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US12041864B2	Method and device for storing free atoms, molecules and ions in a contact-less, albeit well-defined near surface arrangement Surface supported quantum wells with a confined surface state capture and stably confine neutral atoms and molecules in a nanometer precise environment. Depending on the physico-chemical conditions in the capturing process, the degree of occupancy, the temperature of the solid substrate, and/or the history of external stimuli like electromagnetic field pulses, these atoms, molecules or clusters assume unique configurations. The atoms or molecules are able to remain coupled to the quantum-well specific electronic state in the confinement and as such exhibit local and delocalized quantum entanglement. The capturing potential arises from the superposition of Pauli repulsion between the captured object and the quantum well-specific confined electronic state. This occurs within on-surface atomic or supramolecular assemblies or surface supported coordination or covalent networks.
US12041863B2	Resistive random access memory (RRAM) structure and forming method thereof A resistive random access memory (RRAM) structure includes a RRAM cell, spacers and a dielectric layer. The RRAM cell is disposed on a substrate. The spacers are disposed beside the RRAM cell, wherein widths of top surfaces of the spacers are larger than or equal to widths of bottom surfaces of the spacers. The dielectric layer blanketly covers the substrate and sandwiches the RRAM cell, wherein the spacers are located in the dielectric layer. A method for forming said resistive random access memory (RRAM) structure is also provided.
US12041846B2	Organic electroluminescent materials and devices A compound having the formula: Formula I is disclosed. The compound is useful as emitters in OLEDs.
US12041843B2	Flexible substrate and method of manufacturing the same, and electronic device A flexible substrate and a method of manufacturing the same, and an electronic device are disclosed. The flexible substrate includes a first flexible substrate, a porous film layer disposed on the first flexible substrate, a second flexible substrate disposed on the porous film layer. The porous film layer is configured to increase adhesion between the first flexible substrate and the second flexible substrate.
US12041840B2	Methods for HMDSO thermal stability Embodiments of the present disclosure generally relate to methods for forming an organic light emitting diode (OLED) device. Forming the OLED device comprises depositing a first barrier layer on a substrate having an OLED structure disposed thereon. A first sublayer of a buffer layer is then deposited on the first barrier layer. The first sublayer of the buffer layer is cured with a mixed gas plasma. Curing the first sublayer comprises generating water from the mixed gas plasma in a process chamber in which the curing occurs. The deposition of the first sublayer and the curing of the first sublayer is repeated one or more times to form a completed buffer layer. A second barrier layer is then deposited on the completed buffer layer.
US12041834B2	Display device A display device includes: a substrate, a plurality of pixel islands, and a plurality of traces. The substrate is stretchable. The plurality of pixel islands are disposed over the substrate. The plurality of traces respectively connect two adjacent pixel islands of the plurality of pixel islands, and each of the traces extends in a first main direction and then extends in a second main direction through a turning angle.
US12041833B2	Display apparatus A display apparatus includes: a first substrate having a front surface and a rear surface; a first display layer disposed on the front surface of the first substrate, the first display layer configured to emit light in a front direction; a second display layer disposed on the rear surface of the first substrate, the second display layer configured to emit light in a rear direction; and a pressure sensor disposed on the rear surface of the first substrate, the pressure sensor configured to sense a pressure of a touch of a user.
US12041829B2	Chip-on-film structure, display apparatus and method for manufacturing same The present disclosure provides a chip-on-film structure, a display apparatus and a methods for manufacturing the display apparatus. The display apparatus includes: a base substrate; a bonding structure disposed on the base substrate; and a chip-on-film COF structure, wherein the COF structure and a side of the bonding structure that is away from the base substrate are clamped with each other, and the COF structure is bonded to the side of the bonding structure that is away from the base substrate; wherein when the COF structure and the bonding structure are bonded, the COF structure contacts both a first surface and a second surface of the bonding structure at the side of the bonding structure that is away from the base substrate, wherein the first surface is parallel to the base substrate, and the second surface is at an angle with the first surface.
US12041827B2	Stretchable display panel A stretchable display panel includes a stretchable substrate, a plurality of display units, and a wiring portion. The stretchable substrate includes island-shaped areas and hinge areas. Each of the hinge area includes a first hinge area and a second hinge area. The wiring portion at least include a first power line and second power lines. A number of the second power lines disposed in the second hinge area is less than a number of the second power lines disposed in the first hinge area.
US12041821B2	Display substrate with frame area, display device with the display substrate, method of forming the display substrate, and method of forming the display device According to one embodiment, a display panel includes a substrate, a first insulating layer, and a plurality of pixels including sub-pixels of a plurality of colors, respectively. Each of the sub-pixels includes a drive transistor, a pixel electrode supplied with a signal having a current value controlled from the drive transistor, and a light emitting element mounted on the pixel electrode. Each of the pixels includes a mounting electrode located to be spaced apart from the pixel electrode. The mounting electrode is in an electrically floating state in a first pixel of the plurality of pixels.
US12041819B2	Display panel and display device A display panel and a display device are provided. The display panel includes a plurality of light-emitting devices and a pixel driving circuit for driving the light-emitting devices to emit light. By using oxide transistors as a compensation transistor, first initialization transistor, and second initialization transistor in the pixel driving circuit, and using low-temperature polysilicon transistors as other transistors, both low leakage current characteristics of the oxide transistors and high mobility characteristics of the low-temperature polysilicon transistors can be achieved, making the circuit more stable.
US12041817B2	Display apparatus including semi-transmissive mirror A display apparatus includes a display panel having a front area and a side area, a main body supporting the display panel, an auxiliary member arranged inside the main body, and a semi-transmissive mirror arranged between the auxiliary member and the front area, wherein the side area of the display panel may be arranged inside the main body to face the semi-transmissive mirror. Since an image partially emitted from the display panel may be reflected toward the front area, auxiliary members such as a camera, an illumination sensor, and a proximity sensor may be arranged inside the main body (or below a display) to embody a full screen display, whereby a user's satisfaction may be enhanced and a manufacturing process may be simplified.
US12041815B2	Display substrate, display apparatus, and method of fabricating display substrate A display substrate has a display area and a peripheral area. The display substrate includes a base substrate; an insulating layer on the base substrate and in at least the peripheral area; a plurality of light emitting elements on the base substrate and in the display area; an encapsulating layer on a side of the plurality of light emitting elements distal to the base substrate to encapsulate the plurality of light emitting elements; and a dam layer on a side of the insulating layer distal to the base substrate. The encapsulating layer includes a first inorganic encapsulating sublayer extending from the display area into the peripheral area. The display substrate has a groove extending into the first insulating layer in the peripheral area, and substantially surrounding the display area. The first inorganic encapsulating sublayer extends into at least a portion of the groove.
US12041812B2	Display panel and method of manufacturing the same, and display device A display panel, a method of manufacturing a display panel, and a display device are provided. The display panel includes: a substrate; a light-emitting device layer arranged on the substrate; a first thin film encapsulation layer including at least one organic layer; a color filter layer; a second thin film encapsulation layer including at least one organic layer; and an adhesive film layer arranged on at least one side of the color filter layer, wherein the adhesive film layer is in direct contact with the color filter layer, and the adhesive film layer and the color filter layer are stacked, and a material of the adhesive film layer has a viscosity greater than a viscosity of a material of the organic layer in each of the first thin film encapsulation layer and the second thin film encapsulation layer.
US12041804B2	Display panel and display device with cathode layer having irregularly-shaped edge A display panel with a display region and a non-display region includes a base substrate; a device layer, disposed on one side of the base substrate, covering the display region, and including a cathode layer; and an encapsulation part, arranged around the device layer in the non-display region and including a metal pad layer surrounding the cathode layer. The metal pad layer and the cathode layer are separated by a gap. The cathode layer has a first irregularly-shaped edge, including first deformed portions and second deformed portions that are alternately distributed. Each first deformed portion extends convexly in a direction toward the metal pad layer, and each second deformed portion extends concavely in a direction away from the metal pad layer. In an extending direction of the first irregularly-shaped edge, a length of the first deformed portion is less than or equal to a length of the second deformed portion.
US12041803B2	Light-emitting diode device and manufacturing method therefor, and display panel and display apparatus A light emitting diode device and a manufacturing method thereof, a display panel, and a display apparatus are provided. The light emitting diode device includes a quantum dot light emitting layer and a hole transport layer on a side of the quantum dot light emitting layer. The hole transport layer includes a perovskite material and an organic hole transport material. The high carrier mobility of the perovskite material can improve the carrier transport performance of the hole transport layer.
US12041802B2	Quantum dot device and quantum dots Quantum dots and electroluminescent devices including the same, wherein the quantum dots include a core including a first semiconductor nanocrystal including a zinc chalcogenide; and a shell disposed on the core, the shell including zinc, sulfur, and selenium, wherein the quantum dots have an average particle size of greater than 10 nm, wherein the quantum dots do not include cadmium, and wherein a photoluminescent peak of the quantum dots is present in a wavelength range of greater than or equal to about 430 nm and less than or equal to about 470 nm.
US12041800B2	Imaging device and electronic device An imaging device having a color imaging function and an infrared imaging function is provided. The imaging device has a structure in which a first photoelectric conversion device and a second photoelectric conversion device are stacked, and the second photoelectric conversion device generates electric charge by absorbing infrared light and transmits light having a wavelength of a higher energy than that of infrared light. The first photoelectric conversion device is positioned to overlap with the second photoelectric conversion device, and generates electric charge by absorbing light (visible light) passing through the second photoelectric conversion device. Thus, a subpixel for color imaging and a subpixel for infrared imaging can be positioned to overlap with each other, and an infrared imaging function can be added without a decrease in the definition of color imaging.
US12041798B2	Display panel A display panel includes an upper display substrate in which first to third pixel regions respectively configured to emit first to third light are defined, and a lower display substrate including first to third light-emitting elements respectively overlapping the first to third pixel regions. The first light-emitting element and the second light-emitting element each include one or more first stack parts and one or more first charge generation layers, each of the one or more first stack parts including a first emission layer configured to emit the second light. The third light-emitting element includes one or more second stack parts and one or more second charge generation layers, each of the one or more second stacking parts including a second emission layer configured to emit the third light. The first charge generation layer includes organic dopants, and the second charge generation layer includes inorganic dopants.
US12041783B2	Ferroelectric memory device and method of forming the same Provided is a ferroelectric memory device having a multi-layer stack disposed over a substrate and including a plurality of conductive layers and a plurality of dielectric layers stacked alternately. A channel layer penetrates through the plurality of conductive layers and the plurality of dielectric layers. A plurality of ferroelectric portions are discretely disposed between the channel layer and the plurality of conductive layers. The plurality of ferroelectric portions are vertically separated from one another by one or more non-zero distances.
US12041773B2	Three-dimensional NAND memory device and method of forming the same A semiconductor device is provided. The semiconductor device includes a stack of word line layers and insulating layers that are stacked alternatingly over a substrate. The semiconductor device also includes a first dielectric trench structure. The first dielectric trench structure is positioned in a bottom select gate (BSG) layer of the word line layers to separate the BSG layer and extends in a first direction of substrate. The semiconductor device further includes a second dielectric trench structure. The second dielectric trench structure is positioned in a top select gate (TSG) layer of the word line layers to separate the TSG layer and extends in the first direction of the substrate. The second dielectric trench structure is offset from the first dielectric trench structure in a second direction of the substrate that is perpendicular to the first direction.
US12041770B2	Field effect transistors having concave drain extension region and method of making the same A field effect transistor includes a source region embedded in a semiconductor material layer, a drain region embedded in the semiconductor material layer and laterally spaced from the source region by a channel, a gate stack including a gate dielectric and a gate electrode, a shallow trench isolation portion embedded in an upper portion of the semiconductor material layer and contacting the drain region and the gate stack, and a concave drain extension region continuously extending underneath the shallow trench isolation portion from a bottom surface of the gate dielectric to a bottom surface of the drain region.
US12041758B2	Cooling system for a data center that includes an offset cooling technology A data center cooling system, including a support structure having a lower portion and an upper portion, one or more fans supported by the support structure at a height that is equal to or greater than a height of the electronics cabinets, and a heat exchanger having one or more cooling coils supported at the upper portion of the support structure. In some embodiments, the cooling coils can be supported by the upper portion of the support structure so as to be above the top of and/or over one or more of the electronics cabinets. The fans can be configured to draw air from the one or two rows of electronics cabinets and to cause the air to be passed through the heat exchanger to cool the warmer air from the electronics cabinets.
US12041757B2	Sidewall-connected HVAC units for modular datacenter facilities A modular datacenter facility and a method thereof is provided in accordance with some embodiments. The module datacenter facility can be constructed with an initial set of building modules of different types of functionality. A first building module can be a data-floor building module. A first set of sidewall-connected heating, ventilation, and air conditioning (“HVAC”) units can connect to a sidewall of the modular datacenter facility and use electrical power provided by a first electrical power distribution building module to supply conditioned air into an air-supply plenum of the sidewall to cool computing systems housed in the data-floor building module. The first set of the sidewall-connected HVAC units allow for fewer penetrations in a roof of the data-floor building module, thereby minimizing an amount of leaks potentially occurring in the roof of the ceiling, and thereby minimizing risk of any damage to the computing systems.
US12041756B2	Fan cage and fan module and electronic device including the same A fan cage includes a first cage part comprising a cage body and a plurality of engagement structures respectively located at different sides of an opening portion of the cage body, a second cage part located at the opening portion of the first cage part, and a latch mechanism disposed on the second cage part. The latch mechanism includes a plurality of latch components slidably disposed on the second cage part and a link component connected to the plurality of latch components. The latch components are movably connected by each other via the link component and are selectively engaged with the engagement structures of the first cage part, respectively.
US12041754B1	Heat sink that varies in height A heat sink for cooling computing devices such as in a data center is disclosed. The heat sink includes a plurality of fin stages arranged in spaced relation between an intake side and an exhaust side. The plurality of fin stages have a height that increases from the intake side to the exhaust side.
US12041752B2	Electronic device, heat dissipation apparatus thereof, and vehicle device An electronic device includes: a circuit board including a substrate and at least one first electronic element disposed on one side of the substrate; a first heat dissipation component; and a first heat conduction component including a first heat conduction plate and at least one first heat conduction member disposed on the first heat conduction plate and corresponding to the at least one first electronic element. A material of the first heat conduction component is different from that of the first heat dissipation component, and the first heat conduction component is disposed between the first heat dissipation component and the circuit board.
US12041748B2	Cooling apparatus A cooling apparatus includes: a plurality of cooling units each including a plurality of tube main bodies and a plurality of headers, each tube main body defining a cooling flow path that passes through an inside of the tube main body, and each header being disposed at both sides of the tube main body and vertically assembled based on the plurality of tube main bodies being stacked to thereby connect the cooling flow paths, a double-sided chip module disposed between at least two cooling units, and a heat-radiating adhesion portion attaching the double-sided chip module to the cooling unit. A set distance between the cooling unit and the double-sided chip module is maintained based on the plurality of headers being vertically assembled in contact with each other and equal to or less than a thickness of the heat-radiating adhesion portion.
US12041743B2	Faceplate and electronic device A faceplate that is attached to a circuit board on the side of an extraction direction in which the circuit board is extracted from a slot includes: a main body that covers an opening of the slot; and two handle portions that are disposed respectively at both ends of the main body with respect to a width direction of the circuit board and that extend in the extraction direction. The two handle portions have respective distal ends shifted from each other in a thickness direction of the circuit board. Multiple slots are formed in a casing of an electronic device along a width direction thereof.
US12041738B2	Electronic devices with durable folding displays A foldable display may have a display cover layer and a flexible display panel. The foldable display may bend around a bend axis. The display panel may have an array of pixels configured to display an image through the display cover layer. The display cover layer may be formed from a layer of glass. A recess may be formed in the layer of glass that extends along the bend axis. The recess may form a flexible locally thinned portion in the layer of glass that allows the glass layer to bend about the bend axis. To ensure that the display cover layer exhibits satisfactory impact resistance during drop events, corner portions of the display cover layer and other edge portions of the display cover layer may be provided with greater thickness relative to other portions of the display cover layer outside of the locally thinned portion.
US12041728B2	Selective soldering with photonic soldering technology Electronic assembly methods and structures are described. In an embodiment, an electronic assembly method includes bringing together an electronic component and a routing substrate, and directing a large area photonic soldering light pulse toward the electronic component to bond the electronic component to the routing substrate.
US12041727B2	Surface-treated glass cloth, prepreg, and printed wiring board Provided are a surface-treated glass cloth that enables the reliability of a printed wiring board to be improved, a prepreg, and a printed wiring board. In the surface-treated glass cloth, a surface-treated layer contains a silane coupling agent, the amount of carbon attached of an adhering component of the surface-treated layer is in the range of 0.030 to 0.060% by mass, the arithmetic average height of the surface of the adhering component of the surface-treated layer is in the range of 1.0 to 3.0 nm, and the product of the amount of carbon attached of the adhering component and the arithmetic average height of the surface of the adhering component is in the range of 0.060 to 0.100.
US12041725B2	Component replenishment management apparatus, component mounting system and component replenishment management method The attachment possible period during which the attachment operation of the component supply reel can be performed is predicted for each of the tape feeders equipped in the component mounting apparatus, and the attachment time indicating a timing of the attachment operation is set to overlap the attachment possible periods of the candidate feeders, out of the tape feeders. Therefore, a frequency of the component replenishment operation of the operator can be suppressed. Further, the execution mode of the attachment operation for the candidate feeder corresponding to the attachment time is determined based on the number of the components planned to be supplied in accordance with the production planning by the candidate feeder. Therefore, a number of the components suitable for the production planning of the components-mounted boards can be replenished.
US12041716B2	Substrate A substrate according to an embodiment includes an insulating layer having a grain formed therein extending in a first direction; and a circuit pattern disposed on the insulating layer; wherein the insulating layer includes an upper surface and a plurality of outer side surfaces; wherein the plurality of outer side surfaces includes: a first outer side surface extending in the same first direction as the first direction having the grain formed in the insulating layer; and a second outer side surface extending in a second direction different from the first direction and excluding the first outer side surface, wherein the first outer side surface has a first surface roughness; and wherein the second outer side surface has a second surface roughness different from the first surface roughness.
US12041707B2	Repair device A repair apparatus for repairing damaged reinforcing bars in a structure includes a strip-shaped conductor including conductive wires arranged in a height direction, the conductive wires being arranged in parallel, a high-frequency current generation unit configured to supply a high-frequency current between the conductive wires of a first end side of the conductor and the conductive wires of a second end side of the conductor, and a connection body configured to connect the conductive wires to each other and connect the first end side and the second end side of the conductor so that the conductive wires form a coil, and the high-frequency current generation unit supplies a high-frequency current between a conductive wire at an upper end or a lower end of the first end side of the conductor and a conductive wire at a lower end or an upper end of the second end side of the conductor.
US12041694B2	Proactive notification of wireless client address rotation A network controller provides proactive notification of a wireless client device's address rotation to layer 2 (L2) and/or layer 3 (L3) devices. Traditional methods of device address discovery rely on broadcasting of address queries across a plurality of links until a path to a device having the queried address responds. As device address changes become more frequent in an effort to improve user privacy, traditional methods of address discovery impose a large burden on networks, reducing their performance and efficiency. By proactively propagating address changes to upstream devices, the need for broadcast oriented address discovery techniques is reduced, resulting in improved network performance.
US12041687B2	Specifying device, specifying method, and specifying program An identification device includes processing circuitry configured to collect response information of a device by performing network scanning on a target network address group, accumulate the response information collected, compare pieces of response information having different scanning times with each other among pieces of the response information accumulated and calculate a degree of similarity between contents of responses, and identify that devices that transmit most similar pieces of response information are identical, based on the degree of similarity calculated.
US12041684B2	Terminal apparatus, method, and integrated circuit A terminal apparatus includes: a receiver that receives an RRC message from a base station apparatus; and a processing unit that performs processing of RRC. The processing unit causes, when first information is in the RRC message, a first timer to start in a running state, and considers, at least when a random access problem indication is received from a MAC entity of the group and the first timer is not running, or when a random access problem indication is received from a MAC entity of the group and the first timer is running under a specific condition, a radio link failure for the group to be detected. When the radio link failure for the group is detected and that the first timer is running under the specific condition, the processing unit suspends transmission of all radio bearers in the group, and resets the MAC entity of the group.
US12041679B2	State configuration method and device This application discloses a state configuration method and a device, including: determining, by a terminal device, that a transmission configuration indicator (TCI) state configured by a network device changes; obtaining, by the terminal device, a first TCI state configured by the network device before the TCI state changes; configuring, by the terminal device, a second TCI state to be the same as the first TCI state; and when the second TCI state is the same as the first TCI state, a reference signal pointed by using the second TCI state and a reference signal pointed by using the first TCI state are quasi co-located; and after the TCI state changes and before a third TCI state configured by the network device is activated, sending and receiving, by the terminal device, data by using the second TCI state.
US12041677B2	Data transmission method and apparatus for reducing reconfiguration delay in link failure Embodiments of this application disclose a data transmission method and apparatus, and relate to the field of communications technologies, to resolve a conventional-technology problem that when an SCG fails, a delay is increased because related data is processed only when a network side resumes transmission of data on an SCG-related bearer by using a reconfiguration message. A specific solution is: transmitting, by an apparatus, a first data packet over a second link; and if determining that the second link fails, sending, by the apparatus, to-be-transmitted data packets to a first base station over a first link before the apparatus receives a reconfiguration message from the first base station, where the to-be-transmitted data packets include a data packet whose reception is not acknowledged as a success and that is in the first data packet, and the reconfiguration message is used to indicate a reconfigured link.
US12041670B2	Terminal and communication method A terminal, with which it is possible to improve the efficiency of a random access process. In a terminal (200), a control unit (209) dynamically determines a parameter pertaining to the transmission of a data part out of a random access signal that includes a preamble part and the data part. A transmission unit (217) notifies the determined parameter to a base station (100) using the random access signal.
US12041668B2	Method and device in communication node for wireless communication The disclosure provides method and device in communication node for wireless communication. The communication node receives a first signaling and a first signal, and transmits a second signal; wherein the first signaling is used for determining a first offset; the first signal is used for determining a first measurement result; the second signal includes N second sub-signal(s), a first sequence is used for determining the N second sub-signal(s). In view of the problems that the method to determine repetitions of a preamble sequence is not applicable to a large-latency network and that multiple attempts of random access in a large-latency network will cause a larger latency, the disclosure provides an offset based scheme, in which the communication node introduces the first offset when determining the repetitions of a preamble sequence, thereby selecting an more appropriate number of repetitions, improving the successful probability of random access and reducing latency.
US12041663B2	Communication apparatus, terminal station, and communication method for random access resource allocation A communication apparatus includes signal generation circuitry which, in operation, generates a control signal including a plurality of user specific fields, each of the plurality of user specific fields including an Association ID (AID) subfield for specifying a corresponding terminal station, and transmission circuitry which, in operation, transmits the control signal, wherein one of a plurality of AIDs for scheduled access or one of a plurality of random access IDs for random access is assigned to the AID subfield in each of the plurality of user specific fields, and each value of the plurality of random access IDs indicates a type of a terminal station which can perform random access to the at least one resource unit.
US12041662B2	Method for terminal to perform random access channel procedure in wireless communication system, and device for same Disclosed is a method by which a terminal performs a random access channel (RACH) procedure in a wireless communication system. In particular, the method includes: transmitting message A including a physical random access channel (PRACH) preamble and a physical uplink shared channel (PUSCH); and receiving message B including contention resolution information, in response to message A, wherein the contention resolution information included in message B can be received on the basis of the terminal having acquired information about a random access preamble identifier (RAPID) for the PRACH preamble, and information providing notification of the successful reception of the PUSCH.
US12041659B2	Access control method and related product Disclosed in embodiments of the present invention are an access control method and a related product. The method comprises: a user equipment obtains access category information of an access policy for uplink access, the access category information at least comprising first access category information separately defined by an access layer AS entity; and the user equipment initiates uplink access according to the access category information. The embodiments of the resent invention help to reduce reservation overheads of access policy information of an NAS layer, reduce signaling over heads between the NAS layer and an AS layer and improve the access control efficiency of a user equipment in an NR system.
US12041657B2	Sidelink mode-1 based standalone operations Methods, systems, and devices for wireless communications are described. A user equipment (UE) may receive a first downlink control information (DCI) message indicating a first listen-before-talk (LBT) grant for accessing a sidelink channel, the first DCI being associated with a first search space of the UE. The UE may then receive a second DCI message indicating a second LBT grant for accessing the channel or an uplink channel, the second DCI being associated with a second search space of the UE and including an activation trigger for the first LBT grant of the first DCI. The UE may then perform a first LBT procedure to access the sidelink channel in accordance with the first LBT grant during a first channel occupancy time (COT). The UE may further perform a second LBT procedure to access the uplink channel during the first COT.
US12041656B2	Channel occupancy time (COT) sharing propagation This disclosure provides systems, methods, and apparatuses, including computer programs encoded on computer storage media, for wireless communication. In one aspect of the disclosure, a method for wireless communication by a user equipment (UE) includes receiving a first message from a first device. The first device includes an originator of a first channel occupancy time (COT). The method may also include transmitting a second message including a source identity (ID) of the first device. Other aspects and features are also claimed and described.
US12041653B2	Method and device for wireless communication on an unlicensed spectrum Embodiments of this application include at least one method or device for a wireless communication on an unlicensed spectrum, which can improve communication flexibility on the unlicensed spectrum. A network device can receive first indication information sent by a first terminal device in a first transmission burst. The first indication information indicates a channel occupancy time (COT) initiated by the first terminal. The network device can perform a downlink transmission within a second transmission burst in accordance with the first indication information. The first indication information is transmitted within the first transmission burst, where the first transmission burst and the second transmission burst are transmitted within the COT and channel(s) transmitted in the second transmission burst do not comprise a unicast physical downlink shared channel (PDSCH) and a duration of the second transmission burst is less than or equal to a preset duration.
US12041649B2	Systems and methods to automate prioritizing and organizing of consumer goods and services According to an embodiment, an automated prioritization and organization system is described which aides in identifying and defining personal preferences by using specific attributes indicated by the user, and optionally fused with user defined collaborators' preferences, weighted by additional intrinsic data selected by the user to generate lists of prioritized products and/or services.
US12041643B2	Cross carrier scheduling with multiple active bandwidth parts Wireless communications using multiple active resources (e.g., bandwidth parts (BWP)) are described. At least one of multiple active resources (e.g., BWPs) of a first cell may be selected to send scheduling information (e.g., cross-carrier scheduling information) for other cells. A base station may send downlink control information (DCI) for scheduling (e.g., cross-carrier scheduling) a second cell using the selected BWP. A wireless device may monitor a physical downlink control channel (PDCCH) of the selected BWP to detect the DCI for scheduling (e.g., cross-carrier scheduling) the second cell.
US12041633B2	Dynamic transmission reception point group indication A wireless device receives one or more radio resource control (RRC) messages comprising transmission configuration indicator (TCI) states for a cell, where each TCI state of the TCI states comprises an indication of a respective physical cell index (PCI). The wireless device activates, for a control resource set (coreset), a first TCI state comprising a first indication of a first PCI. The wireless device receives, via the coreset, a downlink control information (DCI) scheduling a transport block, and in response to the coreset being activated with the first TCI state comprising the first indication of the first PCI, the wireless device receives the transport block based on a second TCI state comprising the first indication of the first PCI.
US12041632B2	Communication system A system is disclosed in which a base station defines a search space, in which a communication device can search for control information. The search space is characterised by at least first information which is related to a starting subframes of a plurality of portions of the search space and second information which is related to a periodicity between respective starting subframes, each portion representing a different candidate for the transmission of control information. The base station obtains a parameter indicating both the initial starting subframe and the periodicity and transmits the generated parameter to the communication device.
US12041629B2	Multi-transmission reception point (TRP) configuration method and device, and storage medium Embodiments of the present disclosure provide a multi-transmission reception point (TRP) configuration method and device, and a storage medium. The method includes: configuring one physical channel-configuration information element (IE) to correspond to a plurality of control resource sets (CORESET); or configuring a plurality of physical channel-configuration IEs to corresponds to a plurality of CORESETs, where the plurality of CORESETs correspond to a plurality of TRPs, and at least one CORESET of the plurality of CORESETs corresponds to one TRP.
US12041625B2	Uplink transmission presence detection A wireless device (14) transmits an uplink transmission (16) to a radio network node (12). The wireless device (14) also transmits uplink transmission presence signaling (18) that indicates, or is usable to detect, the presence of the uplink transmission (16). The wireless device (14) further transmits, to the radio network node (12), control signaling (22) that indicates or requests a change in a configuration with which the wireless device (14) transmits uplink transmission presence signaling (18).
US12041624B2	Method for transmitting/receiving data in wireless communication system, and device therefor The present specification relates to a method for a base station transmitting/receiving data in a wireless communication system. More specifically, a terminal receives, from the base station, configuration information for configuring a control resource set (CORESET). Then, on the basis of the configuration information, the terminal receives first downlink control information (DCI) and second DCI for generating an ACK/NACK using a dynamic method. The terminal receives, on a resource scheduled by the first DCI, a first physical downlink shared channel (PDSCH) and a second PDSCH, and transmits a first Ack/Nack for the first PDSCH and an Ack/Nack for the second PDSCH.
US12041616B2	Carrier switching restriction rules for uplink control information Methods, systems, and devices for wireless communications are described. A user equipment (UE) may identify uplink control information to be transmitted using a first carrier of a carrier group associated with a cell group. The UE may select a second carrier of the carrier group to transmit the uplink control information based at least in part on a type of uplink control information to be transmitted, a priority level associated with the uplink control information, a timing for transmission of the uplink control information with respect to an associated downlink transmission, or a combination thereof. The UE may transmit the uplink control information to one or more cells in the cell group using the second carrier.
US12041612B2	Method and apparatus for exchanging sidelink configuration between wireless devices in a wireless communication system A method and apparatus for exchanging sidelink configuration between wireless devices in a wireless communication system is provided. A first wireless device acquires multiple sets of sidelink configurations for sidelink transmission. The first wireless device determines a specific set among the multiple sets and a specific sidelink configuration among sidelink configurations in the specific set. The first wireless device transmits, to a second wireless device, information including index of the specific sidelink configuration.
US12041610B2	Techniques for PDSCH/PUSCH processing for multi-TRP Techniques for physical downlink shared channel (PDSCH) and physical uplink shared channel (PUSCH) processing for multiple transmission and reception point (multi-TRP) are disclosed. In some embodiments, determining PDSCH hybrid automatic repeat request-acknowledgement (HARQ-ACK) processing timing may include determining that a user equipment (UE) is configured for single downlink control information (single-DCI) multi-TRP PDSCH operation, determining a first PDSCH and a second PDSCH within a slot, wherein the first PDSCH and the second PDSCH are used in the single-DCI multi-TRP PDSCH operation, and determining a minimum HARQ-ACK processing timing for the first PDSCH and the second PDSCH using one or more symbols of the first PDSCH or one or more symbols of both the first PDSCH and the second PDSCH.
US12041608B2	Modulation and coding scheme (MCS) adaptation in full-duplex mode Aspects relate to adaptation of the modulation and coding scheme (MCS) of a downlink transmission to a scheduled entity that overlaps in time with an uplink transmission from the scheduled entity when the scheduled entity is operating in a full-duplex mode. A transport block corresponding to the downlink transmission may include a plurality of code block groups (CBGs). When at least a portion of the CBGs overlap in time with the uplink transmission, the MCS of the entire transport block or the MCS of the overlapping CBGs may be adjusted to accommodate and/or mitigate interference between downlink and uplink transmissions. The CBGs may further be time-interleaved over a plurality of symbols allocated for the downlink transmission to accommodate and/or mitigate interference between downlink and uplink transmissions. Other aspects, features, and embodiments are also claimed and described.
US12041601B2	Dynamically allocating control channel resources Responsive to determining that a current channel condition of a communication channel improves from an initial channel condition, scheduling data information in a control transmission portion of the communication channel, and responsive to determining that the current channel condition of the communication channel degrades, scheduling control information in the control transmission portion of the communication channel. The scheduling of the data information and the control information is indicated to the wireless device via a reserve bit transmitted on a resource element, versus RRC signaling.
US12041599B2	Sidelink communication ordering Various aspects of the present disclosure generally relate to wireless communication. In some aspects, a user equipment (UE) may receive, on an access link from a base station, a first downlink control information (DCI) that schedules a first communication on a physical sidelink shared channel (PSSCH) and a second DCI that schedules a second communication on the PSSCH. The first communication and the second communication may be scheduled according to a rule for overlapping or ordering communications on the PSSCH that are associated with one or more hybrid automatic repeat request identifiers. The UE may transmit the first communication and the second communication as scheduled. Numerous other aspects are described.
US12041597B2	Transmitting payloads using M-sequences Aspects relate to technologies and techniques for sequence-based, non-coherent wireless channel transmission of a payload on a physical uplink channel. A transmitter converts information bits of a payload to be transmitted to a decimal integer value that is, in turn, used to generate a modified maximum sequence (m-sequence) based on one or more predetermined parameters such as an m-sequence generating polynomial, a starting location in the sequence, and an initialization. The generated modified m-sequences are modulated using modulation schemes such as π/2 binary phase-shift keying and quadrature phase-shift keying for transmission on the physical uplink channel.
US12041592B2	Wireless communication device and wireless communication method According to one embodiment, a wireless communication device notifies another wireless communication device that any one of a first frequency and a second frequency is set as a primary frequency, connects to the other wireless communication device at the first frequency and the second frequency, and in a case receiving information identifying that the other wireless communication device has a restriction on transmission and reception between the second frequency and the first frequency, obtains an access right of a frame addressed to the other wireless communication device at a secondary frequency other than the primary frequency out of the first frequency and the second frequency.
US12041590B2	Carrier configuration method and device A method and an apparatus for carrier configuration, wherein the method includes: determining a target carrier, wherein the target carrier is a carrier on which a terminal is instructed to perform a target operation; and sending target information to the terminal for the terminal to perform the target operation on the target carrier after the terminal determines the target carrier according to the target information, wherein the target information is physical layer information and at least indicates carrier information of the target carrier.
US12041577B2	Null data packet (NDP) ranging measurement feedback A first client station receives from an access point an indication of whether angular information is to be included in feedback information in a range measurement session. The first client station transmits a null data packet (NDP) as part of an uplink multi-user (MU) PHY transmission that also includes simultaneous transmissions by one or more second client stations of one or more other respective NDPs to the access point as part of the range measurement session. The first client station receives a downlink physical layer (PHY) data unit from the access point that includes respective downlink feedback frames for the first client station and the one or more second client stations. When angular information is to be included in the feedback, a downlink feedback frame for the first client station includes angular information.
US12041568B2	Extending a time gap range for non-terrestrial networks A user equipment (UE) comprising a processor configured to perform the operations that determines an uplink (UL) slot is described. In exemplary embodiments, the UE receives, from a base station, a scaling factor through a first Radio Resource Control (RRC) signal. The UE may further determines an offset through a second RRC signal. In addition, the UE may receive from the base station, downlink control information (DCI) that includes an indication of an initial time gap. Furthermore, the UE may calculate a new time gap by at least applying the scaling factor to the initial time gap and determine a slot of uplink transmission based on at least the new time gap and the offset.
US12041557B2	Power control for wireless communications Wireless communications may be used to support transmission power control. A message to schedule a transmission may be received without indicating a parameter for determining a power for the transmission. The transmission power may be determined based on a pathloss reference signal associated with a default index of a power control parameter set.
US12041553B2	Uplink power control parameters for repetitions of physical uplink shared channel transmissions Various aspects of the present disclosure generally relate to wireless communications. In some aspects, a UE may transmit a first repetition of a physical uplink shared channel (PUSCH) communication using a first set of values for a set of uplink power control (ULPC) parameters; and transmit a second repetition of the PUSCH communication using a second set of values for the set of ULPC parameters. Numerous other aspects are provided.
US12041545B2	Wireless communication method and wireless communication terminal using wake-up radio Disclosed is a wireless communication terminal communicating wirelessly including a first wireless transceiver configured to transmit and receive signals through a first waveform, a second wireless receiver configured to receive a signal through a second waveform different from the first waveform, and a processor. The processor receives an acceptance frame for accepting a request for wake-up radio (WUR) mode entry in which the wireless communication terminal operates based on a signal transmitted through the second waveform from a base wireless communication terminal, through the first wireless transceiver, stops an operation of the wireless communication terminal related to a service period based on the acceptance frame.
US12041543B2	Quiet interval termination An access point (AP) transmits a first frame comprising: a Target Wake Time (TWT) element indicating a restricted Target Wake Time (r-TWT) Service Period (SP) of an r-TWT setup for one or more first stations (STAs); and a quiet element indicating a quiet interval for one or more second STAs, the quiet interval overlapping with a portion of the r-TWT SP. Based on determining termination of the r-TWT SP during the quiet interval, the AP transmits a second frame, during the quiet interval, indicating termination of the quiet interval for the one or more second STAs.
US12041542B2	System and method for throughput-based optimization for target wake time interval adjustment A method includes obtaining wireless traffic statistics indicating current conditions and future trends for at least one of throughput, latency, and device power consumption. The method also includes generating penalty functions that reflect the wireless traffic statistics. The method further includes determining a target wakeup time (TWT) interval based on the penalty functions. The method also includes adapting the TWT interval based on a change in the wireless traffic statistics.
US12041534B2	Network measurements for enhanced machine learning model training and inference Methods, systems, and devices for wireless communications are described. A user equipment (UE) may communicate with a network entity within a wireless communications network. The UE may transmit a request for information to the network entity and, in response to the request, the UE may receive the requested information from the network entity. For example, the UE may request data from one or more data repositories associated with the network entity. In some examples, the information request may be associated with one or more measurements associated with operations of the network. In some instances, the UE may use a machine learning model to perform training or inference based on the information associated with the one or more measurements.
US12041524B2	Notification and acquisition of ETWS/CMAS in connected mode for UEs in CE Methods, systems, apparatus, and computer programs, for warning system notifications and acquisition. In one aspect, the method includes actions of receiving, by user equipment (UE) and from an access node, data indicating the presence of a PDSCH broadcast, configuring, by the UE and based on the received data, a narrowband (NB) to receive transport blocks in PDSCH, and receiving, by the UE, one or more transport blocks broadcast in PDSCH using the NB, the one or more transport blocks including the warning system information.
US12041511B2	Measurement of a downlink positioning reference signal from a non-serving base station of a user equipment at a serving base station of the user equipment In an aspect, a serving BS of a UE measures ToAs of a DL-PRS from a non-serving base station of the UE and an UL-SRS-P from the UE. The serving BS transmits measurement information based on the ToA measurements of the DL-PRS and the UL-SRS-P to a position estimation entity. The position estimation entity determines a positioning estimate for the UE based in part upon the measurement information.
US12041510B2	Location metrics for monitoring or control of wireless networks This disclosure describes a system including a plurality of access point (AP) devices configured to provide a wireless network at a site; and a network management system (NMS) including a memory storing client-side data collected by a plurality of client devices associated with the wireless network and storing location data associated with each of the plurality of client devices generated by a location engine in response to location requests issued by each of the plurality of client devices, and one or more processors coupled to the memory and configured to determine, based on at least one of the client-side data and the location data, one or more location metrics associated with the location requests issued by the plurality of client devices.
US12041509B2	Authentication-gaining apparatus, authentication apparatus, authentication request transmitting method, authentication method, and program An authentication-gaining apparatus includes: an acquiring unit that acquires unique information; an encrypting unit that encrypts the unique information using a cryptographic key, thereby generating encrypted information; and a transmitting unit that repeatedly transmits an authentication request containing the encrypted information, to an authentication apparatus, during an authentication period, wherein multiple authentication requests respectively containing encrypted information obtained by encrypting multiple pieces of unique information are transmitted during the authentication period. An authentication apparatus includes: a receiving unit that repeatedly receives an authentication request transmitted from an authentication-gaining apparatus, during an authentication period; a decrypting unit that decrypts the encrypted information, thereby acquiring decrypted information; an authentication unit that judges whether or not the authentication-gaining apparatus is legitimate, using multiple authentication requests received during the authentication period and containing encrypted information that has been decrypted; and an output unit that outputs a judgment result by the authentication unit.
US12041502B2	Terminal apparatus, base station apparatus, communication method, and integrated circuit A terminal apparatus includes a receiver configured to receive a radio resource control (RRC) reconfiguration message from a base station apparatus, and a controller configured to configure a parameter based on the parameter included in the RRC reconfiguration message. The parameter includes at least identity information of a target cell and a configuration of a subcarrier spacing, and the configuration of the subcarrier spacing is configured for each of the target cells.
US12041491B2	Sequence number transfer for radio bearers One or more processors, operating in a source base station and/or a target base station, determines a change in the termination point from the source base station to the target base station for a radio bearer with a current count value according to data unit sequencing. The one or more processors determine (1806) whether a user equipment (UE) changes the data unit sequencing as a result of the change in the termination point. In a first instance, the one or more processors cause the target base station to apply (1810) the current count value to the radio bearer, in response to determining that the data unit sequencing does not change. In a second instance, the one or more processors cause the target base station to apply (1820) a new count value different from the current count value to the radio bearer, in response to determining that the data unit sequencing changes.
US12041489B2	Method for pre-empting transmission resources for real-time data routing A method for allocating at least one transmission resource from among a plurality of resources, intended for routing a first item of data relating to a first application in a communication infrastructure. The method is implemented in a distributed management entity for managing the plurality of resources and includes: receiving, from a centralized management entity, an allocation message for allocating a plurality of resources having a set of transmission features for a second item of data relating to a second application; and assigning at least one resource of the plurality to the transmission of the first item of data. The method furthermore includes selecting a feature of the set for the transmission of the second item of data on the resources of the plurality that are not assigned to the transmission of the first item of data.
US12041486B2	Active mode traffic steering and switching between cellular and non-cellular systems In some example embodiments, there may be provided a method. The method may include receiving, by a network node, at least one packet of a sub-flow of a multipath transport control protocol connection associated with user plane traffic, the at least one packet including a header, the header further including a multipath transport control protocol option; and switching, by the network node, the sub-flow by at least changing the multipath transport control protocol option. Related systems, methods, and articles of manufacture are also described.
US12041484B2	User equipment that configures PDCP duplication and PDCP duplication configuration method thereof, and base station that configures PDCP duplication and PDCP duplication configuration method thereof Provided in the present invention are user equipment and a method thereof, and a base station and a method thereof. The method in user equipment comprises: receiving, from a base station, a MAC control element (MAC CE) for deactivating a packet data convergence protocol (PDCP) duplication; and deactivating the PDCP duplication based on the received MAC CE.
US12041481B2	TSN-cellular communication system QoS mapping and RAN optimization based on TSN traffic pattern related information Systems and methods related to Time-Sensitive Networking (TSN)-cellular communication system Quality of Service (QoS) mapping are disclosed. In some embodiments, a method performed for operating a cellular communications system as a virtual TSN node in a TSN system comprises, at a TSN application function, receiving one or more TSN QoS parameters for the virtual TSN node from a controller associated with the TSN system and providing the one or more TSN QoS parameters to a core network function in a core network of the cellular communications system. The method further comprises, at the core network function, receiving the one or more TSN QoS parameters, mapping them to one or more QoS policies and/or one or more rules in the cellular communications system, and applying the one or more QoS policies and/or the one or more rules in the cellular communications system.
US12041479B2	Accurate traffic steering between links through sub-path path quality metrics Some embodiments provide a method for quantifying quality of several service classes provided by a link between first and second forwarding nodes in a wide area network (WAN). At a first forwarding node, the method computes and stores first and second path quality metric (PQM) values based on packets sent from the second forwarding node for the first and second service classes. The different service classes in some embodiments are associated with different quality of service (QoS) guarantees that the WAN offers to the packets. In some embodiments, the computed PQM value for each service class quantifies the QoS provided to packets processed through the service class. In some embodiments, the first forwarding node adjusts the first and second PQM values as it processes more packets associated with the first and second service classes. The first forwarding node also periodically forwards to the second forwarding node the first and second PQM values that it maintains for the first and second service classes. In some embodiments, the second forwarding node performs a similar set of operations to compute first and second PQM values for packets sent from the first forwarding node for the first and second service classes, and to provide these PQM values to the first forwarding node periodically.
US12041470B2	Methods, apparatus and systems for indicating transmission failures in a wireless communication Methods, apparatus and systems for indicating transmission failures in a wireless communication are disclosed. In one embodiment, a method performed by a wireless communication device is disclosed. The method comprises: obtaining, by a first layer module of the wireless communication device, an indication from a second layer module of the wireless communication device. The first layer module is configured for performing a process at a first layer. The second layer module is configured for performing a process at a second layer that is different from the first layer. The indication indicates whether there is a transmission failure of the wireless communication device at the second layer.
US12041468B2	Methods and apparatuses for signaling with geometric constellations in a Rayleigh fading channel Communication systems are described that use signal constellations, which have unequally spaced (i.e. ‘geometrically’ shaped) points. In many embodiments, the communication systems use specific geometric constellations that are capacity optimized at a specific SNR, over the Rayleigh fading channel. In addition, ranges within which the constellation points of a capacity optimized constellation can be perturbed and are still likely to achieve a given percentage of the optimal capacity increase compared to a constellation that maximizes dmin, are also described. Capacity measures that are used in the selection of the location of constellation points include, but are not limited to, parallel decode (PD) capacity and joint capacity.
US12041467B2	Delayed reconfiguration in wireless systems Methods, systems, and devices for wireless communications are described that support delaying the application of reconfiguration messages. An integrated access and backhaul (IAB) node transmit or receive, along a first signaling path, a reconfiguration message indicating the first IAB node to postpone applying a reconfiguration message until a second signaling path becomes available. The first IAB node may send a reconfiguration complete message to a first IAB donor node along the first path and wait to perform a procedure with the first IAB donor node. When the second path becomes available, the first IAB node and the second IAB node may then perform the procedure. In some cases, delaying the reconfiguration may involve postponing the forwarding of messages received at the first IAB node.
US12041461B2	Three-dimensional visualization of Wi-Fi signal propagation The present technology is directed to visualizing a Wi-Fi signal propagation in 3-D at various heights and locations. The present technology can calculate a radio frequency (RF) propagation pattern for a Wi-Fi access point (AP) based on a RF propagation model for the Wi-Fi AP and overlay the RF propagation pattern for the Wi-Fi AP over a visualization of the building plan to present a 3-D visualization of the RF propagation pattern of the 3-D space. In particular, the present technology can project a plurality of ray-paths in various directions in a 3-D space originated from the Wi-Fi AP and determine whether the ray-paths interface with objects defined in the building plan. The present technology can segment the respective ray-path into contiguous segments of substantially uniform mediums for each ray-path that interface with the objects and determine a RF signal strength at points along the contiguous segments of the ray-paths.
US12041458B2	Profile handling of a batch of identity modules There is provided mechanisms for profile handling of a batch of identity modules. Each identity module in the batch of identity modules has credentials for secure installation of profiles. A method is performed by an LPA of a proxy device. The LPA comprises credentials for profile download. The credentials comprise a certificate. The credentials enable the LPA to act as a virtual identity module. Another method is performed by a subscription management entity. Yet another method is performed by an identity module in the batch of identity modules.
US12041455B2	Security enhancements for cellular communication systems According to an example aspect of the present invention, there is provided a method comprising, determining, by an apparatus configured to operate as a network function a cellular communication system, at least two disjoint network paths, wherein the at least two disjoint network paths are different paths, and comprise different physical resources, transmitting, by the apparatus, a subscription request to an analytics function of the cellular communication system, to request notifications about attacks or risks of attacks on at least one network function on at least one of the at least two disjoint network paths, receiving from the analytics function, by the apparatus, information about at least one compromised network entity and/or at least one network entity having a risk of being compromised on said at least one of the at least two disjoint network paths and performing, by the apparatus, attack mitigation based on said information.
US12041453B2	Carrier grade identification of subscriber identity module card-related fraudulent events The disclosed technology is directed towards detecting suspected malicious activity involving mobile devices and subscriber identity module (SIM) cards, including discerning benign SIM swap events from likely malicious SIM swap events. In one example, call detail records, radio access network events and billing events are collected and analyzed to detect subscriber identity module swap events between mobile devices. Based on the collected data and related data sources SIM swap events are classified as benign or suspected malicious classifications. Malicious classifications can result in information representative of the suspected as malicious classification being output, e.g., as a type of fraudulent activity. A confidence level can be associated with classification output data, including for types of fraudulent activities and types of benign activities.
US12041451B2	Systems and methods for detecting domain changes in an SD-WAN environment In one embodiment, a method includes generating, by a first controller of a network, an overlay domain digest using a first domain digest associated with the first controller of the network and a second domain digest associated with a second controller of the network. The method also includes communicating, by the first controller, the overlay domain digest to an edge device of the network, updating, by the first controller, the overlay domain digest to generate an updated overlay domain digest, and communicating, by the first controller, the updated overlay domain digest to the edge device of the network. The method further includes detecting, by the edge device, a difference between the overlay domain digest and the updated overlay domain digest and re-establishing, by the edge device, a connection with an orchestrator of the network to determine a control plane domain change within the network.
US12041447B2	Image sharing method and system, and electronic device An image sharing method implemented on a first electronic device having a touchscreen includes establishing, by the first electronic device, a first wireless link with a second electronic device by using a short-range wireless communications technology. The method further includes sending, by the first electronic device, face feature information to the second electronic device over the first wireless link. The method further includes receiving, by the first electronic device, a matching result sent by the second electronic device. When the first electronic device determines that the matching result is matching success information, the method further includes sending, by the first electronic device, an image (for example, a photo or a video) corresponding to the face feature information to the second electronic device.
US12041443B2	Integrity for mobile network data storage According to an example aspect of the present invention, there is provided method, comprising: generating or receiving a first hash on the basis of the mobile network data change by a source network function, providing the first hash and security credentials information of the source network function for validation by a set of validator entities, and in response to detecting validation of the first hash and the security credentials information, generating a first transaction for a first blockchain, the first transaction being indicative of the mobile network data change and comprising the first hash.
US12041442B2	Random media access control address with fast reconnection mechanism The present invention provides a wireless communication method of an access point. The wireless communication method comprises the steps of: establishing a cache table comprising a plurality of reference MAC and corresponding PMKs and reference PMKIDs; receiving an association request from a station; reading a MAC address of the station and a PMKID from the association request; if the MAC address of the station and the PMKID do not match items of the cache table, performing a calculation on the PMKID to obtain an original PMKID; determining if the original PMKID matches any one of the reference PMKIDs within the cache table; and if the original PMKID matches one reference PMKID within the cache table, determining that the reference MAC recorded in the cache table and the MAC address belong to the same station.
US12041439B2	Preventing eavesdropping resources from acquiring unauthorized data via mechanically excitable sensors This document describes techniques and apparatuses directed at preventing eavesdropping resources from acquiring unauthorized data via mechanically excitable sensors. In aspects, an electronic device includes a privacy manager configured to analyze one or more signals generated by a mechanically excitable sensor. Responsive to the analysis, the privacy manager may extract unauthorized data from the one or more signals based on a signal received at a mechanical transducer, and further based on calibration data collected during an interaction between the mechanically excitable sensor and the mechanical transducer during a prior calibration sequence.
US12041438B2	Location based audio signal message processing A method of incorporating environmental acoustic sources into a virtual environment by measuring real environment acoustic sources and locations and incorporating them into a virtual environment with virtual acoustic sources.
US12041433B2	Audio crosstalk cancellation and stereo widening A device includes one or more processors configured to perform a first boost operation on a left audio signal to generate a boosted left audio signal, perform a second boost operation on a right audio signal to generate a boosted right audio signal, and perform a crosstalk cancellation operation that includes generation of an adjusted left audio signal and an adjusted right audio signal. The one or more processors are also configured to provide a left output signal for playback at a first speaker, the left output signal based at least in part on the adjusted left audio signal, and to provide a right output signal for playback at a second speaker, the right output signal based at least in part on the adjusted right audio signal.
US12041432B2	Method, device, and computer program for controlling and managing state of peripheral device in wireless communication system, and recording medium therefor The present disclosure relates to a method, a device, and a computer program for controlling and managing a state of a peripheral device in a wireless communication system, and a recording medium therefor. According to an embodiment of the present disclosure, a method for changing an audio stream session-related state may include the steps of: acquiring information relating to a current audio stream session-related state of a second device before a first device in a first audio stream session-related state performs transition of an audio stream session-related state; determining a second audio stream session-related state of the first device at least on the basis of the current audio stream session-related state of the second device; and performing the transition of the audio stream session-related state by the first device on the basis of the second audio stream session-related state.
US12041430B2	Control method, control system, and storage medium In a control method of controlling a frequency response of a filter for processing an audio signal, the frequency response is defined by an amplitude characteristic and a phase characteristic. The control method includes: acquiring a target amplitude characteristic, a target phase characteristic, and a latency value; obtaining a first frequency response in accordance with the target amplitude characteristic and the target phase characteristic; obtaining a second frequency response by modifying the first frequency response so that a latency of the second frequency response satisfies the latency value; and obtaining a third frequency response to be set for the filter by correcting the second frequency response, the second frequency response being corrected so as to reduce a difference between (i) an amplitude characteristic of the second frequency response and (ii) the target amplitude characteristic.
US12041424B2	Real-time adaptation of audio playback A method includes determining one or more audio characteristics of a first digital signal representing a first portion of streaming media content provided by a media playback application to an audio output component; playing the first portion of the media content into an environment; capturing, by an audio output component, a second digital signal representing the first portion of the media content as played; determining, based on the captured second digital signal, one or more detected audio characteristics of the media content as played into the environment; determining a difference between the one or more audio characteristics of the media content and the one or more detected audio characteristics; calibrating a second portion of the media content based on the difference and based on a determination that the second portion is to be calibrated; and playing, by the audio output component into the environment, the second portion as calibrated.
US12041414B1	Directivity pattern control waveguide for a speaker, and speaker including a directivity pattern control waveguide A speaker having a continuous waveguide on one side of the speaker. The speaker includes a plurality of drivers that are superimposed to project sound into the continuous waveguide. The continuous waveguide is acoustically continuous in multiple dimensions.
US12041412B2	Low profile loudspeaker device A loudspeaker device includes first and second diaphragms arranged co-axially in an opposed relation to each other and having a rear volume in-between, each diaphragm having a plurality of motors operatively coupled thereto, and a frame having first and second ends, and first and second rims provided at the first and second ends, respectively. The motors of the first and second diaphragms are arranged in the same plane, and the motors are provided on the frame around the periphery of the first and second diaphragms.
US12041405B2	Integrated headset controller storage and connection A controller for providing inputs to an interactive application includes a first surface with a pair of slots to store earbuds, a plurality of control buttons and touch input surfaces defined on one or more surfaces including the first surface. A processor is configured to pair the controller to a computing device executing the interactive application and is coupled to each of the slots so as to pair the earbuds received therein to the controller and to share the pairing between the controller and the computing device with the earbuds received in the pair of slots.
US12041404B2	Audio device An audio device with a body configured to be worn on or abutting an outer ear of a user, wherein the body is configured to contact at least one of the outer ear and the portion of the head that abuts the outer ear, at two separate spaced contact locations, and wherein the body is compliant at a body portion that defines one of the contact locations. The device also has an acoustic module carried by the body and configured to locate a sound-emitting opening anteriorly of and proximate the user's ear canal opening when the body is worn on or abutting the ear of the user.
US12041399B2	Electronic device for storing external electronic device An electronic device including a housing configured to accommodate a first portion of a bracket, the bracket defining a second portion having seating space in which the at least one earbud is at least partially accommodated; and a cover rotatably connected to the housing and configured to cover the second portion of the bracket, a third portion of the bracket being exposed to an exterior of the housing while covering an edge portion of the housing, the third portion includes at least one protrusion protruding inward toward the edge of the housing, the edge portion of the housing includes at least one groove, corresponding to the at least one protrusion and providing a space in which the at least one protrusion is movable, and the bracket transitions between a first position and a second position depending on positions of the at least one groove and the at least one protrusion.
US12041396B2	Systems and methods for processing data proximate to the point of collection Systems and methods for processing data near the point of collection are disclosed. An exemplary system includes a control node configured to execute a cluster manager and a storage manager. A plurality of subordinate compute nodes can be configured to execute tasks under the control of the cluster manager. The storage manager can be configured to manage storage of data received by the system across one or more storage devices shared by the plurality of subordinate compute nodes. Data can be received from a device proximate to the system over a local network connection. A network switch within the system can route data between the network interface, the control node, and the plurality of subordinate compute nodes. The system may be sized and configured to be carried by a single person and deployed in a variety of environments even when an Internet connection is unavailable.
US12041395B2	Blinkless and markerless bi-phase display calibration Techniques for separating an image into a forward sweeping image and a backward sweeping image are disclosed. A lookup table maps MEMS projection positions on a display with corresponding pixel positions in an image generated by a camera facing the display. The lookup table is used to associate a first set of pixel positions in the image with a forward scanning sweep of the MEMS system. The lookup table is also used to associate a second set of pixel positions in the image with a backward scanning sweep of the MEMS system. The first and second sets of pixel positions are used to generate the forward sweeping image and the backward sweeping image, respectively. These images can then be used to calibrate the MEMS system to compensate for bi-phase.
US12041382B2	Imaging device, imaging system, vehicle running control system, and image processing device An imaging device including a first filter that passes a first light and a second light; a second filter that blocks the second light; photoelectric converters that have sensitivity to the first light and the second light; and a processor, in which one of the photoelectric converters detects a light passing through the first filter to generate a first signal, one of the photoelectric converters detects a light passing through the first filter and the second filter to generate a second signal, and the processor performs the second light sensing based on the first signal and the second signal.
US12041379B2	Image special effect processing method, apparatus, and electronic device, and computer-readable storage medium A method and a device for performing special effect processing on an image, an electronic apparatus, and a computer-readable storage medium are provided. The method includes: acquiring a video; determining a current image based on a current play progress of the video; acquiring a previous image of the current image from a data storage layer by an image acquisition unit of a rendering layer; superposing, by a special effect unit of the rendering layer, the previous image and the current image by superposing transparency of the previous image and transparency of the current image; outputting the superimposed image and displaying the superimposed image on the terminal screen.
US12041373B2	Applying video effects within a video communication session Methods and systems provide for applying a video effect to a video corresponding to a participant within a video communication session. The system displays a video for each of at least a subset of the participants and a user interface including a selectable video effects UI element. The system receives a selection by a participant of the video effects UI element. In response to receiving the selection, the system displays a variety of video effects options for modifying the appearance of the video and/or modifying a visual representation of the participant. The system then receives a selection by the participant of a video effects option, and further receives a subselection for customizing the amount of the video effect to be applied. The system then applies, in real time or substantially real time, the selected video effect in the selected amount to the video corresponding to the participant.
US12041370B2	Imaging apparatus and electronic device Provided are an imaging apparatus and an electronic device for suppressing a delay of a control signal according to a position of a pixel in a horizontal direction. A time code generation unit is provided on a first side of a pixel array, a signal processing unit is provided on a second side, of the pixel array, opposite to the first side, a timing generation circuit is provided on the second side of the pixel array, each of a plurality of transfer units is disposed from the first side to the second side through the pixel array, and a control line for transferring a timing signal generated by the timing signal generation unit to the time code generation unit is provided in each of two or more transfer units of the plurality of transfer units.
US12041369B2	Solid-state imaging element, imaging device, and method of controlling solid-state imaging element for correcting a potential of an input node of a differential amplifier In a solid-state imaging element that compares a reference signal and a pixel signal with each other, a frame rate is improved. A differential amplifier circuit amplifies a difference in potential between a pair of input nodes and outputs the difference from an output node. A transfer transistor transfers charge from a photoelectric conversion element to a floating diffusion layer. A gate of a source follower transistor is connected to the floating diffusion layer, and a source thereof is connected to one of the pair of input nodes. A measurement unit measures a gate-source voltage of the source follower transistor and supplies a measured value. A correction arithmetic unit arithmetically calculates a correction value for correcting a potential of the other one of the pair of input nodes based on the measured value.
US12041367B2	Column-parallel ADC architectures for high-speed CMOS image sensors A signal processing system for an imaging device is provided. The signal processing system includes: a plurality of readout circuitries that are connected in parallel, where each readout circuitry includes: one or more interface circuits to receive an analog signal; an analog-to-digital converter (ADC) circuit to convert the analog signal to a digital signal; and a plurality of switches coupled between the ADC circuit and a plurality of storage circuits, where the plurality of switches includes a first switch and a second switch; a controller to: (i) control the first switch to decouple the ADC circuit from a first storage circuit, where the first storage circuit stores a previous digital signal of a previous iteration; and (ii) control the second switch to couple the ADC circuit to the second storage circuit, where the second storage circuit stores a current digital signal; and a transmitter to transmit the previous digital signal.
US12041366B2	Imaging device and electronic device An imaging device having a function of processing an image is provided. The imaging device has an additional function such as image processing, can hold analog data obtained by an image capturing operation in a pixel, and can extract data obtained by multiplying the analog data by a predetermined weight coefficient. Difference data between adjacent light-receiving devices can be obtained in a pixel, and data on luminance gradient can be obtained. When the data is taken in a neural network or the like, inference of distance data or the like can be performed. Since enormous volume of image data in the state of analog data can be held in pixels, processing can be performed efficiently.
US12041364B2	Imaging method with pulsed light The invention relates to a method allowing the use of the information accessible by fluorescence imaging to be optimized. For this purpose, it implements the combination of a protocol for calibration and synchronization of a pulsed light for exciting a fluorescent marker, with the operation in “rolling shutter” mode of a fluorescence camera. An appropriate correction factor allows the complete signal integrated by all of the photodiodes of the camera to be used so that no image is lost.
US12041360B2	Capturing and processing of images including occlusions focused on an image sensor by a lens stack array Systems and methods for implementing array cameras configured to perform super-resolution processing to generate higher resolution super-resolved images using a plurality of captured images and lens stack arrays that can be utilized in array cameras are disclosed. An imaging device in accordance with one embodiment of the invention includes at least one imager array, and each imager in the array comprises a plurality of light sensing elements and a lens stack including at least one lens surface, where the lens stack is configured to form an image on the light sensing elements, control circuitry configured to capture images formed on the light sensing elements of each of the imagers, and a super-resolution processing module configured to generate at least one higher resolution super-resolved image using a plurality of the captured images.
US12041359B2	Method and system for activity detection with obfuscation A camera system includes a camera configured to capture first video of a scene in the form of first image frames. The camera system also includes an infrared sensor configured to capture second video of the scene in the form of second image frames. The system also includes a processor in communication with the camera and the infrared sensor. The processor is configured to obfuscate one or more portions of the scene.
US12041357B2	In-vehicle camera The in-vehicle camera includes an image sensor, a shutter, an image processing unit, and an exposure control unit. The image sensor includes multiple pixels to collect optical information. The shutter is a front curtain electronic type that includes a front curtain of an electronic type and a rear curtain of any type. An electronic controller starts collection of optical information in each pixel thereby opening the shutter. The image processing unit generates an image based on the optical information as collected. The exposure control unit controls the shutter to allow shutter times, during which the shutter is open for first and second image sensor areas obtained by dividing pixels P of the image sensor 15 into multiple areas, to be different from each other.
US12041356B2	Imaging device, imaging system, control method, program, and storage medium An imaging device includes a plurality of imaging units, a control unit configured to control a zoom magnification of each of the imaging units, and an acquisition unit configured to acquire the zoom magnification of each of the imaging units. When the zoom magnification of one imaging unit among the plurality of imaging units is changed, the control unit changes the zoom magnification by interlocking the imaging unit whose zoom magnification is changed with at least one imaging unit other than the imaging unit whose zoom magnification is changed, and changes the two of the imaging units to have the same zoom magnification.
US12041352B2	Image pickup control device, image pickup device, control method for image pickup device, non-transitory computer-readable storage medium An image pickup control device, comprising: a first obtainment unit configured to obtain a picked-up image picked up by an image pickup unit; a display control unit configured to display the picked-up image on a display; a detection unit configured to detect a viewpoint region which is a region viewed by a user in the display; a second obtainment unit configured to obtain a feature amount relating to the picked-up image; and a control unit configured to switch between a first mode, in which a focus of the image pickup unit is controlled such that a subject displayed on the viewpoint region is focused, and a second mode, in which control is executed such that the focus is not changed, on a basis of the viewpoint region and the feature amount.
US12041342B2	Image capture apparatus and control method An image capture apparatus comprises a first load, a second load and a power receiving circuitry that receives power from a second power supply which is different from a first power supply, and performs control so as to supply power from the first power supply to the first load and the second load, and controls such that when the power receiving circuitry is capable of receiving power that is greater than the power from the first power supply from the second power supply, the power from the first power supply is supplied to the first load, and the power from the second power supply which is greater than the power from the first power supply is supplied to the second load.
US12041337B2	Imaging control apparatus, imaging control method, program, and imaging device An imaging control apparatus includes an identification unit that identifies an object to be introduced and an object introducer who introduces the object to be introduced individually as subjects on the basis of captured image data obtained by an imaging unit of an imaging device, a selection unit that selects one of the object to be introduced and the object introducer as a target subject on the basis of a positional relationship between at least any two of the object to be introduced, the object introducer, and the imaging device, and an imaging control unit that performs imaging control on a subject selected as the target subject by the selection unit.
US12041332B2	Light shielding plate, camera unit, electronic device, and method of manufacturing light shielding plate A light shielding plate includes a front surface located on a light incident side, a rear surface opposite to the front surface, and a hole passing through the light shielding plate between the front surface and the rear surface. The hole has a first hole portion and a second hole portion connected to the first hole portion at an intermediate opening thereof. The first hole portion extends from a rear surface opening on the rear surface to the intermediate opening and is shaped so as to taper from the rear surface toward the front surface. The second hole portion extends from a front surface opening on the front surface to the intermediate opening and is shaped so as to taper from the front surface toward the rear surface. The front surface opening is larger than the rear surface opening. The intermediate opening has a circularity of 3 μm or less.
US12041317B2	Merging permissions and content output Aspects of the disclosure relate to determining that a wireless device associated with one user account is proximate to a computing device associated with another user account. In response to determining the proximity of the two devices, one or more of the devices may receive merged access to permissions and/or content associated with the two user accounts. In response to determining that the wireless device is not proximate to the computing device, the devices may no longer receive merged access to permissions and/or content associated with the two user accounts.
US12041308B2	Method for managing the access to a multimedia content A method for managing the access, by a player/reader device, to a multimedia content accessible from a source, called main source, from which broadcast of the content has begun. A change of the play/read time, during the playing/reading, is able to trigger a playing/reading from a first source selected by default and offering a first rendering quality. The method includes: receiving a request for access to the content being broadcast; obtaining a set of data sources, called secondary sources, from which the content is accessible; receiving, during the playing/reading, a command for moving the play/read time; and selecting a source depending on the first rendering quality and on the second rendering quality.
US12041306B2	Geo-fencing of media content using distribution areas in a database In some embodiments, a method receives a distribution area identifier for media content. A distribution area is defined by one or more geographic primitives and associated with a distribution area identifier. A geographic primitive is defined by one or more location identifiers. The method determines whether the one or more geographic primitives of the media content is applicable to a geographic primitive that is determined from a location identifier associated with a request.
US12041302B2	System and method for obtaining viewer demographic data from a set-top box Various embodiments of the present disclosure provide a method and a system for obtaining enriched channel tracking data from a set-top box (STB). Channel information associated with channels viewed by at least one viewer on a display device associated with the STB is accessed. It is determined whether the microphone has captured one or more voice signals in vicinity of the STB prior to detection of an occurrence of a predefined event. Further, voice biometric data is extracted from each captured voice signal to configure viewer demographic data when the microphone has captured the one or more voice signals. The viewer demographic data is configured based at least on identifying viewer information corresponding to the voice biometric data. The viewer demographic data is correlated with channel tracking data corresponding to the detected predefined event to generate a payload. The data packet including the payload is transmitted to a remote server.
US12041301B2	Methods and apparatus to optimize reference signature matching using watermark matching Methods, apparatus, systems and articles of manufacture are disclosed to optimize reference signature matching using watermark matching. An example disclosed herein includes selecting first unhashed reference signatures to evaluate for a second time segment of monitoring data based on watermark coverage of a first time segment of the monitoring data, the monitoring data obtained from a meter monitoring media presented by a media device and comparing the first unhashed reference signatures with first unhashed monitored signatures from the second time segment of the monitoring data. The example further includes, when a first media event associated with the monitoring data is not identifiable based on the comparing of the first of unhashed reference signatures with the first unhashed monitored signatures hashing the first unhashed monitored signatures to form a corresponding first hashed monitored signatures and comparing the first hashed monitored signatures with a library of reference hashed signatures to determine the first media event associated with the second time segment of the monitoring data.
US12041281B2	Digital jukebox device with karaoke and/or photo booth features, and associated methods Certain exemplary embodiments relate to entertainment systems and, more particularly, certain exemplary embodiments relate to jukebox systems that incorporate digital downloading jukebox features along with karaoke jukebox and/or photo booth features. A combined karaoke/photo booth/jukebox may enable more integrated performance-like experiences in an in-home or out-of-home location or venue. By leveraging vast audio media libraries, trusted rights-respecting network infrastructure, and on-site image/video capturing from integrated recorders and/or remote portable devices, a more sociable experience may be created for karaoke jukebox patrons, e.g., where custom content can be generated and shared in a safe and legally appropriate manner.
US12041280B2	Methods, systems, and media for providing dynamic media sessions with video stream transfer features Methods, systems, and media for providing dynamic media sessions with video stream transfer features are provided. In some embodiments, the methods include: receiving an indication that presentation of the video content item is to be transferred from the first display device to a different display device; in response to receiving the indication, determining whether the first display device supports transferring the presentation of the video content item and determining whether the different display device is capable of presenting the video content item; and transmitting an indication that presentation of the video content item is to be transferred from the first display device to the different display device, wherein the video content item is played back using the different display device from a playback position that is based on the playback state from the first display device.
US12041263B2	Video coding apparatus and video decoding apparatus In the related art, in some cases the weighted prediction processing is performed even in a case that normal prediction processing is to be performed. A video decoding apparatus includes a weighted prediction processing unit configured to decode a weight coefficient and an offset value from coded data and to generate a prediction image by multiplying an interpolation image by the weight coefficient and adding the offset value to the interpolation image, and a normal prediction processing unit configured to generate a prediction image from the interpolation image. In a case that in the weighted prediction processing unit, a bi-prediction is performed and information of the weight coefficient and the offset value is absent for both a reference list 0 and a reference list 1, the normal prediction processing unit generates a bi-prediction image.
US12041255B2	Constraint of intra mode for geometric partition mode with inter and intra prediction Coded information of a current block is received. The current block is partitioned into at least a first partition and a second partition based on a geometric partition mode (GPM). A first prediction mode for the first partition of the current block is determined based on a first number of neighboring reconstructed samples adjacent to the first partition being larger than a threshold value. The threshold value corresponds to availability of at least one intra prediction mode for the GPM. In response to the first number of neighboring reconstructed samples adjacent to the first partition being smaller than the threshold value, a flag indicating whether the current block is intra coded or inter coded is determined not to be included in the coded information. The first prediction mode is inferred as inter prediction mode. The first partition of the current block is reconstructed based on the first prediction mode.
US12041252B2	Multi-threaded CABAC decoding A method, system, and computer readable medium for improved decoding CABAC encoded media are described. A decoding loop includes decoding an encoded binary element from a sequence of encoded binary elements to generate a decoded binary element using a context probability. A next context probability for a next encoded binary element in the sequence is determined from the decoded binary element and the next context probability for decoding the next encoded binary element is provided to the decoding loop for a next iteration.
US12041251B2	Processing sub-partitions using reference pixels A method includes determining a first set of reference pixels from processing of a first sub-partition of a current block and determining a second set of reference pixels from processing of a second sub-partition of the current block. The first sub-partition and the second sub-partition are processed in parallel. The method processes a third sub-partition of the current block based on the first set of reference pixels and processes a fourth sub-partition of the current block based on the second set of reference pixels.
US12041245B2	Communication control system and communication control method To transmit image frame data appropriately according to the utilization rate of a receiving buffer and prevent the overflow of the receiving buffer, a communication control system transmits image frame data from a first communication device-to a second communication device. The second communication device includes a receiving buffer that receives image frame data from the first communication device, and a return unit that returns an ACK frame to the first communication device at timing reflecting a utilization rate of the receiving buffer. The first communication device includes an estimation unit that receives the ACK frame from the return unit of the second communication device and estimates the utilization rate of the receiving buffer from receiving time of the ACK frame, and a modification unit that modifies an image compression algorithm of the image frame data based on the estimated utilization rate of the receiving buffer.
US12041240B2	Image coding method based on secondary transform and apparatus therefor An image decoding method according to the present document comprises the steps of: receiving a quantized transform coefficient for a target block and a transform index for a non-separable secondary transform; dequantizing the quantized transform coefficients to derive transform coefficients; deriving modified transform coefficients on the basis of a matrix operation of a transform kernel matrix in a transform set indicated by the transform index and a transform coefficient list corresponding to the magnitude of dequantized transform coefficients; clipping the modified transform coefficients to a predetermined range of values; and deriving residual samples for the target block on the basis of an inverse primary transform with respect to the modified transform coefficients clipped.
US12041238B2	Extension data handling A length indicator associated with an encoded representation of a slice is parsed. The length indicator is indicative of a length of an extension field present in a slice header of the encoded representation. A decoder can then determine to ignore, during decoding of the encoded representation, any value of the extension field in the slice header where these values are identified based on the length indicator. As a consequence, an extension field can be added to slice headers and still enable legacy decoders to correctly decode the encoded representations.
US12041237B2	Coding of pictures containing slices and tiles Techniques for video processing, including video coding, video decoding and video transcoding are described. One example method includes performing a conversion between a video picture that includes one or more tiles and one or more rectangular slices and a bitstream of the video according to a rule. The rule specifies that, for iteratively determining information about the one or more rectangular slices, a variable indicating a tile index is updated only for slices having indices that are smaller than a value equal to a number of slices in the video picture minus 1.
US12041222B2	Matrix based intra prediction with mode-global settings Apparatus for decoding a predetermined block (18) of a picture using intra-prediction, configured to read, from the data stream (12), a mode index (200), the mode index pointing to one out of a list (204) of matrix-based intra-prediction modes. Additionally, the apparatus is configured to predict samples (108) of the predetermined block (18) by computing a matrix-vector product (206) between an input vector (102) derived from reference samples (17) in a neighborhood of the predetermined block (18) and a prediction matrix (19) associated with the matrix-based intra-prediction mode (k) pointed to by the mode index (200) and associating components (210) of an output vector (208) obtained by the matrix vector product (206) onto sample positions (104) of the predetermined block. For each matrix-based intra-prediction mode, all entries of the prediction matrix (19) associated with the respective matrix-based intra-prediction mode are represented by a fixed point representation of a predetermined bit-depth, the predetermined bit-depth being equal for the matrix-based intra-prediction modes. Furthermore, the apparatus is configured to, for each matrix-based infra-prediction mode, compute the matrix vector product (206) between the input vector (102) and the prediction matrix (19) associated with the respective matrix-based infra-prediction mode (k) by performing, for each component of the output vector, a right shift at a number of bits which is equal for the matrix-based intra-prediction modes.
US12041221B2	Apparatus for evaluating camera module and operating method thereof A camera module evaluating apparatus includes a mobile device including a camera module, a transparent display device configured to display an object, a chart positioned farther from the mobile device than the transparent display device and configured to display a long-distance object, and a test device configured to perform an autofocusing (AF) test operation on the camera module when the camera module captures an image of the object.
US12041219B2	Immersive media content presentation and interactive 360° video communication An apparatus for presenting immersive media content is described. The apparatus obtains from a sender video data representing immersive content for a certain viewing direction and/or for a certain viewpoint, and displays the video data representing the immersive content for the certain viewing direction and/or for the certain viewpoint.
US12041215B2	Processing apparatus, method, and storage medium for storing program The first conversion information is information for converting a color value of a first coordinate in a color space corresponding to the image data into ink data corresponding to ink of subtractive color mixture, and converting a color value of a second coordinate in the color space into ink data corresponding to ink of spot color which is different from a color of the ink of the subtractive color mixture. At least one of a plurality of coordinates adjacent to the second coordinate is the second coordinate.
US12041212B1	Image forming apparatus and communication method for transmission of data through relay An image forming apparatus can include a communications circuit, a printer, and a controller. The communications circuit is configured to communicate with a networked image forming apparatus via a network. The printer is configured to form an image on a sheet. The controller includes a processor and a memory. The controller is configured to acquire sensor data from a sensor operatively coupled to the controller; determine, via the network, a relay image forming apparatus, the relay image forming apparatus having an operating rate being relatively lower than an operating rate of multiple image forming apparatuses including the image forming apparatus and the networked image forming apparatus; and transmit, via the relay image forming apparatus, the sensor data to a predetermined recipient apparatus.
US12041209B2	Image reading apparatus and image forming apparatus An image reading apparatus for reading an image of an original includes an illumination portion for illuminating the original with light, a reflection member including a reflecting surface for reflecting the light from the original; a converting portion for photoelectrically converting the light reflected by the reflection member, and a casing for accommodating the reflection member. The casing is provided with an opening which is open to an outside of the casing. A surface of the reflecting member opposite from the reflecting surface and a portion defining the opening are bonded to each other with an adhesive.
US12041206B2	Image reading apparatus having sensor for detecting shape of fed documents, control method for controlling image reading apparatus, and storage medium having stored therein control method An image reading apparatus includes a conveying unit configured to convey a document, a reading unit configured to read an image on the conveyed document, a measurement unit configured to measure a distance from an upper portion of a sheet feeding port for the document to an upper surface of the document, and a control unit configured to, according to the distance measured by the measurement unit, suspend the conveyance of the document by the conveying unit. According to a user operation for reading again the document of which the reading is suspended by the control unit, the conveying unit conveys the document and the reading unit reads the image on the document, and while the document of which the conveyance is suspended is conveyed again, the control unit does not suspend the conveyance of the document based on the distance measured by the measurement unit.
US12041193B2	Mobile terminal The present invention relates to a foldable mobile terminal characterized by comprising: a foldable body; a flexible display panel which is provided on one surface of the body and folds together with the body; and a protective cover covering the flexible display panel. The protective cover comprises a first cover covering a foldable first area in the flexible display panel, and a second cover covering second covers provided on both sides of the first area in the flexible display panel. The second cover is made of a material which is different from the material of the first cover, and has a higher rigidity than the first cover.
US12041190B2	System and method to manage large data in blockchain A computer implemented method for managing large and sensitive data in a blockchain includes determining a master block store node from a plurality of block store nodes to add large and sensitive data to the blockchain after validation, and generating a block including the large and sensitive data that is validated and its metadata. If the block store nodes, a plurality of block verifier nodes and a plurality of block backup nodes of the blockchain are in synchronization, the method adds, using the master block store node, the block to its chain and generates a synchronization request to the block store nodes, the block verifier nodes and the block backup nodes of the blockchain. Based on assigned roles, the method performs enabling the block store nodes to store the block, enabling the block verifier nodes to store only the metadata, and enabling the block backup nodes to store the block.
US12041167B2	NUTS: flexible hierarchy object graphs A lock node for storing data and a protected storage unit. The lock node includes an input section which provides a plurality of key maps, each corresponding to one of a plurality of primary keys, respectively, applied to the input section, each key map including at least one main key, a variable lock section producing a derived key from a logical operation on the main keys corresponding to the primary keys applied to the input section, and an output section producing the data in response to the derived key.
US12041164B2	Encryption key hybrid deployment management A system, method, and computer program product for implementing encryption key management is provided. The method includes connecting a hardware device to a keystore agent comprising a system configured to manage one or more keystores holding one or more cryptographic key instances. A key template is configured to define an attribute for generating cryptographic keys. The key template is modified such that the keystore component is added to the key template and instances of associated cryptographic keys are generated. Each instance is installed within the keystore component and associated attributes associated with data for consumption are generated. A key event log defining all events associated with a given key of the associated cryptographic keys with respect to a lifetime of the given key is generated and a repository comprising key templates and associated key data is maintained.
US12041155B2	Packet timing system with improved hop count Devices and methods that receive timing information from at least one source clock in a network that exchanges data packets conforming to the Internet Protocol. The timing information preferably includes a time-to-live (TTL) field in a packet header used to: select a source of timing information; configure a PTP port, or both.
US12041146B2	Location based access control for content delivery network resources Mechanisms are provided to allow efficient delivery of content through a content delivery network (CDN) without taxing an origin server while maintaining fine grained location based access control. Requests to a CDN are augmented with quantized and non-quantized versions of location information. A CDN can use quantized location information in a URI to identify and return content if content corresponding to the URI is available in cache. If the content is not available in cache, the CDN can contact an origin server to obtain a result for the request using non-quantized location information. The origin server examines the non-quantized location information to determine whether to respond to the client request with content. The origin server examines the area corresponding to the quantized location information to determine whether the content should be cached at the CDN.
US12041141B2	Systems and methods for tracking sharing of web content Systems and methods are provided for tracking sharing of an electronic content. An exemplary method may include receiving a request to access content associated with a web address by a user. Based on a unique identity assigned to the user and the web address, a unique tracking web address may be generated. This tracking web address may be shared with additional users. As other users request content associated with the tracking web address, information regarding the sharing of the electronic content may be determined and stored, allowing for tracking of sharing behavior of users.
US12041139B2	Apparatus, method and computer readable medium for ranking network function service producers An apparatus comprising means for performing: sending, to a network entity, a Network Function Discovery request comprising parameter information; and receiving, from the network entity, a response to the request, the response comprising: at least one identifier for at least one Network Function service producer; and at least one of: information ranking the at least one Network Function service producer according to how well the at least one Network Function service producer matches the request; and an indication of how much of the parameter information is matched by one or more parameters of the at least one Network Function service producer.
US12041136B2	Systems and methods for virtual multiplexed connections A system for facilitating a plurality of virtual transmission control protocol connections between a target application and a source application is provided. The system includes a server proxy, a client proxy, and a network protection interposed between the server proxy and the client proxy. The server proxy is configured to receive an open request from the client proxy via a stateless protocol, including a target identifier, the open request originating from the source application, open a connection between the server proxy and the target application based on the target identifier, provide a response to the client proxy indicating a status of the open request, the response including at least one of a session identifier or a sequence identifier, receive, a data request from the client proxy, including the session identifier and an incremented sequence identifier, and provide the data request to the target application.
US12041135B2	Session establishment method and apparatus A session establishment method and apparatus is provided, to resolve a problem that a terminal device cannot establish a plurality of PDU sessions for a same APP based on a URSP. The method includes: A terminal apparatus receives indication information from a first network apparatus, where the indication information is used to indicate that a first application needs to be associated with at least two sessions; and establishes at least one session for the first application based on at least the indication information, so that the first application is associated with at least two sessions.
US12041133B1	System and method for controlling remote sessions executing on other devices Disclosed are systems and methods for managing an application executing in a remote session. A user device (e.g., mobile device) creates a control communication session for an application executing within a remote session established between a remote application server and a client device. This application is being displayed by the client device. The user device receives metadata indicating a subset of user actions available from the application, and uses it to generate, for display on the user device, a graphical user interface. The graphical user interface is configured to, when activated by user input, inject input commands into the remote session for the application.
US12041132B2	Method for providing object-linked communication in relation to physical objects The invention relates to a method for providing object-related communication that takes place based on a physical object (101, 102, 103), including the steps: creating a digital representation (101′, 102′, 103′) of a physical object (101, 102, 103), preferably on an IoT platform (6), the physical object (101, 102, 103) including at least one information carrier (I), the information carrier (I) including at least one identifier (UID), the physical object (101, 102, 103) being unequivocally assignable to its digital representation (101′, 102′, 103′), based on the identifier (UID), and the information carrier (I) being readable by means of communication devices (10, 20, 30) in order to at least partially access the particular digital representation (101′, 102′, 103′), providing a configurable information container (101a, 102a, 103a) for the digital representation (101′, 102′, 103′), it being possible for the information container (101a, 102a, 103a) to include at least one static information packet and/or at least one dynamic information packet and/or at least one access-sensitive information packet and/or a gateway information packet, each static information packet being processable solely by communication devices (10, 20, 30) of information issuers (4), each dynamic information packet being processable by communication devices (10, 20, 30) that are not solely information issuers (4), each access-sensitive information packet being automatically supplemented based on an access by a communication device (10, 20, 30), and the gateway information packet allowing communication between communication devices (10, 20, 30).
US12041123B2	Peer-to-peer data communication between different applications Examples described herein include systems and methods for synchronizing applications that target different software development kits (“SDK”). The system can execute a bridge application that registers an implementation of a content provider class. This allows the bridge application to communicate with a first application targeting a first SDK. The bridge application can also register to send and receive implicit broadcasts. After the bridge application verifies the request, it can broadcast to a second cluster of applications registered with an operating system to receive implicit broadcasts. Similarly, the bridge application can receive implicit broadcasts and synchronize those requests with a first cluster of applications by using the implemented content provider methods.
US12041117B2	Predictive model application for file upload blocking determinations According to examples, an apparatus may include a memory on which is stored machine-readable instructions that may cause a processor to receive a request to upload a file to a directory and determine whether the request is a request to upload a predefined type of file to the directory. In addition, based on a determination that the request is a request to upload the predefined type of file to the directory, the processor may determine, through application of a predictive model, whether the directory is a user content directory and based on a determination that the application of the predictive model indicates that the directory is a user content directory, block the request and/or output a notification regarding the receipt of the request.
US12041111B2	Methods and apparatus to monitor streaming media Methods, apparatus, systems and articles of manufacture are disclosed to monitor streaming media. An example apparatus includes memory, instructions in the apparatus, and processor circuitry to execute the instructions to: calibrate video data based on audio data, the video data and the audio data associated with a media stream, generate a signature representative of the media stream based on the calibrated video data, compare the signature to a signature database to identify a matching signature in the signature database; and credit media corresponding to the matching signature as being viewed.
US12041103B2	Realtime communications and network browsing client A graphical user interface is displayed. The graphical user interface includes at least one communication control for managing communications with other network nodes and at least one browser control for navigating to different network resource addresses. Human perceptible realtime output is generated from realtime communication data relating to a realtime communication session with at least one other client network node. In the process of generating of at least some of the human perceptible realtime output, operation of the client network node is managed based on at least one performance target. In the graphical user interface, a graphical representation of a network resource identified in connection with the browser control is displayed.
US12041097B2	Automated service enrollment in a machine-to-machine communications network IoT service layer capabilities may be employed to automate and simplify the service enrollment process for IoT service subscribers/enrollees. These capabilities enable virtualization of a service subscriber and the physical IoT devices, applications, data and authorized users of the subscriber into a software profile that is representative of the subscriber. Once virtualized, a service subscriber may then delegate the complexities and burden of service enrollment to an automated IoT service enrollment software function.
US12041087B1	Intelligent anti-phishing management Systems and methods are disclosed for monitoring, evaluating protection against, improving protection against, and simulating phishing threats. Network usage information for users of an organization can be leveraged to determine user-specific network behavior information. This user-specific network behavior information can then be leveraged to better identify incoming threats as well as generate and deploy user-specific phishing lures. Phishing simulation campaigns can be conducted, including by implementing variations in how the phishing lures are presented. Such campaigns can be scored to determine how different presentation variations perform. User-specific phishing lures can be generated using user environment information collected by an agent running on the user's device. Alerts informing users of potential threats can be dynamically updated with different presentation parameters to improve performance. Digital communications identified as threats can be used to generate hashes to speedily identify subsequent digital communications that are threats.
US12041077B2	Ai/ml approach for DDOS prevention on 5G CBRS networks One example method includes collecting, in a closed network, raw network traffic from one or more devices in the closed network, extracting metadata from the raw network traffic, processing the metadata, analyzing the metadata after the metadata has been processed, and based on the analyzing, determining whether or not an actual attack or attack threat is present in the closed network. If an attack or threat of attack is determined to exist, one or more remedial actions may then be taken.
US12041075B2	Detecting malicious activity associated with resetting authentication information In some implementations, a device may monitor incoming messages to at least one message account of a user. The device may determine, based on monitoring the incoming messages, that one or more messages, of the incoming messages, are associated with resetting authentication information for one or more accounts of the user. The device may determine, based on determining that the one or more messages are associated with resetting authentication information, whether the one or more messages are indicative of abnormal authentication information resetting activity. The device may perform one or more actions based on determining that the one or more messages are indicative of abnormal authentication information resetting activity.
US12041067B2	Behavior detection and verification When security-related behavior is detected on an endpoint, e.g., through a local security agent executing on the endpoint, a threat management facility associated with the endpoint can interact with a user via a second local security agent on a second endpoint in order to solicit verification, authorization, authentication or the like related to the behavior. In one aspect, an administrator for an enterprise managed by the threat management facility may verify, authorize, or otherwise approve the detected behavior using this technique. In another aspect, a user of the device may use this infrastructure to approve of a potentially risky behavior on one device by using a verification procedure on a second device associated with the user.
US12041063B2	Electronic interaction authentication and verification, and related systems, devices, and methods Systems, devices, and methods are disclosed for exchanging electronic information over a communication network and, more specifically, to authenticating and verifying data integrity between two or more interacting users exchanging information. A client computing device generates a split secret that is transmitted to a server via two distinct communication channels. The split secret is generated based on a public key of a public-private key pair generated by the client computing device based on a unique identifier. Validity of the public key can authenticate source identity.
US12041061B2	Information processing system and information processing method An information processing system includes: a user information accumulation unit that accumulates information regarding a user on a basis of an action of the user; a specifying unit that specifies information corresponding to sensitive information among the accumulated information as corresponding to the sensitive information; and a disclosure control unit that controls a disclosure mode of the information corresponding to the sensitive information in a case where the information corresponding to the sensitive information is disclosed to a third party other than the user.
US12041058B2	Systems and methods for automated cloud provisioning A method is disclosed for automating creation of an account to access to a plurality of cloud based platforms, comprising receiving an intake request; determining whether the account is requested on a first cloud platform or a second cloud platform; determining whether an environment is requested; in response to a determination that an environment is requested, creating a created environment; in response to a determination that an environment is not requested, associating an existing environment with the account; in response to a determination that an environment is requested and a determination that the account is requested on the first cloud platform, creating network handlers; creating a workspace and a repository; creating vault secrets; in response to a determination that the account is requested on the first cloud platform, and tagging at least one resource associated with the account with a resource tag.
US12041052B2	Continuing a media access control security (MACSEC) key agreement (MKA) session upon a network device becoming temporarily unavailable A network device may communicate with another network device via a media access control security (MACsec) key agreement (MKA) communication link, wherein an MKA session has been established between the network device and the other network device. The network device may determine that the other network device is unavailable. The network device may cause, based on determining that the other network device is unavailable, an MKA state of the network device to be placed in a paused state. The network device may receive, after causing the MKA state of the network device to be placed in the paused state, a packet from the other network device via the MKA communication link. The network device may determine, based on the packet, that the MKA session has not ended. The network device may continue, based on the MKA session having not ended, the MKA session by reactivating the MKA state.
US12041051B2	Techniques for anonymous rate limiting for services A service client on a device can generate an access control identifier using a server seeded and client-specific secret. The device can generate a blinded access control identifier (ACI) using a randomness factor as part of a request message for a blinded ACI signature including authentication data. The device can transmit the request message to a verification server and upon verification receive a blinded ACI signature message that can subsequently be unblinded using the randomness factor to obtain the ACI signature. The device may send the ACI and the ACI signature to a verification server and after verifying the signature receive a service token. The device may transmit the service token to a service provider server requesting access to the service. When a rate associated with the service token is below a threshold rate, the device can access the service provided by the service provider service.
US12041050B2	Wireless power transmission signal based authentication A method for authenticating a device based on a wireless power transmission signal includes receiving, at an authenticating device, a wireless power transmission signal for authentication of a user device attempting to accessing a resource, where the wireless power transmission signal includes a unique identifier for the user device. The method further includes translating, at the authenticating device, the wireless power transmission signal, wherein the unique identifier for the user device is embedded in the wireless power transmission signal as a bit representation. In response to authenticating the user device based on a translated wireless power transmission signal, the method further includes granting, the user device, access to the resource.
US12041042B2	Systems and methods for facilitating seamless authentication of application development platforms Various embodiments concern mechanisms for facilitating communication between network-accessible platforms for developing, hosting, or running hybrid applications that utilize resources hosted across multiple platforms. Hybrid applications cause messages or “calls” to be passed between the platforms that must be authenticated. For example, when a call is placed by a Heroku platform to a Force.com platform, the call must be authenticated for security purposes. If Heroku has not already been authenticated when the call is submitted, an authentication process is invoked. An event listener can be used to register details regarding the initial callout task, and then register or “fire” an event when the authentication process is successfully completed. Registration of the initial callout task completely separates the authentication process from the resource being invoked. Requests can be completed without requiring further user input using at least some of the details registered by the event listener.
US12041039B2	System and method for endorsing a new authenticator A system, apparatus, method, and machine-readable medium are described for endorsing authenticators. For example, one embodiment of an apparatus comprises: a first instance of an authenticator associated with a first app to allow a user of the first app to authenticate with a first relying party; a secure key store accessible by the first instance of the authenticator to securely store authentication data related to the first app; and a synchronization processor to share at least a portion of the authentication data with a second instance of the authenticator associated with a second app to be executed on the apparatus.
US12041036B2	Method and system for performing identity checks in a distributed system A method at a remote proxy on a first node, the method including receiving, at the remote proxy, a first message from a first module on the first node, the first message being directed to a second module on a second node; verifying the first message at the remote proxy utilizing operating system verification; determining, based on a manifest at the remote proxy, the second node; signing, using a private key for the first node, the first message; and sending the first message to the second node.
US12041033B2	Authorization and audit control in a multi-protocol IoT domain In one embodiment, an authorizing device (e.g., a gateway) receives a native protocol request packet from a requesting device destined to a serving device, and translates the native protocol request packet into an authorization protocol mapping. The authorizing device may then apply authorization protocol based authorization (e.g., OT protocol independent) to the native protocol request packet based on the authorization protocol mapping, and transmits the native protocol request packet toward the serving device in response to the authorization protocol mapping being authorized. In one embodiment, the techniques herein may also perform an audit in this manner.
US12041029B1	Optimizing access to local network devices via mesh network devices A method including receiving first connection information associated with a first LAN from a first meshnet device and second connection information associated with a second LAN from a second meshnet device; calculating a first range of first subnet IP addresses associated with the first LAN, and a second range of second subnet IP addresses associated with the second LAN; determining, based on comparing the first range and the second range, a conflict that a first subnet IP address assigned to a first LAN device is the same as a second subnet IP address assigned to a second LAN device; mapping, based on determining the conflict, an alternate IP address to correspond with the first subnet IP address; and communicating with the first LAN device based at least in part on utilizing the alternate IP address instead of utilizing the first subnet IP address is disclosed. Various other aspects are contemplated.
US12041028B2	System and method for optimizing computing resources and data flow in networks A system and method for optimizing processing of keyboard/video/mouse (KVM) data in an internet protocol (IP) network environment receives via public interface access requests from users directed to KVM targets. The system includes a public and private virtual local area network (VLAN) linked by a bonded interface and general-purpose and optimized application containers. The general-purpose container initiates a KVM session and creates a network address translation (NAT) route (associated with an IP address visible to the user) and a dedicated interface via which the user may send KVM data directly and through the optimized application container, which prioritizes KVM data so it can pass without preemption through the private VLAN and to its intended KVM target in real-time or near real-time. The NAT route and external IP address may be reused for multiple access sessions to different KVM targets from the same user.
US12041006B2	Data transmission method and apparatus This application provides a data transmission method and an apparatus, to improve resource utilization. The method includes: A first node obtains reference information, where the reference information includes information about a first subcarrier spacing and information about a first backhaul resource. The first node transmits data on a second backhaul resource by using a second subcarrier spacing, where the second backhaul resource includes one or more sub-resources, each of the one or more sub-resources includes M resource units, M is an integer greater than 1, M is determined based on the first subcarrier spacing and the second subcarrier spacing, the second subcarrier spacing is greater than the first subcarrier spacing, and the second backhaul resource is a subset of the first backhaul resource.
US12041002B2	Variable tracking reference signal density Certain aspects of the present disclosure provide techniques for receiving an indication of variable tracking reference signal (TRS). A method that may be performed by a user equipment (UE) includes determining a configuration indicating a value for a variable tracking reference signal (TRS) density, monitoring for TRSs from a base station (BS) according to the indicated value for the variable TRS density, and performing at least one of frequency tracking or timing tracking based on the monitoring.
US12041000B2	Techniques for communicating data channel transmissions Methods, systems, and devices for wireless communications are described. A base station may transmit, to a user equipment (UE), a control message in a first control channel occasion associated with a first quasi-colocation (QCL) property, the control message indicating a transmission of a data message within a threshold time period. The UE may receive, from the base station, an indication to skip monitoring of a second control channel occasion within the threshold time period and may receive the data message in accordance with a second QCL property, or drop reception of the data message, based on the indication. Additionally, or alternatively, the base station may transmit a message indicating a unified transmission configuration indicator (TCI) state associated with the second QCL property, and the UE may receive the data message in accordance with the second QCL property based on the unified TCI state.
US12040999B2	Sounding reference signal (SRS) transmission framework Technology for an eNodeB operable to decode a sounding reference signal (SRS) received from a user equipment (UE) is disclosed. The eNodeB can decode the SRS received from the UE, wherein 5 the SRS is received using one or more SRS resources in a subframe where each SRS resource includes one or more symbols. The subframe can be an uplink subframe dedicated for SRS transmission or a short transmission time interval (sTTI) subframe used for SRS transmission. The eNodeB can determine uplink channel quality information for a channel between the eNodeB and the UE based in part on the 10 SRS.
US12040998B2	Methods and apparatuses for reliable multi-transmission systems Described herein are methods and apparatuses for enhancing transmission reliability. A method may comprise determining to determining to transmit a plurality of repetitions of a data payload. Each repetition of the data payload may comprise a set of coded bit sequences. The method may further comprise determining a constellation for each of the repetitions of the data payload, and mapping, for each repetition of the data payload, the sets of coded bit sequences to respective sets of modulation symbols based on the constellation. Each of the sets of modulation symbols may be different. The method may further comprise allocating time and frequency resources for transmitting the sets of modulation symbols and transmitting the sets of modulation symbols on a downlink channel using the allocated time and frequency resources.
US12040994B2	Methods and systems for regulating network connectivity from a gateway The present disclosure is directed to methods and systems for distributing network connectivity from a gateway. The network access system can include a gateway with the ability to support regulating network access to various devices. The network access functionality can be configurable and customizable to various users or devices. The gateway can connect to a source and determine the bandwidth. Using the determined bandwidth, the gateway can allocate the bandwidth among the devices according to a priority order of the devices. In some implementations, the gateway can receive customizable features from the user for bandwidth allocation to devices connected the gateway. The gateway can track the network usage by MAC address of a device and disconnect the device from the network when the network usage reaches a threshold.
US12040991B2	Unlocking computing resources for decomposable data centers Techniques for sending Compute Express Link (CXL) packets over Ethernet (CXL-E) in a composable data center that may include disaggregated, composable servers. The techniques may include receiving, from a first server device, a request to bind the first server device with a multiple logical device (MLD) appliance. Based at least in part on the request, a first CXL-E connection may be established for the first server device to export a computing resource to the MLD appliance. The techniques may also include receiving, from the MLD appliance, an indication that the computing resource is available, and receiving, from a second server device, a second request for the computing resource. Based at least in part on the second request, a second CXL-E connection may be established for the second server device to consume or otherwise utilize the computing resource of the first server device via the MLD appliance.
US12040990B2	Packet programmable flow telemetry profiling and analytics A mechanism is disclosed for performing implementing an operational flow profile. An initial packet is received that is associated with a flow. The initial packet contains a header including conditional commands related to an operational flow profile. The conditional commands are executed to initialize a state of an operational flow profile by allocating memory to store results of an aggregation function applied to the flow. A subsequent packet associated with the flow is received. The aggregation function is applied to the subsequent packet. Results of the aggregation function are stored to update the state of the operational flow profile.
US12040983B2	Systems and methods to measure the number of packets in cups Systems and methods to measure the number of packets in Control/User Plane Separation, CUPS, are provided. In some embodiments, a method performed by a Control Plane, CP, entity includes: determining that packet counting should be performed by a User Plane, UP, entity; providing measurement instructions to the UP entity for counting packets and identifying a recipient of a packet count if the CP entity is not the recipient; and, if the CP entity is the recipient of the packet count, receiving, from the UP entity, a packet count. In this way, a CP function is able to instruct a UP function to perform a measurement in terms of packets, e.g., a measurement of the number of packets transmitted.
US12040981B2	Service receiving methods, device, system and storage medium The present application discloses a service sending method, receiving method, device, system, and storage medium. The service sending method includes: sending, by a sending end, a service flow, a target information block of the service flow carrying position information, and the position information being used for indicating a relative position of the target information block in the service flow.
US12040978B2	Anycast routing technique for a content delivery network The system disclosed herein implements an improved anycast routing technique that enables a content delivery network (CDN) to control the load on various points of presence (PoPs), but that also maintains the ability to have requests that would have been sent to an offline PoP be automatically redirected to another PoP. The CDN is able to control the load on the PoPs by configuring content requests to be routed to a particular PoP. For instance, a CDN is configured to assign a subnet of distinct IP addresses to each PoP in a group of PoPs, so that each PoP can announce a unique anycast prefix. The CDN can control when and how these unique anycast prefix are announced to balance load across the PoPs.
US12040976B2	Packet header field extraction Some embodiments provide a method for processing a packet for a pipeline of a hardware switch. The pipeline, in some embodiments, includes several different stages that match against packet header fields and modify packet header fields. The method receives a packet that includes a set of packet headers. The method then populates, for each packet header in the set of packet headers, (i) a first set of registers with packet header field values of the packet header that are used in the pipeline, and (ii) a second set of registers with packet header field values of the packet header that are not used in the pipeline.
US12040974B2	Information sending and processing methods, node, controller, and non-transitory computer-readable storage medium Embodiments of the present disclosure provide an information sending method applied to a node. The method includes: sending capability advertisement information, wherein the capability advertisement information is used for indicating a capability of the node to support compressed SRv6 SIDs. Embodiments of the present disclosure further provide an information processing method, a node, a controller, and a non-transitory computer-readable storage medium.
US12040972B2	Management device, management method, and management program A management device includes: a management table acquisition unit that acquires at least a first management table in which an MPLS tunnel and a first label for in-network delivery are associated with each other, and a second management table in which an MPLS tunnel, a second label for specifying a CE router that is an output destination from an egress PE router, and identification information of a VPN to which the CE router that is the output destination belongs are associated with each other, the first management table being included in a node that is a copy source in an MPLS network, the second management table being included in an egress PE router as an output destination of a packet; and a VPN identification unit that collates the first label of the copied packet with the first management table to identify an MPLS tunnel through which the packet passes.
US12040967B2	System and method for splitting data elements for data communication based on transformation types implemented on the data elements at different devices A system accesses a set of devices transferring a plurality of data elements from a source device to a destination device. The system determines that a first subset of data elements from among the plurality of data elements is transformed in a first subset of devices. The system determines that a second subset of data elements from among the plurality of data elements is transformed in a second subset of devices. The system splits the plurality of data elements into the first subset of data elements and the second subset of data elements. The system communicates the first subset of data elements using a first transfer path through the first subset of devices. The system communicates the second subset of data elements using a second transfer path through the second subset of devices.
US12040962B2	Routing information management method and apparatus, and computer storage medium In a routing information management method, a primary route generation unit generates routing information related to a TCP packet, and the primary route generation unit sends the routing information and first identification information of the routing information to a database unit, where the first identification information is determined based on the TCP packet.
US12040959B2	Traffic monitoring method, apparatus, integrated circuit, network device, and network system Embodiments of this application disclose a traffic monitoring method, an apparatus, an integrated circuit, a network device, and a network system. When receiving a first packet, a traffic collection apparatus determines that a measurement value of a target performance indicator of the first packet matches a value of first information in a first register, updates a value of second information in the first register based on the measurement value of the target performance indicator of the first packet, and increases a value of third information in the first register by 1.
US12040954B2	Alternative control interface provided to infrastructure-as-a-service clients The current document is directed to an alternative control interface provided to infrastructure-as-a-service (“IaaS”) clients that provides a comprehensive collection of monitoring and control features to allow IaaS clients to monitor their distributed applications running within execution environments provided by an IaaS and to optimize execution of their distributed applications using the control features provided by the alternative control interface. In addition, the alternative control interface provides process-automation features and services that allow IaaS clients to automate monitoring and control tasks. In the described implementations, the currently disclosed alternative control interface is based on a graph database and a metrics database. The graph database stores a current representation of the infrastructure leased from an IaaS system by an IaaS client and the metrics database continuously collects and stores metric values scraped from components of the infrastructure leased by the IaaS client.
US12040949B2	Connecting processors using twisted torus configurations Methods, systems, and apparatus, including computer programs encoded on computer-storage media, for connecting processors using twisted torus configurations. In some implementations, a cluster of processing nodes is coupled using a reconfigurable interconnect fabric. The system determines a number of processing nodes to allocate as a network within the cluster and a topology for the network. The system selects an interconnection scheme for the network, where the interconnection scheme is selected from a group that includes at least a torus interconnection scheme and a twisted torus interconnection scheme. The system allocates the determined number of processing nodes of the cluster in the determined topology, sets the reconfigurable interconnect fabric to provide the selected interconnection scheme for the processing nodes in the network, and provides access to the network for performing a computing task.
US12040946B2	Decomposition and distribution of network functions for deployment flexibility Methods and computer software are disclosed for providing decomposition and distribution of network functions. In one example embodiment a method includes decomposing a node in a network into a decomposed node including a plurality of virtual machines or containers; and moving the decomposed node to any location across the network.
US12040944B2	Multi-fabric deployment and management platform The present technology provides a framework for user-guided end-to-end automation of network deployment and management, that enables a user to guide the automation process for any kind of network deployment from the ground up, as well as offering network management, visibility, and compliance verification. The disclosed technology accomplishes this by creating a stateful and interactive virtual representation of a fabric using a customizable underlay fabric template instantiated with user-provided parameter values and network topology data computed from one or more connected network devices. A set of expected configurations corresponding to the user-specified underlay and overly fabric policies is then generated for deployment onto the connected network devices. Network deviations from the intended fabric policies are addressed by the provision of one or more configuration lines to be deployed onto or removed from the connected network devices to bring the network state in agreement with the set of expected configuration.
US12040941B2	Methods and systems for configuring a mobile router The present invention discloses a method, a system and an electronic device for configuring the electronic device. The method and system comprise steps of configuring the electronic device by a profile server. The profile server receives sensor information, determines a profile substantially based on the sensor information, retrieves a configuration based on the profile, and then configure the electronic device substantially based on the configuration. In one variant, the configuration of the electronic device may be performed by a profile management module of the electronic device.
US12040934B1	Conversational assistant for obtaining network information This disclosure describes a network management system (NMS) configured to determine a particular network device of a plurality of network devices based on a first user input in a conversational assistant. The one or more processors are further configured to identify a set of actionable insights for the particular network device based on network data received from the plurality of network devices and determine a set of views of a dashboard based at least on the set of actionable insights, wherein each view of the set of views displays a portion of the network data received from the plurality of network devices. The one or more processors are further configured to select a view of the set of views of the dashboard based on a second user input in the conversational assistant and cause the dashboard to display the selected view.
US12040933B2	Network event data streaming platform for batch distribution and streaming of network event data This disclosure describes an event bus system that, as part of an inter-network facilitation system, can generate and distribute network events for self-service event requests utilizing a network event data streaming platform. For example, the disclosed systems can utilize a network event data streaming platform that includes specialized network components, such as a batch distribution data lake and an event fanning platform. The disclosed systems can utilize the batch distribution data lake to distribute long-retention network events for high-latency event requests. Additionally, the disclosed systems can utilize the event fanning platform to generate low-latency fanned data streams from short-retention network events for low-latency event requests.
US12040927B2	Peak-to-average power ratio (PAPR) reduction techniques Techniques for peak-to-average power ratio (PAPR) reduction are described. Wireless devices may provide signaling with respect to one or more PAPR shaping resources. For example, a wireless device may provide signaling of PAPR shaping capability information. PAPR shaping capability information may include information regarding one or more PAPR shaping resources the wireless device has a capability to implement. Additionally or alternatively, a wireless device may provide signaling of PAPR shaping information. PAPR shaping information may include information regarding shaping the signal by a wireless device prior to transmission in a communication link by implementing one or more PAPR shaping resources. Other aspects and features are also claimed and described.
US12040924B1	Cluster correlator for a demodulator A cluster correlator may be configured with: a first stage comprising a set of first correlators to correlate samples of an input signal with a first predetermined pattern and output an output sample, the set of first correlators to output a sample cluster corresponding to the output sample of the set of first correlators during a switching cycle of the first stage; a filter coupled to an output of the first stage to receive the sample cluster and to produce a processed output sample based on the sample cluster; and a second stage comprising at least one second correlator to receive a processed output sample from the filter and correlate the processed output sample with a second predetermined pattern, and output one or more correlation outputs during a switching cycle of the second stage.
US12040919B2	Method for transmitting sounding reference signal in wireless communication system and device therefor The present specification provides a method for transmitting a sounding reference signal (SRS) in a wireless communication system. More particularly, a method for transmitting, by a terminal, a sounding reference signal (SRS) in a wireless communication system comprises: receiving, from a base station, information relating to a plurality of SRS resource sets, the SRS resource sets each comprising one or more SRS resources; and transmitting, to the base station, an SRS on the plurality of SRS resources based on the information, wherein, if the plurality of SRS resources are included in difference SRS resource sets, the SRS is transmitted simultaneously on the plurality of SRS resources.
US12040913B2	Selecting a destination for a sensor signal in dependence on an active light setting The invention relates to an electronic device (1) for obtaining a sensor signal for use in a system (11) which changes a sensing function in dependence on a light setting. The electronic device is configured to obtain a sensor signal from a sensor (9) and select based on data stored in a memory (7) which device and/or application of a plurality of devices (21, 31, 45, 46) and/or applications the sensor signal should be transmitted to. The selection depends on which light setting is currently active on one or more light devices (13-15). The sensor is arranged to sense in a field of view. The electronic device is further configured to transmit the sensor signal to the selected device and/or application.
US12040910B2	Content fetching by mobile device selected based on battery changing level A method for fetching a content from a web server to a client device is disclosed, using tunnel devices serving as intermediate devices. The tunnel device is selected based on an attribute, such as IP Geolocation. A tunnel bank server stores a list of available tunnels that may be used, associated with values of various attribute types. The tunnel devices initiate communication with the tunnel bank server, and stays connected to it, for allowing a communication session initiated by the tunnel bank server. Upon receiving a request from a client to a content and for specific attribute types and values, a tunnel is selected by the tunnel bank server, and is used as a tunnel for retrieving the required content from the web server, using standard protocol such as SOCKS, WebSocket or HTTP Proxy. The client only communicates with a super proxy server that manages the content fetching scheme.
US12040885B2	Open real-time ethernet protocol A real-time Ethernet (RTE) protocol includes start-up frames originated by a master device for network initialization including a preamble, destination address (DA), source address (SA), a type field, and a status field including state information that indicates a current protocol state that the Ethernet network is in for the slave devices to translate for dynamically switching to one of a plurality of provided frame forwarding modes. The start-up frames include device Discovery frames at power up, Parameterization frames that distribute network parameters, and Time Synchronization frames including the master's time and unique assigned communication time slots for each slave device. After the initialization at least one data exchange frame is transmitted exclusive of SA and DA including a preamble that comprises a header that differentiates between master and slave, a type field, a status field excluding the current protocol state, and a data payload.
US12040879B2	Systems and methods for remote pilot communication via ground-based communication gateway device(s) Disclosed are methods, systems, and computer-readable medium for facilitating remote user airspace communication. For instance, the method may include: connecting with a user device associated with and remote from a first vehicle in a shared air traffic control sector; receiving voice communication data from at least one of the user device, a second vehicle in the shared air traffic control sector, and an air traffic control station in the shared air traffic control sector; generating analog data or digital data based on the received voice communication data; determining a recipient for the generated analog data or generated digital data in the shared air traffic control sector; transmitting the generated analog data or generated digital data to the recipient; and terminating the connection with the user device as the first vehicle leaves the shared air traffic control sector.
US12040873B2	Method and apparatus for validating stored system information A system for converging fifth generation (5G) communication systems for supporting higher data rates beyond fourth generation (4G) systems with a technology for Internet of things (IoT) is provided. The communication method and system may be applied to intelligent services based on the 5G communication technology and the IoT-related technology, such as smart home, smart building, smart city, smart car, connected car, health care, digital education, smart retail, security and safety services. A system is provided for determining system information validity by acquiring and storing a first system information block and other system information, including information on a public land mobile network (PLMN) identity and a value tag, and determining whether the stored system information is valid for the cell. As another example, a terminal and base station are provided for performing beam failure detection and a recovery procedure using first and second configuration information for beam failure recovery (BFR) and if failure is detected, initiating a first random access (RA) procedure and if second configuration information is received while the first RA procedure is ongoing, terminating the first RA procedure and initiating a second RA procedure based on the second configuration information.
US12040871B2	Systems and methods for configuring beam-switching acknowledgement Certain aspects of the subject matter described in this disclosure can be implemented in a method for wireless communication by base station. The method generally includes transmitting, to a user-equipment (UE), a packet indicating a beam switch associated with communication with the UE, receiving an acknowledgment (ACK) message, detecting that the ACK message is configured to indicate whether parsing of contents of the packet was successful, determining a timing of the beam switch based on the detection, and performing the beam switch in accordance with the determination of the timing.
US12040869B2	Channel state information overhead reduction for multi-transmission reception point/panel and cell free multiple input, multiple output Techniques of performing CSI reporting include identifying a cluster of TRPs sharing common information in their CSI and transmitting a complete CSI report to a selected TRP of the cluster while transmitting partial CSIs reports to other TRPs of the cluster. Along these lines, in an example implementation, a UE receives a CSI-RS from a network, with the CSI-RS carrying a plurality of reference symbols from a plurality of TRPs. Based on the plurality of symbols, the UE generates TRP data representing CSI feedback for each of the TRPs. From the CSI feedback, the UE identifies, as a cluster, a subset of the TRPs that share common information within the CSI feedback. The UE then sends first identification data identifying the subset of the TRPs that make up the cluster to the network.
US12040865B2	Low complexity multi-configuration CSI reporting Systems and methods for low complexity multi-configuration Channel State Information (CSI) reporting are provided. In some embodiments, a method of operating a wireless device in a cellular communications network to provide CSI feedback from multiple CSI reporting configurations is provided. The method includes receiving a first and second CSI reporting configuration and then reporting updated CSI in a CSI report for only one of the first CSI reporting configuration and the second CSI reporting configuration. In this way, rich CSI feedback with many ports, different codebooks, mixed beamformed and non-precoded CSI-RS configurations, etc., can be supported while requiring less computational complexity in the wireless device.
US12040863B2	Uplink transmission method and apparatus, signal receiving method and apparatus, terminal, service node, and medium Provided are a method and apparatus for uplink transmission, a method and apparatus for receiving signal, a terminal device, a service node and a non-transitory computer-readable storage medium. The method for uplink transmission may include: performing beamforming on a Sounding Reference Signal (SRS) according to a target parameter, and transmitting the SRS beamformed, wherein the target parameter is determined according to downlink channel information; receiving precoding information; and transmitting an uplink transmission signal according to the target parameter and the precoding information.
US12040857B2	Receiver for a communication system The present subject matter relates to a receiver including a detector for receiving a signal from a transmitter. The detector includes a set of one or more settable parameters, and circuitry configured for implementing an algorithm having trainable parameters. The algorithm is configured to receive as input information indicative of a status of a communication channel between the transmitter and the receiver and to output values of the set of settable parameters of the detector. The detector is configured to receive a signal corresponding to a message sent by the transmitter and to provide an output indicative of the message based on the received signal and the output values of the set of settable parameters of the detector.
US12040856B2	One shot multi-user multiple-input multiple-output (MU-MIMO) resource pairing using reinforcement learning based deep Q network (DQN) Systems, methods, apparatuses, and computer program products for scheduling radio resources across a group of one or more user equipment (UEs) are provided. One method may include encoding every sequence of multi-user multiple-input multiple-output (MU MIMO) beam combinations into a unique numerical value, adding a Q value into the encoded numerical value to produce a Q encoded value (Qencoded), providing each of the sequence of beam combinations with a unique designated bin, passing a matrix comprising a state representation for each of the beam combinations through a deep Q network (DQN), and outputting, by the deep Q network (DQN), one or more optimal beams to assign to a user equipment (UE).
US12040851B2	Cooperative beamforming in wireless network This document discloses a solution for performing internetwork beamforming cooperation. According to an aspect, a method comprises: establishing, by a first access node (112) of a first wireless network, internetwork beamforming with a second access node (110) of a second wireless network, wherein the establishment indicates at least one station (102) of the second wireless network; in response to said establishing, transmitting by the first access node (112) a channel sounding signal; receiving, by the first access node (112) from the at least one station (102) of the second wireless network, a beamforming report comprising channel state information measured from the channel sounding signal; and performing, by the first access node (112), null steering beamforming transmission in the first wireless network on the basis of the received channel state information.
US12040846B2	Distance quality indicator (DQI) for phase-based distance estimation using narrowband radios Systems and methods for producing quality indicators for phase-based distance estimations using narrowband radios are described. In an illustrative, non-limiting embodiment, a device may include: a processor; and a memory coupled to the processor, the memory having program instructions stored thereon that, upon execution by the processor, cause the device to: measure a transfer function of a radio frequency (RF) channel between the device and another device using narrowband radios; estimate a distance between the device and the other device based, at least in part, upon the transfer function; and determine a Distance Quality Indicator (DQI) corresponding to the distance based, at least in part, upon an evaluation of a spectral lobe of the transfer function.
US12040839B2	Two-dimensional scalable high-power optical phased array architecture with beam steering A two-dimensional scalable high-power optical phased array architecture with beam steering is provided. The present disclosure is related to integrated optical transmitters wherein an array of antenna elements together with laser sources can transmit high-power optical signals. The optical transmitters can also beamform and steer the signal toward the desired direction. The architecture facilitates a simplified control of the delay tuning elements by using a single control signal for the entire row and single control signal for the entire column.
US12040833B2	Apparatus for polarization multiplexing and encoding in visible light communication system based on gold nanoparticle A method and an apparatus for polarization multiplexing and encoding in a visible light communication system based on a gold nanoparticle are provided. A method for encoding in a receiver using a polarizing characteristic in a visible light communication system based on a gold nanoparticle, which is performed by a computer device, includes splitting a receive signal into left circular polarization light and right circular polarization light by allowing the receive signal to pass through a linear polarizer and estimating a phase retardation difference, and detecting a transmit symbol by estimating the phase retardation difference.
US12040831B2	Optical communication system and master station The present invention enables shortening the time required for resuming communication in a protection method that uses a backup path in an optical communication system that includes a master station device and multiple slave station devices. The slave station devices are connected to a loop path in parallel. The communication paths between the master station device and the slave station devices include a normal path and a backup path. First and second slave station devices are slave station devices that cannot perform communication via the normal path. The magnitude relationship between backup path RTTs is opposite to the magnitude relationship between normal path RTTs. If the second normal path RTT for the second slave station device is longer than the first normal path RTT for the first slave station device, the first backup path RTT is longer than the second backup path RTT, and the second backup path RTT is shorter than the first backup path RTT. Based on this fact, the master station device limits the QuietWindow, which is used in ranging processing for measuring the backup path RTT, to a size smaller than a predetermined maximum size.
US12040827B2	Case for electronic device and magnetic assembly The present disclosure provides a case for an electronic device and a magnetic assembly. The case includes a side wall, a back wall connected with the side wall to define a receiving cavity for receiving the electronic device, and a magnetic assembly, the magnetic assembly includes a support member connected with the side wall or the back wall, and a magnetic alignment member, the support member is capable of moving relative to the side wall or the back wall, so as to support the case, the magnetic alignment member is detachably or fixedly connected with the support member connected with the back wall or the side wall. The case of the present disclosure is convenient to use.
US12040826B2	Methods and systems for ultra wideband (UWB) receivers Ultra-Wideband (UWB) wireless technology transmits digital data as modulated coded impulses over a very wide frequency spectrum with very low power over a short distance. Accordingly, the inventors have established UWB devices which accommodate and adapt to inaccuracies, errors, or issues within the implemented electronics, hardware, firmware, and software. Beneficially, UWB receivers may accommodate offsets in absolute frequency between their frequency source and the transmitter, accommodate drift arising from phase locked loop and/or from relative clock frequency offsets of the remote transmitter and local receiver. UWB devices may also employ modulation coding schemes offering increased efficiency with respect to power, data bits per pulse transmitted, and enabled operation at higher output power whilst complying with regulatory emission requirements. Further, UWB devices may support a ranging function with range/accuracy not limited to the low frequency master clock employed within these devices enabling operation with ultra-low power consumption.
US12040820B2	System and method for data compression with homomorphic encryption A system and method for data compression with homomorphic encryption, which enables secure storage of private information in a database, and which enables searching and comparison of encrypted data within the database, comprising a stream condition system configured to optimize the contents of received data for lossless compression by a data encoder, a data encoder to perform the lossless compression, and an encrypted search engine configured to encrypt the compressed data according to a homomorphic encryption scheme and store the encrypted data in a database. The system may receive a data query and encrypt the data query according to the homomorphic encryption scheme. The encrypted data query may be compared against an encrypted element in the database and an encryption score generated. The encryption score may be compared against a set of criteria to determine if a match is found. Matched data may be returned to the requesting entity.
US12040819B2	Method and apparatus for decoding of data in communication and broadcasting systems The disclosure relates to a method performed by an apparatus for decoding an encoded signal in a communication system according to an embodiment of the disclosure may include an operation of receiving an encoded signal including a plurality of codeword bits, an operation of determining a first log-likelihood ratio (LLR) for the plurality of codeword bits, and an operation of performing iterative decoding a predetermined number of times based the first LLR, and the plurality of codeword bits may include a codeword bit included in a first subset and a codeword bit included in a second subset, and the operation of performing iterative decoding may include determining a second LLR only for the codeword bit included in the first subset of the plurality of codeword bits, and estimating, based on the second LLR, a bit value only for the codeword bit included in the first subset.
US12040818B2	Communication device for performing detection operation and demodulation operation on codeword and operating method thereof A method includes calculating a number of iterative detection and decoding (IDD) iterations and a number of decoding iterations for each of a plurality of channel coding units in a target codeword; calculating a demodulation time and a decoding time for the target codeword based on the number of IDD iterations and the number of decoding iterations for the target codeword; adding the target codeword to a codeword set, based on a demodulation time and a decoding time for codewords in the codeword set and the target codeword; and performing an IDD operation based on a number of IDD iterations and a number of decoding iterations.
US12040802B1	Digital subscriber line communication device and timing recovery method thereof A timing recovery method includes the following operations: performing a time domain timing recovery process according to a predefined cyclic prefix portion of a first symbol during a downstream time-division duplexing frame period to tune a phase locked loop circuit; and performing a frequency domain timing recovery process according to at least one second symbol that follows the first symbol during the downstream time-division duplexing frame period to tune the phase locked loop circuit.
US12040790B2	Electronic apparatus, switching system, and control method An electronic apparatus includes a noise measurement circuitry that measures electromagnetic noise in a surrounding environment, and a controller that controls timing of turning on or off a switching circuit based on the electromagnetic noise measured by the noise measurement circuitry.
US12040783B2	Low loss transversely-excited film bulk acoustic resonators and filters An acoustic resonator device includes a diaphragm a diaphragm comprising a portion of a piezoelectric plate spanning a cavity. A conductor pattern on a surface of the piezoelectric plate includes an interdigital transducer (IDT) with a first busbar, a second busbar, and a plurality of interleaved IDT fingers extending alternately from the first and second busbars. Overlapping portions of the plurality of interleaved fingers are on the diaphragm. The conductor pattern also includes a first reflector element on the diaphragm proximate and parallel to a first IDT finger, and a second reflector element on the diaphragm proximate and parallel to a last IDT finger. A center-to-center spacing of the first reflector element and the first IDT finger and the second reflector element and the last IDT finger is greater than an average center-to-center spacing between all adjacent pairs of IDT fingers.
US12040782B2	Composite filter device A composite filter device includes a piezoelectric substrate made of LiNbO3, a first filter on the piezoelectric substrate, and including acoustic wave resonators, and a second filter including one end connected in common to one end of the first filter, wherein a pass band of the second filter is in a frequency band higher than a pass band of the first filter, and bulk wave radiation frequencies of all of the first and second resonators of the first filter are higher than the pass band of the second filter.
US12040777B2	Modified saw transducer, saw resonator, and saw filter comprising same A SAW transducer and a SAW resonator are proposed composed of consecutively arranged unit cells of length L. Slight geometry or material variations such as variations of the metallization ration or the unit cell length L affecting the pitch) between these unit cells result in improved spurious mode suppression while the main mode performance is unaffected.
US12040771B2	Method and circuit for matching impedance and regulating voltage across a low voltage device A circuit for matching impedance and regulating a voltage of a high radio frequency line across a low voltage device that includes a differential input port, the high radio frequency lines, an internally routed line, a singled ended peak detection circuit, and a single-ended programmable variable impedance using a single-ended programmable variable impedance. The differential input port receives a differential high radio frequency signal using driver buffers. The internally routed line boosts the received differential high-frequency RF signal. The single-ended peak detection circuit detects peak voltages of the differential high-frequency RF signal. Depending on the peak value obtained at the output of the single-ended peak detection circuit, the single-ended programmable variable impedance that matches the impedance of each of high radio frequency lines and regulates the voltage of high radio frequency lines across said low voltage device to a pre-defined voltage.
US12040767B2	Laminated LC filter A multilayer substrate includes a via electrode defining and functioning as an end portion on ground terminals side of a first inductor connected to a shield electrode, the end portion on a signal line side is adjacent to or in a vicinity of a first principal surface than the end portion on the ground terminals side is in the lamination direction of base material layers, a via electrode defining and functioning as the end portion on the ground terminals side of a second inductor is connected to the shield electrode, and the end portion on the signal line side is adjacent to or in a vicinity of the first principal surface than the end portion on the ground terminals side is in the lamination direction of the base material layers.
US12040762B2	Method for performing normalization of audio signal and apparatus therefor A method for performing loudness normalization by an audio signal processing device includes: receiving an audio signal; receiving information relating to integrated loudness of the audio signal; receiving information relating to target loudness of the audio signal; obtaining a corrected integrated loudness by correcting the integrated loudness based on one or more audio processing; and obtaining a normalized audio signal by normalizing the audio signal based on the corrected integrated loudness and the target loudness.
US12040759B2	Power reconfigurable power amplifier Disclosed is a reconfigurable power amplifier having a 2N−1 number of input-side reconfigurable quadrature couplers connected in a tree structure, wherein a 2(N−1) number of the input-side reconfigurable quadrature couplers have coupler output terminals, and a root of the tree structure is one of the input-side reconfigurable quadrature couplers having a main input terminal. Also included is a 2N−1 number of output-side reconfigurable quadrature couplers connected in a tree structure, wherein a 2(N−1) number of the output-side reconfigurable quadrature couplers have coupler input terminals, and a root of the tree structure is one of the output-side reconfigurable quadrature couplers having a main output terminal. Further included is a 2N number of constituent amplifiers divided into amplifier pairs having amplifier input terminals connected to corresponding ones of the coupler output terminals and having amplifier output terminals coupled to corresponding ones of the coupler input terminals.
US12040758B2	Current sensing circuit with integrated resistor and switch matrix An integrated circuit for measuring current while receiving wireless power is described. The integrated circuit measures a current across a resistor by an amplifier. A gain of the amplifier is based on a pair of matched upstairs resistors and a pair of matched downstairs resistors. The pair of matched upstairs resistors may include an offset in resistance. The integrated circuit includes a switch matrix with switches coupled between the integrated resistor and the pair of matched upstairs resistors. The offset for the pair of matched upstairs resistors may be measured by selectively controlling the switches.
US12040750B2	Apparatus for optimized turn-off of a cascode amplifier An apparatus for turning off a cascode amplifier having a common-base transistor and a common-emitter transistor is disclosed that includes the cascode amplifier, a feedback circuit, and a bias circuit. The feedback circuit is configured to receive a collector-voltage from the collector of the common-emitter transistor when the common-emitter transistor is switched to a first OFF state and produce a first feedback signal. The collector-voltage is equal to a emitter voltage of the common-base transistor and the collector-voltage increases in response to switching the common-emitter transistor to the first OFF state. The bias circuit is configured to receive the first feedback signal and produce a bias-voltage. A first base-voltage is produced from the bias-voltage. The cascode amplifier is configured to receive the first base-voltage and a second base-voltage. The common-base transistor is configured to switch to a second OFF state in response to receiving the second base-voltage.
US12040747B2	Precision internal low-frequency oscillator to generate real-time clock An oscillation circuit includes resistors with tap points for high/low reference voltages. An RC network coupled in parallel with the resistors includes a first capacitor to vary a first voltage input and a second capacitor to generate a second voltage input. A first comparator alternately compares the voltage inputs with the low reference voltage to generate oscillation outputs. A PTAT current DAC supplies an injection current to a resistor of the series of resistors that variably modulates the reference voltages. A second comparator alternately compares the voltage inputs with the high reference voltage and controls generation of an adaptive bias current to first comparator near a switching threshold voltage range thereof. A chop switch matrix alternately flips voltage reference inputs to input terminals of first comparator. A multiplexer alternately inverts a polarity of the oscillation outputs in concert with alternately flipping the voltage reference inputs by the chop switch matrix.
US12040745B1	Renewable energy system with low pass filter A system, method, and solar photovoltaic (PV) network for solar PV variability reduction with reduced time delays and battery storage optimization are described. The system includes a Moving Regression (MR) filter; a State of Charge (SoC) feedback control; and a Battery Energy Storage System (BESS). The MR filter, SoC feedback control and BESS are configured to provide smoothing of solar PV variabilities. The MR filter is a non-parametric smoother that utilizes a machine learning concept of linear regression to smooth out solar PV variations at every time step.
US12040736B2	Lighting device and solar power supply therefor The disclosed subject matter relates to a solar power supply device for a light, comprising at least one tubular solar module that can be slid onto a mast, and a crown which can be fitted to the top of the mast and from which the solar module is suspended, wherein the solar module contains in its interior at least one pair of spring elements that can be resiliently spread apart, between which the mast can be passed through. The invention further relates to a lighting device comprising a mast and a solar power supply device of this kind, the crown of which is fitted to the top of the mast and through the spread-apart spring elements of which the mast is passed through, and at least one light that is supported by the solar power supply device and is electrically powered thereby.
US12040719B2	Isolated primary side switched converter The invention relates to an isolated resonant primary side switched converter (100), comprising a galvanic isolation stage (105), an auxiliary winding (L51-c) on the primary side (101) of the isolation stage (105) which is magnetically coupled to at least one secondary side winding (L51-b, L51-d) of the isolation stage (105), wherein the auxiliary winding (L51-c) is configured to detect a feedback signal as to a secondary side voltage, and a control unit (107) configured to sample the feedback signal, in each or every nth switching cycle, during a sampling period in which a current is flowing on the secondary side (103) of the isolation stage (105), and to process the sampled signal for a feedback control of the secondary side voltage by controlling the switching operation of a primary side switch (M40, M41).
US12040714B2	Switching regulator and operating method A switching regulator generates an output voltage from an input voltage and includes; a charge sharing circuit that selectively forms one of a first charge sharing path between a first flying capacitor and a second bootstrap capacitor and a second charge sharing path between a second flying capacitor and a first bootstrap capacitor based on first and second conversion modes.
US12040710B2	Estimation of an inductance in a power converter Circuitry for estimating an inductance of an inductor in power converter circuitry, the circuitry comprising: circuitry for generating a peak inductor current signal indicative of a peak inductor current during an operational cycle of the power converter circuitry; circuitry for generating a ripple current estimate signal, indicative of an estimate of a ripple current in the power converter circuitry; and circuitry for applying the ripple current estimate signal to the peak inductor current signal to generate an average inductor current threshold signal indicative of an estimated average inductor current in the power converter circuitry during the operational cycle, wherein the ripple current estimate signal is based on: a duration of a charging phase of operation of the power converter circuitry; a voltage across the inductor; and an inductance value for the inductor; and wherein the circuitry for generating the ripple current estimate signal is operative to select an inductance value for the inductor for which the estimated average inductor current is equal to an actual average inductor current during the operational cycle to generate a value for the actual inductance of the inductor.
US12040701B2	Cascaded active electro-magnetic interference filter An active electromagnetic interference (EMI) filter includes a first amplifier and a second amplifier. The first amplifier is configured to sense noise signals on a power conductor. The second amplifier is coupled to the first amplifier and is configured to drive a cancellation signal onto the power conductor. The cancellation signal is to reduce the amplitude of the noise signals sensed by the first amplifier. An output impedance of the second amplifier is lower than an output impedance of the first amplifier.
US12040700B2	Power supply apparatus A power supply apparatus, comprising at least one circuit board having thereon at least a first single phase power factor controlled (PFC) circuit, and a second PFC corrected circuit, the first single phase PFC circuit and the second PFC corrected circuit each having at least one PFC device in communication with at least one inverter, at least one resonant (LC) circuit positioned on the at least one circuit board and in electrical communication with at least one of the first single phase PFC circuit and the second PFC corrected circuit, at least one transformer in communication with at least one of the first single phase PFC circuit and the second PFC corrected circuit via the at least one LC resonant circuit, the at least one transformer configured to generate at least one transformer output signal, and at least one capacitor in communication with the at least one transformer and configured to output at least one magnetron input signal in response to the at least one transformer output signal, and at least one power supply generating at least one three phase input voltage, the at least one circuit board in communication with the at least one power supply.
US12040698B2	Uninterruptible power supply, UPS, for connecting a multiphase load to an AC source and a DC source A system and method for an uninterruptible power supply (UPS) includes a first converter assembly, a second converter assembly, a third converter assembly, a first controlled device configured for disconnecting at least two converters of the first converter assembly from and AC source, and a second controlled device configured for connecting at least two of the first converters together, and comprising the step of: opening the first controlled device and closing the second controlled device such that the first converter assembly transfers energy between split DC link halves to maintain voltage regulation of the DC link with respect to the midpoint reference.
US12040696B2	Three-phase differential mode converter A system for charging a battery includes three sub-modules, each receiving a respective phase of a three-phase alternating current (AC) signal. The three sub-modules cooperate to transform the respective phases of the three-phase AC signal to a direct current (DC) signal by passing the respective phases of the three-phase AC signal through a respective semiconductor device configured to discontinuously modulate the respective phase of the three-phase AC signal to convert it to a DC signal provided to the battery to charge the battery.
US12040691B2	Electrical machine comprising a cooling and or lubricating system having a wet chamber, motor vehicle having an electrical machine An electrical machine, in particular for driving a motor vehicle, including a cooling and/or lubricating system having a wet chamber for accommodating a cooling and/or lubricating medium. A stator and/or a rotor of the electrical machine is at least partially arranged in the wet chamber and/or delimits it, and the electrical machine includes at least one stator-side transmission component and at least one rotor-side transmission component, which form an electrical sliding contact. At least one of the transmission components is at least partially arranged in the wet chamber and/or delimits
US12040690B2	Cooling a stator housing of an electric machine An electric motor may include a stator assembly comprising a stator housing, and one or more rotors coupled to the stator by a rotor shaft assembly. The stator housing may include a cooling structure that has a plurality of cooling body portions and a plurality of cooling conduits defined by the plurality of cooling body portions. A method of forming a stator housing for an electric machine may include additively manufacturing a stator housing that includes a cooling structure defining a fluid domain, coupling a working fluid source to the stator housing and introducing a working fluid into the fluid domain defined by the cooling structure, and sealing the cooling structure with the working fluid contained within the fluid domain of the cooling structure. A method of cooling an electric machine may include heating the working fluid in the fluid domain and flowing the working fluid through the fluid domain, and transferring heat from the cooling structure to a cooling fluid flowing along one or more cooling surfaces contacting a surface of the electric machine.
US12040688B2	Power tool and control method thereof A power tool includes a functional element, a motor, a power supply module, a driver circuit, and a control module. The control module is electrically connected to the driver circuit and configured to output a control signal to the driver circuit to control the driver circuit. The control module is configured to: in the case where the power tool is in a first operation stage, control the driver circuit in a first control mode so that a voltage of the motor varies with a rotor position of the motor in a square wave; and in the case where the power tool is in a second operation stage, control the driver circuit in a second control mode so that the voltage of the motor varies with the rotor position of the motor in a sine wave or a saddle wave.
US12040687B2	Power tool A power tool includes a motor including a rotor and a stator disposed around the rotor; an output shaft to which a tip tool is attached and that is rotated by power generated by the motor; a torque sensor unit that is disposed between the stator and the output shaft in a front-rear direction parallel to a rotation axis of the motor and that is coupled to the output shaft; an amplifier circuit that amplifies a detection signal of the torque sensor unit; and a housing including a motor housing part for housing the motor and a grip part. The torque sensor unit is disposed forward of the stator. The grip part is disposed downward of the motor housing part. The amplifier circuit is disposed upward of the grip part. The amplifier circuit is disposed forward of a rear end part of the stator.
US12040682B2	Hybrid power train with a low-voltage motor-generator A hybrid power train with a low-voltage motor-generator. Such a hybrid power train may include a low-voltage motor-generator arranged in a concentric manner around a drive shaft to form a driving connection between a rotor of the low-voltage motor-generator and the drive shaft; and a hollow shaft between the low-voltage motor-generator and the drive shaft, the hollow shaft comprising an outer spline at a first end portion, connected to the rotor of the low-voltage motor-generator, and an inner spline at a second end portion, connected to the drive shaft, wherein both the connection of the outer spline to the rotor of the low-voltage motor-generator and the connection of the inner spline to the drive shaft is faulted as a crowned spline connection to accommodate for horizontal and/or vertical angular misalignment and/or horizontal and/or vertical displacement between the drive shaft and the rotor.
US12040681B2	Rotary electric machine A housing is shaped in a bottomed tubular form. A stator is fixed to a stator receiving portion of a tubular portion of the housing at an arbitrary angle position around an axis of the tubular portion. A heat sink is fixed to a heat sink fixing portion of the tubular portion at an arbitrary angle position around the axis of the tubular portion. A control device includes a connector for electrically connecting with an external device and is configured to control energization of the stator. Each of a plurality of externally mounting portions is a part of a bottom portion of the housing and is formed integrally with the housing in one-piece. A plurality of housing positioning holes are formed at the bottom portion of the housing and are arranged at equal intervals along a circle that is concentric with the tubular portion.
US12040679B2	Motor unit A motor unit according to an aspect of the present invention includes: a motor having a rotor that rotates about a motor axis and a stator located radially outside the rotor; an inverter that controls a current to be supplied to the motor; a housing body having a motor housing portion that houses the motor and an inverter housing portion that houses the inverter; and an inverter housing configured to cover an opening of the inverter housing portion while supporting the inverter. The housing body is provided with a first cooling path through which a first refrigerant for cooling the motor flows. The inverter housing is provided with a second cooling path through which a second refrigerant for cooling the inverter flows.
US12040676B2	Voice coil motor The VCM according to an exemplary embodiment of the present disclosure includes a base unit, a mover including a bobbin arranged at an upper surface of the base unit and formed with a plurality of rotation prevention units along a periphery and a first driving unit arranged at a periphery of the bobbin, a stator including a yoke configured to the base unit to surround the mover and inner yoke units each extended to between the rotation prevention units, and a second driving unit oppositely arranged to the first driving unit, and an elastic member elastically supporting the mover, wherein an object occurrence preventing portion is formed between the rotation prevention unit and the inner yoke units to decrease a contact area between the rotation prevention unit and the inner yoke units.
US12040673B2	Motor In one aspect of the present invention, a motor includes a rotor that is rotatable about a center axis line and a stator that is disposed on a radial outside of the rotor. The stator includes a winding portion including a plurality of conductor connection bodies in which a plurality of conductors are connected in series and a stator core in which a plurality of slots through which the conductor connection body passes are provided. The winding portion includes a neutral point portion located on one side in the axial direction of the stator core, ends of the three conductor connection bodies being electrically connected to the neutral point portion. The neutral point portion includes two connection portions to which two of different combinations of the ends of the three conductor connection bodies are connected.
US12040665B2	Rotor of rotating electric machine and method of manufacturing rotor Provided is a rotor of a rotating electric machine, including: a rotor core; an end plate provided at an end portion of the rotor core in an axial direction of the rotor core; and a shaft passing through the rotor core and the end plate along the axial direction. The end plate includes: a flat plate portion that has an annular shape and is held in contact with the rotor core; and a warp portion that is formed more on an inner peripheral side of the end plate than the flat plate portion and is held in contact with the shaft. In a radial cross section of the end plate, the warp portion is warped so as to be apart from the rotor core as extending away from the flat plate portion.
US12040660B2	Permanent magnet rotor with minimal cage The disclosed embodiments describe a partially caged rotor for use in an interior permanent magnet motor and techniques for fabricating thereof. In some embodiments, a caged rotor includes: a rotor core having a shaft; a rotor cage comprising a plurality of conductor bars; and a plurality of permanent magnets at least partially disposed inside a plurality of mounting holes of the core, the plurality of permanent magnets and the plurality of mounting holes forming a plurality of cavities inside the core; wherein each conductor bar is disposed at a respective cavity of the plurality of cavities such that the plurality of conductor bars is of a number greater or equal to 8 and less or equal to 64.
US12040657B2	Uninterruptible power supply arrangement for subsea applications An uninterruptible power supply, UPS, arrangement for subsea applications, including a container arranged and configured for subsea operation, and the following main modules arranged inside the container: at least one battery module of a predetermined battery capacity; at least one UPS module governing the battery module, the UPS module having a predetermined UPS capacity; at least one control module configured for interfacing and managing the battery module and the UPS module. The UPS arrangement is arranged and configured to vary its overall capacity based on at least the number of battery and UPS modules, wherein the at least one battery module and the at least one UPS module are internally arranged such that the heat losses from the UPS module are used to heat the battery module.
US12040656B2	Engineered power on demand A system, module, and method for generating reliable, high quality power on demand and off-grid includes a photovoltaic array for delivering DC power; a generator having a size ranging from about 5 kW to about 30 kW, and comprising an engine powered by hydrocarbon gas filtered through a coalescing filter and comprising an extended lubrication system; an uninterruptible power supply (UPS) comprising a storage battery, the UPS being coupled to the photovoltaic array for receiving the DC power, and to the generator by a bi-directional inverter for receiving, transmitting, and qualifying DC or AC power; and an intelligent controller coupled to the UPS for controlling output of the DC or AC power to at least one air compressor capable of providing compressed air to one or more pneumatic devices.
US12040653B2	Charge control circuit and abnormality detection system of secondary battery The safety is ensured in such a manner that with an abnormality detection system of a secondary battery, abnormality of a secondary battery is detected, for example, a phenomenon that lowers the safety of the secondary battery is detected early, and a user is warned or the use of the secondary battery is stopped. The abnormality detection system of the secondary battery determines whether the temperature of the secondary battery is within a temperature range in which normal operation can be performed on the basis of temperature data obtained with a temperature sensor. In the case where the temperature of the secondary battery is high, a cooling device is driven by a control signal from the abnormality detection system of the secondary battery. The abnormality detection system of the secondary battery includes at least a memory means. The memory means has a function of holding an analog signal and includes a transistor using an oxide semiconductor for a semiconductor layer.
US12040645B2	Adapter An adapter for releasably connecting a power tool to a rechargeable battery, and a first and a second interface, a first set of control electronics and a second set of control electronics and a switching element for reversibly setting the second control electronics to an activation mode or deactivation mode, wherein in the activation mode at least a first transistor can be driven such that electrical energy can pass from the rechargeable battery to the power tool. A system with the power tool and adapter and a method for open-loop and closed-loop control of an adapter are also provided.
US12040635B2	System and method for dynamically balancing power from distributed power sources in a battery pack A battery management system for dynamically balancing power in a battery module is provided. The battery management system comprises a plurality of modules, and each of the plurality of modules comprises a plurality of bricks. Each of the plurality of bricks comprises a plurality of blocks, electrically connected in one of a series configuration or a parallel configuration and a controller assembly provided in each of the plurality of the modules. The controller assembly comprises a first converter adapted to be connected to the plurality of bricks and a second converter adapted to be connected to an external system. The controller assembly is configured to obtain a plurality of battery pack parameters from the plurality of bricks using the first converter, process the obtained plurality of battery pack parameters and determine a current level to regulate a charging or discharging of the battery pack using the second converter.
US12040633B2	Wireless power transfer using inductive coupling The present invention suppresses leakage magnetic field. A power transfer coil configured to transmit or receive power includes: an inner coil; a first outer coil formed so as to surround the inner coil such that a magnetic flux opposite in phase to a magnetic flux outside the inner coil is generated outside the first outer coil, the first outer coil having one end connected to a first terminal and the other end connected to one end of the inner coil; and a second outer coil formed so as to surround the inner coil such that a magnetic flux opposite in phase to the magnetic flux outside the inner coil is generated outside the second outer coil, the second outer coil having one end connected to a second terminal and the other end connected to the other end of the inner coil.
US12040628B2	LDO free wireless power receiver having regtifier A bridge rectifier is controlled by control circuitry to act a “regtifier” which both regulates and rectifies without the use of a traditional voltage regulator. To accomplish this, the gate voltages of transistors of the bridge that are on during a given phase may be modulated to dissipate excess power. Gate voltages of transistors of the bridge that are off during the given phase may alternatively or additionally be modulated to dissipate excess power. The regtifier may act as two half-bridges that each power a different voltage converter, with those voltage converters powering a battery. The voltage converters may be switched capacitor voltage converters that switch synchronously with switching of the two half-bridges as they perform rectification.
US12040617B2	Electric power system, server, charge-and-discharge controller, and power demand-and-supply adjustment method An electric power system includes a plurality of power adjustment resources electrically connectable to a power grid, and a management device configured to manage the power adjustment resources. The management device is configured to acquire a first request signal for requesting demand-and-supply adjustment in the power grid, and a second request signal for requesting the power adjustment resources to adjust electric energy in a predetermined period, transmit a power command signal indicating a command power value for each predetermined interval in the predetermined period to a predetermined power adjustment resource included in the power adjustment resources, and generate the power command signal to respond to both requests of the first request signal and the second request signal.
US12040611B2	Data center energy management system using an energy flow configuration This disclosure describes techniques that include managing flows of energy within a system that includes a data center and using at least some of the energy flows to provide power to the data center. In some examples, this disclosure describes a system comprising a power generation system, a battery storage system having a state of charge attribute, and processing circuitry having access to an electrical power grid, the power generation system, and the battery storage system. In one example, the processing circuitry is configured to: determine an energy utilization forecast for a data center; monitor energy availability factors; and determine, based on the energy utilization forecast and the monitored energy availability factors, an energy flow configuration defining energy flows involving with the electrical power grid, the power generation system, the battery storage system, and the data center.
US12040607B2	Voltage stabilizer and power conversion device using same A voltage stabilizer is provided for stabilizing a gate-source voltage of a switching element, wherein a source of the switching element receives a first driving voltage. The voltage stabilizer includes a transistor and a first resistor. A base of the transistor receives a second driving voltage, a collector of the bipolar junction transistor is electrically connected to a gate of the switching element, a first terminal of the first resistor is electrically connected to the collector and the gate, a second terminal of the first resistor is electrically connected to the source of the switching element and receives the first driving voltage.
US12040604B2	Composite reinforcement systems for power transmissionlines, and methods of forming same A hybrid single or multilayer composite reinforcement system is disclosed. The system is configured to install or apply around the existing power transmission lines, for example, ACSR transmission lines for increasing ampacity and also decreasing sag of the power transmission lines. The hybrid composite system comprises a first layer, a second layer, and a composite core as a structural reinforcement component. The first layer and second layer are formed using a fiber reinforced resin composite material, comprising a basalt fiber and the structural reinforcement component is a carbon fiber. The composite core is disposed between the first layer and second layer. Further, the first layer and second layer are cured, thereby making the multilayer hybrid composite reinforcement system. The composite core, comprising for example carbon fiber, provides structural strength for the hybrid composite system. The system is novel, lightweight, fast and easy to install, long-lasting, reliable, environmentally friendly, and cost-effective.
US12040603B2	Device for cable management An apparatus for cable management comprising fastening heads each of which has a head body having an outer surface and one or more inner surfaces. Each inner surface defines a plurality of walls which cooperatively form an aperture thereamong. A pawl extends from a first wall of the aperture toward a second wall of the aperture. The pawl comprises a face having pawl teeth. A flexible alignment guide is disposed on the head body which is configured to apply a biasing force to urge a strap into an alignment with the face of the pawl for an engagement between the pawl teeth and the strap teeth. The pawl teeth comprise an engagement region having a leading edge oriented inwardly toward the second wall and a flank region extending downwardly from the leading edge. The engagement region being configured for the engagement between the pawl teeth and the strap teeth.
US12040602B2	Cable screw connection The invention relates to a cable screw connection having a cable leadthrough housing which is formed in two parts from a first housing component (10) and a second housing component (11), which components are arranged, during assembly, at a wall aperture on opposite sides of the wall aperture and are releasably connected to one another in order to clamp between them a wall portion surrounding the wall aperture; a cable passage which is formed through the cable leadthrough housing when the first and second housing components (10, 11) are connected to one another; and a cable seal which is formed on the cable leadthrough housing with a sealing body (19) which is formed around the cable passage and accommodates a cable received therein in a sealing manner; wherein the cable leadthrough housing and the sealing body (19) are made of different synthetic materials and the sealing body (19) is formed.
US12040600B2	Fixture mounting structure and resin fixture Provided is a body portion that includes an insertion hole portion having an insertion hole as a long hole, and a placement portion which is adjacent to one side in an orthogonal direction of the insertion hole at an upper end side in the height direction of the body portion, and on which a long member can be placed. When an external force acts on the placement portion in the height direction, a biting phenomenon in which a protrusion of a main inner wall face of the body portion is pressed onto a main outer wall face of a columnar portion of the molded member is caused in the body portion based on a moment in which a fulcrum is a lower end side, in the height direction, which is an opposite side to the placement portion side, to prevent the body portion from being disengaged from the columnar portion.
US12040599B2	Wire stripper A wire stripper assembly includes a first bushing for stripping wire of a first size, a second bushing for stripping wire of a second size that is different than the first size, and a wire stripper having a housing and a drive mechanism. The first bushing has a first color. The second bushing has a second color that is different than the first color. The first bushing and the second bushing are alternately coupled to the housing for rotation about a longitudinal axis by the drive mechanism. Each of the first and second bushings has a tooth that is engageable with a wire for stripping an insulation jacket therefrom.
US12040594B2	Tunable VCSEL with combined gain and DBR mirror A vertical cavity surface emitting laser (VCSEL) has a shortened overall laser cavity by combining the gain section with a distributed Bragg reflector (DBR). The overall cavity length can be contracted by placing gain structures inside the DBR. This generally applies to a number of semiconductor material systems and wavelength bands, but this scheme is very well suited to the AlGaAs/GaAs material system with strained InGaAs quantum wells as a gain medium, for example.
US12040591B2	Laser light source and laser projection device Embodiments of the present application provide a laser light source and a laser projection device. The laser light source includes a laser assembly and a light combination mirror assembly. The laser assembly includes at least a laser, a light emitting surface of the laser has a plurality of light emitting regions, and beams emitted from different ones of the plurality of light emitting regions are in different colors. The light combination mirror assembly includes a plurality of mirrors that are sequentially arranged along an optical transmission path of the laser, with each of the mirrors corresponding to one of the light emitting regions. The light combination mirror assembly is used to converge the beams in different colors emitted from the laser to form a white beam.
US12040585B2	Method of optical pulse delivery to multiple locations on a substrate A method of delivering optical pulses to a substrate comprises directing a focused beam from a source of optical pulses along a propagation direction onto a substrate; moving the substrate relative to the beam in a plane substantially orthogonal to the propagation direction and continuously along a first direction that includes spaced apart row locations on the substrate, and delivering a plurality of optical pulses from source as the beam reaches each row location; and between delivering the optical pulses at consecutive row locations, moving the beam relative to the substrate in one or more successive discrete movements along a second direction in the plane orthogonal to the first direction, to direct the beam to one or more spaced apart column locations on the substrate, and delivering a plurality of optical pulses from the source at each column location.
US12040575B2	Plug connector and connector set with a lever extension A plug connector pluggable together with a counter connector includes a connector housing having a guiding member and a lever device. The lever device has a lever transferrable from a plug position to a securing position, a coupling that is movable by the lever to engage the counter connector, and a lever extension attached to the lever and extendable and/or retractable with respect to the lever. A swivel movement of the lever out of the securing position is blocked by the lever extension retracted with respect to the lever. The guiding member blocks a shifting of the lever extension if the lever is moved out of the plug position and is not in the securing position.
US12040574B2	Device for introducing cables through an opening The invention relates to a device for introducing lines through an opening having a frame arranged around the opening, which frame comprises slots for elastic grommets to receive the lines. According to the invention, it is provided that a coupling housing of a coupling of a plug connection is formed integrally with the frame or with a breadboard matching one of the slots, wherein the coupling housing, the part of the frame connected thereto and/or the breadboard are adapted to be screwed to a plug housing of a plugged-in plug of the plug connection or to be clamped with at least one latch.
US12040570B2	Compact conduit for clean room applications, and casing and clamping fixtures for said conduit A conduit for lines, such as cables or hoses, particularly in a clean room application. The conduit has an elongate, flexible casing which can be moved to and fro, particularly while forming a deflecting bend between two runs, and at least one receptacle for guiding at least one line, with each receptacle extending in the form of a channel in a longitudinal direction from a first end to a second end. One feature of the invention consists in the fact that the casing has, to the side on at least one receptacle, at least one functional zone extending in a longitudinal direction, which functional zone forms a seal with two interacting sealing profiles to ensure a dust-tight closure of an open state, in which open state a line can be inserted into or removed from the receptacle transversely to the longitudinal direction. A further feature consists in the fact that the individual casing has a fastening profile extending on another longitudinal side in the longitudinal direction for a detachable connection to a corresponding fastening profile of a further casing. The invention further relates to a special clamping device for connecting the end of the casing, which clamping device comprises a deformable pressure piece which protrudes at the end beyond a clamping piece and forms a corner protection.
US12040569B2	Socket for a combined electrical connection and data connection Socket for a combined electrical connection and data connection between a motor vehicle and a vehicle component in the external part of the motor vehicle, wherein the socket has a housing with a plug-in opening for connection to a plug of the vehicle component and a cover, a contact carrier with electrical contacts and a data connector mounted in the contact carrier and a connection compartment of the socket for connecting the electrical contacts and the data connector with an electrical grid and a data network of the motor vehicle. The data connector has at least one electrically conductive outer bushing for electrical shielding of the data transmission in the data connector, and a carrier body made from an insulating material and accommodated in the outer bushing the at least one data contact.
US12040568B2	Connector with staggered pin orientation Connectors with a staggered pin orientation can reduce crosstalk amongst signal pins. In one example, a connector to couple a card or module to a motherboard includes connector housing and a plurality of pins. Each of the plurality of pins includes two ends including a card or module-facing end to couple with the card or module and a motherboard-facing end to couple with the motherboard. Each of the plurality of pins includes a middle section in the connector housing. One or both of the ends include one or more bends relative to the middle section. The plurality of pins includes alternating signal pins and ground pins, wherein the signal pins having an opposite orientation relative to the ground pins.
US12040560B2	Antenna structure and electronic device comprising same Disclosed is an electronic device including a housing having a first plate, a second plate facing in a direction opposite to the first plate, and a side surface member surrounding a space between the first plate and the second plate and including a conductive portion, a communication module, and an antenna structure electrically connected with the communication module, wherein the antenna structure includes at least one first antenna element formed in the conductive portion and including a first slot having a first portion extending in a first length in a first direction and a second portion extending in a second length in a second direction different from the first direction, and at least one second antenna element formed in a position spaced apart by a predetermined distance from the first antenna element in the conductive portion and including at least one second slot having a fourth portion extending in the first length in the first direction and a fifth portion extending in the second length in a third direction different from the second direction.
US12040559B2	Ultra-wideband mobile mount antenna apparatus having a capacitive ground structure-based matching structure An ultra-wideband mobile mount antenna with a capacitive ground structure-based matching structure. The antenna has a return loss better than 10 dB over an operating frequency range of 250 MHz to 1220 MHz.
US12040555B1	Peripheral antenna placement for calibration for a phased array antenna Technologies directed to a directional calibration antenna for calibration of an array antenna of a communication system are described. The communication system includes the array antenna which includes a number of antenna elements. The number of antenna elements are located in an area on a first side of a support structure. A directional antenna is located at a first height above a plane of the array antenna and at a periphery of the area. The directional antenna is pointed towards the array antenna and is located within a near field of the array antenna.
US12040552B2	Phased array antenna with reduced node count A computer-implemented method includes receiving a set of constraints for an antenna having nodes of a phased array for receiving and/or transmitting a radiation signal, including a shape and size of the antenna, a frequency range for the radiation signal, and a view sector. The method includes receiving a set of thresholds including a threshold for a beam width of a central beam of the radiation signal and a threshold for interference associated with radiation outside of the central beam of the radiation signal. The method includes determining a first set of locations of the nodes based on the set of constraints and thresholds, determining an adjustment for the first set of locations in accordance with the set of thresholds, and determining a final set of locations of the nodes based on the adjustment to minimize a node count and achieving an optimized operation of the antenna.
US12040551B2	Pneumatically driven steerable antenna array Methods and systems for a steerable antenna array are disclosed. The antenna array includes an array of antenna elements aligned in rows and columns on a substrate. Additionally, the antenna array includes a microstrip feed within the substrate, where the feed is configured to electromagnetically couple to each antenna element of the array of antenna elements. The antenna array further includes a ground plane within the substrate. Additionally, for each antenna element, the antenna array includes a first cavity disposed between the ground plane and feed, and a second cavity disposed on the other side of the ground plane from the first cavity. The antenna array further includes a plurality of fluid lines configured to selectively add or remove fluid from the cavities coupled to the fluid line and cause a deflection of the ground plane in a region of the cavities coupled to the fluid line.
US12040547B2	Electronic device with antenna An electronic device having an antenna according to an embodiment is provided. The electronic device may include a radiator configured by stacking metal patterns on different layers of a multi-layer substrate, and a ground layer arranged on the different layers of the multi-layer substrate and operating as ground for the radiator. At least some of the metal patterns may be vertically interconnected, and any one of the metal patterns may be connected to a feeding pattern.
US12040544B2	Common aperture antenna and communication device Embodiments of this application disclose a common aperture antenna and a communication device. The common aperture antenna includes: a reflection panel and a low frequency antenna unit, a frequency selective panel, and a high frequency antenna unit that are disposed on the same side as the reflection panel and are arranged in sequence. In the direction perpendicular to the reflection panel, the distance between the high frequency antenna unit and the reflection panel is greater than the distance between the low frequency antenna unit and the reflection panel, the frequency selective panel is disposed between the high frequency antenna unit and the low frequency antenna unit, and the frequency selective panel is a reflection ground of the high frequency antenna unit and has a total reflection characteristic for the working frequency of the high frequency antenna unit.
US12040543B2	Radio-frequency devices and methods for producing radio-frequency devices A radio-frequency device comprises a printed circuit board and a radio-frequency package having a radio-frequency chip and a radio-frequency radiation element, the radio-frequency package being mounted on the printed circuit board. The radio-frequency device furthermore comprises a waveguide component having a waveguide, wherein the radio-frequency radiation element is configured to radiate transmission signals into the waveguide and/or to receive reception signals via the waveguide. The radio-frequency device furthermore comprises a gap arranged between a first side of the radio-frequency package and a second side of the waveguide component, and a shielding structure, which is configured: to permit a relative movement between the radio-frequency package and the waveguide component in a first direction perpendicular to the first side of the radio-frequency package, and to shield the transmission signals and/or the reception signals in such a way that a propagation of the signals via the gap is attenuated or prevented.
US12040537B2	Radiation coupled antennas with network This invention relates to an antenna system comprising two identical mutually radiation coupled antennas arranged symmetrically with respect to one another, said antennas having a respective antenna connection gate and a network, which is connected at the input side to the antenna connection gates and which is formed from dummy elements, and having a respective antenna path to a network connection gate, said antenna paths being identical to one another and being separately associated with an antenna.
US12040532B2	Electronic device and antenna assembly An electronic device includes a casing and an antenna assembly. The casing has a waterproof area and a peripheral area. The peripheral area is defined at the periphery of the waterproof area. The antenna assembly is disposed at the peripheral area. The antenna assembly includes a housing, a circuit board, an antenna and a cover. The housing has a receiving recess. The circuit board is disposed in the receiving recess. The antenna is disposed in the receiving recess and electrically connected to the circuit board. The cover is mounted on the housing and hermetically seals the receiving recess.
US12040530B2	Package board, antenna package including the same and image display device including the same A package board according to an embodiment includes a first core layer having a first surface and a second surface that face each other, a feeding wiring extending on the first surface of the first core layer, a first via structure penetrating through the first core layer, a first connection pad disposed on the second surface of the first core layer to be electrically connected to the feeding wiring through the first via structure, the first connection pad including a head portion in contact with the first via structure and an extension portion protruding from the head portion, and a first connector mounted on the second surface of the first core layer, the first connector including a first terminal electrically connected to the extension portion of the first connection pad.
US12040524B2	Cavity filter element for a cavity filter An apparatus comprising: at least one cavity filter element wherein the cavity filter element comprises a first support, a second support distinct from the first support, and a coupling element supported by the first support and the second support. In some examples, there is a series of cavity filter elements. In some examples, the cavity filter element(s) are part of a cavity filter.
US12040523B2	Resonator and filter Example embodiments of the present disclosure provide a resonator (100) and a filter (500). The resonator (100) comprises a capacitance metal sheet (110), an inductance metal sheet (120) and a mounting metal sheet (130). The capacitance metal sheet (110) is configured to generate capacitance of the resonator (100) with a top surface (202) of a metal cavity (200) for housing the resonator (100). The inductance metal sheet (120) is configured to generate inductance of the resonator (100), which is connected to the capacitance metal sheet (110) and extends to a bottom surface (204) of the metal cavity (200). The mounting metal sheet (130) is connected to the inductance metal sheet (120) and configured to mount the resonator (100) in the metal cavity (200). The example embodiments of the present disclosure can implement a resonator and a filter with high performance, small size and low cost.
US12040517B2	Reverse electrodialysis or pressure-retarded osmosis cell and methods of use thereof A method and system of generating electrical power or hydrogen from thermal energy is disclosed. The method includes separating, by a selectively permeable membrane, a first saline solution from a second saline solution, receiving, by the first saline solution and/or the second saline solution, thermal energy from a heat source, and mixing the first saline solution and the second saline solution in a controlled manner, capturing at least some salinity-gradient energy as electrical power as the salinity difference between the first saline solution and the second saline solution decreases. The method further includes transferring, by a heat pump, thermal energy from the first saline solution to the second saline solution, causing the salinity difference between the first saline solution and the second saline solution to increase. The method may include a process of membrane distillation, forward osmosis, evaporation, electrodialysis, and/or salt decomposition for further energy efficiency and power generation.
US12040513B2	Enhancing efficiencies of oxy-combustion power cycles A variety of methods and systems are disclosed, including, in one embodiment, a method including introducing fuel and oxygen into a solid oxide fuel cell to generate electric current, a fuel cell oxygen effluent, and a fuel cell exhaust; combusting combustion fuel and an oxygen source in the presence of a working fluid to generate heat and a combustion exhaust, wherein the working fluid comprises carbon dioxide; heating the solid oxide fuel cell with the heat generated by combustion; generating additional electric current from the combustion exhaust with at least one turbine; separating the combustion exhaust to form a carbon dioxide enriched stream and a water enriched stream; and recycling at least a portion of the carbon dioxide enriched stream as the working fluid.
US12040509B2	Sealed battery A sealed battery includes a case, an internal terminal, an external terminal, and an insulating holder. The internal terminal of the sealed battery includes a collector connected to an electrode body, a shaft part exposed outside the case, and a crimping part that is provided in an upper end portion of the shaft part. The crimping part is formed by pressurizing and deforming an upper end portion of the shaft part such that the crimping part extends along an upper surface of the external terminal. Then, the external terminal arranged outside the case is configured so that a linear expansion coefficient on a side of the upper surface and a linear expansion coefficient on a side of a bottom surface in contact with the insulating holder are different from each other.
US12040503B2	Battery module gas sensor for battery cell monitoring Battery monitoring systems and methods are provided. The battery monitoring system may include a battery module and battery management circuitry. The battery module comprises battery cells and a gas sensor configured to detect the presence of gas within the battery module. The battery management circuitry is configured to receive a sensor signal from the gas sensor, determine whether the sensor signal indicates the presence of gas within the battery module, and in response to determining that the sensor signal indicates the presence of gas, take an action. The action may include increasing cooling to the battery cells, limiting a maximum load that can be applied to the battery module, disconnecting the battery module, or providing a warning. The battery module may also include a component that was doped with a chemical that begins to off-gas above an activation temperature. The gas sensor may be configured to detect the chemical.
US12040502B2	Battery apparatus, battery module, and battery pack A battery apparatus includes batteries arranged in a first direction; an end plate disposed at an end of the battery apparatus and having adjacent third and fourth surfaces; a protective support disposed on the end plate and having adjacent first and second surfaces. The first and third surfaces are disposed opposite to each other, and the second and fourth surfaces face the batteries; the fourth surface has an adhesive layer; the protective support has a notch at a junction of the first and second surfaces, and the notch is a first notch, and/or the end plate is provided with a notch at a junction of the third and fourth surfaces, and the notch is a second notch; a first (first notch and third surface), second (second notch and first surface), or third (first and second notches) combination forms a groove, and an opening of the groove faces the batteries.
US12040501B2	Impact protection shrouds for protecting battery pack components This disclosure details exemplary battery pack designs for use in electrified vehicles. An exemplary battery pack may include an enclosure assembly that houses one or more battery arrays. An impact protection shroud is mounted to a portion of at least one of the battery arrays. A battery sensitive component is at least partially covered by the impact protection shroud. The impact protection shroud is configured to establish minimum clearances relative the battery sensitive component and to redirect loads away from the battery sensitive component, thereby protecting the battery sensitive component during vehicle impact loading events.
US12040499B2	Battery module The present invention provides a battery module including: a pair of battery groups in which a plurality of battery cells are stacked; a first heat exchanger disposed between the pair of battery groups to perform heat exchange with first stacked surfaces of the pair of battery groups; and a pair of second heat exchangers disposed outside the pair of battery groups to perform heat exchange with second stacked surfaces which are sides opposite to the first stacked surfaces.
US12040496B1	Current collecting component, energy storage device and power consuming device The present disclosure provides a current collecting component, an energy storage device and a power consuming device. The current collecting component includes a connector and an insulating member. The connector includes a first connecting part, a second connecting part, and a bendable connecting part. The bendable connecting part defines a through hole to form a first fusing part and a second fusing part. The insulating member is located between the first connecting part and the second connecting part. When the connector is in an unfolded state, the through hole has a first straight line segment, a first corner segment, a second corner segment and a second straight line segment. The first corner segment and the second corner segment are both set as rounded corners.
US12040488B2	Battery electrode composition comprising biomass-derived carbon An embodiment is directed to an electrode composition for use in an energy storage device cell. The electrode comprises composite particles, each comprising carbon that is biomass-derived and active material. The active material exhibits partial vapor pressure below around 10−13 torr at around 400 K, and an areal capacity loading of the electrode composition ranges from around 2 mAh/cm2 to around 16 mAh/cm2.
US12040479B2	Textured metal substrates for negative electrodes of lithium metal batteries and methods of making the same A lithium metal negative electrode for an electrochemical cell for a secondary lithium metal battery includes a polycrystalline metal substrate having a major facing surface with a defined crystallographic texture. An epitaxial lithium metal layer is formed on the major facing surface of the polycrystalline metal substrate. The epitaxial lithium metal layer exhibits a predominant crystal orientation. The predominant crystal orientation of the epitaxial lithium metal layer is derived from the defined crystallographic texture of the major facing surface of the polycrystalline metal substrate.
US12040476B2	Negative electrode for nonaqueous electrolyte secondary battery, and nonaqueous electrolyte secondary battery A negative electrode for a nonaqueous electrolyte secondary battery, said negative electrode comprising a negative-electrode current collector, and a negative-electrode active material layer provided upon the negative-electrode current collector, wherein the negative-electrode active material layer includes a negative-electrode active material and carboxymethyl cellulose, wherein the molecular weight of the carboxymethyl cellulose in an area that extends 10% in the thickness direction from the surface of the negative-electrode current collector side of the negative-electrode active material layer is smaller than that of the carboxymethyl cellulose in an area that extends 10% in the thickness direction from the surface of the reverse side of the negative-electrode active material layer from the negative-electrode current collector.
US12040475B2	Electrode material, electrode, secondary battery, battery pack, and vehicle According to one embodiment, an electrode material is provided. The electrode material includes active material particle containing: a niobium-titanium composite oxide having an average composition in which a molar ratio of niobium to titanium (MNb/MTi) is greater than 2; and at least one element A selected from the group consisting of potassium, iron and phosphorus. The active material particle contain the element A at a concentration in the range of 100 ppm to 2000 ppm.
US12040472B2	Electrode drying method Disclosed herein is an electrode drying method for drying a plurality of electrodes in the state in which the electrodes are stacked, the electrode drying method including interposing a hygroscopic film between adjacent ones of the electrodes and drying the electrodes in the state in which the hygroscopic film is interposed between the electrodes, wherein at least one of the surfaces of the hygroscopic film that faces the electrodes has an uneven structure, or an electrode drying method for drying an electrode sheet in the state in which the electrode sheet is wound, the electrode drying method including winding the electrode sheet with a hygroscopic film and drying the electrode sheet in the state in which the hygroscopic film is interposed between overlapping portions of the electrode sheet, wherein at least one of the surfaces of the hygroscopic film that is disposed opposite the electrode sheet has an uneven structure.
US12040464B2	Method of continuously regenerating waste separator including inorganic particles Provided is a method of continuously regenerating a separator including inorganic particles. According to an embodiment of the present disclosure, a method of continuously regenerating a separator including inorganic particles including: impregnating a separator of which at least a part of the surface is coated with a coating layer including inorganic particles in a water tank, and then performing a surface polishing treatment to release the coating layer coated on the surface of the separator; and drying the separator from which the coating layer has been released may be provided.
US12040463B2	Nickel-rich battery recycling A battery recycling process recovers lithium from nickel-rich cathode material in a recycling stream of end-of-life batteries. A dilute acid leach of a high nickel content cathode material contains a mixture of sulfuric acid based on a molar quantity of lithium in the cathode material. The highly selective leach generates a lithium rich solution with a small amount of nickel removable by nanofiltration to achieve a highly efficient recovery of the lithium contained in the recycling stream. A quantity of the leach acid based on the lithium content and a quantity of water based on a total black mass of the recycling stream results in a highly selective, near pure lithium leach when the recycling stream results from high nickel NMC batteries such as 811.
US12040455B2	Electrochemical energy storage apparatus and device An electrochemical energy storage apparatus and a device are provided. The electrochemical energy storage apparatus includes a positive electrode plate, a negative electrode plate, a separator, and an electrolyte, where the positive electrode plate includes a positive electrode current collector, a positive electrode active substance layer disposed on at least one surface of the positive electrode current collector, and a safety layer disposed between the positive electrode active substance layer and the positive electrode current collector; the positive electrode active substance layer includes a positive electrode active substance; the safety layer includes a binding substance, a conductive substance, and an overcharge sensitive substance; the overcharge sensitive substance is a polymer containing monosaccharide structural units and containing at least one of carbonate groups or phosphate groups; the electrolyte includes a solvent and an electrolytic salt; and the solvent includes a carbonate-based solvent.
US12040450B2	Non-aqueous electrolyte solution for lithium secondary battery and lithium secondary battery including the same A non-aqueous electrolyte solution for a lithium secondary battery and a lithium secondary battery including the same are disclosed herein. In some embodiments, a non-aqueous electrolyte solution includes a lithium salt, an organic solvent, a first additive, and a second additive, wherein the first additive is lithium 4,5-dicyano-2-(trifluoromethyl)imidazolide, and the second additive is tetravinylsilane.
US12040444B2	Solid electrolyte, and preparation method therefor and application thereof This application relates to a solid-state electrolyte and a preparation method and application thereof, the solid-state electrolyte includes membrane material(s) and electrolyte salt(s), the organic phase of the membrane material(s) includes a three-dimensionally interconnected interface and has a specific interfacial area greater than or equal to 1×104 cm2/cm3, and the electrolyte salt(s) is dissolved in the organic phase. The preparation method of the solid-state electrolyte includes: spraying the polymeric material solution onto the selected receiving surface using electrostatic spinning technique to form a three-dimensional structure, and optionally, at the same time, spraying the dispersion liquid of the inorganic particles onto the selected receiving surface using electrostatic spraying technique, then treating under pressure to give the membrane material(s), and then dropwise adding or spraying the electrolyte salt(s) solution into the membrane material(s) or immersing the thin film in the electrolyte salt(s) solution.
US12040439B2	Silicon battery and method for assembly A method for forming a battery anode can include: forming a slurry including active material comprising silicon particles, wherein the silicon particles can be derived from silica fumes, depositing the slurry on an current collector, drying the deposited slurry to form a deposited film, and compacting the deposited film to form the battery anode.
US12040438B2	Light-emitting display device and method of manufacturing the same A light-emitting display device has a substrate, at least four electrically isolated soldering pad regions, and a plurality of light-emitting assemblies. The minimum distance between the light-emitting assemblies is at least 2 mm. The soldering pad regions are correspondingly in electrical connection with the input voltage pin, the data signal input or output pin, the clock signal input or output pin, and the ground pin of one of the light-emitting assemblies. The soldering pad region which is in electrical connection with the input voltage pin is electrically connected with a first grid wiring, the soldering pad region which is in electrical connection with the ground pin is electrically connected with a second grid wiring, and the soldering pad region which is in electrical connection with the data signal input pin, the data signal output pin, the clock signal input pin, or the clock signal output pin is electrically connected with a slender wire. The slender wire and the soldering pad regions are formed in a patterned conductive layer.
US12040436B2	Phosphor substrate, light emitting substrate, and lighting device A phosphor substrate having a plurality of light emitting elements mounted on one surface, and includes an insulating substrate, a first electrode group which is disposed on one surface of the insulating substrate and includes a plurality of electrodes bonded to the plurality of light emitting elements, and a phosphor layer which is disposed on one surface of the insulating substrate and includes a phosphor in which a light emission peak wavelength, in a case where light emitted by the light emitting element is used as excitation light, is in a visible light region, and the insulating substrate contains a bismaleimide resin and glass cloth.
US12040425B2	Self-aligned display appartus A display apparatus includes a substrate, a first electrode on the substrate, the first electrode including a first portion that has a flat upper surface and a second portion that protrudes from the first portion and has an inclined surface, a second electrode facing the first electrode in parallel on the substrate, the second electrode including a first portion that has a flat upper surface and a second portion that protrudes from the first portion and has an inclined surface, and a plurality of light-emitting devices separate from each other on the first electrode and the second electrode, the light-emitting devices each having a first end contacting the upper surface of the first portion of the first electrode and a second end contacting the upper surface of the first portion of the second electrode.
US12040418B2	Imaging device based on colloidal quantum dots An imaging device (100) comprises a stack of photoactive layers (11) including at least a p-type photoactive layer (11p) and an n-type photoactive layer (11n). The photoactive layers comprise quantum dots (QD) formed by semiconductor nanocrystals capped by ligands. Readout electronics comprise electrodes (13t, 13b) sandwiching the photoactive layers (11). At least one of the electrodes (13b) is divided in respective pixels (10p) for collecting photo-generated charges from respective parts of the photoactive layers. Each pixel (10p) comprises an amplification circuit to amplify the photo-generated charge, preferably using a DG-FET. An intermediate layer (11i) can be provided between the p- and n-type photoactive layers (11p, 11n).
US12040417B2	Power photodiode structures and devices According to the present disclosure, techniques related to manufacturing and applications of power photodiode structures and devices based on group-III metal nitride and gallium-based substrates are provided. More specifically, embodiments of the disclosure include techniques for fabricating photodiode devices comprising one or more of GaN, AlN, InN, InGaN, AlGaN, and AlInGaN, structures and devices. Such structures or devices can be used for a variety of applications including optoelectronic devices, photodiodes, power-over-fiber receivers, and others.
US12040414B2	Feed-through wiring solution for solar cell modules The present disclosure provides a solar cell module, comprising (a) a laminate substrate having a first surface and a second surface opposite the first surface, (b) a solar cell positioned on the first surface of the laminate substrate, (c) a first contact pad positioned on the first surface of the laminate substrate adjacent to the solar cell, (d) a second contact pad positioned on the second surface of the laminate substrate, (e) one or more vias positioned through the laminate substrate to electrically connect the first contact pad to the second contact pad, and (f) one or more interconnects extending from the solar cell and electrically coupling the solar cell to the first contact pad.
US12040409B2	Thin film transistor including a dielectric diffusion barrier and methods for forming the same A semiconductor device includes an insulating layer embedding a gate electrode and overlying a substrate, a stack of a gate dielectric including a gate dielectric material, a dielectric diffusion barrier liner including a dielectric diffusion barrier material, and an active layer overlying a top surface of the gate electrode, and a source electrode and a drain electrode contacting a respective portion of a top surface of the active layer. The dielectric diffusion barrier material is different from the gate dielectric material and is selected from a dielectric metal oxide material and a dielectric compound of silicon, and suppresses loss of metallic elements during subsequent anneal processes.
US12040398B2	One-electrode cell and series of two or more cells as a device The present invention relates to a one-electrode cell and series of two or more cells as a device at temperatures from below to above room temperature comprising a very high permittivity ferroelectric. In a device constituted by one or more ferroelectricity-induced superconductor cells, the cells do not have to be in physical contact with one another; one terminal can be connected to a first cell and the other connected to a third cell without physical contact between any of the three cells. With the spontaneous and dynamic alignment of the dipoles of the ferroelectric, a potential difference is induced in different points of the surface of the cell, cells or device and a current can be harvested by conductor-terminals. The present invention can be used for contactless charging of energy storage devices and as a part of several components or products.
US12040390B2	Electronic component with a heterojunction provided with an improved buried barrier layer An electronic component includes a substrate; a stack of two layers of different semiconductor materials, designed to form a layer of electron gas at the interface thereof or close to same; and a buried barrier forming a separation between the substrate and said stack. The buried barrier includes a first layer of a ternary alloy of semiconductor material of the III-N type, having an increasing concentration of one of the chemical species of the ternary alloy of the first layer the closer it is to the substrate; and a second layer of a ternary alloy of semiconductor material of the III-N type, formed beneath the first layer and having a decreasing concentration of one of the chemical species of the ternary alloy of the first layer the closer it is to the substrate.
US12040388B2	Lateral bipolar transistors The present disclosure relates to semiconductor structures and, more particularly, to a lateral bipolar transistor and methods of manufacture. The structure includes: an extrinsic base having at least one sidewall with a gradient concentration of semiconductor material; an emitter on a first side of the extrinsic base; and a collector on a second side of the extrinsic base.
US12040387B2	Negative-capacitance field effect transistor Circuit devices and methods of forming the same are provided. In one embodiment, a method includes receiving a workpiece that includes a substrate and a fin extending from the substrate, forming a first ferroelectric layer on the fin, forming a dummy gate structure over a channel region of the fin, forming a gate spacer over sidewalls of the dummy gate structure, forming an inter-level dielectric layer over the workpiece, removing the dummy gate structure to expose the first ferroelectric layer over the channel region of the fin, and forming a gate electrode over the exposed first ferroelectric layer over the channel region of the fin.
US12040385B2	Semiconductor structure and method of manufacturing the same Present disclosure provides a method for forming a semiconductor structure, including forming a dielectric layer over a semiconductor substrate, patterning an insulator stripe over the semiconductor substrate, including forming an insulator layer over the semiconductor substrate and at a bottom of the insulator stripe, depositing a semiconductor capping layer continuously over the insulator stripe, wherein the semiconductor capping layer includes crystalline materials, wherein the semiconductor capping layer is free from being in direct contact with the semiconductor substrate, and cutting off the semiconductor capping layer between the insulator stripes, forming a gate, wherein the gate is in direct contact with the semiconductor capping layer, a first portion of the semiconductor capping layer covered by the gate is configured as a channel structure, and forming a conductible region at a portion of the insulator stripe not covered by the gate stripe by a regrowth operation.
US12040380B2	High electron mobility transistor and method for fabricating the same A method for fabricating a high electron mobility transistor (HEMT) includes the steps of: forming a buffer layer on a substrate; performing an in-situ doping process to form a first fluorine-containing layer on the buffer layer; forming a barrier layer on the first fluorine-containing layer; forming a second fluorine-containing layer on the barrier layer; forming a gate electrode on the second fluorine-containing layer; and forming a source electrode and a drain electrode adjacent to two sides of the gate electrode.
US12040378B2	Ferroelectric or anti-ferroelectric trench capacitor with spacers for sidewall strain engineering Described is a ferroelectric-based capacitor that improves reliability of a ferroelectric memory by providing tensile stress along a plane (e.g., x-axis) of a ferroelectric or anti-ferroelectric material of the ferroelectric/anti-ferroelectric based capacitor. Tensile stress is provided by a spacer comprising metal, semimetal, or oxide (e.g., metal or oxide of one or more of: Al, Ti, Hf, Si, Ir, or N). The tensile stress provides polar orthorhombic phase to the ferroelectric material and tetragonal phase to the anti-ferroelectric material. As such, memory window and reliability of the ferroelectric/anti-ferroelectric oxide thin film improves.
US12040369B2	Semiconductor memory device and fabrication method thereof A semiconductor memory device includes a substrate, a pair of floating gates disposed on the substrate, a source line doped region in the substrate between the floating gates, an erase gate disposed between the floating gates and on the source line doped region, a word line disposed on the substrate and adjacent to a side of each of the floating gates opposite to the erase gate, and a bit line doped region in the substrate and adjacent to the word line. An upper surface of the source line doped region has a concave profile lower than a surface of the substrate and with a radius between 40 nm and 60 nm in a cross-sectional view perpendicular to the floating gates.
US12040364B2	Semiconductor device structure A semiconductor device structure is provided. The semiconductor device structure includes a substrate. The semiconductor device structure includes a gate stack over the substrate. The gate stack includes a gate dielectric layer, a first metal-containing layer, a silicon-containing layer, a second metal-containing layer, and a gate electrode layer sequentially stacked over the substrate, the silicon-containing layer is between the first metal-containing layer and the second metal-containing layer, and the silicon-containing layer includes an oxide material.
US12040357B2	Integrated circuit with guard region and diode circuit As disclosed herein, an integrated circuit substrate includes a first region coupled to a signal terminal and includes a guard region coupled via a diode circuit to a supply voltage terminal of the integrated circuit. The first region and the guard region are both of a first conductivity type. A cathode of the diode circuit is connected to the guard region and an anode of the diode circuit is connected to the supply voltage terminal. The first region and the guard region are separated by at least by a second region of the substrate that is of a second conductivity type opposite the first conductivity type.
US12040353B2	Multi-tier deep trench capacitor and methods of forming the same A first-tier capacitor assembly is formed, which includes a first alternating layer stack embedded within a first substrate and including at least two first metallic electrode layers interlaced with at least one first node dielectric layer, and first metallic bonding pads located on a first front surface. A second-tier capacitor assembly is formed, which includes a second alternating layer stack embedded within a second substrate and including at least two second metallic electrode layers interlaced with at least one second node dielectric layers, and second metallic bonding pads located on a second backside surface. The second metallic bonding pads are bonded to the first metallic bonding pads such that each of the at least two first metallic electrode layers contacts a respective one of the at least two second metallic electrode layers. A capacitor with increased capacitance is provided.
US12040347B2	Display panel and detection method therefor, and display device Provided are a display panel and a detection method therefor, and a display device. A first substrate of the display panel includes a first base plate and light-emitting elements. A second substrate opposite to the first substrate includes a second base plate and a retaining wall structure. An orthographic projection of the retaining wall structure onto the first substrate is located between adjacent light-emitting elements. The first substrate includes a first electrode, the second substrate includes a second electrode. In a first direction perpendicular to a plane where the display panel is located, the first electrode and the second electrode at least partially overlap as a first overlap, and the retaining wall structure and the first overlap at least partially overlap. The first and second electrodes are electrically connected to first signal terminal and second signal terminal, respectively.
US12040337B2	Semiconductor package with protective mold Provided is a semiconductor package. The semiconductor package includes an image sensor chip including a first surface and a second surface opposite to each other in a first direction; a transparent substrate spaced apart from the second surface of the image sensor chip in a second direction, wherein the transparent substrate includes a first part and a second part with a width different from the first part; an adhesive layer disposed between the second surface of the image sensor chip and the first part of the transparent substrate; and a mold layer on the second part of the transparent substrate, wherein the mold layer comprises side surfaces that extend along the first part of the transparent substrate, and further extend along side surfaces of the adhesive layer and side surfaces of the image sensor chip, and not extending along the first surface of the image sensor chip.
US12040333B2	Semiconductor device, display device, and electronic device A highly functional semiconductor device is provided. The semiconductor device includes a first transistor and a second transistor. The first transistor includes a first semiconductor layer, a first gate electrode, a first electrode, and a second electrode. The second transistor includes a second semiconductor layer, a second gate electrode, a third electrode, and a fourth electrode. The first gate electrode and the second gate electrode are connected to each other, and the second electrode and the third electrode are connected to each other. A first insulating layer, a second insulating layer, and a second semiconductor layer are stacked over the first semiconductor layer. The first insulating layer is less likely to diffuse hydrogen than the second insulating layer. The second insulating layer contains oxide, the first semiconductor layer contains polycrystalline silicon, and the second semiconductor layer contains a metal oxide. The first transistor is a p-channel transistor and the second transistor is an n-channel transistor.
US12040329B2	Semiconductor device structure and methods of forming the same A semiconductor device structure, along with methods of forming such, are described. The structure includes a semiconductor fin having a first portion having a first width and a second portion having a second width substantially less than the first width. The first portion has a first surface, the second portion has a second surface, and the first and second surfaces are connected by a third surface. The third surface forms an angle with respect to the second surface, and the angle ranges from about 90 degrees to about 130 degrees. The structure further includes a gate electrode layer disposed over the semiconductor fin and source/drain epitaxial features disposed on the semiconductor fin on opposite sides of the gate electrode layer.
US12040328B2	Semiconductor devices including two-dimensional material and methods of fabrication thereof According to embodiments of the present disclosure, two-dimensional (2D) materials may be used as nanosheet channels for multi-channel transistors. Nanosheet channels made two-dimensional (2D) materials can achieve the same drive current at smaller dimensions and/or fewer number of channels, therefore enable scaling down and/or boost derive current. Embodiments of the present disclosure also provide a solution of P-type and N-type balancing in a device without increasing footprint of the device.
US12040327B2	Three-dimensional semiconductor device having vertical misalignment A multi-stack semiconductor device includes: a lower-stack transistor structure including a lower active region and a lower gate structure, the lower active region including a lower channel structure, and the lower gate structure surrounding the lower channel structure; an upper-stack transistor structure vertically stacked above the lower-stack transistor structure, and including an upper active region and an upper gate structure, the upper active region including an upper channel structure, and the upper gate structure surrounding the upper channel structure; and at least one gate contact plug contacting a top surface of the lower gate structure, wherein the lower gate structure and the upper gate structure have a substantially same size in a plan view, and wherein the lower gate structure is not entirely overlapped by the upper gate structure in a vertical direction.
US12040319B2	Display device A display device is provided. The display device includes: a substrate; a first electrode located on the substrate; a second electrode located between the substrate and the first electrode; a first light emitting element located on the same layer as the first electrode; and a contact electrode located on the first light emitting element, wherein one end of the first light emitting element contacts the first electrode, and the other end of the first light emitting element contacts the contact electrode.
US12040318B2	Display device and manufacturing method therefor A display device may include: a substrate including a display area and a non-display area; and pixels provided on the display area, and each including sub-pixels each including an emission area and a non-emission area. Each sub-pixel may include a pixel circuit layer including at least one transistor, and a display element layer including at least one light emitting element configured to emit light and connected to the transistor. The display element layer may include: a first electrode and a second electrode spaced apart from each other with the light emitting element interposed therebetween; the light emitting element connected between the first and second electrodes; and a planarization layer provided on the pixel circuit layer, and coming into contact with at least a portion of each of opposite ends of the light emitting element. The planarization layer may overlap with each of the first electrode and the second electrode.
US12040316B2	Display panel and display device Provided are display panel and display device. Display panel includes first substrate, second substrate, bank layer on side of first substrate facing second substrate, color resistance layer on side of first substrate facing second substrate, and light-emitting elements. Bank layer includes bank structures defining bank openings. Color resistance layer includes color resistance modules spaced apart. Color resistance modules is disposed in correspondence to bank openings and include blue color resistance module. Light-emitting elements is disposed in correspondence to bank openings. Projection of light-emitting element on first substrate does not overlap projection of bank structure on first substrate. Bank structures include first bank structure and second bank structure. Blue color resistance module adjacent to at least one first bank structure. Width of the first bank structure is greater than width of the second bank structure. Bank structures designed with different widths facilitate mitigating the crosstalk of laterally-leaked light, enhancing display effect.
US12040291B2	Radio frequency packages containing multilevel power substrates and associated fabrication methods Radio frequency (RF) packages containing multilevel power substrates and associated fabrication methods are disclosed. In an embodiment, the method includes producing a multilevel substrate panel by obtaining a base panel level containing prefabricated base structures and having a surface through which metallic surfaces of the prefabricated base structures are exposed. A secondary panel level is formed on the base layer to include patterned metal features embedded in a secondary dielectric body and electrically contacting the exposed metallic surfaces of the prefabricated base structures at a direct plated interface. The presingulated array of multilevel power substrates is separated into singulated multilevel power substrates each including a base substrate level formed from a singulated piece of the base panel level and a secondary substrate level formed from a singulated piece of the secondary substrate level.
US12040278B2	Semiconductor device and semiconductor package including the same A semiconductor device and semiconductor package, the device including a lower semiconductor chip including a lower through-electrode; an interposer mounted on the lower semiconductor chip, the interposer including an interposer substrate; a plurality of interposer through-electrodes penetrating through at least a portion of the interposer substrate in a vertical direction and electrically connected to the lower through-electrode; and at least one capacitor in the interposer substrate and electrically connected to at least one interposer through-electrode of the plurality of interposer through-electrodes; and an upper semiconductor chip mounted on the interposer and electrically connected to the interposer through-electrode.
US12040272B2	Connector for implementing multi-faceted interconnection In a method of manufacturing a connector, a first copper pillar layer and a sacrificial copper pillar layer are formed on a temporary bearing plate coated with copper, an etch stop layer is applied on the sacrificial copper pillar layer and electroplated to form a second copper pillar layer, insulating materials is laminated to form a first dielectric layer, a first circuit layer is formed on the first dielectric layer, a second copper pillar layer and a sacrificial copper pillar layer are extended on the first circuit layer, and a sacrificial copper layer is formed on the first circuit layer, insulating material is laminated on the first circuit layer to form a second dielectric layer, the temporary bearing plate is removed, a second and third circuit layers are simultaneously formed on the first and second dielectric layers, and the sacrificial copper layer and the sacrificial copper pillar layer are etched.
US12040261B2	Substrate structure and method for manufacturing the same A substrate structure includes a wiring structure, a first bump pad, a second bump pad and a compensation structure. The wiring structure includes a plurality of redistribution layers. The first bump pad and the second bump pad are bonded to and electrically connected to the wiring structure. An amount of redistribution layers disposed under the first bump pad is greater than an amount of redistribution layers disposed under the second bump pad. The compensation structure is disposed under the second bump pad.
US12040255B2	Semiconductor package and manufacturing method thereof A semiconductor package and a manufacturing method are provided. The semiconductor package includes a carrier substrate, a through substrate via (TSV), a first conductive pattern, and an encapsulated die. The TSV penetrates through the carrier substrate and includes a first portion and a second portion connected to the first portion, the first portion includes a first slanted sidewall with a first slope, the second portion includes a second slanted sidewall with a second slope, and the first slope is substantially milder than the second slope. The first conductive pattern is disposed on the carrier substrate and connected to the first portion of the TSV. The encapsulated die is disposed on the carrier substrate and electrically coupled to the TSV through the first conductive pattern.
US12040250B2	Heat pipe for vertically stacked field effect transistors A heat pipe is provided as an electrically inactive structure to dissipate heat that is generated by vertically stacked field effect transistors (FETs). The heat pipe is present in an electrically inactive device area which is located adjacent to an electrically active device area that includes the vertically stacked FETs. The heat pipe includes at least one vertical interconnect structure that continuously extends between each tier of the vertically stacked FETs.
US12040238B2	Radio-frequency switching devices having improved voltage handling capability Radio-frequency (RF) switching devices having improved voltage handling capability. In some embodiments, a switching device can include a first terminal and a second terminal, and a plurality of switching elements connected in series to form a stack between the first terminal and the second terminal. The switching elements can have a non-uniform distribution of a parameter that results in the stack having a first voltage handling capacity that is greater than a second voltage handling capacity corresponding to a similar stack having a substantially uniform distribution of the parameter.
US12040237B2	Semiconductor device structure with spacer A semiconductor device structure is provided. The semiconductor device structure includes a substrate. The semiconductor device structure includes a gate stack over the substrate. The semiconductor device structure includes a spacer over a side of the gate stack. The semiconductor device structure includes a dielectric layer over the substrate. The dielectric layer has a first recess, the dielectric layer has an upper portion and a first lower portion, the upper portion is over the first recess, the first recess is between the first lower portion and the spacer, and the upper portion has a convex curved sidewall.
US12040228B2	Semiconductor device and manufacturing method thereof A semiconductor device according to an embodiment includes: a barrier metal layer provided on a surface of an insulating layer; and a conductive layer having a first metal layer provided on a surface of the barrier metal layer, and a second metal layer provided on a surface of the first metal layer. The second metal layer includes an identical metal to metal of the first metal layer, and an impurity configured to remove fluorine bonded to the metal.
US12040225B2	Insulating cap on contact structure A semiconductor device structure is provided. The semiconductor device structure includes a gate electrode layer formed over a substrate, and a conductive capping feature formed on and in direct contact with the gate electrode layer. The semiconductor device structure includes a source/drain (S/D) contact structure formed over the substrate and adjacent to the gate electrode layer, and an air gap is adjacent to the S/D contact structure, and the air gap is lower than the conductive capping feature.
US12040222B2	Air-replaced spacer for self-aligned contact scheme The present disclosure describes a method of fabricating a semiconductor structure that includes forming a dummy gate structure over a substrate, forming a first spacer on a sidewall of the dummy gate structure and a second spacer on the first spacer, forming a source/drain structure on the substrate, removing the second spacer, forming a dielectric structure over the source/drain structure, replacing the dummy gate structure with a metal gate structure and a capping structure on the metal gate structure, and forming an opening in the dielectric structure. The opening exposes the source/drain structure. The method further includes forming a dummy spacer on a sidewall of the opening, forming a contact structure in the opening, and removing the dummy spacer to form an air gap between the contact structure and the metal gate structure. The contact structure is in contact with the source/drain structure in the opening.
US12040219B2	Etch profile control of isolation trench A device includes a substrate, a first fin, a second fin, a first isolation structure, a second isolation structure, and a gate structure. The first fin extends from a p-type region of the substrate. The second fin extends from an n-type region of the substrate. The first isolation structure is over the p-type region and adjacent to the first fin. The first isolation structure has a bottom surface and opposite first and second sidewalls connected to the bottom surface, a first round corner is between the bottom surface and the first sidewall of the first isolation structure, and the first sidewall is substantially parallel to the second sidewall. The second isolation structure is over the n-type region and adjacent to the first fin. The first isolation structure is deeper than the second isolation structure. The gate structure is over the first isolation structure and covering the first fin.
US12040216B2	Substrate supporting member, substrate treating apparatus including the same and substrate treating method thereof A substrate supporting member capable of controlling the flow of charges on a substrate by controlling ground resistance values of a guide pin and a support pin using a variable resistor, and a substrate treating apparatus including the same are provided. The substrate supporting member includes the body; a support pin installed on the body and for supporting the substrate; a guide pin installed on the body and for supporting the substrate; and a charge control device for controlling a charge around the substrate by controlling an electrical connection between the support pin and a first resistor and an electrical connection between the guide pin and a second resistor.
US12040214B2	Processing apparatus including a cassette mounting section, a reading section, and an information transmitting section transmitting information on progress of process steps to customer that has ordered the processing of each workpiece A processing apparatus includes a cassette mounting section mounting a cassette storing a plurality of workpieces, a reading section reading an identification code provided on the cassette mounted on the cassette mounting section, and an information transmitting section transmitting information on the progress of process steps in processing each workpiece stored in the cassette, to a customer that has ordered the processing of each workpiece stored in the cassette.
US12040213B2	Processing tape and method of fabricating a semiconductor device using the same A processing tape may include a base layer, an adhesive layer disposed on the base layer, a protection release film on the adhesive layer, and a first release layer interposed between the adhesive layer and the protection release film. The first release layer may include a silicone-based material and may be non-photo-curable.
US12040210B2	Multi-pressure bipolar electrostatic chucking Exemplary semiconductor processing systems include a processing chamber, a power supply, and a chuck disposed at least partially within the processing chamber. The chuck includes a chuck body defining a vacuum port. The chuck also includes first and second coplanar electrodes embedded in the chuck body and connected to the power supply. In some examples, coplanar electrodes include concentric electrodes defining a concentric gap in between. Exemplary semiconductor processing methods may include activating the power supply for the electrostatic chuck to secure a semiconductor substrate on the body of the chuck and/or activating the vacuum port defined by the body of the electrostatic chuck. Some processing can be carried out at increased pressure, while other processing can be carried out at reduced pressure with increased chucking voltage.
US12040207B2	Apparatus and method for orientation of semiconductor device die An apparatus for aligning and orienting a semiconductor die (“die”) to be transferred to a substrate. The apparatus includes an alignment mechanism to align the die to be queued among a plurality of die; and an orientation mechanism to orient the die using magnetism to be positioned in a predetermined position prior to transfer to the substrate. The alignment mechanism further transports the die to be positioned at a feeding position for supply to a die transfer system.
US12040203B2	Techniques for thermal treatment of electronic devices Apparatus and techniques are described herein for use in manufacturing electronic devices. such as can include organic light emitting diode (OLED) devices. Such apparatus and techniques can include using one or more modules having a controlled environment. For example, a substrate can be received from a printing system located in a first processing environment, and the substrate can be provided a second processing environment, such as to an enclosed thermal treatment module comprising a controlled second processing environment. The second processing environment can include a purified gas environment having a different composition than the first processing environment.
US12040199B2	Substrate processing apparatus for processing substrates The disclosure relates to substrate processing apparatus, with a first and second reactor, each reactor configured with an elevator to transfer a boat with substrates to the reactor. The apparatus having a boat transfer device to transfer the boat with substrates between a substrate loading station, the first and/or second elevator and a cool down station. The substrate loading station and the cool down station may be arranged on opposite sides of the first and second elevator.
US12040197B2	Mechanical couplings designed to resolve process constraints An integrated circuit package having a shunt resistor with at least one self-aligning member that protrudes from a first surface, and a lead frame with at least one self-aligning feature that is a cavity within which the at least one self-aligning member is located, and an integrated circuit located on the lead frame.
US12040195B2	Atomic layer etching Atomic layer etching (ALE) processes are disclosed. In some embodiments, the methods comprise at least one etch cycle in which a substrate comprising a metal, metal oxide, metal nitride or metal oxynitride layer is contacted with an etch reactant comprising an vapor-phase N-substituted derivative of amine compound. In some embodiments the etch reactant reacts with the substrate surface to form volatile species including metal atoms from the substrate surface. In some embodiments a metal or metal nitride surface is oxidized as part of the ALE cycle. In some embodiments a substrate surface is contacted with a halide as part of the ALE cycle. In some embodiments a substrate surface is contacted with a plasma reactant as part of the ALE cycle.
US12040189B2	Method of removing hard mask layer A method of removing a hard mask layer includes providing a gate. A hard mask layer covers and contacts a top surface of the gate. Two spacer structures respectively contacts two sides of the gate. Two first spacers are respectively disposed on the two spacer structures. Later, a wet etching process is performed to remove the hard mask layer and the first spacers and keep the spacer structures. An etchant is utilized in the wet etching process. A selective etching ratio of the silicon nitride to silicon oxide of the etchant is more than 90. The etchant includes Si(OH)4. A concentration of Si(OH)4. is greater than or equal to 3.95 ppm and smaller than or equal to 10 ppm.
US12040188B2	Photoresist structure, patterned deposition layer, semiconductor chip and manufacturing method thereof Embodiments of this disclosure provide a photoresist structure, a patterned deposition layer, a semiconductor chip and a manufacturing method thereof According to the method for manufacturing a photoresist structure, a single photoresist is used, a second photoresist layer having an undercut can be obtained by only one development process using a single developing solution, and the size of the undercut can be controlled by the development time, thereby solving the problems such as difficulty in lift-off caused by adhesion of the deposited material to the sidewall of the photoresist structure in traditional lift-off processes.
US12040181B2	Modulated atomic layer deposition Methods and apparatuses for depositing thin films using long and short conversion times during alternating cycles of atomic layer deposition (ALD) are provided herein. Embodiments involve alternating conversion duration of an ALD cycle in one or more cycles of a multi-cycle ALD process. Some embodiments involve modulation of dose, purge, pressure, plasma power or plasma energy in two or more ALD cycles.
US12040171B1	Focused acoustic radiation for rapid sequential ejection of subwavelength droplets Focused acoustic radiation, referred to as tonebursts, are applied to a volume of liquid to generate a set of droplets. In one embodiment, a first toneburst is applied to temporarily raise a mound or protuberance on a free surface of the fluid. After the mound has reached a certain state, at least two additional toneburst can be applied to the protuberance to sequentially eject multiple bursts of multiple droplets. In one embodiment, the state of the mound can be maintained by a sustained acoustic signal, during which time multiple additional tonebursts can be applied to sequentially eject multiple bursts of multiple droplets from the mound.
US12040169B2	Processing of spatially resolved, ion-spectrometric measurement signal data to determine molecular content scores in two-dimensional samples The invention relates to methods for processing ion-spectrometric measurement signal data which are recorded spatially resolved across a two-dimensional sample, comprising: —providing the measurement signal data which have a plurality of measurement signal histograms, where a histogram contains a measurement signal tuple with intensity dimension (J), mass dimension (m), and collision cross-section dimension (σ), or quantities derived therefrom; —specifying first and second selections of ionic species for the sample, whose presence in histograms is detectable and distinguishable using the collision cross-section dimension or proxy; —determining the spatially resolved content of ionic species from the first and second selections in histograms of the finite areas (Afin,x,y), and computing the various contents to form spatially resolved content scores (Gx,y); and—labeling the sample with the content scores (Gx,y). The invention also relates to methods for acquiring and processing ion-spectrometric measurement signal data, and ion mobility-mass spectrometers.
US12040167B2	Diagnosis apparatus, plasma processing apparatus and diagnosis method In a diagnosis apparatus for diagnosing a state of a plasma processing apparatus, prior distribution information including a probability distribution function is previously obtained for each of first sensors by using first sensor values obtained by the first sensors in a first plasma processing apparatus, a probability distribution in each of second sensors corresponding to each of the first sensors is estimated based on the previously obtained prior distribution information and second sensor values obtained by the second sensors in a second plasma processing apparatus different from the first plasma processing apparatus, and a state of the second plasma processing apparatus is diagnosed by using the estimated probability distribution.
US12040161B2	Method of manufacturing semiconductor device, substrate processing apparatus, and recording medium A method of manufacturing a semiconductor device includes accommodating a substrate in a process chamber; supplying a first gas containing oxygen into the process chamber; generating plasma in the process chamber by exciting the first gas; supplying a second gas containing hydrogen into the process chamber and adjusting a hydrogen concentration distribution in the process chamber according to a density distribution of the plasma in the process chamber; and processing the substrate with oxidizing species generated by the plasma.
US12040155B2	Method of manufacturing semiconductor device and ion beam irradiation apparatus A method of manufacturing a semiconductor device includes: preparing a stepped structure being arranged on a substrate, the stepped structure including a first region and a second region, a height of the stepped structure of the second region being lower than a height of the stepped structure of the first region; and etching the first region and the second region of the stepped structure by irradiating the first region and the second region with an ion beam, an irradiation amount of the ion beam irradiating the first region is larger than an irradiation amount of the ion beam irradiating the second region.
US12040151B2	Self-adjusting frame for mounting over a wall-mounted electrical device A mounting frame may be configured as a self-adjusting mounting frame that biases itself against a surface of structure. The mounting frame may be a component, for example, of a remote control device or a faceplate assembly. The mounting frame may be configured to bias a rear surface of the mounting frame against the surface of a structure. The mounting frame may include biasing members. Each biasing member may include an attachment portion and a pair of resilient spring arms that suspend the attachment portion relative to a perimeter wall of the mounting frame such that the attachment portion is spaced further from the rear surface of the mounting frame than locations where the spring arms extend from the mounting frame. The rear surface of the mounting frame may be defined by the perimeter wall.
US12040145B2	Contact levitation triggering mechanisms for use with switching devices incorporating pyrotechnic features Electrical switching device are disclosed having a housing with internal component within the housing. The internal components comprise contacts configured to operate, to change the state of the switching device from a closed state, allowing current flow through the switching device to an open state which interrupts current flow through the switching device. A pyrotechnic feature is included that is configured to interact with the internal components to transition the switching device from the closed state to the open state when the pyrotechnic feature is activated. The pyrotechnic feature is configured to trigger in response to levitation between the contacts at elevated current signal flowing through the switching device.
US12040144B2	Pyrotechnic switch A pyrotechnic switch having a casing, at least one electrical conductor passing through the casing, a piston housed in the casing, the piston-casing assembly being designed to cut the electrical conductor at least at three separate locations, so as to form at least two free conductive strands, separate from the rest of the electrical conductor, a pyrotechnic actuator designed to force the piston to cut the electrical conductor, wherein the piston-casing assembly is designed to cut the electrical conductor such that each free strand has at least one base portion with either no or two folded wings arranged on either side of the base portion, and to create at least one free strand with two folded wings.
US12040143B2	Dividing a heating volume of a power circuit A separating wall for dividing a heating volume of a power circuit into a first sub-volume and a second sub-volume. The separating wall is formed with at least one wall opening which allows a flow of gas between the sub-volumes. The wall opening has an aerodynamically active opening surface based on a pressure difference between a pressure in the first sub-volume and a pressure in the second sub-volume.
US12040142B2	Retrofit remote control device A control device may be configured to be mounted over a bezel portion of an electrical device and to control a lighting load. The control device may comprise a base portion having planar extensions removably attached or affixed thereto. The planar extensions may be adapted to be received in a gap between a faceplate of the electrical device and the bezel portion for holding the control device against the faceplate. The planar extensions may comprise barbs that allow for insertion of the extensions in the gap, and may bite into the faceplate to hinder removal of the control device. The planar extensions may be defined by a mounting structure that is configured to be received in the gap between the bezel portion and the faceplate. The mounting structure may protrude beyond a front surface of the faceplate.
US12040139B2	Variable capacitor with linear impedance and high voltage breakdown A variable capacitor includes an enclosure having first and second conductive collars separated by an intermediate electrically insulating element. A movable capacitor plate assembly is electrically coupled to the first conductive collar, and a fixed capacitor plate assembly is electrically coupled to the second conductive collar. An actuator extends into the enclosure for advancing and retracting the movable capacitor plate assembly relative to the fixed capacitor plate assembly. A hermetically sealed volume within the enclosure maintains a vacuum or a liquid serving as a dielectric between a capacitor plate of the movable capacitor plate assembly and a capacitor plate of the fixed capacitor plate assembly. At least one capacitor plate comprises a coiled cylindrical plate having a having a greater height at a center portion of the capacitor plate coil and a lower height at an outer portion of the capacitor plate coil.
US12040137B2	Multilayer capacitor A multilayer capacitor includes: a body including internal electrodes stacked in a first direction; and first and second external electrodes disposed on the body. A portion of the first external electrode overlaps the body in the first direction and does not overlap a remainder of the first external electrode in the first direction. A portion of the second external electrode overlaps the body in the first direction and does not overlap a remainder of the second external electrode in the first direction. At least one of the external electrodes includes: a second electrode layer covering a first electrode layer, which covers one portion of an edge of the body. A width W1 of a portion of the first electrode layer, closest to the one portion of the edge, is narrower than a width W2 of an end of the second electrode layer, farthest from the first electrode layer.
US12040136B2	Multilayer ceramic capacitor with reduced equivalent series inductance A multilayer ceramic capacitor includes end-surface external electrodes and side-surface external electrodes. The end-surface external electrodes are respectively provided at end surfaces of a multilayer body and are respectively connected to end-surface connecting internal electrodes. The side-surface external electrodes are respectively provided at the side surfaces of the multilayer body and respectively connected to side-surface connecting internal electrodes. The end-surface connecting internal electrodes each include end surface opposing portion opposing the side-surface connecting internal electrode 15B adjacent in a lamination direction, and an end surface lead-out portion extending from the end surface opposing portion to one of the end-surface external electrodes. The side-surface connecting internal electrodes each include a side surface opposing portion opposing the end-surface connecting internal electrodes adjacent in the lamination direction, and a side surface lead-out portion extending from the side surface opposing portion to one of the side-surface external electrodes.
US12040127B2	Reactor A reactor includes an assembly of a coil and a magnetic core; a case; and a sealing resin portion filling the case and sealing at least a portion of the assembly. The case has an inner bottom surface, and a pair of coil facing surfaces that face side surfaces of the coil. The pair of coil facing surfaces have inclined surfaces that incline away from each other in a direction from the inner bottom surface side to an opposite side to the inner bottom surface. The coil includes a first winding portion disposed on the inner bottom surface side, and a second winding portion disposed opposite of the inner bottom surface with respect to the first winding portion. The first winding portion and the second winding portion are in a vertical arrangement and are parallel with each other. The second winding portion is wider than the first winding portion.
US12040116B2	Common mode filter Disclosed herein is a common mode filter that includes a core having a winding core part and first and second wires wound in a same direction around the winding core part. The first and second wires have a first crossing portion at which first turns thereof counted from one ends thereof cross each other and a second crossing portion at which first turns thereof counted from the other ends thereof cross each other. The first and second wires are wound by layer winding in an aligned state with one of the first and second wires positioned in a lower layer and other one thereof positioned in an upper layer in at least parts of the first and second wires between second turns thereof counted from the one ends thereof and second turns thereof counted from the other ends thereof.
US12040105B2	Bushing for a power system A bushing for a power system, comprising: a conductor, and a condenser core, wherein the condenser core comprises a dielectric sheet and a plurality of disjoint regions of electrically conducting material provided on the dielectric sheet, wherein the dielectric sheet and the electrically conducting material form a wound structure around the conductor, wherein in at least one region the electrically conducting material is a semiconducting material, wherein the semiconducting material extends more than one turn around the conductor, whereby the at least one region has overlapping edges in the radial direction, and wherein the dielectric sheet extends between the overlapping edges whereby a capacitance is formed between the overlapping edges, which capacitance is partly defined by an overlap length of the overlapping edges and which capacitance forms part of a resonance circuit of the at least one region, wherein the overlap length is such that the resonance circuit has a resonance frequency contained in a very fast transient, VFT, spectrum.
US12040096B2	Diabetes management therapy advisor A method includes obtaining training data for a plurality of patients of a patient population. The training data includes training blood glucose history data including treatment doses of insulin administered by the patients of the patient population and one or more outcome attributes associated with each treatment dose. The method also includes identifying, for each patient of the patient population, one or more optimum treatment doses of insulin from the treatment doses yielding favorable outcome attributes. The method also includes receiving patient-state information for the treated patient, determining a next recommended treatment dose of insulin for the treated patient based on one or more of the identified optimum treatment doses associated with the patients of the patient population having training patient-state information similar to the patient-state information for the treated patient, and transmitting the next recommended treatment dose to a portable device associated with the treated patient.
US12040095B2	System and method for tabling medical service provider data provided in a variety of forms A system is described for rendering normalized medical service provider data records by transforming received input records from a variety of sources into standardized medical service provider data records. The system digests a resource containing multiple data points to render a mapping between individually identifiable parts of the data points and normalized data types handled by data type-specific parsers. A matching operation is performed, on parsed data points, wherein individual ones of the set of parsed data points are matched to an identified entry on an authoritative listing. During the matching an algorithmic match is attempted by assigning a match score based upon a type of transformation on a parsed data point value, of a data point instance of the set of parsed data points, to render a match between the parsed data point value and an entry within an authoritative data listing.
US12040089B1	Dynamic and targeted allocation of resources for coaching service A computer-implemented method for dynamically reallocating resources to users of a coaching service. The method can include initially allocating resources to users of the coaching service, receiving indications of activities of the users relative to their allocated resources, and comparing the activities relative to a reference value to produce an outcome including a likelihood that a target user will benefit from a target resource. Upon identifying the target user, a dynamic reallocation process deallocates the target resource from another user and reallocates the target resource to the target user.
US12040087B2	Method of controlling user equipment for medical check-up and apparatus for performing the method A method of controlling user equipment for a medical checkup and an apparatus for performing the method include controlling user equipment for a medical checkup the includes generating digital biomarker control data by a diagnosis server on the basis of prescription data, and transmitting the digital biomarker control data to user equipment by the diagnosis server, wherein the digital biomarker control data includes information for controlling a digital biomarker module of the user equipment.
US12040083B2	Machine learning applications for improving medical outcomes and compliance Disclosed herein are methods for intelligently populating medical compliance forms (MCFs) with at least patient data to meet compliance requirements (e.g., meeting patient data compliance requirements such as HIPAA requirements, as well as compliance requirements concerning patient forms). In particular, methods involve training and deploying machine learning models that can appropriately analyze a wide array of MCFs with varying formats. Advantages of the methods disclosed herein are three-fold: 1) reducing the amount of time and resources that a healthcare provider needs to commit to satisfying compliance requirements and 2) improving patient outcome by more intelligently incorporating data in medical compliance forms, and 3) ensuring meeting of compliance requirements (e.g., HIPAA compliance requirements).
US12040080B2	Deep learning system for differential diagnosis of skin diseases The present disclosure is directed to a deep learning system for differential diagnoses of skin diseases. In particular, the system performs a method that can include obtaining a plurality of images that respectively depict a portion of a patient's skin. The method can include determining, using a machine-learned skin condition classification model, a plurality of embeddings respectively for the plurality of images. The method can include combining the plurality of embeddings to obtain a unified representation associated with the portion of the patient's skin. The method can include determining, using the machine-learned skin condition classification model, a skin condition classification for the portion of the patients skin, the skin condition classification produced by the machine-learned skin condition classification model by processing the unified representation, wherein the skin condition classification identifies one or more skin conditions selected from a plurality of potential skin conditions.
US12040079B2	Medical image processing apparatus, medical image processing method and computer-readable medium A medical image processing apparatus includes: an obtaining unit configured to obtain a first image that is a medical image of a predetermined site of a subject; an image quality improving unit configured to generate, from the first image, a second image in which the image quality is improved compared to the first image by using an image quality improving engine that includes a machine learning engine; and a display controlling unit configured to cause a display unit to display a composite image obtained by combining the first image and the second image according to a ratio obtained using information relating to at least a partial region of the first image.
US12040075B2	Facilitating artificial intelligence integration into systems using a distributed learning platform Techniques are described that facilitate integrating artificial intelligence (AI) informatics in healthcare systems using a distributed learning platform. In one embodiment, a computer-implemented is provided that comprises interfacing, by a system operatively coupled to a processor, with a medical imaging application that provides for viewing medical image data. The method further comprises, facilitating, by the system, generation of structured diagnostic data according to a defined ontology in association with usage of the imaging application to perform a clinical evaluation of the medical image data. The method further comprises providing, by the system, the structured diagnostic data to one or more machine learning systems, wherein based on the providing, the one or more machine learning systems employ the structured diagnostic data as training data to generate or train one or more diagnostic models configured to provide artificial intelligence-based diagnostic evaluations of new medical image data.
US12040065B2	Selective distribution of pharmacy item data from pharmacy item tracking system Methods and systems relate to providing varying levels of detail about a pharmacy item to a patient information system based on the capabilities of the patient information system. An intercept device can receive an identifier associated with a pharmacy item based on a scanner reading a computer-readable code. The intercept device can recognize or determine the storage capabilities or limitations of the patient information system, for example by determining various medication data fields that the patient information system uses to store pharmacy item information. The intercept device can use the machine readable code to obtain pharmacy item information that is compatible with the patient information system based on those storage capabilities or limitations and can distribute that pharmacy item information to the patient information system.
US12040063B1	Systems and methods for regulating provision of messages with content from disparate sources based on risk and feedback data Aspects of the present disclosure are directed to systems, methods, and computer readable media for regulating digital therapeutic content for provision. A computing system may identify a digital therapeutic content to be provided via a network. The computing system may apply the digital therapeutic content to a machine learning (ML) model having a set of weights. The computing system may determine, from applying the digital therapeutic content to the ML model, an indication as of one of compliance or non-compliance. The computing system may store, using one or more data structures, an association between the digital therapeutic content and the indication used to control provision of the digital therapeutic content via the network, by (i) restricting the digital therapeutic content from provision responsive to determining the indication of non-compliance and (ii) permitting the digital therapeutic content to be provided responsive to determining the indication of compliance.
US12040062B2	Systems and methods for reducing patient readmission to acute care facilities Methods and systems for generating a report that ranks patients at risk for readmission to an acute care facility from a post-acute care facility. A system receives, from the post-acute care facility, patient data for a plurality of patients. The system inputs the patient data into a risk machine-learning system that was previously trained using historical patient data and data reflecting any readmissions from one or more post-acute care facilities to one or more acute care facilities. The system determines, by the risk machine-learning system, a risk score for each patient. Each risk score represents risk of a respective patient being readmitted to an acute care facility from the post-acute care facility. The system further generates the report. The report including a list of at least a subset of patients from the plurality of patients ranked from the patient with the highest risk to the lowest risk of readmission.
US12040061B2	Data abstraction system architecture not requiring interoperability between data providers Described are data abstraction systems, methods, and media for aggregating and abstracting data records from data providers, which are not substantially interoperable with each other. Features include data provider connector modules dynamically loaded, based on definitions stored on disk, that facilitate data mapping and individual matching.
US12040054B2	Global ancestry determination system An input genotype is divided into a plurality of windows, each including a sequence of SNPs. For each window, a diploid HMM is computed based on genotypes and/or phased haplotypes to determine a probability of a haplotype sequence being associated with a particular label. For example, the diploid HMM for a window is used to determine the emission probability that the window corresponds to a set of labels. An inter-window HMM, with a set of states for each window, is computed. Labels are assigned to the input genotype based on the inter-window HMM. Upper and lower bounds are estimated to produce a range of likely percentage values an input can be assigned to a given label. Confidence values are determined indicating a likelihood that an individual inherits DNA from a certain population. Maps are generated with polygons representing regions where a measure of ethnicity of population falls within specific ranges.
US12040053B2	Methods for generating sequencer-specific nucleic acid barcodes that reduce demultiplexing errors Provided herein are compositions and methods for analyzing nucleic acids in a sample. Compositions include simple barcode sets having reduced DNA sequencing instrument-specific error rates. Methods include methods to deconvolute sequence reads from different samples.
US12040046B2	Operating method of memory device for extending synchronization of data clock signal, and operating method of electronic device including the same Disclosed is an operating method of a memory device communicating with a memory controller, which includes receiving a first command from the memory controller, the first command indicating initiation of synchronization of a data clock signal and defining a clock section corresponding to the synchronization, preparing a toggling of the data clock signal during a preparation time period, processing a first data stream based on the data clock signal toggling at a reference frequency, and processing a second data stream based on the data clock toggling at the reference frequency and extended for a period of the defined first clock section.
US12040045B2	Semiconductor device performing training operation and operating method thereof A semiconductor device includes a data input circuit suitable for receiving a training clock to provide first data signals and a strobe signal according to a plurality of input control signals in a training mode; a delay circuit suitable for outputting second data signals by delaying the first data signals according to delay values corresponding to respective setting codes; a data alignment circuit suitable for outputting third data signals by aligning the second data signals according to the strobe signal; a code generation circuit suitable for generating a preliminary code corresponding to the third data signals according to the training clock, and sequentially storing the preliminary code as the setting codes according to a code-lock signal; and a lock-detection circuit suitable for activating the code-lock signal based on the training clock and the preliminary code.
US12040044B2	Semiconductor device and memory system A semiconductor device includes: a drift detection circuit that retrieves a previously-determined first delay amount of a reference signal passing through a circuit element at a first timing, determines a second delay amount of the reference signal passing through the circuit element at a second timing, and outputs a drift amount that is a difference between the first and second delay amounts; and a delay amount adjustment circuit that retrieves a previously-determined third delay amount of a first signal transmitted to an external device at the first timing, determines a fourth delay amount based on the third delay amount and the drift amount as a delay amount to be applied to the first signal in a period after the second timing, and transmits the first signal to which the fourth delay amount has been applied, to the external device.
US12040040B2	NPU capable of testing component including memory during runtime A neural processing unit (NPU) for testing a component during runtime is provided. The NPU may include a plurality of functional components including a first functional component and a second functional component. At least one of the plurality of functional components may be driven for calculation of an artificial neural network. Another one of the plurality of functional components may be selected as a component under test (CUT). A scan test may be performed on the at least one functional component selected as the CUT. A tester for detecting a defect of an NPU is also provided. The tester may include a component tester configured to communicate with at least one functional component of the NPU, select the at least one functional component as a CUT, and perform a scan test for the selected CUT.
US12040033B2	ECC buffer reduction in a memory device A memory system includes a memory device and a memory controller. The memory device includes a plurality of memory cells. The memory controller includes an error correction code (ECC) circuit. The ECC circuit is configured to determine data rows of first write data that are not all zeros and store the determined data rows in buffer rows of a buffer along with corresponding row indexes. The memory controller is configured to write second data based on the buffer to the memory device.
US12040027B2	Memory system, memory controller, and semiconductor storage device A memory system includes: a semiconductor storage device including a memory cell array that includes memory cells and a temperature counter configured to increase a count value thereof at a rate that depends on a temperature of the memory cell array; and a memory controller configured to acquire the count value from the semiconductor storage device and reserve a refresh operation for a written memory cell of the memory cell array when a cumulative value of the count value, which is accumulated from when data was written to the memory cell to when the count value is acquired, exceeds a predetermined value.
US12040022B2	Semiconductor memory device for applying voltage to select line based on number of times program loops are performed and method of operating the same A method of operating a semiconductor memory device includes performing a plurality of program loops for programming selected memory cells among a plurality of memory cells. Each of the plurality of program loops includes a program phase and a verify phase. The program phase includes setting a state of a select line connected to a selected memory block including the selected memory cells, wherein setting the state of the select line connected to the selected memory block comprises applying a voltage to the select line based on a program progress state of the selected memory cells, setting a state of a bit line connected to the selected memory block, applying a program voltage to a selected word line among word lines connected to the selected memory block and applying a pass voltage to an unselected word line.
US12040021B2	Layout of semiconductor structure comprising column decoder Embodiments of the present disclosure include a layout of a semiconductor structure, including: a column decoder, wherein the column decoder includes a first P-type transistor region, a second P-type transistor region, a first N-type transistor region, a second N-type transistor region, and a NAND gate region. The first P-type transistor region is located above the first N-type transistor region, the second P-type transistor region is located above the first P-type transistor region, and the second N-type transistor region is located above the second P-type transistor region; the NAND gate region is adjacent to the first P-type transistor region, the second P-type transistor region, and the first N-type transistor region.
US12040002B2	Magnetic tape cartridge and magnetic recording and reproducing device In the magnetic tape, a maximum value of magnetic tape deformation amounts after storage in each of five environments for 1 year is 0.50 μm or less, a rate of a change of magnetic tape deformation amount with respect to a change in relative humidity obtained from the five magnetic tape deformation amounts is 0.0001 μm/% to 0.0500 μm/%, and a rate of a change of the magnetic tape deformation amount with respect to a change in temperature obtained from the five magnetic tape deformation amounts is 0.0010 μm/° C. to 0.1000 μm/° C.
US12039991B1	Distributed speech enhancement using generalized eigenvalue decomposition An artificial reality headset enhances audio signals from a target sound source using information from other devices in the local area. A primary headset broadcasts a location of a target sound source to secondary headsets in a local area. The secondary headsets transmit audio signals to the primary headset to enhance the audio content presented by the primary headset to a user. The secondary headset may select an array transfer function for the location of the target sound source. The secondary headsets correlate known transfer functions in the target direction with estimated transfer functions. The secondary headset may perform beamforming on the target sound source and transmit the output audio signal to the primary headset. In some embodiments, the secondary headset may transmit the array transfer function and a raw audio signal to the primary headset. The primary headset generates audio content based on the received audio signal.
US12039990B1	Microphone array with automated adaptive beam tracking An example method of operation may include designating sub-regions which collectively provide a defined reception space, receiving audio signals at a controller from the microphone arrays in the defined reception space, configuring the controller with known locations of each of the microphone arrays, assigning each of the sub-regions to at least one of the microphone arrays based on the known locations, and creating beamform tracking configurations for each of the microphone arrays based on their assigned sub-regions.
US12039988B1	Heliumspeech unscrambling method and system for saturation diving based on multi-objective optimization The present application discloses a method and a system for saturation diving heliumspeech unscrambling based on multi-objective optimization. In a system including a diver and a filter at least, a working language phonetic symbol library and a common working word library for divers are constructed. The divers read them one by one, and a phonetic symbol standard speech library, a phonetic symbol heliumspeech library and a common working word speech library are generated. The filter uses the multi-objective optimization algorithm to design its impulse response coefficients, corrects and unscrambles the tagged and sampled heliumspeech signal word by word, and continuously updates the impulse response coefficients to complete the perfect heliumspeech unscrambling.
US12039982B2	Joint automatic speech recognition and speaker diarization Methods, systems, and apparatus, including computer programs encoded on computer storage media, for processing audio data using neural networks.
US12039980B2	Techniques for language independent wake-up word detection A method for a user device, including receiving a first acoustic input of a user speaking a wake-up word in the target language; providing a first acoustic feature derived from the first acoustic input to an acoustic model stored on the user device to obtain a first sequence of speech units corresponding to the wake-up word spoken by the user in the target language, the acoustic model trained on a corpus of training data in a source language different than the target language; receiving a second acoustic input including the wake-up word in the target language; providing a second acoustic feature derived from the second acoustic input to the acoustic model to obtain a second sequence of speech units corresponding to the wake-up word in the target language; and comparing the first and second sequences of speech units to recognize the wake-up word in the target language.
US12039977B2	Call termination apparatus and method thereof An embodiment call termination apparatus includes a call termination word existence determination device configured to determine whether a call termination word exists in a call voice of a user, and a controller configured to compare the call termination word of the user with a call termination example word previously registered in a vehicle to control whether to terminate a call.
US12039973B1	Language model orchestration Systems and methods for providing artificial intelligence (AI) character-specific contextual conversational language models are provided. The method may include providing a plurality of speech models for conversation features of an AI character generated by an AI character model in a virtual environment; ascertaining a context of interactions involving the AI character generated by the AI character model in the virtual environment; selecting, based on the context, a speech model from the plurality of speech models; generating an output using the speech model; and inserting the output into a content of the AI character being generated by the AI character model.
US12039953B2	Display driving method, display driver chip and liquid crystal display device The present disclosure discloses a display driving method, a display driver chip and a liquid crystal display device. The display driving method includes: within a display duration of a first bit-plane data, controlling the display device to display the first bit-plane data; when a loading duration of a single bit-plane data is longer than the display duration of the first bit-plane data, after completing the display of the first bit-plane data, controlling a pixel liquid crystal layer corresponding to the first bit-plane data in the display device to return to a target state, and completing loading of a second bit-plane data while maintaining the pixel liquid crystal layer corresponding to the first bit-plane data in the target state. Based on the above method, the cost of data driving can be effectively reduced, and the display effect of the liquid crystal display device can be improved.
US12039943B1	Backlight control device and method based on sound feature lid state detection A backlight control device for use in an electronic device includes a motion detecting unit, a sound matching unit and a controller. The motion detecting unit is configured to detect motion of a lid section of the electronic device to generate motion data. The sound matching unit is configured to match a soundprint derived from a sound sample that is captured by a sound capture unit, to one or more sound patterns stored within in a sound pattern database to generate a lid state indication signal if the motion data indicates the motion of the lid section corresponds to a predetermined state. The controller is configured to control a backlight module of a display device of the electronic device according to the lid state indication signal.
US12039938B2	Over-driving method and apparatus, display device, electronic device, and storage medium An over-driving method and apparatus for a display device, a display device, an electronic device, and a storage medium are provided. The display device includes a plurality of pixels, and the plurality of pixels are arranged in a plurality of rows and a plurality of columns as an array. The method includes: obtaining an initial compensation parameter according to a first average brightness level and a second average brightness level of a row of pixels; obtaining a first gain coefficient according to a value of a target pixel in the current frame and the second average brightness level corresponding to the row in which the target pixel is located, the target pixel being one pixel in the row of pixels; and obtaining a target compensation parameter of the target pixel according to the initial compensation parameter and the first gain coefficient.
US12039937B2	Display device and method of driving the same A display device includes: a display unit including a first display area, and a second display area; a scan driver configured to provide a scan signal to each scan line connected to the plurality of first pixels and the plurality of second pixels; and an emission controller configured to provide an emission control signal to each emission control line connected to the plurality of first pixels and the plurality of second pixels, wherein the plurality of first pixels have a first density in the first display area, the plurality of second pixels have a second density less than the first density in the second display area, and the plurality of second pixels include at least one sub pixel including one boosting capacitor.
US12039934B2	Light emitting device, display device, photoelectric conversion device, electronic apparatus, illumination device, and moving body A light emitting device in which a pixel is arranged is provided. The pixel includes a light emitting element, a first transistor configured to supply, to the light emitting element, a current corresponding to a luminance signal, and a second transistor configured to supply the luminance signal to a gate electrode of the first transistor. Diffusion regions respectively functioning as a source region and a drain region of the second transistor are of a first conductivity type, and a gate electrode of the second transistor is of a second conductivity type opposite to the first conductivity type.
US12039933B2	OLEDoS pixel compensation circuit for removing substrate effect, and method for controlling same The present invention relates to an OLED pixel compensation circuit for removing a substrate effect. The pixel compensation circuit according to the present invention uses six transistors and two storage batteries to fix both a source voltage and a body voltage of a driving transistor that drives an OLED, thereby having the effects of eliminating errors due to a substrate effect and presenting more accurate pixel compensation results.
US12039928B2	Display device and method for driving same A display device is implemented that can reduce power consumption over a known example while preventing occurrence of black floating. The voltage value of a low-level power supply voltage ELVSS provided to a pixel circuit is set to a higher value in a pause driving period than in a normal driving period. Upon writing a data voltage, an anode initialization period for initializing an anode voltage of an organic EL element is provided. In this regard, an anode initialization period in the pause driving period is made longer than an anode initialization period in the normal driving period. To implement this, for example, a write frequency of a data voltage is made lower in the pause driving period than in the normal driving period.
US12039917B2	Displays with hybrid-control pixel clusters A display includes pixels distributed in a pixel array of rows and columns that are grouped in mutually exclusive pixel clusters on a display substrate in a display area. Cluster controllers are disposed on the display substrate and are each connected to the pixels in a pixel cluster to control the pixels to emit light. A display controller external to the display area is connected to each row of pixels in each pixel cluster with a row wire. Each row of pixels in each pixel cluster can be connected with a cluster row wire and the corresponding cluster row wires of each pixel cluster can be connected together. The cluster controllers can be disposed between pixels in the pixel cluster or between adjacent pixel clusters on the display substrate.
US12039916B2	Display device and driving method thereof A display device includes: pixels, each of the pixels including at least one light emitting element and a first transistor configured to supply a driving current to the at least one light emitting element; a sensing unit configured to sense a driving current of the first transistor, which corresponds to a data voltage applied to one pixel from among the pixels, the sensing unit being configured to detect a luminance of the light emitting element, which corresponds to the driving current; a gamma calculator configured to receive the driving current and the luminance of the light emitting element from the sensing unit, to calculate a gamma changed based on the driving current and the luminance of the light emitting element, and to provide, to a memory, the gamma changed based on the driving current and the luminance of the light emitting element.
US12039909B2	Blank sub-field driving method for a display device The present invention provides an operating method of a display device. An example operating method includes driving each pixel for each frame, wherein a plurality of pixels of the display device are disposed in an array of rows and columns, a period of one frame comprises one or more data sections and one or more off-sections, ratios of time length of the one or more data sections are substantially the same as a sequence of powers of 2, each of the one or more data sections corresponds to an ON period or an OFF period related to a specified brightness, grey scale color, or luminance, and each of the one or more off-sections corresponds to the OFF period unrelated to the specified brightness, grey scale color, or luminance.
US12039907B2	Gate driving circuit, method for driving gate driving circuit and display panel A gate driving circuit is provided, including N-stages of cascaded shift registers divided into at least one group of K-stages in which a clock signal terminal of a k-th stage of shift register is connected to receive a k-th clock signal, where 1≤k≤K≤N; and an input signal terminal of a n-th stage is connected to an output signal terminal of a (n−i)-th stage, and reset signal terminals of the n-th and (n+1)-th stages are connected to an output signal terminal of a (n+j)-th stage, where 1
US12039901B2	Wireless projection method, apparatus, and system Embodiments of the present disclosure relate to the field of communication technologies and disclose a wireless projection method, apparatus, and system. The method includes: A wireless projection apparatus determines, based on a display frame rate used when the wireless projection apparatus displays an image, a duration of a first transmission period. The wireless projection apparatus negotiates with a display apparatus to determine a configuration of a time domain resource in the first transmission period, where the time domain resource in the first transmission period is configured to include a first time segment, a second time segment, and a third time segment, the first time segment is used to send first data to the display apparatus, the second time segment is used to receive second data sent by the display apparatus, and the third time segment is used for sleep.
US12039895B2	Label, label tape and method for manufacturing labels A label including a base material with at least one adhesive region and a cover material, a label tape and a method for manufacturing labels are disclosed. The method includes providing a base material web and applying at least one adhesive to the base material web along at least one row by means of at least one applicator. The adhesive is applied to the base material web intermittently along the row so that the row comprises a plurality of individual adhesive regions spaced apart from one another by adhesive-free regions. The method also includes applying a cover material to at least some regions of the base material web so that a plurality of the applied adhesive regions are completely covered by the cover material, and at least partially separating the base material web and/or the cover material exclusively along adhesive-free regions by means of at least one separating device.
US12039894B2	Display assembly with unobstructed zone Display assemblies are provided. One or more electronic display subassemblies are mounted to a framework at an elevated position. An unobstructed zone is located below each of the electronic display subassemblies and within said framework. Wiring and electronic components may extend along some of the framework and may be covered by cladding.
US12039892B2	Apparatus and method for hardware-based data encryption with impedance switch A decoder for decoding to obtain a binary data sequence is provided. The decoder includes a first inductance element, a first state element, a second inductance element, a second state element, an inductance sequence generator, a first comparison unit and a second comparison unit. The inductance sequence generator is configured to generate an inductance sequence including a plurality of inductance values and to adjust each inductance value of the plurality of inductance values of the inductance sequence at the first inductance element and at the second inductance element.
US12039888B2	Educational electronic health record system and educational electronic health record program Provided are an educational electronic health record system and an educational electronic health record program that enable the use of patient health record information having an information amount greater than or equal to that of an electronic health record used in the actual medical setting by responding to various needs of a learner or advanced and complicated medical information, and thus, enable effective education and training for the learner such as a medical service worker. An educational electronic health record system of the present invention includes at least an educational electronic health record server 10 that includes a data file acquisition unit 112 acquiring a data file that is described in a data format of arbitrary software and includes simulated patient information, a storage unit 102 storing the simulated patient information of the data file acquired by the data file acquisition unit 112, and a patient health record information generation unit 113 calling the simulated patient information from the storage unit 102 and generating patient health record information displayed on a learner terminal 40, based on the simulated patient information.
US12039885B2	Systems and methods for modeling veins and associated blood vessel components A venous valve model includes a first layer having a central axis and a fluid channel extending between a fluid inlet and a fluid outlet formed in the first layer, wherein the fluid channel is defined by a pair of channel walls, a first venous valve formed in the first layer and positioned along the fluid channel, and a pair of first actuation chambers positioned adjacent the channel walls of the fluid channel, wherein the pair of first actuation chambers are configured to decrease a width of the fluid channel in response to pressurization of the pair of first actuation chambers.
US12039883B2	Information output device This application relates to an information output apparatus. The information output apparatus not only improves durability and user convenience but also minimizes power consumption and an operation error of a driving module. The information output apparatus also allows a pin to be driven to be lowered more easily by an attractive force between a magnetic force member and a magnetic member. In addition, the information output apparatus is also provided to prevent the pin from protruding to the outside of an expression surface even when power is not applied.
US12039882B2	Images for the visually impaired Some implementations include methods for communicating features of images to visually impaired users. An image to be displayed on a touch sensitive screen of a computing device may include one or more objects. Each of the one or more objects may be associated with a bounding box. A contact with the image may be detected via the touch sensitive screen. The contact may be determined to be within a bounding box associated with a first object of the one or more objects. Responsive to detecting the contact to be within the bounding box associated with the first object, a caption of the first object may be caused to become audible and the touch sensitive screen may be caused to vibrate based on a vibration pattern unique to the first object.
US12039876B1	Method and system for airport pavement structural performance evaluation using long-range laser doppler vibrometer The present disclosure relates to a method and system for pavement structural performance evaluation based on long-range laser vibration measurement. The method can more accurately evaluate the structural performance of the pavement by detecting the actual deflection value of the pavement during aircraft operation; By obtaining real-time deflection data of the airport runway, it is possible to detect changes in the structural performance of the airport runway in the long term without affecting the normal operation of the airport runway. The present invention has strong anti-interference ability, stable detection results, and can achieve non-contact, large-scale, and high-precision measurement of airport pavement deflection.
US12039871B2	Method for operating a transportation system A method for operating a transportation system having a first set and a second set of vehicle platoons vehicle platoons, each of the vehicle platoons has a lead vehicle and a plurality of vehicles following the lead vehicle. The method includes controlling the vehicle platoons with a control system, driving the first set of vehicle platoons along a first road and the second set of vehicle platoons along a second road that intersects the first road, increasing the distance, at the intersection, between a first vehicle platoon and a following second vehicle platoon of the first set of vehicle platoons driving along the first road, and controlling a vehicle platoon of the second set of vehicle platoons driving along the second road to pass the intersection in the gap between the last vehicle of the first vehicle platoon and the lead vehicle of the second vehicle platoon.
US12039867B2	System and methods of adaptive object-based decision making for autonomous driving A method may include obtaining input information relating to an environment in which an autonomous vehicle (AV) operates, the input information describing at least one of: a state of the AV, an operation of the AV within the environment, a property of the environment, or an object included in the environment. The method may include identifying a first object in the vicinity of the AV based on the obtained input information. The method may include determining a first object rule corresponding to the first object, the first object rule indicating suggested driving behavior for interacting with the first object. The method may include determining a first decision that follows the first object rule and sending an instruction to a control system of the AV, the instruction describing a given operation of the AV responsive to the first object rule according to the first decision.
US12039865B2	Notification device to driver In a vehicle enabling automated driving, if the value of at least one jam related parameter changing in accordance with a jam degree of surroundings of the vehicle is a value showing a jam degree lower than a reference value corresponding to a reference jam degree, the vehicle is driven in a first driving mode, and if the value of the jam related parameter is a value showing a jam degree higher than the reference value, the vehicle is driven in a second driving mode with a lower degree of contribution of the driver to driving than the first driving mode. A notification device used in the vehicle has a notification control part showing on a display device of the vehicle a display relating to the value of the jam related parameter and the reference value.
US12039854B2	Multi-zone filtration monitoring systems and methods Embodiments herein relate to multi-zone filtration monitoring systems and methods. In an embodiment, a filtration monitoring system is included having a plurality of filtration housings, a plurality of filter elements associated with the filter housings, a plurality of wireless communication tags associated with the filter elements, a plurality of zone antennas, and a wireless communication reader in wired communication with the plurality of zone antennas. The reader can be configured to wirelessly send data to and receive data from the wireless communication tags via the zone antennas. Other embodiments are also included herein.
US12039852B1	Pre-disaster education system A pre-disaster banking system including a mobile conditions monitoring center including a vehicle having a system controller including: a device processor and a non-transitory computer readable medium including instructions to perform the following steps: receiving location data from a personal electronic device of a user; receiving forecast data regarding a predicted disaster; making a first determination, based on the received location data and the received forecast data, that the personal electronic device is located in an area that is expected to be affected by the predicted disaster; receiving banking information for the user; making a second determination that the user is scheduled to receive a payroll deposit that could be affected by the predicted disaster; and determining, based on the first determination and the second determination, a banking transaction to be executed for the user at a predetermined time relative to the predicted time of occurrence of the predicted disaster.
US12039848B2	Non-coaxial systems, methods, and devices for detecting smoke Non-coaxial systems, methods, and devices for detecting smoke are described herein. A smoke detection system may comprise a laser emitter configured to emit a laser beam, and a light receiver. The light receiver may comprise a first receiver lens, wherein a field of view of the first receiver lens includes at least a portion of the laser beam. The light receiver may also comprise a second receiver lens, wherein a field of view of the second receiver lens includes at least a portion of the laser beam and a region between an edge of the field of view of the first receiver lens and the laser emitter.
US12039846B2	Method, apparatus, and system for protecting private information from illegal photography by unmanned aerial vehicle Provided is a method of protecting private information from illegal photography by an unmanned aerial vehicle, which includes receiving information about an area to capture, from the unmanned aerial vehicle or an unmanned aerial vehicle pilot, in advance, by wired or wireless communication, transmitting the information about an area to capture, to a private information protection subject who wants to protect private information about the area to capture, by wired or wireless communication, receiving information about a first action to protect private information accompanying image capturing, from the private information protection subject, by wired or wireless communication, and transmitting the information about a first action to protect private information, the information being received from the private information protection subject, to the unmanned aerial vehicle or the unmanned aerial vehicle pilot who is going to capture an image, by wired or wireless communication.
US12039843B2	Card skimming detection A method includes: monitoring outputs of sensors in a machine that receives magnetic stripe cards; determining the outputs of sensors indicate normal usage of the machine or abnormal usage of the machine; in response to determining the outputs of the sensors indicate abnormal usage of the machine, initiating a security action; in response to determining the outputs of the sensors indicate normal usage of the machine, determining the machine is in use or not in use; in response to determining the machine is not in use, initiating the security action; in response to determining the machine is in use, determining whether the use ends within a predefined monitor time; in response to determining the use does not end within the predefined monitor time, initiating the security action; and in response to determining the use does end within the predefined monitor time, returning to monitoring the outputs of the sensors.
US12039841B2	Systems and methods for providing electronic gaming pieces Systems and methods are provided for providing playing cards. An exemplary method may include retrieving data related to a selection of a set of numbers for bingo and determining matching bingo patterns on a predetermined number of cards from a library of bingo cards against the set of selected numbers. The method may further include selecting corresponding playing cards based on the matching bingo patterns on the predetermined number of cards and providing the corresponding playing cards for display. The exemplary method may be used to deal playing cards for poker using a set of selected numbers.
US12039834B2	System and method for generation and validation of multigame printed tickets using multidimensional barcodes According to various embodiments, a system for implementing a predetermined multigame is disclosed. The system includes a plurality of tickets each having one or more multidimensional barcodes representing information about a plurality of predetermined game outcomes and information about game security and game data integrity. The one or more multidimensional barcodes are configured to be optically scanned to have a result displayed by a computing device to allow a player to determine whether the information about a plurality of predetermined game outcomes comprises a winning outcome.
US12039827B2	Space-efficient graphical user interface for gamified sales Graphical user interfaces (GUIs) for providing multi-parameter offers to users are provided. Such GUIs not only efficiently present a particular multi-parameter offer, but also provide insight to the user as to other multi-parameter offers that could have been offered instead, thereby allowing the user to gauge the relative value of the offer being made against the potential other offers that could have been made. Such GUIs are arranged to present the information regarding the offer parameters in a space-efficient manner that allows for such information to be presented for large numbers of potential offers, e.g., 50+ potential offers, in a small display area, e.g., a smartphone screen.
US12039826B2	Three-dimensional screen for gaming device A gaming device may comprise various components, including a main cabinet, a game controller, and a display assembly. The display assembly may be releasably coupled to the game cabinet so that the display assembly may be quickly removed prior to replacement and/or maintenance operations. The display assembly may include a display panel and a cover sheet positioned over the display panel. The cover sheet may be a glass cover sheet and may define a raised perimeter region that surrounds an interior portion of the cover sheet. A light pipe may be disposed below the raised perimeter region and may diffuse light emitted by the display panel and/or a backlight.
US12039824B2	Modular prescription filling system and facilities Methods and systems for providing improved prescription filling systems are disclosed. In one embodiment, a prescription filling system is provided that includes a primary module and at least one expansion module. The primary module may include shelves that each contains a plurality of equipment brackets. The primary module may also include a supplementary system positioned between the shelves. The at least one expansion module may also include shelves that each contain a plurality of equipment brackets. Furthermore, the primary module may contain a robotic arm that is substantially equidistant from each of the shelves within the primary module and the at least one expansion module.
US12039813B2	Apparatus and method for registration and authentication of user equipment for controlling vehicle A device for registering and authenticating a user device for vehicle control includes: a communication unit connected to the user device to receive an authentication request from the user device; an interface configured to communicatively connect with at least one antenna included in the vehicle and communicating with a FOB of the vehicle; and a processor configured to detect whether the user device is registered based on at least one of user information and device information included in the received authentication request, to detect whether a user of the user device has the FOB by using the at least one antenna, and to control a registration process of the user device which is set differently depending on whether the user has the FOB when the user device is not registered.
US12039806B2	Device for biometric identification with the aid of fingerprints and/or hand characteristics, and method of biometric identification with the aid of these characteristics The invention relates to a device for biometric identification with the aid of fingerprints and/or hand characteristics, the device comprising a sensor unit (1) directed at the region of an optical gate (2) in a scanning direction (S), wherein the optical gate (2) is adapted to initialize the sensor unit (1) for scanning an in-focus scan image or scan images of the fingers and/or hand of a person, wherein the device further comprises at least one light source (5), which is likewise directed at the region of the optical gate (2), wherein the sensor unit (1), the optical gate (2) and optionally also the light source (5) are coupled to a control and computing module (6) with software for controlling the device and its parts and for scanning a scan image or the scan images of fingers and/or a hand, and for evaluating the fingerprints and/or hand characteristics, wherein the sensor unit (1) is fixedly set to focus into a focal volume (3) which is assigned to the optical gate (2), and the sensor unit (1), the optical gate (2), the control and computing module (6) and optionally also the light source (5) are configured to scan a single in-focus scan image of the fingers and/or the hand at the time of the passage thereof through the focal volume (3).
US12039805B2	Offline handwriting individual recognition system and method based on three-dimensional dynamic features The present invention provides an offline handwriting individual recognition system and method. The method comprises: scanning the suspicious handwriting to obtain a first white light image and a first three-dimensional image, and scanning the sample handwriting to obtain a second white light image and a second three-dimensional image; pre-processing the first white light image and the second white light image to obtain a first pre-processed image and a second pre-processed image; extracting a first skeleton image and a second skeleton image from the first pre-processed image and the second pre-processed image; obtaining a first writing trajectory and a second writing trajectory according to the first skeleton image and the second skeleton image; extracting a first dynamic feature, a first three-dimensional feature, and a second dynamic feature, a second three-dimensional feature; processing to obtain a correlation coefficient, and obtaining an individual recognition result.
US12039797B2	Display condition analysis device, display condition analysis method, and program recording medium Disclosed is a display condition analysis device which is capable of analyzing the display conditions of products. This display condition analysis device is provided with: a product recognition means for recognizing, from a display image taken of products on display, the products in the display image; and a display condition analysis means for analyzing, on the basis of the positions of the recognized products, the display conditions of the products on display.
US12039793B2	Automatic artificial reality world creation Methods and systems described herein are directed to creating an artificial reality environment having elements automatically created from source images. In response to a creation system receiving the source images, the system can employ a multi-layered comparative analysis to obtain virtual object representations of objects depicted in the source images. A first set of the virtual objects can be selected from a library by matching identifiers for the depicted objects with tags on virtual objects in the library. A second set of virtual objects can be objects for which no candidate first virtual objects was adequately matched in the library, prompting the creation of a virtual object by generating depth data and skinning a resulting 3D mesh based on the source images. Having determined the virtual objects, the system can compile them into the artificial reality environment according to relative locations determined from the source images.
US12039789B2	System and method to detect proper seatbelt usage and distance A system and method for detecting seatbelt positioning includes capturing, by a camera, a near infrared (NIR) image of an occupant, applying a median filter to the NIR image to remove glints; converting the NIR image to a black-and-white image, scanning across the black-and-white (B/W) image to detect a plurality of transitions between black and white segments corresponding to stripes extending lengthwise along a length of the seatbelt, and using detections of the plurality of transitions to indicate a detection of the seatbelt. Converting the NIR image to the black-and-white image may include using a localized binary threshold to determine whether a given pixel in the B/W image should be black or white based on whether a corresponding source pixel within the NIR image is brighter than an average of nearby pixels within a predetermined distance of the corresponding source pixel.
US12039783B2	Simultaneous diagnosis and shape estimation from a perceptual system derived from range sensors Systems, methods, and devices for estimating a shape of an object based on sensor data and determining a presence of a fault or a failure in a perception system. A method of the disclosure includes receiving sensor data from a range sensor and calculating a current shape reconstruction of an object based on the sensor data. The method includes retrieving from memory a prior shape reconstruction of the object based on prior sensor data. The method includes calculating a quality score for the current shape reconstruction by balancing a function of resulted variances of the current shape reconstruction and a similarity between the current shape reconstruction and the prior shape reconstruction.
US12039782B2	Monitoring and identifying traffic trends associated with entities in a physical area using multiple video sources Systems, methods, and software monitor and identify traffic trends associated with entities in a physical area using multiple video sources. In one implementation a video monitoring system identifies an overhead map that defines a physical area monitored by a plurality of video sources. The video monitoring system further, for each of the video sources, identifies a video stream from the video source, identifies landmark points that map an object in the video stream to an object in the overhead map, and identifies one or more traffic areas in the video stream for movement of one or more entities. The monitoring system also monitors traffic in the video streams, identifies trends from the traffic based on the landmarks and traffic areas, and generates a display of the trends.
US12039772B2	Processing system, estimation apparatus, processing method, and non-transitory storage medium The present invention provides a processing system (10) including: a sample image generation unit (11) that generates a plurality of sample images being each associated with a partial region of a first image generated using a first lens; an estimation unit (12) that generates an image content estimation result indicating a content for each of the sample images using an estimation model generated by machine learning using a second image generated using a second lens differing from the first lens; a task execution unit (14) that estimates a relative positional relationship of a plurality of the sample images in the first image; a determination unit (15) that determines whether an estimation result of the relative positional relationship is correct; and a correction unit (16) that corrects a value of a parameter of the estimation model when the estimation result of the relative positional relationship is determined to be incorrect.
US12039750B2	Systems, methods, and media for manufacturing processes A manufacturing system is disclosed herein. The manufacturing system includes one or more stations, a monitoring platform, and a control module. Each station of the one or more stations is configured to perform at least one step in a multi-step manufacturing process for a component. The monitoring platform is configured to monitor progression of the component throughout the multi-step manufacturing process. The control module is configured to dynamically adjust processing parameters of each step of the multi-step manufacturing process to achieve a desired final quality metric for the component.
US12039749B2	Low power visual tracking systems Systems, methods, and non-transitory media are provided for low-power visual tracking systems. An example method can include receiving one or more images captured by each image sensor system from a set of image sensor systems on a first device, the one or more images capturing a set of patterns on a second device, wherein the first device has lower power requirements than the second device, the set of patterns having a predetermined configuration on the second device; determining, from the one or more images captured by each image sensor system, a set of pixels corresponding to the set of patterns on the second device; determining, based on the set of pixels corresponding to the set of patterns, a location and relative pose in space of each pattern; and determining, based on the location and relative pose of each pattern, a pose of the first device relative to the second device.
US12039748B2	Bubble measurement system and method A bubble measurement system includes a bubble detector including a vessel having a flow path configured to receive a flow of fluid includes air bubbles from a bubble generator. The bubble measurement system includes an imaging system having an imaging device for imaging the fluid and air bubbles in the flow path of the vessel of the bubble detector. The imaging system has an imaging controller coupled to the imaging device and receiving images from the imaging device. The imaging controller processes the images to measure bubble size of each air bubble passing through the bubble detector.
US12039746B2	Information processing device and information processing method for extracting information from an image An information processing device includes: an acquisition unit configured to acquire setting information which is set based on a template image and associates an image region with analysis process content; and an image processing unit configured to perform an analysis process corresponding to the analysis process content associated with the image region on an image of a target region corresponding to the image region in an input image.
US12039743B2	Motion tracking sychronization in virtual reality spaces Embodiments of the present disclosure relate to motion tracking synchronization in virtual reality systems. In an embodiment, a computing system that includes a processor and a memory including computer readable instructions is provided. The processor is configured to, based on execution of the computer readable instructions, receive an indication from a virtual reality (VR) application that the VR application has started, receive tracking data from a first motion tracking system and a second motion tracking system, each motion tracking system comprising one or more sensors, and generate system-independent tracking objects from the tracking data. The processor is further configured to, based on execution of the computer readable instructions, format the system-independent tracking objects into VR objects compatible with a VR system, transmit the VR objects to the VR system, and provide a real world environment view to users overlaid or independent of VR environment. Computer implemented methods are also provided.
US12039735B2	Systems and methods for automatic segmentation of organs from head and neck tomographic images The present disclosure relates to a method and apparatus for automatic head and neck organ segmentation. The method includes: prepare a training dataset, wherein the step of preparing a training dataset comprises: receive 3D images covering head and neck region obtained by a CT system or an MRI system; receive metadata for each received 3D images, comprising patient orientation, pixel spacing, slice thickness and matrix size; receive corresponding 3D segmentation labels map for the received 3D images; and process the received 3D images and the corresponding 3D segmentation labels map by transforming to patient coordinate system and resampling to have a fixed spatial resolution and a fixed matrix size; build a deep learning framework using CNN models for organ segmentation; train CNN models using the training dataset and performing data emulation step during training by mirroring the processed 3D images and their corresponding processed 3D segmentation labels map from the training dataset; prepare a testing dataset, wherein the step of preparing a testing dataset comprises: receive 3D images covering head and neck region obtained by a CT system or an MRI system; receive metadata for each received 3D images, comprising patient orientation, pixel spacing, slice thickness and matrix size; and process the received 3D images by transforming to patient coordinate system and resampling to have a fixed spatial resolution and a fixed matrix size; deploy the trained CNN models on testing dataset, wherein the testing step comprises: mirror the processed 3D images in the left-right direction; predict on the processed 3D images and mirrored 3D images with individual prediction outputs as 3D probabilities map for organ segmentation; and improve the segmentation performance by averaging the 3D probabilities map outputs from the processed 3D images and mirrored 3D images; and post-process the 3D probabilities map outputs from the deep learning framework to obtain final 3D segmentation labels map for organ segmentation.
US12039733B2	Method for identifying individuals of oplegnathus punctatus based on convolutional neural network A method for identifying an individual of an oplegnathus punctatus based on a convolutional neural network is provided. Target initial positioning involves three continuous convolutional layers and an average pooling layer. A region of feature interest point is obtained, a hyperparameter candidate box is set to obtain a region, thereby obtaining an approximate position of a target object. II_Net backbone convolutional neural network includes six convolutional layers and four pooling layers, which includes a LeakyReLU activation function used as an activation function of the first convolutional layer, convolutional network layers of Alexnet and parameter data, and a maximum pooling layer of an overlapped pooling structure. Fully connected layers use a genetic algorithm to improve data transmission between layers. With the established model, identification of the individual of the oplegnathus punctatus is performed by using test data.
US12039724B2	Methods of assessing lung disease in chest x-rays The present invention provides systems and methods for analyzing chronic pulmonary diseases, such as lung cancer, using machine learning (ML) systems that detect lung nodules in chest x-rays. The methods and systems of the invention allows for the detection of lung abnormalities in chest x-ray images using at least two neural networks.
US12039723B2	Deep learning for near-infrared fluorescence imaging enhancement A method for enhancing a near-infrared fluorescence image includes providing a NIR fluorescence image produced by detecting light in the NIR-I or NIR-IIa windows emitted by fluorophores; and inputting the NIR fluorescence image to a convolutional neural network to produce as output a translated image, where the convolutional neural network is trained using a set of NIR-I or NIR-IIa fluorescence images and a set of NIR-IIb fluorescence images. Preferably, the convolutional neural network is a U-Net.
US12039719B2	System and method for detection and classification of objects of interest in microscope images by supervised machine learning Methods are provided for efficient training of convoluted neural networks using computer-assisted microscope image acquisition and pre-classification of training images for biological objects of interest. The methods combine use of an automated scanning platform, on-the-fly image analysis parallel to the scanning process, and a user interface for review of the pre-classification performed by the software.
US12039705B2	Method and apparatus for classifying fake images An apparatus for classifying fake images according to an embodiment of the present disclosure includes an artifact remover configured to receive an input image to generate an artifact-removed image from which artifacts are removed, an artifact image generator configured to generate an artifact image by using a difference between the input image and the artifact removal image, and a determiner configured to determine whether the artifact image is a real image or a fake image by receiving the artifact image.
US12039704B2	Image processing apparatus, image processing method and computer-readable medium An image processing apparatus includes: an obtaining unit configured to obtain a first image of an eye to be examined; an image quality improving unit configured to generate a second image with at least one of lower noise and higher contrast than the obtained first image using the obtained first image as an input data of a learned model, wherein the learned model has been obtained by using training data including a second image with at least one of lower noise and higher contrast than a first image of an eye to be examined; and a display controlling unit configured to cause the obtained first image and the generated second image to be switched, juxtaposed or superimposed and displayed on a display unit.
US12039703B2	Provision of an optimum subtraction data set A method for providing an optimum subtraction data set includes receiving first image data sets that are recorded by a medical imaging device and map an examination object within a first temporal phase. At least one second image data set that maps the examination object within a second temporal phase and is recorded by the same or another medical imaging device is received. Mask data sets are determined. The mask data sets include at least one of the first image data sets and/or an averaging of at least one combination of the first image data sets. Subtraction data sets are generated by subtracting one of the mask data sets from the at least one second image data set, and an image quality parameter is determined for each of the subtraction data sets. An optimum subtraction data set is provided by a comparison of the image quality parameters.
US12039700B2	Imaging processing device and imaging processing system capable of performing collation in captured image having overexposed portion An imaging processing device includes a processor. The processor performs processing of acquiring a captured image which is captured in a state where a light source emits light, extracting an overexposed portion which occurs in the captured image due to the light emission of the light source and which has a predetermined pixel value or more, and setting a region located in an area, which does not overlap with the extracted overexposed portion in the captured image, as a region of a collation target to be collated with a predetermined reference image.
US12039679B2	Computing platform for facilitating augmented reality experiences with third party assets Systems and methods for data asset acquisition and obfuscation can be helpful for retrieving augmented reality rendering data assets from third parties. The sending of a software development kit and receiving back data assets can ensure the data assets are compatible with the augmented reality rendering experience in the user interface. The data acquisition system with obfuscation can also ensure the code generated by third parties is stripped of semantics and has reduced readability.
US12039675B2	High quality AR cosmetics simulation via image filtering techniques The disclosure is directed to embodiments for producing high-quality images simulating the application of a material (e.g., virtual cosmetics) to a person's body. Example implementations can generate an augmented image displaying a virtual cosmetic layer (e.g., lipstick) on a person's face. For instance, a computing system can obtain an image depicting the face and identify a region for applying the cosmetic. The system can use augmented reality and/or image filtering to process the image into datasets that can be combined with material data related to the virtual cosmetic to generate augmented image(s) simulating application of the material.
US12039672B2	Presenting labels in augmented reality In some implementations, a computing device can present augmented reality (AR) labels in an AR video stream. For example, the computing device can obtain route information for a route requested by a user and can determine locations along the route for placing candidate AR labels. The computing device can determine the precise location of the computing device using camera depth information obtained in response to the user scanning the local real-world environment with a camera of the computing device. The computing device can select an AR label and/or label placement location for presentation in an AR video stream based on various criteria, including the distance between the candidate AR labels and the precise location of the computing device, priorities assigned to each candidate AR label, and/or whether a clear line of sight exists between the precise location of the computing device and the candidate AR label location.
US12039667B2	Accessing primitive data using tessellated primitive ID A method of generating identifiers (IDs) for primitives and optionally vertices during tessellation. The IDs include a binary sequence of bits that represents the sub-division steps taken during the tessellation process and so encodes the way in which tessellation has been performed. Such an ID may subsequently be used to generate a random primitive or vertex and hence recalculate vertex data for that primitive or vertex.
US12039666B2	Method for creating a tangible objection and digitizing the tangible object using an artificial intelligence process According to the present invention, techniques, including a method, and system, for creating a tangible object having customized features and digitizing the object for manipulation and use by a child user are provided. In particular, the invention provides a method for assembling customized features onto a tangible object and using artificial intelligence techniques for digitizing the object onto a computing device for manipulation and use by a child user.
US12039664B2	Street lighting compliance display and control A system and corresponding method is disclosed for monitoring and conducting large-scale performance verification of a city's lighting infrastructure. In particular, the current invention combines measurements of lighting performance measurements along city roadways with regulatory requirements for the roadways. In various embodiments, the current invention then presents a three-dimensional visualization of the adequacy of existing roadway lighting with respect to these regulatory requirements.
US12039658B2	Semantic texture mapping system A semantic texture map system to generate a semantic texture map based on a 3D model that comprises a plurality of vertices that include coordinate that indicate positions of the plurality of vertices, a UV map, and a semantic segmentation image that comprises a set of semantic labels.
US12039650B2	Moving image processing method of a moving image viewed by a viewing user, a server device controlling the moving image, and a computer program thereof A moving image processing method includes: generating a moving image including an animation of an avatar object of a distribution user, based on a motion of the distribution user; receiving a request signal that is generated based on a manipulation of a viewing user viewing the moving image and requests that a first gift object is applied to the avatar object from a terminal device of the viewing user through a communication line; displaying the first gift object that is applied to the avatar object based on the request signal on the moving image; and a second gift object on the moving image in a case where it is determined that the avatar object executes a predetermined action with respect to one or a plurality of first gift objects displayed on the moving image, based on the motion of the distribution user.
US12039649B2	Conditional modification of augmented reality object A server machine modifies an augmented reality (AR) object in response to fulfillment of a condition. The machine provides, to a user device, object data that defines the AR object. The object data specifies a physical geolocation of the AR object, a presentation attribute of the AR object, a conditional modification program, and a trigger condition for execution of the conditional modification program. The object data causes the user device to present the AR object with a first appearance, located at the physical geolocation. The machine detects fulfillment of the trigger condition, and in response, the machine executes the conditional modification program. This modifies the object data by modifying the presentation attribute. The machine provides, to the user device, the modified object data, which causes the user device to present the AR object with a second appearance based on the modified presentation attribute.
US12039646B2	Method and system for generating a 360-degree presentation of an object Methods and systems for generating an interactive rotatable 360-degree presentation of an object are disclosed. The methods and systems obtain data describing the object, where the data includes information about a number of images of the object, as well as additional information about the object. The images are automatically obtained and rearranged into at least one sequence of images substantially evenly distributed around 360 degrees. It is determined whether to add hotspot(s) to image(s), and if hotspot(s) are to be added, the hotspot(s) are automatically added to the image(s). The ordered images of the sequence(s) are then merged into an interactive rotatable 360-degree presentation of the object.
US12039644B2	Method and sytem for presenting a digital information related to a real object The invention is related to a method of presenting a digital information related to a real object, comprising determining a real object, providing a plurality of presentation modes, wherein the plurality of presentation modes comprises an augmented reality mode, and at least one of a virtual reality mode and an audio mode, providing at least one representation of a digital information related to the real object, determining a spatial relationship between a camera and a reference coordinate system under consideration of an image captured by the camera, selecting a presentation mode from the plurality of presentation modes according to the spatial relationship, and presenting the at least one representation of the digital information using the selected presentation mode.
US12039640B2	Keyboard file verification method based on image processing A keyboard file verification method based on image processing comprises controlling a processor to perform following operations: obtaining a keyboard file; generating, according to the keyboard file, a search index and a feature image; obtaining a template image from a template database according to the search index; performing a calibration operation according to the feature image, wherein the calibration operation comprises: adjusting a resolution of the feature image according to a resolution of the template image; performing a shifting operation according to the feature image, to generate a plurality of candidate images; and comparing a key block of each of the plurality of candidate images with a key block of the template image to generate a difference map and a comparison result.
US12039633B2	Light-resampling with surface similarity test Devices, systems, and techniques to incorporate lighting effects into computer-generated graphics. In at least one embodiment, a graphical frame depicting a virtual scene comprising is rendered by generating a record indicative of one or more lights in the virtual scene, and using the record to render a pixel. A second record, indicative of other lights in the virtual scene, is selected to combine with the first record, based at least in part on similarity between surfaces associated with the respective records. The combined record is used to render a pixel in a second graphical frame.
US12039632B2	Synthesized camera arrays for rendering novel viewpoints Novel viewpoints may be rendered using arrays of camera images with synthesized viewpoints. Different viewpoints of a scene may be captured via image sensors. Depth information may be determined for the captured viewpoints. An array of images may be generated that includes synthetic viewpoints generated from the captured viewpoints and depth information. A request to render a novel viewpoint may be received. Then novel viewpoint may be rendered using the array of images with synthetic viewpoints.
US12039628B2	Video mask layer display method, apparatus, device and medium Embodiments of the present disclosure relate to a video mask layer display method, apparatus, device and medium. The method includes: determining a mask layer covering region in a video frame, wherein the mask layer covering region comprises: a first region that matches target information displayed by contrast, and a second region that effects a color transition from the first region to other video picture portion on which no mask layer covering region is provided; acquiring a target mask layer that matches the first region and the second region and has a transparency gradient from the first region to the second region; superimposing the target mask layer on the mask layer covering region of the video frame.
US12039616B1	Efficient and accurate matching of expenses to software in a SaaS management platform A non-transitory computer-readable medium having program instructions for a method implemented in a Software as a Service (SaaS) management platform (SMP) is provided, including: receiving a plurality of expense records for a customer organization, wherein each one of the plurality of expense records identifies a user, a vendor, and an amount spent; using a first machine learning model to analyze the plurality of expense records and determine which ones of the expense records represent software purchases; using a second machine learning model to analyze the expense records that are determined to represent software purchases, and identify software titles that the software purchases are for; surfacing the expense records that represent software purchases, in association with their respective identified software titles, through a user interface of the SMP for the customer organization.
US12039614B2	Generic configuration platform for generating electronic reports Programs, systems, and methods for generating electronic reports for electronic reporting to reporting entities. Configuration parameters may be generated comprising metadata defining attributes of the configuration parameters. The configuration parameters may be associated with the reporting entities such that the attributes of the configuration parameters map to electronic reports associated with the reporting entities. Furthermore, the configuration parameters may be associated with a plurality of reporting entities and electronic reports such that a single configuration parameter may be used to generate the plurality of electronic reports.
US12039605B2	System and method for managing display of market data in an electronic trading system A system for managing trading orders comprises a memory operable to store a first order associated with a particular trading product, wherein the first order is associated with a first price comprising a first root value. The system further comprises a processor communicatively coupled to the memory and operable to receive a second order associated with the particular trading product. The second order is associated with a second price; and the second price comprises a second root, value, and a particular fractional pip value. The processor is further operable to disclose the first root value and the second root value while suppressing the particular fractional pip value.
US12039599B2	Electronic trading using market data channels Systems and methods related to financial trading are provided. More specifically, some embodiments relate to systems and methods for electronic trading using market data channels which users can subscribe. Various embodiments of the present technology can provide a suite of devices that are designed to actively modify market data at the intake point (co-location facility) in order to optimally disseminate only relevant information to various applications. These filtered market data channels can then be accessed by trading systems through various subscription models. Various embodiments allow for any type of channel that alters the natural or pure market data feed to produce different data flows and other signals (e.g., triggers, synthetic prices, etc.).
US12039593B1	Systems and methods for interactive financial categorization and budgeting A computer-implemented method includes providing first access rights to a bank account to a first user account of a first user, providing second access rights to a second user account of a second user, establishing a connection between the second user account and a server hosting a website for accessing information for the bank account, providing a user interface displaying a plurality of budget categories for categorizing at least one transaction via the website and according to the second access rights, determining a first subcategory and a second subcategory of the plurality of budget categories based on data associated with the at least one transaction, receiving a user input from the second user account comprising a selection of at least one of the first or second subcategory, and displaying to the user interface responsive to receiving the user input a summary section of the selected first subcategory or second subcategory.
US12039584B2	Selectively redeemable telehealth services The invention relates to receiving a selection of a bundled set of healthcare services comprising at least one selectively redeemable healthcare service, the bundled set to be provided by a plurality of providers; generating an electronic health record comprising a purchase data record identified by and with a unique confirmation number; presetting an initial individual redemption status in the purchase data record for each selectively redeemable healthcare service of the bundled set of healthcare services as unredeemed; and providing a user access to the purchase data record to receive each selectively redeemable healthcare service. A service may be provided via an in-person visit. A service may be provided at a patient location remote from a provider location, via a telehealth visit. The telehealth visit may result in a prescription or referral for additional services such as imaging, using patient medical data updated based on symptom assessment during the telehealth visit.
US12039575B1	Applying social interaction-based policies to digital media content Social interaction-based policies are provided to a digital content owner and are applied to uploaded content matching digital content owned by the digital content owner. Social interaction-based policies enable the content owner to obtain various benefits to the content owned by the content owner within a video hosting site and outside the video hosting site. The benefits include using content owner's successful digital content to drive traffic or subscriptions to content owner's social interaction platforms and increase engagement with viewers of the digital content within and outside the video hosting site. The social interaction-based policies also enable content uploaders of digital content matching content owned by others to participate in sharing revenue generated from their uploaded videos subject to social interaction-based policies applied to the uploaded videos.
US12039574B2	Programmatic advertising server Systems, methods, and computer program products are provided for auctioning advertising inventory for various applications, including for mobile applications. In various embodiments, a request for an advertisement is received at a first server from a client device. The request is sent, from the first server, to two or more remote servers. A bid value and an asset to be presented at the client device is received from each of the two or more remote servers. A highest bid is determined from the received bid values. Whether the asset associated with the highest bid is compliant based on the request is determined. When the asset is determined to be compliant, the asset is sent to the client device.
US12039569B2	Information processing method and device, display terminal, and storage medium An information processing method and apparatus, a display terminal, and a storage medium are provided. The method includes presenting service information in a graphical interface of an application client running on a terminal. The method further includes listening to an operation event that is a record of operation of the terminal by a user for the service information. The method further includes determining based on the operation event obtained by listening, that an operation performed by the user on the service information corresponds to an operation scene. The method further includes presenting in the graphical interface of the terminal, promotion information by using a presentation parameter matching the operation scene.
US12039559B2	Control tower encoding of cross-product data structure A digital product network system includes a set of digital products each having a product processor, a product memory, and a product network interface. The digital product network system includes a product network control tower having a control tower processor, a control tower memory, and a control tower network interface. The product processor and the control tower processor collectively include non-transitory instructions that program the digital product network system to generate product level data at the product processor, transmit the product level data from the product network interface, receive the product level data at the control tower network interface, encode the product level data as a product level data structure configured to convey parameters indicated by the product level data across the set of digital products, and write the product level data structure to at least one of the product memory and the control tower memory.
US12039557B2	Methods and apparatus to monitor media presentations Methods, apparatus, systems and articles of manufacture to monitor media are disclosed. An example apparatus includes at least one memory, first instructions in the apparatus, and processor circuitry to execute the first instructions. The first instructions, when executed, are to: instruct a media provider to include second instructions in an application to create an instrumented application and receive data from a media device based on the media device executing the second instructions.
US12039556B2	Method and system for protocol generation Manually framing questions for research and evaluation has the disadvantage that quality and effectiveness of questions of the questions depend on knowledge and expertise of subject matter expert who is framing the questions. The disclosure herein generally relates to data processing, and, more particularly, to a method and system for generating protocol for data extraction from one or more users. The system identifies sub-objectives corresponding to an identified research objective, and then generates questions to get response that matches the objective and sub-objectives. Further, a sequence is decided for the questions, and accordingly recommendations are generated. The system also assesses whether response obtained from users has reached saturation, and accordingly generates trigger to terminate data collection.
US12039551B2	System and method for implementing a consolidated contributions data bridge for outbound transient data and fixed-term reference data An embodiment of the present invention is directed to a consolidated contributions data bridge. The innovative data bridge tool takes internally generated market data and reference data from an Internal data distribution platform. (IPP) and publishes the data externally. An embodiment of the present invention may be directed in a messaging system that monitors a real-time system, to provide various benefits of in-band management: of contribution platforms and similar systems.
US12039550B2	Method for enhancing customer shopping experience in a retail store Systems for monitoring and analyzing behavior in various applications and uses thereof. Generally, the systems (and uses thereof) are for monitoring and analyzing consumer purchasing behavior in real-time to drive sales via engaging digital customer experiences. In embodiments, the disclosed system can include a retail store system that features and includes MAC address tracking, user eye tracking, object identification of goods on shelves, open API, advertising broker rules engine. In addition, the system can include a customer engagement with interactive output displays including displays with demographic intelligence, displays with demographics and MAC—panels throughout store at product, displays with demographics and MAC—single panel or few panels scattered throughout store, automated customer assistance at shelf, customer purchase at shelf.
US12039543B2	System and method for establishing secure transactions among a group of transacting parties Systems and methods are presented for establishing secure transactions among a group of transacting parties through use of multi-party computation including garbled circuits. The system uses a set of distributed garbled circuit servers, each having a garbled circuit module, to collectively and securely perform a transactional function, such that any party only has access to its own input and output. Each garbled circuit module may receive input financial data for a transacting party and financial data for at least one other transacting party, and perform an operation to obtain output financial data. The operation may relate to a function for determining a plurality of financial transactions among the plurality of transacting parties.
US12039537B2	Method and system for linking blockchain transactions to private verified identities A method for linking blockchain transactions to privately verified identities includes: storing account profiles, each profile including data related to a transaction account including an account identifier and account data; receiving a transaction message, the message including a first data element configured to store a personal account number, a second data element configured to store a merchant identifier, and a third data element configured to store a blockchain network identifier; identifying a first account profile that includes the personal account number; identifying a second account profile that includes the merchant identifier; receiving a transaction notification, the notification indicating a transaction processed using a blockchain network associated with the blockchain network identifier and including a transaction identifier and an address identifier associated with the first or second account profile; and storing a linkage between the transaction identifier and the address identifier, the personal account number, and/or the merchant identifier.
US12039534B2	Blockchain based account activation The present methods and systems relate to using and accessing data stored in a blockchain, and in particular, interacting with the blockchain and users to provide bank card activation services using smart contracts. The methods and systems include (1) receiving a credit card application package associated with a credit card, wherein the credit card application package includes credit card information and a set of user information, (2) verifying the credit card information and the set of user information, (3) checking the credit card information and the set of user information against the smart contract stored on the blockchain, wherein the smart contract includes a set of conditions, and (4) activating the credit card when the credit card information and the set of user information satisfy the set of conditions stored in the smart contract.
US12039531B2	Systems and methods for identifying diminished capacity of a voice call participant based on audio data analysis Systems and methods are described herein for identifying diminished capacity of a voice call participant based on audio data analysis. A server generates an audio image based on an audio file comprising speech data corresponding to a first user on a voice call. The server determines a diminished capacity score based on one or more characteristics of the audio image analyzed using a deep learning classification model. The server applies a security protocol to an account associated with the first user when the diminished capacity score is at or above a threshold value. The server receives a transaction request corresponding to the account from the first user. The server processes the transaction request based on the security protocol applied to the account.
US12039526B2	Method for transmitting specific data whose data format is unknown at relay from first blockchain network to second blockchain network and relay using the same A method for transmitting specific data whose data format is unknown at a relay from a first blockchain network to a second blockchain network via the relay is provided. The method includes steps of: the relay (a) in response to detecting that a blockchain communication message for transmitting the specific data from the first blockchain network following a first data format to the second blockchain network following a second data format is generated, generating a relay message including the blockchain communication message and verification information; and (b) transmitting the relay message to the second blockchain network, thereby instructing the second blockchain network to (i) verify the relay message by using the verification information included in the relay message and (ii) convert the specific data included in the relay message into the second data format to generate converted specific data and then transmit the converted specific data to a receiving party.

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