information indicating the selected resolution and the block vector difference.
US12231644B2
Image encoding/decoding method and device for performing BDOF, and method for transmitting bitstream
An image encoding/decoding method and apparatus are provided. An image decoding method according to the present disclosure is performed by an image decoding apparatus. The image decoding method may comprise deriving a prediction sample of a current block based on motion information of the current block, determining whether bi-directional optical flow (BDOF) applies to the current block, based on that the BDOF applies to the current block, deriving a gradient for a current subblock in the current block, deriving motion refinement (vx, vy) for the current subblock based on the gradient, deriving a BDOF offset based on the gradient and the motion refinement, and deriving a refined prediction sample for the current block based on the prediction sample of the current block and the BDOF offset.
US12231640B2
A video decoding method includes: performing entropy decoding processing on an encoding block of a video image frame to obtain a quantized coefficient block of residual data corresponding to the encoding block; calculating quantization coefficients in the quantized coefficient block to obtain an implicitly derived index value; determining a transformation mode of the encoding block according to the implicitly derived index value and a value of an index identifier included in the encoding block; and performing inverse transformation processing on an inverse quantization result of the quantized coefficient block based on the transformation mode of the encoding block.
US12231627B2
An image decoding method according to the present invention includes: a step for determining a reference sample line of a current block; a step for determining whether candidate intra-prediction modes identical to the intra-prediction mode of the current block exist; a step for deriving the intra-prediction mode of the current block on the basis of the determination; and a step for performing intra-prediction on the current block on the basis of the reference sample line and the intra-prediction mode. Here, at least one of the candidate intra prediction modes may be derived by adding or subtracting an offset to or from the maximum value among the intra-prediction mode of a neighboring block that is above the current block and the intra-prediction mode of a neighboring block that is to the left of the current block.
US12231614B2
A communication terminal device acquires audio including voice of own user using own device; acquires visual information for enabling formation of three-dimensional data of object in predetermined user space; identifies viewpoint position of own user on basis of visual information on user space; transmits, to another device, image transmission information based on visual information on user space and audio transmission information based on audio; displays, on basis of image transmission information transmitted from other device, on display surface having fixed relative position relative to shared virtual space, in which first virtual space in which user space is fixedly arranged and second virtual space in which user space of other device is fixedly arranged are arranged at predetermined relative positions and relative angles, image of shared virtual space which can be viewed from viewpoint position of own user; and outputs audio on basis of audio transmission information transmitted from other device.
US12231613B2
An object displaying system includes a right light signal generator, a left light signal generator, a right combiner, and a left combiner. The right light signal generator generates right light signals for an object. The right combiner receives and redirects the right light signals towards one retina of a viewer to display multiple right pixels of the object. The left light signal generator generates leftght signals for the object. The left combiner receives and redirects the left light signals towards the other retina of the viewer to display multiple left pixels of the object. A first redirected right light signal and a corresponding first redirected left light signal are perceived by the viewer to display a first virtual binocular pixel of the object with a first depth that is related to a first angle between the first redirected right light signal and the corresponding first redirected left light signal.
US12231612B2
A stereoscopic adapter for enabling down-hole data capture and transmission, the stereoscopic adapter including, stereo camera module including at least two cameras, at least two camera lenses, a prism, and a tubular retractor.
US12231607B2
An image processing apparatus includes a color stabilization processing unit and a display control unit. The color stabilization processing unit is configured to determine a correction amount of gradation of image data to be printed, based on a read image obtained by reading a recording medium as a print processing result. The display control unit is configured to display information indicating the correction amount.
US12231606B2
An image reading apparatus includes a transport unit which transports a document, and reading units which read an image of the document which is transported. It is assumed that an operation of reading an image when specific setting information is not input to a control device of the image reading apparatus is set to a first reading mode, and an operation of reading an image when specific setting information is input to the control device is set to a second reading mode. In this case, in the second reading mode, image data of an image with a resolution which is equal to that in the first reading mode is generated, while causing the reading units to read an image from a document which is transported by the transport device at a lower speed than that in the first reading mode.
US12231597B2
A computer-implemented method comprising: instructing a computing device to obtain a permission from the user to monitor a plurality of activities executed within the computing device; receiving a call session request from a computing device associated with a second user; utilizing a trained machine learning algorithm to confirm an identity of the user based on the call session interaction parameter to confirm the call interaction session as a verified call interaction session; generating a fictitious call session interaction parameter that differs from the at least one call session interaction parameter; modifying the call session request into a verified call session request by replacing the call session interaction parameter with the fictitious call session interaction parameter; utilizing a telecommunication network to transmit the verified call session request with the at least one fictitious session interaction parameter to the first calling-enabled computing device; automatically instructing the first calling-enabled computing device to modify a call session notification GUI to display notification data.
US12231596B2
A new charging solution is proposed for D2D direct communication based on 5GS, which allows the network to charge UE's usage accurately and flexibly.
US12231589B2
A terminal includes circuitry and a transmitter. The circuitry, in operation, determines a first transmission power for a first uplink signal and a second transmission power for a second uplink signal by prioritizing allocation of a transmission power to the second transmission power for the second uplink signal, responsive to, in a first transmission time interval (TTI) where the first uplink signal is transmitted, the second uplink signal being transmitted in a second TTI that is shorter than the first TTI. The transmitter, in operation, transmits the first uplink signal with the determined first transmission power and transmits the second uplink signal with the determined second transmission power.
US12231588B1
A method and system for certification of actor model messages stored in event stores utilizing traditional data storage combined with blockchain smart contracts is disclosed. The method and system do not rely solely on blockchain storage mechanisms, which are plagued with high latency, low throughput, and variable cryptocurrency transaction costs (particularly in the case of “public” blockchain networks). Instead, the method and system hybridizes traditional cloud-based storage methods with blockchain smart contract technology, enabling the storage, certification, and re-verification of high-volume data (i.e., large files). This hybridization may eliminate the need for cryptocurrency exchanges, in particular when leveraging a private blockchain network free of cryptocurrencies, which further promotes functionality at low, fixed cost.
US12231584B1
The present disclosure is directed to systems, methods, and non-transitory computer-readable media including sending, by a relying party computing system to a subscriber computing system, an Object Identifier (OID) of a relying party associated with the relying party computing system, receiving, by the relying party computing system from the subscriber computing system, a certificate of a subscriber associated with the subscriber computing system, the certificate includes a public key of the subscriber, determining, by the relying party computing system, whether the certificate includes the OID of the relying party, and in response to determining that the certificate includes the OID of the relying party, using by the relying party computing system the public key in the certificate of the subscriber.
US12231577B2
A media-capture device initiates acquisition of sensor data samples representing analog phenomena; encodes the samples; generates a to-be-signed data structure comprising the encoded samples and/or cryptographic hashes of the samples; generates a cryptographic hash of the to-be-signed data structure; transmits a time-stamping request to a time-stamping server, the time-stamping request comprises the cryptographic hash of the to-be-signed data structure, wherein the time-stamping server generates a signed time-stamp; generates a digital signature using the to-be-signed data structure, the signed time-stamp, a private cryptographic key, and a signed certificate for the corresponding public cryptographic key; and generates a second data structure comprising the samples, the to-be-signed data structure, and the digital signature.
US12231572B2
SSL is improved with stronger defense against an attack from a third party, in particular, an MITMA. A client and a server each have the function of generating the same solution under the same conditions. The client generates a first solution (S1002) and transmits the solution to the server (S1003). When receiving the solution, the server generates a solution (S2002) and authenticates the client if the solution agrees with the solution received from the client (S2003). The server generates a new solution (S2004), encrypts a server certificate and an SSL certificate (S2005) by using the solution, and then transmits the certificates to the client (S2006). The client generates a new solution (S1005) and decrypts the server certificate and the SSL certificate by using the solution (S1006). The subsequent processing is identical to that of current SSL communications.
US12231566B2
Some embodiments described herein relate to a computer implemented method that includes performing a first work step associated with a first activity and with a first data product and performing a second work step associated with a second activity and associated with a second data product. A first chain of trust between the first work step and the second work step can be defined by defining a second manifest document that is associated with the second data product and that references a first manifest document associated with the first data product. An immutable data structure representing a second chain of trust independent of the first chain of trust can be defined by submitting the first manifest document and the second manifest document to a distributed ledger for validation.
US12231564B2
Systems and methods are disclosed for performing access control method by running a security software service as a localhost web service on an endpoint device; communicating with a system web server which manages licensing of the system and authentication of the endpoint device; creating a secure digital capsule that is controlled and can only be accessed by the system web server which authenticated the user and authorized the endpoint device; and placing on a distributed ledger messages and data files stored in the system in the secure digital capsules to detect and prevent alteration or manipulation of data.
US12231563B2
Methods and systems for secure computation and communication are provided. The method includes transforming identifications of a first dataset using a first transforming scheme, and transforming attributes of the first dataset using a second transforming scheme. The method also includes dispatching the transformed first dataset, receiving a second dataset, transforming identifications of the received second dataset, dispatching the identifications of the transformed received second dataset, and receiving a set of identifications. The method further includes generating a first intersection of the received set of identifications and the transformed received second dataset, generating a first share based on the first intersection, receiving a second share, and constructing a result based on the first share and the second share.
US12231558B2
A network interface card, such as a SmartNIC, is used to provide encryption, such as network encryption virtual function (NEVF), for a virtual machine, so that a customer can control network keys in a virtual cloud network. The NEVF includes a memory device (e.g., SRAM) and a crypto processor (e.g., a crypto core). The memory device stores a crypto key. The crypto processor uses the crypto key to encrypt data to and from a virtual machine in the virtual cloud network. A key management system can be used to securely transfer crypto keys to the NEVF. Having one NEVF per virtual machine can enable a customer to manage the crypto key for a virtual cloud network.
US12231557B2
An electronic device according to various embodiments may include: a communication circuit, a memory, and at least one processor functionally connected to the communication circuit and the memory, wherein the at least one processor is configured to: perform wireless communication with an external electronic device through the communication circuit, based on a shared secret key generated by the electronic device in a process of configuring an association with the external electronic device, transmit, to the external electronic device through the communication circuit, a renewal frame for renewing the shared secret key, at a time point at which a lifetime of the shared secret key expires or at a time point a specified time ahead of the time point at which the lifetime of the shared secret key expires, and renew the shared secret key to perform wireless communication with the external electronic device through the communication circuit, based on the renewed shared secret key.
US12231556B2
A physically unclonable function (PUF) device comprises a plurality of optical fibres, at least some of which are arranged such that they are optically coupled. A media surround at least a portion of the optical fibres and at least one light source is configured to transmit light through one or more of the optical fibres. There is provided at least one light sensor configured to receive the transmitted light from one or more of the optical fibres and provide an output. Circuitry applies a challenge signal to at least one of the fibres using at least one light source and receives the output from the at least one light sensor, using the output to generate an identifying response to the challenge signal. The fibres are arranged such that the identifying response is unique to the device.
US12231555B2
A client communications device and method for generating a user message comprising an assertion for verification by a remote server device is described. Payload data for the user message as generated by a secure application resident on the communications device is received. Biometric authentication of the user is performed as a first level security mechanism. If biometric authentication of the user is successful, a digital signature is generated based on the message payload as a second level security mechanism. The digital signature is generated using a private signature key stored in a secure element of the client device. A third level security mechanism is applied by authenticating the user message using a secure application-specific key. In implementations, the digital signature is generated in a secure environment of the client device which has sole access to the secure element after successful biometric authentication. The user message comprising the message payload and the digital signature is generated for sending to the remote server device. The verification may be required during a financial transaction. A corresponding server communications device and method is also described.
US12231554B2
A method for connecting a field device to a first cloud based service platform includes reading-out a first ticket from the field device using the first service device, wherein the first ticket includes at least one piece of information identifying the field device. The first ticket is transmitted to a second cloud based service platform from the first service device. The method also includes mutual associating and verifying of the first ticket and a second ticket produced at the manufacturer and stored in the second service platform. In the case of successful verifying, the connecting information for the first cloud based service platform is transmitted from the second cloud based service platform to the first service device. A communication connection between the first service device and the first cloud based service platform is established based on the connecting information transmitted from the second service platform.
US12231537B2
A memory system includes a nonvolatile memory and a controller. In a case where first encrypted data obtained by encrypting first data with a first DEK is stored in the nonvolatile memory, in response to determining that second data received based on a first write request from a host is the same as the first data and a first user uses the host, the controller encrypts the first DEK with a first KEK associated with the first user to acquire a first encrypted DEK, and stores the first encrypted DEK.
US12231532B1
Examples herein describe a scalable tweak engine and prefetching tweak values. Regarding the scalable tweak engine, it can be designed to accommodate different bus widths of data. The scalable tweak engine described herein includes multiple tweak calculators that can be daisy chained together to output multiple tweak values every clock cycle. These tweak values can be sent to multiple encryption cores so that multiple data blocks can be encrypted in parallel. Regarding prefetching tweak values, previous encryption engines incur a delay as the tweak value (e.g., a metadata value) for a data block is calculated. In the embodiments herein, the encryption engine can include an independent metadata engine that determines the metadata value for a subsequent data block while the current data block is being encrypted.
US12231527B2
Aspects of the disclosure provide for an apparatus. In some examples, the apparatus includes a clock generator, a clock data recovery (CDR) circuit, a state machine, and an adder. The clock generator is configured to determine a sampling clock based on a received input clock and a clock offset. The CDR circuit is configured to determine a phase of the input clock and determine CDR codes based on the determined phase and sampled data. The state machine is configured to record a first CDR code of the CDR codes at a first time, record a second CDR code of the CDR codes at a second time subsequent to the first time, and determine a calibrated offset based on the first CDR code and the second CDR code. The adder is configured to determine the clock offset according to the CDR codes and the calibrated offset.
US12231526B2
A method and timing recovery circuit for recovering a sampling clock from a serial data stream encoded using Pulse-Amplitude-Modulation applies a filter pattern decoder to detected symbol sequence at more than two adjacent data symbols, particularly to the detected symbol patterns of four adjacent samples ŷ(k−2), ŷ(k−1), ŷ(k), ŷ(k+1), and calculates an estimated phase error e(k).
US12231524B2
The present disclosure relates to a communication scheme and system for combining an IoT technology with a 5G communication system for supporting a higher data transfer rate beyond a 4G system. The present disclosure may be applied to intelligent services (e.g. smart home, smart building, smart city, smart car or connected car, health care, digital education, retail, and security and safety services) on the basis of a 5G communication technology and an IoT-related technology. The present disclosure provides a method and an apparatus for supporting compression and decompression of an Ethernet header.
US12231523B2
A method for location attestation for a device connected to a network. The method includes: ascertaining at least one initial fingerprint, wherein the at least one initial fingerprint is specific to an initial network environment of the device in the network; storing the at least one ascertained initial fingerprint as a reference; ascertaining at least one current fingerprint, wherein the at least one current fingerprint is specific to a current network environment of the device on the network; comparing the at least one ascertained current fingerprint with the reference; verifying a geographic location of the device at least partially based on the comparison.
US12231521B1
In one embodiment, an apparatus and method are provided to: receive, by the apparatus from a node, a set up packet during a setup of a connection, the set up packet for use in a protocol that is not transmission control protocol (TCP); identify first metadata in a time period parameter field in the set up packet, for a time period, where, as a result of a detection of the time period, the connection is at least partial deactivated; and determine, based on the first metadata, a timeout attribute associated with the connection.
US12231518B2
Improved methods for retrieval of content from CDNs is provided that includes a rendezvous controller that receives information of an identification of content being requested and an estimated location of a content requesting device. Based on this information, the rendezvous system identifies a server within a CDN from which the requested content may be retrieved. The selected server may be based on a repeatable hash function such that the likelihood that the content being requested is cached at the selected server. Steering requests to a server of the CDN which may have the content cached may reduce the number of servers within the CDN with the same cached content, particularly for the highest requested content. The rendezvous system may then return a corresponding domain name associated with the selected server and that can be subsequently submitted to a DNS for resolution to the IP address of the identified server.
US12231505B2
In some implementations, a system may receive, from a user device, a user-side request associated with establishing an application session, wherein the user-side request includes an optical code. The system may receive, from an agent device, an agent-side request associated with the agent device joining the application session, wherein the agent-side request includes authentication information that indicates that the agent device scanned the optical code from an output component of the user device. The system may send, to the user device, a notification to permit the user device to join the application session. The system may activate the application session to permit the user device and the agent device to communicate via the application session.
US12231502B2
A method for a remote collaboration, as a method for providing an augmented reality (AR)-based remote collaboration between a robot located in a worksite, a field worker terminal, and a remote administrator terminal located outside the worksite, includes acquiring a captured image including a field image captured by a robot located at the worksite or a captured image including a user image captured by the field worker terminal, displaying the captured image of the worksite, generating virtual content based on an input of a remote administrator and a field worker with respect to the displayed captured image, and displaying an AR image in which the virtual content is augmented on the displayed captured image.
US12231501B2
A method for providing time-critical services via a flow control environment, wherein each service is assigned a server component that includes at least one application instance and that is formed by a flow control component that is loadable into the flow control environment and executed there, where an individual virtual communication network is made available for each server component via the flow control environment, a reverse proxy of a subnetwork, comprising the flow control environment, forwards service access requests, for use of the services outside of the subnetwork in accordance with predefined forwarding rules, to the respective server component via its virtual communication network, and the where the virtual communication networks are used for all application instances of the respective server component for forwarding the service access requests.
US12231490B2
An apparatus of an edge computing node, a method, and a machine-readable storage medium. The apparatus is to decode messages from a plurality of clients within the edge computing network, the messages including respective coded data for respective ones of the plurality of clients; computing estimates of metrics related to a global model for federated learning using the coded data, the metrics including a gradient on the coded data; use the metrics to update the global model to generate an updated global model, wherein the edge computing node is to update the global model by calculating the gradient on the coded data based on a linear fit of the global model to estimated labels from the federated learning; and send a message including the updated global model for transmission to at least some of the clients.
US12231488B2
A digital cross-network platform and method for providing controlled data- and process-driven cross-network interaction and program development between heterogeneous units with network-enabled devices on a secured cloud-based network, each unit having a unit or user account in the digital cross-network platform with assigned authentication and authorization credentials for authentication and authorization controlled network access to the digital cross-network platform and the secured cloud-based network, and each unit having an assigned relationship with one or more other units stored in a persistent storage of the digital networking platform, each assigned relationship providing a defined relationship between the one or more other units or a subgroup of the one or more other units and an associated program.
US12231482B2
One embodiment provides a method, the method including: detecting, during a meeting comprising at least one participant remote to a user identified as a presenter and utilizing a screenshare alternative system, visual data shared from an information handling device of the presenter to an information handling device of the at least one participant; identifying, utilizing the screenshare alternative system, an issue displaying the visual data on the information handling device of the at least one participant; and providing, utilizing the screenshare alternative system, an alternative provision of the visual data to the at least one participant. Other aspects are claimed and described.
US12231473B2
A call processing method includes: an application service device is configured to send a data channel establishment indication message to the application media device when detecting that a terminal device initiates or receives a call service, to indicate the application media device to establish a data channel with the terminal device. The application media device is configured to: receive the data channel establishment indication message from the application service device, establish the data channel with the terminal device, and send first service page information corresponding to the call service to the terminal device through the data channel. It can be learned that, a control plane and a media plane in the call processing system are separated, the application service device is configured to implement a function of the control plane, and the application media device is configured to implement a function of the media plane.
US12231459B1
A technique and method for detection and display of the cybersecurity risk context of a cloud environment initiates an inspection of cybersecurity objects within a cloud environment utilizing an inspection environment and stores information pertaining to discovered cybersecurity objects within the inspected cloud environment in a storage environment. The technique and method further generate a cybersecurity risk context for the inspected cloud environment based on the observations made concerning the cybersecurity objects contained within it. The technique and method further configure a web browser running on a client device to automatically display the generated cybersecurity risk context to a user, either through a web page overlay or through a toolbar plugin which has been installed in the web browser and configured to enable inspections of a cloud environment, once the user has navigated to a web page containing cybersecurity object identifiers.
US12231456B2
A system and method are provided for generating a cybersecurity behavioral graph from a log files and/or other telemetry data, which can be unstructured or semi-structured data. The log files are applied to a machine learning (ML) model (e.g., a large language model (LLM)) that generates/extract from the log files entities and relationships between said entities. The entities and relationships can be constrained using a cybersecurity ontology or schema to ensure that the results are meaningful to a cybersecurity context. A graph is then generated by mapping the extracted entities to nodes in the graph and the relationships to edges connecting nodes. To more efficiently extract the entities and relationships from the data file, an LLM is used to generate regular expressions for the format of the log files. Once generated, the regular expressions can rapidly parse the log files to extract the entities and relationships.
US12231453B2
Techniques for producing records of digital activities that are performed with accounts associated with employees of enterprises are disclosed. Such techniques can be used to ensure that records are created for digital activities that are deemed unsafe and for digital activities that are deemed safe by a threat detection platform. At a high level, more comprehensively recording digital activities not only provides insight into the behavior of individual accounts, but also provides insight into the holistic behavior of employees across multiple accounts. These records may be stored in a searchable datastore to enable expedient and efficient review.
US12231449B2
Systems and methods are provided for learning normal behavior for user roles of an application running within a cluster of container orchestration platform and based thereon proactively taking action responsive to suspicious events. According to one embodiment, an event data stream is created by an API server of the cluster. The data for each event includes information regarding a request made to an API exposed by the API server with which the event is associated and a user of the application by which the event was initiated. The data is augmented with a role associated with the user and an anomaly threshold for the role. Normal behavior is learned by an ML algorithm of respective user roles by processing the augmented data. When an anomaly score associated with a particular event is output by the ML algorithm that exceeds the anomaly threshold, a predefined or configurable action is triggered.
US12231448B2
Techniques are described herein that are capable of using graph enrichment to detect a potentially malicious access attempt. A graph that includes nodes and configuration-based links is generated. The nodes represent respective resources. Behavior-based links are added to the graph based at least in part on traffic logs associated with at least a subset of the resources. An attempt to create a new behavior-based link is identified. A probability of the new behavior-based link being created in the graph is determined. The probability is based at least in part on the configuration-based links and the behavior-based links. The new behavior-based link is identified as a potentially malicious link based at least in part on the probability being less than or equal to a threshold probability. A security action is performed based at least in part on the new behavior-based link being identified as a potentially malicious link.
US12231443B2
There is disclosed a system and method of detecting security threats for an enterprise, including: filtering a first set of endpoint metadata records to identify a subset of metadata records, wherein filtering includes identifying endpoint security metadata records that are uncommon in context of the enterprise; and designating the subset of metadata records as indicating a potential security threat including designating the subset of metadata records for human analysis.
US12231442B2
Systems and methods of handling sessions between client devices and one or more server based on session classifications are provided. A device identifies a time series of security metrics corresponding to requests received during a session established by a client device to access a resource provided by one or more servers. The device generates security features from the time series of security metrics based on one or more time windows. The device classifies the session as one of anomalous or genuine using the security features generated from the time series of security metrics based on the one or more time windows. The device handles subsequent requests received during the session based on the classification of the session as the one of anomalous or genuine.
US12231441B2
In an example, a threat intelligence controller is configured to operate on a data exchange layer (DXL). The threat intelligence controller acts as a DXL consumer of reputation data for a network object, which may be reported in various different types and from various different sources. Of the devices authorized to act as reputation data producers, each may have its own trust level. As the threat intelligence controller aggregates data from various providers, it may weight the reputation reports according to trust level. The threat intelligence engine thus builds a composite reputation for the object. When it receives a DXL message requesting a reputation for the object, it publishes the composite reputation on the DXL bus.
US12231429B2
A system, method and tangible non-transitory storage medium are disclosed. The system includes an integration platform configured to generate in interactive graphical user interface (GUI) that simultaneously displays and provides access to a combination of services, internal resources and external resources. Responsive to receiving input from a user device, the interactive GUI provide access to one or more selected services, internal resources and/or external resources. The integration platform may also monitor and capture interaction data associated with activity between the user device and the integration platform, execute machine learning model(s) to predict user-specific interaction tendencies, and revise one or more aspects of interactive GUI based on the predicted user-specific interaction tendencies.
US12231424B2
A method for recognizing and/or identifying a user (9) with a chip (C) in an electronic identity object storing a digital identity (24), the method comprising steps of: —establishing a wireless or electrical connection between the electronic identity object (C) and a verification terminal (T); —verifying, in the electronic identity object, if the verification terminal is authorized to communicate with the electronic identity object (C), and in response of a positive verification sharing a secret (K): using the shared secret (K) for establishing an encrypted symmetric data link (5) between the electronic identity object and the verification terminal (T); transmitting, through the encrypted data link (5), said digital identity (24) stored in the electronic identity object to the verification terminal (T); and verifying in the verification terminal (T) the authenticity of said digital identity (24).
US12231422B2
An information processing system includes an installation device and a cyber physical system (CPS) device. The installation device includes a detection unit, a determination unit, and a first communication unit. The detection unit detects a communication state of a first network to which a first CPS server device is connected. The determination unit determines the first CPS server device or a second CPS server device as an initial registration destination, based on the communication state. The first communication unit transmits a notification indicating the initial registration destination to the CPS device. The CPS device includes a memory control unit and a registration processing unit. The memory control unit stores, upon receiving the notification from the installation device, the initial registration destination included in the notification in a memory unit. The registration processing unit connects to the initial registration destination, to perform initial registration of the CPS device.
US12231420B2
The DHCP requests can be sent by endpoints to get first IP addresses. SSO data concerning the endpoints is collected using an identity service. A DHCP fingerprint is generated for of the each endpoints, including the first IP addresses. DHCP fingerprints are stored to an SSO unification database along with corresponding SSO data for the endpoints at the first IP addresses, including a specific endpoint at a first IP address on the wired network. While tracking, the specific endpoint is subsequently detected at a second IP address on the wireless network. The new IP address can be responsive to a transition by the specific endpoint from the wired network to the wireless network, or visa versa. The detection is based on matching a DHCP fingerprint of the specific endpoint to a record of the SSO unification database, and checked to see if the IP addresses are consistent. An SSO authentication transaction is performed to reauthenticate the specific endpoint.
US12231417B2
Techniques for adjusting a duration of an authenticated user device session. A baseline session duration is determined for a session for which a user account is authorized in response to a request for authentication. A first session is established on behalf of a user device associated with the user account based at least in part on the user account performing a first authentication. A posture associated with the user device is determined. The baseline duration is then adjusted to a dynamic duration based at least in part upon the posture associated with the user device. Based at least in part on the dynamic duration the user can be required to re-authenticate.
US12231413B2
Data protection in a storage system that includes a plurality of Non-Volatile Memory Express (‘NVMe’) Solid State Drives (‘SSDs’), including: retrieving, from a plurality of NVMe SSDs (‘Non-Volatile Memory Express Solid State Drives’) of a storage system, one or more unencrypted shares of a master secret; reconstructing the master secret using the shares of the master secret; decrypting one or more encrypted device keys using the master secret; and using the decrypted device keys to perform a plurality of accesses to one or more of the NVMe SSDs.
US12231408B2
A device configured to receive a data transfer initiation request from a first user and to identify a user profile that is associated with a first user identifier for the first user. The device is further configured to obtain an account number and a routing number for the first user from the user profile. The device is further configured to obtain routing instructions for a service provider based on a service provider identifier. The device is further configured to generate a data transfer request that includes the account number for the first user, the routing number for the first user, a second user identifier for a second user, a data type identifier, and a data transfer type identifier. The device is further configured to send the data transfer request to the service provider in accordance with the routing instructions for the service provider.
US12231406B2
Systems, computer program products, and methods are described herein for a cloud-based virtual private secured contained communication portal. The present disclosure is configured to receive a request from a user device to connect to one or more entity representatives; analyze the request to determine a device identifier and customer identification number; access an entity database and retrieve resource transfer history data and resource account data for the customer identification number; generate, near-real-time, a virtual private network (VPN) configuration for the user device; and generate a secure application programming interface (API) call from the user device to one or more entity cloud services based on information contained in the request to form an operable connection between the user device and the one or more entity representatives.
US12231398B2
Some embodiments of the invention provide a method of sending data in a network that includes multiple worker nodes, each worker node executing at least one set of containers, a gateway interface, and a virtual local area network (VLAN) tunnel interface. The method configures the gateway interface of each worker node to associate the gateway interface with multiple subnets. Each subnet is associated with a namespace, a first worker node executes a first set of containers of a first namespace, and a second worker node executes a second set of containers of the first namespace and a third set of containers of a second namespace. The method sends data between the first set of containers and the second set of containers through a VLAN tunnel between the first and second worker nodes.
US12231393B2
There is provided a method performed by a user plane core network function for a wireless communication network. The user plane core network function is configured with a range of Internet Protocol addresses for allocation to user equipments. The method comprises: transmitting a message to a control plane core network function, the message comprising an indication of a usage level of the range of IP addresses.
US12231388B2
The present disclosure relates to the technical field of computers, and disclosed therein are an information sharing chain generation method, an information sharing chain generation apparatus, an electronic device, and a computer readable storage medium. The method comprises: in response to shared information being shared among a plurality of nodes, acquiring information of a parent node of a target node, wherein the parent node of the target node is a node that shares the shared information to the target node; according to the information of the parent node of the target node, searching for the parent node of the target node in a pre-established information sharing data table, and sequentially searching for information of a previous parent node by taking the searched parent node as a child node; and generating a sharing chain of the shared information based on search results.
US12231383B2
The present disclosure describes systems and methods for enabling real-time conversational dialog among a large population of networked human users while facilitating convergence on groupwise decisions, insight extraction, and solutions, and amplifying collective intelligence. A plurality of computing devices associated with members of a population of participants is provided, wherein the plurality of computing devices is networked via a computer network and in communication with a central server. In some cases, the central server divides the population into a plurality of subgroups and enables an LLM-powered conversational surrogate agent associated with each subgroup. The conversational surrogate agent is configured to repeatedly observe a conversation among members of its assigned subgroup and store content of the conversation to extract insights from the conversation at appropriate intervals. The conversational surrogate agent assesses a numerical measure of conviction, confidence, or scope associated with each unique insight within the conversation, passes the insights and the numerical measure to other subgroups and modulates a strength of the insights based on the numerical measures.
US12231367B2
Methods and apparatuses in a communication system is provided. One or more configurations associated with an aperiodic channel state information (CSI) report are received from a base station via higher layer signaling. Downlink control information (DCI) including a CSI request field indicating a configuration among the one or more configurations is received from the base station. The aperiodic CSI report is transmitted to the base station based on the configuration. In case that a medium access control (MAC) control element (CE) is used to map the configuration to a value of the CSI request field based on a number of the one or more configurations and a size of the CSI request field, the CSI request field indicates the configuration from at least one configuration selected via the MAC CE.
US12231358B2
Systems, methods, and instrumentalities are described herein regarding enhancements of physical channels in Multi-TRP. Reliability enhancements are provided for physical downlink control channel (PDCCH), including, for example, enhanced support for a control resource set (CORESET) combining. Reliability enhancements are provided for physical uplink control channel (PUCCH), including, for example, activation/deactivation of repetition combining, resource selection, etc. Reliability enhancements are provided for physical uplink shared channel (PUSCH), including, for example, spatial relation determination and signaling, configured and dynamic grant enhancements, etc.
US12231349B2
Systems and methods of the disclosure include: broadcasting, by a cloud resource provisioning component, to a cryptographically-protected distributed ledger, a first transaction comprising a cloud resource request for provisioning a cloud resource; transmitting, to one or more cloud providers, the cloud resource request; receiving, from a first cloud provider of the one or more cloud providers, a first cloud resource offer responsive to the cloud resource request; and broadcasting, to the cryptographically-protected distributed ledger, a second transaction comprising the first cloud resource offer.
